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Skagit Eagle Festival .......................... 3

Out & About ....................................5-7

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

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

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

Travel, At the Lincoln ...................... 12

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Blues Reunion will perform Sunday afternoon at the Anacortes Public Library

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At the monthlong Skagit Eagle Festival, visitors can enjoy indoor and outdoor activities including eagle watching, free tours, walks and educational pro-grams, arts and crafts, wine tast-ing, river rafting, music, dance and more.

For the latest information, contact the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360-853-8784 or visit skagiteaglefestival.com.

Saturday, Jan. 10A YEAR OF THE EAGLE: 10

to 11:30 a.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Nature photographer Kevin Eli tells the story of a year in the lives of Pacific Northwest eagles, includ-ing their wintering habits and how eaglets learn to fly. Free admission. 360-466-8754 or concrete-theatre.com.

LITTLE EAGLET STORY TIME: 11 to 11:45 a.m., Upper Skagit Library, 45770B Main St., Con-crete. Families with young chil-dren are invited to learn about eagles and other wildlife through stories, songs and a simple craft. Free. 360-853-7939 or upper-skagit.lib.wa.us.

WINTER JAZZ: 2 to 4 p.m., 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main St., Con-crete. Free admission. 360-853-8700 or 5bsbakery.com.

COUNTRY HAYRIDE AND BON-FIRE: 3 p.m., Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, Concrete. Take a hayride through 250 acres of timber and see eagles, deer, elk and more. Enjoy cookies and hot drinks at the bonfire, chil-dren’s games and a ranch history display. Activities are weather-dependent. Free. No pets. 360-853-8494 or ovenells-inn.com.

Saturday-Sunday Jan. 10-11

EAGLE FEST INFORMATION: Get free maps and visitor infor-mation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Concrete Chamber of Commerce, Concrete Center, 45821 Railroad St., Concrete. 360-853-8784.

EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CEN-TER: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center, Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. Learn about eagles, watershed issues and local natural and cultural history through guid-ed walks and presentations. Free admission. Donations appreciated. 360-853-7626 or skagiteagle.org.

EAGLE WATCHER STATIONS: Staffed by volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport, Sut-ter Creek at milepost 100 and at the Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatchery Road. Scopes

and binoculars available. Free. 360-854-2631.

SALMON HATCHERY TOURS: Free tours of the Marblemount Fish Hatchery are offered by Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 8319 Fish Hatchery Road, Marble-mount. Learn how eagles relate to the life cycle of salmon and other wildlife through guided and self-guided tours. 360-336-0172, ext. 304, or skagitfisheries.org.

DEEP FOREST TOURS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rockport. Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute tour

deep into some of the 670 acres of old-growth forest at Rockport State Park at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Free. Discover Pass or $10 day-use fee required to access the park. 360-853-8461 or [email protected].

DRIFTBOAT EAGLE EXCUR-SIONS: Skagit River Guide Ser-vice offers a three-hour tour in heated driftboats at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Howard Miller Steel-head Park, 52921 Rockport Park Road, Rockport. $75, $55 ages 5 and younger. 888-675-2448 or skagiteagles.com.

NATIVE AMERICAN HIS-

TORY, STORYTELLING, MUSIC & MORE: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Marble-mount Community Hall, 60055 Highway 20, Marblemount. Free admission. Donations appreci-ated. 360-873-2048.

n Local and natural arts and crafts, bake sale and fry bread tacos.

n 10:30 a.m.: “Saga of the Sockeye Salmon” puppet show.

n 11:30 p.m.: Rosie James, Samish tribal elder, historian, sto-ryteller and drummer.

n 2 p.m.: Peter Ali, Native flut-ist.

n 3:30 p.m. (Sunday only): JP Falcon Grady, Blackfoot Nation musician.

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By LORRAINE ALILos Angeles Times

Jennifer Aniston’s sitting on the floor of her Bel-Air home, wedged in the tight space between her coffee table and sofa.

“I know, it’s weird, right?” says the actress, looking cramped in her otherwise spacious liv-ing room. “My dogs run things around here (she points to the pitbull stretched across her white couch). She kicked me off. I know my place.”

Humor and self-effacing affa-bility are near trademarks of Aniston, who became America’s sweetheart playing Rachel Green on the 1994-2004 TV series “Friends” and who continued her comedic streak in a variety of subsequent film roles, some mem-orable (“Marley & Me,” “Bruce Almighty”), others forgettable enough not to be mentioned here.

But for director Daniel Barnz’s indie drama “Cake” (which gets a wider release starting Jan. 23), Aniston opts for darker territory as the depressed, acerbic, pain pill-addicted Claire Bennett. Her broken and prickly character has lost the will to live after an unthinkable tragedy that’s left her in chronic pain.

It’s not a pretty part. Aniston, 45, is a cranky mess for most of the film — bags under her eyes, hair stringy, face scarred and scowling. It’s at odds with the perky image of her early career, and it fits a little too nicely with the tabloid narrative of “Jen’s Terminal Heartbreak!” since her split from husband Brad Pitt in 2005.

“It is a risk, especially if you’re me and you’re so known,” she says of taking on the unglamor-ous role. “I’m fighting through

being in your living room for 10 years, every week — every day — and being known as one person. That’s a hard shell to shake for an audience, and for an industry that’s got to make money on this. People have got to believe it.”

Judging by early reactions to the film, they do. For her grumpy, limping, pajama-clad role in “Cake” — which also stars Adri-anna Barraza (“Babel”) and Sam Worthington (“Avatar”), Aniston received a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festi-val in September, was nominated for a Golden Globe and is now seriously poised for that once elu-sive Oscar nod.

“This does feel like a turning …” she stops herself. After years of ups and downs in Hollywood, Aniston is cautious about refer-ring to this as a potential break-through moment for her. “To be having a conversation about my work, as opposed to the other BS, is really so refreshing. I feel like a plant that’s just been starving for nourishment. I needed a good rain.”

Director Barnz (“Phoebe in Wonderland,” “Beastly”) isn’t all that surprised by the shower of accolades. He cites sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore’s dramatic transformation in “Ordinary Peo-ple” as part of his inspiration for casting Aniston. “I find as a film-maker, that when you cast some-body in a role that’s so different from what they’ve done before, and give them an opportunity to express themselves differently, they will really lie down on train tracks for you,” he says. “And that’s what Jen did.

“Sure, she’s not the go-to choice,” he continues. “But she has something about her, an innate forgivability, that was so necessary for a role that can oth-

erwise be so harsh.”Dressed in jeans and a white

sweatshirt, Aniston looks much the same as she did in the ’90s (sans the perky hairdo). She appears healthy, happy, friendly and, of course, personal-trainer fit. Her hair today is a tousled mix of honey, brown and blond that shimmers like in a shampoo ad as she wrestles her dogs away from guests.

Aniston’s home is a reflec-tion of the star herself, casual and comfortable, yet worth mil-lions. The Midcentury multilevel structure sits behind an intercom-operated security gate and atop a hill overlooking Los Angeles. Inside, it’s a mix of minimal ele-gance and earthy, Asian-meets-everything-else-worldly decor. Various handlers and house staff move in and out of the front room as she sits for an interview, or, as she likes to call it, “the journalistic equivalent of speed dating.”

Her fiance, writer-actor Justin Theroux (“Mulholland Drive” and HBO’s “The Leftovers”), is among the fray, and he tries to sneak past unnoticed. “Hey, there!,” she greets him; he waves and apologizes for interrupting. Once he’s gone, Aniston whis-pers: “He’s so sweet, it breaks my heart. The nicest person in the

world. I keep waiting for Ashton Kutcher to walk in, ‘You’re being punked!’”

Aniston’s personal life, or the tabloid version of it anyway, has been the subject of many an article and photo gallery since her break-up with Pitt and his report-ed overlapping relationship with Angelina Jolie. If all those articles and posts are to be believed, Aniston’s still heartbroken, is always on some red carpet within 50 feet of Angie and pines for the day when she too can have six (or is it seven?) kids.

“That part of my life is com-pletely out of control,” she says, clearly perturbed by the subject. “I haven’t gotten jobs because of that attention, and the things they say … never true! I’ve always been that person who would be like ‘hey, that’s a lie!,’ But what do you do? Open a Twitter account just so I can say ‘that’s not true’? It’s an industry based on snapping shots of someone’s cellulite. Who cares?! Argh, don’t get me started …”

Gossip rags are not the only culprit when it comes to the public, or at least Hollywood’s, perception of Aniston. Her wildly successful beginnings as a sitcom star have contributed to what she calls “a limited imagination” regarding her talents as an actor.

“I was going through frustra-tions in my career (leading up to ‘Cake’),” she says. “I wanted to work with this director or that director — and it was like ‘why can’t I be part of that?’ I had such amazing success in that one piece of our industry, but I wanted to stretch myself more. I was start-ing to fear maybe they’re right. Maybe I’m not right for any of these parts. But I can’t let other people’s opinions — or lack on being chosen for a role — make me doubt what I know I can do.”

“Cake” is a low-budget affair that was shot around L.A. in just under a month. The screenplay is by newcomer Patrick Tobin, whose work Barnz discovered through a screenplay competi-tion.

Aniston knew immediately after reading the script that she wanted the part. It tapped into deeper recesses, some of which she had called upon in earlier dramatic roles such as 2002’s “The Good Girl.”

“I’m comfortable going to dark places that have lived in me for a long time,” says Aniston. “At this point in my career, it was like (screw) it. I’m ready to be raw and expose myself. And it couldn’t be the pretty version, it had to be real, painful, ugly and unflattering.”

Taking risks in indie ‘Cake’ paying off for Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston is shown in a scene from “Cake.” Aniston was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actress in a drama for her role in the film.Cinelou Films / AP


OUT & ABOUT

ART“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 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. Participating 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 art-ists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

JENNIFER BOWMAN: ACRYLICS: The show continues through Jan. 27 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. The exhibition fea-tures Bowman’s brilliantly colored floral, landscape and nautical paintings. Also showing are acrylics by Cynthia Richardson, oils and pastels by Amanda Houston, photo encaustics by Kathy Hastings, and photography by Lewis Jones, Dick Garvey and Randy Dana. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appoint-ment. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

NEW WORK: An exhi-bition of new work by Matt French and Pieter VanZanden will continue through Jan. 25 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The show features artwork by local

skateboarding legend Matt French and Smith & Vallee Woodworks’ own Pieter VanZanden.

French grew up riding skateboards and snow-boards in Lynden, and got his start as a working art-ist in the late 1990s after submitting artwork to Thrasher Magazine and to friends at Mervin Mfg. He has been making art ever since as a contributing art-ist for Volcom, Vans, Gnu, Lib Tech and more.

VanZanden, who was born in Coupeville and grew up in Oak Harbor, uses his background in construction as well as his life experiences to create his artwork. He endeavors to change his medium and materials every month, utilizing everything from garbage to scrap wood to children’s toys to create work that forces viewers to see the world around them in new ways.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or smithand vallee.com.

NORTHWEST ART: Three new exhibits will run Saturday, Jan. 10, through March 11 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. An opening reception will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. 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 Permanent Collection”: Exhibitions director Lisa Young examines interiors through the historically rich tradition of the still life. Recent acquisitions 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 capturing 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 Northwest, such as Mark Tobey, Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. Smits says, “In larger compositions I interpret and emphasize visual details from my

encounters with nature in order to communicate the complexity of natural sys-tems beyond their cursory picturesque value.”

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 discovered he was an artist 15 months ago at the Burning Man Festival when he was given a wall on which he painted a multicolored mural. “I came home and converted my living room into my new art studio,” he said. The show continues through January. 360-466-5522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

NEW QUILT SHOWS: Two new shows will open with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, and continue through March 29 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Con-ner.

“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. Sometimes she’d wake up to find unintelligible scrib-blings that made no sense, and some ideas were just plain weird. But what did emerge were some recur-ring themes that turned into the short series pre-sented in this exhibit: Shat-tered Circles, Labyrinths and Celtic Spirals, Gaia/Goddess Figures and Trees, as well as a collection of

nonseries works on a vari-ety 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 stitch-ing and embellishments, often incorporating fibers or beadwork in the finished piece.

“Freddy Moran’s Col-lage”: Artist and author Frederica “Freddy” Duffy Moran is known for her unbridled use of bold color and original designs. Moran’s love for quilt-making began later in life, at age 60, after she had excelled at other art forms. Her quilts have appeared in national and internation-al publications, including magazines, art books, cal-endars, textbooks and quilt books. She is the author of “Freddy’s House: Bril-liant Color in Quilts” and co-author of “Collabora-tive Quilting” with Gwen Marston.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sun-day. Admission: $7, $5 stu-dents and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

NATIVE ART SHOW/SALE: The 16th annual Gathering of Native Artists will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Skagit County His-torical Museum, 501 Fourth St., La Conner. Check out a variety of traditional and contemporary Native American crafts, with demonstrations by Native artists. 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.

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AT SMITH & VALLEEAn exhibition of new work by Matt French and Pieter VanZanden will continue through Jan. 25 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The show features artwork by local skateboarding legend Matt French and Smith & Vallee Woodworks’ own Pieter VanZanden. Pictured: art by Pieter VanZanden


OUT & ABOUT

NEW PAINTINGS: Paint-ings by Bellingham artist Kathryn Hackney are on display at The Shop, 18623 Main St., Conway. Also on display are a variety of works by other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. 360-391-2691 or theshopconway.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. Panzieri is a Los Angeles-based photographer with 50 years’ experience in free-lance, fashion, street, news and police photography. Free admission. 360-336-

3882 or ululate.org. OUTDOOR SCULPTURE

EXHIBIT: The La Conner Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit is on display through March 1 at public locations around La Conner. The annual juried exhibition features work by some of the Northwest’s most accomplished artists. For information, including a map of the sculptures and works available for sale: 360-466-3125 or townof laconner.org.

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 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 open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues-day through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes.org.

SMALL ARTWORKS: The 24th annual “Honey, I Shrunk The Art” small works show continues through Jan. 18 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculp-ture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island.

The show features cre-ations by some 40 artists working in glass, ceramics, sculptures and paintings. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, weekdays by appointment.

360-387-2759 or matzke fineart.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

“REWILDING THE ARC-TIC”: with Dr. Andy Bunn, Ph.D, Dept. of Environ-mental Sciences, Western Washington University: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Northwest Educational Service District Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Bunn has spent more than a decade researching the rapid changes in the Arctic and the complex relation-ship between climate and vegetation. Learn more about his findings. Free. skagitbeaches.org.

ARTIST TALK: 1 p.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 10, Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Painter/biologist Adrianne Smits is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. Discover how Smits balanc-es her studies in the field, and learn about her process for recapturing memory with neighbor and gallery representative Bryan Ohno of Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

ANACORTES HOUSE HISTORY: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. Learn about the Ana-cortes House History and Plaque Program and how to research the history of your home in a presenta-tion by the Anacortes His-toric Preservation Board. Find out if your home is eligible for the Anacortes Historic Register, and how you might qualify for tax breaks for your renovation project. Free. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes.org.

OIL TRAIN SAFETY: Car-olyn Gastellum and Ginny Wolff will discuss upcom-ing hearings on oil train safety at the next Fidalgo

Democrats meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. A moderated period of ques-tions and comments will follow. Bring a nonperish-able food donation for the food bank. For information, contact Corinne at 360-293-7114.

MARINE MAMMALS: Research scientist Aline Jeffries will present “Marine Mammals & Eco-system Change” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Jeffries, from the Pacific Biodiversity Institute, will discuss Salish Sea health and its impact. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

REFERENDUMS ON INDEPENDENCE: Todd Donovan, political sci-ence professor at Western Washington University, will discuss “Referendums on Independence: Scotland, Spain and Beyond” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 14, at the What-com Museum Lightcatcher building, 250 Flora St., Bellingham.

Presented by the WWU Alumni Association as part of its “Ignite Your Intellect” speakers series, Donovan’s talk will exam-ine Scotland’s recent refer-endum on independence, with comparisons to other cases. In addition, Donovan will discuss the state of American politics follow-ing the 2014 U.S. midterm elections. $17, $12 for WWU Alumni Association members; includes appetiz-ers and one glass of wine. 360-650-3353.

MARITIME SPEAKER SERIES: “Discovery & Set-tlement of Puget Sound”: 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Ana-cortes Public Library, 1220

10th St., Anacortes. Author Dick Blumenthal explores the early voyages of the Spanish, George Vancouver and Charles Wilkes. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

“HERONS OF FIDALGO”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Photographer Lance Ekhart reveals the beauty and behavior of our local great blue herons. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE: Codi Hamblin, program out-reach coordinator at North Cascades Institute, will present “All About the North Cascades Institute” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. Learn about the organization’s work to connect people, nature and community in Skagit Valley, and how you can get involved. Free. 360-336-6209 or mount vernonwa.gov/library.

MEET THE COMPOSER: Take advantage of two opportunities to hear com-poser Conrad Askland discuss his new musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” with performances set for Jan. 30-Feb. 15, at the Lincoln Theatre in Downtown Mount Vernon. Askland is the music direc-tor for “Rock of Ages” with Norwegian Cruise Line in New York, former music director with Cirque Du Soleil, and composer of the musicals “Witches!” and “PAN.”

n 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-6209 or mountvernon wa.gov/library.

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n 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

MORE FUNTEMPORARY MUSEUM

CLOSURE: The Skagit County Historical Museum will be closed through Jan. 16 for facility maintenance. The museum, located at 501 S. Fourth St., La Con-ner, will reopen for the 16th annual “Gathering of Native Artists” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, followed at 5:30 p.m. by a celebration of the reprinting of the museum’s publication “Indians of Skagit County.” “Gathering” admission: $5, $4 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. Admission to the publication celebration is free. 360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

WINTER FILM SERIES: Enjoy free film screenings at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Ana-cortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Films will be introduced by Acad-emy Award winner Nick Alphin. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofana-cortes.org. Next up:

Jan. 9: “Funny Face” (musical comedy): starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Shopgirl Hepburn is “discovered” during an impromptu fashion shoot at a bookstore. Offered a mod-eling contract, she reluc-tantly accepts because it involves a trip to Paris with the handsome photographer (Astaire). Nominated for four Academy Awards.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom-Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 10, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. Check out the club’s large, permanent

HO- and N-scale indoor railroad layouts. Admission is by donation to maintain and expand the layouts. whatcomskagitmrc.org.

EMPTY BOWL DINNER: The La Conner High School yoga class will hold its fifth annual Empty Bowl Dinner from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the La Conner High School culinary arts room, 502 N. Sixth St., La Conner. Enjoy a meal of homemade soup from local eateries, bread, cookies and organic coffee for $5, and bring home a hand-painted bowl for $10. All proceeds will be donated to help the hungry. emptybowls.net.

GALAXIES, PLANET & NEBULAS: Explore the night sky and view distant galaxies, nebulas and plan-ets beginning at dark Friday, Jan. 16, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. Island County Astronomical Society mem-bers will provide an assort-ment of telescopes for view-ing. All ages are welcome. Free. The event will be can-celed if cloudy. 360-679-7664 or icas-wa.webs.com.

HISTORIC EXHIBIT: “Death Becomes Her: Mourning Fashions” will open Saturday, Jan. 17, and

continue through March 15, at the Skagit County Histor-ical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. This exhibit will feature mourning items from the museum’s collec-tion. Included will be fash-ion, buttons and hair art.

“Customs, Costumes and Buttons of Mourn-ing,” a special presentation by Dorothy Krugner, will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18. Free with museum admission.

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.

DINNER/AUCTION: The “Music & Memories” fund-raising dinner and auction will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Ana-cortes. Enjoy dinner, music by Pete Leinonen’s Salon du Swing and bidding on a wide variety of items. Pro-ceeds will benefit the Skagit Adult Day Program for adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s. $50. For infor-mation, contact Leigh Ann at 360-428-5972 or email info@skagitadultday program.org.

JAZZ AT THE LIBRARYBlues Reunion will perform from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Free.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area January 8-15 TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 8-15

Thursday.8THEATER

“Black Box Theater”: The Posei-don Players, 7 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Admission by donation. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.9THEATER

“Black Box Theater”: The Posei-don Players, 7 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Admission by donation. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Saturday.10DANCE

“Winter Celebration: A Contem-porary Dance Concert”: Fidalgo Danceworks, 3 p.m., Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $10. 360-299-8447 or fidalgodanceworks.org.

MUSIC“Lydia Brotherton: Airs of the

Baroque”: soprano Lydia Broth-erton, lutenist Stephen Stubbs and flutist Jeffrey Cohan; 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Wal-nut St., Bellingham. $15-$25 sug-gested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-733-2890 or salishseafestival.org.

THEATER“Black Box Theater”: The Posei-

don Players, 7 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Admission by donation. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Sunday.11MUSIC/DANCE

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrow-head Road, Camano Island. $20, includes complimentary chocolate buffet. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

Monday.12THEATER

“Princess Whatshername”: Skagit Family Learning Center, 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

Wednesday.14THEATER

“Princess Whatshername”: Skagit Family Learning Center: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

Thursday.15DANCE

“Winter Dances”: Western Washington University Depart-ment of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage, Bellingham. $15, $8 students with ID and ages 17 and younger. 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.

THURSDAY.8

FRIDAY.9

SATURDAY.10

SUNDAY.11

Deanne Savage: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 5 to 8 p.m., The Wool-ley Market, 829 Met-calf St., Sedro-Wool-ley. 360-982-2649.

Skip Williams, Rob-ert “Goldtooth” Ray (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Cen-ter Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Eric Apoe and THEY (folk, jazz, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Jimmy Wright: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 High-way 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

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

Randy Norris, Jeff Nicely: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Kristi Devries & Friends (classic Americana, rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-5111.

TüN TheBand (funk, rock, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

The Dogtones (classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

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

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

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

Broken Heart Rodeo (country): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

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

Lloyd Hooper and the Cas-cade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-5111.

Joe Sneva & the Sweet Domiques (surf, pop): 9 p.m., Chair 9, 10459 Mt. Baker High-way, Glacier. 360-599-2511.

Little Mountain Band: 9 p.m., Long-horn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

Tangoheart (Argentinian tango): 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.

Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

The Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Singer/Songriters’ Open Mic Night (hosted by David Ritchie): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

WEDNESDAY.14 THURSDAY.15

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.9-10THE DOGTONES 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

SATURDAY.10JOE SNEVA & THE SWEET DOMIQUES9 p.m., Chair 9, 10459 Mt. Baker Highway, Glacier.

SUNDAY.11TANGOHEART

7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, includes complimentary

chocolate buffet. Free for students with ID. 360-387-0222.


GET INVOLVED

ARTCALL FOR ARTISTS:

The Anacortes Arts Com-mission seeks artwork on the theme “The Birds & Bees” for a show set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the Depot Art & Community Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Space is limited. No applications; first come will participate. Contact Karla Locke at 360-588-6968 or [email protected].

CALL FOR INSTRUC-TORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation seeks qual-ified instructors to expand its enrichment classes for youth and adults. To down-load an instructor’s packet, visit burlingtonwa.gov and click on the “Instructors Needed” tab. 360-755-9649 or recreation@burlington wa.gov.

AUDITIONS“THE SPITFIRE GRILL”:

Auditions will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at Ana-cortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Parts are available for four women and three men, ages 20s to 50s. Prepare a solo song and a dramatic monologue. Perusal scripts and music/CDs are avail-able in the theater office. The play will run March 27-April 25. To schedule an audition, call 360-293-6829. For information, visit act theatre.com.

“I HATE HAMLET”: Auditions will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Parts are available for three women and three men. Actors should read the play in advance and be ready to read sides from the script, which is avail-able at the playhouse. The comedy will run April 3-19. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

DANCEFOLK DANCING: Skagit-

Anacortes Folkdancers meet at 7 p.m. most Tues-days at Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

BEGINNER SQUARE DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Mount Ver-non Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Couples and singles welcome. First two weeks are free, then $4 per lesson. Sponsored by the Mt. Baker Singles and Skagit Squares. 360-

424-4608, 360-424-9675 or [email protected].

MUSICTIME 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.

SECOND FRIDAY DRUM CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Unity Church, 704 W. Division St., Mount Ver-non. Shake off the energy of the week through drum-ming, songs, chants. Free-will donation. [email protected].

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

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.

RECREATIONKIDDIE CAMP: Mount

Vernon High School cheer-leaders will host the annual Kiddie Camp for grades K-5 from 6 to 7 p.m. Tues-day and Thursday, Jan. 20 and 22, in the high school cafeteria, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. Participants will perform during half-time at the MVHS boys’ basketball home game on Friday, Jan. 23. Registra-tion: $35. For informa-tion, contact coach Khalie Whitman at 360-438-6100, ext. 41252, 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. Saturdays and Sundays, through Jan. 31. The center also offers guest speakers each weekend. 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. 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. Saturdays and Sundays, through Feb. 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.

WWU YOUTH PRO-GRAMS: Western Wash-ington University Youth Programs will offer five Early Release Enrichment sessions exploring topics from magic to cartooning beginning Jan. 15 on West-ern’s Bellingham campus. Sessions for students in grades K-5 are scheduled from 1:45 to 5 p.m. Thurs-days, Jan. 15 and 29, Feb. 12 and 26, and March 12. Reg-istration: $20 per session, $60 for all five. Information or to register: 360-650-3308, [email protected] or wwu.edu/youth.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

will offer free admission to all state parks to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 18-19. The Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but will be required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Depart-ment of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov.

The U.S. Forest Service will recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Monday, Jan. 19. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites on the forest. fs.usda.gov/mbs.

FRIENDS OF THE FOR-EST HIKES: Join Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up:

Double Watershed Tour: adults, 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 9. Meet at the end of 32nd Street off of D Avenue, Anacortes, for a gentle 1.5-mile route through varied forest and wetland habitats.

WORKSHOPSPHOTOGRAPHY CLASS-

ES: Skagit Valley profes-sional photographer Andy Porter will present a series of digital photography classes at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Cen-ter, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Porter’s photos have appeared in many national magazines and travel guides. Ages 12 and older. Bring your digital SLR camera and instruc-tion manual. Preregister at least one week before class date: 360-755-9649 or burl-ingtonwa.gov.

“Take Better Pictures with Your Digital DSLR Camera”: In this one-day

class, you’ll learn how to shoot in manual mode, and how to set aperture, shut-ter speed and ISO to get the best possible shots. The class will also cover how to bracket your exposure, use of polarizers, benefits of capturing images in the RAW format and more. $40. Next up:

n Wednesday, Jan. 14: 6 to 8:30 p.m.

n Saturday, Jan. 17: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

n Saturday, Jan 31: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

n Tuesday, Feb. 10: 6 to 8:30 p.m.

“Photography Composi-tion and Basic Editing”: In this two-day class you’ll first learn about image composition, including subject placement, use of the horizon, reflections, leading lines, the rule of thirds, framing and more. You’ll then receive a photo assignment to complete before the second session, where you’ll learn how to edit your images on the computer, including crop-ping, color adjustment, filters and amazing ways to make your images pop. Participants must have basic knowledge of how to use their DSLR camera. $80. Next up:

n Wednesdays, Jan. 21 and 28: 6 to 9 p.m.

n Saturdays, Feb. 21 and 28: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“WRITING FOR CHIL-DREN: Narrative Nonfic-tion: Creating the Story from Facts”: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, Skagit Valley Col-lege, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Participants will look at back matter, characterization, dialogue, organization/plot, point of view, voice and setting in biographies, picture books, and middle- and young-adult nonfiction. $49. Call 360-416-7638 to register for 6085 CENGL.

360.416.7727mcintyrehall.org

Family ConcertSkagit Symphony

January 25

Metales M5Mexico’s leading

Brass QuintetFebruary 3

Las Cafeteras

Afro-Mexican rhythms & hip-hop beats from LA

February 6


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MARK HUMMEL’S BLUES HARMONICA BLOWOUT: Jan. 8-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS: Jan. 15, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CHRIS HARDWICK: Jan. 16, The Nep-tune Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

STEEL PANTHER: Jan. 17, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

E-40: Jan. 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles: Jan. 20, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

STANTON MOORE TRIO: Jan. 20-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

TRIBAL SEEDS: Jan. 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TOWER OF POWER: Jan. 22-25, Dimi-triou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

WALE: Jan. 23, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LYNN ARIELLE WITH GRACE KELLY AND CARLA COOK: Jan. 27-28, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

PIERCE THE VEIL, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS: Jan. 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

MIRANDA LAMBERT: Feb. 13, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

“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.

AUGUST BURNS RED: Feb. 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: Feb. 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NETTWORK: Feb. 19-22, Dimitriou’s Jazz

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COLD WAR KIDS: Feb. 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

IRATION: Feb. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BORGORE: Feb. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

3 REDNECK TENORS: “From Rags to Rednecks”: Feb. 21, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbaker theatre.com.

THE ROBERT CRAY BAND: Feb. 22, Lin-coln 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.

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

GALACTIC: Feb. 27, The Showbox, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

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

IN FLAMES, ALL THAT REMAINS: Showbox Sodo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com

“JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL & LIVING IN PARIS”: March 7-May 17, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

2:54: March 8, Barboza, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

COAL CHAMBER: March 11, The Show-box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

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712 S. First St., Mount Vernon360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org

‘Return of the River’7:30 p.m. today

“Return of the River” follows a “group of strong-minded people as they attempt the impossible: to change the public opinion of a town and eventually the nation to bring a dam down. The community comes to a consensus, setting the Elwha River free and show-ing the way to a more sustainable future.” Co-director John Gussman will be on hand to introduce the film and take questions after the screening.

$10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under. Bargain mati-nee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.

‘Gone Girl’7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 9-105:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11

Directed by David Fincher and based upon the glob-al bestseller by Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl” unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

Rated R. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general; $6 members; $5 for children 12 and under.

‘Princess Whatshername’7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 127 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14

Skagit Family Learning Center presents “Princess Whatshername.” Free admission.

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYESThe Dallas Morning News

Adventures can awaken the spirit and spark the imagination, says award-winning photographer and travel journalist Peter Guttman.

In his new book, “Extreme Adventure: A Photographic Exploration of Wild Experiences” (Skyhorse Publishing, $35), Guttman tempts readers with tales and images of exhilarating experiences. Here are five to consider:

1. Wagon train pioneering across the Dakotas; Jamestown, North Dakota. “The upper reaches of the Missouri, the longest river in North America, provided one of the original superhighways for early 19th-century pioneers,” Guttman says. Today, families can join in a cov-ered wagon train adventure and catch a glimpse of what it might have been like for some of those intrepid explorers. The experience includes history, nature talks and camping under the stars. covered-wagon-train.com

2. Snorkel with jellyfish. Visitors to Palau, an archipelago of 586 islands in the westernmost corner of Micronesia, often put swimming among the moon and golden jellies of Jellyfish Lake at the top of their adventure list. A short hike brings snorkelers to the 12,000-year-old brackish marine lake where millions of “gently pulsating orbs” waft through the water each day following the arc of the sun, Guttman says. These gelatinous floaters are void of the sting normally associated with their kind, enabling families to safely submerge and observe the colorful underwater migration. visit-palau.com

3. Spotting the Amazon’s pink dol-phins. “Visitors to this region of the Brazilian Amazon board a small boat to locate the indigenous people’s magical healing totem,” Guttman says. “Where the Rio Negro’s darkened sediments abut the main channel’s clearer currents, the legendary boto, or pink dolphin, emerges.” Stay in an eco-lodge, just 35 miles from Manaus, where you’ll drift off to sleep in your tree house surrounded by rich veg-etation, butterflies and monkeys at play. ariauamazontowers.com

4. Mountain biking on the Slick Rock Trail. “Utah’s red rock outback serves up a serious slice of geological casserole for hard-core mountain bikers,” Guttman says. In an adventure he calls a “rodeo on wheels,” Guttman describes “whirling by tadpole-filled potholes and avoiding fragile crypto biotic soil” while cycling through the landscape near Moab. A range of trail possibilities provides options for those of varying skill levels. rimcyclery.com; discovermoab.com

5. Hot-air ballooning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Whether you join in or simply observe the world’s largest mass ascension via colorful balloon, the experi-ence is a visual feast. “Rolls of vibrant synthetic fabric are tugged, yanked and made to blossom with air as seven hun-dred hot-air balloons prepare to rise into the New Mexico sky,” Guttman says. “At one with the wind, you float like a bubble in stunning silence. And then, upon descent, prepare for the evening’s com-munal celebration of incandescent glow.” visitalbuquerque.org

n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel.com. Email: [email protected].

Web buzz Name: Tripnary Available: iOS Cost: Free What it does: Lets you discover new places and create travel bucket lists based on photos from those who have gone before you. Then Skyscan-ner compares flight prices to your destinations. Your list is organized into a map ready for you to use. What’s hot: I was surprised by the number of destinations and attrac-tions the app introduced me to that I

hadn’t heard of or considered impor-tant. When you’re looking at images, it’s fast and easy to “heart” the ones you like. The app keeps track for you and groups them by destination. Next, click over to the “Flights” section and see how the airfares to your destina-tions stack up against one another. I thought I wanted to go to New York or Hawaii, but flights to Austin, Texas, were less expensive. I’d “hearted” so many things I wanted to do and see there that I might consider a trip soon. The more pins you collect, the better your map to the city is.

What’s not: I struggled with the app’s “Plan” feature. The search bar wasn’t great for a city I didn’t know, so here’s the best way I found to hunt for points of interest. Use the funnel tool in the upper right, then type in, for example, “coffee house” in “Aus-tin.” You’ll get a list of suggestions with their addresses. Click on those to get a picture you can “heart,” and it will be automatically added to your list organized by city in the funnel fea-ture.

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Sting unable to save his musical ‘The Last Ship’By MARK KENNEDYAP Drama Writer

NEW YORK — Sting will be going down with his ship.

Producer Jeffrey Seller said this week that the Grammy Award-winning songwriter’s Broadway musical “The Last Ship” will close when his stint in the show ends Jan. 24 at the Neil Simon Theatre.

Sting, who wrote the songs, jumped into the musical in early December, playing a shipyard foreman that had been portrayed by Jimmy Nail. While that improved sales, they didn’t skyrocket and the future looked bleak without him.

“We made the musical we wanted to make and we’re fiercely proud of it,” Seller said. “It’s been spectacular that Sting could be in it for its final weeks because now we go out with some degree of triumph. Not what I wanted, but some degree of triumph.”

“The Last Ship” is a semiautobiographical story about a prodigal son who returns to his northern England shipbuilding town to reclaim the girl he aban-doned when he fled years before. He finds the work-ers are now unemployed and entertaining the idea of building one last boat to show off their skill and pride.

The $15 million show has struggled at the box office, attributable in part to its challenging topic and mixed reviews. Seller said advance sales after Sting leaves to tour with Paul Simon were not enough to sustain the show: “After he leaves, the losses would be too great.”


MOVIES

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

“Big Eyes” — As he did with “Ed Wood,” director Tim Burton takes a kitschy slice of 20th-century pop culture -- the woman who painted chil-dren 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 mad-ness of it all. Biography, PG-13, 105 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Big Hero 6” — Disney’s animated story about a teen-ager 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 “Foxcatcher” — Disturbing and memorable, “Foxcatch-er” 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 revelatory as the wrestlers he mentors. Sports drama, R, 134 min-utes. HHH

1⁄2 “Interstellar” — What a beautiful and epic film is “Interstellar,” filled with great performances, tingling our senses with masterful special effects, daring to be openly sentimental, asking gigantic questions about the meaning of life and leaving us drained and grateful for the experience. Adventure/mystery/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 char-acters 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 sensa-tional 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 patch-es 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 “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” — Sit-ting through the thoroughly tiresome final chapter in this trilogy, I wondered: Did any-body involved in the making of this movie actually believe it was a quality effort? Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson are among the terrific actors sinking in the cinematic quicksand. Comedy adventure, PG, 97 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. Horror, not rated, 94 minutes. HHH

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

1⁄2 “The Hunger Games: Mock-ingjay -- Part 1” — The latest Katniss Everdeen adventure is a rousing yet often bleak and downbeat film that focus-es a lot more on tragedies and setbacks than applause-generating heroics. Ultimately it serves as a solid if unspec-tacular first lap around the track of a two-lap race. Fan-tasy adventure, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “The Interview” — For any cyber-terrorist to be threat-ened by something as ridicu-lously over-the-top, as car-

toonishly goofy as “The Inter-view” 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 political commentary. Com-edy, R, 112 minutes. HHH “The Theory of Every-thing” — Playing the young Stephen Hawking from reck-less 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 (Felic-ity Jones). Biography, PG-13, 123 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “Top Five” — Chris Rock writes, directs and stars in a seriously funny, semi-autobi-ographical film that might be the most accomplished work he’s ever done for the big screen. Even when the dia-logue and the visual humor

are hardcore vulgar, even when his character hits rock bottom, there’s a real sense of joy about this film. Com-edy, R, 101 minutes. HHH

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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NEW THIS WEEK“PREDESTINATION” is a clever, quotable twist on that

age-old sci-fi trope, “time travel.” This Spierig Brothers adaptation of a Robert A. Heinlein story touches on love, death and morality as it ventures back and forth with a time-traveling Ethan Hawke.

Hawke is a bartender, but not a real bartender. He’s some sort of time-traveling secret agent, out to foil the 1970s “Fizzle Bomber” and jumping back and forth through the 1940s to 1963, the 1970s, 1985 and 1992, in that effort. The story is the movie’s long set-up, a tale of a bullied childhood told by one who was bullied, a romantic rendezvous that may or may not happen, a single mother exploited by science and the debris, scattered through time, of every wound, ordeal and heartbreak that a single life has to endure.

Hawke and the amazing Sarah Snook (star of the hor-ror picture “Jessabelle”) zip back and forth on the time-line, relating or avoiding each other (or earlier versions of themselves), unraveling a complex plot that suggests “some things are inevitable” and “luck is the residue of design.” Will “The Bartender” find his prey and prevent a tragedy? Will he be able to pull the trigger, one last time? Will “The Unmarried Mother” improve her lot or change her destiny?

The Spierigs, Michael and Peter, are the Australian sib-lings who cooked up “Daybreakers,” a surprisingly sophis-ticated vampire sci-fi tale that was a minor hit for Hawke a few years back. Here, they ladle on the atmosphere — lovely period-perfect cloths, furniture, cars, etc., and let their two leads — along with Noah Taylor, as The Bar-tender’s time-travel-spy-agency boss — sell this premise.

And they pretty much do. Hawke is never less than reliably real and Snook is a revelation, convincing in a variety of guises.

We’ve seen far more variations of this story than most of us can recall, from “Timecop” and “Source Code” to “Deja Vu.” And the Spierigs work perhaps a little too hard at the “don’t give the audience hints” thing to make “Predestination” as much fun as it could be.

But it takes talent, in front of and behind the camera, to create something engrossing and new in the timeworn time-travel odyssey. Whatever its shortcomings, “Predesti-nation” is never at a loss for surprises.

1:37. Rating: R (violence, some sexuality, nudity and language) HH

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n Roger Moore, Tribune News Service

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CONCRETE THEATREJan. 9-11 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m. 360-941-0403

OAK HARBOR CINEMASJan. 9-15 American Sniper (R): Thursday: 7:00 Taken 3 (PG-13): Friday: 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:00; Saturday: 10:25, 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:00; Sunday: 10:25, 1:10, 3:55, 6:50; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:55, 6:50 Unbroken (PG-13): Friday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20; Saturday: 10:15, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20; Sunday: 10:15, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG): Friday: 1:20, 6:40; Saturday-Sunday: 10:35, 1:20, 6:40; Monday-Wednesday: 1:20, 6:40; Thursday: 1:20 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 3:30, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 3:30 360-279-2226

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“Boyhood”: So much has been made about the lengthy process used to film this story of a boy’s life from ages 5-18. The tenacity that direc-tor Richard Linklater showed in getting the movie made is admi-rable.

But the true quality comes from this engag-ing story that at first glance looks like a series of random — often uneventful — moments in the youngster’s life. It’s not until the end that the real storytelling power is revealed.

Linklater reminds us in a memorable way that life is a series of moments — some big, most small — that go into defining who we are. The way he flows in and out of these moments makes for a tale that grows in strength with each passing year.

Add to this a first-rate performance by Ellar Coltrane as the central figure in this tale and “Boyhood” shines.

“Glee: Season 5”: Overall, this is not one of the best seasons for the FOX TV musical. What saves it is the third episode, which deals with the death of Cory Monteith’s character, Finn Hud-son. The emotions of losing a fellow actor — Monteith died shortly before production was supposed to start on the season — come through all of the performances.

“Black Sails: Season 1”: The set includes the initial eight episodes of the Starz original series.

Set in 1715, the golden age of piracy, New Providence Island is a lawless ter-ritory controlled by notorious pirate captains. The most feared is Captain Flint (Toby Stephens), who finds him-self in a battle with the British Navy set on redeeming its land.

Only an uneasy alliance with Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), daughter of the local kingpin, gives Flint the means to find a treasure that could mean survival for the buccaneers.

The three-disc set is filled with behind-the-scenes featurettes that give insight into the production.

“Left Behind”: When millions of people dis-appear, a man (Nicolas Cage) looks for answers to why he was left behind.

“Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power”: Story of man who har-nessed atomic power.

“Get On Up”: Look at the life of James Brown. Chadwick Boseman stars.

“No Good Deed”: Act of kindness puts a woman and her family in danger. Taraji P. Henson stars.

“Navy Seals: Their Untold Story”: Look at the history of this elite group.

“The Guest”: Mysteri-ous stranger befriends a grieving family.

“Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler”: Feiler travels to the most meaningful religious destinations.

“Caillou’s Furry Friends”: A 4-year-old boy uses his imagination

to go on adventures.“Dinosaurs 13”: Scientists battle to

protect their dinosaur discovery.“Sweet Revenge: Turning the Tables

on Processed Food”: A look at the real culprit behind health problems that come with eating.

“The Houses October Built”: Five friends look for real scares behind Hal-loween haunts.

“The SpongeBob Movie: The Pilot, a Mini Movie & the Squareshorts”: A collection of SpongeBob offerings including 40 shorts.

“The Manners of Downton Abbey”: A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of season five.

“Happy End”: Two women embark on a journey to deliver the ashes of a recently deceased friend.

“The Boys from Brazil”: Gregory Peck film is now on Blu-ray.

“Atlas Shrugged: Part III”: Final film in the trilogy adapted from the novel by Ayn Rand.

“Candyman”: Cult horror film is on Blu-ray.

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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