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October 31, 2024

Back in October 2023, beloved Milwaukee radio station WMSE 91.7 did a live three-hour broadcast from beloved Milwaukee argument-starter The Hop. We hung out that day and helped out. It was fun! Now, WMSE i...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (October 2024)

October 31, 2024

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Here’s the menu for Vanguard and chef Paul Zerkel’s “Crying Tiger” Thai kitchen Halloween pop-up

October 30, 2024

In case you missed the news, The Vanguard announced it will be partnering up with Goodkind co-owner/chef Paul Zerkel to spend Halloween night as a Thai kitchen concept called "Crying Tiger." From 5 p.m. until c...

Milwaukee cake artist to appear on Food Network’s new ‘Wizards Of Baking’ series

October 30, 2024

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Milwaukee cake artist Kimberly Adams will be appearing on a Food Network baking competition. Yes, the owner of Signature Sweets—a business that specializes in "beautiful...

Little Cancun Sports has closed

October 30, 2024

After more than five years, one name modification, and a concept shift, Little Cancun Sports has closed. We were originally tipped off to the news by a thread on the Bay View Town Hall Facebook group, and it wa...

Behold that finished mural on Humboldt that used to feature Mrs. Incredible

October 30, 2024

Last week, approximately 8,000 readers informed us that that mural on the north wall of car stereo installation and window tinting joint Expert Electronics, 2231 N. Humboldt Ave., had changed. You know, that mu...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Quilz (2024)

October 30, 2024

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, October 29, 2024: Th...

Long-awaited Cassini Echoes debut is “a true exercise in patience”

October 29, 2024

At a time in which projects sometimes announce their existence with the release of a completed album or EP and musicians rush to record slapdash reactionary songs about topical subjects, it's becoming more rare...

Yep, still there

October 29, 2024

As of Tuesday morning, that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach is yep, still there. The boat's owners beached and abandoned the 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer craft—named "Deep Thought," in a possible no...

Sincere Engineer, Harrison Gordon to headline second annual Burn Bright MKE festival

October 29, 2024

This past February, a brand new festival called Burn Bright MKE added to the ever-improving winter festival landscape in metro Milwaukee. The two-day affair was created by DIY booking wunderkind JJ Kaiser, who ...

Watch a short film about a Milwaukee-born street artist, ‘ONGOSF: Derivative Bullshit’

October 29, 2024

Have you seen those stickers and stencils of Ongo Gablogian, the over-the-top "art critic" played by Danny DeVito's Frank Reynolds in that one episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia? If you've been out on...

Join us and area restaurants at Falcon Bowl for the second annual “Casserole Call”

October 28, 2024

Fall is here. Along with autumn’s dropping temperatures and ever-shortening hours of daylight comes the mounting hunger for comfort food. And in Wisconsin, few (if any) dishes scratch that itch better than the ...

Caley Conway navigates dreams, waking life on sublime ‘Partner’

October 28, 2024

There are moments in Caley Conway's latest album, Partner, when the ever-busy Milwaukee singer-songwriter finds herself caught in the humdrum duties of daily life. There are things to do—or not—people to see—or...

Whoa! Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Film’s “Keanuthon”

October 28, 2024

If October is prime time for horror movies, what should folks binge in November? Thanksgiving movies? Christmas movies? Planes, Trains And Automobiles 24/7? If you're Milwaukee Film, the answer is a little more...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Salem

October 26, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Double Perch Lunch available all day, every day at Tower Tavern in Manitowoc

Caleb Westphal

October 25, 2024

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 #564: Tower Tavern in Manitowoc, ...

Jack White will play intimate shows at Cactus Club tonight, The Rave tomorrow

October 25, 2024

One night after a last-minute surprise show at Madison's High Noon Saloon—and an even more last-minute and surprise show at Milwaukee's Vanguard restaurant—the one and only Jack White will play Milwaukee's Cact...

Bug Moment at its best on new single, “Purple Guy”

October 25, 2024

Bug Moment's metamorphosis from a glitchy bedroom project to the city's finest "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" band is one of the great Milwaukee music scene success stories of the post-pandemic era. Twenty-twe...

Get ready for The Sugar Maple’s “Hall-Ooo-Ween, An Adventure Time Pop-Up & Art Show” with these photos