A guide to Bay View Gallery Night
Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized "Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community." The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists ...
Author Tea Krulos mixes horror and politics in ‘Political Monsters’ zine
Spooky season is extra spooky this year. With both Halloween and the latest Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes right around the corner, things couldn't be any more terrifying. So why not curl up to a zine...
That mural on Humboldt with Mrs. Incredible: The Milwaukee Record Review
What is art?
Art is many things, of course. Art takes countless forms, is created in countless mediums, and serves countless purposes. Art is infinite. But perhaps the one thing that all art shares is a need...
Riverwest is getting its own renaissance faire
The Bristol Renaissance Faire is an iconic Wisconsin destination/experience/place to eat a turkey leg while watching a guy get pelted with tomatoes. And while there's still time to get ye olde arse to Bristol (...
Now you can play ‘Space Raft: The Game’ on your Nintendo Switch
If you look up "one of the best Milwaukee bands of the 2010s," you'll find Space Raft. The psych/stoner-tinged rock band released a handful of instant-classic albums between 2014 and 2020, played a ton of shows...
Facebook Marketplace alert: Buy the front door of the old Brookfield Hooters
The city of Brookfield, the county of Waukesha, and the entire state of Wisconsin lost an important historical site this summer when the old Hooters restaurant at 17105 W. Bluemound Rd. was demolished. Opened i...
Watch Bert Lauderdale report from the “Baby You Milwaukee” giant baby balloon art installation
On Friday, June 21, as Summerfest was in full swing at Henry Maier festival Park, a group was gathered at nearby Veterans Park to witness a spectacle that's, well, a little tough to put into words. A long-runni...
New beach party series will feature live music, “gargantuan fluorescent tentacles”
Nothing says "SUMMER" quite like the beach. And yet Milwaukee's beaches can feel strangely underutilized during the summer months. Sure, Bradford Beach is loaded with volleyball players and random sunbathers, b...
Here’s the artist lineup for next weekend’s Brady Street Art Walk
Saturday, June 15 is one of those wildly busy days that seem to be happening a lot in Milwaukee where, like, 700 great things are all going on at the same time. In addition to things like Lakefront Festival Of ...
Why yes, Summerfest will have a “cosmic cornfield” called “Yield”
We love Summerfest for its music, its food, and its bleachers, but we also love it for its random "experiences." Last year, one of those experiences was a decades-spanning Fritos diner where you could eat tiny...
21 photos from the grand opening of Old Guard Games
There are a few things to know about Old Guard Games. One, it's a new independent tabletop gaming store located at 3132 N. Downer Ave., just across the street from UWM. Two, while it does carry some board games...
Want to sing to a giant baby balloon in Veterans Park? Now you can!
The Great Milwaukee Summer is shaping up to be one for the books, a glorious four-month period stuffed with festivals, fairs, music series, conventions, and more. There's only one thing that could possibly make...
Animal Well, and the pleasures of not knowing
I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on.
The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad...
The Catered Quiz serves up trivia with a personalized twist
Somewhere between Jeopardy! and themed trivia nights at your local bar lies The Catered Quiz. The Milwaukee-area podcast, created and hosted by Milwaukee-area treasure Rick Katschke, is built on a deceptively s...
A guide to Bay View Gallery Night 2024
Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized "Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community." The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists ...
Frida Fest returns to Farmhouse Paint Bar & Hall July 13-14
Since 2019, Farmhouse Paint Bar & Hall (4511 S. 6th St., 414-404-5858) has played host to Frida Fest MKE. The event serves as "an annual celebration of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo," whose surrealist, fem...
4 stops for Milwaukee’s spring Gallery Night & Day, April 19-20
Milwaukee feels saturated in art and culture at the moment. It feels a little overwhelming to put all these events on your radar, but I believe it's worth it to consume as much art as possible over the weekend....
The Space Marines of spring: AdeptiCon announces move to Milwaukee in 2025
Fresh off the successful 2024 Midwest Gaming Classic, the Baird Center will be home to another large nerd convention in 2025. AdeptiCon announced on Monday that it will be moving from its home in Schaumburg, Il...
Typewriter-tastic QWERTYFEST MKE returns June 21-23
That faint clacking sound you hear throughout the city isn't your imagination—it's just the impending return of QWERTYFEST MKE, a homegrown celebration of a homegrown Milwaukee invention. That's right! Working ...
39 photos from the 2024 Midwest Gaming Classic
Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic was held at the Brookfield Sheraton? Remember when that seemed like a big convention? Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic moved to Milwaukee's oft-ren...