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Common Council gives final approval to FPC Live concert venues in Deer District

November 1, 2022

After several months, several committee meetings, and several rounds of public support and opposition, the Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal from Madison-based, Live Nation/Tic...

Buckle up and take a leisurely stroll across the newly restored Ravine Road Bridge in Lake Park

Matt Wild

November 1, 2022

The long wait is over: With restoration work (nearly) complete, you can totally walk across the Ravine Road Bridge in Lake Park again. (Well, you always could when the bridge was still standing, but you had to ...

Dinner Set Gang releases debut LP, hits up hotel pool in new video

Matt Wild

October 28, 2022

Art-damaged indie-pop outfit Dinner Set Gang has been making the Milwaukee music scene a more interesting place since 2020. The latest project from Josh Evert and Derek De Vinney of The Fatty Acids, Dinner Set ...

Alright everyone, chill! We’re screening ‘Batman & Robin’ at the Avalon on November 30

Matt Wild

October 27, 2022

Tim Burton's 1989 Batman was an attempt to move the Caped Crusader as far away from the cartoony camp of the '60s Batman TV show as possible. It worked, and was perfected with Burton's 1992 Batman Returns. Stil...

Great Job, Milwaukee! National Geographic includes Milwaukee in “25 breathtaking places” list

Matt Wild

October 26, 2022

When you think of the world's most "breathtaking places and experiences," which places and experiences do you think of? If you're the venerable National Geographic—a publication that knows a thing or two about ...

When, where, and how to vote early (and in-person) in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

October 25, 2022

The 2022 General Election is happening on Tuesday, November 8. Perhaps you've seen some ads about it? Anyway, if you don't want to wait until November 8 to cast your ballot but you still want to savor the in-pe...

Witness the last call of Judge’s Irish Pub on the East Side

Matt Wild

October 25, 2022

Judge's Irish Pub (1431 E. North Ave.) is no more. Well, the classic/infamous East Side watering hole has been closed since 2013, but the Judge's building—built in 1905—is now no more. Crews were on site Tue...

As Widespread Panic Weekend begins, mayor declares today to be Pabst Theater Group Day

Matt Wild

October 21, 2022

That noise coming from the heart of Downtown Milwaukee isn't construction (well, it's probably that, too). It's just the kickoff to the three-night, three-show, completely sold-out Widespread Panic Weekend at R...

After years of delays, Bay View sushi spot may finally open (in 2023)

Matt Wild

October 21, 2022

Believe it or not, the saga of perpetually delayed Bay View sushi spot Sushi Yuki stretches back to 2016. "Sushi Yuki is on its way to Bay View," OnMilwaukee reported in August of that year. The story detail...

Holy crap, Milwaukee is getting a new USL Championship soccer team and you can help name it

Matt Wild

October 20, 2022

Five months after announcing that, holy crap, Milwaukee is getting a new 8,000-seat soccer stadium in the new downtown Iron District MKE, details of the team that will play in that soccer stadium have been reve...

Bug Moment’s Jasmine Rosenblatt goes solo with jas? EP, ‘My New Clothes Fit Me Funny’

Matt Wild

October 20, 2022

The past year has found Milwaukee band Bug Moment having, well, a moment. The bedroom-pop group has played oodles of shows, garnered oodles of fans, and received oodles of love for its 2021 record BUGS. Are all...

The Beat Index puts listeners on hold, delivers fantastic concept album ‘Thank You For Your Patience’

Matt Wild

October 19, 2022

A "liminal space" is an empty or disquieting location that serves as a transition between two other locations. Think of an unused skywalk, a hallway in an abandoned mall, or an airport terminal at 3 a.m. It's a...

Nessun Dorma will celebrate 20 years of greatness on October 23

Matt Wild

October 19, 2022

In a time of all things new and flashy, it's easy to overlook the classics. Take Nessun Dorma, for example. The Riverwest restaurant has been quietly holding down its location at 2778 N. Weil St. since 2002, se...

Your guide to Milwaukee-area horror movie screenings from now until Halloween (and beyond)

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

It's crunch time, people: Halloween is mere weeks away! Need to get in the holiday mood with hours and hours and hours and hours of horror movies? We've got you covered. The following list—which begins today an...

‘Black Nativity by Langston Hughes’ returns to Marcus Center December 8-11

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

Milwaukee's holiday season will kick off in grand fashion when Black Arts MKE's annual Christmas musical, Black Nativity by Langston Hughes, lands at the Marcus Performing Arts Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel ...

Black Cat Alley Halloween celebration will include dance party, costume contests, tarot cards

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

If any place on Milwaukee's East Side should be going all out for Halloween, it should be Black Cat Alley. And what do you know—it is! Yep, on Saturday, October 29, the open-air art gallery—a.k.a. a two-bloc...

Brief Candles burn again on first full release in 5 years, ‘It Doesn’t Lead To Anything: Part 1’

Matt Wild

October 18, 2022

Has it really been five long years since Milwaukee-by-way-of-Peoria-Illinois shoegaze/dream-pop outfit Brief Candles gifted the world with new music? Well, sort of: following the 2017 release of the excellent f...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 2-15)

Matt Wild

October 17, 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...

Celebration of Mike Schank’s life set for November 12 at MKE Alano Club

Matt Wild

October 17, 2022

Milwaukee lost a real one on October 13 when musician Mike Schank—best known as the co-star of the 1999 documentary American Movie—died at the age of 53. Schank had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the yea...

When choosing between two competing Krampusnacht celebrations, choose the original

Matt Wild

October 17, 2022

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—with a f...

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