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Third time’s the charm? Milwaukee may apply for another federal grant for streetcar extension

April 19, 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...

Lost Whale to celebrate Earth Day, raise money for Mitchell Park Domes with ‘Bio-Dome’-themed party

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2019

Since opening last summer, Lost Whale has been an excellent source of sustainable craft cocktails served in a whimsical setting. On Saturday, April 20, the Bay View cocktail bar's focus on fun and the environme...

Thurston Moore will perform live score to James Nares’ ‘Street’ at Oriental Theatre August 16

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Today in Wow, This Sounds Great news, Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore is slated to perform a live score to artist James Nares' Street at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre on Friday, August 16. Wow, this sounds...

Little Cancun’s Bay View location will open April 23

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2019

Last May, we learned that a property at 3040 S. Delaware Ave.—which was the longtime home of Hector's and the not-so-longtime home of R&D Pub—would become the future site of a Mexican restaurant called Litt...

There’s a Facebook page for the “KK Can Opener,” a.k.a. that Bay View railroad bridge that eats semis

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

UPDATE (4/19/19): Hmmm. Something funny is going on here...Earlier this month we hipped you to Bay View Missed Connections, a new Facebook group dedicated to "choice anecdotes of localized lust." Today, in ...

Your 2019 Green Bay Packers schedule (with game-by-game predictions)

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2019

Last night, while much of the state was watching the Bucks clobber the Pistons in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs, Wisconsin's favorite (and third most successful, at the moment) professional sports team released th...

City Lounge is doing another (ahem) “World of Wizards” pop-up bar

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

Is there a more wonderful, willfully weird Cudahy bar than City Lounge? Okay, X-Ray Arcade is pretty wonderful and weird, but City Lounge has been doing wonderful and weird for years. Remember when Bubba Sparxx...

An interview with Tunic, a Winnipeg noise rock machine

Dan Agacki

April 17, 2019

Tunic is a noise rock machine.The Winnipeg band’s recently-released debut album, Complexion, is a nuanced assault on your senses. The dissonant guitars and shouted vocals collide with a thick rhythmic pulse...

Here’s Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise lineup, mateys

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2019

Despite the dozens of festivals, block parties, and weekly outdoor music series taking place on Milwaukee soil every summer, Milwaukee Boat Line sees fit to extend the city’s celebratory spirit to the water wit...

Here’s the One Trick Pony spring vendor list

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2019

Since early 2013, One Trick Pony has been doing—by its own modest assessment—"a pretty okay job" as a platform for Milwaukee, artists, makers and vintage retailers to sell their products in a fun, public settin...

Remembering the musical legacy of Rocky Rococo

Matt Wild

April 17, 2019

On Saturday, April 20, in the year of our Lord 2019, hungry Wisconsinites can don a white suit, a white fedora, and/or a fake nose and glasses and get a free slice of Rocky Rococo pizza, no questions asked. Yes...

Take a look inside The Mothership, which officially opens to the public on April 25

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2019

Last month, we broke the news that Urban Bay View would be closing and a new bar called The Mothership would be opening in its place. Ever since Urban quietly ceased operations in late March, Mothership owner R...

We talked to Steve Martin and Martin Short before their April 19 show at Riverside Theater and it was delightful

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introductions.So, before Martin and Short bring their latest two-man show, "Now You See Them, Soon You Won't," to Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Friday, April 19, Mil...

The Yawpers bring diverse brand of rock and roll to Milwaukee

Mike Holloway

April 16, 2019

Loud. Straightforward. American.Denver-based rock and roll outfit The Yawpers use these simple words to describe its music. And yet you’d be hard-pressed to find just one word that embodies the overall soun...

Here’s the lineup for the 2019 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. (Actuall...

Here’s the 2019 Lakeshore Chinooks promotions schedule

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2019

Though baseball season is already well underway in Milwaukee and the Brewers currently sit in first place a few weeks into the season, there’s another team in the region that’s getting ready to take the field. ...

Here are your 2019 WAMI winners

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 15, 2019

The 39th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (a.k.a. the WAMIs) took over Turner Hall Ballroom Sunday night, and what a night it was. Those in attendance were treated to performances by Hall of Fame ind...

Ari Shaffir, Todd Barry to headline Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2019

Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved in kind with Milwaukee’s humor scene. From July 31 to August 4, the ...

AJ Bombers will offer its Big Boy burger all summer long

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

Last week, we embarked on an epic taste test: Who has the best Big Boy-inspired burger—AJ Bombers, Coach's, or McDonald's? The test was inspired by AJ Bombers' limited-time tribute to the classic double-patty, ...

Gov. Evers will speak at Turner Hall, and we still demand he make his own “Welcome to deer season” videos

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

In case you missed it, Wisconsin has a new governor. Last November, mild-mannered Tony Evers bested future Twitter user Scott Walker to become the 46th governor of our great state. What has Gov. Evers accomplis...