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The 50 best Milwaukee Brewers players of all time (50-31)

March 19, 2020

Major League Baseball's 2020 season has been postponed indefinitely and, as a result, we're not quite sure when the Milwaukee Brewers will be taking the field again. As we wait for Opening Day to come (whenever...

Comparing Cudahy, Wisconsin and Cudahy, California

Tyler Maas

March 19, 2020

The following article originally appeared in the February edition of Colectivo Coffee‘s “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Milwauk...

Saloon on Calhoun wins WAMI for “Best Music Venue To Defiantly Stay Open During Global Pandemic”

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

If you're familiar with the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards (or WAMIs, for short), you know that Brookfield's Saloon on Calhoun is a perennial "Best Live Club/Venue" nominee. And if you're familiar with Sa...

Milwaukee suspends “all timed, metered and night parking restrictions”

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

Some good news for a change: Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee's Department of Public Works announced it had suspended "all timed, metered and night parking restrictions to accommodate residents who are home due to...

Jazz In The Park pushes back opening date from May 28 to June 4

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

And so it continues: Thursday afternoon, Jazz In The Park organizers announced that the popular summer music series will push back its opening date from May 28 to June 4. Because of coronavirus/COVID-19 concern...

Online storytimes, live drawing, and virtual studio visits to help you and your kids stay busy at home

Cris Siqueira

March 19, 2020

Our 20 Years Later series is on brief hiatus until the end of the world is over—or at least until things start looking up again. Please accept instead this brief collection of book and comics-related online hap...

An oral history of Catholics eating beaver (and muskrat) during Lent

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2020

A few weeks ago, our friend and occasional Milwaukee Record photographer Meg Strobel—hire her to take your photos!—told us a story that seemed too strange and hilarious to be true, but it totally is. According ...

Dig Deep unearths fresh roots on ‘Heavy Heart’

Jared Blohm

March 18, 2020

Today is the last day of winter, but if you turn on Dig Deep’s new album, Heavy Heart, hoping for a little bluegrass pick-me-up for the tail end of another long Wisconsin deep freeze, you might want to skip the...

PrideFest Milwaukee 2020 has been postponed

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2020

Following a week in which precautionary measures done in effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus/COVID-19 have resulted in countless event postponements and cancellations in and around Milwaukee, the threat...

This Friday, Steny’s will donate 50% of fish fry sales to its laid-off employees

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

When you're finished reading our—ahem—oral history of Catholics eating beaver (and muskrat) during Lent, read this: On Friday, March 20, Steny's Tavern and Grill (800 S. 2nd St., 414-672-7139) will donate 50% o...

Order carryout from Company Brewing and get a roll of toilet paper for just $1!

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

Earlier this week, Mequon Pizza Co. made news by offering a free roll of toilet paper with every order of a large pizza. But things have changed since Monday—you can no longer eat inside a restaurant, and toile...

Milwaukee Public Market is completely closed. No carryout. Maybe delivery at some point, but that’s it

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

Welp. Wednesday morning, the Milwaukee Public Market posted this message to Facebook: To our extended Market Family: Based on the new guidelines set out by the State, the market is enforcing a full closure ...

Here are some ways to help artists, musicians, and venues impacted by COVID-19 closures

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2020

Times are tough. That's a huge understatement, but it needs to be acknowledged. Within the past week, the threat of COVID-19 has forced business owners throughout the country to make the extremely difficult dec...

Meet Mertles Acres and stream “Last Summer”

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2020

With just a handful of shows and even fewer songs released to this point, you might not know Mertles Acres. Though the young project might not ring a bell with listeners quite yet, you've probably heard its mem...

All Milwaukee restaurants and bars are now carry-out and delivery only

Matt Wild

March 17, 2020

In case you somehow missed it: Monday afternoon, due to COVID-19 concerns, Gov. Tony Evers ordered a statewide ban on gatherings of 50 or more people. Under Evers' order, Wisconsin restaurants and bars could te...

UW-Milwaukee employee tests positive for coronavirus/COVID-19

Matt Wild

March 17, 2020

Last week, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee employee who was tested for coronavirus/COVID-19 tested negative. Today, an update from UWM Chancellor Mark A. Mone has confirmed that a different employee has tes...

Here’s a list of all the lists of Milwaukee restaurants that are offering delivery and take-out service

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

UPDATE (3/16/20, 10 p.m.): According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Bars and restaurants across Milwaukee County are expected to be ordered to close within the next 24 hours, except for carryout, delivery ...

MCTS would like you to limit any “non-essential bus travel,” please

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

Isn't it strange when a bus company strongly suggests that folks refrain from riding the bus? Well, we live in strange times, folks. Monday afternoon, deep in a never-ending avalanche of COVID-19 closings, Milw...

Milwaukee County Parks closes all golf courses and dog parks, recommends avoiding playgrounds

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

If you're like us, there's only one thing that has been rattling around in your brain for the past few days: Wow. This is fucking crazy. And so the craziness continues, with Milwaukee County Parks announcing th...

You’re never alone with Victor DeLorenzo’s latest EP, ‘Tranceaphone’

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

"What I love about this record is that I don't remember making it." So says Victor DeLorenzo—he of the original Violent Femmes lineup, he of the long-running Nineteen Thirteen duo—about his latest EP, Trance...

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