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‘Love & Friendship’ runs at the Lincoln Theatre in MV this weekend

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK by mob boss and dirty “I Saw the Light”: Upcoming cops.

Tom Hiddleston, best known for his wicked “Electra Woman & movie releases portrayal of Loki in the Dyna Girl”: Updated JULY 12 “Thor” movies, takes version of Saturday n The Divergent Series: on singing duties as morning action series.

Allegiant part of his performance “The Adderall n Miracles From Heaven as Hank Williams in “I Diaries”: Troubled n Everybody Wants Some Saw the Light.” He gets author looks to find the n Green Room points for trying to truth about his past. n The Dark Horse mimic the singer’s James Franco stars. n Colony: Season One unique style, but the n iZombie: The Com“Code of Honor”: movie is so weak on plete Second Season Steven Seagal stars in story that the musical n LEGO DC Super this story of an ex-speperformances cannot Heroes: Justice League: cial ops agent who must hide its flaws.

Gotham City Breakout protect his town.

The most sour notes n Slasher: Season 1 “Endgame”: in “I Saw the Light” n The Dresser Impoverished high come from the script by school starts a chess director Marc Abraham.

JULY 19 team and becomes state Instead of building a n Batman v Superman: champions. solid foundation of Dawn of Justice “Hell Hunters”: Group why Williams chased a n The Perfect Match of Nazi hunters must n Miles Ahead musical career as shown stop an evil doctor. n Demolition through the influenc“Dear Eleanor”: es in his early years, Coming-of-age road Abraham jumps into the picture set in 1962. story with Williams as an adult.

The early years for Williams were so “The Mermaid”: Beautiful mermaid interesting that they would have made falls for a greedy developer. for a full movie on their own. From “The Levenger Tapes”: Video tapes his battle with spina bifida occulta to may hold the clues to finding three the family losing everything in a fire, missing college students.

Williams had the kind of childhood “Only Yesterday”: Family visit sparks that makes for great movie material. memories.

Sadly, Abraham elects to spend more “600 Miles”: Federal agent looks to time on staging musical numbers. stop flow of guns over the border.

Even the focus on the adult life of “Emma’s Chance”: Young woman, Williams comes across like an abbreabused horse form bond. viated tale. The story skips casually “Joseph & Mary”: Kevin Sorbo stars through his marital woes, battles to in this tale of a rabbi helped by the find respect in the music world and family. his continuing fight with back pain.

Just when a story starts to get interest- “Roald Dahl’s The BFG”: Animated ing, Abraham shifts the attention to feature released in 1989. another musical performance.

“The Pack”: Man’s best friend “House of Cards: The Complete becomes his worst nightmare.

Fourth Season”: Kevin Spacey con“Peg + Cat: Out of This World”: Peg tinues his brilliant work as Frank and Cat solve problems on other worlds.

Underwood in this tale of a wild political world. The series loves to rip open “Vicious: The Finale”: Follows a year the heart of issues and feed upon them in the lives of Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi). like mad dogs.

“Search Party”: Two friends go on a Some of the best work is what Spacey does with Robin Wright, who is a perfect rescue mission to save their buddy.

“3rd Street Blackout”: Modern lovmatch as the wife of Spacey’s character. ers hit relationship problems when the This is truly a power couple, even when power goes out. things at home begin to change.

“Vigilante Diaries”: Black-ops agents “Cabin Fever”: Reboot of the 2002 become crimefighters. horror film.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area A double dip of Shakespeare “The Merchant of Vegas” and “Cymbeline” When: Series opens Friday, July 8 Where: Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon.

Tickets: $10-$35. For full show dates and times, call 206-317-3023 or visit shakesnw.org.

By BRENNA VISSER @Brenna_SVH

They say what happens in Venice stays in Venice.

That’s what the company of Shakespeare Northwest is saying, anyway.

The local Shakespearean theater company will be entering its 15th season to perform two works, “The Merchant of Vegas” and “Cymbeline,” and one original, titled “Shakespeare in Wonderland,” starting July 8 and running through August 13 at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre in Mount Vernon.

“The Merchant of Vegas,” a play on words from Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” will be performed with a Las Vegas theme. The director, Michael Wallace, said he made the decision to experiment with the setting to help present the show as a comedy.

“Every production I’ve seen has been a social commentary,” Wallace said, referring to anti-Semitic themes involved with one of the main characters. “I felt

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Lydia Randall and John Metcalf appear in Shakespeare Northwest’s production of “The Merchant of Vegas,” opening this week at Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre.

challenged by that to put it more in a comedy frame of mind.”

The play, written around 1596, follows the lives of Shylock, a money lender and Jewish man, his daughter Jessica, Antonio the merchant, and Bossanio, a man wishing to woo Portia, a Venetian heiress.

Throughout the show each character gambles money and love to get what they want, which was another inspiration for the Las Vegas theme.

One challenge Wallace faced was figuring out how to transform the natural rock amphitheater in which they perform to

convincingly appear as Las Vegas. Much of that scene setting will happen when audience members walk into the space and receive poker chips for a pre-show, to play a round of Roulette or Craps.

“They should expect to be surprised,” Wallace said.

Carolyn Travis, a veteran of the troupe, will be playing Antonia (traditionally Antonio, a male role), who is the merchant, and said in this rendition the audience should expect Frank Sinatra-era music to be incorporated into the production to help tie in the Vegas theme.

“It’s always fun to do something different,” she said.

Travis is also the author of the company’s third traveling show, “Shakespeare in Wonderland.”

The free show travels to various parks as far as Bellingham to Seattle.

Travis described the show to be a “mash-up” between “Alice in Wonderland” and various Shakespeare characters like Hamlet and Lady MacBeth. She said she was inspired to play with the two stories because she finds Shakespeare timeless.

After all these years, however, Travis said her favorite part is still working with the cast.

“For me, this isn’t just cast and crew — it is family,” she said.

PORT OF ANACORTES SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Bring a lawn chair and enjoy outdoor live music by Dusty 45s from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, July 8, at the Seafarers Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Free. portofanacortes.com.

22ND ANNUAL HIGHLAND GAMES A kind of “Scottish three-ring circus” with a wide range of activities for young and old alike from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millet Road, Mount Vernon. Part of an annual circuit of Scottish competitions, with solo bagpiping and drumming, bagpipe bands, fiddling, traditional Scottish athletics and Scottish Highland dancing. Prices vary. 360-416-4934 or celticarts.org.

KIDS-R-BEST FEST Come and celebrate kids from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Storvik Park, 1110 32nd St., Anacortes. Enjoy family-friendly games, activities, live entertainment, food, prizes and more. Free.

360-293-3832 or Anacortes.org.

ART BY THE BAY The Crab Cracker sponsors the 24th annual Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, July 9-10, at 271st St. in downtown Stanwood. Bring the family and peruse over 100 juried artists, gourmet food, beer and wine garden and live music. Free admission.

360-629-ARTS (2787) or Stanwoodcamanoarts.com.

AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC SERIES Enjoy free performances at 7 p.m.

Saturdays at Deception Pass State Park, West Beach Amphitheater, 41020 Highway 20, Oak Harbor. Discover Pass or day-use permit required for park access.

For information, call 360-675-3767 or visit parks.state.wa.us/folkarts. n July 9: Miho & Diego: Sounds of Japan and South America.

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OUT & ABOUT ART LIVE PAINTING SHOW: Will Brown, acyric painter, will turn the coffeehouse into an artist’s studio from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 18 at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. Experience art being created while enjoying a cold brew coffee or a glass of wine. 360-707-2683 or northcovecoffee.com.

COAL ART EXHIBIT: Smith & Vallee Gallery presents “Carbon,” a solo exhibition by David Eisenhour through July 31, at 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. “Carbon” reflects upon the use of coal. Gallery is open every day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com. n Artist talk: 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 30.

ANDY FRIEDLANDER ART SHOW: Friedlander exhibits representational oil paintings through Aug. 28 at Ill Caffe Rifugio, 5415 Mount Baker Highway, Deming. Café is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friedlander’s paintings can also be viewed at the Café Burlington, 331 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. 360-592-2888. n Artist reception at 5 p.m. Aug. 28.

LA CONNER QUILT AND TEXTILE MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and

children ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or laconnerquilts.org. n Exhibit: “Colonial Revival Quilts”: through Aug. 28. n Exhibit: “Beauty of Japan” and “Images of Japan”: through Oct. 2.

the family to see rat rods, lowriders and other pre- and post-war vintage vehicles. Food and beverages available. $15 to enter a vehicle, $20 day of. $5 admission, under 16 free with parent. 360-630-3892.

“SUMMER MOMENTS”: The Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park presents a selection of blown glass, sculptures and paintings from July 9-Aug. 21, at 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays; weekdays by appointment. For more information, contact 360-387-2759 or matzkefineart.com. n Artist reception at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 9.

CLASSIC CAR CRUISE-IN: San Juan Lanes Bar & Grill hosts a classic car event from 5 to 8 p.m. on the first Friday of each month, at 2821 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Come in and enjoy a brewer’s night sponsored by Pelican Brewing Co., bowling and food. Free admission. 360-293-5185 or sanjuanlanes.com.

SKAGIT ARTISTS’ STUDIO TOUR: Skagit Artists Together will host its 13th annual juried Artists Studio Tour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 16-17, at artists’ studios and galleries around Skagit Valley. The self-guided tour features 22 artists in 11 locations. Check out paintings, jewelry, photography, glass, ceramics, wood, fiber and more. Studio maps are available at participating studios or at skagitart.com.

CAR SHOWS

CAR SHOW: The Knights of Columbus present a car show in honor of late community member, Reynato Santiago, from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at the St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Bring

FAIRS CONCRETE YOUTH ACTIVITY DAY: The ninth annual youth and family event will take place from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. today, July 7, at Veteran’s Memorial Park, Main Street, Concrete. Families can compete in field games, hands-on activities, and enjoy live music, food, prizes and an outdoor movie, “Minions,” at dusk. Free. facebook. com/concreteresourcecoalition.

KLA HA YA DAYS: The annual old-fashioned summertime festival’s theme is “Game On, Snohomish!” from July 9–17, Snohomish. Come enjoy the parade, street fair, vintage fair block, car & motorcycle show, music stage, beer garden and more.

Proceeds support Snohomish-based community organizations with programs and services for youth and families.

Contact Linda Davis at

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

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Austin Jenckes plays the Eagle Haven Winery 2016 Summer Concert Series at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Food by Billy’s Café. $10, $8 for wine club members, includes 20 percent off your first bottle of wine. Children under 12 free. Reserved tables available. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com

425-493-7824 or go to klahayadays.com. n Arts & Crafts Festival and Vintage Fair: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 16, between Union, Glen, Pearl and Cedar Streets. Purchase vintage goods, antiques and re-purposed items made from vintage or antique materials. n Car & Motorcycle Show: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 17, on First St. from Maple to Ave. A and on Union, Glen, Pearl and Cedar. There will be parking on the city streets for vintage and custom cars and motorcycles, and prizes for people’s choice winners. Participants are encouraged to pre-register before July 1 at klahayadays.com/ car-motorcycle-show.

FESTIVALS 32ND ANNUAL CHILDREN’S ART FESTIVAL: Quality local children’s entertainment and approximately 30 booths providing hands-on arts and crafts

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, July 16, at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Children can experience activities from fish prints to sand art. Bring the family and enjoy the day together. Concessions are available or bring your own picnic.

Free. 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov.

36TH ANNUAL SHIPWRECK FESTIVAL: The Fidalgo Island Rotary presents a massive community garage sale and flea market from 8 a.m. (some vendors start at first light) to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, along Commercial St. from 10th to Third Streets, Anacortes. This event features more than 200 vendors. Free admission. For more information, contact 360-299-9390 or shipwreckfest.com.

NORTH CASCADES VINTAGE AIRCRAFT FLY-IN: Pilots and planes from the Pacific Northwest and around

the world fly into town Friday, July 22, to Sunday, July 24, at the North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum, 7879 Mears Field at the Concrete Airport, S. Superior Ave., No. 6, Concrete.

Bring the whole family to see aircraft compete for trophies, and enjoy food trucks, live music and more. Free. 360770-4848 or vintageaircraftmuseum.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS TEEN SUICIDE FORUM: Sno-Isle Libraries’ Issues that Matter series will host a Teen Suicide Forum at 6:30 p.m. today, July 7, at the Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center, 9612 271st St. NW, Stanwood. A panel will discuss the causes, scope and prevention of teen suicide, followed by a question and answer session. Free. 360-6293132 or sno-isle.org/ issues-that-matter.

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OUT & ABOUT MUSIC BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: A summer orchestral concert series by some of America’s premier virtuoso orchestras and world-famous guest artists takes place at the Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, 516 High St., Bellingham. There will be free concert lectures at 6:30 p.m. before each concert in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. $12-$45. For tickets contact 360-650-6146 or bellinghamfestival.org. n July 7: 7:30 p.m., featuring Calidore String Quartet. n July 9: 7:30 p.m., featuring Calidore String Quartet. n July 10: 4 p.m., Chamber by the Bay, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $60. n July 13: 7:30 p.m., featuring Kuok-Wai Lio, piano. n July 17: 7:30 p.m., featuring Peter Serkin, piano.

RIVERWALK CONCERT SERIES: Enjoy live music from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays on the Riverwalk in downtown Mount Vernon. The free family-friendly series will feature different performers each week. mountvernonchamber. com.

Next up: n July 7: Chris Eger Band and the Powerhouse Horns. n July 14: Rivertalk.

LA CONNER LIVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Listen to music while sitting along the waterfront from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, at Gilkey Square, on the

corner of Morris Ave. and First St., La Conner.

Free. 360-395-8540 or laconnerlive.com. n July 10: Marcia Kester. n July 17: Pioneer Highway. n July 31: Margaret Wilder Band.

EAGLE HAVEN WINERY 2016 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: A variety of outdoors performances at the winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Food

by Billy’s Café. $10, $8 for wine club members, includes 20 percent off your first bottle of wine.

Children under 12 free.

Reserved tables available. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com. n Austin Jenckes (Americana, southern rock and country): 5 p.m. Saturday, July 9. n Margaret Wilder Band (blues, funk, R&B): 7 p.m. Friday, July 22.

MORE FUN FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA: The Bellingham summer outdoor movie series runs Saturday evenings, June 25–Aug. 27, at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St., Bellingham. Come early and enjoy a selection of live music, dance and circus-style entertainment; food and drink available for purchase.

Times for seating and entertainment vary and the movies start at dusk.

Bring a blanket; chairs are not allowed on the grass. $5 admission; ages 5 and under are free. FairhavenOutdoorCinema.com. n July 9: 7:30 p.m.: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” n July 16: 7:30 p.m.: “Aladdin.”

SWINOMISH OUTDOOR MOVIES: Swinomish Casino & Lodge presents a outdoor monthly summer movie series. Movies play at sundown, at the Waterfront Park, 12885 Casino Dr, Anacortes.

Player’s Club members can redeem one free popcorn and soda. A wine and beer garden will be available for guests 21 and older.

Bring a blanket to lay down. Free to all ages.

SwinomishMovies.com. n Thursday, July 14: ‘The Princess Bride.” n Thursday, August 11: “Jurassic World.”

BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: Fresh market goods and live local music during the summer from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays, at the Burlington Visitor Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave. Free admission.

360-757-0994 or burlington-chamber.com. n July 8: Whiskey River. n July 15: The Dogtones. n July 22: Naughty Blokes. n July 29: Gin Gypsy.

40TH DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: A three-day bluegrass music festival Friday through Sunday, July 15-17, at the Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, Highway 530, Darrington. Bring the whole family to a weekend filled with music, scenery, food, and camping. Gates open on July 9. Prices vary. 360436-1179 or darringtonbluegrass.com.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERTS: Marysville Parks and BNSF Railway sponsor

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” will play at 7:30 p.m. July 9 at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St., Bellingham. Come early and enjoy a selection of live music, dance and circus-style entertainment; food and drink available for purchase. Times for seating and entertainment vary and the movies start at dusk. Bring a blanket; chairs are not allowed on the grass. $5 admission; ages 5 and under are free.

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tribute bands playing a series of concerts celebrating the music of America’s favorite bands at 7 p.m. Friday evenings, at Jennings Park, Lions Centennial Pavilion, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. Free.

360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov. n July 15: “Wasted Words,” The Allman Brothers Band n July 22: “The Walrus,” The Beatles n July 29: “Creedence Rising,” CCR and John Fogerty WEDNESDAY CHILDREN’S CONCERTS: Marysville Parks presents kids’ favorite bands perform at noon Wednesdays, at Jennings Park, Lions Centennial Pavilion, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. Sponsored by gamut360 Holdings, the Cottages at Marysville, Amerigroup and Steve Fulton State Farm Insurance. Free. 360363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov. n July 13: Johnny Bregar & The Country Dawgs

n July 27: Eli Rosenblatt and Friends

UN-WINE’D WEDNESDAYS: The Marysville Opera House and the Marysville Sunrise Rotary Club present an enjoyable evening of wine and jazz from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month through Oct. at 1225 Third St., Marysville. Each evening features a local winery and snacks. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. $5. 360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov. n July 13: The Joan Penney Jazz Trio JAZZ AT THE CENTER: Trish Hatley and friends perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, students free with student ID. 360-3870222 or camanocenter. org.

FARMSTOCK: Enjoy music, food and fun for the whole family from noon to 10:30 p.m. Sat-

urday, July 23, at When Pigs Fly Farm, 19997 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. The event will feature local and touring bands all day, beer and wine garden, food trucks, farm tours and more. Proceeds benefit META Performing Arts Children’s Theater.

No pets. Tickets: $20 individual, $45 family. 360-420-0606 or brownpapertickets.com/ event/2551722.

Bands include Rabbit Wilde, The Battlefield, Tellers, The Sky Colony, Swil Kanim, Momo Grace, Sourwood Stringband, Woodland West and Wild Within.

PORT OF ANACORTES SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Bring a lawn chair and enjoy outdoor live music from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Seafarers Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Free. portofanacortes.com. n Friday, July 8: Dusty 45s n Wed., July 13: Skagit Swing All Star n Friday, July 22: The Stacy Jones Band n Wed., July 27: A’Town Big Band HEART OF ANACORTES OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES: Come to an intimate outdoor concert Saturdays from July into September at the Heart of Anacortes, Fourth St. and O Ave., Anacortes.

The concerts will be cancelled in the case of rain. 360-293-3515 or theheartofanacortes. com. n July 16: 2 to 3 p.m., Newton’s Law n July 23: 6 to 8 p.m., The Walrus n July 30: 6 to 8 p.m., Hot Damn Scandal

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GET INVOLVED ART LIVE PAINTING SHOW: Will Brown, acyric painter, will turn the coffeehouse into an artist’s studio from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 18, at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

Experience art being created while enjoying a cold brew coffee or a glass of wine. 360-7072683 or northcovecoffee.com.

ART WALK: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association’s next art walk takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. today, July 7. Stroll throughout lovely Mount Vernon, where various locations will exhibit original works by local

and regional artists on the First Thursday of each month through October. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown.org.

ANACORTES ARTS COMMISSION: The Anacortes Arts Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, in the Anacortes Library meeting room, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. 360-299-1950 or anacortesartscommission.com.

KNITTER’S GUILD: North Sound Knitter’s Guild meets from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, July 11, in the Social Room at the Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. 360-3879611.

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”THE MIRACLE WORKER”: Open auditions at 7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 1-3, at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. The production will run Thursdays-Sundays, Sept. 22-Oct. 9. To register, contact 360-3544425 or clairevgtheatre. com. ”A CHRISTMAS STORY”: The Theater Arts Guild will hold open auditions for “A Christmas Story” at 6, 7 or 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16-17, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

The production will run Nov. 26-Dec. 10 at the Lincoln Theatre.

To register, contact riapeth@hotmail.com.

More information available at 360-421-

4173 or theaterartsguild.org. ”BOEING, BOEING”: Open auditions at 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 27-28, at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE. Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Looking for four women, aged late teens to 60s, and two men. The production will run Nov. 4-20.

For more information, contact 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

“THE HAPPY ELF”: Open auditions at 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Sept. 20-22, at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden. The production will run Thursdays-Sundays, Nov. 25Dec. 11. 360-354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.com.

DANCE MOVING MEDITATIONS: The Dances of Universal Peace will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at the Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon. Dances include live music and singing with a focus on a particular sacred phrase. No experience necessary. Dances are taught to the group each time. Donation requested, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. 360-629-9190.

MUSIC BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-OChords. No experience necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to

read music. All ages welcome. Drop in any Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Educational Service Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes.

Rides available. Contact Bob Lundquist, 360941-5733 or svenbob@ cheerful.com.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play acoustic old time music at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted.

Information: 630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Mondays (except the first full week of each month, when practice is held on Friday) at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident. 360-770-7354.

SINGERS WANTED: Join the women of Harmony Northwest Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

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

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

2ND SUNDAY JAZZ: Live jazz concerts are held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. during the summer months at The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., an outdoor venue. Free.

360-293-1910 or jazzatthelibrary.com. Next up: July 10: Nancy Erickson Quartet.

RECREATION

FIX-IT DAYS: Specialists mend broken appliances, lamps that need attention or chipped items from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month, at the Anacortes Farmers Market, the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Donations for repairs benefit the Deception Pass Park Foundation. Call if you need pick-up arrangements. 360-675-3767 or deceptionpassfoundation.org.

NORWESTER MUSEUM TOUR RIBBON CUTTING: The Norwester Museum celebrates its grand opening from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, July 9, at Gilkey Square, on the corner of Morris Avenue and First Street, La Conner. Dress in your ‘70s attire and get pictures taken with the historic La Conner Le Car and an original Adam 12 car. Event features live music and an appearance by Kim Darby from the original “True Grit” movie.

Free admission, tours cost $14. Visit thenorwester.com.

BLUFF DAYS: Bring your family to watch for harbor porpoises with an expert naturalist and learn about the

Salish Sea ecosystem from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Rosario Head, Deception Pass State Park, 41229 Highway 20, Oak Harbor, and from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays, Aug. 6 and 20, at Washington Park Overlook, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes.

Free. 509-996-2490 or pacificbio.org.

29TH ANNUAL CLEAR LAKE TRIATHLON: The triathlon is a three-stage event that includes a 1/3mile swim, a 14.8-mile bike ride and a four mile run, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9, from Clear Lake Beach, 12925 S. Front St., Clear Lake. A youth triathlon for those ages 14 and under follows at 11 a.m. Participants enter as an individual (iron person) or as a team. Each participant will receive a commemorative shirt and entry into the post-race raffle.

Team: $85-$95, Iron person: $60-$70, Youth: $20-$25. 360-416-1350 or skagitcounty.net/ parks.

RIVER RAILROAD BIRTHDAY PICNIC: The Skagit River Railroad Bridge is turning 100 this year.

Join a celebration of the community’s history and a call to action to protect its future from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Skagit River Park Playfields’ Horseshoe Pit Shelter, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington. Learn more about increasing cargo loads and the dangers of trains on aging infrastructure. There will be sandwiches and cake.

Free. 360-305-5079 or stand.earth.

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You might be overpaying for streaming music LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Lauren Higgins tried to sign up for Spotify’s premium plan on her iPhone, she was irked that the music service asked for $13 a month, $3 more than the gift subscription she had given her boyfriend.

She tweeted her annoyance. Within five minutes, a member of Spotify’s social media team reached out to tell her that she could get Spotify for a monthly $10 fee if she signed up on the web rather than through Apple. She did just that.

Call it a $3 tax on ignorance, as Apple prohibits apps from pointing to lower prices available elsewhere.

Spotify says it charges a “significant” number of its 30 million paying subscribers $3 more per month because they sign up through Apple, which takes a cut of up to 30 percent. Spotify says 70 percent of its revenue already goes to artists, recording labels and music publishers, so turning over another 30 percent to Apple would leave Spotify with nothing unless it passes along the fee to customers.

The price gap is especially grating to music services like Spotify because Apple’s own Apple Music service doesn’t have to pay the same fee and can charge just $10.

MUSIC REVIEWS BENJAMIN SCHEUER, “Songs from THE LION” — Perhaps the most difficult subject to explore in life or art is paradoxically the one with which we are most intimately acquainted: ourselves. Nevertheless, in his debut full-length album, singer/ songwriter and playwright Benjamin Scheuer delves unabashedly into his first 30 years, from highs to lows, happiness to heartbreak.

Based on his one-man musical “The Lion,” for which Scheuer won a Drama Desk Award in 2015, the album unveils a complex and often painful narrative about a young, banjo-playing boy and the father he adores. Unlike in the show, which played sold-out runs in the U.K. and around the United States, and featured Scheuer alone with his seven guitars, the record includes cameos from the likes of drummer Josh Freese and bassist Chris Morrissey.

While “Songs from THE LION” lacks some of the immediacy of Scheuer’s live performance, it still dares to take a story that is local and personal and turn it into some-

thing nearly universal. Scheuer’s lyrics — simple, blunt, yet somehow delicate — hold a poignancy that challenges listeners to care. All of the theatrics — the sound of a drip in “The Cure,” for example — are unnecessary. Scheuer’s folk music is not remarkable for its gimmicks; what makes it significant is the raw humanity of its message.

— Alexandra Villarreal, The Philadelphia Inquirer

MAXWELL,“blackSUMMERS’night” — Twenty years since the rounded corners of Maxwell’s “Urban Hang Suite” and its aquatic follow-up “Embrya,” Brooklyn’s singularly named Maxwell is still tapping warm, calm water from the cool R&B well. Unlike, say, D’Angelo’s spiky contemporary release “Brown Sugar” (muscular D’Ang being his then closest competition), Maxwell’s first albums were always on the stylized soul tip, albeit with a weird, elegant sheen. By 2009’s “BLACKsummers’night” (not to be confused with this similarly titled

new release), Maxwell put on a well-tailored suit, found bittersweet romanticism, and made the moody transformation complete: He was an African-American Bryan Ferry.

Steamy and passionate without being Millie Jackson-nasty, “blackSUMMERS’night” still finds its brooding loverman lost in a series of existential crises with but one way out: l’amour.

“I was dazed, I was burned, I was lost/ Deep in the storm of a grave/ Had a bed as a coffin/ You were only the one that made me fulfilled,” he croons in his bruised baritone on the salty “Lake by the Ocean.” On the stewing, atmospheric soul of “gods” and “Listen Hear,” Maxwell makes that same empiricism oozingly personal, but wants you/her to share the blame. The quiet-storming funk of “The Fall” might seem at first to rise from Albert Camus’ final treatise — until you realize it’s about the close of a tortured relationship. Unless it is Camus-inspired, and that finale is really sad.

— A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 7-14 Thursday.7 MUSIC Chris Eger Band and the Powerhouse Horns: 6 p.m., on the Riverwalk in downtown Mount Vernon.

Free. 360-424-6237 or mountvernonchamber.com.

Bellingham Festival Of Music, featuring the Calidore String Quartet: 7:30 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, 516 High St., Bellingham. $12-$45. 360-650-6146 or bellinghamfestival.org.

Friday.8 THEATRE “Cymbeline”: Shakespeare Northwest: 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35.

206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MUSIC Dusty 45s: 6 p.m., Seafarers Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Free. portofanacortes.com.

Whiskey River: 7 to 9 p.m., Burlington Visitor Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Free. burlington-chamber.com.

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”CYMBELINE”: SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Saturday.9 THEATER “Merchant of Vegas”: Shakespeare Northwest: 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $10-$35. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

“The Last 5 Years”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MUSIC Austin Jenckes (Americana, southern rock and country): 5 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8-10. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

Miho & Diego: 7 p.m., Deception Pass State Park, West Beach Amphitheater, 41020 Highway 20, Oak Harbor.

Free. 360-675-3767 or parks.state. wa.us/folkarts.

Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra Players: 2 p.m., Mallard Ice Cream, 1323 Railroad Ave., Bellingham. Free. bellinghamfestival.org.

Bellingham Festival Of Music, featuring the Calidore String Quartet: 7:30 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, 516 High St., Bellingham. $12-$45. 360-650-6146 or bellinghamfestival.org.

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Bellingham Festival Of Music: Chamber by the Bay: 4 p.m., Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $60. 360-650-6146 or bellinghamfestival.org.

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Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra Players: noon, Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. Free. bellinghamfestival.org.

Wednesday.13 MUSIC The Joan Penney Trio: 5:30 p.m., Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville. $5. 360-363-8400 or marysvillewa.gov.

Marmalade with Snug Harbor: 6 p.m., on the 1300 block of Bay St., Bellingham. Free. 360-527-8710 or downtownbellingham.com.

Bellingham Festival Of Music, featuring Kuok-Wai Lio, piano: 7:30 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, 516 High St., Bellingham. $12$45. 360-650-6146 or bellinghamfestival.org.

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Rivertalk: 6 p.m., on the Riverwalk in downtown Mount Vernon. Free.

360-424-6237 or mountvernonchamber.com.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 7-14 Thursday.7

Scratchdog Stringband (rockgrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

Queens Bluegrass: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360982-2649.

Meinhardt Merry: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

The Afrodisiacs & Mr. Pink: 8:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

The Walrus: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

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J.P. Falcon: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 574 Caines Ct., Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

Little Joe Argo and Rick Star: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Joan Penney — Summer Sunset Serenade: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Midlife Crisis: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino & Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Dr, Anacortes. 888-2888883. or swinomishcasinoandlodge.com.

Cee Cee James and Rob “Slideboy” Andrews (old-school blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Bob Fossil: 9:30 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-293-2544.

Latigo Lace: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino & Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448.

Crooked Neighbours, Asterhouse, Ebb, Slack, and Flood: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

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JOAN PENNEY 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

John Delourme: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

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SCRATCHDOG STRINGBAND 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

Platinum Spandex: 7 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip.

888-272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

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Sway: 9:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Lost Dogma: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Jukebox Duo: 6:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only.

360-848-8882.

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

Marvin Johnson: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Knut Bell and The Blue Collars: 3 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 574 Caines Ct., Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

The Pour Boys: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Midlife Crisis: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino & Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Dr, Anacortes. 888-288-8883.

Hip-Hop Showcase featuring ReaLife, George Kush and Tazz Jones: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10 or $7 under 18 yrs.

360-445-3000.

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

Latigo Lace: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino & Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. 877-275-2448.

Monday.11

Andrew Norsworthy: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

Tuesday.12

Gold Digger: 9:30 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. $10. 888-2721111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Brian Lee & the Orbiters: 2 to 4 p.m., 270th St., Stanwood, across from the Stanwood Cafe. Free. ci.stanwood.wa.us.

Marvin Johnson: 6 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Sunday.10

Jenny and the Tomcats: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

The Infinity Project (Journey tribute): 8 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip. 888272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Rane Nogales Trio: 4:30 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, Waterfront Terrace, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Gertrude’s Hearse: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

The Popoffs: 10 p.m., Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret, 10200 Quilceda Blvd., Tulalip.

888-272-1111 or tulalipresortcasino.com.

Milo Petersen Trio: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com.

Wednesday.13 Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Adrian Clarke: 5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham. 360-3923100 or hotelbellwether. com.

Acoustic Night with Timmy Tombstone: 9 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-293-2544.

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Trish Hatley: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Mandolin Orange with guests: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10-12. 360-778-1067.

Marcia Kester and Sandy Carter: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

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HOT TICKETS GREG ADAMS AND EAST BAY SOUL: July 7, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

STEVEN TYLER: July 8, McCaw Hall, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

ALICE IN CHAINS: July 8, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or stgpresents.org.

BONEY JAMES: July 8-10, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

BRIAN REGAN: July 9, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or stgpresents.org.

GOO GOO DOLLS WITH COLLECTIVE SOUL AND TRIBE SOCIETY: July 9, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster. com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR with DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, TAKING BACK SUNDAY: July 9, Xfinity Arena, Everett.

866-332-8499 or LiveNation.com.

TOO SHORT: July 9, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

BABYMETAL: July 12, The Showbox SODO, Seattle. 888929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

PEARL DJANGO: July 12-13, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

SERGIO MENDES: July 14-17, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

BRIT FLOYD: July 15, WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

DIE ANTWOORD: July 15, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

PHISH: July 15-16, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

29TH WINTHROP R&B FESTIVAL with ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND, ALLEN STONE, the The FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS with KIM WILSON: July 15-17, 19190 Highway 20, Winthrop. 509-9973837 or tickettomato. com, winthropbluesfestival.com.

40TH DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: July 15-17, Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, Darrington. 360-

Free Self-Guided Tour Color booklets available throughout Skagit County. Maps & artists’ locations can be downloaded from www.skagitart.com.

Featured Artist Jack Gunter Studio Tour Artists Melissa Ballenger Marie-Claire Dole Dee Doyle Caroline Garland Sherri Greenleaf Jacqueline A. Hartley-DeGavia Gene Jaress Jo Jones Ron King Terry MacDonald Sharon Mecca Donna Nevitt-Radtke Liane Redpath-Worlund Cynthia Richardson Kathleen Ritz Claudia Ross-Kuhn Pat Sayre Andi Shannon Annette Tamm Nancy Vogel Peggy Woods

For further information on tour and Skagit Artists Together visit our website or www.facebook.com/ skagitartiststogether/

436-1179 or darringtonbluegrass.com.

MEGHAN TRAINOR: July 16, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

BARENAKED LADIES: July 16, Marymoor Park, Redmond, 888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

PHILLIP PHILLPS, MATT NATHANSON WITH A GREAT BIG WORLD: July 17, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle. 206-548-2500 or zoo.org/zootunes.

DOLAN TWINS: July 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs. com or stubhub.com.

MARCIA BALL: July 18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

TWENTY ONE PILOTS EMOTIONAL ROADSHOW: July 18,

PHISH July 15-16, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

WaMu Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

PATTI LABELLE: July 19, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747 or seattlesymphony.org.

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO: July 19-20, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DON HENLEY: July 19-20, Chateau Ste. Mi-

chelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET: July 20, The Showbox, Seattle.

888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub.com.

US THE DUO WITH GARDINER SISTERS: July 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 888-929-7849 axs.com or stubhub. com.

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Ringo Starr keeps trekkin’ energetically other group that made him famous half a century ago.

Onstage later, Lukather Los Angeles Times quipped, “We’re going to LOS ANGELES — outlast the Beatles,” drawRingo Starr couldn’t have ing a smile from the band looked cooler, calmer leader. or more collected. Two Because it was the last hours before he stepped stop on the tour, there was in front of more than no shortage of expressions 6,000 fans at the of mutual admiGreek Theatre, ration among the the ex-Beatle, less band members, than a week shy a virtual love fest of his 76th birthfrom and surday, welcomed rounding the man a visitor into his who has made his dressing room own mantra of the Saturday as he phrase “Peace and relaxed in a chair, love.”

Starr dressed monoHe noted backchromatically in stage that come a sleek black jacket, slim Thursday he will once black jeans, matching again use his birthday to T-shirt and tennis shoes. promote that message in “The tour is great,” he said an annual ritual. of his latest All-Starr Band, Starr will hold court which wrapped a 21-show outside the Capitol Records 2016 U.S. tour concert with tower in Hollywood. “Oththe sold-out homecoming er musicians will play songs show at the Greek. of mine,” he said, “and we’ll The lineup featured be trying to encourage guitarist, singer and song- everyone, wherever they writer Todd Rundgren, are at noon (Thursday), to Toto guitarist-singer Steve say ‘Peace and love.’”

Luka-ther, Santana keyAfter the celebrity boardist-singer Gregg Ro- auction he and his wife, lie, bassist Richard Page, actress Barbara Bach, saxophonist-percussionist conducted last winter with Warren Ham and drumhundreds of items they mer Gregg Bissonette. culled from their personal “You and I and a lot of and professional lives, people know this band — Starr said they’ve downwe’ve been together now sized considerably, sold for four years,” Starr said. the home they owned in “We get on well, the songs Monte Carlo and now live are still good, we enjoy primarily in Los Angeles. playing and people are still That made Saturday’s coming out. We’re supporttwo-hour performance ive of each other — that’s essentially a homecomwhat it’s all about — and ing show, during which when we’re not working, we he sang lead on a dozen can still hang out. It’s great.” numbers, including his He didn’t mention that signature Beatles songs his latest All-Starr Band “With a Little Help From lineup has been together My Friends,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Boys,” “Don’t now half as long as that

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Pass Me By” and “I Wanna Be Your Man.” His reading of “Act Naturally” brought the song full circle, given that it was originally a hit for Bakersfield country star Buck Owens, who recorded it at Capitol in Hollywood.

As usual, the All-Starr Band concept turns over generous spotlight time to Starr’s collaborators.

That allows Lukather to resurrect Toto hits “Rosanna,” “Africa” and “Hold the Line.” Rundgren, meanwhile, let loose on his Beatles-esque “I Saw the Light” as well as the rhythmically insistent “Bang the Drum All Day.” Page stepped forward on Mr. Mister’s “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie,” and Rolie unleashed the Latin rhythms of Santana’s “Black Magic Woman,” “Evil Ways” and “Oye Como Va.” The group delivers a high familiarity quotient but didn’t always take full advantage of the skills of rock’s most celebrated drummer.

It would be illuminating, for instance, to hear what Starr would bring to his band mates’ hits with his distinctively unfussy, rock-solid rhythmic accompaniment rather than meticulously re-creating the original drum parts by having fellow drummer Bissonette add so many complex flourishes and fills.

Starr’s characteristic energetic spark and certainly his wit showed no signs of diminishing through the years. He spryly bounded on and off stage and near the end of the show engaged in a flight of jumping jacks near the conclusion of “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

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TRAVEL

American folk art show opens at Crystal Bridges Museum

By KELLY P. KISSEL Associated Press

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Since its debut five years ago, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has showcased works by well-known American artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol. Now the Arkansas museum founded by a Wal-Mart heiress is turning its attention to ordinary objects made by unsung craftsmen, quilters and painters.

The new show, “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” features a collection that includes weathervanes, shop signs and spinning toys called whirligigs. The show opened during the Independence Day weekend and remains on view through Sept. 19.

The exhibition draws from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, billed by a curator there as America’s “alternative art history.”

While an occasional folk art piece may have been included in previous special exhibits, the new show is the museum’s first dedicated entirely to the genre.

“These are truly their treasures which they entrusted us with,” said Mindy Besaw, Crystal Bridges’ curator. “What you will get to see is the best of their collection.”

Items range from 4-inch paper figurines depicting horses and soldiers in the post-Revolutionary War era to an 8-foot, hollow copper weathervane featuring a Delaware Indian leader named Tammany.

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In this June 30, 2016 photo, a crowd listens to Stacy Hollander, center, curator of the American Folk Art Museum, speak about items in “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum” at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. An exhibit of material from everyday craftsmen is on display through mid-September.

“There are a few icons in the collection that I wanted to be on the checklist — pieces that haven’t traveled or haven’t traveled in a very long time: the Tammany weathervane, the man on a bicycle trade sign, pieces that are monumental in scale, or are so unique that you want them to be a part of the show,” said Stacy Hollander, chief curator and director of exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum.

Though many of the objects are decorative or aesthetically appealing, their original purpose was mostly functional: decoys to attract ducks, amusements for children or advertising from a period when images were needed because literacy rates were lower.

“A weathervane is a practical form or sculpture, but it has to work. If it doesn’t work, it is not successful,” Hollander said. For its size, “it is surprisingly light.”

The decoys, on the

other hand, are just as functional if they aren’t painted, she said.

“They just need to appear fowl-like to other birds,” Hollander said.

“The silhouette is significant. The painted embellishment, that is an individual’s creativity coming into play.”

Crystal Bridges opened in 2011, founded by WalMart heiress Alice Walton as a showcase for American masters. The museum is located in Bentonville, the same town as WalMart corporate headquarters. Regular admission to the museum is free, with the cost covered by WalMart, but there is a $10 charge to see “American Made.”

Hollander said bigname artists featured elsewhere in the museum typically looked abroad for their influences: “These are artists who were working in a developing academic mode who were conscious of art that was being made in Europe and were aspiring

to that kind of recognition for American art.”

In contrast, the creators of works in this show demonstrate the “American character in a way that isn’t influenced by European standards,” she said. “This is, in a way, America’s alternative art history, the art history that you don’t read about in textbooks. This is artwork that is first-hand testimony by Americans as they were becoming Americans.”

A patriotic-themed quilt, along with an Uncle Sam whirligig, greet visitors to “American Made.” Quilts adorn several galleries, including one from the 18th century that features the name of the quilter — Maria Cadman Hubbard — as boldly as admonitions that include “Forgive as you hope to be forgiven.”

“In a society where women held few legal rights, her name is a declaration, displayed within the household where she presided,” the gallery organizers note.

Local travel briefs WHATCOM MUSEUM HISTORY SUNSET CRUISES: The museum has partnered with San Juan Cruises for a series of summer history cruises along Bellingham Bay. Cruises start boarding at 6:15 p.m. and return to port at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 12-Aug. 30, from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. Guests are welcome to bring a picnic-style dinner and beverages (non-alcoholic.) Ticket prices vary. 800-838-3006 ext. 1 or brownpapertickets.com.

TILLICUM VILLAGE AND BLAKE ISLAND: From Seattle’s Pier 55, board the Argosy Cruise’s Goodtime II and enjoy a 45-minute narrated cruise to Blake Island from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, departing from the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington or 9 a.m to 6 p.m. departing from the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Lunch is included in the fee. Bring money for beverages, gratuities and any other purchases. Wear comfortable and weather appropriate clothing and sturdy walking shoes. $125. Register by July 6, at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

NORTH OF THE BORDER OUTLET SHOPPING: Visit outlet and factory stores to find savings on all kinds of items from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 17, meeting at the Chuckanut Park and Ride, exit 231 off Interstate 5, park in the middle of the lot. Bring money for a no-host lunch and purchases, and wear weather appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes. Proof of citizenship required. $40. Register by July 11, at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

HISTORICAL SAILINGS: Two visiting historical ships, the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftan, bring maritime history to life with adventure, battle and evening excursions. Times vary; the ships dock at the Squalicum Harbor Marina, 2600 N. Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham, from July 21 through Aug. 3. Ship tours are also available. Check the website for details. $39-$75.

800-200-5239 or historicalseaport.org.

NFNF HIKE: CHERYL’S CHOICE: Considered one of the most beautiful day hikes in Washington, Cheryl shares her favorite hike from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 24, meeting at the Cook Road Park and Ride, exit 232 off Interstate 5, park by Starbucks. Participants should be able to hike approximately 7-8 miles with an elevation gain of up to 1,200 feet. $50. Register by July 18, at 360766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

EYE OF THE WIND AT GROUSE MOUNTAIN: Visit Grouse Mountain to see the only wind turbine that allows visitors to stand in a clear glass pod at the top of the tower from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 25, departing from the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington, or 8 a.m to 5:30 p.m. departing from the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Bring a picnic lunch and drink (no fresh fruits or veggies) or money for a no-host lunch and purchases. Wear comfortable and weather appropriate clothing and sturdy walking shoes. The Eye of the Wind portion of the trip is not accessible to wheelchairs or walkers. Proof of citizenship required to cross the border. $95. Register by July 18, at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

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90th Anniversary Series: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ 5 p.m. Saturday, July 9

The legendary musical “Singin’ in the Rain” will be shown at the Lincoln Theatre as part of the theater’s 90th Anniversary Celebration, for the 1950s admission price of $1.50.

“In “Singin’ in the Rain,” a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to movies with sound.

Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds; directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. Rated G. — The Lincoln Theatre is located at 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon. lincolntheatre. org or 360-336-8955.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

NEW THIS WEEK

‘Swiss Army Man’ is a dog with pungent fleas

By COLIN COVERT Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

If you can’t remember the title for this film at the box office, ask for “the farting corpse movie.” Or, if offbeat bad taste isn’t your must-see, take my advice and skip the hot mess altogether.

“Swiss Army Man,” a surreal gross-out comedy, opens with Hank (Paul Dano), seemingly shipwrecked and all alone, in the midst of a suicide attempt.

He puts his self-destruction on pause when he sees a beached cadaver played by Daniel Radcliffe onshore. Though he’s (apparently) a stiff, he (apparently) chats quite a bit, which makes him amiable company.

He also expels gas like a sonic boom, continuously in fact, making him a handy tool. Dano uses him as a flatulent Jet Ski, an air-powered anal bazooka, a high-pressure water hose and much more. Not remembering his name, the corpse calls himself Manny.

Hank and Manny become soul mates, Dano supplying a polite counterpoint to Radcliffe’s tics and unfocused hundred-yard gaze.

JOYCE KIM / A24 FILMS VIA AP

This image released by A24 Films shows Daniel Radcliffe, left, and Paul Dano in a scene from “Swiss Army Man.”

Not remembering his past, Manny asks Hank to explain virtually everything about human life.

Hank replies by turning the island’s scraps into a slapdash facsimile of his own experiences.

He cobbles together a make-believe bus, impersonates his faraway dream lady (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and details the fine points of unrequited love and masturbation.

All the reality checks lead Hank to confront his own lonely whitemale geek coming of age tendencies, the standard focus of emotional indie hipster comedy.

The essential story resembles a bromance suffering from Tourette’s syndrome. Both partners are oxygen-deprived in their own way, each is kept alive by Hank’s ongoing explanations of how humans cope with the predicaments of the world and each other.

The film, which debuted to widespread audience groans at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has a rare degree of go-forbroke weirdness, and not in a good way.

Dano and Radcliffe deserve admiration for tackling their bizarre characters, and Winstead

introduces a touching level of pathos. But they’re ill served by co-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who make ironic air-quotes frame every quirky line reading, story beat and performing gesture.

As the film progresses, its tone darkens, suggesting that everything that happens in the film, right up to its pseudo-profound catharsis, is a shaggy dog story from a very unreliable narrator. It’s the sort of bait-and-switch finale that only works for a film that’s more than partially clever and mildly funny.

“Swiss Army Man” — One of the weirdest movies you’re going to see concerns a stranded man (Paul Dano) and the corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) he treats as a friend and multipurpose tool. Stick with it, and it might grow on you as it grew on me — and you’ll be rewarded with maybe the best ending of any movie so far this year.

Adventure comedy, R, 95 minutes. HHH “The Legend of Tarzan” — Alexander Skarsgard manages to not look silly in the most expensive and the most epic adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ King of the Jungle. But there’s always been something a bit ridiculous about the whole Tarzan premise, and there’s very little about this film that screams, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS. Adventure, PG-13, 110 minutes. HH 1/2 “Independence Day: Resurgence” — Twenty years after “Independence Day” stormed the summer box office, we get this sequel, which is nothing more than a clunky, cliche-riddled alien invasion movie from the 1950s B-movie playbook dressed up in 21st-century special effects. Sci-fi/Action, PG-13, 120 minutes. H 1/2 “Free State of Jones” — While it depicts slavery and race with a white man (Matthew McConaughey) as the leading hero, this important movie is primarily an immensely gripping tale rooted in historical fact and filled with unforgettable images and, yes, lessons that ring hard and true a century and a half later. Drama, R, 139 minutes. HHH 1/2 “Finding Dory” — Once again, the magic-makers at Pixar have created a gorgeous underwater (and occasionally above-ground) universe and a heart-tugging story involving parents and children and the true meaning of family. It’s a solid, entertaining, well-paced sequel that just doesn’t quite reach the soaring heights of the original. Animated adventure, PG, 95 minutes. HHH “Genius” — Even as I was rolling my eyes at the ampedup storytelling, I was digging just about every stylized visual flourish and every big performance in this fictionalized telling of the relationship between editing guru Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) and his most treasured, most beloved and most troublesome author: Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law).

Biographic drama, PG-13, 103 minutes. HHH ½ “Central Intelligence” — You can’t help but laugh at Dwayne Johnson’s endearing performance as a hulking spy who still flashes back to high school traumas and the classmate (Kevin Hart) he used to worship. But this aggressively loud buddy movie is so formulaic and dumb, you’ll probably forget you’ve seen it by the end of the year. Action comedy, PG-13, 108 minutes. H ½ “Now You See Me 2” — None of this smug sequel’s impressive stars — Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo — escapes the chains of a nearly indecipherable plot, loads of clunky dialogue and so many special effects there’s nothing magical at all about the magic. Rating: Action comedy, PG-13, 129 minutes. HH ½ “Careful What You Wish For” — Pop idol and OK actor Nick Jonas does what he can with the underwritten part of a high school grad drawn to a wealthy man’s trophy wife. The erotic thriller is going for lusty, lurid, B-movie titillation, but it’s not nearly as sexy or clever as it would like to be. With Dermot Mulroney and Isabel Lucas. Thriller, R, 91 minutes. HH

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MOVIES “The Conjuring 2” — In the sequel to his razor-sharp supernatural thriller, director James Wan retains his touch for ratcheting up the tension and providing doses of comic relief, but the scary moments aren’t as fresh this time around, and “The Conjuring 2” is at least a half-hour too long. Horror, R, 133 minutes. HH ½ “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” — Andy Samberg, who stars as a dim-bulb singer from a boy band, has collaborated with his Lonely Island partners on a pitch-perfect satire of modern-day pop stardom that clearly has a genuine admiration and affection for the very subject it hilariously skewers. It’s funny because it gets it RIGHT without ever being too mean-spirited.

Comedy, R, 86 minutes.

HHH ½ “Money Monster” — On live TV, a finance whiz (George Clooney) is taken hostage by a gunman who lost everything following his advice. Once the premise is established, “Money Monster” kicks into a high-energy, sometimes very funny and occasionally legitimately tense thriller. Julia Roberts co-stars. Thriller, R, 98 minutes. HHH ½ “Me Before You” — Though it stars Emilia Clarke and Charles Dance from “Game of Thrones” and Sam Claflin from “The Hunger Games,” this tearjerker is nowhere near as entertaining. The beautifully filmed and well-intentioned weeper about a bitter quadriplegic and his cheery caretaker does everything to make you cry short of flooding theaters with the overwhelming scent of onions. Romance, PG-13, 110 minutes. HH “A Hologram for the

At area theaters ANACORTES CINEMAS July 8-14 Ghostbusters (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 La Boheme Met Summer Encore (NR): Wednesday: 7:00 The Secret Life of Pets (PG): Friday - Tuesday: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 8:50; Wednesday - Thursday: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 8:50 The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13): Friday - Tuesday: 1:25, 3:55, 6:25, 8:55; Wednesday: 11:00 a.m., 1:25, 3:55, 8:55; Thursday: 11:00 a.m., 1:25, 3:55, 6:25, 8:55 Finding Dory (PG): Friday - Tuesday: 1:35, 4:05, 6:30, 9:00; Wednesday: 11:20 a.m., 1:35, 4:05, 6:30; Thursday: 11:20 a.m., 1:35, 4:05 360-293-7000 CONCRETE THEATRE July 8-10 Finding Dory (PG): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 5:00 p.m.

360-941-0403 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor 360-675-5667 CASCADE MALL THEATERS Burlington For showings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386) OAK HARBOR CINEMAS July 8-14 Ghostbusters (PG-13): Thusday: 7:00 The Secret Life of Pets (PG): Friday - Thursday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 8:45 The BFG (PG): Friday - Wednesday: 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50; Thursday: 1:20, 3:50, 8:50 Finding Dory (PG): Friday - Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 8:55 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS July 8-14 Ghostbusters (PG-13): Thusday: 7:00 Ghostbusters in 3D (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (R): Friday: 1:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:20; Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 a.m., 1:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:20; Monday - Thursday: 1:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:20 The Secret Life of Pets 3D (PG): Friday: 3:50, 6:30; Saturday and Sunday: 10:40 a.m., 3:50, 6:30; Monday - Wednesday: 3:50, 6:30; Thursday: 3:50 The Secret Life of Pets (PG): Friday - Thursday: 1:40, 9:05 The BFG in 3D (PG): Friday - Wednesday: 1:10, 8:45; Thursday: 1:10, 9:20 The BFG (PG): Friday: 4:00, 6:40; Saturday and Sunday: 10:50 a.m., 4:00, 6:40; Monday - Thursday: 4:00, 6:40 The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13): Friday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:35, 9:05; Saturday and Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 1:00, 3:30, 6:35, 9:05; Monday Thusday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:35, 9:05 Finding Dory (PG): Friday: 1:30, 4:10, 6:25, 8:30; Saturday and Sunday: 11:10 a.m., 1:30, 4:10, 6:25, 8:30; Monday - Wednesday: 1:30, 4:10, 6:25, 8:30; Thusday: 1:30, 4:10, 9:30 360-629-0514

King” — The great Tom Hanks is in prime form as an American salesman in Saudi Arabia trying to secure an IT contract from the king. Writer-director Tom Tykwer skillfully pres-

ents a series of fantastical scenes in a way that has us thinking, “Sure, that could happen.” This is quite simply a beautiful film to behold. Drama, R, 97 minutes. HHH ½

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