City Life

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 19-25)

January 27, 2020

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...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about positioning aids

Lucky Tomaszek

January 24, 2020

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I have a very creative mind when it comes to sex, and am always thinking of new and fun ways I’d like to have sex with partners. But as a woman who is a little more th...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Milwaukee Public Museum is an old-school treasure (for now)

Matt Wild

January 20, 2020

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...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 20, 2020

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...

Viking Cruises to bring ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’ to Milwaukee in 2022

Matt Wild

January 17, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Remember Speed 2: Cruise Control, the Keanu Reeves-less sequel to Speed? San...

Begun, the Ravine Road Petition War has

Matt Wild

January 15, 2020

Earlier this month, we brought you news that Lake Park advocacy group Lake Park Friends had adopted a resolution and created a petition to reopen the closed Ravine Road to vehicular traffic. Located near Bartol...

50 pictures of Tuesday’s Trump protest, plus 1 picture of the Bistro Burgers we got at Swingin’ Door Exchange after the protest

Matt Wild

January 15, 2020

President Donald Trump was in Milwaukee Tuesday night, speaking at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Meanwhile, a whole lotta protestors were at Red Arrow Park, eventually making their way to the UW-Milwaukee Pan...

How to navigate the mass hysteria of today’s Trump rally, Trump protest, and Bucks game

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

Today is going to be an absolute mess in Downtown Milwaukee. President Donald Trump is scheduled to host a 2020 reelection rally at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, local activist group Coali...

Obama in the rain, and 7 other notable presidential visits to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

President Donald Trump is in town today, and things are gonna get zany. Trump supporters! Trump protestors! Bucks fans! People just trying to get home! Like we said before, if you want a taste of what Milwaukee...

We dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about dead malls

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

We love The Morning Blend. Every once in a while, when someone cancels at the last minute and The Morning Blend has five minutes to fill, we drop by The Morning Blend and talk about whatever. Sometimes we talk ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 5-11)

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Streetcar ridership up slightly, so let’s expand the hell out of the thing

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Let's make this quick so everyone can get to the yelling: A total of 61,274 people rode the Milwaukee streetcar, The Hop, in December 2019. That's an average of 1,977 per day. The lightest day of traffic was Ch...

Want to get married at Lakefront Brewery on Valentine’s Day? Sign up now!

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Getting married for the first, second, or third time? Tired of getting married at churches, courthouses, or tastefully restored barns? Then why not get married at Milwaukee's famous Lakefront Brewery! On Valent...

MKE SEX: Q is for Questioning

Lucky Tomaszek

January 10, 2020

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I can’t sleep. So I have a question for you about sexual orientation. How exactly do you define “queer” as an orientation? I know I don’t have to label myself. But I a...

Milwaukee streetcar to remain free through 2020, still seeking sponsors

Matt Wild

January 10, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• As we patiently wait for The Hop's December ridership numbers (prediction: t...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2020 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2020

Now that New Year’s festivities have come and gone, folks in Milwaukee are forced to come to terms with the harsh realization that winter is here and there’s not much to do outside. Fortunately, we’re less than...

Should Ravine Road be reopened to vehicular traffic? Lake Park Friends thinks so

Matt Wild

January 6, 2020

The saga of Lake Park's Ravine Road is a complicated one. Located near Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro, the road—long used to connect Lincoln Memorial Drive to the upper East Side—was blocked off in 2014 when the...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 2, 2020

Not too long ago, January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra in terms of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holiday ...

Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve guide

Tyler Maas

December 29, 2019

It’s been a rough year, Milwaukee. Still, between all the celebrity deaths, polarizing political developments, and various other sources for internet outrage, at least a few decent things happened. Come Tuesday...

50 pictures (and 1 video) of the gloriously dead Forest Mall in Fond du Lac

Matt Wild

December 27, 2019

Roughly 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee is Fond du Lac, home to Walleye Weekend, the Kristmas Kringle Shoppe, and the once-mighty Forest Mall. Emphasis on "once" on that last one: Opened in 1973, Forest Mall (8...