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Now there’s a petition to save Milwaukee County parks, preferably without the help of parking meters

September 14, 2018

Back in February, a controversial plan to install paid parking meters in Milwaukee County parks and along the lakefront was roundly booed, protested, and eventually shot down. Milwaukee County Executive Chris A...

Beet Street Harvest Festival returns October 13

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2018

It's been quite a run, but this weekend's Bay View Bash pretty much concludes summer festival season here in Milwaukee, right? Wrong. The city will officially be festing into fall with Beet Street Harvest Festi...

Kick ass for the Lord and come to our screening of ‘Dead Alive’ October 17 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2018

Do you like movies with goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with lots of goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with tons of goofy, over-the-top gore? Then you're in luck, because on Wednesday, O...

Listen to Pete Holmes talk about staying at Comedy Cafe’s “shitty ass” condo

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2018

About two and a half years ago, we wrote about Aaron Rodgers going on Pete Holmes' great You Made It Weird podcast and telling the comedian about the time he saw “a UFO” in New Jersey back in 2005. Since that ...

Ever notice how Mayor Barrett and Alex Trebek kind of look alike?

Matt Wild

September 13, 2018

Hey. It's Thursday. It's getting late. The weekend is on the horizon. Just a few more hours and one more day to go. Yawn. Hey. Ever notice how Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Tre...

Here are 15 more patios to enjoy in the last 10 days of summer

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Over the last three-plus years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. After that, ...

Do the “Pierce Street Boogaloo” with the Hughes Family Band

Matt Wild

September 12, 2018

Milwaukee music is great, but there's something special about Milwaukee music that's about Milwaukee. Songs like Lorde Fredd33's "Reflections" can call attention to the city's ills, while songs like Maritime's ...

Remembering that weird “This Is My Milwaukee” video from 2008

Matt Wild

September 12, 2018

Take a stroll through YouTube these days and you'll find a bevy of gorgeously filmed, breathlessly narrated videos celebrating the city we call home. Big budget tourism videos share space with amateur love lett...

Choreography, the countryside, a spaceship come together in Cullah’s “Helios 3” music video

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2018

If you've never heard of Cullah, you're in for a treat. The Milwaukee-born musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist released his latest album on April 27 (his birthday), and has done so every April 27 sinc...

Relive 25 years of Colectivo with this illustrated timeline

Matt Wild

September 12, 2018

Milwaukee is in the throes of change: new buildings replacing old buildings, new businesses replacing old businesses, new spaces "activating" old spaces. It's a lot to take in. For decades, however, there's bee...

We went to a Big Boy Restaurant

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2018

Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee's heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc's Big Boy restaurants. ...

Here’s a guide to this fall’s Bay View Gallery Night

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2018

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive artistic undertaking brings together talented area artists and...

On The Record #138: Brooks Wheelan (comedy, ‘SNL’)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 10, 2018

This week's On The Record is a rare out-of-town episode that features an extra special guest. Host Tyler Maas traveled to Madison to spend some time chatting with the incomparable Brooks Wheelan. The accomplish...

Meet Joe Schonasky, the guy we mistakenly thought was Guy Fieri

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2018

Over the weekend, the Donkey Sauce was all over our face when we—more accurately, when I (Tyler Maas)—published an erroneous account of Food Network personality Guy Fieri dining at a Pewaukee pizza place. While...

Listen to a new Nineteen Thirteen track, “Whistle Breath,” from the upcoming ‘Sci-Fi Romance’

Matt Wild

September 10, 2018

Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff have invited me over to listen to their new Nineteen Thirteen EP, Sci-Fi Romance. Currently, however, more important matters are at hand. "I should have rescheduled after I rea...

Here’s an important update on Peapod, the suburban squirrel with a human friend

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2018

A few weeks ago, we sought to brighten up lives a little by documenting the budding friendship between a Glendale man named Bruce Dierbeck and an uncharacteristically brave suburban squirrel he named "Peapod." ...

Did Ringo Starr play Beatles songs at BMO Harris Pavilion? Yes. Did he play Toto’s “Africa”? Yes

Matt Wild

September 9, 2018

The pleasures of seeing Ringo Starr in concert are many, and they are weird. First, of course, is the fact that you're seeing a former Beatle, one of four men who, despite the internet's weekly required "The ol...

There’s a Chicago Bears car driving around Bay View

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2018

Though we'd like to think Milwaukee is clearly and unequivocally "Packers Country," the truth of the matter is we're a city with many rooting interests. Not even counting the loads of people that move to town f...

244 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: 5 O’Clock Club (Pewaukee)

Caleb Westphal

September 7, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. At 4 o'clock this past Friday, I found myself seated—not at a restaurant waiting for a Fri...

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the FIFTH AND FINAL Milwaukee streetcar

Matt Wild

September 7, 2018

Friday morning, in an event that could only be described as the Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter of Milwaukee public transportation (or would that be Friday The 7th?), the FIFTH AND FINAL Milwaukee streetcar ...

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