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Reviews

Tuning Up

Movies

Music: Bruce Springsteen Video Games: ‘Dead Rising 3’

Stirred Not Shaken plays Friday night at Washington Sips in La Conner

Animated ‘The Nut Job’ a simple, funny, cute slapstick comedy

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

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The Anacortes Public Library’s Winter Film Series will feature “The Fugitive” on Friday night

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COMMUNITY

Robert Burns and all things Scottish at yearly celebration Skagit Valley Herald staff

The Celtic Arts Foundation, the busy local organization dedicated to “sponsoring, encouraging and promoting Celtic culture through events and educational activities,” presents one of its major events of the year this weekend with the 22nd annual Robert Burns Scottish Evening.

The event will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at Hillcrest Lodge in Mount Vernon.

The foundation hosts several annual events, including the Skagit Valley Highland Games in July, bagpiping features and competitions and more.

There is a special emphasis on music that has its origins in Scotland, Scotch-made whiskey, and a focus on family traditions that have endured for hundreds of years.

The Robert Burns dinner celebrates one of Scotland’s cultural icons. Born in 1759, Burns was and is a widely loved poet whose writings thrived on satire and a dose of social rebellion.

Burns wrote in blunt, broadly worded style that has been embraced by generations of Scots.

His prolific writings include “Auld Lang Syne,”

22nd annual Robert Burns Scottish Evening When: Saturday, Jan. 18 Where: Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Schedule: Social hour: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Dinner and program at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets: $50, available at celticarts.org. Whiskey, wine and beer will be available for purchase.

“A Red, Red Rose,” To a Mouse,” “The Battle of Sherramuir,” “Tam o’ Shanter” and “Ae Fond Kiss.”

Burns’ reach uniquely extended across the decades; his work was referenced by Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson on the group’s seminal album “Live: Bursting Out,” in the introduction to the song “One Brown Mouse.”

According to the Celtic Arts website, “Scots and fans of Robert Burns’ work around the globe gather in January for a traditional Scottish meal to celebrate the memory of one of Scotland great sons. Poems are read, toasts given and lively music and dance add to the event.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Quarter of ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ cut in Dubai

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — About 45 minutes have been cut from the nearly 3-hour high-finance extravaganza “The Wolf of Wall Street” for Dubai audiences, or a quarter of the film, leaving many viewers disappointed and confused about the sequence of events.

The cuts come as the movie has drawn criticism even from film critics in more liberal countries for its portrayal of drugs, sex and money. Detractors say the film glorifies unchecked greed, includes full nudity and is loaded with a reported record for Fbombs in a movie — more than 500.

Moviegoers said all profanities were bleeped out from the Martin Scorsese movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. One woman wrote on the Facebook page for Reel Cinemas, which operates two theaters in Dubai, that she and her friend walked out after about 40 minutes because they felt the movie was simply incoherent and unwatchable.

It is standard policy across most of the Middle East for governments to preview and censor uncut versions of movies, although the extent of the censoring may differ. Censors edit out even kissing scenes in local theaters and on certain Arab satellite television channels.

Juma al-Leem, director of media content at the National Media Center, said censors in the United Arab Emirates, which includes Dubai, typically cut out scenes or language deemed blasphemous or harmful to national security, along with excessive nudity.

However, al-Leem told the Associated Press on Tuesday that in this case the regional distributor, Gulf Film based in Dubai, was responsible for the heavy edits.

“We felt that the editing was done abroad and we will not

Cirque du Soleil seeks to expand into shows styled like Broadway

By DAVID NG Los Angeles Times

Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for best actor in a motion picture comedy for his role in “The Wolf of Wall Street” during the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night.

NBC via AP

accept editing done abroad,” he said. “We want to see the whole film first and decide.”

Gulf Film, which distributes Paramount and Universal titles in Dubai and other Gulf Arab countries, and its parent company Qatar Media Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Qatar Media Services is wholly owned by the government of Qatar.

Al-Leem said that while U.A.E. censorship officials did approve the movie after Gulf Film’s edits, they felt the cuts were excessive because audiences “should feel the soul of the film.”

He said Gulf Film should have shown U.A.E. censors the uncut

movie rather than making one sanitized version for the entire region. Dubai, which hosts an annual international film festival, has a reputation for being much less conservative than countries like Saudi Arabia, where traditional movie theaters are banned.

“There are some scenes we accept that other Gulf countries may cut,” al-Leem said.

The movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is adapted from Jordan Belfort’s memoir about his heady rise from a penny stock trader to a wealthy stock swindler. The film has turned into the most debated of an award season otherwise lacking much controversy.

Scorsese and DiCaprio in recent

days have defended their film as a thought-provoking portrait of decadence run amok.

In a recent interview with the AP, DiCaprio said he and Scorsese would look at each other during filming and ask if they were going too far. Rarely was the answer “yes.”

In October, moviegoers in Dubai saw the screen turn black after a character was heard cursing in Arabic in Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest action flick, “Escape Plan.” Authorities quickly censored the profane words out of the movie, and the revised version was back in theaters within hours.

LOS ANGELES — Cirque du Soleil is looking to diversify its repertoire by expanding into Broadway-style shows and is creating a new division called Cirque du Soleil Theatrical that will be headed by Las Vegas theater impresario Scott Zeiger.

The Montreal-based Cirque said the new division will mount new productions that will use the company’s signature style and aesthetic, but that will provide a “very different experience” for Cirque du Soleil audiences.

A New York spokeswoman said that the productions are meant for Broadway, London’s West End and tours traveling to Broadway-sized venues.

Zeiger worked as an executive with Clear Channel and later cofounded BASE Entertainment, where he has been instrumental in mounting theatrical productions in Las Vegas including “Jersey Boys,” “Rock of Ages” and “Phantom — The Las Vegas Spectacular.”

Zeiger said he believed “there is a huge potential for us on Broadway, the West End and global touring.”

Cirque has had mixed success in New York. Its production “Banana Shpeel” flopped when it was produced in 2010 at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side. With a reported budget of $20 million, “Shpeel” was intended to compete with Broadway shows but ended up closing after six weeks following vicious reviews and poor box-office receipts.

Cirque continues to bring its touring shows to New York and has produced “Zarkana” at Radio City Music Hall.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area “MUSIC” & MEMORIES The Adult Day Program Benefit Dinner and Auction will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy dinner, music by Trish, Hans and Phil, and bidding on a variety of goods and services. $50. Proceeds will benefit the Gentry House and the Bradford House: A Skagit Adult Day Program for sufferers of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. 360-428-5972 or skagitadult daycare.org.

NATIVE ART Award-winning Pacific

Harrison Ford

Winter Film Series

“The Fugitive” is next up in the Anacortes Public Library’s Winter Film Series, at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Nick Alphin, Academy Award nominee and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will introduce the film and provide background information.

“The Fugitive,” based on the TV series, stars Harrison Ford as a respect-

ed surgeon wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. He survives a harrowing accident on the way to prison, escapes, and becomes a fugitive trying to find the real killer. A team of U.S. marshals led by a hardcore deputy marshal (Tommy Lee Jones) relentlessly pursues the fugitive. Won one Oscar, nominated for six more.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

Northwest artists will show and sell a variety of Native and Native-inspired art at “The Gathering,” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18-19, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Watch the artists carve, weave, make baskets or hats, knit and create a variety of unique objects. Visitors can also participate in a silent auction of the artists’ works. Participating artists include Vicki Charles-Trudeau (S’Klallam), Robert Eagle Bear (Lummi), Bill James (Lummi), Kevin Paul (Swinomish), Mary Snowden (NI), Maxine Stremler (Lummi), Lisa Telford (Haida) and others. Admission: $5, $4 ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

MLK CAMP The Skagit Valley Family YMCA will host the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Camp from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon.

Kids can enjoy swimming, Lego Camp and Youthfit activities while learning the importance of supporting the community. $20-$35. 360-336-9622 or j.kerkvliet@ skagitymca.org.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Bruce Springsteen

cut it then. “When Harry speaks it’s Harry’s streets,” he sings of a grumpy bar owner. “In Harry’s house it’s Harry’s roads / You don’t “High Hopes” wanna be around, brother, when Harry scolds.”

I saw rock ‘n’ roll’s Similarly, “Down in the Hole” co-opts past, and its name is much of the title of a perfectly great Tom Bruce Springsteen. A Waits song in service of a one-dimensional singer once famously dubbed “the future” lyrical portrait of a lovelorn gravedigger of his genre by his eventual manager, the “buried to my heart here in this hurt.” The Boss across four decades has become an lyric is rescued, though, by a surreal orchesicon, a musical force, a voice of moral tral arrangement that suggests the score to authority and, above all, a consistently con- a John Ford Western or an Aaron Copland fident performer, bandleader, songwriter diversion. and collaborator.

A number of songs on “High Hopes” Over the years, Springsteen has won feature Springsteen’s most recent tourGrammys, feted presidents with his hearty ing instrumental muse, guitarist Morello husk, worked with Pete Seeger, examined (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave).

Irish music, written “Born to Run” and a Here, he tears through an electrified verfew dozen other stone cold man-rock classion of “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” a tag sics, earning him an army of devoted follow- team with Springsteen that peaks with a ers who treat him as a compass. At times, wailing Morello guitar solo. The song has I’ve been one of them. been a highlight of recent shows — but As anyone who’s ever endured Springthis recording doesn’t similarly levitate. steen’s album “Human Touch” can attest, On “American Skin (41 Shots),” however, though, his genius is fallible, and his latMorello injects fury into Springsteen’s oftest album, “High Hopes,” suggests a past performed song about the 1999 shooting of threatening to overtake him.

Amadou Diallo.

A dozen songs culled from a decade’s As a player, Morello can be a six-stringed worth of unreleased material, his 18th Glen Hansard, though — an artist so excitstudio album is like a slide show, offering ed with his own powerful technique that previously showcased material and extant after a few astounding runs it starts to overstudio recordings. It also includes covers of whelm — and then grate. At his loudest, synth-punk band Suicide’s “Dream Baby as on the otherwise superior opener “High Dream” and post-punk band the Saints’ Hopes,” Morello broadsides the E Street “Just Like Fire Would.”

Band with a stylistic collision that’s abrasive In doing so, the album not only presents and confusing. an overview of his last decade of stylistic A few interior accents offer glimpses into accents and inclinations — a banjo here, a Springsteen’s more understated muse. The gospel choir there, brass punctuation, many best of them, “Hunter of Invisible Game,” is Tom Morello guitar solos — but it also a grand departure, and a perfectly realized gathers music that hasn’t landed on one of 4:40. his Columbia releases over the last decadeA haunting meditation on faith, longing plus. and intimacy, “Invisible Game” sees SpringIf “High Hopes” were a new model year steen singing of a burning scarecrow and car, it would be a midsize six cylinder with wandering confusion. “Strength is vanity factory hubcaps, good gas mileage and just and time is illusion / I feel you breathing, enough spunk to zip past the wood-paneled the rest is confusion,” he sings. “Your skin minivans on the two-lane. Something that looks pretty good, runs extremely well and touches mine, what else to explain? / I am hums, but certainly isn’t going to turn heads the hunter of invisible game.”

Any artist who pens such a lyric has of Jersey girls combing hair in rearview mirearned the right to drop a few duds from rors on the boulevard (let alone the boys time to time. “High Hopes” has its share. trying to look so hard).

“Harry’s Place,” for example, feels like a When your Springsteen itch needs scratchmechanized replica of a Boss song, typically ing, only a few of these even three months from now are going to pass muster. But it’s well-played and arranged but forgettable. not like you’ll be starved for choices.

It’s an outtake from the 2002 sessions for “The Rising,” and Springsteen was right to n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times

10 essential boomer albums

soul, country and even gospel, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards dug deep into Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited” the era’s spiritual malaise and made the (1965): Going electric rankled folk fans, Stones’ most emotional album. but Dylan expanded his audience and Stevie Wonder “Innervisions” (1973): influenced a generation with songs that The best of a series of innovative, hithave been analyzed (and lionized) ever filled albums Wonder made in a 1970s since. creative surge, it changed the sound of The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely popular music.

Hearts Club Band” (1967): The culmiEagles “Their Greatest Hits 1971nation of years of artistic maturation and 1975” (1976): Anchored by Don Henbold experimentation. The original rock ley and Glen Frey, this Southern Califorconcept LP. nia band was both romantic and cynical, Marvin Gaye “What’s Goin’ On” diluting any sweetness with a bitter edge (1971): The sexy love man embraced that reflected the compromises of adultcivil rights and inner-city turmoil as sub- hood. ject matter, changing the tone of R&B, Bob Marley & the Wailers “Exodus” both lyrically and musically.

(1977): The sensual, spiritual album Carole King “Tapestry” (1971): that helped make reggae one of the most King’s songs of love lost, found and wast- popular musical genres in the world. ed spoke to the Me Generation’s turn “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack toward introspection.

(1977): The percolating rhythms of disco Led Zeppelin. “Led Zeppelin IV” acts like K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Tava(1971): Mystical and bombastic, acoustic res and, of course, the Bee Gees captured and brash, Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth the zest, decadence and hustling of the album defined ’70s rock (and FM radio). dance boom.

The Rolling Stones “Exile on Main Street” (1972): Incorporating blues, n Nelson George, AARP Media

Rosanne Cash “The River & The Thread”

The songs on “The River & The Thread” rock like a cradle, and the rhythm rings true while Rosanne Cash explores her roots.

The mesmerizing musical journey takes her to Arkansas, the Mississippi Delta and the Gulf Coast as Cash encounters the ghosts of Robert Johnson, Emmett Till, a.m. radio and her Civil War ancestors. There’s also the repeated tug of Memphis, where Cash was born around the time her father cut his first record. This Southern music stretches far beyond the confines of country — those are violins on “Night School,” not fiddles. The 11 songs blend Tennessee flattop twang with gospel, the blues, and even hints of jazz while building a bridge from Dust Bowl ballads to Dusty Springfield pop.

In these days of downloads, “The River” offers an eloquent argument for albums.

Her husband and producer, John Leventhal, pulls it all together and ensures the set’s considerable ambitions don’t overwhelm the immaculate arrangements. There’s no hot pickin’ here; instead, Cash’s marvelous material is the star as she shares her story of rediscovery. n Steven Wine, Associated Press

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “Give the People What They Want”

The circumstances behind the release of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ fifth studio album make you appreciate all the more the verve and vivacity with which the soul revivalist band put over the rawboned sound.

“Give the People What They Want” was scheduled to be released last summer, but it was pushed back after the 57-year-old singer was diagnosed with bile-duct cancer. After she finishes up her chemo treatments, Jones and her Brooklyn band will return to the road next month, and although they were recorded before she became ill, songs like the lead single, “Retreat,” (“Retreat! What a fool you are to be taking me on”) and “People Don’t Get What They Deserve” take on added gravitas considering the troubles of the pint-sized powerhouse singer.

What the people want from Jones & the Dap-Kings are hard-driving, old-school R&B jams in which the spirits of cherished singers like Otis Redding and Joe Tex are reanimated, and these 10 tunes take care of that business as effectively as ever. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Joe Fourhman, Chicago Tribune

‘Dead Rising 3’

ous series, which makes it a nice alternative to most horror video games. In DR3, Platform: Xbox One weapon-crafting now extends to vehicles, Rated: M so you can put a steamroller wheel on Price: $59.99 your motorcycle and mow down tons of Released: November 2013 zombies in quick fashion.

Stars: 4 out of 5 And yes, there are tons of zombies. The increased power of the Xbox One packs There’s not Los Perdidos’ streets with hundreds, if not much new in thousands, of on-screen zombies. In addi“Dead Rising 3,” tion, the city is more detailed than in prebut it’s a name vious games, allowing for buildings that (and a concept) you can enter and raid for supplies. that is sure to The Xbox One’s Kinect camera/microdrive attention phone is also used, allowing you to actualto the recently ly talk to certain characters. For example, released Xbox if you yell “calm down” to one enemy One. character, you’ll be able to do additional Players will damage to him during the battle. “Dead get another shot Rising 3” also uses Microsoft’s SmartGlass at surviving the app to trigger extra missions and display a zombie outbreak of Los Perdidos, this secondary map on your tablet device. time filling the shoes of mechanic Nick “Dead Rising 3” removes the timed Ramos. The goal? Get out of the city elements, which annoyed players in the before the United States military carpet older games. You can also save at any bombs the entire place. This is how we point, which is a huge upgrade from the deal with zombie attacks these days! previous dopey “save only when you find “Dead Rising 3” lives and dies by a a bathroom” restriction. It is much easier now-standard formula of exploration and to drop in for some zombie killing when weapon-crafting. This time out, there are you don’t have to worry about a timer or more outdoor environments, which is a being unable to save. nice change that gives you more variety While “Dead Rising 3” does little to in locales to investigate. The franchise’s change the formula of the series, the new signature element — bizarre weapon com- touches do make this a nice showpiece binations — continues to get weirder and title for your brand new Xbox One. It weirder. You can transform a handful of definitely looks great and runs smoothly, gems and a flashlight into a laser sword, but it is ultimately the same old undead for example. Or turn a gun-toting teddy song and dance. If this series keeps on at bear into a portable turret. this slow pace, one day even a shambling zombie will be able to outrun it.

“Dead Rising” has never been a seri-

McCartney, Starr to perform at Grammys The Grammys weekend is shaping up to be a Beatles weekend.

The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will perform at the Jan. 26 awards show in Los Angeles. The Beatles will be honored at the Academy’s Special Merits Awards the day before, and

a day after the big show, the iconic group will be the center of a performance special featuring Eurythmics and other acts playing Beatles hits.

McCartney’s nominations include best rock song and music film.

Other Grammy performers include Taylor Swift, Macklemore & Ryan

Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Robin Thicke and Katy Perry. Sara Bareilles will sing with Carole King, while Stevie Wonder, Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Pharrell will perform together.

The Grammys will air live on CBS from the Staples Center.

— The Associated Press

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TRAVEL

Ice castles tourists attractions in three states ABOVE: Patrons tour an ice castle at the base of the Loon Mountain ski resort in Lincoln, N.H. The ice castle begins to grow in the fall when the weather gets below freezing and thousands of icicles are made and harvested then placed around sprinkler heads and sprayed with water. The castle will continue to grow as long as the temperatures stay below freezing.

LEFT: Cory Livingood places icicles on the top of his ice castle at the base of the Loon Mountain ski resort.

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

LINCOLN, N.H. — Farming is tough during a New Hampshire winter — unless you’re growing icicles.

At the base of Loon Mountain in Lincoln, an ice castle not unlike the frosty palace in the Disney movie “Frozen” is rising from the ground, one icicle at a time.

It’s one of three ice castles being built by the same company — the others are in Breckenridge, Colo., and Midway, Utah — this winter.

Brent Christensen, who now lives in Hawaii, started his Ice Castles company a few years ago after spend-

Photos by Jim Cole / AP

ing several winters building elaborate slides and ice towers for his kids in his backyard in Utah.

He initially sprayed water onto wooden frames, only to be left with a

tangled mess of splintered wood in spring. The next year, he experimented with blocks of ice, building a small igloo to which he added chunks of snow and ice.

“During that process, I almost accidentally started thinking about icicles,” he said. “At first it was just for cosmetics. I thought, ‘This will look really cool.’ And then, with time, I stumbled on the idea of crisscrossing the icicles, and that’s when I found … you can actually grow them in certain ways.”

Eventually, he approached ski areas about building larger structures

that could serve as temporary art installations and tourist attractions, and the idea took off.

It costs tens of thousands of dollars to build the castles, the largest of which spans about an acre, and visitors pay $8 to $10 to walk through them. About 8,000 people have visited the New Hampshire castle since it opened Dec. 27.

Matt Brown, of Somerville, Mass., who toured the

castle last week, said he recently saw “Frozen” and was curious to see how a real ice castle compared to the movie version.

“I obviously knew it wouldn’t be quite like that because that’s an animated thing, and it’s a lot easier to animate things than make them in real life, but I thought it would be an interesting way to spend 30 or 60 minutes,” he said.

“It’s really neat.”

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TRAVEL Local travel

Patrons tour an ice castle at the base of the Loon Mountain ski resort in Lincoln, N.H. Jim Cole / AP

The castles will continue growing during the season, until they melt in March.

Walls that stand 8 to 20 feet could reach 40 to 60 feet in the next month or so, and icicles placed along the tops of walls will become ceilings.

But it takes a lot of work, said Cory Livingood, foreman of the New Hampshire castle’s crew.

The process starts in the fall, with the installation of elaborate sprinkler systems.

When the weather turns cold, water is sprayed onto metal racks to produce thousands of icicles that are harvested and stuck to the

ground around sprinkler heads.

The icicles are then drenched in water and, depending on the temperature and wind, grow in various shapes and formations.

Over the course of a few weeks, towers, tunnels, archways and caves emerge.

“We’re technically farmers,” Livingood said. “We grow icicles, we handpick them, harvest them, take them out and hand place them around sprinklers, and then we turn on those sprinklers and they grow more.”

There are 58 towers on the Lincoln castle, plus a waterfall and an enclosed

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slide. At night, the castles are lit by color-changing LED lights embedded in the ice. Sara Bookin-Weiner, also of Somerville, said she appreciates the beauty of the ice at a time of year when “things are so dead and dark.”

“Especially now that the holidays are over, in the Northeast we’re looking forward to lots of months of blah, and it’s really wonderful to have something so creative and artistic and delightful,” she said.

Christensen, who also runs a small-engine repair business, said there’s a significant amount of mechani-

cal work and engineering involved in designing the castles and setting them up.

But Mother Nature handles the artistic side.

“The real artistic part isn’t done by us. When you spray water in the middle of the night, and you have icicles that catch the water, that’s when the art happens,” he said.

Christensen has been in Utah overseeing the project there this winter but will head home to Hawaii soon.

He laughed when asked if he’ll miss the ice.

“I think about it a lot, but I don’t long for it by any stretch,” he said.

WWU FACULTY-LED TRAVEL PROGRAMS: Western SHORT TRIPS: Mount Ver- Washington University will non Parks and Recreation offer three educational travoffers travel opportunities el programs next summer in for participants ages 12 Italy and Africa. Global Disand older (adult supervision covery trips are not for unirequired for ages 18 and versity credit or restricted to younger). Trips depart from Western students. People of and return to Hillcrest Park, all ages are invited to travel 1717 S. 13th St., Mount alongside Western faculty Vernon. For information or and gain an understanding to register, call 360-336of other cultures, including 6215. Next up: their art, ecology, food, his A Day of Wine and Choco- tory, language and more. late: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Trips include: Saturday, Jan. 25. Enjoy Mount Kilimanjaro Climb a private wine tasting and and Serengeti Safari Exteneducational talk, explore sion: July 5-19. several Woodinville tasting Serengeti Safari and Kilirooms and learn how to manjaro Culture Tour: July choose the right gourmet 14-26. chocolate to pair with dif Tuscany, Italy: Aug. ferent wines. $55-$57. No- 31-Sept. 14. host lunch, some locations 360-650-6409, global may charge an additional discovery@wwu.edu or wine tasting fee. Register by wwu.edu/GlobalDiscovery.

Jan. 17.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The CRUISE SEMINAR: Learn Oak Harbor Senior Center about upcoming Holland is organizing several smallAmerica cruise options group trips for 2014: Trains at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. of Colorado in July and 23, at AAA Travel, 1600 Islands of New England in E. College Way, Suite A, September. Trips will depart Mount Vernon. Free. Mem- from Oak Harbor/Mount Verbers and nonmembers non. Contact Pat Gardner welcome. RSVP: 360-848- at 360-279-4582 or email 2090. pgardner@oakharbor.org.

SEATTLE FLOWER SHOW: Buses to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle will leave at 8:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 5-7, from Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. $53, includes show ticket and transportation. Reservations required: 360-4663821.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

Watch the games on the BIg screen!

Football sunday 1/19

Patriots vs. Broncos at 12 pm 49ers vs. Seahawks at 3:30 pm GamE timE SpEcialS

Food and drink specials available in the lounge and at the bar top from Kick-off ‘til end of the Game!

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Open Mic Karaoke Hosted by Rocky & Kristine 8 pm - Midnight

FrIday 1/17

Marlin James

Acoustic Country & Classic Rock 9 pm – 1 am

saturday 1/18

The Dogtones

Classic Rock & Pop Party Band 9 pm – 1 am

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 17-26

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 16-23 FRIDAY.17

SATURDAY.18

THURSDAY.16

Friday.24

Sunday.26

COMEDY

THEATER

MUSIC

MAGIC

“Book of Days” (mystery): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Comedy Night with Nate Jackson: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or anacortes H2O.com.

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Imagine” with youth magician Elliott Hofferth: 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 2529 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon. $5. Tickets available at Kids Stuff in downtown Mount Vernon or at the door.

Proceeds benefit Cub Scout Pack 4100.

Saturday.25 MUSIC

Saturday.18

Ruvara Marimba Ensemble: 6:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

MUSIC

FRIDAY.17 “IMAGINE” WITH YOUTH MAGICIAN ELLIOTT HOFFERTH 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 2529 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon. $5.

Tickets available at Kids Stuff in downtown Mount Vernon or at the door.

Proceeds benefit Cub Scout Pack 4100.

Skagit Symphony Family Concert: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, free for ages 15 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

SATURDAY.18

STIRRED NOT SHAKEN 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

ADAM MILLER 5 p.m. Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman’s Bay Road, Lopez Island. Free. 360-468-2265 or lopezlibrary.org.

Friday.17

Adam Miller (folksinger, storyteller): 5 p.m. Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman’s Bay Road, Lopez Island. Free. 360468-2265 or lopezlibrary.org.

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Hjardar Bruun: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-3543600.

IAN MCFERON & ALISA MILNER, WITH JOSH CLAUSON 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $6-$8.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.17 Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Nathaniel Talbot: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Skip Hamilton, Erin Hyre: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Marlin James (acoustic country and classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Solo Piano Night: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Stirred Not Shaken (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

NEVER, Thieves of Eden, Crimson Field: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

THEATER

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Book of Days” (mystery): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SATURDAY.18 Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Ian McFeron & Alisa Milner, with Josh Clauson: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $6-$8.

360-445-3000.

The Dogtones (classic rock, pop party band): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Ford Giesbrecht: 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

Midlife Crisis: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Margaret Wilder Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Michael Gonzalez: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Birdsview Bluegrass: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., SedroWoolley Eagles Hall, 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Open to the public.

THEATER

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Book of Days” (mystery): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SUNDAY.19 Trish, Hans & John: 6 p.m., Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub Conway. $10. 360-445-3000. & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

WEDNESDAY.22 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THURSDAY.23 Bobby Lee McMurray, Angelica Flores: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

E10 Thursday, January 16, 2014

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 17-26

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 16-23 FRIDAY.17

SATURDAY.18

THURSDAY.16

Friday.24

Sunday.26

COMEDY

THEATER

MUSIC

MAGIC

“Book of Days” (mystery): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Comedy Night with Nate Jackson: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or anacortes H2O.com.

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Imagine” with youth magician Elliott Hofferth: 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 2529 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon. $5. Tickets available at Kids Stuff in downtown Mount Vernon or at the door.

Proceeds benefit Cub Scout Pack 4100.

Saturday.25 MUSIC

Saturday.18

Ruvara Marimba Ensemble: 6:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

MUSIC

FRIDAY.17 “IMAGINE” WITH YOUTH MAGICIAN ELLIOTT HOFFERTH 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 2529 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon. $5.

Tickets available at Kids Stuff in downtown Mount Vernon or at the door.

Proceeds benefit Cub Scout Pack 4100.

Skagit Symphony Family Concert: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, free for ages 15 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

SATURDAY.18

STIRRED NOT SHAKEN 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

ADAM MILLER 5 p.m. Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman’s Bay Road, Lopez Island. Free. 360-468-2265 or lopezlibrary.org.

Friday.17

Adam Miller (folksinger, storyteller): 5 p.m. Lopez Island Library, 2225 Fisherman’s Bay Road, Lopez Island. Free. 360468-2265 or lopezlibrary.org.

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Hjardar Bruun: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-3543600.

IAN MCFERON & ALISA MILNER, WITH JOSH CLAUSON 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $6-$8.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.17 Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Nathaniel Talbot: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Skip Hamilton, Erin Hyre: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Marlin James (acoustic country and classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Solo Piano Night: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Stirred Not Shaken (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

NEVER, Thieves of Eden, Crimson Field: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

THEATER

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Book of Days” (mystery): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SATURDAY.18 Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Ian McFeron & Alisa Milner, with Josh Clauson: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $6-$8.

360-445-3000.

The Dogtones (classic rock, pop party band): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Ford Giesbrecht: 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

Midlife Crisis: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Margaret Wilder Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Michael Gonzalez: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Birdsview Bluegrass: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., SedroWoolley Eagles Hall, 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Open to the public.

THEATER

“Gramercy Ghost” (comedy/drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Book of Days” (mystery): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SUNDAY.19 Trish, Hans & John: 6 p.m., Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub Conway. $10. 360-445-3000. & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

WEDNESDAY.22 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THURSDAY.23 Bobby Lee McMurray, Angelica Flores: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

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GET INVOLVED ART

Directorial proposals should provide a vision RECYCLED ART CONstatement and concepts for TEST: Entries will be acceptset design, staging dynamics ed through Jan. 23 for the and costumes, taking into fifth annual Recycled Art consideration the outdoor Contest, set for Jan. 25-26, performance venue with limat the Concrete Community Center. Entries must include ited artificial lighting. Submit proposals to eal@shakesnw. at least 60 percent recycled or repurposed materials and org. Details: shakesnw.org.

360-941-5744. should be easily portable.

Entry forms are available CALL FOR THEATER at Annie’s Pizza Station or VOLUNTEERS: Whidbey Northwest Garden Bling in Playhouse seeks a team of Grasmere Village, Concrete. behind-the-scenes folks Prizes will be awarded by for its April 2014 producpopular vote in youth and tion of the Tony-award adult categories. No entry winning musical “1776” fee. For information, entry forms and rules, call Athena that celebrates the birth of at 360-708-3279 or email piz- our nation. Assistance is needed for set-building and zaannieb@netscape.net. decorating, lighting, prop acquisitions and costuming.

AUDITIONS For information, contact the “THE OUTSIDERS”: theater at 360- 679-2237 or META Performing Arts email director Gaye Litka at will hold auditions startwhidbey995@comcast.net. ing at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 28-29, at SHELTER BAY CHORUS: the Lincoln Theatre, 712 Practices are held from 2:45 S. First St., Mount Vernon. to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday Parts are available for five at the Shelter Bay Clubteen women, 10 to 15 teen house in La Conner. New men and five varied adult members welcome. No need roles. Prepare a dramatic or to be a Shelter Bay resident. comedic monologue. Perfor- 360-466-3805. mances will take place the first three weeks of May. For WOMEN SING FOURinformation, call 360-421PART HARMONY: Harmony 9055, email bowen.native@ Northwest Chorus, which gmail.com or visit meta meets from 7 to 9:30 p.m. performingarts.org. every Monday at the Mount

information, contact Gary or will recognize Martin Luther Ginny at 360-766-6866.

King Jr. Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. BakerTHURSDAY DANCE: Snoqualmie National Forest Enjoy dancing to the music on Monday, Jan. 20. Fees will of the Skippers from 1 to be waived at most day-use 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at Hillsites on the forest. fs.usda. crest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., gov/mbs.

Mount Vernon. For information, contact Doris at 360INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 588-8239.

The Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 ON STAGE ANACORTES OPEN MIC: p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 26 at Howard 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Rockport Park Road, Rockport. The center will present 360-293-2544. speakers, birding information and guided walks along OPEN MIC: Jam Night, the Skagit River through 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, the park. 360-853-7626 or 18611 Main St., Conway. 360- skagiteagle.org.

445-4733.

7727, ext. 2, or by visiting mcintyrehall.org.

Jan. 19: I Like to Move it!: Learn about dance and movement from the Northwest Ballet Theatre artists.

Feb. 9: Let’s Play: Explore a variety of theater games and improvisational exercises with Philip Prudhomme from the Anacortes Community Theater.

Feb. 23: Global Rhythm: Discover music and basic music concepts with drummer Mary Ellen Hodges using drums, shakers and other instruments.

WORKSHOPS

S-W PHOTO WORKSHOPS: Nationally known scenic photographer Andy Porter will offer photograTHEATER phy workshops at the SedroBURLINGTON OPEN MIC: Woolley Chamber of ComCALL FOR DIRECTORS: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, North Whidbey Playhouse is look- merce, 714-B Metcalf St., Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Buring for directors for its 2014- Sedro-Woolley. Bring your lington Blvd., Burlington. camera and instruction book 15 season. The playhouse is Hosted by Daniel Burnson. looking for five professional- to class.

Rock, blues, funk, folk, Point and Shoot Camera: ly published full-length comukelele, poetry and more.

6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, edies, dramatic comedies, 360-707-COVE (2683) or dramas, mysteries, revues or Jan. 22, or Thursday, Jan. 30. northcovecoffee.com.

Digital SLR Camera: 6 to musicals. Directors may be 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, required to provide a copy OPEN MIC MOUNT VER- of the script plus a CD of or Wednesday, Jan. 29.

NON: 9 p.m. to midnight, $25 per class, payable by the music for any musicals.

Wednesdays, First Street cash or check. RSVP: 360They may also be required Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 to make a brief presentation 809-0661 or email andyport S. First St., Mount Vernon. erphotography@gmail.com. about the play, including Ages 21 and older. No cover. a short written synopsis, a 360-336-3012 or riverbelle IMPRESSIONIST GARdrawing or model of the set dinnertheatre.com.

DEN PHOTOGRAPHY: 11 plan and a description of Vernon Senior Center, a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. the director’s vision for the CALL FOR DIRECTOR: 1401 Cleveland Ave., seeks RECREATION play for Whidbey Playhouse, 25, Christianson’s Nursery, Shakespeare Northwest women who like to sing a 15806 Best Road, Mount including any specific proseeks directorial proposals FREE PARK ADMIScappella music. All skill levVernon. Photographers of duction requirements. The for a Shakespeare comedy SION: In recognition of els welcome. all levels can learn how to playhouse is located at 730 to round out the 2014 Skagit Martin Luther King Day, River Shakespeare Festival, the Washington State Parks Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. “paint with their camera,” DANCE using shutter speed to reveal set to perform this summer and Recreation Commission For information, call 360flows of motion and form 679-2237 or email office@ at the Rexville Blackrock will offer free admission to FOLK DANCING: Skagitnot otherwise noticed or Amphitheatre, located whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Anacortes Folkdancers meet all state parks Sunday and recordable with automatic between Conway and La Monday, Jan. 19-20. On these at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays at camera settings. $8. RSVP: Conner. The annual festival Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 days, the Discover Pass will YOUTH THEATRE: 360-466-3821. includes two main-stage C St., Mount Vernon. Learn not be required to enter McIntyre Hall is offering shows (traditionally one state parks, but is required to folkdance to a variety of a series of performing arts WRITING FOR CHILDREN: comedy and one history/ international music. Instruc- to access lands managed by workshops for ages 6 to 12 at tragedy). The 2014 season’s the Washington Department 2501 E. College Way, Mount Anacortes children’s author tion begins at 7 p.m. folLois V. Harris will present tragedy will be “Macbeth,” lowed by review and request of Fish and Wildlife and Vernon. All classes will be with auditions held in March dances until 9:30. The first the Department of Natural held at 1 p.m. Sundays. Tick- “Shining the Spotlight on and rehearsals from April to session is free, $3 thereafter. Resources. parks.wa.gov. ets are free but required and Children’s Concept Books, June.

No partners needed. For n The U.S. Forest Service available by calling 360-416- Picture Books and Story-

books” from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursdays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Learn the guidelines for each category of young children’s literature and how to shape your manuscript into what editors want. $49.

Register for 6076 CENGL 054 at 360-416-7638.

WRITERS RETREAT: The Whidbey Island Writers Association’s fourth annual Writers Lockdown Retreat, “First Write the Book; it’s all in the craft,” will take place Friday through Sunday, March 14-16, at Captain Whidbey Inn in Coupeville.

Limited to 24 participants, the event is a retreat for writers who are serious about taking their work to the next level. The weekend will include manuscript critique, instruction and oneon-one mentoring by established authors Priscilla Long, Randall Platt and Jennie Shortridge. All experience levels welcome.

WIWA will host two pre-Lockdown events open to the public on Thursday, March 13: Everything You Need to Know about Book Publishing: 1 to 5 p.m., Captain Whidbey Inn, Coupeville.

Andrea Hurst, literary agent and founder of Andrea Hurst & Associates, and Margaret Bendet, editor and founder of Independent Editorial Services, collaborate to bring you up to date on the publishing world and answer your questions. $50, $40 Lockdown participants.

The Happy Hour: Socialize with Hurst, Bendet and the retreat team from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Judge Stills Tavern at the Captain Whidbey Inn. $25, $15 Lockdown participants. Includes appetizer buffet, no-host beverages.

For information or to register, call 360-331-0307 or visit nila.edu/wiwa_retreat. htm.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”: The film tells a powerful story of a man who goes from picking cotton to working as a butler in the White House. His relationship with multiple presidents parallels events regarding race relations unfolding in America. Forest Whitaker turns in an Oscar-worthy performance, but the cast of supporting players — particularly Oprah Winfrey — is often more of a distraction than attraction.

“Carrie”: How much you enjoy the remake of the 1976 classic horror film will depend on how well you remember the original film. Except for more elaborate special effects and the addition of social media as a tool for the bullying that turns milquetoast Carrie into the worst prom date ever, this is basically the same take on the Stephen King novel.

Those who haven’t seen the original will be introduced to the emotionally and socially stunted Carrie, played to a creepy chill by Chloë Grace Moretz.

She’s a high school reject because her zealot mother (Julianne Moore) has raised her to believe that any good feelings are pathways for Satan to take her soul. You can imagine how much dear old mom fears any sexual awakenings that could be going on with her daughter.

“You’re Next”: The first 10 minutes will feel familiar to fans of the horror genre. Moments after a couple have sex in an isolated location, they’re brutally murdered.

Don’t give up on the movie.

Through the smart writing of Simon Barrett, the film slowly changes into a horror thriller that will have you questioning who is evil and who is good. It’s this ambiguity that makes for a refreshing take on what has become a genre stagnated by too many conventions.

“The Spectacular Now”: Movies dealing with life as a teenager tend to focus on cool kids with the perfect life or the uncool youths who climb out of despair. This new release is a bridge between the two — it’s the cool kid who must face the realities of growing up. It’s a powerful look at the pains of being a teen, but it isn’t the kind of entertainment that tends to lure young audiences.

And, because it focuses on high school students, it won’t be an automatic selection for an older audience. Either age group should put aside concerns. This movie delivers a compelling look at life, told through first-rate performances.

“Enough Said”: Julia Louis-Dreyfus,

2014 Skagit Eagle Festival Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JAN. 14 A.C.O.D. - Paramount Blue Caprice - IFC Carrie - MGM Enough Said - Fox Fruitvale Station - Anchor Bay Lee Daniels’ The Butler - Anchor Bay Riddick - Universal Short Term 12 - New Video Group The Spectacular Now - Lionsgate 20 Feet From Stardom - Starz/Anchor Bay You’re Next - Lionsgate JAN. 21 Best Man Down - Magnolia Blue Jasmine - Sony Captain Phillips - Sony Charlie Countryman - Millennium In a World … - Sony Instructions Not Included - Lionsgate Machete Kills - Universal JAN. 28 Bad Grandpa - Paramount Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Sony The Fifth Estate - Disney Last Vegas - Sony Rush - Universal FEB. 4 About Time - Universal Baggage Claim - Fox Dallas Buyers Club - Universal Free Birds - Fox Escape Plan - Summit / Lionsgate Romeo & Juliet - Fox n MCT Information Services

James Gandolfini star in this story of complicated relationships.

“Fruitvale Station”: Based on the true story of a young man who was killed by a BART police officer in Oakland.

“A.C.O.D.”: Comedy that looks at the world of Adult Children of Divorce.

“Big Sur”: Jack Kerouac tries to escapes his inner demons.

“Top Gear 20”: Latest season of the BBC series that looks at cars.

“Getting That Girl”: High school senior must adjust to new life in Los Angeles.

“I’m In Love With A Church Girl”: Drug trafficker falls for a church girl.

“Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars”: Looks at effect of U.S. drone strikes.

“Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love”: The composer is profiled in the “American Masters” documentary.

“Frankenstein: The Real Story”: History channel look at all the raw details and facts on the character. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

The 2014 Skagit Eagle Festival takes place every weekend during January, in and around Concrete, Rockport and Marblemount.

Enjoy indoor and outdoor activities including eagle watching, free tours, walks and educational programs, arts and crafts, wine tasting, river rafting, music, dance and more. Bring your camera and dress for unpredictable January weather.

For the latest information, contact the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360-853-8784 or visit skagiteagle festival.com.

Festival activities for Jan. 18-19:

Saturday only PUGET SOUND ENERGY-BAKER RIVER HYDROELECTRIC: POWER, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at PSE’s Baker River Office and Visitor Center, 46110 E. Main St., Concrete. Check out tours of the upstream fish trap, avian expert presentations and cultural/historical presentation. Free. 360-424-2912.

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Noon to 1 p.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Outdoor photographer Andy Porter will offer tips and tricks to improve your photo skills. Free. 360-941-0403 or concretetheatre.com.

DEEP FOREST TOURS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rockport. Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute tour deep into some of the 670 acres of old-growth forest at Rockport State Park at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Free. Discover Pass or $10 day-use fee required to access the park. 360-853-8461 or rockport@parks. wa.gov.

RAPTOR PRESENTATION BY SARVEY WILDLIFE CENTER: 1 to 3 p.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Check out live eagles and other birds of prey. Free. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

COUNTRY HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE: 3 p.m. at Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, Concrete.

Take a hayride through 250 acres of timber and see eagles, herons, deer, elk and more. Then enjoy cookies and hot drinks at the bonfire, children’s games and historic ranch display. Activities are weather-dependent. Free. 360-8538494 or ovenells-inn.com.

Saturday and Sunday EAGLE FESTIVAL INFORMATION: Get free maps and visitor information

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Concrete Chamber of Commerce, Concrete Center, 45821 Railroad St., Concrete. 360853-8784 or 360-466-8754.

EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. Learn about eagles, watershed issues and local natural and cultural history through guided walks and presentations. Free admission. Donations appreciated. 360-853-7626 or skagit eagle.org.

EAGLE WATCHER STATIONS: Staffed by volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport and at the Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatchery Road. Scopes and binoculars available.

Free. 360-854-2631.

SALMON HATCHERY TOURS: Free tours of the Marblemount Fish Hatchery are offered by Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 8319 Fish Hatchery Road, Marblemount. Learn about the life cycle of salmon and other wildlife through guided and self-guided tours. 360-3360172, ext. 304 or skagitfisheries.org.

DRIFTBOAT EAGLE EXCURSIONS: Skagit River Guide Service offers a three-hour tour in heated driftboats at 9:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52804 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. $65. 888-675-2448 or skagiteagles.com.

WINE TASTING: Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 360-856-6248 or eagle havenwinery.com.

EAGLE FLOAT TRIPS: Triad River Tours offers a variety of eagle viewing float trips. Reservations required: 360510-1243 or triadrivertours.com.

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HOT TICKETS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Jan. 17, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

DISNEY JUNIOR LIVE ON TOUR! PIRATE & PRINCESS ADVENTURE: Jan. 19, Comcast Arena at Everett.

866-332-8499 or comcastarena everett.com.

JAKE BUGG: Jan. 20, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

ROBERT DELONG: Jan. 23, The Barboza, Seattle. 206-709-9442 or thebarboza.com.

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS: Jan. 23, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

EXCISION: Jan. 24, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

LORD HURON: Jan. 24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

COLIN HAY (of Men At Work): Jan. 24-25, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or the skagit.com.

HOPSIN’S KNOCK MADNESS TOUR: Jan. 25, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT: Jan. 30-March 2, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. 206-625-1900 or 5thavenue. org.

MYON & SHANE 54: Jan. 31, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: with Brian Gore, Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes and Quique Sinesi: Feb. 1, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

JUDY COLLINS: Feb. 1, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: Feb. 1, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MARY LAMBERT: Feb. 1, Showboxat the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

ANA POPOVIC: Feb. 6, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

WHITE LIES: Feb. 7, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET: Feb.8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BIFFY CLYRO: Feb. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

IMAGINE DRAGONS: Feb. 11, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

2 CHAINZ: Feb. 13, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KYARY PAMYU PAMYU: Feb. 13, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-

the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HERMAN’S HERMITS, starring Peter Noone: March 14-15, Skagit JUDY COLLINS Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275Feb. 1, Mount 2448 or theskagit.com.

Baker Theatre, BRIAN REGAN: March 16, Mount Bellingham.

Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.

360-734-6080 com. or mountbaker BRING ME THE HORIZON: March theatre.com.

24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

LORDE: March 24, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WIDESPREAD PANIC: March 25, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

THE SING-OFF LIVE TOUR: March 25, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

ROBIN THICKE: March 26, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS: March 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MIGUEL FIVE: Feb. 21-22, Skagit KINGS OF LEON: March 28, ERIC TINGSTAD & NANCY RUMValley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275- KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or BEL: Feb. 14, Lincoln Theatre, Mount 2448 or theskagit.com. livenation.com.

Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolnthe KEB’ MO’: Feb. 22, Mount Baker THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR: atre.org.

Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 featuring CARCASS: March 29, KARMIN: Feb. 14, Neumos, Seator mountbakertheatre.com.

Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800tle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. ANI DIFRANCO: Feb. 26, Mount 745-3000 or showboxonline.com. com.

Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360SHARON JONES & THE DAP THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED 734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.

KINGS: April 2-3, Showbox at the STATES OF AMERICA: Feb. 15, com.

Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

THE WILD FEATHERS: Feb. 26, The showboxonline.com.

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Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: April com. livenation.com.

4, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

MILEY CYRUS: Feb. 16, Tacoma WALK OFF THE EARTH: Feb. 26, 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.

Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745com. livenation.com.

3000 or showboxonline.com.

YOUNG THE GIANT: April 4-5, HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: Feb. JIM JEFFERIES: Feb. 27, Moore Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 80016, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or 745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett. livenation.com.

BASTILLE: April 8, Showbox SoDo, com.

MARCHFOURTH MARCHING Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxBAND OF HORSES: Feb. 16, Moore BAND: Feb. 28, Showbox at the Mar- online.com.

Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or ket, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show- VNV NATION: April 8, The Showlivenation.com. boxonline.com. box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or AMOS LEE: Feb. 17, Paramount THE MUSICAL BOX: Performshowboxonline.com.

Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or ing “Foxtrot” by Genesis: Feb. 28, IL DIVO: April 9, Benaroya Hall, livenation.com.

Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745Seattle. 866-833-4747 or livenation.

PAUL SIMON, STING: Feb. 19, 3000 or showboxonline.com. com.

KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or GLASVEGAS: Feb. 28, Columbia YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING livenation.com.

City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 BAND: April 10, Showbox at the Mar ODYSSEO by CAVALIA: Feb. or columbiacitytheater.com. ket, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show19-March 9, Marymoor Park, RedSKINNY PUPPY: March 1, Showboxonline.com. mond. 866-999-8111 or cavalia. box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745THE WAILIN’ JENNYS: April 12, net.

3000 or showboxonline.com.

Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360PENTATONIX: Feb. 20, Paramount G-EAZY: March 7, Showbox at the 336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or PINK MARTINI: April 15, Mount livenation.com. showboxonline.com.

Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360THE ENGLISH BEAT: Feb. 21, THE ATARIS: March 12, Showbox at 734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.

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745-3000 or showboxonline.com. or showboxonline.com.

DIANA KRALL: April 16, Paramount DOC SEVERINSEN, THE SAN GALACTIC: March 13, Showbox at Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or

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CHROMEO: April 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SWITCHFOOT: April 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: April 20, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ELLIE GOULDING: April 23, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

THE 1975: April 24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FRANZ FERDINAND: April 24, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

ARLO GUTHRIE: April 25, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

THE WANTED: April 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SUDDEN VALLEY JAZZ SERIES: April 26/Nov. 15, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-6711709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

IRA GLASS: May 3, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

STEPHEN “RAGGA” MARLEY: May 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

206-224-5481 or aeglive.com.

STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS: Featuring Edie Brickell: May 10, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

KARLA BONOFF & JIMMY WEBB: May 15, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

LINDSEY STIRLING: May 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: May 23-25 and July 4-6, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. sasquatchfestival. com.

LADY GAGA’S artRAVE — The ARTPOP Ball: May 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

BRIT FLOYD: June 9, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

ONEREPUBLIC: June 12, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

PARADISO FESTIVAL: June 27-28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHER: June 28, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: July 2, Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

877-784-4849 or tickets.com.

JOURNEY, STEVE MILLER BAND: July 19, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

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MOVIES

Surly (voiced by Will Arnett, left) and Precious the Pug (voiced by Maya Rudolph are shown in a scene from “The Nut Job.” Open Road Films via AP

Animated antics at a manic pace pay off in ‘The Nut Job’ Fraser), because the red squirrel Andie (Katherine Heigl) and HH1⁄2 every other animal in the park Cast: Voices of Will Arnett, If you’re going to make cardoes. The dashing, dopey Grayson Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph toons about critters, the late is all about heroics, and looking and Liam Neeson Chuck “Looney Toons” Jones good as he saves the day.

Running time: 1:25 used to preach, build them around An epic failure to steal a street MPAA rating: PG for mild the animal’s chief concern — vendor’s nut cart gets Surly action and rude humor survival. Bugs Bunny and Daffy labeled “a clear and present danDuck are always avoiding the ger” to the others, so he is banshotgun and the stew pot. Wile E. lived just for himself, which irks ished from the park. He destroyed Coyote is desperate for a dinner the other animals of Liberty Park. the other animals’ winter survival of road runner.

Chipmunks and mice, moles and stash. Is Surly — con artist, thief That principle pays off in “The groundhogs, they all stock up for and bully to pigeons — anxious Nut Job,” a surprisingly simple, the winter, collectively, in a systo make good on what he’s cost tem overseen by Raccoon (Liam everyone? Not on your life. funny and often cute slapstick Neeson). But Surly and his silent comedy about a squirrel planAnd when he runs across the ning a nut heist so that he’ll have rat pal Buddy are every animalshop that the nut cart came from, enough food to last through win- for-himself guys. Surly’s schemes he figures this huge stash is his. never involve sharing. ter.

It’ll take blackmail by Andie, or Contrast Surly with his felSurly (Will Arnett, the perfect worse, to get him to share. low squirrel Grayson (Brendan voice for cartoons) has always But Surly’s caper runs right

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

‘THE NUT JOB’

up against what the human owners of the nut shop have in mind.

They’re wise guys out to rob the bank across the street. The animals, with Surly’s grudging cooperation, must race the robbers to see who can pull off his heist first.

The sight gags have a marvelous thunder-clap suddenness to them. Yeah, we can see the squirrel smacked against the windshield stuff coming. But animated movies live and die on their pace, and this one clips along.

The one-liners aren’t the best — “Is that mange, or Bubonic Plague you’re wearing?” But there are just enough of them to get by.

Visual riffs on cops and donuts, the poor choice of pug as guard dog (Maya Rudolph), a violently

testy Girl Scout and plenty of “throw nuts and squirrels at the 3-D screen” jokes make “The Nut Job” kid-friendly.

And if that fails to do the trick, throw in a few cut-the-cheese jokes. Yeah, groundhogs are flatulent.

Veteran animator Peter Lepeniotis, a Pixar vet expanding a short film he made years ago, ensures that the animation is quite good. And there’s an adorable closing credits dance-off that underlines the film’s Korean production lineage.

So no, it’s not Pixar or Dreamworks or Disney or Blue Sky. But “The Nut Job” is still better than any animated film released in the doldrums of January has a right to be.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“American Hustle” — Christian Bale gives a transcendent performance as a con man who falls hard for hard-time gal Amy Adams.

Director David O. Russell and his “Silver Linings Playbook” stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence went right back to work together on this wild tale about con artists helping the FBI on a sting.

Comedy, R, 138 minutes.

HHHH “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” — It’s a marvel the way Will Ferrell flings himself into playing the loathsome idiot for the ages Ron Burgundy, hired in this sequel to anchor on a cable news network in the early 1980s. The gang all returns: Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate. Funnier than the original, “Anchorman 2” is also, in its own loony way, a sobering look at the television business then — and now. (Comedy, PG-13, 119 minutes). HHH1⁄2 “August: Osage County” — The dialogue is sometimes so sharp we wince, and the acting by an ensemble of world-class actors led by Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and Chris Cooper is for the most part superb. But this adaptation of Tracy Letts’ play ultimately is sour, loud and draining.

Nearly everyone in this story would be the most horrific person at your average dinner party. Drama, R, 119 minutes. HH “Dallas Buyers Club” — Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a grimy, shady, homophobic, substanceabusing horndog in 1985 Texas who learns he’s HIVpositive and procures unapproved means of treatment.

McConaughey’s masterful job of portraying one of the more deeply flawed anti-heroes in recent screen history reminds us why he became a movie star in the first place.

We start out loathing this guy and learn to love him. Jared Leto disappears into the role of a transgender drug addict and Jennifer Garner is Ron’s empathetic doctor. Drama, R, 117 minutes. HHH1⁄2

AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Jan. 17-23 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG-13): Thursday, Jan. 16: 9:00; Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40 American Hustle (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 6:30, 9:20; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 6:30 Frozen (PG): 3:35 Philomena (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 6:50, 9:10; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 6:50 Captain Phillips (PG-13): 3:45 360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor Jan. 17-19 The Nut Job (PG) and Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13): First movie starts at 6 p.m.

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360-941-0403 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Jan. 17-23 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG-13): Thursday, Jan. 16: 9:00; Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40, 8:55; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40 Ride Along (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 3:35, 6:50, 9:05; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:35, 6:50 Lone Survivor (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS Jan. 17-23 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG-13): Thursday, Jan. 16: 9:00; Friday-Thursday: 1:30, 3:50, 6:50, 9:10 The Nut Job (PG): 1:45, 3:55, 6:35, 8:50 August: Osage County (R): 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Lone Survivor (R): 1:10, 3:40, 6:25, 9:00 American Hustle (R): 1:00, 6:30 Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13): 3:45, 9:15 360-629-0514 “Ender’s Game” — A firstrate cast of wily veterans (Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley) and fresh-faced youngsters (Asa Butterfield of “Hugo”) deliver a rousing, challenging adventure that should satisfy most young fans of the beloved sci-fi novel while keeping the adults engrossed as well. The simulated battles against scary aliens are beautifully shot and expertly choreographed. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 114 minutes.

HHH “Frozen” — When a queen with icy powers (voice of

Idina Menzel) accidentally freezes her kingdom, she runs away and her intrepid sister (Kristen Bell) goes to find her. Sure to delight kids and captivate adults, Disney’s musical “Frozen” is the instant favorite for the animated feature Oscar.

Animated musical, PG, 102 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Gravity” — An accident sets two astronauts, a veteran (George Clooney) and a rookie (Sandra Bullock), adrift in space. Both a stunning visual treat and an unforgettable thrill ride,

director Alfonso Cuaron’s amazing space adventure evokes “Alien” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” During some harrowing sequences, you’ll have to remind yourself to breathe. Thriller, PG-13, 91 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Her” — In writer-director Spike Jonze’s lovely and wondrous ultra-modern romance, a fragile fellow in the notso-distant future (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with the voice of an operating system (Scarlett Johansson). One of the more original, hilarious and even heartbreaking stories of the year. It works both as a love story and as a commentary on the ways technology isolates us from human contact. Comedy-romance, R, 119 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Homefront” — A widowed ex-DEA agent (Jason Statham) and his adorable daughter get a hostile reception upon moving to a small Louisiana town. Director Gary Fleder knows his way around this kind of material, and the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone has some salt in it, but ultimately, “Homefront” flies off the rails. James Franco’s not right as the villain, and the movie travels awfully familiar turf. Action, R, 100 minutes. HH “Hours” — In one of his last roles, Paul Walker does some pretty solid work as a new dad desperately trying to save his newborn daughter in a New Orleans hospital abandoned during Hurricane Katrina. One only wishes Walker had stronger, betterdeveloped material to work with instead of a promising drama that eventually unravels. Drama, PG-13, 96 minutes. HH “Inside Llewyn Davis” — With this dry comedy about the American folk music scene of the early 1960s, Ethan and Joel Coen have crafted another unique period piece. Oscar Isaac gives a memorable performance as the title character, a thoroughly unlikable, selfish, socially poisonous miscreant. The music is terrific.

With Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman.

Comedy, R, 105 minutes.

HHH1⁄2 “Lone Survivor” — This re-creation of a 2005 Navy SEAL mission builds to one of the most realistic, shock-

ing, gruesome and devastating depictions of war ever put on film. Instead of going for the big-picture perspective, director Peter Berg focuses on the unflinching bravery of soldiers executing their mission and looking out for one another. Mark Wahlberg stars, with Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana. War drama, R, 121 minutes. HHH “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” — Idris Elba captures the fire and passion of Nelson Mandela as a young activist, his resilience as a political prisoner and his wisdom as a forgiving elder statesman in Justin Chadwick’s telling of Mandela’s epic life. This may be the most complete and compelling interpretation of Mandela the man and Mandela the symbol ever captured on film.

Biography, PG-13, 141 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Nebraska” — What a joy it is to watch Bruce Dern playing such a miserable SOB in the best role of his long career. Woody Grant is a crabby, boozy, sometimes delusional old guy on a road trip with his son (Will Forte) to collect a sweepstakes prize. Alexander Payne’s latest film is a modern American classic about the dynamic between a father from the generation that didn’t speak about its feelings and a grown son who’s still trying to get his father to explain himself. Stark, beautiful and memorable. Drama, R, 115 minutes. HHHH “Saving Mr. Banks” — Emma Thompson is a perfect choice to play prissy P.L. Travers, who wrote the Mary Poppins books and resists the efforts of Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) to give the magical nanny the Hollywood musical treatment. A lovingly rendered, sweet film, set in a stylized and gorgeous rendition of 1961 Los Angeles.

Comedy-biography, PG-12, 125 minutes. HHH “The Book Thief” — A wondrous, richly textured, sometimes heartbreakingly effective movie about good Germans in World War II, including a remarkable little girl and the couple who took her in while sheltering a teenage Jewish boy in their basement. Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson deserve Oscar

consideration for their lovely, layered performances. One of the year’s best movies.

Drama, PG-13, 131 minutes.

HHHH “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” — The latest adaptation of James Thurber’s short story about an imaginative daydreamer is an ambitious and sometimes effective, but wildly uneven adventure that plays like one extended ego trip for director and star Ben Stiller. He goes for big, predictable, easy and obvious too often here. Comedy, PG, 125 minutes. HH “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — There’s far less fussing about in this movie than in its precursor “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” and although “Smaug” moves at a faster pace, it still feels overlong.

At least this leg of the quest features giant spiders and a hot elf. Can’t miss with that. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage return to star, and Peter Jackson’s 3-D visuals are as breathtaking as ever. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 161 minutes. HHH “The Wolf of Wall Street” — Martin Scorsese directs the story of an amoral Wall Street hustler (the ever-charismatic Leonardo DiCaprio) -— a user, a taker, a rat and a scoundrel. Though the little bleep sometimes wears out his welcome, we stick around to see if he gets his comeuppance and to marvel at Scorsese’s continuing mastery. Jonah Hill overdoes it as DiCaprio’s right-hand man, and Matthew McConaughey is mesmerizing as his first mentor. Crime-comedy, R, 180 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “12 Years a Slave” — is a film about great bravery, featuring some of the bravest performances you’ll ever have the privilege to witness.

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as a free man in New York state in the 1840s, who is kidnapped and shipped to the South, where he is beaten, given a new name and forced into slavery. Unflinchingly directed by Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” is what we talk about when we talk about greatness in film. With Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Paul Giamatti. Drama, R, 134 minutes. HHHH

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OUT & ABOUT ART IN THE ART BAR: Watercolors by Don Smith are on display through Jan. 31 in the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Smith studied Western and Japanese watercolor painting with Val Welman and George Tsutakawa at the University of Washington School of Art in the 1970s, but says he wishes he had studied the medium more, according to a news release. He feels the artist’s job is to show others what they may not otherwise notice about the world around them.

360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

“CASTING: LABOR OF LOVE”: The multimedia exhibition by Seiko Atsuta Purdue continues through Feb. 2 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Purdue’s installation explores themes of childhood and motherhood by casting the forms of plastic toys and clothes with paper in a blending of Japanese and American cultures.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Purdue will speak about the inspirations behind her work from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

360-755-3140 or anchor artspace.org.

NEW PAINTINGS: A show of new paintings by Anne Martin McCool continues through Jan. 31 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show also features artwork by gallery artists George Way, Art Learmonth, Martha Tottenham, Carole Cunningham, Debbie Aldrich, Tracy Powell, Bob Metke, Vicki Hampel, Patsy Chamberlain, Barbara Hathaway, Jane Hyde and Cathy Schoen-

berg. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com.

“THE APOCALYPTIC SUBLIME”: In conjunction with the Whatcom Museum’s exhibition “Vanishing Ice,” Western Washington University presents a survey of David Maisel’s major aerial photography projects, “Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime,” on display through Feb. 14 in the Western Gallery on the WWU Bellingham campus. Maisel will present a special lecture at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Academic West Room 210.

In these large-scaled photographs, “Black Maps” leads the viewer on a hallucinatory journey through terrains that have been radically altered by environmental issues and transformed by human agency.

Maisel’s aerial images of environmentally impacted zones frame the issues of contemporary landscape with equal measures of documentation and metaphor, beauty and despair.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays; and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. 360-6503963 or westerngallery. wwu.edu.

FIBER ARTS ON DISPLAY: Three new exhibits will open Saturday, Jan. 11, and continue through March 23 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Meet Sue Spargo and members of the Surface Design Association during a reception and tours from 1 to 3 p.m. opening day.

“Creating Texture”: Self-taught stitcher, quilter and artist Sue Spargo is

CLASSICAL CONCERT Trio Affetuoso will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Burlington Lutheran Church, 134 E. Victoria Ave., Burlington. Featuring Shelley Ross on flute, John Flancher on flute and bass and Lynne Berg on harpsichord, the concert will include works by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Boismortier, Hasse and J. C. F. Bach. A freewill offering will be collected to support ongoing renovation and upkeep of the church’s pipe organ. 360-755-0729 or burlingtonlutheran.org.

influenced by the beautiful, colorful work of primitive craft artists around the world. Spargo’s folk art style is rich with embroidery.

“Out of the Blue”: The one-of-a-kind artworks created by members of Whidbey Island’s Surface Design Association blend many techniques — collage, weaving, felting, beading, basketry, hand-dyed fabric and contemporary quilting.

Each artist was challenged to literally or figuratively create artwork with “Out of the Blue” as its theme.

“Timeless Treasures: Crazy Quilts”: Each January, the museum features a selection of crazy quilts, a craze that became popular in America around the 1880s. While some Crazies might include fans or other recognizable patterns, the style often features random-sized patches sewn onto a foundation fabric with embroidery stitches around the patch edges.

Patches also often include paintings, ink work or embroidery.

Museum hours are 11

a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

MoNA WINTER EXHIBITS: Two new exhibits continue through March 12 at The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

“North American”: Film installation by Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede. Working outside the traditional narrative structure, the film installation follows a mentally exhausted airline pilot wandering through a massive public park. Visitors will experience the pilot’s journey on multiple screens. The project was filmed entirely in Seattle’s Olmsteaddesigned park system.

Devor and Mudede will introduce their film installation before the opening reception at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11.

“Shoreline from the Permanent Collection”: The exhibit will offer a kaleido-

scope experience of color, media and composition, including artwork by Guy Anderson, Bill Brennen, Kenneth Callahan, Richard Gilkey, Paul Havas, Charles Miller, Allen Moe, Mary Randlett, Jack Stangle, Mark Tobey and Hiroshi Yamano. Curated by Lisa Young. (Pictured: “Washington Coast” by Paul Havas.)

tinues through Jan. 19 at the Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features small-format paintings, glass art and sculptures by 40 artists. The fourth annual closing of the show potluck party will take place from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 18. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday or by “IN FIERI: IN BECOMappointment. 360-387-2759 ING”: The exhibit featuring or matzkefineart.com. student work from Trinity Western University’s JENNIFER BOWMAN School of the Arts, Media ACRYLICS: A show of new and Culture will open with acrylic paintings by Anaa reception from 6:30 to 8 cortes artist Jennifer Bowp.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, and man will continue through continue through Jan. 31 Jan. 28 at Scott Milo Galat the Jansen Art Center, lery, 420 Commercial Ave., 321 Front St., Lynden.

Anacortes. Bowman’s Comprised of work by 12 whimsical canvases feature women, this exhibit was colorful landscapes, florals born from a moment of and seascapes. Bowman transition between who will also exhibit her newest they have been in the addition, silk scarves. The past and who they are gallery will also showcase now becoming. The cenphoto encaustics by Kathy ter is open from 9 a.m. to Hastings, photographs by 5 p.m. Monday through Randy Dana and Lewis Wednesday and 9 a.m. to Jones, oils and pastels by 8 p.m. Thursday through Amanda Houston, jewelry Saturday. 360-354-3600 or

by Enid Oates and Kate jansenartcenter.org.

Grinzell and custom tables and chairs by Gary Leake.

NEW ARTISTS, ANNIGallery hours are 10:30 VERSARY SHOW: Artists a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday Alfred Currier and Anne through Saturday or by Schreivogl have joined La appointment. 360-293-6938 Conner Seaside Gallery or scottmilo.com. in partnership and representation, and will exhibit LECTURES their work along with the three other artist-partners: AND TALKS “SPEAK UP! SPEAK photographer Mark Conley OUT!”: KSVR 91.7 FM and painters Mark Bistraradio will host the follownin and Dave Nichols. La ing events: Conner Seaside Gallery, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 101 N. First St., La Conner, is featuring its anniversary 22: Dave McConnell will speak with Elizabeth Murart show through Jan. 31. ray, retired Deputy NationGallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through al Intelligence Officer, about the U.S. intelligence Monday. 360-202-2956 or laconnerseasidegallery.com. community, whistle blowers and her role as an intelligence officer. (Show will SMALL ARTWORKS: The 23rd annual “Honey, I repeat at 8 p.m. Sunday, Shrunk The Art” show con- Jan. 26).

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OUT & ABOUT 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29: Ginny Wolff will talk with Skagit Valley advocates of Family Promise, an interfaith program to support and mentor homeless families back into stable housing. (Show will repeat at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2). speakupspeakoutradio. org.

Canada depend upon for food — is located on the coastal plain, which continues to be the target for oil and gas development.

Jan. 29: “The Global Environmental Challenge of China”: with Robert V. Percival, Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law and director of the Environmental Law Program at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. China’s rapid development has come at a staggering cost to the environment. More than 1.2 million Chinese die each year from exposure to air pollution.

Academy Award nominee and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will introduce each film and provide background information.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes. org. Next up: Jan. 17: “The Fugitive”: Based on the TV series, the thriller stars Harrison Ford POETRY READING: as a respected surgeon Northwest poets Linda wrongfully convicted of Bierds, Michael Bonacci, killing his wife. He survives Alice Derry and Lorraine a harrowing accident on Ferra will read from their the way to prison, escapes, work from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunand becomes a fugitive tryday, Jan. 26, at the Museum ing to find the real killer. A of Northwest Art, 121 First team of U.S. Marshals led St., La Conner. Books will by a hardcore deputy marbe on sale for the poets to shal (Tommy Lee Jones) sign. Donations at the door PLAYS relentlessly pursues the will support the upcoming fugitive. Won one Oscar, THEATER TICKETS: Skagit River Poetry Festinominated for six more.

Anacortes Community val, set for May 15-18 in La Jan. 24: “Hotel for Theatre is offering a limConner. skagitriverpoetry.

Dogs”: The comedy stars ited number of season org.

Emma Roberts and Jake T. tickets ($90 each) for its Austin as orphans who hide 50th anniversary season.

WORLD ISSUES their dog at an abandoned Enjoy performances of six FORUM: Western Washinghotel. Transforming the productions for the price of ton University’s Fairhaven hotel into a paradise for five, including “Gramercy College of Interdisciplinary dogs, they take in all the Ghost,” “Les Misérables,” Studies holds its annual local strays, but the barking “You Can’t Take It With World Issues Forum from alerts animal control. The You,” “Lend Me A Tenor,” noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednestwo animal lovers must call “Anything Goes” and days (unless otherwise on all their assets to save “Bob’s Your Elf.” 360-293noted) in the Fairhaven the secret shelter.

College auditorium on the 6829 or acttheatre.com.

Jan. 31: “Hondo”: WWU campus in BellingBased on a Louis L’Amour ham. Presentations are free MORE FUN short story, this Westand open to the public.

MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN: ern stars John Wayne as 360-650-2309 or wwu.edu/ The Skagit County Histori- Hondo, a dispatch rider for fairhaven/news/worldiscal Museum, 501 S. Fourth the Cavalry. He discovers suesforum. Next up: St., La Conner, will reopen a frontier woman (GeralJan. 22: “Protecting the with the annual Gathering dine Page) and her young Coastal Plain of the Arctic of Native Artists and dedi- son living alone in hostile National Wildlife Refuge”: cation of new South Wing Apache territory and with Princess Daazhraii exhibits at 11 a.m. Saturday, becomes their protector.

Johnson, executive director Jan. 18. Hours are 11 a.m.

After some violent encounof the Gwich’in Steering to 5 p.m. Tuesday through ters, Hondo accompanies Committee, one of the old- Sunday. Admission: $5, $4 the woman and her son out est indigenous nonprofit ages 6 to 12, $10 families, of the territory. Nominated groups in Alaska. Gwich’in free for members and ages for two Oscars.

Nation has been work5 and younger. 360-466ing to protect the coastal 3365 or skagitcounty.net/ “MUSIC & MEMORIES”: plain of the Arctic National museum.

The Adult Day Program Wildlife Refuge for more Benefit Dinner and Aucthan 30 years. The birthing WINTER FILM SERIES: tion will take place from 5 and nursing grounds of the Enjoy free films at 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, Porcupine Caribou Herd Fridays at the Anacortes at St. Joseph Center, 215 – which Gwich’in villages Public Library, 1220 10th N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. throughout Alaska and St., Anacortes. Nick Alphin, Enjoy dinner, music by

Trish, Hans and Phil, and bidding on a variety of goods and services. $50.

Proceeds will benefit the Gentry House and the Bradford House: A Skagit Adult Day Program for sufferers of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. 360-428-5972 or skagitadultdaycare.org.

ROCKS AND GEMS: The Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club will feature a “show & tell” about garnets at its next meeting at 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 20, at the Bloedel Donovan Community Center Building, 2214 Electric Ave., Bellingham.

The evening will include door prizes, refreshments, a silent auction and a brief business meeting. Visitors welcome, with or without rocks. For information, contact Lori at 360-961-7873, email lorinhardy@yahoo. com or visit mtbakerrock club.org.

WASHINGTON SPORTSMEN’S SHOW & SPORT FISHING BOAT SHOW: The annual event will take place from noon to 8 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22-26, at the Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. Check out the latest fishing and hunting gear, outdoor clothing, camping equipment, boats,

representatives from hunting and fishing lodges and resorts, big game trophies, kids’ trout pond, demonstrations and activities for all ages. $12 adults, $5 ages 6 to 16, free for ages 5 and younger. Two-day pass: $18. thesportshows.com.

Girls Club will hold the club’s sixth annual Winter Fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Sedro-Woolley Community Center, 703 Pacific St. Enjoy a pasta dinner, silent auction, raffle and kids’ activities. $10 per person.

Tickets available at the GALAXIES, NEBULAS club, at the event, at skagiAND PLANETS: Explore traisesgreatkids.org or by the night sky and check out calling 360-856-1830. distant galaxies, nebulas and planets beginning at NEW MOON CELEBRAdark Friday, Jan. 24, at Fort TION: The event will take Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. Jan. 30, at the Anacortes Island County Astronomi- Center for Happiness, cal Society members will 619 Commercial Ave., provide an assortment of Anacortes. Join Rev. Elke telescopes for viewing. All Macartney to drum and ages welcome. Free. The set your intentions for the event will be canceled if month ahead. Bring your cloudy. 360-679-7664 or own hand drums and raticas-wa.webs.com. tles or borrow hers. $5-$10 suggested donation. 360ANTIQUES DISCOVERY: 464-2229 or anacortes The American Associacenterforhappiness.org. tion of University Women and Littl’ Bits Antique INTERNATIONAL DINStore will host the seventh NER, CONCERT: Skagit annual Antiques Discovery Valley College will host an from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur- international evening with day, Jan. 25, at the Mount dinner, entertainment and Vernon Senior Center, more beginning at 5 p.m.

1401 Cleveland St., Mount Friday, Jan. 31, at McIntyre Vernon. Evaluations will Hall, 2501 E. College Way, be performed by certified Mount Vernon. Join stuappraisers. $10 per item, dents from more than 20 limit three items. Proceeds countries for a 5 p.m. social support area scholarships. hour and 5:30 p.m. dinner, For tickets or more inforfollowed by a concert permation, call 360-422-5341. formance by Zimbabwean musicians Oliver “Tuku” B&G AUCTION: The Mtukudzi & the Black Sedro-Woolley Boys & Spirits. Dinner only: $35,

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