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Mayor Barrett’s DNC bid letter is dull, contain a grammatical errors

March 30, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Thursday afternoon, in a letter that displayed all the panache of a book repo...

221 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Landmark 1850 Inn

Caleb Westphal

March 30, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. It was just after midnight last Friday, but I was not thinking about going to bed. Instead, I wa...

PrideFest announces 2018 headliners

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2018

Even though it's still only March and we're just days into spring, Milwaukee's festival season is right around the corner. The official beginning of that long and joyous run of celebrations comes each June, whe...

Public Domain: Nickel&Rose performs “Red Rocking Chair”

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Stream ‘Ah Yes,’ Slow Walker’s latest and greatest

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2018

We’ve said it before, but it still holds true: There’s nothing slow about Slow Walker. Since the band’s 2011 start, they’ve averaged one album or EP per year. Their continually-expanding catalog is full of fast...

Bowling In Place #1: Bay View Bowl

Josh Hoppert

March 29, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit. The first room you enter when you walk in the front...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Von Trier remains the same, yet somehow better than ever

Matt Wild

March 28, 2018

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...

Hear a song from all 3 of Gallery Night’s forthcoming 7-inches

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2018

If you're reading this article, it's probably for one of two reasons. Reason #1: You've mistakenly stumbled on this, thinking it had information about Bay View Gallery Night or another artsy event. Reason #2: D...

On The Record Episode 125: Visit Milwaukee with Claire Koenig

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 28, 2018

Milwaukee's festival season is just around the corner, which means visitors will be swinging by the city to take in the sights, attractions, drinks and dining delicacies, and all the amenities that help make th...

Get a taste of Yum Yum Cult before March 31 debut

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2018

You've never heard Yum Yum Cult, but if you listen to Milwaukee-made music with any regularity, you've surely encountered some of its components. The new project features current and former members of Ugly Brot...

Undeterred by failure on East Side, Rosati’s Pizza will open a Bay View location

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2018

In early 2016, Rosati's—a Chicago-based pizza chain—opened a location at the corner of Farwell and North on Milwaukee's East Side. Milwaukee collectively said "no thanks" and the restaurant abruptly closed last...

Never Stop Attacking: 20 Years of Seven Days Of Samsara

Sahan Jayasuriya

March 27, 2018

From the top 40 success of Citizen King to the international acclaim of The Promise Ring, the late '90s were an incredibly vibrant time for Milwaukee's music scene. During this period, the city had its fair sha...

First Impression: Oscar’s Winner’s Circle

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2018

In spring of 2011, Elisabeth Stoeger and husband Oscar Castañeda quietly opened Oscar's Pub & Grill on 17th and Pierce. It didn't take long for buzz to build around the bar and restaurant, its excellent sel...

Calliope returns with psychedelic, end-of-the-world ‘Chapel Perilous’

Matt Wild

March 26, 2018

Early on in Chapel Perilous, the third psyched-out full-length album from Milwaukee's Calliope, things slow down. "The Dunes" is a three-minute-plus drone of noise and feedback, with wisps of riffs and hints of...

An explanation of the butter lamb, an Easter meal tradition

Catherine Jozwik

March 26, 2018

For many Catholic Milwaukeeans, the Easter butter lamb at the dinner table, sandwiched between ham, mashed potatoes, and Polish sausage, is both an endearing and enduring tradition, much like the Easter Vigil, ...

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the Milwaukee streetcar

Matt Wild

March 26, 2018

Today, in an event akin to the arrival of a President, a Pope, or Jesus Christ himself come back to spread the good word about public transportation, the first of Milwaukee's new streetcars arrived downtown. Co...

Buckethead takes fans to Bucketheadland at sold-out Shank Hall show

Cal Roach

March 26, 2018

Last year, reclusive guitar virtuoso Buckethead (Brian Carroll) gave an extremely rare interview on a podcast called Coming Alive. He revealed that he'd been dealing with a rare heart condition that had become ...

Bob Uecker survived a deadly spider bite and he has pictures of the open wound on his phone

Matt Wild

March 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • One of Milwaukee's most hallowed traditions isn't the return of festival seas...

220 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Jack Pandl’s Whitefish Bay Inn

Caleb Westphal

March 23, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. In one's lifetime, many things are not permanent: marriages crumble, jobs leave, snowmen melt (h...

Phoenix Cocktail Club to host a “Dad Bar” pop-up in April

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2018

When we last checked in with The Phoenix Cocktail Club in January, the Cathedral Square lounge was chasing its Elf-focused holiday drink offerings and Kanye West-themed “New Yeez Eve” party with LoveShaq, a sem...

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