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Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau bring fun and feelings to the Wilson Center

September 15, 2017

Thursday night, ahead of an appearance by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, the center's Grand Hall was packed for pre-show drinks and a pre-show performance by The OK...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 2: Packers vs. Falcons

Nik Kovac

September 15, 2017

Where are you watching the game this Sunday night? Nik Kovac and Keith Gaustad will be providing live play by play and color commentary from the famous backroom stage at Linneman's, with all video action on a s...

Skin to win: The tale of the NFC Championship tattoo bet

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2017

As much as camaraderie is a special part of sports, trash talking between rivals also makes the gameday experience even more fun and interesting for fans. In January, one proud Packer Backer and an Atlanta tran...

There was a kangaroo on the loose in Kenosha County this morning

Matt Wild

September 14, 2017

There's a terrific episode of the podcast Reply All that delves into the mysterious Zardulu, a New York City-based performance artist purportedly behind the "Pizza Rat" and "Selfie Rat" viral videos of a few ye...

Black Bear Soda will live on after Black Bear Bottling closes

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2017

On Wednesday, we acknowledged the closure of the Black Bear Bottling plant in Oak Creek and, in doing so, mourned the loss of the 90-year-old Black Bear Soda brand in both written and audio formats. It seems th...

Jay Som kind of wonderful in The Back Room @ Colectivo

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2017

Wednesday night, thousands of indie rock enthusiasts flocked to Pabst Theater to take in a sold-out performance by stage veterans, Spoon. Meanwhile, a couple hundred people converged in the comparably more cozy...

Milwaukee public art done right (and very, very wrong)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 14, 2017

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Hari Kondabolu talks touring, his path to comedy, ‘The Problem With Apu’

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 13, 2017

Brooklyn-based comedian Hari Kondabolu has amassed an impressive reel of TV appearances, released two chart-topping albums, and been called "one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today" by the N...

Black Bear is closing, but here are 15 other Wisconsin sodas

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); On Friday, Black Bear Bottling will close permanently. The Oak Creek-based soft drink company has been in business for 90 years, and its closure will put more than 70 people out of a j...

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page: then and now

Matt Wild

September 13, 2017

On Thursday, August 31, Fox News pundit, podcast host, tired internet troll, hat-wearer, and nominal public servant David A. Clarke Jr. resigned from his post as Milwaukee County Sheriff. And while there was mu...

It’s wine o’clock somewhere: Keeping your parents entertained at the Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival

Lauren Sieben

September 12, 2017

As summer starts to simmer and Milwaukeeans begin dusting off our light therapy boxes and down jackets, so, too, do our out-of-town parents begin planning their final Milwaukee trips of the year. Or at least mi...

First Impression: Grate Modern Mac & Cheese

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2017

Every franchise starts somewhere. Before McDonald's took over the world in the ruthless hands of Ray Kroc, it was a small burger outfit operated by Maurice and Richard McDonald in San Bernadino, California. The...

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Grindhouse,’ September 15-21 at Rosebud Cinema

Matt Wild

September 12, 2017

Good lord, has it already been 10 years since Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's gloriously bat-shit Grindhouse sullied movie screens nationwide? Yes, yes it has. The double-feature exploitation throwback...

‘The 60 Yard Line’ makes ‘Reggie’s Prayer’ look like ‘Citizen Kane’

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2017

Over the weekend, the Green Bay Packers started another regular season with a strong opening performance against the Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Last weekend also marked the Wisconsin opening of another (absolut...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (September 3-9)

Matt Wild

September 11, 2017

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...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We’re the 9th happiest state in America

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

Yes (or one version of Yes, at least) plays to the diehards at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

September 11, 2017

Yes fans are in a rare but not unheard-of predicament that chiefly plagues the aging prog-rock community: There are currently two touring versions of Yes. The seminal English outfit has been in existence in one...

Reminder: Murals calling attention to mass incarceration aren’t great sites for fashion shoots

Matt Wild

September 8, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Black Cat Alley's controversial "Devontay" mural is back in the news. Depicti...

192 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Company Brewing

Caleb Westphal

September 8, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. Riverwest was my home for three years until February of 2015. And when was the last time I got a fi...

On The Record Episode 108: Let’s just talk about ‘Twin Peaks’

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 8, 2017

The new season of Twin Peaks—a.k.a. Twin Peaks: The Return, Twin Peaks Season 3, or just "new Twin Peaks"—wrapped up earlier this week, and even though Twin Peaks has absolutely nothing to do with Milwaukee, le...

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