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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
      August 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      August 24, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      March 25, 2026
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      March 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      February 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      August 19, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      August 18, 2026
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      July 31, 2026
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      July 29, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 14, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
      July 7, 2026
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      Ethan Duran
      July 1, 2026
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      August 10, 2026
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      Tad Kriofske Mainella
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      July 23, 2026
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      July 28, 2026
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      July 21, 2026
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Juan Miguel Martinez is a writer from the south side of Milwaukee. He only writes until he can land a role as the mechanic friend of the handsome lead in a telenovela. His favorite movie is Repo Man.

Puerto Rican Family Festival canceled for 2020, will return in 2021

Juan Miguel Martinez
July 15, 2020
When you are impassioned about your culture and something that goes hand in hand with it—like, say, your city—you tend to work yourself to the brink of madness. You move around the clock, barely sleeping, and y...

Former Fritz’s Pub to become high-end steakhouse “with a Mexican flair,” Asadero Fiesta Garibaldi

Juan Miguel Martinez
July 8, 2020
The old Fritz's Pub sits on the corner of 20th and Oklahoma, its windows dark and its neon beer signs no longer lit up. It has been this way since October of 2019, and was a Milwaukee favorite for fish fry and ...

Milwaukee artists honor Black lives with Riverwest Filling Station mural

Juan Miguel Martinez
June 18, 2020
Murals are an infinite, lasting way to express the joyful pain of love and unity. (Unity is not a concept that should have any gray areas, but then again, "I don't see color" is something that makes no sense an...

The defense of the Revolution: 3 groups that help the people

Juan Miguel Martinez
June 9, 2020
The streets are filled with people, and our spirits are strong. We are in the midst of one of the largest civil rights demonstration this country has ever seen, and Milwaukee is certainly no slouch in that aren...

The food (and future) of Vibe Lounge on Teutonia Ave.

Juan Miguel Martinez
May 27, 2020
Places like Vibe Lounge (2579 N. Teutonia Ave., 262-777-0212) have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it quality. They are unassuming places, nestled between other buildings and on street corners with modest signage. Upon...

Mr. Dye’s Pies cash mobbed Lopez Bakery—and they’re doing it again on Sunday

Juan Miguel Martinez
May 15, 2020
Seventy-sixth Street is an epic stretch along the north side of Milwaukee. Countless fish and chicken joints, mini-malls, and homes set 50 feet back from the road line the wide concrete. The old Northridge Mall...

Smoker on a hitch: The DIY barbecue of Edward Woulard

Juan Miguel Martinez
May 6, 2020
What a lovely, warm, mid-spring day Saturday, May 2 was. The streets were semi-populated, and I was in my car running an errand for another publication I write for. After this, I was on the hunt for a corner ba...

R.I.P. Milwaukee journalist Mike Anderson, a.k.a. full-hearted soul singer Roshell Anderson

Juan Miguel Martinez
April 21, 2020
I was a child who grew up all over the city of Milwaukee. North side, south side, the west side over by St. Sebastian, the east side in one of those filing cabinets with a view of the lake. I would always see M...

Pronounced “past-ee,” not “pay-stee”: A tribute to Reynold’s Pasty Shop

Juan Miguel Martinez
March 26, 2020
It's a rainy Thursday night on the long, commercially dilapidated stretch of highway that is Layton. I'm driving around in my black jeep, my rideshare app turned on. I'm cruising up on St. Luke's Hospital when ...

Los Comales is a Milwaukee stalwart and a shining light of 16th Street taco joints

Juan Miguel Martinez
March 12, 2020
Sixteenth Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Home to the updated El Rey that took over the Burger King lot, casting a shadow on the smaller and underrated La Hacienda, another superb Mexican grocery store. The mai...
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