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OUT & ABOUT Brodniak Hall in Anacortes hosts “Magic and Illusions” on Friday night PAGES 5-6

Ukulele player Ralph Shaw performs Friday at the Anacortes Senior Center PAGE 8

TUNING UP Jimmy Wright plays the Big Lake Bar & Grill on Friday night PAGE 9

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THIS WEEKENDin the area MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION Enjoy family fun at ¡Día!, a Multicultural Celebration, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

The free event will include bilingual story time, crafts, face painting and prizes. 360-336-6209.

Auto/vintage motorcycle swap meet The North Cascade Street Rod Association and Washington Vintage Motorcyclists will host the 35th annual Automotive and Vintage Motorcycle Swap Meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. Check out a wide variety of vintage cars, trucks, motorcycles, parts and accessories for sale. Admission: $2. Parking: $5. For information, call 360-848-5188 (automotive) or 360-223-3190 (motorcycle).

HOLLAND HAPPENING Enjoy arts and crafts, food, live entertainment and more Friday through Sunday, April 24-26, in downtown Oak Harbor. A Dutch Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Friday at First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave. A family carnival will be held all three days on Bayshore Drive. The Grand Parade will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday. Other events include the Eagle Run at 8:30 a.m. Saturday; a street fair from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; live entertainment and salmon barbecue Saturday and Sunday; Klompen canal races at 2 p.m. Sunday, and more. 360-675-3755 or oakharborchamber.com.

“OLD WIVES TALES” The Burlington Historical Society will host “Old Wives’ Tales: Burlington’s History from the Women’s Point of View” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 25, in the former City Chambers room at the Burlington Parks and Recreation building, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Muriel Neely, Virginia Johnson and Betty Stump-Neff, who have ties to early Burlington pioneers, will share memories of growing up in Burlington, family stories of Burlington’s early days and what life was like without today’s modern conveniences.

Free. 360-757-4757.

Experience Arts Fest Enjoy live music, interactive theater, art and fun for all ages at the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts’ “Experience Arts Fest” from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway. Featured musical artists include The La Rosa Trio, The Atlantics, Stilly River Band, Kevin Keineker, Chuck Dingee and the Bards of Keypoynt.

Also on the bill are performances by Shakespeare Northwest, dance workshops with Kim Hargrove, storyteller Theresa Vaughn, mask-making with Barbara Silverman Summers, a crafts bazaar and raffles. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Suggested donation: $10, $20 family. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.

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DISPLAY GARDENS April 23-30

Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Gardens, flowers, gifts and more. $5, free for ages 6 and younger.

No pets. 360-424-8152.

RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Flowers, bulbs, gifts and more. $5, $4 military with ID, free for ages 6 and younger.

No pets. 360-424-8531.

Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Display gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-4241580.

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.

Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, plants, gifts, cafe and more. 360-4246760.

WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily.

Showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest. Docents are on hand to answer gardening questions on the weekends.

MASTER GARDENER ‘STEP-ON’ GUIDES

Have a WSU Skagit County Master Gardener act as your tour guide to the Skagit Valley. Reservations: tonitulip@comcast.net.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

April 23-30: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 8:30 to 10 a.m. Toddler Tuesday, at 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Activities for ages 10 and younger. $5.25, free for members and ages younger than 1. 360-7578888.

32nd annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival APRIL 23-30 For the full listing of events, maps and directions, visit tulipfestival.org

DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON ART WALK

April 23-30: Check out original artworks on display along Fairhaven Avenue in downtown Burlington. Tour brochures are available at the Visitor Information Center, 520 E. Fairhaven. Free. 360755-9717 or 360-757-0994.

LA CONNER IN BLOOM: FIBER ART CHALLENGE

April 23-30: Check out small quilts and fiber artworks at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360466-4288 or laconnerquilts. com.

ART AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE HISTORICAL MUSEUM

April 23-26, 28-30: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Featured exhibits include “Salt of the Earth: The Story of Seasonings,” on display through June 7. $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12; $10 families. Free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/ museum.

MUSEUM of NORTHWEST ART

April 23-30: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. The museum’s collections include contemporary art from across the Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUM

April 24-25: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday through Saturday; Monday through Friday by appointment, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington.

Check out flyable World War II-, Korea- and Vietnam-era aircraft, flight memorabilia and artifacts. $8 adults, $5 children, free for ages 5 and younger. 360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

LA CONNER SCULPTURE TOUR

April 23-30: Area artists display their work at various sites around La Conner.

Maps available at La Conner Chamber of Commerce and participating merchants. Free.

360-466-3125.

ANACORTES QUILT WALK

April 23-30: See a wide variety of quilts and wearable art garments on display in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Maps available at participating businesses and the Anacortes Visitors Center.

Free. 360-202-3410 or fidalgo islandquilters.com.

April 23-26: 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. 360-466-3821 or stanwoodarts.com.

ART IN A PICKLE BARN

April 23-30: Azusa Farm & Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon. The 26th annual Skagit Art Association show features awardwinning art in a variety of media, including paintings, glass, photography and more.

Free admission. The show continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 360-424-1580 or skagitart.org.

SPRING ART SHOW

April 23-26, 29-30: Works by 32 local and regional artists are featured 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. 360-4664524 or rivergallerywa.com.

ART BASH

The annual Fine Art Multi-Media Exhibition features artworks by members of Skagit Artists Together on display at two locations: April 23-26: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, upstairs gallery at The Farmhouse Restaurant, 13724 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon.

April 24-26: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon.

Free admission. 360-4660382 or skagitart.com.

KIWANIS 28TH ANNUAL SALMON BARBECUE

April 23-26: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Alder grilled salmon with baked potato, coleslaw, garlic bread, beverages and dessert. $12 adults, $10 child/senior plate. Visa/MC accepted. Groups of 15 or more, reservations required: 360-428-7028 or kiwanisbbq. com.

POSTER SIGNING

Tulip Festival poster artist Teresa Saia will sign 2015 festival posters and offer other artwork: Saturday, April 25: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon.

Sunday, April 26: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon.

THE ART OF GARDENING

April 25-26: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, The Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Check out display gardens and vendors with a focus on backyard farming, gardening and garden art.

Beer and wine garden, live entertainment, food and more. 360-293-1918 or anacortesfarmersmarket.org.

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OUT & ABOUT ART ANACORTES QUILT WALK: See a wide variety of traditional, contemporary and art quilts through April 30 in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Quilt Walk maps are available at participating businesses, the Anacortes Visitors Center and the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. Free. 360-333-9311 or fidalgoislandquilters.com.

QUILTS/BEAD ART: Several new exhibits of quilts and bead art are on display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner.

“Revealing the Hidden: Contemporary QuiltArt Association”: The Contemporary QuiltArt Association includes more than 100 Washington artists working with fiber, thread and textiles. Member artists have created a wide range of twoand three-dimensional artworks incorporating a variety of techniques. The show continues through June 28.

“Impressions in Fabric”: Denise Miller and Nancy Ryan create fabric landscapes reminiscent of the pointillism of the neo-impressionist painters Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Where they used dots of paint, Miller and Ryan’s quilting technique uses tiny pieces of fabric. A second technique involves the use of fusible appliqué to create floral designs, as well as parts of some of the landscapes. The show continues through June 28.

“Pastels and More: Selections from Our Permanent Collection”: The museum features a variety of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers blooming in Skagit Valley fields.

“Beadlust in the Landmarks Gallery”: Local bead artist Robin Atkins is fea-

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Shop is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a show of new work by Kathleen McCarty at 18623 Main St., Conway. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

360-391-2691 or theshop conway.com.

tured in the museum’s new Landmarks Gallery through May 3. The exhibit showcases two of Atkins’ current passions — designing wall art using her eco-dyed fabrics with bead embroidery, and creating personal quilts that visually journal her thoughts, experiences and feelings.

“La Conner In Bloom”: Area textile artists were challenged to use “red” as the inspiration in a small fiber art piece.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily during April. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.org.

IN THE ART BAR: The photography of Eric Hall is featured during April at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Hall’s interest in photography started in 1975 when he was the photographer for the Army’s 26th Signal Battalion in Heilbronn, Germany. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

MIXED MEDIA: A show of mixed media artwork

by Jonathan Taylor is on display through April 27 in the Skagit Valley College Art Gallery in the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Taylor’s sculpture projects include combining hot solid or blown glass resting in welded steel structures. Often the pieces are abstracted, but have roots in architecture and site planning. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday during the college’s academic year. 360416-7812.

‘MAGIC AND ILLUSIONS’ The show featuring Elliott Hofferth, Aliya Zaheer, the Magic of Zanthera and JR Russell will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $5. Tickets are available at Read Me a Story or Boxes and Bears in Anacortes or at the door.

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The show features work by the individual artists, as well as a series of collaborative pieces that explore their dual visions and interpretations of the natural world.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-7666230 or smithandvallee.com.

appointment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

LANDSCAPES & MORE: A new collection of oils by Keith Sorenson continues through April 28 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Sorenson’s work features a series of landscapes with colorful WOOD & FABRIC ART: trees in his style of “rain and Art Learmonth’s wood art reflection.” Also showing and Diane Learmonth’s fab- are handcrafted quilts by the ric art are featured through Fidalgo Island Quilters, oils April 30 at Anne Martin

by Sandy Byers, acrylics by McCool Gallery, 711 ComDianna Shyne and Christine mercial Ave., Anacortes. The Camilleri, and abstract oils show also includes paintings by Don deLlamas. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m.

“TWO VIEWS”: A show of by Anne Martin McCool to 4:30 p.m. Monday through new work by Ann Chadwick and work by other gallery Reid and Caryn Friedlander artists. Gallery hours are 11 Saturday or by appointment. a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday 360-293-6938 or scottmilo. continues through April 26 through Saturday or by com. at Smith & Vallee Gallery,

dropped off starting at 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to winners in adult and youth categories. 360-8538784 or concrete-wa.com.

SPRING ART: “The Celebration of Spring” will open with a potluck party from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Matzke “FRIENDS OF FISH 2”: Fine Art Gallery and SculpAn art show to benefit the ture Park, 2345 Blanche education programs of the Way, Camano Island. The Skagit Fisheries Enhanceshow will feature work by ment Group continues stone carvers Sue Taves and through May 3 at the Edison Kentaro Kojima; paintings Eye Gallery, 5800 Cains

by Janie Olsen, Janet HamCourt, Edison. The show ilton, Mary Molyneaux and features the work of more Donna Watson; prints by than 70 artists capturing the Karla Matzke; ceramics by spirit of fish and its relation- Leon White and Ruth Wesship to humanity and the tra; and new sculptures in environment. The gallery is the 10-acre sculpture park. open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is open from Friday through Sunday or by 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, appointment. 360-766-6276 weekdays by appointment. or skagitfisheries.org.

360-387-2759 or matzke fineart.com.

“SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable Art”: PHOTO EXHIBIT: “SKY,” The show of artwork featur- featuring 18 color photoing recycled/repurposed graphs by Aldo Panzieri, materials will open with a continues through April reception from 5 to 8 p.m.

25 at Ululate Gallery, 924 today, April 23, and conS. 11th St., Mount Vernon. tinue through May 30 at the Each image connects the sky Schack Art Center, 2921 to earth objects and then Hoyt St., Everett. Artists connects the viewer to both. have scoured junk stores, Panzieri is a Los Angelessecond-hand shops, trash based photographer with 50 bins and surplus venues to years’ experience in freesource materials to create a lance, fashion, street, news selection of whimsical, sculp- and police photography. tural and contemplative Free admission. 360-336artwork, including lamps 3882 or ululate.org. and clocks made from corrugated cardboard; baskets, SPRING FINE ART hats, purses and life-size SHOW: The annual Spring people made from plastic Fine Art Show continues bags; masks and sculptures through May 3 at River Galfrom old typewriters; and lery, 19313 Landing Road much more. 425-259-5050 or (off of Dodge Valley Road), schack.org.

Mount Vernon. The show features an eclectic selection RECYCLED ART SHOW: of paintings, sculptures, jewCheck out a variety of artelry and glass by 32 artists. works created from recycled Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to and repurposed materials 5 p.m. Wednesday through from noon to 3 p.m. SaturSunday. 360-466-4524 or day, April 25, at the Conrivergallerywa.com. crete Center, 45770 Main St., Concrete. Entries can be Continued on Page E6

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OUT & ABOUT AT MoNA: Three new exhibits continue through June 14 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission.

360-466-4446 or mona museum.org.

“Study in Green from the Permanent Collection”: From line to color field and realistic to abstraction, green is echoed from nature to the artist’s canvas as this fourth in the color study series surveys Northwest artists’ use of this tranquil and rejuvenating color.

“Neo Naturalist”: The artists have found ways to reconnect to a part of nature that for them provides endless interest and inspiration, creating artwork to show respect for their subject, while addressing issues of growth, change and loss.

Drag Show Skagit Valley College

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Celebrating in Song Skagit Valley Chorale

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Classic Concert Skagit Symphony

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“HAKONIWA Project: to touch & to be touched”: Etsuko Ichikawa: The Japanese word “hakoniwa” means a boxed or miniature garden. It also refers to Sandplay therapy, developed

by Jungian therapist Dora Kalff in Switzerland in the 1950s and ‘60s. In contrast to most Western psychotherapies, which emphasize verbal and direct expression and cause/effect thinking, hakoniwa makes significant use of nonverbal communication, concrete activity and a holistic perspective.

In typical Sandplay therapy, patients spend time in a private room with a sandbox and a variety of miniature figures to create and arrange their own world freely.

The exhibit includes a sandbox in the middle of the gallery and shelves on the walls filled with many miniature “hand” figures for people to bring to the sandbox to arrange or to play. Only hand figures are included in order to emphasize the significance of hands in our lives.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: Women HAND in Hand will host speaker Ruth Graham during the Hope Loves Women’s Conference on April 24-25 at Sedro-Woolley High School, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. Graham, author and founder of Ruth Graham and Friends, is the daughter of evangelist Dr. Billy Graham. The event will HATCHERY TOURS: take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Enjoy a self-guided tour, Friday and 9 a.m. to noon wildlife viewing and the Saturday. Tickets: $15-$20, at educational video “A Day in the Life of the Hatchery” Louis Auto Glass in Mount from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily Vernon, Tree of Life Christian Bookstore in Burlington Sunday, April 19, through and Allelujah Business SysSaturday, April 25, at the Marblemount Fish Hatchery, tems in Sedro-Woolley or online at eventbrite.com. For 8319 Fish Hatchery Road, Enjoy a screening of Buster Keaton’s classic 1926 silent film “The General” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April Marblemount. 360-336-0172 information, contact Debo25, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount rah at 360-853-3066 or visit or skagitfisheries.org.

Vernon. The film will be accompanied by Jeff Fox at womenhandinhand.com. the console of the giant Wurlitzer organ, as part of SCIENCE NIGHT: Mount the theater’s 89th anniversary celebration. This BENEFIT CAR WASH: Vernon High School Science edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm archive The Sedro-Woolley Junior Night will take place from print struck from the original camera negative. All 5:30 to 8 p.m. today, April 23, Golf Programs will hold a seats will be priced the same as they were on the car wash at 9 a.m. Saturday, at 314 N. Ninth St., Mount theater’s opening night in 1926 — 35 cents. 360Vernon. Check out a variety April 25, at Les Schwab 336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Tires, 204 W. Moore St., of science exhibits, student Sedro-Woolley. Proceeds demonstrations, earth sciwill benefit boys’ and girls’ ences, biology, planetarium Evolving Vision of the Red LECTURES golf for fifth- through 12thshows, rockets, explosions Planet” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, AND TALKS grade students. and more. Free. 360-428April 28, in Wilson Library J&L ART SHOW: The WORLD ISSUES FORUM: room 170 in Bellingham.

6100. sixth annual J&L Gift and ARTAPALOOZA!: The Western Washington UniFree. 360-650-3272.

Art Show is open through versity’s Fairhaven College “THE PLIGHT OF BIRDS”: annual fundraiser for the May 2 at the Tulip Valley Whidbey Children’s Theof Interdisciplinary StudWildlife photographer MORE FUN Winery, 16163 Highway 536, ies holds its annual World Karen Ulvestad will offer a ater will take place in two “SALT OF THE EARTH”: Mount Vernon. The show Issues Forum from noon presentation at 7 p.m. today, parts on Saturday, April 25, The special exhibit continfeatures local artists workat Fireseed Catering, 6051 to 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays April 23, at the Concrete ues through July 12 at the ing in a variety of media.

Coles Road, Langley: in Haggard Hall 253 on Theatre, 45920 Main St., Skagit County Historical Show hours are 11 a.m. to ACT I: Garden Party: the WWU campus in BellConcrete. Admission by Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., 5 p.m. daily. facebook.com/ 2 to 5 p.m. Don your best ingham. Presentations are donation, with proceeds to JLArtShow. free and open to the public. La Conner. The exhibit benefit the Angele Cupples springtime apparel and features items from the enjoy tea, treats, lawn games, 360-650-2309 or wwu.edu/ Community Garden. 360“BIO DEVOTIONAL”: A artist booths, youth perforfairhaven/news/worldissues- museum’s permanent collec- 941-0403 or concrete-thetion including more than 500 atre.com. show of artwork by David mances and the unveiling forum. Next up: Eisenhour, Todd Horton, of the Whidbey Children’s n April 29: “Trade Agree- salt cellars. The museum is Philip McCracken and Mary ments Reveal How Life Will open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Theater’s 2015-16 season.

WHALE CELEBRATION: Randlett continues through be Organized in 2050”: with daily. Admission: $5 adults, The Whale Museum’s ninth $10 suggested donation at $4 seniors and children ages annual Orca Greeting funMay 3 at Gallery Cygnus, the gate.

Stan Sorscher, labor repre6-12, $10 families, free for 109 Commercial, La Conner. sentative at the Society for ACT II: Dinner and Aucdraising dinner and auction members and ages 5 and Exhibiting both a personal Professional Engineering will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, tion: 5 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a bevyounger. 360-466-3365 or and professional passion erage and hors d’oeuvres, Employees in Aerospace April 24, at Brickworks for the biosphere, the artists and president of Washington skagitcounty.net/museum. a three-course dinner folin Friday Harbor. Enjoy a are “dedicated to a way of lowed by live and silent Fair Trade Coalition. happy hour and silent aucVETERAN TO BE HONlife that inhales beauty and auctions of goods and expetion, followed by a goumet ORED: American Legion exhales sighs of wonder.” riences, and dessert. $100, MAPPING MARS: Westdinner, raffle, live auction Post 91 in Burlington will Gallery hours are noon to 5 ern Washington University and dessert auction. $35. For $900 table of 10. Tickets are p.m. Friday through Sunday, Assistant Professor of Geol- honor Army veteran William tickets or information: 360available at act2.bpt.me.

Sloan, who was killed in or by appointment. 360-708- ogy Melissa Rice will pres360-221-8707 or whidbey 378-4710, ext. 30, or whale action in Germany on April museum.org.

4787 or gallerycygnus.com. childrenstheater.org. ent “Mapping Mars: Our 26, 1945, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the American Legion, 721 E. Fairhaven Ave, Burlington. Sloan’s family will be presented with a Purple Heart coin and U.S. flag they had not received after Sloan’s death. A 21-gun salute will follow. The community is invited.

‘THE GENERAL’

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by and overcome life’s obstacles — and who are immortal vampires who must feast on human blood.

Not rated. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.

AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org

NT Live: ‘The Hard Problem’ 7:30 p.m. today, April 23 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet.

If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ that puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one. $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students and children, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

The Met Live in HD - ‘Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci’ 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25

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Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village. Marcelo Álvarez plays the dual tenor roles of Turiddu in “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Canio in “Pagliacci.”

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Cav) and Patricia Racette (Pag) sing the unlucky heroines. $23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students with $2 off for Lincoln members.

‘The General’

7 p.m. Saturday, April 25

‘What We Do in the Shadows’

“The General,” the 1926 silent classic, will be screened with Jeff Fox at the console of the giant Wurlitzer, as part of the Lincoln’s 89th anniversary. Admission: 35 cents.

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E8 Thursday, April 23, 2015

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area April 23-30 Thursday.23 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY.24 RALPH SHAW 5 to 6:30 p.m., Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-7473.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

VARIETY

Rick Epting Foundation Spring Performing Arts Festival (music, theater, storytelling, art projects & more): Noon to 10 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Suggested donation: $10-$20 family. 360-445-3000.

Friday.24 MAGIC

“Magic and Illusions”: Elliott Hofferth, Aliya Zaheer, The Magic of Zanthera and JR Russell: 6:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $5. Tickets available at Read Me a Story, Boxes and Bears or at the door.

Drag Show: with master of ceremonies Drew Paradisco, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Sponsored by the SVC Rainbow Alliance and Simply Curious Enterprises. Free.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC

Ukulele concert: Ralph Shaw, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. $10.

360-293-7473.

Sunday.26 OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 2 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

THEATER

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

THEATER

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club: 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

Spring Rep pass: $25. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

TUNING UP Playing at area venues April 23-30 THEATER

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Free. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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Saturday.25 FILM

“The General” (Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent classic, accompanied by Jeff Fox on the giant Wurlitzer): 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Admission: 35 cents. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

MUSIC

“A Magical Evening of Cello and Viola”: with cellist Betsy Tinney and violist Geli Wuerzner: 7 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 advance, $15 at the door. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenter forhappiness.org.

Sudden Valley JazzFest: Pearl Django (gypsy jazz) 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalley library.org.

OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

THURSDAY.23

WEDNESDAY.29

FRIDAY.24

Jim Page: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

SWINGNUTS JAZZ 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

SCOTT PEMBERTON BAND 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

Daddy Treetops (blues, folk): 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Minor Plains, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Admission by donation to benefit KVWV Radio.

FRIDAY.24 Scott Pemberton Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.

Ben Starner (jazz, ragtime piano): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Sly Mr. Y (high energy classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Louis Ledford (country, Americana): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Something Strange (classic blues, rock): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Courtney Andrews: 8 p.m.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

The Shortcutz (blues, rock): 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake.

425-210-1925.

Defenestrator, Xoth, Northern Bastard, The Ludovico Treatment: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Midnight Son: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

SATURDAY.25 Rick Epting Foundation Spring Performing Arts Festival (music, theater, storytelling, art projects & more): 3 to 9 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

Suggested donation: $10, $20 family. 360-445-3000.

Garrat Wilkin & The Parrotheads (Jimmy Buffett tribute party): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $22.

877-275-2448.

Sly Mr. Y (high energy classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Joanne Rand & Anna Schaad (psychedelic, folk, Americana): 7 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Nashville Northwest: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Daikaiju, Muppet Fetish, Caparza, Dos Muertes: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Thursday.30 MUSIC

Jansen Jazz Band: 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10.

360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

Free. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

SUNDAY.26 Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

MONDAY.27 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris Street, La Conner. 360466-4488.

Cormorant, Wild Hunt, Sacrament Ov Impurity: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Wild Rabbit: 8 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington.

No cover.

360-755-0165.

WEDNESDAY.29 Swingnuts Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Marcia Kester: 6 to 8 p.m., Anacortes Eagles, 901 7th Street, Anacortes.

360-293-3012, marciakester. com.

THURSDAY.30 Ancient Future, with Matthew Montfort (world fusion): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15 advance, $18 at the door.

360-445-3000.

Courtney Marie Andrews (Americana, country, folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Eddie and the Touks: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360982-2649.

Going Solo with Hillary Susz, Biagio Biondolillo, Augustine Magdalene: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. 360778-1067.

E8 Thursday, April 23, 2015

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area April 23-30 Thursday.23 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY.24 RALPH SHAW 5 to 6:30 p.m., Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-7473.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

VARIETY

Rick Epting Foundation Spring Performing Arts Festival (music, theater, storytelling, art projects & more): Noon to 10 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Suggested donation: $10-$20 family. 360-445-3000.

Friday.24 MAGIC

“Magic and Illusions”: Elliott Hofferth, Aliya Zaheer, The Magic of Zanthera and JR Russell: 6:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $5. Tickets available at Read Me a Story, Boxes and Bears or at the door.

Drag Show: with master of ceremonies Drew Paradisco, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Sponsored by the SVC Rainbow Alliance and Simply Curious Enterprises. Free.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC

Ukulele concert: Ralph Shaw, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. $10.

360-293-7473.

Sunday.26 OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 2 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

THEATER

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

THEATER

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club: 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door.

Spring Rep pass: $25. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

TUNING UP Playing at area venues April 23-30 THEATER

“The Glasses” (farce): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Free. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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Saturday.25 FILM

“The General” (Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent classic, accompanied by Jeff Fox on the giant Wurlitzer): 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Admission: 35 cents. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

MUSIC

“A Magical Evening of Cello and Viola”: with cellist Betsy Tinney and violist Geli Wuerzner: 7 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 advance, $15 at the door. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenter forhappiness.org.

Sudden Valley JazzFest: Pearl Django (gypsy jazz) 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalley library.org.

OPERA

“Goyescas” by Enrique Granados and “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini: WWU Dept. of Music Opera Studio: 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center choir room, Bellingham. $16. Discounts available for students and seniors. 360-650-2829.

THURSDAY.23

WEDNESDAY.29

FRIDAY.24

Jim Page: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

SWINGNUTS JAZZ 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

SCOTT PEMBERTON BAND 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

Daddy Treetops (blues, folk): 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Minor Plains, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Admission by donation to benefit KVWV Radio.

FRIDAY.24 Scott Pemberton Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.

Ben Starner (jazz, ragtime piano): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Sly Mr. Y (high energy classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Louis Ledford (country, Americana): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Something Strange (classic blues, rock): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Courtney Andrews: 8 p.m.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

The Shortcutz (blues, rock): 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake.

425-210-1925.

Defenestrator, Xoth, Northern Bastard, The Ludovico Treatment: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Midnight Son: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

SATURDAY.25 Rick Epting Foundation Spring Performing Arts Festival (music, theater, storytelling, art projects & more): 3 to 9 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

Suggested donation: $10, $20 family. 360-445-3000.

Garrat Wilkin & The Parrotheads (Jimmy Buffett tribute party): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $22.

877-275-2448.

Sly Mr. Y (high energy classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Joanne Rand & Anna Schaad (psychedelic, folk, Americana): 7 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Nashville Northwest: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Daikaiju, Muppet Fetish, Caparza, Dos Muertes: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Thursday.30 MUSIC

Jansen Jazz Band: 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10.

360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

Free. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

SUNDAY.26 Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

MONDAY.27 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris Street, La Conner. 360466-4488.

Cormorant, Wild Hunt, Sacrament Ov Impurity: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Wild Rabbit: 8 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington.

No cover.

360-755-0165.

WEDNESDAY.29 Swingnuts Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Marcia Kester: 6 to 8 p.m., Anacortes Eagles, 901 7th Street, Anacortes.

360-293-3012, marciakester. com.

THURSDAY.30 Ancient Future, with Matthew Montfort (world fusion): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15 advance, $18 at the door.

360-445-3000.

Courtney Marie Andrews (Americana, country, folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Eddie and the Touks: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360982-2649.

Going Solo with Hillary Susz, Biagio Biondolillo, Augustine Magdalene: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. 360778-1067.

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E10 - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Earth Day provides an Ask about adventure packs annual reminder to treasure to help youngsters explore our natural resources. Here the region. are five ways to appreciate nps.gov/blac this beautiful planet.

2. Raft a river. Find 1. Visit a national park. your way to Idaho’s Frank You may already have a Church Wilderness and comfavorite, or perhaps you mit to an unplugged week yearn to visit Yosemite or on the Middle Fork of the Glacier. This year, the list of Salmon. As you float, fish possibilities got longer with and splash through 100 miles the addition of seven new of spectacular scenery, you’ll parks in eight states plus the be treated to unexpected District of Columbia. luxuries. Relish the fresh While several of the new- air of morning as your crew bies await land acquisitions delivers hot coffee or cocoa or design approvals, others to your cozy tent. Later, are ready for your arrival. warm up in a hot spring, Check out the Blackstone dine on organic, seasonal River Valley National Hisspecialties and plan for the toric Park in Massachusetts next day’s adventure under for river rafting, canoeing, a starry sky. kayaking and cycling. You’ll far-away.com also get the chance to honor 3. Hike the Rockies. the birthplace of the Ameri- Make a plan to take on a can Industrial Revolution. trek that will reward your The area hosted the first clan with stunning vistas, successful water-powered wildflowers and a sense

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Local travel TRAVEL & LEARN: Skagit Valley College will offer the following travel-based courses: Desert Southwest, May 8-31: During “Desert Odyssey,” students will experience 8,000 years of art and architecture

by Anasazi and Hopi cliff dwellers and explore how they reflect the regional geology and biota. A noncredit option is available for community members. A number of partial scholarships are available, based on financial need. Contact Chuck Luckmann at 360416-7696 or charles.luckmann@skagit.edu or visit skagit.edu/news.asp_Q_ pagenumber_E_3662.

Italy, July 7-27: “Living Italy” will explore the

symbiotic relationship that exists between nature and civilization in Italy. Students will visit traditional centers of art and culture including Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Cinque Terre and Carrara.

Offered as a 10-credit course for SVC students, a noncredit option is also available for community members. The trip fee of $5,000 covers meals, lodging and in-country ground travel. Airfare is not included. Contact Cliff Palmer at 360-416-7656 or cliff. plamer@skagit.edu.

VIETNAM PHOTO TOUR: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Travel by foot, car, train, plane and boat with Ronan Ellis on his extensive journey through Vietnam, includ-

of accomplishment. The 12-mile trail between Crested Butte and Aspen crosses over the Maroon Bells pass (12,500 feet) and through splendid scenery.

A package created by Crested Butte’s Nordic Inn and the Limelight in Aspen simplifies logistics for travelers. It offers a comfortable night’s sleep, breakfast and assistance in transport to and from the trail heads. Your complimentary use of a satellite-assisted device makes it possible to track your progress, enabling an easy pickup at the end of the hike (and SOS capability in the off chance things go awry). nordicinncb.com; limelighthotel.com; visitcolorado.com 4. Consider a farm stay.

A stay at the Flint Hill Farm, which is on 28 acres in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County, means you and your family will learn about country life dating back to 1850.

Find out what it means to run a certified raw cow and goat milk dairy and how artisan cheese, butter and yogurt are made. Collect eggs for breakfast and then, if you like, assist with feeding and handling the horses, chickens, pigs and sheep. farmstayus.com; flinthillfarmag.org Camp under the stars.

Keep your carbon footprint low by setting up your tent close to home. Teach the kids what it means to “take only pictures and leave only footprints.” Bring reusable utensils and containers and leave the campsite better than you found it.

While exploring, discuss the importance of staying on marked trails to protect fragile ecosystems. americasstateparks.org; nps.gov

ing his area of operations during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityof anacortes.org.

cultural immersion, with food and conversational instruction. Tuition is $198, which includes some meals.

Onsite lodging is available.

360-321-2101 or nwlan guageacademy.com.

SCOTLAND: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Rudy Gahler will highlight his Road Scholar tour of Scotland, including historical tidbits along with scenery.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext.

21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

WEEKEND LANGUAGE INTENSIVE: The Northwest Language Academy will host a language intensive weekend on French on May 16-17 at the NWLA Cultural Center, 5023 Langley Road, Langley. The weekend will include language and

n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel. com. Email: lohayes@family travel.com.

SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Skagit County senior centers offer short escorted trips. For information, call the Anacortes Senior Center at 360-293-7473 or sign up at your local senior center.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 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.

“Escape from New York” (Collector’s Edition): The fact that this movie gave the film world the character of Snake Plissken (played with growling style by Kurt Russell ) is reason enough to own this film. Snake is as tough as the Terminator and as sarcastic as Han Solo.

In the 1981 film by John Carpenter, the island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners can go wherever they want.

That’s not a good thing when the plane carrying the president (Donald Pleasence ) crashes there.

Snake is the only man who can brave the island and get the president back.

The only problem is he’s been given only 24 hours to accomplish the mission.

If he doesn’t, he’ll lose his head.

“Naked & Afraid: Season 1”: Television has long had huge areas of wasteland, but this cable series is one of the most scorched earth efforts to come along.

It’s one thing to put people in survival situations with limited resources, which can be educational.

The addition of the naked element only fosters more potential for injury or illness. There’s a dose of masochism in offering this show as entertainment. It’s only worth is showing just how miserable and sickening TV can get.

“Tour of Duty: The Complete Series”: Terence Knox heads a strong cast in this late-’80s series about a U.S. Army platoon during the Vietnam War. “Cake”: Jennifer Aniston plays a woman looking for human connection and self-forgiveness.

“Bleaching Black Culture”: Explores the African-American influence on culture.

“Taken 3”: Liam Neeson plays a man who goes

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: APRIL 28 Paddington The Wedding Ringer The Boy Next Door The Gambler MAY 5 Selma Black or White Spare Parts The Pyramid Mr. Turner n Tribune News Service

on one last journey for revenge.

“The Marine 4: Moving Target”: Mike “The Miz” Mizanin returns to the role of American hero Jake Carter.

“Fortitude”: Dark drama set in the melting Arctic.

Stanley Tucci stars.

“Dinosaur Train: Explore Outdoors!”: Features eight nature-themed adventures.

“Musketeers, The Season 2”: Swashbuckling series from BBC America.

“Supremacy”: Danny Glover stars in this story of a family taken hostage by a paroled white supremacist.

“Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”: Street dancers look to earn some respect in this double feature.

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Complete Series”: Four postal workers become a team of dead letter detectives.

“Yukon Men Season 3”: The battle against the elements continues in Tanana, Alaska.

“What’s Happening: The Complete Series”: Includes 65 episodes of the comedy starring Fred Berry and Shirley Hemphill . n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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EARSHOT JAZZ SPRING SERIES: Through June 28, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot. org.

“JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL & LIVING IN PARIS”: Through May 17, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

INFECTED MUSHROOM: April 23, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

BIG DATA: April 23, The Crocodile, Seattle.

877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

TECH N9NE: April 24, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GOHARD FESTIVAL: with Porter Robinson, Flosstradamus, Tchami, Rae Sremmurd, Destructo, Jauz, Anna Lunoe, Wax Motif: April 25, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

MASSIVE MONKEES DAY: April 25, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

MASTODON, CLUTCH: April 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: April 28, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

VOLBEAT: with Anthrax and Crobot: April 29, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

“SOMETHING ROTTEN”: April 29-May 24, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

RICHARD CHEESE AND LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: April 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LONDON TONE MUSIC CELEBRATION: April 30, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-838-4333 or tripledoor.net.

JEFF AUSTIN BAND, FRUITION: May 1, The Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

FLIGHT TO MARS: May 1-2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE DIPLOMATS: May 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MARIACHI DIVAS: May 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, TLC, NELLY: May 6, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

ALL TIME LOW: May 6, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SLEATER-KINNEY: May 7-9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GRIZ: May 8, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NEIL DIAMOND: May 10, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JAMES BAY: May 10, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

REEL BIG FISH, LESS THAN JAKE: May 13, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN: May 14, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

LUKE BRYAN: with Randy Houser & Dustin Lynch: May 16, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

PASSION PIT: May 19-20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE WATERBOYS: May 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: May 22-25,

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JUICY J: May 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

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JIM JEFFRIES: May 27, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

JJ GREY & MOFRO: May 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO: May 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: May 29, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

APOCALYPTICA: May 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PENN & TELLER: May 29, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

DUSTIN KENSRUE: May 30, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

WALK OFF THE EARTH: May 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

REFUSED: May 30, The Crocodile, Seattle.

877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

BETTE MIDLER: June 1, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

OF MICE AND MEN: June 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ANUHEA & ETANA: June 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

YELAWOLF: June 3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BEST COAST: June 4, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TOWER OF POWER: June 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

SHANIA TWAIN: June 5, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NEON TREES: June 6, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SEINABO SEY: June 6, Showbox SoDo Lounge, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

HALESTROM: June 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE STORY SO FAR: June 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

EMILY KINNEY: June 12, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbia citytheater.com. n For a complete list, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”

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the Depot Art & Community Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Space is limited.

No applications; first come gets in. No fees; 20 percent commission on sales.

Contact Karla Locke at 360-588-6968 or kklocke1@ mac.com.

a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16. Rent space in the rec center parking lot for $20; vendors will be assigned one slot to park and one to set up sales. Preregister by May 13.

Harbor. Parts are available for 30 children and youths CALL FOR ANACORTES ages 8-18. Rehearsals will ARTISTS: The Anacortes normally be held from 6:30 Arts Commission is acceptto 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesing two-dimensional art days and Wednesdays. Persubmissions from Anaformances will take place cortes artists through April June 25-28. For informa30 for an exhibition set for CALL FOR MAKEUP/FX tion, including registration June through November in costs, contact director Stan ARTISTS: The Skagit Valthe main hallway and counley College Drama Depart- Thomas at 360-675-0574 CALL FOR VENDORS: cil chambers at Anacortes ment is looking for makeup or visit whidbeyplayhouse.

City Hall. The commission Burlington Parks and Reccom/youth-theater.html. and zombie FX artists for reation is looking for venis looking for artwork on its upcoming production the theme “Whatever Boats dors for several events at the center, 900 E. Fairhaven of “Night of the Living DANCE You Float” — art created Ave., Burlington. For infor- Dead,” set for May 8-16 at THURSDAY DANCE: in any medium relating McIntyre Hall. For information or to register, call Dance to The Skippers to boating in our area: mation, email damond. from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurswork boats, pleasure boats, 360-755-9649. morris@skagit.edu.

Spring Garden ‘n’ Gifts days at Hillcrest Lodge, sailboats, fishing boats, Faire: Noon to 6 p.m.

1717 S. 13th St., Mount boat-building, ferries, anyAUDITIONS Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 Vernon. For information, thing that floats on water. p.m. Saturday, May 15-16. contact Gisela at 360-424For complete submission “PIRATES OF Applications are being 5696. requirements, call Mary at PENZANCE JR.”: The accepted for crafts, artists, 360-293-1918 or visit anaWhidbey Playhouse WouldCOMMUNITY DANCE: cortesartscommission.com. home business consultants, Be-Players will hold audigarden/plant vendors. An Dance to the big band The commission also tions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. seeks artwork of the same 8-foot-square booth costs Monday and Tuesday, May music of Camano Junction from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturtheme for a show on Friday $40. Preregister by May 1.

11-12, at the Star Studio, and Saturday, June 5-6, at 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak day, April 25, at Camano Junk in Your Trunk: 9 Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

MUSIC UKULELE WORKSHOP: Ukulele performer and instructor Ralph Shaw will present “Sixties Songshop” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Shaw will teach advanced beginners and intermediate ukulele players new strums and embellishments based in favorite hits from the ’60s. $25. 360-293-7473.

SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club welcomes performers (intermediate and above), listeners and guests to join the fun at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 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 — ’20s to ’70s classical, popular, western and gospel. Free. For information, call Elaine at 360-4284228.

RECREATION “TREK FOR TREASURE”: Registration is open for the fourth annual hiking challenge and treasure hunt. The event includes six hikes throughout Skagit County and the surrounding area.

Your team of two or more people will have two weeks to complete each hike, at your own pace and convenience. Hidden at the end of each hike is a treasure chest with a riddle inside. Complete all six hikes, solve the riddle and find the treasure. Hikes start June 5. For information or to register, call the United General Fitness Center at 360-856-7524 or visit trekfortreasure.org.

TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Builders seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance on Saturday, April 25, at Little Mountain Park in Mount Vernon.

Planned projects include a new trail and bicycle skills park. Family-friendly work sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or shine. Lunch, snacks, tools and training are provided. For information, call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-336-6215 or visit mountvernontrail builders.com.

vide food for salmon. These riparian zones also improve water quality by controlling erosion and filtering pollutants. All planting events take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

For information or to sign up: 360-336-0172, or sfeg@ skagitfisheries.org. Next up: April 25: Earth Day celebration at Skagit Land Trust’s Utopia property.

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

360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up: Big Beaver Pond Traverse: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 25. Meet at the old city dump gate at 37th and A Avenue. Check out emerging plants, frog and bird song, and flowing water.

INTRO TO GEOCACHING: Mount Vernon City Library will present an “Introduction to Geocaching: A high-tech outdoor treasure hunt” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at the library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

Bring your hand-held GPS or smartphone if you have one (not required). Free.

360-336-6209.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks. For information, call Ann at 360-293-3044 or Susan, 360SALMON HABITAT RES- 659-8792 or 360-333-7437.

TORATION: Join Skagit Next up: Fisheries Enhancement April 28: Goose Rock in Group to help restore Deception Pass State Park. native riparian plants in the Meet in the parking lot at Skagit and Samish waterthe south end of the bridge. sheds. The plants provide This moderate walk with shade and cover for salmon some hills includes woods and leaf litter for aquatic and open bluffs full of insects, which in turn prospring flowers.

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Planned ‘Full House’ just latest revival The Associated Press

Netflix is resuscitating the 1987-95 ABC sitcom “Full House” — which, even for fans, is tenderly remembered as ephemeral fluff — for 13 new episodes revisiting the Tanners of San Francisco and re-titled “Fuller House.”

It follows a trend of late.

Two years ago, Netflix revived the offbeat comedy “Arrested Development.”

CBS is in its fifth season of the updated “Hawaii FiveO.” And “The Odd Couple” premiered in February on CBS starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon.

And what’s ahead? n A reboot of the 199091 ABC thriller “Twin Peaks,” set for 2016, was announced last fall by Showtime with co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost back on board. Earlier this month, Lynch said he was exiting the project, but Showtime expressed hopes of salvaging the series with both principals participating. n NBC is game for a new round of the 1989-97 sitcom “Coach.” The network has ordered 13 episodes of what it is pointedly calling a “sequel,” not a revival or, um, rip-off of the ABC original, with Craig T. Nelson again starring as Hayden Fox, former head coach of a college football team and now assistant coach to his grown son, who’s the new head coach at an Ivy League school. n And don’t forget “The X-Files,” which will bring back agents Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) after a dozen years’ absence from the Fox airwaves for six new episodes set to air on Fox this summer.

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MOVIES NEW REVIEWS “PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2” is even more of a kids’ movie than the 2009 original — slapstick and sight gags built around a clueless plump lump. It’s harmless, and Kevin James tries to find a place among the cinema’s pratfall kings.

“They say overweight people use humor to achieve affection,” one wag cracks during the film. So it is with James. Watch the way he takes a tumble, sells a creaky gag that has Blart bouncing off a store window or overdoes his cop slide across the slick floor. Check out the effort he put into making Blart only graceful on a Segway, his mall patrol vehicle of choice.

It’s a shame none of this stuff ever rises above a slight grin.

Blart has married and had a quicky divorce since “Mall Cop 1,” and here he and zaftig daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez of TV’s “Austin & Ally”) visit Las Vegas for a “fake cop” convention at the Wynn Resort.

Neal McDonough is the villain leading a team of crooks in an attempted art heist. Blart, mocked and underestimated by crooks and his peers, springs into action after Maya and this cute valet she’s flirting with are taken hostage.

James tries too hard. He mugs like A & W, punches bad dialogue as if he’s never told a joke and strains to make the pratfalls land. The studio didn’t spend a dime on giving him anybody funny to play off of — Ana Gasteyer and Loni Love and Gary Valentine? Nothing funny to say or do, here.

1:34. Rating: PG for some violence. H “MONKEY KINGDOM,” Disneynature’s latest Earth Day offering, is an intriguing peek inside the social structure of macaque monkey society in Sri Lanka. So while it’s got plenty of cute macaque monkeys, playing and cavorting, there’s also a little social commentary in the mirror the monkey movie holds up to us.

It’s about Maya, a young female trapped, by birth, among “the low born.” The alpha male and three testy red-faced queens, “the sisters,” get the dry sleeping quarters, the ripest figs in the top of the tree, first pick of the mushrooms and assorted other fruits that make up the diet of their tribe of 50.

Maya, as Tina Fey narrates, “gets the scraps. This is what it means to be last in line.”

When she has a baby by a displaced male looking for a community to join, her story becomes a single mom’s tale, protecting tiny Kip from a monitor lizard and other external dangers, and the cruelty of “the sisters” and an unjust social hierarchy.

Heavy stuff, not that the very young members of Generation ADHD will catch all of it.

But they may be bothered by the violence. Macaque cliques go at it, with their vampire fangs flashing and expressive eyebrows expressing rage in attacks designed to uproot Maya’s tribe from Castle Rock and the abandoned ancient Sri Lankan city that they call home.

“Chimpanzee” filmmakers Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill never stray far from the overarching mission of Disney’s noblest film endeavor — capturing natural worlds and animal behavior at its rawest.

1:21. Rating: G. HHH n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Cinderella” — Disney’s live-action “Cinderella” movie is an enchanting, exhilarating romantic adventure with gorgeous scenery, terrific sets, stellar cinematography and Oscar-worthy costumes.

Lily James sparkles in the title role, and Cate Blanchett makes a deliciously terrifying evil stepmother. Instead of a re-imagined reboot, it’s oldfashioned, and that’s kind of refreshing. Fantasy, PG, 105 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Clouds of Sils Maria” — An expertly filmed insider’s look at the film business, the trappings of fame and the unstoppable, sometimes bone-chilling march of time.

It’s rare when a film has three robust, deeply drawn female characters, and Juliette Binoche, Chloe Grace Moretz and Kristen Stewart deliver memorable, nuanced performances. Drama, R, 124 min1 utes. HHH ⁄2 “Ex Machina” — If you’re going to go all-in with the gorgeous, chilling and sometimes ludicrous “Ex Machina,” you’ll have to check your logic at the ticket counter. Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson star in a dizzyingly effective sci-fi/thriller. Sci-fi drama, R, 1 108 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Furious 7” — This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, but I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences -- and there were even some genuinely touching moments.

Action, PG-13, 137 minutes.

HHH “Get Hard” — A racist moron convicted of fraud (Will Ferrell) hires the guy who washes his car (Kevin Hart) to prepare him for prison. The stars have terrific chemistry, but this tired and unimaginative comedy relies too heavily on rape jokes and racial and gay stereotypes. Comedy, R, 100 minutes. HH “Home” — A little Jim Parsons goes a long way, and he grates on your nerves voicing an alien on the run with a smart seventh-grader (Rihanna). Kids will probably enjoy the colors and the music, but anyone over 10 will see the plot twists a mile away. Animated adventure, PG, 96 minutes. HH “Kingsman: The Secret Service” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth

AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS April 24-30 The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (NR): Saturday: 9:30 a.m.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG): FridaySaturday: 1:35, 4:00, 6:50, 9:05: SundayWednesday: 1:35, 4:00, 6:50; Thursday: 1:35, 4:00 Woman in Gold (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:40, 6:30, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:40, 6:30 Get Hard (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:25, 3:50, 6:40, 8:55; Sunday-Thursday: 1:25, 3:50, 6:40 Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): Thursday: 7 p.m.

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360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS April 24-30 The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (NR): Saturday: 9:30 a.m.

The Age of Adaline (PG-13): 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:05 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG): FridayWednesday: 1:35, 4:05, 6:45, 9:15; Thursday: 1:35, 4:05, 9:15 Woman in Gold (PG-13): 1:25, 3:45, 6:40, 9:00 Furious 7 (PG-13): 1:15, 3:55, 6:25, 8:55 Home (PG): Friday-Wednesday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35, 8:45; Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35 Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): Thursday: 7 p.m.

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gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a super-secret British agency.

“Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the oldschool James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Spy adventure, R, 1 129 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Serena” — After a string of fine performances, Bradley Cooper is utterly unbelievable as a ruthless, Depressionera timber baron who looks like he just stepped off a GQ photo shoot. And as his bonkers new bride, Jennifer Lawrence is monumentally bad.

Despite all the ingredients for a prestige film, what we have here is an epic clunker.

Drama, R, 109 minutes. H “The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls just short due to a few way-off-themark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance, PG-13, 104 minutes.

1 HH ⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the

mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javier Bardem are in this international thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shootout or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Longest Ride” — These Nicholas Sparks movies tend to get jumbled into one big cliche-riddled story.

This time around, we get two romances -- one set in modern times, one dating back to the 1940s -- with a twist that’s so ridiculous I think we’re almost supposed to laugh. Romance, PG-13, 139 minutes. HH “The Water Diviner” — Russell Crowe’s lifetime of experience on film sets shows in his directorial debut, a firstrate post-World War I drama with a heavy dose of sentiment and a gripping storyline.

He stars as a grieving Australian who journeys to Turkey to find the remains of his sons, all killed in battle. Drama, R, 1 111 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “True Story” — James Franco delivers a compelling performance as the conniving albeit charming sociopath Christian

Longo in a story based on one of the more bizarre journalist/ defendant alliances in modern annals. Jonah Hill co-stars as Michael Finkel, a disgraced superstar journalist who seizes the opportunity through Longo for a possible career comeback. 1Drama, R, 100 minutes.

HHH ⁄2 “Welcome to New York” — In Abel Ferrara’s lurid, sometimes grotesque, trainwreck-watchable film, Gerard Depardieu almost literally fills the screen as an enormous bear of a man accused of rape and clearly based on former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. While the script leaves little doubt the powerful man is guilty as sin, there’s considerable doubt as to whether the punishment will fit the crime. Drama, R, 1 108 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “While We’re Young” — Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as aging Generation X’ers who adopt the trappings of their fatuous new 20-something friends (Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried). Though it takes a nosedive at the end, much of writerdirector Noah Baumbach’s film plays like razor-sharp Woody Allen in his prime. Comedy, R, 94 minutes. HHH

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MUSIC REVIEWS DWIGHT YOAKAM, “Second Hand Heart” — Dwight Yoakam is many years removed from the days when his everything-in-its-right-place neo-classic Bakersfield honky tonk was regularly heard on commercial country radio.

Nowadays, the Pikeville, Kentuckyraised, Los Angeles-based singer and actor is a revered elder statesman to such blustery young rebels as Eric Church, just as he once championed such heroes as Buck Owens.

With “Second Hand Heart,” however — released nearly three decades after his 1986 debut “Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.” — Yoakam shows that he’s as proficient as ever when it comes to everything-in-itsright-place record making.

If anything, on this self-produced set of mostly originals, he sounds even more energized (and in love with reverb) than he did on 2012’s “3 Pears,” even breathing new life into “Man of Constant Sorrow” in a raucous, rocked-out reading of that gospel-bluegrass standard. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

WALE, “The Album About Nothing” — There used to be a time when sing-songy

Washington rapper Wale was known for life-of-the-party lyrics, and his closest association was with his label boss, Rick Ross.

Now, Wale, 30, is more reflective, and his best buddy is Jerry Seinfeld, the dry sitcom legend whose concept of humorous nothingness has given the rapper a quirky conceptualism that fueled 2008’s “The Mixtape About Nothing,” 2014’s “Festivus,” and now this full-length album.

Rather than sample Seinfeld, as Wale did previously, the comedian is the new album’s narrator and an instigator on such snarky songs as “The Matrimony,” where the process of love’s relationships is put under a comic microscope (with vocalist Usher for extra added soul). This doesn’t mean “The Album About Nothing” is a laugh-fest.

The beat of a different drummer — more midtempo than in his past — allows Wale to ruminate with deliciously dramatic prose on such weighty issues as going through a miscarriage and questioning true talent.

“The Middle Finger” may drop more F-bombs than a Tarantino film, but its

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subject is hopeless depression. “The Pessimist” goes at the currency of America’s race relations and decides that dope is just a salve for the real problems at hand.

Grammy-winning rock band Halestorm is out with its third studio album, “Into the Wild Life,” 13 tracks of edge-free power rock, spurred on Lzzy Hale’s strong vocals — if anything else. n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer It’s not that Halestorm doesn’t have musical chops — it’s there in spades and THE VERY BEST, “Makes a King” — the band is varied, accomplished and tight, They started as a trio: Etienne Tron (a but the songs themselves are highly forFrenchman), Johan Karlberg (a Swede), mulaic and rely on too many tired tricks and Esau Mwamwaya, a Malawi-born of the big rock trade. singer working in a second-hand furniture Hale’s voice is the centerpiece, strong shop in London. “Warm Heart of Africa” and raging at times, and gravelly and full (2009) was born out of their happy creof emotion at others. On “Dear Daughative marriage, riffing on MIA and invitter,” Hale plays it perfect while pitching ing Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig into individuality and perseverance to her the studio to kiss the title track with his “daughter” in the lyrics. band’s preppy Afro-pop stamp of punchy But mostly we’ve got Hale delivering charm. vocal bombast. She screams on “Sick IndiThe trio created something really spevidual,” shrieks on “Mayhem” and comes cial on their debut: a shiny, clean beacon on brass and bawdy on “Apocalyptic,” of joyous world music that fused elecan over-the-top track that is perhaps the tronic and house tendencies with folky, album’s best since it is so in sync with the reverent nods to Kwaito and Highlife band’s aim. music, all with Mwamwaya’s voice soaring Halestorm is powerful enough to play a above the fray. big hit earworm song, but remains unlikely to pen one. “Into the Wild Life” isn’t n Bill Chenevert, The Philadelphia Inquirer nearly as wild as it thinks it is.

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