Milwaukee Magazine

09/25/2025

QWERTYFEST, Oct. 3-5, has a host of events to celebrate the Milwaukee origins of the modern English language typewriter layout.

It’ll really push your buttons.

09/24/2025

The new foundation started by Milwaukee Fashion Week – this year from Sept. 26-28 – is meant to spur year-round programming and support for the local fashion scene.

The initiative by the annual event – this year from Sept. 26-28 – is meant to spur year-round programming and support for the local fashion scene.

09/24/2025

A new exhibition, running Oct. 1-Dec. 1, features paintings, models and photographs of the largest ship to sink in the Great Lakes.

The exhibition, featuring paintings, models and photographs of the ship, runs from Oct. 1-Dec. 1.

09/24/2025

Explore dozens of destinations at Doors Open, check out Fashion Week’s lineup of stylish events, and more this weekend.

09/24/2025

Nakama, the brainchild of the people behind Screaming Tuna and Lost Whale, is heading to the East Side.

Nakama, the brainchild of the people behind Screaming Tuna and Lost Whale, is heading for the East Side.

09/23/2025

When Milwaukee chef Zach Castillo's aspirations of becoming a pro ballet dancer were derailed by an injury, he turned to another dream, cooking, and found there's more overlap than you might expect.

When an injury derailed his ambitions to become a professional ballet dancer, he turned to another dream in a professional kitchen. There’s more overlap than you might expect.

09/23/2025

TWENTY beer events this week? Yep, 20 beer events this week! Thursday is the launch of the new Explorium Distilled in Deer District, plus we have birthday parties for Third Space and New Barons Brewing Cooperative, and a crescendo of Oktoberfest season.

Explorium rolls out its Deer District location, Third Space turns 9, New Barons toasts five years and Oktoberfest season reaches a crescendo.

09/23/2025

A couple’s backyard becomes a sanctuary for elderly and homeless felines in this movie.

09/23/2025

What should you do this week? Eat pumpkin spice cream puffs at Harvest Fair, see a tile art exhibition and more recommendations.

Here are the best things to do this week, according to our editors: Eat pumpkin spice cream puffs at Harvest Fair, see a tile art exhibition and more this week.

09/22/2025

The film - which screened at Milwaukee Film’s Dialogues Documentary Festival - follows the journey of two people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The film follows the journey of two people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

09/22/2025

At 43, Ruth was considered a geriatric elephant, and she was euthanized in an emotional scene Saturday after her second fall this month. Careful, this one's a tear-jerker. 🥺

The 43-year-old elephant was euthanized in an emotional scene Saturday after her second fall this month.

09/22/2025

From the Burnham Block to the world's largest theater organ, here are a few spots we're excited to tour during this year's Doors Open Milwaukee.

From the Burnham Block to the Basilica to the world’s largest theater organ, here are a few spots we’re excited to tour.