City Life

July 17, 2023

Milwaukee—the City Of Festivals, in case you forgot—is home to all types of summertime celebrations. Beyond the massive music festivals, we're known to celebrate neighborhoods, motorcycles, LGBTQ+ rights, local...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Linus

July 15, 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: Mystery Room Mastering owner Justin Perkins appreciates us!

July 14, 2023

With our “Business To Business” series, we’re offering business owners in and around Milwaukee a platform to acknowledge other local establishments and area entrepreneurs they appreciate. This week: Mystery Roo...

Milwaukee’s new 2% sales tax is how the city lives to fight another day

Dan Shafer

July 13, 2023

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Click HERE to subscribe. On the morning of Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the Milwauke...

I was a teenage(-ish) tour guide for Harley-Davidson

Rob Wieland

July 11, 2023

"Wah-wah-too-sah" "Whoa-wah-toe-suh" "Wuh-wuh-tuh-say" - Folks from around the world on the Harley-Davidson tour, attempting to pronounce "Wauwatosa" The Harley-Davidson plant that existed on 124th Street...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

July 10, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin Fair Bracket round that found more than 15,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtur...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cookie

July 8, 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...

Days of Summerfest, ranked

July 7, 2023

As much as I hate to say it, another installment of Summerfest is almost fully in the books. Collectively speaking, Milwaukee Record has been at every day of the Big Gig so far this year and—barring something u...

Vote in Round 1 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

July 3, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); The Wisconsin State Fair will return August 3-13. As we await the 11-day celebration of food, entertainment, Wisconsin-made products, agriculture, and other activities, we figured we'...

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

July 1, 2023

Where has the summer gone? Okay, okay, so there’s still a ton of summer left, but the bleakness of autumn will be upon us before you know it. Thus, it’s important to use your limited summer entertainment allotm...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cosmo

July 1, 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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 10th best city for Fourth of July celebrations

June 30, 2023

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

Mandatory Milwaukee: The Famous Racing Sausages have been up and running for 30 years

June 27, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: The Famous Racing Sausages. They're beloved by fans of all ages. They're ...

Brady Street study released with four options for pedestrianization

June 27, 2023

Five months after the Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID) commissioned a study exploring "pedestrianization" options for the East Side street, the study—created by GRAEF and The Kubala Washatko Arc...

Bremen Block Party brings music, vendors, charity to Riverwest July 22

June 27, 2023

Now that Locust Street Festival is behind us and Center Street Daze isn't happening until mid-August, Riverwest is in desperate need of an event to hold the neighborhood over between its two biggest summer unde...

Milwaukee air is currently “Very Unhealthy,” so stay indoors and don’t go to (canceled) Chill On The Hill

June 27, 2023

Avoid all outdoor activities and stay inside as much as possible. Close your windows and doors. Check on your friends, family, and neighbors, especially older adults and pregnant people, to ensure their safety....

Shrekfest will roar back to Humboldt Park on September 2

June 26, 2023

Start practicing your roar because Shrekfest is coming back to Milwaukee this summer. Yes, after an orge-whelmingly great response in 2022, the “celebration of self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based...

Everything you need to know about Milwaukee’s July 3 lakefront fireworks show

June 26, 2023

Do you like fireworks? Good, because Milwaukee County Parks will be putting on a big fireworks show on Milwaukee's lakefront on Monday, July 3. Here's everything you need to know: WHAT: A free, 30-minute fir...

Milwaukee’s first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta, will temporarily close