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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 11, 2013

Recreation

Reviews

At the Movies

Plenty of opportunities available for area anglers

Music: Jay-Z, Ciara, Light Heat Video Games: “Deadpool”

“Pacific Rim” is stupid, silly, over-the-top, popcorn-picture fun

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Host”: The last humans fight back when aliens take over the planet. Hollywood has always shown a fondness for adapting books into movies. Not only does this provide instant fodder for a script, but it guarantees a built-in audience. It also comes with some inherent problems, including cutting the story to fit a movie timetable and translating the characters from the image the reader creates to the one that appears on the large screen. Director Andrew Niccol faced both problems with his film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s “The Host.” He only successfully handles one. Niccol’s script ends up being a nice blend of the kind of lofty topics that are the heart of sci-fi productions, with a complicated love story that’s made Meyer’s book so popular. The romance elements are even more complicated than her “Twilight” tales: Two guys (Max Irons, Jake Abel) are in love with a female with two personalities. “The Twilight Zone: The Complete Third Season”: It’s been more than 50 years since this series first introduced the world to the odd mind of Rod Serling. The cars, clothes and hairstyles may be very different, but the stories remain as intriguing and entertaining as the first day they aired. This DVD set of 37 episodes, including such classics as “The Midnight Sun,” “Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” “A Quality of Mercy” and one of the most memorable “Twilight Zone” episodes ever, “To Serve Man.” One thing that makes these shows so good is the amazing cast. Many of the actors who star in the shows — Robert Redford, Carol Burnett, Cliff Robertson, Charles Bronson, Leonard Nimoy, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dean Stockwell and Bill Mumy — were at the start of their careers. It’s easy to see why so many became award-winning actors. “Spring Breakers”: Four friends get into deep trouble because of spring break. Selena Gomez stars. “Tyler Perry’s Temptation”: A marriage counselor has a troubled marriage. “The Gatekeepers”: Documentary about the heads of Israel’s secret service. “Dead Man Down”: The search for revenge leads to violence. Colin Farrell stars. “Marvel Knights Animation’s Wolverine: Origin”: The adventures of Wolverine’s early days and the revelation

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

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JULY 16 Evil Dead - Sony 42 - Warner

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JULY 23 Detention of the Dead - Anchor Bay Ginger & Rosa - Lionsgate New World - Well Go USA Trance - Fox Twixt - Fox

A Skagit Valley tradition – the Highland Games – takes place at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon

JULY 30 Black Rock - Lionsgate G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Paramount AUG. 6 A Boy and His Dog - Shout! Factory Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal Music Box Mud - Lionsgate Oblivion - Universal The Place Beyond the Pines - Universal West of Memphis - Sony

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AUG. 13 The Big Wedding - Lionsgate The Company You Keep - Sony Emperor - Lionsgate n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

of his true origins are brought to life. “Our Wild Hearts”: A determined teen is obsessed with meeting the father she never knew. Ricky Schroder stars. “Admission”: Princeton University admissions officer (Tina Fey) must deal with a former college classmate who runs an alternative high school. “Unforgettable”: A detective has a rare condition in which she cannot forget anything. Poppy Montgomery stars. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:” Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey take to the streets of New York where every turn yields a new enemy. “For Richer or Poorer”: A spoiled prima donna must change her lifestyle when her husband loses his job. “The Power of Few”: Twisted crime story starring Christopher Walken. “Aerial America: New England Collection”: A look at the varied landscapes of the six original colonies. “How The West Was Won: The Complete First Season”: The 1977 TV series is based on the 1962 film of the same name. James Arness stars. “Bonanza: The Official Sixth Season”: Dan Blocker stars in the TV Western series. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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 Mailing address P.O. Box 578 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Get Involved.................................... 6 At the Lincoln Theatre.................... 7 Music, Game Reviews..................8-9 On Stage, Tuning Up................10-11 Travel........................................12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 Movie Listings, Mini-Reviews...... 17 Out & About.............................18-19 ON THE COVER Shakespeare Northwest presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” as part of the 13th Skagit River Shakespeare Festival, starting today. Pictured are Glynna Goff (from left), Elizabeth Lundquist and Trey Hatch.

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ON STAGE

Shakespeare in Skagit

Shakespeare Northwest presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” as part of the 13th Skagit River Shakespeare Festival. Pictured are Elizabeth Lundquist (from left), Mark Broyles, Glynna Goff and Scott Andrews. Mary Mae Hardt photos

Carolyn Travis and Bjorn A. Whitney

Glynna Goff and Trey Hatch

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Shakespeare Northwest will open another summer season of outdoor performances tonight at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, near La Conner. The 13th annual Skagit River Shakespeare Festival will feature performances of “Hamlet” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor” every weekend through Aug. 17. Matinees will begin at 2 p.m., evening performances at 7. Several performances are planned for other locations, including Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon and Pioneer Park in La Conner. Tickets: $10-$12, $30 family on Aug. 4 and 11. For a schedule of times and locations, visit shakesnw.org or call 206-317-3023.

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RECREATION limit in Puget Sound is five Dungeness crab, males only, in hard-shell condition with a minimum carapace width of 6¼ inches. Fishers may catch six red rock crab of either gender per day, provided those crab measure at least 5 inches across. Rich Childers, shellfish policy lead for WDFW, said recent test fisheries indicate the crab population in Puget Sound remains abundant. “We continue to see healthy numbers of crab throughout Puget Sound,” he said. “With such strong numbers, crabbing should be good from opening day all the way through the end of the summer season.”

By VINCE RICHARDSON @Sports_SVH

Summer fishing seasons are in full swing, requiring anglers to make some tough decisions about how to spend their time on the water. Salmon, steelhead, crab, trout and bass are all available for harvest in various waters around the state. For thousands of anglers, nothing beats the thrill of reeling in a big chinook salmon. Many are doing just that as waves of chinook move south along the Washington coast, then east into Puget Sound, coastal streams and the Columbia River. “Fishing for both chinook salmon and hatchery coho should improve off the coast right through the month,” said Doug Milward, ocean salmon manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). “The same is true for Puget Sound and other inside waters.”

Salmon sites Six marine areas in Puget Sound are open to salmon, joining other salmon fisheries already in progress: n Marine Area 7 (San Juans) is open for salmon. Minimum size is 22 inches for chinook, daily limit is two salmon plus two additional pinks, only one of which may be a chinook. n Marine Area 6 (West Beach) has a daily limit of two salmon plus two additional pinks. Release chinook, wild coho and chum. n Marine Areas 8-1 and -2 have a daily limit of two salmon plus two additional pinks. Chinook salmon must be released. n Salmon season in Marine Area 9 runs through July 15 with a two fish limit plus two additional pinks. Release chinook and chum. Beginning July 16, the

Limits In freshwater, portions of the Skagit and Cascade rivers are open for hatchery chinook salmon fishing through July 15. The Skagit River is open to hatchery chinook retention from the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to Cascade River Road. On the Cascade, anglers can fish for salmon from the mouth of the river to the RockportCascade Road Bridge. The daily limit on the Skagit and Cascade rivers is four hatchery chinook, All but one marine area in Know your catch two of which may be adults Puget Sound is open. The Lothrop reminds anglers (chinook salmon at least 24 exception is Marine Area 7, they are responsible for cor- inches in length). where the crab fishery will rectly identifying their catch. Portions of the Skykomopen July 15 in the area’s ish River are also open for southern portion (San Juan In past years, some anglers were checked at the docks salmon fishing. Anglers fishIslands/Bellingham) and ing the Skykomish, from the Aug. 15 in the northern por- with undersized chinook they misidentified as pink mouth to the Wallace River, tion (Gulf of Georgia). salmon, he said. have a daily limit of four The crab fishery in all “It’s important that peohatchery chinook, two of marine areas of Puget Sound ple take the time to learn which may be adults. will be open Thursday the differences between Farther north, anglers will through Monday of each each salmon species — both have an opportunity to hook week. to protect the resource sockeye salmon at Baker “July really marks the and to avoid a fine,” said Lake. Anglers will have start of the salmon fishLothrop. a daily limit of two adult ing season in Puget Sound, Break out those crab sockeye salmon (minimum where a variety of angling pots as the crab fishery in size 18 inches in length). All opportunities get under all marine areas of Puget other salmon, as well as bull way in the region,” said trout, must be released. Ryan Lothrop, recreational Sound will be open ThursTrout fishing also is open salmon fishery manager for day through Monday of each week. The daily catch at several of the region’s rivthe WDFW.

The summer catch, including salmon and much more area will open for hatchery Chinook. Various westside rivers, including the Bogacheil, Calawah and Nisqually, also open for salmon fishing that day. Baker Lake is open for sockeye through Sept. 2. Summer steelhead are another option, notably in the Columbia River and many of its tributaries, where 339,200 adult fish are expected to move upriver in the coming weeks. As always, anglers are required to release any wild, unmarked steelhead they intercept in the fishery, which extends from the mouth of the Columbia to the Canadian border. Rather catch some crab?

ers. Under the statewide rule for trout, there is a two-fish daily limit and a minimum size of 8 inches in rivers and streams. However, some of the region’s rivers and streams have a rule requiring trout to be at least 14 inches in length to keep. Meanwhile, lake fishing for bass, bluegill, perch and crappie is steadily improving as water temperatures increase and fish become more active. Now’s a good time to head to the Ballard Locks to check out salmon passing the fish ladder viewing windows. Several hundred sockeye pass through daily, and in late July, chinook should start showing up in greater numbers. The Ballard Locks are located in northwest Seattle where the Lake Washington Ship Canal enters Shilshole Bay and Puget Sound.

Safety first WDFW land managers urge everyone planning to spend time outdoors this month to take care not to spark a wildfire. Unattended campfires, faulty vehicle or motorcycle mufflers, careless disposal of cigarettes and outdoor burning are among the common sources of wildfire starts in the state. The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has also issued a summer burn ban that prohibits campfires in WDFW forested areas. Campfires are also prohibited on other WDFW lands, particularly on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. For example, no campfires of any kind are allowed at the four WDFW wildlife areas in Yakima and Kittitas counties until Oct. 15 due to the high risk of wildfires. Current campfire restrictions are posted in campgrounds and at the gates of each wildlife area.

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THIS WEEKENDin the area 19th annual Highland Games

BAKER RIVER PROJECT RE-OPENING

Puget Sound Energy will host the Baker River Project Re-opening Celebration at 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, at 46110 E. Main St., Concrete. The celebration marks the culmination of seven years of planning and construction of two “floating surface collectors,” an adult fish trap and a salmon hatchery. Work is nearing completion on a second powerhouse with a 30-megawatt capacity. 360-766-5656 or pse.com.

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA The

14th annual Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema will present live entertainment and big-screen movies on Saturday evenings, through Aug. 24, at the Village Green in Bellingham’s Fairhaven District. Admission is $5, free for ages 5 and younger. Pizza and popcorn available for purchase. Bring your own blanket or lowbacked lawn chair for seating. Rain or shine. fairhavenoutdoorcinema. com. Next up: July 13: Music by The Devilly Brothers at 8 p.m., followed by “Back to the Future” at dusk.

FAMILY FUN FAIR Bring the family The 19th annual Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, at Edgewater Park in west Mount Vernon. Park gates open at 8 a.m. and events start at 9 a.m. each day. The games are part of an annual circuit of Scottish competitions held in the Pacific Northwest and lower mainland of British Columbia. Events include solo bagpiping and drumming competitions, bagpipe bands, fiddling, traditional Scottish athletics and Scottish Highland dancing. The festival, expected to attract around 10,000 visitors, will also feature sheepdog trials, weaving and spinning

demonstrations, Scottish culture and clan displays and demonstrations, arts and crafts, harp playing, and a children’s activity area, courtesy of the Children’s Museum of Skagit County. A free community concert will kick off the festivities at 7 p.m. Friday, July 12, on the Celtic Stage at Edgewater Park, featuring the Troy MacGillivray Trio from Nova Scotia, Canada. Admission is free, but spectators are asked to bring a nonperishable food donation to benefit the Skagit Food Distribution Center. www.celticarts.org

and enjoy train rides, games, music and hot dogs from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger. Free. 360-724-5211.

WASHINGTON PARK WALKS Friends

of Washington Park will lead guided walks through the park, 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes. Meet at the restroom at the start of the loop road. Free. For information, call Ann at 360-293-3044. Next up: Geology and History of Washington Park: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 13. Terry Slotemaker, retired educator with the Anacortes Schools and the Anacortes Museum, will explore the geology and history of the park.

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GET INVOLVED ART CLASSES POTTERY CLASSES: Themed weeklong summer pottery camps for kids and teens will be held through Aug. 30 at Handz in Clay Pottery School, 525 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Adult classes are available year-round. Learn handbuilding and pottery wheel techniques. Multichild discount available. For information, contact Phoenix at 360-202-2329 or visit handz inclay.com.

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

AUDITIONS CALL FOR MUSICIANS: Whidbey Playhouse seeks one or two cello players, a guitar player and a violin player for its production of “The Last Five Years,” set to run Aug. 15-24 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. There is a minimal rehearsal process and only six show dates. Call 360-679-2237 or email heatherbgood@gmail. com.

tion, call Rosie at 360-4244608.

ming, songs, chants. Freewill human habitation and industry have changed the bay, donation. For information, email heatmiser@inbox.com. both above and below the water’s surface. Learn about TANGO LESSONS: 7:30 the importance of the Fidalp.m. Thursday, July 18, Ana- ON STAGE go Bay Aquatic Reserve cortes Center for Happiness, OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to mid- and plans for improving the 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Advance registration night Wednesdays, 1st Street quality of this resource. The flat, paved trail is handirequired. $75. Call 360-464- Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 capped accessible. 2229 or visit anacortescenter S. First St., Mount Vernon. Ages 21 and older. No forhappiness.org. cover. 360-336-3012 or river WASHINGTON PARK belledinnertheatre.com. WALKS: Friends of Washing-

MUSIC

PIANO CAMP: 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Thursdays, through July 25, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St. Fun, 50-minute “camps” introduce kids ages 7-13 to beginning piano skills. Parents encouraged to stay and participate; home keyboard recommended. $72 (second child $64) plus $8 for lesson book. Call Sally at 360-8564938 for information.

RECREATION

MARINE NATURALIST TRAINING: The Whale Museum, 62 First St. N., KIDS’ SUMMER ART Friday Harbor, is accepting CAMPS: Tower Arts Studio applications for its Marine is offering summer “Island Naturalist Training Program. Art Camp Adventures” Classes will be held July for kids on Guemes Island. 18-20 and 22-24. The course Local professional artists includes presentations on will teach a variety of art cetaceans, pinnipeds, otters, techniques to kids ages 6 to intertidal invertebrates, 12 during weeklong sessions BRASS CHOIR: The Basimarine birds, geology, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. cally Brass Choir seeks marine conservation and WWU SUMMER CHOMonday through Friday at trumpet and trombone playcurrent research projects. Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. ers to join a group of about RAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM: $375, includes an orca adopWestern Washington UniShore Drive, Guemes Island. 12 musicians, playing a varition and a museum memberversity’s College of Fine and Kids can work with clay, ety of styles. Rehearsals are ship. For information or to acrylics, sculpture, mosaic the first and third Mondays Performing Arts, in partnerregister, call 360-378-4710, ship with the Bellingham and more. $295 per session, in Burlington, with reguext. 23, email cindy@whalFestival of Music, will host includes all art materials and lar performances. Contact emuseum.org, or visit a Choral Arts Symposium chaperoned ferry transporDavid Soiseth at 360-757whalemuseum.org. for music educators, choral tation from Anacortes. For 0351 or dsois@comcast.net. directors, voice conductors information, call 360-293TRAIL TALES: Friends of 8878 or visit towerartsstudio. CALL FOR YOUNG MUSI- and students July 13-21 on Skagit Beaches lead a series the WWU campus in Bellcom. CIANS: The Mount Vernonof informative walks along ingham. The week will culbased Fidalgo Youth Symthe Tommy Thompson Trail minate with performances CAMANO SUMMER ART phony offers opportunities in Anacortes. For informaCAMPS: Art Quest for Kids for musicians ages 5 to 21 to at the Bellingham Festival tion, visit skagitbeaches.org. of Music on July 19 and 21. Summer Art Camps will be study and perform orchesNext up: held during July and August tral music. For information, Participants can earn three Bayside Chat: 11 a.m. to graduate credits or 40 clock at the Delzell Studio, 2177 including tuition costs and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunhours. Formal admission to Highland Drive, Camano rehearsal schedules, contact day, July 13-14. Meet at the Western is not required. Call Island. Camps meet from Sara Fisher at 360-682-6949 360-650-3308, email Extend- Rotary pocket park on the 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday or Anita Tatum, 360-969Tommy Thompson Trail, edEd@wwu.edu or visit through Thursday and fea1681, or visit fysmusic.org. just south of 34th Street. wwu.edu/choralarts. ture a variety of art projects, Chat with Washington beachcombing and swimDANCE Department of Ecology staff SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC ming. $160 per child per CLOG DANCING FOR members Sandra Caldwell CLUB: The club will not four-day session. Ages 7-17. BEGINNERS: Free lesson and Hun Seak Park to learn meet during July. For infor360-387-2251 or camano from 10 to 11 a.m., followed mation, call Marsha Pederabout Ecology’s Phase 2 artcamp.com. by regular clog dancing from son at 360-757-4906. cleanup work at the old 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, plywood mill site along the ART CLASSES: Dakota at the Mount Vernon Senior Tommy Thompson Trail. SECOND FRIDAY DRUM Art Center offers a variety The Changing Face of CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, of art classes and workshops Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no Fidalgo Bay: 2 to 3:30 p.m. July 12, Unity Church, 704 at 17873 Highway 536, partner needed. First three W. Division St., Mount Ver- Saturday, July 20. Meet at Mount Vernon. 360-416lessons are free. Wear com- non. Shake off the energy Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 Fidal6556, ext. 5, or dakota artcenter.com. fortable shoes. For informa- of the week through drumgo Bay Road. Find out how

Tuesday through Friday, July 16-19, at Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon. Aspiring young actors will receive training in audition preparation and use of theater spaces, masks and puppetry, the “Stanislavski Method” of acting, dance and movement, vocal training for speaking and singing and more. $150 per week. Snacks ton Park leads guided walks and bottled water provided; through the park, 6300 Sun- bring your own lunch. For set Ave., Anacortes. Meet information or to register, at the restroom at the start contact Jane Skinner at bandof the loop road. Free. For jskinner@comcast.net or visit information, call Ann at 360- theaterartsguild.org. 293-3044. Next up: Geology and History of FREE ADULT ACTING Washington Park: 10 a.m. to CLASSES: Anacortes Comnoon Saturday, July 13. Terry munity Theatre offers free Slotemaker, retired educator acting classes for adults from with the Anacortes Schools 10 a.m. to noon the third and the Anacortes Museum, Saturday each month at 918 will explore the geology and M Ave., Anacortes. Classes history of the park. include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with ROCKIN’ THE WILD: a different topic each month. The Pacific Northwest Trail Each class is independent, so Association, U.S. Forest Ser- you don’t have to commit to vice and Washington State every session. 360-293-4373 Parks present “Rockin’ or acttheatre.com. The Wild,” a free, outdoor summer day camp for 8- to WORKSHOPS 12-year-old youth, with oneRELIEF PRINTMAKING week sessions set for July WORKSHOP: 1 to 5 p.m. 15-19, July 29-Aug. 2 or Aug. Sunday, July 21, Anchor 5-9 at Rockport State Park. Art Space, 216 Commercial Campers will arrive at the Ave., Anacortes. Learn how park at 9 a.m. and depart to design, carve, ink and at 2:30 p.m. daily. They will print linoleum block prints, participate in hiking, wilderincluding the creation of a ness safety training, study of simple registration jug and natural systems and handsprinting with a press and by on learning projects. Pickup hand. $50. To register, email service is available in Sedroinfo@anchorartspace.org. Woolley, Concrete and Darrington for $20 per week. PAPER CUTTING WORKCampers will need good SHOP: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satoutdoor clothing and walkurday and Sunday, July 13-14, ing shoes, a water container Harmony Fields, 7465 Thomand a sack lunch. To register, as Road, Bow. Paper cutting call 360-854-9415 or email is an art form with roots in pnt@pnt.org. China and Europe. Learn the basics of composing, transferTHEATER ring and cutting an intricate SUMMER THEATER design from a single sheet CAMP: Theater Arts Guild of paper. Open to all levels will offer a Summer Theof experience. $95 plus $10 ater Camp for ages 11 and materials fee. 360-941-8196 older from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or hfproduce.com.

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AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon 360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.org

‘Mud’

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 12-13 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 14 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 15 “Mud” is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios — he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him, and says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone

agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, Jacob Lofland, Sarah Paulson and Tye Sheridan. Rated PG-13. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 ages 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 ages 12 and under.

‘Armida’

1 p.m. Sunday, July 14 This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvoák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Gioachino Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. $16 adults, $14 seniors and $12 students, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

Come for the Party, Stay for the Music! 2 Days/Nights of World Class Entertainment

July 12 & 13

JOURNEY former Lead Singer

Steve Augeri

former Lead Singer

Fran Cosmo

1998-2006

Chris Eger Band Memphis Rain Medicine Hat Avalanche

BOSTON

Deming Log Show Grounds

1993-2006

JAMIE O’NEAL

TAYLA LYNN (Loretta Lynn’s Grandaughter)

Dr. Strangelove Band Appalossa Hambone And Many More

Reserved Camping, Two Beer Gardens, After hour party (limited tickets), Margaritaville, International Wood Carving For Charity, Pancake Breakfast.

www.542musicfest.com These artists are not a part of the current touring/recording groups, but served as lead singers for both and who helped contribute to their success.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Jay-Z

“Magna Carta Holy Grail” Kanye didn’t care about satisfying radio with his latest album. Neither does JayZ. “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” the rapper’s 12th album, doesn’t have the pop or mainstream appeal his past records have offered. The 16-track set, mostly helmed by Timbaland, is full of robust and moody hip-hop beats that maintain a nice groove, but don’t expect any booming anthems or party jams here. Like Kanye, there isn’t a single or music video ahead of the album’s release, which comes out officially on Sunday though up to 1 million Samsung mobile phone users were able to download the album for free on July 4. With the exception of rapping about fatherhood and infant daughter Blue Ivy, lyrically, “Magna Carta” doesn’t tell us anything new about the superstar. We all know how he rose from selling drugs in the Brooklyn projects to become arguably the most important rapper of all-time, his multiplatinum feats, his awards, and the benefits of having a superstar wife — Beyonce — at his side. But while Jay-Z continues to make headlines away from music, this album treads familiar ground, which makes the album — dare we say it? — average. He’ll remind you — a couple times — that Samsung bought 1 million copies of the record and gave it away three days early — on songs like “Somewhere In America.” There’s similar flavor lyrically on “Tom Ford,” with its freaky beats, and the bumping “Picasso Baby,” where Beyonce gets a shout-out: “Sleeping every night next to Mona Lisa, the modern version, with better features.” It’s when he talks about the other lady in his life, his 1-year-old daughter, where we see a rare side of the typically braggadocio rapper. “Now I got tattoos on my body, psycho (expletive) in my lobby, I got haters in the paper, photos shoots with paparazzi, can’t even take my daughter for a walk,” he raps on “Holy Grail,” a collaboration with Justin Timberlake. It’s revealing, and especially special coming from the often-unfazed JayZ.

While Timberlake works well with Hova, his collaborations with Beyonce and Frank Ocean on “Part II (On the Run)” and “Ocean” rely too much on the R&B singers. There are other big names on the album, like Rick Ross, Pharrell and Nas, but “Magna Carta” it isn’t designed like albums in the past. There are no catchy hooks to grab you. The most excitement about the album hasn’t been generated from the music, but it’s promotion plan — Jay-Z announced the album in a commercial during the NBA Finals and launched a series of videos explaining the recording process and songs. He’s continuing to create new blueprints to debut his music. That should be congratulated, but the songs on “Magna Carta” don’t boom like his business plan. “Knock me to my knees about a million times, uncle said I’ll never sell a million records, I sold a million records like a million times,” he raps on “Crown.” Yes, you’ve defied the odds, but we want a little more from the king. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Ciara

“Ciara” The lead single from Ciara’s selftitled fifth album, “Body Party,” is an oozing, seductive R&B track that deserves rousing applause — especially when the 27-year-old matches the song with daring and sensual dance moves that scream Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and others that have come before her, as she did at the recent BET Awards. The bedroom groove is easily the best of the 11 tracks that make up “Ciara.” There are others that shine, too: The bouncy “Livin’ It Up,” one of two songs to feature Nicki Minaj, has an empowering feel; the midtempo “Read My Lips” is appealing and Ciara’s sweet tone rides nicely over the semi-electronic beat of “Overdose.” Still, the album doesn’t feel special. While it’s much better than her last two releases — the weak “Fantasy Ride” and the subpar “Basic Instinct” — the album is made up of fillers that have you still wondering what kind of singer Ciara is. Like her past records, “Ciara” isn’t cohesive, and instead, sporadic — some hits here, satisfactory work there, but overall, medioc-

rity reigns. The album, out on Epic Records, is her first album since leaving LaFace Records, her home since she released her multiplatinum 2004 debut, the explosive “Goodies.” She had hits from that album and its follow-up, “Ciara: The Evolution,” but she hasn’t established her own style or sound in the near-decade she’s been on the scene. Ciara, the person, is still searching for Ciara, the singer. Ciara kicked off her new album with three different singles — “Sweat,” “Sorry” and “Got Me Good” — that now don’t appear on “Ciara,” a sign of her creative struggles. The album features producers and songwriters like Rodney Jerkins, Mike WiLL Made-It, Livvi Franc and Future, her rapper-boyfriend who co-wrote and co-produced “Body Party.” Hopefully, he can be the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to her Janet — or she can find someone else to fill that slot. n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Robert Pollard

“Honey Locust Honky Tonk” Robert Pollard unleashes music at an alarming rate. He’s indefatigable, and he expects the same untiring commitment from his fans, although even the most ardent among them must find it a challenge not to suffer from Pollard Fatigue. Since the beginning of last year, the recently reactivated Guided By Voices, one of the classic cult bands of the last two decades, released four albums and an EP, and now comes another Pollard solo album, his third in the same period, and by some counts his 23rd solo set. “Honey Locust Honky Tonk” is yet another example of Pollard’s strengths, with surprisingly few diversions into his weaknesses. The 17 brief songs are lyrically cryptic and musically direct, with 44-second fragments (“I Have To Drink”), fitful ballads (“Circus Green Machines”) and fullfledged anthems (“Flash Gordon Style”), and with few half-baked lo-fi diversions. It’s no radical departure, but the already converted will find it another satisfying collection from indie-rock’s most prolific hero. n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Slaid Cleaves

“Still Fighting the War” Although he’s from Maine, Slaid Cleaves now hails from Austin, Texas, and he has an abiding love for the Lone Star State, as he shows on the jaunty “Texas Love Song” and “God’s Own Yodeler,” his tribute to the late, bigvoiced country singer Don Walser, “the Pavarotti of the Plains.” As the album title indicates, however, Cleaves has some deeper and darker themes to explore, and the folk-country troubadour does so with his usual sharpness and grace. “Still Fighting the War” lays out the debilitating costs to veterans, “Welding Burns” is an empathetic portrait of his hardworking father, and “Rust Belt Fields” confronts bitter truths more with resignation than anger (“No one remembers your name just for working hard”). In his understated way, Cleaves is just as powerful when dealing with matters of the heart on “Without Her” and “I Bet She Does,” or pondering his own end on “Voice of Midnight,” where he declares, “I’ll take my comfort in song.” n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Light Heat “Light Heat”

The new Philly buzz band of the moment is Light Heat, the songwriting project of Quentin Stoltzfus, whose band Mazarin was the Philly buzz band of about a decade ago. Working with members of The Walkmen — who covered Mazarin’s “Another One Goes By” on their 2006 album “A Hundred Miles Off” — Stoltzfus wreturns with his first set of new songs in eight years, and he doesn’t miss a beat. Listen close to tunes like “Elevation” and “A Loyal Subject of the Status Quo,” and you might notice socially observant lyrics laced with more than a touch of cynicism. But focus on the flutter and chime of the guitars, steady lift of harmonies, and forward momentum of the Velvet Underground-style drones, and any taste of bitterness is likely to magically disappear. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Deadpool’

on the abundant foul language and even fouler attempts at comedy. Despite a script Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 by Deadpool comic-book writer Daniel Way, Genre: Action the game’s delivery feels tacky and juvenile. Publisher: Activision When not running his mouth, our red-andESRB Rating: M, for Mature black-clad superhero mercenary spends the Grade: 1.5 stars (out of 5) game hacking up and shooting everything in his world. Enemies swarm in from all direcAs much of a tions, creating a massive button-mashing comic-book fan as game if there ever was one. Deadpool strings I am, I admit that together combos using teleportation, and Deadpool is not my each hand firmly grips either a gun or a fancy favorite character katana sword. or one I’ve spent a The nonstop mayhem results in the camton of time with in era often tracking the action poorly, meanthe funny pages. ing walls or inanimate objects obstruct your I’m sure his loyal view. It happens enough that you may find following would yourself spewing foul language suitable for gladly walk through the titular character himself. the gates of hell for For experienced gamers, the action might Wade Wilson and his now horribly disfigured trigger nostalgia when Deadpool enters areas and mentally unstable alter ego. that play like “Zelda,” “Metroid” or other And while the video-game adaptation classic Nintendo titles. These brief respites attempts to honor Deadpool with an overfrom the button-mashing monotony lift the the-top depiction of his gun-and-swordwielding ways, it gets sucked into a morass of game when it needs it most. Taking a step back, we’re left to consider horrible dialogue and clunky controls. that for a character as beloved as Deadpool, For those unfamiliar with the Marvel only two significant mainstream appearances Comics character, a series of vignettes sets of him exist. The first was a hideously executup his backstory, and the game intersperses ed version by Ryan Reynolds in the almostcut-scenes introducing notable characters unwatchable “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” like Cable, Wolverine, Death and Psylocke. Nearly every aspect of the game comes coat- film; the second, this video game. Neither has ed in a thick glaze of curse words, trite jokes showcased the Merc with a Mouth in keeping and misogyny. Deadpool’s rationale is based with his popularity. In fact, both only lessen more on sheer idiocy and psychotic trauma, the chance we’ll ever see Deadpool portrayed properly in a gaming universe or otherwise. not from an at-heart belief that women are just sexual objects. But you’d never undern Follow Chris Campbell on Twitter @camp stand the complexity of the character based bler or email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

Report: Jenny McCarthy in talks to join ‘The View’ Centerfold-turned-anti-vaccine-crusader Jenny McCarthy is in talks to join “The View” as a co-host, according to a report in Us Weekly. McCarthy, 40, has been a frequent guest co-host on the long-running daytime talk show and is rumored to be on deck to replace Joy Behar when she leaves next month. McCarthy got her start as a Playboy playmate before seguing into a TV career on the mid-’90s MTV dating show “Singled Out.” In recent years, she’s come under fire for her espousal of widely debunked theories linking childhood vaccines with autism,

though at this point holding controversial opinions is practically a requirement for aspiring “View” co-hosts. And she’s not the only model turned TV star said to be in the running for a permanent spot on the show: Brooke Shields is rumored to be replacing Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who has yet to confirm widespread reports of her impending departure later this year. When asked for a comment, a representative of “The View” said only, “We have no announcement to make at this time.” — Los Angeles Times

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

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 11-18 SATURDAY.13 MIA AND BEN STARNER 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinner theatre.com.

SATURDAY.13

THURSDAY.11

MARK DUFRESNE BAND 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

Scott Pemberton Trio, with Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000. Trish, Hans and Phil: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720. The Dovetails: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-757-6113.

AMARA GRACE IN CONCERT, WITH PHILIP NAKANO ON SAX AND PERCUSSION 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

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Beth Waters and d’Railed: 8 p.m, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Friday Lunch Music Series: Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop), 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pine Square, Mount Vernon. 360-757-9687.

Upfront Theatre: 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $12. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

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Ms. Betty Desire, Jason Daniel Wall: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Vernon Farmers Market, corner of Cleveland and Snoqualmie streets. 360-757-9687.

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Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Mia and Ben Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-3363012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

THEATER

Amara Grace in concert: with Philip Nakano on sax and percussion, 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-4642229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

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“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

MATNEY COOK 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Nick Swanson (piano): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

SATURDAY.13

Dana Lyons: 6 to 8 p.m., Elizabeth Park, Bellingham. Bring a blanket or chair for seating. Free. theeldridgesociety. org/concerts/html.

FRIDAY.12

Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): 6:30 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. For guest sign-in, call 360-757-9687. Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Matinee: Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band, 3 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, thehaynieopry.com. Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., The Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-3368066 or thehaynieopry.com.

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“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheater, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12, $10 with student ID. 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org.

Narayan and Janet: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

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

Alan Hatley: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Matney Cook (Americana, folk, rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-299-2120.

Little Bill and the Blue Notes (blues): 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $8. Bring a chair or blanket. 360-8566248.

Jenny & The Tomcats: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360848-8882. Open to the public.

Bellingham Girls Rock Camp Benefit: Fly Moon Royalty, Side Pony, Katie Kate, 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10 donation. 360-778-1067.

SATURDAY.13 Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Joyride: 9 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover. 360-336-3626.

Ben and Mia Starner: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

Mark Dufresne Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360445-3000.

SUNDAY.14 Wired Band: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360766-6266.

Offshoots: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

MONDAY.15 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-4454733.

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

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam: $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more, 4 to 8 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St, La Conner. 360466-4488.

Truth Under Attack, Minor Plains, Ashes of Existence: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360778-1067.

Weedeater, Stoneburner, Serial Hawk: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360778-1067.

El Colonel & Doubleshot: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330.

Singer/Songwriters in the Round: Gary Baugh, Mia Vermillion, Ford Giesbrecht and Miles Crawley, 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360399-1037.

WEDNESDAY.17 Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Alice Stuart: 7 to 10 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Biagio (acoustic guitar): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

THURSDAY.18 Jazz at the Center: Tom Keenleyside and the Miles Black Trio, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360387-0222 or camanocenter. org.

Muse Bird Cafe: Jaspar Lepak, Janelle Loes and Rebecca Cohen, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 7:30 to 10 p.m., The “New” Corner Pub, 14565 Allen West Road, Bow. No cover. 360-7576113.

Paul Klein (of the Atlantics): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.