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Before tonight’s ‘Star Trek’ podcast, listen to Data singing old pop standards on forgotten record

August 15, 2017

Tonight, The Back Room at Colectivo's Prospect Avenue cafe will host none other than The Greatest Generation, a Star Trek podcast that's specifically devoted to Star Trek: The Next Generation. From 1987-1994, t...

Von Trier will close, re-open as an “upscale cocktail lounge”

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

It's been, oh, 30 seconds since yet another seismic change hit the North Avenue bar district on Milwaukee's East Side. And while today's news isn't the complete shuttering of a longtime staple (R.I.P. Hotel Fos...

Charlie Berens strives to celebrate his home state with ‘Manitowoc Minute’

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2017

Last November, Los Angeles (by way of Elm grove, Wisconsin) comedian Charlie Berens told us how his Badger State background informed his comedy. At the time of that interview, Berens' Wisconsin-themed Titanic, ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (August 6-12)

Matt Wild

August 14, 2017

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 IshDARR dominate Summerfest 2017 in video for “Sanity”

Matt Wild

August 14, 2017

This past Fourth of July, Milwaukee rapper IshDARR became the first local hip-hop artist to nab a headlining slot at Summerfest. He didn't disappoint: The show was absolutely packed, the energy was insane, and ...

188 consecutive Friday fish fries and counting: The Social Haus

Caleb Westphal

August 11, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. With the arrival of the Wisconsin State Fair, my initial thought was to spend this week looking for...

I saw a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend for $20 at the Racine Zoo

Caleb Westphal

August 11, 2017

During the 1960s, Stax Records of Memphis was at the forefront of American soul music, possibly only being eclipsed by Berry Gordy's Motown. Otis Redding and Sam & Dave were the biggest artists to come from...

Ron Funches throws cookies and steals hearts at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2017

Ron Funches is in a good place right now. The comic has amassed an impressive (and growing) résumé of acting and voiceover work. He's lost about 140 pounds. He's dating someone new and is having fun raising his...

Buckle up, Milwaukee, for the world’s first “alternative polka festival”

Matt Wild

August 11, 2017

When out-of-town travel writers pen glowing reviews of Milwaukee, they almost always mention how our city is much more than its "beer-and-brats" reputation. (Which is true, though we do love our beer and brats....

Soul Low would like you to ‘Cheer Up,’ please

Matt Wild

August 10, 2017

Drop the digital and/or physical needle on Soul Low's third full-length album, Cheer Up, and you're lulled into a false sense of serenity. A one-minute string instrumental opens the proceedings, evoking the orn...

We’re showing ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at Avalon Theater again

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2017

In 2015, we said goodbye to the summer with a late September screening of Wet Hot American Summer. The first-ever Milwaukee showing of the cult comedy classic sold out, people dressed up as characters from the ...

1840 Brewing Company to open this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2017

After an unprecedented year in Milwaukee microbrewing in 2016 and a steady wave of breweries opening at the beginning of 2017 (including Westallion, Broken Bat, City Lights, Explorium, and Eagle Park), it seems...

Outlaw Artists make it their damn selves, debut company with Sam Shepard’s ‘Fool For Love’

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2017

Sam Shepard died on July 27, 2017. In the 73 years that preceded his passing, the Midwestern-born playwright and director won a Pulitzer Prize, garnered Tony and Oscar nominations, dated and inspired musicians,...

Rancid and Dropkick Murphys bring grown-up punk to BMO Harris Pavilion

Dan Agacki

August 10, 2017

Sometimes, to amuse yourself on the drive to work, you call into radio stations to win concert tickets. Sometimes you're caller number five and you actually win the tickets. And so I found myself, maxed out on ...

Sexy couches, sexy ISIS, and other wacky Wisconsin sex stories

Vince Morales

August 9, 2017

There is just something about Wisconsin and having sex in weird places. The State Fair sex scandal (a.k.a. The WonderFair Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am) isn't new or original, but another chapter in a long saga of W...

Three Riverwest basement bands played 7 Mile Fair, and it was just as weird as you’d expect

Lauren Keene

August 9, 2017

Hailed as "Wisconsin's Largest Flea Market," the elusive 7 Mile Fair is one of the few places where you can buy live birds, bootleg Beats by Dre, fresh produce, fidget spinners, pork rinds…you get it. Located i...

Buy a Milwaukee man’s incredible retro Nintendo collection for $29,900

Matt Wild

August 9, 2017

If you're the kind of person who has spent approximately 8,000 hours blowing into a beat-up copy of Ninja Gaiden, if you're the type of now-grown gamer who uses the "Konami code" during sex, if you're the exact...

Fibonacci Sequence takes its time with ‘Cinema Finis’

Steve Lampiris

August 9, 2017

To enter the world of Milwaukee's Fibonacci Sequence is to enter a world whose backstory includes two Chads ("Chad 1" and "Chad 2"), a producer/musician named Chris Kringel, and a current bass player being conf...

Hi Hat is turning 20! Here’s who’s playing its block party

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2017

Brady Street has changed a great deal since the late '90s. Though the East Side thoroughfare has experienced frequent turnover, rampant competition, and has been forced to cater to the the city's ever-changing ...

A couple had sex in the State Fair bleachers, and FOX6 talked to a mom and son unwittingly sitting in the same bleachers a few days later

Matt Wild

August 8, 2017

Over the weekend, no doubt hot and bothered from a day of photo-finish pig races and suggestive deep-fried foodstuffs, a man and woman had sex at the Wisconsin State Fair. Not only that, but the man and woman w...

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