60th anniversary of Spruce Goose’s flight
On Nov. 2, help celebrate the 60th anniversary of “the flight” - the one-minute flight of the legendary Spruce Goose “flying boat,” which skeptics said would never get airborne. To prove them wrong, the aircraft’s designer, Howard Hughes, piloted the huge wooden cargo plane with a wingspan longer than a football field across the Long Beach, Calif., harbor on Nov. 2, 1947, for its only flight. Experts on Hughes and the Spruce Goose will give presentations throughout the day at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, the aircraft’s permanent home in McMinnville, Ore. Details: www.sprucegoose.com.
Washington
Grist Mill Annual Cider Press , Saturday, Woodland. 360-225-5832 or www.cedarcreekgristmill.com/calendar.htm
Suncadia Harvest Festival Mill , through Sunday, Cle Elum. 888-667-1828 or www.suncadia.com
Nch’i-Wana , through Sunday, Stevenson. 509-427- 2541 or www.skamania.com
Dia de los Muertos , Sunday, Goldendale. 509-773-3733 or www.maryhillmuseum.org
Wild Mushroom Festival, through Wednesday, Long Beach, Ilwaco, Seaview. 360-642-2400 or www.funbeach.com/mushroom/index.html
Dixieland Jazz Festival , Nov. 2-4, Ocean Shores. 800-762-3224 or http://users.techline.com/diggindixie
Ocean In View , Nov. 9-11, Ilwaco. 360-642-3446 or www.funbeach.com/events/oiv/index.html
Veteran ’s Parade and Hangar Dance, Nov. 10, Vancouver. 360-694-7026 or www.cityofvancouver.us/calendar.asp
Wenatchee Festival of Trees , Nov. 15-18, Wenatchee. 509-663-ARTS or www.wenatcheefestivaloftrees.com
Flake Festival , Dec. 1, Wenatchee. 800-572-7753 or www.wenatcheevalley.org
Washington State Capitol Tours, daily, Olympia. 360-586-8687 or www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/index.html
Oregon
Heirloom Apple Days , Saturday-Sunday, Hood River. 541-386-7697 or www.hoodriverfruitloop.com
Oregon Shakespeare Festival , through Sunday, Ashland. 541-482-4331 or www.osfashland.org
Nch’i-Wana , through Monday, Hood River. 541-387-8877 or www.columbiaarts.org
Stormy Weather Arts Festival , Nov. 2-4, Cannon Beach. 503-436-2623 or www.cannonbeach.org
Oyster Cloister Event , Nov. 4, Lincoln City. 541-574-7141 or www.occc.cc.or.us/oystercloister
Pumpkin Finland , through Nov. 11, Hood River. 541-386-4622 or www.rasmussenfarms.com/funland.htm
Portland Saturday Market , through Dec. 24, Portland. 503-222-6072 or www.saturdaymarket.org
Portland Children’s Museum , through Jan. 21, Portland. 503-223-6500 or www.portlandcm.org
Idaho
Idaho Paints Idaho 2007 , through Nov. 3, Boise. 208-524-7777 or www.theartmuseum.org
Art Walk , Nov. 9, Coeur d’Alene. 208-667-7732 or www.cdagalleries.com/artwalk.php
British Columbia
Chills, Thrills & Wills , through Sunday, Burnaby. 604-293-6500 or www.burnaby.ca
Taste of Yaletown , through Sunday, Vancouver. 604-683-7473 or www.tasteofyaletown.com
ARTrageous , Nov. 8, Whistler. 604-938 9221 or www.whistlerartscouncil.com
Cornucopia , Nov. 9-12, Whistler. 800-944-7853 or www.whistlercornucopia.com
Curds & Whey Cheese Festival , Nov. 17-18, Vancouver. 604-666-5784 or www.granvilleisland.com
Whistler Film Festival , Nov. 29-Dec. 2, Whistler. 604-935-8035 or www.whistlerfilmfestival.com
Tourism offices
Washington: 877-260-2731 or www.experiencewashington.com
Oregon: 800-547-7842 or www.traveloregon.com
Idaho: 800-635-7820 or www.visitid.org
British Columbia: 800-663-6000 or www.hellobc.com
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