Author Tyler Maas

15 Earth Day events and fundraisers happening in Milwaukee this week

April 19, 2021

Thursday, April 22 marks another Earth Day. While it's important to always be conscious of the environmental impact your actions have on the planet, the spring holiday that was founded in 1970 serves as an annu...

Carryout Chronicles: Sherman Phoenix

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2021

It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and employees as safe ...

The 8 other flags on Milwaukee’s flag, ranked

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2021

Today is Milwaukee Day. Since the civic celebration's unlikely origins approximately 12 years ago, the local holiday has given Milwaukee natives, Milwaukee residents, Milwaukee expats, and pretty much anyone el...

This amazing Milwaukee Day video shows “our new day is coming”

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2021

Last April 14, an outstanding Milwaukee Day video showed how the isolated and silent city was "apart, but together" during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis. Though some of the circumstances of the still-pr...

Here’s the best Bucks player to wear every jersey number

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2021

What's there to say about the Milwaukee Bucks right now? At this point in the season, the team has added some veterans to bolster its bench. Starters are missing time to tend to minor injuries and rest up for y...

Milwaukee Black Restaurant Week returns April 12-18

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2021

Now more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, local restaurants need more support than ever before. With the hope of bringing support to Black-owned establishments, BlankSpace MKE has brought back its Milwau...

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will roll into Greater Milwaukee this week

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2021

Do you like hot dogs? Do you want to see a large-scale means of conveyance that has been transformed into a gigantic hot dog on wheels? Are you looking for something—anything—new to do with your kids here in mo...

South Shore Terrace to open April 14, Whitnall Beer Garden opens April 21

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2021

Last year, the start of the COVID-19 crisis forced Milwaukee County's beer gardens to delay the start of their seasons until mid-summer. Though many stayed open deep into fall and South Shore Terrace creatively...

Tron Jovi delves into dubstep on ‘Bass + Frequency Studies In Dub, Chapter One’

Tyler Maas

April 5, 2021

Martin Defatte wears a lot of different hats in the Milwaukee music scene. The versatile and multi-talented Cream City creator is a web developer (who has designed websites for area institutions like Cactus Clu...

Shle Berry addresses dark times, prepares for better days on “When The Snow Melts”

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2021

Following a busy breakout year in 2019 that included tons of memorable live performances, oodles of local press, and the release of the Tampons EP, Milwaukee singer, rapper, and producer Shle Berry was poised f...

Prepare for another Brewers season with a decade worth of Opening Day tailgating videos

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2021

Today marks another Opening Day for the Milwaukee Brewers. A lot has changed since the last true Brew Crew home opener in 2019. The team was playing at Miller Park, for example. That stadium was packed to the g...

Carryout Chronicles: Hungry Sumo Sushi Bar

Tyler Maas

March 31, 2021

Nite Owl is open for the season

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2021

With the longer days, rising temperatures, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started 10 days ago, but something was missing. That...

Robin Yount’s brother did something no other Major League player has ever accomplished

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2021

Thursday marks another Opening Day for your Milwaukee Brewers. With the new season also comes untold opportunities for greatness. In addition to the Brewers having an outside chance to win its first World Serie...

Reins Daily chronicles paranormal experiences in ‘Songs For The Phenomenon’

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2021

In early 2019, Twin Brother officially came to an end. The conclusion of the Milwaukee project—that managed five releases between its 2013 formation and 2019—soon found singer, songwriter, and founding member S...

Tenuta’s To Go has closed

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2021

After nearly to two years of operation on the edge of Bay View at 3902 S. Whitnall Ave., Tenuta's To Go has closed. On March 27, owner Frank Tenuta made an announcement on the takeout-only restaurant's website ...

Watch Bay View Terrace being built in this video from 1964

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2021

Bay View has experienced considerable changes in recent years. Between new apartment complexes, a steady stream of incoming businesses, and ostentatious mansions built and then quickly flipped by a former alder...

MKE Music Rewind: The Fatty Acids, ‘Leftover Monsterface’

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The local music scene seems to operate in cycles. When looking back ...

Wait, so what is now Milwaukee used to be part of Massachusetts?

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2021

Many of you are probably aware of a city in North Carolina that also goes by the name "Milwaukee." And we're no strangers to a sound-alike city in Oregon called "Milwaukie." However, if you're anything like us ...

Hear songs from two upcoming Rx Drugs releases

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2021

Way back in the summer of 2016, Rx Drugs—the project of The Championship's Joe Crockett, which also features past and current members of The Promise Ring, Dashboard Confessional, and Trapper Schoepp And The Sha...