City Life

Vote today, Milwaukee, because the NRA and Joe Biden are all up in this thing

April 3, 2018

Back in February, when we last did the whole voting thing, Wisconsin decided that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock would go head to head in the race f...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 2, 2018

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

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 25-31)

Matt Wild

April 2, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Mayor Barrett’s DNC bid letter is dull, contain a grammatical errors

Matt Wild

March 30, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Thursday afternoon, in a letter that displayed all the panache of a book repo...

PrideFest announces 2018 headliners

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2018

Even though it's still only March and we're just days into spring, Milwaukee's festival season is right around the corner. The official beginning of that long and joyous run of celebrations comes each June, whe...

MKE SEX: Squeeze and hold!

Lucky Tomaszek

March 30, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,As a woman in my late 30s, I have one question that plagues me every day: How does one strengthen their PC muscles so as to not pee when they sneeze, and to enhance se...

Mondo Lucha’s 10th Anniversary Spectacular is coming to Turner Hall September 7

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 27, 2018

Since 2008, Milwaukee’s Mondo Lucha has whipped the city’s wrestling nerds (and closet wrestling nerds) into the turnbuckles with over-the-top, high-flying, masked lucha libre wrestling extravaganzas. The homeg...

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the Milwaukee streetcar

Matt Wild

March 26, 2018

Today, in an event akin to the arrival of a President, a Pope, or Jesus Christ himself come back to spread the good word about public transportation, the first of Milwaukee's new streetcars arrived downtown. Co...

Bob Uecker survived a deadly spider bite and he has pictures of the open wound on his phone

Matt Wild

March 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• One of Milwaukee's most hallowed traditions isn't the return of festival seas...

I dipped in and dropped out at Float Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Move over, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dave Begel is back with The New Milwaukee Journal

Matt Wild

March 22, 2018

Two words: Dave Begel. You may remember Dave Begel as a longtime Milwaukee theater critic and a longtime media person. You may remember Dave Begel as a former writer for OnMilwaukee and an unabashed strip club ...

Dick has gone CRAZY in these old commercials for Dick’s Place

Matt Wild

March 20, 2018

Sift through the history of advertising and you'll find a strange subgenre: the CRAZY home electronics salesman. New York's "Crazy Eddie" was probably the most (in)famous, with his IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE prices and ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 11-17)

Matt Wild

March 19, 2018

Who’s to blame for the closing of Wolf Peach?

Matt Wild

March 16, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• First, the facts: Popular farm-to-table restaurant Wolf Peach, 1818 N. Hubbar...

Trixie Mattel won ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2018

Milwaukee-born drag queen Trixie Mattel first came to national consciousness by finishing sixth on season seven of RuPaul‘s Drag Race. Since the reality show put her on the map in 2015, she’s kept busy performi...

Have a little cry at the friendship between a 4-year-old girl and a Milwaukee bus driver

Matt Wild

March 15, 2018

Our un-ironic love for the Milwaukee County Transit System knows no bounds. We've sung the bus' praises on these pages and on the radio. The bus has sung our praises for doing so. We were filmed on the bus for ...

Waving the white flag on the “People’s Flag of Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

March 14, 2018

A few weeks ago, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal interviewed me about the ongoing drama surrounding the Milwaukee city flag. What, the reporter wanted to know, was the deal with the "People's Flag of Mi...

Experience all of WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser in 90 seconds

Josh Hoppert

March 13, 2018

WMSE's 16th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser on Sunday, March 11 was a spectacular event, just as it is every year. Attendance was high, music was fun, beer was plentiful, and the chili was absolutely delicio...

Justin Vernon will cook and sing for you, possibly move in with you and love you for all eternity

Matt Wild

March 9, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Is there anything Justin Vernon won't do for you? Shhhh... Don't answer that...

8 ways to take part in International Women’s Day

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2018

March 8 is International Women's Day. Given the state of the country and the world at the moment, it's incredibly important to acknowledge that women still deal with inequality in virtually every avenue of soci...