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Tuning Up

Movie Review

Music Reviews

Wayne Hayton plays the Conway Muse on Friday night

Second trained ‘Dragon’ is less charming

Jack White, First Aid Kit, 50 Cent, José Jones

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “True Detective”: Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey turn in flawless performances as a pair of detectives looking into a murder case in the Louisiana bayou country that has all the elements of being a cult killing. Their investigation not only uncovers a deep, dark secret but reveals the hidden sides of both men.

The story’s told in flashbacks as Martin Hart (Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (McConaughey) talk about the case that unfolded in the mid-1990s. It’s through their recounting of the case that it becomes clear that these former partners might seem to be very different but have been drawn together by this gruesome case.

The eight-episode season that aired on HBO also features superb writing by series creator Nic Pizzolatto and an often haunting score from Academy Awardwinning composer T Bone Burnett. The DVD set includes information about the development of the series, the importance of the music and never-before-seen footage from the series.

Look for this series to be a big winner at future awards ceremonies.

“Non-Stop”: A better name for the new Liam Neeson movie would be “Mistakes on a Plane.”

Despite a valiant effort by the cast, the script by John W. Richardson and Christopher Roach relies so heavily on people acting stupid, ignoring all logic and making absurd decisions that all it would have taken is one moment of common sense to ground the flight shortly after takeoff. No such moment comes and the film soars through a plot that grows to preposterous heights.

No matter how good the acting, the absurdities that stack up to keep the film moving ahead finally become too much.

These gaffes are so noticeable because director Jaume Collet-Serra never creates the claustrophobic feel needed to elevate the tension.

Toss in a handful of stereotypes, from a tough New York cop to the Middle Eastern passenger who everyone mistrusts, and the movie fails to find any semblance of originality. Correct that: One of the deaths on the plane is accomplished in such an outlandish manner that it looks like a sequence from the comedy “Airplane.”

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”: CIA analyst (Chris Pine) goes into the field when a global terrorist network is about to be activated.

“The Secret Lives of Dorks”: Geek’s

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JUNE 17 n Against the Wild n Almost Human n The Grand Budapest Hotel n Joe n The Lego Movie n 13 Sins n Walk of Shame

JUNE 24 n Blood Ties n Enemy n Jungle n Repentance n Rob the Mob n Some Velvet Morning n 300: Rise of an Empire n Winter’s Tale n Wolf Creek 2

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love life gets complicated.

“Wordgirl: Monkey Business”: WordGirl fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage.

“Devil’s Knot”: Mother must deal with the true story behind murder investigation.

“Tiny Trouble”: Martin and Chris Kratt explore nature and meet with creatures from around the world.

“The Great Bear”: A boy is kidnapped by a 1,000-year-old bear the size of a mountain.

“The Chisholms: The Complete TV Series”: The 1979-1980 series stars Robert Preston, Ben Murphy and Brian Kerwin.

“A Short History of Decay”: Life gets in the way of a writer’s plans.

“Dinosaur Train: Adventure Camp”: Buddy, Shiny, Tiny and Don travel to different ecosystems.

“Vendetta”: Special ops interrogation officer looks to avenge the death of his parents.

“Amen”: A look at how much was known outside of Germany about exterminations in Nazi death camps.

“Klondike”: Cable series that dives into the brutal world of the late 1890s gold rush.

“Alan Partridge”: Steve Coogan reprises his role as the one-time talk show host.

“Banner 4”: Mother tries to reunite a band to help heal a broken family.

“Ray Donovan: The First Season”: Showtime series starring Liev Schreiber.

“Perry Mason Movie Collection”: Each of three DVDs features two TV movies.

“The Odd Way Home”: Two strangers go on a journey through the American Southwest. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

Wings of Freedom Tour touches down.

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

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ON STAGE

Magical wit in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Skagit Valley Herald staff

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arriage, mayhem and magical mischief come to life on a midsummer’s night, as Northwest Ballet Theater brings Shakespeare’s most enduring and beloved romantic comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to life through movement on stage at McIntyre Hall this weekend.

The romantic antics of humans as well as fairies are played out on one magical midsummer night, according to a news release.

With music by Felix Mendelssohn, Northwest Ballet Theater (celebrating its 15th year) brings you a ballet that is witty, colorful and hugely entertaining.

Artistic Director and choreographer John Bishop reprises his role as actor Nick Bottom, and Josh Deininger (most recently seen at NBT as the title character in “DracCharles Stevens photo ula”) commands the forest, and the stage, as Amber Johnson (left) and John Bishop perform as Northwest Ballet Theater presents "A Midsummer Oberon, King of the Faeries.

Night's Dream" at McIntyre Hall on June 14-15.

NBT regulars Chloe Johnston (Queen Titania), Hailey Forsberg (Hermia), Delci Syvertson (Helena), Ryann Lewis (Hippolyta), Ashley Henderson (Puck) and Julian Young (Lysander), are joined by Olympic Ballet’s Ryan Sims and Seattle’s Warren Woo (Demetrius).

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday June 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 15 Where: McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon Tickets: $24-$35. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org

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EW YORK — Sometime around 2004, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting, a rock star with 16 Grammys and more than 100 million records sold, found himself with a severe case of writer’s block.

It wasn’t that he stopped touring (he didn’t), making money (he still made plenty) or even recording (there were albums of other people’s songs and a new symphonic treatment of his past material), but he found, to his chagrin, he could not write any new songs.

This went on for some eight years. He was, in the words of writer John Logan, “at an impasse.” The title of Sting’s intensely personal, strikingly reflective 2003 autobiography, “Broken Music,” had proven prophetic.

“I just found myself thinking, ‘What’s the point?’” a scrunched-up Sting says, softly, matterof-factly, occupying as little space as possible at the back of a 42nd Street rehearsal studio here one recent afternoon. “I just didn’t have the desire or the passion. I was treading water as a writer.”

Of course, Sting, born in 1951, also had by that time reached a certain age, tricky for a plaintive balladeer. It’s hard for a mature man to keep writing lines like “everything she do just turns me on” or “I won’t share you with another boy” without feeling, well, a bit ridiculous eventually.

Although Sting had always been far more of a narrative songwriter than most, many of his hit pop songs were still restatements of a needy but sensual emotion — I love you this way, I miss you that way, please do this, I feel that — wherein the listener

With new musical, Sting’s ‘Ship’ comes in Story by CHRIS JONES Chicago Tribune Brian Harkin / Chicago Tribune via MCT

Sting, who scored the musical “The Last Ship,” talks with actor Jimmy Nail during a rehearsal in New York. had to believe in the veracity and vulnerability of the seemingly single and youthful songwriter. That was getting harder to pull off.

And then Sting happened upon a magazine article about a proud shipbuilding community falling apart.

Sting is himself from such a community. Haunted by one, in fact, ever since he got out of the failing English town of his childhood, headed to London and New York and became the leader of a band called the Police, and then a multihyphenate solo artist, an artist who never really went home.

“The ships leaving the river would, in hindsight, become a metaphor for my own wandering life,” he wrote in “Broken Music,” “never to return.”

How could he really, after a certain point? To hang out on those old streets would have been perceived as an act of dilettantism, a rock-star circus.

He didn’t even attend his parents’ funerals in the mid-1980s (they both died young), preferring to say goodbye while they still were alive and fearing that his presence would tempt tabloid coverage (although he wrote in his autobiography that he also was afraid to confront their deaths).

During those long, more recent years of writer’s block, Sting found himself intensely focused on his childhood.

“Sting,” Logan says, “has been grappling with his past since the day he walked away from Newcastle.”

Somewhere around 2012, Sting hit on an idea.

What if he combined two stories: his unresolved feelings about the lingering personal attachments of his youth and his abandonment of his roots, and the soul-destroying demise of a shipyard and its impact on the workers?

He had learned all about augmented and diminished chords by listening to his mother, a pianist, play the work of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Years before he had performed (as, of course, Macheath) in a 1989 revival of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera” (then rendered as “3 Penny Opera”) on Broadway.

So what if he, Sting, wrote his own Broadway musical about a guy who goes back home to try to find some peace and reconciliation after the death

of his father? What if the theater were a home for his songs?

What if the show was called “The Last Ship”?

What if it was to try out in Chicago, a town that knows post-industrial pain?

Sting was born in a terraced house in Wallsend (as in, the end of Hadrian’s Wall) in the North East of England, on the north shore of the River Tyne, close to Newcastle, hard upon Swan Hunter’s thriving shipyard, where almost everyone in the town worked in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Swan Hunter built giant, steel, oceangoing vessels and had a long history: Its workers had built the RMS Carpathia, which rescued survivors from the Titanic.

Sting got out of Wallsend, of course. But most of his old friends and

neighbors — those not blessed with such singular musical talents — got stuck as Swan Hunter went down the toilet, a victim of a changed global economy.

The story was not unfamiliar in postindustrial Britain or so different from what simultaneously happened, say, to the mineworkers of Doncaster (as told in the musical “Billy Elliot”) or the steelworkers of Sheffield (“The Full Monty”).

There were struggles and ownership changes for Swan Hunter in the 1980s, receivership in the early 1990s and then layoffs and closings. The once-proud workers were fired or merely offered piecemeal work doing salvage or maintenance.

A few years ago the famously colossal cranes of Wallsend finally were sold off. Shipbuilding, as Sting and Wallsend had known it pretty much all their lives, was finished for good.

So Sting called a producer, Jeffrey Seller. Seller told Sting that he liked the idea because communities under siege tended to make very good musicals (“Fiddler on the Roof” is one such show).

Plus — and Seller did not exactly need to point this out — Sting is Sting.

Sting has a lot of fans. Seller said yes to Sting.

The writer’s block was over. Characters appeared, based on the people Sting had known in Wallsend.

Verses came to him in abundance.

“Once I got that green light,” Sting says, “the songs just flooded out of me.”

And that is why he is sitting in this New York studio with screenwriterturned-book writer Logan, director Joe Mantello and an old pal from Newcastle, actor-musician Jimmy Nail.

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THIS WEEKEND in the area “BARK IN THE PARK” The 10th annual Dog Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Storvik Park, 1110 32nd St., Anacortes. Bring your fourlegged best friend and enjoy dog contests, demos, games, adoptable dog parade and more, with prizes for the best costume, best tail wag, wackiest trick and other events. The first 200 dogs receive doggie goodie bags and bandanas.

Admission: $5 donation per dog plus a $5 donation for each contest entry. Proceeds will benefit the Anacortes Dog Park. 360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR

The Port of Skagit is hosting a return visit of three restored World War II-era combat aircraft when the Wings of Freedom Tour touches down at Skagit Regional Airport from June 16-18. The warbirds, a B-17G Flying Fortress named “Nine-O-Nine,” a B-24J Liberator, “Witchcraft,” and a TP-51C Mustang, “Betty Jane,” are expected to arrive around 11 a.m. on June 16 and depart around 1 p.m. on June 18.

The Collings Foundation, which owns and operates the aircraft, is selling flights and tours all day Monday through Wednesday.

Visitors are invited to explore the aircraft inside and out — $12 for adults and $6 for

children under 12 is requested for access to up-close viewing and tours through the inside of the aircraft. World War II veterans can tour through the aircraft at no cost.

Hours of ground tours and display are: noon-5 p.m. on Monday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesday; and 9 a.m.-noon on Wednesday.

The 30-minute flight experiences are normally scheduled before and after the ground tour times above. Flights in the B-17 or B-24 cost $450 per person. P-51 training flights are $2,200 for a half-hour and $3,200 for a full hour. For reservations and information on flight experiences, call the Collings Foundation at 800-568-8924.

CELEBRATE BIRDS The Whidbey Audubon Society will present “Bird in Hand: A close-up look at birds” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Check out the Society’s collection of museum-quality specimens of stuffed and preserved birds, skeletons and more. The hands-on display offers a chance to get a closer look at common birds like a Rufous Towhee, Black-capped Chickadee, Wigeon and others. The event will also include a display of owl pellets, live raptors with their falconers and a variety of bird paraphernalia for sale to benefit the Audubon Society scholarship fund. Free admission. whidbeyaudubon.org.

BARREL RACING Check out incredible equine athletes and their riders at the bi-weekly Friday Night Lights Open 4D Barrel Races at 5 p.m. Fridays, June 13 and 27, July 11 and 25, Aug. 8 and 22, and Sept. 12, at the SedroWoolley Riding Club, 24538 Polte Road, Sedro-Woolley.

The events start at 5 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m. Rider entry: $30 plus $10 office fee; $5 each additional horse.

Award series and added money. For information, contact Kristen at 360-770-3383 or visit sedrowoolleyrodeo.com.

ANACORTES IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION “All in the Same Boat: Anacortes in the Great Depression” will open with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14, in the Anacortes Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. Learn about life in Anacortes after the 1929 stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression, which dragged on for 12 years. See how life went on despite the hard times. Children played and couples courted. Festivals, parades, dances, football games, motion pictures — with sound! — as well as all sorts of clubs and events enlivened daily life. And, with everyone in the same boat, people worked together to get by. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or museum. city

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS

“WHITE CHRISTMAS”: Theater Arts Guild will hold auditions from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13-14, at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, 1511 E. Broadway, Mount Vernon. Callbacks (if needed) will be held from 6 to 9 p.m.

Monday, June 16. A variety of parts are available for actors, singers and dancers, from youth to mature adults. The show will run Nov. 26-Dec. 13, at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon. For information or to reserve an audition time, call Cally at 360-770-5444 or email tagwc2014@gmail. com.

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, June 28-29, at Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. A variety of parts are available for men and women from their 20s to 60s. Prepare a twominute musical number from the “golden age” of Broadway, wear appropriate clothing for dance and prepare for cold readings from the script. Scripts are available in the ACT office.

The musical will run Sept.

26-Oct. 25. To schedule an audition, call 360-293-6829.

RECREATION

SUMMER READING: Friends of the Skagit Libraries Summer Reading program will be offered at “INTO THE WOODS”: all six Skagit County librarAuditions will be held from ies. The Summer Reading 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 23, theme for 2014 is “Fizz, at the Whidbey Island Cen- Boom, Read!” and numerter for the Arts, 565 Cama- ous science, art, music and no Ave., Langley. Callbacks literacy programs. The will take place Tuesday, Friends of Skagit Libraries June 24. A wide variety of is an organization commitroles are available for ages ted to improving the lives of 14 and older. Auditioners our children by offering fun should prepare a song by and educational programs Stephen Sondheim (16-24 to the children of Skagit bars, any show/style, accom- County. Check with your panist provided) and a area library for details. contrasting monologue. The ADVENTURE CAMP: The musical will run Oct. 10-25.

Skagit County Historical To schedule an audition, Museum will host Skagit call 360-221-8262.

Treasures Adventure Camp, a day camp for children “THE ODD COUPLE” ages 5-12 for four weeks, (female version): Audibeginning June 23 at the tions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, museum, 501 S. Fourth St., June 23-24, at the Whidbey La Conner. Weekly themes Playhouse, 730 SE Midway include Adventures of the Skagit Settlers; Cedar, Blvd., Oak Harbor. CallSalmon, Celebrations; Fish, backs, if needed, will be Forest Fauna; and Geolheld Wednesday, June 25. ogy, Flora & Fauna. Led Parts are available for six by experienced educators, women and two men, able to play ages from late 20s to camps will include field early 40s. The audition will trips, hands-on projects and involve cold readings from amazing stories. To register, call 360-466-3365 or email the script. Scripts can be checked out at the theater. museum@co.skagit.wa.us.

360-679-2237 or whidbey KIDQUEST CAMPS: playhouse.com.

Burlington Parks and Recreation will host several “ANYTHING GOES”: Auditions will be held from summer camps for kids ages

6-14. Camps meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, beginning and ending each day at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. For information or to register, call 755-9649 or email recreation@burlingtonwa.us. n Wild World of Sports: for ages 10-14: June 30-July 3. Enjoy two or three athletic activities each day including horseshoes, bowling, soccer, kickball, putt-putt golf w/barbecue, an epic hike, gymnastics, climbing wall, Absolute Air Play and the new Snohomish Aquatic Center. $150.

Register by June 25.

June 13. Enjoy the great outdoors, get fit and have an adventure of a lifetime.

For information or to register, call the United General fitness facility at 360-8567524 or visit trekfortreas ure.org.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day on Saturday, June 14. On this day, the Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks. The pass is still required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS Wildlife and the DepartCAMPS: Registration is ment of Natural Resources. open for summer camps parks.wa.gov. offered through the Skagit n The U.S. Forest Service County Boys & Girls Clubs. will recognize National Get Programming from 7 a.m.

Outdoors Day by waiving to 6 p.m. begins June 23 and fees for visitors to the Mt. runs through Aug. 15. Price Baker-Snoqualmie National is $100 per week, plus a $25 Forest on Saturday, June 14. monthly registration fee.

Fees will be waived at most Families who qualify for day-use sites on the forest. free or reduced lunch may fs.usda.gov/mbs. get special rates. skagitrais esgreatkids.org.

TRAIL TALES: Friends of Skagit Beaches will lead a SUMMER DAY CAMP: series of informative walks Kids entering grades K-6 along the Tommy Thompcan enjoy a variety of son Trail in Anacortes. For activities centered on each information, visit skagit week’s theme from 8 a.m. to beaches.org.

5:30 p.m. Mondays through Next up: Thursdays at Hillcrest Park, n Lunch & Learn: “Eco1717 S. 13th St., Mount nomic Development with Vernon. Two days: $75. Four Environmental Stewardship days: $115. Preregistration in Mind”: 11 a.m. to 12:30 required: 360-336-6215 or p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the mountvernonwa.gov/parks. Port of Anacortes Transit n July 7-10: AdvenShed, 100 Commercial Ave. tures Abound: Hike Little Join Trail Tales docents and Mountain’s trails, climb on Port of Anacortes Executhe Eagle Rock Challenge tive Director Bob Hyde to Course, go on a treasure learn about the redevelophunt at Hillcrest Park and ment of the Pier 1 Dakota learn the basics of geoCreek shipbuilding yard caching. and the Port’s efforts to balance this with shoreline “TREK FOR TREASURE”: restoration. Bring a picnic The ultimate hiking challunch to enjoy while Hyde lenge is back for its third discusses projects along the year. Registration is open Guemes Channel waterthrough June 11; hikes start front, then walk to mitiga-

tion sites, ending at the newly restored Wyman tidal habitat, one-half mile away.

Free.

TRAIL WORK: The Skagit, Whatcom, Island Trail Maintaining Organization (SWITMO) seeks volunteers for upcoming trail work from April through October. The next work party will be held June 21. 360-424-0407 or jdmelcher@comcast.net.

BARREL RACING: Put your equine athletes through their paces at the bi-weekly Friday Night Lights Open 4D Barrel Races at 5 p.m. Fridays, June 13 and 27, July 11 and 25, Aug. 8 and 22, and Sept.

12, at the Sedro-Woolley Riding Club, 24538 Polte Road, Sedro-Woolley. The events start at 5 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m. Rider entry: $30 plus $10 office fee; $5 each additional horse. Award series and added money. For information, contact Kristen at 360770-3383 or visit sedrowool leyrodeo.com.

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at First United Methodist Church, 1607 E. Division St., Mount Vernon. Dave Obee and Donna Potter-Phillips will be the featured presenters.

Novice to advanced classes will include genealogy for beginners, genealogical proof standard, living here and researching there, your genealogy library in the cloud, understanding DNA and more. $35-$45 until June 1; $50 at the door: 360630-0170 or skagitvalley genealogy.org.

THEATER

YOUTH SUMMER THEATER: The Whidbey Playhouse Youth Summer Theater Program will present “The Invisible Village!: A Theater Workshop” June 17-28, at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Young actors ages 8 to 16 will hone their theater skills, including theater acting, stage presence and more.

The program begins with placement auditions at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, with CRAB DASH: The Cama- additional auditions at 9 no Crab Dash 5K/10K a.m. Wednesday, June 18.

Family Fun Run will take Rehearsal for some actors place Saturday, June 21, will begin from 9 a.m. to at Camano Center, 606 noon and 2 to 5 p.m. ThursArrowhead Road, Camano day and Friday, June 19-20.

Island. Registration begins Rehearsals for all actors at 7:30 a.m. followed by will take place from 9 a.m. the race at 9 a.m. Medals to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. will be awarded to the top Monday through Friday, three male and female run- June 23-27. The workshop ners, with ribbons for the will culminate in three pertop three finishers in 13 age formances: 7:30 p.m. Friday, groups, as well as a prize June 27; and 2:30 p.m. and for the best team costume. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27.

Registration: $25 with shirt, $5 admission. $15 run only, $40 family (no The workshop cost is shirts). Free for ages 8 and $120 per child, $40 for an younger. 360-387-0222 or additional child from the camanocenter.org. same family. Every child will receive a T-shirt commemorating “The Invisible WORKSHOPS Village” as well as two free “GENEALOGY FOR tickets. Scholarships are EVERYONE”: The Skagit available. Apply by June 16.

Valley Genealogy Society will present its 11th annual 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

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HOT TICKETS ONEREPUBLIC: June 12, Comcast Arena, Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett. com.

ALLEN STONE: June 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE FRAY: with Barcelona and Oh Honey: June 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-9297849 or AXS.com.

DIGITOUR: June 20, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: June 20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

SARAH McLACHLAN: June 20-21, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

RODRIGO AMARANTE: June 21, The Barboza, Seattle. 206-709-9442 or thebarboza.com.

MERLE HAGGARD, EMMYLOU HARRIS: June 22, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

GAVIN DEGRAW AND MATT NATHANSON: with Mary Lambert: June 24, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: June 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

ROBYN + RÖYKSOPP: Do It Again Tour: June 26, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

EARSHOT JAZZ CONCERTS: June 26-28, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or brownpapertickets.com.

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: June 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

MINUS THE BEAR: June 27, Columbia City Theater, Seattle. 800-838-3006 or columbiacitytheater.com.

THE SOULSHINE TOUR: featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead, with SOJA, Brett Dennen and Trevor Hall: June 27, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

AN EVENING WITH JOHN LEGEND: June 27, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-7346080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

PARADISO FESTIVAL: with Bassnectar, Above & Beyond, Zedd, Krewella and more: June 27-28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

CHER: June 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

JOHN LEGEND: June 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PETER MURPHY: June 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEVE WINWOOD: June 29, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

KISS, DEF LEPPARD: June 29, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

KRAFTWERK 3-D: July 1, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: July 2, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or tickets.com.

MARK LANEGAN: July 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CHEVELLE: July 5, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEELY DAN: July 5-6, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

NEW ORDER: July 6, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or LiveNation.com.

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HEART: July 1, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL: with Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Body Count featuring Ice T, Suicide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead and more: July 8, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

JURASSIC 5: July 9, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SLIGHTLY STOOPID: with Stephen “Ragga” Marley: July 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or AXS.com.

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: July 11, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

RINGO STARR & HIS ALL-STARR BAND: July 16, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE GO-GOs, PATTY SMYTH & SCANDAL, MARTHA DAVIS & THE MOTELS, CUTTING CREW, NAKED EYES featuring PETE BYRNE: July 17, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: with The Wood Brothers: July 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

THE AQUABATS: July 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: July 18, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE JOHN CONLEE SHOW (classic country): July 18-19, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

ANACORTES UNKNOWN MUSIC SERIES, Vol. IV: July 18-20, Anacortes Unknown. anacortesunknown.com.

WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: July 18-20, Blues Ranch, Winthrop. 800-422-3048 or WinthropTickets.com.

GOO GOO DOLLS & DAUGHTRY: July 19, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

JOURNEY, STEVE MILLER BAND: July 19, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

CHEECH & CHONG, WAR: “Up in Smoke 2014”: July 19, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888929-7849 or AXS.com.

JOAN BAEZ: July 20, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: with The Manhattan Transfer, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour & Dave Gruisin, Jessy J: July 26, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 12-22

TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 12-18 LOOKING AHEAD FRIDAY.20

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

COMEDY “You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

THURSDAY.12

FRIDAY.13

Trish Hatley: 6 p.m.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

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

Chunky Wonder, Big Oil!: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

The Groovetramps: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

SATURDAY.14 The Michelle Taylor Band (R&B, classic rock, blues): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Thieves of Eden, The Chasers: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Jukebox Duo: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

Margaret Wilder Band (funk): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

Fabulous Roof Shakers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

SmokeWagon: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover. 360766-6266.

Dirty Kid Discount, Rats in the Wall, Juicy Karkass, The Harrison B: 7:30 p.m., ConVaticxnts: 9:30 p.m., The way Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Shakedown, 1212 N. State Main, Conway. 360-445-3000. St., Bellingham. $7. 360-7781067.

Cellist Louie Richmond, accompanied by Judith Matney Cook and the MudGordon (classical): 2 p.m., flat Walkers: 8 p.m., Big Country Meadow Village, Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 1501 Collins Road, SedroState Rout 9, Mount Vernon.

Woolley. Free. 360-856-0404. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

FRIDAY.13 WAYNE HAYTON 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.21

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY.12-15 “YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU” Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829. Check individual listings for times.

Thursday.12

Saturday.14

Sunday.15

THEATER

THEATER

THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

Friday.13 THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

BALLET

“Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Northwest Ballet Theater: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $24-$35. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

“Enchanted April”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

BALLET

“Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Northwest Ballet Theater: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $24-$35. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

Thursday.19 THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

MUSIC Trish, Hans & Larry Holloway: 2 to 3:30 p.m., Chandlers Square, 1300 O Ave., Anacortes. 360-2931300.

COMEDY “You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

SUNDAY.22

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

SUNDAY.15 David Smith (Americana, blues): 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.14 THE CHRIS EGER BAND (ROCK, SOUL, BLUES) 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-2752448.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night: 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

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

360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4-9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.18 Little Joe Argo: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 12-22

TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 12-18 LOOKING AHEAD FRIDAY.20

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

COMEDY “You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

THURSDAY.12

FRIDAY.13

Trish Hatley: 6 p.m.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

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

Chunky Wonder, Big Oil!: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067.

The Groovetramps: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

SATURDAY.14 The Michelle Taylor Band (R&B, classic rock, blues): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Thieves of Eden, The Chasers: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Jukebox Duo: 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

360-848-8882.

Margaret Wilder Band (funk): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

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

Fabulous Roof Shakers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

SmokeWagon: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover. 360766-6266.

Dirty Kid Discount, Rats in the Wall, Juicy Karkass, The Harrison B: 7:30 p.m., ConVaticxnts: 9:30 p.m., The way Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Shakedown, 1212 N. State Main, Conway. 360-445-3000. St., Bellingham. $7. 360-7781067.

Cellist Louie Richmond, accompanied by Judith Matney Cook and the MudGordon (classical): 2 p.m., flat Walkers: 8 p.m., Big Country Meadow Village, Rock Cafe & Grocery, 14779 1501 Collins Road, SedroState Rout 9, Mount Vernon.

Woolley. Free. 360-856-0404. bigrockcafe or 360-424-7872.

FRIDAY.13 WAYNE HAYTON 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.21

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY.12-15 “YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU” Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829. Check individual listings for times.

Thursday.12

Saturday.14

Sunday.15

THEATER

THEATER

THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

Friday.13 THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

BALLET

“Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Northwest Ballet Theater: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $24-$35. 360-4167727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

“Enchanted April”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

BALLET

“Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Northwest Ballet Theater: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $24-$35. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

Thursday.19 THEATER

“Enchanted April”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

“You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

MUSIC Trish, Hans & Larry Holloway: 2 to 3:30 p.m., Chandlers Square, 1300 O Ave., Anacortes. 360-2931300.

COMEDY “You Can’t Take It With You”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M St., Anacortes. $18. actheatre.com or 360-293-6829.

SUNDAY.22

THEATER “Enchanted April”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16.

360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

SUNDAY.15 David Smith (Americana, blues): 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.14 THE CHRIS EGER BAND (ROCK, SOUL, BLUES) 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-2752448.

Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam Night: 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-4454733.

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

360-855-2263.

Blues/rock jam with CC Adams and Friends: 4-9 p.m., La Conner Pantry & Pub, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Ron Bailey: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.18 Little Joe Argo: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com

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MOVIES

DreamWorks Animation via AP Photo

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows a scene from “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”

Second trained ‘Dragon’ is less charming

By ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The charms of “How to Train Your Dragon” are thinned a bit for its sequel, a cartoon with better animation and livelier action, if fewer jokes. And if there’s one thing these sweet-message/great flying sequence movies don’t need, it’s fewer jokes.

The misfit, inventive and now onelegged Viking teen Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his pet Night Fury dragon, Toothless, are living with other Vikings and other dragons in utter harmony on the island of Berk. Their days are taken up with Dragon Racing, a dragon-mounted chase game that’s reminiscent of Hogwarts’ sport, Quiddich, with catapulted sheep as the ball to be battled over.

“No sheep, no glory!”

Hiccup’s dad, Stoick the Vast (Gerard

Butler), still has the kid’s ascent to the chiefdom of Berk in mind. But Hiccup would rather ride like the wind with Toothless.

Hiccup and his peers (America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Mintz-Plasse do some of their voices) are venturing far afield, exploring lands to the west. That’s where they stumble into The Dragon Thief and rumors of an army of Vikings mounted on dragons led by the malevolent Drago, “a madman without conscience or pity.”

Hiccup, an optimist and, against all odds, a Viking pacifist, wants to fix that.

“Let’s go find him and change his mind!”

“How to Train Your Dragon 2” is about that quest to do just that. Kit Harrington, Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou voice new characters that the Berk kids stumble into. First the younger Berks, then the adults tangle with these new faces,

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with their different dragons and their differing dragon agendas.

The original “Dragon” broke from the DreamWorks formula as a film not overly reliant on one-liners and verbal comedy.

That’s even more true about the sequel, in which writer-director Dean DeBlois, no longer sharing those duties with his “Lilo & Stitch” teammate Chris Sanders, ignores the bevy of potentially funny voices and focuses on physical shtick. It

was all about the “respect the differentlyabled” message. Even that message is watered down here.

But Berk, now dragon friendly, has its own dragon (cat) lady. There are scads of giggle-worthy sight gags involving pet dragons imitating puppy behavior — manic games of fetch, bellies being rubbed and the like. Awww.

New dragons mean new menaces and new lessons for Hiccup to learn in his journey to manhood — “A chief protects his own.” And a second film meant a chance to up the ante with the animation, with dragons frolicking like seagulls in the seaside updrafts. These 3-D films have sequences that play like a prospectus for a theme-park ride.

But the whole franchise — yes, “How to Train Your Dragon 3” is already in the works — while still airborne, is already a bit winded, and only getting more so.

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Thursday, June 12, 2014 - E11

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“A Million Ways to Die in the West” — With its endless blue skies and familiar-sounding score, writer-director-star Seth MacFarlane’s Western has the right classic-movie feel, along with an abundance of jokes that range from clever to disgusting to SERIOUSLY disgusting. Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried and Liam Neeson co-star in what is basically one long joke about how much it would have sucked to live (and die, at a relatively young age) in the Old West. Comedy, R, 116 minutes. HHH “Blended” — The third comedy pairing Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore is so much worse than the others, it’s difficult to put into words beyond something along the lines of: This is a cliched, cynical, occasionally offensive, pandering, idiotic film that redefines shameless. Comedy, PG-13, 117 minutes. H “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” — The more screen time Chris Evans accrues as Captain America, the more engaging the performance. He’s terrific in this adventure, more complex and more compelling than in his 2011 debut. Amid well-choreographed action sequences and a couple of nifty twists and turns, we get another rock-solid chapter in the bigscreen story of Marvel. Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford co-star. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 136 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Edge of Tomorrow” — “Groundhog Day” is the most obvious influence as Tom Cruise plays a novice warrior who dies in battle, but keeps waking up to relive the day. That said, this movie has its own merits as an ingenious, wicked-smart and thrilling sci-fi adventure.

Sci-fi action, PG-13, 113 minutes. HHHH “Frozen” — When a queen with icy powers (voice of Idina Menzel) accidentally freezes her kingdom, she runs away and her intrepid sister (Kristen Bell) goes to find her. Sure to delight kids and captivate adults,

Local travel AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS June 13-19 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:35, 6:20, 8:40 Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9:10; Sunday: 10:30, 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9:10; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9:10 The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Sunday: 10:20, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 360-293-6620 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor June 12-19 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13). First movie starts at approximately 8:45 p.m.

360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE June 13-15 Godzilla (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 (2D); Saturday: 5:00 (2D); Saturday: 7:30 (3D); Sunday 4:00 (2D); Sunday 6:30 (3D) 360-941-0403 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS June 13-19 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13): Friday 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15; Saturday & Sunday: 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Maleficent (PG): Friday: 1:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:10; Saturday-Sunday: 11:10, 1:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:10; MondayThursday: 1:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:10 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS June 13-19 22 Jump Street (R): Friday-Thursday: 1:05, 3:40, 6:25, 8:55 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 8:45 Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13); Friday 1:25, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10; Saturday-Sunday: 11:00, 1:25, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10; Monday-Thursday: 1:25, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10 The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13): Friday 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15; Saturday-Sunday: 10:45, 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15 Maleficent (PG): Friday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:00; Saturday-Sunday: 11:15 AM, 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:00; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:00 360-629-0514 Disney’s musical “Frozen” is the instant favorite for the animated feature Oscar.

Animated musical, PG, 102 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “God’s Pocket” — Directed by John Slattery (“Mad Men”), this is a film about third-rate criminal Mickey (Philip Seymour Hoffman),

hard-drinking construction workers, casually corrupt business owners and guntoting florists. In the wrong hands it might have come across as condescending, but “God’s Pocket” is unblinking without pandering. Drama, R, 88 minutes.

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“Godzilla” — While this reboot has its baffling plot developments and the human characters aren’t exactly Shakespearean in depth, there’s some pretty impressive CGI monster destruction here. It’s leaps and bounds ahead of the two main “Godzilla” movies that Americans have seen in the past. Sci-fi action, PG-13, 123 minutes. HHH “Maleficent” — An admittedly great-looking, sometimes creepy, often plodding and utterly unconvincing re-imagining of “Sleeping Beauty” as a female empowerment metaphor. Angelina Jolie looks great, but she delivers a one-note performance as the villain from the 1959 Disney classic.

Sometimes it’s best to let Sleeping Beauty lie. Fantasy, PG, 97 minutes. H1⁄2 “Million Dollar Arm” — Nearly everything in “Million Dollar Arm” feels borrowed from other sports movies and ever so slightly reshaped, and almost never for the better.

It’s more interested in the redemption of a broken-down sports agent (Jon Hamm) than the amazing adventure of two Indian cricket players he brings to America to pitch baseball. Sports, PG, 124 minutes. HH “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” — It’s difficult to imagine how “The Amazing SpiderMan 2” could have been any worse. Long gone are the elements that made the Tobey Maguire/Kirsten Dunst “Spider-Man” series so effective: genuine charm and humor, breathtaking action, and the correct amount of darkness and menace. In its place is a wildly connected cacophony, alternately chaotic and would-be serene, baffling in its lack of originality and its reliance on worn cliches. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Sally Field.

Action-adventure, PG-13, 140 minutes. H “X-Men: Days of Future Past” — Thanks to first-class special effects, a star-packed cast taking the material seriously and director Bryan Singer’s skilled and sometimes electrifying visuals, this time-travel sci-fi thriller is flat-out, big-time, big summer movie fun. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 130 minutes. HHH1⁄2

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360336-6215. Next up: “Wallabies and Waterfalls”: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 14. Travel to the town of Snoqualmie to view the 286-foot Snoqualmie Falls and adjoining hydroelectric project, followed by time to enjoy a no-host lunch and exploration of the downtown.

Next, the group will head over to the Fall City Wallaby Ranch for a private tour, including a chance to pet, feed and learn all about gray and albino Bennett’s wallabies and red kangaroos, with one final stop at Maltby for an afternoon treat at Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream. $62-$64.

“San Juan Island History, Hiking and Whales”: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 28. Travel by van and ferry to Friday Harbor for hiking and great views at American Camp, then on to Lime Kiln Point State Park, considered one of the best locations to see migrating orca whales. After a picnic lunch, head back to Friday Harbor for time on your own. $72-$80. Register by June 20.

VACATION GO SHOW: Enjoy a presentation about some of the most popular U.S. destinations at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the AAA Travel Store, 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, Mount Vernon. Free.

RSVP: 360-848-2090.

College credit is available. $3,200, including international airfare. For more information, and to apply, visit skagit.edu/chinatrip or contact Ted Maloney at ted.maloney@skagit.edu, 360-416-7774.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER OPENS: The Washington Tourism Alliance (WTA) has launched a call center for visitor information and assistance.

The ExperienceWA Call Center is open seven days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Travelers can call toll-free at 1-800-5441800.

Staff can assist travelers who have questions, take orders for the Washington State Visitors’ Guide and refer them to specific destination-marketing organizations and other travel resources for more detailed information.

Visitors can also email the call center at tourisminfo@ watourismalliance.com.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing several extended trips: New England, Sept. 26-Oct. 3; “Southern Charm,” Dec. 14-19; Panama, February 2015; “Blue Danube,” April 14-28, 2015; and Portugal, fall 2015. For information, contact Pat Gardner 360-279-4582 or email at pgardner@ oakharbor.org.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on EXPERIENCE CHINA: fees and how to apply are Applications are being accepted for Skagit Valley available at travel.state.

College’s Aug. 23-Sept. 9 gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at “Experience China” tour. the library.

A portion of the trip will The Oak Harbor Senior be spent volunteering in Center accepts passport a rural village in Yunnan applications, by appointprovince, working with ment, from 10 a.m. to children of the Jingpo minority. The tour is open 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 51 SE Jerome to all students, faculty, staff and community mem- St., Oak Harbor. 360-279bers, 16 years or older.

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REVIEWS: MUSIC Jack White

obvious reasons — climate, lack of cowboys and troubadours — country and western and earnest folk rock have seldom been ingredients. This Jack White’s makes young sibling duo First Aid second solo Kit unique, and the proof is spread album is steeped throughout their new album, “Stay in tones of his Gold.” adopted homeProduced in Omaha by longtime town, Nashville.

Saddle Creek Records affiliate Lighthearted piano, sprightly fiddle and soulful slide guitar lend a country Michael Mogis, “Stay Gold” confirms artists eager to explore a big sound. twang to most of the 11 tracks.

“Shattered and Hollow” offers echoed White is more open musically on drama with a minimal beat and Klara “Lazaretto” than any of his previSöderberg’s huge voice, a vivid recolous works, whether with the White lection of lost love ferried into the Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather or solo. He shares the vocal spotlight present. “Heaven Knows” should be a hit: a singalong gem with an uptempo with fiddler-singer Lillie Mae Rische shuffle-beat and a gigantic hook. and Ruby Amanfu, who belongs to But the group often sounds more the Peacocks, an all-female band that derivative than it does inspired, and backed White while touring for his first solo album, 2012’s “Blunderbuss.” clumsy lyrics don’t help. The first lines The Dead Weather-esque title sin- of the record, from “My Silver Lining,” offer a hint of what’s to come. “I gle heralds the new album perfectly: don’t know if I’m scared of dying but a blend of White’s signature guitarheavy blues rock seasoned with some I’m scared of living too fast too slow,” Klara explains with a forced twang, folksy charm in the form of a violin lost amid linguistic boulders and a solo. cleverness that muddles meaning.

Where “Blunderbuss” explored “The Waitress Song” is a patronizing love and loss, “Lazaretto” is more ballad about moving to a small town about love and loneliness. Parlor to become a waitress. “It’s a long, piano opens an ode to solitary life, twisted road we are on,” Klara sings “Alone in My Home.” A country fiddle cries at the beginning of “Tem- as a moaning violin takes flight. Surrounded by such thrills, the cliches porary Ground,” about life’s fleeting sound less so. nature.

The closer, “A Long Time Ago,” White does the crying and lets his strives for a grand conclusion, but distorted guitar do the talking on misses amid musical melodrama that “High Ball Stepper.” Harmonica, sounds forced, a problem that permeorgan and piano join in on another ates “Stay Gold.” rocker, the boastful romp “Three Women” — the album’s only track n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times White didn’t write alone; he shares credit with late blues guitarist Blind José James Willie McTell.

“While You Were At 38, firmly rooted in rock’s lexiSleeping” con and surrounded by Nashville’s rich musical history, White stretches After building out on “Lazaretto” and leaves his an underground future wide open. following with n Sandy Cohen, Associated Press a pair of sleek, electronic-edged soul-jazz albums, José James turned First Aid Kit mainstream heads last year with his “Stay Gold” first record for the venerable Blue Note label. “No Beginning No End” Sweden is less presented the singer as an old soul known for its with new ideas; it also earned countfolk scene than less comparisons to D’Angelo’s 2000 for its place in landmark, “Voodoo.” the pure pop His foot now in the door, James market, where for decades the country has produced actively works against such comparisons on his second Blue Note set, glistening, chrome-toned singles. For “Lazaretto”

which sprawls almost defiantly, from the folky title track to the psychedelic “Angel” to the behind-the-beat R&B of “U R the 1.” Guitarist Brad Allen Williams, a new addition to James’ band, pushes the music toward spiky indie rock, of all things, in “Anywhere U Go” and “EveryLittleThing,” which suggests Prince fronting Nine Inch Nails.

The result demonstrates a mastery of vibe. In his determination to establish his own lane, though, James has let his once-strong songwriting sag.

For all their textural sparkle, these tunes don’t stick the way the earthier material on “No Beginning No End” did. When he finishes this album with a deep-groove rendition of Al Green’s “Simply Beautiful,” it’s a reminder of where James has been — but also of what’s missing here. n Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times

50 Cent “Animal Ambition”

50 Cent made a ginormous splash more than a decade ago with his multiplatinum platinum debut “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” pushing out early career hits from “In da Club” to “P.I.M.P.” But the rapper has been unable to live up to his first album’s success, which ultimately led to his departure from Interscope Records and Eminem’s Shady/Aftermath. He’s since found a new home with Caroline, the independent label at Capitol Music Group.

Now, as an independent artist, 50 Cent releases his first album in five years with “Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire to Win.” He often shows rust on his fifth studio offering, but the 11-track set is not a total disappointment.

50 Cent still possesses a high level of cockiness, effectively displaying his street mentality on “The Funeral,” ‘’Chase the Paper” and “Irregular Heartbeat,” with Jadakiss and Kidd Kidd. He raps about still keeping a gun under his pillow on “Hold On” and talks about his thirst to become more successful on “Hustler” and “Winners Circle,” featuring Guordan Banks. n Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press

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For the past several weeks, Sting and his collaborators (including the red-hot movement man Steven Hoggett) have been wrestling with Sting, Unstuck, trying to turn the songs into a viable Broadway show. Previews for the pre-Broadway tryout of “The Last Ship” begin this week at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago.

Just a few feet away from Sting, actors are milling around.

They’ve just finished singing one of the stirring anthems in the show, which variously come with a touch of the balladic Weill, a touch of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s melodic lushness and a flavor of the working people’s songs from the nautically inclined section of the England-Scotland borderlands.

Many of those songs have been recorded or heard publicly. But the songs on “The Last Ship” album, and on the concert performance broadcast by PBS, may or may not be in the show.

“I’ve just got into the mode of cutting,” Sting says.

“Once you start killing off your children, it’s quite exhilarating.”

The last line of the book for “The Last Ship,” which was first drafted by Brian Yorkey before Yorkey left the project (his co-writer credit intact) and Logan took over, now reads as follows: “And the ship sails.”

That’s the kind of line that keeps a designer up at night (although it’s worth noting that “The Last Ship” is not intended to be a massive spectacle). But, really, it sums up the aim, especially if

you think of Sting as the docked ship, ready to confront the past, and the pervasive metaphor of the entire enterprise.

The project is not without danger for all concerned.

Given that Sting is not in the show, will audiences care that this is his story?

Will they further care about the gritty English characters mourning their shipyard and their dignity?

This past season on Broadway, pretty much all of the new serious musicals with original ideas were killed off, with most critics preferring pastiches (“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”), revues (“After Midnight”) or self-aware spectacles (“Aladdin”).

That is not what is being teed up with “The Last Ship.”

And it’s also worth noting that Sting, like most big, long-lived stars, has his snarky detractors.

On his HBO show last week, satirist John Oliver observed that “net neutrality” was made up of “the only two words in the English language promising more boredom than ‘featuring Sting.’”

That is some of the cargo that will be carried by “The Last Ship.”

So will Sting’s ship make sale? Maybe that’s not the main point of the voyage.

“I’ve never really had an ambition to do well,” Sting says. “But this is the one story I felt compelled to tell. For my town has been gutted. The shipyard is in the ground. Nothing has replaced it.”

He stretches his lean frame. Sting is 62.

For the record, he still looks very, very good.

“There is, I think, irony in my finding inspiration now in the place I worked so hard to leave.”

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A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn (“Bedroom Farce,” “A Chorus of Disapproval”). “A Small Family Business” returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play.

Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law’s busi-

ness he’s approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information.

Jack’s integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax. $15 general; $13 seniors; $11 students with $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members.

Run Like a Girl

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Run start: 6 p.m., Frozen and Sing-Along at 7:30 p.m.

Adult run & movie: $20; adult run only: $10; Children 12 and under run and movie, $5; Children 12 and under, run only: free.

‘Frozen’

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OUT & ABOUT ART

SOLO ART SHOW: Check out “The Secret Circus of Mike Coslor,” on display through June 30 at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

Coslor offers up a traveling tent show of imagination featuring his startlingly lifelike full-sized mixed media “Human Facsimiles” along with paintings and cartoons.

360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

SCULPTURE & MORE: Check out artworks by Clayton James, Ed Nordin, Mary Randlett, Allen Moe and Maggie Wilder through June 13, 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.

GALLERY ARTISTS: Check out “The Gallery Artists Show” continuing through June 30, at the McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

The show features paintings

by Anne Martin McCool, Cathy Schoenberg and Peter Belknap, jewelry by Carole Cunningham and Debbie Aldrich, wood

by George Way and Art Learmonth, sculpture by Tracy Powell, ceramics by Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy Schoenberg and Barbara Hathaway, handwoven scarves by Martha Tottenham, quilt art by Louise Harris and gourd art by Vicki Hampel. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-2933577 or mccoolart.com.

“COAL”: The show will continue through July 6, at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. See what your fellow residents — artists, students, sculptors, neighbors — have to say about the controver-

RUN/WALK & MOVIE NIGHT

will host its 22nd annual Art Auction at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at 121 S. First St., La Conner. Enjoy lively bidding on more than 300 artworks by emerging to master artists, including paintings, prints, glass, photographs, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, textiles and more. Admission: $100. n Golden Tickets: Auction attendees can enter the Golden Ticket raffle for a chance to win their choice of any live auction item.

Only 100 tickets will be sold. $100. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

CAR SHOWS

CLASSIC CARS ON WHIDBEY: The fourth annual Classic Auto Display will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. The Whidbey A’s and Whidbey Cruzers clubs will be joined by vintage auto enthusiasts from Everett “METAMORPHOSIS”: sial coal export facility at through June 29 at Smith & Cherry Point and the open Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Raven Rocks Gallery’s new and Bellingham to display their classic cars around the show, “Metamorphosis: coal trains moving through Ave., Edison. Focusing gazebo. Admission: $5. 360Images of Transition,” will the Northwest. 360-755on the ever-changing sky 678-1912 or meerkerk continue through June 27, 3140 or anchorartspace.org. of the Pacific Northwest, at 765 Wonn Road, Green- gardens.org. the show includes works bank. The exhibit features OIL PAINTINGS: Oils on canvas, paper, clay and STANWOOD SHOW ‘N’ Tim Potter’s “Butterfly” by artist Jeanne Levasseur more. Participating artcollection as well as artwork SHINE: The Twin City will be featured in a new ists include Jean Behnke, by other gallery artists. 360- Idlers 12th annual Classic, show continuing through Peter Belknap, Tyree Cal222-0102 or ravenrocksgall Antique and Custom Car, July 29, at Scott Milo Gallahan, Cynthia Camlin, Lil Truck and Motorcycle Show ery.com. lery, 420 Commercial Ave., Czaran, Margaret Davidwill take place from 9 a.m.

Anacortes. Also showson, Eve Deisher, Jessica to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 29, SCULPTURE WALKing are photographs by Gigot, Lisa Gilley, Karen Lewis Jones, acrylics by Hackenberg, Nicolette Har- THROUGH: The La Conner in downtown Stanwood.

Check out hundreds of Arts Commission’s ninth Jacqui Beck and encaustics rington, Larry Heald, Bob Outdoor Sculpture Exhibi- tricked out vehicles of and mixed media by Lilli Holmberg, Todd Horton, all makes and models on tion will open with a walkMathews, as well as a new Katy Houseman, Isaac selection of jewelry. During Howard, Sharon Kingston, through at 10 a.m. Saturday, display along Main Street.

June 14, beginning in Gilkey Registration: $15 through June, the gallery will show Steve Jensen, Maren LarJune 15, then $20. Day of Square, at the corner of acrylics by Jennifer Bowson, Lisa McShane, Kris show registration begins at First and Morris streets in man, with oils by Don de Ekstrand Molesworth, 6 a.m. Free admission for La Conner. Enjoy a walkLlamas on display during Natalie Niblack, Kathleen spectators. A controlled July. Gallery hours are 10:30 Faulkner, Jess Flegel, Caryn ing tour of the latest artcruise through town will works on loan to the Town a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday Friedlander, Lisa Gilley, take place from 7 to 9 p.m. through Saturday or by Kat Houseman, Teresa Saia, of La Conner for the next Saturday, June 28, starting two years (unless they’re appointment. 360-293-6938 Keith Sorenson, Lindsay at the former Thrifty Foods sold first). 360-466-3125 or or scottmilo.com.

Kohles, Jasmine Valandani parking lot. Trophies will be townoflaconner.org. and Dederick Ward. Galawarded at the end of the INVITATIONAL ART lery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 ART AUCTION: The cruise for the best lights/ SHOW: “Sky,” a group invi- p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or Museum of Northwest Art neons. Twincityidlers.org. tational show, will continue smithandvallee.com.

Enjoy the “Run Like a Girl” timed Run/Walk followed by a sing-along screening of Disney’s “Frozen” at 6 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. The run/walk begins at 6 p.m., followed by frozen margaritas (real and virgin) and a 7:30 p.m. screening of “Frozen.” Pre- and post-run festivities include a dress-up photo booth, music, raffles, treats and more. $20, adult run and movie; $10, adult run only; $5, ages 12 and younger run and movie; run only for ages 12 and younger, free. Sponsored by Skagit Running Company and the Lincoln Theatre. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS

NORTHERN STATE HOSPITAL: The Sedro-Woolley Museum will host two presentations on Northern State Hospital by Mary McGoffin, author of “Under the Red Roof, 100 Years at Northern State Hospital,” at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the museum, 725 Murdock St., SedroWoolley. McGoffin will sign copies of her book, which are available for purchase in the museum gift shop.

Admission: $5. Seating is limited and reservations are encouraged. Call the museum at 360-855-2390 or Carolyn at 360-708-0006.

“THINK LIKE YOUR DOG”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Dog trainer and author Dianna Young helps you understand what’s going on inside your dog’s head. Free. 360-2931910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

BATS DEMYSTIFIED: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 E. Camano Drive, Camano Island.

Kathleen Bander of Bats Northwest will explain the species of bats we’re likely to encounter in the Pacific Northwest, how they live, how we benefit from them, how we can provide shelter for them and what’s being done to conserve bats worldwide. Free. 360-3872236 or camanowildlife habitat.org.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTATION: Western Washington University graduate student Laura Taylor will present “A Step Back In Time: Snapshots of the History of Burlington” at the next meeting of the Burlington Historical Society at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June

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OUT & ABOUT 24, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Taylor is currently researching the early history of Burlington. A brief meeting to announce upcoming BHS summer events will be held prior to the presentation. Free. For information, email edieedmundson@ comcast.net.

dog plus a $5 donation for each contest entry. Proceeds will benefit the Anacortes Dog Park. 360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

Greenbank. Check out the Society’s collection of museum-quality specimens of stuffed and preserved birds, skeletons and more.

The hands-on display offers ANACORTES IN THE a chance to get a closer GREAT DEPRESSION: “All look at common birds like in the Same Boat: Anacortes a Rufous Towhee, Blackin the Great Depression” capped Chickadee, Wigeon will open with a reception and others. The event will from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, also include a display of owl June 14, in the Anacortes pellets, live raptors with their MORE FUN Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, falconers and a variety of PONY FARM EVENT: 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. bird paraphernalia for sale Enjoy Lang’s Horse and Learn about life in Anato benefit the Audubon SociPony Farm’s annual open cortes after the 1929 stock ety scholarship fund. Free house from noon to 5 p.m. market crash and the ensuadmission. whidbey Friday, June 13, at 21463 Liting Great Depression, which audubon.org. tle Mountain Road, Mount dragged on for 12 years. See Vernon. Enjoy free pony how life went on despite the BOAT SHOW & SWAP rides for the kids, grooming hard times. Children played MEET: La Conner Yacht classes and farm tours, and and couples courted. FestiSales will host the 19th learn about Lang’s upcomvals, parades, dances, football annual Fathers Day Weeking summer horse camps. games, motion pictures — end Boat Show and Swap Free. 360-424-7630 or with sound! — as well as Meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. comeride.com. all sorts of clubs and events Saturday and Sunday, June enlivened daily life. And, 14-15, at the La Conner BARREL RACING: Check with everyone in the same Marina, South Moorage out incredible equine athboat, people worked togeth- Basin. Check out the swap letes and their riders at the er to get by. The museum is meet on Saturday, and a bi-weekly Friday Night open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. variety of boats on display Lights Open 4D Barrel Tuesday through Saturday both days. Swap meet space Races at 5 p.m. Fridays, June and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free is available to non-com13 and 27, July 11 and 25, admission. 360-293-1915 or mercial vendors. RefreshAug. 8 and 22, and Sept. 12, museum.cityofanacortes.org. ment sales on Saturday will at the Sedro-Woolley Ridbenefit the La Conner High ing Club, 24538 Polte Road, ROCK SWAP & SALE: School Band. Raffle drawing Sedro-Woolley. The events The Mt. Baker Rock & Gem on Sunday hosted by Skagit start at 5 p.m. with racing at Club will hold its annual Bay Search and Rescue.

7:30 p.m. Rider entry: $30 Rockhounds Recycling Free admission. 360-466plus $10 office fee; $5 each Rendezvous from 10 a.m. to 3300 or laconneryachtsales. additional horse. Award 5 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at com. series and added money. For Birch Bay Square in Blaine. information, contact Kristen Participants can buy, sell and ADVENTURES WITH at 360-770-3383 or visit swap rocks, fossils, minerals, DAD: Check out a special sedrowoolleyrodeo.com. gems and related material exhibit honoring fathers from tables, tailgates or tents. opening today, June 12, and “BARK IN THE PARK”: Vendor spaces are available continuing through July 7, at The 10th annual Dog Fesfor $15 for a 10-by-10-foot the Skagit County Historitival will be held from 10 space. Admission is free for cal Museum, at the Skagit a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June the public. Proceeds will County Historical Museum, 14, at Storvik Park, 1110 benefit the club’s Western 501 S. Fourth St., La Con32nd St., Anacortes. Bring Washington University ner. The exhibit highlights your four-legged best friend scholarship program. 360things we do with dad — and enjoy dog contests, 366-0121. hiking, fishing, baseball, golf. demos, games, adoptable The museum is open from dog parade and more, with CELEBRATE BIRDS: The 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday prizes for the best costume, Whidbey Audubon Society through Sunday. Dads get in best tail wag, wackiest trick will present “Bird in Hand: free on Father’s Day. Reguand other events. The first A close-up look at birds” lar admission: $5 adults, $4 200 dogs receive doggie from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur- seniors and children ages 6 goodie bags and bandanas. day, June 14, at Greenbank to 12, $10 families, free for Admission: $5 donation per Farm, 765 Wonn Road, members and ages 5 and

younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

painted by local artists. Auction preview begins at 5:30 p.m. Ages 21 and older. $35.

FILM SCREENING: The Proceeds will benefit the Island County AstronomiMount Vernon Arts Comcal Society will present the mission. Tickets are available award-winning documentary at the Mount Vernon Parks film “The City Dark” at 6 and Recreation office, 1717 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the S. 13th St., or Gretchens Oak Harbor City Library, Kitchen, 509 S. First St. For 1000 SE Regatta Drive, information, call 360-336Room HH137. The film 6215. illustrates what could be lost when city light takes over POTLUCK & SINGthe night sky and what we ALONG: Enjoy a Gratitude can do to make a difference. Potluck and Sing-along at 7 All ages are welcome. Free. p.m. Friday, June 20, at the icas-wa.webs.com.

Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., BLUE ROCKS & GEMS: Anacortes. Bring a dish to The Mt. Baker Rock & share and any donation to Gem Club will feature blue- contribute to the Center. colored rocks, minerals and RSVP: 360-464-2229 or gems at its next meeting at 7 anacortescenterfor p.m. Monday, June 16, at the happiness.org.

Bloedel Donovan Community Center Building, 2214 FLY DAY: The Heritage Electric Ave., Bellingham.

Flight Museum will host a The evening will include Fly Day from noon to 4 p.m. door prizes, refreshments, Saturday, June 21, at the a silent auction and brief museum’s Skagit Regional business meeting. Visitors Airport location, 15400 Airwelcome. For information, port Drive, Burlington. Fly contact Lori at 360-961-7873, Days allow visitors to see email lorinhardy@yahoo. aircraft in action, including com or visit mtbaker vintage warbirds, single-ship rockclub.org. fighters, a formation of T-6s and more. Food and drinks ACT FUNDRAISER: Enjoy available for purchase. No a fun-filled night of enterpets. Suggested admission tainment from 6 to 10 p.m. donation: $8 adults, $5 chilWednesday, June 18, at The dren, free for ages 5 and Brown Lantern Ale House, younger. 360-424-5151 or 412 Commercial Ave., heritageflight.org.

Anacortes. The evening will include live entertainment, KIDS’ FILM FEST: The ACTrivia with prizes, a silent Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First auction and more. Proceeds St., Mount Vernon, will host will benefit the Anacortes a kid’s film festival from 1 Community Theatre. 360to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21.

293-6829 or acttheatre.com. Two one-hour collections of the best short films from SUMMER SOLSTICE the Seattle Children’s Film CELEBRATION: Welcome Festival will be shown. “See the arrival of summer at the the World: Animated Shorts annual Summer Solstice Cel- from around the World” is ebration from 6 to 8:30 p.m. suitable for all ages and will Thursday, June 19, on the show at 1 p.m. The second Skagit Riverwalk next to the collection, “Cinema Magic: Tulip Tower in downtown Live action shorts from Mount Vernon. Enjoy food, around the world,” will live music, libations and show at 3 p.m. and is recoman auction featuring patio mended for ages 7 and older. furniture and umbrellas In between films, interactive

workshops will be offered in the lobby. Tickets: $8, $5 ages 12 and younger. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org.

HAPPINESS DANCE: Ring in the arrival of summer with the Summer Solstice Happiness Dance at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

ORCA SING: Enjoy an evening of music and more at the 15th annual “Orca Sing,” a celebration of southern resident orca whales, beginning around 6 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Lime Kiln Point State Park on San Juan Island. The free event will feature performances by Seattle’s City Cantabile Choir and other musical guests. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic to enjoy the beauty of Lime Kiln Park. Tours of the historic lighthouse will be offered before and after the concert. A Discovery Pass is required for parking.

Round-trip shuttle transportation is available for $10, with a 5:30 p.m. pick-up in front of The Whale Museum, 62 First St., Friday Harbor.

360-378-4710, ext. 30, or whalemuseum.org.

STRAWBERRY HARVEST FEST: Check out the annual event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, at Biringer Farm, 21412 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. Enjoy pony rides, giant strawberry ride, kites, animals, face paint, giant strawberry and castle maze inflatables, pennies in the hay, kiddy slides and more. Ride the Jolly Trolley and pluck strawberries right from the vines. Picnic on the old covered wagon next to the old historic barn. Free admission. Some activities require additional fees. 425-259-0255 or biringerfarm.com.

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