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LA CONNER BIRDING SHOWCASE SET FOR SATURDAY PAGE 4

The clever comedy of Paula Poundstone PAGE 3

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ON STAGE PAGE 8 Skagit Valley College presents “The Cocoanuts” TUNING UP PAGE 9

The Skagit Casino welcomes Knut Bell & The Blue Collars

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “HARRIET”: This powerful film follows the life of famed abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, who leads herself and countless others to physical and spiritual freedom. Cynthia Erivo’s brilliant performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for best acting.

“In work that emphasizes the unstoppable power of a persuasive performance, Erivo not only convincingly conveys the strength of the celebrated abolitionist’s fierce personality, she creates her as a realistic, multisided character, a complex woman of formidable self-belief and not any kind of plaster saint,” wrote Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan in his review.

“Though ‘Harriet’ falters when it adds increasing amounts of action melodrama to the mix, the truth of Tubman’s life, like leading Union soldiers during the Civil War, continues to astonish,” Turan wrote, “as does the performance of the woman who brings her to life.”

“PARASITE”: The genre-defying class warfare masterpiece by South Korean director and screenwriter Bong Joon-ho is up for six major Academy Awards, including best editing, production design, original screenplay, foreign language film, director and picture (shamefully, not acting).

It follows the struggling Kim family, as they transition from folding pizza boxes for a living to, one by one, conning their way into working for a wealthy family in Seoul. Son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik) kicks things off as a humble tutor for the family’s teenage daughter, daughter Ki-jung (Park So-dam) swoops in as a savvy, cool art tutor from Chicago, Dad (Song Kang Ho) takes over as the chauffeur, Mom (Chang Hyae Jin) as the housekeeper. But much more lies beneath the surface

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Cynthia Erivo portrays Harriet Tubman in “Harriet.”

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Everything about the film, from its acting to its writing and cinematography, is infectious, wrote Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “‘Parasite’ is Bong’s most sophisticated film to date, expertly plotted with breathtaking reveals, and shot with a smooth, slippery sheen, each frame and camera movement communicating a subconscious plot twist or theme,” she wrote.

“The ensemble cast is outstanding, their performances both unexpected and deeply humane. The film is riotously funny and devastatingly topical, tugging at the issues of income and class inequality, which motivates everything the Kims do, while the wealthy Parks have the privilege to ignore it all.”

ALSO NEW ON DVD JAN. 28 “TERMINATOR: DARK FATE”: Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and a hybrid cyborg human (Mackenzie Davis) must stop a new

kind of Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to save the human race.

“MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN”: A detective who has Tourette’s syndrome (Edward Norton) must solve the murder of his only friend.

“BALLERS: THE COMPLETE FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON”: The last season of the HBO series continues to follow the players and their inner circles. Dwayne Johnson stars.

“MY LIFE IS MURDER SERIES 1”: An investigator (Lucy Lawless) solves confounding crimes in this Australian series.

“ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON”: In the CW drama/sci-fi series, a woman (Jeanine Mason) discovers her high school crush (Nathan Parsons) is an alien and must help keep his secret.

AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD JAN. 28 “ARCTIC DOGS”: A team of Arctic animals must work together to thwart a plot by an evil walrus to destroy

their habitat in this computer-animated family film.

Cast includes Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, John Cleese, Anjelica Huston, Omar Sy and James Franco.

Look for it on DVD/Blu-ray Feb. 4.

“DEAD EARTH”: A pair of women (Milena Gorum, Alice Tantayanon) are forced into the post-apocalyptic wilderness after running out of fuel.

OUT ON DIGITAL HD JAN. 31 “THE BROMLEY BOYS”: A teenage boy (Brenock O’Connor) roots for a terrible soccer team in suburban 1970s London.

“ECHOES OF FEAR”: After her grandfather’s death, a woman (Trista Robinson) moves into his house and discovers an evil presence.

“WHAT DEATH LEAVES BEHIND”: A kidney transplant recipient (Christopher Mann) has disturbing nightmares depicting his donor’s death.

– Katie Foran-McHale, Tribune News Service

Out & About........................... 4-6 Hot Tickets................................. 7 On Stage...................................... 8 Tuning Up................................... 9 Get Involved.............................10 Travel.........................................12 At the Lincoln..........................13 Movies................................. 14-15 ON THE COVER Paula Poundstone will appear at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon on Saturday.

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Poundstone brings clever and caustic comedy to the Lincoln

By KIMBERLY CAUVEL @Kimberly_SVH

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Comedian Paula Poundstone has over the years helped television watchers, podcast listeners and book readers bust a gut time and time again.

She also does stand-up and is coming to the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon for a show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, as part of her cross-country tour for 2020.

Tickets to the show, which is bound to include cat jokes inspired by any one of her 12 felines, cost $39 to $69. For more information, visit lincolntheatre.org or paulapoundstone.com.

Previous stand-up shows have prominently featured laughs about cats, with one show called “Cats, Cops and Stuff ” and another “Look What the Cat Dragged In.” Poundstone, who also calls herself a humorist, is known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. She has also confessed to collecting hotel soaps when on tours.

Off stage, Poundstone has been featured on the big screen as “Forgetter Paula” in the movie “Inside Out,” has starred in two of her own television series, and been a guest on shows hosted by Stephen Colbert, Carson Daly, Jay Leno and David Letterman.

She hosts her own podcast “Nobody Listens to Paula” — complete with, yes, content about cats — and is frequently featured on NPR’s podcast “Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell me!”

Among Poundstone’s accolades are a No. 1-ranked book on the Amazon Bestsellers list for humor, inclusion on Comedy Central’s Top 100 Comics of All Time, an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up, and a show named by TIME Magazine and fellow comedian Tig Notaro as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever.

— Reporter Kimberly Cauvel: 360-4162199, kcauvel@skagitpublishing.com, Twitter: @Kimberly_SVH, Facebook.com/bykimberlycauvel

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OUT AND ABOUT

ART

THE LANGUAGE OF PATTERN: Five regional artists are being featured in January at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Scott Milo Gallery is celebrating 25 years with art from 15 favorite artists until Jan. 28 at the gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

VOYAGER: Steve Jensen returns to show new carvings and paintings of his Nordic series at Smith & Vallee, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison, until Jan. 26.

EMPOWERMENT OF ART: Work highlighting the strength and skill of local artists is featured at the Good Stuff Arts Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

DECADENT DREAMS: The art of Joseph Kinnebrew is being featured at the exhibit “Decadent Dreams: A Retrospective Surrealist Experience” at Cassera Gallery South, 26915 102nd Drive NW, Stanwood.

NESTS AND LANDSCAPES: Kris Ekstrand is the featured winter artist at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Work from artists around the region will be featured until Feb. 28. jansenartcenter. org.

NATALIE NIBLACK: FOLLY: Natalie Niblack’s solo exhibit “Folly” is featured at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison, until March 1.

MUSIC

WHATCOM JAZZ MUSIC ARTS CENTER: Renowned jazz musicians will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 207 Pospect St., Bellingham: n Jan. 29: Matt Jorgensen Quintet. $5-10. n Feb. 12: Laila Biali Trio. $5-20. n Feb. 19: Xavier Lecouturier Quartet. $5-15. n Feb. 26: Phil Parisot Trio. $5-15.

JENNIFER SCOTT TRIO: Contralto Jennifer Scott will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden.

THOM SHEPHERD: Country artist Thom Shepherd will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at La Conner Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. $40.

SARATOGA ORCHESTRA: Whidbey’s Saratoga Orchestra will present “Crowning Achievements” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, and at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 26, at Oak Harbor High School. $25 adults, $20 ages 65-plus and military, free under age 18. sowhidbey.com/ tickets.html BEETHOVEN & REICHA: The wind quintet Spiritus Winds and pianist Jason Suchan will celebrate the 250th birthdays of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Antoine Reicha at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27130 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

Birding showcase in La Conner on Saturday

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

Each winter, hundreds of different kinds of birds flock to Skagit Valley by the thousands for winter, and La Conner will honor that migration this weekend with the annual La Conner Birding Showcase.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, there will be several presentations and vendors with birds on their minds at Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., La Conner.

At 4 p.m., hawk

THEATER

SPACE TREK: Blast through the galaxy in this improvised sci-fi adventure at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25, at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $12. theupfront.com. ”CINDERELLA”: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 23-25, Lynden Christian High School Worship and Fine Arts Center, 515 Drayton St., Lynden. Additional performances at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 28, and 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. $6-10. showtix4u.com.

LECTURES & TALKS

ANACORTES PUBLIC LIBRARY: Evening lectures and workshops

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expert Sue Cottrell will address the crowd with a keynote speech, “Introduction to Raptors of Northwest Washington,” where she will discuss are held at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes: n Opioid Risks and Prevention: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 29.

BRIDGING THE COMMUNICATION DIVIDE: Learn to welcome difficult conversations and engage in them to access a common ground with Karen Gimnig at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes.

USING A SERVICE ANIMAL: The Anacortes Senior Activity Center Wellness Day will feature a talk about the use of service animals at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes.

the 16 kinds of raptors in the area.

Tickets are $5, and children under 16 are admitted for free.

MARINE MAMMALS OF SALISH SEA: Learn about orcas, humpbacks, porpoises, sea lions and other marine mammals that call the Salish Sea home from marine mammologist Cindy Elliser at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington.

MORE FUN

SKAGIT EAGLE FESTIVAL 2020: The event takes place during January at various sites in Rockport, Concrete and Marblemount. Some activities are repeated each weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday; other events are onetime only, offered on a Saturday and/or Sunday during specific weekends. concrete-wa.com/

skagit-eagle-festival.

BALD EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: The Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center offers guided nature hikes along the Skagit River and educational speakers on weekends in January.

The center, which offers elementary and high school educational tours as well as community group tours, is located at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport.

For a complete list of speakers, visit skagiteagle.org.

BOOK LOVERS BUS TOUR: Take Island Transit to two book stores and two libraries in Coupeville and Oak Harbor on Friday, Jan. 24.

RSVP and information: 360-678-9536 or travel@ transit.org.

SING-A-LONG-A: Sing along to the classic musical “A Sound of Music” at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 25, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. mountbakertheatre.org.

STATE OF THE PARK: The annual Deception Pass Park State of the Park meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Lindgren Hall Rosario Beach Marine Labratory, 15510 Rosario Beach Road, Anacortes.

LA CONNER BIRDING SHOWCASE: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Maple Hall, 103 Commercial, La Conner. Keynote speaker Sue Cottrell will discuss the 16 kinds of raptors that can be spotted around the area. $5.

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OUT AND ABOUT URSULMAS MEDIEVAL FAIRE: Step into a world with the sights and sounds of the current Middle Ages from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25-26, at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE, Monroe. $10 per day. ursulmas.org.

LOOKING AHEAD

BIRDS OF WINTER ART WALK: 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1, downtown Mount Vernon. mountvernondowntown. org. For more information, or to inquire about participating in future art walks: outreach@mountvernondowntown.org or 360-336-3801.

PACIFICA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT: 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, Trinity Episcopal Church,

2301 Hoyt Ave., Everett. $15-25. pacificachamberorchestra.org.

“THE BARN SHOWS”: Hear how two women preserved a piece of the Skagit Valley’s art history in a book called “The Barn Shows” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

BELLINGHAM’S GOT TALENT: Music, comedy, general talent acts and more family-friendly entertainment are in store at this fundraiser for the Lighthouse Mission Ministries’ Street Connect program at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial Ave., Bellingham.

JOAN PENNEY: Celebrate Valentine’s Day one day late with Joan Penney at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Eaglemont Golf Course, 4800 Eaglemont Drive, Mount Vernon.

BEST OF SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave. $25. wicaonline.org.

AIZURI QUARTET: The multiprize-winning string quartet will play at 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 16, at Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Road, Bellingham. Wine and appetizers.

ABOLISHING NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Leonard Eiger, of Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action, will present on the solution to a nuclear world at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at

Music Takes Flight Family Concert Sunday, January 26, 2020 McIntyre Hall Mount Vernon

1:00 pM ~ meet the musicians ~ 2:00 pM ~ concert begins ~ Jacob ScHerr, conductIng

Michael Wheatley, Music Director information: SkagitSymphony.com 360.848.9336 Concert funding proudly provided by: David Kingsbury & Deborah Smeltzer • Gold Sponsor Skagit Community Foundation

Purchase Tickets through McIntyre Hall

Reserved Seating $1 child/student • $10 adult

McIntyrehall.org 360.416.7727

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Free pet photos on Saturday

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

At the beginning of every school year, kids line to pose for pictures for their families to remember the year.

Why aren’t pets given the same opportunity?

Mud Bay pet store in Burlington is righting that wrong by providing free pet photography on Saturday, Jan. 25.

From noon to 4 p.m., dogs, cats and all kinds Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

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of furry friends are invited to live like a model and pose for a complimentary 5x7 color SOUTH: Mike Powell will talk about his two-month trip in 2011 on his brother’s boat UHURU and

print. There will also be refreshments and raffle prizes.

Mud Bay is located at 626 Haggen Drive. show pictures at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6, at Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham.

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OUT AND ABOUT TRIP TO ROMANIA AND CROATIA: John and Anamaria Lovric will share stories and photos from their trip to Romania and Croatia at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

THE ENGLAND CENSUS 101: Learn how to identify family members and their birth places in the England census from 1841-1911, at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger, off Old Highway 99. $3 suggested donation.

WOMEN AT THE BAR: WOMEN LAWYERS ACROSS THE YEARS: Join a panel discussion about women in court with Judge Laura Riquelme, Judge Susan Cook, Rosemary Kaholokula and Jennifer Flynn followed by a Q&A with Judge Dianne Goddard at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

SALTWATER BEAVERS: Friends of Skagit Beaches, “Saltwater Beavers: Engineers in the Tidal Marsh,â€? 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday. Feb. 21, Northwest Educational Services District, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free.

HUMANITIES WASHINGTON: Sociologist and writer Michelle Janning will discuss “What Your

Home Says About the World� at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

MILLINERY DESIGNER: Millinery designer Wayne Wichern will talk about the creation of his hats and the process and art behind modern headwear at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham.

BELLINGHAM COCKTAIL WEEK: The event will take place from Feb. 1-9. Official guides will be available at local bars and businesses around town.

This year’s theme is “Into the Cosmos.� bellinghamcocktailweek.com.

SERENITY PRINCESS BALL: 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Anacortes Christian

Ursulma Medieval Faire headlines Monroe weekend

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

Hear ye, hear ye, calling all ladies and lords: the 38th annual Ursulma Medieval Faire is nearly here.

Don your finest cloak and start the treacherous journey to the village of Monroe on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25-26, Church, 1211 M Ave., Anacortes. There will be food, a photo booth, flowers and raffles. $20, proceeds support the Serenity Thomas Foundation for pediatric

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at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE. Experience all the fun parts of the Middle Ages at the faire, where you’ll be surrounded by feats of chivalry, fine arts, entertainment and a marketplace.

The bravest in all the land can try their hand at archery, weapon

cancer. 360-293-3729.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger, off Old Highway 99. $3 suggested donation.

RED WINE & CHOCOLATE: Join the wineries of the North Sound Wine Trail for a “Red Wine and Chocolateâ€? weekend from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8-9, at Skagit Crest Vineyard & Winery, 105 N. First St., Suite 1, La Conner. skagitcrest.com.

MUSIC TAKES FLIGHT

“No matter how complex or daring, Taylor’s interpretations never short change the melodies; indeed, his remarkable fluid touch embues a seamless beauty.

Martin Taylor is something to behold.�

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FRIENDS OF THE FOREST ANNUAL MEETING: Members and nonmembers are invited to attend the Friends of the Forest annual membership meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Depot Building, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. The group will review an annual report, hold board elections and watch a historical presentation.

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throwing or other combat battles, though some may be subject to a $5 participation fee and require a signed waiver.

Single-day ticket: $10.

Weekend ticket: $20.

Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 8, Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $24-39. lincolntheatre.org.

SEALS AND SEA LIONS: Friends of Skagit Beaches presents a talk on Seals and Sea Lions: Pinnipeds of the Salish Sea from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

March 20, at Northwest Educational Services District, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free.

AUTHOR TALK: Abbe Rolnick, author of of the “Generation of Secretsâ€? series presents the third book “Founding Stonesâ€? with a talk at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham.

RESOLUTION EVOLUTION: Learn life hacks and gain tools to make resolutions stick from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Options High School, 2015 Franklin St., Bellingham. $75 general admission, $150 VIP access including swag and a meet-and-greet.

Funds support the Bellingham Schools Foundation. resolutionevolution.org.

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HOT TICKETS THE LIL SMOKIES: Jan. 23, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

STEVE GADD BAND: Jan. 23-26, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BRETT DENNEN: Jan. 24, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BILL MAHER: Jan. 25, Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

DERMOT KENNEDY: Jan. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

STRUNZ & FARAH: Jan. 27, The Triple Door, Seattle.

206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net.

PETER BERNSTEIN, LARRY GOLDINGS, BILL STEWART: Jan. 28-29, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

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MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: Jan. 28, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

JUAN DE MARCOS AND THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS: Jan. 28-29, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net.

RADICAL FACE: Jan. 29, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: Jan. 30, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

WAR: Jan. 30-Feb. 2, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

EMILY KING: Jan. 31, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-8384333 or thetripledoor.net.

EXCISION: Jan. 31-Feb. 1, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

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SARAH MCLACHLAN Feb. 2, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747, or benaroyahall. org or livenation.com.

THE CHOIR OF MAN: Jan. 31, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com. ”CINDERELLA”: by Pacific Northwest Ballet, Jan. 31Feb. 9, McCaw Hall, Seattle.

206-441-2424 or pnb.org.

HEART BY HEART: Feb.

1, The Triple Door, Seattle.

206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net.

CODY KO & NOEL MILLER: Feb. 1, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JULIA SWEENEY: Feb. 1, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SARAH MCLACHLAN: Feb. 2, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747, or benaroyahall.org or livenation.com.

SINEAD O’CONNOR: Feb. 4, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SUPERM: Feb. 4, Accesso Showare Center, Kent. 866973-9613 or livenation.com.

REVEREND HORTON HEAT: Feb. 4-6, The Crocodile, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com.

MARTIN TAYLOR, FRANK VIGNOLA: Feb. 4-5, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

QUEENSRYCHE: Feb. 5, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TRIXIE MATELL: Feb. 5, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DWEEZIL ZAPPA: Feb. 6, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

NORM MACDONALD: Feb. 6, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY: Feb. 6-9, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

GARY GULMAN: Feb. 8, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MUSTARD PLUG, THE TOASTERS: Feb. 9, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com.

SOULFLY, TOXIC HOLOCAUST: Feb. 10, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com.

SONNY LANDREATH, MARCIA BALL: Feb. 1112, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 23-30 Thursday.23 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 2 and 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

COMEDY THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: 7:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. 360-7338855 or theupfront.com.

Friday.24 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 8 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80.

425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

”THE GOOD DOCTOR”: 7:30 p.m., Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-16. bellinghamtheatreguild.com.

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”DAVIS”: 8 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $8-16.

360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

Friday-Saturday.24-25

”THE COCOANUTS”: 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8-17. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

”THE GOOD DOCTOR”: 7:30 p.m., Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-16. bellinghamtheatreguild.com.

COMEDY SPACE TREK: 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham.

360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.

Saturday.25 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 2 and 8 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $6580. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

”THE COCOANUTS” 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8-17. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org. Pictured (from left): Ki Rojas), Destiney Allen, Matthew Small, Robert Slabodnik and Rachel Daniel.

”DAVIS”: 8 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $8-16.

360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org. ”THE COCOANUTS”: 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8-17. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY SPACE TREK: 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham.

360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.

Sunday.26 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 2 and 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

”THE GOOD DOCTOR”: 2 p.m., Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-16. bellinghamtheatreguild.com. ”DAVIS”: 8 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $8-16.

360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

MUSIC SKAGIT SYMPHONY: “Music Takes Flight,” 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, students/children $1. 360-4167727 or mcintyrehall.org.

Tuesday.28 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

Wednesday.29 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

Thursday.30 THEATER ”GUYS & DOLLS”: 7:30 p.m., Village Theatre, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. $65-80. 425-257-8600 or villagetheatre.org.

”THE GOOD DOCTOR”: 7:30 p.m., Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-16. bellinghamtheatreguild.com. ”THE COCOANUTS”: 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8-17. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 23-February 2 Thursday.23 EMO THERAPY: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

CORY VINCENT: 7 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

FRETLAND, BOY ORBISON WAKING MAYA: 8 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

Friday.24 LEE HOWARD: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only.

360-848-8882.

KNUT BELL & THE BLUE COLLARS: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

THE GREEN, KA’IKENA SCANLAN: 8:30 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

WICKED TIMING: 6 p.m., B-Town Kitchen, 714 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham. 360-3926520 or btownkitchen. com.

BIRDS OF PLAY: 6 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook. com/TheFireflyBham.

Fri.-Sat.24-25 Saturday.25

PACIFIC TWANG 8 p.m., Crossroads Sports Bar, 1263 Barkley Blvd., Bellingham. 360-306-3624.

RUCKER: 7 p.m., Tony V’s Garage Saloon & Eatery, 1716 Hewitt Ave., Everett. 425-3743567.

SWEATER WEATHER: 9 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

Saturday.25 ALEX DEACON: 6:30 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

KNUT BELL & THE BLUE COLLARS: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

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

PACIFIC TWANG: 8 p.m., Crossroads Sports Bar, 1263 Barkley Blvd., Bellingham. 360306-3624.

VERY SERIOUS: 8:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 State St., Bellingham. 360-7701067 or shakedownbellingham.com.

GRASSBLUE: 7 p.m., Stones Throw Brewery, 1009 Larrabee Ave., Bellingham. 360-3625058 or stonesthrowbrewco.com.

THE GUESS WHO: 7 p.m., Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. 360-383-0777 or silverreefcasino.com.

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

SVER + SONS OF RAINIER DUO: 9 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

Sunday.26 RON BAILEY & THE TANGENTS: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

OZOMATLI: 8 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

Friday.31 GOOD VIBRATIONS: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

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

SWINGNUTS: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

RADIO 80: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

KNUT BELL & THE BLUE COLLARS 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

NAUGHTY BLOKES: 8 p.m., Fireside Martini and Wine Bar, 416 W. Bakerview Road, Bellingham. 360-738-1000 or firesidemartini.com.

CUT SNAKE: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

THEM FOLKES: 8:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 State St., Bellingham. 360-7701067 or shakedownbellingham.com.

Saturday.1 GRETA MATASSA, JOAN PENNEY: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

RADIO 80: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

FANTASY BAND: 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Sports Bar, 1263 Barkley Blvd., Bellingham. 360306-3624.

SPACEBAND: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

JACKIE: 7:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 State St., Bellingham.

360-770-1067 or shakedownbellingham.com.

CORWIN BOLT AND MEGHAN YATES: 8 p.m., Honey Moon, 1053 N. State Street Alley, Bellingham. 360734-0728 or honeymoonmeads.com.

MOODY BEAR: 8 p.m., Tony V’s Garage Saloon & Eatery, 1716 Hewitt Ave., Everett.

425-374-3567.

THE DIZZY’S: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

Sunday.2 BOW DIDDLERS: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

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GET INVOLVED

ART CLASSES

MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART: 121 S. First St., La Conner. n Adult Watercolor Class: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. $18. n My Adult & Me Painting Class: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. For kids (ages 3-9) and parents to learn together. $25 per pair. n Drawing Jean Behnke: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. $30.

THE GOOD STUFF ARTS GALLERY: 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3152.

TRI DEE ARTS WORKSHOPS: Art classes on a variety of topics are available at Tri Dee Arts, 215 S. First St., Mount Vernon. trideearts.com.

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. n 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.

GAIL HARKER CENTER: Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts offers a variety of art classes and workshops for artists of every level at 503 Morris

St., La Conner. Online courses are also available.

For information and a complete schedule: 360466-0110 or gailcreativestudies.com.

PACIFIC NW SCHOOL: Choose from painting, photography, fiber and 3D art workshops taught by professional artists at the Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville. For information and a complete schedule: 360-678-3396 or pacificnorthwestartschool.com.

DAKOTA: 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.

ANACORTES SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER: The center hosts a variety of art programs each week at 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. 360-293-7473. n Creative Circle: 9 a.m. Mondays. n Woodcarving: 9 a.m.

Mondays. n Acrylics: 9:30 a.m.

Mondays. n Rock Painting: 1 p.m. Mondays. n Miracle of Art: 1 p.m. Tuesdays. n Mosaics/Stained Glass: 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. n Color Me Calm: 10 a.m. Thursdays. n Drawing Animals: 2:15 p.m. Thursdays. n Watercolor: 9:30 a.m.

AUDITIONS

WHIDBEY HAS TALENT: Children in grades K-12 are invited to audition for Whidbey Has Talent on Feb. 10-13. $10 fee. Details at whidbeyplayhouse.com.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Croatian Cultural Center, 801 Fifth St., Anacortes.

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Bellingham Folk Festival runs Friday through Sunday

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

Celebrate folk music this weekend at the annual Bellingham Folk Festival.

The festival kicks off on Friday, Jan. 24, and continues all weekend until Sunday, Jan. 26, with a variety of workshops and showcases.

Most of the daytime events will be held at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St., including evening showcases that are included with a festival pass; otherwise admission ranges from $5-20.

Learn how to hear chord changes when playing a group to keep up in jams, or how to master the clawhammer banjo at these workshops and gather around for daily open jams.

Admission is $110 for adults for the full weekend, $65 for kids under 18; $40 for adults for Friday only, $20 for under 18; $70 for Saturday only, $35 for under 18; $45 for Sunday only, $25 for under 18; available at thebellinghamfolkfestival.com.

BOOKS

SILENT BOOK CLUB: Share a book you have read and silently read another at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

DANCE

BEGINNING CLOGGING CLASS: Two free lessons, $3 each lesson

thereafter. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Mondays, first lesson Feb. 3, The Cloggin’ Place, 14641 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. Bev: 360424-9675, bevruuth@ gmail.com, cloggingdanceclassmountvernonwa. com.

CROATIAN DANCE: Learn Croatian dances from Croatian community members and the Vela Luka Croatian Dancers at

SQUARE DANCING: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays.

Couples and singles welcome over age 10. No partner needed. First two evenings free, $4 thereafter to continue. Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. 360-391-3504 or rosie@ valleyint.com.

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Join an spiritual practice that draws inspiration from sacred traditions around the world at this guided dance class from 5:45 to 8 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at the Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon.

By donation.

BEGINNING LINE DANCING: 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays, Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. $6 drop-in, $25 for five classes. Adults and teens 13 and older.

Register: burlingtonwa. gov/recreation or 360755-9649.

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers meet Tuesdays at Bay View Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View.

Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music. 7 to 9:30 p.m.

First session free, $5 thereafter. No partners needed. Gary or Ginny, 360-766-6866.

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND AND IRISH STEP DANCE: The Clan Heather Dancers offer year-round Scottish Highland and Irish step dance classes in Belling-

ham, Everett and Mount Vernon. clanheather. com.

MONDAY DANCING: Dance to The Skippers or Good Vibrations from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Public welcome.

Information: Kenneth Kossman (360-336-3682) or the center (360-4161585). $7 per person.

MUSIC

SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL: Harmony Northwest Chorus, a women’s a cappella group singing four-part harmony barbershop style, welcomes all voice parts ages 15 and up.

Meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Mondays at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Contact Carol Ward: 425-2329171 or contact@harmonynorthwest.org.

OPEN MIC NITE: 6 to 8 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at Lil’Nut Cafe and Diner, 330 Cherry St., Sumas.

SCOTTISH MUSIC SESSIONS: Musicians from around the valley meet at 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. The jam session generally focuses on Scottish music.

UKULELE FUN & SONG CIRCLE: 12:30 to 1:30 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.

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Black Pumas talk busking, Prince and best new artist nomination ahead of Grammys

By CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Much like their toughest competition Lizzo, the co-founders of Texas soulrock band Black Pumas find the “new” part of their best new artist Grammy nomination to be a bit of a misnomer.

“Some of these songs date back 10 years, and I’ve been a working musician going on 20,” mused guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada. “So it definitely doesn’t feel like an overnight success thing to us.”

Still, it’s only been two years since Quesada — an ex-member of the Prince-endorsed Latin funk-rock unit Grupo Fantasma — plucked his bandmate Eric Burton off his favorite street-busking corner (6th Street and Congress Avenue) in Austin, Texas, to start working on the songs that make up their eponymous debut album.

A fresh-sounding mashup of darkly tinted retro-soul and hazy psychedelic rock, the ambitious and lush record clearly didn’t come from a bunch of inexperienced newbies.

It arrived in June with strong buzz off Austin’s South by Southwest festival before landing the Grammy nom on its way to many

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Eric Burton (left) and Adrian Quesada of the Black Pumas

critics’ 2019 year-end lists.

While still in Grupo Fantasma — a band he helped form after moving to Austin from the Texas border town of Laredo around the year 2000 — Quesada played a series of gigs as part of Prince’s “3121” Las Vegas residency in 2007. During that run, Prince invited the Fantasma crew to perform for his Golden Globes after-party in Los Angeles.

“We had half a day’s notice to get to LA, and none of us really knew what to expect,” Quesada recalled

by phone on Jan. 13.

“When we got there, we didn’t see Prince’s band anywhere in sight. And that’s when we learned: We were his band. We didn’t have any rehearsal or plan.

It was so Prince. But it went great.”

On a personal level, he added, “we all got to know just how hysterical the man was. We joked around a lot in Grupo Fantasma, too, so I think he hit it off pretty well with us.”

Apparently there was a similar instant chemistry between Quesada, 43, and

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Burton, 30, when they first got together in 2017 as sort of a blind musical date arranged by mutual friends.

At the time, the guitarist was a few years removed from Fantasma and bouncing around between various projects. Those included his insanely fun tribute band Brown Sabbath (Latino-ized Black Sabbath tunes) and his short-lived indie-rock trio Spanish Gold with My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan.

Quesada had started demoing a series of psychedelic soul tunes and needed a capable singer to fit the mold.

“I already knew Eric was a great singer because I had looked up a couple of his songs on YouTube,” he recalled.

Once they started working together, though, he continued, “I really liked

the way he played guitar.

He has this very unique way of playing, and it really complemented the way he sang. As a guitar player myself, it just sort of put him over the top in my mind.”

Their album wound up being a mix of the tunes that Quesada was already working on, songs that Burton had in his back pocket and new collaborations.

The former included last year’s slowly stormy breakout single “Black Moon Rising,” which Quesada wrote the day of the solar eclipse in 2017. Burton’s contributions included the newest single “Colors,” a buoyant, Al Green-flavored soul workout with a hopeful, hippie-ish outlook.

“As soon as he played me that one, I said we had to do it,” said Quesada, who thinks Burton’s experience as a street busker — includ-

ing several years in his native Santa Monica, California — shows up now that he’s playing packed clubs.

“As a busker, you have to find a way to get people’s attention or you don’t get paid. He still does that. He goes from the first person to the last person in the room and engages them in one way or another. It’s kind of amazing, really.”

Just as Burton has come into his own as a frontman, Quesada said the expanded Black Pumas lineup now on tour has also grown exponentially in just a short time.

“There are a few songs we still intentionally play close to how they sound on record, but most of the arrangements now are very different,” he said. “We recorded the album before we ever played a show, so there was a lot of room to grow.”

Dr. Jon Peterson Joins Fidalgo Medical Jon Peterson DO is now seeing patients at FMA, providing Family Medicine that encourages patients to prioritize personal wellness.

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Doctor of Osteopathy, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts Medical Center Certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians

“My approach is a focus on prevention and responsibility for good health.”

For appointment call 360-293-3101

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 / MAPLE HALL 10AM - 3PM / VENDORS, RETAILERS & ARTISTS

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: www.lovelaconner.com 360.466.4778

4PM - KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SUE COTTRELL “INTRODUCTION TO RAPTORS OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON’’

Fine Feathered Friends, Quantum Construction La Conner Pub & PNW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum

Sponsored by

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TRAVEL

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

Piers for fun and sun

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com

Whether you’re seeking sun and a sea breeze or a Ferris wheel and Midway games, put a historic pier at the center of your family travel plan. Here are five to consider: 1. SANTA MONICA PIER, SANTA MONICA, CALIF. This SoCal landmark has been a festive and fun family destination for more than a century. Wander beyond the iconic entrance gate and make your way to the historic Ferris wheel for long views of the Pacific Ocean, test your skills in the arcade and prepare for thrills on the roller coaster. Don’t miss the vintage carousel that pairs well with a stop for treats in the adjacent, old-school soda fountain. The adventuresome in your clan will want to inquire about flying trapeze classes that enable students to sample the exhilaration of this circus art at the pier. santamonicapier.org 2. HISTORIC PLEASURE PIER, GALVESTON ISLAND, TEXAS The original pier was destroyed when a hurricane battered the Texas coast in the 1960s. So, in 2012, when the new pier opened, it was to the delight of locals and visitors.

Today, with 16 rides such as the Pier Pileup, the Sky Shooter and the Iron Shark roller coaster, there is plenty of waterfront fun to be had by every member

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Santa Monica Pier

of the family. The Texas Flyer, a towering swing, suspended more than 230 feet above sea level, offers thrill seekers a panoramic view of the pier and the Gulf of Mexico. Test your skills at the Pirate Striker, Lucky Duck, The Balloon Pop and other Midway games before sampling the flavors at Sweet Scoops or other family-friendly dining spots. pleasurepier.com 3. MOREY’S PIERS, WILDWOODS, N.J. This classic seaside fun zone was named Park of the Year in 2019 by Amusement Today, honoring the family-owned and -operated establishment for providing families who live or vacation along the Jersey Shore with an innovative and creative

variety of entertainment.

With more than 100 rides and attractions expanding through 18 acres and along six beach blocks, visitors can explore three amusement piers and two waterparks. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Morey’s Piers unveiled a new ride. The Runaway Tram, a family-friendly roller coaster, pays homage to the Wildwood Sightseer Tramcar, an icon of the Wildwood Boardwalk.

Breakfast in the Sky on the Morey’s Piers Ferris wheel, available from mid-July through mid-August, is one for the summer bucket list. moreyspiers.com 4. NAVY PIER, CHICAGO This lakeside, not-forprofit landmark is one of the most popular attrac-

tions in the Midwest and ranks at the top of the list for visitors to the Windy City. Brimming with activity, families can explore the botanical garden, the children’s museum, and visit Pier Park where the Centennial Wheel, Pepsi Wave Swinger and an iconic carousel engage kids of all ages. Challenge family members to find their way through the twisting, turning, dizzying Funhouse Maze before catching the nighttime fireworks during the summer months. Originally completed in 1916, Navy Pier is evolving into an accessible, year-round centerpiece for Chicago’s diverse arts and cultural treasures. navypier.com 5. NAPLES PIER, NAPLES, FLA. Built in 1888, the pier played an important part in the development of this Florida resort town.

There have been multiple rebuilds after hurricanes took their toll, but today the 1,000-foot-long structure is the ideal place to enjoy a sea breeze, fish or watch others reel in their catch. After a long day at the beach, grab an ice cream cone and stroll toward the sea to capture the pastel hues of a stunning sunset over the Gulf waters. naplesgov.com – Lynn O’Rourke Hayes (www.LOHayes.com) is an author, family travel expert and enthusiastic explorer.

Local travel briefs OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of tours daily in the Skagit Valley and surrounding areas. Reservations required: 360-474-7479. n Winter Birding for Kids: An “I Spy” Adventure in Skagit Valley. Through March, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30-4:30 pm. Transportation and binoculars provided. Reservations required by phone, 360-474-7479. n Hike n’ Cruise to Cypress Island, daily, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Departs from Skyline Marina, Anacortes. Kid- and dog-friendly. Reservations required.

SKAGIT SENIOR TOURS: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of local nature and hiking day tours for seniors. Reservations required: 360-474-7479.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham.

OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers 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. Staff members assist travelers who have questions, refer them to specific destination marketing organizations and other travel resources across the state for more detailed information, and take orders for the Washington State Visitors Guide.

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. 360-755-0492.

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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MBT hosts ‘The Sound of Music’ Sing-a-long

AT THE LINCOLN

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

”Doe, a deer, a female deer ...”

The hills won’t be the only thing alive with the sound of music this weekend at the Mount Baker Theatre.

The theater itself will be brimming with song, as guests are invited to watch the classic movie “The Sound of Music” and encouraged to sing along to each song.

The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Costumes are encouraged, and prop bags will be given to each guest to participate in special movie moments.

DINING GUIDE

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“Parasite” plays Friday, Sunday and Monday at the Lincoln Theatre.

‘Parasite’

8 P.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Poundstone is a humorist, author and comedian known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. When she isn’t collecting hotel soaps while on tour or panel-ing on NPR’s No. 1 show, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!,” Poundstone hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.” $39, $49, $59, $69. Lincoln members receive $2 off.

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‘Kilroy Was Here’

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Alpha male toxicity clouds Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

Guy Ritchie’s latest British gangster yarn, “The Gentlemen,” opens with a bartender pulling a beer tap printed with a logo reading: “Gritchie’s English Lore.” It’s oh-so-appropriate branding for this return to roots for Ritchie, who burst onto the scene in the late ’90s with the rollicking London crime flick “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.”

With “The Gentlemen,” co-written with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, Ritchie invites the audience to belly up to his bar for a full pint of his signature brew: a wordy, bloody, Cockney-accented blend of colorful criminals. As you might expect, despite the title, these gentlemen aren’t gentlemanly in the least.

This time, Ritchie expands his horizons to England’s upper crust (the “toffs,” if you will).

The lords and ladies are a means to an end for the protagonist, Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), an American Rhodes scholar-turnedweed dealer who has worked out a deal with the landed gentry. They have the land he needs for his grow operation; he has the money they need to sustain their titled lifestyles.

Now Mickey wants to get out of the game, and he’s trying to sell his organization to the highest bidder.

Will it be the fey Jewish billionaire Matthew Berger (Jeremy Strong) or the aggressive young Chinese upstart Dry Eye (Henry Golding)?

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Matthew McConaughey and Michelle Dockery star in “The Gentlemen.”

It’s not just the tale of a simple sale, though. It’s recounted by an opportunistic private eye, Fletcher (Hugh Grant), who has turned up on the doorstep of Mickey’s right hand man, Ray (Charlie Hunnam), hoping to sell his highly embellished version to Mickey for a higher price than the local tabloid has offered. Fletcher has even helpfully written it all into a screenplay, in a small bit of self-reflection about storytelling, as the saga grows wilder and wilder in Fletcher’s telling.

It can be easy to be swept away by all the beautiful people, unreliable narrators, classic rock needle drops, wild costumes and regional accents. Ritchie still has undeniable attitude and swagger in spades. But kick the tires and you’ll start to realize the story’s a lemon. It’s fairly simple underneath the layers of

unreliable narrators and unnecessarily extraneous plot twists, which end up having all the intrigue of a potato.

Story shortcomings can be forgiven. But the insidious and lazy cultural stereotypes Ritchie, Atkinson and Davies overly rely on are too unfortunate to be excused. It’s true that depiction does not equal endorsement, and unsavory bad guy types aren’t known for their sensitivity.

But it’s impossible to ignore how cavalierly racist the film is toward the Chinese gang members Dry Eye and Lord George (Tom Wu), and how the film’s villains are coded as rapacious gay predators.

That many racial epithets can’t be swept away as merely rough British slang.

Colin Farrell is predictably fantastic as a track-suited boxing coach whose students raid one of

Pearson’s secret spots. The resulting music video they film, toplined by British grime MC Bugzy Malone, is easily the highlight of the film. Farrell’s Coach, a loyal, protective tough guy with a rigid (if untraditional) moral code is an oddball breath of fresh air.

He’s more like one of the rough and tumble characters from “Snatch,” rather than the slick and slimy monied likes of Pearson.

One wonders what the film would have been like centered around him, or even around Pearson’s cool Cockney wife, Roz (Michelle Dockery). But “The Gentlemen” is so blinkered by its outdated (and often offensive) alpha male perspective that it’s blind to the elements that could have made it great.

– 1:53. Rated R for violence, language throughout, sexual references and drug content. H1/2 (out of four stars)

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“Dolittle” — Robert Downey Jr.’s eyes seem to glaze over with boredom as he plays the widowed doctor who brings his animal friends on a seafaring quest to find a mysterious curative fruit. By the time the doc operates on a flatulent dragon, “Dolittle” has solidified its standing as a spectacularly terrible multivehicle pileup. Fantasy adventure, PG, 101 minutes. HH “Underwater” — Playing a resourceful engineer at a research station some 7 miles beneath the surface of the ocean, Kristen Stewart leads the likable cast of this laughably ludicrous sci-fi horror flick. The film is weighed down by muddy visuals and gimmicks stolen from better movies, and ultimately sinks like a half-ton boulder. Sci-fi horror, PG-13, 95 minutes. H½ “Just Mercy” — An idealistic young lawyer (Michael B. Jordan) pours his heart and soul into exonerating an innocent Alabama man (Jamie Foxx). The fact-based legal thriller is one of the most predictable movies you’ll ever see, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a solid, inspirational, debate-provoking work. Drama, PG-13, 137 minutes.

HHH “Like a Boss” — The likable Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne play lifelong friends tempted to turn over their struggling cosmetics company to a villainous tycoon (Salma Hayek). It’s just a crass and dumbed-down buddy comedy in lipstick and eyeshadow. Comedy, R, 83 minutes. H1/2 “Spies in Disguise” — This computer-animated adventure benefits from the expert comic timing of Will Smith, providing the voice of a super spy accidentally transformed into a pigeon and forced to team up with a socially awkward tech genius (Tom Holland). It’s terrific family entertainment, popping with bright colors. Animated action, PG, 101 minutes. HHH “1917” — With brilliant, claustrophobically effective directing choices by Sam Mendes and strong, raw performances from young leads Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay, this heart-stopping World War I drama is a unique viewing experience you won’t soon shake off.

War action, R, 119 minutes. HHH “Uncut Gems” — In one of the most authentic deep dives into the world of the gambling addict ever put on film, Adam Sandler’s performance as a New York jeweler with a variety of voracious appetites might just be the best dramatic performance by an actor in all of 2019.

Crime comedy, R, 135 minutes. HHHH “Little Women” — Through the prism of the blazingly talented writer-director Greta Gerwig, it’s as if we’re meeting the March sisters for the very first time, and we’re immediately swept away in a gorgeously filmed, wickedly funny, deeply moving and, yes, empowering story. Drama, PG, 135 minutes. HHHH “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” — Action-filled and plot-packed, Episode IX of the space opera saga features a twist and turn and surprise around nearly every corner. It rarely comes close to touching greatness, but it’s a solid, visually dazzling and warm-hearted victory for the Force of quality filmmaking. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 141 minutes. HHH

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Smith and Lawrence, together again and schooling the youngsters So much has happened since Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, in that order of billing, struck gold with director Michael Bay’s feature debut “Bad Boys” (1995) and its sequel, “Bad Boys II” (2003).

Presidents came and went.

“Green Book” won the Oscar. Our dog turned 14.

A lot goes on in between the natural life cycle of a two-movie phenomenon from another time, and an attempt to tack on a third and get it going again, this time with Smith getting top billing and Martin second.

“Bad Boys for Life” is that attempt. Aside from the bit about Lawrence being able to beat Smith in a foot race, the movie has very few unintentional laughs. It boasts a handful of cheap intentional ones,

lots and lots of automatic gunfire and bleeding, and a nutty pileup of influences, from late-period “Fast & Furious” to “Mission: Impossible” to “21 Jump Street.”

Through it all, as directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, “Bad Boys for Life” may be a frantic visual blur but it’s razor-sharp thematically. Its mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make a jaded 2020 audience glad to see these guys again. The movie’s not the point. The boys are the point.

“Original” being relative, the original “Bad Boys” told the story of how Tea Leoni nearly swiped a Martin Lawrence/Will Smith vehicle away from the headliners.

“Bad Boys II,” a callous low point for early 21st century studio movies, told the story of how Jackie Chan’s far superior “Police Story” managed to

wreck a hillside village inhabited by poverty-stricken extras for laughs, and succeeded. This led to director Bay ripping off the “Police Story” melee for his movie. Watching the destruction, all you could think about was the meanness of the joke’s premise.

“Bad Boys for Life” finds Lawrence’s Det. Marcus Burnett a proud grandpa and an eager retiree-to-be.

The script’s main joke for his character involves Marcus still finding the prospect of “quality time” from his shrewish wife (Theresa Randle) a persistent drag on his ego.

There are other major female roles here, and only one of them is a ruthless drug lord she-beast bruja (Kate del Castillo, bringing it). She busts out of prison; assigns her ruthless yet vaguely conflicted assassin son (Jacob Scipio) to eliminate all the Miami

“A Hidden Life” — In 1940s Austria, a farmer is jailed for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to Hitler, as his wife and children suffer without him. This is a Terrence Malick film, so you can count on feeling dazzled by spectacular shots of heaven on Earth, and impatient at the sheer overpowering deliberateness of it all.

Historical drama, PG-13, 180 minutes. HHH “Jumanji: The Next Level” — Like 2017’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” this rousing, funny, warm-hearted, old-fashioned adventure movie puts high school students into video game avatars that look like

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and others. There’s more than enough charm to overcome the occasional overlong action sequence.

Action adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “Richard Jewell” — The latest economically filmed, well-crafted gem from Clint Eastwood recalls the cop wannabe who was proven innocent after being named as the prime suspect in the 1996 Olympics bombing in Atlanta. Paul Walter Hauser delivers screen-commanding work as the title character. Historical drama, R, 130 minutes. HHH½ “Knives and Skin” — When a teen disappears in a

seemingly quiet Midwestern town, reactions range from the strange and disturbing to the REALLY strange and disturbing in this cool and badass and blazingly original social satire/horror thriller. Rating: Thriller, no MPAA rating, 112 minutes.

HHH½ “The Two Popes” — With Anthony Hopkins portraying Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as the cardinal who would become Pope Francis, we have the privilege of seeing two of the world’s finest actors sinking their chops into rich albeit sometimes overly fanciful dialogue. But with an overlong running time,

By MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune

bigwigs who made life difficult for her and her late drug lord husband.

Det. Mike Lowery heads that list.

The movie lurches back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico, while the veteran Bad Boys struggle with new rules of conduct and cooperative policing, albeit policing with a delirious body count. Paola Nunez plays Rita, Lowery’s former lover and head of an elite special Miami police unit taking charge of the case involving the murdered Miami adversaries of the drug lords.

But there’s all this sexual tension between Rita and Mike, at least we’re told there is. Mike mutters about the love of his life, once upon a time, which ended badly and closed him off emotionally. This figures into the plot, if you care about plot.

The movie doesn’t, and its major reveal is

ridiculous bordering on insane. But “Bad Boys for Life” is the sort of shiny, energetic mess audiences won’t mind. It’s a lot less egregious than “Bad Boys II.” (Low bar.) Speaking of which: Michael Bay shows up here in a wedding sequence, making a toast.

Cute cameo, destined to be lost on millions.

The chief marker of the years that have passed since 1995 can be crystallized by the visual attack of “Bad Boys” vs. this reboot. Bay’s greasy-smooth camera aesthetic has been replaced by the new directors’ frenzied, handheld, even-quicker-cut approach. A weird amount of the action seems to be filmed at an accelerated, jazzed-up speed, when it’s not full-on body-doubling Smith and Lawrence, or digitally futzing in a supremely obvious way with the physical brawls.

It’s no less tricked-up than

Smith’s recent “Gemini Man” double act.

Unlike that movie, at least, this one makes time for a few trash-talk detours, and for Lawrence’s superb delivery of the phrase “thy own loins.” At one point, during a physics-defying motorcycle pursuit along nighttime Miami streets that look oddly like Atlanta, Marcus finds a huge cache of weapons in a storage compartment. The throwaway line “It’s like an angry white man’s basement in here!” got a nice juicy laugh, one that even angry white men with basements full of weapons should appreciate. And if they liked the old “Bad Boy” movies, they’ll probably like this one, too.

– 2:04. MPAA rating: R (for strong bloody violence, language throughout, sexual references and brief drug use). HH (out of four stars)

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“The Two Popes” is the kind of well-made but flawed release you can wait to catch on home video. Biography, PG-13, 125 minutes. HH½ “A Million Little Pieces” — There’s nothing Hollywood or glamorous about Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s work as self-destructive, hardcore addict James Frey. This is an

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effective blunt instrument of a film — a rough-edged, unvarnished, painfully accurate portrayal of addiction and rehabilitation. Drama, R, 113 minutes. HHH “The Aeronauts” — This rousing and (frostbitten) knuckle-biting adventure reteams Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones (“The

Theory of Everything”) for a historic 1862 quest in a hot air balloon to ascend higher than any man or woman had flown up to that moment. The fact-based fairy tale has a distinctly old-fashioned, Saturday afternoon movie vibe.

Historical adventure, PG-13, 101 minutes. HHH

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