Tagged Old Milwaukee

Remembering the time Bob Uecker crushed an old man’s pitch for his first homer

September 27, 2017

Though Bob Uecker got the call-up to the majors midway through the month of April in the 1962 season, when the time came to club his initial home run for the Milwaukee Braves, he didn't rush into it. The man ha...

Remembering the time President Reagan spoke at a 1984 Milwaukee Oktoberfest for some reason

Matt Wild

September 26, 2017

Actual politics aside, it's safe to say today's world of American politics is a straight-up nightmare. We have a President publicly calling professional football players sons-of-bitches, a populace divided on w...

Hear the “Sounds Of Bay View” with this late ’50s record

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2017

Bay View, much like anywhere else in Milwaukee, is changing. Many of the dining and nightlife haunts, shops, residents, and even the landscape of the neighborhood itself are virtually unrecognizable compared to...

Remembering Phish’s infamous “O.J. Show” at The Rave

Chris Lay

July 20, 2017

This article was originally published in 2017.June 17, 1994. It's a date that never quite got the same temporal recognition as, say, September 11, 2001, or December 7, 1941, but many Americans will remember...

Remembering Milwaukee County’s first passenger airline flight (July 5, 1927)

Matt Wild

July 5, 2017

Times are good for General Mitchell International Airport. In June, Allegiant Air added five nonstop flights from the Milwaukee County airport; a week later, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced pas...

Remembering the Milwaukee Brewers’ ill-fated “10-Cent Beer Night”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2017

Earlier this year, Miller Park unveiled its much-hyped "Local Brews" bar. Open now, the Loge Level destination features 24 Wisconsin-brewed beers from breweries like Lakefront Brewery, Third Space Brewing, Wisc...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Matt Wild

June 14, 2017

There's a sublimely silly scene in 1980's Airplane! when young Joey, in the midst of a cockpit tour ("You ever seen a grown man naked?"), correctly identifies the co-pilot as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I'm sorry son...

Remembering Milwaukee’s first (horse-powered) streetcar system

Matt Wild

May 31, 2017

Remember the streetcar debate? You know, that seemingly endless, incredibly tiring war between folks who believed installing a 2.5-mile downtown line would be the greatest thing in Milwaukee history, and those ...

Remembering the Great Milwaukee Brewery Strike of 1953

Matt Wild

May 17, 2017

Milwaukee's long and sudsy brewing history has been enjoying a resurgence. In April, Pabst celebrated the opening of a new brewery in a long-abandoned church/tavern in its former downtown complex. While not exa...

Remembering the time County Stadium banned carry-ins and everyone got pissed

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers revealed a slew of local breweries and beers coming to Miller Park's new "Local Brews" bar in 2017. Lakefront's Riverwest Stein, Third Space's Happy Place, and Milwauk...

Remembering the time the ‘Bugle American’ offices totally got firebombed

Matt Wild

February 23, 2017

Milwaukee has a long, strange history of alternative newspapers. There's the Shepherd Express, of course (originally dubbed the Crazy Shepherd), which still graces news racks and restaurant window ledges toda...

Just a flesh wound: 9 fun facts about that time Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 20, 2017

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 ...

Remembering the first (and still the only) NBA All-Star Game to be played in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 16, 2017

When one thinks of professional all-star games and Milwaukee, one likely closes one's eyes, begins to twitch, and flashes back to the disastrous Major League Baseball All-Star Game held at Miller Park in 2002...

Milwaukee’s connection to a 1970s San Francisco pot brownie empire (and the woman who ran it)

Matt Wild

February 8, 2017

San Francisco, 1978. A 4,000 square-foot warehouse in the city's Mission District is home to a successful small business, Sticky Fingers. Not only is Sticky Fingers successful, it's wildly successful. Sticky ...

Milwaukee’s dreamy connection to The Everly Brothers’ “All I Have To Do Is Dream”

Matt Wild

February 1, 2017

The music of the 1950s and early '60s remains strangely evocative. Sure, pop songs from that time may conjure up images of malt shops and sock hops, but there's something ethereal, something otherworldly about,...

Remembering the birth of the Milwaukee Bucks, and how they were almost the Milwaukee Robins

Matt Wild

January 25, 2017

Back in April 2015, amidst tremendous hype and anticipation, the Milwaukee Bucks unveiled their new logo: a hard-edged, white-eyed, pissed-off 12-pointer. Just try and tag this, you blaze-orange-wearing bozo,...

Remembering the time Wendy O. Williams was arrested in Milwaukee for getting freaky with a sledgehammer

Matt Wild

January 18, 2017

Musical provocation might net you some dutiful social media outrage these days, but it likely won't get you arrested. That wasn't always the case: In 1969, Jim Morrison was charged with obscenity and indecent e...

Remembering the Milwaukee Chiefs, the city’s short-lived professional football team

Matt Wild

January 12, 2017

From 1953 until 1994, the Green Bay Packers played two to four games per season at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers' final game in Milwaukee—a 21-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994—...

Let’s talk about Milwaukee’s connection to the New Monkees

Matt Wild

January 4, 2017

Here's the story: Back in 1966, the world was given the gift of the Monkees. The so-called "Pre-Fab Four" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork) were assembled by a pair of producers (Rob...

Celebrate the season with Old Milwaukee’s “Pass Me A Beer” summer edition

Tyler Maas

July 2, 2016

//In an era of multi-million dollar CGI-laden and Pitbull-infused beer commercials, Old Milwaukee's no-budget "Hey, Pass Me A Beer" online advertising campaign is a breath of fresh air. The brainchild of R...