Published Wednesday, Sept. 21
Celebrate Milwaukee's German heritage with a daylong Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24, from noon to 10 p.m. at Pere Marquette Park and Old World 3rd Street in Downtown Milwaukee.
Published Tuesday, Sept. 20
For the most part, Milwaukee's festival season has come and gone for another year. But for those looking for one last hurrah, look no further than State Fair Park, where you can celebrate autumn at Harvest Fair.
Published Friday, Sept. 16
The Wisconsin State Fair Park Board voted unanimously Friday to keep the midway at the 2012 Wisconsin State Fair.
Published Thursday, Sept. 15
Get your tomato helmets ready! It's time for Milwaukee's fifth annual Tomato Romp!, a neighborhood event of epic proportion. If you're hungry for even more local fun, you'll want to check out the awesome eats at the Rock the Green festival this Sunday at Veteran's Park.
Published Sunday, Sept. 11
Early last evening, I took my kids to Indian Summer on the Summerfest grounds. This is becoming an annual tradition for us, and one that always leads to interesting and important conversation.
Published Sunday, Aug. 21
Growing up, there were things I knew that never in a billion years I'd get to check off my "life's to-dos" list. You know, things like marrying David Beckham, working for Depeche Mode or flying in a vintage military aircraft pulling 5.5 Gs and living to tell about it. Oh wait. Enter pilot extraordinaire Paul Keppeler and the Wings Over Waukesha Air Show. My assignment: ride shotgun in his 1957 Lockheed T-33 Canadian Army jet and take it for a little spin around the skies.
Published Friday, Aug. 19
The Milwaukee Masterpiece car show is set to return to for a seventh year, Aug. 27-28, at the Lakefront.
Published Wednesday, Aug. 17
A la Carte at the Zoo is encouraging visitors to text votes for their favorite food vendors at the event, which runs Aug. 18-21, at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Each of the festival's 28 food vendors will post a phone number and code at its kiosk. Patrons can then text the code to the number to vote for its favorite foods.
Published Wednesday, Aug. 17
Milwaukee County Transit System is offering "Straight to the Gate" service for Irish Fest to offer safe travels to attendees.
Published Wednesday, Aug. 17
Cedar Creek Settlement, in Cedarburg, is hosting the Wine & Harvest Festival Sept. 17-18.
Published Tuesday, Aug. 16
Despite an opening night melee that made national headlines, the 2011 Wisconsin State Fair closed Sunday night as a major success with record attendance and an increase in overall revenue.
Published Monday, Aug. 15
Sometime today, Fair officials will announce the final stats, figures and numbers. In the meantime, there are a few thoughts I want to share while they're still fresh in my head.
Published Monday, Aug. 15
Seeing the name Alessandro Negrini on the Irish Fest schedule this year might make you stop and look twice. But the Italian, who now lives in Derry, Ireland, has good reason to be here. The festival, which runs Aug. 18-21 on the Henry Maier Festival Grounds, will screen films in its Cultural Pavilion this year, and one of them is Negrini's "Paradiso."
Published Thursday, Aug. 11
It's been a summer of firsts - from aerobatic plane rides to rappelling down Lambeau Field - so it seems fitting I'd throw my hat into the ring for some competitive eating, too. I wasn't sure what to expect when I agreed to faceplant into a cream puff at the State Fair's Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Contest, but I knew it'd get messy.
Published Thursday, Aug. 11
TeaserFor the third straight year Chef Brian Moran of the St. Paul Fish Co. at the Milwaukee Public Market has been tapped by Patrick Cudahy to create five new recipes to showcase local ingredients, including, of course, Cudahy's own products. On Friday, Aug. 12, he reprises last year's Bacon Lovers Day event at State Fair.
Published Sunday, Aug. 7
There are lots of tasty "sticked" foods at the Wisconsin State Fair, but here are a bunch of edible items that, according to the OnMilwaukee.com editors, should not be served on a stick under any circumstances.
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