Author Tyler Maas

Michael Imperioli’s band is playing Cactus Club in August

April 15, 2022

If you live in or around Milwaukee and you're one of the millions of people who watched The Sopranos at some point in the past two years, we have some very exciting news to share. Michael Imperioli—the actor, w...

Old world crafts and otherworldly creatures converge in ‘Caverns Below Milwaukee’

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2022

If you come to this website with any regularity, we can confidently say you've stumbled across the work of Andy Tyra. The Michigan (by way of Milwaukee) illustrator and is the artist responsible for our T-shirt...

Now is your chance to buy an old school building in Cudahy!

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2022

As the housing market continues to explode and real estate prices keep climbing in Milwaukee, lots of interested home buyers are now resetting their sights on the city's up-and-coming suburbs. If the currently-...

Watch this video of Gilbert Gottfried roasting the Milwaukee Art Museum

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2022

Gilbert Gottfried passed away today at the age of 67. Known for his incomparable delivery and his fearless material, the comedian and actor's vast body of work—which ranged from voiceover work in Aladdin and as...

A guide to Milwaukee Day 2022 events and deals

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2022

More than a decade ago, a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and decided to turn that coincidence into a full-blown local holida...

Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel pick up the pieces in “Lend Me Your Heart” music video

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2022

Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we've continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...

Altruism and nihilism collide in Convert’s “Watch It Burn”

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2022

Last spring, we introduced you to Convert—a Milwaukee project featuring former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, and Assault & Battery—by premiering a song called "Slow Choke." The track, from t...

A guide to finding Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers on USFL rosters

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2022

Remember the United States Football League? Well, the short-lived professional football league—which folded in 1986 after Donald Trump drove it into the ground in a foolish attempt to force a merger with the NF...

Cozy Danger’s new music video is a “tribute to female badassery”

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2022

When we last checked in with Cozy Danger, the funk-tinged indie rock trio was partying with pooches in its "Where Are All My Dogs At" music video. This time around, they're paying "tribute to female badassery" ...

Indeed Brewing Company to host “Electric Love 2022” block party on June 4

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2022

Back in October, Indeed Brewing Company (530 S. 2nd St., 414-216-9007) brought The Lowdown to its Walker's Point taproom. The block party shut down a portion of 2nd Street for an all-day festival featuring tast...

Welcome to April: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2022

April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season is back, the first full month of spring is upon us, and rampant festival announcements combine with extended daylight and occasional days of unseasonable ...

Meet Mocha Harris, the new face of Milwaukee Day

Tyler Maas

March 31, 2022

We're exactly two weeks out from Milwaukee Day. At this point, more than a decade has passed since a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (o...

Enjoy some videos of Milwaukee musicians performing on late night television

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2022

Last night, Buffalo Nichols—the solo project of Milwaukee native and current Austin, Texas resident Carl Nichols—performed on Late Show With Stephen Colbert. It was great!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEw...

Marcus Performing Arts Center piles 7 great shows into 2022-2023 Broadway season

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2022

Milwaukee's famed Marcus Performing Arts Center has it all: A snow pile! Two rapidly-spinning advertising cubes! An upcoming "Weird Al" Yankovic concert! World-class musicals! Though the multi-faceted venue abl...

Nite Owl’s 2022 season begins today

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2022

With the longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started nine days ago, but somet...

Josh Evert prepares for debut solo record, Arctic Circle artist residency

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2022

When he isn’t releasing music from his Dinner Set Gang project or recording much of Milwaukee’s music scene at Silver City Studios, Josh Evert—who you might also know from his years in The Fatty Acids and Jaill...

Buffalo Nichols to perform on ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ on March 29

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2022

Less than a week after SistaStrings made their late night television debut while performing alongside Allison Russell on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, another artist with strong Milwaukee ties will perform on a different...

Summer Soulstice will return June 18 (with some changes)

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2022

As the world continues to make its way back to something resembling normalcy, the statuses of a few of Milwaukee's annual festivals are still in question. The Summer Soulstice Music Festival was among the handf...

Milwaukee breweries to team up for “River Clean Up Day” April 2

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2022

In recent years, Milwaukee breweries have been known to work together on things like beer collaborations and charitable events that improve the state of local brewing and help the community in the process. This...

Spring Gallery Night MKE returns April 22-23

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2022

Despite the streak of cold and dreariness in Milwaukee lately, spring has officially arrived. And while summer festival season still seems like it's a lifetime away, there are few great spring arts staples happ...