City Life

Puerto Rican Family Festival returns August 20, moves to Veterans Park

July 21, 2023

Now that Summerfest, that Harley weekend thing, and Bastille Days have all come and gone, Milwaukeeans can now shift focus to the numerous festivals, block parties, and other civic celebrations that are still t...

Stuff We Missed: Two months until we REALLY start talking about what to do with the Domes

Matt Wild

July 21, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Has it really been seven years since a fallen chunk of concrete was discover...

Soberfest to bring music, guest speakers, fun to Pere Marquette Park

Tyler Maas

July 20, 2023

Milwaukee has no shortage of great summer festivals. However, the vast majority of those events feature beer and other alcoholic items in abundance, which can make celebrating difficult for those in recovery. P...

A brief guide to the 8,000 things happening July 22

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 19, 2023

Every (non-pandemic) Milwaukee summer has at least one of those days—a day when it seems approximately 8,000 music festivals, block parties, food fests, and other shindigs are happening at once. For Milwaukee S...

Here’s the schedule for the Milwaukee Air & Water Show (plus info on a planned protest)

Matt Wild

July 19, 2023

That incredible sound booming overhead can mean only one thing: the absolutely amazing, utterly fantastic, and completely beyond reproach Milwaukee Air & Water Show is back! The awesome annual shindig will ...

Only 16 things remain in our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 17, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 16! What started as a field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtures has been reduced to a quarter of its original size. Round 2 featured a few landslides by favored th...

Milwaukee Plant Party to take root at Bad Moon Saloon

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2023

Milwaukee—the City Of Festivals, in case you forgot—is home to all types of summertime celebrations. Beyond the massive music festivals, we're known to celebrate neighborhoods, motorcycles, LGBTQ+ rights, local...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Linus

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 15, 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...

Business To Business: Mystery Room Mastering owner Justin Perkins appreciates us!

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 14, 2023

With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: Mystery Roo...

Milwaukee’s new 2% sales tax is how the city lives to fight another day

Dan Shafer

July 13, 2023

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Click HERE to subscribe.On the morning of Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the Milwauke...

I was a teenage(-ish) tour guide for Harley-Davidson

Rob Wieland

July 11, 2023

"Wah-wah-too-sah" "Whoa-wah-toe-suh" "Wuh-wuh-tuh-say"- Folks from around the world on the Harley-Davidson tour, attempting to pronounce "Wauwatosa" The Harley-Davidson plant that existed on 124th Street...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 10, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin Fair Bracket round that found more than 15,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtur...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cookie

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 8, 2023

Days of Summerfest, ranked

Tyler Maas

July 7, 2023

As much as I hate to say it, another installment of Summerfest is almost fully in the books. Collectively speaking, Milwaukee Record has been at every day of the Big Gig so far this year and—barring something u...

Vote in Round 1 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 3, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); The Wisconsin State Fair will return August 3-13. As we await the 11-day celebration of food, entertainment, Wisconsin-made products, agriculture, and other activities, we figured we'...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 1, 2023

Where has the summer gone? Okay, okay, so there’s still a ton of summer left, but the bleakness of autumn will be upon us before you know it. Thus, it’s important to use your limited summer entertainment allotm...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cosmo

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 1, 2023

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 10th best city for Fourth of July celebrations

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2023

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

Mandatory Milwaukee: The Famous Racing Sausages have been up and running for 30 years

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: The Famous Racing Sausages.They're beloved by fans of all ages. They're ...

Brady Street study released with four options for pedestrianization

Matt Wild

June 27, 2023

Five months after the Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID) commissioned a study exploring "pedestrianization" options for the East Side street, the study—created by GRAEF and The Kubala Washatko Arc...