Articles by Brady Jager

Sabrina Carpenter performed for a sold-out crowd at The Sylvee. Photo: Brady Jager MADISON, Wis. — A monumental heart set piece with flashing lights rolled out to the center of The Sylvee stage on April 28. Audience members pulled out their phones in anticipation, as this indicated that 24-year-old pop star Sabrina Carpenter was moments […]

Photo: Sheryl Crow, Instagram. Yung Gravy, Drake White-Bergey, the Daily Cardinal. Summerfest’s 55th anniversary is just months away. The Big Gig revealed seven of the nine American Family Insurance Amphitheater headliners, like Imagine Dragons and Eric Church, as well as the ground stage lineup featuring artists such as Coi Leray, Japanese Breakfast and Cheap Trick. […]

After 990 days of playing the lick of Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” on TikTok, Milwaukee musician Evan Marsalli of garage-rock band Diet Lite caught the attention of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo.  Marsalli posted a video of him playing the iconic guitar riff every day for nearly three years. On Feb. 27, Cuomo duetted his near-1000th video, […]

Lucas Muellenbach drove from Oshkosh, Wis. Valentine’s Day to see his favorite drag queen perform in Milwaukee.  However, there was one problem. 18-year-old Muellenbach’s car was in turmoil during the hour-and-a-half drive and ultimately broke down in a no-parking zone on Milwaukee’s East Side.  “I don’t know how I’m getting home,” Muellenbach said. “I’m not […]

Swedish Singer-Songwriter Tove Lo released her fifth studio album, Dirt Femme. This is the “Habits (Stay High)” singer’s first album as an independent artist, according to Consequence Sound. Fans and critics alike have had positive reactions to the body of work. DIY Mag gave the album 4.5/5 stars. On top of “Tove Lo” trending on […]

Green Bay, Wis. Artist Sabrina Jordan, known under the artistic alias, Bean Baye, is gearing up to release her first collection of NFTs in the summer. Baye has been working on the summer collection for the last few months, which will feature the zodiac signs portrayed as diverse, naked women. The collection will contain multiple […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — NFTs, non-fungible tokens, are a type of cryptocurrency that is booming among celebrities and crypto investors, but what are they? NFTs are essentially digital ownership certificates, according to Director Shirley McPhaul of Crypto Curious, Puerto Rico Block Trade Association. The ownership could be for a jpg, an mp3, an mp4 […]

Don Rafael Reyes, 89, came to Milwaukee from Utuado, Puerto Rico in 1957. The community refers to him as “Don” to show respect, a custom in Latinx cultures, according to his close family friend, Maria Gonzalez-Edwards, 60, who helped translate.  On Sundays, Reyes attends Spanish mass at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church. He […]

The National Conference of Puerto Rican Women (NACOPRW) Milwaukee Chapter’s main goals are to provide young women of Puerto Rican descent with scholarships and uplift all women, regardless of ethnicity. NACOPRW’s Milwaukee chapter is a group that meets on Microsoft Teams once every month, on the second Thursday. According to Secretary Jennifer Lamb, the group […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico has been an affluent epicenter for the art of drag since the 1960s. According to Waves Ahead Executive Director Wilfred Labiosa, the bustling nightlife in areas like San Juan is largely due to drag queens and transgender performers.  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word drag started […]

SALINAS, Puerto Rico — Martin Laboy works all day, Monday through Friday, at his hot dog stand in downtown Salinas, right across from the town’s main square. For the last 36 years, he has sat under his rainbow-colored umbrella, surrounded by colorful, vibrant blue and purple buildings as the sausages roast on his grill.  Salinas, […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Cryptocurrency and tax breaks have made for complicated conversations in Puerto Rico. According to the media portrayal, the island became a hot spot for this trending technology, but the actual situation looks quite different from what people have heard about in the States.  Places like surfer-town Rincón and affluent Dorado […]