Author Matt Wild

WebsterX talks amplification, Sunday’s “Black Is Beautiful: Volume II” ride

August 13, 2020

"I'm just an amplifier. I want to do my part by supporting things behind the scenes."That's Milwaukee rapper WebsterX, a.k.a. Sam Ahmed, speaking about his role in the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. P...

2020 Milwaukee Film Festival goes virtual, will be preceded by virtual Minority Health Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 12, 2020

The 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival will be an entirely virtual festival, Milwaukee Film revealed on Wednesday. The festival, set for its previously announced dates of October 15-29, will be preceded by another vi...

For what it’s worth, here are the road closures for the 2020 Democratic National Convention

Matt Wild

August 12, 2020

At the dawn of the new year, the 2020 Democratic National Convention was expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee. Everyone was going to cash in. Everyone was going to get rich. Now, months into a global pan...

All 19 Sculpture Milwaukee 2020 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

August 11, 2020

One of our favorite things is Sculpture Milwaukee, the "outdoor museum" of world-class art that has spruced up Downton Milwaukee every summer since 2017. And hey, despite the ongoing pandemic and everything els...

Marquette poll: 69 percent of Wisconsin voters support mask mandate. Nice.

Matt Wild

August 11, 2020

The vast majority of Wisconsinites support the state's mask mandate—a.k.a. the mandate that requires everyone over the age of 4 to wear a mask whenever they're in public and indoors (except while they're eating...

State Fair’s 2020 Sporkies invite you to “vote for the finalist you think would taste the best”

Matt Wild

August 10, 2020

It's an age-old thought experiment: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? In the harsh reality of Wisconsin circa 2020, however, the thought experiment could be upda...

County Executive Crowley: “We face two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism”

Matt Wild

August 10, 2020

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley delivered a virtual "Vision Address" on Monday afternoon. The 40-minute speech touched on racial equity (it's long overdue), COVID-19 (it's devastating), the Milwaukee C...

New pop-up brunch spot, Brew City Biscuits, coming to Smoke Shack this weekend

Matt Wild

August 10, 2020

Pop-ups! Brunch! Biscuits! A limited time pop-up brunch spot called Brew City Biscuits coming to the Smoke Shack beginning this Saturday and Sunday and popping up every Saturday and Sunday through September 6! ...

35 pictures (which aren’t enough) of Milwaukee’s new otter and beaver mural

Matt Wild

August 9, 2020

We'll keep this short and sweet: Milwaukee has a new mural, and there's an otter and a beaver and a belted kingfisher and some fish on it. It's located in the city's Harbor District, near Water and Bruce street...

Milwaukee Brewers give city its first canceled event for 2021

Matt Wild

August 7, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Remember the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when, say, Irish Fest canc...

Love Milwaukee County Parks? Then buy some “Love Your Parks” coffee from Stone Creek

Matt Wild

August 6, 2020

Want to show off your love for Milwaukee County Parks and help the ailing parks system at the same time? There's a coffee for that now.Way back in the beforetimes of 2018, we said that Milwaukee County was ...

Plexiglass and PPE: What to expect if you vote in person next Tuesday

Matt Wild

August 6, 2020

Hey Milwaukee! The 2020 Partisan Primary Election is on Tuesday, August 11! Here's a handy voting guide! If you've already voted absentee, congrats! If you plan on voting in person next Tuesday, here's what you...

Milwaukee County medical services director: “We seem to be making progress”

Matt Wild

August 6, 2020

Looking for some extremely hesitant good news about Milwaukee County's fight against COVID-19? Of course you are. During a media briefing Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee County's medical services director Dr. Ben...

Police commission demotes tear gas fan Alfonso Morales, replaces him with new tear gas fan

Matt Wild

August 6, 2020

New boss, old boss, etc.At a meeting of the Fire & Police Commission Thursday night, the commission voted unanimously to demote Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales to the role of captain. The commiss...

The DNC in Milwaukee is dead

Matt Wild

August 5, 2020

Multiple sources are reporting that Joe Biden will NOT travel to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention August 17-20. The move, attributed to COVID-19 concerns, effectively kills what little remained ...

It’s now or never: Tell Congress to #SaveOurStages

Matt Wild

August 4, 2020

"Most of us have gone from our best year ever to a dead stop in revenues, but our expenses and overhead are still real, and many will not make it without help. Our employees, the artists, and the fans need us t...

Turn off the noise for 3 minutes and enjoy a new Daydream Retrievers song, “Static On TV”

Matt Wild

August 4, 2020

This is usually the part where we hit you with a belabored and overly long introduction about how awful everything is right now, and how (to invert a quote from the recently passed Wilford Brimley) we're all go...

Local artists, activists oppose Shepard Fairey mural installation in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 3, 2020

UPDATE (8/3/20): Based on technical and historical considerations (and not on the mural's content or artist), the Historic Preservation Commission has denied a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Shepard Fai...

Milwaukee Public Museum will reopen to the public on August 21 (with some changes, of course)

Matt Wild

August 3, 2020

The Milwaukee Public Museum will reopen to the public on Friday, August 21. Fun! Enjoy it before the museum makes a permanent move in the near future!There'll be some pandemic-era changes, of course. First ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 26-Aug. 1)

Matt Wild

August 3, 2020

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...