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Milwaukee Public Museum will officially close January 3, 2027

November 18, 2025

Throughout the long-in-the-works transition from the Milwaukee Public Museum to the still-under-construction Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, MPM officials have been vague on hard dates. When, exactly,...

Milwaukee still wants someone to develop the Marcus Center Parking Structure, unfortunately

Matt Wild

November 18, 2025

Remember that 55-story mass timber building that was maybe going to be built on the site of the Marcus Center Parking Structure? Well, that ain't happening, but the City of Milwaukee would like someone else to ...

Red Quean knows what hunger is on delectable “Sugar & Violence”

Matt Wild

November 18, 2025

One of the highlights of Milwaukee's Halloween season was WMSE's "Radio Dead Time." The free show and costume/dance party at Anodyne on Bruce featured music from Seances, El Sebas, and Red Quean. It was a blast...

“Weird Al” Yankovic will bring “Bigger & Weirder” tour to Fiserv Forum October 17

Matt Wild

November 17, 2025

It's been more than three years since Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic graced a Milwaukee stage and delighted fans with his beloved parody (and original!) songs about food, the internet, Star Wars, and the be...

Red Light Ramen will return to original East Side home for one night only, November 28

Matt Wild

November 17, 2025

It's been more than two years since beloved ramen hotspot Red Light Ramen closed its doors on Farwell Avenue. But a recently announced pop-up will not only bring Red Light back to its original home on the East ...

Muse will headline Summerfest July 2, 2026

Matt Wild

November 17, 2025

Summerfest 2026 is a distant seven months away, but there are already plenty of announced headliners to get excited about. Garth Brooks! Ed Sheeran! Post Malone! A TikTok guy! This guy! On sale now! Get read...

Dance like no one in Vivarium is watching in CoCoBees’ “You Can Go Again” video

Matt Wild

November 14, 2025

We're rapidly approaching end-of-year lists season, and it's very, very safe to say that Collections Of Colonies Of Bees' 2025 album Celebrities will be all over our best/favorite Milwaukee music lists. It's a ...

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

Matt Wild

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)...

Author Matt Wild