Tucked Away: Moonshine Pub & Grill
Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...
Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about the changing face of Milwaukee’s East Side
This past Sunday, all attendees at the Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds game at Miller Park were gifted a truly incredible trinket: a Bob Uecker-themed magic 8-ball. Falling on the scale of promotional-item co...
On The Record Episode 105: Jim Hanke of Vinyl Emergency
This week's guest is Jim Hanke. Each week, the host of Vinyl Emergency interviews musicians, media personalities, and other movers and shakers about their relationship with records and the impact wax has on the...
18 gratuitous Milwaukee references in the 1995 Charles Bronson TV movie ‘Family Of Cops’
When one thinks of movies made in Milwaukee, the usual suspects come to mind: Major League, American Movie, maybe that one with Bernie Mac. There are others, of course, but none more Milwaukee-tastic and obscur...
Before tonight’s ‘Star Trek’ podcast, listen to Data singing old pop standards on forgotten record
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”
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’
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)
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”
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 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
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
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”
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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...