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In case you blinked this week, here’s all the shit they’re changing in Milwaukee

November 3, 2016

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "re...

I hung out with the mayor of St. Francis

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2016

A few months ago, I met up with the mayor of Cudahy and left with some new perspective on the south shore scapegoat and industrial city. A year earlier, I hung out with the mayor of West Allis, another much-m...

Check out these historic “then and now” pictures of Riverwest

Matt Wild

November 2, 2016

Like Milwaukee itself, the Riverwest neighborhood is in a state of constant change. What was once new is now old (or gone), and what was once grand is now a gas station (or gone). And what better way to exper...

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

Tyler Maas

November 1, 2016

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. Save for Thanksgiving, November doesn’t offer much. It’s the con...

Brett Newski explains why Milwaukee is the most underrated city in America

Brett Newski

October 31, 2016

If you live in Milwaukee, the "grass is always greener" rule may not apply. After driving around the world in a shitty car playing gigs the past four years, I've realized how ridiculously sweet Milwaukee actu...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about Halloween costumes

Lucky Tomaszek

October 28, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, A couple of weeks ago, I sat down to watch Mean Girls with some friends for probably the hundredth time. In the movie, the main character Cady says, "In girl world, Ha...

“The thing was in the doorway!” 7 ridiculous “haunted Pfister Hotel” videos, ranked

Matt Wild

October 24, 2016

Remember back in the day, back when folks weren't carrying high-definition cameras and video cameras in their pockets, when supposed real-life "hauntings" involved flying beds, bleeding walls, demonic voices, a...

It’s Friday, which means there’s another plan for a downtown strip club (er, a “Roaring ’20s-themed gentlemen’s club)

Matt Wild

October 21, 2016

If you've been growing anxious over the lack of daily (hourly?) news about yet another proposed downtown Milwaukee strip club, never fear: today, the Milwaukee Business Journal has the scoop on the umpteenth ...

Harley-Davidson wins “coolest” Wisconsin product award, announces 225 layoffs on same day

Matt Wild

October 19, 2016

Tuesday, in an awkward moment not seen since that time some dude got "Jon Bovi" tattood on his arm, Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson found itself the subject of two very different headlines. In one, Harley-Dav...

Great Job, Wisconsin! People wonder why we’re so “cold,” “humid,” and “drunk”

Matt Wild

October 18, 2016

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 dei...

Relive Beet Street Harvest Festival with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 17, 2016

For approximately eight hours this weekend, a two-block chunk of Bay View was transformed into a fall utopia. Saturday's inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival—a collaboration between Goodkind, Palomino, and ...

Hey you guys! Sheriff Clarke is totally going to beat up Daniel Bice by the bike racks after school!

Matt Wild

October 17, 2016

Over the weekend, professional internet troll, hat-wearer, television pundit, podcast host, speaker, and, oh yeah, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke made headlines when he tweeted it was "pitchforks and t...

MKE SEX: Consent, assault, and rape culture

Lucky Tomaszek

October 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); A week ago, videotape was released of the Republican presidential candidate talking about some of the perks of being a star. By now, we've all seen the tape, and witnessed brutal knock-...

Here’s everything you need to know about the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2016

Last month, we announced the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival. The fall fest—taking place on Wentworth and Potter avenues in Bay View from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 15—is an ambitious joint...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Our rent went up another 7% from September to October

Matt Wild

October 13, 2016

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 dei...

Oh yeah, Judge’s on North Ave. will probably become luxury apartments, too

Matt Wild

October 12, 2016

Like Joni Mitchell once sang: they paved an East Side dive bar, and put up some luxury apartments. Yes, Judge's Irish Pub, located at 1431 E. North Avenue, vacant since 2013, and once a beacon for so...

PokeStops are slowly disappearing from Lake Park

Matt Wild

October 6, 2016

Back in September, we gave you a blow-by-blow account of a contentious, ridiculous, boring, and ultimately "gloriously absurd" meeting between Milwaukee County officials and Pokemon Go players. The meeting wa...

Milwaukee celebrates life of Dave Monroe with birthday spin, memories

Matt Wild

October 6, 2016

Last year, Milwaukee mourned the death of a true original: Dave Monroe. The ever-present Monroe was a familiar face behind the turntables at decades' worth of DJ nights and dance parties, spinning everything ...

Hey Milwaukee: If we want to save the Domes we should probably start going to the Domes

Matt Wild

October 5, 2016

In late September, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory's Tropical Dome became the second of the park's three iconic domes to reopen to the public. As every Milwaukee man, woman, and child will recall, coun...

Here are your Milwaukee-area “creepy clown” updates for Wednesday, October 5

Matt Wild

October 5, 2016

Plug "creepy clowns" into the ol' Google machine and you'll be flooded with countless headlines about mysterious and malevolent-looking clowns being spotted throughout the U.S. and beyond. Seriously, this shi...

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