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Cover Feature g Food, beer & vodka tastings More than 20 dif- ferent restaurants are represented, offering festival favorites as well as delicious ethnic specialties like Pol - ish sausage, pierogi (pictured) and po- tato pancakes. At cooking demos, ex- pert cooks prepare Polish favorites. Tyskie beer, shipped to Mil- waukee from Poland, quenches festgoers' thirst in the beer garden. Polish Fest is the only ethnic festival to directly import beer for its festival. Meads, liqueurs and Chopin Vodkas and liqueurs are featured at special tastings, while the Chopin Vodka Lounge offers a variety of vodka cocktails. Cultural delights At Polish Fest's Cul - tural Village, art- ists demonstrate traditional crafts – woodcarving, paper cutting (wyc- inanki), decorating eggs (pisanki) and metalworking. Always popu- lar are the Polish Highland (Tatra) Sheepdogs. Experts from the Polish Genealogical Soci- ety of America help visitors trace their roots. At the Polish Forum, local historians speak about Pol - ish related topics in Milwaukee and abroad. At the Sukien- nice or outdoor marketplace, tempting trea- sures for purchase include beautiful amber jewelry, Boleslawiec pot- tery, blown glass ornaments, Polish crystal, hand- carved wooden boxes and many festival souvenirs. The 17th An- nual Chopin Youth Piano Competi- tion, scheduled on Sunday at 3pm, provides a perfor- mance opportu- nity for talented young pianists. Every day, the Children's Area hosts interactive family activities. keymilwaukee.com 13 festgoers' thirst in A D M I SS I O N DEALS f o r F E S T G O E R S u "50-CENT FRIDAY" opens Polish Fest Friday. Admission is only 50 cents from noon-5pm and just $5 from 5:01pm- midnight. u Traditional Polish Mass is free and celebrat- ed at 10:15am on Sunday with a musical prelude at 10 am. For Mass atten- dance, gates open at 9:30 am and close at 11am. Tickets to Polish Fest are $4 from 9:30-11:59am. u Free Admission • All weekend for active or retired U.S. military who present proper I.D. at the Main Gate. • Saturday from 8pm-mid- night with three or more canned goods for Fests Feed Milwaukee and the Hunger Task Force. • 15 and under with adult u Admission Regular Saturday and Sunday rates are $12 general admission at the gate and $10 for seniors (55+). For info about $10 advance tickets, see PolishFest.org. Polish Fest is the only ethnic festival to import beer directly. ENJOY TYSKIE BEER AT THE FEST'S BEER GARDEN