Arts & Entertainment

Southern gospel The Dixie Melody Boys offer southern gospel at Berean Bible Church in Shoreline, 7 p.m. Fri, Jan. 8. Led by 45-year veteran and recent Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee Ed O’Neal, the quartet has been nominated for a Grammy and numerous fan award nominations from “The Singing News Magazine.” For information, call 425-771-7735. Music

• Everett Symphony’s “Night Before New Year’s Eve” offers hors d’oeuvres and Champagne before taking a narrated look back at history, culture, politics, economy and entertainment of the last 50 years through music at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore, Everett, Wed, Dec. 30. For tickets call 425-258-1605 or, visit www.everettsymphony. org.

• Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Daytime Party. Kids can ring in the new year with music and dancing, crazy hats, party poppers, noisemakers, and lots of fun, noon to 4 p.m. Thurs, Dec. 31 at the award-winning Imagine Children’s Museum, 1502 Wall St., Everett. For tickets call 425-258-1006 or, visitwww. imaginecm.org.

The award-winning exhibit, “Harvesting the Light: Images of Contemporary Farm Life,” is featured at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center through Jan. 10. The show, which is now wholly owned and represented by the photographers Matt Brown, Vince Streano, Dick Garvey, Jeanne Hansen, Lewis Jones, Joella Solus, Carol Havens, Cathy Stevens, David Grant Best, Peter and Lisa Kuhnlein, was awarded the prestigious national Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH). A partnership of the photographers, the Skagit County Historical Museum, and Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland, the goal was to tell the story of disappearing family farms through the voices of farmers and the lens of contemporary photographers. • Gypsy jazz at the Conway Muse. Dinner and dancing to D’jangostyle gypsy jazz of Le Chat Souriant, the 1920s Parisian cafés, with Sharyn Peterson performing her Grapellistyle violin; Yusoff Kilgore, on “git” fiddle; Josh Rush, guitar; Andy Simmons, bass; Morgan Alstot on drums; and the Brass Menagerie, Malcom Peterson, trumpet; Bev Soler; on horn, and others. Harpist Katy Mullen, arias sung by Lydia Randall and Sharyn Peterson will also perform. The evening with five-course dinner, French onion soup, salad, shrimp penne pasta or chicken Alfredo, and dessert, costs $60, including a membership to the Muse through March.

Off I-5 at exit 221, the Muse is in the big white barn at the west end of Main Street in Conway. The event is a benefit for the Peterson International School of Music scholarship program. For information see www. theconwaymuse.com or, call 360-445-3000.

• The Jerry Jones Quartet, with Jones on keyboard, Norris Hooton on clarinet and sax, Tim Eslick, on bass, and Earl Angevine on drums, will be playing at Palmers in La Conner on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Music will begin later than usual, at 8:30 p.m. to accommodate the pouring of Champagne and other New Year’s Eve activities. Palmers will have a special menu for the evening, at 512 First St. Reservations are recommended, call 360-466-3147.

• A New Year’s Eve Masquerade at Wild Buffalo in Bellingham features Flowmotion and the Acorn Project on Dec. 31, Garaj Mahal on Fri, Jan. 1and Japanther on Sat, Jan. 2. Get tickets at www.brownpapertickets. com/event/88296.

• Live music at Stanwood’s new Leatherheads Pub & Eatery, 10209 270th St. NW, includes a fivepiece blues band from Seattle,

Mulebone, playing 8 p.m. Sat Jan. 16 and nationally renowned Delta-style blues guitarist, Nick Vigarino plays 8 p.m. Sat, Jan. 30. For information, call 360-629-5555.

• The Metropolitan Opera’s

“Der Rosenkavalier” will be presented live in HD at the Lincoln Theatre 10 a.m. Sat, Jan. 9, and at 1 p.m. Sun, Jan. 24. A three-hour opera with two intermissions, Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-Century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Music director James Levine conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen. Admission is $22, $18 for seniors and $15 for students, at 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. For information and tickets, call 360-336-8955 or visit www. lincolntheatre.org.

• Western Washington University’s Sanford Piano Series concludes its season with a concert featuring Stephen Beus at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs, Jan. 14, in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. The evening program will include a variety of works by Bach, Beethoven, Griffes, and Medtner. A graduate of Whitman College and The Julliard School, Beus was raised in Othello and made his orchestral debut at age 9. He has performed as both a soloist and with symphonies around the world and in 2008 made his Carnegie Hall debut. Beus received first place in the 2006 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the Vendome Prize International Competition in Lisbon, and was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association. Tickets are $9 to $16 at the WWU Box Office, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, through Saturday and one hour before the performance. For information, see www.stephenbeus.com.

• Coming up at the Showbox at the Market in Seattle : Randy Hansen on Jan. 22; The Presidents of the United States of America Feb. 12 and 13; and New Found Glory, March 11. Paul Van Dyk Feb. 13, Killswitch Engage on March 10.

• At the Tacoma Dome on April 10, The Blackeyed Peas and The E.N.D. World Tour 2010 with special guest LMFAO (also at GM Place in Vancouver, B.C. April 11).

• Carrie Underwood with special guests Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia May 29, at Comcast Arena in Everett.

Theater

• “Meet Me in St. Louis” features music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, presented by Village Theater at the Everett Performing Arts Center, Jan. 8-31. Steve Tomkins directs and choreographs the show that focuses on family relationships. The show starts 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays and 7 p.m. shows on selected Sundays. Tickets are $17-$52 at the EPAC Box Office, 425-257-8600, 888-257-3722 or, visit www.villagetheatre.org.

• Last Leaf presents “Nunsense,” the long running, Off-Broadway, musical comedy hit by Dan Groggin, at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center in Arlington at 2 p.m. Jan. 16.The show features the sisters of Hoboken who are desperate to raise the necessary funds to bury four of their sisters. To raise the money five of the sisters decide to present a talent show. Presented by the city of Arlington’s Parks, Arts and Recreation Department, in partnership with the Arlington Arts Council, tickets are available at www.byrnesperformingarts. org.

• Village Theatre’s Pied Piper program presents “Chasing George Washington,” a charming new musical, where Dee, José and Annie accidentally knock George Washington out of his portrait and into real life, turning their White House tour into an unexpected adventure that includes Jacqueline Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd, Dolly Madison, and other famous White House residents. The musical offers terrific curriculum connections, including American history and literature. The show starts 2 p.m. Sun, Jan. 24, at Everett Civic Auditorium. For information, visit www. villagetheatre.org, or call 425-392-1942.

Art

• Honey, I Shrunk the Art continues through Jan. 3 at Matzke Fine Art, 2345 Blanche Way, on Camano Island. Open 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends. For information see www.matzkefineart. com or call 360-387- 2759.

• The Cascade Clay Artists are featured Jan. 14 - Feb. 18 at the Monte Cristo, presented by the Arts Council of Snohomish County, 1507 Wall St., Everett. The CCA includes artists who work in porcelain, stoneware, earthenware and other clays in a stunning variety of methods to make functional pottery, sculptural works and tiles, in studios from Snohomish County to the Canadian border.

• Award-winning Pacific Northwest artists will be featured at “A Gathering of Native Artists 2010,” to show and sell their fine art on Sat, Jan. 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner. Participating in this popular annual event are noted artists Sharon Akers, Bill James, Fran James, Betty Pasco, Kevin Paul, Lillian Pitt, Mary Snowden, Felix Solomon, Lisa Telford and Lois Chichinoff Thadei.

Visitors are invited to gather around, watch and learn as the artists carve, weave, make baskets or hats, knit and sculpt. Visitors can also participate in a first-time-ever silent auction of the artists’ works. The museum is located at 501 S. 4th Street, at the top of the hill in La Conner. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. For information, see www. skagitcounty.net/museum or call 360-466-3365.

• Scholastic Art Awards Feb. 22. Snohomish Country’s most talented young artists in grades 7 - 12 will be honored in the Scholastic Art Awards of 2010. Entries are due 5 p.m. Jan. 12 and the exhibit opens 5 p.m. Feb. 22 with an award ceremony at 6:30 p.m.

Calls for art

• Applications for the Gallery by the Bay’s UNCLAD 2010 are now available at www.uncladart.com and entries are due Jan. 15. The show runs March 13- 28 at Gallery by the Bay in Stanwood. Open to all media, last year’s juried show featured works by more than 95 artists from across North America. For information, call Gayle at 360- 629-4297.

• The Arts Council of Snohomish County is seeking proposals for its 2010 Fresh Paint Poster. Submissions are due 5 p.m., Feb. 12. Call 425-257-8380 for information.

Entertainment

• January at Museum of Flight. Once a month, the Museum of Flight in Seattle stays open late and admission is free! Enjoy the Museum’s T.A. Wilson Great Gallery, J. Elroy McCaw Personal Courage Wing, Space: Exploring the New Frontier exhibit, and the new Amelia Earhart exhibit, “In Search of Amelia Earhart.” Also enjoy the flight simulators and more from 5 - 9 p.m. Located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, I-5 exit 158, regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, please call 206-764-5720, or visit www.museumofflight. org.

• “Omnivore’s Dilemma” author Michael Pollan at WWU. Western Washington University will host Michael Pollan, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Thurs, Jan. 14, at the WWU Performing Arts Center mainstage. Pollan is author of the acclaimed “Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,” the Western Reads book this year. Tickets are $15 at the PAC box office at 360-650-6146 or e-mail boxoffice@wwu. edu, or purchase online at http://tickets.wwu.edu. For campus parking information see www.ps.wwu.edu/ parking/map.

• Belgian beer fest. Belgian-style beers will be featured at the inaugural Belgianfest Sat, Jan. 23, at Georgetown Studios at The Engine Room located in south Seattle. More than 20 Washington breweries will serve classic Belgian brews, as well as some very unique adaptations created by Washington’s finest brewers. The 2010 Belgianfest will be divided into two sessions: noon to 4 p.m. and 6-10 p.m. Admission is $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Admission includes a tasting glass and 10 4 oz. tastes. Separate tickets are required for each session and space is limited to 400 for each session. Tickets are available online at www.washingtonbeer. com/belgian and at select ticket outlets.

• Glass Quest. Residents and tourists are invited to a treasure hunt in Stanwood and on Camano Island from Feb. 12 – 28, when clear plastic “clue balls” will be hidden at businesses, parks and beaches with the name of a sponsor and the sponsor’s location inside. When the treasure hunter finds the clue ball, he will follow the clue to the sponsor listed and accept the reward of a limited edition glass snowball created by glass artist Mark Ellinger. Sponsors who have awarded their available glass balls to early winners will provide later hunters a chance to purchase a Glass Quest ball or win one at a drawing to be held March 10. For information, visit www.thegreatnorthwestglassquest. com.

• Tulip Pedal. The 29th annual Tulip Pedal is already taking registrations for the ride on April 17, which starts at La Conner Middle School. The ride offers 20-, 40- and 60-mile courses around tulip fields between Mount Vernon and La Conner, passing Samish and Padilla bays with views of Mount Baker and the Cascade foothills.

Tulip Pedal is a fundraiser for child injury prevention efforts in Skagit County, coordinated by Safe Kids Skagit County, under Skagit County Medic One. An official event of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, cyclists can register for the ride www.active. com. For information about the Tulip Festival, visit www.mountvernonchamber. com.