Author Matt Wild

Ned Flanders metal band Okilly Dokilly will play X-Ray Arcade April 6

February 8, 2019

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• We could be really clever and load up on obscure Simpsons references for this...

Fiserv Forum celebrates 1 millionth fan, gives her beer, Road to WrestleMania tickets, more

Matt Wild

February 7, 2019

Wednesday night, moments before the Milwaukee Bucks took on the Washington Wizards, Fiserv Forum recognized and celebrated its one millionth fan (!). Yes, more than one million people (!) have attended Bucks an...

Oh hi, two screenings of ‘The Room’ at Oriental Theatre with Tommy Wiseau in attendance

Matt Wild

February 7, 2019

You've seen the movie a dozen times. You've read the book about the making of the movie. You've seen the Hollywood movie about the making of the movie based on the book about the making of the movie. You've tos...

Here are 25 pictures of the new Centraal Grand Cafe & Tappery

Matt Wild

February 6, 2019

Back in January, Bay View staple Café Centraal closed its doors for a month-long refresh and renovation. Now, the 10-year-old Lowlands Group eatery is ready to reopen as Centraal Grand Café & Tappery. The n...

Listen to the SIN BAD / Bad Wig split, ‘SIN BAD WIG’ (and say goodbye to SIN BAD for a while)

Matt Wild

February 6, 2019

Peanut butter and jelly. Gin and tonic. Jake and The Fatman. There are certain things that are destined to be joined at the hip, destined to go together like, well, peanut butter and jelly. You can add Milwauke...

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Miller Park while it was still under construction

Matt Wild

February 5, 2019

Last week we hipped you to a remarkable behind-the-scenes video tour of Milwaukee County Stadium mere weeks before it was closed and torn down. Now, the same former Brewers grounds crew member who shot that vid...

Welcome…to Milwaukee’s first food truck park

Matt Wild

February 5, 2019

In today's "spare no expense" news, Milwaukee is getting its very first food truck park! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Sean Phelan and Jesus O. Gonzalez—the latter the founder of the ever-popular ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 27-Feb. 2)

Matt Wild

February 5, 2019

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

East Side Whole Foods is getting a 20-tap bar, video games (of course)

Matt Wild

February 1, 2019

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Do people still make "Whole Paycheck" jokes when talking about Whole Foods? J...

Here’s the full lineup for Milwaukee Psych Fest VII

Matt Wild

February 1, 2019

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. Returning for its seventh (!) year April 12 and 13 at The Cooperag...

Take a tour of Milwaukee County Stadium, weeks before it was closed and torn down

Matt Wild

January 31, 2019

While Milwaukee remains on pins and needles as to the future name of Miller Park (Dear AmFam: Do the right thing and name it after Uecker), it's useful to go back to a time when Miller Park wasn't even a thing....

Odd Duck’s Little Duck event space will host three Friday night fish frys during Lent

Matt Wild

January 31, 2019

Attention Milwaukee Record's resident fish fry expert Caleb Westphal: Little Duck Kitchen (2301 S. Howell Ave.), the private event space of Bay View's Odd Duck restaurant, will host three Friday night fish frys...

An interview with Milwaukee Food King, the city’s premier foodie/dentist/MMA judge

Matt Wild

January 29, 2019

Talk to Rick Winter for a few minutes and one thing becomes clear: it's good to be king. By day, Winter is Dr. Richard Winter, DDS, a third-generation dentist who has been practicing in the Milwaukee area for 3...

Paul, Donnie, and Mark Wahlberg are bringing Wahlburgers to The Corners of Brookfield

Matt Wild

January 28, 2019

It's time for a new burger place on the block. Um, those good vibrations you're feeling are burger vibrations. Something something referencing Paul Wahlberg. Anyway, Wahlburgers is coming to The Corners of Broo...

Here’s shocking video proof that the streetcar can run in snow

Matt Wild

January 28, 2019

We're almost three months into the life of The Hop, Milwaukee's long-in-the-works and forever-contentious downtown streetcar. And guess what? Things are going well! People are riding the thing, extensions are i...

Get old, weird with Yum Yum Cult’s debut single, “Up In The Tenement”

Matt Wild

January 28, 2019

You may or may not be familiar with Yum Yum Cult, but if you're familiar with Milwaukee music, you're surely familiar with some of the band's components. The new-ish project features current and former members ...

Milwaukee might create “new classification of law enforcement officer” to patrol the bus

Matt Wild

January 24, 2019

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the bus rules. Rain or shine (or snow), Milwaukee County Transit System is there, dutifully shuttling people across town and back again. The bus is great, the bus is...

Miller Park will become American Family Insurance Park/Field/Something in 2021

Matt Wild

January 22, 2019

UPDATE: The (brief) 2 p.m. press conference has confirmed that American Family Insurance will assume naming rights of, um, the Brewers stadium beginning in 2021, for a span of 15 years. According to a press rel...

Remembering ‘Now That’s What I Call Milwaukee!’ a mixtape where every word is “Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

January 22, 2019

If you're anything like us, you eat, sleep, and breathe Milwaukee. Because of that, you've probably experienced occasional Being John Malkovich moments where every word in your head suddenly becomes "Milwaukee....

And here are the inevitable “keep the name Miller Park” petitions

Matt Wild

January 22, 2019

You already know the big news: Beginning in 2021, American Family Insurance will take over naming rights of Miller Park. What the renamed ballpark will be called "will be announced at a later date."Until th...