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“Legalize MKE” aims to answer questions about marijuana possession in Milwaukee County

May 6, 2021

Milwaukee County Supervisor for the 12th district Sylvia Ortiz-Velez recently proposed an ordinance that would lower the fine for marijuana possession in Milwaukee County to only $1. The proposal was made in th...

New Immortal Girlfriend video doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop

Matt Wild

May 6, 2021

If you were synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend, you might be content with continually making some of the best music to come out of Milwaukee in years. But you're not Immortal Girlfriend (unless you happen to be ...

MKE Health Commissioner: “We are making sure that masks are going to be worn” at Summerfest

Matt Wild

May 6, 2021

Will masks be required at this year's Summerfest? That's the big (gig) question.Thursday's Summerfest announcement included plenty of big names and plenty of reasons to get excited for the return of the Wor...

Carryout Chronicles: 1840 Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2021

It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and employees as safe ...

There won’t be a Riverwest 24 race in 2021, but “there will be a holiday”

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2021

Last May, Riverwest 24 announced its annual and incomparable race—complete with the usual registration, scoring, leaderboards, and winners—would not be held. Instead of hosting "The People's Holiday" in the mid...

Alamazoo Jennings and the worst game in Milwaukee professional baseball history

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2021

On Sunday afternoon, Brewers pitcher Alec Bettinger had a historically bad Major League debut. In fairness to the 25-year-old hurler, the circumstances weren't exactly in his favor. Bettinger earned a premature...

Emissary offers “extreme volume and distortion” therapy on ‘Cerulean’

Nick Olig

May 4, 2021

For musical artists to stay sane in COVID-19 times, it’s been easy to rock at home, but hard—if not impossible—to safely get out there and put on a killer show. Months have have turned into more than a year of ...

Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise series returns, “first wave” of performers announced

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2021

For years, Milwaukee Boat Line and its impressive fleet of vessels—the Iroquois, Voyageur, and Vista King—have played an important part in the city’s summer enjoyment. With a wide range of cruises, which vary f...

Sculpture Milwaukee announces 2021 exhibition, ‘there is this We’

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2021

For the past four years, Sculpture Milwaukee has brought astounding works from nationally-known and internationally-appreciated artists to various spots scattered through the city's downtown. The innovative and...

Brady Street Festival has been canceled

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

For the second consecutive summer, Brady Street Festival has been canceled. The decision to cancel Brady Street's the largest and most popular event was announced Monday afternoon. Organizers cited pandemic-rel...

Check out the lineup for The Ivy House’s “Patio Daze” music series

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

As society gradually makes its way back to something resembling normalcy, some of life's simple pleasures are also returning. Though some festivals have made the decision to cancel this summer as the COVID-19 c...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (April 25-May 1)

Matt Wild

May 3, 2021

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’s Downtown South Milwaukee’s “Music At The Market” lineup

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

Now that spring has fully arrived and we're probably not going to have any more snow for a few months , we can finally start to look forward to some of the fun outdoor activities that help make Milwaukee and it...

Wërd Bar has closed

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

Back in the summer of 2018, Wërd Bar opened at the former site of Cloud Bar (111 W. Howard Avenue) and had ambitious intentions of becoming "your premier live entertainment and bar destination in Milwaukee, WI ...

My First Band: William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, Assertion)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2021

broadstreet.zone(81112); Whether you know William Goldsmith as a founding member of Sunny Day Real Estate, as the original drummer of Foo Fighters, or from his time in the short-lived but outstanding band The ...

Matt And Kristin Talk About MKE And WI Stuff #3: State Fair, masks, vaccines, more

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2021

If you don’t follow As Goes Wisconsin on your favorite social media platforms, go ahead and change that now. The brainchild of Wisconsin-born writer/comedian Kristin Brey, As Goes Wisconsin examines the many, m...

Hear Trixie Mattel pay tribute to Johnny Cash, Cher, more on her new ‘Full Coverage Vol. 1’ EP

Tyler Maas

April 30, 2021

The past few times we've covered the life and times of Trixie Mattel, the Milwaukee drag superstar and former RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champion was keeping busy hosting The Pit Stop, becoming part-owner of ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2021

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. (Want to hear us discuss a few selections on WUWM’s Lake Effect? Click HERE.) LPs AND EPs ...

Get to know Zilwaukee, a Michigan city that sounds similar to (but is way different than) Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

April 29, 2021

By this point, many of you have surely heard of Milwaukie, Oregon. Some might also be aware there's another Milwaukee in North Carolina. And who could forget there's a South Milwaukee—a Milwaukee County city th...

MKE Music Rewind: The Green Music Machine, “Green And Growing (The Bucks Don’t Stop Here)”

Tyler Maas

April 29, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.It was 1977 and the Milwaukee Bucks weren't in a great place. Follow...