Author Matt Wild

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 8-14)

January 16, 2017

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 ...

Milwaukee is ready to convince the rest of the state to hate it a little less

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• There's never any shortage of talk about how Milwaukee can better market it...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 8-14

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town.SAID IT BEST Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, on declaring January 12 "A...

Remembering the Milwaukee Chiefs, the city’s short-lived professional football team

Matt Wild

January 12, 2017

From 1953 until 1994, the Green Bay Packers played two to four games per season at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers' final game in Milwaukee—a 21-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994—...

Which Milwaukee beers would you put up in a bet with Dallas for the Packers-Cowboys game?

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Newsflash: On Sunday, January 15, the Green Bay Packers will travel to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys in the PLAYOFFS, YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS. It will undoubted...

Inaugural “MilMag Live!” discussion tackles two topics, highlights two Milwaukees

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Back in 2012, the Pabst Theater Group and Historic Milwaukee joined forces for a series of panel discussions featuring notable Milwaukeeans—developers, artists, someone from NEWaukee—holding forth on notable ...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

What’s the deal with that “This Is Downtown Bay View” sign?

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories be...

Veteran TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan is retiring

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

And the blows to local TV news just keep on coming: Less than a week after senior FOX6 sportscaster Tom Pipines announced his retirement, legendary TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan has announced his impending re...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Koppa’s combines tasty sandwiches, taxidermy, Atari

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

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 figu...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times shot a 360-degree video of the Polar Plunge

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

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

Milwaukee Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

Here’s how much Milwaukee’s rent went up in 2016

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Last summer, Madison-based online apartment listings site Abodo released a study showing how the average rent for a one-bedroom Milwaukee apartment increased faster than the average rent in any other U.S. cit...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 1-7

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town.SAID IT BEST Recently retired conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, on Mil...

Watch the Johnson’s Park dinosaur get broken down, taken to its new habitat

Matt Wild

January 5, 2017

The Johnson's Park dinosaur is extinct. Love live the Johnson's Park dinosaur.Last month, we broke the meteor-sized news that the beloved Johnson's Park dinosaur—the last remnant of the once-thriving 76th...

FOX6 sports anchor Tom Pipines is retiring

Matt Wild

January 5, 2017

Nearly a year after veteran meteorologist Vince Condella took his leave from the Milwaukee airwaves, another familiar local news personality is signing off: Today, FOX6 senior sports anchor Tom Pipines announ...

Let’s talk about Milwaukee’s connection to the New Monkees

Matt Wild

January 4, 2017

Here's the story: Back in 1966, the world was given the gift of the Monkees. The so-called "Pre-Fab Four" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork) were assembled by a pair of producers (Rob...

Patti Smith will perform ‘Horses’ at the Milwaukee Theatre in March

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Let's just boil this down to some facts: The incomparable, iconic, and forever awesome Patti Smith recently celebrated her 70th birthday. Smith's equally incomparable, iconic, and forever awesome album Horses...

Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2017

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Twenty-sixteen was something of a banner year for Milwaukee. Hardly a day went by without some exciting new shit being built, some boring old shit being turned into exciting new shit, and 8,000 Bublr Bike sta...

In Defense Of: Milwaukee winter parking rules

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

In a city as relatively small as Milwaukee, certain people, places, or things can get saddled with bad reputations. Even if these reputations are somewhat deserved, Milwaukee Record strives to look past the n...