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Weekend protest events include fundraisers, murals, “Defend The Police” counter-protest

June 12, 2020

This weekend will mark the 15th, 16th, and 17th consecutive days of peaceful Milwaukee protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Here are just a few events, sure to be joined by many more. FRIDAY, JUNE 1...

Milwaukee Board of School Directors may cut ties between MPS and Milwaukee Police Department

Matt Wild

June 11, 2020

School's out for summer. Also possibly out: the Milwaukee Police Department. An online agenda reveals that the Milwaukee Board of School Directors has drafted a resolution that "terminates immediately all co...

Appointment of new VISIT Milwaukee board chair accused of “ginning up” voter fraud in 2011 slammed as “tone deaf”

Matt Wild

June 11, 2020

Local convention and visitors bureau VISIT Milwaukee will have a new chairman of the Board of Directors next year, but the identity of that new board chair isn't sitting well with some Milwaukee politicians and...

No Seatbelts debut “The One” music video, issue statement about “black joy”

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2020

Since first hitting the scene in 2017, No Seatbelts—a project with direct ties to artists like Two Tones, ¡palabra!, and B~Free, among others—quickly developed a reputation for can't-miss live shows, unconventi...

Safe & Sound announces Virtual Juneteenth Celebration, seeks performers

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2020

Much like countless other Milwaukee events, this year's Juneteenth Day Parade and Street Festival has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Though a Freedom Ball—expected to take place sometime between Octobe...

Onesto, Smoke Shack, AJ Bombers, Blue Bat have reopened for dine-in service

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

Four Milwaukee restaurants under the Hospitality Democracy banner—Onesto, Smoke Shack, AJ Bombers, and Blue Bat Kitchen & Tequilaria—have reopened to dine-in service. But, like Lakefront Brewery, there are ...

And yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled, too

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

It's come to this. Yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled. Because of COVID-19, of course. It would have been the fourth year for "America's first and (as far as we know) only alternative polka...

Milwaukee will resume all timed and metered parking restrictions on June 15

Matt Wild

June 10, 2020

The free pandemic parking ride is almost over, folks. Per a Wednesday tweet from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works: Effective Monday (6/15) DPW will resume enforcement of ALL timed & metered restric...

The defense of the Revolution: 3 groups that help the people

Juan Miguel Martinez

June 9, 2020

The streets are filled with people, and our spirits are strong. We are in the midst of one of the largest civil rights demonstration this country has ever seen, and Milwaukee is certainly no slouch in that aren...

Washington Park Wednesdays cancels 2020 concert series

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2020

Washington Park Wednesdays has canceled its 2020 season. The annual concert series—which features a perennially impressive range of local acts performing under the gorgeous Washington Park bandshell every Wedne...

Lakefront Brewery will reopen for reservation-based table service this Friday

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Lakefront Brewery will reopen for reservation-based table service on Friday, June 12. Just in time for fish fry. Lakefront isn't just throwing its doors open, of course. Along with the reservation system, pa...

Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Originally set for August 17-22, Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It would have been the event's third annual celebration. The news was announced Tuesday via a pres...

Gov. Evers has called off the National Guard in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers, along with various Milwaukee officials, announced on Tuesday that the Wisconsin National Guard "has concluded its mission to preserve public safety and protect the rights of protesters and the ...

In case you missed it, here’s the revised 4,902-word health order still in effect in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

Remember last Thursday, when Mayor Tom Barrett announced that Milwaukee bars and restaurants could open (with capacity capped at 25%) the very next day? Yeah, that went well. The announcement wasn't just a rand...

MPD Chief Alfonso Morales is due for a performance review; share your thoughts by June 12

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

Last week, while the Milwaukee Police Department was busy firing tear gas at peaceful protesters and taking lemons water bottles and making lemonade Molotov cocktails, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales com...

Watch this 1980 ’60 Minutes’ story about the 1958 murder of Daniel Bell by Milwaukee police

Matt Wild

June 8, 2020

On February 2, 1958, a 22-year old black man named Daniel Bell was pulled over by two white Milwaukee police officers near the corner of 8th and Wright. Bell had a broken taillight. Bell jumped out of his car a...

Milwaukee County Parks’ beer garden season begins today (with some guidelines)

Tyler Maas

June 8, 2020

Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking outside? Do you like drinking in places you wouldn’t normally expect a lot of (legal) drinking? Then you’re in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks’ Traveling Beer Gar...

Weekend of peaceful Milwaukee protests brings out Bucks, Pride, superheroes

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 7, 2020

More than a dozen protest marches took to the streets of Milwaukee on Saturday and Sunday. Once again, the protests were a unified cry against the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, as well as the in...

My First Band: Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, The Twilight Hours)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 5, 2020

Matt Wilson has been a fixture in the Minneapolis music scene for roughly 30 years. Since starting out as the drummer of The Panic—a band that shared the stage with The Replacements and Hüsker Dü, and opened fo...

Are MCTS buses being used as National Guard transports?

Matt Wild

June 5, 2020

Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced on Thursday that it would "temporarily suspend all bus service in the overnight hours (approximately 10 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) on June 4, June 5, June 6, and June 7....

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