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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday August 14, 2014

This Weekend

TUNING UP Michael Bucy plays classic rock on Saturday at Washington Sips in La Conner PAGE 9

Skagit Woodstock takes over Edgewater Park PAGE 3

HOT TICKETS From Peter Frampton to Katy Perry, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing in the region PAGE 14

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Muppets Most set includes 22 epiUpcoming Wanted”: The Muppets sodes, commentary on three key episodes and are manipulated into movie releases two featurettes. being part of a crime Following is a partial “The Marx Brothspree by an evil frog schedule of coming movies ers TV Collection”: who looks like Kermit. on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: Includes more than The film picks up at 50 television perforthe end of “The MupAUG. 19 mances. pets.” After Kermit The Amazing Spider-Man 2 “Batman: Assault and the gang save their The Quiet Ones on Arkham”: Next beloved theater, they Only Lovers Left Alive The Sacrament DC Universe original are at a loss as to what Jarhead 2: Field of Fire movie features Batman to do next. A suggestion Go for Sisters facing a major treat at from a sleazy tour proP-51 Dragon Fighter Arkham Asylum. moter, Dominic Badguy Rampage: Capital Punishment Rosemary’s Baby “Bears”: Year in (Ricky Gervais), sends Toy Story of Terror the life of two mother the Muppets on a world bears. tour that is part of a AUG. 26 “Turtle Power”: complicated plan to Aftermath Film chronicles the Belle steal the Crown Jewels. Blended birth of the franchise As has become the The Double about the most unlikenorm with these films, Heatstroke ly superheroes of all the movie is loaded Jackpot time. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s with cameos. Adults Return “The Devils Ride who get bored with The Love Punch Season 2”: Discovery the flat story can at Trust Me Channel series about least try to guess which n McClatchy-Tribune News Sinister Mob, the fastwell-known actor is in Service est-growing motorcycle a scene. club in San Diego. It’s nice to have the “Power Rangers Muppets back, but the Megaforce: A Battle To The Finish”: euphoria of their return gets wiped Rangers battle to save the planet in the away by this disappointing sequel. four final episodes of the 20th “Power “Neighbors”: The film looks at the Rangers” season. conflict between Mac and Kelly Radner “Baseball’s Seasons: The 1980s”: (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne), a couple Kirk Gibson, Bo Jackson and the ’86 with a new baby, and the raucous Delta Mets are spotlighted. fraternity that moves into the house “Decline of an Empire”: Peter next door. O’Toole stars in this tale of a man’s What could have been a smart comedy about the battle of the ages too often quest to find his lost friend. “Frankie & Alice”: Go-go dancer finds itself at such a loss for anything battles dissociative identity disorder. funny that it resorts to an endless string Halle Berry stars. of jokes about male sex organs. There “The Crown and the Dragon: The will be those who will defend the movie Paladin Cycle”: Woman must find the saying it’s a comedy and shouldn’t be strength to become a dragon slayer. judged so seriously. “Rage”: Respectable businessman There’s nothing wrong with over-the(Nicolas Cage) returns to his violent top, raunchy comedy. Rogen starred in past to save his daughter. a perfect example with last year’s “This “Locke”: Series of phone calls sets Is the End.” The problem is that “Neighin motion a chain of events that will bors” is so poorly written it makes it unravel a man’s perfect life. easy to condemn both houses. “Tarzan”: New animated film based “The Blacklist: The Complete First on the Edgar Rice Burroughs character. Season”: A standout performance by “Eleanor’s Secret”: Boy’s new ability James Spader makes this one of TV’s sets his imagination free, saves the day. top dramas. The NBC series follows “Swelter”: Man’s past returns to Raymond “Red” Reddington (Spader), haunt his new life. Lennie James stars. a top criminal, who through a wide “Motel Hell”: Classic horror film now variety of mysterious twists and turns available on Blu-ray. helps the FBI find and stop some of the world’s most notorious criminals. The n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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

On Stage

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Tommy Simmons plays the Eagle Haven Winery in Sedro-Woolley on Friday night

SUBMISSIONS Email features@skagitpublishing.com, vrichardson@skagitpublishing. com (recreation items) Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday for the following Thursday edition Phone 360-416-2135 Hand-deliver 1215 Anderson Road Mount Vernon, WA 98274

This Weekend...................................... 3 Cascade Days...................................... 4 Out & About.....................................5-7 On Stage, Tuning Up........................8-9 Get Involved.................................10-11 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews.......... 12 At the Lincoln.................................... 13 Hot Tickets........................................ 14 Music Reviews, Local Travel............ 15

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THIS WEEKENDin the area DADDY’S GOT A GIRLFRIEND

MICROSCOPIC GIANT

TROY FAIR BAND

Skagit Woodstock Skagit Woodstock will take place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. Music from Troy Fair Band, Daddy’s Got A Girlfriend, The Unknown, Chris Eger Band, Microscopic Giant and Bucula. Beer garden, food and crafts vendors. $10; proceeds benefit cancer care. facebook.com/pages/Skagit-WoodstockMusic-Festival/191085367615015.

PROPS AND PONIES The annual Props and

PARISH FESTIVAL Immaculate Concep-

BELLEVILLE THRESHING BEE Celebrate the

BIKE TO FARMS Join the third annual

Ponies aircraft and auto show weekend will kick off with a festive evening featuring “Better than C-Rations” appetizers, music by the Skagit Swing Band, a no-host bar and more from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at the Heritage Flight Museum, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. Celebrate the decades between the P-51 Mustang in WWII and the launch of the Ford Mustang during the Vietnam War. Ages 21 and older. $45, includes heavy appetizers, no-host bar, raffle drawing, a souvenir glass and your first drink. Tickets available at 2014props poniespoppingcorks.eventbrite.com or at the door. Information: heritageflight.org.

tion Church’s annual Parish Festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy multicultural food and desserts, stage performances, activities for all ages, Wet & Wild Teen Scene, bingo, live music, cultural dancing, roving musicians, a beer garden, pony rides and more. Free admission and parking. Purchase tickets for food and games at the festival. Proceeds will benefit the new church building fund. 360-336-6622.

100th anniversary of the steam tractor at the annual Belleville Threshing Bee from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at 19095 Cook Road, Burlington. Bring a potluck lunch dish to share. Sponsored by Lagerlund Farms, Belleville Threshers and the Cascade Two-Cylinder Club. Free. Event is weather dependent. 360-757-4757.

Bike to Farms Tour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, departing from and returning to the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St., Mount Vernon. The family-friendly cycling tour will visit Skagit Flats Farm, J-4 Ranch, Ralph’s Greenhouse and Living Rain Farm before returning to the Co-op for free ice cream. Fat-tire bikes are recommended for the flat, 8-mile round-trip, which includes gravel and dirt roads. Helmets required. Bring water, a sack lunch or snacks. Free. Preregister at 360-336-5087, ext. 139, or email coopbiketofarm@gmail. com.

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COMMUNITY

CASCADE DAYS

SMALL TOWN, BIG EVENT Skagit Valley Herald file photos

Cascade Days Concrete

SATURDAY, AUG. 16 11 a.m.: Kickoff parade 12:30 p.m.: Firemen’s muster, Town Park 2 p.m.: Scaffold race, Main Street 4:30 p.m.: Duck race, Main Street SUNDAY, AUG. 17 10 a.m.: Mud & Stuff fun run starting at Silo park 12:30 p.m.: Scavenger hunt 1:30 p.m.: Pie eating contest, Town Park 2:30 p.m.: Watermelon eating contest, Town Park n Complete schedule: cascade days.com

race, eating contests, children’s activities and more. “I think my favorite part of it The quiet streets of Concrete would be the parade because it’s will come alive this weekend the biggest parade we have all with activities reminiscent of its year and we get a lot of out-ofpioneering past at the annual Cas- town entries,” Miller said. “It’s cade Days celebration. loud and noisy and just everything Mayor Jason Miller said he’s you could possibly love about a looking forward to the event and parade.” the crowd it draws to town. One of the entries, the Fallen “It’s been around for decades, Hero Banner Project, will honor it’s the biggest event Concrete local military service men and throws every year and it’s always a women who have died in the line blast,” he said. of duty, event organizer Joe Kraft The weekend will be packed said. with logging demonstrations, a The parade will kick off the chain saw carving competition, two-day event at 11 a.m. Saturday, firemen’s muster, car show, duck and traditional chain saw carving By KIMBERLY CAUVEL @Kimberly_SVH

competitions will keep the town buzzing over the course of the weekend. A new activity will be introduced: The Mud & Stuff fun run will mark the start of Sunday’s festivities. Ages 10 and older can participate in the 3-mile race for a wet and dirty good time, but participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration ($35) will begin at 9 a.m. at Silo Park. The run will start at 10 a.m. All proceeds will go to support the nonprofit, weekend-long celebration. Avid 5K runner Rebekah Luttrell and Cascade Days councilwoman Ember Labounty, who

have run similar races together in the past, came up with the idea. But Luttrell said getting it off the ground was a community effort. “There has really been a lot of community support and sponsorship … It’s taken this whole community to put this together, so it’s been a lot of fun,” she said. Luttrell encourages those who enter the race to bring their friends. “It’s really fun with a group, and just running it for fun together instead of for competition,” she said. n Reporter Kimberly Cauvel: 360416-2199, kcauvel@skagitpublish ing.com, Twitter: @Kimberly_SVH, Facebook.com/byKimberlyCauvel

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OUT & ABOUT ART IN THE ART BAR: Paintings by Steinar Kristoffersen are on display during August in the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-3368955 or lincolntheatre.org. “While my goal is always to create a beautiful image, I am equally interested in the traces of inspiration, emotion, struggle, resolution and satisfaction that are revealed through physical brush strokes left on the canvas,” says Kristoffersen. “I am satisfied when one of my paintings draws people “Diablo Lake” by Brock Mullins in so they can appreciate the many dimensions of original art.”

open bowls, baskets and more. Meet the artists during a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit ravenrocksgallery.com. “WING & PETAL”: Allied Arts of Whatcom County’s 2014 Juried Artist Series continues with a new show through Aug. 30 at Allied Arts Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. “Wing & Petal” features two-dimensional artworks by Mira Kamada, Wade Marlow and Kristen Gilje. Inspired by the beauty of nature, the artists take the basics of a landscape and flowers, and through their imaginations rearrange that image into something new. 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.

the Bay, One Bellwether Way, Bellingham. More than 30 juried artists will offer their wares. Free. 360-6768548 or alliedarts.org. PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE: “The Ruthless Ones,” featuring artwork by Andrea Joyce Heimer and Sarah Denby, continues through Sept. 14 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Two artists reveal the haunting yet humorous side of human beings in their two natural habitats: the suburbs and the subconscious. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-7553140 or anchorartspace.org.

Best Road, Mount Vernon. Taken on the beaches of Fidalgo Island, these photographs are the artist’s attempt to record the work of nature uninfluenced by the human hand — pebbles arranged in symmetry by the sea; driftwood forms, shapes and colors produced by sun, rain, wind and the passage of time. 360-4665522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

SCULPTURE & MORE: Check out sculptures, paintings and more by Clayton James, Ed Nordin, Mary Randlett, Allen Moe and Maggie Wilder through Sept. 28 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave., La Conner. Gallery hours ART & GIFTS: The annu- are noon to 5 p.m. Friday, PHOTO ENCAUSTICS: al Skyline Art and Gift Saturday and Sunday or by Scott Milo Gallery presents Show will take place from appointment. 360-708-4787 a new collection of photo 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday or gallerycygnus.com. encaustic work by Kathy Skagit Valley Herald staff and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Hastings, continuing through Aug. 16-17, at the Skyline EXHIBITIONS AT MoNA: Sept. 2 at 420 Commercial Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Brock Clubhouse, 6041 Sands New exhibits continue Ave., Anacortes. Hastings Mullins’ inaugural Northwest Exhibition will open with Way, Anacortes. Check out through Sept. 28 at The brings her renowned boat a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, and conjewelry, photography, paint- Museum of Northwest Art, “SLOW TIME: LANDreflections and her latest tinue through Sept. 30 at J’s Gallery, 101 N. First St., La ings, paintings, scarves, and 121 S. First St., La Conner. SCAPES AND STILLS BY pieces featuring regional Conner. The exhibit features Mullins’ color-rich, commore. Free admission. “Bradd Skubinna: Ten MARY FRODERBERG & birds. Also showing: color positional sharp landscape photographs taken from the Ideas Worth Having”: SkuRUTHIE V.”: Two friends photographs by David desert, mountains, ocean and city, and celebrating the ROAMING ARTISTS ART binna’s installation, drawings show landscapes, portraits Lucas, oils by Sandy Byers unique qualities of the Northwest, including the North SHOW: Check out a variety and mixed media inspired by and stills in their new exhiand Lorna Libert, and pasCascades and Skagit Valley. Gallery hours are 3 to 8 p.m. bition, continuing through of original artwork from 10 consumer products and his tels by Janice Wall, as well as Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and surroundings will be shown Aug. 31 at Smith & Vallee a selection of jewelry, glass and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, in the Osberg and Safeco Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., work, sculptures and tables. The opening reception will feature screenings of MulAug. 30-31, at the Camano galleries. Edison. With the outdoors Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. lins’ short films, including “The Highway” (official selecMultipurpose Center, 141 “Susan Skilling: Readas her studio, Froderberg to 4:30 p.m. Monday through tion of the L.A. International Short Film Festival, an E. Camano Drive, Camano ing the World”: The show is inspired by light, atmoSaturday. 360-293-6938 or Oscar qualifier), “Providers of Joy and Solace” (honorIsland. The show will include features new gouache paintsphere and the beauty of scottmilo.com. able mention at the World Championship of Cinema and ings from Skilling’s studio. the natural world. Ruthie V. paintings by 27 “Roaming Sports Television in Milan, Italy) and “Letting Him Go” Artists” who paint “plein Her meditations of color, takes a minimal approach NEW PAINTINGS & (winner of Best Narrative Short at the Columbia Gorge air” at Camano Island and composition and content to painting, working with a MORE: A show featuring International Film Festival). Musician Lane Fernando will Stanwood locations. This feature dense layering of limited palette and focusnew paintings by Anne entertain. 360-630-1433 or jaybowenartgallery.com. subtle color with energetic ing on line, shape, color and year’s featured artist is Martin McCool and other Juanita Hagberg, whose highlights. surface. Gallery hours are artists continues through work includes watercolor “Benjamin Cobb: Natural 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday August at McCool Gallandscapes, seascapes and Reflection”: Always fasthrough Sunday. 360-766purely decorative — the lery, 711 Commercial Ave., Hathaway,ceramics; and Louise Harris, quilt art and exhibition will run through 6230 or smithandvallee.com. natural forms. The event will cinated by science and the Anacortes. Other artists include a raffle for artwork natural world, Cobb’s most Aug. 31 at Raven Rocks more. Gallery hours are include Kevin Paul, wood titled “Terry’s Corner Trike” recent focus has been on the BELLWETHER ARTS Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday carvings; Cathy Schoenby watercolorist Judy Kilian. internal organs of the body. MARKET: Check out handthrough Saturday and noon Greenbank. Check out berg and Peter Belknap, Free admission. By creating abstract, stylRichard Alexander’s hand- made arts and crafts, live paintings; Carole Cunning- to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-293ized versions of stomachs, music, children’s activities thrown, glazed ceramics; 3577 or mccoolart.com. ham and Debbie Aldrich, “IMAGES OF EMBLA”: kidneys and lungs, he chaland more from noon to 6 Bob Higbee’s hand-turned jewelry; George Way and lenges the viewers’ thoughts p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 Photographs by La Con“FIRE, WOOD & FIBER”: vases of found wood; Art Learmonth, wood; ner photographer R. Wyn and ideals of beauty. p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and Karen Noblet’s coilFeaturing a variety of vesTracy Powell, sculpture; Aug. 15-17, at the Tom Glenn Williams are on display at wrapped fiber vessels Patsy Chamberlain, Cathy sels — works of art that including plates, lidded and Commons at Bellwether on the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Continued on Pages 6 and 7 range from functional to Schoenberg and Barbara

Northwest Exhibition opens on Saturday

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OUT & ABOUT “Regional Perspectives: Nature to Manufacture from the Permanent Collection”: Discover how Northwest artists chronicle our environment, whether in the city or country. The exhibit includes works by Guy Anderson, Robert Buchanan, Kenneth Callahan, Lockwood Dennis, Richard Gilkey, Joseph Goldberg, Morris Graves, Paul Havas, Clayton James, Jack McLarty, Buster Simpson, Mark Tobey and Wesley Wehr. MoNA also features Walt Disney artist Bob Patterson‘s large painting of the La Conner waterfront. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free admission. 360466-4446, monamuseum.org. “SKAGIT WOMEN PRINT”: The exhibition continues through Aug. 10 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show will feature a suite of original prints conceived and organized by Jules Remedios Faye and Natalie Niblack and involving 18 Skagit Valley artists. Participating artists include Jane Alynn, Jean Behnke, Eve Deisher, Heidi Epstein, Kathleen Faulkner, Jules Remedios Faye, Jessica Gigot, Kathryn Glowen, Nicolette Harrington, Theodora Jonsson, Ellen Jane Michael, Kris Ekstrand Molesworth, Natalie Niblack, Ann Chadwick Reid, Sue Roberts, Stella Spring, Twila Tate and Kristin Loffer Theiss. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-755-3140 or anchorartspace.org.

FAIRS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR: The 104th annual fair continues from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. today through Saturday, Aug. 14-16, at 1775

PLAYS

“Family Floral Crests” by Sachiko Yoshida

Japanese quilts and more at La Conner museum

and vocalist David Nellis will be held from 4 to 8 WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at TICKETS: Season tickets Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 are on sale for the Whidbey Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Playhouse’s 2014-15 season. $25-$100. Proceeds will Shows include Neil Simon’s benefit Skagit County “The Odd Couple (female Toys For Tots. Informaversion),” British farce tion: facebook.com/ “Run for your Wife,” the events/511975945574133. musical comedy “Monty Tickets: brownpapertickets. Python’s Spamalot,” Paul com/event/699528. Rudnick’s comedy “I Hate Hamlet” and Gilbert and BLUEGRASS CONCERT: Sullivan’s comic operetta The seventh annual Blue“Pirates of Penzance.” Per- grass in the Gardens will formances take place at take place from noon to 4 Whidbey Playhouse, 730 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at SE Midway Blvd., Oak Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Harbor. Tickets or informa- Meerkerk Lane, Greention: 360-679-2237 or whid bank. Performers include beyplayhouse.com. Bayview Sound, Me and

the Boys, and Faast and Blair. A bluegrass workshop will take place at 11 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: The seventh annual a.m. Admission: $15, free Cap Sante Summer Concert for ages 15 and younger. Skagit Valley Herald staff 360-678-1912 or meerkerk Series takes place at 7 p.m. Fridays at Seafarer’s Memo- gardens.org. Three new exhibits are on display at the La Conner rial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner: Anacortes. Bring a lawn MORE FUN “Wishes Through Our Hands: Japanese Quilts”: chair or blanket for seating. SENIOR DAY IN THE “Quiltmaking is converting our wishes into tangible Free admission. 425-303PARK: Skagit Senior Day form through the use of our hands. It starts with 1848 or snohomishartist in the Park will be held pouring our wish and mind in the quilt for someone guild.org. Next up: from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. we care, for our own dreams or for serving our sociAug. 15: Global Heat today at Maiben Park, ety… We sincerely hope you can read our wishes and (hip hop, soul and groove). thoughts, stitched and sewn in these quilts.” — MiwaAug. 22: Aaron Crawford 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. ko Kimura. (country). Seniors are invited to “Works of Junko Maeda”: Maeda has worked with Aug. 29: Tubaluba: Japanese natural fiber textiles such as silk, linen and Mardi Gras Night. Umbrel- enjoy music by Marcia Kester, free informacotton for nearly 45 years. In the past several years, las and handkerchiefs tion about how to lead she has been inspired by handicraft called “Pojagi,” encouraged. a healthy senior lifestyle Korean women’s traditional patchwork handed down and a performance by from mother to daughter. STANWOOD SUMMER “Fifty Years of Quiltmaking: Schlotterback ColCONCERTS: The Stanwood students from the Skagit Valley Academy of Dance. lection”: This exhibit features quilts and comforters Summer Concert series by professional seamstress Josie Teeter Schlotterback presents free concerts from The first 500 seniors will receive a free sack lunch (1882-1974). Her work includes utility comforters 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays in made of suiting samples in dark colors suitable for downtown Stanwood. Spon- and tote bag. 360-755-0102. everyday use, crazy quilts and colorful cotton quilts. sorship opportunities are Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday still available. For informaSHOW AND TELL FOR through Sunday. $7, $5 students and military with ID, tion, contact Joane at 425free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466319-3102 or email jemsact@ GROWN-UPS: Personal historian Teru Lundsten will 4288 or laconnerquilts.org. hotmail.com. Next up: Aug. 23: Mark DuFresne host a Grown-Up Show & Tell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Band: Port Susan Farmers Aug. 14, at the Anacortes Front St., Lynden. Check Lynden PRCA Rodeo and Market, 8825 Viking Way, Center for Happiness, 619 out livestock, art, flowers, a demolition derby (prices East Stanwood. Commercial Ave., Ana4-H, FFA and other displays, vary). Fair admission: $12 cortes. Bring old photos, vendors, carnival rides and adults, $10 ages 62 and older, TOYS FOR TOTS BENgames, free entertainment, $7 ages 6-12, free for ages 5 EFIT CONCERT: A benefit letters, family mementos or artifacts — anything you food and more. Other attrac- and younger. 360-354-7777 concert featuring Leroy tions include the 10th annual or nwwafair.com. Bell and His Only Friends treasure — to show and tell

MUSIC

the stories behind them, or just listen to others. Free. RSVP: 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterfor happiness.org. GENEALOGY CONFERENCE: Tickets are on sale for the Washington State Genealogy Conference, to be held Aug. 15-16 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center in Arlington. D. Joshua Tyler of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS will be the featured presenter, along with several other guest speakers. The conference will include some 23 sessions covering methodology, technology, DNA and more. For a complete lineup of speakers, workshops and registration information, visit wsgs2014conference. com. WHITE TRASH FOOD FEST: The 13th annual event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy Cheez Whiz tasting, Spam snacks, music, contests and more. Prizes for best white trash food – appetizers, main course and dessert — and best dressed good ol’ boy and girl. $3 at the door. 360-466-5522 or visit rex villegrocery.com. FLY DAY: Heritage Flight Museum will host its monthly Fly Day from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at the museum’s Skagit Regional Airport location, 15400 Airport Drive, Burlington. Fly Days allow visitors to see aircraft in action, including vintage warbirds, single-ship fighters, a formation of T-6s and more. Food and drinks available for purchase. No pets. Suggested admission donation: $8 adults, $5 children, free for ages 5 and younger. 360424-5151 or heritageflight. org.

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OUT & ABOUT CEMETERY TOUR: The Burlington Historical Society will host its first “Recalling Our Founders” Cemetery Tour from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Green Hills Memorial Cemetery, 11157 Gardner Road, Burlington. Descendants of several Burlington pioneers and a living history interpreter will tell tales of Burlington’s early days. Bill Knutzen will discuss the Jess H. Knutzen family; Richard Rohweder will speak about his pioneer grandfather Clarence Rohweder; Don Mapes will share yarns of Woodman “Granny” Matthews and his unusual bequest to Burlington Hospital. Living history interpreter Margie Wilson, dressed in 1890s garb, will portray Clara GarlMorrison, Burlington’s first schoolteacher. The free tour is open to all ages. Refreshments and a Society meeting will follow the 40-minute outdoor tour. RSVP with Burlington Parks and Recreation, 360755-9649 or Edie Edmundson, 360-757-4757.

cortes. Enjoy boat races in a variety of classes, pirate contests, a boat parade, live music, a car show, food vendors, beer garden and more. Free. A remembrance ceremony to honor the men and women who’ve lost their lives while working at sea will be held at noon at Seafarers’ Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers’ Way. 360-2991818.

Habitat’s mission of providing safe affordable housing for deserving families in Skagit County. During the event, a free Health & Safety Fair with booths and activities for the whole family will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wal-Mart parking lot. For information or to register, call Kim at 360708-1162, email resource@ skagithabitat.com or visit amaze-a-thon.com.

around the world. Make reservations by Friday, Aug. 15 by calling 360-466-9909 or visit harvestinghope auction.org.

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER: Whidbey Playhouse and the Whidbey Improv Team will present a Murder Mystery Dinner from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Best Western Plus Harbor Plaza & Conference AMAZE-A-THON: Skagit Center, 33175 Highway 20, Habitat for Humanity’s Oak Harbor. Enjoy dinner Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation is presenting a third annual Amaze-A-Thon “MOONLIGHT & MARTIand a good mystery as you series of films on Friday evenings at Hillcrest Park, fundraiser will begin at 9 NIS”: The Rotary Club of become the detective, look 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Movies begin at a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in the La Conner’s annual Auction for clues and question susdusk. Bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating. Limited concessions available. Free admission. 360-336- northeast corner of the Wal- and Dinner to Benefit Edu- pects. $35, $60 couple. Regis6215 or mountvernonwa.gov/parks. Next up: Aug. 15: Mart parking lot, 2301 Free- cation and Literacy will take ter by Aug. 20: 360-679-4567. way Drive, Mount Vernon. place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Information: whidbeyplay “Despicable Me 2” (PG); Aug. 22: “Frozen” (PG-13). Teams of two to four people Saturday, Aug. 23, at Maple house.com. will receive encrypted clues Hall, 104 Commercial, La to various Skagit County Conner. Enjoy a dinner and PSYCHIC FAIR: 10 a.m. DEN”: Skagit Domestic at the Port of Anacortes locations where they will bidding on a variety of live to 5 p.m. Saturday and SunViolence and Sexual Assault Transit Shed Event Cencompete in a series of chal- and silent auction items. $75. day, Aug. 23-24, at Valerie’s Services’ third annual gala ter, 100 Commercial Ave., Proceeds will support Rota- Metaphysical Gallery, 7031 and auction will be held Anacortes. Enjoy live music, lenges including games, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, food and drinks, a King and puzzles or physical activities. ry’s educational and human- Old Highway 99 N., BurlingProceeds will benefit Skagit itarian projects locally and ton. 360-707-0107. Aug. 22, at the SwinomQueen of the Pirates cosish Casino and Lodge Wa tume contest and more. $15, Walton Event Center, 12885 free for active military. TickCasino Drive, Anacortes. ets available at brownpaper Enjoy an evening of great tickets.com/event/782256 or food and drinks, auctions, at the door. 360-708-7770 or raffles and more. Ages 21 pugetsoundproductions@ Come get your share. and older. $60, $440 table of gmail.com. OUTDOOR MOVIE: Enjoy eight. Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com/event/696149. WORKBOAT RACES, a free showing of “Frozen” PIRATE FAIRE: The sixth starting at dusk Friday, Aug. Information: 360-336-9591 or erins@skagitDVSAS.org. annual Anacortes Workboat 22, at Storvik Park, 1110 Races and Pirate Faire will 32nd St., Anacortes. Bring PARTY LIKE A PIRATE: take place from 11 a.m. to blankets or low-rise lawn 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, on chairs for seating and snacks. Celebrate the kickoff for the Anacortes Workboat the Guemes Channel and cityofanacortes.org. Races and Pirate Faire from Pier One, 100 Commercial 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, Ave., in downtown Ana“AN ENCHANTED GAR-

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area August 14-21

TUNING UP Playing at area venues August 14-20

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THEATER

Nigel Egg & Chris Eger (funk, soul, blues): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

“Much Ado About Nothing”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org.

“Richard III”: Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-331-1939 or islandshakespearefest.org.

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“Macbeth”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). shakesnw.org. “Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. “The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-331-1939 or islandshakespearefest. org.

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Fierce Fest Benefit: Shapeshifter, Oracle Cop, Fischkopf Sinfoniker and Cadence, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Friday.15 Tommy Simmons: 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). Food and drinks available for purchase. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

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

TOMMY SIMMONS 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. $10 cover ($5 for wine club members). Food and drinks available for purchase. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

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THEATER

“Lend Me A Tenor” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. “Richard III”: Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-331-1939 or islandshakespearefest.org.

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SATURDAY.16 MICHAEL BUCY 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

FRIDAY.15

IAN MCFERON, ALISA MILNER 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

Fabulous Roof Shakers (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Thursday.21 “The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-331-1939 or islandshakespearefest. org.

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (blues): 8:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Parlor, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Expertease (top 40 rock): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-2752448.

Global Heat (hip hop, soul and groove): 7 p.m., Seafarer’s Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Free. 425-3031848.

Bryan Bowers and Anna Schaad: 8:30 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Gentri Watson (folk, country): 6 to 9 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. 360-318-7720.

Lynn Hanson: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

Tommy Simmons: 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley, $10, $5 wine club. 360-856-6248.

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“The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare’s classic set in the Wild West): Island Shakespeare Festival, 5 p.m., 723 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. 360-331-1939 or islandshakespearefest. org.

THEATER

Patchy Sanders (noir-grass, neofolk, Americana): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

THURSDAY.14, SATURDAY.16 “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 students with ID, $30 family (two adults, two children). Pictured (from left): Bjorn Whitney (left), Akilah Williams and Christopher C. Cariker Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald

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

The Ginger UPs (jazz, pop): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Michael Bucy (classic rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Expertease (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.

Jake Navarro (Americana): 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., Anacortes. $8 cover. 360-2933515.

Boneyard Preachers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Shiloh: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Andy Koch & Friend: 1 to 4 p.m., Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian Drive, Bellingham. 360-3187720.

SUNDAY.17 Brian Crote: 5:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

JP Falcon Band: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

WEDNESDAY.20 Ian McFeron, Alisa Milner: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-7666266.

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

Desperate Measures (classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. No cover. 360-855-2263.

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

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