MUSIC

Music at Leatherheads

Listen to Richard Rorex classical jazz, Latin American music, 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday at Leatherheads, in downtown Stanwood.

Music at the Muse

An extensive line-up of live music at the Muse begins April 3 with Jim Page, accompanied by Michael Gray on violin and Grant Dermody on harmonica on April 9, Marvin J and some friends offer some swing, rock and blues for dancing; blues, folk-rock roots music by The Hamer Brothers for dancing in the Black Box on April 10; on April 16, The Phil Nakano Connection plays jazz, funk and blues; On April 17, Baby Gramps; April 23 and 24, Rivertalk; May 1. Every Wednesday is open mic night, starting 6 p.m. The Muse is located on the Skagit River at the west end of downtown Conway.

Music at Skagit Casino

KBRC presents Rock Around the Skagit Dance Party, featuring The Boomer Band, 7 p.m. – midnight Friday, April 9; The Manhattans R&B, vocals, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 16; KMPS presents Country Night with Jonathon Harris, 7 p.m. – midnight, and dance lessons with Kim Hargrove of Happy Valley Dance 7-8 pm on Saturday, April 24. In the Winners Lounge music is from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., with Concrete Cowboys offering high energy Top 40 country rock April 2 and 3; classic rock covers and originals by Tony & The Tigers, April 9 and 10; contemporary country and classic rock by Five Dollar Fin, April 16 and 17; classic retro dance, Motown and soul by Oncore April 23 and 24; and 1980s showband, The Spazmatics on April 30.

Music at Wild Buffalo

Wednesday is Reggae Night at the Wild Buffalo in Bellingham with the Blessed Coast DJs starting at 10 p.m. On Thursday April 1, People’s Republic of Komedy April Fools Day Bash; JB Quartet Standup, Improv, Sketch and Funk; Starting 9:30 p.m. Friday April 2, funk, improv, jazz by McTuff, The Realness; At 10 p.m. Saturday April 3, Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band offer roots reggae; Sunday, April 4 is Swing Night with the Saltwater Octet, 6:30 p.m. and on Tuesdays open mic starts at 7 p.m.

Hometown Hootenany

Red Curtain Presents has announced The American Cowboy is the theme of the April Hometown Hootenany at the Historic Everett Theater Friday, April 16, at 2911 Colby Ave. in Everett. www. redcurtainfoundation.org

Skagit Valley Chorale

A mixed-voice chorale concert, “Celebrating in Song” is presented by the Skagit Valley Chorale 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25 at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, in Mount Vernon. www.SkagitValleyChorale.org

Icelandic Fantasies

In its Nordic concert series, the Nordic Heritage Museum’s “Icelandic Fantasies” features an international award-winning guitarist from Iceland, Ögmundur Thor Johannesson, and Michael Partington, a Britishborn international guitarist, starting 4 p.m. Sunday, April 11, at 3014 NW 67th St. in Seattle. Each concert is followed by a smörgåsbord of gourmet Nordic delicacies inspired by the featured country. For information and tickets see www.nordicmuseum. org or call 206-789- 5707 ext. 10.

Music at Puyallup Fair

Daryl Hall a& John Oates have been booked to perform the Do What You Want, Be Who You Are Tour 2010, at the Puyallup Fair on Sept. 22, as well as Willie Nelson on Sept. 16, among others.

Musicals

• To celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s birth on Aug. 25, 1918, The 5th Avenue Theater presents Bernstein’s first musical, “On the Town” April 13 - May 2 and “Candide” May 25 - June 13. For more information see www.5thavenue.com.

• Lyric Light Opera has announced its upcoming performance of “The King and I” by Rodgers & Hammerstein, will be presented at Kirkland Performance Center May 15, 16, 21, 22 and at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, June 19, 20, 25, 26, 27. For tickets and directions to KPC, call 425-893-9900 or see www.kpcenter.org and for McIntyre, see www.mcintyrehall. org or call 360- 416-7727 ext. 2.

THEATER

Paradise Lost

Intiman Theatre’s 2010 is Kate Whoriskey’s first season as artistic director and it’s designed to showcase her priorities, including a commitment to exciting early career artists, new works, and collaborations that cross artistic disciplines.

•The season opened March 26 with “Paradise Lost” through April 25, written by Clifford Odets and directed by Dámaso Rodriguez. The Depression Eradrama conjures a time when gangsters, dreamers, agitators and idealists were the hopeful heart of the Ameri-