Category: City Life

Reminder: Milwaukee winter parking rules begin December 1

November 30, 2021

Parking in Milwaukee during the winter! Yep, it's that time of year again. Ugh. Here's what you need to know: • Winter parking rules are in effect from December 1 through March 1. Everything below applies to t...

Great Job, Wisconsin! Our dogs are overweight

Matt Wild

November 30, 2021

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deig...

Ahead of Omicron, Milwaukee issues another “mask advisory” (not a mandate)

Matt Wild

November 30, 2021

Here we go again. In "anticipation of future identification" of the Omicron variant, the City of Milwaukee Health Department has issued another "mask advisory" (not a mandate). The Health Department is once aga...

21 Milwaukee gifts to buy this Cyber Monday

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2021

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you survived Thanksgiving, made it past Black Friday unscathed, and successfully navigated your way through regional retailers during Small Business Saturday. And now it...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Nov. 14-20)

Matt Wild

November 24, 2021

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...

Order these…nice new Milwaukee Record T-shirts

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 23, 2021

We're now fully and firmly in the midst of autumn. Soon, winter will make its unkind presence known, temperatures will drop, the snow will pile up, and we'll once again be left to wonder why we decided to live ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Passing on the right, a.k.a. the “Milwaukee Slide”

Matt Wild

November 18, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places dangerous driving practices come and go, while some places dangerous driving practices become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit belo...

2021 Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival kicks off tomorrow (on TV)

Matt Wild

November 17, 2021

Looking to get in the holiday mood a week before Thanksgiving? Then you're in luck: the 23rd annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival is set to kick off Thursday, November 18. From November 18 through Januar...

The scooters will be gone by midnight, may return next year

Matt Wild

November 15, 2021

If you're looking to get in some sweet, sweet (and cold) scooting action, you're out of luck, Milwaukee. Yes, the city's 2021 Dockless Scooter Pilot Study, which began June 1, ended today, November 15. "Scoo...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about married sex

Lucky Tomaszek

November 12, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, My husband and I have been together for almost 20 years. We have a strong relationship and we still really like each other. (Not everyone can say that, hey?) We’re sti...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Nov. 1-6)

Matt Wild

November 8, 2021

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...

Mandatory Milwaukee: 7 Mile Fair has made the trip to Caledonia worthwhile for 60 years

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some sprawling suburban indoor/outdoor flea markets come and go, while some sprawling suburban indoor/outdoor flea markets become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Jo...

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

Tyler Maas

November 1, 2021

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. Most of Milwaukee's festivals scheduled to take place during this pandemic-abbreviated year of entertainment are now over. By now, your Halloween costume has...

For sale: A Milwaukee bungalow with a “historical theater/film previewing room from the 1950s”

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Every few months a Milwaukee or Milwaukee-area real estate listing captures the city's imagination. Sometimes it's a house that's also a bar. Sometimes it's a bar that's also a bowling alley. Sometimes it's Scr...

We’re the 140th best city for witches? Because we don’t have enough covens? We beg to differ

Matt Wild

October 27, 2021

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, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

25 Milwaukee Halloween events

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 26, 2021

Halloween as we know it didn't happen last year, but thanks to vaccinations (hey, get vaccinated!), the world is once again in a place where the holiday can be enjoyed in something resembling a "normal" capacit...

Remembering Milwaukee’s infamous Halloween “Grave Rave” bust of 1992

Matt Wild

October 26, 2021

"What was supposed to be the party of the season for almost 1,000 people hoping for a clandestine Halloween costume party turned into the biggest raid in Milwaukee history Sunday morning." So intoned a lengt...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Oct. 17-23)

Matt Wild

October 25, 2021

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...

I dunno, here’s a video I shot this morning of some big waves on Lake Michigan

Matt Wild

October 25, 2021

Ever have one of those mornings where you want to crawl into the nearest cave and dynamite the thing shut so you'll never again see the light of day? (Mondays, amiright!) You were planning to get up bright and ...

Target

Matt Wild

October 22, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Target. • Target. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones....