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December 20, 2017

Twenty-seventeen was, well, it was a year. So let’s talk about it, or at least let’s talk about the things we actually liked about it. For this year's end-of-the-year recap, Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild, Tyler ...

Tearing myself apart at a midnight screening of ‘The Room’

Lauren Keene

December 19, 2017

I’ve always hated the concept of cultural “guilty pleasures.” I don’t understand why anyone should be ashamed of liking things just because society (or writers) say they’re “lame” or “bad.” I’m not at all asham...

Members of Carolina, Maritime, and The Championship resurface in Hello, Face

December 19, 2017

It isn't unnatural for a musician to take some time off between projects. Sometimes it takes somebody whose band just ended a little while to realign their creative focus and to get that itch to take the stage ...

Hark! Now hear more locally-made songs for the holidays

December 19, 2017

Almost every year, we round up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the predominately terrible holiday music genre. Just when we think we've found the last of them, area musicia...

Remembering the life and comedy of Chris Farley

Nick Olig

December 18, 2017

On the anniversary of Chris Farley’s untimely death, it’s worthwhile to recall a formula someone once expressed for living a full day: laugh, cry, and think.Chris Farley used his time on this Earth to deliv...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Dec. 10-16)

December 18, 2017

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...

A brief history of Oprah Winfrey sightings in Milwaukee

December 18, 2017

If you've ever read a list of "17 celebrities you didn't know were from Milwaukee," you know that Oprah Winfrey is kinda-sorta from Milwaukee. Born in Mississippi but raised in Milwaukee by her mother, Vernita ...

Hanson’s Mmmhops and 14 other beers brewed for (or by) musicians

December 17, 2017

There are currently more breweries and more beers than ever before. As a result of the unprecedented growth the industry has experienced, more brewers are crafting new beer at a staggering rate, and the lines b...

After a year of meetings, Domes Task Force still doesn’t know what to do with the Domes

December 15, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Way back in the waning months of 2016, the Milwaukee County Board created a t...

The year in Milwaukee food & drink: openings, closings, beer

December 15, 2017

On January 1, 2017, Bay View's venerable Midwest Diner closed. If there was a more fitting omen for the year to come, we're not aware of it. For the next 12 months it seemed hardly a week would go by without an...

206 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Gard’s

Caleb Westphal

December 15, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here.This week I ventured to Gard's (7170 W Burleigh St., 414-442-4280). The restaurant and lounge is loca...

All MCTS bus rides will be free the night of New Year’s Eve (thanks again to Miller Lite)

December 15, 2017

Is there anything worse than driving around on New Year's Eve, going from party to party, only to have midnight strike when you're en route? Yes: driving drunk on New Year's Eve, going from party to party, etc....

Read Before Kickoff, Week 15: Packers vs. Panthers

Nik Kovac

December 15, 2017

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters…God saw everything...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2017

December 14, 2017

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published more than 3,500 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs, created an awesome annual benefit concert, launched an...

Caley Conway’s ‘Heart Be Light’ EP rewraps and refines holiday classics

December 14, 2017

Though Caley Conway And The Lucy Cukes officially called it quits last year, the project's eponymous bandleader continues to go strong with occasional performances and an EP on the way sometime soon. Exactly ho...

Help Dream Attics and Kane Place Record Club member raise money for rare brain tumor treatment

December 14, 2017

Though Nick Tovarek now lives in Austin, the musician first made a name for himself in Milwaukee music as a member of Kane Place Record Club before moving to Texas in 2015 with his new indie-tinged electronic p...

1983 Arcade Bar will open December 21

December 14, 2017

Hey! Do you like arcades? Do you like bars? Do you like arcade bars? Well, you're in luck, because Milwaukee first dedicated retro arcade bar, 1983 Arcade Bar, is set to open Thursday, December 21. Morgan and M...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2017