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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 31, 2014

Tuning Up

Reviews

Movies

David Carrea plays the Eagle Haven Winery in S-W on Friday night

Music: Tom Petty, Drenge, La Roux Video Games: “Murdered: ...”

“Guardians of the Galaxy” pops off the screen for rollicking fun

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Herzog: The Col“Lullaby”: A man lection”: Werner Herdecides to take himUpcoming self off life support. zog’s ability to blend movie releases Richard Jenkins stars. the lines between Following is a partial sched“Bubble Gupreality and fiction has ule of coming movies on DVD. pies: Get Ready For made him one of the Release dates are subject to School!”: Includes the most influential direcchange: music video, “Pencil tors of the past five AUG. 5 Case!” decades. His work is Divergent “Secret State”: spotlighted in a new God’s Not Dead Gabriel Byrne and DVD collection.

Need For Speed Charles Dance star.

The director’s Oculus “My Little Pony unique style of movieAnna Friendship Is Magic: Around the Block making is perfect for Californication: Season 7 The Keys Of Friendthis kind of collection.

Community: Season 5 ship”: Twilight SparSpectacular sequences I’ll Follow You Down kle learns the true can be watched repeatIronclad: Battle for Blood meaning and value of edly. Limited to 5,000 Mythbusters: Collection 11 friendship. copies, the 13-disc box Ping Pong Summer “Shark Week: Tarzan set includes 16 films Top Gear 21 Predator of the and documentaries by Deep”: Discovery Herzog. The Blu-ray n McClatchy-Tribune News Channel’s look at the Service version comes with a sea creature.

40-page booklet that “Adventure Time: includes photos, an Princess Day”: Epiessay by Stephen J. sodes featuring Lumpy Space Princess, Smith and in-depth film synopses by Herzog scholars Brad Prager and Chris Princess Bubblegum, Hot Dog Princess and Flame Princess.

Wahl. The films include “Nosferatu the “Neverlake”: American teen’s visit Vampyre,” “Fitzcarraldo” and “Heart to Italy to be with her father ends difof Glass.” ferently than she expected.

Any true film fan should own this “Mystery Science Theater 3000: collection.

Volume 30”: Includes “The Black Scor“The Other Woman”: Three women pion” and “The Projected Man.” join forces to deal with the man who “Aloha, Bobby And Rose”: Young has been cheating on them. Wading mechanic (Paul LeMat) falls for Rose through this cinematic dung pile are (Dianne Hull).

Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz and Kate “Terror on the Highway”: Police Upton. They play the wife and two mistry to stop a kidnapper headed for the tresses of the businessman/bed jumper border.

(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Through a series of contrived situaComplete Classic Series Collection tions, the three women find out about Party Van”: Includes all 10 seasons on each other and become BFFs. Listen.

23 DVDs. That’s the sound of the last gasps of “At War With the Army”: The 1950 reality being sucked out of the movie. film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Buried under the hackneyed story, Lewis is being re-released. uninspired performances, trite actions “The Ong Bak Trilogy”: Tony Jaa and forgettable direction is the sufstars the three-part epic tale of revenge. focated idea about revenge. Had that “The Protector 2”: Man goes on point been developed, the movie might the run after being falsely accused of a have crawled out of the toilet. With crime. so much wrong with this stinker of a “Legendary”: Merciless trophy huntmovie, pick any other new release to er seeks primeval monster. watch.

“Grace Kelly Collection”: Includes “Five Dances”: Broadway star Ryan “Dial M for Murder,” “The Country Steele makes his big-screen debut.

Girl” and “High Society.”

“Stanley Cup Champions 2014: Los “Eyes Wide Open”: Documentary Angeles Kings”: A look at how the captures reactions of travelers to the Kings won the NHL championship. holy land.

“Noah”: Family rushes to build the ark before the floods arrive. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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

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“Escape from Planet Earth” will be shown Friday evening as part of the Starlight Cinema series at Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon

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Local Travel......................................... 4 Get Involved........................................ 6 At the Lincoln...................................... 7 On Stage.............................................. 8 Tuning Up........................................... 9 Music, Video Game Reviews............ 10 Hot Tickets........................................ 11 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews.....12-13 Out & About.................................14-15

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COMMUNITY

Plenty to do, see at Anacortes Arts Festival

By MARK STAYTON @Mark_SVH Skagit Valley Herald file photos

At a glance What: Anacortes Arts Festival When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2 (extended stage hours both nights); 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 3.

Where: Commercial Avenue, Anacortes, from Fourth to 10th streets.

Information: anacortesartsfestival.com

With offerings ranging from graffiti to fine art, stone carving to an interactive steampunk display and with lots of local music, the Anacortes Arts Festival really will have something for everyone this weekend.

Started in 1962, the three-day celebration has become a yearly expression of creativity, expression and commerce in downtown Anacortes.

“It’s just a fun community thing that defines Anacortes’ culture and artistry, and welcomes people in,” said Rita James, festival creative manager.

Among the attractions: n Arts at the Port fine art exhibition, 6 p.m. Saturday at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed. Fine art from more than 40 regional artists will be on display, along with a youth section. This year’s theme is “Air, Earth, Water,” with two- and three-dimensional pieces. Dederick Ward of Anacortes was selected by a jury as Best of Show. n Six blocks of Commercial Avenue, from Fourth to 10th streets, will be populated by 275 booth artisans, coming from across the country to sell works for every taste and budget. n New this year is Ink Alley on Sixth Street, a craft area geared toward younger artists working with renewable and recycled materials. n A new performing arts stage and beer garden

on the dock in front of the Transit Shed will join two other stages to provide entertainment and libations, James said. Lonely Forest’s John Van Deusen, Bella Maine, Pearl Django, Rivertalk and Twisted Dixie will be a few of the musical acts featured, while local singers and songwriters will be showcased Friday. n The Working Studios area is an interactive display where festival-goers can see work in the making, including smithing, stone-carving, graffiti, chalk art and living statues. A public mural and interactive steampunk exhibit invites attendees to get in on the action. n Food trucks of all kinds will offer a diversity of cuisine to complement the food court.

Sponsored by more than 30 local businesses and run by an army of 220 volunteers, the festival draws an estimated 80,000 visitors annually, according to a festival news release.

“During the festival we fill up motels, restaurants.

People see what a friendly place it is and they come back at different times of the year,” James said.

James said her nonprofit organization has donated $55,000 so far this year to arts programs in the community, including $30,000 to the Anacortes School District for an artist in residence, a cultural arts program and for musical instruments and supplies.

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MOVIES

Local travel

Gleeson and McDonagh take on the sins of the Irish church in ‘Calvary’

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Brendan Gleeson had just finished another movie and showed up, “exhausted,” to don a cassock to play an Irish Catholic priest in “Calvary.” He’d done his homework, as always. And he’d be working with his pal, playwright turned writer-director John Michael McDonaugh. They made “The Guard” together. But “Calvary,” a darkly comic tale of a good priest told he’s to be murdered for all the sins of the Catholic Church, was a workout the Great Gleeson wasn’t prepared for.

“Not for the pummeling I got, in every scene, day by day,” he says, laughing. Every village member of Father James Lavelle’s flock insults him, treats him with nothing but over-the-top comic contempt.

“Relentless,” McDonagh acknowledges with a chuckle. “And funny, I hope. Now, don’t let that change your travel plans. You’re not going to get that if you drop in on a small town in Ireland.”

Adulterers smirk and flaunt their sins. Wife beaters, drunks, an atheist doctor — almost to a one, they tear into the priest. It got to be a bit much.

“At one stage, we shoot a scene where Father Lavelle goes in and finds Aidan Gillens and Orla O’Rourke, their characters, sniffing coke in the loo, and I’m to walk straight back out again,” Gleeson recalls. “It was the last scene on a Friday, in the third week of shooting. I’m out on my feet and I needed a break. But, John, in his wisdom, whispered to Aidan, on one of the takes, to call me a name as I was going out. Which Aidan duly did.”

McDonagh admits to this. The ugly name? Let’s just say it rhymes with “trick.”

“I got outside the door,” Glee-

Kelly Reilly and Brendan Gleeson son says, sounding more irked as he recalls the story, “and I very nearly went BACK in. I’m not joking you. ‘WHAT did you say?

WHAT?’ I had to take a walk and count to 10 and stuff, because it was pretty full-on and I’d had enough of just this relentless abuse, I must say.”

“Calvary” has been called “”a meditation on Ireland and its religious disillusion” (Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman newspaper). But McDonaugh, who like his playwright/ filmmaker younger brother Martin (“In Bruges”) has made dark Irish comedies with religious undertones his stock in trade, would like that clarified.

“To me, it’s not an anti-religious film, it’s an anti-authority film,” McDonagh says. “The problem with the Catholic Church is its power in Ireland … They were colluding with the police, colluding with the government, to such a degree that you had pedophile

of ‘whiskey priest’ — a stock character,” McDonagh says. “So ‘Let’s have Brendan wear a cassock, grew a beard, stand on the beach and wait for his doom.’”

The film’s dread-filled opening scene, with Father Lavelle listening, patiently and calmly, as an unseen man in the confessional tells him he was molested as a child and will kill the only priest handy — Lavelle — in a week, was filmed last. That gave Gleeson time to get a grip on how to play it.

“That notion of absorbing people’s pain, the idea that you think you have a bottomless well of optimism and finding out there’s a bottom to that well, I got that from all the weeks of abuse from the other characters on the set,” Gleeson says.

“Other people are taking these Fox Searchlight via AP buckets of optimism out of your star in “Calvary.” well can make you run dry. You’ve got to be self-protective.” priests covered up by the police Gleeson has been praised for and the government … That’s been giving “a performance of monutrue, to a lesser extent, with this mental soul” (Justin Chang in scandal, all over the world.

Variety), and “Calvary” has earned “So the film’s not an attack rave reviews in those countries on the church. It’s an attack on where it’s opened. It opens in the authority.”

U.S. on Friday.

He had an idea of doing a trilMeanwhile, the director and his ogy of pictures with Gleeson, big redheaded muse are plotting probably best-known as Mada third leg of the trilogy. It is to Eye Moody in the Harry Potter be titled “The Lame Shall Enter films. And “one night in a pub, First,” McDonagh says, “and Brenin Galway, as we wrapped up dan will be playing a really amus‘The Guard,’ it struck me that we ing paraplegic — angry, funny, and should do a movie about a good in a wheelchair.” priest, kind of go against the grain Gleeson laughs and speaks of of what the news is full of — bad “trepidation” about that collaborapriests.” tion.

Father Lavelle would be a wid“John, he continually giggles ower with a troubled adult daugh- when he starts describing to me ter, a man who drank and threw the picture of me crashing and punches in his younger years. And banging into doors and cars and he’d wear an old-fashioned fulleverything that gets in your way length cassock. when you’re in a wheelchair,” “I was a big fan of those old Gleeson says. “He has some point Italian spaghetti Westerns, which he’s going to make, his malicious always seemed to have some sort reasons for doing that, I am sure.”

WWU FACULTY-LED

TRAVEL PROGRAM: Western Washington University will offer an educational travel program on Aug. 31-Sept.

14 to Italy. Global Discovery trips are not for university credit or restricted to WWU students. People of all ages are invited to travel alongside Western faculty and gain an understanding of other cultures, including their art, ecology, food, history, language and more. 360- 650-6409, globaldiscovery@wwu. edu or wwu.edu/Global Discovery.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360336-6215.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing extended trips: New England, Sept. 21-28, “Southern Charm,” Dec. 14-19; Panama, Feb. 5-13, 2015; “Blue Danube,” April 14-28, 2015; and Portugal, Oct. 2015.

For information, contact Pat Gardner at 360279-4582 or pgardner@ oakharbor.org.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The ExperienceWA Call Center is open seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Travelers can call toll free at 1-800544-1800 or email tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com. Staff can assist travelers who have questions, take orders for the Washington State Visitors’ Guide and refer them to specific destination marketing organizations and other travel resources across the state for more detailed information.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area SUMMER CONCERT SIERS The seventh annual Cap Sante Summer Concert Series takes place at 7 p.m. Fridays at Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes.

This week’s group is Cream Tangerine (Beatles and more). Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.

Free admission. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartistguild.org.

FREE SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare Northwest will offer a free performance of “To Be or Not TV2” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Vaux Retreat Center, Bakerview Park, 3011 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon.

The show sets some of our favorite television programs on their Shakespearean ear and puts the Bard’s words into modern situations. shakesnw.org.

FAMILY FUN La Leche League of Skagit County will host the Skagit Family Jubilee from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Maiben Park, 1011 E. Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. Enjoy free children’s activities, information booths, a silent auction and more. 360-770-9087.

“DOCTOR WHO” PARTY Fans of the BBC television program “Doctor Who” are invited to a Doctor Who Party at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Burlington. Enjoy a costume contest, trivia contest, activities and crafts. Participants are encouraged to come dressed as characters from the show. Ages 10 and older. Free.

360-755-0760 or burlingtonwa.gov/ library.

Starlight Cinema: ‘Escape from Planet Earth’

“Escape from Planet Earth” (PG) will be shown Friday evening, Aug. 1, as part of Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation’s film series at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. The movie begins at dusk on the jumbo screen. Bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating. Limited concessions will be available. Bring a flashlight for when it’s time to leave. Free admission. 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov/parks.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS CALL FOR SINGERS: Cantabile of Skagit Valley will hold auditions on Mondays, Aug. 4 and 18. For information or to schedule an audition, contact Executive Director Lynne Rheinhardt at 360-466-1783 or visit cantabileofskagitvalley. org.

“A CHRISTMAS STORY”: Auditions for ages 6-12 will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 7-8, and Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 18-19, at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley.

Parts are available for five boys and two girls. Rehearsals begin the week of Oct. 13. The show will run Dec. 5-20. To schedule an audition, contact Deana Duncan at 360-221-8276 or email deana.duncan@wicaonline. com.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK

August 1 6-9pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Gallery KP Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

Gallery at the Depot www.anacortesart.com

OPEN AUDITIONS: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will hold open auditions for its 2014-15 theater season from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 11-12, at 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Planned productions include “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim; “A Christmas Story,” based on the stories of Jean Shepherd; “Other Desert Cities” by Jon Robin Baitz; “White Liars and Black Comedy” by Peter Shaffer; and “Emma,” adapted from Jane Austen

by Michael Bloom. Participants should prepare two contrasting monologues. For information or to reserve a five-minute audition slot, call 360-221-8262 or email deanaduncan@yahoo.com.

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Doris at 360588-8239.

play slip ‘n’ slide and water balloons, take a walking trip to the Kiwanis Spray Park and swim at the YMCA. Aug. 11-14: Around the World: Play games, learn CLOG DANCING FOR phrases, hear music and BEGINNERS: Enjoy a free make art in the styles of lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., other countries. Tour the followed by regular clog COA Mexican Eatery and dancing from 11 a.m. to make green salsa to eat with noon Thursdays, at the chips. Finish the week with a Mount Vernon Senior potluck of traditional dishes Center, 1401 Cleveland St., from various cultures.

Mount Vernon. No fee, no Aug. 18-21: Community partner needed. First three Builders: Focus on comlessons are free. Wear com- munity service by accepting fortable shoes. For informa- clothing and nonperishable tion, call Rosie at 360-424food items to donate to 4608. the food bank. Participate in a garbage cleanup rally at Hillcrest Park and visit MUSIC Skagit Gleaners, a local food SECOND FRIDAY DRUM bank.

CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25-28: Best of the Aug. 8, Unity Church, 704 W. Best: Enjoy the favorite Division St., Mount Vernon.

“RUN FOR YOUR WIFE”: games and activities of the Shake off the energy of the Auditions for this British summer as selected by the week through drumming, farce set in the 1980s will be songs, chants. Freewill dona- campers. Take a field trip to held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and tion. For information, email Riverside Lanes for a few Monday, Sept. 7-8, at Whidgames of bowling. heatmiser@inbox.com. bey Playhouse Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak SUMMER CAMPS: Warm ON STAGE Harbor. Parts are available Beach Camp offers a wide for six men and two women.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: variety of summer camp Scripts and a list of audi9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown options for kindergarten tion scenes are available Lantern Ale House, 412 through high school, through for checkout during normal Commercial Ave., AnaAug. 17, at 20800 Marine playhouse business hours. cortes. 360-293-2544.

Drive, Stanwood.

The comedy will run Nov. Options include Day 6-22. 360-679-2237 or whid OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 Camp for kids kindergartenbeyplayhouse.com. p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, fourth grade; W-Bar-B at the Conway Pub & Eatjunior and junior high ery, 18611 Main St., Conway. overnight camp for kids DANCE 360-445-4733. entering fourth-sixth grade FOLK DANCING: Skagitand seventh-ninth grade; Anacortes Folkdancers horsemanship and vaulting RECREATION meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at for campers in fifth grade Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 SUMMER DAY CAMP: through high school; as C St., Mount Vernon. Learn Kids entering grades K-6 to folkdance to a variety of can enjoy a variety of activi- well as Special Friends Day Camp for adults age 15 and international music. A short ties centered on a weekly older with special needs. In review begins at 7 p.m. foltheme from 8 a.m. to 5:30 addition, WBC offers High lowed by request dances p.m. Mondays through until 9:30 p.m. The first ses- Thursdays at Hillcrest Park, School Leadership Camp, a weeklong growth-focused sion is free, $3 thereafter. All 1717 S. 13th St., Mount are welcome. No partners Vernon. Two days: $75. Four camp for youths entering grades 10-12. Camp needed. For information, days: $115. Preregistration activities include swimming, contact Gary or Ginny at required: 360-336-6215 or 360-766-6866. mountvernonwa.gov/parks. outdoor exploration, crafts, games and more. For inforComing up: THURSDAY DANCE: Aug. 4-7: Splish Splash!: mation or to register, call Enjoy dancing to the Skip800-228-6724 or visit warm Bring a swimsuit and crepers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ate water-based art projects, beach.com.

STORYTIME YOGA FOR KIDS: Children ages 3 to 8 can enjoy songs, finger plays, stories, movement, breathing principles and peacefulness, while they improve listening skills, learn to handle stressful situations, challenge motor skills and develop confidence in a noncompetitive environment. Classes meet at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington.

Ages 3 to 5: 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Mondays, Aug. 11-25.

Ages 5 to 8: 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondays, Aug. 11-25. $28.50 per three-week session or $10 drop-in rate.

Discount for siblings. Parents attend for free. Preregistration requested, but not required: 360-755-9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/ recreation.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Free. For information, call 360-293-3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org.

Next up: Northwest Whistle Lake: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 8. Enjoy spectacular views and deep-woods feel with just the right amount of physical challenge on this senior hike. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot.

All around Heart Lake: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 9. Get to know the heart of the forest on this journey all the way around Heart Lake.

Lush deciduous areas flow into an old growth grove.

Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot.

INSECT IDENTIFICATION: Bring the family to learn about bugs at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Burlington TRAIL TALES: Friends of Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Skagit Beaches will lead a Burlington. Free. 360-755series of informative walks along the Tommy Thompson 9649 or burlingtonwa.gov/ Trail in Anacortes. For infor- recreation. mation, visit skagitbeaches.

BEACH NATURALISTS: org. Next up: Lunch & Learn: “Sharing Visitors to Washington Park Sunset Beach can talk to Samish Culture Along the Shores of Fidalgo Bay”: 11 beach naturalists on selected a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, Fidalgo days this summer and learn Bay Resort, 701 Fidalgo Bay about the colorful intertidal animals and lush seaweed Road, Anacortes. Samish they find along the shoreTribal communities have line. Look for naturalists lived on the shores of the Salish Sea since time imme- trained through the Skagit morial. Bring a sack lunch to Marine Resources Commitenjoy as Samish community tee on the dates below or members share past, present the schedule posted at the Park office: and future traditions, pracn 9:15 to 11:45 a.m. Saturtices and visions for coming day, Aug. 9. generations. Free. n 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

TRAIL WORK: The Skagit, Sunday, Aug. 10.

Beach naturalists can be Whatcom, Island Trail scheduled for a group visit Maintaining Organization by contacting MRC Salish (SWITMO) seeks volunSea Stewards coordinateers for upcoming trail work through October. The tor Nancy Olsen at nancy. next work party will be held skagitbeaches@gmail.com or Washington Park manager Saturday, Aug. 2. 360-4240407 or jdmelcher@comcast. Bob Vaux at bobv@cityof anacortes.org. net.

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

‘Belle’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 1-2 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4 “Belle” is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of Admiral John Lindsay. Raised by her aristocratic greatuncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet her status prevents her from the traditions of noble social standing. After meeting an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on changing society, he and Belle help shape Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

Directed by Amma Asante. The movie stars Emily Watson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Miranda Richardson and Tom Wilkinson.

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

Monty Python Live (mostly) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6

Monty Python holds a place amongst the world’s finest comedians, influencing a generation and revolutionizing comedy on their way to greatness. There was huge demand for tickets for the first live performances at the O2 on stage by the stars of Monty Python since performing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1980, and 40 years after they last appeared on stage in the UK at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

At a combined age of 357, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin will once again take to the stage and perform some of Monty Python’s greatest hits with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists. $15 general; $13 seniors; $11 students with $2 off for Lincoln members.

• The Wallflowers • LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends

• The Nibblers • Austin Jenckes • Peter Ali

84th Annual

Stanwood Camano Community Fair

• Joe Nichols • Jesse Taylor

August 1, 2 & 3

• Marley’s Ghost • Dana Lyons • Yellowbird Dancers • New Old Time Chautauqua Circus The Gothard Sisters

Chance McKinney

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians

Rock & Roll Hypnotist - Ron Stubbs Swingnuts • Tr ainwr eck • Stanwood Sashayer s David’s Drinking Band • Blueber r y Hill Jesse Taylor • Camano Dance Academy Eric Haines • Str utz StanwoodCamanoFair.org • 64th & Pioneer Highway, Stanwood

Gates Open 10am • Free Parking • Free Admission

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 31-August 7

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 31-August 7

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Too Slim and the Taildraggers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

Anissa Caprina & Erik Snyder (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Friday.1 Swingnuts Jazz (jazz, swing): 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

Free with fair admission: $7-$10. 360-6294121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

David Correa (Afro-Cuban, Latin): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). Food and drinks available for purchase. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

DAVID CORREA 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley.

Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). 360-856-6248.

FRIDAY.1 Sky Colony, The Pine Hearts: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

THEATER

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

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

TUESDAY.1 SWINGNUTS JAZZ 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., StanwoodCamano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

Free with fair admission: $7-$10.

360-629-4121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

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

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

FRIDAY.1

Lil Joe Argo: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

All ages. bigrockcafe or 360424-7872.

MUSIC

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

ALAN HATLEY BAND 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666330.

The Ori Naftaly Band (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

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

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“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 2 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

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

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

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

The Joe Slick Band (contemporary country, rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

Cream Tangerine (Beatles and more): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free.

425-303-1848.

John Nelson (blues, folk, country): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

David Correa (AfroCuban, Latin): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). 360-856-6248.

Ryan Sandholm Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. 360-318-7720.

SATURDAY.2 Silver City Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Steve Bailey and the Blue Flames (canceled): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

The Joe Slick Band (conShoot Jake: 8:30 p.m., Editemporary country, rock): son Inn, 5829 Cains Court, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit ValBow. No cover. 360-766-6266. ley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

MONDAY.4

SUNDAY.3

THURSDAY.31, SATURDAY.2 “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” Shakespeare Northwest, RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org. Check individual listings for times.

Andre Feriante (flamenco): 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Gary Baugh (nautical troubadour): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

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

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

No cover. 360855-2263.

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

Chad Peterson: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Cabana, Powers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Alan Hatley Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.7 Little Pilgrims: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Benefit for Elks veterans fund.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

Joe Sneva & The Sweet Dominiques (surf, reggae): 8:45 p.m., Skagit County Fair, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Free with fair admission. skagitcounty. net/fair.

Chunky Wonder: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 31-August 7

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 31-August 7

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Too Slim and the Taildraggers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

Anissa Caprina & Erik Snyder (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Friday.1 Swingnuts Jazz (jazz, swing): 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Stanwood-Camano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

Free with fair admission: $7-$10. 360-6294121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

David Correa (Afro-Cuban, Latin): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). Food and drinks available for purchase. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

DAVID CORREA 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley.

Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). 360-856-6248.

FRIDAY.1 Sky Colony, The Pine Hearts: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

THEATER

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

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

TUESDAY.1 SWINGNUTS JAZZ 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., StanwoodCamano Community Fair, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.

Free with fair admission: $7-$10.

360-629-4121 or stanwoodcamanofair.org.

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

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

FRIDAY.1

Lil Joe Argo: 7 p.m., Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

All ages. bigrockcafe or 360424-7872.

MUSIC

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

ALAN HATLEY BAND 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666330.

The Ori Naftaly Band (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

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

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Thursday.7

THEATER

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“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 2 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

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

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

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

The Joe Slick Band (contemporary country, rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

Cream Tangerine (Beatles and more): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free.

425-303-1848.

John Nelson (blues, folk, country): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

David Correa (AfroCuban, Latin): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). 360-856-6248.

Ryan Sandholm Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. 360-318-7720.

SATURDAY.2 Silver City Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Steve Bailey and the Blue Flames (canceled): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

The Joe Slick Band (conShoot Jake: 8:30 p.m., Editemporary country, rock): son Inn, 5829 Cains Court, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit ValBow. No cover. 360-766-6266. ley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

MONDAY.4

SUNDAY.3

THURSDAY.31, SATURDAY.2 “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” Shakespeare Northwest, RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org. Check individual listings for times.

Andre Feriante (flamenco): 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

Gary Baugh (nautical troubadour): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

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

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

No cover. 360855-2263.

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

Chad Peterson: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

Cabana, Powers: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5.

360-778-1067.

Alan Hatley Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.7 Little Pilgrims: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Benefit for Elks veterans fund.

Open to the public. 360-8488882.

Joe Sneva & The Sweet Dominiques (surf, reggae): 8:45 p.m., Skagit County Fair, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Free with fair admission. skagitcounty. net/fair.

Chunky Wonder: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

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E10 - Thursday, July 31, 2014

REVIEWS: MUSIC Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

draw comparisons with The Black Keys and Jack White’s White Stripes, and the boys do capture the same kind of bravado “Hypnotic Eye” those acts had in their two-piece days. But they’ve also ingested Josh Homme’s swagTom Petty isn’t singgering sneer, Nirvana’s elegant anger, Muding about himself on his honey’s noirish sense of humor, Weezer’s new tune, “Forgotten melodic compulsion, The Arctic Monkeys’ Man,” but he can’t be blamed for thinking unshakable confidence and Built to Spill’s like that. appreciation for epic drama.

The music world has moved on from the The album opens with the down-tuned days when Tom Petty and his Heartbreak- mood setter “People in Love Make Me ers were among its leaders. So what to do? Feel Yuck” before careening down a darkThey can give up, go country, become a ened highway with the lights off on the walking jukebox or stand and fight. three-song run of “Dogmeat,” “I Want to They’ve decided to take a stand, based Break You in Half” and “Bloodsports.” on the evidence of this stunning new disc.

The brothers never let up, building the “Hypnotic Eye” is testament to the endur- pace with “Gun Crazy,” “I Don’t Want to ing power of blues-based rock ‘n’ roll. The Make Love to You” and “Nothing” before Heartbreakers are among the best rock unleashing the sprawling eight-minute bands still working, and this disc is the kind “Let’s Pretend,” a study in post-punk slow of showcase it hasn’t had for decades. build that finishes like Thor’s hammer.

Mike Campbell’s fluid guitar, Benmont Yep, pretty much perfect.

Tench’s unparalleled keyboards, Ron Blair’s surprisingly melodic bass and Steve n Chris Talbott, Associated Press Ferrone’s drums — it’s a veteran band that La Roux plays with confidence and precision. Petty brings the songs, hook-laden and filler-free, “Trouble in Paradise” speaking to the strivers and dreamers who have always made up his audience. The Coming off an artistic sound is classic but never dated. hiatus after a widely Were this the summer of 1984, “Faultacclaimed, Grammy lines,” “Red River,” “Forgotten Man” and Award-winning debut, “Sins of My Youth” would be constants on La Roux returns in force with an off-beat, the radio. It’s no fault of his that time and electrifying and synth-pop second album. trends are different now.

“Trouble in Paradise” showcases the You’d be wise, however, not to forget new La Roux, singer-songwriter Elly JackTom Petty. son minus producer Ben Langmaid, who left the duo during work on this followup n David Bauder, Associated Press to their 2009 self-titled debut. Jackson paired with producer Ian Sherwin to finish Drenge off the job and the result is a nine-track “Drenge” collection that, while retaining the band’s original sound and charisma, adds a sexy British rock duo edge.

Drenge’s self-titled It starts off with a disco mirror ball of a debut is pretty much tune, “Uptight Downtown,” a gentle dance perfect. session in the making. It moves into strumThat’s not a word critics of any kind friendly “Cruel Sexuality” and the light should throw around lightly, and it’s not touch “Sexotheque” where the instrumendone so here. tals convey a childlike wonder in stark conYoung twenty-something brothers Eoin trast to lyrics that tell the story of a couple and Rory Loveless distill almost everything where the man is a bit of a dog. that’s been great about rock ‘n’ roll over “Silent Partner” turns from a Michael the last 25 years into 12 diamond-cut songs Jackson tribute to a nightmare scenario of on their U.S. debut. Most of “Drenge” is a an abusive relationship, while “Kiss and flurry of punches, scraped knuckles, teeth Not Tell” spins another tale of romantic on the floor and the sound of a switchblade woe. Slow-burn track “Let Me Down Genclicking open, leaving the listener with a tly” sounds so vintage that La Roux should giddy sense of euphoria that was common be paying royalties to the 1980s. in rock ‘n’ roll’s pre-malaise days but is However, Caribbean-sounding electro truly hard to come by now. party-starter “Tropical Chancer” comes as Any guitar-and-drums duo is going to the front-runner of the album — the per-

REVIEWS: VIDEO GAMES fect balance of rhythm appeal and sass — a bit like this entire endeavor. n Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press

Kitten

“Kitten”

‘Murdered: Soul Suspect’

Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. Rated: M Cost: $59.99 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

On “Amnesia,” their debut album, Amanda X create noisy, lowfi songs that revel in contrast. Distorted guitars vie with clear, emphatic vocals; chaos wriggles against control. The trio of guitarist Cat Park, bassist Kat Bean, and drummer Tiff Yoon play with grungy intensity on “Guatemala” and “Tunnels” — think ‘90s bands like the Breeders or Scrawl. But the unison singing and traded lead vocals sweeten songs such as “Nothing Wild” and “Things Fall Apart,” which hint at the Raincoats (the British punk band Kurt Cobain loved).

“I know, baby, you’re trouble,” begins the chorus of “Trouble.” There’s a pause before it continues with “But for now I want you to stay,” and the tone is more resigned and knowingly conflicted than desperate and naively pleading. The reference points for Amnesia may come from a few decades ago, but Amanda X doesn’t sound nostalgic.

As “Murdered: Soul Suspect” begins, Salem detective Ronan O’Connor is thrown out of an attic window and shot to death in the street. Trapped in the foggy, arcane world of ghosts, Ronan is unable to move on until he deals with the obviously unfinished business of his own murder.

It’s a compelling setup, and even if “Murdered” can’t quite overcome the limitations of being a video game trying to tell a mystery, the game is worth a look.

The first thing the game does is lay out just how it chooses to define and deal with ghosts. Yes, you — as newly intangible Ronan — can walk through walls, but only interior walls. The explanation given is that most building exteriors have been “consecrated” against spectral visitors. You have some minor poltergeist powers, allowing you to futz with telephones and printers.

You can possess the living to eavesdrop on their secrets, and you’re even allowed to inhabit alley cats whose bodies you can use to explore hidden areas.

As a ghost, portions of Old Salem are now visible to you. Functionally, these psychic remnants are just something else that blocks your path, as ghosts cannot walk through other ghostly things. But in terms of adding to the game’s pensive atmosphere, the scraps of old buildings and nautical leftovers give you a sense of the harbor town’s history while keeping you tantalizingly separate from it.

The big problem with “Murdered: Soul Suspect” is that it has to shove you along the mystery’s path whether or not you’re good at sleuthing. Random guessing will get you to the end of the story easily enough, which saps any urgency or drama from your detective work. “Murdered” rates you on how well you solve mysteries, but it means nothing to both you and the game. The game fails to make you feel smart for piecing things together, making the overall experience more akin to a linear movie than an interactive one.

“Murdered: Soul Suspect” delivers a solid ghost story, with the added benefit of you being able to explore a claustrophobic mashup of historic Salem. The one mystery that Ronan O’Conner can’t solve is how to make a detective video game where you actually feel like a detective.

n Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer

n Joe Fourhman, Chicago Tribune

The debut album from rising band Kitten will have you purring.

The Los Angelesbased group’s self-titled release is full of synth pop anthems, dance jams and punkrock tracks that mesh together seamlessly.

Chloe Chaidez, 19, leads the band, and her vocals sound fresh and edgy.

The album kicks off with the dreamy and upbeat “Like a Stranger,” while the addictive tracks “Sex Drive” and “Sensible” keep the mood going. Chaidez even impresses on the slow and simplistic tune “Apples and Cigarettes,” which nicely closes the 12-track set.

“Kitten” is one of the year’s brightest debuts, and Chaidez’s charisma on the album translates onstage during the band’s live show. The group has opened on the road for No Doubt and Paramore, and Chaidez has an energy that captivates and stands out, much like Gwen Stefani and Hayley Williams. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Amanda X “Amnesia”

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HOT TICKETS FOREIGNER, STYX: Aug. 1, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

SANTANA: Aug. 1, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NICKEL CREEK: Aug. 1, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE VOICE TOUR: Aug. 2, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

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

SARA BAREILLES: Aug. 5, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Aug. 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

CHVRCHES: Aug. 7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LADY GAGA’S artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball: Aug. 8, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ARCADE FIRE: Aug. 8, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BRUNO MARS: Aug. 9, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ZZ TOP, JEFF BECK: Aug. 9, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

MAC KING (magic): Aug. 9, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or the skagit.com.

107.7 THE END’S SUMMER CAMP: Aug. 9, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

BROKEN BELLS: Aug. 10, Moore Theatre,

AEROSMITH with special guest Slash, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators: Aug. 16, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

GROUPLOVE & PORTUGAL. THE MAN: Aug. 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

COUNTING CROWS: with special guest Toad the Wet Sprocket: Aug. 12, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

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REBELUTION: with Iration, The Green, Stick Figure, DJ Mackle: Aug. 19, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

GIPSY KINGS: Aug. 22, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

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E12 - Thursday, July 31, 2014

MOVIES

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ sends the summer popcorn picture season out with a bang

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Laugh-out-loud funny and production-designed to death, “Guardians of the Galaxy” pops off the screen, the last but far from the least of the summer of 2014’s popcorn pictures.

A willing cast playing stupid-cool characters, video-game friendly action beats, ROFL gags and a touch of heart make this franchise-opener a rare pleasant surprise in a summer that has sorely lacked them.

In 1988, a little boy sits, lost in his Sony Walkman’s mix tape, as his mother dies in a hospital. He weeps, flees into the parking lot and is promptly abducted by aliens.

Decades later, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt of “Delivery Man” and “Parks and Recreation”) is a “junker,” tracking down this orb thing for The Broker. He’s still listening to that Sony Walkman and its ’70s hits mix tape.

But Peter, who wants everyone to call him “Star Lord,” runs afoul of Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), who wants the orb so he can wipe out an enemy. Peter is pursued by Ronan’s relatives — Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan) — and Ronan’s minions, led by Korath (Dji-

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’

HHH Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, John C. Reilly, Michael Rooker, Glenn Close, Dave Bautista, Benicio Del Toro Running time: 2:01 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language

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Zoe Saldana (from left), the character Rocket Racoon (voiced by Bladley Cooper), Chris Pratt, the character Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Dave Bautista are shown in a scene from “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Feisty Gamora tries to resist Peter’s “pelvic sorcery.”

The raccoon flips out if you call him “vermin” or “a rodent” because in this universe, “ain’t no thing like me EXCEPT me.” mon Hounsou).

And Quill spends WAY He’s already being hunttoo much time explaining ed by his blue-faced redneck boss, Yondu (Michael his taste in music — Blue Swede, 10cc, Mickey ThomRooker, spot on). as and Elvin Bishop — and But the ones who catch him are the space police of his still-Earthbound slang, the Nova Empire, ruled by gestures and pop culture Nova Prime (Glenn Close), wisecracks.

“I come from a planet policed by Dey (John C. of outlaws … Billy the Kid, Reilly).

Bonnie & Clyde, John StaQuill finds himself incarcerated with Gamora, mos.”

They have to bust out Rocket (voiced by Bradley of prison to get the orb to Cooper), a science experiment that looks suspiciously a safe place before Ronan like a raccoon, and Rocket’s gets it. And yes, the raccoon towering tree-root sidekick, is the brains of the outfit.

The script provides a Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel). To get away, they enlist laugh a minute, thanks to the wisecracks, dated music the hefty, single-minded and great running gags. avenger Drax, whose dimwitted dialogue is a form of Groot, for instance, has just one sentence at his compoetry. Just don’t call him “thesaurus.” That goes right mand: “I am Groot!”

It has a different emphaover his head. sis and meaning every time “NOTHING goes over he utters it. No, you can’t my head,” Drax (wrestler tell he’s Vin Diesel, but Dave Bautista, hilarious) Bradley Cooper, liberated declares. “My reflexes are of his pretty-boy body, cuts too fast!”

loose as the voice of Rocket, an old-school wise guy trapped in a raccoon’s fur.

Everything about this, from the gadgets to the glorious makeup and digitally created characters — a cornucopia of aliens — to a dazzling space pod chase and space battles, is just as cool as you’d hope a summer sci-fi action comedy to be.

But stupid? Oh yeah.

And pandering? My stars and garters!

Whatever the original “Guardians” were — the Marvel universe comic book series dates from the late ’60s — its 2008 comic reboot and the film incarnation have been tailored for the fanboy and fangirl universe. The Western style lovable-rogues-in-spacetheme rips off of everything from “Star Wars” to “Firefly,” with a healthy dose of the gone-but-not-quiteforgotten “Ice Pirates.”

If fanboydom has a reason to exist, it’s to rescue discredited and dismissed pop culture and give it the imprimatur of “classic.”

Thus, the cute but goopy ’70s pop soundtrack.

The characters, to a one, are variations on ideas born elsewhere — Groot as a cross between Treebeard (“Lord of the Rings”) and Chewbacca, for instance.

There’s no point in starting your sci-fi franchise without fanboy pinup Saldana in the cast. If the role calls for a lot of makeup, tight costumes and high-kicking beat-downs, Zoe’s our lady.

And Pratt utterly commits to the part — singing and dancing and fearless about looking foolish. He wears the “Firefly” by way of Han Solo macho space leather well. He will never be the new Harrison Ford; he may become the new Nathan Fillion. As it stands now, he’s more the new Robert (“Ice Pirates”) Urich.

They’re going to make more “Guardians,” which is both good news and bad news. Director/co-writer James (“Super”) Gunn won’t have the novelty of introducing us to this universe and these weirdos again. And since that’s pretty much the whole joke here, how will he get a curtain call out of them?

“A Most Wanted Man” — In his last starring role, Philip Seymour Hoffman is nothing short of brilliant as a world-weary German intelligence operator on the trail of a man who escaped from a Russian prison. Based on a John le Carre novel, this is one of the best spy thrillers in recent years. Spy thriller, R, 121 minutes. HHHH “And So It Goes” — Nothing unexpected happens in this film, the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, but the pleasure comes from experiencing the semi-frequent smile-inducing dialogue, bolstered in no small fashion by the wonderful comedic timing of Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. This is one of the rare movies trying to connect with the older crowd that still loves to go to the cinema and watch great stars do their thing. Comedy, PG-13, 94 minutes. HHH “Begin Again” — Reeling from a breakup with her musical partner and longtime boyfriend, a songwriter in New York City has a chance encounter with a disgraced record label exec that blossoms into something more. With Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld and Adam Levine. Written and directed by John Carney. R, 104 minutes. HH “Lucy” — Given the track record of writer-director Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element”), I was hoping this story of a woman (Scarlett Johansson) tapped into an ever-growing brain capacity would be a bold and inspired piece. What I got was a piece of something else altogether. As Lucy’s enhanced powers turn ludicrous, the plot becomes unintentionally hilarious. Sci-fi action, R, 89 min1 utes. ⁄2H “Tammy” — Directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, co-writer and star Melissa McCarthy plays a simpleton on the road with her alcoholic grandmother (Susan Sarandon). The movie attempts to balance cartoonlike slapstick with well-written, well-acted scenes that feel completely of this world, a tough balancing act that “Tammy” doesn’t consistently accomplish. Comedy, R, 96 1 minutes. HH ⁄2 “The Fault in Our Stars” — With lesser source material, an average director and an OK cast, the adaptation of John Green’s novel about the glory and unfairness of life could

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MOVIES cious and condescending exercise in self-indulgent pandering, featuring one of the whiniest lead characters in recent memory. The supporting cast is rich with talented actors: Mandy Patinkin, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad. They just don’t have a fully realized movie to work with. Comedy-drama, R, 120 1 minutes. H ⁄2 “X-Men: Days of Future Past” — Thanks to first-class special effects, a star-packed cast taking the material seriously and director Bryan Singer’s skilled and sometimes electrifying visuals, this timetravel sci-fi thriller is flat-out, big-time, big summer movie fun. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 130 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS AT AREA THEATERS Aug. 1-7 Guardians of the Galaxy ANACORTES CINEMAS (PG-13): Friday: 1:30, 4:00, Aug. 1-7 6:30, 9:00; Saturday-Sunday: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, Gods (NR): Tuesday-Wednes9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:30, day: 7 p.m.

The Hundred-Foot Journey 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Hercules (PG-13): Friday: (PG): Thursday: 7 p.m.

1:40, 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; Sat Guardians of the Galaxy urday-Sunday: 11:10, 1:40, (PG-13): Friday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00; Saturday-Sunday: 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; MondayWednesday: 1:40, 3:50, 6:40, 11:15, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:30, 8:50; Thursday: 1:40, 3:50 Lucy (R): Friday: 1:50, 3:55, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 6:50, 8:55; Saturday-Sunday: Hercules (PG-13): Friday: 11:20, 1:50, 3:55, 6:50, 1:40, 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; 8:55; Monday-Wednesday: Saturday-Sunday: 11:25, 1:40, 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; Mon- 1:50, 3:55, 6:50, 8:55; Thursday: 1:50, 3:55, 8:55 day: 1:40, 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; Tuesday-Thursday: 1:40, 3:50, Into the Storm (PG-13): 8 p.m.

8:50 Lucy (R): Friday: 1:50, 4:10, Teenage Mutant Ninja 6:50, 8:55; Saturday-Sunday: Turtles (PG-13): 7 p.m.

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OUT & ABOUT ART “ELEMENTS OF NATURE”: Skagit Artists Together will present a juried art show opening with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m.

Friday, and continuing from 9 to 6 a.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1-3, at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes.

The show will features artwork from 13 artists. skagit art.com.

PHOTO ENCAUSTICS: Scott Milo Gallery presents a new collection of photo encaustic work by Kathy Hastings, opening with a reception in conjunction with the Anacortes Arts Festival opening night from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, and continuing through Sept.

2 at 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Hastings brings her renowned boat reflections and her latest pieces featuring regional birds.

Also showing: color photographs by David Lucas, oils by Sandy Byers and Lorna Libert, and pastels

by Janice Wall, as well as a selection of jewelry, glass work, sculptures and tables.

Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

The seventh annual Cap Sante Summer Concert Series takes place at 7 p.m.

Fridays at Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free admission. 425-303-1848 or snohomishartist guild.org. Next up: Aug. 1: Creme Tangerine (pictured, Beatles and more); Aug. 8: Jessica Lynne (country); Aug. 15: Global Heat (hip hop, soul and groove); Aug. 22: Aaron Crawford (country); Aug. 29: Tubaluba: Mardi Gras Night.

Cathy Schoenberg and Barbara Hathaway, ceramics; and Louise Harris, quilt art and more. The show will continue through August.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com.

sels — works of art that range from functional to purely decorative — the exhibition will run Aug. 1-31 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Check out Richard Alexander’s hand-thrown, glazed ceramics; Bob Higbee’s hand-turned vases of found wood; and Karen Noblet’s DOOR ART THROWcoil-wrapped fiber vessels DOWN: Allied Arts of What- including plates, lidded and com County’s fourth annual open bowls, baskets and Door Art Throwdown will more. Meet the artists durtake place during the First ing a reception from 1 to 4 Friday Art Walk from 5 to p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. For 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, in the information, including galNEW PAINTINGS & Federal Building parking lot, lery hours and directions, MORE: A show featuring located in the 1400 block of call 360-222-0102 or visit new paintings by Anne Cornwall Avenue in downravenrocksgallery.com.

Martin McCool and other town Bellingham. Ten teams artists will open during the of artists will have two hours “WING & PETAL”: Allied First Friday Art Walk and to create a masterpiece on a Arts of Whatcom County’s Anacortes Arts Festival repurposed door. Art Walk 2014 Juried Artist Series with a reception from 6 participants can watch the continues with a new show, to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at artists in action, then vote opening with a reception McCool Gallery, 711 Comon their favorite by “tipfrom 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. mercial Ave., Anacortes. ping” their team of choice.

1, and continuing through Other featured artists: The doors will be sold that Aug. 30 at Allied Arts GalKevin Paul, wood carvings; evening through a silent auc- lery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Cathy Schoenberg and Peter tion. Proceeds will benefit Bellingham. There will be an Belknap, paintings; Carole the participating artists and exhibit walk-through with Cunningham and Debbie Allied Arts. 360-676-8548 or the artists starting at 7 p.m.

Aldrich, jewelry; George alliedarts.org. on opening night. “Wing & Way and Art Learmonth, Petal” features two-dimen“FIRE, WOOD & FIBER”: sional artworks by Mira wood; Tracy Powell, sculpFeaturing a variety of vesture; Patsy Chamberlain, Kamada, Wade Marlow and

Kristen Gilje. Inspired by the beauty of nature, the artists take the basics of a landscape and flowers, and through their imaginations rearrange that image into something new. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

doors as her studio, Froderberg is inspired by light, atmosphere and the beauty of the natural world. Ruthie V. takes a minimal approach to painting, working with a limited palette and focusing on line, shape, color and surface. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. 360-7666230 or smithandvallee.com.

CREATIVE ARTS EXHIBITION: Research for Design graduates will showcase their work from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9-10, at the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts, 12636 Chilberg Road, near La Conner. Celebrate the accomplishments of nine Level 4 Research for Advanced Design students, who have completed two and a half years of study with Gail Harker, resulting in an original body of artwork including wall hangings, 3-D items, design boards and sketchbooks.

Free. 360-466-0110 or gail creativestudies.com.

information, call Robert at 425-275-8540 or visit rhodes riverranch.com.

CLASSIC BOATS/CARS: The 14th annual La Conner Classic Boat and Car Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the La Conner Marina’s south parking lot. Free parking and shuttle service will be available at La Conner Middle School, 305 N. Sixth St., La Conner. Check out a variety of classic cars and yachts, show cars, work boats, motorcycles, travel trailers, raffles, a poker walk, food vendors, music and more.

Suggested donation: $3, free for ages 11 and younger.

A pancake breakfast will be offered from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the La Conner Retirement Inn, 204 N. First St. $7. For information, including boat and vehicle entry forms, call 360-4664778 or visit lovelaconner. com.

CAR SHOW & OUTDOOR MARKET: The 23rd annual Collectors Car Show and Outdoor Market will take “DANCE”: Check out 100 works of art by 100 art- place from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at FLETCHER PAINTINGS: ists through Aug. 3 at the Camano Center, 606 ArrowAn exhibition of paintEdison Eye Gallery, 5800 head Road, Camano Island. ings by Skagit Valley artist Cains Court, Edison. GalBecky Fletcher will open lery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Check out a wide range with a reception from 5 to Friday through Sunday or by of collectors’ cars, trucks and motorcycles, as well 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, and appointment. 360-766-6276 as an outdoor market, art continue through Aug. 24 at or edisoneye@wavecable. show, music, beer garden, Gallery Cygnus, 109 Comcom. barbecue and more. Vehicle mercial Ave., La Conner. registration: $20. Outdoor Gallery hours are noon to 5 market space: $50-$60. Free p.m. Friday through Sunday. CAR SHOWS ARLINGTON CAR SHOW: admission. 360-387-0222 or 360-708-4787 or gallery The second annual Rhodes camanocenter.org. cygnus.com.

River Ranch Car Show will take place from 9 a.m. to WHIDBEY CAR SHOW: “SLOW TIME: LAND3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at The North Whidbey Lions SCAPES AND STILLS BY 22016 Entsminger Road, Club’s 2014 North Whidbey MARY FRODERBERG & Arlington. Check out a vari- Car Show will take place RUTHIE V.”: Two friends ety of vintage and custom from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satshow landscapes, portraits urday, Aug. 9, at Windjamand stills in their new exhibi- cars. Registration opens at 8 a.m. Prizes in a variety mer Park, 1600 S. Beeksma tion, opening with a recepof categories awarded at 2 Drive, Oak Harbor. Vehicle tion from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturregistration begins at 7:30 p.m. $20 entry fee includes day, Aug. 2, and continuing through Aug. 31 at Smith & brunch buffet for the driver; a.m. For information, call 360-679-1595 or email Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey additional passenger or nwcarshow@yahoo.com. guest buffet, $12.99. For Ave., Edison. With the out-

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OUT & ABOUT FAIRS 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. 1-3, at 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. Check out animal exhibits and demonstrations, live entertainment, art and garden displays, craft and vendor booths, carnival rides and games, food and more.

Tickets: $10, $7 seniors and children, free for ages 4 and younger, $20 season pass. Buy an all-day carnival pass for $22 until July 31 ($30 during the fair).

Tickets are available at the fair office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. stanwood camanofair.org.

carnival wristbands: $28.

Parking: $5. 360-336-9414 or skagitcounty.net/fair.

FESTIVALS

DRAYTON HARBOR DAYS: Celebrate all things maritime during Drayton Harbor Days on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2-3, at the Blaine Harbor Boating Center, 235 Marine Drive, Blaine.

Saturday’s activities include the 5K Run to the Border at 8:30 a.m., pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Community Center, a pirate costume contest at 11 a.m., the 12th annual Prestigious George Raft Race, a steamboat regatta and more.

Both days will feature arts and crafts booths from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., along with dockside tours of the tall ships Hawaiian ChiefSKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: The annual Skagit County tain and Lady Washington, Fair will take place from 10 rides on the historic Ploa.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday ver Ferry, a variety of live through Saturday, Aug. 6-9, steam boats on display and more. at the Skagit County FairSunday’s events include grounds, 1410 Virginia St., a pet contest, show and Mount Vernon. shine car show and “Songs Enjoy farm animals, of the Sea” at 2 p.m. at carnival rides, live music Peace Arch Park. Free and entertainment, kids’ zone, car show, vendors and admission. 360-332-4544 or blainechamber.com. displays, food and more.

Admission: $7 adults, $6 REEFNET FESTIVAL: ages 6-17 and 65 or older, The Lummi Island Reefnet $20 family, free for ages 5 Festival will take place and younger. On Wednesfrom 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. day, Aug. 6, all tickets are Saturday, Aug. 9. The event $4 until 4 p.m. One-day

will celebrate the ancient method of reefnet fishing, with live music all day, photo and video displays, arts and crafts, boat rides, kids’ activities and games, vendors, raffles, beer and wine garden, grilled salmon and more. Walk on the ferry at Gooseberry Point and ride a shuttle van to the festival site. Admission: $5, free for ages 12 and younger. 360-791-6451 or lummiislandreefnetfestival. com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

“OUR DILAPIDATED ROADS: HIGHWAY TO DISASTER?”: Todd Harrison, assistant regional administrator at the Department of TransportaBREWFEST: The 12th tion, will discuss roads at annual Porterhouse Brewthe next Fidalgo Demofest is set for 2 to 7 p.m. crats’ meeting at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 9, on Gates Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. A moderated period of questions and comments will follow the speaker. Bring a nonperishable donation for the food bank. For information, contact Corinne at 360-293-7114.

SKAGIT COUNTY PIONEER PICNIC: The 110th annual Skagit County Pioneer Picnic will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday,

Pancake Breakfast 7:30 - 10 am at La Conner Retirement Inn / $7.00

Food Vendors Poker Walk • Raffle Prizes Free Parking and Shuttle Service

Aug. 9-10, at the La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., La Conner.

Shop for vintage treasures including furniture, glassware, books, antiques, art and more. Free admission.

For information, call Jo at 360-466-3365 or Jacque at 360-466-4288.

SHOW AND TELL FOR GROWN-UPS: Personal historian Teru Lundsten will host a Grown-Up Show & Tell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

Bring old photos, letMUSEUM ESTATE SALE: ters, family mementos or The Skagit County Histori- artifacts — anything you cal Museum, in partnership treasure — to show and tell with the La Conner Quilt the stories behind them, or & Textile Museum, will just listen to others. Free. hold an estate sale from 10 RSVP: 360-464-2229 or a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and anacortescenterforhappi 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, ness.org.

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Sample beer from dozens of premium microbreweries and food from local eateries, while listening to music from the Margaret Wilder Band, Mary McPage and the Assassins, and The Chris Eger Band.

Advance tickets: $20.

Day of event: $25, includes five tastes. Scrip for additional tastes will be available for purchase. Designated driver tickets are $15, without scrip. Ages 21 and older only. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

MORE FUN

14TH ANNUAL LA CONNER CLASSIC Saturday, August 9, 2014 10 am - 4 pm At the La Conner Marina

Aug. 7, at Pioneer Park, La Conner. The Pioneer Association will honor the Pioneer Family of the Year, the Lagerlund family, and the Pioneer Spirit Award recipient, Bertha Fohn.

Enjoy live music, an old car show and more.

Skagit County Historical Society and Museum staff and Skagit Valley Genealogical Society members will be on hand to answer questions about county history and genealogy. For $12, register as a “pioneer” and receive a ribbon, program, memorial pamphlet and a barbecue salmon dinner.

360-466-3941 or skagit county.net/Departments/ HistoricalSociety.

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