City Life

August 8, 2024

Even though we’re now more than a week into August, there’s still a lot of summer fun left. Adding to large-scale event undertakings like Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee Irish Fest, and Bay View Bash is a stead...

Get away (before you get away) at Mitchell Airport’s MKE Meditation Room

August 7, 2024

broadstreet.zone(156201); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life August 5-12 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.The airport can be a stressful place. It's whe...

A super-simple guide to those 2 weird (but important) referendum questions in the 2024 partisan primary

August 7, 2024

tldr; Both referendum questions have been proposed by and are supported by Republicans. Both referendum questions are opposed by Democrats. If you typically agree with Republicans, vote YES on both referendum q...

Be charmed, dammit: A philosophical guide to exploring the Oak Leaf Trail

Annie Raab

August 6, 2024

broadstreet.zone(156201); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life August 5-12 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.Driving makes me disenchanted. Listen: I need ...

Silver City Fest returns September 7

August 6, 2024

Since its start in 2012, Silver City Fest (formerly known as "Silver City International Festival") has celebrated the numerous cultures that help make Silver City the most diverse neighborhood in Milwaukee thro...

ALERT: Halloween stuff is popping up at CVS

August 5, 2024

Let it be known that with 47 days left in summer, and with 87 days remaining until Halloween, Halloween stuff is popping up at Milwaukee CVS locations. We spotted a dollop of said stuff at our neighborhood CVS ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Bosco Stick

August 2, 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...

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

August 1, 2024

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. Since this looks to be an active August, Milwauk...

Celebrate the first day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair with 14 years of ride-inspection news stories

August 1, 2024

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 1-11, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

Here’s the TosaFest 2024 lineup

July 31, 2024

TosaFest, an annual event—which started way back in 1976!—will take place for yet another year when it returns to the streets of the Wauwatosa Village on Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7. Now that ...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Piper and Page

July 26, 2024

Bird City, Milwaukee County: Fox Point, and drinking coffee with a purpose

Kyle Arpke

July 25, 2024

Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...

Developer proposes tallest mass timber building in world, tallest building in Wisconsin for iconic snow pile site

July 24, 2024

The iconic Marcus Performing Art Center parking garage snow pile, beloved by millions of Milwaukeeans and diligently documented every winter and spring by us, may be on its way out. Permanently.Long-simmeri...

We’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. More than 58,000 rides on The Hop in June 2024. We watched The Hop have its second-best month in four years. All those rides will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to argue.

July 24, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, reported 58,441 rides in June 2024. The number represents The Hop's highest monthly ridership since July 2023 (65,749), and its second-highest monthly ridership since Dece...

On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 5: A direction home?

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 19, 2024

To our Milwaukee: I understand I left you in your week of need. Sure, you didn't need me gonzo-ing adjacent to the RNC, but you could've used Barry with a bullhorn downtown to drown out some of the nonsense wit...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Alexandria and Bastet

July 19, 2024

Scenes from the RNC security perimeter Day 4: Eh, what can you say?

July 18, 2024

It was a gorgeous day in downtown Milwaukee for Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. The sun was out, the temperature was in the mid-70s, and there was a light breeze. Then why did everything feel so......

On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 4: The road narrows

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 18, 2024

Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...

Scenes from the RNC security perimeter Day 3: “Hardly anybody” visiting Bronze Fonz