Author: Matt Wild

Please enjoy this “midtempo industrial mutant pop” song featuring a bunch of Bob Uecker samples

September 12, 2024

What can you say about Bob Uecker? The broadcasting/entertainment/Milwaukee legend is in the midst of his 54th season as the voice of your Milwaukee Brewers. He's 90 years old. He remains as sharp, witty, and l...

Streetcar update: 63,383 trips in July; ridership down during RNC

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 63,383 trips in July 2024. Streetcar System Manager Andrew Davis-Lockward revealed the number Wednesday morning at a meeting of the Public Works Committee. The...

People rode those dockless electric scooters a LOT this year; Milwaukee nets $436K

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

If it seems that folks have been zipping around on those darn dockless electric scooters a LOT this year, that's because, well, they have. At a Public Works Committee meeting on Wednesday, representatives fr...

City plans to transform closed “Swing Park” into “The Landing at Tannery Row”

Matt Wild

September 10, 2024

The currently closed and oft-controversial "Swing Park"—located beneath the Holton Street Bridge and next to the pedestrian Marsupial Bridge—may be transformed into a new community park known as "The Landing at...

Caley Conway meets (dreams?) a time-traveling robot in “Heart Of Liquid” video

Matt Wild

September 10, 2024

Like billowing clouds or wisps of smoke, dreams often drift into the songs of Caley Conway. Take 2022's Only A Dark Cocoon, for instance, a Joni Mitchell-inspired EP that includes the lovely "All Good Dreamers....

Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery has closed

Matt Wild

September 9, 2024

After nearly a decade in business, Bay View brunch spot Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery (3216 S. Howell Ave.) has closed. The news was first reported late last week by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A message po...

Committee votes in favor of adopting “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” as official City flag

Matt Wild

September 9, 2024

On Monday, following a lengthy discussion and some testy exchanges, the Milwaukee Common Council's Steering and Rules Committee voted 5-3 in favor of adopting the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee" as the o...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will play Miller High Life Theatre April 30

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

It's only been a year since Nick Cave graced Milwaukee with his powerful presence. But that was Nick Cave solo (along with Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood). What about Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds? Good new...

Summerfest parent company selects firms that will create new “Master Use Plan” for Henry Maier Festival Park

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

Back in April, the parent company of Summerfest, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (MWF), announced it was seeking consultant firms to come up with a new "Master Use Plan" for Henry Maier Festival Park. The plan w...

Here’s a bunch of fantastic Milwaukee music that was released today

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

We've all been there before: It's Friday afternoon, you're exhausted and feeling like you're maybe coming down with something, and you're days behind on writing about all the fantastic Milwaukee music that was ...

Mark your calendars for these exciting Milwaukee bascule bridge closures

Matt Wild

September 6, 2024

You know those bridges that split in the middle and both sides go up to allow boats to pass? Those are called "bascule bridges," apparently. Neat! Oh, and a few Milwaukee bascule bridges will soon be undergoing...

Food/Drink Roundup: Judy’s Cantina, which used to be Judy’s On North, is open in the spot that used to be Simple Cafe, which was supposed to be Sonora’s

Matt Wild

September 5, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: Judy's Cantina! • tl;dr: Mexican restauran...

Bunk Bed gets scream-y with new single, “Sweetie”

Matt Wild

September 5, 2024

Give Milwaukee band Bunk Bed credit for taking its sweet time. The math-y and art-y indie group released its two-song debut, Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk, back in 2022. A video for one of the tracks, "Bum," appeared a...

Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s inaugural Dialogues Documentary Festival

Matt Wild

September 4, 2024

The annual Milwaukee Film Festival has long been the star of Milwaukee Film's year-long programming, but a new festival is poised to become another big event for the ever-busy nonprofit. Enter the inaugural ...

At long last, there’s a compelling plan to save the Domes

Matt Wild

September 3, 2024

Ever since a fallen chunk of concrete caused the temporary closure of the Mitchell Park Domes back in 2016, the question of how to save the beleaguered Milwaukee landmarks has been discussed, studied, and discu...

Hello, Face introduces long-awaited debut, ‘Why The Long Phase?’

Matt Wild

September 3, 2024

By its own admission, Hello, Face is the type of band "best played loudly in a bar on repeat." That's an apt and admirable description, but it's when Hello, Face should be played loudly in a bar on repeat that ...

The City would like someone to redesign Red Arrow Park, please

Matt Wild

August 29, 2024

Located at 920 N. Water St. in the heart of Downtown Milwaukee, Red Arrow Park has been a low-key urban gem since 1970. It's a meeting place. It's a public square. It's an ice skating rink. It's a rollerskating...

Let’s watch a Great TV Auction from 1987, when a Waukesha “dream home” went for $131,234

Matt Wild

August 29, 2024

One of the great local losses of recent years is the loss of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction. A hypnotically watchable and delightfully homegrown staple since 1969, the Great TV Auction was put out to pastur...

Rat Bath reinvents itself, asks “Idk Guys…Does This EP Even Pass The Bechdel Test?”

Matt Wild

August 27, 2024

It's a question that has stumped scholars for centuries: How do you follow up a "murder country rock opera" concept album about a star-crossed vampire and a time-traveler—itself a follow-up to a previous concep...

New Panera Bread coming to corner of North and Oakland

Matt Wild

August 26, 2024

Is there any national eatery that inspires more excitement than Panera Bread? Well... A new Panera Bread is coming to the corner of North and Oakland Avenues on Milwaukee's East Side. At 1800 E. North Ave., ...

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