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MKE Music Rewind: Grey-Star, “You Don’t Even Know” (1983)

January 18, 2024

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Grey-Star, "You Don't Even Know." "Criminally overlooked!" "Should ha...

You better believe Milwaukee Public Market’s “Dinky Rink” will return January 19

Matt Wild

January 18, 2024

For the last several years, the Milwaukee Public Market has been making the dead of winter a little more bearable (emphasis on "little") with its outdoor, 950-square-foot "Dinky Rink." Is the so-called "area's ...

EsterEv plans to move to former C-viche space in Bay View

Matt Wild

January 17, 2024

EsterEv, the reservation-only fine-dining restaurant within DanDan (360 E. Erie St.), plans to move into its own digs. A license application filed with the city indicates that DanDan and EsterEv owners Dan J...

Whatever! Nineties-themed Diorama-Rama set for March 26

Matt Wild

January 17, 2024

Here's a fun fact: Milwaukee is home to the world's first habitat diorama! In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama for the then-young Milwaukee Public Mus...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jelly Roll, HARDY will headline 2024 Harley festival

Matt Wild

January 16, 2024

Fresh off the 2023 Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival that featured headlining sets from Foo Fighters and Green Day, the now-annual fest has announced its musical headliners for 2024. Over the course of the...

Let’s see how some Milwaukee restaurant websites have changed over the years

Matt Wild

January 11, 2024

Remember when every website on the World Wide Web didn't kinda-sorta look the same? Or, at the very least, when every website hadn't yet jumped on the "clean/minimalist" bandwagon and were funky, loaded with te...

Lawrencia Bembenek gets another musical tribute with Trapper Schoepp’s haunting “Bambi”

Matt Wild

January 11, 2024

Four decades after she became a notorious Milwaukee name, Lawrencia "Laurie" Bembenek is having a moment. Last fall, the Milwaukee Rep produced a rock musical called Run Bambi Run (with original songs from V...

Looks like ‘Bar Rescue’ is sniffing around Milwaukee again

Matt Wild

January 10, 2024

Has it really been 10 years since kinda-sorta-reality and failing-bar-revamp show Bar Rescue blew into Milwaukee and "rescued" two Milwaukee bars? Good grief, it has... Remember in 2014, when host John Taffe...

New & Wonderful Things: Nomad Coffee Bar, upscale and affordable apartments, more

Matt Wild

January 10, 2024

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...

Social Cig and Wave Chapelle will go “unplugged” at Riverwest Radio on January 13

Matt Wild

January 10, 2024

Do you miss MTV Unplugged? Do you miss the intimate, acoustic, and exceedingly '90s vibe of the landmark concert series? Then make your way to Riverwest Radio (824 E. Center St.) on Saturday, January 13 for an ...

Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s 2024 Black History Month celebration

Matt Wild

January 8, 2024

February is just around the corner, and with it, Black History Month. Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month on the silver screen—specifically the silver screen of Milwaukee's gorgeous Oriental Thea...

Back in Milwaukee, Frank Gappa remembers being “Lost In Brooklyn”

Matt Wild

January 8, 2024

"I'm an indie rocker. I have a style that sets me apart from the legendary Frank Zappa. Though I do appreciate his music, our names are the only real similarity." That's a helpful media-kit hint from Frank G...

Stuff We Missed: It’s Friday, so it looks like we’re getting another giant concert venue

Matt Wild

January 5, 2024

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: another Milwaukee concert venue! • Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson...

Questions (and answers) about the Milwaukee sales tax increase that has everyone riled up

Matt Wild

January 4, 2024

On January 1, 2024, a new sales tax increase went into effect in the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. Like most anything these days, it has a lot of people riled up. HOW MUCH IS IT? The City of Milwauk...

MKE Music Rewind: The Rage, “Girl Like You” (1980)

Matt Wild

January 4, 2024

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: "Girl Like You," by The Rage. Power pop is universal. Power pop is ti...

Food/Drink Roundup: A couple of East Side places closed and another kinda-sorta closed

Matt Wild

January 3, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: A couple of East Side places closed (and another kinda-sorta closed). ...

Social Cig closes out 2023 with breezy ‘In The Pocket’ EP

Matt Wild

January 2, 2024

It's easy to love Social Cig. The self-described "indie-skate-rock" project of Milwaukee musician Parker Schultz is arguably the most enjoyable (and popular) local DIY acts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic....

Watch local weather guru Bert Lauderdale report from the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge

Matt Wild

January 2, 2024

With the first day of the year comes a first-day-of-the-year tradition in Milwaukee: jumping into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. Yes, the 2024 Polar Bear Plunge took place on Monday. Hundreds of hearty sou...

Rockin’ good news: We’re screening ‘Wild At Heart’ January 24 at the Avalon

Matt Wild

December 28, 2023

Even with films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive under his belt (not to mention the third season of Twin Peaks), David Lynch's Wild At Heart is the director's most wonderfully garish creation. The 1990 cri...

Enjoy some random Milwaukee Christmas videos from decades past

Matt Wild

December 20, 2023

Milwaukee! Christmas! Nostalgia! You'll get a healthy dose of all three when you watch these clips! Enjoy! HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHDCGWaTHg4 MORE HELLO MILWAUKEE! https://...

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