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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday August 22, 2013

Recreation

Reviews

Tuning Up

Silver Arrow Bowmen to host traditional archery shoot

Music: John Mayer, Chick Corea Video Games: “Brothers ...”

Three-ish to play Washington Sips in La Conner on Saturday night

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E2 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Third Season”: It would be enough to suggest watching the full season of this ’20s-era crime drama from Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese merely for the explosive action, incredible cinematography and brilliant writing. But this series also features one of the finest acting performances you’re going to find in a TV series, turned in by Steve Buscemi.

This season takes Buscemi’s character — Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson — from the clear visions of a gangland war to the confusion that comes as the aftermath of a vicious attack. Buscemi transforms himself and that gives the series a massive dramatic acting anchor.

Add in all of the other first-rate elements and this show is a shining example of the best TV has to offer.

“Amour”: Director Michael Haneke’s haunting tale of love and loss skillfully examines the joy and pain of marriage. It’s amazing that a film so quietly paced can deliver such an emotional wallop.

Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are a bourgeois couple who appear to be headed toward a peaceful retirement life inside their Paris apartment. That bliss is shattered when Anne suffers a stroke that leaves her right side paralyzed. Their lives dramatically change as Anne must live with the loss of her physical freedoms while Georges struggles with helping his wife as her physical condition spirals downward.

Haneke hangs on scenes allowing the viewer to consider the personal and philosophical questions being posed.

There is a brutal solution, but there are no definitive answers.

The film earned Riva an Oscar nomination. And the film won the Best Foreign Language category. It’s one of only four films to be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the same year. It’s worthy of all the high praise it can get.

“Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright”: Things go bad when Fred and Daphne become finalists on the TV show “Talent Star.”

“Killing Season”: Reclusive vet (Robert De Niro) and tourist (John Travolta) strike up unlikely friendship.

“Scary Movie V”: Charlie Sheen stars in this latest spoof of the horror movie genre.

“Alyce Kills”: Nightmarish wonderland of sex, drugs and violence directed

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. 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

The Weekend / Page 5 LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends and the Boneyard Preachers will perform a benefit concert for Toys for Tots on Saturday in Sedro-Woolley

SEPT. 17 The Bling Ring - Lionsgate SEPT. 24 Redemption - Lionsgate n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

by Jay Lee. “X-Ray/Schizoid”: Double feature of ’80s high-camp horror.

“Graham Parker & The Rumour: This Is Live”: Full concert of performance filmed for a scene in “This Is 40.”

“Roadie”: The Meat Loaf film is now available on Blu-ray.

“The Best of Pawn Stars: The Greatest Stories Ever Sold”: Includes eight of the series best-loved episodes.

“Starzinger: The Movie Collection”: A two-DVD box set of the classic Japanese science-fiction animation series.

“Shadow Dancer”: A single mother becomes a reluctant informant after an aborted IRA bomb plot in London.

“No Place On Earth”: A Jewish family escapes from Nazi imprisonment by hiding underground for nearly a year and a half.

“The Best of Storage Wars: Life in the Locker”: Each buyer’s handpicked favorite and least favorite “Storage Wars” moments.

“Star Trek: Enterprise—The Second Season”: The TV series about the pioneers of space travel who ventured into the universe 100 years before the events of “Star Trek” on Blu-ray.

“NCIS: The Tenth Season”: CBS series about special agents in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

“The Best of American Pickers: Mike and Frank’s Picks”: Two experts scour the country for hidden gems.

“Heart of the Country”: Country music singer Jana Kramer stars. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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Music, Game Reviews..................6-7 Get Involved.................................... 8 Little Words..................................... 9 On Stage........................................ 10 Tuning Up..................................... 11 Travel........................................12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 Movie Review “Savannah”............ 16 Movie Reviews, Listings............... 17 At the Lincoln................................ 17 Out & About.............................18-19

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 - E3

MUSIC

Skagit Valley Herald staff

Celebrated blues guitarist Coco Montoya comes to Mount Vernon for a highly anticipated performance Friday, Aug. 23, at the Lincoln Theatre.

The show is co-presented by the Lincoln and the Rick Epting Foundation, a local organization dedicated to supporting local artists and musicians.

Montoya is a fiery player and vocalist, a left-handed virtuoso who plays his guitar upside down in the manner of Jimi Hendrix and Albert King, with the higher-pitched strings on the upper side of the instrument.

He played for 10 years with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, the legendary group that gave a kick-start to numerous blues artists, including Eric Clapton.

Montoya has recorded and performed with B.B. King, Albert Collins, Tommy Castro and Debbie Davies, among many others.

His most recent album is “I Want It All Back” on Ruf Records; he’s previously released albums on Blind Pig and Alligator, two of the premier blues labels in the world.

At the Lincoln In concert: Coco Montoya When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23 Where: Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon Tickets: $20-$30, $2 discount for theater members.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org More information: lincolntheatre.org/ home, rickepting foundation.org

Frank Vigil photo

IN CONCERT

COCO MONTOYA

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E4 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

RECREATION

A traditional way of archery shooting Silver Arrow Bowmen to host shoot this weekend

By VINCE RICHARDSON @Sports_SVH

MOUNT VERNON — The Silver Arrow Bowmen have been taking aim at stationary targets inside and outside their clubhouse off Hickox Road for decades.

That tradition will continue Aug. 24-25 when the club hosts a traditional archery shoot. Saturday’s shoot will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday’s shoot will start at 9 a.m.

A traditional archery shoot entails the use of either a longbow (straight limb tips) or recurve bow (curved tips).

The material doesn’t matter, said Silver Arrow Bowmen president Jason Bolser, as long as shooters use a recurve or longbow.

“Traditional shoots are few and far between around here,” Bolser said. “There hasn’t been one north of Tacoma in years; they are big in Eastern Washington.

But they are becoming reasonably popular lately. We are hoping this becomes an annual event, sort of like a rendezvous.”

Events will include string and 3-D shoots; demonstrations by bow and arrow as well as knife makers, flint knappers and leather craftsmen; an archery historian and a black powder display.

Attendees will have the opportunity to try out bows.

The event is free and open to the public. The cost to compete is $10 (ages 17 and up), $6 (12 to 16) and $5 ( 7

to 11). Those 6 and under are free.

Participants in the 3-D shoot will see targets of all shapes and sizes, including a 7-foot Bigfoot, velociraptor and alligator as well as several moving targets.

Bolser has been drawing back his recurve bow for the past several months. He comes from a rifle-hunting background, so he’s a rookie when it comes to traditional archery. Once he tried a traditional bow, he was hooked.

“I first went hunting with a bow about 10 years ago,” he said. “I had a great time.

So last year I decided to try a recurve bow. It’s been great so far and I am really looking forward to using it in this shoot.”

The most interesting aspect of the Silver Arrow Bowmen Traditional Shoot just might the “string shoot” (participation in this event costs an additional $5). “… shooters are guided cross country via a small string,” Bolser explained.

“Targets are placed along the string. Some are in plain sight, some are hidden. You can only travel forward along the string. This event is not only about shooting, but also about observation.”

An archer can decide to take the shot where possible, or choose to continue to follow the string. It could lead the archer right to the target or to a spot where a much See ARCHERY, Page E9

TOP: Jason Bolser, president of the Silver Arrow Bowmen, stands outside the clubhouse located in Mount Vernon.

The club will host a traditional archery shoot on Saturday and Sunday.

MIDDLE: Bolser takes aim with his recurve bow at the club’s Flat Course.

BOTTOM: The Silver Arrow Bowmen’s Walking Course includes 50 targets and is about four miles in length. With that many target options and length, there is plenty of walking as Bolser heads up the path to retrieve an arrow.

Frank Varga / Skagit Valley Herald

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 - E5

THIS WEEKENDin the area WORKBOAT RACES & PIRATE FAIRE The Port of Anacortes will host the fifth

Toys for Tots Benefit Concert LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends and the Boneyard Preachers will perform at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Gates open at 3:30 p.m.; food and beverages will be available to purchase. Proceeds benefit Toys for Tots. $25-$35, brownpapertickets.com/ event/378069. For private or corporate tables reservations under the pavilion or tents, contact toysfortotsconcert@ gmail.com.

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, merchants, model boats, steam engine demonstrations, a classic car show, live music, chowder eating challenge, food, grog and pirates galore, featuring the Lost Boys Pirates. 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. w 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. w John Wayne’s former yacht “Norwester” will offer free tours from 9 a.m. to noon 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. Proceeds will benefit the Anacortes Seafarers’ Memorial Foundation. 360-708-7770 or brownpapertickets.com/event/433847.

“RED SOLO CUP” The Skagit County Historical Museum will host a party from noon to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24, at the museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The event will feature tastings from regional wineries, breweries and distilleries, with music by Scratch Daddy, Sean Denton & Friends, Richard Rorex and The John Anderson Duo. Ages 21 and older. $30, includes five tasting tickets. Food will be available for purchase.

360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

SKATEBOARD COMPETITION The Town of La Conner, in conjunction with Hidden Wave board shop of Burlington, will host a skateboard competition at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the La Conner/Swinomish Skateboard Park. The free competition, which is open to skateboarders from around the county, will include three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Food, music and prizes will be provided. Spectators welcome. 360-466-3126.

CLEAR LAKE STREET FAIR The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 24, on the strip along Highway 9 through town. The fair will offer arts and crafts vendors, Chihuahua Rescue, bouncy toys for kids, Clear Lake Fire Department and its safety house, hamburgers, hot dogs and Italian sodas. 425-583-9800.

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E6 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

John Mayer

“Paradise Valley” Even those of us who have yet to date and break up with John Mayer may find “Paradise Valley” unlikeable. Kids are apt to spend some time with the hummable tunes before moving on to more fulfilling relationships.

Predictably, Mayer’s in love-‘em-andleave-‘em mode. “Sure was fun being good to you,” he sings. And, “I was made to chase the storm.” And, “Some nights I throw it all away.” On “Who You Love,” Katy Perry weighs in, singing, “Some have said his heart’s too hard to hold.”

Best is the summery “Waiting On the Day,” which layers lovely vocal harmonies over a reggae pulse, and “Paper Doll,” a gentle shuffle with darting guitars. Elsewhere the songs are slow and slower fizz and froth, and there’s nothing here to make us think, laugh or understand Mayer better. The serial celebrity romancer’s not leaving any blood on these tracks, which is a missed opportunity because a lot of words rhyme with “Taylor.”

Don Was co-produced Mayer’s sixth effort, which makes the hodgepodge arrangements a surprising disappointment. There’s a bit of flute here, some pedal steel there, and a tiki-bar mood that neuters Mayer’s guitar playing, usually his strong suit. On the most bluesy song, the JJ Cale-esque “Call Me the Breeze,” Mayer’s solo is just building steam when it’s oddly interrupted mid-verse.

Mayer can still write a pretty melody and his singing’s fine following treatment on his vocal cords. But nearly half of the songs include wordless vocals, probably because on “Paradise Valley” Mayer has little to say. n Steven Wine, Associated Press

Chick Corea and the Vigil “The Vigil”

Chick Corea knows how to pick his chums. The ’70s found the innovative keyboardist gathering free-jazz giants Anthony Braxton and Dave Holland for

Circle, then forming the bold, Brazilianturned-fusion friendship of Return to Forever. Corea continued welcoming new pals to his playground, hence the Elektric Band and Akoustic Band in the ’80s, and Five Peace Band in 2008.

Corea has been buddying up with the youthful members of the Vigil, finding a sympathetic groove between his own grand mastery of sumptuous melody and that of his far-flung crew: U.K. reed man Tim Garland, French bassist Hadrien Feraud, guitarist Charles Altura and drummer Marcus Strickland. For this debut recording, Corea and Co. make cosmopolitan electric music without delving singularly into fusion waters.

Sure, this union hints at stark synthjazz density (“Galaxy 32 Star 4” being the most garish example), but their sweetly swinging rhythmic workouts (“Royalty”) and open-air samba-soul (“Portals to Forever”) stand out for their pop esprit.

Guests like vocalist Gayle Moran (the piano-focused “Outside of Space”) and tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane (a tribute to his pop’s modal experiments, “Pledge for Peace”) don’t detract from Corea’s bond with his new band of brothers, but rather, extend the family’s telepathic and intimate feel. n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pure Bating Culture “Moon Tides”

Although Pure Bathing Culture began when guitarist Daniel Hindman and keyboardist Sarah Versprille were playing in Vetiver, their debut album shares little with Vetiver’s indie-folk aside from its predilection for languid tempos and easygoing, gently flowing melodies.

Instead, “Moon Tides” takes cues from the dreamy pop of Britain in the early ’90s — the Sundays and Cocteau Twins, in particular — with clear, single-note guitar lines ringing with reverb and trebly washes of keyboards buoying Versprille’s pretty vocals. The Portland duo draws on a similar set of colors as Baltimore’s Beach House, but with a stronger sense of melody.

“Pendulum,” the standout opening

track, is a beautiful slice of summery pop ‘The Mortal that refreshes like a gentle breeze on a warm day, and “Dream the Dare,” with its Instruments buoyant chorus, is similarly ingratiating.

Soundtrack’ “Moon Tides” ebbs a bit in its second half, Various artists but this is a beguiling debut.

Successful film n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer soundtracks have to complete a pair of difficult tasks.

Travis They must creatively echo the film they “Where You Stand” enhance and also stand up on their own.

“The Mortal Instruments” soundtrack Working within manages to encapsulate the spirit of the the confines of their story’s adventure into the violent world of pretty pop sound, shadowhunting (demon killing), the teenthe band members age protagonists’ restless spirit and the give themselves a fragile love story that weaves itself into few moments to flex here and there while the narrative. The recipe for the album never teetering toward indulgence. is simple: take an indie rock/pop band’s If “Where You Stand” isn’t Travis’ best song, shake, stir into a hypnotic EDM album, then I feel justified in saying that it track, add a serene ballad, repeat half at least feels like a(n almost) perfect little a dozen times, cook on high and, voila, Travis album. So while the various Easter you’ve got a healthy, balanced mix of eggs that Michael Ilbert and Travis apply to action and emotion. their sound are not necessarily new things From the dangerously dark and stormy to the pop world at large, they are new to dance track “Into the Lair” by Zedd, to Travis. the catchy wails of AFI remix “17 Crimes,” Embedded between these tiny quirks is to the bizarrely compelling low frequency that signature Travis warmth that the band tubular vibrations of Jessie J’s remixed has used to great advantage ever since “Writing to Reach You” touched many an “Magnetic,” it all coagulates into a moody party. ear all those years ago.

The high-energy beats are tempered by n John Garratt, popmatters.com Demi Lovato’s lovelorn “Heart by Heart” and Colbie Caillat’s evocative “When the Darkness” — two tracks recorded espeTy Segall cially for this soundtrack. And He is We’s “Sleeper” “All About Us” is a playful invitation to love that will lodge itself deep into your What’s most brain. impressive about The teenage baiting becomes obvious “Sleeper” is that with “Almost is Never Enough,” a duet Ty Segall still has from Ariana Grande and The Wanted’s some surprises up his sleeve, shocking you this time out with Nathan Sykes. It’s a throwback to the 1990s power ballads that are just too what’s his most subtle and vulnerable cheesy for contemporary tastes but will work yet.

As much as we’ve heard from Segall the never go out of fashion for feelings-ravaged adolescents. last couple years, we haven’t really heard On an album full of memorable songs, him like this before, as he builds much of perhaps Bassnectar’s too-short “Calling this new effort around his resonant acousFrom Above” sums it up best — a tortic guitar play. Indeed, anyone who thinks rent of eerie, dynamic electronic sounds you know what you’ll get from Segall on “Sleeper” will likely be blown away by the punctuated by siren calls to get lost in the music. up-close-and-personal tone that kicks off the album on the title-track opener, his lush n Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press unplugged strumming no doubt eliciting its fair share of admiring head shaking for living up to expectations by defying them.

Please recycle this newspaper n popmatters.com

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 - E7

REVIEWS

Insane Clown Posse feels qualified to do FUSE show

VIDEO GAMES

They are the self-proclaimed “Most Hated Band in the World,” and now they’re bringing their own theater of the absurd to the FUSE Network with the “Insane Clown Posse Theater.”

For 24 years, Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler have taken on the persona of wicked clowns, transforming themselves into their alter egos, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. On their weekly forum, the rappers critique all things pop culture, claiming to bring an outsider’s perspective “as people not involved with pop culture.”

A good part of the show has the guys critiquing music videos, much like Beavis and Butthead from a generation ago.

“Maybe this is conceited, but I don’t care,” Bruce said. “This is what we believe right here. Nobody is qualified to do something like this as ICP because ICP is the only group in the position in the history of rock ‘n’ roll that ever sold as many millions of records as we had and had as much success as we’ve had and it’s still considered a joke. It’s still considered the most hated band in the world.”

With a sardonic smile, he added: “We love to be hated.”

Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Genre: Puzzle Publisher: 505 Games ESRB Rating: T, for Teen Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

The Xbox Live Arcade and, similarly, the PlayStation Network continue to provide a breeding ground for incredible titles with distinct perspectives and gameplay ideas.

“Brothers” might not soak up a weekend (OK, it might barely soak up a night) of your time, but its adventure demands your attention and appreciation.

With their father in poor health and in need of the fabled “water of life,” it falls on two siblings to traverse a beautifully rendered landscape for the cure.

The plot takes on some grown-up themes, and from the get-go you feel the weight that these two boys carry as they push forward, discovering their own brav-

ery and courage.

The control scheme instantly grabs your attention.

You control both brothers, but not by toggling between them. Instead, each analog stick controls a brother, and this creates some compelling (if frustrating) gaming.

The various scenarios test your focus and dexterity. You may have to simultaneously navigate one character onto a platform while another character must cross a bridge.

In another excellent scene, the two boys are attached by a rope and use each other as counterweight to swing along a cliff. Each scenario requires your left and right brain to work as one (when typically we gamers are a “run forward, shoot gun”

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sort of folk).

By game’s end I was imagining how the style in “A Tale of Two Sons” could be a test for a future high-profile release.

The game looks like it’s taking cues from the “Fable” franchise, and no one could complain about that. Detailed environments, a wonderful sense of place and time, and interesting characters pop in and out as the brothers make their journey.

If only the developers had invested in some voice acting instead of relying on that emotive noise stuff that “Fable” and ‘The Sims” are known for. Even in a game like “Brothers,” which lasts less than four hours, it gets on your nerves.

“Brothers” instantly engages you and keeps you invested throughout the action.

“A Tale of Two Sons” is a must-play for Xbox and PlayStation owners. n Follow Chris Campbell on Twitter @camp bler or email him at game_on_games@mac. com.

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GET A KID OUTDOORS. JOIN NORTH CASCADES INSTITUTE AT THE SKAGIT RIVER BREWERY FOR A CONSERVATION EDUCATION FUNDRAISER! MUSIC: Local “honky-rock folkgrass” band Gertrude’s Hearse will play from 8-11 pm WHEN: All day Saturday, August 24 WHAT: Skagit River Brewery will donate $1 for every beer purchased and 15% of all food sales to the North Cascades Institute.

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E8 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

GET INVOLVED 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 handbuilding and pottery wheel techniques. Multichild discount available. For information, contact Phoenix at 360-202-2329 or visit handz inclay.com.

CAMANO SUMMER ART CAMPS: Art Quest for Kids Summer Art Camps will be held during August at the Delzell Studio, 2177 Highland Drive, Camano Island. Camps meet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and feature a variety of art projects, beachcombing and swimming. $160 per child per four-day session.

Ages 7-17. 360-387-2251 or camanoartcamp.com.

ACRYLICS FOR BEGINNERS: With Jennifer Bowman, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12-13, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $165, plus optional $20 fee to borrow Bowman’s materials. 360464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

ART CLASSES, WORKSHOPS: Dakota Art Center offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext.

5, or dakotaartcenter.com.

CLAY CLASSES: Ceramic artist Sue Roberts offers a variety of classes and workshops at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Guemes Island.

For information, call 360293-8878 or visit towerarts studio.com.

DANCE

audition required. Rehears- RECREATION als are held from 2:45 to TRAIL TALES: Friends THURSDAY DANCE: 4:45 p.m. every Thursday. of Skagit Beaches lead a Enjoy dancing to the music 360-466-3805. series of informative walks of the Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at HillCALL FOR MUSICIANS, along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes. For crest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th PERFORMERS: Soloists, information, visit skagitSt., Mount Vernon. For duets or trios with low beaches.org. Next up: information, contact Doris amplification are needed Tides & Currents at at 360-588-8239. to perform between 3 and Work and at Play: 2 p.m.

7 p.m. Fridays, through Saturday, Aug. 24. Meet BEGINNER SQUARE Oct. 18, at the Port Susan at 34th Street. Learn how DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m.

Farmers Market, located tides and currents affect Tuesdays, beginning Sept. at Viking Village, at the 10, at the Mount Vercorner of Highway 532 and the shape of the bay and the amount of water it non Senior Center, 1401 88th Avenue NW, StanCleveland St. Couples and wood. Performers can sign holds, as well as the health of plants and animals and singles welcome. First two up for one-hour slots and our ability to see them. The weeks are free, then $4 may set out a tip jar and flat, paved trail is handiper lesson. Sponsored by sell CDs. the Mt. Baker Singles and The market also offers a capped accessible.

Fidalgo: The Bay That Skagit Squares. 360-424small stipend for each perFeeds Us: 10 a.m. Wednes4608 or 360-424-9675. formance slot. The market day, Aug. 28. Meet at Fidalsupplies a 10-by-10-foot go RV Park, 4701 Fidalgo SALSA DANCE LESoverhead canopy and two SONS: 7 p.m. Thursdays, 110V outlets. Contact mar- Bay Road.

Sept. 12-Oct. 17, at the ket manager Leslie CollinSALMON DERBY: The Anacortes Center for Hap- gs at 360-202-3932 or email annual Ray Reep Salmon piness, 619 Commercial leslie@portsusan.org.

Derby will be held SaturAve., Anacortes. Learn the basic salsa rhythm, SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC day, Sept. 7, at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens MilCuban body motion, lead- CLUB: The club will not let Road, Mount Vernon. ing/following techniques, meet during August. For Weigh-in takes place from footwork and basic turns. information, call Marsha $10 per class, $50 for all six. Pederson at 360-757-4906. 3 to 5 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top three 360-464-2229 or anacortesweights and one mystery centerforhappi ON STAGE weight in the humpy catness.org.

BURLINGTON OPEN egory and one random MIC: Daniel Burnson hosts drawing for the silvers cateCLOG DANCING FOR an open mic from 7 to 10 gory. Entry fee: $15. Tickets BEGINNERS: Free lesson p.m.

Saturdays at North available at Mount Vernon from 10 to 11 a.m., folParks and Recreation, lowed by regular clog danc- Cove Coffee, 1130 S. BurHoliday Sports, and Master lington Blvd., Burlington. ing from 11 a.m. to noon Marine. 360-336-6215 or All genres welcome: rock, Thursdays, at the Mount mountvernonwa.gov. blues, funk, folk, ukelele, Vernon Senior Center, poetry or performance.

1401 Cleveland St., Mount DYNES GOLF TOURNEY: Vernon. No fee, no partner 360-707-2683 or north The second annual Chuck covecoffee.com. needed. First three lessons Dynes Memorial Golf are free. Wear comfortable Tournament will begin at OPEN MIC: Jam Night, shoes. For information, call 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurs- 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Rosie at 360-424-4608.

Avalon Golf Links, 19345 days, at the Conway Pub Kelleher Road, Burling& Eatery, 18611 Main St., MUSIC ton. Registration opens at Conway. 360-445-4733.

CALL FOR SINGERS: 12:30 p.m.: $125, or $500 Shelter Bay Chorus is lookfor a foursome, includes OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to ing for people of all ages midnight, Wednesdays, 1st full dinner, green fees, carts, who love to sing. Come to T-shirt and prizes. DinStreet Cabaret & Speaka barbecue after the first easy, 612 S. First St., Mount ner only, $30. All proceeds rehearsal of the fall season Vernon. Ages 21 and older. will benefit the Charles G. at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. No cover. 360-336-3012 or Dynes Memorial Scholar5, at the Shelter Bay Club- riverbelledinnertheatre. ship Fund in the care of the com. house in La Conner. No Burlington-Edison Educa-

tion and Alumni Foundation. Email chuckdynestournament@gmail.com or call 360-661-4878.

FAMILY BIKE RIDE: Meet at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Farmers Market at Cleveland and Snoqualmie streets in downtown Mount Vernon.

Choose from scenic five-, 12- and 20-mile routes through farmland. Helmets required. Sponsored by the Mayor’s Wellness Challenge. mountvernonwa.gov.

5K RUN/WALK: The Samish Indian Nation Victims of Crime Program’s Elder Abuse Awareness 5K run/walk will begin at 10 a.m. (1-mile walk at 10:15) Sunday, Aug. 25, on the Tommy Thompson Trail, starting and ending at 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. To register, visit surveymonkey.com/s/RG5VTXG. For information, contact 360899-5282, ext. 102, or email ehill@samishtribe.nsn.us.

THEATER YOUTH THEATER CLASSES: The Whidbey Playhouse “Would Be Players” theater program for ages 8 to 18 will offer a workshop from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, Sept. 9-Oct. 29, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Drive, Oak Harbor. A special three-hour rehearsal will be held on Sunday, Oct. 27, and the workshop will culminate with public performances at 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 28-29. Students will learn a variety of theater skills, including theater acting, vocal training, body

language, stage presence, blocking and more. $75. For information or to register, contact Stan Thomas at 360-675-0574.

FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes.

Classes include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-293-4373 or acttheatre.com.

WORKSHOPS QUILTING: Sedro-Woolley resident Judy Niemeyer will teach a five-course quilting series based on her unique foundation paper piercing technique from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, beginning Sept. 11 and continuing through Jan. 8. Participants will make Niemeyer’s Glacial Star Pattern, which is on display at Cascade Fabrics, 824 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. $50 per class. Class fee includes a complimentary lunch. Registration forms are available at Cascade Fabrics. For information, contact 360-855-0323.

FARMING THE ARTS: Poetry and Letterpress with Paul Hunter: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15, at Harmony Fields, 7465 Thomas Road, Bow. Explore the essence of a life spent working in the open — farming, with the end goal of growing food — through conversation, writing exercises and an introduction to the art of letterpress printing. Open to all levels of experience. $95. Single-day registration available. 360-941-8196 or hfproduce.com.

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Jason Bolser takes aim at a target from atop an elevated platform located on the club’s Walking Course. the 1980s and as few as 30 in 2000.

“It’s really started to grow, and a big reason why is the improved facilities,” Bolser said. “It covers about 45 acres that we lease from the Mount Vernon Parks Department.

Within that boundary, we have a walking course that includes 50 targets and is approximately four miles in length.

“The big difference with our course is line-of-site challenges. We have a lot of steep shots. Shots where you are looking down at the targets. That makes judging distance difficult. There is also a flat range with targets at measures distances from 10 to 50 yards. It has lights available for shooting after dark.

“We have a lot of activities going on at the club, and we expect to have even more,” Bolser said.

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more difficult, obscured shot must be attempted. Archers will have to keep a keen eye out for targets along the way, because they are not marked.

“You can only move forward, so you can’t go back to that better shot,” said Bolser.

“Each archer gets a scorecard and you will have some that come back with a five or six while another could come back with as many as 20.

“It really highlights the power of observation. It’s a lot like actual hunting. You may see a deer, however, the string may lead you closer — or not. You might run into a completely different animal as you move along.

You just never know.

“We’ve never had a string shoot before. It takes a lot of setup, for safety’s sake.”

Bolser said the club really began its metamorphosis in 2009 after receiving a $100,000 grant. The money was used to make numerous upgrades to the facility — both inside and out — particularly in regards to improving safety.

“We have about 150 members,” said Bolser. “In the last, say, six years, we have really seen a resurrection in this club and the interest in archery in general.”

The club had as many as 200 members in

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E10 Thursday, August 22, 2013

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 22-30 Thursday.22

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

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 22-29 SATURDAY.24

SATURDAY.24

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 or acttheatre.com.

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TUESDAY.27

THREE-ISH 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

GEOFFREY CASTLE 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7. 360-293-3515.

JASON DANIEL WALL, MS. BETTY DESIRE 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Saturday.24 Friday.23 COMEDY

Comedy Night: Cortney S. Williams, 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

MUSIC

Coco Montoya (blues): 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20-$30, discount for theater members. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: The Bad Apples, 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Fundraiser for the Anacortes School District music program. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425303-1848 or snohomishartist guild.org.

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 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.

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 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

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 riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Tuesday.27 VARIETY

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360-336-3012 or river belledinnertheatre.com.

THURSDAY.22 Scott Pemberton Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

The Lost Highway Band: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-757-6113.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: The Dead Edsels (1950s revue), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes.

Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

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

360-961-1438.

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.

Trevor Hansen: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

Fiddle Buck, Brian Buck Ellard: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

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

360-422-6411.

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

No cover. 360-445-3000.

Mia Vermillion (blues): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Folk Festival: Kory Quinn, Jean Mann & Annie O’Neill, 6 p.m. to midnight, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.

Geoffrey Castle: 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7.

360-293-3515.

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

360-299-2120.

Pirates R Us, Lumpkins, David Ney Band, The New Soft Shoes (Gram Parsons tribute), Stray/ Maceo: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Mr. Feelgood & the Firm Believers: 7 to 9 p.m., Birdsview Brewing Jim Cull: 7 p.m., Mount Co., 38302 Highway 20, Vernon Elks, 2120 MarBirdsview. 360-826-3406. ket St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

SATURDAY.24 The Ride (classic rock): 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

No cover. 360-336-3626.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (dance, country, rock): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

Friday.30 MUSIC

FRIDAY.23

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

360-422-6411.

Justin Shandor (Ultimate Elvis champion): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$24. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

Jefferson Rose Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.25 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Concert for Toys: LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, Boneyard Preachers, 5 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-WoolScratch Daddy: 9 p.m.

Open Mic: 7 to 10 p.m., to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn ley. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit North Cove Coffee, 1130 Saloon, 5754 Cains South Burlington Blvd., Court, Edison. No cover. Toys for Tots. Tickets: $25-$35, at brownpaper Burlington. Hosted by 360-766-6330. tickets.com.

Daniel Burnson. Rock, blues, funk, folk, ukelele, poetry and more. 360707-COVE or north covecoffee.com.

Clouds: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.28 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., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-2263.

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 5 to 9 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner.

360-466-4488.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Three-ish (alternative, folk): 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

“Doves on Distant Oaks”: Jason Stevenson and Angie Barkley (folk classics), 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.29 Ann ‘n’ Dean (dance, country, rock): 6 to 8 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes.

360-293-3012.

Debbie Miller: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

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.

D.O.A., Human Infest, Muppet Fetish, The Basque Rats: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

Steve Rudy and Bob Storm (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

E10 Thursday, August 22, 2013

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 22-30 Thursday.22

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

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 22-29 SATURDAY.24

SATURDAY.24

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 or acttheatre.com.

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TUESDAY.27

THREE-ISH 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037.

GEOFFREY CASTLE 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7. 360-293-3515.

JASON DANIEL WALL, MS. BETTY DESIRE 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Saturday.24 Friday.23 COMEDY

Comedy Night: Cortney S. Williams, 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

MUSIC

Coco Montoya (blues): 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $20-$30, discount for theater members. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: The Bad Apples, 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Fundraiser for the Anacortes School District music program. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425303-1848 or snohomishartist guild.org.

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 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.

THEATER

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-2936829 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

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 riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

Tuesday.27 VARIETY

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $3 cover. 360-336-3012 or river belledinnertheatre.com.

THURSDAY.22 Scott Pemberton Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

The Lost Highway Band: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-757-6113.

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: The Dead Edsels (1950s revue), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes.

Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

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

360-961-1438.

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.

Trevor Hansen: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

Fiddle Buck, Brian Buck Ellard: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

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

360-422-6411.

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

No cover. 360-445-3000.

Mia Vermillion (blues): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Folk Festival: Kory Quinn, Jean Mann & Annie O’Neill, 6 p.m. to midnight, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-4453000.

Geoffrey Castle: 6 to 8 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $7.

360-293-3515.

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

360-299-2120.

Pirates R Us, Lumpkins, David Ney Band, The New Soft Shoes (Gram Parsons tribute), Stray/ Maceo: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Mr. Feelgood & the Firm Believers: 7 to 9 p.m., Birdsview Brewing Jim Cull: 7 p.m., Mount Co., 38302 Highway 20, Vernon Elks, 2120 MarBirdsview. 360-826-3406. ket St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

SATURDAY.24 The Ride (classic rock): 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

No cover. 360-336-3626.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (dance, country, rock): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

Friday.30 MUSIC

FRIDAY.23

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

360-422-6411.

Justin Shandor (Ultimate Elvis champion): 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$24. 877275-2448 or theskagit. com.

Jefferson Rose Band: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

SUNDAY.25 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Concert for Toys: LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, Boneyard Preachers, 5 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-WoolScratch Daddy: 9 p.m.

Open Mic: 7 to 10 p.m., to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn ley. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit North Cove Coffee, 1130 Saloon, 5754 Cains South Burlington Blvd., Court, Edison. No cover. Toys for Tots. Tickets: $25-$35, at brownpaper Burlington. Hosted by 360-766-6330. tickets.com.

Daniel Burnson. Rock, blues, funk, folk, ukelele, poetry and more. 360707-COVE or north covecoffee.com.

Clouds: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.28 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., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-2263.

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 5 to 9 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner.

360-466-4488.

Fidalgo Swing: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Three-ish (alternative, folk): 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

“Doves on Distant Oaks”: Jason Stevenson and Angie Barkley (folk classics), 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.29 Ann ‘n’ Dean (dance, country, rock): 6 to 8 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes.

360-293-3012.

Debbie Miller: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

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.

D.O.A., Human Infest, Muppet Fetish, The Basque Rats: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

Steve Rudy and Bob Storm (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

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TRAVEL

GO FOR THE FOOD: PASTIES IN BUTTE

By MATT VOLZ Associated Press

BUTTE, Mont. — First things first: Pasties, pronounced PASS’-tees, are the meat and potato pies introduced to Butte by immigrant miners more than a century ago.

Pasties, pronounced PASTE-tees, are the nippleconcealing patches that one might have found in the city’s notorious red-light district during its heyday.

Like its racier homograph, the pasty has stuck.

The adopted Cornish and Welsh pasty has come to be identified with this blue-collar Montana city as much as native son Evel Knievel and the Berkeley Pit, the abandoned openpit mine that once killed a flock of 342 migrating snow geese that landed in its toxic waters.

The mix of nationalities drawn to Butte during the mining boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s spurred an eclectic array of cheap eats tailored for the poor workers, from the proliferation of Chinese noodle parlors to the invention of the pork-chop sandwich.

But no culinary experience is as intertwined in the mining history of the Copper City as the simple pasty.

Places to eat pasties in Butte Joe’s Pasty Shop 1641 Grand Ave. 406-723-9071 Nancy McLaughlin’s Pasty Shop 2810 Pine St. 406-782-7410 Gamer’s Cafe 5 W. Park St. 406-723-5453 Park Street Pasties 800 W. Park St. 406-782-6400

Its meat, onions and potatoes are enveloped in a golden-baked pie that resembles a brick in both shape and weight. They come dry, smothered or injected with gravy and even covered with chili. A shot of whiskey or a pint of beer is optional.

The perfectly cooked pasty will have tender chunks of beef, sauteed onions and diced potatoes spilling out of its flaky enclosure with the first bite.

It was standard fare of the Cornish and Welsh immigrant miners, who brought the recipe with them and toted them in lunchboxes thousands of feet below the earth’s surface.

TOP: A meat-filled pasty with gravy from Joe’s Pasty Shop in Butte, Mont. The shop is one of a handful that serve the meat-and-potato pie that immigrant miners brought a century ago and has remained a part of Butte’s culinary culture.

LEFT: Joe’s Pasty Shop Matt Volz / AP

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TRAVEL Local travel

Photos by Matt Volz / AP

Kitchen workers prepare pasties in Nancy McLaughlin’s Pasty Shop in Butte, Mont.

Other miners saw the convenience and nourishment the packed pies provided, so they adopted them. Some added their own ingredients, such as the Finns spicing up their pasties with rutabaga, according to Montana Historical Society researcher Brian Shovers.

The boom times when Butte was the largest city between Minneapolis and Seattle are gone, but its rich history and raucous reputation draw droves each year for the Montana Folk Festival, daredevils gathering for Evel Knievel Days and the street-spilling parties of St. Patrick’s Day. No small number of visitors arrive in pursuit of an authentic Butte pasty. The city known as the Richest Hill on Earth is happy to oblige, with pasty shops dotted across the city like the giant steel head frames that mark the old mine shafts and define the sky-

line today.

One of the most popular spots is Joe’s Pasty Shop on Grand Avenue, which has been operating since 1947. The pasty with gravy is by far the most popular choice, and one will set you back a mere $6.50 at a size that is enough to feed two people.

Another favorite is Nancy McLaughlin’s Pasty Shop on the edge of town near the Berkeley Pit. Nancy’s has a walk-up window for a quick pasty to go and a small dining area for those who want to savor the savory meal.

Other pasty purveyors across town include the old-time soda fountain Gamer’s Cafe and Park Street Pasties.

But a visitor is best advised to pace himself when sampling Butte’s gastronomic delights. As the old miner’s saying still popular in Butte goes, “Tap ‘er light.”

Visitors walk through the tunnel to the viewing stand of the abandoned Berkeley Pit mine in Butte. Immigrant miners introduced the pasty to Butte, and it has remained a part of Butte’s culinary culture even as the mining heyday of the early 1900s has waned.

activity at all ports, daily lecture by onboard naturalist, nightly entertain YOGA ADVENTURE ment, taxes, gratuities SERIES: Join Dawn Jex and escort. for day trips and yoga.

Each adventure includes New York City and Upstate New York Fall fun activities at an area attraction combined with Colors Tour: Oct. 4-13. a yoga class. For informa- $2,999-$3,799, includes tion or to register, call Jex round-trip airfare, deluxe at 360-631-0587 or visit motorcoach transportation, hotel accommodayoga-gypsies.com. tions, 14 meals, NYC guided tour, optional SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recre- Broadway show, attracation offers travel oppor- tions, two day-cruises and escort. $300 deposit due tunities for ages 12 and at sign-up. Final payment older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and due in August. younger). 360-336-6215.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center ESCORTED TOURS: is organizing two smallThe Whatcom County group trips for 2014: Tour Program offers a Mississippi River Cruise: variety of day trips and America’s Heartland, longer tours, with most Nashville to New Orleans, trips departing from and March 19–30; and Scotreturning to the Bellland, June. Trips will ingham Senior Activity depart from Oak Harbor/ Center, 315 Halleck St., Mount Vernon. Contact Bellingham. For informaPat Gardner at pgardner@ tion or to register: 360oakharbor.org.

733-4030, press #, ext.

47015, or wccoa.org/ index.php/Tours. Next up: STANWOOD SENIOR “Sister Act”: Broadway CENTER TRIPS: The Stanwood Senior Center musical performance at offers occasional trips the Paramount Theatre, around the Puget Sound Seattle. 8:30 a.m. to area and beyond, depart5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. ing from and returning to 25, departing from and the center, 7430 276th returning to the Bellingham Senior Center. $125- St. NW, Stanwood. For $135. Includes round-trip information or reservations, contact Sandy transportation, escort, Kitchens at 360-629show tickets, no-host 7403. lunch.

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Public Library accepts Wednesday, Aug. 28. $73-$83. Includes round- passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. trip transportation, covered parking, group seat- Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. ing in Section 323 and Saturdays at 1220 10th escort.

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Passport forms and Oakland Athletics: 10 information on fees and a.m. to 6 p.m. Wedneshow to apply are availday, Sept. 29. $73-$83. able at travel.state.gov, Includes round-trip or pick up an application transportation, covered parking, group seating in and passport guide at the Section 323 and escort. library.

Fall Foliage Mississippi The Oak Harbor Senior River Steamboat Cruise: Center accepts passport applications, by appointOct. 4-12. $3,199$3,999. Includes Belling- ment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday ham-to-Seatac transfer, through Friday at 51 SE airfare, first-night hotel stay, seven-day cruise, all Jerome St., Oak Harbor. meals on cruise, shore 360-279-4580.

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HOT TICKETS 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.

CONCERT FOR TOYS: with LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, Boneyard Preachers, Aug. 24, Eagle Haven Winery, Sedro-Woolley. brownpapertickets.com.

BLASTERS: Aug. 24, El Corazon, Seattle. 800-514-3849 or elcorazonseattle.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.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

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 WEEKND: Sept. 10, Paramount Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.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.

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

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

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

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

888-559-3247 or thefair.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. 866-3328499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

THE MISSION UK: Sept. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 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.

DJANGOFEST NORTHWEST: Sept. 18-22, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley. 800-6387631 or wicaonline.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.

MARTY 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. 888-9297849 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.

MOBY: Sept. 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.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.

MACHINEDRUM, XXYYXX: Sept.

27, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

NICOLAS JAAR: featuring Tarik Barri: Sept. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

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

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

LORDE: Sept. 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE ORB: Sept. 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FLOSSTRADAMUS: Sept. 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.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 livenation.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.

WOLFGANG GARTNER, TOMMY TRASH: Oct. 1, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.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. 800-7453000 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.

PAPA ROACH: Oct. 5, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 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.

GWAR: Oct. 11, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show-

boxonline.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.

GRIZ: Oct. 18, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TIMEFLIES: Oct. 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.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.

J. COLE: Oct. 30, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 206-224-5481 or aeglive.com.

HOODIE ALLEN: Oct. 31, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HELL’S BELLES (AC/DC Tribute), HALLOQUEEN (The music of Queen): Oct. 31, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

NADA SURF: Nov. 7, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: Nov. 8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GRETA METASSA, MILES BLACK TRIO, JOVON MILLER: Nov. 9, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

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MOVIES

Caviezel turns whimsical in Old South tale ‘Savannah’

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Long before he took on the gravitas of playing Jesus, actor and Mount Vernon native Jim Caviezel was known for rarely cracking a smile. So his turn as a whimsical, hard-drinking duck hunter with a touch of the poet about him in “Savannah” would stand out if that was all it had to recommend it.

A Faulkneresque tale of the Old South turning new in the years just after World War I, “Savannah” has Caviezel playing a colorful, larger-than-life local in that sleepy Low Country Georgia port town.

One of the things that makes you “larger than life” is the way other people tell colorful stories about you. And Ward Allen has that going for him.

“Did I ever tell you about how Ward Allen beat up them Russians?”

That’s a favorite of the old black man named Christmas (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Allen’s best friend.

We meet him when Jack Cay (Bradley Whitford) shows up, in 1954, to move Christmas Moultrie, born a slave, out of the house he’s known all his life.

In flashbacks, we meet Allen (Caviezel), see the incident that prompted a brawl over in Czarist Russia (it involves an inept barber and a moustache accident) and get a taste of the life that Allen and Moultrie lived in a Savannah when many were old enough to have memories of the war polite Southerners refer to as “The Late Unpleasantness.”

Allen was born rich, educated at Oxford, but turned his back on a legal or literary career, “a man of letters who has returned to nature.” But he’s no Thoreau, he insists. Allen loves his guns and lives to duck hunt. He and Christmas ignore limits, seasons and game wardens as “market hunters,” shooting as fast they can reload to supply local restaurants with fresh mallard meat. More

Mount Vernon native Jim Caviezel stars as a whimsical, hard-drinking duck hunter with a touch of the poet about him in “Savannah.”

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‘SAVANNAH’

HH Cast: Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander, Sam Shepard, Hal Holbrook, Bradley Whitford Running time: 1:46 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief sexuality.

often than not, that lands them in court.

In his shirtsleeves, duck waders and often as not two or three sheets to the wind, Allen regales the court until the judge (Hal Holbrook) lets him off with probation.

“Liberty plucks justice by the

nose!” Allen crows with each legal victory.

Then a local rich girl (Jaimie Alexander) decides that she won’t have the rich fop (Jack McBrayer of TV’s “30 Rock”) her father (Sam Shepard) picked out for her.

“I am neither yours to dispense or withhold,” the feisty and independent Lucy declares. She sets her sights on “a real man,” Allen.

Almost despite himself, and ignoring the warnings of Christmas (“A woman ain’t an argument to be won”), Allen courts and marries the fair Lucy. And that’s when the trouble starts, because he’s not giving up his booze or his ducks for family life.

“Never touch my guns,” he says,

adding one more thing he won’t give up.

It’s a gorgeous-looking film, and director and co-writer Annette Haywood-Carter evokes a marvelous sense of a time and place, that civil South that the movies insist existed before the civil rights South. Christmas only rarely feels the sting of racism, which Allen dismisses even if you suspect that what Christmas says is true. If Allen weren’t his friend, life would be much more dangerous for an independent-minded black man in 1920s Georgia.

The dialogue is beautifully florid, and you can see why this cast was drawn to the project. But the generically titled “Savannah”

meanders like a river making its way through Low Country marshland, teetering toward the tragic in its later chapters and never quite achieving the whimsy it aims for in the early ones.

Ejiofor and Caviezel, playing real-life figures from that slice of Georgia history, are entirely too young in 1920s Georgia to have lived through the Civil War some 60 years before.

But “Savannah” gets by on touches of grace and spirited performances, especially by Caviezel.

After being so serious for so very long, it’s great fun to see him take on a “genuine character” with all the boozing, brawling and shooting that entails.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 - E17

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 “Drinking Buddies” — In one of the best beer movies ever made, Luke (Jake Johnson) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are craft brewery colleagues meant to be together. Writerdirector Joe Swanberg gives us a script that sounds like real people talking, and just when we think we know exactly where things are going, they take another route. Comedy, R, 90 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 black-and-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,

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AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Aug. 23-29 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13): 12:55, 3:40, 6:35, 9:15 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13): 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG): 1:00, 6:40 The Conjuring (R): 3:30, 9:05 360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor 360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE Aug. 23-25 2 Guns (R): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 p.m.

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

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Aug. 23-29 Elysium (R): 12:55, 3:25, 6:35, 8:55 Planes (PG): 3:15, 6:40 We’re the Millers (R): 1:00, 3:20, 6:30, 8:50 Red 2 (PG-13): 1:05, 8:45 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS Aug. 23-29 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13): 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, 9:00 Planes (PG): 1:00, 3:05, 6:35, 8:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG): 3:30, 6:40 We’re the Millers (R): 1:05, 3:25, 6:45, 9:05 360-629-0514

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 selfpleased 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 “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 World’s End” — In the best film yet from director Edgar Wright and writer-actor Simon Pegg, old friends converge for a 20th-anniversary pub crawl that takes an unexpected turn. “The World’s End” succeeds first as a reunion movie and then as a sci-fi satire with some of the funniest stunts and battle sequences in recent memory.

Starring Pegg and the invaluable Nick Frost. Comedy, R,

109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “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 terroriststake-over-the-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-onthe-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

For Peace in Tibet benefit concert 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22

Featured performer Techung is regarded as one of the key holders of Tibetan music. He studied music in Dharamshala, India, at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts from the ages of 9 to 26. He now lives in the U.S. Techung’s main instrument is his voice; he also plays long neck lute or Dramnyen, Tibetan fiddle or Piwang and bamboo flute or Lingbu.

After immigrating to the U.S. in 1989, Techung cofounded Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company, performing traditional Tibetan opera throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Cost: $15.50.

‘The Kings of Summer’ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26

“The Kings of Summer” is a coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends — Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Moises Arias) — who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.

Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact that family — whether it is the one you’re born into or the one you create — is something you can’t run away from.

Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Stars Alison Brie, Erin Moriarty, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Basso, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megan Mullally, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman and Nick Robinson.

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.

‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27

The Mount Vernon Summer Reading Program presents a free screening of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first film in the Harry Potter series based on the novels by J.K. Rowling.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

jewelry by Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, “SCENES OF SUMBob Metke glass and work MER”: Photographs by Jim by other gallery artists.

DeFreece, Camelia Nahlik Gallery hours are 11 a.m. and Phil Lane are on disto 5 p.m. Monday through play in a special summer Saturday and noon to 4 showcase through Sept. 15, p.m. Sunday. 360-293-3577 in the second-floor gallery or mccoolart.com. at Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington.

“DRAWN IN”: The For information about the new art exhibit continues exhibit, contact Claire Cun- through Sept. 15 at Anchor diff at 505-660-6825.

Art Space, 216 Commercial

ety of art on display and meet the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at participating businesses along the 8700 block of 271st St. NW, in east Stanwood. Fifteen local businesses will showcase unique artworks including paintings, pottery, jewelry and more. Get your “passport” stamped at each location to enter a free prize drawing. 360-6293710.

ronment or a person is the basis for “Reflections.”

The exhibition combines new acquisitions on the large and small scale and figurative works of art. Artists include Guy Anderson, Jim Ball, Robert Bragg, Kenneth Callahan, Michael Clough, Gregory Grenon, Mar Goman, Morris Graves, Jane Hamilton Hovde, Brian Murphy, Lucinda Parker, Rex SilAve., Anacortes. Whether vernail, Mark Tobey and “LARRY HEALD: ACRYLdrawn in cloth, ink, space CAMANO ART SHOW: Veruska Vagen.

ICS”: A show of landscapes or light, these artists’ works The annual Roaming ArtMuseum hours are noon

by La Conner artist Larry address gesture and materiists Art Show will take to 5 p.m. Sunday and MonHeald continues through ality in engaging ways. Artplace from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. day, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sept. 3 at the Scott Milo ists include Rachel Brumer, Saturday, Aug. 31, and 10 Tuesday through Saturday.

Gallery, 420 Commercial Gail Grinnell, Tricia A. a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 stuAve., Anacortes. Also Stackle and Ellen Ziegler.

1, at the Camano Multipur- dents, free for members showing are photographs Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation will present free Curated by Jasmine pose Center, 141 E. Cama- and ages 11 and younger.

by David Lucas, oils by movies this summer on Friday nights at Edgewater Valandani. Gallery hours no Drive, Camano Island.

360-466-4446 or museum Lorna Libert and Jeanne Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. are noon to 5 p.m. Friday This year’s featured artist ofnwart.org.

Levasseur, pastels by Movies begin at dusk on the jumbo screen. Bring your is Ann Curtis. The show through Sunday or Barbara Benedetti Newby appointment. anchorart lawn chair or blanket for seating. Concessions will includes artwork by 27 local FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY ton and new glasswork be available. Bring a flashlight for when it’s time to space.org. artists who work “plein WALK: Check out artwork

by Robin Larson. gallery leave. Free admission. 360-336-6215. Next up: Next air” (outside and on-site) in a variety of media from 6 hours are 10:30 a.m. to up: Aug. 23, “Men in Black III.” “NICK FENNEL: at various locations around to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at 4:30 p.m. Monday through WETSCAPES & JEFFREY Stanwood and Camano several galleries and other Saturday. 360-293-6938 or HANKS: VESSELS”: The Island. Enter a raffle to win venues along Commercial dan, Linnane Armstrong, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday scottmilo.com. show runs through Aug. artwork by Gene Cyrus.

Anne Belov, Angie Dixon, through Sunday. 360-766Avenue and other locations 25 at Gallery Cygnus, Free admission.

6230 or smithandvallee.

Jacob Kohn, Melissa Koch, in downtown Anacortes.

WHIMSY ECLECTICA: Sandra Whiting, Mark Van com.

Enjoy pen and ink draw“Whimsy Eclectica: Fanci- 109 Commercial Ave., La COLLAGE DISPLAY: Wickler and Angèle Woolings, photography, paintful art by Mary Jo Oxrieder Conner. Fennel describes himself as a “water baby,” Three-dimensional paper ART STUDIO TOUR: ery. ings and prints, sculptures, and Delightful Oils by and his paintings center on collages by Ans Schot are Gallery hours are 10 a.m. Whidbey Working Artceramics, jewelry, art glass Marcia Van Doren” conwater as a liquid mirror. on display through Aug. 31 and more. 360-293-6938. ists will present its annual to 5 p.m. daily. 360-222tinues through Aug. 30 at Hanks subjects his ceramic 3070 or robschoutengallery. Summer Studio Tour from in the Lincoln Theatre Art Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 forms to elements of fire Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday com.

NORTHWEST PASTEL Wonn Road, Greenbank. beyond his control, proVernon. 360-336-8955 or and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, SOCIETY: SIGNATURE Oxrieder creates fantasy NEW ARTWORK: A show and over Labor Day week- lincolntheatre.org.

MEMBER SHOW: The paintings and mixed media ducing captivating results.

Gallery hours are noon end, Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The of new work by artists show will open with a works; Doren creates oilFRIDAY HARBOR ART free self-guided tour will Lindsay Kohles and Jasreception for the artists on-paper pieces. For infor- to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or include 30 working studios MARKET: Check out artmine Valandani continues during the First Friday Galmation, including gallery ist booths, demonstrations, lery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. gallerycygnus.com. through Aug. 31 at Smith & featuring the work of 31 hours and directions, call food and music from 3 to 7 Friday, Sept. 6, and continVallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey artists.

360-222-0102 or visit ravenp.m. Fridays, through Aug. ue through Oct. 1 at Scott “COLORS OF WHIDCheck out a variety of Ave, Edison. Kohles’ renrocksgallery.com.

BEY”: The group show original artwork, including 30, at the Brickworks Plaza Milo Gallery, 420 Commerderings meld two organin Friday Harbor. Free continues through Sept. encaustic, fiber, glass, jewisms together, resulting in cial Ave., Anacortes. More ANNIVERSARY SHOW: 3 at the Rob Schouten an unnatural creature that, elry, painting, photography, admission. 360-472-0216 or than a dozen signature The Anne Martin McCool email pigmansartworks@ member artists will exhibit although never seen before, print, pottery, sculpture, Gallery’s 12th Anniversary Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, rockisland.com.

Greenbank. The exhibition is strikingly familiar. Valan- wood, multimedia and pastel landscapes, seaShow continues through features colorful paintmore. Pick up a map of parscapes, florals, animals and dani presents two distinct Aug. 31 at 711 CommerMoNA ART: “Selections abstractions. Gallery hours ings, pastels, sculptures, bodies of work: “Song and ticipating studios at island cial Ave., Anacortes. The from the Permanent Colglass, jewelry, encaustics are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Distance,” works on paper visitor centers, shops and show features paintings lection: Reflections” conMonday through Saturday. and prints by Anne Martin and fiber arts depicting the visually inspired by Persian galleries or at whidbeytinues through Sept. 29 at 360-293-6938 or scottmilo. workingartists.com.

McCool and Cathy Schoen- brightness of summer on poems, and “The World in the Museum of Northwest com.

Whidbey Island. berg, sculptures by Tracy the Palm of Your Hand,” Art, 121 S. First St., La Artists include Annette Powell, hand-turned wood “STANWOOD ART a series of shell fragments Conner. Inspiration from a Hanna, Frances Wood, PAINTING IN THE

by George Way, handwoapplied with silver leaf and WALK: YOUR PASSPORT ven baskets by Jane Hyde, Stacey Neumiller, Pete Jor- lacquer. Gallery hours are TO ART”: Check out a vari- memory, expression, enviPARKS: Members of Plein

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OUT & ABOUT Air Washington Artists, an outdoor artist group, will be painting on-site Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, in Rasar State Park, located on Highway 20 near Concrete. Spectators are invited to stop by and chat. parks. wa.gov.

ARTIST SERIES: The Challenger Ridge summer Artist Series will feature Kathy Huckleberry, ceramic artist, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21, at Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Huckleberry will offer a selection of her original ceramic creations for sale. Free admission. 425-422-6988 or challengerridge.com.

FAIRS EVERGREEN STATE FAIR: The annual event will continue through Monday, Sept. 2, at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE, Monroe.

Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, except the final day when the fair will close at 7 p.m. $10 adults, $7 ages 62 to 89 and 6 to 15, free for ages 90 and older or 5 and younger. Discounted admission on Labor Day. Find a complete schedule of events at evergreenfair. org.

FESTIVALS BUMBERSHOOT: Seattle’s annual music and arts festival is set for Saturday through Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, at the Seattle Center. Enjoy live music, visual and performing arts, dance, films, comedy, arts and crafts, poetry and literary arts, children’s activities, food, beer gardens and lots more. Weekend pass: $140 advance. Single-day tickets: $56-$60 general, $30 ages 65 and older, free for ages 10 and younger with paying adult. 206-673-

ema will present live entertainment and bigscreen movies on Saturday SOAPBOX SH’BANG: The sixth annual event will evenings, through Aug. 24, take place from 3 p.m. Fri- at the Village Green in day through 8 p.m. Sunday, Bellingham’s Fairhaven District. Admission is $5, Sept. 6-8, at the Lookout free for ages 5 and youngArts Quarry, 246 Old Highway 99 N. near Alger. er. Pizza and popcorn available for purchase.

Enjoy a gravity-powered, off-road vehicle derby, live Bring your own blanket music and dancing, vaude- or low-backed lawn chair ville and circus performers, for seating. Rain or shine. burlesque, workshops, art, fairhavenoutdoorcinema. carnival games, kids’ activi- com. Next up: Aug. 24: Music by ties, vendors and more.

Quickdraw Stringband at Advance weekend pass: 7 p.m., followed by “The $35 adults, $10 children. $45 at the gate. shbangfest. Princess Bride” at dusk. com.

“FROM ‘SHINE TO CHARDONNAY”: The MUSIC exhibit continues through SUMMER CONCERT Aug. 25 at the Skagit CounSERIES: The sixth annual ty Historical Museum, 501 Cap Sante Summer ConS. Fourth St., La Conner. cert Series features live Explore Skagit’s long and concerts at Seafarers’ illustrious relationship with Memorial Park in Anaalcohol — from the early cortes. All shows start at days of stills in the hills to 7 p.m. Bring a blanket or the current trend of boulawn chair for seating. Free. tique distilling.

425-303-1848 or snohomisn “Pieces of History: hartistguild.org. Next up: Quilts of Skagit County” Friday, Aug. 23: The opens Friday, Aug. 16, and Bad Apples. Fundraiser for continues through Oct. the Anacortes School Dis6. The show will include trict music program. quilts and coverlets from Friday, Aug. 30: The the museum’s collection, Dead Edsels. 1950s revue. plus heritage quilts on loan from Skagit families.

BENEFIT CONCERT: Museum hours are 11 “For Peace in Tibet a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Benefit Concert”: The through Sunday. $5, $4 event, featuring Techung, seniors and ages 6 to 12 will take place at 7 p.m. younger, $10 families, free today at the Lincoln Thefor members and ages atre, 712 S. First St., Mount 5 and younger. 360-466Vernon. Regarded as one of the key holders of Tibet- 3365 or skagitcounty.net/ museum. an music, Techung’s main 5060 or bumbershoot.org.

instrument is his voice. He also plays long neck lute or Dramnyen, Tibetan fiddle or Piwang and bamboo flute or Lingbu. $15.50.

360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

MORE FUN FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA: The 14th annual Fairhaven Outdoor Cin-

PARTY LIKE A PIRATE: Join the fun from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the “Lands End Bar” at the Port of Anacortes Transit Event Shed, 100 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Enjoy pirate costume contests, live music by Smoke Wagon, food, drinks and more. $10. Tickets available at the door or at

St. Enjoy drop-in activities brownpapertickets.com/ event/433829. For informa- until 6 p.m. at the library, including Owl Origami, tion, call 360-708-7770.

Golden Snitch Hunt, MiniBroomstick Making, Harry BEACH ART FESTIPotter Trivia and more. FolVAL: Create drawings or lowed by a free showing of sculptures using shells, driftwood and other found “The Sorcerer’s Stone” at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, objects during the second annual Beach Art Festival 712 S. First St. Costumes encouraged. Call 360-336from noon to 3 p.m. Sat6209 for more information. urday, Aug. 24, at Cama Beach State Park, 1880 S. West Camano Drive, CLIMATE CHANGE: Camano Island. Free.

Watch the TED talk “CliSponsored by the Cama mate Change is Simple” Beach Foundation. Disat Transition Fidalgo & cover Pass required for Friends’ monthly comparking. camabeach munity supper at 5:45 p.m. foundation.org.

Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the Anacortes Senior Center, HARRY POTTER: Mount 1701 22nd St. Enjoy a Vernon City Library and simple meal, then join a the Lincoln Theatre will discussion about climate celebrate the 15th anniver- change. Suggested donasary of “Harry Potter and tion: $5 adults, $3 ages 10 the Sorcerer’s Stone” at 1 and younger. Bring your p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at own place settings. transi the library, 315 Snoqualmie tionfidalgo.org.

YOUTH CIRCUS: The Wenatchee Youth Circus comes to Bow at Thousand Trails Campground, 5409 N Darrk Lane. Performances will be held at 2 and 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31, and 2 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1. Performers ages 3 to 18 will do everything adult performers do, including the flying trapeze, high wire, swinging ladders, trampoline, juggling, clowns and more. Tickets $5-$10.

Call 360-724-4811 for more information.

KIRTAN: The monthly celebration with chanting and dancing will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No experience necessary. All ages are welcome. By donation. RSVP: 360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

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