Like orchestra music? Then mark down the Bellingham Festival of Music in your calendar, playing its way into the Performing Arts Center in Western Washington University July 1 to 17. Highlighting this year's event, conducted by Maestro Palmer, will be performances of Requiem by Mozart and Symphony No. 4 by Mahler. Other scheduled classics include: July 1 …
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Grab a craft beer, a sandwich made on the spot and a book to read later, all while staying at the newly-opened Inn at Lynden in Washington State located just a few kilometres south of the Aldergrove border crossing. The town's first boutique hotel, the three-storey, 35-room Inn opened a month ago in the 100-year-old Waples Mercantile Building …
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There's no shortage of boutique hotels in the quirky town of Portland, OR, but the story of the soon-to-be-open Hotel Eastlund is location, location, location. Close to the Moda Centre and directly adjacent to the Oregon Convention Centre, its characteristic twin green glass towers and the rest of the downtown skyline are easily visible from Eastlund, which …
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From Dec. 11 to 13, beam down south to Bellevue, WA to experience Creation Entertainment's official Star Trek Convention 2014 extravaganza. Headlined by Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine from Star Trek Voyager) and Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov from Star Trek The Original Series), the three-day event takes place at the Meydenbauer Center at 11100 NE …
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Believe it or not, Aeroplan, one of Canada's favourite travel loyalty programs created by Air Canada, has been around for thirty years. With the advent of technology, redeeming Aeroplan points means no longer having to flip through a paper catalogue. The rewards themselves have also expanded and changed with the times, now encompassing everything from …
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