40 Milwaukee Halloween events
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It technically isn’t Halloween until next Thursday, but the vast majority of Milwaukee’s seasonal celebrations are to take place over the weekend. From Friday night through October 31 ...
Milwaukee is looking for someone to figure out how to design the city’s 8,000th flag
Previously on Milwaukee Flag...On April 25, 2019, Milwaukee's Steering and Rules Committee approved a resolution to create a new process to come up with an official city flag. This despite the fact that A.)...
Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this video of corgis dressed as MCTS buses
When Milwaukee County Transit System isn't busy getting a vast portion of the city from point A to point B or telling the public about the most recent act of legitimate heroism by one of its amazing drivers, MC...
Behold the new signage on the almost-complete BMO Tower in Downtown Milwaukee
If it feels like Downtown Milwaukee's skyline is different these days, it's because it is. Big time. And one of the biggest additions just celebrated a milestone: This week, construction crews successfully inst...
Some folks aren’t keen on the idea of a north side slaughterhouse—er, “meat processing plant”
UPDATE 10/15: The Common Council unanimously voted to send the Strauss proposal back to the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee for further discussion and community input. Urban Milwaukee has a fu...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: October 14-20
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: “Breaking up” with your FWB
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Dear MKE SEX,I’m looking for a little support to help me “break up” with my FWB for the third time...hopefully. If I don’t chicken out. It started out good with lots of laughs and ...
Streetcar ridership down again, suggesting weather and festival season might have something to do with it
It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's forever-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And you better buckle up for thi...
Memo to the Academy: Bob Uecker’s “Restaurant To Be Named Later” video is 2019’s Best Picture
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Here are the facts: In December 2019, Friday's Front Row Sports Grill at Mil...
Milwaukee bus drivers are pretty much superheroes at this point
Remember the time when a Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver picked up a homeless man in the middle of winter and took him to an emergency shelter? How about the time when an MCTS bus driver rescued a lo...
Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times spent 36 hours in Milwaukee and had a nice time
Warning! Warning! This is not a test! Our patented Great Job Milwaukee Bot 6000 is informing us that The New York Times—yes, The New York Times!—has just published a glowing article about Milwaukee! It's part o...
Here’s everything you need to know about Beet Street 2019
Following three years of family-friendly and fall-focused fun, Cactus Club has decided to bring the Beet Street Harvest Festival back for another installment. On Saturday, October 12, the Bay View bar (with add...
Coming soon (?) from the group that brought you the canceled Pokémon bar: Bumper Cars on Ice!
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Do you enjoy wacky, zany, and Instagram-friendly pop-up events? Do you enjoy...
In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (September 22-28)
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...
Welcome to October: Here’s what you’re doing this month
In September, we officially said goodbye to Milwaukee's brief-but-bursting summer festival season. A few days after the Bay View Bash, fall officially started and, in doing so, also signaled a mass entertainmen...
25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (now with more Yeli!)
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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...
The “reimagined” Bayshore looks a lot like the same old Bayshore
In 2006, Bayshore Town Center opened in Glendale. The new-and-improved retail center was the result of a two-year, $300 million project that transformed the aging Bayshore Mall—first built in 1954—into a much-b...
MKE SEX: The ABCs of cunnilingus
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Dear MKE SEX,HELP—I don’t know how to eat pussy! When I was a teenaged dude, my buddies always told me to draw the letters of the alphabet with my tongue. Everyone said it a sure-f...
Take a look inside the bigger, better, brand new Tippecanoe Herbs shop in Bay View
Since 2015, the husband and wife team of Kyle Denton and Serena Marinelli has been selling teas, tinctures, salves, infused vinegar, syrups, and oils made from locally foraged and organically farmed plants. Tha...
Wood violets, water spaniels, and trilobites: Let’s examine some lesser-known Wisconsin state symbols
The following article originally appeared in the August edition of Colectivo Coffee's “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Milwauke...