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Recreation

Reviews

Roger Ebert

Some of the state’s most popular hunting seasons set to begin

Music: Kiss, Muse, John Hiatt, Zedd Video Games: “Dishonored”

Film depicting group’s escape during Iranian hostage crisis four-star winner

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Prometheus”: Director Ridley Scott elevates the visuals to a new scifi high in this tale of explorers following a map to the far reaches of outer space. From the holographic images on the ship to the massive beehivelike structures, the film is glorious in design. The casting is nearly as perfect, with Noomi Rapace’s passionate performance balanced by the cold and methodical thinking of Charlize Theron’s character. There are a few minor flaws: Idris Elba, who plays the ship’s captain, is underused; and Guy Pearce works under mounds of makeup as the mission’s rich benefactor. There’s no reason a younger actor had to be cast and put through such extensive makeup. Scott’s titanic effort in “Prometheus” yields such a visual triumph that small flaws can be overlooked.

“The Raven”: John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe with a wonderful balance of creative brilliance and madness. The role calls for Cusack to go from a pompous, self-absorbed writer to a truly caring person. It’s a masterful performance wasted on a standard murder mystery. Had this been a biopic, we might be hearing Oscar buzz for Cusack. “The Raven” suffers from a host of melodramatic performances around Cusack. Luke Evans plays the lead investigator like a robotic Sherlock Holmes. There’s a fine line between being determined and dull, and Evans’ work falls to the latter.

“Whitney: Season One”: This was the best new comedy to launch in the fall season of 2011 and that’s because star Whitney Cummings found that perfect blend of being edgy but likable. The series didn’t maintain the solid writing of the first show, but it still remained funny.

“Bones: The Complete Seventh Season”: Emily Deschanel stars in the procedural TV series.

“World Series: History of the Fall Classic”: A look at the battles for the Major League Baseball title.

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete Season 7”: Charlie Day stars.

“Webster: 20 Timeless Episodes”: Selected shows from the TV comedy.

“Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death”: The Doctor looks into what happened to Mars Probe 7.

“The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairytale”: Barrino stars in the cable movie.

“Something Big”: Dean Martin

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: OCT. 16 Moonrise Kingdom - Universal That’s My Boy - Sony

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OCT. 23 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Fox Seeking a Friend for the End … - Universal OCT. 30 The Campaign - Warner NOV. 6 Arthur Christmas - Sony Javier Bardem 3-Film Collection - Lionsgate NOV. 13 Brave - Disney Savages - Universal The Watch - Fox NOV. 27 Lawless - Anchor Bay ParaNorman - Universal

Mia Vermillion (pictured) and Kevin Sutton will perform jazz and blues Sunday at the Anacortes Public Library

NOV. 30 Men in Black 3 - Sony

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stars in the story of bandit Joe Baker.

“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”: Film’s now on Blu-ray.

“Big Top Scooby-Doo!”: Mysteries unfold when the Brancusi Circus comes to town.

“The Adventures of Scooter the Penguin”: A new CG-animated, family-friendly feature.

“What Color is Love?”: Lifetime movie about an interracial relationship.

“Rescue”: A look at saving lives in the face of a natural disaster.

“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Anniversary Edition”: Re-released for the 30th anniversary.

“Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas”: A holiday delivery filled with friendship.

“What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”: Film celebrates 50th anniversary.

“Maximum Conviction”: Prison becomes a battle ground.

“An American Christmas Carol”: Henry Winkler plays the Christmas hater.

“Monster High: Ghouls Rule”: Unearths conflict between Normies and monsters. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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Music, Game Reviews..................6-7 Get Involved.................................... 8 At the Lincoln Theatre.................... 9 Halloween in the Area.................... 9 On Stage........................................ 10 Tuning Up..................................... 11 Travel........................................12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 Roger Ebert.................................... 16 Movie Mini-Reviews................16-17 Movie Listings............................... 17 Out & About.............................18-19

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IN CONCERT

Jason Finn

Chris Ballew

Andrew McKeag

A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT

The Presidents of the United States of America to rock the Skagit Casino The Presidents of the United States of America When: 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, Oct. 12-13 Where: Skagit Valley Casino Resort Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. Tickets: $31-$40 Information: 877-2752448 or www.theskagit. com.

Photo courtesy of www.presidentsrock.com

The band’s self-titled debut turned out to be just what the In 1995, the Northwest music summer ordered, with the songs phenomenon commonly called “Lump,” “Peaches” and “Kitty” “grunge” was still running at high making a big splash across a variety speed, even a year after the demise of radio formats. of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Chris Ballew and Dave Dederer Stepping into the fray that year forged new ground technically as with a scaled-down, more popwell, playing combination guitars/ friendly approach, The Presidents bass guitars that had two or three of the United States of America strings (“basitar” and “guitbass”) brought a new face to the Seattle and the band’s sense of humor music environment, that of a some- (“Movin’ to the country, gonna what quirky power-pop trio that eat a lot a peaches”) immediately wasn’t averse to little good-natured set it apart in the Seattle area and snotty punkiness. nationally.

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That propelled the band, which plays Friday and Saturday at the Skagit Valley Casino Resort, to a level of success that has continued since, despite a history that includes a couple of breakups and numerous times of hiatus while band members worked on other projects.

In 1996, “II” was released and had its own group of high-airplay hits: “Volcano,” “Mach 5” and “Supermodel.” The latter was rerecorded as “SuperSonics,” and was used to publicize the Seattle SuperSonics’ run to the National Basketball Association finals that year.

The band has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “The Late Show with David Letterman,” performed the song “Cleveland Rocks” as the opening sequence on ABC’s “The Drew Carey Show,” and its version of “Video Killed The Radio Star” appeared on the soundtrack of the Adam Sandler movie “The Wedding Singer.”

The latest album by the band (Ballew, Jason Finn and Andrew McKeag), “These Are The Good Times People,” was released in 2008.

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RECREATION

By VINCE RICHARDSON Staff Writer

Some of Washington’s most popular hunting seasons get under way in October, when hunters take to the field for deer, ducks, geese and other game birds.

But state wildlife managers caution that persistent wildfires could make planning a hunt more challenging than usual in some regions.

“Hunters need to keep a close eye on the fire reports and road closures, particularly in areas of central Washington,” said Matt Monda, a regional manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), based in Ephrata.

“The situation calls for an extra amount of caution and preparation — at least until the rain moves in.”

In late September, WDFW closed three wildlife areas managed by the department in central Washington — Colockum, Quilomene and Whiskey Dick — but reopened them several days later after the immediate danger had passed.

Monda reminds hunters and others going afield that campfires are still prohibited — and some other activities restricted — on lands owned or managed by WDFW. A good steady rain would also improve overall hunting conditions during the weeks ahead, said Jerry Nelson, WDFW’s deer and elk specialist. Both species benefited from the mild winter last year, but bone-dry leaves and branches make it difficult for hunters to stalk their prey, he said.

The general deer-hunting season for hunters using modern firearms starts Saturday, Oct. 13, in designed areas throughout the state.

Beneficial elsewhere Salmon, too, would benefit from some rain, because

Hunting, fishing, digging seasons loom

that is their signal to move upriver, said John Long, WDFW salmon manager.

Without a push from precipitation, salmon – particularly coho salmon – can remain “bunched up” in the lower ends of rivers and may not be able to take advantage of the spawning habitat available to them upstream.

Coho fishing has been some of the best in years, and that should continue during the early weeks of fall, said John Long, WDFW statewide salmon manager.

Anglers fishing for coho should try Point No Point, Jefferson Head, Possession Bar and Shipwreck. Anglers fishing Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) will have a daily limit of two salmon, but must release all chinook.

Those fishing Marine Area 10 (Seattle/ Bremerton) also have a two-salmon daily limit, but must release wild chinook.

Other salmon fishing options include marine areas

8-1 (Deception Pass, Hope Island and Skagit Bay) and 8-2 (Port Susan and Port Gardner). Anglers fishing those marine areas in October have a daily limit of two salmon but must release chinook.

Regional rivers open in October for salmon fishing include the Nooksack, Skagit, Cascade, Samish, Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Skykomish, Wallace and Green. Because regulations vary for each river, anglers should check the WDFW regulations pamphlet before heading out.

Some of the region’s lakes are also open for salmon.

Anglers fishing Lake Sammamish have a daily limit of four salmon, of which two may be chinook. All sockeye must be released, and fishing is closed within 100 yards of the mouth of Issaquah Creek.

Lake Washington is also open to salmon fishing.

Anglers are allowed four

coho per day (minimum size 12 inches) from waters north of the Highway 520 bridge and east of the Montlake bridge.

clam digs later this month.

“Low tides will occur relatively late in the day,” said Ayers, “so diggers need to be prepared for darkness during evening digs in the fall.”

All diggers age 15 or Digs update older must have an appliWDFW has tentatively cable 2012-13 fishing license schedules a razor-clam dig to harvest razor clams on beginning Saturday — the any beach. Licenses ranging first of the fall season — from a three-day razor-clam while continuing to accept license to and annual compublic comment on future bination fishing license are digs. available at fishhunt.dfw.

“We’re still in the prowa.gov and from license cess of determining additional fall and winter digging vendors around the state.

Under state law, each digopportunities,” said Dan ger can take 15 razor clams Ayers, WDFW’s coastal per day and must keep the shellfish manager. “But we first 15 clams they dig to wanted to give people a chance to start making plans prevent wastage. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a for October.”

The first dig of the season separate container. will get under way SaturWaterfowl season day at four ocean beaches (Long Beach, Twin Harbors, The region’s popular Copalis and Mocrocks) waterfowl hunting season provided upcoming marine gets under way in mid-Octotoxin tests show the clams ber. Duck season will run are safe to eat. WDFW will Oct. 13-17, and then re-open announce additional razorOct. 20. Goose hunts will run

Oct. 13-25 in the region, and then start again Nov. 3. Snow, Ross and blue geese seasons, however, in Goose Management Area 1 (Skagit and Snohomish counties) will run from Oct. 13 through Jan. 27 without a break.

Hunters who would like to participate in the Snow Goose Quality Hunt program on Fir Island and in the northern Port Susan Bay area should visit WDFW’s website for information on the rules and requirements.

Hunting seasons are under way in the region for bear, grouse, California quail and bobwhite.

With unusually dry conditions and wildfires burning in parts of the state, wildlife viewers and others in the outdoors are reminded that fire restrictions are in place on WDFW wildlife areas and other agency-managed lands. Access and activities may be restricted on other lands as well. Before recreating on public or private lands, hunters and others should check with the appropriate landowner for any restrictions.

By late October, snow geese are expected to make their appearance in the region. About 80,000 snow geese winter in Western Washington each year. Most congregate in the Skagit Valley and can be found in the area from mid-October through early May. Once they arrive, a great viewing place is at the Fir Island Farms Reserve Unit of WDFW’s Skagit Wildlife Area.

Birders and others afield in the coming weeks should be aware that a number of hunting seasons are getting under way throughout the region. While most hunters make sure of their target before they shoot, nonhunters can help to avoid an accident by wearing an orange windbreaker and make their presence known to hunters.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area FREE CONCERT

Enjoy an evening of music at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Camano Lutheran Church, 850 Heichel Road, Camano Island. Presented as a community “thank you” for a recent organ purchase support, the program will feature pianist Mary Munson who will direct the 17-member community choir and perform in “Dueling Marys,” vocalist Selena Tibert organist Jeff Highland. Refreshments will be served. Donations of cash or food will benefit the Stanwood Camano Food Bank.

FALL FILM SERIES Next up at

Jazz at the library Mia Vermillion (pictured) and Kevin Sutton will perform live jazz and blues from 2 to 3 p.m.

7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, is “Roman Holiday” at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Nick Alphin, Academy Award nominee and career Hollywood sound man, will introduce and share insights about the movie, which features Audrey Hepburn as a bored, lonely princess who escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome. Winner of three Oscars. Free. 360-293-1910, ext.

21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or www.jazzatthelibrary.com

BENEFIT FOR BARNEY LAKE Swing to the sounds of Spoonshine from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. Free admission. Donations will benefit Skagit Land Trust’s Campaign to Save Barney Lake as expansive open space and important wildlife habitat. 360-428-7878 or www.skagitlandtrust.org.

FAMILY SAFETY EVENT Check out safety demonstrations and displays, how-to clinics, safety equipment, hands-on kids’ activities and more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in the parking lot at Home Depot, 2001 Marketplace Drive, Burlington. Participants include Airlift Northwest helicopter and crew, Burlington Fire Department, Washington State Patrol, Skagit Emergency Management, Red Cross, Skagit Search and Rescue, Safe Kids, Smokey the Bear, dike districts 12 and 17, Skagit Emergency Management, ambulance and crew, Sarvey Wildlife, Puget Sound Energy and more. Free. 360-757-1986 FALL HARVEST & CRUSH PARTY Celebrate the harvest season from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Challenger Ridge Winery, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Enjoy live music by R Factor 5 and Bare Feet, pumpkin bowling, wine barrel drag racing, barefoot grape stomping, wine tasting, food and more. $40, $15 ages 6 to 12, free for ages 5 and younger. 425-422-6988 or www.challengerridge.com

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

The Wallflowers

“Glad All Over”

thinks of them. And “Back To The Stone Age” features Eric Singer’s pounding drums with a beat reminiscent of the Stones’ “Live With Me.” This is guitarist Tommy Thayer’s second studio album with Kiss since replacing Ace Frehley in 2003 (and completely stealing his musical identity to the point where the FBI should have been notified). His first outing, 2009’s “Sonic Boom” LP, was marred by rampant theft from Frehley’s classic solos.

This time, Thayer restrains his most larcenous impulses. These solos won’t make anyone forget Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads, but at least most of them are his.

Things bog down somewhat on tracks in the middle of the disc, but finish strong on “Last Chance,” propelled by an AC/DC-like “Thunderstruck” chant. This album isn’t “Destroyer” or even “Love Gun,” but it’s still worth having.

“Glad All Over,” The Wallflowers’ first release in seven years, is an uneven return for the roots-rock band fronted by Jakob Dylan, the guy with the famous dad.

While the disc flirts with greatness, especially on the two tracks featuring former Clash guitarist Mick Jones, the majority feels a little phoned in and predictable.

At its best, like on “Misfits and Lovers,” the band delivers its signature Bruce Springsteen-inspired, gravelly voiced, gritty garage band rock sound, complete with catchy hooks and driving rhythm.

But too often “Glad All Over” feels like n Wayne Parry, Associated Press a compilation of rejected ideas and riffs that Zedd are somewhat engaging but nowhere near as well executed as “Bringing Down the “Clarity” Horse,” the 1996 record that brought the band its biggest hits and accolades.

German electro-house n Scott Bauer, Associated Press producer Zedd is out with his Kiss debut album “Monster” “Clarity,” a solid full-length Nearly 40 starter that showcases his knack for honing years after first danceable tracks to a fine point of perfecslapping on tion. the makeup, Zedd was born Anton Zaslavski into a donning the family of musicians, but didn’t start catching costumes and full fire as a dance music maestro until his changing forever efforts were justly rewarded in 2009 with the way a live concert is performed, Kiss two Beatport remix contest wins. Now, three can still bring it. years later, he stands poised to dominate “Monster” is the caped crusaders’ 20th dance floors. studio album, and one that fans of old It shouldn’t be a problem. There are school ’70s classic rock will be just as comsome delicious tracks here, from the immefortable with as those who cut their teeth on diate urgency of “Shave It Up” to “Codec,” later material. a full-on foot-stomper with an incessant It opens with a bang in “Hell or Hallelu- beat that refuses to give you a moment’s jah,” a fast-paced rocker that could be the rest. band’s best concert opener since “I Stole The vocal features on “Clarity” are Your Love,” way back in 1977 (though they among the best you’ll hear in house this put it in the middle of the set this summer). year. Ellie Goulding is excellent on “Fall Imagine a mash-up of “Helter Skelter” Into the Sky” and the title track “Clarity,” and Kiss’ 1992 track “Spit,” and you’ve featuring Foxes, is an instant classic. “If our got “Wall of Sound,” a dramatic, groundlove is tragedy why are you my remedy?” pounder. “Freak” uses a grungier distorted goes the refrain before breaking into a sound to showcase the band’s longstanding heady swirl of house. philosophy of not caring what anyone else With “Clarity,” Zedd just aced his fresh-

man LP test. The album is technically well-managed and the songs pulse with a common sense of longing. For love. For the dance floor. For all of it. n Ron Harris, Associated Press

John Hiatt

“Mystic Pinball” John Hiatt opens his new album with “We’re Alright Now,” a rocker that’s as optimistic as it gets: “The sun comes up every morning / Even when it’s too cloudy to see.”

Of course things don’t stay so sunny.

Throughout his four-decade career, Hiatt has also explored darker territory with visceral acuity and narrative vividness. That skill remains sharp, whether he’s singing about the “Bite Marks” his baby has left on his mind and soul, taking a bullet to the head as the victim of a love triangle in the noirish “Wood Chipper,” or feeling so invisible that “Blues Can’t Even Find Me.” The music packs as much punch as the lyrics. Album title aside, there’s little of the mystic or airy about Hiatt’s approach: It’s heavy on bluesy rock with a dash of sax-fired R&B and some gentle acoustic touches, all framing his well-cured growl. At the end of “My Business” (as in, “My baby don’t like my business”), he even cuts loose with a howl, punctuating the primal feel of the music and his continuing creative and physical vitality. n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Muse

“The 2nd Law” If you paid attention only to the Muse that played London’s Summer Olympics, or to their new album’s first song, the bombast the British trio is known for might dominate. The late Freddie Mercury, of Queen, would be proud to call the sleekly motivational “Survival” and “Supremacy” his own, with thunderous theatrics on full anthemic display, to say noth-

ing of vocalist Matt Bellamy’s operatics.

After that double blast of eminence, “The 2nd Law” finds Muse doing something rare in the trio’s catalog — subtlety.

Melodious at every turn, Muse jumps into newfangled electronic music headfirst, with the gorgeously orchestrated “The 2nd Law: Isolated System” and the bubbling dubstep of “The 2nd Law: Unsustainable.”

There, Bellamy drops the hysteria (and octaves) a notch and settles in for a busy but languid EDM-based ride. On the effortlessly catchy “Madness,” the electro proceedings are stripped to a drum track and a synth squiggle, leaving Bellamy handsomely naked.

It’s not perfect. “Panic Station” is funkedup (and lousy), and “Liquid State” veers close to unfortunate heavy metal. But the dance-pop dynamics of “Follow Me” and bassist Chris Wolstenholme’s impressively caustic “Save Me” help make this Law one stunningly lovely mandate. n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Mountain Goats

“Transcendental Youth” John Darnielle’s songs are always psychologically astute. They’re first-person narratives, full of self-incriminating details and plainspoken insights, from characters in situations of psychological conflict with either themselves or loved ones. During the 20-plus years he has released albums as the Mountain Goats, the edges have softened on the presentation of his songs but not on the subject matter.

“Transcendental Youth” sounds inviting and often pretty, but it depicts characters wrestling with demons. “In Memory of Satan” is a nightmarish tale of someone “locked up inside (him)self,” set to a gentle, stately piano ballad with soft horns. “Cry for Judas” opens with the declaration, “Some things you do just to see how bad they’ll make you feel.” It’s a perky acoustic guitar tune with a jaunty horn arrangement. “Even awful dreams are good dreams,” Darnielle claims in “Harlem Roulette,” and “Transcendental Youth” proves it. n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Dishonored’

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC Genre: Action Publisher: Bethesda Softworks ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 5 stars (out of 5)

You play as Corvo Attano. Once the bodyguard to Empress Jessamine Kaldwin, Corvo was framed for her murder and sentenced to death.

After a rather easy escape, you/Corvo embark on a revenge scheme that sounds pedestrian until you slither inside the city walls.

“Dishonored” is different from standard open-world games by giving you the ability to alter how you play the game, not just what missions you decide to take on.

The two obvious routes are either to go stealth or full-blown bloodletting. Neither lacks consequences, however.

Go the stealth route, and you’ll find achieving your missions fraught with dangerous alleys or another guard always ready to spot you and put you down. Try slashing and shooting your way through, and locations quickly become overrun with soldiers who will outnumber you before you have a chance to escape.

Depending on how you play, you sense the city’s denizens adjusting to your actions. You are given all the tools to succeed in either venture, but success will not come easy.

And boy, oh, boy, about those wonderful tools: Knives, crossbows and guns get the job done when you’re backed into a corner by thugs or sneakily attacking some poor sap from one of Dunwall’s numerous nooks and rooftops.

Add in some special abilities you are granted when hunting down mystical objects, and before long you’ll relish how quickly you can alternate ways to dispatch foes.

Nothing beats the freedom of clearing a four-story mansion of enemies by possessing someone or calling upon a horde of rats to devour them or just putting a few crossbow darts in others. Even better, remain in the shadows and rafters, finishing the mission without killing a soul and no one knowing you were ever there.

Rare is the game that, like “Dishonored,” creates a city that feels so alive and abundant with so many opportunities.

Sure, the aura of death lingers everywhere because nothing in this city seems to deserve salvation, but Dunwall is a place you want to revisit time and again to see how you can alter its fate.

Ah, the wondrous joy that must have been the pitch meeting at Bethesda for its latest triumph, “Dishonored.”

I imagine it went something like this: “Let’s create a game in which one man must avenge an injustice done to him.”

“Sure, spice it up by setting the game in a gritty, Dickensian hellhole of a city.”

“Oh, and our protagonist is a worldclass assassin who is granted abilities you could find in a dozen X-Men characters, but only the really cool ones.”

“Yeah, and none of the other characters that populate the city are redeemable in any way, so even those you help are worthy of being either ignored or killed if the moment strikes you right.”

“Right, this isn’t a straight shooter or stealth or RPG game. It can really be whatever the player wants it to be.”

“One last thing: Have the city be infested with rats that spread a nasty plague that affects not just the city’s poor but even the wretched and corruptible bourgeoisie.”

“Man, this is getting twisted.”

“Yep, it’s gonna be great. And add more rats.”

Simply put: You need to — no, must — play this game.

It’s not epic in scale like “Fable,” “Dragon Age” or “Elder Scrolls.” Rather, the environment is the densely populated city of Dunwall, where everyone only cares about himself and those you help will just as quickly stab you in the back if you don’t protect yourself.

The genius of “Dishonored” lies in its n Follow Chris Campbell @campbler or gameplay. email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

Our 12th Annual Auction in support of compassion and dignity at the end of life.

Saturday, October 13, 2012 5:00pm – 9:30pm Corporate Air Center, Skagit Regional Airport

To purchase tickets, call 360.814.5702 or buy them online at www.hospicenw.org Many thanks to our sponsors: Platinum Corporate Air Center Bill Dingle & Jackie Ford Entertainment Puget Sound Energy Silver Anacortes Kiwanis Sunrisers Ute & Charlie Collins Country Meadow Village DA Davidson Reep Elliot Group Bronze Leanna & Charlie Anderson Blade Chevrolet Teddie & Glenn Bordner Jill and Dan Boudreau Burley Funeral Chapel Business Bank Cascade Companion Care LLC Central Moving & Storage Companions and Care Senior Services

Palladium Bellevue Healthcare Gregg & Lea Davidson Island Hospital Medline Industries

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Inc. Soroptimist International of Anacortes Stanwood Lions Club Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company Twin City Foods, Inc.

Dimensional Communications Inc. Group Health Josephine Sunset Home Paccar Technical Center Regence Blue Shield

Dahl Electric, INC Evans Funeral Chapel Gilbertson Funeral Home Hawthorne Funeral Home and Memorial Park HUBS (Help You Bookkeeping Services) Rose Hutchins Karen Homitz DDS Lynne M. Lang Accounting

SB & C, LTD/AMSI Vehicle Licensing Skagit Law Group, PLLC Skagit State Bank Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor

and Business Services Life Care Center Skagit Valley McMullen & Ochs PLLC Joe & Judy Menish Pacific Northwest University Sherrell & Grant Reefer Wendy Rohrbacher Snelson Companies, Inc. Soroptimist International of Mount Vernon Wallin Funeral Home and Cremation LLC

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GET INVOLVED ART

ART CLASSES

FAMILY 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. Sessions are open to all ages and skill levels and include guided walk-throughs of MoNA exhibitions. Limited to 15 participants per session. To register: 360-466-4446, ext.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Unit- 108, or FAD@museumofned General Hospital’s Fine wart.org. Information: www.

Art Committee seeks uplift- museumofnwart.org. Workshops are free with museum ing, healing art by local admission. Admission: $8 artists for display in the adults, $5 seniors, $3 stuhospital’s “Gallery Hall.” dents, free for members and Artwork, in any medium, ages 11 and younger. can be for sale, with a porNext up: tion of the proceeds going Exploring the Circle: 11 toward the purchase of a a.m. to 1 p.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. permanent art collection.

Saturday, Oct. 20. Discover Contact Patsy Prutzman the possibilities of the cirby email: patsyprutzman@ cular form using watercolor, gmail.com. collage and pastel.

ARTS VENDORS: ImmacPASTELS: Award-winulate Conception Regional School is accepting vendors ning artist Steve Hill will for its Autumn Arts Festival, present a four-day workshop from noon to 5 p.m. set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at St. Joseph Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 20-21 and 27-28, at Center, 215 N. 15th St., Dakota Art Center, 17873 Mount Vernon. An 8-foot Highway 536, Mount Verby 10-foot booth rents for $40-$45, with an additional non. Beginning to intermefee for tables and electricity. diate students will learn to For information or an appli- use pastels on a variety of cation, call 360-421-0641 or paper surfaces. The class will also include an introvisit www.icrsweb.org. duction to outdoor painting on location or “plein air” CALL FOR ARTISTS, painting. $200. 888-345VENDORS, MUSIC & 0067, ext. 5, or www.dakota MORE: The Boneshaker artcenter.com.

Bicycle Festival seeks artists, vendors, musicians and WATERCOLOR CHRISTvolunteers to participate MAS CARD WORKSHOP: in the new event, set for with Karin Silvernale at the Friday and Saturday, Oct. Burlington Senior Center, 26-27, in and around La 1011 Greenleaf Ave., BurlConner. A Halloweenington. Learn how to paint inspired celebration of all things bicycles, the weekend Christmas cards, Northwest style. $40. Preregistration will include bike rides, a required: 360-708-0818. bike swap and expo, conBeginning painters: tests, music, entertainment 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursand more. For information day, Oct. 25. or to volunteer, call 360Experienced painters: 536-4801 or visit www.bone 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursshakerbikefest.com.

RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS: Artist Jean Behnke will discuss grants, training and other resources available to Washington artists through Artist Trust at 3:30 p.m. today, Oct. 11, at Earthbox Inn & Spa, 410 Spring St., Friday Harbor. A reception will follow the presentation. RSVP: jbehnke@ rockisland.com.

day, Oct. 18, or Thursday, Nov. 1.

CLAY CLASSES: Ceramic artist Sue Roberts offers a variety of classes and workshops at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Guemes Island. For information, call 360-293-8878 or visit www. towerartsstudio.com.

Next up: Ceramics For Everyone: The six-week class will meet from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 23-Nov. 27, and focus on making functional ware using a variety of hand-building techniques.

Open to all levels of experience. $190, includes materials.

Mosaic Garden Forms: The class will meet for six weeks from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, Oct. 24-Nov. 28. Learn how to build a simple vase or sphere out of clay, then turn it into a colorful mosaic piece using fragments of ceramic tiles, mirror, potter, found objects and trinkets. $190 includes most materials.

PAPER PLAYSHOPS: Join Kari Bishay to get creative and “play with stuff” at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Workshops are held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sundays. All materials are provided. $15 each, $40 for all three. Preregistration 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.

AUDITIONS

required: 360-464-2229 or www.anacortescenter CALL FOR YOUNG MUSI- forhappiness.org.

CIANS: The Mount Vernonbased Fidalgo Youth SymCALL FOR LOCAL MUSIphony offers opportunities CIANS & MUSIC ENTHUfor musicians ages 5 to 21 to SIASTS: The Anacortes study and perform orchesPublic Library’s Manieri tral music. For information, Endowment will host a including tuition costs and local music roundtable disrehearsal schedules, contact cussion at 7 p.m. Thursday, Mrs. Hobson at 360-293Oct. 25, at the Anacortes 8180 or visit www.fysmusic. Public Library, 1220 10th org.

St., Anacortes. Musicians, operators of performance venues and recording stuDANCE dios, event planners, etc., RHYTHM/DANCE are invited to discuss ways CLASSES: Mount Vernon to promote and foster the Parks and Recreation will love, performance and prooffer Creative Rhythm duction of all forms of local and Movement for ages music. Free. Use one of the 4 to 6 from 4 to 4:50 p.m. exterior doors to enter the Mondays, Oct. 22-Nov. 12, library meeting room. For and Beginning Ballet and information, contact Chris Tap for ages 7 to 9 from Terrell (Heart of Ana5 to 6 p.m. Mondays, Oct. cortes and How it Works) 22-Nov. 12. Tap shoes are chris@howitworks.com, or not required. $40-$42. PreAnnette Woolsey (Library registration required: 360Jazz & Swing Endowment 336-6215. chairperson) awoolsey99@ aol.com.

CONTRA DANCE: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, Depot Arts Center, 611 R RECREATION Ave., Anacortes. Learn the LITTLE MOUNTAIN: fundamentals of contra Mount Vernon Parks and dance and practice dancing Recreation is offering to live music. No partner Exploration Little Mounneeded. $8 at the door. 360- tain for ages 8 to 12 from 10 755-3969 or www.skagit a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. contra.org.

13, at Little Mountain Park, 300 Little Mountain Road, SCOTTISH DANCING: Mount Vernon. Create your Bellingham Scottish Coun- own letterboxing stamp, try Dancers meet from 7 to decorate a notebook and 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the get out on the trails to find Fairhaven Library auditohidden letterboxes. Play rium (upstairs), 1117 12th Nature Bingo on the way St., Bellingham. Wear comand enjoy beautiful trails fortable clothes and leatherand viewpoints. Bring a sack soled shoes. For informalunch and wear weathertion, call Mary Anderson at appropriate clothing. $14360-933-1779 or visit www.

16. Preregistration required. bellinghamscd.org.

360-336-6215.

MUSIC BEGINNING NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $35. Preregistration

BOATING COURSE: U.S. Power Squadron will offer America’s Boating Course from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 15-Nov. 7, at Skagit Valley Hospital, 1415 E. Kincaid St., Mount Vernon. The

Coast Guard- and stateapproved course qualifies attendees for the Washington Boater Education Card and for insurance discounts.

Boaters age 45 and younger will be required to have the card Jan. 1, 2013. Topics include boat-handling, navigation rules, aids to navigation, GPS, safety, adverse conditions, emergencies, communications, knots and more. $55, $65 for two sharing a book. For more information or to register, contact George Johnson at 360-588-8125 or email georgeandsandy@comcast. net.

BUDDY WALK: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Bakerview Park, 3101 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon.

The 1.25-mile annual walk, which begins at noon, promotes awareness and acceptance for people with Down syndrome. Enjoy a barbecue lunch, live entertainment, family-friendly activities and more. Registration: $8-$10 adult, $5 youth. Advance registration includes T-shirt, lunch.

Day of event: first come, first served. For information, call 360-416-7570, ext.

401, or visit www.skagitp2p. org.

WORKSHOPS WOOLLEY FIBER FOLLIES: Woolley Fiber Quilters will present the Woolley Fiber Follies from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Sedro-Woolley.

Multiple demonstrations on quilting and stitching methods will be held on the hour all day.

Learn about basic quilting or specialty techniques, meet other local quilters and enhance your skills. $5.

Preregistration requested: 360-422-3788. Visit www. woolleyfiberquilters. blogspot.com for more information.

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Halloween in the area

ghostly ghouls and glaring goblins. Not recommended for ages 9 and younger.

Advance tickets: $8 through Oct. 18, $10 CORN MAZE, PUMPKIN PATCH: Biringer’s Black Crow Pumpkins & Corn Maze at the gate. For more information or to volunteer, call 360-336-6215.

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 “WITCHES! THE MUSICAL”: Theater Arts Guild presents the original musical 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. Oct. 19-Nov. 3 at The Lincoln Theatre, 31, at 2431 Highway 530 NE, Arlington.

712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Based on Kids can enjoy a hay bale maze, kiddie slide, skeleton graveyard picnic and more. the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials, historical characters come to life with a Pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, cider and apples available for purchase. Corn maze spine-tingling score of rock, hip-hop, classical and 20th-century music styles mixed admission: $8 before 6 p.m., $9 after 6 with satire, fantasy, fact and fiction. $10p.m. Free for kids under 46 inches tall, $24. Reserved seating. day or night. 360-435-5616 or www.face Thursday, Oct. 25, is bargain night, with book.com/biringers.black.crow. all seats $10. Festival seating, tickets available at the door two hours prior to PUMPKIN PATCH & CORN MAZE: 9 curtain. 360-336-8955 or www.lincoln a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, through Oct. 31, theatre.org. at Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze, 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington. Enjoy u-pick HARVEST TIME: noon to 4 p.m. Satpumpkins, “Hidden Gnome” corn maze, urday, Oct. 20, Skagit County Historical animal barn, kids’ activities and more.

Wagon rides and additional activities avail- Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. able for additional fees. Bring a flashlight Enjoy cider pressing, popcorn, face painting, games and more. Free with museum and explore the corn maze from 5 to 9 admission. $4, $3 seniors and children p.m. Saturday nights. Free admission to the farm. Corn maze: $5.50, free for ages ages 6 to 12, $8 families, free for members and children ages 5 and younger.

3 and younger. Night maze: $8.50. 360360-466-3365 or www.skagitcounty.net/ 435-6516 or www.fosterscornmaze.com. museum.

CONCRETE GHOST WALK: The sixth HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL: The 24th annual Concrete Ghost Walk starts at 6 annual YMCA Halloween Carnival for ages p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 13, 20 and 27, at 2-8 will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, the Historic Concrete Theatre, 45920 Oct. 19, at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA, Main St. You’ll hear about — and maybe even meet — some of the colorful charac- 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon. Goblins and ghouls should bring their favorite ters from Concrete’s past, visit a number of haunted buildings and talk to the locals adult to play carnival games, crafts, swimwho’ll share their stories. For ages 13 and ming and more. Costumes encouraged (preschool-friendly only). Tickets: four for older only; minors must be accompanied $1. 360-336-9622 or www.skagitymca.org. by an adult. Dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight if desired. $10. Reservations required. Call KIDS NIGHT OUT SPOOKTACULAR: Kids ages 6-12 can enjoy an evening of the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at 360-853-8784 or 360-853-8767 or email Halloween-themed activities from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Skagit chamber@concrete-wa.com.

Valley Family YMCA, 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon. Activities include swim HAUNTED FOREST: The Mount Vernon ming, crafts, playtime and snacks. MemParks and Recreation Department’s Haunted Forest will be open at 7:30 p.m. bers: $30, $10 for each additional sibling.

Program members: $40, $15 for each Fridays through Sundays, Oct. 19-21 and 26-28, at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., additional sibling. Advance registration Mount Vernon. Take a scary walk through required. 360-336-9622 or www.skagit the forest filled with frightening fiends, ymca.org.

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star in Bartlett Sher’s new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemo712 S. First St., Mount Vernon rino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery 360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the lovable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Part of the Met Live in ‘The Last of the Haussmans’ HD series.

Every Saturday live transmission fea7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 tures a pre-opera lecture with Stassya Pacheco 30 minutes before the start time.

High society dropout Judy Haussman In Italian with English subtitles. $23 adults; remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated $19 seniors; $16 students and children with $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members. Full art deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward off- season (12 operas for the price of 10) and half season (six operas for the price of five) spring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed grandsubscriptions available. daughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming ‘The Hunger Games’ pool. Together they share a few swelter7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 ing months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentA twisted punishment for a past uprising ments, free love and failure. A Natural and an ongoing government intimidation Theater live event. The cast includes Julie tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally Walters, Rory Kinnear, Isabella Laughland, televised event in which “Tributes” must Helen McCrory and Matthew Marsh. $15 fight with one another until one survivor adults, $13 seniors and $11 students with $2 remains. off for Lincoln Theatre members.

Rated PG-13. $9 general; $8 seniors, students and active military; $7 members; $6 children 12 and under. Bargain mati‘L’Elisir D’Amore’ nee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.); $7 9:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 general, $5 members, $4 children 12 and Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani under.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area October 11-18

TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 11-18

Thursday.11

THURSDAY.11 Amara & Phil: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

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

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover.

360-588-1720.

DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Performing 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.

Friday.12 DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15.

360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.

MUSIC Thank You Concert: pianist Mary Munson, 17-member community choir, vocalist Selena Tibert and organist Jeff Highland, 7 p.m., Camano Lutheran Church, 850 Heichel Road, Camano Island. A community “thank you” for recent organ purchase support. Donations of cash or food will benefit Stanwood Camano Food Bank. 360-629-4592.

THEATER “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.

“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.

“A Night of Stars and Dreams”: musical variety, 7 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show, $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinner theatre.com.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “I Appreciate William”: 8 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3. 360-650-3876.

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Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www.redlightwine andcoffee.com.

FRIDAYSUNDAY.12-14 “MY FAIR LADY” Lyric Light Opera, musical, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, discounts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. Check individual listings for times. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyre hall.org.

Sunday.14

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

COMEDY Brian Regan: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $39.75. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

“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.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “Self Composed”: 3 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3.

360-650-3876.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “Dreamwriter: A Curiosity”: 7:30 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3. 360-650-3876.

THE ATLANTICS 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.12 MARCIA KESTER 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Mexican Restaurant, 416 1/2 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-299-2120.

FRIDAY.12

Saturday.13

THEATER “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.

SATURDAY.13

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

MUSIC “Jazz at the Library”: Mia Vermillion and Kevin Sutton, 2 to 3 p.m., Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 30.

THEATER “My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 2 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.

“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18.

360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.

SUNDAY.14 BRIAN REGAN 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $39.75.

360-734-6080 or www. mountbakertheatre.com.

Photo courtesy of Brian Friedman

Monday-Tuesday.15-16 No local events submitted

Wednesday.17 THEATER “A Vote For Murder”: mystery comedy dinner theater, 7 p.m., The Pavilion, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. $39.50. 866-383-0777.

Thursday.18 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.

The Presidents of the United States of America: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $31-$40. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

Nitecrew (contemporary top 40 dance music): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.theskagit. com.

Scott Holt: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

The Scot Green Band (rock, folk, country): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Alan Hatley Band (rock, blues, jazz): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

Laura Overstreet (Texas country, rock): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-424-7872.

Break Science & Michal Menert: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10. 360-778-1067.

Marcia Kester: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Mexican Restaurant, 416 1/2 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-299-2120.

Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns (rock): 9 p.m., Portage Bay Bar & Lounge, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

No cover. 866-383-0777.

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

360-422-6411.

SATURDAY.13 Jovino Santos Neto (jazz): 3 to 6 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or www.suddenvalley library.org.

Gary Wright, Al Stewart: 8 p.m., The Pavilion, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. $29.50. 866383-0777.

The Presidents of the United States of America: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $31-$40. 877275-2448 or www. theskagit.com.

Fanny Alger: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956 or www. anacortesH2O.com.

Nitecrew (contemporary top 40 dance music): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Troy Faire Band: Skagit Valley Casi8:30 p.m., Edison no Resort Winners Inn, 5829 Cains Lounge, 5984 N. Court, Edison. No Darrk Lane, Bow. cover. 360-766-6266. No cover. www. theskagit.com.

SUNDAY.14 Puirt na Gael (traditional Celtic instrumentals): 3 to 6 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon.

360-336-2884.

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

The Atlantics: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

MONDAY.15 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360855-2263.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Satya Sena, Kodiak, Pinkzilla: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Voodoo Organist, Part Wolf: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Buckaroo Blues (country, rock, blues): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndys broiler.com.

TUESDAY.16 Tea Seas: 8 to 11 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www. redlightwine andcoffee. com.

Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns (rock): 9 p.m., Portage Bay Bar & Lounge, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

No cover. 866-3830777.

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

T-Town Aces: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 ComGary Baugh: 7 p.m., mercial Ave., AnaWashington Sips, cortes. No cover.

608 First St., La 360-588-1720.

Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

WEDNESDAY.17 Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

Jenny & The TomCats: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360336-2884.

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

THURSDAY.18 WWU Jazz Collective: 7 to 9 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www. redlightwine andcoffee. com.

Endangered Species: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free. www.redlight wineand coffee.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area October 11-18

TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 11-18

Thursday.11

THURSDAY.11 Amara & Phil: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

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

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover.

360-588-1720.

DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Performing 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.

Friday.12 DANCE/THEATER “The Family Project”: 7:30 p.m., Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $15.

360-510-4711 or www.kuntzandco.org.

MUSIC Thank You Concert: pianist Mary Munson, 17-member community choir, vocalist Selena Tibert and organist Jeff Highland, 7 p.m., Camano Lutheran Church, 850 Heichel Road, Camano Island. A community “thank you” for recent organ purchase support. Donations of cash or food will benefit Stanwood Camano Food Bank. 360-629-4592.

THEATER “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.

“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.

“A Night of Stars and Dreams”: musical variety, 7 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show, $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinner theatre.com.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “I Appreciate William”: 8 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3. 360-650-3876.

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Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www.redlightwine andcoffee.com.

FRIDAYSUNDAY.12-14 “MY FAIR LADY” Lyric Light Opera, musical, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $19-$45, discounts available for ages 62 and older or 12 and younger. Check individual listings for times. 360-416-7727 or www.mcintyre hall.org.

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

COMEDY Brian Regan: 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $39.75. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

“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.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “Self Composed”: 3 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3.

360-650-3876.

“Festival 3-3-3”: “Dreamwriter: A Curiosity”: 7:30 p.m., Old Main Theater, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $3. 360-650-3876.

THE ATLANTICS 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

FRIDAY.12 MARCIA KESTER 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Mexican Restaurant, 416 1/2 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-299-2120.

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Saturday.13

THEATER “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.

SATURDAY.13

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

MUSIC “Jazz at the Library”: Mia Vermillion and Kevin Sutton, 2 to 3 p.m., Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 30.

THEATER “My Fair Lady”: Lyric Light Opera, musical, 2 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.

“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18.

360-293-6829 or www.acttheatre.com.

SUNDAY.14 BRIAN REGAN 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $39.75.

360-734-6080 or www. mountbakertheatre.com.

Photo courtesy of Brian Friedman

Monday-Tuesday.15-16 No local events submitted

Wednesday.17 THEATER “A Vote For Murder”: mystery comedy dinner theater, 7 p.m., The Pavilion, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. $39.50. 866-383-0777.

Thursday.18 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.

The Presidents of the United States of America: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $31-$40. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

Nitecrew (contemporary top 40 dance music): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. www.theskagit. com.

Scott Holt: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

The Scot Green Band (rock, folk, country): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Alan Hatley Band (rock, blues, jazz): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

Laura Overstreet (Texas country, rock): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-424-7872.

Break Science & Michal Menert: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10. 360-778-1067.

Marcia Kester: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Mexican Restaurant, 416 1/2 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-299-2120.

Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns (rock): 9 p.m., Portage Bay Bar & Lounge, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

No cover. 866-383-0777.

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

360-422-6411.

SATURDAY.13 Jovino Santos Neto (jazz): 3 to 6 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20. 360-671-1709 or www.suddenvalley library.org.

Gary Wright, Al Stewart: 8 p.m., The Pavilion, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale. $29.50. 866383-0777.

The Presidents of the United States of America: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $31-$40. 877275-2448 or www. theskagit.com.

Fanny Alger: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-755-3956 or www. anacortesH2O.com.

Nitecrew (contemporary top 40 dance music): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Troy Faire Band: Skagit Valley Casi8:30 p.m., Edison no Resort Winners Inn, 5829 Cains Lounge, 5984 N. Court, Edison. No Darrk Lane, Bow. cover. 360-766-6266. No cover. www. theskagit.com.

SUNDAY.14 Puirt na Gael (traditional Celtic instrumentals): 3 to 6 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon.

360-336-2884.

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

The Atlantics: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

MONDAY.15 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360855-2263.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Satya Sena, Kodiak, Pinkzilla: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Voodoo Organist, Part Wolf: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Buckaroo Blues (country, rock, blues): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. No cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndys broiler.com.

TUESDAY.16 Tea Seas: 8 to 11 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www. redlightwine andcoffee. com.

Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns (rock): 9 p.m., Portage Bay Bar & Lounge, Silver Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

No cover. 866-3830777.

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

T-Town Aces: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 ComGary Baugh: 7 p.m., mercial Ave., AnaWashington Sips, cortes. No cover.

608 First St., La 360-588-1720.

Conner. No cover.

360-399-1037.

WEDNESDAY.17 Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

Jenny & The TomCats: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360336-2884.

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

THURSDAY.18 WWU Jazz Collective: 7 to 9 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham.

Free. www. redlightwine andcoffee. com.

Endangered Species: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Rattletrap Ruckus: 8 p.m., Redlight, 1017 N. State St., Bellingham. Free. www.redlight wineand coffee.com.

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LERMONT, Ky. — Bourbon fan Tim Allen started his day of sightseeing by sipping whiskeys crafted at a Jim Beam distillery. Where else are prelunch nips more commonplace than in Kentucky bourbon country?

“That’s smooth as silk,” the North Carolinian said after sampling Jim Beam Black, a bourbon aged for eight years before bottling.

“If it were close to five o’clock, I would have to do something with that.”

Hospitality is overflowing in the once-stodgy bourbon industry, with whiskey makers pouring big money into tourism.

Allen and a buddy from his college days, Woody Parker, were visiting Beam’s new $20 million visitors center, which opened earlier this fall. Four Roses, another bourbon maker, opened a new visitors center in September. Two more distillers, Wild Turkey and Heaven Hill, are also planning new attractions.

The facilities are outgrowths of the success of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which attracted 2 million visitors in the last five years and a half-million in 2011.

Eighty-five percent of trail visitors are from outside Kentucky, according to Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, reflecting the growing popularity of the Bluegrass state’s staple spirit, made in the rolling hills of central Kentucky.

Beam’s new center, an eye-catching replica of a 1930s stillhouse, is three times the size of the old tourist center, which has been converted into a tasting room. Called the Jim Beam American Stillhouse, it traces the origins of the world’s largest bourbonmaker to Jacob Beam, who set up his first still in Kentucky in 1795. It features

Tim Allen of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., samples one of Jim Beam’s bourbons as his college buddy Woody Parker looks on during a tour of the Beam distillery in Clermont, Ky. already has a visitors center in Bardstown, but it’s building an attraction in downtown Louisville that Where: 526 Happy will feature a small disHollow Road, Clermont, Ky. tillery along with exhibits Cost: Guided tours, $8. chronicling Kentucky’s Self-guided tours, free.

Information: www.american long whiskey-making tradistillhouse.com or 502-543tion. The nearly $10 million 9877. attraction’s centerpiece will be a five-story-high Evan Williams bottle towering since 1999, with the popularity of pricier small-batch over the lobby.

“We feel confident that and single-barrel brands it will pay off by building leading the way along awareness of our brands with growing international demand. Kentucky produces and company” as well as the overall bourbon category, 95 percent of the world’s bourbon. The state has more said Heaven Hill spokesman Larry Kass. barrels of bourbon aging Four Roses Distillery, in warehouses than it does Story, photos by BRUCE SCHREINER / Associated Press also near Lawrenceburg, people. recently opened a new visiWild Turkey, another tors center to promote the iconic brand, will open a 124-year-old brand made an original staircase from a Fred Noe, a great-grandson Sylvia Smith, touring the $4 million visitors center at its Spanish Mission-style historic Beam distillery, and of Jim Beam. “People want Beam distillery evoked fond next spring, offering strikdistillery. The new center the elevator resembles a to see what it’s all about — memories of her father, who ing views of the Kentucky giant still. hands on. And that’s what enjoyed sipping Jim Beam River below the distillery’s and gift shop were part of a $2.4 million expansion.

It’s the starting point for we’ve got here.” bourbon with his brothergrounds near LawrenceThe Woodford Reserve an hour-long tour that offers Visitors can peer into in-law every Saturday after burg. The new center will an inside peek at mashing, fermentation tanks in which working on their farm. be nearly eight times larger Distillery near Versailles plans renovations to its distilling, barreling, storing cooked grains and water “They would have what than the current facility. visitors center next year and and bottling lines, a process form an oatmeal-like mash, they called a ‘board meet“This new visitor center that takes years to produce a key part of whiskeying,’” said Smith, who will essentially serve as the has hired more tour guides.

Visitors to the popular Beam bourbons sold around making. In warehouses toured the distillery with ‘University of Bourbon,’” Maker’s Mark Distillery the world. where whiskey ages, there’s her husband. “It was really said Jimmy Russell, Wild near Loretto can dip their “When you go through the aroma from the “angel’s going to my uncle’s bar in Turkey’s longtime master own bottles in the distincour tour, you’re going to share,” the portion of bour- his cellar and having a few distiller. tive red wax topping every use all your senses — sight, bon lost to evaporation drinks and man time.”

Heaven Hill Distilleries bottle of the premium boursound, smell, taste,” said while in the barrel.

Bourbon production has Inc., whose brands include bon.

Jim Beam master distiller For Massachusetts visitor risen more than 115 percent Evan Williams bourbon,

The Jim Beam American Stillhouse

BOURBON TOURISM New visitors center at Jim Beam American Stillhouse part of the outgrowth of success of Kentucky Bourbon Trail

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TRAVEL Alltech’s Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. recently started making its Town Branch bourbon at a new $9.2 million distillery in the heart of Kentucky’s secondlargest city. The distillery includes a visitors center.

The distilleries are within easy driving distance of thoroughbred farms, another signature Kentucky industry. Some people combine bourbon tours with visits to farms or to Churchill Downs in Louisville or Keeneland at Lexington when there’s live racing at the tracks.

Sometimes visitors get to meet the master distillers — the men responsible for making the bourbon, if they’re not on the road promoting the brands.

“One of the best parts of my job is sharing my love for bourbon,” Russell said.

At the Jim Beam’s distillery at Clermont, visitors might see Noe taking a break, sitting on a rocking chair outside his office just up a ridge from the visitors center. Like his counterparts

Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe (right) opens a barrel of whiskey Oct. 3 at Clermont, Ky., to celebrate the opening of a new visitors center at the distillery. at other distilleries, he relishes the chance to talk about whiskey-making.

“I really am a live, breath-

Local travel CRUISE SHOW: Learn about a variety of vacation cruise options from 2 to 7 p.m. today, Oct. 11, at the Best Western Cottontree Inn, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon.

AAA Travel experts will be joined by representatives from top cruise lines to discuss cruising trends, offer tips for travelers and reveal exclusive booking deals. Free. RSVP: 360-848-2090.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation is offering several travel opportunities 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. Travel 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, furniture and ceremonial items, including golden sandals created especially for the afterlife. Includes time for a no-host lunch and Seattle Center exploration. $93-$95. Register by Oct. 12.

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ing person, and not some marketing tool that somebody just made up,” Noe said.

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 pottery, glass, photography, woodworking, paintings, 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 dinner, head over to the Garden D’Lights, comprised of more than half a million tiny lights, which transform the Bellevue Botanical Garden into a blossoming winter wonderland. $53-$55. Register by Dec. 5.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts U.S. passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply are available online at http://travel.state.gov or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

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HOT TICKETS 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. 800514-3849 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 Vernon.

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, Seattle. 800745-3000 or www.showboxonline.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.showbox online.com.

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

JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL REEFER BAND: Oct. 23, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.ticketmaster.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. 360-7346080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

CRYSTAL CASTLES: Oct. 25, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

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

GeT ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, BOYS LIKE GIRLS: Oct. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.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.showbox online.com.

LECRAE: Nov. 8, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

DATSIK: Nov. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

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

FRESH BEAT BAND: Nov. 10, Comcast 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, Martha’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.livenation.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.comcast arenaeverett.com.

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

33RD ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION SEMIFINALS: Nov. 16, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877275-2448 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.show boxonline.com.

DETHKLOK: Nov. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.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.

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E16 - Thursday, October 11, 2012

MOVIES

Movie detailing absurd scheme of escape during 1979 Iranian hostage crisis is a four-star winner

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t’s the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie-crazy. When a little picture named “Prancer” came to Three Oaks, Mich., I was sitting in the bar and overheard one bearded regular confide in his friend, “See that guy? He’s assistant makeup.”

As in Michigan, so in Iran. At the height of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, with yellow Roger ribbons tied around Ebert half the old oak trees in America, a CIA agent and a couple of Hollywood professionals dreamed up a cockamamie scheme to free six Americans (including Cora Amburn-Lijek and Mark Lijek, who now reside in Anacortes) who were not being held in the American Embassy but had found refuge with the Canadian Embassy. Their existence had to remain a secret to protect Canada’s diplomatic status.

Enter the CIA “extractor,” Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck), a producer named Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) and a makeup man named John Chambers (John Goodman). Chambers had a brainstorm: He and Siegel would fabricate a fake sci-fi thriller named “Argo.” They would commission a screenplay, pay for storyboards and buy a big ad in Variety.

Mendez would fly alone into Tehran and train the six Americans to impersonate Hollywood pros — the cin-

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Ben Affleck (center) stars as Tony Mendez in “Argo,” a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. ematographer and so on.

Their cover: They needed desert locations for their movie, which would vaguely resemble “Star Wars.” They would tell the Iranians the six people were Canadians who were scouting locations and now needed to fly back to North America.

One of the most enchanting scenes in the movie has Ben Affleck showing the sci-fi storyboards to Iranian authorities, who try their best to conceal what movie buffs they are. At the end of the scene, when Affleck’s Mendez tells them, “You can keep ‘em,” they’re like kids being given an “E.T.” poster by Steven Spielberg.

This preposterous scheme is based on fact. Yes, it is. Countless movies are “inspired by real events,” but these truly took place.

The extraction of the six

lights the scheme, and Victor Garber, as the Canadian HHHH ambassador who, at great risk, opens his doors to the Tony Mendez..................................................Ben Affleck secret guests. Affleck is brilJack O’Donnell......................................... Bryan Cranston liant at choreographing the Lester Siegel...................................................Alan Arkin John Chambers.........................................John Goodman step-by-step risks the team Ken Taylor................................................... Victor Garber takes in exiting Tehran, and Bob Anders.................................................Tate Donovan “Argo” has cliff-hanging Cora Amburn-Lijek..........................................Clea DuVall moments when the whole Joe Stafford.............................................. Scoot McNairy delicate plan seems likely Lee Schatz............................................... Rory Cochrane Mark Lijek........................................ Christopher Denham to come to pieces at the seams. n Running time: 120 minutes. MPAA rating: R (for lanThe craft in this film is guage and some violent images). rare. It is so easy to manufacture a thriller from chasAmericans remained top Hollywood guys played es and gunfire, and so very secret for 18 years. They all by Goodman and Arkin, hard to fine-tune it out of returned safely to America. although, to be sure, as they exquisite timing and a plot “Argo,” needless to say, was set up a fake production that’s so clear to us we wonnever filmed. office and hold meetings der why it isn’t obvious to Ben Affleck not only poolside at the Beverly the Iranians. After all, who stars but also directs, and Hills Hotel, they aren’t in in their right mind would “Argo,” the real movie danger like their “crew believe a space opera was about the fake movie, is members” in Iran. being filmed in Iran durboth spellbinding and surKey supporting roles are ing the hostage crisis? Just prisingly funny. Many of filled by Bryan Cranston, as about everyone, it turns out. the laughs come from the the CIA chief who greenHooray for Hollywood.

‘ARGO’

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled 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 persistence leads them to a Mexican drug cartel operating in L.A. This is really an assignment for a detective, but they don’t avoid risk, and eventually 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 horror movies, and the character of Mr. Rzykruski, the science teacher, is certainly modeled on Vincent Price.

With the voices of Martin Landau, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan and Winona Ryder. Animated comedy, PG, 87 minutes.

HHH “Looper” — A smart and tricky sci-fi story that sidesteps 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 Kansas farm where they coincide in time. “Looper” weaves between past and present in a way that gives writerdirector Rian Johnson and his actors opportunities to create a surprisingly involving narrative. Crime sci-fi, R, 119 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Seven Psychopaths” — Colin Farrell stars as a blocked Hollywood screenwriter who finds inspiration from a loony group of

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MOVIES AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Oct. 12-18 Argo (R): Friday 2:40, 5:10, 7:40; Saturday-Sunday: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40; Monday-Thursday: 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 2:45, 5:05, 7:30; Sunday: 12:20, (2:45), 5:05, 7:30; Monday-Thursday: 2:45, 5:05, 7:30 Hotel Transylvania (PG): Friday: 2:50, 5:15, 7:20; Saturday-Sunday: 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:20; Monday-Thursday: 2:50, 5:15, 7:20 360-293-7000 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor 360-675-5667 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings and times, call 888-AMC-4FUN (888-262-4386).

CONCRETE THEATRE The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG): 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12; 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13; 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. Tickets: $7 general admission, $9 balcony, $6 adults over 65 and kids under 12; $1 off all tickets on Sunday.

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psychopaths, some in his life and some in his imagination.

Christopher Walken excels as a professional dog-napper, Sam Rockwell is his partner and Woody Harrelson is a relentless gangster who comes looking for Bonny, his beloved Shih Tzu, which they hold as hostage. Inspired goofiness written and directed

by Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges”). Comedy, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Taken 2” — They say that the family that’s kidnapped together, stays together, and Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen are back in a pumped-up sequel to “Taken” (2008). This time the whole family is kidnapped by the vengeance-minded Krasniqi (Rade Sherbedgia), whose son was killed by Neeson in the earlier film (after the son attempted to turn the girl into a sex slave, to be sure). First-rate chases tear through (and up) Istanbul, and Neeson does some amazing, lifesaving mental calculations.

Action, PG-13, 91 minutes.

HHH “Trouble With the Curve” — Clint Eastwood plays Gus, an aging baseball scout who leads a lonely life, driving

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Oct. 12-18 Argo (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:30 Frankenweenie (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:35, 3:55, 6:40, 8:40; Sunday-Thursday: 1:35, 3:55, 6:40 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:25, 3:35, 6:50, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 1:25, 3:35, 6:50 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS Oct. 12-18 The Metropolitan Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore (NR): Saturday 9:55 a.m.

Argo (R): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:50 , 6:25, 8:55 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: All’s Well That Ends Well (NR): Tuesday, 7:00 Frankenweenie (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:40, 4:00, 6:40, 8:50 Pitch Perfect (PG-13): Friday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; Saturday: 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Taken 2 (PG-13): Friday-Monday: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:10; Tuesday: 1:30, 4:10, 9:10; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Hotel Transylvania (PG): Friday- Monday: 1:20, (3:30), 6:30, 8:40; Tuesday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:30; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:30, 8:40 360-629-0514

between small cities, sitting in the stands of minor-league clubs, living in budget motels, but he loves it. Failing eyesight threatens his career, and his concerned daughter (Amy Adams) joins him on the road and meets her dad’s onetime discovery (Justin Timberlake).

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 (Dennis Quaid). Bradley Cooper finds the missing briefcase in the Quaid novel and is later visited by a mysterious Jeremy Irons.

The real Hemingway could have told this with infinitely more economy. The plot opens room for three beautiful women (Zoe Saldana, 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 informing 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 purchases 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 control of their children’s own schools, reward gifted teachers and throw out overpaid, lazy administrators held in place by seniority. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis give inspired performances in a sluggish formula do-gooder.

Drama, PG, 121 minutes. HH

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E18 - Thursday, October 11, 2012

OUT & ABOUT ART

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NEW EXHIBIT IN ANACORTES: “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 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 controversy today.

Designed for the lobby of the office of the Secretary of State, the exhibit covers Stevens’ actions as governor and their impacts, his subsequent appointment as Territorial 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.

STEAMROLLER LINOLEUM PRINTS: A show of steamroller linoleum prints continues through Oct. 31 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 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 Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-3577 In conjunction with the La Conner Quilt & Textile or www.mccoolart.com.

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“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, ecogreen and embellished categories.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or www.laconner quilts.com.

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 Ave., Anacortes. The show founding members of the brings together artists and artwork from Northwest lege Art Gallery, located in American Studio Glass poets to convey a collecSchool masters and others the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Movement, Marioni’s witty tive reflection of living in a commentary shows in his challenging social and envi- continues through Oct. 28 Center, 2405 E. College work. $15, $10 members. at Smith & Vallee Gallery, Way, Mount Vernon.

In his ronmental era. Exhibiting work, Bent uses photogra- 360-466-4446 or www. artists are Eve Deisher and 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. museumofnwart.org.

The show will feature phy, sculpture and videos Ann Reid. Participating artists from the so-called that are “often mythic poets include Lana HechtSILHOUETTE ARTIST: translations of his home, his man Ayers, Anita K. Boyle, Northwest School, as well Kerry Cook will cut finely as contemporary artists family and the stuff he colMatthew Brouwer, Nancy detailed profile portraits who continue their tradilects.” The gallery is open Canyon, Karen Finneyfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WATERCOLORS AND from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. frock, Kathleen Flenniken tion in Skagit Valley: Guy Saturday, Oct. 13, at Read ACRYLICS: A show featur- (Poet Laureate of Washing- Anderson, Joel Brock, Monday through Friday.

Me a Story, 1005 Ninth St., ing acrylic paintings and Kenneth Callahan, William 360-416-7812. ton), Maria McLeod and Anacortes. Cook cuts freewatercolors by Eric WieCumming, Morris Graves, Susan Rich. gardt continues through Pehr Hallsten, Paul HoriuQUILTED ART: Two new hand, directly from paper, Gallery hours are noon without any preliminary Oct. 30 at Scott Milo Galchi, Clayton James, Helmi quilt shows open today, to 5 p.m. Friday through drawing, tracing or projectlery, 420 Commercial Ave., Sunday. www.anchorart Juvonen, Ed Kamuda, Oct. 11, and continue ing, to create miniature Anacortes. In addition to John-Franklin Koenig, through Dec. 20 at the La space.org. works of art reminiscent of Alden Mason, Philip his watercolors, the gallery Conner Quilt & Textile silhouettes’ heyday in the is showing Wiegardt’s colHARVEST FESTIVAL ART McCracken, Jay Steensma Museum, 703 Second St., 1920s and ‘30s. For inforand George Tsutakawa. orful impressionistic acryl- SHOW: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

La Conner. An artists’ mation or to schedule a silGallery hours are 11 ics for the first time. Also reception will be held at 5 Friday through Sunday, houette appointment, call a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday showing are oils by Ramo- Oct. 12-14, at Tulip Valley p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. through Sunday. 360-766na Hammerly and Sandy “Material Men: Innova- 360-293-4801.

Winery, 16163 Highway Byers and pastels by Janice 536, Mount Vernon. Sixteen 6230 or www.smithand tion & The Art Of QuiltARTS FESTIVAL: ImmacWall, as well as a selection local artists will offer paint- vallee.com. making”: The exhibit ulate Conception Regional of jewelry, glasswork, sculp- ing, photography, fiber art, showcases the work of 16 “SMOKE, PROPS & MIR- male quilters and the many School will present its tures and custom tables by jewelry, ceramics, woodAutumn Arts Festival from other gallery artists. Galinnovations in design, work, glass and more. 206- RORS”: A mixed media 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, installation by Zack Bent lery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 713-8531 or 360-708-3170. technique and materials is on display through Nov. these men have brought to Oct. 20, at St. Joseph Cen4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or the traditionally “women’s ter, 215 N. 15th St., Mount “MASTERS”: A show of 6 at the Skagit Valley Col-

Museum’s exhibit of “Material Men: Innovation & The Art Of Quiltmaking,” Dutch master fiber artist Leslie “STRANDS: DRAW, CUT, STITCH, WRITE”: An Gabriëlse will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the La Conner Country Inn, 107 S. Second St, La exhibition by visual and Conner. $15, $10 museum members. For information literary artists continues through Nov. 18 at Anchor or to register, call 360-466-4288 or visit www.lacon Art Space, 216 Commercial nerquilts.com.

Vernon. Vendors will offer a variety of arts, crafts and other items. Free admission. 360-428-3912 or www.icrsweb.org.

PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY: Oil paintings by Roger Small are on display at Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. The ongoing exhibit features Small’s “palette knife-style” paintings, with a rotating selection shown throughout the year. 360941-1073 or www.artby rogersmall.com.

LA CONNER QUILT WALK: Check out a variety of handcrafted quilts from the Washington State Quilters 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 paintings by Maggie Wilder and assemblage temples

by Jules Remedios Faye will continue 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 property owner to preserve some large cedar trees. The owner replied, “well, you know Maggie, we cannot live on beauty.” Maggie and Jules 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.

MoNA EXHIBITIONS: New exhibits continue

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OUT & ABOUT through Jan. 1, 2013, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

“CIRCULAR: From The Permanent Collection”: Artworks selected from the museum’s collection explore the meaning and influence of the circular form. The show features works by Maria Frank Abrams, Guy Anderson, Marc Boutté, Kenneth Callahan, Doris Chase, Clayton James, Leo Kenney, John-Franklin Koenig, Louise Kikuchi, James Minson, Viola Patterson and Mark Tobey.

“Pilchuck: IDEAS”: The show features 50 years of work from the Pilchuck permanent collection rarely seen off the famous glass school’s campus. These pieces from the early days of the revolution in studio glass were created by some of the most important art-

ists working in the medium, including Dale Chihuly, William Morris, Joey Kirkpatrick, Flora Mace, Ben Moore, Lino Tagliapietra, Italo Scanga and more.

The works on display are especially significant because they show these artists in the process of teaching, experimenting and in some cases searching for iconic forms and expressions for which they have become famous.

Groupings of early glass are shown next to mature examples of the artists’ work from private collections.

Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Sundays and Mondays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. $8, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

360-466-4446 or www. museumofnwart.org.

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 shopping choices at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays during October in Co-op 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. skagitfoodcoop.com.

Next up: Oct. 16: “China Blue” investigates the manufacture of the clothes we all consume. Co-op outreach manager Jodie Buller will discuss Fair Trade.

“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 culinary personality, will share his enthusiasm for growing 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. 360-3368955 or www.lincolnthe atre.org.

provide tips and techniques for historic research. Free with museum admission. $4, $3 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $8 families, free for members and children ages 5 and younger. 360-4663365 or www.skagitcounty. net/museum.

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BENEFIT FOR BARNEY LAKE: Swing to the sounds of Spoonshine from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. Free admission. Donations will benefit Skagit Land Trust’s SKAGIT TOPICS: Campaign to Save Barney “SEARCH GLOBAL, FOCUS Lake as expansive open LOCAL”: 6 to 8 p.m. today space and important wildat the Skagit County life habitat. 360-428-7878 or Historical Museum, 501 www.skagitlandtrust.org.

S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Skagit County Historical Museum Executive Direc- MORE FUN tor Clark McAbee will MODEL RAILROAD

OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom-Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. The club operates large, permanent HO- and N-scale model railroad layouts. Admission is by donation to help continue building the layouts. www. whatcomskagitmrc.org.

NEW MOON FAMILY DRUM CIRCLE: 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 15, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The Rev. Elke Macartney will lead the event to drum in new ideas and drum out the old.

Bring your hand drums and rattles or borrow hers. Suggested donation: $5-$10.

360-464-2229 or www.ana cortescenterforhappiness. org.

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