Author Matt Wild

God damn it, you’ve got to heed the words of this new “BE KIND” pop-up on Water Street

May 31, 2022

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."That's Kurt Vonnegut, in one of those Kurt Vonnegut-y quotes that makes you want to read Kurt Vonnegut again. It's simple, d...

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees get back to nature in flowery “Harms” video

Matt Wild

May 26, 2022

It's been four years since ever-evolving Milwaukee post-rock project Collections Of Colonies Of Bees released its latest album, HAWAII. In that time...well, some stuff has happened. So if you're looking for a r...

Summerfest’s “smallest stage” will feature acoustic performances from Boyz II Men, local acts, more

Matt Wild

May 25, 2022

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 JoJo's Martini Bar stage, which needs to be so...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Readers of a travel website like to travel to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

May 25, 2022

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 ackno...

Black Husky Brewing will host “Milwaukee’s Worst Locust Street Festival” in place of canceled real thing

Matt Wild

May 24, 2022

Were you disappointed when this year's Locust Street Festival of Music & Arts was abruptly canceled? You're not alone. But while most of us were content to simply grouse about this unfortunate news, Locust ...

What I’m hoping to hear at tonight’s “ridiculously self-indulgent, ill-advised” Weird Al show

Matt Wild

May 24, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record's Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al's May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

FPC Live is gonna build its two-room music venue on the old Bradley Center site now

Matt Wild

May 23, 2022

It's Monday, which means Milwaukee is getting another new downtown music venue.Madison-based FPC Live, a division of Live Nation subsidiary Frank Productions, plans to build a $50 million two-room music ven...

Gov. Evers announces $2.2 million for Milwaukee violence prevention, including “security fencing”

Matt Wild

May 23, 2022

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday $2.2 million in funding "directed towards the city of Milwaukee for violence prevention and to help the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) to take immediate steps to address c...

A Weird Al album ranking that totally betrays the age of the author, and that’s it

Matt Wild

May 22, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record’s Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al’s May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

Washington Park Wednesdays are back! Here’s the 2022 lineup

Matt Wild

May 20, 2022

And the summer music lineups keep on coming (and coming, and coming, and coming). Today, Washington Park Wednesdays revealed its 2022 lineup—its first full, in-person lineup since 2019. Here's who's playing the...

Mask up like it’s 2020: Milwaukee Health Department issues new mask advisory

Matt Wild

May 20, 2022

Yep. Here's the press release. And yeah, it's "just" an advisory, not a mandate or whatever. On May 19, 2022, Milwaukee County moved into the CDC’s “high” level of COVID-19 community spread. This level is base...

Holy crap, Milwaukee is getting a new 8,000-seat soccer stadium and 3,500-person concert venue

Matt Wild

May 20, 2022

Just when you thought Milwaukee's sports and concert venue news couldn't get any twistier, along comes a new twist: a just-announced 8,000-seat soccer stadium complete with an adjacent 3,500-person concert venu...

13 pictures from our sold-out ‘UHF’ screening and Twinkie Wiener Sandwich afterparty

Matt Wild

May 19, 2022

Weird Al Week (In 3-D) begins with a chat with Weird Al drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz

Matt Wild

May 18, 2022

Soak up the lineup for the 2022 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

May 18, 2022

In case you missed it, the Great Milwaukee Summer is back! And one of the many Milwaukee music festivals making its return after two COVID-heavy years, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival, just announced its li...

Here are the 2022 lineups for Lake Park’s Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesdays

Matt Wild

May 18, 2022

There are approximately 8,000 live music series returning to Milwaukee in 2022. Two of them happen to take place at Lake Park's Summer Stage, just south of the playground and tennis courts: Musical Mondays and ...

Jazz at The Vine coming to The Vine beer garden in Humboldt Park

Matt Wild

May 18, 2022

We've said it before and we'll say it again: There are approximately 8,000 live music series returning to Milwaukee in 2022. But what's this? A new live music series? Yep, for the first time ever, Humboldt Park...

We talked to Steve Martin and Martin Short before their May 12 show at Riverside Theater and it was delightful

Matt Wild

May 11, 2022

Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introductions. So...Before the comedy legends bring their latest live show, "You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today!" to The Riverside Theater on May 12, Milwaukee...

Here’s the release date and trailer for the Disney+ Giannis biopic ‘Rise,’ and that’s it

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

June 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numzJtJWT8cOkay, and the poster, too:Exclusive articles, podcasts, and more. Support Milwaukee Record on Patreon.RELATED ARTICLES• Here’s your G...

3rd Street Market Hall adds Venezuelan restaurant Anytime Arepa, open now

Matt Wild

May 10, 2022

Fact: 3rd Street Market Hall opened in the first floor of the old Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 W. Wisconsin Ave., earlier this year.Fact: Since then, the downtown food hall has added a new vendor approximatel...