City Life

Role models and words of wisdom: Engaging Milwaukee girls in STEM

October 18, 2017

broadstreet.zone(61704); The following piece by Lisa Taxier was originally published by Milwaukee Area Science Advocates. In 2014, Todd and Jody Herbert had a conversation with their youngest daughter's be...

My day at the 2017 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Maggie Iken

October 17, 2017

Milwaukee got into the Halloween spirit last weekend with its third annual Paranormal Conference. Boasting a busy schedule of ghost tours, spooky film screenings, and live music and dance performances, there wa...

Since you probably didn’t go, see what you missed during the rainy Beet Street festivities

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 16, 2017

Over the last few months, the fine folks at Goodkind, Palomino, and Cactus Club pooled resources and put their heads together in an effort to bring food, craft beer and cocktails, live music, and vendors togeth...

Let’s go to “The Hop” (which is now the official name of the Milwaukee Streetcar)

Matt Wild

October 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If you've tried to navigate downtown Milwaukee lately, you know that, yep, th...

Here’s everything you need to know about Beet Street 2017

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2017

On Saturday, October 14, the Bay View blocks at the intersection of Wentworth and Potter Avenues between Cactus Club and Goodkind, as well as the interior and patio of Palomino, will offer an autumnal mix of ba...

MKE SEX: Getting ready for International Fisting Day

Lucky Tomaszek

October 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,My latest partner has (quite literally) opened me up to fisting. First of all, I'd like to proclaim what a misunderstood and amazing sex act it is—definitely not as ag...

Great Job, Milwaukee (and 11 other cities)! We’re “America’s best-kept secret”

Matt Wild

October 11, 2017

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

Temporarily escape the hell of existence with these photos from the Brady Street Pet Parade

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 9, 2017

The world can be a rough place. Between the ever-widening political divide, the injustices so many face on a daily basis, and the unending string of tragedy and pain that permeates existence, it can all be too ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 1-7)

Matt Wild

October 9, 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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Bay View is the 13th “hottest hipster market in America”

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

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

What a horrible week. Here are some links about restaurants and stuff

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Good god, what a gut-punch of a week. Do we even need to sum it up? Do we eve...

An education in water at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences

Milwaukee Area Science Advocates

October 3, 2017

broadstreet.zone(61704); The following piece by Casey Schroeder was originally published by Milwaukee Area Science Advocates. UW-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences today stands as the cornerstone in...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2017

In September, we officially said goodbye to Milwaukee’s brief-but-bursting summer festival season. A few days after the Bay View Bash, fall officially started and, in doing so, also signaled a mass entertainmen...

MKE SEX: Funky spunk

Lucky Tomaszek

September 29, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I have a new partner, things got hot, and we went there. Oral sex is my absolute fave, and I couldn't wait to get my mouth on him. (Don't worry—we got tested first.) I...

Remembering the time President Reagan spoke at a 1984 Milwaukee Oktoberfest for some reason

Matt Wild

September 26, 2017

Actual politics aside, it's safe to say today's world of American politics is a straight-up nightmare. We have a President publicly calling professional football players sons-of-bitches, a populace divided on w...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (September 17-23)

Matt Wild

September 25, 2017

Madison’s Wizard World spirals into Kato Kaelin-fueled madness

Tone Madison

September 22, 2017

The following piece by Chris Lay was originally published on Tone Madison.Given the last-minute shifting of guest star schedules at this weekend's Wizard World comics convention at the Alliant Energy Center...

Civilian David Clarke is just as edgy as Sheriff David Clarke

Matt Wild

September 22, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• There's a scene in the original run of Twin Peaks where Donna is talking to t...

Midwest Gaming Classic will move to Wisconsin Center in 2018

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2017

In 2001, two guys started a small show "to celebrate the Atari Jaguar" at a Boy Scout Service Center that drew about 100 gaming enthusiasts. Since that unheralded outset, the event—which was later named Midwest...

Great Job, Milwaukee? We’re the 34th most fun city in America

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2017

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