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TUNING UP

REVIEW “Selma” a history lesson that’s moving, informative and entertaining PAGE 14

Jimmy Wright plays the Big Lake Bar & Grill on Saturday night PAGE 9

COMING UP Here’s what to look for on the big screen in 2015 PAGE 15

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

Tuning Up / Page 9

The Jim Basnight Band plays the Longhorn Saloon & Grill on Saturday night in Edison

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Out & About.....................................5-7 On Stage, Tuning Up........................8-9 Get Involved...................................... 10 Hot Tickets........................................ 11 New on DVD, Travel.......................... 12 At the Lincoln.................................... 13 Movies..........................................14-15 Cover photo by Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald

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COMMUNITY

Look to the skies at Skagit Eagle Festival Skagit Valley Herald staff

The 2015 Skagit Eagle Festival will take place every full weekend during January, in and around Concrete, Rockport and Marblemount.

For the latest information, contact the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360853-8784 or visit skagiteagle festival.com.

Saturday, Jan. 3 SALMON RUN & NATURE WALK: 10 a.m. to noon at Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, Concrete. The 5K run follows a route through a ranch and along the Skagit River. $20 entry fee includes a knit hat, healthy snacks, bonfire and cocoa. Not a runner?

Join in a free family-friendly nature walk. 360-853-8494 or ovenells-inn.com.

LITTLE EAGLET STORY TIME: 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the Upper Skagit Library, 45770B Main St., Concrete.

Families with young children are invited to learn about eagles and other wildlife through stories, songs and a simple craft. Free. 360853-7939 or upperskagit.lib. wa.us.

RAPTOR PRESENTATION: 1 and 2:30 p.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Sarvey Wildlife Care Center will offer a presentation about birds of prey and other Puget Sound wildlife, including a chance to see five or more raptors up close. Free admission.

360-466-8754.

WINTER JAZZ: 2 to 4 p.m. at 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete. Enjoy a jazz ensemble featuring local talent. Free admission. 360-8538700 or 5bsbakery.com.

COUNTRY HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE: 3 p.m. at

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Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, Concrete. Take a hay ride through 250 acres of timber, see eagles, deer, elk and more. Then enjoy cookies and hot drinks at the bonfire, children’s games and ranch history display. Activities are weather-dependent.

Free. No pets. 360-853-8494 or ovenells-inn.com.

Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 3-4 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. 360-853-8784.

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 admis-

sion. Donations appreciated.

360-853-7626 or skagiteagle. org.

EAGLE WATCHER STATIONS: Staffed by volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport, Sutter Creek at milepost 100 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 how eagles relate to the life cycle of salmon and other wildlife through guided and selfguided tours. 360-336-0172, ext. 304, or skagitfisheries. org.

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.

DRIFTBOAT EAGLE EXCURSIONS: Skagit River Guide Service offers a threehour tour in heated driftboats at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52921 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. $75, $55 ages 5 and younger. 888-6752448 or skagiteagles.com.

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MOVIES

Timothy Spall stars in “Mr. Turner.”

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How to play a master painter? First: Learn to paint So Spall studied — still life, real life, drawing in all its forms, even Greek and NEW YORK — Talk Roman architecture. “I about suffering for your art. even started reading about Achieving his acclaimed Goethe’s theory of light.” performance as the masterOften, films about famous ful British landscape painter artists have portrayed them J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. as rarified geniuses. “Mr. Turner” took so much out of Spall Turner” is different — the Timothy Spall, the veteran movie, which has earned actor found himself kneeling up to.” raves for both Leigh and down at the artist’s tomb in This meant that Spall, Spall, depicts an unassuming St. Paul’s Cathedral when it aside from reading everyson of a barber who simply was all over — and crying. thing he could get his hands worked and worked, all the “I just knelt down, had on, had to learn to paint time. Indeed, Turner proa bit of a weep, and wiped himself. duced a staggering 20,000 it off on my elbow,” the “Mike said, ‘Are you up works on paper, and more 57-year-old says. “It was for it? And I said, ‘All right, than 300 oil paintings. quite a journey, you know.” if this is what it’s gonna “How did he do that?

A journey indeed. Work- take,” Spall recalls. “And Well, he just never stopped,” ing with the famously exact- we just went and looked at Leigh says. “He was just at ing director Mike Leigh, as these paintings, and I kept it all the time. I mean it’s he has a number of times, saying, ‘What IS that?’ And I a phenomenal amount of Spall was tasked with what realized my job was to look stuff. This is a guy who just he calls detective work, at this massive explosion does it, and what he does is delving deep into Turner’s of genius and implode it all extraordinary. And HOW he art to ferret out Turner the back in, right back to where does it remains a mystery.” man. The artist died in 1851 it started.”

The film was somewhat of

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— “pre-psychoanalysis,” Spall notes.

“And he never really explained himself. He didn’t want anybody to really know what he was

a departure for Leigh, one of Britain’s most admired directors, who is known mostly for gritty contemporary films about workingclass characters. But he says that once he made the 1999 “Topsy-Turvy” about Gilbert and Sullivan, he realized he was “over the idea that I was only ever going to make contemporary films.”

“I started to look into Turner having known the paintings, ” Leigh says, “and once I started to investigate Turner the character, I thought, this world is absolutely meant to be dramatized.” Turner was a man, for example, who had himself tied to the mast of a ship during a huge storm, in order to better understand the force of nature at sea — a scene recreated in “Mr. Turner.”

Spall and Leigh formulated the character over

two years of study, and six months of rehearsal. Oh, and three trips by Spall to Turner’s grave.

“First, when Mike asked me (to do the film), I went down there and pretended to tie my shoes, knelt by his grave and just had a quick word. I said, ‘Look, for what I’m about to do, please forgive me! And help me if you can.’”

A second trip came halfway through filming. “I went back and said, ‘Look, I don’t know if this is going the way you’d like!’ Again pretending to tie my shoes.”

The third trip came when he’d finished the film. This was when he wept. “This time I didn’t even bother to pretend to tie my shoes.”

The film made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last May, where Spall was named best actor. Then on Dec. 1, Spall was named best actor

by the New York Film Critics Circle.

“I’m … I’m just flabbergasted,” he said, having gotten the news moments before this interview. “My gast is absolutely flabbered!

I suppose what’s lovely about it is that I’ve been around a bit, and you get plenty of kicks up the arse, you know? So it’s nice to get flowers every now and again.”

Spall is considered a contender — but perhaps an outside shot, in a very crowded field — for an Oscar nomination. But he’s just happy that all the recognition means more people are seeing the film — and Turner’s paintings, too, currently on display in an exhibit of the artist’s late work at the Tate Gallery in London. “It seems that Turner’s working his magic at the moment,” the actor says.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

born in Coupeville and grew up in Oak Harbor, “A FESTIVE COLLECuses his background in TION”: Check out a colconstruction as well as his lection of new paintings life experiences to create

by Anne Martin McCool, his artwork. He endeavors McCool Gallery artists and to change his medium and guests, continuing through materials every month, January, at 711 Commercial utilizing everything from Ave., Anacortes. Meet the garbage to scrap wood to artists at a reception during children’s toys to create the First Friday Art Walk work that forces viewers to from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, see the world around them Jan. 2. in new ways.

Participating artists The gallery is open from include Peter Belknap 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. and Cathy Schoenberg, 360-766-6230 or smithand paintings; Tracy Powell, vallee.com. sculptures; Stephen Roxborough and Bryce Mann, AT MoNA: Two exhibits photography; Patsy Chamcontinue through Jan. 4 at berlain, Cathy Schoenberg, the Museum of Northwest Marguerite Goff and Barbara Hathaway, ceram- Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner: ics; George Way and Art “Accreted Terrane”: Learmonth, wood; Carole Featuring work by 42 artCunningham and Debbie ists with ties to the NorthAldrich, jewelry; Martha west, the exhibit explores Tottenham, hand-woven processes of accumulation scarves; Jane Hyde, basand erosion, dispersal and kets; Vicki Hampel, gourd gathering. The passage of art; and other artists. Galtime is marked in a varilery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 ety of ways, from layer p.m. Wednesday through upon layer of paint, to the Saturday. 360-293-3577 or archaeological exposure annemartinmccool.com. of 20th century artifacts, to NEW WORK: An exhibi- the capture of hot-sculpted glass in the moment, to the tion of new work by Matt French and Pieter VanZan- interplay of light and shadden will open with a recep- ow unfolding in a video loop. Guest curator David tion from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, and continue Francis suggests that the through Jan. 25 at Smith & cumulative effect “evokes Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey a world from which human Ave., Edison. The show will beings are notably absent or indirectly present, perfeature artwork by local skateboarding legend Matt haps even estranged.”

“To Be Alone Together”: French and Smith & Vallee The exhibition pairs 11 Woodworks’ own Pieter contemporary Northwest VanZanden. artists with 11 works French grew up riding chosen from MoNA’s perskateboards and snowboards in Lynden, and got manent collection on the basis of three ideas: light, his start as a working artsolitude and community, ist in the late 1990s after which the curators find to submitting artwork to Thrasher Magazine and to be prevailing themes in the friends at Mervin Mfg. He philosophy and process of Northwest artists. The has been making art ever since as a contributing art- contemporary artists were asked to respond to a piece ist for Volcom, Vans, Gnu, in the collection and to creLib Tech and more. ate new work based on that VanZanden, who was

Three new exhibits will open Saturday, Jan. 10, and continue through March 11.

An opening reception will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.

“Still Life from the Permanent Collection”: Exhibitions Director Lisa Young examines interiors through the historically rich tradition of the still life. Recent acquisitions are featured, along with works by Mark Tobey, Walter Isaacs, Maxine Martell, Spencer Moseley and contemporary artists drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.

“A Tree is a Kind of Big Flower: Flora C. Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick”: Mace and Kirkpatrick present botanical sculptures and sensitive casein paintings that pay homage to their deep reverence for the outside world. By capturing the essence of a flower or a tree stump, the artists invite the viewer to witness the elegance of a tiger lily or the husky texture of mosscovered bark.

“Adrianne Smits: ImmerI.R. Deep photo sion Redux: Buiten (Outside)”: Smits’ painting style invokes similarities to artists of the “Mystic painters” movement in the A show of abstract expressionist and surrealist Northwest, such as Mark paintings by longtime Skagit County resident Bill Ball Tobey, Morris Graves and will open with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Guy Anderson. Smits says, Jan. 3, at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, “In larger compositions I Mount Vernon. Ball said he discovered he was an interpret and emphasize artist 15 months ago at the Burning Man Festival visual details from my when he was given a wall on which he painted a encounters with nature in multicolored mural. “I came home and converted order to communicate the my living room into my new art studio,” he said. The show will continue through January. 360-466-5522 or complexity of natural systems beyond their cursory rexvillegrocery.com. picturesque value.”

BILL BALL ‘FIREBALL’

response. The exhibition looks closely at the ways in which both the ephemeral and the tangible experiences of living in a particular place influence communities of artists. “To Be Alone Together” is co-curated by artist Emma Jane Levitt and curator Shelly Leavens,

through the Dana and Toni Ann Rust Curatorial Fellowship at the Museum of Northwest Art. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday.

Free admission. 360-4664446 or monamuseum.org.

NEW QUILT SHOWS: Two new shows will open with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, and continue through March 29 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner: “Night Thoughts with

Larkin Van Horn”: A couple years ago, Van Horn started keeping a notebook near her bed to jot down stray ideas in the night.

Sometimes she’d wake up to find unintelligible scribblings that made no sense, and some ideas were just plain weird. But what emerged were some recurring themes that turned into the short series presented in this exhibit: Shattered Circles, Labyrinths and Celtic Spirals, Gaia/ Goddess Figures and Trees, as well as a collection of nonseries works on a variety of themes. Van Horn sometimes dyes or paints her own fabrics, but also uses commercial batiks.

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

“Freddy Moran’s Collage”: Artist and author Frederica “Freddy” Duffy Moran is known for her unbridled use of bold color and original designs.

She considers red to be a neutral. Moran’s love for quiltmaking began later in life, at age 60, after she had excelled at other art forms. Her quilts have appeared in national and international publications, including magazines, art books, calendars, textbooks and quilt books. She is the author of “Freddy’s House: Brilliant Color in Quilts” and co-author of “Collaborative Quilting” with Gwen Marston.

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

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

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OUT & ABOUT NATIVE ART SHOW/ SALE: The 16th annual Gathering of Native Artists will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 Fourth St., La Conner. Check out a variety of traditional and contemporary Native American crafts, with demonstrations by Native artists. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

JENNIFER BOWMAN: ACRYLICS: The show will continue through Jan. 27 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The exhibition features Bowman’s brilliantly colored floral, landscape and nautical paintings. Also showing are acrylics by Cynthia Richardson, oils

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK

Jan. 2 6-9pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Classic Style & Co. Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

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and pastels by Amanda Houston, photo encaustics

by Kathy Hastings, and photography by Lewis Jones, Dick Garvey and Randy Dana. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

NEW PAINTINGS: Paintings by Bellingham artist Kathryn Hackney are on display at The Shop, 18623 Main St., Conway. Also on display are a variety of works by other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. 360-3912691 or theshopconway. com.

PHOTO EXHIBIT: “SKY,” featuring 18 color photographs by Aldo Panzieri, continues through April 25 at Ululate Gallery, 924 South 11th St., Mount Vernon. Each image on display connects the sky to earth objects and then connects the viewer to both. Panzieri is a Los Angeles-based photographer with 50 years’ experience in freelance, fashion, street, news and police photography.

Free admission. 360-3363882 or ululate.org.

prints and books, cards and more. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

360-222-3070 or robschoutengallery.com.

Winter film series kicks off Jan. 9 at Anacortes library Skagit Valley Herald staff

Enjoy free film screenings at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Films will be introduced by Nick Alphin. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

Next up: Jan. 9: “Funny Face” (musical comedy): starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire (pictured). Shopgirl Hepburn is “discovered” during an impromptu fashion shoot at a bookstore. Offered a modeling contract, she reluctantly accepts because it involves a trip to Paris with the handsome photographer (Astaire). Includes George and Ira Gershwin songs from their Broadway musical of the same name.

Nominated for four Academy Awards.

Jan. 16: “The Four Feathers” (drama): John Clements and Sir Ralph Richardson star in this classic adventure about a British army officer accused of cowardice. Though his fellow officers send him white feathers as a sign of their contempt, he eventually redeems himself through acts of heroism on their behalf. Nominated for one Academy Award.

Jan 23: “The King of Masks” (drama): An aging street performer, master of Sichuan Change Art, yearns for an heir to inherit the secrets of his art.

He finds a candidate that has a profound and unexpected effect upon his life.

Jan. 30: “Witness for the Prosecution” (drama): Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich star in this courtroom “whodunit” based on an Agatha Christie play, directed by Billy Wilder. A fabled barrister, defending a man accused of murdering a rich widow, is blindsided when the man’s wife agrees to testify as a witness for the prosecution. Nominated for six Academy Awards.

SMALL ARTWORKS: The 24th annual “Honey, I Shrunk The Art” small works show continues through Jan. 18 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features creations by some 40 artists working in glass, ceramics, sculptures and paintings. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, weekdays by appointment.

360-387-2759 or matzke of Light” closes today at fineart.com.

Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

ISLAND ART SHOW: Choose from a wide range “Fine Art in the Season of artworks by Whidbey

Island and Northwest artists, including glass, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, encaustics, ceramics, fiber arts, woodwork, handmade

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT: The La Conner Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit is on display through March 1 at public locations around La Conner. The annual juried exhibition features work by some of the Northwest’s most accomplished artists. For information, including a map of the sculptures and works available for sale, call 360-466-3125 or visit townoflaconner.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS “REWILDING THE ARCTIC”: Dr. Andy Bunn, Ph.D, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Northwest Educational Service District Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes.

Twenty thousand years ago mammoths roamed a tundra ecosystem that stretched from France to China, according to a news release. Could that ecosystem be restored?

Could it help us fight climate change? Bunn has spent more than a decade researching the rapid changes in the Arctic and the complex relationship between climate and vegetation. Free. skagitbeaches. org.

ARTIST TALK: A Conversation with Adrianne Smits and Bryan Ohno: 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Painter/biologist Adrianne Smits is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. Smits states her painting came first and the

science second. Discover how Smits balances her studies in the field, and learn about her process for recapturing memory with neighbor and gallery representative Bryan Ohno of Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

ANACORTES HOUSE HISTORY: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes.

Learn about the Anacortes House History and Plaque Program and how to research the history of your home in a presentation by the Anacortes Historic Preservation Board. Find out if your home might be eligible for the Anacortes Historic Register, and how you might qualify for tax breaks for your renovation project. Free. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes. org.

OIL TRAIN SAFETY: Carolyn Gastellum will give an update on oil train safety at the next Fidalgo Democrats meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

A moderated period of questions and comments will follow. Coffee and cookies will be provided.

Bring a nonperishable food donation for the food bank. For information, contact Corinne at 360293-7114.

MARINE MAMMALS: Research scientist Aline Jeffries will present “Marine Mammals & Ecosystem Change” at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Jeffries, from the Pacific Biodiversity Institute, will discuss Salish Sea health and its impact. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

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OUT & ABOUT REFERENDUMS ON INDEPENDENCE: Todd Donovan, political science professor at Western Washington University, will discuss “Referendums on Independence: Scotland, Spain and Beyond” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Whatcom Museum Lightcatcher building, 250 Flora St., Bellingham. Presented by the WWU Alumni Association as part of its “Ignite Your Intellect” speakers series, Donovan’s talk will examine Scotland’s recent referendum on independence, with comparisons to other cases. In addition, Donovan will discuss the state of American politics following the 2014 U.S. midterm elections. $17, $12 for WWU Alumni Association members; includes appetizers and one glass of wine.

360-650-3353.

MARITIME SPEAKER SERIES: “Discovery & Settlement of Puget Sound”: 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Author Dick Blumenthal explores the early voyages of the Spanish, George Vancouver and Charles Wilkes. Free.

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

“HERONS OF FIDALGO”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Photographer Lance Ekhart reveals the beauty and behavior of our local great blue herons. Free. 360-2931910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE: Codi Hamblin, program outreach coordinator at North Cascades Institute, will present “All About the North Cascades Institute” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Sno-

qualmie St., Mount Vernon.

Learn about the organization’s work to connect people, nature and community in Skagit Valley, and how you can get involved. Free.

360-336-6209 or mount vernonwa.gov/library.

MEET THE COMPOSER: Take advantage of two opportunities to hear composer Conrad Askland discuss his new musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” with performances set for Jan. 30-Feb. 15 at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon. Askland is the music director for “Rock of Ages” with Norwegian Cruise Line in New York, former music director with Cirque Du Soleil, and composer of the musicals “Witches!” and “PAN.” “An Afternoon With Composer Conrad Askland”: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. 360-3366209 or mountvernonwa. gov/library.

“An Evening With Composer Conrad Askland”: 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

MUSIC JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: Enjoy a performance by Blues Reunion from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

MORE FUN TEMPORARY MUSEUM CLOSURE: The Skagit County Historical Museum will be closed Jan. 1-16 for facility maintenance. The museum, located at 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner, will re-open for the 16th annual

“Gathering of Native Artists” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 17, followed at 5:30 p.m. by a celebration of the reprinting of the museum’s publication “Indians of Skagit County.”

“Gathering” admission: $5, $4 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. Admission to the publication celebration is free. 360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The WhatcomSkagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. Check out the club’s large, permanent HO- and N-scale indoor railroad layouts. Admission is by donation to maintain and expand the layouts. whatcomskagitmrc.org.

GALAXIES, PLANET & NEBULAS: Explore the night sky and view distant galaxies, nebulas and planets beginning at dark Friday, Jan. 16, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. Island County Astronomical Society members will provide an assortment of telescopes for viewing. All ages are welcome.

Free. The event will be canceled if cloudy. 360-6797664 or icas-wa.webs.com.

SEATTLE BOAT SHOW: The 68th annual Seattle Boat Show will run Jan. 23-Feb. 1 at CenturyLink Field and South Lake Union, with free shuttle service between venues.

The show will feature 1,000 boats and yachts, more than three acres of accessories, electronics and boating gear and 400 exhibitors.

Some 235 free seminars and advanced training classes for a fee will be offered throughout the show. seattleboatshow.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 3-11

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 2-11 SATURDAY.3 JIMMY WRIGHT 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

FRIDAY.2 Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

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SATURDAY.3 JIM BASNIGHT 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

STEPHEN STUBBS

Ernie Sapiro photo

SATURDAY.10 “LYDIA BROTHERTON: AIRS OF THE BAROQUE” Soprano Lydia Brotherton, lutenist Stephen Stubbs and flutist Jeffrey Cohan, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 or salishseafestival.org.

Saturday.3

Wednesday.7

Saturday.10

Sunday.11

MUSIC

MUSIC

DANCE

MUSIC/DANCE

“Great Salish Sea Concert”: Dana Lyons, 7 p.m., San Juan Island Library, 1010 Guard St., Friday Harbor.

Free. 360-378-2798 or sjlib.org.

“Guitar Masters” (American, roots): Steve Davison, Peter Janson and Larry Pattis, 6:30 p.m., Guemes Island Community Center, Guemes Island. $15. stevedavison.com.

“Winter Celebration: A Contemporary Dance Concert”: Fidalgo Danceworks, 3 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $10.

360-299-8447 or fidalgodanceworks.org.

MUSIC

“Lydia Brotherton: Airs of the Baroque”: soprano Lydia Brotherton, lutenist Stephen Stubbs and flutist Jeffrey Cohan, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 or salish seafestival.org.

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, includes complimentary chocolate buffet. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

SATURDAY.3 MuseBird Cafe: Thomas Radcliffe, Luke Medina and Edmund Wayne, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

Jim Basnight: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

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

360-466-4488.

THURSDAY.8 Skip Williams, Robert “Goldtooth” Ray (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

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

Thomas P. Radcliffe (finger-style guitar, folk): 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.9 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. 360-707-2683.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. No cover.

360-855-2263.

Neon Stars: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

SATURDAY.10 The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

TüN TheBand (funk, rock, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Defenestrator, Asema, NEVER: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4.

360-778-1067.

SUNDAY.11 The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

The Divas & The Dudes: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 3-11

TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 2-11 SATURDAY.3 JIMMY WRIGHT 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

FRIDAY.2 Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

LINDA BROTHERTON

SATURDAY.3 JIM BASNIGHT 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

STEPHEN STUBBS

Ernie Sapiro photo

SATURDAY.10 “LYDIA BROTHERTON: AIRS OF THE BAROQUE” Soprano Lydia Brotherton, lutenist Stephen Stubbs and flutist Jeffrey Cohan, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 or salishseafestival.org.

Saturday.3

Wednesday.7

Saturday.10

Sunday.11

MUSIC

MUSIC

DANCE

MUSIC/DANCE

“Great Salish Sea Concert”: Dana Lyons, 7 p.m., San Juan Island Library, 1010 Guard St., Friday Harbor.

Free. 360-378-2798 or sjlib.org.

“Guitar Masters” (American, roots): Steve Davison, Peter Janson and Larry Pattis, 6:30 p.m., Guemes Island Community Center, Guemes Island. $15. stevedavison.com.

“Winter Celebration: A Contemporary Dance Concert”: Fidalgo Danceworks, 3 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $10.

360-299-8447 or fidalgodanceworks.org.

MUSIC

“Lydia Brotherton: Airs of the Baroque”: soprano Lydia Brotherton, lutenist Stephen Stubbs and flutist Jeffrey Cohan, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 or salish seafestival.org.

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, includes complimentary chocolate buffet. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

SATURDAY.3 MuseBird Cafe: Thomas Radcliffe, Luke Medina and Edmund Wayne, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

Jim Basnight: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

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

360-466-4488.

THURSDAY.8 Skip Williams, Robert “Goldtooth” Ray (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

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

Thomas P. Radcliffe (finger-style guitar, folk): 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.9 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Sunday Brunch Jazz, John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. 360-707-2683.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. No cover.

360-855-2263.

Neon Stars: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

SATURDAY.10 The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

TüN TheBand (funk, rock, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Defenestrator, Asema, NEVER: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4.

360-778-1067.

SUNDAY.11 The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

The Divas & The Dudes: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

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GET INVOLVED ART

participate in its “Anacortes Presents” program CALL FOR MV ARTS by putting their treasures COMMISSION MEMBERS: on display. Exhibits usually The city of Mount Verrun about three months. non seeks volunteers to 360-293-1915. fill four openings on the 11-member Mount Vernon NEEDLE WORKING: Arts Commission. Mount Needle crafting pros, Vernon residents with a beginning knitters and passion for public art and everyone in between can energy are encouraged to find something worthwhile apply for a position by call- at the monthly Hub City ing 360-336-6215. Members Needle Works meetings. must be able to attend The recently revamped regular monthly meetings, group meets from 4:30 to held at 3:30 p.m. the third 6 p.m. the second ThursThursday each month. day of every month at the Applications also are avail- Burlington Public Library, able at mountvernonwa.

820 E. Washington Ave. gov, under Boards and Geared for crafters ages 8 Commissions, Arts Comand older. 360-755-0760 or mission. Applications will burlingtonwa.gov/library. be reviewed in January.

days at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-4245696.

BEGINNER SQUARE DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m.

Tuesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Couples and singles welcome. First two weeks are free, then $4 per lesson. Sponsored by the Mt. Baker Singles and Skagit Squares. 360424-4608, 360-424-9675 or rosie@valleyint.com.

CLOG DANCING FOR BEGINNERS: Free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Mount AUDITIONS PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOLVernon Senior Center, “I HATE HAMLET”: ARSHIP: The Profes1401 Cleveland St., Mount Auditions will be held at sional Photographers of 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 Vernon. No fee, no partner Washington is accepting needed. First three lessons p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at applications through Feb. are free. Wear comfortable Whidbey Playhouse, 730 14 for its 2015 Student shoes. For information, call SE Midway Blvd., Oak Photographer of the Year Rosie at 360-424-4608.

Harbor.

Parts are available Award, which is open to for three women and three Washington high school MUSIC seniors graduating in 2015. men. Actors should read the play in advance and be TIME FOR FIDDLERS: One student will receive ready to read sides from The Washington Old Time the $2,000 scholarship the script, which is availFiddlers play acoustic oldgrant, which will be used able at the playhouse. The time music at 6:30 p.m. to further the applicant’s comedy will run April 3-19. the second and fourth study in the photographic Fridays of each month at arts. For information or an 360-679-2237 or whidbey the Mount Vernon Senior application, contact Anita playhouse.com.

Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Weston at 425-776-4426 or Free; donations accepted. visit ppw.org.

DANCE FOLK DANCING: Skagit- 360-630-9494.

CALL FOR INSTRUCAnacortes Folkdancers SECOND FRIDAY DRUM TORS: Burlington Parks meet at 7 p.m. most Tuesand Recreation is looking days at Bayview Civic Hall, CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Unity Church, 704 for qualified instructors 12615 C St., Bay View.

W. Division St., Mount Verto expand its enrichment Learn to folk dance to a non. Shake off the energy classes for youth and variety of international adults. To download an music. Instruction begins at of the week through drumming, songs, chants. Freeinstructor’s packet, visit 7 p.m. followed by review will donation. heatmiser@ burlingtonwa.gov and click and request dances until inbox.com. on the “Instructors Need9:30. The first session is ed” tab. 360-755-9649 or free, $3 thereafter. No SHELTER BAY CHORUS: recreation@burlingtonwa. partners needed. For inforPractices are held from gov. mation, contact Gary or 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every Ginny at 360-766-6866.

Thursday at the Shelter CALL TO COLLECTORS: Bay Clubhouse in La Anacortes Museum, 1305 THURSDAY DANCE: Conner. New members Eighth St., Anacortes, Dance to The Skippers invites local collectors to from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurswelcome. No need to be a

Shelter Bay resident. 360466-3805.

LOVE TO SING? Join the women of Harmony Northwest Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

through Feb. 1. Learn about the salmon life cycle, hatchery operations, habitat needs of salmon and other local wildlife, including bald eagles. Self-guided tours are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Free.

WWU YOUTH PROGRAMS: Western Washington University Youth Programs will offer five Early Release Enrichment ANACORTES OPEN sessions exploring topics MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, from magic to cartooning 412 Commercial Ave., Ana- beginning Jan. 15 on Western’s Bellingham campus. cortes. 360-293-2544.

Sessions for students in grades K-5 are scheduled OPEN MIC: Jam Night: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurs- from 1:45 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 15 and 29, Feb. days, Conway Pub & Eat12 and 26, and March 12. ery, 18611 Main St., ConRegistration: $20 per sesway. 360-445-4733. sion, $60 for all five. For information or to register, RECREATION call 360-650-3308, email GUIDED INTERPRETIVE youth@wwu.edu or visit WALKS: wwu.edu/youth. n Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, SEEKING MODEL TRAIN Howard Miller Steelhead ENTHUSIASTS: The WhatPark, 52809 Rockport Park com Skagit Model Railroad Road, Rockport. Join the Club seeks new members Forest Service and trained for its On30 narrow gauge naturalists for a guided group in Bellingham. The eagle ecology walk near club has constructed a modthe Skagit River at 11 a.m. ular layout with 14 modules, Saturdays and Sundays, each 5 feet by 30 inches, through Jan. 31. The center designed to be set up in a also offers guest speakers variety of configurations. each weekend. Free.

The modules still need n Rockport State Park, some work and refinement, 51095 Highway 20, Rockand the club is looking for port. Join trained naturalnew members interested in ists for a guided hike to completing the work and learn about old growth showing the layout at area forests, eagle habitat and train shows. Contact Karl more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kleeman at trainswas@ Fridays through Sundays, gmail.com or Mike O’Brien through Feb. 15. Visit the at sales@xtrains.com.

Discovery Center for crafts activities. Discover Pass FRIENDS OF THE FORrequired.

EST HIKES: Join the n Marblemount Fish Friends of the Forest for Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatch- scenic hikes in the forest ery Road, Marblemount. lands around Anacortes.

Tour the fish hatchery with Dress for the weather and Skagit Fisheries Enhance- wear sturdy shoes. Free. ment Group volunteers For information, call 360from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

293-3725 or visit friendsoft Saturdays and Sundays, heacfl.org. Next up:

n Double Watershed Tour: adults, 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 9. Meet at the end of 32nd Street off of D Avenue, Anacortes, for a gentle 1.5-mile route through varied forest and wetland habitats.

GUIDED COMMUNITY WALK: Join Friends of Camano Island Parks members on a guided community walk at 9:50 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3, through Cama Beach State Park.

Meet at the junction of Ivy Road and Dry Lake Road. Access Dry Lake Road from Elger Bay Road north of Elger Bay Elementary School or Monticello Road. Park on the Ivy Road cul-de-sac.

The walk will go from the northeast section of Cama Beach State Park to the Cut Off Trail, the Marine View Loop Trail, Bluff Trail and Old Entrance Trail.

The walk is approximately 3 miles with some up and down portions, and should last about two hours. Shuttles will be available to ride back to Ivy. Walking back would add 1.4 miles to the hike. Walk takes place rain or shine. Wear appropriate clothes and sturdy shoes or boots. friendsofcamano islandparks.org.

THEATER FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Hosted

by Nello Bottari, classes include theme monologues, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month.

Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360840-0089 or acttheatre. com.

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HOT TICKETS BUILT TO SPILL: Jan. 2-3, 2015, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MARK HUMMEL’S BLUES HARMONICA BLOWOUT: Jan. 8-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS: Jan. 15, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CHRIS HARDWICK: Jan. 16, The Neptune Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

STEEL PANTHER: Jan. 17, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

E-40: Jan. 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles: Jan. 20, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

TRIBAL SEEDS: Jan. 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TOWER OF POWER: Jan. 22-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

WALE: Jan. 23, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

PIERCE THE VEIL, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS: Jan. 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE: with Matt Costa: Jan. 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“ROMEO & JULIET, THE MUSICAL”: Jan. 30-Feb. 15, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

BILL FRISELL: Jan. 31, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KIP MOORE: Jan. 31, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LOGIC: Feb. 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

“RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL”: Feb. 5-March 1, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-5844849 or 5thavenue.org.

DR. DOG: Feb. 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE: Feb. 11, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

AUGUST BURNS RED: Feb. 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BILLY IDOL Feb. 13, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877784-4849 or livenation.com

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: Feb. 17, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

NETTWORK: Feb. 19-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

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

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

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

3 REDNECK TENORS: “From Rags to Rednecks”: Feb. 21, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

LOTUS: Feb. 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

ANDY GRAMMER, ALEX & SIERRA: Feb. 24, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

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

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

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT: Feb. 28, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

JOSHUA RADIN: March 1, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 5, 2015, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

KELLER WILLIAMS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: March 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

IN FLAMES, ALL THAT REMAINS: Showbox Sodo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com “JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL & LIVING IN PARIS”: March 7-May 17, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle.

888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

2:54: March 8, Barboza, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

COAL CHAMBER: March 11, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DANA FUCHS: March 17-18,

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM: March 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ECHOSMITH: March 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SHPONGLE: March 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

WAYNE KRANTZ: March 24-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DATSIK: March 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BURTON CUMMINGS BAND: March 27-28, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

MAROON 5: March 28, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

DAN + SHAY: March 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE DECIBEL TOUR: March 31, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: April 1, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BLUES HALL OF FAME TOUR:

with Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton and John Hammond: April 4, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

STROMAE: April 6, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE SING OFF LIVE: April 6, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

GEORGE EZRA: April 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ARIANA GRANDE: April 14, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: April 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KALIN AND MYLES: April 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

KAISER CHIEFS: April 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

VOLBEAT: with Anthrax and Crobot: April 29, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

“SOMETHING ROTTEN”: April 29-May 24, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle.

888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

SLEATER-KINNEY: May 7-9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NEIL DIAMOND: May 10, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL: May 22-25, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. sasquatchfestival.com.

BARRY MANILOW: May 27, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BETTE MIDLER: June 1, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or Livenation.com.

NICKELBACK: June 20, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

“GREASE”: July 9-Aug. 2, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

JOHN MELLENCAMP: July 19, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. john mellencamp.com.

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER: July 24, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

IDINA MENZEL: Aug. 5, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

FOO FIGHTERS: Sept. 12, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

THE WHO: with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts: Sept. 27, 2015, KeyArena, Seattle. thewho.com.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Equalizer”: offers a foolishness that looks to balance Antoine Fuqua takes Upcoming the bizarre. Depp’s an extremely patient movie releases performance is so approach to the way Following is a partial offbeat that it comes he’s put together his schedule of coming movies close to pushing the big-screen version of on DVD. Release dates are movie into a farce. the late ’80s TV series, subject to change: A less clownish job “The Equalizer.”

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by Depp would have The director is No Good Deed given the film an even never in a hurry to Get on Up balance between the move a scene or his Boyhood bizarre and silly. camera along, preferLeft Behind “Last Weekend”: ring instead to allow Atlas Shrugged, Part 3: Son invited to visit star Denzel WashingWho Is John Galt?

The Guest home before it’s sold. ton time to mull each Patricia Clarkson moment.

JAN. 13 stars.

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Couple learns it’s Despite the probJAN. 20 never too late to Lucy lems, Washington’s Annabelle fall in love. Shirley performance is comThe Boxtrolls Maclaine and Chrispelling enough to The Drop topher Plummer star. hold the story togethThe Green Prince “Reach Me”: Selfer. If this becomes The Zero Theorem help book makes White Bird in a Blizzard a film franchise for varied group re-evalBy the Gun Washington, a little Rudderless uate their lives. Tom less patience with the The Internet’s Own Boy Berenger stars. direction and more Wolves “Moveable Feast attention to the writwith Fine Cooking: ing will need to be JAN. 27 Season 1”: Pete Fury taken.

Evans challenges Book of Life “Tusk”: A twisted The Judge local chefs to a cooktale where a smug My Old Lady ing showdown. podcaster (Justin Before I Go to Sleep “Banshee: Season Long) is surgically The Remaining 2”: Antony Starr Falcon Rising turned into a walrus, plays an ex-convict comes across as mainn Tribune News Service who assumes the stream moviemakidentity of a rural ing’s answer to “The town sheriff.

Human Centipede.”

“The Brittany It’s not as vilely disgusting as “CentiMurphy Story”: Amanda Fuller porpede,” but it does push the boundaries trays the actress from her breakout to of blending absurdest comedy with death. ghoulish visuals.

“Kelly & Cal”: Suburban mom and The problem is that director Kevin 17-year-old become friends. Juliette Smith — who hasn’t helmed a movie Lewis stars. since “Red State” three years ago — “Stephen King’s A Good Mardoesn’t seem comfortable enough with the horror of the story to make it riage”: Wife learns truth about her husband. a gut-turning tale of terror. He keeps “I Am Soldier”: Group of soldiers blunting the macabre moments with endure grueling tests to earn a spot on drifting monologues and a farcical an elite special forces team. performance by Johnny Depp.

“One Shot”: Human soldiers battle Unlike “Centipede,” Smith has an alien army. Kevin Sorbo stars. built in a lot of idiotic humor through n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee the work by Depp. His cockeyed cop

FAMILY TRAVEL 5

Trends make it easier to enjoy journey in 2015

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

What can family travelers expect in 2015? Here are five trends to consider: 1. More multigenerational travel options. While technology may make it easier for modern and mobile families to stay in touch, there is no substitute for spending time together. That’s why an increasing number of clans are celebrating milestone moments and annual holidays in destination resorts, on cruise ships and in places that hold sentimental value. preferredfamily.com 2. More sharing. From unique accommodations to urban bike-share stations, the options for authentic, peer-to-peer experiences continue to expand. Uber, a leader in the car-sharing movement, recently launched UberFamily in several major markets with plans to expand in the year ahead. Families can request rides in vehicles that offer car and booster seats. airbnb.com; uber.com; eatwith.com 3. Enhanced technology. Strap on your smart watch or access new functionality on your smartphone or tablet, and check in, track, plan and post with ever-increasing ease. Guests of the new B Resort & Spa in Orlando and the B Ocean in Fort Lauderdale, both in Florida, can tap a smartphone app or lobby kiosk to send virtual postcards, check the weather and print boarding passes. bhotelsandresorts.com 4. More authentic experiences. Think behind-the-scenes access, opportunities to volunteer and the chance to learn from

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Web buzz Name: NameShouts Website: nameshouts.com What it does: Sounds out the correct pronunciation of names in 14 languages, including Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Bengali and Russian.

What’s hot: It’s great if you know how to spell the name of the person before calling or meeting him or her.

Input the spelling of a “full name” in the search bar. Once it finds the name (if it can’t locate the original among the 14,000 in its database, it will suggest a similar alternative or invite you to add the name), click the sound icon and listen to the pronunciation. Go ahead — you can listen to it as many times as you need to. There’s even a “Slow” button if you need the name pronounced more slowly.

What’s not: This tool needs to be pocket-size. Thankfully, NameShouts knows that. It is currently working on apps for both iOS and Android. n Jay Leo, Los Angeles Times

locals. Expect a continued commitment to locally grown and crafted food and drink, and culturally significant traditions. Get the inside scoop or tap an expert for hikes, surf lessons or walking tours through Vayable, where you can book your own experiences with destination insiders. vayable.com 5. Suite spaces. More hotels and cruise lines will offer spaces designed to delight and comfortably accommodate your brood. In Orlando, the “Despicable Me”-themed suite at Universal’s Loews Portofino Hotel offers two rooms, providing a private space for the adults and a second room for the kids with no access to the hallway. At sea, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and Princess cruise lines are among those with new family-minded cabins. cruising.org; universalorlando.com n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of familytravel.com. Email: lohayes@family travel.com.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

NEW THIS WEEK Earnest and often inspiring, “SELMA” is a handsomely mounted and high-minded account of the defining protests of the civil rights movement. Its only sins are overreaching ambition and a tendency to rub the roughest edges off the principals.

It’s still a history lesson that’s both moving and informative, if not downright entertaining.

David Oyelowo (“The Butler”) is the Atlanta preacher Martin Luther King Jr., a man we meet on the night he receives the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Oyelowo captures King’s cadences, if not the ringing, clarion-call voice that every American has grown up hearing. As this King strategizes with his Southern Christian Leadership Conference brain trust, Oyelowo gives us passion and pause.

Here was a man who saw segregated Selma, Alabama, as a testing ground for the battle for voting rights. But like his colleagues, he was sober about this stage of the struggle. Selma is also “a decent place to die.”

The King shown here is married to a cause and to “Corrie,” Coretta Scott King, played by Carmen Ejogo, who gets across Mrs. King’s quiet stoicism.

Veteran character actor Wendell Pierce (“Ray”) makes the most of the movement’s drill sergeant, the Rev. Hosea Williams. Common, Cuba Gooding Jr., Martin Sheen, Giovanni Ribisi and yes, producer Oprah Winfrey, have plum supporting parts.

Tom Wilkinson suggests a hint of President Lyndon Johnson’s cajoling, bullying nature. And Tim Roth makes a decent Gov. George Wallace, for those who don’t remember what the original supersegregationist looked or sounded like.

First-time screenwriter Paul Webb saddled director Ava DuVernay with a script packed with characters — Andrew Young, J. Edgar Hoover, Mahalia Jackson and Malcolm X. Most have only a couple of scenes to make an impression as the history plunges onward,

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

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David Oyelowo (center), as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo, right, as Coretta Scott King, star in “Selma.” through police assaults with tear gas and truncheons, climaxing with murders.

But the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge police riot is recreated — rabid racists screeching at protest marches that baited the bigots, sent the state police and local sheriff’s deputies into a beating frenzy and made national news. It is as shocking in recreation as it must have seemed in living rooms all over America, and DuVernay wisely makes this the emotional linchpin of her film.

Too much conflict is kept off camera, too much effort is put into highlighting the jagged edges of guys like Hoover and rubbing them off everyone else. And anyone who has heard tapes of the real King confronting LBJ will realize that

the power dynamic depicted here just doesn’t ring true. King’s moral authority asserted itself, but nobody stood up to Johnson to his face.

Nobody. You argued, got barked down, slipped off and did what you had to do in spite of him. Wilkinson simply isn’t forced to be as scary as the real president was.

Still, it’s a good film, wellperformed and a fair and honest (inter-titles of dates and times from FBI surveillance logbooks verify this scene or that one) portrayal of a time when people had to literally endure beatings just for the right to vote.

2:02. Rating: PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including violence, a suggestive moment, and brief strong language. HHH n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

“Big Eyes” — As he did with “Ed Wood,” director Tim Burton takes a kitschy slice of 20th-century pop culture -- the woman who painted children with huge eyes and the husband who took credit for them — and turns it into a special film. This is the kind of movie that has you smiling nearly all the way throughout at the sheer inspired madness of it all.

Biography, PG-13, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teenager befriending a healthcare robot is a big, gorgeous adventure with wonderful voice performances, some dark undertones that give the story more depth, an uplifting message and more than a few laugh-out-loud moments. Animation action comedy, PG, 108 minutes.

HHH1⁄2 “Exodus: Gods and Kings” — Director Ridley Scott’s borderline-lunatic, bold, gargantuan and visually stunning epic is in some ways more reminiscent of his “Gladiator” than “The Ten Commandments.” Playing an intense, sword-wielding, tormented, visionary Moses, Christian Bale humanizes one of the most iconic figures of all time. Action adventure, PG-13, 142 minutes. HHHH “Foxcatcher” — Disturbing and memorable, “Foxcatcher” is based on a bizarre true story, and even if you know exactly what happens, when it does happen, it’s shocking. Steve Carell nails the role of a rich eccentric, with Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo revelatory as the wrestlers he mentors.

Sports drama, R, 134 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Interstellar” — What a beautiful and epic film is “Interstellar,” filled with great performances, tingling our senses with masterful special effects, daring to be openly sentimental, asking gigantic questions about the meaning of life and leaving us drained and grateful for the experience. Adventure/ mystery/sci-fi, PG-13, 169 minutes. HHHH

“Nightcrawler” — As a freelance vulture who records video of crime and crash scenes for TV news, Jake Gyllenhaal plays one of the most disturbing movie characters of the year. But the film veers from dark satire to tense crime thriller before the tires come off near the end, leaving the entire vehicle just short of worth recommending. Crime thriller, R, 117 minutes.

HH1⁄2 “Into the Woods” — Adapted from the sensational musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt head an A-list cast. “Into the Woods” rumbles on for too long and has some dry patches here and there, but just when we’re growing fidgety, we get another rousing musical number or another dark plot twist, and we’re back in business. Musical fantasy, PG, 124 minutes.

HHH “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” — Sitting through the thoroughly tiresome final chapter in this trilogy, I wondered: Did anybody involved in the making of this movie actually believe it was a quality effort? Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson are among the terrific actors sinking in the cinematic quicksand.

Comedy adventure, PG, 97 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Babadook” — This Australian horror movie is about a single mom haunted by a monstrous creature from a pop-up book. This is the scariest movie of the year. Horror, not1 rated, 94 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “The Gambler” — This remake gives the James Caan self-destructive gambler role to Mark Wahlberg, as a narcissistic brat, and not the complex kind. Supporting characters played by John Goodman, Brie Larson and others are more interesting. Drama1 thriller, R, 101 minutes. HH ⁄2 “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1” — The latest Katniss Everdeen adventure is a rousing yet often bleak and downbeat film that focuses a lot more on tragedies and setbacks than applausegenerating heroics. Ultimately it serves as a solid if unspectacular first lap around the

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Thursday, January 1, 2015 - E15

MOVIES

Looking ahead to the movies of 2015

By RAFER GUZMÁN Newsday

Like it or not, it’s wallto-wall superheroes, sequels and reboots in 2015, and for years to come.

Perhaps “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2” (Nov. 20) will close the fizzling franchise with a bang while “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” (March 20) will step up its game to fill the void. Might Paul Rudd make a good “AntMan” (July 17)?

Will we buy Chris Evans, best known as Captain America, as an entirely different superhero in “The Fantastic Four” (Aug. 7)?

Could a reboot of a popular National Lampoon comedy franchise, “Vacation” (Oct. 9), actually make us laugh?

THE BIG RELEASES “Fifty Shades of Grey” (Feb. 13): The soft-core bondage-porn novel by E.L. James was a runaway

track of a two-lap race. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “The Interview” — For any cyber-terrorist to be threatened by something as ridiculously over-the-top, as cartoonishly goofy as “The Interview” is just plain stupid. At times laugh-out-loud funny, it stars Seth Rogen and James Franco in an endless parade of scatological humor and homosexual double-entendre jokes with a smattering of political commentary. Comedy, R, 112 minutes. HHH “The Theory of Everything” — Playing the young Stephen Hawking from reckless Cambridge student to brilliant physicist, Eddie Redmayne undergoes a remarkable transformation.

But it’s a memorable performance in a rather ordinary love story about his romance with future wife, Jane (Felicity Jones). Biography, PG-13, 123 minutes. HH1⁄2

Fallen” (Oct. 2), with Gerard Butler reprising his role THE NEESON EFFECT from 2013’s enjoyably brainLiam Neeson will double- less action flick “Olympus bestseller, but how on Earth Thunderdome”? favorite J.J. Abrams in the punch us with two action Has Fallen.”

“Jurassic World” (June director’s chair — this is will they make a movie out flicks. First comes “Taken the movie event of the year 3” (Jan. 9), his latest vehicle BEST OF THE REST of it? Dakota Johnson plays 12): The long-awaited literature student Anastasia sequel to Steven Spielberg’s even for casual fans. about a CIA agent with a Or so we hope. Jennifer franchise stars new Hol“Joy” (Dec. 25): Jennifer particular set of skills. Then Lawrence and Bradley CooSteele; Jamie Dornan plays Lawrence plays Joy Manwealthy control freak Chris- lywood darling Chris Pratt comes “Run All Night” per might make magic again and is directed by Colin gano, the housewife who tian Grey.

(Apr. 17), about an aging hit in what looks like a straightbecame the wildly successful man forced to turn against “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Trevorrow (the 2012 gem ahead romantic drama, “Safety Not Guaranteed”). inventor of gizmos like the (May 1): Deeply invested his boss. Other older stars “Serena” (March 27). Neill Miracle Mop. fans may care about the plot Expectations are high. getting into the action game: Blomkamp, the inventive “Spectre” (Nov. 6): The (James Spader is the voice Colin Firth as a shadowy and politically minded direc24th Bond film, starring UNKNOWN QUANITIES of an artificial intelligence operative in “Kingsman: The tor of “District 9” and “ElyDaniel Craig as 007, was Every year brings a few called Ultron), but the rest Secret Service” (Feb. 13) and sium,” delivers a film about recently announced with intriguing question marks. of us will show up for the Sean Penn as a fugitive spy a sentient robot, “Chappie” “Tomorrowland” (May 22), in “The Gunman” (Mar. 2). (March 6). Joseph Gordoncrackling chemistry between great fanfare at Pinewood Studios in England. No plot a film based on the Disney Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Levitt plays that guy who Chris Hemsworth and Rob- has been revealed, but check theme land and starring SEQUELS THAT strode a tightrope between out the cast: Christoph George Clooney, sounds ert Downey Jr. MIGHT BE GOOD the Twin Towers in “The Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Dave fantastic — but no one “Mad Max: Fury Road” Among them are “Pitch Walk” (Oct. 2). Will Ferrell knows the plot. “Straight (May 15): Few actors seem Bautista (a scene-stealer in Perfect 2” (May 15), the new meets Kevin Hart in the better suited than the ultra- “Guardians of the Galaxy”) Outta Compton” (Aug. 14) a-cappella-themed comedy prison-themed comedy “Get and Lea Seydoux, star of dares to tell the story of the starring the charming Anna Hard” (March 27). And you intense Tom Hardy to step the controversial lesbian iconic gangsta-rap group into the iconic Mel Gibson Kendrick; “Ted 2” (June 26), can’t say you’re not curious film “Blue Is the Warmest role of Mad Max. He’s N.W.A. with a cast of mostly Seth MacFarlane’s followabout a remake of the 1991 Color.” teaming up with the origiyoung unknowns. And “The up to his 2010 hit about cult classic “Point Break” “Star Wars: The Force nal writer-director, George Peanuts Movie” (Nov. 6), the a debauched teddy bear; (July 31).

Miller, though the question Awakens” (Dec. 18): first Peanuts feature film in “Magic Mike XXL” (July Everyone who’s still alive remains: Will this be in the 1), which reunites Channing 35 years, will be rendered from the original cast, curvein of the classic “The Tatum as a male stripper in 3-D computer animaRoad Warrior,” or more like rent stars like Adam Driver tion rather than the ink and with director Steven Soderthe cheese ball “Beyond and Lupita Nyong’o, fanboy paint we remember from the bergh; and “London Has

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HH1⁄2 “Wild” — The more time we spend with former heroin addict Cheryl Strayed, the

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