Mandatory Milwaukee: Opening Day!

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Opening Day! What can you can say about Opening Day? You can say somethin...

Nite Owl’s 2023 season begins today

With longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started nine days ago, but something...

Sustainable Milwaukee: The shape of (our) water

As summer in Wisconsin winds down, we savor a time when water occurs naturally in a liquid state. It's our beautiful reminder that those other nine months of snow and ice are merely an aberration. The days o...

Meet Mocha Harris, the new face of Milwaukee Day

We're exactly two weeks out from Milwaukee Day. At this point, more than a decade has passed since a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (o...

Nite Owl’s 2022 season begins today

With the longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started nine days ago, but somet...

11 (more) notable comedians with Wisconsin roots

All week long, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival will be treating the city to loads of laughs. The 15th annual festival—which started October 3 and will run through October 10—will feature dozens of comedians perfo...