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Get ready for “the biggest Midwest Gaming Classic ever” April 29-May 1

February 8, 2022

In 2001, two guys started a small show at a Boy Scout Service Center “to celebrate the Atari Jaguar,” which drew about 100 gaming enthusiasts. Since that unheralded outset, the event—which was later named Midwe...

Victor DeLorenzo and Night Crickets supergroup dream of ‘A Free Society’

Matt Wild

February 8, 2022

When is a pandemic record not a pandemic record? According to Milwaukee drummer Victor DeLorenzo, his long-distance collaboration with far-flung musicians David J and Darwin Meiners—the result of which is the d...

ALERT: “BEAR ON A TIGHTROPE” IS BACK AT THE AVENUE

Matt Wild

February 8, 2022

We love the new 3rd Street Market Hall. The long-awaited food hall opened last month on the first floor of The Avenue—a.k.a. the old Shops of Grand Avenue. A host of food vendors share the communal space, and t...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Posting a picture of your car’s dashboard thermometer when it’s really cold outside

Matt Wild

February 7, 2022

Some things come and go, while some things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: posting a picture of your car's dashboard thermometer when it's really cold outside.You wake ...

What happens when two bands write three new songs based on the same three song titles?

Matt Wild

February 7, 2022

"What's in a name? Would 'Kiss By A Rose' by any other name sound so sweet?"So asks Milwaukee post-rock/power-pop outfit Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends in the linear notes to a new split EP, Dangerous...

Joshua Ray Walker shines at Shank Hall in Milwaukee debut

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2022

If you don’t know the name Joshua Ray Walker yet, you’re about to. Since first building some buzz in country music circles with his debut, Wish You Were Here, the Dallas singer-songwriter has won fans all aroun...

Taste Of Greece brings Greek Fest food favorites to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church February 26-27

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2022

Organized by the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Fest typically fills Wisconsin State Fair Park with gyros and other spit-roasted meats, Greek music and dancers, games and rides, a Greek marketplace, ...

My First Band: Peter Mulvey

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 4, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Over the course of this 30-year music career, Peter Mulvey has released more than 20 albums, written hundreds of songs, played thousands of shows all over the world, shared bills with ...

422 Friday fish frys and counting: Skippy’s Burger Bar (Thiensville)

Caleb Westphal

February 4, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Skippy's Burger Bar.Steam rose from the uncovered cup of green tea in my right hand ...

Let’s remember Scott Walker’s ineptitude with some updates on Foxconn and trains

Matt Wild

February 4, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: past, present, and future doofus Scott Walker.• Scott Walker. Reme...

Re-Joice! Milwaukee Record Re-Porter has Re-Turned

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2022

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

Garden Home cuts the lights and cranks the volume in “Ghost” music video

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2022

Back in December, Garden Home released postmortem. The two-track EP pulls no punches as it earnestly addresses feelings of remorse, confinement, and helplessness brought on by both the pandemic and the planet's...

La Casa De Chivolin brings ceviche (and a clown origin story) to Lincoln Village

Juan Miguel Martinez

February 2, 2022

About eight years ago, my sister and I went to see OFF! in Chicago. We showed up about three hours early, so we went to eat at El Barco Mariscos, a Mexican restaurant on Ashland and Cortez. We ordered ceviche, ...

Here’s everything you need to know about Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2022

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2022

For a period of eight years, Burnhearts Mitten Fest offered a one-day escape from the seasonal doldrums that plague Wisconsinites in wintertime. The February festival brought people together in a two-block stre...

Vote in Round 1 of our Wisconsin Snack Bracket!

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 1, 2022

It's the middle of winter in Wisconsin. It's cold, it's boring, and it still gets dark pretty early. In an effort to kill some time and offer a distraction as we all await warmer and brighter days, Milwaukee Re...

Welcome to February: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 1, 2022

February holds the distinction of being the year’s shortest month, one of Wisconsin’s coldest spans of time, and landing pretty much smack dab in the middle of winter. However, this particular February finds Mi...

Beginning today: Vote early in Milwaukee’s 2022 mayoral primary

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

On Tuesday, February 15, Milwaukee will take one step closer to electing a new mayor when the city votes in the 2022 Spring Primary. Don't want to wait until the 15th to vote? Good news: you can vote early, fro...

Tori Amos will play Milwaukee’s Bradley Symphony Center May 29

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

Unless we're mistaken (and someone will surely tell us if we're mistaken), Tori Amos hasn't played a show in Milwaukee since 2009. That's set to change Sunday, May 29, when the music icon makes a stop at the Br...

Skate with superheroes February 12 at Red Arrow Park’s “Downtown Ice CAPE-ade”

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

Last week we rounded up 7 Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks for all your outdoor ice skating needs. This week, we're here to tell you that one of the rinks—Red Arrow Park's "Slice of Ice"–will host a superher...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 23-29)

Matt Wild

January 31, 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...