Entertainment

POSTED: Thursday, Jun. 14, 2007

Best Bets: Wil Holm and Robbie Berg

Lifelong friends Wil Holm and Robbie Berg present folk, blues, country and ethnic music on a variety of acoustic instruments including classical, acoustic, steel and bass guitars as well as keyboard, Native American flute, harmonica and percussion instruments at 8 p.m. Saturday evening, June 16 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Admission is $10. For additional information go to www.cor nerstoneduo.com.

The Bellingham-based Slum Doctor Programme brings the world-acclaimed Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars to the Nightlight Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St., at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20. The event is part of a global focus on the plight of refugees, the causes of their exile, their determination to survive and the contributions they make, as part of the United Nations-designated World Refugee Day celebrated annually on June 20. As part of the event, the ensemble’s award-winning, self-titled documentary will be screened on Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17, at the Pickford Cinema, 1418 Cornwall Ave. (see www.whatcomfilm.org for times). Tickets for Wednesday’s show are $27 and are available at the Nightlight office and online at www.nightlightlounge.com. Call 671-7389 or 224-1644 or go to www.slumdoctor.org for more information.

This Klingon warrior garb from “Star Trek” is one of the more than 30 costumes and objects from some of the most popular science fiction-related films and television shows of all time in “Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television,” on display Saturday, June 16, through Sept. 30 at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle Center. Call (206) 262-3245 or go to www.emplive.org for details on related events.

Members of the Acorn Project and TapHabit gather with their road crews on tour last fall; both bands are part of this year’s Urban Music Festival taking place Friday and Saturday, June 15-16, at Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro, 1107 Railroad Ave. The third annual event features Sway, Zicatella and Jaired on Friday; Acorn Project, TapHabit, Savage Henry and Panda Conspiracy on Saturday. An advance weekend pass is $12 and single tickets are $8. On Friday, weekend passes are $15 and single tickets are $10. Both nights are all-ages ($3) until 10 p.m., with light shows, an interactive art project, fire dancers, vendors, the La Push Marching Band. Call 647-5593 or see www.bbaybrewery.com for details.

Melissa Mock is Rosannah DeLuce and Jeremy Flygare plays Henry Harry in Cindy Lou Johnson’s “Brilliant Traces,” one in a trio of plays that will be directed by Western Washington University’s associate professor of theater arts Mark Kuntz this summer at Mount Baker Studio Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. “Brilliant Traces” opens at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday, June 21, followed by “Same Time, Next Year” and “The Shape of Things.” For a complete schedule and ticket prices, call 734-6080 or go to www.mountbakertheatre.com.

Cheer the racers on Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17, at the 19th annual Alcan Dragon Boat Festival at Creekside Park, Concord Pacific Place and on False Creek in Vancouver, B.C. In addition to the races, visitors can enjoy live entertainment and sample from the “Taste of the Festival,” with edibles from Italy to Japan. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. For a schedule or more information, go to www.adbf.com.