Author Matt Wild

Third time’s the charm? Milwaukee may apply for another federal grant for streetcar extension

April 19, 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...

Thurston Moore will perform live score to James Nares’ ‘Street’ at Oriental Theatre August 16

Matt Wild

April 19, 2019

Today in Wow, This Sounds Great news, Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore is slated to perform a live score to artist James Nares' Street at Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre on Friday, August 16. Wow, this sounds...

There’s a Facebook page for the “KK Can Opener,” a.k.a. that Bay View railroad bridge that eats semis

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

UPDATE (4/19/19): Hmmm. Something funny is going on here...Earlier this month we hipped you to Bay View Missed Connections, a new Facebook group dedicated to "choice anecdotes of localized lust." Today, in ...

City Lounge is doing another (ahem) “World of Wizards” pop-up bar

Matt Wild

April 18, 2019

Is there a more wonderful, willfully weird Cudahy bar than City Lounge? Okay, X-Ray Arcade is pretty wonderful and weird, but City Lounge has been doing wonderful and weird for years. Remember when Bubba Sparxx...

Remembering the musical legacy of Rocky Rococo

Matt Wild

April 17, 2019

On Saturday, April 20, in the year of our Lord 2019, hungry Wisconsinites can don a white suit, a white fedora, and/or a fake nose and glasses and get a free slice of Rocky Rococo pizza, no questions asked. Yes...

Mess with us as we play ‘Paranoia’ Wednesday night on Twitch, and help raise money for RAINN

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

Do you like tabletop role-playing games? Good. Do you like to watch people play tabletop role-playing games via Twitch? Good. Do you like to watch people play tabletop role-playing games via Twitch, and have th...

We talked to Steve Martin and Martin Short before their April 19 show at Riverside Theater and it was delightful

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introductions.So, before Martin and Short bring their latest two-man show, "Now You See Them, Soon You Won't," to Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Friday, April 19, Mil...

Here’s the lineup for the 2019 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

April 16, 2019

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. (Actuall...

AJ Bombers will offer its Big Boy burger all summer long

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

Last week, we embarked on an epic taste test: Who has the best Big Boy-inspired burger—AJ Bombers, Coach's, or McDonald's? The test was inspired by AJ Bombers' limited-time tribute to the classic double-patty, ...

Gov. Evers will speak at Turner Hall, and we still demand he make his own “Welcome to deer season” videos

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

In case you missed it, Wisconsin has a new governor. Last November, mild-mannered Tony Evers bested future Twitter user Scott Walker to become the 46th governor of our great state. What has Gov. Evers accomplis...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 7-13)

Matt Wild

April 15, 2019

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...

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks dye the Milwaukee River green

Matt Wild

April 12, 2019

Friday morning, in advance of Sunday's playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks dyed the Milwaukee River green. Well, the city and members of Plumbers Local 75 union did the actual dyeing (below the McKinley Avenue br...

A winner is you: Get powered up for this weekend’s Midwest Gaming Classic

Matt Wild

April 11, 2019

This weekend, the 2019 Midwest Gaming Classic will somehow stuff more than 10,000 gamers, pinball pros, tabletop enthusiasts, cosplayers, vendors, and entertainers into the 150,000 square feet of the Wisconsin ...

The Bike Fixers (formerly Cory The Bike Fixer) is closed

Matt Wild

April 11, 2019

The Bike Fixers—formerly known as Cory The Bike Fixer—is closed. A "For Sale" currently graces the front of the East Side building at 2410 N. Murray Ave. Multiple calls to the long-running bike shop have gone u...

Raw Bar is open at Crossroads Collective. Here’s the menu.

Matt Wild

April 10, 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. And now it's even greater: Today, the ...

69% of the 1980 Milwaukee Brewers preferred Pepsi over Coke. Nice.

Matt Wild

April 10, 2019

The Brewers, as a wise man once said, are hot. It's early in the season, of course, but the 2019 team looks to be just as explosive, fun, and Yelich-rific as the 2018 squad. Chances of this year ending with ano...

Hey! Here are the 8,000 headliners for Summerfest 2019

Matt Wild

April 9, 2019

It's that time of year again: In advance of Summerfest 2019 (June 26-30, July 2-7), the Big Gig has unleashed its massive list of headliners. Approximately 8,000 ground stage headliners now join the previously ...

Let’s guess when that big snow pile on the side of the Marcus Center parking structure will finally melt

Matt Wild

April 9, 2019

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts has been in the news a lot lately. Back in December 2018, the 50-year-old institution announced plans to revamp its downtown campus. Soon after, folks cried foul at the...

Giant penguin will haunt Northwestern Mutual Gardens as part of 2019 Sculpture Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 9, 2019

One of Milwaukee's great public art success stories has been Sculpture Milwaukee. For the past two years, the outdoor art exhibition has peppered more than 20 wonderful, challenging, and sometimes bizarre piece...

Battle of the Big Boy burgers: AJ Bombers vs. Coach’s vs. McDonald’s

Matt Wild

April 8, 2019

Big Boy restaurants opened in California in the 1940s, but they soon became a beloved Wisconsin tradition. The Marcus Corporation opened the first Milwaukee Big Boy (Marc's Big Boy) in 1958. At its height, Marc...