Tag: Brewcity Bruisers

Brewcity Bruisers invite the public inside their practice facility for Doors Open Milwaukee

September 26, 2019

In a nondescript building in Walker's Point, something is going on. Muffled sounds of whistling, yelling, and crashing can be heard. Long moments of silence—then, chaos. It goes on like this for a while. Quiet,...

Remembering ‘Jam City Rollergirls,’ the 2011 Wii game featuring the Brewcity Bruisers

Matt Wild

March 7, 2019

On Sunday, March 10 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the venerable Brewcity Bruisers will host their third bout of their 13th season. You read that right: the Milwaukee roller derby league has been jamming, b...

Brewcity Beerleaders encourage, empower, entertain

Catherine Jozwik

December 13, 2017

Although some cheerleading teams can be hotbeds of drama, you won't find much of that with the Brewcity Beerleaders, the squad for the Brewcity Bruisers, Milwaukee's all-female roller derby league. "The girls a...

Brewcity Bruisers season opener: a first-timer’s primer

DJ Hostettler

January 5, 2017

It's been well over a decade since flat track roller derby began its modern revival in Austin, courtesy of the Texas Rollergirls. Since those heady days of punk rock, fishnet, and wacky names like (retired Te...

Brewcity Bruisers to be featured in feature-length documentary, ‘Roller Life’

Matt Wild

September 22, 2016

Believe it or not, Milwaukee's Brewcity Bruisers celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2016. That's a full decade of fast-paced, high-octane, and, well, bruising women's flat track roller derby action. And thoug...

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