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REYNA makes ‘Limonada’ on intimate, winning new EP

October 17, 2023

"When life hands you lemons, pour yourself some limonada." That little sip of affirmation is the animating force behind Limonada, the new EP from long-running Milwaukee synth-pop act REYNA. The record finds ...

A partial list of costumes in a Milwaukee Halloween costume contest video from 2000

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

Don't you just love a good old fashioned Halloween costume contest? How about one held outside on a busy city street? How about one held in the year 2000? Well… Yep, here's a 12-minute video of a deliriously...

Here’s the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile’s upcoming Milwaukee-area schedule, and that’s it

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 11 a.m. - 2.pm. Sendik's Market 7901 W. Layton Ave. Greenfield, WI 53220 3-6 p.m. Sendik's Market 5200 W. Rawson Ave. Franklin, WI 53132 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sen...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Taking out the window AC units because it’s gonna be cold for 8,000 months

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: taking out the window AC units because it's gonna be cold for 8,000 months! ...

WMSE will broadcast live from The Hop on October 25

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

If there are two things all Milwaukeeans and random Facebook commenters from Brookfield can agree on, it's A.) independent radio station WMSE 91.7FM rules, and B.) downtown streetcar The Hop rules. So what happ...

Oh, the places you’ll go with Social Cig’s “Wonderin'”

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

If all goes well, our lives are long. They're filled with love, loss, lessons learned, and lessons forgotten. They're filled with open roads and dead ends. But no matter where we find ourselves at any given mom...

Stuff We Missed: West Allis is suing Burger King

Matt Wild

October 13, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • You know that vacant Burger King on 106th and Greenfield in West Allis? The ...

Here’s Gold Steps’ pitch-perfect pop-punk cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”

Matt Wild

October 13, 2023

Taylor Swift needs no introduction, but allow us to say that Milwaukee alt/pop/rock band Gold Steps rules. In the last year alone the group has released an EP on Revival Recordings, toured the U.S., played a to...

Sip & Purr Cat Cafe will relocate to Brady Street in 2024

Matt Wild

October 12, 2023

Popular East Side "drink some drinks and pet/adopt some cats" spot Sip & Purr Cat Cafe, located at 2021 E. Ivanhoe Pl. since opening in 2018, announced Thursday that it will high-tail it to Brady Street in ...

Barnacle Bud’s will transform into a “warm and inviting supper club” this December

Matt Wild

October 11, 2023

If you're looking for Milwaukee's best outdoor bar and seafood restaurant that's tucked behind a bunch of warehouses and nestled on the banks of the Kinnickinnic River, it's hard to beat Barnacle Bud's (1955 S....

Jason Momoa will sign bottles of vodka in New Berlin and Brookfield on Oct. 19 and we’re going

Matt Wild

October 11, 2023

We've published more than 10,000 articles in our nearly 10-year-existence, and one of those articles looms large in our legacy (such that it is). Yes, on July 30, 2015, we published "50 Cent vodka signing at Oa...

Here are the 2023 trick-or-treat dates and times for Milwaukee County

Matt Wild

October 10, 2023

You don't really need an intro, do you? Like it says on the tin, here are the 2023 trick-or-treat dates and times for Milwaukee County. And that's it! Happy Halloween! Bayside October 29, 1-4 p.m. Bay Vi...

47,552 people rode that darn streetcar in August 2023

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

A total of 47,552 people rode that darn streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—in August 2023. The works out to a daily ridership of about 1,534. August 2023 ridership was down from July 2023 (65,749) and June 2023 (50,29...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 24 – October 7)

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

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...

Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival will return to downtown November 16 – January 1

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

We've been celebrating Halloween since August, but we're still not ready for, you know, the holidays. But that's not stopping Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 from announcing its annual Holiday Lights Festival (prese...

Stuff We Missed: Big Boy coming to Sussex, leaving Germantown (eventually)

Matt Wild

October 6, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Back in 2021, beloved restaurant Big Boy returned to Wisconsin for the first...

Ravine Road won’t get a pedestrian/bike path, will remain closed for at least a year

Matt Wild

October 6, 2023

Despite public support for reopening Lake Park's long-closed Ravine Road to pedestrians and bicycles only, and despite a cool $500,000 to do something with the road, it looks like...nothing will be done with it...

Here’s the schedule for Sugar Maple’s Nintendo pop-up, October 19-22

Matt Wild

October 5, 2023

Grab your controllers, blow in your cartridges, and dial in the Komani code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start), because Milwaukee craft beer bar The Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Ave.) is...

Diet Lite embarks on DIY tour in feature-length doc ‘Stumble Out The Gate’

Matt Wild

October 5, 2023

Milwaukee indie-rock band Diet Lite never half-asses it. The group's albums, videos, and live shows are all dialed to the max, full of life and energy and occasional crowd surfing. So when the time came to rele...

It’s time to talk about the future of the Mitchell Park Domes. Again!

Matt Wild

October 4, 2023

It's time to talk about the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Again! Yes, a public meeting on the endlessly discussed topic—touched off after a fallen chunk of concrete was discovered in one of ...

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