Search Results for: "20 years later"

February 28, 2018

UPDATE (7/26/18): It's Fiserv Forum. UPDATE (4/23/18): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the naming rights are "imminent," and that they will go to a "local company with a national presence." Here are s...

Steve Aoki shows love for Milwaukee, Steve Aoki at The Rave

Dan Agacki

February 22, 2018

While making the slow cruise to park outside The Rave on Wednesday night, herds of twenty-somethings made their way to the venue—guys in tank tops and girls just in bras, for some reason. It may seem like an od...

Apply now to create a new mural for Black Cat Alley

February 20, 2018

Since opening in September 2016, the East Side's Black Cat Alley has seen its fair share of controversy. Adam Stoner's "Devontay"—which depicted a black man in an orange prison jumpsuit—immediately came under f...

My cheesy valentine: A romantic, $150-per-couple dinner at Mars Cheese Castle

Zach Brooke

February 16, 2018

Kenosha's Mars Cheese Castle is many things to many people. To locals, it's a tourist trap infused with notes of ironic Wisconsin pride. For out-of-towners meandering through America's Dairyland, it's the last ...

Von Trier’s grand re-opening party is Thursday and it involves complimentary beer and food

February 13, 2018

The story so far: Back in August, Von Trier owners John and Cindy Sidoff announced they would be closing their beloved German bar and reopening it as an "upscale cocktail lounge." Milwaukee was not impressed, a...

Once un-Herd of, there’s a fun new pro hoops team in Oshkosh

Nick Olig

February 9, 2018

Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh was packed with Wisconsin Herd fans at a nearly full capacity on Saturday, February 3. A daylong snowstorm caused a few patches of empty seats, but the rest of us were treated ...

7 pre-World War II ads from Milwaukee companies (and the stories behind them)

Catherine Jozwik

February 8, 2018

Today, it seems like the Geico gecko is the height of clever advertising campaigns. While some ads and commercials are arguably comical and memorable today, gone are the days when ads appeared solely on the bac...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Real Chili remains the city’s great comfort food

February 7, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Johanna Rose and friends reimagine the relevance of Woody Guthrie with GuthrieUNCOVERED

February 6, 2018

"I chose to 'uncover' Woody Guthrie because I felt his music was particularly relevant given today's political climate." So says Johanna Rose, curator of GuthrieUNCOVERED, coming to Turner Hall Ballroom Frid...

Holy Shit! once booked a tour around trying out for ‘The Price Is Right’

February 2, 2018

Both tonight and on February 5, Riverside Theater will host a live rendition of The Price Is Right. The touring show gives people all over the country an opportunity to watch and participate in some of the game...

Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month

January 2, 2018

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holiday...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 17: Packers vs. Lions

December 29, 2017

When the 7-8 Green Bay Packers travel to the 8-7 Detroit Lions this New Year’s Eve, it will be the last calendar day of 2017 and the last day of both teams’ 2017 seasons. The Lions were in the hunt longer, not...

Remaking A Murderer: The rationale behind (and ramifications of) screening ‘My Friend Dahmer’ in Milwaukee

December 22, 2017

Last night concluded the theatrical run for a drama about a troubled, misunderstood, and forgotten high school kid growing up in the Midwest in the late 1970s. The low-budget indie film has grossed less than $1...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 16: Packers vs. Vikings

December 22, 2017

Ten weeks ago the Packers were 4-1, Aaron Rodgers was the odds-on MVP favorite, and the 3-2 Vikings had, in the two weeks prior, lost at home to the Detroit Lions, then barely survived the limping Chicago Bears...

Remembering the life and comedy of Chris Farley

Nick Olig

December 18, 2017

On the anniversary of Chris Farley’s untimely death, it’s worthwhile to recall a formula someone once expressed for living a full day: laugh, cry, and think. Chris Farley used his time on this Earth to deliv...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 15: Packers vs. Panthers

December 15, 2017

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters… God saw everything...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 14: Packers vs. Browns

December 8, 2017

Sunday noon on the south shore of Lake Erie will be Brett Hundley’s Super Bowl. And he knows it. If he loses this one game, then Aaron probably won't be able to win the next seven (a loss drops our likelihoo...

Steven Look talks about almost dying, getting back to basics, King Eye & The Squirts