City Life

January 19, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

You better believe Milwaukee Public Market’s “Dinky Rink” will return January 19

January 18, 2024

For the last several years, the Milwaukee Public Market has been making the dead of winter a little more bearable (emphasis on "little") with its outdoor, 950-square-foot "Dinky Rink." Is the so-called "area's ...

“Come Just As You Are”: Latine-run New Life Warming Center offers shelter from bitter cold

Juan Miguel Martinez

January 17, 2024

Wisconsin is a place where the weather is a fickle monster. A 50-degree Christmas every couple of years is quickly followed by a slushy snow storm that gives way to a deep freeze. Twenty-twenty-four has been no...

Gary’s Pet Jungle to close soon

January 15, 2024

Following nearly 30 years in business, Gary's Pet Jungle (2857 S. Howell Ave., 414-744-3338) will soon be closing its doors once and for all. Opened by owner, operator, and namesake Gary Johnson, the pet and pe...

Watch Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at UWM in 1965

January 15, 2024

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day to celebrate the life and work of the civil rights pioneer, to reflect on the progress that's been made in the many decades since his assassination, and to realize tha...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Wanda

January 12, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Mitten Fest, Wückfinter and 13 other Milwaukee winter festivals

January 11, 2024

Even though autumn technically ended a few weeks ago, it’s finally beginning to set in: winter is actually here. The holidays are over and we’ve already had a little bit of snowfall. And there’s still more than...

New & Wonderful Things: Nomad Coffee Bar, upscale and affordable apartments, more

January 10, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

What’s keeping Wisconsin from legalizing marijuana? (And is it REALLY the Tavern League?)

Dan Shafer

January 9, 2024

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Click HERE to subscribe.A recent feature story from MLive in Michigan took an ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cutie Pie

January 6, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Questions (and answers) about the Milwaukee sales tax increase that has everyone riled up

January 4, 2024

On January 1, 2024, a new sales tax increase went into effect in the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. Like most anything these days, it has a lot of people riled up. HOW MUCH IS IT? The City of Milwauk...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Feeling optimistic about the city in 2024

January 3, 2024

Some feelings of early-year optimism come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Feeling optimistic about Milwaukee in 2024.In case you hadn't heard, we'r...

Watch local weather guru Bert Lauderdale report from the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge

January 2, 2024

With the first day of the year comes a first-day-of-the-year tradition in Milwaukee: jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. Yes, the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge took place on Monday. Hundreds of hearty sou...

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

January 1, 2024

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding and the post-holiday ...

The people have spoken, and Tabman is the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023

December 31, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); It's official: our month-long, six-round, very serious, bracket-style tournament to determine this year's Best Milwaukee Thing—a tournament that drew more than 100,000 total votes, we...

It’s Rushmor Records vs. Tabman in the final round of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

December 29, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); And so it comes down to this. After more than 97,000 votes (lol), we've arrived at the final round. It's your final chance to vote for the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023. Your final cha...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ruck

December 29, 2023

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve guide

December 28, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do this New Year's Eve, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommen...

Only 4 Milwaukee things remain in our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket