• "Dine About Town San Francisco" is under way, with more than 100 participating restaurants offering a two-course lunch menu for $17.95 and/or a three-course dinner menu for $34.95.
Foodies have until June 15 to experience the prix-fixe dining experience.
For a complete restaurant list and itinerary, visit www.dineabouttown.com.
• Greeting visitors at Taste of Mendocino June 13 will be a living forest of 3,000 young redwood trees lining the entrance to the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.
Inside, you can sip, sample and taste at a marketplace focusing on the wineries and retailers from Mendocino County, and discover what the region has to offer. The Flynn Flying Circus will be among the day's entertainment. Doors open 5-8 p.m. Tickets are $35 advance, $45 at the door.
Information: www.tasteofmendo.com.
The history of Hawaii
Traveler Sue Erlich will speak about Hawaii covering everything from the Polynesians to statehood in a free meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Arcade Library Community Room, 2443 Marconi Ave., Sacramento, hosted by the No Reservations Travel Club.
Information: (916) 457-1426.
Early summer festivals
• The 33rd Harmony Festival to be held Friday-next Sunday at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, will feature five stages of entertainment with a musical lineup of Primus, the Flaming Lips, Michael Franti and Spearhead, among others; also includes a Kids Zone, Eco-Village, Well-being Pavilion, Crafters Village and Bazaar, and People's Parade; tickets start at $45; for a complete schedule, visit www.harmonyfestival.com.
• The Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 23579 North Bloomfield Road, Nevada City, once the site of a hydraulic mining operation, will hold its 45th annual Humbug Day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, with bluegrass bands, ghost town tours, barbecue picnic, candle dipping and gold panning, old-fashioned games, wagon rides, the "world's shortest parade," and the water cannon in action; $5 parking per car; www.malakoffdiggins.org.
Experience Italy seminar
Lori Martin and Dick Mercer, Experience Italy travel specialists and frequent travelers to Italy, will share their travel tips, 7-9 p.m. June 14 at Bella Bru Cafe's Luna Lounge, 5038 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael.
Registration fee is $10.
Register at www.experienceitaly.com.
Celebrate Gay Pride Month in wine country
Out In the Vineyard, an events and travel company dedicated to the LGBT travelers, will offer a Gay Wine Weekend in Sonoma Valley June 17-19 to benefit Face to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network.
The three days consists of music and dancing in a private estate vineyard; VIP receptions; wine-tasting excursions; a comedy show, including headliner Judy Tenuta (June 17 at Sonoma Community Center); and the Twilight T-Dance (June 18 at Atwood Ranch in Glen Ellen). Tickets start at $35.
For more information: www.outinthevineyard.com.
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