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Inaugural Canni Fest to bring music, fun, cannabis workshops to The Cooperage on May 18

April 1, 2019

Last September, Milwaukee got its first hemp and CBD specialty shop when Canni Hemp Co. opened a retail store on 5th Street. In the handful of months since Canni came to Walker's Point, a number of other hemp a...

WMSE will release a GGOOLLDD 7-inch for Record Store Day 2019

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2019

Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 24-30)

Matt Wild

April 1, 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...

Dollars For Donuts: Cranky Al’s (Wauwatosa)

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2019

Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts, and more. I...

My First Band: Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2019

Jackson Bradford might have the most interesting job in music. The Milwaukee native spends at least half of each year wearing a cop costume and short-shorts while sporting a mustache as part of his lovable “hee...

273 Friday fish frys and counting: Bilda’s Friess Lake Pub (Hubertus)

Caleb Westphal

March 29, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Being in a club with those who have shared interests, similar values, or common life experiences...

Just in time for winter, Milwaukee calls on retired snow plow drivers to help plow snow

Matt Wild

March 29, 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...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: March 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2019

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records, notable singles, and more. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Eli Cash - The D...

Feast your eyes on The Vanguard’s 13 new menu items

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2019

Earlier this week, we announced The Vanguard would be saying goodbye to seven of its menu items. Even though some popular fare and other longer-tenured items—most notably the beloved Buffalo Poutine—have either...

Maya Ophelia’s puts a vegan twist on Filipino, Mexican, and Puerto Rican food favorites

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2019

It's safe to say there's never been a better time to be vegan in Milwaukee.But as good as things have become for local vegans of late, there's still lots of room for improvement. Yes, even though the city i...

Opening Day and Back Again: Scenes from Opening Day 2018

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

This piece appears with permission as an exclusive from The Milwaukee Anthology, out on April 9 from Belt Publishing. You read more about and order the book HERE.In the shadow of Miller Park stands another ...

Pizza Sutra is making frozen pizza sexy again

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

When lists are made of the world's sexiest foods, frozen pizza typically ranks somewhere between raisin bread and Cool Ranch Doritos. Jack's rarely shows up in gauzy direct-to-video sex scenes. Orv's almost nev...

AJ Bombers has turned into “Bernie’s Bombers,” complete with Braun Double Bacon Burger

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

If you thought George Webb was the only Brewers burger buddy in town, think again. (Here's a friendly reminder that we buried a free George Webb burger in a time capsule in the woods last year, and that we will...

Top 5 places to ride out the apocalypse in Milwaukee (from the author of ‘Apocalypse Any Day Now’)

Tea Krulos

March 27, 2019

While working on my new book Apocalypse Any Day Now, I traveled around the country to learn about different theories on how the world as we know it might end and what people are doing to prepare to live in a po...

7 Kwik Trip impersonators in metro Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2019

Last summer, we took a drive to Dubuque to visit a Kwik Star, a bizarro version of Kwik Trip that only exists in the state of Iowa. It turns out that in order to avoid consumer confusion and, more importantly, ...

Watch da pouring of (some of) “Da Crusher” statue

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 27, 2019

Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski is known as "The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous." Over the course of his 40-year professional wrestling career, the South Milwaukee native and World War II vet was the pride of a reg...

Under the cover of darkness, we snapped these pictures of the former, currently gutted BBC

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

If you've walked by the old G-Daddy's BBC on the East Side lately, you know that the once-mighty sports bar is a shell of its former self. Literally: The building is currently boarded up and completely gutted, ...

Take a look inside an “abandoned” Target in Greenfield

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2019

Before this Greenfield property became a Festival Foods, it was an "abandoned" Target department store. Here's what it looked like in early 2019.Last October, metro Milwaukee learned that Target would be cl...

Wrap your arms around “Arms,” the wonderful new single from Soda Road

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

When we last checked in with Soda Road—a.k.a. the new project from former Sat. Nite Duets member Stephen Strupp—the band was in a mood. We described Soda Road's debut album, Varsity Of Winter, as a "melancholy,...

WAMI announces performers, People’s Choice nominees

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

Who's got WAMI fever? On Sunday, April 14, the 39th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards will take over Milwaukee's Turner Hall Ballroom for a night of fun, excitement, and, of course, music. The 2019 no...