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Michael Ian Black stands up strong in Turner Hall return

June 12, 2014

Last time The Late Late Show gig was up for grabs, Michael Ian Black fell just short of Craig Ferguson for the hosting role. Almost a decade later, Ferguson is relinquishing the reins, and Black is in the hosti...

I failed Red Rock Saloon’s “Unforgiven Challenge”

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2014

I’ve always been able to eat a lot. Even before I was a love-handled and beer-gutted walking (with some discomfort) Wisconsin male stereotype, I could always put away more food than those around me—usually at a...

Var brings stand-up comedy to an art gallery setting

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2014

Last Friday, Bay View bars, restaurants, shops, and, yes, even galleries fostered the work of various Milwaukee artists during the neighborhood-wide gallery night. One Friday later, Bay View’s year-old Var Gall...

Tony Memmel to compete in VH1 contest

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2014

Star-making television contests are far from guarantees of fame and fortune for the winning musicians—just ask American Idol champs Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard, and Lee DeWyze; or Making The Band participa...

Fable & The World Flat crosses country in Sinnet remix

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2014

At the end of May, Fable & The World Flat’s Matthew Gorski moved to Los Angeles. Though the drummer’s departure certainly limits the sleek synth-rock project’s ability to play live, Gorski told us he and lo...

Off Base: The worst of the Brewers team store

Tyler Maas

June 6, 2014

The Milwaukee Brewers are an altogether awesome organization. Miller Park is among the least expensive ballparks to see a Major League game. Even if fans don’t bring in their own food or plastic bottle non-alco...

Vampire Weekend breaks in BMO Harris Pavilion

Tyler Maas

June 5, 2014

PrideFest traditionally serves as the first in a long string of celebrations at Henry Maier Festival Grounds that runs all the way into September. That’s technically no different this year, but Wednesday’s Vamp...

Bike-In Movie Series rolls out 2014 lineup

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2014

With events like Point Fish Fry & A Flick, Stand-Up Cinema, and the variety of between-fest screenings Milwaukee Film offers, there’s no shortage of ways for people in town to catch a movie in an uncommon l...

Off Base: Will Smith lays fresh prints in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

May 30, 2014

December 5, 2013 was a crazy time in the world. Latin music sensation Thalía was awarded a star on the lauded Hollywood Walk of Fame. Moviegoers were just eight days from celebrating A Madea Christmas, and Will...

Misery Signals announce “MaliceX” tour with original lineup

Tyler Maas

May 30, 2014

Monday marks the 10-year anniversary of Misery Signals releasing their celebrated debut full-length album, Of Malice And The Magnum Heart. While the then-Milwaukee metalcore magnates had experienced lineup chan...

K-Nation takes Summerfest sponsorship to a horrible level

Tyler Maas

May 29, 2014

The lineup for KNE New Music Stage was unveiled yesterday. At the risk of my Summerfest press pass being lost in the mail, the cast of performers announced was a supreme letdown. In just its second year at the ...

Bar Rescue is scouting Milwaukee locations

Tyler Maas

May 28, 2014

According to a Redditor called Drunk Jesus, popular SPIKE TV series/thing you reluctantly watch when you’re still up at 4 a.m., Bar Rescue, was recently at longstanding North Avenue-adjacent tavern Y-Not III. F...

Down & Over’s comedy open mic is down, over

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2014

Last Friday night, Down & Over Pub hosted a special weekend stand-up showcase to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its weekly comedy open mic, the longest-running in Bay View. Saturday morning, the venu...

Lakeshore Chinooks season preview

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2014

It’s safe to say that baseball season is in full swing. The Brewers are about a third of the way through the year. Rickie Weeks has already experienced his hot streak that inevitably precedes his season-ending ...

Brett Newski is at home on the road

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2014

Brett Newski looks exhausted. He’s stationed at a table in the upper level of a Bay View café, beside a pair of laptop-toting girls, near a man dressed in business attire who appears to be telecommuting, and...

11 Milwaukee bands to drive 100 miles to join Mile 2

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2014

Last summer's Mile Of Music—the inaugural downtown Appleton music festival curated and co-founded by Fox Cities ex-pat Cory Chisel—was nothing short of a success. More than 100 bands from all corners of the cou...

Brewers translator Jay Hsu speaks for himself

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2014

Currently nursing a 17.61 ERA that includes 15 earned runs off 19 hits (five of which were home runs) and five walks, the Milwaukee Brewers have kept the use of reliever Wei-Chung Wang to a minimum so far this ...

Direct Hit! overcomes the wrath of Brainless God

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2014

It could be argued that Direct Hit! is Milwaukee’s biggest band. The quartet routinely tours both throughout the U.S. and internationally in support of some of punk’s most notable modern acts. It has earned eve...

Aziz Ansari takes old themes new places at Riverside Theater

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2014

With three highly enjoyable specials, a regular role on a critically acclaimed network comedy, and a decade of stage-time beneath his (increasingly more expensive) belt, Aziz Ansari faces the difficult task of ...

Deer Diary: 6 Milwaukee Bucks lottery losers

Tyler Maas

May 16, 2014

Following the worst season in franchise history and the sale of the team (which was approved this week, by the way!), the exciting new era of Milwaukee Bucks basketball begins with a game of chance. As one of 1...

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