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I watched 8 hours of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction

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 ...

A Franklin family will be on ‘Family Feud’ tonight

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2017

When one is channel surfing in the early evening hours, Family Feud is usually a safe bet for some good, old fashioned, family-friendly entertainment. When a family from metro Milwaukee is feuding, it's pretty ...

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

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2017

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

Let’s get excited for the Milwaukee Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (coming soon to Waukesha)

Matt Wild

April 28, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Do you like Milwaukee food trucks? Do you like Milwaukee craft beer? Then you'r...

Per development law, old Hamburger Mary’s in Bay View will likely become mixed-use apartment building

Matt Wild

April 26, 2017

Back in 2016, the owners of the Bay View Hamburger Mary's, 2130 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., packed up and moved shop to the former La Perla building, 734 S. 5th St. Since then, the Walker's Point Hambu...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 16-22)

Matt Wild

April 24, 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...

Milwaukee County is being sued for requiring permits for Pokemon Go-like games

Matt Wild

April 21, 2017

Back in February, Milwaukee County adopted an ordinance requiring all virtual and location-based augmented reality games to apply for permits to do virtual business in Milwaukee County Parks. The ordinance was ...

What’s the deal with the Lake Park bridge?

Matt Wild

April 20, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder, "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories beh...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 5th-“least attractive” city in America

Matt Wild

April 20, 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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re a “city to watch” in 2017

Matt Wild

April 19, 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...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about condoms

Lucky Tomaszek

April 14, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); In my most recent column, I focused on non-hormonal forms of birth control. In that column I said rather glibly that while some folks feel that condoms reduce sensation during sex, t...

Inaugural Lady Business raises more than $9,000

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2017

Back on March 8, more than 30 female-owned Milwaukee businesses joined forces in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman movement to partake in the inaugural Lady Business. The event—which was organized on less t...

Pabst Milwaukee Brewery will host a grand opening street festival in May

Matt Wild

April 13, 2017

On Friday, April 14 (Milwaukee Day!) Pabst Milwaukee Brewery will open its doors to the public. The highly anticipated new brewery will focus on craft and historical brews from the Pabst vault, and will come co...

Bay View “micro hotel,” Kinn Guesthouse, is open for business

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2017

Back in January 2016, we included the former Down & Over Pub, located at 2535 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., in our list of "cursed" Milwaukee business locations. Well, it's cursed no longer; it's a hotel now. A "mi...

Hello, Milwaukee: 14 things to do on Milwaukee Day 2017

Matt Wild

April 10, 2017

On Friday, April 14, Milwaukeeans young and old will once again raise their voices to the heavens and celebrate the greatest holiday to be based on an area code. Yes, Milwaukee Day is back. What began as a Face...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 2-8)

Matt Wild

April 10, 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...

Explore abandoned Milwaukee factories, warehouses, Grand Ave. mall with these videos

Matt Wild

April 10, 2017

"Urban exploration" is nothing new—people have been poking around in abandoned factories ever since there were factories to be abandoned—but the illicit activity seems especially relevant in our post-industrial...

It’s Friday, which means auditors want to sue Sheriff Clarke for blocking a probe

Matt Wild

April 7, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Let's recap: A Riverwest man is suing Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke for...

The former site of The Borg Ward will be replaced by a retailer called Motive8

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2017

Last February, The Borg Ward—a long-running Walker's Point artist collective and performance space, and one of the city's few options for all-ages shows—abruptly closed. While the announcement came with no noti...

Vote today, Milwaukee, because this shit matters

Matt Wild

April 4, 2017

Hey! Milwaukee! Put down that Facebook post where you're either screaming into an echo-chamber void or arguing with some asshole stranger who will never change his or her mind and listen up: You totally get to ...

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