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February 25, 2025

The beloved Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just "The Boat"—ran ashore on October 13, 2024. But this article isn't about who owns the thing or why it hasn...

The Catered Quiz: Mack Bates answers questions about Siskel & Ebert, Susan Sarandon, and Angela Bassett

Rick Katschke

February 25, 2025

Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, actor and film writer Mack Bates is this week’s guest on The Catered Quiz! On Mack’s episode, he answers questions about Siskel & Ebert and two of his favorite actress...

7 Wisconsin drinks deserving of a Sloppy Boys review

February 24, 2025

What iiiiiiiiiiiiis up? This Saturday, The Sloppy Boys—a podcast that "takes a deep dive into the drinks that you love"—will be coming to X-Ray Arcade for the penultimate stop on its winter tour. Beyond the lau...

Let’s vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will melt this year (2025 edition)

February 24, 2025

Hey! Guess what? It's time to vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will melt THIS year! You know the pile. It's that big snow pile in downtown Milwaukee, at 929 N. Water St. The one on the side of the Ma...

Old 97’s to kick off Tosa Tonight’s 2025 season

February 24, 2025

Since 2000, the Tosa Tonight summer concert series has brought free and family-friendly live music to Rotary Performance Pavilion in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park. Thankfully, Tosa Tonight won't just be returning for a...

Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs has been uploading musical gems to YouTube since 2021

February 24, 2025

In the history of Milwaukee bands that broke into the mainstream—albeit briefly—no group leaves a stranger mark than The Frogs. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed the aggressively lo-fi and subversive alt...

Watch Bob Uecker give a (wacky) tour of his home circa 1985

February 24, 2025

It's been just over a month since Milwaukee/baseball/broadcasting/universe legend Bob Uecker passed away at age 90. Since then, we've been regularly revisiting the wealth of clips from Uecker's unique career: i...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Simone

February 22, 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: Sluggo’s Sports Pub & Grill is #2 sports bar in U.S., has fast fish fry

Caleb Westphal

February 21, 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 #581: Sluggo's Sports Pub & G...

Wisconsin Taste Test: Purple Door’s “Wisconsin Brandy Old-Fashioned” and “Beer And Pretzels” ice cream

February 21, 2025

In Wisconsin Taste Test, two Milwaukee Record folks share their thoughts on two new-to-them "Wisconsin-y" food or drink items. Think raw beef sandwiches, Old-Fashioneds, and those giant bags of generic candy th...

The Keystones stay on the grind with synth-flavored “SHINJUKU”

February 21, 2025

Everything's a grind, right? Eking out a living, maintaining our jobs, maintaining our relationships, releasing a new five-song EP that deals with the very concept of grinding and working and working some more ...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (January 2025)

February 21, 2025

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HERE. This month, Matt...

Avalon Theater will be one long smorgasbord at our March 19 screening of ‘Tremors’

February 20, 2025

In a recent retrospective for The Reveal, Keith Phipps calls 1990's Tremors a "five-star three-star movie." "It doesn't aim as high as, say, Born On The Fourth of July, the 1989 holdover that topped the box off...

Women’s Beer And Spirits Collective to host more than 30 Milwaukee-area fundraising events in March

February 20, 2025

For many years, the beer and spirits industries were completely dominated by men. Male distributors sold products made by male brewers and distillers to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores that were typically ...

MKE Music Rewind: Canopies, s/t EP (2011)

February 20, 2025

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Canopies' self-titled debut EP from 2011. If you dig into the archive...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Pull-Tabs!

February 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some tavern activities come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Pull-Tabs! Wisconsin bars have it all. In addition to being plac...

Bug Moment goes supersonic on “Chaos Emerald”

February 19, 2025

Last fall, Milwaukee's premier "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" group Bug Moment released a terrific new single, "Arbiter." The band followed it with the fantastic "Purple Guy." And now comes the dramatic (and t...

Food/Drink Roundup: That cursed space on Locust and Weil might be something else now

February 19, 2025

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: • You know that restaurant space at 1000 E. Locust St.? That space ac...

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