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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 11, 2013

Recreation

Reviews

At the Movies

Plenty of opportunities available for area anglers

Music: Jay-Z, Ciara, Light Heat Video Games: “Deadpool”

“Pacific Rim” is stupid, silly, over-the-top, popcorn-picture fun

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Host”: The last humans fight back when aliens take over the planet.

Hollywood has always shown a fondness for adapting books into movies. Not only does this provide instant fodder for a script, but it guarantees a built-in audience. It also comes with some inherent problems, including cutting the story to fit a movie timetable and translating the characters from the image the reader creates to the one that appears on the large screen.

Director Andrew Niccol faced both problems with his film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s “The Host.” He only successfully handles one.

Niccol’s script ends up being a nice blend of the kind of lofty topics that are the heart of sci-fi productions, with a complicated love story that’s made Meyer’s book so popular. The romance elements are even more complicated than her “Twilight” tales: Two guys (Max Irons, Jake Abel) are in love with a female with two personalities.

“The Twilight Zone: The Complete Third Season”: It’s been more than 50 years since this series first introduced the world to the odd mind of Rod Serling. The cars, clothes and hairstyles may be very different, but the stories remain as intriguing and entertaining as the first day they aired.

This DVD set of 37 episodes, including such classics as “The Midnight Sun,” “Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” “A Quality of Mercy” and one of the most memorable “Twilight Zone” episodes ever, “To Serve Man.” One thing that makes these shows so good is the amazing cast. Many of the actors who star in the shows — Robert Redford, Carol Burnett, Cliff Robertson, Charles Bronson, Leonard Nimoy, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dean Stockwell and Bill Mumy — were at the start of their careers. It’s easy to see why so many became award-winning actors.

“Spring Breakers”: Four friends get into deep trouble because of spring break. Selena Gomez stars.

“Tyler Perry’s Temptation”: A marriage counselor has a troubled marriage.

“The Gatekeepers”: Documentary about the heads of Israel’s secret service.

“Dead Man Down”: The search for revenge leads to violence. Colin Farrell stars.

“Marvel Knights Animation’s Wolverine: Origin”: The adventures of Wolverine’s early days and the revelation

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: JULY 16 Evil Dead - Sony 42 - Warner

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JULY 23 Detention of the Dead - Anchor Bay Ginger & Rosa - Lionsgate New World - Well Go USA Trance - Fox Twixt - Fox

A Skagit Valley tradition – the Highland Games – takes place at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon

JULY 30 Black Rock - Lionsgate G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Paramount AUG. 6 A Boy and His Dog - Shout! Factory Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal Music Box Mud - Lionsgate Oblivion - Universal The Place Beyond the Pines - Universal West of Memphis - Sony

Inside

AUG. 13 The Big Wedding - Lionsgate The Company You Keep - Sony Emperor - Lionsgate n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

of his true origins are brought to life.

“Our Wild Hearts”: A determined teen is obsessed with meeting the father she never knew. Ricky Schroder stars.

“Admission”: Princeton University admissions officer (Tina Fey) must deal with a former college classmate who runs an alternative high school.

“Unforgettable”: A detective has a rare condition in which she cannot forget anything. Poppy Montgomery stars.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:” Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey take to the streets of New York where every turn yields a new enemy.

“For Richer or Poorer”: A spoiled prima donna must change her lifestyle when her husband loses his job.

“The Power of Few”: Twisted crime story starring Christopher Walken.

“Aerial America: New England Collection”: A look at the varied landscapes of the six original colonies.

“How The West Was Won: The Complete First Season”: The 1977 TV series is based on the 1962 film of the same name. James Arness stars.

“Bonanza: The Official Sixth Season”: Dan Blocker stars in the TV Western series. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

SUBMISSIONS Email features@skagitpublishing.com vrichardson@skagitpublishing. com (recreation items) Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday for the following Thursday edition Phone 360-416-2135 Hand-deliver 1215 Anderson Road Mount Vernon, WA 98274 Mailing address P.O. Box 578 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Get Involved.................................... 6 At the Lincoln Theatre.................... 7 Music, Game Reviews..................8-9 On Stage, Tuning Up................10-11 Travel........................................12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews...... 17 Out & About.............................18-19 ON THE COVER Shakespeare Northwest presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” as part of the 13th Skagit River Shakespeare Festival, starting today.

Pictured are Glynna Goff (from left), Elizabeth Lundquist and Trey Hatch.

Online events calendar To list your event on our website, visit goskagit.com and look for the Events Calendar on the home page HAVE A STORY IDEA? w For arts and entertainment, contact Features Editor Craig Parrish at 360-416-2135 or features@skagitpublishing.com w For recreation, contact staff writer Vince Richardson at 360-416-2181 or vrichardson@ skagitpublishing.com TO ADVERTISE 360-424-3251

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ON STAGE

Shakespeare in Skagit

Shakespeare Northwest presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” as part of the 13th Skagit River Shakespeare Festival. Pictured are Elizabeth Lundquist (from left), Mark Broyles, Glynna Goff and Scott Andrews.

Mary Mae Hardt photos

Carolyn Travis and Bjorn A. Whitney

Glynna Goff and Trey Hatch

Skagit Valley Herald staff @360_SVH

Shakespeare Northwest will open another summer season of outdoor performances tonight at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, near La Conner.

The 13th annual Skagit River Shakespeare Festival will feature performances of “Hamlet” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor” every weekend through Aug. 17. Matinees will begin at 2 p.m., evening performances at 7.

Several performances are planned for other locations, including Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon and Pioneer Park in La Conner.

Tickets: $10-$12, $30 family on Aug. 4 and 11. For a schedule of times and locations, visit shakesnw.org or call 206-317-3023.

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RECREATION limit in Puget Sound is five Dungeness crab, males only, in hard-shell condition with a minimum carapace width of 6¼ inches. Fishers may catch six red rock crab of either gender per day, provided those crab measure at least 5 inches across.

Rich Childers, shellfish policy lead for WDFW, said recent test fisheries indicate the crab population in Puget Sound remains abundant.

“We continue to see healthy numbers of crab throughout Puget Sound,” he said. “With such strong numbers, crabbing should be good from opening day all the way through the end of the summer season.”

By VINCE RICHARDSON @Sports_SVH

Summer fishing seasons are in full swing, requiring anglers to make some tough decisions about how to spend their time on the water. Salmon, steelhead, crab, trout and bass are all available for harvest in various waters around the state.

For thousands of anglers, nothing beats the thrill of reeling in a big chinook salmon. Many are doing just that as waves of chinook move south along the Washington coast, then east into Puget Sound, coastal streams and the Columbia River.

“Fishing for both chinook salmon and hatchery coho should improve off the coast right through the month,” said Doug Milward, ocean salmon manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

“The same is true for Puget Sound and other inside waters.”

Salmon sites Six marine areas in Puget Sound are open to salmon, joining other salmon fisheries already in progress: n Marine Area 7 (San Juans) is open for salmon.

Minimum size is 22 inches for chinook, daily limit is two salmon plus two additional pinks, only one of which may be a chinook. n Marine Area 6 (West Beach) has a daily limit of two salmon plus two additional pinks. Release chinook, wild coho and chum. n Marine Areas 8-1 and -2 have a daily limit of two salmon plus two additional pinks. Chinook salmon must be released. n Salmon season in Marine Area 9 runs through July 15 with a two fish limit plus two additional pinks.

Release chinook and chum.

Beginning July 16, the

Limits In freshwater, portions of the Skagit and Cascade rivers are open for hatchery chinook salmon fishing through July 15.

The Skagit River is open to hatchery chinook retention from the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to Cascade River Road. On the Cascade, anglers can fish for salmon from the mouth of the river to the RockportCascade Road Bridge.

The daily limit on the Skagit and Cascade rivers is four hatchery chinook, All but one marine area in Know your catch two of which may be adults Puget Sound is open. The Lothrop reminds anglers (chinook salmon at least 24 exception is Marine Area 7, they are responsible for cor- inches in length). where the crab fishery will rectly identifying their catch.

Portions of the Skykomopen July 15 in the area’s ish River are also open for southern portion (San Juan In past years, some anglers were checked at the docks salmon fishing. Anglers fishIslands/Bellingham) and ing the Skykomish, from the Aug. 15 in the northern por- with undersized chinook they misidentified as pink mouth to the Wallace River, tion (Gulf of Georgia). salmon, he said. have a daily limit of four The crab fishery in all “It’s important that peohatchery chinook, two of marine areas of Puget Sound ple take the time to learn which may be adults. will be open Thursday the differences between Farther north, anglers will through Monday of each each salmon species — both have an opportunity to hook week. to protect the resource sockeye salmon at Baker “July really marks the and to avoid a fine,” said Lake. Anglers will have start of the salmon fishLothrop. a daily limit of two adult ing season in Puget Sound, Break out those crab sockeye salmon (minimum where a variety of angling pots as the crab fishery in size 18 inches in length). All opportunities get under all marine areas of Puget other salmon, as well as bull way in the region,” said trout, must be released.

Ryan Lothrop, recreational Sound will be open ThursTrout fishing also is open salmon fishery manager for day through Monday of each week. The daily catch at several of the region’s rivthe WDFW.

The summer catch, including salmon and much more area will open for hatchery Chinook. Various westside rivers, including the Bogacheil, Calawah and Nisqually, also open for salmon fishing that day.

Baker Lake is open for sockeye through Sept. 2.

Summer steelhead are another option, notably in the Columbia River and many of its tributaries, where 339,200 adult fish are expected to move upriver in the coming weeks. As always, anglers are required to release any wild, unmarked steelhead they intercept in the fishery, which extends from the mouth of the Columbia to the Canadian border.

Rather catch some crab?

ers. Under the statewide rule for trout, there is a two-fish daily limit and a minimum size of 8 inches in rivers and streams. However, some of the region’s rivers and streams have a rule requiring trout to be at least 14 inches in length to keep.

Meanwhile, lake fishing for bass, bluegill, perch and crappie is steadily improving as water temperatures increase and fish become more active.

Now’s a good time to head to the Ballard Locks to check out salmon passing the fish ladder viewing windows. Several hundred sockeye pass through daily, and in late July, chinook should start showing up in greater numbers. The Ballard Locks are located in northwest Seattle where the Lake Washington Ship Canal enters Shilshole Bay and Puget Sound.

Safety first WDFW land managers urge everyone planning to spend time outdoors this month to take care not to spark a wildfire. Unattended campfires, faulty vehicle or motorcycle mufflers, careless disposal of cigarettes and outdoor burning are among the common sources of wildfire starts in the state.

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has also issued a summer burn ban that prohibits campfires in WDFW forested areas.

Campfires are also prohibited on other WDFW lands, particularly on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. For example, no campfires of any kind are allowed at the four WDFW wildlife areas in Yakima and Kittitas counties until Oct. 15 due to the high risk of wildfires.

Current campfire restrictions are posted in campgrounds and at the gates of each wildlife area.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area 19th annual Highland Games

BAKER RIVER PROJECT RE-OPENING

Puget Sound Energy will host the Baker River Project Re-opening Celebration at 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, at 46110 E. Main St., Concrete. The celebration marks the culmination of seven years of planning and construction of two “floating surface collectors,” an adult fish trap and a salmon hatchery. Work is nearing completion on a second powerhouse with a 30-megawatt capacity.

360-766-5656 or pse.com.

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA The

14th annual Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema will present live entertainment and big-screen movies on Saturday evenings, through Aug. 24, at the Village Green in Bellingham’s Fairhaven District. Admission is $5, free for ages 5 and younger. Pizza and popcorn available for purchase.

Bring your own blanket or lowbacked lawn chair for seating. Rain or shine. fairhavenoutdoorcinema. com.

Next up: July 13: Music by The Devilly Brothers at 8 p.m., followed by “Back to the Future” at dusk.

FAMILY FUN FAIR Bring the family The 19th annual Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, at Edgewater Park in west Mount Vernon. Park gates open at 8 a.m. and events start at 9 a.m. each day.

The games are part of an annual circuit of Scottish competitions held in the Pacific Northwest and lower mainland of British Columbia. Events include solo bagpiping and drumming competitions, bagpipe bands, fiddling, traditional Scottish athletics and Scottish Highland dancing.

The festival, expected to attract around 10,000 visitors, will also feature sheepdog trials, weaving and spinning

demonstrations, Scottish culture and clan displays and demonstrations, arts and crafts, harp playing, and a children’s activity area, courtesy of the Children’s Museum of Skagit County.

A free community concert will kick off the festivities at 7 p.m. Friday, July 12, on the Celtic Stage at Edgewater Park, featuring the Troy MacGillivray Trio from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Admission is free, but spectators are asked to bring a nonperishable food donation to benefit the Skagit Food Distribution Center. www.celticarts.org

and enjoy train rides, games, music and hot dogs from noon to 2 p.m.

Sunday, July 14, at Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. Free. 360-724-5211.

WASHINGTON PARK WALKS Friends

of Washington Park will lead guided walks through the park, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes. Meet at the restroom at the start of the loop road.

Free. For information, call Ann at 360-293-3044.

Next up: Geology and History of Washington Park: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 13. Terry Slotemaker, retired educator with the Anacortes Schools and the Anacortes Museum, will explore the geology and history of the park.

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GET INVOLVED ART CLASSES POTTERY CLASSES: Themed weeklong summer pottery camps for kids and teens will be held through Aug. 30 at Handz in Clay Pottery School, 525 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington.

Adult classes are available year-round. Learn handbuilding and pottery wheel techniques. Multichild discount available. For information, contact Phoenix at 360-202-2329 or visit handz inclay.com.

CLAY CLASSES: Ceramic artist Sue Roberts offers a variety of classes and workshops at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Guemes Island. For information, call 360-293-8878 or visit tower artsstudio.com.

AUDITIONS CALL FOR MUSICIANS: Whidbey Playhouse seeks one or two cello players, a guitar player and a violin player for its production of “The Last Five Years,” set to run Aug. 15-24 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

There is a minimal rehearsal process and only six show dates. Call 360-679-2237 or email heatherbgood@gmail. com.

tion, call Rosie at 360-4244608.

ming, songs, chants. Freewill human habitation and industry have changed the bay, donation. For information, email heatmiser@inbox.com. both above and below the water’s surface. Learn about TANGO LESSONS: 7:30 the importance of the Fidalp.m. Thursday, July 18, Ana- ON STAGE go Bay Aquatic Reserve cortes Center for Happiness, OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to mid- and plans for improving the 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Advance registration night Wednesdays, 1st Street quality of this resource. The flat, paved trail is handirequired. $75. Call 360-464- Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 capped accessible.

2229 or visit anacortescenter S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Ages 21 and older. No forhappiness.org. cover. 360-336-3012 or river WASHINGTON PARK belledinnertheatre.com.

WALKS: Friends of Washing-

MUSIC

PIANO CAMP: 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Thursdays, through July 25, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. Fun, 50-minute “camps” introduce kids ages 7-13 to beginning piano skills. Parents encouraged to stay and participate; home keyboard recommended. $72 (second child $64) plus $8 for lesson book. Call Sally at 360-8564938 for information.

RECREATION

MARINE NATURALIST TRAINING: The Whale Museum, 62 First St. N., KIDS’ SUMMER ART Friday Harbor, is accepting CAMPS: Tower Arts Studio applications for its Marine is offering summer “Island Naturalist Training Program.

Art Camp Adventures” Classes will be held July for kids on Guemes Island.

18-20 and 22-24. The course Local professional artists includes presentations on will teach a variety of art cetaceans, pinnipeds, otters, techniques to kids ages 6 to intertidal invertebrates, 12 during weeklong sessions BRASS CHOIR: The Basimarine birds, geology, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. cally Brass Choir seeks marine conservation and WWU SUMMER CHOMonday through Friday at trumpet and trombone playcurrent research projects.

Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. ers to join a group of about RAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM: $375, includes an orca adopWestern Washington UniShore Drive, Guemes Island. 12 musicians, playing a varition and a museum memberversity’s College of Fine and Kids can work with clay, ety of styles. Rehearsals are ship. For information or to acrylics, sculpture, mosaic the first and third Mondays Performing Arts, in partnerregister, call 360-378-4710, ship with the Bellingham and more. $295 per session, in Burlington, with reguext. 23, email cindy@whalFestival of Music, will host includes all art materials and lar performances. Contact emuseum.org, or visit a Choral Arts Symposium chaperoned ferry transporDavid Soiseth at 360-757whalemuseum.org. for music educators, choral tation from Anacortes. For 0351 or dsois@comcast.net. directors, voice conductors information, call 360-293TRAIL TALES: Friends of 8878 or visit towerartsstudio.

CALL FOR YOUNG MUSI- and students July 13-21 on Skagit Beaches lead a series the WWU campus in Bellcom.

CIANS: The Mount Vernonof informative walks along ingham. The week will culbased Fidalgo Youth Symthe Tommy Thompson Trail minate with performances CAMANO SUMMER ART phony offers opportunities in Anacortes. For informaCAMPS: Art Quest for Kids for musicians ages 5 to 21 to at the Bellingham Festival tion, visit skagitbeaches.org. of Music on July 19 and 21.

Summer Art Camps will be study and perform orchesNext up: held during July and August tral music. For information, Participants can earn three Bayside Chat: 11 a.m. to graduate credits or 40 clock at the Delzell Studio, 2177 including tuition costs and 2 p.m.

Saturday and Sunhours.

Formal admission to Highland Drive, Camano rehearsal schedules, contact day, July 13-14. Meet at the Western is not required.

Call Island. Camps meet from Sara Fisher at 360-682-6949 360-650-3308, email Extend- Rotary pocket park on the 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday or Anita Tatum, 360-969Tommy Thompson Trail, edEd@wwu.edu or visit through Thursday and fea1681, or visit fysmusic.org. just south of 34th Street. wwu.edu/choralarts. ture a variety of art projects, Chat with Washington beachcombing and swimDANCE Department of Ecology staff SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC ming. $160 per child per CLOG DANCING FOR members Sandra Caldwell CLUB: The club will not four-day session. Ages 7-17.

BEGINNERS: Free lesson and Hun Seak Park to learn meet during July. For infor360-387-2251 or camano from 10 to 11 a.m., followed mation, call Marsha Pederabout Ecology’s Phase 2 artcamp.com. by regular clog dancing from son at 360-757-4906. cleanup work at the old 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, plywood mill site along the ART CLASSES: Dakota at the Mount Vernon Senior Tommy Thompson Trail.

SECOND FRIDAY DRUM Art Center offers a variety The Changing Face of CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, of art classes and workshops Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no Fidalgo Bay: 2 to 3:30 p.m.

July 12, Unity Church, 704 at 17873 Highway 536, partner needed. First three W. Division St., Mount Ver- Saturday, July 20. Meet at Mount Vernon. 360-416lessons are free. Wear com- non. Shake off the energy Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 Fidal6556, ext. 5, or dakota artcenter.com. fortable shoes. For informa- of the week through drumgo Bay Road. Find out how

Tuesday through Friday, July 16-19, at Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon. Aspiring young actors will receive training in audition preparation and use of theater spaces, masks and puppetry, the “Stanislavski Method” of acting, dance and movement, vocal training for speaking and singing and more. $150 per week. Snacks ton Park leads guided walks and bottled water provided; through the park, 6300 Sun- bring your own lunch. For set Ave., Anacortes. Meet information or to register, at the restroom at the start contact Jane Skinner at bandof the loop road. Free. For jskinner@comcast.net or visit information, call Ann at 360- theaterartsguild.org.

293-3044. Next up: Geology and History of FREE ADULT ACTING Washington Park: 10 a.m. to CLASSES: Anacortes Comnoon Saturday, July 13. Terry munity Theatre offers free Slotemaker, retired educator acting classes for adults from with the Anacortes Schools 10 a.m. to noon the third and the Anacortes Museum, Saturday each month at 918 will explore the geology and M Ave., Anacortes. Classes history of the park. include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with ROCKIN’ THE WILD: a different topic each month.

The Pacific Northwest Trail Each class is independent, so Association, U.S. Forest Ser- you don’t have to commit to vice and Washington State every session. 360-293-4373 Parks present “Rockin’ or acttheatre.com.

The Wild,” a free, outdoor summer day camp for 8- to WORKSHOPS 12-year-old youth, with oneRELIEF PRINTMAKING week sessions set for July WORKSHOP: 1 to 5 p.m.

15-19, July 29-Aug. 2 or Aug. Sunday, July 21, Anchor 5-9 at Rockport State Park.

Art Space, 216 Commercial Campers will arrive at the Ave., Anacortes. Learn how park at 9 a.m. and depart to design, carve, ink and at 2:30 p.m. daily. They will print linoleum block prints, participate in hiking, wilderincluding the creation of a ness safety training, study of simple registration jug and natural systems and handsprinting with a press and by on learning projects. Pickup hand. $50. To register, email service is available in Sedroinfo@anchorartspace.org.

Woolley, Concrete and Darrington for $20 per week.

PAPER CUTTING WORKCampers will need good SHOP: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satoutdoor clothing and walkurday and Sunday, July 13-14, ing shoes, a water container Harmony Fields, 7465 Thomand a sack lunch. To register, as Road, Bow. Paper cutting call 360-854-9415 or email is an art form with roots in pnt@pnt.org.

China and Europe. Learn the basics of composing, transferTHEATER ring and cutting an intricate SUMMER THEATER design from a single sheet CAMP: Theater Arts Guild of paper. Open to all levels will offer a Summer Theof experience. $95 plus $10 ater Camp for ages 11 and materials fee. 360-941-8196 older from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or hfproduce.com.

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

‘Mud’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 12-13 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 14 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 15 “Mud” is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios — he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him, and says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone

agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, Jacob Lofland, Sarah Paulson and Tye Sheridan.

Rated PG-13. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 ages 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 ages 12 and under.

‘Armida’

1 p.m. Sunday, July 14 This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvoák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Gioachino Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. $16 adults, $14 seniors and $12 students, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

Come for the Party, Stay for the Music!

2 Days/Nights of World Class Entertainment

July 12 & 13

JOURNEY former Lead Singer

Steve Augeri

former Lead Singer

Fran Cosmo

1998-2006

Chris Eger Band Memphis Rain Medicine Hat Avalanche

BOSTON

Deming Log Show Grounds

1993-2006

JAMIE O’NEAL

TAYLA LYNN (Loretta Lynn’s Grandaughter)

Dr. Strangelove Band Appalossa Hambone And Many More

Reserved Camping, Two Beer Gardens, After hour party (limited tickets), Margaritaville, International Wood Carving For Charity, Pancake Breakfast.

www.542musicfest.com These artists are not a part of the current touring/recording groups, but served as lead singers for both and who helped contribute to their success.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Jay-Z

“Magna Carta Holy Grail” Kanye didn’t care about satisfying radio with his latest album.

Neither does JayZ. “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” the rapper’s 12th album, doesn’t have the pop or mainstream appeal his past records have offered. The 16-track set, mostly helmed

by Timbaland, is full of robust and moody hip-hop beats that maintain a nice groove, but don’t expect any booming anthems or party jams here. Like Kanye, there isn’t a single or music video ahead of the album’s release, which comes out officially on Sunday though up to 1 million Samsung mobile phone users were able to download the album for free on July 4.

With the exception of rapping about fatherhood and infant daughter Blue Ivy, lyrically, “Magna Carta” doesn’t tell us anything new about the superstar. We all know how he rose from selling drugs in the Brooklyn projects to become arguably the most important rapper of all-time, his multiplatinum feats, his awards, and the benefits of having a superstar wife — Beyonce — at his side.

But while Jay-Z continues to make headlines away from music, this album treads familiar ground, which makes the album — dare we say it? — average.

He’ll remind you — a couple times — that Samsung bought 1 million copies of the record and gave it away three days early — on songs like “Somewhere In America.”

There’s similar flavor lyrically on “Tom Ford,” with its freaky beats, and the bumping “Picasso Baby,” where Beyonce gets a shout-out: “Sleeping every night next to Mona Lisa, the modern version, with better features.”

It’s when he talks about the other lady in his life, his 1-year-old daughter, where we see a rare side of the typically braggadocio rapper.

“Now I got tattoos on my body, psycho (expletive) in my lobby, I got haters in the paper, photos shoots with paparazzi, can’t even take my daughter for a walk,” he raps on “Holy Grail,” a collaboration with Justin Timberlake. It’s revealing, and especially special coming from the often-unfazed JayZ.

While Timberlake works well with Hova, his collaborations with Beyonce and Frank Ocean on “Part II (On the Run)” and “Ocean” rely too much on the R&B singers. There are other big names on the album, like Rick Ross, Pharrell and Nas, but “Magna Carta” it isn’t designed like albums in the past. There are no catchy hooks to grab you.

The most excitement about the album hasn’t been generated from the music, but it’s promotion plan — Jay-Z announced the album in a commercial during the NBA Finals and launched a series of videos explaining the recording process and songs.

He’s continuing to create new blueprints to debut his music. That should be congratulated, but the songs on “Magna Carta” don’t boom like his business plan.

“Knock me to my knees about a million times, uncle said I’ll never sell a million records, I sold a million records like a million times,” he raps on “Crown.”

Yes, you’ve defied the odds, but we want a little more from the king. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Ciara

“Ciara” The lead single from Ciara’s selftitled fifth album, “Body Party,” is an oozing, seductive R&B track that deserves rousing applause — especially when the 27-year-old matches the song with daring and sensual dance moves that scream Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and others that have come before her, as she did at the recent BET Awards.

The bedroom groove is easily the best of the 11 tracks that make up “Ciara.” There are others that shine, too: The bouncy “Livin’ It Up,” one of two songs to feature Nicki Minaj, has an empowering feel; the midtempo “Read My Lips” is appealing and Ciara’s sweet tone rides nicely over the semi-electronic beat of “Overdose.”

Still, the album doesn’t feel special. While it’s much better than her last two releases — the weak “Fantasy Ride” and the subpar “Basic Instinct” — the album is made up of fillers that have you still wondering what kind of singer Ciara is.

Like her past records, “Ciara” isn’t cohesive, and instead, sporadic — some hits here, satisfactory work there, but overall, medioc-

rity reigns. The album, out on Epic Records, is her first album since leaving LaFace Records, her home since she released her multiplatinum 2004 debut, the explosive “Goodies.” She had hits from that album and its follow-up, “Ciara: The Evolution,” but she hasn’t established her own style or sound in the near-decade she’s been on the scene. Ciara, the person, is still searching for Ciara, the singer.

Ciara kicked off her new album with three different singles — “Sweat,” “Sorry” and “Got Me Good” — that now don’t appear on “Ciara,” a sign of her creative struggles. The album features producers and songwriters like Rodney Jerkins, Mike WiLL Made-It, Livvi Franc and Future, her rapper-boyfriend who co-wrote and co-produced “Body Party.” Hopefully, he can be the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to her Janet — or she can find someone else to fill that slot. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Robert Pollard

“Honey Locust Honky Tonk” Robert Pollard unleashes music at an alarming rate.

He’s indefatigable, and he expects the same untiring commitment from his fans, although even the most ardent among them must find it a challenge not to suffer from Pollard Fatigue.

Since the beginning of last year, the recently reactivated Guided By Voices, one of the classic cult bands of the last two decades, released four albums and an EP, and now comes another Pollard solo album, his third in the same period, and by some counts his 23rd solo set.

“Honey Locust Honky Tonk” is yet another example of Pollard’s strengths, with surprisingly few diversions into his weaknesses. The 17 brief songs are lyrically cryptic and musically direct, with 44-second fragments (“I Have To Drink”), fitful ballads (“Circus Green Machines”) and fullfledged anthems (“Flash Gordon Style”), and with few half-baked lo-fi diversions.

It’s no radical departure, but the already converted will find it another satisfying collection from indie-rock’s most prolific hero. n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Slaid Cleaves

“Still Fighting the War” Although he’s from Maine, Slaid Cleaves now hails from Austin, Texas, and he has an abiding love for the Lone Star State, as he shows on the jaunty “Texas Love Song” and “God’s Own Yodeler,” his tribute to the late, bigvoiced country singer Don Walser, “the Pavarotti of the Plains.”

As the album title indicates, however, Cleaves has some deeper and darker themes to explore, and the folk-country troubadour does so with his usual sharpness and grace. “Still Fighting the War” lays out the debilitating costs to veterans, “Welding Burns” is an empathetic portrait of his hardworking father, and “Rust Belt Fields” confronts bitter truths more with resignation than anger (“No one remembers your name just for working hard”).

In his understated way, Cleaves is just as powerful when dealing with matters of the heart on “Without Her” and “I Bet She Does,” or pondering his own end on “Voice of Midnight,” where he declares, “I’ll take my comfort in song.” n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Light Heat “Light Heat”

The new Philly buzz band of the moment is Light Heat, the songwriting project of Quentin Stoltzfus, whose band Mazarin was the Philly buzz band of about a decade ago. Working with members of The Walkmen — who covered Mazarin’s “Another One Goes By” on their 2006 album “A Hundred Miles Off” — Stoltzfus wreturns with his first set of new songs in eight years, and he doesn’t miss a beat.

Listen close to tunes like “Elevation” and “A Loyal Subject of the Status Quo,” and you might notice socially observant lyrics laced with more than a touch of cynicism. But focus on the flutter and chime of the guitars, steady lift of harmonies, and forward momentum of the Velvet Underground-style drones, and any taste of bitterness is likely to magically disappear. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Deadpool’

on the abundant foul language and even fouler attempts at comedy. Despite a script Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

by Deadpool comic-book writer Daniel Way, Genre: Action the game’s delivery feels tacky and juvenile.

Publisher: Activision When not running his mouth, our red-andESRB Rating: M, for Mature black-clad superhero mercenary spends the Grade: 1.5 stars (out of 5) game hacking up and shooting everything in his world. Enemies swarm in from all direcAs much of a tions, creating a massive button-mashing comic-book fan as game if there ever was one. Deadpool strings I am, I admit that together combos using teleportation, and Deadpool is not my each hand firmly grips either a gun or a fancy favorite character katana sword. or one I’ve spent a The nonstop mayhem results in the camton of time with in era often tracking the action poorly, meanthe funny pages. ing walls or inanimate objects obstruct your I’m sure his loyal view. It happens enough that you may find following would yourself spewing foul language suitable for gladly walk through the titular character himself. the gates of hell for For experienced gamers, the action might Wade Wilson and his now horribly disfigured trigger nostalgia when Deadpool enters areas and mentally unstable alter ego. that play like “Zelda,” “Metroid” or other And while the video-game adaptation classic Nintendo titles. These brief respites attempts to honor Deadpool with an overfrom the button-mashing monotony lift the the-top depiction of his gun-and-swordwielding ways, it gets sucked into a morass of game when it needs it most.

Taking a step back, we’re left to consider horrible dialogue and clunky controls. that for a character as beloved as Deadpool, For those unfamiliar with the Marvel only two significant mainstream appearances Comics character, a series of vignettes sets of him exist. The first was a hideously executup his backstory, and the game intersperses ed version by Ryan Reynolds in the almostcut-scenes introducing notable characters unwatchable “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” like Cable, Wolverine, Death and Psylocke.

Nearly every aspect of the game comes coat- film; the second, this video game. Neither has ed in a thick glaze of curse words, trite jokes showcased the Merc with a Mouth in keeping and misogyny. Deadpool’s rationale is based with his popularity. In fact, both only lessen more on sheer idiocy and psychotic trauma, the chance we’ll ever see Deadpool portrayed properly in a gaming universe or otherwise. not from an at-heart belief that women are just sexual objects. But you’d never undern Follow Chris Campbell on Twitter @camp stand the complexity of the character based bler or email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

Report: Jenny McCarthy in talks to join ‘The View’ Centerfold-turned-anti-vaccine-crusader Jenny McCarthy is in talks to join “The View” as a co-host, according to a report in Us Weekly. McCarthy, 40, has been a frequent guest co-host on the long-running daytime talk show and is rumored to be on deck to replace Joy Behar when she leaves next month.

McCarthy got her start as a Playboy playmate before seguing into a TV career on the mid-’90s MTV dating show “Singled Out.” In recent years, she’s come under fire for her espousal of widely debunked theories linking childhood vaccines with autism,

though at this point holding controversial opinions is practically a requirement for aspiring “View” co-hosts.

And she’s not the only model turned TV star said to be in the running for a permanent spot on the show: Brooke Shields is rumored to be replacing Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who has yet to confirm widespread reports of her impending departure later this year.

When asked for a comment, a representative of “The View” said only, “We have no announcement to make at this time.”

— Los Angeles Times

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 11-18

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 11-18 SATURDAY.13 MIA AND BEN STARNER 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinner theatre.com.

SATURDAY.13

THURSDAY.11

MARK DUFRESNE BAND 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Scott Pemberton Trio, with Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Trish, Hans and Phil: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Dovetails: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

AMARA GRACE IN CONCERT, WITH PHILIP NAKANO ON SAX AND PERCUSSION 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

FRIDAY.12

Thursday.11

Friday.12

Saturday.13

Tuesday.16

MUSIC

MUSIC

IMPROV

VARIETY

THEATER

Beth Waters and d’Railed: 8 p.m, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

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

Friday Lunch Music Series: Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop), 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pine Square, Mount Vernon. 360-757-9687.

Upfront Theatre: 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $12.

360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

MUSIC

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Vernon Farmers Market, corner of Cleveland and Snoqualmie streets. 360-757-9687.

Wednesday.17

Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Mia and Ben Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

THEATER

Amara Grace in concert: with Philip Nakano on sax and percussion, 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-4642229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

Thursday.18

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

MATNEY COOK 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Nick Swanson (piano): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

SATURDAY.13

Dana Lyons: 6 to 8 p.m., Elizabeth Park, Bellingham. Bring a blanket or chair for seating. Free. theeldridgesociety. org/concerts/html.

FRIDAY.12

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 6:30 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. For guest sign-in, call 360-757-9687.

Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee: Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 3 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, thehaynieopry.com.

Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

MUSIC

THEATER

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

Narayan and Janet: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Alan Hatley: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Matney Cook (Americana, folk, rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-299-2120.

Little Bill and the Blue Notes (blues): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8. Bring a chair or blanket. 360-8566248.

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

Bellingham Girls Rock Camp Benefit: Fly Moon Royalty, Side Pony, Katie Kate, 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10 donation.

360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.13 Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Joyride: 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-336-3626.

Ben and Mia Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

Mark Dufresne Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360445-3000.

SUNDAY.14 Wired Band: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

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

360-766-6266.

MONDAY.15 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

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

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

Truth Under Attack, Minor Plains, Ashes of Existence: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Weedeater, Stoneburner, Serial Hawk: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360778-1067.

El Colonel & Doubleshot: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330.

Singer/Songwriters in the Round: Gary Baugh, Mia Vermillion, Ford Giesbrecht and Miles Crawley, 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360399-1037.

WEDNESDAY.17 Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Alice Stuart: 7 to 10 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Biagio (acoustic guitar): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.18 Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360387-0222 or camanocenter. org.

Muse Bird Cafe: Jaspar Lepak, Janelle Loes and Rebecca Cohen, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-7576113.

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

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 11-18

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 11-18 SATURDAY.13 MIA AND BEN STARNER 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinner theatre.com.

SATURDAY.13

THURSDAY.11

MARK DUFRESNE BAND 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Scott Pemberton Trio, with Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Trish, Hans and Phil: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Dovetails: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover.

360-757-6113.

AMARA GRACE IN CONCERT, WITH PHILIP NAKANO ON SAX AND PERCUSSION 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

FRIDAY.12

Thursday.11

Friday.12

Saturday.13

Tuesday.16

MUSIC

MUSIC

IMPROV

VARIETY

THEATER

Beth Waters and d’Railed: 8 p.m, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

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

Friday Lunch Music Series: Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop), 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pine Square, Mount Vernon. 360-757-9687.

Upfront Theatre: 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $12.

360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

MUSIC

Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Vernon Farmers Market, corner of Cleveland and Snoqualmie streets. 360-757-9687.

Wednesday.17

Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Mia and Ben Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

THEATER

Amara Grace in concert: with Philip Nakano on sax and percussion, 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-4642229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

Thursday.18

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

MATNEY COOK 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Nick Swanson (piano): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

SATURDAY.13

Dana Lyons: 6 to 8 p.m., Elizabeth Park, Bellingham. Bring a blanket or chair for seating. Free. theeldridgesociety. org/concerts/html.

FRIDAY.12

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 6:30 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. For guest sign-in, call 360-757-9687.

Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee: Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 3 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, thehaynieopry.com.

Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

MUSIC

THEATER

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

Narayan and Janet: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

360-422-6411.

Alan Hatley: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Matney Cook (Americana, folk, rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-299-2120.

Little Bill and the Blue Notes (blues): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8. Bring a chair or blanket. 360-8566248.

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

Bellingham Girls Rock Camp Benefit: Fly Moon Royalty, Side Pony, Katie Kate, 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10 donation.

360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.13 Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Joyride: 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-336-3626.

Ben and Mia Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

Mark Dufresne Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360445-3000.

SUNDAY.14 Wired Band: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

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

360-766-6266.

MONDAY.15 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

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

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

Truth Under Attack, Minor Plains, Ashes of Existence: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Weedeater, Stoneburner, Serial Hawk: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360778-1067.

El Colonel & Doubleshot: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330.

Singer/Songwriters in the Round: Gary Baugh, Mia Vermillion, Ford Giesbrecht and Miles Crawley, 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360399-1037.

WEDNESDAY.17 Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Alice Stuart: 7 to 10 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Biagio (acoustic guitar): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.18 Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360387-0222 or camanocenter. org.

Muse Bird Cafe: Jaspar Lepak, Janelle Loes and Rebecca Cohen, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-7576113.

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

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TRAVEL

Haiti sees big money reviving flagging tourism Story by TRENTON DANIEL t Photos by DIEU NALIO CHERY / Associated Press

Tourists rest oceanside while others wade in the ocean waters at the Club Indigo beach resort in Montrouis, Haiti.

M

ONTROUIS, Haiti — The Club Indigo beach resort north of the Haiti capital was crowded with U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers, diplomats and missionaries on a recent Sunday.

But the only real, live tourists seemed to be Anne Fournier and her husband.

The young couple from Montreal is a rarity in this afflicted country. Crime, health scares, hurricanes and the monster earthquake of January 2010 have badly damaged the tourism that was once a mainstay of the Haitian economy, attracting the likes of Mick Jagger and Jackie Onassis.

Now the government is pinning its hopes on a surge of private investment in hotels and resorts, plus a Venezuelan-financed $13.2 million airport and new infra-

Tourists Kevin Bagley and Meg Quinn sit in the Karibe Hotel courtyard during their six day visit, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

structure on the southern island The Tourism Ministry’s budget of Ile-a-Vache, and an $8 million has more than doubled. Under development of the historic coastal the previous government it was town of Jacmel. $2 million plus a $1 million loan

anything that can create jobs, some worry that the country isn’t ready for a tourist invasion. For one thing, the Tourism Ministry says it has only 3,200 hotel rooms. For another, medical services are woefully from Venezuela’s PetroCaribe oil lacking, a point underscored in U.S. fund. Now it’s $4.7 million, and and Canadian travel advisories.

Petrocaribe is paying $27 million The government hopes to douto finance development on projects ble the number of hotel rooms in that include Ile-a-Vache and in two years. But the critics say Haiti Jacmel. first has to improve its infrastrucIt says it has signed off on 15-year tax breaks and exemptions ture.

Sen. Francois Anick Joseph said from import duties for 11 hotel the country needs paved roads, and resort projects costing a total drinking water and reliable elecof $160 million, with nearly $100 tricity. “There are a lot of things million more in the pipeline or completed. It’s also training a force that need to be done before we can of 53 “tourism police officers” who attract tourists,” he said in a telewill learn Spanish and English and phone interview.

Tourism Minister Stephanie be trained in first aid and customer Villedrouin says Haiti has to stand service. on its own feet.

While many in Haiti welcome

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TRAVEL “If we want to be a sovereign country, if we don’t want to depend on other countries, we need to figure out ourselves how to move forward and how to get revenue, and tourism must be number one on the list.”

Each hotel room built creates two jobs and four indirect jobs, she said.

Officials say the tourism push will create more than 1,600 direct jobs and 6,500 indirect jobs. Tourism generated $200 million last year, Villedrouin said. The country’s entire budget is $3 billion.

Haiti was once a haunt

of the rich and famous who came in search of late-night Voodoo ceremonies and rum-fueled revelry. But an AIDS scare in the early 1980s sent the tourists packing, and years of political instability continued to keep them away.

Officials say the 2010 earthquake killed 316,000 people, and a cholera outbreak nine months later took more than 7,750 lives.

Last year the U.S. State Department designated Haiti a “major drug trafficking country.” Meanwhile, the country faces tough competition from Caribbean neighbors offering cheaper holiday

Local travel YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: Join Dawn

Jex for day trips and yoga. Each adventure includes fun activities at an area attraction combined with a yoga class. For information or to register, call Dawn at 360-631-0587 or visit yoga-gypsies.com. Next up: July 13: Vancouver Granville Island Tour and Yoga: Travel via Amtrak to Vancouver, B.C., ride the foot ferry to the markets and bistros of Granville Island, then enjoy practicing yoga in Ron Basford Park. Sample the confections of the island markets, then make your way back to the train station and home, or make a weekend of it and stay awhile in Vancouver. Purchase train tickets through Amtrak ($44). False Creek Ferry round-trip tickets ($10) must be purchased at the terminal. Ron Basford Park yoga and Granville Island guided tour, $40.

Aug. 11: Anacortes Kayak Yoga Trip: Join Dex at 9 a.m. in Anacortes for a six-hour kayak tour of the San Juan Islands that will include an hour of beach yoga. Bring your own lunch and water-safe shoes. $117.94, includes kayak rental, all gear and yoga.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 12 and older, adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215. Next up: “San Juan Island: Something for Everyone”: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Journey to San Juan Island to visit the 12th annual SJI Lavender Festival at Pelindaba Lavender Farm, followed by a no-host lunch at Roche Harbor and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Westcott Bay Cidery and San Juan Island Distillery, where you’ll taste their ciders and spirits. Ages 21 and older only. $75-$77. Register by July 12.

Abbotsford Airshow: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Check out the 51st annual Abbotsford, B.C., International Airshow. Proof of citizenship required (passport, DMV enhanced driver’s

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Today, the only mass tourism — 600,000 a year, according to Villedrouin — comes from cruise ships stopping at Labadie on the north coast where passengers can frolic for a few hours in a fenced-in resort.

Villedrouin couldn’t say how many other tourists came on longer stays last year.

Air Transat, a Canadian charter carrier, flies weekly between Montreal and Portau-Prince, and says it has brought in 120 tourists this year on holiday packages in Haiti costing $1,399 to $1,600.

license or NEXUS card). $68-$70. Register by Aug. 2.

ESCORTED TOURS: The Whatcom County Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For information or to register: 360-733-4030, press #, ext. 47015, or wccoa.org/index.php/Tours.

Next up: Fall Foliage Mississippi River Steamboat Cruise: Oct. 4-12. $3,199-$3,999.

New York City and Upstate New York Fall Colors Tour: Oct. 4-13. $2,999-$3,799. $300 deposit due at sign-up. Final payment due in August.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing two small-group trips for 2014: Mississippi River Cruise: America’s Heartland, Nashville to New Orleans: March 19–30, 2014.

Scotland: June 2014.

Trips will depart from Oak Harbor/Mount Vernon. Contact Pat Gardner at pgardner@ oakharbor.org.

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

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

The Oak Harbor Senior Center accepts passport applications, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor. 360-2794580.

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PETER MURPHY (of Bauhaus): July 19, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

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AMY GRANT, BRANDON HEATH: July 20, Overlake Christian Church, Redmond. 855-443-8499 or lmgconcerts.com.

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GIPSY KINGS: July 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

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THE CULT: July 30, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GIGANTOUR 2013: with Megadeth, Black Label Society, Device, HELLYEAH, Newsted, Death Division: July 30, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

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

MOUNT BAKER RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: Featuring California Transit Authority, Anthony Gomes, Trampled Under Foot and many more. Aug. 2-4, Deming Log Show Grounds, Deming. baker blues.com.

LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: Aug. 2, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

MICKEY HART BAND: Aug. 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

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TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Aug. 3, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-3328499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

PINK MARTINI: with China Forbes: Aug. 4, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

KURT VILE: Aug. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SUBLIME WITH ROME: Aug. 6, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or marymoorconcerts. com.

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE O’JAYS: Aug. 8, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BASS ACADEMY: featuring Zomboy and Eptic: Aug. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: Aug. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

HARRY CONNICK JR.: Aug. 9-10, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

FIVE IRON FRENZY: Aug. 10, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

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107.7 THE END’S SUMMER CAMP: Aug. 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Aug. 12, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or marymoorconcerts. com.

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: Aug. 13, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

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TRAIN, THE SCRIPT, GAVIN DEGRAW: Aug. 14, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

REBELUTION, with MATISYAHU: Aug. 14, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BLACK SABBATH: Aug. 24, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

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

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

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

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

ONEREPUBLIC, SARA BAREILLES, CHURCHILL: Sept. 2, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

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

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS: Sept. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Sept. 14, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-3328499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DRAKE: with special guest Miguel: Sept. 26, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

JASON ALDEAN: with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett: Sept. 27, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ADAM CAROLLA: Live podcast taping, Oct. 12, Neptune, Seattle.

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

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

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MOVIES

‘Pacific’ a silly rimshot, as far as summer movies go Warner Bros. Pictures via AP

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Sheer madness. That’s what this is, this movie that Guillermo del Toro just HAD to make, and for which he abandoned “The Hobbit.”

Dude wanted to make a “Godzilla” movie. Married to a “Transformers” picture. With a little “Starship Troopers” and “Independence Day” and “Hellboy” mixed in.

It’s the future of cinema — or the present: a movie cunningly calculated to lure Hollywood’s biggest growth market with just its title — “Pacific Rim.” That’s where this sci-fi war is fought and that’s where the audience lies — American fanboys and Asian and Australian ones, too.

In the very near future, enormous alien beasts are sneaking into the ocean through a dimen-

left brain, the other the right side — through a neural mind-meld HH1⁄2 process called “drifting.”

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Idris In a prologue, we meet a pair Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlof mind-melded brothers (Charlie man, Charlie Day Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff) who Running time: 2:10 drive the jaeger Gipsy Danger MPAA rating: PG-13 for into harm’s way. But things go sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughwrong and one sibling is killed. out, and brief language That heralds the end of this jaeger program. The world will wall off the coast along the Pacific Rim, sional crack in the ocean floor with the rich and powerful getalong the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire.” ting the primo interior real estate The Japanese named them “kaiju,” and the rest of the populace stuck because “Godzilla” already was building the walls and living on taken. And after realizing batthe coasts. tling these monsters is a toxic Cut to years later and the jaedisaster, the world’s governments ger program is winding down, teamed up to build gigantic, the wall is being completed but human-controlled robots called “our best scientists” (shrieking jaegers, after the German word Charlie Day of “It’s Always Sunny for “hunter.” The pairs of rangers in Philadelphia,” daft-Brit Burn who drive them wear armor that Gorman of “Game of Thrones”) lets them maneuver them — one don’t think the wall will work. The ranger controls the left side and monsters keep coming.

‘PACIFIC RIM’

Rebellious returning ranger Raleigh (Hunnam of TV’s “Sons of Anarchy) angles to get martial arts mama Mako (Rinko Kikuchi of “Babel”) as his partner. And program director Stacker Pentecost (Elba) says, “That’s not going to happen.”

Any movie that recycles the line “Don’t get cocky, kid,” for starters and progresses to “Fortune favors the brave, dude” isn’t meant to be taken seriously.

The leads are bland, and the cast doesn’t so much perform as show up and give us tastes of patented shtick that we expect — Elba has his “Henry V” speech, the Bobcatvoiced Day kvetches, the grumpy Ron (“Hellboy”) Perlman (as an underworld purveyor of kaiju body parts) growls.

Dumb movies like this don’t invite much analysis. What’s the point of the “mind melding” if the teams are still yelling commands

and punching buttons as they fight? Mind-melding should mean they think and act on reflex, turning on the robot’s “elbow rockets” to give power to the punches in an instant.

None of which subtracts anything from the stupid, over-thetop, popcorn-picture fun of it all.

Del Toro’s robots have weight and mass, and their epic, Hong Kong-smashing fights with the four- and six-legged, clawed and horned monsters are visually coherent, unlike the messy blur of the “Transformers” movies.

There’s a light, humorous feel to “Pacific Rim” because the science is silly and logic takes a flying leap.

In a cinema season where the laws of physics take a vacation (“Fast & Furious 6”), where everyone’s mad for the apocalypse — from the Biblical to the zombie-induced — “Pacific Rim” is the maddest of all.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Epic” — The latest animated film from Fox’s Blue Sky division, “Epic” depicts good vs. evil forces battling over the fate of the natural realm.

Director Chris Wedge (“Ice Age,” “Robots”) gives us lush, often breathtaking visuals of a world within our world -- a forest populated by tiny Leaf Men who ride hummingbirds and do battle with an equally minuscule army of nasty creatures known as Boggans. An all-star cast provides the voice work, which proves to be distracting. Kids won’t mind, but the voices will take adults out of the story. Animated adventure, PG, 100 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Fast & Furious 6” — Against all odds, the “Fast & Furious” franchise is actually picking up momentum, with “FF6” clocking in as the fastest, funniest and most outlandish chapter yet. Whether we’re seeing stunt work or special effects or a combo platter, director Justin Lin keeps raising the bar, going for intentional laughs and thrilling moments as cars pull off impossible maneuvers and humans keep flying in the air and landing with thuds. “Furious 6” couldn’t be any less plausible if it were animated, but that’s sort of the point. Action, PG-13, 130 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Man of Steel” — This is the most ambitious and occasionally the most impressive take on the Superman myth we’ve ever seen, but it falls far short of the bar set by the “Dark Knight” trilogy or even the “Iron Man” troika. Though there are moments, even complete scenes, when we see glimpses of what might have been, we’re plunged back into a mostly underwhelming film, with underdeveloped characters and supercharged fight scenes that drag on forever and offer nothing new in the way of specialeffects creativity. Henry Cavill looks the part as Superman, Amy Adams plays the everplucky Lois Lane, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner are young Clark’s loving parents.

Superhero action, PG-13, 143 minutes. HH “Monsters University” — A slight and underwhelming prequel that isn’t nearly as inventive, funny or involving as the original, “Monsters Inc.” (2001). Though colorful and sweet-natured and occasionally capable of producing the mild chuckle, this is a safe, predict-

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360-941-0403 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC4FUN (888-262-4386). able, edge-free, nearly bland effort from Pixar, a studio that rarely hedges its bets. It’s better than “Cars 2,” but not in the same league as the “Toy Story” sequels. Animated comedy, G, 110 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Star Trek Into Darkness” — Director J.J. Abrams is a true talent, and he’s also a pop-culture savant who has great respect for the legacy of this franchise as well as a keen understanding of the mega-importance of box-office figures. There’s no better choice to make the best, the purest AND the most accessible big-budget “Star Trek” movie possible. Yet with all the futuristic splendor and fine performances, “Into Darkness” only occasionally soars, mostly settling for being a solid but unspectacular effort that sets the stage for the next chapter(s). With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 132 minutes. HHH “The Heat” — Give it up for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. You’ll never see them work harder at comedy than in “The Heat,” a stumbling, aggressively loud and profane cop buddy picture where they struggle to wring “funny” out of a script that isn’t. Plot? It’s more a collection of scenes that force the stars to riff and riff until something coarse and amusing comes out, topped by something else coarser and more amusing. Bullock is the

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS July 12-16 Pacific Rim (PG-13): 12:50, 3:30, 6:50, 9:30 Despicable Me 2 (PG): 1:00, 3:10, 6:30, 8:40 The Lone Ranger (PG-13): 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS July 12-16 Grown Ups 2 (PG-13): 1:05, 3:20, 7:05, 9:15 Pacific Rim (PG-13): 12:45, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Despicable Me 2 (PG): 1:15, 3:30, 6:25, 8:45 The Lone Ranger (PG-13): 12:35, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30 The Heat (R): 12:55, 6:55, 9:25 World War Z (PG-13): 4:00 360-629-0514

know-it-all, overly coiffed FBI agent Ashburn -- a Miss Priss none of her fellow agents like.

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

Mainly, it’s to get her out of the hair of her boss (Demian Bichir). That’s where Ashburn runs afoul of the foul-mouthed detective Mullins (McCarthy), a shambling train wreck of the American junk food diet run amok. She’s so irritable that her boss (Tom Wilson of “Back to the Future”) is as afraid of her as her favorite drug-dealing perp. R, 117 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Lone Ranger” — In the unholy mess that is “The Lone Ranger,” we finally have a movie that combines the slapstick antics of a liveaction “Road Runner” cartoon with a villain so bloodthirsty, he literally cuts out the heart of a vanquished foe and eats it. Everything that could go wrong with this movie does go wrong, from a rare bad performance from the great Johnny Depp, who plays Tonto as a crazy desert vaudeville performer, to the decidedly unmemorable work from the promising talent Armie Hammer as the title character, to a script that feels like some sort of mash-up of every attempt to reboot a storied franchise. Some films are for everyone. This film is for just about no one. Western, PG-13, 149 minutes. H1⁄2 “This Is the End” — Here’s one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest com-

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In its own sloppy, raunchy, sophomoric, occasionally selfpleased and consistently energetic way, “This Is the End” is just about perfect at executing its mission, which is to poke fun at its stars, exhaust every R-rated possibility to get a laugh, and even sneak in a few insights into Hollywood, the celebrity culture and the

nature of faith. (Comedy, R, 107 minutes. HHHH “World War Z” — If you’re as zombie’d out as I am by now, and you feel “The Walking Dead” cable TV series has set the all-time standard for popular culture entertainment about the flesh-chomping undead, your reluctance to see “World War Z” is understandable. All I can tell you is, there’s fresh

blood here. “World War Z” traffics in a lot of familiar territory, but thanks to the wickedly vibrant source material (Max Brooks’ 2006 horror novel), some slick and darkly funny directorial choices by Marc Forster and terrific performances from Brad Pitt and the supporting cast, it’s entertaining as hell. Action thriller, PG-13, 116 minutes. HHH1⁄2

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OUT & ABOUT ART

“MIXED MEDIA, MIXED MESSAGES”: The next show in the Allied Arts Juried Artist Series continues through July 27 at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. The show features work from Anita Aparicio, Mary Dudley, Heather Salsbury, Richard Bulman and Julia Loyd. All of the artists use nontraditional techniques. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. 360676-8548 or alliedarts.org.

“SCENES OF SKAGIT COUNTY”: The Cultured Palette Artists of Skagit County will exhibit their artworks in watercolor, acrylics and other media through July 31 in the mezzanine dining area at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

juried event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, at the StanwoodCamano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

The event will feature original artworks by more than 100 artists and craftspeople, along with live music, plants, food and more. Free admission. stanwoodcamanoarts. com.

ics, jewelry, glass, fiber art, sculpture, woodwork and more as artists around the valley open their studios to the public for the weekend.

Free admission. Find a studio map at skagitart.com or pick up a copy at participating studios and other locations.

“IN OUR MIDST”: See Northwest Modernism at its “A EUROPEAN TOUR”: SCULPTURES ON DISbest in a show continuing The show featuring oil PLAY: Sculptures and paint- through July 14, at Gallery paintings by Whidbey Island ings by Guemes Island Cygnus, 109 Commercial artist James Moore will artist Leo E. Osborne are Ave., La Conner. The show open with a reception from on display through Aug. 1 at features sculpture and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 5, Burton Jewelers, 620 Comvessels by Clayton James, and continue through July mercial Ave., Anacortes. The landscape photography by ARTIST SERIES: The 30 at Scott Milo Gallery, artwork will move to the Mary Randlett and drawings Challenger Ridge summer 420 Commercial Ave., AnaJuried Arts at the Port exhi- by the late Barbara James.

Artist Series will feature cortes. Moore’s café scenes David Gehrcke, resin metal bition during the Anacortes Randlett and the Jameses and landscapes present a Arts Festival, Aug. 2-4, and were members of the soartist, from 1 to 4 p.m. “tourist’s view of Tuscany.” then embark on a threecalled Northwest School of Saturday, July 13, at ChalAlso working in the EuroA show of new work by Terry Leness and David Wall year museum tour with the artists, which also included lenger Ridge Vineyard & pean theme are artists Cindy continues through July 28 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, “Environmental Impact” Morris Graves and Guy Cellars, 43095 Challenger 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Leness considers herself a Briggs and Theresa Goesexhibition, which features Anderson. Gallery hours Road, Concrete. Gehrcke photo-realist; however, she is not a slave to reproducing will offer a selection of his ling, watercolors; Elizabeth works by a number of inter- are noon to 5 p.m. Friday Ockwell, etchings and prints; every detail. The exhibition will feature her quintessential original metal artworks for national artists. Set to open through Sunday. 360-708houses, trailers and buildings along with a selection of and Jan Wall, pastels. The in September at the Canton 4787. gallerycygnus.com. autobiographical cake paintings. Wall interlays cut maps, sale. Free admission. 425gallery will also offer new Museum of Art in Canton, 422-6988 or challengerridge. jewelry by Cate Grinzell, as charts and diagrams using encaustic-like resins to seal Ohio, the “Environmental ART QUILTS, EMBROIcom. well as new glasswork, sculp- and add dimension to each artwork. Gallery hours are Impact” show will also travel DERY: Two new shows con11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-766tures and custom tables. to museums in Louisiana, tinue through Oct. 6 at the “SUMMER MOMENTS”: 6230 or smithandvallee.com. Pictured: “Ruined Home Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. #1” by David Wall.

Michigan, Virginia and La Conner Quilt & Textile The art show will open to 4:30 p.m. Monday through South Carolina.

Museum, 703 S. Second St., with a potluck, barbecue Saturday. 360-293-6938 or La Conner. and party from 4:30 to 9 scottmilo.com.

STONE SCULPTURES: “From Nature’s Studio: p.m. Saturday, July 13, and 216 Commercial Ave., AnaBelov’s egg tempera The Northwest Stone Sculp- Regina V. Benson”: The continue through Sept. 8 paintings and classic oil cortes. The show features “BIRTHDAY SHOW”: tors Association will hold its show features Benson’s art paintings feature patterned at Matzke Fine Art Galwork by four artists using Anne Martin McCool and annual show and sale from quilts and installation texlery and Sculpture Park, fabrics, fruits and flowers. very different media, but Debbie Aldrich celebrate tiles using techniques based 2345 Blanche Way, Camano 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jordan’s work contains a who use themselves as the with their annual art show July 20, at Camp Brotheron ancient processes she has Island. The show features nostalgia of antique tools subject. Not self-portraits continuing through July 31, in the traditional sense, in hood, 24880 Brotherhood redesigned to work more glass, metal, stone, wood and shop items in “found at Anne Martin McCool Road, Mount Vernon. The gently with the environment mosaics and Northwest around the house” style these works personal idenGallery, 711 Commercial paintings by Sabah Al-Dha- show is part of the NWSSA’s and her own health. Her tity is submerged and larger arrangements.

Ave., Anacortes. Check out themes are explored. Artists 26th annual symposium, dramatic surface designs her, Liana Bennett, Robert Schouten offers both a paintings and prints by Mar- include Nancy Johnson, Ben nature-based interpretaincorporate her love of Gigliotti, Julie Haack, Phillip where stone carvers from tin McCool and jewelry by the Pacific Northwest and tion of the theme and more Levine, Lanny Little, Mernature, both in design and Moreau, Scott Kolbo and Aldrich, both of whom have Tip Toland. Curated by Nat- deliberate arrangements of beyond gather for eight days process. rilee Moore, Jennifer Philbirthdays in July. The gallery alie Niblack. Hours are noon objects telling a story with of workshops, stone carving “Kaleidoscope: Fiber lips, Doug Randall, Frank and more. nwssa.org. will also feature work by images that are magically Embroidery by Liz Whitney Renlie, Hiroshi Yamano, to 5 p.m. Friday through other artists. Gallery hours Quisgard”: Using careful Sunday or by appointment. surreal and at once familiar. Arno Zielke and Barbara ART STUDIO TOUR: are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday anchorartspace.org.

Spencer’s bronze and placement of hundreds of Zielke. Gallery hours are through Saturday and noon stone sculptures reveal an 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends; Skagit Artists Together will tiny stitches on a buckram present its 10th annual Stu- base, Quisgard’s vibrant intense fascination with to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-293weekdays by appointment.

STILL LIFES: A show of dio Tour from 10 a.m. to 6 native cultures and deep 3577 or annemartinmccool. new work by Anne Belov, fiber embroideries — remi360-387-2759 or matzkep.m. Saturday and Sunday, niscent of Byzantine and com.

Pete Jordan, Rob Schouten love and respect for animals fineart.com.

July 20-21, with work by 29 Islamic mosaics — feature and Sharon Spencer contin- and the earth. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. artists on display at 17 loca- a three-dimensional quality “OTHER/SELF”: The ART BY THE BAY: The ues through July 30 at the daily. 360-222-3070 or tions around Skagit Valley. captured on a two-dimenexhibition continues through Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Stanwood Camano Arts robschoutengallery.com.

July 28 at Anchor Art Space, Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Guild will present its annual Check out paintings, ceram- sional surface.

NEW AT SMITH & VALLEE

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OUT & ABOUT Museum hours are 11 LECTURE a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: AND TALKS OPEN GOVERNMENT $7, $5 students and military, WORKSHOP: The Washfree for members and ages ington Coalition for Open 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.com. Government (WCOG) will present a free workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. SatMoNA ART: “Selections from the Permanent Collec- urday, July 13, in Room tion: Reflections” continues 224 at the Communications Facility at Western through Sept. 29 at the Washington University, Museum of Northwest Art, Bellingham. Experts on 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Inspiration from a memory, open government issues will teach attendees how expression, environment to effectively exercise or a person is the basis for “Reflections.” The exhibition their rights under Washington’s open government combines new acquisitions on the large and small scale laws. Hosted by the WWU Department of Journalism, and figurative works of art. the workshop is intended Artists include Guy Anderto help people understand son, Jim Ball, Robert Bragg, their right to know what Kenneth Callahan, Michael their state and local govClough, Gregory Grenon, ernments are doing. Free Mar Goman, Morris Graves, parking is available in the Jane Hamilton Hovde, Brian “C” lots, located at South Murphy, Lucinda Parker, College Drive and West Rex Silvernail, Mark Tobey College Way on the WWU and Veruska Vagen. Museum campus. 206-782-0393 or hours are noon to 5 p.m. washingtoncog.org.

Sunday and Monday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. $8 adults, MUSIC AMERICAN ROOTS CON$5 seniors, $3 students, free CERT SERIES: Discover for members and ages 11 the roots of American and younger. 360-466-4446 music at a series of free or museumofnwart.org. summer concerts at 7 p.m.

Saturdays in the West CAR SHOWS Beach amphitheater at COLLECTORS’ CAR Deception Pass State Park.

SHOW: Check out clasDiscover Pass required for sic cars and trucks of all park admission. 360-675makes and models at the 3767. Next up: 22nd annual Collectors’ Car July 13: Ryan McKasson Show, Outdoor Market and and Dave Bartley. TraditionPoker Run from 10 a.m. al Scottish music on fiddle to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. and guitar.

10, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano SUMMER CONCERT Island. Enjoy live entertain- SERIES: The sixth annual ment, children’s activities Cap Sante Summer Concert and more. The Poker Run Series will feature live conwill begin at 8 a.m. with certs at Seafarers’ Memoprizes for the best and worst rial Park in Anacortes. All hands; $5 per card. Car shows start at 7 p.m. Bring check-in begins at 9 a.m. a blanket or lawn chair for Car registration: $15 though seating. Free. 425-303-1848 July 19, then $20. Free or snohomishartistguild.org. admission for spectators.

Next up: 360-387-0222 or camano Friday, July 19: The Hitcenter.org. men, NW soul band revue.

BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: The 37th annual Darrington Bluegrass Festival will take place Friday through Sunday, July 19-21, at the Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, located on Highway 530, 3 miles west of Darrington. Weekend pass: $55.

Day passes: $20-$25. Camping available. 360-436-1006 or darringtonbluegrass.com.

rensfoundation.org or at 10 a.m. the day of the ride. For information, call 425-3272275 or email newdayworldchildrensfoundation@gmail. org.

“CELEBRATE SKAGIT: DINNER ON THE FARM”: Skagitionians to Preserve Farmland will offer an elegant dinner in a unique setting at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at Taylor Shellfish Farms MORE FUN in Bow. Guest chef Thomas STAR PARTY FOR HELP Palmer of the Oyster Creek HOUSE: Explore the night Inn will prepare fresh local sky and view distant galax- ingredients for this one-ofies, nebulas, planets and the a-kind, field-to-plate dining moon from 7 p.m. to midexperience. $125. Proceeds night Friday, July 12, weath- will support SPF’s efforts er permitting, at Windjamto further the economic mer Park, Oak Harbor. viability of Skagit County Island County Astronomical agriculture and its required Society members will be on infrastructure through farmhand to answer questions, land protection, advocacy, and will provide an assortresearch, education and ment of telescopes for view- public awareness. To puring. All ages welcome. Bring chase tickets, call 360-336donations of canned food 3974 or visit skagitonians. or money to benefit North org/events.

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HAM: Visitors can enjoy a walk-on tour or go for a KIDS-R-BEST FEST: 11 sail on the tall ships Lady a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July Washington and Hawaiian 13, at Storvik Park, 1110 Chieftain on July 13-19 at 32nd St., Anacortes. Enjoy Squalicum Harbor Marina games, activities, live enter- in Bellingham. Crew memtainment, prizes and more. bers in period costume will Free. Food will be available host self-guided tours from for purchase.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, QUEST TO THE CASTLE: and noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday Hosted by New Day through Friday, July 16-19.

Children’s Foundation, $3 donation per person. No the Quest to the Castle reservations required. motorcycle run will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SHIPWRECK FESTIVAL: Saturday, July 13, starting The 34th annual Shipwreck at MossyBack Farm, 29203 Festival will take place Highway 99, Stanwood. The from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturevent will end at The Castle day, July 20, in downtown in Sedro-Woolley with live Anacortes. More than 200 music by Michelle Taylor vendors will offer treasures, & The Blues Junkies, food, one-of-a-kind antiques, drinks and drawings for food, kids activities and cash and other prizes. $10 more at this antique flea per rider. Proceeds will ben- market and giant communiefit youth in Skagit, Island ty garage sale. Booth space and Snohomish counties. is still available. 360-299Register at newdaychild 9390 or shipwreckfest.org.

Wine bar offers local solo talent Saturday

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Wine connoisseurs in La Conner can also taste some local music Saturday, as Washington Sips brings four singer-songwriters to the stage in the wine bar.

Owner Mike Hanson has hosted music regularly since he opened the wine bar and shop three years ago, but said he wants to take the music offerings in a new direction.

“As far as I know, there aren’t any singer-songwriter events in the area,” Hanson said. “So, we thought we would try something a little different.”

The show, called “Skagit Songwriters In The Round,” will include four local artists each bringing something a little different themselves.

Mia Vermillion: Vermillion is a blues artist who garnered national attention with her 2009 release, “Alone Together With the Blues,” and subsequent winning of the Washington Blues Society’s blues challenge. Her original songs combine modern blues styles with vocal melodies reminiscent of early jazz and blues.

Myles Crawley: Performing for the first time in 20 years, Crawley will offer listeners his eclectic brand of pop-meets-blues. Crawley started his career playing Los Angeles clubs alongside acts such as The Police, Van Halen and many more, before making his way to Washington to write and produce music.

Gary Baugh: The La Conner resident will give listeners a nautical soundtrack to go with the waterfront location of the bar. Singing songs such as “Marina, Marina” and “Channel Town,” Baugh is the classic storyteller performer. He brings his experi-

Skagit Songwriters in the Round When: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 13 Where: Washington Sips Wine Bar, 608 S. 1st St., La Conner Cost: $5 at the door

ence touring with acts such as Fleetwood Mac and Dave Loggins, and his love of the nautical life.

Ford Giesbrecht: Giesbrecht will round out the genre selection with classically and Brazillianinfluenced original jazz songs. With a background in both classical and jazz guitar, Giesbrecht has performed in bands and solo since the 1990s, including one stint where he made up new songs on the fly for two hours a week.

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