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In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee

October 3, 2016

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reimagining," li...

MFF2016: Inside The Milwaukee Show II

Cal Roach

October 2, 2016

Here is our second and final round of interviews with local directors participating in the Milwaukee Film Festival's Milwaukee Show series. The second installment screens Sunday, October 2 at the Oriental T...

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

Tyler Maas

October 1, 2016

In September, we officially said goodbye to Milwaukee’s brief-but-bursting summer festival season. A few days after the Bay View Bash, fall officially started and, in doing so, also signaled a mass entertainm...

Exclusive: Stream Gauss’ shape-shifting EP, ‘Thalweg’

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2016

Milwaukee's Gauss calls itself a punk band. Perhaps that was accurate for a time, but oh boy, have things changed. In 2012, guitarist-singer Eddie Chapman (currently in Cairns), Andy Grygiel (Absolutely), and...

25 (more) bullshit things to do during the Packers bye

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2016

It's cruel, really. Our beloved Green Bay Packers are but three weeks into the regular season and we already have to take a week off from watching them—just as the offense was beginning to find its rhythm, no...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 5th most dangerous city in America

Matt Wild

September 30, 2016

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. In the past, the infernal machine has brought ...

MKE SEX: Feminist porn

Lucky Tomaszek

September 30, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, Occasionally, I indulge myself and watch a little porn. I'm a visual person, and I'd probably watch more if I could find some that appealed to my sense of decency as m...

Stream Zed Kenzo’s scathing seasonal single, “Scary Spice”

Tyler Maas

September 29, 2016

Less than two years removed from returning to town, Zecháriah Ruffin has quickly established herself as an inimitable, valued, and oh-so-active figure in Milwaukee hip-hop as Zed Kenzo. Though she's been pili...

Burnhearts’ third annual Three Floyds Punk House Kegger coming December 8

Tyler Maas

September 29, 2016

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap...

Wisconsin’s Old Fashioned obsession, as explained by Milwaukee bartenders

Tyler Maas

September 28, 2016

During this week's ongoing Milwaukee Cocktail Week festivities, local bartenders, mixologists, and spirit experts will craft elegant, unique, and altogether delicious liquor combinations that will showcase th...

Batman cars, dorky dads, and finishing last: Exorcising our pinewood derby memories

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 28, 2016

On Wednesday, September 28, Palomino will host its inaugural adult pinewood derby competition. Yes, the long-running Cub Scout event—in which children thrill to hand-crafted wooden cars on plastic wheels ra...

St. Francis needs to step up its bench game

Tyler Maas

September 27, 2016

Sitting between the bustle of Bay View and Cudahy's thriving industry is a small, sparsely populated section of Milwaukee County called St. Francis. Given its size, the 2.5-square-mile chunk of land is the ty...

Fact-checking Lewis Black’s “Drinking in Wisconsin” rant

Matt Wild

September 27, 2016

Comedian Lewis Black is no stranger to Wisconsin. He's also no stranger to drinking in Wisconsin. On Black's first album, 1999's The White Album (recorded in Madison), the perpetually pissed-off stand-up goes...

Poet Kavon Cortez Jones pays homage to “Paris of the Midwest” in his first book, ‘Club Noir’

Tyler Maas

September 27, 2016

When we last checked in with Kavon Cortez Jones, the Milwaukee poet and so-called "Bard Of Center Street" was spreading holiday cheer to the city he loves. Jones' hometown pride extends well beyond the Decemb...

A day-by-day guide to Milwaukee Cocktail Week

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); Though it might seem as if every day is a celebration of spirits in our fair city, today marks a seven-day stint of liquor-centered events that are better known as Milwaukee Cocktail...

Exclusive: Listen to New Boyz Club’s three-song EP (the first in a trilogy), ‘G l O r Y g L o R y’

Matt Wild

September 26, 2016

Milwaukee's New Boyz Club describes itself as a "glitter folk punk" outfit, but that only hints at the group's expansive sound and its far-flung influences. The eight-piece band, formed in 2014 by upright bas...

On The Record Episode 81: Milwaukee spirits and cocktail culture

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 26, 2016

Happy Milwaukee Cocktail Week, everyone! Though the fourth-year celebration is the pinnacle of the city's spirits scene, there are many talented mixologists, an encouraging batch of local distilleries, and a ...

MFF2016: Inside The Milwaukee Show I

Cal Roach

September 26, 2016

Not only does the Milwaukee Film Fest get bigger every year, it gets more Milwaukee every year. The Cream City Cinema program continues to spotlight some of the city's established and rising talent, and 201...

Watch Eric Andre mess with Vincent VanGreat at a show in Michigan

Tyler Maas

September 24, 2016

Two weekends ago, Eric Andre Live! came through Milwaukee, and Turner Hall was never quite the same. By show's end, Andre was standing on stage naked, copious bottles of ranch dressing had been emptied on t...

“Supercool Beas” and 13 other questionable Wisconsin athlete tattoos

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2016

Yesterday, the Bucks made a trade that brought Kansas State superstar and former second overall draft pick Michael Beasley to Milwaukee. A direct response to news that sharpshooter Khris Middleton will be m...

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