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ON STAGE Mount Vernon High School bands salute our troops tonight at McIntyre Hall PAGE 8

Matney Cook and Mudflat Walkers play The Woolley Market on Friday night PAGE

AT THE LINCOLN Annual Lincoln Elementary School talent show set for Tuesday night PAGE E13

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THIS WEEKENDin the area CELEBRATE THE WORLD Celebrate cultural diversity at the Multicultural Family Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center and Phillip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Enjoy arts and education from around the world, including a diverse range of performers, interactive cultural activities, international cuisine, a showcase of cultural arts and crafts and a children’s village where families can play games and participate in activities from around the world. Free admission. For information, contact Yadira Rosales at 360-416-7838 or yadira.rosales@skagit.edu.

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TEN STRINGS & A GOAT SKIN Ten Strings & A Goat Skin, winners of the 2015 East Coast Music Association award for World Music Recording of the Year, multiple nominees for the 2013 Canadian Folk Music awards and 2015 ECMA’s & Music PEI Awards, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 29, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Playing Irish, Acadian, French and

original creations, infused with modern and world rhythms, the trio from Prince Edward Island, Canada, has created a “fiery, contagious and unique sound” for audiences in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, according to a news release. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall. org.

Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsofthe acfl.org. Next up ioos the Spring Fitness Hike at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30. Meet at the parking lot on 37th Street and A Avenue. Join Friends of the Forest board members for a fast-paced spring fitness hike. This 7- to 8-mile intense workout hike, for the very fit only, will pass all the lakes and ponds of the Little Cranberry forest lands. Bring water and a snack. No dogs.

TRICK OUT YOUR TRIKE In honor of National Bike Month, the Mount Vernon Downtown Association will host “Trick Out Your Trike” on Saturday, May 30, in downtown Mount Vernon. Bike decorating starts at 1 p.m. at Tri-Dee Arts, 215 S. First St. At 2 p.m., participants and their families are encouraged to explore the Skagit Riverwalk on their decorated bikes. 360- 336-6131 or mountvernondowntown.org.

BEER, BRATS & MORE The Camano Island Chamber of Commerce will present The Art of Beer, Brats, Biz and More from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Freedom Park at Terry’s Corner, Camano Island. Enjoy live music, family fun, an appearance

by Cinderella from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., a beer garden, bratwurst and chips, raffle drawings and more. Free admission. 360-629-7136 or camanoisland.org.

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MUSIC

U2 aims for intimacy, presence in latest tour

By MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times

SAN JOSE, Calif. — For U2, the lightbulb moment came in the form of an actual lightbulb.

Brainstorming two years ago for a newly launched arena tour, the members of this venerable Irish band hit upon the idea of a stage illuminated by a single naked bulb.

The image evoked Bono’s childhood bedroom in Dublin, where the frontman learned to play music, and it inspired the design of a relatively small-scale show that conjures the earnest but scrappy spirit of U2’s early days.

The group’s capabilities — and its ambitions — have grown since then, of course: Not long after it opens under that swinging bulb, the concert expands to incorporate two additional stages and a billboard-sized screen flashing state-of-the-art visuals; the sound system, with speakers facing down from the ceiling, is another technological advancement. Yet the production, called the Innocence and Experience tour, shares an up-close intimacy with “Songs of Innocence,” the proudly autobiographical album U2 released last year.

“What we’re trying to communicate is a kind of emotional outpouring, of lives that we’ve lived in the past and look forward to in the future,” Bono said. “We really want people to connect to the band’s performance.”

The tour also gives U2 the opportunity to do public repositioning after its deal with Apple, which put “Songs of Innocence” in the iTunes libraries of an estimated half-billion people and led to a backlash among users who viewed the stunt as an invasion of their digital privacy.

Bono later apologized — well, sort of — on Facebook, acknowledging that a “drop of megalomania” had driven the band, along with a “deep fear that these songs that we poured our life into over the last few years mightn’t be

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U2’s Edge (left) and Bono perform Tuesday in Inglewood, Calif. heard.”

But the apology failed to combat a widening perception that U2, the once-punky outfit that put out its first album in 1980, had gotten too big, too cocky, too sure of its own importance. This tour, in telling contrast to the massive stadium outing that brought U2 to the Rose Bowl in 2009, seeks to correct that impression or at least to emphasize a different, more personal side of the group.

Gathered with his longtime bandmates — bassist Adam Clayton, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and guitarist the Edge — in a penthouse hotel suite, Bono challenged the notion that the new show represented an attempt at damage control.

“There’s a point to the intimacy,” he said, his face bearing no visible mark of a bicycle accident that fractured his eye socket in November. “We have a tale we want to tell, and that is: What makes a person an artist? Why do you want to be in a band?”

In the concert, U2 performs amid video that reflects some of the formative incidents of Bono’s adolescence, including the political violence that ravaged Ireland in the 1970s and the death of his mother when the singer was 14.

The show also contains sonic and visual references to the music that influenced U2: Kraftwerk, the

Ramones, Johnny Cash.

Like “Songs of Innocence” — which explicitly looks back on the band’s beginnings in tunes such as “Iris (Hold Me Close),” titled after Bono’s mother, and “Cedarwood Road,” the street he grew up on — the Innocence and Experience show argues that U2 hasn’t lost touch with those animating forces.

“Irrespective of how this record was released, we would be touring it. We’d be playing the songs,” Mullen said. “That’s what we do.”

Still, the musicians acknowledge that the concerts do offer a chance to reintroduce their new album.

Despite its high-profile release, “Songs of Innocence” didn’t make the kind of impact U2 is accustomed to making; the music seemed to slip out of the cultural conversation with a speed all the more remarkable given the band’s recruitment of young writerproducers such as Ryan Tedder and Paul Epworth, who’ve worked with Beyonce and Adele.

Part of the problem was Bono’s accident, which forced the band to scrap promotional plans including a weeklong stint on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Nearly nine months after the album came out, though, it also seems clear that “Songs of Innocence” was poorly served by its out-of-nowhere arrival. Sure, the record has its share of immediate

moments, none more in-your-face than its whoa-oh-oh-filled opener, “The Miracle (of Joey Ramone).”

But much of the material — the dreamy “Every Breaking Wave” and “Song for Someone,” with a stately march beat — reveals itself more slowly. It needs the kind of time many iTunes users weren’t willing to dedicate to the album.

“We build our songs so they don’t get worn out quickly,” the Edge said, “and often, that means that they take a little longer to connect.” The tour, he continued, “is a way for us to get under the skin of the songs.”

The band is just figuring out now what it’s got, said Bono, who added that performing a song “in front of a crowd of people lets you know really quickly if it lands or not. And we’ve got a lot of songs that land. So the new ones had better.”

Indeed, oldies like “With or Without You” and “Where the Streets Have No Name” inspired the usual singalongs in the band’s San Jose stop. But so too did “Every Breaking Wave” and “Iris,” the latter of which Bono dedicated to Sheryl Sandberg, the author and Facebook executive whose husband, Dave Goldberg, died unexpectedly this month.

That wasn’t U2’s only nod to the technology world in which it’s increasingly sought to become a player. Later in the show, while he was encouraging donations to his AIDS prevention and treatment organization Red, Bono described Bill Gates as “the most profound influence on my life as an activist.”

And for “The Sweetest Thing” the frontman invited a woman onstage to shoot the band’s performance for the live-streaming service Meerkat. Alas, it didn’t quite work.

“Talk about embarrassing,” Bono said the next day with a laugh. “We’re in Silicon Valley and you can’t even get Wi-Fi in the building.”

Asked why it’s worth pursuing such a goofy endeavor — especially in light of the risk of technical

difficulty — the Edge said it helps preserve a valuable bit of unpredictability in a show that, however personal its concept, still involves truckloads of expensive equipment and a sprawling road crew tasked with keeping it running. The same goes, he said, for varying the set list night to night and for bringing a kid who looked to be about 10 onstage, as Bono did last week, to help sing “City of Blinding Lights.”

“There needs to be something random,” the frontman said.

“Sometimes the random thing humbles us. And sometimes it takes the show to the next level.”

In San Jose, U2 reached that next level — the place Bono said people come to U2 concerts to access — during a spine-tingling version of “Pride (In the Name of Love),” its reliable mid-’80s hit from “The Unforgettable Fire.”

On one hand, the tune is a surefire crowd-pleaser, with a surging groove and a lyric that delivers U2’s signature brand of impassioned social awareness.

Yet Bono insisted that the song, which he said the band hadn’t originally planned to play on this tour, worked as well as it did only because it came at the end of a lengthy multimedia sequence in which the group seemed to be making connections between Ireland’s decades-old strife and more recent unrest in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri. Dark but oddly hopeful, this part of the performance was fending off the nostalgia that might’ve weighed down U2’s conscious return to its youth.

“The word ‘rhema’ in the scriptures, it means ‘the living word,’” Bono said in a moment of maximum Bono-ness. “I love the idea that a song is alive and can be made present again.”

Perhaps that’s another way of saying an old song can remain useful? “Exactly,” the Edge said.

“When we talk about staying relevant, that’s what we’re trying to maintain — that this music is still useful. And that we as a band are still useful.”

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OUT & ABOUT ART

NEW PAINTINGS: “SancIN THE ART BAR: Arttuary: Trees of Life” continwork by Dassy Shellenberg- ues through June 4 at Raven er is on display during May Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn at the Lincoln Theatre Art Road, Greenbank. The Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount show features new acrylic Vernon. 360-336-8955 or paintings, pen and ink and lincolntheatre.org. watercolor work by Mary Jo Oxrieder, as well as new OILS & PASTELS: A watercolors by Windwalker show of oils and pastels by Taibi. For information, Amanda Houston continues including gallery hours and through June 2 at Scott Milo directions: 360-222-0102 or Gallery, 420 Commercial ravenrocksgallery.com.

Ave., Anacortes. The show features Houston’s landLYNDEN ART EXHIBscape style in both pastel ITS: Check out several art and oil on canvas, in addiexhibits continuing through tion to her Northwest bird May 30, at the Jansen Art images. Also showing are Center, 321 Front St., Lynacrylics on canvas by Jenden. “Paintings by Quincy nifer Bowman, color phoAnderson” offers an explotographs by Randy Dana, ration of reflections on floral monoprints by Marie water inspired by the rivers Powell and impressionisof France, garden ponds tic oils by Donna Nevitt of Thailand and canals of Radtke, as well as a selecVenice. “Promising Futures: tion of jewelry, glass work, Whatcom County High sculptures and tables. The School Student Art” feagallery is open from 10:30 tures artwork by high school a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday students from across Whatthrough Saturday. 360-293- com County. The “Spring 6938 or scottmilo.com.

Juried Exhibit” showcases the artistic talent of WhatOILS & ENCAUSTICS: com County and the sur“HOMAGE,” a show of rounding region. 360-354artwork by Sharon Kings3600 or jansenartcenter.org. ton and Eric Eschenbach, continues through May 31 “THE ART OF MARK at Smith & Vallee Gallery, IVERSON: A Friend 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

Remembered”: An exhibit Kingston is an oil painter featuring art created by who uses the properties of Mark Iverson continues her medium to create paint- through May 31 at the ings that look inward and Skagit County Historical outward — responding to Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., both the atmosphere of her La Conner. surroundings and the poetry Iverson’s friends and famwithin. ily have loaned the museum Eschenbach’s oils and a selection of paintings to encaustics explore our honor his memory. The changing landscape. He sees museum also is holding a Western Washington’s con- raffle for an original Mark stantly varying tidal zones Iverson painting. Only as the perfect metaphor 200 numbered giclee print symbolizing both the impact “tickets” are available at of man and climate change $50 each. Museum hours are and nature’s cycles of reju11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday venation. The gallery is open through Sunday. Admission: from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $5 adults, $4 seniors and 360-766-6230 or smithandages 6-12, $10 families, free vallee.com. for members and ages 5 and

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museum.cityofanacortes.org.

“SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable Art”: The show of artwork featuring recycled/repurposed materials continues through May 30 at Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt St., Everett.

Artists have scoured junk stores, second-hand shops, trash bins and surplus venues to source materials to create a selection of whimsical, sculptural and contemplative artwork, including lamps and clocks made from corrugated cardboard; baskets, hats, purses and life-size people made from plastic bags; masks and sculptures from old typewriters; and much more.

425-259-5050 or schack.org.

SKAGIT VALLEY ART ESCAPE: On the first weekend of each month, through October, the Skagit Valley Art Escape invites residents and out-of-area visitors to experience gallery art walks, music performances, artist demonstrations and more at participating locations: Mount Vernon: 5 to 8 p.m. first Thursdays.

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

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

The Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, will host a screening of “The Way” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, at . Directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father, Martin Sheen, “The Way” is about a father who heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while SPRING ART: “The Celetraveling the “El camino de Santiago,” and decides to bration of Spring” continues take the pilgrimage himself. Admission by donation. through June 14 at Matzke 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

“Impressions in Fabric”: Denise Miller and Nancy Ryan create fabric landscapes reminiscent SKAGIT VALLEY ARTof the pointillism of the ISTS: A show of artwork neo-impressionist painters

by Todd Horton and Karn Georges Seurat and Paul Kenaston continues at Signac. Where they used The Shop, 18623 Main St., dots of paint, Miller and Conway. Hours: 11 a.m. to Ryan’s quilting technique 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through uses tiny pieces of fabric. A Saturday. 360-391-2691 or second technique involves theshopconway.com. the use of fusible appliqué QUILTS/BEAD ART: Sev- to create floral designs, as well as parts of some of the eral new exhibits of quilts and bead art are on display landscapes. The show continues through June 28. at the La Conner Quilt & “Pastels and More: Textile Museum, 703 S. SecSelections from our Perond St., La Conner: manent Collection”: The “Revealing the Hidden: museum features a variety Contemporary QuiltArt Association”: The Contem- of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers in porary QuiltArt Association includes more than 100 the fields around Skagit Washington artists working Valley.

The museum is open with fiber, thread and texfrom 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tiles. Member artists have created a wide range of two- Wednesday through Sunday.

Admission: $7, $5 students and three-dimensional artwork incorporating a variety and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 of techniques. The show continues through June 28. and younger. 360-466-4288 younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features work by stone carvers Sue Taves and Kentaro Kojima; paintings by Janie Olsen, Janet Hamilton, Mary Molyneaux and Donna Watson; prints

by Karla Matzke; ceramics

by Leon White and Ruth Westra; and new sculptures.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, weekdays by appointment.

360-387-2759 or matzke fineart.com.

FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK: John Ebner will be the featured artist during the First Thursday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4, in downtown Mount Vernon. Ebner’s artwork will be on display at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. Other artists will be featured at more than 15 participating downtown venues. 360-3363801 or mountvernondown town.org.

GALLERY CLOSING SHOW: Anne Martin McCool Gallery will host a closing party during the First Friday Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 5, at 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The party will include Stuart Torgerson playing the Hawaiian slack key guitar.

Anne Martin McCool paintings and Tracy Powell sculptures will be featured during the closing show, which will continue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 6-7. After the closing, McCool will be working from a private studio space but will welcome visitors by appointment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

ANACORTES IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION: “All in the Same Boat: Anacortes in the Great Depression” is on display in the Anacortes Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes.

The yearlong exhibit depicts life in Anacortes after the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression, which dragged on for 12 years. The museum is PRINTS, PAINTINGS, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SCULPTURE: A show of Tuesday through Saturday new work by Kris Ekstrand and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or Continued on Page E6

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OUT & ABOUT Molesworth, Elizabeth Tapper and Brian O’Neill will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 6, and continue through June 28 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

Ekstrand Molesworth’s new work, for the most part, looks out over an estuarine landscape where cultivated farmland meets the saltwater tidelands, stitched together by power lines, manmade ditches, dikes, wire fences and the remnants of farm trees now set adrift by eroding dikes.

Tapper’s prints include a retrospective of work from the past to the present — and it illustrates her technical virtuosity: prints in five different media including etching, silkscreen, woodcut, linoleum block and lithograph created during a studio career between 1981 and 2006.

Most of O’Neill’s sculpture forms are vessels, though not always “functional” in the traditional sense. The visible form and the more hidden space inside is an anthropomorphic relationship O’Neill enjoys exploring.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360766-6230 or smithandvallee. com.

FESTIVALS

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EDMONDS WATERFRONT FESTIVAL: The 28th Edmonds Rotary Waterfront Festival will take place from 3 to 10 p.m.

Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 29-31, at the Port of Edmonds Marina, 358 Admiral Way, Edmonds. Enjoy music and entertainment, classic boats and yachts, hydroplane displays, arts and crafts, kids’ activities, free fishing for kids on Saturday and Sunday, beer and wine garden, food and more. Admission: $3, free for ages 12 and younger. edmondswater frontfestival.com.

FASHION SHOW: House of Style Boutique & Salon, 510 S. First St., Mount Vernon, will host a runway fashion show from 7 to 9 p.m. today, May 28. The event will feature the latest spring and summer styles and trends available at the boutique. Appetizers, cocktails, music and beauty services will be available. Free admission. 360-419-9672.

See how our ancestors added spice to their life.

This special exhibit continues through July 12, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The exhibit features items from the museum’s permanent collection including more than 500 salt cellars.

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

Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Deception Pass State Park, Bowman Bay picnic area, Highway 20, Oak Harbor.

The event will include canoe rides, song, drumming and dance, storytelling and demonstrations of traditional crafts. A salmon barbecue lunch will be available for purchase. Saturday is a state parks “free day”; the Discover Pass is not required for park entry. deceptionpassfoundation. org.

Celebrate the arrival of summer at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10, free for ages 16 and younger. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

ART AUCTION: The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner, will hold its 23rd annual Art Auction on Friday through Sunday, June 19-21.

PUBLIC WORKS OPEN The museum’s largest funHOUSE: The City of Anadraiser of the year features cortes will host a Public “BLAZING PADDLES: more than 250 works by Works open house from A Paddling Film Festival”: artists of all talents and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, FUNDRAISING EVENT: The third annual film fesmedia. Enjoy a silent aucMay 29, at the city’s award- The Little Black Dress tival showcasing paddletion, picnic and dance party winning wastewater treatGala & Art Auction will sports will take place at 7 on June 19; silent and live ment plant, 500 T Ave., take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at auctions and an artisan dinLECTURES Anacortes. Students and p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 ner on June 20; and a Bid, community members can Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Brunch & Buy on June 21.

AND TALKS ride in a street sweeper or 513 S. First St., La Conner.

Action, documentary, For ticket pricing and more “NUCLEAR DISARMAgarbage truck and operEnjoy an evening filled humor and environmental information, visit monamuMENT: Does Anybody ate surveying equipment, with music, fun and a silent films will feature sea kayakseum.org, call 360-466-4446 Care?”: Tracy Powell, noted check out equipment used auction featuring offerings ing, whitewater kayaking, or visit the museum.

Skagit sculptor and longfor locating buried pipes from local artists, busisurf skiing, canoeing, rafttime student of nuclear and utilities, and tour the nesses and members of the ing, stand-up paddle board“SUMMER IN THE disarmament, will be the wastewater treatment plant. community.

Formal attire ing and more. $15.

Proceeds GARDEN: Sips, Savories & speaker at the Fidalgo The free event will include enjoyed, but not required. benefit the Washington Sweets”: The La Conner Democrats meeting at 7 energy conservation exhibPresented by Washington Water Trails Association.

Library Foundation will p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at the its and more. cityofana Federal in support of the 360-336-8955 or lincoln host a fundraising event Anacortes Public Library, cortes.org.

American Cancer Society. theatre.org. from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

360-399-1805 or anelias June 24, at Christianson’s A moderated question and STERNWHEELER OPEN kitchenandstage.com.

ROCKHOUND SWAP Nursery, 15806 Best Road, comment period will folFOR SUMMER: The sternMEET: The Mt. Baker Mount Vernon. low. Bring a nonperishable wheeler W.T. Preston and WATERFRONT FESTIVAL Rock & Gem Club’s annual Pacific Horticulture donation for the food bank. the Anacortes Maritime DINNER: The Waterfront Rockhound Recycling Ren- Magazine editor and author 360-293-7114.

Heritage Center, 713 Festival Kick-Off Dinner dezvous will be held from Lorene Edwards Forkner R Ave., Anacortes, has will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Satwill present “We’re Better MORE FUN reopened for the sumJune 5, at the Port of Anaurday, June 13, at Bloedel Together – plant combiSPRING FILM SERIES: mer. The W.T. Preston is cortes Transit Shed Event Donovan Community Cen- nations, design tips and CAR SHOWS Enjoy free film screenings designated as a National Center, 100 Commercial ter, 2214 Electric Ave., Bell- unsung heroes of the garCLASSIC CARS: The fifth at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Historic Landmark, and the Ave., Anacortes. Enjoy ingham. Come to buy, swap den to inspire your summer annual Classic Auto DisAnacortes Public Library, Heritage Center features a hors d’oeuvres and drinks, or sell rock-related material landscape.” The evening play will take place from 1220 10th St., Anacortes. new exhibit exploring the catered dinner, music and including handmade and will include a garden and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, maritime community’s rich dancing, and the Quick ‘n’ fine jewelry, fossils, petriart silent auction, plant June 20, at Meerkerk Garor library.cityofanacortes. traditions and the evolution Dirty Boat Building Judge- fied wood, thunder eggs, shopping time, appetizers, dens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, org. Next up: of the Anacortes watership Auction. $45 advance, mineral specimens from dessert bites and beverages.

Greenbank. The Whidbey May 29: “Hachi: A front. Spring hours are 10 $50 at the door. 360-293around the world, lapidary Proceeds will benefit the A’s and Whidbey Cruzers Dog’s Tale” (drama): Stara.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 3134 or portofanacortes. tools and equipment and new La Conner Regional clubs will be joined by vin- ring Richard Gere, Joan 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. com. more. Rent a vendor space Library project. For ages tage auto enthusiasts from Allen and Cary-Hiroyuki Admission to the Preston for $25 or come to shop.

21 and older. $50. Only Everett and Bellingham to Tagawa. Based on the true is $1-$3. Heritage Center NATIVE AMERICAN CUL- Free admission. 360-366100 tickets will be sold, display their classic cars. story of a college profesadmission is free. 360-293TURAL CELEBRATION: The 0121 or mtbakerrockclub. available at Christianson’s Admission: $5, free for ages sor’s bond with the aban1916 or museum.cityof Samish Indian Nation and org. and La Conner Regional 15 and younger. 360-678doned dog he takes into his anacotes.org.

Swinomish Tribal CommuLibrary, calling 360-4661912 or meerkerkgardens. home, and the effect that nity will host the Salish Sea SUMMER SOLSTICE 3352 or visiting laconner org. bond has on his grandson “SALT OF THE EARTH”: Native American Cultural DRUMMING & HEALING: libraryfoundation.org.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 28-June 4

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 28-June 4

Thursday.28

FRIDAY.29

THURSDAY.28

MUSIC

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

THEATER

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

Dedric Clark and the Social Animals (Americana, rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Friday.29 MUSIC

Devilly Brothers: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

THEATER

Falling Up Stairs, SiLM, Orphans, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

Ten Strings & A Goat Skin: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): Opening night gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $25. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 1800 A Beethoven Band, with Jeffrey Cohan, eight-keyed flute; Stephen Creswell, violin and viola; and Martin Bonham, cello; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 salishseafestival.org.

MUSIC

Finale Concert: Fidalgo Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 seniors, $1 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

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

Society of Broken Souls: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

WEDNESDAY.3

Satuday.30

THEATER

FRIDAY.29 MATNEY COOK AND MUDFLAT WALKERS 7 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

FRIDAY.29

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

Spring Soloist Concert: Bayshore Symphony, featuring piccolo soloist Randi Sulkin, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon.

360-724-7300 or bayshoremusicproject. com.

WAYNE HAYTON 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

The Hoe & The Harrow, Eddy and the Touks: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-445-3000.

Tribute Concert for America’s Troops: Mount Vernon High School bands, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Sunday.31

Tuesday.2

THEATER

VARIETY

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Lincoln Elementary Talent Show: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free admission; donations welcome. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Monday.1

Wedmesday.3

MUSIC

MUSIC

Finale Concert: Mount Vernon High School choirs, 4 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $6 adults, $4 students, $3 children. 7 p.m. $8 adults.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: 1800 A Beethoven Band, with Jeffrey Cohan, eight-keyed flute; Stephen Creswell, violin and viola; and Martin Bonham, cello; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,

Mia Vermillion (jazz, blues): 9 p.m., Benchwarmers Pub, 100 S. Barker St., Mount Vernon.

360-421-4499.

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

Matney Cook and Mudflat Walkers: 7 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Pretty Twisted (top 40 dance ’90s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

Keith LaBounty: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Cat Bomb, Crossbows and Catapults: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Wayne Hayton: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

SATURDAY.30

2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 salishseafestival. org.

Thursday.4 THEATER

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Q Dot (hip-hop): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-4453000.

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

360-422-6411.

Expertease (’80s, ’90s, contemporary top 40 rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

CC Adams Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.31 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

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

360-766-6266.

Gertrude’s Hearse: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Totalizer, Incanus, WorldRunner: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

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

360-445-4733.

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

360-466-4488.

Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

“Morphic Dream”: Jessa Young and Aaron English, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

Mike Bucy: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Conway West: 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Black Mountain, Elephant Stone: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360-7781067.

Marvin J: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600 or jansenart center.org.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area May 28-June 4

TUNING UP Playing at area venues May 28-June 4

Thursday.28

FRIDAY.29

THURSDAY.28

MUSIC

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

THEATER

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

Dedric Clark and the Social Animals (Americana, rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Friday.29 MUSIC

Devilly Brothers: 6 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

THEATER

Falling Up Stairs, SiLM, Orphans, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

Ten Strings & A Goat Skin: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): Opening night gala, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $25. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 1800 A Beethoven Band, with Jeffrey Cohan, eight-keyed flute; Stephen Creswell, violin and viola; and Martin Bonham, cello; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 salishseafestival.org.

MUSIC

Finale Concert: Fidalgo Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 seniors, $1 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

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

Society of Broken Souls: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

WEDNESDAY.3

Satuday.30

THEATER

FRIDAY.29 MATNEY COOK AND MUDFLAT WALKERS 7 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

FRIDAY.29

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

Spring Soloist Concert: Bayshore Symphony, featuring piccolo soloist Randi Sulkin, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon.

360-724-7300 or bayshoremusicproject. com.

WAYNE HAYTON 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

The Hoe & The Harrow, Eddy and the Touks: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-445-3000.

Tribute Concert for America’s Troops: Mount Vernon High School bands, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Sunday.31

Tuesday.2

THEATER

VARIETY

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Lincoln Elementary Talent Show: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free admission; donations welcome. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Monday.1

Wedmesday.3

MUSIC

MUSIC

Finale Concert: Mount Vernon High School choirs, 4 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $6 adults, $4 students, $3 children. 7 p.m. $8 adults.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: 1800 A Beethoven Band, with Jeffrey Cohan, eight-keyed flute; Stephen Creswell, violin and viola; and Martin Bonham, cello; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,

Mia Vermillion (jazz, blues): 9 p.m., Benchwarmers Pub, 100 S. Barker St., Mount Vernon.

360-421-4499.

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

Matney Cook and Mudflat Walkers: 7 to 9 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Pretty Twisted (top 40 dance ’90s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

Keith LaBounty: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Cat Bomb, Crossbows and Catapults: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Wayne Hayton: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

SATURDAY.30

2117 Walnut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 salishseafestival. org.

Thursday.4 THEATER

“Pirates of Penzance” (comic operetta): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Q Dot (hip-hop): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $6. 360-4453000.

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

360-422-6411.

Expertease (’80s, ’90s, contemporary top 40 rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

CC Adams Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.31 Sunday Brunch Jazz, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’40s & ’50s American jazz): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

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

360-766-6266.

Gertrude’s Hearse: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Totalizer, Incanus, WorldRunner: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

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

360-445-4733.

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

360-466-4488.

Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

“Morphic Dream”: Jessa Young and Aaron English, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $8. 360445-3000.

Mike Bucy: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Conway West: 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Black Mountain, Elephant Stone: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360-7781067.

Marvin J: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600 or jansenart center.org.

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TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Grandchildren can make ideal travel partners

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Many grandparents will hit the road with grandchildren this summer. If you’re thinking of a similar trip, here are five ideas to consider: 1. Choosing a destination. Would the kids like to see the Golden Gate Bridge or to send selfies with the Statue of Liberty as backdrop? Maybe a sandy beach or cozy mountain cabin are more up their alley? Get input from the kids on a destination that intrigues

them. Then, depending on the number and the ages of the grandkids coming along, be sure it is a location you can handle without additional adult support.

Check the weather forecast shortly before departure and be sure everyone is properly prepared. sanfrancisco. travel; nycgo.com 2. Meet with the parents before departure.

Sure, you know your grandkids. But make sure you are up to speed on any food allergies and preferences, anxieties about travel, the need for a certain stuffed animal at bedtime or a teen’s recent breakup.

Will the kids have their own money to spend and should it be monitored?

Talk through family rules about TV and social media.

Local travel Tribute Concert Mount Vernon High School Bands May 28

Ten Strings & A Goat Skin

McIntyre Hall Presents May 29

Finale Concert

Fidalgo Youth Fidalgoi YouthSymphony Symphony May 30

360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org

Cover the final itinerary with the parents to uncover any additional insights they might have for making the trip as stellar as possible.

3. Set clear expectations. Consider discussing the itinerary and the rules in a group phone or video chat. If the children are old enough, talk about bedtime, dining decisions and safety measures so it will be clear who is in charge.

If you’ll be traveling with older children, get clarity on guidelines regarding social media, phone and computer time and options for independent outings.

4. Plan for alone time.

Depending on the length of your trip, a little alone time may be in everyone’s best interest. Many dude ranches, resorts and cruise ships

exists between nature and civilization in Italy. Offered “JOURNEYS”: Enjoy photo as a 10-credit course for SVC students, a noncredit presentations on walkoption is available for ing the Camino in Spain, community members. The development in Haiti and trip fee of $5,000 covers a peace march in Bosnia, meals, lodging and in-counfrom 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at the Granary, just try ground travel. Airfare is not included. For informaeast of the Edison Inn on Gilmore Avenue in Edison. tion, contact Cliff Palmer at 360-416-7656 or cliff.

Christine Wardenburgplamer@skagit.edu.

Skinner, Anna Ferdinand and Julia Hurd will show slides and talk about their SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Skagit County Senior Cenjourneys. Donations will ters offer short escorted support Granary restoratrips. For information, call tion. 360-724-3404. the Anacortes Senior Cen TRAVEL & LEARN: Skagit ter at 360-293-7473 or sign up at your local senior Valley College will offer center. a travel-based Integrative Experience course to SHORT TRIPS: Mount VerItaly from July 7-27. “Livnon Parks and Recreation ing Italy” will explore the symbiotic relationship that offers travel opportunities

Web Buzz

Eiffel Tower, has a description, website info, hours, admission fee, a map and a recommended place to eat nearby. The relatively short list of choices is key for someone who’s seeing the city for the first time and has only a couple of days to visit.

What’s not: I wanted to see some attractions at times other than what the app recommended. For example, though I wanted to see Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries in the morning, it was only available as an afternoon option. It would be great if there were more flexibility. Also, be careful with your swiping. One swipe of the page upward and the day you’ve crafted is gone. Kaput. Even if you’ve saved it.

Better yet: Save the day and send it to yourself for safekeeping.

Name: Lonely Planet: Make My Day Available: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Requires iOS8 or later, and Android.

Cost: The app is free, with limited content for six cities; additional content is $2.99 per city or $4.99 for all cities.

What it does: It’s a super-simple app that lets you create your own “Morning, Afternoon and Evening” itinerary for Barcelona, Spain; London; New York City; Paris; San Francisco; and Tokyo.

What’s hot: The Make My Day app, a companion to new Lonely Planet guidebooks of the same name, provides a powerful quick hit or “best of” what to do in the world’s great cities. You get 13 choices per section of the day with the full version unlocked. Each individual attraction, such as Les Catacombs or the n Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

have safe and compelling programs for children of every age group that make independent time possible and appealing. While the youngsters are in camp, on a ride or a tour especially designed for their age groups, the grandparents can recharge their own batteries. Later, there will be even more to share over dinner or at bedtime. latigo trails.com; royalcaribbean. com; scottsdaleprincess.com

5. Share stories. Preserve memories. Traveling with your grandchildren provides an opportunity for you to get to know one another without the filter of their parents. Use the time to share your knowledge, interests and expertise and to learn more about their priorities. Your adventures can serve as conversation-starters. Be sure to take plenty of pictures and consider using a

for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

activities, tours, park entry and escort.

Future extended trips include a cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage, a scenic rail tour of British Columbia hot springs and the Rockies, a fall trip to Ireland, a tour of Martha’s Vineyard and the Eastern Seaboard, and a visit to New Mexico’s annual Balloon Fiesta.

journal during your time together, recording scraps of conversation and your observations about the trip. Once you’ve returned home, keep the connection by sharing photos, a scrapbook from the trip or discussing aspects of the adventure that mattered most to you. n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel. com. Email her at lohayes familytravel.com.

river cruises for 2016. For brochures and information, contact Pat at pgardner@ oakharbor.org or 360-2794582.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s ESCORTED TOURS: The ExperienceWA Call Center Whatcom County Tour Prois open daily from 8:30 gram offers a variety of day a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except trips and longer tours, with Thanksgiving, Christmas most trips departing from and New Year’s Day. 1-800and returning to the Belling- ESCORTED TOURS: Col544-1800 or tourisminfo@ ham Senior Activity Center, lette Vacations will present watourismalliance.com.

315 Halleck St., Bellingtravel presentations at 2 Staff members assist ham. 360-733-4030, ext. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, travelers who have ques1015, or wccoa.org/index. June 17, at the Oak Harbor tions, refer them to specific php/tours. Next up: Senior Center. Trips include destination marketing orga Top of Olympic PeninsuItaly in November 2015, nizations and other travel la: Tuesday through Friday, Costa Rica in Februaryresources across the state June 23-26. $650-$890, March 2016, America’s for more detailed informaincludes round-trip motorMusic Cities: Nashville, tion, and take orders for coach transportation, ferry New Orleans in April 2016, the Washington State Visifees, hotel, five meals, with talks on European tors Guide.

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MUSIC REVIEWS ALESSO, “Forever” — It seems impossible to think that “Forever” is Alesso’s debut album. After all, the Swedish DJ’s first singles — “Years” and “Calling (Lose My Mind)” — arrived in 2012. Alesso is also a major draw on the festival circuit, playing Coachella and set to headline Electric Zoo in New York City on Labor Day weekend.

All those years of experience pay off on “Forever,” where the 23-year-old proves that he’s now a peer to his mentors like Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian Ingrosso and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder.

Alesso has already shown his radioconquering abilities on “Heroes (We Could Be)” featuring Tove Lo, which topped the dance charts last year and has crossed over to pop radio. Between Lo’s soaring vocals and Alesso’s banging beats, the single is hard to resist. And Alesso has plenty more where that came from, including “All This Love” featuring Noonie Bao and “Sweet Escape” featuring Sirena,.

He has seemingly learned plenty from Calvin Harris, who teamed up with him for the thunderous “Under Control.” For the video for “Cool,” featuring Roy English, Alesso is the center of attention, dancing his way through a high school dream sequence and establishing that he plans to be one of those DJs who will be known on sight, like Harris and David Guetta. It doesn’t hurt that “Cool” will likely soon become a summer radio staple.

Paul Robeson and can fill up a room quickly, even when accompanied only by his and his mother Ruth’s acoustic guitars. Producer Jimmy Abbiss adds subtle touches here and there to flesh out the sound, but essentially he gets out of mother and son’s way on a set of songs often quite catchy, with the lead single “Silent Movies” and “Daisy Jane” being the principal toe-tappers.

Things get satisfying and serious toward the end, however, on “Undertaker and Juniper” and in particular “Down in Mississippi,” a powerfully sorrowful story-song in which mother and son exchange verses while singing about America’s legacy of racial injustice and suffering. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

JAMIE FOXX, “Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses” — This Hollywood story has nothing to do with Jamie Foxx’s famed film career, seemingly on pause since 2014’s heavy release schedule of event movies such as “Annie,” “Horrible Bosses 2” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Perhaps Foxx slowed his film work to concentrate on this deep and occasionally danceable tale of love, sex, loss, sex, travel and sex.

Foxx’s voice is exquisitely suited to the subtle shadings of romance and the loud pronouncements of sensuality. He takes love slow and nasty on a tune like “Text Message” (produced by Philly’s Vidal Davis) and makes the party impolite on humorous cuts such as “Socialite.” There are n Glenn Gamboa, Newsday the standard, smooth R&B/rough-rap pairings throughout this Hollywood affair: the MADISEN WARD AND THE MAMA BEAR, “Skeleton Crew” — For heartwarm- thrumming “Like a Drum” (with Jerry Seinfeld’s buddy Wale), the smoky “On the Dot” ing appeal, it’s hard to top Madisen Ward (with Fabolous), and the buoyant “Baby’s and the Mama Bear, the son and mother in Love” (with Kid Ink). Mostly, Foxx is a duo who were playing Kansas City cofsoulful, baritone lover man who does his feehouses a year ago and who have since best when paired with like-minded singerperformed on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and become the darlings of the speaker Chris Brown (an absolutely charming “You Changed Me”) or high-pitched NPR set. vocalist/producer Pharrell (“Tease”).

Son Madisen has a joyous, playful folksinging voice: His burly baritone recalls n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bayshore Symphony Chip Bergeron, conductor

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GET INVOLVED ART

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For complete application CALL FOR ARTISTS: requirements, visit langThe Mount Vernon leywa.org, click on “Public Downtown Association Notices” under the “Resiis developing a roster of dents” drop-down box, artists interested in showthen click on “Request ing their art in downtown for Proposal.” For quesMount Vernon galleries tions, contact Frank and businesses during First Rose at 360-730-6483 or Thursday Art Walks. The frankirose798@gmail.com. art walks include more than a dozen downtown CALL FOR INSTRUCvenues. Applications are TORS: Burlington Parks being accepted from artiand Recreation is looking sans working in all media, for qualified instructors including painters, photo expand its enrichment tographers, sculptors and classes for youth and adults. fabric artists. For informaTo download an instruction, contact Cathy Stevens tor’s packet, visit burlingat 360-336-3801 or dep. tonwa.gov and click on the mvda@gmail.com.

“Instructors Needed” tab.

360-755-9649 or recreation CALL FOR FIBER ART @burlingtonwa.gov.

ENTRIES: The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is CALL TO COLLECTORS: accepting entries through Anacortes Museum, 1305 June 30 for the 2015 Quilt Eighth St., Anacortes, & Fiber Arts Festival, set invites local collectors to for Oct. 2-4 in La Conner. participate in its “AnaTop award-winning entries cortes Presents” program will be featured in a special by putting their treasures exhibit Oct. 9-Nov. 22 at on display. Exhibits usually the museum, 703 S. Second run about three months.

St., La Conner. Categories 360-293-1915. include traditional quilts, art quilts, wearable art and AUDITIONS fiber art. Entry fee: $30 “THREE TIMES A per entry; $20 for museum BRIDESMAID”: Auditions members. For complete will be held at 2 p.m. Satentry guidelines: 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.org. urday and 5 p.m. Sunday, May 30-31, at the AnaCALL FOR SCULPTORS: cortes Community Theatre, The city of Langley is con- 918 M Ave., Anacortes. ducting a competition open Parts are available for seven women ages 20-60 to Puget Sound sculptors for the installation and dis- and three men ages 20-45. play of two works of art for Be prepared for cold readone year on Second Street ings from the script. The play will run July 24-Aug. in Langley. The work 15. To schedule an audimust be suitable for outtion: 360-293-6829 or door installation in stone, acttheatre.com. bronze, steel or wood.

Selected artists will receive BLACK BOX THEATRE: a $600 stipend to cover competition costs and will The Black Box Theatre and Poseidon Players will have the opportunity to hold auditions at 6:30 p.m. sell their work on display for one year. Applications Wednesday, June 3, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star must be received by July Studio, 730 SE Midway 1. Work must be ready for installation the first Drive, Oak Harbor. Per-

formances will take place Aug. 6-8. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW”: Theater Arts Guild will hold auditions for its fall production of “The Rocky Horror Show” from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 8-9, at the Mount Vernon High School auditorium, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon.

Parts are available for seven males, three females and several male and female “phantoms.” Prepare a dramatic 1-1/2-minute monologue, a song not from the show, and be prepared to learn a short choreography routine. Auditioners must be at least 16 years old by opening night (Oct. 23); those under 18 must have parental consent. The musical-comedy will run Oct. 23-Nov. 7. theaterartsguild.org.

Road, Camano Island. $15, OPEN MIC: Jam night, includes snacks. No-host 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursbar available. 360-387-0222 days, Conway Pub & Eator camanocenter.org. ery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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CALL FOR MUSICIANS: 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete, is looking for musicians to perform easylistening acoustic music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Sunday Brunch. In exchange, musicians will receive audience contributions and a meal. 360-8538700 or info@5bsbakery. com.

RECREATION

“TREK FOR TREASURE”: Registration is open for the fourth annual hiking challenge and treasure hunt. The Trek includes six hikes throughout Skagit County and the surrounding area.

Your team of two or more people will have two weeks to complete each hike, at your own pace and conveTIME FOR FIDDLERS: nience. Hidden at the end The Washington Old Time of each hike is a treasure Fiddlers play acoustic old- chest with a riddle inside. time music at 6:30 p.m.

Complete all six hikes, the second and fourth solve the riddle and find Fridays of each month at the treasure. Hikes start the Mount Vernon Senior June 5. For information or Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. to register, call the United Free; donations accepted.

General Fitness Center 360-630-9494. at 360-856-7524 or visit trekfortreasure.org.

SECOND FRIDAY DRUM DANCE CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, FREE PARK ADMISFOLK DANCING: Skagit- June 12, Unity Church, SION: In honor of National Anacortes Folk Dancers 704 W. Division St., Mount Trails Day, the Washington meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Vernon. Freewill donation. State Parks and Recreation Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 heatmiser@inbox.com.

Commission will offer C St., Bay View. Learn free admission to all state to folkdance to a variety SHELTER BAY CHORUS: parks on Saturday, June 6. of international music.

Practices are held from The Discover Pass will not Instruction begins at 7 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every be required to enter state p.m. followed by review Thursday at the Shelter parks, but will be needed and request dances until Bay Clubhouse in La to access lands managed 9:30 p.m. The first session Conner. New members by the Washington Departis free, $3 thereafter. No welcome. No need to be a ment of Fish and Wildlife partners needed. For infor- Shelter Bay resident. 360and the Department of mation, contact Gary or 466-3805.

Natural Resources. parks.

Ginny at 360-766-6866. wa.gov.

LOVE TO SING? Join the The U.S. Forest Service THURSDAY DANCE: women of Harmony North- will recognize National Dance to The Skippers west Chorus from 6:30 to 9 Trails Day by waiving fees from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursp.m. every Monday at the for visitors to the Mt. Bakdays at Hillcrest Lodge, Mount Vernon Senior Cen- er-Snoqualmie National 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Ver- ter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Forest on Saturday, June 6. non. For information, conSeeking women who like to Fees will be waived at most tact Gisela at 360-424-5696. sing a cappella music. All day-use sites on the forest. skill levels welcome. fs.usda.gov/mbs.

COMMUNITY DANCE: Dance to the big band ANACORTES OPEN DOG ISLAND RUN/ music of Camano Junction MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, WALK: The Guemes Island from 7 to 10 p.m. SaturBrown Lantern Ale House, Library’s 18th annual 10K day, June 6, at Camano 412 Commercial Ave., Ana- Dog Island Run and TwoCenter, 606 Arrowhead cortes. 360-293-2544.

Mile Walk will take place

at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, June 6, on Guemes Island.

The course is USATFcertified. Performance beanie included with all paid registrations, refreshments, prizes. Registration: $25 through June 3, then $30. Free for ages 14 and younger. databarevents. com/dogislandrun.

TRAIL TALES: Walkers, bicyclists and other visitors can discover some of the Anacortes shoreline wonders with assistance from Trail Tales docents from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at “discovery points” along the Tommy Thompson Trail. Docents will discuss Cap Sante geology at the Seafarer’s Memorial Discovery Station at 601 Seafarer’s Way. Visitors also can learn about recreational boating at the Cap Sante Marina Discovery Station by the marina office at the east end of 11th Avenue. Free. skagitbeaches.org.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks. For information, call Ann (360293-3044) or Susan (360659-8792 or 360-333-7437).

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

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

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

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7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 29-30 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 1 Noah Boaumbach’s comedy “While We’re Young” stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as Josh and Cornelia, a childless New York married couple in their mid-40s. As their other friends start having children, the couple gravitates toward a young hipster couple named Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried). He’s an aspiring documentary filmmaker, a vocation Josh already has.

Soon the older couple begins enjoying the energy they feel hanging out with the younger generation, but eventually Josh begins to suspect his new best friend might not be as straightforward and trustworthy as he thought.

Rated R. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members, $7 children 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.

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Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (“The English Patient,” “Schindler’s List”) plays Jack Tanner in this reinvention of George Bernard Shaw’s classic tale.

Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his. $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students and children, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

NEW THIS WEEK

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

Kennedi Clements stars in “Poltergeist.”

Twentieth Century Fox via AP

Well, the little girl gets it.

Kennedi Clements plays Maddy Bowen, the child trapped between the real world and the afterlife in the new version of “POLTERGEIST,” and gives us wild-eyed terror we can hang onto and a blood-curdling scream that will haunt your nightmares.

The rest of the players? They sort of shrug it off. Sam Rockwell, as the father of the missing child, lands his laughs. But he, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jane Adams (as a paranormal academic) and others under-react to the stunning evidence of a supernatural menace in a way one can only describe as blasé.

Were they unimpressed with the effects, to be added in later? Or perhaps they’re as overfamiliar with this story as the rest of us; a subdivision, built over a graveyard, a house in which proactive ghosts — poltergeists — talk to a child through a static-ridden TV and snatch her through her closet.

The 1982 Tobe Hooper/Steven Spielberg film is an oft-telecast classic. But generations have been exposed to the plot and its loopiness, thanks to reruns of “The Simpsons.” Hard to get too worked up about a “Treehouse of Horror” tale.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s script is full of “We can’t go to the cops” excuses designed to explain why the family whose little girl vanishes in the middle of a thunderstorm doesn’t do so. The assault on the family, limited to the kids, comes all at once — after fraidy-cat middle kid (Kyle Catlett) has seen plenty of evidence the place is spooked. And the spooks themselves are not suggested, but revealed fully, lessening the fear even further.

A nearby college conveniently has a “Paranormal Studies” department, but obvious foreshadowing tells us the TV ghost hunter Carrigan Burke (Jared Harris, not bad) will be “the cavalry” the Bowen family eventually calls in.

The 3-D frights — a grasping tree, the maw of hell, skeletal hands and faces reaching for children — are what you’d expect from the director of the animated (and superior) “Monster House.” Gil Kenan has to take the blame for the performances, though.

Best effect this time? Shadowy hands pressed against an HDTV screen, from the INSIDE. Worst effect? That cast, model-pretty and inexpressive, even when all hell is breaking loose.

1:33. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material and some language.

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“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the rest are back in a giant superhero adventure that’s sometimes daffy, occasionally baffling, surprisingly touching and even romantic with one kinetic thrill after another. It earns a place of high ranking in the Marvel Universe. Superhero action,1 PG-13, 142 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Every Secret Thing” — If you’re going to make a movie about two 11-year-old girls who are put away for murdering an infant, that film should be something special. Otherwise, why delve into such subject matter? Instead we’re left with a pedestrian crimethriller that never goes beyond the surface of its challenging themes. Crime drama, R, 93 minutes. HH “Ex Machina” — If you’re going to go all-in with the gorgeous, chilling and sometimes ludicrous “Ex Machina,” you’ll have to check your logic at the ticket counter. Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson star in a dizzyingly effective sci-fi/ thriller. Sci-fi drama, R, 108 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Furious 7” — This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, but I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences -- and there were even some genuinely touching moments.

Action, PG-13, 137 minutes.

HHH “Good Kill” — Ethan Hawke delivers a superb, intense performance as a veteran pilot now controlling drones that kill Taliban fighters a world away.

“Good Kill” is never subtle and occasionally veers into implausibility, but the visuals pack a visceral punch. War drama, R, 103 minutes. HHH “I Am Big Bird” — Complete with old home movies, behind-the-scenes footage and testimonials from colleagues, this documentary is a loving, respectful (if at times shamelessly sentimental) portrayal of Caroll Spinney, the man who has been inside the yellow “Sesame Street” costume for 46 years and counting.

Documentary, not rated, 90 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Kingsman: The Secret Service” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a

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Poltergeist (PG-13): Friday-Tuesday: 1:40, 360-675-5667 6:20; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:40 Poltergeist 3D (PG-13): Friday-Tuesday: CONCRETE THEATRE 3:30, 9:30; Wednesday-Thursday: 9:15 p.m.

May 29-31 Tomorrowland (PG): Friday-Tuesday: 1:10, Monkey Kingdom (PG-13): Friday: 3:50, 6:30, 8:30; Wednesday-Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 8:45 Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m.

Mad Max: Fury Road (R): 1:20, 4:00, Inspired to Ride: Sunday: 4 p.m.

6:50, 9:20 360-941-0403 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13): Friday-Tuesday: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:25; Wednesday-ThursCASCADE MALL THEATRES day: 3:30, 6:20 Burlington 360-629-0514 For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262– Show times subject to change 4386). super-secret British agency.

“Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the old-school James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Spy adventure, R, 129 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Serena” — After a string of fine performances, Bradley Cooper is utterly unbelievable as a ruthless, Depression-era timber baron who looks like he just stepped off a GQ photo shoot. And as his bonkers new bride, Jennifer Lawrence is monumentally bad. Despite all the ingredients for a prestige film, what we have here is an epic clunker. Drama, R, 109 minutes. H “The D Train” — Jack Black gives a heavy-on-the-mugging performance as a sad sack determined to recruit the star of his high school class (James Marsden) to the 20-year reunion. Nothing feels the least bit authentic, and worse, little about it is funny — a deadly recipe for a dark comedy. Comedy, R, 98 minutes. H “The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.”

This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls

just short due to a few way-offthe-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance, PG-13, 104 minutes.

1 HH ⁄2 “The Forger” — John Travolta murders his Boston accent as a world-class art forger hired to fake a Monet and swap it out with the real thing. Even with a terminally ill teenage son character, “The Forger” is consistently ineffective as a sentimental tearjerker -- and an even bigger failure as a heist movie. Crime 1 drama, R, 92 minutes. H ⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javier Bardem are in this international thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shootout or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Longest Ride” — These Nicholas Sparks movies tend to get jumbled into one big cliche-riddled story.

This time around, we get two romances -- one set in modern times, one dating back to the 1940s -- with a twist that’s so ridiculous I think we’re almost supposed to laugh. Romance,

PG-13, 139 minutes. HH “The Water Diviner” — Russell Crowe’s lifetime of experience on film sets shows in his directorial debut, a first-rate post-World War I drama with a heavy dose of sentiment and a gripping storyline. He stars as a grieving Australian who journeys to Turkey to find the remains of his sons, all killed in battle. Drama, R, 111 min1 utes. HHH ⁄2 “Tomorrowland” — A girl discovers a futuristic parallel universe in this great-looking, old-fashioned, at times soaring adventure ultimately brought down by a needlessly convoluted plot, some surprisingly casual violence and heavy-handed lectures about how we’re our own worst enemy. Fantasy adventure, PG, 130 minutes. HH “True Story” — James Franco delivers a compelling performance as the conniving albeit charming sociopath Christian Longo in a story based on one of the more bizarre journalist/defendant alliances in modern annals.

Jonah Hill co-stars as Michael Finkel, a disgraced superstar journalist who seizes the opportunity through Longo for a possible career comeback.

Drama, R, 100 minutes.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015 - E15

HOT TICKETS EARSHOT JAZZ SPRING SERIES: Through June 28, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

JJ GREY & MOFRO: May 28, The Showbox, Seattle.

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STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO: May 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

APOCALYPTICA: May 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

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

DUSTIN KENSRUE: May 30, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

WALK OFF THE EARTH: May 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

REFUSED: May 30, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-9876487 or thecrocodile.com.

DOCTORFUNK: May 31, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

BETTE MIDLER: June 1, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

OF MICE AND MEN: June 2, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

EPIK HIGH: June 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BENNY GREEN TRIO: June 2-3, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

ANUHEA & ETANA: June 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

YELAWOLF: June 3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

JEREMY LOOPS: June 3, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbiacitytheater.com.

BEST COAST: June 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

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

SHANIA TWAIN: June 5, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

NEON TREES: June 6, The

CHICAGO June 20, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

SEINABO SEY: June 6, Showbox SoDo Lounge, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SCARS ON 45: June 7, Showbox SoDo Lounge, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HALESTROM: June 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

JUSTIN KAUFLIN QUARTET: June 9-10, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

THE STORY SO FAR: June 10, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

YO GOTTI: June 12, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

ARTURO SANDOVAL: June 11-14, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

EMILY KINNEY: June 12, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or colum biacitytheater.com.

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

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

PURITY RING: June 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

FRED HERSCH TRIO: June 16-17, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley,

Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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

THE BAD PLUS JOSHUA REDMAN: June 18-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

SMASHMOUTH, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET, TONIC: June 19, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

DEATH GRIPS: June 19, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

PINS: June 19, Showbox SoDo Lounge, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM: featuring T.I., Kid Ink, Tech N9ne: June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

NICKELBACK: June 20, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

JOEY BADA$$: June 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

THE MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS: with the Seattle Symphony: Jume 24, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

PARADISO FESTIVAL 2015: with Armin Van Buuren, Knife Party, Martin Garrix, Skrillex, Alesso, Dash Berlin and more: June 26-27,

Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

MOTOPONY: June 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, ALISON KRAUSS WITH UNION STATION: June 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

THE B-52s: June 29, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

ROB THOMAS: June 29, Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

877-784-4849 or livenation. com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL: featuring Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel and more: June 30, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TYLER THE CREATOR: July 1, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

GREGG ALLMAN: July 3, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

VAN HALEN: July 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

SHERYL CROW: July 8, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

STEELY DAN: July 9, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

“GREASE”: July 9-Aug. 2, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

“DANCING WITH THE STARS”: July 9, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

ALBERT LEE: with Cindy Cashdollar: July 10, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

JURASSIC 5: July 10, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: July 11, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

ZAC BROWN BAND: July 11, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ACCEPTANCE: July 11, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com. n For the complete listings, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”

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