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‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ top Milwaukee Film Fest’s 2016 Cinema Hooligante program

August 16, 2016

//Are we roughly one month away from the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival? Yes, yes we are. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay C...

Bon Iver, Chance The Rapper, and black metal: Eaux Claires goes big, weird in 2016

Cal Roach

August 15, 2016

//A festival curated by two indie-rock dudes is bound to be a niche event. The inaugural edition of Eaux Claires featured a handful of oddball choices filling out the lineup (Melt-Banana? Not that we're co...

Here’s The Vanguard’s new menu

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2016

//Since opening in October 2014, The Vanguard has been a boon to Milwaukee dining, while also doubling as a prime place to watch the Packers and pro wrestling, and serving host for a single-day Chinese res...

Here’s the lineup for Rush-Mor’s Bay View Bash stage

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2016

//Occurring just days before the autumnal equinox, Bay View Bash is technically the last summer festival on Milwaukee's massive collection of warm weather festivities. As such, the Bash is perennially the ...

Bumstead Provisions to bring dining, deli, corner store, mini cocktails, Chris Farley art, and more to Bay View next month

Tyler Maas

August 12, 2016

//More than a year after its projected opening date, Bumstead Provisions will finally be in business next month. The Bay View bar, restaurant, corner shop, and deli will have its soft opening September 15,...

Best Pakistani Restaurant In The Basement Of A Downtown Office Building: Shah Jee’s

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

//Every Friday, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away with pesky voting and feigned attempts at impartiality. Who will ...

MKE SEX: The end of monogamy

Lucky Tomaszek

August 12, 2016

// Hello MKE SEX,My wife and I have been married for just about 40 years, and I love her so much it's hard to even talk about it. In the last five years, she's had a bunch of health problems that have end...

Get angst-y and stream Bright Black’s blistering self-titled EP

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

//For those keeping score at home, emo is currently enjoying a so-called "fourth wave" revival, with bands as disparate as The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and Title Fight ...

First Impression: Black Husky Brewing

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2016

//It's a story as old as time. A young man from a small northwoods town moves to the big city. He meets a woman. They fall in love. After starting a family and spending years in the city they met, the man ...

Shake, rattle, and ralph with The Pukes’ debut full-length

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2016

//Believe it or not, The Pukes have only been a band since the spring of 2015. It might seem like a much longer span of time to local listeners because the grimy trio has released an EP and a 45, played do...

Girls Rock alums, Negative/Positive, make a statement on debut EP

Matt Wild

August 11, 2016

//Since 2013, Girls Rock Milwaukee has given girls age 8-16 a chance to learn the ins and outs of starting their very own rock bands. More importantly, the summer-camp-style crash course has aimed to empow...

The Hotel Foster is closing

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2016

//Following what's been a summer of speculation, rumors, assumptions, and an overriding sense of uncertainty, The Hotel Foster will be closing Saturday, August 13. Wednesday evening, longtime Foster barten...

Is it time for Milwaukee to leave its “happy days” behind?

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2016

//In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Tyler...

Jolly Good soda power rankings

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2016

//Last month, news came that Random Lake-based soda pop purveyor Jolly Good had resumed production of the beverage that kept the whistles of cost-conscious consumers in Wisconsin and neighboring states wet...

Strange Fruit music fest to explore race relations in Milwaukee and beyond

Matt Wild

August 10, 2016

//Socially conscious protest music reaches back to the beginning of music itself, yet modern musicians have struggled with the form in the 21st century. Things have been changing, however, with music's emb...

The Fatty Acids’ Josh Evert embraces the environment in ‘Uncle Sam’s Club For The Agoraphobic’

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2016

//Though best known as the frontman of The Fatty Acids and drummer of Jaill, Josh Evert has ventured into unfamiliar territory and struck out on his own for his last two efforts. Seriously. In December, he...

Take a trip up north and stream The Blue Mooners’ funny, affectionate ‘Wildwood’

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//It's easy to forget that just outside the bustling megalopolis of Milwaukee exists a grand and beautiful state, full of pristine nature, gorgeous sunsets, and a good ol' fishin' hole or two. The Blue Moo...

Stairway to hell: ‘No Exit’ descends to Off The Wall Theatre

Jeff Grygny

August 9, 2016

//Anyone who has been in a toxic relationship—or even just stuck with a bad roommate—knows that it doesn't take rivers of fire or swarms of grinning demons to make you feel damned. No Exit, the classic exi...

All three Mitchell Park Domes will reopen by October

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee's long, dark, largely Dome-less night of the soul will soon be over: According to BizTimes, the two remaining Mitchell Park Domes are scheduled to reopen by the fall. The Tropical Dome is set f...

Milwaukee County is finally—finally!—considering a parking fee along the lakefront

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee is a city on the move. Every day brings new luxury apartments you can't afford, new increases in rent you can't afford, and other new developments you can't afford (though being white helps). L...