City Life

February 8, 2024

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild: H...

Make it MKE scents: Here are some of my favorite Milwaukee smells

February 7, 2024

At the risk of sounding overconfident, I think Milwaukee Record manages to cover a lot of ground for a two-person operation with a great cast of freelance contributors. Over the span of almost 10 years, our nea...

Bask in the otherworldly aura of these “Liminal Milwaukee” photos

February 6, 2024

"Liminal spaces" are empty and disquieting locations that serve as transitions between two other locations or states of being. Think unused skywalks, hallways in abandoned malls, vacant streets, or airport term...

Relive Mitten Fest 2024 with these photos

February 5, 2024

For the eleventh year, Milwaukee played host to a winning wintry mix of live music, rare and delicious craft beer, tasty food and barrel-aged cocktails, locally-made wares, and charity that all came together ou...

Winter Break Milwaukee offers free outdoor fun for all

February 5, 2024

Now that Christmas came and went, the new year has arrived, the Packers season has ended, and Mitten Fest is over, we've entered that particularly difficult period of winter. We've gotten some brief glimmers of...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Violet

February 3, 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 February: Here’s what you’re doing this month

February 1, 2024

February holds the distinction of being the year’s shortest month, one of Wisconsin’s coldest spans of time, and landing pretty much directly in the middle of winter. However, this particular February finds Mil...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Potholes!

February 1, 2024

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: potholes! There's a dusty joke about Wisconsin having only two seasons: wi...

Here’s everything you need to know about Mitten Fest 2024

January 30, 2024

Over its 10-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...

Festa Italiana will return to Summerfest grounds in 2024, move to late spring

January 30, 2024

For the first time since 2019, Milwaukee festival staple Festa Italiana will return to the Summerfest grounds in 2024. And there's more: the summertime staple will move to late spring, doing its thing the weeke...

50 things to do in Milwaukee during the 50 remaining days of winter

January 29, 2024

Doesn’t it seem like it's already been a long winter? Believe it or not, there are still 50...yes, FIFTY, days of Wisconsin winter ahead of us. Since the season isn't even half over and that's honestly a little...

Party’s ogre! Shrekfest has come to an end

January 28, 2024

We're sad to inform you that after 10 years of celebrating "self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based around the Shrek film franchise, Shrekfest has come to an end. Organizers officially announced the ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Nora

January 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...

Stuff We Missed: Brady Street Fest may change date because this summer is gonna be PACKED

January 26, 2024

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Brady Street Fest changing its date? • Summers in Milwaukee have al...

Numerous events and initiatives planned for “Year of Vel Phillips”

January 25, 2024

Vel R. Phillips (1924-2018) was a woman of many "firsts." The Milwaukee native was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She was the first woman and the first Bl...

New & Wonderful Things: Northridge Mall saga continues

January 24, 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...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cookie

January 19, 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...

You better believe Milwaukee Public Market’s “Dinky Rink” will return January 19