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June 16, 2022

With all due respect to Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company—the seventh oldest brewery in the country, which single-handedly carried Chippewa Falls to national consciousness—and its storied history, the western W...

Here’s the Milwaukee “News Clues” category from last night’s ‘Jeopardy!’

June 16, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee had its own "News Clues" category on last night's episode of Jeopardy! And just barely, too—it was thankfully the first category chosen, and Jeopardy! was subsequently preempted...

Oriental Theatre’s COVID-canceled ‘Cats’ screening claws its way back to July 23

June 16, 2022

It's been two loooooong years since Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre announced that, thanks to an online petition, it would screen the misbegotten 2019 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's misbegotten 1981 stage m...

The competition is heating up in Round 3 of our Milwaukee Summer Bracket!

June 15, 2022

broadstreet.zone(98321); Things are heating up! After two Milwaukee Summer Bracket rounds that found more than 25,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Milwaukee summer standbys has been re...

Milwaukee edition of Red Bull Flugtag will feature flying bratwurst, giant KN95 mask, more

June 15, 2022

In case you missed it, Red Bull's long-running Flugtag event—in which folks construct their own ridiculous "flying" machines and "fly" them off a ramp into a body of water—is set to make its Wisconsin/Milwaukee...

Soundtrack your summer with L’Resorts’ breezy new record, ‘Explorers’

June 15, 2022

There are countless Milwaukee summer traditions: festivals, block parties, complaining about the heat even though we just suffered through 8,000 months of winter. For the past three years, Milwaukee tropical-po...

Seventh Stanine Festival to make Milwaukee debut July 30

June 15, 2022

Milwaukee's sprawling summer festival season isn't just back, it's more massive and longer-lasting than ever before. Adding the already dizzying list of large-scale festivals, block parties, long-running weekly...

Milwaukee will be featured in a “News Clues” category during tonight’s ‘Jeopardy!’

June 15, 2022

Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo? Who is Cavalier Johnson? What is that snow pile outside the Marcus Center parking structure that Milwaukee Record meticulously monitors every winter? We're guessing those ...

Jack White, Alanis Morissette, and 23 more standout Milwaukee summer shows

June 14, 2022

What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that never truly gave way to spring, summer is finally on the horizon. The season officially starts June 20, ...

A guide to finding former Bucks players on BIG3 rosters

June 14, 2022

If you're anything like us, you haven't watched a second of basketball since the Milwaukee Bucks were unceremoniously ousted from the NBA playoffs by the infuriatingly annoying Boston Celtics a few weeks ago. I...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Bringing the air conditioners up from storage because it’s gonna be 90 today

June 14, 2022

Some places summer traditions come and go, while some places summer traditions become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples summer traditi...

Join Ruth B8r Ginsburg on June 25 for a parade and fundraiser for reproductive freedom

June 14, 2022

"We will not stop fighting for ourselves and each other. This event is part of that fight." That's a statement from venerable Milwaukee band Ruth B8r Ginsburg. For the past seven years, the femme-led force o...

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile will play Riverside Theater November 29

June 13, 2022

The Smile—a new band featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner—recently released its debut album, A Light For Attracting Attention. It's great. The Smile—a ...

Post Malone will play Fiserv Forum September 15

June 13, 2022

And the (late) summer just keeps getting busier: Wildly popular/tattooed rapper Post Malone will make his Milwaukee debut Thursday, September 15 at Fiserv Forum. The show will be the fourth of Malone's 2022, 33...

WMSE’s Backyard BBQ returns to Humboldt Park August 27 with Seratones, more

June 13, 2022

If you thought the return of the Great Milwaukee Summer was complete, think again. Today, WMSE announced the lineup of its ever-popular Backyard BBQ. The 12th annual shindig will set up shop at Humboldt Park on...

Kristin Hersh lives up to (and exceeds) alt-rock-icon status at intimate Back Room show

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June 13, 2022

Alt-rock icon Kristin Hersh, unlike virtually all of her peers, never made much of a grab for stardom. Even at their most compelling, Hersh's songs are more likely to get under your skin than make you hum along...

My First Band: Aymen Saleh (Holy Pinto)

June 10, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Aymen Saleh. The Milwaukee singer, songwriter, and producer—who releases music under the Holy Pinto moniker—has kept busy of late with a steady run of local perfor...

Brad Dassey returns with new rap track and Tony Evers skit, “Free Brendan Dassey”

June 10, 2022

It's been 17 years since photographer Teresa Halbach was murdered, and seven years since a Netflix documentary covering the case (and much more), Making A Murderer, kicked off the current true-crime craze. In t...

Greek Fest returns to Wisconsin State Fair Park June 24-26