City Life

January 3, 2024

Some feelings of early-year optimism come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Feeling optimistic about Milwaukee in 2024. In case you hadn't heard, we'r...

Watch local weather guru Bert Lauderdale report from the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge

January 2, 2024

With the first day of the year comes a first-day-of-the-year tradition in Milwaukee: jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. Yes, the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge took place on Monday. Hundreds of hearty sou...

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

January 1, 2024

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding and the post-holiday ...

The people have spoken, and Tabman is the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023

December 31, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); It's official: our month-long, six-round, very serious, bracket-style tournament to determine this year's Best Milwaukee Thing—a tournament that drew more than 100,000 total votes, we...

It’s Rushmor Records vs. Tabman in the final round of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

December 29, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); And so it comes down to this. After more than 97,000 votes (lol), we've arrived at the final round. It's your final chance to vote for the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023. Your final cha...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ruck

December 29, 2023

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...

Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve guide

December 28, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do this New Year's Eve, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommen...

Only 4 Milwaukee things remain in our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

December 26, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); It's that time of year when publications assemble their annual "best of" lists, or their annual "vote for your favorite thing" click-a-thons. But what if you combined the two, and pre...

Vote in Round 4 of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

December 22, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); It's that time of year when publications assemble their annual "best of" lists, or their annual "vote for your favorite thing" click-a-thons. But what if you combined the two, and pre...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ivy

December 22, 2023

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...

Olivia Rodrigo, The Kills, Mitten Fest, and 20 other standout winter events

December 21, 2023

Even though it’s already snowed a couple times, the daylight hours have dwindled significantly, and the Packers regular season is almost over, today is technically the first day of winter. Yes, the season most ...

Enjoy some random Milwaukee Christmas videos from decades past

December 20, 2023

Milwaukee! Christmas! Nostalgia! You'll get a healthy dose of all three when you watch these clips! Enjoy! HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHDCGWaTHg4 MORE HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://...

The 2024 installment of Mitten Fest will take place at Boone & Crockett

December 19, 2023

Update: You can find the music lineup/schedule, beer and cocktail lists, participating food and retail vendors, and everything else you need to know HERE. *** Since 2013, Burnhearts has curated a winning wint...

Burrito Sandwich is a T-shirt now

December 18, 2023

Remember when the sign outside The Gyros Stand said "Burrito Sandwich" for about two weeks back in August? Remember when we went there to order, eat, and review that Burrito Sandwich? If you answered yes to eit...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (December 3-16)

December 18, 2023

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Milwaukee Record’s 2023 ranking articles, ranked

December 16, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); Rankings! Comparing things and determining where they rank is a great way to get engagement from readers. It's usually good for some solid page views. Sometimes a last-minute ranking ...

Vote in Round 3 of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

December 15, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); It's that time of year when publications assemble their annual "best of" lists, or their annual "vote for your favorite thing" click-a-thons. But what if you combined the two, and pre...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Superman and Pantera

December 15, 2023

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...

Here are some recent streetcar ridership numbers to argue about