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A Franklin family will be on ‘Family Feud’ tonight

May 1, 2017

When one is channel surfing in the early evening hours, Family Feud is usually a safe bet for some good, old fashioned, family-friendly entertainment. When a family from metro Milwaukee is feuding, it's pretty ...

Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2017

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

Watch Eric Thames smack a bunch of dingers in Korea

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2017

Unless you happened to catch Eric Thames' blips with the Blue Jays or Mariners between 2011 and 2013, last fall's news that the Milwaukee Brewers signed the 30-year-old guy from the KBO to a three-year deal (wi...

Arte Para Todos, Day 2: Bay View

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2017

From April 27-30, Arte Para Todos—a.k.a. “Milwaukee’s largest local music event”—will return for its third year. With nearly 100 acts showcasing their talents in 25 venues spread throughout five neighborhoods, ...

Tucked Away: Chilango Express

Tyler Maas

April 27, 2017

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

16 Milwaukee bands you maybe didn’t know broke up

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2017

For every Milwaukee project that has a well-publicized last show, knowingly puts out what's to be its final album, or crafts a long and respectful farewell to those who have supported them throughout the years,...

G-Daddy’s BBC is closed

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2017

More sad news for the East Side bar scene, as North Avenue stalwart G-Daddy's BBC, 2022 E. North Ave., abruptly closed today after more than 20 years in business. According to a reader tip, employees were notif...

Stand-Up Cinema will return to mock ‘The Room’ in May

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2017

Back in 2014, Milwaukee comedian Ryan Lowe's "Stand-Up Cinema" injected MST3K-like movie commentary from local comics, as well as elements of stand-up, sketch, and self-shot video vignettes to such film classic...

Here’s the Dummerfest 2017 lineup

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2017

Back in June of 2015, a dozen (primarily) punk and hardcore bands hailing from five states came to The Metal Grill in Cudahy for an unforgettable day of all-ages fun known as Dummerfest. The inaugural festival ...

Meet Guerrilla Ghost in the “Undeserving Of A Proper Title” music video

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2017

Though the project has yet to play its first show, Guerrilla Ghost can already be considered one of the more interesting duos in Milwaukee. After meeting in November, rapper Chuck Jones (who releases music unde...

Business with bad name now has slightly better name

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2017

Back in February, we alerted you to the fact that there was a night club in Milwaukee called Amnesia Nite Club for some reason and that it was for sale. We also urged whomever purchased the National Ave. wateri...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos 2017 with this compilation

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2017

Believe it or not, Arte Para Todos begins in a week. The third annual city-wide benefit for Milwaukee school art programs will bring an awesome mix of about 100 combined musical acts to 25 venues in five neighb...

A Milwaukee muralist wants to improve Bay View’s ‘Art Stop’

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2017

Since coming into existence on the high-traffic intersection of Kinnickinnic, Howell, and Lincoln avenues in late 2014, Bay View's "Art Stop" has been a source of considerable criticism. The piece designed by R...

Here’s the lineup for the second annual Gloss Weekend

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2017

Following a successful inaugural weekend-long event last spring to commemorate the cassette label's first year in business, Gloss Records decided to bring "Gloss Weekend" back for a second year. From May 19-21,...

Stream Nickel&Rose’s effusive European souvenir, ‘Oh Sweet Love’

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2017

When we last heard from Nickel&Rose, the folk duo composed of guitarist Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) and upright bass player Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunder...

9 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2017

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2017

Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...

Off The Beaten Path record store is moving to Bay View

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2017

This year's Record Store Day will be the last one Off The Beaten Path will celebrate on the East Side. Following more than six years of quiet growth at 1936-38 N. Farwell Avenue, the independent record store is...

This Is It! officially has a new logo

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2017

Last month, This Is It! asked patrons to redesign its logo that will be used in accordance with TITs’ 50th anniversary next year, and likely for years to come. Dozens of submissions were collected and those ent...

Celebrate 4/14 with rare Milwaukee rap mix from Dope Folks Records

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2017

Happy Milwaukee Day, everyone! What started as a lighthearted acknowledgement of the city's area code between a small group of friends has quickly become a full-fledged local holiday with no shortage of things ...

Here’s the 2017 Lakefront Festival Of Art lineup

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2017

Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival Of Art has always been one of the city’s classier summer festivals—no beer runs or zany street performers here! Still, per Milwaukee summer festival regulations, there ...

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