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July 5, 2017

Times are good for General Mitchell International Airport. In June, Allegiant Air added five nonstop flights from the Milwaukee County airport; a week later, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced pas...

Death From Above 1979 is rowdy, rusty in Summerfest debut

July 5, 2017

Each and every year, there's a select few Summerfest bookings that are capable of coaxing even the most jaded among us to shed their "Bummerfest" shirt and their long-held sentiments for enough time to begrudgi...

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

July 4, 2017

Where has the summer gone? Okay, okay, so there’s still a ton of summer left, but the bleakness of autumn will be upon us before you know it. Thus, it’s important to use your limited summer entertainment allotm...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re (still) the 8th best city for Fourth of July celebrations

July 4, 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 deigns...

Relive the 10th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party with these photos

July 3, 2017

Saturday, as Summerfest was in full swing and Milwaukee was easing into a long holiday weekend, hundreds of people gathered on Potter and Logan avenues in Bay View for the 10th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Pa...

Car Seat Headrest delivers inconsistent performance at Johnson Controls stage

Lauren Keene

July 3, 2017

In the 2001 film Legally Blonde, future lawyer Elle Woods makes it her goal to help nail technician Paulette snag her dream guy. Albeit quirky, Paulette is cute and charming. She lacks the confidence that she n...

Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery will open this week

July 3, 2017

Last August, Milwaukee learned that former Taqueria Aztec chef Francisco Sanchez and business partner Ruben Piirainen were planning to open Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery at 3216 S. Howell Avenue, in the former sit...

Ludacris headlines a rap paradise Sunday at Summerfest

Cal Roach

July 3, 2017

The first Sunday of Summerfest featured a bit of nasty weather during the afternoon hours and then cleared up beautifully in time for the evening sets. Many patrons were in the middle of a long holiday weekend,...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 25-July 1)

July 3, 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...

Jack Antonoff leads Bleachers’ gigantic dance party

Lauren Keene

July 2, 2017

Listening to FM radio is the ultimate old-fashioned way to find a new favorite band. It of course has its share of drawbacks, like super annoying ads and not being able to pick what song is next in the queue. R...

Jim Abbott saved his last great baseball moment for the Brewers

Nick Olig

June 30, 2017

Jim Abbott’s Major League career lasted a decade. It began in California and ended in Milwaukee. Along the way, he totaled 87 wins, a 4.25 ERA, 888 strikeouts, and a no-hitter. He began his journey as a rookie ...

182 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: Baby Boomers

Caleb Westphal

June 30, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. This past Friday I was tired and famished from working all day, and from having imbibed a few...

Okay, here’s some non-Summerfest, non-Corey Feldman news for a change

June 30, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • It's been one of those weeks—a week when the 50th edition of Summerfest kicked ...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about May-December relationships

Lucky Tomaszek

June 30, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I need perspective on a relationship and I need to know how to explain to a know-it-all young adult that sometimes convention is correct. I have my sister's oldest ...

I saw Corey Feldman play the show of his life, knock his tooth out, and then look for his tooth

June 29, 2017

A few weeks ago someone asked me if I would have seen Corey Feldman & The Angels in Green Bay back in March (because that was a thing I did) had I known they would play in my hometown of Milwaukee a few mon...

Public Domain: Dead Horses perform “Lily Of The West”

June 29, 2017

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 ...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

June 29, 2017

Wednesday signaled the official beginning of Summerfest, an 11-day affair that will bring hundreds of musical acts and close to a million people to Milwaukee's lakefront. Though the Big Gig has pulled out all t...

A realistic look back at Corey Hart’s Milwaukee Brewers career

Kyle Lobner

June 29, 2017

The Milwaukee Brewers open a homestand Friday night with a special occasion: They’re welcoming back Corey Hart with a one-day contract, retirement ceremony and induction into the team’s Wall Of Honor outside Mi...

On The Record Episode 100: Book Club with Vinyl Me, Please (live at Cactus Club)