City Life

MKE SEX: “How do you have good sex?” and other quickie questions

October 15, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Earlier this month, I had my first (masked, distanced) in-person sex ed event since the beginning of the pandemic. (Side note: if 200 college freshmen can stay masked while attending a...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Oct. 3-9)

Matt Wild

October 13, 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...

Uncovering Milwaukee’s possible (and tenuous) connection to the JFK assassination

Jonny Lohr

October 12, 2021

Milwaukee has many connections to attempted political assassinations. Teddy Roosevelt famously carried on with his scheduled speech at the Milwaukee Theatre after being shot in the chest. Milwaukee-born Arthur ...

Relive Beet Street, Crusherfest, more of last weekend’s events with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 11, 2021

Last weekend—October 8-10, to be exact—was one of those weekends. You know the kind—a weekend where approximately 8,000 things were going on. Shows! Festivals! Pie contests! Gallery shows and costume contests i...

19 more things Michael Gableman (probably) doesn’t understand, but should investigate anyway

Matt Wild

October 8, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Michael Gableman!• Michael Gableman. lolIn case you missed it,...

When does the new Target at Bayshore open? Here’s the opening date, and that’s it

Matt Wild

October 7, 2021

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Halloweek to bring movies, music, magic, more to Bay View this month

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2021

We've already mentioned it at length, but this fall looks to be one for the ages here in Milwaukee. If the staggering number of festivals we listed and a bunch of standout show selections we recently made aren'...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Have a ball and do it all this fall

Tyler Maas

October 6, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some seasons come and go, while some seasons become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit polarizing seasons with fresh eyes, and explore how they m...

“I saw the devil there as a kid”: Remembering Mitchell Park’s mysterious Devil’s Trail

Juan Miguel Martinez

October 5, 2021

"It's called Devil's Trail because I saw the devil there as a kid. Swear to god, it was two red eyes looking at me from under the picnic table."The early morning fog drifts along the Mitchell Park grass, se...

Milwaukee Roundabout documents “the drama and chaos” of a local intersection

Tyler Maas

October 5, 2021

Roundabouts should be an easy thing to figure out.Slow down as you approach, yield if someone is coming, proceed at a reasonable speed when it's your time to merge, exit the roundabout. Sadly, it isn't alwa...

Watch Stephen Colbert apologize to Milwaukee, run a Sausage Race, more

Matt Wild

October 2, 2021

You know the story, so here are the videos. They finally aired Friday night:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83M5egp1isAnd this one...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXMWlLGLJEOkay, if you don'...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2021

Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta a signal for things slowing down in Milwaukee entertainment? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, as live and in-person events have r...

Milwaukee Health Department, health committee spar on indoor mask mandate

Matt Wild

September 30, 2021

Should the City of Milwaukee reinstate an indoor mask mandate? The Milwaukee Health Department and at least one member of the Common Council's Public Safety and Health Committee have some differing thoughts on ...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Sept. 19-25)

Matt Wild

September 28, 2021

Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 27 – October 3, 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 27, 2021

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of “Record Recommended” (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

MKE SEX: Sex after menopause

Lucky Tomaszek

September 24, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I had a complete hysterectomy eight years ago. They took everything out (uterus, ovaries, the whole thing) so I went into menopause immediately. And I got all the symp...

Mark your Shire calendars: J. R. R. Tolkien manuscript exhibition coming to Marquette in 2022

Matt Wild

September 24, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: J. R. R. Tolkien!• We'll be honest: We're not big Lord Of The Ring...

Jason Isbell, Bill Burr, and 22 more standout fall shows

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2021

Last week, we posted a guide to the unheard of abundance of fall festivals taking place in and around Milwaukee after more than a year without live, in-person entertainment. While those events are already sure ...

PridetoberFest releases its 2021 lineup

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2021

Summer might be over, but Milwaukee's ever-growing festival season is nowhere close to being done. Now that live, in-person events have returned in a big way, there are even some new fests making their debut th...

Let’s all chip in and buy Paddy’s Pub for $639,900 and not turn it into something awful

Matt Wild

September 23, 2021

Hey! Milwaukee! Let's all chip in, raise about $639,900, buy the iconic East Side bar Paddy's Pub (2339-2345 N. Murray Ave.), and not turn it into something awful like luxury apartments or whatever! How 'bout i...