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Gareth Reynolds of ‘The Dollop’ talks about being a Packers fan in Los Angeles

October 25, 2018

Brown Deer, Wisconsin native and ComedySportz alum Gareth Reynolds is best known as the co-host of The Dollop, a popular American history podcast that’s landed him a book deal and has brought him to perform in ...

Grand Avenue’s Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra may hibernate this holiday season

Matt Wild

October 25, 2018

Sad news, animatronic bear fans: The Shops of Grand Avenue's longtime holiday house band, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, will not return to the mall's main court this winter. Grand Avenue management ...

What the hell, we tried Starbucks’ new Witch’s Brew Frappuccino

Tyler Maas

October 25, 2018

Thursday morning, Starbucks released its seasonal Witch's Brew Frappuccino. The limited-time Halloween beverage comes at the tail end of a year in which White Castle became the first fast food chain to offer th...

Help the Jazz Gallery “Raise the Roof,” fix its “Dizzy Gillespie leak”

Matt Wild

October 25, 2018

The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts is a unique Milwaukee venue. The all-ages Riverwest space regularly hosts jazz shows (natch), hip-hop shows, noise shows, gallery shows, and more. In an age when the word "c...

26 Milwaukee Halloween weekend events

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival.It technically isn’t Halloween until next Wednesday, but the vast majority of Milwaukee’s seasonal celebr...

We’re pretty sure Ryan Reynolds dissed Hugh Jackman with a Milverine joke

Matt Wild

October 24, 2018

If you've seen the Deadpool movies, you know that the fourth-wall-breaking titular anti-hero—and, by extension, actor Ryan Reynolds—loves talking shit about Wolverine—and, by extension, actor Hugh Jackman. And ...

Painting bar Splash Studio will move from Third Ward to former School Yard on East Side

Matt Wild

October 24, 2018

And the East Side just keeps getting more activity-happy: Today, the owners of Splash Studio announced they will move their ever-popular painting bar from the Third Ward to the East Side. Specifically, they'll ...

Public Domain: PEARS perform “Camptown Races”

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 23, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here.It's...

The time we showed ‘The Human Centipede’ at Hotel Foster during the Milwaukee Film Festival: An oral history

Josh Hoppert

October 23, 2018

According to the nation's top scientists, 2013 occurred approximately five years ago. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, Linda Ronstadt was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Milwauke...

Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger to return November 29

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2018

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap a...

Telethon roams Bay View in search of instruments in the “Modern Abrasive” video

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2018

Last year, Telethon came out of nowhere to release one of Milwaukee's best albums in the form of the ambitious and all-around excellent The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts. Though the 30-track, 90-mi...

The most memorable moments of the 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 2 (post-All-Star Game to NLCS)

Kyle Lobner

October 23, 2018

The Brewers’ 2018 season may be over, but it provided no shortage of memorable moments. What follows is Part 2 of the list of items, good, bad or just weird, that I added to my “Today In Brewers History” calend...

On The Record #142: ‘Sijan’ with Janine Sijan Rozina

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 22, 2018

Half a century after his death in a North Vietnamese prison camp following horrific injuries, unimaginable hardship, and unspeakable torture, United States Air Force Captain Lance P. Sijan’s name and heroics ar...

Get ready for Abby Jeanne’s ‘Music Box Dancer’ release show at Turner Hall with 2 new songs

Tyler Maas

October 22, 2018

With a well-attended four-show “Fire In February” residency this winter, two excellent songs released for WMSE’s annual Record Store Day 7-inch, a flurry of high-profile festival gigs, a well-deserved $20,000 B...

Masked Intruder’s Officer Bradford takes off his uniform (and more) for charity calendar

Tyler Maas

October 22, 2018

When he's not keeping a close and disapproving eye on the miscreants in Masked Intruder or spending time reviewing donuts and interviewing comedians for us, Officer Bradford is encouraging people to have a posi...

Here’s what we’re seeing this week at the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 22, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival kicked off last Thursday with a crowd-pleasing film (Science Fair), and an equally crowd-pleasing party (at Good City Brewing). Now, following a weekend stocked with even more f...

Experience ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in concert with the MSO, May 31-June 2 at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

October 22, 2018

Back when your opinions on movies about space wizards didn't determine your place in a never-ending and increasingly fraught culture war, Star Wars was kind of fun! And the "second" Star Wars film, The Empire S...

Despite Brewers NLCS loss, Ed Sheeran’s manager says Miller Park concert will be postponed

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2018

Last night, the Milwaukee Brewers' unforgettable 2018 season ended at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. We're sorry to bring up Saturday's heartbreaking NLCS Game 7 loss so soon, but we all have to be able ...

I buried a free George Webb burger in a time capsule in the woods and will unearth it one year from now

Matt Wild

October 19, 2018

On Thursday, October 18, 2018, Wisconsin burger chain George Webb made good on a longstanding promise/promotion and handed out free hamburgers to celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' recent 12-game winning streak. ...

The Vanguard will serve up burgers, punch, and laughs this Halloween as a comedy club called “The Punchline”

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2018

The Vanguard isn’t afraid to shake things up. On top of regularly changing up its menu in new and exciting ways, the owners of the Bay View bar and sausage emporium have shown no hesitation to occasionally brea...