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Bay Beach Amusement Park has been brightening Wisconsin’s summers since the 1800s

July 31, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. For some...

Swimming, fishing, and getting out of town: Making a day of it at Mauthe Lake

Matt Wild

July 31, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. Wisconsi...

Common Council kinda-sorta bans Bird scooters, sends Milwaukee back to transportation dark ages of June

Matt Wild

July 31, 2018

UPDATE: In response to today's vote, a Bird spokesperson writes: "The City of Milwaukee passed an ordinance today giving local law enforcement authority to impound e-scooters being operated as 'motor vehicles' ...

Fake fundraiser of the day: Put Milwaukee on the map by melting the Bronze Fonz

Matt Wild

July 31, 2018

This August will mark the 10-year anniversary of the official unveiling of the Bronze Fonz. Yes, the once-controversial piece of strangely diminutive pop art has been grinning its soulless grin along the Milwau...

We went to Kwik Star, the bizarro version of Kwik Trip

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. UPDATE (...

Rusty Sprocket Antiques is closing

Catherine Jozwik

July 28, 2018

After five years in business, the owners of Rusty Sprocket Antiques (3391 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) will be closing the store August 12 to focus full-time on their adjacent coffee shop, Sprocket Café. News of the c...

As Milwaukee grapples with real problems, $2B California-based scooter company pleads for help

Matt Wild

July 27, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • File this one under "Yeah, we know people can be concerned about different th...

Here’s what the new Milwaukee Public Museum might look like

Matt Wild

July 27, 2018

The Milwaukee Public Museum as we know it is not long for this world. Last year, MPM announced it would being moving to a new, four-story, $100 million downtown home sometime in the next decade. Today, it relea...

MKE SEX: Too hot to handle, too cold to hold

Lucky Tomaszek

July 27, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, Summertime makes so horny! I want sex all the time. I'm having a great summer fling with this total cutie who likes sexin' as much as I do. We're not really compatible...

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the THIRD Milwaukee streetcar

Matt Wild

July 26, 2018

Thursday morning, in an event that could only be described as the Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban of Milwaukee public transportation, the THIRD of the city's new streetcars arrived downtown. Like its p...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 15-21)

Matt Wild

July 23, 2018

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...

Fun fact: Ald. Bob Donovan was the first person to submit a design for the “People’s Flag of Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

July 20, 2018

Thursday's Steering and Rules Committee meeting about Milwaukee officially adopting the "People's Flag of Milwaukee" didn't go the way the folks behind the "People's Flag of Milwaukee" had planned. What started...

It’s time for the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, so enjoy these links as you leave town

Matt Wild

July 20, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • That horrible screeching sound and the sight of your cat dying from heart fai...

Decision to officially adopt “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” sent to Milwaukee Arts Board

Matt Wild

July 19, 2018

Thursday afternoon at Milwaukee City Hall, the Milwaukee Common Council's Steering and Rules Committee voted 6-2 to refer the matter of officially adopting the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee" to the Milw...

Shaker’s Cigar Bar will be featured on new Netflix series, ‘Dark Tourist’

Matt Wild

July 19, 2018

The fascinating thing about ghosts is that they don't exist. Like, they really, really don't exist. It's fun to pretend they exist, but c'mon, they don't. Seriously. Anyway, Milwaukee's very own ghostly Shak...

Keep the summer rolling with the 7th annual Silver City InterNational Festival

Matt Wild

July 18, 2018

We're entering the dog days of summer, and it's tempting to simply sit the rest of the season out and enjoy some AC and season 2 of GLOW or something. But wait! There's more summer in store! On Saturday, Septem...

Reflexology struck a nerve, but did it work?

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Go inside the machine with new retro-minded VR game, ‘Trakker’

Matt Wild

July 17, 2018

Take a little bit of Pac-Man and combine it with a little bit of Tron, and what do you get? Wait, scratch that: Take a little bit of Pac-Man and combine it with a lot of Tron—like, the whole "living and fightin...

Help make unofficial “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” merchandise official this Thursday

Matt Wild

July 17, 2018

After years languishing as unofficial Milwaukee merchandise that could be purchased for $50-$180, so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee" merchandise may finally become official Milwaukee merchandise. "If the he...

Make room, Chick-fil-A, these Milwaukee restaurants are coming to new Bucks arena, too

Matt Wild

July 13, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The new (still-unnamed) Milwaukee Bucks arena is pretty much done. The new (s...

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