First Impression: SmallPie
Last week, Bay View—a neighborhood that's already home to such dessert destinations as Babe's Ice Cream, Canfora Bakery, and Honeypie—got a little bit sweeter. SmallPie (2504 E. Oklahoma Ave., 414-763-7067) off...
“Bands from our genre don’t know Milwaukee has anything going on”: Forced Impact talks straight edge in the Midwest
Forget what the talking heads in documentaries have been saying for years—real punk is not "in the malls." Punk is still a marginalized part of society. Dig down a little further and you'll find hardcore. From ...
Polka, polka, polka: Second annual Milwaukee Polka Riot coming to Sabbatic September 8
Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. How are you? Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay, I thought you might have recognized...anyways. I had a few hits a few years ago, that's ...
Vote today, Milwaukee, because only jerks and creeps don’t vote
Hey! Milwaukee! Today, Tuesday, August 14, 2018, is the Wisconsin fall partisan primary. You know what that means: it's time to carve out 30 minutes from your precious day and vote. Why? Because it's your civic...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Nature and community meet at the Urban Ecology Center
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...
40 things to do in Milwaukee during the 40 remaining days of summer
Though you’ve likely spent much of the summer to this point screaming at strangers while navigating through road construction, it’s still comforting to know that of the 90-plus days in the season, 40 still rema...
King Courteen’s “Simeon The Petrus” video takes it to City Hall
Back in 2016, we told you about King Courteen, the musical alias of Milwaukee musician and woodworker Michael Gerlach. On top of the beautiful things he builds with his voice, a guitar, and tool, Gerlach also h...
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will play Riverside Theater December 5
Let's just keep this simple: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will play Milwaukee's Riverside Theater Wednesday, December 5. General admission tickets are $55. They go on sale Friday, August 17, at 10 a.m. There w...
First Impression: Pita Palace
Last month, Milwaukee’s first Golden Corral opened on Layton Avenue. For reasons we can't quite grasp, the franchise’s arrival on the airport-adjacent causeway—which is also home to some quietly great restauran...
240 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Wisconsin State Fair (Slim’s Lakefront Brew Pub & Eatery, Door County Fish Boil)
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.
The first time I saw Alice Cooper was at the Fond du Lac County Fair in 2006. I had plans ...
Okay, it looks like Milwaukee is doing “game show battle rooms” now
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• First came the ramen. Then came the poke. Then came the axe-throwing bars and...
As the Bradley Center enters its final days, watch a star-studded video from its first days
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, today marks the first day of official closing operations for the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Forty-five full-time and 606 part-time employees are officially out of wo...
A five-foot-long iguana is on the loose on the East Side, and it gets goofier from there
Last week, in a momentary break from a world gone ugly and insane, CBS 58 reported on a five-foot-long iguana on the loose in Milwaukee's Murray Hill neighborhood. It seems that a month and a half ago, a pet ig...
Documentary on Hoan Bridge suicides coming to 2018 Milwaukee Short Film Festival
The 20th annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival will set up shop at the Fox Bay Cinema Grill Friday, September 7, and Saturday, September 8. Fifty films will screen during the fest, including previously screened ...
MKE Music Rewind: Testa Rosa, “Ollie & Delilah”
In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.
Way back when The Beatles were nearing the heights of their early p...
Heartwarming MCTS video of the week: Watch a bus driver stop at a kids lemonade stand
Our un-ironic love for the Milwaukee County Transit System knows no bounds. We've sung the bus' praises on these pages and on the radio. The bus has sung our praises for doing so. We were filmed on the bus for ...
On The Record #136: The 4th annual Roast Of Milwaukee (live at Club Garibaldi)
Back in 2015, we decided to help informally kick off the Milwaukee Comedy Festival by asking eight comedians to take the stage at Bremen Cafe and gently (or, in some cases, straight-up viciously) make fun of th...
Take a bite out of Devils Teeth’s “Diamond Rio” music video
When we last spoke with Devils Teeth, the surf-punk project—which features former members of Green Bay stalwarts Paris@2am, Oshkosh's own The Susperios, and Milwaukee mainstays like Tigernite, Liar’s Trial, Whi...
Here are some important FieriCon updates
Less than a week ago, we invited you to FieriCon. Organized by Milwaukee native Andy Holcomb (who currently lives in Chicago), the event aims to honor polarizing Food Network personality Guy Fieri and transform...
It’s apparently International Cat Day, so here’s everything we’ve published about cats
Today is August 8, 2018. Coincidentally, today is also apparently International Cat Day. Please don't fault us for nearly forgetting this momentous annual occasion that's reserved for celebrating, honoring, and...