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A guide to Milwaukee Day 2022 events and deals

April 11, 2022

More than a decade ago, a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and decided to turn that coincidence into a full-blown local holida...

Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel pick up the pieces in “Lend Me Your Heart” music video

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2022

Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we've continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (April 3-9)

Matt Wild

April 11, 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...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2022 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2022

This past Sunday, thousands of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE’s 20th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and thin...

My First Band: Robb MacLean (Limbeck)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 8, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); As the singer and guitarist of Limbeck, Robb MacLean has been part of some excellent and influential albums. He's toured all around the U.S. and Europe with bands like Motion City Soun...

431 Friday fish frys and counting: Sloppy Joe’s Saloon & Spoon (Hubertus)

Caleb Westphal

April 8, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Sloppy Joe's Saloon & Spoon in Hubertus.A post office, a church building, a red ...

New Milwaukee Music Friday: Large Print, Immortal Girlfriend, Negative/Positive, Kiings

Matt Wild

April 8, 2022

Ever have one of those Fridays where not one, not two, not three, but four Milwaukee musical acts release new music? Well, today is one of those Fridays! Without further ado, let's listen to... Large Print - I...

Festa Italiana canceled for third year in a row

Matt Wild

April 8, 2022

For the third year in a row, Festa Italiana has been canceled. The popular summer festival previously canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Rose Anne Fritchie, Festa director and president ...

The full lineup for the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is here, and it’s spectacular

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

It's time to dig in.The 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to return to Milwaukee movie screens April 21 - May 5. The 14th annual fest will feature 134 features and 150 short films from 43 countries. All f...

Altruism and nihilism collide in Convert’s “Watch It Burn”

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2022

Last spring, we introduced you to Convert—a Milwaukee project featuring former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, and Assault & Battery—by premiering a song called "Slow Choke." The track, from t...

Today is National Beer Day, so here are 3 places to get a beer in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

Today is National Beer Day. The holiday celebrates "the day that the Cullen–Harrison Act was enacted after having been signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933." This paved the way f...

Serb Hall’s Friday fish fry is back (in drive-thru and carry-out form)

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

Before Milwaukee's Serb Hall closed in early 2021—the umpteenth victim of the COVID-19 pandemic—the South Side institution (5101 W. Oklahoma Ave.) was famed for hosting decades' worth of political rallies and s...

Center Street Daze will return to Center Street (obviously) August 13

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

And the "X summer festival will return after two years" news just keeps comin': Yes, the lil' street fest that could, Center Street Daze Festival, announced yesterday that it will return to Center Street (obvio...

A guide to finding Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers on USFL rosters

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2022

Remember the United States Football League? Well, the short-lived professional football league—which folded in 1986 after Donald Trump drove it into the ground in a foolish attempt to force a merger with the NF...

The old Chancery on Downer has been empty for 15 years (but maybe that’ll change?)

Matt Wild

April 6, 2022

On April 6, 2021, we published a piece titled "Shout-out to the old Chancery on Downer, which has been empty for 14 years." It was about how once-popular regional restaurant chain the Chancery closed its locati...

Cozy Danger’s new music video is a “tribute to female badassery”

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2022

When we last checked in with Cozy Danger, the funk-tinged indie rock trio was partying with pooches in its "Where Are All My Dogs At" music video. This time around, they're paying "tribute to female badassery" ...

Woof! Fromm Petfest will return to Henry Maier Festival Park September 24

Matt Wild

April 6, 2022

Nothing has been better than reporting on the return of previously COVID-canceled summer festivals. Locust Street Festival! Summer Soulstice! A proper Summerfest! And while Milwaukee's beloved Fromm Petfest did...

Cavalier Johnson defeats Bob Donovan to become first Black elected mayor of Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 5, 2022

Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson can now lose the "acting" part of his title: With all in-person and absentee votes counted Tuesday night, Johnson handily defeated opponent Bob Donovan 71.69% - 28.31% to...

The 10 best individual Opening Day performances in Milwaukee Brewers history

Kyle Lobner

April 5, 2022

It’s a week later than it was supposed to be and it’s not happening where it was supposed to happen, but Major League Baseball is back this week after a long offseason of doubt. The Brewers’ home opener has bee...

Middle East Side now open at 3rd Street Market Hall

Matt Wild

April 5, 2022

Ever since it opened in January, 3rd Street Market Hall—a.k.a. the sprawling food hall that occupies the first floor of the former Shops of Grand Avenue at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave.—has become our favorite downtown...