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Portland hotels lure visitors with offer of free cash for stays booked on Travel Portland's Web site.
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The tea house in Portland's Lan Su Chinese Garden offers visitors a window into Chinese culture. The garden is hosting the Festival of Fragrance through March and the Tiger Time Spring Break with family activities through April 2. For details, see portlandchinese garden.org.
Washington
Peninsula Dog Fanciers Club All Breed Dog Show, Friday through Sunday, Port Orchard. www.pdfc.org.
Long Beach Bluegrass Festival, Friday through Sunday, Long Beach. 800-451-2542 or www.funbeach.com/events/bluegrass/index.html.
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival,
April 1-30, Mount Vernon. 360-428-5959 or www.tulipfestival.org.
Photo and Fine Arts Show, April 3-5. Ocean Shores. 800-762-3224 or www.oceanshores.org.
Olympic BirdFest, April 9-11, Sequim. 360-681-4076 or www.olympicbirdfest.org.
Welcome the Whales, April 24, Langley. 360-221-6765 or www.visitlangley.com.
Oregon
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, through Oct. 1, Ashland. 541-482-4331 or www.osfashland.org.
Energy Trust Better Living Show, Friday through Sunday, Portland. www.betterlivingshow.org.
Indoor Kite Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Lincoln City. 800-452-2151 or www.oregoncoast.org.
Spring Whale Watching Week, through Saturday, Depoe Bay. 800-551-6949 or www.whalespoken.org.
Astoria-Warrenton Crab & Seafood Festival, April 23-25, Astoria. 503-325-6311 or www.oldoregon.com/events.
Idaho
Boise Flower and Garden Show, Friday through Sunday, Boise. 503-335-3336 or www.gardenshowboise.com.
Beaux Arts Wine Festival, Monday-April 4, Boise. 208-345-8330 or wwwboiseartmuseum.org.
British Columbia
Vision into Reality: The Birth of the Collection, through Sunday, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 250-384-4101or www.aggv.bc.ca.
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, April 19-25, Vancouver. 604-872-6622 or www.playhousewinefest.com.
Tourism offices
Washington, 800-544-1800 or experiencewashington.com
Oregon, 800-547-7842 or traveloregon.com
Idaho, 800-635-7820 or visitid.org
British Columbia, 800-435-5622 or hellobc.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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