The Red Bull Doodle Art Contest empowers a new generation of artists by inviting students and creatives everywhere to let their minds wander through imaginative doodles. Submit your doodle by March 16, 2023.

The East Side celebrates Halloween in Black Cat Alley with all day activities and a dance party on Saturday, October 29th.

Landmark Lanes is celebrating their 95th birthday with a week full of events beginning Monday, September 26th, and running through Friday, September 30th! Events include a massive game night run by Midwest Gaming Classic, a screening of the Big Lebowski and Lebowski-themed party.

Summer Soulstice is returning this year on June 18th! You are not going to want to miss this FREE showcase of great music along with a variety of food, arts & crafts, and activities.

Milwaukee's Black Cat Alley is looking for Wisconsin-based artists to create three new murals. Women, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists will be prioritized, according to a news release from the East Side Business Improvement District.

The East Side Creative Corridor will see some new art this summer as organizers seek three new murals for Black Cat Alley and relaunch the East Side Art Lot.

In the bygone days of summer 2020, the East Side saw what was once a boring parking lot brought to life with 10 picnic tables painted by local artists. The lot, at 1915 E. North Ave. became an outdoor hangout for diners carrying out from area restaurants.

More than 100 artists entered a competition to add murals to the East Side's Black Cat Alley this month and a community jury selected a pair of Milwaukee artists and another from Stevens Point to paint new works in the city's best permanent outdoor art gallery.

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure in the city’s future. Enter Black Cat Alley. No, seriously: enter Black Cat Alley. Let’s step inside and take a look!

Looking to try the best pubs in town? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top pubs in Milwaukee, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fulfill your urges.

AXE MKE has become a popular destination for Milwaukee locals and visitors. “Since opening a year ago, we’ve had so much fun hosting everything from date nights, birthday parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties and corporate events to ‘we were just walking by and wanted to check it out’ guests,”

No one else in town was compiling a roster of Milwaukee’s “bests” back in the 1980s when the Shepherd Express launched the idea. While many of the “best ofs” that followed were decided somewhat arbitrarily by the editors and sales managers of local media outlets, the Shepherd Express has remained committed to giving you, the people of Milwaukee, a voice.

The 11th Annual Tomato Romp Festival is set to take place on Saturday, September 9th on Milwaukee’s East Side in a day of eating, drinking and throwing over-ripe tomatoes!