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MooSa’s, a.k.a. former Northpoint Custard stand, opens today

June 14, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Watch a local harpist try to break the world record for marathon harp playing…right now!

Matt Wild

June 14, 2019

What are you doing right now? Reading this article and farting around on the internet, obviously, but what are you really doing? Are you trying to break a world record? Probably not. Well, New Berlin resident R...

It’s time to admit that it’s (nearly) the end of the Milwaukee Public Museum as we know it

Matt Wild

June 13, 2019

Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Public Museum announced its new president and CEO, Dr. Ellen J. Censky. A Cedarburg native, Dr. Censky started her career with MPM back in 1977, and has served as the interim pr...

A-side/B-side: Are hologram concerts the future of entertainment or just smoke and mirrors

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2019

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Tyler Ma...

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers need some help naming their udder mascot

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2019

Last week, we eagerly informed you that the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers—a minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers—would temporarily be changing its name to the...Wisconsin Udder Tuggers on June 20 in hon...

Get ready for summer with the “High Strangeness” skate video

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2019

At long last, spring has finally sprung. While we're still bracing ourselves for the faint possibility of one more blizzard, we're slowly beginning to believe the weather in Milwaukee is going to stay nice for ...

Celebrate Pabst’s 175th anniversary with exclusive craft beers, limited-edition merch

Matt Wild

June 12, 2019

Pabst Brewing Company traces its origins back to a Milwaukee brewing company founded by Jacob Best in 1844. If our math is correct, that would make Pabst...175 years old! And hey, our math must be correct, beca...

South Shore Frolics won’t return in 2019, “foreseeable future”

Matt Wild

June 12, 2019

For more than six decades, the South Shore Frolics was a Bay View fixture stuffed with parades, live music, festival food, classic car shows, games, and the "Blow Up The Beach" fireworks display. That tradition...

The night I saw Tiffany at a rural Wisconsin bar

Joey Grihalva

June 11, 2019

To paraphrase Chuck Klosterman—who has a new book coming out and will be at Turner Hall on July 18—nostalgia, when it comes to music, may have less to do with warm and fuzzy memories and more to do with repetit...

‘Hotline Miami’ publisher releases official bootleg game, ‘Hotline Milwaukee’

Matt Wild

June 11, 2019

Milwaukee has made its fair share of appearances in film and music, but it remains largely unrepresented in the world of video games. There's the generic Milwaukee level in Rampage, we suppose, but that's about...

Here’s the lineup for Cafe Hollander’s Summer Music Series

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2019

If there’s one thing Milwaukee loves more than live music, it’s live music played outdoors. Even though the city is already chock full of festivals, block parties, and a variety of other festivities, it hasn’t ...

Purple Door Ice Cream to unveil “Dad Flavors” that will likely not be called “Nuts For Daddy”

Matt Wild

June 11, 2019

Last week, we brought you the thrilling tale of Kopp's Frozen Custard's special Father's Day flavor, "Nuts For Daddy." Again: not "Nuts For Dad"; "Nuts For Daddy." Amazing. Today, we bring you the scoop on some...

Watch Macaulay Culkin point at a bunch of stuff in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2019

Last month, Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin dropped by Milwaukee to partake in some video collaborations with the local treasures at Red Letter Media. On top of making a cameo in a “Best Of The Worst” episode, ...

Relive PrideFest 2019 and Milwaukee Pride Parade with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 10, 2019

The final numbers are in, we're able to say with certainty that this year’s PrideFest was far and away the largest installment yet. The 32nd annual celebration brought a record-setting 45,787 attendees through ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 2-8)

Matt Wild

June 10, 2019

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Watch some magnet fishers catch a 20-inch Schwinn in the Milwaukee River

Matt Wild

June 10, 2019

In preparation for an upcoming story, we spent the morning fishing at Lakeshore State Park. (You know, that park just offshore from the Summerfest grounds.) We came up empty. But in a new YouTube video, the Wis...

Behold da unveiling of “Da Crusher” statue

Matt Wild

June 8, 2019

On Saturday, June 8, in the year of our Lord 2019, it finally happened: a life-sized bronze statue of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski was unveiled at a gala celebration dubbed "Cru...

My First Band: Joseph Huber (.357 String Band, Joseph Huber)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 7, 2019

Before he made a name for himself in roots and Americana music as the front man and primary songwriter of a band that bears his name, Joseph Huber was a punk kid living in the country. While growing up on the o...

Violent Femmes played a free “Cheers to Milwaukee” show at the Riverside and it was good

Matt Wild

June 7, 2019

There are two groups of Milwaukee music fans: the group that enthusiastically answers "Violent Femmes!" when asked to name the city's most influential band, and the group that rolls its eyes when confronted wit...

It’s Friday and it’s gorgeous outside so hurry and read this roundup of stuff we missed this week

Matt Wild

June 7, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

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