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June 6, 2019

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Marcus Center releases lineup for “Live At Peck Pavilion” film screenings, concerts, plays

June 6, 2019

Marcus Performing Arts Center is known for hosting touring Broadway productions, concerts, ballet shows, community programs, and other sources of entertainment within its walls all year long. Fortunately, the v...

Start your weekend off right with Silver City Taco Truck Party du Junio

June 6, 2019

Back in February, Ald. Bob "sir, this stall is occupied" Donovan introduced a resolution to ban food trucks from a one-mile stretch of National Avenue, between South 27th and South 39th streets. Donovan cited "...

All killer, no filler: Classic B-movies go “Under The Knife” at X-Ray Arcade

June 5, 2019

It's a tale as old as time: You're watching an ancient public domain horror movie—maybe one of those Roger Corman flicks where Boris Karloff putters around a castle for 80 minutes—and you wish the thing would j...

Here’s who’s performing in the fourth annual Milwaukee Fringe Festival

June 5, 2019

Each August since 2016, Milwaukee Fringe Festival has showcased live acts from the worlds of theater, music, dance, and visual art downtown in Pere Marquette Park, Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, ...

Streetcar ridership doing just fine, eventual fare still up in air

June 5, 2019

The Milwaukee streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—launched in November 2018. Seems like a million years ago, doesn't it? Since the service's "Grand Hop-ening," there's been no shortage of drama: lawsuits, angry press rele...

Here’s the 2019 Lakefront Festival Of Art lineup

June 4, 2019

Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival Of Art has always been one of the city’s classier summer festivals—no beer runs or zany street performers here! Still, per Milwaukee summer festival regulations, there ...

William Henderson, Sean Jones, other former Packers are coming to Fuel Cafe 5th Street next week

June 4, 2019

If you're still kicking yourself for not attending LeRoy Butler's wedding last month, the fine folks at Fuel Cafe 5th Street have just the thing for you. On Thursday, June 13, the Walker's Point cafe/bar/res...

Buckle up for this weekend’s CrusherFest with Lovanova’s bruising “Da Crusher”

June 4, 2019

Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski is known as "The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous." Over the course of his 40-year professional wrestling career, the South Milwaukee native and World War II vet was the pride of a reg...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2019

June 3, 2019

"I think moving forward, we'd love to see FemFest as a thing that just happens all the time, everywhere." That was festival organizer Ellie Jackson in the closing moments of this year's eight-day, multi-venue, ...

Let’s talk about Kopp’s Frozen Custard’s Father’s Day special, “Nuts For Daddy”

June 3, 2019

Summer is just around the corner, which means it's almost time to hang out at one of Milwaukee's best summer hangouts, Kopp's Frozen Custard. (Any location will do!) Also just around the corner: Father's Day, w...

Welcome to June: Here’s what you’re doing this month

June 3, 2019

Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...

Brewers minor league affiliate to become Wisconsin Udder Tuggers for one game

June 3, 2019

Today, mere hours after learning Kopp's Frozen Custard's "Nuts For Daddy" Father's Day promotion, we're pleased to report that a Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliate will temporarily change its name to some...

When you feel like nobody cares, watch the video for Tigernite’s incredible “Oracle”

June 3, 2019

When one thinks of Tigernite (which one should do often), one thinks of glam-rock vamping, mile-high choruses, and glitter. So much glitter. But, as we said about the band's excellent 2018 album Sublunary: "The...

Here’s the 2019 PrideFest entertainment lineup

May 31, 2019

With all due respect to earlier-occurring newcomers Riverwest FemFest and Cream City Comedy Festival, Milwaukee’s festival season truly and officially begins with PrideFest. The first fest to hit Henry Maier Fe...

My First Band: Samiam

May 31, 2019

Over the course of the band's 30-plus-year existence, Samiam has done it all. Since starting out on Gilman Street in the late '80s, the legendary punk band has released eight influential albums and a mess of ex...

12 pictures of new food items coming to Summerfest 2019, and that’s it

May 31, 2019

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Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2019

May 31, 2019

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records, notable singles, and more. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Marielle Allschw...

Welcome…to the vendor lineup for that Walker’s Point food truck park