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THIS WEEKEND Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble to host annual Spring Festa on Saturday in Anacortes PAGE 3

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TUNING UP Bobby Holland and the Breadline appear at H20 in Anacortes on Saturday night PAGE 9

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THIS WEEKENDin the area 2015 Spring Festa

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OPEN HOUSES In honor of National Boys and Girls Club week, all four Skagit County Boys and Girls Clubs will participate in an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 27. Parents and children are invited to stop by and meet staff members and check out some of the clubs’ activities.

For club locations and to register, visit skagitclubs.org.

PRODUCERS NIGHT The Lincoln Theatre Foundation’s 12th annual Producers Night fundraiser will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. This year’s film inspiration is “Casino Royale,” so attendees are invited to let their attire reflect their inner secret agent, devious villain, high roller or James Bond girl.

Fancy, formal or semiformal dress is encouraged.

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wine and dinner, with music provided by the 9th Street Combo. Live and silent auctions will feature a wide range of items and experiences. Free blackjack lessons will be provided. Ages 21 and older only. Tickets: $75. Producer table for eight guests: $580. 360-336-8955 or ilovethelincoln.com.

BELLINGHAM FAMILY FAIR The Bham Fam Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Bellingham Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Way, Bellingham. Check out more than 35 booths with information, products, services and activities for local families, live entertainment by Recess Monkey and Caspar Babypants, “Frozen” children’s book author Barbara Jean Hicks and the princesses of Arendelle. The event also will include jump castles, a climbing wall, face painting, crafts, ice skating, a photo booth and more. A variety of food trucks will be on hand offering refreshments. Admission: $6 advance, $8 at the door. 360-7152237 or bhamfamfair.com.

The Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble will host its annual Spring Festa at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Croatian Cultural Center, 801 Fifth St., Anacortes. Dine on baked salmon, Dalmatian-style pasta, salad, Croatian pastries

and libations. Enjoy a performance by the Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble, music by Ruze Dalmatinke and Bonaca, dancing and more. $50, $10 ages 12 and younger. Reservations: 360-2992525 or info@velaluka.org.

EQUESTRIAN VAULTING The “Vault into Spring” equestrian vaulting competition will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 27-29, at the Northwest Washington Fair and Events Center, 1775 Front St., Lynden. Vaulters of all ages, including some of the top vaulters from the U.S. and Canada, will compete in the first of several U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF)-recognized selection trials for the World Equestrian Games and International Vaulting Championships. A silent auction will be held on Saturday.

Free. 360-652-7575 or warmbeachvaulters.com.

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Time for tulips

DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON ART WALK

April 1-2: Check out original artwork on display along Fairhaven Avenue. Tour brochures are available at the Visitor Information Center, 520 E. Fairhaven. Continues through April 30. Free. 360-755-9717 or 360-757-0994.

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The area’s biggest event of the year, the 32nd annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, opens officially on Wednesday, April 1, but there are numerous events prior to opening day.

Several fields are already in full bloom, painting the valley with broad swaths of brilliant color. Beat the crowds for a prefestival look this weekend, then come back again before the tulips are all gone.

GALA OPENING CELEBRATION

March 26: “Under the Rainbow,” the 2015 Tulip Festival gala opening celebration, will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Swinomish Casino & Resort, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes.

Celebrate the start of the Tulip Festival with a special appearance by vocalist Nathaniel Voth, music by Mount Vernon High School’s Synergy Choir, dinner, dessert auction, raffles and more. $65. Advance purchase required. 360-428-5959 or tulip festival.org.

23RD ANNUAL GIRLS & BOYS TULIP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

March 27-29: Boys and girls teams spanning fifth to eighth grades play between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily at various gyms throughout Skagit County. Daily admission charge for spectators.

360-336-9414 or skagitcounty. net/parks.

DISPLAY GARDENS

March 26-April 2: Check out display gardens filled with blooming tulips and more: Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Gardens, flowers, gifts and more. $5, free for ages 6 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8152.

Roozengarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Flowers, bulbs, gifts and more. $5, $4 military with ID, free for ages 6 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8531.

Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Display gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-424-1580.

Christianson’s Nursery,

LA CONNER IN BLOOM: FIBER ART CHALLENGE

April 1-2: Check out small quilts and fiber artworks by area residents during April at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com.

15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, greenhouses, plants, art and more. 360-466-3821.

Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, plants, gifts, cafe and more. 360-424-6760.

WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily.

Gardens showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest.

Docents are on hand to answer gardening questions on the weekends.

SPRING ART SHOW

March 26-29, April 1-2: Works by 32 local and regional artists are featured in the annual Spring Art Show at the River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road (off of Dodge Valley Road), Mount Vernon. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or river gallerywa.com.

MASTER GARDENER ‘STEP-ON’ GUIDES

Have a WSU Skagit County Master Gardener act as your tour guide to the Skagit Valley.

For reservations, email tonitu lip@comcast.net.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

March 26-April 2: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 8:30 to 10 a.m. Toddler Tuesday, 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

Closed Easter. Activities for ages 10 and younger. $5.25, free for members and ages younger than 1.Free admission Tuesday, April 14. 360-757-8888.

HISTORICAL MUSEUM

March 26-29, 31-April 2: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Featured exhibits include “Doctor, Doctor: A History of Healing in Skagit County,” on display through April 12, and “Salt of the Earth: The Story of Seasonings,” April 2-June 7. $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12; $10 families. Free

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for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

MUSEUM of NORTHWEST ART

March 26-April 2: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. The museum’s collections include contemporary art from across the Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or mona museum.org.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUM

March 27-28: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Monday through Friday by appointment, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. Check out flyable World War II-, Korea-

and Vietnam-era aircraft, flight memorabilia and artifacts. $8 adults, $5 children, free for ages 5 and younger. 360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

LA CONNER SCULPTURE TOUR

March 26-April 2: Area artists display their work at various sites around La Conner.

Maps available at La Conner Chamber of Commerce and participating merchants. Free.

360-466-3125.

ANACORTES QUILT WALK

April 1-2: See a wide variety of quilts and wearable art garments in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Maps available at participating businesses and the Anacortes Visitors Center. Free.

360-202-3410 or fidalgoisland quilters.com.

ART BASH

April 1-2: The annual Fine Art Multi-Media Exhibition features artwork by members of Skagit Artists Together from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the upstairs gallery at The Farmhouse Restaurant, 13724 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon. Free admission. 360466-0382 or skagitart.com.

Meet the artists during an opening reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31

TULIP SALE

March 27-April 2: The Mount Vernon Lions Club will sell fresh-cut tulips from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through April 19, at Lions Park, 501 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon. Tulips will also be available for delivery.

Proceeds benefit community residents who require financial assistance for eye and hearing exams, eyeglasses and hearing aids. 360-424-1888.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

Richard Alexander” continues through April 2 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

The show features functional and decorative art pieces in a variety of shapes and sizes. For information, including hours and directions: 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

DAFFODIL OPEN HOUSE

Etsuko Ichikawa: The Japanese word “hakoniwa” PAINTINGS & MORE: means a boxed or minia“Inscription,” featuring ture garden. It also refers paintings by Anne Martin to Sandplay therapy, develMcCool and works by oped by Jungian therapist other gallery artists, conDora Kalff in Switzerland tinues through March at in the 1950s and ‘60s.

McCool Gallery, 711 ComHakoniwa makes signifimercial Ave., Anacortes. cant use of nonverbal comThe gallery will also show munication, concrete activworks by other gallery artity and a holistic perspecists, including Tracy Powell, “THREADS”: A show of tive. In typical Sandplay sculptures; Stephen Roxnew work by Kelly Bjork, therapy, a patient spends borough and Bryce Mann, time in a private room with photography; Patsy Cham- Phoebe Wahl, Ries Niemi, Hannah Ruth Levi, Hollie a sandbox and a variety of berlain, Cathy Schoenberg, Chastain, Jennifer Dranttel miniature figures to creMarguerite Goff and and Natalie Novak conate and arrange their own Barbara Hathaway, ceramtinues through March 29 world freely. ics; George Way and Art at Smith & Vallee Gallery, The exhibit includes Learmonth, wood; Carole 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. a narrow sandbox in the Cunningham and Debbie “THREADS” is a modern middle of the gallery and Aldrich, jewelry; Martha take on folk and outsider shelves on the walls filled Tottenham, hand-woven Skagit Valley Herald file art — reinterpreting tradiwith many miniature scarves; Vicki Hampel, Freeborn Church and Bonhoeffer Botanical Gardens tional themes and mediums “hand” figures for people gourd art, and other artists. will host the second annual Daffodil Festival and Open to tell stories that are valid to bring to the sandbox to The gallery is open from 11 House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at arrange or to play. Only and relevant today.

The a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday the gardens, located just east of I-5 at exit 215, near show focuses in particular hand figures are included through Saturday or by Stanwood. Check out some 400,000 daffodils planted in order to emphasize the on the stories of women appointment. 360-293-3577 on the grounds, tour the fully restored 115-year-old significance of hands in our or annemartinmccool.com. and women’s traditional chapel, see glass centerpieces made by Pilchuck roles in development of lives.

Glass School students, peek into two 1870s log art/craft.

Gallery hours are Etsuko Ichikawa will NOSTALGIC ART: “Noscabins, walk through the 14 Stations of the Cross offer an artist’s presentatalgia: A Bittersweet Yearn- 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. located among the gardens or make a wish at the tion at 1 p.m. Saturday, ing for the Past” continues 360-766-6230 or smithand Children’s Park Wishing Well. Refreshments and April 4. through March 31 at Scott vallee.com. daffodils will be available for purchase. Lunch served Milo Gallery, 420 Commerfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free admission. Guided tours MEMBERS ART SHOW: available. 360-629-3149.

J&L ART SHOW: The cial Ave., Anacortes.

Allied Arts of Whatcom sixth annual J&L Gift and The show presents a County’s annual Members Art Show is open through collection of work by galShow continues through May 2 at the Tulip Valley lery artists that represents “Study in Green from Winery, 16163 Highway River Gallery, 19313 Land“nostalgia” in many forms, March 29 at the Allied the Permanent CollecArts Gallery, 1418 Corn536, Mount Vernon. The ing Road (off of Dodge whether it be old trucks tion”: From line to color wall Ave., Bellingham. The Valley Road), Mount Vershow features local artand barns, old signs or show feature works from ists working in a variety of non. The show features an field and realistic to other collections of items abstraction, green is echoed media. Show hours are 11 nearly 100 Allied Arts eclectic selection of paintfrom days gone by. Feamembers, including profes- ings, sculptures, jewelry and from nature to the artist’s a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. face tured are photographs on canvas as this fourth in the book.com/JLArtShow. canvas by Dick Garvey, oil sional artists, students and glass by 32 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. color study series surveys still lifes by Melissa Jander, new or emerging artists.

Northwest artists’ use of Works displayed range “BIO DEVOTIONAL”: A Wednesday through Suncolor photographs by this tranquil and rejuvenat- show of artwork by David day. 360-466-4524 or river Lewis Jones, oils by Lorna from traditional painting color.

Eisenhour, Todd Horton, gallerywa.com.

Libert and pastels and oils ings to photography to “Neo Naturalist”: The Philip McCracken and

by Donna Trent, as well as contemporary sculptures artists here have found Mary Randlett continues ART AT MoNA: Three a selection of jewelry, glass and everything in between. ways to reconnect to a part through May 3 at Gallery exhibits continue through work, sculptures and tables Gallery hours are 10 a.m. of nature that for them Cygnus, 109 Commercial, by other gallery artists. The to 5 p.m. Monday through June 14 at the Museum of Friday, noon to 5 p.m.

La Conner. Exhibiting Northwest Art, 121 S. First provides endless interest gallery is open from 10:30 and inspiration, creating Saturday. 360-676-8548 or both a personal and proSt., La Conner. Museum a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday alliedarts.org. fessional passion for the hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. artwork to show respect through Saturday or by biosphere, the artists are Tuesday through Saturday, for their subject, while appointment. 360-293-6938 SPRING FINE ART noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and addressing issues of growth, “dedicated to a way of life or scottmilo.com. change and loss.

SHOW: The annual Spring Monday. Free admission. that inhales beauty and “HAKONIWA Project: to exhales sighs of wonder.”

Fine Art Show continues 360-466-4446 or mona CERAMIC ART: “The touch & to be touched”: through May 3 at The Gallery hours are noon museum.org.

Soul of Clay: Ceramics by

to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, or by appointment.

360-708-4787 or gallery cygnus.com.

PHOTO EXHIBIT: “SKY,” featuring 18 color photographs by Aldo Panzieri, continues through April 25 at Ululate Gallery, 924 S. 11th St., Mount Vernon.

Each image on display connects the sky to earth objects and then connects the viewer to both. Panzieri is a Los Angeles-based photographer with 50 years’ experience in freelance, fashion, street, news and police photography.

Free admission. 360-3363882 or ululate.org.

ANACORTES QUILT WALK: See a wide variety of traditional, contemporary and art quilts on display April 1-30 in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Quilt walk maps are available at participating businesses, the Anacortes Visitors Center and the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. Free. 360-3339311 or fidalgoisland quilters.com.

QUILTS/BEAD ART: Several new exhibits of quilts and bead art will open with a free reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner.

“Revealing the Hidden: Contemporary QuiltArt Association”: The Contemporary QuiltArt Association includes more than 100 Washington artists working with fiber, thread and textiles. Member artists have created a wide range of two- and threedimensional artwork incorporating a variety of techniques. The show continues through June 28.

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OUT & ABOUT “Impressions in Fabric”: Denise Miller and Nancy Ryan create fabric landscapes reminiscent of the pointillism of the neo-impressionist painters Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Where the latter used dots of paint, Miller and Ryan’s quilting technique uses tiny pieces of fabric.

A second technique seen in the show involves the use of fusible appliqué to create floral designs, as well as parts of some of the landscapes. The show continues through June 28.

“Pastels and More: Selections from our Permanent Collection”: The museum will feature a variety of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers currently blooming in Skagit Valley fields.

“Beadlust in the Landmarks Gallery”: Local bead artist Robin Atkins is featured in the museum’s new Landmarks Gallery through May 3. The exhibit showcases two of Atkins’ current passions — designing wall art using her ecodyed fabrics with bead embroidery, and creating personal quilts that visually journal her thoughts, experiences and feelings.

She will be doing beading demonstrations early in the afternoon on Wednesday, April 1.

“La Conner In Bloom”: April 1-30: Area textile artists were challenged to use “red” as the inspiration in a small fiber art piece.

Check out the incredible variety of submissions on display, many of them offered for sale to benefit the museum.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily during April. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

360-466-4288 or laconner quilts.org.

SKAGIT VALLEY ART ESCAPE: On the first weekend of each month from April-October, the Skagit Valley Art Escape invites local residents and out-of-area visitors to experience gallery art walks, music performances, artist demonstrations and more at participating locations: Mount Vernon: 5 to 8 p.m. first Thursday.

Anacortes: 6 to 9 p.m. first Friday.

Edison and La Conner: 5 to 8 p.m. first Saturday.

MV ART WALK: The Mount Vernon Downtown First Thursday Art Walk will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at participating venues in downtown Mount Vernon. Enjoy original art by local and regional artists, wine, chocolates, dinner and more at 16 locations around downtown Mount Vernon.

The poster artist for the April 2 Art Walk is Dee Doyle, representing the Skagit Artists Together Art Bash. Skagit Artists Together members will host the Mount Vernon Art Bash from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays through Sundays, April 3-26, at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St. NEW ART SHOWS: Two new art shows will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, and continue through May 30 at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. “Promising Futures: Whatcom County High School Student Art” showcases work by high school students from across Whatcom County. A second new show features paintings

by Seattle artist Quincy Anderson, whose work is greatly influenced by her study of calligraphy, haiga painting and the tea cer-

emony in Japan. The center’s Spring Juried Exhibit also will continue through May. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

Northern State Hospital at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Torfin will talk about the “RARE: Recycled Art origins of Northern State & Resource Expo”: The Hospital, what was behind two-day festival celebratits unique Spanish Revival ing creative reuse in the style, how residents of the arts and other industries hospital interacted with the will take place Friday and community, the philosophy Saturday, April 3-4, in and that made it so successful around downtown Belling- and what finally brought ham. The Expo will feature about its demise. Free with green art, science and museum admission. $5 design alternatives with a adults, $4 seniors and ages focus on artists and their 6-12, $10 families, free for diverse works, educational members and ages 5 and workshops, exhibits, speak- younger. 360-466-3365 or ers and performances. For skagitcounty.net/museum. information, contact Allied Arts of Whatcom County MORE FUN at 360-676-8548 or allied SENIOR RESOURCE arts.org.

FAIR: The Camano Center will host a free 55+ ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Shop will celebrate its Resource Fair from 9:30 two-year anniversary with a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the center, a show of new work by Kathleen McCarty opening 606 Arrowhead Road, with a reception from 3 to Camano Island. Enjoy 7 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at exhibits and presentations by local organizations 18623 Main St., Conway. and businesses that cater The Shop is open from 11 to the health, transportaa.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 360-391- tion, wellness and financial needs of local seniors. Free 2691 or theshopconway. admission, free lunch will com. be provided. 360-387-0222 ART & GIFT SHOW: The or camanocenter.org.

Whidbey Allied Artists Art TURKISH FOOD & CUL& Gift Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat- TURE: The Northwest urday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Language Academy will present “Welcome to TürSunday, April 4-5, at the kiye” from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Coupeville Rec Hall, 901 Saturday, March 28, at the NW Alexander St. More NWLA Cultural Center, than 20 artists will show 5023 Langley Road, Langand sell a wide variety of two- and three-dimension- ley. Enjoy an evening of al art, including both tradi- traditional food, music and dance featuring Turkish tional and nontraditional folk music by Yunus Emre art. Free admission. whidbeyartists@gmail.com. Gündogdu, Bob Beer and Izumi Pinar Sekine Fairbanks, music by The MevLECTURES levi Order of America’s AND TALKS Mutrib Orchestra, Sufi “turning,” performances by SKAGIT TOPIC: Judy the Anadolu Youth DancTorfin of the Department of Enterprise Services will ers, belly dancing, a Turkish give a presentation on bazaar and more. $65.

A pre-event cooking class will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Learn traditional Turkish recipes and accessible, at-home cooking techniques. $35. Preregistration required. 360-3212101 or nwlanguageacad emy.com.

ROCK & GEM SHOW: The Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club will hold its 54th Rock & Gem Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 28-29, at the Bloedel Donovan Community Center Building, 2214 Electric Ave., Bellingham.

The family-friendly show will feature 30 exhibit cases of rocks and minerals, gold panning, fluorescent rock demonstrations, rocks, gems, jewelry, dealers, door prizes, a WWU scholarship raffle, silent auction, food service, special activities for kids and more. Free admission. 360-366-0576 or mtbakerrockclub.org.

is designated as a National Historic Landmark, and the Heritage Center will feature a new exhibit exploring the maritime community’s rich traditions and the evolution of the Anacortes waterfront.

Spring hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Admission to the Preston is $1-$3. Heritage Center admission is free. 360-2931916 or museum.cityof anacotes.org.

KIDS’ GIANT GARAGE SALE: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 4, Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. New and gently used items. Free admission. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov.

GARAGE SALE, ANTIQUES & MORE: Shop for new and used bargains from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, at the Skagit County SEVENTH GENERAFairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor TION SUPPER: “Impacts St., Mount Vernon. Check of Urban Stormwater”: out the “World’s Largest Join Transition Fidalgo Garage Sale,” where more & Friends for a commuthan 140 vendors will offer nity supper at 5:45 p.m. antiques, collectibles, toys, Tuesday, March 31, at the art, crafts, books, automoAnacortes Senior Activity tive, sporting goods, campCenter, 1701 22nd St., Ana- ing, hunting and fishing cortes. Lee First, pollution equipment, glassware, prevention specialist at household items, furniture RE-Sources and member and more. Rain or shine. of the North Sound Bay$2 admission, $2 parking. keeper Team, will speak Booth space available. on the impacts of urban skagitcounty.net/garage stormwater and proposed sale. solutions. Suggested supper donation: $5 adult, $3 ages SPRING BOAT SHOW: 10 and younger. Bring your Check out more than 75 own place settings. transi floating boats ranging up tionfidalgo.org. to 65 feet from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, STERNWHEELER April 10-12, at Cap Sante REOPENS: The sternBoat Haven, 1019 Q Ave., wheeler W.T. Preston and Anacortes. Look for the the Anacortes Maritime big white tent filled with Heritage Center, 713 electronics, rigging, marine R Ave., Anacortes, will services and more. Free reopen the first weekend admission and parking. in April. The W.T. Preston anacortesboatshow.com.

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SPRING CARNIVAL & EGG HUNT: Skagit Valley Family YMCA will host the event for ages 3 to 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 27, at the YMCA Sports Center at Bakerview Park, 3101 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon. Kids can play carnival games, win prizes, get their photo taken with the Easter Bunny and more. There will be two indoor egg hunts, one for ages 3 to 5 and a flashlight egg hunt for ages 6 to 8 (bring your own flashlight).

All participants should bring their own basket.

Kids must be accompanied by a parent. $5 per child. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the YMCA. 360336-9622.

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EGG HUNT: Bay View United Methodist Church will host an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 4, at Bay View State Park (separate areas for younger and older children).

Meet near the picnic shelter by the beach in the day-use area.

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EASTER TRAIN: Ride the Lake Whatcom Railway’s special Easter train at noon Saturday, March 28, leaving from Wickersham, located 10 miles north of SedroWoolley on Highway 9. Enjoy the scenic ride aboard vintage passenger cars as you travel along Highway 9, through a tunnel and then to a meadow in the woods, where young riders can participate in an Easter egg hunt. $25 ages 18 and older, $12.50 children, free for ages 1 and younger. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the Bellingham Railway Museum, 1320 Commercial St., Bellingham, or call the Lake Whatcom Railway at 360-441-0719 or 360-595-2218.

EASTER EVENTS IN THE AREA

COMMUNITY EGG HUNT: Church of the Nazarene, 2710 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon, will host a community Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 28. A hot dog barbecue will follow. 360-428-7974 or mountvernonnaz.org.

Join us for Easter brunch from 9am-3pm for $26.95 Kids 12 & under eat half off and kids 5 & under eat for free!

Reservations strongly recommended.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 27-April 5 Friday.27

Friday.3

COMEDY

THEATER

“Divided”: Ty Barnett and Ian Harris, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20 general, $35 preferred seating.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Saturday.28 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): Opening Night Gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $23, includes appetizers. Cash bar available. 360-6792239 or whidbey playhouse.com.

Saturday.4

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

THEATER

Sunday.29

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2239 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Thursday.2 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

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“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Sunday.5 THEATER

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2239 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 26-April 2 THURSDAY.26

FRIDAY.27 “DIVIDED” Ty Barnett and Ian Harris, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20 general, $35 preferred seating. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAYSATURDAY.27-28

Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. 360-4453000.

BURTON CUMMINGS BAND 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55$60. 877-275-2448.

Volkert Volkersz: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Vacationeer, Light Thieves, Fauna Shade, The Pro-Nouns: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

SATURDAY.28 BOBBY HOLLAND AND THE BREADLINE 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

FRIDAY.27 Burton Cummings Band: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55-$60. 877-275-2448.

Radio 80 (’80s pop, 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.

MuseBird Cafe: Ian McFeron, Bradford Loomis and Josh Clauson, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

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

Kurt Lindsay: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

SDVSAS Benefit: Mar-

garet Wilder Band, 7 to 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation will benefit Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services. 360755-3956.

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

Open to the public. 360848-8882.

SATURDAY.28 Burton Cummings Band: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55-$60.

877-275-2448.

Radio 80 (’80s pop, 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.

The Winterlings (folk): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Jack Mattingly and Whiskey Fever CD release party: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.29 Filé Gumbo, with Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6266.

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

360-422-6411.

WEDNESDAY.1 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

El Colonel (classical guitar): Noon to 2 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner.

360-466-4488.

Savage Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

The Velvet Teen, Slow Bird, Hot Victory, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Divas-N-The-Dudes: 8:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.2 Roosevelt Road (Americana, bluegrass): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

Carolyn Cruso: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Last of the Tall Trees: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Darla Bradshaw Lobb, Walt Burkett: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. jansenart center.org.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 27-April 5 Friday.27

Friday.3

COMEDY

THEATER

“Divided”: Ty Barnett and Ian Harris, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20 general, $35 preferred seating.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Saturday.28 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): Opening Night Gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $23, includes appetizers. Cash bar available. 360-6792239 or whidbey playhouse.com.

Saturday.4

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

THEATER

Sunday.29

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2239 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Thursday.2 THEATER

“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

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“The Spitfire Grill” (musicaldrama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or act theatre.com.

Sunday.5 THEATER

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2239 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 26-April 2 THURSDAY.26

FRIDAY.27 “DIVIDED” Ty Barnett and Ian Harris, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20 general, $35 preferred seating. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAYSATURDAY.27-28

Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. 360-4453000.

BURTON CUMMINGS BAND 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55$60. 877-275-2448.

Volkert Volkersz: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Vacationeer, Light Thieves, Fauna Shade, The Pro-Nouns: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

SATURDAY.28 BOBBY HOLLAND AND THE BREADLINE 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

FRIDAY.27 Burton Cummings Band: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55-$60. 877-275-2448.

Radio 80 (’80s pop, 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.

MuseBird Cafe: Ian McFeron, Bradford Loomis and Josh Clauson, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

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

Kurt Lindsay: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

SDVSAS Benefit: Mar-

garet Wilder Band, 7 to 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation will benefit Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services. 360755-3956.

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

Open to the public. 360848-8882.

SATURDAY.28 Burton Cummings Band: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $55-$60.

877-275-2448.

Radio 80 (’80s pop, 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.

The Winterlings (folk): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Jack Mattingly and Whiskey Fever CD release party: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.29 Filé Gumbo, with Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6266.

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

360-422-6411.

WEDNESDAY.1 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

El Colonel (classical guitar): Noon to 2 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner.

360-466-4488.

Savage Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

The Velvet Teen, Slow Bird, Hot Victory, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Divas-N-The-Dudes: 8:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.2 Roosevelt Road (Americana, bluegrass): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

Carolyn Cruso: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Last of the Tall Trees: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Darla Bradshaw Lobb, Walt Burkett: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. jansenart center.org.

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AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE

HOT TICKETS NERDS AND MUSIC: A Night with Joel Hodgson, Pat Rothfuss and Paul & Storm: March 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DATSIK: March 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MAROON 5: March 28, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DAN + SHAY: March 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

THE DECIBEL TOUR: March 31, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

YOUNG THUG, TRAVI$ SCOTT: March 31, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: April 1, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BLUES HALL OF FAME TOUR: with Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton and John Hammond: April 4, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

SUICIDE GIRLS: BLACKHEART BURLESQUE: April 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

LIL DICKY: April 4, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

STROMAE: April 6, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

THE SING OFF LIVE: April 6, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

877-784-4849 or livenation. com.

GEORGE EZRA: April 6,

712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org

ing Snoop Dogg, G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, E-40: April 19, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

SLEEP: April 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CLEAN BANDIT: April 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

COASTS: April 21, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MOODY BLUES: April 22, MASTODON (pictured) & CLUTCH Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

April 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or 877-784-4849 or livenation. showboxonline.com. com.

KAISER CHIEFS: April 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800The Showbox, Seattle. 800NEKO CASE: April 14, 745-3000 or showboxonline.

745-3000 or showboxonline. Mount Baker Theatre, Bellcom. com. ingham. 360-734-6080 or INFECTED MUSHROOM: YELLE: April 7, The Showmountbakertheatre.com.

April 23, The Showbox, box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 RAEKWON, GHOSTFACE Seattle. 800-745-3000 or or showboxonline.com.

KILLAH: April 15, The Showshowboxonline.com.

THE REPLACEMENTS: box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 BIG DATA: April 23, The April 9, Paramount Theatre, or showboxonline.com.

Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987Seattle. 877-784-4849 or FAITH NO MORE: April 16, 6487 or thecrocodile.com. livenation.com.

Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

TECH N9NE: April 24, VANCE JOY: April 9, The 877-784-4849 or livenation. Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800Showbox, Seattle. 800-745com.

745-3000 or showboxonline.

3000 or showboxonline.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: April 17, com.

CRIZZLY: April 10, The The Showbox, Seattle. 800GOHARD FESTIVAL: with Showbox, Seattle. 800-745745-3000 or showboxonline. Porter Robinson, Flosstrada3000 or showboxonline.com. com. mus, Tchami, Rae Sremmurd, SOJA: April 10, Showbox BOOSIE BADAZZ: April 17, Destructo, Jauz, Anna Lunoe, SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800- Wax Motif: April 25, Tacoma or showboxonline.com.

745-3000 or showboxonline. Dome. 800-745-3000 or livRACHEL BRATHEN (Yoga com. enation.com.

Girl): April 11, Showbox KALIN AND MYLES: April MASSIVE MONKEES SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

DAY: April 25, The Showbox, or showboxonline.com.

800-745-3000 or showboxon- Seattle. 800-745-3000 or DAVE BARRY: April 11, line.com. showboxonline.com.

Mount Baker Theatre, BellLORD HURON: April 18, DRIVE BY TRUCKERS: ingham. 360-734-6080 or The Showbox, Seattle. 800April 28, Moore Theatre, mountbakertheatre.com.

745-3000 or showboxonline. Seattle. 877-784-4849 or ARIANA GRANDE: April 14, com. livenation.com.

KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745SNOOP’S 2nd ANNUAL VOLBEAT: with Anthrax and 3000 or livenation.com.

WELLNESS RETREAT: featur- Crobot: April 29, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

“SOMETHING ROTTEN”: April 29-May 24, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

RICHARD CHEESE AND LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: April 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

JEFF AUSTIN BAND, FRUITION: May 1, The Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. n For a complete list, visit goskagit and click on “Entertainment.”

NT Live: ‘A View from the Bridge’

7:30 p.m. today, March 26

Mark Strong (“The Imitation Game,” “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”) stars in the Young Vic production of “A View from the Bridge” – the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent’s top theater pick of 2014.

The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price.

Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students and children, with $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members.

Producers Night 2015

6 p.m. Saturday, March 28 Swinomish Casino, Anacortes

The film inspiration this year is “Casino Royale,” so prepare for the unexpected. Let your attire reflect your inner secret agent, devious villain, high roller or Bond Girl. Fancy, formal or semiformal dress is encouraged. Advance Patron ticket $65; Advance Producer Table for eight guests is $500. 21 and over; includes hors d’oeuvres, wine, dinner, live music, and live and silent auctions.

‘The Theory of Everything’

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 30

Once a healthy, active young man, Stephen ‘Divided’: Ty Barnett Hawking (Eddie Redand Ian Harris mayne) received an earth8 p.m. Friday, March 27 shattering diagnosis at age 21. With his wife Jane Comedians Ty Barnett (Felicity Jones) fighting and Ian Harris “rip on tirelessly by his side, Stea wide variety of sacred phen embarks on his most cows, shibboleths, and carefully preserved beliefs, ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he including the subjects now has precious little of most taboo at the dinner — time. table: race, religion, and Together, they defy politics.” impossible odds, breaking The two comedians new ground in medicine have been compared to and science, and achieving such greats as “Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and more than they could ever Richard Pryor,” according have dreamed.

Rated PG-13. $10 gento a news release. “Skeptical, smart and edgy, ‘Divid- eral; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 ed’ is a rarity – a comedy show actually designed to members; $7 children 12 and under. Sunday barmake audiences think.” gain prices: $8 general, $6 $20 general, $35 preferred, with $2 off for Lin- members, $5 children 12 and under. coln members.

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Selfie spot for ‘Mad Men’ fans: new Don Draper bench in NYC and Elisabeth Moss.

The bench is one of a number of attracNEW YORK — “Mad Men” fans can tions around New York City coinciding with now take a selfie with Don Draper, thanks the AMC series’ final season. The Museum to a bench unveiled Monday featuring the of the Moving Image in Queens has a “Mad fictional adman’s silhouette.

Men” exhibit with props, sets and costumes.

Jon Hamm, the actor who plays Draper, The Draper bench shows a black outline posed for photos on the bench outside the of the character seated on the bench, with Time & Life Building at 1271 Avenue of one arm draped along the back of the seat. the Americas in midtown Manhattan. He Two slim strips of white illuminate the black appeared with fellow cast members January figure: a shirt cuff peeking out from beneath Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery a suit sleeve, and the tip of a cigarette.

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A number of partial schol SHORT TRIPS: Mount arships are available, Vernon Parks and Recrebased on financial need. ation offers travel opportu- For information, contact nities for ages 8 and older Chuck Luckmann at 360(adult supervision required 416-7696 or charles.luck for ages 18 and younger). mann@skagit.edu, or visit Trips depart from and skagit.edu/news.asp_Q_ return to Hillcrest Park, pagenumber_E_3662.

1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or STATE VISITOR CALL to register, call 360-336CENTER: The Washing6215. Next up: ton Tourism Alliance’s Historic Port Gamble: ExperienceWA Call Center 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, is open daily from 8:30 April 3. Venture via van a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except and ferry to this waterThanksgiving, Christmas front town situated on and New Year’s Day. 1-800the shores of Hood 544-1800 or tourisminfo@ Canal. Founded in 1853, watourismalliance.com.

Port Gamble is the only Staff members assist travremaining company-owned elers who have questions, mill town on Puget Sound. refer them to specific desExplore the 120-acre tination marketing orgaNational Historic Landnizations and other travel mark complete with turnresources across the state of-the-century buildings, a for more detailed informamuseum and a self-guided tion, and take orders for walking tour. Includes time the Washington State Visifor a no-host lunch and tors Guide. shopping. $69-$71. Register by March 27.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public “DESERT ODYSSEY”: Library, 1220 10th St., Skagit Valley College Anacortes, accepts passwill offer a travel-based port applications from course to the Desert noon to 6:30 p.m. TuesSouthwest on May 8-31. days and Wednesdays and Students will experience 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

8,000 years of art and Passport forms and inforarchitecture by Anasazi mation on fees and how and Hopi cliff dwellers and to apply are available at explore how they reflect travel.state.gov, or pick up the regional geology and an application and passbiota. The field experience port guide at the library. is offered as part of a Oak Harbor Senior Center, 15-credit learning com51 SE Jerome St., Oak munity integrating geolHarbor, accepts passport ogy, biology and Native applications, by appointAmerican history for SVC ment, from 10 a.m. to students. A noncredit 2:30 p.m. Monday through option is also available Friday. 360-279-4580.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS “PIRATES OF PENZANCE”: Auditions for Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta will be held Sunday through Tuesday, March 29-31, at Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

The production has a large ensemble cast, with many featured roles. Auditioners should be prepared to sing and be dressed for dance movement.

Choral auditions will be held Sunday, March 29, with women at 2 p.m. and men at 3:30 p.m. Come prepared to sing two ensemble songs with other auditioning chorus members.

Principal role auditions will be held by appointment in 5-minute blocks from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 30. Auditioners will sing a prepared vocal solo. Sheet music and an MP3 recording are available at the playhouse. Callbacks will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 31. Rehearsals begin Tuesday, April 7, and the show will run May 28-June 21. 360-679-2237, office@whidbeyplayhouse. com or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”: Auditions will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday, April 11-12, at Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Parts are available for eight females and 10 males ranging in age from 8 to 50 and older. Auditions will be by cold readings from the script. The play will run May 29-June 20. For information or to schedule an audition: 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

DANCE FOLK DANCING: SkagitAnacortes Folk Dancers meet at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays at Bayview Civic Hall,

12615 C St., Bay View. Learn to folkdance to a variety of international music. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafter.

All are welcome. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play acoustic oldtime music 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. 360-6309494.

SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club welcomes performers (intermediate and above), listeners and guests to join the fun at 1:45 p.m. today, March 26, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Come and sing, play the club’s NIA JAM: Debbie DuPey piano or organ, play your own instrument or just and Heather Hovis, 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, Ana- enjoy a variety of music cortes Center for Happiness, — ’20s to ’70s classical, 619 Commercial Ave., Ana- popular, western and gospel. cortes. By donation to ben- Free. For information, call efit the Guatemalan Learn- Elaine at 360-428-4228. ing Center. 360-464-2229 or SECOND FRIDAY DRUM anacortescenterforhappiCIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, ness.org.

April 10, Unity Church, 704 W. Division St., Mount MUSIC Vernon. Freewill donation.

BARBERSHOP HARheatmiser@inbox.com.

MONY: Those interested in singing four-part barberSHELTER BAY CHORUS: shop harmony are invited Practices are held from 2:45 to attend a free, no-comto 4:45 p.m. every Thursday mitment rehearsal of the at the Shelter Bay ClubAn-O-Chords. No experihouse in La Conner. New ence necessary, no auditions members welcome. No need required. Learn by rote, to be a Shelter Bay resident. and you don’t have to read 360-466-3805. music. Ages 12 and up welcome. Drop in any Thursday LOVE TO SING? Join at 7 p.m. at the Northwest the women of Harmony Educational Service Build- Northwest Chorus from 6:30 ing, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. to 9 p.m. every Monday at Rides available. Bob Lunthe Mount Vernon Senior dquist, 360-941-5733 or Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. svenbob@cheerful.com.

Seeking women who like to THURSDAY DANCE: Dance to The Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-424-5696.

CALL FOR MUSICIANS: 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete, is looking for musicians to perform easy-listening acoustic music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Sunday Brunch. In exchange, musicians will receive audience contributions and a meal. 360-8538700 or info@5bsbakery. com.

sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

RECREATION CLEAN SWEEP: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association will host a community cleanup event from 10 a.m. to approximately noon Saturday, March 28, in downtown Mount Vernon.

Meet in the parking lot at

Main and Montgomery to clean the alley between First and Main streets from Montgomery to Pine. Volunteers will be serenaded by the Stilly River Band.

Tools and a complimentary lunch will be provided.

Bring your own gloves. 360336-3801 or info@mount vernondowntown.org.

March 30-April 29, at the Anacortes Marina. The course covers cruise preparation and planning, boats and equipment, anchors and anchoring, security, chartering, cruising outside the United States, crew and provisioning, voyage management, communications, navigation, weather and emergencies. $150, $175 for TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount two sharing a book. To regVernon Trail Builders seeks ister, contact Bob Miller at volunteers to help with trail 360-588-9950 or bob building and maintenance millerwa@hotmail.com. at Little Mountain Park in Mount Vernon. Planned DAFFODIL BICYCLE projects include a new trail RIDE: In conjunction with and bicycle skills park. Fam- the La Conner Daffodil ily-friendly work sessions Festival, the Dandy Dafare held from 10 a.m. to fodil Tweed Ride will begin 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or at 10 a.m. Saturday, March shine. Lunch, snacks, tools 28, at La Conner Channel and training are provided.

Lodge, 205 N. First St., La For information, call Mount Conner. Early check-in Vernon Parks and Recrewill be available from 3 to ation at 360-336-6215 or 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, at visit mountvernontrailbuild- Hellam’s Vineyard, 109 N. ers.com. Next up: March 28, First St., with day-of-ride April 11, 25. check-in from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

SALMON HABITAT RESAn after-ride party will TORATION: Join Skagit take place from 2 to 6 Fisheries Enhancement p.m. Saturday at Hellam’s Group (SFEG) to help Vineyard, where prizes will restore native riparian be awarded in a variety of plants in the Skagit and categories, including most Samish watersheds. These dapper chap, most snappy plants provide shade and lass, most stylish steed, most cover for salmon and leaf marvelous mustache (men litter for aquatic insects, & women), most interesting which in turn provide food picnic blanket, most classic for salmon. These riparian teacup and best limerick. zones also improve water The bike ride is suitable quality by controlling erofor cyclists of all skill levels. sion and filtering pollutants. Registration: $10. thedandy All planting events take daffodil.com. place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays. For information 30TH ANNUAL TULIP or to sign up: 360-336-0172 RUN/WALK: Choose the or sfeg@skagitfisheries.org. 5-mile run or 2-mile run/ Next up: March 28, potting walk starting at 9:30 a.m. party at the SFEG nursery, Saturday, April 4, at Skagit 21109 Kelleher Road.

Regional Airport, 15400 Airport Drive, Burlington.

CRUISING COURSE: Register in advance, or day The U.S. Power Squadron of race starting at 7:30 a.m.

Cruising and Cruise PlanAdvance registration: $15, ning Course will be taught or $25 with shirt. Free for

by Skagit Bay Sail & Power ages 14 and younger and Squadron from 7 to 9 p.m.

70 and older. Shirt only, Mondays and Wednesdays, $10. Day of race: $25, $35

with shirt. Shirt only, $15 (if available). 360-982-2934 or tuliprun.com.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks.

For information, call Ann, 360-293-3044, or Susan, 360659-8792 or 360-333-7437.

Next up: March 31: Washington Park, Anacortes. Meet in the parking lot by the restroom for an easy walk.

WORKSHOPS PUBLISHING OPTIONS FOR WRITERS: with Kathleen Kaska and Karla Locke: Skagit Valley Writers League will host a free presentation on Options in Publishing from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, March 26, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Learn about the differences between traditional and small press publishing and self-publishing, including the requirements, advantages and disadvantages of each method. Free.

To register, visit skagit writers.org.

SCIENCE & ARTS: WWU Youth Programs will offer Odyssey of Science & Arts for students in grades 3-8 from March 30-April 2 at Shannon Point Marine Center and Washington Park in Anacortes. The program will explore marine mammals who inhabit the Salish Sea. Students will learn through hands-on activities in specialized learning labs and an outdoor classroom, and will train to be a harbor porpoise observer for real porpoise research. Sessions include 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (grades 3-5) and 1 to 5 p.m. (grades 6-8). Each session costs $129. 360-6503308, youth@wwu.edu or wwu.edu/youth.

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MOVIES NEW THIS WEEK In her native Denmark, director Susanne Bier makes intimate, emotional and even allegorical dramas such as “After the Wedding” and “In a Better World.”

In Hollywood, she’s a little lost, shoehorned into flat melodramas such as “Things We Lost in the Fire” and her latest, “SERENA.” A period piece that offered most of those involved a chance to try something new on the screen, “Serana” just lies there, a blood-stained bore that never quite gives away a reason for it to exist.

Bradley Cooper plays a Depression-era timber baron racing to clear cut the mountains before the Feds turn the land into the Smoky Mountains National Park. He’s not subtle about his rapaciousness. By the time that park is announced, he declares, “There won’t be a tree standing.”

He’s almost as cavalier about his rural workforce.

Pemberton Lumber is an accident-prone enterprise.

His loyal aide, Buchanan (David Dencik) may forgive, his mysterious, superstitious hunting guide (Rhys Ifans, creepy) may understand. But the man’s mania for milking this land for all that it’s worth so that he can then head to Brazil where he can wipe out the rain forest is myopic.

Then Serena, a Westerner who grew up in timber wealth, crosses his field of view. Played by Jennifer Lawrence, she is a flinty, forest-wise woman who knows how to ride a horse and whose marriage will be more a partnership than a life of leisure.

“I can assure you, Mr. Buchanan, I didn’t come to the Carolinas to do needlepoint.”

She solves their rattlesnake bite problem (a tamed eagle, sent off to hunt them) and shares Pemberton’s life and business and bed.

But he earlier impregnated a hill woman, which complicates things. His accounting is suspect and there are bribes floating around to keep the Park Service at bay. Toby Jones plays the mistrusting local sheriff.

There’s just a hint of Appalachia today in the exteriors — the dead trees that pepper the slopes now, but not then. Much of this was shot in the Czech Republic, where a rough-hewn, newly-cut timber town is realized.

Cooper and Lawrence get to do things on horseback, swing an axe like they’ve done it before and play intimate scenes that they’ve never had the chance to show off on screen. They don’t create much heat. Neither has to do an accent here, only Ifans has to play a real man of the mountains.

But there’s not much to this, between the bloody lumbering and hunting “accidents,” no urgency or passion to the story or the performing of it.

Bier takes on this “mysterious world” as just that, but her alien’s eye-view offers no insights. And whatever Ron Rash’s novel had to offer, Bier has rendered it into something soapy, with everything compelling about it washed out.

1:49. Rating: R for some violence and sexuality. H1⁄2 n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“An Honest Liar” — Directed with style by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, this documentary chronicles the amazing life of James Randi, who retired from a career in magic to expose faith healers and psychics. At times Randi’s methods are questionable, but anyone who challenges the charlatans -- and often wins those challenges -- deserves a standing ovation. Documentary, not rated, 90 minutes.

No rating.

“Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teenager befriending a health-care robot is a big, gorgeous adventure with wonderful voice performances, some dark undertones that give the story more depth, an uplifting message and more than a few laughout-loud moments. Animation action comedy, PG, 108 min1 utes. HHH ⁄2 “Cinderella” — Disney’s live-action “Cinderella” movie is an enchanting, exhilarating romantic adventure with gorgeous scenery, terrific sets, stellar cinematography and Oscar-worthy costumes.

Lily James sparkles in the title role, and Cate Blanchett makes a deliciously terrifying evil stepmother. Instead of a re-imagined reboot, it’s oldfashioned, and that’s kind of refreshing. Fantasy, PG, 105 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Cymbeline” — This update of Shakespeare’s play boasts a cast led by Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke and some impressive visuals. The problem is, the plot wavers from nearly indecipherable to semiridiculous to I stopped caring.

1 Drama, R, 85 minutes. H ⁄2 “Danny Collins” — Al Pacino sells the heck out of his performance as an aged pop star miserable about having to sing his cheesy hit 200 times a year. But a lost letter from John Lennon sets him on a path to redemption. Like Danny’s signature song, this is supposed to be a feel-good number, and as such, it works just fine. Comedy-drama, R, 106 minutes. HHH “Focus” — Will Smith gets his cool back with his charismatic performance as an experienced con man showing the ropes to a newbie (Margot Robbie). This is just sheer escapist entertainment from start to finish. Crime1 caper, R, 105 minutes. HHH ⁄2

AT AREA THEATERS

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS March 27-April 2 Home (PG): Thursday: 7 p.m.; Friday: 1:20, ANACORTES CINEMAS 3:25, 6:40, 8:45; Saturday: 10:50, 1:20, March 26-April 2 Home (PG) - Thursday: 7 p.m.; Friday-Thurs- 3:25, 6:40, 8:45; Sunday: 10:50, 1:20, 3:25, 6:40; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:25, day: 1:20, 3:50, 6:25, 8:30 6:40 The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13): The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13): 1:00, 3:30, 6:45, 9:15 Cinderella (PG): Friday-Monday: 1:10, 6:35; Friday: 1:00, 3:35, 6:30, 9:00; Saturday: 10:30, 1:00, 3:35, 6:30, 9:00; Sunday: Tuesday: 1:10, Wednesday-Thursday: 1:10, 10:30, 1:00, 3:35, 6:30; Monday-Thursday: 6:35 1:00, 3:35, 6:30 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Cinderella (PG): Friday: 1:10, 3:45, 6:20, (PG): Friday-Monday: 3:40, 9:00; Tuesday: 8:55; Saturday: 10:40, 1:10, 3:45, 6:20, 3:40; Wednesday-Thursday: 3:40, 9:00 The Breakfast Club 30th Anniversary (R): 8:55; Sunday: 10:40, 1:10, 3:45, 6:20; Monday: 1:10, 3:45, 6:20; Tuesday: 1:10, Tuesday: 7:30 p.m.

3:45; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:45, 360-293-6620 6:20 The Breakfast Club 30th Anniversary (R): BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Tuesday: 7:30 p.m.

Oak Harbor Furious 7 (PG-13): Thursday: 7 p.m.

March 26-29 360-279-2226 Home (PG) and Insurgent (PG-13): Thursday and Sunday.

STANWOOD CINEMAS Home (PG), Cinderella (PG) and Insurgent March 26-April 2 (PG-13): Friday and Saturday.

Get Hard (R): 1:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:05 First movie starts at 7:45 p.m.

Home (PG): 1:40, 3:50, 6:20, 8:30 360-675-5667 The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13): 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 8:55 CONCRETE THEATRE The Gunman (R): Friday-Monday: 3:45, March 27-29 6:40, 9:10; Tuesday: 3:45, 6:40; Wednes The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel day-Thursday: 3:45, 6:40, 9:10 (PG): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and Cinderella (PG): Friday-Monday: 1:10, 3:35, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m.

6:35, 9:00; Tuesday: 1:10, 3:35, 9:00; 360-941-0403 Wednesday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:35, 6:35, 9:00 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel CASCADE MALL THEATRES (PG): 1:00 Burlington The Breakfast Club 30th Anniversary (R): For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262Tuesday: 7:30 p.m.

4386).

Furious 7 (PG-13): Thursday: 7 p.m.

360-629-0514 “Get Hard” — A racist moron convicted of fraud (Will Ferrell) hires the guy who washes his car (Kevin Hart) to prepare him for prison. The stars have terrific chemistry, but this tired and unimaginative comedy relies too heavily on rape jokes and racial and gay stereotypes. Comedy, R, 100 minutes. HH “Home” — A little Jim Parsons goes a long way, and he grates on your nerves voicing an alien on the run with a smart seventh-grader (Rihanna). Kids will probably enjoy the colors and the music, but anyone over 10 will see the plot twists a mile away.

Animated adventure, PG, 96 minutes. HH “Kingsman: The Secret Service” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a super-secret British agency.

“Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the old-school James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Spy adventure, R, 129 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2

“’71” — Jack O’Connell (“Unbroken”) gives a stirring performance as a green recruit with the British Army deployed to Belfast in 1971 and caught up in a riot. This is one of those intense war thrillers where you know it’s fiction, you know it’s not a documentary, and yet every performance and every conflict feels true to the history and the events of the time.

War drama, R, 99 minutes.

1 HHH ⁄2 “The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls just short due to a few way-offthe-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance, PG-13, 104 minutes.

1 HH ⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javier Bardem are in this

international thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shootout or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Humbling” — Al Pacino is all over the place playing a famous actor who goes to rehab after falling off the stage. As madcap characters keep entering and exiting his life, yelling at him and kissing him and berating him and making strange requests of him, fantasy and reality intertwine in a manner I found more maddening than intriguing. Comedy, R, 113 minutes. HH “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” — I actually enjoyed this second chapter about British pensioners who move to a ramshackle retirement hotel in Jaipur, India, more than the first, because I was revisiting all those wonderful, cheeky characters. It’s shamelessly, unapologetically sentimental, but that’s just fine because we’re rooting for everyone here. Romantic com1 edy, PG, 122 minutes. HHH ⁄2

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Thursday, March 26, 2015 - E15

MUSIC REVIEWS LILA DOWNS, “Balas y Chocolate” — Fluency in Spanish isn’t necessary to understand Lila Downs’ shape-shifting voice: It transcends language, carrying pure emotion. On her latest album, “Balas y Chocolate” (Bullets and Chocolate), the Grammy-winning Downs expresses outrage and pain over events in Mexico, her birthplace. And she capably blends traditional Latin rhythms with modern elements in an array of popular standards and her own compositions, her themes — treason, loss, death and love — woven throughout the 13 songs.

Downs’ romantic bolero “Cuando Me Tocas” (When You Touch Me) is rendered achingly beautiful and accented by wavering breaths. “Mano Negra” (Black Hand) demonstrates her range of style in a terrific mash-up of pre-Colombian instruments and mariachi horns with rhythm and harmonics borrowed from Jewish klezmer.

The gorgeous production allows Downs’ voice to soar solo to the edges of falsetto and contralto or dive into a blend of audio samples.

Downs moves from operatic stylings to rap and everything in between, with both artistic exploration and pop sensibility, such as on the first-release single “La Patria Madrina” (Motherland) in which she pairs up with Colombian rocker Juanes.

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK A Poor Boy” on the very first take. Their easy camaraderie makes one miss the late John Lee Hooker, who teamed with Morrison for some of the finest duets of their respective careers.

Morrison also includes some of the early English rockers who were on the way up when he first surfaced in the mid’60s. Chris Farlowe, who has joined Morrison on stage at times, teams up with him on “Born To Sing” and former bandmate Georgie Fame duets on “Get On With the Show.” P.J. Proby makes a surprise, slightly self-mocking appearance in “Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby”, a nostalgic homage to the early days. n Gregory Katz, Associated Press

THE FAIRFIELD FOUR, “Still Rockin’ My Soul”; MCCRARY SISTERS, “Let’s Go” — The Fairfield Four and the McCrary Sisters are Nashville gospel quartets that are inextricably linked. The Fairfield Four go back 90 years, and their most important member was Sam McCrary, group leader from the 1940s to the 1980s.

His daughters — Ann and Regina McCrary, Deborah Person and Alfreda Lee — have followed in their father’s footsteps and have never sounded more powerful than on the new “Let’s Go,” produced by jack-of-all-musical-trades Buddy Miller.

The current Fairfield Four — Levert Allison, Larrice Byrd, Bobbye Sherrell n Michelle Morgante, Associated Press and Joe Thompson — may lack the footstomping transcendence of the best FairVAN MORRISON, “Duets: Re-Working field Four collectives, but their a cappella the Catalogue” — The duets format can fireworks on “Still Rockin’ My Soul” will be a lazy way to go, a predictable romp rouse plenty of hallelujahs. that showcases familiar old songs. Not so Mixing public domain material such as with Van Morrison’s new collection, which “Come on in This House” with classics like skips obvious hits like “Moondance” and “Brown-Eyed Girl” for overlooked, some- Thomas Dorsey’s “Highway to Heaven” carries on the tradition of Africantimes eccentric tracks from memorable American gospel quartets with verve and albums like “The Healing Game” and “A taste. Enjoining country stalwart Lee Ann Period of Transition.”

Womack on “Children Go Where I Send The result is a warm, refreshing look Thee” also nicely brings them into the 21st at the stunning breadth of Morrison’s century. poetic compositions, dating back nearly The McCrary Sisters’ “Let’s Go,” on five decades. It’s all here: The devotion the other hand, is a modern tour de force. to American rhythm and blues roots, the The gale-force collection mixes traditional moody introspection, the search for transcendence. There is no particular concept, harmonies with ferocious musical arrangeno chronological tale, but the music is uni- ments that incorporate organ-driven soul and guitar-crunching rock. “Let’s Go” fied by his fierce vision, and set off by his magnificent voice (untrammeled by time) speaks to the moment while ranking with the most potent roof-raising, pew-shaking and some tasty horn work.

The choice of collaborators is revealing: music ever created.

“Still Rockin’ My Soul” effectively Mavis Staples, with her golden voice and evokes the past while “Let’s Go” impreslong family history; jazz singer Gregory sively points to the future. Both extend Porter (who finally makes some of the a tradition that listeners of any faith will mumbled lyrics to the exuberant “The find soul-stirring.

Eternal Kansas City” intelligible); and Taj Mahal, who seems to nail “How Can n Michael McCall, Associated Press

“The Hobbit: The liant work through an Battle of the Five anniversary collection Upcoming that includes 14 epiArmies”: Peter Jackmovie releases sodes of the TV series son’s “Hobbit” trilogy Following is a partial starring Atkinson. The — noteworthy for the schedule of coming movshows were originally way Jackson has transies on DVD. Release produced between 1990formed the book into a dates are subject to 95. visual feast and delivers change: The set also includes the tentpole moments MARCH 31 previously missing — ends with uninspired Interstellar scenes from the original battles and muddled The Imitation Game U.S broadcast and a characters.

Wild 40-minute documentary.

Jackson’s skill as a Island of Lemurs: “Unbroken”: Olympic storyteller — so well Madagascar athlete must face the Outcast displayed in the “Rings” ordeal of being held in movies — has been APRIL 7 a Japanese prisoner of replaced by a mishA Most Violent Year war camp during World mash of action with Happy Valley War II. recycled characters.

Bad Ass 3 “Mystery Science Home Sweet Hell The most annoying Theatre 3000: XXXII”: example is that Ryan APRIL 14 Includes “Hercules” and Cage’s role of LakeThe Woman in Black 2: “San Francisco Internatown flunky, Alfrid, has Angel of Death tional.” been expanded from a Big Eyes “Song One”: Family meaningless player to a The Babadook uses journal to underMaps to the Stars painfully unfunny comic Antarctica: A Year on Ice stand the world of man relief. in a coma. Anne HathaAppearances by Cate n Tribune Content Agency way stars.

Blanchett as Galadriel “Confessions of a and Christopher Lee as Prodigal Son”: Paints Saruman feel forced, as a picture of a young man’s ups and if Jackson were more interested in givdowns through relationships, faith, ing loyal fans a treat rather than keephope and redemption. ing the story structure on track. Just “Digging Up the Marrow”: Ghastly because this is the end doesn’t mean images haunting nightmares could be everyone needs to take a curtain bow. real. Ray Wise stars.

“Into the Woods”: This musical “Marvel Knights: Wolverine Versus journey starring Meryl Streep is full Sabretooth”: Epic finale to the duo’s of strong performances, a beautiful greatest battle. fairytale landscape and a story that is “LA Apocalypse”: Volcanoes turn emotionally haunting.

Los Angeles into a living nightmare.

The stories meet and move on but “The Sure Thing”: The John Cusack always feel connected by the themes film has been released on Blu-ray to of growing up, parenting and sexual awakening. Generally, these heavy plot mark the 30th anniversary.

“A Path Appears”: An exploration lines don’t become too cumbersome, of gender inequality. except with Little Red Riding Hood “Best Seller”: The James Woods (Lilla Crawford ). The song addressed film is now available on Blu-ray. to her by the big, bad Wolf (Johnny “Diamond Heist”: Diamond smugDepp), “Hello Little Girl,” takes on a gler (Michael Madsen) gets deadly creepy tone as it’s performed here. help from an old friend.

It’s the only musical miscue as the “Lonesome Dove Church”: Tom cast handles the edgy Stephen SondBerenger stars in this film based on heim musical score with great ease and true events surrounding the founding passion. of a church.

“Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean”: “Nova: Sunken Ship Rescue”: FolRowan Atkinson is a master of physilows the operation to salvage the Costa cal humor as he can take the most Concordia cruise ship. mundane of situations and milk count“1066: The Battle for Middle less laughs without saying a single Earth”: Ian Holm narrates. word.

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