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“He said let’s do a good ass job with Chance three, I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the Grammy, Let’s make it so free and the bars so hard that there ain’t one gosh darn part you can’t tweet.” These prophetic words were spoken by none other than Chance the Rapper, Chicago’s next […]

When you hear the word ‘Disney,’ what comes to mind? Is it Mickey Mouse, a character more recognizable worldwide than Santa Claus? Maybe it’s Cinderella’s castle. Or maybe it’s your favorite character from when you were a child. There are plenty of options, and there’s a simple reason for something popping into your head. The […]

What do Saints Row 2, Crysis 2, Tron Evolution, Just Cause 2, Star Wars Kinect, God of War II, Yakuza, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, Avatar: The Game, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Bloodborne, Rise of the Argonauts and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune all have in common? They all have the exact same layout for their box […]

Kanye West’s recent G.O.O.D. music signee, Desiigner, has leapt from 19-year-old Brooklyn native with zero previous projects to the number one spot on the Billboard charts. He recently earned a spot on the XXL Magazine Freshman Class cover. There is no doubt about it that the song “Panda” bumps, but if it were up to […]

(Read the English version of this story here). Milwaukee – Reyna’s Events localizado en la seis y Nacional fue una vez más el lugarde otra emocionante noche de baile para la población latina del lado sur de Milwaukee; ya que fue sede de la Banda Regional Mexicano conocido como Los Originales de San Juan en […]

The past decade has seen a noticeable shift in musical platform trends. Turntables are leaving musty basements and pawnshops to become the centerpieces of living rooms. Owners are blowing the years of dust off of their vinyl sleeves and finding new life in the large black disks thought obsolete not so long ago. It’s an […]

Comedian and host of the Daily Show Trevor Noah headlined the Campus Activity Board’s Comedy show at the Milwaukee Theatre on April 16. The event was available for free to all UW-Milwaukee students, and it drew more than 1,100 people. Two weeks prior to the event, UWM and CAB announced the free event to students […]

Milwaukee – Reyna’s Events located on 6th and National was once again the site of yet another exciting dance night for the Latino population of Milwaukee’s south side; as it hosted the Mexican regional band known as Los Originales de San Juan on the night of May 27. This is the second time the Originales […]

The “world’s largest music festival” might as well be the world’s largest family picnic. Is Summerfest stuck in the 90’s? Having 800 acts should place Summerfest atop the mountain of music festivals that fill the spring and summer seasons, but it doesn’t. For whatever reason, Milwaukee seems content with letting Summerfest become a gathering place […]

Over 20 performances were presented at UW-Milwaukee’s 17th Annual Drag Show at the Milwaukee Theatre in February. The show was hosted by Vivian Storm and co-hosted by Lady J. This year, a record was broken with 3,000 people in attendance for an epic night with the queens. Jakayla Phillips reports.

With the year coming to a close for Hype, especially around exams, the team has distinguished itself. Chapter Directer Becky Zander, First Year dancers Jimmy Khun and Jaime Bias, and Hype UWM Captain Graham Wolfe talk to Media Milwaukee reporter Geaneth Garcia.

The Japanese Spring Festival was held on May 2 at the Union Ballroom at UW-Milwaukee. Visitors looked at the exhibition of works done by students from the Japanese Program, looking at the subtitled clips of movies and making the rice balls. At the end, they had a raffle and visitors received gifts. The president of […]