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191 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Clifford’s Supper Club

September 1, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.Being that I hadn't been to Clifford's Supper Club (10418 W. Forest Home Ave., 414-425-6226) for a ...

Milwaukee job growth is sluggish, but at least we’re getting one of those weird cat cafes

Matt Wild

September 1, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Milwaukee is a city of contrasts. One one hand, it has world-class amenities ...

Hear Abby Jeanne’s new out of this world single, “Cosmic Beings”

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2017

With exactly four months left, it's safe to say 2017 is Abby Jeanne's year. Between New Year's Day and the end of August, the owner of one of Milwaukee's—if not Wisconsin's—best voices released her debut album,...

Watch a Milwaukee woman save a baby skunk with a cup stuck on its head

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

Between natural disasters, a widening political and economic divide, and the innumerable hardships and injustices inhabitants of Earth face every day, it can be a pretty dark time to be alive. However, when lif...

Joe Vella uses improv and puppetry to make a living on Twitch as BizSNES

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

As far as career options go, professional video game player sits somewhere in between food tester and sleep study participant. Unthinkable as it is, one Milwaukee man has managed to career out of gaming with th...

Hear Community Centaur’s cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque”

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

Though our monthly music video series and our annual benefit concert might suggest otherwise, we aren't exactly the biggest fans of cover songs. Still, there's something to be said for an artist deconstructing ...

Sculpture Milwaukee is having a picnic September 9 at O’Donnell Park

Matt Wild

August 31, 2017

One of this summer's great public art success stories is Sculpture Milwaukee. The 22-piece installation has graced Wisconsin Avenue since June, giving downtown denizens a chance to enjoy top-flight works of art...

House On The Rock is a kitschy Wisconsin treasure shrouded in darkness

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2017

Wisconsin offers both residents and visitors a wealth of interesting, fun, and dazzling attractions that make the state a truly special place. Between the placid change of pace offered by the state's northwoods...

Public Domain: Abby Jeanne performs “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 30, 2017

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Sign up for There Will Be Bowling 2: Electric Boogaloo, coming to the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 30, 2017

Is there anything better than the annual Milwaukee Film Festival? No. Is there anything better than bowling? Strangely, also no. So why not combine the two? From September 28 through October 12, the screens of ...

Rose Of The West puts the petal to the metal after slow, calculated start

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2017

Rose Of The West played its first show as a full band less than five months ago. Though that fact suggests the dream-pop project that features current and former members of GGOOLLDD, Group Of The Altos, Canopie...

On The Record Episode 107: New shit with Dan Shafer

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 29, 2017

There's no shortage of new shit headed Milwaukee's way. It seems as if a new multi-use apartment complex is announced every month, and just as many craft breweries are popping up as well. The populace is embroi...

Sherman Phoenix, and 5 more Milwaukee crowdfunding campaigns that could use a little help

Matt Wild

August 28, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); It's been one year since the uprising in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. Whether or not there has been any positive change in the neighborhood over the past year is up for debat...

Trailer Park Boys get greasy in crowd-pleasing Riverside Theater performance

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2017

With 11 seasons and roughly 100 episodes of their beloved cult television program, five feature films and specials, and a heft of other material released on their Swearnet comedy network to their credit, the Tr...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (August 20-26)

Matt Wild

August 28, 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...

Now’s as good a time as any to brush up on the Wisconsin Nazi resistance during WWII

Matt Wild

August 28, 2017

"At the turn of the century, Milwaukee was unlike any other city because no other city was as German, as socialist, and as fond of beer." So quips Milwaukee historian John Gurda in the opening seconds of Wiscon...

Hey Milwaukee: If we wanted to “save” Von Trier we probably should have gone to Von Trier

Matt Wild

August 25, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• A collective sigh of "Oh no, not again" was heard last week when venerable Ge...

Note to self: Go to our ‘Dirty Work’ screening at Avalon Theater on September 21

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2017

Hey, Mildred. Mildred! We didn't forget your name. You never told us, so we figured we'd just guess. Anyway, if you thought last night's Wet Hot American Summer screening was the last film we'd be showing this ...

190 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: State Fair Inn

Caleb Westphal

August 25, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.The Wisconsin State Fair has ended, and the cream puffs, cricket nachos, and deep-fried everything ...

The man who made mediocrity famous: Bob Uecker’s ‘Catcher In The Wry’ still delights after 35 years

Nick Olig

August 24, 2017

It may have been lost in the glory of Harvey's Wallbangers and a charge to the World Series, but on August 24, 1982, incomparable Brewers' play-by-play man Bob Uecker published his autobiography: Catcher In The...