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Vote, Milwaukee! Here’s your super simple 2020 Partisan Primary voting guide

July 28, 2020

Hey Milwaukee! The 2020 Partisan Primary Election is on Tuesday, August 11. It's not the flashiest election out there, but it will determine who moves on to the big 2020 Fall General Election on November 3. Plu...

If some out-of-town cops can’t come to Milwaukee and gas DNC protestors, they ain’t coming

Matt Wild

July 27, 2020

Talk about taking your chemical irritants and going home. On Monday night, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a pretty incredible story entitled "Police departments begin to withdraw from security agre...

Abby Jeanne pays tribute to The Shag by covering “Stop And Listen”

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2020

In addition to recording and releasing her own music at an impressive rate, the incomparable Abby Jeanne occasionally reaches back to treat listeners to well-crafted covers of other artists. After putting out h...

Bublr Bikes to host virtual festival and design contest

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2020

While there won't be any in-person block parties or festivals happening in Milwaukee this year, the folks at Bublr Bikes have put together one heck of a virtual event. On Saturday, August 22, the Milwaukee bike...

Now is your chance to own a former alderman’s widely criticized home

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2020

Remember in early 2019 when an alderman's decision to build a home somehow became a hot piece of local news? Weird times! Since then-Alderman Tony Zielinski's house in Bay View was completed, a lot has changed....

21 new pandemic pieces on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Matt Wild

July 27, 2020

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Art Museum reopened to the public on July 16. Free admission through August 16, a timed ticketing system, earlier opening hours for "high-risk visitors," and a designated fi...

Federal agents in Milwaukee won’t be for protests, but DA suggests remaining “skeptical and vigilant”

Matt Wild

July 27, 2020

Are hundreds of federal shock troops headed to Milwaukee? Probably not—though these days, who the hell knows. That was the main takeaway from a special meeting of Milwaukee's Public Safety and Health Committ...

My First Band: Britney Freeman-Farr (B~Free)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 24, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); Under her musical moniker of B~Free, Britney Freeman-Farr has released some outstanding albums, opened for Janelle Monáe, and curated once-in-a-lifetime concerts. Long before the R&...

Wisconsin State Fair’s “Fair Food Drive-Thru” is surprisingly well-run and perfectly ridiculous

Matt Wild

July 24, 2020

Early on in my time spent at Wisconsin State Fair's Fair Food Drive-Thru Thursday afternoon, I realized the car in front of me contained a parrot. Not a parakeet, but an honest-to-god, decent-sized parrot. Yep!...

Leave your firearms (and tennis balls) at home if you plan to protest during the DNC

Matt Wild

July 24, 2020

Still planning to protest during the Democratic National Convention? Leave your guns and tennis balls at home. In case you missed it, the 2020 DNC is still taking place in Milwaukee. Sort of. Once expected t...

Weekend protest events include “MPD Murderer Call Out,” nationwide “Kneel For Nine”

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 24, 2020

This weekend will mark the 56th, 57th, and 58th consecutive days of peaceful events protesting police brutality and the murder of George Floyd. Here are just a few of the weekend’s events, sure to be joined by ...

Cactus Club tries to adapt, evolve in order to survive

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2020

It's been said over and over again, but it's worth repeating: music venues were the first businesses to close when the COVID-19 crisis hit America, and they'll be among the last to reopen. Among venues in and a...

Now Milwaukee music is playing with power in the delightfully retro ‘Space Raft: The Game’

Matt Wild

July 22, 2020

To hear Jordan Davis tell it, his path to becoming a musician—and, now, a video game designer—was laid out for him at an early age by none other than Cyndi Lauper and the Goonies. "When I think of the first ...

It looks like this is actually happening: A 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2020

Even though America is still in the midst of dealing with a deadly, still-raging pandemic—a disease the country has indisputably handled far worse than any other nation on the planet—and there are far more impo...

Franklin native takes baked comedians to fast food drive-thrus in ‘Munchie Run’

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2020

Have you run out of things to watch? Are you looking for something lighthearted and fun to help take your mind on the modern world? Could you go for something weed-related and with a slight local affiliation? I...

The East Side is getting a nifty outdoor “Art Lot”

Matt Wild

July 22, 2020

Do you like Milwaukee's East Side neighborhood? Do you like art? Do you like eating and/or hanging out in once-underused parking lots that now feature colorful picnic tables painted by local artists? If you ans...

6 Milwaukee names that were changed because they were offensive (and 2 that may change soon)

Matt Wild

July 21, 2020

Perhaps you've heard that a certain professional football team in Washington D.C. is finally going to change its outdated and racist name. Perhaps the news has you wracking your brain for Milwaukee (and Milwauk...

WMSE’s Art & Music makes the transformation to virtual event

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2020

WMSE's annual Art & Music successfully combines the work of area artists with Milwaukee music, along with local beer and cocktails to create a special event that raises funds for the listener-supported stat...

Reminder: There’s an election on August 11. Here are some voting deadlines

Matt Wild

July 21, 2020

Are you ready to vote again, Milwaukee? You should be! On Tuesday, August 11, Milwaukee will go to the polls and vote in the 2020 Partisan Primary Election. It's not the most thrilling election of the year (per...

Reminder: The Wisconsin State Fair food drive-thru thing begins this Thursday

Matt Wild

July 20, 2020

Missing the sights, sounds, and smells of the Wisconsin State Fair? Well, even though the 2020 fair wasn't scheduled to begin until August (it was canceled because of COVID-19, don't you know), you can get a de...

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