In Brief - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

TIME ZONE: CST
AREA CODES: 414
FOUNDED: 1846
POPULATION: 947,735
AIRPORT: General Mitchell International Airport
WEBSITE: www.visitmilwaukee.org

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BY THE NUMBERS

16 the length in feet of the hour hand on each of the Allen-Bradley Tower Clock's four faces — the world's largest four-faced clock

2,500 the average number of performers at Milwaukee's Summerfest, making it the nation's largest music festival

450+ the number of Harleys you can see at the Harley-Davidson Museum

2,500 the number of animals that reside in the Milwaukee County Zoo

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NEWS FLASH

Ain't No Mountain// Mountain biking is one sport that has traditionally been strictly outdoors — and specifically for mountains. But the 2004 opening of Ray's MTB indoor mountain biking park in Cleveland, OH — and now its new sister outpost in Milwaukee — has changed that. Take a lesson with one of the instructors, or pay a flat rate for a full day of free biking on the indoor courses. www.raysmtb.com/mke

Child's Play// Get your hands dirty at the Milwaukee Art Museum's Kohl's Education Center. The Center, which opened in February, invites kids to explore its lab — a behind-the-scenes look at the museum — where they can X-ray a painting, change the frames on works of art, or create their own pieces to take home in the specially designed art studio. www.mam.org

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CULTURE CALENDAR

May 18-20
 SPRING VINTAGE WEEKEND
Start your engines — even ones that are approaching their octogenarian birthdays — with the Elkhart Lake kickoffto the Road America season. Oldies being goodies has never rang truer — just try not to overheat ogling the old beauties that descend on this four-mile track for races, prizes and tours during the annual Spring Vintage Weekend. www.roadamerica.com

May 30 
CEDARBURG MAXWELL STREET DAYS
Feel free to flea to your vintage heart's content at this year's first of four annual Maxwell Street Fairs in Cedarburg, just northwest of the city. Seven hundred booths of vintage clothes, antiques, pottery and homemade goods should satiate any style maven. www.cedarburgfiredept.com/services/maxwell_street_days.htm