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In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Sept. 6-12)

September 15, 2020

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...

Here’s the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2020

Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved in kind with Milwaukee’s humor scene. In fact, the annual comedic un...

Our Tuesday Tunes concert series has been canceled

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2020

Back in early March, just days before COVID-19 made its presence fully known in Milwaukee and the U.S. as a whole, we unveiled the lineup for our Tuesday Tunes music series at Crafty Cow. Over the course of eig...

Watch a Lion’s Tooth video tour of the MOWA comics exhibit

Cris Siqueira

September 14, 2020

Last month the Museum of Wisconsin Art launched an amazing exhibition about the history of comics in Wisconsin, with emphasis on the career of cartoonist and publisher Denis Kitchen, from his beginnings in the ...

My First Band: Trapper Schoepp

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); Through the years, Trapper Schoepp has released four excellent albums, played hundreds of shows all over the U.S. and Europe, shared the stage with some of music's most noted names, ha...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Klement’s Factory Outlet

Tyler Maas

September 10, 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...

Watch interviews with Frank Nitty, Lt. Gov. Barnes, Mayor Barrett on Showtime’s ‘The Circus’

Matt Wild

September 10, 2020

The latest season of the Showtime political documentary series The Circus (subtitled Inside The Craziest Political Campaign On Earth) is airing now. It's great. This past Sunday, in an episode entitled "Law And...

Take a ghostly tour of Riverside Theater October 9-31

Matt Wild

September 10, 2020

Like we said the time we stayed overnight at that haunted cigar bar, the interesting thing about ghosts is that they don't exist. Like, c'mon, they really don't. Buy hey! We're still suckers for pretending they...

“Riots to Revival” is coming to Milwaukee to baptize you in a pool of COVID-19

Tea Krulos

September 10, 2020

If you're driving by the Milwaukee County War Memorial on September 15 at 6 p.m., you might spot a large gathering of people not socially distancing, spraying droplets and singing along with some Christian cont...

Bay View Bash is hosting a parade this weekend

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2020

Like pretty much every other large scale event, festival, and block party in Milwaukee, Bay View Bash isn't happening this year. COVID-19 concerns caused the long-running late summer staple to cancel this year'...

The woods have eyes in the ravenous video for Brat Sounds’ “Mona Lisa Frank”

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

When we last checked in with Brat Sounds, the eminently enjoyable Milwaukee band was releasing one of our favorite albums of 2019 (Bad Luck) and battling Satan himself in the Evil Dead-esque video for "Sunny D....

India Palace coming soon to Wells Street in Downtown Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

If you blinked during the tail end of 2019, you may have missed the coming and going of a lunch-only Shah Jee's location at 228 W. Wells St. in Downtown Milwaukee. The spot opened in August 2019, but was perman...

Gaze upon the four new murals being painted underneath I-794 along North Broadway

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

If you thought Milwaukee went mural-happy in 2019, it's gone all out in 2020. Murals celebrating local civil rights leaders, murals celebrating local frontline workers, and murals celebrating local otters and b...

Mitchell Park Domes will reopen September 26 (with some changes)

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

Yep, the Mitchell Park Domes will reopen Saturday, September 26—but now you gotta make reservations and wear a mask. And stay six feet apart from each other. So there you go. Here's the press release: Mitch...

Place your bids for Milwaukee Record’s Pretty Good Online Auction, September 11-17

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 8, 2020

Are you a fan of auctions? Are you a fan of auctions filled with fabulous items from fabulous local businesses? Are you a fan of auctions that culminate in live broadcast events with dodgy production values? Th...

The Beloit Snappers are changing their name (and, uh oh, fans get to vote on it)

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2020

Even though there wasn't a minor league season this year, we're pleased to report that not even a pandemic can halt MiLB's tendencies for batshit crazy promotional stunts. Yesterday, the Beloit Snappers—a longt...

Join us this Thursday for a (virtual) conversation with ‘American Madness’ author Tea Krulos

Matt Wild

September 8, 2020

If you haven't already ordered, read, and ruminated on American Madness by Milwaukee author Tea Krulos, do so RIGHT NOW. The book (full title: American Madness: The Story Of The Phantom Patriot And How Conspira...

Oak & Shield Gaming Pub has closed

Matt Wild

September 8, 2020

After nearly two and a half years in business, Oak & Shield Gaming Pub, 600 E. Ogden Ave., has closed its doors for good. The geek-friendly den of food, drink, and gaming—an initial joint venture between th...

My First Band: Lydia Loveless

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 4, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); With such a vast and downright impressive body of work to her credit, you might be shocked to learn Lydia Loveless just turned 30. Since 2010, the singer and songwriter has released a ...

Maya Ophelia’s becomes a vegan Milwaukee staple

Juan Miguel Martinez

September 4, 2020

There is a product known as "chikin," which is quite possibly the tastiest of all chicken substitutes in all the vegan product world. I have always been a voracious meat eater, but upon having the chikin banh m...

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