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Mandatory Milwaukee: Milwaukee Record has been around for 10 years. Here’s to MORE

April 8, 2024

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: us!Hello. Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. That was 10 years a...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mr. Big

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 5, 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...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 20 – April 2)

Matt Wild

April 4, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Mayoral Proclamation: April 7, 2024 will be “Milwaukee Record Day” throughout Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 3, 2024

Milwaukee Record officially launched on April 7, 2014. For those of you keeping track at home, that means this coming Sunday marks exactly TEN YEARS of us being a business. What a ride! In honor of our mileston...

Where (and how) to safely view the solar eclipse on April 8

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 3, 2024

For the first time since 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible from our backyards. You may have heard the April 8 eclipse is a full visibility eclipse—or total solar eclipse—but unless you're traveling to one o...

MPS superintendent on narrow referendum win: “We do not take your decision lightly”

Matt Wild

April 3, 2024

In case you missed it Tuesday night, Milwaukee voters approved a much-talked-about $252 million referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools. But just barely—unofficial totals posted Wednesday show 51% of votes (41,...

Here’s the full vendor list for our High Score 4/20 Market

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2024

Milwaukee Record is proud to present the inaugural High Score. This "4/20 Market" will feature a wide variety of local and regional vendors who offer botanical, plant-infused products with "added ingredients" t...

According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, a Hodag is Challenge Rating 3 and worth 700 Experience Points

Rob Wieland

April 2, 2024

Twenty twenty-four marks the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. The game is more popular than ever. How can you tell? Actual Plays like Critical Role and Dimension 20 are playing sold-out arena shows a...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 1, 2024

April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season is back, the first full month of spring is upon us, and rampant festival announcements combine with extended daylight and occasional days of unseasonable ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Dynamite

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 30, 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...

Everything you need to know about the April 2 Spring Election in Milwaukee

Dan Shafer

March 29, 2024

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Subscribe HERE.Going into this year, it might have seemed like this had the ch...

PrideFest announces 2024 headliners

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

Back in February, Milwaukee Pride Inc.—the parent organization of PrideFest—announced Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQIA+ event would return to Henry Mair Festival Park and help kick off the city’s festival season Jun...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mikey Mike

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 22, 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...

Bird City, Milwaukee County: Touring the parks of Glendale (and keeping cats indoors)

Kyle Arpke

March 20, 2024

Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 6-19)

Matt Wild

March 20, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Early voting starts today for the April 2 Spring and Presidential Preference Election

Matt Wild

March 19, 2024

Remember last month when you voted in the relatively quiet and straightforward 2024 Spring Primary? Well, get ready for the slightly more exciting general election: the 2024 Spring and Presidential Preference E...

Here’s Milwaukee County Executive Crowley’s 2024 State of the County address

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 19, 2024

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley delivered his 2024 State of the County address Tuesday afternoon at Discovery World. During the address, among other things, "County Executive Crowley discussed envision...

Those “insane” advisory bike lanes on Edgewood Avenue: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

March 18, 2024

If there's one thing Milwaukee residents and people who simply pass through Milwaukee can agree on, it's that the city has a reckless driving/driver problem. Article after article, study after study, and horror...

Midwest Gaming Classic, Rockabilly Chili and 16 other Milwaukee spring festivals

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 18, 2024

Milwaukee is known as the "City Of Festivals" for good reason. The city and its surrounding suburbs routinely play host to dozens upon dozens of ambitious undertakings that range from festivals, block parties, ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: NiNi

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 16, 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...