Brewed City: Sil’s (Summerfest)
Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Kia Rap Princess
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: The Famous Racing Sausages have been up and running for 30 years
Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: The Famous Racing Sausages.They're beloved by fans of all ages. They're ...
Brady Street study released with four options for pedestrianization
Five months after the Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID) commissioned a study exploring "pedestrianization" options for the East Side street, the study—created by GRAEF and The Kubala Washatko Arc...
Bremen Block Party brings music, vendors, charity to Riverwest July 22
Now that Locust Street Festival is behind us and Center Street Daze isn't happening until mid-August, Riverwest is in desperate need of an event to hold the neighborhood over between its two biggest summer unde...
Here’s the lineup for Black Cat Alley’s free “Black Cat Rising” concert series
If you dropped by Black Cat Alley during this year's Summer Soulstice Music Festival, you likely saw a block-long alley/outdoor art gallery teeming with people. That's because Black Cat—located between E. Kenil...
Milwaukee air is currently “Very Unhealthy,” so stay indoors and don’t go to (canceled) Chill On The Hill
Avoid all outdoor activities and stay inside as much as possible. Close your windows and doors. Check on your friends, family, and neighbors, especially older adults and pregnant people, to ensure their safety....
Twisted Plants will open a West Allis location this fall
We have some very good news for fans of delicious vegan burgers and other tasty meatless and dairy-free comfort food staples. Twisted Plants is planning to open another location in the greater Milwaukee area. A...
Shrekfest will roar back to Humboldt Park on September 2
Start practicing your roar because Shrekfest is coming back to Milwaukee this summer. Yes, after an orge-whelmingly great response in 2022, the “celebration of self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based...
Everything you need to know about Milwaukee’s July 3 lakefront fireworks show
Do you like fireworks? Good, because Milwaukee County Parks will be putting on a big fireworks show on Milwaukee's lakefront on Monday, July 3. Here's everything you need to know:WHAT: A free, 30-minute fir...
Joey, we’re screening ‘Airplane!’ July 26 at Avalon Theater
Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...
Milwaukee’s first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta, will temporarily close
Roughly two years after opening its doors at 1739 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Milwaukee's first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta Plant Shop, is temporarily closing its doors. In a press release...
Happy Sculpture Milwaukee Celebration Week, Milwaukee!
In case you missed it, Sculpture Milwaukee—a.k.a. downtown's annual outdoor public sculpture exhibit—will begin its 2023 season on Friday, June 30. Titled Actual Fractals, Act I and curated by John Riepenhoff, ...
Summerfest Weekend 1 Recap: The entirely daytime edition!
Summerfest rules. The "World's Largest Music Festival" brings free shows from hundreds of musical acts, tasty treats from dozens of food and drink vendors, oodles of non-musical entertainment, and an overwhelmi...
Lou Barlow will perform at URSA on July 7
While the Milwaukee music community comes to terms with the upsetting news that Bug Moment (and a handful of other great Milwaukee and Madison bands) will no longer be playing a show at a local Culver's, we're ...
Here’s the 2023 Skyline Music Series lineup
Last month, we put out an extensive list of Milwaukee summer festivals and music series. While massive, we were fully aware we'd be adding more events to it as the summer progressed. For example, today we’ve le...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Hollyhock
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...
We tried 8 new food items at Summerfest (2023 edition)
Summerfest is back! One day is officially in the books, and there are still eight more chances to enjoy loads of live entertainment, heaps of tasty treats, and all sorts of refreshments. As the 55th installment...
We ranked all the bleachers at Summerfest in advance of tonight’s Bleachers show
Bleachers play a pretty big part in Summerfest. We sit on them to get off our feet between bands. We use them as makeshift tables where we can set down our festival food. We use them as rendezvous points when m...
Culver’s cancels order for July 22 Bug Moment show
Culver's giveth and Culver's taketh away.Just days after popular Milwaukee band Bug Moment announced a sure-to-be-delicious/packed show at the parking lot of the Bayshore Culver's on July 22, the Bayshore C...