Author Matt Wild

Ride this thing out at Apocalypse Drive-In, every Friday and Saturday at Bounce Milwaukee

March 23, 2020

UPDATE: Apocalypse Drive-In has been canceled. Here's a note from Bounce Milwaukee: "Hi, all! After hearing back from the City of Milwaukee for guidance on this event and the most recent order, we have decided...

In these troubled times, find solace in a new “Pass Me A Beer” video

Matt Wild

March 21, 2020

Do we even have to say it? These are strange, weird, troubled times. Happily, the mad Milwaukee geniuses behind the brilliant "Pass Me A Beer" video series—Tim Higgins and brothers Jack and Nick Packard—are bac...

Here’s a list of all the lists of where you can get take-out Friday fish fry

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

In case you were wondering, our award-winning, critically lauded, and universally beloved Friday fish column will continue during these strange, strange times. How, you ask? Well, Caleb has stocked up on plenty...

I am not handling this well

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

Last Thursday, just as things were beginning to fall apart, I was on a 21-hour train trip to Colorado. My father-in-law had a new family vehicle waiting for me there and it was my job to retrieve it and drive i...

All Milwaukee County playgrounds are closed

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

On Monday it was golf courses and dog parks; today, Milwaukee County Parks has announced that all of its playgrounds are closed, too.A tweet from Milwaukee County Parks reads: To help stem the spread of CO...

MCTS will reduce the amount of bus service on weekdays

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

UPDATE: According to Urban Milwaukee, a bus driver has tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier this week, Milwaukee County Transit System asked folks to limit any "non-essential bus travel." Today, MCTS is tak...

Saloon on Calhoun wins WAMI for “Best Music Venue To Defiantly Stay Open During Global Pandemic”

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

If you're familiar with the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards (or WAMIs, for short), you know that Brookfield's Saloon on Calhoun is a perennial "Best Live Club/Venue" nominee. And if you're familiar with Sa...

Milwaukee suspends “all timed, metered and night parking restrictions”

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

Some good news for a change: Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee's Department of Public Works announced it had suspended "all timed, metered and night parking restrictions to accommodate residents who are home due to...

Jazz In The Park pushes back opening date from May 28 to June 4

Matt Wild

March 19, 2020

And so it continues: Thursday afternoon, Jazz In The Park organizers announced that the popular summer music series will push back its opening date from May 28 to June 4. Because of coronavirus/COVID-19 concern...

This Friday, Steny’s will donate 50% of fish fry sales to its laid-off employees

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

When you're finished reading our—ahem—oral history of Catholics eating beaver (and muskrat) during Lent, read this: On Friday, March 20, Steny's Tavern and Grill (800 S. 2nd St., 414-672-7139) will donate 50% o...

Order carryout from Company Brewing and get a roll of toilet paper for just $1!

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

Earlier this week, Mequon Pizza Co. made news by offering a free roll of toilet paper with every order of a large pizza. But things have changed since Monday—you can no longer eat inside a restaurant, and toile...

Milwaukee Public Market is completely closed. No carryout. Maybe delivery at some point, but that’s it

Matt Wild

March 18, 2020

Welp. Wednesday morning, the Milwaukee Public Market posted this message to Facebook: To our extended Market Family:Based on the new guidelines set out by the State, the market is enforcing a full closure ...

All Milwaukee restaurants and bars are now carry-out and delivery only

Matt Wild

March 17, 2020

In case you somehow missed it: Monday afternoon, due to COVID-19 concerns, Gov. Tony Evers ordered a statewide ban on gatherings of 50 or more people. Under Evers' order, Wisconsin restaurants and bars could te...

UW-Milwaukee employee tests positive for coronavirus/COVID-19

Matt Wild

March 17, 2020

Last week, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee employee who was tested for coronavirus/COVID-19 tested negative. Today, an update from UWM Chancellor Mark A. Mone has confirmed that a different employee has tes...

Here’s a list of all the lists of Milwaukee restaurants that are offering delivery and take-out service

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

UPDATE (3/16/20, 10 p.m.): According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Bars and restaurants across Milwaukee County are expected to be ordered to close within the next 24 hours, except for carryout, delivery ...

MCTS would like you to limit any “non-essential bus travel,” please

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

Isn't it strange when a bus company strongly suggests that folks refrain from riding the bus? Well, we live in strange times, folks. Monday afternoon, deep in a never-ending avalanche of COVID-19 closings, Milw...

Milwaukee County Parks closes all golf courses and dog parks, recommends avoiding playgrounds

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

If you're like us, there's only one thing that has been rattling around in your brain for the past few days: Wow. This is fucking crazy. And so the craziness continues, with Milwaukee County Parks announcing th...

You’re never alone with Victor DeLorenzo’s latest EP, ‘Tranceaphone’

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

"What I love about this record is that I don't remember making it."So says Victor DeLorenzo—he of the original Violent Femmes lineup, he of the long-running Nineteen Thirteen duo—about his latest EP, Trance...

Oriental Theatre will close March 14 to April 9

Matt Wild

March 13, 2020

No "Rowdy" screenings of Cats. No 1,000th screening of Parasite. No screenings of anything, until April 9. That's the decision Milwaukee Film made today for the Oriental Theatre. Due to concerns of coronavirus/...

Gov. Evers: Schoooool’s out / Until April (due to coronavirus)

Matt Wild

March 13, 2020

Friday afternoon, Gov. Tony Evers issued an order mandating the closure of all K-12 schools in the State of Wisconsin—public and private—from March 18 until at least April 6. The order, of course, is due to cor...