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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 17, 2014

Movies

On Stage

Music Reviews

These monkeys are all business is “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

John Conlee plays the Skagit Valley Casino on Friday and Saturday

Maxi Priest, Jack Clement, Sia, Jason Mraz, Morrissey

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Debbie Macomber’s Young sleuths work Cedar Cove: Season together deciphering a Upcoming releases One”: Andie MacDowseries of clues.

Following is a partial ell stars in this sweet “Time Scanners: schedule of coming movies cable series based on the on DVD. Release dates are Petra”: Team of lasersubject to change: bestselling book series scanning experts travel

by Debbie Macomber. to Jordan.

JULY 22 MacDowell plays “Sx — Tape”: All Cheerleaders Die municipal Judge Olivia Found-footage film of The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Lockhart in the small Blue Ruin lust, possession and Cesar Chavez town of Cedar Cove. destruction.

Dom Hemingway She brings a lot of “Action Adventure Heaven Is for Real baggage to the bench Movie Marathon”: Four Make Your Move having to deal with the titles including “Shake Red Wing Sabotage death of her son and Hands With The Devil,” Single Moms Club a divorce. The test for “The Final Option.”

Transcendence Lockhart is to keep her “Open Grave”: professional career in Looks at how important JULY 29 Cuban Fury focus while dealing with memory is to a person’s Half of a Yellow Sun the potential of new identity.

Lullaby romance.

“I Escaped From Noah Macomber says this Devil’s Island”: Roger The Other Woman series was better suited The Protector 2 Corman feature starfor a cable series than ring Jim Brown and AUG. 5 movie because of her Christopher George.

Anna readers. “They love the “100 Years of Around the Block characters so much that Divergent WWI”: Miniseries looks God’s Not Dead they want me to conat how military stratNeed For Speed tinue writing about the egy changed through Oculus same characters. And so weapon development, Ping Pong Summer it seems natural to make advanced intelligence. n McClatchy-Tribune News the progression, then, “Case Histories Service from ongoing characters Series 2”: Jason Isaacs into a TV series.” returns as Jackson BroThe DVD set is being die. released in time to get caught up before “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”: the second season opens July 20 on the Woman tries to bring her family back Hallmark Channel. together before time slips away.

“How The West Was Won: The “David Suchet: In the Footsteps of Complete Second Season”: There was St. Paul”: BBC documentary exploring a time when Westerns were a popular Christianity’s early years. genre in feature films and on TV. This “The Junior Spy Agency”: History epic TV series tried to get fans of both assignment becomes case for young with the 1978 broadcast based on the detectives.

1962 film of the same name.

“Wrinkles”: Animated tale of elderly If you like Westerns, then this is a set characters who rebel against authority. to own. It follows members of the Maca“Black Dynamite: Season One”: A han family as they face daily struggles 1970s renaissance man with a kung-fu to survive and thrive in the American grip is a lover and fighter.

West. These stories are told through “Labyrinth”: Two women separated an impressive cast topped by James by centuries are united by common Arness (“Gunsmoke”), Eva Marie Saint quest. (“North by Northwest”) and Bruce “Deadly Eyes”: Rats provide the horBoxleitner (“Tron”) as well as famous ror in this 1982 film. guest stars such as Ricardo Montalban, “La Mujer Del Vendaval”: UniviWilliam Shatner, Tim Matheson and sion series based on the telenovela “Un Lloyd Bridges.

Esposo para Estela.”

The six-disc set includes all 14 parts “Hercules: Hero, God, Warrior”: Hisof the 1978 season. tory channel specials about the hero.

“Under the Skin”: Voluptuous “Rio 2”: It’s another fine-feathered woman (Scarlett Johansson) searches adventure. for isolated or forsaken men.

“Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure”:

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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ON STAGE

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

Albert Lee is one of those spectacularly talented musicians who gets hired by nearly everyone who wants a world-class guitarist on their record, or in their touring band.

Lee, 70, has worked or shared stages with some of the biggest names in the history of music: Eric Clapton, the Everly Brothers, Joe Cocker, Emmylou Harris, Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones and countless others. If you’re not a guitar player, his name may not be terribly familiar. If you do play, it’s likely you’ll find none better.

His prowess crosses all stylistic lines. Lee’s been viewed as somewhat of an anomaly, because he’s an Englishman with perhaps the most fluid chops and facility in the country-music world. His work on a Fender Telecaster (though he currently plays a signature Ernie Ball Music Man model) sets the standard in that genre.

Clapton called Lee “the greatest guitarist in the world.” His

Albert Lee

his. And of the course the Everly Brothers, I had a long association with the Everly Brothers, so I always fit in at least one of their When: 7:30 songs. I just love that stuff.” p.m. Thursday, Lee and his groups have in the July 24 past month performed in EngWhere: Lincoln Theatre, 712 land and Europe, Minneapolis, S. First St., Japan, Phoenix and northern Mount Vernon California, and the plan is to Tickets: $30, continue touring throughout the $25, $20, U.K. and Europe quite a summer. $10 ($2 off for Lincoln bit, working with my Eng“We’ll be working until members). lish band. This has been towards the end of August, all in 360-336-8955 home for a long time.” the states and Canada,” Lee said. or lincoln Lee’s American band is Lee said his favorite part of theatre.org. a project he’s only “been touring is performing, and counts doing for two years or so,” himself fortunate that his career and fans may be surprised “The comments I get after — which started in England as by what they see at one of the shows are usually like ‘what a a teenager playing dance halls great selection of songs,’ ” Lee group’s performances. and a few songs in movie houses said. “It’s quite eclectic in a way, — has yielded so many magical “There’s quite a bit of guitar you know. I do ballads on the playing, of course, but I sing a moments. piano, I do country-rock, and lot,” Lee said. “People don’t “I’ve been very lucky over the kind of poppy things as well. expect me to sing, and they ceryears, I’ve had some real high“It’s quite a varied show, really. lights,” Lee said. “Playing with tainly don’t expect me to play the I do some things that I did with piano, but I love to do both.”

Clapton, Emmylou Harris, the Emmylou, a couple of Gram Par- Everly Brothers. But I’ve never With hundreds of recordings and performances on his resume, sons songs, and I do Jimmy Webb really been out of work for any — I love Jimmy Webb, so I always length of time, so it’s been very Lee has a wide variety of matetry to do at least one or two of rial from which to draw. good to me, really.”

LEGENDARY GUITARIST TO PLAY THE LINCOLN long association with Harris began in 1976 when he took over the lead-guitar chair from the legendary James Burton, who played for years in the bands of Elvis Presley.

Lee has been touring constantly since he was 16, and that streak continues on Thursday, July 24, when he brings his quartet to the Lincoln Theatre.

Reached last week in Malibu, California — his home for 40 years — the amiable Lee joked that some still view him as a newcomer to California music circles.

“People still think I’m visiting from the U.K.,” Lee quipped.

“But it does feel like that sometimes because I’m over in the

Albert Lee

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MOVIES

Local travel

Zach Braff immersed himself in ‘Wish I Was Here’

By STEVEN REA The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — No secret: Zach Braff is a Woody Allen fan.

Braff’s 2004 emo indie, “Garden State,” which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in (opposite Natalie Portman), drew comparisons to “Annie Hall,” to “Manhattan.”

More than 10 years before that, a teenage Braff had a small part in Allen’s “Manhattan Murder Mystery,” as the progeny of Allen and Diane Keaton’s characters.

So, landing the lead role in “Bullets Over Broadway,” the Tonynominated musical adapted from Allen’s 1994 comedy, was “a dream come true” for the actor.

Allen attended every preview of the Roaring Twenties-set show back in March. “He would follow up with notes, with changes,” Braff recalls. “To be working so closely with someone who is one of the inspirations for me becoming a filmmaker, one of my heroes, how great is that?”

Braff’s new film, “Wish I Was Here,” is, like “Garden State,” more than a little autobiographical, and more than a little Allenesque.

In it, Braff is a struggling actor whose wife (Kate Hudson) is the family breadwinner. The couple have two kids, a boy and a girl, attending a yeshiva school in L.A. The children’s granddad (Mandy Patinkin) is paying tuition, but when the payments stop, the kids get kicked out.

Pretty much everything in Braff’s character’s life starts to unravel. But as the monetary, marital, religious, and filial crises mount, so does the comedy. There are even whimsical superhero/sci-fi fantasy sequences.

“Wish I Was Here” opens Friday in limited release, expanding to more screens July 25.

“One thing that I liked about ‘Annie Hall’ was that there were no rules,” says Braff. “Nowadays, you try and get anything made, there are just so many rules. ‘You can’t do this, you can’t do that.’

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Pierce Gagnon (from left), Joey King, and Zach Braff star in “Wish I Was Here.”

‘No, this is just a drama,’ or, ‘This is just a comedy.’ ‘Annie Hall’ was such a wonderful throw-the-rulesout-the-window archetype.

“It was hilarious in parts, it was slapstick in parts, it was heartbreaking. All of a sudden there’s a scene that’s fully animated. And I really thought that that was the way to make a movie — as long as you tell a good story, why do we keep being told that we have to follow all these rules?”

Not having to follow the rules was one reason Braff — the New Jersey native who became a star thanks to the long-running medico sitcom “Scrubs” — decided to go on Kickstarter in 2013. He wanted to raise money to make “Wish I Was Here” without being beholden to the studios, to producers demanding script changes or cast approval.

In 30 days, Braff raised $3.1 million — $400,000 in the final four days alone. More than 46,500 people pledged anywhere from $10 to $10,000.

“It was always meant to be an experiment,” says Braff of his crowd-funding campaign. “What if we got the fans involved? What if we just flipped the whole thing on its head and created this commu-

nity around making the movie?

“And in selling T-shirts, or online access to videos, or set visits, or extra roles, or cameos, you could finance a film and give everyone a fun experience. Wouldn’t that be crazy? And then it worked!”

And then it backlashed. Critics jumped all over Braff, suggesting he already had financial backing in place, that he was unwilling to put his own money into the project, that he was soliciting donations, not investors.

“I think a lot of it was misinformed, to be frank,” Braff says of the vehement, Web-driven reaction to his Kickstarter drive. “Anyone who takes the time and does a little bit of research realizes that most of the detractors’ talking points are incorrect.”

And that’s that.

Here are a few, somewhat more agreeable talking points about “Wish I Was Here”: Writing the screenplay with his brother, Adam: “We really wrote well together, and he’s diligent and good at keeping us working.

I can get distracted … and so it’s helpful to have a schedule. One of the greatest things about having a partner is that it helps to make sure you don’t procrastinate. It’s

like keeping an appointment. You make sure that you do it. You don’t get distracted by the leaves that are blowing.”

Mirroring his own life, his own experience: “Not so much. … It’s more like there are aspects of Adam and myself in (my character) Aidan. Adam’s a dad with two young kids whose wife has a day job, a normal job, and he’s very involved with raising the kids, so I think that we combined aspects of both of our lives into one character.”

Casting Kate Hudson as Aidan’s wife: “I was just so blown away by Kate in “Almost Famous.” And I just remember thinking at the time, wow, Cameron Crowe has really discovered a new super-talented actress. Not just a movie star, but a talent. I’ve been trying to work with her since then.”

Casting Mandy Patinkin as Aidan’s dad: “I’m a long-time fan.

So many things that he’s done — ‘Princess Bride’ is one of my favorite movies. And I love musical theater, and he’s a musical theater star. … He turned in this performance that was beyond any of our expectations.”

It is a Wednesday, the day Braff does a matinee and an evening performance of “Bullets Over Broadway.” He’s about to eat an early dinner, and so he’s ready to get off the phone.

He expects to be in the show, on Broadway, through the end of the year, “as long as the nice people from Philadelphia keep coming — and I hope they will,” he says.

His experience on stage, he says, is something he’ll keep with him when he goes back to making movies.

“This is the hardest I’ve ever worked in my whole life. … There’s nothing more challenging than doing a big, giant musical eight times a week.

“The next time I’m on a movie, and I’m sitting in my trailer sipping coffee, I will remember how exhausting it is to dance your (butt) off and try to make 1,700 people, eight shows a week, laugh.”

TALL SHIP EXPEDITION VOYAGES: Tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will offer their annual Expedition Voyages Family and Youth Camps in the San Juan Islands on July 21-25, departing from and returning to Anacortes.

Participants will learn to set sail, stand watch and take the helm of a replica 18th century tall ship. Trained naturalists will lead island explorations. The voyage is not recommended for children younger than 5. 800-200-5239 or historicalseaport.org.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger).

Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing several extended trips: New England, Sept.

21-28, “Southern Charm,” Dec. 14-19; Panama, Feb. 5-13, 2015; “Blue Danube,” April 14-28, 2015; and Portugal, Oct. 2015.

For information, contact Pat Gardner 360-2794582 or email at pgard ner@oakharbor.org.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesday, 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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THIS WEEKEND in the area ANACORTES UNKNOWN MUSIC SERIES Volume 4 of this series, formerly known as What the Heck Fest, will be held Friday through Sunday, July 18-20, in Anacortes. The event will feature dozens of musical performances, short independent films, a book fair and food from 5 p.m. each evening at the Croatian Club (Seventh Street and North Avenue), and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Causland Park. Full passes sold out, partial passes $45. anacortesunknown.com.

AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC Hale Bill & the Bopps,

Shipwreck Festival Fidalgo Island Rotary Club presents the 35th annual Shipwreck Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, in downtown Anacortes. The garage sale event covers eight blocks of Commercial Avenue and some side streets with more than 200 vendor booths offering antiques, arts & crafts, flea market treasures of all kinds, food and more.

Free admission. Vendors can rent one or more 10x10 booth spaces. Check shipwreckfest.org for applications and information.

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playing Scandinavian fiddle music, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Deception Pass State Park, 41020 Highway 20, Oak Harbor, as part of the eighth annual American Roots Series. The free outdoor concerts feature folk and traditional music each Saturday throughout the summer. All performances will be held in the WestBeach amphitheater on the Whidbey Island side of the park. In case of rain, performances will move to the East Cranberry Lake picnic shelter. Admission is free to the performances.

The Discover Pass is required for vehicle access to the park. parks.wa.gov/calendar.aspx.

BENEFIT CONCERT The Concrete Heritage Museum will present a concert by local Celtic group Maggie’s Fury at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $15, two for $25; $10 ages 12 and younger. Proceeds will benefit the museum’s roofing project.

Tickets, information: 360-853-7439 or concreteheritagemuseum.org.

CHILDREN’S ART FESTIVAL The 30th annual Children’s Art Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. The familyfriendly event will include a variety of local children’s entertainment and more than two dozen booths providing hands-on art and craft activities for kids. Free. Bring a picnic lunch or buy food there. 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa. gov/parks.

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MOVIES

Toby Kebbell, as Koba, leads a battle in a scene from “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”

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No monkey business in ‘Planet of the Apes’

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

‘DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’ HHH

Digital characters have by now long populated our movies like unwanted house guests. Some of these CGI inventions, like Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings,” have been pleasant, even precious company. But most have disrupted our movie worlds — and not just as monsters tearing our cities apart, but as awkward distractions to our cinematic realities. The name Jar Jar Binks will forever be followed by solemn head shaking. Never forget.

But in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the tables have turned, and not just because apes now rule a world where all but 1 in 500 humans have been wiped out by a so-called simian flu

Rating: R, for “intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief strong language.”

Running time: 130 minutes.

virus. No, the biggest uprising in the sequel to 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is by those digitally created, nonhuman characters who have finally and resoundingly come of age.

Hail Caesar.

That’s the ape played by Andy Serkis, the motioncapture maestro of creatures like Gollum and a much bigger ape, Kong. Serkis played Caesar in “Rise of the Planet Apes,” the surprisingly good origin story of the rebooted “Apes” franchise wherein chimps, injected with a serum meant to cure human

brain damage, develop great intelligence.

Caesar was a fine character then, but in “Dawn,” he shifts to center stage.

It’s 10 years after the last film ended and Caesar is now a weary leader and firmly rooted family man with a wife, a teenage son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and a new baby. Who gets credit for Caesar’s deep, troubled eyes, Serkis or the effects by Joe Letteri and Dan Lemmon? Does it matter?

Looking for a dam to restore power for a colony of human survivors, a group

(Jason Clarke, Keri Russell) stumbles upon the monkeys’ Muir Woods home in the Redwoods outside San Francisco. The encounter sets off panic on both sides, as the firebrands in each community — the ape Koba, played

by Toby Kebbell, and his human corollary, Gary Oldman — urge their species toward battle.

To a surprising degree, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” belongs to the monkeys. In the uncommonly sure-handed fusion of computer-generated and live-action images, apes are the more fully realized, expressive characters. Given that the apes communicate in sign language and spurts of English, this may be the biggest summer movie with so many subtitles.

Whereas Pierre Boulle’s

original “Planet of the Apes” was satirical, director Matt Reeves (“Cloverfield”) and screenwriters Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Mark Bomback have given this “Apes” the grandly gloomy “Dark Knight” treatment, complete with an exceptional score by Michael Giacchino.

The movie feeds off a sense that, given the state of the planet, a reordering of the animal kingdom may be due. There’s a pervasive jealousy to the primates in “Apes”: their comfort in nature and simplicity of life. Audiences, in fact, will cheer the animals over the humans. And few will miss the gun control argument shallowly buried throughout the film. What would Charlton Heston have made of that?

But there’s also a question of putting too much gravity on an essentially absurd story. Eventually we have screaming monkeys on horseback firing automatic weapons amid roaring flames. One is tempted to lean forward and whisper, “‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ your camp is showing.”

It’s gotten to be a very familiar ploy in Hollywood to remake previously light, cheesy entertainments with well-crafted, heavy grandiosity. So if there’s a failing of “Apes,” it’s that it feels like yet another manufactured franchise. Talented people like Reeves and Serkis are brought in like HGTV fixeruppers to restore mossy pop-culture properties.

But, alas, they’re very good at it.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Begin Again” -- Reeling from a breakup with her musical partner and longtime boyfriend, a songwriter in New York City has a chance encounter with a disgraced record label exec that blossoms into something more.

With Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld and Adam Levine. Written and directed by John Carney. R, 104 minutes.

HH “Godzilla” — While this reboot has its baffling plot developments and the human characters aren’t exactly Shakespearean in depth, there’s some pretty impressive CGI monster destruction here.

It’s leaps and bounds ahead of the two main “Godzilla” movies that Americans have seen in the past. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “Jersey Boys” — At times this adaptation captures the electric excitement of the hugely entertaining Broadway musical, but for every soaring moment, there are 10 min-

utes of bickering or brooding.

Though he seems indecisive about the right way to tell the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, director Clint Eastwood gives us a nice feel for their era. Music biography, R, 134 minutes. HH “Tammy”: Directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, cowriter and star Melissa McCarthy plays a simpleton on the road with her alcoholic grandmother (Susan Sarandon). The movie attempts to balance cartoonlike slapstick with wellwritten, well-acted scenes that feel completely of this world, a tough balancing act that “Tammy” doesn’t consistently accomplish. Comedy, R, 96 1 minutes. HH ⁄2 “Night Moves” — Self-styled revolutionaries Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard reveal their narcissism as they conspire to blow up a dam in the name of environmentalism. This is a quietly gripping gem from director Kelly Reichardt, who expertly doles out the tension. Thriller, R, 112 minutes.

1 HHH ⁄2 “The Fault in Our Stars” — With lesser source material, an average director and an OK

cast, the adaptation of John Green’s novel about the glory and unfairness of life could have lost me. But everyone involved, from director Josh Boone to transcendent star Shailene Woodley and beyond, has talents way beyond the average. This is a lovely work.

Drama, PG-13, 125 minutes.

HHHH “Think Like a Man Too” — Though filled with energy and a likable cast, the quick-turnaround sequel to the 2012 hit inspired by a Steve Harvey book suffers from a tired, uninspired, derivative screenplay that incorporates nearly every weekendin-Vegas cliche explored in dozens of previous films. Comedy, PG-13, 105 minutes. HH “X-Men: Days of Future Past” — Thanks to first-class special effects, a star-packed cast taking the material seriously and director Bryan Singer’s skilled and sometimes electrifying visuals, this timetravel sci-fi thriller is flat-out, big-time, big summer movie fun. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 130 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2

AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS July 18-24 Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG): Friday: 1:30, 3:40, 6:40, 8:50; Saturday-Sunday: 11:00, 1:30, 3:40, 6:40, 8:50; Monday-Wednesday: 1:30, 3:40, 6:40, 8:50; Thursday: 1:30, 3:40, 6:40 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13): Friday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Saturday-Sunday: 10:40, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; MondayWednesday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10; Thursday: 1:10, 3:50, 9:10 Belle (PG): Friday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:00; Saturday-Sunday: 10:50, 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:00; Monday-Wednesday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:00; Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 9:00 Hercules (NR): Thursday: 7 p.m.

Lucy (R): Thursday: 7 p.m.

360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor 360-675-5667 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

CONCRETE THEATRE July 18-24 A Million Ways to Die in the West (R): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 4 and 6:30 p.m.

Free!

Mile ... Mile and a Half: Thursday: 7 p.m.

360-941-0403 OAK HARBOR CINEMAS July 18-24 Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG): Friday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 8:45; Saturday-Sunday: 10:50, 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 8:45; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 8:45 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13): Friday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; Saturday-Sunday: 10:30, 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; MondayWednesday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10; Thursday: 1:00, 3:40, 9:10 Tammy (R): Friday-Wednesday: 3:50, 9:15; Thursday: 3:50 The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13): Friday: 1:10, 6:40; Saturday-Sunday: 10:40, 1:10, 6:40; Monday-Wednesday: 1:10, 6:40; Thursday: 1:10 Hercules (NR): Thursday: 7 p.m.

Lucy (R): Thursday: 7 p.m.

360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS July 18-24 Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG): 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 8:50 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13): 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Earth to Echo (PG): 4:20, 6:20 Tammy (R): 1:30, 3:40, 7:00, 9:15 Transformers: Age of Extinction (PG-13): 1:00, 8:20 Chef (R): 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:05 360-629-0514

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THEATER

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

1967 9 p.m., All Sports Pub and Eatery, 3171 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor. 360-679-3100.

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“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

SATURDAY.19

Knut Bell: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

THEATER

THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Skip Williams & Robert “Goldtooth” Ray (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

Friday.18

Ruvara Marimba Ensemble: 2:15 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden.

Free. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter. org.

FRIDAYSATURDAY.18-19

Trish and Hans and John Anderson (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Sounds of Summer Music Concert”: Mount Baker Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, $1 ages 16 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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THURSDAY.17, SATURDAY.19 “MACBETH” Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

Sunday.20

Thursday.24

MUSIC

MUSIC

“An Evening With Joan Baez”: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $49-$79. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

Albert Lee: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$30.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“Two Hearts in Harmony”: Ryan and Amie Smit in concert, 3 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10, $5 ages 12 and younger. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

THEATER

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 2 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

THEATER

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

The John Conlee Show: 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-2752448 or theskagit. com.

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

$5 Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Markley & Balmer (country, folk, blues, jazz, funk): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

Mia Vermillion: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Blake Noble, Cody Beebe & the Crooks (indie rock): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free.

Markley & Balmer (country, folk, blues, jazz, funk): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

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

SATURDAY.19 The John Conlee Show: 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32.

877-275-2448 or theskagit. com.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

$5 Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

The Scott Cossu Trio (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Brian Lee and the Orbiters (blues): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $8 cover. 360293-3515.

Snake Oil: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

SUNDAY.20 SmokeWagon: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

The Cave Singers, Baltic Cousins, Sur Une Plage: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

Jon Parry/ Daddy Treetops: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.23 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

No cover. 360855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Russ Revere: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover.

360-766-6330.

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

360-588-1720.

1967: 9 p.m., All Sports Pub and Eatery, 3171 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor.

360-679-3100.

Telefon (jazz): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

Joe Sneva & the Sweet Dominiques: 8 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 21 and over after 10 p.m. bigrockcafe or 360-4247872.

Kevin Hegelson Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6330.

THURSDAY.24 Dervish (traditional Irish music): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $29.

360-445-3000.

Gallowglass (traditional and contemporary Irish music): 6:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Gallus Brothers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Peter Ali (Native American flute): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 17-24 Thursday.17

THEATER

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

1967 9 p.m., All Sports Pub and Eatery, 3171 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor. 360-679-3100.

FRIDAY.18

Saturday.19

“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

SATURDAY.19

Knut Bell: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

THEATER

THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

Skip Williams & Robert “Goldtooth” Ray (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

Friday.18

Ruvara Marimba Ensemble: 2:15 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden.

Free. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter. org.

FRIDAYSATURDAY.18-19

Trish and Hans and John Anderson (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Sounds of Summer Music Concert”: Mount Baker Youth Symphony, 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, $1 ages 16 and younger. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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THURSDAY.17, SATURDAY.19 “MACBETH” Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

Sunday.20

Thursday.24

MUSIC

MUSIC

“An Evening With Joan Baez”: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $49-$79. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

Albert Lee: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$30.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“Two Hearts in Harmony”: Ryan and Amie Smit in concert, 3 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10, $5 ages 12 and younger. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

THEATER

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 2 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

THEATER

“Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them” (comedy): Outcast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $14-$18. brownpapertickets.com or outcast productions.net.

The John Conlee Show: 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-2752448 or theskagit. com.

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

$5 Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Markley & Balmer (country, folk, blues, jazz, funk): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

Mia Vermillion: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Blake Noble, Cody Beebe & the Crooks (indie rock): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free.

Markley & Balmer (country, folk, blues, jazz, funk): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

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

SATURDAY.19 The John Conlee Show: 8 p.m., Pacific Showroom, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32.

877-275-2448 or theskagit. com.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

$5 Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

The Scott Cossu Trio (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Brian Lee and the Orbiters (blues): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $8 cover. 360293-3515.

Snake Oil: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

SUNDAY.20 SmokeWagon: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

The Cave Singers, Baltic Cousins, Sur Une Plage: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12.

360-778-1067.

Jon Parry/ Daddy Treetops: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.23 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360445-4733.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

No cover. 360855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4 to 9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360466-4488.

Russ Revere: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover.

360-766-6330.

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

360-588-1720.

1967: 9 p.m., All Sports Pub and Eatery, 3171 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor.

360-679-3100.

Telefon (jazz): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600.

Joe Sneva & the Sweet Dominiques: 8 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 21 and over after 10 p.m. bigrockcafe or 360-4247872.

Kevin Hegelson Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6330.

THURSDAY.24 Dervish (traditional Irish music): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $29.

360-445-3000.

Gallowglass (traditional and contemporary Irish music): 6:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Gallus Brothers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Peter Ali (Native American flute): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

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E10 - Thursday, July 17, 2014

REVIEWS: MUSIC Maxi Priest

The album captures Clement’s breezy personality and love for wistful songs about lost love and touching story songs. His voice shows some age, but it’s also warm and expressive, especially on songs like “Got Leaving On Her Mind” and “I Know One,” both songs Clement wrote for Charley Pride.

The guests underscore his high standing among artists, and include Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, T Bone Burnett, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Leon Russell and others.

The music is spare yet perfectly played — especially on the tragic “Miller’s Cave” and the sweetly sad “Baby Is Gone.”

Morrissey

that the album is this masterful duet’s “last dance” together. Shortly after the release “Easy To Love” “World Peace is of “Jasmine,” Haden suffered an onset of None of Your post-polio syndrome, which led to a hiatus Business” There’s no time like from touring and recording; he died Friday summertime when it from the prolonged illness. That gives an Rue the day when comes to releasing a added poignancy to the three closing tracks, Morrissey runs out collection of smooth “Where Can I Go Without You,” “Every of gripes. Throughout reggae songs full of time We Say Goodbye” and “Goodbye”— his 37-year career, he’s transformed torfire and soul, and Maxi Priest has just done two of which are alternate versions of takes ment and disdain into a memorable body that with the eagerly awaited “Easy to of work with both the Smiths and as a solo heard on “Jasmine.”

Love.”

Jarrett and Haden each pushed jazz in artist.

Almost a decade since his last studio new directions and shared a deep-rooted The 55-year old crooner has always album, the timing of this drop is perfect approached romance and anything else that love of standards. On “Last Dance,” they and will delight fans across the globe. With gets in his craw with stark reality. This time, tenderly embrace such melodic ballads as the help of talented producers, writers and Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin’s “My Ship” on his 10th album “World Peace is None n Michael McCall, Associated Press fellow musicians, including Sly Dunbar, of Your Business,” he’s decided to exorcise and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “It Might Robbie Shakespeare, Earl “Chinna” Smith, As Well Be Spring.” They also change more of his political demons.

Steven “Lenky” Marsden, Colin “Bulby” Jason Mraz pace by lightly swinging through “‘Round The title track goes after irresponsible York, Clive Hunt and the legendary Beres “YES!” Midnight” at a slightly faster tempo than world leaders and the actual people who Hammond, it’s clear this effort has the qualThelonious Monk’s original version, and vote them into power.

He takes on bullity needed to bust the charts.

On his fifth studio quicken the tempo even more on Bud fighting, human cruelty and bad relationSitting head and shoulders above the rest, album, singer-songPowell’s bebop burner “Dance of the Infiships.

And it’s more than the clever lyrics title track “Easy to Love” is first-class lovwriter Jason Mraz that make this collection work. It’s also the dels.” ers rock with its silky rhythm and Priest’s returns to familiar lyrmusicality. The serious themes are nicely n Charles J Gans, Associated Press buttery vocal we’ve come to know so well. ical territory, explorcontrasted with an ironically up-tempo Sitting in prime position at the top of the ing the highs and lows of love in his bright, flavor. There’s bounciness to these tunes, record, listeners will have no choice but to Sia folk-pop style. This time, though, the sound including some perfectly placed flourishes let this one take over as they get comfortis both richer and more stripped down — an from flamenco guitar.

“1000 Forms of able.

Fear” acoustic ride enriched by the vocals, strings As for the rest of the album, Morrissey Priest keeps the fire burning on the affec- and percussion of his partners on the album, attacks the modern idea of masculinity tionate love songs that follow. “Loving You the all-female quartet Raining Jane. Their Since Sia’s last while showing his most vulnerable qualiis Easy” is a lightweight cut with an irresist- layered harmonies lend an ethereal vibe album, 2010’s topties on “I’m Not a Man” and goes slightly ible melody, and “Without a Woman,” feanotch “We Are Born,” throughout, and an almost gospel quality romantic on “Kiss Me a Lot.” And “Kick turing Hammond, is a romantic keepsake the performer has to the album’s best song, the closing ode to the Bride Down the Aisle” sounds like with overpowering lyrics filled with meanwritten songs for Beyonce, Rihanna and love, “Shine.” something left off the “Kill Bill” soundtrack, ing.

Katy Perry, co-starred on hits with David Mraz co-wrote every song on “YES!” right down to the theme.

Turning the hardest hearts into a fantastic with the indie group from Los Angeles, Guetta and Flo Rida, and achieved her first mess, Priest offers timeless covers of John n John Carucci, Associated Press solo U.S. success with the Top 20 hit “Chanexcept for the worthy resurrection of the Mayer’s “Gravity” and John McLean’s “If I heartbreaking Boyz II Men classic, “It’s So delier.”

Gave My Heart to You,” with latter reviving Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.”

America’s finally caught on to the ultraKeith Jarrett and that rub-a-dub quality from the 1980s. talented Sia, and the Australian singer“YES!” tells a love story, from the iniCharlie Haden songwriter stretches her boundaries even tial intoxication to the inevitable goodbye. n Bianca Roach, Associated Press “Last Dance” further on her sixth release, “1000 Forms of Every moment of an ordinary day is magic Fear.” in “Hello, You Beautiful Thing.”

Jack Clement There’s a sense Sia’s album contains some of the eerie “I know it’s gonna be a good day,” he “For Once of both joy and sadbut addictive material she’s known for. sings over bouncy guitars and marimbas. and For All” ness to “Last Dance,” “Big Girls Cry” builds from a soft verse to “This is what I’ve been waiting for.” which surprisingly is the first album in piaa memorable chorus, and she repeats that After heartbreak, he goes “Back to the Jack Clement was nist Keith Jarrett’s illustrious nearly 50-year song’s refrain on the downtempo ballad, Earth,” an enthusiastic sing-along about a court jester who career to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s traditional “Straight for the Knife,” another highlight. nature’s solace. emphasized the joy jazz chart.

“Eye of the Needle” is just one more exam“I try to stop the world from moving so and camaraderie of “Last Dance” is drawn from the same ple of her musical prowess. fast, try to get a grip on where I’m at,” he making music. A member of the Country informal 2007 sessions at Jarrett’s home Sia is heartbroken on the album, and sings, “and simplify this dizzy life and put Music Hall of Fame, Clement made his studio that reunited the pianist with bassist she has mastered how to tell her story on my feet in the grass.” greatest mark as a producer (Jerry Lee Charlie Haden for the first time in more the 14-track set. But the singer isn’t also Like Mraz’s previous albums, “YES!” Lewis, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings), a than three decades and yielded the Gramdown: The anthemic “Chandelier” is one is cheerfully optimistic, as evidenced by songwriter and a studio owner. my-nominated 2010 CD, “Jasmine.” of the year’s best pop songs, where Sia’s The posthumous “For Once and For All” the single, “Love Someone.” But the real The joy comes from hearing these two scratchy and loud voice shines. The dance standouts are the more introspective is only his third album, recorded after he jazz masters in a relaxed, intimate setting, jam sounds like a tune Sia could have given tracks, like the cello-driven “You Can Rely was diagnosed with liver cancer. He died in complementing, supporting and listening to Rihanna or another contemporary pop on Me” and the downbeat “A World With August 2013 at age 82, leaving behind an intensely to each other without wasting any act — but thankfully she didn’t.

You.” album that perfectly conveys why he was notes. such a special creative catalyst. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press The sadness comes from the realization n Sandy Cohen, Associated Press

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Thursday, July 17, 2014 - E11

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

‘Chef’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 18-19 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 21

After Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to re-ignite his passion for the kitchen — and zest for life and love. Stars Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sofía Vergara and John Leguizamo.

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

Gounod’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’ 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23

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E12 - Thursday, July 17, 2014

GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS OPEN AUDITIONS: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will hold open auditions for its 2014-15 theater season from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 11-12, at 565 Camano Ave., Langley.

The five planned productions include “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim; “A Christmas Story,” based on the stories of Jean Shepherd; “Other Desert Cities” by Jon Robin Baitz; “White Liars and Black Comedy” by Peter Shaffer; and “Emma,” adapted from Jane Austen by Michael Bloom.

Participants should prepare two contrasting monologues. For information or to reserve a fiveminute audition slot, call 360221-8262 or email deanadun can@yahoo.com.

“RUN FOR YOUR WIFE”: Auditions for this British farce set in the 1980s will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Sept. 7-8, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. 360-6792237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse in La Conner. New members welcome.

No need to be a Shelter Bay resident. 360-466-3805.

ON STAGE ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544.

OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

RECREATION SUMMER READING: Friends of the Skagit Libraries Summer Reading program will be offered at all six Skagit County libraries. The theme for 2014 is “Fizz, Boom, Read!” and will features numerous science, art, music and

literacy programs. The Friends of Skagit Libraries is an organization committed to improving the lives of children by offering fun and educational programs.

Check with your area library for details.

Other courses include a kids camp, sailing camp and theater institute. Contact Debbie.

Gibbons@wwu.edu.

SEEKING MODEL TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS: The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club KIDQUEST CAMPS: Burlingseeks new members for its On30 ton Parks and Recreation will narrow gauge group in Bellinghost several summer camps for ham. The club has constructed a kids ages 6-14. Camps meet from modular layout with 14 modules, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through each 5 feet by 30 inches, designed Thursday at the Burlington to be set up in a variety of conParks and Recreation Cenfigurations. ter, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. For The modules still need some information or to register, call work and refinement, and the 755-9649 or email recreation@ club is looking for new members burlingtonwa.us. Next up: interested in completing the Trails, Tails and Pails: Ages work and showing the layout at 7-12, July 28-31. Hike the Shadarea train shows. Contact Karl ows of the Sentinels Trail and go Kleeman at trainswas@gmail. for a trail ride, visit Lang’s Pony com or Mike O’Brien at sales@ Farm and Forest Park Animal xtrains.com.

Farm, and use your water pail to splash your friends at the Willis STORYTIME YOGA FOR KIDS: Tucker, Forest Park Waterparks with Jessica Azeez: Children ages and Birch Bay Waterslides. $140. 3 to 8 can enjoy songs, finger Register by July 23. plays, stories, movement, breathAll Ball: Ages 6-12, Aug. 11-14. ing principles and peacefulness, Play lots of ball games, including while they improve listening bowling, bocce ball, basketball, skills, learn to handle stressful sand volleyball and tennis. Learn situations, challenge motor skills how to juggle, then get in the and develop confidence in a nonkitchen and make popcorn balls. competitive environment.

Enjoy some famous cheese balls Classes meet at the Burlington at Coconut Kenny’s and end the Parks and Recreation Center, week having a ball at Birch Bay 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., BurlingWaterslides. $120. Register by ton.

Aug. 6.

Ages 3 to 5: 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Monday, July 21.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS Ages 5 to 8: 11:30 a.m. to CAMPS: Registration is open for 12:15 p.m. Monday, July 21. summer camps offered through Drop-in rate: $10. Discount for the Skagit County Boys & Girls siblings. Parents attend for free.

Clubs. Programming from 7 a.m. Preregistration requested, but to 6 p.m. and runs through Aug. not required: 360-755-9649 or 15. Price is $100 per week, plus burlingtonwa.gov/recreation. a $25 monthly registration fee.

Families who qualify for free or TRAIL TALES: Friends of reduced lunch may get special Skagit Beaches will lead a series rates. skagitraisesgreatkids.org. of informative walks along the Tommy Thompson Trail in AnaWWU SUMMER YOUTH PRO- cortes. For information, visit GRAMS: Western Washington skagitbeaches.org. Next up: University will offer summer Next up: programs for children in grades “Mixing It Up In Fidalgo Bay: K-12. Programs in Bellingham, The Role of Watersheds in CreAnacortes and Poulsbo will be ating Productive Ecosystems”: offered for students with a vari- 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27. Meet ety of interests, including a Col- at 34th Street and the Tommy lege Quest course titled “EcolThompson Trail. Join Trail Tales ogy of Local Marine Habitats.” docents for an informative walk

that seeks to explain how regional watersheds are an integral part of a large, unique and complex marine ecosystem known as the Salish Sea. This highly productive and biologically diverse system — including Fidalgo Bay — is home to many mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates that are critical to the economies and lives of the Pacific Northwest.

TRAIL WORK: The Skagit, Whatcom, Island Trail Maintaining Organization (SWITMO) seeks volunteers for trail work through October. The next work party will be held Saturday, July 19. 360-424-0407 or jdmelcher@ comcast.net.

Country Club, 16701 Country Club Drive, Burlington. Registration for the 18-hole scramble tournament will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at noon. $125 individual, $500 team of four. Includes lunch and dinner and a variety of prizes.

All proceeds will benefit the Burlington-Edison High School football program. 360-757-2179.

GOLF TOURNEY: The third annual “Fore the Kids” Golf Tournament will start at 1 p.m.

Friday, July 18, at Avalon Golf Links in Burlington. The shotgun tournament will features contests and silent auction items. Registration: $125 individual;, $500 for a foursome, includes greens fees, FRIENDS OF THE FOREST cart, dinner and prizes. Dinner HIKES: Join Friends of the Foronly: $25. est for scenic hikes in the forest All proceeds will benefit lands around Anacortes. Free. uncompensated care for ChilFor information, call 360-293dren’s Hospital. For registration 3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org. or sponsorship forms, call 360Next up: 428-5972 or email info@ccevent All Around Little Cranberry planning.com.

Lake: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 26. Learn about this converINDIAN SUMMER SOFTBALL gence of habitat with bog islands, LEAGUE: Teams are invited to rocky shore and mixed forest, register for Skagit County Parks with a multitude of berries and and Recreation’s Indian Sumdeep, green growth. Explore mer Softball Leagues by Friday, beaver, river otter, raven and July 25. Coed divisions will play alligator lizard terrain on this Mondays and/or Friday nights challenging hike for all ages. beginning Aug. 4; Women’s Over Take Georgia south off of Oakes 30 League will play Wednesday and follow up to the ACFL road; nights beginning Aug. 6; men’s turn right and follow to the park- divisions will play Tuesdays and ing lot. /or Thursday nights beginning Aug. 5. For information or to regWILDLIFE IN ACTION: The ister, call Tony Tewalt at 360-336Nature Conservancy invites 9339 or email tonyt@co.skagit. families to check out the Port wa.us.

Susan Bay nature preserve from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, in Stanwood. Meet at the Stanwood THEATER FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSPark & Ride, 267th St. NW, and ES: Anacortes Community Theride a shuttle van a short disatre offers free acting classes for tance into the preserve. Enjoy adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the activities with your kids that showcase the wonders of nature, third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Hosted learn from local scientists and

by Nello Bottari, classes include observe wildlife in action. No scripted scenes and a variety of dogs. Free. RSVP: WAevent@ acting games, with a different tnc.org. topic each month.

Each class is independent, GOLF BENEFIT: The Burlington-Edison Football Classic Golf so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-840-0089 or Tournament will take place Friday, July 18, at Skagit Golf and acttheatre.com.

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THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW (classic country): July 18-19, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

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JOURNEY, STEVE MILLER BAND: July 19, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

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JOAN BAEZ: July 20, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

NETCAT, THE TIM VOLPICELLA-MICHAEL MARCUS QUARTET: July 24, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle.

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CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: The Manhattan Transfer, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin, Jessy J: July 26, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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OUT & ABOUT ART LINCOLN ART BAR: Paintings by Paul Blum are on display during July in the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“IMAGES OF EMBLA”: Photographs by La Conner photographer R. Wyn Williams are on display at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon.

Taken on the beaches of Fidalgo Island, these photographs are the artist’s attempt to record the work of nature uninfluenced by the human hand — pebbles arranged in symmetry by the sea; driftwood forms, shapes and colors produced by sun, rain, wind and the passage of time. 360-4665522 or rexvillegrocery. com.

GARLAND PAINTINGS Oil and acrylic paintings by Caroline Garland are on display during July during regular business hours in the lobby of the Majestic Inn and Spa, 419 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-299-1400. appointment. 360-708-4787 or gallerycygnus.com.

ucts and his surroundings will be shown in the Osberg and Safeco galleries.

MONOTYPES/SCULP“Susan Skilling: ReadFIBER ARTS: “Fantasia TURES: A selection of ing the World”: The show of Fiber in Fabric & Tapwork by Skagit-based artfeatures new gouache paintestry” continues through ists Tracy Powell and Kris ings from Skilling’s studio.

July 31 at Raven Rocks Ekstrand Molesworth Her meditations of color, Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, composition and content Greenbank. Check out coil continues through July 27 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, feature dense layering of wrapped bowls, baskets, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. subtle color with energetic wall hangings and other Molesworth’s monotypes highlights. unique fabric pieces by focus on the estuarine A reception for Skubinna Karen Noblet; handwoven edges of the Skagit landand Skilling will be held at 1 tapestries, wall hangings scape where farmlands p.m. Saturday, July 12. and purses by Windwalker “Benjamin Cobb: Natural Taibi; and a variety of origi- meet the tidelands. Powell, a sculptor working in both Reflection”: Always fasnal artworks by Mary Jo cinated by science and the Oxrieder and other gallery wood and stone, is best natural world, Cobb’s most artists. Meet the artists dur- known for his work that illuminates the celebration recent focus has been on ing a reception from 1 to of life. Gallery hours are the internal organs of the 5 p.m. Sunday, July 13. For 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday body. By creating abstract, information, including galthrough Sunday. 360-766stylized versions of stomlery hours and directions, 6230 or smithandvallee. achs, kidneys and lungs, call 360-222-0102 or visit com. ravenrocksgallery.com. he challenges the viewers’ thoughts and ideals of NEW EXHIBITIONS AT SCULPTURES & MORE: beauty.

Check out sculptures, paint- MoNA: New exhibits conA reception for Cobb will tinue through Sept. 28 at ings and more by Clayton be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, The Museum of Northwest July 12.

James, Ed Nordin, Mary Art, 121 S. First St., La ConRandlett, Allen Moe and “Regional Perspectives: ner.

Maggie Wilder through Nature to Manufacture “Bradd Skubinna: Ten Aug. 24 at Gallery Cygnus, from the Permanent ColIdeas Worth Having”: 109 Commercial Ave., La lection”: Discover how Skubinna’s installation, Conner. Gallery hours are Northwest artists chronicle drawings and mixed media our environment, whether noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Satinspired by consumer prod- in the city or country. The urday and Sunday or by

exhibit includes works by Guy Anderson, Robert Buchanan, Kenneth Callahan, Lockwood Dennis, Richard Gilkey, Joseph Goldberg, Morris Graves, Paul Havas, Clayton James, Jack McLarty, Buster Simpson, Mark Tobey and Wesley Wehr. MoNA also features Walt Disney artist Bob Patterson‘s large painting of the La Conner waterfront.

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission.

360-466-4446 or mona museum.org.

July 19, and continuing through Aug. 3 at the Edison Eye Gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Friday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-7666276 or edisoneye@wavecable.com.

SKAGIT ARTISTS’ STUDIO TOUR: Skagit Artists Together will host its 11th annual juried Artists Studio Tour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20, at artists’ studios and galleries around Skagit Valley. Visit the studios of some of the area’s finest artists and check out paintings, sculpture, photography, glass, ceramics, fiber and more. Studio maps are available at participating studios or online at skagit art.com.

Burlington. Vehicles will be judged in a number of categories, including street legal, 4-wheeler, show rig and ugliest truck. Activities will include a ramp travel exhibition, truck teeter-totter, raffles, food and more.

Entry fee: $15 per truck.

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SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: The seventh annual Cap Sante Summer Concert Series will take place at 7 p.m. Fridays, at Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free “WHEN YOU’RE A admission. Presented by the STRANGER”: An exhibiSnohomish Artist Guild. tion of artwork by Sarah 425-303-1848 or Denby continues through snohomishartistguild.org.

July 31 at The Shop, 18623 Next up: Main St., Conway. Works July 18: Scott Cossu (piaby other local and regional CAR SHOWS nist and composer). artisans are also on display.

BELLINGHAM CAR July 25: Strangetones Shop hours are 11 a.m. to SHOW: Vietnam Veterans (rockabilly).

4:30 p.m. Thursday through of America Ron Davenport Aug. 1: Cream Tangerine Saturday. 360-391-2691 or Memorial Chapter 165 will (Beatles and more). theshopconway.com. present its fourth annual Car Show from 10 a.m. to MORE FUN OUTDOOR SCULPTURE 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, in BARREL RACING: Check SHOW: The Northwest the Cost Cutter parking lot, Stone Sculptors AssociaOrleans and Sunset streets, out equine athletes and their riders at the bi-weekly tion will celebrate its 27th Bellingham. Vehicles Friday Night Lights Open anniversary with an Outwill receive dash plaques 4D Barrel Races at 5 p.m. door Sculpture Show from for the first 150 entries, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, people’s choice awards for Fridays — July 25, Aug. 8 and 22, and Sept. 12 — at July 19, at the Cascadian Vietnam era, truck and the Sedro-Woolley Riding Center at Camp Brothermore; trophies for several Club, 24538 Polte Road, hood 24880 Brotherhood age categories from 1900 Sedro-Woolley. The event Road, Mount Vernon. The to the present. $15 entry start at 5 p.m. with racing at event is the culmination of fee for vehicles, free for 7:30 p.m. Rider entry: $30 the NWSSA’s week-long spectators. Proceeds will plus $10 office fee; $5 each International Stone Carvbenefit the VVA Chapter additional horse. For inforing Symposium. Check 165 scholarship fund. For out work by more than information, contact Tom at mation, contact Kristen at 360-770-3383 or visit sedro60 artists, artists in action, 360-738-3842 or 175rrvn@ stone and tools used to gmail.com, or Dale at 360- woolleyrodeo.com. create sculptures, and fin739-2969 or thaihouse187@ BURLINGTON WATER ished works available for yahoo.com.

PARK: The City of Burlingpurchase. Try your hand at ton Parks Department has carving in the demo booth.

4X4 SHOW & SHINE: Free. nwssa.org.

Rainier Ridge Rams’ third repaired and reopened the Burlington-Edison Kiwanis annual 4X4 Show and Water Park at Maiben Park, “DANCE”: Check out 100 Shine will be held from 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlworks of art by 100 artists 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, ington. 360-755-9649 or opening with a reception July 26, at Discount Tire, burlingtonwa.gov/parks. from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, 2054 S. Burlington Blvd.,

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OUT & ABOUT BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: Enjoy live music, local vendors and more starting at 3 p.m. Fridays, through Aug. 29, at Railroad Park, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. 360-757-0994 or burlington-chamber.com.

NAS WHIDBEY OPEN HOUSE: Check out static aircraft displays, kids’ activities, food and more from FLY DAY: Local Civil Air 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Naval Air StaPatrol cadets and memtion Whidbey Island, Oak bers of the Majestic Glass Harbor. Enter Ault Field Corvette Club will be on hand for the Heritage Flight via the Charles Porter Gate, TALL SHIPS VISIT ANAlocated just west of the Museum’s monthly Fly CORTES: Tall ships Lady Ault Field and Goldie roads Day from noon to 4 p.m.

Washington and Hawaiintersection. A 5K run along Saturday, July 19, at the ian Chieftain will visit the base’s flight line will be museum’s Skagit Regional Anacortes through July Airport location, 15400 Air- held at 9 a.m., with registra27, docking at Cap Sante port Drive, Burlington. See tion starting at 7:30 a.m.

Marina. The ships will Visitors ages 18 and aircraft in action, including offer walk-on tours and a vintage warbirds, single-ship older must have state- or variety of sailing opportufighters, a formation of T-6s government-issued ID. Due nities, including two-hour Join the party from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at the and more. Food and drinks to security measures, large adventure and evening sails, Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., bags, backpacks, weapons, available for purchase. No where guests can raise a La Conner. Enjoy music by the C.C. Adams Band along coolers and pets are prohibpets. Suggested admission sail, learn a sea shanty and with tastings of beer, wine and spirits as well as food donation: $8 adults, $5 chil- ited. Strollers, diaper bags, take the helm, weather per- from area vendors. Ages 21 and older. $20, includes purses, wheelchairs, cameras dren, free for ages 5 and mitting. Three-hour battle seven tasting tickets. Food and additional tasting and other items will be subyounger. 360-424-5151 or sails feature a re-creation of tickets will be available for purchase. Proceeds will ject to search. 360-257-2286 heritageflight.org. a typical 18th century naval benefit museum programs. 360-466-3365 or skagit or facebook.com/NASW county.net/museum. skirmish with real cannon hidbeyIsland.

S-W BIRTHDAY CELand real gunpowder (but no EBRATION: The Northwest cannon balls).

SUSTAINABLE SAMISH and continue through Sept. top three finishers in three Washington History DetecHere’s the schedule for GARDEN TOUR: Chuckatives will celebrate Sedrocategories — beginner (ages 29 at the Skagit County the two ships: nut Transition, Friday 12 and younger), intermedi- Woolley’s 115th birthday n The ships will be open Historical Museum, 501 S. Creek Habitat Stewards, with a no-host lunch at for public tours from noon Fourth St., La Conner. The ate and advanced. Helmets noon Saturday, July 19, at and Skagit Conservation required.

No entry fee.

Free museum was recently gifted to 5 p.m. Tuesday through District will host the third the Hometown Cafe, 818 for spectators.

360-293-1918 with a rare treasure — an Friday, and 10 a.m. to 1 annual Sustainable Samish Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. or cityofanacortes.org.

1898 Franklin motorcycle. p.m. Saturday and Sunday, A short presentation about Garden Tour from 11 a.m.

Built by Franklin Iron July 15-20; and 10 a.m. to 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, how Sedro and Woolley TRANSPORTATION Works of Mount Vernon, p.m. Saturday and Sunday, in the Samish River watermerged will start at 1 p.m., DAY: Find out how easy it this is believed to be one July 26-27. $3 donation per shed. The seven gardens followed by a walkabout can be to explore Skagit of the first motorcycles person. on the self-guided tour around 2 p.m.

Guests are County without a car durever built. The exhibit also n Evening sails are feature a mix of fresh invited to bring historic ing “Transportation Day at will include other vintage scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. food production, bountiful photos and documents to the Mall” from 10 a.m. to motorcycles and memoFridays and Saturdays, July blooms, healthy living, and display.

RSVP through the 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at 11-12 and 18-19; and Satur- rabilia. The museum is Detectives webpage, meet- environmental and commuCascade Mall, Burlington. open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. day, July 26. $43. nity responsibility. Samish Tuesday through Sunday. $5 Take a free bus ride around up.com/NWHistory, or by n Adventure sails will residents will offer tips on email: skagitriverjournal@ adults, $4 seniors and ages the mall parking lot; learn take place from 11 a.m. to planting and growing, raisgmail.com.

6 to 12, $10 family, free for about Skagit Transit’s bus 1 p.m. Sundays, July 20 and members and ages 5 and routes, Dial-A-Ride ser27. $43. vices, vanpools and more. n Battle sails are sched- younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

Children and adults can uled for 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, learn how to use a fare box, July 20; and Saturday and SKATEFEST: Bring your board a bus, request a stop, Sunday, July 26-27. $63 read a schedule and use adults, $53 students/seniors/ board and show off your best skateboard tricks from the Skagit Transit website active military, $43 ages 12 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 18, at to plan a bus trip in and and younger.

Ben Root Skate Park, 2313 beyond Skagit County. The Register in advance for event also will include free sailing trips at 800-200-5239 R Ave., Anacortes. After a warmup, you’ll get one safety checks for bicycle or historicalseaport.org.

60-second run to impress helmets and car seats prothe judges with the tricks vided by Safe Kids Skagit/ “IT’S A FRANKLIN: you land, use of the park Island; information on bicyMADE IN MOUNT VERand your skating style. Priz- cling, running and library NON”: The exhibit will es will be awarded to the summer reading programs; open Thursday, July 17, and prize drawings for cool stuff. Free. 360-757-4433 or skagittransit.org.

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ing livestock, conservation practices and using solar power. Pick up a map for the free tour between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Alger Community Hall, 17835 Parkview Lane, Alger. 360428-4313 or kristi@skagitcd. org.

LOPEZ PICNIC: The annual Lopez Island potluck picnic will begin at noon Sunday, July 20, at Fairhaven Park in Bellingham.

STARLIGHT CINEMA: Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation will present a series of films on Friday evenings at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. The movie begins at dusk on the jumbo screen. Bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating. Concessions will be available. Free admission.

360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov/parks. Next up: July 25: “The Lego Movie” (PG).

SIDEWALK SALE: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association’s annual Sidewalk Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 25-26, in Downtown Mount Vernon.

The event feature live entertainment, arts and crafts and other vendors, food and more. For information, call 425-321-7433 or visit mount vernondowntown.org.

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–Zeke Quezada, Travel Writer (April 2014)

The MaC King

CoMedy MagiC show

Hot Seat DrawingS 10 am - 5 pm

Saturday, August 9 at 8 pm

Buy Show Tickets Service Charge Free at the Casino Box Office 800-745-3000 • theskagit.com

live MusiC!

5 dollar Fine

On I-5 at Exit 236 • theskagit.com • 877-275-2448

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F riday & S aturday July 18 & 19, 9 pm - 1 am

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Casino opens at 9 am daily. Must be 21 or older with valid ID to enter casino, buffet or attend shows. *Must be a Rewards Club Member – Membership is FREE! Must be present to win. Skagit Player-Bucks are non-transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. Management reserves all rights.

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