City Life

October 20, 2026

Every so often, Milwaukee Record uses its platform to alert readers to interesting and unusual online auctions and give folks the opportunity to be the secondhand owner of rare treasures like Rocky Rococo signa...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ruby

October 16, 2026

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...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Taking a fall hike

October 13, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Getting out there and taking a fall hike (while you still can). D...

Here’s the Pumpkin Pavilion entertainment lineup and schedule of events

October 13, 2026

Even though folks all over the greater Milwaukee area are eager to partake in celebrating Halloween once October rolls around, it's safe to say no other neighborhood goes all out for "Spooky Season" quite like ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ricky

October 9, 2026

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...

Milwaukee Record’s 66 Days of Halloween (2026, Part III)

October 9, 2026

Welcome to Milwaukee Record's 66 Days of Halloween countdown! You can find Part I, which covers Days 0-22, HERE. You can find Part II, which covers Days 23-44, HERE. DAY 54: BELMONT'S CURSE I recently started...

My favorite park bench in Milwaukee County

October 8, 2026

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks! One of the best things about Milwaukee County is its ...

Oak Leaf Trail speed limit proposal put on hold

October 5, 2026

A proposed 15-mph speed limit on portions of the Oak Leaf Trail and other Milwaukee County trails has come to a sudden halt. In an email newsletter last Friday, Milwaukee County Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman ...

Only one month left of this miserable horse shit

October 5, 2026

The 2026 general election is set for Tuesday, November 3. Wisconsin will choose a new governor: either Republican candidate Tom Tiffany or Democratic candidate David Crowley. There will be plenty of down-ballot...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Thumbs

October 2, 2026

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...

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

October 1, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); 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, there ar...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 16-29, 2026)

September 30, 2026

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...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about fall festivals

September 25, 2026

Everyone knows that Milwaukee's summer festival season is PACKED. But the city's fall festival season is no slouch! Need proof? Feast your eyes on the glut of autumnal shindigs in our 2026 fall festival guide! ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Calf

September 25, 2026

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’s everything that’s going on with Milwaukee potholes, parking, and parking meters

September 24, 2026

Potholes! Parking! Parking meters that won't accept direct credit card payments beginning October 1! It's a roundup that has it all! First up, potholes. Milwaukee roads and alleys are littered with the thing...

Beck, Jack White, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and 23 more standout fall shows

September 23, 2026

It’s sad, but it’s true: another summer has come to an end. Though we’ve now officially entered autumn, it’s not all bad news. For example, Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs are still hosting a ton of festi...

10 GOTO UWM’s time-warp Retrolab during this weekend’s Doors Open Milwaukee

September 22, 2026

Tucked away in a small room on the fourth floor of Holton Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a time machine. Several time machines, actually. And all of them lead to separate points ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2026 fall festival guide

September 21, 2026

Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta the end of Milwaukee’s festival season? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, the city’s already-bursting list of festivals, block par...

Milwaukee is (un)buckling up for World Car-Free Day, Week Without Driving