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January 29, 2015

ON STAGEThe Alger Lookout Thespian Association production “The Rainmaker” opens on Friday night PAGE 8

TUNING UP Wayne Hayton plays the Conway Muse on Friday night PAGE 9

MOVIES “Black or White” recognizes we may never be a postracial America PAGE 14

METALES M5:EDUCATING AND ENTERTAININGComing Up, Page 3

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Out & About ....................................5-6

New on DVD....................................... 7

On Stage, Tuning Up .......................8-9

Get Involved ..................................... 10

Hot Tickets ....................................... 11

Travel ................................................ 12

At the Lincoln ................................... 13

Movies .........................................14-15

Music Reviews .................................. 15

The Naughty Blokes play the Super Bowl Weekend Kickoff Party on Saturday at the Conway Pub & Eatery

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COMING UPin the area

Metales M5 at McIntyreMetales M5, Mexico’s lead-

ing brass quintet, will pres-ent performances and master classes at 10 a.m. (grades 2-6) and noon (grades 6-12) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

According to a news release, since its founding in

2005 in Morelia, Michoacan, Metales M5 has been playing a wide variety of music with-out regard to genre: Baroque and contemporary music, opera and blues, pop, movie soundtracks, and folk music from Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries.

“Combining their skills at

fine classical chamber music, nonstop interaction with the audience, inborn showman-ship, and their inimitable Latin American charm, M5 concerts are unique musical-theatrical concert experi-ences.”

$5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

LOCAL MEDICAL HISTORY “Doctor, Doctor: A History of Healing in Skagit County” will open Friday, Jan. 30, and continue through April 12 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. A special opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Jan. 29. The exhibit will showcase items from the museum’s perma-nent collection relating to dentistry, surgery, vintage medications and even veterinary medicine. Also on display will be a variety of artifacts from Northern State Hospital. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. 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.

GERMAN ENERGY TRANSITION Western Wash-ington University assistant professor of Environmental Studies Thomas Webler will discuss Germany’s energy transition as part of Western’s Huxley College of the Environ-ment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. today, Jan. 29, in Communications Facility room 120 on the WWU campus in Bellingham. In his talk titled “The German Energy Transition: Can we do the same here?” Webler will offer an introduction to and update on Germany’s progress in its so-called Energiewende (Energy Transition) as it moves to fuel its heavily industrialized economy with renew-able energy. Free. 360-650-2554.

DIETRICH BOOK SIGNING Local author Wil-liam Dietrich will sign copies of his latest book, “The Murder of Adam and Eve,” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Burlington Costco, 1725 South Burlington Boulevard, Burlington. Dietrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and educator, having written several novels and worked for the Seattle Times, Vancouver (Wash.) Colum-bian and the Bellingham Herald, and taught at Western Washington University. william dietrich.com.


MOVIES

IFC Films via AP

Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane are shown in a scene from “Boyhood.”Twentieth Century Fox via AP

Michael Keaton is shown in a scene from “Birdman,”

By GLENN WHIPPLos Angeles Times

For the last few months, Rich-ard Linklater’s micro-budgeted, experimental coming-of-age drama, “Boyhood,” has reigned supreme as the least likely Best Picture front-runner in the his-tory of the Oscars, winning the Golden Globe, multiple critics prizes and a boundless supply of goodwill.

That kingpin status changed this weekend as “Birdman,” the dark, dazzling comedy about an actor attempting reinvention, took top honors with the Produc-ers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild.

Suddenly, that “Boyhood” party at the Chateau Marmont earlier this month, the one with the valet line stretching down Sunset Boulevard for blocks, seems a little less like the corona-tion it did when Linklater and company were greeting long lines of well-wishers.

Today, pundits are jumping off the “Boyhood” bandwagon, and not without reason. “Birdman’s” back-to-back SAG/PGA victories make it a formidible contender.

While only about 500 of the PGA’s 6,500 voters also belong to the academy, the guild uses the same preferential balloting sys-tem as the Oscars. And since the group shifted to that system, mir-roring the academy in 2009, every PGA winner has gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar.

The fact that actors, who make up one-fifth of the academy’s membership, also like “Bird-man” obviously bodes well for its chances.

And while you could (and some have) dismiss the “Bird-man” acclaim as an act of movie industry self-love, the film’s themes — battling ego, aspiring to a better self — are universal.

“All of us have a Birdman,” Alejandro G. Inarritu, the mov-ie’s director and co-writer, said at the Producers Guild breakfast

Saturday. That’s a great hook, reaching beyond neurotic actors to neurotic people in general. Which, in Hollywood, pretty much encompasses everyone.

So, no, “Boyhood” did not have a good weekend. But its camp isn’t going all Chicken Little, either. Linklater could well win Directors Guild of America honors in a couple of weeks, an award that also goes a long way in predicting the best picture race.

(If Inarritu wins, forget it. “Birdman” will own the Oscars.) And even if Linklater’s name isn’t called, “Boyhood” could still win. Just last year, Alfonso Cua-ron (“Gravity”) took the DGA and the director Oscar, but “12 Years a Slave” still prevailed for best picture.

And “Boyhood” wasn’t com-pletely shut out. Patricia Arquette won supporting actress honors at SAG, joining Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”) as award-season stalwarts who will soon become

newly minted Oscar winners.With just four main actors,

“Boyhood” was always a long shot to take SAG’s ensemble award, but Arquette’s win shows some strength. Now its backers will just have to be a bit more aggressive in reminding the acad-emy why they clogged Sunset a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the one acting race that remains most in play — lead actor — received a little more clarity with Eddie Redmayne’s SAG win for playing Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” The last 10 SAG lead actor winners have gone on to take the Oscar. (Johnny Depp’s Capt. Jack Sparrow in ‘03 was the last one to lose.) So, in a race that has flipped back and forth between Redmayne and “Birdman’s” Michael Keaton, Redmayne jumps back in front.

But it’s not a done deal. The academy usually honors veteran actors. At 33, Redmayne is four years older than Adrien Brody,

the youngest actor to win the lead category (“The Pianist,” 2003).

But Redmayne looks like he’s about 15, which plays well to the adolescent girls singing along with the “Les Miserables” soundtrack, but not necessarily to male academy members in their 60s.

Bradley Cooper also has his backers for his intense, inward turn in “Sniper.” Benedict Cum-berbatch would probably have more if maybe a couple of those “Imitation Game” ads from the Weinstein Co. mentioned how great he was at playing Alan Tur-ing instead of focusing solely on the greatness of Turing himself.

But Harvey Weinstein long ago realized that his movie had a better chance of winning than its lead. And despite the week-end’s events, the Best Picture race remains a work in progress, one whose outcome will remain in doubt until the envelope is opened.

Oscar Watch: ‘Birdman’ up, ‘Boyhood’ down ... for now


OUT & ABOUT

ARTPAINTINGS AT THE ART

BAR: Original artwork by La Conner artist Dee Doyle is on display through Jan. 31 at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Doyle’s watercolor, mixed media, acrylic and encaustic paintings have been displayed at numerous regional art shows, including La Conner’s Annual Art’s Alive! 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“A FESTIVE COLLEC-TION”: Check out a col-lection of new paintings by Anne Martin McCool, McCool Gallery artists and guests continuing through January at 711 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. Par-ticipating artists include Peter Belknap and Cathy Schoenberg, paintings; Tracy Powell, sculptures; Stephen Roxborough and Bryce Mann, photography; Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Schoenberg, Marguerite Goff and Barbara Hatha-way, ceramics; George Way and Art Learmonth, wood; Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, jewelry; Martha Tottenham, hand-woven scarves; Jane Hyde, baskets; Vicki Hampel, gourd art; and other artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

BILL BALL “FIREBALL”: A show of abstract expres-sionist and surrealist paint-ings by longtime Skagit County resident Bill Ball continues through January at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Ball said he dis-covered he was an artist 15 months ago at the Burning Man Festival when he was given a wall on which he painted a vibrant, multicol-ored mural. “I came home and converted my living room into my new art stu-

dio,” he said. 360-466-5522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

NORTHWEST ART: Three new exhibits continue through March 11 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

“Still Life from the Per-manent Collection”: Exhibi-tions director Lisa Young examines interiors through the historically rich tradition of the still life. Recent acqui-sitions are featured, along with works by Mark Tobey, Walter Isaacs, Maxine Mar-tell, Spencer Moseley and contemporary artists drawn from the museum’s perma-nent collection.

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

“Adrianne Smits: Immer-sion Redux: Buiten (Out-side)”: Smits’ painting style invokes similarities to artists of the “mystic painters” movement in the North-west, such as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. Smits said, “In larger compositions I inter-pret and emphasize visual details from my encounters with nature in order to com-municate the complexity of natural systems beyond their cursory picturesque value.”

NEW QUILT SHOWS: Three new shows continue through March 29 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St.,

La Conner:“Night Thoughts with

Larkin Van Horn”: A couple years ago, Van Horn started keeping a notebook near her bed to jot down stray ideas in the night. Some-times she’d wake up to find unintelligible scribblings that made no sense, and some ideas were just plain weird. But what did emerge were some recurring themes that turned into the short series presented in this exhibit: Shattered Circles, Labyrinths and Celtic Spi-rals, Gaia/Goddess Figures and Trees, as well as a col-lection of nonseries works on a variety of themes. Van Horn sometimes dyes or paints her own fabrics, but also uses commercial batiks. Placing design elements on top of the backgrounds — whole cloth or fused collage — she adds stitching and embellishments, often incor-porating fibers or beadwork in the finished piece.

“Freddy Moran’s Col-lage”: Artist/author Fred-

erica “Freddy” Duffy Moran is known for her unbridled use of bold color and origi-nal designs. Moran’s love for quiltmaking began later in life, at age 60, after she had excelled at other art forms. Her quilts have appeared in national and international publications, including mag-azines, art books, calendars, textbooks and quilt books. She is the author of “Fred-dy’s House: Brilliant Color in Quilts” and co-author of “Collaborative Quilting” with Gwen Marston.

“Antique Embroidered Quilts”: Crazy quilts, Redwork, Bluework and cross-stitch embroidered quilts are included in this exhibition. Crazy quilts were popular from 1880-1920s; the earlier quilts are often made of silk fabrics and embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. Red-work embroidery became popular for linens and quilts by the end of the 19th cen-tury. Embroidery continued in the 1930s with a large

variety of patterns made available through newspa-pers, magazines and by mail order. After World War II, cross-stitch kit quilts rose in popularity. These quilts were printed with the cross-stitch pattern, and the quilting design was often printed, too.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconner quilts.org.

SCULPTURE, PAINTINGS, PHOTOS: A show of artwork by David Eisenhour, Todd J. Horton, Ed Kamuda and Norman E. Riley continues through Feb. 22 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., La Conner. Also on display are new paintings by Mag-gie Wilder and sculptures by Clayton James. New to the gallery is Bellingham pho-tographer Norman E. Riley, who creates an aesthetic conundrum, requiring each assemblage he photographs to contain the same three qualities. After meticulous construction, the photo-graph is made and the physi-cal evidence is destroyed. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, 360-708-4787 or gallery cygnus.com.

MARITIME ART: Paint-ings by noted Pacific North-west maritime artist Steve Mayo are on display through March in Western Libraries Special Collections, on the Western Washington Uni-versity campus in Belling-ham. The exhibition includes Mayo’s latest watercolor painting of Capt. George Vancouver’s vessels, H.M.S. Discovery and H.M.S. Cha-tham, as well as more of his historical watercolors illustrating the voyages of Vancouver, James Cook and Robert Gray to the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th

century. 360-650-3193.

ART & DESIGN OPEN HOUSE: The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at 12636 Chilberg Road, just outside La Conner. Check out the multimedia artwork and sketchbooks of Certificate in Art & Design students who have just com-pleted two and a half years of study with Gail Harker. Visit with the students, learn about the artistic journey they have undertaken and what themes they’ve explored. Free. 360-466-0110 or gailcreativestudies.com.

PHOTO EXHIBIT: “SKY,” featuring 18 color photo-graphs by Aldo Panzieri, continues through April 25 at Ululate Gallery, 924 S. 11th St., Mount Vernon. Each image on display connects the sky to earth objects and then connects the viewer to both. Panz-ieri is a Los Angeles-based photographer with 50 years’ experience in freelance, fashion, street, news and police photography. Free admission. 360-336-3882 or ululate.org.

JURIED ART EXHIBIT: Meet the artists of the Spring Juried Exhibit during an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. The exhi-bition showcases the work of artists from around the region. The show will con-tinue through May. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

ART SHOW: The Ana-cortes Arts Commission will present “The Birds & The Bees” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the Depot Art & Community Center, 611 R Ave., Ana-cortes.

WINTER FILM SERIES“Witness for the Prosecution” will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., as part of the library’s Winter Film Series. The film will be introduced by Movie Man Nick Alphin. “Witness for the Prosecution” features Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich in a courtroom “whodunit” based on an Agatha Chris-tie play, directed by Billy Wilder. A fabled barrister, defending a man accused of murdering a rich widow, is blindsided when the man’s wife agrees to testify as a witness for the prosecution. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org

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Participating artists include Craig Weakley, Vince Streano, Laure Brooks, Kit Marcinko, Melissa Ballenger, Ati Ahkami, Jeff Aspne, Dee Doyle, Kathleen Kaska, Cynthia Richardson, Marius Hibbard, Joann Ossewarde, Lonny Heiner, Julie Bishop, Jan Kelly, Jazz Morgan, Don Codd, Fred Croydon, Carla MacDiarmid, Karla Locke and Rose Mary Tate. ana cortesartscommission.com.

ART GALLERY: “Inscrip-tion,” a show of paintings by Anne Martin McCool, will open with a reception dur-ing the First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, and continue through February at the McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The gallery will also feature work by other gallery artists, includ-ing Tracy Powell, sculptures; Stephen Roxborough and

Bryce Mann, photography; Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Schoenberg, Marguerite Goff and Barbara Hatha-way, ceramics; George Way and Art Learmonth, wood; Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, jewelry; Martha Tottenham, hand woven scarves; Vicki Ham-pel, gourd art, and other art-ists. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

AVIAN ART: A show of avian-influenced paintings by Kat Houseman and Jus-tin Gibbens, and sculptures from Peregrine O’Gormley, Kristin Loffer Theiss and Marceil DeLacy will open with a reception for the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 7, and continue through Feb. 22 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

FESTIVALSRED WINE AND CHOCO-

LATE: Sample a variety of wines and fine chocolates during the 10th annual Red Wine and Chocolate Festival from Friday through Sunday, Feb. 6-8, at several area win-eries. $5 per person. Partici-pating wineries include:

n Carpenter Creek Win-ery, 20376 E. Hickox Road, Mount Vernon. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-848-6673 or carpenter creek.com.

n Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 360-856-6248 or eaglehaven winery.com.

n Glacier Peak Winery, 58575 Highway 20, Rock-port. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 866-730-7586 or glacierpeakwinery.net.

n Edward Lynne Cellars,

748 Vineyard Lane, Camano Island. elcellars.webs.com.

n Skagit Cellars, hosted by Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard, 16163 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 360-708-2801 or skagitcel-lars.com.

n Silver Bell Winery, 106 S. First St., La Conner. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-757-9463 or sil-verbellwinery.com.

n Dusty Cellars, 529 Michael Way, Camano Island. Noon to 5 p.m. Sat-urday and Sunday. 360-387-2729 or dustycellarswinery.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

WORLD ISSUES FORUM: Western Washington Uni-versity’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Stud-ies holds its annual World Issues Forum from noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednesdays in the Fairhaven College audito-rium on the WWU campus in Bellingham. Presentations are free and open to the public. 360-650-2309 or wwu.edu/fairhaven/news/world issuesforum. Next up:

Feb. 4: “War Comes Home: The Excessive Milita-rization of American Polic-ing”: with Seattle lawyer Peter Danelo.

POLITICAL CARTOONS: “Cartooning the Evergreen State”: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Join politi-cal cartoonist Milt Priggee as he shares a collection of images designed to explore what is considered accept-able commentary in the 21st century. Priggee, whose cartoons appear in numer-ous publications in the state including the Skagit Valley Herald, will explain how the elements of political com-mentary are changing as the medium moves from print

to digital media platforms, and highlight how and why critical thinking remains an essential element of an ever-changing democracy. Free. 360-755-0760 or burlington wa.gov/library.

ANACORTES HOUSE HIS-TORY: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. Learn about the Anacortes House History and Plaque Program and how to research the his-tory of your home in a pre-sentation by the Anacortes Historic Preservation Board. Find out if your home is eli-gible for the Anacortes His-toric Register, and how you might qualify for tax breaks for your renovation project. Free. 360-293-1915 or muse um.cityofanacortes.org.

MORE FUNGAME NIGHTS: The

Upper Skagit Library Dis-trict holds a free weekly Board Game Night for all ages from 5 to 8 p.m. every Friday, through Feb. 27, at 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete. Team Trivia Night will take place Friday, Feb. 6. Guests can enjoy hot drinks, baked goods and ice cream for sale. 360-853-7939 or upperskagit.lib.wa.us.

HISTORIC EXHIBIT: “Death Becomes Her: Mourning Fashions” con-tinues through March 15 at the Skagit County Histori-cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. This special exhibit features mourning items from the museum’s collection. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

ILLUMINIGHT WINTER WALK: Learn to create your own paper lantern and then enjoy a 15-20 minute well-

ness walk along the Skagit Riverwalk from 4 to 6 p.m. today, Jan. 29, in downtown Mount Vernon. Instructions and lantern creation begin at 4 p.m. at Tri-Dee Arts, 215 S. First St., followed by the walk south along the riv-erwalk at 5 p.m., ending at Ristretto for hot chocolate and apple cider. Free. For information, contact Cathy Stevens at 425-321-7433.

SMELT DERBY: The La Conner Rotary’s annual Smelt Derby Festival will take place from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. A pancake breakfast to benefit La Conner High School seniors will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. at Maple Hall, followed by fish paint-ing and other children’s activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 5K and 10K Smelt Run, a 2K walk and Small Fry Kids Dash will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the La Conner Elementary School gym, 305 N. Sixth St.

The smelt fishing derby will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the La Conner pub-lic docks. A new event for adults, called Sliders, Suds & Spirits, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Maple Hall, fol-lowed by dancing to music from 7 to 10 p.m. by The Esquires, with a smelt raffle at 8 p.m.

Cost: Children’s activities are free, breakfast $6, fishing derby $2, run/walk $20, din-ner $12, dance $10. For a list of activities and run registra-tion: skagitsymphony.com or 360-466-4778.

BOTTLE-SIGNING EVENT: Challenger Ridge Winery will host a bottle-signing event for its 2015 Eagle Fes-tival Red Blend commemo-rative edition wine from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the winery, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Nine-year-old Natalie Lahr of Con-crete, last year’s winner of the winery’s annual coloring

contest, will sign bottles of wine with labels featuring her winning artwork. 425-422-6988 or challengerridge.com.

FATHER/DAUGHTER VALENTINE BALL: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Mount Vernon High School cafete-ria, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. For girls of all ages with their father/guardian age 18 or older. $22 per cou-ple, $11 each additional girl. Tickets must be purchased in advance. 360-336-6215.

GEM SHOW: The 50th annual Sweetheart of Gems Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7-8, at the Oak Harbor Senior Activity Cen-ter, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. Free admission. 360-279-4580.

TULIP FEST AMBAS-SADOR EVENT: One boy and one girl will be selected as the 2015 Tulip Festival Ambassadors at 5 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 10, at the Cascade Mall center court, 201 Cas-cade Mall Drive, Burlington. The public is invited to watch as fourth- and fifth-grade boys and girls from Skagit County compete for the honor based on their responses to questions from the judges. The winners will represent the festival at events around the county and beyond. Student appli-cations must be submitted by 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. For information or an appli-cation, contact the Tulip Fes-tival office at 360-428-5959 or tulipfestival.org.

VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE: Dance to the big band music of Camano Junction from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

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“The Judge”: Direc-tor David Dobkin is lucky to have Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr. starring in his new trial drama. Their Oscar-caliber performances — includ-ing Downey’s first out-standing performance since his Oscar-nomi-nated effort in “Chap-lin” more than two decades ago — give this familiar family-centric tale of small-town jus-tice new life.

The screenplay by Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque is care-fully structured to bring father and son together. They put the characters on an emotional and judicial collision course that leaves both men battered and bruised. The pacing is just right so that any changes they experience feel carried by the forgive-ness that often comes with the passing of time.

“Fury”: It takes amazing skill to make a war film like this that is so bravely honest in its depiction of the horrors and heroics of war. These are no gallant warriors meeting on the field of battle for a chivalrous conflict.

Director/writer David Ayer gives the actors plenty of room to not play soldiers, but also to show the people who exist inside those uniforms. A scene where the tank crew is given a few moments rest in a newly liber-ated town plays out with a haunting emotional tone that smoothly shifts from the excitement of young love to the bitter realities of war. There’s not as much fighting in the sequence, yet each moment is equally explosive.

The movie shows that war is brutal in the way it strips away the human spirit and leaves the participants react-ing with a kind of prehistoric instinct for survival.

“Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season 5”: Any discussion about the value of public television should include mention of this series. For those who don’t pay for cable, this

series is the best offer-ing they can see via antenna. It’s also one of the top 10 shows when you factor in cable.

This latest season — just rolling out on PBS — finds the Crawley family and members of their staff facing the usual collection of emotional trials. The big difference is they are played out against the Roaring Twenties.

The DVD set comes with more than 40 min-utes of additional video.

“Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring”: Gerard Depardieu stars in these two films about greed and survival.

“The Book of Life”: A young man sets out on an epic quest.

“Justice League: Throne of Atlantis”: Heroes face threat from Atlantians.

“Art and Craft”: Examines the life of art forger Mark Landis.

“Born of War”: Revenge drives a young woman into battle.

“Arthur: Fountain Abbey”: Adventure inspired by “Downton Abbey.”

“Kingdom of Dreams and Mad-ness”: Director Mami Sunada’s look at Studio Ghibli.

“The Remaining”: Five friends try to survive a series of cataclysmic events.

“The Color of Time”: James Franco collaborates with 12 film grad students.

“Why Don’t You Play in Hell?”: Film crew gets involved with a Japa-nese gang feud.

“Regular Show: Mordecai Pack”: Includes 16 episodes of the Cartoon Network show spotlighting Mordecai.

“Big Driver”: Novelist is determined to get revenge after a brutal crime.

“Open Windows”: Date with a Hol-lywood actress takes a dark turn.

“Henry V”: Kenneth Branagh stars in and directs this film based on the work by William Shakespeare.

“Feed the Gods”: Brothers uncover a mystery about their foster mother.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 29-February 5 TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 30-February 5

Thursday.29THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.30DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

THEATER“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”:

7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.


Saturday.31DESSERT THEATER

“The Rainmaker” (romantic comedy): Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com.

MUSIC“Jay White is America’s Diamond”

(Neil Diamond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21-$25. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

THEATER“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”:

7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Festival seating, all tick-ets $10, available at the door two hours before curtain. 360-336-8955 or lincoln-theatre.org.


Sunday.1THEATER

Neil Simon’s “Rumors” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Tuesday.3MUSIC

Metales M5: School time perfor-mances and masterclass: 10 a.m. (grades 2-6) and noon (grades 6-12), McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $5. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Thursday.5THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Beer night. Ticket price includes two tickets for beer (ages 21 and older) or cider. $10-$22. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.


“McQuadle: A Dragon’s Tale” (com-edy): 7 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 905 McGarigle Road, Sedro-Woolley. $5 adult, $3 ages 17 and younger. 360-855-3520.

THURSDAY.29

SATURDAY.31

SUNDAY.1

Broken Bow Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Wool-ley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

Wayne Hayton: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. 360-445-3000.

The Hitmen (clas-sic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casi-no Resort, Win-ners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Lucas Hicks: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Ane-lia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Midnight Son: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Cleopatra Degher: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Prom Queen, Ben Von Wildenhaus, Cheeto Dust (former PRND): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bell-ingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

Gin Gypsy: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edi-son. 360-766-6330.

“Jay White is America’s Dia-mond” (Neil Dia-mond tribute): 8 p.m., Skagit Val-ley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $21-$25. 877-275-2448.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Val-ley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Charlies: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Super Bowl Week-end Kickoff Party: The Naughty Blokes and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover. 360-445-4733.

Anacortes High School Jazz Band, A Town Big Band: 7 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

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

Minor Plains, Nasalrod, Rubix Shoes, Grid Hopper: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

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

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

Scott Kelly and The Road Home: 9 p.m., The Shake-down, 1212 N. State St., Belling-ham. $8. 360-778-1067.

Savage Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Kerry and the Keepers (blues, country, rock): 7:30 p.m., Con-way Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Iron Horse: 6 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

High Mountain Stringband: 5 to 8 p.m., The Wool-ley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

Marvin J (swing, rock, blues): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jan-sen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

WEDNESDAY.4 THURSDAY.5

SATURDAY.31SUPER BOWL WEEKEND KICKOFF PARTYThe Naughty Blokes (pictured) and 3-Legged Dog, 8:30 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. No cover.

FRIDAY.30WAYNE

HAYTON7 p.m., Conway

Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main,

Conway. 360-445-3000.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.30-31‘THE RAINMAKER’Alger Lookout Thespian Association, 7 p.m., Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. $12-$14. 360-424-5144 or altatheatre.com. Pictured: Amanda James and Tom Ochiai.

FRIDAY.30

MONDAY.2


GET INVOLVED

AUDITIONSTULIP FEST AMBASSA-

DORS: Fourth- and fifth-grade boys and girls from Skagit County can compete to be selected as the 2015 Tulip Festival ambassadors at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Cascade Mall center court, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Applica-tions must be submitted by 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. For information or an applica-tion, contact the Tulip Fes-tival office at 360-428-5959 or tulipfestival.org.

MUSICCALL FOR MUSICIANS:

5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Concrete, is looking for musicians to perform easy-listening acoustic music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Sunday Brunch. In exchange, musicians will receive audience contribu-tions and a meal. 360-853-8700 or [email protected].

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play acoustic old time music at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted. 360-630-9494.

SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club welcomes performers (intermediate and above), listeners and guests to join the fun at 1:45 p.m. today, Jan. 29, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Come and sing, play the club’s piano or organ, play your own instrument or just enjoy a variety of music — ’20s to ’70s classical, popu-lar, western and gospel. Free. For information, call Elaine at 360-428-4228.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from

2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse in La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident. 360-466-3805.

LOVE TO SING? Join the women of Harmony Northwest Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Mon-day at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleve-land Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels wel-come.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. 360-293-2544.

OPEN MIC: 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

OPEN MIC: Jam night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurs-days, Conway Pub & Eat-ery, 18611 Main St., Con-way. 360-445-4733.

RECREATIONFIDALGO QUILTERS:

Fidalgo Island Quilters will meet Monday, Feb. 2, at 12:30 and 7 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 Ninth St., Anacortes. The speaker will be Barbara Lee Smith, who holds a MFA degree in mixed media with an on textiles (barbaraleesmith.com). All invited; no quilt-ing experience needed. Contact: June Cook, [email protected], 360-333-9311.

VOLUNTEER OPPOR-TUNITIES: The Coastal Volunteer Partnership at Padilla Bay invites any-one interested in explor-ing expanded volunteer opportunities, programs and trainings to an open house from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 30, at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 10441 Bayview Edison Road, Mount Vernon. Represent-ed groups include Padilla Bay NEER, Padilla Bay Foundation, Skagit Marine Resource Council, Friends of Skagit Beaches and the Skagit County Clean Water Program. For information, contact Catherine Buchal-ski at 360-428-1559 or [email protected].

GUIDED INTERPRETIVE WALKS:

n Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. Join the Forest Service and trained naturalists for a guided eagle ecology walk near the Skagit River at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Free.

n Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rock-port. Join trained natural-ists for a guided hike to learn about old growth forests, eagle habitat and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, through Feb. 15. Visit the Discovery Center for crafts activities and a crack-ling fire. Discover Pass required.

n Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatch-ery Road, Marblemount. Tour the fish hatchery with Skagit Fisheries Enhance-ment Group volunteers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. 1. Learn about the salmon life cycle, hatchery operations, habi-tat needs of salmon and other local wildlife, includ-ing bald eagles. Self-guided tours are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Free.

ARCHERY SHOOT: Sil-ver Arrow Bowmen will host a 3-D target archery shoot from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at 20409

E. Hickox Road, Mount Vernon. The 3-D shoot features a walk-through course with life-size foam animal targets. The shoot also will include a string walk shoot with an unknown number of tar-gets hidden in the foliage, as well as demonstrations of traditional style crafts including a bowyer dem-onstrating how to carve a bow. $10 ages 17 and older, $7 ages 12-16, $5 ages 7-11, free for peewee shooters. silverarrowbowmen.com.

WINTER WALK: Join Friends of Camano Island Parks on a guided com-munity walk Saturday, Feb. 7, at Camano Ridge Forest Preserve. Meet at 9:50 a.m. at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive. The walk climbs the hill to the trailhead, and the first half-mile of trail has a 200-foot elevation gain. Trails on top are level. The 3.3-mile round trip takes approxi-mately two hours, rain or shine. No dogs. friendsofca-manoislandparks.org.

TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Build-ers seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance at Little Mountain Park in Mount Vernon. Planned projects include a new trail and bicycle skills park. Family-friendly work sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or shine. Lunch, snacks, tools and training are pro-vided. For information, call Mount Vernon Parks and

Recreation at 360-336-6215 or visit mountvernontrail-builders.com. Next up: Feb. 14, 28; March 14, 28; April 11, 25.

FREE DAY IN THE FOR-EST: The U.S. Forest Ser-vice will recognize Presi-dents Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Bak-er-Snoqualmie National Forest on Monday, Feb. 16. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites on the forest. www.fs.usda.gov/mbs.

BOATING COURSE: Skagit Bay Sail & Power Squadron will offer its Boat Engine Maintenance Course from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 23-April 27, at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. The course includes inboards, out-boards and diesel engines, and covers the basics of engine layout and opera-tion, drive systems, steer-ing systems and engine controls, as well as problem diagnosis and do-it-your-self repairs. $150, $175 for two sharing a book. Space is limited. Register by Feb. 5. Contact George Johnson at 360-420-0795 or [email protected].

ANIMALS & BIRDS: Camano Wildlife Habi-tat Project will present “What animals and birds do we find in our yards?” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, in the Store and Whale Room at Cama Beach State Park, 1880 SW Camano Drive, Camano Island. The informal pre-sentation will include dis-plays of many of the park’s

bird mounts and nests, plus animal skulls and pelts for close examination. Local naturalists will talk about the displays and, weather permitting, a scope will be available to observe shore-birds on the bay. Discover Pass or Day Pass required for park admission. 360-387-2236 or camanowild lifehabitat.org.

“YOGA FOUNDATIONS: Getting Confident with Yoga”: 4 to 5 p.m. Thurs-days, Feb. 5-26, Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. This series will prepare partici-pants to comfortably and confidently attend regular yoga classes. The first three sessions will teach basic yoga postures and breath techniques. The final ses-sion will combine what has been learned into the flow-style class. Mats available to borrow, or purchase a new mat from the instruc-tor. $30. Preregister by Feb. 4. 360-755-9649

THEATERFREE ADULT ACTING

CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Hosted by Nello Bottari, classes include theme monologues, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to com-mit to every session. 360-840-0089 or acttheatre.

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

“THE RAINMAKER”: Jan. 30-Feb. 15, Alger Community Church, Alger. 360-424-5144 or www.altatheatre.com.

“ROMEO & JULIET, THE MUSICAL”: Jan. 30-Feb. 15, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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

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

MELISSA ALDANA AND CRASH TRIO: Feb. 2, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

2015 SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY: Hosted by Chris Gethard, with Ty Segall, Tacocat, The Young Evils: Feb. 3, The Neptune, Seattle. Free tickets available at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Paramount Theatre box office.

MARCIA BALL: Feb. 3-4, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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

“RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAR-OUSEL”: Feb. 5-March 1, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

JEFFREY OSBORNE: Feb. 5-8, Dimi-triou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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

JIMMY WEBB: Feb. 10-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE: Feb. 11, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“J’ADORE: A BURLESQUE VALENTINE”: The Atomic Bombshells: Feb. 11-14, The Triple Door, Seattle. 206-838-4333 or thetripledoor.net.

BILLY IDOL: Feb. 13, Paramount The-atre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

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“WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?”: with Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff Davis and Joel Murray: Feb. 13-14, Swinomish Casino & Lodge, Anacortes. 888-288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

USC LOVES YOU: Ummet Ozcan, Jack Beats and more: Feb. 14, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE: RUN DMC REMIXD: featuring Vockab Kompany: Feb. 19, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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THE ROBERT CRAY BAND: Feb. 22, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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

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

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO: Feb. 24-25, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

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

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

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

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

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 5, 2015, Mount Baker Theatre, Belling-ham. 360-734-6080 or mountbaker theatre.com.

KELLER WILLIAMS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: March 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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TRAVEL

Local travel SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Skagit County senior centers offer short, escorted trips. For information, call the Anacortes Senior Center at 360-293-7473 or sign up at your local senior center. Next up: Northwest Flower & Garden Show: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. Venture to Seattle to check out the annual gardening extravaganza, with show gardens, doz-ens of free horticultural seminars, hundreds of marketplace exhibitors and more. $59. Register by Feb. 4. “Pompeii: The Exhibi-tion” at the Pacific Sci-ence Center in Seattle: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 18. Experience Pompeii before and after the epic eruption of Mount Vesuvius some 2,000 years ago. $79. Register by Feb. 6.

TRAVEL TALES: Ana-cortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Ana-cortes, will offer the fol-lowing free talks: “Wild Encounters: The Sacred & Profane”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4. Author, photographer and naturalist Christina Nealson shares tales and images of wildlife she encountered during a 10-year RV odyssey. “Researching a Back-country Book”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11. Fishing author John E. Moore presents a slide-show of Washington, Idaho and Montana back-country he visited while doing research for his fishing and hiking books. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

VIKING RIVER CRUISE: A free presentation high-lighting Viking Cruises will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at AAA Travel and Cruise, 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, Mount Vernon. RSVP: 360-848-2090.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recre-ation offers travel oppor-tunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hill-crest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215. Next up: Bakeries Galore Tour: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14. Enjoy just about every sweet treat imaginable — pies, cakes, macaroons, tarts, breads, cookies, donuts and more — as you visit award-winning bakeries and gourmet specialty stores in the greater Seattle area. Also includes time for a no-host lunch and explo-ration of Pike Place Mar-ket. $55-$57. Register by Feb. 6. Chinese New Year Cele-bration: Year of the Ram: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 22. Check out the 42nd annual Spring Festival Celebration in Vancouver, B.C., home of the largest Chinatown in Canada. Enjoy the New Year Parade with lion dances, dance troupes, marching bands and more. The adjoining fes-tival is a cultural extrava-ganza not to be missed. Proof of citizenship (cur-rent passport, enhanced driver’s license or NEXUS card) is required to cross the border. Expect lots of walking during the day. $68-$70. Register by Feb. 17.

TRAVEL PRESENTA-TION: Learn about upcoming extended trips at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at the Oak Harbor Senior Activity Center, 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. The presentation will cover a trip to Eastern Canada leaving May 31 and a Nov. 3 departure for Italy. For an e-brochure and details on these trips or a May 30 Alaska cruise, contact Pat at 360-279-4582 or email [email protected].

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Let science lead the way on your next family adven-ture. Here are five ideas to consider:

1. Edison Festival, Fort Myers, Florida: Visit this sunny city to learn about legendary luminary Thomas Edison. In February, Fort Myers celebrates the birth of its accomplished historic resident with the 77th annu-al Edison Festival of Light. Visit his 20-acre estate, which includes an expan-sive collection of artifacts, including the scientist’s first telegraph and telephone. Check out the craft shows and consider participat-ing in the 5K or junior fun run. Take note of the main boulevard’s palm tree-lined beauty; more than 200 of the palm trees were imported from Cuba and planted by Edison. edisonfestival.org

2. National Geographic Museum, Washington, D.C.: Ready to explore? You’ll be inspired by a visit to the headquarters of this legend-ary society, where stunning photography and stories of science and adventure

unfold through interactive exhibits, film and lectures. Later, stop by the museum shop for an extensive col-lection of maps, books and artisan crafts. nationalgeo-graphic.com

3. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Discover the mathematical patterns that surround us in the natural world — from the delicate nested spirals of a sunflower’s seeds to the ridges of a mountain range — in this museum’s compel-ling new exhibit, “Numbers in Nature.” Wander through the 1,800-square-foot mirror maze or make your way to a small secret room where

bonus puzzles and imagery wait. A theater and hands-on exhibits further enhance the experience. msichicago.org

4. The Children’s Muse-um of Indianapolis: With more than 472,900 feet of exhibit space on five floors and 29 acres, this extraor-dinary nonprofit institution has been entertaining and educating families since 1925. At what is considered the world’s largest chil-dren’s museum, families are charmed by a historic carou-sel and inspired by exhibits that explain how plant sci-ence can help the world by cleaning up oil spills and

cultivating healthy food. childrensmuseum.org

5. Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio: This dynamic, hands-on science center in central Ohio has more than 300 interactive exhibitions, some 100,000 square feet of exhibit space and recently added a planetarium. Youngsters will enjoy “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” which provides a chance to learn about the night sky with their pals from Sesame Street. cosi.org

n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of familytravel.com. Email her at lohayes familytravel.com.

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“BLACK OR WHITE” is a frank, touch-ing and very well-acted melodrama about child custody and cultural perceptions of “blackness” and “the race card,” and could have earned Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner fresh Oscar nominations.

Mike “The Upside of Anger” Binder’s latest teaming with Costner has more anger, mixed with alcoholism and a bit-terness that may mask racism.

Elliot Anderson (Costner) tells his granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell), “We had a bad night last night.” Turns out, the little girl’s grandmother died. Granddad’s been drinking pretty much ever since.

A couple of days pass, with him drink-ing and driving her to school and stum-bling through tying a ribbon in her hair. She needs him to ease off the sauce, to be tough with her, the way grandma was.

Eloise is of mixed race. Her mom’s gone and her African-American dad isn’t in the picture. But those phone messages Elliot is ignoring? Not returning that call is going to cost him.

Grandma Rowena (she goes by “Wee Wee”) wants to see her grandchild. Elliot’s kept them apart, and his reassur-ances “Come by any time you like” aren’t sincere. Wee Wee (Spencer) has a brother (Anthony Mackie) who is, like Elliot, a high-powered corporate attorney. The custody fight to come will be about “sup-port, community, history.” She doesn’t think her not-quite-in-law is raising the kid “black” enough.

“She’s NOT black!” he counters. “She’s HALF black!”

Binder and Costner soften whatever racial attitudes that Elliot keeps under wraps, in between drinks. Elliot hires a math tutor for this kid, an African over-achiever (Mpho Koaho) who becomes

the ever-drunk Elliot’s driver and comi-cal confidante.

The script sets us up to buy into stereo-types, then flips those on their head. The rich suburbanite isn’t some cross-burner, though we start to wonder. And Wee Wee may live in South Central Los Angeles with a vast brood of kids and grand-kids surrounding her, but she’s a successful entrepreneur. Her son (Andre Holland) seems like a crack-smoking cliche, but Spencer’s innate intelligence and fight make Wee Wee a nurturer, upbeat, posi-tive, even if one of her kids is a bad apple.

Binder’s film decidedly tilts toward his (white) point of view, but the games he plays with expectations are fun — a black female judge (Paula Newsome) who stares down the outspoken Wee Wee in court, the conservative white guy who rolls into South Central with the ultra of rapper rides, a black Escalade. Having Elliot hallucinate his dead wife (Jennifer Ehle) but get no advice from her is a twist. As with “Anger,” Binder’s char-acters fire off glib, politically incorrect insults, and characters make some pretty solid arguments in favor of their political incorrectness.

Maybe it plays it too safe, and Costner, an actor doing some of his best work decades after “Dances With Wolves,” should have found more testy edge to this guy, just to make us uncertain about his darkest feelings. But “Black or White” makes a very entertaining movie for a post-Obama America, a smartly observed story that recognizes we may never be a postracial America.

1:39. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language, thematic material involv-ing drug use and drinking, and for a fight. HHH

MINI-REVIEWSCompiled from news services.Ratings are one to four stars.

“American Sniper” — Clint Eastwood directs a powerful, intense portrayal of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, hardly the blueprint can-didate to become the most prolific sniper in American military history. And yet that’s what happened. In maybe the best perfor-mance of his career, Bradley Cooper infuses Chris with humanity and dignity. And vulner-ability. War drama, R, 132 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Big Eyes” — As he did with “Ed Wood,” director Tim Burton takes a kitschy slice of 20th-century pop culture -- the woman who painted children with huge eyes and the husband who took credit for them — and turns it into a special film. This is the kind of movie that has you smiling nearly all the way throughout at the sheer inspired madness of it all. Biography, PG-13, 105 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teenager befriending a health-care robot is a big, gorgeous adventure with wonderful voice performances, some dark undertones that give the story more depth, an uplifting message and more than a few laugh-out-loud moments. Animation action comedy, PG, 108 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Black Sea” — A laid-off submarine cap-tain (a rousing Jude Law) leads an underwa-ter mission to recover Nazi gold in an action film that, after a promising start, takes a jarring, hard port into Looney Tunes Land and never recovers. Action thriller, R, 114 minutes. HH “Cake” — Jennifer Aniston delivers a strong, vanity-free performance as a woman physically and emotionally scarred from a horrific tragedy. But as “Cake” swerves from dark comedy to cringe-inducing unpleasant-ness to heavy melodrama, her efforts can’t elevate the work anywhere near the level of something special. Drama, R, 98 minutes. HH “Foxcatcher” — Disturbing and memo-rable, “Foxcatcher” is based on a bizarre true story, and even if you know exactly what happens, when it does happen, it’s shocking. Steve Carell nails the role of a rich eccentric, with Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo reve-latory as the wrestlers he mentors. Sports drama, R, 134 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Interstellar” — What a beautiful and epic film is “Interstellar,” filled with great perfor-mances, tingling our senses with masterful special effects, daring to be openly senti-mental, asking gigantic questions about the meaning of life and leaving us drained and grateful for the experience. Adventure/mys-tery/sci-fi, PG-13, 169 minutes. HHHH “Nightcrawler” — As a freelance vulture who records video of crime and crash scenes for TV news, Jake Gyllenhaal plays one of the most disturbing movie characters of the year. But the film veers from dark satire to tense crime thriller before the tires come off near the end, leaving the entire vehicle just short of worth recommending. Crime thriller, R, 117 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “Into the Woods” — Adapted from the

sensational musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt head an A-list cast. “Into the Woods” rumbles on for too long and has some dry patches here and there, but just when we’re growing fidgety, we get another rousing musi-cal number or another dark plot twist, and we’re back in business. Musical fantasy, PG, 124 minutes. HHH “Taken 3” — This tired, gratuitously vio-lent, ridiculous and laughably stupid entry in a franchise that started out with at least an intriguing idea and a few solid moments now should be put out of its misery. Liam Neeson reprises and Forest Whitaker adds some panache as the obligatory top cop, but what got “Taken” was 112 minutes of my life. Action, PG-13, 112 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Babadook” — This Australian horror movie is about a single mom haunted by a monstrous creature from a pop-up book. This is the scariest movie of the year. Hor-ror, not rated, 94 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “The Gambler” — This remake gives the James Caan self-destructive gambler role to Mark Wahlberg, as a narcissistic brat, and not the complex kind. Supporting characters played by John Goodman, Brie Larson and others are more interesting. Drama thriller, R, 101 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “The Humbling” — Al Pacino is all over the place playing a famous actor who goes to rehab after falling off the stage. As madcap characters keep entering and exiting his life, yelling at him and kissing him and berating him and making strange requests of him, fantasy and reality intertwine in a manner I found more maddening than intriguing. Com-edy, R, 113 minutes. HH “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1” — The latest Katniss Everdeen adventure is a rousing yet often bleak and downbeat film that focuses a lot more on tragedies and set-backs than applause-generating heroics. Ulti-mately it serves as a solid if unspectacular first lap around the track of a two-lap race. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “The Interview” — For any cyber-terrorist to be threatened by something as ridicu-lously over-the-top, as cartoonishly goofy as “The Interview” is just plain stupid. At times laugh-out-loud funny, it stars Seth Rogen and James Franco in an endless parade of scatological humor and homosexual double-entendre jokes with a smattering of politi-cal commentary. Comedy, R, 112 minutes. HHH “The Theory of Everything” — Playing the young Stephen Hawking from reckless Cambridge student to brilliant physicist, Eddie Redmayne undergoes a remarkable transformation. But it’s a memorable perfor-mance in a rather ordinary love story about his romance with future wife, Jane (Felicity Jones). Biography, PG-13, 123 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “The Wedding Ringer” — Despite the considerable charisma of Josh Gad as a friendless groom and Kevin Hart as the ring-er he hires as his best man, this crude cir-cus has only one or two genuinely inspired bits of comedy, and its premise is insanely

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DAWN RICHARD, “Blackheart” — Best known as an original mem-ber of Danity Kane, R&B singer Dawn Richard left the group last year (again) after a public kerfuffle revealed deep divisions among the crew. No dis-respect to the others, but Richard is thriving without them. Over the last few years she’s issued a series of works that hinted at a wildly visionary approach to soul sonics, and she’s gone even further on “Blackheart.”

A collaboration with the Los Angeles producer Noisecastle III, Richards’ second studio album is thick with synth-based polyrhythms and layers of Richard’s often breathtak-ing voice. When delivered straight, it’s solid and pitch perfect. More often, though, she and Noisecas-tle run her words through strange filters, electronical-ly manipulating it to move from male bass to female soprano and beyond. She merges her words with Vocoders like she’s rolling onto Kraftwerk’s “Auto-bahn,” hums with Gior-gio Moroder-like synth throbs. The result is mag-netic future funk, rife with Roland 909 tones, British drum and bass accents and much left-field surprise.

n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times

BJÖRK, “Vulnicura” — On Björk’s ninth album “Vulnicura,” the micro-scope has been turned inward on the Icelandic musician, brutally chroni-cling the dissolution of her relationship with longtime partner, avant-garde NY filmmaker and sculptor Matthew Barney. Through a sumptuously orchestrated song cycle, Björk explores her fears, frustrations and despair at watching the world she

created together with Bar-ney (never officially men-tioned by name in the lyrics) crumble before her. As the album unfolds, “Vulnicura” proves to be one of the most approachable collections of songs she has unleashed upon the public since 2001.

n Ryan Lathan, popmatters.com

THE LONE BELLOW, “Then Came the Morning” — On the band’s self-titled debut and now its sopho-more outing, “Then Came the Morning,” the Lone Bellow spends each song building up to a euphoric moment of catharsis, with the group’s vocal harmonies in perfect unison, note for note. One could accuse the Lone Bellow of many things, but being insincere is not one of them.

Listening to “Then Came the Morning,” it’s easy to feel that the trio wrote

this music just for you, and that you’re the only person in the world that matters. Unfortunately, while one would be correct in admir-ing this group’s emotional endurance, it’s not long after “Then Came the Morning” that the law of diminishing returns begins to kick in fast. Over the course of 13 tracks, this emotional rollercoaster tactic wears out pretty quickly.

n Brice Ezell, popmatters.com

BETTYE LAVETTE, “Wor-thy” — The Detroit singer sticks to that formula on her latest and excellent set, “Worthy.” Calling up songs written by everyone from Bob Dylan to Linford Det-weiler, LaVette sounds as assured as ever, that scratchy croon tap-dancing on top of light soul grooves as good as it always has. She knows what makes that voice of

hers so timeless, and she knows how to make songs sound like they are her own, even if she had no part in writing them.

n Colin McGuire, popmatters.com

JIM WHITE VS. THE PACKWAY HANDLE BAND, “Take It Like a Man” — Fol-lowing the conceit of the “versus” listed in the artists’ category (“Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band”) title, on “Take it Like a Man” White and the band alternately offer songs with just one co-written between them (“Corn Pone Refu-gee”). It’s not always easy to know who wrote which songs here, but it doesn’t matter. They all share the same exuberant vitality, strangeness, and imaginative look at life, God, the weath-er, and other people.

n Steve Horowitz, popmat ters.com

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1⁄2 “Unbroken” — Angelina Jolie directs the well-known story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who spent more than two years as a POW in World

War II. It’s an ambitious, sometimes moving film that suffers from a little too much self-conscious nobility, and far too many scenes of sadistic brutality. War biog-raphy, PG-13, 137 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “Wild” — The more time we spend with former heroin addict Cheryl Strayed, the more we feel the change in this young woman’s heart and spirit as she hikes 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail by herself. It’s a raw, beautiful performance by Reese Witherspoon, and Laura Dern is warm and won-derful as her mother. Drama, R, 115 minutes. HHH

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