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June 28, 2022

Next month, Walker's Point (by way of Madison) brewery MobCraft Beer will celebrate its ninth anniversary and its sixth year in Milwaukee with a familiar event. Yes, MobCraft's 4th annual "Weird Fest Block Part...

State Fair’s 2022 Sporkies: Fried Pickle Cheese Curd Tacos, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Chicken On-a-Stick, more

June 28, 2022

It's almost time for the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair (it runs August 4-14), which means it's time to unveil, ponder, and drool over and/or worry about this year's Sporkies finalists. You know, the Sporkies! The S...

Milwaukee’s “Wu-Tang realtor” reviews Saturday’s Wu-Tang show at Summerfest

June 26, 2022

Milwaukee realtor Jon Frost made headlines this spring with his "Low mortgage rates are Temporary. WU-TANG IS FOREVER" billboard. When we learned Wu-Tang Clan was scheduled to headline Summerfest on June 25 (wi...

Enjoying Summerfest despite [gestures broadly at everything]

June 25, 2022

On Friday morning, my partner in crime/business, Tyler Maas, sent me a message: "Well, the country has (officially) somehow become even worse. If you want to have our 27,000th day of no promos, that's fine with...

We tried 8 new food and drink items at Summerfest

June 24, 2022

Summerfest is back! One day is officially in the books, and there are still eight more chances to enjoy loads of live entertainment, heaps of tasty treats, and all sorts of refreshments. As the 54th installment...

My First Band: Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life And Times)

June 24, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Midwestern rock and roll fans rejoice because this week's guest is the great Allen Epley. You likely know Epley as the vocalist and guitarist of Shiner and The Life And Times, as the h...

Take me back to Summerfest 1990: Depeche Mode at Marcus Amphitheater

Vince Morales

June 23, 2022

Every year when the Summerfest lineup is announced, I look at it with anticipation. I don't even know what I'm looking for, but I know that Summerfest matters to me and that it can often deliver something I wan...

Hear the first single from Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings’ upcoming album

June 23, 2022

In late 2020, prolific singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and the incomparable instrumentalists in SistaStrings (a duo made up of Monique and Chauntee Ross) co-released Live At The Cafe Carpe, a live album the acco...

Prepare for the Big Gig with My First Band episodes featuring 2022 Summerfest performers

June 23, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Each and every year (with the obvious exception of 2020, of course), Summerfest brings some of the planet’s biggest entertainers to Milwaukee. In addition to the dozens of world-renown...

That time I went to a real ‘Blade’ blood rave

Rob Wieland

June 22, 2022

Blade has one of the best opening action sequences of all time. (Chances are, if you've seen the movie, "Confusion" by New Order is already playing in your head.) It introduces the daywalker wordlessly. It sets...

Only 8 summertime standbys remain in our Milwaukee Summer Bracket

June 22, 2022

broadstreet.zone(98321); With three full rounds of our Milwaukee Summer Bracket now in the books, more than 30,000 total votes have been cast and our hand-selected field of 64 Milwaukee summer standbys has bee...

Milwaukee approves return of those darn scooters for 2022 and 2023

June 22, 2022

Those darn scooters are officially coming back! Beginning in early August! And sticking around until at least the end of 2023!Yes, following approval from the Public Works Committee on Monday, the full Comm...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

June 21, 2022

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 54th year, the "Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Where to play D&D in MKE

Rob Wieland

June 21, 2022

As is the custom of this weird-ass place called the internet, Milwaukee Record is required by law to mention the latest season of Stranger Things. (It's back! In pog form!) What does this have to do with local ...

Lake Park will celebrate 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted with parade, cake, more

June 21, 2022

Fredrick Law Olmsted, born in 1822, is known as the father of American landscape architecture. His most famous projects include New York's Central Park and the grounds outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D....

Tom Nelson would like to defeat Ron Johnson, and the Spin Doctors are gonna help him

June 21, 2022

In Wisconsin, one of the big stories of the upcoming U.S. Senate election is who, if anyone, can defeat former folk music fan and current human shit stain Sen. Ron Johnson. There are plenty of big names in the ...

Make it a sleazy summer with The Grovelers’ new record, ‘Misplaced Cars And Blackouts’

June 21, 2022

The Grovelers don't mess with the formula. For the past seven years, the Milwaukee group has delivered album after album of greasy, grimy rock 'n' roll, all shot through with dashes of rockabilly, garage, and p...

Malakai Black talks NXT, Forbidden Door, mist, and heavy metal before AEW’s Milwaukee show

Vince Morales

June 20, 2022

A lot has changed in the world of All Elite Wrestling since the last time they came to Milwaukee. UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena was the last stop before AEW's All Out in Chicago. That show featured the AEW in-ring...

Those darn scooters could return to Milwaukee streets by early August