City Life

June 20, 2025

What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that gave way to a busy spring, summer is finally upon us. The season officially starts today, and it offers ...

Oh no, Milwaukee might create a task force to possibly come up with ANOTHER new flag

June 18, 2025

It's been nearly a year since the Milwaukee Common Council talked about, got angry about, and ultimately did nothing about the nearly decade-old issue of replacing the city's official, 1950s-era flag with the s...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 4-17, 2025)

June 18, 2025

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...

PrideFest breaks festival attendance records in 2025

June 17, 2025

In case you missed it, the 37th annual PrideFest took place at Henry Maier Festival Park from Thursday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7. We were there and it was great! Now that the dust has settled and the numbe...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Taxicab

June 13, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

County set to auction off abandoned Milwaukee Boat as “piece of art”

June 10, 2025

It's been just over a month since Milwaukee company All City Towing successfully towed the Milwaukee Boat, a.k.a. the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just The Boat. The Boat had been abandoned...

Scenes from Milwaukee’s 2025 PrideFest and Pride Parade

June 9, 2025

Summer doesn’t officially begin until June 20—but don’t tell that to this past weekend. PrideFest Milwaukee took over Henry Maier Festival Park on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, while the Milwaukee Pride Parad...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mooie Vuitton

June 7, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

A look back at the 18 days when there were six Great Lakes

June 5, 2025

Tuesday marked the release of Great Lakes In 50 Maps. Written and charted by Detroit-based cartographer and data director Alex B. Hill, the Belt Publishing book is a treasure trove of information about the Grea...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 21 – June 3, 2025)

June 5, 2025

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...

Let’s argue about Milwaukee County replacing its July 3 lakefront fireworks with a drone show

June 4, 2025

In 2024, Milwaukee County canceled its long-running July 3 fireworks display due to lack of sponsorship. This, as they say, made a lot of people very angry and was widely regarded as a bad move. So what does...

Trio of county supervisors will “raise a toast” to Milwaukee Boat removal on Friday

June 4, 2025

It's been nearly a month since Milwaukee towing company All City Towing successfully towed the Milwaukee Boat, a.k.a. the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just The Boat. Now, three Milwaukee Co...

Here’s the full PrideFest 2025 lineup

June 2, 2025

Back in April, Milwaukee Pride Inc. announced the headliners for the 37th annual Milwaukee PrideFest. Though learning that Jordin Sparks, Jay Jurden, Pabllo Vittar, Willow Pill, Raja Gemini, Jan Sport, and more...

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

June 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with Festa Itali...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mackerel

May 31, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Long live American Science & Surplus (which needs your help)

DJ Hostettler

May 28, 2025

When my wife and I heard the news that American Science & Surplus launched a GoFundMe to help raise operating costs to move into a new warehouse, citing slumping sales since the COVID-19 pandemic punctuated...

Relive the inaugural Morgan Park Picnic with these photos

May 26, 2025

On Saturday, May 24, Milwaukee Record and Busby's took over Morgan Park and brought a brand new spring festival to the one-acre triangle at the edge of the Bay View and Fernwood neighborhoods. From 12-6 p.m., t...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mojave

May 23, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 7-20, 2025)