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You’ll always remember where you were when WalletHub named Milwaukee the 32nd “most fun” city in America

September 18, 2018

There are certain events that are forever burned in America's collective memory: the moon landing, September 11, that time at the VMAs when Axl Rose got into it with Kurt Cobain. Provided you were actually aliv...

Charly Bliss charms, receives the gift of cheese at Colectivo’s Back Room

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

Before we begin, let's get all the Charly Bliss talking points out of the way. Cool? Cool. The Brooklyn power-pop/alt-rockers have been around since 2014, but they sound like they're straight out of 1994. The g...

Relive Bay View Bash 2018 with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 17, 2018

Is it possible to sum up Bay View Bash 2018 with one photo? Certainly not. How about 40 or so photos? Not really, but let's give it a shot anyway. This year's Bash scored big on gorgeous weather, great music, g...

Fuel Cafe and Lakefront Brewery celebrate 20 years of collaboration with Doomsday festival (and beer)

Tyler Maas

September 17, 2018

Way back in 1998, a pair of young Milwaukee-based businesses joined forces to make something special. Along with the incorporation of some coffee from Colectivo (then known as Alterra, of course), Fuel Cafe and...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Sept. 9-15)

Matt Wild

September 17, 2018

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...

SafeHouse, AJ Bombers, country prepare for National Cheeseburger Day on September 18

Matt Wild

September 17, 2018

Today—Monday, September 17—is...let's see here...International Country Music Day! Fun! Go out and enjoy some country music (and ask us about a killer country ballad we once wrote called "Bar Dice")! Meanwhile, ...

Take a look inside Dandy, Milwaukee’s newest vintage store and event space

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2018

Lately, Milwaukee has experienced an explosion of vintage shops, as the city's resale and maker scenes have both grown and improved considerably in recent years. Though there are exponentially more places to pi...

Author and Vikings fan Drew Magary tells us his 5 most hated Packers of all time

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2018

There isn't a sportswriter alive who hates the Green Bay Packers more than Drew Magary does. The novelist, GQ correspondent, beloved Deadspin columnist, and outspoken Minnesota Vikings fan routinely tears apart...

245 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Crawfish Junction (Milford)

Caleb Westphal

September 14, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I may have eaten a fish fry on every Friday for the past 245 weeks, but I have also gone t...

Let us ponder, for a moment, DJ Aaron Rodgers

Matt Wild

September 14, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • How about that Aaron Rodgers? How about that career-defining comeback Monday ...

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

Matt Wild

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...

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