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42 Lounge will move to Karma on Ogden Avenue, live on in Oak & Shield Gaming Pub

February 9, 2018

Though the news has been out for a while that the owners of Board Game Barrister and 42 Lounge are teaming up to open a new geek-tastic place called Oak & Shield Gaming Pub in the space currently occupied b...

Comedian Dylan Payne making good on early opportunities

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2016

// With a little more than a year of true stage time to his credit, comedian Dylan Payne is part of an encouraging young crop of comics pushing Milwaukee stand-up onward after the city said goodbye to a han...

Throwback to the future: Cosplay Rave 3.0 vs. ’90s rave culture

Rob Wieland

July 15, 2015

Kids these days, with their hula hoops and their raps, might not realize it, but their parents may have spent their youth as part of the early ’90s rave culture, tracking down underground parties full of thuddi...

42 Ale House brings extra life to St. Francis

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2015

In an alternate timeline, 42 Lounge—Milwaukee’s first and, by general consensus, best geek-themed bar—could have been a massive, 35,000 square-foot nerd embassy marooned way out in Waukesha. The possibility was...

We geek out over Milwaukee’s geek scene with Lynn Nilles and Rob Wieland in Episode 6 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 13, 2015

In advance of Anime Milwaukee, Matt and Tyler talk all things geeky, nerdy, and dorky with two experts on the subject: Lynn Nilles, co-owner of the wonderful nerd-themed downtown bar 42 Lounge; and Rob Wieland,...

Geeks rejoice! 42 Ale House is coming to St. Francis

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2015

Since it opened two years ago, 42 Lounge has been a bastion for all things geek in Milwaukee and has served as a sort of embassy for gamers, cosplayers, anime fans, and Doctor Who aficionados amid a cluster of ...

42 Lounge’s Monday night anime screenings start tonight

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

If you’re of the geeky persuasion and you live in Milwaukee, you probably don’t need any more reasons to patronize 42 Lounge. The nerd-friendly downtown bar is already stocked with video games, board game night...

TARDIS party: Inside The Time Lords’ Ball at Turner Hall

Rob Wieland

December 23, 2014

Milwaukee rarely lacks options for celebrating the end of the year. From the bottle service pub-crawls on Water Street to the packages in the ’burbs that allow guests to get shitty in a ballroom and stumble bac...

Cthulhu’s Comedy Collective takes niche stand-up to 42 Lounge

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2014

The staggering growth of Milwaukee comedy finds the art form swelling to cover show formats as vital as giving female comics control, as unique as events at art galleries and movie theaters, and as random as fu...

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