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TUNING UP PAGE 9 Conway Muse welcomes Petunia and the Vipers MOVIES PAGES 14-15

Lovable Paddington Brown even more delightful in sequel

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK horror format is having “Loving Vincent”: Upcoming Tree Gelbman (Jessica Director Dorota KoRothe) be the subject of biela used a selection movie releases all the attacks. of van Gogh paintings Following is a partial In a standard horror as the basis of the schedule of DVD releases movie, the only fun is visuals for the produc(dates subject to change): guessing in which order tion and through the those trapped in an old work of hundreds of JAN. 23 mansion, camp ground, painters created 65,000 n Jigsaw sorority house or hand-painted frames of n Geostorm other convenient way of film that weaved seamn Thank You for Your rounding up the nearly lessly the moments Service departed will be killed. from one van Gogh n The Killing of a SaSince that’s not in the work to another. cred Deer equation, the focus goes Each brush stroke n Goodbye Christofrom a morbid game by the army or artists pher Robin of chance to a smart is used to tell the story n Chasing the Dragon whodunit. of what happened n Dirk Gently: S2 The film also features after van Gogh’s death n Earth: One Amazing a creepy killer who covin 1890. The script is Day ers his identity with a based on letters written — Tribune News Service strange mask. A hockey by the artist and his mask for a killer immebrother, Theo, along diately suggests there’s with other documentaviolence in the heart of the person tion from that time. wearing it. The chubby-cheeked baby There have been plenty of movies over the years that have had cinematog- face mask shouldn’t be that creepy, but raphy so beautiful that each frame looks there’s a strangeness to the design that makes it work. like a piece of art. “Loving Vincent” “The Snowman”: The clues to a takes that one step more as each frame is a piece of art that is display in a movie woman who is missing starts with a snowman. Michael Fassbender stars. theater in such a way to bring a new “I, Daniel Blake”: Two people must kind of motion to the artist’s work. depend on each other to deal with “Blade Runner 2049”: Despite a major issues in their lives. gap of 35 years between the release “Crooked House”: Private detecof Ridley Scott’s massively influential “Blade Runner” and the sequel, “Blade tive must find the man who murdered his ex-lover’s grandfather. Max Irons Runner 2049,” from director Denis stars.

Villeneuve (“Arrival”), the new film “Whisper of the Heart”: Chance suffers no problems with the time encounter with a strange cat sends a gap. That’s because “Blade Runner quiet girl on a quest to find her true 2049” doesn’t fit the purest definition talent. of a sequel, but is more of a seamless “Matinee”: The 1993 film from extension of the original production. director Joe Dante is available on BluIt has the same kind of complicatray for the first time. ed characters, breathtaking visuals, “Beyond Skyline”: Father must stunning sound and addictive story as save his child from aliens.

“Blade Runner” but presented with a “9/11”: Five strangers end up on fresh perspective.

What you will see is a film so smart- the same elevator of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Charlie ly put together, beautifully acted and Sheen stars. visually consuming that it has earned “The Commander: The Complete the right to be heralded with the same Collection”: Lynda La Plante British accolades as one of the best movies crime drama series starring Amanda ever made in “Blade Runner.”

Burton as Commander Clare Blake.

“Happy Death Day”: The film “Cook Off!”: Mockumentary on the has a body count to rival most horror quirky contestants battling in a cookmovies. But, because almost all the deaths are one person, the count could ing competition to win the $1 million prize. Melissa McCarthy stars. also be seen as very small. Either way, — Rick Bentley, Tribune News the best place where “Happy Death Service Day” departs from the tried-and-true

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THIS WEEKENDin the area THE GOOD LOVELIES RETURN TO THE LINCOLN

‘MUSIC AND MEMORIES’ The sixth annual “Music and Memories” benefit for The Bradford House and Gentry House will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. Blackstone and Burnett will be the featured entertainment. The event will include dinner, music and raffles, as well as live and silent auctions. $75.

360-428-5972 or skagitadultdayprogram.org.

SNOW GEESE IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY A presentation on the Skagit Valley snow geese by renowned Russian ornithologist Vasiliy Baranyuk will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the La Conner Seaside Gallery, 101 N. First St., La Conner.

‘MYSTICISM IN ART’

Canadian folk/pop trio The Good Lovelies return to the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon, for a performance at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, which will feature material from their upcoming new album “Shapeshifters,” according to a news release.

Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore were solo artists in the Toronto area when they came together in 2006 to perform at a Christmas concert at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel. They subsequently decided to continue working together, releasing their debut EP “Oh My” in 2007.

They released their first full-length album “The Good Lovelies” in 2009, which won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year/ Group in 2010. $34, $29 and $24. Lincoln members receive $2 off. lincolntheatre. org/performance/good-lovelies.

“Mysticism in art. How Skagit Valley artists are carrying the baton for the Big Four mystics” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Skagit County Historical museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The panel discussion facilitated

by Claire Swedberg will feature Todd Horton, Barbara Silverman Summers, Roger Small and other artists who have been influenced by the work of the Mystics. 360466-3365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

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THE GOOD STUFF: The Good Stuff Arts Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, is hosting “Art Dynamics” through February with Carla Seaton as featured artist. More than 30 other gallery artists will show work, including new artists Cheryl Hellam, photography on canvas; Adriana Mannion, three-dimensional marker and ink paintings; Ron Radtke, organic wood sculptures; and Jill West, intricate gourd sculptures. There will also be new textile pillos and lavendar sachets

by Ruth Owen and new jewelry by Darlene Klister, Sarah Swietzer, Annette Tamm and Mel Williams. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

LUMINOUS POP-UP SHOW: ACME Creative Gallery will host the Luminous Holiday Pop-Up Shop through January at the gallery, 705 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

The show features artisans and artists like Nikki McClure, M. Bueno Pottery, Isadoro, Barnacle Bags, Phil Elverum, Afterword, 112 James Street, Satterwhite Quilts, Things People Said, Slow Loris and more.

JENNIFER BOWMAN: See colorful paintings

by Anacortes artist Jennifer Bowman at a show at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, during January. Also showing: stilllife photos by Randy Dana, photos on canvas

by Lewis Jones, pastel landscapes by Chris-

tine Troyer, encaustic paintings by Marilee Holm and photo encaustic panels by Kathy Hastings. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. scottmilo.com.

WOMEN JAZZ SINGERS

MONA OPEN HOUSE: Exhibiting artist Holly Andres will participate in a discussion of her exhibit, “The Homecoming,” at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. An opening reception of all winter exhibits will follow from 2 to 5 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK: The First Friday Artwalk in Anacortes will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2.

There will be demonstrations and special art shows at several galleries, including Burton Jewelers, The Good Stuff Arts, the Scott Milo Gallery, the Majestic Inn and Spa and the Depot Arts & Community Center. anacortesart.com.

THE EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT AND COLOR: Stephen R. Hill’s show “The Expressive Language of Light and Color” will take 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

Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., will host “The Great Women Jazz Singers” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23. Joan Penney, a music educator and popular jazz singer in the Pacific Northwest, will give a lecture about the great jazz female vocalists, illustrated with audio and video recordings. The program will follow the development of female jazz vocal style and technique through jazz history.

and nautical and bird paintings in oil by Lorna Libert. A artists’ reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. scottmilo.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS: “Biological Invasions: How Species

Become Invasive” is the first of the Friends of Skagit Beaches lectures of 2018. Dr. Emily Grayson, PhD, U.W., Washington Sea Grant, will illustrate these potentially environment-changing processes with real-time examples at 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 19, at the NW Education Services Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free, open to the public. Sponsored

by Friends of Skagit Beaches, skagitbeaches.

org. For more information, contact Matt Kerschbaum at cherrytree2@comcast.net.

SNOW GEESE IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY: A presentation on the Skagit Valley snow geese by renowned Russian ornithologist Vasiliy Baranyuk will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the La Conner Seaside Gallery, 101 N. First St., La Conner.

“MYSTICISM IN ART”: “Mysticism in art. How Skagit Valley artists are carrying the baton for the Big Four mystics” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Skagit County Historical museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

The panel discussion facilitated by Claire Swedberg will feature Todd Horton, Barbara Silverman Summers, Roger Small and other artists who have been influenced by the work of the Mystics. 360-4663365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

WOMEN JAZZ SINGERS: Anacortes Public Library, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., will host “The Great Women Jazz Singers” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Joan Penney, a music educator and popular jazz singer in the Pacific Northwest, will give a lecture about the great jazz female vocalists, illustrated with audio and video recordings.

The program will follow the development of female jazz vocal style and technique through jazz history.

OUTDOOR ADVEN-

TURE 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, Jan. 23: Christine and Jeffrey Smith present “The Restoration of the Motor Vessel David B.” Join Christine Smith, award-winning author of “More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B”, and her husband Jeffrey as they share their eight-year saga of rebuilding a decrepit 65foot wooden cannery tender and its subsequent first Northbound trip from Bellingham up the Canadian Inside Passage to Alaska. 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.”

SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE: The talk “Biblical Worldview as it Relates to Science” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at Summit Park Bible Church, 12700 Thompson Road.

The presentation will examine three examples of how the turn away from God has affected modern thought.

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OUT & ABOUT LEARN ABOUT VOICE-OVERS: Lisa Foster will explain how to start using your speaking voice for commercials, films and videos in a class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way. $49. 360-416-7638 or communityed@ skagit.edu.

“EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO”: Former Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers will present “Walking the El Camino de Santiago Trail” at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Bowers’ 550mile walking adventure began in southern France and ended 33 days later in Santiago, Spain.

TITLE IX: The Anacortes Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) will host the panel discussion “Title IX: It’s not just sports!” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes.

FIR ISLAND AND CONWAY HISTORY: The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society meets on the second Saturday of the month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. The program for Feb. 10: “Fir Island and Conway History” discussed by co-authors Patricia Hanstad Pleas and Janet K. Utgard.

Free. The public is invited. skagitvalleygenealogy.org or genealogy0715@gmail.com.

PAINLESS DECLUTTERING AND ORGANIZING: 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, 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.

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MUSIC

VIOL, GUITAR AND FLUTE: The opening performance in the 2018 Salish Sea Early Music Festival will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, 18101 Fir Island Road, Conway. The concert will feature Annalisa Pappano of Cincinnati, one of the world’s foremost players of treble viol; Michael Freimuth of Kiel, Germany, one of Europe’s most active performers on baroque guitar and theorbo; and renaissance/baroque flutist and artistic director Jeffrey Cohan.

Admission by suggested donation: $15, $20 or $25; those 18 and under are free. salishseafestival.org/conway or 360-455-5396.

SYMPHONY FAMILY CONCERT: The Skagit Symphony 2018 Family Concert will take place on Sunday, Jan. 28, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. The event will start at 1:30 p.m. with “Meet the Musi-

ALAMY

Scots around the globe gather annually to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland’s national poet. A local celebration featuring dinner, whiskey, poetry readings and a highland dance will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Space is limited. $55-$60. celticarts.org/celtic-events/burns-18.

cians,” an opportunity to talk with symphony members and see their instruments up close. $10 adults, $1 children/ students. 360-416-7727.

PLAYS

”THE PRODUCERS”: Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, will present the Mel Brooks comedy-musical from Feb. 9 to March 4.

Tickets: $20, whidbeyplayhouse.com or

360-679-2237. ”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

BALD EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: The Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center,

52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays in January. Guided hikes along the Skagit River occur at 11 a.m. and speaker presentations are held at 1 p.m.

The annual photo contest runs through Jan. 22. Visit skagiteagle.org for information and a complete calendar of events. Free. Next up: n Jan. 20: “Forage Fish Around Skagit County” presented by Pete Haase. n Jan. 21: “Glaciers of the North Cascades” presented by Mike Larrabee. n Jan. 27: Native Plants of the Upper Skagit presented by Terri Wild (11 a.m. presentation, noon nature walk). n Jan 28: “ Winter Birds of Skagit County” presented by Chris Brewer and Ken Salzman.

MLK WEEK: Skagit Valley College Multicultural Student Services and Student Life are offering activities for Martin Luther King, Jr. week and through January at the college, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon: n Through Jan. 19: I Have a Dream, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cardinal Center.

Anyone is welcome to write their dream on the display. n Through Jan. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote Wall, Cardinal Center. View important and famous quotes and pictures. n Jan. 19: Film Screening: “42,” noon to 2 p.m. A movie about the racial integration of American professional baseball by player Jackie

Robinson. n Jan. 31: “The Movement,” 3 to 5 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theater.

Theatrical production followed by an open discussion with the audience.

POETRY READING: Jim Bertolino and Anita Boyle will hold a poetry reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Pelican Bay Books and Coffehouse, 520 Commercial Ave, Anacortes. Bertolino has 12 volumes of poetry published and has received several national awards. Boyle is an artist and poet who lives near Bellingham.

MUSIC AND MEMORIES: The sixth annual “Music and Memories” benefit for The Bradford House and Gentry House will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes.

Blackstone and Burnett will be the featured entertainment. The event will include dinner, music and raffles, as well as live and silent auctions. $75. 360-428-5972 or skagitadultdayprogram. org.

ROBERT BURNS SUPPER: Scots around the globe gather annually to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland’s national poet. A local celebration featuring dinner, whisky, poetry readings and a highland dance will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. Space is limited. $55-$60. celticarts.org/celtic-events/ burns-18.

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CALL FOR ARTIST: The Anacortes Arts Commission is calling for entries to its second annual outdoor sculpture exhibition to be held in the madrona grove and surrounding area of the Depot Arts & Community Center, 611 R. Ave. in Anacortes.

Sculptures must be durable enough to withstand outdoor conditions and should have means of being secured to a concrete platform. All sculptures should be for sale. Artists need to live in Washington. Entries are due Feb. 13. Information: anacortesartscommission.com CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association is looking for artists to

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participate in a Birds of Winter Art Walk on Saturday, Feb. 10. Contact dep.mvda@gmail.com for more information.

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 the Parks and Recreation Department webpage at burlingtonwa.gov and click on the “Instructors Needed” tab. For information, call 360-755-9649 or email recreation@burlingtonwa.gov.

CALL FOR ART TEACHERS: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Com-

mercial 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

ART CLASSES: The Good Stuff Arts Gallery offers classes by Greg Dugan in drawing, pen and ink, colored pencil and watercolor from beginning to advanced. On Jan. 20, Barbara De Pirro with the Golden Company will present a free lecture on a multitude of Golden products and how to use them. Attendees will receive information packets and free samples.

Reservations required.

360-755-3152.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUILT AND FIBER ARTS MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and under. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

— Fiber Fridays: bring any type of fiber art project, quilting, knitting, embellishing, etc., to work on while visiting with other fiber artists from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday. Free and open to all.

ART CLASSES: Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts offers a variety of art classes and workshops for artists

of every level at 12636 Chilberg Road, Mount Vernon. Online courses are also available.

For information and a complete schedule call 360-466-0110 or visit gailcreativestudies.com.

ART CLASSES: Choose from painting, photography, fiber and 3D art workshops taught by professional artists at the Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 N.W. Birch St., Coupeville. 360678-3396 or pacificnorthwestartschool.com.

ART CLASSES: Dakota Art Center offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. 5, or dakotaartcenter. com.

STANWOOD CAMANO ARTS GUILD: A Guilded Gallery, 8700 271st St. NW, Stanwood, offers a variety of art classes and workshops.

Call 360-629-2787 or visit stanwoodcamanoarts. com.

AUDITIONS

POSEIDON PLAYERS: The Poseidon Players will hold auditions for the Black Box Theater (short scripts, few props and costumes) from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, and 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Boulevard.

360-679-2237. ”THE LOST BOY”: ALTA (Alger Lookout Thespian Association) will hold auditions from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, and 3 to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 21, at Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane,

Bellingham. Performances are April 6-22. altatheatre.com.

CANTABILE CHAMBER CHOIR: Choral singers of all parts are wanted.

The Cantabile Chamber Choir performs throughout Skagit Valley and beyond. Rehearsals are 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Dues are $150 per year and the cost of music. Auditions are by appointment.

Information: Jennie Bouma at 425-312-4565 or cantabilechamberchoir@ gmail.com. ”THE HOLLOW”: Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor, will host auditions from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 3, and Sunday, Feb. 4. Character descriptions can be found at whidbeyplayhouse. com. 360-679-2237 or office@whidbeyplayhouse. com.

BOOKS

GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP MEETING: The Great Books Reading Group examines passages from important writings in history — currently reading passages from “Great Conversations, vol. 2,” published by the Great Books Foundation.

The group meets at the Burlington Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., 6 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday. All are welcome.

Information: 360-9411437 and shunji.asari@ gmail.com.

DANCE

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. 360-424-4608 (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 drop-ins, $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.

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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.

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. 360-4660109.

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 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident.

360-223-3230.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360293-2544.

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

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS: “Biological Invasions: How Species Become Invasive” is the first of the Friends of Skagit Beaches lectures of 2018. Dr. Emily Grayson, PhD, U.W., Washington Sea Grant, will illustrate these potentially environment-changing processes with real-time examples at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at the NW Education Services Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free, open to the public. Sponsored by Friends of Skagit Beaches, skagitbeaches.

org. For more information, contact Matt Kerschbaum at cherrytree2@ comcast.net.

SOCRATES CAFE: Join a moderated philosophical conversation on “Is democracy beneficial to humanity?” at the Socrates Cafe from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Free. For more information, contact Ben McBroom at 360-2990415 or benmcbroom@ yahoo.com.

“MYSTICISM IN ART”: “Mysticism in art.

How Skagit Valley artists are carrying the baton for the Big Four mystics” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Skagit County Historical museum, 501 S. Fourth

St., La Conner. The panel discussion facilitated

by Claire Swedberg will feature Todd Horton, Barbara Silverman Summers, Roger Small and other artists who have been influenced by the work of the Mystics. 360466-3365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

NO MORE BOMBS MEETING: 6 to 9 p.m. today, Jan. 18, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. The meeting will focus on information and advocacy for nuclear disarmament. nomorebombs.org.

WINTER BIRDS OF THE SALISH SEA: The presentation by Skagit Audubon Society members will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 8, at

the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

RECREATION

ANACORTES WOMEN’S MARCH 2018: 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, starting at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Bring candles and flashlights. Those interested in helping organize the event and who would like to speak: 360-708-7770 or lalipke@gmail.com.

SCOUT MEETING: Cub Pack 4001 and Boy Scout Troop 4001 meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church, 1607 E. Division, Mount Vernon.

New members are welcome.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 18-25 Thursday.18 MUSIC The Done Goners: 5:30 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Free. 360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov.

THEATER ”Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall, 565 Camano Ave, Langley. Pay what you can. islandshakespearefest.org. ”Newsies”: 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

Friday.19 MUSIC Leann Rimes: 8 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $75. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Five for Fighting with String Quartet: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $17.50-$39.50. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

THEATER ”Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15. islandshakespearefest.org. ”Newsies”: 8 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org.

Saturday.20 MUSIC Leann Rimes: 8 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $75. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

The Good Lovelies: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $24-$34. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

THEATER ”Newsies”: 2 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY.19-20

LEANNE RIMES 8 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $75. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

”Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25-$35. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org. ”Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15. islandshakespearefest.org. ”Newsies”: 8 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org.

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THEATER ”Newsies”: 2 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org. ”Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues”:

2 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Pay what you can. islandshakespearefest.org. ”Newsies”: 7 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org.

Tuesday.23

Thursday.25 MUSIC Annalisa Pappano, Michael Freimuth, Jeffrey Cohan: Salish Sea Early Music Festival, 7 p.m., Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, 18101 Fir Island Road, Conway. Suggested donation: $15, $20 or $25 (freewill offering); 18 and under are free.

MUSIC Kirk Roa, Sage Romey: 7 to 9 p.m., Pegasus Art Gallery, 301 W. Holly, Bellingham. gallerypegasus.com, 360-5997731 or 360-671-1709.

THEATER ”Newsies”: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre. org.

Wednesday.24

”Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Pay what you can. islandshakespearefest.org.

THEATER ”Newsies”: 2 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-2578600 or villagetheatre.org.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 18-25 Thursday.18

Flowmotion, Sky Colony, Josh Clauson: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Friday.19

Leann Rimes: 8 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $75. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

el Colonel and Mary de la Fuente: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Latigo Lace: 9 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

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

360-848-8882.

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

Andre Feriante: 6 p.m., Cassera Gallery, 106 First St., La Conner. $10-$20. 310-691-9391 or casseranyc@gmail. com.

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

Saturday.20

Marcia Kester: 6 to 8 p.m., Birdsview Brewing Company, 38302 Highway 20, Concrete. birdsviewbrewingcompany.com or 360-8263406.

Leann Rimes: 8 p.m., Skagit Casino and Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. $75. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

The Good Lovelies: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $24$34. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Tuesday.23

Steve Rudy Trio: 5 to 8 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

FRIDAY.19

MOON DADDY 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

The Mix: 8:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. anacortesh2o.com or 360755-3956.

Harpdog Brown & The Travelin’ Blues Show: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Latigo Lace: 9 p.m., Skagit Casino and

Troy Fair Band: 7 p.m., Eaglemont/

Fireweed Terrace, 4800 Eaglemont Drive, Mount Vernon. $5. 360428-1954 or fireweedterrace.com.

The Winterlings: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse (Parlor Room), 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Petunia and The Vipers: 8 p.m., Conway

Moon Daddy: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Kat Bula: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage. com.

Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 8247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Creme Tangerine: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10. 425737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

Robbie Kane, Jeff Panko: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage. com.

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

Muse (Bard Room), 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

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

SATURDAY.20

PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS 8 p.m., Conway Muse (Bard Room), 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Sunday.21

Thomas Harris Quartet: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether

Kirk Roa, Sage Romey: 7 to 9 p.m., Pegasus Art Gallery, 301 W. Holly, Bellingham. gallerypegasus.com, 360-599-7731 or 360671-1709.

Wednesday.24 Fidalgo Swing: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

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

Thursday.25 Cascadia Groove: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Annalisa Pappano, Michael Freimuth, Jeffrey Cohan: Salish Sea Early Music Festival, 7 p.m., Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, 18101 Fir Island Road, Conway. Suggested donation $15, $20 or $25 (freewill offering); 18 and under are free.

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HOT TICKETS WAR: Jan. 18-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

ST. VINCENT: Jan. 18-19, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

HIPPO CAMPUS, SURE SURE: Jan. 19, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

LEANN RIMES: Jan. 19-20, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

STEVEN WRIGHT: Jan. 20, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

LEWIS BLACK: Jan. 20, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER, EDDIE GRIFFIN, D.L. HUGHELY, GEORGE LOPEZ: Jan. 21, KeyArena,

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MIRANDA LAMBERT Feb. 1, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: Jan. 21, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ADAM SANDLER: Jan. 22, Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

216-215-4747 or seattlesymphony.com.

HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA, RUY NUSSA: Jan. 2324, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

LUNA: Jan. 23, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND: Jan. 13, Neptune Theatre,

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Jan. 25, KeyArena, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

NAJEE: Jan. 25-28, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

RICKY GERVAIS: Jan. 27, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BRUCE COCKBURN: Jan. 28, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

FIRST AID KIT: Jan. 28, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

DAVINA & THE VAGABONDS: Jan. 30-31, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

MIRANDA LAMBERT: Feb. 1, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Feb. 3, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

KATY PERRY: Feb. 3, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ROBERT GATES: Feb. 5, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8118 or uniquelives. com.

BETH HART: Feb. 7, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

DESTROYER, MEGA BOG: Feb. 8, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JUDY COLLINS: Feb. 8-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

MIKE GORDON: Feb. 9, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

JESSE COOK: Feb. 10-11, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MINDI ABAIR BAND: Feb. 13-14, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

MUMLY TROLL: Feb. 15, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

MAVIS STAPLES: Feb. 16-17, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

TOBYMAC, DANNY GOKEY, MANDISA: Feb. 16, Key Arena, 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. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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

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, 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. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

SURVIVOR: March 9-10, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 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.

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

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BLACK EYED PEAS TALK ABOUT THE RADICAL TURN OF ‘STREET LIVIN”

By AUGUST BROWN Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — In a backstage trailer behind the politically charged Into Action gallery show in Chinatown on Friday, three members of the Black Eyed Peas prepared to walk onstage with new music for the first time in seven years.

The gallery was packed with young left-leaning activists, radical-chic paintings and mixed-media installations, and speakers like former Obama environmental advisor Van Jones.

For fans who only got to know the Peas as one of the biggest-selling pop acts of the 2000s, with multi-platinum, wedding-dance-floor hits such as “I Gotta Feeling,” “My Humps” and “Boom

Boom Pow,” it may have seemed a bit incongruous.

But when will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap (Fergie wasn’t there because she’s on leave from the group pursuing solo material) walked onto the gallery stage to introduce “Street Livin’,” a dark yet poignant new musing on gun control, prison reform and American racism, it felt like a return to the act’s beginnings as streetwise L.A. rappers.

“It’s not like ‘Oh, the Black Eyed Peas are back and now they’re militant,” will.i.am. said. “Our first big hit was ‘Where Is the Love?’ where we were talking about real stuff.

From the brutality of the education system to prison reform, we’ve been out in the community. This is the work we’ve been doing.”

In 2018, it’s another era for the Black Eyed Peas,

one that looks a lot like where it started. But in a time of so much challenging, inventive hip-hop — and terrible divisions in American life — where do the Peas fit in? The top of the pop charts, the front lines of activism or somewhere in between?

The act has penned some of the stickiest pop-radio staples of the decade, but the Black Eyed Peas’ time away proved formative for how its members wanted to reset the band — and how they wanted to respond to the changes in America.

“Athletes have been standing up more than musicians,” will.i.am. said.

“We have to start standing up too.”

Seven years is an eternity in pop music, but the Peas were far from idle in the meantime. After performing at the 2011

Super Bowl halftime show, will.i.am released a solo record, Taboo overcame a scary bout of cancer and protested the construction of an oil pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and apl.de.ap opened schools in his native Philippines.

The time away from the pop spotlight only reinforced that there was much more work to be done, and the Black Eyed Peas are in a unique position as top-40 hitmakers with scrappy backgrounds of activists and “conscious” rappers.

“From me beating cancer and going to Standing Rock, to Ap’s work in the Philippines,” Taboo said, “all of this has been a preparation for a bigger fight.”

“Street Livin’” is indeed a hard-left turn from the act’s glossy, raved-up pop

tunes. Built around a mournful jazz sample, it’s a forthright indictment of institutional racism in America that feels like an honest shot at matching the poetry and vitality of Kendrick Lamar.

When the group prepped for its Friday appearance, President Trump’s “----hole” comment regarding immigrants from countries in Africa, Central America and the Caribbean had just begun circulating, and the message of “Street Livin’” seemed sadly well-timed.

After all, as will.i.am said onstage when presenting the video for “Street Livin,’” “Whenever you see those commercials about sponsoring a kid for a dollar a day, remember that Ap was one of those kids.”

The song is tied to the group’s new Marvel comic book project, “Masters

of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles,” which hits some of the same notes as the much-anticipated Marvel film “Black Panther.” That is, the work takes a multicultural spin on genre-fiction and sci-fi noir, with a side of augmented reality and voice acting from Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and Stan Lee. It’s not quite an album but more of a multiplatform media project of the sort that will.i.am has been pushing for years as a designer and tech investor.

While it may not match the sheer ubiquity of the group’s mid-aughts pop smashes, the act is fine with that. All the cultural urgency — and big streaming numbers — these days is coming from gritty, intense hip-hop with no illusions about the state of American life right now.

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TRAVEL

What should you put on your personal travel bucket list?

By JANE WOOLDRIDGE Miami Herald

Q: I recently retired.

My wife and I have traveled throughout Europe but want to visit more farflung destinations now that we have time and are still healthy. Cost is not a primary concern. I’m more interested in nature than my wife; comfort is definitely a criteria. What are your top suggestions?

A: What suits you and your wife best may be very different from anyone else. Start your list with the places you’ve always wanted to see.

Then consider a few that don’t necessary hit your “must” list but would be convenient to some place else you’re going. (Some of my most memorable trips have been to places I never knew I wanted to go.)

Definitely use a knowledgeable travel agent. At the luxury price point, look at agents from the Virtuoso network (virtuoso.com). Take the time to be sure the agent you are using knows about the specific destination or travel style you want; the same agent may not be best for every trip.

These would be on my must-see list of natural wonders: n Antarctica. This still rates as my No. 1 nature experience. Go via a cruise with a strong reputation for first-rate lecturers and naturalists. n African safari. No one place will do it all. In South Africa, you can sip top-drawer wines, visit luxury safari camps and learn about the apartheid struggle. But if you’re keen to seen the Great

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Penguins are shown in front of a cruise ship around the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.

Migration and wide plains filled with great herds of wildebeests, zebras and Cape buffalo, you’ll need to head to the East African nations of Kenya and Tanzania.

(Tanzania’s Ngorogoro Crater is a personal fave.) n Galapagos Islands: This was nowhere on my own list — until I went there. Even if you’re not a nature fan, the animal life here is fascinating.

The ecosystem is a living testament to both sides of the nature v. nurture debate. Definitely choose a cruise that emphasizes its naturalist staff. n Great Barrier Reef: Even if you’ve snorkeled a thousand times, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is an underwater marvel; fly out to Lizard Island for a stay far from the crowds and close to the best the sea has to offer. (Don’t miss the Barosso Valley’s delectable wines and Uluru (otherwise known as Ayer’s Rock) for the dessert and the aboriginal cultures.

My cultural sites bucket list is too long for any column, but here are some highlights: n Easter Island: In its own way, Easter Island is also a testament to evolution — of human culture.

If you allot enough time, you can combine it with a Galapagos visit or a trip to one of the most staggeringly beautiful places on the planet: Chile’s Torre del Paine National Park. (Check out the Explora luxury lodge.) n India: India can be both glorious — many of the former palaces are now luxury hotels — and maddening (the drivers make some U.S. cities look tame.) The Taj Mahal alone is worth the visit. And don’t miss the holy city of Varanasi — not always easy, but thought provoking — and the luxuries of Jaipur and Udaipur. Several river cruise lines now offer India options that could work well. n Jerusalem, Petra and Egypt: Given world

events, this may not be the time to go. But keep each of these on your list.

Visiting them will deliver an understanding of both the ancient and modern worlds that you can’t quite get from books. n East Asia: I leave my favorite to last, only because this is a vast place, and just scratching the surface requires multiple visits. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing offer glimpses of a world changing at hyperspeed.

The temples of Bagan in Myanmar, Ankor Wat in Cambodia and Java’s Borobodur offer Buddhist riches far different from that in the Himalayan regions of Bhutan and Tibet; all deliver memorable experiences. Japan brings the contrasts of ultra-modern Tokyo and the ancient grace of Kyoto (be sure to stay in a traditional ryokan.) Somewhere along the way, take a least a few nights at an Aman Resort; you’ll never look at a hotel the same way.

Local travel briefs EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO TRAIL: Former Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers will talk about walking the El Camino de Santiago Trail at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St, Anacortes. Bowers’ 550-mile walk began in southern France and ended 33 days later in Santiago, Spain. b.smart@juno.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.

Burlington Municipal Court accepts passport applications from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 311 Cedar St., Suite A, Burlington.

New and renewal forms are available. 360755-0492.

Post offices in Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley and Oak Harbor accept passport applications by appointment. Contact individual offices for available days and times.

Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor, accepts passport applications Monday through Friday. Appointments are recommended. 360-279-4580.

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AT THE LINCOLN

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Hulu lands new series starring George Clooney

By LOS ANGELES TIMES

There’s a whole lotta George Clooney coming to Hulu with the actor making his return to TV in a new limited series for the streaming service and his last TV go-round, “ER,” joining the streaming ranks.

Hulu has officially confirmed a full series order for a TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s 1961 satirical

antiwar novel “Catch-22,” starring Clooney as Col. Cathcart.

The series marks Clooney’s first TV series regular role since he departed NBC’s medical drama, “ER,” nearly two decades ago.

In addition to starring and serving as an executive producer, Clooney will direct the series alongside his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov.

“Catch-22” is set during World War II and revolves around Capt. John Yossarian, a U.S. Air Force bombardier desperate to fulfill his duties so he can get back home. The title refers to the bureaucratic rule that stipulates that airmen rational enough to want to stop flying could not possibly be mentally unfit and therefore should be returned to duty. Col. Cathcart is a foe to Yossarian.

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After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby

(Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police.

When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated.

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MOVIES

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‘Paddington 2’ is even better than the first

By KATIE WALSH

Tribune News Service

It seems miraculous when a film adaptation gets a much beloved character just right, but when the sequel is even better?

That’s nearly impossible.

That’s a unicorn.

Director Paul King (with writer Hamish McColl) managed to set the bar high with 2015’s “Paddington,” and now, incredibly, King and co-writer Simon Farnaby raise it with “Paddington 2,” bringing the warmth and gentle humor of the late Michael Bond’s indelible children’s books to the screen, along with Britain’s finest actors.

Paddington Brown (voiced by Ben Whishaw) has a singular sense of style, his brown fur complemented by his navy duffel coat, floppy red hat and ubiquitous suitcase.

While “Paddington” followed his adventure meeting his new (human) family in London, The Browns, “Paddington 2” focuses on his relationship with his Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton), the bear who fished him out of a river in Peru as a cub.

Paddington wants nothing more than to give her a thoughtful birthday present, but his hapless hijinks in attempting to do so lead him far away from his home with the Browns.

It all starts so innocently enough — Paddington

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Paddington, voiced by Ben Whishaw, in shown in a scene from “ Paddington 2.”

hopes to save up enough money to buy his aunt a pop-up book of London, so he resorts to various odd jobs and washing windows around his neighborhood. But the book proves to be far more valuable than he expects, and when a thief makes off with it in the night, Paddington is unfairly framed for the crime. He lands in jail even though all signs point to washedup actor Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant), a master of disguise who seems a bit too interested in the whereabouts of the book.

Prison is a bit dark and edgy for a children’s movie, but it’s a chance for Paddington to truly show off the power of his charm. Soon enough, he’s got the prisoners bedecked in pink stripes, happily munching marmalade sandwiches in a sort of childlike fairy tale existence. He even wins

over the gruff prison cook Knuckles McGinty, played

by Brendan Gleeson, in one of the film’s most delightful supporting performances.

Paddington’s tale is buoyed by the tremendous cast of performers around the animated bear. Gleeson and Grant might steal the show, but Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent and a wonderfully diverse array of actors populate Paddington’s London, a place that’s cozy and cheery largely because he is. Whishaw’s smart, wry and sweet voice performance as Paddington embodies the good-natured and gentle ethos of the character, and ultimately, the film itself.

King’s cinematic style, aided by Erik Wilson’s soaring, swooping cinematography and Dario Marianelli’s score, is a dash of Wes Anderson and a sprinkle of Jean-Pierre

Jeunet, swirled around with a wonderfully fluid sense of airiness and light.

It’s mannered, yet carefree, colorful, and evocative.

What these “Paddington” films express so beautifully is simply an overwhelming sense of goodness — a rare commodity in the world today. Paddington insists if you’re nice and polite, the world will be right.

That notion has been so battered and bruised lately, you’d be forgiven for cynically thinking the little bear might have to learn that’s not always true. He does endure his trials, but, miraculously, the world bends to his will, not the other way around.

Isn’t it wonderful — a miracle even — to see nice and polite prevail for once?

— 1 hour, 43 minutes.

Rated PG for some action and mild rude humor.

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MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“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 “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Annette Bening is magnificent as Oscar-winning actress Gloria Grahame, who was beyond her glory days and living a quiet life when she struck up a friendship, then a passionate romance, with a much younger neighbor (Jamie Bell). The work grows more layered and more empathetic as we get deeper into the story. Biographic romance, R, 106 minutes. HHH½ “Phantom Thread” — Reteaming with his “There Will Be Blood” director Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis delivers another Oscar-worthy performance as a fashion designer in mid-20th-century London who has a very specific (and more than a little eccentric) way of doing things. The attention to detail, the use of certain colors, the lush and vibrant photography of the dresses made — they’re honestly breathtaking. Drama, R, 130 minutes. HHHH “Insidious: The Last Key” — The production elements and special effects are pretty cool in this installment of the horror franchise, a chapter about demons in the creepy childhood home of parapsychologist Elise Rainier (the wonderful Lin Shaye). The main problem: too many ghosts. Good ghosts, bad ghosts, and ghosts that might not really be ghosts at all. Horror, PG-13, 103 minutes. HH “Hostiles” — Christian Bale is at the laser-focused top of his game (and perfectly cast) as an Old West soldier escorting a freed Cheyenne chief (Wes Studi) and his family to their ancestral land. The brutal violence is not for the faint of heart, but “Hostiles” winds up being about having a heart in a world that seems almost without hope. Western, R, 133 minutes. HHH½ “The Post” — Meryl Streep has often played the most confident of characters, but as 1970s Washington Post publisher Kay Graham, she does an astonishing job of showing us someone unsure of herself as she debates publishing the Pentagon Papers and risking jail. This is a love letter to journalistic bravery and to the First Amendment, and it is the best movie about newspapers since “All the President’s Men.” Historical drama, PG-13, 115 minutes. HHHH “Bright” — In what’s basically a tired buddy-cop movie dressed up in bizarre trappings, Will Smith and Joel Edgerton battle to prevent the evil Dark Lord from destroying the world. A truly terrible, mountainous pile of genre-blending garbage filled with transparent parallels to real-world racism and class differences. Fantasy action, not rated, 117 minutes. H½ More MOVIES | E15

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MOVIES

REVIEW

‘Forever My Girl’ doesn’t stray from Southern romance formula Romance novelist and screenwriter Nicholas Sparks cornered the market on a subgenre he essentially invented — exceedingly pleasant, Southern-set epic romances (between young, attractive, white, Christian, heterosexual couples). But this is a genre that overwhelmingly appeals to a female movie-going audience, so it’s about time female creators have been given a place behind the camera to shape the voice and perspective of these stories.

Writer/director Bethany Ashton Wolf has adapted Heidi McLaughlin’s novel in “Forever My Girl,” a tale of love lost and found.

Love is lost when homegrown country pop star Liam Page (Alex Roe) ditches his high school sweetheart Josie (Jessica Rothe) at the altar during a

frenzy surrounding his first hit single. Eight years later, he’s become the Justin Bieber of contemporary country music, an instantly recognizable, overly entitled enfant terrible pursued by rabid mobs of fans and photographers everywhere he goes.

Sad news from his hometown of Saint Augustine, Louisiana, sets Liam on course back home, much to the chagrin of his long-suffering manager Sam (Peter Cambor) and high-powered Hollywood publicist Doris (Gillian Vigman). No one at home seems to be all too pleased to see him either. Not his dad, Pastor Brian (John Benjamin Hickey), and definitely not his ex, who slugs him a good one.

The only one who seems remotely interested is — drumroll, please — his 7-yearold daughter, Billy (Abby Ryder Fortson), whose existence comes as a complete surprise to Liam.

The precocious Billy is the catalyst for

“Molly’s Game” — Jessica Chastain gives a nomination-worthy performance as the organizer of high-stakes, A-list poker games that aren’t exactly legal. With his feature directing debut, Aaron Sorkin hits a home run — a glimpse of life in the fast lane, a sobering cautionary tale and a brilliant character study.

Biographical drama, R, 140 minutes. HHHH “All the Money in the World” — Ridley Scott’s well-paced, great-looking and nimble take on one of the most famous kidnapping cases of the 20th century leaves us marveling at the enormous footprint J. Paul Getty left on the world. Playing the oil tycoon as a last-minute substitute for Kevin Spacey, Christopher Plummer delivers a powerful, magnetic, scene-stealing performance. Historical drama, R, 132 minutes. HHH½ “Downsizing” — Matt Damon is in prime everyman mode as a good guy with a good heart who agrees to be shrunk to 5 inches tall as a way to reduce his environmental footprint — and enjoy a more luxurious life. At first a raucous comedy with some social commentary, director Alexander Payne’s film loses its way for a while, and it feels as if we’re being lectured a bit too much in the home stretch.

Comedy satire, R, 135 minutes. HHH “I, Tonya” — Recounting the life of skater Tonya Harding in both a darkly funny comedy and a serious character study is a tricky and bold balancing act, and the “I, Tonya” team

pulls it off on every level. Handed the plum title role, Margot Robbie gives the best performance of her career. Sports biography, R, 119 minutes. HHHH “Hangman” — At 77, Al Pacino admirably commits to the pulpy material and his seenit-all character, a retired detective enlisted to help stop a serial killer. In its own cheesy and entertaining way, this lurid B-movie kept me guessing throughout. Crime thriller, R, 98 minutes. HHH “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — Although it doesn’t pack quite the same emotional punch as “The Force Awakens” and lags a bit in the second half, this is still a worthy chapter in the “Star Wars” franchise, popping with exciting action sequences and sprinkled with good humor. Surprises big and small abound. Fantasy/ sci-fi action, PG-13, 152 minutes. HHH½ “Darkest Hour” — This look back at Winston Churchill’s leadership during the early days of World War II is filled with authentic touches, large and small. Most authentic of all is Gary Oldman’s performance as a flawed but deeply passionate man who summoned all of his courage, all of his oratory skills and all of his love for Britain at just the right moment. Historical biography, PG-13, 125 minutes. HHH½ “Wonder Wheel” — Knowing what we know about Woody Allen, it’s impossible not to think his film about an aspiring playwright

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

Liam and Josie to reunite, and for Liam to leave his bad boy ways behind, embracing fatherhood. But she never feels like a real character. Instead, she’s simply a device to enable Liam to find himself. Her dialogue is always a bit too pointed, picking up a guitar and asking him to show her how to write songs. Even her name, Billy, is a reference to his deceased mother. In trying to answer the question “what happened,” the film twists itself up in ham-fisted psychological explanations. At a certain point, you wish the poor guy could just get some therapy.

Rothe and Roe have a palpable chemistry, and she makes the most of her scorned Southern belle role, not that she has all that much agency, waiting around for Liam to get it together. “Forever My Girl” is truly a showcase for the British hunk Roe, who is gifted with a pair of piercing blue eyes, all the better to smolder with, and the ability to wear a T-shirt

better than anyone else has ever worn a T-shirt. His Liam is tortured, bratty and ultimately broken, and because he seeks redemption, he is redeemable within the world of the story.

“Forever My Girl” doesn’t stray from the formula or do anything revolutionary. The story is resolved a bit too easily, but that works for the world of the film, which is sanded down, buffed out, a bucolic, “Steel Magnolias”-inspired fantasy land of wide front porches, charming flower shops and the mega-famous rock stars that wander into them. This is an uncomplicated romantic tale of a man trying to do right by the women in his life may even be pure fantasy. But for an audience, seeking fluffy, escapist, country music-tinged romance, it’ll hit a sweet spot.

— 1 hour, 44 minutes. Rated PG for thematic elements including drinking, and for language. HH½

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(Justin Timberlake) romancing both a married waitress (Kate Winslet) and her stepdaughter (Juno Temple) is a commentary about the Mia Farrow/Soon-Yi story. On its own merits, though, it would still be a dud, a sluggish, uninspired retread of so many earlier and much better Allen films. Drama, PG-13, 101 minutes. H½ “The Shape of Water” — Sally Hawkins gives a sweet and moving performance as a maid in a top-secret government facility who falls in love with a mysterious sea creature in captivity there. Gorgeously color-coordinated, this fairy tale from director Guillermo del Toro is one of the most romantic and most breathtakingly beautiful movies of the year. Fantasy

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adventure, R, 118 minutes. HHH½ “Thirst Street” — Comedy drama, not rated, 83 minutes — Lindsay Burdge is nothing short of sensational as a damaged soul who hooks up with a Paris bartender and determines they’re destined to be together. “Thirst Street” is a strange and sometimes chilling, lurid little gem. HHH “The Newspaperman” — In this documentary, the late Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee expresses regrets about some of his decisions. But overall, this is the story of an (admittedly) exciting, admirable and difference-making life, as told by ... the subject of the story. Documentary, not rated, 90 minutes. HHH

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