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201 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Points East Pub

November 10, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.I had been pretty tensed up last Friday and couldn't pinpoint why that was. Earlier in the day I ha...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 10: Packers vs. Bears

Nik Kovac

November 10, 2017

Watch the game at Linneman's this Sunday at noon. Nik and Keith will be calling all the action on the stage, next to a nine-foot screen. There will be enough chili and beer to go around.On his way to the Il...

Rapper’s delights: I ate like Action Bronson for a day

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2017

Action Bronson is coming to Milwaukee today. Though most people know the rapper for his work on stage, the charismatic former chef is also reaching a new audience with his work in the kitchen and through his un...

Galerie Kenilworth brings art, fresh perspective to the East Side

Matt Wild

November 9, 2017

The East Side, you may have heard, is changing. The past 18 months have seen multiple businesses in the once bar-heavy North and Farwell area closing their doors, new businesses taking their place, and a more "...

Watch Guerrilla Ghost’s “Let’s Get Physical” video (with some strings attached)

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2017

You'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee project that's piled more work into 2017's first 10 months than Guerrilla Ghost. Since late April, the experimental hip-hop duo composed of rapper Chuck Jones (who rele...

Watch Andrew W.K. go shopping at American Science & Surplus

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 8, 2017

Back in October, at the Andrew W.K. show at The Rave, we thrilled to the immortal party god's life-affirming ode to Milwaukee. "I LOVE / MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN," sang W.K. to the tune of "I Love NYC." "OH YEAH / ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: After more than 60 years, Gold Rush Chicken still belongs on your bucket list

Tyler Maas

November 8, 2017

Food trends tend to be cyclical. Once a time-tested dietary staple has been expanded upon, gussied up, and unnecessarily augmented to a point where its origin is virtually unrecognizable, things have a way of r...

On The Record Episode 113: State Of Craft Beer with Matthew Janzen

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 8, 2017

The state of craft beer in Wisconsin is rapidly changing and steadily improving. At this point, it's impossible to document everything that's happening in Milwaukee brewing and in the other microbreweries sprea...

Axl, Slash, and Guns N’ Roses mine their sleaze-rock past at BMO Harris Bradley Center

Cal Roach

November 8, 2017

During their original superstar phase in the late '80s and early '90s, Guns N' Roses never played Milwaukee, opting instead for the massive amphitheater of Alpine Valley in 1988 and a two-nighter in '91. But Tu...

Kamasi Washington plays jazz for the masses at Turner Hall

Dan Agacki

November 8, 2017

Ruminating on Guns N' Roses' relevance in 2017, I leaned against Turner Hall Tuesday night and watched the masses file into the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As a lifelong GN'R fan, a small piece of my heart float...

Bill Burr is madly in love with Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2017

Milwaukee loves Bill Burr. Every time the legendary comedian comes to town, thousands of people come out and additional shows are inevitably added. Fresh off Burr's two-night, three-show Riverside Theater run l...

Vine Society wine bar to open in Bay View early next year

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2017

While the recent closure of All Purpose is certainly tragic news for Milwaukee dining, its end has opened new and exciting avenues for other endeavors. This fall, the space will host a new concept with ties to ...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about Von Trier’s plans to remain a German bar and restaurant

Matt Wild

November 6, 2017

Back in August, Von Trier owners John and Cindy Sidoff announced they would be closing their beloved German bar and reopening it as an "upscale cocktail lounge." Milwaukee was not impressed, and demanded the Si...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 29-November 4)

Matt Wild

November 6, 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...

Samkon Gado and other unlikely Packers backups who stepped up to fill in for fallen stars

Nick Olig

November 3, 2017

It sure sucks when your favorite football team loses its best player to a (possibly) season-ending injury, but the remedy to feeling as though the Green Bay Packers are officially collar-boned is not nihilism. ...

Bands and businesses step up to help local musician, Bay View fixture “Matt The Ratt”

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2017

If you've spent enough time in Bay View, you've probably encountered Matt Davis. Since moving to Milwaukee in the mid '90s, the London expat has made an indelible mark on local rockabilly, psychobilly, and swin...

200 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Dobie’s

Caleb Westphal

November 3, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.For what was at least my 200th consecutive Friday fish fry, I decided to invite people who have bee...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 9: Packers vs. Lions

Nik Kovac

November 3, 2017

Next up for the Green Bay Packers is the one divisional opponent who has not broken our quarterback's collar bone. It's hard to hate these Detroit Lions.Even back when Ndamukong Suh was a Lion and was stomp...

Abandon all hope: Milwaukee’s beer gardens are closing for the season this weekend

Matt Wild

November 3, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• In the Inferno, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" is the sign Dante sees ...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 2, 2017

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. Save for Thanksgiving, November doesn’t offer much. It’s the conti...