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Skagit Valley College presents “King John” this weekend

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“A Place to Call Home, Season look, with director Robert Zemeckis using modern technology to make the 4”: Nurse becomes involved in the affairs of a wealthy Bligh family. war period look stunningly real.

“Contract to Kill”: Steven Seagal He doesn’t miss a visual cue, from plays a government enforcer investithe quiet moments between his stars gating a terrorist plot. to a dazzling bombing attack. The “London Road”: Small community script has problems. comes together to deal with horrific “Rules Don’t Apply”: It’s possible to be blinded by passion. That’s exact- event. ly what happened with Warren Beatty as he finally got his Howard Hughes AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD project made with “Rules Don’t “Collateral Beauty”: Man seeks Apply.” Just like the Spruce Goose, the answers from the universe after a Beatty film is beautiful when it lifts great tragedy. off, but it fails to soar.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area Slamming legendary funk with Lydia Pense & Cold Blood

THE LEGACY OF PERCY FRENCH Celtic musicians Peadar MacMahon, Jan Peters, Aaron Harmonson and Richard Scholtz will bring to life the legacy of Percy French during an evening of folk music and storytelling at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, at the Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-4934 or celticarts.org.

A SPRINT FOR SAMISH HEALTH The 5K family fun run and walk hosted by the Skagit Conservation Education Alliance and partners will take place at 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 4. The race will begin and end at Allen Elementary School, 17145 Cook Road, Bow. The event is designed to draw attention to the effort to keep Samish Bay clean.

There will be a celebration after the run, including geoduck chowder and activities for kids. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. the day of the event, or visit databarevents.com/dassh.

Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, featuring Fred Ross, the legendary singer for Tower of Power and Pee Wee Ellis, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15-$35. lincolntheatre.org or 360-336-8955.

FUNDRAISER AT RHODES RIVER RANCH The fourth annual fundraiser at Rhodes River Ranch, 22016 Enstminger Road, Arlington, will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 4, at the Randy Whitman Memorial Draft Horse and Pack Clinic.

Enjoy a packing demonstration, cowboy poetry, music, a pie auction, draft horses and more. For more information, search for “4th Annual Pack Clinic and Forgotten Children’s Fund Fundraiser” on Facebook.

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OUT & ABOUT ART THE GOOD STUFF: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, will host its new show “Spring Has Sprung” during March.

An opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 3, will include a live demonstration by acrylics artist Cynthia Richardson. Other artists include Ellen Dale, Greg Dugan, Randy Emmons, Abi Gomez, Gus Gosanko, Peggie Hunnicutt, Linda Husk, Shannon Kirby, Michael Laboon, Jesse Link, Terry Mac Donald, Jill McDougall, Ron Moore, Ruth Owen, Suzanne Powers, Wendy Ross, Carla Seaton, Sherry Shipley, Annette Tamm, Gail Thein, Maria Wickwire and Peggy Wood. 360755-3152.

ACME CREATIVE: Cut paper artist Ann Reid will be featured during March at ACME Creative at 705 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Reid garners inspiration from the rural landscape of Skagit County, the Cascade Mountains and the intertidal regions of the Salish Sea. A reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 3.

RAVEN ROCKS GALLERY: Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road C-101, Greenbank, will present “Fibers Full and Fine” until April 4. A reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 3. The show will feature new tapestry wall hangings and extemporaneous needlepoints by Windwalker Taibi. 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

JACK DORSEY AT 77: A new art show celebrating artist Jack Dorsey’s 77th birthday will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 11, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 12, and then remain open by appointment until April 1, at Sunnyshore Studio, 2803 SE Camano Drive, Camano Island. To make an appointment: 360-387-7304.

Conway Muse hosts “Always ... Patsy Cline”

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his month, Theater Arts Guild is paying tribute to a country music legend with performances of “Always … Patsy Cline” at the Conway Muse, starring Ria Peth Vanderpool as Patsy Cline and Kelly Visten as Louise Seger, according to a news release.

EXHIBITS AT QUILT MUSEUM: Two new exhibits — “It’s Not Easy Being Green” and “Elemental” by the Millinery Artisan Guild of the Pacific Northwest — open this month at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. qfamuseum. org.

CURATOR TALK: Rust curatorial fellow Regan Shrumm will discuss the rise in popularity of indigenous designs and cultures in the Pacific Northwest at 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 5, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Free. monamuseum.org/talks.

LECTURES AND TALKS AT VILLAGE BOOKS: Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham, will host the following readings: n Spokane-based author Polly Buckingham will read from her short story collection “The Expense of a View” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3.

Buckingham won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction

discuss his children’s book “Friendly the Fox,” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11. n Zoey Leigh Peterson will discuss her debut novel “Next Year for Sure,” about two longtime romantic partners who experiment with an open relationship and reconsider everything they thought they knew about love, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14.

TEDxWWU: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4, Performing Arts Center, Western Washington University. $15 WWU students, $25 general public; lunch provided. For a list of speakers, visit TedxWWU.org.

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Kelly Visten (left) plays Louise Seger and Ria Peth Vanderpool is Patsy Cline in “Always … Patsy Cline” at the Conway Muse through April 1.

The show features 27 of Cline’s most memorable songs — such as “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Walking After Midnight “— and a seven-piece country band.

Vanderpool and Visten are each reprising their roles, having performed the show at The Muse in 2014 to sell-out crowds.

Performances of “Always … Patsy Cline” are at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays through April 1. last year. n Christopher Howell will read from his collection “Love’s Last Number” at 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 4. n Deby Majumdar will discuss his book “Sacred River: A Himalayan Journey,” a story about a man’s quest for success and struggles to find love, spirituality and inner peace, at 4 p.m. Sun-

day, March 5. n Olympic gold medalist Carolyn Wood will discuss her book “Tough Girl: An Olympian’s Journey,” a story of both a swimmer heading to the 1960 Olympics and her meditations along the Camino de Santiago in 2012, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. n Artist and illustrator Ben Mann will

HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOMEFRONT: La Conner Regional Library will host “Hollywood and the Homefront, Tinsel Town’s Contribution to World War II,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., La Conner.

Audio historian and former broadcaster John Jenson, a member of Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, will share “rarely known stories and anecdotes from Hollywood’s war effort and show examples of wartime propaganda through various media that was used to educate, inform and sway American public opinion.” Free. 360-4663352.

NOEMI BAN: Award-winning teacher and Holocaust survivor Noémi Ban will speak about her life and book “Sharing is Healing”

at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Arntzen Hall, room 100, at Western Washington University. Free, but preregistration required: skagit. ws/2lw3Tw8. More information: 360-6504000 orskagit.ws/2mC7dXC. DINNER WITH A DOCTOR: Dr. Jonathan Fish and biologist Andrew Rice will present “Natural Remedies” at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, March 13, at North Cascade SDA Church, 800 Peacock Lane, Burlington. RSVP

by Wednesday, March 8: 360-848-7711. A plant-based meal will be included.

HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR FAMILY TREE: The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society will present “How Healthy is Your Family Tree: Physical and Mental Health Issues of Our Ancestors,” with Janice C. Lovelace, PhD., at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Burlington Senior Community Center, 1101 Greenleaf Ave. skagitvalleygenealogy.org.

BIRDS OF SKAGIT: Learn about Camano Island-area birds and the diversity of habitats that attract them at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 15, at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N East Camano Dr. The talk will be given

by Joe Meche, writer/ photographer and past president of the North Cascades Audubon Society in Bellingham. 360-387-2236, camanowildlifehabitat. org or camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com.

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OUT & ABOUT INCORPORATING NATIVE PLANTS: The Skyline Garden Club will host “Incorporating Native Plants Into The Landscape,” presented

by Kristi Carpenter, Public Information and Education Coordinator at Skagit Conservation District, at 1 p.m.

Monday, March 20, at the Skyline Beach Club, 6041 Sands Way, Anacortes. Admission is $5 for nonmembers.

615-430-5437.

HARBOR PORPOISES: Cindy Elliser, research director of the Pacific Mammal Research organization in Anacortes, will speak on the harbor porpoise, one of the most abundant species in the Salish Sea, at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 28, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Free.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SPEAKER SERIES: The Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville, hosts an outdoor adventure speaker from 6 to 8 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month. $3. 360363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov. Next up: — Tuesday, March 28: Mike Woodmansee: “Real Adventures in the North Cascades.”

MUSIC THE LEGACY OF PERCY FRENCH: Celtic musicians Peadar MacMahon, Jan Peters, Aaron Harmonson and Richard Scholtz will bring to life the legacy of Percy French during an evening of folk music and storytelling at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, at the Littlefield Celtic

Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-4934 or celticarts.org.

KINOBE: Kinobe will play music from Uganda at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A free lecture will be held at 6:30 p.m. Kinobe is a multi-instrumentalist who plays with his band The Wamu Spirit. $20 to $30; free for Skagit Valley College and high school students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, visit mcintyrehall.org.

MAGICAL STRINGS: The Magic Strings Celtic Gala will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. The evening will feature three generations of the Boudling family performing Irish dancing, fiddling and songs.

Hards and hammered dulcimers will also be played, along with whistles, accordians and concertina. $15. apm.activecommunities.com/marysvillewa/ Activity_Search/2137 or 360-363-8400.

THE HAYNIE OPRY: The Haynie Opry presents the Bellingham Ukulele Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. The concert will also feature Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band performing traditional country music. $10 at the door; free for ages 11 and younger.

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“THE TOAD PRINCE” PUPPET THEATRE: 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, March 21-24, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. For kindergarten to fifth grade. $8 and $9.50. 360-7346080 or tickets@mountbakertheatre.com.

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Three exhibitions — “Paul Havas: A Life of Painting,” “Indigenous Influences” and “Continuum: Glass from the Permanent Collection” — continue through March 26 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free

will also perform an old-time gospel music matinee at 3 p.m.; $5 at the door. 360-3663321.

DON MCLEAN: The singer known for “American Pie” will perform at 8 p.m. March 17-18 at the Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

OLD 99 BAND: The Old 99 Band will perform classic folk rock of the ‘60s and ‘70s at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at the Old Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. GEOFFREY CASTLE: Geoffrey Castle’s third annual Celtic Celebration, which serves as a fundraiser for local first responders, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at The Music Hall at Kennelly Keys, 1904 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $25: brownpapertickets.com or at Anacortes Brewery. In-

formation: pugetsoundproductions@gmail. com or 360-708-7770.

MONDAY LUNCHTIME DANCE: Swingnuts Jazz will perform from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday, March 27, at the Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington.

PLAYS PETER RABBIT: Enchantment Theatre Company will present “Peter Rabbit Tales” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 children, $25 adults. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“PIRATES OF PENZANCE”: 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 12, Mount Baker Theate, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $30.50 to $69.50. 360-734-6080 or tickets@mountbakertheatre.com.

“CINDERELLA EN ESPAÑA” BY SEATTLE OPERA: 2 p.m. Saturday, March 25, Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville.

Free, preregistration required. 360-363-8400.

“WINGS OF COURAGE”: 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Monday, March 27, Mount Baker Theate, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Produced by Mad River Theatre Works, the play is based on Eugene Bullard, the first African-American combat pilot and adventurer. $6 and $7.50. 360-7346080 or tickets@mountbakertheatre.com.

MORE FUN VICTORY FOR VIOLET: A fundraising event to help raise money to fight against leukemia and lymphoma will be held at 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 4, at Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

The Jody Taylor Band will perform, and there will also be a raffle, an auction and more.

“REMEMBERING CHAPLIN”: “Remembering Chaplin,” featuring a wide range of dance styles from jazz to tap to ballet as well as comedy, will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 4, at

Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $20 to $30. 360-734-6080 or tickets@mountbakertheatre.com.

‘EN VOGUE’ FASHION SHOW: 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 9, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes.

Designers from the region will use secondhand materials to create one-of-a-kind pieces, which will be shown on the runway and then auctioned off at the annual Friendship House fundraiser. $35 to $70. jerry@skagitfriendshiphouse.org or 360-873-8022.

RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom-Skagit Model Railroad club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 11. Features large, permanent HO- and N-scale railroad layouts.

Admission is by donations, which are used to maintain and expand the layouts. For directions and details, visit whatcomskagitmrc.org.

CANTEEN DINNER DANCE: A Stage Door Canteen Dinner Dance will be held at 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 11, at Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., La Conner.

Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and dancing starts at 7:30 p.m. Music from the 1930 and ’40s will be performed by Dina Blade and the Swingin’ in the Rain Jazz Band.

Hosted by the Skagit County Historical Society. $50 historical society members, $75 general public. 360-466-3365 or lovelaconner.com.

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GET INVOLVED and Recreation seeks qualified instructors to expand its enrichment classes for youths and adults. To download an instructor’s packet, visit burlingtonwa.gov and click on the “Instructors Needed” tab. 360-7559649 or recreation@ burlingtonwa.gov.

ART CALL FOR SCULPTURES: San Juan Islands Sculpture Park invites sculptors to submit entries for its ongoing juried sculpture review. All sculptures must be deemed “safe” and should be suitable for exhibition in an outdoor setting and capable of withstanding occasional high winds, rain and possible snow.

Accepted sculptures will be installed for a twoyear period (if not sold sooner) in the 20-acre park located near Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. For complete submission guidelines, visit sjisculpturepark. com.

CALL FOR ART TEACHERS: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, is looking for qualified, experienced beginning art teachers in watercolor, drawing, sketching and mixed media art forms. Call to schedule a meeting to show your work and discuss your experience. Contact Kat Peterson, 360-755-3152.

CALL FOR INSTRUCTORS: Burlington Parks

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: Peacehealth United General Medical Center seeks artists to display and sell art in the facility at 2000 Hospital Drive, Sedro-Woolley. Artwork must be framed and ready to hang, with a wire hanger — no sawtooth hooks. Attach a label with the artist’s name, title of work, size, medium and price. All artwork is subject to approval by committee. Artists are responsible for hanging and removal of their work, which will be displayed for three months. Contact Barb Kaufman at 360-8567530 or bkaufman@ peacehealth.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Anacortes Arts Commission seeks artists for the Anacortes First Friday Artwalk at the Depot Art and Community Center on April 7-8. The theme

is tulips and literature.

Photos, drawings or paintings of tulips and authors, fiction, nonfiction or any genre of poetry. Contact Karla Locke at kklocke1@ mac.com or 360-5886968.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Northwest Garden Bling in Concrete is hosting its second annual Mosaic Challenge.

A juried presentation of entered artwork will be held from May 5-14.

360-708-3279 or nwgardenbling@frontier. com.

LA CONNER QUILT AND TEXTILE MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and under. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org. n Fiber Fridays: Bring any kind of fiber art project, quilting, knitting, embellishing, etc., to work on while visiting with other fiber artists from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday. Free and open to all.

CLAY EXTRAVAGANZA!: Whatcom Artists of Clay & Kiln will present its annual festival of clay featuring more than 35 local vending artists, artist demonstrations, clay competitions and public handson area, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave., Bellingham. whatcomartistsofclayandkiln.org.

AUDITIONS ”TWELFTH NIGHT”: Auditions for the Skagit Valley College production will be held at 3:30 and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, at the Phillip Tarro Theatre on the SVC campus, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

A one-minute audition piece is encouraged.

Performances scheduled for May 19-28. damond.morris@skagit. edu

BOOKS BOOKS — BOOK GROUP: The Center for Spiritual Living book group meets at 6 p.m. the first, second and fourth Thursdays, and at 5:30 p.m. on third Thursdays at 1508 18th St. Mount Vernon.

Participants read and discuss books in many areas of spirituality and personal growth. Free.

For more information, contact Gabrielle Conatore at 360-920-19995 and mtvernoncsl@ outlook.com.

TEEN READING CHALLENGE: Upper Skagit Library presents Why Dewey Read? A Teen Non-Fiction Reading Challenge. Teens are encouraged to read one book from at least five Dewey Decimal categories before March 31.

Participants can enter to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Read books from the public or school library. Pick up reading forms at the library or download the PDF from the library’s website. Library card not required to participate. If teens live within the Concrete School District, library cards are free. 360-853-7939

or info@upperskagit.lib. wa.us.

GREAT BOOKS READING GROUP MEETING: The Great Books Reading Group examines passages from important writings in history, currently from “Great Conversations, vol. 2,” published by the Great Books Foundation. The group meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. 360-941-1437 and shunji.asari@gmail. com.

DANCE BEGINNING CUBAN SALSA AND RUEDA CLASSES: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through March 28, The Studio@Riverside, 2226 Market St., Mount Vernon. Classes taught by Havana-born instructor Yasmare Gonzalez. $12 drop-in rate, or $40 for four classes. 360-223-7151 and cubasere.com.

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

Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30 p.m.

The first session is free, $3 thereafter. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360766-6866.

JOLLY TIME CLUB: Dance to live music from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th

St., Mount Vernon.

Contact Gisela at 360424-5696.

CLOG DANCING FOR BEGINNERS: Free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed.

First three lessons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-4244608.

MUSIC BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-OChords, a four-part Barbershop harmony. No experience necessary, no auditions required.

Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music.

Ages 12 and up. Drop in any Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Educational Service Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes.

Rides available. Bob Lundquist, 360-9415733 or svenbob@ cheerful.com.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland.

St. Free; donations accepted. 360-630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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

360-223-3230.

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

All skill levels welcome.

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

360-293-2544.

OPEN MIC: Jam night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

CALLING ‘80S COVER BANDS: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association invites

cover bands with an ‘80s set list to play at the third annual Harvest Moon Festival: Retro on the River on Aug. 26.

The festival is a celebration of the bounty found in Skagit Valley and the local region.

The event features live music, brews, ciders and local food. Send a link or recording to info@mountvernondowntown.org or call 360-336-3801.

BRING YOUR OWN GUITAR: Bring your guitar and learn a wide variety of new songs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Boulevard, Burlington. 360-707-2683 or jauman@northcovecoffee.com.

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BRING YOUR OWN UKULELE FOR BEGINNERS: Bring your ukulele and learn a wide variety of new songs from 6 to 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Boulevard, Burlington. 360-7072683 or jauman@northcovecoffee.com.

RECREATION TULIP FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT: The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival needs volunteers to provide clerical support at the office, 311 W Kincaid St., Mount Vernon.

The office is open 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact Gale Sobolesky at 360-428-5959 or gale@

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PICKLEBALL: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers pickleball open gyms on Sundays, through March 5, at La Venture Middle School, 1200 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon.

The game combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong. It is played with a paddle and plastic ball on a badminton-size court with a slightly modified tennis net. No experience necessary.

Court shoes and ability to freely move around the court is required. $22. Preregistration required. 360-336-6215.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the

forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets.

Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. n Winter fitness hike: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 4. The 7-mile hike will cover nearly all of the Cranberry Lake Forest lands.

Meet at the Little Cranberry Lake parking lot. n Senior/adult hike to Pine Ridge Loop: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, March 10. Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive.

KIDS CLUB: Nat Geo Kids teams with Cascade Mall Kids Club for fun, educational games and activities for kids from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. the third Thursday at the Cascade Mall center

court, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Free.

360-558-3270 or shopcascademall.com.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be physically active in Skagit County, including trail guides, an activity tracker and local resources at beactiveskagit.org.

ANACORTES KIDS NIGHT OUT @ WESTERN: Grades K-6, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 14, Shannon Point Marine Center, 1900 Shannon Point Road, Anacortes.

Kids enjoy hands-on science activities in the Shannon Point Marine Center’s student lab and library. $20. 360-6503308 or wwu.edu/ee/ youth/know/index.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 2-9 Thursday.2

Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. $12, senior/student $10, child $8. 360-354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.com.

THEATER “Arsenic and Old Lace”: 7:30 p.m., Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. $12, senior/student $10, child $8. 360-354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.com.

”Into the Woods”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

”Into the Woods”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com. ”King John”: 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 student (with ID), free for Skagit Valley College students. mcintyrehall.org.

IMPROV The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $8. theupfront.com/ shows/gbu.

Friday.3 THEATER “Arsenic and Old Lace”: 7:30 p.m., Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. $12, senior/student $10, child $8. 360-354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.com. ”Into the Woods”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com. ”King John”: 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 student (with ID), free for Skagit Valley College students. mcintyrehall.org. ”Always... Patsy Cline”: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $28. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

MUSIC Kinobe and the Wamu Spirit: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$30.

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

The Legacy of Percy French: 7 p.m., Littlefield Celtic Center,

The Peter Rabbit Tales: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15-$35. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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”KING JOHN” 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 student (with ID), free for Skagit Valley College students. mcintyrehall.org. Pictured: Veronica Everett (clockwise from left), Hope Evans, Daniel Ruiz Salvatura, Matthew Riggins and Claire Hardt Andrews (lying down).

1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. $20. celticarts.org/celtic-events/percy-french.

IMPROV Against All Odds (comedy): 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/against-all-odds.

Face Off (comedy): 10 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/shows/ face-off.

Saturday.4 THEATER ”Always... Patsy Cline”: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway. $28. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

“Arsenic and Old Lace”: 2 p.m., Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. $12, senior/student $10, child $8. 360-354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.com. ”Into the Woods”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com. ”King John”: 7:30 p.m., Phillip

Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 student (with ID), free for Skagit Valley College students. mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC Lydia Pense & Cold Blood: 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15-$35. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

DANCE Remembering Chaplin: Northwest Ballet Theater, 7:30 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $20-$30. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheater.com.

IMPROV Against All Odds (comedy): 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/ shows/against-all-odds.

Face Off (comedy): 10 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $10-$12. theupfront.com/shows/ face-off.

Sunday.5 THEATER “Arsenic and Old Lace”: 2 p.m.,

”King John”: 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 student (with ID), free for Skagit Valley College students. mcintyrehall.org.

OPERA ”Rusalka” (Dvorak): The MET, 1 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $17-$23. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Tuesday.7 MUSIC Celebrating the Music of Washington State: 4 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Wednesday.8 THEATER Poseidon Players present Black Box Theater (series of one actplays): 7 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SW Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

Admission by donation. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC Joan Penney Jazz Trio: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $5. 360363-8400.

Thursday.9 IMPROV The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: 8 p.m., The Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St., Bellingham. $8. theupfront.com/ shows/gbu.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 2-11 Thursday.2

Saturday.4

Sky Colony: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. woolleymarket.com.

Brian Lee & the Orbiters: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Nick Vigarino: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Friday.3

The Island Swings: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Funk Factory: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Nick Anthony and Friends: 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake.

360-399-1321.

Old Town Tonic: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720 or rockfishgrill. com.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m to midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

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

Funk Factory: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or anacortesH2O.com.

Jody Taylor Band at Fire Fighters for a Cure fundraiser: 6 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10 donation. 425-737-5144 or locobillys.com.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m to midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

SATURDAY.4

BRIAN LEE & THE ORBITERS 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Bob Fossil: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

Sunday.5

Ron W. Bailey & The Tangents with Al Kaatz: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Wednesday.8 Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill,

Steve Ellis: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

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

Chaz Altman: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720 or rockfishgrill. com.

Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Thursday.9

Nick Anthony and Friends: 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake.

360-399-1321.

Jaspar and Kale Lepak: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Janette West: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or rockfishgrill.com.

Open Mic: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-737-5144 or locobillys.com.

Friday.10

SATURDAY.4

MICHELE D’AMOUR AND THE LOVE DEALERS 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956 or anacortesH2O.com.

Joe Slick Band: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Mountain Flowers with Sky Colony: 7:30 p.m., Conway

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956 or anacortesH2O.com.

Mark Holt: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720 or rockfishgrill.com.

Jukebox Duo: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only. 360-848-8882.

Saturday.11

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

Joe Slick Band: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

MuseBird Cafe with Brett “Bad Blood” Benton, Mary Ellen Lykins and Craig Adams: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Magical Strings Celtic Gala: 7 to 9 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $15. 360363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov.

Knut Bell and the Blue Collars: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956 or anacortesH2O.com.

Troy Fair Band: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $8. 425-737-5144 or locobillys.com.

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TRAVEL

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

Local travel briefs

5 iconic trips to take if you love baseball

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

If you love baseball, these iconic spots belong on your roster.

1. Cactus League, Scottsdale, Ariz.: Every spring, since 1947, this Southwestern town is abuzz as baseball fans flock to watch their favorite teams warm up for the regular season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies get in the groove at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick where kids are some-

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times allowed to run the bases after the game.

Nearby Surprise, Ariz., is the spring-training home of the Texas Rangers.

Watch the San Francisco Giants inside Scottsdale Stadium, where you can catch the action from patio-style seating under the Arizona sun. Ask about free trolley rides and a wide range of packages designed to lure sports fans. cactusleague.com; experiencescottsdale.com/ event/spring-training.

2. National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, N.Y.: This sports shrine traces the history and cultural significance of the game through memorabilia and interactive exhibits. Learn about the men and women who have played the game, test your trivia skills and get inspired by the feats of the game’s greatest.

Youngsters under 12 and their families can visit the Sandlot Kids’ Clubhouse for interactive, youth-focused experiences. Extra innings overnights in the museum are also possible. baseballhall.org.

3. Big League Tours: You’ll hang out with major-league players, get on the field, get inside the dugouts and catch a batting practice in the venues that continue to inspire allegiance to the game. Tours and vacation packages available.

Web Buzz Name: theearthawaits.com What it does: The website helps you get a picture of how much money it takes to live abroad. Indicate your monthly budget, family size, accommodation size and location, your style of living, drive rate and pollution preference, and the Earth Awaits will suggest places. See a gallery of destinations, save favorites, view ratings and check a general cost breakdown. Memberships range from free to $6 a month for increased data to $48 annually.

What’s hot: Can a family of three live in a two-bedroom apartment in Europe for $3,500 a month? Yes, and for considerably less too. I found enticing cities in Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania, Germany and more. You can also browse destinations and sort cities by Internet download/ upload speeds. If you want to do that search within a specific continent, use the filter to narrow your results. Click on the Advanced section of your “Search” to sort according to quality of life, budget, language, health care and other attributes.

What’s not: The cost breakdowns are general.

If you want to see specifics such as the cost of an apartment by size in your city of interest or the price of a dozen eggs, make sure you click on the Budget section once you are on the main page for your destination.

— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

bigleaguetours.com.

4. Field of Dreams, Dyersville, Iowa: “If you build it, he will come.” The oft-repeated line is one of the most famous in movie history, and you and your family can be a part of it. Make your way to traditional Iowa farm country where reality mixes with fantasy to make dreams — and movies that star Kevin Costner — come true.

Bring your own gear and play catch on the century-old farm that boasts the world-famous baseball diamond.

dyersville.org; fodmoviesite.com 5. Grapefruit League, Fla.: Last year, some 1.5 million fans were on hand to watch their favorite players showcase their preseason skills during spring training. Fifteen teams tune up for the game at 13 different locations throughout the Sunshine State. floridagrapefruitleague.com.

— Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of familytravel.com.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 17 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-6215.

Next up: n French Fest and The Curious Nest: Sunday, March 19. $55. Register by Monday, March 13. n Spring Has Sprung Consignment and Thrift Store Tour: Saturday, April 1. $55. Register by Monday, March 27. n Annual Arboretum and Nurseries Tour: Friday, April 14. Visit the Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens then head to a variety of nurseries and garden stores. $55. Register by Friday, April 7.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Recreation Without Borders offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia. For information or to register: 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com. Next up: n Thursdays in the Parks: 9 a.m. to noon. Adults can visit various parks, departing from the Burlington Senior Center. $65. Register by Wednesday prior to each series. n Magical Strings Celtic Gala: 4 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, March 11. Ages 8 and older (under 18 with adult supervision). $35. Register by Wednesday, March 8. n Harrison Lake: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 18. 12 years and older (under 18 with adult supervision). $50. Register by Wednesday, March 15. n Triangle of Fire: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 25. 8 years and older (under 18 with adult supervision). $55. Register by Wednesday, March 22. n “Real Adventures in the North Cascades”: 4 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 28. 12 years and older (under 18 with adult supervision). $20. Register by Friday, March 24. n Seattle Mariners 2017 home opener: 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 10. 8 years and older (under 18 with adult supervision). $85.

SENIOR CENTERS: The following trips are offered through Skagit County senior centers. Participants may choose to depart from either the Anacortes Senior Center or the Burlington Senior Center. Registration forms and flyers are available at all centers. For more information, call the Anacortes Senior Center at 360293-7473: n Cypress Mountain Snowshoe Adventure: Wednesday, March 15. $69. Register by Wednesday, March 8. n “Murder for Two” at the ACT in Seattle: Tuesday, April 18. $89. Register by Tuesday, April 4.

ESCORTED TOURS: The Whatcom County Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For information or to register: 360-7334030, ext. 1015, or wccoa.org/index.php/Tours.

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HOT TICKETS JENS LEKMAN: March 5, Neumos, Seattle. 206709-9442 or neumos.com.

BOB JAMES QUARTET: March 9-12, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

BLUE OYSTER CULT: March 11, Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma. 253-5947777 or livenation.com.

LAKE STREET DIVE: March 15, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

DON MCLEAN: March 17-18, Skagit Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: March 17, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ALI WONG: March 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

DAYA: March 18, Neumos, Seattle. 206-7099442 or neumos.com.

PANIC! AT THE DISCO: March 21, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

RICKIE LEE JONES & MADELEINE PEYROUX: March 22, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 206-6821414 or ticketmaster.com.

ARIANA GRANDE: March 23, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHRIS STAPLETON: March 28, KeyArena,

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

LOCASH: March 29, Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

206-682-1414 or ticketmaster.com.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: LUZIA: March 30-April 30, Marymoor Park, Redmond. cirquedusoleil. com/luzia.

GAME OF THRONES LIVE: March 31, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

REGINA SPEKTOR: April 3, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

SLEAFORD MODS: April 5, Neumos, Seattle.

206-709-9442 or neumos. com.

GROUPLOVE: April 6, The Showbox SODO, Seattle. 888-929-7849 or axs.com.

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: April 8, Neumos, Seattle. 206-7099442 or neumos.com.

‘AMPLIFY!: RAISING WOMEN’S VOICES’: April 13-Aug. 27, Sound Theatre Company, Seattle. soundtheatrecompany. org.

VANESSA WILLIAMS: April 21-22, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

THE WEEKND: April 26, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

LIONEL RICHIE,

the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots, Frank Ocean and more, May 26-28, The Gorge, George. sasquatchfestival.com.

TOWER OF POWER: June 2-3, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

JOHN LEGEND: June 3-4, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

KASCADE: June 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: with Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul: June 7, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation. com.

DEF LEPPARD: with Poison and Tesla, June 9, White River Ampitheatre, Auburn. 360-825-6200 or livenation.com.

RICKIE LEE JONES March 22, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 206-682-1414 or ticketmaster.com.

MARIAH CAREY: April 28, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

THE 1975: April 30, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BILL CHARLAP TRIO: May 2-3, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

ELAINE ELIAS: MAY 4-7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY: May 5-6, Skagit Valley Casino, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

PJ HARVEY: May 5, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHRIS BROWN: May 11, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

U2: May 14, CenturyLink Field, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation. com.

SESAME STREET LIVE: “Elmo Makes Music,” May 19-20, Xfinity Arena, Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.xfinityarenaeverett. com.

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: With Chance

FUTURE: June 10, White River Ampitheatre, Auburn. 360-825-6200 or livenation.com.

THE MOODY BLUES: June 10-11, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KIDZ BOP KIDS: June 17, White River Ampitheatre, Auburn. 360-8256200 or livenation.com.

STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON: June 21, White River Ampitheatre, Auburn. 360-825-6200 or livenation.com.

SANTANA: June 23-24, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

QUEEN: with Adam Lambert, July 1, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

McIntyre Hall Presents

Sunday, March 5 2:00pm FROM THE BELOVED TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER . . .

“ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE FOUR LITTLE RABBITS,

AND THEIR NAMES WERE – FLOPSY, MOPSY, COTTON-TAIL AND PETER….” THESE FAMOUS OPENING LINES OF THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT HAVE ENCHANTED YOUNG AUDIENCES FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

JOINS US SUNDAY, MARCH 5 FOR THIS SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE

ENCHANTMENT THEATRE COMPANY CHILDREN $15 ADULTS $25 COME EARLY TO VIEW THE LOBBY DISPLAY CELEBRATING BRETRIX POTTER’S 150TH BIRTHDAY

2016-17 SEASON RYAN SMIT

March 11 @ 7:30pm | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2117 Walnut Street, Bellingham March 12 @ 3:00pm | Salem Lutheran Church | 2529 LaVenture Road, Mt. Vernon

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Alison Krauss goes solo again on ‘Windy City’

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times

If Alison Krauss has learned one thing along the way to becoming the musician laden with more Grammy Awards than any other woman in pop history, it’s to trust her instincts.

So when her intuition told her it was time to step away from her longtime band Union Station to make only her second solo album in two decades, the just-released “Windy City,” she went with it.

She also embraced her gut feeling that the project should not only center on songs of romantic longing and heartache, but a very specific strain of what might be called second-generation melancholy.

That’s why she homed experience but we still in for the most part on recognize that it has gone, songs written before she that it has passed us by.” was born 45 years That manifests ago in Decatur, on “Windy City” in Illinois, many of 10 songs that span which she learned such country and as a child bluepop classics as John grass-fiddle prodHartford’s “Gentle igy growing up in on My Mind” and the Midwest.

Cindy Walker and As she elaboEddy Arnold’s rated in a recent “You Don’t Know Krauss interview, she was Me.” There are less aiming to tap memories widely known numbers of songs filtered through as well, including Elmer others’ experience — Laird’s “Poison Love,” a parents, grandparents and song popularized in bluegrass circles by Bill Monroe friends. and the duo Johnnie & “There’s something about that that’s very pow- Jack. erful,” she said, “when you In addition to her much have a memory, a sound in lauded skills as a nuanced your head that comes from vocalist and a dexterous your parents’ recollection. instrumentalist, Krauss I’ve always loved that, a has occasionally produced sense of a different kind recordings for other artists, of life that we didn’t really including avant-bluegrass

trio Nickel Creek, country singer-songwriter Alan Jackson and the bluegrass band the Cox Family.

But she largely checked her producer’s hat at the door of the Nashville studio when she and collaborator Buddy Cannon set to work, although she conceded that if there was an element of a session she wasn’t completely happy with, “I’m not going to not say something.

But mostly what I was interested in was doing what Buddy liked.”

Cannon is best known for his production work with Kenny Chesney, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, George Jones and Willie Nelson, and for country hits he has written or co-written for George Strait, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mel Tillis and Vern Gosdin.

It was another instinctual response that prompted her to ask Cannon to produce a full album with her, after they’d worked together on a duet she sang in 2012 with Jamey Johnson on the country classic “Make the World Go Away.”

“I’d worked for him a bunch in the past, so I was well aware of him,” she said. “But I always sang harmony — I never sang lead for him.

“It’s interesting that of all the people there are in Nashville, (Cannon) he is the one whose nickname is ‘Ears.’ To have that kind of innate instinct about what works and what doesn’t work, I would love to understand it.

“He’s so calm,” she said with a laugh. “I’d say he’s got the same amount of

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She also confessed to holding a special place in her heart for pioneering songwriter Cindy Walker, who turned out hit after hit in country music long before it was considered an option for female artists.

“You Don’t Know Me” gave Arnold a Top 10 hit in 1958, went all the way to No. 1 for Mickey Gilley in 1981, and received a broadly influential reading in 1962 by Ray Charles on his boundary-breaking album “Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music.”

Though written by a woman, it’s most famously sung by men. Krauss’ version brings back the perspective of a woman’s feelings of romance that she is too reticent to voice.

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7 p.m. Thursday, March 2 The Mount Baker Middle School orchestra, choir and students will perform. Features music and dancing. Free.

Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3 All five of the 2017 Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films will be featured, as will three other short films.

A note to parents: “Pear Brandy and Cigarettes,” one of the five nominees, will be the last film. The first-person narration is about a troubled friendship and includes violence, language, sex and drug use.

Lydia Pense & Cold Blood 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4 Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, soul-funk veterans from the Bay Area, return to the Lincoln as a co-presentation with the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts this time featuring Fred Ross, legendary singer for Tower of Power and Pee Wee Ellis. $15-$35. Lincoln members receive $2 off.

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‘Before I Fall’ focuses on bonds between girls

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

Boasting themes that are both cerebral and philosophical, “Before I Fall” is a young-adult thriller that goes far beyond the surface level.

Too often teenagers — girls, especially — are depicted on screen as superficial, obsessed with appearances and the happy-go-lucky lifestyle enabled by parental disposable income. But in “Before I Fall,” popularity contests are plagued by truly existential conundrums, with elevated stakes exacerbated by the fleeting nature of youth, and questions about the nature of life itself go hand in hand with the tricky maneuvering of high school politics.

There’s a supernatural-ish twist that kicks off all of this questioning.

“Before I Fall” borrows a premise from “Groundhog Day,” in that our protagonist, Samantha (Zoey Deutch), must relive the same Friday, over and over, preceding a dangerous car crash. To make matters worse, it’s Cupid Day, wherein the entire high school celebrates Valentine’s Day with “valo-grams,” rose deliveries that literally account for every student’s popularity points.

Sam starts off as a carefree queen bee, ensconced in a tightly knit foursome of popular girls, with closely held allies and enemies. However, forced to relive the day over and over, which resets at the moment of the crash every time, she zeroes in on the

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side characters, the nerds and the bullied, and the small interactions that lead toward the inevitable, trying to change things and stop the loop.

Adapted by Maria Maggenti from Lauren Oliver’s novel, and directed by Ry Russo-Young, “Before I Fall” is an anomaly in that it focuses on the deeply intimate friendships between teenage girls, foregrounding their experiences, their voices, and their perspectives among the hubbub of high school.

Boyfriends are present, but not as important as the bonds between girls, born of shared history and hours spent together, an in-between tribe bridging family and college.

Russo-Young puts the Pacific Northwest setting to work in casting an eerie, ethereal spell over the proceedings. Overcast skies evoke a ghostly

pallor, and there’s a cold, moody otherworldliness that’s spooky, quiet and reflective.

Pop songs pierce through, placing us within the cycle: a morning alarm, a party jam. Russo-Young and editor Joe Landauer carefully expand and contract the repeated moments, picking out new pieces of information to parcel out each round.

As Sam, Deutch is supported by the likes of Halston Sage as uber mean girl Lindsay, using her armor as a weapon, Logan Miller as longtime pal Kent, and Medalion Rahimi and Cynthy Wu as the rest of her clique.

But this is Deutch’s film — she carries the emotional journey on her back, as Sam is the only one who knows she’s in a doomed time loop.

In the course of living our lives, we can’t go back

and re-do a terrible high school party, or a bad day, or a moment where we wish we had extended a kindness instead of something else.

Sam is able to do that, and as she makes another circle around the track, she learns something every time — how to care more for others while caring less what their judgments are of you; how to do what you feel and believe rather than following the crowd. We might not get do-overs, but “Before I Fall” is reminder of how growth, change and breaking with norms can bring us to our truest selves.

— 1 hour, 39 minutes.

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving drinking, sexuality, bullying, some violent images, and language — all involving teens. HHH (out of four stars)

Compiled from news services. Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“The Great Wall” — Cast as the Great White Hope alongside several popular Chinese actors, Matt Damon plays a mercenary enlisted to help fight an invasion of paranormal monsters. A fantasy with some pretty cool visual effects but scads of unintentionally hilarious dialogue, “The Great Wall” is so wonderfully bad, I could see some coming for the action and staying for the camp laughs. It’s a beautiful bomb. Action fantasy, PG-13, 104 minutes. H½ “A United Kingdom” — Though this story of the black heir to an African throne falling in love with a white Londoner follows the standard playbook of the inspirational, based-on-true-events drama, it’s worth seeing for the genuine movie-star charisma of David Oyelowo and for the breathtakingly beautiful on-location cinematography in Botswana. Historical drama, PG-13, 111 minutes. HHH “Fist Fight” — A violent teacher (Ice Cube) challenges a sniveling colleague (Charlie Day) to a fight after school in a comedy that’s ugly, mean-spirited and bereft of laughs. The 91 minutes of cinematic detention feel twice as long. Comedy, R, 91 minutes. Zero stars.

“The Comedian” — What’s more painful than watching a comedian bomb? Watching one of our great actors, Robert De Niro, bomb playing a comedian. He and the rest of an exceptionally talented supporting cast flounder about in one ill-conceived set piece after another.

Comedy drama, R, 120 minutes. H “A Dog’s Purpose” — There are some uplifting moments in this story of one dog living several lives through reincarnation, but the overall mood of Lasse Hallstrom’s pup-point-of-view film is ... melancholy, sometimes even grim. It just wears you down. Comedy drama, PG, 100 minutes. HH “Gold” — A great big performance by Matthew McConaughey, as a hard-drinking hustler looking for a rumored vein of gold in Indonesia, and the fine work by the outstanding cast carries the day in this uneven and overlong but nonetheless entertaining American Dream saga. Adventure drama, R, 121 minutes. HHH “Split” — James McAvoy does wonders with the role of a man with 23 personalities who abducts three teenage girls. With this chilling, creepy, bold and sometimes bat-bleep absurd thriller, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan serves notice he’s still got some nifty plot tricks up his sleeve. Thriller, PG-13, 117 minutes. HHH½ “The Founder” — The casting of the eminently likable Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the sometimes unethical man who turned the McDonald brothers’ burger joint into a national fast-food powerhouse, is a stroke of genius. This whip-smart, breezy, sunny and yet also darkly funny slice of Americana is the first great movie I’ve seen in 2017. Biography, PG-13, 115 minutes. HHHH “Paterson” — The latest film by writer-director Jim Jarmusch is about one week in the life of a bus driver named Paterson (Adam Driver, in maybe his most interesting screen performance to date) who lives in Paterson, New Jersey, and wants to be a poet. It’s a fable, brimming with symbolism and inside literary references, but also authentic and plausible, in its own weird way.

Comedy drama, R, 115 minutes. HHH½

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MOVIES “Live by Night” — Ben Affleck directs and stars in a curiously unfocused Prohibition-era gangster epic with some well-choreographed action scenes, a few provocative plot threads, but an increasingly meandering main story line that goes from intriguing to confounding to preachy to what exactly are we even watching here? Crime drama, R, 129 minutes. HH½ “20th Century Women” — There’s not a single false, “actor-y” note in Annette Bening’s nuanced work as a middle-aged single mom who recruits her boarder (Greta Gerwig) and young neighbor (Elle Fanning) to help raise her teenage son. The authentic, bittersweet, sometimes lyrical screenplay feels like a slim but engrossing novel. Drama, R, 118 minutes. HHH “Arsenal” — In his latest curiosity act of a performance, Nicolas Cage goes full-throttle maniacal as a seedy crime boss prone to fits of sadistic violence. Adrian Grenier and John Cusack join him in this trashy,

blood-spattered, sadistic thriller with a goes-nowhere plot. Crime thriller, R, 92 minutes. H “A Monster Calls” — A lonely boy with a dying mother is visited in the dead of night by a giant, sprawling tree with a humanlike face and a booming voice that sounds very much like Liam Neeson.

This adaption of a children’s book is mostly well-filmed and well-intentioned, but only occasionally involving.

Fantasy drama, PG-13, 108 minutes. HH½ “Fences” — In the movie adaptation of August Wilson’s great play about a tragically dysfunctional family in the 1950s, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis reprise their Tony-winning Broadway roles, and there are times when the film feels stagey and over the top.

What works: the brilliant dialogue and the raw intensity of the performances. Drama, PG-13, 139 minutes. HHH “Hidden Figures” — You might just find yourself applauding during certain moments of dramatic

At area theaters ANACORTES CINEMAS March 3-9 Logan (R): Friday-Saturday: 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:25; Sunday-Thursday: 12:50, 3:45, 6:35 A Dog’s Purpose (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30 Lion (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 12:55, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30; Sunday-Tuesday: 12:55, 3:50, 6:40; Wednesday-Thursday: 12:55, 3:50 All About Eve (1950): Wednesday: 8:00 Kong: Skull Island (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-293-7000

triumph in the unabashedly sentimental and wonderfully inspirational story of three black female mathematicians (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae) who worked for NASA in the 1960s. Historical drama, PG, 127 minutes. HHH½ “Lion” — Half of “Lion” is about a boy in India separated from his family, and half is about his quest to find them as an adult (Dev Patel), and each is remarkable in its own way. It’s a magical tale grounded in reality, sure to reduce most moviegoers to tears that are honestly and legitimately earned. Drama, PG-13, 120 minutes. HHH½ “Passengers” — Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt play travelers who wake up prematurely from hibernation during a 120year spaceship journey.

The visual effects, while arresting at times, are just diverting eye candy, momentarily distracting us from the realities of the off-putting, ridiculous storyline. Sci-fi romance, PG-13, 116 minutes. H½

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