Tag: Milwaukee Recreation

Mandatory Milwaukee: Springing into spring with Milwaukee Recreation

February 24, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Milwaukee Recreation! Again! We've said it before and we'll say i...

Milwaukee Recreation earns reaccreditation from National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)

Press Release

October 2, 2025

Milwaukee Recreation earns reaccreditation from National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Milwaukee Recreation has been reaccredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (C...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The wonderful world (and programs) of Milwaukee Recreation

Matt Wild

May 8, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Milwaukee Recreation! Milwaukee Recreation is the best. For more ...

Milwaukee Recreation is offering a Yoko Ono class this fall and we’re all for it

Matt Wild

October 24, 2024

Milwaukee Recreation rules. For more than 100 years (!) the Milwaukee Public Schools program has made the city a better place by offering innumerable recreational and educational opportunities to folks of all a...

Milwaukee Recreation to hold grand reopening ceremonies for newly renovated Stark & Carmen playfields

Press Release

May 30, 2024

MILWAUKEE RECREATION TO HOLD GRAND REOPENING CEREMONIES FOR NEWLY RENOVATED STARK & CARMEN PLAYFIELDS Community invited to celebrate renovated outdoor recreation facilities Milwaukee Recreation will hold ...

Bay View planning “wheel park” for skateboarders, other riders in Beulah Brinton Playfield

Matt Wild

May 4, 2023

Good news, skate rats and BMX bandits: Bay View may be getting a new "wheel park" in Beulah Brinton Playfield (2555 S. Bay St.)! The 5,000-square-foot-or-less park—dubbed the "Wheel Spot"—would cater to skatebo...

Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Recreation’s “Rec. At Home” program (“Butts & Guts” included)

Matt Wild

April 6, 2020

We love Milwaukee Recreation. We've devoted numerous articles to the group (a department of Milwaukee Public Schools) and its sometimes wonderful, sometimes weird seasonal offerings. But, thanks to a global pan...

Advanced cornhole, and 9 more wonderful spring Milwaukee Recreation classes

Matt Wild

February 19, 2019

Spring is in the air! Okay, not really, but the spring Milwaukee Recreation guide is out and about, and it's as delightful as ever! Pick up a physical copy (or browse a PDF) and you'll be bombarded with hundred...

11 wonderfully weird classes in the winter Milwaukee Recreation guide

Matt Wild

December 19, 2016

Unless you're 8 years old, winter sucks. Happily, the winter edition of the Milwaukee Recreation guide is loaded with hundreds of reasons to venture outside, including classes in arts and crafts, cooking, fit...

11 wonderfully weird classes in the fall Milwaukee Recreation guide

Matt Wild

August 29, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); With summer on its way out and fall slowly creeping in, "back to school" fever is in the increasingly chilly air. But you don't have to be a kid, a teen, or a college-age student to ...

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