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THIS WEEKEND Small boat “Messabout” set for Saturday at Seafarer’s Park in Anacortes PAGE 4

Joe T. Cook plays the blues on Saturday night at the Conway Muse PAGE 9

ON STAGE La Conner High School Drama Club presents “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” PAGE 8

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THREE SPANISH BANDS ONE AMAZING NIGHT!

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THIS WEEKENDin the area BASEBALL BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT The Skagit Valley Lumberjacks of the newly formed Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League will host a four-man best ball golf tournament at 10 a.m. Friday, May 15, at Overlook Golf Course, 17523 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. Each team will include one player from the Lumberjacks. A barbecue lunch and meet-and-greet with Lumberjacks players and staff will follow. Registration: $50, includes greens fees and lunch. Register at the course or call 360-422-6444.

GARDEN, GIFTS AND JUNK The Spring Garden & Gift Faire will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15-16, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Shop for a wide variety of items including plants, art, handmade gifts, home business consultants and more.

On Saturday, check out the Junk in Your Trunk garage sale outside the rec center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission to both events.

360-755-9649.

PENN COVE WATER FESTIVAL The annual event

Small boat ‘Messabout’ The Pull and Be Damned Small Boat Messabout will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Seafarer’s Park in Anacortes. Bring your own boat if you have one and check out gigs, whitehalls, kayaks, skin-on-frame boats and a variety of other sailing craft. Enjoy demonstrations, fun and games, with a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m. Barbecues will be provided for grilling. Free. For information, call Andy at 360-293-4161 or visit anacortessmallboatcenter.com.

will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, on the Coupeville waterfront. Events will include tribal canoe racing, Native music, singing and dancing, storytelling, a juried art show, children’s activities, food, arts and crafts and more. Free. penncovewaterfestival.com.

WOMEN’S WALK AND RUN The 33rd annual Bay View Women’s Run & Walk will be held Saturday, May 16, beginning at the Padilla Bay Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview-Edison Road, Bay View. Registration opens at 8 a.m. followed by the race at 10 a.m. The 2-mile run and walk, and 5K and 10K runs include some gently rolling hills, but the longer distances are along the flat Padilla Bay Shore Trail. Proceeds benefit Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services and women’s health issues. Day-of-race registration: $25-$45; free for ages 12 and younger (no shirt). 360-708-7273, 360-707-0258 or bayview womensrun.com.

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MUSIC

Influential ska band comes to the Skagit UVEL

By KIMBERLY CA Kimberly_SVH

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OUT & ABOUT ART

including gallery hours and directions: 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

SKAGIT VALLEY ART ESCAPE: On the first weekend of each month, through October, the Skagit Valley Art Escape invites local residents and out-of-area visitors to experience gallery art walks, music performances, artist demonstrations and more at participating locations.

Mount Vernon: 5 to 8 p.m. first Thursday.

Anacortes: 6 to 9 p.m. first Friday.

Edison and La Conner: 5 to 8 p.m. first Saturday.

OILS & PASTELS: A new collection of oils and pastels by Amanda Houston continues through June 2 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show features Houston’s landscape style in both pastel and oil on canvas, in addition to her Northwest bird images.

Also showing are acrylics on canvas by Jennifer Bowman, color photographs by Randy Dana, floral monoprints by Marie Powell and impressionistic oils by Donna Nevitt Radtke, as well as a selection of jewelry, glass work, sculptures and tables. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

OILS & ENCAUSTICS: “HOMAGE,” a show of artwork by Sharon Kingston and Eric Eschenbach, continues through May 31 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

Kingston is an oil painter who uses the properties of her medium to create paintings that look inward and outward — responding to both the atmosphere of her surroundings and the poetry within. Eschenbach’s oils and encaustics explore our changing

LYNDEN ART EXHIBITS: Check out several art exhibits continuing through May 30 at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. “Paintings by Quincy Anderson” offers an exploration of reflections on water inspired by the rivers of France, garden ponds of Thailand and canals of Venice. “Promising Futures: Whatcom County High School Student Art” features artwork by high school students. The “Spring Juried Exhibit” showcases the artistic talent of Whatcom County and the surrounding region.

360-354-3600 or jansenart center.org.

Spring Film Series continues at Anacortes library (romantic comedy): Starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and Kathy Enjoy free film screenings at 7 p.m.

Baker. In London for his daughter’s Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, wedding, jingle writer Harvey Shine 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360-293- (Hoffman) misses his plane, loses his 1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes. job and feels pushed to the sidelines org. Next up: by his ex-wife and daughter. Then May 15: “Life is Beautiful” (drama): he meets Kate Walker (Thompson), Starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta unmarried and in danger of becoming Braschi and Giorgio Cantarini. In a spinster. Their unlikely pairing blos1930s Italy, carefree Jewish booksoms into romance, but not before an keeper Guido courts and marries a unfortunate series of mishaps and mislovely woman. They have a son and live adventures. Nominated for two Golden happily together until German forces Globes. Rated PG-13. occupy Italy and pack them off to a May 29: “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” Jewish concentration camp. To protect (drama): Starring Richard Gere, Joan his son from the horrors of the camp, Allen and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

Guido tells him they are playing a game Based on the true story of a college and that the grand prize for winning is professor’s bond with the abandoned a tank. Winner of three Oscars. Rated dog he takes into his home, and the PG-13. effect that bond has on his grandson May 22: “Last Chance Harvey” years later. Rated G. Skagit Valley Herald staff

“THE ART OF MARK IVERSON: A Friend Remembered”: An exhibit featuring art created by Mark Iverson continues through May 31 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Iverson’s friends and family have loaned the museum a selection of paintings to honor his memory. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday.

Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger.

360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

QUILTS/BEAD ART: Several new exhibits of quilts and bead art are on display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner:• landscape. He sees Western 360-766-6230 or smithand acrylic paintings, pen and “Revealing the Hidden: Washington’s constantly vallee.com. ink and watercolor work Contemporary QuiltArt varying tidal zones as the

by Mary Jo Oxrieder, as perfect metaphor symbolizNEW PAINTINGS: “Sanc- well as new watercolors by Association”: The Conteming both the impact of man tuary: Trees of Life” conWindwalker Taibi. Both art- porary QuiltArt Association includes more than 100 and climate change and tinues through June 4 at ists are also showing new Washington artists working nature’s cycles of rejuvena- Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 collections of watercolor with fiber, thread and textion. The gallery is open Wonn Road, Greenbank. and mixed media mintiles. Member artists have from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The show features new iatures. For information,

created a wide range of two- and three-dimensional artwork incorporating a variety of techniques. The show continues through June 28.

“Impressions in Fabric”: Denise Miller and Nancy Ryan create fabric landscapes reminiscent of the pointillism of the neo-impressionist painters Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Where they used dots of paint, Miller and Ryan’s quilting technique uses tiny pieces of fabric. A second technique involves the use of fusible appliqué to create floral designs, as well as parts of some of the landscapes. The show continues through June 28.

“Pastels and More: Selections from our Permanent Collection”: The museum features a variety of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers in the fields around Skagit Valley.

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.

WOOD & FABRIC ART: Art Learmonth’s wood art and Diane Learmonth’s fabric art are featured at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Art creates turned wooden bowls, wall sculptures and Northweststyle contemporary furniture. Diane’s fiber artwork incorporates a wide range of techniques. The show also includes paintings by Anne Martin McCool and work by other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

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OUT & ABOUT LANDSCAPES & MORE: A show featuring a new collection of oils by Keith Sorenson continues at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Sorenson’s work features a series of landscapes with colorful trees in his style of “rain and reflection.” Also showing are handcrafted quilts by the Fidalgo Island Quilters, oils

by Sandy Byers, acrylics by Dianna Shyne and Christine Camilleri, and abstract oils by Don deLlamas. 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.

are 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

360-391-2691 or theshop conway.com.

“SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable Art”: The show of artwork featuring recycled/repurposed materials continues through May 30 at the Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt St., Everett. Participating artists have scoured junk stores, second-hand shops, trash bins and surplus venues to source materials to create a selection of whimsical, sculptural and contemplative artwork, including lamps and clocks made from corrugated cardboard; baskets, hats, ANNIVERSARY SHOW: purses and life-size people The Shop is celebrating its made from plastic bags; two-year anniversary with masks and sculptures from a show of new work by old typewriters; and much Kathleen McCarty at 18623 more. 425-259-5050 or Main St., Conway. Hours schack.org.

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SPRING ART: “The Celebration of Spring” continues through June 14 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features work by stone carvers Sue Taves and Kentaro Kojima; paintings by Janie Olsen, Janet Hamilton, Mary Molyneaux and Donna Watson; prints by Karla Matzke; ceramics by Leon White and Ruth Westra; and new sculptures in the 10-acre sculpture park. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, weekdays by appointment. 360387-2759 or matzkefineart. com.

SPRING FINE ART SHOW: The annual Spring Fine Art Show continues at The River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road (off of Dodge Valley Road), Mount Vernon. The show features an selection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and glass by 32 artists.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to This exhibit includes 5 p.m. Wednesday through a narrow sandbox in the middle of the gallery and Sunday. 360-466-4524 or shelves on the walls filled rivergallerywa.com. with many miniature “hand” figures for people to bring ART AT MoNA: Three to the sandbox to arrange new exhibits continue or to play. Only hand figures through June 14 at the Museum of Northwest Art, are included in order to 121 S. First St., La Conner. emphasize the significance Museum hours are 10 a.m. of hands in our lives. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through J&L ART SHOW: The Saturday and noon to 5 sixth annual J&L Gift and p.m. Sunday and Monday.

Art Show is open at the Free admission. 360-4664446 or monamuseum.org. Tulip Valley Winery, 16163 Highway 536, Mount Ver“Study in Green from non. The show features the Permanent Colleclocal artists working in a tion”: From line to color variety of media. Show field and realistic to abstraction, green is echoed hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. facebook.com/ from nature to the artist’s canvas as this fourth in the jlartshow. color study series surveys “BIO DEVOTIONAL”: A Northwest artists’ use of this tranquil and rejuvenat- show of artwork by David Eisenhour, Todd Horton, ing color.

Philip McCracken and “Neo Naturalist”: The Mary Randlett continues artists here have found ways to reconnect to a part at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial, La Conner. of nature that for them Exhibiting both a personal provides endless interest and professional passion and inspiration, creating for the biosphere, the artists artwork to show respect are “dedicated to a way of for their subject, while addressing issues of growth, life that inhales beauty and exhales sighs of wonder.” change and loss.

“HAKONIWA Project: to Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, touch & to be touched”: or by appointment. 360-708Etsuko Ichikawa: The Japanese word “hakoniwa” 4787 or gallerycygnus.com. means a boxed or miniaFESTIVALS ture garden. It also refers to sandplay therapy, develEDMONDS WATERoped by Jungian therapist FRONT FESTIVAL: The Dora Kalff in Switzerland 28th Edmonds Rotary in the 1950s and ‘60s. In Waterfront Festival will contrast to most Western take place from 3 to 10 p.m. psychotherapies, which Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. emphasize verbal and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 direct expression and p.m. Sunday, May 29-31, cause/effect thinking, at the Port of Edmonds hakoniwa makes significant Marina, 358 Admiral Way, use of nonverbal commuEdmonds. Enjoy music and nication, concrete activity entertainment, classic boats and a holistic perspective. and yachts, hydroplane disIn typical sandplay therapy, plays, arts and crafts, kids’ a patient spends time in a activities, free fishing for private room with a sandkids on Saturday and Sunbox and a variety of minia- day, beer and wine garden, ture figures to create and food and more. Admission: arrange their own world $3, free for ages 12 and freely. younger. edmondswater

frontfestival.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS ALASKAN FISHERIES: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Filmmaker and former fisherman Mark Lunsten explains that the story of Alaskan fisheries is really the story of the halibut and salmon fisheries, starting over 100 years ago and teaching a lesson in sustainable living. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

ROCKS & GEMS: Picture sandstone will be the featured rock at the Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building, 2214 Electric Ave., Bellingham. The evening also will include door prizes, refreshments, a silent auction and a brief business meeting. Visitors are welcome, with or without rocks. 360-734-3994 or mtbakerrockclub.org.

FILM SCREENING: The Anacortes Center for Happiness will host a screening of “The Way” at 7 p.m. FriWORLD ISSUES day, May 29, at 619 ComFORUM: Western Washing- mercial Ave., Anacortes. ton University’s Fairhaven Directed by Emilio Estevez College of Interdisciplinary and starring his father, Studies holds its annual Martin Sheen, “The Way” World Issues Forum from is about a father who heads noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednes- overseas to recover the days in Haggard Hall 253 body of his estranged son on the WWU campus in who died while traveling Bellingham. Presentations the “El camino de Santiaare free and open to the go,” and decides to take public. 360-650-2309 or the pilgrimage himself. wwu.edu/fairhaven/news/ Admission by donation. worldissuesforum. Next up: 360-464-2229 or anacortes May 20: “National Insecenterforhappiness.org. curity: The Cost of American Militarism”: with MelCELEBRATE THE vin Goodman, director of WORLD: Celebrate cultural National Security Project diversity at the Multiculat the Center for Internatural Family Festival from tional Policy in Washington, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, D.C., and adjunct professor May 30, at the Gary Knutof government at Johns zen Cardinal Center and Hopkins University.

Phillip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College, 2405 MORE FUN E. College Way, Mount EXPLORE THE NIGHT Vernon. Enjoy arts and SKY: View distant galaxies, education from around the planets and nebulas begin- world, including a diverse ning at dark Friday, May 15, range of performers, interat Fort Nugent Park, 2075 active cultural activities, SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak international cuisine, a Harbor. This free public showcase of cultural arts Star Party will be hosted by and crafts and a children’s the Island County Astrovillage where families can nomical Society. No teleplay games and participate scope is required. All ages in activities from around are welcome. The event will the world. Free admission. be canceled if cloudy. For For information, contact information, contact Dan at Yadira Rosales at 360360-679-7664 or visit icas416-7838 or email yadira. wa.webs.com. rosales@skagit.edu.

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“JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL & LIVING IN PARIS”: Through May 17, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle.

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LUKE BRYAN: with Randy Houser & Dustin Lynch: May 16, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

PASSION PIT: May 19-20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE WATERBOYS: May 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

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

JUICY J: May 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

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THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: May 29, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

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PENN & TELLER: May 29, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

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TOWER OF POWER: June 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mount bakertheatre.com.

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A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION: featuring Garrison Keillor: June 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

A.R. RAHMAN: June 14-15, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

PURITY RING: June 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SCOTT BRADLEE & POSTMODERN JUKEBOX: June 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM: featuring T.I., Kid Ink, Tech N9ne: June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

NICKELBACK: June 20, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

THE MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS: with the Seattle Symphony: Jume 24, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. com.

PARADISO FESTIVAL 2015: with Armin Van Buuren, Knife Party, Martin Garrix, Skrillex, Alesso, Dash Berlin and more: June 26-27, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MOTOPONY: June 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, ALISON KRAUSS WITH UNION STATION: June 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

THE B-52s: June 29, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbaker theatre.com. n For the complete list, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”

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E8 Thursday, May 14, 2015

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 14-21

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 14-21

Thursday.14

THURSDAY.14

THEATER

Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-445-3000.

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

The Revelers: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

Friday.15 MUSIC

The Rural Characters: Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.

THEATER

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 7 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

SATURDAY.16

THURSDAY.14

JOE T. COOK 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

JASON RICCI AND THE BAD KIND 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

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Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass, Americana): 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

SUNDAY.17 FRIDAY-SATURDAY.15-16 THE RURAL CHARACTERS Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Saturday.16 COMEDY

Comedy Night: Brian Moore and Travis Nelson, 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. $10. 360-424-7171 or maxdales. com.

MUSIC

The Rural Characters: Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wica online.org.

THEATER

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 and 10 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 7 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Special family show: All seats $8. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

THE NORTH CASCADES CONCERT BAND WITH GUNNERY SERGEANT PRESTON HARDAGE 3 p.m., Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes.

Free, donations appreciated. 360-293-2166.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Eric & Anissa: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

FRIDAY.15 The English Beat: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $27-$32.

877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

Jill Newman (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Sunday.17 MUSIC

The North Cascades Concert Band with Gunnery Sergeant Preston Hardage: 3 p.m., Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Free, donations appreciated.

360-293-2166.

THEATER

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 2 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

Thursday.21 THEATER

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Pop Rocks (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

The Groove Tramps: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Steve Meyer: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover.

360-766-6266.

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

Lynn Hanson: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

Scratch Daddy Blues: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-7550165.

SATURDAY.16 The English Beat: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $27-$32. 877275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

Joe T. Cook (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Janie Cribbs: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.17 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Nite Wave (’80s cover band): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

WEDNESDAY.20 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Ron W. Bailey & The Tangents: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Little Joe Argo and Rick Star: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Swearengens: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

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

360-855-5111.

Chris Eger Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

The Spider Ferns, Nightmare Fortress, Casey Proctor (of Medici): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

THURSDAY.21 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

E8 Thursday, May 14, 2015

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 14-21

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 14-21

Thursday.14

THURSDAY.14

THEATER

Open Mic: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m. 360-445-3000.

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

The Revelers: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

Friday.15 MUSIC

The Rural Characters: Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.

THEATER

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 7 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

SATURDAY.16

THURSDAY.14

JOE T. COOK 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

JASON RICCI AND THE BAD KIND 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

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Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass, Americana): 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

SUNDAY.17 FRIDAY-SATURDAY.15-16 THE RURAL CHARACTERS Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.org.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Saturday.16 COMEDY

Comedy Night: Brian Moore and Travis Nelson, 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. $10. 360-424-7171 or maxdales. com.

MUSIC

The Rural Characters: Barbara Dunn and Tom Fisher, and the Heggenes Valley Boys; 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $25. 800-638-7631, 360-221-8268 or wica online.org.

THEATER

“Night of the Living Dead”: 7:30 and 10 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15. Student discount available. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Once Upon a Mattress” (musicalcomedy): Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: La Conner High School Drama Club, 7:30 p.m., La Conner Schools auditorium, 304 N. Sixth St., La Conner. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. 360-466-3171.

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 7 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Special family show: All seats $8. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

THE NORTH CASCADES CONCERT BAND WITH GUNNERY SERGEANT PRESTON HARDAGE 3 p.m., Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes.

Free, donations appreciated. 360-293-2166.

“Broken Holmes” and “In a Handbag Darkly” (parodies of Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”): 9:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Eric & Anissa: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

No cover. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

FRIDAY.15 The English Beat: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $27-$32.

877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

Jill Newman (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Sunday.17 MUSIC

The North Cascades Concert Band with Gunnery Sergeant Preston Hardage: 3 p.m., Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Free, donations appreciated.

360-293-2166.

THEATER

“Anne of Green Gables”: Whidbey Children’s Theater, 2 p.m., WCT, 723 Camano Ave., Langley. $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students. 360-221-8707 or wctmagic.org.

Thursday.21 THEATER

“Best of Brass Monkey” (six short plays): 7:30 p.m., iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $10 advance, $12 at the door. 360-305-3524 or idiomtheater.com.

Pop Rocks (contemporary top 40 dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

The Groove Tramps: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Steve Meyer: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover.

360-766-6266.

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

Lynn Hanson: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

Scratch Daddy Blues: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-7550165.

SATURDAY.16 The English Beat: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $27-$32. 877275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

Joe T. Cook (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Janie Cribbs: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.17 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Nite Wave (’80s cover band): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

WEDNESDAY.20 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Ron W. Bailey & The Tangents: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

Little Joe Argo and Rick Star: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Swearengens: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

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

360-855-5111.

Chris Eger Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

The Spider Ferns, Nightmare Fortress, Casey Proctor (of Medici): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

THURSDAY.21 Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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GET INVOLVED ART

complete entry guidelines, call 360-466-4288 or visit CALL FOR ARTISTS: The laconnerquilts.org.

Anacortes Arts Commission seeks artwork on the CALL FOR SCULPTORS: theme “Whatever Boats The city of Langley is conYou Float” for a show set ducting a competition open for Friday and Saturday, to Puget Sound sculptors June 5-6, at the Depot Art for the installation and & Community Center, 611 display of two works of art R Ave., Anacortes. The for one year on Second commission is looking for Street in Langley. The work artwork in any medium must be suitable for outrelating to boating in our door installation in stone, area: work boats, pleasure bronze, steel or wood. boats, sailboats, fishing Selected artists will receive boats, boat-building, ferries, a $600 stipend to cover etc. Space is limited. No competition costs and will applications; first come gets have the opportunity to in. No fees; 20 percent comsell their work on display mission on sales. Contact for one year. Applications Karla Locke at 360-588must be received by July 6968 or kklocke1@mac.

1. Work must be ready com. for installation the first week of December 2015.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The For complete application Mount Vernon Downtown requirements, visit langAssociation is developing a leywa.org, click on “Public roster of artists interested Notices” under the “Resiin showing their art in dents” drop-down box, downtown Mount Vernon then click on “Request for galleries and businesses Proposal.” For questions, during First Thursday Art contact Frank Rose at 360Walks.

730-6483 or frankirose798@ The art walks include gmail.com. more than a dozen downtown venues. Applications AUDITIONS are being accepted from “THE ROCKY HORROR artisans working in all SHOW”: Theater Arts media, including painters, Guild will hold auditions photographers, sculpfor its fall production tors and fabric artists. For information, contact Cathy of “The Rocky Horror Stevens at 360-336-3801 or Show” from 6 to 9 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, June dep.mvda@gmail.com.

8-9, at the Mount Vernon FIBER ARTS: CALL FOR High School auditorium, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount ENTRIES: The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is Vernon. Parts are available for seven males, accepting entries through three females and several June 30 for the 2015 Quilt male and female “phan& Fiber Arts Festival, set toms.” Prepare a dramatic for Oct. 2-4 in La Conner.

Top award-winning entries 1-1/2-minute monologue will be featured in a special and a song not from the show, and be prepared to exhibit Oct. 9-Nov. 22 at learn a short choreography the quilt museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Cat- routine. Auditioners must egories include traditional be at least 16 years old by opening night (Oct. 23); quilts, art quilts, wearable those under 18 must have art and fiber art. Entry parental consent. The musifee: $30 per entry; $20 for museum members. For cal comedy will run Oct.

23-Nov. 7. theaterartsguild. org.

DANCE FOLK DANCING: SkagitAnacortes Folk Dancers meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View. Learn to folkdance to a variety of international music.

Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30.

The first session is free, $3 thereafter. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

St., Concrete, is looking for musicians to perform easylistening acoustic music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Sunday Brunch. In exchange, musicians will receive audience contributions and a meal. 360-8538700 or info@5bsbakery. com.

people will have two weeks to complete each hike, at your own pace and convenience. Hidden at the end of each hike is a treasure chest with a riddle inside.

Complete all six hikes, solve the riddle and find the treasure. Hikes start June 5. For information or to register, call the United General Fitness Center at 360-856-7524 or visit trekfortreasure.org.

ed with all paid registrations, refreshments, prizes.

Registration: $25 through June 3, then $30. Free for ages 14 and younger. For information or to register, visit databarevents.com/ dogislandrun.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native TIME FOR FIDDLERS: Plant Society hosts plant The Washington Old Time walks from 10 a.m. to noon Fiddlers play acoustic oldTuesdays at area parks. For FEE WAIVED: The U.S. time music at 6:30 p.m. information, call Ann (360Forest Service will recogthe second and fourth 293-3044) or Susan (360nize National Trails Day by 659-8792 or 360-333-7437).

Fridays of each month at waiving fees for visitors to Next up: the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie May 19: Kettleholes on National Forest on SaturFree; donations accepted.

Whidbey Island and Fort day, June 6. Fees will be 360-630-9494.

Ebey Bluff. Meet at 9 a.m.

THURSDAY DANCE: waived at most day-use Dance to The Skippers at the Skagit Transit Park SHELTER BAY CHORUS: sites on the forest. fs.usda. from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursand Ride off Highway 20 Practices are held from 2:45 gov/mbs. days at Hillcrest Lodge, at March Point Road to to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday 1717 S. 13th St., Mount carpool or at 10 a.m. at the FRIENDS OF THE FORat the Shelter Bay ClubVernon. For information, trail head at the entrance EST HIKES: Join Friends house in La Conner. New contact Gisela at 360-424to Fort Ebey State Park. of the Forest for scenic members welcome. No 5696.

This easy walk features a hikes in the forest lands need to be a Shelter Bay show of native rhododenaround Anacortes.

Dress resident. 360-466-3805.

COMMUNITY DANCE: drons. Limited parking. for the weather and wear Dance to the big band Bring lunch to enjoy on the LOVE TO SING? Join the sturdy shoes. No pets. Free. music of Camano Junction bluff.

360-293-3725 or friendsoftwomen of Harmony Northfrom 7 to 10 p.m. SaturMay 26: Cranberry Lake heacfl.org.

Next up: west Chorus from 6:30 to 9 day, June 6, at Camano in Deception Pass State Little Cranberry Lake p.m. every Monday at the Center, 606 Arrowhead Park.

Meet near the vendLoop: 10 a.m. to noon Road, Camano Island. $15, Mount Vernon Senior Cening stands and restrooms Saturday, May 16.

Meet at ter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. includes snacks. No-host on the west side of the lake. the Little Cranberry Lake bar available. 360-387-0222 Seeking women who like to This easy walk includes parking lot on the north sing a cappella music. All or camanocenter.org. backshore, dunes and other end of the lake. (Take skill levels welcome.

Georgia south off of Oakes habitat. Bring a lunch to MUSIC enjoy on the beach.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: Avenue. Three blocks up BARBERSHOP HARMO- 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown take a right on Little Cranberry Road and follow the THEATER NY: Attend a free, no-com- Lantern Ale House, 412 gravel to the parking lot.) mitment rehearsal of the Commercial Ave., AnaFREE ADULT ACTING The trail provides constant An-O-Chords, a four-part cortes. 360-293-2544.

CLASSES: Anacortes Comlake views in this wildlife barbershop harmony group. munity Theatre offers free rich area, where rocky No experience necessary, OPEN MIC: Jam night, acting classes for adults meadows, bog islands and no auditions required.

9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every deep forest converge to Learn by rote; you don’t days, Conway Pub & Eatcreate habitat for hundreds third Saturday of each have to read music. Ages ery, 18611 Main St., Conmonth at 918 M Ave., Anaof native plants and ani12 and up welcome. Drop way. 360-445-4733. cortes. (M Ave. & 10th St.) mals. in any Thursday at 7 p.m. at Hosted by Nello Bottari, the Northwest Educational RECREATION classes include monologue DOG ISLAND RUN/ Service Building, 1601 R “TREK FOR TREASURE”: WALK: The Guemes Island work, scripted scenes, Ave., Anacortes. Rides improv games and more, Registration is open for the Library’s 18th annual available. For more inforwith a different topic each fourth annual hiking chal10K Dog Island Run and mation, contact Bob Lunlenge and treasure hunt.

2-Mile Walk will take place month. Each class is indedquist at 360-941-5733 or pendent, so you don’t have The Trek includes six hikes at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, svenbob@cheerful.com. throughout Skagit County June 6, on Guemes Island. to commit to every session.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Unforgettable: Season The jokes are made even 3”: Detective Carrie Wells funnier by a first-rate cast.

Upcoming (Poppy Montgomery) uses “Still Alice”: Linguismovie releases her ability to remember tics professor (Julianne Following is a partial every detail in her life to Moore) is diagnosed with schedule of coming movsolve crimes. In this season, early on-set Alzheimer’s ies on DVD. Release she’s working high-profile disease. dates are subject to cases with partner Al “The Cobbler”: Shoe change: Burns (Dylan Walsh). The repair shop owner uses MAY 19 DVD includes 13 episodes heirloom to change into American Sniper plus bonus features. his customers.

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SpongeBob SquarePants drama from Steven Bochco “The Magic School 2 Sponge Out of Water and Eric Lodal is a comFocus Bus: Season Two”: Jupiter Ascending pelling crime story and Includes 13 episodes of the McFarland, USA an intriguing look at the educational series.

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Serena murder case in San Fran“If You Give a Mouse n Tribune News Service cisco. The death of a drug a Cookie”: Includes four addict leads detectives to a stories from “Reading brash, young CEO of a SiliRainbow” series. con Valley tech firm (Tom “Supercar: The Complete Series”: Felton). That sets off a masterful game of Features 39 episodes of the Supermarioncat-and-computer-mouse. ation series.

“Broadchurch: The Complete Second “Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Season”: The second season isn’t quite as Collection”: Chuck Norris plays a lawstrong as the first, but that initial run was man with a real kick. one of the strongest offerings to ever air “Slam Dunk: Season 1, Vol. 1”: High on television. So, even a slight drop leaves school punk finds a new love of basketthis a top-notch offering. That’s why it is ball. worth a return trip to the sleepy Dorset “Transformers Rescue Boys: Return coastal town of Broadchurch for more of the Heroes”: First responders face five mystery and drama. new adventures.

David Tennant and Olivia Colman are “Mr. Ed: The Final Season”: The horse superb as the film’s central characters. talks for 13 more episodes.

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TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Local travel

Saddle up the family for National Bike Month

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Let the good times roll during May, National Bike Month. Here are five places to enjoy two-wheeled fun: 1. Spokane. Go with a guide or chart your own course as you explore the rail trails of Eastern Washington, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and on to the Montana border. Level, paved and pristine pathways make for stress-free and scenic family cycling. Up the adventure quotient by mixing in a day of kayaking, rafting or fishing on local rivers. Stop by a hot spring or consider a side hike. expe riencewa.com, visitidaho.org 2. Cycle Florida. Choose your view in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area. Roll past nature preserves, city skylines or endless beaches in Pinellas County. Consider the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, a 38-mile track built atop an abandoned railroad line. The route extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs. Bike rental shops plus water fountains and rest areas along the way make it easy to select one section or

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What’s hot: Savings keep getting bigger if you’re booking more than one room for more than a day or two. It claims to have found savings for two out of three bookings and cut rates an average of 15 percent and sometimes by as much as 60 percent. Visit the “All about the financials” section in Frequently Asked Questions if you want more information about the payment process.

What’s not: It works best when one person does the booking. For example, if someone in your party (like a spouse) doesn’t know you have been using DreamCheaper and receives a cancellation email from the first hotel booked, he or she may panic and rebook a hotel room somewhere else. Things also get tricky when trying to book for points. Conditions vary, so check with your loyalty provider and the “How Does DreamCheaper Work” section in the website’s FAQ. n Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

take on the entire span. visitstpeteclearwater.com 3. Mount Rushmore Family Tour, Rapid City, South Dakota. Ride past buffalo. Soak in a hot spring.

Discover Bedrock City and learn about the Crazy Horse Memorial. Join an awardwinning outfitter for this six-day family bike tour centered on the Mickelson Trail bike path. The “Big Mick” gives families easy two-

wheeled access to national parks, active mammoth digs, water slides and rock climbing, with a grand finale in the town of Deadwood, where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane once caused a ruckus. bicycleadventures. com 4. Pedal and picnic, Minneapolis. Kimpton’s Grand Hotel Minneapolis offers guests the option to join in a 5-mile guided ride through

this bike-friendly city. You’ll arrive at the historic Stone Arch Bridge, a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls, and savor a picnic brunch prepared by your guide, hotel chef Kris Koch. The ride takes place through the end of September on Sundays. Self-guided bike packages are also available. grandhotelminneapolis. com 5. Block Island, Rhode Island. Ride through a scenery-rich island where more than 43 percent of the pristine natural environment is protected. You’ll explore more than 30 miles of scenic trails and 17 miles of beaches and learn about the plentiful wildlife on this bird migration route stopover. Mostly flat, smooth, paved roads make it possible for two-wheeling members of multiple generations to enjoy this wonderland.

You’ll also sample fresh seafood and learn about local history. greatfreedomadven tures.com n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel. com. Email: lohayesfamily travel.com.

Travel magazine’s ‘hot list’ features world’s top new hotels

By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor

The May issue of Conde Nast Traveler features the 2015 “hot list” of the world’s best new hotels. The magazine says the 60 properties that made the list “combine old-school extravagance and service with just the right measure of modernity.”

The list ranges from 21 Broad in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a restored 27-room Victorian mansion, to Raffles

Istanbul, Turkey, a 185-room hotel in Zorlu Center, an upscale shopping and cultural complex. Others on the list include The Dean Hotel, Dublin; Delano Las Vegas; Casas del XVI, Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic; Soho House Chicago, and the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

NATIONAL PARKS PASS Planning a road trip to hit national parks this summer? Consider buying

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The passes can be used at national parks, national wildlife refuges and other federal recreation sites. A pass covers entrance fees and certain other standard fees for a driver and everyone in a personal vehicle, or up to four adults at sites that charge per person (age 15 and under are admitted free).

The pass is $80 and can be bought at a federal recreation site, by calling 888275-8747, extension 3, or online at nps. gov/findapark/passes.htm.

in the natural beauty of the Straits of Juan de LANGUAGE-INTENSIVE Fuca, views of Olympic WEEKEND: The NorthNational Park and a ferry west Language Academy cruise as you visit Hurwill host a language-inten- ricane Ridge, Madison sive course on French Falls, Lake Crescent, Salt on Saturday and Sunday, Creek, Marymere Falls, May 16-17, at the NWLA the Elwha River Dam, Cultural Center, 5023 Olympic Game Farm, Port Langley Road, Langley.

Angeles and more. $650The course will include $890, includes round-trip a weekend of language motorcoach transportaand cultural immersion. tion, ferry fees, hotel, five Tuition is $198, which meals, activities, tours, includes some meals. On- park entry and escort. site lodging is also available. 360-321-2101 or TRAVEL & LEARN: nwlanguageacademy.com. Skagit Valley College will offer a travel-based Inte 3@ SEA: An expert will grative Experience course provide information about July 7-27 that will explore Azamara, Celebrity and the symbiotic relationRoyal Caribbean at 6 p.m. ship that exists between Tuesday, May 19, at the nature and civilization in AAA Travel Store, 1600 Italy. Students will visit E. College Way, Suite A, traditional centers of art Mount Vernon. RSVP: and culture including Flor360-848-2090. ence, Lucca, Pisa, Cinque Terre and Carrara. Offered ESCORTED TOURS: The as a 10-credit course for Whatcom County Tour Pro- SVC students, a noncredit gram offers a variety of option is available for day trips and longer tours, community members. The with most trips departing trip fee of $5,000 covfrom and returning to the ers meals, lodging and Bellingham Senior Activin-country ground travel. ity Center, 315 Halleck Airfare is not included. For St., Bellingham. 360information, contact Cliff 733-4030, ext. 1015, or Palmer at 360-416-7656 wccoa.org/index.php/ or cliff.plamer@skagit.edu. tours. Next up: Art of Vancouver, B.C.: SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: 8:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Skagit County Senior CenFriday, May 22. Visit the ters offers short, escortfirst Vancouver Centre ed trips. For information, International Art event, call the Anacortes Senior featuring paintings, photo- Center at 360-293-7473 graphs, sculptures, mixed or sign up at your local media and more from senior center. artists around the world. $115, includes transport STATE VISITOR CALL and entry to Arts Vancou- CENTER: The Washingver Fair, Equinox Gallery, ton Tourism Alliance’s lunch and escort. PassExperienceWA Call Center port or enhanced drivers is open daily from 8:30 license required. a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Coupeville Waterfront Thanksgiving, Christmas & Garden Tour: Wednes- and New Year’s Day. 1day, May 27. Enjoy a 800-544-1800 or tourism guided tour of Meerkerk info@watourismalliance.

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MOVIES NEW REVIEWS The movie of the summer thunders in on 22 armorspiked wheels, because an 18-wheeler just wouldn’t do on “Fury Road.”

Grim, gruesome and glorious, “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” should send every post-apocalyptic sci-fi hack back to the word processor and every other would-be car picture producer in search of testosterone supplements.

George Miller revisits his most famous franchise in a breathless blast of prophecy that may lack the grace notes and serio-comic humanity of “The Road Warrior.” But his warnings of a social collapse into Jungian archetypes brought on by oil, greed and the Bomb sneaks in during two hours of almost constant battle, torture and chase.

Tom Hardy is Mad Max here, his past sketched in through flashbacks of those he could not save. Now he wanders the wastelands, fending off marauding tribes who covet water, fuel, firearms and food.

Only this Road Warrior is quickly captured, a human “blood bank” for a society whose elite literally transfuse their mutated selves back to life with blood and masspumped mother’s milk. It’s a grisly parable of the oligarchs of today, dwarves and skinheads and goiter-ridden freaks preserving themselves and their bloodline at all costs.

The Citadel is ruled by Immortan Joe, who needs oxygen just to carry on his mass breeding experiment in creating healthy offspring even as he enslaves the waterless masses below his mountain fortress.

Charlize Theron is Furiosa, the one-armed War Machine driver who goes rogue, taking Joe’s harem of supermodels (Zoe Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley among them) with her. They are fleeing in a gigantic tanker truck to “The Green Place.”

Max is lashed to the hood of one of a fleet of ancient re-purposed Caddys, Corvettes, Barracudas and Mercs, the desert warcraft that Joe leads after the women.

That’s one clever switch that Miller makes in this updating, 34 years after “The Road Warrior.” Women are enslaved for the future they hold, but the toughest of them — Furiosa — is their last, best hope.

“Out here, everything hurts,” she growls. She gets the Road Warrior/Terminator tough-guy lines. You want to live? Stick with me.

The dialogue is as apocalyptic as the desert settings. “I am the SCALES of justice,” one venomous villain bellows, “CONDUCTOR of the chorus of death!”

Hardy is more a physical presence than a soulful one.

His Max is haunted, like Furiosa, in search of “redemption.” He is a simple man of action — visceral, blood-spattered action.

Nux (Nicholas Hoult) is the true believer disciple of Immortan Joe, spray-painting his grin with chromium paint, a religious fanatic ready to go out in glory and secure his place in Valhalla.

It’s exhausting and exhilarating, with only a couple of emotional deaths amidst the mayhem and gore. But from its first frame to its last, “Fury Road” lets Miller — whose “Babe” and “Happy Feet” were just as prophetic — puts the Mad back into Max and the madness back into our headlong rush to doom.

1:20. Rating: R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images. HHH1⁄2 n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the rest are back in a giant superhero adventure that’s sometimes daffy, occasionally baffling, surprisingly touching and even romantic with one kinetic thrill after another. It earns a place of high ranking in the Marvel Universe. Superhero action,1 PG-13, 142 minutes.

HHH ⁄2 “Cinderella” — Disney’s liveaction “Cinderella” movie is an enchanting, exhilarating romantic adventure with gorgeous scenery, terrific sets, stellar cinematography and Oscarworthy costumes. Lily James sparkles in the title role, and Cate Blanchett makes a deliciously terrifying evil stepmother. Instead of a re-imagined reboot, it’s old-fashioned, and that’s kind of refreshing. Fan-1 tasy, PG, 105 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Every Secret Thing” — If you’re going to make a movie about two 11-year-old girls who are put away for murdering an infant, that film should be something special.

Otherwise, why delve into such subject matter? Instead we’re left with a pedestrian crime-thriller that never goes beyond the surface of its challenging themes. Crime drama, R, 93 minutes. HH “Ex Machina” — If you’re going to go all-in with the gorgeous, chilling and sometimes ludicrous “Ex Machina,” you’ll have to check your logic at the ticket counter. Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson star in a dizzyingly effective sci-fi/thriller.

Sci-fi drama, R, 108 minutes.

1 HHH ⁄2 “Furious 7” — This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, but I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences -- and there were even some genuinely touching moments. Action, PG-13, 137 minutes. HHH “Home” — A little Jim Parsons goes a long way, and he grates on your nerves voicing an alien on the run with a smart seventh-grader (Rihanna). Kids will probably enjoy the colors and the music, but anyone over 10 will see the plot twists a mile away. Animated adventure, PG, 96 minutes.

HH “I Am Big Bird” — Complete with old home movies, behind-the-scenes footage and testimonials from col-

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STANWOOD CINEMAS May 15-21 Mad Max: Fury Road (R): 1:10, 3:40, 6:45, 9:25 Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R): 12:50, 6:30 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13): 12:55, 4:00, CONCRETE THEATRE 6:50, 9:20 May 15-17 Woman in Gold (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13): 1:00, 3:20, 6:20, 9:15 Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D (PG-13): 3:30, 6:30 p.m.

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leagues, this documentary is a loving, respectful (if at times shamelessly sentimental) portrayal of Caroll Spinney, the man who has been inside the yellow “Sesame Street” costume for 46 years and counting. Documentary, 1 not rated, 90 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Kingsman: The Secret Service” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a supersecret British agency. “Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the old-school James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time.

Spy adventure, R, 129 minutes.

1 HHH ⁄2 “Serena” — After a string of fine performances, Bradley Cooper is utterly unbelievable as a ruthless, Depression-era timber baron who looks like he just stepped off a GQ photo shoot. And as his bonkers new bride, Jennifer Lawrence is monumentally bad. Despite all the ingredients for a prestige film, what we have here is an epic clunker. Drama, R, 109 minutes. H “The D Train” — Jack Black gives a heavy-on-the-mugging performance as a sad sack determined to recruit the star of his high school class (James Marsden) to the 20-year reunion. Nothing feels the least bit authentic, and worse, little

about it is funny — a deadly recipe for a dark comedy. Comedy, R, 98 minutes. H “The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls just short due to a few way-off-the-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance,1 PG-13, 104 minutes. HH ⁄2 “The Forger” — John Travolta murders his Boston accent as a world-class art forger hired to fake a Monet and swap it out with the real thing. Even with a terminally ill teenage son character, “The Forger” is consistently ineffective as a sentimental tearjerker -- and an even bigger failure as a heist movie.

Crime drama, R, 92 minutes.

1 H ⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javier Bardem are in this international thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shootout or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Longest Ride” — These Nicholas Sparks movies tend to get jumbled into one big

cliche-riddled story. This time around, we get two romances -- one set in modern times, one dating back to the 1940s -with a twist that’s so ridiculous I think we’re almost supposed to laugh. Romance, PG-13, 139 minutes. HH “The Water Diviner” — Russell Crowe’s lifetime of experience on film sets shows in his directorial debut, a first-rate post-World War I drama with a heavy dose of sentiment and a gripping storyline. He stars as a grieving Australian who journeys to Turkey to find the remains of his sons, all killed in battle. Drama, R, 111 min1 utes. HHH ⁄2 “True Story” — James Franco delivers a compelling performance as the conniving albeit charming sociopath Christian Longo in a story based on one of the more bizarre journalist/ defendant alliances in modern annals. Jonah Hill co-stars as Michael Finkel, a disgraced superstar journalist who seizes the opportunity through Longo for a possible career comeback. 1Drama, R, 100 minutes.

HHH ⁄2 “While We’re Young” — Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as aging Generation X’ers who adopt the trappings of their fatuous new 20-something friends (Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried). Comedy, R, 94 minutes. HHH

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MUSIC REVIEWS ZAC BROWN BAND, “Jekyll + Hyde” — Zac Brown rightly names his new release after a famous, fictional schizophrenic, for few artists in this genre-focused era so openly embrace an eclectic muse.

Brown sets the tone immediately on “Jekyll + Hyde,” which opens with an aggressively rhythmic “Beautiful Drug,” the most electronic-driven track Brown has recorded. The variety doesn’t stop there, as he brings a Celtic melody to “Remedy,” bigband swing to “Mango Tree” (a duet with Sara Bareilles) and a grunge-rock guitar crunch to “Heavy Is the Head” (a duet with Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell).

That said, there’s plenty of Brown’s breezy, island-influenced rhythms and his acoustic, folk-derived style, both of which emphasize his voice and his lyrical smarts.

This time, he includes a rare cover on a powerful interpretation of Jason Isbell’s “Dress Blues.”

Brown and his large band changed record distributors and producers for “Jekyll + Hyde,” but the album sounds like a logical next step by a talented band. As always, they make it all sound coherent. They’re music lovers with a broad range of influences, and they don’t let predetermined musical genres limit their scope.

romantic, and “T.H.E. Golden Triangle” is a glorious goof-off of Tolkienesque proportions. n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

BEST COAST, “California Nights” — A large part of the charm of Best Coast’s 2010 debut, “Crazy for You,” came from its lo-fi simplicity. The duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno combined hook-happy, girl-group melodies and riff-happy guitars for songs that sounded like they were reaching for something bigger than they could achieve. On 2012’s “The Only Place,” they refined their approach by adding a bit more twang, a bit more Beach Boys, and a bit more gloss to their compact, catchy songs.

“California Nights” is different again. It’s loud and electric, and it rocks. There’s more garage rock and new-wave punk to such songs as “Feeling OK,” “Heaven Sent,” and “When Will I Change.” It makes sense that Cosentino has cited the Go-Go’s as inspirations this time around. The melodies, and Cosentino’s reverb-soaked and multitracked vocals, still recall early-’60s girl groups. n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

CHRIS STAPLETON, “Traveller” — Chris Stapleton owns a great, growling bluesman’s n Michael McCall, Associated Press voice and a sensitive singer-songwriter’s heart. He’s written hits for Luke Bryan TODD RUNDGREN, “Global”, “Rund(“Drink a Beer”), Kenny Chesney (“Never dans” — Todd Rundgren has made countWanted Nothing More”), Darius Rucker less brilliant (and not so great) moves in his (“Come Back Song”) and others, and he 50-year career. Among the brilliants is his received several Grammy nominations 1973 classic album “A Wizard, A True Star.” as lead vocalist for the Steeldrivers, an And now, all at once, he gives us two gems acclaimed bluegrass band. inspired by “Wizard’s” blue-eyed soul and On his first solo album, Stapleton wrote electro-scapes. Yet these new albums are or co-wrote 12 of the 14 songs, ranging from themselves alone, singular in Rundgren’s the hard-charging “Parachute” to the slowoeuvre. cooked stone soul of “Sometimes I Cry,” On “Global,” Rundgren, although always and from the southern rock of “When The characteristically sarcastic, is also unusuStars Come Out,” to the achingly beautiful ally sunny, even cheerleader-ish, with the country ballad, “Whiskey and You.” exception of “Holyland” and its hard-line Stapleton ignores current radio and humor at the expense of religious belief Music Row trends on “Traveller,” striving systems. The album also displays his brashfor something more personal. He heightens est self-production in eons. “Earth Mother” his individuality by choosing to work with both makes light of and cheers for female a small studio band and playing most of empowerment, while the gospel/new wave the lead string instruments himself. He also “Ev’rybody” lets Todd croon about everyco-produces the collection with Dave Cobb, thing from Miley Cyrus’ twerking to a life known for bringing out the best in outsideof plenty without sounding like an old the-mainstream artists such as Jason Isbell crank. and Sturgill Simpson.

On “Runddans,” Todd finds sonic soul Stapleton joins like-minded singer-songmates in Norwegian neo-house producer writers such as Miranda Lambert and Kasey Lindstrom and his alterna-electro pal Musgrave in showing country music a Nikolaisen. They are empathetic partners future that leaves the door open for singular who understand his psychedelic leanings stylists. Stapleton has a long future — and and his cosmic stop-gaps and happily roll country music would benefit from embracthem into one big ball of ambient joy, death ing him as one of its own. disco and operatic techno-rock. “Put Your Arms Around Me” is deliciously warm and n Michael McCall, Associated Press

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