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Thanks for making Local Coverage 2017 great, Milwaukee!

January 18, 2017

Last Friday, Milwaukee Record hosted our third annual Local Coverage show at Turner Hall. There, a diverse cast of 10 Milwaukee bands and rappers took the stage to perform (approximately) 15-minute sets of an...

Remembering the time Wendy O. Williams was arrested in Milwaukee for getting freaky with a sledgehammer

Matt Wild

January 18, 2017

Musical provocation might net you some dutiful social media outrage these days, but it likely won't get you arrested. That wasn't always the case: In 1969, Jim Morrison was charged with obscenity and indecent e...

Bay View bands together after senseless act of violence

Tyler Maas

January 18, 2017

Though some of the hand-wringing you're bound to see on certain Facebook groups might suggest otherwise, Bay View remains one of Milwaukee's safest neighborhoods. Still, like every other segment of metro Milw...

Milwaukee man files complaint alleging Sheriff Clarke harassed him at airport

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

UPDATE (1/18/17): Sheriff Clarke has responded to the complaint in typical Sheriff Clarke/14-year-old-boy fashion. Last week, before Sunday's playoff game against the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowbo...

Klassik uncovers the story behind Friday’s “Tribe UNCOVERED” show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

Back in early 2016, Alverno College's long-running performing arts series, Alverno Presents, announced its current season would be its last. Among the many casualties of the announcement was Alverno Presents' ...

Protests, music festivals, and 8 other things to do on Inauguration Night

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

Get this: On Friday, January 20, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Huh. The official celebrations surrounding Trump's inauguration will likely be just as "huh"-worthy, what wit...

13 (more) reasons to vote Giannis Antetokounmpo to the NBA All-Star Game

Tyler Maas

January 16, 2017

Even though we've already given you 21 great reasons to cast you vote to help Giannis Antetokounmpo become the first Milwaukee Bucks player to participate in the NBA All-Star Game since Michael Redd suited up...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 8-14)

Matt Wild

January 16, 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 ...

Milwaukee is ready to convince the rest of the state to hate it a little less

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • There's never any shortage of talk about how Milwaukee can better market it...

MKE SEX: What to do when your 13-year-old finds your vibrator

Lucky Tomaszek

January 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I was just watching TV and heard my Magic Wand from my bedroom. I guess I always knew my daughter (she's 13) would probably stumble across it eventually, seeing as how...

Here’s everything you should know about Local Coverage 2017

Tyler Maas

January 13, 2017

Tonight is the night! This evening, historic Turner Hall Ballroom will play host to Milwaukee Record's third annual Local Coverage benefit concert. Over the course of the event's short history, the show has g...

Inside Milwaukee’s green rooms: Anodyne, Club Garibaldi, The Metal Grill

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2017

While countless people flock to Milwaukee's numerous clubs, theaters, arenas, concert-equipped coffee shops, and other performance spaces every year, only a select few are allowed to peer behind the scenes. U...

Remembering the Milwaukee Chiefs, the city’s short-lived professional football team

Matt Wild

January 12, 2017

From 1953 until 1994, the Green Bay Packers played two to four games per season at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers' final game in Milwaukee—a 21-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994—...

Stream Shoot Down The Moon’s first album since 2012, ‘Forever Sedated’

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2017

In October of 2012, Shoot Down The Moon released Meetings And Greetings. The record was the Milwaukee indie rock outfit's third full-length and fourth release since its 2005 outset. Not long after, the band r...

Lorde Fredd33 explains the importance of COA Youth & Family Centers

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2017

Friday night, 10 Milwaukee music projects will take the stage at Turner Hall to take on the unique and difficult task of adapting a set completely made up of another local act's material. Our third annual Loc...

Young, shy, and snotty: Being an underage music fan in Milwaukee

Lauren Keene

January 11, 2017

Beer, cheese, motorcycles, sports—these are the things that a lot of people still think about when they hear the word "Milwaukee." I've lived in Milwaukee my entire life and have never really cared about the ...

Inaugural “MilMag Live!” discussion tackles two topics, highlights two Milwaukees

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Back in 2012, the Pabst Theater Group and Historic Milwaukee joined forces for a series of panel discussions featuring notable Milwaukeeans—developers, artists, someone from NEWaukee—holding forth on notable ...

Riverwest FemFest announces workshop and film showcase lineups, releases second compilation

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2017

We're just seven sleeps from the opening night of the third annual Riverwest FemFest. As the event nears, organizers want to continue to aid in your preparation for the five days worth of entertainment (Janua...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

What’s the deal with that “This Is Downtown Bay View” sign?

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories be...

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