Lucky Cat is closed
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Within nine months of Cocoon Room's closing and fewer than two months after Borg Ward's abrupt end, Milwaukee is down yet another all-ages venue. Lucky Cat is no more. The Riverwest art space's closing w...
Try our “Milwaukee Wrecker” sausage at The Vanguard
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Mid-market regional web-only entertainment journalism can be a largely thankless industry. The pay isn't great, the hours are long, and the comments can be vicious. But every now and then, something happ...
Here’s video of a fox (with prey) roaming downtown Milwaukee
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Despite all its amenities and hit-and-miss "placemaking" efforts, it's not unfair to suggest downtown Milwaukee's nightlife can be a little lacking at times. In the early hours of Thursday morning—within...
Exclusive: Stream Midwest Death Rattle’s “Feed Them To Each Other”
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Last month, Midwest Death Rattle broke more than three years of silence (at least in the recorded sense) with a public domain footage-packed lyric video for "Post-Apocalypso," the first single and title ...
I went to Wisconsin’s first “cat cafe” and it was pretty weird
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Excluding my dumb food- or drinking-related cries for help and whatever bullshit points I try to make on our podcast, I usually make a concerted effort to keep my personal life far away from this website...
Cream City Comedy Festival puts no price on premium stand-up
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Though they both relocated to Chicago last summer, up-and-coming comedians Sammy Arechar and Liz Ziner haven't forgotten where they got their start in stand-up. Aiming to "celebrate and raise awareness o...
Direct Hit! signs to Fat Wreck Chords
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About two weeks ago, Direct Hit! was announced as touring support for NOFX's "Hepatitis Bathtub Tour," which will span 14 shows in nine states this April. Today, the tour mates officially became label ma...
Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee record labels weathering the storm
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Tonight, Rush-Mor Records will welcome Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore, who will discuss his new book, How To Ru(i)n A Record Label. The book tracks the origin of Livermore's label, the growt...
Exclusive: Hear Paper Holland make fresh prints on “Jazzy Jeff”
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If it seems like it's been forever since you've heard a new Paper Holland song, well, that's probably because it's been forever since there's been a new Paper Holland song. The indie-pop outfit's debut a...
Avalon brings ‘The Big Lebowski’ and more back to big screen in “Antihero April” series
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It's safe to say the Avalon has been killing it lately. The Bay View theater's recent Hayao Miyazaki anime film series went over so well that they've extended the screenings into April at Times Cinema, i...
Milwaukee Record’s comprehensive Brewers middle name rankings
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Now nestled deep into March, winter is finally officially over, which makes "Spring Training"—where some Milwaukee Brewers players have been since early February—an accurate name. On April 4, Miller Park...
Vans Warped Tour ’16 lineup is better than last year, still pretty bad
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Yesterday, when most of the city was navigating the flood of headliners announced for this year's Summerfest, the lineup of another annual Henry Maier Festival Park event was also made public. That's rig...
“Comedian” Carlos Mencia to bring “comedy” to Milwaukee “comedy club”
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Last year, we posited Milwaukee Comedy Cafe's relocation from the Brady Street space it occupied for 27 years to a smaller, second floor space above a restaurant on Old World Third Street officially dash...
Aaron Rodgers talks aliens, religion on Pete Holmes’ podcast
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Aaron Rodgers isn't your typical quarterback. Not only is the future Hall of Famer capable of otherworldly things on the field, but his sense of humor, level of intelligence, and unconventional spiritual...
Times Cinema extends Hayao Miyazaki film series into “Anime April”
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After Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge's recent Hayao Miyazaki film series—which we called a "slew of stunningly gorgeous, impossibly imaginative, and emotionally complex anime films"—was a resoun...
We’re showing ‘Major League’ at the Avalon
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Making no secret that 2016 will be a rebuilding campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers will begin the season April 4 with a team composed of unknown youngsters, unproven prospects, stopgap veterans, a star play...
Tracklist: 11 notable (active) comedians with Wisconsin roots
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On Saturday night, the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center played host to Jackie Kashian, a now-Los Angeles based comedian and—with all due respect to NBA journeyman power forward Kurt Nimphius—probab...
Sarah Silverman & Friends to headline PrideFest’s opening night
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Last Monday, PrideFest announced Blondie and GGOOLLDD would be closing out the weekend's festivities with a June 12 Henry Maier Festival Park performance. Today brings news that actress, comedian, and im...
Eric Young and old: 7 Milwaukee Brewers family connections
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Though this season's spring training appears to be an exercise in futility for the unabashedly rebuilding Milwaukee Brewers, it does give fans an opportunity to learn the many new names dotting the team'...
Pizza! Weed whackers! Outer space!: Enjoy the latest episode of Rock ‘N’ Roller Remote Controller
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What's better than Rock 'N' Roller Remote Controller? The Milwaukee-made program's endearingly lo-fi production value combined with local music and a dash of punk-tinged campiness has entertained a proud...