Brewed City: Pilcrow Coffee
Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...
Donna Diane talks new Djunah album, spring tour, what’s to come
While Djunah isn't a Milwaukee project, the genre-fusing duo from Chicago isn't a stranger to the metropolis that neighbors them to the north. Ex Voto—Djunah's loud and lush debut album—was released in partners...
Austin Powers and Powers Boothe star in our “April Powers” film series at Times Cinema
April is a time of rebirth. It's the first full month of spring. It's hopefully the last time we see snow on the ground until late fall. It's a period in which the flowers bloom and the temperatures climb as we...
Here’s the full Turner Hall Tiki Takedown lineup
Following successful installments in 2019 and 2021, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown will once again be bringing warm vibes and cool island cocktails back to the eponymous downtown ballroom. From 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, A...
NilexNile precedes SXSW show, spring tour with “Breakfast”
When we last checked in with NilexNile, the up-and-coming Milwaukee rapper was in the midst of a breakout 2022 that included a steady stream of great music videos, appearances at pretty much every major summer ...
Reba McEntire and 17 other celebrities who played Colonel Sanders, ranked
Over the course of her incomparable career, Reba McEntire has done it all. During the last 45 years, the “Queen Of Country” has recorded countless hits for her 30-plus albums that have sold more than 75 million...
20 pictures of Greenfield’s new Qdoba that officially opens March 14
Last fall, we were given the opportunity to have an early glimpse (and take an early taste) of Milwaukee proper's first Dave's Hot Chicken. With Dave's being one of the fastest-growing chains in the country and...
Brewed City: Sprocket Café
Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...
Choose your own adventure in Nuisance’s “four-dimensional triple double album”
Last winter, we introduced you to Nuisance. Composed of former and current collaborators in noted Milwaukee outfits like Decibully, Camden, The Promise Ring, and the similarly pronounced New Sense, the project ...
Travel back to the early ’90s with these full concert videos of Wild Kingdom and The Pacers
Wild Kingdom is one of those Milwaukee bands of yesteryear that local music fans continue to bring up with regularity to this day. Even though they broke up in the mid-'90s (with much of the band subsequently f...
Possible Aaron Rodgers offseason outcomes, ranked
Are you tired of hearing about Aaron Rodgers this offseason? I sure as hell am! Now that No. 12 has emerged from his weird darkness retreat and flurry of quarterback-related transactions will surely be occurrin...
Turner Hall Tiki Takedown returns April 2
Following successful installments in 2019 and 2021, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown will once again be bringing warm vibes and cool island cocktails back to the eponymous downtown ballroom in early April. Yes, after ...
Producers reimagine Convert’s debut record in ‘Unrestrained Remix EP’
Convert is a band on the rise. Last April, the Milwaukee post-punk/goth rock hybrid—with former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, Assault & Battery, and Cry Coyote in its ranks—released its debu...
And “Milwaukee’s Best Bloody” is…
Sunday afternoon, thousands of people gathered at the Italian Community Center to partake in a beloved celebration of a tomato-based local delicacy. Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation's annual “MKE’s Best Bloody...
Milwaukee comedians come together for Carol-Aid fundraiser event
Dana Ehrmann is one of the most accomplished and all-around funny comedians in Milwaukee right now. She's performed with Bobcat Goldthwait, Joe Pera, Todd Barry, Hari Kondabolu, Steve Byrne, Dan Soder, and coun...
Get over here! We’re screening the original ‘Mortal Kombat’ at Avalon Theater on March 29
These days, video games are relied upon to be the source material for a wide variety of films and television shows. Long before the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise was dominating the box office, The Last Of Us was...
Brewed City: La Finca Coffeehouse
Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...
Enjoy these 21 photos of Bay View’s new Cheba Hut, which opened last week and is awesome
Even though we try to highlight local, independently-owned restaurants as often as we can, we're not immune to the occasional chain restaurant craving. Over the weekend, we indulged in one when we checked out t...
Female beer reps from 9 different breweries to collaborate on Women’s Month events
For many years, the beer industry was one completely dominated by men. Male distributors sold products made by male brewers to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores that were typically owned by—you guessed it!—m...
Check out The Vanguard’s new stylized sausages and butcher boards
Earlier this week, we announced The Vanguard would be saying goodbye to 4 of its menu items. Even though some popular fare—most notably the delicious likes of the Diablo Verde and the Beer Nerd—have either been...