- San Franciscans are celebrating their state's counterculture movement this weekend at the (free!) West Fest: 40th Anniversary of Woodstock festival in Golden Gate Park. The festival will include musicians, anti-war speakers, Beat Generation poets, and even an attempt to beat a world record, as some 3,000 musicians simultaneously play "Purple Haze." West Fest takes place Sunday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. [Gadling]
- Tweeners everywhere, stay calm. Operating company Cruises, Cruises, Cruises has just announced the launch the Alaska Twilight Cruise, dubbed the "Convention at Sea for Twilight Fans." Starting next year, vampire fans can enjoy a week-long cruise to Glacier Bay, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria, B.C., in the company of Twilight actors Ashley Greene, Alex Meraz and Michael Welch. Guests aboard the cruise can also attend a costume ball and charity auction. Says cruise owner Linda Wolf, combining an Alaska cruise with a Twilight convention is "the best of both worlds." For more info and to book, click here. [Gadling]










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