Author Matt Wild

Mike Crivello’s employee plans to run an in-store 5k to save YOU money

November 18, 2021

Mike Crivello's Cameras. The longtime Brookfield business is, as its delightfully catchy jingle reminds us, home to a little "extra something" (a.k.a. service and quality). But on Wednesday, November 24, beginn...

2021 Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival kicks off tomorrow (on TV)

Matt Wild

November 17, 2021

Looking to get in the holiday mood a week before Thanksgiving? Then you're in luck: the 23rd annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival is set to kick off Thursday, November 18.From November 18 through Januar...

Remembering what Milwaukee music venue websites looked like 10, 20 years ago

Matt Wild

November 16, 2021

First of all, yes, we know that the Linneman's website design seen above was alive and well until 2016 or so. It was/is simply too beautiful to not use as the main picture.Anyway, let's remember what Milwau...

New event space, The Starling, planned for former SURG On The Water

Matt Wild

November 16, 2021

Popular Downtown/Third Ward event space SURG On The Water closed in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the riverside space at 102 N. Water St. is showing new signs of life.License applications ha...

The scooters will be gone by midnight, may return next year

Matt Wild

November 15, 2021

If you're looking to get in some sweet, sweet (and cold) scooting action, you're out of luck, Milwaukee.Yes, the city's 2021 Dockless Scooter Pilot Study, which began June 1, ended today, November 15. "Scoo...

Foxfire food truck will close for good November 28

Matt Wild

November 14, 2021

After five years in business, popular Milwaukee food truck Foxfire is closing up shop. R.I.P. that incredible chicken sandwich."This is our fifth, and we have decided, final season," owners Bryan Phillips a...

Krampus is coming to town: Milwaukee Krampusnacht returns to Bavarian Bierhaus December 5

Matt Wild

November 12, 2021

If you’re looking to spice up your holiday season with a little something off the beaten Hallmark Christmas movie path, look no further: On Sunday, December 5, after a COVID year off, the annual Milwaukee Kramp...

Spoy brings the noise, skronk on debut album, ‘From The Three’

Matt Wild

November 11, 2021

We're fast approaching two years of this shit. Two years. Are things getting better? Is the worst behind us? Probably. Have the past two years scarred our collective psyche, scrambled our collective brains, thr...

Black Challenger lights up the night with cinematic ‘Radiance’

Matt Wild

November 10, 2021

When we last checked in with Milwaukee dark-synth project Black Challenger, 2020's Vigilance was included in our favorite records of the year. "Go figure that one of our favorite Milwaukee records of 2020 sound...

Terrible Job, Milwaukee! We’re one of the worst cities for donut lovers

Matt Wild

November 9, 2021

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 deign...

Aaron Rodgers takes responsibility for “misleading” comments, stands by other comments, wants to move on

Matt Wild

November 9, 2021

Last week, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers appeared on The Pat McAfee Show to address the whole "tested positive for COVID-19 and lied about being vaccinated" thing. Rodgers used the opportunity to ...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Nov. 1-6)

Matt Wild

November 8, 2021

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...

Aaron Rodgers outs himself as delusional, pathetic, stupid person in rambling interview

Matt Wild

November 5, 2021

UPDATE (11/9/21): Rodgers made a follow-up appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, this one much less combative and defensive.Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has outed himself as a delusional, pathet...

Shahrazad is now open in its new location, a few blocks north on Oakland Avenue

Matt Wild

November 4, 2021

Back in September, we reported that Persian and Middle Eastern restaurant Shahrazad was leaving its 27-year home at 2847 N. Oakland Ave., and moving a few blocks north, to 3133 N. Oakland Ave. (a.k.a. the forme...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 1-7, 2021

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Note to self: See Zack Pieper’s “Ghost-Its” in the windows of Real Tinsel Gallery

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Halloween is over, but that doesn't mean the spooky fun has to end. For evidence—a lot of evidence—look no further than the annual "Ghost-Its" installation from Milwaukee writer, poet, and musician Zack Pieper....

For sale: A Milwaukee bungalow with a “historical theater/film previewing room from the 1950s”

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Every few months a Milwaukee or Milwaukee-area real estate listing captures the city's imagination. Sometimes it's a house that's also a bar. Sometimes it's a bar that's also a bowling alley. Sometimes it's Scr...

Here’s the 2021-22 Milwaukee Bucks City Edition uniform, with all sorts of team-history Easter eggs

Matt Wild

November 1, 2021

Yep, here it is. The 2021-22 Milwaukee Bucks City Edition uniform. It has a bunch of team-history Easter eggs in it, like "green and white striping from the early days of the franchise," a "1971 logo and a remi...

Comet is reopening (under new ownership) and the original Fuel is now home to The Daily Bird

Matt Wild

October 29, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Comet and Fuel!• There were many Milwaukee business losses in 2020...

Chaos and beauty duke it out on WebsterX’s singular ‘1 Of 1’

Matt Wild

October 29, 2021

There's a definitive ring to the title of WebsterX's new record, 1 Of 1. It suggests something rare, something confident, something permanent. It also suggests something new: 1 Of 1 may be the Milwaukee rapper'...