Author: Matt Wild

Here’s the lineup for Black Cat Alley’s free “Black Cat Rising” concert series

June 27, 2023

If you dropped by Black Cat Alley during this year's Summer Soulstice Music Festival, you likely saw a block-long alley/outdoor art gallery teeming with people. That's because Black Cat—located between E. Kenil...

Milwaukee air is currently “Very Unhealthy,” so stay indoors and don’t go to (canceled) Chill On The Hill

Matt Wild

June 27, 2023

Avoid all outdoor activities and stay inside as much as possible. Close your windows and doors. Check on your friends, family, and neighbors, especially older adults and pregnant people, to ensure their safety....

Everything you need to know about Milwaukee’s July 3 lakefront fireworks show

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Do you like fireworks? Good, because Milwaukee County Parks will be putting on a big fireworks show on Milwaukee's lakefront on Monday, July 3. Here's everything you need to know: WHAT: A free, 30-minute fir...

Joey, we’re screening ‘Airplane!’ July 26 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...

Milwaukee’s first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta, will temporarily close

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Roughly two years after opening its doors at 1739 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Milwaukee's first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta Plant Shop, is temporarily closing its doors. In a press release...

Happy Sculpture Milwaukee Celebration Week, Milwaukee!

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

In case you missed it, Sculpture Milwaukee—a.k.a. downtown's annual outdoor public sculpture exhibit—will begin its 2023 season on Friday, June 30. Titled Actual Fractals, Act I and curated by John Riepenhoff, ...

Culver’s cancels order for July 22 Bug Moment show

Matt Wild

June 23, 2023

Culver's giveth and Culver's taketh away. Just days after popular Milwaukee band Bug Moment announced a sure-to-be-delicious/packed show at the parking lot of the Bayshore Culver's on July 22, the Bayshore C...

Long Mama gets back to basics, lives simply on “Corduroy Road”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2023

All a woman needs on Corduroy Road, according to the lovely new Long Mama song "Corduroy Road": • A candle • A match • A good book to read • A fire • A sweet song • A warm place to sleep Ahhhh. Doesn...

The hills are alive with the sound of Oak You’s “Successors”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2023

When we first met experimental folk-electronica outfit OQ back in December 2018, group members Cole Quamme (The Fatty Acids) and Liam O'Brien (Holy Sheboygan!) were prepping their debut EP, Paradice 1. The reco...

Milwaukee band Bug Moment (and more!) will play Bayshore Culver’s July 22

Matt Wild

June 20, 2023

UPDATE (6/23/23): The show has been canceled. More info HERE. What do you get when you combine one of Milwaukee's best bands (that would be Bug Moment) with one of Wisconsin's most beloved fast food franchis...

Beauty Steps share the love with new single, “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”

Matt Wild

June 20, 2023

When we first met Beauty Steps back in February, the Milwaukee dream-pop/R&B outfit was extolling the virtues of "Peaches." Group members D'Amato and Robert Weiss—plus a murderers' row of guest musicians—tu...

Jonathan Richman will play Marcus Performing Arts Center October 8

Matt Wild

June 20, 2023

Bless you, Jonathan Richman. The legendary singer-songwriter has been a force of good and wide-eyed whimsy since the early 1970s, back when he was with The Modern Lovers. These days, his acoustic shows (usually...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 4-17)

Matt Wild

June 19, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Buffalo Nichols returns with something new/old, “You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2023

When we last caught up with Buffalo Nichols—a.k.a. Milwaukee musician Carl Nichols—he was playing at the Bruce Street Anodyne for WMSE's Local/Live. This was roughly a year after playing to a slightly bigger au...

You saw The Flaming Lips play ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ at Riverside Theater. You loved it.

Matt Wild

June 14, 2023

The Flaming Lips released Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots in 2002, the year you turned 25. You loved that album. You were living in a dilapidated East Side manor with your girlfriend and six or seven roommates....

See ‘Southland Tales’ at Oriental Theatre, complete with director Q&A, Rebekah Del Rio performance

Matt Wild

June 9, 2023

In 2006, director Richard Kelly followed up his beloved cult classic Donnie Darko with the wildly ambitious, wildly bizarre, and just plain wild Southland Tales. The film...well...it was about...um, er...we'll ...

Here’s the full musical lineup for Harley-Davidson Homecoming, July 13-16

Matt Wild

June 8, 2023

In a summer packed with 8,000 things to do, the big Harley-Davidson Homecoming stands out as a single event with 8,000 things to do. From July 13-16, Harley will celebrate its 120th birthday with a dizzying arr...

Ahead of Brady Street pedestrianization study, city and citizens discuss pedestrianizing Brady Street

Matt Wild

June 7, 2023

In the wake of yet another hit-and-run accident on Brady Street, talk continues of closing the ever-busy street to vehicular traffic—or, at the very least, of doing something. On Wednesday, the city's Public Wo...

Relocated Pizza Man is a surprise summertime gem

Matt Wild

June 6, 2023

Say the words "Pizza Man" while standing anywhere in Milwaukee County and you'll likely get an opinion. Pizza Man is great! Pizza Man used to be great! Pizza Man hasn't been the same since the original North Av...

Tap your toes, profess your innocence to songs from upcoming ‘Run Bambi Run’ musical

Matt Wild

June 6, 2023

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater is prepping an original rock musical about "Milwaukee's infamous femme fatal," Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek. Yes, Run Bambi Run will detail the wild story of...

Author Matt Wild