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'LOGGING DAYS: RECENT DONATIONS OF DARIUS KINSEY PHOTOGRAPHS'

About 40 enlargements from Kinsey’s 50-year career capturing images of the early Pacific Northwest are exhibited in the museum’s Rotunda Room starting Friday through Aug. 16 at Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 121 Prospect St. Kinsey, who lived from 1869 to 1945, worked with his wife, Tabitha, in documenting the logging industry and scenic views of the region, using large-format cameras to communicate the interaction between men, machinery and mammoth trees. For details on the exhibit, call 778-8930 or go to www.whatcommuseum.org.

ANTHONY KEARNS

The Pacific Arts Association presents one of the members of the highly acclaimed ensemble The Irish Tenors in a solo concert of traditional songs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blaine Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25 for priority seating, $20 general, $10 students and seniors. For more on Kearns, go to anthonykearns.tripod.com. For more information on the event or for reservations, call 332-6484 or go to www.pacificartsassoc.org.

Campus

COREY HAMM

Hamm, an assistant professor of piano and chamber music at the University of British Columbia, performs Frederic Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” and other works by contemporary composers at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Western Washington University’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. He conducts a master class, open to the public, from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in the PAC Concert Hall. Tickets are $16 adults, $12 WWU family, seniors and WWU Alumni Association members and $8 students. They are available at WWU’s box office, 650-6146 and online at www.tickets.wwu.edu. Proceeds from the concert support WWU music department’s Ford Hill piano scholarship. For more information, call 650-3130.

'ZAPATISTA'

Whatcom Community College’s activities committee presents Oregon theater company Teatro Milagro’s play about Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos and the Zapatista National Liberation Army at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Syre Student Center, 237 W. Kellogg Road. The production shares the struggles and successes of the man behind the mask who, in his fight for human rights, shows that the spoken word is a powerful implement for social change. Call 676-2170, ext. 3225, for details or go to http://student.whatcom.ctc.edu/content/ArchivesItem.phtml?art=545&c=0&id=11&style=.

'PROTECTING THE SNOW LEOPARD'

Fairhaven College World Issues Forum presents a talk by Yale University doctoral student Shafqat Hussain about the organization he founded, Project Snow Leopard, at noon Wednesday at Fairhaven College Auditorium. The program allows farmers in Pakistan to receive compensation for losses of their domestic livestock caused by the leopards. For information on the free event, call 650-2309.

Casinos

METAL TIME

Blue Oyster Cult, which got its start on Long Island in the 1960s and now calls itself the “thinking man’s rock and roll band,” performs at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, in Bow. Cover charge is $25. Call (877) 275-2448 or go to www.theskagit.com for details.

DOUBLE THE TRIBUTES

Randy Linder sings tunes by John Fogarty and Danny Vernon croons songs made famous by Elvis Presley at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Red Wind Casino, 12819 Yelm Highway, near Olympia. There’s no cover. For more information, call (360) 412-5000 or go to www.redwindcasino.com.

CAN WE TALK?

Comedian Joan Rivers performs at 8 p.m. Friday at the River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Road, in Richmond, B.C. Tickets are $49.50 and $59.50 through Ticketmaster.

Family

CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

Nine short award-winning films for young audiences are screened at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at The Pickford Cinema, 1416 Cornwall Ave., sponsored by the Pickford Film Center (formerly Whatcom Film Association). Admission is $3. In addition, hands-on workshops are offered at Whatcom Children’s Museum, Allied Arts Gallery, the Center for Expressive Arts and Experiential Education, Blue Horse Gallery and The Upfront Theatre. For a complete schedule, go to www.pickfordcinema.org and scroll down to the children’s film festival link, or call 647-1300.

PROCESSION OF THE SPECIES

Participate in or watch a parade celebrating community, art and nature in this annual all-ages event on Saturday. Line up at 5 p.m. in front of Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St. For your costume, use recycled materials to create masks to become a plant, animal or other species of life. No motorized vehicles, no words (written or spoken) and no live animals allowed. The closing ceremony takes place at Maritime Heritage Park, with live music. For more information, call 778-7000 or visit www.bpots.org.

Coming Up

HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA

John Korsrud’s 17-piece ensemble blends jazz minimalism with big-band, funk, Latin and rock at 8 p.m. May 11 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1895 Venables St. (at Victoria). Tickets are $15 and $18; see www.coastaljazz.ca for details. For more on the band, go to www.hardrubber.com.

'FOUND PEACE: A MOTHER'S DAY COLLECTION'

Bellingham actors and writers Carolyn McCarthy and Karee Wardrop present a production that explores, which explores how mothers navigate the terrain of war and peace with their children, at 8 p.m. May 8-10 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. The production also features Western Washington University theater faculty member Rich Brown and Bellingham High School student Rachel Thomas. The May 10 show will be ASL-interpreted. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and are available at Village Books and the Community Food Co-op. For more on the production, go to www.carolynmcc.com or call 647-0741.

'GREASE, JR.'

Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, a school for young people interested in learning about the performing arts, presents a family-friendly version of the hit Broadway musical and tribute to the 1950s about an exchange student who falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks. Curtain at 7 p.m. May 8-10 and 15-17 and at 2 p.m. May 11 and 18 at Sehome High School, 2700 Bill McDonald Parkway. Tickets are $10 and are available at Village Books and online at brownpapertickets.com. David Post directs, with music direction by Steve Barnes. For more information, call 306-1543 or visit www.baay.org.

'THE MALE INTELLECT: AN OXYMORON'

Actor and writer Robert Duback (left) presents his one-man show in an attempt to answer the age-old question “What do women want?” at 7:30 p.m. May 13-15 and 18 and at 6 and 9 p.m. May 16-17 at the Mount Baker Studio Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $45. For reservations or more information, call 734-6080 or go to www.mountbakertheatre.com.