City Life

Milwaukee is still a lousy city for dating, apparently

February 11, 2019

Valentine's Day is this Thursday, so you know the drill: every rank-happy site from Thrillist to WalletHub is unleashing lists of the best cities to find love, the best cities to lose love, and the best cities ...

Another list of 25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee

Josh Hoppert

February 7, 2019

broadstreet.zone(68249); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

20 unconventional Milwaukee performance venues

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2019

This Saturday, a new project called Neidhoefer will play its first show ever and release its debut album at a rather unconventional venue. This site of this momentous affair is Dandy Midventurous Modern, a vint...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 27-Feb. 2)

Matt Wild

February 5, 2019

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...

Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2019 with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 4, 2019

For the seventh consecutive year, Burnhearts curated a winning wintry mix of live music, rare and delicious craft beer, tasty food and barrel-aged cocktails, locally-made wares, and charity that all came togeth...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 1, 2019

February holds the distinction of being the year’s shortest month, one of Wisconsin’s coldest spans of time, and the final full month of winter. However, this particular February finds Milwaukee artists and ven...

East Side Whole Foods is getting a 20-tap bar, video games (of course)

Matt Wild

February 1, 2019

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Do people still make "Whole Paycheck" jokes when talking about Whole Foods? J...

Here’s everything you need to know about Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2019

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2019

After months of cold, dreariness, premature darkness, and an absence of outdoor activity, the seventh annual Burnhearts Mitten Fest is just days away. For eight hours (noon to 8 p.m.) on Saturday, February 2, p...

Here’s shocking video proof that the streetcar can run in snow

Matt Wild

January 28, 2019

We're almost three months into the life of The Hop, Milwaukee's long-in-the-works and forever-contentious downtown streetcar. And guess what? Things are going well! People are riding the thing, extensions are i...

MKE SEX: Marie Kondo-ing your sex life

Lucky Tomaszek

January 25, 2019

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,Suppose there is a thing in sex that your partner really fucking loves when you do. So much so, that over time, it goes from a fun treat to a regular-slash-expected pa...

We dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about dreaming about ‘The Morning Blend’

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 25, 2019

We love The Morning Blend. Every once in a while, when The Morning Blend has five minutes to fill, we drop by The Morning Blend and talk about whatever. Sometimes, we even dream of being on The Morning Blend. T...

Milwaukee might create “new classification of law enforcement officer” to patrol the bus

Matt Wild

January 24, 2019

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the bus rules. Rain or shine (or snow), Milwaukee County Transit System is there, dutifully shuttling people across town and back again. The bus is great, the bus is...

The Wade family from Milwaukee will be on ‘Family Feud’ tonight

Tyler Maas

January 22, 2019

Back in the spring of 2017, the Katschke family from Franklin appeared on Family Feud. Though the suburban Milwaukee group ultimately fell short of victory, another family from the area will now have a chance a...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 13-19)

Matt Wild

January 21, 2019

9 Milwaukee events celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Matt Wild

January 21, 2019

There's a lot of hate, ignorance, and stupidity floating around these days, which makes this day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, all the more needed. Looking for something productive to do today, Milwaukee? Here a...

Milwaukee is a world-class city. Please enjoy the extensive coverage of an alderman building a house

Matt Wild

January 18, 2019

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• We write about some pretty goofy shit here at Milwaukee Record. Burying free ...

Bounce Milwaukee offers free admission to families affected by government shutdown

Tyler Maas

January 17, 2019

The country is now 27 days into the government shutdown and, despite the pleas of the Milwaukee Common Council, it doesn't look like things are going to change anytime soon. Hundreds of thousands of government ...

R.I.P. Shops of Grand Avenue food court, most everything else in the Grand Ave.

Matt Wild

January 16, 2019

It's over. It's finally over.Earlier this month, we announced that "the end is nigh for the Shops of Grand Avenue." Today, the end has come. An afternoon walk through the doomed/currently-being-redeveloped ...

13 weird and wonderful things to discover at the Mitchell Park Domes

Matt Wild

January 15, 2019

The Mitchell Park Domes—or simply "the Domes," if you're nasty—are Milwaukee treasures. For half a century, the Domes have faithfully served as distinctive Milwaukee landmarks, as educational tools filled with ...

A lot of people are riding The Hop, but let’s figure out how to complain about it anyway

Matt Wild

January 15, 2019

The Hop, you may have heard, is doing pretty well. An average of 2,297 people rode the thing in November, the same month the 2.1-mile streetcar system launched with a "Grand Hop-ening." Now, The Hop has release...