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Mandatory Milwaukee: Northpoint Custard is a summertime staple

May 21, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Prepare for a summer of fun with this Milwaukee County Parks commercial from 1984

Matt Wild

May 10, 2018

Hey! It's summer! Sort of? Yeah, it's gonna be cold and rainy this weekend, but whatever. Now's the time to get out of the house and enjoy all the summer-y things Milwaukee has to offer: festivals, concerts, an...

New festival, Black Arts Fest MKE, will come to Henry Maier Festival Park

Tyler Maas

May 8, 2018

Milwaukee's "City Of Festivals" nickname is well-deserved. From the early weeks of spring through the arrival of autumn, the city plays host to dozens of fests, block parties, and celebrations of different heri...

Other April 14 holidays, ranked

Josh Hoppert

April 13, 2018

Most of us would agree that tomorrow is April 14. Here in Milwaukee, many of us know it and celebrate it as "Milwaukee Day." For nearly 10 years now, locals have marked this area code-based and Jeopardy!-recogn...

Nite Owl will open for the season March 20

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2018

With the longer days, rising temperatures, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season is almost here, and when it begins, so will Nite Owl's season. ...

Fine, let’s use Google’s “art selfie” thing on some famous Milwaukee faces

Matt Wild

January 18, 2018

Let's just get this out of the way before it disappears from your Facebook feed like so many other "10 bands I've seen live...but 1 is a lie!" time-wasters: Over the weekend, everyone got really into using Goog...

After a year of meetings, Domes Task Force still doesn’t know what to do with the Domes

Matt Wild

December 15, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Way back in the waning months of 2016, the Milwaukee County Board created a t...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2017

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published more than 3,500 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs, created an awesome annual benefit concert, launched an...

It’s December, so it’s time to review winter parking rules (and say goodbye to the 4-inch rule)

Matt Wild

December 1, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • To paraphrase The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the logic of Milwaukee pa...

12 things that Milwaukee can be thankful for in 2017

Matt Wild

November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by, for stuffing your face with family and friends, and for praying you'll get out of this thing alive without said family and friends saying anything ho...

Let’s check the health of the East Side by seeing how many of these businesses still exist

Matt Wild

November 15, 2017

For the last year or so, many folks in Milwaukee (including us) have been bemoaning the death of the East Side. The pocket of E. North Avenue, in particular, has been hit hard by high-profile closing after high...

I experienced the magic of the “grown-up” East Side by eating at three ramen places in one night

Matt Wild

October 19, 2017

The strangest thing about the changing face of Milwaukee's East Side is that I should love it. I'm 39 years old, married, a father, and a longtime East Side resident who has long outgrown the beautiful dream of...

2017-18 Milwaukee Bucks promotional giveaways, ranked

Tyler Maas

October 2, 2017

With Packers season in full swing and the Brewers extending their postseason hopes to the regular season's final days, it's hard to believe that another Milwaukee Bucks season in right around the corner. Yes, i...

If the Brewers can’t “take back” Miller Park from Cubs fans, they could at least make it harder to give away

Kyle Lobner

September 20, 2017

The Milwaukee Brewers have just seven games remaining at Miller Park in the 2017 regular season and, sadly, only three of them are likely going to feel like home games. From Thursday through Sunday, the Brewers...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Kopp’s and frozen custard go hand in hand

Matt Wild

August 7, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Let’s remember (West Allis native) Liberace by remembering The Haskels’ “Liberace Is Coming”

Matt Wild

May 25, 2017

In the long list of notable entertainers to come out of the Milwaukee area—Gene Wilder, Bob Uecker, Mrs. Garret from The Facts Of Life—piano prodigy Liberace can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. Born in West ...

Watch Mark Borchardt give a tour of Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee (circa 2000) on ‘Letterman’

Matt Wild

April 17, 2017

Mark Borchardt is a Milwaukee icon, as familiar as the wings of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the shores of Lake Michigan, or the jean shorts on that guy who sells hot dogs on the corner of Wisconsin and Water...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Miller Park remains the Brewers’ most reliable draw

Matt Wild

April 5, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Celebrate Opening Day with our “Is This A Brewer?” quiz

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 3, 2017

Today, April 3, 2017, is Opening Day for your Milwaukee Brewers. Beginning at 1:10 p.m. the Brewers will take on the Colorado Rockies in a game that will surely feature all the thrills, chills, and delightfully...

Nite Owl is open for the season

Tyler Maas

March 21, 2017

With the longer days, rising temperatures, and Bob Uecker's voice on the radio, it's beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. Sure, yesterday technically marked the first day of spring, but now it's of...

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