15 more Milwaukee area patios
Over the last three-plus years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. After that, we rounded up another 15 p...
Exploring a different side of Cudahy: Sheridan Park
While it's known more for its taverns and industry, Cudahy is also home to gorgeous green space and jaw-dropping Lake Michigan views.
Spanning 132 acres, Sheridan Park, 4800 S. Lake Dr., contains an impressi...
Get ready for Triple Eye Industries Fest 3, stream the ‘Vinyl Noise Beer Vol. 3’ comp
Over the course of roughly four years in business, Triple Eye Industries has managed an astounding 35 releases—many of them in vinyl format. From Friday, August 24 through Sunday, August 26, Triple Eye Industri...
A really cool art/music installation begins tonight on Wisconsin Avenue
Take a stroll down Wisconsin Avenue and you'll bump into all kinds of public art: Sculpture Milwaukee sculptures, Mauricio Ramirez utility box murals, whatever NEWaukee has cooking at its monthly Night Market. ...
First Impression: SmallPie
Last week, Bay View—a neighborhood that's already home to such dessert destinations as Babe's Ice Cream, Canfora Bakery, and Honeypie—got a little bit sweeter. SmallPie (2504 E. Oklahoma Ave., 414-763-7067) off...
“Bands from our genre don’t know Milwaukee has anything going on”: Forced Impact talks straight edge in the Midwest
Forget what the talking heads in documentaries have been saying for years—real punk is not "in the malls." Punk is still a marginalized part of society. Dig down a little further and you'll find hardcore. From ...
Polka, polka, polka: Second annual Milwaukee Polka Riot coming to Sabbatic September 8
Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. How are you? Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay, I thought you might have recognized...anyways. I had a few hits a few years ago, that's ...
Vote today, Milwaukee, because only jerks and creeps don’t vote
Hey! Milwaukee! Today, Tuesday, August 14, 2018, is the Wisconsin fall partisan primary. You know what that means: it's time to carve out 30 minutes from your precious day and vote. Why? Because it's your civic...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Nature and community meet at the Urban Ecology Center
Some places come and go, while some places 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...
40 things to do in Milwaukee during the 40 remaining days of summer
Though you’ve likely spent much of the summer to this point screaming at strangers while navigating through road construction, it’s still comforting to know that of the 90-plus days in the season, 40 still rema...
King Courteen’s “Simeon The Petrus” video takes it to City Hall
Back in 2016, we told you about King Courteen, the musical alias of Milwaukee musician and woodworker Michael Gerlach. On top of the beautiful things he builds with his voice, a guitar, and tool, Gerlach also h...
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will play Riverside Theater December 5
Let's just keep this simple: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will play Milwaukee's Riverside Theater Wednesday, December 5. General admission tickets are $55. They go on sale Friday, August 17, at 10 a.m. There w...
First Impression: Pita Palace
Last month, Milwaukee’s first Golden Corral opened on Layton Avenue. For reasons we can't quite grasp, the franchise’s arrival on the airport-adjacent causeway—which is also home to some quietly great restauran...
240 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Wisconsin State Fair (Slim’s Lakefront Brew Pub & Eatery, Door County Fish Boil)
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.
The first time I saw Alice Cooper was at the Fond du Lac County Fair in 2006. I had plans ...
Okay, it looks like Milwaukee is doing “game show battle rooms” now
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• First came the ramen. Then came the poke. Then came the axe-throwing bars and...
As the Bradley Center enters its final days, watch a star-studded video from its first days
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, today marks the first day of official closing operations for the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Forty-five full-time and 606 part-time employees are officially out of wo...
A five-foot-long iguana is on the loose on the East Side, and it gets goofier from there
Last week, in a momentary break from a world gone ugly and insane, CBS 58 reported on a five-foot-long iguana on the loose in Milwaukee's Murray Hill neighborhood. It seems that a month and a half ago, a pet ig...
Documentary on Hoan Bridge suicides coming to 2018 Milwaukee Short Film Festival
The 20th annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival will set up shop at the Fox Bay Cinema Grill Friday, September 7, and Saturday, September 8. Fifty films will screen during the fest, including previously screened ...
MKE Music Rewind: Testa Rosa, “Ollie & Delilah”
In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.
Way back when The Beatles were nearing the heights of their early p...
Heartwarming MCTS video of the week: Watch a bus driver stop at a kids lemonade stand
Our un-ironic love for the Milwaukee County Transit System knows no bounds. We've sung the bus' praises on these pages and on the radio. The bus has sung our praises for doing so. We were filmed on the bus for ...