Category: City Life

MKE SEX: Making BDSM fantasies a reality

March 25, 2022

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I have this recurring fantasy that’s pretty elaborate. I’m alone in a room when my partner sweeps in unexpectedly, grabs me, tosses me on the bed and makes me do whate...

Milwaukee Public Schools will move to mask-optional beginning April 18

Matt Wild

March 24, 2022

Beginning Monday, April 18, masks will be optional for all students and staff of Milwaukee Public Schools. The decision was made Thursday night, after a vote by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. A pre...

Why you should vote in the April 5 Milwaukee County Board elections

Phil Rocco

March 22, 2022

On Tuesday, April 5, Milwaukeeans will vote in elections for the County Board of Supervisors. Or will they? After all, for Milwaukeeans—and for millions of Americans—local politics tend to be synonymous w...

“The best job ever”: An interview with former Milwaukee Public Museum exhibit designer Emilio Bras

Matt Wild

March 15, 2022

When the Milwaukee Public Museum moves to a new, smaller facility in the next few years, it'll lose more than just space. The exhibits at the new museum will be designed by a New York firm called Thinc Design—m...

Big Thief, “Weird Al” Yankovic and 30 other standout spring events

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2022

Between the gradual increase of daylight, the return of baseball, rising temps, beer garden openings, and a steady stream of festival announcements, it's starting to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. Though ...

PrideFest to return June 2-4 with new stages, “Throwback Thursday” promotion

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2022

After canceling 2020's PrideFest on account of a pandemic and turning last year's celebration into a smaller-scale autumnal event called "PridetoberFest," festival organizers officially announced PrideFest Milw...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (March 6-12)

Matt Wild

March 14, 2022

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a “renaissance” or a “reinvention.” Or maybe it’s a “reboot” or a “reimagining,” like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Full statement from Juan Miguel Martinez, candidate for Milwaukee County Board

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 14, 2022

Editor's note: The following is the full statement that Milwaukee County Board candidate (and Milwaukee Record contributor) Juan Miguel Martinez provided to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for its story publishe...

Notes from the beginning of a pandemic

Matt Wild

March 12, 2022

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon in March 2021. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks! I don't know if it's possible to pin ...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about excessive vaginal discharge

Lucky Tomaszek

March 11, 2022

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I have a question about excessive vaginal discharge. I know vaginal dryness is an issue that many people struggle with, but what do you do when you have the opposite o...

On the 3rd month the Bronze Fonz rose again, in fulfillment of the Scriptures

Matt Wild

March 11, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the return of the Bronze Fonz. • The Bronze Fonz is back, baby. Ayy...

We only have a few years left to enjoy the Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

March 9, 2022

Milwaukee Public Museum's plans to vacate its increasingly deteriorating 60-year home at 800 W. Wells St. and build a new, drastically smaller, and dramatically different downtown museum have been known for yea...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Those boxes outside Marcus Performing Arts Center that spin really fast

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2022

Some rotating signs come and go, while some rotating signs become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how t...

Oh yeah, Milwaukee’s indoor mask mandate that everyone forgot about ended on Tuesday

Matt Wild

March 4, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the end of Milwaukee's phantom indoor mask mandate. • Remember Milw...

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

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2022

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...

Wisconsin has a big budget surplus; area education and business leaders want to invest in schools

Matt Wild

March 2, 2022

In case you missed it, Wisconsin has a big budget surplus—$3.8 billion, to be exact. Combined with a $1.7 billion "rainy day fund," the state is sitting on a cool $5.5 billion. So what to do with that money?...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Feb. 20-26)

Matt Wild

March 2, 2022

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a “renaissance” or a “reinvention.” Or maybe it’s a “reboot” or a “reimagining,” like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee’s 2022 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Matt Wild

March 2, 2022

The annual Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick's Day Parade is set to return to Downtown Milwaukee/Westown on Saturday, March 12. Wait, did it already return last year, after taking 2020 off because of COVID...

Order a Milwaukee Record “Railroad Bridge” T-shirt now!

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 28, 2022

SHIRTS WILL NOT BE SHIPPED UNTIL EARLY APRIL. With the help of Redwall Screen Printing and artist Andy Tyra, we’ve created a brand new shirt design that pays truck-demolishing tribute to a destructive point of...

MKE SEX: To date (or not to date) a friend

Lucky Tomaszek

February 25, 2022

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I am a cigender woman in my forties. After separating from my former husband of fifteen years, I am starting to get back in touch with my sexuality, and in this proces...