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Watch some flights, crashes, and splashes from Milwaukee’s first-ever Red Bull Flugtag

July 16, 2022

More than 50,000 people packed into Milwaukee's Veterans Park on Saturday to witness the city's first-ever Red Bull Flugtag. The event featured 34 (mostly) local teams pushing their zany, hand-crafted, human-po...

Summerfest 2022’s attendance was 445,611

Matt Wild

July 15, 2022

In a Thursday-at-6-p.m. press release titled "Summerfest 2022 Celebrates Music & Community. Festival Fulfills Nonprofit Mission Despite Challenges Resulting from Pandemic," Summerfest announced—let's scroll...

Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel will host a Grateful Dead-inspired “dining experience” on August 5

Matt Wild

July 14, 2022

When you think of legendary band The Grateful Dead, do you think of five-course food-and-drink "dining experiences"? If not, you will now. Yep, on Friday, August 5 at 6:30 p.m., Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel (...

Juiceboxxx is dead. Long live RUSTBELT.

Matt Wild

July 13, 2022

One of the most fascinating developments in the long and winding career of New-York-by-way-of-Milwaukee musician Juiceboxxx has been his willingness to question his own life choices. "Have I wasted all my life ...

Milwaukee’s postponed July 4th fireworks rescheduled to Tuesday, August 2

Matt Wild

July 12, 2022

There's no shortage of fireworks in and around Milwaukee during the summer, though it was still a drag to see the city's annual July 4th fireworks in numerous county parks canceled due to weather. But never fea...

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will play Fiserv Forum March 7, 2023

Matt Wild

July 12, 2022

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on March 7, 2023. Hell yeah. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 27, at 10 a.m. CT. Want to get tickets right away at 10 a.m. on the ...

Palomino temporarily closed, hopes to reopen next year

Matt Wild

July 11, 2022

According to a message on its website, long-running Bay View bar and restaurant Palomino (2491 S. Superior St.) is "temporarily closed for regular service." Why? Ye olde "severe staffing shortages brought abou...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 3-9)

Matt Wild

July 11, 2022

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Clementine carries the emo torch with excellent new single, “Lucinda”

Matt Wild

July 11, 2022

Milwaukee has a thing for emo. Back in the '90s, groups like The Promise Ring and Hey Mercedes put the city on the emo map; these days, Telethon, Versio Curs, Live Tetherball Tonight, and many more carry the bi...

Stuff We Missed: The return of Milwaukee Metalfest, streetcar stuff, more

Matt Wild

July 8, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Do you miss Milwaukee Metalfest? Of course you do. There hasn't been a Milwa...

Watch Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs kick out the jams for WMSE’s “Local/Live”

Matt Wild

July 6, 2022

Veteran Milwaukee rock 'n' roll bands don't get much more "veteran" and "rock 'n' roll" than Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs. The gleefully loud, gleefully growling group fronted by Cliff and Marie Ulsb...

Mere Of Light reaches out and touches “The Wood Between The Worlds” in new video, EP

Matt Wild

July 1, 2022

Back in the somehow less-fraught year of 2021, Milwaukee was introduced to Mere Of Light—a.k.a. the ethereal and mystical bedroom-folk project of musician Elise McArdle. The five-track Fell Tales was filled wit...

Take me back to Summerfest 1984: “Weird Al” Yankovic at the Rock Stage

Matt Wild

June 30, 2022

I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I've seen "Weird Al" Yankovic approximately 78 times. From county fairs and tiny clubs to fancy ballrooms and performing arts centers, I've seen Al everywhere. Hell,...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 2

Matt Wild

June 29, 2022

Summerfest! Like last year's edition, "The World's Largest Music Festival" is mixing things up in 2022 by staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the traditional 11-day run. In an effort to...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Fireworks!

Matt Wild

June 28, 2022

Some places summer traditions come and go, while some places summer traditions become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples summer traditi...

State Fair’s 2022 Sporkies: Fried Pickle Cheese Curd Tacos, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Chicken On-a-Stick, more

Matt Wild

June 28, 2022

It's almost time for the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair (it runs August 4-14), which means it's time to unveil, ponder, and drool over and/or worry about this year's Sporkies finalists. You know, the Sporkies! The S...

Enjoying Summerfest despite [gestures broadly at everything]

Matt Wild

June 25, 2022

On Friday morning, my partner in crime/business, Tyler Maas, sent me a message: "Well, the country has (officially) somehow become even worse. If you want to have our 27,000th day of no promos, that's fine with...

Milwaukee approves return of those darn scooters for 2022 and 2023

Matt Wild

June 22, 2022

Those darn scooters are officially coming back! Beginning in early August! And sticking around until at least the end of 2023! Yes, following approval from the Public Works Committee on Monday, the full Comm...

Lake Park will celebrate 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted with parade, cake, more

Matt Wild

June 21, 2022

Fredrick Law Olmsted, born in 1822, is known as the father of American landscape architecture. His most famous projects include New York's Central Park and the grounds outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D....

Tom Nelson would like to defeat Ron Johnson, and the Spin Doctors are gonna help him

Matt Wild

June 21, 2022

In Wisconsin, one of the big stories of the upcoming U.S. Senate election is who, if anyone, can defeat former folk music fan and current human shit stain Sen. Ron Johnson. There are plenty of big names in the ...

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