Author Matt Wild

Big bucks, heaven, hell, and the world according to Dad

September 14, 2019

To hear Dad tell it, his recent round of inspiration was forged in fire, and sealed by a moonlit night."It felt like I was tripping," the Milwaukee rapper explains. "I had put into this fire a piece of pape...

Feed me! We’re screening the director’s cut of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

On the 16th day in the month of October, in a late year of a decade that can just go ahead and end already, Milwaukee filmgoers will encounter a deadly threat to their very existence. And this terrifying enemy ...

Lakefront Brewery’s “Fall Fest of Ale” returns September 29

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

We love fall. You love fall. Everyone loves fall. Similarly, we love Lakefront Brewery. You love Lakefront Brewery. Everyone loves Lakefront Brewery. Put the two together and you get...the return of Lakefront's...

It’s Friday, so let’s watch Michael McKean sing “Milwaukee Moon”

Matt Wild

September 13, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

MFF2019’s Cinema Hooligante program is ridiculously great, gloriously geeky

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Since the dawn of time (a.k.a. 2014), Milwaukee Record has been a proud sponsor of the Milwaukee Film Festival's Cinema Hooligante program. A place for all things weird, wacky, bloody, and bizarre, it's our kin...

Shout-out to Crossroads Collective for finally putting their (full) name on their sign

Matt Wild

September 12, 2019

Please forgive the following random and dorky introduction: In the DVD commentary track for 1988's The Naked Gun (told you!), one of the Zucker brothers complains about a director of photography who kept under-...

Streetcar ridership down from record-breaking July, so let’s just scrap the whole thing

Matt Wild

September 11, 2019

It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's forever-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And you better buckle up for thi...

17 ways former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke describes his too-hot-for-Twitter takes

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

broadstreet.zone(32806); On June 13, 2019, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (remember him?) officially quit Twitter. Sort of. "Folks I am thru with the TOTALITARIAN BIGOTS who run Twitter," Clarke ...

Freeland Film Festival brings activist-minded stories, events to Green Lake September 13-15

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

Film festivals can either cast a wide net or focus on a particular subject. The Milwaukee Film Festival, coming to Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 17-31, is an example of the former; the Freeland Film Festival, co...

New “high-end cocktail lounge,” The Public Pool, coming to former 1983 Arcade Bar space

Matt Wild

September 10, 2019

UPDATE: Despite the information presented at Tuesday's meeting, business owner Edward DeShazer tells us the name and concept of the bar at 1110 N. Old World Third St. will be different. "That was our original c...

Milwaukee County wants to save Milwaukee County with possible sales tax hike

Matt Wild

September 9, 2019

Milwaukee County, you may have heard, is up deferred maintenance creek without a paddle. There's a whole lot of things to pay for, and not a whole lot of money. There's a revenue crisis, you see, with Milwaukee...

Bob Dylan will play The Rave on October 26

Matt Wild

September 9, 2019

It's telling that when it comes to Bob Dylan—arguably the greatest singer-songwriter of all time—one needs to practically apologize for wanting to see him play live. Dylan, ever the confounding contrarian, does...

Study: Wisconsin is neither happy nor sad. Discuss. Or not.

Matt Wild

September 9, 2019

Earlier this year, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl did some musin' and thinkin' about the glut of online studies ("Hardest-Working States in America," "Best & Worst States to Have a Baby," "...

Ready your steins for Milwaukee Brewing Company’s inaugural Oktoberfest celebration

Matt Wild

September 6, 2019

Milwaukee is currently in the throes of Oktoberfest celebrations. From now until, well, October, there are oodles of events taking place in and around the city. But for our money, the most promising one is Milw...

Watch ‘Hoan Alone,’ a short documentary on Hoan Bridge suicides

Matt Wild

September 6, 2019

Last year's Milwaukee Short Film Festival saw the local debut of Hoan Alone: Personal Stories From The Bridge, a short documentary that explores the delicate subject of suicides on Milwaukee's iconic Hoan Bridg...

Public hearing on $66 million plan to save Mitchell Park Domes set for September 18

Matt Wild

September 5, 2019

In case you missed it, the Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes Task Force recently capped off nearly three years (!) of work by approving an "extensive, $66 million proposal to restore the Domes and turn Mitchell ...

‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ (with guests Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise) slated for 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 5, 2019

AHHHH! Coming this fall (October 17-31) to the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me with special guests Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer) and Ray Wise (Leland Palmer)! Yes! Not only will Milwauke...

Peer inside the psychedelic world of new Milwaukee audio/visual project Some Strange Kaleidoscope

Matt Wild

September 5, 2019

It's been a minute since we've heard from Milwaukee musicians Jeff Grabo and Phil Hoge. As part of the once-busy garage-rock outfit The Rashita Joneses, the duo played oodles of shows, released a handful of rec...

Crossroads Collective adds SmallPie, Pilcrow Coffee

Matt Wild

September 4, 2019

Since opening in December 2018, Crossroads Collective—a.k.a. one of the city's first food halls, located in the former Oriental Drugs space on the East Side—has been great. Walk inside and you're greeted with v...

Milwaukee authorizes $400,000 to Bucks’ Sterling Brown for 2018 tasing incident

Matt Wild

September 4, 2019

Wednesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 12-2 to authorize an offer of $400,000 to Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown. The offer is intended to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2018 incident in ...