Yesterday, Gov. Scott Walker formally announced a public financing plan for a new downtown Milwaukee Bucks arena, which, not unlike a forced ultrasound, sounds pretty cool. As expected, the plan calls for taxpa...
Nestled in the broiling bro-dom of North Avenue is Von Trier, a longtime East Side German-themed bar that boasts an agreeably dim, rustic, and foosball-less ambience. It’s the place you go when you’re too old f...
For students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, being known by their preferred names just got easier.
On June 1, UWM enacted a preferred name, or name-in-use system for all registered students. The op...
Is there anything more sublime, more delicious, more Wisconsin than a Brandy Old Fashioned? Probably not. The drink of choice for craft cocktail enthusiasts and sheepshead-playing grandparents alike, the Brandy...
Since 2009, for a handful of Fridays throughout the summer, Point Fish Fry & A Flick has transformed Discovery World on the lakefront into an outdoor movie mecca. Co-produced by the Pabst Theater Group, the...
For the last five years or so, Milwaukee filmmaker Anthony Lopez has captured the city at its most sublime and idiosyncratic. As part of his High Frequency Media production company, Lopez created dozens of top-...
When news broke last fall that Company Brewing would be replacing Stonefly Brewing at 735 E. Center St., it was greeted with a fevered enthusiasm usually reserved for new “placemaking” initiatives or Milwaukee ...
Hanging out in our 20-song Milwaukee summer music playlist is “Daylight,” a track from 21-year-old rapper Vonny Del Fresco. Musically, it’s the perfect song for a hazy summer day—laid-back and blissed-out—thoug...
Memorial Day is a time to pause, give thanks to all those who have served our country, and probably play a game of washers or bags or whatever. It’s also a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. ...
Summer is almost upon us, and with it, approximately 8,000 events that involve the word/suffix “fest.” But how many of those fests (conveniently compiled here for your perusing pleasure) boast not one, but five...
Milwaukee-by-way-of-the-world rapper Juiceboxxx may be divisive, but give him credit: dude doesn’t give up. Take the video for “Walking In Milwaukee,” which finds the longtime MC and energy drink purveyor tirel...
Jenny Lewis fucking killed it Tuesday night at Turner Hall.
The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist put on a confident, defiant, and masterful show worthy of any arena-packing r...
Let’s face it: the Milwaukee flag is kind of a mess. Adopted in 1955, it contains plenty of nods to the city’s past—a barley stalk for brewing, a giant computer mouse for water-based commerce—but it assembles t...
On Wednesday, May 20, WTMJ-TV news anchor Mike Jacobs will retire. Jacobs’ 37-year run at WTMJ—the longest single-station tenure by an anchor in Milwaukee TV history—has been filled with indelible highlights: r...
It’s telling that when it comes to Bob Dylan—hands-down the greatest singer-songwriter of all time—one needs to practically apologize for wanting to see him play live. Dylan, ever the confounding contrarian, do...
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was a contestant on Tuesday’s episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! And because he’s the reigning NFL MVP and totally awesome, he won. Rodgers—decked out in a Mr. Rogers swe...
Band monikers can often be random and arbitrary, but Milwaukee’s Hello Death is nothing if not aptly named. The experimental folk quartet—made up of members of Group Of The Altos—is both welcoming and morose, f...
It’s a scientific fact that each and every online list of “17 reasons to move to Milwaukee,” “22 MORE things that are super neat about Milwaukee,” or “Have we done Bloody Marys lately? No? Okay, here are the be...
Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, outspoken Libertarians and skeptics. Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, reality show staples. Forget for a moment Penn & Teller, creators of the brilliant/insuffer...
When it comes to hometown heroes who have made a mark on the worlds of sports and entertainment, who continue to delight and amuse on a daily basis, and who starred in a watershed ’80s sitcom alongside a cheese...