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Music: Neon Trees, Rodney Crowell Video Games: “Hearthstone ...”

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Labor Day”: An escaped convict comes into the life of a 13-year-old boy and his mother. It’s based on the book of the same name by Joyce Maynard.

A key moment in “Labor Day” has the character Frank, an escaped convict (Josh Brolin), demonstrating the proper way to make a pie. His point is that it’s not the ingredients that make a pie good but how they are put together. Director/ writer Jason Reitman should have followed that recipe in putting together the movie.

The film has wonderful performances

by Brolin and Kate Winslet, who plays emotionally broken single mom Adele.

And it is a romance that should be enjoyed with someone you love. The problem is its tempo (it would have to double in speed to reach a snail’s pace), a script full of contrivances and the most ominous musical soundtrack since “Halloween.”

“Hill Street Blues: The Complete Collection”: There’s a reason this series won 26 Emmy Awards including the Outstanding Drama Series four years running.

The NBC cop drama from Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll redefined the TV police series format by introducing a group of flawed characters who worked in a world of criminal and personal chaos. The show embraced a gritty realism that many TV series have copied but none been able to match.

The series features an amazing cast that includes Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Bruce Weitz, James B. Sikking and Betty Thomas.

“Escape from Tomorrow”: The film has garnered a lot of attention for the guerrilla filmmaking writer/director Randy Moore used to make the horror film. The majority of the movie was shot at Disneyland and Disney World without permission of the entertainment giant.

It’s kind of fun to watch the movie and try to figure out how secretive the cast and crew had to be. Once that initial interest wears off, “Escape from Tomorrow” becomes a slowly paced, badly acted horror movie that will take its place among cult favorites like “Pink Flamingos.”

“Locker 13”: Theme park janitor looks into the mysteries surrounding an old locker.

“Gimme Shelter”: Teen (Vanessa Hudgens) fights for survival and redemption on the streets.

“The Legend of Hercules”: The origi-

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:

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MAY 6 The Art of the Steal - Anchor Bay Burn - Passion River Still Mine - Fox Veronica Mars - Warner

Elliott Hofferth will headline an evening of magic and comedy on Friday night at Anacortes High School

MAY 13 Her - Warner I, Frankenstein - Lionsgate Stalingrad - Sony That Awkward Moment - Sony n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

nal story of the mythical Greek hero.

“You, Me & Them, Series 1”: British sitcom about a couple navigating their May-December romance.

“The Devil’s Due”: A couple deal with a devilish pregnancy.

“Prince Killian and The Holy Grail”: Tale of swords and sorcery set in the 12th century.

“SpongeBob, You’re Fired!”: SpongeBob must learn to find a life outside of Mr. Krab’s watchful eyes.

“Sophie’s Choice”: The Meryl Streep film is available on Blu-ray for the first time “The Rise & Fall of The Clash”: Documentary about the final chapter of the juggernaut band.

“Civil War: The Untold Story”: Elizabeth McGovern narrates the documentary that provides new insights into the causes of the war.

“Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed”: The fourth comedy special from the “King of Clean Comedy.”

“Bad Country”: Detective (Willem Dafoe) teams with a contract killerturned-informant (Matt Dillon) to take a powerful criminal.

“Mr. Selfridge Season 2”: Jeremy Piven plays the man who brought seductive shopping to early 20th-century London.

“The Strange Woman”: The 1946 film starring Hedy Lamarr is being rereleased.

“Approved for Adoption”: Animated documentary tracing the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin.

“Star Trek: Enterprise — Season Four”: The space travel TV series is available on Blu-ray for the first time. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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Get Involved........................................ 6 Music, Video Game Reviews...........8-9 On Stage, Tuning Up....................10-11 Hot Tickets........................................ 14 Movie Listings, Reviews..............16-17 Out & About.................................18-19 ON THE COVER: META presents “The Outsiders,” opening Friday at the Lincoln Theatre. From left: Aengus Cronin, Pavel Kaparchuk, Lincoln Douglas, Gabe Guevara, Jonathan Herrera and Logan Price.

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ON STAGE

META brings ‘The Outsiders’ to the Lincoln Skagit Valley Herald staff

‘The Outsiders’

Multicultural Educational Theatre When: 7:30 p.m. May 2-3, 8-10, Arts (META) presents “The Outsid15-17; 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11 ers,” opening Friday, May 2, at the Where: Lincoln Theatre Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon.

Tickets: $16; lincolntheatre.org or 360-336-8955 Based on the coming-of-age book written by S.E. Hinton when she was only 16 years old, “The Outsiders” tells the story of growing up in 1967 brothers — Ponyboy, Darry, and Soda Pop — are part of a group Oklahoma, where three orphaned

called The Greasers.

The Greasers — which also include Soda Pop, Johnny and Dallas — are uniformly poor, and for that they are in constant conflict with the Socs, the privileged teenagers in town.

Darry, the oldest brother, fights to keep his family together, working two jobs in hopes that his smarter youngest brother, Ponyboy, will

make it out and become something more than just a Greaser.

Despite their harsh upbringing and unprivileged conditions, these Greaser friends show loyalty, love and friendship that is uncommonly expressed in the world today, according to a META news release. There is loss, triumph, forgiveness and even poetry from Robert Frost that serves as an inner thesis to this story.

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ON STAGE

Pete Seeger tribute event set for Sunday at Conway Muse

By MARK STAYTON @Mark_SVH AP file photo / 2013

On what would have been his 95th birthday, a group of musicians and friends of the late folk great Pete Seeger will come together Sunday, May 4, at the Conway Muse to pay homage to a man who touched many.

“A Tribute to Pete Seeger: For Pete’s Sake” will kick off at 1:30 p.m. with a song circle led

by Andy Friedlander and Dennis Froelich.

At 4 p.m. the gathering will move into a stage show driven by the styles of folk, blues, bluegrass and activism with Dana Lyons, Tom Rawson, Marc Black, Mike Marker and The Slough Dogs performing.

Seeger was an American folk singer, songwriter and activist who sang for causes he believed in — the labor movement, civil rights, peace and a cleaner Earth.

After his works became popular on national radio in the 1940s, Seeger wrote a number of hit records as a member of The Weavers, producing songs like “If I had a Hammer” and “Kisses Sweeter than Wine.” As a solo artist

in the 1960s he wrote hits such as “Turn, Turn, Turn” and participated in the civil rights and anti-war movements.

“He taught us not only a bunch of great songs to play, but the history of the labor movement … ” said Froelich, a local musician, stringed instrument builder and one of the event organizers. “He taught us all about American history and he taught us the importance of being involved in democracy.”

Seeger, a four-time Grammy winner, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He died at age 94 on Jan. 27, 2014.

“The song circle is something Pete Seeger himself urged people to do — get together and sing meaningful, uplifting songs together,” said Roger Sussman, who is organizing the concert with Froelich.

Many of the artists performing are activists in the tradition of Seeger, and some were friends of the late folk legend, Froelich said.

A $7 to $10 donation is requested to benefit food stamp assistance through Community Action of Skagit County.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area SKAGIT VALLEY ART ESCAPE The monthly event will include Art Walks from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in downtown Mount Vernon; 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 2, in downtown Anacortes; and 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in Edison and La Conner.

Check out artwork by local and regional artists, music, wine, chocolate, dinner and more. skagitvalleyartescape. com.

Magic & comedy

DENTAL DINNER The Mt.

Elliott Hofferth and (pictured) special guest JR Russell and assistant Aliya Zaheer will present an evening of magic and comedy appropriate for all ages at 7 p.m.

Friday, May 2, at Brodniak Hall on the Anacortes High School campus, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with preshow by JR. Advance tickets cost $6 and are available in Anacortes at Read Me a Story, 1005 Ninth St.; and Boxes and Bears, 709 Commercial Ave. $8 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the AHS Class of 2016 alcohol- and drug-free grad night.

Baker District Dental Society will host its annual yearend dental care access recognition and fundraising celebration with a wine dinner at 7 p.m. (no-host cocktails at 6 p.m.) Friday, May 2, at the Skagit Golf and Country Club, 16701 Country Club Drive, Burlington. Washington Dental Service Foundation President/CEO Laura Smith will report on dental health initiatives across the state. $90. More information at 360-676-2683 or brandi damon@hotmail.com.

FILM SERIES Movie man Nick Alphin will host the Spring Film Series at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org. Next up: May 2: “Memphis Belle”: Starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz and Tate Donovan, the film tells the story of the American crew of the B-17 bomber “Memphis Belle,” the first U.S. airmen to complete a full tour of 25 missions during the air battle of Europe during the Second World War. The film begins the night before the Belle’s last mission, and follows the crew through the hectic flight that they must endure, and survive, in order to go home. (PG-13, 1990).

MUSICAL FUNDRAISER Joyful Noise and Mudflat Ramblers will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, in a fundraiser for the North Cascades Concert Band at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1006 Wicker Road, Sedro-Woolley.

Admission by donation.

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GET INVOLVED ART CLASSES

vided for non-Bellingham RECREATION actors. For information or to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB schedule an audition, email SUMMER PROGRAMS: Alison.Terry@mountbaker Registration is open for theatre.com. summer programs at Skagit Valley Boys & Girls Clubs.

DANCE Children can participate COMMUNITY DANCE: in educational programs Dance to the big band from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monsounds of Camano Junction days through Fridays, June from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, 23-Aug. 15. Programs that May 3, at Camano Cenencourage academic success, ter, 606 Arrowhead Road, good character and citizenCamano Island. $10-$12. ship, and healthy lifestyles 360-387-0222 or camano are designed around difcenter.org. ferent themes each week.

The cost for Day Camp and FOLK DANCING: Skagitregular Club hours is $100 Anacortes Folkdancers meet per week plus the monthly at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays at membership fee, which the Bayview Civic Hall, starts at $25. A reduced rate 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. is available if your famLearn to folkdance to a vari- ily qualifies for the free or ety of international music. reduced school lunch proInstruction begins at 7 p.m. gram. Registration is limited, followed by review and and closes May 30. To learn request dances until 9:30. more or sign up your child, 3-4. Celebrate the transition The first session is free, $3 stop by your local club, visit into spring on a working thereafter. All are welcome. SkagitRaisesGreatKids. organic farm in the heart of No partners needed. For org/summer or call the club the Skagit Valley. Open to information, contact Gary or director listed below: all levels. $95 plus $10 mateGinny at 360-766-6866.

Anacortes: Cory Oppel, rials fee.

360-588-9045.

THURSDAY DANCE: La Conner: Kendrick AUDITIONS Enjoy dancing to the music Davis-Pittmon, 360-466of the Skippers from 1 to MBT SUMMER REP: 3672.

3:30 p.m. Thursdays at HillAuditions for the Mount Mount Vernon: Vesta crest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Anderson, 360-428-6995.

Baker Theatre’s Summer Mount Vernon. For informaRepertory Theatre will Sedro-Woolley: John Gartion, contact Doris at 360be held at 1 p.m. today in man, 360-856-1830.

588-8239. the Mount Baker Theatre Encore Room, 104 N. ComTRAIL TALES: Friends of ON STAGE mercial St., Bellingham.

Skagit Beaches will lead a Parts are available for severANACORTES OPEN MIC: series of informative walks al men and women in “Tal9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes. For inforley’s Folly” by Lanford Wil- Lantern Ale House, 412 mation, visit skagitbeaches. son, “Last of the Red Hot Commercial Ave., Anaorg. Next up: Lovers” by Neil Simon and cortes. 360-293-2544.

Interpretive Walk: Early “Becky’s New Car” by Steven Dietz. Paid and unpaid CONWAY OPEN MIC: Jam Anacortes Maritime Scene: Join Trail Tales docents for a roles are available. Casting Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. short “Journey of Discovery” in more than one show is Thursdays, Conway Pub & possible. Prepare two conEatery, 18611 Main St., Con- walk at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, by the flagpoles at Cap trasting monologues, one way. 360-445-4733.

Sante Marina, 11th Street comedic; no more than three and R Avenue. Learn about minutes total. Auditions may OAK HARBOR OPEN include cold readings from MIC: 9 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Anacortes’ rich marine history and the changes that the scripts. Rehearsals will April 24, Haze Lounge, be held July 5-17; perfor1090 SE Pioneer Way, Suite have taken place along the waterfront on this one-hour, mances are July 15-Aug. 10, 101, Oak Harbor. Ages 18 half-mile walk on a level with varying days and times. and older. 360-682-2033 or paved walkway around the Homestays/housing prooakharborhookah.com.

Wednesdays, May 7-28, Burlington Parks and FAMILY ART DAYS AT Recreation Center, 900 E. MoNA: The Museum of Fairhaven Ave., Burlington.

Northwest Art offers FamAges 7-13. Students can try ily Art Days each month out watercolor pencils and at MoNA, 121 S. First St., crayons, acrylic mediums La Conner. Sessions are and more, with a different open to ages 5 and older at subject each week — circus all skill levels and include creatures, go Van Gogh, guided walk-throughs of mixed up Monet and nightMoNA exhibitions. Limited scapes. $45, plus $20 supply to 15 participants per sesfee payable to instructor. sion. Workshops are free, but 360-755-9649. registration is required. 360466-4446 or monamuseum.

ART WORKSHOPS: Artorg. Next up: ists working in a variety of “Whimsical Animals with mediums will offer workMixed Media”: 11 a.m. to shops at Harmony Fields, 1 p.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. Satur7465 Thomas Road, Bow. day, May 10. Learn how to For information or to regisdraw whimsical animals by ter, call 360-941-8196 or visit using basic shapes as you hfproduce.com. Next up: work with watercolors, pens, Monotype Printmaking, pencils, paints and everyday with Kris Ekstrand Molesmaterials from around the worth: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. house.

Saturday and Sunday, May WATER MEDIA: Beyond Watercolor, 4:40 to 6 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK

May 2 6-9pm Industrious Industries Anne Martin McCool Gallery Gallery KP Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

Fidalgo DanceWorks Studio Gallery at the Depot www.anacortesart.com

marina to the Rotary Park Gazebo. Free.

HAVE A HEART RUN: The fifth annual Have a Heart 5K/10K Run/Walk and 2K TRAIL WORK: The Skagit, Walk will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Whatcom, Island Trail Saturday, May 3, at EdgewaMaintaining Organization ter Park, 600 Behrens Mil(SWITMO) seeks volunlet Road. Proceeds benefit teers for trail work through Community Action of Skagit October. The next work County’s efforts to fight hunparty will be held Saturday, ger and homelessness. Timed May 3. 360-424-0407 or 5K and 10K; 2K course is jdmelcher@comcast.net. not timed. Noncompetitive Half-Pint Half Mile for kids TAI CHI FOUNDATIONS: up to 9 years is free. Trophies The nine-week series will awarded to fastest 5K and meet from 6 to 7:15 p.m.

10K finishers, and awards Thursdays, May 1-June 26, for first- and second-place at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. winners in several age cat13th St., Mount Vernon. Par- egories. Day-of registration ticipants will cover the first opens at 8:15 a.m. Preregsection of the Bow 52 form, ister at haveaheartrun.org, same as the Yang Style long includes random prize drawform section 1. $105-$107. To ing. 360-588-5737. register, call 360-336-6215.

MARINE NATURALIST SPRING PLANT WALKS: TRAINING: The Whale The Washington Native Museum, 62 First St. N., Plant Society hosts plant Friday Harbor, is accepting walks from 10 a.m. to noon applications for its Marine Tuesdays at area parks. For Naturalist Training Program. information, call Ann at 360- Classes will be held May 293-3044 or Susan at 3603-25. The course includes 659-8792. Next up: presentations on cetaceans, May 6: Sharpe County pinnipeds, otters, intertidal Park. Enter off of Rosario invertebrates, marine birds, Road just south of Sharpe geology, marine conservaRoad. The easy-to-moderate tion and current research walk includes a pond, woods projects. $375, includes an rich with mosses and lichens, orca adoption and a museand open bluffs. um membership. For information or to register, call KIDS’ FISHING DERBY: 360-378-4710, ext. 23, email The Wildcat Steelhead cindy@whalemuseum.org or Club’s annual Fishing Derby visit whalemuseum.org. for ages 14 and younger will take place Saturday, May 3, at the Northern State Ponds THEATER CALL FOR HOUSE MANoff Fruitdale Road in SedroAGERS: Whidbey Playhouse, Woolley. Gates open at 7 a.m.; fishing begins at 8 a.m. 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor, seeks volunteers Bring your own gear and bait. Prizes will be awarded. to serve as house managers Parking limited; carpooling during performances. House recommended. Free. Release managers are in charge of the “front of the house” on forms are available at Big a single night of play perScoop Ice Cream in Mount Vernon, Holiday Market in formances, and look after Burlington, Morgan Outfit- the needs of the audience. ters or Oliver & Hammer in Training is available through Sedro-Woolley, at the Derby the theater’s mentoring program. 360-679-2237 or site the day of the event or office@whidbeyplayhouse. online at wildcatsteelheadcom. club.org. 360-855-2291.

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StubHub plans to ticket, produce its own concerts

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

involved in a business dominated by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its NEW YORK — You can Ticketmaster subsidiary. soon buy concert tickets AEG is also a big player from StubHub for shows in concert promotion and produced by StubHub. ticketing of concerts at its The company, which own venues like the Stahelps brokers and fans ples Center in Los Angeles buy and sell tickets on through its ticketing arm, its website, announced AXS. Wednesday it will sell tickMichael Lattig, Stubets to concerts that it will Hub’s chief marketing offiproduce. It has five shows cer, said ticketing its own planned so far featuring concerts is not a “one-off” “emerging acts” and will project. launch its first self-pro“This is about doing duced concert May 18 in something that we can Los Angeles. repeat and continue to The performer will be bring around the country announced next week. and deliver to fans in as StubHub is getting many markets as makes

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

‘The Outsiders’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 2-3 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 This drama, presented by META, is based on the story written by S.E. Hinton.

The story unfolds in 1967 Oklahoma, where two sets of kids, the Greasers and the Socs, fight out their differences, and learn from one another along the way.

Characters such as Ponyboy, Soda Pop, Darry, Dallas, Two Bit and Johnny Boy show tremendous friendship, loyalty and love despite their harsh and unprivileged upbringing. Directed by local actress Lindsey Bowen. $16. Thursday, May 8 performance: Paywhat-you-can tickets available at the door, two hours prior to the performance.

Cosi Fan Tutte

1 p.m. Sunday, May 4 Director James Levine makes his long-

awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov are their lovers, with Danielle de Niese as the scheming Despina. $23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students with $2 off for Lincoln members.

MVHS Jazz Band Series 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6

The jazz bands, directed by Jacob Scheer, are part of the nationally known Fine Arts department at Mount Vernon High School.

Enjoy the music of Sammy Nestico, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Marvin Fisher, Count Basie and more. $6. All proceeds benefit the MVHS Jazz Program.

New video game releases These games are scheduled for release this week, according to Gamestop.com: n The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360; rated T) n Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (Nintendo 3DS; rated E) n Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends (Nintendo 3DS; rated E) n Rambo: The Video Game (PC, PlayStation 3; rated M) n Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)

sense,” Lattig said.

StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., was launched in 2000. It is targeting 300- to 600-seat venues for its selfticketed shows.

Tickets for the May 18 self-produced StubHub show will go on sale next week for $60. The StubHub shows, which will benefit the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, will play in Nashville, Tennessee; San Francisco; Chicago; and New York.

StubHub is also partnering with Pandora for five free concerts, kicking off April 30 with Tokyo Police Club at Los Angeles’ Boulevard 3.

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REVIEWS: MUSIC Damon Albarn

debuting in 2009.

“III,” the Detroit-based sibling trio’s “Everyday third album, is their grooviest collecRobots” tion yet. It comes after the label Drag City released the group’s stylistic hard Twenty years rock album recorded in 1974, “… For the after he became Whole World to See,” in 2009. “Spiritual, a Brit-pop poster Mental, Physical” followed in 2011. boy as lead singer On “III,” the Hackney brothers have of Blur, Damon mellowed the thrashing, though the hard Albarn has released his first solo album. and fast still dominates when they muse He’s been busy in the meantime, front- on the grimy “North Street.” But they ing cartoon hip-hop band Gorillaz, form- have more funk, soul and psychedelic ing the supergroup The Good, the Bad sounds on the latest effort, which includes and the Queen and even writing a couple songs recorded in 1975, 1976, 1980 and of operas. So “Everyday Robots” is hardly 1992. the work of a novice — rather of a man Guitarist David — who died of lung in his 40s looking back with a mixture of cancer in 2000 — paces himself on the wonder and regret. intro, an instrumental simply titled “IntroThe songs, suffused with nostalgic mel- duction by David” (vocalist Bobby and ancholy, blend the digital and the organic, drummer Dannis round out the trio). scattering samples of speech and street David’s eerie, bewitching riffs begin sounds over electronic beats, winsome steady, but after a lengthy pause, irrupt in guitar and plinky piano. a wash of lavish, hurried reverb.

Lyrically, Albarn explores the tension Leading with a line of spoken word, between isolation and connection in the “We Are Only People” is a spaced-out digital age, and the feelings of guilt and trip that slowly reaches a jamming rock absolution that come with aging. climax. It’s the most satisfying moment The melancholy title track sets the tone, next to the bluesy “Open Road,” which with Albarn’s vulnerable vocals laid over offers a funky bent rhythm chopped by ragged samples and jagged violin. It’s an pregnant pauses. understated number that worms its way Two of the nine songs were recorded at under the skin.

Groovesville studio in Detroit, while most “Hostiles” and “Hollow Ponds” conof the others were cataloged at the trio’s tinue the mood of languid reverie, while home. Due to the poor recording quality, “You and Me” refers to Albarn’s long-ago the vocals sound distant and muffled on use of heroin, a drug he has said he found a few tracks, but their tight progressions alluring and dangerous. never falter.

There are a couple of more up-tempo n Jessica Herndon, Associated Press numbers in “Mr. Tembo” — an ode to an orphaned baby elephant — and “Heavy Pixies Seas of Love,” a low-key sing-a-long featuring Brian Eno and a church choir.

“Indie Cindy” More typical of the bittersweet mood are “Lonely Press Play” (“If you’re lonely, Twenty-three press play”) and the lovely, delicately years is a long time hopeful “Photographs (You Are Taking between drinks, Now”). and that’s what’s “Everyday Robots” is an album of passed between the subtle pleasures.

Pixies’ last studio album (1991’s “Trompe le Monde”) and n Jill Lawless, Associated Press this handsome cobbling-together of new EPs, recorded with original members Death (Black Francis, Joey Santiago, David Lov“III” ering) and their premier producer, Gil Norton.

Feverish and In this reteaming, with several stillsocially conscious, raw bruises (not to mention their wellthe final set of documented shifts in female bassists), the Death’s 1970s Pixies’ instrumental menace and spidery recordings affirms arrangements are zealously intact, along why they rose from with their signature start-and-stop-onthe ashes and gained an audience after a-dime dynamics, jangle-crunch guitars,

Other notable releases n String Cheese Incident — “Song in My Head” n Death — “Leprosy” n Johnnyswim — “Diamonds” n Ray LaMontagne — “Supernova” n Old 97s — Most Messed Up” n Pink Mountaintops — “Get Back” n Pixies — “Indie Cindy” n Rodrigo y Gabriela — “9 Dead Alive” n William Tyler — “Lost Colony” n popmatters.com

and Francis’ insistently icy allusions to grouchy gods and mopey monsters of all stripes.

Like much of “Indie Cindy’s” best, a savage song such as “Bagboy” would be right at home on their classic album “Doolittle.” Not that Francis’ corrosive kvetches, moans and heated hollers — or the band’s instrumental wall of woe — sounds dated. Their ferocity feels particularly fresh-yet-familiar on tracks such as “Andro Queen.” What’s updated is the sound, the way tunes like “What Goes Boom” and “Snakes” bound from your speakers, whether spin-cycle slow or ragingly hyperactive.

One complaint: “Indie Cindy” should have included newer songs beyond the recent-and-very-recently released EPs. n A.D. Amorosi, Philadelphia Inquirer

Rodney Crowell

or a loving portraitist (“Grandma Loved That Old Man”).

If the 63-year-old Crowell sounds like the sage elder amid all the tasteful Americana, well, he can still get pretty frisky: “Frankie Please” is pure adrenaline rush, a breakneck rocker with a Chuck Berryish tumble of words to match, and “Somebody’s Shadow” is a blast of sax-fueled R&B that would be right at home in a rough-and-tumble roadhouse. n Nick Cristiano, Philadelphia Inquirer

Wye Oak “Shriek”

Like them or not, you gotta give it up for Wye Oak in terms of their sheer artistry and refusal to play it safe.

Rather than attempting to lazily replicate 2011’s breakout album “Civilian,” the Baltimore twosome of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have the pluck to dive into experimentation, accepting the risk that they may fall on their face in the process.

With “Shriek,” the webbing and tethers of Wye Oak’s safety net are severed, that ubiquitous element of modern music and the foundation of the group’s past work — the guitar — kicked to the wayside. n Cole Waterman, popmatters.com

Neon Trees

“Pop Psychology”

Neon Trees conquered the re-creation of the In a 2005 interbuzz and energy view, Rodney of ’80s new wave Crowell talked years ago, with about how he had their smash singles “Animal” and “Everybecome interested body Talks.” But on the Provo, Utah, quarin pursuing a “singular sensibility” rather tet’s third album, “Pop Psychology,” singer than hit records. That may sound pretenTyler Glenn and friends graduate to chantious, but at his best Crowell has always neling the angst of the time as well. melded artistry and accessibility.

On the current hit “Sleeping With a Now, coming off his Grammy-winning Friend,” and for much of the album, there collaboration with Emmylou Harris on is deeper emotional subtext as well as “Old Yellow Moon,” he has done it again. candy-coated catchiness. Neon Trees also With “Tarpaper Sky,” Crowell wields branch out into other retro areas, updathis considerable skills to play everything ing The Strokes in the jumpy “Text Me in from the voice of hard-won experience the Morning” and Orchestral Manoeuvres (the bookends “The Long Journey Home” in the Dark in the lovely “Voices in the and “Oh What a Beautiful World”) to a Halls.” wounded lover (“God I’m Missing You”), to a wayward son (“Jesus Talk to Mama”) n popmatters.com

“Tarpaper Sky”

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REVIEWS: VIDEO GAMES ‘Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’

“Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft” Blizzard Entertainment via AP

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Platform: iPad, PC, Mac Cost: Free Rating: 3.5 stars (out of four)

Video game publishers don’t take many risks with their most popular franchises.

You know exactly what you are going to get from a new “Call of Duty” or “Madden NFL” game — it will probably be pretty good, but won’t offer any surprises.

That’s part of what makes “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft” such a delight. It couldn’t be any less like its parent, the massively multiplayer online role-playing behemoth “World of Warcraft.” While “WoW” is sprawling, timeconsuming and somewhat intimidating, “Hearthstone” is tightly focused, fast-paced and accessible to just about anyone.

Essentially, it’s a one-onone card duel. Each player is represented by a “hero,” who has 30 health points and 30 cards. Most cards generate “minions,” who can attack your opponent or defend your hero.

Other cards allow you to directly attack enemies, make minions more powerful or recover lost health points. If you can whittle down the competition’s health points to zero, you win.

It’s a virtual version of a collectible card game like “Magic: The Gathering” or “Pokemon.” Win a few games and you’re rewarded with more powerful cards to add to your deck. The basic decks provided with the game are good enough for a few practice games, but you’ll want to start building your own after

off the board — though if you approach a guard from behind or from either side, you can knock him off.

Whenever 47 moves, the guards move, too, so you need to figure out their patterns to escape each level.

As the puzzles get more complex, new tools are introduced: You can hide behind bushes, throw rocks to distract guards or hide in secret passages.

It’s a satisfying package of deviously designed brainteasers that will even appeal to players who can’t stomach the gore in a regular “Hitman” game. you get crushed by online competitors.

And that’s where “Hearthstone” leaps from a 15-minute diversion to an obsession. There are more than 450 cards available, some of which you have to create using a clever crafting system. There are nine different heroes — mages, warriors, rogues and so on — each of whom has cards only he or she can use. You’ll want to spend time playing as each character and then, once you’ve picked a favorite, build the optimal 30-card deck.

If you’re worried that your deck will never match up to that of a “Hearthstone” veteran, try visiting the Arena. There, each player is forced to assemble a fresh deck from randomly selected cards, adding a bit more luck to the equation.

“Hearthstone” has been available for a few months on PC and Mac, but the just-released iPad version shines particularly bright.

The illustrations on the cards are gorgeous, and

the animations and sound logic mazes. effects are elegant and If any of the guards staeffective. It’s a beautifully executed labor of love from TH a company that usually works on a much bigger canvas.

And it’s free. Yes, you’ll need to spend some money ANNUAL if you expect to track down some of the more rare cards, but you can expect dozens of hours of enjoyment from “Hearthstone” without investing one cent.

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E10 Thursday, May 1, 2014

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 1-8

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 1-8 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday.1 THEATER

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

TUESDAY.6

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-9884754 or susan.postma@nv.k12.wa.us.

Friday.2 MAGIC/COMEDY

Elliott Offerth, JR Russell and Aliya Zaheer: 6:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Tickets: $6 advance in Anacortes at Read Me a Story, 1005 Ninth St.; and Boxes and Bears, 709 Commercial Ave. $8 at the door.

MUSIC

“Spring Potpourri”: Whidbey Community Chorus and Oak Harbor High School’s award-winning Harbor Singers, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor. Free, donations accepted. 360-678-4148.

“How Beautiful: A Collection of Treasured Wedding and Love Songs”: soprano Wendy Donaghy and pianist Terhi Miikki-Broersma, 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-3543600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $16. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-9884754 or susan.postma@nv.k12.wa.us.

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY.3-4 “CELEBRATING IN SONG” Skagit Valley Chorale, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25.

416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

VARIETY

Cabaret Showcase (dance, theater, song, poetry, improvisation): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., Room 16, Performing Arts Center at Western Washington University, Bellingham. $4. 360650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

Saturday.3 MUSIC

“Celebrating in Song”: Skagit Valley Chorale, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25. 416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Celebration of Life”: 7 p.m., Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360424-9399.

THEATER

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $16. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

VARIETY

Cabaret Showcase: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m.

Room 16, Performing Arts Center at Western Washington University, Bellingham. $4. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

THURSDAYSATURDAY.1-3 “ALL SHOOK UP!” Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., SedroWoolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. Pictured: Taylor Huckaby-Vallejos, Quinn Krivanek and Andy Murrell.

Rachel Elder photo

Sunday.4 MUSIC

“Celebrating in Song”: Skagit Valley Chorale, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25. 416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Student Dessert Recital: Performances every hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Suggested donation: $5, $10 family. skagitmusicteachers.org.

“Spring Potpourri”: Whidbey Community Chorus, 4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor. Free, donations accepted. 360-678-4148.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $12$39. whatcomsymphony.com.

THEATER

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 2 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8.

360-988-4754 or susan.postma@ nv.k12.wa.us.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 4 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley.

Pay-what-you-can.

360-855-3510.

Mount Vernon High School Jazz Band: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. 360-3368955 or lincoln theatre.org.

THURSDAY.8

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Pay-what-you-can.

Tickets available two hours before show time. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., SedroWoolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors.

360-855-3510.

FRIDAY.2

SATURDAY.3

BEN STARNER 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

1967 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.1

FRIDAY.2

Scott Hanes: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages.

No cover. 360-424-7872.

The Spencetet Classic Jazz Quartet: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

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

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

877-275-2448.

Sabrina y Los Reyes (Latin fusion): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Ben Starner: 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Totalizer, The Basque Rats, Some Kind of Nightmare, The Vaticxnts: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4.

360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.3 Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

R.X. Bertoldi: 8:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5.

360-445-3000.

Alice Stuart: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

Margaret Wilder Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

SUNDAY.4 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

1967: 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666330.

WEDNESDAY.7 Tribute to Pete Seeger: Dana Lyons, Tom Rawson, Marc Black, Mike Marker, The Slough Dogs; 1 to 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7-$10 donation to benefit Mount Vernon Food Bank. 360-445-3000.

Patchy Sanders: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5.

360-445-3000.

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

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. No cover. 360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-4664488.

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

A King Also, Landon Wordswell, Ether XOXO featuring Ashley Douglas, MT$: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-778-1067.

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

THURSDAY.8 Deanne Savage and Friends: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Andy “Badd Dog” Koch: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

E10 Thursday, May 1, 2014

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 1-8

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 1-8 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday.1 THEATER

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

TUESDAY.6

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-9884754 or susan.postma@nv.k12.wa.us.

Friday.2 MAGIC/COMEDY

Elliott Offerth, JR Russell and Aliya Zaheer: 6:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Tickets: $6 advance in Anacortes at Read Me a Story, 1005 Ninth St.; and Boxes and Bears, 709 Commercial Ave. $8 at the door.

MUSIC

“Spring Potpourri”: Whidbey Community Chorus and Oak Harbor High School’s award-winning Harbor Singers, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor. Free, donations accepted. 360-678-4148.

“How Beautiful: A Collection of Treasured Wedding and Love Songs”: soprano Wendy Donaghy and pianist Terhi Miikki-Broersma, 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-3543600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $16. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8. 360-9884754 or susan.postma@nv.k12.wa.us.

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY.3-4 “CELEBRATING IN SONG” Skagit Valley Chorale, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25.

416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

VARIETY

Cabaret Showcase (dance, theater, song, poetry, improvisation): Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., Room 16, Performing Arts Center at Western Washington University, Bellingham. $4. 360650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

Saturday.3 MUSIC

“Celebrating in Song”: Skagit Valley Chorale, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25. 416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Celebration of Life”: 7 p.m., Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360424-9399.

THEATER

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $16. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. 360-855-3510.

VARIETY

Cabaret Showcase: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m.

Room 16, Performing Arts Center at Western Washington University, Bellingham. $4. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

THURSDAYSATURDAY.1-3 “ALL SHOOK UP!” Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., SedroWoolley. $10, $5 students/seniors. Pictured: Taylor Huckaby-Vallejos, Quinn Krivanek and Andy Murrell.

Rachel Elder photo

Sunday.4 MUSIC

“Celebrating in Song”: Skagit Valley Chorale, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $14-$25. 416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Student Dessert Recital: Performances every hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Suggested donation: $5, $10 family. skagitmusicteachers.org.

“Spring Potpourri”: Whidbey Community Chorus, 4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor. Free, donations accepted. 360-678-4148.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $12$39. whatcomsymphony.com.

THEATER

“Leading Ladies” (comedy): 2 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $8.

360-988-4754 or susan.postma@ nv.k12.wa.us.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 4 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley.

Pay-what-you-can.

360-855-3510.

Mount Vernon High School Jazz Band: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. 360-3368955 or lincoln theatre.org.

THURSDAY.8

“The Outsiders”: META Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Pay-what-you-can.

Tickets available two hours before show time. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

“All Shook Up!” (musical based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” featuring the songs of Elvis Presley): Sedro-Woolley High School Drama Dept., 7 p.m., SedroWoolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 students/seniors.

360-855-3510.

FRIDAY.2

SATURDAY.3

BEN STARNER 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

1967 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.1

FRIDAY.2

Scott Hanes: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Big Rock Café, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages.

No cover. 360-424-7872.

The Spencetet Classic Jazz Quartet: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

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

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

877-275-2448.

Sabrina y Los Reyes (Latin fusion): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Ben Starner: 8 to 11 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Totalizer, The Basque Rats, Some Kind of Nightmare, The Vaticxnts: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4.

360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.3 Aaron Crawford (top 40 country rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

360-422-6411.

R.X. Bertoldi: 8:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5.

360-445-3000.

Alice Stuart: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

Margaret Wilder Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

SUNDAY.4 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

1967: 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666330.

WEDNESDAY.7 Tribute to Pete Seeger: Dana Lyons, Tom Rawson, Marc Black, Mike Marker, The Slough Dogs; 1 to 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7-$10 donation to benefit Mount Vernon Food Bank. 360-445-3000.

Patchy Sanders: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5.

360-445-3000.

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

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. No cover. 360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-4664488.

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

A King Also, Landon Wordswell, Ether XOXO featuring Ashley Douglas, MT$: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-778-1067.

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

THURSDAY.8 Deanne Savage and Friends: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Andy “Badd Dog” Koch: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com

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TRAVEL

Five free things in Glasgow, from gardens to museums

By PAUL KELBIE Associated Press

800-year-old city are paved with history built upon the profits of shipbuilding, Caribbean sugar and American tobacco and cotton.

Glasgow was designated U.K. City of Architecture and Design in 1999 and even a brief walk through its streets will reveal the legacy of renowned architects and designers, such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander “Greek” Thomson among others.

There are numerous monuments and statues to leading scientists, inventors, poets, politicians and war heroes throughout the city.

The most popular is that of the Duke of Wellington outside the Gallery of Modern Art, but the statue is rarely seen without a traffic cone on its head.

What started as a joke by students more than 40 years ago is now an almost permanent symbol of Glaswegian humor. When the city council tried to raise the statue higher to stop the prank, there was a public protest that attracted tens of thousands of supporters calling for the cone to stay.

GLASGOW, Scotland — The image of Scotland’s largest city as a hard and dirty industrial center is long gone. Instead, this former European Capital of Culture is now widely regarded as one of Britain’s most lively and stylish urban destinations.

It boasts the best shopping experience in the U.K. outside of London and is home to a variety of annual festivals celebrating everything from rock music and comedy to literature and the arts.

Once regarded as “The Second City of the British Empire,” it remains a wellpreserved example of Victorian excess and enlightenment, offering numerous museums and art galleries, of which more than 20 are free to visit.

The city is easy to get around. Many of the attractions are within walking distance of each other or can be reached by the city’s unique subway system known fondly as the Clockwork Orange.

Opened in 1896, it is the third oldest metro system in the world after London and Budapest, and has only RIVERSIDE MUSEUM One of the most modern one circle line serving 15 city attractions is the Riverstations with a train every four minutes at peak times. side Museum on the banks of the Clyde.

Designed by Zaha CITY CENTER Hadid, this iconic buildThe streets of this

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The Necropolis in Glasgow, Scotland, regarded as one of the most significant cemeteries in Europe. The immense Victorian monument garden of 37 acres provides a stunning elevated view of the city and is the final resting place of more than 50,000 people, many of them notable.

LEFT: The Duke of Wellington statue, which is rarely seen without a traffic cone on its head.

It started as a joke by students decades ago but is now an almost permanent symbol of local humor.

Stewart Cunningham / AP

RIGHT: Botanic Gardens, an internationally renowned garden in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. Glasgow City Marketing Bureau via AP

ing, which was voted 2013 European Museum of the Year, has more than 3,000 exhibits showcasing a variety of “Clyde-built” trams, trains and cars — built when the waterfront was home to a major industrial center. The museum also includes three reconstructed streets showing Glasgow as it would have been between 1895 and 1930.

Visitors are encouraged to climb aboard many of

the exhibits, including the U.K.’s only floating Clydebuilt sailing ship, which is permanently moored outside the museum.

open to the public, the collection features a wide range of artifacts ranging from an entire section of the wall built by Romans in Scotland in the 2nd HUNTERIAN MUSEUM century to scientific instruAND ART GALLERY ments used by some of the The Hunterian Museum world’s greatest scientists and Art Gallery at the Uni- and objects from Captain versity of Glasgow is the Cook’s voyage across the oldest museum in Scotland, Pacific Ocean. dating back more than 200 The Art Gallery is home years. to one of the world’s greatUsed extensively for est collections of work by academic research but also Charles Rennie Mackin-

tosh, including the reassembled interior of his former Glasgow home. It also houses paintings by famous artists such as George Stubbs and James McNeill Whistler.

NECROPOLIS

If you don’t mind something a little more macabre, the Necropolis is well worth a wander.

Regarded as one of the most significant cemeteries in Europe, the

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TRAVEL Local travel

ABOVE: Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, the oldest museum in Scotland, dating back more than 200 years.

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LEFT: Riverside Museum on the banks of the Clyde River.

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Victorian monument garden of 37 acres is overlooked by Glasgow Cathedral and provides a stunning elevated view of the city.

As the final resting place of more than 50,000 people, many of them notable, it is full of amazing stories and gothic monuments. There are regular free walking tours from well-informed volunteer guides but visi-

tors may also explore on their own.

houses filled with an extensive array of temperate and tropical plants from around BOTANIC GARDENS the world to explore.

Founded initially in Open from 7 a.m. to 1817, the internationally dusk every day, the gardens renowned Botanic Gardens are within a short walking in the heart of the West distance of Byers Road, End of Glasgow provide an one of the most vibrant oasis of calm and respite. and cosmopolitan areas of There are more than 50 the city, filled with a range acres of formal gardens, of cafes, bars and some of woodland walks and archi- Glasgow’s most popular tecturally impressive glass- restaurants.

Harbor for hiking and great views at American Camp, SHORT TRIPS: Mount then on to Lime Kiln Point Vernon Parks and RecreState Park, considered one ation offers travel opporof the best locations to tunities for ages 12 and see migrating orca whales. older (adult supervision After a picnic lunch, head required for ages 18 and back to Friday Harbor younger). Trips depart from for time on your own to and return to Hillcrest explore shops, cafes and Park, 1717 S. 13th St., maybe even the Whale Mount Vernon. For informa- Museum. Pack a lunch and tion or to register, call 360- beverages and wear weath336-6215. Next up: er-appropriate clothing and “Northwest Wine and hiking shoes. $72-$80.

Cheese Tour”: Ages 21 Register by June 20. and older, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Travel WEEKEND LANGUAGE by van and ferry to the INTENSIVES: The NorthOlympic Peninsula to sam- west Language and Culple new wine releases and tural Center offers weekciders paired with a variety end language and culture of local artisan cheeses. immersion sessions at its Enjoy a no-host lunch Whidbey Island facility in and time to explore Port Langley. Each two-day sesTownsend. $66-$68. Some sion includes 12 hours of locations may charge an language and cultural activadditional tasting fee. ities. Student at all levels “Backyard Bonanza: are welcome. Tuition: $185 Birds, Bees, Begonias and per session. 360-321More”: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

2101 or programs@nwlanSaturday, May 10. The guageacademy.com. Next 14th annual Backyard Wild- up: life Festival will feature pre- Italian, May 3-4: Roberto sentations from experts, Tauriello Torgerson of educational exhibits, arts Seattle’s Percorso Italiano and crafts and a native language school. plant sale. There will also be a guided bird tour along JAPANESE TEA TASTING, the Duwamish River, a no- CEREMONY: Learn about host lunch, a visit to Seat- Japanese tea and the tea tle’s Kubota Garden and a ceremony at 11 a.m. and stop at Sky Nursery on the 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, way home. $55-$57. Regat Gretchens Kitchen, 509 ister by May 5.

S. First St., Mount Vernon.

“Wallabies and WaterTatsuo Tomeoka from falls”: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Charaku Fine Japanese Saturday, June 14. Travel Tea Company will discuss to Snoqualmie to view the the history, culture and 286-foot Snoqualmie Falls preparation surrounding the and adjoining hydroelectric tea ceremony. Attendees project, followed by time to will taste several Japanese enjoy a no-host lunch and green teas, ending with a exploration of the quaint tasting of matcha, the tradidowntown. Next, the group tional tea used for tea cerwill head over to the Fall emonies, and a Japanese City Wallaby Ranch for a sweet from Chef Tokara’s private tour, including a Japanese bakery in Seattle. chance to pet, feed and $10. 360-336-8747 or learn all about gray and gretchenskitchen.com. albino Bennett’s wallabies and red kangaroos, with GLASS SCHOOL TOUR: one final stop at Maltby The Pilchuck Glass School for an afternoon treat at will host an open house Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice from noon to 5 p.m. SunCream. $62-$64. Register day, July 13, at its private

by June 6. campus near Stanwood.

“San Juan Island HisEnjoy hot glass demonstratory, Hiking and Whales”: tions, docent-led tours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. the studios and gallery, live Saturday, June 28. Travel music and more. Hands-on by van and ferry to Friday activities, including glass

blowing and printmaking, and an “off the beaten path” tour are available for additional fees. General admission: $20, $10 ages 6 to 12, free for ages 5 and younger. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. For information or reservations, call 206621-8422, ext. 26, or visit pilchuck.com.

WWU FACULTY-LED TRAVEL PROGRAMS: Western Washington University will offer several educational travel programs this summer in Italy and Africa. Global Discovery trips are not for university credit or restricted to Western students. Trips include: Tuscany, Italy: Aug. 31-Sept. 14.

Mount Kilimanjaro Climb and Serengeti Safari Extension: July 5-19.

Serengeti Safari and Kilimanjaro Culture Tour Extension: July 14-26.

Details: 360- 650-6409, globaldiscovery@wwu.edu, wwu.edu/Global Discovery.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing several extended trips: New England, Sept.

26-Oct. 3; “Southern Charm,” Dec. 14-19; Panama, February 2015; “Blue Danube,” April 14-28, 2015; and Portugal, fall 2015. Contact Pat Gardner 360-279-4582 or email at pgardner@oakharbor.org.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

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

The Oak Harbor Senior Center accepts passport applications, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. 360-2794580.

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HOT TICKETS STEEL PANTHER: May 3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

IRA GLASS: May 3, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

THE GLITCH MOB: May 3-4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEPHEN “RAGGA” MARLEY: May 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 206224-5481 or aeglive.com.

WHO’S BAD: “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band”: May 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LED ZEPAGAIN (tribute to Led Zeppelin): May 9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

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

DANNY BROWN: May 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

OLD 97s: May 12, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

PRISCILLA AHN: May 13, Columbia City Theater, Seattle.

800-838-3006 or columbiacity theater.com.

RIFF RAFF: May 14, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MICKEY AVALON: May 15, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

LIL JON - DJ SET: May 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FLIGHT TO MARS: featuring Mike McCready of Pearl Jam: May 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NICKEL CREEK: May 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

KYLE GASS BAND: May 18, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

FAILURE: May 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

KISHI BASHI: May 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LINDSEY STIRLING: May 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BACKSTREET BOYS, AVRIL

NICKEL CREEK May 17, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

LAVIGNE: May 22, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

TECH N9NE: May 23-24, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE NYLONS: May 24, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

LANA DEL REY: May 27, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BLACK FLAG: May 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HOODIE ALLEN: May 27, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

LIONEL RITCHIE: with CeeLo Green: May 30, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

“IN MY LIFE”: A Musical Tribute to the Beatles: June 5, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM: June 6-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

GRIEVES: June 7, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

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

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: June 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ONEREPUBLIC: June 12, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-

8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

ALLEN STONE: June 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

THE FRAY: with Barcelona and Oh Honey: June 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

DIGITOUR: June 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: June 20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

SARAH McLACHLAN: June 20-21, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

RODRIGO AMARANTE: June 21, The Barboza, Seattle. 206-7099442 or thebarboza.com.

MERLE HAGGARD, EMMYLOU HARRIS: June 22, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

GAVIN DEGRAW AND MATT NATHANSON: with Mary Lambert: June 24, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: June 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

ROBYN + RÖYKSOPP: Do It Again Tour: June 26, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: June 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: June 27, Columbia City Theater, Seattle.

800-838-3006 or columbiacity theater.com.

THE SOULSHINE TOUR: featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead, with SOJA, Brett Dennen and Trevor Hall: June 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

AN EVENING WITH JOHN LEGEND: June 27, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

PARADISO FESTIVAL: June 27-28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

CHER: June 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

JOHN LEGEND: June 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PETER MURPHY: June 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEVE WINWOOD: June 29, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

KISS, DEF LEPPARD: June 29, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

HEART: July 1, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. com.

KRAFTWERK 3-D: July 1, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or tickets.com.

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

877-784-4849 or tickets.com.

MARK LANEGAN: July 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEELY DAN: July 5-6, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-9297849 or AXS.com.

MARK LANEGAN: July 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NEW ORDER: July 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Body Count featuring Ice T, Suicide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead and more: July 8, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JURASSIC 5: July 9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SLIGHTLY STOOPID: with Stephen “Ragga” Marley: July 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or AXS.com.

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: July 11, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

RINGO STARR & HIS ALLSTARR BAND: July 16, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE GO-GOs, PATTY SMYTH & SCANDAL, MARTHA DAVIS & THE MOTELS, CUTTING CREW, NAKED EYES featuring PETE BYRNE: July 17, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: with The Wood Brothers: July 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or AXS.com.

THE AQUABATS: July 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: July 18, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW (classic country): July 18-19, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

ANACORTES UNKNOWN MUSIC SERIES, Vol. IV: July 18-20, Anacortes Unknown. anacortes unknown.com.

WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: July 18-20, Blues Ranch, Winthrop. 800-422-3048 or winthroptickets.com.

GOO GOO DOLLS & DAUGHTRY: July 19, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

CHEECH & CHONG, WAR: “Up in Smoke 2014”: July 19, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-9297849 or AXS.com.

SAY ANYTHING: July 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: with The Manhattan Transfer, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin, Jessy J: July 26, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MÖTLEY CRÜE: July 27, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

ARCADE FIRE: Aug. 8, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

BRUNO MARS: Aug. 9, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

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What might emerge from Prince’s vault?

MINNEAPOLIS — Should we get ready for a Purple Flood?

Only Prince knows what music he might release under a new agreement with his old label, Warner Bros., that also gives him control of the much-coveted master recordings of his first 19 albums. The only certainties are a deluxe edition of his bestseller “Purple Rain,” which marks its 30th anniversary this summer, and an album of new material with 3rdEyeGirl.

What else might emerge from Prince’s long-touted vault of unreleased music?

Album projects that were abandoned? Outtakes?

Demo recordings? Live albums?

The Rock Hall of Famer was a notoriously hyperproductive musicmaker in his Warners years, from 1978 to about 1996. “We used to record two songs a day,” said David Z, Prince’s main engineer from 1976 until 1994.

Whatever rarities are released, they belong to Prince, not the label.

“We exhausted the Warner Bros. vault years ago,” said Gregg Geller, former Warners vice president of A&R. He put together 1993’s “The Hits/The B Sides,” which included a handful of unreleased tunes that Prince delivered expressly for the boxed set.

“One problem Prince had was productivity. He created an avalanche of music that kept coming for years.

Record companies don’t move that quickly.”

But Prince never submitted finished material to Warners unless he was ready to release it. The exception was 1987’s “The Black Album,” which he pulled the plug on.

The label eventually issued it in 1994.

Prince’s vision seemed to be at odds with Warners’ strategies. “He did great stuff (but) he’d say: ‘That’s what they want from me. I don’t want to put it out,’” David Z said. “He wanted to be more obscure, I guess.”

A year or so after signing a reported $100 million deal with the label in ’92, he started writing “slave” on his cheek and protesting his lack of ownership of his master recordings.

He and Warners eventually divorced.

The new deal could mean considerably more money for Prince. In 2013, his Warners catalog sold 286,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. If Prince had owned his catalog, Billboard magazine estimates his take would have been $1.7 million instead of the estimated $657,000 in royalties he likely received.

A deluxe version of the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “Purple Rain” not only promises improved sound but bonus material that could include the August 1983 concert at First Avenue when the film’s songs were introduced.

“It would be a great live album,” said David Z, who oversaw the recording that night. “It was the first time Wendy (Melvoin, guitarist) joined him. People had never heard the songs and didn’t react because none of it was familiar. There are a few songs that weren’t used in the movie or album.”

Among the outtakes are an instrumental written by Prince’s father, John Nelson, and a song by Jill Jones, a singer in the movie. But there were no demos for “Purple Rain,” David Z said.

Prince didn’t operate that way with his band.

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MOVIES

Noisy ‘Spider-Man 2’ is not nearly as clever as it thinks it is

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

It’s difficult to imagine how “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” could have been any worse.

Long gone are the elements that made the Tobey Maguire/ Kirsten Dunst “Spider-Man” series so effective: genuine charm and humor, breathtaking action, and the correct amount of darkness and menace.

In its place is a wildly connected cacophony, alternately chaotic and would-be serene, baffling in its lack of originality and its reliance on worn cliches.

It’s visually impressive, but for more than $200 million of Marvel’s money, it had better be. The 3D effects are effective, but shouldn’t there be a limit to how many times the audience is showered with shards of glass?

Andrew Garfield returns to play Spider-Man/Peter Parker, and he and Emma Stone (playing Gwen Stacy, the somewhat devoted girlfriend who is exploring her future options) are among the two more luminous actors working today.

But when saddled with a script not nearly as clever as the filmmakers would like to think, any chemistry the two may have cultivated fades quickly, just in time for the next explosion of lightning and electricity.

The film makes ample use of electricity, both good and bad.

Jamie Foxx plays Max Dillon, an electrical engineer at Oscorp, the behemoth of a company that yields dark secrets, only known to a few of its minions.

Dillon suffers an on-the-job accident that turns him into Electro, a blue/translucent who can

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Jamie Foxx stars as Electro in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” malady that killed his father, and he seeks Spider-Man’s blood as a possible cure. Spider-Man says no, Harry vows revenge, and H Cast: Andrew Garfield, he and Electro team up for Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dan the requisite destruction.

DeHaan, Sally Field Director Marc Webb pres Running time: 2:20 ents Harry as a physically unim MPAA rating: PG-13 for posing rich-kid-with-an-attitude, sequences for sci-fi action/ with a horrific Euro-trash combviolence over and leer that all but screams “Bad Guy,” even though he and harness massive amounts of elecPeter are longtime friends. tricity and fire it from his hands; The money is on the screen. destruction of a well-lit New York The screenplay, by Alex Kurtzman, City soon ensues. And since DilRoberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner, lon/Electro’s mishap occurred on tries way, way, too hard to be his birthday, the script provides clever and glib. him with this groaner: “It’s my It is neither. That much is made birthday, I’m going to light my clear in the movie’s first action candles.” sequence, when Spider-Man foils a Electro is captured by Oscorp hijack attempt of volatile nuclear minions, strung up with cables and materials, trading silly verbal jabs hidden, as to not alarm the comwith the getaway driver and trying pany’s stockholders. to secure the nuclear vials with But things change when laughable (not funny) quips like 20-year-old Harry Osborn (Dane “Heel!” and “Come here!”

DeHaan) steps in to take over Recall the postcredits scene in Oscorp from his recently deceased “The Avengers”? The heroes are father Norman (Chris Cooper, in a eating in a Shawarma diner, not brief appearance that provides the exchanging a word. That scene movie’s only real squirm-inducing has more believable dialogue than dread). anything in “The Amazing SpiderHarry suffers from the same Man 2.”

‘THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2’

Andrew Garfield plays Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Bad Words” — I loved the misanthrope played by Jason Bateman in his directorial debut, and you might, too, if your sense of humor is just sick enough. A loophole has allowed this big bowl of hate to compete against fourthgraders in a spelling bee, where he spews insults with a deadpan style that leaves his victims speechless. A pitchblack dark comedy. Comedy, R, 89 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” — The more screen time Chris Evans accrues as Captain America, the more engaging the performance. He’s terrific in this adventure, more complex and more compelling than in his 2011 debut. Amid well-choreographed action sequences and a couple of nifty twists and turns, we get another rock-solid chapter in the bigscreen story of Marvel. Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford co-star. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 136 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Draft Day” — The general manager of the hapless Cleveland Browns (Kevin Costner) tries to coax some star power during the NFL draft in this sentimental, predictable and thoroughly entertaining movie. I would have liked to see less soap-opera subplot (a pregnant girlfriend, an egotistical team owner) and more inside football machinations.

Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella and Chadwick Boseman co-star. Sports drama, PG-13, 110 minutes).

HHH “Fading Gigolo” — Writerdirector John Turturro casts himself as the lead in this offbeat and sometimes just plain nutso story about a florist who takes money to service beautiful women, including Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara, and gives a cut to his pimp (Woody Allen). This improbable film is all over the map, veering from pathos to absurdist comedy to romance to weirdness for the sake of weirdness. Comedy, R, 90 minutes. HH “Frozen” — When a queen with icy powers (voice of Idina Menzel) accidentally freezes her kingdom, she runs away

ally the entirety of the movie.

It’s a beautiful film to watch, as the headlights seem animated in the rain-filtered ANACORTES CINEMAS colors of the night while a May 2-8 man drives and drives and Focus On The Family Presents: Irreplaceable (NR): makes life-changing phone Tuesday: 7:00 calls. Drama, R, 85 minutes.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: HHHH 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Sunday-Thursday: 12:55, “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” 3:45, 6:30 — The old TV cartoon about Heaven Is for Real (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:05, 3:35, a genius dog, his adopted 6:40, 8:50; Sunday-Monday: 1:05, 3:35, 6:40; Tuesday: son and their time-traveling 1:05, 3:35; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:05, 3:35, 6:40 adventures becomes a whip The Grand Budapest Hotel (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, smart, consistently funny and 3:25, 6:50, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:25, 6:50 good-natured film with terrific 360-293-6620 voice performances led by Ty Burrell as Peabody. Lots of BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN sight gags and goofy puns, Oak Harbor with some clever one-liners May 2-4 intended for the parents The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13) and The Other in the audience. Animated Woman (PG-13). First movie starts at approximately 8:30 adventure, PG, 90 minutes. p.m.

HHH 360-675-5667 “Nebraska” — What a joy it is to watch Bruce Dern playCONCRETE THEATRE ing such a miserable SOB May 2-4 in the best role of his long Captain America (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 career. Woody Grant is a craband 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m. by, boozy, sometimes delu 360-941-0403 sional old guy on a road trip with his son (Will Forte) to CASCADE MALL THEATRES collect a sweepstakes prize.

Burlington Alexander Payne’s latest film For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386). is a modern American classic about the dynamic between OAK HARBOR CINEMAS a father from the generation May 2-8 that didn’t speak about its The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: feelings and a grown son 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Sunday-Thursday: 12:50, who’s still trying to get his 3:45, 6:30 father to explain himself.

The Other Woman (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, Stark, beautiful and memora3:35, 6:50, 9:10; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:35, 6:50 ble. Drama, R, 115 minutes.

Heaven Is for Real (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:10, 3:25, HHHH 6:40, 9:05; Sunday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40 “Noah” — One of the most 360-279-2226 dazzling and unforgettable biblical epics ever put on film.

STANWOOD CINEMAS Director Darren Aronofsky May 2-8 has delivered an emotion The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13): 12:40, 3:35, ally involving and sometimes 6:30, 8:10, 9:25 loony interpretation of the The Other Woman (PG-13): 1:10, 3:25, 6:40, 9:20 tale of a God-loving man (Rus Heaven Is for Real (PG): 1:20, 3:55, 6:00, 9:10 sell Crowe, ferocious and Rio 2 (G): 3:45 razor-sharp) and his ark. Jen Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PG-13): 12:50, nifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, 6:15 Emma Watson and Anthony The Grand Budapest Hotel (R): 1:00, 3:15, 6:50, Hopkins round out a stellar 9:00 cast. Biblical epic, PG-13, 360-629-0514 131 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Oculus” — Here is a horror and her intrepid sister (Krisness of the notes she’s hitmovie that will reach out and ten Bell) goes to find her. ting. She’s playing someone grab that spot on your spine Sure to delight kids and capti- a bit, well, crazy, but her quiet that produces all the chills. vate adults, Disney’s musical resolve is kind of heroic.

Thanks to the wonderfully “Frozen” is the instant favorShe’s pretty awesome. With twisted style of director Mike ite for the animated feature Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Flanagan and four terrific Oscar. Animated musical, PG, Nick Nolte. Drama, R, 101 young actors playing brother 102 minutes. HHH1⁄2 minutes. HHH1⁄2 and sister as children and “Hateship Loveship” — “Locke” — In writer-director adults, “Oculus” is one of the Kristen Wiig’s performance as Steven Knight’s mesmerizing more elegant scary movies in a caretaker duped into believ- jewel of a film, Tom Hardy is recent memory. Horror, R, 105 ing she’s being courted is so so brilliant we readily watch minutes. HHH1⁄2 beautifully muted it takes a him drive a car and talk on “Sabotage” — After stealwhile to appreciate the loveli- the hands-free phone for virtu- ing $10 million from a drug

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cartel, elite DEA agents become targets in a brutal, bloody, dark and at times gruesomely funny thriller.

The team is played by a strong cast headed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, being typically Arnold, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams and Terrence Howard. Action thriller, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “RoboCop” — The 2014 version of “RoboCop” takes advantage of the superior technology available now, but doesn’t match up to the original when it comes to story and cast. As Alex Murphy, the wounded officer converted into RoboCop, Joel Kinnaman comes across as a wooden human being AND a wooden robot. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 118 minutes. HH “Son of God” — The first feature in recent memory telling us a life-spanning story of Jesus Christ recounts the events with great reverence but, alas, is not a good movie. The special effects are just OK, and in the title role, Portuguese-born heartthrob Diogo Morgado hits a lot of wrong notes. Historical drama, PG-13, 138 minutes.

H1⁄2 “The Bag Man” — One can’t help but wonder what Robert De Niro and John Cusack saw in the script for “The Bag Man” that made two of our most interesting actors sign up for this irritating mess of a movie. It’s warmed-over Tarantino mixed with a third-rate tribute to the Coen brothers with a dose of David Lynch-ian madness. Thriller, R, 108 minutes. H “The Other Woman” — This would-be comedy is so tonedeaf, so excruciatingly awful, it’s a minor miracle the studio didn’t confiscate the original print and lock it up. None of the stars — Cameron Diaz, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau or especially the big and broad Leslie Mann — escapes this mess with a shred of dignity. Comedy, PG-13, 109 minutes. H “The Railway Man” — Based on the true story of a British Army officer (Colin Firth) in World War II and the Japanese Imperial Army officer who tortured him. This is another prestige film that sometimes feels more like a history assignment than entertainment. Sometimes it’s hard to watch. It’s also

hard to imagine anyone watching it and not being deeply moved. Drama, R, 108 minutes. HHH “3 Days to Kill” — The term “guilty pleasure” was invented for this kind of movie. Nearly every other scene is so audaciously terrible, you don’t know whether to cringe or chortle. But the star power of Kevin Costner as an aging CIA hit man turns schlock into pure entertainment. Action, PG-13, 117 minutes. HHH “Transcendence” — In a bold, beautiful, sometimes confounding flight of futuristic speculation, Johnny Depp plays a scientific visionary whose thoughts and personality are uploaded before he dies. He uses his everincreasing intelligence to cure the sick and heal the planet, but fears arise that he will accumulate so much power and intelligence he’ll become the greatest threat to freedom the world has ever known. What a stunning piece of work. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 119 minutes.

HHHH “Under the Skin” — An alien on Earth (Scarlett Johannson) cruises Scotland in a van, hitting on young lads, in a stark mood piece that drills into your psyche and will stay there forever. It’s weird, polarizing work, but I found it the most memorable movie of the first few months of 2014. Sci-fi drama, R, 108 minutes. HHHH “Veronica Mars” — This big-screen update of the Kristen Bell TV series, the result of a Kickstarter campaign, looks and feels like a glorified TV movie, with mostly unexceptional performances and ridiculous plot developments no more innovative than you’d see on a dozen network TV detective shows.

Crime comedy, PG-13, 108 minutes. HH “Walking With the Enemy” — In a plodding and clunky drama based on an amazing true-life story, a Hungarian Jew wears a stolen Nazi uniform and assumes the identity of the enemy to save lives during World War II. As earnest and heartfelt as a movie can be, “Walking With the Enemy” never misses an opportunity to embrace a cliche. War drama, PG-13, 123 minutes. HH

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well as a selection of softer pastel landscapes. Also FIRST THURSDAY showing: oils by Seattle ART WALK: The Mount artist Brooke BorcherdVernon Downtown Assoing, black and white phociation will present the tography by David Lucas, First Thursday Art Walk pastels by Pat Meras, from 5 to 8 p.m. today in oils by Donna Trent and downtown Mount Vernon. mixed media by Renate Part of the Skagit Valley Trapkowski. Gallery hours Art Escape, the walk will are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. feature work by Lavone Monday through Saturday.

Newell-Reim, showing at the Front Gallery, 420 Myr- 360-293-6938 or scottmilo. tle, and Cathy Schoenberg, com. whose painted panels will “LANDSCAPE/MINDbe permanently installed in SCAPE”: A show featurthe upper story windows in ing artists Mike Adams, the “Alley Gallery” north Susanna Bluhm, Jennifer of Pine Square.

Campbell and Jennifer Newell-Reim, who has Zwick will open May 2 and been a member of the Skagit Valley artist commu- continue through June 1 at Anchor Art Space, 216 nity for 50 years, recently returned from a successful Commercial Ave., Anaexhibit of her work in New cortes. Using landscape as a metaphor for a place York.

Schoenberg has been an within the mind, regional artists use sculpture, instalartist in the Skagit Valley since 1981. Her artwork has lation, video and mixed media works to create been featured as posters for the Anacortes Arts Fes- landscapes that suggest memory, humor and fear. tival and at MONA Style.

Curated by Ann Chadmountvernondowntown. wick Reid. Gallery hours org. are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-755ANACORTES MURALS: 3140 or anchorartspace.org.

The Anacortes Arts Commission will present “CelFABRIC ART: A show of ebrating 30 Years: Bill quilts by fabric artist LouMitchell Mural Project” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and ise Harris will open with a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, reception during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 May 2-3, at the Gallery to 9 p.m. Friday, May 2, and at the Depot, 611 R Ave., continue through May 31 at Anacortes. Mitchell has McCool Gallery, 711 Comcreated more than 150 murals spanning 150 years mercial Ave., Anacortes.

The show will also feature of Anacortes history. 360paintings by Anne Martin 293-1918 or anacortes McCool, jewelry by Carole artscommission.com.

Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, wood by George PAINTINGS AND PASWay and Art Learmonth, TELS: “Amanda Houston: Oils and Pastels” will open sculptures by Tracy Powell, ceramics by Patsy Chamwith a reception during berlain and Barbara Haththe First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friaway, handwoven scarves day, May 2, and continue

by Martha Tottenham and through June 3 at Scott gourd art by Vicki Hampel.

Milo Gallery, 420 Commer- Gallery hours are 11 a.m. cial Ave., Anacortes. The to 5 p.m. Tuesday through show includes Houston’s Sunday. 360-293-3577 or brilliantly colored oils as mccoolart.com.

Day weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, May 9-11 and May 17-18, at numerous locations around Camano Island and Stanwood.

Check out artwork in a variety of media offered by 41 juried artists and three galleries. Pick up a selfguided tour map at local merchants or at camanoarts.org. Free. 425-478-0777.

front. Events will include Tribal canoe racing, Native music, singing and dancing, storytelling, children’s activities, food, arts and crafts and more. penn covewaterfestival.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

WORLD ISSUES FORUM: Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary StudSAN JUAN ART TOUR: ies holds its annual World The 23rd anniversary San Juan Island Artists’ Studio Issues Forum from noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays in the Tour will take place from Fairhaven College audito10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday rium on the WWU campus and Sunday, May 31-June in Bellingham. Presenta1, at 15 artists’ studios. tions are free and open to Check out a variety of the public. 360-650-2309 or original artworks by more wwu.edu/fairhaven/news/ than 40 artists on display worldissuesforum. and offered for sale from Next up: the source, with a chance Check out Northwest artist Anne Schreivogl’s new Monday, May 5: “Not to enter a drawing for art exhibition, showing May 1-30 at La Conner Seaside at each location. Maps and One More Deportation”: Gallery, 101 First St., La Conner. The show features Schreivogl’s upbeat, colorful paintings, delighting in brochures for the free self- with Maru Mora Villalthe reader’s and writer’s world, with images of typeguided tour are available at pando, Latina immigrant organizer and consultant writers, books, and letter-writing. The gallery is open Friday Harbor businesses for nonprofits working for from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-202-2956 or lacon- or at sanjuanislandartists. nerseasidegallery.com. racial justice, advocacy. com.

May 7: “A Different Kind of Travel: Global CAR SHOWS Inquiries”: with Brittaney CHILDREN’S ART new paintings by Becky ALL AMERICAN CAR Schunzel and Steven Riley.

WALK: The 14th annual Fletcher and ceramics by SHOW: The Humane Soci- Riley and Schunzel will disChildren’s Art Walk will Jeffrey Hanks will open ety of Skagit Valley will cuss their individual experitake place from 6 to 9 p.m. with a reception from 5 to host the All American Car ences traveling throughout Friday, May 2, in downtown 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and Show from 10 a.m. to 4 Egypt, Mongolia and China Bellingham. Presented by continue through June 1 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at and creating dialogue Allied Arts of Whatcom at Smith & Vallee Gallery, the HSSV Adoption Cenabroad through Fairhaven County, the event will 5742 Gilkey Ave., Editer, 18841 Kelleher Road, College’s Adventure include art displays, activi- son. Fletcher’s new body Burlington. Any American- Learning Grant in 2012ties for kids and adults, of work, “Reiterations,” make car from any year 2013. music and more to celexplores the repeated lines can be entered. Trophies May 21: “The Three ebrate the arts in schools. and shapes offered visually will be awarded in 12 catU.S.-Mexico Border In addition, Allied Arts by nature. Hanks’ ceramics egories. $10 entry fee. Free Wars: An Update”: with Gallery, 1418 Cornwall are fired in either a woodfor spectators. Proceeds Tony Payan, professor of Ave., will feature profesburning kiln or in clay conwill benefit the Humane Political Science at the sional work by Allied Arts tainers known as saggers, Society of Skagit Valley.

University of Texas at El Teaching Artists in Whatwhich infuses the surface For information, contact Paso. Twenty years after com County. Art will stay with random flashes from Kandi at 360-853-3373 or NAFTA, the three counon display through May 31 the flame strike. Gallery skagithumane.com. tries of North America in honor of the statewide hours are 11 a.m. to 5 have failed to take advanArts Education Month p.m. Wednesday through FESTIVALS tage of a unique historiand ArtsEd WA, a new Sunday. 360-766-6230 or cal opportunity to move program exploring issues smithandvallee.com.

PENN COVE WATER the borders from lines of in arts and education. 360FESTIVAL: The annual defense and opposition 676-8548 or alliedarts.org.

CAMANO STUDIO Penn Cove Water Festival TOUR: The 16th annual will take place from 11 a.m. to lines of encounter and PAINTINGS & CERAMCamano Island Studio Tour to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 10, cooperation, according to a news release.

ICS: An exhibition of will take place on Mother’s on the Coupeville water-

‘MEMOIRS OF A BIRD’

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OUT & ABOUT Overlooked are the lives of tens of millions of people who have had their economic prosperity curtailed, mobility truncated, and sense of security upset by deployment of technology and force, which are channeled into controlling rather than efficiently managing our borders, according to the release.

VISION 2030: Transition Fidalgo & Friends invite community members to learn about the group’s newly completed Vision 2030 document at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Vision 2030 was created to explore what Fidalgo and Guemes Island residents might do to build a positive future in the face of rising climate, energy and economic impacts. Read the document at transitionfidalgo. org/vision-2030 and bring your comments, questions and suggestions. Free. transitionfidalgo.org.

LOCAL RADIO: “Speak Up! Speak Out!”: 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 7, on KSVR 91.7 FM radio.

Ginny Wolff will talk with Evelyn Adams and Jan Woodruff about Vision 2030, a roadmap to a vibrant community for Fidalgo and Guemes islands in a future faced with climate change. (Show will repeat at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 11). speakup speakoutradio.org.

CYBER BULLYING: Western Washington University in Bellingham will host an expert panel of professors and Western Police Chief Darin Rasmussen to discuss social networking and cyber harassment at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in Academic West Room 204. The lecture will discuss online harassment,

legal issues, self-esteem and identity development, mental health, narcissism, anonymity, digital citizenship and resources for safely using social networking. Free. For information, contact WWU Professor of Psychology David N. Sattler at 360-650-3525 or email David.Sattler@wwu. edu.

open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger.

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

the Rainbow Bridge. For some of the best views of this year’s “Red, White and Blue”-themed flotilla, make reservations at one of La Conner’s waterfront restaurants. swinomish yachtclub.org.

WINE WALK: The first La Conner Wine Walk will take place from 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, in downtown La Conner. Sample wines from a variety of wineries at 10 downtown locations. Advance tickets: $20; day-of-event: $25.

SPRING GARDEN/ Includes 10 sips. For tickets WOMEN’S EXPO: The GIFT FAIRE: The city of of information, contact the sixth annual Women’s Burlington’s Spring GarLa Conner Chamber of Expo will take place from den and Gift Faire will 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Commerce at 360-466-4778 CLIMATE CHANGE: Bill take place from noon to 6 May 3, at the Camano Cen- or visit lovelaconner.com/ p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to McKibben, one of Amerwine-walk. ter, 606 Arrowhead Road, 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2-3, ica’s best-known environCamano Island. The event mentalists, will present at the Burlington Parks & WINE, CHEESE TASTwill include more than “350: The Most Important Recreation Center, 900 E. ING: The Rexville Gro70 vendors with products Number in the World” at Fairhaven Ave. Check out cery’s 13th annual Spring and services especially for 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at a wide variety of local art, Wine Tasting will take women, a fashion show, the Western Washington handcrafts, farm products, place from 4 to 7 p.m. summer grilling demos, University Performing Arts food, flowers, workshops, Saturday, May 3, at 19271 tips on developing marCenter Mainstage in BellBest Road, Mount Vernon. demonstrations and more. ketable skills and gaining ingham.

Sample a variety of handFree admission. 360-755confidence in the workpicked wines, cheeses and 9649 or recreation@ force, small-business plan local foods. $3. 360-466burlingtonwa.us. assistance, fitness demos, MUSIC 5522 or rexvillegrocery. raffle prizes, chair masSTUDENT DESSERT QUILT EVALUATIONS: sages, beauty tips, a martini com.

RECITAL: Enjoy student The La Conner Quilt & bar and lunch available for musical performances GEM & JEWELRY Textile Museum will prespurchase. every hour from 11 a.m. to SHOW: The Everett Rock ent two sessions of “QSI: Swedish Hospital will 5 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Quilt Scene Investigators” offer mobile mammograms & Gem Club’s 61st annual the Mount Vernon Senior from 10 a.m. to noon and by appointment: visit mam- Gem & Jewelry Show will Center, 1401 Cleveland St., take place from 9 a.m. to 5 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, mappointment.swedish.

Mount Vernon. Suggested p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.

May 3, at the museum, 703 org. Free admission. 360donation: $5, $10 family.

S. Second St., La Conner.

387-0222 or camanocenter. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 3-4, Proceeds will benefit scholat the Everett Community Quilt restorer Anne org. arships from the Skagit College student fitness cenDawson, quilt appraiser Valley Chapter, Washingter, 2206 Tower St., Everett.

Ann Bodle-Nash and quilt CINCO DE MAYO: West ton State Music Teachers historian Karen Alexander View Elementary’s annual Check out dealer displays, Association. skagitmusic fossils, crystals and minwill help you discover the Cinco de Mayo celebrateachers.org. eral specimens, beads and age of your quilts and offer tion will be held from 3 to pearls, exotic shells, decoravaluable tips on cleaning, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: tive stone artwork and silrestoration, storing and Burlington-Edison High Dmitri Matheny will ver jewelry, free gemstone record-keeping of your School, 301 N. Burlington perform from 2 to 3 p.m. identification, demonstraquilts. $20 for one quilt; add Blvd., Burlington. The Sunday, May 11, at the tions, door prizes, kids’ a second quilt for $10 more event will include tradiAnacortes Public Library, or sit in without a quilt tional Mexican folk dances activities, a silent auction, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. refreshments and more. for $15. Includes museum performed by K-12 stuFree. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, Free admission. 425-232admission. Seating is limdents, a variety of games, a or jazzatthelibrary.com. ited. 360-466-4288 or lacon cake walk, inflatable slide, 0809 or everettrockclub. com. nerquilts.org. maze, loteria, face paintMORE FUN ing and more. Food and “DEAR MOTHER”: A KIRTAN: The monthly BOAT PARADE: The snacks will be available for special exhibit celebratSwinomish Yacht Club’s purchase, including cotton celebration with chanting ing the mothers of Skagit and dancing will take place annual Opening Day Boat candy, sno-cones, aguas County will run today Parade through the Swinfrescas, nachos and chicken at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May through June 1 at the 4, at the Anacortes Center omish Channel will begin en mole. Organized by Skagit County Historical at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, for Happiness, 619 Comthe West View PTA, the Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., beginning at the La Conner fundraiser supports many mercial Ave., Anacortes. No La Conner. The exhibit marina, cruising past the experience necessary. All school events, field trips features photos, flowers historic downtown busiages are welcome. $5-$10 and classroom materials. and china. The museum is ness district, then under suggested donation. 360360-757-3391.

464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

TIME BANK: Learn more about Fidalgo & Friends TimeBank service exchange at its Spring Social at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes.

Find out how the TimeBank can help you save money, sharpen your skills, share your gifts and become part of a caring community. Bring a finger food to share and your own place setting. No reservation necessary. For information, call 293-4048.

ANTIQUE TRACTORS, FARM MACHINERY: The 31st annual GAS-UP event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Watch demonstrations of operating early-day gas engines, classic tractors and antique farm machinery presented by the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association, Branch 26. Free. For information, call 360-826-3782 or email antiquetractor@yahoo.com.

SWING DANCE: The Anacortes Public Library Jazz Committee will hold its fifth annual Swing Dance with music by Dillinger’s Clambake from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 10, at Skyline Beach Club, 6041 Sands Way, Anacortes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door.

Snacks and water included; soft drinks, wine and beer available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the library and local jazz students. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

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