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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “AQUAMAN”: The latest film based on a DC Comics character starts with the origin story of Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa), the half-human/half-Atlantian. The film includes the battle for power between brothers, the origin of the super villain Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), an underwater take on the tales of King Arthur, the introduction of Arthur’s love interest, Mera (Amber Heard), the history of the underwater kingdoms and a scenic trip to Italy. There’s one scene that is so much like a trip to a dinosaur movie franchise all that’s missing is someone greeting you with “Welcome to Jurassic Park.” That’s just part of the story, presented in a visual style that at times looks a lot like scenes from “Tron” or “Doctor Strange.” Director James Wan (“Furious 7”) is so enamored with the computer-generated elements that make up 90 percent of the film he forgets the human elements. The whole love connection between Aquaman and Mera is painfully forced. It doesn’t help that Mera is a far more interesting hero than Aquaman as Momoa tries to play him with the kind of dry humor that has made someone like Dwayne Johnson an action film star. It never quite works for Momoa. “Aquaman” isn’t all wet as it does present a relentless amount of action. In this case, a little less would have been a lot more. “KIM POSSIBLE”: The adaptation of the cartoon series to a live action film works because of the casting of newcomer Sadie Stanley as the spunky spy and Sean Giambrone (“The Goldbergs”) as her best friend and sidekick. Both bring a great energy and sense of fun to the story without making the production feel cartoonish in a bad way. It’s a basic setup story of
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Jason Momoa and Amber Heard star in “Aquaman.”
Kim and Ron’s first day at Middleton High School. Both have saved the world multiple times, but that’s nothing compared to trying to navigate the intimidating new social hierarchy. Things start to look up when Kim meets Athena, a new classmate and Kim Possible super-fan who is having an even worse day than Kim. Then things go bad as the evil Drakken and Shego resurface in Middleton with a master plan to stop Kim. The film is a solid salute to the original series, close enough to the animated version to appease the fans, and it has just enough fun elements to entertain those who have never seen the cartoon. ALSO NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY MARCH 26
“IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK”: Regina King earned an Oscar for best supporting actress for this love story in early 1970s Harlem. “SECOND ACT”: Jennifer Lopez stars in the film about
a mature woman trying to prove herself. “STAN & OLLIE”: Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star in the production about the final days of the comedy duo. “CAPERNAUM”: Brave 12-year-old boy finds a way to survive the dangers of the city streets. “LEGION: Season Two”: Man diagnosed with schizophrenia learns he has mysterious abilities. Dan Stevens stars. “VICTORIA AND ALBERT: THE WEDDING”: Two-part British drama provides an insider’s look into the elaborate planning that went into one of the most famous weddings of all time. “KING OF THIEVES”: Thief who was famous in his youth pulls together a band of misfit criminals to plot an unprecedented burglary. “PERFECT BLUE”: Animated story of a pop star whose friends and co-workers are murdered. Directed by Satoshi Kon. “MIDNIGHT, TEXAS:
SEASON TWO”: The search for quiet in a small town leads one man to world of weird events. “NOVA: Pluto and Beyond”: New Horizons mission team uncovers the secrets of what lies beyond Pluto. “RICH GIRL”: The 1980 film looks at what happens when a bodyguard and the person he’s protecting get kidnapped. “BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”: The 1986 film adaptation of Neil Simon’s play is being rereleased. “THE BODY SNATCHER”: This 1945 horror film is the last time Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi worked together on film. “THE STREET FIGHTER COLLECTION”: This set contains uncut versions of all three “Street Fighter” films. “WARNING SIGN”: Small Utah town faces terror that comes from local research center. Originally released in 1985. — Rick Bentley, Tribune News Service
Out & About........................... 4-7 On Stage...................................... 8 Tuning Up................................... 9 Get Involved.............................10 Hot Tickets...............................11 Travel.........................................12 At the Lincoln..........................13 Movies................................. 14-15 ON THE COVER Don Felder, former guitarist for the Eagles, will perform Friday, March 22, at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. Photo by Michael Helms.
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A LEGEND IN TOWN
Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder plays the Mount Baker Theatre By KERA WANIELISTA @Kera_SVH
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ELLINGHAM — You’ve heard the songs, now see the man behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic hits like “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane.” Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder will play Mount Baker Theatre on Friday, March 22. “We’re gonna rock this place,” Felder said Tuesday by phone from Bend, Ore. “It’s like a big party by the end of the night.”
Felder is touring to promote his latest album, “American Rock ‘N’ Roll,” which will be released April 5. The album is inspired by Felder’s own introduction to rock and roll: the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. “I actually had the supreme honor of attending Woodstock not as a performer but as a member of the audience,” said the 71-year-old Felder. “It just inspired people musically to get involved in music. It certainly did me.” The first single off his new album, also titled “American Rock ‘N’ Roll,” shines with Felder’s soaring guitar licks and shout-outs to some of the genre’s most legendary names from the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — from Hendrix to Vedder. “A lot of them I admire very much myself,” Felder said. The album features collaborations with some of classic rock’s heavyweights, including Sammy Hagar, Mick Fleetwood, Slash and Peter Frampton.
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Don Felder, former guitarist for the Eagles, will perform Friday, March 22, at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham.
“A whole bunch of people that I love personally,” he said. “Everybody who was invited on this project I knew how they played and I’d played with them before. It was a very friendly-based project.” Felder said many of the songs he performs have special meaning for him. In some ways, however, none more so than “Hotel California,” which is the most difficult song to play on tour, he said. “Everybody in that audience knows every note of (that song),” he said. “It’s just been
ingrained into their DNA for the last 40- something years. ‘Hotel California’ is a very challenging, demanding guitar performance, so every night I have to be on point. I have to replicate exactly note for note what these people have been hearing for the past 40-something years.” Still, he said, it’s the most rewarding. “I fell in love with playing music when I was 10 years old,” Felder said. “That whole pursuit has never been about money, never been about fame,
never been about ego. It’s been about the love of playing music.” Felder, who played with the Eagles from 1974 to 2001, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 1998. For more information and to purchase tickets to Friday’s show, visit mountbakertheatre. com. — Reporter Kera Wanielista: 360-416-2141, kwanielista@ skagitpublishing.com, Twitter: @ Kera_SVH, facebook.com/KeraReports
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OUT & ABOUT
ART
MOUNTAINEERING EXHIBIT: Western Washington University’s Libraries Heritage Resources is hosting an exhibition exploring the relationship between humans’ love of high altitudes and issues of gender, race and class until March 22 in the Special Collections floor of the Wilson Library, 516 High St., Bellingham. Free.
ANN MORRIS AND KATHLEEN FAULKNER: Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison, presents the work of artists Ann Morris and Kathleen Faulkner during March. WATER’S EDGE: LANDSCAPES FOR TODAY: The Bellingham National 2019 Juried Art Exhibition and Awards is showing at the Lightcatcher Museum, 205 Flora St., Bellingham, through May 19. Guests have the opportunity to vote for the
ARTISTS’ CHOICE: A new juried show from the gallery artists at The Good Stuff Arts Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, is being featured in March.
NORDIC ROOTS: The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society will host a seminar featuring experts on Scandinavian and Viking research from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at First United Methodist Church, 1607 E. Division St., Mount Vernon. $50-$60. skagitvalleygenealogy.org.
STEVEN R HILL: Lopez Island artist Steven R Hill is presenting his newest collection of art in March at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.
ANNE MARTIN MCCOOL: Work from Skagit County artist Anne Martin McCool and Bellingham liquid abstract artist Jax Mildner is on display through March at Hadrian Art Gallery, 5717 Gilkey Ave., Bow.
JESSICA OLSON: Artist Jessica Olson’s new work, “Chapter 1: Struggling with Voice: The Collective,” is being shown during March at Honey Salon and Gallery, 310 W. Holly St., Bellingham.
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LUUK HONEY: The work of illustrator and barista Luuk Honey is being featured in March at Pelican Bay Books and Coffeehouse, 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.
ART IN THE ROOM: Friends of the Anacortes Public Library Art Committee is hosting a three-month local art exhibit in the Friends Community Meeting Room at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.
QUILT MUSEUM: The Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, 703 South Second St., La Conner, has a new exhibit featuring heirlooms dating back to the Civil War. The exhibit runs until April 28. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5-$7.
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MATZKE FINE ART GALLERY: The gallery at 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, is featuring new work in collaboration with Sculpture Northwest through April 14. matzkefineart.com. CHUCKANUT BREWERY
Brews abound for Skagit Beer Week By Skagit Valley Herald staff
This weekend marks the start of Skagit Beer Week, a celebration of local breweries that culminates in a big celebration and gathering of all the participating breweries. Kicking off the week is a 5K Farm to Pint Run at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Cardinal Craft Brewing, 15579 Peterson Road, Burlington. Later that day, local band Lazy Acres will release their first EP and play a show at Farmstrong Brewing Company, 110 Stewart Road, Mount People’s Choice award. VINTAGE WATERCOLOR SHOW: Sunnyshore Studio will celebrate the legacy of master watercolorists in Washington state from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vernon, starting at 5 p.m. At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, female representatives from Skagit breweries will be at Chuckanut Brewery, 11937 Higgins Airport Way, Burlington, to talk shop and give out merchandise to bingo players. On Thursday, March 28, the folks at Cardinal Craft Brewing will be taking over the taps at neighboring restaurant Flyers Restaurant & Brewhouse, 15426 Suite B Airport Drive, Burlington. Buy a pint and keep the glass. For full event schedule, visit skagitbeerweek.com. Saturdays, March 16, 23 and 30, at the studio, 2803 S.E. Camano Drive, Camano Island. TRAVELS: A new galley show by Alfred Currier is on display at Burton Jewelers, 620
MYSTIC MASTERS: See the work of first-, second- and third-wave Northwest Mystics at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., La Conner in March. SPRING SHOW: Over 200 works by 38 artists will be featured at River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road, Mount Vernon, from March 23-April 28.
LECTURES & TALKS
THE IMPACT OF AI ON FUTURE WORKPLACES: NW Innovation Resource Center will present a free talk on artificial intelligence with guest speaker Jan Vandenbos at noon Thursday, March 28, at The Lab, 1001 N Broadway, Suite A3, Everett. WOMEN HAND IN HAND: Kim Meeder, author of five books, will be the featured speaker at a women’s conference from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at North Cascade Christian Fellowship, Highway 20 and Ball Street, Sedro-Woolley. An ASL interpreter will be provided. $20, includes lunch. womenhandin-
HORSEKEEPING PRESENTATION: Snohomish Conservation District will host a presentation on spring pastures and nutrition for horses from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Warm Beach Camp and Stables, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. snohomishcd.org. “DISCOVER YOUR WILD BACKYARD”: Craig Romano, who has written more than 20 books about trails in the Northwest, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Anacortes public Library, 1220 Tenth St., Anacortes. POET TRIO: Geffrey Davis, Keetje Kuipers and Erika Meitner will read poetry at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham.
MUSIC
RANGER AND THE RE-ARRANGERS TRIO: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $5. DON FELDER: The former lead guitarist of The Eagles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $28-$60. mountbakertheatre.com. BACH SONATAS: The Anacortes Arts Foundation will host a concert featuring Hans-Jurgen Schnoor and Jeffrey Cohan playing Johan Sebastian Bach’s sonatas at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Croatian Cultural Center, 801 Fifth St., Anacortes. $25, children and students are free. anacortesartsfoundation.org.
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OUT & ABOUT SWING DANCE: Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints, a swing jazz, country and vintage rock group from Seattle, will play at the annual spring swing dance from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. $5, under 18 free. No-host bar by Rockfish.
by Mark Brown. Dessert theater at 7 p.m. March 29-30, April 4-6 and 1213; Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. March 31 and April 14 at Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Bellingham (Alger). altatheatre.com, brownpapertickets.com, 360-424-5144, ALTAinfo2001@gmail.com.
THE NOT-ITS!: Join the family-friendly concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $6.
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THEATER
”THE LOVER” AND “THE DUMB WAITER”: The Sylvia Center for the Arts, 401 Prospect St., Bellingham, presents two early one-acts by Harold Pinter at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23 and 28-30. $20 general, $16 Sylvia Center members. sylviacenterforthearts.org. ”THE PAGETURNERS”: Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes, presents the world premiere of “The Pageturners,” a play about stories shared from different walks of life, written and directed by Regina Zaheer. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. $10. acttheatre.com. ”LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL”: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $45-$80. mountabkertheatre.com. ”AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS”: ALTA Theatre presents Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days”, adapted
WORLD PUPPETRY DAY: Attend a mini-festival featuring performances in honor of World Puppetry Day from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23, at the Bellingham Alternative Library, 519 E. Maple St., Bellingham. $8-$15. SKAGIT BEER WEEK: Join a marathon of beer dinners, tastings, tap takeovers and educational events from March 22-31 all around Skagit Valley. Visit skagitbeerweek.com for full details. PECHAKUCHA NIGHT: 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23, Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. LET’S MAKE GOUDA!: Eat cheese while making cheese from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Chuckanut Center, 103 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham. $65-$75. 360224-2387. MOMMY AND ME TEA PARTY: Lil’ Tugs Children’s Boutique will host a tea party for ages 2-7 and their mothers at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Anacortes White House, 1304 32nd St. Call 510-316-3202 to register. TEEN NERF WARS: Bring a nerf gun, or
borrow one, and enjoy an evening of nerf wars from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Central Skagit Library, 802 Ball St., Sedro-Woolley. Grades 6-12. Free. TIME CAPSULE RECEPTION: Join the Skagit County Historical Museum as staff members will fill a time capsule and place it back in the wall to be opened in 2069, and view the exhibit “Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at the museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The reception will be catered by La Conner Seafood and Prime Rib. RSVP: 360-466-3365 or jowolfe@co.skagit.wa.us. FARM SHARE FAIR: Meet local farmers and learn about local food boxes from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave., Bellingham. Free. BINGO: 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30, Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $16 for 10 games of bingo. Theme is Mardi Gras. Food and no-host bar. Contact the center for tickets and seating requests: 360-387-0222. SKAGIT FARM TO PINT FEST: Celebrate homegrown beer at the second annual Skagit Farm to Pint Fest from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Heritage Flight Museum, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. The event will feature 13 breweries and food from local restaurants. VIP tickets $75, general admission $50, designated drivers $25. skagitfarmtopint.com/fest.
MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART
PechaKucha comes to MoNA By Skagit Valley Herald staff
LA CONNER — PechaKucha: In Japan, it means “chatter” or “chit chat”; in the United States, it means a good time is in store.
PechaKucha is a fast-paced presentation in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each, and the theme for the presentations is “Creative Response to Challenge.” The event will start at
5 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Museum of Northwest Art (MONA), 121 S. First St. Eight speakers will give their quick presentations, sticking to 20 seconds per slide. Attendance is free.
Masterpiece Concert
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OUT & ABOUT NOT TONIGHT DEER: The Skyline Garden Club will host a presentation on gardening with deer pressure at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, at the Skyline Beach Club, 6041 Sands Way, Anacortes. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers.
VIETNAM VETERANS PARADE: George Baldridge American Legion Post 43, Sedro-Woolley, will celebrate National Vietnam Veteran’s Recognition Day with a parade at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, through downtown Sedro-Woolley. A ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the American Legion hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.
VILLAGE GALA: Village Community Service’s annual gala and auction will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Angel Of The Winds Casino Resort, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington. Black-tie optional, raffle prizes, live auction, short film viewing and more. $75, tables of eight for $500. villagegala2019.eventbrite.com.
LOOKING AHEAD
NEEDLES & STITCHES: The Camano Island Quilt Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 12-13, at Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St. NW, Stanwood. $9 suggested donation.
COMMUNITY DANCE: Camano Junction will play at a community dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road. $10 adults, $8 students, at the door.
GALLERY SYRE: The grand opening of Gallery Syre will kick off with the exhibit “David Syre: Roots and Wings” from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at 465 W. Stuart Road, Bellingham. “CLEARING CLUTTER AS A SACRED ACT”: Bellingham author, psychotherapist and clutter coach Carolyn Koehnline will discuss her upcoming book at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham. SCULPTURE DAY: Cloudstone Sculpture Park and Gallery will be open to the public on International Sculpture Days, April 27-28, at 5056 Cloudstone Lane, Freeland. $10 per person, $35 for four. PLANKTON OF THE LAND: The Friends of Skagit Beaches will present a talk on plankton at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12, at the Northwest Education Services Building, 1601 R St., Anacortes. ”THE A LIST”: Author J.A. Jance will discuss and sign her new book “The A List” on Saturday, April 13, at the following locations: 3 p.m. at the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes, and 7 p.m. at Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham.
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Hans-Jürgen Schnoor
The magic of Bach at Croatian Cultural Center By Skagit Valley Herald staff
ANACORTES — Johann Sebastian Bach died over 250 years ago, but his music is alive and well, thanks in part to Hans-Jürgen Schnoor and Jeffrey Cohan. The two musicians — Schnoor on the harpsichord and Cohan on the baroque flute — will play Bach’s soEVERNOTE FOR GENEALOGISTS: Janet O’Connor-Camarata will discuss how the app Evernote can be used to help organize and manage all of the
natas at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Croatian Cultural Center, 801 Fifth St. Schnoor and Cohan are recognized as leaders in the baroque and early music scene, and the two have been performing together for more than three decades. Tickets are $25. Students and children accompanied by an adult are free.
data, records, photos and websites that genealogists collect at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington.
UNITED WAY LIVE CELEBRATION: The event will begin at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $30 individual, $500 per table. unitedwayskagit.org. “NEEDLES & STITCHES” QUILT SHOW: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 12-13, Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St NW, Stanwood. Over 300 quilts. Suggested donation $8 at the door. SPRING CRAFT FAIR: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, Creekside Continuing Care Community, 400 Gilkey Road, Burlington. FOOD BANK BENEFIT: Raise money for the Bellingham Food Bank and listen to live music from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St., Bellingham. $15 suggested donation. EASTER EGG HUNT: Hunt for illuminated Easter eggs
in the dark and raise money for Relay for Life of Skagit at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $5-$15. eaglehavenwinery or 360-8566248. HISTORIC PICKETT HOUSE MUSEUM: Tour the historic home of Captain Pickett, built in 1856, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at 910 Bancroft St., Bellingham. Free admission, donations accepted. FAMILY PALOOZA: Bright Beginnings Family Palooza is for expectant parents and families with infants and toddlers. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. There will be informational booths, games and prizes. Free. GALA OF HOPE: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $150, or $2,000 for a table of ten. Features auction and dinner. Proceeds benefit the Island Hospital Foundation. islandhospitalfoundation. WOMEN’S EXPO: Learn about products, programs and services for women from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. CITY WORKS DAY: Bring the kids to learn about the City of Sedro-Woolley and its programs and services from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at Memorial Park, next to the Central Skagit Library, 802 Ball St., Sedro-Woolley. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE & ODESZA: The two Bellingham bands will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Civic Stadium, 1445 Puget St., Bellingham. The show is a fundraiser for WWU Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment. Tickets are $60 and up. doublemajorbellingham. com.
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OUT & ABOUT
World Puppetry Day brings fun to Bellingham By Skagit Valley Herald staff
By GINA SALAMONE New York Daily News
BELLINGHAM — Today, March 21, is World Puppetry Day and you better believe Bellingham has celebrations planned. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. there will be special puppet performances at the Bellingham Alternative Library, 519 E Maple St. But it doesn’t stop there. There will be two more nights of performances Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, and will feature special guests from Seattle, Portland and beyond. Local artist Phoebe Wahl will be at the Saturday “Puppetry Cabaret” show along with Andrea Love Animation and so many more. Tickets are by donation for today’s show, and $10 (sliding scale) for Friday and Saturday. SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Concerts are at 7 p.m. at the Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, 18101 Fir Island Road, Conway. Suggested donation $15-$25. ■ Monday, May 6: Baroque Trio JEST. ■ Wednesday, May 22: Bach’s Triple Concerto. ■ Friday, June 7: Early 17th-Century Canzonas. ■ Friday, June 21: Late 18th-Century Quartets. LAYERING THE LANDSCAPE: The Skyline Garden Club will host a presentation on overcoming lazy gardening by garden columnist Marianne Binetti at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Skyline Beach Club, 6041 Sands Way, Anacortes. Free for mem-
‘Game of Thrones’ final season running times confirmed And now my watch begins. HBO has confirmed running times for the final six episodes of “Game of Thrones,” finally putting an end to speculation on potentially supersized installments as the epic fantasy series wraps up. Fans hoping for those rumored two-hour episodes will be disappointed. But at least four are extended from the usual hour, coming in at around 80 minutes. In terms of episode count, the upcoming Season 8 will be the drama’s shortest season with just six episodes compared to
last season’s seven, and 10 each for the previous six. The last season kicks off April 14 in its usual 9 p.m. time slot and comes in at 54 minutes. The next episode is just slightly longer at 58 minutes. Things pick up in episode 3 on April 28, which has an 82-minute running time, the longest ever for the show. The final three episodes clock in at 78 minutes, 80 minutes and 80 minutes again for the series finale. Previously, the longest episode of “Game of Thrones” was “The Dragon and the Wolf ” at around 80 minutes, which was the final installment of Season 7, and sees two main characters, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)
and Jon Snow (Kit Harington), finally hooking up. The episode also reveals the full extent of who Jon’s parents really were and that he’s the heir to the Iron Throne. The episode also sees most of the lead characters and opposing houses joining forces and agreeing to stop fighting each other so that they can team up to battle the White Walkers and their undead army. But Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) reveals towards the end of the episode that she has no intention to actually send forces to fight alongside her rivals, instead planning to later conquer whoever comes out on top, setting up the drama for the final season.
McIntyre Hall Presents bers, $5 for nonmembers. CINCO DE MAYO ART AUCTION AND DINNER: Children of the Valley After School program will host its annual fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Maplehurst Farm, 18495 Dike Road, Mount Vernon. $50, includes admission, dinner and beverage. childrenofthevalleymv.org. MOUNT VERNON FARMERS MARKET: The Mount Vernon Farmers Market returns Saturday, May 19. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday until Oct. 12 at Riverwalk Park, 501 Main St., Mount Vernon. SKI TO SEA: Registration is open for the 2019
Ski to Sea race, to be held Sunday, May 26, in Whatcom County. Contact race director Anna Rankin: anna@skitosea.com, 360920-0979. ROCKIN’ FOR THE RE STORE: Join the Third annual Rockin’ for the RE Store Benefit at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave., Bellingham. Raffles, silent auction, live music and more. HISTORIC PICKETT HOUSE MUSEUM: Tour the historic home of Captain Pickett, built in 1856, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, May 19 and June 9, at 910 Bancroft St., Bellingham. Free admission, donations accepted.
SIERRA HULL WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAM REIDER Friday, March 22 7:30pm
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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 21-28 Thursday.21 ”ONE FOOT”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org. ”THE LOVER” AND “THE DUMB WAITER”: 9:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts. org. COMEDY THE GBU: 7:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10. 360-733-8855 or theupfront.com.
Friday.22 THEATER ”THE PAGE TURNERS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.
”ONE FOOT”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org. ”THE LOVER” AND “THE DUMB WAITER”: 9:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts. org. ”THE PAGETURNERS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre Annex, 1020 11th St., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. MUSIC DON FELDER: 7:30 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $28-60. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.
Friday.22 SIERRA HULL
7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.
LOLAPALOOZA: 9:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $13. 360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.
”THE PAGETURNERS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre Annex, 1020 11th St., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.
”THE PAGETURNERS”: 2 p.m., ACT Theatre Annex, 1020 11th St., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.
Saturday.23
COMEDY TARNATION!: 7:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $15. 360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.
Thursday.28
SPEAKERS GEORGE NOORY COAST TO COAST: 5 p.m., Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. 425-2586766 or historiceveretttheatre.org.
LOLAPALOOZA: 9:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $13. 360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.
SIERRA HULL: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.
THEATER ”THE PAGE TURNERS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.
COMEDY EXIT 192 IMPROV COMEDY: 8 p.m., Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. 425-258-6766 or historiceveretttheatre.org.
”ONE FOOT”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.
THEATER ”THE PAGE TURNERS”: 2 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.
”THE LOVER” AND “THE DUMB WAITER”: 9:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts. org.
”LEGALLY BLONDE”: 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $45-80. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.
TARNATION!: 7:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $15. 360-733-8855 or theupfront. com.
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THEATER ”ONE FOOT”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.
”THE LOVER” AND “THE DUMB WAITER”: 9:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. 360-305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts. org. COMEDY THE GBU: 7:30 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10. 360-733-8855 or theupfront.com.
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TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 21–28 Thursday.21
DANNY BARNES: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $30-45. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.
Sunday.24 JENNY AND THE TOMCATS: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360766-6266 or theoldedison.com.
RANGER AND THE RE-ARRANGERS TRIO: 5:30 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $5. marysvillewa.gov. G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360746-8733 or wildbuffalo. net.
Friday.22 DON FELDER: 7:30 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $27.50-$59.50. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com. BENNY SIDELINGER: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage. com. THE ROYAL WE: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com. WHISKEY FEVER: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com. JASMINE GREENE BAND: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.
METALACHI: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net. MIKE SHORE
Thursday.21 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $30-$45. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.
Saturday.23 LAZY ACRES, WHISKEY FEVER, KICKIN NAMES: 5:30 p.m., Farmstrong Brewing Company, 110 Stewart Road, Mount Vernon. Free. WASHED IN BLACK, STARGAZER: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 State St., Bellingham. 360-770-1067 or shakedownbellingham.com. RANDOM GENERATOR: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411. FANNY ALGER: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-766-6266 or theoldedison.com.
THE NOT-ITS!: 2 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. 360-3638400. marysvillewa.gov.
EBB, SLACK AND FLOOD: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360293-2544 or brownlantern.com.
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GERTRUDE’S HEARSE: 7:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.
Wednesday.27
QUICKDRAW STRING BAND: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage. com. THE ROYAL WE: 9 p.m., Winner’s Lounge, The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.
BLACK MOUNTAIN: 8 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.
JANETTE WEST: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.
Thursday.28 Sunday.24
JENNY AND THE TOMCATS 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison.com.
JODY TAYLOR BAND: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. 425737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.
CHRISTY MCWILSON EXPERIENCE: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-4453000 or conwaymuse. com.
POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360746-8733 or wildbuffalo. net. PENNY OPRY: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.
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GET INVOLVED
ART
CALL TO ARTISTS: The City of Anacortes is looking for entries for the third annual eight-month outdoor sculpture exhibition. Sculptures must withstand outdoor conditions. anacorteswa.gov. POETRY CONTEST: The Sue C. Boynton Poetry contest will accept single-poem submissions from Whatcom County residents during March. Winners will be invited to read their poems at an awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. boyntonpoetrycontest.wordpress.com.
ART CLASSES
PAINT AND LEARN: Kids ages 1-8 and their families are invited to this class about learning to paint at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Sedro-Woolley Community Center, 703 Pacific St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. 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. 360466-4288 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.
Local playwright presents ‘The Pageturners’
By Skagit Valley Herald staff
ANACORTES — “The Pageturners” is an original script by local playwright Regina Zaheer, who will show her work to the world at the play’s premiere at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Anacortes Community Theatre’s annex, 1020 11th St. “The Pageturners” tells the stories of six friends, all in different places in life with different experiences, and how 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 12636 Chilberg Road, Mount Vernon. Online courses are also available. 360-466-0110 or gailcreativestudies.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.
AUDITIONS
CALL FOR DIRECTORS AND PLAYS: Whidbey Island Playhouse is seeking seasoned directors for the 2019-20 season. Visit whidbeyislandplayhouse.com for more details or email kevinwm.meyer@gmail. com with questions.
they come together with wine and books to make sense of the world and themselves. “The women in my play show that we are capable of anything as long as we are brave enough to look inside ourselves and realize we are not much different from our fellow humans,” Zaheer said. The play runs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Tickets are $10.
BOOKS
SILENT BOOK CLUB: Share a book you have read and silently read another one at 4 p.m. on the first Monday of each month at Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP MEETING: The Great Books Reading Group examines passages from important writings in history from 6 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. 360-9411437 and shunji.asari@ gmail.com. POETRY OPEN MIC: The Anacortes Poetry Group meets the second Saturday of the month for poetry open mics at 7 p.m. in the Anacortes Public Library meeting room, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.
Poets, songwriters, acoustic musicians, storytellers, a capella singers welcome. THE DOGS IN THE NIGHTTIME: The Anacortes Sherlock Holmes Society meets at 5 p.m. the first Monday of each month at Village Pizza, 807 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.
DANCE
BEGINNING CLOGGING LESSONS: 11 a.m. Saturdays until April 27, The Cloggin’ Place, 14641 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. $20 for 10 lessons. cloggingdanceclassesmountvernonwas.com. 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/rec-
reation or 360-755-9649. 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 DANCING: Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Fairhaven Library auditorium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes without heels. $8 per class. For information, call Mary Anderson at 360-933-1779 or visit bellinghamscd.org.
4862 or yogaheartspace0@ gmail.com. BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Join the AnO-Chords, a four-part barbershop harmony group that meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 18th St., Mount Vernon. No experience necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome. anochords.org. 360-679-7473. TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted. 360-630-1156.
SCOTTISH HIGHLAND AND IRISH STEP DANCE: The Clan Heather Dancers offer year-round Scottish Highland and Irish step dance classes in Bellingham, Everett and Mount Vernon. clanheather.com.
SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. 360223-3230.
THURSDAY DANCING: Dance to The Skippers or Good Vibrations from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-424-5696.
ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544.
MUSIC
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: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Free. Beginners welcome and loaner ukuleles available. Song sheets provided. 206-790-
OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.
RECREATION
KIDS’ BASEBALL LEAGUES: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation is offering an instructional tee-ball league for ages 3 to 5 starting March 27. $55. It is also offering an instructional baseball league for ages 6 to 9. Games will be played outdoors from April 13-May 18 on Saturdays. $55-$60. Register: 360-3366215.
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HOT TICKETS VICTOR WOOTEN: March 21-24, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. NIGHT RANGER: March 22, Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballroom, Tulalip. 360-7166000 or ticketmaster.com. ”MARIE, DANCING STILL — A NEW MUSICAL”: March 22-April 14, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-625-1900 or 5thavenue.org. MICHELLE OBAMA: March 24, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. STEVE WOZNIAK: March 25, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8188 or uniquelives. com. KODAK BLACK: March 25, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com. VEIL OF MAYA, INTERVALS: March 26, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. SHEMEKIA COPELAND: March 26-27, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. JOEY DEFRANCESCO TRIO WITH PHAROAH SANDERS: March 28-31, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. CHILDREN OF BODOM, SWALLOW THE SUN, WOLFHEART, HOLLOW CRY: March 29, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. ULI JON ROTH: March 31, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-2620482 or elcorazonseattle. com. DELFEAYO MARSALIS & THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA : April 2-3, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com. PEABO BRYSON: April 4-7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. TOWER OF POWER: April 11-14, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. ALAN PARSONS LIVE
PROJECT: April 12-13, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com. HYPOCRISY, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE: April 13, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-2620482 or elcorazonseattle. com. ”JERSEY BOYS”: April 14-19, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-625-1900 or 5thavenue.org. ELIZABETH GILBERT: April 14, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844-827-8188 or uniquelives.com. KENNY G: April 18-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. BUDDY GUY: April 19, Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballroom, Tulalip. 360-7166000 or ticketmaster.com. LIL PUMP & LIL SKIES: April 19, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. FAILURE, SWERVEDRIVER: April 19, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. DJ SLUSHII: April 26, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com. DELFONICS: April 30-May 1, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON: May 3, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. GEN. WESLEY CLARK: May 6, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844-827-8188 or uniquelives.com. ARCHSPIRE, INFERI, WORMHOLE, VIRVUM: May 9, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. THE GUESS WHO: May 10, Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballroom, Tulalip. 360716-6000 or ticketmaster. com. KATHLEEN MADIGAN: May 10-11, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.
KATHLEEN MADIGAN May 10-11, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com. ANIMALS AS LEADERS: May 11, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. SUPERSUCKERS, SPEEDEALER: May 16, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. THOMAS RHETT, DUSTIN LYNCH: May 18, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. BOB NEWHART: May 20, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8188 or uniquelives. com. END OF THE RAINBOW WITH BASSNECTAR, LIL UZI VERT, TOM MORELLO: May 24-26, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. ”WEST SIDE STORY”: May 31-June 23, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-6251900 or 5thavenue.org. BRANDI CARLILE, EMMYLOU HARRIS, NEKO CASE: June 1, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: June 1, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. TRAIN, GOO GOO DOLLS: June 7, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800745-3000 or livenation.com. DEAD & COMPANY: June 7-8, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. WYNONNA & THE BIG NOISE: June 8, Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballroom, Tulalip. 360-716-6000 or ticketmaster.com.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: June 9, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. WILLIAM SHATNER: June 10, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8188 or uniquelives. com. ROB THOMAS: June 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list. RAIN: June 15, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/summer-concerts/list. THIRD EYE BLIND & JIMMY EAT WORLD: June 19, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. ANDERSON PAAK: June 20, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. BRIAN CULBERTSON: June 20-23, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. THE ORCHESTRA: June 21-22, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com. JUDAS PRIEST: June 21, Accesso Showare Center, Kent. 866-973-9613 or livenation.com. MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, ZIGGY MARLEY: June 21-22, Chateau Ste. Michell Winery, Woodenville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. THE PIETASTERS, NATALIE WOULDN’T, THE
SENTIMENTS: June 22, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-2620482 or elcorazonseattle. com. JEFF LYNNE’S ELO: June 28, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. LYLE LOVETT: June 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list. ERIC CHURCH: June 28-29, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. SANTANA, DOOBIE BROTHERS: June 29, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. PENTATONIX, RACHEL PLATTEN: July 3, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. JONNY LANG, ROBERT CRAY BAND: July 5, Tulalip Resort Casino Amphitheatre, Tulalip. 360-716-6000 or ticketmaster.com. BRIT FLOYD: July 11, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT: July 12, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. OZZY OSBOURNE: July 13, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA: July 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list. BECK, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, SPOON: July 13, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. JON BELLION: July 16, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com. CHICAGO: July 19-20, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list. WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: July
19-21, Various locations, Winthrop. winthropbluesfestival.com APPICE BROTHERS: July 20, El Corazon, Seattle. 206262-0482 or elcorazonseattle.com. BEAST COAST: July 23, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com. MICHAEL MCDONALD & CHAKA KHAN: July 25, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list. SHINEDOWN: July 26, Accesso Showare Center, Kent. 866-973-9613 or livenation. com. LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BAD COMPANY: July 27, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. NORAH JONES: July 27, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 425-488-1133 or ste-michelle.com/visit-us/ summer-concerts/list.
SIERRA HULL WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAM REIDER FRIDAY, MARCH 22
SPRING CONCERT FIDALGO YOUTH SYMPHONY SATURDAY, MARCH 23
MASTERPIECE CONCERT SKAGIT SYMPHONY SATURDAY, MARCH 23
MAMMA MIA! THEATER ARTS GUILD MARCH 29 - APRIL 13
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TRAVEL
FA M I LY T R AV E L FI V E
Northern exposure shines light on Canadian vacation By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com
2. BRITISH COLUMBIA Perhaps you’ve heard of the Inside Passage. It’s that scenic chain of channels, bays and islands that create Canada’s diverse Pacific coastline. It’s popular with kayakers, whale watchers, birders, boaters and adventurers. You’ll also want to put the cities of Vancouver and Victoria on your radar. Located on the edge of wilderness, both urban areas offer hip dining with
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of birding tours daily through March in the Skagit Valley and surrounding areas. Reservations required: 360-474-7479. SKAGIT SENIOR TOURS: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of local nature and hiking day tours for seniors. Reservations required: 360-474-7479.
Canada, America’s neighbor to the North, offers families a wide range of vacation opportunities. Here are five regions to consider: 1. ALBERTA Home to super star national parks Banff and Jasper and more than 600 lakes, this massive western province is an outdoor adventurer’s dream destination. As its flag advertises, visitors can expect snowy mountains, golden plains, evergreen forests and endless blue skies. All that, plus more than 300 days of sunshine each year, enabling great days on hiking trails and ski slopes. Canada’s fastest growing city, Calgary, a beneficiary of a cattle and oil boom, offers visitors plenty including the famous Calgary Stampede as well as the Heritage Park Historical Village where period clad staff spin tales of frontier life on the Canadian Prairies. Further north, along the North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton serves as the provincial capital and is considered the cultural soul of the region. Expect galleries, theatre, live music and shopping. travelalberta.com
Local travel briefs
SKAGIT GUIDED ADVENTURES: Offers a variety of local nature and hiking day tours. 360-474-7479. SNOWSHOEING: For beginners and seniors. Equipment and transportation provided. 2-4 group size. Daily (but weather dependent) through March. Skagit Guided Adventures, 360-4747479. WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. SHUTTERSTOCK
View at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
fresh seafood and farm to table offerings as well as and museums of interest to every age group. Don’t miss the scenic drive from Vancouver to the mountain ski town of Whistler via the Sea-to-Sky Highway. Along what is also known as Highway 99, you’ll pass sheer rock faces, waterfalls, fjords, alpine forests and the snow-capped Coast Mountains. hellobc.com 3. MANITOBA If you yearn to see polar bears in the wild, Churchill, in northern Manitoba is the place to be. Located on the migration route between the bear dens and their feeding grounds, the town is ground zero for those who want the chance to learn about and glimpse the animals in their native environment. Tundra buggies transport visitors into the vast landscape outside of town to photograph and
observe the seal hunters. Helicopter tours are also possible. Slot the destination onto your list for viewing the northern lights and Beluga whale watching in the summer months. travelmanitoba.com 4. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Published in 1908, the novel Anne of Green Gables, has played a major role in drawing tourists to Canada’s smallest province. Today, literary fans make their way to P.E.I to see the sites portrayed in the book and to learn more about is author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Visit the old farmhouse, where much of the famous novel was set and take part in activities at the Green Gables Heritage Place that include ice-cream making demonstrations, safe races, hiking on nature trails, carriage rides and tours offered by rangers dressed as
characters from the book. tourismpei.com 5. YUKON This fabled territory, wild, mountainous and sparsely populated, attracts adventuresome souls eager for wide open spaces, outdoor adventure and quirky bits of history. Make your way to Dawson City, at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers, to learn about the gold rush days and the great stampede of treasure seekers who hastened north in search of fortune. Visit the Dawson City Museum and stop by the Robert Service Cabin during the summer months for daily poetry readings. Hiking, fishing, cycling, canoeing and dog sledding are among the popular activities in the region. travelyukon.com
— Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is an author, family travel expert and enthusiastic explorer.
SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 17 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-6215. RECREATION WITHOUT BORDERS: The organization offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia. 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com. OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers day trips for members. For details, call 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.
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Pinter plays at the Lucas Hicks Theatre
AT THE LINCOLN
By Skagit Valley Herald staff
BELLINGHAM — The Dyo Festival at the Sylvia Center for the Arts continues its celebration of two-actor performances this month. On March 21-23 and 28-30, two oneact plays by British playwright Harold Pinter will take over the main stage in the Lucas Hicks Theatre, 205 Prospect St. The plays are “The Lover,” a mysterious story of domesticity, and “The Dumb Waiter,” an absurdist comedy revolving around two hit men. These plays are some of Pinter’s earliest work. Pinter is perhaps best known for the plays “The Birthday Party” and “The Homecoming,” both of which were
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A scene from “The Lover,” one of two one-acts featured in a doubleheader this weekend at the Sylvia Center for the Arts.
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Trauma mixed with wacky amusement park antics makes ‘Wonder Park’ an odd ride By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service
Perhaps it’s a post-“Inside Out” phenomenon that animated films aimed at children need to tackle complex emotions or psychology, translating it into terms kids can understand. This is the case with “Wonder Park,” a film that is part “Roller Coaster Tycoon,” part lesson on grappling with the fear of losing a parent. It’s a complicated dynamic where both storylines seem deeply at odds with each other. The wonders of Wonder Park are dampened by the pall of grief that the protagonist is experiencing, while the wacky amusement park antics prevent the story from going especially deep. André Nemec, Robert Gordon and Josh Appelbaum collaborated on the screenplay, and animator Dylan Brown was to make his directorial debut on the film, until he was fired by Paramount for inappropriate conduct during the production. At the surface, the film seems like a fantastical — or as the characters might say, “splendiferous!” — romp through a magical amusement park operated by talking animals, but the story itself is much more rooted in grave family issues. Wonder Park has been dreamed up by June (Brianna Denski) and her mother (Jennifer Garner), who whisper their
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June (right), voiced by Sofia Mali, and Boomer, voiced by Ken Hudson Campbell, are shown in a scene from the animated film “Wonder Park.”
designs for the theme park into the ear of a stuffed chimp, Peanut. In Brianna’s imagination, Peanut (Norbert Leo Butz) uses his magical marker to craft the outlandish new attractions, like a carousel made of flying fish. But all the wonder goes out of Wonder Park when June’s mother has to leave home to be treated for an illness. June stops playing with her friends or dreaming up new designs for her park, instead developing an obsessive-compulsive obsession with keeping her father (Matthew Broderick) healthy. So where does the world of Wonder Park meet up with this more serious story? After June bails out of the bus ride to math camp, she wanders into the woods, enters a portal and finds herself at the amuse-
ment park of her dreams. The film doesn’t present this as a dream, fantasy or hallucination. It’s the world June and her mom created in their minds, and now June has to save it … which means she’s saving herself, because she is, of course, the wonder in Wonder Park. The second and third acts of this admittedly brief film involve June teaming up with the gang of animals that run Wonder Park: a warthog (Mila Kunis), bear (Ken Hudson Campbell), porcupine (John Oliver) and pair of beavers (Kenan Thompson and Ken Jeong) to save the park from “the darkness” that has enveloped the creatively blocked Peanut. It’s also turned all the cute little plushies into a cheerful, murderous zombie horde.
Getting the gears turning on Wonder Park is just the challenge for June to use her brains and bravery, learning along the way that she only needs belief in herself to be creative. There are some colorful and imaginative set pieces, and the voice performances from Oliver and Garner in particular are especially excellent, but the tone of ‘Wonder Park” is odd as the gravity of June’s real-life issues invade the wonderful world of Wonder Park. Imbuing a story like this with issues of grief and trauma can be a good lesson for kids, but it just makes the whole affair that much less splendiferous and that much more solemn. — 1:25. Rated PG for some mild thematic elements and action. HH (out of four stars)
Compiled from news services. Ratings are 1 to 4 stars. “Captive State” — Like every major city in 2027, Chicago is under the control of alien invaders, but a ragtag band of human insurgents is putting up resistance. Despite plenty of action, it’s more cerebral social commentary than blood-and-guts sci-fi thriller. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 109 minutes. HHH “Finding Steve McQueen” — In this entertaining if sometimes overly self-conscious 1970s period piece, small-time criminals from Ohio take a road trip with a plan to steal some $30 million from a bank in California. It’s a combo platter of crazy-but-true history mixed with creative fiction. Crime caper, R, 91 minutes. HHH “Never Grow Old” — When a killer (John Cusack, suitably chilling) rolls into an Old West town with his gang, the resulting surge of violence creates plenty of work for the undertaker (Emile Hirsch). Filmed in the shadows of the deep night and the mist of rainy days, the dark and spare and blood-spattered Western feels authentic to the rough and raw era and locale. Western, R, 100 minutes. HHH “Gloria Bell” — Julianne Moore gives a luminous performance as the title character, a divorced mother of adult children and a regular at a Los Angeles disco. This is a quiet film, moving at its own pace, reflecting life with such realism it’s as if we’re invisible guests in Gloria Bell’s life. Romantic drama, R, 101 minutes. HHH½ “Climax” — When the hip-hop dance troupe at the center of director Gaspar Noe’s film performs a number bursting with originality and sexuality, it’s seriously great stuff. But the more they talk and expose themselves as vapid and calculating, the less we care about their fates. Horror, R, 96 minutes. HH “I’m Not Here” — As a lonely and suicidal man swigging booze and wallowing in hazy, perhaps not altogether reliable memories on his 60th birthday, J.K. Simmons conveys so much with so little dialogue in this stark and unsettling drama. Drama, not rated, 81 minutes. HHH “The Kid” — In this outlandish and original take on an Old West legend, a boy on the run crosses paths with lawman Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke) and Garrett’s longtime adversary, Billy the Kid (Dane DeHaan, milking every moment), and their journeys become inextricably linked. Western, R, 99 minutes. HHH “Triple Frontier” — Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck head a uniformly strong cast playing former elite U.S. soldiers down on their luck and teaming up on a potentially lucrative but also possibly life-threatening mission. It’s a well-spun thriller with some expertly choreographed action sequences. Action thriller, R, 125 minutes. HHH½ “Captain Marvel” — Brie Larson, as the Captain, and Samuel L. Jackson, as young Nick Fury, share great chemistry in a superhero origins story set to ‘90s hits and filled with fun cultural references. This isn’t the greatest Marvel movie ever made, but it’s definitely one of the funniest, and one of the sweetest. Superhero action, PG-13, 124 minutes. HHH½
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MOVIES
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‘The Highwaymen’ comes at the Bonnie and Clyde chase from a grimmer angle By MICHAEL ORDOÑA Los Angeles Times
“The Highwaymen” has none of the glamour and romanticism of “Bonnie and Clyde.” And that’s the point. The new Netflix film from John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side”) stars Kevin Costner as Frank Hamer and Woody Harrelson as Maney Gault, the real-life former Texas Rangers who came out of retirement in 1934 to hunt the ballyhooed outlaw couple. But while the 1967 Arthur Penn film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow featuring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway was often comic and energetic, rife with the charisma that made the duo folk heroes, “Highwaymen” is a decidedly grown-up meditation on the price of lives and the
“Greta” — A new arrival in New York (Chloe Grace Moretz) befriends a refined, much older widow (Isabelle Huppert) who turns into a classic movie stalker. The wheels come flying off when just about everyone, INCLUDING THE STALKER, behaves like an idiot. Drama/ suspense, R, 99 minutes. HH “Paddleton” — This lowkey, heart-tugging buddy movie stars Mark Duplass and Ray Romano as neighbors who become best pals and pass the time eating frozen pizza and playing a game called “Paddleton.” When one is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the friends plan a road trip. They’re funny and sympathetic without trying to be. Netflix, no MPAA rating, 89 minutes. HHH “Fighting With My Family” — I loved hanging out with this movie, the
thoughtlessness of idol worship. It’s also truer to the facts in its portrayal of Hamer, who’s a fool in the Penn film but here is a low-key, shoe-leather detective. And darn good at his job. The film does allow some old-age humor, as when Hamer practices his shooting for the first time in years (and it shows), or when he has to pursue a teen suspect on foot, with non-action-hero results. But the weight of the task is always present in his mind, especially as Bonnie and Clyde’s killing spree continues two steps ahead of him. The superstar criminals are a major presence in the film, but mostly through the shadow they cast. They’re rarely onscreen. “Highwaymen” captures, through the eyes of common people, the perceived rebel spirit that made the couple folk heroes during the Great Depression. It
story of a WWE diva known as Paige and her origins in a small-time wrestling family in Norwich, England. The broad physical shtick and dryly funny one-liners win laughs, but what comes as a surprise is how often the film is genuinely moving. It’s just a big bowl of uplifting fun. Sports comedy, PG-13, 108 minutes. HHH½ “Alita: Battle Angel” — In a dystopian future, an abandoned cyborg with unique fighting skills is revived by a fatherly physician (Christoph Waltz). Like the title character, “Alita” is an amalgam — of “Terminator,” “Blade Runner” and many others — without a unique identity of its own. We’ve seen this movie before. Many times. Sci-fi action, PG13, 142 minutes. H½ “To Dust” — To achieve peace after the death of his wife, a grieving cantor (Geza
establishes through wardrobe and production design how rough that era was. It’s not just a setting; it’s a grim and desperate worldview. The film also provides, as a counterpoint to the couple’s fandom, the grim reality of their actions and Hamer and Gault’s revulsion. Screenwriter John Fusco provides plenty of memorably folksy dialogue (“If today was a fish, I’d throw the son of a bitch back,” says the exasperated governor, played by Kathy Bates). But he and Hancock also let a great deal be told through gestures, expressions and dialogue that rarely lands directly on the point. There’s plenty of grumpyold-men comedy in the Hamer-Gault relationship. But the actors expertly convey a sense of shared history, a pecking order and ancient camaraderie without relying on “You remember
Rohrig) asks a biology professor (Matthew Broderick) to explain how her body will decay. A dark but not bleak comedy, it’s also lovely and offbeat and kind of wonderful. Comedy drama, R, 105 minutes. HHH “Happy Death Day 2U” — There’s a surprisingly sweet heart lurking beneath all the bloody rinse-and-repeat hijinks in this cheerfully twisted sequel, following up on the college student (Jessica Rothe) who relives her murder over and over. Horror/sci-fi, PG-13, 100 minutes. HHH “What Men Want” — With impeccable comedic timing, Taraji P. Henson is the primary reason why this cheerfully bawdy remake of the Mel Gibson hit “What Women Want” is consistently funny and entertaining. Comedy, R, 117 minutes. HHH “The Man Who Killed
that time …?” clichés. In fact, the distinct lack of crime-movie macho pronouncements allows Hamer’s all-business seriousness and Gault’s qualms to ring true. Death is dealt with, not swept aside with a one-liner. Coming upon an unintended victim of the pursuit, Gault is genuinely shaken and Harrelson sells it. As Hamer, Costner turns in yet another remarkable performance. Over the years, he has honed the ability to not strain to be something he isn’t. From his closed but deeply caring father in “Molly’s Game,” to his Vito Corleone-in-a-cowboyhat in TV’s “Yellowstone,” to this cautious retiree with a full understanding of the task on his hands, the actor has settled into a groove of grounded believability that’s a genuine pleasure to watch.
“Highwaymen” confronts the cost of violence. Even an angry fistfight leads to regret. These two have blood on their hands from their storied Ranger past, and neither has washed it off. That sobriety casts the famous outlaw couple in quite a different light than what the Penn film, or the adoration of their contemporaneous fans, shined upon them. They’re killers, and that’s no laughing matter. Framed thus, their celebrity disturbs — despite the film’s obvious sympathy with the average folks struggling to get by, rooting for these two who seem to be beating the system. The film’s true feelings about this idolization are best expressed in the dialogue-less aftermath of their downfall. — 2:12. Rated: R for some strong violence and bloody images
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Hitler and Then the Bigfoot” — This strange and original and at times surprisingly lovely bit of folklore benefits greatly from the magnificent presence of the gravel-voiced Sam Elliott, who exudes effortless charisma as the title character. Adventure, not rated, 98 minutes. HHH “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part” — A candy-colored sugar rush with a nonstop parade of pop culture references, famous cameos and inside
jokes, “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part” doesn’t quite match the original’s spark and creativity, but it’s a worthy chapter in the ever-expanding Lego movie universe. Animated adventure, PG, 93 minutes. HHH “Cold Pursuit” — Liam Neeson stars in what might look like another Liam Neesom thriller, but as the bodies pile up, it quickly becomes evident that this bat-bleep crazy story of a father seeking vengeance is an action comedy, with the
emphasis on the comedy. Comedy action, R, 118 minutes. HHH½ “Velvet Buzzsaw” — Jake Gyllenhaal is fantastically entertaining as the most influential art critic in the United States, a puffed-up narcissist until a late artist’s treasure trove of paintings untaps his torment. This nasty and deliciously twisted chiller skewers the art world with a combination of bonedry wit and blood-drenched horror. Horror thriller, R, 109 minutes. HHH½
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