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Decent! Here’s the menu for Comet’s ‘Trailer Park Boys’ Halloween Pop-Up

October 28, 2025

The Comet Cafe (1947 N. Farwell Ave., 414-509-6028) is an East Side staple that has served up some of Milwaukee's finest comfort food for more than 20 years. Trailer Park Boys is a cult classic Canadian comedy ...

Driveway Thriftdwellers return, take pop detour with “Dance With You”

Matt Wild

October 28, 2025

Has it really been seven years since Milwaukee/Madison rock/Americana band Driveway Thriftdwellers released new music? "So it's been seven years since we've released new music and we think that's long enough," ...

WMSE will broadcast special “Hustle & Faux” show live from The Hop on November 10

Matt Wild

October 28, 2025

What do you get when you combine one of Milwaukee's favorite non-commercial radio stations with one of Milwaukee's favorite non-controversial modes of public transportation? "Hustle & Faux," WMSE 91.7FM's u...

The Catered Quiz: Doug Tilley answers questions about ‘The Evil Dead’ and Eric Roberts

Rick Katschke

October 28, 2025

On an international edition of The Catered Quiz, Doug Tilley joins the show from Canada to answer questions about the movie The Evil Dead and the actor Eric Roberts. We also talk about Dick Miller, George Kenne...

Prepare your taste buds and save the date for Malört Fest 2025

Tyler Maas

October 27, 2025

People typically feel one of two ways about Jeppson’s Malört. They either hate it, or they absolutely love it…as something to buy for someone who’s never tried it before. Despite being the textbook definition o...

Fuzzysurf’s “Don’t Go Overboard” video is an aquatic adventure

Tyler Maas

October 27, 2025

You can always count on Fuzzysurf to release some of the most inventive, ambitious, and all-around impressive music videos in Milwaukee. The indie rock outfit’s astounding body of visual work includes puppetry,...

Experimental rock duo Mute Gospel sets sail for ‘Banks Of Nowhere’

Cal Roach

October 27, 2025

"Banks Of Nowhere is the place that signifies both arrival and departure, familiar and alien, home and far from home," says multi-instrumentalist Zak Koehn, one half of Milwaukee experimental rock duo Mute Gosp...

Milwaukee Record 1-Minute History: Rise of the Polish Moon

Mitch DeSantis

October 27, 2025

On Halloween night, 1962, Milwaukee flipped the switch on what would become the city's ever-watching glowing eyeball: the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower. You'll learn all about Milwaukee's so-called "Polish Moon"...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Net the Fish Fry Fecta at The Neighbors Bar & Grille in Waukesha

Caleb Westphal

October 24, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week: fish fry #616, at The Neighbors Bar & ...

South Water Snacks to resume service at Boone & Crockett starting December 17

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2025

This past January, Mitch Ciohon decided to hit pause on his popular and long-running Taco Moto food truck for a few months in order to shift his culinary focus to one of his greatest loves: snacks. The Milwauke...

Solemn Oath Brewery will open in former 1840 space in mid-2026

Matt Wild

October 24, 2025

Amidst a seemingly never-ending barrage of bad brewery news, here's some good brewery news: Midwest brewery Solemn Oath announced on Friday that it will open a "comfortable, neighborhood‑first taproom" in Milwa...

Ouzo Cafe is closed, and here’s the closing note they taped to the front entrance

Matt Wild

October 24, 2025

News broke Thursday that downtown Greek restaurant Ouzo Cafe, 776 N. Milwaukee St., had closed its doors after more than two decades in business. Both the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Urban Milwaukee reported...

Get into the gloom with Genau’s “Live By The Water,” “Margaret In Dub”

Matt Wild

October 24, 2025

It's been faaaaar too long since we checked in with dreamy post-punk duo Genau. We wrote about the Milwaukee group's self-titled debut way back in 2016 ("If you're feeling a little bit noisy and a little bit go...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ashton

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 24, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Here’s a job posting for The Hop’s Marketing & Communications Officer, and that’s it

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 24, 2025

WORK FOR THE HOP The City of Milwaukee is currently hiring a Marketing & Communications Officer to support the Department of Public Works, and The Hop in particular. The position will plan and implement ...

Direct connections Milwaukee has to the 33 cities Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport serves nonstop

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2025

Traveling is an important and enriching part of human existence. Through venturing elsewhere, we're able to able to experience new and exciting things, expand our worldview, and be reminded that we all have mor...

The Vanguard will transform into “Whooterz” for Halloween pop-up

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2025

The Vanguard isn’t afraid to shake things up. On top of occasionally adjusting its menu in new and exciting ways, the owners of the Bay View bar and sausage emporium have shown no hesitation to occasionally bre...

When life is at its hardest, just remember there’s a 24-hour live webcam of the Bronze Fonz

Matt Wild

October 23, 2025

There's a scene in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 masterpiece Magnolia where the dying Earl Partridge looks back on his life of betrayal and regret. "This fucking life...it's so fucking hard, so long!" the dying m...

MKE Music Rewind: Milwaukee Hometown Music Scene Documentary (1991)

Matt Wild

October 23, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: the Milwaukee Hometown Music Scene Documentar...

Berlin-based Queen Quail looks back at her Milwaukee roots in “Southside”

Tyler Maas

October 22, 2025

In addition to documenting much of the wonderful music that's being made in and around Milwaukee itself, we here at Milwaukee Record also try to keep tabs on new output from musicians who previously called the ...

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