An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Key COVER FEATURE 6 Poland, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Arab nations, Africa and Mexico. The ethnic celebrations end with Indian Summer Festival, celebrating the Native Americans who were here to greet settlers from throughout the world. • See and hear Summerfest, the world's largest music festival, now in its 47th year. For 11 days, more than 800 bands play across the 11 stages featured on the permanent grounds of Henry Maier Festival Park. On any given day, attendees can enjoy national, alternative, rock, country, R&B, pop, reggae headliners and more. It's happening at the lakefront June 25-29 and July 1- 6. (Summerfest takes Monday, June 30, off.) • Bradford Beach, a stroll away from downtown, has a new look with great food options, family activities, live music series and volleyball leagues and tournaments. The beach is part of Milwaukee County's outstanding park system. For nearly 50 years, KEY Milwaukee has been the monthly visitor guide greeting business and leisure visitors in hotels and visitor centers. Today, whether you're visiting or just being a tourist in your hometown, you also can monitor KeyMilwaukee.com and VisitingMilwaukee.com for updates and reminders or swipe through the digital edition of the magazine at KeyMilwaukeeMobile.com. And, if you're socially inclined, join our 9,200 plus followers on Twitter (@MilwaukeeKeyMag) or like us on Facebook (Key Milwaukee Magazine). THIS SUMMER PREVIEW issue of KEY Milwaukee is packed with info about attractions, tours, events and activities throughout the Milwaukee Metro Area. Here is just a sampling of happenings during summer 2014: • Sting Ray & Shark Bay, the special summer exhibit at the Milwaukee County Zoo, intrigues visitors May 24-Sept. 1. Because the sting rays' barbs are trimmed and the sharks aren't aggressive, visitors can freely touch the fish as well as the exhibit's horseshoe crabs. • The 3rd annual ARCAFest event at the Milwaukee Mile happens June 6-8. The Milwaukee Mile is the longest continually operating speedway in the world. ARCA (Automobile Racing Club of America) roars into town with a weekend featuring NASCAR stars plus a hot rod show and monster trucks. • Kandinsky: A Retrospective, from June 5-Sept. 1 at the Milwaukee Art Museum, is a retrospective exhibition celebrating Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944), one of the key figures in Modern art. Read more about it in this issue of KEY on page 58. • At the Harley-Davidson Museum, The American Road exhibit runs June 14-Sept. 1, and traces the rise of the road trip as an American ritual. Explore this fundamental American experience and its importance from the 1930s to the gas crisis of the early '70s. • Lakefront ethnic festivals at Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds) celebrate the heritage of Milwaukee residents who emigrated here from Milwaukee's summer, a festive time