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Milwaukee’s connection to a 1970s San Francisco pot brownie empire (and the woman who ran it)

February 8, 2017

San Francisco, 1978. A 4,000 square-foot warehouse in the city's Mission District is home to a successful small business, Sticky Fingers. Not only is Sticky Fingers successful, it's wildly successful. Sticky ...

15 ways to celebrate and/or avoid Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2017

Some of you are in a serious relationship, or at least involved in a budding romance. Others are happily (or perhaps miserably) single. No matter where your love life lands, the same thing holds abundantly tr...

Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2017 with these photos

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2017

For the fifth consecutive year, Burnhearts curated a winning wintry mix of live music, rare and delicious craft beer, tasty food and barrel-aged cocktails, locally-made wares, and charity that comes together ...

The Shorewood Library is selling a life-size ‘Goodnight Moon’ diorama for $75 (or best offer)

Tyler Maas

February 4, 2017

If you were among those who kicked yourself for missing out on the affordable oddity of the Johnson's Park dinosaur that sold for $11 at auction, there's something else currently on the market that might be o...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 29-February 4

Matt Wild

February 3, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST The Washington Post, on President Trump's on-again, off-again visi...

Sheriff Clarke gets a lot of free shit for doing whatever it is he does, is being sued

Matt Wild

February 3, 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 hot minute since we checked in with Milwaukee County Sheriff Da...

New ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season will feature Milwaukee contestant

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2017

Last night, RuPaul's Drag Race announced the 13 competitors who will be featured on the ninth season of the Emmy-winning Logo network series. While most of the contestants composing the bakers dozen hail from...

Pokemon Go and Pokemon Go-like games will have to apply for permits in Milwaukee County Parks

Matt Wild

February 2, 2017

Yes, Milwaukee is still talking about Pokemon Go. And still trying to make it (and other games) pay for permits to take up virtual space in Milwaukee County Parks. Wait, scratch that last part, because Milwau...

Secondhand news: A guide to Milwaukee-area thrift stores

Lauren Keene

February 1, 2017

After the Great Recession, thrifting became a staple activity for many Americans coping with financial instability. In Southeastern Wisconsin alone, Goodwill's profits increased by 90 percent from 2009 to 201...

Here’s everything you need to know about Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2017

Tyler Maas

February 1, 2017

After months of cold, dreariness, premature darkness, and an absence of outdoor activity, the fifth annual Burnhearts Mitten Fest is just days away. For eight hours on Saturday, February 4, portions of Potter...

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

Tyler Maas

February 1, 2017

February holds the distinction of being the year’s shortest month, one of Wisconsin’s coldest spans of time, and the final full month of winter. However, this particular February finds Milwaukee artists and v...

12 (non-touristy) things to do in Milwaukee (without drinking)

Maggie Iken

January 30, 2017

Five months ago, I stopped drinking. Coincidentally, my social life also got a lot tamer/lamer around the same time. Living in a city known for beer, I find myself staying in almost every night and not having...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 22-28)

Matt Wild

January 30, 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 ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 22-28

Matt Wild

January 27, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Bruce Murphy, on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's decision to ceas...

Summerfest (presented by American Family Insurance) is getting a new amphitheater

Matt Wild

January 27, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • In case you were hiding under a rock yesterday, and/or hanging out with that ...

MKE SEX: Overheard at the bar

Lucky Tomaszek

January 27, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); OH at the bar last week: "...doesn't that sound like fun? We should try that." "No, it doesn't. I'm not really interested in that." "Why do you say 'no' to things all the time...

Milwaukee is still talking about Pokemon Go, and still trying to make it (and future games) pay up

Matt Wild

January 24, 2017

Milwaukee is still talking about Pokemon Go. And still trying to make it (and other games) pay for permits to take up virtual space in Milwaukee County Parks. Again. Tuesday, in a Milwaukee County Board me...

Golda Meir, Vel Phillips, and 10 other notable women from Milwaukee’s past

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 23, 2017

Over the weekend, across the world, millions of women (and men) gathered, marched, and united in protest of the newly installed President of the United States, Donald Trump. In honor of the historic Women's Mar...

NEA, NEH have poured millions into Wisconsin

Tone Madison

January 23, 2017

The following piece by Scott Gordon and Liz DiNovella was originally published on Tone Madison. The first time the National Endowment for the Arts made a big grant to support a project in rural communities...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 15-21

Matt Wild

January 20, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Robert J. Schneider, associate professor in the Department of Urba...

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