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May 8, 2025

The Tosa Tonight summer concert series has brought free and family-friendly live music to Rotary Performance Pavilion in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park since 2000. Back in February, we alerted you to fact the series’ 25...

Boat gone

May 7, 2025

After nearly seven months of being stranded on the Milwaukee shores of Lake Michigan between Bradford and McKinley beaches, the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just t...

‘Murder Cabin’ writer/co-director discusses Times Cinema premiere, Wisconsin-made horror

May 7, 2025

There's no shortage of horror films that have been set in Wisconsin. In recent years, independent filmmakers have also been known to shoot frightening footage within the borders of the state itself with more re...

Chris Luecke talks MKEmo, Manufacturing Happy Hour, new Amorphic beer

May 7, 2025

Milwaukee pop-punk proponent and emo enthusiast Chris Luecke applies his musical passion into his online "MKEmo" endeavor that highlights a wide range of local artists who land under those stylistic classificat...

The (completely fictitious) origin story of the Brewers’ “Two-Fisted Slopper”

Tad Kriofske Mainella

May 7, 2025

The Milwaukee Brewers surged to great success in the late 1970s and early '80s, culminating with their first (and still only) pennant in 1982. Despite rostering several future Hall of Fame players, the Brewer s...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Fuzzysurf (Live from Anodyne)

May 7, 2025

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 · MSE's Local/Live, May 6, 2025: Fuzzysur...

Taco John’s and 5-Hour Energy collaborated on an “Energizing Hot Sauce” (and we tried it)

May 6, 2025

It can be hard, thankless work to co-run a web-only entertainment publication, but it can also have its perks every now and then. Among the cooler aspects of the job is the opportunity to be sent things to revi...

Warning: Don’t watch Shontrail’s “Ghoul City” video if you’re sensitive to flashing lights or great music

May 6, 2025

We don't hear from Shontrail all that often, but when he decides to resurface, he really makes it count by doing things like releasing the song of the summer, winding up on our year-end Favorite Milwaukee Music...

The Catered Quiz: Joe Canale answers questions about Nebraska Cornhuskers football and jazz music

Rick Katschke

May 6, 2025

On this edition of The Catered Quiz, improviser Joe Canale joins the show to answer questions about Nebraska Cornhuskers football and jazz music. Joe also talks about Bluebird Improv’s upcoming show at Turner H...

Sendik’s on Downer temporarily closed by health department due to “escalating pest activity”

May 5, 2025

UPDATE (5/7/25): Nehring's Sendik's has reopened. Says the Milwaukee Health Department: "During today's re-inspection, MHD confirmed that all pest-related violations have been addressed. Affected areas have bee...

And your 2025 WAMI winners are…

May 5, 2025

In case you missed it, WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) held its 2025 awards show Sunday night in West Allis. It’s true! Here’s a list of the 87 (!) winners, featuring everything from the state’s best music...

Pro wrestlers, superheroes, and bobbleheads: Your 2025 Lakeshore Chinooks promo schedule

May 5, 2025

Though baseball season is already underway in Milwaukee and the Brewers are currently more than a month into the season, there’s another team in the region that’s getting ready to take the field. Yes, the Lakes...

Braid will headline WMSE’s 15th annual Backyard BBQ August 23

May 5, 2025

For the past decade and a half, WMSE's Backyard BBQ has spiced up the waning days of summer with a shot of music, food, drink, and good vibes. And it's all free! Two years ago, the legendary Bob Mould headlined...

Dig into the Trivia By Milwaukee Record that ran at Vivarium and Turner Hall in April

May 5, 2025

broadstreet.zone(170477); In the mood for some trivia? In the mood for some Milwaukee trivia? Then you've come to the right place! It's another round of Trivia By Milwaukee Record! Thanks to our friends at ...

Milwaukee Psych Fest to be postponed “for the foreseeable future”

May 3, 2025

This past week, we posted our massive and ever-growing list of summer festivals happening in and around Milwaukee this summer. Unfortunately, Milwaukee Psych Fest will not be part of the festival fun this summe...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Boris

May 3, 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...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Henry Flach’s in West Allis has steak, supper club vibe, fish

Caleb Westphal

May 2, 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 #591, at Henry Flach's in West Al...

They’re gonna remove the Milwaukee Boat on Tuesday. For real this time. Weather permitting.

May 2, 2025

After more than 200 days, nearly seven months, and more than a week after Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson himself said the infamous abandoned Milwaukee Boat would be gone by day's end, it seems the Boat's days...

Mari Mari gets cagey as hell on “Mile Wide”