City Life

February 11, 2016

// Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

Parents: It’s cold out there, so take your kids to the Shops of Grand Avenue

February 11, 2016

Before we begin, let me say that however you're feeling about seeing what could be considered a "parenting column" in the pages of Milwaukee Record, I'm with you. If you're delighted, I'm with you. If you'r...

A conversation with Leo Hayashibara, Milwaukee’s (former) serial showgoer

Maggie Iken

February 11, 2016

// Milwaukee has many icons. The Milverine patrols our streets, the Milwaukee Lion may or may not still prowl the north side, the East Side Turkeys steer clear of college students, and the Brewers have that...

Here’s a REAL GoFundMe campaign to save the Mitchell Park Domes

February 11, 2016

// Earlier this week, in the wake of the news that Milwaukee's beloved Mitchell Park Domes would be closed indefinitely, a random GoFundMe campaign popped up with the goal of raising $10 million to save the...

Tracklist: 13 ways to celebrate and/or avoid Valentine’s Day

February 10, 2016

// 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 abundant...

Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 with these photos

February 10, 2016

// God damn, Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 was great. Excuse the tardiness, but we've only recently thawed out, sobered up, and fully processed all the food, fun, friendship, and philanthropy that took place ...

Red Letter Media’s “Previously Recorded” reviews ‘Dragon’s Dogma,’ wears great T-shirt

February 9, 2016

// Red Letter Media is one of Milwaukee's best things. The locally based film/video production company found Internet fame back in 2009 with its meticulous takedowns of the Star Wars prequels, and has since...

There’s a GoFundMe campaign to save the Mitchell Park Domes, which oughta do it

February 9, 2016

// Last weekend, Milwaukee's beloved Mitchell Park Domes were closed following safety concerns over falling chunks of concrete. The Tropical Dome was closed, the Desert Dome was closed, and yes, even the Fl...

Here’s Mayor Barrett’s “state of the city” speech for 2016

February 8, 2016

// Monday morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2016 "state of the city" speech at the Hmong American Peace Academy. Here's the full text of that speech, via the Journal Sentinel. (The petition...

Soon, only paid subscribers will be able to make racist comments on JSOnline

February 8, 2016

// "Don't read the comments," goes the ancient Internet saying. In Milwaukee, however, it might be time to update those words to "Maybe it's finally okay to read the comments because they're from paid subsc...

Milwaukee development, the Shops of Grand Avenue, and a requiem for the underdog

February 4, 2016

// There's a moment early on in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy when the novel's befuddled protagonist, Arthur Dent, is lying in the mud in front of a bulldozer, protesting the unexpecte...

Here’s everything you need to know about Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016

February 3, 2016

// Since the first frost of last autumn, many Milwaukee-area residents have set their sights on the events of February 6. As the days became shorter, the holidays came and went, and the Packers season reach...

Dalek Asylum Milwaukee assembles record-exterminating army of ‘Doctor Who’ villains

Tea Krulos

February 2, 2016

// The long-running British sci-fi show Doctor Who has long captured audience imaginations with the adventures of an alien Time Lord known only as "The Doctor." Part of the show's longevity is held by the c...

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

February 1, 2016

// 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 ...

Reviewing Kato Kaelin’s review of ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’

January 29, 2016

// Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • When the Green Bay Packers were knocked out of the playoffs a few week...

‘Making A Murderer’ lawyers, downtown Bucks arena, more

January 28, 2016

// Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

Rush-Mor Records gives graffiti bandit taste of own medicine

January 25, 2016

// Since 1971, Rush-Mor Records has been a Bay View beacon standing on the corner of Potter and Kinnickinnic avenues. In 1994, Dan Duchaine and Bill Rouleau bought Milwaukee's oldest and longest-running rec...

Grand Avenue, Shorewood sculptures, Jonathan Lucroy, benefit shows, more

January 21, 2016

// Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

Making A Meme Thief: ‘Making A Murderer’ fan art goes viral, lacks credit