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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday March 21, 2013

Tina Fey

Reviews

At the Movies

Comedic actress fills a need that public didn’t quite know it had

Music: Justin Timberlake, Anthrax Video Games: “MLB 13: The Show”

Comedic look at college admissions process too scattered, ambitious

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Zero Dark Thirty”: “Zero Dark Thirty” (a military term that means 30 minutes past midnight), from Oscarwinning director Kathryn Bigelow, offers a detailed accounting of the years the CIA spent following every tiny lead in its quest to find Osama bin Laden. This lengthy accounting is so tedious at times that the finale seems as illusive as the man at the center of the manhunt. If nothing else, this movie is thorough in its telling of the story, an attribute that’s not always the best when it comes to a movie where so much detail remains top secret.

“Rust and Bone”: Jacques Audiard’s film starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts is extremely melodramatic, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing when you have actors this good.

Cotillard and Schoenaerts turn in such powerful performances that they both should have been nominated for Oscars.

Cotillard is amazing as a woman who learns to live again after she loses her legs in a freak accident. She gets help from a street fighter (Schoenaerts) who is dealing with his own personal problems.

“Les Miserables”: If you like this story by Victor Hugo that’s set during the French Restoration without all the singing, then this is the DVD for you. It’s a 2002 miniseries set at the beginning of the 19th century. Gerard Depardieu plays Jean Valjean and John Malkovich is Javert.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”: Bilbo Baggins goes on an epic adventure to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

“Soul Food Junkies”: Culinary tradition goes under the microscope.

“Strange Frame”: Animated sci-fi story explores the transformative power of love.

“Starlet”: An unlikely friendship develops between a young actress and an elderly woman.

“Quincy M.E.: Season 5”: Jack Klugman plays a crime-solving medical examiner.

“A Mind to Kill: The Complete Collection”: All three series of the Welsh detective drama.

“Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer”: Animated story of a teen and his hammer.

“NOVA: Decoding Neanderthals”: A look back 60,000 years at the first modern humans.

“Jersey Shore: The Complete Series”: This is all the antics of the real-

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: MARCH 22 This Is 40 -- Universal

This Weekend / Page 5

MARCH 26 The Collection -- Lionsgate Killing Them Softly -- Anchor Bay Parental Guidance -- Fox APRIL 9 Hyde Park on Hudson -- Universal Planet Ocean -- Universal APRIL 16 Django Unchained -- Anchor Bay APRIL 23 Gangster Squad -- Warner A Haunted House -- Universal APRIL 26 The Impossible -- Lionsgate/ Summit APRIL 30 The Guilt Trip -- Paramount

ity show gang.

“The Cleveland Show: The Complete Season Three”: Mike Henry is one of the voice talents of the Fox animated show.

“Sesame Street: Best of Friends”: Includes past guest stars such as Elvis Costello, Julianne Moore and Ricky Gervais.

“Straight A’s”: An outcast’s return to his hometown creates chaos. Anna Paquin stars.

“Chance in a Million: The Complete Collection”: Includes three seasons of the 1980s comedy starring Simon Callow.

“No Job for a Lady: The Complete Collection”: Jean Price plays a woman who must deal with politics and chauvinists as a member of Parliament.

“Dark Feed”: A film crew uses an abandoned psychiatric hospital to shoot a horror film.

“The Great Magician”: Action and fantasy film from director Derek Yee. “Secret Millionaires Club”: Animated series that teaches financial lessons.

“Angus Buchan’s Ordinary People”: Three men attend the Mighty Men Conference.

“Timerider”: An off-road racer is thrown into the past.

“The Other Son”: Two very different young men make a huge discovery about their lives. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.)

Skagit County Fairgrounds site of annual SICBA Home & Garden Show

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Travel............................................6-7 Get Involved.................................... 8 Hot Tickets...................................... 9 On Stage........................................ 10 Tuning Up..................................... 11 Music, Game Reviews..............12-13 At the Lincoln Theatre.................. 17 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews...... 17 Out & About.............................18-19

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COMMUNITY

2013

Carlos Roques, 11, and Jennifer Ramirez, 10 2013 Tulip Ambassadors

SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL

TULIP FESTIVAL CALENDAR For the full month’s listing of events, maps and directions, visit www.tulip festival.org.

Frank Varga Skagit Valley Herald

POSTER ARTIST APPEARANCES Tulip Festival poster artist Karen Sistek will sign 2013 festival posters and offer other artwork on the following dates: April 6, 14, 20, 28: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon.

April 7, 13, 21, 27: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon.

TULIP DAYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY March 22-24: Boys and girls teams in grades 5-8 play between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily at various gyms throughout Skagit County. Daily admission charge for spectators. 360-336-9414 or www. skagitcounty.net.

GALA OPENING CELEBRATION Thursday, March 28: The 2013 Tulip Festival Gala opening celebration, “Our Community Garden,” will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. Celebrate the start of the festival with live music, delicious dinner, dessert auction, raffles and more. $60. Advance purchase required. 360-428-5959.

DISPLAY GARDENS

SALMON BARBECUE

n Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $5, free for ages 10 and younger. 360-4248152. n RoozenGarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. $5, $4 military with ID, free for ages 10 and younger. 360-424-8531. n Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Display gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-424-1580. n Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, greenhouses, art and more. 360-466-3821. n Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gardens, gifts, cafe and more. 360-424-6760. n WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily. Gardens showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest.

The 26th annual Kiwanis Salmon Barbecue will dish out alder-smoked, butter-slathered slabs of fish with all the necessary sides, from 11 a.m to 7 p.m. daily at the Hillcrest Park Lodge.

Cost per plate: $12 adults, $10 children, seniors (Visa/MC will be accepted). For groups of 15 or more, call 360-428-5959 or email betsy@tulipfestival.org.

April 1-30

The 2013 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival doesn’t officially begin until Monday, April 1, but related events begin this weekend, and the gala opening celebration is scheduled for Thursday, March 28.

The month-long festival brings visitors from dozens of states and countries, as the unique flavors of Skagit Valley — from flowers to food, from chocolate to beer — are on full, vibrant display.

April 6-28

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ENTERTAINMENT

T

aylor Swift says Tina Fey is going to hell; Sarah Palin would probably like to send her.

Fey recently suggested to some Hollywood paparazzi that they perform anatomical acts which, if not by definition hellish, are certainly impossible.

But wait just a second — doesn’t everyone love Tina Fey? We’ll find out Friday, with the opening of “Admission,” directed by Paul (“Little Fokkers”) Weitz.

The film stars Fey as a proper Princeton admissions officer who suspects an offbeat applicant is the son she gave up for adoption.

En route to self-realization and romance, Portia Nathan (Fey) proceeds to bend over backward to help Jeremiah (Nate Wolff) join the Ivy League, along the way violating everything she stands for.

Which would be absolutely nothing like the maverick Fey appearing in a formulaic rom-com about crossroads, conscience and finding the path to true love. Nothing like that at all.

Fey is a singular quantity; she’s been an eminently likable, attractive alien in the world of network television.

If the affectionately regarded actress and writer has had any significance — as the star of “30 Rock,” onetime “Saturday Night Live” head writer, “Weekend Update” anchor and Palin impersonator par excellence, as John Kerry might put it — it’s been as an island of intelligence in a roiling sea of idiocy.

Like many a great invention, Fey filled a need the public didn’t quite know it had — the need for a moderate voice, alternately smart, snarky and even

that her biggest big-screen success, both financially and comedically, has been “Mean Girls,” which did great things for the former Lindsay Lohan and was also a perfect showcase for Fey, the trenchant observer of mores and mayhem.

Her script was the best portrait of extreme girlhood since Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless,” and she brought a tart taste of adult reality to a tale of adolescent indulgence, playing the beleaguered teacher, Ms. Norbury.

It was an on-screen role that best defined Fey’s off-screen persona, a kind of Greek chorus crying comically about the stunted adolescence of American society.

As a potential movie star, however, Fey seems not only unsuitable but disloyal to the audiences that see her as a fly in the cultural ointment.

John Shearer It’s an unlikely paralInvision via AP lel, admittedly, but she’s like Edmund O’Brien’s alcoholic publisher in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” who is appalled to find himself nominated for Congress.

O’Brien: “Good people of Shinbone, I … I …

By JOHN ANDERSON / Newsday I’m your conscience. I’m the still small voice that thunders in the night. I’m your watchdog that howls smug, that acknowledged Tomlin and Michael Sheen, niacs of “30 Rock” were skewered pretty affection- against the wolves. I’m … the inanity of pop culture, will further Fey’s mission ately. Her humor has been I’m your father confessor. the lowly standards of to transfer her formidable I … I … I’m, what else am political leadership, and small-screen self to the big pointed, but not to the I?” that the world is both screen. And why would she extent of drawing blood.

John Wayne: “The town We like that. The fact that unjust and hilarious. want to do that? Because Not to put too heavy it’s irresistible, apparently. Swift would react so petu- drunk.”

Tina Fey is a town crier, lantly to the ribbing she got a spin on a career that’s And because, as the Peter from Fey and Amy Poehler who doesn’t howl or thunproduced “Baby Mama” Principle stated some at the Golden Globes says der, but cocks an eloquent and “Date Night,” but she 40-odd years ago, everyeyebrow at the absurdities more about Swift’s thin belongs to a tradition that one rises to their level of skin than the soft “attacks” of contemporary life. Do includes Mark Twain and incompetence. we want such a resource on the singer’s peripatetic Will Rogers.

If Washington is Holabsorbed into the system?

That the comparisons lywood for ugly people, TV love life.

Palin? OK, she has a rea- People of Shinbone, do are all male isn’t insignifiis Hollywood for talented we want Tina Fey to be a son to hold a grudge. cant, either. people who don’t have to movie star? Consider your But Fey is generally Should it click with audi- appeal to the largest numences, “Admission,” which ber of viewers via the least perceived as both nice and options, and vote accordingly. tangential. It’s arguable co-stars Paul Rudd, Lily amount of substance.

There’s no question that the best drama is on TV. When allowed to gallop unfettered through the sunny fields of uncensored cable, comedy flourishes far better on television than under the constipated fart-joke mentality of Hollywood.

Part of Fey’s appeal, of course, has been that she’s not edgy, not in an E! sort of way. Nor has she been what one would call hilarious. She occupies a very comfortable niche between droll and amusing, embellished by endearing self-effacement and a face that’s certainly pretty, but not enough to be threatening to anyone.

But when you get past her Palin impersonation, which was abetted by physical resemblance and a sitting duck, Fey has gone after people with satire’s equivalent of a Nerf bat.

The caricatured egoma-

Commentary: ‘Admission’ is a screen test for Tina Fey

Easter events in the area SPRING CARNIVAL

& EGG HUNT FAMILY NIGHT: Skagit Valley Family YMCA will host the event for ages 3 to 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Friday, March 22, at the YMCA Sports Center at Bakerview Park, 3101 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon. Kids can participate in the cupcake walk, lollipop tree, pin the tail on the donkey and more. There will be two indoor egg hunts, one for ages 3 to 5, the other a flashlight egg hunt for ages 6 to 8 (bring your own flashlight). All participants should bring their own basket. $5 per child.

Purchase tickets in advance at the YMCA. 360-336-9622.

EASTER BUNNY BREAKFAST AND EGG HUNT: 8 a.m. Saturday, March 23, Children’s Museum of Skagit County, 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

Enjoy breakfast and photos with the Easter bunny followed by an Easter egg hunt in the museum. $3, free for museum members.

360-757-8888 or www. skagitchildrensmuseum .net.

EASTER TRAIN: Ride the Lake Whatcom Railway’s special Easter Bunny train at 10 a.m., 12:30 or 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 23, leaving from Wickersham, located 10 miles north of Sedro-Woolley on Highway 9. Enjoy the scenic ride aboard vintage passenger cars — dating from 1910 to 1925 — pulled by a diesel locomotive built in 1940. The coffee shop car will be stocked with snacks and souvenirs, and the one-and-a-half-hour ride will feature a visit from the Easter bunny and an Easter egg hunt. $20 ages 18 and older, $10 children, free for ages 1 and younger.

Tickets must be purchased in advance from Lake Whatcom Railway, Box 91, Acme, WA 98220. 360-441-0719 or www.lakewhatcom railway.com.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area SHAKESPEARE FEST Orcas Island’s second annual Shakespeare Festival will be held from today through Saturday, March 23, at various locations around the island. A performance of Julius Caesar will be presented Saturday, March 23, at the Orcas Center. Tickets available at www.orcas center.org, www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 360-376-2281.

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE The 35th annual Skagit County Regional Spelling Bee will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Bay View Elementary School, 15241 Josh Wilson Road, Burlington.

Competitors are students representing elementary and middle schools in Skagit, Island and San Juan counties. The winner will qualify for the national spelling competition in May. Free. 360-416-2153.

WOMEN’S WORK SPRING SALE Check out

SICBA Home & Garden Show The Skagit/Island Counties Builders Association will host its annual SICBA Home & Garden Show on March 22-24 at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Show hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Amid home project presentations and workshops, the show highlight will be the fourth annual Playhouse Challenge, a competition between six

teams of builders and landscapers to raise money for area charitable organizations. Each team will build a theme playhouse and donate it to a nonprofit group for display and to raffle during the show. The public can buy raffle tickets for a chance to win the playhouse and benefit the charity. Show visitors also can vote for their favorite playhouse.

Show admission: $4 individual, $6 family.

360-757-6916 or info@sicba.org.

a wide selection of fair trade handmade crafts from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at 3016 I Ave., Anacortes. The sale will include hand-loomed naturally dyed rugs from Vida Nueva Women’s Weaving Cooperative, Oaxaca; Corazon scarves from Guatemala; silver and stone jewelry from Milagros, Peru; locally woven Oaxacan bags and more. 360-391-2498 or 360-424-5854.

MUSIC & MORE The Anacortes Unknown Music Series will present “Ours” from 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 23, at the UNKNOWN, 1202 Seventh St., Anacortes. Performers from all over the Pacific Northwest include Broken Water, Lori Goldston, Lois, O Paon, Allyson Foster, Lloyd & Michael, Jae Choi, DJ Weird Cactus and Marianna Ritchey. $25, includes dinner. Tickets and information available at The Business, 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, or visit www.anacortesunknown.com.

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TRAVEL

Powder, AK-47s and hashish: Skiing in Kashmir LEFT: An Indian Army soldier carries a snowboard and an automatic rifle as he walks past a skier below the gondola at Gulmarg, Kashmir. Gulmarg, a ski resort nestled in the Himalayans in Indian-held Kashmir, is one of the most militarized places on earth.

RIGHT: A snowboarder rides in the back country.

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press

GULMARG, India — There are very few ski resorts in the world where you see a soldier in uniform waiting for the gondola with a snowboard in one hand and an AK-47 in the other.

Welcome to Gulmarg, nestled in the Himalayan mountains in Indian-held Kashmir, one of the most militarized places on earth.

India and Pakistan have fought two major wars over Kashmir, which is divided between the two countries and claimed in its entirety by both. Tension flared earlier this year when the worst violence along the disputed border in a decade left half a dozen troops

Photos by Kevin Frayer / AP

dead — one of them an Indian soldier who was reportedly beheaded.

The clashes hurt business in Gulmarg, according to local tour operators, but a few hundred skiers and snowboarders were on the mountain during my visit at the end of February — almost all of them foreign.

It’s good to know there is

a hearty breed of outdoor enthusiasts willing to brave conflict between nucleararmed archenemies to hit the slopes — admittedly ones that rival any major ski resort in the world, are much less crowded and cost a little over $100 for a whole week.

Imagine sharing Jackson Hole resort in Wyoming

with just 200 fellow skiers and snowboarders. That’s what Gulmarg has to offer, complete with knee-deep powder and a wealth of offpiste terrain easily accessible from one of the highest gondolas in the world.

Did I say easily accessible? That doesn’t include the experience of getting on and off the small, fourperson gondola.

Many of the cars lack a place to store skis or snowboards while you ride.

That leads to what feels like a Three Stooges routine every time you and your companions try to pack into the gondola carrying skis and poles and wearing bulky backpacks. It doesn’t help that you only have a few seconds before the car starts moving and are already unsteady on your feet in ski boots.

The trip to the top of the gondola, at a height of nearly 13,500 feet, is breathtaking and can offer views of one of the tallest mountains in the world, Nanga Parbat, in Pakistan. But there is always a hint of trepidation knowing you have to untangle yourself and do a timed tumble out of the gondola at the end of the ride.

You can forget about finding another way up, unless you want to hike.

The gondola and a chairlift that starts halfway up the mountain are pretty much the only game in town. But the trip is definitely worth it, especially when there is three feet of fresh powder, as there was during my recent visit.

One of the first things you see when you step off the gondola is a small army outpost, one of many throughout Indian-held Kashmir that house at least 500,000 troops in an area the size of Utah. It’s no surprise soldiers seem to be everywhere in Gulmarg: milling around the gondola, driving convoys of trucks over twisty mountain roads and even waiting in line to use the ATM. Until recently, the resort was using military-grade plastic explosives procured from the army to control avalanche risk on its “inbounds” slopes, said Brian Newman, Gulmarg’s snow safety officer.

Resorts around the world set off controlled blasts to trigger avalanches before they consider slopes safe for skiers, but they normally

use commercial explosives from the mining industry that are more suitable.

Newman, who hails from near Boulder, Colo., began using military explosives when he arrived six years ago because they were more readily available, but was finally able to get his hands on the commercial type this season.

Many visitors to Gulmarg are advanced skiers and snowboarders who have little interest in the resort’s relatively small in-bounds area and have come here for the off-piste terrain — and perhaps also for the readily available hashish that sends wafts of fragrant smoke over your head in the lift line and at lunch.

Given the avalanche danger, basic safety gear like a beacon, shovel and probe is vital in the backcountry, and many people sport more advanced equipment such as backpacks equipped with air bags you can trigger if you get caught in a slide and AvaLung devices to help you breathe under the snow. GoPro video cameras are also ubiquitous, sticking up from helmets in the gondola line like minisubmarine periscopes.

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TRAVEL

A Kashmiri sledge puller carries skis at Gulmarg, Kashmir.

Perhaps the most important safety gear for heading into Gulmarg’s backcountry is a local guide. We hired 31-year-old Javed Ahmed Reshi, who started skiing at the age of 10 in leather boots nailed to rickety wooden skis made by his father. Fueled by seemingly boundless energy, he guided us down wide open bowls and steep runs through evergreen trees — always mindful of the avalanche risk around us.

At one point we stopped in a dense forest, and the only sound filtering through the trees was the Muslim call to prayer from a nearby village.

“I like the adventure and don’t like sitting at a computer in an office,” said Reshi, ignoring the fact that there didn’t seem to be a wealth of office jobs available in Gulmarg, minus the dozen or so hotels that cater to tourists.

Our guide also took us to one of the most unusual apres ski events you will ever find: a dance performance by a local hijra, the cross-dressing “eunuchs” common in India and Pakistan. The hijira shimmied in a red dress as foreign tourists danced along and pasted rupee notes on the performer’s forehead.

For those seeking even

Local travel TRAVELOGUE: “K2, Monarch of China’s Karakorum Mountain Range”: 7 to 9 p.m. today, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. Follow a group’s 18-day trek to K-2, rising 28,251 feet above the Chinese/Pakistan border.

Surrounded by the immense Khartoum mountains, with its glaciers and perpetual snowfields, 15 adventurers climbed a 16,000-foot pass and across ice-fringed streams to reach the rarely visited north face. $3 suggested donation, free for museum members. 360-778-8930 or www.whatcommuseum.org.

ART BUS TOUR: “The Masters” and Nicolai Fechin, Sunday, April 28. The Skagit County Historical Museum will lead a bus tour from the Farmhouse Restaurant in Mount Vernon to the Seattle Art Museum to see the exhibits “Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London” and “European Masters: Their Treasures of Seattle.” Afterward the bus will take a short ride to the Frye Museum to view the art of Nicolai Fechin. $50

more adventure, Gulmarg sports a heliskiing operation that can drop you on distant mountaintops and provides foreign guides to lead you down miles of untouched powder — assuming the weather is good enough for the chopper to fly, which wasn’t the case during my visit.

Kashmir Heliski has also run into periodic problems with the Indian army stationed in the area, said the organization’s chief guide, Tim O’Leary. The group’s permit to fly was delayed for weeks this year because of the tension along the Kashmir border, said O’Leary.

covers bus ride, admission, box lunch and other refreshments. 360-466-3365.

GALAPAGOS, MACHU PICCHU TRIP: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing an Oct. 15-28 trip to the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu. Open to all adults.

Space limited. Contact: Pat Gardner, 360279-4582 or pgardner@oakharbor.org.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger).

For information or to register, call 360-3366215.

Bellevue Botanical Garden and Washington Park Arboretum: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 19, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a docentled tour of the Bellevue Botanical Garden’s 53 acres of cultivated gardens, restored woodlands and natural wetlands. After a no-host lunch, check out the seasonal flora and fauna of the arboretum’s 230 acres on the shores of Lake Washington. Both tours include walking up to one mile and uneven surfaces. $61-$63. Register by April 12.

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GET INVOLVED ART MV ARTS COMMISSION: The Mount Vernon Arts Commission will meet from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today in the Hillcrest Park Conference Room, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360336-6215.

ART CLASSES ART CLASSES: Dakota Art offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext.

5, or www.dakotaartcenter. com.

INTRO TO ILLUSTRATION ART CLASSES: Burlington Parks and Recreation is offering a series of art classes for kids ages 8 to 14. Max Elam will introduce young artists to a variety of styles and art mediums. Each four-session

class costs $45. Supplies are included. To register, call 360-755-9649.

Epic Illustrations and Creature Creations: 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, April 9-30.

Art students will draw and create four masterworks, with a different focus each week: Star Wars/black & white; fantasy anime/ mixed media; avengers assemble/intro to color theory; and cartoon comic strip/intro to writing and sequential art.

Mixed Media: 4 to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays, May 7-28. Students will experiment with five mediums other than pencil. They’ll use color partnered with drawings in markers, chalk, ink, watercolor and colored pencil as they complete two pieces of art, ready to display.

Basic Cartooning: 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, June 4-25. $40.

AUDITIONS

ANACORTES SALMON to live music. No partner needed. $8 at the door. 360- DERBY: Tickets are on “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: 1 sale for the seventh annual 755-3969 or www.skagit to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, Anacortes Salmon Derby, contra.org.

Mount Baker Theatre, 104 set for March 30-31. The N. Commercial St., Bellingderby will feature $25,000 MUSIC ham. A two-minute conin guaranteed purse money temporary comedic monoSKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC and thousands more in logue is preferred, but not CLUB: The club welcomes merchandise prizes, with required. Auditions will performers, listeners and special prize categories include cold readings from guests at 1:45 p.m. Thursfor women, youths and the script. Paid and nonday, March 28, at Vasa Hall, active military. $60 entry paid parts available. The 1805 Cleveland St., Mount fee, includes free launchplay will run July 16-Aug. Vernon. Come and sing, ing at Cap Sante Marina, 11. To schedule an audiplay an instrument or just three night’s moorage, free tion, email Alison.Terry@ enjoy the music. Free. For Friday night fishing film mountbakertheatre.com. information, call Marsha festival, Saturday night For information, call 360Pederson at 360-757-4906. no-host social and Sunday 510-2587 or email Mark. barbecue lunch; limited to Kuntz@mountbaker 1,000 tickets. Proceeds will RECREATION theatre.com.

SEEKING VENDORS: The benefit scholarships for students pursuing careers Skagit County Fairgrounds in fishery management and DANCE seeks vendors of all types related science. Tickets can CONTRA DANCE: 7 to for its World’s Largest be purchased at Ace Hard9:30 p.m. Saturday, April Garage Sale, Antiques & ware in Anacortes and Fri6, Depot Arts Center, 611 More, set for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. day Harbor, Holiday Sports R Ave., Anacortes. Learn Friday and Saturday, April in Burlington, LFS in Bellthe fundamentals of contra 12-13, at the fairgrounds, ingham and other locations. dance and practice dancing 1410 Virginia St., Mount For information, visit www.

Vernon. Applications are anacortessalmonderby.com. available at www.skagitcounty.net/fairgrounds. For YOUTH SOCCER: Burinformation, call 360-336lington Parks and Recre9414 or email fairgrounds@ ation is offering Mini Kickco.skagit.wa.us. ers Soccer for ages 3-5 on Friday mornings, March 29 CALL FOR YOUNG VEN- to May 31, at Skagit River DORS: Kids ages 18 and Park in Burlington. Mini younger can rent a table Kickers teaches basic socfor $15 and sell their stuff cer skills while developing at the Burlington Parks strength, balance, coordiand Recreation Kids Giant nation, listening skills and Garage Sale from 9 a.m. to teamwork. $99, includes noon Saturday, April 20, at jersey, shorts, soccer ball the Burlington Parks and and player evaluation. RegRecreation Center, 900 E. ister at www.minikicker Fairhaven Ave. Free admis- soccer.com. sion. 360-755-9649.

SHORELINE ACADEMY: SEEKING SCRAPBOOK- Friends of Skagit Beaches ING, CRAFT SUPPLY SELL- will present the second ERS: Rent a table for $25 annual Fidalgo Shoreline to sell your extra craft and Academy from 8:30 a.m. to scrapbooking supplies from 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, at the Fidalgo Bay Resort, April 13, at the Burlington 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road, Parks and Recreation Cen- Anacortes. ter, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Dr. Ron Lindsay will Burlington. Supplies and present the keynote accessories only, no finished address, “The Changcrafts. Free admission for ing Arctic.” The day will the public. 360-755-9649. include several presenta-

tions and interpretive walks about shoreline education, research and stewardship. Registration: $25.

Optional lunch: $10. www.skagitbeaches.org.

THEATER THEATER CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre’s Class Act School for the Performing Arts is now enrolling kids from preschool through 12th grade for spring classes on acting and theater arts.

Classes are held at ACT, 918 M Ave., Anacortes.

360-293-6829 or www.act theatre.com/classact.

Creative Characters: Preschool-age children, 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays, March 26-May 7 (no class April 2), or 1 to 2 p.m. Fridays, March 29-May 10 (no class April 5). $50.

Save the Circus!: Kindergarten through second grade, 4 to 5:15 p.m. Fridays, March 29-May 10 (no class April 5). $50.

How to Perform in a Musical: Grades 3-6, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, March 27-May 8 (no class April 3). $50.

Triple Threat: Grades 7-12, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 28-May 9 (no class April 4). $100.

FREE ADULT ACTING CLASS: Anacortes Community Theatre will present a series of acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month, at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Classes will include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with a different topic each month: April 20: developing character; May 18: stage presence; June 15: performance.

Each class will be independent, so participants don’t have to commit to every session. For information, call 360-293-4373 or visit www.acttheatre.com.

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

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

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

GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: March 23, Showbox at the Market. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

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

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

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

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

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

BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND: March 29, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

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

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

COMMON KINGS: March 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

PHOENIX: March 29, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation. com.

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

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

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

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

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

or www.showboxonline.com.

SUPER WHY LIVE: April 2, The Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.stgpresents.org.

RIHANNA: with A$AP Rocky: April 3, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. livenation.com.

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

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

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

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

JANIS IAN: April 7, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or www. lincolntheatre.org.

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

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: April 7, The Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877784-4849 or LiveNation.com.

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

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: April 8, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or www.columbiacitytheater.com.

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

FUTURE: April 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

MASSIVE MONKEES DAY: April 13, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BAD RELIGION, AGAINST ME!, POLAR BEAR CLUB: April 15, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

CHRIS TOMLIN, LOUIE GIGLIO, KARI JOBE: April 20, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA (Tribute to Grateful Dead): April 20, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. showboxonline.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 21-28 Thursday.21

Saturday .23

THEATER

MUSIC

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

“Radio Rhythm”: Skagit Learning Center, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-3368955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Friday.22 DANCE

BodyVox: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $20-$39. 360-734-6080 or www.mount bakertheatre.com.

MUSIC

Matt Carlton (vocals/piano): 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

THEATER

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 21-28

Travis Brass: U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West: 3 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free.

360-336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Ria Peth Vanderpool (piano, vocals): 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

Anacortes Unknown Music Series: “Ours,” 4 p.m. to midnight, the UNKNOWN, 1202 Seventh St., Anacortes.

Performers: Broken Water, Lori Goldston, Lois, O Paon, Allyson Foster, Lloyd & Michael, Jae Choi, DJ Weird Cactus and Marianna Ritchey. $25, includes dinner.

Tickets: The Business, 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, www.anacortesunknown.com.

THEATER

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS” Lyric Light Opera, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org. Check individual listings for times.

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www. mcintyrehall.org.

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 2 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

FRIDAY.22

Tuesday.26 MUSIC

Mount Vernon High School Band and Orchestra: 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8, $6, $4.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyre hall.org.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

THEATER

NICK VIGARINO’S MEANTIME BLUES 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7 cover. 360-445-3000.

TONY & THE TIGERS 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

Sunday.24

SATURDAY.23

FRIDAY-SUNDAY.22-24

VARIETY

Betty Desire: 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.22-23 THURSDAY.28 “SEEDS OF CHANGE: SUPERHERO BOY BAND” Musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

Wednesday.27 No events submitted

Thursday.28

THURSDAY.21

FRIDAY.22

Jerri Mercer (jazz, rock, blues): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

Tony & The Tigers: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

The Sandy Carbary Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Steve Meyer, Ben Starner (piano): 8 to 10 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Scratch Daddy: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., The Bullpen, 701 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-588-4508.

Voyager, The BGB: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-7781067.

SATURDAY.23 Matt Carlton: 7 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinner theatre.com.

Stacy Jones Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

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

360-422-6411.

Nick Vigarino’s Meantown Blues: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7 cover. 360-445-3000.

Don Richards Band: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Guitarslinger with Scott Lind, Eric Rice, CD Woodbury, el Colonel: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Baltic Cousins CD release, Livingston Seagull, RHOMBU$: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

MUSIC

Monday.25

Dana Lyons: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $10. 360-9410403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.

MUSIC

THEATER

Fidalgo Youth Symphony and Mount Baker Youth Symphony: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theater, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $15, $1 ages 15 and younger.

360-734-6080 or www.mountbaker theatre.com.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

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

360-855-2263.

WEDNESDAY.27 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Black Tommy, Life N Mine, Hillary Susz: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3.

360-778-1067.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

THURSDAY.28 Mutilation Rites, Inter Arma: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360778-1067.

Today is The Day, Black Tusk, KEN Mode, Fight Amp: 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10$12. 360-778-1067.

Paul Klein: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

E10 Thursday, March 21, 2013

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area March 21-28 Thursday.21

Saturday .23

THEATER

MUSIC

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

“Radio Rhythm”: Skagit Learning Center, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-3368955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Friday.22 DANCE

BodyVox: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $20-$39. 360-734-6080 or www.mount bakertheatre.com.

MUSIC

Matt Carlton (vocals/piano): 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

THEATER

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues March 21-28

Travis Brass: U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West: 3 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free.

360-336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Ria Peth Vanderpool (piano, vocals): 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

Anacortes Unknown Music Series: “Ours,” 4 p.m. to midnight, the UNKNOWN, 1202 Seventh St., Anacortes.

Performers: Broken Water, Lori Goldston, Lois, O Paon, Allyson Foster, Lloyd & Michael, Jae Choi, DJ Weird Cactus and Marianna Ritchey. $25, includes dinner.

Tickets: The Business, 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, www.anacortesunknown.com.

THEATER

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS” Lyric Light Opera, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org. Check individual listings for times.

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”: Lyric Light Opera, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www. mcintyrehall.org.

“A Rotten Demise”: 1920s murder mystery dinner theater, 6:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 2 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

FRIDAY.22

Tuesday.26 MUSIC

Mount Vernon High School Band and Orchestra: 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8, $6, $4.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyre hall.org.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

THEATER

NICK VIGARINO’S MEANTIME BLUES 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7 cover. 360-445-3000.

TONY & THE TIGERS 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

“Monty Python’s Spamalot”: musical comedy, Anacortes High School Performing Arts Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $15 adults, $7 students. 360-293-2166 or www.ana cortesdrama.com.

Sunday.24

SATURDAY.23

FRIDAY-SUNDAY.22-24

VARIETY

Betty Desire: 9 p.m. to midnight, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.22-23 THURSDAY.28 “SEEDS OF CHANGE: SUPERHERO BOY BAND” Musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

Wednesday.27 No events submitted

Thursday.28

THURSDAY.21

FRIDAY.22

Jerri Mercer (jazz, rock, blues): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

Tony & The Tigers: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

The Sandy Carbary Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Steve Meyer, Ben Starner (piano): 8 to 10 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Scratch Daddy: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., The Bullpen, 701 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-588-4508.

Voyager, The BGB: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-7781067.

SATURDAY.23 Matt Carlton: 7 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinner theatre.com.

Stacy Jones Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

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

360-422-6411.

Nick Vigarino’s Meantown Blues: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7 cover. 360-445-3000.

Don Richards Band: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Guitarslinger with Scott Lind, Eric Rice, CD Woodbury, el Colonel: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Baltic Cousins CD release, Livingston Seagull, RHOMBU$: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

MUSIC

Monday.25

Dana Lyons: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $10. 360-9410403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.

MUSIC

THEATER

Fidalgo Youth Symphony and Mount Baker Youth Symphony: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theater, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $15, $1 ages 15 and younger.

360-734-6080 or www.mountbaker theatre.com.

“SEEDS OF CHANGE: Superhero Boy Band”: musical comedy, 8 p.m., Bellingham Circus Guild, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. Come in a superhero costume for postshow dance party. $15-$20, free for babies. www.superheroboyband.com.

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

360-855-2263.

WEDNESDAY.27 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Black Tommy, Life N Mine, Hillary Susz: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3.

360-778-1067.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

THURSDAY.28 Mutilation Rites, Inter Arma: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360778-1067.

Today is The Day, Black Tusk, KEN Mode, Fight Amp: 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10$12. 360-778-1067.

Paul Klein: 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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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

The Ocean Blue

the band’s melody with Anthrax’s harder edge.

“Ultramarine” “Smokin’” is a cover of the classic Boston ode to inhalables, and “Jailbreak” puts It’s been more than a fine point on the Thin Lizzy classic. a decade since PennSinger Joey Belladonna shows his vocal sylvania’s The Ocean versatility here. On “TNT,” the AC/DC Blue released a fullanthem, he sounds just like Bon Scott; length album, and the when he covers Cheap Trick, you’d swear quartet makes no secret that “Ultramait was Robin Zander singing. He even rine” came together in bits and pieces as nails Steve Perry in covering Journey’s members David Schelzel, Bobby Mittan, “Keep on Runnin.’”

Oed Ronne and Peter Anderson recorded “Crawl” and a remix of it are the two here and there. Singer and songwriter original new tracks on the disc, which lend Schelzel referred to it as a record done at a little more texture to the trademark a “glacial pace.” It was worth the wait.

Anthrax crunch.

The 12 songs on “Ultramarine” recall the sincere clarity of the band’s self-titled n Wayne Parry, Associated Press 1989 debut and 1991’s “Cerulean” with songs that soar with grace, blend cascadJustin ing guitars and rich keyboards with lyrics Timberlake that manage to evoke sentimentality, opti“The 20/20 mism and an appropriate romantic longExperience” ing without being cloying or grating.

It’s akin to returning to the alternative, Boy did he test our college-scene era of the late 1980s but patience. But boy, is with a definite and knowing contempohe rewarding us for the wait. rary streak. This evidenced by “Sad Night, After seven years, Justin Timberlake Where is Morning?”, which brims with has finally released his third album, “The melodic guitars, measured percussion and 20/20 Experience,” and it’s a brilliant passion-infused singing from Schelzel piece of work that plays like a musical declaring “my thoughts today, oh how movement. The 10 tracks (which average they want to stray.” seven minutes) weave into one another n Matt Moore, Associated Press

Anthrax

“Anthems” There’s a revelation on Anthrax’s “Anthems” EP: Rush’s music is annoying, no matter who plays it.

The speed metal kings, driven by drummer Charlie Benante’s infatuation with early Neil Peart, chose Rush’s “Anthem” as the inspiration for their eight-track EP in which they cover classic 1970s rock bands that influenced them. Suffice it to say the jarring stop-and-start timing and riffing of a Rush song doesn’t work with the heaviest of heavy metal bands, either.

But the rest of this all-too-short disc is like hard-rock comfort food, hewing closely to the originals, with some special Anthrax sauce on the side. Best is a cover of Cheap Trick’s “Big Eyes,” which blends

beautifully as his falsetto glides over each beat. It’s an unconventional adventure that makes your bones groove. Seriously.

It’s hard to think of another performer who can make a seven-minute track continuously engaging and refreshing, especially at a time when a five-minute song screams “problem” for radio stations and our attention span gets shorter with every tweet or text. One of the standouts of the album is the eight-minute event called “Strawberry Bubblegum.” It’s smooth, airy and full of sexual innuendoes, and it transitions into something that’s heavenlike.

Timberlake was flying high off 2006’s multiplatinum, Grammy-winning “FutureSex/LoveSounds” when he essentially walked away from music to act. In the interim, he made one very good movie (the Oscar-winning “Social Network”) and several so-so ones, and almost seemed like another cast member on “Saturday Night Live” with all his appearances on the show.

But despite all his attempts to put

music on the sidelines, the question everyone always had for him was, “When is that new album coming out?”

Maybe the former ‘N Sync leader was stalling because of the monumental success that album triggered and the kind of pressure that places on a performer.

That burden may also be the reason why “20/20” echoes much of “FutureSex/ LoveSounds,” one of the last decade’s best albums. When “Spaceship Coupe” comes on, you’ll think of “Until the End of Time,” and “Let the Groove In” feels like “Sexy Ladies/Let Me Talk to You (Prelude).” Like “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” “20/20” features producer Timbaland’s deft hand at the center of it all.

In some ways, it almost plays like a musical sequel, and if it’s not broke, don’t fix it, right? Well, not quite.

Timberlake loses some points for the lack of creativity. Yes, “20/20” is near perfect, but it’s almost like he’s plagiarizing some of his own essay, and that’s slightly unfortunate. The album mirrors the futuristic R&B-esque vibe that helped Timberlake leap to the top of the musical ladder — only it’s not so futuristic anymore.

But it’s still vital music that rises above the R&B pack. “That Girl” starts off with old-school appeal, but dabbles into contemporary R&B with a swagger that’s also evident on “Mirror.” You can’t do anything but move your shoulders to “Don’t Hold the Wall,” and “Pusher Love Girl” kicks off the album with the right energy.

Even “Suit and Tie,” the solid yet a tad underwhelming first single, fits in nicely here.

These days, it’s hard for any star to follow up a massively successful album, and the challenge gets even steeper when a seven-years absence is added to the equation. But with a great album on his side, Timberlake should find his return to the top a smooth ride. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Billy Bragg

“Tooth & Nail” Billy Bragg sang about offering “embarrassment and my usual excuses” when accused of “mixing pop and politics” on the late 1980s gem “Waiting for the Great Leap

Forwards.” Any reservation he might have felt for praising workers and pillorying capitalism’s excesses in songs should have ebbed after working with Wilco on writing music for a cache of Woody Guthrie lyrics and releasing the results on three albums a decade later.

Bragg says his new collection, “Tooth & Nail,” is a stylistic follow-up to those landmark releases. And that’s good news for the left-wing British troubadour’s fans.

As usual, Bragg deals with weighty matters — love, death, the meaning or meaninglessness of life — but the heaviness is usually leavened with wit and cheek. A case in point: “Tomorrow’s Going to Be a Better Day,” which addresses “the misanthropic misbegotten merchants of gloom.”

Still, minor points must be deducted for a whistling solo with so much great piano and pedal steel guitar elsewhere on the album.

Other standouts include “Do Unto Others,” featuring a barreling piano and blending riotousness with righteousness, and the straight-up, old-school country flavored “Chasing Rainbows.” n Jeff Karoub, Associated Press

Kacey Musgraves

“Same Trailer Different Park” It’s a long way from nowhere Texas to the bright lights of Nashville, Tenn. Well, country music can thank Kacey Musgraves for finding her way, through smart lyrics, arrangements free of bluster and a tone that’s all her own on her debut major label release, “Same Trailer Different Park.”

You don’t have to like country music to love Musgraves’ sound. It’s light and folksy with glint of Nashville tinsel. Her lyrics, delivered without too many tricks of the trade, easily win over the ear. “Blowin’ Smoke” and “Step off” have a salty swagger, but mostly we get a seasoned Musgraves here, as on “Silver Lining,” polished as she sings of personal bravery in an uncertain world. I like my country stars with a few emotional scars and Musgraves sounds like she knows something about that. Taylor Swift’s cross-over country sound is musical dessert, but this is a real meal. n Ron Harris, Associated Press

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REVIEWS

POP CULTURE Q&A

Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ to return

VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘MLB 13: The Show’

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Vita Genre: Sports Publisher: Sony ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 4 stars (out of 5) I often re-read previous reviews when tackling a yearly franchise to check on any significant improvements in the new iteration. It’s a difficult challenge for developers, considering the short window of time to churn out new features, so I rarely go in expecting life-altering adjustments.

Thankfully, “The Show” has delivered a well-rounded baseball experience for the last several years, making it less necessary to do massive overhauls. Subtle tweaks here and there suffice to continue the franchise’s reign as the best on-thediamond video game around.

You’ll notice the game’s enhancements most when stepping up to the plate. I’m no baseball guru, so I judge based on how easily I can knock a ball into the outfield.

I’m not asking for 14-11 games each time out, but even the most casual gamer will see that as a simulation experience, “The Show” remains accessible.

Visual improvements come pretty standard with each year’s release, and I imagine those and the enhanced audio around the ballparks account for why the game endures some frustratingly lengthy load times.

Thankfully, once you get to play, especially in the Road to the Show mode, everything runs smoothly and crisply. This career mode remains one of the most stellar in any sports game and is a must-play for anyone looking to rise from nobody to Cooperstown entrant.

New video game releases The following games are among those scheduled for release this week, according to Gamestop.com: n Lego City: Undercover (Wii U, rated E10+) n Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360, rated M) n The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC, rated M)

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‘MLB 2K13’

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Sports Publisher: 2K Sports ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 1.5 stars

Q: Is there a second season of “House of Cards?” Can the show be seen anywhere besides Netflix?

A: Yes, there will be a second season of the drama starring Kevin Spacey as a ruthless politician, based on a British TV series.

Since the idea behind the show was to draw viewers to Netflix, I have not yet seen any news about it airing on broadcast or cable; Amazon.com does offer the first 13 episodes as streaming video — and is taking orders for a DVD and Blu-ray, although without a specific release date.

If you are longing for something comparable, the British “House of Cards Trilogy” is on DVD.

maybe SOAPnet will pick them up?

A: At this writing, the soaps are set to start their new online lives on April 29. The only carriers announced so far are Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes, all online services. I have seen no news about a cable or broadcast window. The people behind the soaps clearly want to see if the online model will be successful.

It’s much like the way Netflix, in the previous question, has gotten extra attention through new offerings like “House of Cards,” and other originals are being made for YouTube and sites like FunnyorDie.com.

I’m a gamer by night, but by day I toil away in the land of graphic design. I say this UPDATE: A couple of weeks ago, I because I think “MLB 2K13” may be the reported that “Vegas” would return March perfect chance for those two worlds to col12 after the new CBS drama “Golden Boy” lide. I believe I could take the “2K11” game was tried out in the Dennis Quaid series’ cover, design a new one with 13 replacing time slot for a short time before moving to 11, and give it to my baseball-addicted Q: I understand “All My Children” and Fridays. After looking at the “Golden” ratfriend Mike and see if he notices a differ“One Life to Live” are coming back, which ings, CBS changed its plans. “Golden Boy” ence. I don’t think my trick would register. is great news.

However, it’s hard for me to remains on Tuesdays (aside from a previThis underscores the serious probget excited because I don’t have a computer ously set Friday telecast) through its season lem facing 2K Sports with its baseball and they are going to be shown on the finale on May 14. “Vegas” will move to Frifranchise. We’re now three releases in a Internet. Is there any possibility that for old- days effective April 5, remaining there until row with hardly any major alterations school folks such as myself that Lifetime or its season finale on May 10. or upgrades, which means loyal gamSVH_4.949x4.75_ MARCH Week3 ers are shelling out $60 every year for a game that basically has updated stadiums and lineups, and little else. The pitching mechanics remain tried and true, so leavPaying Out Up To $7.3 Million ing those intact makes sense. Hitting the ball doesn’t take Miguel Cabrera-like skill now, so even casual gamers should find the ability to get hits and drive in runs.

The My Player mode is relatively unchanged from previous editions, and is probably the only thing worth playing on $2,500 the entire disk. 2K should consider retool$2,000 ing this franchise. Making it a more accesCHARMED EASTER EGG HUNT SHAMROCK CASH sible arcade-inspired game could work, HOT SEAT DRAWING HOT SEAT DRAWING or it could invest deeply in remaking it to HOT SEAT DRAWING TUESDAYS MARCH 5, 12, 19 & 26 better compete with the simulation style SUNDAY MONDAYS 7PM MARCH 31 that “The Show“ has not yet perfected.

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Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in “Admission.”

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Comically breaking down the college admissions process

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Tina Fey makes funny TV shows, funny movies and funny books.

Director Paul Weitz often goes for something beyond funny — emotional stories of parents and children trying to puzzle out something beyond flesh and blood that bonds them.

She did “30 Rock” and “Date Night.” He did “About a Boy” and “Being Flynn.”

And somewhere on the uncertain ground between the two is “Admission.” It’s a romantic comedy — of sorts — about a lovelorn Princeton admissions officer forced to reconcile her judgmental job with the news that the baby she gave up for adoption 17 years ago might be applying to … Princeton.

It’s not a particularly satisfying comedy, but thanks to the cast and

‘ADMISSION’

HH1⁄2 Cast: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Lily Tomlin, Gloria Reuben, Wallace Shawn Running time: 1:47 MPAA rating: PG-13 for language and some sexual material

some of the odd directions it takes, “Admission” is an intensely likable one.

Portia (Fey) spends her days competing with Corinne (Gloria Reuben) to see who can be the snobbiest in front of the head of admissions (Wallace Shawn), hoping against hope to get the top job when he retires.

She comes home to her English lit professor live-in beau (Michael Sheen), who reads Chaucer aloud and declares “I like this life. I do I do!” No children, an academic set-

ting, a life of letters and purpose — what’s not to like about it?

But calls are coming in. Quest, this new alternative school where kids learn to split wood, milk cows, build robots and think for themselves, has a star student. And his teacher, John (Paul Rudd), is determined to get Portia’s attention.

The student, Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), could be “Princeton material.”

There’s something else John wants to get across, in between awkward moments of violating Princeton policy and instances where Portia is sure he’s making a pass.

“Jeremiah — I think he’s your son.”

Much of the film is about miscommunication, things that stop just short of being said — Portia accepting this shocking news, or denying it; John and Portia trying to not tell the kid. She keeps see-

she’s an egalitarian acting as guardian of the gates of American exclusivity — a college where fewer than 1 in 26 candidates is “Princeton material.”

Fey plays this inner-outer conflict well. But at her most wideeyed and vulnerable, she still has trouble making a romance credible, even with Rudd, edgy comedy’s puppy dog of a leading man.

Lily Tomlin And Weitz can’t winnow the story down to a simple personal ing little things the teen does that journey with romantic overtones. are like her, and starts looking for “Admission” breaks down the colshortcuts so that he can get into lege admissions process, makes college.

Fey has made romantically-put- blunt statements about the upper upon her stock in trade, and as Por- class’ “legacy,” and the cards students and their hovering parents tia’s life unravels, there are plenty of moments that remind us of Fey’s will play to score Ivy League lonely “30 Rock” loser, Liz Lemon. acceptance. It’s too scattered Portia is set up to be in open revolt and too ambitious for a movie against a “hippie” school like Quest that often slips into feminist, acathanks to her brittle, feminist lion- demic, postponed-motherhood and ess of a mother (Lily Tomlin). But “alternative”-education clichés.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“A Good Day to Die Hard” — The latest installment of the action franchise plays as if we’re watching Bruce Willis in a Bruce Willis movie in which Bruce Willis can survive anything while taking out the villains, video-game style.

A quarter-century after the first “Die Hard,” the venerable John McClane has been stripped of any real traces of an actual three-dimensional character. Action, R, 97 minutes. H1⁄2 “Beautiful Creatures” — Though not specifically conceived to fill the void left by the $2 billion “Twilight” franchise, comparisons are inevitable, as we’re again presented with a story about a smart, serious, semi-loner high school student who falls for a mysterious newcomer with supernatural powers. It would all be pretty tedious, goth-youth nonsense if not for the considerable delights provided by a mostly veteran supporting cast of Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Viola Davis and Emmy Rossum, who are all having great fun. Romantic fantasy, PG-13, 124 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Identity Thief” — The pairing of Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in a road trip comedy seems inspired. They’re two unique comedic talents who always put an interesting spin on a line or a double take, whether starring in sitcoms or effortlessly swiping scenes in big-screen fare. Unfortunately, “Identity Thief” is a depressingly predictable road-trip buddy comedy that’s far more interested in car chases, lame shootouts, physical shtick and cheap schmaltz than creating anything original. Comedy, R, 112 minutes. HH “Jack the Giant Slayer” — Director Bryan Singer, a first-rate cast and a stellar team of screenwriters, set designers and specialeffects wizards have dusted off an old and never particularly compelling fairy tale and have given us a greatlooking thrill ride. It’s filled with neat touches, from the

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casting of Ewan McGregor as a knight in shining armor to an epilogue that’s just way cool. Even for those who didn’t think they’d give a fee, fi, fo or fum about this movie, it’s a rousing, original and thoroughly entertaining adventure. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 115 minutes.

HHH1⁄2 “Mama” — “Mama” succeeds in scaring the wits out of us and leaving some lingering, deeply creepy images, despite indulging in many horror-film cliches.

Movies like “Mama” are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked. And of course, there’s almost always a little plot left over for a sequel.

It’s a ride horror fans would take again. Horror, PG-13, 100 minutes. HHH “Olympus Has Fallen” — Bystanders and tourists, soldiers, cops and Secret Service agents fall by the score in a movie about the unthinkable — a terrorist ground assault on Washington, D.C. For all the bursts of blood, the gunplay and executionstyle head-shots that punctuate scores of deaths, it’s

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hard to see “Olympus Has Fallen” (that’s Secret Service code) as much more than another movie manifestation of a first-person shooter video game. Stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune and Morgan Freeman.

Action, R, 113 minutes. HH “Oz the Great and Powerful” — Like “The Phantom Menace” trilogy, “Oz the Great and Powerful” precedes a beloved classic on the fictional timeline, but makes full use of modernday technology, which means everything’s grander and more spectacular. Director Sam Raimi and his army of special-effects wizards have created a visually stunning film that makes good use of 3-D, at least in the first hour or so. The film finally breaks free of its beautiful but artificial trappings and becomes a story with heart in the final act. Thing is, we know Oz and its denizens are destined for a far greater adventure a little ways down the Yellow Brick Road. Fantasy adventure, PG, 130 minutes.

HH1⁄2 “Quartet” — A sweet, sentimental, predictable story

set in a luxurious British retirement home for actors and opera singers. First-time director Dustin Hoffman has his heart in the right place and loves these characters.

His screen is filled with legends (Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Gwyneth Jones).

But much is unlikely, including the theory that a gala on Verdi’s birthday could raise enough cash to save the elegant manor. Comedy drama, PG-13, 99 minutes. HH1⁄2 “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” — This absurdist, magic-themed buddy movie is a Will Ferrell sports comedy without Will Ferrell and without the sports. In plot and tone, it’s two parts lunatic comedy and one part shameless sentimentality with a dash of romance thrown in. A movie satirizing magicians -- even rock ‘n’ roll hipster magicians -- is only slightly more cutting edge than a movie mocking mimes. But this is also one dark and wickedly funny comedy, with a great return to form by Jim Carrey opposite Steve Carell in the title role.

Comedy, PG-13, 100 minutes. HHH

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‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’ will play March 23-26.

into remote and extreme natural landscapes. The filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga.

Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are just two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat. There’s no telephone, running water or medical aid. The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, live accord‘Happy People: A ing to their own values Year in the Taiga’ and cultural traditions.

Not rated. $10 general; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 24 $9 seniors, students and 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, active military; $8 memMarch 25-26 bers; $7 children 12 and With “Happy People: A under. Bargain matinee Year in the Taiga,” Werner prices (all shows before 6 Herzog and Russian cop.m.): $8 general, $6 memdirector Dmitry Vasyukov bers, $5 children 12 and take viewers on a journey under.

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OUT & ABOUT ART WOOD & GLASS: A show of new work by wood artists George Way and Art Learmonth and glass artists Bob Metke and Sam McMillen continues through March 30 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Way’s handturned works are made from a variety of wood, including myrtle and black locust. Learmonth’s turned and carved wall pieces of redwood, maple and other elements are new to the gallery. Rounding out the show are Metke’s glass bud vases and McMillen’s bright glass sculptural mushrooms, along with works by McCool and other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 360-293-3577 or www.annemartinmccool. com.

SANDY BYERS: PASTELS: The show of Northwest pastels by Whidbey Island artist Sandy Byers continues through April 2 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Also showing are acrylics by Jacqui Beck, photography by Dick Garvey, abstract oils by Donna Nevitt and watercolors and acrylics by Eric Wiegardt.

Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-2936938 or www.scottmilo. com.

lery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays by appointment. 360-222-3070 or www.robschouten gallery.com.

Three spring exhibits open Saturday at Mona The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner, will feature three new art exhibits opening with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23, and continuing through June 9: n “Rik Allen: Seeker”: Allen transforms MoNA’s main galleries into an interstellar environment with his sculptural works and a site-specific installation. His metal and glass spaceships evoke the limitless expanse of farreaching galaxies. Allen will speak about his inspirations and the process behind his artwork at 1 p.m. opening day. n “Allen Moe: The Earth Below: the interactions of sand, water and gravity at the mouth of the Skagit River”: The show features Moe’s modified cement castings, a kind of organic expressionism documenting

FINE ART PHOTOS: “Photography, Photography? PHOTOGRAPHY!” continues through April 1 at Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Featuring the work of Northwest photographers Lorraine Healy, Louie Rochon, Stephen Roxborough, Sandy Rubini aries of photographic communication, with images and Don Wodjenski, the ranging from urban experishow explores the bound-

the very land they came from. Moe (whose work is pictured) will give an illustrated talk at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 14. n “Structures from the Permanent Collection”: This multiple media grouping of architectural landscapes and sculptures includes works by Guy Anderson, Susan Bennerstrom, Kenneth Callahan, Bill Colby, Morris Graves, Paul Havas, Karin Helmrich, William Hixson, William Ivey, Steve Klein, John-Franklin Koenig, Kenjiro Nomura, Maxi Power, Jay Steensma and Mark Tobey.

Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Sundays and Mondays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. $8, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4446 or www.museumofnwart.org.

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mental to macro florals, abstracts to reconstructed experiential forms. Gal-

“WRAPPED IN MEMORIES”: The show of handwoven wraps by India Rassner-Donovan and oil paintings by Marcia Van Doren continues through April 2 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. RassnerDonovan’s wraps feature a broad palette of rich colors in bamboo, linen, silk, cotton and wool. Van Doren’s oil paintings evoke a sense of “having been there,” stirring thoughts of places remembered, or sometimes forgotten, throughout our lives. For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-2220102 or visit www.raven rocksgallery.com.

“GO FIGURE!”: The show featuring the contemporary and traditional clay work by members of Cascade Clay Artists continues through March 30 at Allied Arts of Whatcom County gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Artworks on display include intricately carved and crafted pieces in a wide variety of shape, style and color. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. 360-676-8548 or www. alliedarts.org.

“WAITING ON THE LIGHT”: A show of new work by Becky Fletcher continues through March 31 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. With an extensive background in stained glass, Fletcher approaches painting in a smoothly, graphic manner. An avid hiker, her subject matter focuses on the mountains

and forests of the North Cascades. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360766-6230 or www.smith andvallee.com.

SPRING SHOW: River Gallery will kick off its Spring Show exhibit with an opening reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at 19313 Landing Road, Mount Vernon.

STEAMROLLER PRINTS: The exhibit will be open for The Steamroller Print viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 Show continues through p.m., Wednesdays through April 14 at Matzke Fine Sundays until April 28. FeaArt Gallery and Sculpture tured artists: Maggi Mason Park, 2345 Blanche Way, (collage), Rolf Oversee (oil) Camano Island. The show and guest artist Anne Lanfeatures prints by several caster (sculpture). Contact Northwest artists who par- Sylvia Strong at 360-466ticipated in the Anacortes 4524 or visit rivergallerywa.

Arts Festival’s “Steamroller com for more information.

Block Print Project.” The Gallery hours are 10 show also includes a selec- a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday tion of ceramics, stone through Sunday. 360-466sculptures, ink drawings, 4524 or www.rivergallery paintings and more. Galwa.com. lery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 ART SHOW: J’s Gallery p.m. Saturday and Sunday, weekdays by appointment. will host the opening of its 360-387-2759 or www.matz 2013 Spring Art Show from noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, kefineart.com.

March 23, at 101 N. First St., La Conner. The show “JIM OLSON: ART IN will feature pastels and ARCHITECTURE”: The blown-glass baskets by Jay exhibit continues through Bowen, oil paintings and June 9 at the Whatcom metal sculptures by Roger Museum, 250 Flora St., Bellingham. Devoted to the Small, mixed media works career of Jim Olson, one of by Katie Small, new mosaics by Katie McNerney, as the Northwest’s most significant architects, founder well as artwork by Chuck of Olson Kundig Architects Bankuti, Dan Soler, Tom Pickett and Ed Kamuda. and designer of the museum’s Lightcatcher building, Gallery hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday through the show provides a retFriday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Satrospective of Olson’s first urday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

50 years in architecture, highlighting his residential Sunday. www.jaybowen legacy, as well as his public artgallery.com. design work.

FINAL FRIDAY ART Along with the projects WALK: Check out artwork themselves, the exhibition in a variety of mediums explores Olson’s artisfrom 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, tic, cultural, natural and personal influences and March 29, in galleries and includes original artwork shops around La Conner. from selected residences, as 888-642-9284. well as a custom-designed art installation. Museum “IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR hours are noon to 5 p.m.

GRANDMOTHERS: CONTuesday through Sunday.

TEMPORARY ART OF THE $10, $8 student/senior/mili- N.W. COAST AND ANCEStary, $4.50 children ages 5 TRAL TRADITION”: The and younger, free for muse- show continues through um members. 360-778-8933 March 24 at Gallery Cygor www.whatcommuseum. nus, 109 Commercial St., La org.

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OUT & ABOUT artwork by John Goodwin, Makah, and Peter Dunthorne, a member of the Upper Skagit community.

Dunthorne, the guest curator, says, “For generation after generation, tribal families of the Northwest Coast have been culturally guided by their grandmothers — their knowledge, wisdom, love and nurturing — to teach and strengthen connections to the land and the collective experience of ancestors.” Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-7084787 or www.gallerycygnus. com.

QUILT MUSEUM: “Color, Design, & Inspiration: Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably” continues through March 24 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 Second St., La Conner. Fassett and Mably are well-known quilters, fabric designers, knitters and authors. The exhibit features both quilts and knitting. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $7, $5 students and military, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or www.laconnerquilts.com.

March, including an art exhibit, movie screenings, panel discussions and more.

All events are free, donations gladly accepted. For information, visit www. skagithrf.wordpress.com.

Next up: Al Currier art display: Currier’s paintings depicting migrant workers in the fields are on display at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington; and the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Dana Lyons in concert: 7 p.m. today, March 21, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon.

“Miss Representation”: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon. Film screening and panel discussion: “Women in Leadership.”

“Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare”: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Film screening and panel discussion.

chase musical instruments for Concrete students. 360941-0403 or www.concretetheatre.com.

“POETRY FOR YOU & ME”: AN EVENING OF POETRY WITH MATTHEW BROUWER: 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Brouwer will share his poems and welcome others to share their own. Pay what makes you happy. RSVP: 360-4642229 or www.anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

juice), art projects and games. $15 parent and child.

Register at the Anacortes Parks and Recreation office, call 360-293-1918 or visit www.cityofanacortes.org/ Parks/programs.htm.

MASKED BALL: Join with the Skagit Symphony and Skagit Artists Together to celebrate the arts at the April Fools Masked Ball, Dinner and Auction from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Grand Willow Inn, 17926 Dunbar Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a live performance of music from “The SKETCHING WORKSHOP: Phantom of the Opera” by soprano Jennifer Ceresa, “Line to Color,” a sketchdinner and drinks, the Cining workshop with urban derella Search, silent and sketchers and University live auctions, a dessert dash, of Washington instructors dancing and more. Formal Frank Ching and Gail Wong, will be held at 9 a.m. attire and masks are encouraged. $50. Proceeds will benSaturday, April 27, at the efit the Skagit Symphony Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle and Skagit Artists Together.

St., Mount Vernon. Ching and Wong will lead students 360-848-9336. through the process of making a sketch on location. $85.

Registration deadline April 8. gail@glwarc.com.

COMMUNITY DANCE: Camano Junction will play big band music from 7 to 10 VOLCANO PRESENTAp.m. Saturday, March 23, at TION: Volcanologist Dave “MOSTLY METAL”: SteCamano Center, 606 ArrowTucker will present “The ven Bochinski’s works on head Road, Camano Island.

Volcano in Our Backyard: metal are on display through Mount Baker Eruption His- $7 members, $10 nonmemApril at Vartanyan Estate tory, Hazards & Monitoring” bers, includes light snacks.

Winery, 1628 Huntley Road, at 7 p.m. today, March 21, at Beer and wine available for Bellingham. Show hours the Concrete Theatre, 45920 purchase. 360-387-0222. are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Main St., Concrete. through Sunday. www.bs FANCY NANCY TEA Tucker, director of the teveb.com.

PARTY: Ages 18 months to Mount Baker Volcano Research Center, will reveal 8 years, accompanied by a FESTIVALS fascinating details about our parent, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, Senior ActivSKAGIT HUMAN RIGHTS volcanic neighbor. $10.

A portion of the proceeds ity Center, 1701 22nd St., FESTIVAL: “A DECADE IN Anacortes. Come dressed will benefit public radio THE VALLEY”: The 10th station KSVU 90.1 FM and to impress and be ready annual Skagit Human to learn some tea party the Concrete School Band Rights Festival is featuring a variety of events during project, designed to puretiquette. Enjoy tea (apple

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POTLUCK: The Mount Vernon Farmers Market will host a potluck to kick off the 2013 market season from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. Bring a dish to share; beverages, dishes and utensils will be provided.

Market vendor applications will be available. Live music and a poster raffle. 360-5404066.

GIRLS DAY: Challenger Ridge Vineyard presents “Girls Day at the Vineyard” from noon to 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 30, at the winery, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Wine tasting, clothing, baked goods, lotions, jewelry and more.

Lunch reservations for $12.

425-422-6988.

EGG HUNT: Hillcrest Church will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt from

10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 30, at 1830 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Bounce house, pictures with the Easter Bunny, crafts, stories and egg hunts. Free. 360-4243006 or office@hillcrestcf. org.

“SKAGIT SETS SAIL: A MARITIME HISTORY OF SKAGIT COUNTY”: The exhibition continues through April 28 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. From shovel-nose canoes to the America’s Cup, sternwheelers to sea-going tugs, check out Skagit County’s history on the water. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. $5, $4 seniors and children ages 6 to 12, $10 family, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or www.skagitcounty.net/ museum.

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