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      July 24, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
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      July 20, 2026
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      Caleb Westphal
      July 17, 2026
    • The Soup Market to close all locations in “another week or week and a half”

      Tyler Maas
      July 17, 2026
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      July 15, 2026
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      June 10, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      March 25, 2026
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      March 24, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      February 24, 2026
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      February 18, 2026
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      December 8, 2025
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      November 6, 2019
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      July 16, 2026
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      July 7, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 3, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      June 24, 2026
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      June 17, 2026
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      July 21, 2026
    • Site of the Bronze Fonz

      Behold, an angel descended from heaven and said, ‘Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking the Bronze Fonz. He is not here, for he is undergoing routine maintenance. Come and see the place where he stood.’

      Matt Wild
      July 14, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      July 13, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 7, 2026
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      July 2, 2026
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      July 23, 2026
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      July 22, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 6, 2026
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      July 2, 2026
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      June 23, 2026
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      June 23, 2026
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      June 30, 2026
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      June 9, 2026
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Matt Wild weighs between 140 and 145 pounds. He lives on Milwaukee's east side.

Man in cowboy hat calls woman in cowboy hat “whacky,” a “buffoon”

Matt Wild
October 20, 2017
In the late hours of Thursday night, where neither the distractions of the day nor the burden of self-awareness could find purchase, a man who wears cowboy hats called a woman who wears cowboy hats a "buffoon."...

35 years ago today: Remembering the time the Brewers lost Game 7 of the 1982 World Series

Matt Wild
October 20, 2017
Take a moment, if you will, to stop mourning Aaron Rodgers' embattled collarbone and think back to happier times and sunnier sports. Remember this year's pretty-fun Milwaukee Brewers season? Yeah! That was grea...

I experienced the magic of the “grown-up” East Side by eating at three ramen places in one night

Matt Wild
October 19, 2017
The strangest thing about the changing face of Milwaukee's East Side is that I should love it. I'm 39 years old, married, a father, and a longtime East Side resident who has long outgrown the beautiful dream of...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a record 84,072 attendees (a 9% increase over 2016)

Matt Wild
October 18, 2017
Earlier this week we rounded up our 20 standout moments from the recently wrapped 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. Today, Milwaukee Film has revealed a few highlights of its own. 84,072 of them, to be exact. Ye...
Milverine and Fred Gillich in 2011

Remembering the 2011 Gallery Night when Milwaukee officially met Milverine

Matt Wild
October 18, 2017
Milwaukee's quarterly Gallery Night is always a blast. But no matter how great the latest installment will be, it won't hold a candle to a Very Special Gallery Night event that went down in 2011. It was a water...

Joseph Huber, Buffalo Gospel highlight Cedarburg Cultural Center’s “Rebels & Renegades” series

Matt Wild
October 18, 2017
As Wisconsin prepares to ease into late fall and (ugh) winter, it can be tempting to prepare in kind for a four-to-five-month-long hibernation. No concerts, no shows, no fun. But not so fast! Center Stage at th...

NO/NO’s ‘Twentysomethings’ is out today and it’s good

Matt Wild
October 17, 2017
Hey! NO/NO's new EP, Twentysomethings, is out today. It's good. Here's what we had to say when we debuted one its tracks, "Take Out," earlier this month: The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to ...

4K ‘Re-Animator’ restoration highlights Bloody Good Horror’s 10th anniversary celebration

Matt Wild
October 16, 2017
For those special folks who begin their Halloween celebrations in late August (cough cough), mid-October is crunch time. Mere weeks remain until the big day, and it's high time to cram in as much spooky and fal...

Let’s go to “The Hop” (which is now the official name of the Milwaukee Streetcar)

Matt Wild
October 13, 2017
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you've tried to navigate downtown Milwaukee lately, you know that, yep, th...

“Weird Al” will bring his non-parody “Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” to Pabst Theater April 10

Matt Wild
October 13, 2017
Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show in recent years, you've seen 'em all. There's the big-single opener, the obligatory costume romps through "Fat" and "Smells Like Nirva...

Great Job, Milwaukee (and 11 other cities)! We’re “America’s best-kept secret”

Matt Wild
October 11, 2017
Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Get a second hit of Indonesian Junk with the hook-heavy ‘Stars In The Night’

Matt Wild
October 10, 2017
The opening seconds of Indonesian Junk's terrific Stars In The Night consist of a vocal take played backwards. It's a fitting introduction to an album that rewinds the clock to a time and place long gone—CBGB c...

Take a (literal) minute and enjoy (ORB)’s “Worse Than It Was”

Matt Wild
October 10, 2017
Ever wake up and think to yourself, "Gee, things are worse today than they were yesterday?" If you're living in the year 2017, the answer is probably "YES." But rather than dwell on whatever horror show is curr...

Remembering the time, in 1980, when Black Sabbath fans rioted in Milwaukee

Matt Wild
October 9, 2017
Throwing bottles at performers is a dubious concert-going tradition. Sure, it can be darkly funny in some cases (Justin Bieber), but it can be downright dangerous in others (Tila Tequila at the 2010 Gathering o...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 1-7)

Matt Wild
October 9, 2017
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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Bay View is the 13th “hottest hipster market in America”

Matt Wild
October 6, 2017
Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns...

‘The Blood Is At The Doorstep’ is a vital Milwaukee film

Matt Wild
October 6, 2017
A sad air of inevitability hangs over the opening stretch of The Blood Is At The Doorstep. For Milwaukeeans, the story is distressingly familiar: On the afternoon of April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-o...

What a horrible week. Here are some links about restaurants and stuff

Matt Wild
October 6, 2017
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Good god, what a gut-punch of a week. Do we even need to sum it up? Do we eve...

NYC artist Michael Alan brings “Living Installation” to inaugural Riverwest Gallery Night

Matt Wild
October 4, 2017
On Saturday, October 7, Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood will play host to the Riverwest Artists Association's Artwalk, as well as the inaugural Riverwest Gallery Night. Roughly 20 galleries, studios, and ven...

Here’s the lineup for the third annual “Nightmare on Center Street” Halloween party

Matt Wild
October 4, 2017
Remember that part in the original A Nightmare On Elm Street when Freddy says "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy," and his tongue slurps out of the telephone? What's the deal with that scene? Nancy isn't sleeping, ...
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