City Life

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the FIFTH AND FINAL Milwaukee streetcar

September 7, 2018

Friday morning, in an event that could only be described as the Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter of Milwaukee public transportation (or would that be Friday The 7th?), the FIFTH AND FINAL Milwaukee streetcar ...

We spent the day playing vintage video games at every vintage video arcade in Milwaukee

DJ Hostettler

September 6, 2018

In case you've been an internet-free shut-in for the last year, vintage arcade video games are back in a big way. The arcade bar scene has been percolating nationwide for the last few years—Logan Arcade in Chic...

Four years later, what are we still doing in Shrekfest’s swamp?

Tone Madison

September 4, 2018

The following piece by Scott Gordon was originally published on Tone Madison.In his defense, the guy who started this whole Shrekfest thing in Madison had no intention of actually putting on an event called...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Aug. 26-Sept. 1)

Matt Wild

September 4, 2018

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...

Buckle up, Milwaukee, for the 2019 Budget Open House Series

Matt Wild

September 4, 2018

Who doesn't love a good open house meeting? We know we do: from problematic Pokemon players to scandalous Swing Park stuff, we're always first in line to attend these oft-ridiculous public meetings. (Oh, and do...

UPDATE: The elusive East Side comic book shop iguana has been captured

Matt Wild

September 4, 2018

All good iguana hunts must come to an end: Today, according to a post on the Riverwest Neighborhood Facebook page, a five-foot-long iguana that escaped from his East Side comic book shop home earlier this summe...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 2, 2018

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. Though the seasonal shift essentially puts a nine-month ...

Annual “Mindset List” looks into the lives of college freshmen born in the year 2000

Matt Wild

August 30, 2018

Beginning in 1998, Beloit College's annual Mindset List has attempted to give college professors a peek inside the minds and world views of incoming college freshmen. "So-and-so has never been alive during thei...

Go inside the downtown Boston Store on its final day in business

Matt Wild

August 29, 2018

This is it, folks: Today, August 29, 2018, is the final day of business for Boston Store. The department store's parent company, Bon-Ton Stores Inc., declared bankruptcy earlier this year; recently, it announce...

13 standout ways to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 115th anniversary

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2018

Today marks the first day of Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary weekend. Between August 29 and September 2, Milwaukee will host hoards of bikers and motorcycle enthusiast who have come out to celebrate one of ...

The U.S. Postal Service is getting evicted from its downtown Milwaukee apartment

Matt Wild

August 29, 2018

You know what's great? The United States Postal Service. You give them something and they deliver it to anyone in the country. Or, better yet, they deliver something to you. Letters, postcards, that subscriptio...

Let these photos from Milwaukee’s first FieriCon take you straight to Flavortown

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 26, 2018

When Milwaukee Record first announced FieriCon, a bar-crawl dedicated to infamous celebrity “chef” Guy Fieri, the internet went wild. The slammin’ bo’ jammin’ event made its debut in New York City last November...

MKE SEX: What to do when a spouse is questioning their gender

Lucky Tomaszek

August 24, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,My spouse recently confided in me that he was questioning his gender, and had taken steps to explore this while I was not at home. He tried on a few of my dresses and ...

Take a look inside Up-Down Milwaukee, which opens today and is totally nuts

Matt Wild

August 24, 2018

Up-Down Milwaukee opens to the public today at 5:30 p.m. The long-awaited arcade bar, located at 615 E. Brady St. (the site of the former Comedy Cafe), boasts more than 60 retro video games, more than a dozen p...

I took CBD capsules for 10 days to see what all the buzz was about

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Now there’s a mysterious pony hanging around the south side of Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 24, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• What is it with Milwaukee and elusive animals? Lions, turkeys, iguanas, and w...

Safety, fences, ancient Mayan color theory discussed at Swing Park meeting

Matt Wild

August 23, 2018

Wednesday night, in a standing-room-only town hall meeting held on the second floor of Brady Street restaurant Casablanca, city officials and concerned neighbors came together to discuss Milwaukee's so-called "...

Up-Down Milwaukee arcade bar will open tomorrow

Matt Wild

August 23, 2018

Good news, retro video game fans: Up-Down Milwaukee, the arcade bar long in the works for the old Comedy Cafe (615 E. Brady St.) is opening. On Friday, August 24. Like, tomorrow. YES.To celebrate its openin...

Just a man and his squirrel: The story of “Peapod”

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2018

Though metro Milwaukee is the most densely populated part of Wisconsin by far, the state's largest city and its surrounding suburbs still manage to offer residents an opportunity to witness our fair share of na...

The search for the missing East Side comic book shop iguana is heating up

Matt Wild

August 22, 2018

The story so far: Earlier this summer, a five-foot-long iguana named Nail escaped from the second-story window of East Side comic book shop The Turning Page. Nail owner/Turning Page owner Zach Hauser turned to ...