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TUNING UP Little Bill and the Bluenotes play H2O in Anacortes on Saturday MUSIC REVIEWS Karl Blau’s latest album “comforting and clever”

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THIS WEEKENDin the area Anacortes Waterfront Festival

HEART OF THE PARK PARTY The Mount Vernon Parks Foundation will host a fundraising party at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 4, at Hillcrest Park Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy live music, wine and beer, appetizers, raffles and more. Proceeds will benefit Little Mountain Park.

Tickets: $50 in advance, $60 at the door. heartofthepark party.org.

OUTDOOR PLAZA DANCE The A’Town Big Band will play swing classics at the Waterfront Festival from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 4, at the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. The family-friendly event will renew the tradition of fishermen’s “pavement dancing,” which welcomed salmon seine fleets and their crews home. Anacortes Brewery will provide a beer garden for those 21 and older.

An exhibit will start at 6 p.m. at the Maritime Heritage Center, 703 R Ave., Anacortes. Free admission. 360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

Let out your inner sailor and embrace life on the water from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 4, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, June 5, throughout downtown Anacortes. The annual event is fun for the whole family, and features an open-air car show, food vendors, arts and craft booths, children’s activities, dances, live music, a wine and beer garden, and more. Free.

360-293-3832 or anacortes.org.

SUMMER DANCE Camano Junction will play dance music from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island.

Free dance lesson at 6:30 p.m. $15, students $8. 360-3870222 or camanocenter.org.

“BLAST OF BASKETS” The Woolley Fiber Quilters’ seventh annual show will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, June 3, through Sunday, June 5, at the former Skagit River Restaurant, 221 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley. Local quilters will display some 250 quilts, and there will be demonstrations, bed-turning, a member boutique, vendors, and more. Admission $3. woolleyfiberquilters@yahoo.com

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OUT & ABOUT ART MARCEIL DELACY AND LINDSAY KOHLES EXHIBIT: Smith & Vallee Gallery presents new works by Kohles, whose detailed paintings combine species to create absurd creatures, and DeLacy, whose sculptures feature renderings of animals emerging from salvaged pieces of wood June 3-28 at 5719 Gilkey Ave., Edison. The gallery is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mon-Fri. Free admission. 360-305-4882 or smithandvallee.com. n Artist reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 4.

MARGY LAVELLE ART SHOW: Lavelle’s new work paintings and sculpture will be on display from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays through Sundays through June 26, at i.e., 5800 Cains Court, Edison.

Her oil paintings and three-dimensional constructions are inspired by the Samish Bay shoreline and fields. 360-488-3458 or ieedison.com.

LA CONNER QUILT AND TEXTILE MUSEUM: Varied exhibits and classes are available to the public at 703 S. Second St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360466-4288 or laconner quilts.org. n “A Magical Journey of Hand Appliqué” by Kathy McNeil, through June 19. n “Clothing: Art and Embellishment” by Anita Luvera Mayer, through June 19. n “Silk Sachet Workshop and Japanese Tea Ceremony”: with Sachiko

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The three-day event celebrates the year 1966 and runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, June 3; 9 am. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 4; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at Melcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Blast from the Past highlights craft and food vendors, a quilt show, art show, car show and contests. 360-855-1841 or sedro-woolley.chambermaster.com.

Yoshida: 10 a.m. to noon or 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 23. $40-$45. n “Creative Knitting”: June 1-July 3. Artist opening from 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1. n “Colonial Revival Quilts”: June 1-Aug. 28.

Artist opening from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. n “Beauty of Japan” and “Images of Japan”: June 22-Oct. 2.

SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Experience over 70 small works of art in an array of genres, styles and mediums at Plein Air Washington artist’s inaugural juried art show from June 3-July 30 at 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Gallery is open Monday through

Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment. Free. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

LUMMI ISLAND GALLERY OPENING: Inaugural show called “Pride & Joy” features abstractions of local painter and print maker Pete L. Bowman, and the sculptural oil paintings of international painter Bridged Lott at 4232 Legoe Bay Road, Lummi Island. The gallery will show carvings from Zimbabwe, Zulu baskets and embroideries from South Africa. Show runs for about 10 weeks.

Free. 360-305-0882 or lummiislandgallery.com.

GROUP SHOW: “What One Dreams About”

continues through June 11 at Matzke Fine Art, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. The show features paintings, prints, sculptures and more by selected Northwest artists including Reg Akright, Liana Bennett, Ned Block, Jerry Finn, Dan Freeman, Don Haggerty, Janet Hamilton, Diane Hill, Sharon Kingston, Jill Mattison, Bobbie Mueller, Richard Nash, Janie Olsen, Sue Taves, Ruth Westra, Leon White and Hiroshi Yamano. 360387-2759 or matzkefineart. com.

MARGY LAVELLE ART SHOW: Lavelle’s new paintings and sculpture will be on display from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, through

June 26, at i.e., 5800 Cains Court, Edison. Her oil paintings and threedimensional constructions are inspired by the Samish Bay shoreline and fields.

360-488-3458 or ieedison. com.

APPLIQUÉ AND EMBELLISHMENT: Two exhibits continue, showcasing different and beautiful quilting techniques; “A Magical Journey of Hand Appliqué” by Kathy McNeil and “Clothing: Art & Embellishment”

by Anita Luvera Mayer, continue through June 19, at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St., La Conner.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360466-4288 or laconner quilts.org. n Silk Sachet Workshop and Japanese Tea Ceremony: with Sachiko Yoshida and students: 10 a.m. to noon or 2 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, June 23. $40$45.

GALLERY SHOW: “Wilderness Wars,” a new exhibition of work by artists Caitlin Ahern and Todd Horton is showing through June 30 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., La Conner. Gallery hours are Friday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Free.

360-708-4787 or gallerycygnus.com.

CAR SHOWS BLAST FROM THE PAST CAR SHOW: Celebrating the year 1966. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at Woolworth St., SedroWoolley. Dash plaques for the first 100 who register.

View stock, custom and street cars, and big trucks.

360-855-1841 or sedro-

woolley.com.

BERRY COOL CAR SHOW: During Berry Dairy Days, the North Cascade Street Rod Association’s display of antique and classic cars will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 19.

Over 150 decked-out automobiles line up along Fairhaven Avenue from Alder to Oak streets.

Free spectator admission, $15 car entry fee on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 6 a.m.

360-757-0994 or burling tonwa.gov.

EAGLE HAVEN WINERY 2016 CAR SHOW: Cars and wine from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Food by Flashover BBQ. Free admission. 360-856-6248 or eaglehavenwinery.com.

FAIRS BERRY DAIRY DAYS: A summer highlight event from Friday-Sunday, June 17-19, at the Burlington Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Events include “Junk in Your Trunk” market, kids games and magic shows, live music, fireworks show, basketball tournament, car show, big truck races, Kiwanis salmon barbecue and more. Free. 360-757-0994 or burlington-chamber. com. n Junk in Your Trunk Sale: Use your truck, trunk, or tables to sell your stuff from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Rent a space at this “garage sale” as part of the Berry Dairy Days festival. $20 gets you one slot to park and one to set up your sale. Preregister by June 13. 755-9649 or burlington-chamber. com.

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OUT & ABOUT n Kids Craft Sale: Kids sell homemade crafts during “Junk in your Trunk” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18.

Open to all youth ages 17 and under. Kids can rent a table space for $10.

755-9649 or burlingtonchamber.com.

THIRD ANNUAL ANTIQUE FAIR: Shop the fair and garden party while enjoying wine tasting, chocolates, door prizes and entrees by Random Acts of Food from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 17, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Free. 360-4663821 or christiansons nursery.com.

LECTURES AND TALKS FORTY YEARS ON THE SILK ROAD: Manuscripts, monasteries and massacres from Jerusalem to Beijing. The Rev. Dale Johnson, a Skagit Valley native, reflects on a lifetime of exploration, research and discovery at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Dale was ordained as a Syriac Orthodox Priest in 1991, has served refugees, internally displaced people and religious minorities of the Middle East for the last 25 years. Free. 360708-7770 or pugetsoundproductions@gmail.com.

LEARN ABOUT LEGISLATURE: “What You Don’t Know About the Legislative Session” will be the topic at the next Fidalgo Democrats’ meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Rep. Kristing Lytton of Anacortes

will be the speaker.

Questions and comments will follow. Free. 360-2937114.

MUSIC THE RED EARTH PROJECT: A musical collaboration by performer sound|counterpoint and composer Adam Haws from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. This program contains early music favorites, a reimagining of a Bach solo violin sonata, jazz and rock tunes and the world premiere of two new works written for period instruments. $0-$20 pay as you are able, 12 and under free. 206-420-4548 or salmonrun.wix.com/ salmon-run-concerts.

“SPIRITUALS, CRIES OF FAITH, HOPE AND FREEDOM”: The Stanwood Camano Chorale performs an afternoon of spiritual songs that will lift your soul at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at the Stanwood United Methodist Church, 27128 102nd Drive NW., Stanwood. Directed by Steve Jensen. Free will offering appreciated. 360-4452721.

MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ: “Live at the Lincoln” performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. One of Washington’s premier jazz programs plays Sammy Nestico, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Marvin Fisher, Count Basie and more. $10, $4 students.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

FOLK LEGACY CONCERT: Singer, songwriter and guitarist Bethany

Lynn takes you on a musical journey from the 16th century through the 1960’s Folk Revival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 Tenth St. Lynn’s music is inspired by generations of folk music from England, Ireland and Scotland to the Appalachian Mountains.

Free.

EAGLE HAVEN WINERY 2016 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: A variety of outdoors performances at the winery, 8243 Sims Road, SedroWoolley. Food by Billy’s Café. $10, $8 for wine club members, includes 20 percent off your first bottle of wine. Children under 12 free. Reserved tables available. 360-8566248 or eaglehaven winery.com. n Austin Jenckes (Americana, southern rock and country): 5 p.m.

Saturday, July 9. n Margaret Wilder Band (blues, funk, R&B): 7 p.m. Friday, July 22. n Clinton Fearon (reggae): 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. n Whiskey Fever (rocky-tonk, acousta-billy): 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. n Benefit Concert for Toys for Tots: Leroy Bell and his only friends: 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.

MORE FUN ANNUAL SPAGHETTI “TASTE OFF” DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION: Sample and vote for your favorite sauce from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today, June 2, at Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., La Conner.

Support the La Conner Chamber of Commerce at the annual fundraising event. $8, $5 kids 3-10.

Desserts and adult beverages extra. 360-466-4778 or lovelaconner.com.

EXPLORE ANACORTES WATERFRONT HISTORY: Explore a new shoreline exhibit featuring boat building, mills and canneries, commercial and recreational boating and more at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Maritime Heritage Center. Exhibit is followed by a Plaza Dance at 7 p.m. at the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Free admission.

Guided tours are $3-$5.

360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

JUMP INTO BBQ AND RAFFLE: Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce presents a summer barbecue from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 9, at the Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon.

Welcome the summer with this networking opportunity including burgers, raffle prizes, and DJ Mike in the Morning. $1 and $5 raffle tickets.

360-428-8547 or mountvernonchamber.chambermaster.com.

MERRYFEST CARNIVAL: St. Mary Catholic Church once again hosts a family-friendly event with Cascade Amusement Carnival from 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 10; noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 11; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12 on the church grounds, 4001 St. Mary Drive, Anacortes. The event features carnival rides, games and food, along with a beer garden and live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. Ticket prices vary.

Contact 360-293-2101 for more information.

QUIDDITCH FEST: The Burlington Public Library is excited to host their first ever Quidditch Fest from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 11, at the Skagit River Playfields, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington. Join fellow fans for a day of Muggle play and Harry Potter-inspired children’s crafts. Special feature: The Rain City Raptors demonstrate a Quidditch game. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Free.

360-755-0760 or burlingtonwa.gov/library.

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION: The public is invited to the 11th annual Salish Sea Native American Cultural Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Deception Pass State Park, Bowman Bay picnic area, 41020 Highway 20, Oak Harbor. The event celebrates the maritime heritage of the Samish Indian Nation and Swinomish Tribal Community.

The celebration will feature canoe rides, Native singing, drumming and dance, storytelling and demonstrations of traditional crafts. A salmon and fry bread lunch will be available for purchase, with proceeds to support the canoe families’ participation in the 2016 Canoe Journey hosted by the Nisqually Indian Tribe.

Saturday is a State Parks “free day.” The Discover Pass is not required for entry to the park. parks. state.wa.us/folkarts.

RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The WhatcomSkagit Model Railroad Club will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at their facility adjacent to the Alger Community Church, 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. Revised layouts of large, permanent HO and N scale railroads entertain all ages. Admis-

sion by donation. whatc omskagitmrc.org.

HERITAGE FLIGHT MUSEUM FLY-IN: See war birds from around the region in an array of flights, one demo every hour, from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 18, at the Skagit Regional Airport, 15053 Crosswind Drive, Burlington. $8 adults, $5 child and military, free for members and ages 4 and younger. 360-424-5151 or heritageflight.org.

DUDESTOCK 2016: The Lincoln Theatre celebrates all things related to the 1998 cult movie “The Big Lebowski,” being screened at 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 18, at 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Fans of the film can drink White Russians, listen to Creedence and party with an array of dudes, Walters and Maudes. Arrive at 7 p.m. for Wii bowling on the big screen. This is a 21+ event. Advance tickets $10, $15 at the door, $2 off for Lincoln Theatre members. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

GEOCOIN CHALLENGE WEEKEND: Find two parts of a coin using coordinates and the website geocaching.com from Saturday, June 18, to Sunday, June 19 throughout Mount Vernon. Start at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Vaux Retreat Center, 3011 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon for an all-day and intothe-night search for 15 geocoin caches spread throughout the city’s parks and trails. Sunday includes a meet and greet at Denny’s, 100 E. College Way, and a final event. Preregistration requested. 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov.

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MOVIES

Bonham Carter brings her brand of formal oddity to ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’

By JOSH ROTTENBERG Los Angeles Times

Helena Bonham Carter has never been afraid to let her freak flag fly, either on-screen or off.

In Disney’s return trip to Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical Wonderland, “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” the two-time Oscar nominee reprises her role as the bombastic, egomaniacal Red Queen, who tries to thwart Alice (Mia Wasikowska) as she travels back in time to try to save

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Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter.

On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, Carter we spoke to Bonham Carter about standing apart in homogenized Hollywood, working with frequent collaborator and longtime partner Tim Burton, from whom she separated in 2014, turning 50 and scaring small children.

Q: In “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” we learn the Red Queen’s back story and get some understanding of how she came to be this cruel monster. Did you always have empathy for her from the start?

A: Of course. When you’re taking on somebody, you have to have compassion and work out how they became like that.

With bullies, it’s always that they have an inferiority complex and they have to put other people down to make themselves feel OK. She had to chop off everyone else’s heads because they had normal heads and she had an abnormal-sized head. She’s so brutal because she’s so vulnerable. It’s a protective armor.

Q: How did working with director James Bobin on the sequel differ from

working with Tim Burton on the first film?

A: Tim and I were a couple back then. We’re still great friends now. But I obviously had a very different relationship with James. Tim barely gets a word out. He mimes. He sketches sentences in the air — you have no idea what he’s saying, but you know what he wants. And James is very verbal. He’s very, very clever.

Q: There’s a strong female empowerment message in this movie as Alice has to stand firm in who she is. You come off as someone who seems comfortable in your own skin.

A: Do I? Maybe I project that. But I have to keep losing myself in other people’s characters — maybe that’s an indication of how comfortable I am in my own skin.

Q: Well, you have a very distinctive sense of personal style, and you’re obviously not afraid to stand apart in a business that pressures people to conform.

A: I’m never going to compete, so why try?

There’s no point trying to be like everybody else because we can’t be, so you might as well be yourself. But it takes years to get there. It took me a long time to get some self-confidence. I mean, I am 50 now. (Shrugs) I’m so bored of the idea that

we’re all somehow meant to be ashamed of aging.

It’s like, big deal. We’ve got to change our attitude because it’s a bit immature.

Q: Early in your career you were known mainly for playing ingenues in period romantic dramas like “A Room With a View” and “Howard’s End.” When you first met Tim and he cast you in “Planet of the Apes,” did it seem like he saw something in you that no one had before?

A: I guess so. I remember our very first conversation, he said, “You’re the first person I thought of to play this chimpanzee, and I have a feeling you’ll take that as a compliment.” I was like, “Yeah, you’re absolutely right.” Not many people had realized I was a bit like Johnny in that I had this envelope I’d been cast for but in fact I wanted to get away from it.

Q: When you two were together, there was a public fascination with you as this sort of eccentric couple who made these quirky movies together and lived in adjoining houses.

A: Well, we were fun!

Still to this day, neither of us pay any attention to any of that. I mean, there lies madness. I have no idea what’s out there. That’s all up to them. It’s nothing to do with me actually.

It’s none of my business.

Disney via AP

Helena Bonham Carter portrays the Red Queen in a scene from “Alice Through The Looking Glass.”

That’s the only way, I think, of navigating fame.

I’m worried about all these young people who are always on social media.

It reminds me of what it was like when I was very young and famous. It’s very difficult when you have no sense of self yet and now you’re reading about yourself. That’s what they’re inviting in: asking strangers to make opinions and judge them. It’s so vulnerable and precarious — and also meaningless.

Q: You’ve gone back and forth in your career between over-the-top characters like the Red Queen and more grounded roles like the ones you played in “Suffragette” and “The King’s Speech.”

Does one appeal to you more than the other?

A: It all depends on the writing. People talk to you like you’re the architect of your career as an actor, but you’re not. The fact is, there is no grand scheme — it’s a complete mess. It’s just random.

At this point, I just want to be offered some more parts, post-50, that are

complex and are not just addendums: mothers or grandmothers. Something that’s well written. I want to sing again. I want to do stuff that requires my whole body.

Q: Between the Red Queen and Bellatrix Lestrange in the “Harry Potter” films, you must frighten a lot of little kids.

A: Yeah, they’re quite trepidatious around me.

But then I did the Fairy Godmother (in last year’s “Cinderella”), and that helped bring me in again.

Q: What do your own kids make of seeing you in these roles?

A: Well, Nell, the way she asks for things is so Red Queen, it’s unbelievable. She’ll say, “Backie!”

— which means she wants a nice massage on the back. She is a queen.

I practice my parts at home — out of sheer terror usually — because I want to make sure I get it down. But my son is now 12, and he’s at the age where he’s just like, “Please, Mom. Not in public.” (Laughs)

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HOT TICKETS BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND: with Mavis Staples: June 4-5, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com.

CALDWELL, MELLIE MCKAY AND MORE: July 30, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

LATIN LINEUP COMEDY NIGHT: June 10-11, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-2752448 or theskagit.com.

WINE COUNTRY BLUES FESTIVAL: ROBERT CRAY BAND, MAVIS STAPLES, JAMES HUNTER SIX AND SHEMEKIA COPELAND: July 31, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster. com.

SLIPKNOT: with Marilyn Manson, Of Mice & Men: June 11, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

STING & PETER GABRIEL: July 21, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

TEARS FOR FEARS: June 17, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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

CHICAGO: June 18, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville.

800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR: July 9, Xfinity Arena, Everett.

866-332-8499 or Live Nation.com.

JUSTIN HAYWARD: featuring IGN's Mike Dawes: June 24, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon.

360-336-8955 or lincoln theatre.org.

PARADISO FESTIVAL: June 24-25, Gorge Amphitheatre, George.

425-248-1572 or Live Nation.com.

BOSTON: July 1, WAMU Theatre, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or Ticket master.com.

LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND: July 2, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

STEVEN TYLER: July 8, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800-7453000 or LiveNation. com.

GOO GOO DOLLS WITH COLLECTIVE SOUL AND TRIBE SOCIETY: July 9, Chateau

PHISH: July 15-16, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

29TH WINTHROP R&B FESTIVAL: July 15-17, 19190 Highway 20, Winthrop. 509-9973837 or tickettomato. com.

40TH DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: July 15-17, Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, Darrington. 360-4361179 or darringtonblue grass.com.

MEGHAN TRAINOR: July 16, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

DON HENLEY: July 19-20, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE RIPPINGTONS: July 21-24, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-

441-9729 or jazzalley. com.

LEE ANN WOMACK: July 22-23, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or thesk agit.com.

DEAD & COMPANY: July 23, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800745-3000 or Live Nation.com.

ALBERT LEE: with Kate Taylor: July 24, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

ROB ZOMBIE, KORN: July 27, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or Live Nation.com.

JOHN FOGERTY: July 29, Chateay Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WATERSHED FESTIVAL: with Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Keith Urban and more: July 29-31, Aug. 5-7, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. water shedfest.com.

CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: JONATHAN BUTLER AND GERALD ALBRIGHT, BOBBY

EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Aug. 5-6, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

CULTURE CLUB: Aug. 11, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

WARPED TOUR '16:

Aug. 12, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

JACKSON BROWNE: Aug. 12-13, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster. com.

GUNS N' ROSES: Aug. 12, CenturyLink Field, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

MARGARET CHO: Aug. 19-20, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or the skagit.com.

DEMI LOVATO, NICK JONAS: Aug. 21, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or LiveNation. com.

PAIN IN THE GRASS 2016: Aug. 21, White River Amphitheatre,

Auburn. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

GWEN STEFANI WITH SPECIAL GUEST EVE: Aug. 24, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000.

LiveNation.com THE GIPSY TWINS: Aug. 25, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

STEVE MILLER BAND: Aug. 26-27, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster. com.

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER: Aug. 28, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

DURAN DURAN: Sept.

1, Xfinity Arena, Everett.

866-332-8499 or Live Nation.com.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 2-9

TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 2-9

Thursday.2

Thursday.2

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MUSIC

On Broadway!: 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon High School bands, orchestra and percussion ensemble. $10, seniors $5, students $4. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

THURSDAY.2-5

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

“PROOF” 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Naomi Moon Siegel (album release): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Friday.3

Vacationeer, Iska Dhaaf, Wampire, The Co Founder: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

UNDECIDED, a Band: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Saturday.4

Raveis Kole: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.3

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

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

360-855-5111.

MUSIC

Fidalgo Youth Symphony: 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, seniors $10, children and students $1. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

Calvin Brown and Kat Rose Agnew

Sunday.5 THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

MUSIC

The Red Earth Project: Linda Melsted, Miyo Aoki, Curtis Foster, Christine Wilkinson Beckman, and Jonathan Oddie: 2 to 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon.

Pay as you are able, 12 and under free.

206-420-4548.

Monday.6

Wednesday.8

Thursday.9

MUSIC

MUSIC

THEATER

Mount Vernon High School choirs: 4 and 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 4 p.m.: $6 adults, $4 students, $3 child. 7 p.m.: $8.

360-416-7727, ext. 2.

America’s Music by Skagit Valley College: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $7 seniors and students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

MUSIC

McCarthy’s Irish Band Concert: 7 p.m., Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. $15-$20.

360-416-4934 or celticarts.org.

J.P. Falcon Band/J.P. Falcon Grady: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 574 Caines Court, Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

The Mix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino and Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883. or swinomish casinoandlodge.com.

MuseBird Cafe, Emilia Glaser, Jay Pinto and Peter Alba: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

International Blues Challenge: 1 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Jim Fichter and Friends: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

The Gateway Show: 7 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Scary Monster and the Super Creeps: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Wednesday.8

Ken Pickard and Zydeco Explosion: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Loft, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

Local Ghost, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes, Marcel and Nankos: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Eric Madis and Pete Martin: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

The Skeptix Guitar Duo: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

David’s Drinking Band: 10 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-2932544.

Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Thursday.9 EVERYLEAF 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

The How and the Harrow: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Marcia Kester and Sandy Carter: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Good Vibrations: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only. 360-848-8882.

SATURDAY.4

Saturday.4

LITTLE BILL AND THE BLUENOTES 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

360-855-5111.

Little Bill and the Bluenotes: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

SATURDAY.4

The Sadies, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and guests: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $13-15. 360-778-1067.

EveryLeaf: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7. 425737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

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

The Mix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino and Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883. or swinomish casinoandlodge.com.

Fabulous Roof Shakers (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Loft, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Whiskey Fever: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Sunday.5 The Orville Johnson Band: 5:30, Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Highway 9: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7.

425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

Saint John and the Revelations (rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.

Grizzly Troubador: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Trish Hatley: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Ian McFeron and Alisa Milner (folk,pop): 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 2-9

TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 2-9

Thursday.2

Thursday.2

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

MUSIC

On Broadway!: 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon High School bands, orchestra and percussion ensemble. $10, seniors $5, students $4. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

THURSDAY.2-5

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

“PROOF” 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Naomi Moon Siegel (album release): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Friday.3

Vacationeer, Iska Dhaaf, Wampire, The Co Founder: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

UNDECIDED, a Band: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Saturday.4

Raveis Kole: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.3

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

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

360-855-5111.

MUSIC

Fidalgo Youth Symphony: 1 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $15 adults, seniors $10, children and students $1. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

Calvin Brown and Kat Rose Agnew

Sunday.5 THEATER

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

MUSIC

The Red Earth Project: Linda Melsted, Miyo Aoki, Curtis Foster, Christine Wilkinson Beckman, and Jonathan Oddie: 2 to 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon.

Pay as you are able, 12 and under free.

206-420-4548.

Monday.6

Wednesday.8

Thursday.9

MUSIC

MUSIC

THEATER

Mount Vernon High School choirs: 4 and 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. 4 p.m.: $6 adults, $4 students, $3 child. 7 p.m.: $8.

360-416-7727, ext. 2.

America’s Music by Skagit Valley College: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10 adults, $7 seniors and students. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

“Proof”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

MUSIC

McCarthy’s Irish Band Concert: 7 p.m., Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. $15-$20.

360-416-4934 or celticarts.org.

J.P. Falcon Band/J.P. Falcon Grady: 8 p.m., Longhorn Saloon, 574 Caines Court, Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

The Mix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino and Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883. or swinomish casinoandlodge.com.

MuseBird Cafe, Emilia Glaser, Jay Pinto and Peter Alba: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

International Blues Challenge: 1 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Jim Fichter and Friends: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

The Gateway Show: 7 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Scary Monster and the Super Creeps: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $10. 360-778-1067.

Wednesday.8

Ken Pickard and Zydeco Explosion: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Loft, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360445-3000.

Local Ghost, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrowes, Marcel and Nankos: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Eric Madis and Pete Martin: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-5881720.

The Skeptix Guitar Duo: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

David’s Drinking Band: 10 p.m., The Brown Lantern, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-2932544.

Stilly River Band: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Thursday.9 EVERYLEAF 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7. 425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

The How and the Harrow: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Marcia Kester and Sandy Carter: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

Good Vibrations: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. Members and signed-in guests only. 360-848-8882.

SATURDAY.4

Saturday.4

LITTLE BILL AND THE BLUENOTES 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

360-855-5111.

Little Bill and the Bluenotes: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-7553956.

Open Mic and Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

SATURDAY.4

The Sadies, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and guests: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $13-15. 360-778-1067.

EveryLeaf: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7. 425737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

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

The Mix: 9 p.m., Swinomish Casino and Lodge Main Stage, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. 888288-8883. or swinomish casinoandlodge.com.

Fabulous Roof Shakers (blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Loft, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Whiskey Fever: 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1805.

Sunday.5 The Orville Johnson Band: 5:30, Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Highway 9: 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7.

425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

Saint John and the Revelations (rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.

Grizzly Troubador: 6 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Trish Hatley: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

Ian McFeron and Alisa Milner (folk,pop): 7:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

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GET INVOLVED ART ART WALK: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association’s next art walk takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. today, June 2. Stroll through Mount Vernon, where various locations will exhibit original works by local and regional artists on the first Thursday of each month through October. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown. org.

ANACORTES ARTS COMMISSION: The Anacortes Arts Commission will meet at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8, in the Anacortes Library meeting room, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. 360-299-1950 or anacortesartscommiss ion.com.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Join the Skagit Art Association, sponsor of Art In The Pickle Barn, on Thursday, June 9 at the Burlington Public Libary, 820 E. Washington Ave. All artists are invited. 360840-6436 or 360-755-9065.

KNITTER’S GUILD: North Sound Knitter’s Guild meets from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 13, in the Social Room at the Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood.

360-387-9611.

ART COMMISSION MEETING: The Mount Vernon Arts Commission will meet at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21, in the conference room at Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. 360-3366215.

CALL FOR FIBER ARTS: The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is accepting entries through June 30 for the 2016 Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, set

for Sept. 30-Oct. 2, in La Conner. This juried and judged exhibit is open to quilters and fiber artists of all levels. For entry guidelines, call 360-466-4288 or visit laconnerquilts.org.

CALL FOR ANACORTES ARTISTS: The Anacortes Arts Commission is accepting applications through July 15 for the First annual Anacortes and Guemes Island Artist’s Studio Tour, set for Oct. 22-23. Artists must live or have studio space in the 98221 zip code to participate. Artists without a studio may have the opportunity to participate at the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. For entry guidelines, contact 360-293-1918 or anacortesartscommission.com.

PAINT YOUR OWN WINE GLASS: Make a masterpiece in glass from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 24 at the Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Glass, painting supplies, appetizers by Flashover BBQ and a glass of Eagle Haven Wine included. $30.

Register by Sunday, July 10 at 6 p.m. 360-856-6248.

AUDITIONS “DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR.”: Auditions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

Many roles are available for youths ages 18 and younger. The show will run July 21-31. For information, call 360-679-2237 or visit whidbeyplayhouse. com.

DANCE MOVING MEDITATIONS: The Dances of

Universal Peace will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 12, at the Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 500 W. Section St., Mount Vernon. Dances include live music and singing with a focus on a particular sacred phrase, inspired by spiritual traditions from around the world.

No experience necessary.

Dances are taught to the group each time. Donation requested, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Call 360629-9190.

SUMMER DANCE CLASSES: Come join the fun from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 30 at the Skagit Valley Academy of Dance, 1522 Jay Way, Mount Vernon.

Many classes available: tots, tumble, play & sing, ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, acrobatics, lyrical and contemporary. Ages 21⁄2 to adult, cost varies. 360424-6677 or skagitvalley academyofdance.com.

A CHANCE TO DANCE: The Skagit Valley Academy of Dance presents a program for children ages 7-12 who may have physical challenges or unique needs from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays, June 29-July 20, at 1522 Jay Way, Mount Vernon. Kids enjoy a nurturing environment in which dancers gain body awareness, balance and strength and social integration while encouraging confidence. $50 for the four-week program. 360-424-6677 or skagitvalleyacademyof dance.com.

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers meet Tuesdays at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St. in Bayview,

Skagit County. Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music.

Instruction begins at 7 p.m., followed by review and request dances until 9:30 p.m. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. All are welcome. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360-766-6866.

necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome, 12 to 90+. Drop in any Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Educational Service Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Rides available. Bob Lundquist, 360-941-5733 or svenbob @cheerful.com.

SCOTTISH DANCING: Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Fairhaven Library auditorium (upstairs), 1117 12th St., Bellingham. Wear comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes without heels. $8 per class. For information, call Mary Anderson at 360-9331779 or visit bellingham scd.org.

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play acoustic old time music at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. Free; donations accepted. Information: 630-1156.

THURSDAY DANCE: Enjoy dancing to the music of The Skippers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-4245696.

CLOG DANCING FOR BEGINNERS: Free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed.

First three lessons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-4244608.

MUSIC BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Want to have fun singing 4-part Barbershop harmony? Attend a free, no-commitment rehearsal of the An-OChords. No experience

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Mondays (except the first full week of each month, when practice is held on Friday) at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident. 360770-7354.

CHORUS SEEKS SINGERS: Join the women of Harmony Northwest Chorus from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-2932544.

OPEN MIC: Jam Night: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Thursdays, at the Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-

445-4733.

PIANO CAMP: Group piano classes will be offered in Sedro-Woolley in June for two age groups: n Kids ages 7 to 11 years: Piano Fundamentals: 3 to 4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, June 16, 20, 23, 27 and 30. Fun activities to learn piano fundamentals, parents encouraged to stay and watch. $50. n Ages 12 to adult: Piano Bootcamp: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, June 14, 21 and 28. Fast-paced, information-laden class for beginners or review of basics for players. $30.

Call 360-856-4938 for class location and to register by June 13.

DRUM CIRCLE: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at the Center for Spiritual Living, 1508 N. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Bring your drum or borrow one.

Handicapped accessible.

Free. Freewill offering accepted. 360-305-7559.

2ND SUNDAY JAZZ: Free, live jazz concerts are held during the summer months at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St., an outdoor venue.

360-293-1910 or jazzatthelibrary.com. n Sunday, June 12: 2 to 3:30 p.m.: A’Town Big Band.

PARADES BERRY DAIRY DAYS PARADE: Applications are available for the 79th annual Berry Dairy Days Grand Parade, set for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, along Fairhaven Avenue in Burlington. Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. For information or an application, call 360-757-0994 or visit burlington-chamber.com.

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GET INVOLVED RECREATION ALL-COMERS TRACK MEETS: Athletes of all ages can compete in a variety of track and field events at 5 p.m.

Wednesdays, June 1-29, at Burlington-Edison High School, 301 N. Burlington Blvd., Burlington.

Registration opens at 5 p.m., followed by field events at 5:30 p.m. and running events at 6 p.m. $5 per meet; $25 season pass includes one pass for each of the five weeks, Fast Pass check-in and a 2016 ACTM shirt. Shirts can also be purchased for $10; vintage shirts are available for $5 while they last. Ribbons awarded for each event entered.

For information, contact Burlington Parks and Recreation at 360-7559649 or burlingtonwa.gov/ recreation.

CORNET BAY WEEDING PARTY: Help pull weeds, learn about native beach plants and enjoy the view from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Cornet Bay, Deception Pass State Park, 200 Cornet Bay Road, Oak Harbor. 360-336-0172 or skagitfisheries.org.

EXPLORE ANACORTES WATERFRONT HISTORY: Explore a new shoreline exhibit featuring boat building, mills and canneries, commercial and recreational boating and more at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Maritime Heritage Center. Exhibit is followed by a Plaza Dance at 7 p.m. at the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Free admission. Guided tours are $3-$5. 360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

KURT’S CAUSE 5K WALK: The second annual fundraising walk will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday,

June 4, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. The walk raises funds for memory books given to families who are grieving the loss of a loved one. After the walk, explore vendor and craft booths and listen to live music by Wes Jones.

Pre-order tickets by June 1 for $20; kids $1 per year of age. Tickets at the door are $25, kids $1 per year of age plus $3. 360-4201503 or KurtsCause.org.

OUTDOOR PLAZA DANCE: The A’ Town Big Band plays swing classics at the Waterfront Festival from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Bring the whole family to renew the tradition of fishermen’s “pavement dancing,” which welcomed salmon seine fleets and their crews home.

Anacortes Brewery will provide a beer garden for those 21 and older. Dance is preceded by an exhibit at 6 p.m. at the Maritime Heritage Center, 703 R Ave., Anacortes. Free admission. 360-293-1918 or cityofanacortes.org.

11TH ANNUAL SALISH SEA NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION: The Samish and Swinomish tribes offer free canoe rides and more from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 11, at the Bowman Bay picnic area on the Fidalgo Island side of Deception Pass State Park, 41020 Highway 20, Oak Harbor. Native singers, drummers, storytellers and artists from the tribes demonstrate traditional weaving, cedar work and woodcarving.

A salmon and fry bread lunch benefits the 2016 Canoe Journey. No Discover Pass needed. 360902-8635 or parks.state. wa.us/folkarts.

LEADERSHIP SKAGIT: Each year, Leadership Skagit selects community leaders for a nine-month civic leadership and development program, starting September at Skagit Valley College, 2405 East College Way, Mount Vernon. Anyone can apply; the deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, June 16.

Each participant becomes part of a small team that plans, organizes and completes a service project that benefits the community. To register, contact Kathryn Bennett, Director, at 360-395-8727 or visit leadershipskagit.org.

BERRY DAIRY DAYS RUNS: The Berry Dairy Days Half Marathon, 5K and 10K Runs will take place Saturday, June 18, at 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Race-day registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. Early start for half marathon walkers and slower runners: 7:30 a.m. followed by the regular start at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K and 10K start at 9 a.m.

Registration through June 15: Half marathon, $30; 10K, $20; 5K, $15. Day of race: Half marathon, $40; 10K, $25; 5K, $20.

T-shirts: $15 while supply lasts. Register in person at Skagit Running Co., 724 S First St., Mount Vernon; Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St., Bellingham; Klicks Running, 1431 N. State St., Bellingham; or online at active.com (search for “Berry Dairy Days”).

BURLINGTON BBQ BATTLE: Kings of the Grill jump into an amateur barbecue competition from noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday, June 19, at the Burlington Visitor Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Competition and tastings presented

by DreamChasers RV of

Burlington. $10 to taste, $20 per meat choice to compete. Must have a food handler’s permit.

360-757-0994 or Burling tonBBQBattle.com.

SMART CYCLING 101: A two-part class taught by League of American Bicyclists certified instructors from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 23, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, in the Cascade Room at the Skagit Regional Hospital, 1415 E. Kincaid St., Mount Vernon. Participants gain confidence to ride the road and knowledge to have a safe experience. Must be 18 years old or 14-17 with an adult, have a functioning bicycle and helmet for Saturday, and attend both sessions. Free for residents of Skagit County, $75 for non-residents.

Register at 360-814-2424 or SkagitRegionalHealth. org.

FIX-IT DAYS: Specialists mend broken appliances, lamps that need attention or chipped items from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month, at the Anacortes Farmers Market, the Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Donations for repairs benefit the Deception Pass Park Foundation. Call if you need pick-up arrangements. 360-675-3767 or deceptionpassfoundation. org. Next up: June 25.

TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be physically active in Skagit County, including trail guides, an activity tracker and local resources at BeActiveSkagit.org.

TRAIL BUILDERS: Mount Vernon Trail Builders seeks volunteers to help with trail building and maintenance at Little

Mountain Park in Mount Vernon. Work sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, rain or shine. Lunch, snacks, tools and training are provided. For information, call Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation at 360-3366215 or visit mount vernontrailbuilders.com. n Next up: June 11 and 25.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: In honor of National Trails Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks on Saturday, June 4. On this day, the Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks. The pass is still required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov. n The U.S. Forest Service will recognize National Get Outdoors Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Saturday, June 11. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites on the forest. www. fs.usda.gov/mbs.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the Friends of the Forest for scenic hikes in the forest lands around Anacortes.

Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes. No pets.

Free. For information, call 360-293-3725 or visit friendsoftheacfl.org.

Next up: n Westside Exploration: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 4. Take a two-mile walk on the wild west side. Hikers will climb the water tower road and enter the forest from the west, exploring a network of beaver ponds that flow into Little Cranberry Lake.

Meet at the intersection

of Clyde Way and Cedar Glen Way. n Senior/Adult Hike: Heart Lake Old Growth: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 10. Enjoy a gentlerpaced 1.7-mile hike along the south shore of Heart Lake, where orange trumpet honeysuckle and ocean spray should be in full bloom. Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive.

CAMANO CRAB DASH: The fifth annual Crab Dash 5K/10K fun run/ walk will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Medals will be awarded for the top three female and male runners; ribbons for the top three in each age group. The Walk is noncompetitive. $15 entry fee; T-shirts, $10. Proceeds will benefit the Camano Center. 360387-0222 or camano center.org.

ANNIVERSARY PICNIC: Enjoy the North Cascades Institute’s 30th Anniversary Picnic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday July 17, at the Environmental Learning Center, 1940 Diablo Dam Road, Diablo. Barbecue picnic lunch, naturalist-led activities on Diablo Lake and local trails and more.

Free. 360-854-2599 or ncascades.org.

TAYLOR SHELLFISH TOUR AND COOKING DEMO: See where the shellfish comes in, get sorted and shipped out from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Samish Taylor Shellfish Market, 2182 Chuckanut Drive, Bow. After the tour, an expert will demonstrate how to prepare shellfish. Free.

360-432-2870 or taylorshellfishfarms.com.

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TRAVEL Local travel SISTER CITIES PRESENTATION: The Anacortes Sister Cities Association invites the public to its next meeting at 7 p.m. today, June 2, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Mattie Keltner, Anacortes High School graduate and student at Northwest University, will talk about her March travel adventure to Nicaragua with fellow members of the Northwest University women’s volleyball team. Free. 360-873-8835.

SALMON DINNER SAIL: Join the Schooner Zodiac, a classic 1920s sailing yacht, for a three-hour excursion from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays, June 10-Sept.

2, departing from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., Bellingham. $79 adults, $59 children. For reservations: 206-719-7622 or schooner zodiac.com.

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A mural adorns a wall in the art and design zone OCT Loft in Shenzhen, China.

Art district oasis in Chinese megacity

By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press

SHENZHEN, China — With its anonymous sprawl of skyscrapers and factories linked by busy highways, the southern Chinese manufacturing megacity of Shenzhen might not appear at first to be the best place to do some sightseeing during a business trip.

Yes, the city is a magnet for foreign business travelers, many of whom come expressly to visit factories and meet suppliers, but it’s still far off the beaten tourist path. And that makes any effort to discover local attractions more rewarding than prowling the cliched and overpriced nightspots of neighboring Hong Kong or jostling with the crowds at the shopping malls and historical sites of Beijing and Shanghai.

On a recent trip to Shenzhen from my base in Hong Kong, I discovered the tranquil charm of OCT Loft, a cluster of old factory buildings

If you go OCT LOFT: By subway, the closest station is Qiaocheng East but you’ll still have to walk about a third of a mile. By cab, point your driver to the map at the Guide section at octloft.cn.

OCAT: ocat.org.cn/index.php/home?lang=en

that’s been converted into an art and design zone.

A visit to OCT Loft, located in the Nanshan neighborhood, was a welcome antidote to Shenzhen’s hyper-urban intensity. I took a cab from downtown and 20 minutes later, as we left the wide main road, highrise tower blocks gave way to narrow streets lined with leafy trees and bicycle paths.

The district’s low-rise buildings are filled with design studios, architects’ offices, art galleries, bars and restaurants. There’s a Starbucks, but thankfully that was the only multinational franchise around.

Finding your way around is easy thanks to metal maps set into the walkways. Buildings are helpfully denoted by

simple combinations of letters and numbers: A4, B3.

Disused pieces of factory equipment painted bright red were set up on the pathways as a reminder of the area’s recent industrial past.

An oversized machine press stood on a walkway paved with skinny red bricks. Nearby were two rustic cafes, their outdoor seats hidden by an array of potted plants and shaded by mature trees, and I stopped at one of them for a glass of iced lemon tea.

The district is also a great place to see contemporary art. Murals adorn walls and the sides of buildings; paintings and sculptures are on display at galleries; and big exhibitions are held at

OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, or OCAT. (The current show, “Digging a Hole in China,” runs until June 26 and features video and other multimedia works by 12 Chinese artists on the concept of land.)

It was almost time to head back to Hong Kong. But first, I treated myself to a slice of a slice of cheesecake (20 yuan; $3) at SE Artspace, a minimalist space in white and gray, where a lounge version of “Every Breath You Take” by The Police playing in the background. Art and photo books lined shelves on the wall and were piled on top of a Chinese cabinet by the front door.

OCT Loft itself is part of a wider tourist district that includes theme parks and hotels known as Overseas Chinese Town.

The state-owned company that runs it also operates an ecotourism resort called OCT East on the other side of the city.

There’s also a shopping district called OCT Bay.

ALL ABOUT THE THUNDER HIKE: Trek some of the North Cascades Highway’s best hikes, including Thunder Knob and Thunder Creek from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12, meeting at the Cook Road Park and Ride, exit 232 off I-5, park

by Starbucks. Participants should be able to hike approximately six to eight miles with an elevation gain up to 1,000 feet. $50. Register by Monday, June 6, at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithout borders.com.

WHIDBEY ISLAND GARDEN TOUR: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 18, meeting at the Chuckanut Park and Ride Lot, exit 231 off I-5, park in the middle of lot. $65. Register by Monday, June 13, at 360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

THE STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE: Larissa Grieves, who spent five months studying abroad, will share her experiences in Europe at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, at the Anacortes City Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Grieves visited London, Scotland, France, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Wales and the Netherlands.

Free.360-293-1910 or library.cityofanacortes.org.

LOW TIDE SAFARI AT LILY POINT: Outdoor enthusiast Sue Cottrell will lead a hike to the tide flats with views of eagles, Mount Baker and Vancouver Island from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Lily Point is in the far southeastern corner of Point Roberts. Explore over 40 acres of shoreline and tidelands, stop at Lighthouse Marine Park, and visit White Rock for a no-host afternoon treat. Pack a sack lunch and drink (no fresh fruits or veggies). Be prepared to hike 1 mile with a 200-foot elevation gain. Proof of citizenship is required to cross the border. $61.

Register at 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov.

BARD ON THE BEACH “THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR”: See Western Canada’s largest professional Shakespeare Festival presenting “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on the waterfront in Vancouver’s Vanier Park from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 26, meeting at the Cook Road Park and Ride, exit 232 off I-5, park by Starbucks. Prior to the matinee, enjoy a no-host meal and explore Granville Island. Proof of citizenship is required. $85. Register by Monday, June 13, at 360-7667109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

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MUSIC REVIEWS KARL BLAU, “Introducing Karl Blau” — Karl Blau is a prolific and talented singer-songwriter, based in Anacortes, who’s been closely associated with K Records of Olympia and Knw-Yr-Own Records of Anacortes.

The title of his newest has to be tongue-in-cheek: Blau has had more than a half-dozen releases since 1997.

Introducing is a collection of covers, too, so maybe he’s completely pulling a fast one on us. (I’d argue that 2009’s “Zebra” was a lovely introduction.)

If that weren’t enough, these are country-soul songs that feel like a warm blanket on a cool night in the woods, or a cool sip of water on a dusty, sunbaked voyage. They’re comforting and clever.

“Fallin Rain,” for starters, is a Link Wray tribute that includes Jim James of My Morning Jacket and his longtime collaborator, Laura Veirs.

It’s a sumptuous, 9 1/2-minute affair.

“Woman (Sensuous Woman)” is a gem from Don Gibson. “To Love Somebody” goes off like rockets, thanks to the Bee Gee brothers Gibb, with grandiose, late-Elvis-meets-Righteous-Brothers vibes.

Sonic comparisons on this record to Sturgill Simpson (more 2014’s “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” than this year’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth”) and Jason Isbell are apt.

Tom T. Hall’s opener, “That’s How I Got to Memphis,” feels just right, too, perhaps because Tucker Martine produces here. He’s the son of the great Layng Martine Jr., who is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

—Bill Chenevert ADIA VICTORIA, “Beyond the Bloodhounds” — “I don’t know nothing about Southern belles,” Adia Victoria sings on “Stuck in the South.”

“But I can tell you something about Southern hell.” The debut album by the 29-year-old native South Carolinian, who’s now based in Nashville, doesn’t go in for pastoral reveries about dear old Dixie. Instead, the African-American guitarist turns them on their heads, chillingly evoking a lynching, for instance, as she sings about “dreaming of swinging from an old palmetto tree.”

Without belonging entirely to either genre, Victoria makes music n The Philadelphia Inquirer

AT THE LINCOLN that draws on the suffering of the Mississippi Delta blues and the fatalism of unflinching, hardscrabble country.

But whereas “Howlin’ Shame,” “Dead Eyes,” and “And Then You Die” are sample song titles that convey a sense of dislocation and emotional torment, Victoria, who grew up in a strictly religious Seventh Day Adventist household, doesn’t make music that’s merely despairing.

Sure, it’s sorrowful stuff, but from the opening cover of Ray Charles “Lonely Avenue” to the R&B lament “Mortimer’s Blues,” a longing for human connection carries her forward as she immerses herself in musical traditions of the land she finds herself unable to escape.

—Dan DeLuca MILES DAVIS & ROBERT GLASPER, “Everything’s Beautiful” — Reimagining the work of the dead isn’t a new task or an adventurous aesthetic.

The postmortem remix is a thing — a thing that composer-pianist Robert Glasper doesn’t do when approaching the catalog of late jazz great Miles Davis.

Given carte blanche access to Sony’s Davis vault, Glasper chose to work with multitracks, rare and familiar, along with bits of raspy Miles dialogue and other loose-end elements.

Together with participants such as a chattering Erykah Badu (who joins the late trumpeter on the brisk bop hop “Maiysha (So Long)”), a saucy Bilal, (a grouchy blues “Ghetto Walkin’”), a harmonious King (the noisy, neo-soul “Song for Selim”) and others, Glasper remodels each track into a work more “inspired by” than scratched, sampled, and mashed-up.

One of the more interesting elements of this epically melodic effort is that Glasper, a Grammy-winning pianist, doesn’t play much piano, and that Davis, jazz’s most identifiable trumpeter, doesn’t play much trumpet.

Along with hand claps and finger snaps, a surprising amount of dialogue shines through, creating scuffed-up versions of early rap on slippery songs such as the cranky, reconfigured “Milestones,” where a ghostly Davis states, “You got to cool it a little bit, man. I mean, you got to let it carry you.”

—A.D. Amorosi

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in “Gone with the Wind,” showing Saturday at the Lincoln Theatre.

‘Embrace of the Serpent’ 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 5 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 6

“Embrace of the Serpent” centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor KochGrünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

Starring Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis, Jan Bijvoet, Luigi Sciamanna, Nicolas Cancino, Nilbio Torres, and Yauenku Migue.

Not rated. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 ages 12 and under. Sunday bargain prices: $8 general; $6 members; $5 ages 12 and under.

90th Anniversary Series: ‘Gone with the Wind’ 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4

A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. The 1940 movies stars Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

Rated G. $1.

The Rev. Dale Johnson: 40 Years on the Silk Road 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4

The Rev. Dale Albert Johnson is a Skagit Valley native who has gained international recognition for his discovery, translation and interpretation of manuscripts written in the language of Jesus.

Ordained as a Syriac Orthdox Priest in 1991, Johnson has served refugees, internally displaced people, religious minorities of the Middle East for the last 25 years.

He is the 2006 winner of the Role Model Leadership Award, awarded by North Carolina State University. Previous winners include Poet Maya Anjelou, founders of Habitat for Humanity, and former North Carolina Gov. James Hunt.

Free.

Lincoln Elementary Talent Show 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7

Lincoln Elementary students in grades 1-5 present their annual talent show, which will include a performance from a group of teachers.

Free admission; donations accepted. n The Lincoln Theatre is located at 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon.

360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

Terence Davies nimbly adapts beloved Scottish novel ‘Sunset Song’

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

By MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune

In the end, we bid fare-thee-well to it all. So much of what we read and watch, story after story, drifts back to corners of the world we cannot find anymore, and to borrow the “Heaven’s Gate” poster tag line, “the things that fade.”

Is our attraction to the long goodbye mere cheap nostalgia or something truer, more paradoxically lasting? Depends on who’s telling the story.

Now 70, the writer-director Terence Davies has devoted his film career to exploring where he has been, starting with a childhood cursed with a violent, uncomprehending father and blessed with various escape hatches and romantic yearnings. (“Of Time and the City,” about his Liverpool childhood, remains one of the great personal essays of the screen.) Davies’ preoccupations are with family, brutality, the escape and magic of popular song, and time itself.

For years Davies has been working toward a screen adaptation of “Sunset Song,” the first of the “Scots Quair” trilogy written by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Like Davies’ previous adaptation, based on the Terrence Rattigan play “The Deep Blue Sea,” this one is a wartime love story, beautiful and sad.

Parts of “Sunset Song” rank with Davies’ very best work. Shooting on a seamless combination of 65-millimeter film stock and digital camera work, his gliding, calmly authoritative camera eye, often deliberately at odds with the brutalities depicted, captures some arresting passages.

One may be unconsciously painterly (in one scene, mourners are grouped as if posing for a Rembrandt), while others belong to pure cinema. There’s a moment when the northeastern Scotland newlyweds played by Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie are surrounded by wedding guests singing “Auld Lang Syne.”

The shot dissolves into an identically composed shot of the pair, alone, singing the last line of the song. It’s a familiar tactic, but it’s just right.

The story means a lot to Scotland; “Sunset Song,” set in the years before and during World War I and published in 1932, often tops that nation’s list of beloved and important novels. The protagonist is Chris Guthrie, one of six children, a tenant farmer’s daughter nearing 20 and studying to be a teacher.

Peter Mullan, who has dealt with many of these hard, vicious men before, portrays her father, who sings hymns in the harvest field but wrestles with a terrible mess of personal demons, including incestuous inclinations toward Chris.

Davies’ adaptation keeps Chris somewhat distanced from her own story, though, judiciously, we hear her thoughts in voice-over just enough to savor Gibbon’s carefully distilled poetic language.

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Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie star in “Sunset Song.”

One by one, Chris’ family members leave her, and at the midpoint, “Sunset Song” has become an oddly joyous song indeed, with the newly emancipated and happily independent woman anticipating a long and fulfilling life with her newfound love, a couple of glens over. Her suitor is Ewan Tavendale, played by Guthrie.

Deyn comes to life in these courtship scenes, where the story allows an easy intimacy and back and forth the narrative otherwise withholds from Chris.

Davies tries things nobody else would try. Here that means allowing the choral passages — scenes in which individual characters and groups of characters express their feelings in popular ballads or folk songs — plenty of room. (Davies is crazy about American musicals.)

As the story chugs toward the start of the Great War, and Ewan’s shamed by the community into joining up, Chris’ life takes a harsh turn. But not an unsurvivable one.

If “Sunset Song” lacks a dimension, it relates to what’s missing in Deyn’s scrupulous but somewhat dutiful interpretation. (A “Trainspotting”-era Kelly Macdonald would’ve triumphed in the role.) She does everything asked of her, but you catch her acting sometimes.

Now and then, Davies and his cinematographer Michael McDonough linger on the fields, or the carnage of a battlefield, in a way that pulls the narrative to a temporary halt.

But Davies isn’t after straight-up realism, or the familiar, comforting lushness of a Merchant Ivory project circa 1993. The story he’s telling is well-suited to his own stylistic tensions; Chris herself speaks of being torn between two cultures, two worlds, the “sharp, clean and true” English words taught at her school versus the gloriously punishing surroundings of her corner of a fast-fading world, near Aberdeen.

“Sunset Song” already received the BBC Scotland miniseries treatment, back in 1971. Now Davies, shooting his version in a variety of stunning landscapes he found in Scotland, Luxembourg and New Zealand, has given us his. It’s very good.

2:15. Rating: R (for sexuality, nudity and some violence). HHH½

“A Hologram for the King” — The great Tom Hanks is in prime form as an American salesman in Saudi Arabia trying to secure an IT contract from the king. Writer-director Tom Tykwer skillfully presents a series of fantastical scenes in a way that has us thinking, “Sure, that could happen.” This is quite simply a beautiful film to behold. Drama, R, 97 minutes. HHH½ “Alice Through the Looking Glass” — Riddled with mediocre, out-of-tune work from normally outstanding actors including Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska, the sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 mega-hit “Alice in Wonderland” is loud, frantic and stunningly unfunny. It’s one of the great movie disasters of 2016. Fantasy, PG-13, 108 minutes. H½ “Captain America: Civil War” — At odds over collateral damage, Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) pick rival all-star superhero teams in a classic example of what the big-ticket summer movie experience is all about. “Civil War” keeps things moving along, with a solid balance of character soul-searching and kinetic action sequences. Superhero action, PG-13, 147 minutes. HHH½ “Elvis & Nixon” — Michael Shannon plays Elvis and Kevin Spacey is Nixon in one of the most entertaining movies I’ve seen this year -- a whip-smart slice of strange history bolstered by their excellent performances, pitch-perfect periodpiece references and a brisk sense of pacing. Historical comedy, R, 87 minutes. HHH½ “Me Before You” — Though it stars Emilia Clarke and Charles Dance from “Game of Thrones” and Sam Claflin from “The Hunger Games,” this tearjerker is nowhere near as entertaining. The beautifully filmed and well-intentioned weeper about a bitter quadriplegic and his cheery caretaker does everything to make you cry short of flooding theaters with the overwhelming scent of onions. Romance, PG-13, 110 minutes. HH “Midnight Special” — As a father on the run with his unusual 8-year-old son, Michael Shannon is up to the task and then some. It’s refreshing to find yourself immersed in a film that zigs and zags between genres -- and occasionally zaps your senses with an electric charge of shock and awe.

Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 111 minutes. HHH½ “Money Monster” — On live TV, a finance whiz (George Clooney) is taken hostage by a gunman who lost everything following his advice. Once the premise is established, “Money Monster” kicks into a high-energy, sometimes very funny and occasionally legitimately tense thriller. Julia Roberts co-stars. Thriller, R, 98 minutes. HHH½ “Mother’s Day” — Garry Marshall’s two earlier bloated, holiday-themed films didn’t prepare us for this offensively stupid, shamelessly manipulative, ridiculously predictable and hopelessly dated piece of junk. Nearly everyone in the talented and likable cast -- including Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts -- is to be commended for trying to lend some air of authenticity to the broadly sketched characters, even if nobody succeeds. Comedy, PG-13, 118 minutes. No stars “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” — This sequel’s in-yourface gags aren’t funny, just juvenile, desperate and disgusting. Even worse, “Neighbors 2” cynically tries to make a feminist statement amidst lots of downright nasty behavior by the fledgling sorority sisters who have moved next door to the hapless Rudners (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne). Comedy, R, 92 minutes. H½ “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” — The essential truth and overall tone of Kim Barker’s terrific war memoir shine through, thanks in large part to Tina Fey’s winning performance as a smart, well-intentioned and initially naive reporter, who plunges into an Afghanistan assignment with great gusto

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and a resolve to change the world. Comedy drama, R, 111 minutes. HHH “X-Men: Apocalypse” — A visual feast brimming with stellar performances, this sequel/prequel/stand-alone adventure breaks no fresh ground. But it contains perhaps my favorite scene of any movie this year, a super-duper-duperduper-speed rescue by Quicksilver that’s beautiful, funny and altogether magical. Superhero action, PG-13, 135 minutes.

HHH “Zootopia” — In an all-animal world, a rabbit rookie cop (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) suspects a sly fox (Jason Bateman) in a missing-mammals case. Brimming with gorgeous visuals and terrific one-liners, this is one of my favorite animated movies, period. Animated adventure, PG, 108 minutes. HHHH

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