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Movies

Reviews

Roger Ebert

What level of fiction is acceptable for fact-based movies?

Music: Beach Fossils, Iceage Video Games: ‘Sly Cooper: Thieves ...’

Great modern novel “Bless Me, Ultima” makes for a worthy movie

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Anna Karenina”: Keira Knightley stars in the latest film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel.

Movies like “Anna Karenina” are what people mean when they talk about Hollywood magic. Director Joe Wright has taken the much-told tale of the late 19th-century Russian heroine and cast a cinematic spell to make his film version as compelling as it is creative. Wright elevates the movie beyond the typical trappings of the genre by the way he staged the production. He’s created a theater space where the action weaves on and off the stage. It’s as if he’s found the previously unknown art form created by the union of a movie, stage production and ballet.

It’s not only one of the best and most beautifully staged movies of the past year, it easily belongs in that category for any movies released since the start of the 21st century.

“Argo”: An agent poses as a filmmaker to save six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis in this Oscar-nominated film for Best Picture. Ben Affleck stars and directs the film. The plot sounds like a rejected plot line for “Mission: Impossible.” If the film weren’t based on a real story, the audacity and absurdity of what transpires would be almost too ridiculous even in a fictional story. But this fact-based story ends up as compelling and as exciting as any adventure James Bond ever had.

Affleck has shown again with his solid direction of “Argo” that he’s not just another actor who wants to sit in the director’s chair. His latest work is a brilliant blend of a first-rate story delivered with skill and attention to detail. He always get the most out of his actors, story and visuals.

“Sinister”: Home movies spark a nightmare experience for a family.

“Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season”: Superb cable series starring Peter Dinklage.

“Top Gun”: The film about hot-shot pilots is available in 3D. Tom Cruise stars.

“Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome”: Takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war.

“The Six Million Dollar: Season 3”: Lee Majors plays the man with robotic parts.

“Special Forces”: A war correspondent must be saved.

“Swamp People: Season 3”: More tales of the Cajun characters.

“Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars”:

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: FEB. 26 Chasing Mavericks - Fox Chicken With Plums - Sony Holy Motors - Indomina How to Survive a Plague - MPI/ IFC The Loneliest Planet - MPI/ IFC The Master - Anchor Bay

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MARCH 5 The Bay - Lionsgate The Intouchables - Sony/ Weinstein Playing for Keeps - Sony Red Dawn - Fox Wreck-It Ralph - Disney Gun Hill Road - Virgil MARCH 12 The First Time - Sony Life of Pi - Fox Smashed - Sony MARCH 19 Rust and Bone - Sony Bachelorette - Anchor Bay MARCH 22 This Is 40 - Universal

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MARCH 26 The Collection - Lionsgate Killing Them Softly - Anchor Bay Parental Guidance - Fox n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Richard Hammond celebrates spy vehicles.

“The Nest”: Cockroaches overrun a quiet town.

“The Mooring”: Girls headed to summer camp get stranded in the woods.

“The Factory”: Twisted thriller starring John Cusack.

“The Thief of Bagdad”: The 1924 film starring Douglas Fairbanks is available on Blu-ray.

“Atlas Shrugged: Part II”: A revolutionary motor could be the solution to economic problems.

“The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams: Season Two”: Dan Haggerty stars.

“Riddle”: College student is drawn to a mysterious small town.

“Hats Off to Dr. Seuss Collector’s Edition”: Includes five of the author’s tales.

“Missions That Changed the War: The Doolittle Raid”: Gary Sinise narrates the documentary. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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MUSIC

ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS TO GET WILD AT THE SKAGIT

By MARK STAYTON Staff Writer

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eric Burdon and a new group of Animals will bring the band’s gripping brand of blues and rock to the Skagit Valley Casino Resort, playing sold-out shows Friday and Saturday nights.

Burdon and his original bandmates formed The Animals in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in 1962 and hit the top of the charts two years later with a soulful, haunting rendition of “House of the Rising Sun.” A driving force in the British Invasion of the mid-’60s, The Animals made their fame performing gritty, electric covers of R&B and blues staples like Sam Cooke’s “Bring it on Home to Me” and Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” according to Burdon’s official website.

Burdon’s gravelly vocals combined with a heavy use of keyboards by Alan Price gave The Animals an unmistakably gruff, hard-edged sound that reflected the blue-collar coal mining town the band formed in.

The Animals produced eight Top 40 hits before breaking up in 1965, and Burdon went on to make six more as Eric Burdon and The Animals.

Burdon released his first solo album in six years, “Til Your River Runs Dry,” on Jan. 29, and is promoting it on tour with guitarist Billy Watts, drummer Brannen Temple, keyboardist Red Young and bassist Terry Wilson.

Eric Burdon performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 15, 2010, in New York.

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British music group The Animals are seen on Jul. 1, 1964. From left to right are Hilton Valentine, John Steel, Eric Burdon and Chas Chandler. In the front is Alan Price.

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MOVIES

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer

NEW YORK — The scene: Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there’s a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip through the airport.

The plane has mechanical difficulties and will be delayed. Will the Americans be discovered, arrested, even killed? CIA officer Tony Mendez, also in disguise, tries to calm them. Luckily, the flight leaves about an hour later.

If you saw the film “Argo,” no, you didn’t miss this development, which is recounted in Mendez’s book about the real-life operation. That’s because director Ben Affleck and screenwriter Chris Terrio replaced it with an even more dramatic scenario, involving canceled flight reservations, suspicious Iranian officials who call the Hollywood office of the fake film crew (a call answered just in time), and finally a heart-pounding chase on the tarmac just as the plane’s wheels lift off, seconds away from catastrophe.

Crackling filmmaking — except that it never happened. Affleck and Terrio, whose film is an Oscar frontrunner, never claimed their film was a documentary, of course.

But still, they’ve caught some flak for the liberties they took in the name of entertainment.

And they aren’t alone — two other high-profile best-picture nominees this year, Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” and Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” have also been criticized for different sorts of factual issues.

Filmmakers have been making movies based on real events forever, and similar charges have been made. But because three factbased films are in contention, the issue has come to the forefront of this year’s Oscar race, and with it a thorny cultural question: Does the audience deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but?

Surely not, but just how much fiction is OK? The latest episode involved “Lincoln,” and the revelation that Spielberg and his screenwriter, the

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In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK? THE OSCARS >> When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 TV: KOMO-4 Pulitzer-winning playwright Tony Kushner, took liberties depicting the 1865 vote on the 13th amendment outlawing slavery. In response to a complaint by a Connecticut congressman, Kushner acknowledged he’d changed the details, having two Connecticut congressmen vote against the amendment when, in fact, all four voted for it.

In a statement, Kushner said he had “adhered to time-honored and completely legitimate standards for the creation of historical drama, which is what ‘Lincoln’ is.

I hope nobody is shocked to learn that I also made up dialogue and imagined encounters and invented characters.”

His answer wasn’t satisfying to everyone. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called on Spielberg this weekend to adjust the DVD version before it’s released — lest the film leave “students everywhere thinking the Nutmeg State is nutty.”

One prominent screenwriting professor finds the “Lincoln” episode “a little troubling” — but only a little. “Maybe changing the vote went too far,” says Richard Walter, chairman of screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Maybe there was another way to do it. But really, it’s not terribly important. People accept that

liberties will be taken. A movie is a movie. People going for a history lesson are going to the wrong place.”

Walter says he always tells his students: “Go for the feelings.

Because the only thing that’s truly real in the movies are the feelings that people feel when they watch.”

Carson Reeves, who runs an influential screenwriting website called Scriptshadow, says writers basing scripts on real events face a constant problem: No subject or individual’s life is compelling and dramatic enough by itself, he says, that it neatly fits into a script with three acts, subplots, plot twists and a powerful villain.

“You just have to get rid of things that maybe would have made the story more truthful,” says Reeves, who actually gave the “Lincoln” script a negative review because he thought it was too heavy on conversation and lacking action. He adds, though, that when the subject is as famous as Abraham Lincoln, one has a responsibility to be more faithful to the facts.

Screenwriter Dan Futterman, nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for “Capote,” has empathy for any screenwriter trying to write an effective script based on real events, as he did.

“This is fraught territory,” he

says. “You’re always going to have to change something, and you’re always going to get in some sort of trouble, with somebody.”

Futterman recalls seeing “Lincoln” and wondering briefly why Connecticut would have voted the way the movie depicted it. On the other hand, he says, he has so much admiration for Kushner’s achievement in writing an exciting movie about 19th-century legislative history that he’s inclined to overlook the alteration.

Futterman also doesn’t begrudge the “Argo” filmmakers, because he feels they use a directorial style that implies some fun is being had with the story. “All the inside joking about Hollywood — tonally, you get a sense that something is being played with,” he says.

He recalls his own object lesson in the difficulty of writing about real people and events: In “Capote,” he combined three of Truman Capote’s editors into one, for the sake of the narrative. He ended up hearing from the son of New Yorker editor William Shawn, actor Wallace Shawn, who wasn’t totally pleased with the portrayal of his father. Futterman says he was sympathetic to those concerns and would certainly have addressed them in the script, had he anticipated them.

Of the three Oscar-nominated films in question, “Zero Dark Thirty” has inspired the most fervent debate. The most intense criticism, despite acclaim for the filmmaking craft involved, has been about its depictions of interrogations, with some, including a group of senators, saying the film misleads viewers for suggesting that torture provided information that helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden.

There also have been questions about the accuracy of the depiction of the main character, a CIA officer played by Jessica Chastain; the real person — or combination of people, according to some theories — that she plays remains anonymous.

Mark Boal, the movie’s screenwriter, said in a recent interview that screenwriters have a double responsibility: to the material and to the audience.

“There’s a responsibility, I believe, to the audience, because they’re paying money, and to tell a good story,” he said. “And there’s a responsibility to be respectful of the material.”

The debate over “Argo” has been much less intense, though there has been some grumbling from former officials in Britain and New Zealand that their countries were portrayed incorrectly in the film as offering no help at all to the six Americans, whereas actually, as Mendez writes in his book, they did provide some help.

And as for the Canadians, the Toronto Star detailed late last year how Affleck (agreed to adjust the postscript to his film to more generously credit Canada and its ambassador at the time, Ken Taylor, who protected the Americans at great personal risk.

To Walter, the screenwriting professor, keeping track of all the historical details is a losing battle.

“When I am hungry and crave a tuna fish sandwich, I don’t go to a hardware store.” he says. “When I seek a history lesson, I do not go to a movie theater. I loved ‘Argo’ even though I know there was no last-minute turn-around via a phone call from President Carter, nor were there Iranian police cars chasing the plane down the tarmac as it took off. So what? These conceits simply make the movie more exciting.”

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THIS WEEKENDin the area “ARGO” GUESTS Mark Lijek and Cora Amburn-Lijek will speak at the 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23, showing of “Argo” at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Both guests are survivors of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, the central plot of “Argo.” “Argo” also will be shown (without Mark and Cora) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 22 and 25, and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24. www.lincolntheatre. org.

SNOW GOOSE, BIRDING FEST The eighth annual Port Susan Snow Goose & Birding Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23-24, with a variety of activities at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27108 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Events are scheduled both days at several locations around Stanwood and Camano Island. Enjoy guided and unguided birding tours, art shows, displays and presentations, kids’ activities and more. Advance registration is required for guided tours. Some events require a small fee. www.snowgoosefest.org.

WRITERS’ FORUM The Anacortes branch of AAUW will present a Writers’ Forum at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Pacific Northwest romance authors Marcella Burnard, Shannon Winslow, Kendra Elliot and Linda Hope Lee will speak about their process on the journey to publication, including publishing in e-book format. Books by the panelists will be available for purchase. Free admission. Bring a nonperishable food donation for the local food bank.

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FEST The 13th annual Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival will take place Feb. 21-March 2, with film screenings at the Fairhaven College Auditorium at Western Washington University, The Pickford Film Center and other locations around Bellingham. The opening evening will feature free screenings of “Bidder 70” at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St., Bellingham. A silent auction will benefit the festival.

Woodchoppers’ Ball The 26th annual Woodchoppers’ Ball will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Guemes Island Community Center. Enjoy a potluck dinner at 6 p.m., followed by an open mic from 7 to 8 p.m. and live music by Polecat (pictured) from 8 to 11 p.m. The evening will also include a raffle, the popular wood-chucking contest and more. $8 adults, $7 seniors, $5 teens. For information, call Mike or Suzie at 360-293-5708.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Bobby Long

ing down the chapel doors. The aptly named teamed pianist Duke Ellington, bass“Confidence” and the richly enchanting ist Charles Mingus and drummer Max “Wishbone” “Get Up” seem to bubble up from Cobb’s Roach. toes and burst forth from her vocal cords.

Some of the strongest tracks — such Bobby Long has as “Wig Wise,” which includes Braziln A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer come a long way ian rhythms and Mideastern motifs, and from his busking Clayton’s ballad “Cut Off” that references days in England.

Nick Cave Ellington’s “Solitude” — spotlight the trio The transplanted of drummer Carrington, pianist Gerald and the New Yorker’s Clayton and bassist Christian McBride.

Bad Seeds sophomore album “Wishbone” takes the And Carrington enhances “Fleurette well-crafted lyrics from his debut “A Win- “Push the Africain” with ex-Ellingtonian trumpeter ter Tale” and drops them into much more Sky Away” Clark Terry’s scat/spoken-word vocals and developed surroundings.

“Backward Country Boy Blues” with Nir There’s a Neil Young fuzziness to “She In December Felder’s earthy slide guitar intro and Lizz Won’t Leave,” and a bit of ’70s album2011, Nick Cave Wright’s wordless vocals. rock-radio to “All My Brothers” that suits claimed to have The hard-swinging “Money Jungle” Long’s voice well. He adopts a bit of Ryan disbanded Grinincludes sound clips on the state of capiAdams roughness on “Yesterday, Yesterderman, his noisy, talism from Martin Luther King Jr., Bill day,” though the Coldplay-ish grandeur raunchy reconfiguration of his longstand- and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, of “To the Light” makes a great argument ing band, the Bad Seeds. But his libidinous while the mellow “Rem Blues/Music” has for his next musical direction. thoughts live on in “Push the Sky Away,” Shea Rose reciting a poem comparing Cave’s 15th album with the Bad Seeds n Glenn Gamboa, Newsday music to a seductive woman and Herbie (and, it turns out, Grinderman lives on, Hancock quoting Ellington’s observations too: They will reconvene for this spring’s on the clash between jazz creativity and Tasha Cobbs Coachella festival in California). commerce.

“Grace” This is an album of quiet tension and n Charles J. Gans, Associated Press fatalistic resignation, with Cave in darkly Raw power poetic mode singing about seductive sirens doesn’t come only and the men who long for them. The songs Iceage from Iggy Pop cross metaphoric and mythic overtones with “You’re Nothing” recordings, punk 21st century details. Cave mentions Wikirock or grungy pedia, Hannah Montana, and Miley Cyrus.

Iceage’s stunheavy metal. On He titles one song “Higgs Boson Blues.” ning sophomore occasion, God’s might — or at least his He describes iPod-wearing “city girls/ with effort “You’re music, when it comes to gospel — has a white strings flowing from their ears.”

Nothing” builds The music is thoughtful and restrained, gorgeously unrefined resonance. on what it estabTasha Cobbs, the worship pastor at the full of sustained minor chords; slow, deliblished on its bracerate rhythms; and ominous, subtle beauty. dReam Center Church of Atlanta, has ing 2011 debut “New Brigade,” honing “And some people say it’s just rock and that fresh, unbridled force in her voice roll/ Oh but it gets you right down to your its chops and expanding a remarkably and in the way she manipulates a song’s soul,” he sings in the title track. He’s right. focused vision of how it wants to execute every nuance — each lyric and twist of their music. phrase. That voice, to say nothing of her n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer What’s most impressive about “You’re improvisational skill, goes well with the Nothing” is how Iceage adds layers of will of the Holy Spirit. complexity and a subliminal catchiness Terri Lyne For her major-label debut, Cobbs to its sucker-punch blasts without attenurecorded in a live church setting. Between Carrington ating the unflinching intensity that the the room’s natural ambience, the familiar- “Money Jungle: group made its name with on “New Briity of her surroundings and the rush of a Provocative In gade.” live performance, these hallowed tunes Blue” That newfound depth is something come across like conversations among you notice even on the bashed-up singles Cobbs, her savior and their congregation.

Producer Terri “Ecstasy” and “Coalition,” which surge Really loud conversations.

Lyne Carrington with taut bass, careening drums, and Oddly (and thankfully, for nonbelievers) follows up her these songs of praise have a contagious pop Grammy-winning, all-female “The Mosaic breakneck guitars, yet open up with enough room to breathe and find a feel. When Cobbs sings, “There is power Project” by offering a fresh take on the release. — in the name of Jesus” at the beginning of classic trio recording “Money Jungle” “Break Every Chain,” she’s practically kick- — the session released 50 years ago that n Arnold Pan, PopMatters.com

Richard Thompson “Electric”

True, Richard Thompson’s 14th solo album does contain more expansive lead guitar work than fans of the 63-year-old fretboard fiend have heard in quite some time. Credit that in part to producer Buddy Miller, a likeminded Nashville cat who’s a perfect fit for the acerbic Brit.

Still, Electric is somewhat misleadingly titled, since it’s rife not only with pluggedin rockers such as “Stony Ground” and “Good Things Happen to Bad People,” but also deftly picked acoustic ballads and brooding bummers like “Salford Sunday” and “Another Small Thing in Her Favour,” not to mention the closing “Saving the Good Stuff For You,” as tender a love song as the former Fairport Convention folkie has written.

Still consistently excellent, after all these years. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Beach Fossils “Clash the Truth”

In the past, Beach Fossils has been a bit of a one-trick pony, as winsome as its music could be.

Under all that conspicuously dated reverb, “Clash the Truth” is a necessary step forward for the group, showing a more-rounded approach as instrumentalists and greater variation in songcraft that will hold it in good stead once the appeal of merely sounding like a low-budget 1980s post-punk record loses its drawing power.

Despite the undying retromania, the gimmicky production and the at-times frustratingly short song times, “Clash the Truth” is tuneful and nuanced enough to warrant repeat listens even after other like-minded travelers are inevitably forgotten in favor of the next musical revival. n AJ Ramirez, PopMatters.com

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time’

playful manner — as opposed to, say, “Assassin’s Creed.”

Thieves generally tend to avoid duking it out whenever possible, and this rings true with Sly and his companions as well, but for reasons other than altruism. The game makes a misstep with the combat system. With the characters a cunning lot who relay on stealth and evasion, it makes sense not to make them too powerful in the fighting department. When you inevitably get drawn into a battle, you’ll probably win without much trouble. This shines a light on this lackluster aspect and the repetitive nature of just tapping a few buttons until your enemy submits. Thankfully, the boss battles deliver a more rewarding experience, since they get increasingly difficult.

The game wisely puts you in command of more characters than just Sly himself.

Bentley, though in a wheelchair, gets some of the more exciting adventures to engage in (thank goodness for robotic arms and hovercraft capability), while baddies get a brutal punch from Murray or a rogue missile from Carmelita. None of these is terribly complicated in the handling, but each injects some life at the right moments to keep the action from becoming stale.

Not every game has to be “Tomb Raider” or “Splinter Cell” and be rated M to deliver a worthwhile adventure.

There is some nobility in deftly providing younger gamers a platform that enables them to grow into more adult fare over time. While easy by comparison, “Thieves in Time” does an admirable job and the franchise remains as solid as ever.

Platform: PlayStation 3 Genre: Action Publisher: Sony ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

When your family history literally disappears off the page, you go to great lengths to restore that legacy — even if your lineage is a band of thieves. This sets up the adventures in “Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time,” where our hero must travel across time and space to reinstate his family’s name when it gets erased from the history books.

“Thieves in Time” plays like a finely tuned steppingstone game aimed at those not quite ready for more advanced platformers and action games. It is set in five open worlds spanning different eras, from the Ice Age to the Wild West. Adventures await and enemies lurk regardless of the setting, so as a proper thief it’s best to stay in the shadows.

This clearly looks to win over younger gamers looking for a step up from basic puzzle games. The dialogue brims with humor and the interactions have enough gags thrown in to engage them more broadly than a children’s game would. The main gameplay revolves around collecting (read: stealing) coins, traversing the locations via rooftops and slinking through n Follow Chris Campbell @campbler or shadows to avoid detection, yet all in a email game_on_games@mac.com.

Manic genius from Sligo in Northwest Ireland The preeminent traditional band in Ireland’s wild west!

Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17th at 7pm The Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

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TRAVEL

Art Institute of Chicago opens major Picasso show

By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press

CHICAGO — A century after the Art Institute of Chicago became the first American museum to show work by Pablo Picasso, the institution is celebrating the Spanish artist with a major exhibition featuring his art and its relationship with the city.

“Picasso and Chicago” opened Wednesday, featuring 250 works — nearly half of the museum’s own Picasso collection along with pieces from private collections and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It’s the Chicago museum’s first major Picasso exhibition in three decades.

“One of my hopes is that people can appreciate the art and enjoy it but then also at the same time sort of fall back in love with these works for the history that they represent,” exhibit curator Stephanie D’Alessandro said.

One of Picasso’s designs is a well-known city attraction, a 50-foot-tall steel sculpture at the downtown Richard J. Daley Center.

n On the Web: www.artic. edu/exhibition/picasso-andchicago

Children often play on the massive piece in summer, while visitors debate what the enigmatic artwork depicts.

But the artist and the city have a deeper relationship than simply a tourist attraction, museum president and director Douglas Druick said.

“There’s a link between Chicago and Picasso in terms of temperament,” Druick said. “A restlessness, a desire to improve, a desire to change, a desire never to stand still.”

D’Alessandro believes Picasso’s art has a boundary-breaking, revolutionary vision similar to Chicago’s character and energy.

“That bold vision, that interest in the new and the modern and the technologically interesting is something that Picasso was,” she said. “I think his personality was perfectly akin to that and I think that that kind of spirit really appealed to Chicagoans.”

An attendee checks out Pablo Picasso’s “The Red Armchair” during a Feb. 14 media preview for “Picasso and Chicago,” a major exhibition showcasing the works of Picasso at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Photos by Caryn Rousseau / AP

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TRAVEL

An attendee checks out Pablo Picasso’s “Mother and Child” during a media preview Feb. 14 for “Picasso and Chicago,” an major exhibition showcasing the works of Picasso at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The museum became the first in the nation to feature Picasso when it decided to give space to the 1913 Armory Show, which the museum says introduced European modernism to an American audience. It was a move Druick describes as bold and daring for the time because even though the exhibit was presented in New York and Boston, it was only shown in a museum in Chicago.

Local travel

“We were the only museum willing to take the risk to show the paintings and sculpture that had drawn so much criticism and ire when shown in New York,” Druick said.

“Picasso and Chicago” features paintings, drawings, works on paper, ceramics and sculptures, including “Old Guitarist,” ”Mother and Child” and Picasso’s 1906 selfportrait. It runs chronologi-

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cally from the artist’s early years in Barcelona to his late years in the south of France.

The exhibit is open through May 12. It is accompanied by related exhibitions throughout the Art Institute’s other galleries, including installations such as “Picasso and Cezanne,” ”Picasso, Paris and African Art” and “Picasso and American Art.” supervision required for ages 18 and younger). For information or to register, call 360336-6215.

Next up: Olympia Capitol Tour and Exploration: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a private tour of the Legislature building, no-host lunch and exploration of more local and historical attractions around Olympia. $61-$63.

Register by Feb. 27.

Bellevue Botanical Garden and Washington Park Arboretum: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 19, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a docentled tour of the botanical garden’s 53 acres of cultivated gardens, restored woodlands and natural wetlands. After a no-host lunch, check out the seasonal flora and fauna of the arboretum’s 230 acres on the shores of Lake Washington. Both tours include walking up to one mile and uneven surfaces. $61-$63. Register

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area February 21-March 3

TUNING UP Playing at area venues February 21-28 THURSDAY, SUNDAY. 21,24 & 28, 3

Thursday.21 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

FRIDAY.22 ALAN HATLEY BAND 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

“A ROTTEN DEMISE” 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-3363012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Friday.22

THURSDAY.21 Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. 360927-1949 or www.redlightbelling ham.com.

THEATER

“Late Nite Catechism:” 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults. 360757-4074.

Bayou Blast: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

THEATER

“Late Nite Catechism”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

Sunday.24 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Monday.25 No events submitted

Tuesday.26 VARIETY

Betty Desire: 9 p.m. to midnight, First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Band Showdown: with Face Police, Galapagos, Jeb McCoy and the Trigger Fingers, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. No cover. 360778-1067.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Steve Meyer, Ben Starner (piano): 8 to 10 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Alan Hatley Band: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-7550165.

R Stevie Moore, LAKE, Part Wolf: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10.

360-7781067.

The Heligoats: 10 p.m. to midnight, Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360927-1949 or www. redlight belling ham.com.

SATURDAY.23

Saturday.23

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

FRIDAY.22

Wednesday.27 No events submitted

Thursday.28 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Friday.1 THEATER

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

Saturday.2

Sunday.3

MUSIC

THEATER

THEATER

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 2 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults. 360-757-4074.

Skagit Swings, 18-piece big band, with Shelter Bay Chorus: 6:30 p.m., Shelter Bay Clubhouse, La Conner. $15, snacks included. 360-466-3805.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

Mia Vermillion: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Jim Basnight Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

The Atlantics: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10 cover.

360-445-3000.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (country): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

DON’T, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Palisades: 10 p.m. to midnight, Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-927-1949 or www.redlight bellingham.com.

Fritz & The Freeloaders: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

SUNDAY.24 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf. St., SedroWoolley. 360-855-2263.

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

WEDNESDAY.27 Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Julian MacDonough, Josh Cook, Chuck Kistler Trio: 9 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free.

360-927-1949 or www. redlightbellingham. com.

THURSDAY.28 Lloyd Jones: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Chris Eger Band, Aces Up: 9 p.m., The Underground, 211 E. Chestnut St., Bellingham. $5. 360-738-3701.

Today is The Day, Black Tusk, KEN Mode, Fight Amp: 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10-$12.

360-778-1067.

Nathaniel Talbot Quartet: 9:30 p.m., Green Frog Acoustic Tavern, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. 360-961-1438.

Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free. 360-9271949 or www.redlightbelling ham.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area February 21-March 3

TUNING UP Playing at area venues February 21-28 THURSDAY, SUNDAY. 21,24 & 28, 3

Thursday.21 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

FRIDAY.22 ALAN HATLEY BAND 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

“A ROTTEN DEMISE” 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-3363012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Friday.22

THURSDAY.21 Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. 360927-1949 or www.redlightbelling ham.com.

THEATER

“Late Nite Catechism:” 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults. 360757-4074.

Bayou Blast: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

THEATER

“Late Nite Catechism”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

Sunday.24 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Monday.25 No events submitted

Tuesday.26 VARIETY

Betty Desire: 9 p.m. to midnight, First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Band Showdown: with Face Police, Galapagos, Jeb McCoy and the Trigger Fingers, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. No cover. 360778-1067.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Steve Meyer, Ben Starner (piano): 8 to 10 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Alan Hatley Band: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-7550165.

R Stevie Moore, LAKE, Part Wolf: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10.

360-7781067.

The Heligoats: 10 p.m. to midnight, Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360927-1949 or www. redlight belling ham.com.

SATURDAY.23

Saturday.23

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

FRIDAY.22

Wednesday.27 No events submitted

Thursday.28 THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Friday.1 THEATER

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

Saturday.2

Sunday.3

MUSIC

THEATER

THEATER

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 2 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults. 360-757-4074.

Skagit Swings, 18-piece big band, with Shelter Bay Chorus: 6:30 p.m., Shelter Bay Clubhouse, La Conner. $15, snacks included. 360-466-3805.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Seussical the Musical”: B-EHS Drama, 7:30 p.m., Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. $5 students, $8 adults.

360-757-4074.

Mia Vermillion: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (musical): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-6792237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Jim Basnight Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

The Atlantics: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10 cover.

360-445-3000.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (country): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

DON’T, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Palisades: 10 p.m. to midnight, Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-927-1949 or www.redlight bellingham.com.

Fritz & The Freeloaders: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

SUNDAY.24 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf. St., SedroWoolley. 360-855-2263.

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., First Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

WEDNESDAY.27 Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Julian MacDonough, Josh Cook, Chuck Kistler Trio: 9 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free.

360-927-1949 or www. redlightbellingham. com.

THURSDAY.28 Lloyd Jones: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Chris Eger Band, Aces Up: 9 p.m., The Underground, 211 E. Chestnut St., Bellingham. $5. 360-738-3701.

Today is The Day, Black Tusk, KEN Mode, Fight Amp: 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10-$12.

360-778-1067.

Nathaniel Talbot Quartet: 9:30 p.m., Green Frog Acoustic Tavern, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. 360-961-1438.

Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free. 360-9271949 or www.redlightbelling ham.com.

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GET INVOLVED ART

on the poem, but grants WinterStomp the right CALL FOR ARTISTS: to read poems on the air, North Cascades National publish them online and Park is accepting applicain a potential anthology. tions for the 2013 Artist in Submit poems c/o Jodie Residence Program. Appli- Buller at the Skagit Valley cations for fall are due by Food Co-op, 202 S. First St., July 1.

Mount Vernon, WA 98273, In recognition of the or email cooproom@gmail. program’s 10th annivercom. sary, the 2013 AIR program will celebrate “Artists ART CLASSES as Residents.” This year STONE CARVING the park and cooperating WORKSHOP AND local communities may RETREAT: Register by host traveling exhibits, Monday, Feb. 25, for the workshops and commuweekend workshop set for nity recognition of art through participating local Friday through Sunday, April 26-28, at Matzke Fine artists, organizations and visitor centers. Community Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, members and local artists Camano Island. The class is working in all mediums for beginning to advanced are encouraged to submit sculptors. Instruction will proposals to showcase their inspirations from the cover history, concepts, North Cascades. processes, techniques, For information about materials and tools for the Skagit Valley proposals, creation of forms in stone. contact Cindy Bjorklund $425, includes lunches, dinat 360-854-7303. Artists ners and lodging at Cama interested in applying for Beach Cabins. $365 withresidencies in Lake Chelan out lodging. 360-387-2759 National Recreation Area or www.matzkefineart.com. at Stehekin can call Mark Scherer at 360-854-7365, BLACK CAT CONTEST: ext. 14.

Kids can enter the Black Cat Drawing Contest by POETRY CONTEST: The March 1 as part of the WinterStomp Farms and 18th annual Black Cat Food Poetry Contest is Auction in April to benaccepting entries from resi- efit the Humane Society dents of northwest Washof Skagit Valley. Children ington through Feb. 28. ages 5 to 16 can draw an Three winners will receive animal or bird the shelter a gift card to the Skagit has offered for adoption, Valley Food Co-op and such as dogs, cats, rabbits, the opportunity to read potbellied pigs, hamsters, their poem on the radio rats, parakeets, cockatiels, during “Skagit By Hand” chicken hens or roosters. A on “Skagit Talks,” which winner selected from each will air at 5 p.m. Thursday, age group — 5-8, 9-12 and March 14, on KSVR 91.7 13-16 — will be introduced FM and KSVU 90.1 FM. during the April 6 evening Submissions should auction, where the top 20 be original, unpublished drawings will be featured work on the theme “Geras framed centerpieces and minate.” Limit: one poem auctioned. Send or deliver per person, no more than drawings by March 1 to three single-spaced, single- Ellie, Humane Society, sided pages long. The 18841 Kelleher Road, Burlington, WA 98233, or call author retains copyright

360-757-0445.

Skylight Room, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

ART CLASSES: Dakota This ballet-based class Art offers a variety of art will focus on coordinaclasses and workshops at tion, skipping, leaping and 17873 Highway 536, Mount jumping with continual Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. change of music rhythms.

5, or www.dakotaartcenter. $40-$42. Register with com.

Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation, 360-336-6215.

CALL FOR SAILORS: The Girts Rekevics Foul Weather Cruise/Race will get under way at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23, in Anacortes. The decades-long Anacortes Yacht Club tradition will set sail for Friday Harbor, with race awards, festivities and dinner at the San Juan Island Yacht Club. Nonboaters can watch the start of the race from the top of Cap Sante. For information, contact race organizer Chris Roethle at 360-5506496, Andy Schwenk at 360-770-7035, David Thomson at 360-299-0417 or visit www.anacortesyachtclub. org.

for winter classes on acting and theater arts. Classes are held at ACT, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. 360-2936829 or www.acttheatre. com/classact.

WORKSHOPS

DIGITAL PHOTO EDITING CLASSES: Alternative AUDITIONS Focus will offer two classes MUSIC FREE ADULT ACTING on digital photo editing CLASS: Anacortes ComSKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC with Adobe Lightroom on munity Theatre is preCLUB: The club welcomes Saturday, Feb. 23, at the senting a series of acting performers, listeners and Anacortes Chamber of classes for adults from 10 guests at 1:45 p.m. ThursCommerce Boardroom, a.m. to noon the third Sat- day, Feb. 28, at Vasa Hall, upstairs at 819 Commerurday each month, at 918 1805 Cleveland St., Mount cial Ave., Anacortes. Both M Ave., Anacortes. Classes Vernon. Come and sing, classes are suitable for novwill include scripted scenes play an instrument or just ices to intermediate users. and a variety of acting enjoy the music. Free. For Part I: Adobe Lightroom games, with a different information, call Marsha Library: 10 a.m. to noon. topic each month: March Pederson at 360-757-4906.

2013 SMELT RUN: The The class will cover import16: rehearsal; April 20: ing, organizing and rank16th annual 5K/10K Run, developing character; May RECREATION ing images, editing basics, 2-Mile Walk and Kids’ 18: stage presence; June 15: Dash will take place Satur- batch edits, exporting WINTER GARDENS performance. Each class day, Feb. 23, at La Conner images, exporting tricks, PHOTO CONTEST: Amawill be independent; you Middle School, 305 N. Sixth presets and collections. teurs and professionals don’t have to commit to Part II: Lightroom may submit up to two pho- St., La Conner. Registraevery session. Information: Develop Module: Digital tos of previously unpubtion starts at 8:30 a.m., with 360-293-4373 or www.act lished images in Christian- the Kids’ Dash at 9:30 a.m., Darkroom Techniques: theatre.com.

1 to 4 p.m. Class will son’s Nursery’s 2013 Winfollowed by the 5K/10K cover local adjustments, ter Gardens Photography runs and 2-Mile Walk at advanced editing, explorDANCE Contest. Entries are due by 10 a.m. Dogs on a leash FREE INTRO TO TANGO: 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, are welcome to participate ing unique images with the presets, develop module WITH TANGO POPOLARE: at the nursery, 15806 Best in the walk. Registration: workflow and when to use 7 p.m. today, Feb. 21, Ana- Road, Mount Vernon. The 5K/10K, $30; 2K Walk, Adobe Photoshop. entry form can be downcortes Center for Hap$20, $35 families. Day-ofCost: $40 afternoon loaded at www.christianpiness, 619 Commercial race registration available. session only, $65 both sesAve., Anacortes. Get a free sonsnursery.com. Winners Kids’ Dash, free for ages sions. To register, call Karla taste of this popular dance will be announced March 18 months to 8 years, must Locke at 360-588-6968 or style before regular classes 2; all entries will be exhib- be accompanied by an email at kklocke1@mac. ited March 2-3 during the begin on March 7. RSVP: adult. T-shirts: $20, limcom.

360-464-2229 or www.ana- annual Winter Hellebore ited quantity day of race.

Festival. 360-466-3821. cortescenterforhappiness.

Trophies and other prizes org. will be awarded to the top SEEKING VENDORS: male and female 5K/10K Skagit County fairgrounds runners, with ribbons to CONTRA DANCE: 7 to officials are seeking ven9:30 p.m. Saturday, March the top finishers in several dors of all types for their 2, Depot Arts Center, 611 age divisions. For informaWorld’s Largest Garage R Ave., Anacortes. Learn tion or entry forms, call the fundamentals of contra Sale, Antiques & More 360-848-9336 or visit www. dance and practice dancing event, set for 9 a.m. to 6 skagitsymphony.com. p.m. Friday and Saturday, to live music. No partner April 12-13, at 1410 Virneeded. $8 at the door.

THEATER 360-755-3969 or www. ginia St., Mount Vernon.

THEATER CLASSES: skagitcontra.org.

Applications are available Anacortes Community at www.skagitcounty.net/ Theatre’s Class Act School CREATIVE MOVEMENT fairgrounds. For informafor the Performing Arts is DANCE CLASS: Ages 4 to tion, call 360-336-9414 enrolling kids from pre6, 4 to 4:50 p.m. Mondays, or email fairgrounds@ school through 12th grade March 4-25, Hillcrest Park co.skagit.wa.us.

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BONUS

HOT TICKETS FEED ME, TEETH: Feb. 20-21, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.showboxonline.com.

GALACTIC: FEATURING COREY GLOVER: Feb. 22, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

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MICHAEL KAESHAMMER: Feb. 22, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds.

STS9: Feb. 22, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

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AARON NEVILLE: Feb. 23, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

IVAN & ALYOSHA: Feb. 23, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

PENNYWISE, LAGWAGON: Feb. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

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HEY MARSEILLES: March 1, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

MARC MARON (comedy): March 1, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

NEWSBOYS: March 1, Temple Theatre, Tacoma. 855-443-8499 or LMGconcerts.com.

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: March 1-2, The Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND: March 2, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

MOE: March 2, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

ANBERLIN: March 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: March 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.showboxonline.com.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: March 8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: March 9, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds.

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MAROON 5, WITH NEON TREES & OWL CITY: March 11, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.livenation.com.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 13, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds.

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BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS: March 14, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.showboxonline.com.

LUCKY 2013: March 15, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

HOODIE ALLEN: March 20, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

NICK OFFERMAN: March 21, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

MOISTURE FESTIVAL: comedy/variety: March 21-April 14, Seattle. www.moisture festival.org.

VOLBEAT: March 22, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

BRIAN REGAN: March 23, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.live nation.com.

GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: March 23, Showbox at the Market.

800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

MAJOR LAZER: March 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

ANDREW MCMAHON: March 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

DEMETRI MARTIN: March 27, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

THE SPECIALS: March 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

DIRTYPHONICS: March 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND: March 29, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or www.livenation.com.

CLUTCH: March 29, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

LOTUS: March 30, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

KMFDM, LEGION WITHIN, NIGHTMARE FORTRESS: March 30, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

PEARL DJANGO, ANNE GRIFFITH: March 30, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham.

360-671-1709 or www.suddenvalleylibrary.org.

ANTHRAX, EXODUS, HIGH ON FIRE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, HOLY GRAIL: March 31, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

RIHANNA: WITH A$AP ROCKY: April 3, 2013, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

NANCI GRIFFITH: April 5, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds. 425-275-9595 or www. ec4arts.org.

LORD OF THE DANCE: April 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www. mountbakertheatre.com.

OMD: April 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

TECH N9NE: April 6-7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

STEPHEN LYNCH: April 7, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.live nation.com.

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: April 7, The Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or www.livenation.com.

THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT: April 8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.showboxonline.com.

A DAY TO REMEMBER: April 12, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

MASSIVE MONKEES DAY: April 13, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

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MOVIES

A worthy adaptation of a great modern novel A lthough it was published only in 1972, Rudolfo Anaya’s “Bless Me, Ultima” has achieved the iconic stature as such novels as “The Grapes of Wrath” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Now comes a movie to do it justice. Carl Franklin’s film is true to the tone and spirit of the book. It is patient and in no hurry.

It allows a Roger balanced eye for the Ebert people in its hero’s family who tug him one way and another.

The story involves a young boy in a small town in New Mexico at the end of World War II. With his brothers off to war, his parents invite an elderly relative named Ultima to come and live with them. She possesses magical powers — black powers, say some, who call her a witch.

The old woman takes young Antonio under her care. At a time when the traditional culture of New Mexico is under siege from the modern, and young men transformed by war were returning home with strange ideas in their heads, Ultima hopes Antonio can learn his people’s way of living and carry it forward into his life.

I can imagine the pres-

sures Franklin, who also wrote the screenplay, must have experienced in making the film his way. “Bless Me, Ultima” is filled with elements ripe for exploitation.

There are magical spells and demonic possession, and a sequence where Ultima (Miriam Colon) takes along the boy (Luke Ganalon) to gather secret herbs and prepare a potion to drive an evil spirit from the body of another man’s son. The potion works, and after a terrifying struggle, the victim coughs out the spirit, which takes the form of a nasty little glob with wriggling black tendrils, still alive.

We’re close to “Alien” territory here, yet the scene plays out with quiet power.

It reflects the essence of the film. Ultima does and says, and Antonio watches in wide-eyed solemnity.

Franklin films the vomiting moment from a medium side angle, camera at a lowish level, the putrid black ball ending in a hollow of the blankets, its tendrils writhing.

Not such a big deal. I imagine a 3-D horror picture spitting the blob into our faces.

“Bless Me, Ultima” is a coming-of-age story that has one hero but two comings of age. Antonio was born in rural territory; his father’s job was on horseback. When the old life died out, his parents moved into Guadalupe, where now his mother seems

‘BLESS ME, ULTIMA’ HHHH Antonio.... Luke Ganalon Ultima...... Miriam Colon Gabriel. Benito Martinez Maria... Dolores Heredia Tenorio...Castulo Guerra Narciso... Joaquin Cosio Florence.......Diego Miro n Running time: 106 minutes. MPAA rating: PG-13 (for some violence and sexual references).

a better fit. His older brothers want to keep moving, and for them the war draft is an opportunity. We see his favorite brother return, much changed, filled with restlessness and no way to employ it.

Antonio attends Catholic school and is absorbed by the teachings of the church.

Ultima seeks to demonstrate that not all answers come from Rome. Antonio is not an active protagonist, striving and deciding. As played by the newcomer Ganalon, his typical role is as a witness, seeing all, saying little, absorbing. That’s an unusual approach to hero-construction.

Yes, things happen to Antonio when Ultima isn’t around. He attends school, walking the same dusty way every morning across a wooden bridge. Franklin establishes the district with an emphasis on the land.

Sun, moon, morning stars, the frenzied twists of cactus against the sky. Here is the desert landscape of Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Archbishop.” Antonio and his classmates do stuff together. But after he meets Ultima, his life experiences a new tidal pull.

There isn’t one second in this film impossible to understand for anyone old enough to see it. There are some scenes of adult behavior difficult for children to understand, but that’s the story of life. If anyone

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Luke Ganalon and Miriam Colon star in “Bless Me, Ultima.” has trouble understanding “Bless Me, Ultima,” it will be the grown-ups, because so many modern movies have trained them not to understand. Some moviegoers are reeling from the way they’re bludgeoned by the choices they make. Movies spell everything out, read it aloud to them, hammer it in, communicate by force. This film respects the deliberate nature of time slipping into the future. Sometimes Antonio doesn’t fully realize what’s happened until after it has happened to him. The payoff of a scene is shown in how Antonio’s behavior is reflected in later ones.

The movie is set at a time within current lifetimes. It seems like the ancient past.

There’s a night of terror when Antonio and his family are awakened. A mob of

men has gathered before the house, many holding torches.

This is soon after Ultima expelled the evil spirit, and word has raced around. The men say Ultima is a witch and must be turned over to them. Although Antonio’s mother (Dolores Heredia) was most responsible for inviting the old woman to stay with them, it is his father (Benito Martinez) who steps forward in front of his family.

The men carry clubs and firearms. Some are mounted.

They don’t crowd the front porch, but form a large circle in the yard, which reflects their recognition of the family’s space. Into this space Antonio’s father steps, shirtsleeves rolled up, to ask how dare these men come to his house in the middle of the night and awaken his family.

In most movies today, this

scene would be quick and ugly. Here there is time. The mob knows Antonio’s father has a point. It seems logical to them that Ultima must be a witch, so they have a point, too. Much is not understood about witches. The man who had the demon exorcised is still alive. There are pros and cons here.

I like to think of two kinds of men in the mob: Those who eagerly subscribe to the comfort of prejudice, and those who hesitate because they prefer to come to their conclusions in their own ways. “Bless Me, Ultima” has that choice at its center. It says that in the formation of the place now named New Mexico, two peoples came together, the Indians and the Europeans, and formed a population that drew from two traditions.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 - E17

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“A Good Day to Die Hard” — The latest installment of the action franchise plays as if we’re watching Bruce Willis in a Bruce Willis movie in which Bruce Willis can survive anything while taking out the villains, video-game style. A quarter-century after the first “Die Hard,” the venerable John McClane has been stripped of any real traces of an actual three-dimensional character.

Action, R, 97 minutes. H1⁄2 “Argo” — Ben Affleck directs and stars in the incredible true story of how, at the height of the Iranian hostage crisis, a CIA agent and a couple of Hollywood professionals dreamed up a cockamamie scheme to free six Americans who were not being held in the American Embassy but had found refuge with the Canadian Embassy. Kept top secret for 18 years, the operation created a fake sci-fi production named “Argo,” convinced the Iranians it was real and used it to spirit the Americans out of the country. With lots of tension and also some humor from John Goodman and Alan Arkin as the Hollywood pros involved. Drama, R, 120 minutes. HHHH “Beautiful Creatures” — Though not specifically conceived to fill the void left by the $2 billion “Twilight” franchise, comparisons are inevitable, as we’re again presented with a story about a smart, serious, semi-loner high school student who falls for a mysterious newcomer with supernatural powers. It would all be pretty tedious, goth-youth nonsense if not for the considerable delights provided by a mostly veteran supporting cast of Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Viola Davis and Emmy Rossum, who are all having great fun. Romantic fantasy, PG-13, 124 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Identity Thief” — The pairing of Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in a road trip comedy seems inspired. They’re two unique comedic talents who always put an interesting spin on a line or a double take, whether starring in sitcoms or effortlessly swiping scenes in big-screen fare. Unfortunately, “Identity Thief” is a depressingly predictable road-trip buddy comedy that’s far more interested in car chases, lame shootouts, physical shtick and cheap schmaltz than creating anything original.

Comedy, R, 112 minutes. HH “Lincoln” — Steven Spielberg’s new film focuses on only a few months of Lincoln’s life, including the passage of the 13th Amendment ending

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slavery, the surrender of the Confederacy and his assassination. Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics. Daniel DayLewis creates a Lincoln who is calmly self-confident, patient and willing to play politics in a realistic way. Not about an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his opponents as a hayseed from the backwoods. He understood them better than they did him.

Sure to win many Academy Award nominations. Drama, PG-13, 149 minutes. HHHH “Mama” — “Mama” succeeds in scaring the wits out of us and leaving some lingering, deeply creepy images, despite indulging in many horror-film cliches.

Movies like “Mama” are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked.

And of course, there’s almost always a little plot left over for a sequel. It’s a ride horror fans would take again. Horror, PG-13, 100 minutes. HHH “Safe Haven” — Directed by the versatile Lasse Hallstrom and starring the attractive duo of Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, “Safe Haven” is yet another entry in the Nicholas Sparks book-to-movie factory that has given us “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Dear John,” etc. For 90 percent of the journey, it’s a solid movie for those in the mood for some good old-fashioned, greatlooking-couple-gets-caught-in-therain romance. Then something

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The Oscar-nominated film is based on the real-life rescue in 1980 of six Americans — including Mark Lijek and Cora AmburnLijek of Anacortes — from Iran. The movie follows a CIA and Canadian secret mission to extract the diplomats from the Iranian revolution. Lijek and AmburnLijek will talk about their experiences before and after the movie on Saturday, Feb. 23.

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Director Michael Mayer places his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in 1960s Las Vegas.

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OUT & ABOUT ART LORNA LIBERT: OILS: The show of new paintings continues through Feb. 25 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Also showing are abstract oils by Carole Barrer, watercolors by Jan Gellatly, photograph encaustics by Kathy Hastings and watercolors

by Keith Sorenson. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or www. scottmilo.com.

NEW PAINTINGS: A show of new paintings on canvas and paper by Anne Martin McCool continues through Feb. 28 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show will also feature works by other gallery artists, including paintings and prints, sculptures, glass, ceramics, jewelry, turned wood, baskets and handwoven scarves. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or www. annemartinmccool.com.

“GHOSTS”: The exhibition continues through Feb. 24 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Participating photographers and video artists reflect on the human desire to record and venerate our memories, exploring the ways memory shapes who we are and who we long to be. Featured artists include Bill Finger, Ford Gilbreath, Michelle Alexis Newman, Forrest Kahlil Perrine, Justin Colt Beckman and Joe Rudko. Curated

by Caitlin Argyle. Finger, Gilbreath and Rudko will speak about their work at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. www. anchorartspace.org.

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“MOSTLY METAL”: Steven Bochinski’s works on metal are on display through April at Vartanyan Estate Winery, 1628 Huntley Road, Bellingham.

Meet the artist from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23.

Show hours are 11 a.m. to BIRD FESTIVAL INVITA- 5 p.m. Friday through SunTIONAL: The second annual day. www.bsteveb.com.

Edison Bird Festival Invitational Art Show continues MoNA EXHIBITIONS: through Feb. 24 at Smith & Two new exhibits continue Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey through March 13 at the Ave., Edison. Focusing on Museum of Northwest Art, the subject of birds, this 121 S. First St., La Conner. exhibition features artwork “Eduardo Calderón: Porby more than 30 local and traits of 20 Northwest Artregional artists. Gallery ists”: Calderón interviewed hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. a cross section of NorthWednesday through Sunwest artists ranging in age, day. 360-766-6230 or www. background and mediums smithandvallee.com. each uses to make art, and photographed the artists in QUILT MUSEUM their homes. The exhibition REOPENS: After weeks includes Calderón’s audio of interior restoration and transcribed interviews work, the La Conner Quilt with the artists about influ& Textile Museum has ences, backgrounds and reopened with a new show, what brought them to the “Color, Design, & InspiNorthwest (if the artist was The exhibit “In the Spirit of Our Grandmothers: Contemporary Art of the N.W. ration: Kaffe Fassett and not already a native). The Coast and Ancestral Tradition” continues through March 24 at Gallery Cygnus, Brandon Mably,” which show also includes works 109 Commercial St., La Conner. The show features artworks by John Goodwin, continues through March by each artist.

Macah and Peter Dunthorne from Upper Skagit. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. 24 at 703 Second St., La “Black and White Color Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or www.gallerycygnus.com. A reception for Conner. Fassett and Mably Study from the Permanent the artists will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. Gallery hours are Collection”: Presenting noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or www.gallerycygnus.com. are well-known quilters, fabric designers, knitters black, a symbol for sophisand authors. The exhibit tication and authority, and will feature both quilts and white, which suggests purity art show continues through by appointment). 360-222- fish pen and ink creations knitting. Sponsored by the and neutrality, the exhibiFeb. 25 at Rob Schouten 3070 or www.robschouten

by Tim Potter. For inforCamano Island Quilters. tion offers an atypical look Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, gallery.com. mation, including gallery Museum hours are 11 a.m. at the Northwest palette.

Greenbank. More than 30 hours and directions, call to 5 p.m. daily. $7, $5 stuPlus, excerpts from studies Whidbey Island artists will “ARTISTS IN LOVE: With 360-222-0102 or visit www. dents and military, free for that tackle the question, participate in the exhibit, Life and Each Other”: ravenrocksgallery.com. members and ages 11 and “Are black and white colwith a portion of the proThe sixth annual “Love younger. 360-466-4288 or ors?” as well as the science MASTERS OF CHIceeds going to benefit Month” art show continues www.laconnerquilts.com. and history behind black NESE ART: Allied Arts of South Whidbey’s Hearts through Feb. 28 at Raven and white.

Whatcom County and the and Hammers, whose Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn MEET THE ARTIST: ArtMuseum hours are noon Chinese Cultural Festival volunteers help Whidbey Road, Greenbank. The ist Sheila Klein will offer to 5 p.m. Sundays and residents who are unable exhibition features Mary Jo is hosting “Masters of Chi- insights into what artists Mondays, and 10 a.m. to physically or financially Oxrieder’s latest miniature nese Art” through Feb. 23 do at 3:45 p.m. today, Feb. 5 p.m. Tuesdays through at the Allied Arts Gallery, to care for their homes. paintings, handmade art 21, at the Edison School Saturdays. $8, $5 seniors, $3 Gallery hours are 11 a.m. cards and more; new paint- 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellauditorium, 5801 Main students, free for members to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 ings in Windwalker Taibi’s ingham. The show features Ave., Bow. Klein will pres- and ages 11 and younger. three well-known artists a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends “Ravens in Love” series; ent several projects tak360-466-4446 or www. from China: Benxing Wang, ing place in India, Seattle (Tuesdays and Wednesdays and whimsical lizard and museumofnwart.org.

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OUT & ABOUT “SURFACE”: Artwork

by Northwest printmakers Twila Tate, Theo Jonsson and Jean Behnke are on display through March 1 at the Skagit Valley College Art Gallery, located in the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center on SVC’s Mount Vernon campus. The three Skagit Valley artists investigate surface tension through the use of pattern, texture, rhythm, line and color to create abstract and representational compositions. A closing reception will be held at 5 p.m. today, Feb. 21. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 360416-7812.

BIENNIAL ART SHOW: Western Washington University’s “Departments of Art and Design Biennial” continues through March 9 at the Western Gallery, located on the WWU campus in Bellingham. The show features a variety of work by 18 artists — faculty from Western’s Art and Design departments, including invited temporary and past faculty and staff members. One overarching theme is collaboration, not only in terms of focusing on the artist team, but also in allowing the viewer to participate.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays when the gallery is open until 8 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m.

Saturdays. 360-650-3900 or westerngallery.wwu.edu.

Marin’s collection by 26 Mexican-American artists – averaging 16 inches square and smaller and ranging from photo-realism to portraits to landscapes.

Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; open until 8 p.m.

Thursdays and at 10 a.m.

Saturdays. $10, $8 student/ senior/military, $4.50 ages 4 and younger. $5 reduced admission on Thursdays.

360-778-8930 or www.what commuseum.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS “STORMWATER: MAKING PUGET SOUND UNSOUND”: Seattle environmental attorney Brad Doll will speak at the Evergreen Islands’ annual meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Doll will discuss the negative impacts of stormwater on Puget Sound and the surrounding communities. As the leading contributor to pollution of urban waterways, stormwater has affected virtually all urban creeks, streams and rivers in Washington state. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityof anacortes.org.

“PUSHING THE LIMITS”: The Sedro-Woolley Public Library is hosting a new four-part science discussion series for adults.

Participants will meet for 75 minutes once a month for a book discussion, a short related video in a fun science café model, and a “CHICANITAS: SMALL group discussion revolving PAINTINGS FROM THE around the monthly theme.

CHEECH MARIN COLLEC- Sessions will be led by TION”: The show continues scientist Barbara Johnson through March 24 at the and library staff. The three Whatcom Museum’s Light- remaining parts include: catcher Building, 250 Flora Survival: “Arctic Drift” St., Bellingham. The show

by Clive Cussler, March 19. features 65 paintings from Connection: “Thunderactor/comedian Cheech struck” by Erik Larson,

April 16.

Knowledge: “Land of Painted Caves” by Jean Auel, May 2.

Discussions will begin at 6:30 p.m. on designated Tuesdays at the library, 802 Ball St. Copies of the books will be available at the library’s front desk. RSVP: 360-855-1166.

Motor City. Most moved away; whole neighborhoods turned into wastelands. But some didn’t give up on the city they love.

This film tells the tales of Detroiters remaking their city with vision and spirit.

GLASS QUEST: The fourth annual Great Northwest Glass Quest, a treasure hunt for limitedMUSIC edition, hand-blown glass OPEN MIC: Enjoy the snowballs, will be held talents of others or share through Feb. 24 in the your own at 7:30 p.m. FriStanwood/Camano Island day, Feb. 22, at the Conway area. Clue balls are hidden Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, at participating businesses Conway. Singers/songwritand public places. When ers/performers can sign up a ball is found, the finder at 7 p.m. 360-445-3000 or returns it to the location www.theconwaymuse.com. noted inside to exchange it for an authentic Glass MORE FUN Quest 2013 Snowball, custom made and signed “SKAGIT SETS SAIL: by renowned glass artist A MARITIME HISTORY Mark Ellinger. UnsuccessOF SKAGIT COUNTY”: ful Quest-ers can enter a The exhibition continues drawing to win a snowball. through April 28 at the A guidebook identifying Skagit County Historical where the clue balls are Museum, 501 S. Fourth hidden is available at the St., La Conner. From Stanwood and Camano shovel-nose canoes to the America’s Cup, sternwheel- chamber of commerce ers to sea-going tugs, check offices and participating businesses, or at www. out Skagit County’s history on the water. Museum thegreatnwglassquest.com. hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

S.P.O.T. AUCTION: Tuesday through Sunday.

Skagit County animal $5, $4 seniors and ages 6 rescue organization Savto 12, $10 family, free for ing Pets One at a Time members and ages 5 and (S.P.O.T.) will host its younger. 360-466-3365 or annual fundraising auction www.skagitcounty.net/ at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. museum.

23, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon.

FREE MOVIES: The The auction will feature Skagit Valley Food Co-op a variety of items for pets will screen a series of free “films to get you thinking” and their owners. Tickets: at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, in $25. 360-336-5388 or email teresas@savingpetsoneata room 309, 202 S. First St., time.org.

Mount Vernon. Free popcorn. 360-336-9777 or www.

SMELT DERBY: The skagitfoodcoop.com.

Rotary Club of La ConNext up: ner’s 48th annual Smelt Feb. 27: “We are Not Derby will take place from Ghosts”: Fifty years ago, Detroit was booming with 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, on the public 2 million hardworking people living the American docks along the Swinomish Channel in La Conner. The Dream. When the auto industry crashed, so did the event is open to all ages,

with prizes for the largest and smallest smelt, strangest catch and many other categories. $2 entry fee.

Other events include: n Pancake breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m. at Maple Hall, 108 Commercial St. $6 adults, $3 kids. Proceeds will benefit the La Conner High School senior class. n 5K/10K Smelt Run at La Conner Middle School, 305 N. Sixth St. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 10 a.m. start.

Registration: $30. There’s also a free kids’ dash for ages 8 and younger at 9:30 a.m. n Hot dog meal available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bank of America parking lot. n Free face painting and fish printing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Maple Hall. n Raffle tickets are also available for a variety of prizes donated by local merchants, with a $750 grand prize.

For information, call 360466-4778 or visit laconnerrotary.org.

HOME-BASED BUSINESS EXPO: The Skagit County Home-Based Business Expo will take place from 10 a..m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Cascade Mall, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

Check out a variety of products and services. Free.

Admission. Limited vendor space available. 360-4285972 or info@cceventplan ning.com.

tions including yoga on horseback, equine acupuncture and chiropractic, hoof care, balanced nutrition for horses and other topics. The event will also feature an equine-inspired art show, vendors of a variety of equestrian products and a game of “hoofball” — a version of soccer on horseback. For registration information and a complete schedule of events, call 360-661-5026, email RetroJess@gmail.com or visit www.horseharmonics. wordpress.com.

MODEL SHOW & SWAP MEET: The Performance Modeling Club of Northwest Washington will present its 18th annual Show and Swap Meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Best Western CottonTree Inn Convention Center, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon. Model builders can compete for prizes in several categories.

Browse the swap meet for model kits, parts and accessories. Entry fee: $5 for up to three models, $1 each additional, includes admission. Admission only: $3 adults, $2 ages 7 to 15 and 62 and older, free for ages 6 and younger. 360-9392214, 360-652-9169 or www. performancemodelingclub. com.

HAVE A HEART FOR KIDS: The Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation will hold its 10th anniversary Have a Heart for Kids benefit dinner at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at Il Granaio, HOLISTIC HORSE 100 E. Montgomery St., CLINIC: Double S Quarter Mount Vernon. Six-course Horses will host “Horse Italian meal hosted by Il Harmonics: Alchemy Of Granaio owner Alberto Attunement” from 8 a.m.

Candivi. $100 per person. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Proceeds will benefit the 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Children’s Therapy ProFeb. 23-24, at 15216 Colony gram at Skagit Valley Hospital. For tickets or inforRoad, Bow. Like a spa mation, call 360-814-5747 day for horse and rider, or visit www.skagitvalley the weekend will include hospital.org. workshops and presenta-

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