Film takes flight

The Burlington Public Library will show a classic film about the winged migration of birds from 7 to 9 p.m. Today at 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Introductions will be made by People for Puget Sound and Skagit Audubon Society. Admission is free. Call 360-755-0760.

Gallery hosts ‘Legacy’

“Skagit Legacy,” an exhibit of new works by Alfred Currier and John Simon will show through today at Insights Gallery, 516 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Call 360-588-8044 or visit http://www.insightsgallery.com.

Drawing on the Upper Skagit

“What You Don’t See: Field Drawings from the Upper Skagit,” by Kris Ekstrand will be shown 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today at Skagit Valley College Art Gallery in Mount Vernon. Contact Greg Tate at 360-416-7682 or .

Art among the tulips

Art League North will present Art Bash 2008 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through today at Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard Barn, 16163 State Route 536, Mount Vernon.

Eclectic art shown

Skagit Artists Together Eclectic Art Show will run from 1 to 5 p.m. through today at the Conway Muse, 18444 Main, Conway. Call 360-445-3000, e-mail or visit http://www.theconwaymuse.com.

Gallery features art quilts

Anne Martin McCool Gallery will feature McCool’s paintings and Susan Carlisle Art Quilts from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through today at 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. An opening will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Call 360-293-3577.

Photographer’s work featured

Sauk View Gallery’s artist of the month for April is Louise Magno. Her photographs showcase the Skagit Valley, including the beautiful spring tulip fields. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays at 7460 S. Dillard Ave. in Concrete. Magno’s work will be featured through today.

Concert to benefit Youthnet

Youthnet presents The Lonely Forest benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First Street, Mount Vernon. For information on the band, visit http://www.thelonelyforest.com. Tickets are $7 in advance, $10 at the door. Festival seating. Call 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 toll free.

A.C.T. dons ‘Plaid’

Anacortes Community Theatre will present “Forever Plaid” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 918 M. Ave., Anacortes. Directed by Willow McLaughlin, this musical comedy by Stuart Ross is rated for all ages. Tickets are $16. Call 360-293-6829 or visit http://www.acttheatre.com.

Camano studio tour

The 10th Annual Camano Island Mother’s Day Studio Tour will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 10. Depart/return in Mount Vernon. For ages 16 and older. The fee is $29. Register by Friday. Call 360-336-9414.

‘Alice’ in 3D

META Performing Arts presents “Alice in Wonderland,” the musical, in 3D, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at McIntyre Hall, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon. A “pay what you can” is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available through McIntyre Hall at mcintyrehall.org or 360-416-7727. Information: http://www.metaperformingarts.org.

Battle of the bands continues

Life Undefined, the recent winner of the Sedro-Woolley “Battle of the Bands,” will perform at the regional Battle of the Bands on Saturday night at Common Grounds coffee shop in Burlington. Cover charge is $5 per person. Call Collin Blue at 360-333-7828.

Dark comedy plays

“Married Life” will show at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, 5:30 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. May 5 and 6 at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First Street, Mount Vernon. Rated PG-13. For film information, visit http://www.sonyclassics.com/marriedlife. For other information, call 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 toll free.

Quilt artist shows work

Barbara Groves will present a trunk show of her work at the Northwest Quilting Connection meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fredonia Grange, 1225 McFarland Rd., Mount Vernon.

Pipe organ exploration

A Pipe Organ Encounter will be hosted by organist Sally Kirk from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1006 Wicker Road, Sedro-Woolley. Play the organ, see the instrument up close, stand next to a pipe while it is sounding while touring the “pipe rooms” and hear beautiful organ music. A donation of $5 per person or $10 per family is requested for the organ maintanence fund. Call 360-856-4938.

‘Dream Science’ to perform

The Dream Science Circus will appear at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First Street, Mount Vernon. For information on the group, visit http://www.dreamsciencecircus.com. Reserved seating. Tickets are $15. Call 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 toll free.

Soap making class

Sauk View Gallery is presenting Making Soap with Kids for ages 7 and older at 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday at 7460 S. Dillard Ave., Concrete. Presented by Sauk Mountain Lavender Farm. The cost is $2 per bar for materials. Call 360-853-8209 to register.

Style to dye for

Pizza and Pizzazz! will offer tie-dye for T-shirts, embellishments for jeans and pizza for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. May 13 in Burlington. For ages 6 to 12. The fee is $25. Register by May 6. Call 360-336-9414.

A film to savor

Part of the Movie-Able Feast Series, “Tortilla Soup” will show at 7:30 p.m. May 7 at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First Street, Mount Vernon. Rated PG-13. For film information, visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255653. For other information, call 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 toll free.

A ‘Swinging’ revue

Hormonal Imbalance, A Mood Swinging Musical Revue by the Four Bitchin’ Babes will be presented at 8 p.m. May 9 at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Reserved seating. Presented by La Conner’s Queen of the Valley Inn. Ten percent of proceeds benefit the La Conner Elementary School violin program. Call 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 toll free.

Tour the visual arts

The Tenth Annual Camano Island Studio Tour will celebrate the visual arts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 9 and 10 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 11 in Stanwood and on Camano Island. More than 65 artists and 32 studios will participate. Visit http://www.comanoarts.org.

Personal haiku,
animal/paper collage,
poetic art screen

Construct Poetic Animal Screens with Barbara Summers, artist and art educator from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3 p.m. May 10 at The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Information: http://www.museumofnwart.org. Registration: 360-466-4446, ext. 108 or .

Painting workshop offered

Soul and Sumi, a hands-on workshop with artist Yuming Zhu will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon. A $60 fee includes starter set of sumi tools. Registration: 360-416-7724 or .

Painting workshop offered

Maryhill Museum of Art is offering a workshop on en plein air painting with artist Eric Jacobsen from 9 a.m. to noon May 10 at 35 Maryhill Museum Drive in Goldendale, Wash. Class is limited to 15 students. The fee is $50. A materials list will be provided. Call 509-773-3733 e-mail .

‘Counterfeiters’ to be shown

The Counterfeiters will be shown at 5:30 and 8 p.m. May 10 and 11, 5:30 p.m. May 11 and 7:30 p.m. May 12 and 13 at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. The film is set in a Nazi concentration camp and centers on history’s biggest counterfeit operation. Rated R. German subtitles. For film information, visit http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecounterfeiters.

‘Male Intellect’ examined

A comedic one-man show, “The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?” will play May 13 through 18 in the Mount Baker Theatre Studio Theatre in Bellingham. Tickets are $45. Call 360-734-6080 or visit http://www.mountbakertheatre.com.

Poetry comes to La Conner

The Skagit River Poetry Festival will be held May 15 through 17 in La Conner. Visit http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org.

Symphony presents serenata

Skagit Symphony will present the Sixth Annual Dinner and Auction “Serenata” at 5:30 p.m. May 16 at 2501 E. College Way in Mount Vernon. Tickets are $75 per person. Auction items are still being accepted. For more information or tickets, call event coordinator Creative Celebrations at 360-428-5972.

Chorus celebrates 20th

The Kulshan Chorus 20th Anniversary Concert will be held at 8 p.m. May 17 at the Bellingham High School Auditorium. The concert will feature a collage of a cappella songs and rhythm and blues classics. Tickets: call 360-650-6146. Information: call 360-671-1218 or visit http://www.kushanchorus.org.

‘Merman’ in the Northwest

Ethel Merman’s Broadway, starring Rita McKenzie, will play May 27 through June 1 in the Studio Theatre at Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. Call 360-734-6080 or visit http://www.mountbakertheatre.com.

Experience raga in Skagit

Master sitarists and vocalists “Pandit” Shivnath Mishra and Deobrat Mishra with Marco Zonka on tabla will perform classical music of India at 7:30 p.m. May 29 at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. For information on the musicians, visit http://www.music-of-benares.com. General admission tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors. Tickets: 360-336-8955.

‘Tulip Mania’ in La Conner

A collection of original fine art captures Skagit Valley’s “Tulip Mania” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday through May 31 at Seaside Gallery, 112 Morris St., La Conner. Visit http://www.laconnerseasidegallery.com.

Calling all Oompa Loompas!

Auditions for children ages 7 to 17 will be held for the Broadway Junior adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory,” from noon to 4 p.m. May 31 at the Playhouse. Call-backs will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. June 2. The play will show July 31 through Aug. 10. There will be a participation fee, which will also cover two workshops. Scholarships available. Call 360-679-2237, e-mail or visit http://www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Musical staged in Oak Harbor

The musical comedy “Guys and Dolls” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays June 6 through 28 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Tickets are $16 and go on sale May 6. Call 360-679-2237, e-mail or visit http://www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Book signing party

An artist/book signing party for Ann Morris, Sculpture Woods: Studio Grounds of Ann Morris, will be held at 2 p.m. June 8 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Call 360-466-4446 or visit http://www.museumofnwart.org.

Late collage artist featured

Paul Horiuchi: East and West, a retrospective, will show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through June 15 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Call 360-466-4446 or visit http://www.museumofnwart.org.

Opry star to perform in Whatcom County

Grand Ole Opry Star Jack Greene will perform twice at the Haynie Opry July 26 in Whatcom County. Tickets are $15. Tickets: 360-366-3321. Information on Greene: http://www.jackgreeneopry.com.