MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Bucks will host a “Bucks In Ink” flash event on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 12-2 p.m. in the atrium of Fiserv Forum. 

Bucks In Ink

What we know:

Local tattoo artists will be on site to give permanent tattoos to registered fans using artwork inspired by Bucks basketball, the city of Milwaukee and the 2025 NBA All-Star Game host city of San Francisco. 

According to a news release, the tattoos will be done by artists from Good Land Tattoo, Black Dawn Tattoo and Xolo Tattoo Studio. 

The free event builds on the Bucks’ 2025 All-Star campaign, which bridges the Bay Area to the shores of Lake Michigan through the American traditional tattoo style that originated in Milwaukee. 

Limited spots are available for the event. Interested participants must register in advance by filling out THIS FORM. 

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What you can do:

Fans can also show support for the Bucks’ 2025 All-Star candidates by visiting the “Bucks In Ink” temporary tattoo parlor at home games through Jan. 19.

The parlor is open in Section 218 from the time doors open through halftime of each Bucks home game, including tonight’s game against the Orlando Magic. 

Voting for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game is open now through Jan. 20. Fans can vote once per day and take advantage of the remaining triple-vote days, where each vote counts as three, on Friday, Jan. 17, and Monday, Jan. 20. 

To vote or learn more about the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, visit www.bucks.com/allstar. 

An annual event featuring uniquely designed shanties — all on a frozen-over lake — starts this weekend. The Art Shanty Projects have been taking place since 2004, hosting performances and interactive experiences for attendees.  

“We’re very excited by the beautiful ice that’s out there. It’s absolutely gorgeous,” said Artistic Director Erin Lavelle.

“We are a mix of winter enthusiasts and winter curmudgeons … [we] just want to be out there with the public on this temporary floating sheet of ice.”

This year features 20 projects, from puppet melodramas to daily dance parties at noon. Last year’s event was delayed and then closed early due to warm conditions.

“We have a number of shanties who are returning this year from last year. They only had one weekend [last year]” Lavelle said.  

“Our [ice] measurement a couple of days ago was already 13 inches, and our threshold is 12 to do the program. So that’s very exciting!”

New this year is a formalized mentorship program, where returning artists have been paired with new participants. The process began by having perspective shanty builders submit things they’d like to learn to make the projects successful.

“We selected four of those applicants and paired them with four returning artists … we set it in motion with an initial conversation of what the artists want to learn and what skills can be shared. And then they’ve been off on their own, working together,” Lavelle said.

The Art Shanty Projects can be seen on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis from Jan. 18 through Feb. 9. 

The Indianapolis Colts have signed former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Luke Tenuta to a reserve/future contract.

Tenuta spent some time with the Colts’ active roster in 2022 (Weeks 1-5), as well as with the Packers for three games. In 2024, he spent the campaign with the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals. The 6’8″ tackle will look to make an impact on Indy’s depth chart.

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While Bernhard Raimann is a secure name for the left tackle spot, Braden Smith’s future on the right is up in the air. Indianapolis has Blake Freeland and Matt Goncalves backing up both starters at the tackle positions, but depth never hurts.

Whether or not Tanuka will make an impact is to be decided, but it’s good to see the Colts are taking depth on the offensive line seriously. During the 2024 campaign, Goncalves saw 230 snaps at left and 333 at right tackle, so this is a key signing despite not looking that way on paper given injuries are a 100% rate in the NFL.

Indianapolis’ roster needs far more ahead of a 2025 offseason that sees the franchise at a crossroads in year nine of general manager Chris Ballard. Indy has to have the goal of ‘playoffs or bust’ for 2025, and it starts by adding talent to a roster that might look different once the regular season begins.

We’ll see what happens as Indianapolis continues to work toward a better result than 2024’s mediocre 8-9 finish.

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