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Club Garibaldi is selling wings on a carryout basis the next two weekends

April 9, 2020

We try to be fair and impartial here at Milwaukee Record, but we're just going to say it: Club Garibaldi has the best wings in Milwaukee. Fight us! (Please don't actually fight us.) Sadly, the venerable Bay Vie...

Celesta’s “Fishless Fry” puts a vegan spin on a Wisconsin favorite

Tyler Maas

April 8, 2020

Each and every Friday, people in Milwaukee and all around Wisconsin eat fish. Even coronavirus can't get in the way of the pandemic-proof Midwestern ritual of enjoying breaded, battered, and fried fish. Over th...

Watch John McGivern and John Gurda, who are best friends, talk to each other over Zoom

Matt Wild

April 8, 2020

Fact #1: JOHN MCGIVERN AND JOHN GURDA ARE BEST FRIENDS. Fact #2: DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 CRISIS, JOHN MCGIVERN AND JOHN GURDA HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HANG OUT ON THE HIT MILWAUKEE PBS SHOW AROUND THE CORNER WIT...

Heed the Dead Alewives’ prescient advice from 1996: stay put, America

Matt Wild

April 8, 2020

A quick crash course: The Dead Alewives were a Milwaukee comedy troupe in the 1990s who delighted their fans with a geeky, offbeat sense of humor that fell somewhere between The Kids In The Hall and The Young O...

Wisconsin reports 2,756 COVID-19 cases; projections continue to improve

Matt Wild

April 8, 2020

The Department of Health Services reported a total of 2,756 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon. That number is up from Tuesday's total of 2,578 positive cases. Twenty-ni...

PBR is getting into the hard tea business

Tyler Maas

April 8, 2020

The world is a much different place than it was a month ago. However, as society adjusts to life under quarantine, it's comforting to know some things haven't changed. Days are getting longer, birds are chirpin...

I believe in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2020

Today is Milwaukee Record's 6th anniversary. Each April 7 since Matt Wild and I launched this noble venture in 2014, we've typically celebrated our birthday by thanking our readers, our contributors, and our ad...

14 Milwaukee-made quarantine/COVID-19 songs

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2020

They say "write what you know." Well, for a bunch of Milwaukee musicians, what they know at the moment is isolation, uncertainty, loneliness, lost income, and fear. As a result, a few local acts have taken it u...

Scenes from the line at Riverside University High School during Tuesday’s “vote and die” election

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 7, 2020

Never forget: On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, Wisconsinites were forced to risk their health and the health of others in order to vote. Here are some scenes from the ridiculously ...

Stream five songs from Will Rose’s new album, ‘Wilted’

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2020

When we last caught up with Will Rose in late 2018, the accomplished Milwaukee percussionist and rapper was putting the finishing touches on a Mac Miller tribute show he organized, which would also serve as a f...

Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Recreation’s “Rec. At Home” program (“Butts & Guts” included)

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

We love Milwaukee Recreation. We've devoted numerous articles to the group (a department of Milwaukee Public Schools) and its sometimes wonderful, sometimes weird seasonal offerings. But, thanks to a global pan...

Wisconsin’s “vote and die” election is back on for Tuesday, apparently

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers signed an emergency order suspending in-person voting for tomorrow's Spring Election, moving it to June 9. No longer would Wisconsinites have to risk their health and the health of ot...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 29-April 4)

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

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...

Wisconsin reports 2,440 COVID-19 cases; projections improve

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

The Department of Health Services reported a total of 2,440 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state of Wisconsin on Monday afternoon. That number is up from Sunday's total of 2,267 positive cases. Twenty-seven ...

Gov. Evers suspends in-person voting for Spring Election, moves Election Day to June 9

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

UPDATE: Never mind. Tuesday's "vote and die" election is back on.Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order on Monday that suspends in-person voting for Tuesday's 2020 Spring Election. The order also moves t...

We’ve moved our Tuesday Tunes concert series to fall. Here’s the new schedule

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 5, 2020

Early last month, we announced that Milwaukee Record would be joining forces with Crafty Cow to bring a spring concert series called "Tuesday Tunes" to the Bay View restaurant. The free weekly music series—also...

My First Band: Tyler Maas (Milwaukee Record, Infinity & One)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 3, 2020

Well, this wasn't supposed to happen, but strange and uncertain times call for desperate measures. With Milwaukee (and much of the world) under quarantine and social isolation for the foreseeable future, we're ...

326 Friday fish frys and counting: Steny’s Tavern & Grill curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

April 3, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.For the past three years, I've gone on a morning hike at Lapham Peak on March 27. Last year I fo...

Fuzzysurf’s music video hot streak continues with “How Do You Decide?”

Tyler Maas

April 3, 2020

Way back at the end of January (which seems like a lifetime ago at this point), Fuzzysurf completed its album cycle for 2019's great Fuzzy & The Surfs in grand fashion. Following two impressive visual pairi...

Local restaurant owners share fears, frustrations, hope in era of COVID-19

Matt Wild

April 3, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis is, of course, a public health crisis. In Milwaukee County alone, 918 positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported as of Thursday, along with 18 related deaths. But it's also an economic cr...