Ktown Connects

Rock and roll is NOT dead! And Kenosha has the young talent to prove it! 

Many of the members of LUNDE might not be old enough to drink at the bar, but they are master students of the school of rock and have proven their talents with recent shows at the Kenosha Creative Space and elsewhere. Next on their schedule is America’s Rock N Roll Circus – a celebration of indie rock from the area and nationwide -  coming to the Creative Space on August 20th. 

In the studio today we connect with drummer and co-founder of the group Jeremiah Lunde and behind-the-scenes extraordinaire Abby Bloxdorf! 

Find out more about the band by visiting their website here!

All you need to know about America’s Rock N Roll Circus on August 20th here!

This episode was recorded on Monday, July 18 at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

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

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

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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After many years of entertaining audiences as a cast of the Renaissance Faire and guitarist in a punk band, Lisa Henthorn has decided to set down her sword and guitar and pick up a nacho chip when she launched Specialty Nacho Queen – a Kenosha based food truck and catering service – we catch up with Lisa and find out what connects her to Kenosha!

To find out where the Specialty Nacho Queen will be next, follow her on Facebook by clicking here!

Looking for the Queen to cater your next event? Drop her an email at [email protected]

This episode was recorded on Monday, July 18 at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

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

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th Ave

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th St 

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.co 

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!

The Interlude II, 514 57th St, is one of the longest operating businesses in Downtown Kenosha and has been family owned and operated since 1965!  Jimmy took over the family business in 1993 and has established his tavern as one of the best hole-in-the-wall bars in town. We sit down with the energetic and passionate Jimmy for this exclusive interview!

This episode was recorded on Monday, June 20th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th 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

Next Home Refined, 7850 Green Bay Road

Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin, 3917 47th 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!

Laura Cox is a practitioner of natural functional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine at Acupuncture and Wellness of Wisconsin. If you are suffering from chronic pain, contact Laura for a consultation and see what she can do for you!

Visit her website here for more info!

And check out her podcast, The Health of the People, available here and on which ever podcast provider you found this episode of Ktown Connects!

This episode was recorded on Monday, June 20th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

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

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

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!

Opera might not be the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of summer fun in Kenosha, but Nick Huff and Kaila Bingen are bringing opera back to the 21st century in a whole new way with their new non-profit organization Kenosha Opera Festival. Their high-energy and positive spirits reflect on every performance and the amazing talents they bring to the area will blow you away at a plethora of events this summer.
 Catch them at Public Craft Brewing Company on July 20th and click here to visit their website for a full list of upcoming events this summer!  

Pick up a season ticket for all the upcoming performances by clicking here and help support our local art scene!

And check out their YouTube page and learn that you are actually an opera fan but just don’t know it yet!!

This episode was recorded on Monday, June 13th 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

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th 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!

Tim and Amber Wade are the owners of Hydn Cheese, because in Wisconsin, we are always looking for cheese! They create the classic grilled cheese sandwich along with other twists on the traditional, as well as other sandwiches and their famous soups! Hydn Cheese can be found every Saturday at the Kenosha HarborMarket, Thursdays at Petrifying Springs Biergarten, and Sundays at Milaeger’s Great Lakes Farmers Market in Racine.

Be sure to follow them on Facebook for all their latest updates. 

This episode was recorded on Monday, June 6th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

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

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

Lucci’s Grandview 6929 39th Ave.

Franks Diner, 508 58th Street. 

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!

Alvin Owens knew that Kenosha didn’t really need another barbershop… but we did need a Collective. So he started Regimen Barber Collective, 1345 52nd St. They offer much more than haircuts, with the BLAK Coffee Shop Pop-Up and the Legacy Lab, Alvin is doing everything he can to help our community members find the right path.

Click here to follow Regimen Barber Collective on Facebook.

And come out on Saturday, June 18th, from 11-6 for the Juneteenth celebration located just east of Regimen Barber Collective at 52nd St and 13th Court. Click here for details!

In 1998, Alvin created the Education Development Youth Outreach program to give local teens a chance to experience a culture they might not be familiar with. Each year, his group takes a spring tour of historic Black colleges. Find out more at their website here!

This episode was recorded on Monday, May 23rd 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

DownTown R Saloon, 707 56th 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!

Mark Gerber has a long rich history in Kenosha, and we talk about his life growing up in our city, his involvement in numerous taverns, and his life now as the owner of Gerber’s Gift Shop, 3012 Roosevelt Road

You can also find Gerb every Sunday at the Wilmot Flea Market

This episode was recorded on Monday, May 16th at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen, 7531 39th Avenue

Big thanks to our sponsors:

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

Faded Barbershop for Men, 2227 63rd St

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!

This week we connect with content creator and maestro of real estate Mitch Ferraro.

Check out his web video interviews on Kenosha.com. 

Find a quick link to the Southeast Wisconsin Real Estate Investor’s Group on Facebook here

Check out his Family Legacy Real Estate Facebook page here

Welcome Home Real Estate Group

This episode was recorded on Monday, May 9th 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!

We welcome the tigers into our den this week when we sit down with two longtime members of the real #1 media company in the area - Rex Davenport and Liz Snyder of Kenosha News!

This episode was recorded on Monday, April 25th 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!