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What to expect from this year’s Milwaukee Krampusnacht, December 7 in the Brewery District

November 14, 2025

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas. The ann...

Job opportunity: Be the next Bo Vine, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Milkmen mascot

Matt Wild

November 13, 2025

Are you "charismatic, athletic, and enthusiastic"? Do you consider yourself "energetic, outgoing, and comfortable performing in front of large crowds"? Do you possess "strong physical stamina" and, um, let's se...

Despite looming federal ban, Lakefront Brewery unveils new THC beverage, High Jinx

Matt Wild

November 13, 2025

There's never a perfect time to launch a new product, but for Lakefront Brewery's new THC-infused beverage High Jinx, its launch comes at an especially fraught time. Despite a looming federal ban on THC and ...

Currently on display: Zack Pieper’s ‘Ghost Garden’ at Lynden Sculpture Garden

Matt Wild

November 13, 2025

Halloween is in the rearview mirror, but that doesn't mean "spooky season" has to immediately change to "Mariah Carey season." So if you're still in the mood for some good autumnal vibes, might we suggest headi...

Trolley finds bursts of color amidst ‘A Carnival Of Grey & White’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2025

"Consider it a total write-off / To contemplate a total loss / Well maybe we should start all over again." So sings Trolley singer-guitarist-producer Mike Perotto on the opening title track of the band's new...

The Mothership has returned

Matt Wild

November 12, 2025

"Sup kids we are officially TEMPORARILY CLOSED on the google I have no clue what temporary means but the loss we endured at the hands of the heavy rain Saturday is going to put us out of commission for a while....

Remembering the surreal (and non-fatal) Riverwest plane crash of 2005

Matt Wild

November 12, 2025

Where were you the night of Saturday, November 12, 2005? If you were in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, you likely had one hell of a night. Yes, that was the night that a single-engine Piper PA-28 airpla...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Oct. 30 – Nov. 12, 2025)

Matt Wild

November 12, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Reminder: Drive out to State Fair this week and get new tickets for your flood-canceled old tickets

Matt Wild

November 11, 2025

As we all remember, the final day of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair was canceled due to the "1,000-year storm" the night before. Don't remember the Great State Fair Flood of 2025? How could you forget?! https...

Still under construction, East Side Italian restaurant Nadi Plates eyes early 2026 opening

Matt Wild

November 11, 2025

Back in April, it was announced that Waukesha food truck and catering company Nadi Plates (pronounced "naughty plates") would open its first brick-and-mortar location in the recently closed Crossroads Collectiv...

Danny Arcane delivers another gem with “Precious Stones”

Matt Wild

November 11, 2025

Over the past four years, Milwaukee/L.A. singer-songwriter Danny Arcane has been releasing winning DIY bedroom-pop jams that blur the line between U.S. indie and U.K. Britpop. (Not coincidentally, Arcade was ra...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about Sunday’s “Casserole Call”

Matt Wild

November 7, 2025

We've already told you everything you need to know about our third annual "Casserole Call," which returns to Falcon Bowl/Hall in Riverwest on Sunday, November 9 from 12-3 p.m. It's a hot dish bake-off! Where a ...

Get an earful of new EP, end-of-world video from hip-hop duo AZTHMA

Matt Wild

November 7, 2025

Higher Education Records (HER) spins an intricate web. The Milwaukee hip-hop and electronic collective has so many individual artists (GetMoses, Mad Static, Diallo, Slang Troubadour, FHOBOS, NDILOMA, Mic Crawf)...

Food/Drink Roundup: Martino’s will close December 19, Brady Street area might get chicken wings

Matt Wild

November 5, 2025

In this installment of our bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup: Martino's is closing, and the Brady Street area might get a new wings joint. • After nearly a half-century in business, Milwaukee hot dog staple Marti...

Boat is bobblehead now

Matt Wild

November 5, 2025

Thanks to the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, "Deep Thought," or just The Boat—is a bobblehead now. We got ours in the mail yesterday:...

Step right up for the miracle cure of IfIHadAHiFi’s “Everyone’s A Doctor” video

Matt Wild

November 4, 2025

"There's no hippocratic oath in the punditry biz / When no one is a doctor, then everyone is!" That's a key line in "Everyone's A Doctor," a standout track from IfIHadAHiFi's new EP Paws In The Bacon Grease....

We got a piece of the Milwaukee Boat, and you can, too (for free)

Matt Wild

October 31, 2025

Remember the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, "Deep Thought," or just The Boat? The Boat that was stranded on the shores of Lake Michigan from October 2024 to May 2025? Of course you d...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Halloween in Bay View

Matt Wild

October 31, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: celebrating Halloween in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. Happy ...

Alderman Scott Spiker does not like the streetcar, does like issuing press releases about it

Matt Wild

October 30, 2025

Milwaukee Alderman Scott Spiker does not like the Milwaukee streetcar, a.k.a. The Hop. How can we tell? Because Spiker has issued at least four press releases about the streetcar in October alone. And argued...

Ladybird shoots its shot on country classic ‘Clementine’

Matt Wild

October 29, 2025

There's a warmth that radiates from Clementine, the second full-length album from Milwaukee alt-country band Ladybird. It's there in the good-times songs about rock star dreams and barstool camaraderie. It's th...

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