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January 10, 2024

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Social Cig and Wave Chapelle will go “unplugged” at Riverwest Radio on January 13

Matt Wild

January 10, 2024

Do you miss MTV Unplugged? Do you miss the intimate, acoustic, and exceedingly '90s vibe of the landmark concert series? Then make your way to Riverwest Radio (824 E. Center St.) on Saturday, January 13 for an ...

Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s 2024 Black History Month celebration

Matt Wild

January 8, 2024

February is just around the corner, and with it, Black History Month. Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month on the silver screen—specifically the silver screen of Milwaukee's gorgeous Oriental Thea...

Back in Milwaukee, Frank Gappa remembers being “Lost In Brooklyn”

Matt Wild

January 8, 2024

"I'm an indie rocker. I have a style that sets me apart from the legendary Frank Zappa. Though I do appreciate his music, our names are the only real similarity." That's a helpful media-kit hint from Frank G...

Stuff We Missed: It’s Friday, so it looks like we’re getting another giant concert venue

Matt Wild

January 5, 2024

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: another Milwaukee concert venue! • Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson...

Questions (and answers) about the Milwaukee sales tax increase that has everyone riled up

Matt Wild

January 4, 2024

On January 1, 2024, a new sales tax increase went into effect in the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. Like most anything these days, it has a lot of people riled up. HOW MUCH IS IT? The City of Milwauk...

MKE Music Rewind: The Rage, “Girl Like You” (1980)

Matt Wild

January 4, 2024

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: "Girl Like You," by The Rage. Power pop is universal. Power pop is ti...

Food/Drink Roundup: A couple of East Side places closed and another kinda-sorta closed

Matt Wild

January 3, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: A couple of East Side places closed (and another kinda-sorta closed). ...

Social Cig closes out 2023 with breezy ‘In The Pocket’ EP

Matt Wild

January 2, 2024

It's easy to love Social Cig. The self-described "indie-skate-rock" project of Milwaukee musician Parker Schultz is arguably the most enjoyable (and popular) local DIY acts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic....

Watch local weather guru Bert Lauderdale report from the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge

Matt Wild

January 2, 2024

With the first day of the year comes a first-day-of-the-year tradition in Milwaukee: jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. Yes, the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge took place on Monday. Hundreds of hearty sou...

Rockin’ good news: We’re screening ‘Wild At Heart’ January 24 at the Avalon

Matt Wild

December 28, 2023

Even with films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive under his belt (not to mention the third season of Twin Peaks), David Lynch's Wild At Heart is the director's most wonderfully garish creation. The 1990 cri...

Enjoy some random Milwaukee Christmas videos from decades past

Matt Wild

December 20, 2023

Milwaukee! Christmas! Nostalgia! You'll get a healthy dose of all three when you watch these clips! Enjoy! HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHDCGWaTHg4 MORE HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (December 3-16)

Matt Wild

December 18, 2023

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“We are just weeks away from having to close our doors.” Save the Riverwest Co-op!

Matt Wild

December 15, 2023

The Riverwest Co-op grocery store and cafe (733 E. Clarke St.) has been a fantastic and invaluable neighborhood resource for more than two decades. But now, in the waning days of 2023, the Riverwest Co-op needs...

Here are some recent streetcar ridership numbers to argue about

Matt Wild

December 14, 2023

Back in October we informed you that "47,552 people rode that darn streetcar in August 2023." This made people who always get angry about The Hop extremely angry. "HOW MUCH MONEY DID IT MAKE ON FARES?" bellowed...

Summerfest’s Sound Waves Stage will become Aurora Pavilion in 2024, receive upgrades

Matt Wild

December 7, 2023

It's been a busy couple of years for that covered stage in the middle of the Summerfest grounds. Long known as the Johnson Controls World Sound Stage, it was rebranded as the DJ/dance-only Sound Waves Stage Sta...

Remembering when I was 11 and I got a Guns N’ Roses cassingle for St. Nick’s Day

Matt Wild

December 6, 2023

This heartwarming tale of St. Nick's Day and Guns N' Roses was first published in 2022. If there's one thing that Wisconsinites love, it's celebrating all the "quirky Wisconsin things" that make our state un...

Alvvays will return to Pabst Theater on April 22

Matt Wild

December 5, 2023

Since playing The Pabst Theater way back in 2018, Canadian dream-pop band Alvvays has been a stranger to Milwaukee. That's five years, folks! BUT NO MORE. As part of the group's just-announced spring tour, Alvv...

Clock Shadow Creamery leaving Walker’s Point storefront, Hill Valley Dairy taking over

Matt Wild

December 4, 2023

After more than a decade in business, Milwaukee urban cheese factory Clock Shadow Creamery is leaving its Walker's Point retail space at 138 W. Bruce St. Lake Geneva-based cheese shop Hill Valley Dairy, who had...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (November 19 – December 2)

Matt Wild

December 4, 2023

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