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Originally published Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Amtrak offers discounted fares on Seattle-Portland routes.

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Take Amtrak Cascades between Seattle and Portland and save 19 percent on adult fares through Aug. 29. Go to www.amtrakcascades.com and enter promotion code H773. Or, if you can wait until after Sept. 3 and go with a friend, you'll get 50 percent off a companion fare. That offer is good through May 22. Type in promotion code H779 to find that fare.

Washington

National Lentil Festival, Friday-Saturday, Pullman. 509-334-3565 or www.lentilfest.com

Washington State International Kite Festival, through Sunday, Long Beach. 800-451-2542 or www.kitefestival.com

Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, Friday-Sunday, Vancouver. 360-906-0441 or www.vancouverwinejazz.com

Makah Days, Saturday-Monday, Neah Bay. 360-645-2201 or www.makah.com/makahdays.htm

Ferndale Street Festival, Saturday, Ferndale. 360-384-3042 or www.ferndale-chamber.com/calendar.php

Kittitas County Fair, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Ellensburg. 509-962-7639 or www.kittitascountyfair.com

Olympic Music Festival, through Sept. 7, Quilcene. 206-527-8839 or www.olympicmusicfestival.org

Wenatchee Taste of the Harvest, Sept. 20, Wenatchee. 509-662-0059 or www.wendowntown.org

Oregon

Oregon State Fair, Friday through Sept. 1, Salem. 503-947-3247 or www.oregonstatefair.org

Dinosaurs: China's Ancient Giants, through Sept. 1, Portland. 503-797-4000 or www.omsi.edu/dinos

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Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire, Sept. 13-14, Kings Valley. 541-929-4897 or www.shrewfaire.com

Lents International Farmers Market, through Oct. 12, Portland. 503-621-7655 or www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M14137

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, through Oct. 28, Ashland. 541-482-4331 or www.osfashland.org

Idaho

Sun Valley Ice Shows, through Sept. 6, Sun Valley. 208-622-2135 or www.sunvalley.com/SunValley/info/sp.ice.sch.aspx

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, through Sept. 27, Boise. 208-336-9221 or www.idahoshakespeare.org

British Columbia

Campground C Country Rock Music Festival, Saturday, Whistler. www.campgroundc.com

Vancouver Queer Film Festival, through Sunday, Vancouver. 604-844-1615 or www.outonscreen.com

Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, through Aug. 31, Victoria. 250-383-2663 or www.intrepidtheatre.com

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, through Sept. 27, Vancouver. www.bardonthebeach.org

Whistler Farmers Market, through Oct. 13 (Sundays only), Whistler. 800-944-7853 or www.tourismwhistler.com

Send calendar items at least one month in advance to travelcalendar@ seattletimes.com or mail to Travel Calendar, NW Weekend, Seattle Times, P.O. Box 70, Seattle, WA 98111.

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