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Chilango Express settles into latest location in West Allis

August 31, 2021

Chilango (noun) 1. A person who has left their home in provincia (anywhere outside of Mexico City) to live in Mexico City, and has gone back home after some time. 2. Anyone from Mexico City—this is the pocho (a...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: August 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 31, 2021

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. (Want to hear us discuss a few selections on WUWM’s Lake Effect? Click HERE.) LPs AND EPs ...

Reminder: Here are the vaccination and mask requirements for getting into Summerfest

Matt Wild

August 30, 2021

Happy Summerfest week, Milwaukee! Er, Summerfest Week 1! Or is it Summerfest Weekend 1? Whatever! Yes, Summerfest 2021 is set to go down at Henry Maier Festival Park September 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18. Plus, the...

Prepare for the Big Gig with these My First Band episodes with 2021 Summerfest artists

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2021

broadstreet.zone(81112); Each and every year (with the obvious exception of 2020, of course), Summerfest brings some of the planet's biggest entertainers to Milwaukee. In addition to the dozens of world-renown...

My First Band: Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, The Baseball Project)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 27, 2021

broadstreet.zone(81112); Over the course of his extensive and impressive career, Steve Wynn has released more than 30 albums that are spread between his numerous projects. Along the way, he's performed to audi...

Matt & Kristin Talk About Milwaukee & Wisconsin Stuff #9: Vaccines, Colectivo, census

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 27, 2021

If you don't follow As Goes Wisconsin on your favorite social media platforms, go ahead and change that now. The brainchild of Wisconsin-born writer/comedian Kristin Brey, As Goes Wisconsin examines the many, m...

Club Garibaldi will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning August 28

Matt Wild

August 27, 2021

Club Garibaldi is joining the ranks of Milwaukee and Milwaukee-area venues requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry. Club Garibaldi's new policy begins Saturday, August 28. "Effec...

It’s the end of another awful week, so let’s listen to some new, not-awful Milwaukee music

Matt Wild

August 27, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: new Milwaukee music that dropped earlier today! • Ugh. This fucking w...

The story of Ed Cushman and the Brewers no-hitter nobody ever talks about

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2021

In spite of having an otherworldly starting rotation this season, the Milwaukee Brewers are currently experiencing an incredible no-hitter curse. The Crew's current no-no drought of 34 years is the longest by a...

Woof! Brady Street Pet Parade will return October 3 and I’ll be the emcee

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

The beloved Brady Street Pet Parade will return to, well, Brady Street on Sunday, October 3. Yes, after an all-virtual parade in 2020, the city's finest good boys, pretty girls, and parrots (and their human com...

X-Ray Arcade will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 2

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

X-Ray Arcade is joining the ranks of other area venues in requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry. The new policy begins Thursday, September 2. "Beginning September 2, 2021, X-Ray ...

Our sold out screening of ‘The Fifth Element’ will finally happen September 22 at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2021

Waaaaaay back in February 2020, we announced we’d be showing the 1997 sci-fi classic, The Fifth Element, at Avalon Theater. The screening—originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 of last year—sold out in a ...

Milwaukee Paranormal Conference returns with local focus, Haunchyville coloring sheets

Matt Wild

August 25, 2021

Isn't it odd that we live in a world where things like aliens, Bigfoot, and winged demons hanging out at the State Fair have become downright quaint? Just think of all the awful, horrible, and destructive thing...

Milwaukee Comedy Festival announces second 2021 headliner

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2021

Following an abbreviated 2020 edition that featured fewer shows, far smaller audiences, a more localized lineup, and many more protective face coverings than ever before, Milwaukee Comedy Festival is looking to...

So, um, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will be nominated new U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg?

Matt Wild

August 25, 2021

So, um, President Joe Biden has nominated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to be the new United States Ambassador to Luxembourg? Whaaaaaaa? Here's the official statement from the White House: President Bid...

Blue Ox Music Festival returns beautifully in 2021

Josh Hoppert

August 24, 2021

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. While Blue Ox Music Festival managed to put together some impressive remote and socially distanced programming in 2020, we really missed the usual festival experience last y...

Summerfest has hired a private company to provide shuttle bus service for 2021 fest

Matt Wild

August 24, 2021

Want to get to Summerfest without driving? You can still take the bus. Sort of. Milwaukee World Festival announced Tuesday that it has hired a private company, Atlanta-based Vectour Group, to provide shuttle...

Oriental Theatre will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning August 25

Matt Wild

August 24, 2021

After less than a week back in business, the Oriental Theatre has announced it will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours for entry. The policy, announced by the oper...

We talked to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. before AEW’s upcoming Milwaukee debut

Vince Morales

August 23, 2021

AEW set the wrestling world on fire this past Friday night with CM Punk's long-awaited return to the ring. The Chicago native and straight-edge star had been away from wrestling for over seven years after an ug...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 15-21)

Matt Wild

August 23, 2021

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a “renaissance” or a “reinvention.” Or maybe it’s a “reboot” or a “reimagining,” like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

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