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SURVIVOR Veteran band of ‘Eye of The Tiger’ fame comes to The Skagit

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OUT & ABOUT PAGES 4-5 MV Christian presents “Reach Up — Rise Again” TUNING UP PAGE 9 Randy Linder Band plays The Skagit Casino on Friday and Saturday

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

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“Thor: Ragnarok”: Whether it be from a writing form of whiplash created by the massive success of the comedy-heavy Marvel productions of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Deadpool” or the unbridled direction of Taika Waititi, “Thor Ragnarok” is the funniest films in the franchise and most of the other comic book movies to come from the studio.

Waititi manages to dodge and weave his way from moments of such high-impact action that you shouldn’t be surprised if you end up with a bloody nose to quieter moments that bank as much on laughs as landed punches. Mix in a stunning new villain in Hela as portrayed with wicked abandon by multiple Oscar winner Cate Blanchett with enough big-action scenes featuring Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to fill a half-dozen movies and “Thor: Ragnarok” rocks.

“Wonder Wheel”: Woody Allen’s latest production is a compelling modern Greek tragedy full of characters flawed to the point of self-destruction played out against a backdrop that flows from nostalgic realism to stagelike appearance. It is the best and most emotionally complex work from Allen since his 2013 Oscar-nominated “Blue Jasmine.”

There’s a complexity to the characters that ebbs and flows like the surf off the Coney Island amusement park that serves as the locale starting from the welcoming role of Mickey (Justin Timberlake) as the narrator of the prologue that explains the drama to come in typical Greek tragedy fashion playing out in three distinct threads.

“The Man Who Invented Christmas”: Dan

Upcoming DVD releases MARCH 13 n Justice League n Ferdinand n The Shape of Water n I, Tonya n The Disaster Artist n Call Me by Your Name n Into The Badlands – Season 2 n Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season 2 — Tribune News Service

Stevens, who has showed a great acting range through his work in the live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast” and the thought-provoking “The Ticket,” takes on the role of Dickens. It’s a demanding part as the character goes from an international celebrity to a man wrestling with soul-wrenching demons. The story suggests Charles Dickens had such a vivid imagination that his characters would spring to life as soon as he found the proper name for them.

Stevens handles every challenge thrown at him, even when Dickens appears to be on the verge of madness as he allows himself to be judged by the characters that he’s fashioned in his mind. There’s an energy to the way Stevens plays the role that makes even the film’s darkest moment when Dickens faces his darkest fears feel alive.

“Lady Bird”: High school senior (Saoirse Ronan) wants to go to college in New York to get away from her California home.

“Novitiate”: Catholic nuns come to terms with changes in the Church

during the mid-’60s.

“The Breadwinner”: A young girl pretends to be a boy in order to help her family.

Oscar nominee for Best Animated film.

“Gintama”: Young samurai finds work where he can in a world where aliens have taken over feudal Tokyo.

“The Strangers”: Collector’s edition of the 2008 horror film includes the unrated version.

“The Clapper”: Ed Helms stars in this story of man who works as an audience member for infomercials.

“The Good Fight: Season One”: Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) is forced to put off retiring and join a new firm in the series that aired online at CBS All Access.

“Aliens Ate My Homework”: Two middle schoolers must save the world after extraterrestrials invade Earth.

“Newton’s Law”: Suburban solicitor (Claudia Karvan) attempts to return to her career in the legal world.

“Con Man”: Film is based on the real story of Barry Jay Minkow, who went to prison in 1988 for one of the world’s largest investment and accounting frauds through a Ponzi scheme. James Caan stars.

“Scorched Earth”: Bounty hunter tries to keep the peace in a dystopian world.

“The Paris Opera”: Documentary offers a behind the scenes look at a drama-filled season at the Paris Opera.

“Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Ninth Season”: Larry David is back to follow his dreams of a big idea that elicits promising feedback from a number of prospective investors.

— Rick Bentley, Tribune News Service

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THIS WEEKENDin the area Veteran band Survivor plays The Skagit

MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM Sedro-Woolley Museum, 725 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley, will show several short films starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10. Free. Popcorn will be provided. Details, showtimes: 360-855-2390 or sedro-woolleymuseum.com.

WOOD FURNITURE Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner, will host “Everything You Wanted to Know About Wood Furniture” with Skagit furniture maker Stuart Welch from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 10. Welch, a former student and studio assistant to noted furniture maker Wendell Castel, has exhibited internationally and in prominent galleries in the U.S. The museum is also featuring the exhibit “Old Time Tools and New Fangled Furniture: Woodworking … A Process” highlighting furniture crafted

by Welch. Adults $5, seniors $4, families $10, members free.

360-466-3365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

Longtime rock band Survivor, which hit the big time in the early 1980s with “Eye of The Tiger,” visits Skagit County this week for two shows at the Pacific Showroom at The Skagit Casino-Resort. The band will perform at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 9-10.

Survivor released their first album in 1980, according to a news release.

Their first Top 40 hit came the next year with “Poor Man’s Son.” Their big break came in 1982 when the band was asked by Sylvester Stal-

lone to provide the theme song for “Rocky III.” That single, “Eye Of The Tiger,” hit No. 1 — staying there for seven weeks, winning a Grammy for Best Rock Performance

By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, a People’s Choice Award, Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination.

The song came in at No. 18 on the “Top 100 Singles” chart in Billboard‘s 100th Anniversary issue and it’s well over the 7 million mark worldwide on iTunes, where

it’s No. 9 on the “Top Soundtrack” chart. The band made an additional appearance in a Stallone movie when “Burning Heart” appeared on the soundtrack of “Rocky IV” in 1985, hitting No. 2 on the singles chart.

The band’s “Vital Signs” record was another huge success, peaking at No. 16 on Billboard‘s “Top 200 Albums” chart thanks to Billboard Top 20 hits “I Can’t Hold Back” (No. 13), “High On You” (No. 8) and “The Search Is Over” (No. 4).

“ASSAULT ON THE SALISH SEA” Fidalgo Democrats will host Tom Glade, President of Evergreen Islands, who will present “Assault on the Salish Sea” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 110th St. A moderated discussion will follow. Bring a nonperishable item for the food bank donation box. 360-293-7114.

EAT YOUR LAWN Mount Vernon City Library staff member Alisa Kester, who raises chicken, quail, rabbits and tends an organic no-till garden including 24 fruit trees, will discuss how to transform your lawn into food at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, March 12, at the library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

WINTER OPEN HOUSE: Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner, will host its winter open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17. The day will feature artwork from the MoNA Link and Outreach programs, hands-on art activities for kids and families, local food, music and more. Educators can earn clock hours in a printmaking workshop with Nicolette Harrington and learn more about integrating art into the classroom.

“WATERCOLORS AND ACRYLICS”: The Scott Milo Gallery is featuring renowned watercolorist Eric Wiegardt and his show “Watercolors and Acrylics” through April 3. Wiegardt is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society (Dolphin Fellow), National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master Status) and others. He has been awarded the 2012 AWS Gold Medal of Honor and 2014 AWS Judge among many other national and international awards. Also showing: landscape oils by Karen Bakke, acrylics by Dianna Shyne, impressionistic pastels by Jan Wall and acrylics by Jim Walsh.

An artists reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, March 2, at the gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Wiegardt will sign his book “Painting Without A Net.” VINTAGE WATERCOLORISTS OF WASHINGTON: The show will take place from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Saturdays, March 10, 17 and 24, at Sunnyshore Studio, 2803 SE Camano Drive, Camano Island. An artists reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 10. The show is a collaboration between Sunnyshore Studio and the Northwest Watercolor Society, one of the 10 most prominent regional watercolor societies in North America. The show will include work

by Nancy Axell, Thomas William Jones, Genny Rees, John Ringen and Jack Dorsey.

THE GOOD STUFF: The Good Stuff Arts, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, presents “Flower Power,” with new works by 30 gallery artists featuring anything related to flowers. The featured artist is Cynthia Richardson, with her water, mountain, cloud and farm scenes.

Also on display: Susan Raymond, ceramic; Sarah Bledsoe Swietzer, ceramic sculpture and jewelry; Jill West, pyrography and designs on gourd eggs and vases; Ron Radtke, natural wood turnings with turquoise inlay; and Seattle Glassblowing Studio’s blown glass sculptured vases. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays through March.

LECTURES AND TALKS

“ASSAULT ON THE SALISH SEA”: Tom Glade, president of Evergreen Islands, will give the presentation “Assault on the Salish Sea” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 110th St. A moderated discussion

CLASSIC THEATER

food at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

THE SALISH SEA: Dr. Bert Webber, Professor Emeritus Environmental Science, Western Washington University, Huxley College and Founding Fellow WWU Salish Sea Institute, will explain how the Salish Sea got its name at 7 p.m.

Friday, March 16, at the Northwest Educational Services building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Free, open to the public. skagitbeaches.org.

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The drama and music departments at Mount Vernon Christian School, 820 W. Blackburn Road, Mount Vernon, will present a show of songs and scenes called “Reach Up — Rise Again” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 8-9, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10. For reserved tickets and more information: our.show/reachupriseagain/2018. Admission online is $9 adults, $7 seniors (ages 65+) and students (18 and under). Tickets at the door: $12 (adults) and $9 (seniors/students). Pictured: Anika Lubbers (left) plays Anne Sullivan and Ella Lervick is Helen Keller in a scene from “The Miracle Worker.”

will follow. Bring a nonperishable item for the food bank donation box.

For more information, call Corinne at 360-2937114. Hosted by Skagit County Democrats.

DETOURS AROUND IRISH ROADBLOCKS: Discover the Irish branches on your family tree from 1 to 3 p.m. Sat-

urday, March 10, at the Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. The guest speaker will be Steven W. Morrison, president of the Puget Sound chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Free, the public is welcome.

Hosted by Skagit Valley Genealogical Society.

skagitvalleygenealogyorg, genealogy0715@ gmail.com.

EAT YOUR LAWN: Mount Vernon City Library staff member Alisa Kester, who raises chicken, quail, rabbits and tends an organic no-till garden including 24 fruit trees, will discuss how to transform your lawn into

“DISCOVER YOUR WILD BACKYARD”: Join a slideshow trail tour around Bellingham, Western Whatcom County, Skagit Valley and Fidalgo Island with award-winning guidebook author Craig Romano at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Romano is one of the most prolific trails writers in the Northwest, having authored 16 books and co-authored four others.

“NOT JUST FOR KIDS”: Anu Taranath, a member of the 2017-18 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, will speak at “Not Just for Kids: How Children’s Literature Inspires Bold Conversations” at 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 25, at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete.

Hosted by the Upper Skagit Library Foundation and Humanities Washington. Free. The event will include library updates and a brief business meeting. info@ upperskagitlibraryfoundation.org.

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OUT & ABOUT COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR: Mount Vernon Mayor Jill Boudreau will hold Mayor’s Coffee Hours at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at Fire Station 1, 901 S. Second St., and 10 a.m. Friday, March 30, at Mount Vernon City Hall, second floor conference room, 910 Cleveland Ave. 360336-6211.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SERIES: The Outdoor Adventure Speaker Series is held at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville, from 6 to 8 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Local authors, outdoor enthusiasts and naturalists use their adventures and expertise on topics including hiking, kayaking, nature photography, boating and more. marysvillewa.gov or 360-363-8400. Next up: — Tuesday, March 27: Dan Clements presents “BC’s Great Bear Rainforest: Home of Moksgm’ol – The White Spirit Bear.”

MUSIC

JAZZ AT THE CENTER: The Gail Pettis Quartet will perform from 5:30 to 9 p.m. during a dinner concert on Wednesday, March 21, at 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $35, students $15. 360387-0222.

PLAYS

CLASSIC THEATER: The Drama and Music departments at Mount Vernon Christian School, 820 W. Blackburn Road, Mount Vernon, will present a show of songs and scenes called “Reach Up

— Rise Again” at 7 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, March 8-9, and at 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 10. The show will feature numbers from such classics as “Romeo and Juliet,” “Shrek,” “The Miracle Worker,” “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Working,” “Annie,” “South Pacific,” “The Worst High School Play in the World,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” and “Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”

For reserved tickets and more information: our.show/reachupriseagain/2018. Admission online is $9 adults; $7 seniors (ages 65+) and students (18 and under).

Tickets at the door: $12 (adults) and $9 (seniors/ students). 360-424-9157.

MORE FUN

EN VOGUE FASHION SHOW AND BENEFIT AUCTION: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes.

Proceeds go toward the Friendship House shelter, feeding and job-training programs. $36-$72. skagitfriendshiphouse.org.

RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom-Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. whatcomskagitmrc.org.

MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM: The Sedro-Woolley Museum, 725 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley, will show several short films starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10. Free. Popcorn

will be provided. For details and showtimes, call the museum at 360-8552390 or visit sedro-woolleymuseum.com.

FURNITURE ARTIST ON DISPLAY: Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner, will host “Everything You Wanted to Know About Wood Furniture” with Skagit furniture maker Stuart Welch from 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 10.

Welch, a former student and studio assistant to noted furniture maker Wendell Castel, has exhibited internationally and in prominent galleries in the U.S. The museum is also featuring the exhibit “Old Time Tools and New Fangled Furniture: Woodworking … A Process” highlighting furniture crafted

by Welch. Adults $5, seniors $4, families $10, members free. 360-4663365 or skagitcounty.net/ museum.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB BREAKFAST: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County will hold its annual breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Proceeds from the event will fund targeted programs that support “the academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy lifestyles for more than 1,700 youths in Skagit County.” Table sponsorships available for $1,000 (includes recognition and a table for 10 guests).

Registration is required: visit skagitclubs.org or contact Heather Short at 360-419-3723, ext. 8, or heather.short@skagitclubs.org.

“THE DAY AFTER”: The No More Bombs group will present the 1983 TV movie about nuclear war, “The Day After,” followed by a discussion of how people can work together to prevent such a catastrophe, at 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 15, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

PILOTING COURSE: A United States Power Squadron Piloting Course will be taught by the Skagit Bay Sail & Power Squadron from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, April 4 to June 6, at the Anacortes Marina, 2415 T Ave., Anacortes.

Course materials include two books (USPS Piloting and The Weekend Navigator), a set of dividers, an USPS plotting tool, and information on how to download and start using the open source OpenCPN navigation software for laptops and tablets. $155 individual, $200 for two sharing a book.

For more information, contact Debbie Richey at 360-387-1260 or drichey@rocketmail. com. Registration closes March 15.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY CEILIDH-BRATION: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a traditional Irish dinner, Irish whisky, music and Irish dancing at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, March 16, at the Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. $35. celticarts.org.

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE: The 40th annual Skagit Regional Spelling Bee will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 24, at the Philip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. The regional champion will represent the Skagit region in the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee. FARM TO PINT: The Skagit Valley Farm to Pint Fest will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Skagit Valley Malting, 11966 Westar Lane, Burlington. The event will feature the first-ever gathering of all 11 Skagit breweries paired with Skagit Valley restaurants and/or farmers highlighting Skagit ingredients and featuring three Skagitgrown bands. Skagit Farm to Pint Fest is the opening gala and kickoff party for Skagit Beer Week. Bands

include The Hoe & the Harrow, Sky Colony and Whiskey Fever. Tickets must be purchased in advance at eventbrite.com.

RESOURCE FAIR: A resource fair for ages 55 and over will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island.

Resource topics include health, exercise, transportation, estate planning, housing, leisure, volunteer opportunities and more. Admission and lunch are free.

B-E KIWANIS EASTER EGG HUNT AT MAIBEN PARK: 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 31. Ages up to 8 are welcome.

BIRDING FOR KIDS — A BIRD BINGO ADVENTURE IN SKAGIT VALLEY: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a fun way to introduce kids to identifying and learning about winter birds in farm fields and bays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. weekends through mid-March.

Weekday arrangements can be made for home schoolers. For details and reservations, call 360-474-7479.

35th tulip Festival gala tickets t now available For March 29 purchase before March 15 to take advantage of the early bird special price of $65

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Visit tulipfestival.org or call (360) 428-5959

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GET INVOLVED ART

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Anacortes Arts Commission seeks new artists for a show April 6-7 at the Depot Arts & Community Center.

The theme is “New Purpose” using any medium that incorporates something recycled or repurposed.

Contact Karla Locke, kklocke1@mac.com or 360-588-6968. All spots are first-come, first-served.

SKAGIT VALLEY WEAVERS GUILD: 6 p.m. Monday, March 12, Allen United Methodist Church, 16775 Allen West Road, Bow. Jean Long will present “Doubleweave — Basics and Beyond.” skagitvalleyweaversguild.org.

BEAUTY & THE BEAST TAG & SVC DRAMA PRESENTS MARCH 8, 9, & 10

SPRING CONCERT

MVHS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TUESDAY, MARCH 13

DERVISH

MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16

SPRING CONCERT

FIDALGO YOUTH SYMPHONY SATURDAY, MARCH 17

MASTERPIECE CONCERT

SKAGIT SYMPHONY SATURDAY, MARCH 17

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CALL FOR MOSAIC ARTISTS: Northwest Garden Bling and Wolf Designs’ annual Mosaic Challenge is underway and will culminate with a juried presentation of artwork May 1-13.

First, second, third and People’s Choice awards will be given. 360-7083279, nwgardenbling@ frontier.com or stop in at Northwest Garden Bling at 44574 Highway 20 in Grassmere Village, Concrete.

ARTS COMMISSION: The Mount Vernon Arts Commission meets at 4:30 p.m the third Tuesday of each month at Hillcrest Park Administration Office, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-6215.

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 two-year 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 INSTRUCTORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation is looking for 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. For more information: 360-7559649 or recreation@ burlingtonwa.gov.

ART CLASSES

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION: 6 p.m.

March 14 and 28, Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave, Burlington. This class covers image composition techniques and photo editing for any camera.

People can sign up for the composition-only class (March 14) or the editing-only class (March 28). Cost $80 for both classes, $40 for one-day class.

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

Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and under. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

— Fiber Fridays: bring any type of fiber art project to work on while visiting with other fiber artists from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday.

Free and open to all.

ART CLASSES: Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts offers a variety of art classes and workshops for artists of every level at 12636 Chilberg Road, Mount Vernon. Online courses are also available. For information and a complete schedule: 360466-0110 or gailcreativestudies.com.

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

ART CLASSES: Dakota Art Center offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. 5, or dakotaartcenter.com.

STANWOOD CAMANO ARTS GUILD: A Guilded Gallery, 8700 271st St. NW, Stanwood, offers a variety of art classes and workshops. For information or to register: 360-6292787 or stanwoodcamanoarts.com.

DANCE

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers meet Tuesdays at 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, $5 thereafter. All welcome. 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. For information, contact

Gisela at 360-424-5696.

MUSIC

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play acoustic 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. 360-630-1156.

UKULELE FUN & SONG CIRCLE: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Free. Beginners welcome and loaner ukuleles available.

Song sheets provided.

206-790-4862 or yogaheartspace0@gmail. com.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Join the An-OChords, a four-part barbershop harmony group that meets at 7 p.m.

Thursdays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 18th St., Mount Vernon. No experience necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome. anochords.org.

360-466-0109.

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

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

360-223-3230.

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. 360-201-5861 or harmonynorthwest. org.

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. 360-445-4733.

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, TALKS

“DISCOVER YOUR WILD BACKYARD”: Join a slideshow trail tour around Bellingham, Western Whatcom County, Skagit Valley and Fidalgo Island with award-winning guidebook author Craig Romano at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Romano is one of the most prolific trails writers in the Northwest, having authored 16 books and co-authored four others.

HOW TO EAT YOUR LAWN: Mount Vernon City Library staff member Alisa Kester, who raises chicken, quail, rabbits and tends an organic no-till garden including 24 fruit trees, will discuss how to transform your lawn into food at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, March 12, at the library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

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THE BUZZ ON BLUEBERRY POLLINATION: 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

RECREATION

SCHOLARSHIP: The Anacortes Branch of the American Association of University Women is offering $2,000 and $1,000 scholarships to women who are continuing an undergraduate degree program, a vocational certification program, or taking courses beyond the undergraduate level in preparation for an advanced degree. The woman must either be an Anacortes High School graduate or have resided on Fidalgo Island or Guemes Island for the last three years. Applications: aauwanacortes@gmail. com, anacortes-wa.aauw. net or the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Deadline: April 6.

PILOTING COURSE: A United States Power Squadron Piloting Course will be taught by the Skagit Bay Sail & Power Squadron from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, April 4 to June 6, at the Anacortes Marina, 2415 T Ave., Anacortes.

Course materials include two books (USPS Piloting and The Weekend Navigator), a set of dividers, an USPS

plotting tool, and information on how to download and start using the open source OpenCPN navigation software for laptops and tablets. $155 individual, $200 for two sharing a book.

For more information, contact Debbie Richey at 360-387-1260 or drichey@rocketmail. com. Registration closes March 15.

OPEN PICKLEBALL GYM: Two sessions offered by Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation: Mondays (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 19-May 14) or Thursdays (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., March 8-May 3) at Washington Elementary School, 1020 McLean Road. $30 for either eight-week session.

Preregistration required: 360-336-6215.

BIG HITTER’S TEEBALL INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE: For boys and girls ages 3-5. Practice begins March 26. $55.

Volunteer coaches and sponsors needed. Registration deadline is March 9; call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-336-6215.

COACH-PITCH INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE: Two divisions for boys and girls: Big Hitters CP1, ages 6 to 8 ($55 fee); and New Intermediate CP2, ages 8 to 9 ($60 fee). Volunteer coaches and sponsors needed.

Registration deadline is March 9; call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-336-6215.

BIRDING FOR KIDS — A BIRD BINGO ADVENTURE IN SKAGIT VALLEY: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a fun way to introduce kids to identifying and learn-

ing about winter birds in farm fields and bays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. weekends through mid-March. Weekday arrangements can be made for home schoolers. For details and reservations, call 360-474-7479.

HEALTHY HIKES: Washington State Parks invites the public to get walking in 2018 with Healthy Hikes at Rockport State Park. Most hikes are self-guided.

Participants who hike 100 miles in the park during 2018 will earn a hand-carved walking stick. Free. 360-853-8461 or parks.state.wa.us/574/ Rockport.

STANDUP PADDLE BOARD YOGA CLASS: 9:30 to 11 a.m. second Sunday of each month, Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center, 1603 22nd St., Anacortes. No experience necessary.

Preregistration required at 360-298-0293 or soundyogandsup@gmail.com.

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.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION: Christian Motorcyclists Association Morning Star Chapter 39 meets the first Monday of every month at Royal Star Buffet, 2300 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon.

Dinner at 6 p.m. (optional) with meeting at 7 p.m.

First-time attendees get a free dinner. Contact President Dwight Kaestner at 425-770-6154 or cmachapter39@gmail.com.

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GRAPES of DAFF A Conversation about Wine & Daffodills March 10th / 4:30pm - 6:30pm @ Maple Hall Speakers: Bri Ewing, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Food Science-WSU Heather Carter, Executive DirectorLa Conner Chamber of Commerce Tickets are just $5.00pp and include a glass of wine Participants must be 21 years of age or older Register at www.lovelaconner.com / 360.466.4778 This event is brought to you by the La Conner Daffodil Festival

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WINTER BIRDS OF THE SALISH SEA: The presentation by Skagit Audubon Society members will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, March 8, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 8-17 Thursday.8 THEATER ”Beauty and The Beast”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40.

360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

”Reach Up — Rise Again”: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Christian School, 820 W. Blackburn Road, Mount Vernon. $7-$12. 360-424-9157 or our. show/reachupriseagain/2018.

Friday.9 THEATER ”Beauty and The Beast”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40.

360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

”Reach Up — Rise Again”: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Christian School, 820 W. Blackburn Road, Mount Vernon. $7-$12. 360-424-9157 or our. show/reachupriseagain/2018.

MUSIC Survivor: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Saturday.10 THEATER ”Beauty and The Beast”: 1 and 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40.

360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

”Reach Up — Rise Again”: 2 p.m., Mount Vernon Christian School, 820 W. Blackburn Road, Mount Vernon. $7-$12. 360-424-9157 or our. show/reachupriseagain/2018.

MUSIC Survivor: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Tuesday.13 Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas concert: 7:30 p.m., Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. $25-$30. 360-416-4934 or events@celticarts.org.

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THEATER Henry the 4th, Part One: 7:30 p.m., Mount Vernon High School, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors.

MUSIC Dervish: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $30-$40. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

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THEATER Henry the 4th, Part One: 7:30 p.m., Mount Vernon High School, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors at door.

THEATER Henry the 4th, Part One: 7:30 p.m., Mount Vernon High School, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors at door.

Saturday.17 MUSIC St. Patrick’s Day with The Mountain Flowers featuring

Joe Sneva: 8 to 11 p.m., Eaglemont Golf Course / Fireweed Terrace, 4800 Eaglemont Drive, Mount Vernon. $5.

360-428-1954 or fireweedterrace.com.

Skagit Symphony Masterpiece Concert: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$45. skagitsymphony.com.

THEATER Henry the 4th, Part One: 7:30 p.m., Mount Vernon High School, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors at door.

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TUNING UP in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 8-14 Thursday.8

Janette West: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360-5881720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Friday.9

Survivor: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Randy Linder Band: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, Winner’s Lounge, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

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Chris Eger Band: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

RANDY LINDER BAND 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, Winner’s Lounge, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

Mark Riley and Dean Reichert: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Uncle Doug: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage.com.

Jukebox Duo: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signedin guests only. 360-848-8882.

Longstride, Perfect by Tomorrow: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $8. 425-737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

Thunder Creek: 8 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake.

360-399-1321.

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Bill & Lydia: 9 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

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SCRATCH DADDY 7 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles No. 249, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. 360-293-3012.

Penny Stinkers: 8:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. anacortesh2o.com or 360-755-3956.

The Hoe & the Harrow: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

Survivor: 8 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Washed In Black, Stargazer: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805 or aneliaskitchenandstage.com.

Randy Linder Band: 9 p.m., The Skagit Casino-Resort, Winner’s Lounge, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Troy Fair Band: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10. 425-737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

Bleeding Tree: 8:30 p.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Scratch Daddy: 7 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles No. 249, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. 360-293-3012.

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Thomas Harris Quartet: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Smokewagon: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360766-6266 or theoldedison.com.

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Milo Peterson Trio: 5 to 8 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Wednesday.14

Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360-5881720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Nick Anthony: 6 to 8:30 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360-399-1321.

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

LOCAL TRAVEL BRIEFS

Five spots for sunshine in paradise

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com

Warm up with a sun-drenched family getaway in paradise. Here are five ideas to consider.

1. Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo: Seamlessly integrating the Peninsula’s vibrant landscape with the amenities of a contemporary eco-luxury hotel, this Forbes five-star luxury 182-room resort recently reopened, revealing the results of an imaginative $35 million renovation. Tap into the “pura vida” lifestyle and choose from a long list of adventure, spa, fitness and wellness opportunities served up in a relaxed and welcoming indoor-outdoor environment.

Access kayaks, paddleboards and jet skis from the beach or relax by one of several pools that overlook the volcanic sand beach areas.

For a family-friendly introduction to the exotic fauna and flora of Costa Rica take a guided tour of the Trail of the Giants, a scenic adventure that showcases the region’s birds, monkeys, iguanas, butterflies and giant trees while providing jaw-dropping views of the resort’s Arnold Palmer golf course and the Pacific Ocean. The Kids For All Seasons club features a kid-sized pool and junior lounge chairs as well as a range of immersive programs to entice the youngest guests. fourseasons.com/costarica 2. Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, Calif.: This iconic Victorian gem is the crown jewel of Coronado Island, one of the most popular beach vacation spots in the U.S. The long, wide stretch of sand provides easy access to the water and thus the perfect home base for your family’s seaside activities.

Get out the boogie boards, issue a beach volleyball challenge, take surfing lessons, learn the secrets of mermaid fitness or join a clambake. Top-notch children’s and teen

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programs and spa options are also available. hoteldel.com 3. Set sail with Royal Caribbean: You’ll find plenty of family adventure onboard the megaships headed for the sun-drenched Caribbean waters. Snap a selfie with your favorite Dreamworks characters or test your skills on the rock-climbing wall. Go ashore and enjoy water sports and cultural outings. Push your limits on the longest zip line over water, test your skills on the Flow Rider surf simulator and take in high diving and acrobatic performances at an outdoor AquaTheatre. There is entertainment for every age group, an array of dining options to suit every taste and the option to relax by the pool with your favorite book. royalcaribbean.com 4. Del Mar, Calif.: Immerse your family in Old World, Mediterranean-inspired luxury when you check into the family-friendly, 249room Fairmont Grand Del Mar. Lounge aside one of four heated pools, check out the equestrian center, sign up for a guided hike into the adjacent canyon preserve, or consider a mother-daughter spa treatment. Get in the swing of things on the Tom Fazio-designed

golf course or pile into the free shuttle for a day at the beach. For an extraordinary dining experience, indulge in an adults-only evening at Chef William Bradley’s Addison, Southern California’s only five-star, five-diamond restaurant. fairmont.com/san-diego; addisondelmar.com 5. Hawk’s Cay Resort, Duck Key, Fla.: While some parts of this popular family resort continue to recover from hurricane damage, guests eager to return to this sunny stretch in the Florida Keys can take advantage of up to 30 percent discounts for stays in resort villas. The Can’t Wait Rate includes access to Coral Cay, the kid’s activities center, where a putting course, the wet and wild Pirate Ship pool and a long list of other activities will be available.

The spa, boat ramp and Angler & Ale waterfront restaurant are also open. Families can also check out the dolphin research facility, learn to stand-up paddleboard, go fishing or explore the underwater world with a snorkel. hawkscay.com — Lynn O’Rourke Hayes (www.

LOHayes.com) is an author, family travel expert and enthusiastic explorer. Gather more travel intel on Twitter @lohayes, Facebook, or via FamilyTravel.com

TRIP PRESENTATIONS: AAA, 1600 E. College Way. Mount Vernon, will offer the following presentations. RSVP: 360-848-2084. n American Queen Steamboat, 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 14. n Australia and New Zealand vacations, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 24.

FOR THE BIRDS: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of birding tours daily around Skagit Valley and surrounding areas. Reservations required: 360-474-7479 or skagitguidedadventures. com.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Whatcom Senior Tours hosts a series of trips for seniors. Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext. 1015 or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham.

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. For information or to register: 360-336-6215.

RECREATION WITHOUT BORDERS: The organization offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia. 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers day trips for members. For details, call the travel desk at 360279-4587.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s ExperienceWA Call Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. 1-800-544-1800 or tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts new passport applications and applications for passports that have been expired for more than five years by appointment from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

Burlington Municipal Court accepts passport applications from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 311 Cedar St., Suite A, Burlington. New and renewal forms are available. 360-755-0492.

Post offices in Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley and Oak Harbor accept passport applications by appointment. Contact individual offices for available days and times.

Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor, accepts passport applications Monday through Friday. Appointments are recommended.

360-279-4580.

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HOT TICKETS BILLY COBHAM’S CROSSWINDS PROJECT: March 8-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

THE LONE BELLOW: March 9, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SURVIVOR: March 9-10, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

LORDE, RUN THE JEWELS, YOVE STYRKE: March 9, KeyArena, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

JANIVA MAGNESS: March 13-14, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO: March 15-18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DERVISH: March 16,

McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727, ex.

2 or mcintyrehall.org.

PHILLIP PHILLIPS: March 16, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOHN HIATT & THE GONERS: March 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE OH HELLOS: March 23, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

LEFTOVER SALMON, KELLER WILLIAMS: March 24, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

AIR: March 26, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOHN CLEESE: March 26, McCaw Hall, Seattle.

844-827-8118 or uniquelives.com.

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MARLON WILLIAMS: March 30-31, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

TODRICK HALL: April 4, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TOWER OF POWER: April 5-8, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

THE TRAILER PARK BOYS: April 5, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

KYGO: April 10, Accesso Showare Center, Kent.

866-973-9613 or livenation.com.

WHISKEY MYERS: April 12, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

KENNY G: April 12-15, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO March 15-18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

Moore Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BILL MAHER: April 14, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON, BLACK STAR RIDERS: April 15, Accesso Showare Center, Kent. 866-9739613 or livenation.com.

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DENNIS DEYOUNG: April 20-21, Pacific Showroom, Skagit Casino and Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

PINK MARTINI: April 22, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE: April 23, Mount

Baker Theatre, Bellingham. mountbakertheatre.com or 360-734-6080.

BIG SEAN: May 1, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

SHANIA TWAIN: May 3, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KHALID: May 3, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

KENDRICK LAMAR, SZA: May 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

LAURA KING: May 7, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 844827-8118 or uniquelives. com.

PINK: May 13, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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Free of rock star dreams, Craig Wedren tackles the midlife crisis

By MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times

When Craig Wedren turned 45 — “literally to the day,” he recalled with a laugh — he began to slide into what he refers to openly as a midlife crisis.

A well-regarded musician since he was his in late teens, when he formed the wildly inventive postpunk band Shudder to Think, Wedren suddenly found himself up against the complicated realities of marriage and fatherhood and a body that seems bent on slowly shutting down.

“It was basically my staringat-the-skull moment,” he said, dropping a “Hamlet” reference to describe an existential funk from which he needed an escape. “But I’m not an affair-and-Corvette kind of guy. I’m a music guy.

“So I made a record.”

That record is “Adult Desire,” a tender and fearless set of electro-acoustic pop ditties in which Wedren, now 48, uses his distinctive voice to explore thoughts on sex and aging and family — and how those ideas might coexist for a man in an era of toxic masculinity.

With its unusual song structures and its pretty but thorny textures, the album represented another outlet as well from the rigors of what has become Wedren’s day job

composing for film and television.

“I really needed a break from assigned work,” said the Los Angeles-based musician known for his scores for “School of Rock,” “Wet Hot American Summer” and the hit Netflix series “GLOW,” about the development of a women’s wrestling league in the mid-1980s.

“For this I just gave myself free reign to be creative.”

Wedren said he took the prospect of a solo album seriously.

He released his first project under his own name, “Lapland,” in 2005, after Shudder to Think broke up following a series of increasingly idiosyncratic records that combined soul, punk and glam.

Wedren put out another solo disc, “Wand,” in 2011. But then he put his career as a performer on hold to concentrate on scoring and raising his son, who’s now 9. When he returned to pop, he said, his values had shifted.

“Because things were going well in the film and TV world — and because I wasn’t trying to be a rock star anymore — I had no commercial agenda whatsoever,” he said.

“So the most important thing to me if I was going to put something out under my name was that it not contribute to the trash heap of samey-sounding music.”

Wedren wasn’t referring to the Top 40. He said he listens to current music both voraciously “and a little

bit vampirically,” hunting for sonic inspiration that he can twist into his own weird shapes. On Spotify recently he posted a playlist of songs, including tracks by Rihanna and Kanye West, that helped point him toward “Adult Desire.” And he spoke enthusiastically about Charli XCX’s “Pop 2” mixtape.

Yet he knew he wanted “Adult Desire” to resist the kind of easily identifiable genre markers that he’d embraced for projects like the strummy “Lapland,” which he called his attempt at “that Middle American AM Gold thing.”

The record grew in part from pieces of music that he’d “squirrel away” for himself, he said, after initially developing them while working on scores for others. As an example, he pointed to the title track, which began with a guitar figure he’d composed for Stuart Blumberg’s movie “Thanks for Sharing” but which he didn’t end up using.

Eventually he had a hard drive full of disparate fragments that he’d comb through in his home studio at night after he and his wife had put their son to bed.

“Whatever would catch my fancy, I’d start playing with,” he said.

Wedren was writing in his lyrics about topics he hadn’t previously addressed. But there’s a throughline in his vivid language — especially in its unflinching depiction of the physical body — that connects “Adult Desire” to earlier music by Shudder to Think. Ditto his singing, which can still range from a dramatic whisper to a near-operatic wail.

“We’re starting to remix the first few Shudder to Think records because they weren’t mixed well originally,” he said. “And I was just saying to my wife the other day that we don’t give our younger selves the credit we deserve. Listening back to that stuff, the lyric style, the vocal tics — it was all in place from, like, age 17.”

REVIEWS CAR SEAT HEADREST, “Twin Fantasy” — Between 2010 and 2013, Will Toledo, the Seattle auteur who records as Car Seat Headrest, put out a whopping eight albums on the online music site Bandcamp.

He’s slowed down considerably since, releasing only Teens of Style, which featured new versions of previously released songs, in 2015, and the all-new Teens of Denial the next year. Twin Fantasy is another example of Toledo revisiting his recent past: It’s a complete reprise of his 2011 self-released album of the same name, beefed up with vastly better studio standards, some fresh lyrics (including a Frank Ocean reference in “Cute Thing”), and plenty of evidence of musical growth in the intervening years.

From the multipart album centerpiece “Beach Life-in-Death” to the organ-driven closer “Twin Fantasy (Those Boys),” it’s packed with ideas and winning wit, and Toledo’s tinkering unquestionably improves the revamped product. Still, here’s hoping he gets back to writing new songs the next time out.

— Dan DeLuca, Newsday THE BREEDERS, “All Nerve” — It’s been 25 years since the Breeders released their classic “Last Splash,” with its alternative rock favorites “Cannonball” and “Divine Hammer,” but the band’s influence can be felt in current artists such as Waxahatchee and Courtney Barnett.

Drug problems and intra-band squabbles caused the dissolution of the group, and three subsequent Breeders albums featured Kim and Kelley Deal with different lineups.

“All Nerve,” however, reunites the guitar-playing Deal sisters with their Last Splash bandmates, bassist Josephine Wiggs and drummer Jim Macpherson.

It’s a surprisingly solid return to form.

Opener “Nervous Mary” sets the tone: a slow, minor-key melody is suddenly interrupted with serrated guitar chords and emphatic drums, and the Deal sisters’ unison vocals will sound immediately familiar to any ’90s-era MTV fans. Fortunately, “All Nerve” sounds vital rather than facilely nostalgic: the stop-start “Wait in the Car” is sharp and raucous, the buzzing “Howl at the Summit” (with Barnett on backing vocals) is heavy and triumphant, the Amon Duul cover “Archangel’s Thunderbird” is an oddball rocker.

— Steve Klinge, Newsday

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Spotlight Film Festival: ‘Angst’

6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 The six-documentary series that shines a light on issues important to Skagit County continues tonight with its fourth installment. Films are featured on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

“Angst” is a film that explores anxiety, its causes, effects and what we can do about it. The filmmakers’ goal is to have a global conversation about anxiety. “Angst” features interviews with kids and young adults who suffer, or have suffered, from anxiety and what they’ve learned about it.

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7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 The Mount Vernon Migrants Leaders Club invites you to its third annual showcase as migrant youths take to the stage. VIP Meet & Greet starts at 6 p.m. Entrance by donation.

— The Lincoln Theatre is located at 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon. lincolntheatre.org or 360-336-8955.

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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is a landmark film, but doesn’t always work

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” is a landmark film even before it hits the theaters. The adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s eerie, mystical young adult sci-fi novel from 1962 was budgeted at over $100 million, the largest budget a woman of color has been handed for a film. DuVernay is just the fourth female director to receive that kind of budget for a project, and in tackling the beloved “A Wrinkle in Time,” she has taken an enormous swing. That alone is worthy of recognition.

DuVernay marshalled an array of star power to inhabit L’Engle’s tale, with Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling stepping into the roles of the Misses; supernatural, deity-like beings who guide the young Meg (Storm Reid) on her journey through space and time. It’s almost laughably appropriate casting for Winfrey, who embodies the wise, godlike presence Mrs. Which.

Underneath the sci-fi and fantasy elements of both the book and film of “A Wrinkle in Time,” the story is quite simple: a young girl sets out to find her missing father (Chris Pine). She may travel through fantastical worlds of space and time, guided by mystical forces, but ultimately, this is a story about reuniting a family.

Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell have adapted what has been considered an “unfilmable” book, and keeping the story simple, and earnest, is the necessary foundation for the fantastical set pieces that DuVernay crafts. Meg, her precocious younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), and their friend Calvin (Levi Miller) travel through space and time, from verdant and vibrant planets

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“A Wrinkle in Time.”

to the dark, reality-bending space of Camazotz, where her father is believed to be stranded.

DuVernay shoots for the stars with a highly stylized look and energy to the film that’s both visionary and referential. It’s very much akin a children’s fantasy adventure film from the ’80s or ’90s — the quirky Misses, especially Witherspoon’s Mrs. Whatsit, are clearly indebted to Zelda Rubinstein’s performances from “Teen Witch” and “Poltergeist.”

In certain moments, it feels a lot like “The NeverEnding Story,” in others, it’s closer to the oddball Robin Williams vehicle “Toys.”

When “Wrinkle” is firing on all cylinders, it’s a transporting adventure that brings you back to the imaginative adventure of childhood, when the stakes were clear, and always high. The goals are straightforward, and the film wears its heart plainly on its sleeve. It’s not often that we see purely straightforward films that are simply about vanquishing darkness with the light from within us. That’s exactly what “Wrinkle” is about, and it never hides or nuances that message.

But there are times when the film doesn’t quite flow. The tone

and style is often herky jerky and affected, especially with the Misses. The edit isn’t smooth and lulling — instead it skitters and yanks, often to alert us to shifts in the film’s reality, but it’s jarring and uncomfortable. Some of the more action-packed moments devolve into a jumble of grayish CGI, losing all of the carefully honed world-building. Even worse, the relationship between Calvin and Meg is uncomfortably romantic and distracting.

DuVernay has set out to make an ambitious fantasy epic, and in many ways, she succeeds. Pine is wonderful as the reckless but inspirational dad Dr. Murry, and McCabe is a breakout star, stealing the film from his costars as the odd little brother.

Many moments are beautiful and surreal, while others are just plain weird (and not always in a good way). If it doesn’t always work, well, at least DuVernay went for it, and her version of “A Wrinkle in Time” is just as gorgeous and strange as can be expected.

— 1:49. Rated PG for thematic elements and some peril. HH½

“Half Magic” — Directing her own script inspired by the sexism she encountered in Hollywood, Heather Graham also stars in this uneven but timely and quite funny feminist satire. She trades some hilariously X-rated dialogue with co-stars Angela Kinsey (“The Office”) and Stephanie Beatriz (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”). Comedy, R, 99 minutes. HHH “Game Night” — When the Game Night that Max (Jason Bateman) usually hosts with his wife (Rachel McAdams) is commandeered by his cocky brother (Kyle Chandler), the merriment quickly spins out of control. The movie runs a little long, but there are more than enough laughs and clever surprises in this broad and sometimes violent farce to warrant a recommendation. Comedy, R, 100 minutes. HHH “Annihilation” — In this bold and innovative sci-fi horror thriller from the director of “Ex Machina,” Natalie Portman plays a biologist venturing into a mysterious environmental disaster zone to find her missing husband.

Her work here rivals her Oscar-winning turn in “Black Swan.” Sci-fi thriller, R, 115 mintues. HHHH “Rogers Park” — This Chicago character study has such a comfortably lived-in feel, such an authentic vibe, you’ll feel as if you’re eavesdropping on the complicated, messy and sometimes heartbreaking and mildly absurd lives of the mostly sympathetic early middle-aged characters at the center of the story. Comedy drama, not rated, 87 minutes. HHH½ “The Post” — Meryl Streep has often played the most confident of characters, but as 1970s Washington Post publisher Kay Graham, she does an astonishing job of showing us someone unsure of herself as she debates publishing the Pentagon Papers and risking jail. This is a love letter to journalistic bravery and to the First Amendment, and it is the best movie about newspapers since “All the President’s Men.” Historical drama, PG-13, 115 minutes.HHHH “Looking Glass” — In a compelling and offbeat little thriller, Nicolas Cage plays the new owner of a desert motel frequented by vaguely menacing figures. Thriller, R, 103 minutes.HHH “Mercury in Retrograde” — Three Chicago couples drive to Michigan for a three-day mini-vacation of bonding and trysting and brutally honest confrontations. We get some absolutely beautiful if heartbreaking moments in this smart, funny, quietly effective and authentic slice of older millennial life. Comedy drama, not rated, 105 minutes. HHH “Black Panther” — Even if you’re not normally into the superhero genre, if you appreciate finely honed storytelling, winning performances and tons of whiz-bang action sequences and good humor, then you should see “Black Panther.” It’s one of the best times I’ve had at the movies this decade. Superhero action, PG-13, 140 minutes.

HHHH “Basmati Blues” — Yes, this is a real film, a quasi-Bollywood musical starring Brie Larson (made well before her Oscar-winning turn in “Room”) as a guitar-strumming American scientist who journeys to India to spread the word about a genetically modified rice. It’s terrible. And wackier than it sounds. Musical comedy, not rated, 105 minutes. H½

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MOVIES

REVIEW

Bruce Willis’ remake of ‘Death Wish’ is DOA Sometimes Bruce Willis and over-the-top screen violence are perverse, transgressive fun.

Think of him running around on his bloody, glass-cut feet and mowing down a platoon of cocky Euro-baddies in “Die Hard.”

Or killing John Travolta on the john in “Pulp Fiction.” And later, having escaped imprisonment in a creepy pawnshop, quietly weighing the lethal capacity of every weapon in stock before deciding to kill his kidnappers with a samurai sword.

Those scenes were beautifully underplayed by Willis, giving the screen slaughter a comic edge.

Clearly they were aiming for something similar in the remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson thriller “Death Wish.”

Clearly they blew it.

Willis plays Paul Kersey, a prominent Chicago surgeon who treats emergency arrivals. That keeps him pretty busy, what with the metropolitan shootings running at the level of a hot war zone.

So when several burglars enter the Kersey residence, we may ponder why, since they were coming at a time when they expected the family to be away, leaving no one to open the safe. We also may question why the prosperous Kerseys didn’t invest in security alarms or even door locks.

One thing we know for sure is that after the criminals leave the blood from his wife and teenage daughter around his home, Kersey is going to start making house calls of his own.

Hiding his identity under a hoodie, he begins walking the streets, creating carnage against

“The 15:17 to Paris” — In re-creating the 2015 Paris-bound train journey in which passengers subdued a heavily armed gunman, director Clint Eastwood cast the real-life heroes as themselves, and the amateurs come across as such. Though there are a few pulse-quickening moments, the movie is slow-paced and feels padded. Action drama, PG-13, 94 minutes. HH “The Ballad of Lefty Brown” — Shot in Montana, to breathtakingly glorious effect, this largely traditional Western places the sidekick front and center, and in doing so gives reliable everyman supporting character actor Bill Pullman a rare chance to carry the film. And what a fine job he does. Western, R, 111 minutes. HHH “The Cloverfield Paradox” — In this sequel to “Cloverfield” and “10 Cloverfield Lane,” there are some fine performances from a wonderful, international cast

led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki and Chris O’Dowd. But as a whole, it plays out like a B-movie echo of far superior films, most notably the “Alien” franchise. Sci-fi thriller, not rated, 102 minutes. HH “42 Grams” — A smartly executed, well-photographed and at times almost painfully raw profile of Chicago chef Jake Bickelhaupt and his wife, Alexa, whose underground restaurant went public and earned two Michelin stars before abruptly closing with no explanation. Documentary, not rated, 82 minutes. HHH “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” — This is quite possibly the most self-referential meta movie I’ve ever seen. Sometimes that’s pretty great.

At other times, it detracts from the core story at hand: a biopic of Douglas Kenney (Will Forte), the influential and troubled comedic genius who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine. Biography, not rated, 101

By COLIN COVERT

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

street punks unrelated to his family’s attack. He has stitched up enough gunshot wounds; it’s time to make some. And he’s not just applying personal justice, he’s addicted to using his skills with life and death in a ruthless new way. He’s grinning and enjoying it, and the film wants us to enjoy it as well.

In short order he becomes a vigilante hero on social media, “The Grim Reaper,” whose exploits are debated on talk radio.

In the current climate of concern about rampant gun violence, this brainless chatter feels irresponsible to a grotesque level.

The filmmakers have done fine work in the past. Screenwriter Joe Carnahan gave us genuine thrills in “Narc” and “The Grey,” while director Eli Roth enjoyably mixed gore and gags in “Cabin Fever” and two “Hostel” movies. Here,

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neither they or their star plays up to potential.

As Willis moves from grieving family man to urban Rambo — at one point he fires a pistol and machine gun side by side — the

film loses its focus and becomes a collection of sadistic sight gags: a death involving slipping on a pool of blood, a conk on the noggin from a falling bowling ball and an accidental shot through the skull — hardly comedy gold.

The silver lining to this ugly cloud is the excellent performance

by Vincent D’Onofrio as Kersey’s brother. He’s an ex-con and a low-wage guy, yet a warm, loving member of the family. D’Onofrio flawlessly handles this important role as the heart of the film, always being a believable guy while Willis does every scene like a movie star taking it easy. There are a hundred things wrong with “Death Wish,” but the biggest is that the wrong man is starring in it.

— Rating: R for strong bloody violence and language throughout.

H½

At area theaters ANACORTES CINEMAS March 9-15 A Wrinkle in Time (PG): Friday-Saturday: 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:10; Sunday-Thursday: 12:40, 3:50, 6:50 Red Sparrow (R): Friday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Saturday: 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sunday-Wednesday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Thursday: 12:30, 3:30 Black Panther (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35; Sunday-Thursday: 12:50, 3:40, 6:40 The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide: Saturday: 9:55 a.m.

Tomb Raider (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-293-7000

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS March 9-15 The Hurricane Heist (PG-13): Friday: 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20; Saturday: 4:00, 7:00, 9:20; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:30, 4:00, 7:00; Thursday: 1:30, 4:00 A Wrinkle in Time (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:05; Sunday-Thursday: 1:10, 4:10, 6:45 Black Panther (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:25; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:50, 6:30 The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide: Saturday: 9:55 a.m.

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STANWOOD CINEMAS March 9-15 The Hurricane Heist (PG-13): FridaySaturday: 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35; SundayThursday: 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 A Wrinkle in Time in 3D (PG): FridaySaturday: 9:30 p.m.

A Wrinkle in Time (PG): 1:20, 4:10, 6:50 Red Sparrow (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:10; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:00, 4:00, 6:40; Thursday: 1:00, 4:00 Black Panther (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:25; Sunday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30 Tomb Raider (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-629-0514 CASCADE MALL THEATERS Burlington For showings: amctheatres.com/showtimes/all/2017-06-23/amc-loews-cascademall-14/all * Times are subject to change

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