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Thursday, August 29, 2013 - E19
OUT & ABOUT MAGGIE WILDER’S MAGIC MUD SHOW: The show will run from Sept. 6 to Oct. 20 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., La Conner. A special artists reception will take place during the Skagit Art Escape/La Conner Gallery Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. The gallery will give away door prizes to the first 25 people at the reception. Wilder explores relationship to place in her paintings, and a concept she calls “yondering,” a human mental activity somewhere between wondering and wandering. 360708-4787 or gallerycygnus. com. 50 YEARS OF DRAWING: “Michael Stark’s 50 Years of Drawing” will open with a reception during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, and continue through Sept. 30 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Stark will exhibit drawings from his trips to a variety of countries including works from his most recent trip to South America. The gallery will celebrate Stark’s 70th birthday during the opening reception. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com. NEW PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES: A show of new oil paintings by Kathleen Frugé-Brown and sculptures by Lloyd Whannell will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, and continue through Oct. 1 at the Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Frugé-Brown’s landscape paintings are all done outdoors from life. Whannell creates sculptures primar-
ily in stone, but he also casts his work in glass and bronze. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360222-3070 or robschouten gallery.com.
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.
SKAGIT RIVER SALMON FESTIVAL: The second annual family-friendly event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millet Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy live music, arts and crafts, educational booths and vendors, silent auction, beer and wine garden, great food and salmon barbecue, youth activities and crafts, salmon derby and more. Free admission. skagitriver fest.org.
comments. Bring a nonperishable food item for the food bank. For information, contact Corinne Salcedo at 360-293-7114.
15400 Airport Drive, west of Burlington. Performers in the 90-minute aerobatics show at 1:30 p.m. include the father-and-son team of Bud and Ross Granley, “The Flying Tenor” Will MORE FUN PAINTING IN THE Allen, and female aeroKIRTAN: The monthly PARKS: Members of Plein batic and racing pilot Vicky celebration with chanting Air Washington Artists, an WASHINGTON STATE and dancing will take place Benzing. Check out disoutdoor artist group, will FAIR: Washington state’s plays, vendors, youth activifrom 10:30 a.m. to noon be painting on-site Friday biggest fair will take place Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Ana- ties and more. Free admisand Saturday, Sept. 6-7, in Sept. 6-22 at the Washsion. portofskagit.com. cortes Center for HappiRasar State Park, located ington State Fair Events ness, 619 Commercial Ave., on Highway 20 near ConCenter, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, “SHAPIN’ UP IN WOOLAnacortes. No experience crete. Spectators are invited Puyallup. Advance tickLEY”: Meet Ken and Austin necessary. All ages are welto stop by and chat. parks. ets: $7.50-$10; at the gate: Andrews, contestants on come. By donation. RSVP: wa.gov. $9-$12.50, free for ages 5 360-464-2229 or anacortes NBC’s “Biggest Loser,” at and younger. For informa- LECTURES the Shapin’ Up in Woolley centerforhappiness.org. JOEL BROCK & GREGG tion, including hours and Health and Fitness Fair AND TALKS LAANANEN: A cutting-edge directions, discounts and set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “PIECES OF HISTORY: “THE NOISE EXPLOexhibition by Northwest special attractions, visit QUILTS OF SKAGIT COUN- Saturday, Sept. 7, at the SION: THE SCIENCE, School artists Joel Brock thefair.com. Sedro-Woolley Community POLICY, AND POLITICS OF TY”: The featured exhibit and Gregg Laananen will Center, 703 Pacific St. will continue through Oct. UNDERWATER NOISE”: open with a reception from FESTIVALS The men will share the 6 at the Skagit County Michael Jasny, director of 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. story of how together they Historical Museum, 501 S. BUMBERSHOOT: Seatthe Marine Mammal Pro7, and continue through tle’s annual music and arts tection Project and a senior Fourth St., La Conner. The lost more than 400 pounds Sept. 29 at Smith & Vallee and how it has changed festival is set for Saturday policy analyst at the Natu- show includes quilts and Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., their lives. The event will coverlets from the musethrough Monday, Aug. ral Resources Defense Edison. include health and fitness um’s collection, plus heri31-Sept. 2, at the Seattle Council, will speak at 6:30 Brock is best known for activities for all ages, a tage quilts on loan from Center. Enjoy live music, p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at his paintings that explore variety of informational Skagit families. Museum visual and performing arts, the Whale Museum, 62 landscape, architecture and First St. N., Friday Harbor. hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. booths, healthy food venstill-life, but recently he has dance, films, comedy, arts ues, the “Great American Tuesday through Sunday. been pushing the boundar- and crafts, poetry and liter- Jasny will describe the latSedro-Woolley Weigh-In” $5, $4 seniors and ages 6 to ary arts, children’s activiest developments in noise ies and breaking away into and a 30-day fitness chal12 younger, $10 families, ties, food, beer gardens and research, regulation and compositions that incorlenge. There will also be free for members and ages lots more. Weekend pass: policy and discuss their porate found objects and a performance by the 5 and younger. 360-466$140 advance. Single-day significance for Southern broken glass. Jumpin’ Js, a national DouResident killer whales and 3365 or skagitcounty.net/ Laananen paints en plein tickets: $56-$60 general, ble Dutch jump rope team. museum. $30 ages 65 and older, free other vulnerable wildlife. air to preserve the immediFree. shapinupinwoolley. for ages 10 and younger Free. Light refreshments ate essence of a specific com. NEW MOON CELEBRAwith paying adult. 206-673- will be served. For inforsetting. He scouts out a TION: The event will take 5060 or bumbershoot.org. mation, call 360-378-4710, location, sets up his easel GALA AUCTION: Camaplace at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ext. 23, or whalemuseum. and paints each scene with no Center will host “Puttin’ Sept. 5, at the Anacortes SOAPBOX SH’BANG: org. an array of colors, patterns on the Ritz,” its annual Center for Happiness, The sixth annual event will and textures. Gallery hours Gala Auction, starting at 619 Commercial Ave., take place from 3 p.m. Fri“SURVEILLANCE: GIVare 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, Anacortes. Join Rev. Elke day through 8 p.m. Sunday, ING UP LIBERTY FOR day through Sunday. 360Macartney to drum in new at 606 Arrowhead Road, Sept. 6-8, at the Lookout SECURITY?”: Pat Galla766-6230 or smithand Camano Island. Enjoy food Arts Quarry, 246 Old gher, board member of the ideas for the month and vallee.com. and beverages, music, and drum out the old. Bring Highway 99 N. near Alger. American Civil Liberties Enjoy a gravity-powered, Union of Washington, will your own hand drums and lively bidding on a wide FAIRS variety of items in live and off-road vehicle derby, live speak at the Fidalgo Dem- rattles or borrow hers. EVERGREEN STATE $5-$10 suggested donation. silent auctions. Dinner music and dancing, vaude- ocrats meeting at 7 p.m. FAIR: The annual event will ville and circus performers, Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the 360-464-2229 or anacortes choices include prime rib, oven-roasted salmon or continue through Monday, burlesque, workshops, art, Anacortes Public Library, centerforhappiness.org. mushroom lasagna. Formal Sept. 2, at the Evergreen carnival games, kids’ activi- 1220 10th St., Anacortes. attire suggested. $75 per State Fairgrounds, 14405 SKAGIT FLIGHT FEST: ties, vendors and more. Gallagher will talk about 179th Ave. SE, Monroe. Advance weekend pass: drones and National Secu- The air show and fly-in will person, $480 table of six, $640 table of eight. 360Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 10 $35 adults, $10 children. take place from 10 a.m. to rity Agency wiretapping, 387-0222 or camanocenter. p.m. daily, except the final 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at $45 at the gate. shbangfest. followed by a moderated org. day when the fair will close com. 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