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I used Summerfest shuttles as my personal taxi service

July 7, 2016

// Every year, Summerfest brings close to a million people to Henry Maier Festival Park. With the 11-day festival's attendance equaling roughly one-sixth of the state's population, parking anywhere in the v...

Poor turnout at “People’s Flag” meeting points to potential problems with “People’s Flag” movement

Matt Wild

July 7, 2016

Wednesday night, in a show of community support not seen since that time 71 people signed a Change.org petition to book DJ Paris Hilton at every Summerfest until the apocalypse, a dozen people, three journali...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2016

// Wednesday marked the beginning of yet another Summerfest, the 49th iteration of a classic Milwaukee event that has evolved over the years to become what's accurately referred to as "The World's Largest M...

My layover at Mitchell Gallery of Flight, that museum in the airport

Monica Reida

June 29, 2016

// I had never really noticed Mitchell Gallery of Flight when flying in and out of General Mitchell International Airport. My normal pre-flight pattern usually includes checking in for my flight, checking m...

Summer Soulstice 2016: A minute-by-minute, soul-searching recap

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

// This past Saturday, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival celebrated its 16th year on the East Side. This fall, I'll celebrate my 20th. By all living-in-Milwaukee logic (not to mention all good sense), I s...

I hung out with the mayor of Cudahy

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2016

// Last year, a few weeks after we posted about a particularly harsh video about West Allis (that, again, we had no part in making), I sought to see if the industrial Milwaukee suburb was indeed the "worst ...

I got a Milwaukee flag tattoo

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2016

Oh great, another opinion article about the fucking Milwaukee flag! Well, not exactly. At this point, I'm sure whatever thoughts and feelings I could write about the latest (and seemingly most organized) effort...

We tried (and failed) “Wisconsin’s Largest Pizza Challenge” at Pizza Shuttle

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 9, 2016

// Milwaukee's East Side is changing. Though the historic neighborhood is becoming cluttered with cookie cutter apartment complexes, rent is on the rise, and chain restaurants continue to move it, a few bus...

I ate Dave Begel’s “Top 10 Milwaukee foods to eat while you are driving” while I was driving

Kevin Mueller

June 2, 2016

// A growing (yet still rarely followed) tenet of internet culture is that you should avoid spreading articles you don't like on social media. A comically oblivious article can generate more traffic through...

A-side/B-side: So what do we think of this year’s Summerfest lineup?

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 2, 2016

// In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt ...

I humiliated myself in front of one of the dudes from Cherry Pie

Matt Wild

May 26, 2016

// You find yourself backstage at a play, moments before your entrance, unable to remember your lines. A creeping wave of terror washes over you. Oh god, what am I doing here? What is this? I'm doomed. Mayb...

Pondering (and calling) the Miller Park Roof Hotline

Matt Wild

May 19, 2016

// It's happened to all of us: You're staring off into space, alone, tired, afraid, wondering if the Miller Park roof will be open for the day's big game. A quick peek outside tells you the weather is certa...

Remembering the brief, beautiful Smash Mouth and Milwaukee Record feud of 2015

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2016

// The guy from Smash Mouth once famously said, "Somebody once told me the world was gonna troll me." At least I think that's how the lyric went. Was it "roll"? I know it was something like that, but who ca...

I actually had fun seeing Bubba Sparxxx in Cudahy

Andrew Winistorfer

May 2, 2016

// There was a moment, about six minutes into Bubba Sparxxx’s 45-minute set at the City Lounge in Cudahy on Saturday, that I realized I was not going to be capable of writing the article you might expect to...

A different kind of Purple Rain: Prince’s damp message to a Milwaukee fan

Justin Kern

April 22, 2016

Your own office parties can carry an air of forced interaction. Attending someone else's office get-together removes one layer of humanity from this equation and in its place slaps on all the enjoyment of apply...

It’s our 2nd anniversary, so here are some terrible site names we considered before settling on Milwaukee Record

Matt Wild

April 7, 2016

// Back in 2012, Historic Milwaukee and the Pabst Theater staged an event called "Envisioning The Seen," a roundtable discussion featuring a group of local movers and shakers pondering the future of Milwauk...

I went to Wisconsin’s first “cat cafe” and it was pretty weird

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2016

// Excluding my dumb food- or drinking-related cries for help and whatever bullshit points I try to make on our podcast, I usually make a concerted effort to keep my personal life far away from this website...

Grand Ave. barber Tony Pullara wants to cut your hair (and be your mayor)

Matt Wild

March 29, 2016

Tucked away in a far-off corner of the cavernous Shops of Grand Avenue, above the T.J. Maxx and facing the second-story Chase Bank skywalk, is a barbershop called Shear Perfection. Floor-to-ceiling windows reve...

Is the “redesign the Milwaukee flag” thing REALLY trying to redesign the Milwaukee flag?

Matt Wild

March 24, 2016

// The official flag of Milwaukee was adopted 61 years ago, in 1955. Efforts to redesign the flag—a flag haphazardly stuffed with barley stalks, boats, and something that looks like a UFO—have been going on...

Was The Spot 4MKE a boon or a bust? It depends on who’s reporting

Matt Wild

March 16, 2016

// Late last week, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel business reporter Tom Daykin broke the news that The Spot 4MKE, a highly touted "placemaking" project from Creative Alliance Milwaukee, had been put on "indefin...

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