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ON STAGE PAGE 8 Mavis Staples plays The Skagit this weekend TUNING UP PAGE 9

Megs McLean plays Loco Billy’s in Stanwood on Saturday

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK and business changes.

“Wonder”: Auggie Upcoming Those behind “The (Jacob Tremblay) has Deuce” never show the been home-schooled movie releases dark matter as someall his young life by his Following is a partial thing of honor but as the mom (Julia Roberts). schedule of DVD releases unflinching, dehumanThat was necessary (dates subject to change): izing and destructive because of the physiworld that existed and cal complications the FEB. 20 remains a part of Ameriyoungster was born n Daddy’s Home 2 ca’s dark past. with that required him n The Star “Broad City: Season to have a long string n Same Kind of Differ4”: The cable series finds of surgeries to correct ent as Me Abbi and Ilana conmany of the problems. n The Florida Project tending with gray hairs It’s decided that middle n Midnight, Texas: and the prospect of real school is the perfect Season One relationships. time for Auggie to start “The Sinner”: Young attending classes with FEB. 27 woman commits an act other children. n Coco of violence on a crowded Too often films that n Murder on the Orient beach for no apparent offer such lofty visions Express reason. Jessica Biel stars. are presented in a den Darkest Hour “Hellraiser: Judgmanding way. “Wonder” n Three Billboards Outment”: Pinhead returns is not one of those movside Ebbing, Missouri in the next chapter of the ies as director Stephen n Let There Be Light “Hellraiser” series.

Chbosky (“The Perks n MacGyver – Season 1 “Blade of the of Being a Wallflower”) — Tribune News Service Immortal”: Immortal manages to make some samurai uses his powers very important points to avenge those who while not sacrificing the have been wrongfully murdered. entertainment elements. He does this “Pokemon the Movie: I Chose through a script lovingly based on the You”: Ash Ketchum is permitted to best-selling book by R.J. Palacio and a cast that can deliver emotional moments become a Pokemon Trainer.

“Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie”: without being melodramatic.

Arnold looks for his parents while on “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”: The role his class field trip to Central America.

Denzel Washington attacks with vigor “The Ballad of Lefty Brown”: After is that of a lawyer with a brilliant and beautiful mind who is more comfortable his partner is murdered, Brown vows to poring over law books than dealing with avenge his friend’s death. Bill Pullman stars. social situations. When his law partner “Line 41”: Documentary about a dies, Roman is forced to leave the comHolocaust survivor who returns to fortable environment he has enjoyed Poland to learn what happened to his for decades to search for other work. family.

He eventually ends up in a high-end “#artoffline”: Manuel Correa’s doclaw firm run by George Pierce (Colin umentary looks at the crisis facing the Farrell), a former student of Roman’s contemporary art world. old boss. He has problems adjusting, “Animal Kingdom: The Comhowever, and problems arise.

Dan Gilroy has worked as a writer for plete Second Season”: A family is in chaos when a grandmother takes in her years, but “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” is only 17-year-old nephew when his mother his second film as a director. A more passes from a drug overdose. experienced hand likely would have “Paradise”: Director Andrei Konknown to pull Washington back a bit chalovsky’s story of star-crossed lovers and realized the script — especially its during wartime. second half — needed a major rewrite.

“Ben 10: Villain Time”: Includes the “The Deuce: The Complete First first 20 episodes from season one of the Season”: The HBO series about poranimated series about an alien-powered nography and prostitution in New York kid hero as he travels the country with in the ’70s and ’80s recalls a world that should be seen as one of America’s great his family and alien friends in tow. shames, but it’s hard to ignore because — Rick Bentley, Tribune News Service out of it came so many political, social

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Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts star in “Wonder,” out this week on DVD.

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Out & About ........................................... 4-5 Get Involved............................................ 6-7 On Stage ......................................................8 Tuning Up....................................................9 Travel..........................................................10 Hot Tickets................................................11 Music .........................................................12 At the Lincoln...........................................13 Movies..................................................14-15 ON THE COVER Tommy Castro & The Painkillers will perform Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Conway Muse. Peggy DeRose photo.

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Tommy Castro returns to rip at the Muse

MICHEL VERLINDEN

By SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD STAFF

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ommy Castro and The Painkillers, led by the fleet-fingered singer/guitarist, make a return engagement to Skagit County this week as the band performs at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Conway Muse.

Castro has made the Muse a frequent stop on the band’s touring schedule in recent years. The band is touring in support of its latest Alligator Records release, “Stomping Ground,” a 12-song ripper that takes full advantage of the band’s ability to combine R&B, blues and roadhouse soul, all punctuated by Castro’s stinging work on guitar.

Castro has played thousands of shows to hundreds of thousands of fans, according to a news release.

He formed the Painkillers — bassist Randy McDonald, keyboardist Michael Emerson and drummer Bowen Brown — in 2012, and released “The Devil You Know” in 2014 and “Method To My Madness” in 2015.

TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS

7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $27. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

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Tommy Castro performs in 2012 at the Conway Muse.

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OUT & ABOUT

EAGLE HAVEN SOUNDS

ART

THE EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT AND COLOR: Stephen R. Hill’s show “The Expressive Language of Light and Color” takes place during February at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The Lopez Island artist will show his latest plein air paintings from his many travels; this series focuses on light and color. Also showing: still-life oils by Barbara Benedetti Newton, Northwest landscapes in oil by Damon Brown, impressionistic oils by Donna Nevitt Radtke and nautical and bird paintings in oil by Lorna Libert. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. scottmilo.com.

MILES AND WALTON: Paintings by Betty Miles and Katie Walton are being featured during February at Hadrian Stone Gallery, 5717 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

Miles’ paintings on canvas and panel are colorful impressions of her garden. Walton’s paintings are of barns and features of the valley. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. 360-722-9438 or at htroc.com.

THE GOOD STUFF: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, continues its two-month show “Art Dynamics,” featuring more than 30 local artists. Cynthia Richardson is the featured artist for February showcasing her Pacific Northwest scenes.

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Wes Jones will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, in the cooperage room at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. The audience will be limited to 50; RSVP to 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com/events.html.

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

Mondays to Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

SMITH AND VALLEE: Smith & Vallee Gallery’s

sixth annual Bird Invitational features over 50 Pacific Northwest artists, exhibiting a variety of medium. The gallery is open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5742 Gilkey

Ave., Edison.

GREETING CARDS ON DISPLAY: Enjoy a special exhibit of Valentine cards from the collection at the Skagit

County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth Street, La Conner. See how people communicated their love before the days of Facebook and Twitter, as well as

other treasures from the museum’s permanent collection. Admission: Adults $5, seniors $4, families $10. 360-4663365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

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OUT & ABOUT LECTURES AND TALKS

PAINLESS DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING: 6:30 p.m. today, Feb. 15, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. Led by Cindy Jobs, a certified organizer coach, business productivity consultant and the owner of Organize to Simplify, a productivity and organizing business focused on finding ways to simplify, organize, downsize, declutter, and bring new processes to everyday work and home lives.

NO MORE BOMBS MEETING: 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 16, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. The meeting will focus on the latest updates on nuclear arsenals and writing postcards to Congress.

SOCRATES CAFE: Join a moderated philosophical conversation on “What is the fundamental difference between socialism and capitalism?” at Socrates Cafe from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Free. For more information, contact Ben McBroom at 360299-0415 or benmcbroom@yahoo.com.

BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS: Birder, photographer and carpenter Joe Meche, author of “Beaks and Bills,” will discuss birds, their often-hidden nests and how the public can make species-appropriate nest boxes and enhance natural nesting habitat, at

7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Island County Multipurpose Center (blue building), 141 N. East Camano Drive.

Meche will share designs for predator-proof nest boxes for common Camano Island cavity-nesting birds.

The Camano Wildlife Habitat Project hosts public presentations the third Wednesday of the month. 360-387-2236, camanowildlifehabitat. org or camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com.

BRANDING GETS PERSONAL: Learn how you can personally brand yourself to make an impression at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 22, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Jacque Beamer of BrandQuery is a 30-plus year expert in branding and marketing.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SERIES: The Outdoor Adventure Speaker Series is held at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville, from 6 to 8 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Local authors, outdoor enthusiasts and naturalists use their adventures and expertise on topics including hiking, kayaking, nature photography, boating and more. marysvillewa.gov or 360-363-8400. Next up: n Tuesday, Feb. 27: Dave Elling presents “Paddle Pilgrim: Kayaking the Mississippi River.” Ellingson recounts his adventure down the Mississippi River. n Tuesday, March 27: Dan Clements presents “BC’s Great Bear Rainforest: Home of Moksgm’ol – The White Spirit Bear.”

GET ON THE SKAGIT BAG BAND WAGON: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

Carol Sullivan, a local recycling educator, will answer questions about plastic bags, what eventually happens to those bags and more.

MUSIC

EAGLE HAVEN SOUNDS: Wes Jones will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, in the cooperage room at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. The audience will be limited to 50; RSVP to 360-8566248 or eaglehavenwinery.com/events.html.

BELLINGHAM DIXIELAND ALL-STARS: The eight-piece band featuring vocalist Mary Michaelson will perform from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Avenue, Anacortes. $5, under 18 free.

Snacks included, nohost bar. 360-293-7836.

IRISH MUSIC: Join in for a monthly Irish music session 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 18, at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave. Musicians and audience members welcome. This event is free and open to the public. celticarts.org.

JAZZ AT PEGAGUS: Mark Ashworth (guitar, vocals) and Mark Kelly (saxophones) will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Pegasus Art Gallery, 301 W. Holly St., Bellingham. Free admission. This will be the gallery’s final concert until springtime, ac-

cording to a new release.

For more information, contact Heidi Wood (360-599-7731) or K.C. Sulkin (360-671-1709).

PLAYS

”THE PRODUCERS”: Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, will present the Mel Brooks comedy-musical from through March 4. $20.

For tickets and show times: whidbeyplayhouse.com or 360-6792237. ”BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: Presented by Theater Arts Guild and Skagit Valley College from Feb. 23 to March 4 at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40. 360416-7727.

MORE FUN

TREE ECOLOGY AND WALKABOUT: Walk among rare old-growth forest with Kevin Zobrist, author and forestry professor at Washington State University, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at Rockport State Park, 51905 Highway 20, Rockport. Discover Pass required. The park features fir, cedar and hemlock that are more than 400 years old and top out at 250 feet, including the 500-year-old Grandmother Cedar.

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE CO-OP: Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St., Mount Vernon, will host a series of free movie nights in February. Films start at 7 p.m. in Room 309. Next up: n Feb. 21: “Unbroken Ground.” n Feb. 28: “Before the Flood.”

BIRDING CRUISE: The Skagit Audubon Society will host an opportunity to observe seabirds, shorebirds, waterfowl and other wildlife on the Salish Sea onboard the Blackfish IV from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, departing from the Skyline Marina, Anacortes. $60, reservations required. Contact Tim Manns at 360-3368753 or conservation@ skagitaudubon.org.

TWILIGHT ZONE APPRECIATION: The Twilight Zone Appreciation Night and Viewing Party will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at Seaport Books, 106 S. First St., La Conner. Enjoy three episodes, free admission and refreshments. 360399-1800.

POETRY READING: Sam and Sally Green will read their poetry at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at Pelican Bay Books & Coffeehouse, 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Sam Green, the state’s first poet laureate of Washington State, most recently released the collection “All That Might Be Done” in 2014.

VALENTINE’S DANCE/PARTY: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Refreshments, raffle prizes, and a DJ playing variety of music. $2 suggested donation at door.

MASQUERADE PARTY: 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, Grand Willow Inn, 17926 Dunbar Road, Mount Vernon.

Peterson Conservatory of Music and Arts is celebrating the 2017 achievements of its students. Delicacies, raffles and a silent auction.

Prizes awarded for best costumes. $40.

BIRD YOUR WORLD: Visit with Birds of Prey and find out what these powerful aviary hunters are all about from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at the Sedro-Woolley Community Center, 703 Pacific St. OLD TOOLS AND NEW-FANGLED FURNITURE: The exhibit kicks off with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 23, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The exhibit runs through May 13. skagitcounty. net/departments/historicalsociety.

POLICE OFFICER STORY TIME: Burlington police officers will hold a storytime from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Learn about police officer equipment, safety tips, sing songs, play games and more. Free.

BIRDING FOR KIDS — A BIRD BINGO ADVENTURE IN SKAGIT VALLEY: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a fun way to introduce kids to identifying and learning about winter birds in farm fields and bays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. weekends through mid-March.

Weekday arrangements can be made for home schoolers. For details and reservations, call 360-474-7479.

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GET INVOLVED ART

PHOTOGRAPHY: “Photography: How to Capture Awesome Images with your DSLR Camera” will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington.

Prerequisites: DSLR Beginners Level 1 or be very comfortable shooting in the manual mode. $40.

CALL FOR MOSAIC ARTISTS: Northwest Garden Bling and Wolf Designs’ annual Mosaic Challenge is underway and will culminate with a juried presentation of artwork May 1-13.

First, second, third and People’s Choice awards will be given. 360-7083279, nwgardenbling@ frontier.com or stop in

BEAUTY & THE BEAST TAG & SVC DRAMA PRESENTS FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 10

SPRING CONCERT

MVHS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TUESDAY, MARCH 13

DERVISH

MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16

360.416.7727

mcintyrehall.org

at Northwest Garden Bling at 44574 Highway 20 in Grassmere Village, Concrete.

POSTER CONTEST: Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market is holding a contest for the market’s 2018 poster. All submissions must be 11 inches by 17 inches and in full color. Send submissions by Feb. 28 to Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market, P.O. Box 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, or email sedrowoolleyfarmersmarket@gmail. com. Open to all ages and abilities. Winner receives $250.

ARTS COMMISSION: The Mount Vernon Arts Commission meets at 4:30 p.m the third Tuesday of each month at Hillcrest Park Administration Office, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

The commission needs two additional members. 360-336-6215.

CALL FOR SCULPTURES: San Juan Islands Sculpture Park invites sculptors to submit entries for its ongoing juried sculpture review.

All sculptures must be deemed safe and should be suitable for exhibition in an outdoor setting and capable of withstanding occasional high winds, rain and possible snow. Accepted sculptures will be installed for a two-year period (if not sold sooner) in the 20-acre park located near Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. For complete submission guidelines, visit sjisculpturepark.com.

CALL FOR INSTRUCTORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation is looking for qualified

instructors to expand its enrichment classes for youths and adults.

To download an instructor’s packet, visit burlingtonwa.gov and click on the “Instructors Needed” tab. For more information: 360-7559649 or recreation@ burlingtonwa.gov.

CALL FOR ART TEACHERS: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, is looking for qualified, experienced beginning art teachers in watercolor, drawing, sketching and mixed media art forms. Call to schedule a meeting to show your work and discuss your experience. Kat Peterson, 360-755-3152.

ART CLASSES

BEGINNING BRONZE METAL CLAY: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. monamuseum.org or 360-466-4446.

BOOKS

GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP MEETING: The Great Books Reading Group examines passages from important writings in history. The group meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Burlington Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. All are welcome. 360941-1437 and shunji. asari@gmail.com.

DANCE

SCOTTISH DANCING: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Beginners and experienced dancers welcome. Free, open to

the public. celticarts.org.

BEGINNING SQUARE DANCING: 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Couples and singles welcome. First two evenings are free, $4 thereafter. 360-4244608 (leave a message) or rosie@valleyint.com.

BEGINNING LINE DANCING: 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays, through Feb. 27, Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. $6 dropins, $20 per monthly session. For adults and teens 13 and older. recreation@burlingtonwa. gov and 360-755-9649.

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers meet Tuesdays at Bay View Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30 p.m.

The first session is free, $5 thereafter. All welcome. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

SCOTTISH DANCING: Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Fairhaven Library auditorium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes without heels. $8 per class. For information, call Mary Anderson at 360-933-1779 or visit bellinghamscd.org.

JOLLY TIME CLUB: Dance to live music from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-424-5696.

Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident.

360-223-3230.

MUSIC

LOVE TO SING?: Join the women of Harmony Northwest Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music.

All skill levels welcome.

360-201-5861 or harmonynorthwest.org.

UKULELE FUN & SONG CIRCLE: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Free. Beginners welcome and loaner ukuleles available. Song sheets provided. 206-790-4862 or yogaheartspace0@ gmail.com.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-293-2544.

IRISH MUSIC: Join in for a monthly Irish music session from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave. Musicians and audience members welcome.

Free, open to the public. celticarts.org.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Join the An-OChords, a four-part barbershop harmony group that meets at 7 p.m.

Thursdays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 18th St., Mount Vernon. No experience necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome. anochords.org.

360-466-0109.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland.

St. Free; donations accepted. 360-630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 5 to 7 p.m.

Thursdays at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000

OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, TALKS NO MORE BOMBS MEETING: 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 16, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. The meeting will focus on the latest updates on nuclear arsenals and writing postcards to Congress.

SOCRATES CAFE: Join a moderated philosophical conversation on “What is the fundamental difference between socialism and capitalism?” at Socrates Cafe from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Free. For more information, contact Ben McBroom at 360-299-0415 or benmcbroom@yahoo.com.

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TREE ECOLOGY AND WALKABOUT: Walk among rare old-growth forest with Kevin Zobrist, author and forestry professor at Washington State University, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at Rockport State Park, 51905 Highway 20, Rockport. Discover Pass required. The park features fir, cedar and hemlock that are more than 400 years old and top out at 250 feet, including the 500-year-old Grandmother Cedar.

OPEN PICKLEBALL GYM: Two sessions offered by Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation: Mondays (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 19-May 14) or Thursdays (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 8-May 3) at

Washington Elementary School, 1020 McLean Road. $30 for either eight-week session. Preregistration required: 360-336-6215.

BIG HITTER’S TEEBALL INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE: For boys and girls ages 3-5. Practice begins March 26. $55.

Volunteer coaches and sponsors needed.

Registration deadline is March 9; call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-3366215.

COACH-PITCH INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE: Two divisions for boys and girls: Big Hitters CP1, ages 6 to 8 ($55 fee); and New Intermediate CP2, ages 8 to 9 ($60 fee). Volunteer coaches and sponsors

needed. Registration deadline is March 9; call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360336-6215.

D.A.S.S.H. DOING A SPRINT FOR SAMISH HEALTH: The family 5K fun run/walk will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at Allen Elementary School, 17145 Cook Road, Bow. $10 to $17. A celebration including prizes, geoduck chowder, activities and more will be held in the school gym after the run. Register: databarevents.com/dassh.

BIRDING FOR KIDS — A BIRD BINGO ADVENTURE IN SKAGIT VALLEY: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a fun way to introduce kids to identifying and

learning about winter birds in farm fields and bays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. weekends through mid-March.

Weekday arrangements can be made for home schoolers. For details and reservations, call 360-474-7479.

HEALTHY HIKES: Washington State Parks invites the public to get walking in 2018 with Healthy Hikes at Rockport State Park. Most hikes are self-guided.

Participants who hike 100 miles in the park during 2018 will earn a hand-carved walking stick. Free. 360-8538461 or parks.state. wa.us/574/Rockport.

STANDUP PADDLE BOARD YOGA CLASS: 9:30 to 11 a.m. second

Sunday of each month, Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center, 1603 22nd St., Anacortes. No experience necessary.

Preregistration required at 360-298-0293 or soundyogandsup@ gmail.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. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION: Christian Motorcyclists Association Morning Star Chapter 39 meets the first Monday of every month at Royal Star Buffet,

2300 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon. Dinner at 6 p.m. (optional) with meeting at 7 p.m.

First-time attendees get a free dinner. Contact President Dwight Kaestner at 425-7706154 or cmachapter39@ gmail.com.

FLYSWATTER VOLLEYBALL: 9 a.m. Thursdays, Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St., Sedro-Woolley. All ages and levels of ability welcome. Free.

360-855-1531.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be physically active in Skagit County, including trail guides, an activity tracker and local resources at beactiveskagit.org.

FOR TICKETS OR INFO:

lincolntheatre.org or 360.336.8955

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area February 15-22 Thursday.15 THEATER ”Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

”The Producers”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.16 THEATER ”Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

”The Producers”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC Mavis Staples: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $50-$55. 877-275-2448 or theskagit. com.

WinterStock with Polecat, Sky Colony, Scarlet Locomotive: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15-$20. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Saturday.17 THEATER ”Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

”The Producers”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC Mavis Staples: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $50-$55. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Bellingham Dixieland All-Stars: 7 to 9:30 p.m., Depot Arts Center, 611 R Avenue, Anacortes. $5, under 18 free.

360-293-7836.

Wes Jones: 6 to 8 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Wool-

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”ENCHANTED APRIL” 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. Pictured: Mike Steiner (from left), Sydney Brady, Carolyn Hatch and Don Brady.

ley. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery. com/events.

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”The Producers”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Wednesday.21 MUSIC Daimh Concert: 7 p.m., Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. $20-$25. events@celticarts.org or 360-416-4934.

Thursday.22 THEATER ”The Producers”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

”Bye Bye Birdie”: 7 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $6-10, family of four $29. 360-757-4074.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY.16-17

MAVIS STAPLES 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $50-$55. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues February 15-21 Thursday.15

Deception Connection: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only.

360-848-8882.

Mason Jennings: 8 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $20. 360-7468733 or wildbuffalo.net.

Levi Burkle: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage. com.

The Burying Ground: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Friday.16

Mavis Staples: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $50$55. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Joseph Hein Band: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $10. 360-4453000 or conwaymuse. com.

Little Mountain: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

WinterStock with Polecat, Sky Colony, Scarlet Locomotive: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15$20. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

TimE3jazz: 8 p.m., Cassera Gallery, 106 First St., La Conner. $10-$20. 310-691-9391 or casseranyc@gmail. com.

Planes on Paper, Jacob Navarro: 9 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

Scratch Daddy: 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360-399-1321.

Derringer Darlings: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Matisyahu, Eminence Ensemble: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

Mountain Flowers, Karl Blau: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 State St., Bellingham. 360-771067 or shakedownbellingham.com.

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Mavis Staples: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $50$55. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Little Mountain: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Snug Harbor: 7 to 10 p.m., Guemes Island General Store, 7885 Guemes Island Road, Anacortes. guemesislandgeneralstore.com.

Autograf, Ramzoid, Confresi: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $15.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

Thurston Moore Group, Heron Oblivion: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $20.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

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Sunday.18

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $27. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

SATURDAY.17

MEGS MCLEAN 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $8.

425-737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com

Old Town Tonic: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

Weiswald: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage.com.

Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. anacortesh2o. com or 360-755-3956.

Wes Jones: 6 to 8 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com/ events.

Baby Cakes: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

Bellingham Dixieland All-Stars: 7 to 9:30 p.m., Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. $5, under 18 free. 360-293-7836.

Thomas Harris Quartet: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Christian Casoloary Trio: 5 to 8 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Wednesday.21 Nick Anthony: 6 to 8 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360-399-1321.

Wayne Hayton: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Orville Johnson Band: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Megs McLean: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $8. 425-7375144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

Joan Penney Jazz Quintet: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $12. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

THURSDAY.15

THE BURYING GROUND 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $10.

360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

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TRAVEL

FA M I LY T R AV E L FI V E

Local travel briefs

Historic national park treasures guests, in multiple accents and languages, share their experiences of the day and plans for tomorrow.

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com

Plan ahead for your National Park family vacation. (The best lodging fills quickly.)

Choose from these historic gems to add a layer of history to your outdoor adventure:

1. Many Glacier Hotel, Glacier National Park: There are few places on the planet as stunning as Glacier National Park. And one could argue that the historic Many Glacier Hotel is the ideal venue from which to appreciate the vast and astonishing landscape. Located on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake with jagged peaks as backdrop, the iconic hotel was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1914 to lure tourists to the Wild West. Today, visitors from around the world find their way to this northwestern corner of Montana, eager to see the disappearing glaciers, hike aside azure-colored lakes and to catch a glimpse of resident wildlife.

This secluded, five-story hotel offers visitors a window into the past with old-world style guest rooms and a Swiss Alpine theme. While dedicated to honoring its historic roots, the 214-room gem has undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation that included remodeling rooms, updating furniture and lighting and restoring the dining room to historic standards.

Also included was the return of the “missing staircase.” Once part of the grand lobby, sharing space with soaring beams of Douglas fir and a massive fireplace, the original double helix staircase stretched from the lake level of the hotel to the lobby. It was removed in the mid-’50s to make way for a gift shop.

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Located 330 feet from the rim of the Grand Canyon, the El Tovar hotel opened in 1905 as one of the original Harvey Houses.

As part of the recent remodel, the magnificent spiral staircase has been restored to its former glory.

In addition to world-class hiking, Red Bus tours, boat cruises, horseback rides and evening ranger programs are offered in an unparalleled lakeside setting. visitmontana.com; glaciernationalparklodges.com

2. Yellowstone National Park — Old Faithful Snow Lodge: Built in 1999, recycled timbers were used in the construction of this lodge that offers easy access to the Old Faithful geyser and the wealth of natural resources. Accommodations include lodge rooms and cabins with wildlife and park themes. America’s first national park, established in 1872, Yellowstone spreads into Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and is home to abundant wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison and elk.

Check out the hot springs and geysers and experience a ride in the historic yellow touring cars that add to the historic park experience. The grand Old Faithful Inn recently under-

went renovations and also welcomes guests eager to see the geyser’s faithful performance.

yellowstonenationalparklodges.com

3. El Tovar, Grand Canyon National Park: Find inspiration in this National Historic Landmark hotel, perched just steps from the world’s grandest canyon. Completed in 1905 by the Fred Harvey Company, now the Xanterra Travel Collection, to accommodate tourists arriving to this wonder of the world, El Tovar provides a history-rich lodging experience on the South Rim of the canyon. From your cozy digs, set out for hiking, photographing, journaling and people watching.

grandcanyonlodges.com; visitarizona.com

4. Lake Yellowstone Hotel, Yellowstone National Park: Captivating views of Yellowstone Lake are best appreciated from this elegant hotel’s Sun Room, where classical music performances enchant guests of all ages most evenings during the summer season. The lyrical sounds of a string quartet often serve as a delicious backdrop as

First opened in 1891, in an era when guests arrived by stagecoach, the Grand Old Lady of the Lake was restored to her Colonial Revival heritage during a multimillion-dollar renovation completed in 2014.

A National Historic Landmark, the Lake Yellowstone Hotel update refreshed guest rooms, the dining room, bar, public spaces and redesigned the deli. Walking tours of the hotel are offered for those interested in learning more about the history, hardships and idiosyncrasies of this National Park treasure. yellowstonenationalparklodges.com; travelwyoming. com 5. Zion Lodge, Zion National Park: Peace and refuge.

That’s what the name Zion means. And in this beautiful southern Utah park, filled with shifting and photographic opportunity, you’ll find plenty of both. Bike, stroll or cycle through 146,000 acres of uninterrupted beauty, punctuated by colorful cliffs and canyons as well as diverse plant and animal life. Later choose from more than 200 miles of trails for hiking before relaxing beneath the park’s massive sandstone walls. The lodge, the only in-park lodging, features historic cabins with private porches as well as motel-style rooms with balconies or porches.

zionlodge.com; visitutah. com — Lynn O’Rourke Hayes (LOHayes.com) is an author, family travel expert and enthusiastic explorer. Gather more travel intel on Twitter @lohayes, Facebook, or via FamilyTravel.com

BIRD TOURS: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of birding tours daily around Skagit Valley and surrounding areas. Reservations required: 360-474-7479 or skagitguidedadventures.com.

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.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Whatcom Senior Tours hosts a series of trips for seniors. Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext.

1015 or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham.

RECREATION WITHOUT BORDERS: The organization offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia. 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers fun day trips for members. For details, call the travel desk at 360-279-4587.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s ExperienceWA Call Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. 1-800-544-1800 or tourisminfo@ watourismalliance.com.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts new passport applications and applications for passports that have been expired for more than five years by appointment from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state. gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

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HOT TICKETS A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN: Feb. 15, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

MAVIS STAPLES: Feb. 16-17, The Skagit Casino-Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

TOBYMAC, DANNY GOKEY, MANDISA: Feb. 16, KeyArena, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WALK THE MOON: Feb. 16-17, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM, EKAYA, HUGH MASEKELA: Feb. 16-17, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

DAVID BENOIT, MARC ANTOINE: Feb. 18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

JACOB SARTORIUS, ZACH CLAYTON, HAYDEN SUMMERALL: Feb. 18, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TINSLEY ELLIS: Feb. 20-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

GOGOL BORDELLO: Feb. 20, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MAT KEARNY: Feb. 20, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE DOLLOP: Feb. 22, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOEY ALEXANDER TRIO: Feb. 22-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

MILES ELECTRIC BAND: Feb. 23, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

MARGO PRICE: Feb. 25, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

K.D. LANG: Feb. 26,

SURVIVOR March 9-10, The Skagit Casino-Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BAHAMAS: Feb. 27, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

HERBIE HANCOCK: March 1, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WOOD BROTHERS: March 2, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

G-EAZY: March 3, Accesso Showare Center, Kent. 866-973-9613 or livenation.com.

RYAN MCKASSON AND ERIC MCDONALD: March 3, Phinney Center, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

NEW POLITICS: March 4, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 or livenation.com.

ANDERSON COOPER: March 4, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844-827-8118 or uniquelives.com.

STEEP CANYON RANGERS: March 4, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WALK OFF THE EARTH: March 5, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: March 7, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE LONE BELLOW: March 9, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-

3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SURVIVOR: March 9-10, The Skagit Casino-Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

LORDE, RUN THE JEWELS, YOVE STYRKE: March 9, KeyArena, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PHILLIP PHILLIPS: March 16, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOHN HIATT & THE GONERS: March 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE OH HELLOS: March 23, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

LEFTOVER SALMON, KELLER WILLIAMS: March 24, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

AIR: March 26, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOHN CLEESE: March 26, McCaw Hall, Seattle.

844-827-8118 or uniquelives.com.

BRANDI CARLILE, MARLON WILLIAMS: March 30-31, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

TODRICK HALL: April 4, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TOWER OF POWER: April 5-8, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

THE TRAILER PARK BOYS: April 5, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

WHISKEY MYERS: April 12, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

KENNY G: April 12-15, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

ERASURE: Aug. 14, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BILL MAHER: April 14, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON, BLACK STAR RIDERS: April 15, Accesso Showare Center, Kent.

866-973-9613 or livenation.com.

DENNIS DEYOUNG: April 20-21, The Skagit Casino-Resort, Bow. 877-

275-2448 or theskagit. com.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE: April 23, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. mountbakertheatre.com or 360-734-6080.

BIG SEAN: May 1, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

SHANIA TWAIN: May 3, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KHALID: May 3, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

KENDRICK LAMAR, SZA: May 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

LAURA KING: May 7, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844-8278118 or uniquelives.com.

PINK: May 13, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

PAUL SIMON: May 18, KeyArena, Seattle. 360745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

CAPTAIN SCOTT KELLY: May 23, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844-827-8118 or uniquelives.com.

MAROON 5: May 30, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TOM JONES: June 1, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

STEELY DAN & THE DOOBIE BROTHERS: June 5, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KEVIN HART: June 14, KeyArena, Seattle. 360745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

VIOLA DAVIS: June 18, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8118 or uniquelives. com.

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MUSIC

‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher,’ companion album to new HBO doc, due April 6

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times

HBO’s forthcoming documentary “Elvis Presley: The Searcher” largely sidesteps the rock star’s status as a pop culture icon in favor of highlighting his artistic ambitions, a take that has prompted his record label to assemble a companion soundtrack album that similarly favors his most creative recordings over his signature hits.

“Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack)” is set for release April 6 by Sony Legacy, just ahead of the April 14 premiere of the documentary directed by Thom Zimny, perhaps best known for his longtime video collaborations with Bruce Springsteen.

The album will be released in several configurations: a single CD, a double LP vinyl set and perhaps most significantly, a three-CD deluxe box set.

The latter version spans his earliest recordings at Sun Studio in Memphis, such as “That’s All Right” and “My Baby Left Me,” through song choices that reveal his questing nature that often was obscured by his fame as well as by his detour into Hollywood and, later, Las Vegas.

The soundtrack album is produced by longtime Presley archivist Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Zim-

ny and rock writer-manager Jon Landau.

“In this collection, one gets not a greatest hits package but a song-by-song, curated portrait of an artist,” musician-turned-author Warren Zanes writes in the book with the deluxe edition, “an artist who very consistently and courageously gave himself to his performances, as if in the giving he might find some missing part of himself.”

Among the Presley disciples Zimny and Zanes interviewed for the documentary are Springsteen and Tom Petty, who, Zimny told The Times, shared his thoughts about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll late in the process but who provided insights Zimny found invaluable.

“He was a light for all of us,” Petty said of Presley, whom he met in Florida when Petty was 10, on the set of a film Presley was shooting there — a meeting Petty has credited with helping put him on the path to be a musician himself.

“We all owe him for going first into battle,” he said. “He had no road map, and he forged a path of what to do and what not to do. And we shouldn’t make the mistake of writing off a great artist because of all the clatter that came later. We should dwell in what he did that was so beautiful and everlasting, which was that great, great music.”

When indie rock goes Top 40: Portugal.

The Man’s unexpected crossover fun little song on our hands, but we never imagined it’d become this.”

By CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

It’s not as if the bearded indie rockers with the quirky band name ever planned on being a Top 40 act.

In fact, the lack of planning that went into their hit song “Feel It Still” actually sort of aggravates the members of Portugal. The Man, since it’s now so ubiquitous that you hear it in grocery stores, at junior high dances and in Vitaminwater commercials.

“There are many songs of ours we literally spent a full year working on,” groaned Zach Carothers, co-founder of the suddenly mainstream Oregonian/Alaskan band. “And that one — our biggest one ever — only took us about an hour. It’s crazy.”

You probably know the song, even if you don’t recognize the title or the group’s mouthful moniker.

Over a beboppy bass groove and a falsetto that many listeners have mistaken for a woman’s voice, Portugal. The Man singer/guitarist John Gourley sings, “Ooh, I’m a rebel just for kicks / I’ve been feeling it since 1966 / Might be over now, but I feel it still.”

After a decade of kicking around clubs and midafternoon slots at summer music fests, Portugal.

The Man is suddenly the kind of band seen at last month’s Grammy Awards or at some of the Jingle Ball Top 40 radio concerts around the country in December. And it’s all because of that one song.

The Portugal men and backup singer Zoe Manville (Gourley’s partner) have seen a lot of dramatic changes since “Feel It Still” first cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in November. It’s still going strong, too, at No. 27 on the chart last week.

The bassist and co-writer who formed the band with Gourley in their native Wasilla, Alaska, in 2004 (before relocating to Portland, Ore.), Carothers had a lot of funny but admirably uncynical things to say about how pop success changed the day-to-day goings-on for his band.

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Portugal. The Man attends the 60th annual Grammy Awards in January at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

For instance: They learned just how big their record label is. “We started meeting people at the label [Atlantic Records] we’d never met before,” Carothers said. “We were always close to our people there, but there’s this whole other level and floor at the company you get introduced to from the moment they get the first whiff of Top 40 potential.”

They’re doing a lot of Top 40 radio shows. “The DJs take some getting used to. They all seem very excited about their jobs. But they’re really all very professional and work hard to do what they do.”

They’re famous now (sort of).

“We’re used to only getting recognized by the kids in the Tame Impala T-shirts at the festivals, or whatever.

Now, we get recognized in random places by a lot more random people.

But for all the people who know the song, a lot of them still won’t know what the hell you’re talking about if you said, ‘Do you like Portugal. The Man?’” Predictably, they’re already being called sellouts. “On one hand, you really want to tell those people to shut up. We’ve worked very hard for a long time to get where we’re at. But you really just have to laugh, because it’s absurd to think we were trying for this. We knew we had a

BLAST OF INSPIRATION The way Carothers remembers it, they really weren’t even trying to write a song when they worked up “Feel It Still” in the studio with producer John Hill. During a break in the session, Gourley started playing around with the bass line to “Please, Mr. Postman” when Hill (who has co-writing credit) urged him to keep going.

“It was really all by accident,” Carothers remembered, laughing about what he said was “John almost being annoying about” pushing the band to turn an impromptu jam into a real song.

“He was like, ‘Let’s get a beat going. Do you have any lyrics?’ We came up with the lyrics so fast, we didn’t even write them down. It started to become really fun, and that’s when we kind of knew we had something. We would’ve never gotten it if John hadn’t intervened.”

Ironically, that lightning-blast moment of inspiration followed a couple of years of lengthy and ultimately stalled studio sessions working on the album that would become “Woodstock,” PTM’s eighth full-length record. The band had worked with super-producer Danger Mouse as well as Beastie Boys collaborator Mix Master Mike, but most of that work was shelved in the end.

Calling two weeks ago from Los Angeles — where the band had taken its first step toward working on its next album — Carothers said they probably won’t make the same mistake this time.

“We won’t be banging our heads against the wall as much as we used to when it comes to making a record,” he said. “We’ve learned to just go with what sounds right more, and not overthink everything — to take a more relaxed and fun approach to recording.”

One thing that hasn’t changed: The band is still treating its tours and live shows as its raison d’être, and has another full year of dates ahead.

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AT THE LINCOLN

DINING GUIDE

Spotlight Film Festival: ‘I Am Jane Doe’

The Comic Strippers

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 The fictitious male stripper troupe is portrayed by a cast of some of Canada’s top improvisational comedians. No extreme nudity.

Ages 21 and older.

Tickets: $32 reserved; $27 for groups of six or more. Lincoln members receive a $2 discount.

The MET Live in HD: ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’

1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met with her first Adina opposite Matthew Polenzani, who enthralled Met audiences as Nemorino in 2013.

Domingo Hindoyan conducts.

Adults $23, seniors $21, students (with ID) $19, ages 12 and under $17. Lincoln members receive a $2 discount.

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and seeking truth. This in addition to complex instrumental layering, exact harmonies, catchy hooks, and classic guitar solos.

Scarlet Locomotive: The band is powered by fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin and the shared vocals of songwriters Arielle Luckmann and Ted O’Connell. $15 reserved; $20 at the door. Lincoln members receive a $2 discount.

Bacon, Sausage Links, Ham, Scrambled Eggs, Eggs Benedict, Omelette & Waffle Station, Corned Beef Hash, French Toast, Potato Casserole, Rice Pilaf, Blueberry Blintzes, Swedish Meatballs, Baron of Beef,Turkey, Pasta Dish, Oysters, Chicken & Rice, Ham, Peel & Eat Shrimp, Sage Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes,Turkey Gravy, Fresh Fruit, Potato Salad, Green Salad,Turkey Cranberry Salad,Assorted Danish & Pastries, Glass of Champagne or Sparkling Cider included

‘Phantom Thread’ 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 7:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Feb. 19-21 Set in the glamour of 1950s postwar London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock.

Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.

Rated R. $10.50 general; $9.50 seniors, students and active military; $8 ages 12 and under. Lincoln members receive a $2 discount.

— The Lincoln Theatre is located at 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon. lincolntheatre. org or 360-336-8955.

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6:30 p.m. today, Feb. 15 The six-documentary series that shines a light on issues important to Skagit County kicks off tonight. Films will be featured on consecutive Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Called “a gripping legal thriller” (Esquire), “a powerful call to action” (The Los Angeles Times) and “viscerally emotional” (The Washington Post), “I Am Jane Doe” chronicles the epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com, the classified advertising website that for years was part of the iconic Village Voice.

Unrated but PG-13 recommended. $5 suggested donation.

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MINI-REVIEWS

‘Black Panther’ bound to be one of 2018’s best movies

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

Believe the hype: “Black Panther” is easily Marvel’s best film to date. This exhilarating, beautiful and genuinely moving superhero film is firmly rooted in the point of view of director and co-writer Ryan Coogler, a tremendous example of the radical possibilities to be found in Afrofuturism. Coogler builds a thrilling, exciting world, and threads throughout it a story filled with pathos and real-world gravitas.

Although our hero, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), hails from the African country of Wakanda — a technological wonder powered by the natural resource vibranium — “Black Panther” is Coogler through and through, with a storyline that originates on the streets of Oakland, Calif. The conflict of the film lies in the gulf between the experiences of the Wakandans, who have been shielded from the world’s inequalities, and those who have been colonized, enslaved and oppressed. T’Challa, who becomes king of Wakanda at the beginning of the film, has to decide how he’s going to position Wakanda to aid in the liberation of black people throughout the world while also protecting his country.

He may be the king, but Boseman very classily allows himself to be upstaged nearly every minute of “Black Panther” by the women of Wakanda.

He’s flanked by the luminous Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, a Wakandan spy and his love interest, as well as the warrior Okoye, the stunning, righteous and ferocious Danai Gurira, who just about walks away with the whole movie. His mother, Ramonda, is played by the inimitable Angela Bassett, and two newcomers also shine: Letitia Wright as T’Challa’s spunky sister, Shuri, and Winston Duke as M’Baku, a rival tribe

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leader who challenges him for the throne.

Electronic hip-hop beats from Kendrick Lamar course throughout the bold, colorful world, which melds traditional African aesthetics with modern flair. Coogler brings his audacious, slick style to “Black Panther,” with long tracking shots and clean, crisp action shot by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison.

“Black Panther” is an epic, immersive, world-building experience, but it stays grounded in its action, and pitches the stakes and scope at the individual level. The visual thrills are suspenseful because we care about the characters involved.

This is a superhero film with a point of view that is fiery, radical and revolutionary — which comes from Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger, a villain and the most fascinating character.

With his punky dreads and gold lower canines, Erik oozes cool. But what makes him so riveting is not his style, swag or sex appeal, but his deep well of anger. Jordan is a live-wire onscreen, his rage constantly at a low roiling boil.

He simmers like he’s spring-loaded, ready to explode at any moment.

Erik’s rage is justified. You feel it in your bones, because Jordan makes it that real. He’s a kid who grew up on tough American streets, without a father, not in Wakanda enjoying a futuristic, royal lifestyle. He wants to harness that power for black liberation, and although the methods he employs are extreme, you root for his success. Erik is filled with all the rage, grief, fear, resentment and fire that comes from being a minority crushed by a colonizer — an Afrofuturist Nat Turner. T’Challa could never know that pain. His regal pride is what we love about him, but we yearn for Erik’s victory because he wears his chip on his shoulder as a badge of honor, using his pain for strength.

Although it’s only February, “Black Panther” is bound to be one of the best films of 2018, period, no need for the qualifiers “superhero” or “Marvel.” It’s an awesome vision from one of our most exciting young directors, coursing with his DNA — his values, beliefs and perspective branded indelibly upon it.

— 2:14. Rated PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action violence, and a brief rude gesture. HHHH

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“Fifty Shades Freed” — In the third and (thank the cinema gods) final chapter in the vapid, lurid, S&M-sprinkled trilogy of slick trash, newlyweds Ana (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) eventually leave the sexy stuff behind and fall into a combo platter of cheesy, easily solved mystery-thriller and overwrought daytime soap opera melodrama.

Drama thriller, R, 105 minutes. H “Basmati Blues” — Yes, this is a real film, a quasi-Bollywood musical starring Brie Larson (made well before her Oscar-winning turn in “Room”) as a guitar-strumming American scientist who journeys to India to spread the word about a genetically modified rice. It’s terrible. And wackier than it sounds. Musical comedy, not rated, 105 minutes. H½ “The 15:17 to Paris” — In re-creating the 2015 Paris-bound train journey in which passengers subdued a heavily armed gunman, director Clint Eastwood cast the real-life heroes as themselves, and the amateurs come across as such. Though there are a few pulse-quickening moments, the movie is slow-paced and feels padded. Action drama, PG-13, 94 minutes.

HH “The Ballad of Lefty Brown” — Shot in Montana, to breathtakingly glorious effect, this largely traditional Western places the sidekick front and center, and in doing so gives reliable everyman supporting character actor Bill Pullman a rare chance to carry the film.

And what a fine job he does. Western, R, 111 minutes.

HHH “The Cloverfield Paradox” — In this sequel to “Cloverfield” and “10 Cloverfield Lane,” there are some fine performances from a wonderful, international cast led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki and Chris O’Dowd. But as a whole, it plays out like a B-movie echo of far superior films, most notably the “Alien” franchise. Sci-fi thriller, not rated, 102 minutes. HH “42 Grams” — A smartly executed, well-photographed and at times almost painfully raw profile of Chicago chef Jake Bickelhaupt and his wife, Alexa, whose underground restaurant went public and earned two Michelin stars before abruptly closing with no explanation.

Documentary, not rated, 82 minutes. HHH “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” — This is quite possibly the most self-referential meta movie I’ve ever seen.

Sometimes that’s pretty great. At other times, it detracts from the core story at hand: a biopic of Douglas Kenney (Will Forte), the influential and troubled comedic genius who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine. Biography, not rated, 101 minutes. HHH “Mom and Dad” — More than a few viewers won’t find any humor in a worldwide epidemic that causes parents to suddenly turn on their children and stop at nothing to take them out. But the filmmakers are going for deep, blood-red satire, highlighted by a performance of operatic madness by the one and only Nicolas Cage.

Horror, R, 83 minutes. HHH

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MOVIES

REVIEW

Truth be told: Eastwood’s reality-rich ‘15:17 to Paris’ is dull

By COLIN COVERT Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

It’s an oft-expressed complaint from some finicky filmgoers: Movies based on historical events often get the story wrong.

Sometimes they’re completely whack, like Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor,” which tore World War II to confetti so that world-changing real events didn’t get in the way of a story about two boyhood friends turned Army pilots fighting over a red hot nurse.

Sometimes they’re well intended but incomplete, like the carefully laundered portraits of Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson in “Selma.”

On the other hand, consider the fact-based disappointment “The 15:17 to Paris,” a slowpaced film about a high-speed train. Clint Eastwood directed this dramatization of three everyday American tourists who heroically saved an Amsterdam-to-Paris passenger train

from a terrorist attack in 2015.

Adapted from the book written by the three men — Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler — Eastwood keeps close to the record of the attack they thwarted, and their lives leading up to that amazing moment. For an added level of realism, Eastwood cast the three young men to play themselves, and even recruited Mark Moogalian, who survived being shot by Ayoub El-Khazzani, the train’s lone gunman with ties to radical Islam.

The result is a case study in why getting things right isn’t necessarily the right way to make a movie. Facts can be really dull. And pro actors are more compelling than real people can ever be. El-Khazzani, played

by Ray Corasani, is ominously magnetic even though he doesn’t utter a single line.

The story begins in the present day and then pulls back to 2002.

We meet the three friends as squirrelly young students at an Atlanta-area Christian school.

They’re good kids, but Spencer is not much into reading, Alex spends class time staring out the window and Anthony is a rascal who ends his frequent visits to the principal’s office with parting lines like, “Say hello to that wife of yours for me.”

None of them is burdened with heavy expectations for the future. Alex dreams about joining the Army, and Anthony has the legal limit of fun every day. Spencer, who keeps a closet full of realistic-looking toy guns and leads the others on shoot-’em-up adventures in the woods, has a vague sense that “life is just pushing us toward something, like some greater purpose.” While the young actors playing these preadolescent roles and the writing aren’t at the quality of “Stand by Me,” the film sets off with heartwarming renditions of friendship and a pleasant shot of nostalgia. And there’s good light comedy work

by Jenna Fischer (TV’s “The Office”) and supporting-role

specialists Judy Greer and Thomas Lennon.

But then the systemic problem facing the movie takes over, its promise fades and the film’s trudge through time slows to a glacial pace. The moment of great purpose that eventually touches their lives is 15 years in the future, and we follow them every inconsequential step of the way.

When the trio arrives in Europe for a whirlwind international tour by rail, it’s first-timer Dorothy Blyskal’s script that seems to be the most inept part of things. It focuses on stuff like Italian pizza and Amsterdam nightclubs. When things take potentially interesting turns involving new characters met on the trip, they are quickly abandoned and forgotten.

The best episodes in this lackluster exercise come near the finale. Eastwood is in good control staging the miraculous misfiring of El-Khazzani’s Luger pistol and AK-47 rifle

that allowed Spencer to use his military training to overpower him. The fight choreography in the slender train’s aisle feels appropriately clumsy, bloody and adrenaline-mad, an example of how saving the day can be a real mess.

Spencer movingly continues in hero mode, using his first aid training. Even more touching is the scene of French President François Hollande awarding the Americans the Legion of Honor, the country’s highest recognition. In footage from the ceremony, Hollande says, “It is clear that their heroic actions may have prevented a far worse tragedy,” and the buddies standing beside him can’t keep back their smiles. It works to a throat-tightening degree because it’s the sort of real reality that “The 15:17 to Paris” tries but fails to re-create.

— 1:34. Rating: PG-13 on appeal for bloody images, violence, some suggestive material, drug references and language. HH

At area theaters “Den of Thieves” — For the first hour or so, it appeared as if this Los Angeles-based heist thriller pitting badass sheriff’s lieutenant Gerard Butler against badass gang leader Pablo Schreiber would catch us off-guard in the best way. But just when things should have been heating up, the route grows bumpy and meandering and in some scenes drip-dripdrip SLOW. Crime action, R, 140 minutes. HH “12 Strong” — Chris Hemsworth plays the leader of the real-life U.S. Special Forces team that helped take out key Taliban and al-Qaida strongholds in Afghanistan after 9/11.

But with a running time of two hours and 10 minutes, the action-packed but cliche-riddled adventure has at least 20 minutes of scenes that are either unnecessary or repetitive. War action, R, 130 minutes.

“The Commuter” — On his daily train ride home, an insurance salesman (Liam Neeson) agrees to an offer that sets off a chain reaction resulting in bloodshed and conspiracy theories and madness. Many ridiculous things happen on the train, and virtually every big twist and every major reveal is telegraphed well in advance. Action thriller, PG-13, 104 minutes. H½

ANACORTES CINEMAS

Feb. 16-22 Black Panther (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25; Monday-Thursday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 Fifty Shades Freed (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:25; Monday-Tuesday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00; Wednesday: 1:00, 4:00; Thursday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Peter Rabbit (PG): Friday-Sunday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:00; Monday-Wednesday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45; Thursday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 The Philadelphia Story (1940): Wednesday: 7:00 360-293-7000

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Feb. 16-22 Black Panther (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25; Monday-Thursday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 Fifty Shades Freed (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:25; Monday-Tuesday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00; Wednesday: 1:00, 4:00; Thursday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Peter Rabbit (PG): Friday-Sunday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 The Philadelphia Story (1940): Wednesday: 7:00 360-279-2226

STANWOOD CINEMAS

Feb. 16-22 Black Panther (PG-13): 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Black Panther in 3D (PG-13): 9:15 PM The 15:17 to Paris (PG-13): FridaySunday: 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35; MondayThursday: 1:40, 4:30, 7:10 Fifty Shades Freed (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 4:00, 6:50 Peter Rabbit (PG): Friday-Sunday: 1:30, 4:20, 6:40, 8:55; Monday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:20, 6:40 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in IMAX 2D (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:25; Monday-Tuesday: 1:20, CASCADE MALL THEATERS 4:10, 7:00; Wednesday: 1:20, 4:10; ThursBurlington day: 1:20, 4:10, 7:00 For showings: amctheatres.com/showThe Philadelphia Story (1940): times/all/2017-06-23/amc-loews-cascade- Wednesday: 7:00 mall-14/all * Times are subject to change

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