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Richard Allen & The Louisiana Experience perform in Bow GET INVOLVED PAGES 6-7

Deception Pass half marathon and full marathon this weekend

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK annual Christmas “Hidden Figures”: Upcoming pageant.

The film continues the “Claire In Motion”: hot Hollywood trend movie releases Women begins to find of basing feature films Following is a partial clues three weeks after on real stories. It’s a tale schedule of coming DVD her husband disapof incredible courage releases. Release dates pears. and determination that are subject to change: “The Story of God: has such a powerful Season Two”: Morgan message about the pure APRIL 18 Freeman travels the absurdity of racism that n Split world in search of anthis movie should be n Sleepless swers to major religious mandatory viewing for n The Founder questions. every man, woman and n Before the Flood “Tangled Ever Afchild. n Bigger Fatter Liar ter”: Rapunzel (Mandy Director Theodore n Killjoys: Season Two Moore) looks to make Melfi manages to make n Punching Henry up for lost time being his points about social n Teen Titans: Judas locked in the tower. injustice with such a Contact “Toni Erdmann”: steady approach that n The Duelist Ambitious corporate the significance lands consultant pushed to early and continues APRIL 25 embrace life. to grow long after the n La La Land “Caltiki the Immorclosing credits. Movies n Underworld Blood tal Monster”: Riccardo based on real stories Wars Freda and Mario Bava tend to focus on heroic star in this cult classic. events, and “Hidden “Worlds Apart”: Figures” is no different.

Three tales of romance unfold during But the courage shown here takes a time of financial crisis in Europe. on a much larger importance.

“Lonely Boys”: Two friends make “Mars”: The limited series “Mars” is a discovery during a weekend to try to a hybrid of scripted and non-scripted forget their problems. material.

“War on Everyone”: Two crooked Part of the production is a dracops get more than they planned for matized story of a handful of Earth with latest scheme. astronauts in 2033 who go on the first “Silicon Valley: The Complete manned mission to colonize Mars.

Third Season”: Pied Piper team faces This story is mixed with current-day challenges of a new boss. interviews with top scientists explain“Veep: The Complete Fifth Seaing how each hurdle would be faced son”: Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyand defeated. fus) continues to spin her wheels in The experts are from NASA, JPL Washington, D.C. and the European Space Agency. It “Sword Master”: Powerful swordsalso includes a look at SpaceX, the man is haunted by his past. commercial enterprise that manufac“Mad Families”: Three families tures and launches rockets. compete in a series of competitions This blend of drama and real interviews makes “Mars” as entertaining as for the same campsite during Fourth of July weekend. it is informative.

“Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & “The Bye Bye Man”: Saying his Cat Noir: It’s Ladybug!”: Two heroes name is a nightmare. fight crime in Paris.

“Lion”: After being separated from “Walking With the Enemy”: Man his family for 25 years, a young man disguised as Nazi SS officer uncovers searches for his home. big secrets.

“Monster Trucks”: High-schooler “America’s National Parks: builds a monster truck as a way of Centennial Collection”: Includes getting out of his hometown.

Olympic, Yosemite, Everglades, Yel“Daughters of the Dust”: Julie lowstone, Saguaro, Grand Canyon and Dash’s story of the Gullah people is Great Smoky Mountains. being re-released to mark the film’s “Django Prepare a Coffin”: Drifter 25th anniversary. must stop a crooked local politician.

“Believe”: Small town business — Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee owner struggles with funding for

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SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL

Tulip Festival continues in Skagit The 34th annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival enters its third week, with numerous events scheduled for throughout April. For the full month’s listing of events, maps and directions, visit tulipfestival.org.

urday, April 15, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. The kids have cleaned out their rooms, closets and garages to sell their toys, books, sports gear and more. New and gently used items. Free admission. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov.

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DISPLAY GARDENS

Check out display gardens filled with blooming tulips and more: n Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, later if weather permits. Gardens, flowers, gifts and more. $7, free for ages 6 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8152. n RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Flowers, bulbs, gifts and more. $7, $6 military with ID, free for ages 5 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8531. n Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Display gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-424-1580. n Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, greenhouses, plants, art and more. 360-466-3821. n Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Gardens, plants, gifts, cafe and more. 360-424-6760. n WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily. Gardens showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest.

Docents are on hand to answer gardening questions on the weekends.

POSTER SIGNING Tulip Festival poster artist Trish Harding will sign 2017 Festival posters and offer other artwork from 11 am. to 3 p.m.: n April 15: RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon. n April 16: Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon.

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34th annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

SPRING ART SHOW Featured artists and new artists create collectible art in the annual Spring Art Show at the River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road (off of Dodge Valley Road), Mount Vernon.

Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

KIWANIS ANNUAL SALMON BARBECUE 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

April 18 is Healthcare Appreciation Day. Alder-grilled salmon with baked potato, coleslaw, garlic bread, beverages and dessert. Two serving sizes are offered: $15 and $12. Visa/MC accepted.

Groups of 15 or more, call for reservations 360-428-

7028 or kiwanisbbq.com.

ART BASH Skagit Artists Together hosts its month-long show featuring 20 local artists and a broad range of fine art and photography from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the upstairs gallery at The Farmhouse Restaurant, 13724 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon. Free. 360-4660382 or skagitart.com.

ANACORTES QUILT WALK Hours vary. See a wide variety of traditional, contemporary, modern and art quilts on display in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Maps available at participating merchants and the Anacortes Visitors Center. Free.

360-420-3462 or fidalgoislandquilters.com.

ART IN A PICKLE BARN Azusa Farm & Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon. The 25th annual Skagit Art Association show will feature award-winning artists in a variety of media, including paintings, glass, photography and more. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-4241580 or skagitart.org.

ART AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Members of the Stanwood Camano Arts Guild offer a variety of original artworks and demonstrations at the historic 1888 schoolhouse at Christianson’s Nursery & Greenhouse, 15806 Best

Road, Mount Vernon.

Free. 360-466-3821 or stanwoodarts.com.

ART IN BLOOM The Anacortes Arts Festival presents the fourth annual “Art in Bloom” Fine Art Exhibition at the Depot Arts and Community Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Opening night begins at 6 p.m. Friday, April 14, the exhibition continues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 17-23. The invitational show features painting, photography, sculpture, glass, wood and mixed media artwork from more than 30 regional fine artists. Free. anacortesartsfestival.com.

360-293-6211.

KIDS’ GIANT GARAGE SALE 9 a.m. to noon Sat-

TULIP PEDAL The 36th annual Safe Kids Tulip Pedal will get underway at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at La Conner Middle School, 503 N. Sixth St. The Tulip Pedal includes 20-, 40- and 60mile courses around tulip fields between Mount Vernon and La Conner.

Proceeds will benefit child injury prevention efforts in Skagit County. Entry fee: $35 advance. Jerseys are available for $12. Children ages 12 and younger ride free. To register online, visit active.com. For information, call 360-661-7417.

PETTING ZOO The “Beaks, Noses and Bills” 4-H Club Petting Farm from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 15-16 at 13391 Avon Allen Road, Mount Vernon. Visit rabbits, chicks, goats, ponies, ducks and baby pigs. $5 donation. 360-202-5023.

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OUT & ABOUT ART CULTIVATING FIGURES: Thor Mhyre’s “Cultivating Figures” sculpture series and T. Michael Gardiner “Low-level Trapezoids” painting series will be at i.e. in Edison until April 30.

ON THE ROAD TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN: Smith and Vallee Gallery in Edison will host “On the Road to Heavy Mountain,” a show by Gregg Laananen and Rob Vetter in April. An artist talk will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29. The Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

THE GOOD STUFF: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., will feature a new show “Spring Has Sprung,” showcasing work by several local artists. The gallery is open seven days a week. 360-7553152.

SCOTT MILO: Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., will present “Tulip Poster Artists, Past and Present” in April. The show includes oils on metal by 2017 poster artist Trish Harding, watercolors by 2016 artist Sandy Haight, oil pastels by 2005 artist Brett Varney and color photographs by 2000 and 2003 artist Randy Dana. All artists will be at the reception from 6 to 9 p.m. April 7 signing posters from their years.

SPRING ART SHOW: The annual Spring Art Show will continue through April 30 at the River Gallery, 19313

Landing Road, Mount Vernon. The show features paintings, sculptures, jewelry and glass art by local and regional artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

ANTIQUE QUILTS: Antique textile artwork will be on display at “Antique Quilts,” a special exhibit that will continue through the month of April.

Co-sponsored by the Fidalgo Island Quilters guild, the exhibit will featuring treasures from FIQ members’ private collections and from the Anacortes Museum’s textiles collection. The event is part of the FIQ’s annual Quilt Walk.

The Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free. 360293-1915.

ART BASH: A new show by Skagit Artists Together will be upstairs at the Farmhouse Restaurant, State Route 20 and LaConner-Whitney Road, until April 23. An opening reception will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 31. skagitart.com.

FEMALE ARTISTS AT MONA: The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner, will host three solo exhibits of female artists running through June 11. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

At Smith and Vallee Gallery

“Cloud Shadows on the Nooksack” by Gregg Laananen.

Smith and Vallee Gallery in Edison will host “On the Road to Heavy Mountain,” a show by Laananen and Rob Vetter in the month of April. An artist talk will be from 4 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 29. The Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. n Camille Patha,

“Turn Up the Volume,” will feature an artist talk at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 30. This exhibit will celebrate a 50-year career for Patha. n Debora Moore, “Paphiopedilum,” will feature an artist talk at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 21.

She has a 20-plus-year career in glass. n Sara Siestreem, “Clockwork White: Light and Signs,” uses photography, video and ancestral Indigenous weaving.

ISIS BECKWITH: The Skagit Valley College Art Gallery will feature work by Isis Beckwith through April 20. The gallery is located in the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center on SVC’s Mount Vernon Campus and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday to Friday.

FOR THE LOVE OF CHILDREN: The Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum

will be exhibiting “For the Love of Children,” featuring the work of Japanese fiber artist Miwako Kimura and 10 of her students through June 25. The museum is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Tulip Festival.

EARTH ELEMENTS: Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, will host a new show “Earth Elements,” featuring Asian-influenced contemporary crafts, paintings and Shibori wearables and will be open until April 16.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

EXHIBITS AT QUILT MUSEUM: The Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum will have two new exhibits this month. “It’s Not Easy Being Green” will be up until April 30.

The museum is located at 703 South Second Street in La Conner. It is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday to Sunday. qfamuseum.org.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Northwest Garden Bling in Concrete is hosting its second annual Mosaic Challenge. The contest is open now and a juried presentation of entered artwork will be from May 5 through May 14.

Artwork will be judged by an independent jury.

Entry fee required.

Please call 360-7083279 or email nwgardenbling@frontier. com for information.

PLAYS ”37 POSTCARDS”: The comedic farce “37 Postcards” will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays April 14-30, at Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd. The story follows Avery Sutton, who returns home after traveling abroad to find nothing as he remembers it. Tickets are $18. whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-679-2237.

LECTURES AND TALKS DAYS FOR GIRLS: Carol Lee Olsen and Kathy McKenzie, co-directors of the Anacortes Chapter of Days for Girls, which supports the education of girls and women by providing washable, reusable feminine hygiene products to those who previously had none, will speak at the Anacortes Branch of AAUW meeting at 7 p.m. (the meeting

starts with refreshments and conversation at 6:30 p.m.) today, April 13, at Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. facebook. com/Anacortes AAUW. GARDENING TALKS: The Mount Vernon City Library will host a series of gardening programs presented by Skagit County Master Gardeners. All talks are at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie Street, Mount Vernon. n 6 p.m. on Monday, April 17: Valerie Rose will discuss “Growing Vegetables & Flowers From Seeds,” focused on starting plants to expand on choices of what to grow — more varieties, colors, sizes and flavors than what generally has already started in pots.

WEDNESDAY EVENING PROGRAMS: Anacortes Public Library hosts a series of Wednesday evening programs at 7 p.m. every Wednesday, at the library, 1220 Tenth St., Anacortes. Free and open to the public. No library services available. Next up: n April 19: Whose Lane Is It? Sharing the Road with Cyclists. n April 26: Get the Best Shots from Your Camera.

WORLD ISSUES FORUMS: Western Washington University will host a series of forums on world issues starting at noon each Wednesday at the Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies. The forums are free and open to the public. wwu.edu.

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OUT & ABOUT n April 19, Why History Matters: Race and National Identity, with Peter Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Foundation professor, University of Virginia. n April 26, Stoning, Women’s Rights, and Western Attitudes in Northern Nigeria: The Infamous Case of Amina Laval, with Sarah Eltantawi, assistant professor, Evergreen State College. n May 3, Migrants, Refugees, and Citizens: Some Hard Questions for Immigration Policy, with Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager professor of Law, UCLA. n May 10, On Rastafari Political Theology, with Neil Roberts, associate professor, Williams College. n May 17, Immigration and Women Employment: Outlook from Madagascar, with Estelle Antilahy. n May 24, Media in Armed Conflicts, with Olivier Ndikumana, graduate student, University of Washington.

BETWEEN FRIENDS: COUSINS ACROSS THE BORDER: Come celebrate Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation with genealogists from both side of the border. Author, lecturer and historian Dave Obee will give a keynote address “Between Friends: Cousins Across the Border.” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 21 at the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. The next day, there will be a seminar from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the 1st Methodist Church, 1607 Division St., Mount Vernon.

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the First United Meth-

odist Church in Mount Vernon. Sunday, a walking tour of Burlington will round out the day.

The seminar is $50 to $60. The reception and walking tour are free. genealogy0715@gmail. com or 360-755-9071.

TATTLE TALES: Abbe Rolnick will speak about the writing process for her latest book “Tattle Tales: Essays and Stories Along the Way” at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Village Books, 1200 11th St. in Bellingham. The book features short stories, essays and a blend of fiction and nonfiction. The event is free to attend.

BEER WEEK: Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, 601 W Holly St., Bellingham, will run a lecture series for Bellingham Beer Week. Each talk will start at 7 p.m. n Monday, April 24, Canadian beer writer Joe Wiebe will discuss his book “Craft Beer Revolution: The Insiders Guide to BC.” n Tuesday, April 25, representatives from the Skagit Valley Malting Company will talk about their malting house featuring malts made from grains grown in Skagit and Whatcom counties. n Wednesday, April 26, members of the Whatcom Symphony will play classical music.

MUSIC RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD: Arlo Guthrie will perform his Running Down the Road Tour at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Tickets are $30.50 to

$42.50. 360-734-6080 or tickets@mountbakertheatre.com.

VANESSA WILLIAMS: Vanessa Williams will perform at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, at the Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Ln, Bow. She has sold more than 7 million records worldwide and has won several awards. Tickets are $76 to $85. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

CELEBRATING IN SONG: The Skagit Valley Chorale presents “Celebration in Song” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. The show will feature a large orchestra and guest vocalists and will feature music from Franz Josef Haydn and excerpts from operas.

360-416-7727 Ext. 2 or hall.org.

CLASSICS CONCERT: The Skagit Symphony will present a Classics Concert at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 29, at Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

The show will feature Angela Kraft Cross on Piano. The symphony’s music director Roupen Shakarian will host a pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m. 360-416-7727 Ext. 2 or hall.org.

SKY VALLEY PRAIRIE BAND: The Sky Valley Prairie Band will play Cajun and Creole Louisiana music from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon.

MORE FUN

FLY FISHING FILM TOUR: The Fly Fishing Film Tour 2017 will be at 7:30 p.m. today, April 13, at the Lincoln Theater, 712 South First St., Mount Vernon. The event is presented by the North Sound Chapter of Trout Unlimited. lincolntheatre.org or 360-336-8955.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: An all-you-caneat Swedish pancake breakfast will be held from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 15, at Vasa Lodge, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. $8 adult, $4 children. 360-336-2153.

KIDS GIANT GARAGE SALE: A giant garage sale for kids will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 15, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 East Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Call Burlington Parks and Recreation at 360-7559649.

THE CLIMATE ARTS PROJECT: A Climate Arts Project performance featuring spoken word, songs, and sketches performed by students in the South Whidbey High School Drama Club and Green Team will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at Bayview Corner, 5611 Bayview Road, Langley.

RELAY TEAM RALLY: The Anacortes Relay For Life is having a Team Rally at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 19, at the Anacortes Christian Church, on M Ave and 12th Street in Anacortes. Learn how you can help in the fight against cancer.

Contact Chris 2991650 or relayforlife.org/ anacorteswa for more information.

THEY CALL US MONSTERS: A screening of acclaimed documentary “They Call Us Monsters” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 First St., Mount Vernon. undergroundwriting.org.

EARTH DAY BLOCK PARTY: The Bellingham Farmer’s Market, Sustainable Connections, Aslan and Boundary Bay will take over Railroad Avenue in Bellingham to throw an Earth Day Block Party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 22.

SOCK HOP: The La Conner La Conner Retirement Inn, 204 N First, La Conner, will host a 1950s Sock Hop from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 22. Food will be served from noon to 1 p.m. and an Elivs impersonator will perform at 3 p.m. Proceeds go to the 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10.

PAPER SHREDDING: Sorptimist International of Burlington will host a paper shredding event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 22, in the Les Schwab parking lot, 903 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. Safely and securely shred documents. Suggested donation $5-$100, depending on amount of papers.

360-620-7309 or siburlington@sorpotimist.net.

DRAG NIGHT: The fifth annual Drag Night hosted by the Skagit

Valley College Rainbow Alliance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 Ext. 2 or hall.org.

MARCH FOR SCIENCE: Citizens and scientists will stand up to support scientific research and evidence-based policies starting at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 22, at Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St. There will also be a science fair from 2 to 4 p.m., immediately following the march. sciencemarchbellingham.com.

EUGENE ONEGIN: A Met Live: Eugene Onegin broadcast will be at 9:55 a.m. Saturday, April 22, and 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 30, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 First St., Mount Vernon. The show is Tchaicovky’s setting of Pushkin’s verse novel.

Tickets are $23 for adults, $21 for seniors, $19 for students and children. lincolntheatre. org or 360-336-8955.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: The closing event of CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival presented at the Mount Baker Theatre features a recently restored silent film not seen in more than a century made by Lois Weber. “The Dumb Girl of Portici” was the first blockbuster film directed by a woman. The movie will be shown at 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 23, at the theater, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Tickets are $10.50. tickets@mountbakertheatre. com or 360-734-6080.

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GET INVOLVED PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, TALKS NATIVE TREES OF CAMANO ISLAND AND WESTERN WASHINGTON: Join Washington State University Extension forestry professor Kevin Zobrist, author of “Native Trees of Western Washington,” for a presentation on the diversity of native trees from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. E. Camano Drive.

Learn how to identify trees, their features and adaptations, and ecological role. Information, 360-387-2236 and camanowildlifehabitat@ gmail.com.

EXPLORING THE SALISH SEA FLOOR: How do tsunamis and earthquakes impact

5th Annual Drag Night!

Skagit Valley College April 22

Celebrating In Song Skagit Valley Chorale April 28 & 30

Classics Concert Skagit Symphony April 29

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marine habitats? What efforts can help mitigate sea level rise and human population increases?

Gary Greene, marine geologist and director of the SeaDoc/Moss Landing Marine Lab’s Tombolo Mapping Lab, Orcas Island, discuss answers to these questions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at the Northwest Educational Service District building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free and open to the public. Information: Matt Kerschbaum at cherrytree2@comcast.net and skagitbeaches.org.

LECTURE SERIES: Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., is hosting a series of gardening programs presented by Skagit County Master Gardeners. More information is at mountvernonwa.gov/ index.aspx?NID=186 and by calling 360-3366209. Next up: n Growing vegetables and flowers from seeds by Valerie Rose 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 17. Bring seeds to share if you have extra and bring envelopes and small bags to take home new seeds.

BOOKS

ART

BOOK GROUP: The Center for Spiritual Living book group meets at 6 p.m. first, second and fourth Thursdays, and at 5:30 p.m. on third Thursdays at 1508 18th St. Mount Vernon.

Participants read and discuss books in many areas of spirituality and personal growth. Free.

For more information, contact Gabrielle Conatore at 360-920-19995 and mtvernoncsl@ outlook.com.

GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP MEETING: The Great Books Reading Group examines passages from important writings in history — currently reading passages from “Great Conversations, vol. 2,” published by the Great Books Foundation. The group meets at the Burlington Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., 6 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday. All are welcome. Information: 360-941-1437 and shunji.asari@gmail.com.

DIG INTO SPRING

Swap Meet 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 29, at the Burlington Parks and Rec Center, is accepting registrations for vendors, hobbyists, scrap bookers, crafters and artists looking to sell their extra inventory of scrapbooking paper, pens, stamps, equipment, stickers, and other various supplies through March 31 or until space is filled. Booth space is $25/8x8 and includes a table. Information: recreation@burlingtonwa. gov and 360-755-9649.

CALL FOR VENDORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation’s Kids Giant Garage Sale 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 15, at the Burlington Parks and Rec Center, is accepting registrations for kids under age 18 looking to earn some extra money by cleaning out their rooms of gently used toys, books, games, movies, clothes, sporting equipment and more through March 31 or until space is filled.

Information: recreation@burlingtonwa.gov and 360-755-9649.

CALL FOR YOUNG ARTISTS: Artists, ages 15 and younger, are invited to submit one work of art for a gallery exhibit as part of the Mount Vernon Downtown Association’s Children’s Art Walk 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in downtown Mount Vernon. Attached to the artwork should be the title, medium, first name of the artist and inspiration or comments about creating the art. Entries can be dropped off before April 25 at Miss May’s Creative Learning Store at 403 S. First St, Tri Dee Arts at 215 S. First St., Kids Stuff at 408 S. First St. or at Skagit Running Company at 724 S. First St. Merit awards will be presented in categories for 4 and younger, 5 to 7, 8 to 11, and 12 to 15.

Information: 360-3363801, dep.mvda@gmail. com and mountvernondowntown.org.

LEVEL 1 ART & DESIGN COLOR STUDIES: This course provides the sound basics of color theory, stripped to its essentials. It is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, April 26-30, at Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts, 12636 Chilberg Road, Mount Vernon. Cost is $595. Information: gailcreativestudies.com and 360-466-0110.

CALL FOR VENDORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation’s Scrapbooking & More

MAKE IT!: Sculpt and fabricate 3-D artwork using foam core, cardboard, plaster tape,

ART CLASSES

wire, natural materials and found objects at this class 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Wednesdays, April 19 and 26, and May 3 at Burlington Parks & Rec Center. For boys and girls 7 to 13 years old.

Cost is $50 plus $15 for supplies. Information and to register: burlingtonwa.gov/recreation and 360-755-9649.

LA CONNER QUILT AND TEXTILE MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and under. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org. n Fiber Fridays: bring any type of fiber art project to work on while visiting with other fiber artists from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday. Free and open to all.

DANCE BALLET & TAP CLASS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers a Ballet & Tap Class for ages 3 to 5 years old 10-10:45 a.m.

Tuesdays, April 18 through May 23.

Students wear leotard and tights with leather soled ballet and tap shoes. Hair should be neatly secured. Parents are invited to attend the last 10 minutes of class. the cost is $60. Preregistration is required at 360-336-6215.

BEGINNING LINE DANCING: Beginning line dancing is 7-8 p.m.

Tuesdays, at the Burlington Community Center,

1011 Greenleaf Ave. Cost is $5 for drop-ins or $30 for a six lesson punch card. Information: recreation@burlingtonwa.gov and 360-755-9649.

MUSIC IRISH MUSIC SESSION: Join the Celtic Arts Foundation for its monthly Irish music session 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. For more information on instruments, music and guidelines, go to celticarts.org.

SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club welcomes performers (intermediate and above), listeners and guests to join the fun at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Come and sing, play the club’s piano or organ, play your own instrument or just enjoy a variety of music. Free.

For information, call Elaine at 360-428-4228.

RECREATION EASTER EGG HUNT: Join an Easter egg hunt 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Meridian between Bellingham and Lynden. Event includes egg hunt, petting zoo, pony rides, Easter bunny, family photos, country brunch, scavenger trail hunt, apple bin train ride and face painting. $12 for egg hunt package for kids 1 to 12 years old.

Brunch is $27 for adults and $12 for kids 3 to 10 years old. Information: 360-318-7720 and bellewoodfarms.com.

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GET INVOLVED DECEPTION PASS MARATHON, HALF MARATHON: The Deception Pass half marathon and full marathon on Saturday, April 15, explores the coastal trails around the famous Deception Pass Bridge on the North end of Whidbey Island.

A barbecue, brews and awards will follow the race. Cost is $95 for full marathon ($105 day of race) and $85 for half marathon ($95 day of race). Information: Contact Bellingham Trail Running Series at 541-728-1534 or riley@ destinationtrailrun. com.

RUN FOR THE BEES 5K: BelleWood’s third annual Run for the Bees 5K is Saturday, April 29, at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Meridian between Bellingham and Lynden.

9 a.m. check-in, 11 a.m. race. Cost is $24 for adults, $12 for children through 10 years old, and $40 for a family.

Live Music by Queens’ Bluegrass, snacks and drinks. Information and to register: 360-318-7720 and bellewoodfarms. com.

KIDQUEST SUMMER CAMPS: Registration opens Monday, April 17, for KidQuest Summer Camps at Burlington Parks and Recreation.

Camps include track meets, British challenger soccer camps, junior golf camp, Berry Dairy Days, Quidditch Fest, outdoor movies and summer night concerts.

Information and to register: 360-755-9649 and recreation@burlingtonwa.gov.

LIFEGUARD CLASS: Fidalgo Pool & Fitness

Center will hold an American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification class at various times Tuesday, May 2, through Saturday, May 13. Learn water surveillance and rescue skills, team work, CPR/AED, First Aid and more. Participants have to be at least 15 years old and strong swimmers.

Cost is $200. Information: 360-293-0673 and cbigelow@fidalgopool. com.

WESTERN RED — TREE OF LIFE: Develop a new appreciation for western red cedar at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N E Camano Drive.

Martha and Steve Ellis, Whidbey Island naturalists, relate the life story of a western red cedar from seedling to nurse log. Information: 360387-2236, camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com and camanowildlifehabitat.org.

EARTH DAY SERVICE PROJECT: Pull non-native European beachgrass to help native dune grasses thrive 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 22 at Deception Pass State Park’s West Beach. From 12:30 to 2 p.m., enjoy Junior Ranger programs for kids and a guest appearance by Gracie the Gray Whale Skull. Bring work gloves and a lunch.

Meet at the West Beach shelter by the bathrooms at 9:45 a.m. Information: 360-675-3767, ext. 231, deceptionpass.interpreter@parks.wa.gov and the park’s foundation Facebook page.

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: Celebrate Earth Day 2017 with educational and ser-

vice-oriented activities that include removing plant protectors, a demonstration of juvenile fish surveys, archaeological presentations and more 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52804 Rockport Park Road.

Gloves and tools will be provided. Parking is limited; please carpool. Information: 360-336-0172, wcc@ skagitfisheries.org and skagitfisheries.org/event/ earth-day-2.

KIDS FISHING DERBY: The Wildcat Steelhead Club’s annual Kids Fishing Derby is 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Northern State Pond, 2200 Thompson Drive, Sedro-Woolley.

This is a free fishing derby for youth 14 and under. The 2-acre pond will get more than 1,000 trout transplanted the day before the derby.

Hundreds of prizes and free hot dog lunch.

Information: 360-6301621 and bob.nielsen@ hotmail.com.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free.

For information, call 360-293-3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org.

Next up: n A senior/adult hike to Big Beaver Pond with Friends of the Forest is 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 14. This gentle, just over 1-mile hike will go past three distinct wetlands and through two watersheds. Meet at the end of 32nd Street west off D Avenue.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area April 13-20 Thursday.13 THEATER ”The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

IMPROV The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $8. theupfront.com/ shows/gbu.

Friday.14 THEATER ”The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

IMPROV Improvised “Baywatch”: 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/improvised-baywatch.

Pirates improv comedy: 10 p.m.

The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/pirates.

THEATER ”37 Postcards”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., $18. whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-6792237.

Saturday.15 THEATER ”The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

VARIETY Vaudevillingham: 7 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 Sixth St. $5-$10. bellinghamcircusguild.com.

IMPROV Improvised “Baywatch”: 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/improvised-baywatch.

Pirates improv comedy: 10 p.m.

The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St.,

THURSDAY.20 ARLO GUTHRIE Running Down the Road Tour, 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $30.50-$42.50. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/pirates.

whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-6792237.

THEATER ”37 Postcards”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., $18. whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-6792237.

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Sunday.16 THEATER ”37 Postcards”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., $18.

MUSIC Arlo Guthrie: Running Down the Road Tour: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $30.50-$42.50. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

IMPROV The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly:

8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $8. theupfront.com/ shows/gbu.

THEATER ”37 Postcards”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., $18. whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-6792237. ”The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues April 13-19 Thursday.13

Joan Penney Jazz Band: 6-9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com Paul Klein: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Quiles and Cloud: 8 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St, Bellingham. $10. 360-3068273 or acoustictavern. com/shows.php.

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The Sardines with Eric Stendal: 8:30 p.m.-midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

The Royal We: 9 pm., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Blues Union: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or rockfishgrill.com.

Open Jam with Thunder Creek: 8-11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360-3991321.

MuseBird Cafe with Matthew Franz, Margot Merah and Timothy Hull: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Jukebox Duo: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Mar-

Way, Bellingham. 360392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

ket St., Mount Vernon.

Members and signed-in guests only. 360-8488882.

Daddy Treetops: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Bow. Free. 360766-6330.

Blues Jam with Andy Koch: 7 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St, Bellingham. $15. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

Blake Angelos: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Jim Lauderdale: 7 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St, Bellingham. $25. 360-3068273 or acoustictavern. com/shows.php.

Trapt, TripMadam: 8 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St, Bellingham. $15. 360-7468733 or wildbuffalo. net.

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Gaelynn Lea: 7-9 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St, Bellingham. $15. 360306-8273 or acoustictavern.com/shows. php.

Baby Cakes: 10 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St, Bellingham. $10. 360-306-8273 or acoustictavern.com/ shows.php.

Saturday.15

The Sardines with Eric Stendal: 8:30 p.m.-midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

The Royal We: 9 pm., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Cold Comfort: 7:30 p.m., Bastion Brewing Company, 12529 Christianson Road, Anacortes. No cover. 360-399-1614 or

SATURDAY.15

RICHARD ALLEN & THE LOUISIANA EXPERIENCE 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

bastionbrewingcompany.com.

Deception Past: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or anacortesH2O.com.

Richard Allen & The Louisiana Experience: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Blake Angelos: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

wether.com.

Tuesday.18

Christian Casolary Trio: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether

Wayne Hayton: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave. Free.

360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Adrian Clarke: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Front Country and Steep Ravine: 9 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St, Bellingham. $12. 360-306-8273 or acoustictavern.com/ shows.php.

Sunday.16

Johnny Bulldog: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Ron W. Bailey & The Tangents: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

Whiskey Fever: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-4453000 or conwaymuse. com.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues: open jam, 6-10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

Tom Sandblom: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Bow. Free. 360766-6330.

Rane Nogales Trio: 4:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360392-3100 or hotelbell-

FRIDAY.14

DADDY TREETOPS 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Bow. Free. 360766-6330.

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TRAVEL

Visitors flock to canyon to see jets in action

By BEN MARGOT AND JULIE WATSON Associated Press

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Silence and stillness settled over the deep, sunbaked gorge as a pair of photographers sat on a cliff, waiting.

Then the rumbling started. As it grew louder, they scrambled into position.

Within seconds, a thunderous roar reverberated from the steep, narrow canyon as an F-18 fighter jet streaked through it, passing beneath their feet. It came so close they could see the pilots’ expressions.

This deafening show that was over in a flash is a fairly common sight at Death Valley National Park, 260 miles east of Los Angeles, where U.S. and foreign militaries train pilots and test jets in the gorge nicknamed Star Wars Canyon.

Photographers — some capturing images for work, others for fun — along with aviation enthusiasts and others have been traipsing to the remote 4,688-square-mile park in growing numbers to see the jets soaring below the rim of what’s officially called Rainbow Canyon, near the park’s western entrance.

It earned its nickname because its mineral-rich soil and rocky walls in shades of red, gray and pink draw to mind a landscape in a galaxy far, far away — Tatooine, the home planet of “Star Wars” character Luke Skywalker.

The unusually close-up view of military planes zooming through the craggy gorge has become so popular the National Park Service is considering making it an attraction, with informational signs about the training that dates back to World War II. Park Service officials recently discussed erecting signs and possibly paving a spot for cars because so many people are driving to the canyon to see the training, park spokeswoman Abby Wines said.

Wines understands the rush people get from seeing the jets up close. Once she was doing technical

Local travel briefs JAPAN EXCHANGE AND TEACHING PROGRAM: The Anacortes Sister Cities Association (ASCA) will host a meeting presented by the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) at 6 p.m. Monday, April 17, at Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. The JET program is a competitive employment opportunity that allows young professionals to live and work in cities, towns and villages throughout Japan. jetprgramusa.org.

DESTINATION AFRICA: Discover all that African travel has to offer at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Mount Vernon AAA, 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, Mount Vernon. RSVP to 360-848-2090.

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In this Feb. 27 photo, an F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina flies out of the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon turning toward the Panamint range over Death Valley National Park, Calif.

canyoneering, hanging from a rope on a 180-foot vertical, when a jet roared over her head but below the canyon rim.

“It’s the loudest thing I have ever heard in my life,” she said. “It was a scary experience since I was holding onto the rope and not anything else.”

She also felt a sense of awe.

But on days when one jet passes after another, the noise gets to her.

Elsewhere in the park, the jets also have made it tough when performing the living history show at Scotty’s Castle, a Spanish mission-style villa reflecting early California architecture. The villa recently closed until further notice because of flood damage. But when it was open, it was “disruptive to act like it is 1939 while two military jets are circling, pretending to be in a dogfight above your head,” Wines said.

On a February day, planes careened through Star Wars Canyon 18 times. One pilot performed barrel rolls over the pass.

Jets zip through the gorge at 200 to 300 mph and can fly as low as 200 feet from the canyon floor. But the canyon’s walls are so steep, the aircraft are still several hundred feet below the rim.

Training at the canyon doesn’t happen every day, so the photographers who make the trek to see them sometimes sit in folding chairs, waiting in the heat, and spy no jets at all.

Jason Watson, who works in information technology at Stanford

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In this Feb. 27 photo, Lt. Cmdr. Ian “Elf” Kibler of the VX-9 Vampire squadron from Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, banks his F/A-18E Super Hornet through the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon in Death Valley National Park, Calif.

University’s law school and does freelance photography, recently made his seventh trip to the gorge.

He’s seen as many as 30 photographers spread out across the milelong rim at different vantage points.

“You can meet anyone from anywhere in the world there,” Watson said.

The photographers develop a comradery as they share in the thrill of standing above the speedy jets.

The aviators interact with them too, giving a thumbs-up or even flashing a “Hi Mom” sign as they whiz by.

“They know the photographers are there,” Watson said. “They’re aware of the following.”

FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS’ PRESENTATION: Anacortes Sister Cities Association (ASCA) will host a presentation by Anacortes High School’s foreign exchange students at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Contact Barb at b.smart@juno.com.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Whatcom Senior Tours is hosting a series of trips for seniors who want to get out and have fun. Call 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. n Seattle Art Museum, Special Master Artist Exhibit: Wednesday, April 19. Take a guided tour through the Seattle Art Museum and view special one-time exhibits. $89. n Best Place of Vancouver: Wednesday, April 26.

Tour the unique neighborhoods of Italian district, Granville Island, Yaletown Gastown. Stop at the edge of downtown for JJ’s gourmet tutor cuisine.

Sip a hot beverage at Café Calabria, parrot watch at the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park. $135.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 17 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

TRIPS & TOURS: Recreation Without Borders offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia. For information or to register, call 360-766-7109 or visit recreationwithoutborders.com. Next up: n Thursdays in the Parks: 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays. Adults can visit various arks, departing from the Burlington Senior Center. $65. Register by Wednesday prior to each series. n “Murder for Two” at the ACT in Seattle: Tuesday, April 18. $89. Register by Tuesday, April 4, or until tickets sell out.

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HOT TICKETS ‘AMPLIFY!: RAISING WOMEN’S VOICES’: April 13-Aug. 27, Sound Theatre Company, Seattle. soundtheatrecompany. org.

KENNY G: April 13-16, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

VANESSA WILLIAMS: April 21-22, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

LIZZ WRIGHT: April 2527, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

THE WEEKND: April 26, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or LiveNation. com.

WAR: April 28, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

LIONEL RICHIE, MARIAH CAREY: April 28, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

LARRY CARLTON: April 28-30, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

THE 1975: April 30, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

BILL CHARLAP TRIO: May 2-3, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

ELAINE ELIAS: MAY 4-7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY: May 5-6, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

PJ HARVEY: May 5, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

CHRIS BROWN: May 11, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

U2: May 14, CenturyLink Field, Seattle. 800-

MARTIN SHORT May 26-27, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

745-3000 or LiveNation. com.

SHEMEKIA COPELAND: May 18-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

GEORGE LOPEZ: May 19, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SESAME STREET LIVE: “Elmo Makes Music,” May 19-20, Xfinity Arena, Everett. 866-332-8499 or xfinityarenaeverett.com.

DESTRUCTION, WARBRINGER, JUNGLE ROT: May 24, Studio Seven, Seattle. 206-286-1312 or studioseven.us.

EUGE GROOVE: May 25-28, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: With Chance the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots, Frank Ocean and more, May 26-28, The Gorge, George. sasquatchfestival.com.

MARTIN SHORT: May 26-27, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ELVIS COSTELLO: June 1, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

TOWER OF POWER: June 2-3, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877-275-2448 or

theskagit.com.

JOHN LEGEND: June 3-4, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

KASCADE: June 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

JOE LOVANO CLASSIC QUARTET: June 6-7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: with Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul: June 7, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or LiveNation. com.

DEF LEPPARD: with Poison and Tesla, June 9, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or LiveNation.com.

FUTURE: June 10, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or LiveNation.com.

MOODY BLUES: June 10-11, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

MORBID ANGEL, SUFFOCATION, REVOCATION: June 12, Studio Seven, Seattle. 206-2861312 or studioseven.us.

VANS WARPED TOUR: June 16, CenturyLink Field, Seattle. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

KIDZ BOP KIDS: June

17, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or LiveNation.com.

TOOL: June 17, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

360-825-6200 or LiveNation.com.

MATCHBOX TWENTY, COUNTING CROWS: July 18, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or LiveNation.com.

STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON: June 21, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-825-6200 or LiveNation.com.

PONCHO SANCHEZ: June 22-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

SANTANA: June 23-24, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

PAIN IN THE GRASS: with Korn, Stone Sour, Babymetal and more,

June 24, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

360-825-6200 or LiveNation.com.

SAMMY HAGAR AND THE CIRCLE: June 29, Tulalip Casino, Tulalip.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BRAD PAISLEY: June 30, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or LiveNation.com.

QUEEN: with Adam Lambert, July 1, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

CHRIS ISAAC: July 1, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

BRIT FLOYD: July 1, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

ED SHEERAN: July 2, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

DEFTONES, RISE AGAINST: July 3, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 360-825-6200 or LiveNation.com.

BLONDIE, GARBAGE: July 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

TRAIN: July 15, The Gorge Amphitheatre, George. LiveNation.com.

LYLE LOVETT: July 15, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

J. COLE: July 17, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM AND CHRISTINE MCVIE: July 19, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

— For complete listings, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment”

Anacortes Vintage Market:

April in Paris Saturday, April 29th

100 Commercial Ave, Anacortes WA 98221 Tickets available online or at the door

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MUSIC

Before they were hall of famers, Pearl Jam members were rock fans too

By NICOLE BRODEUR The Seattle Times

Every member of Pearl Jam has a story. A moment. A day when rock possibility flew open like a barn door in a hurricane.

Each one heard it, or saw it, and decided to walk through. To what, well, they weren’t quite sure.

On Friday, it was the stage of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, where the five active members of the band — Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron and Ed Vedder — plus original drummer Dave Krusen were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

They got there through their own hard work and talent, the sweat and stress of their crew and management, and the support of their loved ones and fans.

But each man was sure to give thanks to the bands that echo in their sound and their hearts. The bands they listened to and emulated, the musicians who sent them pawing through the record bins and magazine racks.

Before they were anything, the members of Pearl Jam were unapologetic fanboys — and still are.

“They are going to be on the stage,” Easy Street Records owner Matt Vaughan said a few days before the induction. “But they could have just as well been in the audience.”

In the audience the other night was director

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Eddie Vedder from the band Pearl Jam performs at the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 7 at the Barclays Center in New York.

Cameron Crowe, who discovered Ament, Gossard and Vedder while filming his 1992 ode to Seattle, “Singles.” He knows better than most what it took for them to ascend the stairs of the Barclays Center stage.

Crowe traces the roots of Pearl Jam’s success to the days when Ament and Gossard — “huge music fans and friends” — were working together in a Seattle coffeehouse.

“You can easily draw a line from those days to the stage of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Crowe said. “Their passion for the music they loved drew them to Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder, two more world-class fans of the music.”

Indeed, in his acceptance speech, Vedder alluded to the night when he attended a Joe Strummer show in San

Diego and the power went out. Strummer told the 50 who remained that the show would go on. Vedder jumped in to help Strummer’s drummer, Jack Irons, set up a generator and light candles.

Not long after, Irons would recommend Vedder to Gossard and Ament, who were looking for a singer for their new band.

“And it is all because of that fanboy nerdoff,”Vaughan said with a laugh. “All because of Joe Strummer.”

In his speech, Vedder tenderly thanked his wife, Jill, and daughters, Olivia and Harper — but they had company.

“These three girls …

I just love them more than anything,” Vedder said of his family. “And that says a lot because I really love The Who and the Ramones and The Band and Fugazi

and Iggy Pop and Sleater-Kinney and Guided by Voices.”

Ament, too, thanked his family for their love, but then called out his Uncle Pat for introducing him to the music of The Kinks.

“It’s an honor and mind-boggling to be part of a club that includes so many of our heroes,” Ament said, naming Neil Young, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, the Stooges and Cheap Trick.

“But the fact is that we were affected — and infected — by bands that aren’t here (in the Rock Hall),” Ament continued. “So many important bands that made us want to pick up our guitars and write songs. Roxy Music, The Jam, Devo, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Jane’s Addiction.”

Gossard agreed.

While the core of his

speech “was to honor those who worked so hard for this band, to help it function and grow and flourish” (he cited 59 names), he told me later that one of the best parts of being a Rock Hall member is that he can vote to induct his idols.

“Iron Maiden, AC/ DC,” Gossard said.

“They’ll be up next.

We need to right that wrong. I’m a voter now, and I’m voting for them.”

That said, he doesn’t think Pearl Jam should have gotten into the Rock Hall in its first year of eligibility, which was 25 years after the release of its first album, “Ten.” “I’d like to make more records,” Gossard told me. “Symbolically, this feels like more of an ending than a beginning. You want to stay sharp. You don’t want to get any awards midseason. You want to make more records.”

Matt Cameron thanked his brother and sister for taking him to his first concert: David Bowie’s “Station to Station” tour in 1977, when the Thin White Duke walked out to the rhythm-soaked title track. (It all makes sense now, doesn’t it?)

The day after the induction, Cameron — who also plays drums for the rock powerhouse Soundgarden — was still wrapping his head around it.

“The fact that Bill Bruford (the drummer for Yes, inducted the same night) was under the same roof was pretty exciting for me,” he

told me. “I just thought, ‘I was playing the Ditto Tavern in 1986. And the next thing, I’m at the Rock Hall of Fame?’

“It kinda flew by. But it was crazy hard work.”

McCready received a long ovation not only for his virtuosic lead guitar, but because fans know him as one of them.

Like his idol and friend Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, McCready showers the crowd with guitar picks like he’s feeding ducks. He points to people. He lets them touch his guitar.

He’s a showman who seems to channel music more than play it.

That’s because he remembers sitting on the side of the stage at a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert at The Gorge and yearning to be as good. He searched for magazine articles on the late heavy-metal guitarist Randy Rhoads, who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot.

Said Matt Vaughan: “To this day, Mike will go to the Ozzy section of the store and throw him on the turntable and get into the listening booth.”

The day after the induction, McCready’s father, Roy, recalled taking his son to see the Scorpions, Iron Maiden and Girlschool at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

At one point, he looked around. The kid was gone.

“Turns out he was hiding under their (The Scorpions’) car, wanting to get an autograph,” Roy McCready said.

“And he did!”

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The festival consists of short and feature-length films produced by professional filmmakers from all corners of the globe, showcasing the passion, lifestyle and culture of fly fishing. The films at this popular event are capturing the attention of anglers around the world.

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In the futuristic year of 2026 in the city of Metropolis, wealthy industrialists reign from high-rise tower complexes, while underground-dwelling workers toil to operate the underground machines that power the city. Joh Fredersen is the city’s master.

His son Freder idles away his time in a pleasure garden, but is interrupted by the arrival of a young woman named Maria, who has brought a group of workers’ children to witness the lifestyle of the rich. Maria and the children are ushered away, but Freder, fascinated, goes to the machine rooms to find her. Witnessing the explosion of a huge machine that kills and injures several workers, he hurries to tell Fredersen about the accident.

Grot, foreman of the Heart Machine, brings to Fredersen secret maps found on the dead workers. Freder secretly rebels against Fredersen by deciding to help the workers.

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7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 16 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 17 “Love & Taxes” is a riveting comic tale of seven years of tax avoidance. Following the possibly real-life exploits of Josh Kornbluth, an autobiographical monologist, “Love & Taxes” is a comedy that blends solo performance and scripted scenes to bring the subjective reality of the storyteller hilariously to life.

Despite working for a high-powered tax attorney, Josh hasn’t filed his taxes in seven years. Josh had what he recalls as a blissful childhood with his radical parents, living “outside the system,” and he has been clinging to that fringe identity for his whole life.

But when his boss persuades him to join the system, almost mystically things start going well for Josh. His performing career takes off, his solo shows are “optioned” by major Hollywood studios, he and his brother Jake (Jacob Kornbluth) decide to make movies together — and he meets the woman of his dreams, Sara.

But while Sara wants Josh to join society and take care of his debts, Josh isn’t paying attention to his finances. He and his brother Jake are busy trying to get Haiku Tunnel into the Sundance Film Festival, and Josh has fallen for the manipulations of an unscrupulous tax lawyer, who now might own the rights to their film. Josh soon finds himself broke: his tax-avoidance problems have ballooned into a tax nightmare that threatens all of the great new things in his life.

“Love & Taxes” is a middle-aged coming-of-age story — a tale showing that even those on the fringes of our political and economic system long to become providers.

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‘Lost City of Z’ is riveting adventure

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

In 2005, The New Yorker magazine published a piece by journalist David Grann, a journey through Brazil, retracing the steps of English explorer Percy Fawcett, who mapped the uncharted depths of the Amazon in the early 20th century.

Grann later expanded this piece into a book, “The Lost City of Z,” published in 2009, and now the cinematic adaptation of Fawcett’s adventures has been brought to the screen with a richly detailed specificity by writer-director James Gray.

Though Fawcett’s story is known, it’s almost better if one embarks on this voyage with as little knowledge about him as possible, as Gray weaves this tale of Fawcett’s incredible journey and restless soul with a sense of intimate immediacy.

Charlie Hunnam stars as Fawcett, resplendent of mustache and swaggering of spirit. He’s a man with ambition beyond his circumstances, born with a poor choice of ancestors in terms of his hopes to move up in the ranks.

It’s only through sheer force of will and talent that Fawcett can establish his own good name for himself, so he takes a position on a mapping expedition to Bolivia, in the realm of Amazonia, a word that he will come to utter with the utmost reverence, like a lost lover’s name.

With his aide-de-camp Mr. Costin (Robert Pattin-

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son), Fawcett bushwhacks through the thickest jungle, tangles with cannibalistic tribespeople, barely survives piranha feedings, and develops a sort of addiction to the steamy, foreboding land, filled with the promise of mystery and discovery.

Fawcett becomes convinced that there’s a lost ancient city to be found in Amazonia, a belief that sends him back again, and again; the vision tempts him all the way to the trenches of World War I, filled with chlorine gas and bloody mud.

It’s a belief scoffed at in the halls of the Royal Geographic Society, populated by pasty men in stuffed shirts who believe themselves superior to the primitive folk of the Amazon. But if anyone has a vested interest in disrupting hierarchies of power and equality, it’s Fawcett.

The film is, visually, a luscious masterpiece of gold and green — from English meadows to untouched rainforest; from daytime kissed by gentle sunlight to nighttime aglow with torches. Light filters through the mist of the South American jungle and the dusty windows of the geographic society.

It’s so lushly textured, it’s as if you can reach out and touch the velvety layers of the image.

This is possibly Hunnam’s best role and best performance to date. He perfectly embodies the vim, vigor and competitiveness of Fawcett; his thirst for true discovery operating on a deep, soul-level need for tangible proof and recognition during this early 20th century arms race for hidden treasures and hidden places. He slides along a spectrum from arrogance

to desperation.

Pattinson does fine character work as Mr. Costin, as does Tom Holland as Fawcett’s teen son, Jack, but the truly amazing supporting performance comes from Sienna Miller as Fawcett’s wife, Nina. She helps her husband, researches, supports and loves him, begs to go with him.

She sacrifices her own independence for her family, and for his adventure. Through Miller’s riveting, heartfelt portrayal, “The Lost City of Z” etches a delicate picture underneath the colorful, wild portrait of Fawcett — of the losses suffered at home in service of greater ambitions and fantastical dreams.

— 2 hours, 21 minutes.

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, brief strong language and some nudity. HHH1/2 (out of four stars)

Compiled from news services. Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“The Outcasts” — Led by geeky Jodi (Victoria Justice) and Mindy (Eden Sher), the high school outcasts wage a revolution against the popular kids in a broad, jokey “Mean Girls” knockoff with no interest in reflecting anything resembling anyone’s adolescent experience.

Before it was even over, I was already forgetting about it.

Comedy, PG-13, 96 minutes. H½ “Colossal” — Anne Hathaway is raw and real and pretty much sensational playing a perpetual screwup whose actions seem to relate to a humongous, reptilian monster demolishing the streets of Seoul. It’s surreal and it’s goofy and it’s exhilarating and it’s rather amazing to see where it all goes. Sci-fi comedy/drama, R, 110 minutes. HHH½ “Win It All” — From the leads to the bit players, everyone in this movie about an addicted gambler (Jake Johnson, also the co-writer) comes across as someone living a real life in a real time and place. One of the many pleasures in director/co-writer Joe Swanberg’s smart, funny, just-edgy-enough, thoroughly entertaining slice of Chicago life is the sure-handed feel of the gambling scenes. Comedy, not rated, 88 minutes. HHH½ “Ghost in the Shell” — Scarlett Johansson is in full mode as a cyborg equipped with the brain of a badly injured terrorism victim. Just about every scene is a visual wonder to behold, but the plot machinations and the action in the foreground are largely of the ho-hum retread variety. Sci-fi fantasy, PG-13, 106 minutes. HH½ “The Zookeeper’s Wife” — The latest story of unsung World War II heroes tells of Antonina Zabinski (a glowing performance by Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Jan, who risked their own lives as they harbored hundreds of people in their bombed-out Warsaw zoo and helped funnel them to safety. It’s powerful, gauzy, sentimental and almost too restrained. Drama, PG-13, 126 minutes. HHH “The Discovery” — In director Charlie McDowell’s ambitious, unnerving, slightly loopy and beautifully ambivalent gem, Robert Redford stars as a renowned scientist who has discovered proof there is some form of life after death. Until the very end, we’re kept guessing.

Sci-fi drama, not rated, 102 minutes. HHH½ “Life” — Despite an A-list cast headed by Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson and one very cool and labyrinthine spaceship, this stylish and at times fantastically gory monster thriller eventually crashes and burns due to a script that requires really smart people to act like dopes far too often. Sci-fi thriller, R, 104 minutes. HH “Wilson” — In one of his less memorable performances, Woody Harrelson plays a middle-age misanthrope who, with his ex-wife, tracks down the daughter they had given up for adoption. Like Wilson the man, “Wilson” the movie almost always takes a situation one step too far and one step too dumb, robbing the moment of potential humor. Comedy-Drama, R, 94 minutes. H½ “Song to Song” — In director Terrence Malick’s latest, Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara make up a love quadrangle set against the backdrop of the Austin, Texas, music scene. What a miserable lot of beautiful, self-absorbed, emotionally stunted people, and what sweet relief we feel when the last bit of ponderous narration comes to a close. Drama, R, 129 mintues. HH

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MOVIES “T2 Trainspotting” — Now living the straight life, Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to Edinburgh to find his former best mates still seriously messed up. This sequel to the 1996 hit has one foot firmly planted in nostalgia and the other rooted in the present. Everything old feels new again, and everything new has the look of an original and blazing piece of art.

Drama, R, 117 minutes.

HHHH “Mean Dreams” — The late Bill Paxton gives a chilling performance as the monstrously abusive father of a teenage girl who goes on the run with her young lover. The stark and bleak drama is a tribute of sorts to Terrence Malick’s 1973 classic “Badlands,” both in style and story. Drama, R, 105 minutes. HHH½ “Beauty and the Beast” — The live-action remake of Disney’s 1991 animated classic is almost overwhelmingly lavish, beautifully staged and performed with exquisite timing and grace by the

outstanding cast headed

by Emma Watson and Dan Stevens. Fantasy musical, PG-13, 126 minutes.

HHH½ “Brimstone”: Guy Pearce delivers a strong performance as a pure-evil monster of a man who finds ways to justify his horrific behavior, including rape, murder, incest, torture of humans and slaughter of animals. This needlessly confusing, pretentious Old West gore-fest is so harsh, so convoluted and so in-yourface with the gruesome imagery, it’s almost as if the director is daring you to keep watching. Western, R, 148 minutes. H½ “The Ottoman Lieutenant” — The most objectionable thing about this drama set in World War I Turkey isn’t the flat acting or the cliche of a wartime romantic triangle or the cheap and schmaltzy score. It’s the revisionist history of the Armenian Genocide. War romance, R, 106 minutes.

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L. Jackson, Brie Larson and the rest of the A-list cast members seem like they’re having a heckuva time fighting lethal creatures in a wildly entertaining monster movie that also has a sense of humor about itself. Monster action, PG-13, 118 minutes.

HHH “The Last Word” — An unlikable retiree (Shirley MacLaine) recruits an obituary writer (Amanda Seyfried) to help shape her legacy in a manipulative, contrived and at times borderline offensive comedy/ weeper with a number of cringe-inducing, off-putting elements. Comedy, R, 108 minutes. H½ “Table 19” — In a sometimes clunky, utterly harmless modern-day takeoff on “The Breakfast Club,” Anna Kendrick plays a maid of honor who falls out of favor and is exiled to a remote table of outcasts at the wedding reception. It’s the kind of movie that will help you kill 90 minutes in light-chuckle fashion on a flight. Comedy, PG-13, 87 minutes. HH½

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REVIEW

Charming ‘Finest’ is morale booster

By KENNETH TURAN Los Angeles Times

“Their Finest” is a treat that has something on its mind, a charming concoction that adds a bit of texture and bite to the mix.

Genial and engaging with a fine sense of humor, it makes blending the comic with the serious look simpler than it actually is.

Starring a radiant and assured Gemma Arterton, a convincing Sam Claflin and a criminally funny Bill Nighy, “Their Finest” also believes in the magic inherent in the medium, that film can set you free. Though movies about the movies are a staple of Hollywood cinema, this overseas version turns out to be just as persuasive.

As its title referencing the famous Winston Churchill speech indicates, “Their Finest” is set in Britain during the early days of World War II. All its actors are British, but its director is assured Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig, whose credits include such mar-

velous items as “Italian for Beginners” and “An Education.”

Working from screenwriter Gaby Chiappe’s adaptation of Lissa Evans’ puckishly titled novel “Their Finest Hour and a Half,” Scherfig has turned in a confident job of direction, briskly moving things along and adroitly layering the smart comedy and boy-girl romance with points about the romance of career and the importance of self-realization and being allowed to dream your dream.

None of those things were items women could take for granted in the London of 1940. Even though, with so many men off fighting the war, women were doing all kinds of jobs they’d never done before, their self-reliance made society nervous. Or, as one character succinctly puts it, “The men are scared we won’t go back into our boxes when this is over.”

From the first moments we see Arterton’s confident Catrin Cole striding down a London street on the way to a job interview, it’s clear that being in a box is not on

her agenda. From this introduction to the final fade out, Catrin’s every inch a hero it’s a pleasure to believe in.

Though she thinks she’s interviewing for a secretarial position, something entirely different is on offer for Catrin. As we’ve seen in an earlier scene, Britain is going through something of a propaganda crisis: Films intended to bolster home-front morale are so unrealistic they’re being practically laughed off the screen.

These kinds of movies present definite challenges. As Roger Swain (a fine Richard E. Grant), head of the Ministry of Information’s film division, says, they need to embody “authenticity informed by optimism,” a difficult combination to pull off.

Experienced screenwriter Tom Buckley (“Hunger Games’” Sam Claflin) has noticed some advertising copy Catrin has written and thinks she would be just the person to write convincing women’s dialogue, derisively known in the trade as “the slop.”

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