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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday July 4, 2013

Television

Reviews

Movies

The spiraling irrelevance of late-night talk TV

Music: J. Cole, Mikal Cronin Video Games: “Fuse”

“Lone Ranger” a playful spin on the myth – with a lot of violence

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Last Resort: The Complete Series”: The crew of a military submarine takes an unusual stand when mysterious forces appear to use the crew to start a major confrontation. Andre Braugher plays the ship’s commander who, rather than being the catalyst for unwarranted death and destruction, leads his crew to a remote island to regroup and try to solve the mystery. The series starts strong but slowly fades as the submarine crew tries to deal with internal and external problems. Even the generally dependable Braugher has trouble keeping this series afloat because of all the holes in the script. “The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Fourth Season”: The 32 episodes in this fourth season from 1964-65 are as funny today as when they originally aired. That’s because the humor came out of events that could have happened then, now or in the future. One of the best episodes is “Never Bathe on a Saturday,” where Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) gets her toe caught in a bath spout. It’s a simple idea that provides huge laughs. The season also includes the episode “100 Terrible Hours,” where a sleep-deprived Rob (Dick Van Dyke) tries to stay awake during his job interview with Alan Brady. It highlights Van Dyke’s great skill at physical comedy. Both are examples of how this series took relatable events and gave them a wonderful comedy spin. “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series”: It’s been 54 years since this comedy debuted and yet most of the story lines ring as true today as they did when it originally aired. The never-ending efforts by high school/junior college student Dobie Gillis (Dwayne Hickman) to fall in love are just as funny as any current comedy. It’s the combination of Hickman’s All-American performance with the wacky beatnik character portrayed by Bob Denver that makes the show work. These opposites should never have attracted, but they create a very funny comedy pair when together. The 147 episodes also are fun because of the guest stars, who included Tuesday Weld and Warren Beatty. “Venus and Serena”: A look into the lives of the winners of four Olympic Gold Medals, 13 Grand Slam Titles and one (Serena) who holds the ranking of No. 1 in the world. “Nicky Deuce”: Nickelodeon film

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 9 Dead Man Down - Sony The Host - Universal Spring Breakers - Lionsgate Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor - Lionsgate

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JULY 16 Evil Dead - Sony 42 - Warner

Late-night talk – it lost its edge (and relevance) a long time ago

JULY 23 Detention of the Dead - Anchor Bay Ginger & Rosa - Lionsgate New World - Well Go USA Trance - Fox 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 Oblivion -- Universal The Place Beyond the Pines -- Universal

Inside

AUG. 13 Emperor -- Lionsgate n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

about a sheltered suburban teen who has the vacation of a lifetime when he is forced to spend the summer in Brooklyn. “North & South”: BBC miniseries starring Patrick Stewart that depicts tensions during the Victorian era. “Wiener Dog Nationals”: An underdog and her family ban together to advance through the cutthroat world of wiener dog racing. “Kentucky Fried Movie”: The cult classic from David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker is now available on Blu-ray. “Why We Laugh”: Documentary featuring interviews with Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Rita Rudner and Kathy Najimy. “The Producers: Collector’s Edition”: Along with the Blu-ray version of the comedy is an interview with Mel Brooks. “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season Three”: Contains 33 episodes of the action TV series. “Legends of the Old West”: History Channel series that looks at Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill. n By 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

Fourth of July Events...................... 3 Get Involved.................................... 6 Travel............................................8-9 On Stage........................................ 10 Tuning Up..................................... 11 Music, Game Reviews..............12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 At the Lincoln Theatre.................. 15 Movie Listings............................... 17 Movie Mini-Reviews..................... 17 Out & About.............................18-19

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COMMUNITY THURSDAY, July 4 ANACORTES — The annual Fourth of July Parade and Patriotic Program will begin at 11 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Third Street and Commercial Avenue and end in Causland Memorial Park, where there will be a patriotic program. The celebration concludes with fireworks at dusk over Fidalgo Bay. At 10 a.m., the Anacortes American staff will take a town photo at Fifth Street and Commercial Avenue. Anacortes residents are encouraged to participate. For information, call Jennifer at 360-588-1108. ANACORTES: Check out the “Rock the Dock” Community Concert and Faire from 5 to 10 p.m. at Seafarers Memorial Park, 601 Seafarer Way, Anacortes. Enjoy music, kids’ activities, food, a beer garden and more, ending with the City of Anacortes fireworks display. Performers include Cherry Cherry, Bobby Holland & Breadline Blues and Smokewagon. In case of rain, the event will move to the Port Transit Shed Event Center. Free admission, with a suggested donation of a nonperishable food item or donation for the Anacortes Seafarers Memorial Foundation. 360-708-7770. BELLINGHAM — The Haggen Family Fourth of July Celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Zuanich Point Park, Squalicum Harbor. Enjoy craft and vendor booths, kids’ activities, an art show, live music, food booths and more, followed by fireworks at around 10:30 p.m. Free. 360-734-1330. BLAINE — The Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration will include a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m., a parade at noon, an arts and crafts fair, show and shine car show, live entertainment, historic Plover Ferry rides (by donation) and

dark over Port Gardner Bay. Free. 425-257-7117 or enjoyeverett.org.

ENJOY A FESTIVE FOURTH

FRIDAY HARBOR — Enjoy the Fourth of July Parade down Spring Street at 10:30 a.m. followed by the Pig War Picnic at the San Juan Historical Museum. Enjoy lunch, live music, games and more. “Rock the Dock” will feature music, food and drinks starting at 6 p.m. at the Port of Friday Harbor. The annual harbor fireworks show starts at dusk.

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Today, July 4, is Independence Day, arguably the most festive of all holidays (certainly when it comes to noise level and gunpowder consumption). There are numerous family-friendly events and fireworks shows today and through the weekend. Emphasize safety first!

LA CONNER — The Fourth of July Parade starts at 11:30 a.m., followed by a community picnic in Pioneer Park. Bring your own picnic or buy hot dogs, chips and soda from the Kiwanis. Check out the Fireworks Over the Channel display beginning just after 10 p.m. Bring your lawn chair and a jacket and sit on the town side of the Swinomish Channel. 360-466-4778 or lacon nerchamber.com. LOPEZ ISLAND — The Lopez Island Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade will get underway at 11 a.m., starting between the Galley Restaurant and the Islander Resort, winding through the Village on Lopez Road. A barbecue after the parade at the Lopez Center Outdoor Pavilion will benefit the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Fireworks start around 10:30 p.m. over Fisherman Bay. 360-4684664 or lopezisland.com.

more. The fireworks show over Semiahmoo Bay takes place at dusk. 360-332-4544 or blainechamber.com.

Korean War. Parking is available at the Terry’s Corner Park & Ride and at the Terry’s Corner Fire Station.

CAMANO ISLAND — Celebrate Independence Day at 3 p.m. at Freedom Park, at Terry’s Corner. The program will include music, a Pearl Harbor survivor bell ceremony and recognition of Camano Island, Silvana and Stanwood residents who served in the

CONCRETE — The Fourth of July parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Main Street, followed by a community barbecue in Town Center. Line up at 10 a.m. at the post office. concrete-wa.com. EVERETT — Check out marching bands, dance and

drill teams, giant puppets, stilt walkers, clowns and more at the Colors of Freedom Parade at 11 a.m. on Colby and Wetmore avenues between Wall and 26th streets. The Colors of Freedom Festival featuring live music, kids’ activities and a food fair will take place from 1 to 11 p.m. at Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. Park at Everett Station or Everett Community College and take the shuttle. Fireworks begin at

MOUNT VERNON — Edgewater Park, 600 BehrensMillett Road, will host the City of Mount Vernon’s Fabulous Fourth of July Celebration. Music starts at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin at dark. The musical lineup includes Spoonshine, Jenny and the Blue Moon Boys and The Sweet Dominiques. 360-336-6215 or ci.mount-vernon.wa.us. See FOURTH, Page E7

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MOVIES

In Hollywood, imitation is the sincerest form of filmmaking By BARRY KOLTNOW The Orange County Register

In the future, all movies will be “Die Hard.” OK, I may be a little crazed after watching “Die Hard at the White House” for the second time in three months. The first movie, which was released in theaters as “Olympus Has Fallen,” came out in March. The second movie, referred to in a massive advertising campaign as “White House Down,” hit theaters over the weekend. Antoine Fuqua directed one, and Roland Emmerich directed the other. Gerard Butler is the hero in one, and Channing Tatum is the hero in the other. Aaron Eckhart is the president in one, and Jamie Foxx is the president in the other. There’s no point in distinguishing which is which because they’re the same movie. In a nutshell: A tough but lovable guy who wants to be a member of the Secret Service gets trapped inside the White House during a terrorist attack and has to save the President of the United States. How can this happen? How can two films with the identical plot come out three months apart? It could boggle a lesser mind. But I understand. It’s the “Die Hard” effect. Hollywood is a town of pitch meetings. Everybody is constantly pitching movie ideas. Writers pitch producers. Producers pitch studios. Studios pitch directors. Directors pitch actors. I suppose there have

Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum star in “White House Down.” Columbia Pictures via AP

been a few long-winded pitches since the Silent Era, but most pitches are kept short and sweet. The shorter the pitch, the better the chance of getting the finances approved. And if the pitch can be reduced to a simple movie-related description, there is an excellent chance of getting the project done. “Picture ‘Romeo & Juliet’ meets ‘The Poseidon Adventure.’” I’m not saying that James Cameron used that exact pitch to sell his movie “Titanic,” but it would have

worked because it explains just what he intended, and studio executives love it when you tell them your intentions. I have no proof but it is my theory that someone pitched the idea of “Die Hard at the White House” to different movie studios, and two of the studios liked the idea so much that they went ahead with the film. Actually, I may be naïve on this matter. There might be five or six “Die Hard at the White Houses” in production. In Hollywood, you can’t have too many “Die

Lampoon’s Vacation” meets “Die Hard.” A soldier on leave takes his 10-year-old daughter to the “Happiest Place on Earth,” where he battles a gang of costumed terrorists, all the while wearing a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. “Die Hard in Seattle”: Picture “Sleepless in Seattle” meets “Die Hard.” A young girl calls a radio talk show to set up her widower father with a date, but the date turns out to be a gang of terrorists led by Alan Rickman. “Die Hard in Gotham”: Picture “The Dark Knight” meets “Die Hard.” Batman is unable to disrupt a terrorist network in Gotham City, and he asks John McClane for help. “Die Hard In Vitro”: Picture “Baby Boom” meets “Die Hard.” While visiting his wife after the birth of twins, our hero is trapped inside the maternity ward when a gang of OB-GYN terrorists attacks. “Die Hard in a Dodge Charger”: Picture “Fast and Hard at the White Houses.” Train,” which Steven Seagal Furious” meets “Die Hard.” Why does “Die Hard” liked to call “Under Siege?” Justin Lin directs this action work so well in a pitch? But I don’t want to dwell film about a tough but lovEven studio executives able race car driver who on the past. I’m concerned understand what “Die takes his 11-year-old daughabout future “Die Hards” Hard” means — a tough but that will inundate suburban ter for a casual Sunday lovable hero fights against drive, only to discover that a multiplexes in the coming overwhelming odds to save years. I can hear the pitches gang of international terrorthe day. It’s the very defini- right now: ists is hiding in the back seat tion of a movie hero. of his car. As the car spins “Die Hard in Vegas”: Although the 1988 Bruce Picture “The Hangover” out of control on a wet highWillis film has spawned meets “Die Hard.” Our hero way, our hero disarms all the four sequels, including the flies to Vegas for a bachelor terrorists. It turns out that recent “Die Hard Goes to the terrorists did not harbor party, only to find himself Moscow,” or “A Good Day fighting a gang of terrorists a sinister plan for world to Die Hard,” it has been domination, but were after dressed as Elvis impersonresponsible for countless the spare change that had ators. imitators through the years. fallen between the center “Die Hard in DisneyRemember “Die Hard on a land”: Picture “National console and the front seat.

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TELEVISION ANALYSIS

Late-night TV follows tired format into irrelevance

Chicago Blackhawk player Patrick Kane hoists the Conn Smythe Trophy as “Late Show”host David Letterman places the Stanley Cup down on his desk on June 26 on the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman” in New York.

By STEVE JOHNSON Chicago Tribune

he waters of late-night television are roiling. On NBC, Jimmy Fallon is taking over Jay Leno’s show, and Seth Meyers is taking Fallon’s. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has moved up half an hour to compete directly with Leno now, and then Fallon in winter 2014. At CBS, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson chug along, hoping the changes will bring new viewers to their shows. Off the networks, Conan O’Brien is probably kicking himself, figuring he jumped to cable too soon and wondering why Leno would abdicate the “Tonight Show” throne for Fallon but not, a few years back, for him. Chelsea Handler does her thing on cable too. And in syndication this fall, Arsenio Hall will return to a much more crowded fray than the one he left behind. And in Hall’s heyday 20 years ago — or even 10 years ago — all of this would have been edge-of-the-seat news for television devotees, the stuff of agitated headlines: Turmoil in Late Night! Who Will Be the New King? Is It Jimmy’s Turn? And, If So, Which Jimmy? But in 2013, I listen to all the chatter and ask myself:

CBS via AP

spend hoping movie star A promoting new film B will say one fresh and recognizably human thing during two segments with show host C? The movie star might well have already been more Leno Fallon engaging on her Twitter feed; ditto for the host. And if I’ve got 12 minutes, I can surely find something more compelling on the Web. But the much bigger part of it is that the shows, no matter how talented their hosts or how top line their bookings, have simply been eclipsed. O’Brien Kimmel In the ’80s and early ’90s, if you cared about comedy, So what? you watched, respectively, It’s like hearing about Dave and Conan. They were dinosaurs banging their the innovators, the ones necks against each other bending the rules of the in a pit of tar just over that hill, out of my field of vision. medium to take audiences I’m much more enthused by surprise. Now the most about the mammals that concentrated viewer payhave evolved in front of my offs — in terms of number very eyes. To translate that of laughs, laughs about subout of metaphor and into stantive matters and laughs reality, those old-line shows that the viewer never sees following roughly the same coming — come from Jon 50-plus-year-old format — and Stephen. monologue, celebrity guests, With each passing year band — seem less and less of Jon Stewart’s “The Daily relevant to me with each Show” and Stephen Colpassing year. bert’s “The Colbert Report,” A small part of it is that both on Comedy Central, I their comparatively languid have watched the other latepace is at odds with the night shows less and less. contemporary information In the past year, what used style. Who has 12 minutes to to be idle curiosity leading

me to check in on Dave and Jimmy (Jimmies) and Craig and, yes, even Jay every now and again has all but vanished. Stewart and Colbert deliver taut, compelling and innovative cultural and political satire. (And this has remained true while “Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver has filled in for Stewart during the host’s three-month leave to direct a film derived in part from a “Daily Show” field report.) Mr. Leno, Mr. Letterman and Mr. Kimmel, to name three, bring varying degrees of effort and achieve varying degrees of success. But what they have in common is a laconic format that is meant to be winningly casual but comes across, too often, as dead weight. Case in point: June 24. “The Daily Show” found blistering topical comedy in a Rolling Stone report alleging credit rating agencies took payouts to allow banks to get away with risky financial dealings before the economic collapse. It culled old footage (why can’t network news be as sharp about combing through archives, holding people responsible for what they’ve said and done, as “The Daily Show” is?) of Al

Franken explaining a political cartoon to his fellow senators, with Oliver noting that the Minnesota Democrat “has cracked the code on how to talk to senators — as though they were 6-yearold children.” It savaged the TV financial analysts who pretended not to understand an amendment Franken had introduced. Then it followed it up with a field report on how Canada’s highly regulated banking system has been so much more stable over the decades than that of the U.S., with our much freer markets. While this may sound in recap like the opinion page, you can look it up online to see how funny it all became on air. And it was a deeper, richer humor because it was rooted in uncomfortable truths about the world. When the other shows get political, it’s not to tell us that our politicians and bankers are failing us in profound ways; it’s to make fun, yet again, of John Boehner’s skin tone. Colbert goes after that same level of truth-telling, but he wraps it, to great effect, in more delirium and goofiness. Yes, he is playing a character — dim-bulb rightwing host Stephen Colbert — and so he has license to

be a little giddy, but it’s also a looser tone he sets. Where Stewart and team manage to be very funny en route to their goal of making a point, occasionally landing on the side of sanctimony, Colbert’s first goal is being funny. His latest addition is having a guy crouching behind his desk stick up his hand for a high-five after the host delivers, say, a bad pun. On Monday, the crux of the pun was NSA spying case figure Edward Snowden and the empty seat photographed aboard an airplane he was rumored to have been traveling on. He either wasn’t on the plane, Colbert concluded, “or he was in the bathroom. After all, he is a known leaker.” Big smile on Colbert’s face, quick turn in the chair and — bam! — a ringing high-five to the suddenly present upraised hand. But then his “The Word” essay was an expertly crafted takedown of the trend in media to ask viewers for their opinions and then reflect them right back at people. “We report what you decided” is the new mantra, he said. It’s not just humor; it’s cutting-edge media criticism. It’s comedy with flesh on its bones, with a point of view about the bigger world.

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GET INVOLVED ART

all art materials and chaperoned ferry transportation from Anacortes. For information, call 360-293-8878 or visit towerartsstudio. com.

about 12 musicians, playing a variety of styles. Rehearsals are the first and third Mondays in Burlington, with regular performances. Contact David Soiseth at 360-757-0351 or dsois@ CAMANO SUMMER ART comcast.net. CAMPS: Art Quest for Kids Summer Art Camps DANCE will be held during July and CLOG DANCING FOR August at the Delzell StuBEGINNERS: Free lesson dio, 2177 Highland Drive, from 10 to 11 a.m., folCamano Island. Camps lowed by regular clog dancmeet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 ing from 11 a.m. to noon p.m. Monday through Thursdays, at the Mount Thursday and feature a Vernon Senior Center, variety of art projects, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount beachcombing and swimVernon. No fee, no partner ming. $160 per child per needed. First three lessons four-day session. Ages 7-17. are free. Wear comfortable 360-387-2251 or camano shoes. For information, call artcamp.com. Rosie at 360-424-4608.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Skagit Regional Health seeks permanent art for its new medical office building, Skagit Regional Clinics Riverbend, which will open in mid-2014 in north Mount Vernon. Artwork must be of superior quality and may include a wide range of styles and mediums. Artists may submit up to six images of original work by Sept. 30. Submissions may be either existing work for sale or representative work that can be completed by Feb. 1, 2014. Include the name of each work, its medium, size and asking price. Send submissions by email to wragusa@skagitvalleyhospital.org. For ART CLASSES: Dakota information, contact Wendy Art Center offers a variety Ragusa at 360-814-5747. of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway ART CLASSES 536, Mount Vernon. 360POTTERY CLASSES: 416-6556, ext. 5, or dakota Themed weeklong summer artcenter.com. pottery camps for kids and teens will be held through CLAY CLASSES: CeramAug. 30 at Handz in Clay ic artist Sue Roberts offers Pottery School, 525 E. a variety of classes and Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. workshops at Tower Arts Adult classes are available Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, year-round. Learn handGuemes Island. For inforbuilding and pottery wheel mation, call 360-293-8878 techniques. Multichild dis- or visit towerartsstudio. count available. For inforcom. mation, contact Phoenix at 360-202-2329 or visit handz AUDITIONS inclay.com. CALL FOR MUSICIANS: Whidbey Playhouse seeks KIDS’ SUMMER ART CAMPS: Tower Arts Studio one or two cello players, a guitar player and a violin will offer summer “Island Art Camp Adventures” for player for its production of “The Last Five Years,” kids beginning Monday, set to run Aug. 15-24 at the July 8, on Guemes Island. Whidbey Playhouse, 730 Local professional artists SE Midway Blvd., Oak will teach a variety of art Harbor. There is a minimal techniques to kids ages 6 to 12 during weeklong rehearsal process and only sessions from 9:30 a.m. to six show dates. Call 3602:30 p.m. Monday through 679-2237 or email heather Friday at Tower Arts Stubgood@gmail.com. dio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, Guemes Island. Kids can BRASS CHOIR: The work with clay, acrylics, Basically Brass Choir seeks sculpture, mosaic and more. trumpet and trombone $295 per session, includes players to join a group of

TANGO LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, July 11 and 18, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Advance registration required. $75. Call 360-4642229 or visit anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

MISCELLANEOUS

for each performance slot. The market supplies a 10-by-10-foot overhead canopy and two 110V outlets. Contact market manager Leslie Collings at 360202-3932 or email leslie@ portsusan.org. PIANO CAMP: 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. today through July 25 (no class July 4), 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.

ON STAGE OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to midnight, Wednesdays, at the 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Ages 21 and older. No cover. 360336-3012 or riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

RECREATION

TRAIL TALES: Friends of Skagit Beaches lead a series of informative walks along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes. For information, visit skagit beaches.org. Next up: Strands that Connect Mountains to the Sea: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, MUSIC July 10. Meet at Fidalgo CALL FOR MUSICIANS, RV Park, 4701 Fidalgo Bay PERFORMERS: Soloists, Road. From the distant duets or trios with low snow-capped Cascades amplification are needed to down to Fidalgo Bay, learn perform between 3 and 7 how Anacortes is connectp.m. Fridays, July 5-Oct. 18, ed to the mountains by the at the Port Susan Farmers waters that travel between Market, located at Viking them. The flat, paved trail is Village, corner of Highway handicapped accessible. 532 and 88th Avenue NW, Bayside Chat: 11 a.m. Stanwood. Performers can to 2 p.m. Saturday and sign up for one-hour slots Sunday, July 13-14. Meet and may set out a tip jar at the Rotary pocket park and sell CDs. The market on the Tommy Thompson also offers a small stipend Trail, just south of 34th SEEKING VENDORS: The Skagit County Fair seeks vendors of all types for the annual event, set for Aug. 7-10 in Mount Vernon. For information, call 360-3369414, email fairgrounds@ co.skagit.wa.us or visit skagitcounty.net/fair.

Street. Chat with Washington Department of Ecology staff members Sandra Caldwell and Hun Seak Park to learn about Ecology’s Phase 2 cleanup work at the old plywood mill site along the Tommy Thompson Trail. The Changing Face of Fidalgo Bay: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20. Meet at Fidalgo RV Park, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road. Find out how human habitation and industry have changed the bay, both above and below the water’s surface. Learn about the importance of the Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve and plans for improving the quality of this resource. The flat, paved trail is handicapped accessible. WASHINGTON PARK WALKS: Friends of Washington Park leads 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. FAMILY BICYCLE RIDE: The second annual Family Fun Ride will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 6, starting at the Ben Root Skate Park, 2313 R Ave., Anacortes. The event will include free bicycle safety checks, free bike helmets for kids while supplies last, and a raffle for a new youth bike. After check-in, participants can ride along the Tommy Thompson Trail over Fidalgo Bay and around March

Point. No preregistration required. 360-293-1918.

THEATER SUMMER THEATER CAMP: Theater Arts Guild will offer a Summer Theater Camp for ages 11 and older from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, July 9-12 or 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 and bottled water provided; bring your own lunch. For information or to register, contact Jane Skinner at bandjskinner@ comcast.net or visit theater artsguild.org.

WORKSHOPS PRINTMAKING SAMPLER: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, through July 16, at Harmony Fields, 7465 Thomas Road, Bow. Explore a variety of printing styles and techniques including linocut, woodblock and intaglio prints. Open to all levels of experience. $140 plus $10 materials fee. 360-941-8196 or hfproduce.com.

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ORCAS ISLAND — Check out fireworks beginning at dusk at Eastsound Waterfront Park.

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donation: $5. Proceeds will benefit student-related projects, technology, materials and activities throughout the Sedro-Woolley School District. 360-855-3594.

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The 36th annual Great SedroROCKPORT — Enjoy a Woolley Footrace will begin Fourth of July concert with at 9:30 a.m. at Sedro-Woolley live music, dinner and beauti- High School, 1235 Third St. ful scenery from 5 to 9 p.m. at Check-in and day-of-race Glacier Peak Winery, 58575 registration will begin at 7:30 Highway 20, Rockport. Petty a.m., followed by the 5.17Thief will perform a tribute mile race and 2-mile fun run/ to the music of Tom Petty walk. Registration: $20 withand the Heartbreakers. $20, out T-shirt. Free for ages 14 includes steak or salmon and younger and ages 70 and dinner. Beverages available older, but registration is still for purchase. Reservations: required. Day-of-race T-shirts: 360-873-4073. Information: $10 while they last. Register glacierpeakwinery.com. at sedrowoolleyfootrace.com, download a registration form SEDRO-WOOLLEY — at loggerodeo.com or skagitThe Sedro-Woolley Schools runners.org, or pick one up at Foundation will host its the Sedro-Woolley Chamber annual Pancakes for Kids of Commerce, 714-B Metcalf breakfast fundraiser from St. Information: Kyle, 3606:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the 856-4465. Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St. Suggested SEDRO-WOOLLEY —

The 79th annual Loggerodeo Grand Parade will start at 11 a.m. Fireworks will start at dusk adjacent to Riverfront Park. Activities all weekend. 360-770-8452 or loggerodeo. com. STANWOOD — The Old Fashioned Independence Day Parade will start at 11 a.m. at the Josephine Sunset Home parking lot, 9901 272nd Place NW, and end with an ice cream social at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27108 102nd Ave NW. 360629-6110 or sahs-fncc.org.

Skagit Artists Together 2013 Studio Tour

SATURDAY, July 6 BURLINGTON — Skagit Speedway, 4796 Highway 99N, will present the Les Schwab Tires Fireworks Extravaganza in conjunction with the Les Schwab Midseason Championships. The gates will open at 5 p.m., racing will start at 7 p.m. and the fireworks will start at dusk. 360-724-3567 or skagitspeed way.com.

Skagit Artists Together 2013 Studio Tour

10th ANNUAL STUDIO TOUR Saturday, July 20 • Sunday, July 21 10 am to 6 pm www.skagitart.com

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GETTYSBURG – THEN AND NOW Pennsylvania town commemorates 150th anniversary with images then and now of famous Civil War battle By GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — From graphic images of the dead on battlefields to portraits of troops in between skirmishes, the Civil War was the first American military conflict captured by photographers and the first foray into photojournalism in the United States. No camera phones. Forget Polaroids. Photography had been around for decades by the time of the Civil War in the 1860s, and most towns had a photographer. But the practice itself was laborious, at least compared to today’s instant standards and the way Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke captured images of the re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on its 150th anniversary. So in the Civil War, photographers sensed opportunity, according to John Rudy, an instructor of Civil War-era studies at Gettysburg College. Very rarely were scenes of war taken, Rudy said, simply because the exposure time of three to five AP seconds was too long to capture moving action. This combination image shows (top) a photo by Timothy H. O’Sullivan made “These men were workavailable by the Library of Congress of the 93rd New York Infantry’s drum corps taken between August 1863 and November 1863, and (bottom) Union re-enactors ing for pay. They’re partartist, part-chroniclers, but marching by Confederates during ongoing activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 28 at Bushey Farm in Gettysburg, also keenly aware that their image has to sell,” Rudy Pa. O’Sullivan was one of 23 men employed by American Civil War photographer says. Matthew Brady to document the war. Renowned Civil War photographer Alexander

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Re-enactors from the 2nd Florida infantry recreate the assault and retreat of the 1st North Carolina from the Battle of Culp’s Hill, on Friday in Gettysburg, Pa. Gardner, for instance, had to load two wagonloads full of equipment before rushing to Gettysburg when he heard of the potential for a major conflict in the Pennsylvania town. Gettysburg is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle that took place July 1-3, 1863. The first true images of the war were produced in September 1862 at Antietam, according to the National Park Service’s website for the Maryland battlefield. Gardner made to trips to Antietam, the first two days after battle, and captured grim images. Gardner made a second trip two weeks later when President Abraham Lincoln visited the battlefield. “During both of his trips, Gardner moved across the battlefield taking advan-

tage of another new photographic technique that increased the impact of war images — stereograph. Two lenses capture two simultaneous photographs, and when seen through a viewer, the mind creates a three-dimensional image,” the National Park Service said. Any close-up shots that may have appeared to be taken on the battlefield were likely staged. Some men also chose to have portraits taken in camp. Such shots were very rare then — a portrait may have only been taken once or twice during an American’s lifetime then, Rudy said. Newspapers rarely printed photos then, but major national publications did use illustrations from sketch artists to depict war scenes.

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TRAVEL “It’s very much used as a replacement for the fact that you can’t take a photo of me moving. The sketch artist replaces the on-thescene footage,” Rudy said. “It’s not true to life. The sketch helped bring the war to the American people, but brought it to them in a different way.” In the 1880s, French artist Paul Philippoteaux’s cyclorama paintings of Pickett’s Charge during the third day at Gettysburg proved to be a popular attraction in its time. A cyclorama is a massive inthe-round painting that Rudy equated in modern standards to seeing the movie “World War Z” in 3-D. Painted post-Reconstruction, Philippoteaux painted the Gettysburg cyclorama during a period when views of the war had shifted amid the rise of a veterans culture — a “romantic image of

war where both sides fought valiantly for something they believed in,” Rudy said. Motion pictures made the cyclorama obsolete by the late 1800s and the paintings quickly vanished. The only cycloramas on display in the United States are at the National Park Service visitor center in Gettysburg and one of the Battle of Atlanta, which resides in Grant Park in that city.

Re-enactors perform Pickett’s Charge during activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, on June 30 in Gettysburg, Pa. Union forces turned away a Confederate advance in the pivotal battle of the Civil War fought July 1-3, 1863, which was also the war’s bloodiest conflict with more than 51,000 casualties. Matt Rourke / AP

Local travel YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: Join

Dawn Jex for day trips and yoga. Each adventure includes activities at an area attraction combined with a yoga class. For information or to register, call Dawn at 360631-0587 or visit yoga-gypsies. com. Next up: July 13: Vancouver Granville Island Tour and Yoga: Travel via Amtrak to Vancouver, Canada, ride the foot ferry to the markets and bistros of Granville Island, then enjoy practicing yoga in the peace and quiet of Ron Basford Park. Sample the confections of the island markets, then make your way back to the train station and home, or make a weekend of it and stay awhile in Vancouver. Purchase train tickets through Amtrak ($44). False Creek Ferry round-trip tickets ($10) must be purchased at the terminal. Ron Basford Park yoga and Granville Island guided tour, $40. Aug. 11: Anacortes Kayak Yoga Trip: Join Jex at 9 a.m. in Anacortes for a six-hour kayak tour of the San Juan Islands that will include an hour of beach yoga. Bring your own lunch and water-

safe shoes. $117.94, includes kayak rental, all gear and yoga.

1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Check out the 51st annual Abbotsford, B.C., International Airshow. SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Wear weather-appropriate clothing Parks and Recreation offers travel and comfortable walking shoes. opportunities for ages 12 and Proof of citizenship required older (adult supervision required (passport, DMV enhanced driver’s for ages 18 and younger). For infor- license or NEXUS card). $68-$70. mation or to register, call 360-336- Register by Aug. 2. 6215. Next up: “San Juan Island: Something ESCORTED TOURS: The Whatfor Everyone”: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 com County Tour Program offers p.m. Friday, July 19, departing a variety of day trips and longer from and returning to Hillcrest tours, with most trips departing Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Ver- from and returning to the Bellnon. Journey to San Juan Island to ingham Senior Activity Center, visit the 12th annual SJI Lavender 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For Festival at Pelindaba Lavender information or to register: 360Farm, followed by a no-host lunch 733-4030, press #, ext. 47015, or at Roche Harbor and a behind-the- wccoa.org/index.php/Tours. Next scenes tour of the Westcott Bay up: Cidery and San Juan Island Distill- Fall Foliage Mississippi River ery, where you’ll taste their ciders Steamboat Cruise: Oct. 4-12. and spirits. Wear weather-appro$3,199-$3,999. priate clothing and comfortable New York City and Upstate New walking shoes, and bring money York Fall Colors Tour: Oct. 4-13. for food and purchases. Ages 21 $2,999-$3,799. $300 deposit due and older only. $75-$77. Register at signup. Final payment due in by July 12. August. Abbotsford Airshow: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, departing from EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harand returning to Hillcrest Park, bor Senior Center is organizing two

small-group trips for 2014: Mississippi River Cruise: America’s Heartland, Nashville to New Orleans: March 19–30, 2014. Scotland: June 2014. Trips will depart from Oak Harbor/Mount Vernon. Contact Pat Gardner at pgardner@oakharbor. org. STANWOOD SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: The Stanwood Senior Center offers occasional trips around the Puget Sound area and beyond, departing from and returning to the center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. For information or reservations, contact Sandy Kitchens at 360629-7403. PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Passport forms and information on fees and how to apply available at travel.state.gov, or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK

July 5th 6-9pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Burton Jewelers Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Apothecary Spa (2nd floor Majestic Inn)

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area July 6-13 MARCIA KESTER

TUNING UP Playing at area venues July 4-11 THURSDAY.4

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SATURDAY.6: Noon to 2 p.m., Cap Sante Boat Haven Central Pier, 1019 Q Ave., Anacortes. FRIDAY.12: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pine Square, Mount Vernon. SATURDAY.13: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Vernon Farmers Market, corner of Cleveland and Snoqualmie streets; 6:30 to 10 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes.

El Colonel and Doubleshot, with Mary de la Fuente: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

DANA LYONS 6 to 8 p.m., Elizabeth Park, Bellingham. Bring a blanket or chair for seating. Free.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-3991037. Ann ‘n’ Dean (country): 7:30 p.m., American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-0520.

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SATURDAY.6 MIA VERMILLION 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

KNUT BELL & THE BLUE COLLARS 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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Marcia Kester (country, rock, blues, pop): Noon to 2 p.m., Cap Sante Boat Haven Central Pier, 1019 Q Ave., Anacortes. 360-757-9687.

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

THEATER

“Hamlet”: Shakespeare Northwest, 7 p.m., Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 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. Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

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

Upfront Theatre: 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $12. 360354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

MUSIC

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. Amara Grace Concert: Philip Nakano on sax and percussion, 8 p.m., Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenter forhappiness.org.

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., Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com. Ted Vigil (John Denver tribute): 7 p.m., Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. $20. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

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

The Don Richards Band: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360445-3000.

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

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

Teresa Mooney & Richard Hughes (acoustic blues): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360399-1037.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gourmet Mexican Restaurant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-2992120.

Tigon, Cascabel, Mercy Ties: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

Jeffrey Fullner: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Jeremy Serwer (Americana, folk): 8-10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinner theatre.com.

Holmes/Shea Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

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

Nick Vigarino’s Meantown Blues: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Randy Oxford: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

Mia Vermillion (blues): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Highway 20 Band: 6 to 8 p.m., Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Free admission with purchase of a bottle of wine per adult. 425-4226988.

My Goodness, Baltic Cousins, The Gallow Swings: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

John Dennis: 6 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-3543600.

SATURDAY.6 Equal Opportunity: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666330.

SUNDAY.7 Zydeco Explosion: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

MONDAY.8 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360-855-2263.

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 4 to 8 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Conner. 360-466-4488.

Bob Log III, Party Favorites, Audios Amigos: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8-$10. 360-778-1067.

THURSDAY.11 Scott Pemberton Trio, with Ryan Bart (the Magic Man): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

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