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MKE Music Rewind: BoDeans, ‘Outside Looking In’ (1987)

June 25, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In this installment: BoDeans' sophomore 1987 album Outsi...

Food/Drink Roundup: SportClub is back, Mother’s is closed, Chettinadu House may be evicted

Matt Wild

June 24, 2026

In this installment of our semi-regular Food/Drink Roundup: SportClub, Mother's, and Chettinadu House. • Roughly six months after abruptly closing, downtown sports bar and restaurant SportClub, 750 N. Jeffer...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 2

Matt Wild

June 23, 2026

Summerfest! It continues this weekend (June 25-27) and next weekend (July 2-4). Here are our Record Recommended picks for the second round of the 2026 Big Gig, along with ways to get in cheap or free. THURSDAY...

Here are the headliners for A La Carte at the Zoo 2026, including Dermot Mulroney’s band

Matt Wild

June 23, 2026

The Milwaukee County Zoo is celebrating the 40th year of A La Carte at the Zoo in 2026, and it's doing so in style. Oh, and actor-musician Dermot Mulroney and his "Cali-Country" band jackrabbit are totally play...

Holy Pinto prepares for ‘Wedding Season’ with ‘One Tattoo’

Matt Wild

June 23, 2026

The past few years have seen the release of a handful of singles from English-born singer-songwriter Aymen Saleh and his Milwaukee indie-pop group Holy Pinto—but no proper records. Songs like 2020's "Special" a...

Here are the Milwaukee landmarks that will glow green tonight for Giannis and Bobby, and that’s it

Matt Wild

June 23, 2026

1522 on the Lake 330 Kilbourn 600 EAST 833 East Michigan Discovery World GRAEF Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Lakefront Brewery Hoan Bridge MGIC Milwaukee County Courthouse Milwaukee County Historical Socie...

Reminder: Milwaukee County is doing a July 3 lakefront drone show again. Here’s the map

Matt Wild

June 22, 2026

Remember last year's beloved, not-at-all controversial July 3 lakefront drone show? You know, Milwaukee County's July 3 drone show that replaced its traditional July 3 fireworks display? Well, with the Fourth o...

Resurrectionists double down on doom with ‘Double EP’

Matt Wild

June 22, 2026

If you caught the terrific homegrown documentary Now! More! Yes! at this year's Milwaukee Film Festival, you saw doc subject TW Hansen directing several videos for local band Resurrectionists. (You also saw Han...

David Lee Roth wants to know how Summerfest is doing

Matt Wild

June 21, 2026

David Lee Roth wants to know how we're doing so far. David Lee Roth wants us to sing that shit. David Lee Roth wants us to know there's no I in team, but there is a U in pussy. David Lee Roth wants to ...

Here are the music, entertainment lineups for this year’s ArtBlaze beach parties

Matt Wild

June 18, 2026

Milwaukee is absolutely loaded with summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more. In the "more" category is ArtBlaze, a FREE beach and beach-adjacent series featuring music, dance, yoga, family-friendly acti...

Oriental Theatre will host Circle Jerks show, ‘Repo Man’ screening, Q&A August 9

Matt Wild

June 17, 2026

This is pretty rad, so we're just gonna stick to the facts: On Sunday, August 9, legendary L.A. punk band Circle Jerks will play a show at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre. Wow! After that, there'll be a Q&A wi...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Wondering if Summerfest needs a dedicated ‘local’ stage

Matt Wild

June 16, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Wondering if Summerfest needs a dedicated "local" stage It's a qu...

More Milwaukee Public Museum dioramas, items will be ‘deinstalled’ this summer

Matt Wild

June 16, 2026

In case you somehow, improbably, impossibly missed it, the current Milwaukee Public Museum will close its doors at 800 W. Wells St. on January 3, 2027. Then, sometime in early 2027, the new Nature & Culture...

Brady Street will launch 6-week ‘Summer Safety Pilot Program’ June 25

Matt Wild

June 15, 2026

Worried about summer chaos on Brady Street? There'll soon be a summer safety program for that. Beginning June 25, a six-week "Summer Safety Pilot Program" will go into effect on Brady Street. The program is ...

Lindsey Slater is at TMJ4 now

Matt Wild

June 15, 2026

Roughly three months after departing her longstanding gig at WISN 12, meteorologist Lindsey Slater has officially joined TMJ4 as the fifth member of Storm Team 4. The not-so-secret secret was revealed bright an...

Snag teases new LP, celebrates ‘collective liberation through mutual aid’ with ‘Unarrest Me’ video

Matt Wild

June 15, 2026

The last time we checked in Snag, the long-running "climate-anxious heavy-emo" Milwaukee group was celebrating the release of a full-length split with Indiana punk band Coma Regalia. That was 2023; now, three y...

Bob Uecker mural in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Bob Uecker mural is officially complete, incredible

Matt Wild

June 12, 2026

Roughly one month after it was first announced, the 100-foot-tall Bob Uecker mural in Downtown Milwaukee is officially complete. Behold: Artist Mauricio Ramirez put the finishing touches on the "Mr. Basebal...

Nadi Plates will NOT move into former Crossroads Collective, will move into former Pomona Cider Co. instead

Matt Wild

June 11, 2026

More than a year after Italian food truck and catering service Nadi Plates announced it would open a restaurant in the former Crossroads Collective space at 2238 N. Farwell Ave. on Milwaukee's East Side, the co...

Dialogues set the summer vibe with ‘All The Dreams’

Matt Wild

June 11, 2026

Are you in the market for a noisy, fuzzed-out, sun-buzzed indie-rock song of the summer? Well, it's been almost four years since that last Alvvays record, so yes you are. But no longer! Go ahead and cue up "All...

Here’s a complete list of new food and drink stuff coming to Summerfest 2026, and that’s it

Matt Wild

June 11, 2026

Via Summerfest... New Food/Beverage Experiences Cocktails & Confections – a sweet spot for specialty cocktails, spiked shakes, snacks, and candy including Sweet Dreams, Key Lime Colada, Blue Hawaiian Mock...

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