hat is art? Art is many things, of course. Art takes countless forms, is created in countless mediums, and serves countless purposes. Art is infinite. But perhaps the one thing that all art shares is a need, a desire, a thirst to communicate. Humans have been communicating via art since the beginning of time. When ..read more

he Bristol Renaissance Faire is an iconic Wisconsin destination/experience/place to eat a turkey leg while watching a guy get pelted with tomatoes. And while there’s still time to get ye olde arse to Bristol (its final weekend is Labor Day weekend), things are winding down. If only there was a smaller, neighborhood-focused ren faire that ..read more

f you look up “one of the best Milwaukee bands of the 2010s,” you’ll find Space Raft. The psych/stoner-tinged rock band released a handful of instant-classic albums between 2014 and 2020, played a ton of shows, and even opened for Bernie Sanders. And though the group disbanded after the belated release of 2020’s Positively Space ..read more

he city of Brookfield, the county of Waukesha, and the entire state of Wisconsin lost an important historical site this summer when the old Hooters restaurant at 17105 W. Bluemound Rd. was demolished. Opened in 2008, the location has been razed to make way for Café Zupas, a SFW soup and sandwich chain based out ..read more

On Friday, June 21, as Summerfest was in full swing at Henry Maier festival Park, a group was gathered at nearby Veterans Park to witness a spectacle that’s, well, a little tough to put into words. A long-running Polish culture magazine called Przekrój came to town to unveil “Baby You Milwaukee,” a floating art exhibition that featured a 112-foot-long hot air balloon shaped like a sleeping infant… Source ..read more

Nothing says “SUMMER” quite like the beach. And yet Milwaukee’s beaches can feel strangely underutilized during the summer months. Sure, Bradford Beach is loaded with volleyball players and random sunbathers, but where’s the live music? Where are the local food vendors? Where are the “gargantuan fluorescent tentacles”? Enter ArtBlaze On The Beach, a new (free!) beach party series that will bring… Source ..read more

Saturday, June 15 is one of those wildly busy days that seem to be happening a lot in Milwaukee where, like, 700 great things are all going on at the same time. In addition to things like Lakefront Festival Of Art, Summer Soulstice, Polish Fest, Component Brewing 6th Anniversary Party, and our Joe Pera Talks With You pop-up is a free outdoor event with art-focused fun for folks of all ages. Source ..read more

There are a few things to know about Old Guard Games. One, it’s a new independent tabletop gaming store located at 3132 N. Downer Ave., just across the street from UWM. Two, while it does carry some board games like Catan and Terraforming Mars, and stock Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon cards, it’s mainly focused on miniature-based wargames like Warhammer 40K and Star Wars: X-Wing. Three… Source ..read more

The Great Milwaukee Summer is shaping up to be one for the books, a glorious four-month period stuffed with festivals, fairs, music series, conventions, and more. There’s only one thing that could possibly make it better—and much, much weirder. On Friday, June 21, Veterans Park will be the site of something called Baby You, “a public art event where a massive 112-foot long hot air balloon in the… Source ..read more

I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on. The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad-esque blob of…something—popped out of a pixelated flower and landed in a pixelated labyrinth full of pixelated animals. From there, I hopped around and moved from one screen to the next. Source ..read more