City Life

Here’s some news we missed this week, preceded by that weird Gordon Furniture jingle from the ’80s

December 6, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Imagine Kraftwerk played by a kindergartener. Imagine a John Carpenter sound...

Rest easy, Milwaukee: Lime, Spin, and Bird scooters are hibernating for the winter

Matt Wild

December 5, 2019

If the city's curbs seem less clogged and its snow piles less curiously adorned, there's a reason for that. Yes, it appears that the 1,350 dockless electric scooters that either delighted or angered Milwaukeean...

Fiserv Forum, and 7 other sensory-friendly Milwaukee locations and events

Matt Wild

December 4, 2019

Last month, Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum became the first NBA arena to offer sensory rooms for guests with sensory processing needs. These rooms, like other sensory-inclusive accommodations, provide a quiet and cal...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: December 2-8

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 2, 2019

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...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 2, 2019

After 11 months of fun, it’s almost time for Milwaukee’s events calendar to flip to a new year. Not even counting the city’s six-month run of festivals and block parties, it’s been a hell of a year for music, c...

16 Milwaukee gifts to buy this Cyber Monday

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2019

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you survived Thanksgiving, made it past Black Friday unscathed, and successfully navigated your way through regional retailers during Small Business Saturday. And now it...

Bay View “virtual reality experience center” announces real-life opening date

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2019

Last month, we told you about RSVR, a self-described “reservation-based virtual reality experience center,” that will be opening in Bay View. In the article, we noted brothers Ryan and Reid Spiering plan to ope...

MKE SEX: Homo for the holidays

Lucky Tomaszek

November 29, 2019

Dear MKE SEX,I’m a married mother of five daughters (all teenagers!). We live in a small town “up north” in Wisconsin. I was raised Catholic and am still very devoted to my faith. My parents, who ar...

19 things that Milwaukee can be thankful for in 2019

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2019

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by, for stuffing your face with family and friends, and for praying you’ll get out of this thing alive without said family and friends saying anything ho...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (Hall of Fame edition)

Josh Hoppert

November 27, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72206); The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included. Brought to...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 26-December 1

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 26, 2019

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...

The city and village logos of Milwaukee County, ranked

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2019

Milwaukee County looks a little different than it did a few days ago. That's because on Wednesday evening, the City Of Cudahy introduced a new logo. The Milwaukee suburb reportedly decided to rebrand in effort ...

Let’s remember the time Milwaukee used a song about oral sex to promote its downtown

Matt Wild

November 22, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• We're spending November revisiting some of the best Milwaukee music of the p...

You must dash to the Whisker Bash at Falcon Bowl

Tyler Maas

November 19, 2019

If the unfamiliar patches of facial hair currently growing above the upper lips of your friends, co-workers, or significant other haven't made this obvious, we're now over halfway into Movember. In recent years...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (November 10-16)

Matt Wild

November 18, 2019

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...

Let’s watch 6,000 people play “The Stars And Stripes Forever” at Bayshore Mall in 1982

Matt Wild

November 15, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• As we reminded you earlier this week, Bayshore Town Center is in the midst o...

MKE SEX: Three questions about menopause

Lucky Tomaszek

November 15, 2019

broadstreet.zone(49071); Last week, I participated in a live Ask the Sexpert event at a conference up north. As several of the attendees were (self-identified) women in their early 50s, I was delighted (but no...

Milwaukee is one step closer to banning plastic straws in bars and restaurants

Matt Wild

November 14, 2019

Thursday morning, members of the Public Safety & Health Committee met to discuss a proposed ban on single-use plastic straws in Milwaukee bars and restaurants. The proposed ordinance states that, effective ...

“Reservation-based virtual reality experience center” coming soon to Bay View

Matt Wild

November 14, 2019

Good news for fans of The Lawnmower Man, Black Mirror, and/or wearing goggles: RSVR, a self-described "reservation-based virtual reality experience center," is coming soon to Bay View. Brothers Ryan and Reid Sp...

34 pictures from the final days of Bayshore Town Center’s enclosed mall

Matt Wild

November 13, 2019

The end is nigh. The end of Bayshore Town Center as we know it, that is.In case you missed it, the ailing Glendale indoor/outdoor shopping center is in the midst of a massive (and city-funded) $55-$75 milli...