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The SummerRest: 40 standout non-Summerfest shows

September 2, 2021

Summerfest officially kicks off today. Over the course of nine September nights (plus a few affiliated AmFam Amphitheater shows other nights this month), hundreds of local, national, and internationally-known m...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 1, 2021

September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. This month also signals the end of Milwaukee’s festival season. Well, that's usually the case. This September, however, ...

Silver City International Festival returns September 11

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2021

Since its start in 2012, Silver City International Festival has celebrated the numerous cultures that help make Silver City the most diverse neighborhood in Milwaukee through food, the arts, and music. Last Sep...

MKE SEX: OnlyFans, sex work, and big banks as the keepers of morality

Lucky Tomaszek

August 27, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); In the spring of 2016, The Tool Shed hosted adult performer and creator Jiz Lee for an event that included a public Q&A. During that event, an audience member stood and asked why c...

Matt & Kristin Talk About Milwaukee & Wisconsin Stuff #9: Vaccines, Colectivo, census

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 27, 2021

If you don't follow As Goes Wisconsin on your favorite social media platforms, go ahead and change that now. The brainchild of Wisconsin-born writer/comedian Kristin Brey, As Goes Wisconsin examines the many, m...

Woof! Brady Street Pet Parade will return October 3 and I’ll be the emcee

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

The beloved Brady Street Pet Parade will return to, well, Brady Street on Sunday, October 3. Yes, after an all-virtual parade in 2020, the city's finest good boys, pretty girls, and parrots (and their human com...

Milwaukee Paranormal Conference returns with local focus, Haunchyville coloring sheets

Matt Wild

August 25, 2021

Isn't it odd that we live in a world where things like aliens, Bigfoot, and winged demons hanging out at the State Fair have become downright quaint? Just think of all the awful, horrible, and destructive thing...

So, um, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will be nominated new U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg?

Matt Wild

August 25, 2021

So, um, President Joe Biden has nominated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to be the new United States Ambassador to Luxembourg? Whaaaaaaa?Here's the official statement from the White House:President Bid...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 15-21)

Matt Wild

August 23, 2021

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...

The “KK Can Opener” has struck/eaten again

Matt Wild

August 20, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the "KK Can Opener"!• It can't be bargained with. It can't be reas...

Taking a closer look at some of my “Milwaukee blind spots”

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2021

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks!In a matter of a few weeks, I'll celebrate my 12th ...

608 people got a free cream puff (and a COVID vaccine) at the Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

August 16, 2021

Proving, once again, that Wisconsinites will do anything for a free food item that would normally cost them $4, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday that 608 people received a COVID-19 vaccine at this year's Wis...

MKE SEX: Sex during the pandemic (again)

Lucky Tomaszek

August 13, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,This pandemic just stretches on and on into eternity, doesn’t it? Sorry. That’s dramatic. It’s just that numbers are going up and people are still getting sick. Even k...

Turner Hall wants someone to run its restaurant, Tandem chef wants someone to take hers

Matt Wild

August 13, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: a tale of Turner Hall and The Tandem!• The Milwaukee Turners would...

Bronzeville Week highlights the neighborhood’s art, culture, commerce

Juan Miguel Martinez

August 12, 2021

The simple mention of Bronzeville in Milwaukee conjures up many images of Black excellence. It was a thriving, bustling neighborhood all throughout Milwaukee's heyday until expansion of the I-94 tore through it...

Clash of the Claires: Eau Claire, Wisconsin vs. Eau Claire, Michigan

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2021

Wisconsin and Michigan have their fair share of similarities. They're both nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Each state has beautiful natural wonders, kind people, and great beer. A larg...

Watch and weep as the old La Fuente on 5th gets knocked down

Matt Wild

August 11, 2021

R.I.P the old La Fuente on 5th Street. Sigh.Some history: The 5th Street La Fuente closed in November 2017, after 26 years in business. (The La Fuente on Bluemound Road remains open.) Soon after, the owner ...

Someone claims they saw a 7-foot winged demon at State Fair and we believe it

Matt Wild

August 10, 2021

It's always something with the Wisconsin State Fair. In 2017 it was the couple humping in the bleachers. In 2018 it was the joker who stole a golf cart and drove it all the way downtown. In 2020 it was, well, n...

Go back in time to tour Mars Cheese Castle in this 1996 home video

Tyler Maas

August 9, 2021

Since opening in 1947, Mars Cheese Castle has been a beloved tourist trap and has served as an unofficial means of welcoming travelers to the Dairy State. Though its legacy has persevered for close to 75 years,...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 1-7)

Matt Wild

August 9, 2021