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Comics will take ‘Aswang’ to task in June 16 installment of Laugh Track Cinema

May 11, 2022

Back in February, Lakefront Brewery, The Laughing Tap, and yours truly at Milwaukee Record joined forces to offer something both comedy fans and film buffs could get behind with a new event in which comedians r...

Here’s Milwaukee Boat Line’s 2022 Concert Cruise lineup

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2022

Despite the dozens of festivals, block parties, and weekly outdoor music series taking place on Milwaukee soil every summer, Milwaukee Boat Line sees fit to extend the city’s celebratory spirit to the water wit...

NilexNile takes to the streets of Austin in “Yute” music video

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2022

Last fall, when we spoke to Nile—a.k.a. NilexNile on streaming platforms—about his breakout 2021, the Milwaukee rapper was poised to follow up his most productive year to date with even bigger and better things...

We talked to Steve Martin and Martin Short before their May 12 show at Riverside Theater and it was delightful

Matt Wild

May 11, 2022

Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introductions. So...Before the comedy legends bring their latest live show, "You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today!" to The Riverside Theater on May 12, Milwaukee...

PrideFest announces 2022 headliners

Tyler Maas

May 10, 2022

Back in March, we let you know that PrideFest—which canceled its 2020 installment and shifted last year's celebration to smaller-scale autumnal event called “PridetoberFest”—would be returning to Henry Maier Fe...

Here’s the release date and trailer for the Disney+ Giannis biopic ‘Rise,’ and that’s it

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

June 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numzJtJWT8cOkay, and the poster, too:Exclusive articles, podcasts, and more. Support Milwaukee Record on Patreon.RELATED ARTICLES• Here’s your G...

3rd Street Market Hall adds Venezuelan restaurant Anytime Arepa, open now

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

Fact: 3rd Street Market Hall opened in the first floor of the old Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 W. Wisconsin Ave., earlier this year.Fact: Since then, the downtown food hall has added a new vendor approximatel...

2022 Milwaukee Film Festival announces attendance, awards, 2023 dates

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival wrapped last Thursday. Though it marked a return to in-cinema screenings after fully virtual outings in 2020 and 2021, it was very much a hybrid festival. Out of the 285 total f...

Here’s your Giannis mural update for Monday, May 9, at 7:41 a.m.

Matt Wild

May 9, 2022

If you follow Milwaukee Record, you know that Milwaukee/Chicago artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a three-story mural of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east facade of the 600 EAST buil...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 1-9)

Matt Wild

May 9, 2022

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a “renaissance” or a “reinvention.” Or maybe it’s a “reboot” or a “reimagining,” like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Great Lakes Distillery and WMSE to collaborate on Chicken Shack Whiskey, “Uncooped Block Party”

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2022

Now that the lengthy streak of dreary, cold, and soul-sucking days has finally ended and weather conditions in Milwaukee seem to be promising for a while, we can officially start getting ready for summer festiv...

Celebrate the “414” with new Grace Weber video

Matt Wild

May 9, 2022

In case you missed it, April 14 was Milwaukee Day—a.k.a. 414 Day, a.k.a. the day every business in town cooks up something they can sell for $4.14. In between the annual video love letter from Imagine MKE and o...

My First Band: Pete Donnelly (The Figgs)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 6, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Pete Donnelly is an accomplished solo artist and a former member of NRBQ, but you probably know him better as the bassist, one of the vocalists, and a founding member of The Figgs. Sin...

435 Friday fish frys and counting: Belly Up Bar (Menomonee Falls)

Caleb Westphal

May 6, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Belly Up Bar in Menomonee Falls.What was intended to be one week off from the column...

8 headlines about VISIT Milwaukee’s new Cheese Curd Pass, ranked

Matt Wild

May 6, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: CHEESE CURD PASS.Earlier this week, VISIT Milwaukee unveiled a so-...

Crusherfest will return to South Milwaukee…in 2023

Matt Wild

May 5, 2022

You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—will take 2022 off. The fest will return on June 3-4, 2023."Th...

Yep, there’ll be Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches at our ‘UHF’ afterparty at The Vanguard on May 18

Matt Wild

May 5, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); If you haven't picked up your tickets to our screening of the Weird Al classic UHF at Avalon Theater on May 18, do that now. Fewer than 100 remain, and our previous UHF screenings have ...

The Windy City looms large in Lion’s Tooth’s “Chicago Boys” author event

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2022

Authors and lifelong friends Martin Billheimer and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. write very different books, but the Windy City looms large in each of their works.Beyond having "Chicago" in its title, Billheimer...

Joe Mande talks ‘Michael Clayton’ yard signs, ‘Hacks’ and Bucks before Laughing Tap shows

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2022

Comedian Joe Mande might not be a household name, but you’re certainly aware of his work. He’s written for Parks & Recreation, Kroll Show, The Good Place, Delocated, and Master Of None. He’s had on-camera r...

Here’s the 2022 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2022

A few days after putting out an extensive list of Milwaukee summer festivals and music series, we've learned COA Youth & Family Centers has released the lineup for its Skyline Music Series. The concert seri...