Category: City Life

Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market will move from Domes to Deer District, begin November 6

October 21, 2021

For the last eight years, the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market has set up shop in the annex of the Mitchell Park Domes. But this year's market, set to run on Saturdays from November 6, 2021 through April 9, 2022...

Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival will take over downtown November 18 – January 1

Matt Wild

October 21, 2021

First the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market, now the Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival. WINTER IS COMING, PEOPLE. Okay, so the 23rd annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival is set to take over Downtown Milwauk...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Trick-or-treating during the day for some reason

Matt Wild

October 20, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some local customs come and go, while some stay put. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local customs with fresh eyes, and explore...

Get your second dose (not a booster) of the COVID-19 vaccine, get a $25 U.S. Bank gift card

Matt Wild

October 20, 2021

Have you gotten your first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine yet? Good. Have you gotten your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine yet? (Not a booster shot, mind you.) Well, if you haven't, the City of Milwaukee has a...

Dumb “study”: Milwaukee is the 17th best city for vampires

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2021

Every few weeks, we stumble upon—or, more accurately, are emailed—news that Milwaukee is among the top cities in the country for...something. Usually, these so-called "studies" that declare our fair city to be ...

Here’s the Cream City Creatives vendor lineup

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2021

Now that we're fairly deep into October, it's our duty to inform you that, yes, the holidays are right around the corner. Though shopping for everyone on your list can be a drag, shopping local can help you fin...

Here are my answers to the 2021 dockless scooter survey (with extra commentary)

Matt Wild

October 19, 2021

How 'bout those scooters, eh? Well, the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) wants to know what you think of them. A survey "intended for both people who have and have not used scooters in Milwau...

MKE SEX: “How do you have good sex?” and other quickie questions

Lucky Tomaszek

October 15, 2021

broadstreet.zone(49071); Earlier this month, I had my first (masked, distanced) in-person sex ed event since the beginning of the pandemic. (Side note: if 200 college freshmen can stay masked while attending a...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Oct. 3-9)

Matt Wild

October 13, 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...

Uncovering Milwaukee’s possible (and tenuous) connection to the JFK assassination

Jonny Lohr

October 12, 2021

Milwaukee has many connections to attempted political assassinations. Teddy Roosevelt famously carried on with his scheduled speech at the Milwaukee Theatre after being shot in the chest. Milwaukee-born Arthur ...

Relive Beet Street, Crusherfest, more of last weekend’s events with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 11, 2021

Last weekend—October 8-10, to be exact—was one of those weekends. You know the kind—a weekend where approximately 8,000 things were going on. Shows! Festivals! Pie contests! Gallery shows and costume contests i...

19 more things Michael Gableman (probably) doesn’t understand, but should investigate anyway

Matt Wild

October 8, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Michael Gableman! • Michael Gableman. lol In case you missed it,...

When does the new Target at Bayshore open? Here’s the opening date, and that’s it

Matt Wild

October 7, 2021

Sunday, October 24, 2021. Want more Milwaukee Record? Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and/or support us on Patreon. ...

Halloweek to bring movies, music, magic, more to Bay View this month

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2021

We've already mentioned it at length, but this fall looks to be one for the ages here in Milwaukee. If the staggering number of festivals we listed and a bunch of standout show selections we recently made aren'...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Have a ball and do it all this fall

Tyler Maas

October 6, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some seasons come and go, while some seasons become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit polarizing seasons with fresh eyes, and explore how they m...

“I saw the devil there as a kid”: Remembering Mitchell Park’s mysterious Devil’s Trail

Juan Miguel Martinez

October 5, 2021

"It's called Devil's Trail because I saw the devil there as a kid. Swear to god, it was two red eyes looking at me from under the picnic table." The early morning fog drifts along the Mitchell Park grass, se...

Milwaukee Roundabout documents “the drama and chaos” of a local intersection

Tyler Maas

October 5, 2021

Roundabouts should be an easy thing to figure out. Slow down as you approach, yield if someone is coming, proceed at a reasonable speed when it's your time to merge, exit the roundabout. Sadly, it isn't alwa...

Watch Stephen Colbert apologize to Milwaukee, run a Sausage Race, more

Matt Wild

October 2, 2021

You know the story, so here are the videos. They finally aired Friday night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83M5egp1is And this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXMWlLGLJE Okay, if you don'...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2021

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, as live and in-person events have r...

Milwaukee Health Department, health committee spar on indoor mask mandate

Matt Wild

September 30, 2021

Should the City of Milwaukee reinstate an indoor mask mandate? The Milwaukee Health Department and at least one member of the Common Council's Public Safety and Health Committee have some differing thoughts on ...