Here are your 2019 WAMI winners
The 39th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (a.k.a. the WAMIs) took over Turner Hall Ballroom Sunday night, and what a night it was. Those in attendance were treated to performances by Hall of Fame ind...
Ari Shaffir, Todd Barry to headline Milwaukee Comedy Festival
Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved in kind with Milwaukee’s humor scene. From July 31 to August 4, the ...
AJ Bombers will offer its Big Boy burger all summer long
Last week, we embarked on an epic taste test: Who has the best Big Boy-inspired burger—AJ Bombers, Coach's, or McDonald's? The test was inspired by AJ Bombers' limited-time tribute to the classic double-patty, ...
Gov. Evers will speak at Turner Hall, and we still demand he make his own “Welcome to deer season” videos
In case you missed it, Wisconsin has a new governor. Last November, mild-mannered Tony Evers bested future Twitter user Scott Walker to become the 46th governor of our great state. What has Gov. Evers accomplis...
In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 7-13)
Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...
Watch the Milwaukee Bucks dye the Milwaukee River green
Friday morning, in advance of Sunday's playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks dyed the Milwaukee River green. Well, the city and members of Plumbers Local 75 union did the actual dyeing (below the McKinley Avenue br...
275 Friday fish frys and counting: Saint Sebastian Parish
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.
"It's crazy in there," a fish-filled pedestrian announced, as they stood in the parking lot of S...
My First Band: Amos Pitsch (Tenement, Dusk)
You might know Amos Pitsch as the singer of Tenement, a Northeastern Wisconsin punk band that garnered national acclaim after releasing the 2015 double-album masterpiece, Predatory Headlights. Maybe you know hi...
A winner is you: Get powered up for this weekend’s Midwest Gaming Classic
This weekend, the 2019 Midwest Gaming Classic will somehow stuff more than 10,000 gamers, pinball pros, tabletop enthusiasts, cosplayers, vendors, and entertainers into the 150,000 square feet of the Wisconsin ...
Winter is coming…and so are the NBA Playoffs
In case you weren't aware, local fans of exciting television are entering a once-in-a-lifetime convergence of fantastic programming: the highly anticipated final season of the insanely popular HBO series Game O...
The Bike Fixers (formerly Cory The Bike Fixer) is closed
The Bike Fixers—formerly known as Cory The Bike Fixer—is closed. A "For Sale" currently graces the front of the East Side building at 2410 N. Murray Ave. Multiple calls to the long-running bike shop have gone u...
Tucked Away: Asian Papayoyo
Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants, worthwhile Milwaukee dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lost in the shuffle. With Tucked Away, Milwau...
Prepare for Midwest Gaming Classic with videos of Arcade Jackpot Pro winning big at Wisconsin arcades and carnivals
This weekend, Midwest Gaming Classic will bring more than 10,000 gamers, pinball nuts, tabletop competitors, cosplayers, vendors, entertainers, and extra special guests to more than 150,000 square feet of the W...
Raw Bar is open at Crossroads Collective. Here’s the menu.
Since opening in December 2018, Crossroads Collective—a.k.a. one of the city's first food halls located in the former Oriental Drugs space on the East Side—has been great. And now it's even greater: Today, the ...
69% of the 1980 Milwaukee Brewers preferred Pepsi over Coke. Nice.
The Brewers, as a wise man once said, are hot. It's early in the season, of course, but the 2019 team looks to be just as explosive, fun, and Yelich-rific as the 2018 squad. Chances of this year ending with ano...
Hey! Here are the 8,000 headliners for Summerfest 2019
It's that time of year again: In advance of Summerfest 2019 (June 26-30, July 2-7), the Big Gig has unleashed its massive list of headliners. Approximately 8,000 ground stage headliners now join the previously ...
10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2019
Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...
How does this season’s rotation compare to other historically young Brewers pitching staffs?
It remains to be seen if the Brewers’ 2019 starting rotation will be good, but they’ll certainly be young.
After passing or missing out on several veteran alternatives this winter, the Brewers opened the sea...
Let’s guess when that big snow pile on the side of the Marcus Center parking structure will finally melt
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts has been in the news a lot lately. Back in December 2018, the 50-year-old institution announced plans to revamp its downtown campus. Soon after, folks cried foul at the...
Giant penguin will haunt Northwestern Mutual Gardens as part of 2019 Sculpture Milwaukee
One of Milwaukee's great public art success stories has been Sculpture Milwaukee. For the past two years, the outdoor art exhibition has peppered more than 20 wonderful, challenging, and sometimes bizarre piece...