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November 1, 2023

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Your pals here at Milwaukee Record are joining forces with the fine folks at Busch Light to take over Promises (538 W. National Ave.) on Saturday, November 4 for what's sure to be...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

November 1, 2023

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. Most of Milwaukee’s festivals are now over. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. On paper, November doe...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Ratbatspider

November 1, 2023

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeereco...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Having a bite in sight of flight at MKE Layton Avenue Observation Area

October 31, 2023

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...

Milwaukee psych band Zang! goes bump in the night with “Banshee In The Forest”

October 31, 2023

Happy Halloween, Milwaukee! Do you enjoy spiking your Halloween festivities with something a little campy, something a little psych-y, and something that lightly goofs on Ghost Adventures? Then take a pull from...

Nite Owl to end its 2023 season “sometime this week”

October 31, 2023

Nite Owl is a spring and summertime staple that’s thrived on Milwaukee’s South Side since 1948. The iconic drive-in has been an important and widely-loved part of the city’s warm weather months for generations....

Meet Known Moons and check out the project’s debut single/video

October 31, 2023

While Known Moons is a brand new project that only recently announced its existence to the world, many listeners in Milwaukee and far beyond are likely well aware of its members. The new outfit was founded by M...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: October 2023

October 31, 2023

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Alley Eyes - Things That Go Bump In The NightThings That Go Bump ...

It’s snowing

October 31, 2023

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7 more “cursed” Milwaukee business locations

October 30, 2023

Way back in 2016, we rounded up some Milwaukee business locations we deemed to be "cursed." After publishing the list, some of the buildings listed wound up finding stability over the almost eight years since t...

Here’s Flavor Flav singing the national anthem at a Bucks game, plus 3 random social media reactions for some reason

October 30, 2023

Don't you just love those "Here's something that happened, plus some random reactions from random people on Twitter" stories? US TOO. This is one of those stories.So. Here's legendary Public Enemy hype man ...

Starburst original fun size duos, ranked

October 30, 2023

If you're reading this anywhere near Milwaukee, trick-or-treating has come and gone. Perhaps you're raiding your kid's candy stash as we speak. Maybe your house wasn't hit as hard as you expected it would be an...

Mötley Crüe will headline Summerfest on June 21, 2024

October 30, 2023

It was 30 degrees when we woke up this morning and it's supposed to snow tomorrow so here's some info on a Summerfest headliner...Mötley Crüe will play American Family Insurance Amphitheater during the Big ...

New Kids On The Block (and Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff!) will play AmFam Amphitheater August 24

October 30, 2023

When you think of magical musical happenings, which magical musical happenings do you think of? Woodstock 1969. Wattstax 1972. Live Aid 1985. And, of course, New Kids On The Block's 1990 "Magic Summer Tour," wh...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Jackie

October 27, 2023

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...

10 Green Bay Packers with interesting post-football careers

October 27, 2023

While even the lowest-paid NFL player still makes more annually than the majority of the people reading this article, the average professional football player's career lasts only 3.3 years. With a high risk of ...

Oh my gosh! We’re screening ‘Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar’ at Avalon Theater on November 29

October 26, 2023

Iron your best pair of culottes and reschedule your Talking Club session because Milwaukee Record is screening Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar this fall! This ultra rare big screen showing of the 2021 comedy—...

Four new restaurants coming soon to Crossroads Collective

October 26, 2023

If East Side food hall Crossroads Collective seems a little...empty these days, it's because it kind of is. A number of vendors have departed Crossroads in recent months, including Atwood Hwy BBQ Company and Th...

7 standout Halloween pop-ups