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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday November 1, 2012

This Weekend

Music Reviews

Roger Ebert

Theatre Arts Guild presents “Footloose: The Musical” at McIntyre

Tony Keith, Waylon Jennings, Neil Young, Calvin Harris, Tim Maia

Denzel Washington has “Flight” soaring with riveting performance

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Ruby Sparks”: In a movie world so top-heavy with big-budget action flicks and gross-out comedies, a film such as “Ruby Sparks” is a magical gift. It’s a brilliantly written love story that’s such a flawless blend of comedy and drama — and this will shock the sunglasses off movie studio executives — it’ll entertain anyone, young or old, who’s ever fallen in love. The film’s a grand entrance for star and writer Zoe Kazan, granddaughter of famed filmmaker Elia Kazan. It’s almost unfair one person should be so talented both as an actor and scribe. Her smart script resonates with universal truths about how complicated relationships can become if one person tries to sand away the other’s rough edges. And, as the title character, Kazan flows between dramatic emotional changes with ease, grace and an unbridled energy that would put Zooey Deschanel to shame.

“All in the Family: The Complete Series”: The ’70s TV series had a massive influence on television because it used the traditional sitcom format to deal with topics from race to rape. The series from producer Norman Lear featured a middle-class family played

by Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner. It was the unbridled comments made by the bigoted Archie Bunker that opened the door for so many conversations. This 28-disc set contains all 213 episodes, a 40-page collectible book, a new interview with Norman Lear, the documentary “Those Were The Days: The Birth Of ‘All in the Family,’” the documentary “The Television Revolution Begins: ‘All in the Family’ Is On The Air,” the original “All in the Family” pilot “Justice For All” and the second “All in the Family” pilot.

“The Campaign”: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, two comedians who couldn’t find the word “subtle” in the dictionary if you spotted them the first five letters, have come together to take a shot at politics. Ferrell plays ineffective North Carolina Congressman Cam Brady, who appears headed toward another unopposed term until Marty Huggins (Galifianakis) throws his knitted sweater into the ring. Galifianakis delivers a warm and funny performance. But Ferrell gives a watered-down version of the former President George W. Bush impersonation he’s done for years. If Ferrell were slightly more original, the film would have been more consistently

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 com-

ing movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

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NOV. 6 Arthur Christmas - Sony Javier Bardem 3-Film Collection - Lionsgate NOV. 13 Brave - Disney Savages - Universal The Watch - Fox NOV. 20 The Expendables 2 - Lionsgate NOV. 27 Lawless - Anchor Bay ParaNorman - Universal NOV. 30 Men in Black 3 - Sony Sparkle - Sony DEC. 4 Beasts of the Southern Wild - Fox Hope Springs - Sony The Odd Life of Timothy Green - Disney DEC. 11 The Bourne Legacy - Universal Ice Age: Continental Drift - Fox Ted - Universal

Craig Parrish Skagit Valley Herald

Theatre Arts Guild presents “Footloose: The Musical” at McIntyre Hall

Inside

DEC. 18 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - Fox

Phone 360-416-2135

DEC. 21 Premium Rush - Sony n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

funny. The result is a film with some funny moments, but it depends too much on the uninspired ramblings of Ferrell and the uneven pacing by director Jay Roach.

“Safety Not Guaranteed”: Cynical magazine employees find a time traveler.

“The Streets of San Francisco: Season 5”: Richard Hatch joins the cast of the TV detective series.

“My Favorite Martian: Season Three”: Ray Walston plays a visitor from the red planet.

“Metalocalypse: Season 4”: The world’s most brutal animated band is back.

“Copper: Season One”: Tom Weston-Jones stars in the cable series set in 1864 New York City.

“Excision”: A coming-of-age horror film from writer/director Richard Bates Jr. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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Get Involved.................................6-7 Music Reviews................................. 8 On Stage........................................ 10 Tuning Up..................................... 11 Travel........................................12-13 Hot Tickets.................................... 14 Roger Ebert.................................... 16 Movie Listings............................... 17 Movie Mini-Reviews..................... 17 At the Lincoln Theatre.................. 17 Out & About.............................18-19 ON THE COVER Artists, clockwise, from upper left: Leo Osborne, Alek Kargopoltsev, Todd Horton, Charlotte Slade Courtesy of www.lovelaconner.com/arts-alive

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ART Teresa Saia

Arunas Oslapas

Nicolette Harrington

Art comes alive this weekend in La Conner with annual celebration Maple Hall. Free admission. n The Opening Artwalk will take place from 4 to 7 p.m.

A celebration of Northwest artists and the art they create Friday at participating shops, galleries and restaurants around will be on full display this weekend in La Conner, as “Art’s town. Free.

Alive!” comes together for its 28th year. n The Spotlight Concert will feature Bottom Line Duo at The festival runs Friday through Sunday, Nov. 2-4, at several 7:30 p.m. Friday at Maple Hall. $15-$17. locations, including Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., the La n A reception for the artists will take place from 5 to 9 p.m.

Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., and other spots.

Saturday at Maple Hall. $10, includes appetizers and one bevThis year’s featured artist is Maggie Wilder, co-owner of Gal- erage. lery Cygnus.

Other free exhibits, artist demonstrations and more will take Here are some highlights: place throughout the weekend at locations all over town. For n The Invitational and Open Art exhibits, featuring artwork more information, call 360-466-4778 or visit www.laconner by more than 85 artists, will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Frichamber.com.

Photos courtesy of www.lovelaconner.com/arts-alive day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Skagit Valley Herald staff

Natalie Niblack

Carol Merrick

Coizie Bettinger

Sharon Kingston

Inge Norgaard

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MOVIES

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he task of encapsulating the essence of Abraham Lincoln in a single film took Steven Spielberg roughly three times as long as it took the 16th president to win the Civil War, abolish slavery and put the country on the course to recovery.

Creating such a historical epic may not compare to the colossal task of saving a bloodily divided nation. But

by Hollywood standards, “Lincoln” is as monumental as it gets, even for a couple of multiple Academy Award winners as Spielberg and the man he chose to play the president, Daniel Day-Lewis.

Born in Britain, DayLewis had to think about Lincoln not only as a towering historical figure, but also as a foreign statesman whose portrayal would be a sensitive matter for U.S. audiences that revere the president.

“Because of the nature of the iconography surrounding his life and the extent to which he is mythologized and carved in stone, it’s very difficult to imagine that one could ever approach him, to get close enough,” Day-Lewis said in a recent interview alongside Spielberg.

“I was very shy about the idea of taking on this.

Plus, I like working here.

I’ve been tremendously privileged in being able to work in this country over the years. The idea of desecrating the memory of the most-beloved president this country has ever known was just kind of a fearful thing to me,” said Day-Lewis, who earned best-actor Oscars for “My Left Foot” and “There Will Be Blood.”

Spielberg had long considered a film about Lincoln. He did not want to tell the whole life story, from Lincoln’s rail-splitting

ture. But from all of those pages, what stood out to me and really was shockingly apparent was almost the nexus of his entire existence as the president, which was abolishing slavery by a constitutional amendment, the 13th Amendment.

“And that to me became the focus that I wanted to put all of our efforts into, telling that story. Because to see Lincoln at work, with his sleeves rolled up, with all the murky machinations of legislating a bill with a divided house not too dissimilar with what’s happening today, and not too dissimilar to what was happening when we first sat down to tackle Doris’ book. That to both Tony and me and seemed to offer the sort of drama, and it was almost the very end of his life.”

So “Lincoln” takes its cue from the last couple of chapters in Goodwin’s book, playing out from January to April 1865, as Lincoln marshals his allies in the seemingly impossible task of passing the amendment while negotiating peace — without letting Story by DAVID GERMAIN / AP Movie Writer Daniel Day-Lewis one jeopardize the other.

Photo by DAVID JAMES / Disney-Dreamworks II via AP as Abraham Lincoln “Lincoln” co-stars Sally Field as the president’s forceful, high-strung wife, Mary Todd Lincoln; Joseph days as a youth to his assas- ing her mammoth book the spirit of Lincoln.

Gordon-Levitt as their sination right after the war “Team of Rivals: The PolitiSpielberg acquired film oldest son, eager to enlist ended. cal Genius of Abraham rights to Goodwin’s book in the Union Army; David He also did not want to Lincoln,” a detailed chroni- when only a few chapStrathairn as Secretary of make a Civil War film load- cle of the unlikely alliances ters had been written. As ed with grand battles or tell Lincoln formed with politi- Goodwin labored away on State William Seward; and Tommy Lee Jones as firethe story of a war through cal opponents who initially the writing, Spielberg had brand abolitionist congressone man’s eyes. Spielberg considered him an unquali- to condense what would already had done similar fied upstart. become a 950-page account man Thaddeus Stevens.

Political veteran Seward stories set in World War II Her book traced the into a story that could play had been the Republican with “Schindler’s List,” the careers of Lincoln and out on the screen in twofront-runner in 1860, but Holocaust saga that won his three competitors and-a-half hours. the nomination went to him best-picture and direc- for the 1860 Republican An early draft of the darkhorse Lincoln — a tor Oscars, and “Saving presidential nomination screenplay by playwright backwoods lawyer who had Private Ryan,” the combat and followed his White Tony Kushner (“Angels in epic that brought him his House years during the war America”) ran to 550 pages. served just a single term in the U.S. House and lost second directing trophy. through his assassination “It was a miniseries, two campaigns for U.S. His approach began to five years later. The notion not a motion picture,” Senate. Lincoln brought coalesce in 1999 when he of a politician turning bitter Spielberg said. “Brilliant many opponents into his met with historian Doris rivals into supporters and pages, but certainly not a presidential fold, including Kearns Goodwin, who was facilitators struck Spielberg single motion picture or Seward, whom he chose in the early stages of writas the ideal way to present any practical motion pic-

Spielberg, Day-Lewis unite for epic ‘Lincoln’ tale

as secretary of state, “not unlike Barack Obama did with Hilary Clinton now as our secretary of state,” Spielberg said.

Goodwin’s study of the unlikely alliances Lincoln formed was critical to DayLewis’ approach to capturing the character of a leader who used his soft-spoken gifts as storyteller and raconteur to disarm critics and coax them toward his way of thinking.

“The central premise of that book is terribly important in the clue that it gives you to the temperament of that man, who could set aside what for all of us might be a sense of wounded pride or a sense of dignity that’s been bruised in some way,” Day-Lewis said. “He knew that he was regarded with almost complete contempt by most of those people that he appointed, and yet he could see beyond that, and it wasn’t with the rather petty-minded platitude of ‘keep your enemies close.’

“It was more to do with a generous understanding of what the value of those individuals was at a vital time.”

“Lincoln” opens in limited release Nov. 9 and nationwide Nov. 16, just after the U.S. presidential election.

Spielberg knew he would be doing interviews leading up the election and that the story of Lincoln’s “house divided” would draw comparisons to the gridlock in federal government today.

“But we all made the conscious decision to come out after the election for no other reason than Lincoln has his place,” Spielberg said. “Lincoln is relevant to all of us today, but he had his place and he had his time, and we wanted Lincoln to have his place and his time outside or just after the election cycle.”

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THIS WEEKENDin the area JOHNNY CASH CONCERT RECREATION Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band will recreate the 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison concert at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Anacortes Eagles Club, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes.

Enjoy a steak dinner, followed by the live concert. $20. 360-293-3012.

CHOWDER BY THE CHANNEL The La Conner Kiwanis Club will host its annual chowder cook-off and silent auction from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the La Conner Middle School cafeteria, 305 N. Sixth St., La Conner. Vote for your favorite chowder and then enjoy it for dinner. Bid on a variety of auction items donated by local businesses. Proceeds benefit the Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls Club. $8. 360-466-4778.

COMMUNITY POTLUCK The Anacortes

‘Footloose: The Musical’ Theatre Arts Guild presents the rollicking musical about teenage rebellion, oppressive adults and the enduring spirit of rock and roll in a small town. The stage adaptation is by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie; Harold Page directs. The production’s first two shows are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, with eight additional performances through Nov. 17.

McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$40. 360416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyre hall.org.

Center for Happiness will host a community potluck of gratitude at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3, at 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Bring food to share; everything else will be provided. RSVP: 360-464-2229 or www.anacortescenter forhappiness.org.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY BREAKFAST Enjoy Swedish pancakes or Belgian waffles with sausage and beverages from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27130 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $7. Proceeds benefit the Stanwood Area Historical Society.

While you’re there, check out the current exhibits at the museum next door: “Waistlines and Hemlines”: Women’s Fashions from the 1890s to the 1960s.

“Stuck In The Mud”: The History of Warm Beach.

360-629-6110 or www.sahs-fncc.org.

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GET INVOLVED ART

by local artists for display in the hospital’s “Gallery CALL FOR VINTAGE Hall.” Artwork, in any PHOTOS: The city of Sedro- medium, can be for sale, Woolley needs some help with a portion of the profrom the public to finish ceeds going toward the a collection of photos of purchase of a permanent former mayors to mount art collection. Contact on the walls at City Hall.

Patsy Prutzman by email: Quality photos are still patsyprutzman@gmail.com. needed for six of the town’s 17 former mayors. Their SOUTH WHIDBEY ARTnames and the dates they ISTS: Rob Schouten will served are: Norris Ormsby, demonstrate a 15th century 1898-1899; William Curry, Flemish painting technique 1915; Frank Douglass, at the next meeting of the 1916-1918; Paul Rhodius, Artists of South Whidbey 1919-1920; L. Britchford, at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1931-1932; and Gus Gil13, in the Brookhaven bertson, 1939-1944. The meeting room in Langley. photos will be scanned to ASW welcomes painters in create prints, then returned all mediums. 360-221-2353. to their owners. Contact City Supervisor Eron Berg CALL FOR ARTISTS: at 360-855-9922.

Skagit Art Association has CALL TO ARTISTS: United General Hospital’s Fine Art Committee seeks uplifting, healing art

First Friday Gallery Walks

November 2 6 - 9 pm Anne Martin McCool Gallery Samish Gallery of Native Arts Scott Milo Gallery The Majestic Inn and Spa Anchor Art Space Gallery at the Depot www.anacortesart.com

openings for a limited number of artists in its annual Holiday Art Show, set for Nov. 14-30 at 177 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

The booth fee is $80 for the run of the show. For information or an application, contact Louise Magno by email: TLMENT@comcast. net.

SEEKING VENDORS: Vendors of high-quality handmade arts and crafts can submit applications through Nov. 9 for the 12th annual Burlington Holiday Fine Arts and Gift Show, set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17, at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. For information or an application, call 360-755-9649 or visit http://recreation. ci.burlington.wa.us.

MR. YUK POSTER CONTEST: Young Washington artists ages 6 to 12 are invited to create poison safety-awareness posters for the Washington Poison Center’s 2012 Mr. Yuk Poster Contest. Entries on the theme “Be Safe With

Mr. Yuk!” must be postmarked by Jan. 4, 2013. A $500 grand prize and four $100 runner-up prizes will be awarded. All contest participants will receive a small gift from Mr. Yuk in the mail. The winning design will be featured as the poster for Washington Poison Prevention Week in March. Contest rules and the required entry form are available online at www. wapc.org.

ART CLASSES FAMILY ART DAYS AT MoNA: Skagit Artists Together and the Museum of Northwest Art offer Family Art Days each month at MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. Sessions are open to all ages and skill levels and include guided walk-throughs of MoNA exhibitions. Limited to 15 participants per session.

To register: 360-466-4446, ext. 108, or FAD@museumofnwart.org. Information: www.museumofnwart. org. Workshops are free with museum admission.

Admission: $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 students, free for members and ages 11 and younger.

Next up: Make a Star Book and Ornament: with Mary Quintrall, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Use collage techniques to create unique papers, then turn them into a one-of-a-kind book, which doubles as a holiday decoration.

ART CLASSES: Choose from painting, photography, fiber and 3D art workshops taught by professional artists at the Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville. For information and a complete schedule: 360-678-3396 or www.pacificnorth westartschool.com.

ART AT THE Y: PAINTING: 4:30 to 6 p.m. or 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Nov. 5-Dec. 5, at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA, 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon. Kids will learn the basics of painting WATERCOLOR CHRIST- with watercolors. $50 members, $65 program memMAS CARD WORKSHOP: with Karin Silvernale at the bers. 360-336-9622 or www.

Burlington Senior Center, skagitymca.org.

1011 Greenleaf Ave., BurlACRYLIC PAINTING FOR ington. Learn how to paint Christmas cards, Northwest BEGINNERS: Award-winning artist Jennifer Bowstyle. $40. Preregistration man will offer a weekend required: 360-708-0818. painting class for beginners Experienced painters: from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, urday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 1.

Sunday, Nov. 10-11, at the Anacortes Center for HapNUNO-FELT WORKpiness, 619 Commercial SHOP: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 Ave., Anacortes. Classes p.m. Saturday and Suninclude demonstrations and day, Nov. 10-11, at Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore hands-on practice. $165, plus $20 materials fee or Drive, Guemes Island. bring your own. Limited Learn how to laminate enrollment. Preregistration wool with sheer fabrics and then felt all the mate- required: 360-464-2229 or rials together. Participants www.anacortescenterfor happiness.org. should leave with one or two scarves and the knowledge to continue making AUDITIONS nuno felt at home. Bring “IT RUNS IN THE FAMyour own fabric; wool and ILY”: Auditions will be other supplies will be pro- held at 7 p.m. Sunday and vided. $195. 360-293-8878 Monday, Nov. 4-5, at the or www.towerartsstudio.

Whidbey Playhouse, 730 com.

SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Auditions for the PAPER PLAYSHOPS: comedy will be by cold Join Kari Bishay to get cre- reading from the script. The ative and “play with stuff” show will run Feb. 1-17, at the Anacortes Center for 2013. 360-679-2237 or www.

Happiness, 619 Commerwhidbeyplayhouse.com. cial Ave., Anacortes. Workshops are held from 2 to 4 “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: p.m. Sundays. All materials Auditions will be held from are provided. $15 each, $40 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday and for all three. Preregistra2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. tion required: 360-464-2229 10-11, at Anacortes Comor www.anacortescentermunity Theatre, 911 M forhappiness.org.

Ave., Anacortes. Parts are Next up: available for six women: Little Books: Nov. 18. two 20-something, two Create and embellish three 40-something and two different little books: a 60-something. Auditions perfect little photo album, will be cold readings from a notebook made with the script. The play will recycled papers and a third run Jan. 15-Feb. 16, 2013. one that opens up to form For information, contact a star. director Judy Hendrix at ART CLASSES: Dakota Art offers a variety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext.

5, or www.dakotaartcenter. com.

360-293-5544 or visit www. acttheatre.com.

“ARMS AND THE MAN: AN ANTI-ROMANTIC COMEDY”: The Alger Lookout Thespian Association will hold auditions at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17-18, at Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run Lane, Alger.

Parts are available for five men and three women in this wartime romance that satirizes both the glory of the battle and a young girl’s idealistic notions of love. The play will run Jan. 25-Feb. 10, 2013. For information call 360-424-5144 or visitwww.altatheatre.com.

DANCE 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 leather-soled shoes. For information, call Mary Anderson at 360-933-1779 or visit www. bellinghamscd.org.

ARGENTINE TANGO LESSONS: Thursday evenings at The Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway. $12 drop-in fee, $60 for six classes. n Basics for beginners at 6 p.m. No experience or partner needed. Open dance practice follows from 7 to 7:15 p.m. n Intermediate instruction at 7:15 p.m. Previous Tango experience required.

Attend the Basics class at no extra charge.

Open tango dancing from 8:15 to 10 p.m. every fourth Thursday. Practice your new tango techniques.

No cover. 360-708-8076 or email secure@cnw.com.

CONTRA DANCE: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Depot Arts Center, 611 R

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GET INVOLVED Ave., Anacortes. Learn the fundamentals of contra dance and practice dancing to live music. No partner needed. $8 at the door. 360755-3969 or www.skagit contra.org.

BELLY DANCING CLASSES: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays through Jan. 17, at Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy at Island Hospital, 1015 25th St., Anacortes. No experience required. Attend any or all classes. $12 per class. To register, call 360-299-4204.

MUSIC PIANO MASTER CLASS: Award-winning pianist Denis Kozhukhin will present a free master class from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Western Washington University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham. Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, the Russian-born Kozhukhin will kick off the WWU SanfordHill Piano Series’ “Season of Pure Gold” with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in the PAC Concert Hall. 360-650-6146.

FREE MUSIC JAMS: Come and play or just watch the fun at Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Free for participants and spectators.

Teen Jam: 7 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday each month.

Jam Night: 8 p.m. Thursdays.

360-629-4800 or www. cyndysbroiler.com.

ON STAGE OPEN MIC: All ages, 7 p.m. Thursdays, The Soup

Bowl at Common Ground, 351 Pease Road, Burlington. Signups begin at 6 p.m.

All ages are welcome to perform or come to watch and listen. Free. For information, contact Tobie Ann at 425-870-6784.

Nov. 3, Mount Vernon Soo Bahk Do, 1100 Roosevelt Ave., Suite C, Mount Vernon. The clinic will feature instruction in self-defense, ground fighting, staff techniques, board breaking, break falls and demonstrations. Open to all Soo Bahk Do practitioners and RECREATION others. $10 suggested donaCAMANO WALK: Friends tion to benefit the U.S. Soo of Camano Island Parks Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan will lead a guided commuFederation. Bring a sack nity walk at 9:50 a.m. Satlunch. 360-395-5123. urday, Nov. 3, at Camano Island State Park, located WORKSHOPS on Lowell Point Road off Mountain View Road.

QUILTING FOR BEGINMeet at the picnic shelter NERS: Learn how to hand near the boat ramp. The quilt from 9 a.m. to 12:30 2.6–mile trail includes two p.m. Mondays at the Conelevation gains of about crete Center, 45821 Rail50 feet, with the rest of road Ave., Concrete. Bring the walk fairly level. Wear a flat edge thimble, roundappropriate clothes and needle puller, small scissors sturdy shoes or boots. No and No. 9 go-betweens dogs. A Discover Pass is quilting needles. Tips and required for parking, but technique how-tos on the FOCIP will provide a tem- last Monday each month. porary pass for those with- 360-853-8400. out. For information, call 360-387-0889 or 360-387WREATH MAKING 4000 or visit friendsof WORKSHOPS: Learn how camanoislandparks.org. to make holiday wreaths at these workshops at ChrisFREE PARK ADMIStianson’s Nursery, 15806 SION: In recognition of Best Road, Mount Vernon.

Veterans Day, the WashFor information or to ington State Parks and register, call 360-466-3821 Recreation Commission or visit www.christiansonwill offer free admission snursery.com. to all state parks Saturday Holiday Vine Wreaththrough Monday, Nov. ing: Beyond the Round: 10-12. During this week1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. end, the Discover Pass Learn how to make square, will not be required to rectangle, oval or diamond enter state parks. The pass wreaths in this hands-on is still required to access workshop guided by Laura lands managed by the Campbell. Bring a wreath Washington Department form, such as an old winof Fish and Wildlife and dow (no glass), picture the Department of Natuframe or any odd repurral Resources. www.parks. posed frame, and pruners wa.gov. and gloves. Frames will be available for purchase. VinMARTIAL ARTS CLINIC: ing materials provided. $35.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Reservations required.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Toby Keith “Hope On The Rocks”

Toby Keith wants you to know he’s not just a beer man.

Whiskey will do in a pinch.

Perhaps expected from the album title, only two of the 10 new songs don’t reference some sort of drinking.

Most feature his favorite malt beverage in their titles or lyrics (“I Like Girls That Drink Beer,” “Cold Beer Country,” “Haven’t Had A Drink All Day” and a bonus remix of 2011’s “Beers Ago”), but whiskey gets its share of shout outs.

“Daddy makes the whiskey and mama say the prayers,” Keith sings in “Scat Cat,” a song about a family of moonshiners.

The songs are full of practical drinking advice as well.

“Always drink upstream from your cattle,” says an old man to a younger one in “Get Got.” “Don’t mix your whiskey with decision/Ask forgiveness not permission,” Keith sings later in the same song.

As for the music, Keith is smart enough not to mess with a winning formula. There are weeping steel guitars, omnipresent drums and an occasional fiddle. It all makes for sing-along stuff that’s sure to keep his fans happy and provide more than a few toast-worthy moments in concert.

He certainly shouldn’t have any problem finding a tour sponsor.

since 1975, and they’re still a lumbering, powerful, intuitive force, as they proved earlier this year on “Americana,” their rewardingly idiosyncratic take on old folk songs.

Even more than that album, “Psychedelic Pill” is a Crazy Horse-lovers dream, a twodisc set that alternates three- to four-minute garage stomps with four epic tracks that stretch from 8 to nearly 28 minutes and allow plenty of time for Young to dig deeply into his distortion- and feedback-drenched guitar solos. It’s a companion piece, in a way, to “Waging Heavy Peace,” Young’s new autobiography, with first-person songs about channeling his rage (including his frustrations with recording technology), about his admiration for Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, about being “Born in Ontario,” about the failed (or foiled) dreams of the ’60s. n Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer

Tim Maia

“Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia”

The eccentric, heavyset Brazilian soul iconoclast born Sebastiao Rodrigues Maia lived only 55 years — enough to leave behind a wealth of timelessly fresh, vibrantly funky music. Coinciding with what would have been his 70th birthday, Luaka Bop recently released this enthralling set of prime ’70s n Rob Merrill, Associated Press Maia material, his gruff yet elastic Portuguese and English vocals heard on 15 original songs proving him an estimable era Neil Young contemporary of Sly and the Family Stone with Crazy or Curtis Mayfield.

Horses It caps the label’s decade-plus efforts to “Psychedelic compile a worthy showcase for the hardPill” living artist, still under-recognized outside his native country. (Tellingly, the album is Neil Young the latest in the World Psychedelic Classics has often found series that the imprint launched with its ways to push revelatory “Os Mutantes” compilation in forward while looking back, whether writ1999.) ing nostalgic songs as a young man (“HelpLiner notes detail Maia’s colorful rise less”), exploring American history (“Pocafrom Rio de Janeiro poverty to youthful hontas”), or periodically reconnecting with sojourn in New York to cult membership his longtime pals in Crazy Horse, as he does back home in Brazil. The tunes make him on “Psychedelic Pill.” He’s been playing unforgettable, from thoughtful, slow-burn with guitarist Poncho Sampedro, bassist jams such as the title track to the guitarBilly Talbot and drummer Frank Molina flash-fortified “Que Beleza,” reminiscent

of the Isley Brothers, to the easy-swangin’, early disco-funk version of Maia’s irresistible hometown homage “Do Leme Ao Pontal” — which, truly, one might want to go on forever, but of course.

Waymore alumni such as guitarist Reggie Young and other simpatico players, creating a new last chapter that reaffirms Jennings’ greatness.

Echoes of the defiant Outlaw who helped shake up country music in the ’70s can be n David R. Stampone, Philadelphia Inquirer heard on the rocking “Never Say Die” and “If My Harley Was Runnin’,” as well as the Patterson Tony Joe White title song, an appropriately swampy duet with the Swamp Fox himself.

Hood Strip away the bravado, on numbers such “Heat Lightning as “Belle of the Ball” (originally a 1974 Rumbles in the B-side), “The Ways of the World,” and Distance” “Wastin’ Time,” and Jennings remains a remarkably straight shooter, with perforAs the lead mances that are among the most intimate voice of the and deeply personal of his life.

Drive-By TruckThe apotheosis of this is his “I Do ers, Patterson Believe.”

Kris Kristofferson sang it in the Hood has always given his character-driven narratives a strong sense of place — namely, ’90s, when he and Jennings were in the Highwaymen, but it’s really the writer’s own the Deep South (he’s from Alabama). On take on faith and religion. So when Jennings his new solo album, the difference is that declares, “In my own way I’m a believer” — the songs are overtly autobiographical; as a phrase that could sum up his legacy as a he puts it in the liner notes, they provide a stubbornly individualistic artist — it takes soundtrack to memories.

Those memories are usually not so sweet. on a whole new power.

There’s personal and family upheaval, grap- n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer pling with demons, the burying of beloved elders. But as Hood puts it in the finale, Calvin “Fifteen Days,” “Hurt’s the price for being Harris alive,” and ultimately there’s a sense that love and family can provide some hope and “18 Months” a shot at redemption.

Calvin Harris’ The spare and evocatively rootsy accomthird album, “18 paniment, provided by various Truckers and others, including Hood’s father, famed Months,” plays like a greatestMuscle Shoals bassist David Hood, neatly hits record, and augments the quietly involving nature of it is hard to shake the feeling that the elecHood’s stories. tronic singer-DJ-producer is trying to sell us n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer something that we already have.

A lot of the tracks have been released Waylon by their collaborator, and listening to them again on his CD is more nostalgic than anyJennings thing else. However, the record reminds us “Goin’ Down just how good Harris is.

Rockin’: Working alongside female vocalists such The Last as Kelis, Rihanna and Florence Welch, HarRecordings” ris seems to instinctively know which song suits which performer: There’s monster hit A few years “We Found Love,” the perfect pop song before his death with Rihanna; Kelis is the star of “Bounce,” in 2002, when poor health started to overwith its funky repetition; and “I Need Your take him, Waylon Jennings recorded these dozen songs, accompanied by just his acous- Love” with Ellie Goulding couples her twinkling dreamy voice with the electronic tic guitar and the bass of Robby Turner. direction that Goulding herself uses on her Now Turner, who had played steel guitar in Jennings’ last group, the Waymore Blues new album.

Band, has fleshed out the tracks with fellow

n Sian Watson, Associated Press

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Founding Father featured in new video game

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

McLEAN, Va. — Wars and video games seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. But those games usually involve tanks and machine guns and Tet offensives; not horses, bayonets and Bunker Hill.

Now, though, one of the biggest game releases of the upcoming holiday season is immersing players in the Revolutionary War, with key cameos from George Washington, Ben Franklin and other Founding Fathers.

In some ways, “Assassin’s Creed III,” released Tuesday, is meticulous with historical accuracy.

Great attention was paid to research to recreate the cities of New York and Boston on a one-third scale. History professors were brought in

as consultants.

In other ways, the game takes liberties with history.

It integrates the Revolutionary War into the overarching story of “Assassin’s Creed,” in which the secret society of the Knights Templar fills the role as the game’s overarching villain.

Game creators were reluctant to reveal too many details in advance of the game’s release. Review copies were not available.

The game’s creative director, Alex Hutchinson, said the ability to explore a historical era that has been largely left untouched by the gaming world was one of the most exciting aspects of the project.

As for Washington himself, Hutchinson said he wanted the game to portray the fact that for the man who would become the

nation’s first president, it was far from certain that America would win the war.

“He wasn’t sure he was going to win,” Hutchinson said. “When you read their letters, they were very uncertain for much of their time” how the war would turn out.

Francois Furstenberg, a history professor at the University of Montreal, who has written about the iconography that surrounds Washington, served as a consultant and said he was interested less in making sure names and dates were perfect, but more in the game’s overarching narrative. He said the game’s creators shared his desire to depict the war in a nuanced way that avoided portraying one side as the good guys and vice versa.

“Anything that com-

plicates the narrative is a good thing,” he said. “If anything I think they were more interested in sort of a muckraking account” of the revolution, something that agreed with Furstenberg.

The game’s protagonist — Connor, half American Indian, half British and not aligned with either side — served as a good vehicle for exploring the era in a way that avoids patriotic cliches, Hutchinson said.

Even where it sought to be realistic, the game’s creators took a few liberties.

Washington, for instance, is first introduced as a young officer serving under General Braddock in the French and Indian war. The game makers took great care to show the youthful Washington accurately, as a redhead.

Looking at the finished product, though, they felt

they ought to add a touch of gray to Washington’s hair, to more closely match the iconic image of Washington held by the public.

Ubisoft takes far greater liberties in a downloadable add-on game that will be available to “Assassin’s Creed” players a few months after the game’s release. In “The Tyranny of King Washington,” players confront a scenario where Washington, rather than yielding power to civil authority, parlays his power and popularity and establishes himself as a new monarch.

At George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, curators are happy that the game will introduce so many kids to Washington and the Founding Fathers and hopefully get them thinking about history.

Ubisoft via AP

This handout image shows a scene from “The Tyranny of King Washington.”

“I would love for people to focus on exactly the incredible choice Washington made to relinquish power,” said Carol Cadou, senior curator at Mount Vernon, even if the vehicle for prompting that discussion is a game that contorts and creates an alternate reality.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area November 1-8

TUNING UP Playing at area venues November 2-8

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.2-3 “MURDER AT CLUB BABALU” An “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody, 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Thursday.1 OPERA

“King for a Day (Un giorno di regno)”: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $10-$16. 360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

Friday.2 DANCE/THEATER

Cabaret performance: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, Room 16, Bellingham. $5.

360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

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“Witches! the Musical”: Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAY.2 FRIDAY.2

FAT JAMES AND JOHNNY BREWER (PICTURED), WITH FATBACK RYTHM, MARY MCPAGE AND THE ASSASSINS 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. $5 cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

ROCKABILLY ROMP, FEATURING THE DUSTY 45S 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$20. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

FRIDAY.2

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

“Footloose: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$40. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Murder at Club Babalu”: an “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody, 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

Saturday.3 DANCE/THEATER

Cabaret performance: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, Room 16, Bellingham. $5.

360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

“Witches! the Musical”: Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

“Murder at Club Babalu”: an “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody: 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

Sunday.4 MUSIC

Whatcom Symphony: featuring pianist Charlie Albright, 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $12-$30, free for teenagers with purchase of an adult ticket. 360-734-6080 or www.whatcomsymphony.com.

THEATER

“Footloose: The Musical”: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$40. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

Monday-Wednesday.5-7 Nothing submitted

Thursday.8 COMEDY

Rockabilly Romp, featuring The Dusty 45s: 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$20.

877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-424-7872.

Bare Feet: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

Fat James and Johnny Brewer with Fatback Rythm, Mary McPage and the Assassins (blues): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. $5 cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyndys broiler.com.

Davidson Hart Kingsbery: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

Kimball & The Fugitives, with Stickshift Annie: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon.

360-336-2884.

Jon Mutchler (piano): 6 to 9 p.m., Stars Restaurant at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www. semiahmoo.com.

Falcon Grady: 9 p.m. to midnight, Packers Lounge at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www.semi ahmoo.com.

THEATER

“Motherhood Out Loud”: Anacortes High School Theatre Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Admission by donation. 360-5031369.

Double Scotts on the Rocks: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

No cover. 360-5881720.

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

360-422-6411.

Rockabilly Romp with The Dusty 45s: 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-20, deluxe packages from $180. 877275-2448 or www. theskagit.com.

SATURDAY.3

Comedy Night with Michelle Westford and David Crowe: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-7553956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

“Footloose: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. All seats $10, festival seating. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

Steve Meyer and Ben Starner (piano): 7:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

SUNDAY.4 Bluegrass and Country Jam: 1 to 5 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 201 N. Township St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. 360-856-1058 or 360-855-1564.

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band perform 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison concert: 5:30 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Club, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. $20, includes steak dinner and concert.

360-293-3012.

WEDNESDAY.7 Petunia & The Vipers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Savage Jazz: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Southbound (Southern rock): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood.

No cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyn dysbroiler.com.

THURSDAY.8 Gail Pettis: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Brian Lee and the Orbiters: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

No cover. 360-5881720.

Still Bill Band: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave. 360-755-3956.

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

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area November 1-8

TUNING UP Playing at area venues November 2-8

FRIDAY-SATURDAY.2-3 “MURDER AT CLUB BABALU” An “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody, 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Thursday.1 OPERA

“King for a Day (Un giorno di regno)”: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham. $10-$16. 360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

Friday.2 DANCE/THEATER

Cabaret performance: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, Room 16, Bellingham. $5.

360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

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“Witches! the Musical”: Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

FRIDAY.2 FRIDAY.2

FAT JAMES AND JOHNNY BREWER (PICTURED), WITH FATBACK RYTHM, MARY MCPAGE AND THE ASSASSINS 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. $5 cover. 360-629-4800 or www.cyndysbroiler.com.

ROCKABILLY ROMP, FEATURING THE DUSTY 45S 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$20. 877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

FRIDAY.2

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

“Footloose: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$40. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

“Murder at Club Babalu”: an “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody, 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Clue”: Six guests, eight murders and three endings: 7 p.m., Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium, 1235 Third St., Sedro-Woolley. $5-$7. 360-855-3510.

Saturday.3 DANCE/THEATER

Cabaret performance: Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, 8 p.m., WWU Performing Arts Center, Room 16, Bellingham. $5.

360-650-6146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

THEATER

“Witches! the Musical”: Theater Arts Guild, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$24. 360336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

“Murder at Club Babalu”: an “I Love Lucy” murder mystery parody: 7:30 p.m., RiverBelle Theatre, Old Town Grainery, 100 E. Montgomery, Mount Vernon. $40 dinner and show; $30 dessert buffet and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or www.river belledinnertheatre.com.

Sunday.4 MUSIC

Whatcom Symphony: featuring pianist Charlie Albright, 3 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $12-$30, free for teenagers with purchase of an adult ticket. 360-734-6080 or www.whatcomsymphony.com.

THEATER

“Footloose: The Musical”: 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10-$40. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or www.mcintyrehall.org.

Monday-Wednesday.5-7 Nothing submitted

Thursday.8 COMEDY

Rockabilly Romp, featuring The Dusty 45s: 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-$20.

877-275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

Nick Vigarino (blues): 8 p.m., Big Rock Café & Grocery, 14779 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-424-7872.

Bare Feet: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover.

360-755-0165.

Fat James and Johnny Brewer with Fatback Rythm, Mary McPage and the Assassins (blues): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood. $5 cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyndys broiler.com.

Davidson Hart Kingsbery: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

Kimball & The Fugitives, with Stickshift Annie: 7 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon.

360-336-2884.

Jon Mutchler (piano): 6 to 9 p.m., Stars Restaurant at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www. semiahmoo.com.

Falcon Grady: 9 p.m. to midnight, Packers Lounge at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www.semi ahmoo.com.

THEATER

“Motherhood Out Loud”: Anacortes High School Theatre Department, 7:30 p.m., Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St., Anacortes. Admission by donation. 360-5031369.

Double Scotts on the Rocks: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

No cover. 360-5881720.

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

360-422-6411.

Rockabilly Romp with The Dusty 45s: 7 to 11 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $18-20, deluxe packages from $180. 877275-2448 or www. theskagit.com.

SATURDAY.3

Comedy Night with Michelle Westford and David Crowe: 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-7553956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

“Footloose: The Musical”: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. All seats $10, festival seating. 360-416-7727, ext. 2.

Steve Meyer and Ben Starner (piano): 7:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6266.

SUNDAY.4 Bluegrass and Country Jam: 1 to 5 p.m., Cascade Middle School, 201 N. Township St., Sedro-Woolley. Free. 360-856-1058 or 360-855-1564.

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band perform 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison concert: 5:30 p.m., Anacortes Eagles Club, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. $20, includes steak dinner and concert.

360-293-3012.

WEDNESDAY.7 Petunia & The Vipers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Savage Jazz: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Southbound (Southern rock): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood.

No cover. 360-6294800 or www.cyn dysbroiler.com.

THURSDAY.8 Gail Pettis: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-588-1720.

Brian Lee and the Orbiters: 9 p.m. to midnight, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

No cover. 360-5881720.

Still Bill Band: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave. 360-755-3956.

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

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TRAVEL Tourists take pictures at the site of the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, during a partial solar eclipse in January 2011. Solar eclipses typically attract tourists who travel around the world to remote places to witness the celestial phenomenon. Australia is expecting 50,000 visitors for a Nov. 14 solar eclipse that will be visible from the Cairns-Port Douglas area in Queensland.

Jan. 4, 2011 / Amr Nabil, AP

Upcoming eclipse inspires travel to Australia

By DOROTHY ABERNATHY Associated Press

MANAKIN-SABOT, Va. — When Linda Bugbee’s husband suggested traveling to the South Pacific to see a total solar eclipse, she was more enthusiastic about the cruise and visiting Tahiti than she was about seeing a celestial phenomenon.

Seven years later, Linda and George Bugbee, who live in Virginia, are embarking on their fourth trip to see a solar eclipse — this time in Australia, in November — but they still consider themselves “newbies.”

“It was a lot more emotional than I

expected,” Linda said of their first eclipse.

“Time sort of stops, but you know it’s only going to last a minute or so. You sort of take the universe and the planets for granted, but when this happens, it seems so real.”

Shortly after dawn on Nov. 14, the temperature will drop slightly in northern Australia and the sky will grow darker as the moon begins to pass in front of the sun. The Bugbees will look across the Coral Sea from the city of Cairns at 6:39 a.m. local time.

Weather permitting, they will see a black disk with the sun’s glowing corona stretching beyond it. “Totality” — the darkness resulting from a total eclipse of

the sun — will last just over two minutes.

Margaret Darveniza, regional development officer for Advance Cairns, said more than 50,000 tourists, up to half of them from overseas, are expected to travel to Australia to see the eclipse. Most will be in the Cairns-Port Douglas area in Queensland.

It’s unusual for a total eclipse to be visible from a resort area, said Kerri Anderson, spokesperson for Tourism Queensland. Some hotels have been heavily booked for Nov. 14 for three years. About 5,000 tourists will stay in campers.

Visitors will view the eclipse from boats, trains, land, even from hot air bal-

loons. Many of them will take the opportunity to expand their itinerary to other destinations in the region.

While they’re on the other side of the world, the Bugbees will also visit Sydney, Kakadu National Park, Yellow Water Billabong, Nourlangie Rock and ancient rock sites in Uluru.

At Cairns’ Green Island Resort, they’ll have opportunities to go snorkeling, windsurfing, canoeing and taking nature walks. The tour will last nearly two weeks, and the Bugbees will extend their stay in Cairns by a few days.

The region is known for its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef and the world’s oldest living rainforest, called Daintree.

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TRAVEL Local travel

This photo shows an annular solar eclipse in the sky over Yokohama near Tokyo.

May 21, 2012 / Koji Sasahara, AP

George Bugbee, a retired anesthesiologist, has long been an astronomy enthusiast. Before the couple’s first trip to see an eclipse, he had watched recorded programs featuring Alex Filippenko, professor of astronomy at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley. Then he spotted an ad pitching an ocean cruise to see a complete solar eclipse with Filippenko as guest lecturer.

“I asked Linda if she wanted to go. She said no until she found out it was in the South Pacific,” he recalled, adding that the trip was “very suspenseful. It was cloudy. But with a boat, you can try to get away from the clouds. The sky cleared moments before the eclipse.”

He noted that shadows become razor sharp right before the eclipse. That first eclipse lasted 56 seconds.

Others they’ve seen on subsequent eclipse trips have lasted as long as six minutes.

“Everyone gets really quiet,” said Linda Bugbee, a retired psychiatrist. “After people start seeing it for a few seconds, they start screaming and crying. When

to Egypt, they viewed the eclipse with thousands of others, including thenPresident Hosni Mubarak.

Groups were there from all over the world. The Bugbees remember a group from Norway in a tent that carried their country’s flag.

They also remember being warned not to venture into a particular area Courtesy of Linda Bugbee via AP because it was across the Linda Bugbee (from left), her son Matt, astronomy Libyan border and reportprofessor Alex Filippenko and Linda’s husband, edly laced with land mines.

George Bugbee, are pictured in Mongolia, where they When they traveled in had traveled with a tour to watch a solar eclipse Egypt, they were accompain 2008. The Bugbees will watch their fourth solar nied by armed guards. eclipse on Nov. 14 in Cairns, Australia.

They anticipate making many more trips to see solar it’s over, the party starts. lated by nomads who move eclipses in coming years and People start dancing and every few months in search have met people who have witnessed 25 or 30 of them. singing.” of fresh pasture for their The Bugbees are pleased She said that first eclipse animals. that eclipses have led them made her think of the Bible A number of tour compassage about the sky turn- panies specialize in organiz- to parts of the world they likely wouldn’t have visited ing dark immediately after ing trips to see eclipses in otherwise. They are considJesus died. various parts of the world. ering a trip to Morocco for The Bugbees’ other two The Bugbees are using an eclipse next year. trips to see eclipses were Melitatrips for their travel As for this year’s Austrato Egypt in 2006 and to to Australia and went with lian eclipse, George Bugbee Mongolia in 2008. Their Wilderness Travel for the doesn’t expect it to be much son, Matt, joined them on Mongolia trip. different from the others, the trip to a remote area They were among about except that it will happen of northwest Mongolia, 75 people watching the where they stayed in yurts eclipse from that location. It early in the day.

“I just hope it doesn’t — round, white tents — in lasted just over 2 minutes. rain,” he said. a dry, barren region popuWhen the Bugbees went

Country Village and Garden D’Lights: 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, EXPERIENCE AFRICA DINNER AND PROGRAM: Dec. 12, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. Tour the World Vision 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Experience Africa Village Exhibit and enjoy an Visit the historic Country Village Shops in Bothauthentic African dinner ell, home to more than and music at 5 p.m. Fri40 boutiques, specialty day, Nov. 2, at Camano stores and cafes. After Chapel, 867 S. West exploring the holiday-decCamano Drive, Camano Island. The evening will orated shops and enjoyalso include a presentaing a no-host late lunch/ tion on the World Vision early dinner, head over program to provide mos- to the Garden D’Lights, quito nets in an effort to comprised of more than help eradicate malaria, a half a million tiny lights, deadly disease that kills which transform the Belsome 2,000 African chil- levue Botanical Garden dren each day. $5 indiinto a blossoming winter vidual, $15 family. Child wonderland. $53-$55. care will be available.

Register by Dec. 5.

Reservations: 360-3877202.

ESCORTED TOURS: CAROLERS CRUISE: Camano Center is offering a Dickens Carolers Lunch Cruise on Tuesday, Dec. 11, for seniors and others, departing from and returning to Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island.

Enjoy a holiday feast accompanied by Christmas carolers. $52-$57.

Pay by Nov. 26. 360-3870222 or www.camano center.org.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers several travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older, adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger. For information or to register, call 360336-6215.

Next up: Bainbridge Island Winter Artist Studio Tour: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon.

Travel by van and ferry to Bainbridge Island for the 29th annual show and sale. Located in unique studios and historic community halls, the tour features work by some 70 artists showcasing pottery, glass, photography, woodworking, paintings, jewelry, fiber arts and more. No-host lunch. $63$65. Register by Nov. 21.

The Whatcom County Tour Program offers a variety of day trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For information or to register: 360-733-4030, press #, ext. 47015, or wccoa.org/ index.php/Tours.

Victoria, B.C.: Dec. 4-6.

Get a glimpse of British Columbia during the holiday season. See the Butchart Gardens decorated in lights, enjoy a city bus tour and admission to the Royal B.C. Museum, as well as free time in the city. $399$489. Includes roundtrip transportation, ferry rides, two-night hotel lodging, hot springs, two breakfasts, one dinner, city tour and admissions to the Gardens, Museum, Festival of Lights and Festival of Trees. Final payment due Nov. 2.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts U.S. 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 are available online at http://travel. state.gov or pick up an application and passport guide at the library.

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HOT TICKETS BLUE OCTOBER: Nov. 2, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

AFGHAN WHIGS: Nov. 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

“FOOTLOOSE”: Theater Arts Guild, Nov. 3-17, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon. 360-4167727.

SERGIO MENDES: Nov. 7, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

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GWAR: With DevilDriver, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Cancer Bats, Exhumed, Attitude Adjustment, Martha’s Revenge, Legacy of Disorder, Nov. 10, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

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RICHARD CHEESE & LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Nov. 11, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

STEVE WINWOOD, THE WOOD BROTHERS: Nov. 12, McCaw Hall, Seattle. 800-7453000 or www.livenation.com.

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ERIC CHURCH: Nov. 13, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or www.comcast arenaeverett.com.

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION: Nov. 14, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds. 425-275-9595 or www. ec4arts.org.

KRIS ORLOWSKI, BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH: Nov. 15, Tractor Tavern, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

33RD ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION SEMIFINALS: Nov. 16, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

J. BOOG: Nov. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showbox online.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: Nov. 17, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BEN GIBBARD: Nov. 17, Washington Hall, Seattle. www.washingtonhall.org.

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS: Nov. 17, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds. 425275-9595 or www.ec4arts.org.

THE INTERNET: Nov. 18, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticket master.com.

ASKING ALEXANDRIA: Nov. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

DETHKLOK: Nov. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Nov. 24, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www. livenation.com.

GREEN DAY: Nov. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or www.livenation. com.

WALK OFF THE EARTH: Nov. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: Nov. 28, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Ore. 800-745-3000, www.livenation.com.

THE IRISH ROVERS: Nov. 29, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds. 425-275-9595 or www.ec4arts.org.

DEATH GRIPS: Nov. 29, The Crocodile, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster. com.

BLUE SCHOLARS: Nov. 30, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

BLUE SCHOLARS: Nov. 30, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

DON MCLEAN: Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. $40-$55. 877275-2448 or www.theskagit.com.

“BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE”: Seattle Men’s Chorus, Nov. 30-Dec. 22, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 206-388-1400 or www.seattle menschorus.org.

ADAM CAROLLA, DENNIS PRAGER: Dec. 1, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-7844849 or www.livenation.com.

THE KILLERS, M83, METRIC: “Deck the Hall Ball 2012”: Dec. 4, Key Arena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

THE CAVE SINGERS: Dec. 7, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

THE TRAGICALLY HIP: Dec. 7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.show boxonline.com.

“THE NUTCRACKER”: Northwest Ballet Theater: Dec. 14-16, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or www.mount bakertheatre.com.

LAMB OF GOD: Dec. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxon line.com.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: Dec. 17, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

MOSCOW BOYS CHOIR: Dec. 18, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds.

425-275-9595 or www.ec4arts.org.

2 CHAINZ: Dec. 21, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

PICKWICK: Dec. 31, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.showboxonline.com.

RESOLUTION 2013: featuring DOCTOR P, MORD FUSTANG, RUSKO, W&W: Dec. 31, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

LADY GAGA: Jan. 14, 2013, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or www.livenation.com.

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E16 - Thursday, November 1, 2012

MOVIES

Denzel Washington portrays Whip Whitaker in a scene from “Flight.”

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Denzel pilots ‘Flight’ to highest of movie fare

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fter opening with one of the most terrifying flying scenes I’ve witnessed, in which an airplane is saved by being flown upside-down, Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight” segues into a brave and tortured performance by Denzel Roger Washington — one of his Ebert very best. Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey that keeps us in deep sympathy all of the way.

Washington plays Whip Whitaker, a veteran commercial airline pilot who over the years has built up a shaky tolerance for quantities of alcohol and cocaine that would be lethal for most people. As the film opens, he’s finishing an all-night party with a friendly flight attendant named Katerina (Nadine Velazquez), and jolts himself back into action with two lines of cocaine. His co-pilot, (Brian Geraghty), eyes him suspiciously, but Whip projects poise and authority from behind his dark aviator glasses.

Their flight takes off in a disturbing rainstorm and encounters the kind of turbu-

lence that has the co-pilot crying out, “Oh, Lord!” But Whip powers them at high speed into an area of clear sky, before a mechanical malfunction sends the aircraft into an uncontrollable nosedive. The way Zemeckis and his team portray the terror in the cabin is stomach-churning. Acting on instinct, seeming cool as ice, the older pilot inverts the plane to halt its descent, and it flies level upside-down until he rights it again to glide into a level crash-landing in an open field.

The field, as it happens, is next to a little church, and the way Zemeckis portrays an outdoor baptism on the ground below captures the hyper-realism with which I imagine we notice things when we think we’re about to die. Only six people do die in the crash, and Whitaker is hailed as a hero.

Will this close call bring an end to his drinking? He retreats to his grandfather’s farm where he was raised, pours out all the booze and is dry for a time — until he’s told by his union representative (Bruce Greenwood) and his lawyer (Don Cheadle) that blood tests show he was flying drunk.

There is a government hearing fraught with hazard (he faces a possible life sentence).

He is befriended by a woman named Nicole (Kelly Reilly), whom he met in the hospital,

and she takes him to an AA meeting — but the program is not for him.

It becomes clear that intoxication is more important to Whip than anything else; it cost him a marriage and the respect of his son.

One of the most effective things in Washington’s performance is the way he puts up an impassive facade to conceal his defiant addiction. “No one else could have landed that plane!” he insists, and indeed tests in a flight simulator back him up. The fact remains that he was stoned.

One of the most gripping scenes in the film takes place in a hotel room where Whitaker is being held essentially under guard before his official hearing. At a crucial moment, his drug supplier, Harling Mays (John Goodman), turns up, marching toward camera in one of a series of garish Hawaiian shirts, ready to battle a crisis. I don’t have any idea if cocaine can snap you back from a killer hangover, but I wouldn’t count on it if I were you.

Denzel Washington is one of the most sympathetic and rock-solid of actors, and it’s effective here how his performance never goes over the top but instead is grounded on obsessive control. There are many scenes inviting emotional displays. A lesser actor

‘FLIGHT’ HHHH

Whip Whitaker.............Denzel Washington Hugh Lang...........................Don Cheadle Nicole Maggen........................Kelly Reilly Harling Mays.....................John Goodman Charlie Anderson...........Bruce Greenwood Ellen Block...........................Melissa Leo Ken Evans........................ Brian Geraghty Margaret Thomason............ Tamara Tunie Katerina Marquez..........Nadine Velazquez n Running time: 138 minutes. MPAA rating: R (for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence).

might have wanted to act them out. Washington depends on his eyes, his manner and a gift for projecting inner emotion. In the way it meets every requirement of a tricky plot, this is an ideal performance.

Among the supporting performances, Don Cheadle projects guarded motivations, Greenwood is a loyal friend, Goodman seems like a handy medic, and Brian Geraghty’s panic in the co-pilot’s seat underlines the horror.

“Flight,” a title with more than one meaning, is strangely the first live-action feature in 12 years by Robert Zemeckis, who seemed committed to stop-motion animation (“Beowulf,” “The Polar Express,” “A Christmas Carol”). It is nearly flawless.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012 - E17

MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“Alex Cross” — In the first film he’s appeared in that isn’t his own personal work, Tyler Perry plays a Detroit police detective on the trail of a savagely sadistic serial killer (Matthew Fox). His cop’s intuition is almost comically excellent, the action scenes are confusing and the plot meanders. With Cicely Tyson, Edward Burns, Jean Reno and John C. McGinley. Thriller, PG-13, 101 minutes. HH “Argo” — Ben Affleck directs and stars in the incredible true story of how, at the height of the Iranian hostage crisis, a CIA agent and a couple of Hollywood professionals dreamed up a cockamamie scheme to free six Americans who were not being held in the American Embassy but had found refuge with the Canadian Embassy. Kept top secret for 18 years, the operation created a fake sci-fi production named “Argo,” convinced the Iranians it was real and used it to spirit the Americans out of the country. With lots of tension and also some humor from John Goodman and Alan Arkin as the Hollywood pros involved. Drama, R, 120 minutes. HHHH “Chasing Mavericks” — Based on the “real life” story of Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston), a legendary surfer who conquered a horrifying wave north of Santa Cruz when he was only 15. He’s mentored by a neighbor, Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler), in a standard but well-made coming-of-age drama. With Elisabeth Shue as his mother and Leven Rambin as his childhood sweetheart. Drama, PG, 116 minutes. HHH “End of Watch” — One of the best police movies in recent years, a virtuoso joining of performances and startling action. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as Taylor and Zavala, two Los Angeles street cops who bend a few rules but must be acknowledged as heroes. They’re transferred to a tough district, where their persistence leads them to a Mexican drug cartel operating in L.A. This is really an assignment for a detective, but they don’t avoid risk, and eventually become so dangerous to the cartel that a hit is ordered against them.

Action drama, R, 109 minutes.

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AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE AT AREA THEATERS ANACORTES CINEMAS Nov. 2-8 Wreck It Ralph (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:35, 4:05, 6:35, 8:55; Sunday-Thursday: 1:35, 4:05, 6:35 Here Comes the Boom (PG): FridaySaturday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:05; SundayThursday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40 Argo (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9;00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:30 360-293-7000 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor Nov. 2-4 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) and Frankenweenie (PG): 9 p.m.

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OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Nov. 2-8 Wreck It Ralph (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:35, 4:00, 6:35, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:35, (4:00), 6:35 Paranormal Activity 4 (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:25, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 1:25 Hotel Transylvania (PG): Friday-Thursday: 3:30, 6:45 Looper (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:50, 6:25, 9:10; Sunday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:50, 6:25 360-279-2226

STANWOOD CINEMAS Nov. 2-8 Silent Hill of Revelation (R): 1:10, 3:20, 6:45, 9:00 CONCRETE THEATRE Taken 2 (PG-13): 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2; Argo (R): 1:00, 3:30, 6:25, 8:55 Wreck It Ralph (PG): 1:30, 3:50, 6:30, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3; 4 p.m.

8:50 Sunday, Nov. 4 Tickets: $7 general admission, $9 balcony, Hotel Transylvania (PG): 1:20, 3:25, 6:35, $6 adults over 65 and kids under 12; $1 off 8:40 Fun Size (PG-13): 1:40, 3:45, 6:40, 8:45 all tickets on Sunday.

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“Flight” — After opening with one of the most terrifying flying scenes I’ve witnessed, in which an airplane is saved by being flown upside-down, Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight” segues into a brave and tortured performance by Denzel Washington -- one of his very best. Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey that keeps us in deep sympathy all of the way. Washington plays a veteran commercial pilot who has built up a tolerance for quantities of alcohol and cocaine that would be lethal for most people. Drama, R, 138 minutes. HHHH “Frankenweenie” — Young Victor Frankenstein loves his dog, Sparky, and when the mutt runs into traffic and is blindsided, Victor takes inspiration from a science class and re-animates his pet using lightning bolts. Tim Burton’s stop-action, black and white comedy takes its inspiration from “The Bride of Frankenstein” and other horror movies, and the character of Mr. Rzykruski, the science teacher, is certainly modeled on Vincent Price. With the voices of Martin Landau, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan and Winona Ryder.

Animated comedy, PG, 87 minutes. HHH “Looper” — A smart and tricky sci-fi story that sidesteps the paradoxes of time

travel by embracing them. The movie takes place in 2044 and 2074. Although time travel is declared illegal once it has been discovered, a crime syndicate cheats and uses it as a method for disposing of its enemies. Joseph GordonLevitt plays Joe, the triggerman in 2044. Bruce Willis plays Old Joe, sent back from the future. Emily Blunt lives on the Kansas farm where they coincide in time. “Looper” weaves between past and present in a way that gives writer-director Rian Johnson and his actors opportunities to create a surprisingly involving narrative. Crime sci-fi, R, 119 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Seven Psychopaths” — Colin Farrell stars as a blocked Hollywood screenwriter who finds inspiration from a loony group of psychopaths, some in his life and some in his imagination. Christopher Walken excels as a professional dognapper, Sam Rockwell is his partner and Woody Harrelson is a relentless gangster who comes looking for Bonny, his beloved Shih Tzu, which they hold as hostage. Comedy, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “How to Survive a Plague” — A stunning documentary incorporating a wealth of home video footage taken at the time, tracing the rise of the AIDS epidemic and a response by ACT UP and other activist groups to demand

more and swifter government intervention. Documentary, not rated, 110 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Sinister” — A story made of darkness, mysterious loud bangs in the attic, distant moans from the dead, vulnerable children, an egomaniacal crime writer and his longsuffering wife, who is plenty fed up -- even before she discovers he has moved his family into the same house where horrifying murders took place. Ethan Hawke stars as the best-selling true crime writer, Juliet Rylance is his increasingly alarmed wife and their children experience night terrors and sleepwalking. Few films have ever been bathed in so much darkness. Thriller, R, 109 minutes. HHH “Wreck-It Ralph” — The new Disney animated feature for families takes place inside several arcade-style video games, providing an excuse for the backgrounds, ground rules and characters to constantly reinvent themselves.

Its hero is one of those clumsy, misunderstood big guys who dream only of being loved. Ralph (voice by John C. Reilly) spends every day knocking down an apartment building, which is constantly repaired by Fix-It Felix Jr. (Jack McBrayer). Lively, endlessly colorful nonstop action, also with Jane Lynch and Sarah Silverman. Animated comedy, PG, 101 minutes. HHH

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Dia de Los Muertos - Macario 7 p.m. today, Nov. 1

Ignacio Tarso plays a poverty-stricken peasant who goes on a hunger strike, hoping that someone will take pity on him and give him a turkey dinner. Torres’ wife, Pina Pellecier, steals a turkey, and just as Torres is about to wolf down his food, he is visited by Death (Enrique Lucerio).

The grim reaper offers to bestow magical powers upon Torres in exchange for part of the meal.

Torres is gifted with the ability to restore health to sick people, but he is permitted to utilize this gift only upon persons of Death’s choosing. At first, Torres is lauded as a hero, but before long he is being shunned as an instrument of Satan. Torres’ last-ditch effort to redeem himself causes him to renege on his bargain with Death — and you know what that means.

“Macario” is the first Mexican production to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.

Admission is $3 suggested donation, ($10 per family).

with satire, fantasy, fact and fiction. $10-$24.

The Met Live in HD: ‘Otello’

5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.

In Italian with English subtitles. $23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students and children with $2 off for Lincoln members.

NT Live: ‘Timon of Athens’

7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5

Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. The performance is part of National Theatre Live, the best of British theater broadcast live to cinemas worldwide.

Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by freeloaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources ‘Witches! but, finding his coffers The Musical’ empty, reassures his loyal 7:30 p.m. Fridaysteward that all will be Saturday, Nov. 2-3 well. When he calls upon Theater Arts Guild pres- his associates, instead of offering help, they hang ents “Witches! The Musihim out to dry. After a cal,” a Halloween world premiere production based final, vengeful banquet, on historical events of the Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional waste1692 Salem witch trials. land, living off roots and Famous historical charpouring curses on a moracters come to life, with a ally bankrupt Athens. cast more than 30 strong, $15 adults, $13 seniors as “Witches!” portrays the dark events with a score of and $11 students, with $2 rock, hip-hop, classical and off for Lincoln Theatre 20th century music, mixed members.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

pher Carl Jaegel, fine art

by Richard Nash, custom chicken coops by Tim Chomiak and tile and marble artist Susan Rothschild.

Free admission. 360-4663821, www.christiansons nursery.com.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK: Check out a wide selection of art on display during a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at several galleries and other venues in downtown Anacortes. Featured artworks include paintings and prints, pastels, sculptures, fiber arts, glass, ceramics, wood, photography, jewelry and more.

360-293-6938.

ART’S ALIVE!: The 28th annual celebration of the arts will be held Friday through Sunday, Nov. 2-4, at several locations around La Conner, including Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St., the La Conner Civic Garden Club, 622 S. Second St., and other locations. This year’s featured artist is Maggie Wilder, coowner of Gallery Cygnus. n The Invitational and Open Art Exhibits, featuring artwork by more than 85 artists, will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, at Maple Hall. Free admission. n The Opening Artwalk will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at participating shops, galleries and restaurants around town. Free. n The Spotlight Concert will feature Bottom Line Duo at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Maple Hall. $15$17. n A reception for the artists will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Maple Hall. $10, includes appetizers and one beverage. n Other free exhibits, artist demonstrations and more will take place throughout the weekend at locations all over town.

360-466-4778 or www. lovelaconner.com/artsalive.

‘MANZANAR’

Limited edition photographic prints by Thaddeus Hink will be on display during the First Friday Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Think Studios, 1010 Fifth St., Suite 320, Anacortes (above Scott Milo Gallery).

Hink created the photos this year at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Owens Valley, Calif. Manzanar was one of several internment camps for the 120,000 Japanese interned during the World War II. Nearly 70 percent of those interned had U.S. citizenship. The exhibition continues by appointment. 360-770-4528.

“UNCOMMON THREADS”: The Whidbey Weavers Guild’s annual Show and Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2-3, at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Choose from basketry, braiding, dyeing, felting, jewelry, knitting, spinning, weaving and more. www. whidbeyweaversguild.org.

HOLIDAY ART’S ALIVE! OPEN HOUSE: Celebrate the arts Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2-4, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy live music and food tastings on Saturday. Artists and their works will be on display Saturday and Sunday. Featured artists include painter Jack Dorsey, bird decoy carver Tom Newell, photogra-

Anacortes. Also showing are big sky oils by Dederick Ward, watercolors by Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling inspired by their travels abroad, and botanical and nonrepresentational acrylics by Richard Nash. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to QUILT & TEXTILE MUSE- 4:30 p.m. Monday through UM OPEN HOUSE: Check Saturday. 360-293-6938 or out three floors of exhibits www.scottmilo.com. during a free open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, “WE REMEMBER JOHN Nov. 2, at the La Conner SIMON”: Gallery CygQuilt & Textile Museum, nus will reintroduce John 703 S. Second St., La Con- Simon’s artwork to the ner. Current displays public in a show opening include a showcase of quilts Friday, Nov. 2 and continuby male quilters, the best ing through Nov. 26 at quilts from the 2012 Quilt 109 Commercial St., La Festival and more. 360-466- Conner. A special gallery 4288 or www.laconnerquilts celebration will take place .com. from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. More than 30 paintFEATURED ARTIST: ings from the late artist’s New work by Allen Moe estate will be presented. will be featured during This work spans the artist’s Art’s Alive! from 10 a.m. to career and has not been 8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. seen by the public since to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sun- Simon’s death in 2010. day, Nov. 2-4, at Caravan Gallery hours are noon Gallery, 619 S. First St., La to 5 p.m. Friday through Conner. An artist’s recepSunday. 360-708-4787 or tion will take place from www.gallerycygnus.com.

5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2.

Moe’s handbuilt pots are MIXED MEDIA PAINTpolished with stone and INGS: A show of paintings fired over a campfire. 360- by La Conner artist Peter 466-4808.

Belknap will open with a reception during the First SKAGIT ARTISTS SHOW: Friday Artwalk from 6 to Skagit Artists Together will 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and exhibit a variety of artwork continue through Nov. 30 during Art’s Alive! from at Anne Martin McCool noon to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 Gallery, 711 Commercial a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and Ave., Anacortes. Gallery 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Nov. 2-4, at the Civic GarWednesday through Satden Club, 622 S, Second urday. After Thanksgiving St., La Conner. An opening weekend, the gallery will reception will take place be open Monday through from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday. 360-293-3577 or Nov. 2. www.skagitart.com. www.mccoolart.com.

latest photo transfers on wood panels with encaustic.

For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit www.ravenrocks gallery.com.

“HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS”: The show opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and continues through Jan. 1 at Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Twenty-four of the region’s finest artists have created a variety of affordable gifts: handblown glass, silk scarves, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, paintings and prints and more. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, closed Tuesdays. 360-222-3070 or www. robschoutengallery.com.

FALL ART SHOW: The Salish Sea Plein Air Artists’ fall art show will open with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon.

360-466-5522 or www.rex villegrocery.com.

WINE & WIT: Enjoy an evening of wine tasting and cartoon art from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville. Artist Milt Priggee will exhibit his cartoon illustrations and other art. $10. Tickets are available at The Bayleaf, 201 NW Coveland St., Coupeville, or call 360-678-6603.

ART GLASS DISCUSSION: “Pilchuck Reunion”: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. MIRA KAMADA: OILS: “FINDING BALANCE”: 10, Museum of Northwest A show of Mira Kamada’s A show of new work by Art,121 S. First St., La vibrant abstract oil paintJoe Menth will open with a Conner. Joey Kirkpatrick ings with a botanical flair reception from 5 to 8 p.m. and Flora Mace will lead a will open with a reception Friday, Nov. 2, and continue discussion with artists who from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. through Dec. 4 at Raven made the Pilchuck Glass 2, and continue through Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn School famous. $15, $10 Dec. 4 at Scott Milo GalRoad, Greenbank. The members. 360-466-4446 or lery, 420 Commercial Ave., exhibition features Menth’s www.museumofnwart.org.

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OUT & ABOUT “JUST ENOUGH”: The show of small format artworks continues through Nov. 4 at the River Gallery, 19313 Landing Road, between Conway and La Conner. The show features small-format paintings, sculptures and glass by 32 artists, including Alfred Currier, Anne Schreivogl, Robert Gigliotti and others.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For information, call 360-466-4524 or visit www.rivergallerywa.com.

happening. Free, but reservations are required. Call 360-650-4529 or visit www. wce.wwu.edu/Resources/ NWCHE.

“BEARS TO BARNACLES: INCREDIBLE ANIMALS OF THE SALISH SEA”: Dr. Joe Gaydos, SeaDoc chief scientist and wildlife veterinarian, will speak about the web of life in our coastal ecosystem at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Hear about some of “SMOKE, PROPS & MIRthe biggest, longest-living RORS”: A mixed media and most unusual animals installation by Zack Bent in the Salish Sea, as well A show of new work by is on display through Nov. Peregrine O’Gormley will as the unexpected connec6 at the Skagit Valley Colopen with a reception from tions between land and sea lege Art Gallery, located in 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. that Gaydos and collabothe Gary Knutzen Cardinal 3, and continue through rators uncovered in their Center, 2405 E. College Nov. 25 at Smith & Vallee recent landmark compilaWay, Mount Vernon. In his Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., tion of all the birds and work, Bent uses photogra- Edison. Gallery hours are mammals of the Salish Sea. phy, sculpture and videos 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, that are “often mythic Wednesday through or library.cityofanacortes. translations of his home, his Sunday. 360-766-6230 or org. family and the stuff he col- www.smithandvallee.com. lects.” The gallery is open “SHALL WE PLAY THAT from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ONE TOGETHER?: THE presidential elections, and Monday through Friday. an assessment of how 2012 LIFE & ART OF JAZZ 360-416-7812. was unlike other U.S. elec- PIANO LEGEND MARIAN MCPARTLAND”: 3 p.m. tions. The discussion will LECTURES Sunday, Nov. 11, Anacortes also consider how Barack Public Library, 1220 10th AND TALKS Obama and Mitt Romney are perceived overseas, and St., Anacortes. Paul de BarWORLD ISSUES ros, jazz columnist for the how American attitudes FORUMS: Western Washington University presents about their elections com- Seattle Times, will discuss his new biography of Maripare to attitudes held by speakers on a variety of an McPartland, a living legcitizens in other democratic global issues. Unless otherend in the annals of piano wise noted, all events take nations. jazz. Born in England place from noon to 1:20 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: and schooled in classical p.m. Wednesdays in the piano, McPartland made Noemi Ban will speak at Fairhaven College Audimusic history, appear6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in torium, 516 High St., Belling with Duke Ellington, ingham. Free. 360-650-2309 Arntzen Hall, Room 100, Thelonious Monk, Ben at Western Washington or www.wwu.edu/depts/ University, Bellingham. On Webster and other jazz Fairhaven. the 74th anniversary of the luminaries. Among her Next up: greatest accomplishments Krystallnacht, or “Night Nov. 7: “The 2012 U.S. is National Public Radio’s of Broken Glass,” the Election: A Domestic and Global Perspective”: Todd Auschwitz-Birkenau death esteemed “Piano Jazz,” a camp survivor will tell how program she started in 1979 Donovan, professor of she lost most of her family and hosted for 32 years. At political science, Western age 92, McPartland continWashington University will in the Nazi death camps, ues to serve as the show’s present a postelection over- and how she shares her view on what was “normal” story to inspire current and artistic director. Free. 360future generations to preabout the 2012 election, 293-1910, ext. 21, or library. vent similar genocides from cityofanacortes.org. compared to previous

‘FIRE’

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Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Local JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: historian Penny Hutchison The Scot Ranney Trio will Buse will be the featured perform from 2 to 3 p.m. speaker at 10 a.m. The event Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Ana- will also include displays by cortes Public Library, 1220 local groups on the history 10th St., Anacortes. Free. of Port Susan, natural places, birds and wildlife of the MORE FUN area. Free admission, cider, coffee and apple pastries.

DIA DE LOST MUERFor information, contact TOS: Enjoy a Day of the Dead costume contest and Scott Chase, Island County Shore Stewards, 360-387a screening of the film 3443, ext 258.

“Macario” at 7:30 p.m. today, Nov. 1, at the Lincoln MODEL TRAINS IN ANATheatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. “Macario” CORTES: The Anacortes was adapted from the novel & Fidalgo Model Railroad Club will hold its 17th annu“The Third Guest” by B. al open house from 10 a.m.

Traven, reclusive author to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunof “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.” In the film, day, Nov. 3-4, in the basement at 419 Q Ave., Anaa poverty-stricken peascortes. The entrance is on ant makes a deal with the devil and receives magical the north side of the building. The club’s wall-to-wall, powers. When his use of 1,000-square-foot layout feathe powers causes him to tures both HO- and N-scale be shunned by others, he layouts and rolling stock, as reneges on his bargain, well as a narrow-gauge line, with disastrous results. along with hundreds of rail El Dia de Los Muertos cars and locomotives set in Ofrenda will be set up in various time periods from the theater auditorium. the 1930s to the present, Attendees are invited to bring offerings to remember based loosely on Anacortes, Fidalgo Island and the surand honor their ancestors. $10 per family suggested rounding area. Free. For more information, contact donation. 360-336-8955 or Doug at 360-293-9639 or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Steve at 360-293-9235.

PORT SUSAN: PAST, LADIES NIGHT OUT: PRESENT AND FUTURE: Skagit Valley Gardens will Celebrate the history and natural beauty of Port Susan host Ladies Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. from 9 a.m. to noon Satur15, at 18923 Peter Johnson day, Nov. 3, at the Camano

Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy appetizers, spirits, door prizes, music, shopping and more. $5. Proceeds benefit The Forgotten Children’s Fund. 360-424-6760.

STAR PARTY: Explore the night sky and view distant galaxies, planets and nebulas beginning at dark Friday, Nov. 9, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. No telescope is needed and all ages are welcome. Dress warmly.

Canceled if cloudy. Free. For information, call Dan Pullen at 360-679-7664 or visit www.icas-wa.webs.com.

KIDS’ GIANT GARAGE SALE: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 10, Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Kids ages 18 and younger will sell gently used and new books, games, toys, sports equipment and more. Tables available for $15. Free admission. 360755-9649.

MODEL RAILROAD OPEN HOUSE: The WhatcomSkagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. The club operates large, permanent HO- and N-scale model railroad layouts. Admission is by donation to help continue building the layouts. www. whatcomskagitmrc.org.

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Karen will be demonstrating the wonders of painting on silk. Everyone will get to try their hand at silk painting on a prepared scarf. At the end of the day, one lucky visitor will win the silk scarf.

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