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Beginning today: Vote early in Milwaukee’s 2022 mayoral primary

February 1, 2022

On Tuesday, February 15, Milwaukee will take one step closer to electing a new mayor when the city votes in the 2022 Spring Primary. Don't want to wait until the 15th to vote? Good news: you can vote early, fro...

Skate with superheroes February 12 at Red Arrow Park’s “Downtown Ice CAPE-ade”

Matt Wild

February 1, 2022

Last week we rounded up 7 Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks for all your outdoor ice skating needs. This week, we're here to tell you that one of the rinks—Red Arrow Park's "Slice of Ice"–will host a superher...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 23-29)

Matt Wild

January 31, 2022

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...

Only 3 days remain to see Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel at the Milwaukee Boat Show

Matt Wild

January 28, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: TWIGGY THE WATER-SKIING SQUIRREL. • The Milwaukee Boat Show is curr...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about sex (and pregnancy), baby! Pt. 2

Lucky Tomaszek

January 28, 2022

As promised, here’s the second and final part of this short series on getting pregnant, not getting pregnant, and having sex while pregnant. (Part one is HERE.) These questions all came from a recent Ask the Se...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Roll up your sleeves and donate blood

Tyler Maas

January 27, 2022

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places life-saving measures come and go, while some places life-saving measures become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-w...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee is the best coffee city in America, neither dirty nor clean

Matt Wild

January 27, 2022

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 ackn...

7 Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks for all your outdoor ice skating needs

Matt Wild

January 25, 2022

Do you like ice skating? Yes, yes you do. Do you like ice skating outdoors? Yes, yes you do. Well then, be sure to check out these seven Milwaukee outdoor ice skating rinks! Oh, and be sure to check ahead for i...

Reminder: Milwaukee’s mask mandate is back in effect, so save the comments and just wear a mask

Matt Wild

January 24, 2022

What's funnier: the City of Milwaukee's latest indoor mask mandate that comes along ridiculously late in the game and that won't be enforced in any real way and that lasts a whole month, or people who are someh...

Links to everyone else’s articles about Milwaukee Public Market’s new ice skating rink, a story I missed yesterday because I wasn’t feeling well (don’t worry, it’s not COVID!) and I was taking a nap

Matt Wild

January 20, 2022

Usually I'd begin an article like this with "In case you missed it...", but since there's absolutely no way you missed this story, let's get right to it. Milwaukee Public Market is opening a new outdoor ice ska...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 9-15)

Matt Wild

January 18, 2022

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...

Milwaukee Common Council approves return of indoor mask mandate (through March 1)

Matt Wild

January 18, 2022

At a meeting Tuesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 12-1, with 1 abstention, to reinstate a citywide indoor mask mandate. If signed by Mayor Cavalier Johnson, the mandate will be in effect through ...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about sex (and pregnancy), baby! Pt. 1

Lucky Tomaszek

January 14, 2022

broadstreet.zone(49071); At a recent Ask the Sexpert event with college-aged folks, I got a whole slew of questions relating to getting pregnant, not getting pregnant, and sex during pregnancy. As a sexuality ...

500,000 more free N95 masks are available at Milwaukee libraries and city testing sites

Matt Wild

January 13, 2022

UPDATE (1:30 p.m.) Well, that didn't last long. From the Milwaukee Health Department: "All N95 masks at the Milwaukee Public Library sites have been distributed. Individuals should not go to the libraries to ge...

Great Job, Milwaukee! New York Times recognizes Bronzeville as “place for a changed world”

Matt Wild

January 11, 2022

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 ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Where to get a free COVID-19 test

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places lifesaving measures come and go, while some places lifesaving measures become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-wor...

Milwaukee Public Museum is closed Jan. 10-12, so here are 4 pictures of “The Quest For Beaver”

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Public Museum is closed Monday, January 10 through Wednesday, January 12. Why? "Staffing shortages amid the ongoing surge in regional COVID-19 cases," of course. MPM will pr...

Return of Milwaukee mask mandate advances, awaits full Council approval

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

At a meeting Friday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council's Public Safety & Health Committee voted 3-0, with 2 abstentions, to reinstate a citywide indoor mask mandate. The mandate still needs approval from...

MPS postpones return to in-person learning until January 18

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Attention folks who don't have school-age kids: All schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) system are virtual this week. (Folks who have school-age kids know this all too well.) When the move to virtual ...

Nearly a dozen Milwaukee-area health officials issue new COVID-19 public health advisory

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

So it's pretty clear at this point that we're fucked, right? That there's no way out of this? That there are people who care about this and people who absolutely do not care about this? That, thanks to the peop...

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