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Return of Milwaukee mask mandate advances, awaits full Council approval

January 7, 2022

At a meeting Friday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council's Public Safety & Health Committee voted 3-0, with 2 abstentions, to reinstate a citywide indoor mask mandate. The mandate still needs approval from...

MPS postpones return to in-person learning until January 18

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Attention folks who don't have school-age kids: All schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) system are virtual this week. (Folks who have school-age kids know this all too well.) When the move to virtual ...

Bon Jovi is playing Fiserv Forum April 5, so here’s my cringey story about seeing JBJ in 1997

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

As part of the Bon Jovi 2022 Tour, eternal rock band Bon Jovi will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, April 5. Get your tickets HERE.Anyway, here's my previously published story about seeing Jon Bon ...

WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser will return April 10 (vaccination required)

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Hey! WMSE's beloved Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser is set to return to MSOE's Kern Center on Sunday, April 10. It'll be the event's 20th installment, following a 2021 event that was takeout only."Attendees wil...

Here’s the full N/A Day vendor lineup

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2022

On Saturday, January 8 from noon to 4 p.m., Milwaukee Record will host the inaugural N/A Day at The Cooperage. The "Dry January Beverage Festival"—which is sponsored by Athletic Brewing Company, Budweiser Zero,...

Looking back at the long, storied history of Packers games in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2022

A few weeks ago while I was doomscrolling Twitter on my birthday, I happened upon some familiar footage that seems to surface each and every December 18. In addition to being the date of my birth, that day is a...

MKE Music Rewind: Yipes!, ‘Yipes!’ (1978)

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I was driving past Shank Hall a few weeks ago when I noticed the lon...

Nearly a dozen Milwaukee-area health officials issue new COVID-19 public health advisory

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

So it's pretty clear at this point that we're fucked, right? That there's no way out of this? That there are people who care about this and people who absolutely do not care about this? That, thanks to the peop...

Decibully, Camden, and Promise Ring members play by their own rules in Nuisance

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2022

In 2020, while much of the world was isolated and relying on things like Zoom happy hours and FaceTime chats to stay in touch, longtime friends and former Camden bandmates reconnected and decided to remotely wr...

Guy Rehorst launches Sans non-alcoholic spirits line

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2022

We're less than a week into "Dry January" and this young year already has us wanting to reach for a drink. Thankfully, people who are taking a month away from imbibing and those who've made a lasting lifestyle ...

Moneyline Mo’s Pigskin Picks: Week 18

Moneyline Mo

January 5, 2022

Hey, it’s Moneyline Mo, the man in the know and when it comes to the regular season, we only have one week to go! I’m coming off another week where I matched my season-high of 13 wins. The dream of a 16-0 week ...

Welcome to 2022. I hate it

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

Hi. It's January 4, 2022. We're four days into a sparkling, glistening, still-has-that-new-year-smell new year. Twenty-twenty-two! It has a nice ring, doesn't it? Here we go!I hate it already.This post ...

Daydream Retrievers provide pitch-perfect song for our collective “Living Hell”

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

We're fast approaching two years of this living hell. There's evidently no end in sight for this living hell. What can we do, both individually and as members of the same flawed tribe occupying this planet at t...

“The Betty White-Wisconsin connection” news roundup

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

Betty White ruled. She absolutely ruled.Betty White died December 31 at the age 0f 99—just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. For the past few days, the internet has been awash with praise and tributes to the...

In case you blinked last month, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (December 2021)

Matt Wild

January 3, 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...

Start the year off right with a video of lap steel metal band Velocihamster covering “Sleep Walk”

Matt Wild

January 3, 2022

Hey! It's 2022! The pandemic rages on! MPS has gone all-virtual! There's no end in sight! It's just like...2021. And most of 2020. Sigh.Happily, we have a much more enjoyable repeat performance for you. Bac...

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern will require proof of vaccination beginning Jan. 7

Matt Wild

January 3, 2022

Roughly 24 hours after Odd Duck announced it will require prospective diners to show proof of vaccination, Brewers Hill brunch spot Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern, 234 E Vine St., has announced a similar dine-...

Odd Duck will require proof of vaccination, first Milwaukee restaurant to do so

Matt Wild

January 2, 2022

Effective immediately, Milwaukee's Odd Duck restaurant, 2352 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., will require diners to show proof of vaccination before entering. It appears that the Bay View restaurant is the first dedicate...

All MPS schools will transition to virtual learning beginning January 4

Matt Wild

January 2, 2022

Sigh. Milwaukee Public Schools announced Sunday night that all MPS schools will transition to virtual learning beginning Tuesday, January 4. Welcome to 2020 2021 2022, folks."MPS was scheduled to resume in-...

Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month…maybe

Tyler Maas

January 2, 2022

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra that was devoid of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and ...