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Mandatory Milwaukee: Dretzka’s Department Store is a ghostly reminder of yesteryear

July 11, 2017

This article is from 2017. Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and...

First Impression: Bowls Restaurant

Tyler Maas

July 11, 2017

Though it will always be among the few accessible luxuries of modern life, dining out comes with a certain level of acceptance and an inevitable amount of settling. With the decision to leave home or the workpl...

The Shins brought Summerfest 50 to a close and it was kind of perfect

Matt Wild

July 10, 2017

There's something bittersweet about the final day of Summerfest. Vendors are packing away mountains of fresh roasted nuts, patrons are desperately stumbling around like its closing time, and the final serviceab...

Nelson, Dylan, Crow, more bring wild-and-wooly Outlaw Music Festival to Summerfest

Cal Roach

July 10, 2017

With Summerfest trying to brand itself a "national" music festival, allow us to point out a few differences that separate the Big Gig from all of its ostensible counterparts: relatively clean, plentiful re...

Here’s the lineup for Triple Eye Industries Fest 2

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2017

Today, in the era of Name-Your-Price digital downloads, 99 cent iTunes singles, and abject saturation in the music industry, owning a record label isn’t exactly the glamorous and financially lucrative endeavor ...

Here’s who’s performing in the second annual Milwaukee Fringe Festival

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2017

Last August, the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival showcased more than 50 live acts from the worlds of theater, music, dance, and visual art in Pere Marquette Park, Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hal...

Three Milwaukee businesses will be featured on July 20 episode of ‘Married At First Sight’

Matt Wild

July 10, 2017

Are you a big fan of Lifetime's Married At First Sight? No, we haven't heard of it, either. It's apparently a reality show where two people are paired up by "relationship experts" and have to agree to get marri...

Huey Lewis And The News enchant Summerfest fans with timeless talent and charisma

Lauren Keene

July 8, 2017

For its 50th edition, Summerfest treated music history nerds to a mini museum located inside the festival grounds. The Summerfest 50 historical exhibit is jam-packed with fun facts about the festival's longtime...

Standout moments from Milwaukee Record’s entirely local day at Summerfest

Tyler Maas

July 7, 2017

Though Summerfest books bands from all corners of the country and brings in a fair amount of international talent, the Big Gig has recently gone about narrowing the disparaging gap between its hometown talent a...

183 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: Venice Club (Summerfest)

Caleb Westphal

July 7, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. When one thinks of things that are quintessentially Milwaukee, both Summerfest and fish fries...

High Dive will kick off Riverwest 24 with two-year anniversary show

Matt Wild

July 7, 2017

Has it already been two years since High Dive opened in Riverwest? Yes, it has. The summer of 2015 saw the new bar—headed by longtime Riverwest resident Jason McBrady—take over the shuttered Impala Lounge/River...

Here’s the schedule for the second annual Synth Fest MKE

Matt Wild

July 7, 2017

Milwaukee, as you may have heard, is the "City of Festivals." It doesn't take that title lightly. Between June and August the city is absolutely stuffed with events bearing the "fest" suffix, from big-time shin...

10 non-music, non-food/drink Summerfest attractions, ranked

Matt Wild

July 6, 2017

There's only a weekend and some change left of Summerfest 2017, but there's still plenty to see. Huey Lewis & The News! The Shins! Atmosphere! REO Speedwagon! Tom Petty (again)! Step off the main Henry Maie...

Jon Waldbauer helps bring laughs to Summerfest with ComedySportz

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2017

In addition to being "The World's Largest Music Festival," Summerfest also offers a bevy of other attractions that complement the 11 days worth of music ("Taped" or otherwise). One of the longest-running non-mu...

T-Pain’s Summerfest set was some killer, some filler, but still a good time

Lauren Keene

July 6, 2017

"Every generation is afraid of the music that comes from the next," says Lindsay Weir in the second episode of Freaks And Geeks. She's discussing the Sex Pistols with her parents, who are appalled by the idea o...

30th anniversary of Bristol Renaissance Faire offers games and thrones

Rob Wieland

July 6, 2017

For many folks in the Milwaukee area, summer doesn't begin with Summerfest or fireworks. It begins when they strap on a rapier, peel on some leather gloves, and hoist a giant turkey leg down at the Bristol Rena...

Join Milwaukee Record (and Ted Perry) at the 3rd annual Roast Of Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

July 5, 2017

Back in 2015, we decided to help informally kick off the Milwaukee Comedy Festival by asking eight comedians to take the stage at Bremen Cafe and gently (or, in some cases, straight-up viciously) make fun of th...

Killing time at the Renegade Stage, Summerfest’s one-stop shop for the eccentric and eclectic

Lauren Keene

July 5, 2017

Eating and drinking all day at Summerfest can take a toll on your wallet, and walking around checking out the vendors really doesn't take that long. Plus, let's get real: it's the same stuff every year. Fortuna...

Remembering Milwaukee County’s first passenger airline flight (July 5, 1927)

Matt Wild

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

Tyler Maas

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...

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