City Life

June 26, 2023

Roughly two years after opening its doors at 1739 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Milwaukee's first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta Plant Shop, is temporarily closing its doors. In a press release...

Summerfest Weekend 1 Recap: The entirely daytime edition!

June 25, 2023

Summerfest rules. The "World's Largest Music Festival" brings free shows from hundreds of musical acts, tasty treats from dozens of food and drink vendors, oodles of non-musical entertainment, and an overwhelmi...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Hollyhock

June 24, 2023

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...

Neighbors weigh in on future of Domes, Mitchell Park

Juan Miguel Martinez

June 22, 2023

Monday, June 5 was a very nerve-wracking day for me as County Supervisor of the 12th district. It was 6:54 p.m., and the Mitchell Park Domes input session I had scheduled was starting in six minutes. I paced at...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 4-17)

June 19, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Sunday

June 17, 2023

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...

A brief guide to the 8,000 things happening on Saturday

June 16, 2023

Every (non-pandemic) Milwaukee summer has one of those days—a day when it seems approximately 8,000 music festivals, block parties, food fests, and other shindigs are happening at once. For Milwaukee Summer 202...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re apparently a good place for burgers, naked bike rides, luck

June 15, 2023

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...

Drake, Paramore, Sparks and 25 more standout (non-festival) summer shows

June 13, 2023

What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that never truly gave way to spring, summer is finally on the horizon. The season officially starts June 21 t...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Dusty

June 10, 2023

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...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Matt Wild

June 8, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Milwa...

Ahead of Brady Street pedestrianization study, city and citizens discuss pedestrianizing Brady Street

June 7, 2023

In the wake of yet another hit-and-run accident on Brady Street, talk continues of closing the ever-busy street to vehicular traffic—or, at the very least, of doing something. On Wednesday, the city's Public Wo...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 21 – June 3)

June 5, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Greek Fest returns to Wisconsin State Fair Park June 23-25

June 3, 2023

Opa! Greek Fest will officially return to Wisconsin State Fair Park this summer. The 2023 installment—the second Greek Fest since the pandemic—will take place Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25. Organiz...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Penguin and Panda

June 3, 2023

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 June: Here’s what you’re doing this month

June 1, 2023

Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...

More rapid reviews of things we were sent (spring edition!)

May 30, 2023

Every now and then, a company or an agency hired to do PR for a company will offer to send us something to try. Sometimes I’ll say yes and, if there’s a natural fit for our audience, I’ll write about it. Other ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ferdie

May 27, 2023

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...

Business To Business: Keystone Click founder Lori Highby champions Amorphic Beer