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Movies“The Railway Man” is a different sort of prisoner of war movie

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ReviewsMusic: Daisy, Neon Trees Video Games: “Yoshi’s New Island”

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On StageCantabile of Skagit Valley concerts to aid Oso mudslide victims

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Heritage Flight Museum set to celebrate

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E2 - Thursday, April 24, 2014 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com

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

This Weekend / Page 5

[email protected], [email protected] (recreation items)Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday for the following Thursday edition

Phone360-416-2135

Hand-deliver1215 Anderson Road Mount Vernon, WA 98274

Mailing addressP.O. Box 578 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Online events calendarTo list your event on our website, visit goskagit.com and look for the Events Calendar on the home page

HAVE A STORY IDEA?w For arts and entertainment, contact Features Editor Craig Parrish at 360-416-2135 or [email protected] For recreation, contact staff writer Vince Richardson at 360-416-2181 or [email protected]

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Tulip Festival Events .......................... 4

Music, Video Game Reviews ..........6-7

Get Involved ....................................... 8

On Stage, Tuning Up ...................10-11

Travel ...........................................12-13

Hot Tickets ....................................... 14

At the Lincoln ................................... 15

Movie Listings, Reviews .............16-17

Out & About ................................18-19

Blueberry Hill is part of the Bluegrass for Oso benefit concert Sunday at Sedro-Woolley High School

“The Pawnbroker”: The film directed by Academy Award-winner Sidney Lumet features one of the greatest per-formances in the career of Rod Steiger. He earned a 1965 Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the survivor of a World War II Nazi death camp who lives a life of misery and hatred.

Sol Nazerman (Steiger) has not been the same since he saw his parents, wife and children murdered in a concentra-tion camp. His decision to open a pawn shop in Harlem - where the clients are mostly thieves and prostitutes - reflects the emptiness that he’s living with on a daily basis.

As if Steiger’s performance wasn’t enough, “The Pawnbroker” features a jazz-influenced score by Quincy Jones and a supporting cast of Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Raymond St. Jacques and a very young Morgan Free-man.

The black-and-white film - which was selected in 2008 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress - has been remastered in high definition.

“The Address”: Filmmaker Ken Burns takes a look at the students at the Greenwood School - a tiny Vermont learning institute for boys ages 11-17 who face a range of personal, academic and social challenges - and their annual task of learning Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

It’s a moving story of how a speech given more than 150 years ago is helping heal these students. The documentary shows their growth and development as they dig into the history, context and importance of President Lincoln’s most powerful address.

“Stan Lee’s Mighty 7: Beginnings”: Marvel Comics guru Stan Lee has had a cameo role in the big-budget movies based on the characters he helped cre-ate. This animated film takes Lee from cameo to star.

The first person seven aliens meet when their spaceship crashes on Earth is Lee. After years of creating fictional costumed heroes, Lee realizes he can now write about real people who have special powers. Lee invites the aliens to live with him where he turns them into media stars while they deal with a great evil.

This different look at the superhero genre is fun plus introduces a group of new and interesting heroes. This is the first of a trio of films featuring Lee and

company. Along with Lee, voice tal-ent includes Armie Hammer, Christian Slater, Mayim Bialik, Teri Hatcher, Flea, Darren Criss, Sean Astin, Jim Belushi and Michael Ironside.

“The Stan Lee’s Mighty 7: Begin-nings” comes with a $6.25 e-Movie Cash, extended scenes and a Stan Lee trivia game.

“Doctor Who: The Web of Fear”: A 1968 six-part adventure featuring Doc-tor Who.

“Nikita: The Complete Fourth and Final Season”: Last six episodes from the TV series.

“Big Bad Wolves”: Lives of three men go on a collision course after a series of brutal murders.

“The Hooping Life”: A look at the origins and rise of modern-day hula-hooping.

“Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Neighbors From Hell (The Play)”: Madea goes against troubled new neighbors.

“The Suspect”: A small-town bank robbery leads to a showdown between a sheriff and a mysterious stranger.

“Sorcerer”: William Friedkin’s 1977 cult suspense thriller.

“The Good Witch’s Garden”: Cable movie starring Catherine Bell.

“Newhart: The Complete Third Sea-son”: Bob Newhart plays the owner of an inn that’s filled with odd people.

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

APRIL 29Bad Country - SonyDevil’s Due - FoxGimme Shelter - LionsgateLabor Day - ParamountThe Legend of Hercules - Summit / LionsgateLocker 13 - ArcThe Rocket - Kino

MAY 6The Art of the Steal - Anchor BayBurn - Passion RiverStill Mine - FoxVeronica Mars - Warner

MAY 13Her - WarnerI, Frankenstein - LionsgateStalingrad - SonyThat Awkward Moment - Sony

n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

ON THE COVER: The Northrop F-89J Scorpion is part of the Heritage Flight Museum collection at Skagit Regional Airport. Skagit Valley Herald file

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COMMUNITY

Skagit Valley Herald staff

Efforts to move the Heritage Flight Museum to Skagit County began months ago. Now complete, the museum will host a grand opening celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Skagit Regional Airport, 15051 Crosswind Drive, Burlington.

The Cascade Warbirds will per-form demonstration and forma-tion flights in a variety of historic aircraft, starting at noon, weather permitting. On the ground, visitors can check out vintage World War II, Korean and Vietnam-era air-craft, along with a wide range of flight memorabilia and artifacts.

Founded in 1996 by Apollo 8 astronaut Maj. General William Anders, the Heritage Flight Muse-um is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and

flying of historic military aircraft, according to the museum website.

The museum settled at Bell-ingham International Airport in 2001 and has been developing its displays and community programs ever since.

During the celebration, flights will continue hourly. Author and veteran pilot Larry Partridge will sign copies of his book “Fly-ing Tigers Over Cambodia,” and information will be available on the Experimental Aircraft Asso-ciation’s Young Eagles program and on pilot training. The Skagit Swing Band will perform and refreshments will be available.

Admission Saturday is by donation — $5-$8 is suggested. Ample street parking will be available.

360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

Heritage Flight Museum to celebrate new home

Skagit Valley Herald file photos

ABOVE: Aircraft owned by the Heritage Flight Museum will be on display during the museum’s grand opening from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Skagit Regional Airport, west of Burlington. BELOW: A Cornell PT-19 from 1942.


DISPLAY GARDENSApril 24-30: Check out dis-

play gardens filled with bloom-ing tulips and more:

Tulip Town, 15002 Brad-shaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $5, free for ages 10 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8152.

Roozengarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. $5, $4 military with ID, free for ages 10 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8531.

Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Display gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-424-1580.

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

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

WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily. Gardens showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific North-west. Docents are on hand to answer gardening questions on the weekends.

KIWANIS SALMON BARBECUE

April 24-27: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Alder grilled salmon with baked potato, coleslaw, garlic bread, beverages and dessert. $12 adults, $10 child/senior plate. Visa/MC accepted. Reserva-tions required for groups of 15 or more: 360-202-0926 or kiwanisbbq.com.

POSTER SIGNINGTulip Festival poster artist

Luke Tornatzky will sign 2014 festival posters and offer other artwork:

Saturday, April 26: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon.

Sunday, April 27: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tulip Town, 15002 Brad-

shaw Road, Mount Vernon.

MASTER GARDENER ‘STEP-ON’ GUIDES

Have a WSU Skagit County Master Gardener act as your tour guide to the Skagit Valley. For reservations, email [email protected].

CHILDREN’S MUSEUMApril 24-30: 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Monday through Satur-day; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 8:30 to 10 a.m. toddler Tues-day; 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Activities for ages 10 and younger. $5.25, free for ages younger than 1. 360-757-8888.

HISTORICAL MUSEUMApril 24-27, 29-30: 11 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, Skagit County Histori-cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Featuring “100 Years of Fashion” through April 28. $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.

MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART

April 24-30: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. The museum’s col-lections include contemporary art from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Free admis-sion. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

LA CONNER SCULPTURE TOUR

April 24-30: Area artists dis-play their work at various sites. Maps available at La Conner Chamber of Commerce and participating merchants. Free. 360-466-3125.

ANACORTES QUILT WALKApril 24-30: See a wide vari-

ety of quilts and wearable art garments in downtown Ana-cortes businesses during regular shop hours. Maps available at participating businesses and the Anacortes Visitors Center. Free. 360-333-9311 or fidalgo islandquilters.com.

DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON ART WALK

April 24-30: Check out origi-nal artworks along Fairhaven Avenue in downtown Burling-ton. Tour brochures available at the Visitor Information Center, 520 E. Fairhaven. Free. 360-755-9717 or 360-757-0994.

LA CONNER IN BLOOM: TULIP QUILT CHALLENGE

April 24-30: Check out tulip-themed quilts and fiber artworks at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Created and donated by area quilters, all quilts are for sale, with pro-ceeds to benefit restoration and repairs to the Gaches Man-sion’s picket fence. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for mem-

bers and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com.

ART BASHApril 24-30: Art League

North’s annual Fine Art Multi-Media Exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in the upstairs gallery at The Farm-house Restaurant, 13724 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon. Free admission. 360-466-0382 or artleaguenorth.com.

ART IN A PICKLE BARNApril 24-30: Azusa Farm &

Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon. The 25th annual Skagit Art Association show features award-winning art in a variety of media. The show continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Free admission. 360-424-1580 or skagitart.org.

J & L ART SHOWApril 24-30: Check out the

fifth annual art show at Tulip Valley Winery & Orchard, 16163 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. Local artists show work in a variety of media. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Free admission and parking. 360-708-3170 or face book.com/JLArtShow.

SPRING ART SHOWApril 24-27: Clayton James,

Maggie Wilder and Marty Rog-ers are the featured artists in the annual Spring Art Show at the River Gallery, 19313 Land-ing Road (off of Dodge Valley Road), Mount Vernon. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The show also includes works by more than two dozen other local artists. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

ART AT THE SCHOOLHOUSEApril 24-27: 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. daily. Members of the Stanwood Camano Arts Guild offer a variety of original art-works and demonstrations at the historic 1888 schoolhouse at Christianson’s Nursery &

31st annual Skagit Valley Tulip FestivalAPRIL 24-30

w For the full month’s listing of events, maps and directions, visit tulipfestival.org

See FESTIVAL, Page E4


THIS WEEKENDin the areaTULIP FESTIVAL STREET FAIR The 30th annual Tulip Fes-tival Street Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 25-27, along First Street in downtown Mount Ver-non. Enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities and a variety of food, with hundreds of juried arts and crafts vendors. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org for parking and shuttle information.

HOLLAND HAPPENING Enjoy arts and crafts, food, live entertainment and more Friday through Sunday, April 25-27, in downtown Oak Harbor. A family carnival will be held all three days. Saturday’s events include the Eagle 5K run and 1-mile Kids’ Eagle Dash at 8 a.m. and the Grand Parade at 11 a.m. down Bayshore Drive. The street fair will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on Pioneer Way. 360-675-3755 or hollandhappening.org.

VINTAGE BIKES & CARS The North Cascade Street Rod Association and Washington Vintage Motorcyclists will host the 33rd annual Automotive and Vintage Motor-cycle Swap Meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Check out cars, trucks, vintage motor-cycles, tools, parts, accessories and more. Admission: $2. Parking and admission: $5. Vendor space available: auto-motive (360-757-6333) and motorcycle (360-223-3190).

FANCY NANCY TEA PARTY The Tea and Craft Party for children ages 5 to 8 will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Wash-ington Ave., Burlington. Children are encouraged to dress up in glamorous attire. Participants will make regal crowns, lovely purses and dapper boutonnieres to accessorize their wardrobes. Free. Reservations required: 360-755-0760.

“UNKNOWN MUSIC” Enjoy an evening of experimental music including a sound installation by Mount Eerie and performances by Arthur Bertrand and the Earwigs at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $6. Proceeds will benefit Anchor Art Space. 360-755-3140 or anchorartspace.org.

Joyful Noise, Birdsview Bluegrass and Blueberry Hill (pictured) will perform from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. Proceeds will benefit the Oso mudslide victims. 360-708-9897.

Bluegrass for Oso


REVIEWS: MUSIC

Daisy“Do Be Do”

Daisy O’Connor, a Ferndale native who is currently based in Austin, Texas, impresses with her writing and singing on “Do Be Do,” a five-song EP that high-lights her bluegrassy-infused folk, served with a twist.

Not content to go for the easy phrase when a tune seems more suited to some-thing a little on the odd side, O’Connor writes in a way that brings to mind a female Slaid Cleaves, another Austin singer/songwriter who is equally unpre-dictable.

Chord changes are familiar to the genre but occasionally skewed, and O’Connor’s got a way with lyrics that belie her breathy, pleasant vocal style: happy and kind of sad, optimistic but wary at the same time.

Accompanied by the spare instrumen-tation of banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, string bass and percussion on “I Told You So,” a lazy-swinging romp, O’Connor sings, “You walk on by me, down on the beach, looking like you just had the sweet-est taste of ‘I told you so.’ ” It’s joyous in a nearly imperceptible way.

That contrasts with “Change,” which rings with hopeful optimism; but the minor-chord despair is evident.

One of best things about the line of performers like O’Connor is that they’re presenting music behind which they can-not hide. When it’s done this well, you’re happy they’ve decided to appear, front and center.

n Craig Parrish, Skagit Valley Herald

Kelis“Food”

Hungry for good music? Order Kelis’ new album, “Food.”

The R&B-pop-dance-soul singer, who had a break-through with the 2003 adventurous hit “Milkshake,” returns with an album full of soulful horns, lush strings and thumping piano keys that feel grand. A huge depar-ture from 2010’s electronic dance album, “Flesh Tone,” Kelis’ latest release shows she’s just as versatile as her Neptunes-produced 1999 debut, “Kaleidoscope.”

With the success of “Milkshake,” it’s fitting that the Le Cordon Bleu-certified chef and saucier finds success with

cuisine-themed tunes, as she intertwines her love for food and music. Entirely pro-duced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, “Food” is her most mature album-to-date.

Kelis masters a mix of jazz funk (“Jerk Ribs,” “Hooch”), Afrobeat (“Cobbler,” “Change”) and gospel (“Breakfast,” “Bis-cuits n’ Gravy”) on her sixth album. Her smoky, sultry vocals perfectly match the blues-inspired “Floyd,” where she asks her lover to bring some surprise and excite-ment to romance. “I want to be blown away, blow me away,” Kelis angelically coos.

The remake of Labi Siffre’s “Bless the Telephone” is a welcome departure from the rest of the album with minimal acous-tics and additional vocals by Sal Masekela that channel Simon & Garfunkel.

Kelis, who has launched a line of sauces called Feast, offers musical sustenance with “Food.” She continues to reinvent herself with each album, while refusing to be boxed into one music category.

n Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press

Wayne Kramer“Lexington”

It’s been 14 years since Wayne Kramer released an album, and the former MC5 guitarist says he expects fans of his work with that seminal punk-metal band might be annoyed with his journey into improv jazz in “Lexing-ton.”

Baffled might have been a better word choice, but those who stick around until the end will be pleasantly surprised — and rewarded.

Kramer, who in recent years has been busy scoring films such as “Talladega

Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” began his migration toward jazz while doing the music for “The Narcotic Farm,” a 2008 PBS documentary about the fed-eral prison in Lexington, Ky., where he served two years in the 1970s for dealing cocaine.

With help from an eight-piece ensemble that includes a horn section led by trum-peter Charles Moore, he makes that migration complete in the eight instru-mental tracks contained here.

And while the loud, screaming chords that once defined his signature work on albums like “Kick Out the Jams” are nowhere in sight, Kramer’s own deft use of quieter guitar runs played in counter-point to piano and trumpet, show that at age 65 he’s lost none of the skill that led Rolling Stone magazine to declare him among rock music’s 100 greatest guitarists.

Listen closely, particularly to “Chas-ing a Fire Engine” and “Spectrum Suite,” which open and close the recording, and old fans will even discover some of the sonic distortion they once embraced.

n John Rogers, Associated Press

Iggy Azalea“The New Classic”

The blond ambi-tious rapper with a killer flow from the Australian outback has finally made it, and she’s not afraid to rap about it.

Iggy Azalea, 23, has been hustling to get to where she is since she first landed in Miami at 16, and the main theme of the 12-track “The New Classic” is her dream of becoming accomplished in hip-hop through hard work and unwillingness to be thwarted by bad deals, critics and industry pressures. That’s especially on tracks such as “Walk the Line,” “Don’t Need Y’all” and the dark “Impossible Is Nothing.”

“First deal changed me, robbed blind, basically raped me … studied the Carters till a deal was offered, slept cold on the floor recording,” she spits on “Work,” not as a complaint, but as a badge of honor.

Musically, the album leans toward a blend of pop and electro beats. The rap-pers of the heyday that led Azalea to this path may shake their heads at this softball version of their craft, but it’s not called “The New Classic” for nothing. It’s a fresher take of the rhyming arts, flipping its inherent misogyny and machismo on its head with a few disappointing exceptions

(just bypass the wealth-flashing “New (Expletive).”) Overall, this is a women’s empowerment record.

Rita Ora’s velvet voice adds another layer to the anti-love slow burn of the Stargate-produced “Black Widow,” a song that has a writing credit from Katy Perry. Charli XCX — from “I Love It” fame with Icona Pop — contributes to the playful electro tune “Fancy,” while Azalea’s men-tor, T.I., gives her a hand with that whole “Change Your Life” thing.

If Azalea doesn’t fall into the trap of rapping only about her designer clothes and wealth in the future, and keeps her eyes on the artsy prize, she might just become an old classic.

n Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press

G. Love & Special Sauce“Sugar”

It’s been 20 years and G. Love & Spe-cial Sauce are still grooving with their blues-meets-hip-hop sound.

G. Love (born Garrett Dutton), Jimi “Jazz” Prescott and Jeffrey “Houseman” Clemens made the band’s self-titled debut album in 1994, winning over fans with G. Love’s harmonica and guitar, Jimi Jazz’s stand-up bass and Houseman’s drums.

The trio is back together on “Sugar,” with their signature mix of bluesy tracks and songs with more mainstream appeal.

As the name suggests, “Weekend Dance” will get you up off your feet while “Saturday Night,” “Cheating Heart” and the title track keep with G. Love’s long-time themes of good times and getting over heartbreak.

“Sugar” — G. Love’s first album since 2011’s “Fixin’ to Die” — features appear-ances from Ben Harper, Marc Broussard and New Orleans horn player Shamarr Allen. One track not to miss: “One Night Romance” pairs G. Love with gospel and soul singer Merry Clayton.

“Sugar” should give G. Love plenty of material for a summer tour that starts in July.

n Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press

Other notable releasesn Neon Trees - “Pop Psychology”n Keb’ Mo’ - “BLUES Americana”n TEEN - “The Way and Color”n Ian Anderson - “Homo Erraticus”n Francesca Battistelli - “If We’re Honest”n Black Prairie - “Fortune”n Eels - “Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett”n Future - “Honest”n The Whigs - “Modern Creation”

n popmatters.com

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Sunday April 27thSaturday April 26th

30TH ANNUAL TULIP FESTIVALSTREET FAIR

Live Entertainment at the Rick Epting StageDOWNTOWN MOUNT VERNON

APRIL 25, 26, 27, 2014Friday & Saturday 10 am-6 pm, Sunday, 10 am-5 pm

Friday April 25th10:00am-11:00am11:00am-1:00pm1:00pm-3:00pm3:00pm-4:00pm4:00pm-6:00pm

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10:00am-11:00am11:00am-12:00pm12:00pm-2:00pm

2:00pm-4:00pm4:00pm-6:00pm

Voices of the VillageUncle StinkyFire InsideSub Gringo BandSardines

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REVIEWS: VIDEO GAMES

‘Yoshi’s New Island’Platform: Nintendo 3DSRating: ECost: $39.99Stars: 2 out of 5

Back in the 1990s, the fans of “Super Mario Bros.” grew up a bit and wanted something a little more challenging than Mario’s run-to-the-right-and-jump style. Nintendo responded with “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island” in 1995, taking that simple concept and adding a pile of complicated moves and attacks.

With Yoshi the dinosaur’s fluttery jump, extendible tongue and unexpected ability to create and throw eggs, it was a whole new “Mario World.”

“Yoshi’s New Island,” now out for Nintendo 3DS, is the lat-est in the core Yoshi series, once again taking gamers back to piloting Mario’s dinosaur buddy. The story is still the same: the baby brothers Mario and Luigi

have been separated just as the stork was set to deliver them to their parents.

Yoshi — more accurately, an entire tribe of differently col-ored Yoshis — takes up the task of carrying Baby Mario to safety while searching for lost Baby Luigi.

Yoshi’s bag of tricks are also the same as before, with the addition of the impressive Eggdozer. Every now and then a giant-size enemy will appear, which Yoshi can turn into a mas-

sive metal egg that can be rolled forward to smash through bar-riers.

Nintendo is aware that “New Island” has a lot of complexity in it. Hint boxes appear all over the place, happy to remind you of how to progress through the next section. It’s unfortunate that most of what Yoshi does is not intuitive.

Even something as simple as defeating a large baddie is pref-aced with a text hint suggest-ing you “hit this enemy three times!” “New Island” sits in an uncomfortable place: It knows you have a lot to do but is sure you won’t be able to figure it out.

Similarly, it does not want to tax you. If you come across an area where you need to throw eggs, the game will have an egg box there. Again, it’s this whole weird thing where the game doesn’t want you to get stuck, so it helps you out whether you need it or not.

The Eggdozers are treated in the same way. When you need one, there it is. The game does not generate a natural feeling to explore and discover; instead it funnels you from one scene to the next and tells you how to get through it.

The overall picture is that “Yoshi’s New Island” is very methodical and very dull.

The situation is not helped by a scribbly art style or the 3DS’ small, pixelated screen.

A sharper resolution would go a long way toward making this kindergarten coloring book more palatable, but the 3DS hardware just does not have the chops to pull off smooth water-colors.

“Yoshi’s New Island” paints by the numbers, ticking off all of the franchise’s classic elements without ever finding a cohesive path in which to present them.

(This review is based on prod-uct supplied by the publisher.)

n Joe Fourhman, Chicago Tribune

Eminem, Outkast to headline Austin City LimitsThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — Eminem and Outkast are headlining another music festival.

The rap acts will perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October in Austin, Texas. Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Beck and Lorde will also take the stage at the 13th annual festival in Zilker Park.

Lana Del Rey, Calvin Harris, Foster the People, Broken Bells, The Replacements, Iggy Azalea, the Avett Brothers and Zedd are also slated to perform.

The three-day event will feature eight stages. It will take place over two weekends, kicking off Oct. 3 and Oct. 10. Three-day passes are $225. Single-day tick-ets will go on sale at a later date.

Eminem and Outkast are also headlining the Lollapalooza fes-tival in Chicago in August.


GET INVOLVED

AUDITIONSMBT SUMMER REP: Audi-

tions for the Mount Baker Theatre’s Summer Repertory Theatre will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at The-atre Puget Sound, Studio D, The Armory (formerly Center House) at the Seattle Center, and at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the Mount Baker Theatre encore room, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Parts are available for several men and women in “Talley’s Folly” by Lanford Wilson, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” by Neil Simon and “Becky’s New Car” by Steven Dietz. Paid and unpaid roles are available. Casting in more than one show is possible. Prepare two contrasting mono-logues, one comedic; no more than three minutes total.

Auditions may also include cold readings from the scripts. Rehearsals will be held July 5-17; performances are July 15-Aug. 10, with varying days and times. Homestays/housing provided for non-Bellingham actors. For information or to schedule an audition, email [email protected].

DANCECOMMUNITY DANCE: Dance

to the big band sounds of Cama-no Junction from 7 to 10 p.m. Sat-urday, May 3, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $10-$12, includes light snacks. 360-387-0222 or camano center.org.

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Ana-cortes Folkdancers meet at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. Learn to folkdance to a variety of international music. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. fol-lowed by review and request dances until 9:30.

The first session is free, $3 thereafter. All are welcome. No partners needed. For informa-tion, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

THURSDAY DANCE: Enjoy dancing to the music of the Skip-

pers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurs-days at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Doris at 360-588-8239.

CLOG DANCING FOR BEGIN-NERS: Free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed. First three les-sons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-424-4608.

MUSICSKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB:

The club welcomes performers, listeners and guests at 1:45 p.m. today at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleve-land St., Mount Vernon. Come and sing, play an instrument or just enjoy the music. Free. For information, call Marsha Peder-son at 360-757-4906.

ON STAGEANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30

p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544.

CONWAY OPEN MIC: Jam Night: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurs-days, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

OAK HARBOR OPEN MIC: 9 to 11 p.m. today, Haze Lounge, 1090 SE Pioneer Way, Suite 101, Oak Harbor. Ages 18 and older. 360-682-2033 or oakharborhookah.com.

RECREATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB SUM-

MER PROGRAMS: Registration is open for summer programs at Skagit Valley Boys & Girls Clubs. Children can participate in educational programs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, June 23-Aug. 15. Pro-grams that encourage academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles are designed around different

themes each week. The cost for day camp and regular club hours is $100 per week plus the month-ly membership fee, which starts at $25. A reduced rate is avail-able if your family qualifies for the free or reduced school lunch program. Registration is limited and closes May 30. To learn more or sign up your child, stop by your local club, visit skagitrais-esgreatkids.org/summer or call the club director listed below:

Anacortes: Cory Oppel, 360-588-9045.

La Conner: Kendrick Davis-Pittmon, 360-466-3672.

Mount Vernon: Vesta Ander-son, 360-428-6995.

Sedro-Woolley: John Garman, 360-856-1830.

CALL FOR CAMPGROUND HOSTS: The North Cascades National Park seeks adult camp-ground hosts to assist visitors at Newhalem and Colonial Creek campgrounds this summer. Hosts live in the campgrounds and work with staff to manage them, provide information to the public and encourage resource protec-tion. 360-854-7303.

HEALTHY KIDS DAY: Enjoy free family fun at the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Bakerview Sports Center, 3101 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon. Activities include a fun run around Bakerview Park, kids’ yoga and Zumba, YouthFit fun and games, summer camp adven-tures, information booths, raffles, prizes and more. Free. 360-336-9622 or skagitymca.org.

LIFEGUARD TRAINING: Amer-ican Red Cross lifeguard training classes will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, April 28-May 4, at Warm Beach Camp, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. Pre-requisites include swimming 300 yards of crawl or breast-stroke and retrieving a dive brick from the deep end, swimming the length of the pool and treading water for two minutes without use of arms. Class includes life-

guarding, first aid, CPR and AED certification. Minimum age is 16. $150, includes manual, all course materials and certificate. For information or to register, email Joe Wiederhold, [email protected].

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 at 360-293-3044 or Susan at 360-659-8792. Next up:

April 29: Goose Rock in Deception Pass State Park. Meet in the parking lot at the south end of the bridge. Enjoy a mod-erate walk through woods and open bluffs full of spring flowers. Includes some hills.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the for-est lands around Anacortes. Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up:

Little Cranberry Lake Hike: All ages, 10 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, April 26. Take Georgia south off of Oakes and follow to the gravel road that leads to the Little Cranberry Lake parking lot. Start the spring wildflower season with a hike all the way around Little Cranberry Lake. The trail is rugged in places. Explore some of the richest habitat in the forest — the place where deep forest, swamp, rocky meadow, lake and bog islands converge.

THEATERFREE ADULT ACTING CLASS-

ES: Anacortes Community The-atre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Classes include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-840-0089 or acttheatre.com

WORKSHOPSPHOTOGRAPHY: Professional

photographer Andy Porter will

teach two photography courses at the Burlington Parks and Rec-reation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. $40 per course. To register, call 360-755-9649 or email [email protected].

Point-and-Shoot: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Learn how to compose an inter-esting picture, whether you’re photographing people, pets or landscapes. The class will cover how to use lines, reflections and framing, and use of the various shooting modes — landscape, portrait and sports — to capture the best images. Bring your cam-era and user manual.

Digital SLR: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, or 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14. Learn how to shoot in manual mode, how to set aperture, shut-ter speed and ISO to get the best possible shots, how to bracket your exposure, the use of polariz-ers, benefits of capturing images in the RAW format and more in this hands-on workshop. Bring your camera and user manual.

SHEET METAL SCULPTURE: Sue Roberts will present “Sculpt-ing With Sheet Metal” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at 5424 S. Shore Drive, two walk-able blocks from the ferry dock on Guemes Island. The workshop offers an introduction to work-ing with sheet metal using simple hand tools and basic fastening techniques. Students will bend, form and cut sheets of metal into shapes, which they will use to construct a small sculptural object, which can be embellished with metal screen and cutouts attached with rivets, tabs, brads or hinges. $65, includes materials. 360-293-8878 or towerartsstudio.com.

SOUL COLLAGE WORKSHOP: Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Create a deck of collaged cards that help you access your own inner wisdom and speak the lan-guage of your soul. $40, includes all supplies. To register, call Lucia at 801-631-8915 or email luciaw [email protected].


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STREET FAIRApril 25-27: The 30th annual Tulip

Festival Street Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, along First Street in downtown Mount Vernon. Enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities and a variety of food, with hundreds of juried arts and crafts vendors. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org.

LINCOLN THEATRE OPEN HOUSEApril 25-27: Get a behind-the-scenes

look at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon, during the Tulip Festi-val Street Fair. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUMApril 26: The Heritage Flight Muse-

um’s grand opening celebration is set for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at 15051 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. The Cascade Warbirds will perform demon-stration and formation flights in a variety of historic aircraft, weather permitting. On the ground, visitors can enjoy live music by the Skagit Swing Band and check out vintage World War II-, Korean- and Viet-nam-era aircraft as well as a wide range of flight memorabilia and artifacts. Sug-gested admission donation: $8 adults, $5 ages 6 and older. 360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

THE ART OF GARDENINGApril 26-27: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The

Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Check out display gardens and vendors with a focus on backyard farming, gardening and gar-den art. Beer and wine garden, live enter-tainment, food and more. 360-293-1918 or anacortesfarmersmarket.org.

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E10 Thursday, April 24, 2014 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com Thursday, April 24, 2014 E11

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area April 24-May 1 TUNING UP Playing at area venues April 24-May 1

Thursday.24THEATER

“Les Miserables” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“1776” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Mid-way Drive, Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-988-4754 or [email protected].

Friday.25MUSIC

Prozac Mountain Boys & Mag-gie’s Fury: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Free, ticket required. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Val-ley, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 2201 H Ave., Anacortes. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagit valley.org.

THEATER“Les Miserables” (musical-

drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.



Saturday.26MUSIC

New Discoveries Concert: Skagit Symphony, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40, $10 students, $5 ages 16 and younger 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyre-hall.org.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Val-ley, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Ver-non. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagit valley.org.

“A Magical Evening of Cello and Viola”: Cellist Betsy Tinney accompanied by Geli Wuerzner on the viola, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Ana-cortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 advance, $15 at the door. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

“Unknown Music”: Mount Eerie, Arthur Bertrand and Ear-wigs, 8 p.m., Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $6. Proceeds will benefit Anchor Art Space. 360-755-3140 or anchor artspace.org.

Champian Fulton Trio, with Adam Thomas and Julian Mac-Donough: 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.





Sunday.27MUSIC

“Bluegrass for Oso”: Joy-ful Noise, Birdsview Bluegrass and Blueberry Hill, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. Proceeds will benefit the Oso mudslide victims. 360-708-9897.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Valley, 4 p.m., First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagitvalley.org.

Sanford-Hill Piano Series: Rus-sian pianist Alexander Ghindin, 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham. $18-$24, $9 students. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER“Les Miserables” (musical-dra-

ma): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.



THURSDAY.24

WEDNESDAY.30

Knut Bell: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

Cheryl Hodge: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Goodson: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Michael Thomas, Knut Bell, Alfie Harpo (honky-tonk, blues, soul, funk, rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5-$10 donation to benefit Oso. 360-445-3000.

Dynamite Limbo (pop, soft rock, classics): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Scott Haynes: 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Voyager: 10 p.m., The Shake-down, 1212 N. State St., Bell-ingham. $5-$7. 360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Jenny and the Tomcats: 6 to 9 p.m., Carpenter Creek Win-ery, 20376 E. Hickox Road, Mount Vernon. $7 cover. 360-848-6673.

Goodson: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Ver-non. 360-422-6411.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (country, rock): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Mar-ket St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

The Fire Inside (Celtic music): 8 p.m., Trum-peter Public House, 416 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. 360-588-4515.

The Chris Eger Band (R&B, rock, blues): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Pearl Django (gypsy jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20. 360-445-3000.

The Holmes Shea Band (pop, rock): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renais-sance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Copperpot: 9 p.m. to mid-night, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

Steve Frame/Country Dave: 8:30 p.m., Edi-son Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Jack Mattingly & Whiskey Fever: 8 to 11 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Fireballs of Freedom, The Lovesores, The Lucky Boys, Rookery: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Richard Tucker: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lyn-den. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Sharyn Peterson: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. $12. 360-445-3000.

Smoke Wagon: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. No cover. 360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Zach Deputy, Dominic Sebas-tian Greer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

LOOKING AHEADMONDAY.28 Just In Time Jazz Duo: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Chandler’s Square Retire-ment Community, 1300 O Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360-293-1300.

WEDNESDAY.30 “Simphonie”: Harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright, viola da gambist Susie Napper and Baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan: 8 p.m., St. Paul’s Epis-copal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. $15-$20 sug-gested donation, $5 students, free for ages 18 and younger.. 360-424-1822 or candlelight seattle.org.

THURSDAY.1 “All Shook Up!” (musi-cal based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Department, 7 p.m., Sedro-Wool-ley High School Auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510. “Leading Ladies” (com-edy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Val-ley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-988-4754 or [email protected].

CANTABILE OF SKAGIT VALLEYThe ensemble will perform a series of concerts, with proceeds to be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. Cost: $15FRIDAY.25: 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 2201 H Ave., AnacortesSATURDAY.26: 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount VernonSUNDAY.27: 4 p.m., First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor

SATURDAY.26THE HOLMES SHEA BAND7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.26BOBBY HOLLAND AND THE BREADLINE7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

FRIDAY.25

SATURDAY.26

SUNDAY.27

Hamilton/Cox: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Scott Hanes: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

The Spencetet Classic Jazz Quartet: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.1

E10 Thursday, April 24, 2014 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com Thursday, April 24, 2014 E11

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area April 24-May 1 TUNING UP Playing at area venues April 24-May 1

Thursday.24THEATER

“Les Miserables” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.



Friday.25MUSIC

Prozac Mountain Boys & Mag-gie’s Fury: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Free, ticket required. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Val-ley, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 2201 H Ave., Anacortes. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagit valley.org.





Saturday.26MUSIC

New Discoveries Concert: Skagit Symphony, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$40, $10 students, $5 ages 16 and younger 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyre-hall.org.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Val-ley, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Ver-non. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagit valley.org.

“A Magical Evening of Cello and Viola”: Cellist Betsy Tinney accompanied by Geli Wuerzner on the viola, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Ana-cortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 advance, $15 at the door. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

“Unknown Music”: Mount Eerie, Arthur Bertrand and Ear-wigs, 8 p.m., Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $6. Proceeds will benefit Anchor Art Space. 360-755-3140 or anchor artspace.org.

Champian Fulton Trio, with Adam Thomas and Julian Mac-Donough: 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.





Sunday.27MUSIC

“Bluegrass for Oso”: Joy-ful Noise, Birdsview Bluegrass and Blueberry Hill, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. Proceeds will benefit the Oso mudslide victims. 360-708-9897.

“Pastorale: A Choral Feast of Spring”: Cantabile of Skagit Valley, 4 p.m., First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor. $15. Proceeds will be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. 360-466-1783 or cantabileofskagitvalley.org.

Sanford-Hill Piano Series: Rus-sian pianist Alexander Ghindin, 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham. $18-$24, $9 students. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER“Les Miserables” (musical-dra-

ma): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.



THURSDAY.24

WEDNESDAY.30

Knut Bell: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

Cheryl Hodge: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Goodson: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Michael Thomas, Knut Bell, Alfie Harpo (honky-tonk, blues, soul, funk, rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5-$10 donation to benefit Oso. 360-445-3000.

Dynamite Limbo (pop, soft rock, classics): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Scott Haynes: 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Voyager: 10 p.m., The Shake-down, 1212 N. State St., Bell-ingham. $5-$7. 360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Jenny and the Tomcats: 6 to 9 p.m., Carpenter Creek Win-ery, 20376 E. Hickox Road, Mount Vernon. $7 cover. 360-848-6673.

Goodson: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Ver-non. 360-422-6411.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (country, rock): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Mar-ket St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

The Fire Inside (Celtic music): 8 p.m., Trum-peter Public House, 416 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. 360-588-4515.

The Chris Eger Band (R&B, rock, blues): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Pearl Django (gypsy jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20. 360-445-3000.

The Holmes Shea Band (pop, rock): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renais-sance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Copperpot: 9 p.m. to mid-night, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

Steve Frame/Country Dave: 8:30 p.m., Edi-son Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Jack Mattingly & Whiskey Fever: 8 to 11 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Fireballs of Freedom, The Lovesores, The Lucky Boys, Rookery: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Richard Tucker: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lyn-den. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Sharyn Peterson: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. $12. 360-445-3000.

Smoke Wagon: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. No cover. 360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Zach Deputy, Dominic Sebas-tian Greer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

LOOKING AHEADMONDAY.28 Just In Time Jazz Duo: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Chandler’s Square Retire-ment Community, 1300 O Ave., Anacortes. Free. 360-293-1300.

WEDNESDAY.30 “Simphonie”: Harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright, viola da gambist Susie Napper and Baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan: 8 p.m., St. Paul’s Epis-copal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. $15-$20 sug-gested donation, $5 students, free for ages 18 and younger.. 360-424-1822 or candlelight seattle.org.

THURSDAY.1 “All Shook Up!” (musi-cal based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Department, 7 p.m., Sedro-Wool-ley High School Auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510. “Leading Ladies” (com-edy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Val-ley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-988-4754 or [email protected].

CANTABILE OF SKAGIT VALLEYThe ensemble will perform a series of concerts, with proceeds to be shared with the Oso Disaster Relief Fund. Cost: $15FRIDAY.25: 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 2201 H Ave., AnacortesSATURDAY.26: 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount VernonSUNDAY.27: 4 p.m., First Reformed Church, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor

SATURDAY.26THE HOLMES SHEA BAND7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.26BOBBY HOLLAND AND THE BREADLINE7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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Hamilton/Cox: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Scott Hanes: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. No cover. 360-424-7872.

The Spencetet Classic Jazz Quartet: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

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A bronze depiction of poet Patrick Kavanagh sitting by the Grand Canal in Dublin, Ireland. The statue is one of many commemorating writers throughout the capital city. This was inspired by Kavanagh’s poem about the canal: “O commemorate me where there is water, canal water preferably, so stilly greeny at the heart of summer.”

The Samuel Beckett bridge across the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The bridge is designed to evoke the image of a harp lying on its side. Many famous writers were born or lived in Dublin and the city is filled with plaques, statues and bridges commemorating them.Photos by Helen O’Neill / AP

By HELEN O’NEILLAssociated Press

DUBLIN — James Joyce immortalized this misty port city in his literary epic “Ulysses,” though many Dubliners freely admit they haven’t read a word of the stream-of-consciousness novel.

That doesn’t stop them from throwing a huge celebration every June 16, honoring the day in 1904 when the fictional Leop-old Bloom perambulated through the streets of the author’s hometown.

Every year, thousands of Joyce lovers and tourists, many in period costume, flock to the capital to retrace Bloom’s steps. The faithful devour “innards of beasts and fowls” for breakfast, plunge into the once-famous gentlemen-only bathing spot called the Forty Foot, and descend on Davy Byrnes’ pub for that famous literary lunch: a gorgonzola sandwich and glass of Burgundy.

But while Bloomsday is the city’s largest and most colorful literary celebra-tion, it is hardly the only one. With its old-world pubs filled with faded pic-tures of poets and rebels, clattery cafes and cobble-stone alleys, centuries-old libraries and elegant muse-ums, Dublin is a haven for those who want to immerse themselves in books and writers and words — washed down of course, with the obligatory pint of Guinness. (The old brewery storehouse on the banks of the River Liffey is a major tourist attraction.)

If there is a pub on every corner — Dublin boasts around 1,000 of them — it seems there is a poet too. There are statues, busts

If you go Bloomsday: June 16, jamesjoyce.ie/blooms day/what-is-bloomsday. Dublin Writers Muse-um: Parnell Square, writersmuseum.com/default.asp. James Joyce Centre: 35 N. Great George’s St., jamesjoyce.ie. James Joyce Tower and Museum: Sandy-cove, jamesjoycetower.com. Dublin Literary Pub Crawl: dublinpubcrawl.com. Trinity College: Book of Kells display at Trin-ity’s Old Library, tcd.ie/Library/bookofkells. Marsh’s Library: St. Patrick’s Close, marsh library.ie.

Literary Dublin offers much more than Bloomsday

and plaques commemorat-ing writers, and pubs and restaurants filled with liter-ary references. Literary-themed walks transport vis-itors to the worlds of Joyce, Shaw and Wilde. Even the city’s newest bridges are named after writers — Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Sean O’Casey.

A life-size, colorful stone statue depicts Oscar Wilde lounging languidly on a crag in the park at Merrion Square. Joyce is depicted rather more severely in bronze, leaning on his cane as he strolls down North Earl Street.

And tourists love to pose for photos sitting next to

sculptures of two writers seated on benches: Bren-dan Behan by the Royal Canal and Patrick Kava-nagh by the Grand Canal. “O commemorate me with no hero-courageous tomb,” wrote Kavanagh, “just a canal-bank seat for the passer-by.”

“Walking through this city is like stepping back into a novel,” exclaimed Rohini Srinibasan, a Joyce-an scholar from Cincinnati after a recent day of sight-seeing with her husband. “It’s like reading Joyce or Shaw all over again.”

Other famous word-smiths who were born or lived here include George

Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, William Butler Yeats, Bram Stoker, Oliver Gold-smith, John Millington Synge, Oliver St. John Gog-arty, Flann O’Brien and Seamus Heaney.

“There’s great history and storytelling and char-acters in these streets, and it’s a city of words and writers all right,” said Colm Quilligan, author of a book about literary pubs. But, he pointed out, “for a long time, we weren’t always that kind to them.” Joyce and Beckett, for example, emigrated to continental Europe, while Yeats relied on benefactors to pay his bills.


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Local travel EXPERIENCE CHINA: Applications are being accepted for Skagit Val-ley College’s “Experience China” tour. A portion of the Aug. 23-Sept. 9 trip will be spent volunteer-ing in a rural village in Yunnan province, work-ing with children of the Jingpo minority. Open to all students, faculty, staff and commu-nity members, 16 years or older. College credit is available. $3,200, includ-ing international airfare. For more information or to apply: skagit.edu/chinatrip, or contact Ted Maloney at [email protected], 360-416-7774.

WEEKEND LANGUAGE INTENSIVES: The North-west Language and Cul-tural Center offers week-end language and culture immersion sessions at its Whidbey Island facility in Langley. Each two-day session includes 12 hours of lan-guage and cultural activi-ties. Student at all levels are welcome. Tuition: $185 per session. 360-321-2101 or [email protected]. Next up: French, April 26-27: Greta D’amico. Cooking, games, film and outdoor activities are part of the program. Italian, May 3-4: Rober-to Tauriello Torgerson of Seattle’s Percorso Ital-iano language school.

GLASS SCHOOL TOUR: The Pilchuck Glass School will host an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Sun-day, July 13, at its private campus near Stanwood. Enjoy hot glass dem-onstrations, docent-led tours of the studios and gallery, live music and more. Hands-on activities, including glass blowing and printmaking, and an “off the beaten path” tour are available for additional fees. General admission: $20, $10 ages 6 to

12, free for ages 5 and younger. Food and bever-ages will be available for purchase. For information or reservations, call 206-621-8422, ext. 26, or visit pilchuck.com.

WWU FACULTY-LED TRAVEL PROGRAMS: Western Washington University will offer sev-eral educational travel programs this summer in Italy and Africa. Global Discovery trips are not for university credit or restricted to Western stu-dents. Trips include: Tuscany, Italy: Aug. 31-Sept. 14. Mount Kilimanjaro Climb and Serengeti Safari Extension: July 5-19. Serengeti Safari and Kilimanjaro Culture Tour Extension: July 14-26. Details: 360- 650-6409, [email protected], wwu.edu/Global Discovery.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recre-ation offers travel oppor-tunities for ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hill-crest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-6215.

NEW ENGLAND TRIP: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing a trip to New England from Sept. 26-Oct. 3. For more information, contact Pat Gardner at 360-279-4582 or email [email protected].

PASSPORT APPLICA-TIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednes-days, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an applica-tion and passport guide at the library.

Quilligan hosts a lively literary pub crawl that intro-duces visitors to The Bailey, The Brazen Head, The Bleeding Horse and other watering-holes frequented by writers or featured in their works. Actors re-enact passages from Joyce, Beck-ett, Wilde — “I have nothing to declare but my genius” — and Behan — the self-confessed “drinker with a writing problem” — as visi-tors sip their Guinness and soak up history.

The tour begins in the 19th century Duke pub with actors reciting from Beck-ett’s “Waiting for Godot,” which one Irish theater critic famously described as “a play in which nothing hap-pens, twice.” It moves to the cobblestone quad in Trinity College, where visitors learn about writers who studied there — Swift, Beckett, Stoker, Wilde and others — before meandering through more pubs and prose, ending at Davy Byrne’s.

If Dublin seemed a bit indifferent to writers in decades past, it has more than made up to them now. Designated a UNESCO City of Literature in 2010, Dublin hosts literary festivals and celebrations throughout the year. Every April, for example, the city hosts a reading initiative called “one city, one book” encourag-ing everyone to read a book connected with the capital.

The Dublin Writers Museum — a beautifully restored Georgian mansion on Parnell Square — is filled with books, letters, portraits and personal belongings of famous scribes. Next door, the Irish Writers’ Centre offers a peaceful sanctuary for writers in stately old rooms filled with books and artwork.

There’s a James Joyce Centre in the city, but true Joyce lovers take a half-hour train ride south to Sandycove to visit the stone

tower featured in the open-ing scene of Ulysses, now a Joyce museum.

The 19th century Martello tower — just reopened after a renovation — was one of a series built along the coast to withstand an invasion by Napoleon. Joyce stayed here briefly, and the gun platform, with its panoramic view of Dublin Bay — “warm sunshine merrying over the sea,” as well as the living room, are preserved as he described them in “Ulysses.”

Nearby Sandymount, a pretty seaside town, was the birthplace of William Butler Yeats, a giant of 20th century Irish literature and winner in 1923 of the Nobel Prize in

literature. Three more Irish writers won the prize: Shaw, Beckett and Heaney.

Dublin is also home to fabulous old libraries like the one in Trinity College, home to the Book of Kells, a Latin version of the four Gospels written 1,200 years ago and considered one of the most beautifully illus-trated manuscripts in the world.

The Chester Beatty Library houses the elaborate collection of the 20th cen-tury American mining mag-nate, including many price-less Islamic and Far Eastern manuscripts and artifacts.

And then there Marsh’s Library next to St. Patrick’s

Cathedral, the oldest pub-lic library in Ireland. Built in 1701, it is a beautifully preserved, old-world trea-sure of dark oak bookcases filled with 25,000 books and manuscripts dating back 500 years.

“Step to the 18th cen-tury,” cries caretaker Peter Logue, as he opens the door. Indeed, it’s easy to imagine Jonathan Swift, dean of St. Patrick’s, sweeping past the bookcases, or penning his satires with a quill in one of the elegant wired alcoves where “graduates and gen-tlemen” were locked in with rare books.

Outside the modern city bustles. Inside, there is just the ticking of an antique grandfather clock, the musty smell of ancient leather and all around, the ghosts of scholars and writers past.

ABOVE: A group of people gather outside The Duke pub in Duke Street in Dublin, Ireland, at the start of a literary pub crawl.LEFT: A stone version of Oscar Wilde lounging on a rock in Merrion Square.


ARLO GUTHRIE: April 25, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. THE WANTED, MIDNIGHT RED: April 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. ONE MORE TIME: A Tribute to Daft Punk: April 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com. VLADIMIR GORBACH (classical guitar): April 26, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 206-215-4747 or seattle guitar.org. HIGGINS WATERPROOF BLACK MAGIC BAND: April 26, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbiacitytheater.com. SUDDEN VALLEY JAZZ SERIES: April 26/Nov. 15, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org. MASTODON: April 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. PENNYWISE: April 29, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. THE GLITCH MOB: May 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. STEEL PANTHER: May 3, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. STEEL PANTHER: May 3, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. IRA GLASS: May 3, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. THE GLITCH MOB: May 3-4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. STEPHEN “RAGGA” MARLEY: May 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 206-224-5481 or aeglive.com. WHO’S BAD: “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band”: May 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. LED ZEPAGAIN (tribute to Led Zeppelin): May 9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com. STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS: Featuring Edie Brickell: May 10, Mount Baker The-atre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. DANNY BROWN: May 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. OLD 97s: May 12, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com. PRISCILLA AHN: May 13,

Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbiacity theater.com. RIFF RAFF: May 14, The Show-box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. MICKEY AVALON: May 15, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. KARLA BONOFF & JIMMY WEBB: May 15, Mount Baker The-atre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. LIL JON - DJ SET: May 16, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. FLIGHT TO MARS: featuring Mike McCready of Pearl Jam: May 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. NICKEL CREEK: May 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com. KYLE GASS BAND: May 18, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. FAILURE: May 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com. KISHI BASHI: May 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. LINDSEY STIRLING: May 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. BACKSTREET BOYS, AVRIL LAVIGNE: May 22, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com. TECH N9NE: May 23-24, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. THE NYLONS: May 24, Skagit Val-

ley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com. LANA DEL REY: May 27, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. BLACK FLAG: May 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. HOODIE ALLEN: May 27, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. LADY GAGA’S artRAVE: May 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. LIONEL RITCHIE: with CeeLo Green: May 30, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. “IN MY LIFE”: A Musical Tribute to the Beatles: June 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM: June 6-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. GRIEVES: June 7, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com. BRIT FLOYD: June 9, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: June 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. ONEREPUBLIC: June 12, Com-cast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com. ALLEN STONE: June 13, Cha-teau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. THE FRAY: with Barcelona and Oh Honey: June 17, Marymoor

Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. DIGITOUR: June 20, The Show-box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: June 20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com. SARAH McLACHLAN: June 20-21, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. RODRIGO AMARANTE: June 21, The Barboza, Seattle. 206-709-9442 or thebarboza.com. MERLE HAGGARD, EMMYLOU HARRIS: June 22, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. GAVIN DEGRAW AND MATT NATHANSON: with Mary Lambert: June 24, Marymoor Park, Red-mond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: June 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. ROBYN + RÖYKSOPP: Do It Again Tour: June 26, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: June 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. MINUS THE BEAR: June 27, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbiacity theater.com. THE SOULSHINE TOUR: featur-ing Michael Franti & Spearhead, with SOJA, Brett Dennen and Trevor Hall: June 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. AN EVENING WITH JOHN LEG-END: June 27, Mount Baker The-atre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com. PARADISO FESTIVAL: June 27-28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com. CHER: June 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com. JOHN LEGEND: June 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. PETER MURPHY: June 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. STEVE WINWOOD: June 29, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodin-ville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com. KISS, DEF LEPPARD: June 29, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com. HEART: July 1, Marymoor Park,

Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. KRAFTWERK 3-D: July 1, Para-mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: July 2, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com. STEELY DAN: July 5-6, Mary-moor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. MARK LANEGAN: July 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. NEW ORDER: July 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexan-dria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Body Count featuring Ice T, Sui-cide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead and more: July 8, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com. JURASSIC 5: July 9, The Show-box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com. SLIGHTLY STOOPID: with Ste-phen “Ragga” Marley: July 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: July 11, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org. RINGO STARR & HIS ALL-STARR BAND: July 16, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. THE GO-GOs, PATTY SMYTH & SCANDAL, MARTHA DAVIS & THE MOTELS, CUTTING CREW, NAKED EYES featuring PETE BYRNE: July 17, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: with The Wood Brothers: July 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com. THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW (clas-sic country): July 18-19, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com. ANACORTES UNKNOWN MUSIC SERIES, Vol. IV: July 18-20, Ana-cortes Unknown. anacortes unknown.com. WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: July 18-20, Blues Ranch, Winthrop. 800-422-3048 or winthroptickets.com. JOURNEY, STEVE MILLER BAND: July 19, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

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‘Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago’7:30 p.m. Friday, April 255:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 263 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27

Five hundred miles on foot. Bunk beds. Blisters. Stunning landscapes. World-class snorers. Hot searing sun, freezing cold rain. Kindness from strang-ers. Debilitating injury. Unexpected romance. No toilet paper when you real-ly need it. Profound grief and deep doubt. Hunger. Laughing with new friends. Total exhaustion. You are guaranteed to experience all of this when walking the ancient pilgrim path, the “Camino de Santiago.”

Across Spain, this sacred path stretches westward to the city of Santiago de Compostela where the bones of the apostle St. James are said to be buried. Millions of people from all over the world have traveled this trail for more than 1,000 years — in 2010 alone, some 270,000 people attempted the arduous trek — each one a seeker of something.

“Walking the Camino” is an up-close look at one of humanity’s most time-honored traditions. By following pilgrims from

all walks of life as they attempt to cross an entire country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots and an open mind, we wit-ness the Camino’s magnetic and miraculous power to change lives. Driven by an inexplicable calling and a grand sense of adventure, each pilgrim throws them-selves into their physical trek to Santiago and, most importantly, their personal journey to themselves.

Directed by Lydia B. Smith. $23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students with $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members. Discounted sea-son passes available.

‘Cosi Fan Tutte’9:55 a.m. Saturday, April 26

Music director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina.

$23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students with $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members. Discounted season passes available.


MOVIES

By ROGER MOOREMcClatchy-Tribune News Service

In Hollywood parlance, they “meet cute” — he stumbles into her first-class seat on the train to Edinburgh.

She (Nicole Kidman) is a bit taken aback, but only for a moment. She offers, way too soon, that she’s “newly single.” He is bookish, awkward, slow to pick up on that. His encyclopedic knowl-edge of rail schedules gives away that he’s really into trains.

His small talk is pattering on about the history of every village, hamlet and landmark they pass by.

“Lancaster — known as the hanging town.”

He is smitten, she is intrigued. So it’s not really a coincidence when he runs into her homebound train some days later. Thus begins an adorable love affair and mar-riage.

But Eric has night terrors, para-lyzing seizures of fear set off by a phrase, a song on the radio. Patti, who loves him, needs answers.

“The Railway Man” is about the horrors the people who lived through the “Keep calm and carry on” era didn’t talk about. This slow, uneven drama is a different sort of British prisoner of war movie. And even if it stumbles on its way to its fairly obvious, politi-cally correct conclusion, it’s still worthwhile as a closer read on history than the decades of WWII movies that preceded it.

Because it’s good to remember that the construction of the bridge over the River Kwai wasn’t all British stiff upper lips, jolly-good-sport-playing head games with the

Japanese, whistling the “Colonel Bogey March.”

For those who lived through it — prisoners of war worked to death as slave labor under inhu-man conditions in the jungles of Thailand — it was a fetid, living hell.

Patti Lomax has to pry informa-tion out of Eric’s peers, the men who meet to not talk about what they went through together build-ing that Thai-Burma Railway. Fin-lay (Stellan Skarsgard) is dismis-sive, but eventually he fills her in on what they all have been living with for 40 years (the movie is set in 1980).

In a long flashback, we see the shameful, seemingly pre-mature surrender of Singapore, which Churchill called “the worst

disaster” in British military his-tory. The young radio operators, Eric and Finlay (played as young men by Jeremy Irvine and Sam Reid), pocket vacuum tubes and other radio parts as they line up to march into captivity. But once there, they see the awful conse-quences of getting caught doing that. They may be needed to keep the few machines the Japanese are using to build this rail line going. But beatings, torture and summary executions are a constant threat.

Director Jonathan Teplitzky cast emaciated men to play many of the prisoners, and took care to get the Japanese right, too, historically. These weren’t the best and the brightest. They were small men, physically, mentally and spiritually, raised on a diet of rice and racism.

And they behaved barbarically.“The Railway Man” vividly,

if unevenly, recreates that hor-rific past. And then Teplitzky and the screenwriters very clumsily document the way the real Eric Lomax came to terms with it and his chief tormentor, a secret police interpreter/ interrogator, played by Tanroh Ishida in the war scenes and Hiroyuki Sanada in the 1980 “present.” Those scenes, whatever their moral rectitude, ring hollow and false. The actors bring no con-viction to them.

Shifts in attitude and tone are abrupt, as Firth plays Lomax as utterly broken, teetering on the brink of madness at one moment, lucid and calculating the next. Kid-man is beguiling in the courtship scenes, given too little to play in

the “Why won’t you talk to me?” ones.

Skarsgard brings gravitas to his fellow survivor role, and the younger players — Irvine, Reid and Ishida — acquit themselves nicely playing characters who are either dehumanized or dehuman-izers.

But “The Railway Man” is more interesting as history rewritten than as the moral par-able this true story became. As a generation dies out and the tests of those who lived through that era are forgotten, movies like this, even the less satisfying ones, help us remember and appreciate the great wrongs, the scars and the healing power of forgive-ness in the face of World War II’s unspeakable cruelty.

‘The Railway Man’ isn’t Firth’s finest hour

Colin Firth stars in “The Railway Man.”The Weinstein Company via AP

‘THE RAILWAY MAN’HH

1⁄2 Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kid-man, Stellan Skarsgard, Jer-emy Irvine, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tanroh Ishida Running time: 1:54 MPAA rating: R for disturb-ing prisoner of war violence


MOVIES

MINI-REVIEWSCompiled from news services.Ratings are one to four stars.

“Bad Words” — I loved the misanthrope played by Jason Bateman in his directorial debut, and you might, too, if your sense of humor is just sick enough. A loophole has allowed this big bowl of hate to compete against fourth-graders in a spelling bee, where he spews insults with a deadpan style that leaves his victims speechless. A pitch-black dark comedy. Comedy, R, 89 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” — The more screen time Chris Evans accrues as Captain America, the more engaging the per-formance. He’s terrific in this adventure, more complex and more compelling than in his 2011 debut. Amid well-cho-reographed action sequences and a couple of nifty twists and turns, we get another rock-solid chapter in the big-screen story of Marvel. Scar-lett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford co-star. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 136 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Draft Day” — The gen-eral manager of the hapless Cleveland Browns (Kevin Cost-ner) tries to coax some star power during the NFL draft in this sentimental, predictable and thoroughly entertaining movie. I would have liked to see less soap-opera subplot (a pregnant girlfriend, an ego-tistical team owner) and more inside football machinations. Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella and Chadwick Boseman co-star. Sports drama, PG-13, 110 minutes). HHH “Ender’s Game” — A first-rate cast of wily veterans (Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley) and fresh-faced youngsters (Asa Butterfield of “Hugo”) deliver a rousing, challeng-ing adventure that should satisfy most young fans of the beloved sci-fi novel while keeping the adults engrossed as well. The simulated battles against scary aliens are beau-tifully shot and expertly cho-reographed. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 114 minutes. HHH “Fading Gigolo” — Writer-director John Turturro casts himself as the lead in this offbeat and sometimes just plain nutso story about a flo-

rist who takes money to ser-vice beautiful women, includ-ing Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara, and gives a cut to his pimp (Woody Allen). This improbable film is all over the

map, veering from pathos to absurdist comedy to romance to weirdness for the sake of weirdness. Comedy, R, 90 minutes. HH “Frozen” — When a queen

with icy powers (voice of Idina Menzel) accidentally freezes her kingdom, she runs away and her intrepid sister (Kris-ten Bell) goes to find her. Sure to delight kids and capti-vate adults, Disney’s musical “Frozen” is the instant favor-ite for the animated feature Oscar. Animated musical, PG, 102 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Hateship Loveship” — Kristen Wiig’s performance as a caretaker duped into believ-ing she’s being courted is so beautifully muted it takes a while to appreciate the loveli-ness of the notes she’s hit-ting. She’s playing someone a bit, well, crazy, but her quiet resolve is kind of heroic. She’s pretty awesome. With Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Nolte. Drama, R, 101 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” — The old TV cartoon about a genius dog, his adopted son and their time-traveling adventures becomes a whip-smart, consistently funny and good-natured film with terrific voice performances led by Ty Burrell as Peabody. Lots of sight gags and goofy puns, with some clever one-liners intended for the parents in the audience. Animated adventure, PG, 90 minutes. HHH “Nebraska” — What a joy it is to watch Bruce Dern play-ing such a miserable SOB in the best role of his long career. Woody Grant is a crab-by, boozy, sometimes delu-sional old guy on a road trip with his son (Will Forte) to collect a sweepstakes prize. Alexander Payne’s latest film is a modern American classic about the dynamic between a father from the generation that didn’t speak about its feelings and a grown son who’s still trying to get his father to explain himself. Stark, beautiful and memora-ble. Drama, R, 115 minutes. HHHH “Noah” — One of the most dazzling and unforgettable biblical epics ever put on film. Director Darren Aronofsky has delivered an emotion-ally involving and sometimes loony interpretation of the tale of a God-loving man (Rus-sell Crowe, ferocious and razor-sharp) and his ark. Jen-nifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson and Anthony Hopkins round out a stellar cast. Biblical epic, PG-13,

131 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Oculus” — Here is a horror movie that will reach out and grab that spot on your spine that produces all the chills. Thanks to the wonderfully twisted style of director Mike Flanagan and four terrific young actors playing brother and sister as children and adults, “Oculus” is one of the more elegant scary movies in recent memory. Horror, R, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Sabotage” — After steal-ing $10 million from a drug cartel, elite DEA agents become targets in a brutal, bloody, dark and at times gruesomely funny thriller. The team is played by a strong cast headed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, being typical-ly Arnold, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams and Terrence Howard. Action thriller, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “RoboCop” — The 2014 version of “RoboCop” takes advantage of the superior technology available now, but doesn’t match up to the origi-nal when it comes to story and cast. As Alex Murphy, the wounded officer converted into RoboCop, Joel Kinnaman comes across as a wooden human being AND a wooden robot. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 118 minutes. HH “Son of God” — The first feature in recent memory tell-ing us a life-spanning story of Jesus Christ recounts the events with great rever-ence but, alas, is not a good movie. The special effects are just OK, and in the title role, Portuguese-born heart-throb Diogo Morgado hits a lot of wrong notes. Historical drama, PG-13, 138 minutes. H1⁄2 “That Awkward Moment” — Strives to straddle the line between breezy, bromantic comedy and “Hangover”-esque guy humor – and fails miserably on both counts. Talented, charismatic actors including Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan star in a not particularly offensive but utterly unmemorable film. Comedy, R, 94 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Bag Man” — One can’t help but wonder what Robert De Niro and John Cusack saw in the script for “The Bag Man” that made two of our most interesting actors sign up for this irritat-ing mess of a movie. It’s warmed-over Tarantino mixed

with a third-rate tribute to the Coen brothers with a dose of David Lynch-ian madness. Thriller, R, 108 minutes. H “3 Days to Kill” — The term “guilty pleasure” was invented for this kind of movie. Nearly every other scene is so audaciously ter-rible, you don’t know whether to cringe or chortle. But the star power of Kevin Costner as an aging CIA hit man turns schlock into pure entertain-ment. Action, PG-13, 117 minutes. HHH “The Railway Man” — Based on the true story of a British Army officer (Colin Firth) in World War II and the Japanese Imperial Army officer who tortured him. This is another prestige film that sometimes feels more like a history assignment than entertainment. Sometimes it’s hard to watch. It’s also hard to imagine anyone watching it and not being deeply moved. Drama, R, 108 minutes. HHH “Transcendence” — In a bold, beautiful, sometimes confounding flight of futuristic speculation, Johnny Depp plays a scientific visionary whose thoughts and person-ality are uploaded before he dies. He uses his ever-increasing intelligence to cure the sick and heal the planet, but fears arise that he will accumulate so much power and intelligence he’ll become the greatest threat to freedom the world has ever known. What a stunning piece of work. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 119 minutes. HHHH “Under the Skin” — An alien on Earth (Scarlett Johannson) cruises Scotland in a van, hitting on young lads, in a stark mood piece that drills into your psyche and will stay there forever. It’s weird, polarizing work, but I found it the most memorable movie of the first few months of 2014. Sci-fi drama, R, 108 minutes. HHHH “Veronica Mars” — This big-screen update of the Kris-ten Bell TV series, the result of a Kickstarter campaign, looks and feels like a glori-fied TV movie, with mostly unexceptional performances and ridiculous plot develop-ments no more innovative than you’d see on a dozen network TV detective shows. Crime comedy, PG-13, 108 minutes. HH

AT AREA THEATERS

ANACORTES CINEMASApril 25-May 1 The Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte (NR): Satur-day: 9:55 a.m. Transcendence (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 6:20, 8:50; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:30, 6:20; Thursday: 1:30 Heaven Is for Real (PG): Friday: 1:50, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00; Saturday: 11:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:50, 4:10, 6:40 Rio 2 (G): 4:00 The Grand Budapest Hotel (R): Friday: 1:40, 3:50, 6:30, 8:40; Saturday: 11:30, 1:40, 3:50, 6:30, 8:40; Sunday-Thursday: 1:40, 3:50, 6:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-293-6620

BLUE FOX DRIVE-INOak HarborApril 25-27 The Other Woman (PG-13) and Divergent (PG-13). First movie starts at approximately 8:30 p.m. 360-675-5667

CONCRETE THEATREApril 25-27 The Muppets (PG): Friday: 7:30 p.m. (3D) ; Saturday: 5 p.m. (2D) and 7:30 p.m. (3D); Sunday: 4 p.m. (2D) and 6:30 p.m. (3D) 360-941-0403

CASCADE MALL THEATRESBurlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

OAK HARBOR CINEMASApril 25-May 1 The Other Woman (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20; Sunday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:50 Transcendence (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:40, 9:10; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:40; Thursday: 1:00, 3:30 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15; Sunday-Thursday: 12:50, 3:40, 6:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-279-2226

STANWOOD CINEMASApril 25-May 1 The Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte (NR): Satur-day: 9:55 a.m. The Other Woman (PG-13): 1:30, 3:50, 6:45, 9:05 Transcendence (PG-13): 1:25, 3:55, 6:30, 9:00 Heaven Is for Real (PG): 1:35, 4:10, 6:35, 9:15 Draft Day (PG-13): Friday: 1:40, 8:55; Saturday: 8:55 p.m.; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:40, 8:55; Thursday: 1:40 Rio 2 (G): Friday-Wednesday: 4:00, 6:40; Thursday: 4:00 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PG-13): 1:20, 3:40, 6:25, 8:45 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-629-0514


OUT & ABOUT

ARTNEW OIL PAINTINGS:

Renowned Northwest art-ist Alfred Currier captures local scenes in “Celebrating the Valley,” an April show of 25 new oils celebrating the tulip fields and migrant farmworkers, through April 25, at La Conner Seaside Gallery, 101 First St., La Conner. Open daily. lacon nerseasidegallery.com.

IN THE ART BAR: Julie Bishop’s kaleidoscopes are on display through April 30 in the Lincoln Theatre’s Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Bishop creates her kaleidoscopes from her photographs of local Skagit images, includ-ing tulips and other flowers. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

SOLO SHOW: Oil paint-ings by Sharon Eckhardt are on display through April 30 at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Eckhardt primarily paints landscapes, capturing farms and fields and small-town views in and around Skagit Valley. 360-466-5522 or rexville grocery.com.

ART WITH A TWIST: “Changes: What if there were no boxes?” continues through April 30 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. The show features artwork with a different twist, including crystal trees by Bob and Lorena Higbee, unique driftwood feathers and a special dream catcher from Roger White, found object jewelry by Lynne Adams, “Shower of Memories” tapestry by Windwalker Taibi, knit hats and batik “Lucky Fish” from Mary Jo Oxrieder and many more surprises. For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-

0102 or visit ravenrocks gallery.com.

FABRIC ART: Quilts by fabric artist Louise Har-ris are featured in a show that continues through April 30 at McCool Gal-lery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show also features paintings by Anne Martin McCool, as well as work by other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com.

“DRAW, STITCH AND BURN: EVE DEISHER AND LANNY BERGNER”: The exhibition is on display through May 18 at Gallery

Cygnus, 109 Commercial, La Conner. Deisher com-bines paper, fabric and thread as woven material becomes ethereal structure, woven thread and wire become line and all of it is her drawing. Bergner employs pyrography tech-niques on sheets of metal mesh causing the visible surfaces to shift, patterns appearing and disappearing as one’s gaze moves across the forms. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or gallerycygnus.com.

PHOTOS & PAINTINGS: Check out the 1010 Art Upstairs Red Planet show, by appointment, at Think

Studios, 1010 Fifth St., Suite 320, Anacortes. The show features photos by Thad-deus Hink and Barb Thrall and paintings by Skagit Valley artist Bill Ball. Complementary portraits for those who come in cos-tumes. 360-770-4528.

NEW WORK: A show of new work by Skagit Val-ley painter Dedrick Ward continues through April 27 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Comprised of strikingly beautiful Northwest skies and the mists and light it reflects, Ward’s work can be described as tranquil, particularly this current body of work that explores aspects of nocturnes, prompted by the paintings of James McNeil Whistler. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

“PIE”: The Edison Eye Gallery features illustra-tions by Jessica Bonin through May 4 at 5800 Cains Court, Edison. Check out Bonin’s original illus-trations created for “A Commonplace Book of Pie,” written by Kate Lebo. Attendees are invited to bring a pie to share. 360-766-6276.

RECYCLED ART: Check out a variety of artwork created from recycled materials from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Concrete Center, 45821 Railroad Ave., Concrete. All entries include at least 60 percent reused materi-als. Vote for your favorites in three categories: youth, adult and professional. Free admission. 360-853-8784.

ANCHOR AT MoNA:

Meet the people who make up Anchor Art Space from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Museum

of Northwest Art, 121 First St., La Conner. Anchor is a nonprofit art space in Ana-cortes that promotes edu-cation in the arts by hosting innovative exhibitions, workshops, musical events, performance and poetry.

MoNA supporters can check out the things Anchor is doing, such as the upcoming show “COAL,” a nonjuried open call for work around the controversial Cherry Point coal terminal and coal trains. Visitors can contribute their opinion by writing on a chalkboard in the shape of a giant piece of coal. MoNA will pro-vide wine and snacks, and Anchor will host a drawing for prizes including a four-hour cruise around Ana-cortes and the San Juan Islands. Free. 360-755-3140 or anchorartspace.org.

“SPRING CAVORT”: The group art show will open with a potluck party from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26, and continue through June 8 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculp-ture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show will feature works in glass, metal, ceramic, stone, Northwest paintings and new sculptures in the gallery’s 10-acre sculpture park. Participating art-ists include Betty Frost, Patsy Thola Chamberlain, Charlie Bigger, Lance Car-leton, Don Haggerty, Ria Harboe, Shirley Erickson, Janie Olsen, Karla Matzke, Alexandra Morocco, Mer-rilee Moore, Richard Nash, Susan Cohen Thompson, Donna Watson, Ruth Wes-tra and Leon White. Gal-lery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, weekdays by appointment. 360-387-2759 or matzke-fineart.com.

“ON THE BEACH”: An exhibition featuring Karen

Hackenberg’s limited-edition artist book “Water-shed” continues through May 7 in the Skagit Val-ley College Art Gallery, located in the Gary Knut-zen Cardinal Center, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. In Hackenberg’s ongoing painting series, she takes a lighthearted yet subversive approach to the serious subject of ocean degradation. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 360-416-7812.

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT: The La Conner Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit is on display through March 1, 2015, at public locations around La Con-ner. 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, call 360-466-3125 or visit townoflaconner.org.

SPRING ART SHOW: Clayton James, Maggie Wilder and Marty Rogers are the featured artists in the River Gallery’s annual Spring Art Show, which continues through April 27 at 19313 Landing Road (off of Dodge Valley Road), between Mount Vernon and La Conner. The show also includes works by more than two dozen other local artists. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

WORLD ISSUES FORUM: Western Washington Uni-versity’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Stud-ies holds its annual World Issues Forum from noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays

PASTELS & MORE“A Spring Floral Festival,” featuring pastels by Bellingham artist Laurie Potter, continues through April 29 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Also showing: color photographs by Randy Dana, pastels by Patty Forte Linna and Barbara Durbin Wean, and oils by Anne Belov, as well as a new selection of glass work, custom wood tables, sculptures, jewelry and a selection of quilts by the Fidalgo Island Quilters Guild. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com. Pictured: “We Belong in the Sun” by Laurie Potter


OUT & ABOUT

in the Fairhaven College auditorium on the WWU campus in Bellingham. Presentations are free and open to the public. 360-650-2309 or wwu.edu/fairhaven/news/worldissuesforum.

Next up:April 30: “Water Ever-

lasting?”: Julienne Gage, producer and multimedia journalist, will look at the management of Haiti’s most essential resource in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake, a topic that opens a broader dialogue about development in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. Can Haiti ever recover? Where do those billions of dollars in international aid funds go? What will it take to get Haiti moving toward a more sustainable future?

EARTH CARE SHARE: Enjoy a community potluck dinner and environmental discussion at 5 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Concrete Center, 45821 Railroad Ave., Concrete. The potluck and idea-mingling boards will begin at 5 p.m., fol-lowed by an environmental panel discussion and public forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For information, con-tact the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360-853-8784 or visit concrete-wa.com.

“POETRY ALIVE!”: Enjoy readings by contem-porary poets Jim Bertolino, Nancy Canyon, Matthew Brouwer, Kevin Murphy and Susan Chase-Foster at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Whatcom Museum’s Rotunda Room, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. Suggested donation: $10, $5 students. Proceeds will benefit the Whatcom Juve-nile Justice Creative Writ-ing Project, which pairs

teaching artists with teens in the local juvenile justice system. 360-778-8930 or whatcommuseum.org.

HOLOCAUST SURVI-VOR: Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor Noemi Ban will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29-30, in Arntzen Hall, Room 100, at Western Washington University in Bellingham. Ban will share how she lost most of her family in the Nazi death camps, and how she shares her story to inspire current and future generations to prevent similar genocides from happening. Free, but reservations are required. Call 360-650-4529 or visit wce.wwu.edu/Resources/NWCHE.

MORE FUN“RELOCATION: THE

IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON SKAGIT COUNTY”: The exhibit continues through June 29 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 Fourth St., La Conner. Learn how World War II affected the residents of Skagit County, including those who were relocated to internment camps. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admis-sion: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and children ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

EARTH WEEK: Activi-ties are scheduled daily, through April 26, in Con-crete and other eastern Skagit County communi-ties. Check out the sched-ule at concrete-wa.com or call 360-853-8784.

ECO-FILM FEST: As part

of Eastern Skagit Earth Week, the Concrete The-atre will host screenings of “Who Bombed Judi Bari” and “Back to the Garden” at 6 p.m. today, April 24, at 45920 Main St., Concrete.

The first documen-tary details environmental activist Judi Bari’s lawsuit against the FBI after she was injured by a car bomb and accused of bombing her own car. In “Back to the Garden,” filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson revisits a group of back-to-the-land “hippies” nearly 20 years after he first filmed them living off-the-grid, isolated from mainstream culture. A question-and-answer session with the filmmaker will follow. $10. Proceeds will benefit community radio station KSVU 90.1 FM. 360-853-8784 or 360-853-8533.

FILM SCREENING: Enjoy the movie “What The Bleep Do We Know” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. The award-winning film explores the possibility of a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness as it fol-lows a photographer who encounters emotional and existential obstacles in her life and begins to consider the idea that individual and group consciousness can influence the material world. Admission by donation. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT: Children’s Museum of Skagit County and the Imagine Children’s Museum will host a free family night for Oso First Responder families and

volunteers from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Imagine Children’s Museum, 1502 Wall St., Everett.

All first responders who have participated in the Oso mudslide rescue or recovery in any capac-ity and their families are welcome to attend this free event. The museums ask the public to please respect that this event is solely for first responders and their families. 425-258 1006 or imaginecm.org.

COWBOY DINNER: The Rhodes River Ranch will host a barbecue dinner, auction and a cowboy sto-ryteller Friday, April 25, at 22016 Entsminger Road, Arlington. Doors open with a silent auction at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 with a live auction and storytelling to follow. No-

host bar; dinner tickets $35. Pulled pork, BBQ chicken wings, baked beans, garlic and herb roasted pota-toes, cole slaw, corn bread and choice of Texas sheet cake or Panna Cotta. All proceeds will fund Pacific Northwest Trail Associa-tion’s summer youth pro-grams. 360-854-9415 or pnt.org.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND-RAISER: Local painter Jen-nifer Bowman will present “Color and Light from an Artist’s Prospective” at the American Association of University Women’s annual spring scholarship event at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Ana-cortes.

Bowman, whose paint-ings are shown in galleries across the U.S., also will offer a demonstration of

her work. All proceeds will go toward AAUW’s annual scholarships, which are open to women graduates of Anacortes High School or to women living on Fidalgo or Guemes islands who plan to return to school. $15, includes a buf-fet of sweets and savories.

Tickets are available at Watermark Book Com-pany, through AAUW members or at the door. For information about the 2014 AAUW scholarship, contact Nelle Jacobson at 360-299-0429 or email [email protected].

MVCS AUCTION: Mount Vernon Christian School will hold “Beyond the Bayou,” a benefit auction, at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the school, 820 W. Black-burn Road, Mount Vernon. Tickets: $25. RSVP: 360-424-9157.


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