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Did the mayor mention Milwaukee’s place on an online list in his State of the City speech? Of course he did

March 9, 2015

This morning at Alverno College, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2015 State of the City speech. (You can find the entire text here, courtesy of Urban Milwaukee.) With a theme of “One Milwaukee,” it wa...

Milwaukee continues to support working artists by getting rid of places where artists can work

Matt Wild

March 6, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Throw a stone and you’ll surely hit a businessperson, developer, and/or marke...

Tracklist: 4 highlights from Kaleidoscope, Milwaukee’s legendary underground newspaper

Thomas Michalski

March 3, 2015

As the counterculture swelled in the latter half of the 1960s, the underground press filled an essential role, disseminating information and ideas that the mainstream media would consider pinko propaganda. Loca...

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

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2015

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

Get pumped for WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili (and 8,000 other things going on this weekend)

Matt Wild

February 27, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Remember when WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser was the only light in an oth...

Scott Walker will use his experience battling Wisconsin protesters to battle ISIS

Matt Wild

February 26, 2015

Thursday afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C., Wisconsin governor and presidential hopeful Scott Walker was asked how he would handle international threats to our country...

Let’s watch the anti-streetcar movement concede defeat, eat its own

Matt Wild

February 25, 2015

It’s been just over two weeks since the approval of the Greatest Thing In Milwaukee History (not including Channel 12’s “Hello Milwaukee” song): a 2.4-mile downtown streetcar line. Yes, after months of bizarrel...

Zoinks! Fox6 lands that exclusive Dustin Diamond interview you’ve been dying to see

Matt Wild

February 20, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • God bless the local TV news. Where else can you find endless chatter about th...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to celebrating and/or escaping Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2015

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 true...

Anime Milwaukee is Summerfest for geeks

Rob Wieland

February 11, 2015

One of the many non-beer-related nicknames Milwaukee has racked up over the years is the City of Festivals. The most obvious evidence of that moniker exists on the lakefront during the summer, with a series of ...

OH MY GOD THE MILWAUKEE STREETCAR HAS BEEN APPROVED

Matt Wild

February 10, 2015

At a meeting this morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 9-6 against four items related to the Milwaukee Streetcar. The votes killed motions to further delay and reconsider the endlessly contentious, best-...

New VISIT Milwaukee video highlights beer, not those totally necessary UW System cuts

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

A new VISIT Milwaukee promotional video was released yesterday, highlighting an aspect of Milwaukee culture that usually doesn’t get a lot of attention: beer. It’s a lovely video, featuring lovely images of jus...

Here’s the lineup for the inaugural Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Matt Wild

February 4, 2015

We live in a world where science—to borrow a phrase from Carl Sagan—acts like a candle in the dark. It’s a world where technology, logic, and reason burn bright amongst the shadows of superstition and fear. Tho...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...

42 Lounge’s Monday night anime screenings start tonight

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

If you’re of the geeky persuasion and you live in Milwaukee, you probably don’t need any more reasons to patronize 42 Lounge. The nerd-friendly downtown bar is already stocked with video games, board game night...

Streetcar rape, chicken sacrifices, and 5 more Milwaukee scare stories of 2015

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

// The world is a vast and wonderful place, full of people, places, and experiences just waiting to be discovered. Every day holds the possibility of a new beginning; every hour, minute, and second ripe wit...

Ald. Nik Kovac’s explanation of winter parking rules will hurt your brain

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

Is there any Milwaukee politician cooler than Ald. Nik Kovac? Probably not. The longtime 3rd District alderman is a staunch supporter of the city, a champion of the arts, the host of the weekly Packerverse radi...

Alderman protecting Milwaukee from streetcar rape now protecting it from food trucks, too

Matt Wild

January 30, 2015

Last week, outspoken Milwaukee Streetcar opponent Ald. Joe Dudzik made news by farting out this incredible bullshit on the radio: “There’s going to be a couple of assaults, or maybe a rape or a shooting on one...

The Disclaimer: Everything’s coming up Milwaukee!

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 29, 2015

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 of the ...

Meet Valentine Coffee Roasters in new “Meet Milwaukee” video series

Matt Wild

January 26, 2015

If Milwaukee is good at one thing, it’s celebrating itself. And why not? After long decades spent slouching in a self-imposed inferiority complex, the city has finally learned to embrace its many quirks, recogn...

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