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So, uh, who’s going to operate the Milwaukee Streetcar?

March 10, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If it feels like years since anyone got riled up about the impending Milwauke...

MKE SEX: Reclaiming mama’s body

Lucky Tomaszek

March 10, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I had a wonderful breastfeeding relationship with my daughter. She nursed well into toddlerhood, and we weaned about six months ago. When we were weaning, I transition...

Hey now, Smash Mouth’s guitarist gave a one-star Yelp review to a Milwaukee dry cleaner

Matt Wild

March 10, 2017

This article was originally published in 2017.Take yourself back to the summer of 2015. Jurassic World was king of the box office. Mad Men had just finished its seven-season run. A different person was in t...

Remembering The Bomb Shelter (and Greg Landig)

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2017

Last night, Junior's Hook—a nice neighborhood bar with a more-than-respectable beer list and an inviting atmosphere—celebrated two years in business in its cozy digs at 1517 S. 2nd Street. It's unlikely many pe...

Tucked Away: Downtown Kitchen

Matt Wild

March 9, 2017

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

The second time is a charm for Piles on ‘Expeller’

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2017

Last winter, just a few months removed from the release of the locally-lauded Planet Skin, Piles returned to the studio with aspirations of knocking out a new batch of songs for another album over the course of...

Remembering the time County Stadium banned carry-ins and everyone got pissed

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers revealed a slew of local breweries and beers coming to Miller Park's new "Local Brews" bar in 2017. Lakefront's Riverwest Stein, Third Space's Happy Place, and Milwauk...

Noted battle rapper Carter Deems spreads skills to Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2017

For many people involved in Milwaukee's comedy scene, stand-up is a hobby and a fun outlet to help meet people while staying creatively fulfilled. As an aspiring comic improves, their opportunities to perform g...

On The Record Episode 88: Lady Business

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 8, 2017

Our first On The Record episode of 2017 covers a very specific event, but one with a message that can (and should) be put into practice every day. On March 8, more than 30 female-owned Milwaukee businesses prim...

Hear a new song from the new, improved, expanded Twin Brother

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2017

Following a fruitful 2014 in which Twin Brother released its emotive coming of age record, Swallow The Anchor, the band that began as a folk trio started to move in a different direction. Amid departures, shift...

Watch Jacob Bach explain why UPAF matters

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Monday night, the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) kicked off its 50th anniversary campaign at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. In its 50 years, UPAF has raised more than $300 million for a host of Milwaukee-...

Trading Ryan Braun now makes no sense for the Brewers

Vince Morales

March 7, 2017

As spring training rolls on and the Brewers season gets closer, there is one storyline that doesn’t seem to want to go away. It has nothing to do with future All-Stars Eric Thames and Keon Broxton, the pieces t...

Mandatory Milwaukee: WMSE continues to create community for left-of-the-dial listeners

Matt Wild

March 7, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Hear Jaill singer Vincent Kircher’s first solo single, “Mr. Doom”

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2017

After finally releasing the long-delayed Brain Cream in 2015, Jaill—and singer-guitarist Vincent Kircher, in particular—has kept a pretty low profile. Though the past 18 months have seen the former Sub Pop and ...

Milwaukee Public Museum will move to a new downtown location in the next decade

Matt Wild

March 7, 2017

Heads up, snake button enthusiasts: According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee Public Museum will move to a new, $100 million downtown home sometime in the next decade. MPM is pursuing the optio...

Rosati’s on Farwell and North appears to be closed

Matt Wild

March 6, 2017

After little more than a year in business, it appears that Rosati's Pizza Sports Pub, located on the corner of Farwell and North on Milwaukee's East Side, is closed. As of Monday night, the interior of the rest...

WMSE will release a live Direct Hit! 7-inch for Record Store Day 2017

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2017

Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2017 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Matt Wild

March 6, 2017

This past Sunday, oodles of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE's 15th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and think a...

Here’s Mayor Barrett’s 2017 State of the City speech

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 6, 2017

Monday morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2017 State of the City speech at the Harley-Davidson University. Here's the full text of that speech.Good morning, I’m Tom Barrett, mayor of the Ci...

Cards Against Humanity is sending a bunch of potatoes to Sen. Ron Johnson

Matt Wild

March 3, 2017

Back in January, the creators of your family's favorite zany/offensive/tiring party game, Cards Against Humanity, hid a bunch of boxes around Milwaukee. Now, approximately two months later, they're urging fans ...