Author Matt Wild

Milwaukee Irish Fest will return to the lakefront August 17-20. Here’s who’s playing.

March 16, 2023

With spring just days away and summer (theoretically) around the corner, it's time for Milwaukee summer festival announcements! Today's announcement belongs to Milwaukee Irish Fest, which is set to return to He...

Lion’s Tooth 2-year birthday bash will feature art, music, raffles, grimoire cookbooks, more

Matt Wild

March 15, 2023

Look up the term "Milwaukee gem" in a dictionary and you'll find an impeccably illustrated picture of Lion's Tooth. Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere launched the local company in late 2019 as a graphic...

Aaron Rodgers: “I want to play, and I would like to play in New York”

Matt Wild

March 15, 2023

Green Bay Packers superstar, once-in-a-generation quarterback, Hall of Fame lock, Jeopardy! guest host, darkness retreater, and noted researcher Aaron Rodgers appeared on The Pat McAfee Show Wednesday afternoon...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (February 26 – March 11)

Matt Wild

March 14, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Elvis Costello & The Imposters will headline BMO Pavilion June 24 during Summerfest

Matt Wild

March 13, 2023

Summerfest has been dropping a bunch of BMO Pavilion announcements lately (Cheap Trick! Cypress Hill! More!), but this one is especially sweet: Elvis Costello & The Imposters will headline the outdoor venue...

East Side locksmith Badge Lock & Key closes (and locks) doors after 45 years

Matt Wild

March 10, 2023

It's the kind of place you don't think about until you need it, and the kind of place you don't appreciate until it's gone.On March 31, after 45 years of holding down a small storefront on the corner of Far...

Save the dates: Locust Street Festival, Center Street Daze will return this summer

Matt Wild

March 10, 2023

Never mind the 7 inches of wet, dense snow currently making us question why we live here—THINK SUMMER, MILWAUKEE. Yes, two beloved Riverwest festivals will return this summer: Locust Street Festival (Sunday, Ju...

Here’s a glimpse of the future Milwaukee Public Museum’s first gallery, “Time Travel”

Matt Wild

March 7, 2023

On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Public Museum and exhibit design partner Thinc Design gave the public its first glimpse of "Time Travel," one of five permanent galleries that will be part of MPM's future museum.A...

After nearly 16 years, something is finally planned for the former Chancery on Downer

Matt Wild

March 6, 2023

On March 31, 2007, the Chancery closed its doors at 2575 N. Downer Ave. The space has been empty ever since.But now, AFTER NEARLY 16 YEARS, that may change.Yep, according to a license application filed ...

We’re all alright: Cheap Trick will headline the BMO Pavilion June 22 during Summerfest

Matt Wild

March 6, 2023

The sun rises, the sun sets. People are born, people die. Cheap Trick will headline the BMO Pavilion on Thursday, June 22 at Summerfest.First-come, first-served general seating is free at the BMO Pavilion, ...

Highland Community Players tackle groupthink, shadow puppets in ‘Don’t Wake The Dragon’

Matt Wild

March 3, 2023

"This play briefly uses a fog machine, and will occasionally play loud music and sound effects. Audiences are encouraged to sing along and make the 'metal sign' where applicable."It's a program note that co...

B~Free does it all on cooly confident “iProduce My Own Shit”

Matt Wild

March 3, 2023

Milwaukee's B~Free describes herself as a "musical Swiss Army Knife." In other words, she does it all: writes, sings, produces, rocks the hell out of the flute. Her latest single, "iProduce My Own Shit," reflec...

NEWSKI: “We played an unlicensed show at Chipotle and everyone hated us”

Matt Wild

March 2, 2023

Has it really been nearly five years since Milwaukee alt/geek-rock lifer Brett Newski played a surprise show at an area Walmart and got kicked out? It has! In the year of our lord 2023, Brett Newski's musical m...

The Lumineers will play AmFam Insurance Amphitheater August 26

Matt Wild

March 2, 2023

Ho! Long-running Denver folk-rock band The Lumineers are gearing up for a 2023 world tour. Hey! That tour includes a stop at Milwaukee's American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Saturday, August 26. Bay! Engli...

Coming soon: The glorious return of Koppa’s deli

Matt Wild

February 28, 2023

For decades after it opened in 1982, Koppa's (1940 N. Farwell Ave.) served as both a quirky East Side grocery store and a quirky East Side deli. (Could it be considered a bodega? Maybe!) Kitschy decorations, fu...

Milwaukee Film’s Women’s History Month lineup includes newly crowned greatest film of all time

Matt Wild

February 28, 2023

In case you missed it, the most recent Sight & Sound poll named 1975's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles as the greatest film of all time. (Vertigo and Citizen Kane came in at #2 and #3, r...

Watch Giannis eat snacks, talk Charles Antetokounmpo Foundation on ‘The Daily Show’

Matt Wild

February 27, 2023

We'll keep this short and sweet: Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped by Comedy Central's The Daily Show on Monday night. While there, he chatted with guest host Hasan Minhaj about his knee (...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (February 12-25)

Matt Wild

February 27, 2023

The Flaming Lips will play 2002 ‘Yoshimi’ album live at Riverside Theater June 13

Matt Wild

February 27, 2023

Along with 1999's Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots elevated The Flaming Lips from quirky '90s oddities to (still-quirky) 21st century stars. It's easy to see/hear why: "Fight Test," "Do You...

2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is fast approaching. Here’s this year’s artwork.

Matt Wild

February 27, 2023

It's miserable outside today but guess what? We're less than two months away from the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival! The 15th annual fest is set for April 20 through May 4 at the Oriental Theatre (and other thea...