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Originally published Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM

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Travel notes

Art Wolfe presents a travel-photography workshop

Sheraton Seattle Hotel sponsors Art Wolfe summer photo workshops.

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel has teamed up with Art Wolfe Inc. to present "Camera Confidence," a photography workshop with John Greengo, production consultant and gear instructor for Art Wolfe's "Travel to the Edge" television series. The 90-minute classes will be held at the Sheraton, 1400 Sixth Ave., through the summer every Friday and Sunday from 9-10:30 a.m. Cost is $69 per person and $34.50 for hotel guests. Details at www.awdpc.com or 206-332-0993.

Washington

Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, through Sunday, Leavenworth. 509-548-6347 or www.icicle.org

Olympic Music Festival, through Sept. 6, Quilcene. 360-732-4800 or www.olympicmusicfestival.org

Ansel Adams Masterworks Photo Exhibit, through Sept. 13, Goldendale. 509-773-3733 or www.maryhillmuseum.org

Grays Harbor County Fair, Thursday through Aug. 9, Elma (360-482-2651 or www.ghcfairgrounds.com)

Anacortes Arts Festival, Aug. 7-9, Anacortes. 360-293-6211 or www.anacortesartsfestival.com

Prosser Wine & Food Fair, Aug. 8, Prosser. 800-408-1517 or www.prosserchamber.org

Stargazing at Paradise, Aug. 14, Mount Rainier National Park. 877-270-7155 or www.visitrainier.com

Washington State International Kite Festival, Aug. 17-23, Long Beach. 800-451-2542 or www.kitefestival.com

National Lentil Festival, Aug. 21-23, Pullman. 509-334-3565 or www.lentilfest.com

Washington State Capitol Tours, Daily, Olympia. 360-586-8687 or www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/index.html

Oregon

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Obonfest 2009, Saturday, Portland. 503-226-1561 or www.oregonbuddhisttemple.com

Oregon Zoo Summer Concert Series, through Aug. 28, Portland. 503-226-1561 or www.oregonzoo.org

150 Days of Wine in the Willamette Valley, through Sept. 1, various locations. 503-445-7120 or www.oregon150.org

C.S.I. The Experience: An Interactive Exhibit, through Sept. 13, Portland. 503-797-4000 or www.omsi.edu

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, through Nov. 1, Ashland. 541-482-4331 or www.osfashland.org

Portland Saturday Market, through Dec. 24, Portland. 503-222-6072 or www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com

Bite of Oregon, Aug. 7-9, Portland. 503-248-0600 or www.biteoforegon.com

Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, Aug. 14-16, Gresham. 503-661-2700 or www.mthoodjazz.org

Oregon State Fair, Aug. 28-Sept. 7, Salem. 800-992-8499 or www.oregonstatefair.org

Idaho

Summer Sounds at Park Place, through Aug. 29, Sandpoint. 208-263-6139 orwww.artinsandpoint.org

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, through Oct. 3, Boise. 208-336-9221 or www.idahoshakespeare.org

Corrugated: Sculpture by Ann Weber, through Nov. 8. Boise. 208-345-8330 or www.boiseartmuseum.org

Great Basin Blues Festival, Aug. 22, Mountain Home. 208-587-3161 or gbbluesfestival.org

British Columbia

Theatre Under the Stars, through Aug. 22, Vancouver, 604-684-2787 or www.tuts.ca

Summer at Butchart Gardens (Concerts), through Sept. 5, Victoria, 250-356-7226 or www.butchartgardens.com

Bard on the Beach, through Sept. 26, Vancouver. 604-739-0559 or www.bardonthebeach.org

Playland, through Sept. 27, Vancouver. 604-253-2311 or www.pne.ca

Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum, through Sept. 30, Victoria. 250-387-3207 or www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Whistler Farmers Market, through Oct. 11 (Sundays only), Whistler. 604-906-2223 or www.whistlerfarmersmarket.org

Tourism offices

Washington, 800-544-1800 or www.experiencewashington.com

Oregon, 800-547-7842 or www.traveloregon.com

Idaho, 800-635-7820 or www.visitid.org

British Columbia, 800-435-5622 or www.hellobc.com

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