Author: Matt Wild | Page 18 | Milwaukee Record

Licenses Committee approves Diaspora Sports Bar and Lounge for former Company Brewing space

January 28, 2026

On Tuesday, following a nearly hourlong discussion, the Milwaukee Common Council's Licenses Committee approved tavern and food dealer licenses for Diaspora Sports Bar and Lounge. Diaspora is planned for the for...

Summerfest’s UScellular Connection Stage will be renamed T-Mobile Stage

Matt Wild

January 28, 2026

In a bit of corporate sponsorship housekeeping, Summerfest announced Wednesday that its longtime UScellular Connection Stage will be renamed the T-Mobile Stage. The new name will go into effect beginning with t...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Not spreading unsourced, unverified misinformation online

Matt Wild

January 27, 2026

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: not spreading unsourced, unverified misinformation online You know...

Lunde delivers gem after gem on ‘The Shotgun Theory’

Matt Wild

January 26, 2026

You're at an antiques store, digging through a crate of used records. You come across a compilation from a local radio station called 97.2 The ROCK or something. Judging by the album's cover, the station had it...

MKE Music Rewind: The Esquires, ‘Get On Up And Get Away’ (1967)

Matt Wild

January 23, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In this installment: The Esquires' 1967 album Get On Up ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (January 7-20, 2026)

Matt Wild

January 22, 2026

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Milwaukee launches “Know Your Rights and Available Resources” page in wake of national ICE actions

Matt Wild

January 22, 2026

The City of Milwaukee launched a "Know Your Rights and Available Resources" webpage on Thursday. The page is intended for "residents of Milwaukee, especially those who are not citizens, are understandably f...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about board games

Matt Wild

January 22, 2026

Winter blues got you down? Stuck inside while temperatures hover in the negative teens and twenties? Tired of playing endless games of Monopoly and would rather play ridiculously complex but rewarding board gam...

The Mothership, 1033 Omakase, more are 2026 James Beard Award semifinalists

Matt Wild

January 21, 2026

It's that time of year again: the time of year when the prestigious food-celebratin' James Beard Foundation announces the semifinalists for its annual James Beard Awards. As always, a number of Milwaukee-area r...

The Roots will headline BMO Pavilion June 25 during Summerfest

Matt Wild

January 21, 2026

And the Summerfest 2026 announcements keep on comin'! Today, none other than hip-hop legends The Roots were revealed as BMO Pavilion headliners. Black Thought, Questlove, and company will play the outdoor venue...

5 ways Milwaukee Public Museum stuff could be repurposed before being offered to the public

Matt Wild

January 20, 2026

broadstreet.zone(185613); In case you missed it, you have just under one (1) year to enjoy the Milwaukee Public Museum as you know it. MPM will officially close January 3, 2027, making way for the new Nature &...

Watch Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at UWM in 1965

Matt Wild

January 19, 2026

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day to celebrate the life and work of the civil rights pioneer, to reflect on the progress that's been made in the many decades since his assassination, and to realize tha...

Woodland Pattern will move to former Bindery building in Bay View

Matt Wild

January 16, 2026

After serving the Riverwest neighborhood for 46 years, beloved bookstore and poetry hub Woodland Pattern will move to Bay View this fall. Woodland Pattern will make the move from its longtime home at 720 E. ...

How-To Wisconsin: How to score bowling by hand

Matt Wild

January 15, 2026

In How-To Wisconsin, we do that annoying internet thing where we explain how to do something fairly simple (in this case, something Wisconsin-y) but precede it with a needlessly long personal story. Some of ...

FreshFin will close East Side location January 31

Matt Wild

January 15, 2026

Looking for information on another impending business closure on Milwaukee's East Side? Then you've clicked on the right article! On Thursday, poke bowl restaurant FreshFin announced its East Side location, ...

Food/Drink Roundup: Two weeks and change remain to visit Beans & Barley

Matt Wild

January 14, 2026

In this installment of our bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup: Beans & Barley will close January 31. Get there while you still can. • Please enjoy (?) this short, simple, and depressing reminder: East Side lan...

Glorioso’s is back, sets grand reopening 80th anniversary celebration for Jan. 19 – Feb. 28

Matt Wild

January 13, 2026

In case you missed it, Glorioso's Italian Market is back! The Brady Street stalwart, 1011 E. Brady St., quietly reopened last week following months of reconstruction due to an October 2025 fire. Now, Glorioso's...

The All-American Rejects will play Wisconsin State Fair August 13

Matt Wild

January 12, 2026

Summerfest has already announced a heaping handful of artists for its 2026 shindig—but what about the Wisconsin State Fair? Well, the first 2026 State Fair artist was revealed on Monday, and it's a bit of a pop...

Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays will surely be in attendance for ‘Airplane!’ screening at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

January 12, 2026

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

Milwaukee Film unveils snazzy new logo, website

Matt Wild

January 9, 2026

Milwaukee Film, the ever-busy nonprofit organization that stages the annual Milwaukee Film Festival and operates the historic Oriental and Downer theaters all year long, has a snazzy new look for 2026. Out with...

Author Matt Wild