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Take a peek at the construction of Nine Below, the “mini-golf tavern” coming to the East Side

August 25, 2016

On a list of businesses likely to open in the vacant basement space below Beans & Barley, "mini-golf tavern" would land somewhere between "artisanal Lunchables bar" and "High Dive East." And yet a mini-...

Stacy Pawlowski to be “even livelier” in second one-woman show

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2016

Over the last 20 years, Stacy Pawlowski has been making Milwaukee laugh in a variety of ways. Though she cut her teeth in the city's once-formidable sketch comedy scene, she's also transitioned into stand-u...

Triple Eye Industries looks back on first 2 years as a label

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2016

Today, in the era of Name-Your-Price digital downloads, 99 cent iTunes singles, and abject saturation in the music industry, owning a record label isn't exactly the glamorous and financially lucrative endea...

On The Record Episode 76: Live from the Shops Of Grand Avenue

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 24, 2016

In accordance with the 11th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Record recorded a special live episode of our On The Record podcast at The Underground Collaborative, a wonderful 120-seat venue in th...

Milwaukee County Parks are trying to remove Pokemon Go from Lake Park

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

UPDATE (8/25/16): Here's a statement from the Milwaukee County "Exeggutor" himself, Chris Abele.UPDATE (8/24/16): Here's an email from the Milwaukee County Exec office to concerned Pokemon Go fans.L...

Exclusive: Hear the title track from Arms Aloft’s album, ‘What A Time To Be Barely Alive’

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2016

In recent years, the western Wisconsin city of Eau Claire has crept into the music world's collective consciousness one hauntingly beautiful cabin-crafted song at a time. As Justin Vernon brings music fans ...

Here are the 58 Milwaukee-made films coming to the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

With less than a month to go before the start of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, lineup announcements have been coming at a furious clip. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark O...

For what it’s worth, there’s a petition to restore old Journal Sentinel issues to Google News Archive

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

On Tuesday, August 16, old issues of the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel vanished from Google News Archive. According to Urban Milwaukee, new JS owner Gannett Co. Inc. ...

7 more (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild

August 22, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806);Late last week, Urban Milwaukee ran an alarming story that revealed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—now fully owned by Gannett Co. Inc. and USA Today'd out—had pulled decades of scann...

Phở King changed its fucking name

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2016

If you're a frequent reader of Milwaukee Record, you're surely a mature and well-adjusted member of society who wouldn't lower yourself to acknowledge something as base and childish as wordplay. With that i...

There’s a 60% chance Jason Terry will get a Milwaukee Bucks tattoo

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2016

As you're reading this, the ink is likely drying on the contract sharpshooting guard Jason Terry is reportedly signing with the Milwaukee Bucks. Terry will be 39 years old by the time the 2016-17 season sta...

Remembering the Bronze Fonz controversy of 2008

Matt Wild

August 19, 2016

Take yourself back to August 19, 2008: The Obama/McCain race for the White House was in full swing, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 was packing multiplexes, and the New Kids On The Block were dominating...

Rx Drugs start smooth and somber with ‘Future Friction’

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2016

//Last year, we introduced you to Rx Drugs, the new project of The Championship singer and songwriter Joe Crockett. Save for releasing a single and playing fewer than five shows, the band—which also boasts...

Michail Takach documents city’s gay past in ‘LGBT Milwaukee’

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2016

//With monumental events like marriage equality, the growth of the city's PrideFest, and an exponential increase in acceptance and understanding from all sections of society, Milwaukee's LGBT community has...

Harley-Davidson rides into Marvel Universe with “Super Hero Customs”

Rob Wieland

August 18, 2016

//Exhibit 1,267 that the nerds are winning: Harley-Davidson has collaborated with Marvel to create 25 custom motorcycles themed around various heroes from the comic franchise's colorful history. While Supe...

First Impression: Good City Brewing

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2016

It's only August and 2016 can already be chalked up as a tough year for bars and restaurants on Milwaukee's East Side. After 11 years on Kenilworth Place, Yield screeched to an abrupt stop in May. Y-Not III's B...

Bad Grades aim to make good marks in Milwaukee music

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2016

//Saturday night's show at Cactus Club will also be a back to school event of sorts, when Shane Hochstetler and Nathan Lilley return to the stage where their beloved band Call Me Lightning played countless...

We’re showing ‘Fargo’ at The Avalon September 20

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2016

//You're cordially invited to join Milwaukee Record at Avalon Theater in Bay View the night of Tuesday, September 20 when we say farewell to summer with a screening of Fargo. The special event also commemo...

Can you fucking believe it? Here are 13 more Milwaukee patios!

Tyler Maas

August 16, 2016

//For whatever reason, Milwaukee can't seem to get enough patios. Maybe the fact that more than half the year is spent hunkered indoors, waiting out the cold, gray, and altogether shitty conditions outside...

Caley Conway And The Lucy Cukes save best for last with swan song, ‘Silk For Life’

Tyler Maas

August 16, 2016

//It's never easy to say goodbye to a band. Arguably worse than a band retroactively deciding their most recent performance and release would be their last is when an act senses the need for a change and k...