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THIS WEEKENDin the area POLO TOURNAMENT The 10th annual Governor’s Cup Polo Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at 16278 La Conner-Whitney Road, Mount Vernon. $8. Bring your own lawn chairs. 253-732-3111. MOTORCYCLE POKER RUN Sedro-Woolley Community Troop Support’s sixth annual Yellow Ribbon Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday, July 25, beginning at the Sedro-Woolley Eagles Hall, 1000 Metcalf St. Breakfast and registration start at 7 a.m.; first rider out at 7:30 a.m., last one out at 9 a.m. Ride ends at a party at Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley, with food vendors, music and a bike show. Registration: Online rider and motorcycle registration $20, rider with passenger $35; at the door, extra $5 per person. Fee includes breakfast and one poker hand. Proceeds help fund care packages for troops serving overseas. swcommunitytroopsupport.com or 360-305-8326.

ABOVE: Amanda McCartney (left) and Jessica Guzik. BELOW: Tim McLaughlin and Jessica Guzik.

Comedy in Anacortes “Three Times A Bridesmaid,” an Anacortes Community Theatre presentation, opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 24, and runs through Aug. 15. The comedy focuses on the dilemma of an engaged young woman as she recounts the many trials, tribulations and farcical tragedies in weddings she has participated in, leaving her with a question: Does she really want to go through with her own wedding plans? The original play by ACT’s Willow McLaughlin is directed by Michelle Stahl Prud’homme, according to a news release. Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MV SIDEWALK SALE The Mount Vernon Downtown Association will present its annual Sidewalk Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 24-25. Look for bargains at participating merchants along South First Street, arts and crafts vendors, live entertainment and more. Friday will feature a demonstration by the Clan Heather Dancers at noon in Pine Square. On Saturday, check out antique cars and trucks from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. parked next to the Farmers Market along the Riverwalk, a Garden Party with free samples from local farmers and producers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, and a National Dance Day performance by the Skagit Valley Academy of Dance at 2:15 p.m. in Pine Square. 360-336-3801 or mountvernon downtown.org.

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OUT & ABOUT ART QUILTS, KNITTING, TEXTILE ART: Several new exhibits of quilts and other fiber arts are on display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner: “30 Quilts for 30 Years”: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is internationally recognized for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which have appeared in hundreds of national and international exhibitions, collections, and publications. Continues through Oct. 4. “Celebrating 20 Years of Art”: This exhibit showcases innovative, contemporary multimedia textile work by graduate students of the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts. Artists include Martha Kleihege, Susan Lenarz, Karen Nelson, Alba Romero, Jill Taylor, Maria Winner and Deborah Zibrik. The exhibit marks the center’s 20th anniversary. Continues through Oct. 4. “Creative Knitting”: Take a glimpse into the world of creative knitting in the Landmarks Gallery, with works by Jacque Chase, Carol Harrington, Amy Green, Jane Hyde, Fran Jepperson, Lori Maul, Anita Luvera Mayer, Emily McNeil, Jude Middleton, Linda Peterson, Shannon Woodall, Kelli Wyll, Melissa Wyll and others. Continues through Aug. 2. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military with ID, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-4664288 or laconnerquilts.org. OILS & CERAMICS: Becky Fletcher, Kathleen Faulkner, Chris Theiss: The show continues through July 26 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave.,

Edison. A reception for the artists will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 11. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-766-6230 or smith andvallee.com.

from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the La Conner Retirement Inn, 204 N. First St.; vendor and exhibitor booths; raffle prizes and a Poker Walk. Free parking and a shuttle to the event will be available at the La Conner School District campus, 305 N. Sixth St. For information, contact the La Conner Chamber of Commerce at 888-642-9284 or visit lacon nerchamber.com.

PHOTOS ON DISPLAY: Thaddeus Hink is showing recent Piezography black and white prints by appointment, through July, at Think Studios, 1010 Fifth St., Suite 320, Anacortes. 360-770-4528. METICULOUS WHIMSY: “SeaPunk & Friends,” a show of new artwork from Tim Potter, continues through Aug. 6 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Working with stylized seahorses, octopi, crows and fish, Potter transforms the figures into creations rich with detailed symbolism and mythological themes, filled with complex patterns and interrelated shapes reminiscent of the works of M.C. Escher and Rube Goldberg. For information, including gallery hours and directions: 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

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Todd Horton (pictured) will be the featured artist for the 19th annual Samish Island Arts Festival, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Samish Island Community Center, 11292 Blue Heron Road, Samish Island. Check out a wide range of original artwork including paintings and prints, glass art, fiber arts, woodwork, jewelry, pottery, cards, photography, garden art and more. Enjoy live music and food. samishisland.net.

ted to art as a life’s work. The viewer is encouraged to seek the works’ meaning ART AT MoNA: Three through the artists’ eyes. new shows continue “Pilchuck Print Shop”: through Sept. 24 at the Printmaking with glass Museum of Northwest Art, plates was introduced to 121 S. First St., La Conner. the Pilchuck Glass School A reception will be held in the 1980s. Artists such as at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Harvey Littleton and ElizaThe museum is open from beth Tapper have been 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday credited with what has through Saturday and noon become a legacy studio on to 5 p.m. Sunday and Mon- campus, the Pilchuck Print day. Free admission. 360Shop. Known for forging 466-4446 or monamuseum. relations with artists to org. further the use of glass as “From The Artist’s a medium, Pilchuck found Eye”: The artists in the it could adopt techniques show share “an instinct from other print discifor what’s important.” The plines, creating applications images revealed in these unique to transferring works on paper allude to images from glass plates. long explorations of per“Richard Fairbanks, ceptions, experiences and POTTER/POET”: At the observations on the part of time of his death in 1989, people who have commitFairbanks left a body of

some 1,500 ceramics, extensive educational material, 1,000 drawings, photographs of his work, and European travel research photos and journals. For two decades, his wife, painter Dixie Parker-Fairbanks, has worked to heighten the awareness of this treasure trove. This exhibition unites Fairbanks’ elegantly strong ceramics, meaningful fragments of his thoughts and photos of the artist at work.

Sumi technique in order to create organic interpretations of rocks, boulders, animals, plants and earth. The gallery is open from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday or by appointment. 310-691-9391 or casseranyc@gmail.com.

CARS & MOTORCYCLES: The Lyman Elementary Parent Groups will host the “Kruisin’ For The Kids” Show and Shine Car and Motorcycle Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Lyman Elementary School, 8183 Lyman Ave., Lyman. Enjoy an oldies band, 50/50 raffle, raffle prizes, food and drinks and fun family games. Registration: $10, with dash plaques for the first 100 cars. Free admission for spectators. For information, call Dale at 360-770-7193 or Dornita at 360-391-2713.

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SILVANA FAIR: The 68th annual Silvana Community Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Viking Hall and adjacent grounds, 1331 Pioneer Highway, Silvana. Check out a variety of livestock, produce, arts and crafts, displays and demCAR SHOWS onstrations, vendors, kids’ games, food, music and BOAT & CAR SHOW: The 15th annual La Conner more. Free admission. Classic Boat and Car Show silvanafair.com. will take place from 10 a.m. STANWOOD-CAMANO to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, ART SHOW: “Rock COMMUNITY FAIR: The at the end of La Conner’s Hard,” a show of recent business district and along “Best Lil’ Fair in the West” paintings by Janet Laurel, will take place from 9 the Swinomish Channel. will be on display July Check out classic cars and a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 30-Aug. 29 at Cassera Arts motorcycles, classic yachts Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 Premiers Gallery, 106 First and collector boats, workp.m. Sunday, July 31-Aug. St., La Conner. A reception ing boats and more. Admis- 2, at 6431 Pioneer Highfor the artist will be held way, Stanwood. Check out sion: $3, free for ages 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, animal exhibits and demand younger. Aug. 1. Laurel has adapted onstrations, entertainment, Other activities include acrylic paints to her ancient a pancake breakfast ($7) art and garden displays,

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OUT & ABOUT craft and vendor booths, carnival rides and games, food, music and more. Tickets: $10, $7 seniors and children, free for ages 4 and younger, $20 season pass. Buy an allday carnival pass for $22 until noon Thursday, July 30; $30 during the fair. Tickets are available at the fair office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Free parking is available at Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW, with a free shuttle to the fair. stanwoodcamanofair.org.

LECTURES AND TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE: Roger Fuller, ecosystem ecologist and project manager at Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment, will speak on “Climate Change and Skagit County” at the Transition Fidalgo & Friends’ community supper at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, at the Anacortes Senior Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. Fuller will summarize some of the research on climate change and ecosystems that has been completed in the Skagit basin, and how this information can inform the decisions communities make. Open to all, no reservations necessary. Suggested supper donation: $5 adult, $3 ages 10 and younger. Bring your own place settings. transitionfidalgo.org.

MUSIC MUSIC IN LA CONNER: The La Conner Live! Summer Music Series presents weekly concerts every Sunday in June, July and August from 1 to 4 p.m. in downtown La Conner at Gilkey Square, outdoors on the waterfront. Free. laconnerlive.com. Next up: July 26: Mike Bucy; Aug. 2: Geoffrey Castle; Aug. 9: Preacher’s Wife; Aug. 16: Chris Eger Band; Aug. 23: John Meier; Aug. 30: TBA.

open and craft vendors will be on hand. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the gate. 800-838-3006 or brownpa pertickets.com. larcnudists. com.

MORE FUN “ANACORTES PRESENTS!: MODEL MACHINERY”: Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes, is featuring a collection of miniature machines in its “Anacortes Presents!” display case. Owned by Frank Orr and Eric Erickson, many of the items look susSkagit Valley Herald file piciously like toys, but they also are accurate models of engines, construction equipment and farm machinery. The North Cascades Vintage Fly-In is set for Friday through Sunday, July 24-26, at Free admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday Mears Field in Concrete. Numerous vintage, classic and antique aircraft will begin through Saturday, and 1 to arriving at the air field on Friday. Saturday will see more airplane arrivals, with judging throughout the day. The day will also feature a showcase of classic vehicles 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays. 360-293-1915 or muse from the Skagit Valley Antique Car Club, vintage motorcycles, food vendors, big um.cityofanacortes.org. band music by Skagit Swings from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and more. Sunday is

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organizations will provide safety education on house fires, wildfires, bicycle safety, poison prevention and more. Sponsored by the Safe Kids Northwest Coalition. Free. 360-416-8338 or kallshouse@skagitvalleyhospital. org. SAUK-SUIATTLE POW WOW: The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe will host the 2015 Celebration of Generations Pow Wow from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 31-Aug. 2, at 5318 Chief Brown Lane, Darrington. The event will include song and dance contests, food, drinks and vendors on site. Free admission, parking and camping. No drugs/alcohol. 360-4360333 or facebook.com/ events/102203906788136.

FREE OUTDOOR MOVIES: Celebrate summer nights STAR PARTY BENEFIT: with free family movies Island County Astronomical under the stars on Fridays, BURLINGTON SUMMER ROOTS MUSIC: The July 31: Cherry Cherry; Aug. Society will host a benefit July 31-Aug. 28, at Hillcrest NIGHTS: Check out market 14: Jessica Lynne; Aug. 21: American Roots Music Star Party for HELP House, or Kiwanis parks in Mount vendors beginning at 5 p.m. Strange Tones; Aug. 28: Tuba weather permitting, from 7 Series features free conVernon. Bring your lawn and enjoy live music from certs at 7 p.m. Saturdays at Luba. p.m. to midnight Friday, July chairs or blankets and a 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays, through Deception Pass State Park, 24, at Windjammer Park, flashlight for when it’s time Aug. 28, at Railroad Park in West Beach Amphitheater, S-W SUMMER CON1600 S. Beeksma Drive, Oak to leave. Movies start at downtown Burlington. Free. CERTS: Enjoy music and Oak Harbor. The Discover Harbor. Explore the night dusk. Concessions will be Vendor applications are Pass is required for park more from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunsky and view distant galaxavailable. No pets. For inforentry. deceptionpassfounda- available at the Burlington days at Riverfront Park, ies, nebulas, planets and the mation, call Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce, 520 1001 River Road, Sedrotion.org/events. Next up: moon through an assortParks and Recreation at July 25: The Onlies: Tra- E. Fairhaven Ave. 360-757Woolley. The festivities will ment of telescopes. ICAS 360-336-6215. Next up: ditional old-time, Celtic and 0994. Next up: include food vendors, face members will be on hand July 31: “Earth to July 24: Chris Eger; July Canadian music trio. painting, circus performers to answer questions and Echo”(PG): Hillcrest Park, 31: Knut Bell; Aug. 7: Mo and more. Free. portal.club- collect donations of canned 1717 S. 13th St.; Aug. 7: “CinTrouble; Aug. 14: Sky Colo- runner.ca/807. Next up: food or money for local food derella” (PG): Kiwanis Park, MV SUMMER CONAug. 2: Scratch Daddy; bank North Whidbey HELP 500 S. 18th St. CERTS: The City of Mount ny; Aug. 21: Little Mountain Vernon and the Mount Ver- Band; Aug. 28: The Naughty Aug. 9: The Walrus; Aug. 16: House. All ages welcome. Troy Fair Band. 360-679-7664 or icas-wa. non Chamber of Commerce Blokes. MOVIES IN THE PARK: webs.com. will host free concerts from Enjoy free movies under FREE SUMMER CON‘ROCKIN’ THE PARK’: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, July the stars at Church Creek Lake Associates Recreation SPLASHTACULAR: Enjoy Park, 27116 72nd Ave. 9-Aug. 27, on the new Mount CERTS: The Port of Anacortes will host a series of Club will present “Rockin’ free kids’ activities and get Vernon Riverwalk Plaza. NW, Stanwood. Activities the Park” from noon to 8:30 information on a variety of begin at 7:30 p.m. followed Bring your lawn chairs or a free outdoor concerts from p.m. Saturday, July 25, at its safety topics at the annual blanket, a picnic supper and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays by movies on the 20-foot and Fridays at Seafarers’ family-friendly, clothing“Splashtacular” from noon screen at approximately the whole family. 360-336Memorial Park, 601 Seafar- optional park, 21700 Highto 3 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 8:30 p.m. Children must be 6214. Next up: ers’ Way, Anacortes. 360way 9, Mount Vernon. The at Washington Park, 6300 accompanied by an adult. July 23: Holmes Shea 293-3134 or portofanacortes. musical bill includes Big Sunset Ave., Anacortes. ci.stanwood.wa.us. Next up: Band; July 30: Bobby Holorg. Next up: City, Motown Cruisers and Activities will include face Thursday, Aug. 6: “The land & the Breadline; Aug. Friday, July 24: Aaron Pretty Twisted. Bring towels, painting, a bouncy house, Wizard of Oz”; Thursday, 6: Stilly River Band; Aug. 13: games and a visit from Crawford; Wednesday, July chairs and your favorite Aug. 20: “Willy Wonka & Chris Eger Band; Aug. 20: Smokey the Bear. Local 29: Fidalgo Swing; Friday, The Chocolate Factory.” beverages. The grill will be Rabbit Wilde.

departure day. Free. 360-770-4848 or vintageaircraftmuseum.org.

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A ripped Gyllenhaal tough to recognize in ‘Southpaw’ By STEVEN REA The Philadelphia Inquirer

If you thought Jake Gyllenhaal’s transformation for last year’s “Nightcrawler” was extreme — losing weight and gaining a creepy intensity to play a feral freelance video cameraman trolling the streets of L.A. — look at the actor in “Southpaw.” You may not recognize the man. As Billy “The Great” Hope, a pro boxer who grew up in a Hell’s Kitchen foster home and now owns the title of lightheavyweight champion of the world, 34-year-old Gyllenhaal is all muscle, sinew, tattoos, bling. He’s a prizefighter who prides himself on the punishment he can take in the ring — before he delivers the final blows to his opponents. Billy’s record? 43 and 0. And to see Gyllenhaal in “Southpaw,” which opens Friday, is to believe it. Harvey Weinstein, whose eponymous company is distributing the Antoine Fuqua-directed drama, has declared that this is the role that will win Gyllenhaal his Oscar. While hyperbole is typical of the veteran showman, he may have to be taken seriously this time around. Gyllenhaal trained six hours a day, seven days a

week for six months, running, jumping, weightlifting and sparring under the tutelage of former boxer Terry Gyllenhaal Claybon. “I was a Mike Tyson fan as a kid — it’s kind of hard not to be when you grew up in the ’90s,” Gyllenhaal says. “But I was a man who knew very little about boxing. … And I knew that to pull it off, I was going to have to learn how to do it.” In “Southpaw,” Gyllenhaal’s Billy is living the life: a mansion in the ‘burbs, a beautiful wife (Rachel McAdams), a daughter (Oona Laurence) who loves him, a posse of friends — including his longtime manager, played by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — at his side. Billy’s bouts have earned him millions, but to assuage his wife’s fears that he’s damaging his body, and his brain, he agrees to a hiatus. Then, one evening, it all collapses. His title, his family, his respect, his property, his bank accounts — gone. “Southpaw,” co-starring Forest Whitaker as the neighborhood boxing-gym owner who trains Billy in his against-the-odds comeback try, is classic pugilist

the thing that’s original about this movie is Billy Hope. It’s who he is, and what he goes through, and what he experiences. A guy who’s trying to get his life back together and learn how to become a dad and learn how to become a man. … “That’s what’s at the heart of this movie — a guy who’s been through the system, knows how it works, used his rage to beat the system, but ultimately, it’s that same rage that destroys him. And he has to find his way back, learn how to grow up and do good.” Gyllenhaal says that he The Weinstein Company via AP first met Fuqua, the direcJake Gyllenhaal stars as tor of “Training Day” and “The Equalizer,” a halfBilly Hope “Southpaw.” dozen years ago at one of “those Hollywood lunch melodrama. meetings where somebody Life is brutal. Punching tells you how much they somebody over 12 rounds want to work with you, and in the ring? Brutal. Going to court to fight for custody you don’t believe them.” So the actor, nominated of your child? Brutal. for an Academy Award for “There are so many his work opposite Heath things that we’ve seen Ledger in 2005’s cowboy before in boxing movies,” love story, “Brokeback says Gyllenhaal, on the Mountain,” went about his phone from Los Angeles last weekend and not even business — business that included some very fine feeling the need to mention those movies by name. work in “End of Watch” (We will: “Rocky,” “Raging (2012) and “Prisoners” (2013). Bull,” “The Fighter,” “The “And then, about a year Champ,” “Somebody Up and a half ago, we met There Likes Me,” “Body again about this project, and Soul.”) “So, how do you make and Antoine was like, ‘I it seem original?” he asks. told you when we met last “For me, and for Antoine, time there is something I

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see in you that I want to bring out.’ And I was like, ‘Really?’” Really. So, Gyllenhaal began his training — with Fuqua, who has boxed for years, right alongside him. And the actor came to appreciate what boxing was about. “Obviously, it’s a brutal sport,” Gyllenhaal says. “But I also think it’s a sport full of grace, and at the highest level … it’s about an exchange of the minds.” Boxing, he says, is about “being alone in a space” — physical space, mental space — and for all its primal ferocity, it is a sport that involves science, geometry, speed. “You have to be hyperprepared and hyper-intune, and it is unlike really any other sport because it requires both offense and defense simultaneously.” Gyllenhaal has more than 30 credits on his CV now (his first was as Billy Crystal’s kid in 1991’s “City Slickers”). But when he looks over the films he has done, a few stand out — for the experience of making them, not for the success they may, or may not, have seen at the box office. “‘Nightcrawler’ is one,” he says of the drama written and directed by Dan Gilroy. “I’m really proud of that movie. Sometimes, when I think about it, I

can’t believe we pulled it off. We shot it for a very small budget in a very short time. … That’s the kind of stuff that inspires me.” “Jarhead,” the 2005 combat drama based on Anthony Swofford’s Marine Corps memoir, was “lifechanging.” Gyllenhaal puts “Donnie Darko” (the 2001 cult hit), “Zodiac” (David Fincher’s 2007 serial-killer thriller), and “Brokeback Mountain” on his list, too. The actor, whose sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Secretary,” “Crazy Heart”) and whose parents are both in the business (Stephen Gyllenhaal a director, Naomi Foner a screenwriter), hasn’t taken much of a break since shooting “Southpaw.” He’s got “Everest,” a mountain-climbing thriller, coming in September and “At Risk,” with Naomi Watts and Chris Cooper, scheduled for release in the spring. Gyllenhaal’s about to start with director Tom Ford on an adaptation of the Austin Wright novel “Nocturnal Animals.” And he and Fuqua have plans to reteam — outside the boxing ring — for “The Man Who Made It Snow,” about Max Mermelstein, the “Jewish street kid from Brooklyn” who would go on to serve as the American agent for the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Scooby-Doo! & KISS: Rock & Roll Mystery”: A KISS concert is in jeopardy. Upcoming movie releases Something is keeping concertgoers from Following is a partial schedule of getting to the venue where the band is coming movies on DVD. Release dates scheduled to perform. are subject to change: There’s only one thing to do — call Scooby-Doo and his friends. The gang is JULY 28 Home eager to help, especially since Daphne Comet has an enormous crush on KISS member Justice League: Gods and Monsters Starchild. They must stop the Crimson The Water Diviner Witch or no one will get to see the group perform. JULY 31 Descendants It’s an odd mix of pop culture to have these two groups come together. But, the AUG. 4 Scooby Squad has always been ready and Insurgent willing to help any celebrity from Batman Do You Believe? and Robin to the Harlem Globetrotters. Far From the Madding Crowd The adventure is nothing new but still True Story manages to provide a fair amount of AUG. 11 entertainment. Hot Pursuit “Years of Living Dangerously — Unfriended The Complete Show”: The Showtime n Tribune News Service documentary series explores the impact humans are having on the planet in the way of climate change. These stories are truth about a young boy’s death. told by top filmmakers working with “Robot Chicken: Season 7”: Includes Hollywood stars such as Arnold Schwar20 new episodes. zenegger, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, Matt “Wild Horses”: Texas Ranger reopens a Damon, Harrison Ford and America Fermissing persons case. rera. “72%”: Examination of the serious Schwarzenegger, the former California issue of single mothers. governor and one of the producers of the “Friends to the Rescue”: Mia learns series, focuses on how there has been an extended fire season because of ecological about the threat to Centopia posed by Queen Panthea. changes. “Set Fire to the Stairs”: New York acaThe production was the winner of the demic brings Dylan Thomas to America. 2014 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding “Love Unto Death / Life Is a Bed Documentary or Nonfiction Series. of Roses”: Two 1980s works by French “What We Do in the Shadows”: Vamauteur Alain Resnais. pire flatmates being filmed by a New Zea“Seeds of Yesterday”: The fourth and land documentary crew. final installment in the “Flowers in the “Ancient Aliens: Season 7 — Volume Attic” series. 1”: Series that looks at ancient 1mysteries. 5th AN N Learn: U AKindness”: L “Let’s Six episodes “I, Madman”: Killer looks to win a of Nickelodeon show look to teach good woman’s heart on death at a time. manners, forgiveness. “Child 44”: Soviet secret-police officer suspects his superiors are covering up the n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee LA CO NN ER

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 24-30

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 23-30 SATURDAY.25

THURSDAY.23 Marcia Kester: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Skinny Tie Jazz: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Barefeet: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-982-2649.

Jam Night: with host Richard Williams, 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover.

Holmes Shea Band: Riverwalk Summer Concert Series, 6 to 8 p.m., Mount Vernon Riverwalk, downtown Mount Vernon. Free.

BEE GEES GOLD: THE TRIBUTE, STARRING JOHN ACOSTA AS BARRY GIBB 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $24. 877-275-2448.

Queen Bluegrass: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

FRIDAY.24 The New Iberians (zydeco blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12. 360-445-3000.

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Bee Gees Gold: The Tribute, starring John Acosta as Barry Gibb: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $24. 877-2752448.

Photo by Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald

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THEATER

“Romeo & Juliet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12 adults, $10 students, $35 family (two adults, two children). Tickets: brownpapertickets.com or at the gate. Information: 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org. “Three Times A Bridesmaid” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“The Two Noble Kinsmen”: Shakespeare Northwest, 4 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12 adults, $10 students, $35 family (two adults, two children). Tickets: brownpapertickets. com or at the gate. Information: 206-3173023 or shakesnw.org.

Decade X (top 40 dance, ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877275-2448.

Joe Sneva & The Sweet Dominiques (surf, reggae): 9:30 p.m., The Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. 360755-0165.

Andrew Norsworthy: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Margaret Wilder Band: 7 p.m., Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. $10, $5 wine club members and ages 12 and younger.

Hoe and the Harrow (folk, Americana, roots): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Jim Adkins (of Jimmy Eat World), S Duo (Jenn Ghetto): 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $15. 360-778-1067.

Keith LaBounty: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Singer/songwriter night: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6330.

SATURDAY.25

“ROMEO & JULIET” Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12 adults, $10 students, $35 family (two adults, two children). Tickets: brownpapertickets.com or at the gate. Information: 206-317-3023 or shakesnw.org. Pictured: Sage Hoag and Cassandra Leon.

“Three Times A Bridesmaid” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

“The Two Noble Kinsmen”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 Rexville Grange Road, Mount Vernon. $12 adults, $10 students, $35 family (two adults, two children). Tickets: brownpapertickets. com or at the gate. Information: 206-3173023 or shakesnw.org. “Three Times A Bridesmaid” (comedy): 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360293-6829 or acttheatre.com. “Sugar Rush Jazz,” “The Missing: Episode 2” and “Blackout” (one-act plays): Poseidon Players, 7 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Donations encouraged. 360-6792237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Ann ‘n’ Dean (country, classic rock): 7 to 10 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Open to the public. 360-848-8882.

Decade X (top 40 dance, ’70s-’00s): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448. “Blues & Brews at the Muse”: with Cee Cee James and Rob “Slideboy” Andrews, Duffy Bishop Trio: 6 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $18 advance, $20 at the door. 360-445-3000.

North by Northwest: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-4226411. CD Woodbury: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956. Troy Fair: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

SUNDAY.26 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. 360-707-2683.

Anacortes Brewery 21st Birthday Celebration: featuring comedy improv with Brian Geer and Mike Jenkins, Anacortes Music Channel showcase hosted by Karl Blau, Bellingham Circus Guild, Little Joe Argo and Rick Star, Anacortes Community Theater Players, Wide Willie Washburn, Fanny Alger and more: 2 to 7 p.m., Heart of Anacortes, Fourth Street and O Avenue, Anacortes. Ages 21 and older. Free admission. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

MONDAY.27 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. Mike Bucy: 1 to 4 p.m., Gilkey Square, Morris and First streets, La Conner. Free. laconner live.com.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266. HarvestFest: featuring six Christian bands (gospel, blues, rock, rap, heavy metal): noon to 6:30 p.m., Riverfront Park, 1001 River Road, Sedro-Woolley. Free. 503-780-1842.

Swingnuts Jazz: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington. angelofthewinds.com. 360474-9740.

Wartime Blues: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805. South Fork Zoo (classic country rock): 7 to 9 p.m., Birdsview Brewery, 38302 Highway 20, Concrete. No cover. 360-826-3406.

WEDNESDAY.29 Swingnuts Jazz: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720. Marcia Kester: 6 p.m., Anacortes Eagles, 901 7th St., Anacortes. 360757-9687.

Urban Fantasy, C-legz & Pascal, Jamaican Queens, Pappa Smirk: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-7781067. Stanwood Summer Concert Series: Brian Lee and The Orbiters, 2 to 4 p.m., 271st St. NW, Stanwood. Free. ci.stanwood.wa.us. Naughty Blokes: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.30 MuseBird Cafe: Devin Sinha and Nelson “Nelly” Emokpae, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Bobby Holland & The Breadline: Riverwalk Summer Concert Series, 6 to 8 p.m., Mount Vernon Riverwalk, downtown Mount Vernon. Free.

Matney Cook and the Mudflat Walkers: 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Brian Pi’ikea Vasquez (Hawiian ukulele): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.