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Watch Bert Lauderdale try Milwaukee Record Brandy at Great Lakes Distillery

October 14, 2024

In case you missed the exciting news, Great Lakes Distillery made us our very own brandy. Yes, "Milwaukee Record Brandy" will officially be released at the Walker's Point-based distillery on Friday, October 18....

Diet Lite’s Max Niemann goes solo, hits the road with ‘The Fellow Travelers’

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

One of the busiest and most beloved Milwaukee bands to make its name post-pandemic has been Diet Lite. The scruffy indie-rock outfit released the excellent Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, and follow...

Sushi restaurant 1033 Omakase planned for old 1033 MKE space at 1033 S. 1st St.

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

Can't get enough of sushi restaurants? Neither can we, which is why we're excited to inform you that a new sushi restaurant is being planned for Walker's Point.What's the name of the new joint? 1033 Omakase...

Summerfest announces first 2025 headliner, Lainey Wilson, 254 long days ahead of time

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

Wildly popular country artist Lainey Wilson will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Thursday, June 26, during Summerfest 2025. The Big Gig announced its first 2025 headliner on Monday—254 da...

Vanguard, chef Paul Zerkel to collaborate on “Crying Tiger” Thai kitchen Halloween pop-up

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2024

The Vanguard isn’t afraid to shake things up. On top of occasionally adjusting its menu in new and exciting ways, the owners of the Bay View bar and sausage emporium have shown no hesitation to occasionally bre...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mike

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 11, 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: Watch out for deer (and great fish) at North Lake Bear Trap

Caleb Westphal

October 11, 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 #562: North Lake Bear Trap in Nor...

The Hallelujah Ward comes to life (finally!) with ‘I Forced Myself To Live, Charlie Bee’

Matt Wild

October 11, 2024

It's a bright and bustling morning at Radio Milwaukee and Mark Waldoch is ready to begin the day."They used to have this thing where they would frenetically interview somebody for eighty-eight seconds," he ...

The 20 Arizona Cardinals starting quarterbacks of the last 20 years, ranked

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2024

What’s there to say at this point? The Packers are hosting the Arizona this weekend, who have seen a fairly large number of starting quarterbacks duck under center over the past 20 seasons. Since we’ve done thi...

Back from the brink, Comet Cafe has recaptured its former glory

Tyler Maas

October 10, 2024

Things could've been much different. Back in July 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 crisis, then-owners of Comet Cafe (1947 N. Farwell Ave., 414-509-6028) announced the East Side comfort food staple would ...

Instrumental intensity takes flight on Pigeoto’s debut EP

Tyler Maas

October 10, 2024

If you read the digital pages of Milwaukee Record with enough frequency, there's a solid chance you've encountered some press about Velocihamster. The project, which calls itself "the world’s only lap steel met...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We want to die while eating brats

Matt Wild

October 10, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publi...

Food/Drink Roundup: Support East Side businesses in their construction time of need

Matt Wild

October 9, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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: East Side businesses that need support while ...

Hey MPS: More Montessori, please

Tad Kriofske Mainella

October 9, 2024

The purpose of this opinion piece is to suggest that Montessori education is not only developmentally appropriate and effective for most children aged 3-14, but elements of its theory and practice can and SHOUL...

Everybody loves Miller High Life, including Kamala Harris and the Real Housewives

Matt Wild

October 9, 2024

"Bottle of High Life?"That's what the bartender at Landmark Lanes says every time I (Matt) approach the bar. I've been going to the Landmark for 8,000 years, and they know that I drink Miller High Life. It'...

WMSE’s Local/Live: dak duBois

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 9, 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 8, 2024: dak...

‘As Ever, Miriam’ explores shared life of Milwaukee collaborators Charlotte Partridge, Miriam Frink

Annie Raab

October 8, 2024

Do you still write letters? Do you still write love letters? If not, ask yourself if there are messages you would like to leave behind, preserved in the amber of an archive, or if you'd rather your corresponden...

Mandatory Milwaukee/Wisconsin: The “Cheese Drawer”

Tyler Maas

October 8, 2024

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some segments of your home's refrigerator come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: The "Cheese Drawer."Cheese. It's delicious...

Enjoy lyric videos for two of our current favorite Milwaukee songs

Matt Wild

October 8, 2024

Remember that part in Twin Peaks where Cooper says "When two separate events occur simultaneously pertaining to the same object of inquiry, we must always pay strict attention"? Of course you do. Well, if the o...

A Boring Book Fair to bring “interesting and unorthodox used books” to Timeshare

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2024

Milwaukee is home to a number of excellent independent book retailers, including some that specialize in unique and hard-to-find titles. Next weekend, there will be another place to stock up on literature in to...