And “MKE’s Best Bloody” is…
Sunday afternoon, as throngs of people were eating their weight at MSOE's Kern Center as part of WMSE's 15th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser, thousands of people gathered at the nearby Italian Community Cent...
We’re showing ‘BASEketball’ at Avalon Theater
Way back in July of 1998, Trey Parker and Matt Stone were enjoying newfound success with South Park, which premiered the previous summer. As the world was first getting to know the groundbreaking and influentia...
Joan La Rosa returns from comedy crash course in China
In no particular order, starting out in stand-up comedy and moving to a faraway country whose language you don't know are probably the first and second biggest fears for most Americans. Joan La Rosa is the exce...
This Is It! wants you to re-design its logo
This Is It! is nothing short of a Milwaukee—no, a Wisconsin—institution. Billing itself as "Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, "TITs" has been a presence on Wells Street in Cathedral Square since 1968. Initially, it k...
Stream The Zach Pietrini Band’s ‘Holding Onto Ghosts’
Zach Pietrini is a work in progress. That's not an indictment of his talent as much as it is an acknowledgement of Americana troubadour's unwillingness to spend too much time in any single creative territory. S...
Welcome to March: Here’s what you’re doing this month
March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes an...
The Phoenix Cocktail Club is offering a “Mardi Gras menu” for a limited time
Though The Phoenix Cocktail Club has only been open since New Year's Eve, the Cathedral Square restaurant and lounge has quickly shown patrons they're not your typical downtown establishment. Certain drinks c...
First Impression: City Lights Brewing Company
As encouraging as it is to see a sudden influx of brand new breweries, brewpubs, and the like opening up in Milwaukee (and nearby suburbs), the newfound allure of Brew City has also brought about the relocati...
15 interesting things about Milwaukee, the Bucks in George Karl’s new memoir, ‘Furious George’
Last month, legendary NBA coach George Karl published a book he co-wrote with Curt Sampson entitled, Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection. In the revealing...
Something To Do’s “Tina Fey II” music video phones it in
Aren't videos shot on phones the worst? Between the low definition picture, high likelihood of user error—seriously, stop filming things vertically, people!—and garbled audio, there's not much reason to captu...
Tone Lōc is performing a free concert in Milwaukee tomorrow
Things have been pretty rough for the Milwaukee Bucks lately. Hours before today's game against the Suns, the Bucks have lost 14 of their last 20 games. During that unsavory stretch, Jabari Parker was lost fo...
Bo & Airo go off in new “Sirens” music video
As far as projects formed out of a pun made in a text message conversation go, it's safe to say Bo & Airo is one of the best around. In 2015, Bo Triplex (namesake and bandleader of Bo Triplex And His Beau...
Inside Milwaukee’s green rooms: Company Brewing, Linneman’s, Mad Planet
While countless people flock to Milwaukee's numerous clubs, theaters, arenas, concert-equipped coffee shops, and other performance spaces every year, only a select few are allowed to peer behind the scenes. U...
Stream the new Whips song, “Goldmine,” and pre-order ‘The Ride’
You'd be hard-pressed to find a band in Milwaukee (or Wisconsin, for that matter) more capable of combining crushing, chest-pummeling rock and roll with rousing, radio-ready hooks than Whips. Since suddenly e...
Here’s The Vanguard’s new and improved menu
Since opening in October 2014, The Vanguard has been a boon to Milwaukee dining, while also doubling as a prime place to watch the Packers and pro wrestling, and serving host for a single-day Chinese restaura...
You can own Amnesia Nite Club (and totally change its name)
Being home to literally thousands of bars, it's only natural that at least a few drinking establishments in Milwaukee have names that are less-than flattering. Places like Slurp -N- Burp Fun Bar, Toni's Moody...
The Fatty Acids unleash long-awaited album, ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’
The year was 2013. A revitalized Milwaukee music scene was abuzz with activity, and a young synth-pop sextuplet called The Fatty Acids was helping to lead the charge with a steady diet of lively local shows, ...
A Milwaukee artist made a functioning “Thump A Trump” game
In just one month, the Trump administration has illustrated its aversion to the arts. Despite the President's efforts to take funding away from artistic organizations, creatives aren't only continuing to work...
Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds of ‘The Dollop’ will do stand-up at Puddler’s Hall in April
On April 19, comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds will perform a special live version of their wildly popular American history podcast, The Dollop, at Turner Hall. As exciting as it'll be to bear witnes...
Abby Jeanne goes back to basics in “Baby Roll ‘N Stone” video
Though Abby Jeanne says "2016 gave gray hair," the incomparable Cream City crooner, songwriter, and producer is poised for bigger and better things in 2017. So far in this young year, she's turned in an unfo...