City Life

’18 And Life To Go: Acupuncture is the most relaxing thing you can do with 20 needles in your body

January 26, 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...

Gypsy Taco is changing its name because it’s the right thing to do, and people are maaaad

Matt Wild

January 26, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Mitch Ciohon, owner of popular Bay View taco purveyor Gypsy Taco and Gypsy Bu...

MKE SEX: How much is too much?

Lucky Tomaszek

January 26, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071);At every live Sexpert Q&A event, I distribute 3x5 cards and ask people to write down any question they might have about sex. And at almost every one of those events I get questio...

Milwaukee’s East Side: ramen, poke, cat cafes, axe throwing bars

Matt Wild

January 24, 2018

Still concerned about nightlife on Milwaukee's East Side? Still weirded out when you drive around North Avenue and see the once-busy BBC, Hotel Foster, and Rosati's dark and empty? Well never fear: in addition ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Betty Brinn Children’s Museum is a hands-on haven for restless rugrats

Matt Wild

January 22, 2018

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 isn’t getting that Amazon headquarters, but here’s some stuff it is getting

Matt Wild

January 19, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Milwaukee isn't getting that Amazon headquarters. https://www.youtube.com...

News, ‘Jurassic Park,’ anti-vaccination stories come together in this TMJ4 video from 1995

Matt Wild

January 17, 2018

Sweet, sweet nostalgia comes in many forms, but few forms are sweeter than television commercials. Want to relive your misspent youth? Enjoy it by reliving the exact way you misspent your youth: watching televi...

The heat is on in this Kohl’s “get it to go on cassettes” ad from 1984

Matt Wild

January 16, 2018

The first Kohl's store opened in Milwaukee in 1927. It was little more than a corner grocery store, and it wouldn't be until 1962 that Kohl's got into the full-fledged department store business. Since then, Koh...

Give 3 “good” reasons for this week. (You can’t)

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Milwaukee loves getting national attention. That is, unless that attention is...

MKE SEX: Will my intact willy give her the willies?

Lucky Tomaszek

January 11, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I’ve just come to the States from the United Kingdom a few weeks ago to start a grad program at University. I’m finding my way around Milwaukee pretty well, but having...

A-side/B-side: Is it possible to have fun in Milwaukee without drinking?

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 10, 2018

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Lauren Keene...

Check out this gloriously ’80s commercial for the Milwaukee Public Library

Matt Wild

January 10, 2018

Remember last year when some goof tweeted that "nobody goes to libraries anymore," and that all public libraries should be closed? Remember when the internet put him on blast, pointing out that, hey, everyone—e...

10 kind-of-suggestive Milwaukee County street names, ranked

Josh Hoppert

January 9, 2018

The physical act of love can be a natural and zesty enterprise, and it happens often in Milwaukee. In fact, evidence suggests that at least one member of Milwaukee Record has had sex at least once. Nice.If ...

Listen to the Milwaukee theme song that never was in this HealthReach ad from 1984

Matt Wild

January 9, 2018

Any Milwaukeean worth their salt knows all about that old "Hello Milwaukee" song—a.k.a. that 1977 Channel 12 jingle that went on to inspire dozens of other versions for dozens of other cities. (If not, enjoy it...

Bay View vintage shop Plume will open this weekend

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2018

Bay View is getting another vintage shop. After roughly a year of planning and more than six months after its original projected opening date, Plume will finally open on Saturday, January 13.Plume is locate...

What if Stiles from ‘Teen Wolf’ loved southeastern Wisconsin?

Josh Hoppert

January 8, 2018

We love basketball and movies, so we couldn't resist reading a recent Fansided.com article about who would play the main characters in some of the all-time classic basketball movies. Much to our delight, their ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 1-6)

Matt Wild

January 8, 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...

Ex-Sheriff Clarke will face trial January 22 for threatening a guy who shook his head at him

Matt Wild

January 5, 2018

Remember when a Riverwest man, Daniel Black, encountered then-Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. on a flight from Dallas to Milwaukee? Remember when Black asked Clarke if he was indeed Clarke, and, after Clarke replie...

Recently closed La Fuente will become a (temporary, maybe permanent) Nomad

Matt Wild

January 5, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• One of the final blows of 2017 was the closing of longtime Mexican restaurant...

Could Lake Michigan freeze over? And if so, could you bike or drive across it?

Matt Wild

January 4, 2018

Spend enough time on Facebook and you might come across an event titled "Bike or drive across Lake Michigan?" Set for Saturday, February 10, 2018 in the Milwaukee Harbor, the brazen event claims that "at some u...