Ktown Connects

Chef Danielle Weybright is the creator at Portside Catering, she is joined by co-owner Jeanette Armstrong. Jeanette, along with her husband Mick Kelly, are owners of Captain Mike’s Beer and Burger Bar, 5118 Sixth Ave (for more about them, you can find our interview from December 2020 in our archives).

At Portside Catering, Danielle creates a custom menu which serves the client in the most perfect way. We sit down with Danielle to talk about her love for the kitchen and so much more!

To book Danielle and Portside Catering for your next big event, or even a small dinner party, click here to visit their website!

For more on Captain Mike’s, click here!

To read more about the Galley – the Captain Mike’s food truck, click this link!

And if you have family or friends coming to town and looking for a great place to stay, check out Captain’s Quarters Airbnb!

This episode was recorded on October 10th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

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A graduate of Indian Trail Academy, Daniel Gaitan found an interest in journalism which took him to DePaul University and then back to Kenosha to work with the now-defunct non-profit Life Matters Media, a short stint at Kenosha.com and now he returned to the Kenosha News on the reporting team as of last year. Gaitan is always seeking the story and is building connections throughout Kenosha. 

Got a hot lead, or just an interesting story to share? Drop him an email at [email protected] 

This episode was recorded on September 26th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

It’s the Kenosha equivalent of Avengers:End Game, but with a lot less death, when Ktown Connects collaborates with fellow podcasters, Shelby Nesmith and Jake Hoey of The ArtSpace Podcast! 

You can find their podcast where ever you found this one, and click here to follow them on Facebook.

We dive in with Shelby, who is also the Development Coordinator at the Lemon Street Gallery and ArtSpace, 4601 Sheridan Road.

Jake has been down this path before, to hear more from him, listen in to our 2020 episode with Jake here.

Follow Jake’s Kenosha Area Weather Page here!

This episode was recorded on Monday, September 26th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

Enjoy this special mini-episode of Ktown Connects, where we sit down with Julia Heiser, marketing manager, and Tom Stolfi, head brewer at Rustic Road Brewing Company, 5706 Sixth Ave.

We talk about this weekend’s big event – the Lakeside Oktoberfest happening this weekend, Sept. 29th – Oct 2nd at Celebration Place (just east of the museum in Downtown Kenosha) – you won’t want to miss this great event!

For more details, click here to visit their website!

This episode was recorded on September 28th at Rustic Road Brewing Company

Big thanks to our sponsors:

AcuWell Integrative Health , 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

 Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

We’re not sure exactly how today’s guest made the time to come in to the Ktown Connects studio for an interview, but we sure are grateful she did! 

Haven Wells, aka Miss B Haven, was once known as “The Little Entertainer” as a child musician performing the circuits around Rockford, Illinois. 

Now, she is all grown up and taking Kenosha by storm as the member of TWO of the hottest local bands – keys and backup vocals with Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers, and drums and backup vocals with Would You Kindly?

In addition, she is also a music teacher with KUSD, and she opened her own private studio for music lessons at Havenly Arts Studio in Downtown Kenosha.

Oh, and she also hosts Open Mic nights every Monday at Rustic Road and Thursdays at the Kenosha Creative Space!

Lots of links to check out here!

Follow Miss B Haven on Facebook here!

Learn more about Havenly Arts Studio – a private studio for music lessons involving piano, ukulele, guitar, beginner stings, percussion, and vocals.

Find everything you want to know about Betsy Ade and the Well Known Strangers here!

She is also the drummer for another fantastic band – find out more about Would You Kindly? here!

And you can also find her hosting Open Mics every Monday at Rustic Road and on Thursdays at the Kenosha Creative Space

This episode was recorded on September 12th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

For many years, Brandi Cummings has been the face and voice of our own Kenosha Public Library system. We sit down with Brandi and talk about her connection to Kenosha and why libraries are still so important to our community!

For more info on what our libraries have to offer, click HERE!

This episode was recorded on September 12th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

Born and raised in Kenosha, Gary Schneeberger, may have spent a few decades away, but he has returned with a ROAR!

We talk to Gary about growing up in Kenosha, how he got interested in writing, and what led him to today.

If you are looking for ways to BE HEARD, visit Gary’s website here and be ready to ROAR!

Find info about his 2018 book “Bite The Dog: Build a PR Strategy To Make News That Matters” here!

Find more about his book - Frank Sinatra on the Big Screen: The Singer as Actor and Filmmaker here!

And here is the link for his latest release – From Connery to Craig: The James Bond Film Series!

This episode was recorded on August 29th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

For almost 10 years, you heard today’s guest on our local rock station, WIIL as the better half of the weekday Tom & Emily Morning Show. After COVID, Emily Jacobs reevaluated things in her life and discovered a new passion in creating charcuterie boards for friends and relatives – now, nearly two years later, her business has exploded with Fancy Snack Boards.

We sit down with Emily and find her connection to Kenosha, her life on the radio dial, and what comes next!

For more about Fancy Snack Boards, check out her website here!

Be sure to like her Facebook page!

If you were a fan of her on WIIL, check out this cool mini-documentary about Tom and Emily here!

This episode was recorded on August 29th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

Kaiser’s Pizza & Pub, 510 57th St

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

Kevin and Lyna Postuchow met while working at a local floral shop – their love for each other and for their craft blossomed and then soon took over owners of A Summer’s Garden Flowers and Gifts, 5617 Sixth Ave. We sit down with Kevin and Lyna and find out about their CONNECTION to KENOSHA.

Click here to visit their website and learn more about their beautiful shop!

And like their page on Facebook here!

This episode was recorded on Monday, August 1st at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th St 

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!

It’s difficult to describe our next guest in a few words – Kelly Mackay is a lifelong Kenoshan who has worn many hats. Perhaps you remember him booking and promoting local acts at the Orpheum in 1988 or other venues in his younger days – you may have met him when he worked at the Kenosha News, or perhaps he took your photo for the Pub Crawl in Happenings Magazine… Whatever it was, Kelly is now the man behind KmacK Productions – a local promoter who has been bringing national touring acts to Kenosha for the past year. And, he also was recently elected as our 7th District Alderperson!  Today, sit down with Kelly and talk about his connection to Kenosha! 

The next big event coming to Kenosha is “Babe-Alon 5 in Winter Wonderland” hitting the Rhode Center for the Arts on August 13th – click here for tickets!

To keep your finger on the pulse of other upcoming events, join the KmacK Productions Facebook group here!

Learn more about the Oliva M. Mackay Memorial Scholarship Fund by clicking here.

Oh, and we forgot, Kelly is also a realtor! Click here for more!

This episode was recorded on Monday, August 1st at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

CarBox, 1750 22nd Ave

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

Wink Beauty Boutique, 10909 Sheridan Road

Specialty Nacho Queen

Gerb’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Rd

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th St 

LaMacchia Travel, 618 57th St

Union Park Tavern, 4520 Eighth Ave. 

Get your Ktown Connects merchandise thanks to The Lettering Machine, 725 50th St.

Drop us an email at [email protected]

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – and at ktownconnects.com

Theme song performed by Dropping Daisies, written by James “Red” McLeod.

Your hosts are Donny Stancato and Jason Hedman

Get additional episodes early and ad-free, along with bonus material with this week’s guest and more great exclusive material by becoming a patreon supporter! Click here for more!