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Supervisor Ortiz-Velez urges County to apply for state funds to repair Mitchell Park Domes

September 30, 2021

Supervisor Ortiz-Velez Urges County to Apply for State Funds to Repair Mitchell Park DomesMILWAUKEE – Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez is calling on Milwaukee County to apply for funding from Governor Tony Eve...

Terrible Ron Johnson hosting terrible vaccine press conference today in not-terrible Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 28, 2021

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who is terrible, is hosting a terrible press conference on Monday with six people who say they've experienced adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine. The event is scheduled to take pla...

Let’s all chip in and buy Falcon Bowl for $249,000 and not turn it into something awful

Matt Wild

June 25, 2021

Hey! Milwaukee! Let's all chip in, raise about $249,000, buy the iconic Riverwest bar/hall/bowling alley Falcon Bowl, 801 E. Clarke St., and not turn it into something awful like luxury apartments or the city's...

Matt & Kristin Talk About MKE & WI Stuff #5: Medicaid, county funding, mask burning

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 28, 2021

If you don’t follow As Goes Wisconsin on your favorite social media platforms, go ahead and change that now. The brainchild of Wisconsin-born writer/comedian Kristin Brey, As Goes Wisconsin examines the many, m...

Sypher Lady X takes the lead on organizing south side community cleanups

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 26, 2021

The snow has melted and springtime has arrived. Usually for Milwaukee, this means beautiful rainy days and the smell of blossoming flowers. For the south and north side of Milwaukee, it means all the trash that...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Riverwest Co-Op celebrates 19 years of “food for people, not for profit”

Tyler Maas

October 27, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); 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 exp...

Doors Open Milwaukee kicks off this weekend (virtually, of course)

Matt Wild

September 25, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Opening your doors to thousands of strangers isn't the greatest idea these d...

There won’t be a Riverwest 24 race this year, but there will be “something”

Matt Wild

May 4, 2020

There's nothing surprising about yet another Milwaukee summer event canceling its plans for 2020—but that doesn't make each cancelation any less painful. Take the Riverwest 24, the 24-hour bike race/neighborhoo...

MKE Music Rewind: 5 O’Clock Charlie, ‘Not Enough Time’

Caleb Westphal

February 6, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The third wave of ska crested in the mid-'90s, when bands like The M...

25 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (‘Saturday Night Live’ edition)

Josh Hoppert

January 29, 2020

The "25 Facts" series features people, places, and stuff that make Milwaukee (and Wisconsin) great. These articles are meant just for fun and we have nothing but love for everyone included.Saturday Night Live...

313 Friday fish frys and counting: Pat’s Niche Pub and Grub (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

January 3, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.It was sometime during the summer when the sign caught my eye. Striking, with tones of fuchsia a...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Oscar’s Pub & Grill is a beacon of local burgers

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2019

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...

Here’s the best Packers player to wear every jersey number

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72581); This season marks the 100th anniversary of the Green Bay Packers. Founded in 1919, the franchise—which was originally independent—officially joined the National Football League way bac...

Take advantage, man: We’re screening ‘Friday’ at Avalon Theater in September

Josh Hoppert

August 29, 2019

If you were one of the hundreds of people who attended one of the two August screenings of A League Of Their Own, we'd like to thank you again for coming. Hopefully your tears have dried up (ours haven't) becau...

We paired Taking Back Sunday lyrics with Milwaukee photos

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2019

On Wednesday night, Taking Back Sunday will play Summerfest. The band's 10 p.m. performance at the Miller Lite Oasis Stage is part of Taking Back Sunday's run of shows in accordance with their 20th anniversary ...

A guide to finding “Mystery Beers” in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

May 13, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66112); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Milwaukee’s new favorite import, Bofferding. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy a fresh smattering of rest...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (May 5-11)

Matt Wild

May 13, 2019

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...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2019 lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2019

Last year, organizers of Riverwest FemFest decided to move the fourth annual event from winter to spring, which led to the fest's biggest (and arguably the best) year to date. In the process, they somehow manag...

Milwaukee Fools: 5 Milwaukee-related goofs, pranks, and hoaxes

Matt Wild

April 1, 2019

Don't you just love April Fools' Day? Don't you just love when every publication on planet Earth suddenly thinks they're The Onion and pens some rib-tickling "satire"? Yeah, ugh. Anyway, here are a few amusing ...

Jukeboxes of Milwaukee: Side A

Caleb Westphal

October 2, 2018

Drop the coin right into the slot / You gotta hear something that's really hotDeveloped during the first part of the twentieth century, and originally known as "automatic phonographs," jukeboxes came into t...