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Skagit Valley Herald Thursday November 8, 2012

George Lucas

Reviews

Roger Ebert

A landmark 40-year filmmaking career rooted in rebellion

Music: Aerosmith, Etta Britt, Ne-Yo Video Games: “Halo 4”

Spielberg explores the political side of Abraham Lincoln in “Lincoln”

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Arthur Christmas”: The animated film about Santa’s son saving Christmas is not a perfect gift, but it does feature enough holiday cheer and silly fun to make it more entertaining than 10 lords a-leaping. It helps that the film also has a warm message about how tradition should never be sacrificed for efficiency’s sake. First-time film director Sarah Smith creates an up-tempo — at times frantic — pace for most of the movie.

The story occasionally gets bogged down by the script from Peter Baynham and Smith. Arthur’s long trip to deliver the last gift could have used fewer pit stops. But the script does have a nice blend of jokes aimed at kids and adults, and it is filled with so many visual gags they can finally all be appreciated now that the film is on DVD. “Call the Midwife: Season One”: This is the original version of the series that aired in Britain before coming to America via public television. The series, based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, is a beautiful, heart-touching and occasionally funny look at a young midwife working in one of the poorest sections of London during the 1950s.

The young woman’s eyes are opened to the real world when she must deal with everything from a woman on her 25th pregnancy to a 15-year-old pregnant prostitute. Jessica Raine turns in a masterful performance to highlight this brilliant series.

“Entourage: The Complete Series”: Fans of this HBO series — based loosely on the association of executive producer and series creator Doug Ellin with actor Mark Wahlberg — is a mustown for fans of the show. If you aren’t a fan, this is a great way to power watch your way through a series that offers a look behind the curtain of the life of a successful Hollywood actor. Crisp and clever writing combined with a strong cast — especially Jeremy Piven as agent Ari Gold — make this set worth owning.

If that wasn’t enough, it comes with six hours of bonus material.

“Sunset Boulevard”: Billy Wilder’s film debuts on Blu-ray.

“The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams: Season One”: Dan Haggerty plays TV mountain man.

“Law & Order: The Eleventh Year”: Full season of the long-running TV crime drama.

“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father: The Second Season”: Bill Bixby stars.

“Chilly Christmas”: Story of how holiday miracles can come true.

Your ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION guide to what’s going on in Skagit County and THE surrounding areas

Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

NOV. 13 Brave - Disney Savages - Universal The Watch - Fox

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NOV. 20 The Expendables 2 - Lionsgate NOV. 27 The Apparition - Warner The Day - Anchor Bay Lawless - Anchor Bay ParaNorman - Universal NOV. 30 Men in Black 3 - Sony Sparkle - Sony DEC. 4 Beasts of the Southern Wild - Fox Butter - Anchor Bay Hope Springs - Sony The Odd Life of Timothy Green - Disney DEC. 11 The Bourne Legacy - Universal Ice Age: Continental Drift - Fox Ted - Universal

Scot Ranney Trio to perform Sunday at the Anacortes Public Library

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DEC. 18 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - Fox 10 Years - Anchor Bay Trouble With the Curve - Warner

SUBMISSIONS Email features@skagitpublishing.com vrichardson@skagitpublishing. com (recreation items)

DEC. 21 Arbitrage - Lionsgate Premium Rush - Sony

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“Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer”: Comic’s Las Vegas stand-up routine.

“American Restoration: Volume 2”: Rick Dale shows he can restore almost anything.

“Christmas With Danny Kaye”: Includes two holiday episodes of Kaye’s TV show.

“Javier Bardem 3-Film Collection”: Includes “No Country for Old Men,” “Biutiful” and “Mondays in the Sun.” “They Live”: John Carpenter’s thriller is available on Blu-ray.

“Narrow Escapes of World War II”: Documentary on exploits that shaped WWII outcome.

“What Happened To Kerouac?”: A look at what happens when fame and notoriety are thrust upon a reticent man.

“Rags to Riches: The Mary Pickford Collection”: Set celebrates 120th anniversary of her birth. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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

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COMMUNITY Anacortes w The annual Veterans Day celebration will begin at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Causland Memorial Park, 710 N Ave., Anacortes. The celebration will then move to the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center, 100 Commercial Ave., where it will continue until 1 p.m. Participants will include Town crier Richard Riddell, Fidalgo Artillery, NAS Whidbey Color Guard, Jazz Underground, Anacortes Masonic Lodge, American Legion and others. Free. 360-293-3134 or www.portofanacortes.com. w 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in the basement at the Anacortes Eagles hall, 901 Seventh St., Anacortes. Join the veterans and ladies auxiliary for a full turkey dinner in honor of Veterans Day. Suggested $5 donation. 360-2939218.

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360-734-6080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

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Bellingham w The public is invited to a Veterans Day ceremony from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in the Viking Union multipurpose room at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The event will include several guest speakers followed by a reception. The Viking Union Art Gallery, room 507, will feature art created by veterans and a display of veteran uniforms. Parking will be available in WWU parking lots from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (this does not include reserved or disability parking spaces). 360-650-7545. w The Ron Davenport Memorial Chapter 165 Vietnam Veterans of America will present the eighth annual Musical Salute to Veterans at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Mount Baker Theatre Main Stage, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. The show will honor six local veterans, nominated by their fellow veterans based on their outstanding service. Local musical performers will fill the theater with songs and music that inspired our nation’s soldiers during war and peacetime. $15-$24 plus handling fees, free for uniformed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves and National Guard.

Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 12. The items listed here are several ways to honor veterans around the area over the course of the next several days.

will include a welcome from Mayor Jill Boudreau, invocation and benediction by Pastor Ron Deegan, a performance by the Mount Vernon High School Band, color guard from SedroWoolley American Legion Post 43, and a military flyover at 10:15 a.m. Capt. Steve Deal, commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN, and Robert Lougee, Disabled American Veterans, will be the guest speakers. For information, call Richard Sundance, 360-420-4046, or Kirk Duffy, 360424-1154. w The Mount Vernon Lions Club will present a display of U.S. flags to honor all past and present military personnel on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, at Lions Park, 501 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon. Donations will be accepted to replace worn existing flags and expand the present display. 360-424-1888. w A service to honor military veterans, both active and retired, will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Avon United Methodist Church, 13743 Avon Allen Road, Mount Vernon. The event will also honor those who have fallen in the line of duty. Included in the service will be the unveiling of the church’s official Veterans Remembered Flag and a salute to its inventor, the late Jim Parks, U.S. Navy veteran from World War II. 360-424-3070.

Burlington

360-420-4046 or www.dav.org.

w The 17th annual Burlington Veterans Day Parade will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, proceeding down Fairhaven Avenue from Walnut to Regent Street. Master Sgt. Shane Inman, U.S. Marine Corps, and Sgt. First Class Fred Wahlgren, U.S. Army, will be the grand marshals for the event, which will include representatives from local veterans groups, marching bands, a U.S. Navy fly-over and more. 360-5402920. w Skagit Valley Chapter 59 of the Disabled American Veterans will hold a Forget Me Not drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Fred Meyer store in Burlington. Forget Me Not drives provide funds to support

w The Navy League will present a Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Oak w The third annual Veterans Harbor High School PerformDay Parade will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, down Main ing Arts Center, 950 NW Second Ave., Oak Harbor. The keynote Street, in Concrete. Participants and spectators are welcome. For speaker will be RADM Bill information, contact Kris at 360- McDaniel, who was in charge of 708-3904 or email voigtkris@aol. the hospital ship Mercy during the tsunami that hit Thailand in com.

2004. Music by DayBreak Trio, First United Methodist Church Mount Vernon Choir, Oak Harbor High School w The City of Mount Vernon Singers and All-Island Commuwill hold a Veterans Recognition nity Band. Free. 360-675-3755.

Ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, w The first Oak Harbor VeterNov. 10, at St. Joseph Center, ans Day Parade will get under 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. way at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, Following a complimentary on Pioneer Way in downtown breakfast for veterans and their Oak Harbor. Sponsored by families at 8 a.m., the ceremony Whitehead-Muzzall VFW Post

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7392. For information or to participate in the parade, call 360672-8339.

Region, state w In recognition of Veterans Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks Saturday through Monday, Nov. 10-12. During this weekend, the Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks. The pass is still required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. www.parks. wa.gov. w The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management will offer free admission at locations that usually charge admission fees during Veterans Day weekend, Saturday through Monday, Nov. 10-12. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise. www.nps.gov or www.blm.gov. w Applebee’s restaurants nationwide will thank our nation’s veterans and active duty military personnel by offering them a free meal on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, at their neighborhood Applebee’s location. Proof of current or former military service is required.

Burlington: 188 Cascade Mall Drive, 360-757-1414.

Oak Harbor: 31810 Highway 20, 360-679-6100.

Bellingham: 1069 E. Sunset Drive, 360-671-6000.

Sedro-Woolley w S-W Community Troop Support will continue to collect care package items for the 2012 Christmas Campaign through Veterans Day, Nov. 12. Letters and tax-deductible cash donations are especially welcome and are used to purchase needed items and pay shipping expenses.

They can be mailed to SWCTS, P.O. Box 817, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, or visit www.swcommunity troopsupport.com for more information.

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MOVIES

George Lucas’ filmmaking rooted in rebellion

By CHRISTY LEMIRE, MICHAEL LIEDTKE and RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — There’s no mistaking the similarities. A childhood on a dusty farm, a love of fast vehicles, a rebel who battles an overpowering empire — George Lucas is the hero he created, Luke Skywalker.

His filmmaking outpost, Skywalker Ranch, is so far removed from the Hollywood moviemaking machine he once despised, that it may as well be on the forest moon of Endor.

That’s why last week’s announcement that Lucas is selling the “Star Wars” franchise and the entire Lucasfilm business to The Walt Disney Co. for more than $4 billion is like a laser blast from outer space.

Lucas built his film operation in Marin County near San Francisco, largely to avoid the meddling of Los Angeles-based studios. His aim was to create artistic independent films.

Today the enterprise has far surpassed the 68-year-old filmmaker’s original goals. The ranch covers 6,100 acres and houses one of the industry’s most acclaimed visual effects companies, Industrial Light & Magic. Lucasfilm, with its headquarters now in San Francisco proper, has ventured into books, video games, merchandise, special effects and marketing. Just as Anakin Skywalker became the villain Darth Vader, Lucas —once the outsider— had grown to become the leader of an empire.

“What I was trying to do was stay independent so that I could make the movies I wanted to make,” Lucas says in the 2004 documentary “Empire of Dreams.” ”But now I’ve found myself being the head of a corporation … I have become the very thing that I was trying to avoid.”

After last week’s blockbuster sale announcement, Lucas expressed a desire to give away much of his fortune, donate to educational causes and return to

ABOVE: George Lucas poses in Las Vegas in a portrait publicizing the 2008 movie he wrote and produced, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

March 13, 2008 / AP

LEFT: George Lucas (left) and Mark Hamill, who portrayed young Luke Skywalker, are shown on the salt flats of Tunisia during principal photography of the original “Star Wars.”

1976 / Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM via AP

the experimental filmmaking of his youth. Still, the move stunned those who’ve followed him. He’d contemplated retirement for years and said he’d never make another “Star Wars” film.

Dale Pollock, author of the 1999 biography “Skywalking,” said Lucas disdained the Disney culture in interviews he gave in the 1980s, even though he admired the company’s founder. “He felt the corporate ‘Disneyization’ had destroyed the spirit of Walt,” Pollock said.

Growing up in the central California town of Modesto, the independent streak was strong in young Lucas. The family lived on a walnut ranch and Lucas’ father owned a stationery store. But, like the fictional Luke, George had no interest in taking over the family business.

Lucas and his father fought when George made it clear that he’d

rather go to college to study art than follow in his father’s footsteps.

Lucas loved fast cars, and dreamed that racing them would be his ticket out. A near-fatal car crash the day before his high school graduation convinced him otherwise.

“I decided I’d better settle down and go to school,” he told sci-fi magazine Starlog in 1981.

As a film student at the University of Southern California, he experimented with “cinema verite,” a provocative form of documentary, and “tone poems” that visualized a piece of music or other artistic work.

The style is reflected in some of the short films he made at USC: “1:42:08” focused on the sound of a Lotus race car’s engine driving at full speed and “Anyone Who Lived in a Pretty How Town,” inspired by an e.e. Cummings poem. In later interviews, Lucas described his early films as “visual exercises.”

Lucas’ intellectual explorations led to an interest in anthropology, especially the work of American mythologist Joseph Campbell, who studied the common thread linking the myths of disparate cultures.

This inspired Lucas to explore archetypal storylines that resonated across the ages and around the world.

Lucas’ epic battle with the movie industry began after Warner Bros. forced him to make unwanted changes to an early film, “THX 1138”. Later, Universal Pictures insisted on revisions to “American Graffiti” that Lucas felt impinged on his creative freedom. The experience led Lucas to insist on having total control of all his work, just like Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney in their heyday.

“In order to get my vision out there, I really needed to learn how to manipulate the system because the system is designed to tear you down and destroy everything you are doing,” Lucas said in an interview with Charlie Rose.

He shopped his outline for “Star Wars” to several studios before finding a friend in Alan Ladd Jr., an executive at 20th Century Fox. Despite budget and deadline overruns, and pressure from the studio, the movie was a huge success when it was released in 1977. It grossed $798 million in theaters worldwide and caused Fox’s stock price at the time to double.

In one of the wisest business moves in Hollywood history, Lucas cut a deal with distributor Fox before the film’s release so that he could retain ownership of the sequels and rights for merchandise.

He figured in the 1970s that might mean peddling a few T-shirts and posters to fans to help market the movie. Over the decades, merchandising has formed the bedrock of his multibillion-dollar enterprise, resulting in a bonanza for Lucas from action figures, toys, spinoff books and other products.

Industrial Light & Magic, the unit he started in a makeshift space in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys, moved to the ranch in north-

ern California and lent its prowess to other movies. It broke ground using computers, motion-controlled cameras, models and masks. Its reach is breathtaking, notably among the biggest science fiction movies of the 1980s: “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Poltergeist,” “Back to the Future,” “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” and more.

“Between him and (Steven) Spielberg, they changed how movies got made,” said Matt Atchity, editor-in-chief of movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.

Lucas helped make the tools that were needed for his films. ILM developed the world’s first computerized film-editing and musicmixing technology, revolutionizing what had been a cut-and-splice affair. Pixar, the imaging computer he founded as a division of Lucasfilm, became a world-famous animated movie company. Apple’s Steve Jobs bought and later sold it to Disney in 2006.

But the goliath Lucas created began to weigh on him.

Fans-turned-critics felt the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy he directed fell short of the first films. Others believed his revisions to the re-released classics undid some of what made the first movies great.

Giving up his role at the head of Lucasfilm may shield him from the fury of rebellious fans and critics. He said in a video released by Disney that the sale would allow him to “do other things, things in philanthropy and doing more experimental kind of films.”

“I couldn’t really drag my company into that.”

Still, Lucas is not planning on going to a galaxy far, far away.

Speaking on Friday night at Ebony magazine’s Power 100 event in New York, Lucas said: “It’s 40 years of work and it’s been my life, but I’m ready to move on to bigger and better things. I have a foundation, an educational foundation.

I do a lot of work with education, and I’m very excited about doing that.”

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THIS WEEKENDin the area 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.

CARNIVAL AT THE MALL Children’s Museum of Skagit County will present an indoor carnival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10-11, at the Cascade Mall, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington.

Enjoy main-stage performances, face painting, games and prizes, bouncy house and slide, Zorb Balls, sweet treats and more. Includes free and paid activities. 360-757-8888 or www.skagit childrensmuseum.net.

CHILI COOK-OFF

Jazz at the library

The Scot Ranney Trio will perform from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360-2931910, ext. 30, or www.jazz atthelibrary.com.

The Camano Island Chamber of Commerce will present the 17th annual Chili Chowder Cook-Off from 3 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $10 admission covers 10 tastes, and the public is invited to vote for their favorite chili, chowder and best decorated booth. Raffle, live music and live art auction at 5:30 p.m. Beer and wine available for purchase. Free shuttle from parking at Utsalady Elementary School, 608 N. Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. 360-629-7136.

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. 360-755-9649.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

Aerosmith “Music From Another Dimension”

If Aerosmith’s definition of the sound of “another dimension” is indeed true, the world is a much less mystical place than we would like to believe. Rather than offering previously unimaginable tones and visions, “Music From Another Dimension” delivers riffs, cliches, solos, yowls and a virtual banquet of the same one-dimensional tropes Aerosmith has been offering for years.

Mixed in, however, are a few gems that might be considered worthy additions to the band’s catalog were they offered without such grand promises.

It’s not that Aerosmith’s first studio album of all-new material in 11 years doesn’t rock. It’s loud, brash and proves that vocalist Steven Tyler can still yelp (and occasionally sing), the dueling guitars of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford can still find big blues-based riffs, and drummer Joey Kramer still hits hard, keeping pace with bassist Tom Hamilton.

But there are only so many original combinations of blues riffs and sexual boasts one can deliver in a single lifetime. And “Another Last Goodbye” sounds like a “Weird Al” Yankovic parody of its power ballad “Dream On.” Whatever dimension Aerosmith has claimed to visit, it certainly wasn’t a new one. n Randall Roberts, Los Angeles times

Cody ChesnuTT “Landing on a Hundred”

You remember Cody ChesnuTT: He’s the guitar-slinging soul man who came up with the killer riffage on “The Seed,” the deathless track off his 2002 double-album debut “The Headphone Masterpiece” that appeared in altered form on the Roots’ “Phrenology” (and is still a centerpiece of the band’s live show).

“Landing on a Hundred” is ChesnuTT’s

first full-length album in a decade, and like his debut, it’s a self-released effort by the Atlanta native that genre-blends R&B, soul and rock, filtered through its auteur’s gruff and sweet vocal maneuvers and his idiosyncratic sensibility. n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Paul Buchanan “Mid Air”

Everything seems to move at a glacial pace in Paul Buchanan’s world. His band the Blue Nile released only four somber, majestic albums between 1984 and 2004, including 1989’s classic “Hats,” and “Mid Air” is the Scotsman’s first solo release. In contrast to the Blue Nile’s carefully textured, synth-based arrangements, “Mid Air” is a bare-bones affair, just piano and Buchanan’s understated baritone, with strings or distant synthesizer tones gracing a few of the sparse tracks.

These heartbroken love songs contain nearly as much silence as sound: they’re full of pauses and gently fading chords. They share an intimacy and an after-hours sobriety with the sentimental ballads of Tom Waits: they can be maudlin, but they’re earnest. Buchanan is a master of singing slowly, every-so-slightly behind the beat, and “Mid Air” is captivating and commanding in its quietude.

prise, though — maybe the hopeless chap doesn’t just live inside his own head. And this is the poppiest album ever released by a Joy Division habitu; the jingling details of “No Mistakes” and the vaguely ragtime guitars of “Arise Awake” are musical magnetic poetry, much like the Notwist’s “Neon Golden.” In the song called “Young Again,” the line “jobs are disgraceful” could even be construed as political. n Dan Weiss, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Etta Britt

Sanabria uses to manufacture energy, or the otherworldy wailing on didgeridoo that trombonist Chris Washburne indulges in.

At the heart of this fiery congregation sits Sanabria, who fashions the music as pulsing, muscular and hard-hitting, like the horns that come off big on the ululating rhythms of “Jump Shot.” There’s a soft ballad side on “Over the Rainbow” with singer Charanee Wade, a 2010 Monk competition first runner-up, and a kind of English-Spanish rap for a fellow New Yorker, Cubanborn bandleader Mario Bauza.

“Out of the Shadows”

n Karl Stark, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Out of the Shadows” is a title that aptly describes what is going on here: This is the debut album by a singer who has made a career, going back to the late ’70s, of being a backup vocalist. It may be a long time coming, but Etta Britt has certainly made the most of her chance.

The Nashville-based Britt shows the kind of versatility that has made her a singer’s singer, while still lending the album a cohesive feel. She goes toe-to-toe with Delbert McClinton as they tear through the roadhouse raveup “Leap of Faith,” but she is equally at home uptown on the more smooth and sensual R&B of “High.” Country-soul comes to the fore on a standout version of “The Chokin’ Kind,” but the set’s rootsy thrust also gives way in a couple of places to elegant piano-and-strings ballads.

“R.E.D.”

Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo has said that the follow-up to his coolly received 2010 concept album “Libra Scale” represents a kind of creative retrenchment — an effort “to just get back to the basics,” as the R&B star recently told Vibe Vixen magazine.

You get some of that from the first two songs on “R.E.D.,” both of which Ne-Yo cowrote with Shea Taylor, who also produced.

“Cracks in Mr. Perfect” and “Lazy Love” share an up-close intimacy with tunes Taylor has made with Beyonce and Frank Ocean, and the album’s third cut, “Let Me Love You (Until You Love Yourself),” seems designed to remind us of simpler times by n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer recycling a portion of its title from the 2004 n Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer Mario hit that was one of Ne-Yo’s first big Paul Banks songwriting successes.

“Banks” Bobby After that, though, “R.E.D.” doesn’t really stick to the idea of less is more. In “Don’t Sanabria As sulk-rock Make ’Em Like You” the singer teams with Big Band throwbacks, the Wiz Khalifa for a relatively bumptious hip“Multiverse” band Interpol hop track, while “Forever Now” and “Shut ran out of ideas Me Down” extend Ne-Yo’s flirtation with Connections so quickly that pulsating dance music. Tim McGraw even go deep for the all it has taken joins him for a lightly country-fried duet percussionist is a solo hodgein “She Is,” repaying a favor Ne-Yo did leader Bobby podge to actually make their lead singer McGraw on the latter’s “Emotional TrafSanabria, a self-proclaimed Nuyorican from sound fresh again. Where the comparative fic.” The sound narrows again in “Stress the Fort Apache section of the South Bronx, dourness of their indie-band peers the Reliever,” another lovely Taylor production whose big band harks back to the volupNational could be attributed to bad ecobuilt atop a minimal deep-space drum beat. tuous Latin jazz bands of yore. nomic times, Banks’ “Banks” was unlikely But it only cleanses your palate for more There’s also a modernizing thing going to have a title track that lambasted Big flavors to come. on, like the splashes of free piano that Corporate.

Enrique Haneine lays down, the chaos that n Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times The dryly hilarious “I’ll Sue You” is a sur-

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Halo 4’

Platform: Xbox 360 Genre: Shooter Publisher: Microsoft ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 4.5 stars (out of 5) I had my feet firmly planted in the classic “Halo” camp, happy that developer Bungie had left the fates of Master Chief and Cortana nebulous and uncertain.

Then I played “Halo 4” by new developer 343 Industries, and darned if I’m not giddy to re-enter the fight to save humanity after I was ready to leave it for dead at the end of “Halo: Reach.”

A new enemy has risen in the wake of Master Chief’s four-year cryosleep. He awakens to new dangers and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana, nearing the end of her shelf life. Multiple story threads pull the adventure in captivating new directions, so playing through the 10-hour campaign is both fun and visually stunning. Just know that you’ll have to dedicate a massive chunk of your console’s hard drive to the mandatory game installation.

343 did an excellent job of keeping the layout and playing experience similar to Halo’s predecessors, so there was not a huge logic gap from previous games to this one.

Developers also made small but noticeable tweaks to put their stamp on the franchise (gun loadouts, multiplayer modes, etc.) and nothing feels wasted or overdone.

Once in multiplayer, the familiar tropes await. The Forge map creator remains one of the most robust and enjoyable aspects of this series, and the ability to customize just about anything is outstanding.

New releases

‘Medal of Honor: Warfighter’

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Genre: Shooter Publisher: EA Games ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 2.5 stars “Medal of Honor: Warfighter” disappoints because this franchise used to steer the wheel of innovation in military shooters, but now it relaxes in the back seat. There’s nothing to hate about “Warfighter,” but nothing stands out, either, and that is telling.

The classic tropes of first-person shooters are here: Run to cover, pick off evildoers, watch occasionally dramatic cutscenes, partake in a high-speed chase, bomb enemy encampments. These events are par for the course, but while enjoyable, they never raise the bar.

The game’s only standout mission features one part stealth and another part driving. I loved the mission’s originality, even if it’s surrounded by stereotypical missions of crawling through snow or pelting enemy forces from the relative safety of an armored helicopter.

While all the online multiplayer modes are done well, the Fireteam mode is truly outstanding. This two-man-team system requires cooperation and rewards tactical play.

Legions will probably buy this release, but I doubt anyone will deem it wildly compelling. n Follow Chris Campbell @campbler or email him at game_on_games@mac.com.

rated T) n DragonBall Z Budokai HD Collection (Xbox 360 and PS3, rated T) n Mass Effect 3 (Wii U, rated M) n Nickelodeon Dance 2 (Xbox 360 and Wii, n Freakyforms Deluxe: Creations Alive (3DS, rated E) rated E) n Big Time Rush (Wii and DS, rating pending) n History: Legends of War Patton (Xbox 360, n Karaoke Joysound (Wii, rated E10+) PS3 and PS Vita; rated T) n Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Wii, rated E) n NASCAR The Game: Inside Line (Xbox 360, n Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (3DS, PS3 and Wii; rated E) rated E) n LittleBigPlanet: Karting (PS3, rated E) n Rayman: Origins (3DS, rated E) n Mass Effect Trilogy (Xbox 360 and PC, rated Ragnarok: Tactics (PSP, rated T) M) n Midway Arcade Origins (Xbox 360 and PS3, n Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader

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GET INVOLVED ART CALL FOR ARTISTS: Skagit Art Association has 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.

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.

p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. A child and their special adult will learn basic hand-building techniques and surface decoration while working together on animalinspired mugs and plates.

Pieces will be fired and ready for pickup two weeks after the workshop. For children ages 6 to 12 and adults of all ages. $75 per parent/child pair, $30 each additional child. Includes clay, glazes and firing. john

painting class for beginners from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 10-11, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Classes include demonstrations and hands-on practice. $165, plus $20 materials fee or bring your own. Limited enrollment. Preregistration required: 360-464-2229 or www.anacortescenterfor happiness.org.

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 visit www.altatheatre. com.

Avenue. Check out winter waterfowl, now arriving in our forest ponds and lakes for a safe place to rest and feed. Free. 360-293-3725 or www.friendsoftheacfl.org.

RESTORE SALMON HABITAT: Help Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group restore local salmon habitat at scheduled planting parties. Dress for the weather and bring knee boots and gloves. Snacks MUSIC and porta-potties provided.

PIANO MASTER CLASS: SEEKING VENDORS: MIXED MEDIA COLTo sign up, call 360-336NUNO-FELT WORKAward-winning pianist Vendors of high-quality LAGE WORKSHOP: with SHOP: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 Denis Kozhukhin will pres- 0172 or email sfeg@skagithandmade arts and crafts Sylvia K. Griffin, 1 to 4 p.m. ent a free master class from fisheries.org. p.m. Saturday and Suncan submit applications Sunday, Nov. 11, at Anchor Next up: day, Nov. 10-11, at Tower 5 to 7 p.m. today, Nov. 8, in through Nov. 9 for the 12th Saturday, Nov. 10: Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Art Space, 216 Commercial the Western Washington annual Burlington Holiday Ave., Anacortes. Explore a Dugualla Bay, Oak HarDrive, Guemes Island.

University Performing Fine Arts and Gift Show, variety of fun collage activbor.

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Take Learn how to laminate Arts Center Concert Hall, set for Friday and Saturday, ities, suitable for the whole Frostad Road east off of wool with sheer fabrics Bellingham. Winner of the Nov. 16-17, at the BurlingHighway 20, about 5 miles and then felt all the mate- family. Inspired by the Queen Elisabeth Competiton Parks and Recreation south of Deception Pass. rials together. Participants poetry and language in the tion in Brussels, the RusCenter, 900 E. Fairhaven current exhibit, old book Continue going straight at should leave with one or sian-born Kozhukhin will Ave., Burlington. For two scarves and the knowl- pages and found materials kick off the WWU Sanford- the stop sign where Frostad information or an appliwill be used to create perturns into Dugualla Road. edge to continue making Hill Piano Series’ “Seacation, call 360-755-9649 sonal designs in the form Park along the road at the nuno felt at home. Bring son of Pure Gold” with a or visit http://recreation. your own fabric; wool and of bookmarks and more. concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, planting site. ci.burlington.wa.us.

ART CLASSES: Choose other supplies will be pro- $5 suggested donation. All Nov. 9, in the PAC Concert materials provided. RSVP from painting, photography, vided. $195. 360-293-8878 THEATER Hall. 360-650-6146.

MR. YUK POSTER CONto info@anchorartspace. fiber and 3D art workshops or www.towerartsstudio.

IMPROV CLASSES: TEST: Young Washington org. taught by professional art- com.

Awaken the spontaneity artists ages 6 to 12 are RECREATION ists at the Pacific Northwithin with free improv invited to create poison FREE PARK ADMISWest Art School, 15 NW PAPER PLAYSHOPS: AUDITIONS classes taught by Sheila safety-awareness posters SION: In recognition of Birch St., Coupeville. For Join Kari Bishay to get cre“STEEL MAGNOLIAS”: Goldsmith of Improv for the Washington Poison information and a complete ative and “play with stuff” Auditions will be held from Veterans Day, the WashPlayworks. Registration Center’s 2012 Mr. Yuk ington State Parks and schedule: 360-678-3396 at the Anacortes Center for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday and required: 360-756-0756 or Poster Contest. Entries on Recreation Commission or www.pacificnorthwest Happiness, 619 Commer2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. www.improvplayworks. the theme “Be Safe With will offer free admission artschool.com. cial Ave., Anacortes. Work- 10-11, at Anacortes Comcom.

Mr. Yuk!” must be postto all state parks Saturday shops are held from 2 to 4 munity Theatre, 911 M Adults and teens: 7 to 9 marked by Jan. 4, 2013. A through Monday, Nov. ART CLASSES: Dakota p.m. Sundays. All materials Ave., Anacortes. Parts are p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 15, at $500 grand prize and four 10-12. During this weekArt offers a variety of art are provided. $15 each, $40 available for six women: Improv Playworks Studio, $100 runner-up prizes will end, the Discover Pass classes and workshops at for all three. Preregistratwo 20-something, two 302 W. Illinois St., Bellingbe awarded. All contest will not be required to 17873 Highway 536, Mount tion required: 360-464-2229 40-something and two participants will receive enter state parks. The pass ham.

Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. or www.anacortescenter60-something. Auditions a small gift from Mr. Yuk is still required to access 5, or www.dakotaartcenter. forhappiness.org. will be cold readings from in the mail. The winning WORKSHOPS lands managed by the Next up: com. the script. The play will design will be featured as Washington Department Little Books: Nov. 18.

QUILTING FOR BEGINrun Jan. 15-Feb. 16, 2013. the poster for Washington of Fish and Wildlife and CLAY CLASSES: Ceram- Create and embellish three For information, contact NERS: Learn how to hand Poison Prevention Week in ic artist Sue Roberts offers different little books: a the Department of Natuquilt from 9 a.m. to 12:30 director Judy Hendrix at March. Contest rules and perfect little photo album, 360-293-5544 or visit www. ral Resources. www.parks. a variety of classes and p.m. Mondays at the Conthe required entry form a notebook made with workshops at Tower Arts wa.gov. crete Center, 45821 Railacttheatre.com. are available online at Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, recycled papers and a third road Ave., Concrete. Bring www.wapc.org. one that opens up to form SENIOR HIKE: Join Guemes Island. For infora flat edge thimble, round“ARMS AND THE MAN: a star. mation, call 360-293-8878 An Anti-Romantic Com- Friends of the Forest from needle puller, small scissors ART CLASSES or visit www.towerartsstuedy”: The Alger Lookout 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. and No. 9 go-betweens ACRYLIC PAINTING FOR Thespian Association will 9, for a tour of the Little dio.com.

FAMILY ART DAYS quilting needles. Tips and BEGINNERS: Award-winNext up: AT MoNA: Skagit Artists technique how-tos on the hold auditions at 6:30 p.m. Beaver Pond loop trail in ning artist Jennifer BowAnacortes. Meet at the end last Monday each month.

Parent & Child Clay Together and the Museum Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunman will offer a weekend of 29th Street, west off of D 360-853-8400.

Workshop: 9:30 a.m. to 3 of Northwest Art offer day, Nov. 17-18, at Alger

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Bazaars in the area

cafetorium and gym, 301 Burlington Blvd., Burlington. More than 150 vendors JOSEPHINE BAZAAR: Josephine Sunset will offer a variety of items. Proceeds benefit the B-EHS Band Program. For Home’s annual bazaar will be held from information, email becraftfair@hotmail.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 9901 272nd Place NW, Stanwood. Free admis- com. sion. Lunch and beverages will be avail HARVEST MARKET/CRAFT FAIR: The able for purchase. 360-629-2126, ext.

Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market Harvest 146.

Market and Craft Fair will be held from ARTS & CRAFTS: The Anacortes Senior 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Activity Center will hold its annual Holiday the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St. Check out new and your favorArts and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 3 ite vendors for holiday goodies and gift p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10, at 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. The show will shopping. Vendor booths: $17. Contact include 30 vendors, along with bake, book Jeremy, 360-202-7311. and white elephant sales. Light lunch will be available for purchase. 360-293-7473. HOLIDAY CRAFT & GIFT BAZAAR: Camano Center’s annual Holiday Craft and Gift Bazaar will take place from 9 HOLIDAY ARTS/GIFT SHOW: The a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to annual Burlington Holiday Fine Arts and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17-18, at 606 ArrowGift Show will be held from noon to 6 head Road, Camano Island. Choose from p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, and 10 a.m. to 4 a wide variety of handmade crafts and p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave., gifts, baked goods and more. Lunch will Burlington. Handmade items only. Booths, be available for purchase. Free admis$40; register by Nov. 9. Visit http://recre- sion. 360-387-0222. ation.ci.burlington.wa.us or call 360-755 CHRISTMAS CRAFT BAZAAR: The 9649.

Skagit Valley Eagles Auxiliary will hold its Christmas Craft Bazaar from 10 a.m. to CRAFT FAIR: The 22nd annual Burlington-Edison High School Band Booster 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at 119 N. Cherry St., Burlington. Tables are available for Craft Fair will take place from 8:30 $10 plus one donated item for the Auxila.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Burlington-Edison High School fieldhouse, iary table. 360-391-9741.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area November 8-15

TUNING UP Playing at area venues November 8-15

Thursday.8

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

COMEDY

Comedy Night with Nigel Lawson, David Crowe and Michelle Westford : 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.ana cortesH2O.com.

FRIDAY.9 Teresa Tudury (alt-country): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Equal Opportunity: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

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

360-766-6266.

THEATER

“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.

Michelle Westford

Friday.9

“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.

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

“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.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

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

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

The Scott Cossu Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

COMEDY NIGHT WITH NIGEL LAWSON, DAVID CROWE AND MICHELLE WESTFORD 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

Saturday.10

Sunday.11

IMPROV

MUSIC

Whidbey Improv Team: 7 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $10. 360-679-2237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band present the 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison Concert: 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20. 425-2203903 or www.thehaynieopry.com.

THEATER

“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.

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

“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.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

“Jazz at the Library”: Scot Ranney Trio, 2 to 3 p.m., Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 30.

“Musical Salute to Veterans”: 2 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre Main Stage, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. Eighth annual show will honor six local veterans, nominated by their fellow veterans based on their outstanding service. Presented by the Ron Davenport Memorial Chapter 165 Vietnam Veterans of America. $15-$24 plus applicable fees, free for uniformed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves and National Guard.

360-734-6080 or www.mountbaker theatre.com.

PUPPETRY

“The Magic of Chinese Puppetry”: Dragon Art Studio, 1 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $5 suggested donation. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.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.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave.: Pearly Blue (Friday), The Howdy Boys (Saturday) Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave.: The Stilly River Band (Friday), The Shed Boys (Saturday) H20, 314 Commerical Ave.: Spoonshine Duo with special guest Geoffrey Castle (Friday), Spoonshine Duo with special guest Danny Barnes (Saturday) www.anacortesrockfish.com/brewgrass.cfm

David Crowe

THURSDAY.8

MUSIC

THEATER

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

360-422-6411.

NINTH ANNUAL BREWGRASS!, ANACORTES • 9 P.M.-12:30 A.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOV. 9-10

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

Denis Kozhukhin: Sanford-Hill Piano Series, 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham. $9-$24. 360-6506146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

Kirtan with Dave Stringer: 8 p.m., Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $15-$25. www.brownpaper tickets.com.

Monday-Tuesday.12-13 No events submitted

Wednesday.14 THEATER

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

SUNDAY.11 DUDLEY TAFT BAND 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.10 The D’Vas: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

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

Thursday.15

Blues Union: 9 p.m. to midnight, Packers Lounge at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www. semiahmoo.com.

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band present the 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison Concert: 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20. 425220-3903 or www. thehaynieopry.com.

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

360-422-6411.

Classic Roads (classic rock, country): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood.

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

Wreckless Spenders: 8:30 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-424-7171 or www.maxdales.com.

Prozac Mountain Boys (Northwest bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

MUSIC

“Music from the British Isles”: WWU Wind Symphony, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham. Free. 360650-3130 or www.wwu.edu/music.

THEATER

“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.

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

SUNDAY.11 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.14 Puirt na Gael (traditional Celtic instrumentals): 3 to 6 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360-3362884.

Dudley Taft Band (blues, rock): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

360-445-3000.

Mount Vernon High School jazz bands: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. Proceeds benefit the MVHS Jazz Program.

360-336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre. org.

Stilly River Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

THU.15 Amara Grace and Phil Nakano: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area November 8-15

TUNING UP Playing at area venues November 8-15

Thursday.8

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

COMEDY

Comedy Night with Nigel Lawson, David Crowe and Michelle Westford : 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.ana cortesH2O.com.

FRIDAY.9 Teresa Tudury (alt-country): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Equal Opportunity: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

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

360-766-6266.

THEATER

“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.

Michelle Westford

Friday.9

“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.

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

“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.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

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

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

The Scott Cossu Trio: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10.

360-445-3000.

COMEDY NIGHT WITH NIGEL LAWSON, DAVID CROWE AND MICHELLE WESTFORD 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360-755-3956 or www.anacortesH2O.com.

Saturday.10

Sunday.11

IMPROV

MUSIC

Whidbey Improv Team: 7 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $10. 360-679-2237 or www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band present the 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison Concert: 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20. 425-2203903 or www.thehaynieopry.com.

THEATER

“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.

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

“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.riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

“Jazz at the Library”: Scot Ranney Trio, 2 to 3 p.m., Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 30.

“Musical Salute to Veterans”: 2 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre Main Stage, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. Eighth annual show will honor six local veterans, nominated by their fellow veterans based on their outstanding service. Presented by the Ron Davenport Memorial Chapter 165 Vietnam Veterans of America. $15-$24 plus applicable fees, free for uniformed members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves and National Guard.

360-734-6080 or www.mountbaker theatre.com.

PUPPETRY

“The Magic of Chinese Puppetry”: Dragon Art Studio, 1 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $5 suggested donation. 360-941-0403 or www.concrete-theatre.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.

Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave.: Pearly Blue (Friday), The Howdy Boys (Saturday) Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave.: The Stilly River Band (Friday), The Shed Boys (Saturday) H20, 314 Commerical Ave.: Spoonshine Duo with special guest Geoffrey Castle (Friday), Spoonshine Duo with special guest Danny Barnes (Saturday) www.anacortesrockfish.com/brewgrass.cfm

David Crowe

THURSDAY.8

MUSIC

THEATER

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

360-422-6411.

NINTH ANNUAL BREWGRASS!, ANACORTES • 9 P.M.-12:30 A.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOV. 9-10

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

Denis Kozhukhin: Sanford-Hill Piano Series, 7:30 p.m., Western Washington University Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Bellingham. $9-$24. 360-6506146 or www.tickets.wwu.edu.

Kirtan with Dave Stringer: 8 p.m., Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. $15-$25. www.brownpaper tickets.com.

Monday-Tuesday.12-13 No events submitted

Wednesday.14 THEATER

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

SUNDAY.11 DUDLEY TAFT BAND 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.10 The D’Vas: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360-7666266.

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

Thursday.15

Blues Union: 9 p.m. to midnight, Packers Lounge at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. www. semiahmoo.com.

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band present the 1969 Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison Concert: 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $20. 425220-3903 or www. thehaynieopry.com.

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

360-422-6411.

Classic Roads (classic rock, country): 9 p.m. to midnight, Cyndy’s Broiler, 27021 102nd Ave NW, Stanwood.

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Wreckless Spenders: 8:30 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. No cover.

360-424-7171 or www.maxdales.com.

Prozac Mountain Boys (Northwest bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-4453000.

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“Music from the British Isles”: WWU Wind Symphony, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham. Free. 360650-3130 or www.wwu.edu/music.

THEATER

“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.

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

SUNDAY.11 Bow Diddlers: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

WEDNESDAY.14 Puirt na Gael (traditional Celtic instrumentals): 3 to 6 p.m., Skagit River Brewery, 404 S. Third St., Mount Vernon. 360-3362884.

Dudley Taft Band (blues, rock): 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7.

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Mount Vernon High School jazz bands: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $6. Proceeds benefit the MVHS Jazz Program.

360-336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre. org.

Stilly River Band: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360588-1720.

THU.15 Amara Grace and Phil Nakano: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

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TRAVEL

Canyoneering presents a unique, euphoric experience

By CHARMAINE NORONHA Associated Press

SALOME CANYON, Ariz. — I was about to follow a man I’d just met through a sweltering desert, into the crevices of a canyon, over wet boulders, down a waterfall, through a bone-chilling creek, down rock faces and up through the desert again.

“Sometimes while you’re in the canyon, you won’t be able to hear me,” said my (hopefully) trustworthy canyoneering guide Chuck Chapman as I and three others embarked on a canyoneering adventure in Tonto National Forest, a sprawling desert landscape about 75 miles from Phoenix. “If I tap my helmet along the way, I expect you to respond by tapping yours to tell me you’re OK.” Several things raced through my mind in response as we prepared to throw caution, and apparently our bodies, to the wind and rock face of Salome Canyon.

Such as: When are you not OK when you are lowering yourself into a canyon? If you are not OK, would Chapman realize before it’s too late?

Also: Was staying out until 3 a.m. the night before doing this really Charmaine Noronha / AP the best idea? Did the wet suit make me look fat?

Hikers in wetsuits and helmets wade in Salome Creek in Salome Canyon, in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. The sport of canyoneering includes hiking, climbing, sliding and wetsuit-wading but can be tackled by Should I really have eaten novices accompanied by an experienced guide. two slabs of chocolate for

If you go Salome Canyon: Easily reached by car, located about 75 miles from Phoenix.

Tours: By 360 Adventures, www.360-adventures.com, $400 for one person, $200 for each additional person; groups of four or more are $200 per person.

Fee includes permits, park entry fees, skilled guides, transportation, gear, wet suits, safety equipment, lunch, water, snacks and dry day packs. Hiking time, five hours, but the expedition lasts a few hours longer due to breaks for snacks and dinner.

Tips: Wear comfortable hiking shoes (but not boots) with good grips or consider buying waterresistant hiking shoes, and wear a bathing suit under your wet suit.

breakfast?

And was the world ready for “127 Hours, Part Deux?” I certainly was not.

Then Chapman added, “But you should be fine,” and motioned us to follow him on my first foray into canyoneering.

Canyoneering started in Europe during the 1970s, but it’s probably best-known from the 2010 film, “127 Hours” in which James Franco portrayed Aron Ralston, a real-life canyoneer whose arm got stuck under a boulder in a remote slot canyon in Utah.

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TRAVEL Ralston was eventually forced to amputate his own arm to free himself.

As harrowing as that sounds, canyoneering, while exciting, can be done safely — and without too much difficulty — by the average person in the company of an experienced guide. I was a novice in all that it entails: rock climbing, bouldering, rappelling and wet suit wading.

The idea of the sport is to navigate a canyon using water flow as your trail, down into waterfalls, creeks, and whirlpools.

While canyoneering hot spots include Mexico’s Copper Canyon, Colorado, the Pyrenees in Spain, the Blue Mountains in eastern Australia, New Zealand and Costa Rica, Utah reigns supreme as a destination for the sport, with Arizona as a close rival.

As we hiked the Saguaro cactus-studded desert of Tonto park toward the salmon-, rust- and whitespeckled sandstone of the canyon, the landscape’s appeal was obvious. The expanse of wilderness stretched out beyond where the eye could see; an eagle glided through the cloudless sky, dipping into and out of the Sierra Ancha Mountain range.

An hour or so after we began our hike, we were in the chilly Salome Creek.

Wearing wet suits and helmets, our gentle descent and careful balancing over slippery, small rocks, gave way to crab-crawling, scrambling, sliding and gliding over wet granite boulders.

It was like a real-life game of Tetris as we descended from one boulder to the next, through

crevices and slender slots, problem-solving as we went along, becoming one with the canyon.

The Arizona desert sun, which often feels hot enough to fry an egg on concrete, turned deceptive as we headed down, sometimes glistening on the water, sometimes hiding behind rock peaks and leaving the creek in dark, chilly shadows.

The water temperature was a cool 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celsius), and the chill intensified when we approached a small waterfall. The only way down was to channel our Spider-Man senses and attempt to latch onto the slabs of rock face buttressing the waterfall before we shot down the gushing water into the creek.

Shouts of “Wheee!” soon turned into “Aaaah! It’s

freezing!”

We waded through, then after a short lunch break, climbed up the rocks to undertake what would be the highlight of the five-hour adventure: rappelling. Harnessed to an unyielding point above, we slithered over narrow juts in the rock, our backs literally up against the rock wall, high above the water, before reaching the spot where we would glide down.

As a first-time rappeller, my heart raced, in a good way, as I latched onto the wiry rope. I slid down, feeling all Indiana Jones-like up in this temple of beauty.

We were never in a dangerous spot, so I never needed to tap my helmet to let the guide know I was OK. But I did appreciate the opportunity to tap into the world of canyoneering.

Charmaine Noronha / AP

Charmaine Noronha rappels over Salome Creek.

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Local travel SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for participants ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

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.

Country Village and Garden D’Lights: 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, departing from Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Visit the historic Country Village Shops in Bothell, home to more than 40 boutiques, specialty stores and cafes. After exploring the holiday-

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CAROLERS LUNCH CRUISE: Camano Center is offering a Dickens Carolers Lunch Cruise for seniors on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 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. 360-387-0222 or www.camanocenter.org.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: The Anacortes Public Library accepts U.S. passport applications from noon to 6:30 p.m.

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MOVIES

Spielberg examines the way Lincoln played politics

I

’ve rarely been more aware than during Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” that Abraham Lincoln was a plain-spoken, practical, down-to-earth man from the farmlands of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. He had less than a year of formal education, and taught himself through his hungry reading of great books. I still recall from a childhood book the image of him taking a piece of charcoal and working out mathematics by writing on the back of a shovel.

Lincoln lacked social polish, but he had great intelligence and knowledge of Roger human nature. The hallmark of the man, performed so Ebert powerfully by Daniel DayLewis in “Lincoln,” is calm self-confidence, patience and a willingness to play politics in a realistic way. The film focuses on only a few months of Lincoln’s life, including the passage of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, the surrender of the Confederacy and his assassination.

Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics.

Lincoln believed slavery was immoral, but he also considered the 13th Amendment a masterstroke in cutting away the financial foundations of the Confederacy. In the film, the passage of the amendment is guided by William Seward (David Strathairn), his secretary of state, and by Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), the most powerful abolitionist in the House. Neither these nor any other performances in the film depend on self-conscious histrionics; Jones in particular portrays a crafty codger with some secret hiding places in his heart.

The capital city of Washington is portrayed here as a roughshod gathering of politicians on the make. The images by Janusz Kaminski, Spielberg’s frequent cinematographer, use earth tones and muted indoor lighting. The White House is less a temple of state than a gathering place for wheelers and dealers. This ambience reflects the descriptions in Gore Vidal’s historical novel “Lincoln,” although the political and personal details in Tony Kushner’s concise, revealing dialogue are based on “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The book is well-titled. This is a film not about

‘LINCOLN’ HHHH

Abraham Lincoln............ Daniel Day-Lewis Mary Todd Lincoln.................... Sally Field William Seward............... David Strathairn Robert Todd Lincoln.. Joseph Gordon-Levitt W.N. Bilbo.......................... James Spader Francis Preston Blair............. Hal Holbrook Thaddeus Stevens......... Tommy Lee Jones n Running time: 149 minutes. MPAA rating: PG-13 (for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language).

an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his opponents as a hayseed from the backwoods.

Lincoln is not above political vote-buying. He offers jobs, promotions, titles and pork barrel spending. He isn’t even slightly reluctant to employ the low-handed tactics of his chief negotiators (Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, John Hawkes). That’s how the game is played, and indeed we may be reminded of the arm-bending used to pass the Civil Rights Act by Lyndon B. Johnson, the subject of another biography by Goodwin.

Daniel Day-Lewis modulates Lincoln. He is soft-spoken, a little hunched, exhausted after the years of war, concerned that no more troops die. He communicates through stories and parables. He has a lock on an Oscar nomination. At his side is his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field), who is sometimes seen as a social climber, but here is focused as wife and mother. Field is typically sturdy and spunky. She has already lost one son in the war, and fears to lose another.

This boy, Robert Todd Lincoln (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), refuses the privileges of family.

There are some battlefields in “Lincoln,” but the only battle scene is at the opening, when the words of the Gettysburg Address are spoken with the greatest possible impact, and not by Lincoln. Kushner also smoothly weaves the wording of the 13th Amendment into the film without making it sound like an obligatory history lesson.

The film ends soon after Lincoln’s assassination. I suppose audiences will expect that to be included. There is an earlier shot when it could have ended, of Lincoln walkDreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox via AP ing away from the camera after his amendment has been passed. The rest belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis, as President Abraham Lincoln, looks across a battlefield in history. the aftermath of a terrible siege in this scene from “Lincoln.”

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“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 “End of Watch” — One of the best police movies in recent years, a virtuoso joiniwng 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. HHHH “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

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Skyfall (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Wreck-It Ralph (PG): Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40, 8:50; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:25, 6:40 Argo (R): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 3:35, 6:50, 9:10; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:35, 6:50 360-293-7000

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Skyfall (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15; Monday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Wreck-It Ralph (PG): Friday-Sunday: 1:10, 3:20, 6:40, 8:50; Monday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:20, 6:40 Pitch Perfect (PG-13): Friday-Sunday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:05; Monday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:30, 6:50 360-279-2226

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Part 2 (PG-13): Thursday: 10 p.m.

Oak Harbor The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Nov. 9-11 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) and Brave (PG): 9 p.m. (NR): Saturday: 9:55 a.m.

Skyfall (PG-13): Friday-Thursday: 1:00, 360-675-5667 CONCRETE THEATRE Lost Airmen of Buchenwald: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 (free admission for veterans) Argo (R): 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9; 5 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10; 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 Tickets: $7 general admission, $9 balcony, $6 adults over 65 and kids under 12; $1 off all tickets on Sunday.

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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 “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 long-suffering wife, who is plenty fed up -- even before she discovers he has moved his family into the same house where horrifying

3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: Dr. Faustus (NR): Tuesday: 7 p.m.

Wreck-It Ralph (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:30, 3:55, 6:45, 8:50 Argo (R): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:25, 7:00, 9:20 Here Comes the Boom (PG): FridayMonday: 1:20, 3:35, 6:40, 8:55; Tuesday: 1:20, 3:35; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:20, 3:35), 6:40, 8:55 Looper (R): Friday-Wednesday: 1:25, 3:50, 6:50, 9:10; Thursday: 1:25, 3:50, 6:50 360-629-0514

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 “Skyfall” — “Skyfall” triumphantly reinvents 007 in one of the best Bonds ever made. This is a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon, with Daniel Craig taking full possession of a role he earlier played unconvincingly. The film at last provides a role worthy of Judi Dench, returning as M, who is one of the best actors of her generation. She is all but the co-star, with a lot of screen time, poignant dialogue, and a character who is far more complex and sympathetic than we expect.

In this 50th year of the James Bond series, with the dismal “Quantum of Solace”

(2008) still in our minds, I don’t know what I expected in Bond No. 23, but certainly not an experience this invigorating. If you haven’t seen a 007 for years, this is the time to jump back in.

Action, PG-13, 143 minutes.

HHHH “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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The story: a loving cou7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, ple, a few lost monsters and Nov. 9-10 a sweet transvestite from 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 transsexual Transylvania sing and dance through The crowd-pleasing French buddy comedy tells a sloppy salute to horror the true story of a wealthy, movies and sexual liberation. Bring your sense of physically disabled risk taker, the picture of estab- humor … and some toast lished French nobility, who (unbuttered, of course).

“Rocky Horror” prop lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned bags will be available for upside down when he hires $5.

Rated R; not recoma young, good-humored, mended for children under black Muslim ex-con as 16. Advance tickets: $10 his caretaker. Their bond general, $8 for Lincoln proves the power and members and groups of 10 omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all or more. Tickets will be $12 social and economic differ- at the door. ences.

Rated R. $10 general; NT Live: $9 seniors, students and ‘Timon of Athens’ active military; $8 members; 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 $7 children 12 and under.

Simon Russell Beale Bargain matinee prices takes the title role in (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and children 12 and under. ruin, written in collaborawith Thomas MiddleThe Met Live in HD: tion ton. The performance is ‘The Tempest’ part of National Theatre 9:55 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 Live, the best of British Composer Thomas Adès theater broadcast live to conducts the Metropolitan cinemas worldwide.

Wealthy friend to the Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon rich and powerful, patron Keenlyside starring as Pros- of the arts, ostentatious pero. Director Robert Lep- host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by freeloaders age recreates the interior and sycophants. He vastly of 18th-century La Scala outspends his resources but, in this inventive staging.

Includes pre-opera lecture finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward with Stassya Pacheco 30 that all will be well. When minutes before the start he calls upon his associates, time. instead of offering help, $23 adults; $19 seniors; they hang him out to dry. $16 students and children with $2 off for Lincoln The- After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a atre members. literal and emotional wasteliving off roots and ‘The Rocky Horror land, pouring curses on a morally Picture Show’ bankrupt Athens.

10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 $15 adults, $13 seniors The ultimate 1975 camp and $11 students, with $2 classic returns to the Linoff for Lincoln Theatre coln for a special Hallowmembers.

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OUT & ABOUT ART “WE REMEMBER JOHN SIMON”: Gallery Cygnus reintroduces John Simon’s artwork to the public in a show continuing through Nov. 26 at 109 Commercial St., La Conner. More than 30 paintings from the late artist’s estate will be presented. This work spans the artist’s career and has not been seen by the public since Simon’s death in 2010.

A second show of Simon’s art will open with a celebration during La Conner’s Final Friday Artwalk from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, and continue through Dec. 24.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787 or www.gallerycygnus.com.

Ridgway and Donald Simpson, continuing through Dec. 1, at the Allied Arts of Whatcom County Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Aparicio combines Victorian-era photographs of people with her own renditions of local architecture to create what she calls “Bellingham Gothic.”

Ridgway’s paintings focus on the places where man and landscape collide.

Simpson’s creative experiments in urban and landscape photography utilize traditional photography, panoramic, long exposure and texture techniques.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m.

Saturday. 360-676-8548 or www.alliedarts.org.

“HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS”: The show continMIXED MEDIA PAINTues through Jan. 1 at Rob INGS: A show of paintSchouten Gallery, 765 ings by La Conner artist Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Peter Belknap continues Twenty-four of the region’s through Nov. 30 at Anne finest artists have created Martin McCool Gallery, a variety of affordable 711 Commercial Ave., Ana- gifts: handblown glass, silk cortes. Gallery hours are 11 scarves, jewelry, sculpture, a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday ceramics, paintings and through Saturday. After prints and more. Gallery Thanksgiving weekend, hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the gallery will be open weekdays and 10 a.m. to Monday through Satur5 p.m. weekends, closed day. 360-293-3577 or www. Tuesdays. 360-222-3070 or mccoolart.com. www.robschoutengallery. com.

“FINDING BALANCE”: A show of new work by Joe “FIRE”: NEW WORK BY Menth continues through PEREGRINE O’GORMLEY: Dec. 4 at Raven Rocks The show continues Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, through Nov. 25 at Smith & Greenbank. The exhibiVallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey tion features Menth’s latest Ave., Edison. O’Gormley photo transfers on wood approaches the concept panels with encaustic. For of fire holistically. In this information, including gal- exhibition, fire becomes an allegory for the spirit and lery hours and directions, fade of life — fire gives call 360-222-0102 or visit us life and ultimately conwww.ravenrocksgallery. sumes us as we return to com. ash. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday “THIS TOWN”: The through Sunday. 360-766Allied Arts Juried Artist 6230 or www.smithand Series will feature work from Anita Aparicio, David vallee.com.

LUMMI ISLAND STUDIO TOUR: The Lummi Island Artists’ Holiday Studio Tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10-11.

More than 18 artists and craftspeople will offer their work at a dozen locations around the island. Check out paintings and drawings, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, glass art, quilts and clothing, photography and more. Call 360-758-7121 or 360-758-2815 or visit www. lummi-island.com.

MIRA KAMADA: OILS

A show of Mira Kamada’s abstract oil paintings with a botanical flair continues through Dec. 4 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., 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 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or www.scottmilo.com. Pictured: “Autumn Fantasia” by Mira Kamada.

TULIP FESTIVAL POSTER UNVEILING: Meet poster artist Karen Sistek from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon. Pick up a free required invitation at the Tulip Festival office, 311 W. Kincaid St., or any branch of Whidbey Island Bank. 360-428-5959 or www.tulipfestival.org.

www.museumofnwart.org.

OAXACAN RUGS: Ginny Darvill will present a show and sale of naturally dyed, handwoven Oaxacan wool rugs and weavings from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Janet Laurel Studio, 605 Maple Ave., La Conner. Darvill buys directly from Vida Nueva Women’s Weaving Cooperative in Teotitlán del Valley, Oaxaca, and sells at cost to ART GLASS DISCUSSION: “Pilchuck Reunion”: support the women’s work.

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. The cooperative of mostly 10, Museum of Northwest single women provides ecoArt,121 S. First St., La nomic and artistic opportuConner. Joey Kirkpatrick nities for women, support and Flora Mace will lead a in everyday challenges and discussion with artists who service to the community. made the Pilchuck Glass Janet Laurel’s Día de los School famous. $15, $10 Muertos paintings will also members. 360-466-4446 or be on display. 360-424-5854.

their interpretation of the paintings on display during the Downtown Art Walk Friday evening, Dec. 7.

Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $10, $8 student/ senior/military, $4.50 children ages 5 and younger, free for museum members.

360-778-8933 or www.what commuseum.org.

“STRANDS: DRAW, CUT, STITCH, WRITE”: An exhibition by visual and literary artists continues through Nov. 18 at Anchor HOLIDAY ARTS/GIFT Art Space, 216 Commercial SHOW: The annual BurlAve., Anacortes. The show ington Holiday Fine Arts brings together artists and and Gift Show will be held poets to convey a collecfrom noon to 6 p.m. Friday, tive reflection of living in a Nov. 16, and 10 a.m. to 4 challenging social and envip.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at ronmental era. the Parks and Recreation Exhibiting artists are Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Eve Deisher and Ann Reid.

Ave., Burlington. HandParticipating poets include made items only. Booths, Lana Hechtman Ayers, $40; register by Nov. 9.

Anita K. Boyle, Matthew Visit http://recreation.

Brouwer, Nancy Canci.burlington.wa.us or call yon, Karen Finneyfrock, 360-755-9649.

Kathleen Flenniken (Poet Laureate of Washington), “CALIFORNIA IMPRES- Maria McLeod and Susan SIONISM, SELECTIONS Rich.

FROM THE IRVINE MUSEGallery hours are noon UM”: The exhibit will open to 5 p.m. Friday through Saturday, Nov. 17, and con- Sunday. www.anchorart tinue through Feb. 17, 2013, space.org. at the Whatcom Museum, 250 Flora St., Bellingham.

QUILTED ART: Two The show features 50 paint- new quilt shows continue ings from the Impressionist through Dec. 20 at the La Period (1890-1930) showConner Quilt & Textile casing an array of CaliforMuseum, 703 Second St., nia landscapes, from coastal La Conner. beaches to vast deserts.

“Material Men: InnovaAlso called California plein tion & The Art Of Quiltair painting, California making”: The exhibit Impressionism focused on showcases the work of 16 capturing the special light male quilters and the many and color of the state’s innovations in design, landscape and helped to technique and materials define modern landscape these men have brought to painting. the traditionally “women’s n Jean Stern will present work” of quilting. a lecture about the exhibit “Best of the Festival”: at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Check out the quilts that n “Impressions Improv”: were juried and judged Enjoy a night of improvisa- to be the best at the 2012 tion by local poets, dancers Quilt Festival. In addition and musicians performing to the Best of Show, the

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OUT & ABOUT exhibit also includes the top entries in the traditional and nontraditional pieced quilts, wearable arts, eco-green and embellished categories.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Regular admission: $7, $5 students and military, free for members and children ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or www.laconnerquilts.com.

rators uncovered in their recent landmark compilation of all the birds and mammals of the Salish Sea. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes. org.

to increase bird activity in your own yard. Free. 360336-8753.

SKAGIT TOPICS: “HARVEST OF SHAME”: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Skagit County Histori“SHALL WE PLAY THAT cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The event ONE TOGETHER?: THE will feature a viewing of LIFE & ART OF JAZZ the controversial Edward PIANO LEGEND MARIAN R. Murrow documentary MCPARTLAND”: 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 11, Anacortes on migrant farm workers, followed by a discussion Public Library, 1220 10th on the current situations St., Anacortes.

Paul de BarLECTURES impacting farm workers. ros, jazz columnist for the AND TALKS Free with museum admisSeattle Times, will discuss HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: his new biography of Mari- sion. $4, $3 seniors and Noemi Ban will speak at an McPartland, a living leg- children ages 6 to 12, $8 families, free for members 6 p.m. today, Nov. 8, in end in the annals of piano and children ages 5 and Arntzen Hall, Room 100, jazz. Born in England younger. 360-466-3365 or at Western Washington and schooled in classical www.skagitcounty.net/ University, Bellingham. On piano, McPartland made museum. the 74th anniversary of the music history, appearKrystallnacht, or “Night ing with Duke Ellington, MARITIME SPEAKER of Broken Glass,” the Thelonious Monk, Ben SERIES: Author Joe Upton Auschwitz-Birkenau death Webster and other jazz will discuss his latest book, camp survivor will tell how luminaries. Among her “Bering Sea Blues: A Crabshe lost most of her family greatest accomplishments ber’s Tale of FEAR in the in the Nazi death camps, is National Public Radio’s Icy North,” at 4 p.m. Satand how she shares her esteemed “Piano Jazz,” a story to inspire current and program she started in 1979 urday, Nov. 17, at the Anafuture generations to preand hosted for 32 years. At cortes Public Library, 1220 vent similar genocides from age 92, McPartland contin- 10th St., Anacortes. Upton spent 20 years as a comhappening. Free, but reser- ues to serve as the show’s vations are required. Call artistic director. Free. 360- mercial fisherman and fish 360-650-4529 or visit www. 293-1910, ext. 21, or library. buyer in Alaska. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. wce.wwu.edu/Resources/ cityofanacortes.org. cityofanacortes.org.

NWCHE. BIRDS, YARD HABI“BEARS TO BARMORE FUN TAT & BEYOND: Craig NACLES: INCREDIBLE and Joy Johnson will be MODEL RAILROAD ANIMALS OF THE SALISH the guest speakers at the OPEN HOUSE: The SEA”: Dr. Joe Gaydos, Skagit Audubon Society Whatcom-Skagit Model SeaDoc chief scientist and meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Railroad Club will host an wildlife veterinarian, will Nov. 13, at the Padilla Bay open house from 11 a.m. speak about the web of life Interpretive Center, 10433 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in our coastal ecosystem Bayview-Edison Road, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. Mount Vernon. Watercolor Alger. The club operates 9, at the Anacortes Public artist and photographer large, permanent HO- and Library, 1220 10th St., Ana- Craig Johnson and writer N-scale model railroad cortes. Hear about some of Joy Johnson have created layouts. Admission is by the biggest, longest-living and published four books donation to help continue and most unusual animals building the layouts. www. containing colorful, closein the Salish Sea, as well whatcomskagitmrc.org. up photographs of birds. as the unexpected connec- Enjoy a virtual tour of the tions between land and sea Johnsons’ yard and beyond, ROCKY HORROR PICthat Gaydos and collaboand get simple suggestions TURE SHOW: Enjoy a

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Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Rated R. Not recommended for children under 16. $10, $8 members. Add $5 for a Rocky Horror prop bag.

360-336-8955 or www.lin colntheatre.org.

HOLIDAY BALL & AUCTION: The Mount Vernon Rotary Club will host “An Evening Under the Stars” at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a fine Northwest dinner, entertainment and lively bidding on a variety of items to benefit Rotary service projects locally and around the world. For tickets or information, visit www.mount vernonrotary.com.

NEW MOON FAMILY DRUM CIRCLE: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 13, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The Rev. Elke Macartney will lead the event to drum in new ideas and drum out the old.

Bring your hand drums and rattles or borrow hers. Suggested donation: $5-$10.

360-464-2229 or www.ana cortescenterforhappiness. org.

LADIES NIGHT OUT: Skagit Valley Gardens will host Ladies Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at 18923 Peter Johnson Road, Mount Vernon. Enjoy appetizers, spirits, door prizes, music, shopping and more. $5.

Proceeds benefit The Forgotten Children’s Fund.

360-424-6760.

HOLIDAY FARMERS MARKET: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,

Nov. 17-18, at the Port of Anacortes Warehouse, 100 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Shop for produce, cheese, honey, bread, pies, sweet treats, fudge, jams, syrups, mustards, granola, local meats, jewelry, clothing, fabric art, wood carvings, home decor, pottery, handcrafted soap, candles, brooms, knitted hats, scarves, socks and more.

Door prizes and live music all day. Free admission. www.anacortesfarmers market.org.

BROADWAY MOVIE CLIPS: Hollywood sound man and Academy Award nominee Nick Alphin will present clips from some of his favorite Broadway movies at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Free. 360293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org.

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