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March 9, 2020

Since the fall of 2019, Milwaukee has been lucky enough to be home to Lion's Tooth, a small press subscription service that aims to spread the good word of books and graphic novels to adults, young adults, and ...

2020 Milwaukee Film Festival now accepting submissions

March 9, 2020

Is it too early to get excited for the 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival? NO. It is never too early to get excited for the 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival. The 12th annual MFF isn't set to light up Milwaukee movie scre...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2020 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

March 9, 2020

This past Sunday, thousands of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE's 18th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and thin...

My First Band: Sabrina Ellis (Heart Bones, A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit)

March 6, 2020

Most musicians wait a lifetime for the chance to be part of one outstanding project. Sabrina Ellis is currently in three of them. The front person of A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit recently added another project ...

322 Friday fish frys and counting: St. Florian Parish (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

March 6, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. After accidentally turning into the parking lot of the Target on Miller Park Way, the bell tower...

8 questions (and answers) for last night’s They Might Be Giants show at Pabst Theater

March 6, 2020

Thursday night, They Might Be Giants played a sold-out show at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. It was a lot of fun! Here are eight questions (and answers) for said show: Q: This was a 30th anniversary show for 19...

Join us for Tuesday Tunes at Crafty Cow

March 5, 2020

Last year, Milwaukee Record debuted Tuesday Tunes. The weekly music series brought a wide variety of singer-songwriters to Kindred On KK for free concerts every Tuesday night between mid-February and early Apri...

Egg & Flour Pasta Bar’s Bay View location will open March 9

March 5, 2020

Last fall, we told you that Egg & Flour Pasta Bar—the brainchild of former Black Sheep executive chef Adam Pawlak, which opened its first restaurant inside Crossroads Collective last May—intended to open a ...

Here’s the vendor list for WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

March 5, 2020

This Sunday, thousands of Milwaukeeans will flock to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE's 18th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Once again, the station has rounded up some of the city’s most skilled chili connois...

Milwaukee Health Department is on top of the whole coronavirus thing, has some helpful tips

March 5, 2020

Representatives from the Milwaukee Health Department spoke at a special meeting of the Public Safety & Health Committee Thursday morning about how they are preparing for a theoretical coronavirus outbreak i...

Show your love for the streetcar, beer, at inaugural “Hops and Stops” pub crawl April 4

March 5, 2020

The awesomeness of the Milwaukee streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—and the awesomeness of beer: two things all Milwaukeeans can agree on! (Right?) So wouldn't it be nice if those two things could be combined into one ev...

You can now buy Milwaukee Record “Crew” T-shirts (for a limited time)

March 4, 2020

Though it's still technically winter, we're pleased to report that spring is just around the corner. With the new season also comes warmer weather, more daylight, and the return of baseball here in Milwaukee. B...

A Milwaukee pizzeria is selling fish-shaped “Lenten Pizza”

March 4, 2020

Lent is officially here. Even if you don't adhere to this religious practice, you no doubt witnessed folks with ash on their head last Wednesday and you've likely also overheard friends or loved ones pledging t...

Northwestern Mutual gives $1M to Milwaukee Public Museum to support “current, future museum”

March 4, 2020

Consider this your weekly reminder that the Milwaukee Public Museum as we know it won't be around for much longer: On Wednesday, Northwestern Mutual announced a $1 million grant to the Milwaukee Public Museum. ...

Surprise! Dave Chappelle will play four shows at Pabst Theater March 10-11

March 4, 2020

The headline says it all: Dave Chappelle will play four shows (two shows per night) at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11. The shows are at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. each night. Sur...

Check out the under-construction areas of the former Grand Avenue that are still open

March 3, 2020

By now we all know that the once-glorious/empty Grand Avenue mall in Downtown Milwaukee is being transformed into The Avenue. The place where the singing bears used to delight crowds will soon become a food hal...

16 Milwaukee videos that feature either puppets or Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets”

March 3, 2020

Remember when Milwaukeeans got their weather from a puppet? (That would be Albert the Alley Cat, who worked with Ward Allen on TV6 throughout the 1960s and '70s.) Remember when Milwaukee enjoyed Metallica playi...

Robert Plant and his new band, Saving Grace, will play Turner Hall Ballroom May 13

March 3, 2020

If our memories are correct, the last time Robert Plant graced Milwaukee with his legendary presence was in 2016, as a late addition to Emmylou Harris' "Lampedusa: Concert for Refugees" at Pabst Theater. Before...

We closed Wolski’s and opened Highbury on the same day (and did local late night stuff in between)