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MKE SEX: Oh yes, let’s talk about pronouns

June 11, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I’m wondering if you can help me with an issue around pronoun etiquette. I host continuing education trainings in the healthcare field with participants from around th...

Here’s the map and menu for this weekend’s Greek Fest Drive Thru

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2021

Organized by the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Fest typically fills Wisconsin State Fair Park with gyros and other spit-roasted meats, Greek music and dancers, games and rides, a Greek marketplace, ...

This Bay View house is also a bar (Swigs Pub & Grill) and it’s for sale for $260,000

Matt Wild

June 11, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: a Bay View house that's also a bar! • This Bay View house is also a...

Patio of old La Fuente on 5th looks like it’s been bombed, will likely be demolished

Matt Wild

June 8, 2021

As anyone who has driven down the 600 block of 5th Street—and/or hung out at the 5th Street Fuel Cafe—can tell you, the patio of the old La Fuente restaurant (625 S. 5th St.) looks...a little rough. In fact, it...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The Summerfest Lakewalk is pretty neat

Matt Wild

June 7, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

Beet Street Harvest Festival to return October 9

Tyler Maas

June 7, 2021

Following four years of family-friendly, fall-focused fun (and taking 2020 off for pandemic-related reasons), Cactus Club has decided to bring its Beet Street Harvest Festival back for another installment. On S...

“Black Is Beautiful” bike ride will return to the streets June 27

Matt Wild

June 4, 2021

"What was once personal for me turned into a mass thing. I thought, 'Let's get other people on bikes. Let's get more people of color on bikes.'" That's Milwaukee rapper WebsterX, talking to us last August ab...

July 3 lakefront fireworks? Canceled. July 5 fireworks in 10 Milwaukee parks? Happening.

Matt Wild

June 4, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Milwaukee fireworks! • Okay, let's get this straight: Milwaukee Cou...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 23-29)

Matt Wild

June 2, 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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re horny

Matt Wild

June 2, 2021

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Today: Milwaukee’s mask mandate ends, Milwaukee’s electric scooter season begins

Matt Wild

June 1, 2021

It's the day the prophesies warned us about: Today—June 1, 2021—sees the end of Milwaukee's mask mandate, and the beginning of its electric scooter season. It's Doomsday, the Apocalypse, the End Times, and the ...

MKE SEX: Happy Pride Month! Enjoy these Milwaukee Pride events

Lucky Tomaszek

June 1, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); By Lucky Tomaszek and Ashe Palmer As every queer, gay, and gender pioneer knows, COVID-19 cast its long shadow over our rainbow world. We skipped our annual Pride revelries last yea...

Matt & Kristin Talk About MKE & WI Stuff #5: Medicaid, county funding, mask burning

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 28, 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...

Get vaccinated at drive-thru Summerfest clinic, get a free Summerfest ticket

Matt Wild

May 27, 2021

Still looking to get vaccinated? Want to check out Wilco, Nelly, ZZ Top, and/or a bunch of other grounds stage headliners at this year's Summerfest? Then head over to the Summerfest parking lot on June 5 or Jun...

Mandatory Milwaukee: There’s no other store in the city (or the world) like Art Smart’s Dart Mart & Juggling Emporium

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

Milwaukee’s July 3 fireworks are canceled for 2021, “should return in 2022”

Matt Wild

May 25, 2021

Milwaukee's July 3 fireworks have been canceled for 2021. They "should return in 2022," however, with financial support from American Family Insurance. So why the 2021 cancelation? Milwaukee County Parks exp...

Milwaukee County is looking for businesses to cultivate hemp clones at the Domes

Matt Wild

May 24, 2021

Are you interested in cultivating hemp clones in one of the greenhouses of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy—a.k.a. the Domes? If so, Milwaukee County would like to hear from you. On Monday, County...

Trixie Mattel is getting a TV show

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2021

The past few times we’ve covered the life and times of Trixie Mattel (in what has quickly become a recurring thing for us), the Milwaukee drag superstar and former RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champion was keep...

Join Bob Donovan and ex-sheriff Clarke (maybe) for “Burn The Masks Party” [fart noise]

Matt Wild

May 24, 2021

Have you ever wondered what the past year would have been like if former Milwaukee alderman Bob "Sir, This Stall Is Occupied" Donovan and former Milwaukee sheriff David "INSERT RANDOM OFF-THE-SHELF MAGA EDGELOR...

Two Milwaukee alders have concerns about expiring mask mandate, want your comments

Matt Wild

May 20, 2021

The City of Milwaukee's COVID-19 public health order—and with it, the indoor and outdoor mask mandate—is set to expire June 1. But two Milwaukee alders have some concerns about that, and are asking the public t...