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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
      June 16, 2026
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
      June 15, 2026
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      June 13, 2026
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      January 20, 2023
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      Matt Wild
      June 25, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 24, 2026
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      Mitch DeSantis
      June 21, 2026
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      Juan Miguel Martinez
      June 19, 2026
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      June 19, 2026
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      Caleb Westphal
      June 12, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      June 10, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      March 25, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      March 24, 2026
    • The Laughing Tap will celebrate grand re-opening at new downtown home March 27-28

      Matt Wild
      February 24, 2026
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      February 18, 2026
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      December 8, 2025
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      Matt Wild
      June 26, 2023
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      June 24, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      June 18, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 17, 2026
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      Michael Viers
      June 15, 2026
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      Tad Kriofske Mainella
      June 2, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      May 26, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      May 11, 2020
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      Matt Wild
      June 25, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 18, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 12, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 10, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 10, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      May 29, 2026
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      July 30, 2020
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      Joey Grihalva
      June 23, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 23, 2026
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      June 20, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      June 16, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      June 9, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      June 3, 2026
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      June 18, 2018
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      June 23, 2026
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      June 9, 2026
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      June 2, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      May 26, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      May 19, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
      May 12, 2026
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Matt Wild weighs between 140 and 145 pounds. He lives on Milwaukee's east side.

Crusherfest postpones second annual blowout, might reschedule for fall

Matt Wild
April 27, 2020
You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the annual celebration of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—has been postponed because of the COVID-19 crisis. Ugh. "Crusherfest is p...

Gov. Evers “turns the dial a notch” on “Safer At Home” order

Matt Wild
April 27, 2020
Good news for nonessential businesses that want to offer curbside drop-off of goods or animals in the era of COVID-19 and "Safer At Home": You can do that now! Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday that a newl...

Bastille Days, Jazz In The Park, Cathedral Square Market have been postponed

Matt Wild
April 23, 2020
Milwaukee's East Town Association announced on Thursday that three of its signature summer events—Bastille Days, Jazz In The Park, and Cathedral Square Market—have been postponed. "We have made the difficult de...

Black Arts Fest MKE cancels 2020 event, promises return in 2021

Matt Wild
April 23, 2020
Another one. Sigh. Black Arts Fest MKE announced on Thursday that it was canceling its 2020 event, originally scheduled for August 1 at Henry Maier Festival Park. The cancelation follows similar announcement...

8 Milwaukee County golf courses will reopen April 24—with some restrictions

Matt Wild
April 22, 2020
Good news, gofers golfers: eight Milwaukee County golf courses will reopen this Friday, April 24 at 8 a.m. So what? So let's dance! Those courses are: • Brown Deer Park • Dretzka Park • Oakwood Park • Wh...

Some Milwaukee County libraries will begin curbside pickup this week and next

Matt Wild
April 22, 2020
As part of Gov. Evers' recently extended "Safer At Home" order (in effect until May 26), businesses like golf courses and libraries can offer limited services beginning April 24. We've already told you about th...

2020 Milwaukee Irish Fest—originally set for August 13-16—has been canceled

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
The 2020 installment of Milwaukee Irish Fest—originally set for August 13-16 at Henry Maier Festival Park—has been canceled. Sigh. Irish Fest joins fellow Henry Maier Park festivals PrideFest, German Fest, P...

Exploring the kid-friendly, animated voice-over work of Bob Uecker

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
The following article also appears in the April edition of Colectivo Coffee's "Off The Record" periodical/poster/crossword puzzle. Stay at home and download a PDF of this month's edition HERE. Milwaukee and ...

SafeVote approved; all Milwaukee voters will receive absentee ballot applications in mail

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
Good news for everyone who enjoys exercising their right to vote without endangering their life and the lives of others: On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved the creation of the so-call...

Milwaukee approves possible $500 fine, arrest, for violating “stay at home” orders

Matt Wild
April 21, 2020
Want to visit grandma's house during Milwaukee and Wisconsin's continued "stay at home" orders? You're fine. Want to willfully defy those orders and put other people's lives at risk? There might be consequences...

Gov. Evers reveals multi-phase “Badger Bounce Back” plan to reopen Wisconsin. Read it here

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers unveiled a detailed "Badger Bounce Back" plan Monday afternoon. The plan—based on similar federal guidelines—sees Wisconsin adopting "a phased approach to re-opening its economy and society, wit...

Milwaukee officials to vote on possible $500 fine for violating city’s “Stay At Home” order

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
UPDATE (4/21/20): It was approved. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has said that the city's "Stay At Home" order—enacted on March 25 in response to the COVID-19 crisis—"is not meant to be a law enforcement tool....

Tavern League of Wisconsin wants bars and restaurants to reopen May 1—with some safety precautions

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
Late Sunday night, Tavern League of Wisconsin president Chris Marsicano issued a statement that calls on Gov. Tony Evers to reopen the state's taverns, restaurants, and supper clubs on May 1. This despite warni...

Watch the video for Devils Teeth’s new recorded-under-quarantine jam, “Drop Down Gator”

Matt Wild
April 20, 2020
"We haven't seen each other or played together since our Man Or Astro-man? show on February 25, and our March 17 show was canceled because of the 'rona. We're each isolated for a variety of reasons, and we're d...

Please enjoy the debut album from one-man grindcore band Chopping Mall, ‘Mauled By A Magical Bear With Scalding Hot Liquid Cheese Spraying From Its Eyesockets’

Matt Wild
April 18, 2020
Sometimes an email comes across our desks that needs no explanation. Sometimes that email is promoting a debut album from a one-man grindcore band that also needs no explanation. So, without any further explana...

Take the money and run with the cinematic video for Lorde Fredd33’s “Summer Breeze”

Matt Wild
April 17, 2020
"It's put up or shut up time as far as I'm concerned." That's Lorde Fredd33, speaking about his new song and video, "Summer Breeze." But he's talking about much more than that, of course. He's talking about ...

Enjoy the gloriously live, gloriously sweaty video for Hughes Family Band’s “Death Of Me”

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Remember shows? Us too! Remember squeezing into a bar on a Saturday night and enjoying the sounds of a live band and the company of other human beings? Us too! Want to relive that currently on-hold experience v...

Here are 4 pictures of the masked Lakefront Stooges, plus 1 picture from our Animal Crossing island

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Take a walk outside (safely, of course) and you'll encounter plenty of "signs of the times." Some are grim, some are hopeful. Then there are those that are, well, kind of funny. Enter Lakefront Brewery's newly ...

Gov. Evers extends “Safer At Home” until May 26, cancels school year, loosens some restrictions

Matt Wild
April 16, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers extended Wisconsin's "Safer At Home" order to May 26 on Thursday—albeit with some changes, an officially canceled school year, and a few loosened restrictions. The original order was set to expi...

The Grovelers’ “Sicko” gets appropriately sick stop-motion video

Matt Wild
April 10, 2020
If you're looking for subtlety in your music—poetic and tender lyrics, intricate and feather-light instrumentation—The Grovelers are not the band for you. "When you wear your Sunday best / I tear you up and I e...
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