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PAULA POUNDSTONE PLAYS THE LINCOLN ON FRIDAY NIGHT This Weekend, Page 3

Skagit Valley Herald Thursday January 28, 2016

AT THE LINCOLN

ON STAGE ALTA presents “Father’s Been to Mars” PAGE 8

Brian Gore brings his annual International Guitar Night to the theater on Sunday PAGE 12

MOVIES “Son of Saul” powerfully depicts the Holocaust PAGE 14

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Goosebumps”: math prodigy struggles with building relationDirector Rob LetterUpcoming ships. man finds the right releases “Burnt”: Chef tries to tempo of terror for the Following is a partial redeem himself. Bradley ghoulish attacks. schedule of coming DVD Cooper stars.

A werewolf battle releases. Dates are sub“Jesse Stone: Lost in in a supermarket has ject to change: Paradise”: Tom Selleck as many comic turns as stars in the latest madeFEB. 2 scares. The same goes The Last Witch for-television movie in for all the other creaSuffragette the crime series. tures, including a cemeBig Stone Gap “Chi-Raq”: Group of tery filled with zombies.

Freeheld women organize against The scariest creature The Keeping Room the ongoing violence on is Slappy, a talking Batman: Bad Blood Chicago’s South Side. ventriloquist dummy FEB. 9 “Assassin”: Exiled voiced by Jack Black.

Crimson Peak assassin (Shu Qi) must He provides a darkness Love the Coopers choose between love to the story that lifts the 99 Homes and duty. creepiness level.

Freaks of Nature “Lidia Celebrates Mi-5 Darren Lemke’s America: Home for the screenplay has some FEB. 16 Holidays”: Chef, author huge holes (such as an Black Mass and restaurateur Lidia abandoned amusement Criminal Activities Bastianich looks at holipark that still has elecGirls: Season 4 day traditions. tricity), but he manages “Sonny Boy”: OffFEB. 23 to give time to many of I Smile Back beat tale of family love the classic Stine creaExtraction gone berserk. tures. Lawn gnomes and Moonwalkers “Jack’s Back”: James poodles will never look Spader stars in this tale the same after this film.

MARCH 1 of a modern day Jack Creed “Downton Abbey: the Ripper.

The Night Before Season 6”: This final The Danish Girl “Naz & Maalik”: season of the first-rate Room Two African-American, drama is airing on PBS. Legend Muslim teenagers If you can’t wait to Youth attract the attention of watch the series finale, Miss You Already the FBI. Sunshine Superman then this DVD set is “Earth’s Natural All Roads Lead to Rome your answer.

Childhood’s End Wonders”: A look at The season opens Don Verdean some of the planet’s in 1925 with a series Life most amazing spots shot of crises reflecting the on five continents.

MARCH 4 momentous changes “Nickelodeon FavorEntertainment that are transforming ites: Whiskers and The Peanuts Movie society. Women’s rights Paws”: Furry and fun have given Lady Mary n Tribune News Service collection features more and Lady Edith new than two hours of conpositions of responsibilitent. ty: Mary runs the estate, “Night Will Fall”: A 1945 British and Edith manages the magazine she documentary detailing World War II inherited from Michael Gregson. The German concentration camp atrocities. biggest question is whether or not the “UnReal: Season 1”: Scripted cable big houses with large staffs will survive. series about the behind-the-scenes The cast includes Maggie Smith, action of a reality dating show.

Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, “The Facts of Life: Season Eight”: Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Blair, Natalie, Tootie and Jo say goodJoanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, bye to their beloved Mrs. G. Phyllis Logan, Laura Carmichael and “Da Vinci’s Demons: The Complete Brendan Coyle.

Third Season”: Conclusion of the hisThe DVD and Blu-ray feature the torical fantasy series that focuses on a original U.K. edition, plus 30 minutes young Leonardo da Vinci. of bonus video. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee “A Brilliant Young Mind”: Teenage

YOUR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION GUIDE TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN SKAGIT COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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THIS WEEKENDin the area On Stage: Paula Poundstone

DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENINGS The Sedro-Woolley Public Library will host the new documentary series “The Raising of America” beginning today, Jan. 28, at 802 Ball St., Sedro-Woolley.

The film series asks important questions about education and child care.

All showings are free and last about one hour. Cookies and discussions will follow each screening. 360-855-1166.

Next up: 6:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Jan. 28: Episode No. 1: “The Raising of America.”

Veteran comedian Paula Poundstone, known for her gift of observation and her flair for improvisation and audience interaction, will perform at 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 29, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $19-$59. 360-3368955 or lincoln theatre.org.

ILLUMINIGHT WINTER WALK In conjunction with Mayor Boudreau’s Winter Wellness Week, the Mount Vernon Downtown Association will host the Illuminight Winter Walk at 5:30 p.m. today, Jan. 28, along the Skagit Riverwalk in downtown Mount Vernon.

Come to Tri-Dee Arts, 215 S. First St., from 4 to 5 p.m. and learn to create your own paper lantern, then take a 15- to 20-minute wellness walk along the Riverwalk. Free. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org.

BALD EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER The Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this weekend at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. Guided hikes are offered at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Next up: n Jan. 30: Salmon and Trout of the Skagit River: Distribution, Abundance Trends and Habitat Recovery: with Richard Brocksmith, executive director, Skagit Watershed Council. Free.

360-853-7626 or skagiteagle.org.

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COLORING FOR ADULTS The Burlington Public Library will host free coloring sessions for adults from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 1, at 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Coloring sheets and art supplies will be provided or bring your own. Free. 360-755-0760.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

Ave., Edison. n Haller’s oil paintings SURFACE DESIGN: are inspired by the land“Beyond The Surface,” feascapes of central Whidbey turing work by the Whidand Olympic National bey Island Surface Design Park.

Group, continues through n Michael focuses on the March 27 at the La Conner tactile beauty that can be Quilt & Textile Museum, found in simple materials.

703 S. Second St., La ConBy deconstructing one’s ner. The exhibit includes concept of a paperback artwork created with fiber book’s structure, text and and fabric as a base, and meaning, she reconstructs embellished using a varia new narrative that quesety of processes including tions the effects of the dyeing, wrapping, felting, pulp paper industry on the stitching, weaving, image transfer, beading, quilting, environment, culture and consumerism. painting, printing and coln Schutte works in a lage. variety of media to explore Artists include Liz her longtime affinity for Axford, Danielle Bodine, the dark and expressive in Mary Burks, Debra life and art. Most recently, Calkins, Fine Gelfand, she employs gray-scale Zia Gipson, Carol Barton paintings of animals to Jerome, Cheryl Kamera, investigate specifically Janet King, Patricia King, human problems.

Barbara Kuznetz, KrisThe gallery is open from tin Lasher, Nan Leaman, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360Nancy Loorem-Adams, 766-6230 or smithand Pat Morse, Natalie Olsen, Marie Plakos, Diane Rear- vallee.com. don, Bergen Rose, Laura MEMBERS’ SHOW: Stangel Schmidt, Ilene Rae Sorenson, Janet Steadman, Allied Arts of Whatcom County’s annual Members’ Larkin Jean Van Horn, Sande Wascher-James and Show continues through Jan. 31 at the Allied Arts Colleen Wootton.

Gallery, 1418 Cornwall n A show of embroiAve., Bellingham. The show dered fiber art by Anne Middleton will open with a features work from nearly 100 Allied Arts members, reception from 4 to 6 p.m. including professional artWednesday, Feb. 3, and ists, students and new or continue through Feb. 28.

Middleton’s hand-stitched emerging artists. Works work focuses on Northwest presented range from traditional paintings to phoRock Art, and features tography to contemporary petroglyphs and pictosculptures and everything graphs. in between. Gallery hours Museum hours are 11 are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mona.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday day through Friday and through Sunday. Admisnoon to 5 p.m. Saturday. sion: $7, $5 students and 360-676-8548 or alliedarts. military, free for members org. and ages 11 and younger.

360-466-4288 or laconner “POPTICS”: A show of quilts.org. acrylic paintings by BellFEMALE ARTISTS: Patty ingham artist Rob Gischer continues through Jan. 30 Haller, Michelle Schutte and Ellen Jane Michael are at Fourth Corner Frames, featured in a show running 311 W. Holly St., Bellingthrough Jan. 31 at Smith & ham. “Poptics” is the new Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey word chosen to describe

WINTER FILM SERIES

1990-2015”: Often used as a musical term, appassionata refers to an intensely impassioned period or person. Curated by Seattle gallery owner Francine Seders, the exhibit includes dynamic artworks that evoke both joy and pain. Seders chose oil paintings because they “reflect an intense emotional state of mind (while) their composition and play of colors give them strength and stability.” Barnett’s bold colors, stable compositions and fluid brushstrokes reflect emotions experienced by all individuals.

Historical Museum will reopen with a special installation, “Secrets of the Mount Vernon Culture: Uncovered, Documented and Prepared by Jack Gunter” opening with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, and continuing through May 15 at 501 S Fourth St., La Conner.

The show features monumental pottery sculptures, paintings and other “artifacts” created by Camano Island artist, author and world traveler Jack Gunter.

The museum is open from Enjoy free film screenings at 7 p.m. Fridays at the 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. through Sunday. $5 adults, Films will be introduced by Movie Man Nick Alphin.

“CLAYTON JAMES: NOW $4 seniors and ages 6 to Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofana& FOREVER”: The work of 12, $10 families. Free for cortes.org. Next up: Jan. 29: “Just Like Heaven” master sculptor and painter members and ages 5 and (fantasy romance): Reese Witherspoon and Mark Clayton James — who will younger. 360-466-3365 or Ruffalo star as an unlikely couple brought together by turn 98 in February — is skagitcounty.net/museum. fate. Rated PG-13. featured in a show continuing through Jan. 31 at “HALF-REMEMBERED the fusion of color, line, the Antarctic and the work Gallery Cygnus, 109 Com- DREAMS”: Black and mercial, La Conner. The white photographs by Jane optical illusion and geomhappening there. show offers pieces from Alynn will be featured etry Gischer has meshed n “Here and There: all six decades of James’ during the First Friday into each of his paintings.

Topographic ConversaArt Walk from 6 to 9 p.m.

The gallery is open from 10 tions with Morris Graves”: career and includes work Friday, Feb. 5, at ACME a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday “Here and There” engages from his personal collection as well as pieces from Creative Space, 705 Comthrough Saturday. 360-734- viewers in a discussion his retrospective show at mercial Ave., Anacortes.

1340 or fourthcorneframes. between Graves, eight the Museum of Northwest Alynn’s gelatin silver com. contemporary artists and Art. The gallery is open prints evoke memories and their environments. In half-remembered dreams, NORTHWEST ART: addition to works by these from noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday or by a sense of the fragile, the Three new exhibitions eight artists, the exhibit continue through March 17 features two pieces created appointment. 360-708-4787 fleeting and ephemeral. or gallerycygnus.com. acmecreative.co. at the Museum of Northby Graves while he was west Art, 121 S. First St., living in both Skagit and SUBLIME PAINTINGS: “FROM ETCHING ...

La Conner. The museum Humboldt counties. Not “From Here to Eternity: TO ETCHING”: A show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 only did these artists live of printmaking through p.m. Tuesday through Satin the same topographical the Paintings of Victor the ages will open with a urday and noon to 5 p.m. regions as Graves, but like Sandblom and Brian reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

Sunday and Monday. Free him they are also contem- Strobel” will be on display through Feb. 21 at Friday, Feb. 5, and continue admission. 360-466-4446 or plating the natural world i.e. Gallery, 5800 Cains through Feb. 29 at Fourth monamuseum.org. and its ability to inspire Court, Edison. Strobel and Corner Frames & Gallery, n “April Surgent: Obser- creativity. Also included Sandblom bring levity and 311 W. Holly St., Bellingvations of Life on Ice”: As are several photos of the sublime to life on their ham. Examples included a recipient of the National Graves taken by Imogen canvases. Gallery hours in the show range from Science Foundation’s Ant- Cunningham and Mary arctic Artist and Writers Randlett. Participating art- are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday the earliest woodblock techniques to engraving, program, Surgent conduct- ists include Lanny Bergner, through Sunday. 206-4378534, 360-488-3458 or ie aquatint etching and finally ed eight weeks of fieldwork Ann Chadwick Reid, Eve edison.com. today’s digital printing. in the Antarctic during the Deisher, Lori Goodman, The gallery is open from 10 Austral summer of 2013.

Leslie Kenneth Price, Julie “SECRETS OF THE a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Surgent’s cameo glass McNiel, Allen Moe and MOUNT VERNON CULthrough Saturday. 360-734engravings on layered-glass Emily Silver.

TURE”: After a monthlong 1340 or fourthcorner panels depict her experin “Appassionata: The hiatus, the Skagit County frames.com. ences and impressions of Art of Jacqueline Barnett

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OUT & ABOUT FESTIVALS

Skagit Valley Community Radio Station KSVR 91.7 CONCRETE MARDI FM (Mount Vernon), KSVU GRAS: The Concrete Cham- 90.1 FM (Hamilton), KMRE ber of Commerce will pres- 102.3 FM (Bellingham) and ent the 10th annual “Mardi KSJU 91.9 FM (Friday HarGras in Concrete: Super bor). speakupspeakoutradio.

Bowl Edition,” kicking org. off with a parade at 3 p.m.

“We Do The Work,” a Saturday, Feb. 6, on Main half-hour weekly radio show Street, followed by a party at dedicated to the well-being Town Center with music by of all workers, broadcasts at Jumbled Pie, games for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays on KSVR kids, food, raffles and more. 91.7 FM and KSVU 90.1 Reigning over this year’s FM, and again at 8:30 a.m. festivities will be Mardi Gras Fridays on KSVU. For inforroyalty Tim Cooley and mation, email ksvrwe Sharon Feller, originators of dothework@gmail.com.

Concrete’s first Mardi Gras celebration. Parade entry is FRIENDS OF FOREST free. Entry forms are availLANDS: Friends of the able at the Chamber office Anacortes Community and at parade lineup near Forest Lands will hold its the Concrete post office annual membership meetat 2:15 p.m. Entries should ing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, include the official Mardi Feb. 3, at the Depot, 611 Gras colors: purple, green R Ave., Anacortes. Guest and gold. Prizes will be speaker Dr. William Shaw awarded to parade entries will present “The Retreat for Best Krewe and Best of Antarctica’s Glaciers.”

Dressed Adult, Child and Dr. Shaw, an oceanographer Pet. 360-853-8784 or con and new Anacortes School cretechamber@gmail.com.

District board member, was

PLAYS COMEDY IN THE COUNTY: ALTA presents the comedy “Father’s Been to Mars”

by William Dalzell & Newt Mitzman from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14 at Alger Community Church, on Old Highway 99, one-quarter mile north of Alger, Exit 240 (1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger). Dessert performances are at 7 p.m. on Jan. 29-30, and Feb. 5-6 and 12-13. Matinees are at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 31 and Feb. 14. altatheatre.com or 360424-5144 or redemaster@ comcast.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS LOCAL RADIO: “Speak Up! Speak Out!,” a halfhour weekly show committed to community, peace, justice and nonviolence issues broadcasts at 5 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 p.m. Sundays on

DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENINGS: The SedroWoolley Public Library will host the new documentary series “The Raising of America” beginning today, Jan. 28, at 802 Ball St., Sedro-Woolley. The film series asks important questions about education and child care in America. All showings are free and last about one hour. Cookies and discussions will follow each screening. 360-855-1166.

Next up: n 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28: Episode No. 1: “The Raising of America.” n 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4: Episodes 2 and 3: “Once Upon a Time: When Childcare for All Wasn’t Just a Fairy Tale” and “Are We Crazy About Our Kids?” n 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9: Episodes 4 and 5: “Wounded Places: Confronting Childhood PTSD in America’s Shell-Shocked Cities” and “DNA Is Not Destiny: How the Outside Gets Under the Skin.”

The annual Daddy and Daughter Sweetheart Dance will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at the Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. Enjoy desserts, healthy snacks, raffles, goodie bags, music, photos and more. Advance ticket sales only. $22 per couple, $6 for additional sweethearts. 360755-9649 or burlingtonwa. gov/recreation.

founder of Whidbey Island’s Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery and the abbot of the 300-year-old Sogenji temple in Okayama, Japan, will lead the celebration, which will include setting intentions for the New Year and the traditional ringing of 108 bells. Light refreshments will be served. Free. nwlacc. org.

TULIP FEST AMBASSADOR EVENT: One girl and FATHER DAUGHTER VAL- one boy will be selected ENTINE BALL: Daughters as the 2016 Tulip Festival and dads (or other father Ambassadors at 5 p.m. Tuesfigure) can dress up for a day, Feb. 9, at the Cascade special evening of dancing Mall center court, 201 Casand more from 6:30 to 8:30 cade Mall Drive, Burlington. p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the The public is invited to Mount Vernon High School watch as fourth- and fifthcafeteria, 314 N. Ninth St., grade girls and boys from Mount Vernon. For girls Skagit County compete for ages 18 and younger and the honor based on their fathers (or father figure responses to questions from over 18). Bring your camera. the judges. The winners will Tickets must be purchased represent the festival at in advance; no sales at the events around the county door. $22 per couple, $11 and beyond. For information each additional daughter. or an application: 360-428Stop by the Mount Vernon 5959 or tulipfestival.org.

Parks and Recreation office, a research professor at the INSECTS AS FOOD?: 1717 S. 13th St., or call 360SPOTLIGHT FILM FESTIU.S. Naval Postgraduate David Gordon, author of 336-6215.

VAL: The Lincoln Theatre School in Monterey, Cali“The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook,” hosts a series of documentafornia, for 10 years prior to will present “Adventures M*A*S*H BASH!: Dress ries on issues that impact the moving to Anacortes. He in Entomophagy: Waiter, as your favorite character lives of Skagit County resiwas previously a research there’s NO fly in my soup!” from M*A*S*H or just dents at 7 p.m. Thursdays, at associate at University of at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. come as you are and enjoy 712 S. First St., Mount VerCalifornia, Santa Barbara 23, at the Burlington Public music by Swingnuts Jazz non. Each film highlights a and Woods Hole OceanoLibrary, 820 Washington from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, different topic, followed by a graphic Institution, Woods Ave., Burlington. Includes Feb. 6, at Camano Cencommunity panel or discusHole, Mass. Refreshments samples of insect snacks. ter, 606 Arrowhead Road, sion. $5 suggested donation. will be provided. friend Free. 360-755-0760.

Camano Island. Prizes will 360-336-8955 or lincolnthe softheacfl.org. be awarded for the top three atre.org. Next up: MORE FUN costumes. $15, includes n Feb. 11: “Having it All”: MARITIME SPEAKER SERIES: “Exploring the CONWAY DADDY DANCE: appetizers and no-host bar. Three women set out to live 360-387-0222 or camanoce their dreams of balancing Undersea World With Small All are welcome to join in career, marriage and chilSubmersibles”: 4 p.m. Satthe fun: dads, uncles, broth- nter.org. dren. After two trying years urday, Feb. 20, Anacortes ers, moms: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

LUNAR NEW YEAR: Cel- of unanticipated trade-offs Public Library, 1220 10th St., Friday, Feb. 5, Conway School gym, 19710 Highway ebration and Blessing: Area and painful sacrifices, each Anacortes. Neil McCurdy, residents from all faiths finds herself with a changed 534, Mount Vernon. ChilCOO of OceanGate, the and traditions are invited life and a changed idea of dren must be accompanied world leader in providing by an adult. You don’t have to welcome the Lunar New what “Having it All” really five-man submersibles for Year with a nondenominameans. A discussion with to go to Conway School to exploration, discusses the attend. $20 per couple. Tick- tional ceremony from 4 to 6 filmmaker Vlada Knowlton tasks they’ve undertaken, p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at the will follow the film. with photos and video of the ets available at the school NWLA Cultural Center, office. 360-445-5785. undersea world. Free. 3605024 Langley Road, LangANACORTES MOVIE 293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

SWEETHEART DANCE: ley. Shodo Harada Roshi, NIGHT: Enjoy a screening

of the Oscar-nominated short film “Cavedigger” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Artist Ra Paulette digs other-worldly, sculptural caves using nothing but hand tools. This portrait examines the cost of Paulette’s obsession. Admission by donation. RSVP: 360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

WEDDING SHOW: The Skagit Wedding Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Swinomish Casino & Lodge Wa Walton Event Center, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. Connect with bridal vendors in a variety of categories and enjoy the latest trends in the wedding industry, a continuous fashion show, prize drawings and more. Purchase advance tickets for $8 at skagitwedd ingshow.com until Feb. 19, or at the door for $10. Vendor space is available. Contact Creative Celebrations at 360-428-5972.

MODEL SHOW/SWAP MEET: Performance Modeling Club of Northwest Washington will hold its 21st annual Model Show and Swap Meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28, at Best Western Plus Skagit Valley Inn & Convention Center, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Check out a variety of plastic and resin model cars, trucks and more, along with swap meet vendors offering model kits, tools, modeling supplies and lots more. Model entry fee (includes admission): $5 for up to three models, $1 for each additional model.

Swap meet tables available.

Show admission: $4 adults, $3 seniors (ages 62 and older) and juniors (16 and younger), free for ages 6 and younger.

360-755-9464 or performance modelingclub.net.

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GET INVOLVED ART

1 from Whidbey Island artists, galleries and others CALL FOR ARTISTS: The who want to participate Mount Vernon Downtown in promoting the artistic Association is developing bounty of Whidbey Island. a roster of artists interwhidbeyarttrail.com. ested in showing their art in downtown Mount Vernon CALL TO ARTISTS: The galleries and businesses Skagit Art Association is during First Thursday Art accepting new member Walks, held the first Thurs- applications. Membership day of each month from benefits include networking April through October. The with area artists in a variety organization is seeking arti- of mediums and participasans from all media, includ- tion in the association’s ing painters, photographers, annual “Art in a Pickle sculptors, fabric artists and Barn” show/sale during the more. 360-336-3801 or dep. Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. mvda@gmail.com.

Applications: skagitart.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS/ VENDORS: The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is accepting applications through Jan. 31 for participation in StashFest, which will be held Saturday, April 9, in La Conner. The annual event features artists and vendors of handmade or unique textiles and textilerelated items (embellishments, fibers, tools, etc.).

360-466-4288 or laconner quilts.org.

CALL FOR ART: The Town of La Conner Arts Commission is accepting entries through Feb. 8 for the 2016 La Conner Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Artists who reside in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia may submit examples of existing works of art available for exhibition and purchase. Works will remain on public display for two years and the Arts Commission will promote their sale through statewide advertising. A prospectus and entry form can be downloaded at townoflaconner.org. For questions: 360-466-3125 or arts@townoflaconner.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS/ GALLERIES: The Whidbey Art Trail, a self-guided artist studio tour, is accepting applications through March

Drama Department will hold auditions for a contemporary retelling of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8-9, at the Philip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Auditioners should prepare a oneminute audition piece and sing 16 bars of an up tempo song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided. Performances of the operetta will take place May 13-21.

360-416-6636 or damond. morris@skagit.edu.

FOLK DANCING: SkagitAnacortes Folk Dancers meets Tuesdays at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View. 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, $3 thereafter. All are welcome. No partners needed.

Contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed. First three lessons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-424-4608.

MUSIC

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

B.Y.O.G. (Bring Your Own Guitar): Beginner/ CALL FOR MUSICIANS: intermediate acoustic gui5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main tar jam from 7 to 8 p.m.

St., Concrete, is looking Wednesday, Feb. 3, North for musicians to perform Cove Coffee, 1130 S. BurSCOTTISH DANCING: easy-listening acoustic Bellingham Scottish Coun- music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. lington Blvd., Burlington.

Free. 360-707-2683. try Dancers meet from 7 to during Sunday Brunch. In Information: 360-770-3660 AUDITIONS FOR CHO9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the exchange, musicians will or earthnclay@outlook.

RAL SINGERS: Cantabile ANACORTES OPEN MIC: Fairhaven Library auditori- receive audience contribucom.

Chamber Choir seeks to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown um (upstairs), 1117 12th St., tions and a meal. 360-853audition experienced choLantern Ale House, 412 Bellingham. Wear comfort- 8700 or info@5bsbakery.

ART COMMISSION ral singers. Rehearsals are Commercial Ave., Anaable clothes and soft-soled com.

MEETING: The Mount Ver- 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays in cortes. 360-293-2544. shoes without heels. $8 per non Arts Commission will Mount Vernon. The group’s class. Call Mary Anderson TIME FOR FIDDLERS: meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, next concerts are April OPEN MIC: Jam Night, at 360-933-1779 or visit The Washington Old Time Feb. 18, in the conference 23-24. Check us out on 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursbellinghamscd.org.

Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. room at Hillcrest Park, 1717 Facebook. Contact Jennie days, Conway Pub & Eatthe second and fourth S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Bouma at cantabilechamb ery, 18611 Main St., ConTHURSDAY DANCE: Fridays of each month at 360-336-6215. erchoir@gmail.com or 425- Dance to The Skippers way. 360-445-4733. the Mount Vernon Senior 312-4565. from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ThursCenter, 1401 Cleveland. St. CALL TO COLLECTORS: days at Hillcrest Lodge, RECREATION Free; donations accepted.

The Anacortes Museum, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount DANCE 360-630-1156.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes, Vernon. For information, MOMMY & ME DANCE MAPS & MORE: Learn invites local collectors to contact Gisela at 360-424CLASS: ages 1 to 3 years SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC about opportunities to be participate in its “Anacortes 5696. with a parent or guardian: CLUB: The club welcomes physically active in Skagit Presents” program by put9:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesdays, performers (intermediate County, including trail ting their treasures on disMOVING MEDITATIONS: and above), listeners and Feb. 2-23, Hillcrest Park, guides, an activity tracker play. Exhibits usually run The Dances of Universal 1717 S. 13th St., Mount guests to join the fun at 1:45 and local resources at be about three months. 360Peace will be held from 6 Vernon. $30. Preregistrap.m. today, Jan. 28, at Vasa activeskagit.org.

293-1915. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., tion required: Stop by the the Skagit Unitarian UniMount Vernon Parks and Mount Vernon. Come and DEEP FOREST EXPERIAUDITIONS versalist Fellowship, 500 W. sing, play the club’s piano Recreation office at HillENCE: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Section St., Mount Vernon. or organ, play your own “LOST IN YONKERS”: crest Park or call 360-336Fridays, Saturdays and Dances include live music Auditions will be held at 2 6215. instrument or just enjoy a Sundays, through Feb. 14, and singing with a focus on variety of music — ’20s to p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m.

Rockport State Park, 51095 a particular sacred phrase, Monday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, at BALLET AND TAP ’70s classical, popular, west- Highway 20, Rockport. inspired by spiritual trathe Whidbey Playhouse/ DANCE CLASSES: ages 3 ern and gospel. Free. For Enjoy guided hikes at 10 Star Studio, 730 SE Midto 5: Classes will meet from ditions from around the information, call Elaine at a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 world, including Christian, 360-428-4228. way Blvd., Oak Harbor.

10 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays, p.m. deep into some of the Parts are available for two Feb. 2-23, at Hillcrest Park, Jewish, Native American, 670 acres of old-growth men, two teen boys and 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Ver- Hindu, Buddhist and othSHELTER BAY CHORUS: forest at Rockport State three women (one older). non. Children will learn the ers. No experience necesPractices are held from 3 Park at the foot of Sauk sary. Dances are taught to Auditions will be by readterminology and preparato 5 p.m. every Monday Mountain. Kids can explore ing from the script. Neil tory steps of ballet and tap the group each time. Dona- (except 2 to 4 p.m. the first the Discovery Center with Simon’s dramatic comedy while building grace, poise tion requested, but no one Monday each month) at crafts, interactive wildlife is turned away for lack of will run April 1-17. 360-679- and strength. $40. Preregthe Shelter Bay Clubhouse, displays, books and games. funds. 360-629-9190.

2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. istration required. Stop by 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Free. Discover Pass or $10 com. the Mount Vernon Parks Conner. New members day use fee required to CLOG DANCING FOR and Recreation office at welcome. No need to be a access the park. 360-853BEGINNERS: Free lesson “HOT MIKADO”: The Hillcrest Park or call 360Shelter Bay resident. 3608461 or rockport@parks.

Skagit Valley College 336-6215. from 10 to 11 a.m., followed 770-7354. wa.gov.

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GET INVOLVED KIDDIE CAMP: Mount Vernon High School cheerleaders will host the annual Kiddie Camp for K-6 students from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 3-4, in the MVHS cafeteria, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. Participants will perform during halftime of the boys’ varsity basketball home game on Friday, Feb. 5. Registration: $35, includes T-shirt. For information, contact coach Khalie Whitman at 360-4286109, ext. 41252, or kwhit man@mvsd320.org.

enthusiast) looking to get a jump start on the upcoming spring season. Classes will focus on increasing strength, power and flexibility, balance and core stability, and overall increased general wellness. Fee: Ages 16-18, $30 per student; ages 19 and older, $48. To register, call 360-755-9649.

TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Builders seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance at Little Mountain Park in Mount Vernon. Work sessions are SPORTS FITNESS: with held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 Skagit Valley College p.m. Saturdays, rain or golf team fitness coach shine. Lunch, snacks, tools Danielle Graber: 5 to 6 p.m. and training are provided.

Mondays, Feb. 1-March 360-336-6215 or mountver 7, Burlington Parks and nontrailbuilders.com. Next Recreation Center, 900 up: Feb. 13 and 27.

E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. The six-week class CAMANO WINTER is designed for the amaWALK: Join Friends of teur golfer (or any sport Camano Island Parks on

TICKETS:

INFORMATION:

a guided community walk at 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Camano Ridge Forest Preserve. Meet at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island. The first half-mile of trail has a 200-foot gain. Trails on top are fairly level and include a forest loop. The 3.3-mile walk includes a brief stop at the Kristoferson Beaver Marsh during the return to the parking area. The walk takes place rain or shine, canceled for high winds or snow. Wear appropriate clothes and sturdy shoes or boots. No dogs. Free. friends ofcamanoislandparks.org.

org. Next up: n Senior/Adult Hike: Heart Lake: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 12. Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot. n Winter Fitness Hike: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot.

This 8-mile, fast-paced hike for the very fit will explore many of the trails in the Whistle Lake area. Friends of the Forest will provide a chocolate tasting after the hike. n Senior/Adult Hike: Pine Ridge Loop: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, March 11.

Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive.

Enjoy a hike to a lovely FRIENDS OF THE FORhidden meadow — a secret EST HIKES: Join the Friends spot off the beaten path. of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for THEATER FREE ADULT ACTING the weather and wear sturdy CLASSES: Anacortes Comshoes. No pets. Free. 360293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl. munity Theatre offers free

acting classes for adults twice each month: from 7 to 10:30 p.m. the first Wednesday, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday at 918 M Ave., Anacortes.

Hosted by Nello Bottari, classes include monologue work, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session.

360-840-0089 or free adultactingclass.com.

WORKSHOPS IMPRESSIONIST GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY: with John and Kathy Willson: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 30, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Get inspired by the 19th century French Impressionists and learn how to “paint” with your camera using

shutter speed to reveal flows of motion and form not otherwise noticed or recordable with automatic camera settings. Includes classroom instruction and hands-on demonstrations in the nursery. $8. Registration required: 360-466-3821 or christiansonsnursery.com.

BUILD YOUR OWN WEBSITE: Learn how to design and create your own website from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce boardroom, upstairs at 819 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The class will cover choosing a template, choosing a domain name, planning and page layout, advanced designing, keywords/meta data, linking, media and blogs. No experience necessary. No software required. $60. To register: 360-588-6968 or kklocke1@mac.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 28-February 4

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 28-February 4 THURSDAY.28 Andre Feriante and Danny Godinez “Nylon and Steel”: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Woody Virgil (pop, blues, rock, country): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

No cover. 425737-5144 or 360629-6500.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY.28-30 “FATHER’S BEEN TO MARS” Alger Lookout Thespian Association, Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com. See individual listings for times.

Amanda James (from left), Derick Dong and Robert Cervantez

Thursday.28 THEATER “Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

Friday.29 THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

COMEDY Paula Poundstone: 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $19-$59. 360-336-8955 or lincolnthe atre.org.

Owen Benjamin, featuring Helen Hong: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $15-$20. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

Saturday.30 THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

MUSIC Aurelio (traditional Garifuna music): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $22.

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

MUSIC Skagit Symphony family concert: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, free for ages 15 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY Owen Benjamin, featuring Helen Hong: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $15-$20. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

International Guitar Night with Brian Gore, Lulo Reinhardt, Mike Dawes and Andre Krengel: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $25-$34. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 2:30 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $10. 360424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

COMEDY Standup Comedy with Alex Elkin and Friends: hosted by Simon Kaugman, 7:30 p.m. Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000 or conwaymuse.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829, acttheatre.com.

THEATER “Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

MONDAY.1 SWINGNUTS JAZZ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington. No cover. 360-474-9740.

SATURDAY.30 GIN GYPSY 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

FRIDAY.29 Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Friday Swing, with Duane Melcher and Ken Vanderhyde (’30s, ’40s & ’50s classic tunes): 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

Allison Preisinger (acoustic folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Acoustic Jam Night with Nick Anthony and Friends: 7 to 10 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360399-1321.

3ish: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

M80s (‘80s pop and new wave): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Marcia Kester: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

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

Scary Monster and the Super Creeps (memorial tribute to David Bowie): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Admission by donation. 360778-1067.

J.P. Falcon Grady: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6330.

SATURDAY.30 Crooked Trailer (country, bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

M80s (‘80s pop and new wave): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

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

360-399-1805.

SUNDAY.31 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Margaret Wilder Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

MONDAY.1 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Swingnuts Jazz: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington.

No cover. 360-474-9740.

Nowhere Near Nashville: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $5. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

Thriving Animal, Acid Teeth, Ruckers Tomb, Sticky Situation: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

WEDNESDAY.3 TimE3Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.4 Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 28-February 4

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 28-February 4 THURSDAY.28 Andre Feriante and Danny Godinez “Nylon and Steel”: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Woody Virgil (pop, blues, rock, country): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

No cover. 425737-5144 or 360629-6500.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY.28-30 “FATHER’S BEEN TO MARS” Alger Lookout Thespian Association, Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com. See individual listings for times.

Amanda James (from left), Derick Dong and Robert Cervantez

Thursday.28 THEATER “Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

Friday.29 THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

COMEDY Paula Poundstone: 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $19-$59. 360-336-8955 or lincolnthe atre.org.

Owen Benjamin, featuring Helen Hong: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $15-$20. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

Saturday.30 THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $14, $12 seniors and students, includes dessert.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

MUSIC Aurelio (traditional Garifuna music): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $22.

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

MUSIC Skagit Symphony family concert: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, free for ages 15 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY Owen Benjamin, featuring Helen Hong: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $15-$20. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

International Guitar Night with Brian Gore, Lulo Reinhardt, Mike Dawes and Andre Krengel: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $25-$34. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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THEATER “Father’s Been to Mars” (comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 2:30 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $10. 360424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

COMEDY Standup Comedy with Alex Elkin and Friends: hosted by Simon Kaugman, 7:30 p.m. Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000 or conwaymuse.com.

“Calendar Girls” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829, acttheatre.com.

THEATER “Calendar Girls” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829, acttheatre.com.

MONDAY.1 SWINGNUTS JAZZ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington. No cover. 360-474-9740.

SATURDAY.30 GIN GYPSY 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

FRIDAY.29 Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Friday Swing, with Duane Melcher and Ken Vanderhyde (’30s, ’40s & ’50s classic tunes): 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

Allison Preisinger (acoustic folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Acoustic Jam Night with Nick Anthony and Friends: 7 to 10 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360399-1321.

3ish: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

M80s (‘80s pop and new wave): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Marcia Kester: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

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

Scary Monster and the Super Creeps (memorial tribute to David Bowie): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Admission by donation. 360778-1067.

J.P. Falcon Grady: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6330.

SATURDAY.30 Crooked Trailer (country, bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

M80s (‘80s pop and new wave): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

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

360-399-1805.

SUNDAY.31 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Margaret Wilder Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

MONDAY.1 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Swingnuts Jazz: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington.

No cover. 360-474-9740.

Nowhere Near Nashville: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $5. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

Thriving Animal, Acid Teeth, Ruckers Tomb, Sticky Situation: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

WEDNESDAY.3 TimE3Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.4 Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

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TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Sunny, sandy seaside resorts cater to families

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

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A little sun, a little sand and the sea. The combination makes for a great family vacation. Here are five destinations to consider: 1. Panama City Beach, Florida. Here, the emerald green waters of the Gulf of Mexico and St. Andrew Bay converge before spilling onto 27 miles of sugary white sand beaches. Boasting 320 days of sunshine, championship golf, spas and a diverse menu of recreational opportunities, it’s a warm weather community fit for families. Stay at the full-service Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort and swim in a lagoon pool, play tennis, access kids’ programming through the Adventure Zone, ride a jet ski and stretch out with yoga on the beach. Comfortable suites offer fully equipped kitchens and laundry facilities. Check out the scene before you go on the Panama City beach webcam. visitpanamacity beach.com; resortcollection.com.

Local travel WOMEN’S TRAVEL ADVENTURES: The Mount Vernon City Library will host “Teaming Up for Travel: Local Women’s Adventures Abroad,” at 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 1, 8, 22 and 29, at 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. Destinations include Italy, Iceland, Great Britain, Mexico, Jordan and Nepal. Local delicacies will be available for sampling.

Free. 360-336-6209 or mountvernonwa.gov/library.

Next up: Feb. 1: “Exploring Jordan: In the Heart of the Middle East”: Library staff member Summer will share her varied experiences traveling in Jordan. She will

Name: Suiteness.com What it does: It’s a website that opens the doors to online booking for 17,000 luxury suites you never knew existed in Las Vegas, Miami and New York. Los Angeles is up next. Approximately 50 percent of the inventory is exclusive to Suiteness.

What’s hot: You’re planning a bachelorette party for 10 ladies?

How about booking a 4,500-square-foot, five-bedroom penthouse suite on the 37th floor of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel with a wraparound porch overlooking the intercoastal waterway? No problem. If $5,000 a night is too much, don’t worry. There are other brag-worthy smaller suites with much smaller prices. Search filters allow for bookings for up to 12 persons and five bedrooms. As if the options — billiard tables, private dining rooms, personal pools, etc. — aren’t enough to inspire you to splurge on a suite, Suiteness donates a small portion of the room price to a local charity.

What’s not: I wanted to compare prices for some lower-end suites on Hotels.com. I found one at Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace Las Vegas that might’ve been less expensive on Hotels.com and started to search which site had included the resort fee to see if that made a difference. Then I saw Suiteness.com has a money-back guarantee that it will match a lower published rate. n Jeo Leo, Los Angeles Times

2. Duck Key, Florida. Do you have an aspiring mermaid in your household? The Orlando-based Mermaid Academy makes this sea-faring fantasy a reality at the Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida

discuss how to stay safe while exploring the diverse culture of contemporary Jordan, and the rich history of its empires, from Biblical times to the present.

SISTER CITIES PRESENTATION: Rod and Nannette (Crowell) Brandt of Burlington will offer a presentation about a recent archaeological tour of Scotland focusing on Stone Age and Pictish sites, at the next Anacortes Sister Cities Association meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360-8738835.

“HONG KONG TO SHANG-

Keys. Kids of all ages can “dip their tail in the water” and see what swimming like this mystical creature actually feels like in the resort’s salt-water lagoon.

Families can also check out the

HAI”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Don and Joyce Paradine describe their time in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

“SERENGETI SNAPSHOTS”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Retired library director Cynthia Harrison shares her 17-day African safari, including the Masai Mora Game Reserve in Kenya, a Masai village and the vistas of the Serengeti in Tanzania. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

dolphin research facility, learn to stand-up paddleboard, opt for a day at the Coral Cay Adventure Kids Club or explore the underwater world with a snorkel. hawkscay.com; themermaid academy.com.

3. Wailea, Hawaii. If you are looking for island luxury and a spot the kids will rave about, the seaside Grand Wailea Resort fits the bill. Check out the Rock, a 20,000 square-foot mini-resort, offering creatively designed spaces and programs for youngsters as well as teens. The expansive Wailea Canyon activity pool is the spot for imaginative water play, deck side lei and puka shell neckace-making and the chance to check out the Fishpipe. The latter is a unique kind of water ride, described as the world’s first rotating barrel ride with a top speed of 11 feet per second. grandwailea.com; visitmaui.com.

4. Sardinal, Costa Rica.

Known for beautiful beaches, volcanoes and extensive biodiversity, Costa Rica exudes a family-

VACATION DESTINATIONS: A free presentation on cruise destinations around the world will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at AAA Mount Vernon, 1600 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. RSVP: 360848-2090.

friendly vibe and a commitment to pura vida. On the Pacific coast, this 538-room, beachfront, allinclusive resort offers four pools, beach access and a kid’s club and playground. Teens and their parents can opt for complimentary water sports and beach volleyball.

During your stay in this Central American country, sample windsurfing, kayaking and snorkeling before opting for an introductory scuba lesson in the resort pool. rui.com; visitcostarica.com.

5. Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Located along the St. Lucie River on the Atlantic coast, Club Med’s only resort in the U.S. offers families the opportunity to relax in a European style all-inclusive environment. Known for their groundbreaking children’s programs, the 337-room Club Med Sandpiper Bay offers care and activities for children ages four months to the teen years. clubmed.us n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel.com. Email: lohayes@familytravel.com.

Center, 51 SE Jerome St., has these trips planned: South Dakota, Sept. 4-10, and Legendary Waterways of Europe, Budapest to Amsterdam, Oct. 12-27. For brochures and information, contact Pat at pgardner@ oakharbor.org or 360-2794582.

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., SHORT TRIPS: Mount VerAnacortes, accepts new non Parks and Recreation STATE VISITOR CALL passport applications and offers travel opportunities CENTER: The Washington applications for passports for ages 8 and older (adult Tourism Alliance’s Experithat have been expired for supervision required for enceWA Call Center is open more than five years from ages 17 and younger). Trips daily from 8:30 a.m. to noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and depart from and return to 5:30 p.m., except ThanksWednesdays, and by appointHillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th giving, Christmas and New ment only from 1 to 4 p.m.

St., Mount Vernon. For infor- Year’s Day. 1-800-544-1800 Saturdays. Passport forms mation or to register, call or tourisminfo@watourism and information on fees and 360-336-6215. alliance.com. Staff memhow to apply are available at bers assist travelers who travel.state.gov, or pick up ESCORTED TOURS: have questions, refer them an application and passport The Oak Harbor Senior to specific destination guide at the library.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016 - E11

HOT TICKETS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: Jan. 31, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

WARBRINGER, ENFORCER, EXMORTUS: Jan. 31, Studio Seven, Seattle. 206286-1312 or studio seven.us.

LETTUCE: Feb. 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

COCO MONTOYA: Feb. 5, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

BUILT TO SPILL: Feb. 5-6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

BLACK SABBATH: Feb. 6, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

BRIAN REGAN: Feb. 11, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

GRACE POTTER: Feb. 13, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

BRAD PAISLEY: Feb. 13, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

THE SECOND CITY: Feb. 14, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Feb. 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BORGEOUS & MORGAN PAGE: Feb. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CRADLE OF FILTH: Feb. 23, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

GALACTIC: Feb. 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BARCELONA: Feb. 26, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-9876487 or thecrocodile.com.

GINO VANNELLI: Feb. 26-27, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

A FIDDLER’S FEAST: with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas and Jay Unger and Molly Mason: Feb. 27, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

PAPADOSIO: Feb. 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

KEYS N KRATES: Feb. 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

ELLIE GOULDING: April 2, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III: April 2, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

SUDDEN VALLEY JAZZ SERIES: April 2/Nov. 5, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or FSWL.org.

ANDERS OSBORNE: April 3, Neumos, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

IRON MAIDEN: April 11, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

ELVIS COSTELLO: with Larkin Poe: April 17, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

SELENA GOMEZ: May 13, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

THE WHO: May 15, KeyArena, Seattle. thewho.com. n For complete listings, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”

TAKE 6 Feb. 20, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

ST. LUCIA: March 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MARCHFOURTH! MARCHING BAND: March 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

HELLOWEEN: March 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

AOIFE O’DONOVAN: March 6, Columbia City Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NIGHTWISH: March 7, 2016, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show

boxonline.com.

MUTEMATH: March 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DISTURBED: March 12, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

SOLAS: March 17, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mountbak ertheatre.com.

CRAIG FERGUSON: March 18, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

DAUGHTER: March 19, The

Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

SLAYER, TESTAMENT, CARCASS: March 19, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. purchase.tickets.com.

GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: March 20, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakerthe atre.com.

MASTERS OF ILLUSION: March 24, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

TONIGHT ALIVE/SET IT OFF: March 24, Neumos,

Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JOHNNY RIVERS: March 25-26, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

“A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN”: March 25-April 17, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle.

206-625-1900 or 5thavenue. org.

THE FLOOZIES: March 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

UNDEROATH: March 30, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-

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AT THE LINCOLN International Guitar Night 2016

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31

IGN founder Brian Gore is joined by three of Europe’s finest acoustic guitarists: gypsy jazz legend Lulo Reinhardt, contemporary fingerstyle innovator Mike Dawes and multigenre showman Andre Krengel.

Reinhardt has expanded on the legacy of his grand-uncle Django with Latin-flavored rhythms and melodies. Dawes’ lightning speed and deft tapping and percussion were among the highlights of the 2014 IGN tour. Krengel is a master of many styles from flamenco to swing to modern ballads and he is a frequent collaborator with Lulo in Germany. $34, $31, $28 and $25 with $2 off for Lincoln members.

Skagit Eagle Festival International Guitar Night founder Brian Gore will be joined by three of Europe’s finest acoustic guitarists on Sunday night.

Paula Poundstone 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29

Veteran comedian Paula Poundstone, who can be heard on NPR’s weekly news quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” brings her gift of observation and her flair for improvisation and audience interaction to the Lincoln. $19-$59.

‘Turandot’

9:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme sings her first Met performances in the title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig in her company role debut as the angelic slave girl Liù. Marco Berti sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for Turandot’s hand, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk sings Timur. Paolo Carignani conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s 1987 production. $23 adults, $19 seniors, $16 stuDonmar’s London home. dents with $2 off for Lincoln memIn 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ bers. novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in prerevolutionary France scandalized NT Live: ‘Les the world. Two hundred years later, Liaisons Dangereuses’ Christopher Hampton’s adaptation 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 won the Olivier and Evening Standard awards for Best Play.

National Theatre Live brings the $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 stuDonmar Warehouse’s new producdents and children, with $2 off for tion of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” to cinemas — broadcast live from the Lincoln members.

Elvis Costello Detour

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Performer and songwriter Elvis Costello takes you on a musical journey through his vast songbook, set in a 1960s living room with an oversized television broadcasting never-seenbefore personal photos, $12. n The Lincoln is located at 721 S. First St., Mount Vernon. lincolntheatre.org.

The 2016 Skagit Eagle Festival wraps up this weekend in and around Concrete, Rockport and Marblemount.

Enjoy indoor and outdoor activities including eagle watching, free tours, walks and educational programs, arts and crafts, river rafting, music, hayrides and more.

Bring your camera and dress for unpredictable January weather. For the latest information: 360-853-8784 or skagiteaglefestival.com.

and younger. Reservations required: 888-675-2448 or skagiteagles.com.

SATURDAY ONLY, JAN. 30

LITTLE EAGLET STORY TIME: 11 to 11:45 a.m., Upper Skagit Library, 45770B Main St., Concrete.

Families with young children are invited to learn about eagles and other wildlife through stories, songs and a simple craft. Free. 360853-7939 or upperskagit.

SATURDAY AND lib.wa.us.

SUNDAY, JAN. 30-31 RAPTORS, FOOD & FUN: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., EAGLE FESTIVAL INFORConcrete High School gym, MATION: Get free maps and visitor information from 7830 S. Superior Ave., Concrete. Sarvey Wildlife 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Care Center will provide an Concrete Center, 45821 Railroad St., Concrete. 360- opportunity to learn about birds of prey and other 853-8784.

Puget Sound wildlife, includ EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ing the chance to see five or more live raptors up close. at Skagit River Bald Eagle A salmon lunch will be availInterpretive Center, Howable for purchase from the ard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Concrete Senior Class. Free admission. 360-853-8784 Rockport. Learn about or concrete-wa.com. eagles, watershed issues SALMON & TROUT OF and local natural and cultural history through guided THE SKAGIT RIVER: Abundance Trends and Habitat walks and presentations.

Recovery: Richard BrockFree admission. Donations appreciated. 360-853-7626 smith, executive director, Skagit Watershed Council, or skagiteagle.org. will offer a free presentation EAGLE WATCHER STAat 1 p.m. at the Skagit River TIONS: Staffed by volunBald Eagle Interpretive Centeers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Howard Miller Steel- ter, Howard Miller Steelhead head Park in Rockport, Sut- Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. skagit ter Creek at milepost 100 eagle.org. and at the Marblemount WILDLIFE HAYRIDE AND Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatchery Road. Scopes and CAMPFIRE: 3 p.m., Double O Ranch, 46276 Concretebinoculars available. Free.

Sauk Valley Road, Concrete.

360-854-2617.

Take a hayride through 250 DEEP FOREST TOURS & acres of timber, pasture DISCOVERY CENTER: 10 and Conservation Reserve a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway Enhancement Program 20, Rockport. Enjoy a 30- to (CREP) project. See eagles, deer, elk and more. Learn 60-minute tour deep into about conservation projects, some of the 670 acres of selective timber harvestold-growth forest at Rocking and wildlife enhanceport State Park at the foot ment. Then enjoy cookies of Sauk Mountain. Kids and hot drinks by the fire, can explore the Discovery children’s games and ranch Center with crafts, interactive wildlife displays, books history display. Activities are weather-dependent. Free. and games. Free. Discover No pets. 360-853-8494 or Pass or $10 day-use fee required to access the park. ovenells-inn.com.

360-853-8461 or rockport@ SUNDAY ONLY, JAN. 31 parks.wa.gov.

DRIFTBOAT EAGLE BRUNCH & ENTERTAINEXCURSIONS: Skagit River MENT: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Guide Service offers a 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main three-hour tour in heated St., Concrete. Enjoy music driftboats at 9:30 a.m. and by Kitchen Sync and Not Bad 1 p.m. at Howard Miller For Neighbors. Coloring and Steelhead Park, 52921 learning activities for all.

Rockport Park Road, RockFree admission. 360-8538700 or 5bsbakery.com. port. $75, $55 ages 5

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The movie tells the story of a single day in 1989 — the first day that summer associate, Harvard student Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers), spent with his adviser, Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter), a secondyear associate with a Chicago corporate law firm.

He believes he’s on a date.

She believes she’s spending the day with a professional colleague. By the end of a day that moves from The Art Institute of Chicago to a picnic lunch to a community organizing meeting, sharing beers and the thennewly released Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing,” they’re both on the same page.

Sawyer’s portrayal of Obama brings to the screen the unmistakable cadence and quick smile of the man who would become president. Sumpter shows a young Michelle as confident and determined, caring and kind.

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E14 - Thursday, January 28, 2016

MOVIES NEW THIS WEEK

MINI-REVIEWS

‘Son of Saul’ is a powerfully realistic depiction of Holocaust

Compiled from news services Ratings are 1 to 4 stars “Anesthesia” — An attack on a professor (Sam Waterston) is the starting point for a meandering and moribund multi-character journey.

This ensemble piece plays like “Crash” in a minor note, with one heavy-handed scene after another, all leading up to an ambivalent, unsatisfying ending. Drama, R, 90 minutes. H½ “A Perfect Day” — In the Balkans of the mid-1990s, humanitarian aid workers are met with ludicrous roadblocks to their effort to save a village’s water well. Benicio Del Toro leads the terrific cast of this searing, roughedged black comedy. Drama, R, 106 minutes. HHH½ “Anomalisa” — Even though it is a highly stylized, stop-motion animation film featuring puppet-like human characters, the latest creation from the mind of Charlie Kaufman is a pinpoint-accurate encapsulation of some of the most banal AND some of the most exhilarating moments virtually all of us have experienced at some point in our lives. Animated drama, R, 90 minutes. HHHH “Carol” — As women acting on a mutual attraction in 1950s Manhattan, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara make for one of the most intriguing and memorable movie couples of the year.

Todd Haynes directs this elegant, quietly powerful film with subtle precision.

Drama, R, 118 minutes.

HHH½ “Chi-Raq” — Spike Lee’s update of the Greek comedy “Lysistrata” is a shattering, thunderous wake-up alarm -- a call to lay down arms aimed at the gun culture, the gang culture, the government and a society that doesn’t always care about killings as long as those killings are taking place OVER THERE. Satire, R, 127 minutes. HHH½ “Concussion” — Will Smith’s performance, one of his best, as a Nigerianborn pathologist crusading to expose deadly hazards in the NFL is about so much more than the accent. “Con-

By COLIN COVERT Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Viewing Hungarian director László Nemes’ devastating Oscar-nominated debut film “Son of Saul” is like revisiting a recurring nightmare. From “Schindler’s List” to “The Pianist” to “Inglorious Basterds,” the Third Reich’s meticulous planning of mass extinction in Europe has inspired countless filmmakers to create genocide narratives. Some have gained broad audiences and admiring praise. But few inspire mindfulness and revulsion so powerfully. It creates tragic catastrophe with stark understatement and objectivity.

Nemes’ film is centered on the death-camp Sonderkommandos, Jewish prisoners forced to surrender their innocence and work the camps under the threat of their own deaths.

Some helped dispose of gas chamber victims in hope of controlling their destinies by holding off their own deaths for a few months and mounting a revolt.

The film focuses exclusively on one workforce member, Saul Auslander (Geza Rohrig), a Hungarian Jew working in Auschwitz. With intricate, unbroken shots, the camera gazes exclusively at him, following behind his shoulders as he races to complete his tasks, or focusing on his expressive, nearly silent face. Nemes carries us through hell as Saul shepherds new arrivals

into cyanide chambers disguised as delousing showers, then scrubs the floors clean for the next group.

Our off-camera glances at naked, lifeless bodies being dragged away, or the sounds of pounding and screaming behind the doors, create an atmosphere of immeasurable horror.

No commentary or narration of any sort is required. Like Saul, we stay silent, avoid eye contact and keep our head bowed downward. It is a marvel of aesthetic control, speaking almost entirely from images, giving the film a documentary feel that it earns the hard way and puts to worthy use. We have entered a place where a false step could be fatal.

Rohrig, also in his feature film debut, is equally realistic. He avoids emoting, simply moving forward at a fast clip in the hope of lasting another day. Then he sees a young, unconscious boy being suffocated by a camp doctor for somehow surviving his group’s poisoning. Saul is ordered to remove “it” for autopsy and burning. But this is an order he can’t follow. He regards the child as if he was his own boy, and secretly tries to locate a rabbi to give the boy a proper Jewish burial.

This is a time when a number of fellow prisoners hope to gather weapons and construct an uprising, while others try to find ways to protect their own lives. Yet amid this flood of humanity Saul feels his most meaningful last act

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Christian Harting (left) and Geza Rohrig star in “Son of Saul.” would be to care for a dead boy.

“Son of Saul” is a difficult film, not only in its moral issues, creative formalism and physical atrocities, but in its scrupulous authenticity. The dialogue is a Babel of confusion, as the camp’s international prisoners speak hushed Hungarian, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew as the commandants bark bullying German. Characters of strength and weakness appear without introduction and the time line moves in jerks and starts. Yet this is artlessness in the service of realism. The prisoners, and we viewers, sense that the war is nearing an end and the Final Solution is racing ahead at top speed to finish.

They will soon be killed; there is not a moment left for discussion.

The most barbaric chapter in European history returns to cinema time and again. Two of the greatest Hollywood directors of the World War II era, John Ford and George Stevens, were assigned camera crews to record documentary footage of newly liberated Nazi extermination camps. Ford, a Navy captain, instructed his men to capture images of brutality

against the dead, the dying and the survivors in careful close-ups. Their films, less faulty than human memory, and capable to preserve images of physical evidence against decomposition or loss, could be evidence for use in military tribunals or courts. In May 1945, Stevens, a lieutenant colonel in the army, filmed Dachau to show that the prisoners’ airtight “showers” were not showers at all.

The power of the image transcends any other form of communication. Dark, haunting images of the Holocaust have remained in focus long after the postwar Nuremberg trials of prominent Nazis.

Stevens never returned to the musical comedies that built his career; 15 years after chronicling Dachau he directed “The Diary of Anne Frank.” But even as we move 60 years past the Holocaust, these stories reflect the raw reality we live in today. Once it was Europe, but look across the world today and genocide is still happening.

Rating: R for disturbing violence and some graphic nudity. In Hungarian, German, Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew and French. HHH½

cussion” is a good movie that could have been great without trying so hard to be great. But when it delves deep into the doctor’s fight to be heard, it’s riveting.

Sports drama, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “Dirty Grandpa” — Robert De Niro is capable of being funny as heck in the right vehicle, but this dreck just makes you hang your head for the great actor, playing a foul-mouthed widower obsessed with sex. Revolting and odious, this is a contender for worst movie of 2016. Comedy, R, 97 minutes. No stars “Legend” — Playing twin British gangsters in 1960s London, Tom Hardy makes some bold and always entertaining if not entirely successful choices. The fictionalized version of the terrifying, violent and twisted Krays manages to be pedestrian and derivative for long stretches. Crime biography, R, 131 minutes.

HH½ “Meadowland” — Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson deliver authentic performances as parents dealing with loss in different ways. It is a well-photographed and sometimes surprising story, a character study about what happens to a marriage when a child has gone missing and in all likelihood will never be found. Drama, R, 95 minutes. HHH “Mojave” — The first great performance of 2016 comes from Oscar Isaac, as a gun-toting drifter who encounters a famous actor (Garrett Hedlund) in the desert and becomes his stalker.

Writer-director William Monahan gives the stars dozens of rich, intricate lines, and they’re both up to the task and then some. Thriller, R, 93 minutes. HHHH “Moonwalkers” — In 1969, a CIA agent is sent to England to recruit Stanley Kubrick to film a phony moon landing. It’s pretty great to see the craggyfaced, boom-voiced Ron Perlman (“Sons of Anarchy”) teamed up with the cheeky Rupert Grint (“Harry Potter”) in a cheerfully insane, often confounding but ultimately entertaining trip through the looking glass. Comedy, R, 107 minutes. HHH

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MOVIES “Ride Along 2” — The snarling veteran cop (Ice Cube) and the motormouth rookie (Kevin Hart) head to Miami in a slick, good-looking, fast-paced and profoundly unoriginal piece of work.

We’ve seen all this recycled shtick before, and often in much better films. Comedy, PG-13, 102 minutes. HH “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — What a beautiful, thrilling, joyous, surprising and heart-thumping adventure this is. The seventh “Star Wars” film pops with memorable battle sequences, gives us chills with encore appearances by stars from the original trilogy and introduces more than a half-dozen terrific Next Generation characters. It’s a return to greatness. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 136 minutes. HHHH “Spectre” — The 24th James Bond film is solidly in the middle of the all-time rankings, which means it’s still a slick, beautifully photographed, action-packed, international thriller with a number of ludicrously entertaining set pieces. Daniel Craig remains a tightly coiled, deadpan funny 007, and as the sadistic villain, Christoph Waltz is wonderfully insane. Action thriller, PG-13, 148 minutes. HHH “Spotlight” — A fine team of actors, including Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo, portrays the fine team of Boston Globe journalists that investigated child abuse by priests in 2001.

It’s one of the smartest and most involving movies of the years. Historical drama, R, 128 minutes. HHH½ “The Benefactor” — Delivering a performance so self-consciously ACTORISH it often takes us right out of the film, Richard Gere stars as a multi-multimillionaire bestowing his wealth on his friends’ daughter (Dakota Fanning) and the father of her child (Theo James).

Drama, not rated, 90 minutes. HH “The Big Short” — Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling star as oddballs (based on real-life individuals) who foresee the housing bubble’s burst and set out to profit from it.

Directed with feverish ingenuity, this is one of the best

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - E15

MUSIC us guessing until the bloody, brilliant end. This is one of the best movies of the year.

Drama, R, 187 minutes.

HHHH “The Lady in the Van” — ANACORTES CINEMAS Sometimes chewing up the For showings: screen, sometimes saying 360-293-7000 volumes simply by sitting very, very still, Maggie Smith CONCRETE THEATER delights as a seemingly Jan. 29-31 half-mad homeless woman The Revenant: (R): who parks her dilapidated, Friday: 7:30 p.m.; overstuffed old van in front Saturday: 5 and 8 p.m.; of a playwright’s North LonSunday: 5 p.m. don home -- and stays there some 15 years. Comedy BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN drama, PG-13, 103 minutes.

Oak Harbor HHH 360-675-5667 “The Night Before” — Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth CASCADE MALL Rogen and Anthony Mackie THEATERS play longtime friends who Burlington get into all sorts of misad For showings: ventures on one crazy Christ888-AMC-4FUN mas Eve of self-discovery. At (888-262-4386) times, it’s really funny. More often, it’s “shocking” for the OAK HARBOR sake of shock value, gross CINEMAS for the sake of being gross, For showings: and stupid-goofy without 360-279-2226 much of a payoff. Comedy, R, 101 minutes. HH STANWOOD CINEMAS “The Peanuts Movie” — A For showings: CGI, 3-D feature about Char360-629-0514 lie Brown and his gang could have been a recipe for disaster, but to my great relief, times I’ve had at the movies this is a meticulously faithful all year. Historical drama, R, and clearly loving tribute 130 minutes. HHHH to America’s favorite block “The Finest Hours” — As head. It’s a sweet, funny, crew members try to keep smart, genuine all-ages their wrecked tanker afloat, movie with simple, timeless a four-man Coast Guard messages. Animated, G, 88 team rushes to their rescue. minutes. HHH½ Based on true events in “13 Hours: The Secret 1952, “The Finest Hours” Soldiers of Benghazi” — plays like a hokey, cornball Michael Bay’s tribute to CIA 1950s-era drama filled with contractors who resisted stock characters and weaka terrorist attack in Libya ened by a sappy ending. is no “Zero Dark Thirty” or Adventure drama, PG-13, “The Hurt Locker.” Lacking 114 minutes. HH in nuance and occasionally “The Good Dinosaur” — plagued by corny dialogue, Partnered up with a boy, a “13 Hours” is nonetheless timid dinosaur tries to steer a solid action thriller with clear of a seemingly endwell-choreographed battle less supply of dangerous sequences and strong work creatures. One strange, from the ensemble cast. aggressively gross and dark Action, R, 144 minutes. adventure, this second-level HHH Pixar family film could give “Youth” — A retired the little ones some sericomposer (Michael Caine) ous nightmares. Animated goes on his annual retreat adventure, PG, 95 minutes. to a mysterious Swiss Alps HH resort to get away from it all, “The Hateful Eight” — but the world keeps coming Quentin Tarantino’s second to him. Director Paolo SorWestern in a row is an rentino, a serious talent with exhilarating moviegoing a grand vision, has created experience, filled with wicka stylized and eccentric film edly dark humor, nomination- filled with strange little subworthy performances and a plots and surprises. Drama, jigsaw puzzle plot that keeps R, 118 minutes. HHH½

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REVIEWS ANDERSON .PAAK, “Malibu” — California singer-rapper Anderson .Paak’s name caught people’s attention when it showed up not once but six times in the credits on “Compton,” Dr. Dre’s 2015 album of new music tied in with the “Straight Outta Compton” biopic.

Dre’s imprimatur is an invaluable asset, as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar can attest. And on his second album as Anderson .Paak — his given name is Brandon Anderson Paak, and he used to record as Breezy Lovejoy — the 29-year-old drummer makes the most of the opportunity.

From the warm, rolling opening track, “The Bird,” the son of a Korean mother and African American father pulls the listener in with compelling autobiographical details. “My sister used to sing to Whitney,” he sings. “My mama caught the gambling bug / We came up in a lonely castle / My papa was behind them bars.” Malibu bears some resemblance to Lamar’s 2015 standout “To Pimp a Butterfly.” Pianist Robert Glasper is one of the guest players, along with .Paak’s able, genre-fluid band the Free Nationals.

But its hip-hop/R&B-jazz groove is less

urgent in its approach, and .Paak’s vocal delivery is more relaxed and easygoing.

He’s poised to be one of the breakout acts of 2016. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

HANK WILLIAMS JR., “It’s About Time” — “Hell, yes, I’m an icon,” Hank Williams Jr. declares with typical bravado in “Dress Like an Icon.” “Don’t call me an icon,” he urges with uncharactertic humility in “Just Call Me Hank.”

Mixed messages aside, Bocephus is in blazingly fine form on “It’s About Time.”

He’s still as self-referential as any rapper, and he gets a little ornery when he perceives a threat to his “God and Guns.”

But he steers clear of the boorishness that sometimes mars his work.

From his take on Neil Young’s “Are You Ready for the Country” (with Eric Church) to his own, set-closing “Born to Boogie” (with Brad Paisley, Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore), the selfprofessed “dinosaur” offers a primer on Southern rock and barroom honky-tonk.

“The Party’s On,” indeed. n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson doc tribute to his music children Prince, Paris and “Biji” (formerly Blanket), along with family matriarch PARK CITY, Utah — Katherine Jackson.

As a young artist, Michael Beginning with the JackJackson knew he wanted to son 5’s earliest songs with be legendary.

Motown Records — featur“I will be magic,” he ing a charismatic 9-year-old wrote as a teenager, outlin- Michael on lead vocals — ing his plans for his career. the film explores Jackson’s “I will be better than every growth as an artist and the great actor roped in one.” perfectionist nature that Jackson’s drive to sucfueled his work ethic. ceed and his striking talent Archival footage of the as a singer, dancer and Jacksons’ performances on songwriter are the focus of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Spike Lee’s new documen- ‘’American Bandstand” tary, “Michael Jackson’s and their “Destiny” tour is Journey from Motown to interspersed with interviews ‘Off the Wall,’” which made with music industry talents its world premiere Sunday from then and now. Sammy at the Sundance Film FesDavis Jr., Gene Kelly, tival.

Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones “This film is all about and Questlove, along with love toward Michael Joseph contemporary music proJackson,” Lee said as he ducers Mark Ronson and introduced the film, which Rodney Jerkins, are among is dedicated to Jackson’s dozens of voices in the film.

By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer

Jackson’s brothers Marlon and Jackie also appear on screen, but sisters Janet and LaToya do not.

“Everyone was invited to participate, but we used those who wanted to participate,” said Jackson’s longtime attorney John Branca, now executor of Jackson’s estate and a producer of the film. “Certain (members) of the Jackson family are not quite big fans of (fellow attorney) John and I, but that’s fine. We’re trying to do right by Michael.”

This film makes viewers miss Jackson’s dynamic dancing and mellifluous voice while deepening their appreciation of his talents and endless efforts to hone them.

“Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to ‘Off the Wall’” is set to premiere Feb. 5 on Showtime.