Stage Calendar

Lynnwood

Lynnwood Student Showcase: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 10 middle and high school singers, dancers and musicians, all chosen from auditions, will take the stage at the Terraces Food Court at Alderwood mall, 3000 184th St. SW, Lynnwood, to perform and receive scholarship checks from the Lynnwood Rotary. Admission: Free, donations accepted for Lynnwood Rotary’s performing arts scholarship fund. Info: Marianne Johnson, City of Lynnwood Parks and Recreation Department, 425-744-6459.

Edmonds

“On Golden Pond”: 8 p.m. Fridays &Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 21, Phoenix Theatre presents Ernest Thompson’s poignant play about a family endeavoring to reconnect and bridge generations, at the Firdale Village Theatre, 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Tickets: $22.50 general, $18 seniors (65 &up), $12 youth (18 &under), group rate &TPS members, available at brownpapertickets.com, 206-533-2000 or www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.com.

Angelique Kidjo: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, the Grammy award-winning music recording artist brings her unique style incorporating her West African roots and elements of American R&B, funk and jazz to the Edmonds Center For the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. Tickets: $35 adults, $30 seniors, $15 youth (17 &under), available by calling 425-275-9595.

Bothell

“Pot Luck: A Patrick McManus Comedy”: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, actor Tim Behrens serves up this potluck of stories about some of McManus’ zany characters, including Rancid Crabtree, Mrs. Swisher, Crazy Eddie, Mr. Muldoon, the 100 year old Ed, a pig gone hog wild, space aliens and ghosts, at the Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. NE, Bothell. Tickets: $25 adults, $21 seniors, $15 youth under 17 years, available by calling 425-408-7988 or online at www.npacf.org.

Shoreline

SCC Opera Workshop Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 18-20, music and drama students present the world premiere of “The Legend of Poker Alice,” a one-act opera by Shoreline emeriti Gloria Swisher and Willy Clark. Also featured will be excerpts from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore and Falstaff,” Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” and Mark Adamo’s “Little Women.” All in the college’s Lobby Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N, Shoreline. Tickets: $15 general, $10 seniors &students with ID, $8 for SCC students with ID &children, available by calling 206-546-4606.

“Love Letters”: 8 p.m. Fridays &Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 21, ILU Productions presents A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize nominated play about two characters reading 50 years of notes, letters and cards between them, and the hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats that have passed between them throughout their separated lives, at Do North Theater, 17517-C 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Tickets: $15 general, available through www.brownpapertickets.com.

“An Anonymous Legend”: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council’s Readers’ Theater presents this reading of John Ruoff’s script about a reunion of flower children, in the Ballinger Room at Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline. Reading followed by cookies, coffee, and a discussion with the cast, playwright and audience. Admission: free. Info: www.shorelinearts.net or 206-417-4645.