First Impression: Cream City Swirl
Bay View is in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The chunk of southeast Milwaukee—which already has such feathers as Odd Duck, Guanajuato, both DeMarinis, Palomino, Classic Slice, and Hué proudly stuck in ...
Tracklist: 10 fictional (or poorly depicted) WI places in film and TV
Despite being placed directly between coasts and in the thick of a region of America that’s commonly reduced to “flyover country,” Wisconsin manages to be cast in film and on television fairly often. Whether as...
Extra Points: A guide to GreenBayPackersLovers.com
Whether it comes after a 4-12 rebuilding year or a Super Bowl-winning season, that harsh portion of each year that rests between Green Bay’s final play and the team’s first pick of the NFL Draft is a lonely one...
Milwaukee Bucks’ end is just the beginning
It was like the last days of Rome…if the empire’s decline featured a t-shirt bazooka, a senior citizen dance squad, and Dippin’ Dots kiosks.After a brutal 81-game stretch that already ensured the team would...
First Impression: Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon
Milwaukee’s south side isn’t for want when it comes to chain restaurants. The airport-adjacent slice of the city has no shortage of dining establishments to welcome visitors to town with a corporately standardi...
Joke Thief Night brings open mic to taboo places
In the world of stand-up comedy, there’s no worse crime than stealing another comedian’s material. Even the implied heist of another comic’s jokes has pretty much sunk Carlos Mencia (not that we’re complaining)...
We came, we saw, we pwned: Midwest Gaming Classic recap
Over the weekend, the Brookfield Sheraton was abuzz with flickering screens, flipping paddles, stacked cartridges, and the persistent click of mashed buttons on plastic controllers. Hundreds of gamers hailing f...
VICE News covers Corey Stingley case in Crime and Punishment series
The contentious case regarding the 2012 death of West Allis teen Corey Stingley became a topic of national conversation Friday, when VICE News premiered “Racial Injustice in Milwaukee,” part of the site’s ongoi...
Off Base: Putting down Hank The Dog
Don’t look now, but the 7-2 Milwaukee Brewers are currently in first place in the National League Central, and are tied with the Washington Nationals for the best record in all of baseball. While the team’s ret...
Chris Chuzles joins Hot Coffin
Lineup changes among bands aren’t all too uncommon an occurrence, but it’s worth noting the rare occasion that bands swap out a singer—especially when the new singer was the voice of an established Milwaukee ba...
Get angry with the Brewers’ video for “Happy”
Baseball is back. With the return of America’s pastime comes periphery joys of various meats smoldering on a sea of grill, almost-daily Bob Uecker radio ramblings that are equal parts disjointed and hilarious, ...
Decibully talks history, break-up, Milwaukee Day reunion
It was a Saturday night in early April. Though it wasn’t unusual for Decibully to play to a brimming bar room in its preferred local haunt, the Cactus Club was especially packed, considering the headliner hadn’...
First Impression: R&D Pub
What’s in a name? When it comes to the means of identifying an establishment that specializes in the sale of items customers ingest, quite a lot. An appetizing name is key. That failing, nomenclature that’s at ...
10 comedy shows for a sidesplitting spring
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you somehow managed to make it through another winter. The season wasn’t without its casualties, though. If you’re anything like us, the seemingly unending cold snap lef...
Old Earth brings Milwaukee a belated Scottish souvenir
If you’re familiar with experimental folk force Old Earth, you’re probably still reeling from the semi-recent release of the 13-minute masterpiece All Kill. In addition to quickly gaining steam locally, Todd Um...
Misogyny, Will Smith, and Hank the Dog: 2014 Brewers season preview
Spring is in the air. Yes, it’s been literally days since the last snowfall. Local news stations are filing their “brave the cold” fodder away, and dusting off “beat the heat” segments. Melting ice has uncovere...
Tim Kasher brings living room tour to Milwaukee Opry
If emo had a Mount Rushmore, Omaha crooner Tim Kasher would, at the very least, be in consideration to have his likeness chiseled into the rock face. Through his hundreds of songs scattered across 16 celebrated...