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Midwinter Gaming Convention celebrates 15 years of dressing up as sexy vampires (and other things)

January 15, 2015

Time stretches out like a barren graveyard, with the headstones marking the frailty of joy and hiding crypts full of regret. But enough about the shitty weather. There’s only so much time one can spend huddled ...

TARDIS party: Inside The Time Lords’ Ball at Turner Hall

Rob Wieland

December 23, 2014

Milwaukee rarely lacks options for celebrating the end of the year. From the bottle service pub-crawls on Water Street to the packages in the ’burbs that allow guests to get shitty in a ballroom and stumble bac...

First Impression: 8Bit

Rob Wieland

December 18, 2014

The concept of an arcade bar has been around since someone got the bright idea to put video games in bars. The arcade classic Root Beer Tapper, for example, wasn’t always about serving root beer. The concept ha...

Neil deGrasse Tyson enlightens Riverside, explains how the universe is trying to kill you

Rob Wieland

December 11, 2014

Of all the unusual acts that have come through Milwaukee, never has their been one stranger than noted astrophysicist and ambassador of science (or perhaps, more correctly, SCIENCE!) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr...

UberDork Cafe brings family-friendly geekiness to Menomonee Falls

Rob Wieland

November 6, 2014

Not so long ago, nerd culture incubated in small, dimly lit shops featuring surly customers and even surlier help behind the counter. Many of these nerds grew up, found partners with similar interests, and star...

Spocktoberfest: Fantasticon to bring geeks, nerds, dorks together this weekend

Rob Wieland

October 21, 2014

Milwaukee is flush with celebrations during the summer, ranging from big lakefront ordeals to neighborhood events full of carny food. That leaves a lot of time to fill the rest of the year, with recent summers ...

The drinking dead: A movie and drink guide to the Bay View Zombie Apocalypse

Rob Wieland

September 23, 2014

The Bay View Zombie Apocalypse features a string of Bay View pubs mixing the sweets of a pub crawl with the bitters of shambling through the streets dressed as zombies. $25 gets access to a celebratory t-shirt,...

Support your local nerf herder: Mighty Con Milwaukee comes to Serb Hall Sept. 21

Rob Wieland

September 19, 2014

Comic book conventions, like rock shows, come in all shapes and sizes. Big shows like San Diego Comic Con are like the Nerd Superbowl, while smaller regional shows like Wizard World bring celebrities and flippa...

Milwaukee welcomes Welcome To Night Vale to Pabst Theater

Rob Wieland

July 10, 2014

Radio shows were once a dying art form rarely heard outside of scratchy compilation CDs and community theater one-offs. The rise of podcasting, however, introduced a new format for narrative radio and got a new...

How to huzzah! A guide to costumed performers at the Bristol Renaissance Faire

Rob Wieland

July 2, 2014

For 47 years, Milwaukee has thrown an annual party full of music, booze, and people dressed inappropriately for the weather. But enough about Summerfest: The Bristol Renaissance Faire is Summerfest’s junior by ...

Nexus Game Fair attempts to fill the Gen Con-sized hole in Milwaukee’s gaming scene

Rob Wieland

June 16, 2014

The good citizens of Milwaukee may be shocked to discover that their fine city has a long history of geek heritage. In addition to (at least) two nerd-friendly bars and having a prominent fictional character st...

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