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Did anyone figure out who stole that State Fair golf cart and drove it all the way downtown?

Matt Wild
August 17, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The 2018 Wisconsin State Fair is in the books, and it was a big one: a record...

Okay, it looks like Milwaukee is doing “game show battle rooms” now

Matt Wild
August 10, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • First came the ramen. Then came the poke. Then came the axe-throwing bars and...

Let’s just watch this Milverine music video and call it a week, okay?

Matt Wild
August 3, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Ugh, another week. Ugh, summer is winding down. Ugh. Wanna just watch this du...

As Milwaukee grapples with real problems, $2B California-based scooter company pleads for help

Matt Wild
July 27, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • File this one under "Yeah, we know people can be concerned about different th...

It’s time for the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, so enjoy these links as you leave town

Matt Wild
July 20, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • That horrible screeching sound and the sight of your cat dying from heart fai...

Make room, Chick-fil-A, these Milwaukee restaurants are coming to new Bucks arena, too

Matt Wild
July 13, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The new (still-unnamed) Milwaukee Bucks arena is pretty much done. The new (s...

Potawatomi is covering up its ads at Miller Park because the Atlanta Braves are in town

Matt Wild
July 6, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Thursday night, the Milwaukee Brewers continued their hot streak by defeating...

Ugh. What a week. Here are some things that aren’t awful

Matt Wild
June 29, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Well, it was another awful/idiotic week in America! What else is new? We won't ...

Reminder: Oriental Theatre isn’t closed for good (Milwaukee Film is taking over and will reopen it soon)

Matt Wild
June 22, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you've seen the Oriental Theatre's marquee in recent days (or if you've ch...

Someone paid $25,000 for a signed Prince guitar that probably wasn’t owned or played by Prince

Matt Wild
June 15, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The BMO Harris Bradley Center is in its final days. The soon-to-be-replaced are...

Let’s recap Giannis Antetokounmpo’s delightful reviews of American junk food, shall we?

Matt Wild
June 8, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week—or, thank god for yo...

Incredible and inspiring “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” may become official flag of Milwaukee

Matt Wild
June 1, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • After years languishing as an incredible and inspiring icon/T-shirt that coul...

Okay, it looks like Milwaukee is doing “foot-bowling” bars now

Matt Wild
May 25, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Where does an "activity bar"-obsessed Milwaukee go after netting a cat cafe, ...

Milwaukee media’s IKEA “sneak peeks,” ranked

Matt Wild
May 11, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • On Tuesday, OnMilwaukee got a "first look" at the new IKEA store in Oak Creek...

8,000 years and dozens of lawsuits later, Silk Exotic is finally opening a downtown strip club

Matt Wild
May 4, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Yep, after many, many years and many, many lawsuits, that downtown Silk Exoti...

Like the flags themselves, the Milwaukee vs. Reno flag controversy is really dumb

Matt Wild
April 27, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Are we really going to talk about the "People's Flag of Milwaukee" again, a m...

Like a godsend or a harbinger of doom, the Milwaukee streetcar is out there, waiting…

Matt Wild
April 13, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • OH GOD THE STREETCAR IS CURRENTLY PROWLING THE STREETS OF MILWAUKEE AS WE SPE...

It’s time for Olive Garden in Downtown Milwaukee

Matt Wild
April 6, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Hey, Olive Garden, it's me, Milwaukee, again. In 2010, I visited one of yo...

Mayor Barrett’s DNC bid letter is dull, contain a grammatical errors

Matt Wild
March 30, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Thursday afternoon, in a letter that displayed all the panache of a book repo...

Bob Uecker survived a deadly spider bite and he has pictures of the open wound on his phone

Matt Wild
March 23, 2018
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • One of Milwaukee's most hallowed traditions isn't the return of festival seas...
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