City Life

January 29, 2025

The last time we heard from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works on the issue of those darn electric scooters, the city had netted nearly $500,000 from the things. Now, at the beginning of 2025, the DPW has...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (January 15-28, 2025)

January 29, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Wückfinter will return to Ray’s Wine & Spirits on February 23

January 28, 2025

In early 2019, Wauwatosa beverage bastion Ray’s Wine & Spirits and Indiana’s 3 Floyds Brewing joined forces to help metro Milwaukee battle the winter blues with an outdoor celebration of beer done in defian...

10 Milwaukee names that are easy to get technically wrong

January 27, 2025

In our semi-regular Tracklist feature we round up a bunch of Milwaukee things and present them in list form. Do people still enjoy lists? Yes? Well, enjoy! What's in a name? A sense of self, a sense of ident...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Catalina Skye

January 25, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Miss last night’s 3rd District Aldermanic Candidate Forum? Don’t worry, there’ll be more.

January 24, 2025

Who's excited about politics these days? Um, yeah. Well, how about local politics? That's more like it. Even if you're doing your best to avoid national politics, local politics remain incredibly important, and...

Winter Break Milwaukee returns for two more days of free outdoor fun in February

January 24, 2025

Now that Christmas came and went, the new year has arrived, and the Packers season has ended, we’ve entered that particularly difficult period of winter in Wisconsin. We’ve gotten some brief glimmers of what sp...

Here’s everything you need to know about Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2025

January 23, 2025

Over its 11-year run, Burnhearts Mitten Fest has earned the undisputed distinction of being Milwaukee’s favorite wintertime celebration. We’re pleased to report the sprawling block party and one-day escape from...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Soraya

January 18, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Greendale, Greenfield, or Glendale? Enjoy a free episode of our “From The Archives” Patreon podcast

January 17, 2025

Did you know that Milwaukee Record is on Patreon? Did you know that for a mere $5 a month you get an exclusive article every other Wednesday? And did you know that for a mere $8 a month you get a bi-weekly arti...

16 things spray-painted on (or stuck to) the frozen Milwaukee Boat

January 13, 2025

Today, January 13, 2025, marks the three-month anniversary of the Milwaukee Boat. Three months! Yes, on October 13, 2024, owners of the 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer ran the thing ashore between Bradford and McKin...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Celestino

January 11, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

7-story apartment building planned for long-vacant East Side lot; neighborhood meeting features good pizza

January 7, 2025

A seven-story apartment building with up to 65 units is being planned for a long-vacant lot in the city's East Side neighborhood. The lot is located at 2560 N. Stowell Avenue, immediately behind Boswell Book Co...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Lake effect snow

January 7, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: lake effect snow! What's the deal with snow? Sometimes you get...

Mitten Fest, Bacon Fest and 9 other Milwaukee winter festivals

January 6, 2025

Even though autumn technically ended a few weeks ago, it’s finally beginning to set in: winter is actually here. The holidays are over and it's already snowed a few times. And there’s still, like, 10 more weeks...

Questions (and answers) about the Milwaukee Boat

January 6, 2025

If you live in or near Milwaukee, you've surely heard about the Milwaukee Boat. You know, that abandoned boat that's been beached on Milwaukee shores since October. That abandoned boat that's been the subject o...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Cobalt and Chrome

January 4, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in th...

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

January 1, 2025

Not too long ago, Milwaukee in January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra that was devoid of entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding and the post...

Boat still there, now moved a little