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THIS WEEKENDin the area FREE OUTDOOR MOVIE “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY” is the final installment of Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation’s summerlong free family movies series, at dusk Friday, Aug. 28, at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and a flashlight for when it’s time to leave. Concessions will be available.

No pets. 360-336-6215.

OUTDOOR CONCERT Skagit Community Band will present its annual summer concert from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, in Gilkey Square in La Conner. Enjoy a wide selection of favorites from show tunes to marches and more.

Free. skagitcommunityband.org.

FIDALGO BAY DAY Join Trail Tales to cel-

Toys for Tots benefit Leroy Bell and His Only Friends, along with openers Highway 9, will perform at the seventh annual Toys for Tots benefit concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley.

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more and more successful each year; in 2014 over $25,000 was raised, according to a news release. There will barbecued burgers and salmon, Eagle Haven wines, and silent and live auctions.

Doors open at 4 p.m.; tickets start at $25. brownpapertickets.com/event/1632393.

ebrate Fidalgo Bay Day and National Estuaries Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Fidalgo Bay Resort, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road, Anacortes. Sample local shellfish and chowder, touch living sea creatures, try beach seining, make kid-friendly crafts and view new educational displays. Pick up your “Discovery Passport” and map, then visit the stations for hands-on discoveries, fun facts, and trivia about natural and cultural connections to Fidalgo Bay. Fill your passport with stamps and win a prize. Free. For information, visit the Trail Tales link at skagitbeaches.org.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL The Stanwood Community and Senior Center will host its third annual Ice Cream Social from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in the Center Café, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood.

The Sag Sisters will provide entertainment. $7, $5 center residents. 360-6297403 or stanwoodseniorcenter.org.

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OUT & ABOUT ART LANDSCAPES: A group landscape show featuring artwork by Ed Kamuda, Gregg Laananen, Lisa Gilley, Rob Vetter and Ruthie V continues through Aug. 30 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday.

360-766-6230 or smithand vallee.com.

Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

“INSPIRED BY NATURE”: A show featuring twodimensional work by Philip McCracken, three-dimensional work by Peregrine O’Gormley and fine jewelry

by Doug Burton continues through the end of the year at the Burton Gallery, 620 Commercial Ave., ART SHOW: Paintings by Anacortes. Gallery hours Bill Ball “Fireball” are fea- are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tured in an art show through Monday through Saturday. The Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts annual Summer Blast and Auction, featuring the Chris Eger August at the Rexville 360-293-6469 or burton Band (pictured_ with the Alimony Horns, will begin at Grocery, 19271 Best Road, jewelers.com.

5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Heart of Anacortes, Mount Vernon. “Fireball,” located at the corner of Fourth Street and O Avenue, a performance artist with WEARABLE ART: “GosAnacortes. Come and dance, mingle and shop for a kinetic and constantly samer Garden: The Art of items in the silent auction. $15 at the door. Food and evolving painting style, Couture by Teri Jo Summer” beverages will be available for purchase. 360-420experiments with a variety continues through Sept. 3 at 3971 or rickeptingfoundation.org. of mediums and techniques Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 utilizing painting tools that Wonn Road C-101, Greenhe designs. The Rexville is three Northwest artists ative Family Art and Gift bank. Summer’s women’s open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Show will be held from 10 fashions feature hand-dyed will open with a reception daily. 360-466-5522 or from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and silks and comfortable, flatrexvillegrocery.com. tering designs. For informa- Aug. 28, at San Juan Islands 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, tion, including gallery hours Museum of Art, 540 Spring Aug. 29-30, at the CoupeJURIED EXHIBIT: The ville Recreation Hall, and directions: 360-222-0102 St., Friday Harbor. PaintLate Summer Juried ings by Michael Dailey and 901 NW Alexander St., or ravenrocksgallery.com.

Exhibit, featuring instrucwatercolors by Joe Miller Coupeville. The show will tors from the Association of will show through Nov. 9. feature recent paintings by WATERCOLORS: PaintNorthwest Weavers Guild Sculptures by Kathy Venter renowned Northwest artings by Camano Island and solo exhibits with Steve artist Bobbie Mueller are will be on display through ist Gerald Roberts, as well Cousens and Norman Riley, featured in a show at The Dec. 14. Museum hours are as paintings by Roberts’ continues through Sept. 25 grandsons Eliot and WilShop, 18623 Main St., Con- 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Jansen Art Center, liam Raines, and collectible way. Painting in watercolors through Monday. 360-370321 Front St., Lynden. Free. since the 1980s, Mueller has 5050 or sjima.org. paper art by Gerald’s wife, 360-354-3600 or jansenart Norma Roberts. Free admisshown her work in gallercenter.org.

WHIDBEY STUDIO TOUR: sion. geraldrobertsartist. ies, invitational and juried shows around greater Puget The Whidbey Working Art- com.

PHOTO ENCAUSTICS: ists Summer Open Studio Sound. The Shop is open “Kathy Hastings: Photo Tour will take place from FIRST THURSDAY ART from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Encaustics” continues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday WALK: Paintings and sculpTuesday through Saturday. through Sept. 1 at Scott and Sunday, Aug. 29-30, at tures by Roger Small will be 360-391-2691 or theshop Milo Gallery, 420 Com33 artist studios and galfeatured in a show opening conway.com. mercial Ave., Anacortes. leries around Whidbey during the First Thursday Hastings will show a new STANWOOD ART WALK: Island. Check out paintings Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. collection of nautical work, Meet the artists and check and prints, fiber arts, glass, Thursday, Sept. 3, and conincluding her sea birds. Also out a variety of artwork sculptures, photography, tinuing through Sept. 30 showing: oils by Gerald at the Front Gallery, 420 from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. mixed media, jewelry and Baron, photography by 28, at participating locations more. Pick up a tour catalog Myrtle St., Mount Vernon.

David Lucas, acrylics by at participating studios and During the Art Walk, some along Main Street in the Cynthia Richardson and 15 downtown venues will east-end commercial district local businesses or downfused glass wall pieces by load from whidbeywork host work by one or more in downtown Stanwood.

Robin Larson, as well as a ingartists.com. local and regional artists. selection of jewelry, glass 360-336-3801 or mount ISLAND ART SHOW: work, sculptures and tables. Shows of new work by ART & GIFTS: The Crevernondowntown.org.

MUSIC & MORE

JURIED ART SHOW: Allied Arts of Whatcom County’s Juried Artist Series continues with “Mystic Mountains,” opening with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 4, and continuing through Sept. 26 at the Allied Arts Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

The show features artwork

by Tore Ofteness, Kenni Merritt, John D’Onofrio and Stephen Malshuk. An exhibit walkthrough with the artists will start at 7 p.m. on opening night. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. 360676-8548 or alliedarts.org.

event will showcase original artwork by 27 local artists who work “plein air” (outside and on-site) at locations around the area. Visitors can enter a raffle for a watercolor by Liz Hamlin. Free admission. 360-387-4868.

GAIL HARKER CENTER ANNIVERSARY: The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts will host its 20th anniversary celebration Friday through Sunday, Sept. 18-20, at venues around La Conner.

The weekend will kick off with a reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Textile artist Anita Luvera Mayer PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY: will be the keynote speaker, “Different Strokes,” a colpresenting “Embroidered lection of oil and acrylic Dish Towels to Regal paintings by Caroline GarRobes,” her personal jourland, opens Friday, Sept. 4, ney in creating textiles. The and continues through Sept. evening will include a style 30 at the Majestic Inn & show, hors d’oeuvres and a Spa, 401 Commercial Ave., cash wine bar. The reservaAnacortes. Garland paints tion deadline has passed. in a variety of styles, with a 360-466-0110. wide range of color and subAn exhibition of art by ject matter. The lobby galHarker Center students and lery is open from 9 a.m. to 9 graduates will be held from p.m. daily. 360-293-1338.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SunDRAWINGS & PAINTday, Sept. 19-20, at the cenINGS: The “Artist’s Choice” ter, 12636 Chilberg Road. invitational art show will Presentations and artist open with a reception from demonstrations will take 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, place both days. and continue through Sept.

A juried art sale will take 30 at Fourth Corner Frames place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St., Friday through Sunday, Bellingham. The exhibiSept. 18-20. Free admission. tion features small works Dinner, wine tasting and by some 30 regional artists. a silent auction will begin at Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 5:30 p.m. Monday through at the Civic Garden Club, Saturday. 360-734-1340 or 622 S. Second St. Tickets: fourthcornerframes.com. $100. 360-317-6545.

360-466-0110 or gail ROAMING ART: Watercreativestudies.com. colorist Jan Nicholson will be the featured artist at the STANWOOD ART WALK: annual Roaming Artists Art Meet the artists and check Show, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. out a variety of artwork Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5-6, at 25, at participating locations the Camano Multipurpose along Main Street in the Center, 141 East Camano east end commercial district Drive, Camano Island. The in downtown Stanwood.

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OUT & ABOUT CAR SHOWS

PARISH FESTIVAL: The annual Immaculate ConcepCAR SHOW: Check out tion Church Parish Festival classic and custom cars, will be held from noon to trucks and motorcycles at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, the Stanwood Community at St. Joseph Center, 215 and Senior Center’s sixth N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. annual Car Show, from 8 Enjoy 15 food booths, ona.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. stage entertainment, games 5, at 7430 276th St. NW, and activities for kids, Stanwood. Trophies, door including pony rides, cake prizes, vendors. Registration: walk, raffles and more. Free $15 through Sept. 1; $20 day admission and parking. Proof event. Free admission for ceeds will benefit the new spectators. 360-629-7403 or church building fund. 360stanwoodseniorcenter.org.

336-6622.

FAIRS WASHINGTON STATE FAIR: Washington state’s biggest fair will run Sept.

11-27 at the Washington State Fair Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. Advance tickets: $7.50$10 through Sept. 10; at the gate: $9-$12.50, free for ages 5 and younger. thefair.com.

FESTIVALS

Sept. 26, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon.

MUSIC

MV SUMMER CONCERT

Hot Damn Scandal will perform from 6 to 8 p.m.

GIANT PUMPKINS: The today on the Mount Vernon Riverwalk Plaza in the fifth annual Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival will final free concert hosted by the city of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce. Bring be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. your lawn chairs or a blanket and a picnic supper.

Saturday, Sept. 26, at Chris- 360-336-6214. tianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon.

Other events will include pony rides, face painting, toad races, carnival games, harvest food, music and more. Children can bring and show off their homegrown giant vegetables, sunflowers and pumpkins. Free admission; some activities have a small fee. 360-4663821, 800-585-8200 or christiansonsnursery.com.

BUMBERSHOOT: Seattle’s annual music and arts festival is set for Saturday through Monday, Sept. 5-7, at the Seattle Center. Enjoy music, visual and performing arts, dance, films, comLECTURES edy, arts and crafts, poetry AND TALKS and literary arts, children’s activities, food, beer gardens LOCAL RADIO: “Speak and lots more. bumbershoot. Up! Speak Out!,” a halfcom. hour weekly show committed to community, peace, SALMON FESTIVAL: justice and nonviolence Check out the Skagit River issues, broadcasts at 5 p.m.

Salmon Festival from 10 Wednesdays and 8 p.m. Suna.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. days on Skagit Valley Com12, at Waterfront Park at munity radio station KSVR the Swinomish Casino and 91.7 FM (Mount Vernon), Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, KSVU 90.1 FM (Hamilton), Anacortes. The annual KMRE 102.3 FM (Bellingevent will feature live music, ham) and KSJU 91.9 FM Native storytellers and (Friday Harbor). speakup cultural activities, Hunters speakoutradio.org. of the Sky raptor shows, Puget Sound DockDogs WHALE MUSEUM LECcanine aquatics competition, TURE: Videographer John salmon barbecue, beer and Williams will present “From wine garden, arts and crafts Watersheds to Whitecaps: vendors, children’s activities Myriad Lives Intertwingled” and more. Free. skagitriver at 6:30 p.m. today at The fest.org.

Whale Museum, 62 First

St. N., Friday Harbor. Williams, founder and president of Still Hope Productions Inc., will discuss how creatures in the Salish Sea are inexorably linked to each other, linked to those in our uplands and linked to us.

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

9449 or visit dahp.wa.gov/ heritage-barn-register.

Contact the museum at 360466-3365 or skagitcounty. net/museum.

LOCAL RADIO: “Speak Up! Speak Out!,” a halfhour weekly show committed to community, peace, justice and nonviolence HERITAGE BARNS: Own- issues broadcasts at 5 p.m.

Wednesdays and 8 p.m. ers of old barns in Skagit Sundays on Skagit Valley County can learn about Community Radio Station the Heritage Barn PreserKSVR 91.7 FM (Mount vation Initiative at a free Vernon), KSVU 90.1 FM workshop from 6 to 7:30 (Hamilton), KMRE 102.3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at FM (Bellingham) and KSJU the Skagit County Histori91.9 FM (Friday Harbor). cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth speakupspeakoutradio.org.

St., La Conner. Owners of historic barns over 50 years Next up: Sept. 2: Ginny Wolff will old that retain a significant speak with Eric de Place, degree of historic integrity policy director for Sightcan nominate their barn to be designated as a Heritage line Institute. De Place will Barn and be included in the discuss the impacts of rail statewide register. Heritage transportation of fossil fuels, Barn owners can then apply especially Bakken crude oil, for matching grants to assist to refineries and ports in the Pacific Northwest. The show with barn stabilization and rehabilitation projects. The will be repeated at 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6. next deadline for nominating a barn is Sept. 25, with GOT BATS?: Kathleen the grant deadline set for Bander, founder of Bats Oct. 21. For information Northwest, will present about the Heritage Barn Preservation Initiative, con- “Bats Incredible!” from tact Chris Moore at 206-624- 11 a.m. to noon Saturday,

BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: Check out market vendors beginning at 5 p.m. and enjoy live music by The Naughty Blokes from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Railroad Park in downtown Burlington. Free. 360-7570994.

FREE SUMMER CONCERT: Tuba Luba will play from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Seafarers’ Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers’ Way, Anacortes. Free.

360-293-3134 or portofana cortes.org.

emas will also host the closing night/award show.

Weekend pass: $25, includes access to the Friday night afterparty, as well as entry to all 13 film screenings. Saturday pass: $15, includes entry to all Saturday screenings. Single screening: $6.50, includes admittance to any single film screening. For information, including a complete film lineup, visit cineshift. org or call 360-298-8055.

“FULL MOON EMBRACE”: 4 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Through sacred ritual, spiritual tools and movement, spotlight your gifts, release your burdens MORE FUN and commit to your dreams.

OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT: $20. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappi Bring the family to a free screening of “Big Hero 6” at ness.org.

8 p.m. today at Storvik Park, HOME TOUR: The ninth 1110 32nd St., Anacortes.

SICBA Home Tour will Bring low-rise chairs, blantake place from noon to kets and snacks. Free. 360299-1918 or cityofanacortes. 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. org. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

11-13, throughout Skagit FILM FESTIVAL: The CINESHIFT International and Island counties. Check out homes newly built or Film Festival will kick off remodeled by Skagit/Island with free outdoor music Counties Builders Associaby The Fame Riot at 6:30 tion members, and discover p.m., followed by free outthe latest in home technoldoor films at 8 p.m. Friday, ogy, innovative products, Aug. 28, at The Depot, trends in home design, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. An construction, green buildafterparty for weekend pass holders will feature an ing and more. $10. Tickets are available at each of the acoustic music set by John homes on the tour. 360-757Van Deusen inside The 6916 or sicba.org.

Depot.

Late-night comedy and ANTIQUE MACHINERY: horror screenings will start at 10 p.m. Friday at the Ana- The 20th (and final) Anacortes Community Theatre, cortes Antique Engine & 918 M Ave. Ticket required. Machinery Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Screenings on Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 12, at Sixth Aug. 29, will showcase a wide variety of films, includ- and Market streets, Anacortes. Check out tractors, ing comic, family, political, vintage vehicles, engines, other worldly and more, models and gizmos, as well from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at as children’s activities, hay Anacortes Cinemas, 415 O Ave., Anacortes. The cinrides, food, music and more.

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MOVIES

Screwball comedy making its way into modern movies danovich’s first theatrical feature in 13 years. It’s also his latest throwback to an We have a couple of era more accommodating to screws loose this month at the mechanics of screwball, the movies. and door-slamming, hotelFirst there’s the wide corridor-dashing farce born release of the new Noah of Feydeau on the stage and Baumbach/Greta Gerwig Ernst Lubitsch in the movcollaboration, “Mistress ies.

America,” an intriguing The working title of the modern variation on screw- script, which Bogdanovich ball high comedy of an ear- and his then-wife Louise lier time.

Stratton began writing in It’s not high-velocity 2000 — another era in itself slapstick screwball; rather, — was “Squirrels to the it owes a little bit to Philip Nuts,” quoting a lovely bit Barry (“Holiday”) and a of dialogue from Lubitsch’s little bit to John Hughes, and own “Cluny Brown” (1946). even Jonathan Demme’s Baumbach and Wes Ander“Something Wild,” though son (“The Grand Budapest without the part where Ray Hotel”) served as executive Liotta is trying to kill Jeff producers and helped their Daniels. unofficial mentor BogdaThen there’s “She’s Funny novich get it into producThat Way.” This is director tion. and co-writer Peter BogIn the scheme of things it’s a blip, destined (by its marketing budget and near-simultaneous videoon-demand dump) for a miniscule impact on the moviegoing culture. And it’s pretty creaky.

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Projects such as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963), “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” (1965) and, more interestingly, Blake Edwards’ bloated but engaging “The Great Race” (1965) paid tribute to the great comics of old, while stretching out their running times to the then-fashionable road show attraction parameters.

Compared to these elephants, Bogdanovich’s third and extremely popular feature, “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972) sprinted like a greyhound. When it came out, many quibbled about its conscious and unfashionable attempt to recapture the screwball comedy spirit.

The film didn’t wear its influences lightly. Ryan O’Neal, not entirely comfortable, was costumed and directed to be a cross between Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” and Harold Lloyd in everything.

But O’Neal’s co-star, Barbra Streisand, is hilari-

ous and completely her own fast-talking, carrot-chomping maniac, a human Bugs Bunny.

“I went to a lot of movies, mostly,” says Streisand’s Judy Maxwell, the instigator of the craziness, explaining what she did in college. Truly this was a heroine after Bodganovich’s heart.

I saw that film when I was 11, and loved it. (It was one of the biggest hits that year, behind “The Godfather” and “The Poseidon Adventure.”)

Having Streisand and newcomer Madeline Kahn and character actors ranging from Austin Pendleton to Kenneth Mars to Liam Dunn in the same ensemble? Try finding a roster like that today.

Today it’s mainly remembered for its slapstick chase finale set among the hills of San Francisco. Compared to the badly timed, effectsdependent, eerily unfunny equivalent in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” a film that may still be grinding on, the 10-minute whoop-de-do in “What’s Up, Doc?” is a catalogue of escalating visual gags that

actually work.

Bogdanovich once claimed that 25 percent of his $4 million production budget went to the big chase, which on paper sounds like trouble; when stunts and expensive sight gags take precedent over character, it’s often a sign of desperation.

But Bogdanovich does so many things right in that extended sequence.

He knows where to put the camera, and how long to let the shots run. There’s no conventional musical score in the picture, nudging us when to laugh or gasp. It’s derivative, sure, but the technique is immaculate.

There are shots, such as O’Neal running alongside Streisand peddling a bicycle delivery truck downhill, that you simply wouldn’t see today.

Why? Because it’s simple looking yet it required serious precision in the playing and the framing. (The long, unerringly timed takes are even more prevalent in Bogdanovich’s 1973 followup, “Paper Moon,” which features O’Neal’s best-ever performance from his movie star heyday.)

Much of “What’s Up, Doc?” takes place in hotel rooms and corridors, so there’s a throwback-toa-throwback feeling with “She’s Funny That Way,” which also sends its characters in and out of hotel rooms and hallways.

Bogdanovich and Stratton’s script, originally earmarked for John Ritter and Cybill Shepherd, eventually went before the cameras starring Owen Wilson as a beleaguered, adulterous theater director in rehearsals for a Broadway play, and Imogen Poots as the call girl aspiring to be an actress.

“Hoary” is one word for the set-up and the character

archetypes (or stereotypes) at play here. There are amusing throwaway moments, and Jennifer Aniston playing Manhattan’s edgiest, most hostile therapist certainly helps, but the whole thing feels slightly off.

It’s apples and oranges, but Baumbach’s “Mistress America” is far more successful at evoking the blithe contraptions that came with blissful regularity in the 1930s and ’40s.

The relationship, first sweet, then sour, then sweet-and-sour, between wide-eyed college freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke) and her glamorous gadfly of a future stepsister (Greta Gerwig) feels both old-fashioned and new-fashioned.

Like several of the betterknown screwball comedies of the 1930s and early ’40s (“The Awful Truth,” “Bringing Up Baby,” “The Lady Eve”), the major characters flee Manhattan for plot complication and eventual resolution in stuffy yet bucolic Connecticut.

Baumbach may not have the temperament for precisely timed visual jokes, even though he’s a wonderful director (and an even better writer); the Connecticut scenes never quite click in that Swiss watch way.

He’s more into verbal slapstick, the way words fly out of people’s mouths and puncture their own pretensions.

“Must we document ourselves all the time? Must we?” Gerwig’s Brooke protests at one point, as someone cellphone-videos her making out with some guy on a couch at a party.

It sounds like an earnest protest, but the way Gerwig performs the line, with a big smile and a ta-da! exuberance, you know Brooke halfcraves the documentation.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Where Hope Grows”: “Citizenfour”: Filmmaker and reporter meet with The film could have made Upcoming Edward Snowden. its debut as a Lifetime or movie releases “Transformers Rescue Hallmark Channel offer Following is a partial Bots”: Fun with Chase, ing. It has the kind of emoschedule of coming movHeatwave and Boulder. tional tension that Lifeies on DVD. Release “Rosamunde Pilcher’s time loves to put in their dates are subject to Shades of Love”: Comfilms. And, it’s loaded with change: bines the aspirational the sentimentality that SEPT. 1 appeal of “Downton makes Hallmark movies so Mad Max: Fury Road Abbey” with the addictive warm and fuzzy.

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by Kristoffer Polaha (CalBoulevard trafficker. vin Campbell) and David 7 Minutes “Gene Autry Collection DeSanctis (Produce).

SEPT. 8 11”: Includes four films Polaha brings the kind of The Age of Adaline starring the singing cowgravitas that comes with American Heist boy. a veteran actor taking on “Metamorphosis/ a familiar role, while newSEPT. 15 Beyond Darkness”: HorFurious 7 comer DeSanctis makes ror double feature.

Cinderella up for his lack of training Monkey Kingdom “Love & Mercy”: Porwith an enthusiasm that is Love & Mercy trait of Brian Wilson (John infectious.

The Overnight Cusack, Paul Dano), singer The film is marketed Heaven Knows What and songwriter for the as a faith-based movie. If Beach Boys.

SEPT. 22 that’s critical for you, then “Father Forgive Him”: Pitch Perfect 2 that’s an important distincSaint Laurent A look at the abuse of tion to make. But just like Results power in the church. the approach that Down “Criminal Minds: The n Tribune News Service syndrome doesn’t define Tenth Season”: The BAU Produce, the faith-based continues to track down elements don’t define this human monsters. film.

“The Good Wife: The Sixth Season”: The elements are there. No denying One of the story lines is a race for the that. But the film is more. It’s a complistate’s attorney job. cated story about family, success, addic“The Last Dragon”: The 1985 film tion and loss. Those are presented in a looks at a young man’s efforts to find a classy way by Polaha and DeSanctis. martial arts master.

“Elementary: The Third Season”: The “Nickelodeon Favorites: Puppy PalooCBS series continues to be one of the za!”: Six episodes of the cable channel’s smartest written and best-acted shows on shows featuring canine tales. the schedule.

“Harry”: Man begins a homicide invesIn this season, Watson (Lucy Liu) tigation while dealing with his own grief. has moved out of the brownstone and “Iris”: Documentary by Albert MayHolmes (Jonny Lee Miller ) has accepted sles on fashion maven. a job offer in London from MI6, the Brit“Welcome to New York”: Gerard ish intelligence agency. Fortunately for the fans, the pair figure out a way to keep Depardieu stars in this film based on a true story. working together.

“Camilla Dickinson”: Film adaptation The series is at its best when Liu and of “Camilla.”

Miller are trading intellectual jabs. She “Big Game”: Young boy comes to the gives the series a solid base, while Miller aid of the president. has found a way to breathe fresh life into “Avatar: The Last Airbender: The this often played character.

Complete Series”: Contains all 61 origi“Aloha”: Military contractor reconnal episodes that aired from 2005-08. nects with a love from his past. Bradley n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee Cooper stars.

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in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area September 5-13 Saturday.5 MUSIC

Chamber Music Concert: Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, 3 to 5 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden.

Free. 360-354-3600 or jansenart center.org.

Friday.11 THEATER

“Godspell”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

VARIETY

“Amuze Cabaret”: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20 advance, $25 at the door; $35 with dinner. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse. com.

Saturday.12 THEATER

“Godspell”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 27-September 3 FRIDAY.28

THURSDAY.27

AARON CRAWFORD 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10, $5 for women in cowgirl hats. $5 line dance lessons start at 7 p.m. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

MuseBird Cafe: Champagne Sunday, Marlaina and Zach Broocke: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Rabbit Wilde: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley.

360-982-2649.

Hot Damn Scandal: Riverwalk Summer Concert Series, 6 to 8 p.m., Mount Vernon Riverwalk, downtown Mount Vernon. Free.

FRIDAY.28 CHUCK DINGEE 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Open Mic & Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

Save The Babes, Not a Part of It, Clocks: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Wendy Donaghy: 5 to 7 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

FRIDAY.28 Sin City (top 40 rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Ira Wolf (Americana): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 9 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

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

Wayne Hayton: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

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

360-399-1805.

VARIETY

“Amuze Cabaret”: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $20 advance, $25 at the door; $35 with dinner. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse. com.

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

360-855-5111.

Chuck Dingee: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

The Narrows, C Average, Shadows, Lalochezia: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Marcia Kester: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-8488882.

Aaron Crawford: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10, $5 for women in cowgirl hats. $5 line dance lessons start at 7 p.m. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

The Hoe and The Harrow: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330.

SATURDAY.29 Sin City (top 40 rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

Newton’s Law (reggae, samba, blues, Afro-Cuban): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

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

Rafael Tranquilino: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Sky Colony: 8 to 10 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

“Godspell”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $20. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

Leroy Bell and His Only Friends, with Highway 9: 5 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Tickets start at $25. brownpapertickets.com/ event/1632393.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-5111.

SUNDAY.30 La Conner Live acoustic jam: 1 to 4 p.m., Gilkey Square, Morris and First streets, La Conner. Free. laconnerlive.com.

Junkyard Jane: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

WEDNESDAY.2 Gary B’s Church of Blues: Jam night, 6 to 10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway.

360-445-4733.

Sunday Swing, with John Savage and Duane Melcher (’30s, ’40s & ’50s classic tunes): 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. 360-7072683.

CC Adams and Friends Sunday Jam: 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., La Conner Pantry and Pub, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Country Dave: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

Jonathan Foster: Noon to 2 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Dave Nachmanoff (Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat” lead guitarist): 2 p.m., private house concert in Bellingham. $40, $50 VIP includes meet and greet with Nachmanoff, signed CD and pre-event party with appetizers and beverages. orphansafrica.org.

Frankly Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

Joyride: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6330.

Marcia Kester: noon to 2 p.m., Cap Sante Boat Haven, Central Pier, 11th Street, Anacortes. marciakester.com.

THURSDAY.3 The Scarlet Locomotive (Americana): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

Gertrude’s Hearse: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-982-2649.

Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Love Moon, Praying, Scumeating: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6.

360-778-1067.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS DRUMMER NEEDED: A drummer/percussionist is needed for Theatre Arts Guild’s production of “The Rocky Horror Show,” with performances Oct. 23-Nov. 7 at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon. Auditions are by appointment; email Conrad Askland at cask land@gmail.com.

DANCE FOLK DANCING: SkagitAnacortes Folk Dancers meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Bay View Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Bay View. Learn to folkdance to a variety of international music. Dance review begins at 7 p.m. followed by request dances until 9:30. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. All are welcome. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted.

360-630-9494.

hands-on science, technology and art activities; and celebrations of pop culture fandoms with trivia, games and crafts. Participation SHELTER BAY CHORUS: does not require a library Practices are held from 2:45 card. 360-755-0760 or burl to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday ingtonwa.gov/library. at the Shelter Bay ClubTRAIL GUIDES, BIKE house in La Conner. New MAPS & MORE: Learn members welcome. No about opportunities to be need to be a Shelter Bay physically active in Skagit resident. 360-466-3805.

County, including trail ANACORTES OPEN MIC: guides, an activity tracker 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown and local resources, at beactiveskagit.org.

Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., AnaHORSEBACK RIDING: A cortes. 360-293-2544. variety of riding opportunities for horses and their OPEN MIC: Jam night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thurs- humans of all skill levels are offered at Fire Moundays, Conway Pub & Eattain Trail Course, located ery, 18611 Main St., Conjust north of Sedro-Woolway. 360-445-4733. ley. firemountaintrail course.com.

RECREATION

CALL FOR YOUNG VENDORS: Burlington Parks and Recreation is looking for vendors ages 18 and BEGINNER SQUARE younger for the Kids Giant DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m.

Garage Sale, set for 9 a.m.

Tuesdays, beginning Sept. to noon Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8, Mount Vernon Senior the Burlington Parks and Center, 1401 Cleveland Recreation Center, 900 E. St. Couples and singles Fairhaven Ave., Burlingwelcome. First two weeks are free, then $4 per lesson. ton. Kids can sell all things kid-related — toys, bikes, 360-424-4608 or rosie@ puzzles, games, books, valleyint.com. clothes and more. Kids younger than 12 must be MUSIC accompanied by an adult CALL FOR MUSICIANS: at their booth. $15 for an 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main 8-foot square space with St., Concrete, is looking for a table. Preregister at 360musicians to perform easy- 755-9649 or burlingtonwa. listening acoustic music gov/recreation. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Sunday Brunch. In TEEN ACTIVITIES: Ages exchange, musicians will 12 to 19 can participate in receive audience contribu- after-school activities from tions and a meal. 360-8533 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8700 or info@5bsbakery. starting Sept. 17, at the com.

Burlington Public Library’s Rotary Community MeetTIME FOR FIDDLERS: ing Room, 820 E. WashThe Washington Old Time ington Ave., Burlington.

Fiddlers play acoustic old Themes and activities will time music at 6:30 p.m. change each week and the second and fourth include: games; help with homework resources; Fridays of each month at

TRAIL TALES: Friends of Skagit Beaches will lead a series of informative walks along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes. For information, visit skagitbeaches.org. Next up: Guided Bike Ride: Legacy of “the City of Smokestacks” and the Anacortes Shoreline Makeover: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12, Preston Snagboat, 703 R Ave., Anacortes. Learn how Anacortes waterfront industries are tied to the Anacortes Baywide Cleanup project that is restoring the Fidalgo Island shoreline. The level ride includes stops at sites along the Guemes Channel, Cap Sante Basin and the Tommy Thompson Trail.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets. Free.

360-293-3725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up: Senior/Adult Hike: Bea-

ver Ponds: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 11. Meet at the ACFL kiosk on A Avenue and 37th Street. Explore easy trails that reveal beaver dams, lodges, mounds and other daytime clues to their secret nighttime ways.

SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNEY: Registration is open for the Northwest Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Scholarship Golf Tournament, to be held Thursday, Aug. 27, at Avalon Golf Links, 19345 Kelleher Road, Burlington.

Registration at 11:30 a.m., shotgun start at 1 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. $95 per player. Proceeds benefit the NWAIA Architectural Scholarship Fund. brownpapertickets.com/ event/1668761.

provide instruction, demonstrations and resources on a variety of topics. Registration: $30 individual, $40 couple. brownpapertickets.com/event/2044048.

Information: 425-357-6023 or forestry.wsu.edu/nps/ events/fieldday.

BASKETBALL FUNDRAISER: Draper Valley Farms’ first Three-on-Three Charity Basketball Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Mount Vernon High School’s outdoor courts, 314 N. Ninth St., Mount Vernon. All teams are guaranteed two games in the double elimination tourney.

Ywo divisions: ages 18-39 and ages 40 and older. Trophy and basketball for first place; trophy for second. Registration: $75-$100, team of three CHARITY GOLF TOURor four players. Barbecue NAMENT: The 2015 lunch: $5. $500 in raffle REALTOR Charity Golf Tournament will begin with prizes. Commemorative T-shirts available at rega shotgun start at 1 p.m. istration only. Entry fees today at Skagit Golf and Country Club, 16701 Coun- will benefit Relay for Life/ try Club Drive, Burlington. American Cancer Society and United Way of Skagit Registration and brunch begins at noon, followed by County. Register at 1000 Jason Lane, Mount Vernon. the scramble format tourFor information, contact nament.

All skill levels skill wel- Jan Robertson at 360-424come. Prizes on every hole. 7947 or jan.robertson@ dvfmv.com. $110, includes shared golf cart, brunch, steak buffet JACKSON MEMORIAL dinner and more. Dinner RUN/WALK: The annual only: $25. Proceeds will Anne Jackson Memorial benefit Skagit Habitat for Humanity and the Friend- 5K/10K Run and 2-mile Dog Walk will take place ship House. 360-391-0000 Saturday, Sept. 12, at the or 360-416-4902.

Humane Society of Skagit Valley, 18841 Kelleher FOREST OWNER’S Road, Burlington. The FIELD DAY: The North USATF-certified 5K/10K Puget Sound Forest runs will start at 8 a.m. folOwner’s Field Day will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 lowed by the dog walk/run at 8:15 a.m. Postrace snacks p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Grandy Lake Forest in and dog-friendly vendors Conway. The event will fea- will be onsite.

Awards will be given ture outdoor workshops for people with forested prop- to the top three finishers and the best dog costume. erty. Forestry specialists from around the region will Registration: $25-$30, free

for ages 14 and younger or 70 and older. Proceeds and donations will benefit the Humane Society of Skagit Valley. To register, visit bellinghamdogrunner.com/ anne-jackson-memorialrunwalk. For information about sponsorship and vendor opportunities: 360-7572568 or bellinghamdog runner@gmail.com.

“DRIVE FOR THE ARTS”: The TAG/META/ Lincoln Golf Tournament will take place Saturday, Sept. 12, at Avalon Golf Links, 19345 Kelleher Road, Burlington. The scramble tournament will begin with a shotgun start at noon.

All players are welcome, regardless of skill level.

Registration: $100, $400 per team, includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch and prizes.

A live auction will follow the tournament. Hole sponsorships also are available.

360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

THEATER YOUTH THEATER CLASSES: The Whidbey Playhouse “Would Be Players” theater program will offer two eight-week workshops for students ages 6 to 14 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Drive, Oak Harbor: Novice class (ages 6-9): 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, Sept. 8-Oct. 27.

Entertainer Class (ages 10-14): 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 9-Oct. 28.

The workshops will culminate with public performances at 3:45 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 26-28.

Registration: $75; sibling discount available. 360-6792237 or whidbeyplayhouse. com.

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HOT TICKETS FAILURE: Aug. 28, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline. com.

GIPSY KINGS: featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo: Aug. 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

RANDY NEWMAN: Aug. 29, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

SUBLIME: with Rome, Rebelution, Pepper and Mickey Avalon: Aug. 29-30, Marymoor Park, Redmond.

888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL: Sept. 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: Sept. 3, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or livenation.com.

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS: Sept. 3, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, THE CHURCH: Sept. 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

PRINCE ROYCE: Sept.

3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

PINK MARTINI: Sept. 4-5, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Sept. 4-6, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

KID ROCK, FOREIGNER: Sept. 5, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

BUMBERSHOOT: Sept.

5-7, Seattle Center. bumber shoot.com.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Sept. 6, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MACHINE GUN KELLY: Sept. 8, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MARK KNOPFLER: Sept.

11-12, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

FOO FIGHTERS: Sept. 12, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

800-745-3000 or livenation. com.

KEVIN HART: Sept. 12, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PAPA ROACH: Sept. 12. XFinity Arena, Everett. 866-332-8499 or xfinityarenaeverett.com.

OLD 97’s: Sept. 13, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

EMPIRE OF THE SUN: with St. Lucia and Holy Ghost: Sept. 15, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-9297849 or AXS.com.

DEF LEPPARD: Sept. 16, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

FUNK VOLUME TOUR: Sept. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

RATATAT: Sept. 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

TREVOR HALL: Sept. 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

58TH ANNUAL MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL: Sept. 18-20, Monterey, Calif.

888-248-6499 or monterey jazzfestival.org.

TIM MCGRAW With special guests Billy Currington, Chase Bryant: Sept. 4, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

SUICIDEGIRLS: Sept. 19, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY AND STEPHEN “RAGGA” MARLEY: with Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley and special guests Jo Mersa and Black Am I: Sept. 19, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or AXS.com.

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: Sept. 20, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ZELLA DAY: Sept. 22, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DJANGOFEST NORTHWEST: Sept. 23-27, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.org.

LE BUTCHERETTES: Sept.

23, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DAN DEACON: Sept. 24,

Last Day for the Season

AUGUST 30th

Get your fresh Blueberries & Blackberries!

Available fresh in flats or frozen in gallon zip-locks.

www.FunAtTheBerryBarn.com • Open Daily 9am-6pm • 360.466.1923 • 14285 La Conner-Whitney Road

The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

AUTECHRE: Sept. 25, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO (comedy): Sept. 25-26, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

COUNTING CROWS: Sept.

26, WAMU Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

BONOBO: Sept. 26, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline. com.

THE WHO: with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts: Sept. 27, KeyArena, Seattle. thewho.com.

THIEVERY CORPORATION: Sept. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE TRAGICALLY HIP:

Sept. 29, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

SHAMIR: Sept. 30, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-9876487 or thecrocodile.com.

THE TEA PARTY: Oct. 1, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

AER: Oct. 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BIG GIGANTIC: Oct. 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

UB40: featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue: Oct. 2, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360734-6080 or mountbaker theatre.com.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: Oct. 3-5, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

NEIL YOUNG & PROMISE OF THE REAL: Oct. 4, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

BOOMBOX/UA: Oct. 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

MELANIE MARTINEZ: Oct. 4, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DUKE DUMONT: Oct. 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

CIMORELLI: Oct. 5, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

TOVE LO: Oct. 7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

COMMON KINGS: Oct. 8-9, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

SEATTLE SINGS! CHORAL FESTIVAL: Oct. 8-10, Saint

Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle. SeattleSings.org.

CASH CASH, TRITONAL: Oct. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Oct. 9-Nov. 18, various venues, Seattle. 206-5476763 or earshot.org.

BLUES TRAVELER: Oct. 10, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

MAX SCHNEIDER: Oct. 12, The Crocodile, Seattle.

877-987-6487 or thecro codile.com.

DEAN WEEN GROUP: Oct. 13, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

NEW POLITICS, ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS: Oct. 13, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

DOOMTREE: Oct. 14, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline. com.

MADISEN WARD & THE MAMA BEAR: Oct. 14, Columbia City Theatre, 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

MATOMA: Oct. 16, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline. com.

SOMO: Oct. 17, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline. com.

ALT-J: Oct. 18, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TECH N9NE: Oct. 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com. n For complete listings, visit goskagit and click on “Entertainment.”

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from the West Coast to Cuba since travel restrictions to the island nation were eased.

American said that the flights from Los Angeles International Airport will run on Saturdays starting Dec. 12. They will be sold

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Americans still must meet certain requirements for travel to Cuba, such as visiting family. Trips that are strictly for tourism are not yet legal.

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MOVIES NEW THIS WEEK Much of “WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS” plays like an electronic dance music update of a very good John Travolta movie — “Saturday Night Fever” — with a liberal sprinkling of plot elements from a quite terrible Tom Cruise movie called “Cocktail.”

Zac Efron turns in his usual capable if not particularly riveting performance as our hero, a 23-year-old aspiring DJ named Cole who dreams of making it big in Hollywood. Just as Travolta’s Tony Manero in “Fever” hung around with a scrappy, ragtag bunch of childhood friends, Cole is tight with his crew of scrappy, ragtag childhood friends. (Tony’s group included the diminutive and troubled Bobby C. Cole’s group includes the diminutive and troubled Squirrel.)

Tony and the boys spent their days hustling for money and chasing girls and dreaming of a better life. But for one night every week, Tony was a star on the dance floor and his pals basked in his glory. Cole and the boys spend their days hustling for money and chasing girls and dreaming of a better life. But for one night every week, Cole is a star on the DJ platform and his pals bask in his glory.

Enter the “Cocktail” phase of the story!

In that 1988 minor camp classic, Bryan Brown’s Coughlin is a veteran bartender and hard-partying man of the world who takes young Flanagan (Cruise) under his wing and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Coughlin’s beautiful wife (Kelly Lynch) eventually has a thing for young Flanagan.

In “We Are Your Friends,” Wes Bentley’s James is a veteran DJ and hard-partying man of the world who takes young Cole under his wing and teaches him the tricks of the trade.

James’ beautiful girlfriend (Emily Ratajkowski) eventually has a thing for Cole.

“We Are Your Friends” earns its R rating for generous helpings of casual drug use, female nudity, language and sex — but it still feels like a lightweight take on the EDM culture. Nearly all of the successful and/or ambitious people in this movie are good-looking white men, while the women are dancers and party girls and personal assistants and sexual predators.

The most substantial female role goes to Emily Ratajkowski, who sprang to fame based on that “Blurred Lines” video. Ratajkowski had a small role in “Gone Girl,” played herself in the “Entourage” movie and is front and center here as Cole’s love interest. To date, there is no substantial evidence of any real acting talent. Efron isn’t exactly Ryan Gosling when it comes to having the chops, but he’s a comfortable presence onscreen.

Jon Bernthal (“Fury,” “The Walking Dead”) livens things up as a barracuda who hires the boys to cold-call homeowners who are underwater with their mortgages and take advantage of their plight. Bentley does fine work playing the needlessly mopey James, who has worldwide fame, an insanely fabulous house and a gorgeous girlfriend, but can barely get out of bed in the morning because he’s become a sellout.

The music is what the music is — well-suited to the dance floor at 2 a.m., but not particularly memorable as a movie soundtrack (as opposed to “Saturday Night Fever” and those iconic cuts from the Bee Gees). The buildup to Cole’s One Big Shot at Stardom is simplistic and kinda goofy.

“We Are Your Friends” is one of the worst titles of the year, and the trailer was just awful. The actual product is a step up, squarely in the land of below average.

96 minutes. Rated: R (for language throughout, drug use, sexual content and some nudity). HH n Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Ant-Man” — The casting of likable, verbally nimble Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man seemed inspired, but what we have is a lightweight, cliche-riddled origins story that veers between inside-joke comedy, ponderous redemption story lines and nifty CGI sequences that still seem relatively insignificant. Superhero action, PG-13, 117 minutes. HH “Digging for Fire” — A story about a happily married couple (Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt) off on separate adventures. Equal parts film noir, relationship drama, dark comedy and mood piece, this is a movie made by someone who clearly loves the art of movies.

Comedy-drama, R, 83 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Fantastic Four” — A bunch of mostly humorless brainiacs are transformed into mutants with superpowers not nearly as interesting or complex or inherently dramatic as the gifts-slashcurses of a Superman or a Spidey.

This is a lightweight and basically unnecessary attempt to bring some cinematic life to one of the lesser teams in the Marvel Universe. 1Sci-fi action, PG-13, 105 minutes. H ⁄2 “Hitman: Agent 47” — Engineered from birth to be a perfect killing machine, Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) goes on a dangerous mission in an action movie with video game origins.

The action sequences are nothing special, and the big-picture questions have been tackled elsewhere with far more depth and1 grace. Sci-fi action, R, 96 minutes. H ⁄2 “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” — This is the rare instance of the later movies in a series easily exceeding the quality of the original.

As Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt performs harrowing stunts and engages in clever banter with his adversaries, we essentially get the best James Bond movie since “Casino Royale.”

Action, PG-13, 131 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Mistress America” — You know the type: the initially entertaining but ultimately exhausting life of the party who won’t leave. That’s Greta Gerwig’s Brooke, who’s a force of nature in this film that at times plays like a 1930s screwball comedy, but then falls apart into a stilted, forced farce. Comedy, R, 84 minutes HH1⁄2 “No Escape” — As a bloody revolution breaks out in an unnamed Asian country, the focus is on Owen Wilson’s visiting family from Texas trying to escape a band of thugs in pursuit. But there’s no denying director John Erick Dowdle’s skill set for creating almost unbearably tense and quite twisted suspense pieces in which you’ll find yourself laughing at the sheer unapolo-

AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Aug. 28-Sept. 3 No Escape (R): 1:45, 4:05, 6:40, 8:55 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (PG-13): 3:55, 6:30, 9:00 Shaun the Sheep (PG): 1:55 Mr. Holmes (PG): 2:00, 4:15, 6:50, 9:05 360-293-6620 CONCRETE THEATRE Aug. 28-30 Vacation (R): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 5 p.m.

360-941-0403 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Sept. 3 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) and Jurassic World (PG-13): First movie starts at 8:30 p.m.

360-675-5667 CASCADE MALL THEATRES Burlington For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN (888262-4386). getic insanity of it all. Action thriller, R, 103 minutes. HHH “Paper Towns” — Shy teen Quentin (Nat Wolff) searches for his crush, Margo (Cara Delevingne), when she goes missing after they spend a magical night together. Some compelling side characters and sharp, funny dialogue elevate the drama from novelist John Green.1 Drama, PG-13, 109 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Ricki and the Flash” — Meryl Streep doing Bruce Springsteen? I’ll be damned if it doesn’t work in director Jonathan Demme’s amiable and predictable rock ‘n’ roll fable about a late-middle-age musician rethinking her choices. It’s a sweet, smart and funny confection. Comedy-drama, PG-13, 102 minutes. HHH “Self/less” — A dying tycoon (Ben Kingsley, in a ridiculous Noo Yawk accent) has his memories and personality transplanted into a young, healthy human (Ryan Reynolds). The film raises some fascinating issues and offers a tease or two of a better movie before devolving into a medley of chases and shootouts. Sci-fi thriller, PG-13, 116 minutes. HH “Southpaw” — Playing a boxing champ who loses it all, the chiseled Jake Gyllenhaal looks really good in the ring in director Antoine Fuqua’s bloodspitting, melodramatic and shamelessly sentimental drama containing elements from many boxing movies, everything from “The Champ” to any

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Aug. 28-Sept. 3 American Ultra (R): 1:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 Straight Outta Compton (R): 1:00, 3:30, 6:20, 8:30 Shaun the Sheep (PG): 1:45, 4:00, 6:30, 8:50 360-279-2226 STANWOOD CINEMAS Aug. 28-Sept. 3 No Escape (R): 1:10, 3:25, 7:00, 9:15 American Ultra (R): 1:30, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10 Hitman: Agent 47 (R): 1:40, 4:05, 6:55, 9:05 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (PG-13): 3:55, 6:25 Ricki and the Flash (PG-13): 1:20, 8:55 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 1:00, 3:35, 6:30, 8:50; Thursday: 1:00, 3:35, 8:50 The Transporter Refueled (PG-13): Thursday: 7:00 360-629-0514 — Show times subject to change

number of “Rockys.”

Drama, R, 124 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Straight Outta Compton” — The early dreams, the big breaks and the in-fighting are told to great effect in F. Gary Gray’s enthralling, energized tribute to N.W.A. Also something of a docudrama about Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, this is one of the better musical biopics of the last 20 years. Music biography, R, 147 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “The Gift” — Joel Edgerton writes, directs and co-stars in a chilling little gem that feels like a disturbing whisper in the night. Jason Bateman is first-rate as a transplant to California whose life is invaded by an awkward acquaintance from high school (Edgerton). Thriller, R, 105 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” — Reveling in the fashions, weapons and overall vibe of its 1960s time period, Guy Ritchie’s great-looking spy thriller plays like a lower-key, vintage edition of a “Mission: Impossible” movie. It’s slick, stylish and entertaining. Spy adventure, PG-13, 116 minutes. HHH “Trainwreck” — The performance of Amy Schumer, in her feature film lead debut as a New Yorker trying her first grown-up romance, is a tour de force of razor-sharp comedic timing. Despite (or maybe because of) “Trainwreck’s” sharp edges and cynical set pieces, it’s a movie you want to wrap your arms around. Romantic comedy, R, 124 minutes. HHH1⁄2

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Thursday, August 27, 2015 - E15

MUSIC REVIEWS LUKE BRYAN, “Kill the Lights” — Luke Bryan, the country singer with the coolly emotive voice, showed last week on the Billboard charts just how popular he is. His new album, “Kill the Lights,” debuted atop the chart, topping even the sound track to “Straight Outta Compton,” the N.W.A. biopic some are calling the film of the summer and maybe the year.

Bryan is successful because he knows how to party, as in his hit “Crash My Party.”

And on “Kill the Lights,” that festive atmosphere is certainly there, as in “Kick the Dust Up,” with its rhythmic, line-dancing groove. But “Kill the Lights” also shows him doing something he hasn’t done before: growing up.

With Little Big Town vocalist Karen Fairchild as his partner, Bryan settles into a life of devotion on “To the Moon and Back.”

With the love-her-right-or-lose-her theme of “Just Over,” he shows he actually can handle subtext while communicating a genuine sense of hurt.

Bryan is used to playing the cocksure romancer, but he has never loved from behind the eight ball, as he does on “Strip It Down.” n A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS, “Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats” — Nathaniel Rateliff has released three albums of soulful folk rock, but this self-titled album with the Night Sweats feels like an introduction. The Missouri-bred, Denver-based artist has gone all-in with the sounds of ’60s soul and R&B. Produced by Richard Swift, who has worked with the Shins and Foxygen, “Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats” revels in the horns, handclaps, and harmony vocals of a half-century ago.

The album occasionally risks pastiche: There’s a bit too much of Sam Cooke in “Howling at Nothing” and way too much of Thurston Harris’ “Little Bitty Pretty One” in “S.O.B.” Still, with its Motown rhythms, its devil-may-care lyrics, and, especially, Rateliff’s husky, full-throated vocals, this is an excellent party record.

so blue, so low.”

When he plays it straight, however, as he does on the rest of “If I’ve Only One Time Askin’,” Romano shows he really does know how to wallow in country heartache and despair. Wed those songs to the classic sounds the young Canadian has mastered — from lush countrypolitan to lean honkytonk — and the result is a killer set that is one of the best country albums of the year.

It’s fitting that in such a relentlessly blue atmosphere, Romano would end with a song that sees comfort in death — “Let Me Sleep (at the End of a Dream).” n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

even landed Tom Hanks for the music video as a way to exemplify the multi-quadrant appeal of what will undoubtedly go down as everything Taylor Swift’s “1989” tried to be but wasn’t. n Evan Sawdey, popmatters.com

THE ISLEY BROTHERS, “The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)” — Formed in 1954, The Isley Brothers isn’t just one of America’s longest-running bands, it’s also one of our best and most eclectic. Coming to life in Ohio, the Isleys showed promise in their earliest days and quickly left the Buckeye State behind for the promise of New York City.

They racked up regional hits and finally broke into the national scene in 1959 with “Shout!” As ubiquitous as that song seems today, it only climbed to No. 47 on the “Billboard” pop charts and didn’t bother the R&B world at all. That’s where this new box set begins, taking listeners all the way to 1983 and through some impossible twists and turns that found the band touching on soul, gospel, psychedelic rock, disco, and funk, among just about everything else along the way.

CARLY RAE JEPSEN, “E·MO·TION” — “E·MO·TION,” Carly Rae Jepsen’s third full-length, arrives on waves upon waves of hype, her collaborations with indie heroes like Dev Hynes (who similarly helped reinn Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer vent Solange as an indie pop wonder) and HAIM producer Ariel Rechtshaid helping DANIEL ROMANO, “If I’ve Only One Time to paint a narrative of the corporate oneAskin’” — In “Two Word Joe,” the lightest hit-wonder girl making it on her own all moment on his new album, Daniel Romano while causing rock critics to trip over themsends up country tropes through the sadselves coming up with new, inventive ways sack protagonist’s clipped utterances: “No to praise what is the “don’t-you-dare-arguelove, big pain, sadness remains, many years, with-me” pop album of the year. Heck, they n Jedd Beaudoin, popmatters.com

Elvis compilation from post office No. 11 on Billboard 11 in its first week on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart.

The 18-track CD, which Customers of the U.S. sold 27,000 copies last Postal Service snapped up week, spans Presley’s career enough copies of the serfrom his 1954 Sun Records vice’s exclusive new “Elvis recording “That’s All Right Presley Forever” music com- Mama,” through his early pilation, released last week 1970s hits “Burning Love” in conjunction with the new and “The Wonder of You,” Elvis Presley Forever postand includes previously unisage stamp, to place it at No. sued versions of “If I Can

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Dream” and “What Now My Love.” It also includes such Presley signature hits as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Return to Sender,” “Viva Las Vegas” and “Suspicious Minds.”

It’s the highest debut for a Presley album in a dozen years, since his “2nd to None” album debuted at No. 3 in 2003.

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