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Have a little cry at the friendship between a 4-year-old girl and a Milwaukee bus driver

March 15, 2018

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 ...

Take a look at Transfer Pizzeria’s 10th anniversary expansion

Matt Wild

March 15, 2018

Has it really been 10 years since Transfer Pizzeria Cafe opened on the corner S. 1st and W. Mitchell streets? Yes, yes it has. Co-owners John and Russell Rossetto are celebrating the big anniversary this week—a...

Watch a Milwaukee drag queen try a $1,000 pizza

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2018

As we wait to see how Milwaukee-born drag queen Trixie Mattel fares in the finals of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 tonight, Chicago Magazine has thankfully saw fit to satisfy your hunger for Midwestern ...

Waving the white flag on the “People’s Flag of Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

March 14, 2018

A few weeks ago, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal interviewed me about the ongoing drama surrounding the Milwaukee city flag. What, the reporter wanted to know, was the deal with the "People's Flag of Mi...

11 Wisconsin professional athletes who changed their jersey number

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

Over the weekend, the Milwaukee Bucks signed Brandon Jennings to a 10-day contract. The move came after the past-prime guard proved himself over a seven-game stint with the Wisconsin Herd. His second stop with ...

Download the Local Coverage 2018 concert

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

On Friday, January 19, Milwaukee Record hosted our fourth annual Local Coverage show at Turner Hall. There, a diverse cast of eight Milwaukee acts took the stage to perform (approximately) 15-minute sets of ano...

In Tall Buildings’ Erik Hall learns to relinquish control, embrace contrast on ‘Akinetic’

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

Back in early 2015, In Tall Buildings released Driver. The 10-song album was written, performed, recorded, produced, and mastered entirely by Erik Hall—a Chicago musician and the project's only permanent fixtur...

In Love With The Modern World: An interview with Jonathan Richman

Lauren Keene

March 13, 2018

What’s left to say about Jonathan Richman that hasn’t been said before? The prolific Modern Lovers front man-turned-solo artist has rightfully earned his spot in rock and roll history, but you don’t need us to ...

Standout moments from the 2018 World Championship Cheese Contest

Zach Brooke

March 13, 2018

Forget the Olympics, the World Championship Cheese Contest celebrates humanity’s principle achievement (food preparation), while fostering a sense of international camaraderie that can come only from breaking b...

Experience all of WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser in 90 seconds

Josh Hoppert

March 13, 2018

WMSE's 16th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser on Sunday, March 11 was a spectacular event, just as it is every year. Attendance was high, music was fun, beer was plentiful, and the chili was absolutely delicio...

Excellent! Lakefront Brewery will screen ‘Wayne’s World’ at Avalon Theater in April

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2018

Last month, Lakefront Brewery and Avalon Theater joined forces to show Tommy Boy on the eve of Chris Farley's birthday for an event they called "Farley + Barley." After the success of that sold out screening, t...

Here’s the lineup for Arte Para Todos 2018

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2018

In its first three years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $60,000 for Milwaukee public school art programs through the selfless efforts of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to dozens of l...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Mader’s has been a downtown dining staple since 1902

Catherine Jozwik

March 12, 2018

Despite Milwaukee’s heavily German heritage, many of the city’s Teutonic restaurants—including John Ernst Café and Karl Ratzsch’s—have closed. Mader’s, however, isn’t going anywhere. Kristin Mader, manager a...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2018 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 2018

This past Sunday, oodles of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE’s 16th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and think a...

Tucked Away: Island Jam

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2018

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

Justin Vernon will cook and sing for you, possibly move in with you and love you for all eternity

Matt Wild

March 9, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Is there anything Justin Vernon won't do for you? Shhhh... Don't answer that...

218 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Randy’s Neighbor’s Inn

Caleb Westphal

March 9, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. With so many places serving Friday night fish frys, having a close call and almost not getting o...

Discover the youthful, whimsical, and unlikely music of Mittelstadt

Matt Wild

March 9, 2018

"Why sing songs, why suffer on? Why wake up at all?" So ponders singer Benny Koziol on "Crimson," the opening track of Mittelstadt's debut EP Roll Ginger Roll. Those are big questions, to be sure, and if Koziol...

Stream three songs off Cairns’ splendid ‘Cluttered Sky’

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2018

While Cairns is less renowned than its members' other projects (Caley Conway, Temple, Calliope, YLLA, D'Amato, and Gauss, among them), the band has quietly managed an impressive catalog in its two-plus years on...

The case against Sony’s upcoming Slender Man movie

Maggie Iken

March 8, 2018

Despite the conclusion of the trials of teens Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier for the stabbing of their classmate Payton Leutner, Wisconsinites are not out of the woods yet in regards to Slender Man fallout. Son...

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