Author Matt Wild

After taking in ‘Top Chef,’ check in with ‘Milwaukee Kitchen’

May 17, 2024

broadstreet.zone(160542); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Third Space Brewing. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy adventurous, odd, and elaborate coverage of all t...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (May 1-14)

Matt Wild

May 15, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Animal Well, and the pleasures of not knowing

Matt Wild

May 14, 2024

I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on.The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad...

Mandatory Wisconsin: Rocky Rococo has been the crème de la crème for 50 years

Matt Wild

May 13, 2024

Shout-out to the old Chancery on Downer, which has been empty for 17 years

Matt Wild

May 10, 2024

On March 31, 2007, local restaurant chain The Chancery closed its location at 2575 N. Downer Avenue. The building has been empty ever since.Yep, this prime chunk of East Side real estate has been empty for ...

Here are Summerfest’s “get in free” admission promotions for 2024

Matt Wild

May 9, 2024

Summerfest! You know it, you love it, and you want to get in for free! And thanks to the bevy of admission promotions listed below, you can totally do that last part!Summerfest 2024 runs for three consecuti...

The Catered Quiz serves up trivia with a personalized twist

Matt Wild

May 9, 2024

Somewhere between Jeopardy! and themed trivia nights at your local bar lies The Catered Quiz. The Milwaukee-area podcast, created and hosted by Milwaukee-area treasure Rick Katschke, is built on a deceptively s...

Food/Drink Roundup: Yep, Pizza Man is probably returning to Downer Avenue

Matt Wild

May 8, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: Pizza Man returns (to Downer Avenue)!• Less than a month after abrup...

“Enhanced streetcar service” may alleviate traffic, parking during lakefront festivals

Matt Wild

May 8, 2024

Heavy downtown traffic and outrageous parking fees during major lakefront festivals got you down? There's a streetcar for that. And maybe some "enhanced" service to go along with it.On Wednesday, Milwaukee'...

Whether you like it or not, they’re building a new Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

May 7, 2024

On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from the Milwaukee Public Museum held a ceremonial groundbreaking for MPM's new museum. Due to inclement weather, the event was held indoors, in the ballroom of the luxurio...

Milwaukee Film Festival announces 2024 attendance, 2025 dates

Matt Wild

May 2, 2024

The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a total of 32,624 attendees, Milwaukee Film announced Thursday. MFF2024 ran April 11-15 at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. It includ...

City seeking someone to demolish rest of former Northridge Mall by fall 2025

Matt Wild

May 1, 2024

Last month, roughly five years after raze orders were first issued, and roughly 21 years after it closed, Northridge Mall began to fall. FINALLY.City contractor HM Brandt, Inc. began knocking down the exter...

Here’s the 2024 lineup for Summerfest’s intimate American Family Insurance House

Matt Wild

May 1, 2024

You've already memorized the 2024 Summerfest lineup, right? Well, commit a few more names and dates to memory, because the Big Gig just released the lineup for its American Family Insurance House. Fun!The c...

Here are the 2024 lineups for Lake Park’s Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesdays

Matt Wild

April 30, 2024

Milwaukee summers are stuffed with outdoor events both big (Summerfest) and small (are they doing something at Kaszube's Park again this year?) Falling somewhere in the middle are two Lake Park music series: Mu...

Daniel James revives Daniel James Gang solo project, says hello to “Misery”

Matt Wild

April 29, 2024

Back in January 2023, longtime Milwaukee glam/punk/power/sleaze-pop group Indonesian Junk called it quits. "It's been a great 8 1/2 years playing with Mike, Johnny, and all of the other amazing people who have ...

Vic and Gab will reunite as Vic And Gab, open for Vic and Gab as REYNA

Matt Wild

April 26, 2024

It's been nearly 10 years since sisters Victoriah and Gabriela Banuelos retired their indie-rock outfit Vic And Gab and transformed into the more pop-leaning REYNA. And while the latter project has produced som...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We consider 2:44 p.m. “the green light for libations”

Matt Wild

April 25, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

Food/Drink Roundup: That old scooter shop on Water might be a food truck park now

Matt Wild

April 24, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: a food truck park planned for that old scoote...

Alvvays returns to Pabst Theater for instantly iconic performance

Matt Wild

April 23, 2024

Back in March, indie-pop band Charly Bliss scored a semi-viral tweet about fellow indie group Alvvays: if a venue doesn't play "archie, marry me" before a three band indie rock bill you can report them to the c...

Here’s the full musical lineup for the 2024 Harley-Davidson Homecoming, July 25-28

Matt Wild

April 23, 2024

If you're looking for Milwaukee's most ridiculously packed weekend of summer 2024, look no further than July 25-28. There's German Fest July 26-28. There's the Riverwest 24 July 26-27. There's the Air & Wat...