ASAP GETAWAYS : LAUGHLIN HOSTS ANNUAL HOT-AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL.Byline: Daily News Laughlin, Nev., will celebrate its third annual RiverFlight, a hot-air balloon festival, Oct. 18-20 with balloon ascensions, tests of balloonists' skills, food, entertainment, and arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . Ballooning begins at 7 a.m. daily at RiverFlight grounds, at the junction of Big Bend Big Bend A region of southwest Texas on the Mexican border in a triangle formed by a bend in the Rio Grande. The area includes deep river canyons, desert wilderness, mountains rising to 2,386. Drive and Edison Way. Balloon glows - tethered Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. balloons illuminated by their burners against the nighttime sky - will be featured Friday at several hotel/casinos along the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. . The following night, a mass balloon glow will be held on festival grounds; after the balloon glow, singer Smokey Robinson will perform a concert under the stars in the 5,000-seat festival amphitheater. Concert tickets cost $20 per person or can be purchased as part of a lodgings package. Lodgings information: (800) 452-8445. On the festival's final day, the Green Chili Cook-off runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. : The City-to-Sea Mini-Marathon, a half-marathon
route along San Luis San Luis, city (1991 pop. 110,353), capital of San Luis prov., W central Argentina. The city is the commercial center of an area producing cattle, corn, and asparagus; the surrounding area has timber and mineral resources. San Luis is a popular resort. Creek from downtown to the ocean, is scheduled Oct.
20, along with other sports-related activities. There'll be a 5K
run, a prerace social, a post-race concert and a sports trade show.
Information: (805) 781-2777.
San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden : At eight venues throughout the city - and one in Oakland - musicians will perform at the San Francisco Jazz Festival Debuting in 1983, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is an annual three-week celebration of today's best music, with over 30 concerts. Produced by SFJAZZ, a non-profit organization dedicated to jazz and jazz education. Oct. 23-Nov. 3 and on Nov. 15. Ticket prices range from $15 to $46. Event information: (800) 627-5277. Tickets: Bass, (415) 776-1999. The Cannery near Fisherman's Wharf will host its 19th annual Halloween Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 with music, arts and crafts, kids' games, a costume contest and trick-or-treating. Admission is free. The Cannery is at 2801 Leavenworth St. Information: (415) 771-3112. Half Moon Bay: This coastal town, 25 miles south of San Francisco on Highway 1, celebrates its 26th annual Pumpkin Festival Oct. 19-20 along Main Street with a costume contest, pumpkin-carving contest, pie-eating contest, parade, haunted house and entertainment. Admission is free. Information: (415) 726-9652. New Mexico: Albuquerque will host the 17th annual Pageant of Bands, an all-day music show featuring New Mexico marching bands, on Oct. 19. Events begin at 8 a.m. at Wilson Stadium, on Lomas Street east of Juan Tabo. Admission is $4 for adults, $2.50 for students and seniors. Information: (505) 898-3103. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Hot-air balloons sail over the Colorado River during Laughlin festival. |
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