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Celebrate our Summer Preview Week with some drunken tailgating videos

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 ...

When the night is at its darkest, just remember that Milwaukee has a polka escalator

Matt Wild

May 4, 2017

Was it English theologian Thomas Fuller or Gotham City DA Harvey Dent who said the night is darkest just before the dawn? (Trick question: it was both.) Either way, might we suggest a Milwaukee version of the p...

Why Todd Rundgren’s “Bang The Drum All Day” matters in Wisconsin (and almost nowhere else)

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2017

Tonight, Todd Rundgren will drop by the Pabst Theater to perform his catalog that spans more than 50 years, includes hundreds of songs, and boasts numerous hits. Of the songs the venerable soft rocker is to pla...

Ahoy! Here’s Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise lineup

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2017

Despite the dozens of festivals, block parties, and weekly outdoor music series taking place on Milwaukee soil every summer, Milwaukee Boat Line sees fit to extend the city’s celebratory spirit to the water wit...

Watch Brewers minor leaguer fool runner with hidden-ball trick

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2017

The hidden-ball trick is such a rarity in baseball because so many things have to go right—and even more things have to go wrong—for it to work. One player must be perfectly prepared, while another is completel...

Here’s the 2017 Chill On The Hill lineup

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2017

It’s amazing that Chill On The Hill has only been around for 13 years. The concept of the mid-week Bay View occurrence is so simple: laying out on a blanket and imbibing food and beverages brought from home (or...

This Is It! and 10 other notable Milwaukee logo redesigns

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2017

Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, This Is It!, officially unveiled its new logo last month. The imagery, which was the result of a month-long contest, will replace the logo the Cathedral Square bar has used for decad...

Rock on, Milwaukee, with these vintage radio station commercials

Matt Wild

May 3, 2017

We live in a world of media fragmentation, where music, film, and television are laser-focused to appeal to highly specific tastes and interests. It's a great time to be alive, but the lack of a common bond, a ...

First Impression: Broken Bat Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

May 2, 2017

Last month, a roster of new, largely-unknown Brewers took the field in Milwaukee. Days later, two more unproven brewers—Tim Pauly and Dan McElwee—made their way into an already stacked lineup of established vet...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Arte Para Todos 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 2, 2017

In its first two years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $40,000 for Milwaukee public school art programs through the selfless efforts of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to dozens of loc...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Miss Katie’s Diner combines classic kitchen with ’50s kitsch

Matt Wild

May 2, 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 explore how they might figure...

Here’s who’s playing Milwaukee’s first PRF BBQ in June

Tyler Maas

May 2, 2017

Since starting as an online community for like-minded rock and roll, noise rock, and experimental music aficionados, PRFBBQ.com has evolved to a focused entity that hosts awesome microfestivals around the count...

I watched 8 hours of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction

Kevin Mueller

May 1, 2017

If you haven't noticed, it's springtime in Milwaukee. Trees have begun to blossom, the hardened blocks of snow pushed from plows into parking lots have finally thawed, and, at the moment, it won't stop raining ...

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

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2017

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

Good City Brewing will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a craft beer, food, and music fest

Matt Wild

May 1, 2017

With all the talk (and hard evidence) of the demise of the East Side, here's some good news: Good City Brewing (2108 N. Farwell Ave., 414-539-4343) is doing really, really well. Since opening in the summer of 2...

Watch Eric Thames smack a bunch of dingers in Korea

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2017

Unless you happened to catch Eric Thames' blips with the Blue Jays or Mariners between 2011 and 2013, last fall's news that the Milwaukee Brewers signed the 30-year-old guy from the KBO to a three-year deal (wi...

173 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: McBob’s

Caleb Westphal

April 28, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. The last time I went to McBob's (4919 W. North Ave., 414-871-5050) for fish was about four year...

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