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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 25, 2013

Pioneer Picnic

Reviews

At the Movies

Anacortes muralist, Summers family to be honored on Aug. 1

Music: Sara Bareilles, Guy Clark Video Games: “The Walking Dead ...”

Cate Blanchett reason enough to check out “Blue Jasmine”

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Trance”: When a painting ends up missing after a failed robbery attempt, the thieves try to find out from Simon (James McAvoy), who is in charge of the painting’s security, what happened to the artwork. An injury during the robbery has left Simon with no memory of what happened. The last hope is to send him to see Elizabeth Lamb, a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson), to see if she can unlock the information.

Director Danny Boyle dives deep inside the human psyche to look at what makes people act the way they do — whether it be for love or just the inherent passion to survive — with movies like “Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours.” His latest film continues that approach, but it becomes far more complicated because he weaves fact and fantasy together so tightly it’s hard to tell where the thresholds exist.

“The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes”: This three-DVD collection features 18 episodes of the classic television series that have been restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

These episodes featuring the deadpan humor of Jack Benny have not been available since their original broadcast.

In many ways, Benny set the standard for shows like “Seinfeld” where episodes often revolved around insignificant incidents. The moments are made funnier by the perfect timing and well-placed pauses by Benny.

The episodes feature a host of notable guest stars, including Natalie Wood, Red Skelton, Gary Cooper, George Burns, John Wayne, Dick Van Dyke, Billy Graham, Milton Berle, Tony Curtis and even President Harry Truman. There are also bonus features, including excerpts from the Jack Benny color television specials, newsreels featuring footage from the 1930s and ’40s and a 16-page booklet.

“Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXVI”: Movies in the set include “The Slime People,” “Rocket Attack USA,” “Village of the Giants” and “The Deadly Mantis.”

“The Silence”: Director Baran bo Odar’s look at an unsolved murder case just as a new 13-year-old girl’s body has been found.

“Welcome to the Punch”: A former criminal returns to London when his son is involved in a robbery that goes bad.

“Ginger and Rosa”: Coming-of-age story of two best friends whose relationship is affected by the events of the 1960s.

“The Gangster”: The film’s based on

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JULY 30 Black Rock - Lionsgate G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Paramount

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AUG. 6 A Boy and His Dog - Shout! Factory Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal - Music Box Mud - Lionsgate Oblivion - Universal The Place Beyond the Pines - Universal West of Memphis - Sony AUG. 13 Olympus Has Fallen - Sony The Big Wedding - Lionsgate The Company You Keep - Sony Emperor - Lionsgate AUG. 20 Scary Movie V - Anchor Bay AUG. 27 The Great Gatsby - Warner Pain & Gain - Paramount

Check out all things planes at the Friday Harbor Fly-In on Saturday

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the true story of a notorious gangster and the Bangkokian mafia.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 3”: Includes all 47 episodes of the entire third season of the classic ’80s TV series.

“Rebel”: A woman’s relationship with her traditional family is strained by her marriage to an American soldier.

“Hammerhead”: Ian Holm narrates the documentary on the sea creatures.

“Robotech: 2-Movie Collection”: Includes “Love Live Alive” and “The Shadow Chronicles.”

“Dora & Blue’s Clues Double Feature”: Includes episodes from both Nickelodeon series.

“The King of the Streets”: An angry young man looks to avenge the murder of his parents by local gangsters.

“Let’s Learn: Colors”: Includes episodes of “Bubble Guppies,” “Dora the Explorer” and “Blue’s Clues.”

“Great White Shark: A Living Legend”: Shark diver Mike Rutzen looks at the predator.

“A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day”: A novice monk must deliver the “Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne” to the safety of a monastery.

“How the States Got Their Shapes: Season 2”: Brian Unger hosts this look at state history. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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COMMUNITY

Grubbin’

at the Bite of Skagit

The fifth annual Bite of Skagit will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 27, on First Street in downtown Mount Vernon. The annual outdoor fundraising event will feature live music, sidewalk sales, a beer and wine garden and dishes from a variety of restaurants.

Admission is free. Food and beverage tickets are $1 each, with average bites costing two to five tickets.

Donations of nonperishable food are appreciated.

Proceeds benefit the Skagit Food Distribution Center, which helps connect local farms to local food banks.

For more information, visit biteofskagit.org. — Skagit Valley Herald staff

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Bill Mitchell (left) of Anacortes, who has produced murals that can be found on numerous buildings in Anacortes and Skagit County, will be honored with the Pioneer Spirit award by the Skagit County Pioneer Association during its annual picnic and meeting on Aug. 1 at Pioneer Park in La Conner. Family and neighbors (right) of John Summers, son of Henry Summers, are shown during threshing season in the early 1900s on his Fir Island farm. The Summers family will be honored as the Pioneer Family of the Year.

Anacortes muralist, Summers family to be honored as pioneers Pioneer Picnic slated for Aug. 1 in La Conner Skagit Valley Herald staff

Anyone with an interest in county history or early family heritage will find a plethora of historic photographs and information, along with interesting stories from “old-timers,” at the Skagit County Pioneer Association’s 109th annual picnic and meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1, at Pioneer Park in La Conner.

The association also will honor an Anacortes muralist and a pioneer family that homesteaded on Fir Island.

The Skagit County Pioneer Association was originally formed in 1891, but with requirements so restrictive that it soon came to an end, according to association historian Dan Royal.

In 1904, a concerned group from SedroWoolley revived the association under less stringent requirements, and the annual meetings and picnics have been held regularly ever since, he said.

One of the highlights is honoring a family

whose heritage runs deep in Skagit County.

The association chose the Henry Summers family of Fir Island to honor as the 2013 Pioneer Family of the Year. John Summers, a descendant, is a Pioneer Association member.

The association also chooses an individual to honor for “Contributing to the Pioneer Spirit” by persevering under all manner of adversity, hardship and hard work, while still contributing to the well-being of the community. It picked Bill Mitchell of Anacortes, who is known primarily as a muralist in the city of Anacortes and Skagit County.

Despite being confined to a wheelchair since he was 22, Mitchell has contributed some 150 lifestyle murals since 1984 to the city’s revitalization through the Anacortes Mural Project. His work led to him being named the 2010 Patron of the Arts by the Anacortes Arts Festival.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area Friday Harbor Fly-In

POLO Twelve teams are scheduled to compete in the annual Pacific Northwest Polo Association Governor’s Cup from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28, at 16278 La Conner-Whitney Road, La Conner.

Bring a picnic lunch and lawn chairs or purchase lunch on-site. $5-$10 parking fee. 360-466-5522.

MUSIC AND BARBECUE “For Love and Country,” the AnO-Chords’ 58th annual Summer Show, will take place at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Enjoy vocal performances by champion quartet Madison Park, a capella chorus Valley Voices and the 45-voice An-OChords barbershop chorus. Tickets: 1:30 p.m. — $12-$22; 7:30 p.m. — $16-$25. 360-679-7473 or anochords.org.

The An-O-Chords famous Salmon Barbecue and Sing Out will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Washington Park, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes. Enjoy the Novice Quartet Contest beginning at 1:30 p.m. Feast on salmon, baked beans, cole slaw and bread for $13. Kids can get a gourmet hot dog, chips and small drink for $7.

HORSE ADOPTION AND FOSTER EVENT All Breed Equine

Check out rare warbirds, antique planes and home-built aircraft from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, July 27, at the Friday Harbor Airport. The fourth annual event will kick off with a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Enjoy vintage aircraft fly-bys, kids’ activities, hangar tours, food and more. Buy a ride in an antique biplane or WW II trainer, or win a free ride in an airplane or helicopter. Free admission. fridayharborflyin.blogspot.com.

Rez-Q will host Adoption and Foster Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at 2415 116th St. NE, Marysville. There will also be a fundraising bake sale.

If you need a pasture pal for a lonely horse, you may be able to foster one of Rez-Q’s select horses or ponies and see if it’s a good match. All fosters and adoption approvals are subject to All Breed Equine Rez-Q’s field inspections. For information, contact Dale Squeglia at 425-263-6390.

MARBLEMOUNT COMMUNITY MARKET Enjoy live music while you shop for locally grown produce, handcrafted goods and more from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at the new Marblemount Farmers Market, 60155 Highway 20, just around the bend from Marblemount. In addition to local organic produce, eggs, herbs and artisan cheeses, the market will feature handcrafted goods including berry jams, goat milk soaps, felted hats, handspun fiber arts, Icelandic sheep fleeces and rugs, beaded and wooden earrings, native Salish cedar carvings and more. For information or a vendor application, email info@marblemountcommunityhall.org or visit marble mountcommunityhall.org.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Sara Bareilles “The Blessed Unrest”

There’s a sweet way Sara Bareilles sings about her breakup on her new album. She’s soft on the honeyed, piano pop gems that make up “The Blessed Unrest,” her voice is solid and her lyrics are strong.

On “Hercules,” Bareilles is tough, singing passionate lines like: “This is my darkest hour, a long road has led me out here, but I only need turn around to face the light, and decide flight or fight.” She’s ready to fight for love on the tender “1000 Times,” where she proclaims “‘cause I would die to make you mine, you bleed me dry each and every time.” And on the upbeat “Little Black Dress,” she’s cute and bouncy, though she sings “they don’t need to see me crying.”

Bareilles knows how to craft a great song. She doesn’t rely on hooks to grab you in; it’s her lyrics — and that rich tone in her voice she lets out near the song’s end. “Manhattan” is a slow classic and “Satellite Call” is layered with sounds and vocals, coming off like a Coldplay and OneRepublic mashup.

While Bareilles is getting over love on the 12-track set, she isn’t down and out the entire time: “I Choose You,” a beautiful song about falling in love, could make anyone’s irritating day better.

And on the lead single, “Brave,” she’s encouraging a friend to come out of the closet: “Say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out, honestly I want to see you be brave.” n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Guy Clark

“My Favorite Picture of You” On the cover of the album “My Favorite Picture of You,” veteran singer-songwriter Guy Clark holds an old Polaroid snapshot of his wife, Susanna, who died in 2012.

The photo captures a fierce look on Susanna Clark’s face, her arms crossed. As

REVIEWING SOME SOUNDS OF SUMMER With the music industry in the midst of its annual summer doldrums, it seemed like a good time to reflect on how impressive and surprise-filled 2013 has been so far and catch up with some albums you may have missed in the early-year hustle and bustle. Here’s a look at the 25 best albums of the year so far (in alphabetical order) and some thoughts we had about them when they were released: Joseph Arthur, “The Ballad of Boogie Christ”: The singer-songwriter’s evershifting artistic interests are leaning more toward Dylanesque folk these days, with the rollicking “I Miss the Zoo” and the stunning “King of Cleveland.” (Released June 11) The Band Perry, “Pioneer”: The Band Perry is out to stretch the boundaries of today’s country music by injecting it with literary references and rock and pop influences. (April 2) David Bowie, “The Next Day”: His first album in a decade — first since a lifethreatening heart attack in 2004 and widespread speculation of his retirement after disappearing from public life — is a stunning, emotional thrill from start to finish, playing more like a collection of future hits than an album wrapped around a particular theme or sonic approach. (March 12) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Push the Sky Away”: “Push the Sky Away” definitely sounds like a new musical chapter for Cave and the Bad Seeds, which, in turn, spawned a new way for him to tell his stories. (Feb. 19) Mikal Cronin, “MCII”: His jangly powerpop is so infectious from the start, from the roaring “Weight” to the ’90s-styled indie of “Turn Away,” that it masks the melancholy of his delivery brilliantly, making “MCII” a winner on multiple levels. (May 7) Disclosure, “Settle”: The Lawrence brothers, Howard and Guy, create club anthems with a strong sense of humor and a distinctive style, setting themselves apart on the increasingly anonymous dance scene with their funky production style and cool set of collaborators, including AlunaGeorge and Jessie Ware. (June 11) Fall Out Boy, “Save Rock and Roll”: Fall Out Boy, it turns out, is willing to pull any number of genres into its music to save rock and roll — from the hip-hop of “The

the title song explains, she was upset and considering leaving because of her husband’s behavior. The song is a tribute, in Clark’s concisely poetic fashion, as he notes lovingly in his sweetly gruff voice that his wife was “a stand-up angel who won’t back down.”

That blunt autobiography, and the masculine sentimentality it contains, encapsulates Clark’s distinctive gifts. A legend

Tour trenches with hard-hitting but melodic indie rock, Williams also has a softer, poppier side. (April 9) Portugal. The Man, “Evil Friends”: On “Evil Friends,” produced by Danger Mouse, the songs are streamlined to stick in your head while still managing deep thoughts on religion and existence. (June 4) Queens of the Stone Age, “Like Clockwork”: Josh Homme’s vocals have never sounded better, easily traveling from detached cool to fiery rocker and back again. (June 4) Sigur Ros, “Kveikur”: Sigur Ros hasn’t abandoned its dreamy, carefree sound completely, with “Isjaki” showing how poppy the band can really be. On “C,” Sigur Ros sounds more like a band than some sort of mythical daydream, and that shift is actually refreshing. (June 18) Son Volt, “Honky Tonk”: Though Jay Farrar has followed his eclectic interests all over the musical map, his warm voice never sounds more at home than when it’s surrounded by pedal steel guitars and fiddles. (March 5) Sound City Players, “Sound City: Real to Reel”: The soundtrack to Dave Grohl’s documentary features a who’s who of artists who recorded at the legendary Los Angeles studio, writing and recording new songs together on the spot. (March 12) Tegan and Sara, “Heartthrob”: They let their inner dance-pop divas loose. Instead of Cat Power teamed with Ani DiFranco, they now sound like Kelly Clarkson paired with Gwen Stefani. And, in a bigger surprise, they sound pretty great doing it.

(Jan. 29) Waxahatchee, “Cerulean Salt”: Singer Katie Crutchfield carries on the tradition of cool, female indie rockers like Liz Phair and Kim Deal, while weaving in enough personal details and memorable pop melodies to make her own mark. (March 5) Kanye West, “Yeezus”: From a production standpoint, it’s on another level from the rest of today’s hip-hop, weaving new wave and industrial dance samples into old-school R&B in a way that feels completely fresh. (June 18) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Mosquito”: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs abandoned their previously focused vision of indie rock for an adventurous collection of powerful songs that surprise at every turn. (April 16)

Mighty Fall” to the new wave of “Miss Missing You.” And it all works. (April 16) Foals, “Holy Fire”: The British quintet manages it well, musically crossing Phoenix with Talking Heads, while Yannis Philippakis channels everything from blues to disco in his wide-ranging vocals. (Feb. 12) John Fogerty, “Wrote a Song for Everyone” Fogerty is a rock and roll rarity, an artist with a distinctive singing voice as well as a distinctive writing voice. (May 28) Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, “Old Yellow Moon” Their voices blend so beautifully, whether they’re tackling something up-tempo like Kris Kristofferson’s “Chase the Feeling” or a wrenching ballad like Matraca Berg’s aching “Back When We Were Beautiful.” (Feb. 26) Jay-Z, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” If his classic “Blueprint” albums were about achieving success in the music industry, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” is about becoming successful as a human being, as a grown man. Spoiler alert: He succeeds.

(July 9) Natalie Maines, “Mother”: From a loving twist on Pink Floyd’s “Mother” through a ferocious take on Patty Griffin’s “Silver Bell” and into Maines’ own poignant “Take It on Faith,” her voice, which has warmed and deepened since the last Dixie Chicks album, never wavers. (May 7) Laura Mvula, “Sing to the Moon”: The British soul singer’s inventiveness is overflowing on her debut, from the odd arrangements of the super-catchy “Green Garden” to the hushed encouragement of “She.” (May 14) My Bloody Valentine, “mbv”: The album seemingly picks up where “Loveless” left off, in both style and structure. The bulk of the record is atmospherics created by the layers of guitar work, using distortion and reverb to stretch and manipulate the guitar sound. (Feb. 12) Palma Violets, “180”: The British quartet comes close to living up to its homeland hype hailing the group as the next Clash or Oasis, especially with the raucous “Best of Friends” and “Johnny Bagga Donuts.”

(March 19) Paramore, “Paramore”: Front woman Hayley Williams finally seems able to express all sides of her personality.

Though Paramore came up in the Warped n Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

among fans of acoustic music steeped in country, folk and blues, the 71-year-old Clark hasn’t been the most prolific recording artist over a nearly 40-year recording career. But he is among the most consistent, setting the bar for raw-boned, openhearted, slow-rolling narratives.

Working with old friends and a small collection of younger musicians and co-writers, Clark continues that streak on “My Favor-

ite Picture of You.” Past the touching title song, he writes with moving detail about emotionally scarred soldiers in “Heroes,” tragic border crossings in “El Coyote” and stoking the muse through dangerous habits in “The High Price of Inspiration.” All told, Clark’s talents remain in crisp focus on “My Favorite Picture of You.” n Michael McCall, Associated Press

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘The Walking Dead: 400 Days’

since the zombie outbreak was unleashed.

You won’t get to spend much time Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC with the love triangle of Bonnie, Dee and Genre: Action Leland. And there are only brief encounPublisher: Telltale Games ters with lunatic truck driver Nate or budESRB Rating: M, for Mature dies Eddie and Wyatt. No matter, though, Grade: 4 stars (out of 5) because all of these interactions feel instantly fleshed out and alive with purpose.

In the time it Eddie and Wyatt have a rapport similar to takes to read this what you might find in a Quentin Tarantino review, you could film; as with them and all the survivors you complete all of meet, you feel connected to them while also “400 Days.” Yes, wanting more when their time is abruptly it’s brief. It actucut short for some reason, sometimes due to ally lasts closer your own decisions. to 90 minutes, And therein lies what made season one but that remains and this bridge chapter so compelling: The short by gaming standards. Yet in that compressed amount of zombie apocalypse sucks, and not everyone time, Telltale Games manages to deliver an comes out on top. Everyone is affected at emotionally taut game loaded with intrigu- some point, so the whole rocks-and-glassing characters and gut-wrenching decisions. houses metaphor gets a bullet to the brain just as quickly as that onetime friend who “400 Days” does not mark the return of the acclaimed “Walking Dead” video-game now wants to chew on your jugular. “The franchise. It serves as a mere interlude until Walking Dead” games have always played the second set of episodes begins sometime out more like interactive stories than typical video games, and that setup worked wonlater this year. While we shouldn’t tease ders even when the series lost steam when out too much from a release bridging the eschewing it for more standard shoot-’emtwo seasons, let us at least rejoice that the winning gameplay format from season one up fare.

Series fans need to jump into “400 Days” appears intact. immediately, if only to introduce themselves Forgoing traditional first-person shooter to some folks we may potentially meet or survival horror themes, “The Walking down the line. And let’s hope so, because Dead” games have thrived on a stronthat truck stop not only served as the ger narrative approach. Interestingly, the birthplace for this band of survivors, it also travails of Lee, Clementine and the gang played out as a microcosm of the franchise’s from the first season are not referenced best elements at work. at all; rather, we circulate through several combinations of all-new characters as they n Follow Chris Campbell on Twitter converge at a truck stop. These vignettes @campbler or email him at game_on_ provide the backdrop of the first 400 days games@mac.com.

Carson’s ‘Tonight’ highlights now available online tional farewell show and his memorable next-to-last For the first time, content show with guest Bette from “The Tonight Show Midler, which aired in 1992.

Starring Johnny Carson” is A second volume available for digital down($19.99) features 16 load. Two volumes of mate- “Tonight” episodes with rial from the King of Late some of Carson’s favorite Night can be purchased guests, including Don Rickfrom the iTunes store. les, Jay Leno, Steve Martin, A compilation edition Jerry Seinfeld, Betty White, (priced at $14.99) includes David Letterman and Ellen highlights from the 1960s DeGeneres in one of her through Carson’s emofirst TV appearances.

The Associated Press

Roughly half the material has never been available before in any form of home video, said Jeff Sotzing, president of Carson Entertainment Group.

In addition, a selection of 50 “Tonight”-derived alert tones (with such signature catchphrases as “Here’s Johnny!”, “Hi-yo!” and “We’ll be right back”) will be available for 99 cents each.

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TRAVEL

A brown bear walks to a sandbar to eat a salmon it had just caught at Brooks Falls.

Bears and humans: co-existing in an Alaska park than Connecticut, is located on the Alaska Peninsula, about 250 miles southwest of KATMAI NATIONAL Anchorage. Brooks Camp is PARK AND PRESERVE, only accessible by air.

Alaska — Kim Spanjol has At peak bear-viewing seen gorillas in Congo and season, the end of July, there orangutans in Borneo. But will be up to 70 adult bears for a honeymoon with her plus cubs within a one-mile husband Jim O’Brien, she area of Brooks Camp. It’s planned a trip to Katmai not uncommon to see brown National Park and Preserve bears running around the in remote Alaska, where they camp, dodging humans as the started seeing brown bears bruins playfully chase each the minute their floatplane other. landed on the beach.

That there have been only “There’s a bear in the two minor mishaps in the last water, and there’s a bear 63 years between the species coming down the beach,” is a testament to rules put in said Spanjol, a psychologist place by rangers to respect from New York. “And then, the bears’ right of way. we were coming in to eat and “I don’t think there’s there was a bear running by, any place quite like Brooks and there were three bears Camp in that we’ve got so just over there by the river. many people and so many So, that was amazing to have bears,” said Roy Wood, chief it so accessible.” of interpretation at Katmai.

About 10,000 people What draws the bears make the difficult trek here here are salmon running in each summer to see the the Brooks River. The bears bears, some staying at a small stand patrol at Brooks Falls, lodge or the campground at about a mile walk from Brooks Camp, others flying Brooks Camp, and try to in from elsewhere in Alaska catch the jumping salmon. for the day. The 4-millionWhen they snag one, they plus acre park, a little bigger usually polish it off on a

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press

Photos by Mark Thiessen / AP

Visitors on a bear-viewing platform at Brooks Falls watch two brown bears at the falls and one on the river bank on July 4 in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

If you go Katmai National Park and Preserve: Southwest Alaska.

Bear-viewing July and September. Accessible by plane; nps.gov/katm/index.htm.

Lodging: katmailand.com/lodging/brooks-packages.html Bear Cam: explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bearsalmon-cam-brooks-falls

sandbar or off the side of the river — unless an aggressive male brown bear tries to steal the fish.

Bear-viewing stands have been built at Brooks Falls, an area about 200 yards downstream, called the riffles, and at the lower river, which is prime viewing area in September.

“The bears behave differently at that time of the year, they’re really fat,” said ranger Michael Fitz. “Instead of chasing fish actively, a lot of the times they are just cruising up and down the river like battleships. They’re looking for anything that

can’t swim away from them.”

The flight here from Anchorage is about a threehour trip, and if you’re lucky, you can see white beluga whales surfacing in Cook Inlet. The ride also can be bumpy, especially through the narrows of Lake Clark Pass.

The pass offers stunning views of mountains and glaciers, but if the ride is rough, you might want to keep the barf bag handy. Air taxis from the Alaska hub city of King Salmon are the cheapest way in, about $200 a person, but you have to get to King Salmon first.

A glacier in Lake Clark Pass near Port Alsworth, Alaska.

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TRAVEL Other floatplane flights are available from places like Anchorage, Homer or Kodiak. These can range up to $795 per person from Anchorage for a round trip but if you can afford it, it’s an ideal way to take a day trip to Brooks Camp to see the bears.

For longer stays, the hardest thing is arranging lodging.

There are few places to sleep at Brooks Camp and you have to book months ahead.

The private Brooks Lodge has 16 rooms, with four beds each. Mike Wheeler of Kansas City, Kan., said the lodge cost him $615 a night, not prohibitive if you split it four ways, but he said the amenities and wildlife make up for the costs.

“In other places, you can pay less for a cabin, but you have to hire a guide to find the wildlife,” he said. “Here, I can walk out the front door and fairly quickly see bears.”

Lodge owner Sonny

Local travel SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). For information or to register, call 360-336-6215. Next up: Abbotsford, B.C., International Airshow: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes. Proof of citizenship required (passport, DMV enhanced driver’s license or NEXUS card). $68-$70.

Register by Aug. 2.

give bears food, carry any liquid but water, or leave things like backpacks on the ground. They also learn how to act when they meet a bear and how much space to give them.

Rangers patrol Brooks Camp with walkie-talkies, and will stop human traffic — called bear jams — until bears leave the area. Rangers also are positioned on either side of a pedestrian bridge A tourist takes a photo of a brown bear as it walks on over the river, and will stop the beach at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. people to give bears time to move away at their own Petersen said he’ll begin tak- gone after they go on sale speed. The rangers also warn ing reservations for the 2015 Jan. 5, at least for the prime fishermen to back up if a season on Jan. 1, 2014. He bear-viewing months of July bear gets too close. said reservations for July will and September.

“There are a few rules we be gone within a week, but it Jim Dockweiler of Porttry to impose on the bears, will take a little longer for the land, Ore., said he used the but mostly the rules are to rest of the cabins to be filled. same trick to get tent space keep the humans at that Another option is camping at Brooks Camp that he uses safe distance from the bears at the park service’s electric- to get concert tickets: He so they don’t disturb the fence enclosed campsite kept refreshing the website bears and the bears don’t ($12 per person, per night). until he got in. feel threatened and perhaps The campground can hold Bear orientation for visiretaliate,” Wood said.

60 people a night, but like tors to Katmai is mandatory.

Only twice have bears the lodge, spaces are quickly They’re told they cannot intentionally made contact shoes. $117.94, includes kayak rental, all gear and yoga.

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

47015, or wccoa.org/index. php/Tours. Next up: Fall Foliage Mississippi River Steamboat Cruise: Oct. 4-12. $3,199-$3,999.

Includes Bellingham-to-Seatac transfer, airfare, first-night hotel stay, seven-day cruise, all meals on cruise, shore YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: activity at all ports, daily lecJoin Dawn Jex for day trips and ture by onboard naturalist, yoga. Each adventure includes nightly entertainment, taxes, fun activities at an area attrac- gratuities and escort.

New York City and Upstate tion combined with a yoga New York Fall Colors Tour: class. For information or to register, call Dawn at 360-631- Oct. 4-13. $2,999-$3,799, includes round-trip airfare, 0587 or visit yoga-gypsies. deluxe motorcoach transportacom. Next up: Anacortes Kayak Yoga Trip: tion, hotel accommodations, 14 meals, NYC guided tour, Join Jex at 9 a.m. Saturday, optional Broadway show, Aug. 11, in Anacortes for a six-hour kayak tour of the San attractions, two day-cruises and escort. $300 deposit due Juan Islands that will include at sign-up. Final payment due an hour of beach yoga. Bring your own lunch and water-safe in August.

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

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

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

The Oak Harbor Senior Center accepts passport applications, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor.

360-279-4580.

with humans since Brooks Camp opened around 1950, Wood said, though they occasionally knock people over while running. A person was bitten in the 1960s, and three decades later, a ranger was scratched.

As long as visitors follow the rules, the bears don’t associate humans with food or with playthings. “They just wander through the forest along the river, doing what bears are supposed to do,” Wood said.

Another cool attraction in Katmai involves a 23-mile ride on a bus ($96 a person, $88 if you don’t take the sack lunch) over three small rivers. The payoff is a stunning view of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. The valley was formed by a three-day volcanic explosion that started June 6, 1912. It spewed ash as high as 100,000 feet above the sparsely populated Katmai region, covering the area to depths up to 700 feet.

It was the most powerful eruption of the 20th century and one of the five largest in recorded history.

The valley was why the National Geographic Society petitioned for Katmai to be a national park, believing it would be the next Yellowstone because of its geothermal activity. Early visitors came to see the landscape, not the bears.

But the steam “dwindled away so there’s just a few warm areas right now,” Wood said, adding: “We started preserving it for this one thing, and weren’t even considering bears because bears were pretty much everywhere around and there was nothing special about that. But as civilization has grown, even in Alaska, these wild areas to observe bears are becoming even harder to find.”

By the 1970s, bear-viewing eclipsed fishing and the valley as Katmai’s top attraction.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013 E11

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 25-Aug. 1

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 25-Aug. 1

FRIDAY.26 CAP SANTE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Black Vinyl All-Stars (Seattle’s Led Zeppelin band), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

425-303-1848 or snohomish artistguild.org.

Thursday.25 THEATER

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Friday.26

THURSDAY.25

Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

MUSIC

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Black Vinyl All-Stars (Seattle’s Led Zeppelin band), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. 425-303-1848 or snohomish artistguild.org.

THEATER

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

“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

VAUDEVILLE

New Old Time Chatauqua: The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Joey Pipia, Clay Mazing and Zacktastic, Vanessa Vortex, the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra and others, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 children. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

Saturday.27

Sunday.28

MUSIC

THEATER

Marcia Kester & Sandy Carter (country, rock, blues, pop): 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

THEATER

Shakespeare Northwest Iron Man: Watch “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at 1 p.m., “To Be or Not TV” at 4 p.m. and “Hamlet” at 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $30, includes Iron Man T-shirt. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw. org. Individual showings for “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Hamlet”: $12, $10 with student ID. “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

Tuesday.30 VARIETY

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

Thursday.1

FRIDAY.26 JASON DANIEL WALL 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

THEATER

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

SATURDAY.27

REFA SUMMER CELEBRATION Rivertalk, 5 to 8 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation.

Proceeds will benefit the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts. 360724-7355 or rick eptingfoundation. org.

BR’ER RABBIT 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

FRIDAY.26

Ria Peth Vanderpool: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

COMEDY

SATURDAY.27

Jam Night: Open mic, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Showdown at the Shakedown: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $1.

360-778-1067.

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

360-422-6411.

Gregory Rawlins, Justin Farren: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

Steve Rudy: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

Tony and the Tigers: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

The Fire Inside (Celtic): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

Nick Vigarino Band: 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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

360-299-2120.

Tommy Simmons: 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8. Bring your own chair or blanket. 360-856-6248.

Jim Cull: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882. Open to the public.

Lozen, Qui, Hot Victory: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-7781067.

SATURDAY.27 Hardwire: 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover. 360-336-3626.

Marcia Kester & Sandy Carter: 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

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

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme: 7 to 10 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

The Curtis Hammond Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Ford Giesbrecht (Brazilian jazz, American standards): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

No cover. 360-399-1037.

Steve Rudy Trio (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10.

360-354-3600.

SUNDAY.28 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

WEDNESDAY.31 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-2263.

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

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

360-466-4488.

Cliques & Whistles, The Hashtronaut, Jesus Chris Willis, Jender: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3.

360-778-1067.

Jack Hamilton and Friends: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

REFA Summer Celebration: Rivertalk, 5 to 8 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation. Proceeds will benefit the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts. 360724-7355 or rickepting foundation.org.

THURSDAY.1 Lightning Dust, Louise Burns: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Jam Night: Open mic, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

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

360-757-6113.

Showdown at the Shakedown: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $1.

360-778-1067.

E10 Thursday, July 25, 2013

Thursday, July 25, 2013 E11

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 25-Aug. 1

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 25-Aug. 1

FRIDAY.26 CAP SANTE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Black Vinyl All-Stars (Seattle’s Led Zeppelin band), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

425-303-1848 or snohomish artistguild.org.

Thursday.25 THEATER

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Friday.26

THURSDAY.25

Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

MUSIC

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series: Black Vinyl All-Stars (Seattle’s Led Zeppelin band), 7 p.m., Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes. Free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. 425-303-1848 or snohomish artistguild.org.

THEATER

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

“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

VAUDEVILLE

New Old Time Chatauqua: The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Joey Pipia, Clay Mazing and Zacktastic, Vanessa Vortex, the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra and others, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15 adults, $10 children. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

Saturday.27

Sunday.28

MUSIC

THEATER

Marcia Kester & Sandy Carter (country, rock, blues, pop): 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

THEATER

Shakespeare Northwest Iron Man: Watch “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at 1 p.m., “To Be or Not TV” at 4 p.m. and “Hamlet” at 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $30, includes Iron Man T-shirt. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw. org. Individual showings for “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Hamlet”: $12, $10 with student ID. “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”: OutCast Productions, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Whidbey Island Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Ave., Langley. $18, $14 students and seniors. brownpapertickets.com/event/313099 or email ocp@whidbey.com.

Tuesday.30 VARIETY

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

Thursday.1

FRIDAY.26 JASON DANIEL WALL 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

THEATER

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

SATURDAY.27

REFA SUMMER CELEBRATION Rivertalk, 5 to 8 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation.

Proceeds will benefit the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts. 360724-7355 or rick eptingfoundation. org.

BR’ER RABBIT 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

FRIDAY.26

Ria Peth Vanderpool: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

COMEDY

SATURDAY.27

Jam Night: Open mic, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Showdown at the Shakedown: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $1.

360-778-1067.

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

360-422-6411.

Gregory Rawlins, Justin Farren: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

Steve Rudy: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

Tony and the Tigers: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

The Fire Inside (Celtic): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

Nick Vigarino Band: 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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

360-299-2120.

Tommy Simmons: 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8. Bring your own chair or blanket. 360-856-6248.

Jim Cull: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882. Open to the public.

Lozen, Qui, Hot Victory: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-7781067.

SATURDAY.27 Hardwire: 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover. 360-336-3626.

Marcia Kester & Sandy Carter: 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover.

360-336-3012.

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

Br’er Rabbit: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme: 7 to 10 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

The Curtis Hammond Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Renaissance Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Ford Giesbrecht (Brazilian jazz, American standards): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner.

No cover. 360-399-1037.

Steve Rudy Trio (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10.

360-354-3600.

SUNDAY.28 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

WEDNESDAY.31 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-2263.

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

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

360-466-4488.

Cliques & Whistles, The Hashtronaut, Jesus Chris Willis, Jender: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $3.

360-778-1067.

Jack Hamilton and Friends: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

REFA Summer Celebration: Rivertalk, 5 to 8 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $10 suggested donation. Proceeds will benefit the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts. 360724-7355 or rickepting foundation.org.

THURSDAY.1 Lightning Dust, Louise Burns: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7.

360-778-1067.

Jam Night: Open mic, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

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

360-757-6113.

Showdown at the Shakedown: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $1.

360-778-1067.

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GET INVOLVED ART

sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through CALL FOR ARTISTS AND Friday at Tower Arts StuCRAFTERS: The Mount dio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Vernon Downtown AssoGuemes Island. Kids can ciation seeks artists and work with clay, acrylics, crafters of all ages for the sculpture, mosaic and more. annual Sidewalk Sale in $295 per session, includes downtown Mount Vernon all art materials and chapon July 26-27. For more eroned ferry transportation information, call Nancy at 360-420-9876, email Pam at from Anacortes. For infortatteredpage@comcast.net, mation, call 360-293-8878 or or download an application visit towerartsstudio.com. at mountvernondowntown.

CAMANO SUMMER ART org.

CAMPS: Art Quest for KIDS’ VIDEO CONTEST: Kids Summer Art Camps will be held during July and Students in grades K-12 have until Sept. 15 to enter August at the Delzell Studio, 2177 Highland Drive, a short film on the theme Camano Island. Camps “Why I Love My State meet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 Park” in a contest sponp.m. Monday through sored by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Thursday and feature a variety of art projects, Commission, Boys and beachcombing and swimGirls Clubs of Washington ming. $160 per child per State and the Farrington Foundation. Students, indi- four-day session. Ages 7-17.

360-387-2251 or camano vidually or as a team, can artcamp.com. enter a video about their

player for its production of “The Last Five Years,” set to run Aug. 15-24 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. There is a minimal rehearsal process and only six show dates. Call 360679-2237 or email heather bgood@gmail.com.

Vernon. Ages 21 and older.

No cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre. com.

CALL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS: The Mount Vernon-based Fidalgo Youth Symphony offers opportunities for musicians ages 5 to 21 to study and perform orchestral music.

For information, including tuition costs and rehearsal schedules, contact Sara Fisher at 360-682-6949 or Anita Tatum, 360-969-1681, or visit fysmusic.org.

RECREATION

JAM NIGHT: Open mic, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: In recognition of National Get Outdoors Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to state parks on Sunday, Aug. 4. The Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but is still required to access lands managed by the Washington Department DANCE of Fish and Wildlife and THURSDAY DANCE: the Department of Natural Enjoy dancing to the music Resources. parks.wa.gov. of the Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at HillWATERSHED LETTERfavorite state park to comcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th BOX TRAIL: The Skagit INTRO TO ILLUSTRApete for multiple prizes up St., Mount Vernon.

For Watershed Letterbox Trail, to $500. Find complete rules TION ART CLASSES: information, contact Doris through Oct. 6, includes Burlington Parks and Recand a contest application at at 360-588-8239. a series of boxes hidden reation is offering a series friendsoffarrington.org. up and down the Skagit of art classes for kids ages Watersheds. “Letterboxing” MUSIC 8 to 13 at the rec center, is a cross between a treaART CLASSES 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., NATIVE FLUTE WORKsure hunt and an outdoor POTTERY CLASSES: Burlington. Max Elam will SHOP: 11 a.m. Sunday, adventure. Participants Themed weeklong summer introduce young artists to July 28, Skagit Valley Food follow clues to find the pottery camps for kids and a variety of styles and art Co-op, room 309, 202 S. boxes and “stamp in” using teens will be held through mediums. Each four-session First St., Mount Vernon. stamps or stickers. Clues Aug. 30 at Handz in Clay class costs $45. Supplies are Peter Ali, a self-taught to the locations will be Pottery School, 525 E. included. To register, call Native flute player, will unveiled at the Concert for Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. 360-755-9649. teach you how to play the Coast, set for noon to 4 Adult classes are available “Fantastic Fantasy music from the heart. Free. p.m. Sunday, June 30, at the year-round. Learn handand Anime Aliens”: 4 to 6 Preregister with a co-op Padilla Bay National Estubuilding and pottery wheel p.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 6-27. cashier, call 360-336-5087, arine Research Reserve techniques. Multichild dis- Students will choose the ext. 139, or email jill@ and Breazeale Interpretive count available. For inforsubject matter as they skagitfoodcoop.com.

Center, 10441 Bayviewmation, contact Phoenix at learn cartooning and basic Edison Road, west of 360-202-2329 or visit handz structured drawing, comSKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC Mount Vernon. Free. For inclay.com. position, structure/form, CLUB: The club will not information, call SCEA introduction to perspective meet during July. For inforat 360-428-1054 or visit KIDS’ SUMMER ART and visualization. Register mation, call Marsha Pederskagitcleanwater.org.

CAMPS: Tower Arts Studio by Aug. 2. son at 360-757-4906. is offering summer “Island TRAIL TALES: Friends Art Camp Adventures” ON STAGE of Skagit Beaches lead a for kids on Guemes Island. AUDITIONS CALL FOR MUSICIANS: series of informative walks OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to Local professional artists Whidbey Playhouse seeks along the Tommy Thompmidnight Wednesdays, 1st will teach a variety of art one or two cello players, a son Trail in Anacortes. For Street Cabaret & Speaktechniques to kids ages 6 to 12 during weeklong guitar player and a violin easy, 612 S. First St., Mount information, visit skagit-

beaches.org. Next up: Family Discovery Walk: 2 p.m. Saturday, July 27.

Meet at Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road.

Enjoy the story of “The Tombolo Who Wanted To Be a Neck,” experiment with eelgrass and (hopefully) see great blue herons fishing for their next meal.

The flat, paved trail is handicapped accessible.

WASHINGTON PARK WALKS: Friends of Washington Park lead guided walks through the park, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes. Meet at the restroom at the start of the loop road. Free. For information, call Ann at 360293-3044. Next up: The Wonder of Dead Wood: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 27. Torolf (Torgy) Torgersen, emeritus scientist with the USDA Pacific Northwest Forest Research Station, will lead the walk.

FAMILY BIKE RIDE & POKER RUN: A Family Fun Bike Ride and Poker Run will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, starting at the Whistle Lake parking lot, near Anacortes.

The event will include bicycle safety checks and prizes. No preregistration required. 360-293-1918.

projects. Pickup service is available in Sedro-Woolley, Concrete and Darrington for $20 per week. Campers will need good outdoor clothing and walking shoes, a water container and a sack lunch. To register, call 360-854-9415 or email pnt@ pnt.org.

FUN RUN/WALK: Join North Cascade Eye Associates for the third annual 5K Run/2-mile Walk on Sunday, Aug. 4, at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. The run will begin at 9 a.m., followed by a celebration with prizes and refreshments.

Registration: $25, includes T-shirt. Free for ages 10 and younger. Youth T-shirt, $5. Proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Register at NCEA offices in Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley or Stanwood, or download a form at ncascade.com/ events.php. For information, call 360-416-6735 or email alexb@ncascade.com.

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PHOTO CLASSES: Renowned photographer Andy Porter will offer two free photography classes for adults at the SedroWoolley Public Library, 802 Ball St. For information or to register, call 360-8551166.

ROCKIN’ THE WILD: Photography for BeginThe Pacific Northwest ners: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Trail Association, U.S. Monday, July 29. Bring Forest Service and Washington State Parks present your point-and-shoot or “Rockin’ The Wild,” a free, DSLR camera and learn outdoor summer day camp how to compose your for 8- to 12-year-old youth, photo, understand your camera and avoid common with sessions set for July mistakes.

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Campers will arrive Monday, Aug. 5. Bring at the park at 9 a.m. and your advanced camera and depart at 2:30 p.m. daily.

They will participate in hik- learn about manual modes, ing, wilderness safety train- shooting in RAW format, using polarizers, bracketing ing, study of natural systems and hands-on learning and more.

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COMMUNITY

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Edward Summers (left), Henry’s twin brother, stands in front of an early Summers’ family home, which still stands on Dodge Valley Road. Bill Mitchell’s murals (right) enliven numerous buildings in Anacortes and Skagit County.

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Pioneer Association.

Mitchell’s great-aunt, Anne Bessner, was a member of Continued from Page E4 the Summers family, this year’s Pioneer Family of As a historian of Anathe Year. cortes and Fidalgo Island, The story of the SumMitchell often can be found mers family began in Engat the Anacortes Museum researching the subjects of land, according to a family murals he chooses to paint. history document written Mitchell’s reproductions of by John Summers.

John’s great-grandfahistoric scenes and figures ther, Henry Summers, came of city founders, business to La Conner via Philadelowners, movers and shakphia and San Francisco in ers can be found through1874 to join his brothers, out downtown Anacortes.

Mitchell’s ancestry runs Edward and Samuel, on Fir Island. His wife, Sarah deep in Skagit County Cleverly Summers, and and Anacortes. His greatfirst-born son, William grandfather was Nicholas Summers, arrived a few Bessner, who served as a years later.

Skagit County commis“The new land allowed sioner and also served two terms (1916-1917) as presi- her only 40 years of life,” dent of the Skagit County John Summers said.

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Henry Summers homesteaded originally on a quarter section of Fir Island near the South Fork of the Skagit River. When flooding wiped out their hard work, they traded 80 acres for land on Pleasant Ridge and settled down to raise their seven children, William, Anne, Henry, Emma, Edward, John and Alice.

One of those children and Mitchell’s great-aunt, Anne Summers, married Matthew Bessner. They built a home on Fir Island; it is still standing along Rawlins Road.

Young Henry Summers married Martha Valentine and settled on Pleasant Ridge. Edward Summers married Fanny Brown and raised his family on his

father and uncles’ (Edward and Samuel Summers) original homestead on Fir Island. The land is still being farmed some 140 years later by their son, Bill.

John Summers and Esther Brown married, then purchased a farm on Fir Island. Their home and some buildings are known as Blake’s Resort. Their son, Alvord Summers, built and operated the Rexville store in 1935.

Pioneer picnic The picnic will include

live music, a vintage car show and a tent for history and genealogical buffs. The Skagit County Historical Society and Museum will have assorted publications related to county history on hand and staff who can field questions.

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society members will help answer any genealogical questions concerning county ancestors.

Lunch will begin at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Pioneer Park, near the Rainbow Bridge in La Conner. Admission

of $12 includes membership, lunch, a program and memorial pamphlet.

In addition to honoring Mitchell and the Summers Family, a memorial tribute will be offered for departed pioneers during the Association’s business meeting at 12:45 p.m. Elections for the coming year’s officers will also be held. n Information for this article was provided by Dan Royal, a family historian from Concrete, and John Summers, a member of the Henry Summers family.

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HOT TICKETS PHISH: July 26-27, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: with Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum, Norman Brown, Peter White, David Benoit, David Pack, Marion Meadows, Vincent Ingala and Paul Taylor: July 27, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

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ONE DIRECTION: July 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Aug. 3, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866332-8499 or comcastarena everett.com.

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

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

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

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

BASS ACADEMY: featuring Zomboy and Eptic: Aug. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

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

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

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

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

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: Aug. 13, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or mary moorconcerts.com.

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

REBELUTION, with MATISYAHU: Aug. 14, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

HUNTER HAYES: Aug. 15, Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

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

BIG & RICH, COWBOY TROY: Aug. 16, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

MONETA: Aug. 16, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

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

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

ANDREW STOCKDALE (of Wolfmother): Aug. 22, Neumos, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

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

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY: Aug. 23, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

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

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BLACK SABBATH: Aug. 24,

Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

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

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

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

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

ONEREPUBLIC, SARA BAREILLES, CHURCHILL: Sept.

2, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

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

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS: Sept.

6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

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

KISW PAIN IN THE GRASS: Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Jane’s Addiction and more: Sept. 6-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

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

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

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THE CELTIC TENORS: with The Tacoma Symphony: Sept. 10, Washington State Fair in Puyallup.

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

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

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

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

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Sept.

14, Comcast Arena at Everett.

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THE MISSION UK: Sept. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

ALABAMA: Sept. 16, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888559-3247 or thefair.com.

JEREMY CAMP, TENTH AVENUE NORTH, KUTLESS, JARS OF CLAY: Sept. 17, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair. com.

LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Sept.

19, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

BRIAN REGAN: Sept. 20, Pantages Theatre, Tacoma. 253-5915894 or broadwaycenter.org.

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

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MARY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES: Sept.

20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit. com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ZEPPARELLA (all-girl Led Zeppelin tribute): Sept. 27, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

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

LAILA BIALI TRIO: Sept. 28, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

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

PET SHOP BOYS: Oct. 2, Para-

mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

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

STEREOPHONICS: Oct. 4, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

DISCLOSURE: Oct. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

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

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

877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

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

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

BOYCE AVENUE: Oct. 19, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PINK: Oct. 20, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

THE NAKED AND FAMOUS: Oct. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

WALK THE MOON: Oct. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BONOBO: Oct. 24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

OKKERVIL RIVER: Oct. 25, Showbox at the Market, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN: Oct. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877784-4849 or LiveNation.com.

GRETA METASSA, MILES BLACK TRIO, JOVON MILLER: Nov. 9, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham.

360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

SELENA GOMEZ: Nov. 12, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TORO Y MOI: Nov. 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

JAMES BLAKE: Nov. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NINE INCH NAILS: Nov. 22, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Jan. 17, 2014, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

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MOVIES Cate Blanchett (from left), Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay and Sally Hawkins star in “Blue Jasmine.” Sony Pictures Classics via AP

Woody’s tone-deaf, but Blanchett soars as ‘Blue Jasmine’ lemon?”)

This is a brittle and brilliant HH1⁄2 performance and Jasmine turns Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sally His camera is mostly stationout to be one of Allen’s more Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby ary and his scenes are static, still interesting creations. In this Cannavale, Louis C.K., Andrew mostly driven by dialogue. And flighty rich woman brought low Dice Clay Woody Allen’s recent movies — she’s had to move in with her Running time: 1:39 have betrayed his increasingly grocery store cashier sister (Sally MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, lanpronounced disconnect from Hawkins) in San Francisco — guage and sexual content modern mores, culture and Allen makes a commentary on speech. class and the way we all overdraSo it’s tempting to dismiss his matize our lives, lives that most wolf who got caught, lost their latest, “Blue Jasmine,” as a melo- fortune, went to prison and left of us only narrate in our heads. dramatic exercise in stale and Not Jasmine. She’s the first to her alone, something she blabs to stodgy. He’s that old-fashioned. blurt that she ignored the slipher fellow passenger on a firstBut get past the chattiness of class flight from New York to San pery dealings that Hal was makhis heroine, the title character ing, but the last to realize how Francisco.

(Cate Blanchett). Yes, her name’s intellectually lazy her bourgeois Get past the fashion sense, Jasmine. “I changed it. From Jea- the polished, patronizing accent, life of charity events, shopping nette.” sprees and weekends in the the temper, the weary lines Get past the pun in the title.

Hamptons made her. There is but Allen gives her. (“God, who do Yes, she’s blue. Her husband, Hal I have to sleep around here to one quarrel with sister Ginger (Alec Baldwin), was a Wall Street get a Stoli martini with a twist of — “settling.” Ginger divorced

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‘BLUE JASMINE’

one working-class oaf (Andrew Dice Clay) and seems anxious to marry another (Bobby Cannavale). Jasmine, the nervous, pill-popping chatterbox, passes judgment on that and keeps her teary eyes set on a higher prize.

Ginger’s friends suggest a job — as a dental office receptionist.

“Too menial.”

She insists she’d rather return to school. To study what, nursing?

“God, no.”

Allen toys around with this tired pizza-vs.-Prada conflict in flashbacks, showing Jasmine’s aloof removal from Ginger when she was rich, painting a picture of her “phony” lifestyle with her “liar and thief” of a husband.

The biggest statement here is about character, not class. The haves are liars and poseurs, the

working folks may be loutish but are true blue. Allen stole that from a dozen melodramas of the 1930s. Jasmine fends off a groping-grabby dentist-boss (Michael Stuhlbarg from “A Serious Man”) and sets her cap for a wealthy State Department higher-up (Peter Sarsgaard), situations so retro they’re almost hip.

The reason to fall into “Blue Jasmine” is Blanchett’s cagey, broken turn. Here is a female match for Jay Gatsby, a woman as set on living a higher life and asking no questions about how it’s achieved as Fitzgerald’s antihero. Blanchett makes Jasmine the heroine of her own tragedy, refining her narration, polishing her predicament, wallowing in her doom but hellbent on looking stylish in Chanel as she does.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013 - E17

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Dealin’ With Idiots” — Directed, written by and starring Jeff Garlin, “Dealin’ With Idiots” delivers moments of inspired lunacy. Garlin plays Max Morris, a happily married comedian of solid success and better-than-average fame; inspiration for his next film strikes him at his son’s Little League game. With its episodic structure, flat look and deadpan tone, the comedy feels more like the first three episodes of a cable series than a complete movie. But you don’t have to be fancy or spend-y to bring the funny. I’ve seen more than my share of big-budget, star-laden comedies with nowhere near the comedic batting average of “Idiots.”

Comedy, not rated, 88 minutes. HHH “Grown Ups 2” — Whatever comedic fires and bursts of genuinely inspired humor Adam Sandler once possessed have burned out long ago. Case in point: this toothless sequel, which presents a number of potential conflicts but doesn’t have the energy to pursue any of them. Over the last 10 years, Sandler has headlined more terrible comedies than anyone in Hollywood. You have to be REALLY successful to be able to keep churning out so many mediocrities over such a long period. Comedy, PG-13, 101 minutes. H1⁄2 “Monsters University” — A slight and underwhelming prequel that isn’t nearly as inventive, funny or involving as the original, “Monsters Inc.” (2001). Though colorful and sweet-natured and occasionally capable of producing the mild chuckle, this is a safe, predictable, edgefree, nearly bland effort from Pixar, a studio that rarely hedges its bets. It’s better than “Cars 2,” but not in the same league as the “Toy Story” sequels. Animated comedy, G, 110 minutes.

HH1⁄2 “Pacific Rim” — This ridiculously entertaining (and often just plain ridiculous) monster-robot movie plays like a gigantic version of that Rock’Em, Sock’Em Robots game from the 1960s, combined with the cheesy

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Director Guillermo del Toro has a weirdly beautiful visual style, and there’s rarely an uninteresting shot in “Pacific Rim.” He and the cast do a fine job of selling this madness, even as the talk of neural bridges and other scientific claptrap grows increasingly dense and meaningless. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 131 minutes. HHH “The Heat” — Give it up for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. You’ll never see them work harder at comedy than in “The Heat,” a stumbling, aggressively loud and profane cop buddy picture where they struggle to wring “funny” out of a script that isn’t.

Plot? It’s more a collection of scenes that force the stars to riff and riff until something coarse and amusing comes out, topped by something else coarser and more amusing. Bullock is the know-it-all, overly coiffed FBI agent Ashburn — a Miss Priss none of her fellow agents like. She is sent to Boston, ostensibly to prep for a promotion. Mainly, it’s to get her out of the hair of her boss (Demian Bichir).

That’s where Ashburn runs afoul of the foul-mouthed detective Mullins (McCarthy), a shambling train wreck of the American junk food diet run amok. She’s so irritable that her boss (Tom Wilson of

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“Back to the Future”) is as afraid of her as her favorite drug-dealing perp. R, 117 minutes. H1⁄2 “The Lone Ranger” — In the unholy mess that is “The Lone Ranger,” we finally have a movie that combines the slapstick antics of a liveaction “Road Runner” cartoon with a villain so bloodthirsty, he literally cuts out the heart of a vanquished foe and eats it. Everything that could go wrong with this movie does go wrong, from a rare bad performance from the great Johnny Depp, who plays Tonto as a crazy desert vaudeville performer, to the decidedly unmemorable work from the promising talent Armie Hammer as the title character, to a script that feels like some sort of mashup of every attempt to reboot a storied franchise. Western, PG-13, 149 minutes. H1⁄2 “This Is the End” — Here’s one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest comedies of the 21st century.

In its own sloppy, raunchy, sophomoric, occasionally self-pleased and consistently energetic way, “This Is the End” is just about perfect at executing its mission, which is to poke fun at its stars, exhaust every R-rated possibility to get a laugh, and even sneak in a few insights into Hollywood, the celebrity culture and the nature of faith. (Comedy, R, 107 minutes. HHHH “White House Down” — If

you see just one terroriststake-over-the-White-House thriller this year, make it “White House Down,” Roland “2012” Emmerich’s preachy, goofy, over-the-top take on “Die Hard” at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. From the earnest but earnestly funny president in jeopardy (Jamie Foxx) who doesn’t like bad guys yanking on his sneakers (“Take your hands OFF my Jordans!”) to the eye-rolling image of a child having a “Les Miz” big-flag-on-thebarricades moment, “White House Down” is a corker, real competition for “Fast & Furious 6” as the dumbest fun you’ll have at the movies this summer. Action-thriller, PG-13, 117 minutes. HH “World War Z” — If you’re as zombie’d out as I am by now, and you feel “The Walking Dead” cable TV series has set the all-time standard for popular culture entertainment about the flesh-chomping undead, your reluctance to see “World War Z” is understandable.

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

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Chautauqua, a traveling Not rated. $10 general; $9 educational vaudeville seniors, students and active variety show, will perform. military; $8 members; $7 For more than 30 years ages 12 and under. Bargain the New Old Time Chaumatinee prices (all shows tauqua has entertained before 6 p.m.): $8 general, Pacific Northwest audienc- $6 members, $5 ages 12 and es. The show will feature under. internationally acclaimed jugglers, the Flying Karam‘Carmen’ azov Brothers, magician Joey Pipia, sinuous trapeze 1 p.m. Sunday, July 28 Richard Eyre’s producartists, the musical stylings of vaudevillians Clay tion stars El’na Garan’a as the seductive gypsy of Mazing and Zacktastic, hula-hooper Vanessa Vor- the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don tex, and countless others, José. including poets, dancers, $16 adults, $14 seniors mimes, puppeteers, acrobats, stilt-walkers, clowns, and $12 students, with $2 off for Lincoln members. and musicians. $15 adults, $10 kids (under 12).

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through July 28 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Leness considers herself a photo-realist; however, she is not a slave to reproducing every detail. The exhibition will feature her quintessential houses, trailers and buildings along with a selection of autobiographical cake paintings. Wall interlays cut maps, charts and diagrams using encaustic-like resins to seal and add dimension to each artwork. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

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

“A EUROPEAN TOUR”: The show featuring oil paintings by Whidbey Island artist James Moore continues through July 30 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Moore’s café scenes and landscapes present a “tourist’s view of Tuscany.” Also working in the European theme are artists Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling, watercolors; Elizabeth Ockwell, etchings and prints; and Jan Wall, pastels. The gallery will also offer new jewelry

by Cate Grinzell, as well as new glasswork, sculptures and custom tables. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA The 14th annual Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema presents live entertainment and big-screen movies on Saturday evenings, through Aug. 24, at the Village Green in Bellingham’s Fairhaven District. Admission is $5, free for ages 5 and younger.

Pizza and popcorn available for purchase. Bring your own blanket or low-backed lawn chair for seating. Rain or shine. Next up this Saturday, music by Amber Darland at 8 p.m., followed by “Brave” at dusk. fairhavenoutdoorcinema.com.

Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show features work by four artists using very dif“BIRTHDAY SHOW”: Anne Martin McCool and ferent media, but who use themselves as the subject.

Debbie Aldrich celebrate with their annual art show Not self-portraits in the continuing through July 31, traditional sense, in these works personal identity at Anne Martin McCool is submerged and larger Gallery, 711 Commercial themes are explored. ArtAve., Anacortes. Check ists include Nancy Johnson, out paintings and prints Ben Moreau, Scott Kolbo

by Martin McCool and and Tip Toland. Curated jewelry by Aldrich, both

by Natalie Niblack. Hours of whom have birthdays are noon to 5 p.m. Friday in July. The gallery will also feature work by other through Sunday or by appointment. anchor artists. Gallery hours are artspace.org.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon STILL LIFES: A show of to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-2933577 or annemartinmccool. new work by Anne Belov, Pete Jordan, Rob Schouten com. and Sharon Spencer continues through July 30 at “OTHER/SELF”: The the Rob Schouten Gallery, exhibition continues through July 28 at Anchor 765 Wonn Road, Green-

bank. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360222-3070 or robschouten gallery.com.

show in the Allied Arts Juried Artist Series continues through July 27 at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County Gallery, 1418 “LIZARD AND FISH Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

TALES: THE ARTWORK OF The show features work TIM POTTER”: The show from Anita Aparicio, Mary continues through Aug. 1 at Dudley, Heather Salsbury, Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Richard Bulman and Julia Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Loyd. All of the artists use Self-described as “meticu- nontraditional techniques. lous whimsy,” Potter’s art Gallery hours are 10 a.m.

— reminiscent of the works to 5 p.m. Monday through of M.C. Escher and Rube Friday and noon to 5 p.m.

Goldberg — is filled with Saturday. 360-676-8548 or complex patterns and inter- alliedarts.org. related shapes, rich with In early August, the detailed symbolism and show will travel to the mythological themes. For Hotel Bellwether for a information, including gal- month-long installation lery hours and directions, in its lobby, hallways and call 360-222-0102 or visit Lighthouse Bar & Grill. ravenrocksgallery.com.

ART EXHIBIT: A show of “MIXED MEDIA, MIXED new work by Terry Leness MESSAGES”: The next and David Wall continues

OIL PAINTINGS: A selection of oil paintings by award-winning artist Caroline Garland are on display through July in the lobby of The Majestic Inn & Spa, 419 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Formerly from Alaska, Garland’s works reflect her appreciation of the beauty of her home in Skagit County. carolinegarland.fineartstudioonline. com.

MoNA ART: “Selections from the Permanent Collection: Reflections” continues through Sept. 29 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Inspiration from a memory, expression, environment or a person is the basis for “Reflections.” The exhibition combines new acquisitions on the large and small scale and figurative works of art. Artists include Guy Anderson, Jim Ball, Robert Bragg, Kenneth Callahan, Michael Clough, Gregory Grenon, Mar Goman, Morris Graves, Jane Hamilton Hovde, Brian Murphy, Lucinda Parker, Rex Silvernail, Mark Tobey and Veruska Vagen. Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday and Monday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Saturday. $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4446 or museumofnwart.org.

COLLAGE DISPLAY: Three-dimensional paper collages by Ans Schot are on display through Aug. 31 in the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

SALMON FESTIVAL POSTER UNVEILING: The Skagit River Salmon Festival will unveil its 2013 Poster and Artistic Rain Barrels from 4 to 7 p.m. today, July 25, at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. Bellingham photographer Jessica Newley, this year’s poster artist, will be on hand to sign posters purchased at the event. Additionally, rain barrels decorated by eight local artists and students from Madison Elementary School will be on display.

The rain barrels were turned into works of garden art as a fun way to educate the community on the benefits of using rain barrels to conserve water, prevent runoff and protect the resources of the Skagit River. The barrels will be displayed during August at locations around Skagit County, then will be sold via silent auction at the Skagit River Salmon Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Edgewater Park. Proceeds will support the Children’s Museum of Skagit County’s construction of a new “Mighty Skagit: Watershed exhibit. 360-428-5972 or skagitriverfest.org.

ART AT THE PORT: Presented in conjunction with the Anacortes Arts Festival, the annual juried art show will open with a free celebration from 6 to 8 p.m.

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OUT & ABOUT Transit Shed Event Center, 100 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Enjoy live music, dessert and no-host wine as you view more than 100 original artworks created by 46 regional fine artists.

The Allen Family Focus Gallery will feature stone sculptures by Tracy Powell, Deloss Webber and Sue Taves. Rounding out the show will be the Youth Art Exhibition, featuring work in a variety of mediums from students in elementary through high school. The show will continue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2-4. Free admission. anacortesarts festival.com.

the Anacortes Arts Festival from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, and continuing through Sept. 3 at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Also showing are photographs by David Lucas, oils by Lorna Libert and Jeanne Levasseur, pastels

by Barbara Benedetti Newton and new glasswork by Robin Larson. The gallery will have extended hours for the festival: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Regular gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

“NICK FENNEL: WETSCAPES & JEFFREY HANKS: VESSELS”: The show will run Aug. 2-25 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave., La Conner.

Meet the artists during a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Fennel describes himself as a “water baby,” and his paintings center on water as a liquid mirror. Hanks subjects his ceramic forms to elements of fire beyond his control. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708ART AT THE DEPOT: The 4787 or gallerycygnus.com.

Anacortes Arts Commission will feature artworks SKAGIT VALLEY ART by members of Skagit Art- ESCAPE: Experience free ists Together during the art activities Friday and Anacortes Arts Festival, Saturday, Aug. 2-3, at galopening from 6 to 9 p.m. leries and other locations Friday, Aug. 2, and continu- around Anacortes, Edison ing through Sunday, Aug. 4, and La Conner. Enjoy galat the Gallery at the Depot, lery art walks from 5 to 9 611 R Ave., Anacortes. The p.m. Friday in Anacortes, juried show will feature and 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday small works including two- in Edison and La Conner. and three-dimensional art. Cellist Lori Goldston will skagitart.com. perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Gilkey Square in “LARRY HEALD: ACRYL- La Conner. In case of rain, ICS”: A show of landscapes the performance will be

by La Conner artist Larry held inside the Museum of Heald will open with a Northwest Art. Free. For reception in conjunction information, call 360-466with the opening night of 4778.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK: In conjunction with the opening night of the Anacortes Arts Festival, check out a variety of artworks on display from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at several galleries and other venues along Commercial Avenue and other locations in downtown Anacortes.

Enjoy paintings and prints, sculptures, photography, fiber arts, ceramics, jewelry, art glass and more. 360-2936938.

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GOLF/WINE FEST: The 26th annual EDASC Golf & Wine Festival will be held Friday, July 26, at Avalon Golf Club, 19345 Kelleher Road, Burlington.

Lunch and registration at 10:30 a.m., shotgun start SUMMER CONCERT at noon and wine festival SERIES: The sixth annual at 5:30 p.m. on the driving Cap Sante Summer Conrange. Scramble format cert Series will feature golf tournament, 55 teams. live concerts at Seafarers’ Food, games, contests, freeMemorial Park in Anabies and fun. Wine festival cortes. All shows start at includes live band and 7 p.m. Bring a blanket or raffle. Sponsorships are lawn chair for seating. Free. available. For information 425-303-1848 or snohomis- or to register, call 360-336hartistguild.org.

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Next up: Friday, July 26: Black BIRDSTOCK: The sevVinyl All-Stars: Seattle’s enth annual Music Festival Led Zeppelin Band. and Fermentation Celebration will take place from SUMMER CELEBRAnoon to 9 p.m. Saturday, TION: The Rick Epting Aug. 3, at Birdsview BrewFoundation’s Summer ing Company, 38302 HighCelebration will take place way 20, Birdsview. Enjoy FESTIVALS from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, music by Fanny Alger, SUMMER ARTS FESJuly 27, at the Heart of Jack Mattingly & Whiskey TIVAL: The 17th annual Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Fever, Bare Feet, Apollo’s Samish Island Arts Festival Anacortes. Dance to the Mystic Caravan, Br’er will be held from 10 a.m. music of Rivertalk, and Rabbit and Say Banzai. $5 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July enjoy silent auctions and cover. Food and beverages 27, at the Samish Island no-host food and drinks. available for purchase. All Community Center, 11292 $10 suggested donation. ages welcome. Proceeds Blue Heron Road, Samish Proceeds will benefit the will benefit the Birdsview Island. Doris Rempel is this Rick Epting Foundation Fire Department. 360-826year’s featured artist. The for the Arts. 360-724-7355 3406 or birdsviewbrewing. festival will feature live or rickeptingfoundation. com. music, door prizes, kids’ org. crafts, food and a wide SPLASHTACULAR: The range of original artworks, “ROCKIN’ THE PARK”: free children’s health and including glass art, fiber Lake Associates Recresafety event will take place arts, woodwork, jewelry, ation Club will present from noon to 3 p.m. Thurspottery, cards, photography “Rockin’ the Park” from day, Aug. 1, at Washington and garden art. 360-757noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Park, 6300 Sunset Ave., 8771 or samishisland.net.

July 27, at its family-friend- Anacortes. Sponsored by ly clothing-optional park, Skagit-Island Safe Kids MUSIC 21700 Highway 9, Mount Coalition, local organizaVernon. The musical bill tions will provide games AMERICAN ROOTS includes She’s Not Dead, and activities focusing on CONCERT SERIES: DisMotown Cruisers and Steal fire safety, bike safety and cover the roots of AmeriThunder. Bring towels, helmet use, sun safety, CPR can music at a series of chairs and your favorite demos, heart health, poifree summer concerts at 7 p.m. Saturdays in the West beverages. The grill will be son prevention and more. open and food vendors will There will also be face Beach amphitheater at Deception Pass State Park. be on hand. Tickets: $20 in painting, a bouncey house and other activities. For Discover Pass required for advance, $25 at the gate.

800-838-3006 or brownpap- information, contact Harpark admission. 360-675ertickets.com. For informa- veen Sandhu at 360-4163767. Next up: July 27: Canote Brothtion, visit larcnudists.com.

8338 or email hsandhu@ STANWOOD-CAMANO COMMUNITY FAIR: The “Best Lil’ Fair in the West” will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2-4, at 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. Enjoy live entertainment, nonprofit and commercial booth displays, youth and adult exhibits, livestock and pets, food, carnival rides and games and more. Tickets: $10 adults, $7 senior and children, free for ages 4 and younger. Season pass: $20. Buy an all-day carnival pass for $20 until Aug. 1, then $28. Tickets are available at the fair office, Stanwood or Camano Island branches of Coastal Community Bank or at stan woodcamanofair.org.

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“STARRY NIGHTS”: Enjoy an evening of music, art and more from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley.

Featuring the night photography of Andy Porter, the event will include a appetizer dinner from Swinomish Casino and Lodge, an art show, live music, raffles and a no-host wine bar. $35. Proceeds will benefit the Sedro-Woolley Arts Foundation. 360-588-4384 or artscouncilsw.org.

STATE PARKS CENTENNIAL: Join the fun at the Washington State Parks Centennial Celebration all day Saturday, Aug. 3, in the East Cranberry Lake area near the main entrance at Deception Pass State Park, Whidbey Island. Enjoy live music, games for kids, demonstrations, a Volkssport walk, model sailboat regatta, tours, history display, an old-fashioned quilting bee and more.

Food will be available for purchase. Discover Pass required. 360-675-3767 or deceptionpassfoundation. org.

JAPANESE TEA: Enjoy Japanese tea tasting at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Gretchens Kitchen, 509 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Tatsuo Tomeoka of Charaku Fine Japanese Tea Company in Seattle will teach about Japanese tea and the tea ceremony. Students will taste seven to eight different Japanese green teas and learn about the history, culture and preparation surrounding the tea ceremony. The class will end with tasting of matcha, the tea used for traditional tea ceremonies, and a Japanese sweet. $10. 360-336-8747 or gretchenskitchen.com.

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