Author Matt Wild

Milwaukee Public Museum previews future rainforest, butterfly vivarium, rooftop terrace

May 23, 2023

We've said it before and we'll say it again: After all the hubbub over what the future home of the Milwaukee Public Museum will or will not carry over from the current museum, it's remarkable how familiar the i...

Pabst Theater Group opening new East Side venue, leaving Back Room @ Colectivo

Matt Wild

May 22, 2023

After nearly eight years of hosting concerts at The Back Room @ Colectivo (2211 N. Prospect Ave.), The Pabst Theater Group will leave the East Side coffee-shop venue and open a new all-ages, "highly customizabl...

It’s down to 64 possible names for Milwaukee’s new pro soccer team. Vote now!

Matt Wild

May 22, 2023

Remember last October when it was suddenly announced that Milwaukee would be getting a new USL Championship soccer team, and that it would be playing in a new 8,000-capacity outdoor stadium being built in the n...

Mayor Cavalier Johnson rings in inaugural MKE Peace Week, May 22-28

Matt Wild

May 22, 2023

Everything is awful and everything is falling apart, but let's set aside any and all cynicism for a few days and celebrate MKE Peace Week, Milwaukee. The inaugural event, May 22-28, was created by Mayor Cavalie...

And your 2023 WAMI Awards winners are…

Matt Wild

May 22, 2023

In case you missed it, WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) held its annual awards show Sunday night at Turner Hall Ballroom. It's true! Here are the 78 (!) winners. See you at the Best Club/Best Southeast Musi...

Here are the Milwaukee County pools, water parks, and splash pads opening this summer

Matt Wild

May 19, 2023

Believe it or not, summer is (theoretically) just around the corner. And with it, Milwaukee County Parks' summer pool season! It's almost time to pool it, Milwaukee!Ahem. Anyway, thanks to a 15% increase ...

Here’s the 2023 lineup for Boerner Botanical Gardens’ Concerts In The Gardens

Matt Wild

May 19, 2023

Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners (9400 Boerner Dr.) is more than just a gorgeous Milwaukee County park (and the site of the wildly popular China Lights). It's also a great place to take in a free conc...

Koppa’s reopened deli: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Nostalgia is a funny thing. We can spend years pining for something from our past—an old movie, an old video game, an old restaurant—only to find that, upon revisiting, it doesn't live up to our modern expectat...

Behold! Pabst Theater has a new blade sign!

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Wondering what all the hubbub was about outside the Pabst Theater this week? The cranes? The crowds? The drones? Well, heed these instructions......and behold the Pabst Theater's new blade sign!The ...

Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023-24 season will begin June 30. Here are the exhibiting artists

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Sculpture Milwaukee is the best. The nonprofit organization has been filling Downtown Milwaukee (and nearby neighborhoods) with outdoor (and sometimes indoor) art pieces from artists both world-renowned and loc...

Here’s all that jazz (and more) coming to Jazz In The Park 2023

Matt Wild

May 17, 2023

In case you missed it, the Great Milwaukee Summer is back! Approximately 8,000 festivals, music series, and fairs are set to take over the city this summer. And one of those music series, the long-running and w...

Diet Lite gets ‘Into The Pudding’ on new 18-song record

Matt Wild

May 17, 2023

Everyone always says they're busy, but Milwaukee garage-rock outfit Diet Lite has been really busy. Since releasing the delightful Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, the group has played more than 100 ...

We need to #SaveTheBus (while there’s still a #Bus left to #Save)

Matt Wild

May 16, 2023

As you probably know by now, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is doomed.Seriously! That's not hyperbole! The agency responsible for the county's bus system is headed for a "fiscal cliff"—a cliff i...

Mandatory Milwaukee: WUWM’s “It’s Alright, Ma, It’s Only Music” is a free-form family affair

Matt Wild

May 15, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: "It's Alright, Ma, It's Only Music" on WUWM!If you ever find yourself co...

Summerfest’s “smallest stage” will feature acoustic sets from Jenny Lewis, Digable Planets, more

Matt Wild

May 15, 2023

There are approximately 8,000 stages on the Summerfest grounds, but only one of them can claim to be the festival's "smallest." And no, we're not talking about the kids stage at Northwestern Mutual Community Pa...

Stevie Nicks. August 8 at Fiserv Forum

Matt Wild

May 15, 2023

The one and only Stevie Nicks will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, August 8. The show will serve as the kickoff to the second leg of Nicks' 2023 tour.General onsale will begin Friday, May 19 at 10...

Stuff We Missed: Both sides of Hoan Bridge will be lined with 6-foot-tall safety fence

Matt Wild

May 12, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.Nearly three years after the west side of Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge was covered ...

Juneau Park’s new seasonal beer garden will open May 24

Matt Wild

May 11, 2023

Dedicated followers/drinkers of Milwaukee County Parks beer gardens may have noticed that Juneau Park, 900 N. Prospect Ave., is missing from this year's Traveling Beer Garden schedule. That's because the downto...

Hey! Here are the Summerfest 2023 admission promotions!

Matt Wild

May 10, 2023

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 2023 runs for three consecuti...

Here are two more future Milwaukee Public Museum galleries, complete with snake button

Matt Wild

May 9, 2023

How's everyone feeling so far about the new permanent galleries coming to the future Milwaukee Public Museum? We've seen sketches of the dino-tastic "Time Travel," the state-focused "Wisconsin Journey," and the...