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      July 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 22, 2026
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      Mitch DeSantis
      July 26, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      July 24, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      July 23, 2026
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      Juan Miguel Martinez
      July 20, 2026
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      Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Settle in for polka music, bubbles, fish at Hubbard Park Lodge

      Caleb Westphal
      July 17, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      July 17, 2026
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      May 21, 2020
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      June 10, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      March 25, 2026
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      March 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      February 24, 2026
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      February 18, 2026
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      December 8, 2025
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      July 16, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 7, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 3, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      June 24, 2026
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      June 18, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 17, 2026
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      August 30, 2023
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      Matt Wild
      July 21, 2026
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      Behold, an angel descended from heaven and said, ‘Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking the Bronze Fonz. He is not here, for he is undergoing routine maintenance. Come and see the place where he stood.’

      Matt Wild
      July 14, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      July 13, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 7, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 2, 2026
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      July 1, 2026
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      September 3, 2015
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      July 23, 2026
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      July 22, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 6, 2026
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      July 2, 2026
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      Giannis: The end of an era

      Joey Grihalva
      June 23, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 23, 2026
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      October 27, 2016
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      Rick Katschke
      July 21, 2026
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      July 14, 2026
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      July 7, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      June 30, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      June 23, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      June 9, 2026
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SafeVote approved; all Milwaukee voters will receive absentee ballot applications in mail

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
Good news for everyone who enjoys exercising their right to vote without endangering their life and the lives of others: On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved the creation of the so-call...

Milwaukee approves possible $500 fine, arrest, for violating “stay at home” orders

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
Want to visit grandma's house during Milwaukee and Wisconsin's continued "stay at home" orders? You're fine. Want to willfully defy those orders and put other people's lives at risk? There might be consequences...

Gov. Evers reveals multi-phase “Badger Bounce Back” plan to reopen Wisconsin. Read it here

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers unveiled a detailed "Badger Bounce Back" plan Monday afternoon. The plan—based on similar federal guidelines—sees Wisconsin adopting "a phased approach to re-opening its economy and society, wit...

Milwaukee officials to vote on possible $500 fine for violating city’s “Stay At Home” order

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
UPDATE (4/21/20): It was approved. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has said that the city's "Stay At Home" order—enacted on March 25 in response to the COVID-19 crisis—"is not meant to be a law enforcement tool....

Tavern League of Wisconsin wants bars and restaurants to reopen May 1—with some safety precautions

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
Late Sunday night, Tavern League of Wisconsin president Chris Marsicano issued a statement that calls on Gov. Tony Evers to reopen the state's taverns, restaurants, and supper clubs on May 1. This despite warni...

Watch the video for Devils Teeth’s new recorded-under-quarantine jam, “Drop Down Gator”

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
"We haven't seen each other or played together since our Man Or Astro-man? show on February 25, and our March 17 show was canceled because of the 'rona. We're each isolated for a variety of reasons, and we're d...

Please enjoy the debut album from one-man grindcore band Chopping Mall, ‘Mauled By A Magical Bear With Scalding Hot Liquid Cheese Spraying From Its Eyesockets’

Matt Wild
April 18, 2020
Sometimes an email comes across our desks that needs no explanation. Sometimes that email is promoting a debut album from a one-man grindcore band that also needs no explanation. So, without any further explana...

Take the money and run with the cinematic video for Lorde Fredd33’s “Summer Breeze”

Matt Wild
April 17, 2020
"It's put up or shut up time as far as I'm concerned." That's Lorde Fredd33, speaking about his new song and video, "Summer Breeze." But he's talking about much more than that, of course. He's talking about ...

Enjoy the gloriously live, gloriously sweaty video for Hughes Family Band’s “Death Of Me”

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Remember shows? Us too! Remember squeezing into a bar on a Saturday night and enjoying the sounds of a live band and the company of other human beings? Us too! Want to relive that currently on-hold experience v...

Here are 4 pictures of the masked Lakefront Stooges, plus 1 picture from our Animal Crossing island

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Take a walk outside (safely, of course) and you'll encounter plenty of "signs of the times." Some are grim, some are hopeful. Then there are those that are, well, kind of funny. Enter Lakefront Brewery's newly ...

Gov. Evers extends “Safer At Home” until May 26, cancels school year, loosens some restrictions

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers extended Wisconsin's "Safer At Home" order to May 26 on Thursday—albeit with some changes, an officially canceled school year, and a few loosened restrictions. The original order was set to expi...

The Grovelers’ “Sicko” gets appropriately sick stop-motion video

Matt Wild
April 10, 2020
If you're looking for subtlety in your music—poetic and tender lyrics, intricate and feather-light instrumentation—The Grovelers are not the band for you. "When you wear your Sunday best / I tear you up and I e...

German Fest cancels 2020 festival, promises return in 2021

Matt Wild
April 10, 2020
Another one. Sigh. German Fest organizers announced on Friday that their annual festival—originally set for July 24-26, 2020 at Henry Maier Festival Park—has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis....

Here are the Wisconsin state parks, forests, and recreational areas that are closed due to COVID-19

Matt Wild
April 9, 2020
On Thursday morning, Gov. Tony Evers directed the Department of Natural Resources to close a slew of state parks, forests, and recreational areas. Why? Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, of course, but als...

Vinz Clortho gives us the shoegaze cover of Sheryl Crow’s “If It Makes You Happy” we need right now

Matt Wild
April 9, 2020
Feeling a little up and down these days? Have you been juggling pangs of soul-crushing dread with unexpected bursts of hope and joy? SAME. Need a perfect song (and video) to sum up those conflicting feelings? E...

Watch John McGivern and John Gurda, who are best friends, talk to each other over Zoom

Matt Wild
April 8, 2020
Fact #1: JOHN MCGIVERN AND JOHN GURDA ARE BEST FRIENDS. Fact #2: DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 CRISIS, JOHN MCGIVERN AND JOHN GURDA HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HANG OUT ON THE HIT MILWAUKEE PBS SHOW AROUND THE CORNER WIT...

Heed the Dead Alewives’ prescient advice from 1996: stay put, America

Matt Wild
April 8, 2020
A quick crash course: The Dead Alewives were a Milwaukee comedy troupe in the 1990s who delighted their fans with a geeky, offbeat sense of humor that fell somewhere between The Kids In The Hall and The Young O...

Wisconsin reports 2,756 COVID-19 cases; projections continue to improve

Matt Wild
April 8, 2020
The Department of Health Services reported a total of 2,756 positive cases of COVID-19 in the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon. That number is up from Tuesday's total of 2,578 positive cases. Twenty-ni...

Here’s the schedule for Milwaukee Recreation’s “Rec. At Home” program (“Butts & Guts” included)

Matt Wild
April 6, 2020
We love Milwaukee Recreation. We've devoted numerous articles to the group (a department of Milwaukee Public Schools) and its sometimes wonderful, sometimes weird seasonal offerings. But, thanks to a global pan...

Wisconsin’s “vote and die” election is back on for Tuesday, apparently

Matt Wild
April 6, 2020
On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers signed an emergency order suspending in-person voting for tomorrow's Spring Election, moving it to June 9. No longer would Wisconsinites have to risk their health and the health of ot...
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