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Try your hand at competitive Rock Paper Scissors at Company Brewing

January 30, 2024

Rock Paper Scissors: it's not just for children and for deciding who goes first in board games anymore.That's right, Milwaukee has its own competitive Rock Paper Scissors league! Looking to throw down and m...

Do the “Mess Up” with Xposed 4Heads before Friday’s Power Pop Dance Party at Linneman’s

Matt Wild

January 30, 2024

As the world continues to devolve into an inhospitable post-apocalyptic hellscape, only two things are certain: we're all doomed, and longtime Milwaukee new wave/goof-rock band Xposed 4Heads will provide the pr...

Festa Italiana will return to Summerfest grounds in 2024, move to late spring

Matt Wild

January 30, 2024

For the first time since 2019, Milwaukee festival staple Festa Italiana will return to the Summerfest grounds in 2024. And there's more: the summertime staple will move to late spring, doing its thing the weeke...

50 things to do in Milwaukee during the 50 remaining days of winter

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 29, 2024

Doesn’t it seem like it's already been a long winter? Believe it or not, there are still 50...yes, FIFTY, days of Wisconsin winter ahead of us. Since the season isn't even half over and that's honestly a little...

Vanity Plates take to Mitchell Park Domes in “Posthumous Fame” music video

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2024

Since announcing its presence with 2018's excellent debut album, You Want To Move, Vanity Plates (the pet project of ex-Ugly Brothers vocalist Alex Shah) has endured a pandemic that shelved plans for a 2020 rel...

Shontrail and Sam Whitten are out all night and going “Thru The Rafters”

Matt Wild

January 29, 2024

When we last checked in with Milwaukee musician Shontrail, he had just scored a certified Summer Jam with the infectious "When I'm Alone I Get Real High." The blissed-out electro banger was tailor-made to be bl...

Summer concert announcements: Brittany Howard, Heart, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper

Matt Wild

January 29, 2024

It's a busy morning for Milwaukee summer concert announcements, so let's get right to it...First up is Brittany Howard! The powerhouse singer-songwriter (and Alabama Shakes frontwoman) will headline the BMO...

Party’s ogre! Shrekfest has come to an end

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2024

We're sad to inform you that after 10 years of celebrating "self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based around the Shrek film franchise, Shrekfest has come to an end. Organizers officially announced the ...

10 premium Milwaukee Bucks games to be aired on local TV stations

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2024

Don't have cable? Sick of TNT cutting away to other games during Bucks blowouts? Think Bally Sports and its awful app are just the worst? If you answered yes to any of those questions and you live in the greate...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Nora

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 27, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atkinson has perch with batter to drive for

Caleb Westphal

January 26, 2024

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week: fish fry #525: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atki...

Stuff We Missed: Brady Street Fest may change date because this summer is gonna be PACKED

Matt Wild

January 26, 2024

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Brady Street Fest changing its date?• Summers in Milwaukee have al...

Astronaut Husband finds beauty and (meteor) salvation on ‘Off To Nowhere’

Matt Wild

January 26, 2024

Milwaukee musician Alec Grefe lists Mazzy Star, Acetone, King Krule, and "a ton of other stuff" as his biggest musical influences. If you, too, enjoy those artists—and/or Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, or Some...

Happy birthday, Bob Uecker

Nick Olig

January 26, 2024

Updated from an original 2019 post. Happy birthday, Ueck!The ultimate Brewer happens to be Bob Uecker, which is kind of odd since he never played a game for the team. Sure, today's birthday boy drove in eig...

We’re screening ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2024

First off, thanks to everyone who came to last night's sold-out screening of Wild At Heart. It was a great time, but as awesome as it was, we feel like we've really 1UPed ourselves with next month's film select...

Babe’s Ice Cream to open for season February 29

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2024

Even though it's currently the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Milwaukee is just days removed from a long and brutal cold snap, we're sure many of you could go for some ice cream about now. We kno...

Numerous events and initiatives planned for “Year of Vel Phillips”

Matt Wild

January 25, 2024

Vel R. Phillips (1924-2018) was a woman of many "firsts." The Milwaukee native was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She was the first woman and the first Bl...

Gold Steps and MKNLY go their separate ways at “The Terminal”

Matt Wild

January 25, 2024

Milwaukee alt/pop/rock band Gold Steps can't stop, won't stop. In the last few years the group has released a record on Revival Recordings, toured the U.S., played a metric ton of local shows (including a sweet...

Help make locally created card game ‘Mythy’ a reality

Matt Wild

January 25, 2024

Greetings, fellow card and board game geeks! Are you looking for a light, fun, and constantly changing 2-to-6-player card game to slot between marathon sessions of Ark Nova and Gloomhaven? Are you interested in...

Chefs from Amilinda, Odd Duck, EsterEv, Birch are 2024 James Beard Award Semifinalists

Matt Wild

January 24, 2024

The James Beard Foundation announced its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards Semifinalists on Wednesday, all part of its prestigious food-celebratin' James Beard Awards. As always, a host of Milwaukee chefs made th...