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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 24, 2014

Weird Al

On Stage

Movies

The prince of parody songs scores with “Mandatory Fun”

MV’s Cheryl Bentyne of Manhattan Transfer fame to appear at Lincoln

“Sex Tape” should have been more; “Lucy” disappointments in the end

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E2 - Thursday, July 24, 2014

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Heaven Is for story of a father strugReal”: A 4-year-old gling to stay connected Upcoming boy says he has visited with his family. But movie releases heaven. Greg Kinnear it also shows signs of Following is a partial schedstars. having a tight budget ule of coming movies on DVD. Director Randall and an inexperienced Release dates are subject to Wallace shows that the director. This is a change: strength of a movie story that’s long been comes from a focus JULY 29 needed to be told and, Cuban Fury on family. Even when under Diego Luna’s Half of a Yellow Sun “Heaven Is For Real” guidance, the film, genLullaby slips into theological erally, is a solid tribute Noah mode, Wallace quickly to Cesar Chavez.

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Oculus out flaws. The biggest It’s sad that a movie Anna mistake in the script Around the Block about artificial intelCalifornication: Season 7

by Wallace and Chris ligence isn’t smarter.

Community: Season 5 Parker is the decision With a plot that looks I’ll Follow You Down to actually show on like a prequel to the Ironclad: Battle for Blood film what the youngster apocalyptic world of Mythbusters: Collection 11 says he saw in heaven. the NBC series “RevoPing Pong Summer “Dom Hemingway”: Tarzan lution” and a love Top Gear 21 Director Richard story that gives new Shepard has gone meaning to “computer n McClatchy-Tribune News down such a dark, Service dating,” this cautiontwisted and quirky ary tale ends up being path with his “Dom a few bytes short of a Hemingway,” the film download. comes across as the Brit’s answer to “The Suspect”: Gong Yoo plays a “Pulp Fiction.” top Special Forces agent.

Jude Law turns in the most compel“Sabotage”: Members of DEA are ling and disturbing performance of his killed after they rob a drug cartel safe career as the central figure in this tale house. of lust, larceny and lunacy. From the “The Magic School Bus: Takes a moment his character appears on screen Dive”: Look at the ocean exploration of in a venom-filled monologue, there’s “The Magic School Bus” gang. no question Law has crawled inside the “The Garfield Show: Best Friends creepy skin of this character and given it Forever”: Cartoon Network series terrifying life. based on the cat comic strip.

“Tyler Perry’s The Single Mom’s “Detour”: Taking on another man’s Club”: Five women from different identity creates deadly problems. backgrounds bond over maternal issues.

“The Human Race”: Eighty strangers Tyler Perry directs. are forced to participate in a brutal race He trades the over-the-top antics of to the death.

Madea for a sometimes serious — and “Dalziel & Pascie: Season Ten”: often funny — look at what it means Mismatch partners continue to solve to be a single mom as seen through crimes. the perspective of a variety of women.

“Aerial America: Southwest CollecAlthough Perry does offer a couple of tion”: Showcases beauty of a region Madea moments through the character and the equally captivating history. played by Cocoa Brown, the film gener“The Angriest Man In Brooklyn”: ally is an interesting look at a group of Robin Williams plays a man with neverMILKs (Moms I’d Like to Know). ending problems.

“Cesar Chavez”: A look at the efforts “Made in America”: Celebration of to organize farmworkers to get better both the unifying power of music and wages. pursuit of the American dream.

The film is an inspirational tale of the fight for human rights and a tender

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

YOUR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION GUIDE TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN SKAGIT COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

This Weekend / Page 5

The Bite of Skagit takes place Saturday at the Swinomish Casino in Anacortes

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Music Reviews..................................... 6 Hot Tickets.......................................... 7 On Stage.............................................. 8 Tuning Up........................................... 9 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews.....10-11 Get Involved...................................... 12 At the Lincoln.................................... 13 Out & About.................................14-15

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COMMUNITY

Vintage planes to return for North Cascades Vintage Fly-In More than 100 planes expected; activities to peak on Saturday

By DANIEL DeMAY @Daniel_SVH

A veritable flying squadron of history will return to Mears Field in Concrete this weekend as the North Cascades Vintage Fly-In touches down once more.

More than 100 planes, mostly from the 1930s to the 1950s, will begin flying in Friday night for the three-day event that has taken over the air field one weekend a summer for more than 25 years.

Organized by Jack Mears, Larry Mitchell and the North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum, the free fly-in will showcase an addition to the museum’s collection: a rare 1930s racing plane this year, said Barry Smith, museum president.

The 1937 Clipped Wing Monocoupe 110 Special is one of just seven built and is among the two or three that still fly, Smith said. The hot rod racer was built as Monocoupe’s answer to Ryan Aircraft and GeeBee racers that were just too much for the company’s production racer to take down, Smith said.

The museum already owns both a Ryan STA and a GeeBee that raced against the Monocoupe in 1937, so the new (old) plane fits nicely in the col-

lection, he added.

For anyone heading out to see the antique aircraft, parking at the field is free (though organizers ask that cars not park on the air field), as is camping. Vendors including Java Jo’s On the Go, Reverie BBQ and Donut Seed Co. will be on hand to feed and

quench all.

A breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 a.m.

Saturday in the pilots’ lounge and the Skagit Valley Swing Band will perform from 1:30 to 4 p.m. the same day.

Planes taking part in the fly-in can register for free and judges will look them

over throughout the day Saturday.

Mears said he expects a good turnout this year, as the weather should be in cooperation.

“With this weather projection, I don’t think we’ll have to worry,” he said.

As the fly-in peaks on Saturday, Smith said the

field could get pretty busy.

“With (the airplanes’) crews, families and visitors coming to see these classics, we expect a decent crowd,” he said. n Reporter Daniel DeMay: 360-416-2148, ddemay@ skagitpublishing.com, Twitter: @Daniel_SVH, Facebook. com/byDanielDeMay

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E4 - Thursday, July 24, 2014

MOVIES

AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE

Actor Willem Dafoe on Wisconsin, Philip Seymour Hoffman and ‘A Most Wanted Man’

By COLIN COVERT (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

There are actors with range and then there’s Willem Dafoe. The sharpfeatured Dafoe has played roles as diverse as Jesus (in Martin Scorsese’s controversial “The Last Temptation of Christ”) and the bloodsucking ghoul Nosferatu (a deliciously over-the-top turn in “Shadow of the Vampire”).

He repeatedly has bared body and soul in Lars von Trier’s intense sex dramas, writhed with Madonna in the erotic thriller “Body of Evidence” and voiced animated children’s characters in “Finding Nemo” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” “The thing is to find a work situation that really feeds you, really challenges you,” he said by phone last week. In “A Most Wanted Man” Dafoe plays a shady German banker enmeshed in an international terrorist investigation. The film, opening Friday, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a German spy chief, in one of his final screen roles.

“A Most Wanted Man,” is spycraft without motorcycle chases and explosions.

Based on the novel by John Le Carre, it views the West’s intelligence bureaucracy as a futile runaway machine that does evil in defense of good. Dafoe’s character is a Le Carre specialty, a man of decent impulses enriched by laundering crooked money.

By phone Dafoe, who turned 59 Tuesday, said he was drawn to the character’s moral complexity.

“I don’t watch a lot of television, but Le Carre’s work inspired the greatest TV drama I have ever seen,” the BBC production of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Willem Dafoe (left) and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman star in “A Most Wanted Man.” starring Alec Guinness.

He also was impressed by director Anton Corbijn’s drama “Control,” which charted the last days of the suicidal Ian Curtis, singer of the late-1970s English postpunk band Joy Division.

“Wanted Man” was an opportunity to go toe to toe with Hoffman, another powerhouse New York actor.

Through the shoot, there was no sign of turmoil in the late star’s offstage life, Dafoe said. “He was very easy to work with, he was smart, absolutely solid and reliable every day, a pleasure to work with. A good colleague and of course a great actor.”

The Appleton, Wis., native has become something of a stock player in Wes Anderson’s films, playing a pleasant oceanographer in “The Life Aquatic,” a temperamental rat in “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and a Golem-like thug in “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

“I like to work with a

director who has a strong vision, and his is very personal and precise. It’s a very complete vision. He’s passionate about it. It’s a pleasure to be part of helping him make the movie he wants to make. The opposite of work is fun,” he said.

“I was always interested in performing, but where I grew up in Wisconsin, nobody I knew was an artist. It really didn’t enter into my imagination. I guess you could say I was a kind of a realist as a kid.

I never decided to be an actor, because I didn’t train so much formally. I went to university for three semesters. Then when I started performing I didn’t know it was going to be a career.

It was something I enjoyed that seems almost temporary. When I realized it was more than temporary, being a working actor was my only ambition.”

Dafoe, who appears on stage regularly, is currently appearing in a two-man play

with Mikhail Baryshnikov.

“The Old Woman,” an absurdist nightmare comedy staged by avant-garde dramatist Robert Wilson, recently finished a celebrated run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House. Dafoe, who confessed “I like to dance more than everything,” said he relished working alongside the internationally renowned ballet star. For his part, Baryshnikov gets to sing.

“To shorthand it, I’d call it surrealist vaudeville. We’re dressed alike so we look quite similar. We sort of share a role. Sometimes I’m him, sometimes he’s me,” he said. The actors run through their playful paces in whitefaced kabuki-style makeup.

“We’re preparing to take it on the road in South America,” Dafoe said.

“We’re calling it ‘The Misery Tour’ because we’re touring Brazil and Argentina,” still smarting from their World Cup losses. “Just kidding,” he added.

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

Albert Lee

7:30 p.m. today, July 24

British legend Albert Lee is regarded as one of the world’s finest guitar players, with a career spanning more than 50 years.

Widely hailed for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique, Lee helped to redefine country guitar for a whole generation of players. His many career highlights include two Grammy wins, five years in the Eric Clapton band, and stints with the Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman, The Crickets, The Everly Brothers (for 25 years), Joe Cocker, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and many more. $30, $25, $20 and $10 with $2 off for Lincoln members.

‘Locke’

7:30 p.m. Friday, July 25 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28

Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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.

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26

Presented by the Mount Vernon Library as part of its Summer Reading Program, the adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.

Rated PG-13. Free admission. Books will be provided. There will be a barbecue and ice cream social in Pine Square at 6 p.m.

‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’

7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26

Presented by the Mount Vernon Library as part of its Summer Reading Program. Thorin and company have reached Laketown and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves.

Rated PG-13. Free admission.

Cheryl Bentyne

5 p.m. Sunday, July 27

A Grammy Award-winning singer and a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer, Bentyne will be in town briefly while touring with the group. Bentyne is a Mount Vernon native who joined The Manhattan Transfer in 1979, helping them to become one of the biggest vocal groups in the world. $20 general admission.

VIP reception at 3:30 p.m. with reserved seating for the concert available for $50.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area 4X4 SHOW AND SHINE Rainier Ridge Rams’ third annual 4X4 Show and Shine will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Discount Tire, 2054 S. Burlington Blvd., 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 teetertotter, raffles, food and more. Entry fee: $15 per truck. Free admission. RRR4X4.com.

SAMISH ISLAND ARTS FEST Sharon O’Brien is the featured artist for the 18th annual Samish Island Arts Festival, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Samish Island Community Center, 11292 Blue Heron Road, Samish Island. Check out a wide range of original artworks including paintings and prints, glass art, fiber arts, woodwork, jewelry, pottery, cards, photography, garden art and more.

Enjoy live music, food, kids’ activities and free door prizes. samishisland.net.

OPERATION HONOR Riverside Health Club will

Bite of Skagit The sixth annual Bite of Skagit will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Swinomish Casino & Lodge Waterfront Park, 12885 Casino Drive,

Anacortes. Proceeds benefit Community Action of Skagit County’s Food Bank Distribution Center. 360-395-4009 or biteofskagit.org.

hold a community event in honor of veterans from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 26, at the club, 2225 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon.

Free activities include haircuts, face painting, bouncy house, hot dogs, beverages. A special physical challenge for military personnel will award $500 for the best score. 360-424-4200.

POLO TOURNEY The ninth annual Northwest Circuit Governor’s Cup Polo Tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27, at George Dill’s Farm, 16278 La Conner-Whitney Road, La Conner. Games start each day at 8:30 a.m., with the amateur flight followed by a four-goal game at 10 a.m. and high-goal games at noon and 3 p.m. The Northwest Mustang Car Club will showcase more than 100 vintage automobiles. General admission, $8; hospitality cabana, $10; private luxury cabana, $25. Proceeds benefit the La Conner Regional Library Building Fund. 360-466-2492.

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MUSIC Q&A

L

OS ANGELES — Attention pop stars: If “Weird Al” Yankovic shows up at your concert or has tracked down your personal email address, you’re likely his next parody conquest.

Such was the case for artists like Pharrell and Iggy Azalea, who are covered by Yankovic in his latest album, “Mandatory Fun.” For his 14th studio effort, released last week, Yankovic had his heart set on Williams’ No. 1 smash “Happy.” When he didn’t hear back from Pharrell’s camp, he decided to go straight to the source.

“I somehow got Pharrell’s home email address — I won’t say how — and I emailed him and asked if I could do the parody,” recalled the 54-year-old comedian. “He couldn’t have been nicer and he said he was honored to have me do the parody.”

Sometimes a face-to-face plea was necessary. Yankovic flew to Denver and waited backstage at Azalea’s concert to get permission to use her summer hit “Fancy.”

“I talked to her as she was literally walking offstage. I introduced myself, ‘Hi. I’m ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and I would love to do a parody of “Fancy,’” he said. “The next morning I was in the studio recording.”

Yankovic’s efforts paid off: Billboard reported that “Mandatory Fun” will debut at No. 1 — his first — this week with more than 80,000 units sold. That’s almost double the amount his last album, “Alpocalypse,” sold in its debut week in 2011.

In a recent interview, Yankovic discussed the surprise success of his new album — which also features covers of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Lorde’s “Royals” — and the accompanying music video-turned-viral hits.

MUSIC REVIEWS Lee Nains III & The Glory Fires

‘Weird Al’ on his weirdly successful week in music

“Dereconstructed”

Alabama-born, gospel-reared rocker Lee Bains spends a lot of time thinking about Southern identity on the excellently titled “Dereconstructed.” You might not immediately notice the soul-searching nature of songs like “The Weeds Downtown” and “The Kudzu & The Concrete,” however. That’s because Bains, a former member of the much-loved Dexateens, rocks with such bracing abandon, as he brings howling garage-punk intensity to the Southern rock lineage that runs from Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Alabama Shakes.

The sonic assault can be too undifferentiated from track to track, but Bains’ best intentions, in singing songs as a proud Southerner horrified by the bloodstained past of the land he loves, still comes ringing through, very loud if not always crystal clear.

Story by NICOLE EVATT Associated Press Photo by CASEY CURRY Invision via AP

n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

NRBQ

“Brass Tacks”

because, you know, three years ago, when my last album came out, I did a video for every single song on the album, released it all at once, and nobody was saying to Beyonce, ‘Oh you’re doing a little “Weird Al” there are you?’ So, you know, I’m sure I wasn’t the first one to do that, but I did it before Beyonce. I just want to set the record straight.

ances it out.

AP: Will this be your last album?

Yankovic: I hate to draw lines in the sand and say this is absolutely the last album, but it sure looks that way. It’s the end of my record deal. I’ve been under contract since 1982 and I just kind of feel like especially with the kind of music that I do, the album format isn’t the best way to deliver that music. … I’m going to try to jump on new hits and new trends as soon as I can (with singles) and try to be a little bit more competitive with everybody else in the world on YouTube.

AP: Unlike other parodies, you’ve never gone the mean-spirited route.

Yankovic: I’m a fan like everybody AP: Can you believe the album’s initial else. When I do my parodies it’s not success? meant to mock these people. It’s not Yankovic: This has been an amazing meant to belittle them or make them look week. I can’t even tell you. I have been bad. It’s an homage. … I don’t think you AP: Who’s next on your parody wish doing roughly the same thing for many, need to be hurtful to be funny. list? many years, and this is the best week of Yankovic: Even if I knew I couldn’t tell my life in terms of like the response from AP: Not everyone is as good-natured as you. But after I’ve mastered an album people. It’s just insane and it’s extremely you are, especially on social media. How and it’s done and in the can I really shut gratifying. It’s hard for me to wrap my do you deal with negative feedback? my brain off. I don’t think about parodies head around (it).

Yankovic: There’s always going to be for a while.

AP: You released eight music videos in trolls and people being negative and, AP: What about Beyonce? You have eight days. Were you inspired by Beyonce, you know, it’s hurtful. I wish I could say yet to cover her music. who dropped 17 videos with her surprise that it bounces right off of me, but part of it sticks. But thankfully I’ve got so Yankovic: She’s on the list. I’ll get there album last year? many other people on Twitter that are eventually because then they will say, ‘Oh Yankovic: It irks me this much when extremely positive that it more than bal- you did a Beyonce.’ people say, ‘Oh you’re doing a Beyonce’

It was a nervy move by keyboardist and founding member Terry Adams to take the NRBQ name for his own group a few years ago. The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet had built up a loyal following and cherished legacy over more than four decades of smart and freewheeling musicmaking.

This new iteration, however, manages to retain a lot of the old NRBQ flavor.

Naturally it all starts with Adams: He still exudes a shaggy charm as he blends pop classicism and virtuosic musicianship with an offbeat lyrical perspective, while also taking the occasional detour into jazzy meditations (“Places Far Away”) or the Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook (“Getting to Know You”). Guitarist Scott Ligon also has a sure touch for effervescent pop, as he shows right out of the box with the opener, “Waitin’ on My Sweetie Pie,” and new bassist Casey McDonough provides a bracing slab of twang-fueled country with “Fightin’ Back.”

What’s still missing is the boisterous bar-band side of the old ‘Q. (Of course, for many longtime fans, that rock-and-roll aspect was best personified by swashbuckling guitarist Big Al Anderson, who left more than 20 years ago.) But when this version gets down to “Brass Tacks,” there’s still a lot to like. n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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HOT TICKETS NETCAT, THE TIM VOLPICELLAMICHAEL MARCUS QUARTET: July 24, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

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 ticket master.com.

MÖTLEY CRÜE: July 27, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHRIS ISAAK: July 27, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BEYONCÉ, JAY Z: “On The Run Tour”: July 30, Safeco Field, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

GREGG BELISLE-CHI, TRIMTAB: July 31, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

FOREIGNER, STYX: Aug. 1, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or AXS.com.

SANTANA: Aug. 1, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

Thursday, July 24, 2014 - E7 JACK JOHNSON: with Amos Lee and Michael Kiwanuka: Aug. 23, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NICKEL CREEK: Aug. 1, ChaEARTH, WIND & FIRE: Aug. 23, teau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodin800-745-3000 or ticketmaster. ville. 800-745-3000 or ticket com. master.com.

THE VOICE TOUR: Aug. 2, AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! 2014 Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888TOUR: Aug. 23, Marymoor Park, 929-7849 or AXS.com.

Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. AUSTIN MAHONE: Aug. 4, com.

Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888PETER FRAMPTON’S GUITAR 929-7849 or AXS.com.

CIRCUS: Peter Frampton & Buddy SARA BAREILLES: Aug. 5, Guy: Aug. 24, Chateau Ste. Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745929-7849 or AXS.com. ticketmaster.com.

RAY LAMONTAGNE: Aug. 13, 3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Aug. MAC KING (magic): Aug. 9, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888EAGLES: Aug. 25, Tacoma 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 929-7849 or AXS.com.

Dome. 800-745-3000 or live 745-3000 or showboxonline.com. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

AEROSMITH: with special CHVRCHES: Aug. 7, Showbox 107.7 THE END’S SUMMER guest Slash, featuring Myles Ken- nation.com.

SLINT: Aug. 27, The Showbox, SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or CAMP: Aug. 9, Marymoor Park, nedy and the Conspirators: Aug. showboxonline.com.

Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. 16, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showLADY GAGA’S artRAVE: The com.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com. boxonline.com.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: with ARTPOP Ball: Aug. 8, KeyArena, BROKEN BELLS: Aug. 10, DIRTY HEADS & PEPPER: Aug. Brandi Carlile, Shovels & Rope, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784- 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

Ana Tijoux, JD McPherson, Bomnation.com.

4849 or livenation.com.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

ARCADE FIRE: Aug. 8, Gorge GROUPLOVE & PORTUGAL. REBELUTION: with Iration, The bino, Dumpstaphunk, Moon Taxi, David Ryan Harris, Betsy Olson: Amphitheatre, George. 800-745THE MAN: Aug. 10, Marymoor Green, Stick Figure, DJ Mackle: Aug. 29-31, Gorge Amphitheatre, 3000 or livenation.com.

Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or Aug. 19, Marymoor Park, RedGeorge. 800-745-3000 or livenaBRUNO MARS: Aug. 9, Gorge AXS.com. mond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. tion.com.

Amphitheatre, George. 800-745COUNTING CROWS: with specom.

NINE INCH NAILS, SOUNDGAR3000 or livenation.com. cial guest Toad the Wet Sprocket: GIPSY KINGS: Aug. 22, ChaDEN, COLD CAVE: Aug. 30, White ZZ TOP, JEFF BECK: Aug. Aug. 12, Marymoor Park, Redteau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville.

River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800mond. 888-929-7849 or AXS. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.

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Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or 745-3000 or livenation.com.

RAY LAMONTAGNE Aug. 13, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com

Free!

Saturday July 26th 6 - 8 pm

Over 40 regional fine artists

Please Join Us!

the fabulous kingpins Free Concert!

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Darrington - Old School Park 7-10PM Keith Sorenson

Festival Dates

August 1-3

This is a free concert for surrounding communities and everyone who has been in support at this difficult time. THANK YOU! LeT’s DANce! We Deserve THis ONe! sponsored by Darrington renewal Project and A World feast

E8 Thursday, July 24, 2014

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 24-31

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 24-31

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Gallowglass (traditional and contemporary Irish music): 6:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

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.

SUNDAY.27 CHERYL BENTYNE VIP reception at 3:30 p.m., followed by a concert at 5 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $50 VIP reception and reserved concert seating; $20 concert only. Proceeds will benefit the Skagit County Historical Museum and the Lincoln Theatre. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Comedy Nite: Lisa Curtis, Alex McKay, Neill McLaughlin, Timmy Riney, Claire Jones, G. Anthony Johnson, host Randall Ragsdale and DJ Clint Westwood; 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or anacortesh2o.com.

THEATER

Austin Jenckes (Americana, southern rock, alternative country): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members).

360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

FRIDAY.25 Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

Mia Vermillion (blues, jazz): 7 to 9:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

360-707-2683.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to The Scott Pemberton Trio 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar (rock): 8 p.m., Conway & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411. Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

COMEDY

MUSIC

TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Peter Ali (Native American flute): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Friday.25

Saturday.26

THURSDAY.31

Gallus Brothers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

“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.

“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 SCOTT PEMBERTON TRIO 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Dervish (traditional Irish music): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $29. 360-445-3000.

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

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY.25

THURSDAY.24

MUSIC

“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.

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Harmonious Funk (R&B, funk, top 40): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Strangetones (rockabilly): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.

Free. 425-303-1848.

Morty Webb and the Broken Heart Rodeo (country, rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Skip Hamilton and Erin Hyre: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Trees (a Rush tribute), Minor Plains: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

Mia Vermillion: 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

360-707-COVE, northcovecoffee.com.

Chris Eger Band: 8 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

21 and over after 10 p.m. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

CC Adams Band with Mary Ellen Lykins: 7 to 9 p.m., Burlington Visitor Information Center Amphitheater, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. burlington-chamber.com.

SATURDAY.26

THEATER

Shakespeare Northwest Iron Man Marathon Performance: “Much Ado About Nothing” at 1 p.m., “2Be or Not TV” at 4 p.m. and “Macbeth” at 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $30, includes all three shows plus Iron Man T-shirt. shakesnw.org.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-3311939 or islandshakespearefest.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.

Sunday.27

Wednesday.30

MUSIC

MUSIC

Cheryl Bentyne: VIP reception at 3:30 p.m., followed by a concert at 5 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $50 VIP reception and reserved concert seating; $20 concert only. Proceeds will benefit the Skagit County Historical Museum and the Lincoln Theatre.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

THEATER

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-3311939 or islandshakespearefest.org.

Jazz at the Center: Miles Black and Greta Metassa, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

Stardrums & Lady Keys (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15.

360-445-3000.

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

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

360-848-8882.

Harmonious Funk (R&B, funk, top 40): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Ford Giesbrecht (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1037.

Thursday.31

Gertrude’s Hearse: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

1967: Noon to 3:30 p.m., Viking Bar & Grill, 8820 Viking Way, Stanwood.

360-283-5944.

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.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

SUNDAY.27 Kyle Miller: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6330.

Anacortes Brewery 20th Anniversary Celebration: Stilly River Band, Hamilton/Cox, Fidalgo Swing, Little Joe Argo, Savage Jazz Trio with Trish Hatley; noon to 7 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes.

Free.

MONDAY.28 Ben and Mia Starner: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

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

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.

360-855-2263.

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

The Donkeys, Keaton Collective, Slacks: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Wreckless Spenders: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

WED.30 Hamilton/ Cox: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Defenestrator, Swine Grinder, Ashes of Existence, The Ludovico Treatment: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4. 360778-1067.

Bob Sanders (jazz): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

El Colonel Doubleshot with Mary De La Fuente: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6330.

THURSDAY.31 The Ori Naftaly Band (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Too Slim and the Taildraggers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Anissa Caprina & Erik Snyder (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

Lil Joe Argo: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. bigrock cafe or 360424-7872.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 24-31

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 24-31

Thursday.24

Gallowglass (traditional and contemporary Irish music): 6:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

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.

SUNDAY.27 CHERYL BENTYNE VIP reception at 3:30 p.m., followed by a concert at 5 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $50 VIP reception and reserved concert seating; $20 concert only. Proceeds will benefit the Skagit County Historical Museum and the Lincoln Theatre. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

Comedy Nite: Lisa Curtis, Alex McKay, Neill McLaughlin, Timmy Riney, Claire Jones, G. Anthony Johnson, host Randall Ragsdale and DJ Clint Westwood; 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or anacortesh2o.com.

THEATER

Austin Jenckes (Americana, southern rock, alternative country): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members).

360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

FRIDAY.25 Jim Cull: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

Mia Vermillion (blues, jazz): 7 to 9:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

360-707-2683.

The Sardines: 8:30 p.m. to The Scott Pemberton Trio 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar (rock): 8 p.m., Conway & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411. Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

COMEDY

MUSIC

TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Peter Ali (Native American flute): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Friday.25

Saturday.26

THURSDAY.31

Gallus Brothers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

“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.

“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 SCOTT PEMBERTON TRIO 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Dervish (traditional Irish music): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $29. 360-445-3000.

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

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

FRIDAY.25

THURSDAY.24

MUSIC

“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.

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Harmonious Funk (R&B, funk, top 40): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Strangetones (rockabilly): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.

Free. 425-303-1848.

Morty Webb and the Broken Heart Rodeo (country, rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Skip Hamilton and Erin Hyre: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Trees (a Rush tribute), Minor Plains: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

Mia Vermillion: 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

360-707-COVE, northcovecoffee.com.

Chris Eger Band: 8 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

21 and over after 10 p.m. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

CC Adams Band with Mary Ellen Lykins: 7 to 9 p.m., Burlington Visitor Information Center Amphitheater, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. burlington-chamber.com.

SATURDAY.26

THEATER

Shakespeare Northwest Iron Man Marathon Performance: “Much Ado About Nothing” at 1 p.m., “2Be or Not TV” at 4 p.m. and “Macbeth” at 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $30, includes all three shows plus Iron Man T-shirt. shakesnw.org.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-3311939 or islandshakespearefest.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.

Sunday.27

Wednesday.30

MUSIC

MUSIC

Cheryl Bentyne: VIP reception at 3:30 p.m., followed by a concert at 5 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $50 VIP reception and reserved concert seating; $20 concert only. Proceeds will benefit the Skagit County Historical Museum and the Lincoln Theatre.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

THEATER

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-3311939 or islandshakespearefest.org.

Jazz at the Center: Miles Black and Greta Metassa, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, free for students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

Stardrums & Lady Keys (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $15.

360-445-3000.

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

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

360-848-8882.

Harmonious Funk (R&B, funk, top 40): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Ford Giesbrecht (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1037.

Thursday.31

Gertrude’s Hearse: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

1967: Noon to 3:30 p.m., Viking Bar & Grill, 8820 Viking Way, Stanwood.

360-283-5944.

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.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

SUNDAY.27 Kyle Miller: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6330.

Anacortes Brewery 20th Anniversary Celebration: Stilly River Band, Hamilton/Cox, Fidalgo Swing, Little Joe Argo, Savage Jazz Trio with Trish Hatley; noon to 7 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes.

Free.

MONDAY.28 Ben and Mia Starner: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

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

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.

360-855-2263.

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

The Donkeys, Keaton Collective, Slacks: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Wreckless Spenders: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

WED.30 Hamilton/ Cox: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Defenestrator, Swine Grinder, Ashes of Existence, The Ludovico Treatment: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $4. 360778-1067.

Bob Sanders (jazz): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

El Colonel Doubleshot with Mary De La Fuente: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6330.

THURSDAY.31 The Ori Naftaly Band (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12.

360-445-3000.

Too Slim and the Taildraggers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Anissa Caprina & Erik Snyder (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

Lil Joe Argo: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. All ages. bigrock cafe or 360424-7872.

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E10 - Thursday, July 24, 2014

MOVIES

Energetic ‘Sex Tape’ should be so much more

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

The good news about “Sex Tape” is that it’s pretty much what you expect. The bad news is, it’s simply not done very well.

Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) have been married 10 years and still very much in love. But they now have two kids (adorable and petulant in the same breath), and fatigue and malaise have put an ice bath on their sex life.

‘SEX TAPE’

HH Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe Running time: 1:35 MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use

This is troublesome, because in their early years together, we are shown (oh yes, shown) that Jay and Annie’s sex life was imaginative, busy and sometimes skirted the line between adventuresome and illegal.

Impulsive decisions can result in unfortunate results, and when the two make a video recording of an amorous evening (fueled in part by tequila), things go very, very wrong.

The video gets out, partially because Jay forgets to delete the file and partially because he has synced the data on all his iPads, many of which he has given to friends and family.

Therein lies the horror, as Jay and Annie frantically attempt to retrieve said iPads (in a little bit of fairly garish product placement, Apple’s logo actually glows in some scenes). On their list: their son, Annie’s mother, and their best friends Robby (Rob Corddry) and Tess (Kellie Kemper).

Two biggest obstacles: one iPad has gone inadvertently to Hank (Rob Lowe), who runs a family-values-driven website that is

Scarlett Johansson stars in “Lucy.”

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Rob Lowe and Cameron Diaz star in “Sex Tape.” strongly considering buying Annie’s online blog.

Jay and Annie visit him at his swank McMansion. While Jay feigns severe gastric distress and gets his face and shoulder punctured while sparring with a German shepherd, Annie gets a clear picture of Hank’s preferred way to spend an evening while his family is away: sharing cocaine with his new friend.

(Early Oscar nomination consideration: Best Use of Slayer as background music in a mainstream-ish comedy).

Second-biggest obstacle: Robby and Tess’s son Howard (Harrison Holzer) has seen the video, copied it and is attempting a $25,000 shakedown.

Diaz, Segel, Corddry and Kemper are all appealing, and director Jake Kasdan should be well within his comfort zone here, having directed Diaz and Segel in “Bad Teacher,” which shares some characteristics of “Sex Tape.”

But when placing all your bets on an idea this thin, the writing had best be flawless, and the script of “Sex Tape” is not. It alternates between manic slapstick and unblinking adult love scenes, to nearmaudlin, do-we-really-care-what-anyoneelse-thinks-of-us dialogue that brings the energy level to a dead stop.

As often happens with movies of this ilk, the supporting cast gets many of the better moments.

Lowe is a riot as the upstanding businessman with some secrets he probably wouldn’t care to share. And Jack Black, who runs a online adult site (and the impressive banks of computer servers that house its content), shows up and provides his unique take on Jay and Annie’s scenario: sure, he’s a distributor of a prurient product (and the colorful descriptions of what that exactly is), but he also possesses some insight regarding what Jay and Annie are going through.

“Sex Tape” should have been much more than it turned out to be.

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Intriguing ‘Lucy’ runs out of gas

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

“Lucy” has a great deal going for it: Scarlett Johansson’s angelic face, the wisdominfused baritone of Morgan Freeman, and an intriguing idea by writer/director Luc Beeson.

All those strong points make it much more baffling, then, when “Lucy” — after an admirable first hour that contains a good bit of tension, moments of clever humor and a couple of skin-crawling views of grievous bodily injury — wildly degenerates in the final act.

Johansson plays Lucy, a young American who balks when Richard (Pilou Asbæk), her less-than-upstanding boyfriend, chains her to a briefcase entrusted to him to deliver to some Asian bad guys in a swank hotel.

When the head villain Mr. Jang (Min-sik Choi) and his surly crew reach the lobby, they gun down Richard and drag Lucy upstairs, where she sees ample bloody evidence that this is group with which no one should trifle.

Turns out she has many, many reasons to be anxious. Surgery is performed on Lucy, and placed in her abdomen is a plasticwrapped package that she is later told contains CPH4, what the bad guys hope will be the next big thing in drugs for foolish young adults.

But when Lucy is savagely beaten by her next captors, the package ruptures, and a massive dose of the drugs enters her bloodstream. It results in cell-regeneration and other side effects, the most important of which is that Lucy develops the ability to use up to 100 percent of her brain’s “cerebral capacity” — she “feels everything,” as she tells her mother in a tearful phone call.

Most human beings never approach that

‘LUCY’

HH Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman Running time: 89 minutes MPAA rating: R for strong violence, disturbing images and sexuality

level of brain power, according to Dr. Samuel Norman (Freeman). He’s been working for decades on the hypothesis that a man or woman who utilizes his or her brain to that degree would possess amazing intelligence and clairvoyancy, would be able to control electrical currents, change matter and more.

Lucy tracks Norman down in Paris (their initial conversation is funny and surreal).

He realizes she’s a special example, a landmark he’s been looking for.

Meanwhile, Lucy realizes that her body will deteriorate without significant amounts of CPH4. In her pursuit of the remaining packages of the drug, she uses her newfound strengths to dispatch dozens of Jang’s men and French police led by Pierre Del Rio (Amr Waked).

This is all done with flair and originality, something Beeson (“The Professional,” “The Fifth Element,” “La Femme Nikita”) has effectively done before.

But the dialogue becomes tiresome and semi-esoteric (“We’re never really dead”) and the final showdown is comparatively laughable: Lucy’s transformation into an all-knowing organism, while Norman and his befuddled colleagues watch, is meant to be unsettling but is just silly (and the amateurish CGI effects in the final 10 minutes don’t help).

Three stars for the setup, a half-star for the resolution. These tough, interesting, resourceful characters deserve better.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014 - E11

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

musical, but for every soaring moment, there are 10 minutes of bickering or brooding.

Compiled from Though he seems indecisive news services. about the right way to tell the Ratings are one story of Frankie Valli and the to four stars.

Four Seasons, director Clint “Begin Again” -- Reeling Eastwood gives us a nice feel from a breakup with her musi- for their era. Music biography, cal partner and longtime R, 134 minutes. HH boyfriend, a songwriter in “Tammy”: Directed by New York City has a chance her husband, Ben Falcone, encounter with a disgraced co-writer and star Melissa record label exec that blosMcCarthy plays a simpleton soms into something more. on the road with her alcoholic With Keira Knightley, Mark grandmother (Susan SaranRuffalo, Hailee Steinfeld and don). The movie attempts to Adam Levine. Written and balance cartoonlike slapstick directed by John Carney. R, with well-written, well-acted 104 minutes. HH scenes that feel completely “Godzilla” — While this of this world, a tough balancreboot has its baffling plot developments and the human ing act that “Tammy” doesn’t consistently accomplish. characters aren’t exactly 1 Comedy, R, 96 minutes. HH ⁄2 Shakespearean in depth,

“Night Moves” — Selfthere’s some pretty impressive CGI monster destruction styled revolutionaries Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning here. It’s leaps and bounds and Peter Sarsgaard reveal ahead of the two main “Godzilla” movies that Ameri- their narcissism as they conspire to blow up a dam in the cans have seen in the past.

Sci-fi action, PG-13, 123 min- name of environmentalism.

This is a quietly gripping gem utes. HHH from director Kelly Reichardt, “Jersey Boys” — At times who expertly doles out the this adaptation captures the tension. Thriller, R, 112 minelectric excitement of the 1 hugely entertaining Broadway utes. 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 weekend-in-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

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Forté Chocolates location or mail to 1400 Riverside “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE”: Drive, Suite D, Mount Ver- Auditions for this British non, WA 98273. For inforfarce set in the 1980s will mation, visit facebook.com/ be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday ForteChocolates. and Monday, Sept. 7-8, at the Whidbey Playhouse CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Star Studio, 730 SE MidMount Vernon Downtown way Blvd., Oak Harbor.

Association is developing 360-679-2237 or whidbeya roster of artists from all playhouse.com. media interested in showing their art in downtown DANCE Mount Vernon galleries FOLK DANCING: Skagitand businesses during a Anacortes Folkdancers variety of 2014 Art Walks. meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Art will be displayed Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 during open hours at parC St., Mount Vernon. Learn ticipating businesses, with to folkdance to a variety a gala opening advertised of international music. A in print and social media. short review begins at 7 Information: dep.mvda@ p.m. followed by request gmail.com. dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafAUDITIONS ter. No partners needed.

CALL FOR SINGERS: For information, contact Cantabile of Skagit Valley Gary or Ginny at 360-766will hold auditions Mon6866. days, Aug. 4 and 18. For information or to schedule SCOTTISH DANCING: an audition, contact Execu- Bellingham Scottish Countive Director Lynne try Dancers meet from 7 Rheinhardt at 360-466-1783 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at or visit cantabileofskagit the Fairhaven Library audivalley.org. torium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear comOPEN AUDITIONS: fortable clothes and softWhidbey Island Center soled shoes without heels. for the Arts will hold open $8 per class. For informaauditions for its 2014-15 tion, call Mary Anderson at theater season from 6 to 9 360-933-1779 or visit bell p.m. Monday and Tuesday, inghamscd.org.

Aug. 11-12, at 565 Camano Ave., Langley.

THURSDAY DANCE: The five planned proEnjoy dancing to the Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ductions include “Into the

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Doris at 360-588-8239.

Children ages 3 to 8 can enjoy songs, finger plays, stories, movement, breathing principles and peacefulness, while they improve listening skills, learn to handle stressful situations, ON STAGE challenge motor skills and ANACORTES OPEN MIC: develop confidence in a 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown noncompetitive environLantern Ale House, 412 ment.

Commercial Ave., AnaClasses meet at the cortes. 360-293-2544.

Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. OPEN MIC: Jam Night, Fairhaven Ave., Burlington.

9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ThursAges 3 to 5: 10:30 to days, Conway Pub & Eat11:15 a.m. Mondays, Aug. ery, 18611 Main St., Con11-25. way. 360-445-4733.

Ages 5 to 8: 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondays, RECREATION Aug. 11-25. $28.50 per three-week WWU SUMMER YOUTH session or $10 drop-in PROGRAMS: Western Washington University will rate. Discount for siblings. offer summer programs for Parents attend for free.

Preregistration requested, children in grades K-12. but not required: 360-755Programs in Bellingham, 9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/ Anacortes and Poulsbo will be offered for students recreation. with a variety of interests, TRAIL TALES: Friends of including a College Quest Skagit Beaches will lead a course titled “Ecology of series of informative walks Local Marine Habitats.” along the Tommy ThompOther courses include a kids camp, sailing camp and son Trail in Anacortes. For information, visit skagittheater institute. Contact Debbie.Gibbons@wwu.edu. beaches.org. Next up: Next up: “Mixing It Up In Fidalgo SUMMER DAY CAMP: Bay: The Role of WaterKids entering grades sheds in Creating ProducK-6 can enjoy a variety tive Ecosystems”: 2 p.m. of activities centered on Sunday, July 27. Meet at each week’s theme from 34th Street and the Tommy 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at Thompson Trail. Join Trail Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th Tales docents for an informative walk that seeks St., Mount Vernon. Two days: $75. Four days: $115. to explain how regional watersheds are an integral Preregistration required: 360-336-6215 or mountver- part of a large, unique and complex marine ecosystem nonwa.gov/parks. known as the Salish Sea. July 28-31: Enjoy This highly productive and animal-themed crafts and biologically diverse system games, line dancing and a — including Fidalgo Bay — visit to Sky Harvest Prois home to many mammals, duce at Youngquist Farms birds, fish and invertebrates to take a tour, help with a that are critical to the chore or two, pick berries economies and lives of the and stop for ice cream on Pacific Northwest. the way back.

STORYTIME YOGA FOR KIDS: with Jessica Azeez:

TRAIL WORK: The Skagit, Whatcom, Island

INDIAN SUMMER SOFTBALL LEAGUE: Teams are invited to register for Skagit County Parks and Recreation’s Indian Summer Softball Leagues

by Friday, July 25. Coed divisions will play MonFRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join Friends of days and/or Friday nights the Forest for scenic hikes beginning Aug. 4; Women’s Over 30 League will play in the forest lands around Anacortes. Free. For infor- Wednesday nights beginning Aug. 6; men’s divisions mation, call 360-293-3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org. will play Tuesdays and /or Thursday nights beginning Next up: Aug. 5. For information or All Around Little Cranberry Lake: 10 a.m. to noon to register, call Tony Tewalt at 360-336-9339 or email Saturday, July 26. Learn tonyt@co.skagit.wa.us. about this convergence of habitat with bog islands, MUD-N-STUFF FUN RUN: rocky shore and mixed Registration will begin at forest, with a multitude of 9 a.m., followed by the run berries and deep, green at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, growth. Explore beaver, at Silo Park in Concrete. river otter, raven and alligator lizard terrain on this Costumes are encouraged, but come prepared to get challenging hike for all wet and muddy. Registraages. Take Georgia south tion: $30 until Aug. 1, then off of Oakes and follow up to the ACFL road; turn $35. For ages 10 and older; runners younger than 18 right and follow to the must be accompanied by parking lot. a parent. 360-853-7867 or BARREL RACING: Friday cascadedays.com.

Night Lights Open 4D BarHORSESHOE PRACrel Races take place at 5 TICE: The Skagit Valley p.m. Fridays, July 25, Aug. Horseshoe Club meets for 8 and 22, and Sept. 12, at the Sedro-Woolley Riding practice at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, at Skagit River Park, 1796 Club, 24538 Polte Road, Sedro-Woolley. The events Whitmarsh Road, Burlingstart at 5 p.m. with racing at ton. Everyone welcome.

360-826-5520 or svhorse 7:30 p.m. Rider entry: $30 plus $10 office fee; $5 each shoeclub.yolasite.com. additional horse. Award series and added money.

THEATER For information, contact FREE ADULT ACTING Kristen at 360-770-3383 or CLASSES: Anacortes Comvisit sedrowoolleyrodeo. munity Theatre offers free com. acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the INSECT IDENTIFICAthird Saturday each month TION: Bring the family at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. to learn about bugs at 11 Hosted by Nello Bottari, a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at classes include scripted Burlington Parks and scenes and a variety of actRecreation Center, 900 E. ing games, with a different Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. topic each month.

The interactive class will Each class is indepenteach basic insect classifica- dent, so you don’t have to tion and appreciation. Free. commit to every session.

360-755-9649 or burling360-840-0089 or acttheatre. tonwa.gov/recreation. com.

Trail Maintaining Organization (SWITMO) seeks volunteers for trail work through October. 360-4240407 or jdmelcher@ comcast.net.

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Local travel 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.

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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.

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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.

Meet Blum at a reception during the Mount Vernon Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 31.

PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY: Oil and acrylic paintings by Caroline Garland are on display in July during regular business hours in the Majestic Inn and Spa lobby, 419 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

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of stomachs, kidneys and lungs, he challenges the viewers’ thoughts and ideals of beauty.

“Regional Perspectives: Nature to Manufacture from the Permanent Collection”: Discover how Northwest artists chronicle our environment, whether in the city or country. The 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.

In a part wild, part artificial landscape, these prints explore the contradictions and complex pressures of both the wild and the manmade through the eyes of women who live and work here. Artists include Jane Alynn, Jean Behnke, Eve Deisher, Heidi Epstein, Kathleen Faulkner, Jules Remedios Faye, Jessica Gigot, Kathryn Glowen, Nicolette Harrington, Theodora Jonsson, Ellen Jane Michael, Kris Ekstrand Molesworth, Natalie Niblack, Ann Chadwick Reid, Sue Roberts, Stella Spring, Twila Tate and Kristin Loffer Theiss. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Friday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-7553140 or anchorartspace.org.

n The Allen Family Focus Gallery showcases the work of five regional artists: Peregrine O’Gormley, sculpture; Kris Ekstrand Molesworth, painting and printmaking; Patricia Resseguie, fiber; Aaron Haba, mixed media, installation; and Brian O’Neill, ceramics. n The Youth Art Exhibition, organized and presented by Anacortes Community and Youth Arts, rounds out the show.

360-293-6211 or anacortes artsfestival.com.

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COMMUNITY SOLAR POWER: Kevin Maas of “IMAGES OF EMBLA”: Glacier Energy will presPhotographs by La Conent “Scaling Up Comner photographer R. Wyn munity Solar” at Transi“WHEN YOU’RE A Williams are on display at tion Fidalgo & Friends’ STRANGER”: An exhibithe Rexville Grocery, 19271 monthly community suption of artwork by Sarah Best Road, Mount Vernon. per at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Denby continues through SCULPTURES & MORE: 6230 or smithandvallee.

Taken on the beaches of July 29, at the Anacortes July 31 at The Shop, 18623 Check out sculptures, com.

Fidalgo Island, these phoSenior Center, 1701 22nd Main St., Conway. Works paintings and more by tographs are the artist’s St., Anacortes. Maas will by other local and regional NEW EXHIBITIONS AT attempt to record the work Clayton James, Ed Nordin, artisans are also on display. show how Skagit County LANDSCAPE PHOTOS: Mary Randlett, Allen Moe MoNA: New exhibits conof nature uninfluenced by could multiply the number Shop hours are 11 a.m. to “Landescapism,” a collecthe human hand — pebbles and Maggie Wilder through tinue through Sept. 28 at of community-owned solar 4:30 p.m.

Thursday through tion of photos by Stephen Aug. 24 at Gallery Cygnus, The Museum of Northwest arranged in symmetry by projects by three or four Saturday. 360-391-2691 or Roxborough, continues 109 Commercial Ave., La Art, 121 S. First St., La the sea; driftwood forms, this year. theshopconway.com. through July 31 at Anne Conner. shapes and colors produced Conner. Gallery hours No reservations necesMartin McCool Gallery, are noon to 5 p.m. Friday, “Bradd Skubinna: Ten by sun, rain, wind and the sary. Suggested supper “DANCE”: Check out 711 Commercial Ave., AnaSaturday and Sunday or by Ideas Worth Having”: passage of time. 360-466cortes. Through his photos, 100 works of art by 100 art- donation: $5 adult, $3 ages appointment. 360-708-4787 Skubinna’s installation, 5522 or rexvillegrocery.

10 and younger. Bring your ists through Aug. 3 at the or gallerycygnus.com. drawings and mixed media Roxborough strives to com. own place settings. transiinspired by consumer prod- reveal the mystery beyond Edison Eye Gallery, 5800 tionfidalgo.org.

Cains Court, Edison. Galthe surface as he attempts MONOTYPES/SCULPFIBER ARTS: “Fantasia ucts and his surroundings of Fiber in Fabric & TapTURES: A selection of will be shown in the Osberg to nudge the viewer toward lery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday AMERICAN ROOTS a new way of seeing. Galestry” continues through work by Skagit-based artand Safeco galleries. or by appointment. 360MUSIC: The Washington lery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 July 31 at Raven Rocks ists Tracy Powell and Kris “Susan Skilling: Read766-6276 or edisoneye@ State Parks and Recreation p.m. Tuesday through SatGallery, 765 Wonn Road, Ekstrand Molesworth ing the World”: The show wavecable.com.

Commission will present urday and noon to 4 p.m.

Greenbank. Check out coil continues through July 27 features new gouache the eighth annual AmeriSunday. 360-293-3577 or wrapped bowls, baskets, at Smith & Vallee Gallery, paintings from Skilling’s ARTS AT THE PORT: The can Roots Music Series, wall hangings and other 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. studio. Her meditations of mccoolart.com.

“Air, Earth, Water”-themed with free outdoor concerts unique fabric pieces by Molesworth’s monotypes color, composition and conexhibition will open with a featuring folk and tradi“SKAGIT WOMEN Karen Noblet; handwoven focus on the estuarine tent feature dense layering free event at 6 p.m. Saturtional music from around PRINT”: The exhibition tapestries, wall hangings edges of the Skagit landof subtle color with enerthe Pacific Northwest at and purses by Windwalker scape where farmlands continues through Aug. 10 day, July 26, and continue getic highlights.

July 28-Aug. 3 at the Port Taibi; and a variety of origi- meet the tidelands. Powell, 7 p.m. each Saturday at at Anchor Art Space, 216 “Benjamin Cobb: NatuTransit Shed Event Cennal artworks by Mary Jo Deception Pass State Park, Commercial Ave., Anaa sculptor working in both ral Reflection”: Always Oxrieder and other gallery wood and stone, is best 41020 Highway 20, Oak cortes. The show features a ter, Anacortes. The show fascinated by science and artists. For information, suite of original prints con- includes three exhibitions: Harbor. All performances known for his work that the natural world, Cobb’s including gallery hours and illuminates the celebration most recent focus has been ceived and organized by n The juried fine art com- will be held in the Westdirections, call 360-222petition features two- and Jules Remedios Faye and Beach amphitheater on the of life. Gallery hours are on the internal organs 0102 or visit ravenrocks Natalie Niblack and involv- three-dimensional work Whidbey Island side of the 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday of the body. By creating gallery.com. ing 18 Skagit Valley artists. from 36 regional artists. park. through Sunday. 360-766abstract, stylized versions

The Strange Tones will bring their rockabilly sound to the seventh annual Cap Sante Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Friday at Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free admission. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

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OUT & ABOUT 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.

For information, visit parks. wa.gov/calendar.aspx.

Next up: July 26: Quichua Mashis: Traditional Andean music from the Quichua region of South America — Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

during the North Cascades Vintage Fly-In Friday through Sunday, July 25-27, at Mears Field, 7879 S. Superior Ave., Concrete.

Early arrivals will come in on Friday, with the main day of the event on Saturday, when judging will take place. Food vendors will be on-site Saturday starting with breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at the high school across the street. 360-7700182.

MORE FUN BURLINGTON WATER PARK: The City of Burlington Parks Department has repaired and reopened the Burlington-Edison Kiwanis Water Park at Maiben Park, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/parks.

FREE FILMS

As part of its Summer Reading Program, the Mount Vernon Library will present the first two Hobbit movies on Saturday, July 26, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” will show at 3 p.m., and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” will show at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to everyone.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: Enjoy live music, local vendors and ages 12 and younger. more starting at 3 p.m.

Register in advance for Fridays, through Aug. 29, sailing trips at 800-200-5239 at Railroad Park, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. or historicalseaport.org.

360-757-0994 or burlington“IT’S A FRANKLIN: chamber.com.

MADE IN MOUNT VERTALL SHIPS VISIT ANA- NON”: The exhibit continues through Sept. 29 at the CORTES: Tall ships Lady Skagit County Historical Washington and HawaiMuseum, 501 S. Fourth St., ian Chieftain will visit Anacortes through July La Conner. The museum 27, docking at Cap Sante was recently gifted with a Marina. rare treasure — an 1898 Here’s the remaining Franklin motorcycle. Built schedule:

by Franklin Iron Works n The ships will be open of Mount Vernon, this for public tours from noon is believed to be one of to 5 p.m. today and Friday, the first motorcycles ever and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur- built. The exhibit also day and Sunday, July 24-27. will include other vintage $3 donation per person. motorcycles and memoran An evening sail is bilia. The museum is open scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. TuesSaturday, July 26. $43. day through Sunday. $5 n An adventure sail will adults, $4 seniors and ages take place from 11 a.m. to 1 6 to 12, $10 family, free for p.m. Sunday, July 27. $43. members and ages 5 and n Battle sails are sched- younger. 360-466-3365 or uled for 2 to 5 p.m. Saturskagitcounty.net/museum. day and Sunday, July 26-27. $63 adults, $53 students/ STARLIGHT CINEMA: seniors/active military, $43 Mount Vernon Parks &

SOCK HOP: Relive the 1950s from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island.

Enjoy music by Kentucky QUILTS ON THE BEACH: Rain and Elvis impersonSome 50 quilts created by ators Scott Coon, Bret the Cama Beach Quilters Wiggins and Helen Anne will be on display from 10 Gately. Festive ’50s attire a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July encouraged. All ages wel26, at Cama Beach State come. $20, includes a 1950s Park, 1880 SW Camano diner-style meal. 360-387Drive, Camano Island. In 0222 or camanocenter.org. addition to quilts hanging on the Cama Beach cabNEW MOON CELEBRAins, the show will include TION: The event will take a variety of quilted items place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, offered for sale to support July 26, at the Anacortes the group’s quiltmaking Center for Happiness,

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 will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts and other vendors, food and more.

425-321-7433 or mount vernondowntown.org.

VINTAGE FLY-IN: Check out all kinds of vintage, classic and antique aircraft

efforts. The event includes demonstrations of flower pounding and scrap quilting, bed-turning presentations, a quilting supply sale, food, quilt raffle and more.

Free admission. Discover Pass required for parking.

360-387-1550.

619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Join Rev. Elke Macartney to celebrate the new moon together and put forth your intentions for the coming month. Bring your own hand drums and rattles or borrow hers. $5-$10 suggested donation.

360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

POKER RUN: SedroWoolley Community Troop Support’s fifth annual Yellow Ribbon Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday, July 26, at 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

Breakfast at 7 a.m., first rider out at 8 a.m. Online registration: rider and motorcycle, $20; rider with passenger, $35. Party at Sedro-Woolley Riverfront Park with live music and prizes. All proceeds benefit care packages for troops stationed overseas. swcom munitytroopsupport.com.

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