25 Milwaukee Halloween events
Halloween as we know it didn't happen last year, but thanks to vaccinations (hey, get vaccinated!), the world is once again in a place where the holiday can be enjoyed in something resembling a "normal" capacit...
11 (more) notable comedians with Wisconsin roots
All week long, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival will be treating the city to loads of laughs. The 15th annual festival—which started October 3 and will run through October 10—will feature dozens of comedians perfo...
Jason Isbell, Bill Burr, and 22 more standout fall shows
Last week, we posted a guide to the unheard of abundance of fall festivals taking place in and around Milwaukee after more than a year without live, in-person entertainment. While those events are already sure ...
10 Midwestern chain restaurants that should come back to Milwaukee
Less than a week from now, Wisconsin will once again be home to a Big Boy restaurant. The first to return to the state in more than two decades will be located in Germantown in the space that was most recently ...
6 pitchers who threw a no-hitter after leaving the Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are dealing with a no-hitter curse. Since Juan Nieves tossed the franchise's first and only no-no on Tax Day way back in 1987, there have been 94 more no-hitters thrown by Major League pit...
Megan Thee Stallion, Japanese Breakfast, and 17 more standout Milwaukee summer shows
What's this? A list of shows? A list of live shows? A list of live summer shows? Yep! After 8,000 years of awfulness, live events are back! Here are just a few to look forward to in the next few months.
Wedn...
7 airport-adjacent Milwaukee bars that have plane-related names
Last month, a new bar and grill opened across from General Mitchell International Airport. Fittingly, the young business that took over the 700 E. Layton Ave. property that was most recently home to Brass Monke...
The 6-foot-tall Bloody Mary and other quirky local monuments
In case you missed it, Milwaukee got a brand new statue last week and it's one that's sure to become an area icon. The new 6-foot-tall, 400-pound work of art standing outside of the flagship Sobelman's Pub &...
Suds Your Duds and 10 other suggestive Milwaukee business names
What's in a name? For many businesses, its name helps tell potential customers what they do. A name can help prepare patrons for the type of atmosphere or level of quality they're to expect. Sometimes they're j...
Milwaukee Record’s last-minute, semi-informative guide to 4/20 events and specials
It's the 20th day of April and you know what that means, riiiiiiiight?! Yeah, you know! Love it, hate it, or feel absolutely indifferent to it, this unofficial holiday is reason for a sizable portion of the pop...
15 Earth Day events and fundraisers happening in Milwaukee this week
Thursday, April 22 marks another Earth Day. While it's important to always be conscious of the environmental impact your actions have on the planet, the spring holiday that was founded in 1970 serves as an annu...
Trixie Mattel’s Chipotle burrito bowl and 13 should-be ‘Drag Race’ fast food pairings
Not all brand collaborations make sense at first glance. Like Lil Wayne x American Eagle, Cheetos x Forever 21, and Susan G. Komen x KFC before them, the latest collaboration between e.l.f. Cosmetics and fast-f...
The 10 best Wisconsin Badgers to later play for the Green Bay Packers, ranked
The Houston Texans and J.J. Watt officially parted ways late last week when the five-time All-Pro defensive end was granted his release from the unabashedly rebuilding franchise. Instantly, Packers fans and oth...
10 Milwaukee-specific ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day at home
Almost one full year into the COVID-19 crisis, Valentine's Day is now one of the only holidays that hasn't been impacted by the pandemic yet. Emphasis on "yet" in that sentence. With the romantic occurrence com...
9 delightful regional pizza Instagram accounts you should follow for National Pizza Week
This week (January 10-16) is National Pizza Week. Finally, an excuse to eat and celebrate pizza.
Need some pizza-related levity on your Instagram feed, both during this week and beyond? Of course you do. Her...
Remembering the venues Milwaukee lost in 2020
It's been said time and time again that venues were some of the first places to close when the COVID-19 crisis came and they'll be some of the last to re-open. Now a few days into 2021 and on the cusp of reachi...
10 good things to happen in Milwaukee during this awful year
This year will surely go down as one of the worst of our lifetimes. We'd say the worst, but we're honestly not sure how 2021 will turn out. Though the past nine-plus months have been racked with unthinkable tra...
18 more Milwaukee-made holiday songs
Over the course of a few Decembers of Milwaukee Record‘s existence, we’ve rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the largely unsatisfying holiday music genre. (You can ...
Merry Dickmas: Etsy’s top 50 dong-themed holiday cards
In need of some late Christmas cards for co-workers, we recently ventured over to Etsy to see if we could find something unique and hopefully a little bit funny. After typing in something dull like "Funny Chris...
We ranked bull names in the ‘1994 Beef Sire Directory’
It’s great to have friends who collect old books and magazines, because that’s how we found out about the 1994 Beef Sire Directory. With its home base in Shawano, Wisconsin, if you were looking for a hookup sou...