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In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (September 8-14)

September 16, 2019

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...

Ampersand Theater Company is moving to a new performance space

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2019

Since originally opening under the name Mojo Dojo four years ago, the Milwaukee improv outfit—now called Ampersand Theater Company—has taught and hosted performances at a wide variety of locations around town. ...

Snack Boys will move into former Hotel Foster space this fall

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2019

In August of 2016, The Hotel Foster announced it would be closing after more than five years in business. Over the three-plus-year span since the popular North Avenue haunt ceased operations and put the already...

Hip Hop DNA: Volume 1 celebrates, investigates hip-hop history at Marcus Center

Cal Roach

September 14, 2019

Three weeks ago, Milwaukee's second-annual Hip Hop Week wrapped up, and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts played an important part, hosting Ladies First: The Women Of Classic Hip Hop And R&B at its ...

Big bucks, heaven, hell, and the world according to Dad

Matt Wild

September 14, 2019

To hear Dad tell it, his recent round of inspiration was forged in fire, and sealed by a moonlit night."It felt like I was tripping," the Milwaukee rapper explains. "I had put into this fire a piece of pape...

My First Band: Chris Sutter (Meat Wave, Truman & His Trophy)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 13, 2019

Chris Sutter wanted a drum set. His father, however, decided to buy him an acoustic guitar and a book of AC/DC tabs instead. Though his percussive aspirations never came to be, the Meat Wave front man made the ...

Feed me! We’re screening the director’s cut of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

On the 16th day in the month of October, in a late year of a decade that can just go ahead and end already, Milwaukee filmgoers will encounter a deadly threat to their very existence. And this terrifying enemy ...

Lakefront Brewery’s “Fall Fest of Ale” returns September 29

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

We love fall. You love fall. Everyone loves fall. Similarly, we love Lakefront Brewery. You love Lakefront Brewery. Everyone loves Lakefront Brewery. Put the two together and you get...the return of Lakefront's...

It’s Friday, so let’s watch Michael McKean sing “Milwaukee Moon”

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Former Milwaukee sports broadcaster Ramie Makhlouf talks about being a Bears fan and how Vikings fans view the Packers

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72581); For years, Ramie Makhlouf was a daily a part of the afternoon drive time commute and a trusted source of athletic information on metro Milwaukee radio waves. The longtime host of The B...

MFF2019’s Cinema Hooligante program is ridiculously great, gloriously geeky

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Since the dawn of time (a.k.a. 2014), Milwaukee Record has been a proud sponsor of the Milwaukee Film Festival's Cinema Hooligante program. A place for all things weird, wacky, bloody, and bizarre, it's our kin...

Get warmed up for Flat Teeth’s debut full-length with “Florida Snow”

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2019

Last year, we introduced you to Flat Teeth—a Milwaukee indie outfit that features current and former members of John The Savage, Paper Holland, The Invaders, and Twelve Ounce Prophet in its ranks—when we stream...

Shout-out to Crossroads Collective for finally putting their (full) name on their sign

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Please forgive the following random and dorky introduction: In the DVD commentary track for 1988's The Naked Gun (told you!), one of the Zucker brothers complains about a director of photography who kept under-...

Here’s the full Bay View Bash lineup and entertainment schedule

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2019

Believe it or not, summer is almost over. However, before the season officially comes to an end, the Bay View Bash will give Milwaukee one last chance to indulge in some summer festival fun before autumn's arri...

Breaking chews: Doughboys Podcast’s Turner Hall show moved to January 16

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2019

Back in June, we announced that Doughboys, a wildly popular and downright hilarious chain restaurant podcast, would be making its maiden voyage to Milwaukee this fall. A lot has changed since we first told you ...

Streetcar ridership down from record-breaking July, so let’s just scrap the whole thing

Matt Wild

September 11, 2019

It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's forever-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And you better buckle up for thi...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The city comes together over corned beef, tacos, and simple delicacies at McBob’s

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2019

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

17 ways former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke describes his too-hot-for-Twitter takes

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

broadstreet.zone(32806); On June 13, 2019, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (remember him?) officially quit Twitter. Sort of. "Folks I am thru with the TOTALITARIAN BIGOTS who run Twitter," Clarke ...

Freeland Film Festival brings activist-minded stories, events to Green Lake September 13-15

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

Film festivals can either cast a wide net or focus on a particular subject. The Milwaukee Film Festival, coming to Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 17-31, is an example of the former; the Freeland Film Festival, co...

New “high-end cocktail lounge,” The Public Pool, coming to former 1983 Arcade Bar space

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

UPDATE: Despite the information presented at Tuesday's meeting, business owner Edward DeShazer tells us the name and concept of the bar at 1110 N. Old World Third St. will be different. "That was our original c...