Featured image by stevepb, via Creative Commons Sample 16 varieties of vintage barleywines from the Cambridge Brewing Company at the 14th Annual Barleywine Festival, Saturday, January 27, 4-11 p.m.  The barleywines are available in flights and full pours, and Chef David Drew has prepared a special barleywine-friendly menu. View barleywine list and menu. Admission is … Continue reading 14th Annual Barleywine Festival at Cambridge Brewing Company January 27

Photos by Cheryl Landes from a previous Portland Winter Light Festival More than 100 lighted art installations, kinetic fire sculptures, and live performances for the entire family brighten the city at the third annual Portland Winter Light Festival Thursday-Saturday, February 1-3, 6-11 p.m. This year's festival has expanded throughout the city and includes four dedicated … Continue reading Expanded Portland Winter Light Festival brightens the city February 1-3

Featured image courtesy Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is the third carrier planning commercial flights from a new terminal at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, when it opens in the fall of 2018. Southwest joins Alaska Airlines and United Airlines at the terminal's two shared gates, and the five daily flights on Southwest's schedule places the … Continue reading Southwest Airlines plans commercial flights from Paine Field starting fall 2018

Featured image: The new alien-chasing virtual reality experience on the Big Apple Coaster at New York-New York Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (photo credit: New York-New York Las Vegas Hotel & Casino) You're a scientist at a lab. An alien escaped, and now you must capture it before it's too late. It's no ordinary alien. … Continue reading Chase an alien on a Las Vegas Strip roller coaster starting February 7

Featured image credit: Tacoma Little Theatre Hart Breaker wants to throw the perfect Valentine's Day party for Candy, her daughter. Hart asks for help from Coco Puff, her other daughter; Drew Blood, her husband; Bill Willkill, her friend; and Rock Bottoms, her brother. Everyone refuses. Candy isn't impressed with the guest list. She wants to … Continue reading Celebrate Valentine’s Day late with dinner and a murder in Tacoma

Featured image by kalhh, via Creative Commons The Basques came to Nevada during the gold rush in the mid-1800s, and many found that they could make a better living by supplying the miners with meat and wool. Their reputation as expert sheep farmers and herders grew, and that heritage has been preserved among the generations … Continue reading Herding traditions theme of National Cowboy Poetry Gathering January 30-February 3 in Elko, NV

Featured image by Jon Sullivan, via Creative Commons More than 80 of Saratoga County's best restaurants and caterers will open their doors and serve chowder to guests during the 20th annual Chowderfest in Saratoga Springs, New York, Saturday, February 3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Three-ounce servings of chowder for sampling are $1 each. Vote for your … Continue reading 20th annual Chowderfest February 3 in Saratoga Springs, NY

Featured image credit: Taza Chocolate Ready for a sinful treat? How about going all the way with a cup of rich, stone-ground Taza hot chocolate topped with homemade whipped cream, a Sweet Lydia's marshmallow, a Red Apple Farm apple cider donut, a Union Square Donuts doughnut hole, a pile of Q's Nuts, and sprinkles? This … Continue reading It’s hot chocolate. Loaded. Only on January 27 at Taza Chocolate Bar in Boston

Featured image by geralt, via Creative Commons Can you trust your senses? Find out at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, where the ILLUSION exhibit takes a deep dive into the human mind and sensory deception through February 19. Explore how perception affects our view of the world and how the brain often perceives … Continue reading Is anything as it seems? Get answers at the ILLUSION exhibit at OMSI in Portland through February 19

Photos by Cheryl Landes Light flakes danced in the crisp air when we checked in at Red Tail Canyon Farm near Leavenworth, Washington, for our sleigh ride. Fresh snow that fell the night before dusted the pine trees and coated the ground. When the Belgian and Suffolk draft horse teams arrived for our trip, the … Continue reading Dashing through the snow in a two-horse open sleigh at Red Tail Canyon Farm near Leavenworth, WA