QUICK HITS.Chinese finery: ``Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures From the National Palace Museum, Taipei,'' heralded by scholars as the greatest exhibition of Chinese art Chinese art, works of art produced in the vast geographical region of China. It the oldest art in the world and has its origins in remote antiquity. (For the history of Chinese civilization, see China. ever shown in the U.S., will be on view at the Asian Art Museum Asian Art Museum is the usual name for a number of museums, including:
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. At 1017 acres (4.1 km², 1. Oct. 14-Dec. 8. The exhibit will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and until 8:45 p.m. on Wednesdays. Admission is $9.50 adults, $7.50 seniors, $6.50 children 12-17. Advance timed and dated tickets can be purchased at the museum or from BASS tickets, (415) 776-1999. (BASS adds a service fee). Information: (415) 379-8880. No visas needed: By the end of the year, an Electronic Travel Authority An Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) is an authorization for entry to Australia available to holders of certain states' passports. Established in 1996 to remove the need for some people to apply for full visas, they can be applied for over the Internet, through travel agents in several countries, including the U.S., will replace the current requirement that visitors file an application or submit their passport for a visa stamp before entering Australia. The ETA can be issued immediately by travel agents and airlines linked via computer systems with the Australian government. All covered up: Indiana's Parke County Covered Bridge Festival The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival, of Parke County, Indiana, is a fall festival which is attended by more than 2 million people a year.[1] It begins on the 2nd Friday in October and lasts 10 days. , Oct. 11-20, focuses on the area's 32 covered bridges with driving tours or bus tours, 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. , antiques, food and fall foliage. To arrange a bus tour: (317) 569-5226. Party hearty: This year's Fantasy Fest Fantasy Fest is a street party held annually on the last weekend of October in Key West, Florida. History First held in 1979, what began as primarily a gay party staged to add pep to the quiet days of October soon acquired a life of its own. , Key West's annual masking festival akin to New Orleans' Mardi Gras, runs Oct. 18-27 featuring costume competitions, island and Caribbean music, street fairs, masked balls and an Oct. 26 parade down Duval Street. Information: (305) 296-1817. Wild ride: A $1 million investment has transformed a sleepy water attraction at Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino, 35 minutes south of Las Vegas off Interstate 5 at the California/Nevada border, into a new interactive flume ride. Riders become part of a gun-totin' posse out to bring in Whiskey Pete and his gang of bank robbers. The guns, which shoot only beams of light, are used to ``shoot'' 400 targets - including six animatronic figures - during the ride, and straight shooters can win prizes. The Adventure Canyon Log Flume Ride is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; admission is $4. Information: (800) 386-7867. |
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