WMSE’s Local/Live: Wire & Nail
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, May 27, 2025: Wire &...
Here are all the new food and drink items coming to Summerfest 2025, and that’s it
FOOD
Angelo’s Pizza – Sicilian Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks
Beats & Eats - Lumpia City Mac 'n Cheese Rolls, Lumpia City Apple Crisp Rolls
Charcoal Grill and Rotisserie - 1/4 Rotisserie Chicken with Frie...
Walk with Waldoch in video for The Hallelujah Ward’s “Your Uncertain Shadow”
Look up the phrase "Milwaukee treasure" in the dictionary (not an online dictionary, but an old Funk & Wagnalls dictionary) and you'll find a photo of Mark Waldoch. The singer/songwriter/guitar tech/bartend...
The “Hatman” cometh in debut single from heavy psych band Shadeseeker
True story: Long before the mysterious "Hatman" emerged as an online, creepypasta-era boogeyman, this author totally saw the Hatman. Here's what happened, from my 2017 article about spending the night at Milwau...
The Catered Quiz: Dan Clyne answers questions about ‘Conan’ and ’90s NBA
On this week’s episode of The Catered Quiz, social media’s Dan Clyne joins the show to answer questions about Late Night With Conan O’Brien and '90s NBA. We also talk about Chris “Birdman” Andersen, Chet Coppoc...
Relive the inaugural Morgan Park Picnic with these photos
On Saturday, May 24, Milwaukee Record and Busby's took over Morgan Park and brought a brand new spring festival to the one-acre triangle at the edge of the Bay View and Fernwood neighborhoods. From 12-6 p.m., t...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Reopened St. Francis Brewery packs ’em in with pretzel bites, fish
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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 #594, at St. Francis Brewery in S...
Just a phase? Not Just A Phase Festival “unlikely” to return to Franklin Field in 2025
As we enter Memorial Day weekend, Milwaukee's summer festival schedule is really starting to take shape. Though there seems to be more going on in and around the city than ever before, one Milwaukee-area happen...
Spirit of Milwaukee Boat lives on in new music videos
It's been just over two weeks since the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just the Boat–was cruelly taken from us. On May 6, after nearly seven months of being stranded betw...
Here’s the 2025 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup
Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mojave
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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...
Vestiges of an era: Present Music’s “Baroque Pop!” melds the classical with the contemporary
I have a friend who likes to ask, "Are you a creature of emotions, or a creature of thought?" I have known him long enough to know the answer: we could feel before we could think, therefore we are creatures of ...
Pop the popcorn and come to our screening of ‘Real Genius,’ June 18 at Avalon Theater
The great Val Kilmer passed away on April 1 at the age of 65. He left behind a filmography filled with idiosyncratic classics: Top Secret!, Top Gun, Willow, The Doors, Tombstone, Heat—hell, even The Island Of D...
Summerfest 2025 will feature a “mythical North Woods dreamscape where ancient forest spirits harness the magic of the Aurora Borealis in a cosmic chorus of light and song”
Summerfest is all about the music, the food, and the bleachers, but it's also about the quirky one-off attractions. Remember that "Fritos Legacy Diner" in 2023? Remember that "cosmic corn field" in 2024? Well, ...
Here’s the lineup for Lakefront Brewery’s new “Current Sounds” patio concert series
Does Milwaukee need another spring/summer concert series? Probably not. Are we always pumped when another recurring music series can be added to our extensive and ever-growing list of festival season happenings...
MKE Music Rewind: Volcano Choir, ‘Repave’ (2013)
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In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Volcano Choir's Repave, from 2013.
As a Wi...
Summerfest will transform South Party Pavilion into country-themed Lasso Lounge
Longtime Milwaukee Record readers will remember our reviews of Summerfest's Taped / Pre-Recorded Music. From 2014 through 2021, our very own Tyler Maas would go to Summerfest at noon on opening day, head over t...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Sex Scenes
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, May 20, 2025: Sex Sc...
Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 7-20, 2025)
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Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Loving films that very briefly take place in Milwaukee
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Some all-too-minor local cameos in movies that are primarily set elsewhere come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: loving when a v...