Author Matt Wild

Did anyone figure out who stole that State Fair golf cart and drove it all the way downtown?

August 17, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• The 2018 Wisconsin State Fair is in the books, and it was a big one: a record...

Take another eerie trip through the abandoned Northridge Mall

Matt Wild

August 17, 2018

What is it about dead malls that fascinates us so? More specifically: What is it about Northridge Mall that fascinates us so? Hardly a month seems to go by without another group of "urban explorers" puttering a...

Town hall meeting to discuss safety at “Swing Park” set for August 22

Matt Wild

August 16, 2018

Ever since its creation in 2014, Milwaukee's so-called "Swing Park" has been a source of controversy. Art critics called foul when an "improv-architecture group" just went ahead and attached some swings to the ...

Check out the wonderful campaign art for the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 16, 2018

It's still summer, but it's never too early to start thinking about the Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2018 installment—the festival's 10th—is set for October 18-November 1 at the Oriental Theatre (now under the ...

A really cool art/music installation begins tonight on Wisconsin Avenue

Matt Wild

August 15, 2018

Take a stroll down Wisconsin Avenue and you'll bump into all kinds of public art: Sculpture Milwaukee sculptures, Mauricio Ramirez utility box murals, whatever NEWaukee has cooking at its monthly Night Market. ...

Polka, polka, polka: Second annual Milwaukee Polka Riot coming to Sabbatic September 8

Matt Wild

August 14, 2018

Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. How are you? Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay, I thought you might have recognized...anyways. I had a few hits a few years ago, that's ...

Vote today, Milwaukee, because only jerks and creeps don’t vote

Matt Wild

August 14, 2018

Hey! Milwaukee! Today, Tuesday, August 14, 2018, is the Wisconsin fall partisan primary. You know what that means: it's time to carve out 30 minutes from your precious day and vote. Why? Because it's your civic...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Nature and community meet at the Urban Ecology Center

Matt Wild

August 13, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will play Riverside Theater December 5

Matt Wild

August 13, 2018

Let's just keep this simple: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will play Milwaukee's Riverside Theater Wednesday, December 5. General admission tickets are $55. They go on sale Friday, August 17, at 10 a.m. There w...

Okay, it looks like Milwaukee is doing “game show battle rooms” now

Matt Wild

August 10, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• First came the ramen. Then came the poke. Then came the axe-throwing bars and...

As the Bradley Center enters its final days, watch a star-studded video from its first days

Matt Wild

August 10, 2018

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, today marks the first day of official closing operations for the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Forty-five full-time and 606 part-time employees are officially out of wo...

A five-foot-long iguana is on the loose on the East Side, and it gets goofier from there

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

Last week, in a momentary break from a world gone ugly and insane, CBS 58 reported on a five-foot-long iguana on the loose in Milwaukee's Murray Hill neighborhood. It seems that a month and a half ago, a pet ig...

Documentary on Hoan Bridge suicides coming to 2018 Milwaukee Short Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

The 20th annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival will set up shop at the Fox Bay Cinema Grill Friday, September 7, and Saturday, September 8. Fifty films will screen during the fest, including previously screened ...

MKE Music Rewind: Testa Rosa, “Ollie & Delilah”

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Way back when The Beatles were nearing the heights of their early p...

Heartwarming MCTS video of the week: Watch a bus driver stop at a kids lemonade stand

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

Our un-ironic love for the Milwaukee County Transit System knows no bounds. We've sung the bus' praises on these pages and on the radio. The bus has sung our praises for doing so. We were filmed on the bus for ...

A brief history of Bob Uecker bobbleheads and all-fan giveaways

Matt Wild

August 7, 2018

Over the weekend, Milwaukee Brewers fans streaming into Miller Park were treated to a particularly delightful all-fan giveaway: a Bob Uecker Talking Bottle Opener. Finally, the time-honored act of cracking open...

Life, death, and the timeless amusements of Little Amerricka

Matt Wild

August 6, 2018

Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. Today: Little Amerricka!The first thing you notice about Little Amerricka is its nam...

Bird is removing its scooters from Milwaukee, will work with the city to bring them back

Matt Wild

August 6, 2018

Another day, another round of Bird news. Last week, the Milwaukee Common Council kinda-sorta upheld a ban on those shareable Bird scooters everyone is over the moon about. The Common Council dropped specific la...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 29-Aug. 4)

Matt Wild

August 6, 2018

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...

The fun comes naturally: 5 decades of Wisconsin Dells commercials and videos

Matt Wild

August 6, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.If there...