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Milwaukee needs more hotel rooms (even though it has too many)

September 15, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Milwaukee, you'll be shocked to discover, is building a lot of new shit. A good...

MKE SEX: To orgasm, or not to orgasm

Lucky Tomaszek

September 15, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I gave my bestie a ride to the club tonight, and on the way she started giving me a hard time about my sex life. Me and my boyfriend have sex a couple times a week. I ...

West Vliet Street will host inaugural Fall Festival October 7

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 14, 2017

Still not ready to let the Milwaukee festival season go? You're in luck, because there's a new block party on the block: West Vliet Street's inaugural Fall Festival. On Saturday, October 7, from noon to 7 p.m.,...

There was a kangaroo on the loose in Kenosha County this morning

Matt Wild

September 14, 2017

There's a terrific episode of the podcast Reply All that delves into the mysterious Zardulu, a New York City-based performance artist purportedly behind the "Pizza Rat" and "Selfie Rat" viral videos of a few ye...

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page: then and now

Matt Wild

September 13, 2017

On Thursday, August 31, Fox News pundit, podcast host, tired internet troll, hat-wearer, and nominal public servant David A. Clarke Jr. resigned from his post as Milwaukee County Sheriff. And while there was mu...

It’s wine o’clock somewhere: Keeping your parents entertained at the Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival

Lauren Sieben

September 12, 2017

As summer starts to simmer and Milwaukeeans begin dusting off our light therapy boxes and down jackets, so, too, do our out-of-town parents begin planning their final Milwaukee trips of the year. Or at least mi...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (September 3-9)

Matt Wild

September 11, 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...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We’re the 9th happiest state in America

Tyler Maas

September 11, 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...

Reminder: Murals calling attention to mass incarceration aren’t great sites for fashion shoots

Matt Wild

September 8, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Black Cat Alley's controversial "Devontay" mural is back in the news. Depicti...

Hear the “Sounds Of Bay View” with this late ’50s record

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2017

Bay View, much like anywhere else in Milwaukee, is changing. Many of the dining and nightlife haunts, shops, residents, and even the landscape of the neighborhood itself are virtually unrecognizable compared to...

Here’s what your salary needs to be in order to afford a home in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 6, 2017

Remember in high school when that one teacher would sit you down and figure out how much money you'd need to make in the "real world" in order to afford rent, food, clothes, etc.? (Yep, kind of like the pilot o...

Tippecanoe Herbs moving from farmers markets to Walker’s Point storefront

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2017

Since 2015, the husband and wife team of Kyle Denton (of Milwaukee-Madison band The Midwest Beat) and Serena Marinelli has been selling teas, tinctures, salves, infused vinegar, syrups, and oils made from local...

Atomic Glass appears to be closed

Matt Wild

September 5, 2017

In recent-ish news that will likely bum out some Milwaukeeans and secretly delight others, it appears that Atomic Glass, 1813 E. Locust St., is closed. As of Tuesday morning, the windows of the East Side head s...

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

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2017

September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. This month also signals the end of Milwaukee’s festival season. Though the seasonal shift essentially puts a nine-month ...

Milwaukee job growth is sluggish, but at least we’re getting one of those weird cat cafes

Matt Wild

September 1, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Milwaukee is a city of contrasts. One one hand, it has world-class amenities ...

Sheriff Clarke has resigned

Matt Wild

August 31, 2017

Multiple sources (including Mark Belling, who broke the story) are reporting that noted internet troll, podcast host, hat-wearer, and occasional sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has resigned from his post as Milwauk...

Watch a Milwaukee woman save a baby skunk with a cup stuck on its head

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2017

Between natural disasters, a widening political and economic divide, and the innumerable hardships and injustices inhabitants of Earth face every day, it can be a pretty dark time to be alive. However, when lif...

House On The Rock is a kitschy Wisconsin treasure shrouded in darkness

Tyler Maas

August 30, 2017

Wisconsin offers both residents and visitors a wealth of interesting, fun, and dazzling attractions that make the state a truly special place. Between the placid change of pace offered by the state's northwoods...

Sherman Phoenix, and 5 more Milwaukee crowdfunding campaigns that could use a little help

Matt Wild

August 28, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); It's been one year since the uprising in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. Whether or not there has been any positive change in the neighborhood over the past year is up for debat...

Hillary Clinton is finally coming to Wisconsin (for her book tour)

Matt Wild

August 28, 2017

Remember when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were vying for the title of President of the United States? And remember when Hillary Clinton lost the state of Wisconsin by basically ignoring it? And remember wh...

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