JUNE 26-29

KAPALUA WINE & FOOD FEST

The annual celebration of all things good-tasting and well-prepared, the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, is set for June 26-29 with six master sommeliers in attendance along with chefs Pano Karatassos (Buckhead Life Restaurant Group), Mary Clark (Le Cordon Bleu) and Frank Ostini (Hitching Post). Events include a golf tournament (June 26), cooking demonstrations and classes throughout the weekend, The Grand Tasting at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, wine-tastings (including a class, Master Sommelier 105, designed to teach you how to taste, and think, like a wine expert), winemaker dinners and more). www.kapalua.com/recreation/events/kwff.

JUNE 18 - SEPT. 7

BIENNALE OF SYDNEY

The annual Biennale of Sydney exhibits contemporary art from Australia and around the world, and since 1973 has grown into one of the largest and most exciting visual-arts events. The 16th Biennale of Sydney this summer (Sydney's winter) will be at venues and sites throughout the city, including Sydney's central Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

"Revolutions — Forms That Turn," will incorporate themes of change, revolt, rotation and insubordination. Artists display work in video, sculpture, sound, installation, performance, painting, photography and video. If you can't make it to Australia, you can preview some of the works on the Biennale of Sydney Online Venue, at www.biennaleofsydney.com.au.

NOV. 28 - DEC. 21

CHRISTMAS MARKETS

In Portland, Ore., Gerhard Meng of Gerhard's Odysseys is preparing for the annual trips he plans and hosts to Europe at holiday time, with three excursions Nov. 28-Dec. 6, Dec. 6-14 or Dec. 12-21. These include the Christkindles Markets, holiday celebrations and arts and crafts sales held annually in various cities, dating back hundreds of years, including Frankfurt, Meinengen, Coburg, Annaberg and Dresden. Meng, a Portland-based tour guide, has visited these places dozens of times. "We'll forget the hurried, worried world," he promises. 503-223-5901; www.christmastrips.com.