“No Buck Show” – Free Concert at the Pabst Theater
The Pabst Theater is hosting a “No Buck Show” tomorrow night, April 1, 2009. A No Buck Show is a free concert – no admission charge, no required drink purchase, completely free. Tomorrow night’s performer is The Tallest Man on Earth, with opening act Red Cortez. The show starts at 8:00 P.M. and doors open at 7:00 P.M. Additional information can be found on the Pabst Theater website.
There are a couple more No Buck Shows coming up in April and May. On April 16th, The Parlor Mob will be performing with Invade Rome. On May 11th, The Soul of John Black will be performing with The Bryan Cherry Band. Both of these No Buck Shows will be held at the Turner Hall Ballroom.
Radio Station Half-Price Dining, Recreation & Services Deals – 4/1 & 4/2
Filed under: Coupons, Dining, Entertainment, Recreation
We’ve decided to start something new with our weekly posts of Milwaukee radio station half-price deals. When we first started posting these, there was only a handful of radio stations doing the weekly deals, and they were always on Friday mornings. Since these promotions have gotten so popular, more and more stations are doing them. Also, the promotions are no longer just on Fridays. To make sure our readers have the most complete list of available promotions, we have decided to do 2 posts each week. The Tuesday posts will cover the sales that take place on Wednesday and Thursday of that week. The Thursday posts will cover the Friday sales. Here is our list of this week’s Milwaukee radio stations half-price dining, recreation & services deals that will be going on sale Wednesday & Thursday. Take special note of the Sundara Spa promotion offered by WKLH. This deal sold out immediately the last time they did it.
97.3 The Brew – StoneFire Pizza Co., New Berlin. 2 – $25 gift certificates for $25. Certificates are valid for the game room only. On sale 8:00 on Thursday morning.
My 95.7 – Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee. 4 tickets and a parking pass for $25. On sale 8:00 Thursday morning.
96.5 WKLH - Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee. Annual Family Membership – $37.50. On sale Wednesday Morning at 9:00 A.M.
96.5 WKLH - Sundara Inn & Spa, Wisconsin Dells. Overnight stay in a Premier Suite plus a $50 spa credit for $125. On sale Wednesday Morning at 10:00 A.M.
102.9 The Hog – Caterina’s Ristorante, West Allis. 2 – $25 gift certificates for $25. On sale Wednesday Morning at 9:00 A.M.
Smooth Jazz 106.9 – Milwaukee County Parks Golf Pass. 2009 Non-Resident Milwaukee County Golf Discount Card for $68. On sale Wednesday Morning at 9:00 A.M.
Smooth Jazz 106.9 – Milwaukee Rep – The Cherry Orchard. 2 tickets to the Milwaukee Rep’s performance of The Cherry Orchard. On sale Wednesday Morning at 9:00 A.M.
Each of the promotions have restrictions, so check out the links above before purchasing.
IPic Entertainment Bowling & Happy Hour Specials
IPic Entertainment at Bayshore Town Center has a couple of specials during the week that are worth checking out. On Monday – Thursday they have $3 Happy Hour running from 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. The specials during happy hour are as follows:
- $3 games of bowling
- $3 appetizers
- $3 pints of domestic beer
- $3 well cocktails
- $3 glasses of wine
On Tuesdays, IPic has partnered with 94.5 Lake FM to offer $0.94 bowling from 11:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. To maximize your savings, go to IPic on Tuesday after 3:00 to take advantage of both $0.94 bowling and $3 appetizers and drinks. For additional details, check out IPic Entertainment’s website.
Thanks to Milwaukee Consumer reader Renee for alerting us to this deal! If you know of a great deal like this in the Milwaukee area, let us know by clicking on the Contact Us link to the right.
New Bid on Milwaukee Auctions Start Wednesday
There is a new batch of auctions for items from Milwaukee area businesses starting Wednesday April 1, 2009 at BidOnMilwaukee.com. Bid On Milwaukee is an auction website that is run by several Milwaukee Clear Channel radio stations (97.3 The Brew, Newstalk 1130 WISN, My 95.7, FM 106.1, AM 920 The Wolf, and V100.7). The first round of auctions were held in early March. That time, the auctions lasted for 2 days and over four hundred items were for sale. This time around the auctions only last one day, and just over one hundred items are up for bid. There is still a wide variety of items offered ranging from health club memberships at the Princeton Club to stays at Sybaris Pool Suites. Nearly all of the items are valued at hundreds of dollars. Most of the auctions start at 7:00 on Wednesday evening, and end twenty four hours later.
For a complete list of everything up for auction, visit the BidOnMilwaukee.com website.
Free Redbox Rental Code for 3/30
This week’s Monday free Redbox rental code is 89ZQJ3. The code is valid until Midnight tonight for 1 free rental. The free rental code is provided to Redbox customers who sign up to have the free codes sent by text message every Monday. Redbox encourages recipients of the text messages to share the code with their friends, so that is what we do each Monday. If you would like to get the code from Redbox directly, visit the Redbox website. You can also find the closest Redbox location on their website, and even reserve movies to pickup (although you cannot use a free rental code when reserving a movie for pickup).
Interested In Selling Gold In Milwaukee? Tips From Aqua Owl Gold
Recently we wrote about the hot trend to sell unwanted gold and how several local jewelers were advertising to buy gold and diamonds in the Milwaukee area. Carole Ross from Aqua Owl Gold read our post and left a comment inviting readers to check out their business. And so we did!
Aqua Owl Gold is a business owned by Carole and her husband, Ed, that works with hosts in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois to conduct parties where guests sell their unwanted gold. We followed up with Carole and asked her if she’d mind sharing some of her expertise with our readers in the Milwaukee area who may be interested in selling their gold. Here are some great nuggets we picked up from Carole:
- Look for items around your house that aren’t useful to you – for example, gold chains that are kinked, class rings, out of style jewelry, lost pairs of earrings, old gold watches, and even gold teeth!
- If you have any doubt if something you own contains gold, it doesn’t hurt to have someone take a look at it. Carole said that they can quickly tell if something is gold or not. One of the tests they use is to put the gold piece up to a magnet. If it sticks, then it’s not gold (gold is not magnetic).
- Don’t just go to one place to sell your gold in Milwaukee. If you have the time to see what others are buying for, take the time to check around. If you are invited to a party and you’re doubting the fairness of the price, take it to someone else if you’re not comfortable. Carole said that she and her husband regularly shop gold around Milwaukee in order to try to pay top dollar.
- If you are considering selling gold jewelry that has sentimental value to you, take some time to think about the transaction.
- Recycling unwanted gold is a “green” business. (There are several environmental concerns with mining gold, including the use of cyanide to dissolve and extract gold.)
Carole had a great story about one party they were at. The host threw a couples party and a neighbor showed up for the party without any gold. After getting a better idea of what the party was all about, he left the party to get some unwanted gold at his house. When he showed up with gold watches and his gold chains he used to wear back in the 80′s, everyone started to join in the fun! The guests were having fun guessing how much money he’d get for his gold. Turns out he walked away with $660!
Interested in hosting a party?
Visit Aqua Owl Gold’s website and take a look around. Then contact Carole or her husband, Ed, at 414-313-4902 to discuss the details. Keep in mind:
- The host receives 10% of the total amount Aqua Owl Gold pays out to party guests.
- The host receives $50 for any referral parties booked (payable after the referral party occurs).
- The host gives all names and addresses to Aqua Owl Gold. Aqua Owl Gold takes care of the invitations.
- The host monitors the RSVP’s to plan accordingly for food and drink.
- Aqua Owl Gold routinely shops gold around the Milwaukee area to try to make sure are paying the best prices. They are able to pay high prices for gold because their overhead is low and they buy unwanted gold in large quantities.
Journal Sentinel Sunday Paper Highlights – March 29, 2009
One of the best deals around Milwaukee is the home delivery of the Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. You can easily recover the cost of the paper by using a few coupons each week, not to mention all the value you receive from the articles and advertisements in the paper. (26 weeks of the Sunday paper costs $52.) Each week we’ll post some of the best deals we think we saw in the most recent Sunday paper. We know value is in the eye of the beholder, so we’d love to see you submit a comment with the best values you think are advertised in the Sunday paper.
Notable coupons and sales this week:
- Michaels 40% off coupon for one item
- Jo-Ann Fabrics 40% off coupon for one item
- Sports Authority $25 off purchase greater than $100
- Laacke & Joys is advertising their Spring Patio Sale which starts April 2nd and goes through April 12th. There are coupons for $100 or $200 off casual furniture, a free umbrella, and free seat cushions. The Laacke & Joys website also has coupons.
- A Walmart ad on the back page of the USA Weekend section highlights Walmart’s 30 day prescriptions for $4, 90 day prescriptions for $10, and 100′s of over the counter drugs for $4 or less. More information can be found at Walmart’s pharmacy webpage.
- If you’re an iTunes user, you’ll like the deal at Toys R Us. You can save $5 on all iTunes gift card multipacks. The ad shows a multipack as three $10 iTunes gift certificates. This is a way to save 16% off your iTunes purchases. This is also perfect timing for the new iTunes pricing structure that Apple is releasing on April 7th. (We’ll post more on this topic later in the near future.)
- One trend in today’s advertisements is retailers claiming that they’ve lowered prices on hundreds of items. Both Lowes and Office Max are making this claim.
What deals or coupons do you think are notable in today’s paper? Please leave a comment!