City Life

May 9, 2023

How's everyone feeling so far about the new permanent galleries coming to the future Milwaukee Public Museum? We've seen sketches of the dino-tastic "Time Travel," the state-focused "Wisconsin Journey," and the...

Here’s pretty much everything you need to know about Crusherfest’s 2023 installment

May 9, 2023

Next month, Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will return to the wrestler’s native South Milwaukee for two days of late spring fun. On Saturday June 3...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (April 23 – May 6)

May 8, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Kandi

May 6, 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’s seasons, ranked

May 5, 2023

4. Winter3. Spring2. Fall1. Summer ...

Business To Business: The Vanguard co-owner Jim McCann values Milwaukee Film

May 3, 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: The Vanguar...

The rarest bird to ever venture to Wisconsin is currently in the region

Kyle Arpke

May 1, 2023

My wife let out an audible gasp as we pulled up to Cudahy’s Sheridan Park on Sunday. Dozens upon dozens of cars filled the streets. “Don’t worry. There’s gotta be something else going on," I remarked. "There's ...

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

May 1, 2023

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be inundated with block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

Demolition work on the site of Milwaukee Public Museum’s future home continues

May 1, 2023

It's been nearly a year since demolition work began on the site of Milwaukee Public Museum's future home at Sixth and McKinley Streets, in the Haymarket neighborhood next to the Deer District. In June 2022, con...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Lennon

April 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...

PrideFest announces 2023 headliners

April 28, 2023

Back in February, Milwaukee Pride Inc.—the parent organization of PrideFest—announced Wisconsin's largest LGBTQIA+ event would return to Henry Mair Festival Park and kick off the city's festival season June 1-3...

Okay, let’s vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will finally melt this year

April 24, 2023

Honest question: Will this winter ever end? We're a week away from May and, save for that one stretch where it was 80 degrees for some reason, the last month has been nothing but 40-degree days and 30-degree ni...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Violet and Bailey

April 22, 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...

Stuff We Missed: The end of sneaking into Northridge Mall?

April 21, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Northridge Mall has been closed since 2003—that's 20 years!—but the still-st...

Sustainable Milwaukee: Curbside recycling and wishcycling

Brent Gohde

April 20, 2023

Whether we're setting the bar high for bike-centric holidays or manufacturing something for Jason Monoa to sit on when he rides into adventure, Milwaukee is objectively a unique epicenter for the cycling lifest...

Join us at The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap

April 20, 2023

If you're reading this, there's a good chance you have a junk drawer that's overflowing with can coolers. Maybe you even have a designated "koozie bag" that's stuffed with beer sleeves emblazoned with logos of ...

Brady Street Festival to return July 29

April 19, 2023

Save the date! Brady Street Festival—one of Milwaukee's largest, longest-running, and all-around best summer block parties—will take place on Saturday, July 29 this year. Over the course of that day, a nine-blo...

Milwaukee Record’s last-minute, semi-informative guide to 4/20 events and specials

April 18, 2023

It’s almost the 20th day of April and you know what that means, riiiiiiiight?! Yeah, you know! Love it, hate it, or feel absolutely indifferent to it, this unofficial holiday is reason for a sizable portion of ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Olive