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Part grapefruit, part lime, all outstanding: A 50/50 appreciation post

December 31, 2020

It's New Year's Eve! While this December 31 is—or at least should be—different than any New Year's Eve that preceded it, we hope you and others in your household are able to pull some familiar sources of joy an...

TNT cuts away from Bucks game, Milwaukee sets NBA record for 3-pointers, everyone gets pissed

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2020

Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Bucks set an NBA record for three-pointers in a game after draining a remarkable 29 shots from beyond the arc. The milestone was part of a 144-97 blowout against the Miami Heat. Mil...

Ampersand Theater Company is dissolving

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2020

Late last year, we told you that Ampersand Theater Company would finally be moving into a place of its own following a largely-nomadic existence that found the improv troupe (formerly known as Mojo Dojo) perfor...

10 good things to happen in Milwaukee during this awful year

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2020

This year will surely go down as one of the worst of our lifetimes. We'd say the worst, but we're honestly not sure how 2021 will turn out. Though the past nine-plus months have been racked with unthinkable tra...

20 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (“Help one another” edition)

Josh Hoppert

December 29, 2020

The person who said "laughter is the best medicine" is neither laughing nor alive today. Thanks anyway, Dr. Not-A-Doctor. Maybe you should've opted for a less zany prescription. Fun is a great way to mask the p...

Reminder: Only four more days before Miller Park becomes American Family Field

Matt Wild

December 28, 2020

Yep. There are only four more days before Miller Park, long the home of your Milwaukee Brewers, becomes American Family Field. That's it. That's the article. Okay, here's a little more. The change becomes of...

Scott Walker supports local business with cropped pizza photo from 2019

Matt Wild

December 27, 2020

We need to support local restaurants and small businesses in these difficult and trying times. You know it, we know it, former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker knows it. Don't believe us on the last part? Behold...

Here’s how Robert Tonyan stacks up to the (other) best tight ends in Packers history

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2020

This week, Packers fans and statheads throughout the world of football were understandably upset when the NFL named its Pro Bowlers and Robert Tonyan was not on the roster. The Green Bay tight end is having an ...

My First Band: Shawna Nicols (DJ Shawna)

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 24, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest—and the final My First Band guest of 2020—is Shawna Nicols. Wisconsin sports fans probably know her better as "DJ Shawna," the moniker she uses while serving as the o...

Carryout Chronicles: Anodyne Coffee Roasters (Bay View Cafe & Pizza)

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2020

It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. It’s especially tough for restaurants in Wisconsin, where COVID-19 numbers are currently off the charts. Wanting to highlight local...

MKE Music Rewind: Couch Flambeau, “Santa Claus Skips Cudahy”

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In recent years, Milwaukee's collective catalog of holiday music has...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Brandy is Wisconsin’s unofficial, indisputable holiday spirit

Tyler Maas

December 22, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); 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 exp...

A Milwaukee transplant finds comfort in a Crafty Cow “Jucy Lucy”

Emily Johnson

December 22, 2020

To me, Milwaukee has always seemed like the city equivalent of that terrible trope where the "ugly" girl in the movie takes off her glasses, and you realize she was beautiful all along. I moved here from Minnea...

Marijuana-themed Cheba Hut planned for corner of Oakland and Locust

Matt Wild

December 22, 2020

Way, way back in 2018, Fort Collins, Colorado-based marijuana-themed restaurant chain Cheba Hut announced plans to set up shop in Milwaukee. Now, during a particularly harsh time when we all need the chain's "t...

New “MKE It Local” campaign supports local businesses, gives away a bunch of gift cards

Matt Wild

December 22, 2020

Want to support local businesses during this long, long, winter? A new campaign from Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, dubbed "MKE It Local," is making that a little easier—and tossing in a bunch of free gift cards, ...

Wisconsin! Now you can request a free at-home COVID-19 collection kit

Matt Wild

December 22, 2020

Do you enjoy getting tested for COVID-19 but wish you could do it in the comfort of your own home (with a licensed health care professional supervising over a Zoom call)? Now you can, thanks to an at-home COVID...

Vic’s Wholesale mixes toys, candy, pork hocks and turkey gizzards

Juan Miguel Martinez

December 21, 2020

My friend Max Knowlton-Sachner's birthday was last week. He was a camp counselor of mine when I was 16 and we kept in touch afterward. There are many things he has a strong affinity for, but two of them are lab...

18 more Milwaukee-made holiday songs

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 21, 2020

Over the course of a few Decembers of Milwaukee Record‘s existence, we’ve rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the largely unsatisfying holiday music genre. (You can ...

Updates on what’s going on with COVID-19 vaccinations in Milwaukee and Wisconsin

Matt Wild

December 21, 2020

What's going on with COVID-19 vaccinations in Milwaukee and Wisconsin? We're keeping tabs on the story in this updated roundup piece. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Wisconsin will receive shipments of Moderna COVID-...

Wisconsin will receive shipments of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week

Matt Wild

December 21, 2020

More good news, Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced Monday that Wisconsin will receive shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The initial shipment of 1...

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