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No more mask requirement for MCTS buses (UPDATE: Oops, masks are required again)

April 19, 2022

UPDATE: Never mind. Masks are required again. MCTS released this statement at 5 p.m. on Tuesday: The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) will continue to require riders to wear masks on County buses. The de...

A guide to Milwaukee’s April 20 events and specials

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2022

It’s almost 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 ...

When and where to see all 14 Cinema Hooligante films at the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 18, 2022

The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to take over the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema April 22 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films. Of those 134 fea...

Nearly a year later, Milwaukee is still responding to ESPN’s “terrible city” remark

Matt Wild

April 18, 2022

Way back in June 2021, in the midst of the 2021 NBA playoffs, the hosts of ESPN's First Take casually talked smack against Milwaukee."You really want to be in Milwaukee? Is that where you want to be? Milwauke...

My First Band: Siri Undlin (Humbird)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 15, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Siri Undlin's musical journey started at a very young age. The founding member and bandleader of Humbird, an outstanding Minneapolis-based folk project, is the daughter of a Lutheran p...

Tortilleria El Sol cranks out fresh tortillas in Milwaukee’s Crisol Corridor

Juan Miguel Martinez

April 15, 2022

The people of the village are hard at work under a harsh and unforgiving sun. The year is 500 B.C., or as close as anyone can figure it, anyway. These people are working to create a meal for themselves and the ...

Michael Imperioli’s band is playing Cactus Club in August

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2022

If you live in or around Milwaukee and you're one of the millions of people who watched The Sopranos at some point in the past two years, we have some very exciting news to share. Michael Imperioli—the actor, w...

“New light, refreshed life”: Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee. Or 414 Day. Or 414 Milwaukee Day. Or 414MKEDay. It's all the same. It's all about Milwaukee.In that spirit, please enjoy this year's Milwaukee video love letter from Imagine MK...

Old world crafts and otherworldly creatures converge in ‘Caverns Below Milwaukee’

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2022

If you come to this website with any regularity, we can confidently say you've stumbled across the work of Andy Tyra. The Michigan (by way of Milwaukee) illustrator and is the artist responsible for our T-shirt...

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show returns to Times Cinema May 20 with ‘Better Off Dead’

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

In case you missed it, the Times Cinema (5906 W. Vliet St.) reopened earlier this month with a new programming format. Yes, more than two years after closing due to COVID-19, the cozy neighborhood cinema is bac...

The Riverwest 24 will return July 29-30

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

A whole lotta Milwaukee summer festivals are returning in 2022, and so is "The People's Holiday."Yep, the Riverwest 24 is back! A real-deal, in-person Riverwest 24! The 24-hour bike ride and neighborhood pa...

MKE.WTF offers limited-run shirts for “locals who have a complicated relationship with their city”

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

There are approximately 8 billion ways to show your Milwaukee pride via T-shirt. Hell, you can do it right here on this very website. But if you're looking for ultra-specific, if-you-know-you-know Milwaukee T-s...

A Milwaukee Day ode to Bob Uecker

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

This story was originally published in 2016.There's a picture, taken in 1964, of Bob Uecker playing a tuba. It's moments before the second game of the '64 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and th...

Now is your chance to buy an old school building in Cudahy!

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2022

As the housing market continues to explode and real estate prices keep climbing in Milwaukee, lots of interested home buyers are now resetting their sights on the city's up-and-coming suburbs. If the currently-...

Join us at Nice Times for “Bloody Sundays” during the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 13, 2022

Back in the early-ish days of the Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee Film and Milwaukee Record predecessor A.V. Club Milwaukee brought "Bloody Sundays" to The Hotel Foster. What could be better than Sunday morn...

Watch this video of Gilbert Gottfried roasting the Milwaukee Art Museum

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2022

Gilbert Gottfried passed away today at the age of 67. Known for his incomparable delivery and his fearless material, the comedian and actor's vast body of work—which ranged from voiceover work in Aladdin and as...

The Glass Cannon brings live action role-playing (but not LARP) to Turner Hall

Rob Wieland

April 12, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons is having a moment. There are three main factors to this: a recent edition that's very accessible to new players, a boost into the pop culture consciousness thanks to being part of the St...

Brady Street Festival will return July 30

Matt Wild

April 12, 2022

You wanted the return of Milwaukee summer festivals? You got the return of Milwaukee summer festivals. The latest fest to announce its imminent comeback is the always awesome Brady Street Festival. The long-run...

Summerfest playground will open for season April 19

Matt Wild

April 12, 2022

The Northwestern Mutual Community Park—a.k.a. the recently spiffed-up playground on the Summerfest grounds—will open for the season on Tuesday, April 19.Similar to its inaugural 2021 season, the park will b...

Harsh Job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee is one of the worst U.S. cities for stoners

Matt Wild

April 12, 2022

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists or ridiculous studies, as well as any time a nati...