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Everything is awful, so here are some new restaurants (and Ferris wheels) coming to Milwaukee

May 12, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Rejoice, East Side! A new Stone Creek Coffee is coming to Downer Avenue! The ...

MKE SEX: Talking about consent, even when you don’t want to talk about consent

Lucky Tomaszek

May 12, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); On a recent Monday night, I made my annual three-hour drive to teach a consent workshop at one of the UW schools. These events are my favorite part of my job. I believe that consent is...

Looking back at the life (and death) of Robert “Tractor” Traylor

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2017

On May 11, 2011, Robert "Tractor" Traylor died alone in an apartment in Puerto Rico, succumbing to a heart attack at just 34 years of age. Before Traylor's abbreviated life suddenly and silently ended exactl...

Feast your eyes on 18 more Milwaukee-area patios for some reason

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2017

Over the last two years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. Finally, we found another 15 patios. Surely, ...

Let’s watch this wacky Milwaukee Art Museum commercial from 1983

Matt Wild

May 11, 2017

Tonight at 5 p.m., the Milwaukee Art Museum will celebrate the opening of A Social Event Archive, a collection of more than 700 submitted photographs depicting "public or private social occasions." The piece is...

Here’s the lineup for the inaugural Bumstead Block Party

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2017

Since opening last fall, Bumstead Provisions has supplied Bay View with another option for excellent food, as well as a place to buy beer and liquor to-go, a site to try to consume gigantic pretzel sandwiches, ...

Violent Femmes and Corey Feldman: 14 standout (non-festival) summer shows

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 10, 2017

Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city’s 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea of dance...

Here’s the lineup for the 2017 Locust Street Festival

Tyler Maas

May 10, 2017

The annual Locust Street Festival of Music & Art is one of the city’s best street fests, celebrating all that is good, right, and drum circle-y in Riverwest. On Sunday, June 11, the 41st installment of the ...

Andrew Shelp talks expansion, highlights, future of Milwaukee Psych Fest

Kevin Mueller

May 10, 2017

Long known as a power pop town, Milwaukee has often forsaken its burgeoning psychedelic music scene in favor of more accessible sonic pursuits. Over the last five years, however, musician Andrew Shelp (of Moss ...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to Milwaukee-area frozen custard

Lauren Keene

May 9, 2017

If beer is Milwaukee's signature drink and cheese is Milwaukee's signature snack, frozen custard is the obvious candidate for Milwaukee's signature dessert. Custard was introduced to a wide audience at the C...

Tucked Away: Holy Land Grocery & Deli

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2017

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...

Here’s the 2017 Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2017

In its inaugural year, Cream City Comedy Festival brought 11 stand-up, improv, and variety shows to venues in four Milwaukee neighborhoods over the course of four days. Better yet, all the shows were free. Best...

Explore Ravi/Lola’s enigmatic “Organization Structure” video

Matt Wild

May 9, 2017

When one thinks of psych music in the 21st century, one tends to think of heavy, effects-laden rock. But there's another side to modern psych—a softer, more melodic side that trades swirling dervishes of noise ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2017 summer festival guide

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 8, 2017

Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...

Watch Sylvan Esso and Big Freedia perform “Pony” on ‘The Gorburger Show’

Tyler Maas

May 8, 2017

Durham, North Carolina indie pop duo Sylvan Esso—which formed after Mountain Man singer Amelia Meath and Decibully/Made Of Oak member Nick Sanborn met in Milwaukee—released its downright delightful sophomore re...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 30-May 6)

Matt Wild

May 8, 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...

Celebrate our Summer Preview Week with some drunken tailgating videos

Matt Wild

May 8, 2017

The weather. The festivals. The drinking. Yes, summer is almost here, Milwaukee. Finally. After yet another 8,000-year stretch of winter, it's time to pack away the turtleneck sweaters, bust out the jorts, and ...

Goodbye, Jay Cutler: Remembering Green Bay’s greatest villain

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2017

The writing was on the wall when Chicago released him back in March. The picture became even clearer when the Bears foolishly signed veteran backup quarterback Mike Glennon to a three-year, $45M contract days l...

Proposed Bay View ‘Art Stop’ mural officially rejected

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2017

Last month, we reported on an intriguing and conversation-inspiring idea Milwaukee artist Jeff Redmon had to "improve" Bay View's highly-debated and critically-panned "Art Stop." As a response to a recent rash ...

174 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: Zak’s Cafe

Caleb Westphal

May 5, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record in the making here. As I walked into Zak's Cafe (231 S. 2nd St., 414-271-5555) I saw a few spots open at the bar ...

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