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ReviewsMusic: Diana Krall, Ricky Skaggs Video Games: “FIFA Soccer 13”

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James Bond at 50Agent 007 has come a long way since his debut in “Dr. No” in 1962

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This WeekendEnjoy German beer, music and food? Anacortes should be your destination

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The perfectly written musical

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

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Music, Game Reviews .................6-7

Get Involved ................................8-9

On Stage ....................................... 10

Tuning Up..................................... 11

Travel .......................................12-13

Hot Tickets ................................... 14

Roger Ebert ................................... 16

At the Lincoln Theatre ................. 17

Movie Listings .............................. 17

Out & About ............................18-19

“People Like Us”: Chris Pine plays a man who must deal with a relative he didn’t know existed. The film is an emotional roller coaster that stays on track through a tangle of huge highs and dramatic lows because of standout performances from Pine and Elizabeth Banks. Had either actor’s work wobbled in the least, the ride would have come to a crashing halt. But their nearly flaw-less work is moving and powerful. This is by far the best work Banks has done, and it establishes her credentials for tough dramatic roles. It takes an accom-plished actor to show toughness and weakness without making the character seem wishy-washy. Banks does this with power.

“Dark Shadows”: A vampire (Johnny Depp) wakes up to the weird world of the 1970s. Tim Burton’s big-screen adap-tation of the 1960s TV daytime drama has a vampire, witch and werewolf, but the film feels more like a Jekyll and Hyde production. Burton’s created an odd structure. It’s the patch of silliness in the middle that takes such a sharp turn that it makes the movie feel like two different stories sharing the same cinematic body. The film’s not a total loss. The huge Gothic sets are amazing and Michelle Pfeiffer turns in a solid performance as the matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Depp’s found another quirky character to embrace. And the film features some great music from the ’70s, including “Nights in White Satin” by The Moody Blues.

“Hart of Dixie: The Complete First Season”: Rachel Bilson plays a doctor who ends up in a small community.

“90210: The Fourth Season”: Lives and loves of those who live in the famous ZIP code continue.

“General Education”: Coming-of-age comedy about a senior forced to attend summer school.

“Transformers Rescue Bots: Roll to the Rescue”: Includes five episodes, bonus content and coloring sheets.

“How I Met Your Mother: Season Seven”: CBS comedy starring Neil Pat-rick Harris.

“Nikita: The Complete Second Sea-son”: Maggie Q stars.

“Breast Cancer: The Path of Well-ness & Healing”: Look at diagnosis and treatment options.

“Cinderella”: The animated classic is being released on Blu-ray.

“Funkytown”: Patrick Huard stars in this look back to 1976.

“The Hole”: Director Joe Dante

explores fears and secrets buried deep within the human mind.

“Iron Sky”: Nazis build secret fortress on the dark side of the moon.

“The Six Million Dollar Man: Season Two”: Lee Majors stars.

“Orangutan Diaries”: Team of veteri-narians rescue orangutans.

“Kingdom: Season One”: Stephen Fry stars.

“Note to Self”: A look at one young man’s coming into adulthood.

“Happy Endings: The Complete Sec-ond Season”: Elisha Cuthbert stars in the buddy comedy.

“Tom & Jerry: Robin Hood & His Merry Mouse”: Animated cat, mouse battle in this new feature film.

“Bonanza: The Official Fourth Sea-son”: Dan Blocker stars.

“Whittle — The Jet Pioneer”: Chron-icles Sir Frank Whittle’s efforts to invent the turbojet engine.

“Vexed, Series 1”: Two mismatched detectives bicker through London’s toughest cases.

“Drinking Made Easy: Season Two”: Zane Lamprey visits 23 cities in search of the most unique beers, wines and cocktails.

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

OCT. 9The Raven - Fox

OCT. 16Moonrise Kingdom - UniversalThat’s My Boy - Sony

OCT. 23Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - FoxSeeking a Friend for the End - Universal

OCT. 30The Campaign - Warner

NOV. 6Arthur Christmas - SonyJavier Bardem 3-Film Collection - Lionsgate

NOV. 13Brave - DisneySavages - UniversalThe Watch - Fox

NOV. 30Men in Black 3 - Sony

n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

ON THE COVERGreg Stone plays Henry Higgins and Marza Warzinksi is Eliza Doolittle in Lyric Light Opera’s production of “My Fair Lady,” which opens Saturday at McIntyre Hall.

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ON STAGE

By CRAIG PARRISHEntertainment/Lifestyles editor

MOUNT VERNON — One of the many challenges facing a local or regional theater company is taking an iconic production and putting its own stamp on it.

Lyric Light Opera intends to do just that.

The play is “My Fair Lady,” which will begin a six-show run Saturday at McIntyre Hall on the Skagit Valley College campus. It’s safe to say it’s as familiar to audiences as any musical in American theater history.

Much of that familiarity is due to the immediate success of the original pro-duction, which opened in New York in 1956. “My Fair Lady” is an adaptation

of George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pyg-malion,” in which a Cockney English flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, is interested in becoming a proper English lady.

Toward that end, Eliza takes speech lessons from Henry Higgins, a phoneti-cist who believes society separates its social classes based on a person’s abil-ity — or inability — to speak properly. Eliza and Henry make progress, but they’re not exactly each other’s biggest admirer.

“My Fair Lady” is rife with musical-theater classics: “Wouldn’t It Be Lov-erly?”, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” “Get Me to the Church on Time” and “The Rain In Spain.”

The role of Henry Higgins earned Rex Harrison numerous awards, including a Tony Award for Best Per-

formance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964.

Playing Eliza Doolittle propelled Julie Andrews to stardom, as she won a Tony for her work in 1957 as well. In the 1964 film version (for which Har-rison won his Oscar), Audrey Hepburn was cast as Eliza, but Andrews won the Academy Award that year for “Mary Poppins” while “My Fair Lady” won the Best Picture Oscar.

Why take on a play so potentially daunting? Several reasons, said direc-tor Brenda Mueller.

“‘My Fair Lady’ is such a perfectly written musical, that in some ways is easy to put on the stage,” Mueller said. “It’s very succinctly, compactly and well written, the music is so well writ-

ten. And, because I had Greg Stone — a Broadway actor — coming into it, that I knew would be perfect for Henry Higgins.”

Mueller noted that Lyric Light Opera received a big boost from Utah Festival Opera, which just finished its own run of “My Fair Lady,” using the company’s sets, hats, costumes and more.

“So the ‘spectacle’ factor was there, and I knew we would have that,” Mueller said. “I knew we would have the actors, which we do. This is our strongest cast ever, from top to bottom. So ‘My Fair Lady’ was perfect for this time.”

n Craig Parrish can be reached at 360-416-2135 or cparrish@skagit publishing.com.

‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?’LYRIC LIGHT OPERA STAGES ‘MY FAIR LADY’

Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald

The Lyric Light Opera cast of “My Fair Lady,” which opens Saturday at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon.

‘My Fair Lady’When: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20; 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 7, 14, 21Where: McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.Tickets: $19-$45, discounts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org.More information: www.lyriclight opera.org


MOVIES

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Daniel Craig in “Skyfall,” out this fall.

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Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi in 1963’s “From Russia With Love.”

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Roger Moore battles Richard Kiel in 1977’s “The Spy Who Loved Me.”

I t was a meeting of the two most famous Brit-ish people on the planet:

Queen Elizabeth II turned to her tuxedo-wearing guest and said, “Good evening, Mr. Bond.”

The pairing of these icons, the English monarch and the king of spies — in a film for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics — was a thrilling moment. It scarcely mattered that one of them was fictional. Agent 007 is real to millions of moviego-ers, and once again they will flock to see Bond battle for queen and country when his 23rd official screen adven-ture, “Skyfall,” opens this fall.

He’s come a long way in the 50 years since the release — on Oct. 5, 1962 — of a modestly budgeted spy movie called “Dr. No.” It introduced a dapper but deadly secret agent who wore Savile Row suits, drove an Aston Martin, liked his mar-tinis shaken, not stirred, and announced himself as “Bond, James Bond.”

What’s the secret of his survival? Familiarity, says Roger Moore, who played Bond in seven films, more than any other actor.

“It’s sort of like a bedtime story: As long as you don’t go too far away from the original, the child is happy,” Moore said. “The audience gets what it’s expecting: beautiful girls, actions, gad-gets — there’s a formula.”

That fiendishly successful formula had modest begin-nings. Two upstart producers, Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, acquired the rights to a series of novels by Ian Fleming, a former World War II intelligence officer who had created 007 as sort of a fantasy alter-ego.

Saltzman and Broccoli had a budget of just $1 million, but through a blend of luck and design assembled an amazing team of on- and off-screen talent.

Sean Connery, a relatively unknown Scottish actor and former bodybuilder, was cast as Bond against the wishes of studio United Artists, which wanted an established star such as Cary Grant.

“Everything or Nothing,” a new documentary about the Bond films, says the final seal of approval came from Cubby Broccoli’s wife. “Is he sexy?” Broccoli asked her.

Connery got the part.Behind the scenes were

artists like John Barry, composer of Bond’s pulse-quickening theme music; Maurice Binder, who created the famous gun-barrel title sequence; and designer Ken Adam, a German-born for-mer RAF fighter pilot whose futuristic sets gave the films their look of modernist cool.

In the documentary, Adam recalls feeling “crazy with courage” in those early days. Others remember the same devil-may-care atmosphere.

“It was barnstorming

days,” said David M. Kay, whose company provided aircraft for filming and stunts on the early Bond films.

“We didn’t have health and safety as we have now. Broccoli was an absolute cav-alier and demanded things that were well-nigh impos-sible,” Kay recalled.

It was also enormous fun, he said — “Men playing with boys’ toys.”

That sense of playfulness spilled over to the screen. “Dr. No” arrived in movie theaters with perfect timing, as Britain swapped postwar austerity for growing prosper-ity. Bond’s world of cars, casi-nos and caviar was sexy, luxu-rious and colorful. Instead of a gray, shadowy figure, here was spy as glamorous jet-setter. The films turned Cold War anxiety into a thrill-ride from which the good guy always emerged triumphant.

“There had been nothing like it before,” said Graham Rye, editor of 007 maga-

zine, who remembers being blown away by the film as an 11-year-old. “A lot of Brit-ish films at the time were austere, black-and-white, kitchen-sink dramas. When ‘Dr. No’ exploded onto the screen, it had a pretty visceral effect on everybody.”

Since then, Bond has sur-vived showdowns with ene-mies from uber-villain Ernst Blofeld to steel-toothed assassin Jaws. Even more impressively, he has weath-ered the social revolution of the 1960s, financial woes and lawsuits, multiple changes of lead actor, the end of the Cold War and the dawn of the War on Terror.

His survival is the result of chemistry, tenacity and luck.

“Dr. No” received mixed reviews — some positive, others dismissive. “Pure, escapist bunk,” sniffed Bos-ley Crowther of the New York Times. But audiences responded, and “From Russia With Love,” released the next

year, was also a hit. By 1964’s “Goldfinger,” Bond was a phenomenon.

From the start, success was enhanced by clever market-ing. We may think of product placement and merchandis-ing as recent strategies — Daniel Craig’s Bond diverges from his martini habit to drink Heineken — but it was part of the package start-ing with the books, in which Bond’s watch is a Rolex, his shampoo Pinaud Elixir.

In the ’60s, Bond fans could wear 007 deodor-ant and aftershave or sport James Bond swimming trunks, complete with logo. Connery’s Bond drank Smirnoff vodka, while the villain in “Goldfinger” played golf with Slazenger balls.

More than movies, these were experiences in which key elements were estab-lished, expected and antici-pated. The locations that spanned the globe and head-ed into outer space; the grav-

No midlife crisis for 007 as Bond films turn 50

Story by JILL LAWLESS / Associated Press

ity-defying stunt sequences; the rocket belts, car-subma-rines and other gadgets; the megalomaniacal villains and their sadistic henchmen — all quickly became part of the Bond brand. So did the “Bond girls,” characters who are victims or villains but always fatefully — and often fatally — attracted to 007. Bond’s scantily clad female companions have long pro-vided ammunition for critics, who accuse the films of sex-ism, though others argue that the films offer eye-candy for everyone.

Anticipating new tweaks on the familiar elements became part of the films’ appeal, rendering them both instantly recognizable and eminently spoofable, as Mike Myers’ pitch-perfect Austin Powers movies proved.

The films’ producers at EON Productions — today run by Cubby Broccoli’s daughter and stepson, Bar-bara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson — have become expert at honing the formula.

Like its hero, the series has had many near-death experiences. Connery quit acrimoniously after six films. There was a long-running legal battle with screenwriter Kevin McClory over rights to the “Thunderball” script. The result was the unofficial Bond film “Never Say Never Again,” which saw 52-year-old Connery return after a decade away from the role.

Former model George Lazenby lasted just a single film — “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” from 1969, a dark-hued tale that ranks among many fans’ favorites. Moore took Bond in a lighter direction during the 1970s.

Audiences didn’t warm to Timothy Dalton’s tougher, meaner 1980s Bond, but Pierce Brosnan’s suave superagent — circling the globe in ever more futuristic vehicles, including an invis-ible car— fit with the opti-mistic post-Cold War era.


THIS WEEKENDin the area

ANACORTES OKTOBERFEST: BIER ON THE PIER

“A NIGHT OF STARS AND DREAMS” Celebrate the RiverBelle Dinner Theatre’s fifth anniversary with a special musical variety show at 7 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 5, 12 and 19, at the Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. Up to 50 of the theater’s most popular “stars” from the last five years will present an evening of magic, dance, music, cabaret and more. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only.

Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinner theatre.com.

Enjoy German food, music, beer and more from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5-6, at the old Port of Anacortes Warehouse building, First and Commercial in downtown Anacortes. The event will feature 30 breweries, a costume contest, live music, German food and more. For ages 21 and older. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, includes six tasting tickets and festival glass. Two-day pass: $35 advance, $45 at the door, includes 12 tasting tickets and festival glass. Free admis-sion for designated drivers.

360-293-7911 or www.anacortes.org/oktoberfest

ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR, BAZAARVasa Lodge will present its Fall Arts & Crafts Fair and Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Choose from a variety of Scandinavian crafts and gift items and enjoy pea soup, Swedish rye bread and Scandina-vian goodies in the Kaffe Stugan (coffee house). Free admission.

360-336-3056

HISTORY OF JAZZ, PART 2: 1960S & ’70S2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Ana-cortes. Enjoy a discussion of the period, including the stylistic tran-sitions and a live jazz performance with the Savage Jazz Trio, Vince Fejeran and Deanne Savage. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org

FESTIVAL OF FAMILY FARMSThe 14th annual event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, at more than a dozen locations around Skagit Valley. Enjoy farm and garden tours, fresh produce, educational exhibits and demon-strations, harvest markets, kids’ activities, corn and hay mazes, farm animals, pumpkin patches, a photo contest and more. Free admission and parking.

360-421-4729 or www.farmtour.com


REVIEWS

MUSIC CDS

Compiled from news services

Diana Krall“Glad Rag Doll”

Diana Krall’s “Glad Rag Doll” instantly grabs your attention, and not just because of the provocative cover art featuring the lovely singer decked out in, well, not much. It’s the songs, and T Bone Burnett’s usual excellent production, that are the real draw here.

There are no lilting orchestras or dreamy string quartets followers of Krall have come to expect. Sure, her signature piano is there, along with her smoky vocals, but it’s Marc Ribot’s guitar that establishes a ghostly, vaudevillian feel to the mostly jazz songs Krall covers.

Everything comes together to serve the Prohibition-era theme of the record perfectly. Even a song written in the 1950s — Doc Pomus’ “Lonely Avenue” — seems right at home.

Throw in a tasteful amount of Mellotron, ukulele, banjo and bass and “Glad Rag Doll” rocks. It rolls. It swings. It shuffles. It’s sexy, sly, intimate and exhilarating.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: “Let it Rain,” a modern take on the 1925 Gene Austin song, sounds both utterly modern and time-less. That’s something that’s not easy to pull off, but Krall does it in a way that seems effortless.

n Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder“Music To My Ears”

Ricky Skaggs has barreled down an eclectic path since going indepen-dent at the turn of the century — after two decades as an award-winning contemporary country singer.

In the last dozen years, he has shown off his skills as one of the most revered blue-grass and gospel artists of his generation, he’s honored influences with tributes and collaborative works, and he has challenged himself with projects that explore adult

pop songs and complex singer-songwriter themes.

On individual albums, he has concen-trated on a specific premise. However, on “Music To My Ears,” he and his skilled Ken-tucky Thunder band have decided to incor-porate all of his interests at once. It makes for an album of surprises, with the variety of styles connected by Skaggs’ expressive tenor and forceful mandolin playing.

There’s hard-charging, old-school bluegrass (a cover of the Stanley Broth-ers’ “Loving You Too Well”); tributes to Bill Monroe (a fantastic update of “Blue Night”) and Doc Watson (a romping band version of “Tennessee Stud”); contempo-rary gospel (“Music To My Ears”); singer-songwriter musings (a cover of the Bee Gees’ wholly relevant “Soldier’s Son”); and harmony-rich pop (“You Are Something Else”).

All together it shows that Skaggs, at age 58, continues to create powerful music that doesn’t rest on laurels or reputation.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: While Skaggs has often flashed joy and humor over his career, he has never recorded a novelty song quite as goofy — or fun — as “You Can’t Hurt Ham.” In a string-band context, he sets up various scenarios where folks, especially musicians, have relied on the durable quality of cured pork.

n Michael McCall, for The Associated Press

Pete Seeger“A More Perfect Union”“Pete Remembers Woody”

At 93, no one expects anything new from Pete Seeger, but that’s not stopping the folk music icon from putting out two new releases simultaneously.

Seeger gets some help on “A More Perfect Union” from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Dar Williams.

And on the aptly titled “Pete Remem-bers Woody,” Seeger offers his own mem-ories in spoken word of Woody Guthrie,

timed to commemorate what would have been the folk legend’s 100th birthday.

The more esoteric release of the two, “Pete Remembers Woody” is still fascinat-ing and engaging as Seeger offers recol-lections of Guthrie, interspersed with new versions of his songs performed by Seeger and others.

On “A More Perfect Union,” Seeger collaborates with longtime friend and fel-low singer-songwriter Lorre Wyatt. But Seeger is the star of the disc, even when a children’s choir and the celebrity guest stars step to the mic.

While the disc could have used some tasteful editing, maybe cutting down to 12 tracks instead of 16, it’s a minor quibble for someone of Seeger’s stature. At this point, let the guy release what he wants.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: The open-ing track of “A More Perfect Union” called “God’s Counting on Me … God’s Counting on You” is just the latest in an unmatchable career of socially conscious songs that Seeger delivers with unparal-leled conviction.

n Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore“YOKOKIM THURSTON”

There are no songs on “YOKOKIMTHURSTON.” This is a practical heads-up before firing up this mess of a collaboration between Yoko Ono and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore.

There are tracks — six of them, and none shorter than seven minutes. There are chants and groans and poetry and Ono making witchy moans that are about as spooky as one of those $5 haunted houses that spring up every Halloween.

Underneath that is familiar Sonic Youth territory: scraping and scratchy guitars, tinny plinks and plucks, pleasing noise. But there’s never a satisfying end wait-ing around the corner as Gordon and Moore mostly stay in the backseat, having recorded this project a few months before announcing their split last year that’s put the future of Sonic Youth in doubt.

“YOKOKIMTHURSTON” is avant-garde by a trio who’s carved a career out of making avant-garde palatable to main-stream tastes. But this is art-show fare without melody.

n Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

DJ Drama“Quality Street Music”

DJ Drama has earned respect in the music industry for boosting numerous careers of rappers such as Lil Wayne, T.I. and Young Jeezy through his popular mix-tape series, “Gangsta Grillz.”

The success of the mixtapes helped ignite Drama’s popularity too: He is one of the few DJs in hip-hop to land a record deal, releasing his debut album, “Gangsta Grillz: The Album” in 2007.

Now, Drama returns with his fourth offering “Quality Street Music,” a 15-track album filled mostly with hard-thumping, high-energy street anthem songs. The album features a cast of rappers and sing-ers that includes Drake, Common, Wiz Khalifa, T-Pain and Llyod.

Drama makes it all work with his uniquely assembled combination of artists meshed alongside solid production work. This is clear on “My Moment” featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih.

One of the album’s highlights is the Cardiak-produced “Never Die,” featuring Jadakiss, Cee Lo Green, Nipsey Hussle and Young Jeezy. With Cee Lo singing chorus, each of the rappers talks about how they were able to survive their own gritty streets.

Other standout songs are the V12: The Hitman-produced tracks “Clouds” fea-turing Rick Ross, Miguel, Pusha T and Curren$y, and “Same ‘Ol Story,” with Kid Ink, Schoolboy Q, Corey Gunz and Child-ish Gambino.

There are some downfalls here, but overall Drama delivers another respect-able album. He continues to show he’s one of hip-hop’s top curators, creating a musical platform for artists so they can all flourish together.

n Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press


VIDEO GAMES

Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

REVIEWS

‘FIFA Soccer 13’Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, 3DS and VitaGenre: SportsPublisher: EA SportsESRB Rating: E, for EveryoneGrade: 4 stars (out of 5)

You can pick from whichever La Liga, English Premier League or Major League Soccer squad you fancy, but the Totten-ham Hotspurs will always be my pride and joy in both real life and in “FIFA Soccer 13,” the latest entry in EA Sports’ long domination of soccer video games.

Beyond some updates to the menu sys-tem and few gameplay tweaks, not much appears different from last year’s edition, but when you are killing it on a yearly basis like EA is, I guess the mark of suc-cess becomes how close to perfection one can get.

Most of the game’s modes return unchanged from last year, which is accept-able but a tad disappointing, seeing that not one of them was 100 percent. Gam-ers will see a different pitch, where the improved physics engine from “FIFA Soc-cer 12” creates the most natural-flowing game of soccer you’ll likely ever play (that is, until next year’s release, I sup-pose). Granted, this makes scoring lots of amazing-looking goals rather easy, which is fine when playing against friends, but in serious online leagues creates havoc and veers awfully close to arcade gaming instead of simulation.

“Pro Evolution Soccer” continues to push forward and challenge for the top place in soccer gaming, but for another year “FIFA” remains the titleholder and a must-own for soccer fans.

‘Resident Evil 6’Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PCGenre: ActionPublisher: CapcomESRB Rating: M, for MatureGrade: 2 stars

Since the dawn of this column, I’ve talk-ed about how my buddy Luke welcomes the arrival of another “Resident Evil” game like some people celebrate a child’s birth. I was a hard-core Nintendo guy until he showed me the famous “dogs jumping through the window” scene. I knew then that gaming was way more awesome than just Mario collecting coins.

In this release, all the pieces of the puz-zle are present to create a thrilling “Resi-dent Evil” adventure, but instead of nicely interlocking, they are jammed together, creating a game that lacks cohesion. Simply put, everything takes too long in this game.

I’ve never complained about a game cre-ating a cinematic atmosphere, and “RE6” does this amazingly well, but the action gets interrupted by cutscenes way too often. I’m not a huge fan of quick-time but-ton sequences, and I can’t recall a recent game that more times than not rips the outcome from your hands and places it in the controls of a quick-time sequence.

“RE6” strings together long stretches of cutscenes, quick-time events and passive action that leaves you rarely feeling like you are playing the game so much as just watching it all pass by. And the game, sadly, doesn’t invoke the moments of true “fight or flight” terror that previous editions did.

Longtime fans will have reason to dive headfirst into the gory muck to see how it unfolds, but this marks the second straight “RE” title (“Operation Raccoon City” being the other) that tests fans’ patience with the franchise.

Video game releases The following games are among those scheduled for release this week, according to Gamestop.com:n Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone (3DS, rated E10+)n Crosswords PLUS (3DS, rated E)n Resident Evil 6 (Xbox 360 and PS3, rated M)

n Resident Evil 6 Archives (Xbox 360, rated M)n Resident Evil 6 Anthology (PS3, rated M)n NBA 2K13 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PSP, rated E)n Carrier Command: Gaea Mission (Xbox 360, rated M)n Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection (PC, rated T)n Chipmunks Play & Watch (DS, rated E)n Transformers Play & Watch (DS, rated T)


GET INVOLVED

ARTRESOURCES FOR ART-

ISTS: Artist Jean Behnke will discuss grants, training and other resources avail-able to Washington artists through Artist Trust at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Earthbox Inn & Spa, 410 Spring St., Friday Harbor. A reception will follow the presentation. RSVP: [email protected].

HELP CREATE PUBLIC ART: Allied Arts of What-com County will host the Alley Arts — “Elements” Mural Project prior to and during the Downtown Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 5, in the Federal Building parking lot, across the street from Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bell-ingham. Four artists will lead the community in the creation of four murals to be installed in the newly repaved alley behind Allied Arts, between Rail Road and Cornwall Ave. Free. Anyone can participate. 360-676-8548 or www.alliedarts.org.

SCRAPBOOKING SWAP MEET & SALE: Get great prices on scrapbooking supplies, tools, albums, stickers and more from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burling-ton. Have extra supplies to sell? Register by today to rent a space for $25. Free admission. 360-755-9649 or visit http://recreation.ci.burlington.wa.us.

DRAWING THE FIGURE: Faye Castle will offer a charcoal drawing demon-stration at the Artists of South Whidbey meeting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Brookhaven meet-ing room in Langley. ASW welcomes painters in all mediums. 360-221-2353.

ART CLASSESFAMILY ART DAYS

AT MoNA: Skagit Artists Together and the Museum of Northwest Art offer Family Art Days each month at MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Ses-sions are open to all ages and skill levels and include guided walk-throughs of MoNA exhibitions. Limited to 15 participants per ses-sion. To register: 360-466-4446, ext. 108, or [email protected]. Infor-mation: www.museumof-nwart.org. Workshops are free with museum admis-sion. Admission: $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

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a.m. to 1 p.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Discover the possibilities of the circular form using water-color, collage and pastel.

Make a Star Book and Ornament: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 17. Use collage techniques to create unique papers, then turn them into a one-of-a-kind book, which doubles as a holiday decoration.

PASTELS: Award-win-ning artist Steve Hill will present a four-day work-shop from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 20-21 and 27-28, at Dakota Art Center, 17873 Highway 536, Mount Ver-non. Beginning to interme-diate students will learn to use pastels on a variety of paper surfaces. The class will also include an intro-duction to outdoor painting on location or “plein air” painting. $200. 888-345-0067, ext. 5, or www.dako-taartcenter.com.

ART CLASSES: Sign up for a variety of art classes at A Guilded Gallery (for-merly Gallery by the Bay),

8700 271st St. NW, Stan-wood. To register, stop by the Stanwood Camano Art Guild’s cooperative gal-lery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 360-629-2787 or www.stan-woodcamanoarts.com.

Life Drawing: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays. Draw from a live model. Poses are mixed, gesture, short and long poses. Sessions are facilitated by experienced professional artists. No instruction provided. $12 per drop-in session or $10 a week when you sign up for a month at a time.

Introductory Glassblow-ing Session: Choose a day and time, weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m., at Glass Quest Studio near Stanwood. Create your own blown glass float or ornament. $60.

Fused Glass Jewelry: 2 to 4 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m Thursday, Oct. 18. Learn glassworking techniques, including designing, cutting and grinding glass, as you make a fused glass pen-dant. No experience neces-sary. $35 plus $10 materials fee.

Seasonal Folk Art Paint-ing: 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 20. This “make and take” class will feature rotating seasonal projects. $30-$50 depending on proj-ect selected. Preregistration required.

PAPER PLAYSHOPS: Join Kari Bishay to get cre-ative and “play with stuff” at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. Work-shops are held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays. All materials are provided. $15 each, $40 for all three. Preregistra-tion required: 360-464-2229 or www.anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

Next up:Inspirational prayer

flags: Oct. 14. Combine beautiful papers, ribbons

and heartfelt words of gratitude to create unique prayer flag garlands to adorn your home.

Little Books: Nov. 18. Create and embellish three little books: a perfect little photo album, a notebook made with recycled papers and a third one that opens up to form a star.

ART AT THE Y: CAR-TOONING: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Oct. 6-27, Skagit Valley Family YMCA, 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Ver-non. Cartoonist Max Elam will offer step-by-step instruction on how to draw popular characters from video games, cartoons and comic books. $35 members, $50 program members. 360-336-9622 or www.skagit ymca.org.

CONTESTSSPIRIT OF WRITING

CONTEST: The Whidbey Island Writers Associa-tion and Sno-Isle Libraries are sponsoring a writing contest open to residents of Whidbey Island and to WIWA members. Writ-ers ages 18 and older can submit entries in several categories: poetry, short fiction, nonfiction/essay, memoir, and children’s/young adult literature. All winners will receive a copy of “Spirit of Writing 2012,” a literary magazine of win-ning works, and are invited to participate in programs of readings in the Sno-Isle Libraries.

The grand-prize win-ner will receive tuition to the 2013 Whidbey Island Writers Conference and publication in “Sound-ings Review,” the literary journal of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. All manuscripts will be returned with judges’ com-ments. Entry deadline: Oct. 13. Limit one entry per cat-egory. $12 reading fee for

each entry, $6 for WIWA members. Membership: $50, $10 students. For informa-tion, call 360-331-2038, email [email protected] or visit www.nila.edu/wiwa_contests.htm.

DANCESCOTTISH DANCING:

Bellingham Scottish Coun-try Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Fairhaven Library audi-torium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear com-fortable clothes and leath-er-soled shoes. For informa-tion, call Mary Anderson at 360-933-1779 or visit www.bellinghamscd.org.

RHYTHM/DANCE CLASSES: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation will offer Creative Rhythm and Movement for ages 4 to 6 from 4 to 4:50 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 22-Nov. 12, and Beginning Ballet and Tap for ages 7 to 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 22-Nov. 12. Tap shoes are not required. $40-$42. Pre-registration required: 360-336-6215.

CONTRA DANCE: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Learn the fundamentals of contra dance and practice dancing to live music. No partner needed. $8 at the door. 360-755-3969 or www.skagit contra.org.

MUSICFREE MUSIC JAMS:

Come and play or just watch the fun at Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Free for participants and spectators.

Teen Jam: 7 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday each month.

Jam Night: 8 p.m. Thurs-days.

360-629-4800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

RECREATIONSALMON DERBY: The

Ray Reep Salmon Derby will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Edgewa-ter Park, 600 Behrens Millet Road, Mount Vernon. First-, second- and third-place prizes for silver salmon will be awarded, along with opportunities to win raffle items. Tickets: $15, at the Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation office, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon, and Holiday Sports, 895 Nevitt Road, Burlington. 360-336-6215.

LITTLE MOUNTAIN: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation is offering Exploration Little Moun-tain for ages 8 to 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Little Mountain Park, 300 Little Mountain Road, Mount Vernon. Cre-ate your own letterboxing stamp, decorate a notebook and get out on the trails to find hidden letterboxes. Play Nature Bingo on the way and enjoy beautiful trails and viewpoints. Bring a sack lunch and wear weather-appropriate cloth-ing. $14-16. Preregistration required. 360-336-6215.

BUDDY WALK: Registra-tion is due by Friday, Oct. 5, for the sixth annual Skagit County Buddy Walk, set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Bakerview Park, 3101 E. Fir St., Mount Ver-non. Walk begins at noon. The 1.25-mile annual walk promotes awareness and acceptance for people with Down syndrome. Enjoy a barbecue lunch, live enter-tainment, family-friendly activities and more. Registra-tion: $8-$10 adult, $5 youth. Advance registration includes T-shirt, lunch. Day of event: first come, first served. For more information, call 360-416-7570, ext. 401, or visit www.skagitp2p.org.


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CONCRETE GHOST WALK: The sixth annual Concrete Ghost Walk starts at 6 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27, at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St. You’ll hear about — and maybe even meet — some of the colorful characters from Concrete’s past, visit a number of “haunted” buildings and talk to the locals who’ll share their stories. For ages 13 and older only; minors must be accompa-nied by an adult. Dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight if desired. $10. Reservations required: 360-853-8784, 360-853-8767 or [email protected].

CORN MAZE, PUMPKIN PATCH: Bir-inger’s Black Crow Pumpkins & Corn Maze Farm is open from noon to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 31, at 2431 Highway 530 NE, Arling-

ton. Kids can enjoy a hay bale maze, kid-die slide, skeleton graveyard picnic and more. Pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, cider and apples available for purchase. Corn maze admission: $8 before 6 p.m., $9 after 6 p.m. Free for kids under 46 inches tall, day or night. 360-435-5616 or www.face book.com/biringers.black.crow.

PUMPKIN PATCH & CORN MAZE: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31, Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze, 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington. Enjoy u-pick pumpkins, “Hidden Gnome” corn maze, animal barn, kids’ activities and more. Wagon rides and additional activi-ties available for additional fees. Bring a flashlight and explore the corn maze from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturdays. Free admis-sion to the farm. Corn maze: $5.50, free for ages 3 and younger. Night maze: $8.50. 360-435-6516 or www.fosterscorn maze.com.

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THEATERIMPROV CLASSES:

Awaken the spontaneity within with free improv classes taught by Sheila Goldsmith of Improv Playworks. Registration required: 360-756-0756 or www.improvplayworks.com.

Adults and teens: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, Improv Playworks Studio, 302 W. Illinois St., Belling-ham.

Adults and teens: 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, Improv Playworks Studio, 302 W. Illinois St., Belling-ham.

THEATER CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre’s Class Act School for the Performing Arts is enrolling kids from pre-school through 12th grade for fall classes on acting and theater arts. Classes are held at ACT, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com/classact.

The Magic Box: pre-school-age children, 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 30. Students will take part in a variety of creative dramatic games designed to use their imagination, improve self-confidence and provide social interac-tion in an organized class setting. $50.

Fun With Improv: sev-

enth through 12th grade, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through Oct. 31.

Students will learn some 15 improvisational games, helping them become more comfortable on stage, learn to think on their feet and improve their acting skills. The class will culminate in an improv performance for the public Nov. 2-3 on ACT’s Second Stage. $50.

WORKSHOPSKIDDIE CHEER CAMP:

The Mount Vernon High School cheerleaders will host their annual Fall Cheer Camp for youths in grades K-8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 9-11, in the high school cafeteria, 314 N. Ninth St. Campers will perform during halftime of the Bulldogs’ football game Friday, Oct. 12. $35, includes camp T-shirt. Pro-ceeds support the MVHS cheer program. For infor-mation, contact Khalie Whitman, 360-428-6109, ext. 41252.

LEGO CAMP: Sessions are offered from 4:30 to 6 p.m. or 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 2-25, at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA, 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon. Using specialized LEGO® kits, YMCA staff

will teach lessons guaran-teed to provide a creative, positive and fun learning experience. $50 members, $60 program members. 360-336-9622 or www.skagitymca.org.

COMMUNITY QUILTING BEE: Join members of the Moonlight Quilters Guild from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Whatcom Museum Lightcatcher Stu-dio, 250 Flora St., Belling-ham. Get involved or just watch as quilters collabo-rate on a nature-themed quilt to hang in the Light-catcher Studio.

Learn about design and color as well as the process of drawing and cutting shapes from fabric. For ages 16 and older. Free with museum admission. $10, $8 student/senior/military, $4.50 ages 5 and younger, free for members. 360-778-8930 or www.whatcommuseum.org.

QUILTING FOR BEGIN-NERS: Learn how to hand quilt from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays at the Con-crete Center, 45821 Rail-road Ave., Concrete. Bring a flat edge thimble, round-needle puller, small scissors and No. 9 go-betweens quilting needles. Tips and technique how-tos on the last Monday each month. 360-853-8400.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area October 4-11 TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 4-11

Thursday.4COMEDY

Comedy Night with Marc Price (Skip-py from “Family Ties”): 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $10. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.

THEATER“Legally Blonde: The Musical”: Seat-

tle Musical Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Magnuson Park, 7120 62nd Ave. NE, Seattle. $35-$40. 206-363-2809 or www.seattle musicaltheatre.org.

“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.

“Glorious”: Bellingham Theatre Guild, comedy, 7:30 p.m., 1600 H St., Belling-ham. $8-$12. 360-733-1811 or www.belling hamtheatreguild.com.

Friday.5DANCE/THEATER

“The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.

THEATER“Legally Blonde: The Musical”:

Seattle Musical Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Mag-nuson Park, 7120 62nd Ave. NE, Seattle. $35-$40. 206-363-2809 or www.seattle musicaltheatre.org.

“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”: 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.


Saturday.6COMEDY

Skagit-Mount Vernon Kiwanis “Origi-nal Comedy Night”: Rodney Sherwood, Spanky the Laff Guru (aka Steven Kent McFarlin) and Susan Jones, 8 p.m., Lin-coln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Ver-non. $16. 360-336-8955 or www. lincolntheatre.org.

DANCE/THEATER“The Family Project”: Kuntz and

Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bell-ingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.



“My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, discounts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org.



Sunday.7DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 5 p.m., Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Belling-ham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntz andco.org.


tle Musical Theatre, 2 p.m., Magnuson Park, 7120 62nd Ave. NE, Seattle. $35-$40. 206-363-2809 or www.seattlemusical theatre.org.

“My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, dis-counts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org.


“Glorious”: Bellingham Theatre Guild, comedy, 2 p.m., 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-$12. 360-733-1811 or www.bellingham theatreguild.com.

VARIETYWhatever’s Clever Variety Show:

Music, comedy, hula-hooping, belly danc-ing and more, 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Monday.8No events submitted

Tuesday.9MUSIC

Pajama Concert for Families with Young Children: Pam Sinnett and Helen and Richard Scholtz, 6:30 p.m., Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Drive, Bellingham. $4-$10 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit the Roeder Home. 360-676-8915.

Wednesday.10MUSIC

“About Families”: Flip Breskin, Kat Bula, Marie Eaton, Geof Morgan, Rich-ard Scholtz and Laura Smith, 7:30 p.m., Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Drive, Bell-ingham. $8-$15 suggested donation. 360-676-8915.

Thursday.11COMEDY

Comedy Night with Michelle West-ford, Duane Goad and Joe Vespaziani: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.

THEATER“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”:

7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.

THURSDAY.4

FRIDAY.5

SATURDAY.6

SUNDAY.7

Montana Skies: 7 p.m., Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St., Belling-ham. 360-671-2305 or www.bluehorse gallery.com.

Swil Kanim (Native American storyteller, violin): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. 360-445-3000.

Brer Rabbit (blues, folk, roots): 7 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Rock DeVille: 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broil-er, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

5 Dollar Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.theskagit.com.

Nathaniel Talbot: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-424-7872.

Youngblood Hawke: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5-$7. 360-778-1067.

Black River Blues: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Tweety and the Tomcats (rock): 9 p.m., Portage Bay Bar & Lounge, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. No cover. 866-383-0777.

Little Bill and the Blue Notes: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

5 Dollar Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.the skagit.com.

Jon Mutchler (piano): 6 to 9 p.m., Stars Restaurant at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www.semiahmoo.com.

The Replayzmentz: 9 p.m., Packers Lounge at Semiah-moo Resort, 9565 Semiah-moo Parkway, Blaine. www.semiahmoo.com.

The Mark Dufresne Band (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Kultur Schock: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Ken Pickard and Zydeco Explosion: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.


David Lee Howard (12-string guitar): 7 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Salvadore Dali Llama: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-293-2544.

Laura Overstreet: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-2884.

Jim Basnight Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Joyful Noise, Barefeet (bluegrass): 1:30 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Con-crete. $10. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-2263.

Bluegrass and Country Jam: 1 to 5 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 201 N. Township St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. 360-856-1058 or 360-855-1564.

Ron Bailey, Al Kaatz: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edi-son. No cover. 360-766-6266.

“Jazz At The Center”: Western Washington Uni-versity Faculty Jazz Collective, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. 360-387-0222 or www.camano center.org.

Jean Man (alt-folk, Americana): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. 360-445-3000.

Stilly River Boys: 6 to 9 p.m., Rock-fish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Amara & Phil: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Ana-cortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

THURSDAY.11COMEDY NIGHT

8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave.,

Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortes

H2O.com.

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THURSDAY.4BRER RABBIT7 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

SATURDAY.6THE MARK DUFRESNE BAND8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

DUANE GOAD

MICHELLE WESTFORD

JOE VESPAZIANI

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area October 4-11 TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 4-11

Thursday.4COMEDY

Comedy Night with Marc Price (Skip-py from “Family Ties”): 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $10. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.


tle Musical Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Magnuson Park, 7120 62nd Ave. NE, Seattle. $35-$40. 206-363-2809 or www.seattle musicaltheatre.org.

“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.


Friday.5DANCE/THEATER

“The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.





Saturday.6COMEDY

Skagit-Mount Vernon Kiwanis “Origi-nal Comedy Night”: Rodney Sherwood, Spanky the Laff Guru (aka Steven Kent McFarlin) and Susan Jones, 8 p.m., Lin-coln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Ver-non. $16. 360-336-8955 or www. lincolntheatre.org.

DANCE/THEATER“The Family Project”: Kuntz and

Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bell-ingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.



“My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, discounts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org.



Sunday.7DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 5 p.m., Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Belling-ham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntz andco.org.


tle Musical Theatre, 2 p.m., Magnuson Park, 7120 62nd Ave. NE, Seattle. $35-$40. 206-363-2809 or www.seattlemusical theatre.org.

“My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, dis-counts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org.


“Glorious”: Bellingham Theatre Guild, comedy, 2 p.m., 1600 H St., Bellingham. $8-$12. 360-733-1811 or www.bellingham theatreguild.com.

VARIETYWhatever’s Clever Variety Show:

Music, comedy, hula-hooping, belly danc-ing and more, 8 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Monday.8No events submitted

Tuesday.9MUSIC

Pajama Concert for Families with Young Children: Pam Sinnett and Helen and Richard Scholtz, 6:30 p.m., Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Drive, Bellingham. $4-$10 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit the Roeder Home. 360-676-8915.

Wednesday.10MUSIC

“About Families”: Flip Breskin, Kat Bula, Marie Eaton, Geof Morgan, Rich-ard Scholtz and Laura Smith, 7:30 p.m., Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Drive, Bell-ingham. $8-$15 suggested donation. 360-676-8915.

Thursday.11COMEDY

Comedy Night with Michelle West-ford, Duane Goad and Joe Vespaziani: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: Kuntz and Company, 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Perform-ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15. 360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.

THEATER“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”:

7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.

THURSDAY.4

FRIDAY.5

SATURDAY.6

SUNDAY.7

Montana Skies: 7 p.m., Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St., Belling-ham. 360-671-2305 or www.bluehorse gallery.com.

Swil Kanim (Native American storyteller, violin): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. 360-445-3000.

Brer Rabbit (blues, folk, roots): 7 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Rock DeVille: 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broil-er, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

5 Dollar Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.theskagit.com.

Nathaniel Talbot: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-424-7872.

Youngblood Hawke: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5-$7. 360-778-1067.

Black River Blues: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.


Little Bill and the Blue Notes: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

5 Dollar Fine (contemporary country, classic rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.the skagit.com.

Jon Mutchler (piano): 6 to 9 p.m., Stars Restaurant at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www.semiahmoo.com.

The Replayzmentz: 9 p.m., Packers Lounge at Semiah-moo Resort, 9565 Semiah-moo Parkway, Blaine. www.semiahmoo.com.

The Mark Dufresne Band (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Kultur Schock: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Ken Pickard and Zydeco Explosion: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.


David Lee Howard (12-string guitar): 7 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Salvadore Dali Llama: 9:30 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-293-2544.

Laura Overstreet: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-2884.

Jim Basnight Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Joyful Noise, Barefeet (bluegrass): 1:30 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Con-crete. $10. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.com.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-2263.

Bluegrass and Country Jam: 1 to 5 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 201 N. Township St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. 360-856-1058 or 360-855-1564.

Ron Bailey, Al Kaatz: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edi-son. No cover. 360-766-6266.

“Jazz At The Center”: Western Washington Uni-versity Faculty Jazz Collective, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. 360-387-0222 or www.camano center.org.

Jean Man (alt-folk, Americana): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. 360-445-3000.

Stilly River Boys: 6 to 9 p.m., Rock-fish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Amara & Phil: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Ana-cortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

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By JOHN MARSHALLAssociated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in “Vertigo” is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

A few miles down the bay is Alcatraz, where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery prevented missiles from launching and Clint Eastwood may or may not have escaped. Up on shore, there’s Coit Tower, City Hall, the Transamerica Pyramid, all those hills that have been the setting for so many chase scenes.

Filled with iconic land-marks, breathtaking scen-ery and a wide range of locations, San Francisco has a long history as a favorite site for filmmakers — and the movie buffs who want to see the places where their favorite scenes were filmed.

“So many people are so familiar with the icons, with the landmarks of San Francisco,” said Bryan Rice, owner of San Fran-cisco Movie Tours. “You can show the Golden Gate Bridge, you can show the Transamerica Pyramid in the background, show these different places where peo-ple are familiar with and it draws people in.”

The Bay Area’s movie-making history goes back to the beginning of film, to Eadweard Muybridge’s study of a horse gallop-ing in Palo Alto, widely regarded as the first motion picture ever made.

Charlie Chaplin’s mov-ies and many of the first silent films were shot near San Francisco, along with parts of “The Jazz Singer,” the first “talkie” released in 1927.

Alfred Hitchcock loved shooting in the Bay Area, as did George Lucas and

Photos by Eric Risberg / AP

A sailboat makes its way past Alcatraz Island. San Francisco has a long history as a favorite site for filmmakers and the movie buffs who want to see the spots where their favorite scenes took place, from Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in “Vertigo”; to the steps of City Hall, where Sean Penn gave an impassioned speech in “Milk”; to Alcatraz, stage for Clint Eastwood and many others.

Lombard Street with Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill in the background

A replica of the Maltese Falcon at John’s Grill

Rock, bridge, bay – movie landmarks in San Francisco

Clint Eastwood.It’s easy to see why:

the bay, the bridge, the landmarks, and a variety of elevations for interest-ing angles to shoot from. Locations are diverse: downtown, the waterfront, the Painted Ladies Victo-rian homes, Chinatown, the

gritty Tenderloin.Film noir can be shot in

the fog; a screwball com-edy can bounce along hilly streets. Many films shot in San Francisco are written for the city, so it, in a sense, becomes a character in the movie.

“All the producers I talk

to say they would love to shoot here because visually it’s such a beautiful place that it makes anyone’s film better looking,” said Susan-nah Greason Robbins, executive director of the San Francisco Film Com-mission.

But the number of big-

production movies shot in San Francisco has tapered off with the rise of digital technology. Instead of going on location, produc-ers can recreate the city’s look in studios and with computers at less cost.

It’s also cheaper to shoot in other locales, from the American South to Canada, with some states offering better tax breaks for production companies than California does. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” released in 2011, was set in San Francisco but shot in British Columbia.

“It’s very hard to com-pete with that because film production companies, like any smart businessperson, are trying to get the best bang for their buck,” Grea-son Robbins said. “When

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Local travel SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation is offering several travel oppor-tunities for participants ages 12 and older, adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215. Next up: Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Trav-el to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle to see the IMAX movie “Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaoh” and an exhibit featuring more than 100 objects from King Tut’s tomb and ancient sites around Egypt — jewelry, furni-ture and ceremonial items, including golden sandals created especially for the afterlife. Includes time for a no-host lunch and Seat-tle Center exploration. $93-$95. Register by Oct. 12. Bainbridge Island Winter Artist Studio Tour: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Travel by van and ferry to Bainbridge Island for the 29th annual show and sale. Located in unique studios and historic community halls, the tour features work by some 70 artists showcasing pot-tery, glass, photography, woodworking, paint-ings, jewelry, fiber arts and more. No-host lunch. $63-$65. Register by Nov. 21. Country Village and Garden D’Lights: 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Visit the historic Country

Village Shops in Bothell, home to more than 40 boutiques, specialty stores and cafes. After exploring the holiday-decorated shops and enjoying a no-host late lunch/early din-ner, head over to the Garden D’Lights, com-prised of more than half a million tiny lights, which transform the Bellevue Botanical Gar-den into a blossoming winter wonderland. $53-$55. Register by Dec. 5.

DAY TRIP: Camano Center is offering a Dickens Carolers Lunch Cruise on Tuesday, Dec. 11, for seniors and others, departing from and returning to Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Pay by Nov. 26. 360-387-0222 or www.camano center.org.

TRAVELOGUE: “INNERSPACE WONDERS: A LOOK AT THE WORLD UNDERWATER”: 7 to 9 p.m. today, Oct. 4, at the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. Join outdoor photojournalist Barb Roy for a unique underwater journey around the world for a close-up look at fascinating marine critters. $3 suggested donation, free for museum members. 360-778-8930 or www.whatcommuseum.org.

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you get 30, 35 percent back on your film expenses when you shoot in one of those other states, you kind of have to go there. It’s frustrating.”

San Francisco still attracts movie-makers, with more than 100 films shot here in the last decade and 16 last year, but more are independent or from small local companies than in the past.

Still, the city’s long his-tory of film offers plenty of iconic spots to visit. Here are just a few:

ALCATRAZ: In “Birdman of Alcatraz,” “Escape from Alcatraz,” “Murder in the First,” “The Rock,” “The Enforcer.”

A federal penitentiary from 1934-63, “The Rock” housed notorious crimi-nals including Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly and James “Whitey”

Bulger. Now a national park, Alcatraz offers visitors a chance to tour the prison, including a look at one of the cells portrayed in Eastwood’s “Escape from Alcatraz,” with the concrete chipped away behind the vent.

On the web: www.alca trazcruises.com.

FORT POINT, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: In “Foul Play,” “Dopamine,” “High Anxiety,” “Petulia,” “Point Blank,” “Vertigo,” “The Presidio.”

Built to protect the San Francisco Bay from Con-federate and foreign attack during the Civil War, Fort Point is where Stewart saved Novak in “Vertigo,” right at the base. The bridge has also been blown up countless times on film, including in “X-Men 3” and “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Best view is from the north side

back toward the city.

COIT TOWER: In “Boys & Girls,” “After the Thin Man,” “Dr. Dolittle,” “Sis-ter Act 2,” “The Enforcer,” “The Presidio,” “The Rock,” “Innerspace.”

The narrow, white con-crete column atop Tele-graph Hill has been a part of San Francisco’s skyline since 1933 and offers spec-tacular views of the bay and the city. Coit Tower has been in the backdrop of numerous movies filmed in San Francisco and was called “vaguely phallic” by Tyne Daly’s character in the “Dirty Harry” movie, “The Enforcer.” It’s been a place to watch movies, too, with projectors set up to show films on the side of tower.

On the web: sfrecpark.org/CoitTower.aspx.

CITY HALL: In “A View

to a Kill,” “Bedazzled,” “Bicentennial Man,” “Class Action,” “Final Analysis,” “Foul Play,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Jagged Edge,” “Magnum Force,” “Milk,” “The Rock,” “The Wedding Planner.”

City Hall has one of the largest domes in the world and replaced a structure destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. It was used extensively at the end of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and Sean Penn, in his Academy Award-win-ning portrayal of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, gave an impassioned speech on its steps. Metro City Hall from the animated Will Ferrell movie “Megamind” was an homage to San Francisco’s City Hall.

ALAMO SQUARE: In “Murder in the First,” “Nine Months,” “The Conversa-tion,” “Mrs. Doubtfire.”

The neighborhood and park are among the most photographed spots in San Francisco because of the Painted Ladies, a row of Victorian houses facing the park on Steiner Street. The Ladies have been a favor-ite of film and television producers and were used in the opening shot for the sitcom “Full House.” The house where Robin Wil-liams dressed up as Mrs. Doubtfire posing as his ex-wife’s nanny is north of the park at Steiner and Broadway.

Where to eat: One of the city’s oldest restau-rants, John’s Grill, 63 Ellis St., was a setting in author Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon.” The inte-rior looks just as you would picture it from the book, filled with original period furnishings. The walls are covered with photos of famous customers and the

second floor has a rep-lica of the Maltese Falcon, along with movie stills and foreign translations of the novel. A great place to get steaks or a few cocktails while taking in the atmo-sphere.

Where to stay: A quaint boutique hotel, the Bijou, 111 Mason near Union Square, offers the full Hollywood-in-San Francisco experience. The hotel is designed in the theme of classic movie palace and portraits from movies decorate the walls. Each room is named after a movie shot in San Fran-cisco and there’s a mini movie theater off the lobby that shows nightly double features of San Francisco-based movies. Rates start-ing at low $100s; www.hotelbijou.com.

San Francisco movie tours: www.sanfrancisco movietours.com.


“MY FAIR LADY”: Lyric Light Opera, Through Oct. 6, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727.

MICHAEL KIWANUKA: Oct. 5, Show-box at the Market. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

SEETHER: Oct. 5, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

ALANIS MORISSETTE: Oct. 5, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

WWE RAW WORLD TOUR: Oct. 5, Comcast Arena at Everett, Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.comcastarena everett.com.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Oct. 6, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

ED SHEERAN: Oct. 6, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.live nation.com.

JUSTIN BIEBER: Oct. 9, Tacoma Dome. www.aeglive.com.

GOSSIP: Oct. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

SMASHING PUMPKINS: Oct. 10, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.comcastarenaeverett.com.

THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Oct. 12-13, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS: Oct. 12, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

RODRIGUEZ: Oct. 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

“HOW SWEET THE SOUND”: Seattle Women’s Chorus: Oct. 12-13, 19-20, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle. 206-388-1400 or www.seattlewomenschorus.org.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Oct. 12-Nov. 4, at venues around Seattle. 206-547-6763 or www.earshot.org.

BOB DYLAN, MARK KNOPFLER: Oct. 13, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

D.R.I.: Oct. 13, El Corazon, Seattle. 800-514-3849 or www.cascadetickets.com.

CIRCA SURVIVE: Oct. 13, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BETH ORTON: Oct. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

STOMP: Oct. 16, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.comcast arenaeverett.com.

GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY: Oct. 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

“WITCHES”: Theater Arts Guild, Oct. 19-Nov. 3, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Ver-non. 360-336-2408.

NATALIE MACMASTER: Oct. 20, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-

734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

COLLIE BUDDZ, NEW KINGSTON: Oct. 20, Showbox at the Market, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon-line.com.

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB: Oct. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB: Oct. 21, Showbox at the Market. 800-745-3000 or ww.livenation.com.

A$AP ROCKY: Oct 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

WOLFGANG GARTNER: Oct. 22, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL REEFER BAND: Oct. 23, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticket master.com.

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS, SNOW PATROL: Oct. 24, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Oct. 24, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

CRYSTAL CASTLES: Oct. 25, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

MENOMENA: Oct. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, BOYS LIKE GIRLS: Oct. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: Nov. 2, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

AFGHAN WHIGS: Nov. 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

“FOOTLOOSE”: Theater Arts Guild, Nov. 3-17, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon. 360-416-7727.

SERGIO MENDES: Nov. 7, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

STARS: Nov. 8, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

LECRAE: Nov. 8, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

DATSIK: Nov. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

LEONARD COHEN: Nov. 9, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.live nation.com.

FRESH BEAT BAND: Nov. 10, Com-cast Arena, Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.livenation.com.

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Nov. 10, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

GWAR: With DevilDriver, Municipal

Waste, Napalm Death, Cancer Bats, Exhumed, Attitude Adjustment, Mar-tha’s Revenge, Legacy of Disorder, Nov. 10, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

RICHARD CHEESE & LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Nov. 11, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

STEVE WINWOOD, THE WOOD BROTHERS: Nov. 12, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.live nation.com.

RUSH: Nov. 13, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

ERIC CHURCH: Nov. 13, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.comcastarenaeverett.com.

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH: Nov. 15, Tractor Tavern, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

33RD ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNA-TIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION SEMI-FINALS: Nov. 16, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: Nov. 17, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BEN GIBBARD: Nov. 17, Washington Hall, Seattle. www.washingtonhall.org.

ASKING ALEXANDRIA: Nov. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

DETHKLOK: Nov. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Nov. 24, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

GREEN DAY: Nov. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

WALK OFF THE EARTH: Nov. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: Nov. 28, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Ore. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

BLUE SCHOLARS: Nov. 30, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

DON MCLEAN: Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. $40-$55. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

“BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE”: Seattle Men’s Chorus, Nov. 30-Dec. 22, Bena-roya Hall, Seattle. 206-388-1400 or www.seattlemenschorus.org.

ADAM CAROLLA, DENNIS PRAGER: Dec. 1, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation.com.

THE CAVE SINGERS: Dec. 7, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

THE TRAGICALLY HIP: Dec. 7, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

LAMB OF GOD: Dec. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

PICKWICK: Dec. 31, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

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By RICH HELDENFELSAkron Beacon Journal

Q: Is Bethenny Frankel coming out with a talk show?

A: Frankel, who came to fame via “The Real House-wives of New York City,” tried out a talk show this summer for a handful of stations — and the results were good enough that the show will be offered on a larger scale in 2013. The show, which has Ellen DeGeneres as an executive producer, was originally planned for fall 2012 but could not sign enough sta-tions; the daytime talk field was very crowded with ongoing shows as well new-comers like Steve Harvey, Jeff Probst and Katie Cou-ric, and the return of Ricki Lake. But some of those may falter and, according to Deadline.com, Frankel’s show could be on as early as January 2013 — or wait until that fall.

Q: Since NBC announced its 10-hour “Dracula” miniseries, did it drop the “Mockingbird Lane” pilot?

A: Doesn’t look that way. Yes, the show — a remod-eling of “The Munsters” (whom, you remember, live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane) from writer-pro-ducer Bryan Fuller — was knocked from NBC’s fall schedule. But Fuller, who also made the lovable but little seen “Pushing Dai-sies,” told the Hollywood Reporter that “It was really tricky to cast the show; the tone of it is very specific. I tend to write in a very spe-cific tone and there were a lot of people who were afraid.”

The unafraid apparently

include Eddie Izzard, who will play Grandpa; Portia De Rossi as Lily and Jerry O’Connell as Herman. The Hollywood Reporter also said the show was much talked about at Comic-Con (where four minutes of scenes were shown) — and that Fuller plans to includes the Wolfman, Creature from the Black Lagoon and other classic horror-movie characters. And, based on Fuller’s Twitter feed, a new “Mock-ingbird Lane” pilot was delivered to NBC about a week ago.

Q: The late Phyllis Diller was in a 1969 movie called “The Adding Machine.” Is this available in some for-mat? Also, she was in a TV series called “The Pruitts of Southampton.” Can you give me any info on this?

A: Diller, who died in August at the age of 95, did indeed co-star in “The Adding Machine,” starring Milo O’Shea as Mr. Zero, a bookkeeper about to be replaced by an adding machine. (Diller was the shrewish Mrs. Zero.) It was based on a 1923 play by Elmer Rice, which was also adapted into a 2007 musi-cal. I do not know of an authorized video release; I did see a clip from the film on YouTube.

“The Pruitts of South-ampton” aired on ABC in 1966-67; Diller played a widow hiding her family’s bankruptcy while living in a mansion. According to “The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows,” the series’ name was changed to “The Phyllis Diller Show” in January 1967, and the mansion became a boardinghouse.

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Victor Frankenstein, voiced by Charlie Tahan, is shown in a scene from “Frankenweenie.”

I n 1984 Tim Burton

launched his career with a live-action short named “Franken-weenie,” and now he returns to that material for the new “Frankenweenie,” which is a stop-action black-and-white comedy inspired by “The Bride of Frankenstein” and countless other classic horror films in which science runs amok.

The story takes place in a familiar Burtonesque world of characters with balloon heads, saucer eyes and pret-zel limbs. Seeing them in b&w only underlines their grotesquerie, and indeed the

whole story benefits from the absence of color because this is a stark world without many soothing tones. Burton uses a stop-action animation method employing puppets, and I learn from Variety that he employed “about 33 ani-mators working to produce five seconds of film per week apiece.” Amazing, that such a lively film took such labo-rious piecework.

The story involves young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) and his dog, Sparky, who is not nearly as smart as Uggie, the dog in “The Artist.” Sparky is one of those dogs who is way too affectionate and eager to please, but Victor loves him and is heartbroken when Sparky runs into the street and is blindsided by a car. Victor buries his poor dead mutt under a grim tomb-

stone in one of those horror movie cemeteries where you imagine the flowers would be in b&w even if the movie wasn’t.

Victor’s science teacher is Mr. Rzykruski (Martin Landau), who looks and sounds like an elongated Vincent Price. If you wonder how his voice is elongated, apply here. The next day at school he puts his students to work applying electrical charges to the nerves of dead frogs, which makes their legs twitch. This brought back strong memories of my own frog dissections. When you make a list of things you learned in school and have never needed to use since, don’t forget the dead frogs.

Victor is a science-crazy kid with a weird laboratory up in the attic, which seems two times larger than the

suburban house he shares with his parents (Catherine O’Hara and Martin Short). The frogs inspire him to return to the cemetery and smuggle poor Sparky into the attic — where, yes, after a few stitches and patches, Vic-tor is able to re-animate him with a timely lightning bolt. It must be said that the newly energized Sparky has much the same manic personal-ity as the original version,

although like your cellphone, he sometimes needs to be recharged. His tail or an ear flies off when he gets too eager, but otherwise he holds up pretty well.

Victor becomes obsessed with hiding the resurrected dog from his parents. When you wonder why some kids are bored in the suburbs, it may be because of the suf-focating effect of parents like Mr. and Mrs. Frankenstein.

Given the fact that they’ve had to live with that name, no doubt they’re not eager to have it known that Victor has animated his dog — especial-ly not since he used lightning bolts. It’s the sort of thing your neighbors get conserva-tive about.

Word gets out, however, and soon all the little brats in Victor’s class are apply-ing high-voltage juice to their own dead animals, and even a sea horse. This leads to events at a town parade equal to anything you’ve seen in a Japanese monster movie.

This isn’t one of Burton’s best films, but it has zealous energy. It might have been too macabre for kids from past decades, but kids these days, they’ve seen it all, and the charm of a boy and his dog retains its appeal.

‘FRANKENWEENIE’HHH

With the voices of:Mrs. Frankenstein ........................... Catherine O’HaraMr. Frankenstein..................................... Martin ShortMr. Rzykruski ...................................... Martin LandauVictor Frankenstein ................................Charlie TahanEdgar “E” Gore.................................... Atticus ShafferElsa Van Helsing ...................................Winona Ryder

n Running time: 87 minutes. MPAA rating: PG (for thematic elements, scary images and action).

A classic Burton look, but not a classic Burton flick

Roger Ebert


MOVIES AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE

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MINI-REVIEWSCompiled from news services.Ratings are one to four stars.

“End of Watch” — One of the best police movies in recent years, a virtuoso joining of performances and startling action. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as Taylor and Zavala, two Los Angeles street cops who bend a few rules but must be acknowledged as heroes. They’re transferred to a tough district, where their persis-tence leads them to a Mexi-can drug cartel operating in L.A. This is really an assign-ment for a detective, but they don’t avoid risk, and eventu-ally become so dangerous to the cartel that a hit is ordered against them. Action drama, R, 109 minutes. HHHH “Frankenweenie” — Young Victor Frankenstein loves his dog, Sparky, and when the mutt runs into traffic and is blindsided, Victor takes inspiration from a science class and re-animates his pet using lightning bolts. Tim Burton’s stop-action, black and white comedy takes its inspiration from “The Bride of Frankenstein” and other hor-ror movies, and the character of Mr. Rzykruski, the science teacher, is certainly modeled on Vincent Price. With the voices of Martin Landau, Cath-erine O’Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan and Winona Ryder. Animated comedy, PG, 87 minutes. HHH “Hope Springs” — Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep play a couple whose marriage has frozen into a routine. Every day starts with his nose buried in the newspaper and ends with him asleep in front of the Golf Channel. They haven’t slept in the same room for years. She convinces him over his own dead body to attend a couples therapy session at a Maine clinic run by Steve Carell. The movie contains few surprises, but one of them is Jones’ excellent performance — vulnerable, touchy and shy. Comedy, PG-13, 100 minutes. HHH “Lawless” — Based on a real-life, blood-soaked war between moonshiners and the law in Franklin County, Va., in 1931. The three Bondurant brothers (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke) fearlessly rule their turf, until a foppish federal agent (Guy Pearce) arrives from Chicago. A well-

made film about ignorant and violent people. It’s not so much that the movie is too long, as that too many people must be killed before it can end. Crime drama, R, 115 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Looper” — A smart and tricky sci-fi story that side-steps the paradoxes of time travel by embracing them. The movie takes place in 2044 and 2074. Although time travel is declared illegal once it has been discovered, a crime syndicate cheats and uses it as a method for disposing of its enemies. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Joe, the triggerman in 2044. Bruce Willis plays Old Joe, sent back from the future. Emily Blunt lives on the Kan-sas farm where they coincide in time. “Looper” weaves between past and present in a way that gives writer-director Rian Johnson and his actors opportunities to create a surprisingly involving narrative. Crime sci-fi, R, 119 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Trouble With the Curve” — Clint Eastwood plays Gus, an aging baseball scout who leads a lonely life, driving between small cities, sitting

in the stands of minor-league clubs, living in budget motels, but he loves it. Failing eye-sight threatens his career, and his concerned daughter (Amy Adams) joins him on the road and meets her dad’s onetime discovery (Justin Tim-berlake). John Goodman plays Gus’ loyal boss at the Atlanta Braves. The story’s payoff is classic movie gold. Drama, PG-13, 111 minutes. HHH “How to Survive a Plague” — A stunning documentary incorporating a wealth of home video footage taken at the time, tracing the rise of the AIDS epidemic and a response by ACT UP and other activist groups to demand more and swifter government intervention. Documentary, not rated, 110 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “The Words” — A movie inspired by the famous story of how Ernest Hemingway’s first wife lost a briefcase of his early work on a train. That story is enfolded into another story based on it, written by a contemporary novelist (Den-nis Quaid). Bradley Cooper finds the missing briefcase in the Quaid novel and is later visited by a mysterious Jer-

emy Irons. The real Heming-way could have told this with infinitely more economy. The plot opens room for three beautiful women (Zoe Sal-dana, Olivia Wilde and Nora Arnezeder), for which we can be grateful. Drama, PG-13, 96 minutes. HH “The Possession” — The possession of the title is a dark wood box with a carved inscription in Hebrew inform-ing the finder that it entraps a dybbuk, an evil spirit that will cleave to the soul of anyone unlucky enough to release it. This box turns up in a yard sale, and is pur-chases by young girl named Em (Natasha Calis). Horror, PG-13, 92 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Won’t Back Down” — Depicts teachers unions and bureaucracy as the reasons for the low performance of American public education. Parents vote to take con-trol of their children’s own schools, reward gifted teach-ers and throw out overpaid, lazy administrators held in place by seniority. Maggie Gyl-lenhaal and Viola Davis give inspired performances in a sluggish formula do-gooder. Drama, PG, 121 minutes. HH

AT AREA THEATERSANACORTES CINEMASOct. 5-11 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday: 2:50), 5:05, 7:15; Saturday-Sunday: 12:25, 2:50, 5:05, 7:15; Monday-Thursday: 2:50, 5:05, 7:15 Hotel Transylvania (PG): Friday: 2:55), 5:10, 7:10; Saturday-Sunday: 12:30, 2:55, 5:10, 7:10; Monday-Thursday: 2:55, 5:10, 7:10 Trouble with the Curve (PG-13): Friday: 2:45), 5:00, 7:20; Saturday-Sunday: 12:20, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20; Monday-Thursday: 2:45, 5:00, 7:20 360-293-7000

BLUE FOX DRIVE-INOak HarborOct. 5-7 Taken 2 (PG-13), House at the End of the Street (PG-13): 9 p.m. $6.50 ages 11 and older, $1 children 5-10, free for kids 4 and under. 360-675-5667

CASCADE MALL THEATRESBurlington For listings and times, call 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

CONCRETE THEATRE Hope Springs (PG-13): 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5; 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6; 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. Tickets: $7 general admission, $9 balcony, $6 adults over 65 and kids under 12; $1 off all tickets on Sunday. 360-941-0403

OAK HARBOR CINEMASOct. 5-11 Frankenweenie (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:35, 3:55, 6:40, 8:30; Sunday-Thursday: 1:35, 3:55, 6:40 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:25, 3:45, 6:50, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 1:25, 3:45, 6:50 Trouble with the Curve (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:35, 6:30, 8:40; Sunday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:35, 6:30 360-279-2226

STANWOOD CINEMASOct. 5-11 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: All’s Well That Ends Well (NR): Thursday: 7:00 Frankenweenie (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:40, 4:00), 6:40, 8:50 Pitch Perfect (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; Thursday: 1:00, 3:40, 9:00 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Hotel Transylvania (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:30, 8:40 Trouble with the Curve (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15; Thurs-day: 1:10, 3:50, 6:50 360-629-0514

‘Robot and Frank’7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 55:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 77:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8

Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no lon-ger live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nurs-ing home until Frank’s son chooses a different option: against the old man’s wishes, he buys Frank, a walking, talking, humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health.

Directed by Jake Schreier and starring Frank Lan-gella, Liv Tyler, Peter Sarsgaard and Susan Sarandon.

Rated PG-13. $9 general; $8 seniors, students and active military; $7 members; $6 children 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.); $7 general, $5 members, $4 children 12 and under.

‘The Original Comedy Night’8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6

Veteran comedians Rodney Sherwood, Spanky the Laff Guru and Susan Jones are scheduled to perform at the “The Original Comedy Night,” presented by the Skagit/Mount Vernon Kiwanis. All seats are $16.

‘Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia’7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9

In recognition of National Mental Health Aware-ness Month, NAMI Skagit — the Skagit Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness — will screen the award-winning documentary, “Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia.”

The film premiered on PBS nationwide in October 2010, won “Most Compelling Documentary” at Seat-tle’s True Independent Film Festival and was featured at the national conferences of Mental Health America and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

“Unlisted” gives a moving first-person account of producer/director Delaney Ruston’s relationship with her father as she faces the emotionally wrenching effects of his illness in the past and the present. Admis-sion by donation.


ARTFIRST FRIDAY GALLERY

WALK: Check out a variety of art on display during a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at several galleries and other venues in downtown Anacortes. Featured artworks include paintings and prints, pastels, sculptures, fiber arts, glass, ceramics, wood, photogra-phy, jewelry and more. 360-293-6938.

WATERCOLORS AND ACRYLICS: A show fea-turing acrylic paintings and watercolors by Eric Wiegardt will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and continue through Oct. 30 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. In addition to his watercolors, the gallery is showing Wie-gardt’s colorful impres-sionistic acrylics for the first time. Also showing are oils by Ramona Hammerly and Sandy Byers and pas-tels by Janice Wall, as well as a selection of jewelry, glasswork, sculptures and custom tables by other gal-lery artists. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or www.scott milo.com.

STEAMROLLER LINO-LEUM PRINTS: A show of steamroller linoleum prints will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and continue through Oct. 31 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. Made during the Anacortes Arts Festival this past summer, these large prints include artwork by Brad Bradford, Dona Reed and Nicolette Harrington. The show will also feature paintings by Anne Martin McCool and work by other gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Satur-

day or by appointment. 360-293-3577 or www.mccoolart.com.

LA CONNER QUILT FESTIVAL: Enjoy quilts, workshops, demonstrations, vendors, a silent auction and more at the La Conner Quilt Festival, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5-7, at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., Maple Hall, 108 Commercial, and the La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St. The juried quilt show features dozens of quilts and fiber art created by American and international artists. A $10 donation includes entrance to all venues and is good all three days.

“Ribbons, Roses & Wom-en’s Rights: Baltimore’s Albums” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St., La Conner. Elly Sienkiewicz will speak about “Baltimore-style” quilts and how they relate to the social revolution of 1840s America. $35, includes hors d’oeuvres and light beverages. To register: 360-466-4288 or www.laconner quilts.com.

For a complete schedule of workshops and fees, visit www.laconnerquilts.com.

HARVEST FESTIVAL ART SHOW: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-days through Sundays, Oct. 5-7 and 12-14, at Tulip Val-ley Winery, 16163 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. Sixteen local artists will offer paint-ing, photography, fiber art, jewelry, ceramics, wood-work, glass and more. 206-713-8531 or 360-708-3170.

“LITTLE BEAUTIES”: The show of small artworks will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and continue through Nov. 1 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road,

Greenbank. The exhibition will feature hand-turned wooden vases from Bob and Lorena Higbee, unique driftwood feathers by Roger White, inspiration stones in tiny yarn nests by Mary Jo Oxrieder, hand-cut

stone pendants and beads by Frank Ruggerio and framed “Ravens in Love” prints by Windwalker Taibi. For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit www.ravenrocksgallery.com.

SUMI PAINTINGS & HANDBLOWN GLASS: A show of sumi paint-ings by Angie Dixon and handblown glass by Rob-ert Adamson and Janis Swalwell will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and continue through Oct. 31 at Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Dixon combines traditional Asian brush and ink painting with materials used in nontradi-tional ways. Adamson and Swalwell explore sculptural directions in contemporary art glass, including blown, pate de verre, cast and deeply carved forms. Gal-lery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends (closed Tuesdays). 360-222-3070 or www.robschoutengallery.com.

FALL ART SHOW: Check out artwork in a variety of media at the Whidbey Allied Artists Fall Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-day through Sunday, Oct. 5-7, at the Coupeville Rec-reation Center, 901 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Choose from painting, glass art, jewelry and more. For more information, contact Margaret at 360-969-2111 or Helen at 360-675-4201.

“MASTERS”: A show of artwork from Northwest School masters and others will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct 6, and continue through Oct. 28 at Smith & Val-lee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The show will feature artists from the so-called Northwest School, as well as contemporary artists who continue their tradition in Skagit Valley: Guy Anderson, Joel Brock, Kenneth Callahan, William Cumming, Morris Graves, Pehr Hallsten, Paul Horiu-chi, Clayton James, Helmi Juvonen, Ed Kamuda, John-Franklin Koenig, Alden

Mason, Philip McCracken, Jay Steensma and George Tsutakawa. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-766-6230 or www.smithandvallee.com.

QUILTED ART: Two new quilt shows will open Thurs-day, Oct. 11, and continue through Dec. 20 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 Second St., La Conner. An artists’ recep-tion will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13.

“Material Men: Innova-tion & The Art Of Quilt-making”: The exhibit show-cases the work of 16 male quilters and the many inno-vations in design, technique and materials these men have brought to the tradi-tionally “women’s work” of quilting.

“Best of the Festival”: Check out the quilts that were juried and judged to be the best at the 2012 Quilt Festival. In addition to the Best of Show, the exhibit includes the top entries in the traditional and nontraditional pieced quilts, wearable arts, eco-green and embellished categories.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. $7, $5 stu-dents and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or www.laconnerquilts.com.

THE ART OF LESLIE GABRIËLSE: In conjunction with the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum’s exhibit of “Material Men: Innovation & The Art Of Quiltmaking,” Dutch master fiber artist Leslie Gabriëlse will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the La Conner Country Inn, 107 S. Second St, La Conner. $15, $10 museum members. For information or to register, call 360-466-4288 or visit www.laconner quilts.com.

OUT & ABOUT

‘STRANDS: DRAW, CUT, STITCH, WRITE’The exhibition by visual and literary artists will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and continue through Nov. 18 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show brings together artists and poets to convey a collective reflection of living in a challenging social and environmental era. Exhibiting artists are Eve Deisher (pictured, “Breathe,” 2012) and Ann Reid. Participating poets include Lana Hechtman Ayers, Anita K. Boyle, Matthew Brouwer, Nancy Canyon, Karen Finneyfrock, Kathleen Flenniken (Poet Laureate of Washington), Maria McLeod and Susan Rich. Poets Jane Alynn, James Bertolino and Rena Priest will give a reading from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. www.anchorartspace.org.


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First Friday Gallery Walks

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Anchor Art Space

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WINE & GLASS TALK: Enjoy wine tasting and a discussion with glass artist Paul Marioni from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner. One of the founding mem-bers of the American Studio Glass Movement, Marioni’s witty commentary shows in his work. $15, $10 mem-bers. 360-466-4446 or www.museumofnwart.org.

ARTS FESTIVAL: Immac-ulate Conception Regional School will present its Autumn Arts Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at St. Joseph Cen-ter, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Vendors will offer a variety of arts, crafts and other items. Free admis-sion. 360-428-3912 or www.icrsweb.org.

NEW EXHIBIT IN ANA-CORTES: “Young Man in a Hurry: The Life of Isaac Stevens and the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War” is showing at the Anacortes Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. As the Washington territory’s first territorial governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, Stevens pushed through treaties with Indian tribes that set off the region’s Indian Wars and still create con-troversy today. Designed for the lobby of the office of the Secretary of State, the exhibit covers Stevens’ actions as governor and their impacts, his subse-quent appointment as terri-torial delegate to Congress, his service as a general in the Civil War and other Washington connections to that conflict. The exhibit also includes information on Stevens’ local impact and the city’s own Civil War veterans. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday (closed Wednesday) and

1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes.org.

LA CONNER QUILT WALK: Check out a variety of handcrafted quilts from the Washington State Quil-ters Spokane Chapter on display through Oct. 14 in shops around La Conner. The Quilt Walk is presented in conjunction with the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum’s annual Quilt Festival, set for Oct. 5-7 at Maple Hall, the La Conner Civic Garden Club and the museum. 360-466-4288 or www.laconnerquilts.com.

“LIVING ON BEAUTY”: The show of new paint-ings by Maggie Wilder and assemblage temples by Jules Remedios Faye continues through Oct. 21 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial, La Conner. The show’s title comes from a remark made to Wilder 15 years ago when she pleaded with a prop-erty owner to preserve some large cedar trees. The owner replied, “Well, you know Maggie, we cannot live on beauty.” Wilder and Faye contend that we are, indeed, largely living on beauty. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-708-4787 or www.gallerycygnus.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS

FREE MOVIE SERIES: The Skagit Valley Food Co-op will screen a series of movies that touch on the ethical and political consequences of our shop-ping choices at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays during October in room 309, 202 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Each film explores a deeper layer of the production/consumption chain. A short roundtable discussion will

follow each screening. Free, popcorn provided. 360-336-9777 or www.skagitfood coop.com.

Next up:Oct. 9: “Store Wars:

When Wal-Mart Comes to Town” focuses on con-sumption in the U.S. Mount Vernon Downtown Asso-ciation members will lead a “Buy Local” discussion.

HUB CITY STORIES: “THE SCANDALOUS HIS-TORY OF BURLINGTON, PART II”: Longtime Bur-lington residents Don Mapes and Jim Neff will return for an evening of storytelling from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Duane Stowe will join them this time around, and community radio station KSVR will record the story. Free. 360-755-0760 or burl ington.lib.wa.us.

CANDIDATES’ FORUM: Fidalgo Democrats will host an all-Democrat can-didates’ forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Federal, state and local Democratic candidates will speak briefly, followed by a moderated question and answer period. Coffee and refreshments will be avail-able. Bring a nonperishable food donation for the food bank. For information, contact Corinne Salcedo at 360-293-7114.

GOVERNMENT FORUM: The Washington Coalition for Open Government will hold a free forum on open government issues from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the multipurpose room of the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Skagit Valley College President Thomas Keegan will serve

as moderator for panelists Assistant Attorney Gen-eral Tim Ford, investigative reporter Scott North, state archivist Jerry Handfield and coalition President Toby Nixon. Information: washingtoncog.org, [email protected] or 360-385-6975.

ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, Anacortes Pub-lic Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. The League of Women Voters will discuss how the initiative pro-cess works in Washington state and what it takes to become an informed voter. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

“OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO HUNGER”: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Graham Kerr, author of “Growing at the Speed of Life” and internationally known culi-nary personality, will share his enthusiasm for grow-ing your own garden using the concept of “Eat, Grow, Gather and Share.” Bring a donation of canned food for distribution to local food banks. Cash donations gladly accepted. 360-336-8955 or www.lincolnthe atre.org.

JAZZ AT THE CENTER: The Western Washington University Faculty Jazz Collective will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20. Cash bar avail-able. 360-387-0222 or www.camanocenter.org.

MORE FUNNW WASHINGTON

HORSE EXPO: Horse lov-ers can enjoy a wide array of activities from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun-

day, Oct. 5-7, at the North-west Washington Fair and Event Center, 1775 Front St., Lynden. Advance tick-ets: $10 adults, $8 ages 8 to 15 and 62 and older. At the gate: $12 adults, $10 youths and seniors. Three-day pass: $30 adults, $24 youths and seniors. Information: 360-354-4111 or www.nwwafair.com.

RENDEZVOUS IN BAR-CELONA: The Anacortes Rotary Club’s fifth annual Taste of Wine event will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Anacortes Airport, 4000 Airport Road. Enjoy an evening of fine wine, food and Span-ish-themed entertainment, including live and silent auctions. The live auction includes a seven-night stay for two at a four-star hotel in Barcelona, with escorted winery tours. Proceeds will support local community needs including scholar-ships for Anacortes High School students, Ace of Hearts Rotary Park, Ana-cortes Boys & Girls Club and the Anacortes Public Library Foundation. $75 per person. For reserva-tions or information, call 360-333-2448 or email [email protected].

ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR & BAZAAR: Vasa Lodge will present its Fall Arts & Crafts Fair and Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 6, at 1805 Cleve-land St., Mount Vernon. Choose from a variety of Scandinavian crafts and gift items and enjoy pea soup, Swedish rye bread and Scandinavian goodies in the Kaffe Stugan (cof-fee house). Free admission. 360-336-3056.

FALL FILM SERIES: 7 p.m. Fridays, at the Ana-cortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Movie man Nick Alphin, Academy

Award nominee and career Hollywood sound man, will introduce and share insights about each selec-tion. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityof anacortes.org.

Next up:Oct. 5: “Get Low”: Rob-

ert Duvall stars as a fabled hermit in Depression-era Tennessee who hosts a funeral for himself while he’s still alive. Also star-ring Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray.

BARN BASH: The HOPE Therapeutic Riding Cen-ter’s Big Barn Bash and Silent Auction will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, Greenbank Farm, 765 E. Wonn Road, Green-bank. Live music by Above See Level. Tickets: $30, $50 couple, $150 per table of six, includes dinner and a drink. 360-221-7656 or [email protected].

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