Author Matt Wild

3rd Street Market Hall will open (finally!) January 14

January 12, 2022

After several years, several delays, and enough vendor announcements that it would have been easier to simply say who wouldn't have a stand there, 3rd Street Market Hall (275 W. Wisconsin Ave.) has announced an...

Great Job, Milwaukee! New York Times recognizes Bronzeville as “place for a changed world”

Matt Wild

January 11, 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 deigns ...

Listen to Shle Berry’s “SOLO,” watch a behind-the-scenes video on its creation

Matt Wild

January 11, 2022

Throughout this seemingly never-ending pandemic, Milwaukee rapper Shle Berry has been releasing new music. Berry's new tracks include the hopeful "When The Snow Melts," the sultry "What I Like," and the intimat...

Milwaukee Film announces in-person films, events for Black History Month

Matt Wild

January 11, 2022

With Black History Month a few weeks away, Milwaukee Film and its Black Lens program have revealed their slate of programming for the monthlong event. Six feature screenings, two shorts programs, and four event...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Where to get a free COVID-19 test

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places lifesaving measures come and go, while some places lifesaving measures become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-wor...

Milwaukee Public Museum is closed Jan. 10-12, so here are 4 pictures of “The Quest For Beaver”

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Public Museum is closed Monday, January 10 through Wednesday, January 12. Why? "Staffing shortages amid the ongoing surge in regional COVID-19 cases," of course. MPM will pr...

Log on for Chit Chat’s infectious “Age/Sex/Location”

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

Mention "a/s/l" to computer users of a certain age and you'll get knowing smiles and more than a few online horror stories. The "age/sex/location" question was ubiquitous in AOL and AOL-esque chatrooms back in ...

Let’s remember the time Bob Saget dropped by Carly Rae Jepsen’s Milwaukee show and sang the ‘Fuller House’ theme

Matt Wild

January 10, 2022

What can you say about Bob Saget? He was hilarious. He was one of a kind. He was Danny Tanner and he directed Dirty Work. With his death on Sunday at the age of 65, he left us too soon. R.I.P.But let's reme...

Return of Milwaukee mask mandate advances, awaits full Council approval

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

At a meeting Friday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council's Public Safety & Health Committee voted 3-0, with 2 abstentions, to reinstate a citywide indoor mask mandate. The mandate still needs approval from...

MPS postpones return to in-person learning until January 18

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Attention folks who don't have school-age kids: All schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) system are virtual this week. (Folks who have school-age kids know this all too well.) When the move to virtual ...

Bon Jovi is playing Fiserv Forum April 5, so here’s my cringey story about seeing JBJ in 1997

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

As part of the Bon Jovi 2022 Tour, eternal rock band Bon Jovi will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, April 5. Get your tickets HERE.Anyway, here's my previously published story about seeing Jon Bon ...

WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser will return April 10 (vaccination required)

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Hey! WMSE's beloved Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser is set to return to MSOE's Kern Center on Sunday, April 10. It'll be the event's 20th installment, following a 2021 event that was takeout only."Attendees wil...

MKE Music Rewind: Yipes!, ‘Yipes!’ (1978)

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I was driving past Shank Hall a few weeks ago when I noticed the lon...

Nearly a dozen Milwaukee-area health officials issue new COVID-19 public health advisory

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

So it's pretty clear at this point that we're fucked, right? That there's no way out of this? That there are people who care about this and people who absolutely do not care about this? That, thanks to the peop...

Welcome to 2022. I hate it

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

Hi. It's January 4, 2022. We're four days into a sparkling, glistening, still-has-that-new-year-smell new year. Twenty-twenty-two! It has a nice ring, doesn't it? Here we go!I hate it already.This post ...

Daydream Retrievers provide pitch-perfect song for our collective “Living Hell”

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

We're fast approaching two years of this living hell. There's evidently no end in sight for this living hell. What can we do, both individually and as members of the same flawed tribe occupying this planet at t...

“The Betty White-Wisconsin connection” news roundup

Matt Wild

January 4, 2022

Betty White ruled. She absolutely ruled.Betty White died December 31 at the age 0f 99—just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. For the past few days, the internet has been awash with praise and tributes to the...

In case you blinked last month, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (December 2021)

Matt Wild

January 3, 2022

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 Th...

Start the year off right with a video of lap steel metal band Velocihamster covering “Sleep Walk”

Matt Wild

January 3, 2022

Hey! It's 2022! The pandemic rages on! MPS has gone all-virtual! There's no end in sight! It's just like...2021. And most of 2020. Sigh.Happily, we have a much more enjoyable repeat performance for you. Bac...

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern will require proof of vaccination beginning Jan. 7

Matt Wild

January 3, 2022

Roughly 24 hours after Odd Duck announced it will require prospective diners to show proof of vaccination, Brewers Hill brunch spot Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern, 234 E Vine St., has announced a similar dine-...