City Life

Milwaukee County Parks are trying to remove Pokemon Go from Lake Park

August 23, 2016

UPDATE (8/25/16): Here's a statement from the Milwaukee County "Exeggutor" himself, Chris Abele.UPDATE (8/24/16): Here's an email from the Milwaukee County Exec office to concerned Pokemon Go fans.L...

For what it’s worth, there’s a petition to restore old Journal Sentinel issues to Google News Archive

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

On Tuesday, August 16, old issues of the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel vanished from Google News Archive. According to Urban Milwaukee, new JS owner Gannett Co. Inc. ...

7 more (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild

August 22, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806);Late last week, Urban Milwaukee ran an alarming story that revealed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—now fully owned by Gannett Co. Inc. and USA Today'd out—had pulled decades of scann...

Remembering the Bronze Fonz controversy of 2008

Matt Wild

August 19, 2016

Take yourself back to August 19, 2008: The Obama/McCain race for the White House was in full swing, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 was packing multiplexes, and the New Kids On The Block were dominating...

Harley-Davidson rides into Marvel Universe with “Super Hero Customs”

Rob Wieland

August 18, 2016

//Exhibit 1,267 that the nerds are winning: Harley-Davidson has collaborated with Marvel to create 25 custom motorcycles themed around various heroes from the comic franchise's colorful history. While Supe...

MKE SEX: The end of monogamy

Lucky Tomaszek

August 12, 2016

// Hello MKE SEX,My wife and I have been married for just about 40 years, and I love her so much it's hard to even talk about it. In the last five years, she's had a bunch of health problems that have end...

Is it time for Milwaukee to leave its “happy days” behind?

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2016

//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.Tyler...

Exorcist-palooza: A Milwaukee group is hosting an exorcism conference in Illinois

Tea Krulos

August 10, 2016

//Ever wonder how an exorcist masters the abilities to battle devil children spinning their heads, projectile vomiting green puke, and scurrying across the wall like a spider? It turns out the answer might...

All three Mitchell Park Domes will reopen by October

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee's long, dark, largely Dome-less night of the soul will soon be over: According to BizTimes, the two remaining Mitchell Park Domes are scheduled to reopen by the fall. The Tropical Dome is set f...

Milwaukee County is finally—finally!—considering a parking fee along the lakefront

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee is a city on the move. Every day brings new luxury apartments you can't afford, new increases in rent you can't afford, and other new developments you can't afford (though being white helps). L...

Wisconsin’s most Googled “D-list celebrity” is Dustin Diamond, of course

Matt Wild

August 8, 2016

//For nearly 30 years, Dustin Diamond has been a thing. The curly-haired goof first wormed his way into our hearts in 1987 as Screech on Disney Channel's Good Morning, Miss Bliss. That show was quickly ret...

Celebrate the first day of the 2016 Wisconsin State Fair with some bodybuilding videos

Matt Wild

August 4, 2016

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2016 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 4-14, thousands upon thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sight...

10 highly specific Milwaukee entertainment “itineraries”

Matt Wild

August 2, 2016

//Local tourism organization Visit Milwaukee has come a long way since proclaiming Milwaukee to be "Chicago's Upper, Upper North Side," and thinking a campaign entitled "You Gotta Be Here!" was a good idea...

Brady Street Festival 2016: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 1, 2016

//For those keeping score at home, this past weekend featured the Riverwest 24, MishMash Fest, German Fest, Milwaukee Brewfest, and probably 14 other FestFests. With all that ridiculous summer action, it w...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 1, 2016

//Though it feels like summer just started, we've now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn't going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite. Though the vast majority of the city's fe...

Journal Sentinel website, commenting system have finally been USA Today’d

Matt Wild

August 1, 2016

//As predicted back in December 2015, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website has been completely redesigned to match the many sites owned by Gannett Co. Inc., and Gannett's USA Today Network. The redesign ...

A Riverwest 24 dictionary for first-time riders

Kevin Mueller

July 29, 2016

//This weekend's Riverwest 24 can seem like an overwhelming experience. It is a 24-hour bike race, after all. But the Riverwest 24 is much more than just a bicycling competition. It offers an opportunity t...

MKE SEX: Quickies

Lucky Tomaszek

July 29, 2016

//A lot of sex ed questions require long, thoughtful, sensitive responses to fully articulate the facts while respecting each person's own situation and choices. Other sex ed questions are pretty clear cut...

A-side/B-side: Is the East Side dying?

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 27, 2016

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.Tyler Maas:&...

58 things to do in Milwaukee during the 58 remaining days of summer

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 25, 2016

//The average temperature of Summer 2016 may be 8,000 degrees, but it's still comforting to know that of the 94 days in the season, 58 remain. But what to do with those 58 days? In the interest of making s...