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ON STAGE PAGE 8 A Journey Christmas concert returns to McIntyre Hall OUT & ABOUT PAGE 4

Loud Christmas sounds courtesy of A’Town Big Band in Anacortes

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The most romantic holiday gift this year

By MARY MCNAMARA Los Angeles Times

No one stays married for 41 years unless they really mean it, especially in Hollywood.

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft really meant it. And 14 years after her death, Brooks still means it.

Concerned that younger generations might not be familiar with the depth of his wife’s talent, he recently curated “The Anne Bancroft Collection,” a Blu-ray boxed set featuring eight of Bancroft’s films, including the famous — “The Miracle Worker,” “The Graduate” — and the lesser known — “The Pumpkin Eater,” “84 Charing Cross Road” — as well the only film in which the couple appeared together, the comedy “To Be or Not to Be.” Brooks remains wildly prolific, even at 93. “Mel Brooks Unwrapped” premiered Dec. 13 on HBO; he voiced Melephant Brooks in this year’s “Toy Story 4,” and an animated version of his 1974 classic “Blazing Saddles” called “Blazing Samurai” is slated for 2021.

But “The Anne Bancroft Collection” was made for love.

Which makes it possibly the most romantic holiday gift of the year.

“They were playing ‘The Graduate’ on television,” he said in a recent telephone interview, “and I thought it was really good and that there were so many things she had done that were not as well known.”

His favorite of her roles, he says, was the middle-class, and notably fertile, British woman of “The Pumpkin Eater.” “Harold Pinter was writing the script and Annie loved the character. She had just won the Oscar for ‘The Miracle Worker’ so she called

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(director) Jack Clayton. He said, ‘You’re not right for it,’ and she said, ‘I can do it.’ So we flew over to England and she auditioned for it. Right after winning an Oscar. And he was stunned.”

Bancroft was nominated for an Oscar for “The Pumpkin Eater,” and Julie Andrews mentions in her book “Homework” how stunned she was when her name was called, for “Mary Poppins,” instead of Bancroft’s.

“I don’t think ‘Pumpkin Eater’ ever got the play it deserved,” Brooks said. “Neither did ‘84 Charing Cross Road,’ which was just a stunning performance, or ‘Fatso,’ which was just brilliant. I just felt like audiences should see how great she was.”

Stories abound of the couple’s devotion, most of them funny. Here is one I have heard: In 1989, when Bancroft was starring in “The Mystery of the Rose Bouquet” at the Mark Taper, Brooks called Gordon Davidson, then the Taper’s artistic director. “Gordon,” he said, “do you know what a Taurus is?” “Um, a sign in the zodiac?” Davidson guessed. “No,

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a Taurus is a car made by the Ford Motor Company, and if you send one to pick up my wife ever again, she’s out of the play.”

“Yeah, I remember that,” Brooks says now, laughing.

“It was a bumpy ride. She didn’t like bumpy rides.”

It is pretty well known that when they were courting, back in the 1950s, she was a successful actress and he was a struggling comedy writer, which meant he was broke. So when they ate at a restaurant, she would slip him money under the table so he could pay.

“One time,” he says, “we went out for Chinese and the bill was like 12 bucks. She slips me a 20 and I, because you know I’m Mel Brooks, I say ‘keep the change.’ When we walk outside, she slaps me and says “are you crazy? Tipping eight bucks on 12-buck check? That’s my money!’”

Brooks says he watches Bancroft’s movies often “to keep her close to me. And for my son’s sake and my grandson. She sang to our grandson on the day he was born, though she died the

same year.”

The only thing missing from the collection, Brooks says, is “The Turning Point.”

“It was a beautiful film and she was so good in it, with Shirley MacLaine, but Fox wants to make a Broadway musical out of it so we couldn’t get it.”

He included “To Be or Not to Be” because he had to, he says. Although he does not consider it on par with the other Bancroft films in the collection, it was the only film they had ever found that worked for both of them.

“And the fact that she learned Polish to do it made it worth my putting in.”

In the end, he says, he just wants to remind the world of the woman he had the good fortune to marry.

“She was a significant talent,” Brooks says. “We were together five years before we were married, so 46 years. It was a great gift to me, living with her for most of my life.

It’s a hard life, the business, and you need someone who is loving and smart and supportive and I had that.

God couldn’t have been nicer to me.”

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Christmas events in the area

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

Christmas is Wednesday, Dec. 25. There are dozens of holiday-related events on the schedule, below are just a few.

DECK THE OLD CITY HALL: The Whatcom Museum’s annual Deck the Old City Hall is a monthlong celebration of the holidays with themed decorated holiday trees available for viewing Wednesdays through Sundays inside the museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. More events: n Handmade Holiday: noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 28. All-ages event to make crafts to take home. Each week is a different craft.

SLEIGHBELLS RING: Bellewood Farms Holiday Festival takes place every weekend in December at 6140 Guide Meridian Road, Lynden. n Santa sightings: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-22. n Horse drawn trolley rides: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-22. n Live caroling: 1 to 5 p.m. until Dec. 22.

MUSIC COOL YULE HOLIDAY JAZZ: Swing into the holidays with selections from Louis Armstrong’s Christmas favorites at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

HOLIDAY DANCE: The Sea Notes will play

atre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

‘SAVING CHRISTMASTOWN”: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com. ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, and 2 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 28-29, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

‘Holiday Hooray’ at Camano Center

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

CAMANO ISLAND — Parents, listen up: There’s a Christmas event coming up that’s made for children.

“Holiday Hooray” is the musical event by the Genius Twins, Lisa and Linda Younce, and it’s at 10 and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road.

The show features the music of Tchaikovsky, a brass trio, local trumpet players, a tuba and more.

Tickets are $10 per person, free for babies.

More information at camanocenter.org. at a holiday dance party from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 20, at the Chief Petty Officers’ Club, 1080 W. Ault Field Road, Oak Harbor. $10.

JINGLE JAZZ: The 17-piece A’Town Big Band will perform Christmas music at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Kennelly Keys Music, 1904 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free. ”A VERY BRASSY

CHRISTMAS:” 7:30 p.m Sunday, Dec. 22, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $16-27. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

O ANTIPHONS: Vox Antiqua will present an intimate choral concert and Vesper service at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

LISA AND LINDA YOUNCE

JOURNEY CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Bronn & Katherine Journey and their friends return to McIntyre Hall to present an evening celebrating the joy of the Christmas season. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

DANCE

”THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 2122, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org. ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Opus Performing Arts and BAAY Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, Mount Baker The-

THEATER ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: The classic tale of a man’s journey to change his direction via ghostly interception — but with a twist — will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Satuday, Dec. 19-21, at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. $10-20. sylviacenterforthearts.org. ”AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS”: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, and 3:30 and 9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-25. lincolntheatre. org.

“ONCE UPON A WINTER’S WALK”: Join Esperanza the Snow Queen on her adventure at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H St., Blaine. $10.

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OUT AND ABOUT

ART

ED BEREAL: The exhibit “Wanted: Ed Bereal for Disturbing the Peace,” featuring six decades of work from the Bellingham-based artist, is on display until Jan. 5 at the Whatcom Museum Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St., Bellingham.

NESTS AND LANDSCAPES: Kris Ekstrand is the featured winter artist at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Work from artists around the region will be featured until Feb. 28. jansenartcenter.org.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Scott Milo Gallery is celebrating 25 years with art from 15 favorite artists until Jan. 28 at the gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

YEAR(S) IN REVIEW: A cross-section of art work from the Smith & Vallee Gallery will be featured at a 20% discount through Dec. 22 at the gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

INSPIRED BY DESIGN: The 34th annual holiday showcase is back at WaterWorks Gallery, 315 Argyle Ave., Friday Harbor, through Jan. 4.

PEGGY WOODS: Local watercolor artist Peggy Woods is the featured artist for December at Good Stuff Arts Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

BENJAMIN VAN-

A’Town Big Band swings with Jingle Jazz

THE LANGUAGE OF PAT TERN: Five regional artists will be featured in January at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison.

An opening reception will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4.

JOURNEY TO THAILAND AND NEPAL: Linzi Bowman will talk about her eight-week trip to Thailand and Nepal and the time she spent with children at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

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A’Town Big Band

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ANACORTES — Like Christmas music but always wanted a bigger, brassier sound? Look no further than Jingle Jazz, a night DERWERFF: Work from abstract and impressionistic painter Benjamin Vanderwerff can be viewed at Hadrian Art Gallery, 5717 Gilkey Ave., Bow. MARGARET DAVIDSON: Drawings from Fir Island artist Margaret Davidson can viewed at the i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison.

MUSIC

GUEMES CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: Music of Stamitz, Tartini, Vivaldi, Haydn and Simon and Garfunkel will be performed by area musicians at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Guemes Island Community Center, 7549 Guemes Island Road. $25 at the door. myguemes.org.

of loud Christmas sound performed the A’Town Big Band.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Kennelly Keys Music, 1904 Commercial Ave. The event is free.

THEATER

”THE CURIOUS SAVAGE”: ALTA Theatre presents “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick, opening on Jan. 3. Dessert theater at 7 p.m. Jan. 3-4, 9-10, 11, 17-18.

Matinees at 2:30 p.m.

Jan. 5 and 19. Brown Paper Tickets, www. altatheatre.com, altainfo2001@gmail.com or 360-424-5144. ”NUMBER THE STARS”: Anacortes Community Theatre presents the story of friends helping each other escape from Nazi-occupied Germany during World War II at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 21, at the theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. acttheatre.com.

The 17-piece jazz band will perform the classics of Christmas arranged by Gordon Goodwin, Chris McDonald, Tom Kubis and others.

LECTURES & TALKS

AUDUBON AT THE MUSEUM: Join experts from the North Cascade Audubon Society in the John M. Edson Hall of Birds to learn about migration, conservation, birds in peril and the importance of studying birds at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. Included with museum admission ($5-10).

MORE FUN

UGLY SWEATER BINGO: 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 19, Mount Vernon Elks Lodge No. 1604, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public, special menu, proceeds to charity,

prizes for best (worst?) sweater.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger, off Old Highway 99. $3 suggested donation.

NEW YEAR’S PAJAMA PARTY: Ring in the new year with a kids’ celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Imagine Children’s Museum, 1502 Wall St., Everett. There will be a variety show, science demonstration, party hat-palooza and more. $15. imaginecm.org.

LOOKING AHEAD

GERMANIC IMMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA: The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society will present “Germanic Immigration to North America in the 1800s: Including Luxembourgers, Swiss and Austrians” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington.

BIKE TRIP ACROSS AMERICA: Adventurer Patrick McGinty will share his experiences from a 3,411-mile bike trip from California to Florida at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. $5 suggested donation.

CHRONIC PAIN: Author Julie Hanft has written two books on living with chronic pain and will present a free seminar on the topic at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham.

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OUT AND ABOUT SKAGIT WEDDING SHOW: Connect with bridal vendors in a variety of categories at the Skagit Wedding Show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Skagit Center, 1000 Fountain St., Burlington. For tickets and more information, visit skagitweddingshow.com.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays, Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger, off Old Highway 99. $3 suggested donation.

“THE BARN SHOWS”: Hear how two women preserved a piece of the Skagit Valley’s art history in a book called “The Barn Shows” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Mostly Magic Cabaret with John Walton

‘The Nutcracker’ at Mount Baker Theatre

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

BELLINGHAM — Imagine stepping onstage to perform magic in front of the critical eyes of famous magicians Penn & Teller, trying to stump them — and succeeding.

That’s what Bellingham magician John Walton pulled off earlier this year on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” Now, Walton is performing his foolproof magic in his hometown this weekend, in the theater named after his parents. Walton’s magic show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at the Harold and Irene Walton Theatre, which

OPUS PERFORMING ARTS

By Skagit Valley Herald staff JOHN WALTON

is located within the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Guest magicians Kerry Pollock and Gary Gleason will also perform. Tickets are $18.50 at mountbakertheatre. com.

BELLINGHAM — December brings a variety of traditions to the stage, perhaps none more iconic than the winter ballet “The Nutcracker.”

In a joint production from Opus Performing Arts and Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, “The Nutcracker” features young ballet students as peppermints,

gingersnaps and other treats from the Kingdom of Sweets, as well as more advanced dancers in the roles of the Nutcracker Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy.

Showtime is 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

Tickets are $12-20; more information can be found at mountbakertheatre.com.

IT’S SO LEAVENWORTH IT

From the alpine adventures here in the heart of the Cascades, to the Bavarian-inspired culture, charm, and experiences like Village of Lights on display now through the middle of February. Don’t just escape the everyday. Leavenworth it.

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ART CLASSES

MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART: 121 S. First St., La Conner. n Adult Watercolor Class: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. $18. n My Adult & Me Painting Class: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. For kids (ages 3-9) and parents to learn together. $25 per pair. n Drawing Jean Behnke: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. $30.

THE GOOD STUFF ARTS GALLERY: 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3152.

A GUILDED GALLERY: Art classes on a variety of topics are available at A Guilded Gallery, 8700 271st St. NW, Stanwood. aguildedgallery.com.

HOLIDAY CONCERT MOUNT VERNON HS CHOIRS & BANDS DECEMBER 19

THE NUTCRACKER

NORTHWEST BALLET THEATER DECEMBER 20-22

THE JOURNEY’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT DECEMBER 23

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Prices include all classes in a series.

TRI DEE ARTS WORKSHOPS: Art classes on a variety of topics are available at Tri Dee Arts, 215 S. First St., Mount Vernon. trideearts.com.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUILT AND FIBER ARTS MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and under. 360466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org. n Fiber Fridays: bring any type of fiber art project, quilting, knitting, embellishing, etc., to work on while visiting with other fiber artists from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday. Free and open to all.

GAIL HARKER CENTER: Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts offers a variety of art classes and workshops for artists of every level at 503 Morris St., La Conner. Online courses are also available.

For information and a complete schedule: 360466-0110 or gailcreativestudies.com.

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

DAKOTA: Dakota Art Center offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536,

Mount Vernon. 360-4166556, ext. 5, or dakotaartcenter.com.

STANWOOD CAMANO ARTS GUILD: A Guilded Gallery, 8700 271st St. NW, Stanwood, offers a variety of art classes and workshops.

For information or to register: 360-629-2787 or stanwoodcamanoarts. com.

ANACORTES SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER: The center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes, hosts a variety of art programs each week.

360-293-7473. n Creative Circle: 9 a.m.

Mondays. n Woodcarving: 9 a.m.

Mondays. n Acrylics: 9:30 a.m.

Mondays. n Rock Painting: 1 p.m.

Mondays. n Miracle of Art: 1 p.m.

Tuesdays. n Mosaics/Stained Glass: 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. n Color Me Calm: 10 a.m. Thursdays. n Drawing Animals: 2:15 p.m. Thursdays. n Watercolor: 9:30 a.m.

AUDITIONS

”MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940”: Auditions for Whidbey Playhouse’s April production of “Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, and 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at the playhouse, 730A Midway Boulevard, Oak Harbor. Prepare a short monologue or song.

Details at whidbeyplayhouse.com.

WHIDBEY HAS TALENT: Children in grades K-12 are invited to audition for Whidbey Has Talent on Feb. 10-13. $10 fee. Details at whidbeyplayhouse.com.

BOOKS

SILENT BOOK CLUB: Share a book you have read and silently read another at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

DANCE

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Join an spiritual practice that draws inspiration from sacred traditions around the world at this guided dance class from 5:45 to 8 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon. By donation.

BEGINNING LINE DANCING: 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays, Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. $6 drop-in, $25 for five classes. Adults and teens 13 and older.

Register: burlingtonwa. gov/recreation or 360-7559649.

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

Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music. 7 to 9:30 p.m. First session free, $5 thereafter.

No partners needed. Gary or Ginny, 360-766-6866.

SCOTTISH DANCING: Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Fairhaven Library auditorium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear comfortable clothes and softsoled shoes without heels. $8 per class. For information, call Mary Anderson at 360-933-1779 or visit bellinghamscd.org.

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND AND IRISH STEP DANCE: The Clan Heather Dancers offer year-round Scottish Highland and Irish step dance classes in Bellingham, Everett and Mount Vernon. clanheather.com.

MONDAY DANCING: Dance to The Skippers or Good Vibrations from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon.

Public welcome. Information: Kenneth Kossman (360-336-3682) or the center (360-416-1585). $7 per person.

MUSIC

SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL: Harmony Northwest Chorus, a women’s a cappella group singing four-part harmony barbershop style, welcomes all voice parts ages 15 and up. Meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon.

Contact Carol Ward: 425-232-9171 or contact@ harmonynorthwest.org.

OPEN MIC NITE: 6 to 8 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at Lil’Nut Cafe and Diner, 330 Cherry St., Sumas.

SCOTTISH MUSIC SESSIONS: Musicians from around the valley meet at 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. The jam session generally focuses on Scottish music.

MUSIC LESSONS: Three professional instructors at the Peterson Conservatory of Music & Arts, 314 S. Section St., Mount Vernon, are

offering a variety of classes for music students from youth aged 6-10 ($10) to ages 11 to adult ($40-50). pcmusical.org.

UKULELE FUN & SONG CIRCLE: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Free. Beginners welcome and loaner ukuleles available. Song sheets provided. 206-790-4862 or yogaheartspace0@gmail. com.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Join the An-O-Chords, a fourpart barbershop harmony group that meets at 7 p.m.

Thursdays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 18th St., Mount Vernon.

No experience necessary, no auditions required.

Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome. anochords. org. 360-679-7473.

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

360-630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Rehearsals on Thursdays at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner.

New members welcome.

360-223-3230.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544.

OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

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GET INVOLVED BURLINGTON PARKS AND RECREATION: The Burlington Parks and Recreation Department hosts a variety of one-day and multiple-day sports and recreation classes.

Prices vary. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/parksandrec.

MEN’S GARDEN CLUB: The Skagit Men’s Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at WSU Mount Vernon Research Station, 16650 Memorial Highway 536.

GENEALOGY: Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers meetings are held at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, 1253 NW 2nd

Ave., Oak Harbor. www. whidbeygensearchers.org.

LACROSSE: The Skagit Valley Flyers is a lacrosse club for boys and girls, grades 2-12. Participation is free and no experience is necessary. svflyers.uslaxteamsw.com. Questions?

Email: svflyers2009@ gmail.com.

GRUMPY OLD MAN’S YOGA: Build strength and flexibility at this accessible yoga class 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. Women are welcome. $5 donation.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes.

Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. n Heart Lake Loop Hike: A 4-mile roundtrip hike through old growth flora at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot. Listed as challenging. n Little Cranberry Corridor: A 4-mile roundtrip hike through second growth forest at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2. Meet at the ACFL kiosk on A Ave. and 37th St. Listed as challenging. n Big Beaver Pond Loop: Three-mile roundtrip hike through beaver territory at 9 a.m.

Friday, March 20. Meet at the Little Cranberry Lake parking lot. Listed as intermediate. n Little Round Top Traverse: Five-mile traverse

through Whistle Lake at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 28.

Meet at Heart Lake parking lot. Listed as advanced.

GUIDED WALKS: Friends of the Camano Island Parks hosts a series of guided walks for the public at 9:50 a.m. the first Saturday of each month.

Dress for weather and wear sturdy shoes. No dogs. Suggested donation $1. friendsofcamanoislandparks.org. n Jan. 4: A 2.6-mile walk at Camano Island State Park with two elevation gains of 50 feet.

Meet at the picnic shelter near the boat ramp on the south beach of the park. n Feb. 1: A 2.5-mile walk through the Camano Ridge Forest Preserve.

Meet at the Camano Ridge West entrance parking lot. n March 7: A 3.5-mile

walk from Cama to Camano Island State Park. Park at Ivy Road and Dry lake Road Junction. Shuttle service available to return drivers. n April 4: A 2-mile walk on the perimeter of the Four Springs Lake Preserve. Meet at the parking area at the preserve.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION: Christian Motorcyclists Association Morning Star Chapter 39 meets the third Saturday of every month at Royal Star Buffet, 2300 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon. Dinner at 6 p.m. (optional) with meeting at 7 p.m. First-time attendees get a free dinner. Contact President Dwight Kaestner at 425-770-6154 or cmachapter39@gmail.com.

SCOUT MEETING: Cub Pack 4001 and Boy Scout Troop 4001 meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church, 1607 E. Division, Mount Vernon. New members welcome.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be physically active in Skagit County, including trail guides, an activity tracker and local resources at www.wta.org/go-hiking/ hikes/port-of-skagit-nature-trails.

BACK COUNTY HORSEMEN OF WASHINGTON: Join the Skagit chapter of the Horsemen at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month at Sedro-Woolley Eagles No. 2069, 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

Dr. Alan Craig Thom Joins Fidalgo Medical Alan Craig Thom DO is now seeing patients at FMA, providing Family Medicine along with osteopathic manipulation, dry needling and integrative therapies.

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Doctor of Osteopathy, Western University of Health Sciences Residency, Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA Certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians

“Accepting my patients as they are and helping them find the next step toward wellbeing is my goal.”

For appointment call 360-293-3101

1213 24th Street, Suite 100, Anacortes • www.islandhospital.org

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area December 19-23 Thursday.19

”NUMBER THE STARS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

BALLET ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Opus Performing Arts and BAAY Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

Sunday.22 BALLET ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL AND CHORAL MUSIC: 4 and 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $30-70. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

THEATER ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $15-20. 360305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

”NUMBER THE STARS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.20 BALLET ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

DANCE ”SAVING CHRISTMASTOWN”: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

MAGIC MAGIC CABARET WITH JOHN WALTON, KERRY POLLOCK AND GREG GLEASON: 7:30 p.m., Harold and Irene Walton Theatre, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

MUSIC A VERY BRASSY CHRISTMAS: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $16-27. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

Monday.23

Monday.23

JOURNEY CHRISTMAS CONCERT 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $15-20. 360305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

”NUMBER THE STARS”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MUSIC SEA NOTES: 7:30 p.m., CPO Club, 1080 W. Ault Field Road, Oak Harbor. $10.

Saturday.21 BALLET ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

MAGIC MOSTLY MAGIC WITH JOHN WALTON: noon and 3 p.m., Harold and Irene Walton Theatre, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

DANCE ”ONCE UPON A WINTER WALK”: Day to Day Dance, 7 p.m., Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H St., Blaine. 360-332-5881 or daytodaydance.com.

”SAVING CHRISTMASTOWN”: 2 and 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

THEATER ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30 p.m., Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. $15-20. 360305-3524 or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

BALLET ”THE NUTCRACKER”: Ballet Bellingham, 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

MUSIC JOURNEY CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 360416-7727 or mcintyrehall. org.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues December 19-28 Thursday.19 MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL AND CHORAL MUSIC: 4 and 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

JOAN PENNEY COOL YULE HOLIDAY JAZZ WITH JAQUELINE TABOR: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill & Anacortes Brewery, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Saturday.21

HIGHWAY 9 BAND 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. 425737-5144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

Friday.20 SEA NOTES: 7:30 p.m., CPO Club, 1080 W. Ault Field Road, Oak Harbor. $10.

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

AYRON JONES & THE WAY, HILLSTOMP: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

THE SKY COLONY COLONY, EZZA ROSE, MEG YATES: 9 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

Friday.20

AYRON JONES & THE WAY With Hillstomp: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo. net.

Saturday.21 SILVER CITY BAND: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Members and signedin guests only. 360848-8882.

720 STRING BAND: 8 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

GENERAL MOJO’S: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

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

PETTY OR NOT, BABY CAKES: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

HIGHWAY 9 BAND: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. 425-7375144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

KEITH HARKIN (CELTIC THUNDER): 6 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

OVERWROUGHT, CRÜD GÜNS, MUPPET FETISH!: 9 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge. com or facebook.com/ TheFireflyBham.

Sunday.22 BOW DIDDLERS: 5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Friday.27

Saturday.28

THE ENTHUSIASTS: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

GROOVEBOT: 8:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

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

SIR MIX-A-LOT: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. 360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

ME AND MAE, COOKIE AND THE CUTTERS: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. 425-7375144, 360-629-6500 or locobillys.com.

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

EPISCOOL: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham.

360-746-8733 or wildbuffalo.net.

HOT DAMN SCANDAL, HOLY LOCUST, BELLOW WING: 9 p.m., Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. thefireflylounge.com or facebook.com/TheFireflyBham.

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TRAVEL

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

Lodges that blend activity, relaxation

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com

Family-friendly lodges provide an ideal venue for your personal blend of active pursuits and relaxation. Here are five places you’ll want to visit time and again: 1. THE LODGE AT CHAA CREEK, NEAR SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE Tucked within a 365-acre private rainforest paradise in the picturesque foothills of the Maya Mountains, Chaa Creek provides the ideal home base for your family’s exploration of the Cayo District, a region where cave tubing, archeological sites, horseback riding and zip lining will lure you from the comfort of your palm-thatched cottage or tree-top suite.

While at the riverside ecolodge, don’t miss early morning bird-watching tours, the hill-top spa, the Blue Morpho Butterfly Farm and the medicine trail where you’ll learn about native plants that provide globally significant remedies.

Stay in tree-top villas, cottages or glamping-style camp casitas. chaacreek.com 2. TIMBERLINE LODGE, MOUNT HOOD, ORE. Located in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest, sitting high on the shoulder of the iconic peak at 6,000 feet, this magnificent lodge was built at the height of the Great Depression by unemployed craftspeople hired by the Federal Works Progress Administration. Completed in 1937, the lodge has long served as the centerpiece of a mountain playground.

The land and historic lodge are still owned by the U.S. Forest Service, but the National Historic Landmark lodge has been

DREAMSTIME VIA TNS

At Grand View Lodge on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minn., solo travelers can stay busy with bike trips, pontoon rides and lounging at the beach.

family-operated since 1955.

Families return year after year to ski, hike, dine, mountain bike, learn about the local flora and fauna and to simply enjoy the high-altitude natural beauty. timberlinelodge.com 3. MANY GLACIER HOTEL, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK There are few places on the planet as stunning as Glacier National Park. And one could argue that the historic Many Glacier Hotel is the ideal venue from which to appreciate the vast and astonishing landscape.

Located on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake with jagged peaks as backdrop, the iconic hotel was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1914 to lure tourists to the Wild West. Today, visitors from around the world find their way to this northwestern corner of Montana, eager to see the disappearing glaciers, hike aside azure-colored lakes and to catch a glimpse of resident wildlife.

This secluded, five-story hotel offers visitors a window into

the past with old-world style guest rooms and a Swiss Alpine theme. While dedicated to honoring its historic roots, the 214-room gem has undergone a multimillion dollar renovation that included remodeling rooms, updating furniture and lighting and restoring the dining room to historic standards.

In addition to world-class hiking, Red Bus tours, boat cruises, horseback rides and evening ranger programs are offered in an unparalleled lakeside setting. Book well in advance. visitmontana.com, glaciernationalparklodges.com

or lodge rooms. A four-season vacation destination, the lodge is a popular summer spot for lake activities, golf and hiking. grandviewlodge.com

5. SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN RESORT, SUNDANCE, UTAH You’ll find it difficult to emerge from the cozy lodge warmed by a roaring fire or your cabin crafted from indigenous materials. But when you do, choose from cross-country and snowshoe trails that run deep into the woods or sunlit downhill runs on the slopes of Mount Timpanagos. Founded by filmmaker and conservationist Robert Redford, the 4. GRAND VIEW LODGE, resort offers family-friendly BRAINERD, MINN. pottery, beading and printmakVisit this historic lodge on ing classes in the Art Shack, Gull Lake for a family-centric winter fly-fishing and dining getaway. Expanding over 750 menus with an emphasis on acres, the kids will burn off organic and locally sourced energy cross-country skiing, ingredients. playing hockey, skating, tubing sundanceresort.com or swimming in the indoor – Lynn O’Rourke Hayes pool. Go for sleigh rides, relax (www.LOHayes.com) is an in the hot tub and play games author, family travel expert and in your garden cottage, cabin enthusiastic explorer.

Local travel briefs OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of tours daily in the Skagit Valley and surrounding areas. Reservations required: 360-474-7479. n Winter Birding for Kids: An “I Spy” Adventure in Skagit Valley. Through March, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30-4:30 pm. Transportation and binoculars provided. Reservations required by phone, 360-474-7479. n Hike n’ Cruise to Cypress Island, daily, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Departs from Skyline Marina, Anacortes. Kid- and dog-friendly. Reservations required.

SKAGIT SENIOR TOURS: Skagit Guided Adventures offers a variety of local nature and hiking day tours for seniors. Reservations required: 360-474-7479.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or visiting the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham.

OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers day trips for members. For details, call the travel desk at 360-279-4587.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s ExperienceWA Call Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. 1-800-544-1800 or tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com. Staff members assist travelers who have questions, refer them to specific destination marketing organizations and other travel resources across the state for more detailed information, and take orders for the Washington State Visitors Guide.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts new passport applications and applications for passports that have been expired for more than five years by appointment from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

Burlington Municipal Court accepts passport applications from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 311 Cedar St., Suite A, Burlington.

New and renewal forms are available. 360755-0492.

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

Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor, accepts passport applications Monday through Friday. Appointments are recommended. 360-279-4580.

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HOT TICKETS DEADMAUS: Dec. 19, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

JUDY COLLINS HOLIDAYS & HITS: Dec. 19-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

POISON IDEA: Dec. 21, El Corazon, Seattle. 206-2620482 or elcorazonseattle. com.

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: Dec. 26-29, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

PANCHO SANCHEZ: Dec. 30-31, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

PEARL DJANGO: Jan. 7-8, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

PETER WHITE: Jan. 9-12, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

CHRIS BOTTI: Jan. 14-16 and 17-19, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-

9729 or jazzalley.com.

HARRIET TUBMAN: Jan. 21-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

STEVE GADD BAND: Jan. 23-26, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DERMOT KENNEDY: Jan. 26, 2020, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PETER BERNSTEIN, LARRY GOLDINGS, BILL STEWART: Jan. 28-29, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

SARAH MCLACHLAN: Feb. 2, 2020, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747, or benaroyahall.org or livenation.com.

SUPERM: Feb. 4, 2020, Accesso Showare Center, Kent.

866-973-9613 or livenation. com.

REVEREND HORTON HEAT: Feb. 4-6, 2020, The

SARAH McLACHLAN Feb. 2, 2020, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747, or benaroyahall.org or livenation.com.

Crocodile, Seattle. 206-2620482 or elcorazonseattle. com.

MARTIN TAYLOR, FRANK VIGNOLA: Feb. 4-5, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY: Feb. 6-9, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

SONNY LANDREATH, MARCIA BALL: Feb. 11-12,

2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

PEE WEE HERMAN: BIG ADVENTURE: Feb. 15, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

JACK BROADBENT: Feb. 19, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DAVID SANBORN JAZZ QUINTET: Feb. 20-23, 2020,

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

WILLIAM DUVALL: Feb. 29, 2020, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net. ”STU FOR SILVERTON”: Jan. 31-Feb. 23, 2020, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206625-1900 or 5thavenue.org.

HAYLEY KIYOKO: March 8, 2020, Showbox Sodo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

VICTOR WOOTEN: March 12-15, 2020, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com. ”SISTER ACT”: March 13-April 5, 2020, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-6251900 or 5thavenue.org.

AMANDA SHIRES: March 20, 2020, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or Eventbrite.com.

BILLIE EILISH: April 10, 2020, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation.

com.

ALICE COOPER: April 20, 2020, McCaw Hall, Seattle.

844-827-8118 or uniquelives. com.

MILKY CHANCE: Aug. 24, 2020, Moore Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: April 23, 2020, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

STURGILL SIMPSON, TYLER CHILDERS: May 20, 2020, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

DEAD CAN DANCE: May 3, 2020, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 360-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

CHER: May 4, 2020, Angel of The Winds Arena, Everett.

866.332.8499 or angelofthewindsarena.com. ”ONCE ON THIS ISLAND”: May 12-24, 2020, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-6251900 or 5thavenue.org.

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Henry Klein is recognized as one of the most important and influential northwest architects of the region. He founded the Henry Klein Partnership in 1952 and, throughout his career, designed numerous iconic public buildings. His work in the private residential sector is equally significant, spanning six decades. This exhibit will celebrate the houses that Henry designed and the people whose lives they touched, including owners, contractors, and other design professionals with whom he worked.

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Nickelodeon’s ‘Double Dare’ still tons of messy fun for Summers some staying power. I think I had a sense of humor and something the kids liked and the adults liked. At the time, Nickelodeon had done its research and found out that kids were living vicariously through their parents watching “The Price is Right” but didn’t have their own game show, so we provided that for them.

By ERIC LAGATTA The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio

Marc Summers’ early days in the entertainment industry as a magician, radio disc jockey and stand-up comedian never fully prepared him for his big break: a career in slime.

In 1986, Nickelodeon hired Summers to host a kids’ game show that was as zany as it was messy.

“Double Dare” — which pitted teams of children (and sometimes parents) against each other in a series of trivia questions and wacky stunts in a quest for prizes — was credited for putting the network on the map.

Though the show came to an end in 1993, it has been revived twice, first in 2000 with host Jason Harris and then again in 2018, this time with host Liza Koshy, a 23-yearold YouTube star and actress.

Before the second season of the reboot comes to an end Friday — it will not return for a third — audiences can enjoy a live version of “Double Dare,” currently on tour. The live event is part of Summers’ farewell tour as he plans to step away to spend more time with family and take on other television projects.

“These last 34-plus years at Nick have been one of the best experiences of my life,” said Summers, 68, who has served as an executive producer and provides

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Marc Summers was the original host of Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare.”

color commentary on the revived TV show, and who hosts the touring live events. “I’m not stopping, I’m just sort of changing courses at this point.”

Q: What have you enjoyed about taking the show on the road?

A: Listening to the stories from the people who have viewed this show from 1986 until present. And they’ve got stories of how they used to build obstacle courses in their living rooms and how their parents would get mad at them.

It’s just fun to hear, and you don’t realize when you’re making television back in the ’80s that you were going to have an impact 35 years later.

Q: This is being billed as a farewell tour for you. Are you really saying goodbye to all forms of “Double Dare?”

A: I think I am; I think it’s time. I’ve had fun, it’s been amazing.

Q: When the show was revived in 2018, YouTube star and actress Liza Koshy succeeded you in the hosting role.

How has she done?

A: She’s fun, she’s a quick learner, she’s entertaining as hell and she’s got a huge career ahead of her. At 23, she’s quite a force.

Q: In what ways was the rebooted show revamped?

A: The set was gi-

normous. It was like two football fields. The physical challenges were bigger, the obstacles were bigger. They felt that was an integral part of making the show a success. I could debate that and tell you I think that’s somewhat irrelevant. I think it’s about having a good time, making sure the host does his or her job, because there aren’t many shows where moms and dads and kids get to play together and that’s what we provided and have for many, many years.

Q: When you began your career in show business, did you ever think you would end up hosting a show as unique as “Double

Dare”?

A: Well, you hope for it. Back when I grew up in the industry — some people will take this the wrong way — but you had to actually have talent. But things have changed so dramatically because of the web.

Each generation at some point feels left out and doesn’t understand what the new folks are doing.

Now I’m on the other side of that where YouTube stars — and I use the term loosely — can own the world.

Q: The show has been on for more than three decades. What makes “Double Dare” special?

A: I think initially, me. I did it from ’86 to ’94, so I think I had

Q: Of course, you can’t discount the messiness and zaniness of some of the challenges.

What is your favorite physical challenge?

A: Pies in the Pants would be my favorite.

Catapulting pies as the other person onstage is wearing clown pants and they have to catch three in their pants. Kids were always being reprimanded for being messy, and what we were doing was rewarding them for that situation. They (Nickelodeon) had this sort of comedic “adults versus kids” situation, and it was cute and clever but never disrespectful.

Q: What have you enjoyed about your time hosting this show?

A: Making people happy. Putting people in a room and prizes are somewhat secondary.

There’s a lot of laughing going on. And often we’ll find kids not successful with a physical challenge but they’d be throwing some sort of goo, syrup, slime at each other and didn’t care about the prizes or the money, they were just having a good time.

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Margaret Davidson art at the i.e. gallery

By Skagit Valley Herald staff

EDISON — The drawings of Fir Island artist Margaret Davidson are featured at the i.e. gallery until the end of the year.

Davidson’s work brings attention to the ordinary and instills a new life in everyday objects like birch logs, buttons and sand.

The gallery is located at 5800 Cains Court.

DINING GUIDE NEW YEAR’S EVE SPECIALS

“Button Spiral II,” by Margaret Davison in 2014, colored pencil on handmade paper by Mary Ashton.

AT THE LINCOLN Prime Rib and prawns with a baked potato. $28.95 Ham Dinner with a pineapple rum sauce and scallop potatoes. $20.95

Seafood Fettuccine with House made Alfredo Sauce with Prawns, Scallops and clams Served Salad with Garlic bread. $20.95

Both of the above dinners come with choice of soup or salad, vegetables & Farmhouse bread

Call for reservations.

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MOVIES

NEW THIS WEEK

MINI REVIEWS

A sour end to a grand saga

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

Not much has caused a disturbance in the “Star Wars” galaxy quite like Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi,” an erratic but electric movie that, regardless of how you felt about it, was something worth arguing about. The same can’t be said for J. J. Abrams’ “Rise of Skywalker,” a scattershot, impatiently paced, fan-servicing finale that repurposes so much of what came before that it feels as though someone searching for the hyperspace button accidentally pressed the spin cycle instead.

A laundry list of plot points cluster like an asteroid field in “Rise of Skywalker.” It’s a spirited, hectic and ultimately forgettable conclusion of the Skywalker saga begun 42 years ago by George Lucas.

It was also surely a lot to ask for. Abrams, having already ably and nimbly resuscitated Lucas’ space opera with the far less cluttered “The Force Awakens,” was brought back with the task of not only wrapping up a trilogy but repairing the divides stirred up by “The Last Jedi” and stabilizing the franchise’s revolving door of directors.

Abrams here took over for the jettisoned Colin Trevorrow, who retains a “story by” credit.

More significantly, “The Last Jedi” had to solve the underlying existential crisis in “Star Wars,” a franchise in search of a reason beyond nostalgia (and, cough, billions of dollars) for continuing. The film, for sure, tries its darnedest to come up with something. But if anything has been proven by the many attempts to rekindle the mag-

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Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca (from left), Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Daisy Ridley as Rey and John Boyega as Finn are shown in a scene from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”

ic of the original trilogy, it’s that Lucas’ cosmic amalgamation of Flash Gordon and Akira Kurosawa isn’t so easily refabricated.

As the trilogy’s third act, “Rise of Skywalker” takes the general shape of “Return of the Jedi,” even resuscitating its villain: Emperor Palpatine (the very spooky Ian McDiarmid, now mostly a shadowy heap of CGI). He was last seen exploding in a Death Star air shaft, thrown to his apparent death by Darth Vader. Yet as “Star Wars,” the most forever war there is, marches into its fifth decade, the undying demands of a pop culture phenomenon and corporate revenue generator has led to some unsettling resurrections.

This third “Star Wars” trilogy began with a plan: the first movie would belong to Han (Harrison Ford), the second to Luke (Mark Hamill) and the third to Leia (Carrie Fisher). Life interfered. Fisher, who along with Ford did more to enliven the original trilogy than any special effect, died of a heart attack in 2016. But she, too, has been brought back for “Rise of the Jedi,” via bits and pieces of old footage. For an actress of such live-wire verve, the composite result — a handful of brief lines and gazes — is a

hollow nonperformance.

Palpatine, residing in a dark Sith lair, essentially sets the table. He summons Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) with an order to “kill the girl” (Daisy Ridley’s Rey) and thereby inherit the throne.

With the wave of his hand, Palpatine unearths an entire fleet of Star Destroyers. They rise from the depths, a new armada of doom for the First Order.

But this is only a piece of the movie’s manic start.

Abrams, who penned the screenplay with Chris Terrio (“Argo,” “Justice League”), races to catch up with the many characters of the Resistance, among them Leia, Finn (John Boyega), Poe (Oscar Isaac), Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels). From the start, there’s a rush to speed through a complex plot that sends a crowded Millennium Falcon in search of the hidden Sith base, a quest that includes a series of MacGuffins including — like a relic from a more earthbound adventure — a secret-wielding dagger.

“Star Wars” has never lacked for velocity but the pace here is schizophrenic. The movie can’t sit still.

Everyone’s yelling and most

of the bits of humor along the way are too blandly inserted.

(C-3PO, at least, is in fine form.) Part of the rush, it seems, is to dismantle some of Johnson’s groundwork and refocus the spine of the story on Rey’s destiny and her complicated relationship with Ren. Whether that’s a gesture to the toxic fandom unleashed by “Last Jedi” or not, some characters suffer for it, most notably Rose. She was the highlight of “The Last Jedi,” which stirringly realigned the traditional power dynamics of “Star Wars.” But she’s regrettably sidelined for much of the action this time.

Some of the tropes that Johnson deconstructed have been reassembled. Poe, the Han Solo heir apparent, is again central. New worlds bring new friends — a Stormtrooper-turned-rebel played by Naomi Ackie; an old rival of Poe’s named Zorri Bliss (Keri Russell); a cute Muppet-like creature named Babu Frik — and old (Billy Dee Williams’ Lando).

Even if “Rise of Skywalker” has its fair share of missteps, it gets some things right.

The grief of a Wookie, for one. Kylo’s new black helmet, laced with blood-red cracks, for another. A lightsaber fight amid the sea-strewn rubble of a Death Star swells with watery grandeur. And most of all, the anguished ReyRen duel finally takes on the mythical dimensions of earlier “Star Wars” tugs between good and evil.

Yet for a movie predicated on satisfying fans, “The Rise of Skywalker” is a distinctly unsatisfying conclusion to what had been an imperfect but mostly good few films.

– 2:22. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action. HH (out of four stars)

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Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“Jumanji: The Next Level” — Like 2017’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” this rousing, funny, warm-hearted, old-fashioned adventure movie puts high school students into video game avatars that look like Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and others.

There’s more than enough charm to overcome the occasional overlong action sequence. Action adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “Richard Jewell” — The latest economically filmed, well-crafted gem from Clint Eastwood recalls the cop wannabe who was proven innocent after being named as the prime suspect in the 1996 Olympics bombing in Atlanta. Paul Walter Hauser delivers screen-commanding work as the title character.

Historical drama, R, 130 minutes. HHH½ “Knives and Skin” — When a teen disappears in a seemingly quiet Midwestern town, reactions range from the strange and disturbing to the REALLY strange and disturbing in this cool and badass and blazingly original social satire/horror thriller. Rating: Thriller, no MPAA rating, 112 minutes. HHH½ “The Two Popes” — With Anthony Hopkins portraying Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as the cardinal who would become Pope Francis, we have the privilege of seeing two of the world’s finest actors sinking their chops into rich albeit sometimes overly fanciful dialogue. But with an overlong running time, “The Two Popes” is the kind of well-made but flawed release you can wait to catch on home video. Biography, PG-13, 125 minutes. HH½ “A Million Little Pieces” — There’s nothing Hollywood or glamorous about Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s work as self-destructive, hardcore addict James Frey. This is an effective blunt instrument of a film — a rough-edged, unvarnished, painfully accurate portrayal of addiction and rehabilitation. Drama, R, 113 minutes. HHH “The Aeronauts” — This rousing and (frostbitten) knuckle-biting adventure reteams Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) for a historic 1862 quest in a hot air balloon to ascend higher than any man or woman had flown up to that moment. The fact-based fairy tale has a distinctly old-fashioned, Saturday afternoon movie vibe. Historical adventure, PG-13, 101 minutes. HHH “Queen & Slim” — A man and woman on a first date end up on the run after a police encounter goes bad in one of the best and most important movies of the year. Filled with keenly observed social commentary, it also finds time for some soaring moments of inspiration, a little bit of comedic relief and a red-hot romance. Drama, R, 132 minutes. HHHH “Dark Waters” — Mark Ruffalo plays a real-life crusading attorney who took on the case of a West Virginia farmer convinced that toxic chemical waste from DuPont poisoned his cattle and his land. It’s a role squarely in Ruffalo’s comfort zone, and it’s no surprise he knocks it out of the park. Historical drama, PG-13, 127 minutes. HHH

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MOVIES

REVIEW

Antagonists are clear and heinous in ‘Bombshell’

By MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune

One week after the tepid box office reception for “Richard Jewell,” a well-acted, sneakily political, fact-adjacent drama of no little controversy, here comes “Bombshell” — another well-acted, sneakily political and fact-adjacent picture, representing the other side of what’s left of the aisle in this country.

It’s hard to assess the current working order of the checks and balances in our government. Hollywood, on the other hand, appears to be working the seesaw pretty well.

“Bombshell” is set in 2015 and 2016, taking us behind the slick, panicky façade of Fox News.

Trump’s presidential bid looms large in the background. CEO Roger Ailes, former Republican polit-

ical operative, reigns as king of the hill, surrounded by his hand-picked cadre of trim, blonde, loyal on-air talent.

That loyalty came at a price. One of the cable network’s stars, Megyn Kelly, weathered Ailes’ sexual harassment for years; then, when she asked tougher-than-usual questions in a 2015 Republican presidential debate, candidate Trump fired back with the menstrual blood wisecrack heard ‘round the world.

Kelly’s travails, and her eventual decision to reveal her history of Ailes-related harassment, takes up roughly a third of the picture. Another third deals with “Fox & Friends” host Gretchen Carlson, likewise serially harassed by her boss. Carlson got the ax, and she responded by filing her sexual harassment lawsuit not against

the network, but against Ailes. That caught the attention of everyone at Fox, especially those who’d been harassed themselves.

Like many freely fictionalized docudramas, “Bombshell” creates a new character for audience-identification purposes. The third protagonist is a bright if naïve Fox production assistant with ambitions. This “millennial evangelical” conservative Christian, named Kayla Pospisil, becomes friend, confidante and lover of another invented character, a Fox staffer who’s a discreet lesbian and a liberal.

The squirmiest sequence in director Jay Roach’s film takes place in Ailes’ inner sanctum, where he has invited Kayla, just his kind, to come up and talk about her career. He beseeches her to “do a little twirl”

for him, as part of his informal anchor interview process. This leads to his request that she hike up her skirt, higher and higher. The mood is hushed, furtive and, for Kayla, the encounter becomes a lasting source of shame.

It’s also the impetus for the rest of “Bombshell” and its account of how these three women, two real and one fictional, helped bring down Ailes.

The cast is strong and wily enough to paper over every flaw, overstatement and simplification. Charlize Theron captures the demeanor, vocal timbre and unblinking intensity of Megyn Kelly like a boss. Nicole Kidman’s Gretchen Carlson is more of a stealth performance, clean and effective in her technique, dropping the mask, memorably, when no one’s around to see her rage. As Kayla, Margot

Robbie enjoys the freedom of playing the film’s liveliest character, the one with the most radical change in temperament and direction.

Roach is no stranger to this sort of political/media whirlwind; for HBO, he directed the 2008 “Recount” and the 2012 Sarah Palin portrait “Game Change.” I prefer the relatively straightforward way Roach handles these sorts of movies to the way Adam McKay, a step or two up the Hollywood ladder, whips up comic snark in “The Big Short” and “Vice.” But “Bombshell,” featuring a cartoonishly sleazy John Lithgow encased in latex as Ailes, holds your attention without really getting into anything too risky or, in the case of Theron’s Kelly, remotely skeptical.

“Bombshell” focuses on the summer of 2016

near the end of Kelly’s Fox tenure, as the harassment scandal is about to break.

While screenwriter Randolph doesn’t indulge in a full-on whitewash job on Kelly, we are indisputably dealing with a flattering profile in courage.

The most conspicuous harassment-in-the-media scandals in the wake of Ailes’ downfall, from Matt Lauer to Harvey Weinstein, knew no political boundaries. In story terms “Bombshell,” like “Richard Jewell,” has clear and monstrous antagonists: Ailes is villain enough for anybody, including ardent Fox viewers, just as the government and the media in “Richard Jewell” offer a clear and present danger.

– 1:48. Rated: R (for sexual material and language throughout).HH½ (out of four stars)

At area theaters “Knives Out” — This crackling good, old-fashioned murder mystery is one of those movies where it looks like the immensely appealing cast — including Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans — had as much fun making the film as we have watching it. Murder mystery/comedy, PG-13, 131 minutes. HHH “21 Bridges” — In a plot with more holes than a box of doughnuts, Chadwick Boseman plays an NYPD detective who shuts down the bridges out of Manhattan to trap a duo of cop killers.

The movie looks cheap and grimy, and the story has supposedly smart people doing really stupid things. Crime action, R, 99 minutes. H½

CONCRETE THEATER Dec. 20-22 Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 5 p.m.

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“Waves” — This beautiful and pensive and heartbreaking drama begins with perfect little moments, all designed to immerse us in the world of a high school wrestler, his sweet little sister and their father and step-

ANACORTES CINEMAS Dec. 20-26 Cats (PG): Friday-Monday: 12:45, 4:25, 7:00, 9:50; Tuesday: 12:45, 4:25, 7:00; Wednesday: 4:25, 7:00, 9:50; Thursday: 12:45, 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (PG-13): Friday-Monday: 1:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Tuesday: 1:15, 3:30, 6:45; Wednesday: 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Thursday: 1:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30 Jumanji: The Next Level (PG-13): Friday-Monday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10; Tuesday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30; Wednesday: 3:45, 6:30, 9:10; Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 360-293-7000

mom. But soon we begin to see signs of the tidal wave of trouble ahead. Drama, R, 135 minutes. HHHH “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” — It’s a tricky performance for one American icon to play

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another American icon, but the perfectly cast Tom Hanks expertly captures Fred Rogers’ calming and measured cadence in the story of the cardigan-clad, gentle host of one of the most beloved children’s programs ever

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Biography, PG, 108 minutes.

HHH “Frozen 2” — An uplifting and true-hearted and worthy (if not equal) sequel to the 2013 mega-blockbuster, this beautifully

animated film is sprinkled with good humor and filled with sister-power bonding moments. And there are more than a few trippy, New Age-y detours along the way. Animated fantasy, PG, 103 minutes. HHH

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