City Life

October 23, 2024

Those darn electric scooters have been incredibly popular in Milwaukee in 2024, and the city has the numbers—and the cash—to prove it. A total of 816,500 trips have been recorded on Lime and Spin scooters th...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Good Housekeeping thinks Milwaukee is among “best places in the world to visit in November”

October 23, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot. It keeps track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

Early in-person voting begins TODAY, Milwaukee

October 22, 2024

There's a big election coming up on Tuesday, November 5. Perhaps you've heard of it? Well, if you're looking to skip the Election Day lines and avoid hanging out in a school gymnasium for 30 minutes while "e...

14 photos of that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach and has just been sitting there for a week

October 18, 2024

UPDATE (10/23/24): Still there! Have you heard about that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach—just south of MooSa's restaurant on Lincoln Memorial Drive—and has just been sitting there for a week? We...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Aspen

October 18, 2024

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 the Milwaukee area through ta...

Entering final years, Milwaukee Public Museum unveils new exhibit about Milwaukee Public Museum

October 16, 2024

Here's your gentle, semi-regular reminder that the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) as you know it—the weird, wild, wonderful, cavernous, and charmingly out-of-time museum that has stood at 800 W. Wells St. since ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 2-15)

October 16, 2024

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...

Going on a nice autumn stroll: The Milwaukee Record Review

October 15, 2024

Even though it was 80 degrees in Milwaukee last week, it is technically autumn. And, occasional heat waves aside, that's actually started to become quite apparent these last few days as the fall chill has enter...

Common Council keeps Milwaukee flag debate in limbo, congratulates Juvenile

October 15, 2024

The nearly decade-long debate about Milwaukee's city flag stayed true to its history and went nowhere on Tuesday. The Milwaukee Common Council, having previously held the matter of whether or not to make the so...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mike

October 11, 2024

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 the Milwaukee area through ta...

Hey MPS: More Montessori, please

Tad Kriofske Mainella

October 9, 2024

The purpose of this opinion piece is to suggest that Montessori education is not only developmentally appropriate and effective for most children aged 3-14, but elements of its theory and practice can and SHOUL...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Black Husky

October 4, 2024

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 the Milwaukee area through ta...

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

October 1, 2024

Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta a signal for things slowing down in Milwaukee entertainment? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, there are also a ton of musicians, ...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Condé Nast Traveler readers name Milwaukee 3rd best big city in U.S.

October 1, 2024

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 and studies, as well as any time a national publi...

Kelly’s Greens to celebrate store’s first anniversary with October 12 party

September 30, 2024

Since starting as a passion project pivot of sorts when owner/founder Erin Kelly's corporate position was eliminated during the pandemic, Kelly's Greens—a business that "specializes in small batch, scratch-made...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Kibble (a.k.a. Catrick Swayze)

September 27, 2024

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 the Milwaukee area through ta...

Hello. My name is The Hop. I recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. Prepare to argue.

September 26, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. That works out to an average of 1,599 rides per day. August 2024 ridership was up slightly from August 2023, when 47,552 rides were r...

Here’s the lowdown on Indeed Brewing’s “The Low Down 5” anniversary party

September 26, 2024

In 2019, Minneapolis-born Indeed Brewing Company crossed the mighty Mississippi River and put down roots in Milwaukee by opening a pilot brewery/taproom at 530 S. 2nd Street in the heart of Walker's Point. Sinc...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Falcon Bowl is a Riverwest institution that’s now taking flight as a venue