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Puddler’s Hall is petitioning to get Phil Kessel to bring the Stanley Cup to Milwaukee

June 16, 2023

This past Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Among the players on that championship-winning roster is journeyman right wing Phil Kessel. This season's Stanley Cup ...

A brief guide to the 8,000 things happening on Saturday

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 16, 2023

Every (non-pandemic) Milwaukee summer has one of those days—a day when it seems approximately 8,000 music festivals, block parties, food fests, and other shindigs are happening at once. For Milwaukee Summer 202...

Garden Home takes over Music Go Round Greenfield in “Past Life” video

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2023

In late 2021, Garden Home released postmortem. The two-track EP showed the post-hardcore project pulling no punches as it earnestly addressed feelings of remorse, confinement, and helplessness brought on by bot...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re apparently a good place for burgers, naked bike rides, luck

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deig...

Here’s the lineup for the 2023 Música del Lago series at Colectivo Lakefront

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 15, 2023

Is there a day of the week that doesn’t feature a free music series this summer? Our ever-growing guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more says NO.Recently added to that guide is Colectivo’s...

Buffalo Nichols returns with something new/old, “You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2023

When we last caught up with Buffalo Nichols—a.k.a. Milwaukee musician Carl Nichols—he was playing at the Bruce Street Anodyne for WMSE's Local/Live. This was roughly a year after playing to a slightly bigger au...

Here’s the Live @ Aloft concert series lineup

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Another day, another concert series announcement. Don't get us wrong! The steady influx of new (and free!) music happenings is great, but we must admit we're struggling to keep up. Yesterday, we posted the line...

You saw The Flaming Lips play ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ at Riverside Theater. You loved it.

Matt Wild

June 14, 2023

The Flaming Lips released Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots in 2002, the year you turned 25. You loved that album. You were living in a dilapidated East Side manor with your girlfriend and six or seven roommates....

Brewed City: Dryhootch Coffeehouse

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2023

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: Delicious Monsters

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 14, 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...

Drake, Paramore, Sparks and 25 more standout (non-festival) summer shows

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2023

What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that never truly gave way to spring, summer is finally on the horizon. The season officially starts June 21 t...

I created a tiny version of Fuel Cafe’s “Buttafuoco” sandwich for some reason

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

Back in the fall of 2020, I—no doubt hankering for a Fuel Cafe fix I hadn't been able to get for months—developed a copycat recipe for the renowned coffee shop/restaurant's beloved "Buttafuoco" sandwich. Even i...

25 pictures (and 1 video) of Locust Street Festival 2023

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 12, 2023

On Sunday, the beloved and long-running Locust Street Festival of Music and Art returned for its first official installment since 2019. The weather was...well, it was pretty crappy. Cold, wet, and windy, the da...

Gibraltar to have grand reopening in new Third Ward location June 22

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

June 22 marks the opening day of Summerfest. That same night will also mark the grand opening of a cocktail lounge and venue that's located just beyond the Summerfest parking lot. Well, it's technically the gra...

Miller High Life and Planters are opening “The Nuttiest Dive Bar” (for a limited time)

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

Have you ever wanted to drink while sitting inside an enormous peanut shell? If you answered yes to that extremely specific/strange question and you'll be around Milwaukee between July 9 and July 12, the fine f...

Famous Racing Sausages, ranked

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2023

They're the first (and the best) of their kind. They've been repeatedly imitated by mid-inning promotions at other ballparks, but never successfully replicated. Though they were only created 30 years ago, they'...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Dusty

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 10, 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...

11 more Milwaukee restaurants we wish were still open

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 9, 2023

This article is from 2023.Way back in 2014, we rounded up 11 Milwaukee restaurants we wished were still open. Bella's Fat Cat! Brady Street Pharmacy! Grecian Delight! More! Now, nearly a decade a later, we'...

Just a reminder that Wisconsin has a Big Boy and its fish fry is good

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2023

Almost two years ago, Big Boy came back to Wisconsin. Following a 26-year absence in the region, a restaurant group called Wisconsin Big Boy LLC officially brought the Michigan-based chain back to the state by ...

Here’s the 2023 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2023

Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...