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GB in da UP: Why the Packers are the Upper Peninsula’s preferred team

December 27, 2018

To most, Sunday afternoon's meeting between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions doesn't mean a whole lot. Outside of offering marginal bragging rights for two subpar NFC North teams and serving as a platfor...

Chicken Wire Empire traverses new territory on ‘What Moves Mountains’

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2018

Chicken Wire Empire has done a lot in its first five years as a band. Since being formed by a pair of jam band enthusiasts, the contemporary Milwaukee bluegrass outfit has grown to five members. Along the way, ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Dec. 16-22

Matt Wild

December 27, 2018

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...

Listen to LeRoy Butler talk about the first Lambeau Leap (and watch an illustrated reenactment)

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 26, 2018

On December 26, 1993, LeRoy Butler forced a fumble. That play would set a chain of events into motion that would break a 10-season Packers playoff drought, send the defensive back into the stands, and change th...

Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve entertainment guide

Tyler Maas

December 26, 2018

It’s been a rough year, Milwaukee. Still, between all the celebrity deaths, polarizing political developments, and various other sources for internet outrage, at least a few decent things happened. Come Monday ...

Kurt Vile feels at home at Turner Hall

Kevin Mueller

December 22, 2018

“I like this place. This place is cool. It’s cooler than the other place we played,” Kurt Vile remarked midway through his laid-back show Friday night at Turner Hall Ballroom.It’s one of the only things the...

Burned-out neon letters in the Cudahy Arby’s sign, ranked

Josh Hoppert

December 21, 2018

A city just isn’t a city without a trademark structure in its skyline. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Seattle has the Space Needle, Dubai has that huge building from Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,...

’18 And Life To Go: Intermittent fasting stops the clock on holiday weight gain

Tyler Maas

December 21, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

259 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46

Caleb Westphal

December 21, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here."There it is!" I exclaimed, as Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46 (5555 Good Hope Rd., 414-353-2900)...

On The Record #147: Remembering the 1996 Green Bay Packers

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 21, 2018

Even though the Green Bay Packers still have two games left this year, the season is pretty much over. Last week's loss to the Chicago Bears mathematically eliminated Green Bay from playoff contention for the s...

Brush up on some of 2018’s best local music with the Silver City Sampler

Tyler Maas

December 20, 2018

In case you missed our various recent reminders, Milwaukee music is an incredibly good place. Though there's no shortage of Best Of lists and awards that help recognize the recorded efforts of Milwaukee musicia...

Streetcars, the State of Wisconsin, and standing up for Milwaukee

Matt Wild

December 19, 2018

Twenty-eighteen was kind of a big year for Milwaukee, wasn't it? Like, an honest-to-goodness, no-kidding, no-hyperbole "transformative" year? Seriously! There was the long-awaited opening of the Fiserv Forum, a...

6 oversized Milwaukee beverage displays, ranked

Tyler Maas

December 19, 2018

Milwaukee is a city known for its drinks. Between our array of micro and macro breweries, our hundreds of bars, the various distilleries that have popped up in town in recent years, and our altogether impressiv...

21 Milwaukee events to help heat up winter

Tyler Maas

December 18, 2018

Even though it's already snowed a few times, the daylight hours have dwindled significantly, and the Packers are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, it's technically not even winter yet. Yes, the...

In these dark and troubled times, remember that we are all Perry’s People

Matt Wild

December 18, 2018

You wake up. You grab your phone. You see story after story about how we're divided, about how we're at war, about how we're doomed. You put down your phone. You close your eyes. You sigh. You go to work. Maybe...

A holiday gift guide for the animals of the Milwaukee County Zoo

Addie Blanchard

December 17, 2018

Misanthropes everywhere will agree that only animals deserve Christmas presents. If you do not have a four-legged friend on your list already, or just want to buy a small holiday treat for a big jungle cat, con...

Riverside Theater celebrates 90 years

Catherine Jozwik

December 17, 2018

Milwaukee's historic Riverside Theater, now celebrating 90 years of operation, has a rich and colorful history that includes vaudeville, a fire, and even reported paranormal activity.Oh, and being one of Mi...

The Uncanny Soup Company owners want to reopen, are “looking for a new location”

Tyler Maas

December 17, 2018

In late 2014, The Uncanny Soup Company—which had a location in Milwaukee’s historic Gas Light Building before leaving to turn its focus to locations in Cudahy and Kenosha, along with a slight commercial presenc...

Sundays at the Highbeary: How a Bay View soccer pub became Milwaukee’s biggest Chicago Bears bar

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2018

This Sunday afternoon, the Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers for an important late-season game. The outcome could either clinch a division title for the Bears or potentially extend Green Bay's slim ...

The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2018 (from a guy who ate one every Friday this year)

Caleb Westphal

December 14, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his latest fish fry destinations. Here are his top places for 2018 (presented...