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Crosby Lane in concert at Crossroads Covenant Church on Friday TUNING UP PAGE 9

Amy Hindman plays Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage in La Conner tonight

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK continues to live off her “Mother’s Day: It Upcoming fame. The makers of would have been easy “The Bronze” were so for these stories to get movie releases lazy, their solution to jumbled as they did in Following is a partial every weak character, “Valentine’s Day,” but schedule of coming DVD stupid plot point or director Garry Marreleases. Release dates uninspired camera shot shall deftly takes each are subject to change: was to toss out more from start to endearing obscenities. end. He even tosses in AUG. 9 Granted, it’s a little a couple of touching n A Hologram for the shocking to hear Melismoments that fit in King sa Rauch, best known well with all the light n 11.22.63 for playing Bernadette comedy. n Addicted to Fresno on “The Big Bang Marshall gets help, n Code Black: Season 1 Theory,” toss out the unlike in “New Year’s n Fathers and DaughF-word with every othEve,” from much ters er breath. That quickly stronger performancn Halt and Catch Fire: becomes annoying and es. Julia Roberts and Season 2 then incredibly painful.

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This place is no Infinity “Summer Camp”: eHarmony. If people n Maggie’s Plan Camp counselors try don’t find a suitable n Wiener-Dog to escape a mysterious match in 45 days, they n Clown virus. are transformed into an n As Vs Evil Season 1 “The First Monday animal of their choice. n Brooklyn Nine-Nine: in May”: A behind-theThe explanation is that Season Three scenes look at the Met it is a second chance to n Castle: Season 8 Gala. find a perfect mate. n Elementary: Season 4 “Bite”: An insect bite David has selected n DC’s Legends of has weird effect on a a lobster since they Tomorrow: Season 1 woman. live for 100 years — Tribune News Service “Murdoch and remain fertile all Mysteries: Season 9”: their lives. A friend Mystery series set in points out they also get tossed into pots of boiling water Edwardian-era Toronto. and eaten.

— Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee “The Bronze”: Former Olympian

YOUR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION GUIDE TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN SKAGIT COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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The Wes Jones Band will play Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon in Stanwood on Saturday

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Still rockin’ – 46 years later

By BRENNA VISSER @Brenna_SVH

In 1970, The Fantasy Band entertained the crowd at the Anacortes Arts and Crafts Festival.

In 2016, the event is known as the Anacortes Arts Festival — and that same Skagitborn band is back to entertain on that same stage, 46 years later.

The annual festival will feature ANACORTES local music, art ARTS FESTIVAL exhibitions and What: Over demonstrations 250 artists and along Commercial vendors of varied Avenue on Friday fine art, performthrough Sunday, ing arts, kids’ Aug. 5-7. The six activities, music members of the on three stages, band are slotted food and more When: 10 a.m. to play Sunday to 8 p.m. Friday, afternoon.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Eric Thompson Saturday and has been a member 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. of The Fantasy Sunday, Aug. 5-7 Band since day Where: Comone, and said he is mercial Avenue excited to return and side streets to the stage that More inforhelped his band get mation: anacoroff the ground. tesartsfestival.

“When we com played the first Cost: Free time, the feeling was like ‘We made it!’” Thompson said. “Now, it’s more like, ‘Wow, we’re still doing it!’”

The band got its start when its members all met after game dances in high school.

Thompson, who graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1969, met bassist Dave Perkins and guitarist Steve Olszewski when all three were playing in different bands at the dances.

“It was very organic how we all got to know each other, even though we went to different schools,” said Perkins, a 1971 Anacortes High School graduate. “We all watched each other play in other bands.”

Group members decided they wanted to work together and form their own band, and saw booking a gig at the festival as a “step up” from playing in high school gyms, Thompson said.

What followed has been about four

The Fantasy Band, which entertained at the first Anacortes Arts Festival in 1970, will headline on Sunday.

decades of tours from Alaska to Arizona, with various members cycling in and out of the band — some passed away — and hundreds of hours of rehearsal.

Olszewski said that while the band still loves playing rocks hits of the 1970s and ’80s, he said he enjoys the freedom they have to play the songs they want.

“In the old days, we were contracted to play only songs from the ‘Top 40,’ because that’s what people wanted to hear,” Olszewski said. “Live concert series weren’t as common as today, so it could be someone’s chance to hear the songs they like live.”

While the band has stayed consistent

with its brand of music, the group said there have been changes from when they played in the 1970s.

“We played a show in Conway where we had to be done by 10 p.m. Our age group is going to bed when we used to start our set,” Thompson laughed.

“And I don’t think we’ll be having people jump on stage dancing either,” said Perkins.

But at least one aspect of playing hasn’t changed.

“I love performing and seeing in people’s eyes reflect on their experience of the era of the song we are playing,” Olszewski said.

“We get pleasure out of seeing millennials get excited about this music, too. It’s all

about the magic of live performance for the community we grew up in.”

The group members, who are now mostly in their 60s, all balance their musician lifestyle with their day jobs and families. In a way, Olszewski said, what has made this band last so long is it is very much like a marriage or a family.

“There are ups and downs, and there have been multiple marriages and divorces in this band,” he said. “But there is a common love that always keeps you coming back together.”

—Reporter Brenna Visser: bvisser@skagitpublishing.com, 360-416-2139, Twitter: @ Brenna_SVH

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OUT & ABOUT ART

ARTIST EXHIBITION: View an art exhibition by Ora Mae Peterson titled “Flirting with the Whirlpool,” from Aug. 5-31 at ACME Creative, 705 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Peterson’s display includes paintings, textiles and sculptures.

An artist’s reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5, and Peterson will give a lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Gallery is open 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Free. 360-399-6333 or acmecreative.com.

LIVE PAINTING SHOW: Acrylic painter Will Brown turns the coffeehouse into an artist’s studio from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 18, at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. 360-707-2683 or northcovecoffee.com.

WHIDBEY ISLAND STUDIO TOUR: The Whidbey Working Artists Summer Open Studio Tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, at 37 artist studios and galleries. Pick up a tour catalog at participating studios and local businesses or download from whidbeyworkingartists.com.

LA CONNER QUILT AND TEXTILE MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and ages 11 and under. 360-

466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org. n “Colonial Revival Quilts”: through Aug. 28. n “Beauty of Japan” and “Images of Japan”: through Oct. 2.

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA

CAR SHOWS

KRUZIN FOR THE KIDS CAR SHOW: The Lyman Elementary Parent Group will sponsor a car show to benefit Lyman Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, at Lyman Elementary, 8183 Lyman Ave. Enjoy cars and motorcycles, food vendors, craft vendors, and music by the Birdsview Bluegrass Band.

Free. 360-661-0513.

LA CONNER BOAT AND CAR SHOW: The 16th annual Classic Boat and Car Show in La Conner will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, at the north end of La Conner’s business district and along the Swinomish Channel. Enjoy a preevent pancake breakfast for $7 at 7:30 a.m. at the La Conner Retirement Inn, 204 N. First St. $3 admission, children under 12 are free.

SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR FIFTH ANNUAL CAR SHOW AND SHINE: 4 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 13, Skagit County Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. The first 50 registered cars will receive a commemorative plaque. Awards will be announced around 8 p.m. on the main stage. Registration is free, but participants must purchase $5 reduced-price fair tickets at the car show gate. 360-416-1350 or skagitcounty.net.

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The summer outdoor movie series will feature “The Martian” at 6:45 p.m. Saturday at Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St., Bellingham. $5 admission; ages 5 and under free. fairhavenoutdoorcinema.com.

25TH ANNUAL COLLECTORS CAR SHOW AND OUTDOOR MARKET: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Saturday, Aug. 13, Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Raffle prizes, beer garden, DJ entertainment and a barbecue lunch.

Free admission. 360-3870222 or camanocenter. org.

CLASSIC CAR CRUISE-IN: San Juan Lanes Bar & Grill will host a classic car show from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at 2821 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Free admission. 360-293-5185 or sanjuanlanes.com.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUM “PROPS AND PONIES” MUSTANG-MUSTANG SHOW: Skagit Regional Airport, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. n Props, Ponies & Popping Corks: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, Flyers Brewhouse. Enjoy music and more. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

Free admission. n Mustang-Mustang show: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 20. Check out 100 Ford Mustangs of all vintages lined up on the tarmac, and aircraft of all types and vintages in the skies, flying solo and in formation. $10 adults, $5 children, $8 members. Register your Ford Mustang for $70.

360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

FAIRS

STANWOOD-CAMANO COMMUNITY FAIR: The fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5-7, at 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

The carnival continues till midnight Friday and Saturday. The annual parade will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, along 271st. Street NW. Admission: $10 adults, $7 seniors and children, free for ages 4 and younger, $20 season pass. Buy an all-day carnival pass in advance for $22; $30 during the

fair. Free parking is available at Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW, with a free shuttle to the fair. stanwoodcamanofair.org.

SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 10-13, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, {span class=”_ Xbe”}479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. Carnival, live music, a magician, a hypnotist, eating contests, farm animals, area events, educational displays, kids’ zone, great food, diaper derby, car show and more. Ticket prices $6-$8, $20 family, ages 5 and under free.

360-416-1350 or skagitcounty.net/fair.

FESTIVALS

ANACORTES ARTS FESTIVAL: The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 6, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, along Commercial Avenue and its side streets. Over 250 artists and vendors of varied fine art, performing arts, kids activities, live music on three stages, food and more. Free admission. anacortesartsfestival. com.

BREWFEST ON THE SKAGIT: 4 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 13, Riverwalk Park, 735 Mount Vernon Terminal Railroad, Mount Vernon.

Featuring dozens of local craft brews, food trucks, and folk stomp music from Scarlet Locomotive, the Prozac Mountain Boys, and the Blackberry Bushes. $25 ticket, $30 day-of, includes five tastes. Scrip for additional samples available for

purchase. “Designated Driver” ticket, without scrip, $15. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

SUMMER MELTDOWN: Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 11-14, Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater, 42501 Highway 530 NE, Darrington. Choose concerts from three stages, including a late-night venue open until 3:30 a.m.

RV and tent camping available as well as a Kids’ Zone, food vendors and a beer garden. Weekend pass prices vary, some sold out. Children 8 and under free. summermeltdownfest.com.

STILLAGUAMISH FESTIVAL OF THE RIVER & POW WOW: Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13-14, River Meadows Park, 20416 Jordan Road, Arlington. Music and entertainment, arts and crafts, educational booths and activities, logging shows, pow wow and Native vendors, food, children’s activities, Saturday morning fun run and more.

Scheduled performers include Aaron Neville, English Beat, Skablins, Dana Lyons and more on Saturday, and Chase Rice, Hallstrom, Marley’s Ghost and others on Sunday; David Nellis, Peter Ali, New Old Time Chautauqua and others both days. Gates open at 10 a.m. Picnics welcome; no alcohol allowed. Free admission.

Parking: $10. festivaloftheriver.com.

The Stilly 5k Fun Run will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. $15 adults, $10 ages 17 and under. Register at raceentry.com/races/ stilly-5k-fun-run/2016/ register.

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OUT & ABOUT CASCADE DAYS: 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20-21, downtown Concrete. A parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday morning, followed by a car show, chain saw carving, fireman’s muster, car bash and log show. The day ends with a duck race on Main Street. Sunday starts at 10 a.m. with Dump Runs, eating contests, ice carving, button drawing and more.

Purchase $5 ducks or $2 buttons to participate in a fundraiser benefiting the event. Free admission. 360-853-7867 or cascadedays.com.

The Dump Run, a dash through a 3K obstacle course with mud, will take place at 10 a.m. and noon Sunday, Aug. 21, starting at the Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street. If enough people register, a third run will be added at 1 p.m. Registration is $30, and includes a T-shirt. Add $5 on the day of the event.

LECTURES AND TALKS

”STORIES FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION”: Democratic National Convention delegates from Skagit County will share their experiences at the next Fidalgo Democrats meeting at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Bring a nonperishable food donation for the food bank.

360-293-7114.

MORE FUN

ZAMBINI BROTHERS PUPPET SHOW: Experience traditional

puppetry with storyteller Bill Jarcho as he spins his tale “The Tasty Tale of Brave Sir Bump” from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Free. 360-7550760 or burlingtonwa. gov/library.

RIVERWALK CONCERT SERIES

SWINOMISH OUTDOOR MOVIES: Swinomish Casino & Lodge will present “Jurassic World,” the last movie of its outdoor monthly summer movie series, at sundown, Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Waterfront Park, {span class=”_Xbe”}12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. {/span} Player’s Club members can redeem one free popcorn and soda. A wine and beer garden will be available for guests 21 and older.

Bring a blanket. Free for all ages. swinomishmovies.com.

LA CONNER PIONEER PICNIC: The Skagit County Pioneer Association will honor the Pioneer Family of the Year, the Herman, Alfred, Edvin and Ida Johnson family, and Pioneer Spirit Award recipient Don Wick from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Aug. 4, at the Pioneer Park, 1200 S Fourth St., La Conner. The picnic features history of the area, music by Hugo’s Accordion Band and a barbecued salmon dinner for $12. For more information call Janna Gage at 360-466-3941.

HEART TO HEART POKER RUN: Motorcyclists receive one poker hand and take a scenic ride through Skagit and Snohomish counties to collect cards and prizes starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, starting at Skagit River Produce, 19193 Highway 534, Mount Vernon. Registration includes a free meal at The Lone Star and Waterin’ Hole, 45930 Main St., Concrete, after the run. Volunteers needed. $20 for bike/rider, $30 for bike/rider/passenger.

Register at 360-8263818 or hearttoheartcharity@gmail.com.

90TH ANNIVERSARY MOVIE SERIES: The Lincoln Theatre presents monthly movies to celebrate

n Aug. 6: “Shaun the Sheep Movie,” PG.

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Bobby Holland and the Breadline will play from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 4, on the Riverwalk in downtown Mount Vernon.

The free family-friendly series features different performers each week.

its 90th anniversary on selected Saturdays through Dec., at 1712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

All films will be priced according to the year of release. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org. n Aug. 20: 5 p.m.: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, $2.

STARLIGHT OUTDOOR CINEMA: Dusk Fridays, through Aug. 26, Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St, Mount Vernon. Free. n Aug. 5: “Cinderella,” PG. 2016 ROOFTOP CINEMA: Pickford Cinemas presents a third

season showing films from the fifth story of the Parkade Garage, 1300 Commercial St., Bellingham. Evenings start at 7 p.m. Fridays, with live music and entertainment, a beer garden and food trucks.

Free. 360-738-0735 or pickfordfilmcenter.org. n Friday, Aug. 5: “Little Miss Sunshine” featuring a vintage VW car show.

POPCORN IN THE PARK OUTDOOR MOVIES: 9 p.m. Saturdays, Jennings Park Ballfield, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. Free admission. 360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov.

MOVIES IN THE PARK: Bring the whole family for a free movie under the stars at Church Creek Park, 272nd St. NW, Stanwood. 360-629-2181 or ci.stanwood.wa.us. n Aug. 4: “Shrek.”

MUSIC

CASTLE ON THE BEACH: Geoffrey Castle will play Celtic, jazz and blues outdoors from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Camano Island Yacht Club, 120 N Sunset Dr., Camano Island. $20 presale, $25 nightof. Ticket includes food, and a cash bar will be available. 206-713-9005 or email ciyconcert@ gmail.com.

LA CONNER LIVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays at Gilkey Square, corner of Morris Avenue and First Street, La Conner. Free. 360-395-8540 or laconnerlive.com. n Aug. 14: Brian Ernst.

BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: Enjoy

market goods and local music from 7 to 9 p.m.

Fridays at the Burlington Visitor Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave. Free admission. 360757-0994 or burlington-chamber.com. n Aug. 5: Chris Eger Band.

EAGLE HAVEN WINERY 2016 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Enjoy a variety of outdoors performances at the winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $10, $8 for wine club members, includes 20 percent off your first bottle of wine.

Children under 12 free.

Reserved tables available. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com. n Whiskey Fever (rocky-tonk, acousta-billy): 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. n Benefit Concert for Toys for Tots: Leroy Bell and his only friends: 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.

PORT OF ANACORTES SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 6 to 8 p.m. at Seafarers Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes.

Free. portofanacortes. com. n Friday, Aug 12: Chris Eger Band with the Powerhouse Horns.

HEART OF ANACORTES OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES: Heart of Anacortes, Fourth St. and O Ave., Anacortes. The concerts will be cancelled in the case of rain. 360-2933515 or theheartofanacortes.com. n Saturday, Aug. 13: 6 to 8 p.m., The Fabulous Roof Shakers. n Sunday, Aug. 14: 2 p.m., Julian Macdonough.

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HOT TICKETS FLUME: Aug. 4-6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or stgpresents.org.

MONTY ALEXANDER: Aug. 4-7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

WATERSHED FESTIVAL: Aug. 5-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. watershedfest.com.

DAUGHTRY: Aug. 5, The Tulalip Amphitheatre, Marysville. 888-272-1111 or ticketmaster.com.

REBELUTION: Aug. 5, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 or vividseats.com.

EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Aug. 5-6, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MMA SUMMER SHOWDOWN III: Aug. 6, The Tulalip Amphitheatre, Marysville. 888-272-1111

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK

August 5 6-9pm A.C.M.E. Creative Spaces Anacortes Oil & Vinegar Bar The Good Stuff Arts Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa PDA Marketing Group The Depot Art Center Anacortes Arts Festival

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Burton Jewelers

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CHRISETTE MICHELE: Aug. 6, The Showbox SODO, Seattle. 888-9297849 axs.com or stubhub. com.

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV AND THE GHOST ORCHESTRA: Aug. 6, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

THE WICKED ADVENTURES OF COUNT ORY: Aug. 6-20, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 206-389-7676 or livenation.com.

SUMMER SLAUGHTER WITH CANNIBAL CORPSE, NILE, CARNIFEX, REVOCATION: Aug. 8, Showbox Sodo, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

LIL YACHTY: Aug. 8, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

HARD WORKING AMERICANS: Aug. 9, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

FATOUMATA DIAWARA: Aug. 9-10, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle.

206-441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

CULTURE CLUB: Aug. 11, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

SLIPKNOT: with Marilyn Manson, Of Mice & Men: Aug.11, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

SUMMER MELTDOWN FESTIVAL: Aug. 11-14, Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, Darrington. summermeltdownfest. com WARPED TOUR ‘16: Aug. 12, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET WITH JESSICA MOLASKEY: Aug. 11-14,

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS Aug. 20, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 or axs.com.

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

JACKSON BROWNE: Aug. 12-13, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

GUNS N’ ROSES: Aug. 12, CenturyLink Field, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

WEST COAST SUMMER JAMZ-A TRIBUTE TO EASY-E: Aug. 13, Xfinity Arena, Everett.

866-332-8499 or livenation.com.

107.7 THE END’S SUMMER CAMP 2016: Aug. 13-14, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-9297849 or axs.com.

FREDDIE JACKSON: Aug. 16-17, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

PERIPHERY: Aug. 17, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

311: Aug. 17, The Showbox SODO, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

BAND OF HORSES: Aug. 18, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

GAITHER VOCAL BAND: Aug. 18, Northwest Washington Fair, Grandstand, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

O’CONNOR BAND: Aug. 18-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-

441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

LOVERBOY: Aug. 19, Northwest Washington Fair, Grandstand, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

LORD HURON AND TRAMPLED BY TURTLES: Aug. 19, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or stgpresents.org.

ROCK AGAINST THE TPP RALLY AND CONCERT: Aug. 19, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

JOSH TURNER: Aug. 20, Northwest Washington Fair, Grandstand, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

THE CHRIS MITCHELL EXPERIENCE: Aug. 20, Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

866-833-4747 or seattlesymphony.org.

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS: Aug. 20, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 or axs.com.

MARGARET CHO: Aug. 19-20, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

DEMI LOVATO, NICK JONAS: Aug. 21, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KISW PAIN IN THE GRASS 2016: Aug. 21, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

JEFF BECK: Aug. 21, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle. 206-548-2500 or zoo. org/zootunes.

BETHEL MUSIC TOUR:

Aug. 21, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or stgpresents.org.

LEE RITENOUR AND DAVE GRUSIN: Aug. 2328, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

BRANDI CARLILE WITH THE SECRET SISTERS: Aug. 23-24, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle.

206-548-2500 or zoo.org/ zootunes.

GWEN STEFANI: Aug. 24, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000. livenation. com.

ERIC ANDRE LIVE!: The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

THE GIPSY TWINS: Aug. 25, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

RIFF RAFF: Aug. 25, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

ZAKK WYLDE: Aug. 26, The Showbox SODO, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

PARQUET COURTS: The Showbox SODO, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

STEVE MILLER BAND: Aug. 26-27, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

I LOVE THE 90S: Aug. 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

DRIVE LIKE JEHU: Aug. 27, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER: Aug. 28, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

PAT BENATAR, NEIL GIRALDO: Aug. 29, Evergreen State Fair, Monroe.

800-514-3849 or evergreenfair.org.

HUNTER HAYES: Aug.

30, Evergreen State Fair, Grandstand, Monroe. 800514-3849 or evergreenfair.org.

JA RULE AND ASHANTI: Aug. 30, The Showbox, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

OTIS TAYLOR: Aug. 3031, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

SKY, ROSS FROM MORCHEEBA: Aug. 31, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

THEORY OF A DEAD MAN: Aug. 31, Evergreen State Fair, Grandstand, Monroe. 800-514-3849 or evergreenfair.org.

OLD DOMINION WITH LOCASH: Sept. 1, Evergreen State Fair, Grandstand, Monroe. 800-5143849 or evergreenfair.org.

DURAN DURAN: Sept.

1, Xfinity Arena, Everett.

866-332-8499 or livenation.com.

NEED TO BREATHE: Sept. 1, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

KEIKO MATSUI: Sept.

1-4, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

JEREMY CAMP AND MERCYME: Sept. 2, Evergreen State Fair, Grandstand, Monroe. 800-5143849 or evergreenfair.org.

BAYSIDE: Sept. 2, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

J. COLE, BAS: Sept. 2, Washington State Fair, Puyallup. 888-559-FAIR (3247) or tickets.thefair. com.

SNOOP DOGG AND WIZ KHALIFA — THE HIGH ROAD SUMMER TOUR: Sept. 2, White River Amphitheater, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

— For complete listings, visit goskagit.com and click on “Entertainment.”

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Streisand, Adele a pop diva match, yet they’ve never been onstage together

By MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times

A star was reborn when Adele entered the world in 1988, nearly half a century after the birth of the groundbreaking pop diva whose fading tradition Adele upholds more convincingly than any young singer in her generation.

We speak, of course, of Barbra Streisand.

Storytelling instincts, superhuman pipes, refined taste in glittering gowns: These women share so much in common, yet they’ve never performed together in public — and not because Streisand refuses to make room in the spotlight. Next month she’ll put out her second duets album in two years, common-enough projects for an artist at her age and with her wide assortment of friends and admirers.

The two will come close to breathing the same air this week when they play separate concerts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The shows’ proximity provides an opportunity to consider all that unites Streisand, 74, and Adele, 28. But the concerts’ setting at one of modern pop’s prime destinations — the spot where Taylor Swift touched down a year ago for five gigs full of sly pomp and expert flash — also invites us to think about the ways pop diva-dom has changed over the decades since Streisand achieved superstardom and to what extent Adele’s huge success is a result of her return to an earlier sensibility.

There have been

previous near misses between the women (and Columbia Records label mates) whose eventual collaboration seems like a show-business must.

For her 2011 album, “21,” Adele recorded an elegant, bossa-nova-style rendition of the Cure’s “Lovesong” that had originally been devised for Streisand.

And both artists sang at the Academy Awards in 2013, after which they were photographed together at the Governors Ball, Adele looking like she’d won a prize more special than the Oscar she was holding.

As they demonstrated that evening, what connects the singers most immediately is the raw vocal ability that puts them in the smallest of classes, especially now that vocal ability has become more of a technological construct — an after-the-fact product of careful digital manipulation — than something related to human physiology.

Listen if you haven’t in a while to one of Streisand’s signature tunes, “People,” from the musical “Funny Girl,” and pay attention to the effortless way she scales the tricky ascending melodic line — it could stir a dead man.

Now cue up “All I Ask,” a stunning ballad from “25” in which Adele expertly navigates a key change that seems, after the song has already pillaged your heart, to open a whole new realm of romantic desperation.

In both cases the women are using their extraordinary voices to deliver extraordinary emotions, and they’re doing it in songs that seem express-

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ly built for that purpose.

Adele isn’t the only young singer who can belt at a moment when that particular skill is as irrelevant to the job as it’s ever been. Ariana Grande, for one, has proven herself a true vocal powerhouse — and a far bigger musical-theater nut than Adele.

But most current pop treats the voice as merely part of a busy sonic landscape. On Streisand’s old records — even on her recent ones — singing is the raison d’etre, a prioritization that clearly extends through Adele’s relatively uncluttered work.

Which isn’t to say that both women aren’t attuned to shifts in popular taste. After years singing show tunes, Streisand dabbled in rock and soul throughout the ‘70s and later went disco (most memorably in “Guilty,” her gossamer duet with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees).

And between all the stripped-down confessionals, “25” features a collaboration with Swift’s go-to writer-producer, Max Martin, and a track streaked with the ‘80s-R&B textures in vogue among the likes of

Haim and the Weeknd.

Even when they’re bending toward the mainstream, though, the singers still sound rooted in their own distinct environments — something that separates them from, say, Rihanna, a model of portability capable of beaming herself into a Calvin Harris song with little to no friction.

Hearing Adele’s voice, in contrast, means plugging instantly into her matrix.

And it’s those stubbornly resistant personas that really bind her and Streisand, both of whom put across a powerful combination of approachability and magnificence, both totally relatable and deeply unknowable at once.

“When #Adele came over to the house, she was so funny and down to earth,” Streisand wrote on Instagram when she posted that Governors Ball photo of the two of them. “My kind of gal!”

Obviously, the awshucks routine is a performance, as indeed it was when Adele told a packed Radio City Music Hall in her recent NBC concert special that she’d been so nervous before show time that she’d started searching for an

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escape route.

You can think of the titles of each woman’s first three albums in a similar fashion: “The Barbra Streisand Album,” “The Second Barbra Streisand Album” and “The Third Album,” along with “19,” “21” and “25,” each of which advertises Adele’s age when she wrote the record. Looked at one way, the titles are doing away with superfluous pageantry; viewed another, they’re taking for granted the significance of the progression each series describes.

Still, compared with the infallibility projected by other members of pop’s reigning elite — “Take it to another level/ No passengers on my plane,” Beyonce sings in her 2008 song “Diva” — this kind of plain talk feels refreshingly old-fashioned, a welcome vestige of a time when artists could afford to let their guard down without fear of being assailed by so-called haters on social media.

And inside the wouldbe modesty, needless to say, is an implied boast: I’m so fabulous that I don’t even have to make a show of it.

That’s the quality that comes through in a vintage Streisand video clip that may tell us what to expect if a duet with Adele ever materializes (and perhaps why one hasn’t). An excerpt from “The Judy Garland Show” in the early ‘60s — when Garland was the established veteran and Streisand the rising phenom — it shows the two joining voices for a savage but somehow casual run through “Happy Days Are Here Again.”

Before they sing,

Garland introduces the younger performer by telling her, “We’ve got all your albums at home, you know, and you’re so good that I hate you.”

Streisand laughs insouciantly, confident enough in her own abilities that she hardly feels the need to respond.

She does anyway of course: “You’re so great that I’ve been hating you for years,” she tells Garland. Then the music starts up and each singer eyes the other as though she’s sizing up a meal.

Fast-forward half a century to Streisand and Adele, and it makes you wonder if Staples Center — let alone a little duets album — would be big enough for the both of them.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 4-11 Thursday.4

Sunday.7

THEATER ”Cymbeline”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

THEATER ”Merchant of Vegas”: Shakespeare Northwest, 4 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“That’s Not My Department” 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“That’s Not My Department”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-2936829 or acttheatre.com.

“Quality: the Shoe Play”: 7:30 p.m., 12th Street Shoes, 1204 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-303-3595 or bellinghamtheatreworks.org.

MUSIC BandZandt: 6 p.m., Riverfront Park, 1001 River Road, Sedro-Woolley. portal.clubrunner.ca.

MUSIC Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 6 p.m., Riverwalk, downtown Mount Vernon. Free. 360-424-6237 or mountvernonchamber.com.

Marrowstone Festival Orchestras: 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $29-39, $15 student/youth. 206-362-2300 or marrowstone.org.

Jasmine Greene: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. Free admission. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: 7:30 p.m., PAC Concert Hall, 516 High St., Bellingham. $10-15. 206-3622300 or marrowstone.org.

Friday.5 THEATER ”Merchant of Vegas”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206-3173023 or shakesnw.org.

“That’s Not My Department”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Quality: the Shoe Play”: 7:30 p.m., 12th Street Shoes, 1204 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-303-3595 or bellinghamtheatreworks.org.

MUSIC Crosby Lane: 7 p.m., Crossroads Covenant Church, 351 Pease Road, Burlington. Free. 360-07-5424 or crosbylane. com.

FRIDAY. 5

CROSBY LANE 7 p.m., Crossroads Covenant Church, 351 Pease Road, Burlington. Free. 360-07-5424 or crosbylane.com.

”Shake It Up,” tribute to The Cars: 7 p.m., Jennings Park, Lions Centennial Pavilion, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville.

Free. 360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov.

Chris Eger Band: 7 to 9 p.m., Burlington Visitor Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Free. burlington-chamber. com.

Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: 7:30 p.m., PAC Concert Hall, 516 High St., Bellingham. $10-15. 206-3622300 or marrowstone.org.

Briana Renea: 6:45 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10, $7 seniors and kids, free under 5. 360-6294121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

Jessie Leigh Band: 9 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10, $7 seniors and kids, free under 5. 360-6294121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

Saturday.6 THEATER ”Cymbeline”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206-317-3023

”The Princess and the Pea” (Missoula Children’s Theatre): 3 and 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $6. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

“That’s Not My Department”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Quality: the Shoe Play”: 7:30 p.m., 12th Street Shoes, 1204 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-303-3595 or bellinghamtheatreworks.org.

MUSIC Marrowstone Festival Orchestras: 7:30 p.m., PAC Concert Hall, 516 High St., Bellingham. $20-26, $15 student. 206362-2300 or marrowstone.org.

Lisa Baney Trio: 4:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Wednesday.10 MAGIC Louie Foxx One Man Side Show: 6 p.m., Skagit County Fair, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. 360-416-1350 or skagitcounty.net.

MUSIC Gin Gypsy: 7 p.m., Skagit County Fair, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. 360-416-1350 or skagitcounty. net.

Thursday.11

Whiskey River: 6:30 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10, $7 seniors and kids, free under 5. 360-6294121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

THEATER ”Merchant of Vegas”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Spike and the Impalers: 9 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10, $7 seniors and kids, free under 5. 360629-4121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

“That’s Not My Department”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 4 - 11 Thursday.4 Jasmine Greene: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

The Afrodisiacs & Mr. Pink: 8:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888-2721111 or tulalipresortcasino.com. ”MuseBird Cafe”: Douglas Francisco, Nelson Emokpae and Amara Grace: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover.

425-737-5144 or 360629-6500.

Amy Hindman: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

Redwood Sol: 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo House, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $3. wildbuffalo.net.

Friday.5 The Ginger Ups: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Tracy Jones: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

The Phoenix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883 or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

4More: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino & Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. 877275-2448.

Tony Furtado Trio (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $15. 360445-3000.

Double Duo MuseBird: Laurie Jennings Oudin and Dana Keller, Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Hurray for the Riff Raff (indie/Americana/ folk): 9 p.m., Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $15. wildbuffalo.net.

Country Jim: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only. 360-848-8882.

IBEX: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Grassblue: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Marvin Johnson: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

WES JONES BAND 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. N W, Stanwood. $8. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

Margaret Wilder Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

The Phoenix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883. or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins tribute): 6 p.m., Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888-2721111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Amy Hindman: 7:30 p.m., Sips! Wine Bar, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-610-9773 or facebook.com/laconnersips.

Wednesday.10

Sunday.7

Saturday.6

The Lucky Losers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Milo Petersen Trio: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Jennings & Keller: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

SATURDAY.6

Wes Jones Band: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $8. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

Shaunic and Juelz: 9:30 p.m., Wild Buffalo House, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $3. wildbuffalo.net.

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THURSDAY.4 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

SATURDAY.6 7:30 p.m., Sips! Wine Bar, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

Harmonius Funk: 9:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. $10. 888-2721111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Joe T. Cook (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

4More: 9 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino & Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448.

Three-ish: 9:30 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover.

360-293-2544.

Secondhand Newz (Fleetwood Mac tribute): 8 p.m., Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888-2721111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Gregory Alan Isakov and The Ghost Orchestra: 8 p.m., Wild Buffalo House, 208 W. Holly St., Bellingham. $27.50. wildbuffalo.net.

Lisa Baney Trio: 4:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, Waterfront Terrace, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Cyclops Skills, Old Man Wizard, Witch Ripper, Marv: 8:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Tuesday.9 The Popoffs: 10 p.m., Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip.

888-272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Aaron Donaldson, Corwin Bolt: 9:30 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover.

360-293-2544.

Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Adrian Clarke: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Thursday.11 Trish Hatley: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

The Walrus: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

The Afrodisiacs & Mr. Pink: 8:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip.

888-272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Joan Penney Jazz Quartet: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

Rambleweed: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS

”OUR TOWN”: META Performing Arts will hold auditions from 5 to 6:45 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 8-9, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Additional auditions may be scheduled with director Maura Marlin prior to audition dates by emailing mmmarlins@ gmail.com. Parts are available for ages 7 and older. Bring a prepared monologue. The play will run Oct. 28-Nov. 13. lincolntheatre.org. ”A CHRISTMAS STORY”: Theater Arts Guild will hold open auditions for “A Christmas Story, The Musical” at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16-17, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Come prepared to sing a song of your choice — bring sheet music or your own accompanist, or instrumental CD or iPod recording — and tell a one-minute joke or funny story. The production will run Nov. 26-Dec. 10 at the Lincoln Theatre.

To register, contact riapeth@hotmail.com.

360-421-4173 or theaterartsguild.org.

DANCE

TANGO PRACTICA: Learn and practice the art of Argentine Tango from 8 to 10 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $5. 360-4642229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

THURSDAY DANCE: Dance to The Skippers

from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-424-5696.

MUSIC

B.Y.O. BUCKET AND STICKS: Join an introductory workshop on the basics of bucket drumming from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 28, at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. Free.

360-707-2683 or northcovecoffee.com.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted.

360-630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays (except the first full week of each month, when practice is held on Friday) at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident.

360-770-7354.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544.

OPEN MIC: Jam night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

RECREATION

FIX-IT DAYS: Specialists mend broken appliances, lamps that need attention or chipped items from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month, at the Anacortes Farmers Market, the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Donations for repairs benefit the Deception Pass Park Foundation. Call if you need pick-up arrangements. 360-675-3767 or deceptionpassfoundation.org.

BLUFF DAYS: Watch for harbor porpoises with an expert naturalist and learn about the Salish Sea ecosystem from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays, Aug. 6 and 20, at Washington Park Overlook, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes.

Free. 509-996-2490 or pacificbio.org.

MACHINISTS UNION GOLF TOURNAMENT: Machinists Union members who work for civilian contractors at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station will host their fourth annual charity golf tournament Saturday, Aug. 6, at Avalon Golf Links, 19345 Kelleher Road, Burlington. The four-man scramble tournament will begin with a shotgun start at noon. Registration: $110 per player, includes cart rentals, lunch and 18 holes of golf. Entry forms are available at all Machinists Union District Lodge 751 union halls in Puget Sound, including the Everett Union Hall at 8729 Airport Road. To request a form, call 425-355-8821.

ANACORTES ART DASH: The half-marathon will start at 7 p.m., followed by the 10k and 5k runs at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at 904 Sixth St., Anacortes. Enjoy live music, breakfast for purchase, and the Anacortes Art Festival after the race. $25 entry for 5k, $35 entry 10k, $50 entry half-marathon. 360-293-1918 or anacortesparksandrecreation.sportsites.com.

TENNIS CLINICS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation will offer four-day tennis clinics for ages 5 to 14 at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register: 360-3366215 or mountvernonwa.gov. n Tiny Tot Tennis Clinic: Beginning players ages 5-9 will learn the fundamentals from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 8, 10, 15 and 17. A rain day is set for Aug. 18. $49. n Junior Tennis Clinic: Ages 10-14 can learn or improve their skills from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 8, 10, 15 and 17, with a rain day Aug. 18. $69.

SUPERWHOLOCK FEST: Games and trivia for “Supernatural”, “Dr. Who”, and “Sherlock” fans from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, Burlington Public Library, 820 E Washington Ave., Burlington. Trivia, crafts and a costume contest.

Free. 360-755-0760 or burlingtonwa.gov/ library.

DAYS FOR GIRLS SEWING DAY: The Anacortes Chapter of Days for Girls International hosts a monthly “Sewing Day” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, at the Cottage Hobby House, 1220 12th St., Anacortes. Next up: Aug. 11. Free. For more information, call Carol Lee Olsen at 360-7087960 or visit daysforgirls.org.

GOLF TOURNAMENT: A tournament to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County will be held on Friday, Aug. 12, at Avalon Golf Links, 19345 Kelleher Road, Burlington. Sign up as a single player or put together a team of four. $125 per person; sponsorships available. Register at 360-419-3723, ext. 7, or ifaley@skagitclubs.org.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be physically active in Skagit County, including trail guides, an activity tracker and local resources at beactiveskagit.org.

SALMON HABITAT RESTORATION: Join Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) to help restore native riparian plants in the Skagit and Samish watersheds. These plants provide shade and cover for salmon and leaf litter for aquatic insects, which in turn provide food for salmon. The riparian zones also improve water quality by controlling erosion and filtering pollutants. All planting events take place from

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. For information, directions or to sign up: 360-336-0172 or sfeg@ skagitfisheries.org.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: In honor of the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks on Thursday, Aug. 25. The Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but will be required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov.

THEATER

ACTING CLASSES: The iDiOM Theater offers acting classes for all ages at the new Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St., Bellingham. Choose from various ongoing movement and method acting classes. sylviacenterforthearts@ gmail.com or sylviacenterforthearts.org.

FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults twice each month: from 7 to 10:30 p.m. the first Tuesday, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday, at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Hosted

by Nello Bottari, classes include monologue work, scripted scenes, improv games and more, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session.

360-840-0089 or freeadultactingclass.com.

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MUSIC REVIEWS TOMMY WOMACK, “Namaste” — “The end of the line is where you’ll find a loser’s blues like mine,” Tommy Womack confesses three cuts into his new album.

Bummer, no? Not really.

The former frontman of Government Cheese has fashioned an artistically profound solo career inspired by his own life as an aging, just-getting-by roots-rocker. On “Namaste,” he does it again with unsparing honesty and wit while steering clear of self-pity.

Womack sings of having the “Comb-Over Blues” and a “Hot Flash Woman,” while the folk-narrative “God Part III” deals with some loftier matters. On “Darling Let Your Free Bird Fly,” he takes his own advice, cutting loose for the album’s most rollicking track. In contrast, “When Country Singers Were Ugly” serves up some woozy nostalgia before segueing into “Nashville,” an affectionate hipster-jazz put-down of the changes in his home city.

If “End of the Line,” “It’s Been All Over Before,” and “I Almost Died” deliver the starkest reminders of mortality, Womack fittingly ends with the gentle uplift of “It’s a Beautiful Morning,” whose sentiments

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seem more hard-earned than trite — “Life is for living, and living’s for love.”

— Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer JAKE OWEN, “American Love” — Jake Owen could easily have stayed in his happy-go-lucky “Beachin’” country lane and been completely successful.

But his new album suggests that he is looking for something more.

While the first single “American Country Love Song” may not stray too far from what made Owen an up-andcoming star, with its guitar-driven hook and the lyrics about Ford trucks, cheerleaders and quarterbacks, and oh-my blue eyes, that sound isn’t where the heart of the album is.

Instead, there’s the horn section that adds a new groove to the title track and Owen adopting Taylor Swift’s clipped phrasing from “Blank Space” for the verses of “You Ain’t Going Nowhere,” which works remarkably well for him.

But it’s the combination of the tender, traditional guitar ballad “LAX,” where he asks Los Angeles to take care of an ex-girlfriend, and the strutting, funky

groove of “If He Ain’t Gonna Love You,” which features Chris Stapleton, that shows how much Owen has grown in the three years since “Days of Gold.”

There’s a musical and lyrical depth to “American Love” that makes Owen’s laid-back delivery much more appealing.

— Glenn Gamboa, Newsday LORI MCKENNA, “The Bird & The Rifle” — Will Lori McKenna become this year’s Chris Stapleton, another country “overnight sensation” decades in the making?

Well, she certainly should be. Like Stapleton, the Stoughton, Mass., singer-songwriter has written or co-written hits for a who’s who of country music, including Hunter Hayes’ chart-topping “I Want Crazy” and Little Big Town’s Grammy-winning “Girl Crush.” On her new album “The Bird & The Rifle,” McKenna works with producer Dave Cobb, who handled Stapleton’s “Traveller.” And, also like Stapleton, her album is filled with “real” country, genuine stories sung in her distinctive voice, including a song about whiskey.

Tim McGraw recently took her song “Humble

and Kind” to No. 1 on the country charts, but McKenna uses it here as well, giving the potential Song of the Year Grammy candidate her own more motherly spin.

However, crafting gorgeous sentiments is only one of McKenna’s skills.

She’s pretty straightforward about her thoughts on May-December romances in “Old Men, Young Women.” “Old men, young women, only work in the beginning,” she sings surrounded by the trappings of classic country. “She’s the past in a summer dress, he’s a ride in a red Corvette.

She’s a prize, he’s winning.”

In true country form, McKenna writes a lot about broken relationships, but they are filled with real, often flawed people. It’s clear what side she’s on in track “The Bird & The Rifle,”

which tells the story of a dysfunctional couple, but she tries to explain where each side is coming from.

The details she uses in “Wreck You,” right down to the change in the car’s ashtray, or “We Were Cool,” where she recalls where the relationship was when Duran Duran’s “Wild Boys” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” were playing in their car, are what makes her one of the best songwriters in country music right now.

— Glenn Gamboa, Newsday JAMILA WOODS, “Heavn” — Chicago poet and rapper Jamila Woods’ verses have shown up of late on tracks by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (“White Privilege II”) and Chance the Rapper (“Summer Sunday”), and she has a

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coming-out party on her full-length debut here.

Joining the voices raised in this Black Lives Matter moment, her “VRY BLK” echoes the chilling detail in D’Angelo’s “Charade.”

“Hello operator, emergency hotline,” Woods rhymes in a deceptively singsong manner.

“If I say ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ will I become a chalk line?” “Heavn,” whose title track quotes the Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,” is particularly impressive musically, considering Woods identifies as an activist as much as an artist.

She says the album is “about black girlhood, about Chicago, about the people we miss who have gone on to prepare a place for us somewhere else, about the city-slashworld we aspire to live in.”

— Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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TRAVEL

45-foot ship to tell story of the American Revolution

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Dave Dormond and India Gilham-Westerman work on a replica of a privateer ship for the Museum of the American Revolution, at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.

By MEGAN TRIMBLE Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Visitors to the birthplace of America can soon climb aboard a life-size Revolutionary era privateer ship in the heart of the city’s historic district, while staying firmly planted on land.

Builders working with the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia are crafting half of a ship — which at 45 feet can still impress in scope and scale — to invite visitors to learn a lesser known story of the Revolution through the lesser known 14-year-old James Forten.

The ship will act as one of the museum’s primary immersive exhibits, explore maritime involvement in the Revolution and highlight Forten, a free African-American boy who served on a privateer ship and later became a prominent abolitionist and wealthy Philadelphia businessman. The museum is set to open in April just two blocks from Independence Hall.

R. Scott Stephenson, museum vice president of collections, exhibitions and programming, said Forten “represents a founding generation” that spans ethnicities, backgrounds and ages.

Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing was one of the major maritime ports during the Revolution, but Stephenson said “many don’t know African-American men and white men fought side by side on ships, and that they were probably the most integrated

places in the (war) effort.”

So, to help the public learn more about the war effort and allow them to easily walk aboard a Revolutionary era boat, the museum asked for a ship that wouldn’t float.

Building such a ship was a bit counterintuitive for experienced shipwright Mark Donahue.

“We’re building a boat that won’t float.

It kind of messes around with our minds some of the time,” said Donahue, director of the Workshop of the Water at the Independence Seaport Museum.

Donahue led some 20 people tasked with crafting the $175,000 replica in a nearly yearlong process. About 1,000 pieces will be transferred to the museum in August to reassemble the ship on site.

The exhibit will have an accessible ramp and builders will outfit the ship with lights to create the illusion of water and a speaker system to surround the exhibit with sounds of people working on a privateer ship.

Stephenson said the museum’s exhibits will create a “connecting narrative” for historic pieces spread across Philadelphia and the nation, a narrative that is often lost, he said.

“Nowadays probably the most important single thing we can do is get people to believe any of this really happened,” he said.

Stephenson said the ship exhibit centered on Forten’s story and the museum’s artifacts will explore “one of the great unfinished aspects of the American Revolution: making the promise of equality apply to all people.”

LOC AL TR AVEL DIGEST WHATCOM MUSEUM HISTORY SUNSET CRUISES: The museum has partnered with San Juan Cruises for a series of summer history cruises on Bellingham Bay. Cruises start boarding at 6:15 p.m. and return to port at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, through Aug. 30., departing from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. Ticket prices vary. 800-838-3006 ext. 1 or brownpapertickets.com.

OLYMPIA CAPITOL TOURS-BOTANICAL WALK AND LEGISLATIVE BUILDING: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Highlights include a guided walking botanical tour of the Olmstead Brothers-designed capitol landscape, a no-host lunch at the Spar

Café and a private tour of the Legislative Building. $68. Register by Aug. 5: 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov.

BARD ON THE BEACH “OTHELLO”: Western Canada’s largest professional Shakespeare Festival presents “Othello” in Vancouver’s Vanier Park, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 21, meeting at the Cook Road Park and Ride, exit 232 off I-5. Proof of citizenship is required. $85.

Register by Aug. 8: 360-7667109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

RAFTING THE SKAGIT RIVER: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 24, departing from the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington; or 8:30 a.m to 5 p.m. departing from the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St.,

Anacortes. Lunch included.

A complete supplies list will be available at registration. $125. Register by Aug. 17 at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

WHIDBEY ISLAND ARTISTS SUMMER OPEN STUDIO TOUR: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Time will be set aside for a no-host lunch in Langley. $61. Register by Aug. 22 at 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 17 and younger).

Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

360-336-6215.

INTERNATIONAL DIGE S T New Dali museum in California The late artist Salvador Dali has a new museum devoted to his works in Monterey, California.

The Dali17 museum opened in July in the building where the Museum of Monterey was formerly located.

The museum now houses 570 works by Dali from the private collection of a Pebble Beach businessman, Dmitry Piterman, including etchings, mixed media, lithographs, sculptures and tapestries.

Dali, known for his surrealism, was a native of Spain, but lived for many years in the U.S., including during the 1940s in Mon-

terey. The museum will display among other things photographs from “Surrealistic Night at Del Monte,” a fundraiser hosted by Dali to aid refugee artists in Europe during World War II with guests such as Bob Hope and Gloria Vanderbilt.

The museum’s name Dali17 refers to 17 Mile Drive, the scenic road along the Monterey Peninsula where Dali lived and worked during his years in the area. dali17.com

Street art in Rio on Instagran A walkable map of street art and graffiti in Rio de Janeiro has been launched

by Instagram in advance of the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil.

You can find the map on Instagram at @ InstawalkRio. The hashtag connects you to official Instagram photos of the works, but also allows visitors to post their own pictures of the street art and various routes to see it.

Some 50 works on the map include work by five Brazilian artists — Acme, Luiz Zerbini, Raul Mourao, Rita Wainer and Vik Muniz — commissioned

by Instagram for an “Instawalk” route on Olympic Boulevard in Orla Luis Paulo Conde, downtown Rio. — Beth J. Harpza, AP Travel Editor

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‘Gleason’ is true window into life with ALS

By KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service

The word “hero” gets thrown around a lot, and it’s a title that Steve Gleason first earned during the first football game back in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina.

The New Orleans Saints safety blocked a punt and became a symbol of renewed hope for the broken city, and effectively cemented his status as a New Orleans sports hero. But as we see in the documentary “Gleason,” it’s the way he’s tackled what’s come after that establishes his place in history.

In 2011, three years after his retirement from the NFL, Steve was diagnosed with ALS, aka Lou Gehrig’s disease. Six weeks later, he and his wife Michel discovered she was pregnant with their first child, and Steve began making videos, hoping to pass on his own life lessons, beliefs, personality and sense of self before the disease robbed him of his ability to do so. These videos are the source of inspiration for “Gleason,” directed by Clay Tweel, which blends the video diaries and documentary footage into a remarkable, heartrending portrait that showcases the triumph of the human spirit at its most raw.

Steve, who also played

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Former New Orleans Saints and Washington State University safety Steve Gleason appears with his son Rivers and wife Michel in a scene from the documentary “Gleason.”

football at Washington State University, isn’t alone in this journey, and Michel emerges as a star, an uncensored, free-spirited woman who matches her husband’s lust for life, as carefree newlyweds and through the toughest moments of his illness. The family is incredibly open with Tweel, allowing him to capture the most intimate of moments, from the embarrassing to the heartbreaking.

The diagnosis and physical deterioration inspire a tremendous amount of soul-searching in Steve, who confronts his own mortality while learning to adapt to his lessening abilities.

He struggles with his father, a well-meaning, if goofy man, who found God through a 12-step program. Steve’s faith is uniquely personal, and the film captures some remarkable moments as the men grapple with each other about what might “save” him.

“Gleason” charts Steve’s physical evolution, as well as his new purpose in life as an activist and philanthropist. He gains a new voice, as his Team Gleason foundation helps ALS patients improve their quality of life with gear and technology, as well as memorable oncein-a-lifetime experiences.

The Steve Gleason Act is even written into law to

ensure that ALS patients are able to receive the necessary equipment and devices they need through Medicare.

A few years ago, the viral Ice Bucket Challenge brought awareness and fundraising to ALS, but “Gleason” offers up a true window into the everyday realities of the disease. With this intimately honest perspective on ALS, it makes all those ice buckets worth it — especially since those funds helped scientists zero in on the gene that causes the disease.

Activism aside, “Gleason” is profoundly personal, telling the story of just one family living through extraordinary circumstances. It might be different, but Steve is the same person — a loving dad to his son Rivers; a husband who cries, laughs and faces every challenge with his wife.

It’s ultimately a story about fathers and sons.

Steve’s goal of passing on the best parts of himself is what every father tries to do. Though the stakes might seem higher than most, it’s through this challenge that his son experiences the best parts of his dad — his grace, humor, spirit and dedication to helping others that is brought to the fore while taking on this disease.

1 hour, 50 minutes. Rated R for language. HHHH

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

“The Little Prince” — Jeff Bridges and Rachel McAdams lead a talented cast who lend their voices in this beautifully animated adaptation of the classic novella — with an ingenious twist. Animated adventure, PG, 108 minutes. HHH “Suicide Squad” — Writer/director David Ayer has missed a golden opportunity with a top-notch cast.

Comic book villains are tapped to do good in a film that never lives up to its DC Universe inspiration. Superhero action, PG-13, 130 minutes. HH “Jason Bourne” — At 45, Matt Damon still kicks butt in serious fashion in his fourth appearance as the tightly wound, perpetually restless and conflicted Jason Bourne.

This is the best action thriller of the year so far, with a half-dozen terrific chase sequences and fight scenes.

Action, PG-13, 121 minutes. HHH ½ “Tallulah” — As a drifter who kidnaps a baby on a whim and passes herself off as the infant’s mother, Ellen Page develops a beautiful, messy mother-daughter dynamic with Allison Janney as her boyfriend’s mom. This is one of the most moving films of 2016. Every 20 minutes or so, it grabs you and puts a lump in your throat. Drama, not rated, 111 minutes.HHH ½ “Star Trek Beyond” — In a welcome break from all the “heaviosity” of so many recent franchise films, this whiz-bang sci-fi adventure saga plays like an extended version of one of the better episodes from the original TV series, and I mean that in the best possible way. There’s nearly as much light comedy as gripping drama, nearly as much talk of family unity as end-of-the-world gloom and doom. HHH “Finding Dory” — Once again, the magic-makers at Pixar have created a gorgeous underwater (and occasionally above-ground) universe and a heart-tugging story involving parents and children and the true meaning of family. It’s a solid, entertaining, well-paced sequel that just doesn’t quite reach the soaring heights of the original. Animated adventure, PG, 95 minutes. HHH “Nerve” — There’s no huge onscreen spark between Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, cast as partners in a wildly popular online game in which players are rewarded for completing risky dares. The overall vibe is of a film trying too hard to be right-now relevant. Mute. Unfollow.

Block. Delete. Log off. Thriller, PG-13, 96 minutes. HH “Bad Moms” — Written and directed by the team that penned the “Hangover” movies, “Bad Moms” had me laughing out loud even as I was cringing, thanks to some fantastically over-the-top hijinks, crass but hilarious one-liners and terrific performances from Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn as suburban moms taking a break from parenting and going wild. Comedy, R, 101 minutes. HHH “Captain Fantastic” — Viggo Mortensen stars as a well-meaning, counterculture father who takes his children to live in the woods — completely off the grid, to the point of almost no return. When tragedy strikes, their world is upended in an offbeat drama that suffers from terminal self-satisfaction. Drama, R, 119 minutes. HH

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MOVIES “Wiener-Dog” — A dachshund is passed from owner to owner, acting as the conduit for what is basically a series of weird and melancholy and stinging and funny and heartbreaking and slightly sick vignettes by writer-director Todd Solondz. Despite the pet at the center, this is strictly for adults with a strong stomach. Comedy, R, 90 minutes. HHH ½ “Ghostbusters” — This gender-swapped reboot of the classic is a ghostly, ghastly mess.

Cheesy special effects, bad acting and a terrible script combine for the perfect storm. With Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. Comedy, PG-13, 117 minutes. H “The Infiltrator” — Bryan Cranston is perfection as a real-life U.S. customs agent who goes deep undercover to infiltrate one of the biggest drug cartels in the world. A great-looking, well-paced, wickedly funny and seriously tense thriller that is one of the year’s best films. Crime thriller, R, 127 minutes.

HHHH “Cell” — A mysterious signal beams through cellphones and turns texting/phoning humans into frothingat-the-mouth zombies in this adaptation of a Stephen King novel. This is not a polished work of filmmaking, but John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson are among the uninfected, and they’re good fun. Horror, R, 98 minutes. HH “The Secret Life of Pets” — This isn’t exactly the sweet and cute and utterly kid-friendly movie you might expect it to be.

Sure, there are moments of sheer exuberance and

At area theaters ANACORTES CINEMAS Aug. 5-11 Suicide Squad (PG-13): 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Bad Moms (R): 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 Jason Bourne (PG-13): 1:00, 3:55, 6:40, 9:25 360-293-7000 CONCRETE THEATRE Aug. 5-7 The Secret Life of Pets (PG): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 5 p.m.

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clever good fun sure to ring true with pet owners everywhere — but the film is also downright menacing at times. Animated adventure, PG, 90 minutes. HH “The BFG” — While the special effects are terrific in Steven Spielberg’s film about a 24-foot man taking an orphan into Giant Country, the film overall is painfully cutesy, silly and gross, rather than whimsical and funny. Fantasy adventure, PG, 110 minutes. Fantasy adventure, PG, 110 minutes. HH “Swiss Army Man” — One of the weirdest movies you’re going to be concerns a stranded man (Paul Dano) and the corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)

he treats as a friend and multipurpose tool. Stick with it, and it might grow on you as it grew on me — and you’ll be rewarded with maybe the best ending of any movie so far this year. Adventure comedy, R, 95 minutes.

HHH “The Legend of Tarzan” — Alexander Skarsgard manages to not look silly in the most expensive and the most epic adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ King of the Jungle. But there’s always been something a bit ridiculous about the whole Tarzan premise, and there’s very little about this film that screams, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS. Adventure, PG-13, 110 minutes. HH ½

Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar

defending itself. That reflects a modern debate over using Japan’s military beyond its self-defense role. Bureaucrats try their best to find Japanese-based solutions, treating Godzilla as a crisis requiring military might and vowing the nation can be rebuilt from scratch — as it was after World War II.

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press

TOKYO — Godzilla is back in its homeland of Japan after a 12-year absence, still breathing fire and mercilessly stomping everything in its way. The Associated Press noted four ways the new film “Shin Godzilla,” or “New Godzilla,” breaks from its past, and other ways it is reassuringly familiar. It’s now showing in theaters in Japan and is promised for the U.S. and other countries later this year.

The poster of “Shin Godzilla”, or “New Godzilla,”, is displayed under the monster’s head at a movie theater in Tokyo.

WHAT’S DIFFERENT n The Americans: Japan’s most important ally sends scientists and other advisers, their participation depicted at times as a nuisance. A Japanese-American special envoy, played impudently by Satomi Ishihara, asks where the nearest Zara store is, but mainly mediates between Japan and the U.S., which is worried Godzilla might reach its shores. She resists a U.S. proposal to nuke Godzilla. “Is Japan going to have the atomic bomb dropped for the third time?” she asks mournfully. n The man behind the monster: Godzilla is not a man wearing a rubber suit, like in the 1954 original.

Toho used motion-capture technology based on the movements of Mansai Nomura, an actor in traditional Kyogen theater whose casting was a secret until opening day. The center of gravity is kept low during Kyogen moves, similar to Noh dance, except that Kyogen specializes in comedy.

Nomura said he was honored to be chosen for the role. “I am thrilled that the DNA

of Kyogen, which has more than 650 years of history, will now be part of the DNA of the pride of Japanese cinema — that life called Godzilla,” he said in a statement. n The 2011 Fukushima disaster: Godzilla is no longer a result of nuclear testing.

Instead, the monster recalls the March 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. In the film, people measure the radiation around them and share information on social media, as they did five years ago. News conferences and meetings are filled with confusion and jargon, and government officials on screen even use the same word that was used to describe how unprepared Japan had been for the tsunami, “soteigai,” or “beyond expectations.” Scenes of people fleeing from torrents of water, and later huddled in gymnasiums, bring back heartbreaking memories of the 2011 disaster. n Defending itself: PostWorld War II Japan has repeatedly stressed it will abide by pacifism. When Godzilla crashes onto its shores, Japan debates how far it can go in

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WHAT’S FAMILIAR n The monster: Godzilla at first looks like a snake or an eel slithering through the cityscape. Nearly an hour into the movie, it stands upright like the Godzilla we know, with protruding scales lining its back and a giant tail lashing uncontrollably. As it was, with the way the 1954 original was scripted, Godzilla is more about our anticipation, the nightmare that reflects our deepest fears.

The new Godzilla glows red as though embers electrified by atomic power flicker beneath its jagged skin. n The destruction: The new film is inspired by the storyline of the 1954 original, more than the rest of Toho’s 28-film series that had Godzilla battling oversized moths, evil robots and other fantastic creatures. It smashes the same landmarks as all the other Godzillas, such as Tokyo Station, the Parliament building and the Wako department store with the clock tower. n The sounds: That same eerie screech, created by scratching contrabass strings, is heard. And this film pays homage to the original music. When the credits roll, with Nomura’s name closing the 329-strong actors’ lineup, it’s the same composition by Akira Ifukube that plays, a fitting ending for the Japanese comeback Godzilla.

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