Author Matt Wild

Food/Drink Roundup: “Digital food hall” planned for former Blackwoods Brothers on KK

November 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: digital food halls!• You know the former Blackwood Brothers Restaura...

Black Elephant will reunite for Cooperage show, celebrate 20 years of ‘Eat This Album’

Matt Wild

November 12, 2024

Dial the ol' Wayback Machine to the early '00s and you'll likely run into one of Milwaukee's most popular hip-hop groups of the day, Black Elephant. "They grinded harder than just about any other act," Radio Mi...

14 photos of Northwestern Mutual’s new convenience store, plus some streetcar and public art photos for good measure

Matt Wild

November 11, 2024

If the 17 "first look" articles from other media outlets didn't tip you off, Northwestern Mutual opened a new convenience store in Downtown Milwaukee on Monday. The so-called Mutual Market is located in the lob...

Today in peak Summerfest announcements: The Avett Brothers, June 26 at BMO Pavilion

Matt Wild

November 11, 2024

Spin Doctors. REO Speedwagon. Atmosphere. Cheap Trick. Luke Bryan Zach Combs Brian Luke Zach or whatever. These are just a few examples of (perfectly wonderful!) artists that seem to play Milwaukee's annual Sum...

Celebrate new book about Malört (!) at Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge November 14

Matt Wild

November 8, 2024

Like all things legendarily awful, Jeppson's Malört is having a moment. Recent years have found the not-for-the-faint-of-heart Chicago spirit (ironically?) worming its way back into drinking pop-culture—in Chic...

And the “major concert at American Family Field” is…Billy Joel and Sting!

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Yesterday, Milwaukee—nay, the world—was occupied with only one thing. Okay, two things, the second being what the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" would be. And now we know: it's Billy Joel...

Domes Reimagined plan gains budget approval from Milwaukee County Board

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Back in September, advocacy group Friends of the Domes presented a plan to repair and subtly "reimagine" Milwaukee's long-troubled Mitchell Park Domes. On Thursday, two months after the plan was first presented...

Choose your favorite all-too-timely song on Night Crickets’ ‘How It Ends (?)’

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

"Could be heaven, but we blew it once again.""It's richer than rich, poorer than poor. The children are fodder. That's the story of war.""The world seems like a sewer, an insane, crazy place.""The w...

Let’s guess what the “major concert announcement at American Family Field” will be tomorrow

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

UPDATE (11/7/24): And the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" is..."The Milwaukee Brewers and FPC Live will make a major concert announcement at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. on...

Listen to Bunk Bed’s restless full-length debut, ‘Roughhousing’

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

What's in a name? When it comes to Milwaukee indie-/art-/math-rock outfit Bunk Bed, quite a lot.The group emerged in 2022, releasing the two-song Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk. Both songs ("Crowd And Judgement," "B...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 23 – November 5)

Matt Wild

November 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...

The Daily Bird will reopen (two days after it closed)

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

On Monday, Riverwest coffee shop The Daily Bird, 818 E. Center St., announced it was closing its doors. "We have made the difficult decision to close our doors starting tomorrow, 11/04/2024," read a social medi...

Mandatory Milwaukee/Wisconsin: Voting!

Matt Wild

November 5, 2024

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: VOTING!For today's Big Election, we were going to do an inflamma...

Statements on the passing of Ald. Jonathan Brostoff

Matt Wild

November 4, 2024

City of Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff has passed away. TMJ4 reports that "a city spokesperson confirmed that Brostoff died by suicide. He was found in Greenfield Park in West Allis, according to the Milw...

The Daily Bird is closed; future remains unclear

Matt Wild

November 4, 2024

Roughly three years after opening in the old Fuel Cafe spot at 818 E. Center St., coffee shop The Daily Bird has closed. The business made the announcement on Sunday."Dear Daily Bird community. We have made...

Brett Favre texted me, and it wasn’t about the legality of welfare funds or a photo of his genitals

Matt Wild

November 2, 2024

Former Green Bay Packers (and New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings) quarterback Brett Favre texted me on Saturday night, and it wasn't about the legality of welfare funds or a photo of his genitals.It was a...

Club Ritual rolls out record label with rhythmic release from Greyhound

Matt Wild

November 1, 2024

If you're hip to Milwaukee's underground dance scene, you're almost certainly hip to Club Ritual. The dance-happy event series has brought beats to places like High Dive, Mad Planet, Quarters, and even Black Ca...

BREAKING: Milverine endorses Kamala Harris

Matt Wild

November 1, 2024

We know who Brett Favre and Buzz Aldrin will vote for on November 5. We know who Liz Cheney and Cardi B will vote for on November 5. But who will Milwaukee's homegrown power-walking and oft-shirtless superhero,...

WMSE will broadcast special “Hip Hop Hooray” show live from The Hop on November 16

Matt Wild

October 31, 2024

Back in October 2023, beloved Milwaukee radio station WMSE 91.7 did a live three-hour broadcast from beloved Milwaukee argument-starter The Hop. We hung out that day and helped out. It was fun!Now, WMSE i...

Behold that finished mural on Humboldt that used to feature Mrs. Incredible

Matt Wild

October 30, 2024

Last week, approximately 8,000 readers informed us that that mural on the north wall of car stereo installation and window tinting joint Expert Electronics, 2231 N. Humboldt Ave., had changed. You know, that mu...