Entertainment

POSTED: Wednesday, Feb. 07, 2007

Best Bets: Jennifer Koh

Violinist Jennifer Koh returns to Bellingham to perform Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy” in a concert with Whatcom Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commer-cial St. Also on the program is Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides” (“Fingal’s Cave”). Tickets are $19 and $23, available at the ticket office, 734-6080, and online at www.mountbakertheatre.com. Koh offers a free mas-ter class, open to the public, from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 9, at Western Washington University’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Call 671-5612 for information. For more on the symphony, visit www.whatcomsymphony.com.

Newspaperman Burt Jefferson, played by Mike Couto, and personal secretary Maggie Cutler, played by Chelsea Lindquist, wonder how to deal with Cutler’s mean-spirited boss, Sheridan Whiteside, also known as the “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” played by Edward Davidson, in Moss Hart’s comedy about a guest’s extended stay at a Midwestern home that’s replete with ex-convicts, mummies, penguins and a confused family. Lynden Performing Arts Guild presents the play at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-17, 22-24 and March 1-3, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 3 at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre in Dutch Village Mall, 655 Front St., in Lynden. Tickets are $12 adults, $10 students and seniors, available in person at Marin Rose at the mall, 655 Front St., and by calling 354-4425. Go to www.clairevgtheatre.org.

High-energy Celtic fiddler Eileen Ivers and her band play a wide range of tunes at 7:30 p.m. next Thurs-day, Feb. 15, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $20, $30 and $39, available from the theater ticket office, 734-6080, and online at www.mountbakertheatre.com. For more on the music, visit www.eileenivers.com.

Western Washington University’s Sanford Piano Series presents Russian-born pianist Alexander Ardakov at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at WWU’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets range from $9 to $16 at WWU’s box office, 650-6146, and online at www.tickets.wwu.edu. Ardakov offers a free master class, open to the public, from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Concert Hall. For details on the master class, call Western’s music department, 650-3130.

Stylistic chameleon Greg Leisz, performs with electric guitar virtuoso Bill Frisell on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Nightlight Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cover charge is $17. Call 527-1731 or go to www.nightlightlounge.com for details.

Orville Johnson, mandolin and dobro; Grant Dermody, harmonica; and John Miller, guitar, play country blues tunes from their recent CD, “Deceiving Blues,” at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are $12 at the door.