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Let’s guess the mystery band that’s playing Miller’s free “Cheers to Milwaukee” concert

June 2, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • On Friday, June 9, at 8 p.m., Riverside Theater will host a free concert dubb...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 1, 2017

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 PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...

Remembering Milwaukee’s first (horse-powered) streetcar system

Matt Wild

May 31, 2017

Remember the streetcar debate? You know, that seemingly endless, incredibly tiring war between folks who believed installing a 2.5-mile downtown line would be the greatest thing in Milwaukee history, and those ...

MKE SEX: Food for thought (and for sex)

Lucky Tomaszek

May 26, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, Is it safe to use common food items (like long fruits or veggies) for sex? What about using things like honey, chocolate sauce, or caramel as a lube? Asking for a frie...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re one of the drunkest cities in America. Again

Matt Wild

May 25, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

Milwaukee Vap and 20 other misspelled local businesses

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2017

On May 28, some of the world's brightest kids and adolescents will compete in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee (better known as the "National Spelling Bee"). The televised event is an amazing display of i...

Here’s a bunch of data on Milwaukee housing trends

Matt Wild

May 24, 2017

It's no secret that Milwaukee is currently building a lot of new shit, and that much of that new shit is apartments. But there's a burning question lurking behind all that new development: Who, exactly, is movi...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (May 14-20)

Matt Wild

May 22, 2017

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...

Juiceboxxx wrote a new theme song for ‘Racine & Me’ and almost made the host cry

Matt Wild

May 19, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • It's been a minute since we chatted with world-by-way-of-Milwaukee rapper Jui...

Relive the magic of Oriental Drugs with this video from 1987

Matt Wild

May 18, 2017

Milwaukee's East Side, as you may have heard, is changing. Longtime businesses have been dropping off like flies; in the past year alone, BBC, The Hotel Foster, Rosati's, Yield, Rascals, The Winchester, and oth...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re kind of “fit”

Matt Wild

May 16, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

Everything is awful, so here are some new restaurants (and Ferris wheels) coming to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

May 12, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Rejoice, East Side! A new Stone Creek Coffee is coming to Downer Avenue! The ...

MKE SEX: Talking about consent, even when you don’t want to talk about consent

Lucky Tomaszek

May 12, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); On a recent Monday night, I made my annual three-hour drive to teach a consent workshop at one of the UW schools. These events are my favorite part of my job. I believe that consent is...

Milwaukee Record’s 2017 summer festival guide

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 8, 2017

Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 30-May 6)

Matt Wild

May 8, 2017

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...

Celebrate our Summer Preview Week with some drunken tailgating videos

Matt Wild

May 8, 2017

The weather. The festivals. The drinking. Yes, summer is almost here, Milwaukee. Finally. After yet another 8,000-year stretch of winter, it's time to pack away the turtleneck sweaters, bust out the jorts, and ...

When the night is at its darkest, just remember that Milwaukee has a polka escalator

Matt Wild

May 4, 2017

Was it English theologian Thomas Fuller or Gotham City DA Harvey Dent who said the night is darkest just before the dawn? (Trick question: it was both.) Either way, might we suggest a Milwaukee version of the p...

This Is It! and 10 other notable Milwaukee logo redesigns

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2017

Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, This Is It!, officially unveiled its new logo last month. The imagery, which was the result of a month-long contest, will replace the logo the Cathedral Square bar has used for decad...

Rock on, Milwaukee, with these vintage radio station commercials

Matt Wild

May 3, 2017

We live in a world of media fragmentation, where music, film, and television are laser-focused to appeal to highly specific tastes and interests. It's a great time to be alive, but the lack of a common bond, a ...

I watched 8 hours of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction

Kevin Mueller

May 1, 2017

If you haven't noticed, it's springtime in Milwaukee. Trees have begun to blossom, the hardened blocks of snow pushed from plows into parking lots have finally thawed, and, at the moment, it won't stop raining ...

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