City Life

Milwaukee woman featured in incredible, hopeful new episode of Radiolab

November 13, 2017

Back in 2009, when she was 18, Milwaukee woman Jennell Jenney came across a bone marrow donor tent while at a Warped Tour. She decided to sign up. Her cheek was swabbed, she signed some papers, and she was on h...

MKE SEX: What what (in the butt), Part Two

Lucky Tomaszek

November 10, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,A couple of decades ago, I had this one boyfriend who really loved anal sex. (He liked to give, which was great, because I liked to receive!) We did a lot of anal. Not...

Watch Andrew W.K. go shopping at American Science & Surplus

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 8, 2017

Back in October, at the Andrew W.K. show at The Rave, we thrilled to the immortal party god's life-affirming ode to Milwaukee. "I LOVE / MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN," sang W.K. to the tune of "I Love NYC." "OH YEAH / ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 29-November 4)

Matt Wild

November 6, 2017

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...

Bands and businesses step up to help local musician, Bay View fixture “Matt The Ratt”

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2017

If you've spent enough time in Bay View, you've probably encountered Matt Davis. Since moving to Milwaukee in the mid '90s, the London expat has made an indelible mark on local rockabilly, psychobilly, and swin...

Abandon all hope: Milwaukee’s beer gardens are closing for the season this weekend

Matt Wild

November 3, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• In the Inferno, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" is the sign Dante sees ...

We found an Easy Street jacket in a closet of Milwaukee’s most haunted bar and we have questions

Matt Wild

November 2, 2017

A few weeks ago we spent the night at Shaker's, a.k.a. Milwaukee's most haunted bar, a.k.a. the fifth most haunted bar in America. Things got, well, emotional. One thing that didn't make our final report: durin...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 2, 2017

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. Save for Thanksgiving, November doesn’t offer much. It’s the conti...

We fixed Scott Walker’s shitty Bitmojis

Tone Madison

November 2, 2017

The following piece by Chris Lay was originally published on Tone Madison.While working on the piece Tone Madison's Erica Motz wrote to celebrate...er, honor...I mean...maaaark(?) Scott Walker's 50th birthd...

You can buy the Milwaukee Mall for $1 (Updated/Corrected)

Tyler Maas

November 1, 2017

UPDATE: If the $1 price seemed to good to be true, that's because it is. Coldwell Banker, the Milwaukee Mall's realtor, contacted us to clarify the claims made on the listing we linked. A broker told us $1 is t...

I spent the night at Milwaukee’s haunted cigar bar and things got emotional

Matt Wild

October 31, 2017

The interesting thing about ghosts is that they don't exist. Not now, not ever, not on the set of Three Men And A Baby, not anywhere. They simply don't. The non-existence of ghosts is so self-evident to me, so ...

Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the best Little Free Libraries?

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2017

Milwaukee is blessed with more than a dozen public libraries that provide residents of our fair city with literature, music, movies, youth programming, guest speakers, and a wealth of other resources. While Mil...

We talk to Buck Buckley, the basement finishing expert behind those “It’s about buckin’ time” billboards

Matt Wild

October 30, 2017

In the cluttered and cutthroat world of advertising, it takes something special to stand out. Whether its humor, novelty, or sheer audaciousness, advertisers will use any means necessary to grab the public's at...

MKE SEX: Kink, public displays of affection, and playing well with others

Lucky Tomaszek

October 27, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I'm having a bit of a sex positive dilemma. I’ve been invited to a Halloween party by a friend that's newly (and enthusiastically!) kinky. She's also in a new Dom/sub ...

Remember when the Miramar guy wanted to box the Shank Hall guy and everyone hated each other?

Matt Wild

October 27, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Though there's never a shortage of #SceneBeef to go around, the Milwaukee mus...

2018 South Shore Frolics reportedly cancelled

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 25, 2017

South Shore Frolics has been a Bay View fixture for more than six decades, treating residents to a parade, live music, festival food, a classic car show, games, and the "Blow Up The Beach" fireworks display ove...

Whatever happened to the whole “save the Domes” thing?

Matt Wild

October 25, 2017

Remember the Domes? You know, the three Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory domes that started to fall apart last year? Remember all the drama—the fake fundraisers, the real fundraisers, the heated words, ...

25 Milwaukee Halloween weekend events

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2017

It technically isn't Halloween until next Tuesday, but the vast majority of Milwaukee's seasonal celebrations are to take place over the weekend. From Friday night through October 31 itself, the city will play ...

In case you blinked, here are all the new $34M AI facilities they’re building in Milwaukee (October 15-23)

Matt Wild

October 23, 2017

Man in cowboy hat calls woman in cowboy hat “whacky,” a “buffoon”

Matt Wild

October 20, 2017

In the late hours of Thursday night, where neither the distractions of the day nor the burden of self-awareness could find purchase, a man who wears cowboy hats called a woman who wears cowboy hats a "buffoon."...