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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday February 12, 2015

THIS WEEKEND

ON STAGE Enjoy dessert theater with ‘The Rainmaker’ at Alger Community Church PAGE 8

Gut-busting improv with the ‘Whose Line’ guys PAGE 3

TUNING UP Robin Bessier performs tonight at the Rockfish Grill in Anacortes PAGE 9

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A NIGHT OF ENDLESS LAUGHS

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THIS WEEKENDin the area BOOK SALE The Friends of the Library Book Sale will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13-14, at Where the Heart is Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, 410 Norris St., Burlington.

Choose from a wide variety of gently read books and more. Door prizes will be awarded each day, including hotel stays, roses and chocolates. Free admission. 360-755-8007.

WHALE MUSEUM FREE WEEKEND Enjoy free admission Friday through Monday, Feb. 13-16, at The Whale Museum, 62 First St. N., Friday Harbor.

Check out a variety of exhibits showcasing whales and other marine life in the Salish Sea ecosystem. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. whalemuseum.org or 360-378-4710.

MARDI GRAS/VALENTINE’S DAY MASHUP

‘Whose Live Anyway?’

Enjoy gut-busting funny improvisation, based on the award-winning TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” with Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14, at the Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes.

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Celebrate Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in downtown Concrete.

Enjoy a parade down Main Street at 2 p.m., followed by a party in Town Center. Prizes will be awarded for parade entries, including best krewe, best-dressed adult, child and pet.

The festivities will include music by Jumbled Pie, games for the kids and more. Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold (with red added this year for Valentine’s Day) are encouraged. Parade entry is free; entry forms are available now at the Concrete Chamber office, and will be available at the Concrete post office at 1 p.m. Saturday. 360-853-8784 or concrete-wa.com.

THEATER DIRECTOR TO SPEAK Tim Brown, director of the Anacortes Community Theatre (ACT), will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the American Association of University Women, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Westminster Church Fellowship Hall, 1300 Ninth St., Anacortes. Associated with ACT since 1994, Brown became director in 2014. He will share an insider’s perspective on all things ACT, including opportunities for community members to combine creative expression with community engagement at ACT. anacortes-wa.aauw.net.

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VALENTINE DINNER: Celebrate your Valentine with a special dinner and music by Double Bars at 4:30 p.m. today, Feb. 12, at Brookdale Stanwood, 7212 265th St. NW, Stanwood. $12, free for potential residents. RSVP by Feb. 12: 360-629-3445.

Valentine’s Day

MARDI GRAS DINNER DANCE: Immaculate Conception Church will host a Mardi Gras Dinner Dance from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and a special raffle, with entertainment by DJ Mike in the Morning. Costumes optional. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Cash bar available. Tickets at the parish office or contact Leslie at 360-848-8707.

is Saturday, Feb. 14.

There are numerous ways to celebrate the

SINGING VALENTINE: Have the An-O-Chords men’s barbershop chorus deliver a singing Valentine to your favorite person at their home, job, restaurant or other location on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. The occasion will include two love songs, a long-stemmed rose and a photo of the moment. $35. Mount Vernon/Burlington/Sedro-Woolley, 360-757-1946; La Conner/ Anacortes, 360-293-3483; Oak Harbor/Coupeville, 360-672-4620.

SONNET-GRAM: Shakespeare Northwest’s period-costumed actors will deliver a Valentine’s Day Sonnet-Gram to your favorite person at their work, a restaurant or other location in Skagit County or Bellingham.

Packages start at $35; includes a framed copy of the sonnet, roses and a small gift. Order by today, Feb. 12, for delivery Friday or Saturday, Feb. 13-14. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

occasion with your loved one; some suggestions are here.

“MY CIRCUS VALENTINE”: The event will feature family-friendly performances at 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 13, and 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14, as well as a 21-and-older cabaret show at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Cirque Lab, 1401 Sixth St., suite 102, Bellingham. Enjoy a variety of circus acts including acrobatics, aerial performances and comedy for

young and old. $20 adults, $10 ages 9 and younger.

Special cabaret “sweetheart deal” includes two tickets, plus a bottle of red wine or bubbly for $55.

Advance tickets at brownpapertickets.com. bellinghamcircusguild.com.

VALENTINE’S DINNER/COMEDY: Enjoy a Valentine’s Day dinner for two followed by a performance of “Late Nite Catechism III: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $100, includes show tickets and three-course meal with beverage. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

VALENTINE’S DROP & DINE: Parents can enjoy an evening out on Valentine’s Day. Drop off your kids from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Children’s Museum of Skagit County, 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Kids can enjoy Valentine’s arts and crafts, fun activities and dinner. $14 per child, discount for additional siblings.

Preregistration required: 360-757-8888 or skagit childrensmuseum.net.

VALENTINE’S DINNER/ DANCE: VFW Post 7392, 3037 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor, will host a Valentine’s Day Dinner/Dance on Saturday, Feb. 14.

Enjoy a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and live music and dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight. Raffles, door prizes. Limited public seating is available, but alcohol is only available to members and their guests. $25 advance, $30 at the door. Singles, $15. 360675-4048.

VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE: Dance to the big band music of Camano Junction from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Dads and daughters can enjoy a night of dancing, photos, desserts and more. $25 per pair, $6 additional daughter. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Stop by the Anacortes Parks & Recreation office, 904 Sixth St. or call 360293-1918.

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OUT & ABOUT ART IN THE ART BAR: Paintings and drawings by Kristin Loffer Theiss are on display during February at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. As well as teaching art off and on since 1996 at Skagit Valley College, Theiss is a artist with her own design and printmaking business. Her work has been featured in museum shops, private collections, publications and gallery exhibitions throughout the world. Meet the artist during a reception prior to the 7:30 p.m. film screening on Saturday, Feb. 21. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

ARTISTS IN LOVE: The eighth annual “Artists in Love, with Life and Each Other” show featuring the art of Mary Jo Oxrieder and Windwalker Taibi continues through March 4 at 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. A reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14. The gallery will be filled with Oxrieder’s latest painted fabric wall art hearts, handmade heart cards and more. Windwalker will debut the latest paintings in his “Raven’s in Love” series, along with new tapestry wall hangings and a few surprises. The gallery will also showcase new works by other gallery artists. For information, including hours and directions: 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

JURIED ART EXHIBIT: Check out the Spring Juried Exhibit through May 29 at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. The exhibition showcases the work of artists from around the region, including Anacortes artists Caroline Garland and Donna Nevitt-Radtke. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

MOVIE MATINEE/ OSCAR PARTY

“Still Life from the Permanent Collection”: Exhibitions Director Lisa Young examines interiors ART GALLERY: “Inscripthrough the historically tion,” a show of paintings rich tradition of the still

by Anne Martin McCool, life. Recent acquisitions continues through Februare featured, along with ary at McCool Gallery, works by Mark Tobey, 711 Commercial Ave., Walter Isaacs, Maxine MarAnacortes. The gallery also tell, Spencer Moseley and features work by other contemporary artists drawn gallery artists, including from the museum’s permaTracy Powell, sculptures; nent collection.

Stephen Roxborough and “A Tree is a Kind of Big Bryce Mann, photography; Flower: Flora C. Mace and Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Joey Kirkpatrick”: Mace Schoenberg, Marguerite and Kirkpatrick present Goff and Barbara Hathabotanical sculptures and way, ceramics; George Way sensitive casein paintings and Art Learmonth, wood; that pay homage to their Carole Cunningham and deep reverence for the outDebbie Aldrich, jewelry; side world.

Martha Tottenham, hand “Adrianne Smits: Immerwoven scarves; and Vicki sion Redux: Buiten (OutHampel, gourd art. The galBurlington Public Library, 820 Washington Ave., lery is open from 11 a.m. to Burlington, will host a movie matinee and Oscar party side)”: Smits’ painting style invokes similarities 5 p.m. Wednesday through on Saturday, Feb. 21. Enjoy a screening of “The to artists of the “mystic Saturday or by appointTheory of Everything” (pictured) at 11 a.m. and painters” movement in the ment. 360-293-3577 or “Guardians of the Galaxy” at 2 p.m. The event is annemartinmccool.com. open to ages 14 and older and children accompanied Northwest, such as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves and by an adult. Free. 360-755-0760 or burlingtonwa.

Guy Anderson.

“THE QUIET OF WINgov/library.

TER”: An exhibition feaNEW QUILT SHOWS: turing a new collection of Three new shows continue oil paintings by Dederick Abraham Murley continfourthcornerframes.com. through March 29 at the Ward continues through ues through Feb. 27 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile March 3 at Scott Milo GalSkagit Valley College Art AVIAN ART: A show of lery, 420 Commercial Ave., avian-influenced paintings Gallery, located in the Gary Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner: Anacortes. Also showing

by Kat Houseman and Jus- Knutzen Cardinal Center “Night Thoughts with are color photographs by tin Gibbens, and sculptures on the SVC campus, 2405 Larkin Van Horn”: A couple John Holtman, acrylics by from Peregrine O’Gormley, E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Much of Murley’s years ago, Van Horn started Larry Heald, watercolors Kristin Loffer Theiss and

by Larry Mason and oils by Marceil DeLacy, continues work on display — smaller keeping a notebook near her bed to jot down stray Damon Brown, as well as through Feb. 22 at Smith & works resembling quick ideas in the night. Somea selection of jewelry, glass Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey sketches — was done times she’d wake up to find from memory, documentwork, sculptures and tables Ave., Edison. Houseman unintelligible scribblings ing recent and long-past by other gallery artists. The considers herself to be a that made no sense, and gallery is open from 10:30 contemporary wildlife art- experiences. The gallery is a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday ist — birds are her favorite open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. some ideas were just plain weird. But what did emerge Monday through Friday. through Saturday or by subjects to paint. Gibbens were some recurring themes appointment. 360-293-6938 transforms classic ornitho- 360-416-7812. that turned into the short or scottmilo.com. logical images into new and series presented in this NORTHWEST ART: peculiar incarnations, imagOILS & ACRYLICS: ining these peculiar hybrid- Three new exhibits contin- exhibit: Shattered Circles, ue through March 11 at the Labyrinths and Celtic SpiA show of paintings by ized beasts through the Anacortes artist Caroline lens of a 19th century field Museum of Northwest Art, rals, Gaia/Goddess Figures 121 S. First St., La Conner. and Trees, as well as a colGarland continues through artist. The gallery is open February at Fourth Corner from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Museum hours are 10 a.m. lection of nonseries works on a variety of themes. Van to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Frames and Gallery, 311 W. 360-766-6230 or smithand Horn sometimes dyes or Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Holly St., Bellingham. Gal- vallee.com.

Sunday and Monday. Free paints her own fabrics, but lery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through MIXED MEDIA: A show admission. 360-466-4446 or also uses commercial batiks.

Placing design elements on Saturday, 360-734-1340 or of mixed media artwork by monamuseum.org.

360-354-3600 or jansenart center.org.

top of the backgrounds — whole cloth or fused collage — she adds stitching and embellishments, often incorporating fibers or beadwork in the finished piece.

“Freddy Moran’s Collage”: Artist and author Frederica “Freddy” Duffy Moran is known for her unbridled use of bold color and original designs. Her love for quiltmaking began later in life, at age 60, after she had excelled at other art forms. Her quilts have appeared in national and international publications, including magazines, art books, calendars, textbooks and quilt books. She is the author of “Freddy’s House: Brilliant Color in Quilts” and co-author of “Collaborative Quilting” with Gwen Marston.

“Antique Embroidered Quilts”: Crazy quilts, Redwork, Bluework and cross-stitch embroidered quilts are all included in this special exhibition.

Crazy quilts were popular from 1880-1920s; the earlier quilts are often made of silk fabrics and embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. Redwork embroidery became popular for linens and quilts by the end of the 19th century.

Embroidery continued in the 1930s with a large variety of patterns made available through newspapers, magazines and by mail order. After World War II, cross-stitch kit quilts rose in popularity. These quilts were printed with the cross-stitch pattern, and the quilting design was often printed, too.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.org.

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OUT & ABOUT FESTIVALS SMELT DERBY: The La Conner Rotary’s annual Smelt Derby Festival will take place from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, with activities scheduled around La Conner. A pancake breakfast to benefit La Conner High School seniors will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. at Maple Hall, followed by fish painting and other children’s activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 5K and 10K Smelt Run, a 2K walk and Small Fry Kids Dash will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the La Conner Elementary School gym, 305 N. Sixth St. The annual smelt fishing derby will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the La Conner public docks. A new event for adults, called Sliders, Suds & Spirits, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Maple Hall, followed by dancing to The Esquires from 7 to 10

Late Nite Catechsim 3: ‘Til Death Do Us Part February 13 & 14

The Flying Karamazov Brothers February 21

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p.m., with a smelt raffle at 8 p.m.

Cost: Children’s activities are free, breakfast $6, fishing derby $2, run/walk $20, dinner $12, dance $10. For a list of activities and run registration: skagitsymphony. com or 360-466-4778.

Mount Vernon, will present “Growing Our Own Grains Again: Keeping Value Here in Skagit Valley” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Jones will discuss the groundbreaking wheat breeding he is conducting and the innovative work of the LECTURE Bread Lab, part of the WSU AND TALKS Research Center in Mount “RISING SEAS AND Vernon, where he brings ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE”: scientists, farmers, millers with John Rybczyk, Ph.D., and bakers together. Free.

Professor and Chair of 360-336-6209 or mount Environmental Sciences, vernonwa.gov/library.

Western Washington University: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, GARDEN PLANNING: Feb. 13, Northwest EducaTransition Fidalgo & tional Service Dist. Building, Friends will present “Plan1601 R Ave., Anacortes. ning Spring and Summer Rybczyk will discuss his Planting” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, experience with field model- Feb. 17, at the Anacortes ing programs designed to Public Library, 1220 10th St., predict the effects of rising Anacortes. Horticulturalist sea level on coastal and Rachel Anderson will disestuary ecosystems, such as cuss when to plant cool and the estuaries of the Pacific warm season vegetables, Northwest. He will also from peas to tomatoes, describe how some coastal whether you’re beginning ecosystems could keep pace with seeds, starts or both. and even thrive against a Free. Donations accepted. backdrop of rising seas. transitionfidalgo.org.

Free. Information: email Matt Kerschbaum at cherSKAGIT NEW DEAL rytree2@comcast.net or visit MURALS: Historian Bret skagitbeaches.org.

Lunsford will present “Skagit New Deal Murals SKAGIT RIVER HISTORY: & Northwest Artists in the “Tugboats, Log Boats and Great Depression” at 7 p.m.

River Rafts on the Skagit Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the River” will be the educaAnacortes Public Library, tional program at the next 1220 10th St., Anacortes. meeting of the Skagit Valley The recent discovery of Genealogical Society, from William Cumming’s Great 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. Depression mural has 14, at the Burlington Senior renewed interest in Skagit Center, 1101 Greenleaf County’s New Deal murals.

Ave., Burlington. Danny Lunsford will discuss the Vanderburg, former captain Cumming mural, Ambrose of the Patsy D tugboat, will Patterson’s 1938 “Local discuss his experiences of Pursuits” at the old Mount navigating the Skagit River Vernon post office, Albert in the 1950s. The public is Runquist’s “Loggers and invited. skagitvalleygenea Millworkers” in Sedrology.org.

Woolley and the 1940 Kenneth Callahan “Fishing” SKAGIT AGRICULTURE: mural at the Anacortes Post Dr. Stephen S. Jones, direc- Office. Free. 360-293-1910, tor of the WSU Research ext. 21, or library.cityof and Extension Center in anacortes.org.

BIRDING ON CAMANO: Learn about birds and the diversity of habitats on Camano Island at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island.

Joe Meche, writer/photographer and past president of the North Cascades Audubon Society in Bellingham, will offer a virtual tour of the island, focusing on its natural beauty and some of the birds that can be found there throughout the year. Free. 360-387-2236 or camanowildlifehabitat. org.

MORE FUN GAME NIGHTS: The Upper Skagit Library District holds free weekly Board Game Night for all ages from 5 to 8 p.m. every Friday, through Feb. 27, at 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete. 360-853-7939 or upperskagit.lib.wa.us.

BREAD TASTING, BOOK DISCUSSION: Taste bread made from locally grown grains and discuss Dan Barber’s book, “The Third Plate,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-336-6209.

NEW MOON CELEBRATION: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Join the celebration and put forth your intentions for the next month. Bring your own hand drums and rattles or borrow one. $5-$10 suggested donation. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

EXPLORE THE NIGHT SKY: View distant galaxies, planets and nebulas beginning at dark Friday, Feb. 20, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. Island County Astronomical SociGLASS QUEST: The sixth annual Great North- ety members will provide telescopes for viewing. All west Glass Quest will run ages welcome. Event will be Feb. 13-22 in and around canceled if cloudy. Free. 360Stanwood and Camano Island. Plastic “clue balls” 679-7664 or icas-wa.webs. will be hidden in local busi- com. nesses and parks. The pubFIREFIGHTERS BALL: lic is invited to search for The Alger Firefighters Ball clue balls to win a limited will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, edition hand-blown glass Feb. 21. Enjoy dinner from float.

For a list of participating 5 to 7 p.m. at the Alger Fire businesses, pick up a guide Station, 18726 Parkview Lane, and dance from 7 book at locations around to 10 p.m. at the Alger town or visit thegreatnwCommunity Hall, 18735 glassquest.com.

Parkview Lane. Enjoy a MODEL RAILROAD OPEN prime rib dinner (vegetarian menu available upon HOUSE: The WhatcomSkagit Model Railroad Club request) and dessert auction before helping the firefightwill host an open house ers fill their dance cards from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at 1469 Silver to the music of Desperate Run Lane, Alger. Check out Measures. Semi-formal the club’s large, permanent attire (Alger style); ages 18 and older. Dinner and HO- and N-scale indoor railroad layouts. Admission dance: $25; dinner only: $15; dance only: $10. Proceeds is by donation to maintain will help build two comand expand the layouts. munity sign boards. Tickets: whatcomskagitmrc.org.

360-766-6904, 360-391-1876 or algercommunityhall@ yahoo.com.

‘BROADWAY NIGHTS’: Sheryl Lee Ralph, star of Broadway’s “Dream Girls,” will be the featured performer at the Alzheimer Society of Washington’s fourth annual “Affair to Remember: Broadway Nights,” from 5 to 11 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Bellwether Ballroom, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, dinner, live and silent auctions, dessert dash and more.

Proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer Society of Washington. $100 in advance, $125 at the door. For tickets or information: 360-6713316 or alzsociety.org/ events.

MODEL SHOW/SWAP MEET: Performance Modeling Club of Northwest Washington will hold its 20th annual Model Show and Swap Meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at Best Western Plus Skagit Valley Inn, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon. Check out a variety of plastic and resin model cars, trucks and more, along with swap meet vendors offering model kits, tools, modeling supplies and lots more. Model show entry fees (includes admission): adults, $5, includes up to three models; ladies, $2, includes one model; juniors ages 11 to 16, $2, includes one model; kids ages 10 and younger, $1, includes one model; $1 for each additional model. Prizes will be awarded in several categories. Swap meet table: $20. Admission: $3 adults, $2 ages 62 and older or 15 and younger, free for ages 6 and younger. For information, contact Craig at 360-7559464 or visit performance modelingclub.com.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Nightcrawler”: Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as a hustler looking for work selling footage to local TV news falls somewhere between Norman Bates and Gordon Gekko in his entrepreneurial efforts.

At times he seems driven by sociopathic tendencies, while other times his work borders on the madness of a great artist. The combination makes Bloom a character to be feared, but also the guy you want wading into the latest carnage to get the story.

Dan Gilroy is fearless in his writing and direction. He never backs off from making his main characters morally bankrupt and overly zealous when it comes to the job. These are not people to like as much as fear and respect for their lack of boundaries.

“Kill the Messenger”: Although the story deals with an important moment in history, the film finds its power in the personal story of those involved — the heralded and eventually crucified San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner ).

Renner finds the perfect beat to show the stages of Webb’s rise and fall.

At the start, he plays Webb with the kind of optimistic enthusiasm writers have when they latch on to a big story. Just as quickly, Renner shifts to a reserved humbleness after his story becomes a sensation. What makes Renner’s work so masterful is that he’s equally as believable when Webb’s life and career crash.

“Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”: This movie banks heavily on the natural charms of Steve Carell and the motherly ways of Jennifer Garner to win over an audience.

“Laggies”: In lesser hands, “Laggies” would have been little more than an after-school special about the

uncertainties highschoolers have about their future, emotional connections and family. That perspective is offered through Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz ), a confused teen living with her divorced father, Craig (Sam Rockwell).

“We Are Giants”: Filmmaker Greg Barker targets dilemma of justice and freedom through different mediums.

“Love at First Bite/Once Bitten”: Double feature of the George Hamilton and Lauren Hutton comedies.

“Mama’s Family: Season 6”: Vicki Lawrence stars in this spinoff from the “Carol Burnett Show.”

“Dora and Friends: Into the City”: Dora and her friends go on adventures.

“Nurse Jackie: Season 6”: Jackie (Edie Falco ) enjoys her sobriety.

“Batman: Season 2: Part One”: The Dynamic Duo continue to protect Gotham City.

“Syncopation”: William Dieterle’s 1942 musical feature with Benny Goodman.

“Frankenstein vs. the Mummy”: Two monsters face off in an epic battle.

“Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds”: Documentary on what can be done to protect the source of nearly all food.

“EARTH A New Wild”: Examination of the way humans are connected to wild animals.

“101 Dalmatians Diamond Edition”: The animated tale of Cruella De Vil and all of the puppies has been rereleased.

“Walker, Texas Ranger: War Zone”: Walker must deal with the death of a close friend.

“Power Rangers Super Megaforce — The Silver Warrior”: Rangers are joined by an unexpected ally.

“Olive Kitteridge”: Cable mini-series starring Frances McDormand.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area February 12-19

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Thursday.12 THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

Friday.13 COMEDY

“Whose Live Anyway?”: Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray, 9 p.m., Wa Walton Event Center, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $35-$75.

888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAYSUNDAY. 12-14

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets. wwu.edu.

Saturday.14 COMEDY

“Whose Live Anyway?”: Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray, 9 p.m., Wa Walton Event Center, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $35-$75.

888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Late Nite Catechism III: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. n “LNC III” Valentine’s Day Special: Dinner & show for two: 6 p.m., $100, includes show tickets and three-course meal with beverage. 360416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15-$22. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

WEDNESDAY.18

Jazz at the Center: Bill Anschell, Chris Symer, Jeff Busch, 7 to 9 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20 adults, free for students with ID. Cash bar available.

360-387-0222 or camanocenter. org.

“THE RAINMAKER” Alger Lookout Thespian Association, Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

Check individual listings for times.

“Late Nite Catechism III: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

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“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

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“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15-$22. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 2 and 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets. wwu.edu.

Sunday.15 THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 2 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 2:30 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $10. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 2 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

VARIETY

Youth Concert (music, dance, opera, theater): 3 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Admission by donation. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

“Live at the Lincoln”: Mount Vernon High School Jazz, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”: Skagit Valley College Drama Department, 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5, free for SVC students. 360416-7727, ext.

2, or mcintyre hall.org.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-2795800.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplay house.com.

THURSDAY.12 Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-4453000.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Robin Bessier: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

SATURDAY.14

THURSDAY.12 ROBIN BESSIER 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

ATLANTICS 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

FRIDAY.13 MuseBird Cafe: Wes Weddell, Jaspar Lepak and Sean Morse, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

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

Decade X (top 40 dance ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

“Space Is The Place”: Compass Girl, The Drink Up Honey and Stephen Roxborough, 7 to 9 p.m., Anacortes Music Channel, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. All ages.

Admission by donation. 360-293-9788.

The Groove Merchants: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., SedroWoolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., SedroWoolley. 360-8555111.

Babette Gunderson and Craig Adams: 9 p.m., La Conner Pub and Eatery, 702 1st Street, La Conner, 360-466-9932, locu.com.

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

Atlantics: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Decade X (top 40 dance ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks, Jenny Rose: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Aaron Crawford: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-5111.

CC Adams Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

SATURDAY.14 Stardrums & Lady Keys (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.15 Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

WEDNESDAY.18 Scott Biram, Jesse Dayton: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10.

360-778-1067.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz (’40s & ’50s American jazz): John Savage and Duane Melcher, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

No Tonic Press: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

THURSDAY.19 Little Joe Argo: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Anna Paddock: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

Singer/Songwriters’ Open Mic Night, hosted by David Ritchie: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Devilly Brothers: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Reagan Youth, 13 Scars, The Basque Rats, Alcojuana: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area February 12-19

TUNING UP Playing at area venues February 12-19 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday.12 THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

Friday.13 COMEDY

“Whose Live Anyway?”: Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray, 9 p.m., Wa Walton Event Center, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $35-$75.

888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAYSUNDAY. 12-14

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets. wwu.edu.

Saturday.14 COMEDY

“Whose Live Anyway?”: Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray, 9 p.m., Wa Walton Event Center, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. $35-$75.

888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Late Nite Catechism III: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. n “LNC III” Valentine’s Day Special: Dinner & show for two: 6 p.m., $100, includes show tickets and three-course meal with beverage. 360416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15-$22. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

WEDNESDAY.18

Jazz at the Center: Bill Anschell, Chris Symer, Jeff Busch, 7 to 9 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20 adults, free for students with ID. Cash bar available.

360-387-0222 or camanocenter. org.

“THE RAINMAKER” Alger Lookout Thespian Association, Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14.

360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

Check individual listings for times.

“Late Nite Catechism III: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

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“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-279-5800.

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“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15-$22. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” (adult comedy): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 2 and 7:30 p.m., DUG Theatre, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham. $10-$15. 360-650-6146 or tickets. wwu.edu.

Sunday.15 THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 2 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 2:30 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $10. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Other Desert Cities” (drama): 2 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $15. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

VARIETY

Youth Concert (music, dance, opera, theater): 3 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Admission by donation. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

“Live at the Lincoln”: Mount Vernon High School Jazz, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”: Skagit Valley College Drama Department, 7:30 p.m., Philip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5, free for SVC students. 360416-7727, ext.

2, or mcintyre hall.org.

“All My Sons” (drama): 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $7 ages 8-12. 360-2795800.

“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplay house.com.

THURSDAY.12 Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-4453000.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Robin Bessier: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

SATURDAY.14

THURSDAY.12 ROBIN BESSIER 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

ATLANTICS 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

FRIDAY.13 MuseBird Cafe: Wes Weddell, Jaspar Lepak and Sean Morse, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

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

Decade X (top 40 dance ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

“Space Is The Place”: Compass Girl, The Drink Up Honey and Stephen Roxborough, 7 to 9 p.m., Anacortes Music Channel, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. All ages.

Admission by donation. 360-293-9788.

The Groove Merchants: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., SedroWoolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., SedroWoolley. 360-8555111.

Babette Gunderson and Craig Adams: 9 p.m., La Conner Pub and Eatery, 702 1st Street, La Conner, 360-466-9932, locu.com.

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

Atlantics: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Decade X (top 40 dance ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks, Jenny Rose: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Aaron Crawford: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-5111.

CC Adams Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

SATURDAY.14 Stardrums & Lady Keys (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.15 Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

WEDNESDAY.18 Scott Biram, Jesse Dayton: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10.

360-778-1067.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Sunday Brunch Jazz (’40s & ’50s American jazz): John Savage and Duane Melcher, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

No Tonic Press: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

THURSDAY.19 Little Joe Argo: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Anna Paddock: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

Singer/Songwriters’ Open Mic Night, hosted by David Ritchie: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Devilly Brothers: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Reagan Youth, 13 Scars, The Basque Rats, Alcojuana: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

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GET INVOLVED MUSIC

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time BARBERSHOP HARFiddlers play acoustic old MONY: Attend a free, notime music at 6:30 p.m. commitment rehearsal of the second and fourth barbershop harmony group Fridays of each month at the An-O-Chords. No expe- the Mount Vernon Senior rience necessary, no audiCenter, 1401 Cleveland. St. tions required. Learn by Free; donations accepted. rote, and you don’t have to 360-630-9494. read music. For ages 12 and up. Drop in any Thursday SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC at 7 p.m. at the Northwest CLUB: The club welcomes Educational Service Buildperformers (intermediing, 1601 R Avenue, Anaate and above), listeners cortes. Rides available. Bob and guests to join the fun Lundquist, 360-941-5733 or at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, svenbob@cheerful.com.

Feb. 26, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount VerCALL FOR MUSICIANS: non. Come and sing, play 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main the club’s piano or organ, St., Concrete, is looking for play your own instrument musicians to perform easyor just enjoy a variety of listening acoustic music music — ’20s to ’70s clasfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during sical, popular, western and Sunday Brunch. In exchange, gospel. Free. For informamusicians will receive audition, call Elaine at 360-428ence contributions and 4228. a meal. 360-853-8700 or info@5bsbakery.com.

SECOND FRIDAY DRUM CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, Unity Church, 704 W. Division St., Mount Vernon. Shake off the energy Cantabile of Skagit County of the week through drumming, songs, chants. Freewill donation. heatmiser@ FOR TENORS! inbox.com.

LOOKING We are an auditioned group of twenty singers Spring repertoire includes Faure Requiem & Set of Randall Stroope pieces We are participating in Emerald City Sings! In Seattle in May, a musical festival being conducted

by Randall Stroope Cantabile Conductor is Dr. Stephen MarshallWard Please contact lynnt2001@msn.com to arrange an audition We rehearse Mondays from 6:30 -9:00 pm at Bethany Covenant Church in MV

OPEN MIC: 7 to 10 p.m. today, Feb. 12, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

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

RECREATION TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Builders seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance at Little Mountain Park. Projects include a new trail and bicycle skills park. Familyfriendly work sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or shine. Lunch, snacks, tools and training provided. For information, call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-336-6215 or visit mountvernontrailbuilders.com. Next up: Feb. 14, 28; March 14, 28; April 11, 25.

17, Anacortes, will offer its boating skills and seamanship class beginning Tuesday, March 3, at the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St. Classes will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays for March and the first part of April.

The class will cover the Washington state boaters’ card and certificates will be issued. $40. For information or to register, contact Walt at 360-293-3586.

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. Free.

360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org.Next up: Heart Lake: adults, 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 13. Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot.

DASH & SPLASH: Formerly known as the Anacortes Polar Plunge for Special Olympics, the event FREE PARK ADMISwill take place Saturday, SION: The Washington State Parks and Recreation March 7, at Seafarers Park, Commission will offer free Anacortes. New this year is admission to all state parks the AJ-5K Fun Run/Walk, held in memory of Skagit to celebrate Washington SHELTER BAY CHORUS: State Parks’ 102nd birthday County Deputy Anne Jackson, who was killed in the Practices are held from 2:45 on Thursday, March 19. to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday The Discover Pass will not line of duty in 2008. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., at the Shelter Bay Clubbe required to enter state house in La Conner. New parks, but will be required with the Fun Run/Walk at 11:15 a.m. members welcome. No to access lands managed An awards ceremony need to be a Shelter Bay by the Washington Departand costume contest will resident. 360-466-3805. ment of Fish and Wildlife begin at noon, followed by and the Department of the group plunge. Run regLOVE TO SING? Join the Natural Resources. parks. istration: $25. Plunge regwomen of Harmony North- wa.gov. istration: raise $50 or more west Chorus from 6:30 to 9 The U.S. Forest Service for Special Olympics. Comwill recognize Presidents p.m. every Monday at the bined registration: $65. ParMount Vernon Senior Cen- Day by waiving fees for ticipants will receive comvisitors to the Mt. Bakerter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. memorative T-shirts. RegisSeeking women who like to Snoqualmie National Forter at anacortesplunge2015. est Monday, Feb. 16. Fees sing a cappella music. All kintera.org; pick up a form will be waived at most skill levels welcome. day-use sites on the forest. at the Anacortes Police Department, Anacortes ANACORTES OPEN MIC: www.fs.usda.gov/mbs.

Sebo’s or Johnny Picasso’s; 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown BOATING SKILLS & or request one by email Lantern Ale House, 412 SEAMANSHIP: U.S. Coast to skagitdashandsplash@ Commercial Ave., AnaGuard Auxiliary, Flotilla yahoo.com. cortes. 360-293-2544.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks. For information, call Ann at 360-293-3044 or Susan, 360659-8792 or 360-333-7437.

Next up: March 31: Washington Park, Anacortes. Meet in the parking lot by the restroom for an easy walk.

April 7: Rosario Head at Deception Pass State Park. The entrance is west of the Bowman’s Bay park entrance. Enjoy an easy walk through rocky headland and sheltered woods, with little elevation gain.

April 14: Anacortes Community Forest Lands.

Meet at the west end of 29th Street off of D Avenue by the green water tower.

Moderate walk with some hills through woods, open meadows and maybe some pond edges.

April 21: Bowman’s Bay at Deception Pass State Park. Meet in the Bowman’s Bay parking lot across from Pass Lake on the north side of the bridge.

Park near the pier. The moderate walk includes beach, woods and rocky headland, with some hills.

April 28: Goose Rock in Deception Pass State Park.

Meet in the parking lot at the south end of the bridge.

This moderate walk with some hills includes woods and open bluffs.

May 5: Sharpe County Park. The entrance is off Rosario Road just south of Sharpe Road. This easy to moderate walk includes a pond, woods rich with mosses and lichens, and open bluffs.

May 12: Washington Park, Anacortes. Meet in the parking lot by the restroom for an easy walk.

munity Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes.

Hosted by Nello Bottari, classes include theme monologues, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-840-0089 or freeadultactingclass.com.

WORKSHOPS

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES: Skagit Valley professional photographer Andy Porter will present a series of digital photography classes at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Porter’s photos have appeared in many national magazines and travel guides. Classes will include lots of hands-on experience and answers to your photo questions. For ages 12 and older. Bring your digital SLR camera and instruction manual.

Preregister at least one week before class date: 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov.

“Photography Composition and Basic Editing”: In this two-day class you’ll first learn about image composition, including subject placement, use of the horizon, reflections, leading lines, the Rule of Thirds, framing and more.

You’ll then receive a photo assignment to complete before the second session, where you’ll learn how to edit your images on the computer, including cropping, color adjustment, filters and amazing ways to make your images pop.

Participants must have basic knowledge of how to use their DSLR camera.

THEATER $80. Next up: Saturdays, FREE ADULT ACTING Feb. 21 and 28: 10 a.m. to CLASSES: Anacortes Com- 1 p.m.

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HOT TICKETS “J’ADORE: A BURLESQUE VALENTINE”: The Atomic Bombshells: Feb. 11-14, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-8384333 or thetripledoor.net.

BILLY IDOL: Feb. 13, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or live nation.com.

MIRANDA LAMBERT: Feb. 13, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

“WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?”: with Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray: Feb. 13-14, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, Anacortes. 888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

USC LOVES YOU: Ummet Ozcan, Jack Beats and more: Feb. 14, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

AUGUST BURNS RED: Feb. 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: Feb. 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KATE VOEGELE: Feb. 18, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or the crocodile.com.

KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE: RUN DMC REMIXD: featuring Vockab Kompany: Feb. 19, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NETTWORK: Feb. 19-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

COLD WAR KIDS: Feb. 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

IRATION: Feb. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

BORGORE: Feb. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

3 REDNECK TENORS: “From Rags to Rednecks”: Feb. 21, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

THE ROBERT CRAY BAND: Feb. 22, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

LOTUS: Feb. 22, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ANDY GRAMMER, ALEX & SIERRA: Feb. 24, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO: Feb. 24-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BO BURNHAM: Feb. 25, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

LEIGHTON MEESTER: Feb. 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GALACTIC: Feb. 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: Feb. 28, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

JOSHUA RADIN: March 1, The Show-

MxPx (pictured), FIVE IRON FRENZY March 14, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com. box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

CARIBOU: March 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 5, 2015, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

KELLER WILLIAMS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: March 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

IN FLAMES, ALL THAT REMAINS: March 7, Showbox Sodo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com “JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL & LIVING IN PARIS”: March 7-May 17, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

K. MICHELLE: March 8, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KIDZ BOP LIVE: March 8, The Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

2:54: March 8, Barboza, Seattle. 800745-3000 or Livenation.com.

COAL CHAMBER: March 11, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

WIDESPREAD PANIC: March 15, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or Livenation.com.

TALIB KWELI & IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE: March 17, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DANA FUCHS: March 17-18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

LOS LOBOS: March 18, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

TYCHO: March 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM: March 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Celebrate 100 years of Rocky Mountain National Park large animal population. There are ample opportunities for families to spot members of the elk herd. The Rocky Mountain National Park, fall rut or mating season is an interwhich is just 90 miles northwest of esting time to witness the animals as Denver, is marking its centennial this they bugle and battle for supremacy. year. Join in the celebration of this Look for as many as 800 elk grazing 415-square-mile wonderland. Here at lower elevations during the winter. are five ideas to consider: Bighorn sheep and moose browse the 1. Join park rangers for wilderwillow thickets. ness and wildlife walks, full-moon 4. Listen. An array of festivals feasnowshoeing events and nature turing music are scheduled throughtalks. The resident pros will share out the year to celebrate the park’s insight and knowledge about the 100th year. Works by local composer mountainous environment where Jerry Brubaker will highlight the Oramore than 100 peaks rise above torio Society of Estes Park’s RMNP 11,000 feet in altitude and Longs Centennial Celebration Concert on Peak towers at 14,259 feet. A free June 12. Expect a performance by junior ranger program is available for composer and poet Robert Charles the youngest explorers. nps.gov/romo/ Howard. Another RMNP Centennial index.htm Celebration Concert will feature the 2. Explore. Discover the magic of Colorado Wind Ensemble. Scheduled the park on foot and hike along 355 for Aug. 30, this program will showmiles of trail, through spring wildcase music reflecting the mood of flowers, summer greenery and fall the nation 100 years ago and perforcolors. Fly-fish for native cutthroat or mances that celebrate the outdoors. ride horses along scenic trails. Take estes-park.com/100-year-anniversaryin the Trail Ridge Road, the highest Rocky-Mountain-National-Park continuously paved highway in North 5. Participate. The Rocky MounAmerica, for grand vistas and wildlife tain Conservancy, a nonprofit orgawatching. For an extra thrill, rent a nization that supports the park, has mountain bike and coast your way to created centennial-themed classes for the bottom. visitestespark.com/things- every member of the family. From art to-do/outdoor-adventures /biking/; adventures to living history and primestesparkoutfitters.com itive survival skills, there are options 3. Watch. This expansive, peakto intrigue your adventuresome clan. filled national park is known for its Other special events include the CenBy LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Web buzz Name: RideGuru by TaxiFare Finder.com What it does: Calculates estimated fares for a variety of ride-share options such as taxis, Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Hailo, Flywheel and Curb.

What’s hot: Not only did RideGuru give me a side-by-side comparison of fares offered by providers (and the breakdown of cost per initial fare and additional miles, etc.) but it also introduced me to new options such as Sidecar, Flywheel and Curb. The estimate includes a tip for the driver and indicates how far and how long it will take you to get to your destination. Click on the listing for more details, and you’ll see company fare rules as well as a meter with fares you could expect if you encounter light to heavy traffic. For those new to ride-sharing, there’s a simple, easy-to-follow description of what it is and how to use it.

What’s not: Price isn’t everything. I wanted to see photos (or descriptions) of typical cars a traveler might get if he or she chose Lyft instead of Uber or Flywheel instead of Curb, particularly when there’s little difference in cost. n Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

tennial Re-Dedication Ceremony on Sept. 4 as well as rodeos, festivals and parades. Lodging options are available in Estes Park and Grand Lake, both just outside park boundaries. vis itgrandcounty.com; visitestespark.com n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel.com. Email: lohayes@ familytravel.com.

Caribbean reports record number of tourists, spending in 2014 The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A record 26.3 million people traveled to the Caribbean last year and spent an unprecedented amount of money in what is considered the world’s most tourism-dependent region, officials said this week.

It is the fifth consecutive year that the Caribbean has reported an increase in tourists following an economic crisis that forced resorts to shut down and caused a drop in visitors and spending.

Hugh Riley, the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s secretary general, said Caribbean tourism rose

by 5.3 percent, while the worldwide tourism growth rate was 4.7 percent.

Officials attributed the increase in part to improvements at airports around the region, the opening of new hotel chains and an increase in direct flights and airline seat capacity.

The Dutch Caribbean saw the most growth, with

Aruba for the first time reporting more than 1 million visitors. The Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica also saw an unprecedented number of visitors.

Tourists overall spent more than $29 billion in the Caribbean last year, an increase of more than $1 billion over the previous year.

Local travel

Historic Port Gamble: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 3. Founded in 1853, Port “HOLLAND IN THE SPRING”: 7 p.m. Wednes- Gamble is the only remaining company-owned mill day, March 4, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th town in the Puget Sound, St., Anacortes. Avid travel- located on Hood Canal.

Explore the 120-acre ers and photographers National Historic LandJim and Elaine Walker share their trip to Holland, mark complete with picturesque, turn-of-the-century including visits to gardens, museums and Anne buildings, a museum and a self-guided walking tour Frank’s secret annex. featuring views and New Free. 360-293-1910, England-style houses. ext. 21, or library.cityof Includes time for a noanacortes.org. host lunch and shopping.

SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: $69-$71. Register by Skagit County Senior Cen- March 27. ters offer short escorted TRAVEL PRESENTATION: trips departing from and Learn about upcoming returning to local senior extended trips at 1 p.m. centers. For information, call the Anacortes Senior Monday, Feb. 23, at the Oak Harbor Senior Activity Center at 360-293-7473 Center, 51 SE Jerome St., or sign up at your local Oak Harbor. The presentasenior center. tion will cover scheduled trips to Italy and to other SHORT TRIPS: Mount destinations.

Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportu- For an e-brochure and nities for ages 8 and older details on these trips, (adult supervision required contact Pat at 360-279for ages 18 and younger). 4582 or email pgardner@ oakharbor.org.

Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, STATE VISITOR CALL 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s to register, call 360-336ExperienceWA Call Center 6215. Next up: is open daily from 8:30 Chinese New Year a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Celebration: Year of the Ram: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. 1-800Sunday, Feb. 22. Check 544-1800 or tourism out the 42nd annual Spring Festival Celebration info@watourismalliance. com. Staff members assist in Vancouver, B.C., home travelers who have quesof the largest Chinatown in Canada. Enjoy the New tions, refer them to specific destination marketing Year Parade with lion organizations and other dances, dance troupes, marching bands and more. travel resources across the state for more detailed Proof of citizenship (curinformation, and take rent passport, enhanced driver’s license or NEXUS orders for the Washington State Visitors Guide. card) is required to cross the border. $68-$70. Reg PASSPORT APPLICAister by Feb. 17.

Garden & Nursery Tour: TIONS: Anacortes Public 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts passMarch 20. Visit nurserport applications from ies and garden stores noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesoverflowing with plants, days and Wednesdays and flowers, gardening tools and unique yard art, along 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. with knowledgable staff to Passport forms and inforanswer all your gardening mation on fees and how to apply are available at questions. Includes time travel.state.gov, or pick up for a no-host lunch. $61an application and pass$63. Register by March 13. port guide at the library.

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AT THE LINCOLN 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 www.lincolntheatre.org

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William Shakespeare’s tale of love and tragedy, set to the original words of Shakespeare, features music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Conrad Askland (music director for “Rock of Ages” and “Burn the Floor” with NCL New York, former music director for Cirque Du Soleil and composer of the musicals “Witches!” and “PAN”). Directed by Joe Bowen and presented

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MOVIES NEW THIS WEEK In “THE REWRITE,” Hugh Grant is perfectly nonplussed as a once-hot screenwriter forced to pitch his ideas to the mere “embryos” who run film studios today, and perfectly misplaced in the upstate New York college town of Binghamton, a British ex-pat Hollywood sophisticate forced to take a screenwriting teaching job because that’s all that’s left to him.

“I hate teachers,” Keith Michaels gripes to his agent.

“They’re frustrated losers who haven’t done anything with their own lives so they want to instruct other people” in theirs. And now he’s one of them.

The students and some of the other faculty (Chris Elliott is a Shakespeare scholar) are ever-so-impressed that the writer of the Oscar-winning “Paradise Misplaced” is in their midst. The culture clash here is Michaels bringing his Hollywood ethics, sexism and work habits to a nearly charmless college town with a student body of modest ambitions. The kids just want to “get high,” grumps the faculty chair (J.K. Simmons, funny). The teachers — especially the resident Jane Austen scholar (Allison Janney, perfectly snippy) — just do their best to get through to the kids, and pray for the meager rewards that publishing their research offers.

“Rewrite” is the fourth Grant collaboration with writer turned writer-director Marc Lawrence (“Two Week’s Notice,” “Words & Music”), and while he plainly has an ear for the way Grant talks, “fresh ground” is an alien concept to him. Thus, the 50-something Grant plays a man utterly clueless about the social, moral and legal edicts against dating students. The predatory Karen (Belle Heathcote) angles to get to him and get into his class.

Marisa Tomei is the SOTA — student older than average — single mother of two, working multiple jobs, aspiring screenwriter, willing to make a pest of herself to get into that same course. And Michaels, being backwardly sexist, proceeds to “cast” the class the way crass producers populate their pictures — with nubile young women, and the occasional nonthreatening nerdy male. He doesn’t even bother to evaluate their work.

The funny stuff here has to do with the myopia of Hollywood “types.” Every pitch meeting is with very young people, one of them a young woman, insisting on “empowered” female characters being shoved into every screenplay. Michaels relates every life obstacle to a movie, because that’s easier than thinking or observing and learning or reading a book. How does one teach?

And the screenwriting kids are self-absorbed dreamers who believe their mundane autobiography is the perfect jumping-off-point for a script.

There’s a nice sense of place, as Michaels learns about the town from Wikipedia and Tomei’s perky, age-appropriate flirt. Lawrence ties in Binghamton’s most famous writer — Rod “Twilight Zone” Serling — into those teachable moments of the script, when the hero-screenwriter starts to warm to the pace of the place, to teaching and to the promising minds he is meant to mold.

There’s charm here, and Grant is engagingly disengaged playing somebody who knows the fickle finger of Hollywood fate no longer points his way. He just has to decide not to be miserable about that.

1:46. Rating: unrated, with adult situations, mild profanity, drug references. HH n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“American Sniper” — Clint Eastwood directs a powerful, intense portrayal of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, hardly the blueprint candidate to become the most prolific sniper in American military history. And yet that’s what happened. In maybe the best performance of his career, Bradley Cooper infuses Chris with humanity and dignity.

And vulnerability. War drama, R, 132 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Big Eyes” — As he did with “Ed Wood,” director Tim Burton takes a kitschy slice of 20th-century pop culture -the woman who painted children with huge eyes and the husband who took credit for them — and turns it into a special film. This is the kind of movie that has you smiling nearly all the way throughout at the sheer inspired madness of it all. Biography, PG-13, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teenager befriending a healthcare robot is a big, gorgeous adventure with wonderful voice performances, some dark undertones that give the story more depth, an uplifting message and more than a few laugh-out-loud moments.

Animation action comedy, PG, 108 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Black or White” — One of the most complex characters Kevin Costner has played is a hard drinker fighting for custody of his granddaughter in this uneven but provocative movie that dares to raise issues and address situations that still make a lot of people uncomfortable. Drama, PG-13, 121 minutes. HHH “Fifty Shades of Grey” — Director Sam Taylor-Johnson had an impossible mission on her hands to meld the tawdry with the conventional.

It’s like trying to mash up the sensibilities of Lars von Trier with Nancy Meyers to create an end product that will be appealing on a mass scale. In trying to please everyone, though, “Fifty Shades of Grey” has stripped away the fun and settled on palatable. Drama, R, 125 minutes. H1⁄2 “Jupiter Ascending” — A half-man, half-wolf interplane-

AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Feb. 13-19 The Metropolitan Opera: Iolanta & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (NR): Saturday: 9:30 a.m.

Fifty Shades of Grey (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20; Monday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:05, 6:40 Kingsman: The Secret Service (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:15, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35; Monday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:55, 6:55 American Sniper (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:00 The Imitation Game (PG-13): 3:45, 6:30 360-293-6620 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-2624386).

BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor Feb. 14 Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) and American Sniper (R). First movie starts at 6 p.m.

360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE Feb. 13-15 Paddington: Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 3 and 5 p.m.; Sunday: 4 p.m.

American Sniper (R): Saturday: 7:30; Sunday: 6:30 p.m.

360-941-0403 tary hunter (Channing Tatum) rescues a Chicago house cleaner (Mila Kunis) who unwittingly holds mankind’s fate in her hands. This epic, ridiculous and confounding space opera is so bad I almost want you to see it.

Almost. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 127 minutes. Zero stars.

“Into the Woods” — Adapted from the sensational musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt head an A-list cast. “Into the Woods” rumbles on for too long and has some dry patches here and there, but just when we’re growing fidgety, we get another rousing musical number or another dark plot twist, and we’re back in business. Musical fantasy, PG, 124 minutes. HHH “Seventh Son” — The last of a noble order of magical knights (Jeff Bridges) trains his new apprentice, as an evil queen (Julianne Moore) summons her supernatural army.

Even as a big, loud, roaring B-movie with no aspirations

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Feb. 13-19 Fifty Shades of Grey (R): Friday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; Saturday-Sunday: 10:30, 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; MondayThursday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30 Jupiter Ascending (PG-13): Friday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; Saturday-Sunday: 10:40, 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20; MondayThursday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:40 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (PG): Friday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 8:55; Saturday-Sunday: 10:50, 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 8:55; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS Feb. 13-19 The Metropolitan Opera: Iolanta & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (NR): Saturday: 9:30 a.m.

Fifty Shades of Grey (R): 1:00, 3:35, 6:35, 9:15 Kingsman: The Secret Service (R): 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Jupiter Ascending (PG-13): 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 The Seventh Son (PG-13): 1:20, 9:20 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (PG): 1:40, 4:00, 6:45, 8:50 American Sniper (R): 3:40, 6:30 360-629-0514

other than to be a cinematic roller-coaster ride, “Seventh Son” is second-rate. Fantasy, PG-13, 102 minutes. H “Taken 3” — This tired, gratuitously violent, ridiculous and laughably stupid entry in a franchise that started out with at least an intriguing idea and a few solid moments now should be put out of its misery. Liam Neeson reprises and Forest Whitaker adds some panache as the obligatory top cop, but what got “Taken” was 112 minutes of my life. Action, PG-13, 112 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Gambler” — This remake gives the James Caan self-destructive gambler role to Mark Wahlberg, as a narcissistic brat, and not the complex kind. Supporting characters played by John Goodman, Brie Larson and others are more interesting. Drama thriller, R, 101 minutes. HH1⁄2 “The Humbling” — Al Pacino is all over the place playing a famous actor who goes to rehab after falling off the

stage. As madcap characters keep entering and exiting his life, yelling at him and kissing him and berating him and making strange requests of him, fantasy and reality intertwine in a manner I found more maddening than intriguing. Comedy, R, 113 minutes.

HH “The Voices” — In a deeply warped, darkly funny and thoroughly depraved horror/ comedy from “Persepolis” director Marjane Satrapi, a cheery factory worker (Ryan Reynolds, striking just the right tones) hears voices coming from his pets and ends up offing some human beings. Horror comedy, R, 103 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “The Wedding Ringer” — Despite the considerable charisma of Josh Gad as a friendless groom and Kevin Hart as the ringer he hires as his best man, this crude circus has only one or two genuinely inspired bits of comedy, and its premise is insanely ridiculous.1 Comedy, R, 101 minutes. H ⁄2

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MUSIC REVIEWS FALL OUT BOY, “American Beauty/American Psycho” — It’s a good thing soulful emocore popsters Fall Out Boy broke up, had lousy solo careers and reunited just in time to save rock and roll with their 2013 album called “Save Rock and Roll.”

That bust-up invigorated the quartet to become more adventurous songwriters/arrangers than in the past. And, as quick as you please, this new album!

Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200, “American Beauty/American Psycho” is everything you could want in a zealously frazzled, pop-culturalconscious Fall Out Boy record, plus judicious samples of The Munsters theme, Suzanne Vega songs, disco, and more.

From the steaming “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” with its cutesy, whistling hook, to the surf-rocking sprint “Uma Thurman,” you get the feeling that sensitive soul man Patrick Stump and frenetic pop-punk Pete Wentz have as

many kitsch chuckles up their sleeves as they do wildly catchy tunes. That’s not to say that “American Beauty/American Psycho” is silly. Jittery dancerawk cuts such as “Novocaine,” the steadily grooving “Centuries,” the warmly fanboy-ish “Favorite Record” and the rolling loneliness of “Twin Skeletons (Hotel in NYC)” sound the trumpets for poignant lyricism and tensely emotive melodies.

She can dirty up a vocal line with blue notes and growls, sing with crystalline purity, rock out and soothe. Everything works on “Tomorrow Is My Turn,” an album that heralds the arrival of a major American artist.

likely leader. He pens disaffected lyrics about relationships gone wrong and knows who to blame for their undoing. But often there’s barely any room for the music to breathe, as on “I Love You, Honeybear” and “Chateau Lobby #4.” n George de Stefano, popmatters.

When Misty does pause for air, com he’s fine on standout songs like FATHER JOHN MISTY, “I Love “Bored in the USA.” You, Honeybear” — Singern Ron Harris, Associated Press songwriter Father John Misty’s meandering musical career seems BLACKBERRY SMOKE, “Holdn A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia to have settled reasonably well in ing All the Roses” — BlackInquirer the solo realm. His latest album, berry Smoke is one of the most RHIANNON GIDDENS, “Tomor- “I Love You, Honeybear,” offers acclaimed Southern rock bands a lush look at love, life and the row Is My Turn” — With her in recent memory. The group’s superb debut, “Tomorrow Is My curiosities that complicate it all. fourth album “Holding All The Joshua Tillman, who performs Roses” is named after an analTurn,” Carolina Chocolate Drops as Father John Misty, sings beau- ogy meaning “you’re the winfounding member Rhiannon tifully when he’s not singing Giddens’ light shines with the ner.” Aurally, this is the band’s too much on the often wordy dazzling brilliance of a genuine most cohesively rock-ready work 11-track album. The lyrics are star. The 11 songs she and proto date, unafraid of embracing ducer T-Bone Burnett picked for heavy, and perhaps only the liter- Southern rock standards to influthe album are stylistically diverse, ary cognoscenti will catch all his ence their sound more directly nuances. covering blues, folk, country, than in the past. This record is, by If there’s a post-sadcore move- a solid country mile, the band’s gospel, and jazz. On every track, Giddens’ singing is a wonder. ment these days, Misty is its most cohesive release yet, taking

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an overarching anthem-ridden, country-sensible style and finishing it with a production equally as clean as it is pleasingly raw. n Jonathan Frahm, popmatters.com

DUKE GARWOOD, “Heavy Love” — “Heavy Love,” the fourth album to date by this London-based multi-instrumentalist, is comprised mainly of hushed, harrowing soundscapes that are frequently as subversive as they are subdued. Although the music remains detached, a hint of emotional clarity occasionally comes through. “Honey in My Ear” is both dire and dirge-like, but beneath all the caterwauling, there seems to be an insistent plea for reconciliation. Still, even if Garwood’s feeling repressed, he’s not letting down his guard. Clearly, “Heavy Love” isn’t the emotional grab bag that the title suggests, but regardless, it’s an affecting effort that leaves a lingering impression. n Lee Zimmerman, popmatters.com

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