Flamingos…in Wisconsin?
There are Flamingos in Wisconsin! Yes, you read that right: Flamingos. In. Port Washington. Wisconsin.
Earlier today I got an out-of-the-blue text message (shout-out to Smitty Smith from Fire Ridge Golf Club...
Milwaukee Record’s 2023 fall festival guide
Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta the end of Milwaukee’s festival season? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, the city’s already-bursting list of festivals, block par...
Folks still want Lake Park’s Ravine Road reopened to bicycles, pedestrians only
What to do with Lake Park's long-closed Ravine Road? Reopen it to automobile traffic, like it was before it was closed in 2014? Reopen it to bicycles and pedestrians only? Some sort of compromise? Just leave it...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Hope
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...
Remembering the time I found a kid at Bay View Bash
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The third Saturday of each—non-pandemic—year, Bay V...
Demolition? Build something new? Here are the 4 options for the future of the Mitchell Park Domes
After seven years, multiple task forces, and more than half a million dollars in studies, Milwaukee County has finally been given four concrete options for the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Thi...
Common spellings of Bay View, ranked
This Saturday, upwards of 30,000 people will flock to the southeast corner of Milwaukee to partake in a behemoth block party on Kinnickinnic Avenue. Of course, we're talking about Bay View Bash. Since the massi...
19 photos of the closed, overgrown Ravine Road in Lake Park (before they do something with it)
The future of Ravine Road in Lake Park may not be the city's most pressing issue, but because it involves A.) people who like cars, B.) people who like bicycles, and C.) people with lots of money, it has all th...
In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 27 – September 9)
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...
Here’s the full Bay View Bash entertainment lineup, vendor list, and everything else you need to know
Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...
Milwaukee wants to redevelop Marcus Center Parking Garage, depriving city of iconic landmark
When you think of Downtown Milwaukee, what do you think of? You think of the Milwaukee Art Museum. You think of the Milwaukee Public Market. And, of course, you think of the Marcus Center Parking Garage Snow Pi...
Woof! Brady Street Pet Parade will return October 8
Attention, four-legged creatures and the two-legged creatures who love them: The beloved Brady Street Pet Parade will return to the bustling East Side street on Sunday, October 8. Dogs, cats, pigs, ferrets, rat...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mojo Jojo
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Welcome to September: Here’s what you’re doing this month
September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. This month also signals the informal end of Milwaukee’s festival season. Though the seasonal shift brings about a declin...
What should be done with 794?
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Rounding up more of my “Milwaukee Blind Spots”
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About two years ago, I wrote about a few of my so-c...
In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 13-26)
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 Cats Of The Week: Laverne and Shirley
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...
Silver City International Festival returns September 9
Since its start in 2012, Silver City International Festival has celebrated the numerous cultures that help make Silver City the most diverse neighborhood in Milwaukee through food, the arts, and music. Followin...
25 photos of a protest march on Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate at Fiserv Forum
First of all, to all the fine folks we can already hear grousing in the comments, these are, as the headline suggests, photos of a protest march on Wednesday's Republican presidential debate at Fiserv Forum. Th...