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TUNING UP Chuck Dingee plays the Edison Inn on Friday night
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LA CONNER
Saturday, May 23
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery will offer a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. at the cemetery, 17666 Valentine Road. The Marine Corp League No. 1043, Active and Retired will perform a traditional flag ceremony. The half-hour celebration will feature the Rev. Don Robinson, Janna Gage, vocalist Janie Kelley, Cub Scouts La Conner Pack 4083 and La Conner High School student Nolan Duckworth. Limited seating available for those unable to stand. 360-466-3141 or pleasant ridgecemetery.com.
COUPEVILLE
The annual Memorial Day parade will begin at 11 a.m. in downtown Coupeville, ending at Town Park, where a musical salute, remembrance ceremony and town picnic will be held. 360-678-5434 or coupevillechamber. com.
Sunday, May 24 MOUNT VERNON
Trinity Anglican Church, 1200 Cleveland St., will hold its eighth annual Memorial Weekend Worship Service and “Tribute to Our Troops” family event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day will feature a flag-folding ceremony, honor guard, live military and patriotic music and sharing of military reflections. A free light lunch will be served. Donations accepted. 360420-7380 or text to 360661-3843.
Monday, May 25 ANACORTES/ GUEMES ISLAND
American Legion Post 13, Veterans of Foreign Wars and others will hold Memorial Day services on Guemes Island and at two cemeteries on Fidalgo Island. Participants will meet at 8:30 a.m. to take the ferry to Guemes Island, making a brief stop midchannel to play taps and drop flowers into the water. A ceremony will be held around 9 a.m. at Edens Cemetery on Guemes Island, followed by a noon memorial service at Grandview Municipal Cemetery, 411 Hillcrest Drive, and a 1 p.m. ceremony at Fern Hill Cemetery, 7427 Highway 20.
MOUNT VERNON
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS IN THE AREA
BAY VIEW
Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members will conduct a memorial service at 9 a.m. at Bayview Cemetery on Cemetery Road.
BOW
Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members will conduct a memorial service at 10 a.m. at Bow Cemetery, 15778 Bow Cemetery Road.
BURLINGTON
Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members will conduct a memorial service at 11 a.m. at Burlington Green Hills Cemetery, 11157 N. Gardner Road. Ceremonies will conclude with a 21-gun salute. Lunch will be served at noon at Legion Hall, 721 E. Fairhaven Ave. 360-7551202.
CONWAY
Mason-McConkey American Legion Post 147 of Conway will conduct a Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. at Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery, 19084 Milltown Road, south of Conway.
CONCRETE
Concrete American Legion Post 132 and Auxiliary will hold a Memorial Day service at 1 p.m. at Forest Park Cemetery on Compton Lane.
Hawthorne Memorial Park will hold a Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. at 1825 E. College Way. The event will include representatives from the military and a complimentary hot dog lunch. 360-4241154 or hawthornefh.com.
Greenacres Memorial Park, 5700 Northwest Drive, will host its 50th annual Memorial Day Festival of Flags from noon to 3 p.m. The Remembrance Ceremony will feature tributes to our fallen heroes, live music and more, followed by a reception with free refreshments. Seating is limited; feel free to bring a lawn chair. 360-384-3401 or festivalofflags.org.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, 1200 E. Fir St., will hold a Memorial Day service at 1 p.m. The Rev. John Green will lead the service, which will include music by Jennifer Ceresa and Judy Pearson, a presentation by Susan Gregg of VFW Post 5056 Ladies Auxiliary, and a narrated flag-folding ceremony. Additional music will be provided by Hugo’s Accordion Band. The Marine Corps League will present military honors. 360-336-6845.
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Hacket Larson American Legion Post 163 will present a Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. on the first block of Spring Street, followed by a ceremony at the waterfront Memorial Park. visitsanjuans.com.
Frank H. Hancock American Legion Post 92 will hold a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at 11 a.m. at Anderson Cemetery, 7370-7816 Pioneer Highway, south of Highway 532. In case of rain, the ceremony will be moved to the Legion Post, 26921 88th Ave. NW. A luncheon will follow at the Post. 360-629-2851.
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MOVIES
‘Tomorrowland’ director’s optimistic future outlook By STEVEN ZEITCHIK Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — At the beginning of Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland” — the new piece of entertainment futurism and the only film in the known universe to feature a bathtub that becomes a rocket ship — a young boy goes to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. He has ginned up a jet pack in his garage and, despite its bugs, is eager to show it off at a contest. When the stern-lipped man running the event tells him there’s no point to trying it if it doesn’t work, the boy replies. “Can’t it just be fun?” While setting up the character’s philosophy, the line also doubles as a directorial mission statement. Bird, director of the animated hits “Ratatouille” and “The Incredibles,” has built a career on that principle. Though he didn’t direct his first feature (“The Iron Giant”) until he was on the other side of 40, Bird, now 57, has adopted a kind of jet pack approach to filmmaking, assembling complex, forward-thinking machinery and sending it gleefully aloft. Directors in today’s blockbuster world are often salvage specialists. They take the shell of a longestablished property and attach enough new pieces to keep the nonfanboy (or themselves) interested. Bird has toiled in a different shop. He made one of the era’s few superhero movies with entirely new superheroes and subverted animation’s superficial cutesy factor by making his protagonist a multidimensional restaurant rat. After stepping into this rebuiltvehicle tradition four years
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ago with “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” his live-action debut, Bird has now directed his follow-up — starring George Clooney, conceived and co-written by “Lost” veteran Damon Lindelof and featuring a load of actual and ideological doodads. In a summer movie-going season rife with brands, “Tomorrowland” and its original story arrive in theaters Friday, May 22, bearing high expectations. Though putatively based on a theme-park attraction from Disney (the studio that’s putting it out) and not shy about pyrotechnics itself (oh, yes, a global landmark also becomes a rocket ship), “Tomorrowland” is less interested in building a tale around a ride than it is in considering bigger questions. Such as, what happened to the future? Or, more specifically, what happened to the future the past promised us? Perhaps most startling, it is a movie made by (and about) a mega-conglomerate that also tries for something independent-minded, digressive, even weird. As Bird put it, “We wanted it to be wrapped in a tent-pole skin but have some other things on its mind.” “Tomorrowland” moves in a few directions, sometimes at once, but its basic premise concerns a teenager named Casey (Britt Robertson) in awe of the cosmos — she’s straight out of an early Spielberg movie, right down to her use of two-wheeled transportation in a small town — who discovers a pin that can transport her to an alternate dimension.
George Clooney (from left), Britt Robertson and Raffey Cassidy star in “Tomorrowland.” Film Frame/Disney via AP
Given the surprise factor, a plot summary is best kept to a minimum, but suffice it to say Casey is soon on an adventure with a precocious girl (Raffey Cassidy) and a curmudgeon played by Clooney (Frank, the boy from the beginning, who grows into the man who launches the rubber duckythemed galactic transport). After an opening section heavy with a sense of wonder, the trio heads to realms both familiar and fantastical, with “Matrix”-like villains in keen pursuit. The movie’s main preoccupation is much the same as Bird’s real-life one: dystopia, and why we’re in such a hurry to get there, via either our movies or a cultural resignation. “When Damon and I were first talking about the project, we were wondering why people’s once-bright notions about the future gradually seemed to disappear,” Bird said. The director is in a popular downtown brunch spot on a weekend morning, having flown in from San Francisco, where he and his wife live, to do a panel discussion with “Ratatouille” star Janeane Garofalo the previous day, when he spoke about what he calls the zeitgeist of
defeatism. “When we were little, people had a very positive idea about the future, even though there were bad things going on in the world,” he lamented. “Even the 1964 World’s Fair happened during the Cold War. But there was a sense we could overcome them. And yet now we act like we’re passengers on a bus with no say in where it’s going, with no realization that we collectively write the future every day and can make it so much better than it otherwise would be.” In Bird, moviedom has a director willful enough to get a nearly $200 million original movie made, then pack it both with ideas and a deep sense of optimism — a feat that will seem Walt Disney-esque to his fans and Jiminy Cricket crazy to his skeptics. When Bird was a child, the story goes, he took a tour of Disney with his parents and declared he’d one day be an animator at the company. A few years later he made a home-spun animated film. He wasn’t sure what to do with it, but his parents encouraged him to send it to legendary Disney animator Milt Kahl. Kahl
wound up mentoring him. The story sounds apocryphal — the kind of colorful origin bit one might find in a Brad Bird movie — but the director confirms it. Certainly the tale hints at Bird’s aim-high spirit, which has followed him into his directing career and made him a perfectionist in a business built on trade-offs. After attending California Institute of the Arts with Pixar guru John Lasseter, he waited years to direct his first movie, instead serving for much of the ’90s as a consultant on “The Simpsons.” One can see Bird’s gofor-broke attitude etched into his work — the impetuous whimsy of Dash in “The Incredibles,” Remy in “Ratatouille” thinking that a move from the sewers to high-end culinary arts is no big deal. Lindelof says the director “should have ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if?’ on a vanity license plate.” That idealism has meant a greater degree of ambition in his movies but fewer movies in general. Shortly after “The Incredibles,” Bird wanted to direct “1906,” an epic effects-driven drama about the San Francisco earthquake. But “Ratatouille” was in trouble, and
Lasseter called him in to help. A few years later, Bird set “1906” aside again when J.J. Abrams persuaded him to take on the new “Mission: Impossible.” The reason Bird couldn’t get to the finish line with “1906” was in part an unwillingness to make the film with a smaller budget — a reluctance, as he put it, to “throw too much out of the balloon to get it off the ground.” It remains unproduced, but Bird says he’s still trying. “Tomorrowland” proved the latest creative use of a “1906” interregnum. The project germinated when Lindelof called Disney production chief Sean Bailey to ask if there was active development on the Disney theme park’s Tomorrowland. When Bailey said no, Lindelof and soon Bird began hashing out ideas. The film was at first more of a scavenger-hunt movie — a kind of venue-hopping riddle piece against the backdrop of Tomorrowland — before it morphed into its current future-pondering form. Bird speaks with a jovial, middle-aged cheer, loudly and openly. But there is a headstrong quality below the surface, one that, according to those who’ve worked with him, can assert itself clearly if he doesn’t believe you’re on board with his mission. There is also a more brooding sensibility. Bird and David Lynch both spent much of their childhoods in the moodier Northwest — they were born about 100 miles from each other in Montana — and if Lynch is black-hearted with a sneakily sunny streak, Bird is the opposite, willing to revel in the darkness before allowing in the light.
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OUT & ABOUT ART
loaned the museum a selection of paintings to honor IN THE ART BAR: Arthis memory. The museum work by Dassy Shellenbergalso is holding a raffle for er is on display during May an original Mark Iverson at the Lincoln Theatre Art painting. Only 200 numBar, 712 S. First St., Mount bered giclee print “tickets” Vernon. 360-336-8955 or are available at $50 each. lincolntheatre.org. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through OILS & ENCAUSTICS: Sunday. Admission: $5 “HOMAGE,” a show of adults, $4 seniors and ages artwork by Sharon Kings6-12, $10 families, free for ton and Eric Eschenbach, members and ages 5 and continues through May 31 younger. 360-466-3365 or at Smith & Vallee Gallery, skagitcounty.net/museum. 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Kingston is an oil painter SKAGIT VALLEY ARTwho uses the properties ISTS: A show of artwork of her medium to create by Todd Horton and Karn paintings that look inward and outward — responding Kenaston will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. to both the atmosphere of Saturday, May 23, at The her surroundings and the poetry within. Eschenbach’s Shop, 18623 Main St., Conoils and encaustics explore way. The Shop is open from our changing landscape. He 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday sees Western Washington’s through Saturday. 360-3912691 or theshopconway. constantly varying tidal com. zones as the perfect metaphor symbolizing both the QUILTS/BEAD ART: Sevimpact of man and climate change and nature’s cycles eral new exhibits of quilts of rejuvenation. The gallery and bead art are on display at the La Conner Quilt & is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner: smithandvallee.com. “Revealing the Hidden: NEW PAINTINGS: “Sanc- Contemporary QuiltArt Association”: The Contemtuary: Trees of Life” conporary QuiltArt Associatinues through June 4 at tion includes more than 100 Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Washington artists working Wonn Road, Greenbank. with fiber, thread and texThe show features new tiles. Member artists have acrylic paintings, pen and created a wide range of ink and watercolor work two- and three-dimensional by Mary Jo Oxrieder, as artwork incorporating a well as new watercolors variety of techniques. The by Windwalker Taibi. For information, including gal- show continues through June 28. lery hours and directions: “Impressions in Fab360-222-0102 or raven ric”: Denise Miller and rocksgallery.com. Nancy Ryan create fabric landscapes reminiscent “THE ART OF MARK of the pointillism of the IVERSON: A Friend Remembered”: An exhibit neo-impressionist painters Georges Seurat and Paul featuring art created by Signac. Where they used Mark Iverson continues dots of paint, Miller and through May 31 at the Ryan’s quilting technique Skagit County Historical uses tiny pieces of fabric. A Museum, 501 S. Fourth second technique involves St., La Conner. Iverson’s the use of fusible appliqué friends and family have
through June 14 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features work by stone carvers Sue Taves and Kentaro Kojima; paintings by Janie Olsen, Janet Hamilton, Mary Molyneaux and Donna Watson; prints by Karla Matzke; ceramics by Leon White and Ruth Westra; and new sculptures. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, weekdays by appointment. 360-387-2759 or matzke fineart.com.
OILS & PASTELS
A show of oils and pastels by Amanda Houston continues through June 2 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show features Houston’s landscape style in both pastel and oil on canvas, in addition to her Northwest bird images. Also showing are acrylics on canvas by Jennifer Bowman, color photographs by Randy Dana, floral monoprints by Marie Powell and impressionistic oils by Donna Nevitt Radtke, as well as a selection of jewelry, glass work, sculptures and tables. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com. Pictured: “Lyrical Stream” by Amanda Houston. to create floral designs, as well as parts of some of the landscapes. The show continues through June 28. “Pastels and More: Selections from our Permanent Collection”: The museum features a variety of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers in the fields around Skagit Valley. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.org.
The show of artwork featuring recycled/repurposed materials continues through May 30 at Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt St., Everett. Artists have scoured junk stores, second-hand shops, trash bins and surplus venues to source materials to create a selection of whimsical, sculptural and contemplative artwork, including lamps and clocks made from corrugated cardboard; baskets, hats, purses and life-size people made from plastic bags; masks and sculptures from old typewriters; and much more. 425-259-5050 or schack.org.
“SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable Art”:
SPRING ART: “The Celebration of Spring” continues
ART AT MoNA: Three new exhibits continue through June 14 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission. 360-4664446 or monamuseum.org. “Study in Green from the Permanent Collection”: From line to color field and realistic to abstraction, green is echoed from nature to the artist’s canvas as this fourth in the color study series surveys Northwest artists’ use of this tranquil and rejuvenating color. “Neo Naturalist”: The artists here have found ways to reconnect to a part of nature that for them provides endless interest and inspiration, creating artwork to show respect for their subject, while addressing issues of growth, change and loss. “HAKONIWA Project: to touch & to be touched”: Etsuko Ichikawa: The Japanese word “hakoniwa” means a boxed or miniature garden. It also refers to sandplay therapy, developed by Jungian therapist Dora Kalff in Switzerland in the 1950s and ‘60s. In contrast to most Western psychotherapies, which
emphasize verbal and direct expression and cause/effect thinking, hakoniwa makes significant use of nonverbal communication, concrete activity and a holistic perspective. In typical sandplay therapy, a patient spends time in a private room with a sandbox and a variety of miniature figures to create and arrange their own world freely. This exhibit includes a narrow sandbox in the middle of the gallery and shelves on the walls filled with many miniature “hand” figures for people to bring to the sandbox to arrange or to play. Only hand figures are included in order to emphasize the significance of hands in our lives. OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT: The La Conner Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit is on display through March 1, 2016, at public locations around La Conner. The annual juried exhibition features work by some of the Northwest’s most accomplished artists. For information, including a map of the sculptures and works available for sale: 360-466-3125 or townof laconner.org. ANACORTES IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION: “All in the Same Boat: Anacortes in the Great Depression” is on display in the Anacortes Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. The yearlong exhibit depicts life in Anacortes after the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression, which dragged on for 12 years. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes. org. Continued on Page E6
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OUT & ABOUT visual arts, folklore exhibits, LECTURES workshops, crafts, food, AND TALKS hands-on demonstrations WORLD ISSUES FORUM: and more. $10 suggested Western Washington Unidonation. 206-684-7300 or versity’s Fairhaven College nwfolklife.org. of Interdisciplinary Studies holds its annual World EDMONDS WATERIssues Forum from noon FRONT FESTIVAL: The to 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays 28th Edmonds Rotary in Haggard Hall 253 on Waterfront Festival will the WWU campus in Belltake place from 3 to 10 p.m. ingham. Presentations are Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. free and open to the public. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 360-650-2309 or wwu.edu/ p.m. Sunday, May 29-31, fairhaven/news/worldissues at the Port of Edmonds forum. Next up: Marina, 358 Admiral Way, May 27: “One Year: Edmonds. Eat, Clown, Pound, Potato, Enjoy music and enterPick, Weave and Sow”: with FESTIVALS tainment, classic boats and Arcadia Trueheart and LiliNORTHWEST FOLKLIFE yachts, hydroplane displays, ana Morgan, students and FESTIVAL: The 44th annual arts and crafts, kids’ activi- recipients of Fairhaven Colfestival will take place from ties, free fishing for kids on lege’s Adventure Learning Saturday and Sunday, beer Grant, 2013-14. Trueheart 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and wine garden, food and and Morgan spent a year through Sunday and 11 more. Admission: $3, free a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, exploring their most burnfor ages 12 and younger. May 22-25, at the Seattle ing questions through the edmondswaterfrontfestival. lens of art and agriculture. Center, 305 Harrison St., Trueheart explored how Seattle. Enjoy music, dance, com. “SALT OF THE EARTH”: The special exhibit continues through July 12 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The exhibit features items from the museum’s permanent collection including more than 500 salt cellars. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.
McIntyre Hall Presents
Bolivians use the arts to both maintain tradition and spark change. Morgan learned and lived alongside famers in Peru, investigating biodiversity, food traditions and the role of community in maintaining healthy agricultural practices.
his ex-wife and daughter. Then he meets Kate Walker (Thompson), unmarried and in danger of becoming a spinster. Their unlikely pairing blossoms into romance, but not before an unfortunate series of mishaps and misadventures. Nominated for two Golden Globes. Rated PG-13. MORE FUN May 29: “Hachi: A Dog’s SPRING FILM SERIES: Tale” (drama): Starring Enjoy free film screenings Richard Gere, Joan Allen at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Ana- and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. cortes Public Library, 1220 Based on the true story of a 10th St., Anacortes. Free. college professor’s bond with 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or the abandoned dog he takes library.cityofanacortes.org. into his home, and the effect Next up: that bond has on his grandMay 22: “Last Chance son years later. Rated G. Harvey” (romantic comedy): Starring Dustin HoffSPRING FLING: Transiman, Emma Thompson and tion Fidalgo & Friends Kathy Baker. In London will hold a special Seventh for his daughter’s wedGeneration Supper at 5:45 ding, jingle writer Harvey p.m. Tuesday, May 26, at Shine (Hoffman) misses his the Anacortes Senior Cenplane, loses his job and feels ter, 1701 22nd Ave. Guests pushed to the sidelines by are encouraged (but not required) to provide homemade desserts and entertainment for others to enjoy, whether it be poetry reading, music, dancing, jokes, juggling, short skits, rain making or whatever else attendees can think of. Suggested supper donation of $5 adult, $3 for ages 10 and younger. Bring your own place settings. No reservations necessary. transitionfidalgo.org.
Tribute Concert Mount Vernon High School Bands May 28
Finale Concert
FASHION SHOW: House of Style Boutique & Salon, 510 S. First St., Mount Vernon, will host a runway fashion show from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 28. The event will feature the latest spring and summer styles and trends available at the boutique. Appetizers, cocktails, music and beauty services will be available. Free admission. 360-419-9672.
360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org
FILM SCREENING: The Anacortes Center for Happiness will host a screening of “The Way” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, at 619 Com-
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin Friday, May 29
7:30pm
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin, a young award winning bilingual trad/fusion trio that celebrates the music of the Irish, Francophone, and Maritime cultures, integrates modern and world rhythms with traditional & original tunes to create a fiery infectious energy and unique sound.
360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org
McIntyre Hall on the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College | 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Skagit Regional Public Facilities District
McIntyre Hall Presents May 29 Fidalgo Youth Fidalgoi YouthSymphony Symphony May 30
mercial Ave., Anacortes. Directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father, Martin Sheen, “The Way” is about a father who heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the “El camino de Santiago,” and decides to take the pilgrimage himself. Admission by donation. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org. CELEBRATE THE WORLD!: Celebrate cultural diversity at the Multicultural Family Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center and Phillip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Enjoy arts and education from around the world, including a diverse range of performers, interactive cultural activities, international cuisine, a showcase of cultural arts and crafts and a children’s village where families can play games and participate in activities from around the world. Free admission. For information, contact Yadira Rosales: 360416-7838 or yadira.rosales@ skagit.edu. STERNWHEELER OPEN FOR SUMMER: The sternwheeler W.T. Preston and the Anacortes Maritime Heritage Center, 713 R Ave., Anacortes, have reopened for the summer. The W.T. Preston is designated as a National Historic Landmark, and the Heritage Center features a new exhibit exploring the maritime community’s rich traditions and the evolution of the Anacortes waterfront. Spring hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the Preston is $1-$3. Heritage Center admission is free. 360-293-1916 or museum.cityofanacotes.org.
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E8 Thursday, May 21, 2015
ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 21-31 Thursday.21
Thursday.28
THEATER
MUSIC
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
Friday.22 THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com. “Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
Saturday.23 CABARET
Les Dames Dangereux (burlesque): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse. com.
TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 21-28 THURSDAY.21 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.
Tribute Concert for America’s Troops: Mount Vernon High School bands, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students. 360416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Open Mic: hosted by David Ritchie, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.
THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.
Friday.29 THEATER
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): Opening night gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $25. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.
THEATER
“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
The Fire Inside (Celtic): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Wednesday.27 MUSIC
Jazz at the Center: Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students with ID. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.
Saturday.30 MUSIC
Finale concert: Fidalgo Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 seniors, $1 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Sunday.31 THEATER
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237.
FRIDAY.22 CHUCK DINGEE 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
The Phoenix (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.
Chuck Dingee: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
Max’s Midnight Kitchen: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.
Cherokee Wildflower (Amanda Fitch Duo): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.
Whiskey Barrel Blues Band: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.
Marcia Kester: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.
Agonizer, Dead Hookers, Muppet Fetish, Save The Babes, Proud Failures, Chump Change: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
The Sardines: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.
SATURDAY.23
THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
AARON CRAWFORD 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.
FRIDAY.22
MUSIC
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-6792237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.
SATURDAY.23
The Spider Ferns, Nightmare Fortress, Casey Proctor (of Medici): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
MUSIC
“A Schubertiade”: Sheila Weidendorf and members of Island Consort, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students. 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.
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WEDNESDAY.27 JAZZ AT THE CENTER Kate McGarry (pictured) and Keith Ganz, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students with ID. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.
Charlie Gearheart and Friends (from Goose Creek Symphony): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.
The Phoenix (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.
Aaron Crawford: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.
Meghan Yates and the Reverie Machine (jazz, folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.
SUNDAY.24 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.
WED.27 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.
CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.
Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.
Bryan John Appleby, K. Skelton: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.
Fidalgo Swing: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.
Bandzandt: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
Ann ‘N Dean (country, classic rock): 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.
Nashville Northwest: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.
THURSDAY.28 The Hoe & The Harrow, Eddy and the Touks: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-445-3000.
Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-445-3000.
Dedric Clark and the Social Animals (Americana, rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.
Devilly Brothers: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.
Falling Up Stairs, SiLM, Orphans, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
E8 Thursday, May 21, 2015
ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 21-31 Thursday.21
Thursday.28
THEATER
MUSIC
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
Friday.22 THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com. “Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
Saturday.23 CABARET
Les Dames Dangereux (burlesque): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse. com.
TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 21-28 THURSDAY.21 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.
Tribute Concert for America’s Troops: Mount Vernon High School bands, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students. 360416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Open Mic: hosted by David Ritchie, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.
THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.
Friday.29 THEATER
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): Opening night gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $25. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.
THEATER
“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
The Fire Inside (Celtic): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Wednesday.27 MUSIC
Jazz at the Center: Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students with ID. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.
Saturday.30 MUSIC
Finale concert: Fidalgo Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 seniors, $1 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.
Sunday.31 THEATER
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237.
FRIDAY.22 CHUCK DINGEE 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
The Phoenix (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.
Chuck Dingee: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
Max’s Midnight Kitchen: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.
Cherokee Wildflower (Amanda Fitch Duo): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.
Whiskey Barrel Blues Band: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-9822649.
Marcia Kester: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.
Agonizer, Dead Hookers, Muppet Fetish, Save The Babes, Proud Failures, Chump Change: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
The Sardines: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.
SATURDAY.23
THEATER
“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.
AARON CRAWFORD 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.
FRIDAY.22
MUSIC
“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-6792237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.
SATURDAY.23
The Spider Ferns, Nightmare Fortress, Casey Proctor (of Medici): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
MUSIC
“A Schubertiade”: Sheila Weidendorf and members of Island Consort, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students. 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.
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Lourdes Delgado photo
WEDNESDAY.27 JAZZ AT THE CENTER Kate McGarry (pictured) and Keith Ganz, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students with ID. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.
Charlie Gearheart and Friends (from Goose Creek Symphony): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.
The Phoenix (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.
Aaron Crawford: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.
Meghan Yates and the Reverie Machine (jazz, folk): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.
SUNDAY.24 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.
WED.27 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.
CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.
Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.
Bryan John Appleby, K. Skelton: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.
Fidalgo Swing: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.
Bandzandt: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.
Ann ‘N Dean (country, classic rock): 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.
Nashville Northwest: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.
THURSDAY.28 The Hoe & The Harrow, Eddy and the Touks: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-445-3000.
Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-445-3000.
Dedric Clark and the Social Animals (Americana, rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.
Devilly Brothers: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.
Falling Up Stairs, SiLM, Orphans, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.
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E10 - Thursday, May 21, 2015
GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS
ries, anything that floats on water. Space is limited. No “THREE TIMES A applications; first come gets BRIDESMAID”: Auditions in. No fees; 20 percent comwill be held at 2 p.m. Satmission on sales. Contact urday and 5 p.m. Sunday, Karla Locke at 360-588May 30-31, at the Ana6968 or email kklocke1@ cortes Community Theatre, mac.com. 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Parts are available for FIBER ARTS: CALL FOR seven women ages 20-60 ENTRIES: The La Conner and three men ages 20-45. Be prepared for cold read- Quilt & Textile Museum is accepting entries through ings from the script. The June 30 for the 2015 Quilt play will run July 24-Aug. & Fiber Arts Festival, set 15. To schedule an audifor October 2-4 in La Contion: 360-293-6829 or ner. acttheatre.com. Top award-winning entries will be featured in a “THE ROCKY HORROR special exhibit Oct. 9-Nov. SHOW”: Theater Arts 22, at the La Conner Quilt Guild will hold auditions & Textile Museum, 703 S. for its fall production of “The Rocky Horror Show” Second St., La Conner. Categories include traditional from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday quilts, art quilts, wearable and Tuesday, June 8-9, at art and fiber art. Entry the Mount Vernon High fee: $30 per entry; $20 for School auditorium, 314 N. museum members. For Ninth St., Mount Vernon. complete entry guidelines, Parts are available for seven males, three females call 360-466-4288 or visit laconnerquilts.org. and several male and female “phantoms.” Prepare a dramatic DANCE 1-1/2-minute monologue COMMUNITY DANCand a song not from the ERS: Creative Process, show, and be prepared to ages 13 and older, 5:30 to learn a short choreography 6:45 p.m. Mondays, June routine. Auditioners must 1-15, Burlington Parks and be at least 16 years old by Recreation Center, 900 E. opening night (Oct. 23); Fairhaven Ave., Burlingthose under 18 must have ton. Participants will add parental consent. The musi- movement combinations cal-comedy will run Oct. using the dance elements 23-Nov. 7. theaterarts they create together. guild.org. Bring a favorite song and “be surprised at the new ART movement choices you can CALL FOR ARTISTS: The make.” $20 drop-in fee per class. Some scholarships Anacortes Arts Commission seeks artworks on the available. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/ theme “Whatever Boats recreation. You Float” for a show set for Friday and Saturday, FOLK DANCING: SkagitJune 5-6, at the Depot Art & Community Center, 611 Anacortes Folk Dancers meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at R Ave., Anacortes. The Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 commission is looking for C St., Bay View. Learn artwork in any medium to folkdance to a variety relating to boating in our of international music. area: work boats, pleasure Instruction begins at 7 p.m. boats, sailboats, fishing boats, boat building, ferfollowed by review and
request dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-7666866.
MUSIC
BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-O-Chords, a four-part barbershop harmony group. No experience necessary, no auditions SCOTTISH DANCING: Bellingham Scottish Coun- required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read try Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at music. Ages 12 and up welthe Fairhaven Library audi- come. Drop in any Thurstorium (upstairs), 1117 12th day at 7 p.m. at the NorthSt., Bellingham. Wear com- west Educational Service Building, 1601 R Ave., Anafortable clothes and softcortes. Rides available. For soled shoes without heels. information, contact Bob $8 per class. For informaLundquist, 360-941-5733 or tion, call Mary Anderson svenbob@cheerful.com. at 360-933-1779 or visit bellinghamscd.org. CALL FOR MUSICIANS: 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main THURSDAY DANCE: St., Concrete, is looking for Dance to The Skippers musicians to perform easyfrom 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurslistening acoustic music days at Hillcrest Lodge, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1717 S. 13th St., Mount during Sunday Brunch. In Vernon. For information, exchange, musicians will contact Gisela at 360-424receive audience contribu5696. tions and a meal. 360-853MOVING MEDITATIONS: 8700 or info@5bsbakery. com. The Dances of Universal Peace will be held from 6 TIME FOR FIDDLERS: to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 7, The Washington Old Time at the Center for Spiritual Fiddlers play acoustic oldLiving, 1508 N. 18th St., time music at 6:30 p.m. Mount Vernon. Dances include live music and sing- the second and fourth ing with a focus on a partic- Fridays of each month at ular sacred phrase, inspired the Mount Vernon Senior by spiritual traditions from Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. around the world, including Free; donations accepted. 360-630-9494. Christian, Jewish, Native American, Hindu, Buddhist SHELTER BAY CHORUS: and others. No experience Practices are held from 2:45 necessary. Dances are to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday taught to the group each time. Donation requested, at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse in La Conner. New but no one is turned away members welcome. No for lack of funds. 360-629need to be a Shelter Bay 9190. resident. 360-466-3805. COMMUNITY DANCE: ANACORTES OPEN MIC: Dance to the big band music of Camano Junction 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 from 7 to 10 p.m. SaturCommercial Ave., Anaday, June 6, at Camano cortes. 360-293-2544. Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, OPEN MIC: Jam night, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursor camanocenter.org. days, Conway Pub & Eat-
ery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.
RECREATION “TREK FOR TREASURE”: Registration is open for the fourth annual hiking challenge and treasure hunt. The event includes six hikes throughout Skagit County and the surrounding area. Your team of two or more people will have two weeks to complete each hike, at your own pace and convenience. Hidden at the end of each hike is a treasure chest with a riddle inside. Complete all six hikes, solve the riddle and find the treasure. Hikes start June 5. For information or to register, call the United General Fitness Center at 360-8567524 or visit trekfortreas ure.org. FREE PARK ADMISSION: In honor of National Trails Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks on Saturday, June 6. The Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but will be needed to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. parks. wa.gov. The U.S. Forest Service will recognize National Trails Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Saturday, June 6. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites in the forest. fs.usda.gov/mbs. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free. For information, call 360-293-
3725 or visit friendsoft heacfl.org. Next up: Eastern Heart: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 23. Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive. There is a labyrinth of trails to the east of Heart Lake and north of Sugarloaf. SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks. For information, call Ann (360293-3044) or Susan (360659-8792 or 360-333-7437). Next up: May 26: Cranberry Lake in Deception Pass State Park. Meet near the vending stands and restrooms on the west side of the lake. This easy walk includes backshore, dunes and other habitat. Bring a lunch to enjoy on the beach.
THEATER FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every third Saturday of each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. (M Ave. & 10th St.) Hosted by Nello Bottari, classes include monologue work, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-840-0089 or freeadult actingclass.com.
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Thursday, May 21, 2015 - E11
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Summer skies: Airlines to fly record number of passengers trade and lobbying group, predicted Monday. That figure includes 31 million A record number of travelers on international travelers are expected to flights, also a record. take to the skies this sumOn average, there will mer thanks to a rebounding be 2.4 million passengers a economy. day, 4.5 percent more than U.S. airlines will carry last summer. 222 million passengers After several years between June 1 and Aug. of limiting their expan31, topping the summer of sion, U.S. airlines are now 2007 when 217.6 million quickly adding more seats, people flew, Airlines for including 4.6 percent more America, the industry’s this summer. Those added By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Airlines Writer
seats are mostly the result of airlines flying larger planes and packing in extra rows to existing jets. Those extra seats have given pause to some Wall Street analysts who worry that airlines might have to discount fares to fill them. That hasn’t happened yet, but after years of steadily rising airfares, there is a tiny bit of relief for fliers this summer — $2.01 in savings to be exact.
The average roundtrip domestic ticket this summer, including taxes, now stands at $454, down less than 1 percent from last summer. Vacationers to Europe will fare better, with the average ticket down 3 percent to $1,619, about $50 less than last summer, according to the Airlines Reporting Corp., which processes ticket transactions for airlines and travel agencies.
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tours, no-host dining and escort. TRAVEL & LEARN: Top of Olympic PeninSkagit Valley College sula: Tuesday through will offer a travel-based Friday, June 23-26. Take Integrative Experience in the beauty of the course to Italy from July Straits of Juan de Fuca, 7-27. “Living Italy” will views of Olympic Nationexplore the symbiotic al Park and a ferry cruise relationship that exists as you visit Hurricane between nature and Ridge, Madison Falls, civilization in Italy. StuLake Crescent, Salt dents will visit traditional Creek, Marymere Falls, centers of art and culthe Elwha River Dam, ture including Florence, Olympic Game Farm, Lucca, Pisa, Cinque Terre Port Angeles and more. and Carrara. Offered as $650-$890, includes a 10-credit course for round-trip motorcoach SVC students, a nontransportation, ferry credit option is available fees, hotel, five meals, for community members. activities, tours, park The trip fee of $5,000 entry and escort. covers meals, lodging and in-country ground SENIOR CENTER travel. Airfare is not TRIPS: Skagit County included. For informaSenior Centers offer tion, contact Cliff Palmer short escorted trips. at 360-416-7656 or cliff. For information, call the plamer@skagit.edu. Anacortes Senior Center at 360-293-7473 or sign ESCORTED TOURS: up at your local senior The Whatcom County center. Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and SHORT TRIPS: Mount longer tours, with most trips departing from and Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opporreturning to the Belltunities for ages 8 and ingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., older (adult supervision Bellingham. For informa- required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart tion or to register: 360733-4030, ext. 1015, or from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th wccoa.org/index.php/ St., Mount Vernon. For Tours. Next up: Art of Vancouver, B.C.: information or to register, call 360-336-6215. 8:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 22. Visit the PASSPORT APPLICAfirst Vancouver Centre TIONS: Anacortes Public International Art event, featuring paintings, pho- Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts tographs, sculptures, passport applications mixed media and more from noon to 6:30 p.m. from artists around the Tuesdays and Wednesworld. $115, includes days and 1 to 4 p.m. transport and entry to Saturdays. Passport Arts Vancouver Fair, forms and information Equinox Gallery, lunch and escort. Passport or on fees and how to enhanced drivers license apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick required. Coupeville Waterfront up an application and & Garden Tour: Wednes- passport guide at the library. day, May 27. Enjoy a guided tour of Meerkerk Oak Harbor Senior Rhododendron Gardens, Center, 51 SE Jerome the Coupeville boardwalk St., Oak Harbor, accepts passport applications, and a guided tour of by appointment, from the Island County Historical Museum. $69.99, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. includes round-trip transportation, guided 360-279-4580.
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E12 - Thursday, May 21, 2015
MOVIES NEW REVIEWS Brad Bird’s “TOMORROWLAND” is the first major disappointment of the summer movie season. Given his track record as the writer-director of the beautifully crafted animated gems “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouille” and the director of the genuinely thrilling “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” I was hoping “Tomorrowland” would be that rare film appealing to multiple generations, but it feels too schmaltzy and preachy for the grown-ups, and a little rough and meandering for the kids to embrace. We open with a confusing sequence in which the crusty Frank Walker (George Clooney) is grousing, “When I was a kid, the future was different,” as he fends off constant interruptions from a girl who’s offscreen. Flash back to the 1964 New York World’s Fair, where young Frank (Thomas Robinson) is bursting with enthusiasm as he lugs his garage-made jet pack to an inventor’s competition with a first prize of $50. The jet pack isn’t quite there yet, but Frank’s won’t-quit attitude attracts the attention of a mysterious lass named Athena (Raffey Cassidy), who shows Frank the doorway to a magical and yet very real world known as Tomorrowland. (First problem with “Tomorrowland”: The kid playing young Frank is not a good actor. When he’s going up against green-screen special effects or trying to convey fear or love at first sight, it’s just not there. Contrast that with the young Cassidy as Athena, who’s just a pure natural.) We get only a glimpse of Tomorrowland through young Frank’s experiences, because the story abruptly swings forward to nearly a half-century later. After that opening monologue, George Clooney disappears from the movie for about an hour, and the focus shifts to a young woman named Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), the daughter of a NASA engineer (Tim McGraw) who’s about to lose his job because they’re tearing down the nearby launch site. When Casey touches a small pin with a “T” emblazoned on it, she is transported to a futuristic world where the skies are a clear blue, everyone dresses like everyone dresses in movies set in the future, and people, cars and trains fly through the air. Thanks to pristine work from production designer Scott Chambliss and cinematographer Claudio Miranda, the Tomorrowland world has a very cool, retro-future look, and we’re eager to learn more about this parallel universe. Is it really the future of Earth, or another dimension taking place in real time? Beyond the flying and the weird, synchronized diving ballets, which are never explained, in what other ways is the future an improvement? But that’s the thing. Most of “Tomorrowland” takes place not in Tomorrowland, but back on Earth in the present day, as Casey, Athena and (eventually) the adult Frank team up to save the world while trying to stay one step ahead of a posse of androids hell-bent on taking them down. For much of the story, we’re not sure who the villains are (it’s never really fully explained), what went wrong with Tomorrowland and exactly why Casey has been tagged as humanity’s best hope. Clooney, Robertson and Cassidy are quite good together, even though there’s a weird subtext to the Frank/Athena relationship that borders on the creepy — but it takes an awfully long time to get back to Tomorrowland. “Tomorrowland” had just enough charm and excitement and visual treats that I was close to recommending it — until a final series of scenes that reminded me of certain particularly schmaltzy TV spots, and I’ll just leave it at that. 130 minutes. Rated: PG. HH n Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services. Ratings are one to four stars. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the rest are back in a giant superhero adventure that’s sometimes daffy, occasionally baffling, surprisingly touching and even romantic with one kinetic thrill after another. It earns a place of high ranking in the Marvel Universe. Superhero action,1 PG-13, 142 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Every Secret Thing” — If you’re going to make a movie about two 11-year-old girls who are put away for murdering an infant, that film should be something special. Otherwise, why delve into such subject matter? Instead we’re left with a pedestrian crimethriller that never goes beyond the surface of its challenging themes. Crime drama, R, 93 minutes. HH “Ex Machina” — If you’re going to go all-in with the gorgeous, chilling and sometimes ludicrous “Ex Machina,” you’ll have to check your logic at the ticket counter. Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson star in a dizzyingly effective sci-fi/ thriller. Sci-fi drama, R, 108 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Furious 7” — This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, but I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences -- and there were even some genuinely touching moments. Action, PG-13, 137 minutes. HHH “Good Kill” — Ethan Hawke delivers a superb, intense performance as a veteran pilot now controlling drones that kill Taliban fighters a world away. “Good Kill” is never subtle and occasionally veers into implausibility, but the visuals pack a visceral punch. War drama, R, 103 minutes. HHH “Home” — A little Jim Parsons goes a long way, and he grates on your nerves voicing an alien on the run with a smart seventh-grader (Rihanna). Kids will probably enjoy the colors and the music, but anyone over 10 will see the plot twists a mile away. Animated adventure, PG, 96 minutes. HH “I Am Big Bird” — Complete with old home movies, behind-the-scenes footage and testimonials from colleagues, this documentary is a loving, respectful (if at times shamelessly sentimental) portrayal
AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS May 22-28 Poltergeist (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:30, 3:35, 6:50, 9:00; Mon-Wednesday: 1:30, 3:35, 6:50; Thursday: 1:30, 3:35 Tomorrowland (PG): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:15, 3:55, 6:40, 9:05; Monday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:55, 6:40 360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor May 22-24 Tomorrowland (PG) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): First movie starts at approximately 8:45 p.m. 360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE May 22-24 Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m. 360-941-0403
CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-2624386). OAK HARBOR CINEMAS May 22-28 Tomorrowland (PG): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:05; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30 Mad Max: Fury Road (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 4:00, 6:40 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:50, 6:50 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS May 22-28 Poltergeist (PG-13): 1:40, 6:40 Poltergeist 3D (PG-13): 4:05, 9:30 Tomorrowland (PG): 1:10, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15 Mad Max: Fury Road (R): 1:20, 3:50, 9:35 Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R): 7 p.m. Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13): 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:20 Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): 3:45, 6:45, 8:45 Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D (PG-13): 1 p.m. 360-629-0514 – Show times subject to change
of Caroll Spinney, the man who has been inside the yellow “Sesame Street” costume for 46 years and counting. Documentary, not rated, 90 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Kingsman: The Secret Service” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a super-secret British agency. “Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the old-school James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Spy adventure, R, 129 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Serena” — After a string of fine performances, Bradley Cooper is utterly unbelievable as a ruthless, Depression-era timber baron who looks like he just stepped off a GQ photo shoot. And as his bonkers new bride, Jennifer Lawrence is monumentally bad. Despite all the ingredients for a prestige film, what we have here is an epic clunker. Drama, R, 109 minutes. H “The D Train” — Jack Black gives a heavy-on-the-mugging performance as a sad sack determined to recruit the star of his high school class (James Marsden) to the 20-year reunion. Nothing feels the least bit authentic, and worse, little about it is funny — a deadly recipe for a dark comedy. Comedy, R, 98 minutes. H
“The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls just short due to a few way-offthe-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance, PG-13, 104 minutes. 1 HH ⁄2 “The Forger” — John Travolta murders his Boston accent as a world-class art forger hired to fake a Monet and swap it out with the real thing. Even with a terminally ill teenage son character, “The Forger” is consistently ineffective as a sentimental tearjerker -- and an even bigger failure as a heist movie. Crime 1 drama, R, 92 minutes. H ⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javier Bardem are in this international thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shootout or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Longest Ride” — These Nicholas Sparks movies tend to get jumbled into one big cliche-riddled story.
This time around, we get two romances -- one set in modern times, one dating back to the 1940s -- with a twist that’s so ridiculous I think we’re almost supposed to laugh. Romance, PG-13, 139 minutes. HH “The Water Diviner” — Russell Crowe’s lifetime of experience on film sets shows in his directorial debut, a first-rate post-World War I drama with a heavy dose of sentiment and a gripping storyline. He stars as a grieving Australian who journeys to Turkey to find the remains of his sons, all killed in battle. Drama, R, 111 min1 utes. HHH ⁄2 “True Story” — James Franco delivers a compelling performance as the conniving albeit charming sociopath Christian Longo in a story based on one of the more bizarre journalist/defendant alliances in modern annals. Jonah Hill co-stars as Michael Finkel, a disgraced superstar journalist who seizes the opportunity through Longo for a possible career comeback. Drama, R, 100 minutes. 1 HHH ⁄2 “While We’re Young” — Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as aging Generation X’ers who adopt the trappings of their fatuous new 20-something friends (Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried). Comedy, R, 94 minutes. HHH
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Thursday, May 21, 2015 - E13
AT THE LINCOLN 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 www.lincolntheatre.org
NT Live: ‘Man and Superman’
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7:30 p.m. today, May 21
Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (“The English Patient,” “Schindler’s List”) plays Jack Tanner in this reinvention of George Bernard Shaw’s classic tale. Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his. $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students and children, with $2 off for Lincoln members.
‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 22-23 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 24 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 25
Now that The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is full up with its long-term residents, co-managers Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) and Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) have a dream of expansion, and they’ve found just the place: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Rated PG. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.
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E14 - Thursday, May 21, 2015
HOT TICKETS EARSHOT JAZZ SPRING SERIES: Through June 28, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org. BETTYE LAVETTER WITH TESS HENLEY: May 21-24, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com. SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: May 22-25, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. sasquatchfestival.com. JUICY J: May 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND: May 26-30, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com. BARRY MANILOW: May 27, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com. JIM JEFFRIES: May 27, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877784-4849 or livenation.com. JJ GREY & MOFRO: May 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com. STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO: May 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.
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GREGG ALLMAN: July 3, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. VAN HALEN: July 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. SHERYL CROW: July 8, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. STEELY DAN: July 9, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. “GREASE”: July 9-Aug. 2, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888584-4849 or 5thavenue.org. “DANCING WITH THE STARS”: July 9, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com. ALBERT LEE: with Cindy Cashdollar: July 10, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org. LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: July 11, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com. ZAC BROWN BAND: July 11, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. ACCEPTANCE: July 11, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com. J. COLE: featuring Big Sean: with special guests YG and Jeremih: July 12, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com. THE DECEMBERISTS: July 16, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. com. WINTHROP R&B FESTIVAL: with Elvin Bishop, Los Lonely Boys, Bobby Rush, Kenny Neal, Too Slim & The Taildraggers, Duffy Bishop, Mary Flower, Samantha Fish, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble and more: July 17-19, Winthrop, Wash. 509-997-3837 or winthropbluesfestival.com. DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: featuring The Gibson Brothers, The Gentlemen of Bluegrass, Gold Heart, Kids in Bluegrass and more: July 17-19, Darrington. 360-4361006 or darringtonbluegrass. com. n For complete listings, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”
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MUSIC REVIEWS “PITCH PERFECT 2: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK” — The Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers, who return in the film “Pitch Perfect 2,” have found a way to cram even more songs per square airwave in their mash-ups. Although the tunes are neatly stacked and folded into each other, they don’t always work outside a visual medium. The reason is their brevity, two lines and they’re on to the next song. Thus listening turns into a race to recognize the song. The tunes span decades and genres and are deftly mashed into new entities. Some take flight, like the pleasant “Back to Basics” sequence that includes a cappella versions of “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” ”Lady Marmalade” and “Mmmbop.” However, “Riff Off” starts with an enjoyable rendition of the “Thong Song” and cycles through a dizzying array of booty-praising tunes in a short span, losing its head to its own ingenuity. The song that keeps everyone coming back is Jessie J’s “Flashlight,” written by Sam Smith and Sia. The ballad, poignant and memorable, is one of the album’s highlights, while singer-songwriter Ester Dean brings a modern EDM feel to the comedy with “Crazy Youngsters.” And the unexpected Snoop Dogg rendition of “Winter Wonderland” feels like a good gamble in an otherwise predictable sound. n Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press
SNOOP DOGG, “Bush” — Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams made magic together more than a decade ago, and now the rapper and producer are doing it again. Snoop Dogg and Williams, who collaborated on the infectious hit “Beautiful” and the chart-topping “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” are impressive on “Bush,” Snoop Dogg’s 13th studio album. Williams, the Grammywinning hitmaker, laid down the tracks for the entire album with the help of his Neptunes partner, Chad Hugo. Snoop Dogg continues to venture away from his gangsta rap persona, singing for much of the 10-track album, which is full of easygoing funk melodies. In typical Snoop Dogg form, he sings about the West Coast on the standout songs “This City” and “California Roll,” with Williams on the chorus and Stevie Wonder playing the harmonica. The 43-year-old rapper, who changed his stage name back to Snoop Dogg after a brief stint as reggae artist Snoop Lion, talks about living a stress-free life on the enjoyable “Run Away” with Gwen Stefani. Known for his marijuana-smoking ways, Snoop Dogg shows his infatuation with weed-infused baked goods on the T.I.assisted “Edibles” and the disco-flavored
“Awake.” And first single, “Peaches N Cream,” is an upbeat party song that features frequent collaborator Charlie Wilson. From start to finish, the ultra-smooth Snoop Dogg doesn’t lose a step. Kudos to Williams for putting Snoop Dogg in a position to make that happen. n Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press
MY MORNING JACKET, “The Waterfall” — The sixth studio album by the Louisville band fronted by Jim James once again displays a singular blend of stirring stadium guitar-rock and ghostly alt-country-tinged hippie mysticism. On ‘The Waterfall,” recorded with producer Tucker Martine, My Morning Jacket is particularly focused and on its game. That could be the result of a breakup: The point to be gotten in “Get the Point,” whose fingerpicked flutter recalls Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’,” is that love has left the room. The rousing chorus in “Big Decisions” details a domestic squabble, and the closer, “Only Memories Remain,” ruminates on all that’s lost with the passage of time. A taste of the bitter along with the sweet is beneficial to the MMJ sound. And never fear, the jammed-out Neil Young guitars are here, too, as is James. His cool, vibrato-free, often otherworldly voice is what truly sets the band apart. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer
EMMYLOU HARRIS AND RODNEY CROWELL, “The Traveling Kind” — “We don’t all die young to save our spark/From the ravages of time,” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell harmonize on the title song of their second album together in three years. No, they did not go the way of Harris’ long-ago partner, Gram Parsons, to whom the song alludes. Instead, she and Crowell, who go back four decades, have become the epitome of artists who manage to age with spark — and grace — intact. This time, the two double down in a way on their collaboration. Whereas 2013’s Grammy-winning “Old Yellow Moon” contained mostly non-originals (and no writing by Harris), “The Traveling Kind” features four Harris-Crowell collaborations, including the title track, as well as five by Crowell, by himself or with others. The writing is a strength, as is the variety — and vitality — of the music. Harris, of course, takes the lead on two ethereal folk ballads. The rest touch on blues, country, and rock (a fine version of Lucinda Williams’ “I Just Wanted to See You So Bad”) before the set concludes with a sweet dose of Cajun, with “La Danse de la Joie.” n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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