We went to a Big Boy Restaurant
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
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’)
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
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’
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
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
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
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 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
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 ...
Abby Jeanne, Lex Allen, Zed Kenzo, Crystal Knives selected for $20,000 Backline grants
Friday afternoon, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and gener8tor announced the recipients of their Backline accelerator program. First unveiled in March, Backline is a "grant and educational initiative designed to help M...
We spent the day playing vintage video games at every vintage video arcade in Milwaukee
In case you've been an internet-free shut-in for the last year, vintage arcade video games are back in a big way. The arcade bar scene has been percolating nationwide for the last few years—Logan Arcade in Chic...
Music venue and mini-arcade to open in former site of The Metal Grill and Vnuk’s in Cudahy
Last June, The Metal Grill—a bar and music venue at 5036 S. Packard Ave. in Cudahy—abruptly closed its doors. In its roughly four-year run, the venue hosted performances by such notables as Off With Their Heads...
Want to see a photo of Cole Hamels wearing a Brewers hat?
Earlier this week, newly-acquired Chicago Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels angered masses of Milwaukee fans when he questioned the existence of a Brewers-Cubs rivalry.
“When you have the majority of Cubs fans in the s...
No Studios announces grand opening, ‘Night School’ screening, new tenants, more
Back in February, Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, American Crime) announced the creation of No Studios, a Milwaukee-based hub for the creative arts. The hub, located in a 40,000-square-fo...
Food (including Friday fish fry) is coming back to Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom
It's been a wild ride for the Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom. Since opening in April 2017, the microbrewery/taproom has revitalized a 144-year-old building in the once-shuttered Pabst Brewery site, resurre...
Join us for an Election Night screening of ‘Idiocracy’ at Avalon Theater
Could you ever envision a time in which an unqualified, temperamental President and his inept cabinet "lead" an advertising-laden nation, whose listless populace derives entertainment from watching people injur...
MKE Music Rewind: Since By Man, “Push The Panic”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.
If you were going to hardcore shows in Milwaukee in the early 2000s...
12 (more) notable comedians with Wisconsin roots
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Back in early 2016, we previewed a doubleheader by South Milwaukeean-born comedian Jackie Kashian and Milwaukee stand-up Tom Clark by acknowledging the accomplishments of those two poi...
The Killers, Violent Femmes, Fiserv Forum shine at first Fiserv Forum show
"We've been playing that haunted, dirty Eagles Ballroom for 15 years. Look at us now!"
So said Killers frontman Brandon Flowers early in his band's set Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum. (Flowers quickly followe...