22 Milwaukee songs for Summer 2017
Memorial Day is a time to pause, give thanks to all those who have served our country, and maybe watch a parade or something. It's also a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. Summer! Is there a...
Milwaukee Vap and 20 other misspelled local businesses
On May 28, some of the world's brightest kids and adolescents will compete in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee (better known as the "National Spelling Bee"). The televised event is an amazing display of i...
Diane, here are 5 ways to celebrate the return of ‘Twin Peaks’ in Milwaukee
On Sunday, May 21, Twin Peaks will make its unlikely, highly anticipated, sure-to-be-demented return to television. The new 18-episode Showtime series—written by original co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost,...
Violent Femmes and Corey Feldman: 14 standout (non-festival) summer shows
Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city’s 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea of dance...
This Is It! and 10 other notable Milwaukee logo redesigns
Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, This Is It!, officially unveiled its new logo last month. The imagery, which was the result of a month-long contest, will replace the logo the Cathedral Square bar has used for decad...
16 Milwaukee bands you maybe didn’t know broke up
For every Milwaukee project that has a well-publicized last show, knowingly puts out what's to be its final album, or crafts a long and respectful farewell to those who have supported them throughout the years,...
9 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2017
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...
Hello, Milwaukee: 14 things to do on Milwaukee Day 2017
On Friday, April 14, Milwaukeeans young and old will once again raise their voices to the heavens and celebrate the greatest holiday to be based on an area code. Yes, Milwaukee Day is back. What began as a Face...
11 Milwaukee businesses located inside other businesses
On March 17, Milwaukee welcomed a new downtown restaurant called Oak & Oyster. With bars and restaurants opening in and around the city at an incredible rate, a new Milwaukee seafood purveyor coming into th...
17 shows to get excited for this spring
Spring, sprung. Winter waning, summer looming. Life. Hope. Shows. You know the drill. Here are 17 exciting shows coming to Milwaukee this spring.
Saturday, April 1
Platinum Boys, Buzz Record Release @ Cact...
17 ways to avoid a stereotypical St. Paddy’s Day
St. Patrick's Day is an annual excuse to get out and celebrate in the waning days of winter. It's a holiday build on the foundation of Irish pride, fun, and revelry. On the other hand, it also kind of sucks. Be...
15 interesting things about Milwaukee, the Bucks in George Karl’s new memoir, ‘Furious George’
Last month, legendary NBA coach George Karl published a book he co-wrote with Curt Sampson entitled, Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection. In the revealing...
Just a flesh wound: 9 fun facts about that time Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee
Do you like fun facts? Here are nine fun facts about that time (October 14, 1912) former U.S. President and then-presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt was totally shot outside the old Gilpatrick Hotel (now ...
14 name submissions for Oshkosh’s new Milwaukee Bucks affiliate
Last week, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oshkosh, Wisconsin would be the home of the organization's new NBA D-League affiliate. The (approximately) 70,000-resident college town beat out Grand Chute, Raci...
15 ways to celebrate and/or avoid Valentine’s Day
Some of you are in a serious relationship, or at least involved in a budding romance. Others are happily (or perhaps miserably) single. No matter where your love life lands, the same thing holds abundantly tr...
12 (non-touristy) things to do in Milwaukee (without drinking)
Five months ago, I stopped drinking. Coincidentally, my social life also got a lot tamer/lamer around the same time. Living in a city known for beer, I find myself staying in almost every night and not having...
Golda Meir, Vel Phillips, and 10 other notable women from Milwaukee’s past
Over the weekend, across the world, millions of women (and men) gathered, marched, and united in protest of the newly installed President of the United States, Donald Trump. In honor of the historic Women's Mar...
Protests, music festivals, and 8 other things to do on Inauguration Night
Get this: On Friday, January 20, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Huh. The official celebrations surrounding Trump's inauguration will likely be just as "huh"-worthy, what wit...
19 Milwaukee releases we’re excited to hear in 2017
It seems like we're just days removed from celebrating the best releases Milwaukee managed in 2016. With all the promise a new year brings also comes the promise of new music. In the same way many of us resol...
Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2017
Twenty-sixteen was something of a banner year for Milwaukee. Hardly a day went by without some exciting new shit being built, some boring old shit being turned into exciting new shit, and 8,000 Bublr Bike sta...