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This Weekend

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At the Movies

Head out to Anacortes for music for all ages all day Saturday

Music: Luke Bryan, Sam Phillips Video Games: “Pikmin 3”

“The Butler” an important film and great mainstream entertainment

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Company You Keep”: Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf star. The screenplay by Lem Dobbs, based on the novel by Neil Gordon, brushes against some of the politics and policies that made young people a half-century ago feel the only way they could help was to be as loud as possible in their protests.

Redford handles the pressure of being both director and star with the same energy and passion that’s been a trademark of his career. He knows how to get the most out of a scene — even if it’s just two people talking — while keeping his performance focused. His pacing is a little slow, except for an ending that feels rushed.

“Emperor”: There are uncertainties during the first few days after the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. Matthew Fox plays Gen. Bonner Fellers, an expert in Japanese life who is assigned to find the proof that would tie the emperor directly to the war. Fellers has deep concerns because if the emperor is found guilty, the Japanese people will revolt.

It’s nice to see Fox returning to the tortured leading man role he played with great skill during his days on “Party of Five.” Since then, he’s tended to take roles overshadowed by special effects (“Speed Racer”), play characters who are off kilter (“Alex Cross”) or get caught in a story so complicated even Sir Laurence Olivier would have been an afterthought to the plot (“Lost”).

“Olympus Has Fallen”: This highpowered tale of terrorists who take over the White House is “Air Force One” meets “Die Hard.”

Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, a former top Secret Service agent for President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) who ends up with a desk job after a tragic event. He returns to the White House when it’s attacked and taken over, and becomes the only person who can save the president, the first son (Finley Jacobsen) and the United States.

These kind of big-action movies work if the plot seems even remotely plausible, the central hero is tough enough to handle the job and the action rarely stops. Check, check and check.

“The Big Wedding”: Family tries to survive a weekend wedding celebration.

“Bill Moyers: Faith & Reason Collection”: Bill Moyers explores questions about religion.

“Hatchet III”: Team hunting in a swamp is attacked. Danielle Harris stars.

“The Hot Flashes”: Middle-aged

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: AUG. 20 Scary Movie V - Anchor Bay

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AUG. 27 The Great Gatsby - Warner Pain & Gain - Paramount SEPT. 3 Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie - Magnolia Now You See Me - Lionsgate/Summit Stories We Tell - Lionsgate SEPT. 10 Love Is All You Need - Sony Star Trek Into Darkness - Paramount SEPT. 17 The Bling Ring - Lionsgate SEPT. 24 Redemption - Lionsgate n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

women challenge high school girls’ basketball champs to charity game.

“The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec”: Comics heroine Adèle Blanc-Sec leaps to the screen.

“Cat. 8”: A global security system causes big problems.

“Trial & Retribution: Complete Collection”: Shows psychological scars of violence.

“Time Team: The Team’s Favorite Digs”: Archaeologists, historians, surveyors and geophysicists unearth mysteries.

“Standing Up”: Young teens run away from camp after being the target of a prank.

“Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space”: Jon Pertwee plays the worldsaving Time Lord.

“Reality”: An Italian fishmonger longs to be on “Big Brother.”

“Ocean Men: Extreme Dive”: A look at the world of freedivers.

“Trevor Noah: African American”: Trevor Noah searches for his identity in a world obsessed with labels.

“Enlightened: The Complete Second Season”: Laura Dern plays a selfdestructive corporate executive.

“Damned”: Director Rene Clement’s 1947 post-war thriller.

“Girls: The Complete Second Season”: HBO comedy starring Lena Dunham. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

Check out Catapultfest, an all-day music festival for all ages, on Saturday in Anacortes

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COMMUNITY

Whoopin’ it up at Concrete’s Cascade Days

By KIMBERLY CAUVEL @Kimberly_SVH

Visit Concrete this weekend to join the fun of Cascade Days, an annual summer festival complete with chain saw carving to celebrate the town’s logging heritage. The two-day event will be packed with entertainment, contests and food for the whole family.

Floats will roll out on Main Street at 11 a.m. Saturday to kick off the event. Races, competitions and children’s activities will follow for the rest of the day along Main Street and at Town Park.

Wood chips and sawdust will pile up at Highway 20 and Douglas Vose Way while traditional chain saw carving buzzes in action both days.

Saturday’s highlights include a classic car show, the traditional firemen’s muster challenge, scaffold and duck races. The kids can go fishing, cool off in the dunk tank, ride a pony and more.

Car show registration is $10 and cars can be entered at the event Saturday.

Food and furry ones will take center stage at the park Sunday with a chili cookoff, jam contest, pie and watermelon eating contests, and a pet show. Visitors are encouraged to come hungry and participate in chili sampling around lunch time, then vote on their favorite. Scavenger hunts will be set up for kids 7 to 13.

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Schedule SATURDAY 11 a.m.: Parade 12:30 p.m.: Car show 12:30 p.m.: Chain saw carving, firemen’s muster 1-4 p.m.: Kids games, pony rides 2 p.m.: Scaffold race 2:30 p.m.: Log show 4:30 p.m.: Duck race SUNDAY 10 a.m.: Chain saw carving 11 a.m.: Pet show 12:30 p.m.: Jam contest 1:30 p.m.: Pie eating contest 2 p.m.: Chili cookoff tasting 2:30 p.m.: Watermelon eating contest n On the Web: cascade days.com

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MOVIES

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AN FRANCISCO — In the spring of 2011, actor Ashton Kutcher had a chance to meet Apple’s Steve Jobs. But the meeting never took place because Kutcher was working, and on Oct. 5, Jobs died at the age of 56, setting off memorials around the world.

“I think things work out the way they do for a reason,” says Kutcher, who plays the high-tech icon in the new film “Jobs.” “He may well have been one of the great innovators of my lifetime. But I don’t know what I could have gotten from that meeting.”

For one thing, Kutcher says he might have gotten an impression of Jobs that was only temporarily valid, something that would have affected his portrayal of him in the wrong way.

“There might have been one thing that he only did on that day, but I would have just married myself to it,” he adds. “So maybe — just maybe — it was lucky that I didn’t meet him.”

Kutcher is talking “Jobs” before a screening of the film (which opens Friday) for an invited audience of high-tech executives and journalists in San Francisco. Sitting in a conference room at the Ritz Carlton with the movie’s director, Joshua Michael Stern, the 35-yearold actor seems far removed from the TV comedies for which he is best known: Walden Schmidt in CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and Michael Kelso on Fox’s “That ’70s Show.”

Perhaps because of the goofy persona he has projected on television, the very notion of the actor morphing into Jobs on screen was initially met with a significant amount of skepticism. But the fact remains that Kutcher has long been a player in the tech world with a passion for social media and a role as venture capital investor in startups.

While the film itself has drawn considerable advance heat — including criticisms from Apple co-founder and longtime Jobs friend Steve Wozniak — Kutcher has earned grudging praise for his ability to channel the man who reshaped the computer industry and American culture.

“I have had the good fortune of being consistently underesti-

Josh Gad (from left, as Steve Wozniak), Ashton Kutcher (Steve Jobs) and Ron Eldard (Rod Holt) are shown in a scene from “Jobs.”

Open Road Films via AP

Ashton Kutcher, Steve Jobs and the making of ‘Jobs’

By CHARLIE McCOLLUM / San Jose Mercury News

mated,” says Kutcher with a sigh.

“I think there is value in that.”

Work on the film actually began well before Jobs’ death. First-time script writer Matt Whiteley began the screenplay around the time Jobs took medical leave from Apple to battle a rare form of pancreatic cancer. The process accelerated after Jobs died, and one of director Stern’s first calls was to Kutcher, who had already expressed interest in the movie.

He gives Kutcher a lot of credit for making that experience “a master class in what an actor ought to do in a meeting” about a new film.

“You have to have done your homework; you have to have a sense of the character,” Stern explains. “So when you meet the director, he takes away from the meeting that this guy can do the role, he’s engaged, and he’s deeply interested.”

From the very beginning, he says, it was clear that Kutcher

“really fell in love with the character and understood him.”

Kutcher says that for him, it was an unusual opportunity, a perfect nexus of personal interest and profession craft aligning.

“Your craft should be your interest, but when the subject matter of interests can be your craft, it’s really exciting.”

“Jobs” began filming in June 2012 with three days of work in and around the actual Los Altos, Calif., home Jobs grew up in. The family’s garage was famously the first “headquarters” of Apple.

While most of the movie was shot in Los Angeles, Stern thought it important to do the location work to get the right feel for Apple’s early days.

Kutcher says that part of the shoot was not easy because he was still struggling with the part.

“To this day, I don’t know if I fully understand Steve Jobs. I don’t know if anyone ever fully did,” he says. “You can only really seek an

approximation of who he was. I was working really hard to become that guy.”

Finally, someone with whom he was working came to his aid by telling him: “It’s your interpretation and don’t take that away from yourself.”

After that “I had to forgive myself for the mistakes I was going to make. Once I was able to do that, it was like: Well, OK, give it your best effort.”

What he came to understand was that Jobs was most misunderstood by people who didn’t know him and didn’t get how passionate he was about what he was creating.

“He cared more than anyone else. He cared so much that sometimes he ignored the feelings of the people who were right around him. … Every moment was a moment for Steve to further the agenda, to create (an) amazing product for his company that people loved, cared about and was useful to them.

“To me, that was the backbone.”

There is a key scene in “Jobs,” set at a time when a barefoot and hygienically challenged Jobs was working at Nolan Bushnell’s Atari.

At one point, a manager turns to Jobs and says, “You’re good, damn good, but you’re an a—hole.”

“There are people who don’t give a damn so they’re an a—hole. … And then there are (others) who just can’t help being an a— hole because they’re really gifted,” Kutcher says. “And that is what Steve was. He was that way when he could get away with it.”

Or, as Stern puts it: Kutcher “connected with that focus that Steve had, that what he was doing was great, and if other people didn’t understand it, it wasn’t his inability to articulate it but their inability to understand.”

As the interview is winding down and Kutcher and Stern are getting ready to go to the screening, the actor suddenly reveals a flash of the passion that he sometimes brings to the screen as Jobs.

“Look,” he says, “my motivation for making the movie was pretty simple. As a world, we’re at an economic apex where the old guard, the old titans of industrial America, is moving out. … The one thing that is happening is our growth in building technology.”

Kutcher notes that the people who are at the forefront are young entrepreneurs, the kind who work with startups, who are starting out where Jobs began and will face the same brick walls.

“If people get anything from the movie that’s valuable, it’s that Steve Jobs wasn’t always Steve Jobs. He was a guy making a phone call to companies where nobody knew his name. But if you have perseverance … you can win, build something useful and help create the world around you. …

“At the end of the day, that’s what Steve Jobs stood for.”

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THIS WEEKENDin the area “PROP & PONIES” The Heritage Flight Museum will kick off

Catapulfest

its Props and Ponies weekend with the “Props, Ponies & Popping Corks” tasting event at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the museum’s hangars at Skagit Regional Airport, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. Enjoy wine, beer and food tasting, live music and more. Ages 21 and older. $25. propsandponies.eventbrite.com The Props & Ponies Mustang-Mustang airplane and car show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, on the ramp outside the museum hangars. Check out 100 classic to modern Ford Mustangs, flying P-51 Mustangs and other flying and static warbirds, kids’ activities, raffles and more. Vehicle/plane registration: $30. Admission: $5 suggested donation, $3 ages 5 to 18. 360-733-4422 or heritageflight.org

STARLIGHT CINEMA “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” is next in Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation’s presentation of free movies this summer on Friday nights at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. The movie will begin at dusk Aug. 16.

Bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating. Concessions will be available. Free admission. 360-336-6215

HEY MARSEILLES Enjoy music for all ages, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Seafarers’ Memorial Park in Anacortes. The lineup includes Hey Marseilles, SHEBEAR, The Fame Riot, SEACATS, Special Explosion, Specters, Sleepy Lagoon, Maiah Manser, Terrible Buttons, Tangerine and New Lungs. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. Free admission. Food will be available for purchase. catapultfest.com

SPACE KIDS PICNIC The Charlie Martz Foundation’s eighth annual For the Kids Charity fundraiser will begin at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17, at Buster’s place, 13392 Avon Allen Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a potluck picnic with music provided by six local bands, along with an auction and raffles. Main dish and beverages will provided. Admission: $15 plus one side dish; free for children. 360-421-1495 or 360-708-8037

WATER FEST The fourth annual CamOcean Water Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Cama Beach State Park, 1880 SW Camano Drive, Camano Island. Learn about the critters that call Puget Sound home, with hands-on activities and educational booths.

Free. Discover Pass required, but some reserved parking is available on request for those without a pass. camabeach foundation.org

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS

VIDEO GAMES

Compiled from news services

Chris Campbell Scripps Howard News Service

Steve Arrington and the Dam-Funk “Higher”

Los Angeles funk producer and songwriter Damon “Dam-Funk” Riddick has become one of R&B’s most idiosyncratic groove delivery systems, a master of unironic synth joy supremely devoted to ’70s and ’80s tones. For “Higher,” the king of the keyboard has teamed with vocalist/percussionist Steve Arrington, whose work with ’70s funk pioneers Slave and as a solo artist inspired some of Dam’s jams. The pair have collaborated in the past, but “Higher” marks their first album-length project.

The record connects fellow travelers on a journey to the center of a sound, one in which fake hand claps bang alongside synthetic bass tones, layers of falsetto wails roll out lines about making dreams come true (“Blow Your Mind”), soaring through space (“Galactic Funtionals”) and freaking out (“I Be Trippin’”).

Retro? Yes. This stuff sounds straight outta the funk vaults, so your tolerance for “Higher” will depend on whether you think the era that created early Prince, Zapp and the Gap Band is worthy of revisiting. Which is to say, “Higher” as an album is decent enough, but it’s hardly essential. n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times

Luke Bryan

“Crash My Party” Within the first minute of “That’s My Kind Of Night,” the opening track on Luke Bryan’s new album “Crash My Party,” he cites tailgating, beer drinking and a nameless “pretty girl” in suntan oil and cowboy boots — all standard modern-day signifiers for a country song.

Set to an electronically altered bass-and-drum rhythm, the song also refers to a country hip-hop mix tape, a reflection of the tune’s arrangement, which mixes banjo, hard-rock guitar riffs and hip-hop production touches.

What Bryan’s fourth album doesn’t offer is many surprises. The current Academy of Country Music entertainer of the year, Bryan sticks with souped-up country rockers and romantic ballads about how guys who like to fish and guzzle beer and drive pickup trucks do better with women and generally have more fun than

their counterparts.

That theme rings out in the title song and many others, including “Beer In The Headlights,” “We Run This Town,” “Play It Again,” “Out Like That” and on and on.

Bryan and producer Jeff Stevens do push the edge of how many electronic effects they can use in a country song. But in every other way, Bryan sticks a bit too predictably with a successful formula on “Crash My Party.” n Michael McCall, Associated Press

Buddy Guy

“Rhythm & Blues” On “I Go By Feel,” Buddy Guy uses the title phrase to explain, among other things, his approach to playing the blues. But even the greats, like Guy, can use help along the way in melding inspiration with craft and enhancing the artist’s gifts. And Guy gets that from producer-drummer-writer Tom Hambridge.

The result is a focused, hard-hitting two-CD set of 21 tracks that clocks in at just over 80 minutes total. The 77-year-old Guy gets plenty of chances to flash his prodigious guitar chops, but he does so in the context of taut, well-structured songs that don’t stint on feel as they range from driving straight blues to swaggering roadhouse R&B and ballads brooding and soul-tinged.

Guests are on hand, including Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Steven Tyler, but they just complement the main attraction, whom Hambridge supplies with songs that at times resonate with references to the singer’s own life. And with “Meet Me in Chicago,” there is also a welcome alternative to the well-worn Windy City anthem “Sweet Home Chicago.” n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sam Phillips

“Push Any Button”

of the 44 Long Play songs, but the self-released “Push Any Button” is her first publicly available new album in five years.

Clocking in at 29 minutes, it’s a compact set of 10 fun, barbed, clattering songs that integrate upbeat rockabilly guitars and sweet countrypolitan strings into the artful torch-song style she has mined since 2001’s “Fan Dance.” “When I’m Alone” and “You Won’t Know” rock more than anything she’s done since her baroque-pop period in the ’90s, and ballads such as “No Time Like Now” and “Going” rank with her best. n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Washed Out “Paracosm”

As the namesake for Washed Out’s latest LP, “Paracosm” is at once perfectly appropriate and bafflingly unbefitting.

In the former sense, the album adheres to the word’s dictionary definition, being an audible depiction of a childlike fantasy world, rich with carefree sentiments, chirping birds and cooing woodland creatures and the resulting feeling of lying in a sun-soaked valley.

Yet lacing that perception is the idea that the world stretched across the record’s nine tracks is not tethered to a child’s imagination.

Instead, it has the feel of a world-weary adult peeking in on the dream world he concocted as a youth and subsequently grew to abandon so long ago. n Cole Waterman, popmatters.com

Bloc Party

“The Nextwave Sessions” Bloc Party has always seemed to take a liking to short releases. “The Nextwave Sessions” marks the sixth EP in the group’s discography, and they’ve never released an album containing more than 13 tracks.

The succinct releases cut down on the filler and fixate the attention to the records that matter. “The Nextwave Sessions” presents five new Bloc Party tracks that the band wanted you to hear. Some of these tracks are songs that the band has been performing live for months now, but this EP is the first opportunity to hear the studio recordings in all their crispy clean glory.

Although she had been putting out albums since the early ’80s, Sam Phillips retreated from the corporate music business after 2008’s “Don’t Do Anything,” choosing instead to make songs available via a private subscription program she called the Long Play and to serve as music director for Amy Sherman-Palladino’s TV series “Bunheads,” as she had for “Gilmore Girls.”

In 2011, Phillips released a sampler of a dozen n Logan Smithson, popmatters.com

‘Pikmin 3’

Platform: Wii U Genre: Strategy Publisher: Nintendo ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone Grade: 4 stars (out of 5) If you had but one day to live, would you check off everything on your bucket list that you could, or would you fight to give yourself another day?

The latter makes up the paper-thin story of “Pikmin 3,” but gamers should hardly care. That’s because this lovable franchise has at last returned to give us the joy of sacrificing these little creatures by the hundreds in order to survive.

For the uninitiated, pikmin are creatures with special abilities. Those that are red in color are heavy lifters, those that are blue tackle water well, the yellow handle electricity and so on.

Charlie and his shipmates only have a short time to live if they don’t collect adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables. And wouldn’t you know it? These pikmin love nothing more than scarfing this stuff down.

Armed with a trusty whistle, you move Charlie and Co. across several sprawling landscapes, encountering beasts and food. You can only usher up to 100 pikmin at a time, so a vast amount of your focus is on strategizing how many of which kind of pikmin to collect and have follow you around.

You will encounter more throughout each level so you can replenish your forces. But be aware, for example, that running out of blue pikmin not long before you reach an uncrossable creek is, shall we say, a problem.

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REVIEWS Maintaining an ice-cold relationship with your pikmin remains crucial as well, because, as stated previously, you run through these cute little characters at an alarming rate. Some beasts that are encountered require one to experiment with the right combination of pikmin to defeat them, and depending on how many enemies ambush you, it could be a loss of great proportions.

And while I call these bugs and robots “enemies,” they hardly seem that. Rather, they are just minding their own business trying to survive — just as you are — and when you cross their path you have no choice but to do battle.

Equally dispiriting will be

ways to control Charlie and his buddies. The GamePad provides a great map to help keep you moving in the right direction, while the Wii Remote has more accuracy in making on-the-fly direction changes and instructions for pikmin. Neither one is 100 percent, however, and you wish there were a better balance or a way to use both.

“Pikmin 3” offers beautifully rendered environments, engaging audio and the reluctance of pikmin to expands upon what made properly follow you around the first two editions so popular. It is one of the best the map, which means that Wii U releases of the last a few stragglers will perish and you’ll occasionally curse few months. the camera for making the n Follow Chris Campbell on viewing angle difficult to Twitter @campbler or email make forward progress. him at game_on_games@ The game gives you two mac.com.

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TRAVEL

Improvements in store for the Road to Graceland “I wasn’t that impressed,” Green said of Presley Boulevard. “I MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The expected something more road to Graceland is not grand. I think it could use a a pretty sight. At least not little sprucing up.” yet.

To make the road more Elvis Presley Boulevard welcoming for tourists and leads hundreds of thoumore pleasant for resisands of visitors each year dents of the working- and to Graceland, the late rock middle-class community ‘n’ roll icon’s Memphis of Whitehaven just past mansion, and to the exhib- Graceland, the city has its across the street. Tourbegun making a series of ists exit off Interstate 55 infrastructure improveand cruise through a mile’s ments. Workers already worth of empty businesses, have widened and repaved vacant lots, crooked utility one main intersection and poles, crumbling sidewalks, plan to do the same to sevpoor lighting and drab eral others. landscaping.

Officials say they believe Fast-food joints and the planned improvements gas stations are the main to utilities, sidewalks, curbs, options for eating nearest gutters, signs and lightto Graceland. Businesses ing — plus new artwork at such as used-car dealerintersections and along the ships and auto-parts stores road — will impress touralso are part of the mix. ists, lure new businesses, Lodging options are not improve pedestrian and plentiful: The highesttraffic safety, and better quality chain hotels in the the quality of life in Whiteimmediate area are an haven.

EconoLodge and a Days The $43 million project Inn. began early this year and Susan Green and her is expected to be comhusband David came from pleted in 2016 or 2017, said Jasper, Ga., to visit Grace- Memphis City Councilman land last week, just days Harold Collins, the drivbefore the start of Elvis ing force behind the plan.

Week, an annual event dur- Funding has been split ing which throngs descend between the state’s $27 milon Memphis to celebrate lion and $16 million from Presley’s life and career, the city. capped by a candlelight “When the finished vigil at Graceland to product is done, tourists will see a new boulevard remember his death on that’s fitting for their visit Aug. 16, 1977.

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press

Photos by Adrian Sainz / AP

A newly built sign marking Elvis Presley Blvd. sits at the intersection of the boulevard and Brooks Road in Memphis, Tenn. The boulevard, which runs right in front of Graceland, Presley’s longtime Memphis home, is undergoing a $43 million infrastructure improvement project that officials hope will please tourists and improve the quality of life of the residents of the Whitehaven community. to Graceland but also fitting for the community that surrounds Graceland,” Collins said.

Cab driver Frank Williams, who takes people to and from Graceland every day, said he would like to see some bumps in the road fixed and a lower speed limit between three stoplights that bracket the boulevard right in front of Graceland.

“This is a busy area.

It will make commuting much easier,” Williams said.

“Whitehaven is like a city within a city.”

One key aspect of the project is removing the

unsightly power poles that line the boulevard. Memphis Light, Gas and Water plans to install a network of underground power lines to replace cracked wooden poles.

Another important part of the project involves business owners, who are being told they need to make changes at their own expense to their properties to conform to the new look.

Collins and others hope vacant lots and abandoned storefronts will be replaced by new businesses that can A construction crew works on improvements to Elvis Presley Blvd. serve the community and boost the tax base.

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TRAVEL Local travel YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: Join Dawn Jex for day trips and yoga. Each adventure includes fun activities at an area attraction combined with a yoga class. For information or to register: 360-631-0587 or yoga-gypsies.com.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older, adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

“(Business owners) are excited about it, but they also are cautious because they know they’re going to have to invest some dollars for their business,” Collins said.

Collins said luring higher-quality restaurants and hotels is a long-term goal of the project. Most visitors to Graceland stay in downtown Memphis or near the airport, deciding to drive to the tourist attraction or take shuttles. Most of the hotels within walking distance of Graceland are locally owned, with a smattering of low-budget chain hotels.

At least one major company, IHG, plans to build a Holiday Inn Express hotel in the area. In an emailed statement, Sandip Patel, the owner of the planned Holiday Inn Express, said the city’s “efforts and commitment to revitalize Elvis Presley Boulevard” was a factor in the decision to build near Graceland.

Jack Soden — CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises,

ESCORTED TOURS: The Whatcom County Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For information or to register: 360-733-4030, press #, ext. 47015, or wccoa.org/index.php/ Tours. Next up: “Sister Act”: Broadway musical performance at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Center. $125$135. Includes round-trip transportation, escort, tickets, lunch.

Seattle Mariners versus Texas Rangers: 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28. $73-$83. Includes round-trip transportation, covered parking, group seating in Section 323 and escort.

Seattle Mariners versus Oakland Athletics: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29. $73-$83. Includes round-trip transportation, covered parking, group seating in Section 323 and escort.

Fall Foliage Mississippi River Steamboat Cruise: Oct. 4-12. Enjoy the quintessential American journey down the Mississippi River aboard the America Queen Steamboat. $3,199-$3,999.

Includes Bellingham-to-Seatac transfer, airfare, first-night hotel stay, seven-day cruise, all meals on cruise, shore activity at all ports, daily lecture by onboard

TOP: A dilapidated sign in front of a former used car dealership sits along Elvis Presley Blvd.

BOTTOM: A “sidewalk closed” sign marks the spot where workers are making improvements to Elvis Presley Blvd. which is in charge of operating the Graceland tourist attraction and managing the licensing of Presleyrelated products and materials — said improvements to the boulevard are important for Graceland and the some 500,000 tourists who

visit yearly.

“Visitors to Graceland, who are 99.9 percent from out of town, are forming an impression about where they are and forming an impression about Memphis from Elvis Presley Boulevard,” Soden said.

naturalist, nightly entertainment, taxes, gratuities and escort.

New York City and Upstate New York Fall Colors Tour: Oct. 4-13. Check out the “Big Apple” including a day cruise to the Statue of Liberty, then venture upstate to Niagara Falls, Cooperstown, Hyde Park mansions, a river cruise and more. $2,999-$3,799, includes round-trip airfare, deluxe motorcoach transportation, hotel accommodations, 14 meals, New York City guided tour, optional Broadway show, attractions, two day-cruises and escort. $300 deposit due at sign-up. Final payment due in August.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing two smallgroup trips for 2014: Mississippi River Cruise: America’s Heartland, Nashville to New Orleans, March 19–30; and Scotland, June 2014. Trips will depart from Oak Harbor/Mount Vernon. Contact Pat Gardner at pgardner@oak harbor.org.

STANWOOD SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: The Stanwood Senior Center offers occasional trips around the Puget Sound area and beyond, departing from and returning to the center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. For information or reservations, contact Sandy Kitchens at 360-629-7403.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

The Oak Harbor Senior Center accepts passport applications, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. 360-279-4580.

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Family Fun for Everyone!

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 15-22

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 15-22

Thursday.15

FRIDAY.16

THEATER

MATT AUDETTE AND THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BAND 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $15. 360-3363321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.16 MUSIC

Haynie Opry (country, bluegrass): Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $15. 360336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry. com.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Catapult Festival, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

THEATER

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

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FRIDAY.16 JENNY & THE TOMCATS 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

FRIDAY.16 Saturday.17

SATURDAY.17

MUSIC

THE 1ST STREET FOLLIES PRESENTS “THE BACK ALLEY CATS” 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee: Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 3 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Day The Music Died”: Haynie Opry presents a tribute to the music of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly; 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Catapult Festival, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

VARIETY

The 1st Street Follies presents “The Back Alley Cats”: 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

BOBBY HOLLAND AND BREADLINE BLUES BAND 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7.

THURSDAY.15 Hillary Scott: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $8. 360-4453000.

FRIDAY.16 Knut Bell and the Blue Collars: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

Paul Klein (of the Atlantics): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

Amara Grace and Philip Nakano: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

El Colonel and Doubleshot: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-7550165.

Wayne Hayton: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Br’er Rabbit (folk, Americana): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-2992120.

Jenny & The Tomcats: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360848-8882.

Open to the public.

Don’t, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Black Beast Revival: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Ruvara Marimba: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7, free for ages 12 and younger. 360445-3000.

Nick Fair & Sarah Smith: 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

Dirty Rice: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Bobby Holland and Breadline Blues Band: 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7. 360-2933515.

Country Lips: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., Sedro-Woolley Eagles Club, 1000 Metcalf St. $5. 360-8550530.

Slim Fat Lips (blues, rock): Noon to 3 p.m., Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Free.

425-422-6988.

Galapagos, Pacific High, Full Clips: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3. 360778-1067.

Michael Gonzalez (acoustic folk, indie): 6:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

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THURSDAY.22 The Lost Highway Band: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360961-1438.

Jerri Mercer (piano show tunes, folk classics): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

SATURDAY.17 Electric Soul Society (rock): 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-336-3626.

THEATER

“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

SATURDAY.17

WAYNE HAYTON 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

Sunday.18

Thursday.22

THEATER

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Tuesday.20 VARIETY

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SUNDAY.18 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360855-2263.

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 4 to 8 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

Jaime Reynolds/ 1967: 5 to 8 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-7576113.

Truth & Salvage Co., Wes Sheffield: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360778-1067.

Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Scott Pemberton Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 15-22

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 15-22

Thursday.15

FRIDAY.16

THEATER

MATT AUDETTE AND THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BAND 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $15. 360-3363321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.16 MUSIC

Haynie Opry (country, bluegrass): Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $15. 360336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry. com.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Catapult Festival, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

THEATER

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

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FRIDAY.16 JENNY & THE TOMCATS 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

FRIDAY.16 Saturday.17

SATURDAY.17

MUSIC

THE 1ST STREET FOLLIES PRESENTS “THE BACK ALLEY CATS” 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee: Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 3 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Day The Music Died”: Haynie Opry presents a tribute to the music of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly; 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Catapult Festival, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

VARIETY

The 1st Street Follies presents “The Back Alley Cats”: 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

BOBBY HOLLAND AND BREADLINE BLUES BAND 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7.

THURSDAY.15 Hillary Scott: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $8. 360-4453000.

FRIDAY.16 Knut Bell and the Blue Collars: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

Paul Klein (of the Atlantics): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

Amara Grace and Philip Nakano: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

El Colonel and Doubleshot: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-7550165.

Wayne Hayton: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Br’er Rabbit (folk, Americana): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-2992120.

Jenny & The Tomcats: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360848-8882.

Open to the public.

Don’t, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Black Beast Revival: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411.

Ruvara Marimba: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7, free for ages 12 and younger. 360445-3000.

Nick Fair & Sarah Smith: 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

Dirty Rice: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Bobby Holland and Breadline Blues Band: 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7. 360-2933515.

Country Lips: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., Sedro-Woolley Eagles Club, 1000 Metcalf St. $5. 360-8550530.

Slim Fat Lips (blues, rock): Noon to 3 p.m., Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Free.

425-422-6988.

Galapagos, Pacific High, Full Clips: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3. 360778-1067.

Michael Gonzalez (acoustic folk, indie): 6:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

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THURSDAY.22 The Lost Highway Band: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360961-1438.

Jerri Mercer (piano show tunes, folk classics): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

SATURDAY.17 Electric Soul Society (rock): 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-336-3626.

THEATER

“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

SATURDAY.17

WAYNE HAYTON 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

Sunday.18

Thursday.22

THEATER

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Tuesday.20 VARIETY

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $14. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SUNDAY.18 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360855-2263.

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 4 to 8 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Orville Johnson: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

Jaime Reynolds/ 1967: 5 to 8 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-7576113.

Truth & Salvage Co., Wes Sheffield: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360778-1067.

Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Scott Pemberton Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

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sion, includes all art materials and chaperoned ferry transportation CALL TO ARTISTS: Skagit from Anacortes. call 360-293-8878 Regional Health is seeking perma- or towerartsstudio.com. nent art for its new medical office building, Skagit Regional Clinics ART CLASSES, WORKSHOPS: Riverbend, which will open in Dakota Art Center offers a varimid-2014 in north Mount Vernon. ety of art classes and workshops Artwork must be of superior at 17873 Highway 536, Mount quality and may include a wide Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. 5, or range of styles and mediums. Indi- dakotaartcenter.com. vidual artists may submit up to six images of original work by Sept.

CLAY CLASSES: Ceramic art30. Submissions may be either ist Sue Roberts offers a variety of existing work for sale or represen- classes and workshops at Tower tative work that can be completed Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive,

by Feb. 1, 2014. Include the name Guemes Island. For information, of each work, its medium, size and call 360-293-8878 or visit tower asking price. Send submissions artsstudio.com. by email to wragusa@skagitvalleyhospital.org. For information, contact Wendy Ragusa at 360-814- BOATING FREE VESSEL CHECKS: Bring 5747. your boats in for a free vessel safety check provided by AnaCALL TO ARTISTS: United General Hospital’s Fine Art Com- cortes Coast Guard Auxiliary mittee seeks uplifting, healing art volunteers at local boat launches and marinas. A trained examiner by local artists for display in the will verify that you have the safety hospital’s Gallery Hall. Artwork, equipment required under state in any medium, can be for sale, and federal regulations, and can with a portion of the proceeds discuss safety questions you may going toward the purchase of a permanent art collection. Contact have. To schedule a safety check: 360-293-2795 or find a nearby Patsy Prutzman by email: patsy examiner at safetyseal.net/ prutzman@gmail.com.

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ART CLASSES POTTERY CLASSES: Themed weeklong summer pottery camps for kids and teens will be held through Aug. 30 at Handz in Clay Pottery School, 525 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Adult classes are available year-round. Learn hand-building and pottery wheel techniques. Multichild discount available. For information, contact Phoenix at 360-202-2329 or visit handzinclay.com.

KIDS’ SUMMER ART CAMPS: Tower Arts Studio is offering summer “Island Art Camp Adventures” for kids on Guemes Island.

Local professional artists will teach a variety of art techniques to ages 6 to 12 during weeklong sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Guemes Island. Kids can work with clay, acrylics, sculpture, mosaic and more. $295 per ses-

DANCE SQUARE DANCE: The second annual Summer Square Dance Spectacular will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Steve Noseck and Debbie Taylor will perform. $7, includes a finger potluck. Proceeds will benefit Camano Center. For information, contact Dennis or Sandy at 360387-0165.

welcome. First two weeks are free, then $4 per lesson. Sponsored by the Mt. Baker Singles and Skagit Squares. 360-424-4608 or 360-4249675.

CLOG DANCING FOR BEGINNERS: Free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed. First three lessons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-4244608.

MUSIC SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club will not meet during August. For information, call Marsha Pederson at 360-757-4906.

RECREATION BEACH SEINE SAMPLING: The public is invited to participate in a Community Beach Seine sampling event from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Ship Harbor, just east of the San Juan Ferry Terminal in Anacortes. Skagit County Beach Watchers, Skagit MRC members and students and staff of Shannon Point Marine Center will lead the sampling effort, identify and measure fish caught in the net, record and add the information to the fish database maintained by the Skagit River Systems Cooperative for future research. Wear shoes or boots that you don’t mind getting wet. Volunteers are encouraged to RSVP, but drop-ins are welcome.

For information or to volunteer, call Paul Dinnel at 360-299-8468 or email padinnel@aol.com.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: In recognition of National Public THURSDAY DANCE: Enjoy Lands Day, the Washington State dancing to the music of the SkipParks and Recreation Commispers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays sion will offer free admission to at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., all state parks on Saturday, Sept.

Mount Vernon. For information, 28. The Discover Pass will not contact Doris at 360-588-8239. be required to enter state parks.

The pass is still required to access BEGINNER SQUARE DANCE lands managed by the Washington LESSONS: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Department of Fish and Wildlife beginning Sept. 10, at the Mount and the Department of Natural Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Resources. parks.wa.gov.

Cleveland St. Couples and singles The U.S. Forest Service will rec-

ognize National Public Lands Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Saturday, Sept. 28. Fees will be waived at some 74 day-use sites on the forest. fs.usda.gov/mbs.

the Fidalgo Bay RV Resort, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road, Anacortes.

This is a free event to raise awareness of elder abuse. Participants and volunteers will receive a free T-shirt, water bottle and outreach materials. Register by Aug. 21 for TRAIL TALES: Friends of Skagit guaranteed chip timing. To regBeaches lead a series of inforister, visit surveymonkey.com/s/ mative walks along the Tommy RG5VTXG. For information, Thompson Trail in Anacortes. For contact 360-899-5282, ext. 102, or information, visit skagitbeaches. email ehill@samishtribe.nsn.us. org. Next up: Bike Ride: March Point History THEATER and Herons: 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. FREE ADULT ACTING CLASS17. Meet at Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 ES: Anacortes Community TheFidalgo Bay Road. Learn about atre offers free acting classes for early Coast Salish agriculture, the first location homesteaded by adults from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month at 918 pioneer settlers in Skagit County and the West Coast’s largest heron M Ave., Anacortes. Classes include scripted scenes and a variety of rookery — more than 400 nests.

The ride will follow a 10-mile loop acting games, with a different around March Point on fairly flat topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to terrain.

Tides & Currents at Work and commit to every session. 360-2934373 or acttheatre.com. at Play: 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24.

Meet at 34th Street. Learn how tides and currents affect the shape WORKSHOPS of the bay and the amount of QUILTING: Sedro-Woolley resiwater it holds, as well as the health dent Judy Niemeyer will teach a of plants and animals and our five-course quilting series based ability to see them. The flat, paved on her unique foundation paper trail is handicapped accessible. piercing technique from 10 a.m.

Fidalgo: The Bay That Feeds to 5 p.m. the second Wednesday Us: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28. of each month, beginning Sept.

Meet at Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 11 and continuing through Jan. 8.

Fidalgo Bay Road.

Participants will make Niemeyer’s Glacial Star Pattern, which is on GOLF TOURNAMENT: The display at Cascade Fabrics, 824 18th annual Boys & Girls Clubs Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. $50 of Skagit County Golf Tournaper class, or $200 if prepaid in full ment will begin with a shotgun

by Aug. 15. Class fee includes a start at noon Friday, Aug. 16, at complimentary lunch. Registration Avalon Golf Links in Burlington. forms are available at Cascade Enjoy contests on every hole, put- Fabrics. For information, contact ting and chipping contests, food, 360-855-0323. raffles and more. $125 per person.

Includes greens fees, carts, lunch FARMING THE ARTS: Poetry and dinner. Dinner guests: $25. and Letterpress with Paul Hunter: Proceeds will benefit the Boys & 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Girls Clubs of Skagit County. For Sunday, Sept. 14-15, at Harmony registration or sponsorship infor- Fields, 7465 Thomas Road, Bow. mation, call 360-428-5972 or email Explore the essence of a life spent info@cceventplanning.com. working in the open — farming, with the end goal of growing food 5K RUN/WALK: The Samish — through conversation, writIndian Nation Victims of Crime ing exercises and an introduction Program’s Elder Abuse Awareto the art of letterpress printing. ness 5K run/walk will begin at 10 Open to all levels of experience. a.m. (1-mile walk at 10:15) Sunday, $95. Single-day registration availAug. 25, on the Tommy Thompable. 360-941-8196 or hfproduce. son Trail, starting and ending at com.

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HOT TICKETS HUNTER HAYES: Aug. 15, Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

STEELY DAN: Aug. 15, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

BIG & RICH, COWBOY TROY: Aug. 16, Comcast Arena at Everett.

866-332-8499 or comcastarena everett.com.

MONETA: Aug. 16, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MELVINS: Aug. 16-17, Neumos, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SUMMER SLAUGHTER: featuring The Dillinger Escape Plan: Aug. 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Aug. 21, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ANDREW STOCKDALE (of Wolfmother): Aug. 22, Neumos, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

COCO MONTOYA: Aug. 23, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY: Aug. 23, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or marymoorconcerts. com.

CHRIS ISAAK: Aug. 24, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BLACK SABBATH: Aug. 24, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

1964 THE TRIBUTE (Beatles tribute show): Aug. 25, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PINBACK: Aug. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THREE DAYS GRACE: Aug. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DANZIG: with Doyle: Aug. 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

SNOOP DOGG aka SNOOP LION: Aug. 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

D.O.A.: Aug. 29, The Shakedown, Bellingham. 360-778-1067 or shakedownbellingham.com.

RUSSELL BRAND: Aug. 30, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

ONEREPUBLIC, SARA BAREILLES, CHURCHILL: Sept.

2, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery,

Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE EAGLES: Sept. 4, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR: Sept. 5, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS: Sept.

6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

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CHVRCHES: Sept. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CRAIG MORGAN: Sept. 6, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

KISW PAIN IN THE GRASS: Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Jane’s Addiction and more: Sept.

6-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TRACE ADKINS: Sept. 7, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

ADAM ANT: Sept. 7, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LITTLE BIG TOWN: Sept. 9, Washington State Fair in Puyallup.

888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

THE CELTIC TENORS: with The Tacoma Symphony: Sept. 10, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

KID CUDI: WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

CHEAP TRICK: Sept. 11, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

CEELO GREEN: Sept. 12, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Sept. 13, Washington State Fair in Puyallup.

888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

MARIA BAMFORD: Sept. 12, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

BIG GIGANTIC: Sept. 13, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LED ZEPAGAIN (Tribute to Led Zeppelin): Sept. 14, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ZAC BROWN BAND: Sept. 14, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Sept.

14, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett. com.

THE MISSION UK: Sept. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

ALABAMA: Sept. 16, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-5593247 or thefair.com.

BLONDIE: Sept. 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

JEREMY CAMP, TENTH AVENUE NORTH, KUTLESS, JARS OF CLAY: Sept. 17, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair. com.

SHINEDOWN: Sept. 18, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-5593247 or thefair.com.

LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Sept.

19, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

BRIAN REGAN: Sept. 20, Pantages Theatre, Tacoma. 253-591-5894 or broadwaycenter.org.

CARLY RAE JEPSEN: Sept. 20, Washington State Fair in Puyallup.

888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

MARY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES: Sept. 20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

THE LUMINEERS: Sept. 20-21, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or marymoorconcerts. com.

AUSTIN MAHONE & BRIDGIT MENDLER: Sept. 21, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-5593247 or thefair.com.

MATT NATHANSON: Sept. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

HALESTORM: Sept. 22, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

KID ROCK: Sept. 22, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-5593247 or thefair.com.

FURTHUR: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Sept. 24, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

DANE COOK: Sept. 25, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

WAX TAILOR: Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JAKE BUGG: Sept. 26, Neptune, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or live nation.com.

SHABAZZ PALACES, THE HELIO SEQUENCE: Sept. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DRAKE: with special guest Miguel: Sept. 26, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ZEPPARELLA (all-girl Led Zeppelin tribute): Sept. 27, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

JASON ALDEAN: with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett: Sept. 27, Taco-

ma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

LAILA BIALI TRIO: Sept. 28, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham.

360-671-1709 or suddenvalley library.org.

MAROON 5, KELLY CLARKSON: Sept. 28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

ZEDD: Sept. 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

TECH N9NE: Sept. 29, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Oct. 1-Nov. 17, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

PET SHOP BOYS: Oct. 2, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: Oct. 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: Oct. 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“ANYTHING WE WANT: AN EVENING WITH FIONA APPLE AND BLAKE MILLS”: Oct. 4, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747 or livenation.com.

JOSH GROBAN: Oct. 4, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

STEREOPHONICS: Oct. 4, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BON JOVI: Oct. 5, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: Oct. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DISCLOSURE: Oct. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY’S “FULLY CHARGED”: Oct. 10-13, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcast arenaeverett.com.

ADAM CAROLLA: Live Podcast Taping: Oct. 12, Neptune, Seattle.

877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

JACK JOHNSON: Oct. 15, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

PARAMORE, METRIC, HELLOGOODBYE: Oct. 15, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

MOODY BLUES: Oct. 19, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

BOYCE AVENUE: Oct. 19, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ZEDS DEAD: Oct. 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PINK: Oct. 20, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

THE NAKED AND FAMOUS: Oct. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

WALK THE MOON: Oct. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BONOBO: Oct. 24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Oct. 24, El Corazon, Seattle. 800514-3849 or elcorazonseattle.com.

OKKERVIL RIVER: Oct. 25, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN: Oct. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877784-4849 or livenation.com.

AFI: Nov. 1, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: Nov. 8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

GRETA METASSA, MILES BLACK TRIO, JOVON MILLER: Nov. 9, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Nov. 11, ShoWare Center, Kent. 866-973-961 or sho warecenter.com.

KREATOR, OVERKILL, WARBRINGER: Nov. 12, El Corazon, Seattle. 800-514-3849 or elcorazonseattle.com.

SELENA GOMEZ: Nov. 12, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TORO Y MOI: Nov. 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

GRAMATIK: Nov. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

MARGARET CHO: Nov. 16, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

KMFDM: Nov. 16, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

JAMES BLAKE: Nov. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DIR EN GREY: Nov. 21, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NINE INCH NAILS: Nov. 22, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

POLICA: Nov. 23, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

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MOVIES

‘The Butler’ is a great American story

By RICHARD ROEPER Chicago Sun-Times

By the time Jane Fonda shows up as Nancy Reagan and we realize that’s Alan Rickman beneath the makeup playing Ronald Reagan in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” we’ve been conditioned to expect the unexpected.

This movie has one of the most astonishing casts of any film I’ve ever seen — and I mean that mostly in a good way.

More on all that later. “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — and we have to use that cumbersome title due to a legal dispute that prevented the studio from calling this “The Butler” — is a sweeping, often deeply moving look at race relations in 20th century America as seen through the prism of a man who served in the White House from the Truman administration through the Reagan years.

Forest Whitaker gives one of the most impressive performances of his brilliant career as the title character. Playing his wife, Oprah Winfrey deserves award consideration for the rich, nuanced work she does in her first role on the big screen in more than a decade.

“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is inspired by the true story of Eugene Allen, whose 30-plus years in the White House were chronicled in a 2008 Washington Post article. In this highly fictionalized version, the butler is named Cecil Gaines, who endures unspeakable horrors as a child on a cotton farm in the South in the 1920s, runs off as soon as he’s old enough, and through a series of convenient turns of fate and a lot of hard work, finds himself in tuxedo and white gloves in the White House.

At times it feels as if we’re watching an African-American version of “Forrest Gump,” as the film catalogs more than a halfdozen significant signposts on the mid-20th century timeline as seen through Cecil’s eyes.

Cecil is in the Oval Office as Dwight D. Eisenhower (Robin

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to get equal pay for black White House staffers. He gradually comes to realize the importance of the personal risks taken by his son in the name of a greater cause. At home, he remains a steady presence even as his wife drifts to the bottle and briefly into the arms of a slick semi-charmer played

by Terrence Howard. We believe Whitaker as the ambitious young Cecil, and we believe him as the weary-boned, ancient Cecil marveling at the election of the first black president. It’s a great performance.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lenny The Weinstein Company via AP Kravitz provide some welcome comic moments and some real Robin Williams, as Dwight Eisenhower, and Forest Whitaker, as Cecil Gaines, star in “Lee Daniels’ warmth as Cecil’s colleagues at the The Butler.”

White House. Vanessa Redgrave does miracles during the few short Williams) contemplates some realism, but it’s weirdly captivatcussion of a Sidney Poitier movie moments she has in the scenes on important legislation. John F. Ken- ing.) leads to a vicious confrontation the cotton farm. (Her character nedy (James Marsden) shares In the White House, Cecil’s between son and father — the could have an entire movie.) his personal feelings about racial role is to always be there — but kind of argument you can never The stunt casting sometimes equality with Cecil. On the night never to be seen. Butlers are like take back. causes speed bumps. Rickman is of Nov. 22, 1963, Cecil tries in vain umpires; you only notice them At times, Daniels can’t resist the so heavily made up as Reagan, it’s to find the words to comfort Jackie when they make mistakes. In urge to give us “For Your Consid- as if he’s been melded with one (Minka Kelly), who is still wearing Cecil’s own home, his wife, Gloria eration” moments, e.g., visuals of of those animatronic creations that blood-spattered pink Chanel (Winfrey), loves him but is tired the White House servants setting at the Hall of Presidents in the suit. of Cecil’s endless hours. And then the table for an elegant dinner Magic Kingdom. But even ProfesPoor Cecil even has to stand there’s Cecil’s oldest son, Louis intercut with shocking scenes of sor Snape as Ronald Reagan can’t just outside the bathroom as LBJ (David Oyelowo, excellent in a young black students (including detour the movie’s mission.

(Liev Schreiber) relieves himself role that could have come across Cecil’s son) being taunted, humiliI believe every American stuwhile talking policy. And he has as a caricature), who goes off to ated, beaten and arrested for sitdent over the age of 12 should see to weather the drunken, paranoid college and becomes a Freedom ting at the “Whites Only” section this film, but that doesn’t mean it’s ramblings of Richard Nixon. (John Rider and later a Black Panther of diners in the South. one of those good-for-you movies Cusack plays Nixon as if he’s in with increasingly diminishing Whitaker plays Cecil as a titan that feels like a history assignment. some sort of “Saturday Night respect for his father’s seemingly of dignity who understands there This is an important film presented Live” skit. The performance isn’t subservient ways. In one of the are different ways of affecting as mainstream entertainment. It’s couched in anything resembling film’s most effective scenes, a dis- progress. He quietly campaigns a great American story.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Blue Jasmine” — Cate Blanchett dives into a showcase role and knocks it out of the park. In Woody Allen’s latest, the upper-crust world of an investment guru’s wife falls apart, and she moves in with her working-class sister. With Alec Baldwin and Sally Hawkins.

(Drama, PG-13, 98 minutes.

HHH1⁄2 “Elysium” — It’s amazing how bad Jodie Foster is in this movie, and how little it matters in the grand, rabidly schizoid scheme of things. Matt Damon stars as a criminal on dystopian 2154 Earth trying to get to a utopian space station in one of the most entertaining action films of the year. Action, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Jobs” — In a competently made biopic, Ashton Kutcher, one of the least complex actor/ personalities of his generation, is tasked with playing Steve Jobs, one of the most complicated and accomplished visionaries of our time, and he’s in over his head. Drama, PG-13, 122 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Lovelace” — This is a wellmade but grim film about a lost soul, 1970s porn actress Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) and the sadistic creeps who treated her as if she were a sub-human toy. Unlike a film such as “Boogie Nights,” there’s almost no lightness, no humor, no colorfully twisted comic relief. It’s just sadness and more sadness, and then a little bit of redemption. (Drama, R, 92 minutes.

HHH “Pacific Rim” — This ridiculously entertaining (and often just plain ridiculous) monsterrobot movie plays like a gigantic version of that Rock’Em, Sock’Em Robots game from the 1960s, combined with the cheesy wonderfulness of blackand-white Japanese monster movies from the 1950s. Director Guillermo del Toro has a weirdly beautiful visual style, and there’s rarely an uninteresting shot in “Pacific Rim.” Sci-fi action, PG-13, 131 minutes.

HHH “The Canyons” — After six years of consistently dreadful work, Lindsay Lohan hits rock bottom with a performance that might even be more painful to watch than her work in that campy “Liz & Dick” TV movie.

Her performance in director Paul Schrader’s vapid waste of time is a boring train wreck, as is the film itself. Drama, Unrated, 99 minutes. 1⁄2

AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Aug. 16-22 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG13): Thursday: 12:55, 3:40, 6:35, 9:15 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13): 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10 Planes (PG): Friday-Tuesday: 1:00, 3:25, 6:40, 8:45; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:00, 6:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG): Friday-Tuesday: 12:55, 3:15, 6:35, 8:50; Wednesday-Thursday: 3:15, 8:50 360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor 360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE Aug. 16-18 Despicable Me 2 (R): Friday: 7:30 p.m.

(3D); Saturday: 5 (2D) and 7:30 (3D); Sunday: 4 p.m. (3D) 360-941-0403

“The Heat” — Give it up for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. You’ll never see them work harder at comedy than in “The Heat,” a stumbling, aggressively loud and profane cop buddy picture where they struggle to wring “funny” out of a script that isn’t. Plot? It’s more a collection of scenes that force the stars to riff and riff until something coarse and amusing comes out, topped by something else coarser and more amusing. Bullock is the know-it-all, overly coiffed FBI agent Ashburn — a Miss Priss none of her fellow agents like.

She is sent to Boston, ostensibly to prep for a promotion.

Mainly, it’s to get her out of the hair of her boss (Demian Bichir). That’s where Ashburn runs afoul of the foul-mouthed detective Mullins (McCarthy), a shambling train wreck of the American junk food diet run amok. She’s so irritable that her boss (Tom Wilson of “Back to the Future”) is as afraid of her as her favorite drug-dealing perp. R, 117 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Wolverine” — Dramatically ambitious and deliberately paced, “The Wolverine” is one of the better comic-book movies of 2013, thanks in large part to an electric performance

by Hugh Jackman as the newly vulnerable mutant. Comic book action, PG-13, 126 minutes.

HHH “The To Do List” — Aubrey Plaza is too mature to play a high school valedictorian

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STANWOOD CINEMAS Aug. 16-22 Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla: Thursday: 8:00 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG13): Thursday: 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:15 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13): 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 Paranoia (PG-13): 1:10, 3:30, 6:40, 9:00 Planes (PG): 1:00, 3:05, 6:35, 8:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG): Friday-Tuesday: 12:50, 3:10, 6:30, 8:45; Wednesday: 3:10, 6:45; Thursday: 3:10 We’re the Millers (R): Friday-Tuesday: 1:05, 3:25, 6:45, 9:05; Wednesday: 1:05, 9:05; Thursday: 1:05 360-629-0514

suddenly determined to fulfill a bucket list of sexual adventures. Genuinely funny moments are few in a comedy that wastes the talents of TV stars including Connie Britton, Donald Glover and Bill Hader.

Comedy, R, 104 minutes. H “This Is the End” — Here’s one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest comedies of the 21st century. In its own sloppy, raunchy, sophomoric, occasionally self-pleased and consistently energetic way, “This Is the End” is just about perfect at executing its mission, which is to poke fun at its stars, exhaust every R-rated possibility to get a laugh, and even sneak in a few insights into Hollywood, the celebrity culture and the nature of faith. (Comedy, R, 107 minutes. HHHH “2 Guns” — A hot mess that’s cool fun. Funny-as-hell Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are undercover lawmen posing as criminals to each other until they have to team up against common adversaries. With slick pacing and a sharp if implausible script, “2 Guns” rises above standard action fare. Action, R, 109 minutes. HHH “We’re the Millers” — A movie about a pot dealer and his acquaintances posing as a family to haul a shipment from Mexico, is just good enough to keep you entertained, but not good enough to keep your mind from wandering from time to time. This is an aggressively

funny comedy that takes a lot of chances, and connects just often enough. Comedy, R, 110 minutes. HHH “White House Down” — If you see just one terrorists-take-overthe-White-House thriller this year, make it “White House Down,” Roland “2012” Emmerich’s preachy, goofy, over-the-top take on “Die Hard” at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. From the earnest but earnestly funny president in jeopardy (Jamie Foxx) who doesn’t like bad guys yanking on his sneakers (“Take your hands OFF my Jordans!”) to the eye-rolling image of a child having a “Les Miz” big-flag-on-the-barricades moment, “White House Down” is a corker, real competition for “Fast & Furious 6” as the dumbest fun you’ll have at the movies this summer. Action-thriller, PG-13, 117 minutes. HH

A hairdresser who has recently recovered from cancer finds out her husband is having an affair. While she’s on her way to Italy for her daughter’s wedding, she meets a widower who also happens to be the father of the groom.

Stars Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Christiane Schaumburg-M, Kim Bodnia, Micky Skeel Hansen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Paprika Steen and Sebastian Jessen.

Rated R. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 ages 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 ages 12 and under.

Gretchens Food and Film Series: ‘Tortilla Soup’ 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17

Come see a food-focused film at the Lincoln, then head to Gretchens Kitchenware store afterwards to eat and learn how to make food from the film. “Tortilla Soup” is a comedy to arouse the appetite as a family searches for the recipe for love and happiness. $40 to the attend the film and cooking class; tickets available at Gretchens. $10 to attend the film; tickets available at the door.

‘Il Barbiere Di Siviglia’ 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug 18

Superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva is joined by American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber. $16 adult, $14 seniors and $12 students, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

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OUT & ABOUT ART “LARRY HEALD: ACRYLICS”: A show of landscapes

by La Conner artist Larry Heald continues through Sept. 3 at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Also showing are photographs

by David Lucas, oils by Lorna Libert and Jeanne Levasseur, pastels by Barbara Benedetti Newton and new glasswork

by Robin Larson. gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

ANNIVERSARY SHOW: The Anne Martin McCool Gallery’s 12th Anniversary Show continues through Aug. 31 at 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show features paintings and prints by Anne Martin McCool and Cathy Schoenberg, sculptures by Tracy Powell, hand-turned wood

by George Way, handwoven baskets by Jane Hyde, jewelry by Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, Bob Metke glass and work by other gallery artists.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com.

“DRAWN IN”: The new art exhibit continues through Sept. 15 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Whether drawn in cloth, ink, space or light, these artists’ works address gesture and materiality in engaging ways. Artists include Rachel Brumer, Gail Grinnell, Tricia A. Stackle and Ellen Ziegler. Curated

by Jasmine Valandani. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Friday through Sunday or by appointment. anchorart space.org.

“AS ABOVE, SO BELOW”: The next show in

FENNEL AND HANKS AT GALLERY CYGNUS

“Nick Fennel: Wetscapes & Jeffery Hanks: Vessels” continues through Aug. 25 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave., La Conner. Fennel describes himself as a “water baby,” and his paintings center on water as a liquid mirror. Hanks subjects his ceramic forms to elements of fire beyond his control. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or gallerycygnus.com. Pictured: “Cause and Effect #1” by Nick Fennel. the Allied Arts Juried Artist Series continues through Aug. 31 at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. The show features work by Jayme Curley, Joe Jowdy, Steve Cunningham and Tore Ofteness. In addition, the gallery will host Liane Redpath Worlund in its Inside the Box Series. Worlund creates jewelry using stones, paints and metals.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m.

Saturday. 360-676-8548 or alliedarts.org.

In early September, the show will travel to

the Hotel Bellwether for a month-long installation in its lobby, hallways and Lighthouse Bar & Grill.

“COLORS OF WHIDBEY”: The group show continues through Sept.

3 at the Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. The exhibition features colorful paintings, pastels, sculptures, glass, jewelry, encaustics and fiber arts depicting the brightness of summer on Whidbey Island.

Artists include Annette Hanna, Frances Wood, Stacey Neumiller, Pete Jordan, Linnane Armstrong, Anne Belov, Angie Dixon,

Jacob Kohn, Melissa Koch, Sandra Whiting, Mark Van Wickler and Angèle Woolery.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-2223070 or robschoutengallery. com.

NEW ARTWORK: A show of new work by artists Lindsay Kohles and Jasmine Valandani continues through Aug. 31 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison. Kohles’ renderings meld two organisms together, resulting in an unnatural creature that, although never seen before, is strikingly familiar. Valandani presents two distinct

bodies of work: “Song and Distance,” works on paper visually inspired by Persian poems, and “The World in the Palm of Your Hand,” a series of shell fragments applied with silver leaf and lacquer. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. 360-7666230 or smithandvallee. com.

visitor centers, shops and galleries or at whidbey workingartists.com.

“SUMMER MOMENTS”: The art show continues through Sept. 8 at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features glass, metal, stone, wood mosaics and Northwest paintings by Sabah Al-Dhaher, Liana WHIMSY ECLECTICA: “Whimsy Eclectica: Fanci- Bennett, Robert Gigliotti, ful art by Mary Jo Oxrieder Julie Haack, Phillip Levine, Lanny Little, Merrilee and Delightful Oils by Moore, Jennifer Phillips, Marcia Van Doren” conDoug Randall, Frank Rentinues through Aug. 30 at lie, Hiroshi Yamano, Arno Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Zielke and Barbara Zielke.

Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m.

Oxrieder creates fantasy paintings and mixed media to 5 p.m. weekends; weekdays by appointment. 360works; Doren creates oilon-paper pieces. For infor- 387-2759 or matzkefineart. com. mation, including gallery hours and directions, call COLLAGE DISPLAY: 360-222-0102 or visit raven Three-dimensional paper rocksgallery.com. collages by Ans Schot are on display through Aug. 31 MV ART WALK: The in the Lincoln Theatre Art downtown Mount Vernon Art Walk and Artist Recep- Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or tion will take place from lincolntheatre.org.

4 to 7 p.m. today starting at the Front Gallery, 420 FRIDAY HARBOR ART Myrtle St. Pick up a map MARKET: Check out artand check out a variety of ist booths, demonstrations, art on display at several downtown locations. Free. food and music from 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays, through Aug. mountvernondowntown.

30, at the Brickworks Plaza org. in Friday Harbor. Free admission. 360-472-0216 or ART STUDIO TOUR: email pigmansartworks@ Whidbey Working Artrockisland.com. ists will present its annual Summer Studio Tour from ART QUILTS, EMBROI10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday DERY: Two new shows conand Sunday, Aug. 24-25, and over Labor Day week- tinue through Oct. 6 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile end, Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The Museum, 703 S. Second St., free self-guided tour will include 30 working studios La Conner.

“From Nature’s Studio: featuring the work of 31 Regina V. Benson”: The artists. show features Benson’s Check out a variety of original artwork, including art quilts and installation textiles using techniques encaustic, fiber, glass, jewelry, painting, photography, based on ancient proprint, pottery, sculpture, cesses she has redesigned wood, multimedia and to work more gently with more. Pick up a map of par- the environment and her ticipating studios at island own health. Her dramatic

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OUT & ABOUT face designs incorporate her love of nature, both in design and process.

“Kaleidoscope: Fiber Embroidery by Liz Whitney Quisgard”: Using careful placement of hundreds of tiny stitches on a buckram base, Quisgard’s vibrant fiber embroideries — reminiscent of Byzantine and Islamic mosaics — feature a three-dimensional quality captured on a two-dimensional surface.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

360-466-4288 or laconner quilts.com.

of Main Street, Concrete. $10 entry fee. Preregistration not required. Free admission for spectators. 360-853-7867 or cascadedays.com.

Recreation will present free movies this summer on Friday nights at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. Movies begin at dusk on the jumbo screen. Bring your FESTIVALS lawn chair or blanket for CASCADE DAYS: The seating. Concessions will be annual event will take place available. Bring a flashlight Saturday and Sunday, Aug. for when it’s time to leave.

17-18, at locations around Free admission. 360-336Concrete. Saturday’s lineup 6215. Next up: Next up: begins with the parade Next up: through town at 11 a.m., folAug. 16: “Madagascar 3: lowed by the car show from Europe’s Most Wanted” 12:30 to 4 p.m. Other activiAug. 23: “Men in Black ties include chain saw carv- III” ing, firemen’s muster, log show, games and pony rides FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR in Town Park, scaffold race, CINEMA: The 14th annual duck race, music and more. Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema Sunday’s events include will present live entertainthe chili cookoff, chain saw ment and big-screen movMoNA ART: “Selections carving, a pet show, pie and ies on Saturday evenings, watermelon eating contests through Aug. 24, at the from the Permanent Coland entertainment. Free Village Green in Bellinglection: Reflections” conadmission. 360-853-7867 or ham’s Fairhaven District. tinues through Sept. 29 at Admission is $5, free for the Museum of Northwest cascadedays.com. ages 5 and younger. Pizza Art, 121 S. First St., La and popcorn available for Conner. Inspiration from a MUSIC purchase. Bring your own memory, expression, enviSUMMER CONCERT blanket or low-backed ronment or a person is the SERIES: The sixth annual lawn chair for seating. Rain basis for “Reflections.”

Cap Sante Summer Conor shine. fairhavenoutdoorThe exhibition combines cert Series features live cinema.com. Next up: new acquisitions on the concerts at Seafarers’ Aug. 17: Music by The large and small scale and Memorial Park in AnaHoneybees at 7:30 p.m., figurative works of art. Art- cortes. All shows start at followed by “Singin’ in the ists include Guy Anderson, 7 p.m. Bring a blanket or Jim Ball, Robert Bragg, lawn chair for seating. Free. Rain” at dusk.

Aug. 24: Music by Kenneth Callahan, Michael 425-303-1848 or snohomisQuickdraw Stringband at Clough, Gregory Grenon, hartistguild.org. Next up: Mar Goman, Morris Graves, Friday, Aug. 23: The Bad 7 p.m., followed by “The Jane Hamilton Hovde, Brian Apples. Fundraiser for the Princess Bride” at dusk.

Murphy, Lucinda Parker, Anacortes School District BELLINGHAM BIKE-IN: Rex Silvernail, Mark Tobey music program.

The fifth annual Bellingand Veruska Vagen.

Friday, Aug. 30: The ham Bike-In will kick off Museum hours are noon Dead Edsels. 1950s revue. with a bicycle parade at 6 to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FREE CONCERT: Enjoy p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, in front of 1318 Bay St., Bellingham.

Tuesday through Saturday. a musical performance After the parade, enjoy a $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3

by Quichua Mashis at the beer garden, live music, students, free for members Mayor’s Wellness Chaland ages 11 and younger. lenge Music Event from 11 bicycle Show ‘n’ Shine with prizes in several catego360-466-4446 or museum a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. ries, electrical displays at ofnwart.org.

16, at Jasper Gates Park, the SPARK Museum, and First and Gates streets, screenings of the short film Mount Vernon. Free.

CAR SHOWS “Notbad” and the cult clasmountvernonwa.gov.

CASCADE DAYS CAR sic “Young Frankenstein.”

SHOW: Check out classic Free, but donations acceptMORE FUN and custom cars and more ed. You do not need a bike from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturto attend. 360-201-6477 or STARLIGHT CINEMA: smore.com/WB1R. day, Aug. 17, at the west end Mount Vernon Parks &

POD NOD: The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor will hold a pajama party sleepover for ages 6 to 10 at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Participants will learn about whales and their environment through art projects, science labs, music, games and a flashlight tour of the Exhibit Hall. A bedtime snack and breakfast are included, with pickup at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. $49, $39 for children/grandchildren of museum members.

Scholarships are available.

Preregistration required: 360-378-4710, ext. 23, or email cindy@whale museum.org.

Spam snacks, good ol’ boy beer, live music and more.

Food judging at 2 p.m.

Admission: $3 at the door for the band. 360-466-5522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

RETRO BIKE RIDE: The seventh annual Retro Ride and Councours D’Elegance will take place at 10 a.m.

Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Bring your oldest, most stylish or unusual bicycle and costume for an easy ride, bicycle and costume review, lunch and tour of the museum. Prizes will be awarded for the most wonderful bicycle, “FROM ‘SHINE TO costume and best overall CHARDONNAY”: The effect. The bike ride and exhibit continues through contest is free. Fee required Aug. 25 at the Skagit Coun- for lunch and museum tour. ty Historical Museum, 501 360-466-3365 or skagit S. Fourth St., La Conner. county.net/museum.

Explore Skagit’s long and illustrious relationship with SAMISH GARDEN alcohol — from the early TOUR: The second annual days of stills in the hills to Sustainable Samish Waterthe current trend of boushed Garden Tour will take tique distilling. place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. n “Pieces of History: Sunday, Aug. 18, starting Quilts of Skagit County” at the Alger Community Hall, 17835 Parkview Lane, opens Friday, Aug. 16, and Alger. Maps and direccontinues through Oct. tions can be picked up 6. The show will include after 10:30 a.m. The selfquilts and coverlets from guided tour of six gardens the museum’s collection, plus heritage quilts on loan will feature a mix of fresh food production, bountiful from Skagit families. blooms, healthy living, and Museum hours are 11 environmental and coma.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday munity responsibility. For through Sunday. $5, $4 information, contact Kristi seniors and ages 6 to 12 Carpenter, 360-428-4313 or younger, $10 families, free email: kristi@skagitcd.org. for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466PARTY LIKE A PIRATE: 3365 or skagitcounty.net/ Join the fun from 7 to 11 museum. p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the “Lands End Bar” at the WHITE TRASH FOOD Port of Anacortes Transit FEST: The 12th annual White Trash Food Festival Event Shed, 100 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. will take place from 1 to 5 Enjoy pirate costume conp.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 tests, live music by Smoke Best Road, Mount Vernon. Wagon, food, drinks and more. $10. Tickets availWin prizes for the best white trash food and best- able at the door or at brownpapertickets.com/ dressed boy and girl, and enjoy Cheese Whiz tasting, event/433829. For informa-

tion, call 360-708-7770.

WORKBOAT RACES & PIRATE FAIRE: The Port of Anacortes will host the fifth annual Anacortes Workboat Races and Pirate Faire from noon to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24, at Historic Pier 1 on the Guemes Channel in downtown Anacortes. Activities include a pirate boat parade, workboat races in a variety of classes, merchants, model boats, steam engine demonstrations, a classic car show, live music, chowder eating challenge, food, grog and pirates galore. The pirate boat parade will start at 1:15 p.m., followed by the workboat parade at 1:45 p.m. and racing at 2 p.m.

Free. n There will be a remembrance ceremony and placing of the names of those lost at sea this year at 11:30 a.m. at the Seafarers Memorial. n John Wayne’s former yacht “Norwester” will host free tours from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Cap Sante Marina guest dock. A four-hour fundraising cruise aboard the yacht will begin at noon. $75 per person, includes beverages and a catered lunch. 360-708-7770 or brownpapertickets.com/ event/433847.

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