Author: Matt Wild

Reminder: Shirtless sax guy from ‘The Lost Boys’ is playing Promises this Friday

April 27, 2023

In case you missed it—or in case you need a hot, sweaty reminder—the shirtless saxophone guy from 1987 vampire flick The Lost Boys is playing Milwaukee bar/venue/treasure Promises (538 W. National Ave.) on Frid...

Here’s the 2023 Washington Park Wednesdays lineup

Matt Wild

April 26, 2023

It's not quite summer music series season, but it is summer music series announcement season. Today, the fine folks from Washington Park Wednesdays revealed their 2023 musical lineup. Want to know who's playing...

Here are the 2023 lineups for Lake Park’s Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesdays

Matt Wild

April 26, 2023

What's better than hanging out in Milwaukee's iconic Lake Park? Hanging out in Milwaukee's iconic Lake Park while listening to live music, of course. Enter the long-running Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesd...

Egg & Flour Pasta Bar will leave Crossroads Collective after May 4

Matt Wild

April 25, 2023

The transitory nature of food halls not only makes it hard to keep track of which vendors are coming and going, it makes it hard to get attached to certain vendors. Still, Egg & Flour Pasta Bar has been suc...

Lee’s Luxury Lounge will close on May 20

Matt Wild

April 25, 2023

Lee's Luxury Lounge, a delightfully kitschy Bay View bar that has held down its spot at 2988 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. since 2004, is closing. According to social media posts, Lee's last day in business will be May ...

Lakefront Brewery launches their Ripple Effect give back program

Matt Wild

April 25, 2023

LAKEFRONT BREWERY LAUNCHES THEIR RIPPLE EFFECT GIVE BACK PROGRAM Lakefront, a Certified B Corp™, partners with Groundwork Milwaukee for their inaugural charitable drive. MILWAUKEE (April 25, 2023) – As...

Frostbite, concussions, and beaver suits: Inside the Wisconsin-made ‘Hundreds Of Beavers’

Matt Wild

April 24, 2023

"It might not be too exciting to hear how few beavers there actually were, but hopefully the scale of the movie is giant and it feels like a big adventure." That's director and Whitefish Bay native Mike Ches...

Okay, let’s vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will finally melt this year

Matt Wild

April 24, 2023

Honest question: Will this winter ever end? We're a week away from May and, save for that one stretch where it was 80 degrees for some reason, the last month has been nothing but 40-degree days and 30-degree ni...

Stuff We Missed: The end of sneaking into Northridge Mall?

Matt Wild

April 21, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Northridge Mall has been closed since 2003—that's 20 years!—but the still-st...

After 3-year pause, Lakefront Festival of Art will return to Milwaukee Art Museum in June

Matt Wild

April 20, 2023

It's going to be the summer of "After a three-year pause..." As we previously reported, Locust Street Festival will (officially) return after a three-year pause on June 11. Also returning after a three-year pau...

My wildly ambitious, never-gonna-happen-but-I’ll-die-trying MFF2023 itinerary

Matt Wild

April 20, 2023

From April 20 through May 4, the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival will screen 135 feature films and 148 short films at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. Using the magic of a Milwaukee Reco...

Prep for ‘Hundreds Of Beavers’ at MFF2023 with pre-premiere Beaver Bash at Von Trier

Matt Wild

April 19, 2023

From April 20 through May 4, the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival will screen 135 feature films and 148 short films at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. It's gonna be great. What are we mo...

After 3 years, 2 reschedules, and 1 venue change, Bikini Kill plays Riverside Theater this Wednesday

Matt Wild

April 18, 2023

On November 6, 2019, the Pabst Theater Group dropped an exciting announcement: legendary '90s feminist punk band Bikini Kill would play Milwaukee as part of a rare North American reunion tour. The show was sche...

When and where to see all 14 Cinema Hooligante films at the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 17, 2023

The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival is mere days away! From April 20 through May 4, 135 feature films and 148 short films will screen at the Oriental Theatre, the Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. And, as always, ...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2023 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Matt Wild

April 17, 2023

More than 3,000 hungry and iron-stomached Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center this past Sunday for WMSE's 21st annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. While there, these hearty chili lovers sampled more th...

Polish Fest will return June 9-11. Here’s the musical lineup

Matt Wild

April 17, 2023

Summer, we're told, is right around the corner—and with it, the Milwaukee Summer Festival Season™. We'll have a full summer festival guide when things thaw out in May, but until then, let's talk about Po...

Here’s the “spiritual successor” to MPM’s Streets of Old Milwaukee, “Milwaukee Revealed”

Matt Wild

April 14, 2023

It's Milwaukee/414/MKE Day, so the Milwaukee Public Museum is giving the public a sneak peak at the "spiritual successor" to its Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit, "Milwaukee Revealed." This is the third permane...

“Never lose your identity behind the opinions of others.” Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 14, 2023

Happy Milwaukee Day, Milwaukee. Or MKE Day. Or 414 Day. Or 414 Milwaukee Day. Or 414MKEDay. Or Milwaukee Cyber Monday. It's all the same. It's all about Milwaukee. In that spirit, please enjoy this year's "l...

On 40th anniversary of Violent Femmes’ debut, Milwaukee declares today Violent Femmes Day

Matt Wild

April 13, 2023

It was 40 years ago today that Milwaukee's own Violent Femmes released their self-titled debut album. Yes, on April 13, 1983, the world got its first taste of a record that contains such stone-cold folk-punk cl...

Bug Moment steps right up in sublime ‘The Flying Toad Circus’

Matt Wild

April 13, 2023

There are songs on Bug Moment's excellent The Flying Toad Circus where the swamp-submerged carousel on the album's cover comes to life. Opener "Carousel" is preceded by a 30-second soundscape of crickets, night...

Author Matt Wild