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This Weekend Annual Oyster Run rolls into Anacortes on Sunday PAGE 3 ON STAGE A Moving Sound, a blend of Asian music traditions, comes to McIntyre Hall on Saturday night PAGE 10 TUNING UP Seth Freeman plays H20 in Anacortes on Saturday night PAGE 11 Skagit Valley Herald Thursday, September 25, 2014

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Neighbors”: Mac humanity no longer exist Upcoming that it forsakes key ingreand Kelly Radner (Seth dients to give all of this a Rogen, Rose Byrne) DVD releases proper context. are a couple with a new Following is a partial “The Rover” fails baby who have to deal schedule of coming movies because Michôd goes for with the raucous Delta and shows on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: style over substance — a fraternity that moves mistake that turns the into the house next SEPT. 30 movie into a wasteland. door. The only way the Transformers Age “L.A. Law: Season 3”: story works is if either Of Extinction Chef Includes all 19 episodes. neighbor is likable. NeiCold in July “The Calling”: Smallther is.

Hellion town detective faces Writers Andrew Lucky Them serial killer. Susan SaranJ. Cohen and Bren24: Live Another Day Are You Here don stars. dan O’Brien create a Decoding Annie Parker “The Tom and Jerry Catch-22 with having Show, Season 1 — Part the couple be new parOCT. 7 1”: Two-disc DVD set ents. It gives them the Edge of Tomorrow features 13 episodes.

A Million Ways to plot line: A new baby Die in the West “Reign: The Complete often means the parMillion Dollar Arm First Season”: CW series ents have to (or at least The Grand Seduction looks at passion and polishould) leave their Obvious Child tics during time of Mary, A Coffee in Berlin partying days behind.

Against the Wild Queen of Scots.

It would make more Duck Dynasty: Season 6 “Mighty Morphin sense if the couple were School Dance Power Rangers: Green close to the same age as The Great Train Robbery With Evil”: Includes epithe college students.

OCT.14 sodes chronicling arc of The fraternity guys X-Men: Days of Future Past the Green Ranger. aren’t any better. The Mr. Peabody & Sherman “Transformers Prime: only time the guys Persecuted Ultimate Autobots”: Whitey: United States of aren’t engaged in this America v. James J. Features five Autobots neighborhood turf Bulger adventures. war is when they are Beneath the Harvest Sky “Key & Peele: Season involved in activity The Fluffy Movie Three”: Sketch comedy Le Chef that involves their sex Life After Beth series starring Keeganorgans.

Michael Key and Jordan “The Signal”: This n McClatchy-Tribune News Peele.

Service tale of three college “Postman Pat: The students who see their Movie”: Feature film road trip to find a hackbased on the British children’s series. er turn into a nightmare is 90 minutes “Daniel Boone: The Complete of set-up for a big reveal that comes Series”: Fess Parker plays the frontier in the last moments. Such a “Twilight hero in 165 episodes.

Zone” approach works only if the end“Modern Family: The Complete Fifth ing is such an unpredictable twist that Season”: Wedding bells are ringing in there is no way to guess what will hapthe ABC family comedy. pen. This one’s painfully obvious.

“How I Met Your Mother: The Whole “The Rover”: Director David Story — Seasons 1-9”: Complete Michôd’s film is as dark and depressing series tells the story of how the mother as the harsh Australian landscape that is the backdrop for this after-civilization was met.

“Rise Up Black Man”: Tale of setting. The draining tale eventually friendship and racism. meanders long enough to an ending “Firestorm”: Police inspector crosses that’s more idiotic than ironic. The moral lines to hunt down a crew of script by Michôd and Joel Edgerton is criminals. so painfully sparse.

“Very Good Girls”: Bond of friendMichôd brings together a few strong ship between two New York teens is elements from the bleakness of the land strained. to the emptiness in his main character’s “Game of Assassins”: Group of miseyes. Too often, those elements get lost fits battle to stay alive. in a story so engaged with creating a n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee world where the normal convictions of

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A Moving Sound, a blend of Asian music traditions, comes to McIntyre Hall on Saturday night SUBMISSIONS Email features@skagitpublishing.com, vrichardson@skagitpublishing. com (recreation items) Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday for the following Thursday edition Phone 360-416-2135 Hand-deliver 1215 Anderson Road Mount Vernon, WA 98274 Mailing address P.O. Box 578 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

This Weekend...................................... 3 Out & About.....................................5-6 Get Involved.....................................8-9 On Stage, Tuning Up....................10-11

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ON THE COVER: Ria Peth Vanderpool and Sam Guzik star in “Anything Goes,” which opens Friday night at Anacortes Community Theatre.

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Hot Tickets........................................ 14 At the Lincoln.................................... 15 Music Reviews..............................16-17

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THIS WEEKENDin the area HARVEST FESTIVAL & PUMPKIN PITCH The 11th annual event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 27, at Skagit River Park, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington. Public viewing of the trebuchet pumpkin launching area will be open from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by the accuracy and distance pumpkinpitching competition. Enjoy activity booths, pony rides, a giant pumpkin bounce house, “touch a truck,” zucchini races, pumpkin decorating and food vendors. Free admission. 360-755-9649.

WORLD’S LARGEST GARAGE SALE The 22nd annual Fall

33rd annual Oyster Run

The 33rd annual Oyster Run will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28. One of the largest motorcycle runs in the Pacific Northwest, the Oyster Run features hundreds of riders from no official point at no official time, but culminates in the streets of downtown Anacortes. Food and product vendors, live music and entertainment. 360-435-9103, oysterrun@hotmail.com, info@oysterrun.org or oysterrun.org.

World’s Largest Garage Sale, Antiques and More will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St., Mount Vernon. The event will feature some 130 vendors, food and music, and a Saturday car show.

Admission: $2; parking: $2. 360-336-9414 or skagit county.net/fairgrounds.

FREE MUSEUM DAY Smithsonian Magazine’s annual Museum Day Live will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, with free admission at participating museums around the country, including: Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner; Bellingham Railway Museum, 1320 Commercial St., Bellingham; and the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., and Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St., Bellingham.

For a complete list of museums and to download a ticket for free admission for two people, visit smithsonianmag.com/museumdaylive.

SKAGIT VALLEY GIANT PUMPKIN FEST The fourth annual event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

27, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Bring and show off your giant vegetables and your children’s big sunflowers and pumpkins. The event will include pony rides, face painting, toad races, carnival games, harvest food, music and a talk about bats (by reservation, 360-466-3821). Free admission; small fee for some activities. Prizes awarded for the prettiest and the top 10 biggest ($1,000 for first) pumpkins. Also, prizes in three age groups for the biggest cabbage. More information: christiansonsnursery.com.

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ON STAGE

ACT stages a rollicking ‘Anything Goes’

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

There are probably many equal to it, but when it comes to musical theater, it’s hard to top “Anything Goes.”

Anacortes Community Theatre takes on the challenge of the legendary production when a nearly monthlong run begins Friday, Sept. 26.

The play is directed and choreographed by Rebecca Launius-Brown, with timeless, legendary songs by Cole Porter. The book is

by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

Ria Peth Vanderpool (as Reno Sweeney, a nightclub singer turned evangelist) and Sam Guzik (as Billy Crocker) lead the ample cast, as a would-be couple among a colorful band of characters aboard a cruise ship. The passengers include debutantes, Wall Street businessmen, a gangster, a captain who enjoys a daily highball or two, and a bishop who’s hoping to save the world, one lost soul at a time.

The play debuted in 1934 in New York, and has been produced hundreds of times all over the world.

Porter’s melodies have Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald endured, and his lyrics TOP: A number from “Anything Goes,” which opens Friday at the were, at the time, alternately groundbreaking and Anacortes Community Theatre. somewhat controversial in RIGHT: Erin Grandy and John Roberson. nature.

With “Anything Goes,” ‘Anything Goes’ “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” “I Get A Kick Out of You,” When: Friday, Sept. 26 through Oct. 25; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays “De-Lovely” and “Friend Where: Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M. Ave., Anacortes ship,” the music of “Any Tickets: $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. thing Goes” has earned its lofty status over 70 years of adoration.

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OUT & ABOUT ART PAINTINGS/SCULPTURE: Check out sculpture, paintings and more by Clayton James, Ken Kidder and Maggie Wilder through Oct. 18 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave., La Conner. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. 360-708-4787 or gallerycygnus.com.

WATERCOLORS & ETCHINGS: A show of new Northwest watercolors and etchings by Elizabeth Ockwell continues through Sept. 30 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Using watercolor, pen and pencil, Ockwell has created intricate regional landscapes and seascapes of our area. She also presents a collection of her etchings. In addition, the gallery will show oils by Donna Nevitt-Radtke and Keith Sorenson, watercolors and acrylics by Christine Camilleri and pastels by Laurie Potter, as well as work by other gallery artists. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-2936938 or scottmilo.com.

LOCAL ARTISTS: An exhibition of new work by local artists Kathleen Faulkner and Peter Belknap will continue through Sept.

28 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Faulkner, best known for her nature-inspired paintings, was recently recognized in the book “100 Northwest Artists” by E. Ashley Rooney and Karla Matzke. Belknap offers a contemplative exploration of nature, working in a wide variety of methods including painting, drawing and collage. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

Page creates a site-specific installation of fluctuating pathways and color fields that sprawl in all directions, including floor, wall and ceiling, propelling the viewer along an immersive journey. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-755-3140 or anchorartspace.org.

that the cumulative effect “evokes a world from which human beings are notably absent or indirectly present, perhaps even estranged.”

QUILT & FIBER FESAn opening reception will TIVAL: Check out quilts, be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, workshops, demonstrations, Oct. 4. vendors, a silent auction “To Be Alone Together”: and more at the annual La The exhibition pairs 11 Conner Quilt & Fiber Arts contemporary Northwest Festival, from 10 a.m. to 6 artists with 11 works chosen FINE ART SHOW: The p.m. Friday and Saturday from MoNA’s permanent annual Fall Fine Art Show and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. collection on the basis of continues through Oct. 26 Sunday, Oct. 3-5, at the La three ideas: light, solitude at the River Gallery, 19313 Conner Quilt & Textile and community, which Landing Road, between Museum, 703 S. Second the curators find to be Conway and La Conner.

St.; Maple Hall, 104 Comprevailing themes in the The exhibition showcases mercial; and the La Conner philosophy and process more than 200 small works Civic Garden Club, 622 S. of Northwest artists. The by 32 local artists, including Second St. The juried quilt contemporary artists were paintings, sculptures, glass show will feature dozens of asked to respond to a piece and jewelry. Gallery hours traditional and contempoin the collection and to creare 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday rary quilts, wearable art and ate new work based on that through Sunday. 360-466fiber art created by Ameri- response. “To Be Alone 4524 or rivergallerywa.com. can and international artTogether” is co-curated by ists. $10, includes museum artist Emma Jane Levitt New paintings by Anne Martin McCool and other PHOTO EXHIBIT: Awardadmission. and curator Shelly Leavens, artists will be featured in a show opening with a winning filmmaker and The weekend will kick through the Dana and Toni reception during the First Friday Gallery Walk from photographer Brock Muloff with a members-only Ann Rust Curatorial Fel6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, and continuing through lins’ inaugural Northwest preview party at 6 p.m. lowship at the Museum of October at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Exhibition continues Thursday, Oct. 2, at Maple Northwest Art. An opening Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show will also through Sept. 30 at Jʼs Hall. Tickets required. reception will be held at 2 include photography by Stephen Roxborough and Gallery, 101 N. First St., For a complete schedule p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.

Brice Mann, wood carvings by Kevin Paul, paintings

by Cathy Schoenberg and Peter Belknap, jewelry by La Conner. The exhibit of festival events, workFree admission. 360-466Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, creations in features Mullins’ color-rich, shops and fees, call 360-466- 4446 or monamuseum.org. wood by George Way and Art Learmonth, sculpture by compositionally sharp land- 4288 or visit laconnerquilts.

Tracy Powell, ceramics by Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy scape photographs taken com.

CONSERVATION PHOSchoenberg and Barbara Hathaway, quilt art by from the desert, mountains, TOS: “Reflections,” featurLouise Harris and work by other gallery artists. ocean and city, and celeNEW MoNA EXHIBITS: ing the work of conservaGallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday brating the unique qualities Two new exhibits will open tion photographer Roz through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360of the Northwest, including Saturday, Oct. 4, and conSealy, will open with a 293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com. Pictured: the North Cascades and tinue through Jan. 4, 2015, reception from 2 to 6 p.m.

“Corvid Moon” by Anne Martin McCool.

Skagit Valley. Gallery hours at the Museum of NorthSaturday, Oct. 4, at the are 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday west Art, 121 S. First St., La Rexville Grocery, 19271 through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 Conner.

Best Road, Mount Vernon.

STAINED GLASS MOSA- with a peacock as the cenp.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.

“Accreted Terrane”: Sealy’s photos showcase the ICS: Raven Rocks Gallery tral figure; and “Florals in to 6 p.m. Sunday. 360-630Featuring work by 42 artists beauty and rich diversity presents “Shards of Life: Pink,” depicting flowers in of Skagit Valley. A portion stained glass mosaics” a turquoise vase set against 1433 or jaybowenartgallery. with ties to the Northwest, com. the exhibit will explore pro- of sales will be donated to through Oct. 2 at Greena gold-toned background. cesses of accumulation and Skagitonians to Preserve bank Farm, 765 Wonn For information, including HISTORIC QUILTS: The erosion, dispersal and gath- Farmland. 360-466-5522 or Road C-101, Greenbank. gallery hours and directions: ering. The passage of time is rexvillegrocery.com.

Carl and Sandra Bryant 360-222-0102 or ravenrocks exhibition “125 Years of Washington Quilts” will marked in a variety of ways, of Showcase Mosaics are gallery.com. open Thursday, Oct. 2, and from layer upon layer of EDISON ARTIST: A considered among the finest stained glass mosaic artART INSTALLATION: The continue through Nov. 16 at paint, to the archaeological unique exhibition of work the Skagit County Historiexposure of 20th century

by Edison artist John Robists in America. The show exhibition “Flow Chart: cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth artifacts, to the capture of bins will open with a recepwill feature three of their Surge” by Joe Page conSt., La Conner. The museum hot-sculpted glass in the tion from 5 to 8 p.m. Satcreations: “Central Park in tinues through Oct. 19 at is open from 11 a.m. to 5 moment, to the interplay of urday, Oct. 4, and continue the Snow,” portraying The Anchor Art Space, 216 p.m. Tuesday through Sun- light and shadow unfolding through Oct. 26 at Smith & Dakota, former home of Commercial Ave., Anaday. $5 adults, $4 seniors in a video loop. Guest cura- Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey John Lennon; “Spring Gar- cortes. Using porcelain, and ages 6 to 12, $10 family, tor David Francis suggests Ave., Edison. den,” set in a formal garden polystyrene and vinyl,

‘AUTUMN COLORS’

free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-4663365 or skagitcounty.net/ museum.

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OUT & ABOUT A longtime Edison resident and a cabinet-maker by trade, Robbins works with acrylic on panel, as well as in mixed-media 3-D. Robbins’ body of work spans more than 40 years, and the show includes work from his past as well as pieces that have never been shown. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

FESTIVALS BEER AND MORE: Anacortes Bier on the Pier will take place from 5 to 9 p.m.

Friday and noon to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at the Historic Port of Anacortes Warehouse, 100 Commercial Ave. The event will include beer from some 30 breweries, as well as food vendors, music, a costume contest and more. Advance tickets: $20 one-day, $35 two-day pass. At the door: $25 one-day, $45 two-day.

Includes commemorative glass and six taste tokens.

Additional tastes available for purchase. Tickets are available at the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce, 819 Commercial Ave., or at ana cortes.org/bier-on-the-pier.

FESTIVAL OF FAMILY FARMS: Numerous family farms in Skagit Valley will open their barns and lifestyles to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, during the

16th annual Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms.

Enjoy a hands-on-experience learning what it takes to run a farm, from growing crops to feeding animals.

Talk to farmers from Bow to La Conner and Mount Vernon to Rockport, and follow your food from the fields to the table. Participating farms offer activities for everyone: farm tours, harvest markets, educational exhibits, gardening demonstrations, kids’ activities, corn and hay mazes, animal exhibits, pumpkin patches, food samples, scenic tours.

Print a tour map at festival offamilyfarms.com or call 360-461-4729.

LECTURES AND TALKS “THE IMPROBABLE SAGA OF SATKO’S ARK”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Through photos, historic audio clips and excerpts from a nine-part radio documentary, historian Michael Sullivan will tell the story of the Satko family’s odyssey across America and then to a homestead in Alaska by homemade boat. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

FUTURE FOOD: Graham Kerr will present “Nourish and delight … our Future Food?” at 2 p.m. Saturday,

Oct. 4, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Kerr will focus on the need to make healthy, creative lifestyle changes and to increase consumption of fresh, local edible plants and seafood. Free. 360-336-6209.

MORE FUN COMMUNITY SHRED EVENT: Area residents can bring up to two bags or boxes of household documents to be securely shredded on-site from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Burlington Police Department, 311 Cedar St., Burlington. Protect your privacy and prevent identity theft. Sponsored by Skagit County East SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors), Whidbey Island Bank/Heritage Bank, Burlington Police Department and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.

SALMON/RIB BBQ: The Wildcat Steelhead Club will host its annual Fall Salmon & Rib Barbecue at 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Sedro-Woolley Community Center, 703 Pacific St., Sedro-Woolley. Raffle and door prizes. $10 adults, $5 children under 12. Tickets sold at the door. 360-8552291 or wildcatsteelhead club.org.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: Enjoy a Seventh Genera-

AUDITIONS! For the World Premiere of Conrad Askland’s

ROMEO AND JULIET – THE MUSICAL

Oct. 7 and 8 from 6-9 pm Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon, WA Audition info at www.RJmusical.com

tion Supper and auction to benefit the Fidalgo & Friends TimeBank at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes.

Learn about the TimeBank and enjoy a catered meal, silent auction, raffle and more. Suggested supper donation: $5 adult, $3 ages 10 and younger. Bring your own place settings. transitionfidalgo.org.

PUMPKIN PATCH & CORN MAZE: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Oct. 1-31, Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze, 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington.

Enjoy u-pick pumpkins, “Wizard of Oz” corn maze, animal barn, kids’ activities and more. Additional activities available for additional fees. Free admission to the farm. Corn maze: $6, free for ages 3 and younger.

360-435-6516 or fosterscorn maze.com.

FALL FILM SERIES: Enjoy free movie screenings at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Academy Award nominee Nick Alphin will be the host. Next up: Oct. 3: “The Horse Soldiers”: A Union cavalry unit is sent behind Confederate lines to destroy a railroad line in this Civil War drama starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. Directed by John Ford. Not rated. 1959.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext.

21, or library.cityofana cortes.org.

“MAKING A DOCUMENTARY: THE STORY BEHIND THE CAMERA”: Friends of Skagit Beaches will host a fundraising event at 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3, at the Northwest Education Services District Building, 1601 R Ave. Anacortes. Meet the filmmakers and enjoy stories from behind the camera

with award-winning environmental journalists Michael Werner and Katie Campbell.

They’ll share their experiences, video clips and wild happenings that can occur when making a documentary film. You’ll also meet three young, local filmmakers making short films for Friends of Skagit Beaches’ Trail Tales project. $25, includes appetizers and beverages. skagitbeaches.org.

and tales told by local residents. Dress for walking in the weather. Ages 13 and older; minors must be accompanied by an adult. $10. Advance reservations required: 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

MEERKERK FALL FEST: The Meerkerk Gardens Fall Nursery and Garden Art Sale will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, at 3531 Meerkerk WINE TASTING: The Lane, Greenbank. The sale Skagit Fisheries Enhancewill include rhododendrons, ment Group will host a ferns and maple trees, along wine-tasting event from 5 to with garden art, fine metal 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Hel- work, wood carvings and lam’s Vineyard, 109 First St., twisted wood furniture and No. 101, La Conner. Enjoy shrugs. Free admission. 360tasty appetizers and certi678-1912. fied salmon-safe Northwest wines from Five Star Cellars HISTORIC CEMETERY in Walla Walla and Hard TOUR: Skagit County HisRow to Hoe in Lake Chel- torical Museum will present an. $20 in advance, $25 at a tour of Pleasant Ridge the door. Tickets and more Cemetery from 2 to 4 p.m. information: skagitfisheries. Sunday, Oct. 5, at 17549 org or brownpapertickets.

Valentine Road, Mount com/skagitfisheries.

Vernon. Hear the stories as actors portray the famous MIND BODY SPIRIT — and not so famous — CONNECTION: Learn about folks who are buried in the and meet local experts in oldest cemetery in Skagit traditional and alternaCounty. $10, $8 museum tive approaches to health members. Tickets availand well-being at the 2014 able at the museum, 501, S. Northwest Mind Body Spir- Fourth St., La Conner. 360it Connection, from 10 a.m. 466-3365 or skagitcounty. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, net/museum. at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano LUNAR ECLIPSE PARTY: Island. Enjoy speakers, Check out a total eclipse demonstrations, exhibof the moon. Meet at 1:30 its, workshops, readings, a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at music, food, beer and wine the Prairie overlook, near tasting, raffles and more. the Coupeville cemetery Free admission. nwmind(eclipse begins around 2 bodyspirit.com. a.m.). Hosted by the Island County Astronomical SociCONCRETE GHOST ety (ICAS). ICAS members WALK: The ninth annual will be on hand to answer Concrete Ghost Walk questions. All ages welcome. will take place at 6 p.m.

Bring binoculars if you have every Saturday in Octothem, and use your parking ber, departing from the lights only as you enter the Concrete Theatre, 45920 parking area. Canceled if Main St., Concrete. The cloudy. Free. For informawalk features stories and tion, contact Dan Pullen at legends of the town’s past, 360-679-7664 or visit icasa tour of haunted hotspots wa.webs.com.

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EVENTS KICK OFF Saturday September 27th October 4th -5th Eat Local is being coordinated by the Mount Vernon Community Marketing Campaign.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS

bring your own. Auditioners will read from the script “MONTY PYTHON’S and should be prepared to SPAMALOT”: Auditions tell a joke of their chooswill take place Saturday ing. To reserve a 10-minute and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, at the audition spot, call 360Whidbey Playhouse STAR 679-2237 or email office@ Studio, 730 SE Midway whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Blvd., Oak Harbor, WashWalk-in auditioners will be ington. Parts are available accommodated as schedulfor 13 men and seven ing permits. The show will women ages 18 to 60. All run Feb. 6-March 1, 2015. auditioners must attend the whidbeyplayhouse.com. dance portion of the audition, either 10 a.m. to noon “ROMEO AND JULIET, Saturday or 3 to 5 p.m.

THE MUSICAL”: META Sunday. Dress comfortably Performing Arts will hold to move. Vocal and reading auditions from 6 to 9 p.m. auditions are by appointTuesday and Wednesday, ment from noon to 6 p.m.

Oct. 7-8, at the Lincoln Saturday or 6 to 9 p.m.

Theatre, 712 S. First St., Sunday. Prepare approxiMount Vernon. Parts are mately 32 bars, memorized, available for actors ages of a song that demonstrates 14 and older. Be prepared your singing ability and to sing 16 measures from allows you to play a chara song that showcases acter; a comic song is preyour voice and perform a ferred. Bring sheet music monologue up to 1 minute or CD accompaniment. that shows your acting abilAccompanist provided, or ity. Auditions may include cold readings with fellow auditioners. The play will 38th Annual run Jan. 30-Feb. 15, 2015, at the Lincoln Theatre. To EvErEtt schedule an audition time, SauSagE FESt email caskland@gmail.com.

Walkups are welcome, but Oct. 3rd - 5th, 2014 preference will be given to Noon - Midnight those signed up in advance.

Sunday ‘til 7 p.m.

The production also seeks a PErPEtual HElP drummer; email caskland@ CHurCH grOuNdS gmail.com or visit rjmusi cal.com.

2619 Cedar St.

the Boneshaker BikeFest website as well as Facebook and Twitter pages.

Finalists will be invited to display their art at the Boneshaker BikeFest. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three artworks.

True Ghost Story Contest: Submissions should detail real-life, firsthand encounters with the supernatural, in 1,000 words or less. Stories can be from your past or a recent event. Extra points will be awarded if the story has a bicycle in it. Submit up Shutterstock to two stories, with one or two accompanying original ghost photographs (no “reference” photos). Send The Washington State Parks and Recreation submissions in the body of Commission will offer free admission to all state parks the email (no attachments) to celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, to bonedaddy@boneSept. 27. The Discover Pass will not be required to shakerbikefest.com with enter state parks, but is still required to access lands the subject line in all caps: managed by the Washington Department of Fish and BONESHAKER BIKEWildlife and the Department of Natural Resources.

FEST GHOST STORY parks.wa.gov. The U.S. Forest Service will recognize CONTEST. (Incorrect subNational Public Lands Day by waiving fees for visitors to ject lines will be eliminatthe Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Saturday, ed.) Finalists will be invited Sept. 27. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites on the forest. fs.usda.gov/mbs. Pictured: Mazama Ridge. to have their stories read at the Boneshaker BikeFest.

Cash prizes will be awardART & TRUE GHOST at 1:45 p.m. today at Vasa ed to the top three stories.

STORY CONTESTS: BoneHall, 1805 Cleveland St., shaker BikeFest is acceptMount Vernon. Sing, play BOATING COURSE: ing entries through Oct. 1 the club’s piano or organ, The Skagit Bay Sail and for its Halloween/Bicycle play your own instrument Power Squadron will offer Art & True Ghost Story or just enjoy a variety of America’s Boating Course Contests. boneshakerbike- in six sessions from 7 to 9 music — ’20s to ’70s classical, popular, western and fest.com. p.m. Mondays and WednesEverett, Wa 98201 Halloween & Bicycle gospel. Free. For informadays, Sept. 29 through BRASS CHOIR: The tion, call Elaine at 360-428- Art Contest: Art contest Oct. 15, at Skagit Valley Basically Brass Choir seeks 4228.

Beer & Wine garden entries can include everyHospital in Mount Vernon. trombone, French horn and Carnival • Food thing from the spooky This is a Coast Guard- and arts & Crafts tuba players to join a group to the spoofy, political, state-approved course and ON STAGE Bavarian dinner • Bingo of about 12 musicians, humorous or serious, so qualifies attendees for live Music ANACORTES OPEN MIC: playing a variety of styles. long as they maintain the insurance discounts and 9:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Brown Kids’ games & activities Rehearsals are the first Halloween/Bicycle theme. the Washington Boater and third Mondays in Bur- Lantern Ale House, 412 Shane Cobane as Elvis Submit up to two digital Education Card, which is Commercial Ave., Analington, with regular perWhiskey river JPG images (72-150 resolu- now required for ages 59 reptile Isle cortes. 360-293-2544. formances. Contact David tion, maximum 500 pixels and younger operating a New Blues Brothers Soiseth at 360-757-0351 or wide and 750 pixels high) watercraft in Washington the disco Ballz OPEN MIC: Jam Night: dsois@comcast.net. to bonedaddy@bonepowered by an engine with 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursshakerbikefest.com with more than 15 HP. Partners Include: days, Conway Pub & EatMUSIC the subject line in all caps: Course topics: boat Budweiser/Bud lite ery, 18611 Main St., ConBONESHAKER BIKEhandling, navigation rules, SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC way. 360-445-4733. alfy’s Pizza FEST ART CONTEST. aids to navigation (such russell & Hill CLUB: The club welcomes (Incorrect subject lines will as buoys, lights, etc.) GPS, Werner O’meara & Company performers (intermediRECREATION be eliminated.) Selected safety, knots, adverse condiate and above), listeners www.EverettSausageFest.com and guests to join the fun entries will be displayed on tions, emergencies, commuHALLOWEEN/BICYCLE

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nications, and more. $55, or $65 for two sharing a book.

Information: Paul Rosetter, 360-595-1083, paul.rosetter @gmail.com.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. Free. 360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org.

Next up: Fitness Hike: South Mt. Erie via Whistle Lake: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot for a fast-paced 8- to 9-mile fitness hike. The hike will start at Whistle Lake and proceed to the newly opened 247 trail, which goes around south Mt. Erie, over to the Heart Lake trails and eventually back to the start on trail 21.

Dress in layers and bring water and a snack.

All Ages Hike: Mitten Pond Loop: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4. Immerse yourself in that early fall feeling on this exploration of beaver pond terrain.

Look for whirligig beetles in the glowing green duckweed, as dragonflies drift and zoom around. Meet at the ACFL kiosk on A Avenue and 37th Street.

Senior/Adult Hike: Ace of Hearts Creek: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 10.

Check out the fall colors of maple, willow, cottonwood and mature alder on this easy guided hike. Expect a wide variety of mushrooms along the way. Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot.

BIRDING ON WHIDBEY: The Whidbey Audubon Society will lead a field trip to explore the Del Fairfax Preserve on Saturday, Sept.

27. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at the Coupeville Prairie Station Transit Park, off South Main Street (behind the

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GET INVOLVED dermatology building), or meet at 9 a.m. at the parking lot at the Del Fairfax Preserve on Zylstra Road.

Do not block the gravel road or the Zylstra Road Fire Station bay doors.

Stroll in the woods, listen for forest birds and walk around an open field with a small wetland. The 1.2 mileloop trail is level and takes about an hour to walk — longer if lots of birds are out. The trip will continue back down Zylstra Road to Grasser’s Lagoon, at the intersection of Highway 20 and Zylstra Road, to look for ducks, shorebirds and raptors. For information, contact trip leader Kim Shepard at 360-720-1711 or kwshepard@gmail.com.

FUN RUN: The Mount Vernon Band Orchestra Boosters’ fourth annual Band-Aid Fun Run will

take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Registration for the 5K/10K run/walk will open at 8:30 a.m. Advance registration through Oct. 1: $30 with T-shirt; $20 without shirt.

Day of race: $35 without shirt. For information, contact Mount Vernon High School band director Jacob Scherr at 360-428-6100, ext. 41217, or jscherr@ mvsd320.org. To register, visit mvbands.org and click on “FUN RUN.”

with director Joe Bowen will be open to the public, ages 9 through adult.

Individual audition music sessions, one on one with “Romeo and Juliet” composer Conrad Askland, are open to ages 14 through adult for those already signed up for “Romeo and Juliet” auditions. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday each month THEATER at 918 M Ave., Anacortes.

Hosted by Nello Bottari, SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP: META Performing classes include scripted scenes and a variety of actArts will present a free ing games, with a different Shakespeare workshop at topic each month. Each 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. class is independent, so you Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First don’t have to commit to St., Mount Vernon. Shake- every session. 360-840-0089 or acttheatre.com. speare reading sessions

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area September 26-October 5 Friday.26 THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Saturday.27

TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 25-October 2

TUESDAY.14 A MOVING SOUND (blend of Asian music traditions) 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A free introduction to Taiwanese culture and Chinese music will take place at 6 p.m. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC

Miles Black Octet Tribute to Duke Ellington and Count Basie, with vocalist Greta Matassa: 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or sudden valleylibrary.org.

Sunday.28 THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

RANDY NORRIS AND JEFF NICELY 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

SATURDAY.27 SETH FREEMAN 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Randy Norris and Jeff Nicely: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

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

Daddy TreeTops: 6 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. Free.

360-318-7720.

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

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., SedroWoolley. 360-8555111.

Deadly D, The Bad Tenants, Big Mone & the Brothers Frog: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. Free.

360-778-1067.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY. 26-28 Robert Sarazin Blake & The Put-It-All-DownIn-A-Letters: Live recording sessions, 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.27

Thursday.2

THEATER

Joji Harada, Urban Fantasy, STFU Robot: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. 360-7781067.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“BOOM: The Music, Culture and Events That Shaped a Generation”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25, $20 students.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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FRIDAY.26

THEATER

MULTIMEDIA

THURSDAY.25

Darla Bradshaw & Walt Burckett: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

A Moving Sound (blend of Asian music traditions): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A free introduction to Taiwanese culture and Chinese music will take place at 6 p.m. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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Saturday.4 MUSIC

Music at MoNA, with Mark Pickerel and Delaney Davidson: 7 p.m., Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum. org.

“I Hear America Singing!”: Sno-King County Community Chorale and The Brothers Four, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25-$30.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Sunday.5

The Wreckless Spenders (classic rock): 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon.

No cover.

360-424-7171.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

The Swearengens: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

Seth Freeman: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Tom Mullins: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-5111.

Slothrust: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Fritz and the Freeloaders (acoustic rock, pop, country): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

SUNDAY.28 New Iberians: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Equal Opportunity: 9:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.2 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Chanting at the Muse (led by Seth Bartlett and Philip Nakano): 3 to 5 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. No cover.

360-855-2263.

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

360-466-4488.

Gallies Brothers: 6 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. Free.

360-318-7720.

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10. 360-778-1067.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area September 26-October 5 Friday.26 THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Saturday.27

TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 25-October 2

TUESDAY.14 A MOVING SOUND (blend of Asian music traditions) 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A free introduction to Taiwanese culture and Chinese music will take place at 6 p.m. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC

Miles Black Octet Tribute to Duke Ellington and Count Basie, with vocalist Greta Matassa: 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or sudden valleylibrary.org.

Sunday.28 THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

RANDY NORRIS AND JEFF NICELY 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

SATURDAY.27 SETH FREEMAN 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Randy Norris and Jeff Nicely: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

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

Daddy TreeTops: 6 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. Free.

360-318-7720.

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

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., SedroWoolley. 360-8555111.

Deadly D, The Bad Tenants, Big Mone & the Brothers Frog: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. Free.

360-778-1067.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY. 26-28 Robert Sarazin Blake & The Put-It-All-DownIn-A-Letters: Live recording sessions, 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.27

Thursday.2

THEATER

Joji Harada, Urban Fantasy, STFU Robot: 9:30 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. 360-7781067.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“BOOM: The Music, Culture and Events That Shaped a Generation”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25, $20 students.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

FRIDAY.26

FRIDAY.26

THEATER

MULTIMEDIA

THURSDAY.25

Darla Bradshaw & Walt Burckett: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

A Moving Sound (blend of Asian music traditions): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A free introduction to Taiwanese culture and Chinese music will take place at 6 p.m. $20. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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Saturday.4 MUSIC

Music at MoNA, with Mark Pickerel and Delaney Davidson: 7 p.m., Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum. org.

“I Hear America Singing!”: Sno-King County Community Chorale and The Brothers Four, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25-$30.

360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Sunday.5

The Wreckless Spenders (classic rock): 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon.

No cover.

360-424-7171.

The Hitmen (classic rock, R&B): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

The Swearengens: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover.

360-766-6266.

Seth Freeman: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956.

Tom Mullins: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner.

360-399-1805.

THEATER

“Cole Porter’s Anything Goes” (musical): 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918, M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-855-5111.

Slothrust: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

Fritz and the Freeloaders (acoustic rock, pop, country): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover.

360-354-3600.

SUNDAY.28 New Iberians: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

Equal Opportunity: 9:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.2 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Chanting at the Muse (led by Seth Bartlett and Philip Nakano): 3 to 5 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. 360-4453000.

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. No cover.

360-855-2263.

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

360-466-4488.

Gallies Brothers: 6 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. Free.

360-318-7720.

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10. 360-778-1067.

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TRAVEL

You won’t feel fenced in at these guest ranches Evening entertainment includes game night, talent shows, hayrides, campfire A dude or guest ranch singalongs and stargazing. vacation provides famibarlazyj.com. lies the opportunity to 2. Horseshoe Canyon learn horsemanship in an Ranch, Jasper, Arkansas. authentic and scenic setMount up for a day of trail ting. Here are five places riding through the scenic where cowboys and cowBuffalo River Wilderness. girls can enjoy the wideThis northern Arkansas open spaces: ranch provides riding 1. Bar Lazy J Guest instruction for kids as Ranch, Parshall, Colorado. young as 3, accompanied Check into a log cabin on by a qualified counselor a stretch of the Colorado in a riding arena. ExperiRiver, or spread out in the enced and adventuresome ranch house before gearing equestrians can access up for a week of Western challenging and rugged fun. Days are filled with terrain. Throughout the riding into the nearby hills, week, families can enjoy fly-fishing and mountain breakfast rides as well as biking. Guests 13 and older mornings and afternoons can whip across the river on the trail where Ozark at speeds up to 35 miles an meadows, sandstone formahour on the ranch’s new tions and bluffs provide 1,500-foot-long zip line. a fitting backdrop. Other

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family favorites include zip-lining, canoeing, visiting the petting zoo and wagon rides. horseshoecanyon duderanch.com.

3. Drowsy Water Ranch, Granby, Colorado. You’ll be warmly welcomed by the Fosha family with a howdy when you wind your way into their mountain valley ranch where they’ve been hosting dudes since 1977.

The children’s program (which includes care for infants) provides age- and experience-appropriate horseback riding, arts and crafts, and outdoor activities for young cowboys and cowgirls. The whole family can learn to trot and lope and practice their skills in the corral and on scenic mountain trails. Come sundown, enjoy a tasty familystyle meal, then learn to

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square-dance with assistance from ranch wranglers. drowsywater.com.

4. 320 Guest Ranch, Big Sky, Montana. Wake to the wide Montana sky and prepare for a day of hiking, horseback riding and flyfishing on the ranch’s private stretch of the Gallatin River, made famous by the film “A River Runs Through It.” Don’t miss the weekly pig roast or the wagon or horseback ride, culminating in a riverside barbecue.

When the snow falls, cozy up for sleigh rides or slap on the skis for a scenic adventure. The 320’s proximity to nearby Yellowstone National Park provides day-trip options or an ideal extension to your ranch experience. 320ranch.com.

5. Geronimo Trails Ranch, Winston, New Mexico. Saddle up and ride through the same landscape that captivated Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Ponderosa pines, lush meadows and deep canyons of the Gila River National Forest were also home to the man for whom the ranch is named.

Today, families enjoy horseback- and hiking-trail time, roping and riding lessons, and rodeo games. There’s also wildlife watching, musical entertainment and s’mores over the campfire. geronimoranch.com.

Web Buzz A mind-blowing solo performance for all generations!

Part documentary/part nostalgia trip, BOOM is a multi-media performance that captures the defining moments of the baby-boom generation.

360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org

McIntyre Hall on the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College | 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Skagit Regional Public Facilities District

Local travel

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recre TRAVEL SHOWS: Anaation offers travel opporcortes Public Library, tunities for ages 12 and 1220 10th St., Anaolder (adult supervision cortes, will host the folrequired for ages 18 and lowing events: younger). Trips depart Spain and Carcasfrom and return to Hillsonne: 7 p.m. Wednescrest Park, 1717 S. 13th day, Oct. 15. Traveler/ St., Mount Vernon. For photographer Elaine Walk- information or to register, er will present a slide call 360-336-6215. Next show of her tour to Spain up: and the medieval walled “Fraser Downs: Harcity of Carcassonne in ness Racing at its southern France.

Fastest!”: 3:30 to Mud, Sweat and Bears: 10:30 p.m. Thursday, 1,300 Miles Down the Oct. 2. Venture across Yukon: 7 p.m. Wednesthe border to Fraser day, Oct. 22. Presented Downs Racetrack and by local kayakers Julie Casino. Enjoy a meal Calhoun and Bill Bailey. at one of its eateries, Day Hiking the San then watch the racing Juan and Gulf Islands: action from reserved 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. terrace seats. In addi19. Local author Craig tion, you can visit the Romano spotlights some adjoining casino. Proof of the best hiking destinaof citizenship required tions within the Salish (current passport, DMV Sea area. enhanced driver’s license Discovering Ireland in 14 Days: 7 p.m. Wednes- or NEXUS card). Bring money for food and other day, Dec. 17. Doug and purchases. Ages 19 and Gay Woods share details and photos from their trav- older. $55-$57. Register

by Sept. 25. els across the Emerald Isle on a Rick Steves tour. Bruce Lee exhibit, All shows are free. 360- Uwajimaya and Washington Arboretum’s 293-1910, ext. 21, or Japanese Garden: 9 a.m. library.cityofanacortes. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. org.

17. Travel to Seattle’s International District to CRUISE SHOW: The check out the new Bruce 2014 AAA Cruise Show Lee exhibit at the Wing will be held from 9 a.m.

Luke Museum, no-host to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. lunch and shopping 25, at the Skagit Valley at Uwajimaya Village, Casino Resort, 5984 followed by a guided Darrk Lane, Bow. Meet tour of the arboretum’s cruise experts, attend award-winning Japanese presentations and take Gardens. Seniors: $68advantage of special savings. RSVP: 360-848- $70. Adults: $75-$77.

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Study: Women underrepresented in film industry

By REBECCA KEEGAN Los Angeles Times

As film becomes an increasingly global business, a new study suggests that women are underrepresented both in front of and behind cameras worldwide.

The study, released by the University of Southern California, also contains some surprises — such as that Chinese movies are more gender-balanced than American films.

Women made up 35 percent of characters in Chinese films, compared with 29.3 percent in American movies, according to researchers at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. And women directed 16.7 percent of Chinese films during the period studied—January 2010-May 1, 2013 — as compared to none of the U.S. films.

“It is a critical time ... for the entertainment industry as they expand into international territories, and particularly China,” said Stacy L. Smith, director of the Media,

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Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at Annenberg.

One of several recent reports to look at the portrayal of women in media, the study entitled “Gender Bias Without Borders” examined female characters in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the U.K. Overall, researchers found that there were 2.24 male characters for every female character, and that only 23.4 percent of films had a female protagonist.

Films from Britain (37.9 percent), Brazil (37.1 percent) and South Korea (35.9 percent) had the highest percentage of female characters, while Indian films (24.9 percent) lagged. Among the 120 films studied, researchers found that overall women accounted for 7 percent of directors, 19.8 percent of writers and 22.7 percent of producers. In countries with more female content creators, there tended to be more women on screen as well.

Britain, where 27.3 percent of directors and 59 percent of writers were female, had the highest percentage of female characters in its films. It’s also the country that provided the lone example of a female protagonist in a high-profile political position—Meryl Streep’s Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film “The Iron Lady,” which had both a female director (Phyllida Lloyd) and writer (Abi Morgan).

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E14 - Thursday, September 25, 2014

HOT TICKETS EL TEN ELEVEN, YPPAH, AND BLUE HAWAII WITH VOX MOD: Sept. 26, The Showbox, Seattle.

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PAPER DIAMOND AND KEYS N KRATES: with Gladiator and Thuglii: Sept 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

ELTON JOHN: Sept. 27, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

COM TRUISE AND LINDSTROM: with Midnight Magic and Avalon Emerson: Sept. 27, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

THE KINGSTON TRIO: Sept. 27, Northshore Performing Arts Center, Bothell. 425-984-2471 or npacf. org.

ZAC BROWN BAND: Sept. 27, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

KALIN AND MYLES: Sept. 27, Neumos, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MIMOSA AND KRADDY: with Splatinum: Sept. 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

THE KOOKS: Sept. 29, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DEMI LOVATO: Oct. 2, Comcast Arena, Everett. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS: with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: Oct. 5, Mt. Baker Theatre, Bellingham.

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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: Oct. 5-6, The Showbox, Seattle.

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YASIIN BEY (aka Mos Def): Oct. 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

AMERICAN AUTHORS TOUR: Oct. 9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PALOMA FAITH: Oct. 9, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

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DELTRON 3030: Nov. 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

B.o.B & KEVIN GATES: Nov. 5, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

TONY BENNETT: Nov. 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

NILS FRAHM: Nov. 6, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BLACK VEIL BRIDES: Nov. 7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

CROWDER: Nov. 8, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND: CHROMEO: Oct. 26, Showbox showboxonline.com.

Oct. 17-19, Paramount Theatre, SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or AN EVENING WITH JOAN BAEZ: Seattle. 877-784-4849 or live showboxonline.com. nation.com.

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SCOTT STAPP: Nov. 19, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FLEETWOOD MAC: Nov. 20, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

35TH ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION SEMIFINALS: Nov. 21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

DIRTY LOOPS: Nov. 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JUDAS PRIEST: Nov. 22, Tacoma Dome. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: “The Christmas Attic, Live”: Nov. 22, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

SUPER DIAMOND (Tribute to Neil Diamond): Nov. 22, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CIRCA SURVIVE: Nov. 23, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL”: Nov. 25-Dec. 31, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-584-4849 or 5thavenue.org.

USHER: Nov. 26, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

STEVIE WONDER: Dec. 3, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

WATSKY: Dec. 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

MICHELLE CHAMUEL: Dec. 3, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MICKY DOLENZ MONKEES CHRISTMAS: Dec. 5-6, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

KINA GRANNIS: Dec. 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SAY ANYTHING, SAVES THE DAY: Dec. 15, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SKINNY PUPPY: Dec. 15, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

IN THIS MOMENT: Dec. 30, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

“RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL”: Feb. 5-March 1, 2015, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 888-5844849 or 5thavenue.org.

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: March 5, 2015, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014 - E15

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‘The Trip to Italy’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 26-27 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29

timeless masterpiece “A Streetcar Named Desire” features Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files,” “The Fall”) as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster (“Lone Survivor,” “Kill Your Darlings”) as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby (BBC’s “Great Expectations,” “Three Sisters” at the Young Vic) as Stella.

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace — but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

Tickets: $16 general, $14 seniors, $12 students, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. The characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects as varied as Batman’s vocal register, the artistic merits of “Jagged Little Pill,” and, of course, the virtue of sequels.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom; ‘Defenders of Awesome starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire 2: Stay Bad Ass’ Keelan, Marta Barrio and Rosie Fellner.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 Not rated. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 As the first CAPiTA team video children 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 gener- released in three years and the highly al, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under. anticipated sequel to 2011’s “Defenders of Awesome,” this movie delivers snowboarding from a stacked team featuring Scott NT Live: ‘A Streetcar Stevens, Kazu Kokubo, Jess Kimura, Dan Named Desire’ Brisse, Phil Jacques, Cale Zima, Brandon Cocard, and Dustin Craven, as well as up2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 and-comers Mike Rav, Johnny O’Connor, Dylan Gamache and Brendan Gerard.

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E16 - Thursday, September 25, 2014

MUSIC REVIEWS Jennifer Hudson

Womack turns completely against the grain of modern Nashville. Instead, she focuses on stripped-down, emotionally raw songs that bring out the best in her voice, which sounds Jennifer Hudson’s as tender and expressive as ever. new album, “JHUD,” Her husband Frank Liddell, who also would fly off the produces Miranda Lambert and David Nail, shelves if every copy sets Womack amid a small ensemble of included a tiny stage, complete with minia- studio experts who play with restraint yet ture Jennifer Hudson singing live. match her emotional tone. The songs range Her voice — that powerful instrument from devastating narratives, such as the title capable of toppling pillars, and sending wigs song (written by Adam Wright), to spirituals into a tailspin — is what enraptured “Amer- (Mindy Smith’s “All His Saints”), off-kilter ican Idol” audiences back in 2004, and the love songs (“Same Kind Of Different”) and rest of the world in 2006 with “Dreamgirls,” well-selected covers of Hayes Carll, Julie which won Hudson an Oscar.

Miller, Bruce Robison and Neil Young.

But three albums into Hudson’s music “The Way I’m Livin’” isn’t retro or oldcareer, the Grammy-winning star still fashioned. It simply presents an alternative sounds like she’s singing other people’s direction of where modern country music music. That is to say, while “JHUD” is a could go, one that probes the way people solid collection of tracks, Hudson seems to live in a more realistic manner than the be conforming to fit a sound and persona party-without-consequences themes dominot her own. nating contemporary country radio. It also “Daddy do, do or die, tatt my name so I serves as a reminder that Womack is one of know you’re mine,” she sings on opening American music’s most powerful interprettrack “Dangerous” — a far cry from the ers of good material, whatever the genre.

“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” of n Michael McCall, Associated Press yore. That soulfulness takes a backseat to the tough-chick-in-love persona that drives “JHUD,” rippling through the sassy “Walk Kenny Chesney It Out,” featuring Timbaland, and “He Ain’t “The Big Revival” Goin’ Nowhere,” with Iggy Azalea.

The songs are fun, admittedly, but they Kenny Chesney beg the question, “Jennifer, is that really took a year off before you?” Other tracks are more believable, recording his new and more enjoyable, too. There’s the disco- album, “The Big Revivtinged “It’s Your World,” featuring R. Kelly, al,” and it shows. Cohesive in scope, “The and Hudson’s interpretation of “I Still Love Big Revival” suggests the veteran country You” from British house DJ Switch. Her star is determined to extend his two-decade vocals float effortlessly from honeyed to string of top 10 hits — something he has heavy on “Bring Back the Music,” and she achieved with first single, “American Kids.” sets off goose bumps in a stirring tribute to Chesney has continually tinkered with her late mother on “Moan.” his sound, growing more introspective in Still, there’s no getting around the disrecent years while remaining the king of appointment of an OK, but not amazing the arena sing-along. Chesney’s forte is that album from Hudson. even his rockers offer snapshots of the lives of his fans, as he does here on “Beer Can n Melanie J. Sims, Associated Press Chicken,” which he co-wrote. A rocker like “Drink It Up” avoids the clichés flowing Lee Ann through contemporary country songs by injecting some real-life gravitas.

Womack Working with longtime co-producer “The Way I’m Livin’” Buddy Cannon, Chesney slips some modern Nashville rhythms and loops into songs like For more than a “Til It’s Gone” and “Rock Bottom,” yet decade, Lee Ann Womholds on to the classic-rock guitar sound ack ranked as the most he loves. But the album’s most powerful traditional female artist in contemporary country music, holding on to old-school val- moment arrives with the closer “If This Bus Could Talk,” which traces Chesney’s story ues in themes and arrangements as others from a nervous greenhorn opening for Patty in the genre kept incorporating more pop Loveless in 1993 through the twists and rhythms and rock energy.

With the beautiful and moving “The Way turns of a long career.

I’m Livin’,” her first album in six years, n Michael McCall, Associated Press

“JHUD”

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

rendition of Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life,” clearly identifying with the song’s theme of loss and heartache.

“Cheek to Cheek” The only surprise with Bennett is how vibrant he sounds at 88 with a voice that Tony Bennett has though raspier than in his early years has never forgotten the matured gracefully like fine wine, taking on boost he got when more emotional depth, as reflected in his Frank Sinatra declared him “the best singer solo numbers, “Don’t Wait Too Long” and in the whole business.” Now it’s Bennett’s Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady.” turn to grant his imprimatur to another Bennett brings out another side of Italian-American singer from New York: Gaga’s artistry by recording this album in Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady his customary manner — with the main Gaga. performers interacting in the studio. The Bennett and Gaga first teamed up on arrangements feature his touring jazz his Grammy-winning 2011 “Duets II” CD combo with pianist Mike Renzi plus such to perform the standard “The Lady Is a top-notch guest soloists as tenor saxophonTramp,” with Gaga displaying impressive ist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Brian Newvocal chops. It turns out that this seemingly man. odd couple — separated in age by 60 years At times, Gaga’s jazz phrasing can sound — both share a passion for the Great Amer- forced, as on Jerome Kern’s “I Won’t ican Songbook and jazz singing, which Gaga Dance,” and she sometimes belts out the says she first took up as a teenager. lyrics like a pop star. Gaga, who says she That led them to record “Cheek to intends to record more jazz albums, has Cheek” — only the second full album that great potential as a jazz singer and could Bennett has done with another singer in his learn much from Bennett who early in his nearly 70-year recording career. The first career often sang in a stiff operatic voice was the sublime 2002 album, “A Wonderbefore becoming more relaxed, nuanced ful World,” with k.d. lang, on which the and jazzier once he started recording two voices blended smoothly on a subdued albums of the timeless standards. collection of ballads associated with Louis n Charles J. Gans, Associated Press Armstrong.

There’s a completely different chemistry alt-J on “Cheek to Cheek,” starting with the “This Is All Yours” opening track, Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” with the duo trading lines in a bright, The new album from brassy big-band swing arrangement. A sassy alt-J isn’t supposed to Gaga enthusiastically belts out her lines, while Bennett is as always elegant and pre- exist. Nobody, we’re told, wants to hear this cise in his phrasing. kind of stuff anymore. The album — and Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek” and Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If especially this artsy kind of album — is dead.

It Ain’t Got That Swing)” are both briskly Yet here is “This Is All Yours”: weird, paced with Gaga’s high-register vocals spincomplex, goofy, sublime, baffling and comning around Bennett’s middle-range lines with the two engaging in some crisp harmo- pletely unlike anything else out so far this year. You might say the album has arrived nizing and occasional scatting. On the Nat just in time, spicing up a bland year with King Cole hit “Nature Boy,” Gaga shows a different side, breathily caressing the lyrics something of a puzzle for listeners who and softly blending her lines with Bennett’s, prefer their music complex (or fairly inscrutable, in this case). backed by a lush orchestral arrangement “This Is All Yours” is probably a concept and the late Paul Horn’s airy flute solo. album. Maybe about traveling the world This is a liberating album for Gaga who shows that she doesn’t need the outlandish and opening your eyes to new experiences.

Or about hooking up. Who knows? There’s meat dresses, voice-altering electric effects not enough time in the day to sort it out, and elaborate stage shows to make an and a lot of the references are delightfully impact because her voice stands out on its nonsensical. Singer-guitarist Joe Newman own. Had she been born in an earlier era, Gaga would have been right at home in an sings about the cool side of the pillow, licking the inside of a snack bag of cookies and MGM musical. On her solo features, Gaga Tetris. The band even employs an incongrusings softly and with restraint on Porter’s ous — but somehow note perfect — Miley ballad “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” and Cyrus sample. shows her vulnerability in an emotional

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Thursday, September 25, 2014 - E17

MUSIC REVIEWS There are some lush, beautiful orchestrations here — most notably the sublime “Warm Foothills” and lilting “Choice Kingdom” — interspersed with the kind of oddball pop that first drew our attention on Mercury Prize-winning debut “An Awesome Wave.” Alt-J is at its best when it indulges its weirdest impulses, crafting angular music that bumps along elegantly like a bicycle with triangle wheels.

“Left Hand Free” pleasantly evokes Blitzen Trapper’s “Wild Mountain Nation” phase, a ramshackle party with exotic delights (maybe). The pulsing synth bass and Newman’s colorful lyrics are a randy come-on (probably) on “Every Other Freckle,” awkward and thrilling. And “The Gospel of John Hurt” is a sci-fi tribute to the movie “Alien” (pretty sure on that one).

And then there’s “Hunger of the Pine,” a slow-building song that opens with the electronic beating of a heart, builds with the help of Miley singing “I’m a female rebel” from her song “4x4” on an irresistible loop and finishes in a collage of sound that’s dazzling. What does it mean? No idea. Go listen and figure it out for yourself. If you have the time. n Chris Talbott, Associated Press

Ann Hampton Callaway “From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project”

Ann Hampton Callaway has undeservedly flown under the radar as a jazz singer. Perhaps that’s because of her successful career as a cabaret chanteuse and songwriter whose more than 250 songs include the theme for the TV sitcom “The Nanny” and tunes for Barbra Streisand’s recent albums.

But her jazz artistry shines forth on “From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project,” a tribute to Vaughan with more than an hour of music recorded live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola with a top-flight jazz quintet. The album offers a fresh take on songs closely associated with the legendary jazz vocalist such as Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” and the Gershwins’ “Someone to Watch Over Me.” Callaway captures the playful side of the singer known as “Sassy” on such tunes as Duke Ellington’s uptempo “In A Mellow Tone,” on which she hits the high notes in some swinging scat singing. On “Mean To

Me,” Callaway gets bluesy and even imitates Randy Sandke’s muted trumpet in one scat interlude, with Ted Rosenthal playing some old-style stride piano.

Vaughan was also known as “The Divine One” for her operatic voice, perfect sense of pitch and voluptuous tone. Callaway reflects this as she caressingly bends and stretches the notes on a dreamy rendition of Erroll Garner’s ballad “Misty.” And like Vaughan, she hauntingly sings Billy Strayhorn’s “Chelsea Bridge” without words, displaying her full vocal range from the lower registers to the heights.

The closing track is a highlight as Callaway imagines a duet by Vaughan and her close friend, opera singer Leontyne Price, pairing the aria “Un Bel Di” from Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” with “Poor Butterfly,” a song inspired by that opera, which gives Callaway a chance to display her vocal virtuosity.

Callaway manages to avoid the pitfalls of many tribute albums, which either offer a pale imitation or stray too far from the original material. She has the vocal range, improvisatory flair and passion to channel Vaughan’s spirit without imitating her. n Charles J. Gans, Associated Press

First Pink Floyd release in 20 years set for Nov. 10 The Associated Press

Pink Floyd’s new album, “The Endless River,” will arrive on Nov. 10, the British rock ‘n’ roll group’s first new material in 20 years.

The 18-song double album features band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, who died in 2008. Roger Waters left the group in 1985 and isn’t involved.

The album was assembled from 20 hours of material recorded during the band’s 1993 sessions for “The Division Bell.” Gilmour said in a news release that the band “added new parts, rerecorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st-century Pink Floyd album.”

“The Endless River” is comprised mostly of instrumental music with just one song, “Louder Than Words,” that includes new lyrics, written by Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson.

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MOVIE REVIEWS

Denzel wasted as listless ‘Equalizer’ phones it in

By CRAIG PARRISH Entertainment/Lifestyles Editor

It’s probably not 100 percent fair to compare “The Equalizer” with “Training Day,” but since the two films share some key common components, away we go.

“The Equalizer” reunites director Antoine Fuqua with Denzel Washington, who earned his second Academy Award for his portrayal of a violent, corrupt police officer in “Training Day.” That film was far from flawless, but Washington was electric and the movie crackled with a grimy, big-city energy.

By contrast: For all its bloodletting and earnest approach, “The Equalizer” ends up being a bit on the listless side.

And that is indeed baffling.

Washington — who is incapable of being uninteresting on-screen — plays Robert McCall, a man who lives a curiously quiet life as a hardware-store employee in Boston.

McCall lives alone, is never without his nose in a book and makes nightly

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Cast: Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas Running time: 128 minutes Rating: R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references

visits to a local diner. That’s where he crosses paths with Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young woman who talks of a singing career but is truthfully under the boot of a violent Russian gang.

After Teri gets beaten up and put in the hospital, McCall takes charge. While his background is never completely explained, he evidently has some kind of Special Forces-type training and clearly knows his way around weapons (some more surprising than others).

He makes short, bloody work (less than 20 seconds) of five gang members, but their demise is merely the head of the serpent; they were top-level figures in the

TOP: Denzel Washington stars in “The Equalizer.”

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LEFT: Washington, as Robert McCall, leaves the shipyard as an explosion goes off.

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gang’s East Coast operation.

This displeases the mob, and the result is that Teddy (Marton Csokas) arrives in town, to analyze the losses, set things correct and find the man responsible for the acts in question.

Teddy is a bit of a heavily tattooed sociopath and has qualms about whose blood

gets spilled; in one of his first meetings after arriving, he quickly lays waste to a group of local mobsters.

(That unfortunate meeting takes place at “Boston Sand and Gravel,” an unfortunately noticeable reference to “The Town,” Ben Affleck’s 2010 crime thriller that is a far superior film in

when the injustice he sees crosses the line: cops shaking down local businesses, for example, is unacceptable.

The inevitable final showdown at McCall’s workplace is meant to be disturbing and dramatic; instead, the movie turns laughable when Fuqua trades what could have been genuine tension for flashing every way). lights, cascading sprinklers Tracking McCall down and slow-motion silliness. is not difficult for someone The massive potential of as resourceful as Teddy. He “The Equalizer” was squanhas some local police in his dered, brought down by a pocket, but they meet unfor- lazy script, a horrendously tunate and not-uncreative grating soundtrack and an endings when they cross approach that seemed more McCall. concerned about what kind McCall’s skills are daunt- of product and profit could ing, and he puts them to use be made.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014 - E19

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it felt like a jambalaya of ideas that didn’t quite mesh into a satisfying experience. Sci-fi drama, not rated, 122 minutes. HH Compiled from news services.

“The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Ratings are one to four stars.

Them” — Here is some of the best work yet “A Walk Among the Tombstones” — Liam

by James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain, playNeeson plays Matthew Scudder, an alcoholic ing a youngish married couple in New York City private investigator hired to find a drug dealer’s who are destroyed by a personal tragedy. Much of the dialogue is heartbreakingly on point, at kidnapped wife. Scudder spends a lot more times approaching the poetic. Drama, R, 123 time working out his demons than he does 1 drawing his gun, and that makes him all the minutes. HHH ⁄2 more interesting. Thriller, R, 114 minutes. HHH “The Expendables 3” — Here we have some “Are You Here” — With his friend (Owen Wil- of the most beloved action stars of the last halfson) at his side, a neurotic stoner (Zach Galifi- century -- from Han Solo to the Terminator to anakis) learns he’s inherited his dad’s estate, Rambo -- and they’re mired in a live-action cartoon as his sister (Amy Poehler) schemes to gain with witless dialogue, a nothing plot and endless control. It’s not a fall-down-funny comedy; it action sequences. “The Expendables 3” is proof mostly makes you smile, laugh a little bit, and a movie can be exceedingly loud and excruciatthen shake your head in admiration. Comedy ingly dull. Action, PG-13, 126 minutes. H drama, R, 113 minutes. HHH “The Fault in Our Stars” — With lesser “Dolphin Tale 2” — It’s hard to top the story source material, an average director and an of how a wounded dolphin is saved by a prosOK cast, the adaptation of John Green’s novel thetic tail and a team of heroes. “Dolphin Tale about the glory and unfairness of life could 2” tries to recapture the spirit of the original have lost me. But everyone involved, from based-on-a-true-story film by reassembling the director Josh Boone to transcendent star cast and adding a few inspirational elements. Shailene Woodley and beyond, has talents However, the sequel falls short in delivering way beyond the average. Drama, PG-13, 125 the sentimental impact of its predecessor. minutes. HHHH 1 “The Giver” — The beloved children’s novel PG-13. 107 minutes. H ⁄2

by Lois Lowry becomes a movie starring Jeff “Guardians of the Galaxy” — Chris Pratt plays the leader of a misfit band of anti-heroes, Bridges and Meryl Streep about a supposedly including a cynical raccoon and a walking tree, utopian society where everyone is comfortably in this refreshing confection of entertainment, numb to love and pain. For a story designed to a mostly lighthearted and self-referential comic- touch our emotions and remind us of all the book movie with loads of whiz-bang action, wonderful highs and all the devastating lows some laugh-out-loud moments and a couple of of a life undiluted, it’s not nearly as involving surprisingly beautiful and touching scenes as as you might expect. Sci-fi drama, PG-13, 94 1 well. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 122 minutes. HHH ⁄2 minutes. HH “The Guest” — At first an entertainingly “If I Stay” — After a car accident, high predictable thriller-horror flick, “The Guest” school senior Mia (Chloe Grace Moretz) lives later goes off the rails, and I mean that in a both in a coma and as a spiritual alter ego looking on. The movie plays like a high school good way. Dan Stevens of “Downton Abbey” is a hoot as a recently discharged American war version of “Ghost,” only less involving, less hero taken in by a family mourning over their romantic and a little creepier. Drama, PG-13, 1 son, killed in action overseas. Thriller, R, 99 107 minutes. H ⁄2 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Life After Beth” — Pronounced dead ear “This Is Where I Leave You” — You’re going lier, Beth (Aubrey Plaza) suddenly returns, to the puzzlement of her grieving boyfriend (Dane to gather Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Tina DeHaan). The fine actors in this film, including Fey, Adam Driver and other greats in the same room, and you’re going to make them engage John C. Reilly and Cheryl Hines, seem lost as in cliches? Across the board, I like the actors to whether they should be playing the grisly material for laughs, and the movie is DOA from in this movie so much better than I like -- or 1 scene one. Comedy horror, R, 91 minutes. H ⁄2 care about -- the characters they play in this film, a family version of “The Big Chill.” Com “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” — The edy, R, 103 minutes. HH Michael Bay-produced 3-D re-boot spares no expense in special effects and spares no deci- “Tusk” — Writer-director Kevin Smith has bel in the volume that is the soundtrack to all created one of the creepiest movies I’ve ever seen. It’s as if “Misery” met “The Human Centheir new mayhem. These digitally animated tipede” on the corner of Grotesque and Hauntsuper-sized turtles have real-world presence ing. It’s a movie I never want to see again, but and weight, stumping onto the scene like teenagers who haven’t learned to do anything I can’t deny its lasting effect. Horror, R, 102 quietly. But between those scenes is an awful minutes. HH “When the Game Stands Tall” — This is lot of chatter and exposition. Sci-fi action vioa solid if unsurprising and uninspiring melolence, PG-13, 101 minutes. HH drama built around high school football, faith “The Drop” — Tom Hardy stars as a quiet based but “Friday Night Lite.” Mount Vernon lunk serving drinks at the bar run by his cousin (James Gandolfini), a former loan shark native Jim Caviezel plays a pious coach who shoved aside by Chechen mobsters. Although talks about building character as much as he worries about blocking schemes. Sports there are a few scenes of bloodshed, “The drama, PG, 1:55. HH Drop” is much more about the nature of violent men than the brief explosions of violence “Wish I Was Here” — Director/co-writer/ that can define an entire life. There’s so much actor Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here” is a to admire here. Crime drama, R, 106 minutes. precious and condescending exercise in self1 indulgent pandering, featuring one of the whiniHHH ⁄2 est lead characters in recent memory. The “The Congress” — Robin Wright plays a supporting cast is rich with talented actors: Robin Wright who sells her image to be used Mandy Patinkin, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad. Comin films forever. It’s fascinating and boring, 1 edy-drama, R, 120 minutes. ⁄2 intriguing and exasperating, but ultimately

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