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Join us at Company Brewing for the official Milwaukee Day Showcase

March 6, 2018

It’s been less than 10 years since a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and turned that laughable coincidence into a full-blown ...

Cast, crew, and crowd get messy in Nickelodeon game show-inspired ‘Winnerz Take All’

Matt Wild

March 6, 2018

A totally tubular game show host pumps up an already pumped-up crowd. Four teams slosh around in a super sloppy obstacle course stocked with buckets of popcorn, swimming pools of slime, and paper mache boulders...

Enter the hand-drawn, hasty world of Getting Shit Done Animation Club

Matt Wild

March 6, 2018

It's a joke as old as time: Mega Man and Samus Aran walk into a bar and talk about a crazy night at Dr. Wily's. Or how about this: Two space-faring explorers bicker amongst themselves while a dastardly villain ...

Check out The Vanguard’s new menu

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2018

Since opening in late 2014, The Vanguard has quickly established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Beyond its everyday offerings that have wowed critics, lured professional athletes ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Koz’s Mini Bowl celebrates 40 years of pint-sized bowling, full-sized charm

Catherine Jozwik

March 5, 2018

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...

Here’s what’s happened in WWE since the last time Monday Night RAW was in Milwaukee

DJ Hostettler

March 5, 2018

As the Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center nears completion, the soon-to-be-Old-Yeller'd BMO Harris Bradley Center is going through a victory lap of final events, and WWE has joined the party, bringing on...

Our kingdom for one of these personalized South Milwaukee love songs from 1985

Matt Wild

March 5, 2018

Have you ever listened to a song and thought, "This song is great, but I wish the singer was singing directly to me. You know, like singing my name and everything. That would be swell." Of course you haven't. S...

Tyler The Creator, Vince Staples end tour on high note at The Rave

Dan Agacki

March 5, 2018

Approaching The Rave Sunday night for the sold-out Tyler, The Creator show, there was a constant flow of twenty-somethings making their way inside. Police were forced to shut down the block behind the venue in ...

The Vans Warped Tour ’18 band name breakdown

Tyler Maas

March 4, 2018

Last week, Van’s Warped Tour announced its 2018 lineup. The final cross-country tour will be making 38 tour stops throughout two countries between late June and early August. The touring punk, ska, and hardcore...

Lorde is the electrifying voice of Generation Z at BMO Harris Bradley Center

Lauren Keene

March 2, 2018

Music fans of a certain age undoubtedly remember when Lorde's magnum opus, "Royals," made its radio debut back in 2012. The indie-influenced track was unlike anything else on the dreaded top-40 radio stations, ...

217 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Pat’s Oak Manor

Caleb Westphal

March 2, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. It's been almost a year since I started writing this column, but more importantly, it's been alm...

FOX6 woke up to some UFOs that turned out to be a giant flock of seagulls

Matt Wild

March 2, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Every weekday from 4:30 a.m. until 9 a.m., FOX6 WakeUp does its best to enter...

Meet Mini Meltdowns and stream a song from the band’s debut 7-inch

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2018

Even though Jon Phillip now lives in Nashville, he's still a notable figure in Milwaukee music. The former Benjamins and Trapper Scheopp drummer—who also kept time for nationally-known acts like Limbeck, Tommy ...

We had Officer Bradford from Masked Intruder interview Kyle Kinane for us

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 1, 2018

Kyle Kinane and Officer Bradford go way back. Since meeting on tour years ago, the Midwest-born comedian and Milwaukee-based punk rock police officer in Masked Intruder have become friends and appreciators of e...

Welcome to March: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 1, 2018

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

We got it all at Avalon Theater on April 4 when we screen the “Weird Al” classic ‘UHF’

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, April 4. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

Local developer buys BBC/Hotel Foster complex

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

The G-Daddy's BBC and Hotel Foster complex on Milwaukee's East Side has been completely vacant for nearly a year, but it appears new life may be headed its way soon. BizTimes is reporting that the four building...

Public Domain: Brett Newski performs “On, Wisconsin!”

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 28, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

7 Milwaukee companies that definitely won’t get naming rights to the new Bucks arena

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

UPDATE (7/26/18): It's Fiserv Forum. UPDATE (4/23/18): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the naming rights are "imminent," and that they will go to a "local company with a national presence." Here are s...

Adam Sandler will perform two shows at Riverside Theater in April

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

Much like the universe, and much like the Self, Adam Sandler contains multitudes. There's the early Saturday Night Live Sandler, scoring big on characters like Opera Man and the Herlihy Boy ("Please don't make ...

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