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At the Movies

Tuning Up

Review

The best and worst movie moments in 2013 – and plenty in between

Alan Hatley plays the H20 in Anacortes on Saturday night

A no-punches-pulled accounting of a grim chapter in Navy SEALS history

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Don Jon”: The film written, directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a mish-mash of ideas mixed with an episode of “Jersey Shore.”

The general theme is about dealing with addictions, but it gets lost in the bits and pieces of romantic comedy, stalker film and family drama. It’s completely out of focus.

The title would make you believe this is the tale of a successful ladies’ man.

Jon (Gordon-Levitt) can bed any female in a bar with a wink and a nod. But Jon’s got one flaw — he loves porn. It’s a lifecontrolling existence. He hops out of bed after every sexual encounter to seek more gratification at his laptop.

The biggest problem is Jon. He’s unlikable from the start and never improves. Any emotional awakening he experiences feels forced and unrequited.

If you don’t like the central figure, then all the porn, oddball friends, hot dates and Jersey stereotypes aren’t going to save a movie.

“Sweetwater”: The film — a mix of “The Unforgiven,” “The Fantasticks” and “I Spit on Your Grave” — offers a dark and brutal look at life in the Old West.

A former prostitute (January Jones) becomes a farmer with her new husband. Those attempts are thwarted when a religious loony (Jason Isaacs) enters their life. This all sets up the woman scorned scenario for Jones to play with dull, heavy overtones.

In contrast, Ed Harris plays a renegade sheriff who looks like he escaped from a traveling musical theater company. Harris has played some odd roles over the years, but this is one of the strangest.

Director Logan Miller’s pacing is painfully slow. There’s only one direction a film like this can take. That means there’s no reason to sit around and enjoy the view. The film would be better served to get to the gun battles. The slow pace isn’t good for Jones because it requires acting skills far above her abilities.

This all comes together to make “Sweetwater” rather sour.

“CBGB”: Alan Rickman stars in this look at New York’s punk rock scene in the early ’70s.

“Insidious: Chapter 2”: A family tries to discover the answer to a secret that haunts them. Patrick Wilson stars.

“Wolf Blood Season 1”: Teens must deal with their special abilities while facing the daily challenges of school.

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: JAN. 7 Closed Circuit - Universal Inequality For All - Starz / Anchor Bay Runner Runner - Fox Thanks for Sharing - Lionsgate

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JAN. 14 A.C.O.D. - Paramount Blue Caprice - IFC Carrie - MGM Enough Said - Fox Fruitvale Station - Anchor Bay Lee Daniels’ The Butler - Anchor Bay Riddick - Universal Short Term 12 - New Video Group The Spectacular Now - Lionsgate 20 Feet From Stardom - Starz / Anchor Bay You’re Next - Lionsgate JAN. 21 Best Man Down - Magnolia Blue Jasmine - Sony Captain Phillips - Sony Charlie Countryman - Millennium In a World … - Sony Instructions Not Included - Lionsgate Machete Kills - Universal

Nick Vigarino plays the Edison Inn on Saturday night

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JAN. 28 Bad Grandpa - Paramount Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 -- Sony The Fifth Estate -- Disney Last Vegas -- Sony Rush -- Universal

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“Sanitarium”: Three stories set in a mental asylum starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Malcolm McDowell and Robert Englund.

“Love, Marilyn”: Film includes dramatic readings of Marilyn Monroe’s personal papers.

“Last Love”: A widowed, worldweary professor meets Pauline, a freespirited young dance instructor.

“Cassadaga”: Deaf girl’s efforts to contact her dead sister go very bad because of the ghost of a murdered woman.

“Shaolin Warrior”: A young man tries to impress the king in hopes of being granted the chance to become a warrior.

“Ritual”: A couple learns just how far a cult will go to perform its rituals. Lisa Summerscales stars.

“Zombie Hamlet”: Director agrees to add zombies to his film based on William Shakespeare’s work. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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COMMUNITY

Nature’s symbol of grace and strength celebrated at annual Skagit Eagle Festival WINE TASTING: Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. 11 a.m.

The 2014 Skagit Eagle Festival will to 5 p.m. 360-856-6248 or eaglehaven take place every weekend during January, winery.com. in and around Concrete, Rockport and EAGLE FLOAT TRIPS: Triad River Tours Marblemount. Enjoy indoor and outdoor offers a variety of eagle-viewing float activities including eagle watching, free trips. Reservations required: 360-510-1243 tours, walks and educational programs, arts or triadrivertours.com. and crafts, wine tasting, river rafting, music, dance and more. Bring your camera and Saturday, Jan. 4 dress for unpredictable January weather.

RAPTORS, CRAFTS, FOOD & FUN: 9 For the latest information, contact the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360- a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Concrete High School gym, 7830 S. Superior Ave., Concrete.

853-8784 or visit skagiteaglefestival.com.

Sarvey Wildlife Care Center will offer presentations at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.

Every weekend See and learn about birds of prey, browse EAGLE FESTIVAL INFORMATION: Get an array of arts and crafts and enjoy live free maps and visitor information from 9 entertainment. Breakfast and lunch availa.m. to 4 p.m. at the Concrete Chamber able for purchase from the 4-H Club. Free of Commerce, Concrete Center, 45821 admission. 360-853-8784, 360-466-8754 or Railroad St., Concrete. 360-853-8784 or chamber@concrete-wa.com.

360-466-8754.

SALMON RUN & NATURE WALK: 10 EAGLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 10 a.m. to noon at Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Skagit River Bald Eagle Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, Concrete. The Interpretive Center, Howard Miller Steel- 5K run follows a route through a ranch head Park, 52809 Rockport Park Road, and along the Skagit River. $20 entry fee Rockport. Learn about eagles, watershed includes a knit hat, healthy snacks, bonfire issues and local natural and cultural hisand cocoa. Not a runner? Join in a free tory through guided walks and presentafamily-friendly nature walk to look for tions. Free admission. Donations appreci- eagles, osprey, deer, elk and beaver. Kiosks ated. 360-853-7626 or skagiteagle.org. will feature wildlife information, winter EAGLE WATCHER STATIONS: Staffed by safety tips and children’s activities. 360volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at How- 856-7245 or unitedgeneral.org. ard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport and DEEP FOREST TOURS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marblemount Fish Hatchery, 8319 at Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway Fish Hatchery Road. Telescopes and bin20, Rockport. Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute oculars available. Free. 360-854-2631. tour deep into some of the 670 acres of SALMON HATCHERY TOURS: Free old-growth forest at Rockport State Park tours of the Marblemount Fish Hatchery at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Free. Disare offered by Skagit Fisheries Enhancecover Pass or $10 day-use fee required ment Group from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 8319 to access the park. 360-853-8461 or rock Fish Hatchery Road, Marblemount. Learn port@parks.wa.gov. about the life cycle of salmon and other COUNTRY HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE: 3 wildlife through guided and self-guided p.m. at Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 Concretetours. 360-336-0172, ext. 304, or skagit Sauk Valley Road, Concrete. Take a hayfisheries.org. ride through 250 acres of timber and see DRIFTBOAT EAGLE EXCURSIONS: eagles, herons, deer, elk and more. Then Skagit River Guide Service offers a three- enjoy cookies and hot drinks at the bonhour tour in heated driftboats at 9:45 a.m. fire, children’s games and historic ranch and 1 p.m. at Howard Miller Steelhead display. Activities are weather-dependent.

Park, 52804 Rockport Park Road, RockFree. 360-853-8494 or ovenells-inn.com. port. $65. 888-675-2448 or skagiteagles. com.

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MOVIES

2013 yearbook: The best and worst in movies – and everything in between

By RENE RODRIGUEZ and CONNIE OGLE The Miami Herald

Here’s one last, highly irreverent look back at the movies of 2013: Best movie that deserved a bigger audience: Writer-director Destin Cretton’s “Short Term 12.”

Dumbest movie of the year about men: “GrownUps 2.”

Dumbest movie of the year about women: “Baggage Claim.”

Dumbest movie of the year about body-snatching aliens caught in a tragic love triangle: “The Host.”

Strangest pickup line: “I don’t need signage,” Shane Carruth to Amy Seimetz in “Upstream Color.”

Best evidence J.J. Abrams was the perfect choice to direct a new “Star Wars”: the race through a red jungle at the start of “Star Trek: Into Darkness.”

Funniest description of marital discord: “She was the Picasso of passive-aggressive karate,” Christian Bale about his loose-cannon wife Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle.”

Most likely to make you look at your car in a whole new light: Cameron Diaz’s windshield rendezvous in “The Counselor.”

Most graphic sex

scene: Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos go at it — and go and go and go — in “Blue is the Warmest Color.”

Least graphic sex scene: “Her.” Best sex scene in which everyone keeps their clothes on: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson in “Don Jon.” Best climax in an action movie: Simon Pegg harangues and annoys and ‘12 YEARS A SLAVE’ Fox Searchlight via AP debates alien invaders so much, they give up and destroy civilization in “The World’s End.” Most disappointing climax in an action movie: “Man of Steel.” Hey, Superman, those skyscrapers you’re flattening have people in them, you know?

Biggest tempest in a teapot: The online uproar over the identity of the villain in “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Yeah, he was Khan. Get over it.

Best imitation of a bad Tim Burton movie: Sam Raimi’s CGI-choked “Oz the Great and Powerful.”

Best use of breaking the fourth wall: Late in “12 Years a Slave,” Chiwetel Ejiofor stands alone in the forest, taking in the sounds of nature while ‘AMERICAN HUSTLE’ Columbia Pictures via AP processing all the horrors he’s endured, then looks Biggest jump-in-yourMost beautiful-looking directly into the camera. seat scare: A pair of hands movie: Wong Kar-wai’s Best cameo: Channing exquisite martial arts epic Tatum in “This is the End.” clapping in “The Conjuring.”

“The Grandmaster.”

Um.

Most unexpected performance by a familiar actor: Tom Hanks in the last five minutes of “Cap-

tain Phillips.”

Best performance by a relatively unknown actor: Brie Larson in “Short Term 12.”

Best performance by an actor you had probably forgotten about: Bruce Dern in Alexander Payne’s bittersweet “Nebraska.”

Best supporting performance by someone everybody had forgotten about: Andrew Dice Clay in “Blue Jasmine.”

Best genre: The adolescent coming-of-age tale, eloquently explored in different ways by four movies (“Mud,” “The Kings of Summer,” “The Spectacular Now” and “The Way, Way Back”).

Best proof the Beat poets weren’t as boring as you thought: John Krokidas’ stylish “Kill Your Darlings,” starring Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg.

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COMMUNITY

w Festival Continued from Page E3

NORTHWEST SONG & STORY: Award-winning singer/songwriter Wes Weddell will perform from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Free.

360-941-0403 or concretetheatre.com.

Saturday and Sunday Jan. 11-12 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, STORYTELLING, MUSIC & MORE: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marblemount Community Hall, 60055 Highway 20, Marblemount.

Enjoy local and natural arts and crafts, bake sale and fry bread tacos.

11:30 a.m.: Sockeye Saga puppet show.

12:30 p.m.: Rosie James, storyteller and drummer.

2 p.m.: Peter Ali, Native flutist.

3:30 p.m.: Paul “Che oke ten” Wagner (Saturday), flutist and storyteller; JP Falcon Grady (Sunday), acoustic guitarist.

Free admission. Donations accepted. 360-7703173 or kathy_hunter@ hotmail.com.

Saturday, Jan. 11 HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY: 10 to 11 a.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Learn how to photograph the migratory bird of Skagit Valley. Free. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

DEEP FOREST TOURS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rockport.

Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute tour deep into some of the 670 acres of old-growth forest at Rockport State Park at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Free. Discover Pass or $10 day-use fee required to

variety of artistic creations made from mostly recycled materials. Vote for your favorites in youth and adult divisions. Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Pick up an entry form at Northwest Garden Bling and enter your own artworks by Thursday, Jan. 23.

360-708-3279.

Saturday, Jan. 25 DEEP FOREST TOURS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rockport State Park, 51095 Highway 20, Rockport.

Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute tour deep into some of the 670 acres of old-growth forest at Rockport State Park at the foot of Sauk Mountain. Free. Discover Pass or $10 day-use fee required to access the park. 360-8538461 or rockport@parks. wa.gov.

RETURN OF WASHINGTON’S WOLVES: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Learn about local wildlife. Free. 360-9410403 or concrete-theatre. com.

Skagit Valley Herald file COUNTRY HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE: 3 p.m. at Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 access the park. 360-853ranch display. Activities are Andy Porter will offer tips other birds of prey. Free.

Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, weather-dependent. Free.

8461 or rockport@parks. and tricks to improve your 360-941-0403 or concreteConcrete. Take a hayride 360-853-8494 or ovenellswa.gov. photo skills. Free. 360-941- theatre.com. through 250 acres of timber inn.com.

COUNTRY HAYRIDE BLUEGRASS & BOX 0403 or concrete-theatre. and see eagles, herons, deer, AND BONFIRE: 3 p.m. at LUNCH: The Prozac Mouncom. elk and more. Then enjoy Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 tain Boys will perform DEEP FOREST TOURS: Saturday, Jan. 18 cookies and hot drinks at Concrete-Sauk Valley Road, the bonfire, children’s games at noon at the Concrete PUGET SOUND ENERGY- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RockConcrete. Take a hayride Theatre, 45920 Main St., port State Park, 51095 and historic ranch display.

BAKER RIVER HYDROthrough 250 acres of timber Activities are weatherConcrete. Enjoy the music ELECTRIC: POWER, Highway 20, Rockport. and see eagles, herons, deer, dependent. Free. 360-853along with a box lunch Enjoy a 30- to 60-minute ENVIRONMENT AND elk and more. Then enjoy from Washington Café & tour deep into some of the 8494 or ovenells-inn.com.

COMMUNITY: 9:30 a.m. to Bakery. $15; music only: 670 acres of old-growth for- cookies and hot drinks at WINE TASTING, MUSIC 12:30 p.m. at PSE’s Baker $7. 360-941-0403 or www. est at Rockport State Park the bonfire, children’s games & MORE: Noon to 6 p.m. at River Office and Visitor and historic ranch display. concrete-theatre.com.

Challenger Ridge Vineyard Center, 46110 E. Main St., at the foot of Sauk MounActivities are weatherCOUNTRY HAYRIDE & Cellars, 43095 ChallengConcrete. Check out tours tain. Free. Discover Pass or AND BONFIRE: 3 p.m. at $10 day-use fee required to dependent. Free. 360-853er Road, Concrete. Enjoy of the upstream fish trap, 8494 or ovenells-inn.com.

Ovenell’s Ranch, 46276 wine tasting, live music by avian expert presentations access the park. 360-853Concrete-Sauk Valley 8461 or rockport@parks.

Bare Feet, a Sarvey Wildand cultural/historical Saturday and Sunday Road, Concrete. Take a life Center show, coloring presentation. Free. 360-424- wa.gov.

Jan. 25-26 hayride through 250 acres RAPTOR PRESENTA2912. contest and more. Free of timber and see eagles, PHOTOGRAPHY WORK- TION BY SARVEY WILDadmission. Wine tasting: $5.

RECYCLED ART herons, deer, elk and more. SHOP: Noon to 1 p.m.

LIFE CENTER: 1 to 3 p.m.

Food available for SHOW: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Then enjoy cookies and hot at the Concrete Theatre, at the Concrete Theatre, at Concrete Center, 45821 purchase. 425-999-1231, 45920 Main St., Concrete. drinks at the bonfire, chil45920 Main St., Concrete.

425-422-6988 or challenger Railroad St., Concrete.

Outdoor photographer dren’s games and historic Check out live eagles and The show features a wide ridge.com.

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MUSIC Kanye West on ‘SNL’ A lightning rod for controversy throughout 2013, Kanye West was never more electric than in his appearance on, of all places, “Saturday Night Live.”

Dwarfed under stark projections of snarling hounds and wall-sized price tags, West howled through the frenzied drive of “Black Skinhead” and compressed himself into a slow, furious burn for “New Slaves.” There was no more hype, no more “Kimye,” and all that remained was a barbed provocation from one voice that swerved hip-hop into abrasive punk rock. Kanye wasn’t just loud, maybe he really was saying something big enough to broadcast on buildings. Then, well, the album came out.

Chris Barton

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and a holy communion I didn’t speak to the young woman sitting next to me at Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Fonda gig in February. Honestly, she’d annoyed me all night — chatting with a friend during the first part of the show, singing along a bit too loudly to “Higgs Boson Blues,” texting. I was busy dying over Nick Cave. She didn’t seem to be. Then, in the first song of the encore, the Bad Seeds started the driving pound of “From Her to Eternity.” It’s one of my favorite songs. Stunned, I never thought I’d hear it performed live. Next to me, the woman screamed. She was as overjoyed as I. As she bellowed, she noticed my joy and our eyes locked.

We broke into huge smiles, two strangers connected by the thrill of holy communion. And in that moment I forgave her everything.

Randall Roberts

The notes that are still ringing From televised moments to personal experiences, Los Angeles Times staff members cue up what’s on repeat in their heads

Lorde’s performance of “Royals” was a serious message delivered seriously — it should’ve been a drag; instead, it was a jolt.

a wave on the ground around your knees” was a moment I’ll never forget, one that demonstrated once more the irrefutable power of music to speak from, and for, the heart like no other art form.

Randy Lewis

Lorde holds court A bare-bones critique of popstar ambition sung by a 17-yearold New Zealand girl, Lorde’s “Royals” felt like an outlier even after it ascended to the top of the Hot 100. But for me the song’s strangeness never materialized more powerfully than when Lorde performed it on the televised Grammy nominations concert in early December. The show, as usual, was a disaster, one that twisted pop’s thrilling variety into desperate incoherence. Yet as she stood at center stage, glaring into the camera with an intensity bordering on hostility, Lorde stopped the thing cold with — what’s that? — a serious message delivered seriously. It should’ve been a drag; instead, it was a jolt.

Mikael Wood

Cool Runnings in Berlin

I did not expect my favorite night of music this year to be Victoria Will / Invision via AP spent freezing on a fake beach in the former East Berlin in November. I’d gone to meet friends and hopefully knock and foam finger antics, she effort- cameras when he performed ‘MacArthur Park’ revisited out trips to the agenda-setting “Forrest Gump” onstage during lessly hijacked Robin Thicke’s I tracked down the woman electronica clubs like Tresor and the Grammys that night. It was a song of summer and spawned who inspired Jimmy Webb’s 1968 Berghain. But because we were countless think pieces on sexual- disaster by most accounts — the hit song “MacArthur Park,” his cold, broke and very unshowered, singer was withdrawn, nervous ity and culture appropriation. high school sweetheart, Suzy we instead found ourselves at and slightly off-key, looking like Then there was the follow-up Horton, in Tucson for a story. We YAAM Berlin, drinking mulled an afterthought in an otherwise — the interviews where she skytalked about the romantic relawine from a crockpot while dived, partied and got tattoos, the choreographed concept piece. tionship she and Webb had when Jamaican expatriates played Closing his eyes, he forced out performances next to libidinous insane trap mixes. We danced the lyrics about lust and longing both were living near L.A.’s teddy bears and latex-clad little MacArthur Park. Webb had ourselves raw on the trucked-in from an album that had already people, the video where she rode recently recorded his own versand of a mini-bar called Cool been intensely scrutinized for construction equipment in the sion of the song (actor Richard Runnings that looked out over its same-sex love references. nude. Cyrus relentlessly twerked Harris had made it a hit back in the haunting gray chill of the But in a year where bombastic her way into the zeitgeist and it the day), so I took the liberty of Miley Cyrus Spree at night. If that wasn’t attention grabs ruled, it was a worked, steering the conversaplaying Horton the advance copy. quite the tale that shaving a year rare moment when vulnerability Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and tion with her transition from She sat in her kitchen, listening off your life in the Berghain dark and true fallibility couldn’t be Britney Spears never worked Disney princess to urban pop to the composer sing his nowrooms would have been, it was buffed and shined into marketharder for our attention. It all provocateur. classic pop epic. To watch the still a reminder that finding good savvy spectacle.

Out of place and seemed to kick off with Cyrus’ Gerrick D. Kennedy heartbreaking, it was a reminder mist form in her eyes and see her music should take you to weird deliciously trashy train wreck of mouth the words as Webb sang and wonderful places you never of why we fell for Ocean in the a performance at the MTV Video Frank Ocean out of his depth first place. his lyrics about the girl “in the could have imagined before.

Music Awards. Between the Lorraine Ali yellow cotton dress foaming like tongue-wagging, crotch-grabbing Ocean barely looked at the August Brown

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AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org

‘Dallas Buyers Club’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 3-4 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 Loosely based on the truelife tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1985 was diagnosed with full blown HIV/AIDS and given 30 days to live. He started taking the FDA-approved AZT, the only legal drug available in the U.S, which brought him to the brink of death.

To survive, he smuggled anti-viral medications from all over the world yet still illegal in the U.S. Other AIDS patients sought out his medications forgoing hospitals, doctors and AZT. With the help of

his doctor Eve Saks and a fellow patient Rayon, Woodroff created the Dallas Buyers Club, the first of dozens that would form around the country, providing its paying members with these alternative treatments.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée; starringMatthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Griffin Dunne, Jared Leto and Steve Zahn.

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

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‘The Nutcracker’

2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5 Mariinsky Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” is the world’s first 3D “Nutcracker” ballet, live from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Starring Alina Somova as Masha the Princess and Vladimir Shklyarov as The Nutcracker Prince. Advance tickets are $10 with $2 off for Lincoln members plus applicable fees. Tickets are $12 at the door.

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Tower of Power

“Hipper Than Hip: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” The story of Tower of Power — considered by many to be the world’s premier funk/soul band — is as colorful as nearly any in music history.

A 10-piece band is a daunting challenge in almost every way, and yet Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone) and Stephen “Doc” Kupka (baritone sax) have led the Bay Area group since the early 1970s. The band had endured numerous lineup changes, health issues (groundbreaking bassist Rocco Prestia is a liver-transplant survivor) and the ever-fluctuating whims of a record-

buying audience.

And yet the band perseveres; its live performances are rightfully legendary, with a peerless horn section and arguably the world’s most nimble rhythm section (drummer David Garibaldi is the funk drummer by which all funk drummers are judged).

“Hipper Than Hip” was a live-radio performance of WLIR-FM, tracked at Ultrasonic Recording Studio in Hemstead, Long Island, New York, on May 14, 1974. The band tears into the show opener, “Oakland Stroke,” with an energy level bordering on speed metal.

The group alternately slams (“What Is Hip?,” “Soul Vaccination,” “Knock Yourself Out”) and soars (“You’re Still A Young Man,” “So Very Hard To Go”).

With torrid solos by saxophonist Lenny Pickett, unmatched musicianship and a raw, unpolished production that contributes greatly to the 1970s vibe, this is a snapshot of a band at its creative peak.

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TRAVEL

Photos by Adrian Sainz / AP

Action figures and miniature dolls line a windowsill at Crazy Noodle restaurant in Memphis, Tenn. The figures were given to the restaurant by customers and they can be found throughout the place, which serves Korean style soups and noodle dishes.

Noodle shop helps Memphis break character as barbecue-only a place in Memphis that makes standout Korean food like soups and noodle MEMPHIS, Tenn. — dishes with meat and seaThis Mississippi River city food, some people may is proud of its barbecue, its scoff. fried chicken, its soul food.

But Crazy Noodle is real, But the food scene here is and it might be proof that often stereotyped because people in intensely Southof it. ern cities like Memphis, Those foods are what where collard greens are tourists typically obsess made correctly and macaover, standing in line at roni and cheese is listed on Central BBQ for smoky some menus as a vegetable ribs or Gus’s Fried Chicken dish, are welcoming the for juicy drumsticks. cuisine of immigrant comWhen told that there’s munities.

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press

Chef Adam Adkins dishes up a steaming-hot dish of sweet potato noodles, carrots, mushrooms and onions in a spicy sauce in the open kitchen at Crazy Noodle restaurant in Memphis, Tenn.

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TRAVEL

A steaming-hot dish of sweet potato noodles, carrots, mushrooms and onions in a spicy sauce.

Owner Ji Choi estimates that 60 percent of her customers are regulars. It’s a hidden gem for tourists seeking to avoid the barbecue and the out-of-towners.

“My restaurant is very small, compared to other big restaurants, but it’s very fun,” Choi said.

Crazy Noodle is located next to a convenience store and food market, owned by Choi’s relatives. The market also makes food to order and also sells premade items including sandwiches and wraps. The restaurant has an open kitchen where patrons can watch dishes being prepared. The windowsills are decorated with miniature dolls and action figures, donated by regular customers in the roughly two years the restaurant has been open.

Choi and her small team

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of chefs turn out mouthwatering, and often spicy, dishes like Korean chicken soup, with a sweet-spicy broth and loads of chicken noodles, mushrooms and vegetables.

Other brothy dishes include the mandou-gok — a soup with onions, carrots, eggs, seaweed flakes, mushrooms and tender, luscious dumplings instead of noodles — and yuk-gae-jang, featuring beef, turnip and mushrooms in a spicy beef broth.

The soups are great for people with colds — or hangovers.

As its name suggests, the restaurants has several noodle dishes. Ja-Jang Noodle is a mix of chicken, potato, cabbage, onions, shrimp, zucchini and squid cooked in a black bean paste sauce. Choi says her most popular dish is called jap-chae noodle, which has clear sweet potato

The Crazy Noodle restaurant in the Midtown neighborhood of Memphis offers Korean-style noodle and soup dishes for patrons who sit inside or in the outdoor patio. noodles, carrots, spinach, mushrooms and sesame oil with soy sauce.

“It’s not really crazy spicy, it’s common spicy,” Choi said of the jap-chae noodle dish.

The hot soups and some noodle dishes are served in large, colorful bowls. When the lid is lifted, steam and aromas of spices like Thai chili waft into the air, a kind of great-smelling instant facial.

July 5-19.

Serengeti Safari and Kilimanjaro WWU FACULTY-LED TRAVEL Culture Tour: July 14-26.

PROGRAMS: Western Washington Tuscany, Italy: Aug. 31-Sept. 14.

University will offer three educa 360- 650-6409, global tional travel programs next summer discovery@wwu.edu or wwu.edu/ in Italy and Africa. Global Discovery GlobalDiscovery. trips are not for university credit or restricted to Western students.

TRAVEL TALK: Learn about People of all ages are invited to upcoming cruise options at 6 p.m. travel alongside Western faculty Thursday, Jan. 23, at AAA Travel, and gain an understanding of other 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, cultures, including their art, ecology, Mount Vernon. food, history, language and more.

The free presentation will include Trips include: limited-time cruise benefits and Mount Kilimanjaro Climb and special offers. RSVP: 360-848Serengeti Safari Extension: 2090.

Cold noodle dishes include the Korean classic bibim, which comes with zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, onions, bean sprouts, in a soy spicy sauce. Bibim variations include vegetarian, seafood and beef versions.

Patrons can customize the spice level in all the dishes, from mild to face-melting.

Many of the dishes are vegetarian or can be adjusted for vegetarians.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing several small-group trips for 2014: Trains of Colorado in July and Islands of New England in September. Trips will depart from Oak Harbor/Mount Vernon. Contact Pat Gardner at 360-279-4582 or email pgardner@oakharbor.org.

SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Skagit County Senior Centers offer short escorted trips departing from and returning to local senior centers.

For information, call the Anacortes Senior Center at 360-293-7473 or sign up at your local senior center.

The restaurant is in Midtown, an eclectic neighborhood east of downtown. It has a mix of working-class homes, apartments and fancy mansions; its residents range from families to students to single professionals.

In a three-block area, there’s a Mexican restaurant, an Irish pub, a gastropub, a Cajun-Creole spot, an Indian eatery, a sub chain, a yogurt shop, a fancy Italian joint, a deli and a Bar Louie.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

The Oak Harbor Senior Center accepts passport applications, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. 360279-4580.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK

Jan. 3 6-9pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

Gallery at the Depot www.anacortesart.com

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 2-7 SATURDAY.4

SATURDAY.4

ALAN HATLEY 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

THURSDAY.2

NICK VIGARINO 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

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

KAYNE WEST NBA via AP

Steve Rudy: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

BEYONCE

Rob Hoffman/ Invision for Parkwood Entertainment via AP

FRIDAY.3

Beyonce, Kanye West stand out in a year full of musical choices

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times

Beyonce’s stealth midnight release — a self-titled collection of new music and videos — may have arrived in near silence earlier this month, but it now rules the charts and the Los Angeles Times’ Consensus Top Albums of 2013.

The list, which stretches to a dozen albums this year because of voting ties, pools the Top 10 lists from pop music critic Randall Roberts and seven other pop music staff writers, assigning 10 points for a No. 1 album, 9 points for a No. 2, 8 points for No. 3 and so on.

Beyonce’s “visual album” was named album of the year by two Times writers — August Brown and Gerrick Kennedy — and picked up additional points with its fifth-place finish on Times pop music editor Lorraine Ali’s list.

The results point to the continuing diaspora in the pop music world, with a relatively modest degree of commonality among the eight lists.

With 80 spots available, only 17 albums appeared on more than one list. Just three received more than two votes: “Beyonce” and Kanye West’s “Yeezus,” with three votes apiece, and Savages’ “Silence Yourself,” named by four Times writers as one of the year’s 10 best albums.

Choices run across a broad stylistic range, from the mainstream pop and R&B of Beyonce and edgy hip-hop of Chance the Rapper to the indie folk-pop of Haim, the British jazz-pop-soul of Laura Mvula and the classic country twang of Brandy Clark.

Indie releases fared equally with major labels, with indies constituting half of the 12 albums, and Chance the Rapper’s

self-released “Acid Rap” album finishing impressively at No. 3 behind pop world heavyweights Beyonce and Kanye West.

Here are the No. 1 albums from each writer’s list: Goldspot’s “Aerogramme” (Lorraine Ali), Neko Case, “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Chris Barton), Beyonce’s “Beyonce” (Brown, Kennedy), The Mavericks’ “In Time” (Randy Lewis),”Chance the Rapper’s “Acid Rap” (Roberts, Todd Martens) and Vampire Weekend’s “Modern Vampires of the City” (Mikael Wood).

Los Angeles Times 2013 consensus top albums: 1. Beyonce, “Beyonce” (Parkwood/Columbia) (26 points, three ballots) 2. Kanye West, “Yeezus” (Def Jam) (23, three ballots) 3. Chance the Rapper, “Acid

Rap” (self-released) (20 points, two ballots) 4. Haim, “Days Are Gone” (Columbia) (17 points, two ballots) 5. Disclosure, “Settle” (PMR/ Cherrytree/Interscope) (15 points, two ballots) 6. (tie) Parquet Courts, “Light Up Gold” (What’s Your Rupture) (14 points, two ballots) Savages, “Silence Yourself” (Matador) (14 points, four ballots) 8. (tie) Kelela, “Cut 4 Me” (Fade To Mind) (13 points, two ballots) Laura Mvula, “Sing To the Moon” (Columbia) (13 points, two ballots) 10. (tie) Neko Case, “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Anti-) (12 points, two ballots), Brandy Clark, “12 Stories” (Slate Creek) (12 points, two ballots), Laura Marling, “Once I Was An Eagle” (Ribbon) (12 points, two ballots)

CHANCE THE RAPPER RobbsPhotos/Invision via AP

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

Prozac Mountain Boys: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

The JP Falcon Band: 9 p.m. to midnight, Varsity Inn, 112 N Cherry St., Burlington.

No cover. 360-7550165.

2 Buck Chuck (acoustic classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

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

Solo Piano Night: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

David Sterling (light rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Surfer Blood, The Wild Ones, Livingston Seagull: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

SATURDAY.4 The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

El Colonel and Double Shot: 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666330.

Buckaroo Blues Band: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Nick Vigarino: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

SUNDAY.5 Amy Hindman & Morty Webb: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

Jaime Reynolds: 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

Alan Hatley: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

WEDNESDAY.8 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Country Dave: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Stilly River Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Andy “Badd Dog” Koch: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.9 Cheryl Hodge: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues January 2-7 SATURDAY.4

SATURDAY.4

ALAN HATLEY 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

THURSDAY.2

NICK VIGARINO 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

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

KAYNE WEST NBA via AP

Steve Rudy: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

BEYONCE

Rob Hoffman/ Invision for Parkwood Entertainment via AP

FRIDAY.3

Beyonce, Kanye West stand out in a year full of musical choices

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times

Beyonce’s stealth midnight release — a self-titled collection of new music and videos — may have arrived in near silence earlier this month, but it now rules the charts and the Los Angeles Times’ Consensus Top Albums of 2013.

The list, which stretches to a dozen albums this year because of voting ties, pools the Top 10 lists from pop music critic Randall Roberts and seven other pop music staff writers, assigning 10 points for a No. 1 album, 9 points for a No. 2, 8 points for No. 3 and so on.

Beyonce’s “visual album” was named album of the year by two Times writers — August Brown and Gerrick Kennedy — and picked up additional points with its fifth-place finish on Times pop music editor Lorraine Ali’s list.

The results point to the continuing diaspora in the pop music world, with a relatively modest degree of commonality among the eight lists.

With 80 spots available, only 17 albums appeared on more than one list. Just three received more than two votes: “Beyonce” and Kanye West’s “Yeezus,” with three votes apiece, and Savages’ “Silence Yourself,” named by four Times writers as one of the year’s 10 best albums.

Choices run across a broad stylistic range, from the mainstream pop and R&B of Beyonce and edgy hip-hop of Chance the Rapper to the indie folk-pop of Haim, the British jazz-pop-soul of Laura Mvula and the classic country twang of Brandy Clark.

Indie releases fared equally with major labels, with indies constituting half of the 12 albums, and Chance the Rapper’s

self-released “Acid Rap” album finishing impressively at No. 3 behind pop world heavyweights Beyonce and Kanye West.

Here are the No. 1 albums from each writer’s list: Goldspot’s “Aerogramme” (Lorraine Ali), Neko Case, “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Chris Barton), Beyonce’s “Beyonce” (Brown, Kennedy), The Mavericks’ “In Time” (Randy Lewis),”Chance the Rapper’s “Acid Rap” (Roberts, Todd Martens) and Vampire Weekend’s “Modern Vampires of the City” (Mikael Wood).

Los Angeles Times 2013 consensus top albums: 1. Beyonce, “Beyonce” (Parkwood/Columbia) (26 points, three ballots) 2. Kanye West, “Yeezus” (Def Jam) (23, three ballots) 3. Chance the Rapper, “Acid

Rap” (self-released) (20 points, two ballots) 4. Haim, “Days Are Gone” (Columbia) (17 points, two ballots) 5. Disclosure, “Settle” (PMR/ Cherrytree/Interscope) (15 points, two ballots) 6. (tie) Parquet Courts, “Light Up Gold” (What’s Your Rupture) (14 points, two ballots) Savages, “Silence Yourself” (Matador) (14 points, four ballots) 8. (tie) Kelela, “Cut 4 Me” (Fade To Mind) (13 points, two ballots) Laura Mvula, “Sing To the Moon” (Columbia) (13 points, two ballots) 10. (tie) Neko Case, “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Anti-) (12 points, two ballots), Brandy Clark, “12 Stories” (Slate Creek) (12 points, two ballots), Laura Marling, “Once I Was An Eagle” (Ribbon) (12 points, two ballots)

CHANCE THE RAPPER RobbsPhotos/Invision via AP

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

Prozac Mountain Boys: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

The JP Falcon Band: 9 p.m. to midnight, Varsity Inn, 112 N Cherry St., Burlington.

No cover. 360-7550165.

2 Buck Chuck (acoustic classic rock, pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

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

Solo Piano Night: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

David Sterling (light rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Surfer Blood, The Wild Ones, Livingston Seagull: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

SATURDAY.4 The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

El Colonel and Double Shot: 9 p.m. to midnight, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666330.

Buckaroo Blues Band: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Nick Vigarino: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

SUNDAY.5 Amy Hindman & Morty Webb: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

Jaime Reynolds: 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1037.

Alan Hatley: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

WEDNESDAY.8 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Country Dave: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6266.

Stilly River Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Andy “Badd Dog” Koch: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.9 Cheryl Hodge: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

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GET INVOLVED ART

or jasminev@museumof nwart.org.

VISION BOARD WORKNext up: SHOP: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, “Let’s Shoot: PhotograJan. 5, Anacortes Center for phy 101”: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Happiness, 619 Commercial or 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Ave., Anacortes. Play with 18. Learn how to get your images, listen to spirit and camera out of auto mode allow freedom to envision and be more creative. Bring the future. Bring photos and your camera and manual. magazine images that evoke a feeling in you and creACRYLICS FOR BEGINate a vision of your future.

NERS: With Jennifer $25 plus a glue stick and Bowman: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as many magazines as you Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 have to cut up and share. To p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18-19, at register, call 801-631-8915 the Anacortes Center for or email luciawgardner@ Happiness, 619 Commercial hotmail.com. anacortes Ave., Anacortes. $165, plus centerforhappiness.org. optional $20 fee to borrow Bowman’s materials. 360RECYCLED ART CON464-2229 or anacortescen TEST: Entries will be terforhappiness.org. accepted through Jan. 23 for the fifth annual Recycled “FIRE & ICE” (ANIME Art Contest, set for Jan. STYLE): 4 to 6 p.m. Tues25-26, at the Concrete Com- days, Feb. 4-26. Create four munity Center. Entries must artworks in the popular include at least 60 percent anime style, with subject recycled or repurposed matter from fantasy to sci-fi, materials and should be eas- dinosaurs to dragons. Learn ily portable. Entry forms are about complementary and available at Annie’s Pizza contrasting colors and the Station or Northwest Garpower of texture in art. $45. den Bling in Grasmere Vil- Register by Jan. 28: 360-755lage, Concrete. Prizes will be 9649. awarded by popular vote in youth and adult categories.

MOSAIC YARD ART: No entry fee. For informaThe four-week class will tion, entry forms and rules, meet from 10 a.m. to noon call Athena at 360-708-3279 Wednesdays, beginning Jan. or email pizzaannieb@ 8, at the Anacortes Senior netscape.net.

Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. $50. All supplies and tools will be provided to ART CLASSES make a bird bath for your FAMILY ART DAYS AT garden. Sign up at the recepMoNA: The Museum of tion desk or call JoAnne at Northwest Art offers Family Art Days each month at 360 399-1180.

MoNA, 121 S. First St., La AUDITIONS Conner. Sessions are open to ages 5 and older at all “1776: A NEW MUSIskill levels and include guid- CAL”: Auditions will be held ed walk-throughs of MoNA from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday exhibitions. Limited to 15 and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, participants per session.

Jan. 11-12, at the Whidbey Workshops are free with Playhouse Star Studio, 730 museum admission. Admis- SE Midway Blvd, Oak Harsion: $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 bor. Parts are available for students, free for members 23 men ages 15 to 70, and and ages 11 and younger. two women, one age 30 to For information or to regis- 50 and the other 18 to 35. ter: 360-466-4446, ext. 106, Come prepared to sing 16

bars of music; an accompanist will be provided. Wear comfortable clothing as a light dance will be required.

Bring a resume and recent photo. The play will run April 4-27. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

or rosie@valleyint.com.

Road, Rockport. The center will present speakers, birding information and guided walks along the Skagit River through the park. 360-8537626 or skagiteagle.org.

YOUTH THEATRE: McIntyre Hall is offering a series of performing arts ON STAGE workshops for ages 6 to ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 12 at 2501 E. College Way, 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Mount Vernon. All classes Lantern Ale House, 412 will be held at 1 p.m. SunCommercial Ave., Anadays. Tickets are free but DEEP FOREST AND cortes. 360-293-2544. required and available by EAGLE HABITAT EXPERIcalling 360-416-7727, ext. 2, CALL FOR THEATER ENCE: Enjoy guided interOPEN MIC: Jam Night, or by visiting mcintyrehall.

VOLUNTEERS: Whidbey pretive walks and other 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursorg.

Playhouse seeks a team of activities from 10 a.m. to days, Conway Pub & Eatery, Jan. 19: I Like to Move behind-the-scenes folks 3 p.m. Fridays through 18611 Main St., Conway. it!: Learn about dance and for its April 2014 producSundays, though Jan. 26, at 360-445-4733. tion of the Tony-award Rockport State Park, 51905 movement from the Northwest Ballet Theatre artists. winning musical “1776” Highway 20, Rockport.

BURLINGTON OPEN Feb. 9: Let’s Play: that celebrates the birth of Explore eagle habitat along MIC: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, Explore a variety of theater our nation. Assistance is the river as well as a varigames and improvisational needed for set-building and North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. ety of indoor displays and Burlington Blvd., Burlingexercises with Philip Pruddecorating, lighting, prop activities for families and homme from the Anacortes acquisitions and costuming. ton. Hosted by Daniel Burn- children. Dress for winter Community Theater.

For information, contact the son. Rock, blues, funk, folk, hiking. A Discover Pass is ukelele, poetry and more.

Feb. 23: Global Rhythm: theater at 360- 679-2237 or required for vehicle access email director Gaye Litka at 360-707-COVE (2683) or to the park. For information, Discover music and basic northcovecoffee.com. music concepts with drumwhidbey995@comcast.net. call 360-853-8461 or visit mer Mary Ellen Hodges parks.wa.gov/events.

OPEN MIC MOUNT VERusing drums, shakers and SHELTER BAY CHORUS: other instruments.

Practices are held from 2:45 NON: 9 p.m. to midnight, WINTER WALK: Join the to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday Wednesdays, First Street Friends of Camano Island Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 IMPROV WORKSHOP: at the Shelter Bay ClubParks for a guided winter S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Experience the art of house in La Conner. New walk at 9:50 a.m. Saturday, improvisation from 7 to 9 members welcome. No need Ages 21 and older. No Jan. 4, at Camano Island p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 1308 to be a Shelter Bay resident. cover. 360-336-3012 or riv State Park. Meet at the erbelledinnertheatre.com.

E St., Bellingham. Build 360-466-3805. picnic shelter near the boat self-confidence, spontaneramp. The 2.6-mile walk SEEKING MODEL TRAIN ity, community and more includes two elevation gains DANCE ENTHUSIASTS: The Whatthrough games, exercises of about 50 feet, with the rest FOLK DANCING: Skagitcom Skagit Model Railroad and storytelling. Free. 360of the walk fairly level.

Wear Anacortes Folkdancers Club seeks members for its 756-0756 or improvplayweather-appropriate clothmeet at 7 p.m. most TuesOn30 narrow gauge group works.com. ing including sturdy shoes or days at Bayview Civic Hall, in Bellingham. The club has boots.

Walk will take place 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. constructed a modular layrain or shine; canceled if WORKSHOPS Learn to folkdance to a out with 14 modules, each 5 there is snow or extremely S-W PHOTO WORKvariety of international feet by 30 inches, designed high winds. No dogs. Discov- SHOPS: Nationally known music. Instruction begins at to be set up in a variety of scenic photographer Andy 7 p.m. followed by review configurations. The modules er Pass required for vehicle access to the park. Friendsof Porter will offer photogand request dances until still need some work and camanoislandparks.org. raphy workshops at the 9:30. The first session is free, refinement, and the club is Sedro-Woolley Chamber of $3 thereafter. No partners looking for people interestTHEATER Commerce, 714-B Metcalf needed. For information, ed in completing the work St., Sedro-Woolley. Bring contact Gary or Ginny at and showing the layout at DANCE FOR ACTORS: 360-766-6866. area train shows. Contact Eight-week workshop from your camera and instruction Karl Kleeman at trainswas@ 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays begin- book to class.

Point and Shoot Camgmail.com or Mike O’Brien ning Jan. 4 at Whidbey BEGINNER SQUARE at sales@xtrains.com.

DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m.

Playhouse, 730 SE Midway era: 6 to 8:30 p.m. WednesTuesdays, beginning Jan. 7, Blvd., Oak Harbor. Improve day, Jan. 22, or Thursday, Jan. 30.

INTERPRETIVE CENTER: your movement technique at the Mount Vernon Senior Digital SLR Camera: 6 to The Skagit River Bald Center, 1401 Cleveland St. for auditions and shows. The Eagle Interpretive Center Couples and singles welworkshop will conclude with 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, will be open from 10 a.m. come. First two weeks are an informal show on Satur- or Wednesday, Jan. 29. $25 per class, payable by to 4 p.m. Saturdays and free, then $4 per lesson. day, March. 1. $75. PreregSponsored by the Mt. Baker Sundays through Jan. 26 at istration required: 360-679- cash or check. RSVP: 360Singles and Skagit Squares. Howard Miller Steelhead 2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. 809-0661 or email andyport 360-424-4608, 360-424-9675 Park, 52809 Rockport Park com. erphotography@gmail.com.

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Most Funniest comedy: “This is the End.” Worst comedy: “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.”

Unintentionally funniest movie: Two women decide to sleep with each other’s son in “Adore.” Because yeah, that will definitely work out well for everyone.

Funniest sequence: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill suffer the delayed effects of highgrade quaaludes in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Unfunniest sequence: The entirety of “We’re the Millers.” How did this movie gross $260 million?

Most nonsensical movie: “Now You See Me.” Say what?

Most annoying sidekick: Selena Gomez in “Getaway.” Alvin and the Chipmunks would have been less irritating.

Funniest/saddest calamity: The Xanaxpopping Cate Blanchett gets a job as a receptionist and then has to fend off the advances of her lecherous boss in “Blue Jasmine.”

Best sequel: “Star Trek: Into Darkness.”

Worst sequel: “The Hangover III.” Best cliffhanger ending: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”

‘CAPTAIN PHILLIPS’ Sony-Columbia Pictures via AP Worst cliffhanger ending: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.”

Best animated film destined to show up on Broadway in a couple of years: “Frozen.”

Worst movie: Pedro Almodóvar’s nails-onchalkboard comedy “I’m So Excited!”

Best movie that would have benefited from a tiny bit more gore: The zombie epic “World War Z.” Best example of how tone can affect a movie: The lighter, more comical “White House Down” was far more fun than the bloody, dead-serious “Olympus Has Fallen,” even though they had nearidentical plots.

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nice house as a set: Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Most overrated movie: J.C. Chandor’s “All is Lost.”

Most underrated movie: Nicolas Winding Refn’s much-maligned “Only God Forgives,” a lush, lurid nightmare.

Best proof Stanley Kubrick will live forever: In the documentary “Room 237,” a group of obsessive fans of “The Shining” spout wild theories about the film’s secret meanings.

Best comic-book movie: “The Wolverine.”

Worst comic-book movie: “Iron Man 3.”

Most sadistic villain: Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave.”

Wimpiest villain: Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin

in “Iron Man 3.”

Chattiest villain: The dragon that wouldn’t shut up in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Full of hot air — literally.

Most venomous villain: Kristin Scott Thomas in “Only God Forgives.”

Most distracting casting: Oprah Winfrey in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” Oprah will always be Oprah, no matter what character she’s playing.

Most harrowing scene: In “The Act of Killing,” a former Indonesian death squad leader revisits the killing floor where he executed thousands of people and his buried guilt finally manifests itself — physically.

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Most convincing evidence it may be time to give up on M. Night Shyamalan: “After Earth.”

Most convincing evidence it’s not yet time to give up on Ron Howard: The unexpectedly stylish and exciting “Rush.”

Best science lesson: “Upstream Color.” Who knew the things you can do with earthworms?

Best opening shot: The impossibly long take of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney working on the Hubble telescope high above Earth in “Gravity.” Was this movie shot in outer space?

Best closing shot: A camera floating through a crowd of dull, faceless people into eternity in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Best opening credits: “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

Best closing credits: “Thor: The Dark World.”

Most ineffectual remake: Spike Lee’s “Oldboy.” Not bad, exactly, but what was the point?

Most exhilarating flight of fancy: Greta Gerwig dancing and leaping through the streets of Manhattan to the tune of David Bowie’s “Modern Love” in “Frances Ha.” Best use of pop songs in a movie: “American

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Best musical number: In “Spring Breakers,” James Franco sings a soulful piano version of Britney Spears’ “Everytime” while two girls in bikinis and pink ski masks dance around him.

Most suspenseful moment: Oscar Isaac sings his heart out in an audition for a poker-faced F. Murray Abraham, then waits for his reaction in “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

Most ominous sign of trouble on the horizon: “This is how people start breaking up,” Julie Delpy to Ethan Hawke during a casual conversation on a long car drive in “Before Midnight.”

Funniest romantic comedy that still gives your heart a tug because of real-life loss: “Enough Said,” starring the late James Gandolfini.

Most appealing odd couple: Steve Coogan and Judi Dench in “Philomena.”

Most likely to send you back to the source material to remember it wasn’t a cartoon: “The Great Gatsby.”

Most likely to make you appreciate your mother (tie): “Only God Forgives” and “August: Osage County” (opens Jan. 10) Most devastating line: “I don’t think I love you anymore,” Julie Delpy to Ethan Hawke in “Before Midnight.”

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E14 - Thursday, January 2, 2014

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The crown goes to a regal but mature performer — “The Lion King,” now in its 16th year. Another veteran turned heads when “Wicked” recorded Broadway’s highest single-week gross ever.

The old-timers are going just fine, according to endof-year-data from the Broadway League. The 10-year-old “Wicked” earned $3.2 million over nine performances for the week ending Sunday, the first time a show has ever crossed the $3 million mark in a single week.

Another pro, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “The Lion King,” ruled all other shows during the entire calendar year, ending with nearly $97 million, despite the fact that there are five bigger theaters on Broadway. The show pulled in $2.8 million over nine performances last week, a theater record.

Several other shows finished with box office records.

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“The Book of Mormon,” which took in $90.4 million for the year, set a weekly haul record with $2.1 million over nine shows at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre ending Sunday, and that old murderously wicked “Chicago” showed lots of life by pulling in $1 million over eight shows, a record at the Ambassador Theatre for a show in its 18th year.

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MOVIES

‘Lone Survivor’ a true story with lots of touches of Hollywood

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

A grim chapter in Navy SEALs history earns a heroic, no-punches-pulled accounting in “Lone Survivor,” an above-average action outing for Mark Wahlberg & Co. Based on the true story of the ill-fated SEAL Team 10 and a mission that went messy in 2005, it is still very much a movie. A few scenes, a few sentiments and the tone seem inspired by the John Wayne flagwaver “The Green Berets,” another film about another battle in another war (Vietnam), but also one where victory is spun out of something that looked nothing like victory at the time.

Wahlberg, Ben Foster (“3:10 to Yuma”), Taylor Kitsch (“John Carter,” “Battleship”) and Emile Hirsch (“Into the Wild”) are SEALs dropped off in Afghanistan to kill a Taliban leader. “Rules of engagement” are debated and are blamed for things going wrong. It’s the mountains, so communications are poor. And one bad thing leads to another as this intrepid team tries to shoot its way through every AK-47 toting Taliban between there and rescue.

Writer-director Peter Berg, recovering from “Battleship,” frames his film within the culture of

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berg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana Running time: 1:58 MPAA rating: R for strong bloody war violence and pervasive language

these fighting men, opening with real scenes of the brutal training (and wash-out rituals) of the SEALs. Their code is in the clipped, hard language exchanged between officers (Eric Bana is in charge of the mission) and the men who do the dirty work.

“Moderation’s for cowards.” “Never shoot a largecaliber man with a smallcaliber bullet.” “You’re never out of the fight.”

The “helluva big gunfight” that breaks out as their mission unravels is shot in extreme close-ups, bursts of blood squirting up through the dust, gurgling, sucking wounds and the ringing, temporary deafness of a round that explodes too close to your head. Much of this stuff is excruciatingly real.

If nothing else, Berg forces us to appreciate the code these men live by and the toughness that is beaten into them, toughness that keeps them going as the wounds pile up even as they dole out kill-shots

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Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg, from left), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Mike Murphy (Taylor Kitsch) star in “Lone Survivor,” about four Navy SEALs on a covert mission who are ambushed in the mountains of Afghanistan. by the score on their numberless foes.

But the saga takes many a melodramatic turn as team is whittled down and rescue becomes more remote as a possibility. The third act where the film’s

“true story” origins start to beggar belief in the worst John Wayne movie fashion.

Fact-based or not, events turn cinematically familiar and far-fetched.

“Lone Survivor” — yeah, the title gives too

much away — contains some of the most brutally vivid combat footage ever filmed. The characters are only superficially sketched in, but we still fear for them, understand their code and above all else,

appreciate the dirty, bloody, high-risk work these professionals do. That they go through all this and risk everything, by choice, is something Berg — to his credit — never lets us forget.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“American Hustle” — Christian Bale gives a transcendent performance as a con man who falls hard for hard-time gal Amy Adams. Director David O. Russell and his “Silver Linings Playbook” stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence went right back to work together on this wild tale about con artists helping the FBI on a sting. Comedy, R, 138 minutes. HHHH “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” — It’s a marvel the way Will Ferrell flings himself into playing the loathsome idiot for the ages Ron Burgundy, hired in this sequel to anchor on a cable news network in the early 1980s.

The gang all returns: Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate.

Funnier than the original, “Anchorman 2” is also, in its own loony way, a sobering look at the television business then — and now. (Comedy, PG-13, 119 minutes). HHH1⁄2 “Dallas Buyers Club” — Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a grimy, shady, homophobic, substanceabusing horndog in 1985 Texas who learns he’s HIVpositive and procures unapproved means of treatment.

McConaughey’s masterful job of portraying one of the more deeply flawed anti-heroes in recent screen history reminds us why he became a movie star in the first place. We start out loathing this guy and learn to love him. Jared Leto disappears into the role of a transgender drug addict and Jennifer Garner is Ron’s empathetic doctor. Drama, R, 117 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Ender’s Game” — A firstrate cast of wily veterans (Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley) and fresh-faced youngsters (Asa Butterfield of “Hugo”) deliver a rousing, challenging adventure that should satisfy most young fans of the beloved sci-fi novel while keeping the adults engrossed as well. The simulated battles against scary aliens are beautifully shot and expertly choreographed. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 114 minutes. HHH “Frozen” — When a queen with icy powers (voice of Idina Menzel) accidentally freezes

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Animated musical, PG, 102 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Gravity” — An accident sets two astronauts, a veteran (George Clooney) and a

rookie (Sandra Bullock), adrift in space. Both a stunning visual treat and an unforgettable thrill ride, director Alfonso Cuaron’s amazing space adventure evokes “Alien” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” During some harrowing sequences, you’ll have to remind yourself to breathe.

Thriller, PG-13, 91 minutes.

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“Her” — In writer-director Spike Jonze’s lovely and wondrous ultra-modern romance, a fragile fellow in the notso-distant future (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with the voice of an operating system (Scarlett Johansson). One of the more original, hilarious and even heartbreaking stories of the year. It works both as a love story and as a commentary on the ways technology isolates us from human contact. Comedy-romance, R, 119 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Homefront” — A widowed ex-DEA agent (Jason Statham) and his adorable daughter get a hostile reception upon moving to a small Louisiana town. Director Gary Fleder knows his way around this kind of material, and the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone has some salt in it, but ultimately, “Homefront” flies off the rails. James Franco’s not right as the villain, and the movie travels awfully familiar turf. Action, R, 100 minutes. HH “Hours” — In one of his last roles, Paul Walker does some pretty solid work as a new dad desperately trying to save his newborn daughter in a New Orleans hospital abandoned during Hurricane Katrina. One only wishes Walker had stronger, better-developed material to work with instead of a promising drama that eventually unravels. Drama, PG-13, 96 minutes. HH “Inside Llewyn Davis” — With this dry comedy about the American folk music scene of the early 1960s, Ethan and Joel Coen have crafted another unique period piece. Oscar Isaac gives a memorable performance as the title character, a thoroughly unlikable, selfish, socially poisonous miscreant. The music is terrific. With Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. Comedy, R, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” — Idris Elba captures the fire and passion of Nelson Mandela as a young activist, his resilience as a political prisoner and his wisdom as a forgiving elder statesman in Justin Chadwick’s telling of Mandela’s epic life. This may be the most complete and compelling interpretation of Mandela the man and Mandela the symbol ever captured on film.

Biography, PG-13, 141 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Nebraska” — What a joy it is to watch Bruce Dern playing such a miserable SOB in the best role of his long career.

Woody Grant is a crabby, boozy, sometimes delusional old guy on a road trip with his son (Will Forte) to collect a sweepstakes prize. Alexander Payne’s latest film is a modern American classic about the dynamic between a father from the generation that didn’t speak about its feelings and a grown son who’s still trying to get his father to explain himself. Stark, beautiful and memorable. Drama, R, 115 minutes. HHHH “Saving Mr. Banks” — Emma Thompson is a perfect choice to play prissy P.L. Travers, who wrote the Mary Poppins books and resists the efforts of Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) to give the magical nanny the Hollywood musical treatment. A lovingly rendered, sweet film, set in a stylized and gorgeous rendition of 1961 Los Angeles. Comedybiography, PG-12, 125 minutes. HHH “The Book Thief” — A wondrous, richly textured, sometimes heartbreakingly effective movie about good Germans in World War II, including a remarkable little girl and the couple who took her in while sheltering a teenage Jewish boy in their basement. Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson deserve Oscar consideration for their lovely, layered performances. One of the year’s best movies.

Drama, PG-13, 131 minutes.

HHHH “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” — The latest adaptation of James Thurber’s short story about an imaginative daydreamer is an ambitious and sometimes effective, but wildly uneven adventure that plays like one extended ego trip for director and star Ben Stiller. He goes for big, predictable, easy and obvious too often here. Comedy, PG, 125 minutes. HH “Thor: The Dark World” — Fires on all cylinders at times, with fine work from returning stars Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, a handful of hilarious sight gags and some cool action sequences.

But it’s also more than a little bit silly and quite ponderous and overly reliant on special

effects that are more confusing than exhilarating. Let’s face it, Thor’s kind of a bore and not nearly as intriguing as his deeply conflicted adopted bro, Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

Fantasy action, PG-13, 112 minutes. HH1⁄2 “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — There’s far less fussing about in this movie than in its precursor “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” and although “Smaug” moves at a faster pace, it still feels overlong. At least this leg of the quest features giant spiders and a hot elf.

Can’t miss with that. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage return to star, and Peter Jackson’s 3-D visuals are as breathtaking as ever. Fantasy adventure, PG-13, 161 minutes. HHH “The Wolf of Wall Street” — Martin Scorsese directs the story of an amoral Wall Street hustler (the ever-charismatic Leonardo DiCaprio) -— a user, a taker, a rat and a scoundrel.

Though the little bleep sometimes wears out his welcome, we stick around to see if he gets his comeuppance and to marvel at Scorsese’s continuing mastery. Jonah Hill overdoes it as DiCaprio’s right-hand man, and Matthew McConaughey is mesmerizing as his first mentor. Crimecomedy, R, 180 minutes.

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Drama, R, 134 minutes.

HHHH “Twice Born” — At times almost unbearably melodramatic, this war film is nevertheless worth the effort, thanks in large part to a magnificent performance from Penelope Cruz and some fine work from the international supporting cast. Drama, R, 127 minutes. HHH

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OUT & ABOUT ART GALLERY WALK: Several galleries and other venues will showcase a variety of art during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, along Commercial Avenue and other locations in downtown Anacortes. Featured artworks include paintings and prints, sculptures, fiber arts, jewelry, glass art, mixed media, pastels, photos and more. 360-293-6938.

“CASTING: LABOR OF LOVE”: The multimedia exhibition by Seiko Atsuta Purdue will open with a reception during the First Friday Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, and continue through Feb. 2 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Purdue’s installation explores themes of childhood and motherhood by casting the forms of plastic toys and clothes with paper in a blending of Japanese and American cultures.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-755-3140 or ancho rartspace.org.

FIBER ARTS ON DISPLAY: Three new exhibits will open Saturday, Jan. 11, and continue through March 23 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Meet Sue Spargo and members of the Surface Design Association during a reception and tours from 1 to 3 p.m. opening day.

“Creating Texture”: Self-taught stitcher, quilter and artist Sue Spargo is influenced by the beautiful, colorful work of primitive craft artists around the world. Spargo’s folk art style is rich with embroidery.

“Out of the Blue”: The one-of-a-kind artworks created by members of Whid-

embroidery.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org.

through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

NEW ARTISTS, ANNIVERSARY SHOW: Artists Alfred Currier and Anne Schreivogl have joined La Conner Seaside Gallery in partnership and representation, and will exhibit “IN FIERI: IN BECOMING”: The exhibit featuring their work along with the three other artist-partners: student work from Trinphotographer Mark Conley ity Western University’s and painters Mark BistraSchool of the Arts, Media and Culture will open with nin and Dave Nichols. La Conner Seaside Gallery, a reception from 6:30 to 8 101 N. First St., La Conner, p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, and is featuring its anniversary continue through Jan. 31 art show through Jan. 31. at the Jansen Art Center, Gallery hours are 11 a.m.

321 Front St., Lynden. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Comprised of work by 12 Monday. 360-202-2956 or women, this exhibit was laconnerseasidegallery.com. born from a moment of transition between who WOMEN’S WORK they have been in the past STORE: As part of the and who they are now Two new exhibits will open with a reception from Storefronts Mount Vernon becoming. The center is 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, and continue through program, the Women’s open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 12 at The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. Work Store is open at The Monday through WednesFirst St., La Conner.

President Hotel, 604 S. day and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“North American”: Film installation by Robinson First St., Mount Vernon.

Thursday through Saturday.

Devor and Charles Mudede. Working outside the The Store features Oaxa360-354-3600 or jansenart traditional narrative structure, the film installation can handwoven wool rugs, center.org. follows a mentally exhausted airline pilot wandering Guatemalan scarves, Peruthrough a massive public park. Visitors will experivian jewelry, masks and JENNIFER BOWMAN ence the pilot’s journey on multiple screens. The tribal art from Africa, jewACRYLICS: A show of project was filmed entirely in Seattle’s Olmsteadelry and clothing made by new acrylic paintings by designed park system. Devor and Mudede will Nepali trafficking survivors, Anacortes artist Jennifer introduce their film installation before the opening silk sari scarves, Mexican Bowman will continue reception at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. silver jewelry, handmade through Jan. 28 at Scott “Shoreline from the Permanent Collection”: The piñatas, fair trade food and Milo Gallery, 420 Commerexhibit will offer a kaleidoscope experience of color, coffee and more. Store cial Ave., Anacortes.

Enjoy media and composition, including artwork by Guy hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. a reception for the artists Anderson, Bill Brennen, Kenneth Callahan, Richard during the First Friday Gal- Thursday through Saturday, Gilkey, Paul Havas, Charles Miller, Allen Moe, Mary continuing through the hollery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m.

Randlett, Jack Stangle, Mark Tobey and Hiroshi iday season. 360-424-5854.

Friday, Jan. 3. Bowman’s Yamano. Curated by Lisa Young. (Pictured: “Washwhimsical canvases feature ington Coast” by Paul Havas.)

SMALL ARTWORKS: colorful landscapes, florals The 23rd annual “Honey, I and seascapes. Bowman bey Island’s Surface Design selection of crazy quilts, a will also exhibit her newest Shrunk The Art” show conAssociation blend many craze that became popular addition, silk scarves. The tinues through Jan. 19 at techniques — collage, in America around the the Matzke Fine Art Galgallery will also showcase weaving, felting, beading, 1880s. While some Crazies photo encaustics by Kathy lery and Sculpture Park, basketry, hand-dyed fabric might include fans or other Hastings, photographs by 2345 Blanche Way, Camano and contemporary quilting. recognizable patterns, Randy Dana and Lewis Island. The show features Each artist was challenged the style often features Jones, oils and pastels by small-format paintings, to literally or figuratively random-sized patches sewn Amanda Houston, jewelry glass art and sculptures by create artwork with “Out onto a foundation fabric

by Enid Oates and Kate 40 artists. Gallery hours are of the Blue” as its theme. with embroidery stitches Grinzell and custom tables 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday “Timeless Treasures: around the patch edges. and chairs by Gary Leake. and Sunday or by appointCrazy Quilts”: Each JanuPatches also often include Gallery hours are 10:30 ment. 360-387-2759 or a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday ary, the museum features a paintings, ink work or matzkefineart.com.

Winter exhibits open Jan. 11 at MoNA

MoNA ART EXHIBITS: The Museum of Northwest Art is hosting two exhibits through Jan. 5 at 121 S. First St., La Conner: n “Ric Gendron: Rattlebone” features paintings and related works of Spokane artist Ric Gendron, a dual-enrolled member of the Arrow Lakes Band of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. Gendron is a little-known but important late-career Native artist, and the exhibition features more than 30 years of his expressionistic and lyrical paintings and prints. Curated by Ben Mitchell, “Rattlebone” originated at Missoula Art Museum in November 2012, and will next travel to the Museum of Contemporary Indian Arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M. n “Geology”: from the Permanent Collection: This multidisciplinary exhibit pairs science and art with the Northwest’s geological findings and the collection’s palette. The works offer an abstract interpretation of our otherwise familiar environment.

The show includes works

by Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Francis Celentano, Doris Chase, William Current, John C. Ebner, Ray Hill, JohnFranklin Koenig, Alden Mason, Peter Millet, Allen Moe, Keith Monaghan, Carl Morris, Spencer Moseley, Geoffrey Pagen, Camille Patha, Richard M. Proctor, Kait Rhoads, Paul Soldner, Mark Tobey and Gerard Tsutakawa.

Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360466-4446 or museumofnw art.org.

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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - E19

OUT & ABOUT LECTURES AND TALKS “OCEAN PLANKTON: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TINY MARINE ORGANISMS”: Dr. Jude Apple, marine scientist at the WWU Shannon Point Marine Science Center, will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at the NWESD building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes.

Apple will discuss what life is like in the planktonic realm. Learn about plankton’s bizarre shapes and sizes, ways they communicate and the survival challenges these organisms face, as well as the impact marine plankton have on all of us. skagitbeaches.org.

“You Can’t Take It With You,” “Lend Me A Tenor,” “Anything Goes” and “Bob’s Your Elf.” 360-2936829 or acttheatre.com.

MORE FUN MUSEUM CLOSED FOR REMODEL: The Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner, will be closed for remodeling Jan. 1-17. The museum will reopen with the annual Gathering of Native Artists and dedication of new South Wing exhibits at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

NEW MOON CELEBRATION: The event will take “HOW IT’S MADE: ART- place at 7 p.m. today, Jan. IST LECTURE”: Steve Rudy 2, at the Anacortes Center will talk about songwriting for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. Join Rev. Elke Macartney 14 at the Jansen Art Cento drum and set your intenter, 321 Front St., Lynden. tions for the month ahead.

Rudy will utilize the piano to talk about the process of Bring your own hand drums writing songs and how jazz and rattles or borrow hers. $5-$10 suggested donation. differs from other musical forms. $5 adults, $3 students, 360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org. seniors and children. 360354-3600 or jansenartcenter.

KIRTAN: The monthly org. celebration with chanting and dancing will take place MUSIC at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. BLUEGRASS JAM: The 5, at the Anacortes Center Skagit Bluegrass & Counfor Happiness, 619 Comtry Music Association’s mercial Ave., Anacortes. No Monthly Jam will take place experience necessary. All from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. ages welcome. By donation.

5, at Evergreen ElemenRSVP: 360-464-2229 or ana tary School, 1007 McGacortescenterforhappiness. rigle Road, Sedro-Woolley. org.

Come and play along, dance or just enjoy listening. Free.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN 360-856-1058.

HOUSE: The Whatcom-

Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house THEATER TICKETS: Ana- from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satcortes Community Theatre urday, Jan. 9, at 1469 Silver is offering a limited number Run Lane, Alger. The club operates large, permanent of season tickets ($90) for its 50th anniversary season. HO- and N-scale model railroad layouts. Admission Enjoy performances of six productions for the price of is by donation to help continue building the layouts. five, including “Gramercy Ghost,” “Les Misérables,” whatcomskagitmrc.org.

PLAYS

GALAXIES, NEBULAS AND PLANETS: Explore the night sky and check out distant galaxies, nebulas and planets beginning at dark Friday, Jan. 24, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor.

Island County Astronomical Society members will provide an assortment of telescopes for viewing. All ages welcome. Free. The event will be canceled if cloudy. 360-679-7664 or icas-wa.webs.com.

Eighth St., Anacortes. The museum’s rotating display currently features an assortment of items from the Anacortes & Fidalgo Model Railroad Club — trackmaintenance equipment, steam and diesel locomotives, logging cars, a tugboat, passenger-type equipment and miscellaneous vehicles, as well as several model railroad structures.

Trains displayed range from N-scale (smallest) to O-scale (biggest). Highlights include scratch-built EAGLE INTERPRETIVE models of the Anacortes CENTER: The Skagit River Great Northern Depot, a Bald Eagle Interpretive Mi-Jack container crane, a Center will be open from 10 Great Northern caboose a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and with interior, a drover A show of new paintings by Anne Martin McCool will Sundays, through Jan. 26, at caboose and turntable, and open with a reception during the First Friday Art Walk a 12- by 24-inch diorama from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, and continue through Howard Miller Steelhead Park, 52809 Rockport Park depicting an old hay barn Jan. 31, at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. In addition to new paintings Road, Rockport. The center and billboard that once will present speakers, birdstood along Highway 20.

by McCool, the show will feature artworks by other The museum is open gallery artists, including George Way, Art Learmonth, ing information and guided walks along the Skagit River from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TuesMartha Tottenham, Carole Cunningham, Debbie day through Saturday and Aldrich, Tracy Powell, Bob Metke, Vicki Hampel, Patsy through the park. 360-8531 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free Chamberlain, Barbara Hathaway, Jane Hyde and Cathy 7626 or skagiteagle.org. admission. 360-293-1915 or Schoenberg. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

HATCHERY TOURS: museum.cityofanacortes.

Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment.

360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com. (Pictured: “Autumn Skagit Fisheries Enhanceorg.

Dance,” by Anne Martin McCool.) ment Group is offering tours of the Marblemount MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Fish Hatchery facility by “We’re’ Still Here: The CRAB FEST: The Cama- benefit the Gentry House trained volunteer tour Survival of Washington and the Bradford House: A guides from 10 a.m. to 3 no Center’s annual Crab Indians” continues through Skagit Adult Day Program p.m. every Saturdays and Fest will be held from 3:30 April 2014 in the Anacortes for sufferers of Alzheimer’s Sundays, through Jan. 26, at Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, and other forms of demen- 8319 Fish Hatchery Road, at 606 Arrowhead Road, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. tia. 360-428-5972 or skagit Camano Island. Only 350 Marblemount. Learn about The main exhibit, created by adultdaycare.org. tickets are available. $25, the operations of the hatch- the Washington State Heriincludes one whole Dungeery and SFEG, salmon and tage Center, follows WashROCKS AND GEMS: The their life cycle, the habitat ness crab, baked potato, ington’s original inhabitants salad, roll, dessert and blue- Mt. Baker Rock & Gem needs of salmon and other through a war over land, Club will feature a “show grass music by Blueberry local wildlife, and the bald a clash over culture and a & tell” about garnets at its Hill. A cash bar will be eagle. Visitors may see part, revival of Native tradition next meeting at 7 p.m. Mon- if not all, of the salmon life today. Anacortes Museum available. 360-387-0222 or day, Jan. 20, at the Bloedel camanocenter.org. cycle at the hatchery, along staff worked with repreDonovan Community with other wildlife. Selfsentatives of the Samish “MUSIC & MEMORIES”: Center Building, 2214 Elec- guided tours are available and Swinomish tribes to tric Ave., Bellingham. The The Adult Day Program daily and start in the visitors develop exhibit panels and Benefit Dinner and Auction evening will include door center. Free. 360-336-0172, artifact displays interpreting prizes, refreshments, a silent ext. 304. will take place from 5 to 8 the experiences of Fidalgo p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. auction and a brief business and Guemes islands’ first meeting. Visitors welcome, Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th MODEL TRAIN DISPLAY: people. Museum hours are with or without rocks. For St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy Check out a variety of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday information, contact Lori at model railroad pieces on dinner, music by Trish, through Saturday and 1 to 4 Hans and Phil, and bidding 360-961-7873, email lorindisplay in the Anacortes p.m. Sunday. Free admission. hardy@yahoo.com or visit on a variety of goods and Presents display case at the 360-293-1915 or museum. services. $50. Proceeds will mtbakerrockclub.org.

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