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April 16, 2015

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ON STAGE Bluegrass singer Sierra Hull appears at McIntyre Hall on Saturday PAGE 8

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Tulip Festival ...................................... 4Out & About ....................................5-6At the Lincoln ..................................... 7On Stage, Tuning Up .......................8-9Get Involved ..................................... 10Travel ................................................ 12New on DVD..................................... 13Movies .............................................. 14Hot Tickets, Music Reviews ............. 15

Bluegrass singer Sierra Hull appears in concert on Saturday night at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon

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THIS WEEKENDin the areaTULIP PEDAL The 34th annual Group Health/Safe Kids Skagit County Tulip Pedal will begin at 7 a.m. Sat-urday, April 18, at La Conner Middle School, 503 N. Sixth St., La Conner. The event includes 20-, 40- and 60-mile courses around tulip fields between Mount Vernon and La Conner, near Samish and Padilla bays, and features views of Mount Baker and the Cascade foothills. Proceeds will benefit child injury prevention efforts in Skagit County. Entry fee: $30 advance, $35 day of race. Jerseys are available for $12. Ages 14 and younger ride free. To register online, visit active.com. 360-661-7417 or safekidsskagit-island.com.

“DO THE BLOOM” The 5K Color Run for ages 4 and older and the 1-mile Kids Dash for ages 4 to 12 will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Anacortes Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Both runs include color stations every half-mile or so, where runners will be dusted with colorful powder. Top finishers will be announced at 10 a.m. and the celebration at the Depot will continue until 11 a.m. Organizers suggest wearing light colors and not your newest running shoes, just in case the colors don’t wash out. Dogs and strollers wel-come (they’ll get dusted, too). Registration: $30 5K, $10 ages 4-12. 360-293-6211 or anacortesartsfestival.com.

CEMENT CITY TRAIL RUN The Concrete Lions Booster Club will host the ½-mile, 5K and 10K Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, April 18, at Concrete High School, 7830 S. Superior Ave., Concrete. Registration begins at 8:30 p.m., followed by the ½-mile kids’ races at 9:15 a.m. and the 5K walk/run and 10K run at 10 a.m. Medals will be awarded to the top three male and female over-all finishers and the top male and female in several age divisions. Registration: 10K, $20; 5K, $15. The ½-mile kids’ race is free. For information or to register, visit active.com and search for “cement.”

POLLINATION PUPPET SHOW The Apis Project will pres-ent a free Pollination Puppet Show at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualm-ie St., Mount Vernon. The show follows Polly the hon-eybee as she visits her flower friends and talks about how and why bees pollinate and what you can do to help. Free. 360-336-6209 or mountvernonwa.gov/library.

The 31st annual Tulip Festival Street Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 17-19, along First Street and on the Riverfront

Plaza, in downtown Mount Vernon. Enjoy enter-tainment, children’s activities and a variety of

food, with hundreds of juried arts and crafts ven-dors. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org.

Tulip Street Fair

Skagit Valley Herald file photos


DISPLAY GARDENSApril 16-23

Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Gardens, flowers, gifts and more. $5, free for ages 6 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8152.

RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Flowers, bulbs, gifts and more. $5, $4 mili-tary with ID, free for ages 6 and younger. No pets. 360-424-8531.

Azusa Farm and Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Ver-non: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Dis-play gardens, plants, flowers, art and more. 360-424-1580.

Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Ver-non: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gar-dens, greenhouses, plants, art and more. 360-466-3821.

Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Ver-non: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Gar-dens, plants, gifts, cafe and more. 360-424-6760.

WSU Discovery Garden, 16650 Highway 536, Mount Vernon: Dawn to dusk daily. Gardens showcasing plants that do well in the Pacific Northwest. Docents are on hand to answer gardening questions on the week-ends.

MASTER GARDENER ‘STEP-ON’ GUIDES

Have a WSU Skagit County Master Gardener act as your tour guide to the Skagit Valley. Reser-vations: [email protected].

CHILDREN’S MUSEUMApril 16-23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 8:30 to 10 a.m. Toddler Tuesday; 550 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. Ages 10 and younger. $5.25, free for members and ages younger than 1. 360-757-8888.

HISTORICAL MUSEUMApril 16-19, 21-23: 11 a.m. to

5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, Skagit County Historical Muse-um, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Featured exhibits include “Salt of the Earth: The Story of Season-ings,” on display through June 7. $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6-12; $10 families. Free for mem-bers and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

MUSEUM of NORTHWEST ARTApril 16-23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, 121 S. First St., La Conner. The museum’s collections include contemporary art from across the Northwest, including Wash-ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Free admission. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUMApril 17-18: 10 a.m. to 3

p.m. Friday through Saturday; Monday through Friday by appointment, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. Check out flyable World War II-, Korea- and Vietnam-era aircraft, flight memorabilia and artifacts. $8 adults, $5 children, free for ages 5 and younger. 360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

April 18: Vintage warbirds take to the sky during the month-ly Fly Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

LA CONNER SCULPTURE TOUR

April 16-23: Area artists dis-play their work at various sites around La Conner. Maps avail-able at La Conner Chamber of Commerce and participating merchants. Free. 360-466-3125.

ANACORTES QUILT WALKApril 16-23: See a wide variety

of quilts and wearable art gar-ments in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Maps available at partici-pating businesses and the Ana-cortes Visitors Center. Free. 360-202-3410 or fidalgoislandquilters.com.

DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON ART WALK

April 16-23: Check out original artwork on display along Fairhav-en Avenue in downtown Burling-ton. Tour brochures are available at the Visitor Information Center, 520 E. Fairhaven. Free. 360-755-9717 or 360-757-0994.

LA CONNER IN BLOOM: FIBER ART CHALLENGE

April 16-23: Check out small quilts and fiber artworks at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Muse-um, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Created by area quilters and fab-ric artists, many works have been donated for sale to benefit resto-ration and repairs to the Gaches Mansion. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com.

ART AT THE SCHOOLHOUSEApril 16-23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

daily. Members of the Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild offer a vari-ety of original artwork and dem-onstrations at the 1888 school-house at Christianson’s Nursery & Greenhouse, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. 360-466-3821 or stanwoodarts.com.

ART IN A PICKLE BARNApril 16-23: Azusa Farm &

Gardens, 14904 Highway 20, Mount Vernon. The 26th annual Skagit Art Association show features award-winning art in a variety of media, including paintings, glass, photography and more. Free admission. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 360-424-1580 or skagitart.org.

SPRING ART SHOWApril 16-19, 22-23: Works by

32 local and regional artists are featured in the annual Spring Art Show at the River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road (off of Dodge Val-ley Road), Mount Vernon. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

ART BASHThe annual Fine Art Multi-

Media Exhibition features art-works by members of Skagit Art-ists Together at two locations:

April 16-23: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the upstairs gallery at The Farmhouse Restaurant,

13724 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon.

April 17-19: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon.

Free admission. 360-466-0382 or skagitart.com.

ART IN BLOOMApril 16-18: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

daily, Depot Arts and Communi-ty Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. The Anacortes Arts Festival’s second annual “Art in Bloom” Fine Art Exhibition features art-work from 25 of the best fine art-ists and booth artisans from the annual festival held each August. Free admission. 360-293-6211 or anacortesartsfestival.com.

KIWANIS SALMON BARBECUEApril 16-23: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

daily, Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Alder grilled salmon with baked potato, coleslaw, garlic bread, beverages and dessert. $12 adults, $10 child/senior plate. Visa/MC accepted. Groups of 15 or more, call for reservations 360-428-7028 or kiwanisbbq.com.

TULIP SALEApril 16-19: The Mount Ver-

non Lions Club sells fresh-cut tulips from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through April 19, at Lions Park, 501 Freeway Drive, Mount Ver-non. Tulips will also be available for delivery. Proceeds benefit community residents who require financial assistance for eye and hearing exams, eyeglasses and hearing aids. 360-424-1888.

TULIP FESTIVAL STREET FAIRApril 17-19: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, First Street, downtown Mount Vernon. Enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities and a variety of food, with hundreds of juried arts and crafts vendors. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org.

SCRAPBOOKING & MORE SWAP MEET

April 18: 9 a.m. to noon Satur-day, Burlington Parks and Rec-reation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. Trade, swap and sell your extra unused scrapbooking or craft supplies, stickers, stamps, albums or equipment. Rent a table for $25. Free admission. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov.

TULIP PEDALApril 18: The 34th annual

Group Health/Safe Kids Skagit County Tulip Pedal will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at La Conner Middle School, 503 N. Sixth St. The event includes 20-, 40- and 60-mile courses around tulip fields between Mount Vernon and La Conner, near Samish and Padilla bays, and features views of Mount Baker and the Cascade foothills. Proceeds will benefit child injury prevention efforts in Skagit County. Entry fee: $30 advance, $35 day of race. Jerseys available for $12. Ages 14 and younger ride free. To register online, visit active.com. 360-661-7417 or safekidsskagit-island.com.

COLOR RUNApril 18: “Do the Bloom”

Color Run 5-K for all ages and 1-mile Kids Dash for ages 4-12. Both events begin at 9 a.m. at the Anacortes Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The run includes color stations every half-mile or so, where run-ners are dusted with colorful powder. Top finishers announced at 10 a.m.; celebration at the Depot continues until 11 a.m. Wear light colors and not your newest running shoes — just in case the colors don’t wash out. Dogs and strollers welcome (they’ll get dusted, too). Registra-tion: $30, 5K; $10 ages 4-12. 360-293-6211 or anacortesartsfestival.com.

TULIP FESTIVAL CONCERTApril 18: “Psalms, Hymns, and

Spiritual Songs: A Tulip Festival Concert,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Betha-ny Covenant Church, 1318 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-424-9399 or bccmv.net.

POSTER SIGNINGTulip Festival poster artist

Teresa Saia will sign 2015 festival posters and offer other artwork:

April 18: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon.

April 19: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon.

32nd annual Skagit Valley Tulip FestivalAPRIL 16-23

For the full month’s listing of events, maps and directions, visit tulipfestival.org


ARTANACORTES QUILT

WALK: See a wide variety of traditional, contemporary and art quilts through April 30 in downtown Anacortes businesses during regular shop hours. Quilt Walk maps are available at par-ticipating businesses, the Anacortes Visitors Center and the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. Free. 360-333-9311 or fidalgoisland quilters.com.

QUILTS/BEAD ART: Sev-eral new exhibits of quilts and bead art are on display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Sec-ond St., La Conner.

“Revealing the Hidden: Contemporary QuiltArt Association”: The Contem-porary QuiltArt Associa-tion includes more than 100 Washington artists working with fiber, thread and tex-tiles. Member artists have created a wide range of two- and three-dimensional artworks incorporating a variety of techniques. The show continues through June 28.

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

“Pastels and More: Selections from Our Per-manent Collection”: The museum features a variety of quilts reminiscent of the colorful spring flowers blooming in Skagit Valley fields.

“Beadlust in the Land-

marks Gallery”: Local bead artist Robin Atkins is fea-tured in the museum’s new Landmarks Gallery through May 3. The exhibit show-cases two of Atkins’ current passions — designing wall art using her eco-dyed fab-rics with bead embroidery, and creating personal quilts that visually journal her thoughts, experiences and feelings.

“La Conner In Bloom”: Area textile artists were challenged to use “red” as

the inspiration in a small fiber art piece.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily dur-ing April. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

IN THE ART BAR: The photography of Eric Hall is on display during April at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount

Vernon. Hall’s interest in photography started in 1975 when he was the pho-tographer for the Army’s 26th Signal Battalion in Heilbronn, Germany. With a portfolio encompassing the natural environment, live theater, travel, local agricul-ture and events and more, Hall strives for images free from special effects and intense post processing. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

MIXED MEDIA: A show of mixed media artwork by Jonathan Taylor is on display through April 27 in the Skagit Valley College Art Gallery in the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Taylor’s sculpture projects include combin-ing hot solid or blown glass resting in welded steel structures. Often the pieces are abstracted, but have roots in architecture and site planning. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday during the college’s academic year. 360-416-7812.

“TWO VIEWS”: A show of new work by Ann Chad-wick Reid and Caryn Fried-lander continues through April 26 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The show features work by the individual art-ists, as well as a series of collaborative pieces that explore their dual visions and interpretations of the natural world. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

WOOD & FABRIC ART: Art Learmonth’s wood art and Diane Learmonth’s fabric art are featured through April 30 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show also includes paintings by Anne

Martin McCool and work by other gallery artists. Gal-lery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appoint-ment. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

LANDSCAPES & MORE: A new collection of oils by Keith Sorenson continues through April 28 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. Also showing are handcrafted quilts by the Fidalgo Island Quilters, oils by Sandy Byers, acrylics by Dianna Shyne and Christine Camil-leri, and abstract oils by Don deLlamas. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Shop is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a show of new work by Kathleen McCarty at 18623 Main St., Conway. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 360-391-2691 or theshop conway.com.

REXVILLE ART SHOW: Check out the Rexville Grange Art Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, through April 19, at the Rexville Grange, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Ver-non. The show includes a wide range of fine arts and crafts by 29 local artists. rexvillegrangeartshow.com.

RECYCLED ART SHOW: Check out a variety of art-works created from recycled and repurposed materials from noon to 3 p.m. Satur-day, April 25, at the Con-crete Center, 45770 Main St., Concrete. Entries can be dropped off starting at 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to winners in adult and youth categories. 360-853-8784 or concrete-wa.com.

PLAYS“VOICES OF THE CHIL-

DREN: 2015 Syria Project”: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, Lincoln The-atre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Written by a group of sixth-grade playwrights from Mount Baker Middle School, this year’s play is inspired by iPhone photos taken by Syrian refugee teens inside Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. It tells the fictional story of a female adolescent and the many difficulties she faces within the confines of a refugee camp. Presented by Theater Arts Guild and the Mount Vernon School District. $12. 360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS

COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT: Skagit Food for Skagit People will host a discussion about access to healthy food from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Skagit Valley Col-lege Café, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Many Skagit County families struggle to afford healthy food, according to a news release, and face the choice between healthy options or more affordable but less nutritious foods. Since last November, WSU Extension and Community Action of Skagit County have held a number of sessions to hear from low-income consum-ers about their food access experience and how they could more easily make the healthy choice the easy choice. For information, email Cole Bitzenburg at [email protected] or call Diane at 360-428-4270, ext 235.

CYBER SAFETY & YOU: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22,

OUT & ABOUT

‘FRIENDS OF FISH 2’An art show to benefit the education programs of the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group will open with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18, and continue through May 3, at the Edison Eye Gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison. The show features the work of more than 70 artists capturing the spirit of fish and its relationship to humanity and the environment. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-766-6276 or skagitfisheries.org. Pictured: “And So They Lept” by Ben Mann

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OUT & ABOUT

Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Community service offi-cer Karl Wolfswinkel will address four basic princi-ples to help protect against cyber crimes such as iden-tity theft, fraud and more. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

MORE FUNMUSEUM HOSTS

MURAL: Bob Patterson’s mural “Early Morning in La Conner” is on display through April 19 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The 18-inch-by-20-foot painting represents a moment in history — depicting the La Conner waterfront from the marina to the bridge. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages

6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

STERNWHEELER REOPENS: The stern-wheeler W.T. Preston and the Anacortes Maritime Heritage Center, 713 R Ave., Anacortes, have reopened for the sum-mer. The W.T. Preston is designated as a National Historic Landmark, and the Heritage Center features a new exhibit exploring the maritime community’s rich traditions and the evolution of the Anacortes waterfront. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the Preston is $1-$3. Heri-tage Center admission is free. 360-293-1916 or museum.cityofanacortes.org.

“SALT OF THE EARTH”: The special exhibit contin-ues through July 12 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The exhibit fea-tures items from the muse-um’s permanent collection including more than 500 salt cellars. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6-12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

TEA & FASHIONS: The Stanwood Area Histori-cal Society’s fourth annual Spring Tea & Vintage Fashion Exhibit, “Honoring Remarkable Women,” will take place at 1 p.m. Satur-day, April 25, at the Floyd Norgaard Hall, 27130 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Featur-ing the exhibit “Waistlines & Hemlines: Fashion from 1890 to 1970,” the event will include prizes for the best hat or vintage costume. $15. Reservations required by April 17: 360-629-6110.

STASHFEST: Choose from a selection of fabrics and wearables for quilting, fashion and home décor from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, April 18, at the La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., La Con-ner. The fundraiser for the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum will feature artisan and vintage fabrics, clothing and accessories, and hourly door prizes. Free admission.

A limited number of presale tickets will be sold allowing early entry into the sale at 9 a.m. $20. Tickets: stashfest.com, 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com.

SCRAPBOOKING & MORE SWAP MEET: Find deals on scrapbooking and hobby supplies from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 18, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Check out a wide variety of hobby stuff including scrapbooking materials, papers, stickers, tools and equipment, embellishments, stamps, storage, albums, sewing and knitting supplies and more. Free admission. 360-755-9649.

SOLAR WORKSHOP & TOUR: Start with the workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 18, in the Garrison Room at the Educational Services Dis-trict building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Tim Nelson with Fire Mountain Solar will explain how residential and small commercial solar for electricity works, about local solar products and how to receive federal, state and utility incentives. See and touch a solar panel made in Bellingham and a micro-inverter made in Poulsbo. Nelson has been designing and installing solar for some 14 years in Skagit County. A tour of local solar-powered homes in Anacortes will be offered from noon to 2

p.m. A list of homes will be provided at the workshop. Both events are free. 360-422-5610.

WELCOME THE WHALES DAY: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-day, April 18, on the Lang-ley waterfront. Each spring, several resident gray whales return to Saratoga Passage on their way from Mexico to the Bering Sea. Celebrate their return with fun and educational activities, music, crafts, whale watching and more. Come as your favorite critter and join the parade at 1:30 p.m. through down-town Langley. Free. 360-331-3543 or orcanetwork.org.

BLACK CAT AUCTION: The Humane Society of Skagit Valley’s 20th annual Black Cat Auction will take place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Port of Anacortes Event Center, 100 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. Enjoy dinner and bidding on a wide range of goods and services in silent and live auctions. Early bird tickets: $35. $65 at the door, if still available. 360-757-0445 or skagithumane.com.

BENEFIT EVENT: Brest-er’s Fight for Life Benefit Dinner & Auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. The dinner menu features salmon and brisket and beer/wine. Enjoy a 50/50 raffle, live and silent auc-tions and music by The Pak-awalups. Tickets: $45, at St. Charles Church, Fairhaven Market, Fisher and Sons, Immaculate Conception Regional School and Nikki’s Espresso. All proceeds will help Joseph Brester’s fam-ily with medical expenses for his cancer treatment. gofundme.com/mg77zc or facebook.com/brestersfight or 360-610-8727.

ENVIRONMENTAL FILM:

Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ will host a screening of the doc-umentary film “Return of the River” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at United Meth-odist Church, Boyd Hall, 2201 H Ave., Anacortes. The film tells the story of the campaign to set free the Elwha River on the Olym-pic Peninsula, culminating in the largest dam removal in history. After the film, attendees are invited to stay for a soup supper from 5:15 to 6 p.m. A freewill offering will be accepted. Children welcome. 360-428-0221.

HATCHERY TOURS: Enjoy a self-guided tour, wildlife viewing and the educational video “A Day in the Life of the Hatch-ery” from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily Sunday, April 19, through Saturday, April 25, at the Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 Fish Hatch-ery Road, Marblemount. 360-336-0172 or skagit fisheries.org.

ROCKS & GEMS: Miner-als with botryoidal “habits” will be featured at the Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building, 2214 Electric Ave, Bellingham. There will also be door prizes, refreshments, a rock-related silent auction and a brief business update. Visitors welcome, with or without rocks. 360-734-3994 or mtbakerrockclub.org.

FILM SCREENING: Check out “Dirt: The Movie” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Admission by donation, with proceeds to benefit the Angele Cupples Commu-nity Garden. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

EARTH DAY WALK & TALK: Share ideas for mak-

ing our lifestyles more envi-ronmentally friendly at 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Free. 360-466-8754 or concrete-wa.com.

EARTH DAY CONSERVA-TION CELEBRATION: Enjoy a variety of fun, educational and informative Earth Day activities from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Free. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

SEX TRAFFICKING FILM: The Lincoln Theatre, in partnership with Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services, will screen “Tricked,” a docu-mentary about sex traffick-ing, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10. Half of all proceeds will go to SDVSAS. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“THE PLIGHT OF BIRDS”: Wildlife photographer Karen Ulvestad will offer a presentation at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, April 23, at the Con-crete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Admission by donation, with proceeds to benefit the Angele Cupples Community Garden. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

“MAGIC AND ILLU-SIONS”: Featuring Elliott Hofferth, Aliya Zaheer, the Magic of Zanthera and JR Russell: 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. $5. Proceeds will benefit Anacortes Boy Scout Troop 4081’s summer backpack trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. Tickets are avail-able at Read Me a Story or Boxes and Bears in Ana-cortes or at the door.

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‘What We Do in the Shadows’5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 197:30 p.m. Monday, April 20

Follow Viago, Deacon and Vladislav, three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles — and who are immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi; starring Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jemaine Clement, Jona-than Brugh and Taika Waititi.

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dents and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.

‘Tricked’7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22

Thousands of victims are trafficked throughout the U.S. to satisfy America’s $3 billion-a-year sex trafficking industry. Meet the pimps, johns, police, parents and victims of America’s thriving sex trade in this documentary.

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THEATER“Voices of The Children: 2015 Syria

Project”: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Presented by Theater Arts Guild and the Mount Ver-non School District. $12. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“I Hate Hamlet” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2239 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (musical): Oak Harbor High School Choir Club, 7 p.m., Oak Harbor High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Oak Harbor. $12, $8 ages 11 and younger. 360-279-5800.

Sunday.19MUSIC

Youth Concert Showcase: 3 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Admission by donation. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama):

2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.


Wednesday-Sunday.22-26MUSIC

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents PianoFest Northwest featuring daily piano concerts at 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Individual concert tickets: $20-$25 adults, $14 youths. Festival pass: $85 adults, $60 youths. 360-221-8268 or wica online.org. Next up:

Locals Night: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. Sheila Weidendorf and friends play “Classical and Contemporary.”

Standards Night: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23. Louis Landon plays the “Ameri-can Songbook” and Frank Sinatra.

Jazz Night: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24. Randy Halberstadt and jazz singer Gail Pettis play “Jazz Greats.”

Latin Night: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Claudio Mendez plays “Hot Tango” with Bertram Levy.

Afternoon of Gospel & Blues: 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26. Marc Seales plays “Gospel & Blues” along with American pop standards.

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Thursday.16MUSIC

Greg Ruby and the Rhythm Runners CD Release Concert (prohibition era jazz): 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. $20 adult, $10 youth. 360-221-8268 or wicaonline.com.

THEATER“The Spitfire Grill” (musical-drama):

7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.



Friday.17THEATER

“Voices of The Children: 2015 Syria Project”: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Presented by Theater Arts Guild and the Mount Ver-non School District. $12. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.




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Sierra Hull (bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

Martin Kuuskmann & Jovino Santos Neto: 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $30. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

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John Roberts & Margo Murphy: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.

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

South Fork Zoo (Ameri-cana, oldies): 5 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

The Echolarks, Jacle Bow, Desert Relay Fever, Dream: 9 p.m., The Shake-down, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3. 360-778-1067.

MuseBird Café: Larry Murante, Misty Flowers and Armando Sal-cido, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Lonesome Shack, Preach-er’s Wife, Riv-ers & Roads: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Shayne Maroni: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Ver-non. 360-422-6411.

Peter Brod-erick, Simon Scott, Marcus Fischer: 7 p.m., The Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. All ages. $10. 360-293-9788.

El Colonel and Mary de la Fuente: 8 p.m., Rock-fish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. 360-588-1720.

Chris Eger Band: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Win-ners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Keith LaBounty: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

Cool Water (folk rock): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

One Night Band (blues, classic rock): 8 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tav-ern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 425-210-1925.

Wild Throne, Totalizer, Dry-land, I Will Fight With Lions: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. 360-778-1067.

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

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

Fabulous Roof Shakers (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Ben Starner (piano classics, jazz, ragtime): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Chris Eger Band (rock, soul): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

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

Kid Quagmire (rock): 7 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 425-210-1925.

Lonesome Shack, Preacher’s Wife, Rivers and Roads: 10 p.m., The Shake-down, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

Sardines: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

Rivertalk Light: 7:30 p.m., Big Rock Roadhouse & Pizzeria, 14779 State Route 9, Mount Vernon. bigrockcafe.com, 360-424-7872

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): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

No Tonic Press: Noon to 2 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris Street, La Conner. 360-466-4488.

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

Jim Page: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Daddy Treetops (blues, folk): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

Weekly Jam: Hosted by $cratch Daddy, 7 to 11 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 425-210-1925.

Minor Plains, City Hall: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. Admission by donation to benefit KVWV Radio. 360-778-1067.

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SATURDAY.18TROY FAIR BAND8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

SATURDAY.18FABULOUS ROOF SHAKERS8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.18SIERRA HULL7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.


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AUDITIONS“PIRATES OF

PENZANCE JR.”: The Whidbey Playhouse Would-Be-Players will hold auditions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday and Tues-day, May 11-12, at the Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

Parts are available for 30 youths ages 8-18. Rehears-als will normally be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Performances will take place June 25-28. For infor-mation, including registra-tion costs, contact director Stan Thomas at 360-675-0574 or visit whidbeyplay house.com/youth-theater.html.

DANCEFOLK DANCING: Skagit-

Anacortes Folk Dancers meet at 7 p.m. most Tues-days at Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View. Learn to folkdance to a variety of international music.

Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. All wel-come. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

THURSDAY DANCE: Dance to The Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurs-days at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-424-5696.

COMMUNITY DANCE: Dance to the big band music of Camano Junction from 7 to 10 p.m. Satur-day, April 25, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $15, includes snacks. No-host bar available. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

MUSICUKULELE WORKSHOP:

Ukulele performer and instructor Ralph Shaw will present “Sixties Songshop” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Shaw will teach advanced beginners and intermediate ukulele players new strums and embellishments based in favorite hits from the ‘60s. $25. 360-293-7473.

BARBERSHOP HAR-MONY: Attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-O-Chords. No experience necessary in four-part barbershop, no auditions required. Learn by rote; you don’t have to read music. Ages 12 and up welcome. Drop in any Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Educational Service building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Rides available. Bob Lundquist, 360-941-5733 or [email protected].

CALL 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. Thursday, April 30, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Ver-non. Come and sing, play the club’s piano or organ, play your own instrument or just enjoy a variety of music — ’20s to ’70s clas-sical, popular, western and gospel. Free. For informa-tion, 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 North-west Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Mount Vernon Senior Cen-ter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

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.

RECREATIONTRAIL 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: April 25.

FREE PARK ADMIS-SION: In celebration of Earth Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks on Wednesday, April 22. The Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but will be required to access lands managed by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov.

The U.S. Forest Service will recognize National Trails Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Bak-er-Snoqualmie National Forest Saturday, June 6. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites in the forest. www.fs.usda.gov/mbs.

SALMON HABITAT RES-TORATION: Join Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group to help restore native riparian plants in the Skagit and Samish watersheds. These plants will provide shade and cover for salmon and leaf litter for aquatic insects, which in turn provide food for salmon. These ripar-ian zones also improve water quality by control-ling erosion and filtering pollutants. All planting events take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. For information or to sign up: 360-336-0172 or [email protected].

Next up: April 25, Earth Day celebration at Skagit Land Trust’s Utopia prop-erty.

FRIENDS OF THE FOR-EST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free. For information,

call 360-293-3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up:

Earth Day Celebration at Whistle Lake: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 22. Meet at the Whistle Lake Parking lot. Learn about the history of Earth Day and the community forest lands.

NATURALIST WORK-SHOP: The Whale Museum will hold its annual Marine Naturalist Gear-Up work-shop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 17, at the San Juan Grange in Friday Har-bor. The event is offered as continuing educational training for naturalists already working in the field, including graduates of the Marine Naturalist Training Program, Beach-watchers or equivalent and members of the Salish Sea Association of Marine Nat-uralists. $25, $20 museum members. Optional lunch, $10. 360-378-4710, ext. 23, whalemuseum.org.

KIDS’ FISHING DERBY: The Wildcat Steelhead Club’s annual Fishing Derby for ages 14 and younger will take place Saturday, May 2, at the Northern State Ponds off Fruitdale Road in Sedro-Woolley. Gates open at 7 a.m.; fishing begins at 8 a.m. Bring your own gear and bait. Prizes will be awarded. Parking is limited; carpooling recom-mended. Free. Release forms are available at Big Scoop Ice Cream in Mount Vernon, Holiday Market in Burlington, Morgan Outfit-ters or Oliver & Hammer in Sedro-Woolley, at the derby site the day of the event or at wildcatsteel-headclub.org. 360-855-2291.

HAVE A HEART RUN: Community Action of Skagit County’s sixth annual Have a Heart Run

will be held Saturday, May 2, at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon. Several courses available, including a 2K walk, 5K or 10K walk/run and a free Half Pint Half Mile for ages 9 and younger. For information or to register: haveaheart run.org.

SPRING PLANT WALKS: The Washington Native Plant Society hosts plant walks from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at area parks. For information, call Ann at 360-293-3044, or Susan at 360-659-8792 or 360-333-7437. Next up:

April 21: Bowman’s Bay at Deception Pass State Park. Meet in the Bowman’s Bay parking lot across from Pass Lake on the north side of the bridge. Park near the pier. Celebrate Earth Day with a moderate walk including beach, woods and rocky headland, with some hills.

FLYSWATTER VOLLEY-BALL: 9 a.m. Thursdays at the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St., Sedro-Woolley. All ages and all levels of ability wel-come. Free. 360-855-1531.

WORKSHOPSWWU FILM WORK-

SHOPS: Veterans of the big and small screen will present the second Cas-cadia Film Workshop, featuring courses in direct-ing, acting for the camera, special effects, makeup and screenwriting, starting June 22 at Western Washington University’s Bellingham campus. Courses will be offered both as for-credit or noncredit, and admis-sion to Western is not required. Space is limited. Registration is open until May 15 for one- or two-week classes beginning June 22. 360-650-3308 or cfpa.wwu.edu/cascadia- film-workshop.


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Q: My husband and I have been watch-ing the NBC series “Allegiance” from its beginning when suddenly another series, “The Slap,” came on in its place. We never knew why “Allegiance” was removed. Was “Allegiance” not received well? With FX’s “The Americans” doing so well in the rat-ings, we thought “Allegiance” would be as popular.

A: NBC pulled “Allegiance,” a series about Russian spies in America, after five telecasts because of low ratings, and — even more troubling for the show’s pros-pects — because the numbers declined as it continued.

It had more viewers than “The Ameri-cans,” which also was about Russian spies in America, though in a different time and situation. But broadcast shows such as “Allegiance” are generally expected to do

better than programs on cable. And even by cable standards, the ratings for “The Americans” are relatively small.

Still, “The Americans” is a show with a passionate following and considerable praise from critics, especially for its cur-rent season, and that has been enough for FX to order another season of the series. Reviews for “Allegiance” were far less enthusiastic as a whole.

As for seeing “Allegiance” on the air, that appears unlikely. NBC has been mak-ing it available on other platforms, gradu-ally adding unaired episodes on NBC.com, Hulu.com and On Demand.

Q: Can you tell me if the show “Bitten,” which was on Syfy, is coming back, and also the show “Beauty and the Beast”?

A: “Bitten” begins a new season on Syfy on April 17. The latest version of “Beauty and the Beast” begins a third season on The CW on May 21, and a fourth season has been ordered for 2015-16.

Q: Could you tell me the name of the beautiful French singer on the Cadillac commercial?

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No passport required for this international tourBy LYNN O’ROURKE HAYESThe Dallas Morning News

You can uncover exotic and culturally diverse experiences without leaving the U.S. Here are five suggestions from “Abroad at Home: The 600 Best International Travel Experiences in North America,” a new book from National Geographic.

1. Basque culture in Boise, Idaho. Explore the unique Basque culture, food and art in Idaho’s capital city. Shop for tra-ditional fare including olive tapenade, port-poached figs and squid ink in the Basque Market. Visit the Basque Museum and Cul-tural Center to learn more through exhibits, collections, tours and special events. the-basqueblock.com; basquemuseum.com

2. Germany in Leavenworth. Put a little oompah in your travels with a stop in this Washington state hamlet modeled after a quaint Teutonic village. With snow-capped mountains as a backdrop, the four-season destination offers hiking, skiing, rafting and fishing, similar in style to its European counterpart. Sample genuine Bavarian stol-len at the local bakery and listen to authen-tic music. Consider a visit during Oktober-fest or the Christmas holidays, when the town really shows its stuff. leavenworth.org

3. Amsterdam in Albany, New York. Imagine a sea of colorful tulips. It may sound like a dreamy Dutch scene, but you can gaze upon such beauty during this city’s annual flower festival. Every May, some 100,000 tulips blossom and visitors celebrate a Tulip Queen, the Mother of the Year and children’s activities, as well as traditional Dutch food, drink and music. The 67th annual Tulip Festival is May 9-10. albanyevents.org/events

4. Lourdes, France in Chimayo, New Mexico. Pilgrims visit this “Lourdes of America” in search of physical and spiri-tual healing. El Santuario de Chimayo, a National Historic Monument, is a modest adobe church that draws nearly 300,000 visitors a year to this northern New Mexico community. The faithful collect “holy dirt” and leave behind crutches, photographs and stories of miraculous transformations. A welcome center provides a historical perspective. Consider a stop at the nearby

family-owned Rancho de Chimayo restau-rant and local galleries while in the area. elsantuariodechimayo.us/Santuario/windex.html

5. Iceland in Spanish Fork, Utah. The first wave of 400 or so Icelanders arrived in the region in the mid-1800s. Every February, their descendants congregate for a midwin-ter feast of shark meat, dried fish and sheep. Visitors are also welcome to join in the fes-tivities surrounding Iceland’s Independence Day (June 17).

n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of Family Travel.com. Email: lohayesfamilytravel.com

Local travel TRAVEL PACKING WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 18, AAA Travel Store, 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, Mount Vernon. Kathleen Collum will share tips on how to make the most of your packing space and the latest accessories and gear to help you com-ply with new flying regulations. RSVP: 360-848-2090.

WEEKEND LANGUAGE INTENSIVES: The Northwest Language Academy will host language intensive weekends at the NWLA Cultural Center, 5023 Lang-ley Road, Langley: Italian: Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19. French: Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17. Each weekend will include language and cultural immersion, with food and conversational instruction. Tuition for each weekend is $198, which includes some meals. Onsite lodging is avail-able. 360-321-2101 or nwlanguage academy.com.

VIETNAM PHOTO TOUR: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Travel by foot, car, train, plane and boat with Ronan Ellis on his extensive journey through Vietnam, including his area of operations during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

ESCORTED TOURS: The Whatcom County Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For infor-mation or to register: 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or wccoa.org/index.php/tours. Next up: Art of Vancouver, B.C.: 8:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 22. $115. Passport or enhanced drivers license required. Coupeville Waterfront & Garden Tour: Wednesday, May 27. $69.99.


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“The Babadook”: Director Jen-nifer Kent has managed to avoid the common mistakes too many filmmakers make when they rely on gore to disgust and loud sounds to startle viewers. She’s created a movie that is terrifying without such gimmicks.

“JAG: The Complete Series”: The box set includes all 227 epi-sodes from the 10 seasons of the series, which stars David James Elliott.

“Big Eyes”: Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) became an artistic success in the ’50s with her paint-ings of children with huge eyes.

“Foyle’s War: Set 8”: This is the final season of the series starring Michael Kitchen.

“Joe 90: The Complete Series”: An ordinary boy becomes anything but ordinary.

“Mom’s Day Away”: A mom gets whisked off for a weekend away from her family. James Tupper stars.

“Little House on the Prairie: Season 5”: Includes 24 episodes of the TV series.

“The Missing”: Man becomes obsessed with finding abducted son. James Nesbitt stars.

“Enter the Dangerous Mind”:

An obsession turns man into human time bomb. Jake Hoffman stars.

“Antarctica: A Year on Ice”: Documentary on people who live in the frozen land all year.

“The Man with the Iron Fists 2”: Mysterious stranger leads a rebellion to liberate a Chinese vil-lage.

“Walker, Texas Ranger: Flash-back”: Walker (Chuck Norris ) chases killers looking for lost treasure.

“Bark Ranger”: Barkley the dog and two children go looking for treasure.

“God Help This Girl”: Music helps form a bond for three mental patients.

“Roadside”: Travelers are taken hostage by an unseen gunman.

“Dean Martin Roasts: Sting-ers & Zingers”: Includes 24 roasts with guests Ted Knight, Truman Capote and Evel Knievel.

“Metal Hurland Chronicles: The Complete Series”: Guillaume Lubrano’s adaptation of the comic anthology. Rutger Hauer stars.

“Whitney”: Angela Basset directs this cable film about the music icon.

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By CRAIG PARRISHEntertainment/Lifestyles Editor

The premise of “True Story” is intriguing on at least two levels: an award-winning reporter whose ambition clouds his pro-fessional judgment, and a clever, calculating prisoner who may be a cold-blooded killer.

James Franco is suitably creepy as Christian Longo, who is arrested in Mexico shortly after the grisly deaths of his wife and three chil-dren. For some time, Longo has been passing himself off as Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill), the New York Times reporter, because he’s a fan of Finkel’s work.

In the aftermath of the deaths of Longo’s fam-ily, Finkel — laying low in snowy Montana after it’s revealed he took some liber-ties in a story about modern slavery in Africa, and was subsequently fired — gets a call from another reporter in Oregon.

He’s asked about his reac-tion to the fact that Longo has been using his name, and as expected, he’s baffled.

Finkel is also intrigued, and very quickly he thinks he may have the makings of an exclusive article, perhaps even a book. So he visits Longo in jail, hoping to shed some light on Longo’s story — and the lucrative exclu-sive rights that may come with it — and to find out why the man has been call-ing himself Michael Finkel.

This treads familiar ground, the multiple-jail-house-conversation idea, and unfortunately for “True

Story,” it’s been done much better (“Primal Fear,” “The Town,” even the abbreviated scene in “The Fugitive.”)

Hill and Franco have each shown more and more versa-tility in recent years, and for that they’ve received recog-nition in the form of Oscar nominations and more.

But the standouts of “127 Hours” and “Moneyball” are the victims of an unfulfilled script by Rupert Goold and David Kajganich, based on Finkel’s book.

Directed by Goold, the talks that Longo and Finkel share are seemingly meant to ratchet up the tension, ideally as details would be revealed to illuminate Lon-go’s role in the deaths.

But far too many scenes rely heavily on a smirk or sigh from Franco, or a wide-eyed reaction from Hill. There are also a few peculiar montages that strangely incorporate images showing how the children were killed, wind-swept fields and rivers, and Finkel’s girlfriend Jill (Felicity Jones).

Jill is unnerved by the depth of Finkel’s commit-ment to the story, but she can’t help but be disturbed when Finkel posts reams of information on the walls of their cabin. Most disturbing, she finds, are the long let-ters Longo sends to Finkel, accented by drawings that accentuate far too much darkness.

It’s strange that the film moves at such an even-tem-pered pace, far too slowly for a 104-minute film that feels much longer. “True Story” could have been much more.

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

“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 “Cinderella” — Disney’s live-action “Cinderella” movie is an enchanting, exhilarat-ing romantic adventure with gorgeous scenery, terrific sets, stellar cinematography and Oscar-worthy costumes. Lily James sparkles in the title role, and Cate Blanchett makes a deliciously terrifying evil stepmother. Instead of a re-imagined reboot, it’s old-fashioned, and that’s kind of refreshing. Fantasy, PG, 105 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Clouds of Sils Maria” — An expertly filmed insider’s look at the film business, the trappings of fame and the unstoppable, sometimes bone-chilling march of time. It’s rare when a film has three robust, deeply drawn female characters -- and Juliette Binoche, Chloe Grace Moretz and Kristen Stewart deliver memorable, nuanced perfor-mances. Drama, R, 124 min-utes. HHH

1⁄2 “Furious 7” — This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, but I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences -- and there were even some genuinely touching moments. Action, PG-13, 137 minutes. HHH “Get Hard” — A racist moron convicted of fraud (Will Ferrell) hires the guy who washes his car (Kevin Hart) to prepare him for prison. The stars have terrific chemistry, but this tired and unimagina-tive comedy relies too heavily on rape jokes and racial and gay stereotypes. Comedy, R, 100 minutes. HH “Home” — A little Jim Par-sons goes a long way, and he grates on your nerves voicing an alien on the run with a smart seventh-grader (Rihanna). Kids will probably enjoy the colors and the music, but anyone over 10 will see the plot twists a mile away. Animat-ed adventure, PG, 96 minutes. HH

“Kingsman: The Secret Ser-vice” — In a very violent and very silly movie, Colin Firth gives a disciplined, serious performance as a spy from a super-secret British agency. “Kingsman,” a relentless, hardcore spoof of the old-school James Bond movies, is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Spy adventure, R, 129 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “Serena” — After a string of fine performances, Bradley Cooper is utterly unbelievable as a ruthless, Depression-era timber baron who looks like he just stepped off a GQ photo shoot. And as his bon-kers new bride, Jennifer Law-rence is monumentally bad. Despite all the ingredients for a prestige film, what we have here is an epic clunker. Drama, R, 109 minutes. H “’71” — Jack O’Connell (“Unbroken”) gives a stir-ring performance as a green recruit with the British Army deployed to Belfast in 1971 and caught up in a riot. This is one of those intense war thrillers where you know it’s fiction, you know it’s not a documentary, and yet every

performance and every con-flict feels true to the history and the events of the time. War drama, R, 99 minutes. HHH

1⁄2 “The DUFF” — A socially awkward high school senior (the eminently likable Mae Whitman) ditches her besties after learning she’s their “Des-ignated Ugly Fat Friend.” This well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp movie falls just short due to a few way-off-the-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching. Teen romance, PG-13, 104 minutes. HH

1⁄2 “The Gunman” — Rarely have two Oscar-winning actors been so stunningly off the mark as Sean Penn (ripped and deeply bronzed) and Javi-er Bardem are in this interna-tional thriller. “The Gunman” follows a predictable pattern: cheesy, semitense dialogue followed by either a shoot-out or a “Bourne”-type fight scene. Action thriller, R, 115 minutes. H “The Humbling” — Al Pacino is all over the place playing a famous actor who goes to rehab after falling off

the stage. As madcap charac-ters 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 intrigu-ing. Comedy, R, 113 minutes. HH “The Longest Ride” — These Nicholas Sparks mov-ies tend to get jumbled into one big cliche-riddled story. This time around, we get two romances -- one set in mod-ern times, one dating back to the 1940s -- with a twist that’s so ridiculous I think we’re almost supposed to laugh. Romance, PG-13, 139 minutes. HH “While We’re Young” — Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as aging Generation X’ers who adopt the trappings of their fatuous new 20-some-thing friends (Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried). Though it takes a nosedive at the end, much of writer-director Noah Baumbach’s film plays like razor-sharp Woody Allen in his prime. Comedy, R, 94 min-utes. HHH

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STANWOOD CINEMASApril 17-23 TCM Presents The Sound Of Music 50th Anniversary (NR): Sunday: 2 p.m.; Wednesday: 7 p.m. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG): 1:35, 4:05, 6:45, 9:15 The Longest Ride (PG-13): Friday-Satur-day: 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Sunday: 1:20, 6:30, 9:10; Monday-Tuesday: 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Wednesday: 1:20, 3:50, 9:10; Thursday: 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Woman in Gold (PG-13): 1:25, 3:45, 6:40, 9:00 Furious 7 (PG-13): 1:15, 3:55, 6:25, 8:55 Home (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35, 8:45; Sunday: 4:00, 6:35, 8:45; Monday-Tuesday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35, 8:45; Wednesday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35; Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:35, 8:45 360-629-0514– Show times subject to change


BACHMAN, “Heavy Blues” — Where has THIS been for four decades?

Randy Bachman, who made classic rock his-tory with Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who, has recorded his best album since 1976.

The name says it all: heavy blues, delivered with help from an All-Star cast of guests, including Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Randolph and Jeff Healey.

If this was 1975 and the radio still played rock, there might be a half-dozen hit singles on “Heavy Blues.” The opening track, “The Edge,” sounds like BTO playing a mashup of “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” and The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

“Ton of Bricks” hits the listener as advertised; “Little Girl Lost,” a daddy-never-loved-me, now-I’m-a-hooker song, features some memorable, instantly recognizable fuzz-tone guitar from Young; and “Confessing to the Devil” features posthumous licks from Healey from a long-ago unreleased session with Bachman.

The catchiest track is “Wild Texas Ride,” fea-turing a boogie drum beat over raw guitars and enough cowbells to make even Will Ferrell happy.

n Wayne Parry, Associated Press

REBA MCENTIRE, “Love Somebody” — “Love Somebody” is Reba McEn-tire’s best album of the 21st century because it draws on her strengths: Subtly and powerfully interpret-ing substantial story songs about adult relationships set to contemporary country music.

At 60, McEntire remains a remarkable vocalist, capable of stunning ferocity and dramatic nuance. She’s one of the great traditional country singers of her time, but she prefers pushing her-self to stay current. Always ambitious, she errs only when she tries to appeal to radio with material that’s too lightweight for her tal-ent and maturity.

“Love Somebody” strikes a perfect blend, especially on songs like “She Got Drunk Last Night,” , and the title song, co-written by Sam Hunt,

which finds McEntire ris-ing to a challenge of mixing tongue-twisting stanzas with a testifying chorus.

Other highlights include a duet with Jennifer Nettles on “Enough,” dealing with a partner who leaves her feel-ing like she’s not worth the effort he puts into the rest of his life, and the emotional ballad “Just Like Them Horses,” a tribute to her rodeo champion.

n Michael McCall, Associated Press

LUDACRIS, “Ludav-ersal” — Whether as Chris Bridges or as his nom de rap, Ludacris, the emcee-turned-actor has spent the latter half of this decade honing his cinematic skills, notably in the “Fast and Furious” series. This can’t hide the fact that, earlier in the 2000s, he was an avatar in pushing Atlanta (the city and the aesthetic)

in the Dirty South’s rise to hip-hop prominence. With a voice like a hot slide trombone, a patented punc-tuated flow, and a friendly, lyrical braggadocio, Ludac-ris has carved out his own brand of pop-hop.

Title track “Ludaversal” announces the rapper’s rude intentions and deep commitment: “They say Luda don’t want it no more/ Nah, I’m as hungry as the first day.” Sure, there are a lot of “I’m back” bits and typical rap gloats and boasts, but Ludacris still manages to go deep and ruminate. The rope-a-dop-ey pulse of “Ocean Skies” gives way to a personal story of familial addictions. “Grass Is Always Greener” and “Charge It to the Rap Game” find Luda dealing seriously with leeches in the media and his family.

n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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

FAITH NO MORE: April 16, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

JIMMY TATRO: April 16, The Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: April 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BOOSIE BADAZZ: April 17, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KALIN AND MYLES: April 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon-line.com.

LORD HURON: April 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SNOOP’S 2nd ANNUAL WELLNESS RETREAT: featur-ing Snoop Dogg, G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, E-40: April 19, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

SLEEP: April 20, The Show-box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CLEAN BANDIT: April 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

COASTS: April 21, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MOODY BLUES: April 22, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

KAISER CHIEFS: April 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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BIG DATA: April 23, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

TECH N9NE: April 24, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GOHARD FESTIVAL: with Porter Robinson, Flosstrada-mus, Tchami, Rae Sremmurd, Destructo, Jauz, Anna Lunoe, Wax Motif: April 25, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MASSIVE MONKEES DAY: April 25, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MASTODON, CLUTCH: April 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: April 28, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

VOLBEAT: with Anthrax and Crobot: April 29, WAMU The-ater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

“SOMETHING ROTTEN”: April 29-May 24, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

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