Author Matt Wild

Let’s argue about the streetcar’s 2024 ridership numbers

March 14, 2024

When we last argued about the streetcar's ridership numbers, The Hop had delivered a total of 494,445 rides in 2023. As always, this made people extremely angry for some reason. "HOW MUCH MONEY DID IT MAKE ON F...

Food/Drink Roundup: Some new damn fine coffee shops are coming to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

March 13, 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: new coffee shops!• Looking for some new coffee shops? Well, check ou...

Sleepy Gaucho unveils new album, billboard

Matt Wild

March 13, 2024

In an increasingly digital world, there's something to be said for in-real-life promotion. Physical flyers still provide plenty of engagement, and billboards (yes, even digital ones) can reach entire city block...

Brett Newski gets back to basics with analog, home-recorded Vanity Metrics

Matt Wild

March 12, 2024

Back in the '90s, Danish film directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg created the Dogme 95 movement. The movement proposed a loose set of "rules" for producing films: shooting on location, using handheld...

Milwaukee Record’s 2024 State of the Snow Pile

Matt Wild

March 11, 2024

Folks, it's been a strange year for the Marcus Center Snow Pile.We've diligently kept watch on the big pile of snow that forms on the east side of the Marcus Performing Arts Center's parking structure—the p...

Angelo’s Piano Lounge is apparently going to become Donnie’s

Matt Wild

March 11, 2024

Angelo's Piano Lounge, located just off Brady Street at 1686 N. Van Buren St., is in the midst of a name change. According to a sign outside the building and some social media posts, the iconic spot is set to b...

Stuff We Missed: Those darn scooters will probably return, permanently this time

Matt Wild

March 8, 2024

Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: those darn scooters!• Has it really been almost six years since those dockless e...

Full Nude (the Milwaukee band) posts ‘Free Nudes’ (its debut album)

Matt Wild

March 8, 2024

There are band names that are easily Google-able, and there are band names that absolutely require the word "band" at the end of the search. Guess which category new-ish Milwaukee band Full Nude belongs to! (Al...

Click to Accept: Highland Community Players face ‘The Loathsome Fate Of Riley Faust’

Matt Wild

March 7, 2024

"Attention: This production will use a fog machine at three different moments. The performance will also have flashing lights and will play loud music and sound effects. There may also be references to chonky c...

We ARE serious: David Zucker will attend screening of ‘Airplane!’ March 16 at Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

March 7, 2024

Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (February 21 – March 5)

Matt Wild

March 6, 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...

Milwaukee Film will take over operations of Downer Theatre in April

Matt Wild

March 5, 2024

Roughly six months after abruptly closing, the Downer Theatre (2589 N. Downer Ave.) has a new lease on life. And it's thanks to an expected savior: Milwaukee Film.Yes, Milwaukee Film announced Tuesday that ...

Cat Power covers Bob Dylan, captivates Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

March 4, 2024

In 1998, director Gus Van Sant released a "shot-for-shot" remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film Psycho. When asked the inevitable question of "Why?" Van Sant offered up a number of answers: it was an e...

Barbie The Movie: In Concert coming to AmFam Amphitheater July 12

Matt Wild

March 4, 2024

Need more Barbie in your life? Of course you do. Then be sure to check out Barbie The Movie: In Concert, a "live-to-film concert experience produced by Overture Global Entertainment that will bring Warner Bros....

ANDII fights back tears of a clown on “Oh Me, Oh My (I Tried)”

Matt Wild

March 4, 2024

The last time we checked in with Milwaukee singer-songwriter ANDII—a.k.a. Andi Heath—she was battling a nasty case of "Winter Blues." But that was way back in January 2022—what has ANDII been up to since?Tu...

Trapper Schoepp helps friend in need with “Meet Me At The End Of The World” cover

Matt Wild

March 1, 2024

When he's not busy writing songs about Lawrencia Bembenek (!), recording albums in Johnny Cash's cabin (!!), getting co-writing credits on Bob Dylan songs (!!!), or shooting videos with the "Jump To Conclusions...

Garden Home goes through “The Worst Of It,” comes out on other side

Matt Wild

March 1, 2024

"At times in life, you literally must 'feel the worst of it' to appreciate the good things in life and remind yourself to be grateful."Those wise words come from Dylan Mazurkiewicz, vocalist for Milwaukee p...

Here’s the schedule for the 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade (and more!) in downtown Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 28, 2024

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner (March 17), and with it, the return of the Shamrock Club of Wisconsin's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Yep, on Saturday, March 9, the 56th installment of the parad...

Brady Street Futons is closing

Matt Wild

February 26, 2024

Talk about the end of an era: After more than 30 years in business, Brady Street institution Brady Street Futons is closing. Questions about the local futon, mattress, and upholstery shop located at 1200 E. Bra...

40,000 tear sheets from old Eisner advertising museum going up for auction

Matt Wild

February 26, 2024

For 10 years, between 2000 and 2010, the William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design was a unique destination in Milwaukee's Third Ward neighborhood. The museum and event space housed tens of thousands...