Highlights include restored cabins in Zion National Park, a beer passport to Bend, Ore., a Hawaiian submarine, and Harry Potter, the Exhibition.
- The SF Arts Guide iPhone app lets you search 1,000 listings of San Francisco festivals, readings, and shows by category, keyword, or date. Download it free at sfarts.org/iphone .
- At Zion National Park in Utah, 40 Western cabins have been restored to their 1927 look and feel, but with modern amenities throughout. From $173. zionlodge.com .
- More than 1,000 fountains shoot, dance, and sway in World of Color, a water-and-light show featuring scenes from movies, at Disney’s California Adventure. disneyland.disney.go.com .
- Ask for the lift ticket package when booking a night at Lake Tahoe’s Granlibakken Lodge and get a pass to one of seven ski resorts, including Squaw Valley and Sugar Bowl. From $138. granlibakken.com .
- Artifacts from vessels that sank centuries ago off Point Reyes and Baja California are among some 125 treasures in Galleons and Globalization: California Mission Arts and the Pacific Rim, through Dec. 20 at the University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery. usfca.edu/library .
- Practice your Quidditch moves, see the robes of Albus Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn, and sit in Hagrid’s huge chair at Harry Potter: The Exhibition, at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center through Jan. 30. pacsci.org .
- Portland’s long-shut 1927 Alberta Rose Theatre has reopened as a music showcase and home for the popular Live Wire radio variety show. albertarosetheatre.com .
- Download a beer passport to Bend, Ore., get it stamped at all seven brewpubs on the Bend Ale Trail, and receive a free superdurable silicone pint glass. bendaletrail.com .
- See Stephen Knapp: Light Paintings, installations of steel, glass, and light, through Apr. 17 at the Boise Art Museum. boiseartmuseum.org .
- In Hawaii’s Kailua Bay, descend 100 feet aboard a battery-powered Atlantis Submarine to view two shipwrecks teeming with marine life. atlantisadventures.com .
This article was first published in December 2010. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.
Links:
[1] http://www.viamagazine.com/2010/novemberdecember
[2] http://sfarts.org/iphone/
[3] http://www.zionlodge.com/
[4] http://disneyland.disney.go.com/
[5] http://granlibakken.com/
[6] http://usfca.edu/library/
[7] http://pacsci.org/
[8] http://www.albertarosetheatre.com/
[9] http://www.visitbend.com/Bend_Oregon_Activities_Recreation/Bend-Ale-Trail/
[10] http://boiseartmuseum.org/
[11] http://atlantisadventures.com/
