Wynn takes ‘Avenue Q’ to the Strip

Las Vegas

Sept. 9. (ongoing): When Wynn Las Vegas snagged the Broadway hit “Avenue Q,” the resort built a 1,200-seat theater especially for it. Now the musical is opening there for an indefinite run, skipping a national tour. The characters in this triple-Tony-winning show may look as though they sauntered off “Sesame Street,” but they deal with mature themes -- disillusionment, gender confusion and racism, for example -- with catchy music and R-rated language. In Vegas! Imagine.

Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109; (702) 770-9966, www.wynnlasvegas.com. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 6:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets $88 and $99.

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Port Angeles, Wash.

Oct. 8-9: A circus tent on Port Angeles’ City Pier anchors the fourth annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Last year, 8,000 people went to chow down on freshly caught shellfish and salmon, taste Olympic Peninsula wines, watch cooking demonstrations, browse items made from lavender and other locally grown crops, and participate in the catch-your-own Grab a Crab Derby. Go hungry.

P.O. Box 2196, Port Angeles, WA 98362; (360) 457-6110, www.crabfestival.org. Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission; dinner (Dungeness crab with coleslaw and corn) $17. On-site restaurants will offer a la carte seafood and other specialties, $4-$7.

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Portland, Ore.

Oct. 8-9, 15-16: For two weekends each October, Portland artists and artisans -- painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, ceramists, fiber artists, metalsmiths, jewelers, glass blowers and more -- open their studios. This year, 93 studios all over the city will welcome guests from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to see tools and techniques, view works in various stages of completion and ask questions. Buy a guide to the self-directed tour.

Portland Open Studios, 16055 S.W. Walker Road, No. 242, Beaverton, OR 97006; (503) 285-3131, www.portlandopenstudios.com. The $12 guidebook ($15 by mail) -- which includes maps, photos of artworks, artist contact information and a 16-month wall calendar -- serves as admission for two adults for both weekends; children free.

-- Patricia Connell