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October 3, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Where is the 2006 cult classic ‘Monster House’ really set? (Spoiler: It’s a Wisconsin story.)

Adam Smith

October 2, 2025

Every generation has its defining holiday films, and if you’re an early-2000s kid like me, you won’t be surprised to hear that I consider Monster House one of the greatest Halloween movies ever. It’s definitely...

25 things to do during the Packers bye

October 2, 2025

Even though they've played just four games so far this season, the Green Bay Packers are already getting a bye week for some reason and it’s probably a tough pill for fans to swallow. We’ve just gotten used to ...

Relive the Bucks title run in a whole new way with Ben McCormick’s book

October 2, 2025

Where were you during the Milwaukee Bucks championship run in the summer of 2021? We'll never forget that magical moment when the city was in the spotlight, and neither will Ben McCormick. The author was watchi...

AJ Bombers’ final day of service will be November 20

October 2, 2025

Back in June, downtown burger joint AJ Bombers (1247 N. Water St.) announced that after 16 years of service, it would be closing its doors later this year. Now, we have actual date. On Thursday, AJ Bombers anno...

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

October 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta a signal for things slowing down in Milwaukee entertainment? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, there ...

Nine Inch Nails will play Fiserv Forum February 23

October 1, 2025

Like the man said, "Bow down before the one you serve / You're going to get what you deserve." And what you deserve is to see Nine Inch Nails live at Fiserv Forum on Monday, February 23, 2026. It's been a minut...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Bowvee (2025)

October 1, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, September 30, 2025: ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2025

September 30, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Paul Cebar - s/t Chris Head & T...

“A role of a lifetime”: Jeffrey Combs talks Herbert West, ‘Re-Animator’ ahead of 40th-anniversary screening

September 30, 2025

There's no film quite like 1985's Re-Animator. Is it a horror film? A comedy? A Frankenstein/"mad scientist" spoof? A horror-comedy-Frankenstein/"mad scientist"-spoof? Whatever it is, it's an absolute hoot, and...

Mandatory Milwaukee: “I Closed Wolski’s” stickers

September 30, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Those "I Closed Wolski's" stickers! Wolski’s Tavern is nothing sho...

Erik Stenglein talks the return of Northless, life in Rhode Island, Syrictus

September 30, 2025

Over the course of the band's 18-year existence, Northless was one of the loudest and most pummeling projects to ever come out of Milwaukee. However, the act best-known for its unmatched volume and intensity ha...

25 memorable moments from the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 1

Kyle Lobner

September 29, 2025

The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the MLB postseason for the seventh time in eight years, but this will be a season remembered for much more than that. For nearly two decades I’ve been maintaining a “Today in...

Milwaukee Record 1-Minute History: The first game at (not-yet-Lambeau) City Stadium

Mitch DeSantis

September 29, 2025

It was on this date 68 years ago—September 29, 1957—that the Green Bay Packers played their first game in Green Bay's City Stadium. What's City Stadium, you ask? The stadium that would eventually be named Lambe...

Outgoing FM 102/1 honored with official county proclamation

September 29, 2025

In case you missed it, long-running Milwaukee rock radio station FM 102/1 (WLUM-FM) will cease its programming at the end of the month. Tennessee-based Christian radio network K-Love Inc. purchased the station,...

We need some local restaurants to answer the call to be part of our “Casserole Call” fundraiser

September 29, 2025

Every fall since 2023, Milwaukee Record has hosted an event that simultaneously celebrates a beloved Midwest meal standby and raises funds for a great local organization. Our annual "Casserole Call" features ar...

The Onion’s Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary will screen at X-Ray Arcade October 17

September 29, 2025

Satirical warhorse The Onion made news last week when it unveiled the existence of Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile, a 20-minute "yes, this is real" doc/mockumentary created by The Onion. "Forget everything yo...

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