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

March 1, 2018

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

We got it all at Avalon Theater on April 4 when we screen the “Weird Al” classic ‘UHF’

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, April 4. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

Local developer buys BBC/Hotel Foster complex

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

The G-Daddy's BBC and Hotel Foster complex on Milwaukee's East Side has been completely vacant for nearly a year, but it appears new life may be headed its way soon. BizTimes is reporting that the four building...

Public Domain: Brett Newski performs “On, Wisconsin!”

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 28, 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 ...

7 Milwaukee companies that definitely won’t get naming rights to the new Bucks arena

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

UPDATE (7/26/18): It's Fiserv Forum. UPDATE (4/23/18): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the naming rights are "imminent," and that they will go to a "local company with a national presence." Here are s...

Adam Sandler will perform two shows at Riverside Theater in April

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

Much like the universe, and much like the Self, Adam Sandler contains multitudes. There's the early Saturday Night Live Sandler, scoring big on characters like Opera Man and the Herlihy Boy ("Please don't make ...

I had salt cave therapy in a suburban mini mall and all I got was this runny nose

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley announces Milwaukee-based No Studios

Matt Wild

February 27, 2018

At a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Brewhouse Inn & Suites, Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, American Crime) announced the creation of No Studios, an upcoming hub for the cr...

Former Packer tweets stolen Mike Birbiglia joke, internet (and Mike Birbiglia) tells him it’s Mike Birbiglia’s joke

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2018

As negative and divisive as the internet can sometimes (okay, usually) be, it has a weird way of bringing unlikely people together in even more unlikely ways. For example, you probably didn't expect to be readi...

Milwaukee-area students will participate in March For Our Lives rally on March 24

Matt Wild

February 27, 2018

Students in Milwaukee and surrounding areas will participate in the nationwide March For Our Lives rally on Saturday, March 24. According to a press release from local organizers, the Milwaukee march will begin...

Arcade Fire will play the final night of Summerfest. Watch them play Mad Planet in 2004

Matt Wild

February 27, 2018

Critically acclaimed, occasionally adored, and Very Serious Indie Band Arcade Fire will play the final night of Summerfest 2018, the Big Gig announced today. The band will headline the American Family Insurance...

Comet Cafe has revamped its menu

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2018

Since Comet Cafe "grew up and started serving meatloaf and booze" in 2005, the East Side dining staple has earned oodles of acclaim in Milwaukee and beyond with its comfort food and vegan delicacies. Though som...

On The Record Episode 122: The Crusher Statue with Chris Smith

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 26, 2018

Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski is known as "The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous." Over the course of his 40-year professional wrestling career, the South Milwaukee native and World War II vet was the pride of a re...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new hostels they’re building in Milwaukee (Feb. 18-24)

Matt Wild

February 26, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

And your 2018 WAMI nominees are…

Matt Wild

February 26, 2018

Who's got WAMI fever? Do you have WAMI fever? Do you have WAMI fever? We all have WAMI fever. Today, the folks behind the Wisconsin Area Music Industry unveiled the nominees for WAMI's 38th annual awards show, ...

No one wants to run Bradford Beach and Northpoint Custard this summer, apparently

Matt Wild

February 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Two of the many wonderful things about summers in Milwaukee are Bradford Beac...

216 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Grainger’s Pub & Grill

Caleb Westphal

February 23, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The setting sun blinded my eyes as I turned off of Howard Avenue onto Loomis Road and into the p...

Vote for Hugh Masterson in Southwest Airlines’ “Artist On The Rise” competition

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2018

Though Hugh Masterson left Wisconsin for the country music mecca of Nashville a few years ago, Wisconsin hasn't left him. Since moving, Masterson has toured extensively, gotten some airplay on CMT, and released...

Tucked Away: Bamboo Restaurant

Tyler Maas

February 22, 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...

Steve Aoki shows love for Milwaukee, Steve Aoki at The Rave

Dan Agacki

February 22, 2018

While making the slow cruise to park outside The Rave on Wednesday night, herds of twenty-somethings made their way to the venue—guys in tank tops and girls just in bras, for some reason. It may seem like an od...

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