Milwaukee Arts & Artists Coverage

Here are the music, entertainment lineups for this year’s ArtBlaze beach parties

June 18, 2026

Milwaukee is absolutely loaded with summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more. In the "more" category is ArtBlaze, a FREE beach and beach-adjacent series featuring music, dance, yoga, family-friendly acti...

Bob Uecker mural is officially complete, incredible

Matt Wild

June 12, 2026

Roughly one month after it was first announced, the 100-foot-tall Bob Uecker mural in Downtown Milwaukee is officially complete. Behold: Artist Mauricio Ramirez put the finishing touches on the "Mr. Basebal...

Here are the remaining 2026 installments of the Lion’s Tooth + Milwaukee Record Music Book Club

Matt Wild

June 10, 2026

Do you like books? Do you like music? Do you like books about music? Then you're in luck, because we've partnered with beloved Bay View bookstore Lion's Tooth (2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) for the Lion's Tooth + ...

Here are the vendors, themes, new footprint for the 2026 Milwaukee Night Market, and that’s it

Matt Wild

June 10, 2026

VENDORS June 24 July 22 August 19 September 16 THEMES June 24 Western Night will feature live music by local country and bluegrass performers and line dancing instruction for attendees to be part o...

When is the next Brewers game? Ponder life’s questions with more Milwaukee Journal Sentinel headline poetry

Matt Wild

May 29, 2026

Why are we here? What happens when we die? Is your garden hiding invasive plants? Yes, life is full of questions. Luckily, Wisconsin's newspaper of record, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is here to answer them...

6 reasons you shouldn’t miss Bay View Gallery Night

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2026

broadstreet.zone(185613); Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized "Milwaukee's largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community." One Friday night each spring, the massive nei...

‘Radiant Echoes’ installation at Summerfest: ‘We’ve summoned the energy of an ancient future rave’

Matt Wild

May 20, 2026

Earlier this week, Summerfest announced the various experiences, activities, and events that will complement the whole "music" thing at its 2026 shindig. Among them was a new interactive art installation from M...

Browse and buy gory, glorious Ghanaian movie posters at Deadly Prey Pop-up Gallery

Tyler Maas

May 15, 2026

If you spend enough time online, you've almost certainly encountered those bootleg movie posters that depict a film's themes and characters in oft-incorrect, usually comically violent ways. This iconic and all-...

Take a look inside the still-under-construction Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin

Matt Wild

May 14, 2026

In case you somehow, improbably, impossibly missed it, the current Milwaukee Public Museum will close its doors at 800 W. Wells St. on January 3, 2027. Then, sometime in early 2027, the new Nature & Culture...

Downtown Milwaukee is getting a 100-foot-tall Bob Uecker mural

Matt Wild

May 14, 2026

It's been nearly a year-and-a-half since Milwaukee/Brewers/universe legend Bob Uecker passed away at the age of 90. In that time, there have been countless tributes, celebrations of life, and tear-jerking docum...

Here are the dates and locations of Joy Engine’s 2026 ArtBlaze events, and that’s it

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2026

Thursday, July 30 at McKinley Beach Thursday, August 6 at South Shore Beach Thursday, August 20 at McKinley Beach Stay tuned for more info about each ArtBlaze as the information becomes available. https...

Moon will return to Third Ward August 7-9 at Third Ward Moon Festival

Matt Wild

May 6, 2026

Remember when that big illuminated Moon sculpture landed in Milwaukee's Third Ward in 2019? Well, it's coming back in 2026! A big year for our humble Moon! In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Histori...

Ponder life’s questions with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel headline poetry

Matt Wild

April 30, 2026

Why are we here? What happens when we die? Why is the world in love again? Yes, life is full of questions. Luckily, Wisconsin's newspaper of record, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is here to answer them. And a...

People playing pinball at the 2026 Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

32 photos from the 2026 Midwest Gaming Classic (and 6 photos from MGC 2015)

Matt Wild

April 27, 2026

The 2026 Midwest Gaming Classic dominated the Baird Center this past weekend, and it was another glorious, geeky, Dankey Kang-sized blowout for the books. Pinball! Retro games! Tabletop games! Tournaments! Musi...

Ask an animal anything at ‘Voices From The Animal Kingdom,’ April 24 at Washington Park Media Center

Matt Wild

April 20, 2026

Are you tired? Burned out? In need of tangible advice from local artists dressed as zebras, lobsters, and horseshoe crabs? Of course you are. So be sure to check out "Voices From The Animal Kingdom," coming to ...

Enjoy these mini-Milwaukee Public Museum dioramas from last night’s Diorama-Rama

Matt Wild

April 1, 2026

Back in 2016, Milwaukee treasure Danelle "D" Kirschling hosted the inaugural Diorama-Rama. The friendly competition—part of Kirschling's self-created National Diorama Month—featured local dioramists creating sh...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Dioramas, Diorama-Rama

Matt Wild

March 10, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: dioramas! Fun fact: among its many delightful oddities, Milwaukee...

Highland Community School plays with fire, gets burned in ‘The Pyromaniacs’

Matt Wild

March 5, 2026

In 1953, Swiss novelist and playwright Max Frisch wrote The Arsonists, a dark comedy about the rise of Nazism and fascism. In the play, a businessman named Biedermann invites a group of undercover arsonists int...

‘It feels like our home’: Lion’s Tooth celebrates five years in Bay View

Matt Wild

March 4, 2026

A five-year anniversary for any small business is a milestone worth celebrating. But for book/alt-comic/graphic novel/art shop Lion's Tooth, 2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., a five-year anniversary is doubly notable....

Midwest Gaming Classic will celebrate 25th anniversary April 24-26, is gonna be BIG

Matt Wild

March 4, 2026

"The 2025 Midwest Gaming Classic was BIG." That's what we wrote after last year's Midwest Gaming Classic, Milwaukee's ever-growing retro gaming / pinball / tabletop / arcade / homebrew blowout. And we weren'...