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The sights, smells, and staples of San Juanita Bakery

March 24, 2022

Puerquitos (Spanish, noun): piggies, a gingerbread pastry in the shape of a pig, made by the Huastecan (San Luis Potosí) people of Mexico, where piloncillo (hardened brown sugar) takes the place of molasses in ...

Spring Gallery Night MKE returns April 22-23

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2022

Despite the streak of cold and dreariness in Milwaukee lately, spring has officially arrived. And while summer festival season still seems like it's a lifetime away, there are few great spring arts staples happ...

Milwaukee Public Schools will move to mask-optional beginning April 18

Matt Wild

March 24, 2022

Beginning Monday, April 18, masks will be optional for all students and staff of Milwaukee Public Schools. The decision was made Thursday night, after a vote by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. A pre...

Valor Aquaponics organic market will open this Friday at 3rd Street Market Hall

Matt Wild

March 24, 2022

Ever since it opened in January, 3rd Street Market Hall—a.k.a. the sprawling food hall that occupies the first floor of the former Shops of Grand Avenue at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave.—has become our favorite downtown...

The Cactus Blossoms bring dreamy harmonies back to The Back Room

Matt Wild

March 24, 2022

The return of live music has come in fits and starts. Venues have reopened and re-closed. Shows have been rescheduled and re-canceled. Big arena concerts have felt weirdly fine, while smaller gigs have felt uns...

Remembering the Solid Gold McDonald’s in Greenfield

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2022

Today, pretty much every McDonald's—and virtually every major chain restaurant—in America looks the same. They're gray, box-y, and "modern" in all the worst ways. Though the vast majority of McDonald's location...

Why you should vote in the April 5 Milwaukee County Board elections

Phil Rocco

March 22, 2022

On Tuesday, April 5, Milwaukeeans will vote in elections for the County Board of Supervisors. Or will they? After all, for Milwaukeeans—and for millions of Americans—local politics tend to be synonymous w...

Meet the curd connoisseur behind Wisconsin Cheese Please

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2022

If you're reading this article and you've spent any amount of time in Wisconsin, there's a good chance you like cheese curds. Whether they're breaded or battered, orange or white inside, or dipped in ranch or a...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee ambassador

Matt Wild

March 21, 2022

Some places come and go, while some signs become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure ...

Lil Trav raps through grief on “Right Or Wrong”

Evan Rytlewski

March 21, 2022

Milwaukee rap is still reeling from the death of Big Wan, the teenage savant who left an outsized influence on the scene before his murder in November at age 19. But nobody in the scene feels that loss more acu...

Machine Gun Kelly (with Avril Lavigne!) will headline Summerfest July 1

Matt Wild

March 21, 2022

Love him, hate him, feud with him, seen him at The Rave this past fall, or think he's the living embodiment of weed, pop-punk juggernaut Machine Gun Kelly will headline Summerfest on Friday, July 1, playing the...

My First Band: The Dollyrots

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 18, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); During the band's 20-year run, The Dollyrots have released more than a dozen albums and EPs, played all over the world, performed with countless punk and rock and roll mainstays, and h...

Pabst Theater Group will be booking, operating Miller High Life Theatre now

Matt Wild

March 18, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the Pabst Theater Group booking and operating the Miller High Life The...

Hey! Here’s the schedule for the 2022 Traveling Beer Garden

Matt Wild

March 18, 2022

Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you're in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks' ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2022. YES. The beer/park extravaganza will o...

The Exclusive Company on Farwell will close, be replaced with new record store, Lilliput Records

Matt Wild

March 18, 2022

The Milwaukee location of The Exclusive Company, 1669 N Farwell Ave., will close "in the next few months." The news was announced Friday night on the record store's Facebook page. "It is with immense sadness...

10 Milwaukee beers we’d recommend to Giannis Antetokounmpo

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2022

In case you've been off the internet until literally this instant today, you probably saw the video of Giannis Antetokounmpo honoring Stone Cold Steve Austin during last night's postgame press conference by wea...

Here’s the lineup for Avalon Theater’s “Miyazaki March”

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 17, 2022

Attention anime fans still coming down from last month’s Anime Milwaukee convention: Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge has quietly unveiled the lineup and schedule for this year’s "Miyazaki March" screeni...

Our Midweek Music series returns to Crafty Cow Tosa this spring

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 16, 2022

Last fall, Milwaukee Record brought live music to the new Crafty Cow Tosa (6519 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa). The weekly concert series—which we called "Midweek Music"—featured a total of nine FREE Wednesday night...

Mitski makes triumphant Milwaukee return, dazzles fans at sold-out Miller High Life Theatre show

Lauren Keene

March 16, 2022

The last time Mitski performed in Milwaukee, we were living in a different world. Donald Trump was president, people were eating Tide Pods, and Zoom was most commonly known as a wacky PBS Kids show. Back then, ...

“The best job ever”: An interview with former Milwaukee Public Museum exhibit designer Emilio Bras

Matt Wild

March 15, 2022

When the Milwaukee Public Museum moves to a new, smaller facility in the next few years, it'll lose more than just space. The exhibits at the new museum will be designed by a New York firm called Thinc Design—m...

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