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OUT & ABOUT Check out the Mount Vernon Downtown Association First Thursday Art Walk

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THIS WEEKENDin the area BIER ON THE PIER The sixth annual event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2-3, at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center, 100 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Enjoy beer from some 30 breweries, six cideries, food, live music and more. Ages 21 and older only. Admission: $25 advance, $30 at the door; two-day pass, $45 advance, $50 at the door. Includes commemorative glass and six taste tokens. Tokens for additional tastes will be available for purchase.

Free admission for designated drivers. 360-2937911 or anacortes.org/beer.

DINNER/AUCTION Burlington Rotary’s annual dinner and auction, “Melt the Ice With Warm Hearts,” will be held from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Swinomish Casino & Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. Enjoy dinner and bidding on a wide variety of donated goods, services and more. $80, includes dinner and two libations. 360-770-4986 or burlingtonrotary.org.

Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms The 17th annual Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4. Check out educational exhibits, gardening demonstrations, farm tours, kids’ activities, corn and hay mazes, farm animals, pumpkin patches, free samples and more. Free admission and parking. Optional $25 VIP festival pass provides access to exclusive VIP farm activities and goodies, including a bag filled with Skagit goods and coupons. farmtour.com.

GREEN, BLACK & WHITE TAILGATE NIGHT Mount Vernon Youth Football Association’s 22nd annual Dawg Dinner and Auction will begin at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, at Bertelsen Winery, 20589 Starbird Road, Mount Vernon. A preview and silent auction will begin at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and a live auction at 7 p.m. Tickets, information: 360-982-3083 or jparunakul@gmail.com.

NW CHOCOLATE FEST The 2015 Northwest Chocolate Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, at Bell Harbor, Pier 66, 2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle. The event will feature dozens of chocolate exhibitors and vendors, and about 70 seminars, workshops, tastings and hands-on chocolate learning opportunities. Day pass: $30. Friends Pack (four adults): $90. Weekend pass: $50. VIP weekend pass: $125, includes early entry, Friday night awards party, full weekend pass and complimentary food truck snacks. nwchocolate.com.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

same name, features works by a handful of regional FIRST THURSDAY ART: artists who have created a Jennifer Bowman is the feashadowy museum of the tured artist for the Mount outré. Gallery hours are 10 Vernon Downtown Assoa.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday ciation’s First Thursday Art through Saturday. 360-734Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. today, 1340 or fourthcornerframes.

Oct. 1. Bowman’s paintings com. will be on display at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle NATURE-INSPIRED St. About 20 participating SCULPTURE: A show of downtown venues will host sculptures by Ann Morris work by local and regional artists during the event. 360- and Allen Moe will open with a reception from 5 to 336-3801 or mountvernon 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and downtown.org. continue through Oct. 31, at Smith & Vallee Gallery, FLORAL ART: The Chuckanut District Garden 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison.

Morris has always been Clubs will present “Let interested in how human life the Celebrations Begin,” a is interwoven with nature. juried floral design show In her Lummi Island studio, during the First Thursday she creates delicate, lightArt Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Oct. 1, at 307 First St., weight boats from materials Mount Vernon. Garden club gathered on walks in the members will exhibit a vari- woods and by the sea — ety of artistic floral designs seaweed, cedar, willow and and horticultural specimens. other organic matter.

Moe has lived and Free. worked in Skagit Valley, including the neighbor“DIVAS: ABOVE THE NECK”: The Anacortes Arts ing islands for 27 years.

Educated as a biologist, Commission will present Allen has carried that into the Fidalgo Island Quilters Divas’ fiber art show, open- his exploration as an artist using a variety of mediums ing during the First Friday — clay, skins/bones, encausArt Walk from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 2, and continuing tic and cast cement. His current castings were made from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at The Depot, 611 on sandbars less than a mile R Ave., Anacortes. The show from his shack on the Skagit will feature handcrafted jew- River Delta.

The gallery is open from elry and knitted and woven 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360scarves and hats. A portion 766-6230 or smithandvallee. of sales will benefit the com.

Anacortes Family Center. anacortesartscommission.

“PLAYIN’ FOR PENNIES”: com.

A show of oil paintings “THE NIGHT GALLERY”: by Chad Houtz will open with a reception from 6 to Check out an invitational show of eerie images open- 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and ing with a reception during continue through Oct. 31 at the Downtown Bellingham La Conner Seaside Gallery, 101 N. First St., La Conner.

Artwalk from 6 to 10 p.m.

Houtz explores the life of Friday, Oct. 2, and constreet musicians, a commutinuing through Oct. 31 at nity who, though in the pubFourth Corner Frames & lic eye, spend much of their Gallery, 311 W. Holly St., time in their own world.

Bellingham. “The Night 360-466-5141 or laconner Gallery,” a takeoff on Rod seasidegallery.com.

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MONOTYPES

A show of monotypes by Marie Powell will open with a reception during the First Friday Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, and continuing through Nov. 3 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Powell’s monotype prints include nautical, floral and abstract styles. Also featured are contemporary glass tables by Lanny Bergner, incorporating his signature “flame paint” technique on the wire mesh bases, as well as a selection of his woven wire mesh pieces. Oils by Brooke Borcherding, pastels by Amanda Houston, oils by Keith Sorenson and pastels

by Janice Wall round out the show. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com. Pictured: “Riding the Wave” by Marie Powell MONOTYPES & PLEIN AIR: A show of new work

by Kris Ekstrand Molesworth will open with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, and continue through Oct. 31 at Museo Gallery, 215 First St., Langley. The show includes monotypes and plein air paintings inspired by the islands and estuaries of Padilla Bay and the Skagit flats. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Monday. 360-221-7737

ville. Some 20 artists will show and sell a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional artworks, including both traditional and nontraditional art. Free admission. sarilynn9@yahoo.com or whidbeyalliedartists.com.

Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art, 1977-2015” will open Saturday, Oct. 10, and continue through Jan. 3 at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner.

Curated by Gail Tremblay and Miles R. Miller, the exhibit examines the evolution of the Contemporary Native American Arts Movement and the works of artists living in the Northwest, with emphasis on the Puget Sound and Plateau regions. Co-curator Gail Tremblay will discuss the exhibit from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.

Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

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RIVER GALLERY: The River Gallery’s 2015 Fall Fine Art Show continues through Oct. 18 at 19313 Landing Road, Mount Vernon. The gallery is showcasing some 200 small works by 32 local artists, including paintings, sculptures, glass and jewelry. Specially featured are sculptures by Robert Gigliotti and a collection of small bird paintings by various artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. rivergallerywa.com.

A FEAST OF PAINTINGS: New paintings by Maggie Wilder are on display through Nov. 1 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial, La Conner. Can paint be delicious? Can the image of ARTISTS’ OPEN HOUSE: food be enough to satisfy?

That’s Knot All Artists What does local food look Co-op will host an open like in local landscape? house starting at 11 a.m.

Find the answers to these Saturday, Oct. 24, at 128 and other painterly inquiFirst St., La Conner. Check ries. Gallery hours are noon out a varied selection of to 5 p.m. Friday through pottery, photography, glass, Sunday or by appointment. mixed media, calligraphy, 360-708-4787 or gallery painting, fiber art and jewel- cygnus.com. ry crafted by local artisans.

360-399-1660.

“INSPIRED BY NATURE”: A show featuring twoBILINGUAL MUSEUM dimensional work by Philip TOUR: The Museum of McCracken, three-dimenNorthwest Art, 121 S. First sional work by Peregrine St., La Conner, will offer a O’Gormley and fine jewelry Bilingual Spanish Exhibiby Doug Burton continues tion Tour at 1:15 p.m. Satur- through the end of the day, Oct. 24. Join educator year at the Burton GalMelody Young for a guided lery, 620 Commercial Ave., tour and discussion of the Anacortes. Gallery hours museum’s exhibitions. Tours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. are family-friendly and Monday through Saturday. geared for native speakers 360-293-6469 or burton as well as students of the jewelers.com. language. Free. 360-4664446 or monamuseum.org.

AUTUMN ARTS FESTIVAL: Immaculate Conception Regional School will host its annual Autumn Arts Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. The festival will feature a variety WHIDBEY ART & GIFT of handcrafted items, home SHOW: The Whidbey Allied decorations and jewelry, as Artists Art & Gift Show “BIG FAT FUN”: Quinn well as entertainment, food will be held from 10 a.m. to and hourly raffle drawings. K. Thompson is the fea6 p.m. Friday and Saturday Free admission. 360-421tured artist in a show at and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SunThe Shop, 18623 Main St., 0641 or icrsweb.org. day, Oct. 9-11, at the CoupeConway. Shop hours are 11 ville Recreation Hall, 901 CONTEMPORARY a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and NW Alexander St., Coupe- INDIGENOUS ART: “Not Saturday. 360-391-2691 or

LECTURES AND TALKS

LOCAL RADIO: “Speak Up! Speak Out!,” a halfhour weekly show committed to community, peace, justice and nonviolence issues, broadcasts at 5 p.m.

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OUT & ABOUT Wednesdays and 8 p.m.

Sundays on KSVR 91.7 FM (Mount Vernon), KSVU 90.1 FM (Hamilton), KMRE 102.3 FM (Bellingham) and KSJU 91.9 FM (Friday Harbor). speakupspeakoutradio. org.

“PICTURES OF THE PAST”: Elaine Walker, editor of “Pictures of the Past: Celebrating 125 Years of Anacortes History” by Wallie Funk, will present a slideshow at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., and at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Walker will discuss the making of the book and share many of the historic images published in it, as well as photos that were painfully left out. Books will be available for purchase.

Free admission. 360-2931915 or museum.cityof anacortes.org.

HORS D’OUEVRES & HISTORY: Chuck Fowler will discuss “Tugboats on Puget Sound” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27030 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.

Fowler, the author of several books and articles on maritime history in the Pacific Northwest, will speak and answer questions about this early transportation era in our state’s history. Free. 360629-6110 or sahs-fncc.org.

MUSIC “MR. TAMBOURINE MAN”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Paul “Buck” Stierle plays guitar and sings songs tracing Bob Dylan’s progress through folk, protest, rock and Christian music. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

LYNDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: The seventh annual

Lynden Music Festival will feature music by local, national and international artists in free and paid performances Tuesday through Sunday, Oct. 13-18. For a complete schedule and ticket information, visit lyndenmusicfestival.com.

of pets that aren’t able to attend. Free. 360-420-7380.

FALL AUCTION: The Anacortes Rotary Club will hold its annual fall fundraiser, “Corks, Kilts and Kegs,” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. Enjoy dinner MORE FUN and beverages from local PUMPKIN PATCH & wineries and breweries, a CORN MAZE: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Oct. 1-31, Foster’s live auction, raffle and Celtic Produce & Corn Maze, 5818 entertainment. $80. Tickets Highway 530 NE, Arlington. available through Rotary members or at corkskiltsandEnjoy u-pick pumpkins, kegs.com. More information: “Wizard of Oz” corn maze, animal barn, kids’ activities 360-391-2846 or kevinmeen and more. Additional activi- aghan@gmail.com. ties available for additional HOMELESS BENEFIT: fees. Free admission to the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church farm. Corn maze: $6, free for ages 3 and younger. 360-435- will host a concert to benefit Friendship House and 6516 or fosterscornmaze.

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Valley at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. GHOST WALK: The tenth 9, at 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy musical perannual Concrete Ghost formances by the St. Paul’s Walk for ages 16 and older choir and area youth musiwill begin at 6 p.m. every Saturday in October, depart- cians. Yard art sculpture raffle, art auction, food ($5 ing from the Concrete for dessert) and wine ($5 a Theatre, 45920 Main St., glass). $15 suggested donaConcrete. Indoor Ghost tion. 360-428-8522.

Stories will be offered at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the BENEFIT FILM SCREENtheater. Local residents — living and otherwise — will ING: The Lincoln Theatre will screen the 2000 black tell stories and legends of comedy “Sordid Lives” at the town’s past as you tour 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at 712 haunted hot spots. Dress for the weather and bring a S. First St., Mount Vernon. flashlight. $10. Reservations Enjoy premovie entertainment, giveaways from local required: 360-941-0403 or LGBT-friendly businesses concrete-wa.com. and from the writer and one of the stars of the movie. $15 BLESSING OF THE ANIsuggested donation. 360-399MALS: Trinity Anglican 7045 or hairandbodymecha Church will host a special nix@gmail.com. ceremony to bless pets and exotic animals in honor of EXPLORE THE NIGHT St. Francis of Assisi at 4 SKY: The Island County p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Astronomical Society will church, 1200 Cleveland host a free Star Party beginAve., Mount Vernon. Area residents and their pets are ning at dark Friday, Oct. 9, at Fort Nugent Park, 2075 invited to receive a blessSW Fort Nugent Road, Oak ing and explore church grounds. Refreshments and Harbor. Explore the night sky and view distant galaxhomemade pet treats will be served following the out- ies, planets and nebulas. No door service. Bring a picture telescope needed. All ages

welcome. Dress warmly. The event will be canceled if it’s cloudy. 360-679-7664 or icas-wa.webs.com.

FALL POWWOW: The Skagit Valley College Fall Powwow will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9-11, in the Dave DuVall Pavilion at Skagit Valley College, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a weekend filled with Native American drummers and dancers in full regalia from across the U.S. and Canada. The Grand Entry will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Activities will include dance performances by CeAtl Tonally Aztec dancers and Tlingit dance group Náakw, a kids’ corner for arts and crafts, and vendors selling traditional crafts, Native American art and food. Free admission. 360-540-3450 or svcpowwow.com.

ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES: Friends of Skagit Beaches and Trail Tales will present free feature-length films on issues relevant to our Puget Sound/Salish Sea waters at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Northwest Educational Services District Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes.

Short films made by young local filmmakers will lead off each screening. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for popcorn, drinks and to meet the filmmakers. Free. skagit beaches.org. Next up: Oct. 9: “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story”: After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, filmmakers Jen and Grant pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away.

Oct. 23: “Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian

of Her Samish People”: The Samish Indian Nation will screen their new 30-minute documentary that tells the story of the carving of the Maiden of Deception Pass story pole that overlooks Rosario Bay. The film includes interviews with Tracey Powell, who carved the pole, and tribal members there when it was installed, as well as footage from the installation and from Samish events and celebrations.

HISTORIC CEMETERY TOUR: Enjoy an historic tour of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery – the oldest cemetery in Skagit County – from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at 17666 Valentine Road, Mount Vernon. $10, $8 for Historical Society members.

360-466-3365 or skagitcoun ty.net/museum.

MUSHROOM SHOW: The Snohomish County Mycological Society will hold its 44th annual Fall Mushroom Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11, at Floral Hall in Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett.

Check out displays of freshly collected wild mushrooms, mushroom identification and more. Wild mushroom identification class begins at 1 p.m. Free admission. scms fungi.org.

“BREW ON THE SLOUGH”: Enjoy a Beer Crawl through La Conner from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, along historic First Street in downtown La Conner. Ten hosts will offer a unique blend of boutique shopping, rare finds, custom made treasures, getaway opportunities and culinary offerings. An “Oktoberfest After-Party” will follow at Anelia’s Kitchen and Stage. Tickets: $25, includes 10 pours from a variety of Pacific Northwest breweries.

The first 200 ticket holders will receive a souvenir tast-

ing glass. lovelaconner.com.

AUCTION & WINE TASTING: Soroptimist International of Fidalgo Island will host its 11th annual “Hallowine” Auction and Wine Tasting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Swinomish Casino and Lodge, 12885 Casino Drive, Anacortes. Enjoy a silent auction, wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres followed by a live auction. Tickets: $40 advance, $45 at the door. 360610-4526, 360-293-9892 or sifidalgoisland.blogspot.com.

LOBSTERS & MORE: “Lobsta Mania” is set for 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Enjoy a whole lobster dinner, live music and more. $25. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

“UNA FESTA SICILIANA”: The Northwest Language Academy and Cultural Center’s fifth annual NWLA Gala will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at a private residence on Sunlight Beach, Whidbey Island. Enjoy an evening of Sicilian food, music and culture, including a variety of traditional southern Italian food and wine, along with musical performances by tenor Frank Poretta, soprano Jennifer Poretta and mezzo soprano Eleni Matos. Tickets, information: 360-321-2101 or info@ nwlanguageacademy.com.

OLD MOVIES: Historian Bret Lunsford will offer a screening of short films from the Anacortes Museum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Check out a collection of short films shot in and around Anacortes between the 1930s and the 1960s. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityof anacortes.org.

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TELEVISION

By ROBERT LLOYD Los Angeles Times

Monday night, as prime time crept off to bed, Trevor Noah began his tenure as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”

His celebrated predecessor, Jon Stewart, had handed in his keys after 16 years, apparently to have a life, a decision some still regard as unfair to them and to America.

Life is change. Change is hard. Nothing I say about Noah here should be taken as anything more than a first impression. This is just the beginning of what, fingers crossed, will be a long voyage of discovery, and he is not even out of the harbor yet.

But he held the wheel steady, the ship did not run aground.

And it’s true of all new late-night talk show hosts that they are liable to be found wanting when they arrive. Armchair and professional critics alike are overly alert to the smallest fumbles, the pause that takes too long, the stumbled-over word; every joke that falls flat is like a bomb going off.

There is the sense, with every show that has become “historical,” that history is being made when a change like this happens, and that history might somehow end if the players are not up to the game.

Noah arrived with some extra baggage. He was roasted on the spit of social media for some unfunny jokes he posted on Twitter several years ago; he had appeared on “The Daily Show” only three times — they were all good bits — and is otherwise not especially well-known here.

And he comes from another continent and two other hemispheres and speaks with an accent.

And there’s this. Stewart, Noah said, was like our

Comfortable and confident Trevor Noah takes over as host of ‘The Daily Show’ … and survives

AP

In this image taken from video, Trevor Noah appears on the set of his new show, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” in New York. “political dad, and it’s weird, because dad has left, and now it feels like the family has a new stepdad. And he’s black.” But there were cheers.

His more significant disadvantage, as it would be anyone’s, is that our entire idea of a “Daily Show” host comes at the end of an equation that runs “Jon Stewart + time = most trusted man in fake news.”

With a couple of minor changes — new graphics, new desk — Noah’s first show kept everything in place. The theme song, the correspondents, the Moment of Zen.

The bent remains political. It is not a case, as in some late-night handovers, of a new broom sweeping clean.

He is charming and composed — almost inevitably low-key compared with the habitually antic and astonished Stewart, as Larry Wilmore is low-key compared with Stephen Colbert, whose old time slot his “Nightly Show” now occupies.

New correspondent Roy Wood Jr., in a bit about Mars, and returning correspondent Jordan Klepper, in a bit that conflated the John Boehner resignation

with Stewart’s, were more animated — but a certain amount of what Noah has to do is just partnering. Other people can yell.

As with every new host since the beginning of hosts, he was the least comfortable in the interview segment — with “comedic rock star” Kevin Hart. It made him seem young in a way the rest of the show did not. But even the old hands fail at it from time to time.

Noah acknowledged that offers were made to other people — women, Americans. But if he wasn’t a first choice, neither was he a last resort.

To think that there’s anything reckless in this choice, though he made a joke about that too, would be wrong. The franchise is too important to the network to throw at the first handsome 31-year-old biracial South African comedian who has had a movie made about him to come along.

The times cry for satire.

But we are not without political comedy, even putting aside the comedy the political world creates without any help from the professionals. There is John Oliver, doing his HBO variation on themes from “The Daily Show”; there is

a compact version of “The Colbert Report” embedded into the heart of his new “Late Show”; while Wilmore’s “The Nightly Show” is cool and confident. Do not panic!

What else? They covered the pope. There were more sex jokes than usual, it seemed to me. The host noted that some of his audience would be watching on their phones — it’s a new age.

“And the Mets made the playoffs,” Noah said to cheers. “I don’t know what that is, but Jon told me that would work.”

What a country!

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Spy”: Deskbound CIA analyst volunteers for an undercover mission. Melissa McCarthy stars. Director Paul Feig demonstrates with “Spy,” his latest collaboration with McCarthy, that “Heat” wasn’t a fluke.

It’s the controlled and creative performance from McCarthy that makes “Spy” work. Feig lets her have big comic moments and never pushes the character to cartoonish levels. That includes several fight scenes that McCarthy handles with action film star skills.

McCarthy turns in one of the funniest performances of her career in this espionage spoof. It’s one of the funniest films of the year.

“Entourage The Movie”: There was something slightly charming about the selfindulgence that was so rabid in the HBO series “Entourage.” It was OK to watch the group of knucklehead buddies make their way through the Hollywood swill of stardom and celebrity cameos because the guys were likable.

Now, the guys have gone big-time. The big-screen version of “Entourage” puts the longtime buddies in familiar Hollywood situations, except this time more could be spent on the swill. Instead of capitalizing on what made the TV show interesting — the guys’ friendship — the movie cranks up the special guests, tosses in some villains who look like Looney Tunes extras and spends too much time behind the scenes of the film world. “iZombie: The Complete First Season”: Rose McIver is part “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and part “Walking Dead” in this comic book-inspired series. Each of the 13 episodes in the midseason series is both a strong action show and light comedy.

“Outlander: Season 1, Volume 2”: Conclusion of the cable series from executive producer Ron Moore.

“Return to Sender”: A woman’s world is shattered by the man she thought was a perfect blind date.

“George Gently: Series 7”: Martin Shaw returns to the role of Inspector George Gently.

“The Duke of Burgundy”: A twisted tale of erotic obsession.

“Tiger-tastic 3 Pack”: Includes 24 tales from “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”

“Dislecksia: The Movie”: A look at how people learn to deal with dyslexia.

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue/Rhythm & Blues Revue”: Two-disc set that features 54 musical performances.

“Dear Sofia: A Royal Collection”: Features appearances by four Disney princesses.

“Vera: Set 5”: Series based on the novels by Ann Cleeves.

“Christine”: The film based on the Ste-

McIntyre Hall Presents Upcoming movie releases Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: OCT. 2 The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron OCT. 6 Magic Mike XXL Insidious: Chapter 3 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl When Marnie Was There Manglehorn OCT. 13 San Andreas Tomorrowland The Gallows Dope OCT. 20 Jurassic World Paper Towns Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ The Vatican Tapes OCT. 27 Pixels Southpaw The Gift Max n Tribune News Service

phen King novel is now on Blu-ray.

“Cop Car”: Corrupt sheriff hunts for two runaways.

“Poltergeist”: Remake of the 1982 horror classic.

“A Murder in the Park”: Story of Anthony Porter’s arrest for a crime he didn’t commit and the man who later confessed.

“Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls”: Based on the scary writings of R.L. Stine.

“The Slap”: The NBC miniseries was based on this Australian short series.

“I’ll Have What Phil’s Having”: Phil Rosenthal goes on six offbeat culinary adventures.

“Famous Nathan”: Director Lloyd Handwerker’s film about the New York restaurateur.

“Aloft”: Accident sends mother and son on different paths. Jennifer Connelly stars.

“Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot”: Look at the success story of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki.

“Bones: Season 10”: Includes episodes where Booth is framed for the murder of three FBI agents.

“Fresh Off the Boat: Season 1”: ABC comedy about what happens when the family of Eddie Huang moves from D.C.’s Chinatown to Orlando. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

Saturday, October 10

“Mix a bit of Desperate Housewives with Sex in the City and Mamma Mia and you’ve got the hit Girls Night: The Musical” ~ Las Vegas Round the Clock

360.416.7727 mcintyrehall mcintyrehall.org

McIntyre Hall on the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College | 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Skagit Regional Public Facilities District

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

TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 1-8 THURSDAY.1

THURSDAY.1-4

MuseBird Cafe: Jessa Young, Aaron English and Forest Beutel, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

“OLIVER!” Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Check individual listings for times.

Open Mic Night: hosted

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

Rattletrap Ruckus: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

Northwest Music Foundation Fundraiser: Gilby Clarke, Sin Circus, Stoned America, 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10 advance, $15 at the door.

425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

Telekinesis, Say Hi, Vacationeer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360-778-1067.

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

FRIDAY.2 TONY FURTADO STEPHANIE SCHNEIDERMAN 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $17 advance, $20 at the door.

360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.3 FABULOUS ROOF SHAKERS 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

FRIDAY.2 Tony Furtado, Stephanie Schneiderman: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $17 advance, $20 at the door. 360445-3000.

Malcolm Taylor and Judy Crane Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald

Thursday.1

Friday.2

Saturday.3

Sunday.4

FILM

THEATER

COMEDY

THEATER

THEATER

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

“Romeo and Juliet: The Musical”: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free video screening from the Feb. 14 world premiere performance at the Lincoln. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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

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

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

Comedy Night: Travis Nelson and Susan Jones, 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. $10. 360-424-7171 or maxdales. com.

MUSIC

Mount Baker Toppers Men’s a cappella Chorus (pop, rock, doo-wop, gospel): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

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

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

“Oliver!”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

Thursday.8 THEATER

“Death, The Final Irony”: Skagit Valley College drama department, 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, free for SVC students.

Additional donations accepted at the door.

866-624-6897, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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

Kelly Brightwell and Michael Henchman (Northwest Americana): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

Latigo Lace (contemporary country dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

The Ginger Ups: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Andrew Norsworthy: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Blues Union: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6266.

Chelsea Wolfe, Mamiffer: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $13-$15.

360-778-1067.

The Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Friday Swing, with Duane Melcher and Ken Vanderhyde (’30s, ’40s & ’50s classic tunes): 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

360-707-2683.

J.P. Falcon and friends: 8:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6330.

SATURDAY.3 Stardrums and Lady Keys (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

SUNDAY.4 File Gumbo Zydeco Band: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Brothers K Duo: Paul Klein and Mark Kelly, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

MONDAY.5 Childbirth: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Latigo Lace (contemporary country dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

WEDNESDAY.7 Time 3 Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Fabulous Roof Shakers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

The Chris Eger Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Chantel Pedicone and Bailey Martinez: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

The Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Voyager, The JV, Alien Probe: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-7781067.

Gin Creek: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.8 Dudley Taft (blues, rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Aaron J. Shay and Bellow.

Wing: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Bob Bertoli: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Janette West: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Eddy and the Touks: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360982-2649.

Open Mic & Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover.

Rosetta, Braveyoung: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Joe Young: 5 to 7 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. jansenart center.org.

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

TUNING UP Playing at area venues October 1-8 THURSDAY.1

THURSDAY.1-4

MuseBird Cafe: Jessa Young, Aaron English and Forest Beutel, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

“OLIVER!” Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Check individual listings for times.

Open Mic Night: hosted

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

Rattletrap Ruckus: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-982-2649.

Northwest Music Foundation Fundraiser: Gilby Clarke, Sin Circus, Stoned America, 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10 advance, $15 at the door.

425-737-5144 or 360-6296500.

Telekinesis, Say Hi, Vacationeer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360-778-1067.

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

FRIDAY.2 TONY FURTADO STEPHANIE SCHNEIDERMAN 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $17 advance, $20 at the door.

360-445-3000.

SATURDAY.3 FABULOUS ROOF SHAKERS 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

FRIDAY.2 Tony Furtado, Stephanie Schneiderman: 7 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $17 advance, $20 at the door. 360445-3000.

Malcolm Taylor and Judy Crane Craig Parrish / Skagit Valley Herald

Thursday.1

Friday.2

Saturday.3

Sunday.4

FILM

THEATER

COMEDY

THEATER

THEATER

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

“Romeo and Juliet: The Musical”: 7 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free video screening from the Feb. 14 world premiere performance at the Lincoln. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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

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

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

Comedy Night: Travis Nelson and Susan Jones, 8 p.m., Max Dale’s Martini Lounge, 2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon. $10. 360-424-7171 or maxdales. com.

MUSIC

Mount Baker Toppers Men’s a cappella Chorus (pop, rock, doo-wop, gospel): 7:30 to 9 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER

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

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

“Oliver!”: 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20.

360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

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

Thursday.8 THEATER

“Death, The Final Irony”: Skagit Valley College drama department, 7:30 p.m., Phillip Tarro Theatre, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $10, free for SVC students.

Additional donations accepted at the door.

866-624-6897, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

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

Kelly Brightwell and Michael Henchman (Northwest Americana): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000.

Latigo Lace (contemporary country dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

The Ginger Ups: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Andrew Norsworthy: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Blues Union: 8 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6266.

Chelsea Wolfe, Mamiffer: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $13-$15.

360-778-1067.

The Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Friday Swing, with Duane Melcher and Ken Vanderhyde (’30s, ’40s & ’50s classic tunes): 7 to 9 p.m., North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. No cover.

360-707-2683.

J.P. Falcon and friends: 8:30 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison.

No cover. 360766-6330.

SATURDAY.3 Stardrums and Lady Keys (blues): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway.

360-445-3000.

SUNDAY.4 File Gumbo Zydeco Band: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-7666266.

Brothers K Duo: Paul Klein and Mark Kelly, 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

MONDAY.5 Childbirth: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Latigo Lace (contemporary country dance): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover.

877-275-2448.

WEDNESDAY.7 Time 3 Jazz: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Fabulous Roof Shakers: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360755-3956.

The Chris Eger Band: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360766-6266.

Chantel Pedicone and Bailey Martinez: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

The Jimmy Wright Band: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon.

360-422-6411.

Voyager, The JV, Alien Probe: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-7781067.

Gin Creek: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover.

360-766-6330.

THURSDAY.8 Dudley Taft (blues, rock): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $10. 360-4453000.

Aaron J. Shay and Bellow.

Wing: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360445-3000.

Bob Bertoli: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360399-1805.

Janette West: 6 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360588-1720.

Eddy and the Touks: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., SedroWoolley. 360982-2649.

Open Mic & Jam: 8 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. No cover.

Rosetta, Braveyoung: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360778-1067.

Joe Young: 5 to 7 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. jansenart center.org.

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GET INVOLVED AUDITIONS

TIME FOR FIDDLERS: tion, contact Gary or Ginny The Washington Old Time at 360-766-6866.

“THE LION IN WINTER”: Fiddlers play acoustic oldWhidbey Theater needs time music at 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY DANCE: one or two lighting techni- Dance to The Skippers the second and fourth cians to run the lights and Fridays of each month at from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thursfour men to serve in guards days at Hillcrest Lodge, the Mount Vernon Senior in nonspeaking roles for 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Ver- Center, 1401 Cleveland. St. its November production.

Free; donations accepted. non. Gisela, 360-424-5696.

Rehearsals will continue 360-630-9494. through October, with MOVING MEDITATIONS: shows running over three SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC The Dances of Universal weekends from Nov. 5-22.

Peace will be held from 6 to CLUB: The club welcomes Stan Thomas, 360-632-5090. 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the performers (intermediate and above), listeners and Center for Spiritual LivDANCE ing, 1508 N. 18th St., Mount guests to join the fun at FOLK DANCING: Skagit- Vernon. Dances include live 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Clevemusic and singing with a Anacortes Folk Dancers land St., Mount Vernon. focus on a particular sacred meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays phrase, inspired by spiritual Come and sing, play the at the Bayview Civic Hall, traditions from around the club’s piano or organ, play 12615 C St., Bay View. world, including Christian, your own instrument or just Learn to folkdance to a enjoy a variety of music — Jewish, Native American, variety of international ’20s to ’70s classical, popuHindu, Buddhist and othmusic. Instruction begins at lar, western and gospel. ers.

No experience neces7 p.m. followed by request Free. Elaine, 360-428-4228. sary. Dances are taught to dances until 9:30. The first the group each time.

Donasession is free, $3 thereafter.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: tion requested, but no one All are welcome. No partPractices are held from 3 is turned away for lack of ners needed. For informato 5 p.m. every Monday funds. 360-629-9190. (except 2 to 4 p.m. the first Monday each month) at MUSIC the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, BARBERSHOP HAR1000 Shoshone Drive, La MONY: Attend a free, Conner. New members no-commitment rehearsal welcome. No need to be a of the An-O-Chords, a four- Shelter Bay resident. 360part barbershop harmony.

770-7354.

No experience necessary, no auditions required.

LOVE TO SING? Join the GALLERY WALK Learn by rote, you don’t women of Harmony Northhave to read music. All west Chorus from 6:30 to 9 ages welcome. Drop in any p.m. every Monday at the Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Senior CenNorthwest Educational Ser- ter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. vice Building, 1601 R Ave., Seeking women who like to Anacortes. Rides available. sing a cappella music. All Bob Lundquist, 360-941skill levels welcome.

5733 or svenbob@cheerful.

A.C.M.E. Creative Spaces com.

B.Y.O.G. (BRING YOUR OWN GUITAR): Beginner/ Classic Style & Co. CALL FOR MUSICIANS: intermediate acoustic guitar 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main jam, 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Burton Jewelers St., Concrete, is looking Oct. 7, North Cove Coffee, for musicians to perform 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Scott Milo Gallery easy-listening acoustic Burlington. Free. 360-707music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 2683. during Sunday Brunch. In The Majestic Inn and Spa exchange, musicians will ANACORTES OPEN MIC: receive audience contribu- 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown The Depot Gallery tions and a meal. 360-853Lantern Ale House, 412 8700 or info@5bsbakery.

Commercial Ave., Anawww.anacortesart.com com. cortes. 360-293-2544.

FIRST FRIDAY

Oct. 2 6-9pm

OPEN MIC: Jam night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Parks and Recreation at 360-336-6215 or visit mountvernontrailbuilders. com. Next up: Oct. 10.

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST HIKES: Join the RECREATION Friends of the Forest for TEEN ACTIVITIES: Ages scenic hikes in the forest 12 to 19 can participate in lands around Anacortes. after-school activities from Dress for the weather and 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, wear sturdy shoes. No through Dec. 17, at the pets. Free. 360-293-3725 or Burlington Public Library’s friendsoftheacfl.org. Next Rotary Community Meet- up: ing Room, 820 E. WashSenior/Adult Hike: Ace ington Ave., Burlington. of Hearts Creek: 10 a.m. to Themes and activities will noon Friday, Oct. 9. Meet at change each week and the Heart Lake parking lot. include old-school board Sugarloaf Mountain: 10 games; help with homea.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. work resources; hands-on 10. Meet at the trailhead on science, technology and art Ray Auld Drive at the botactivities; and celebrations tom of Mount Erie just off of pop culture fandoms of Heart Lake Road. with trivia, games and Bat Cave Exploration: 10 crafts. Participation does a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. not require a library card.

31. Meet at the Little Cran360-755-0760 or burlington berry Lake parking lot on wa.gov/library. the north end of the lake.

Costumes and flashlights TRAIL GUIDES, BIKE are welcome.

MAPS & MORE: Learn about opportunities to be BAND AID FUN RUN: physically active in Skagit Mount Vernon Band and County, including trail Orchestra Boosters will guides, an activity tracker host the fifth annual 5K and local resources at Run/Walk, 10K Run and beactiveskagit.org.

2K Walk to support local high school band students HORSEBACK RIDING: A on Saturday, Oct. 3, at variety of riding opportuEdgewater Park, 600 Behnities for horses and their rens Millett Road, Mount humans of all skill levels Vernon. Registration opens are offered at Fire Mounat 7:30 a.m. followed by tain Trail Course, located races at 9 a.m. Run to the just north of Sedro-Woolbeat of the band on a flat, ley. firemountaintrailcourse. fast course along the scenic com.

Skagit River. Registration: $30 adults, $10 ages 11-19, TRAIL BUILDERS: free for ages 10 and youngMount Vernon Trail Build- er. 360-428-6100, ext. 41217, ers seeks volunteers to or mvbands.org/fun-run. help with trail building html. and maintenance at Little Mountain Park in Mount SALMON DERBY: The Vernon. Family-friendly Ray Reep Salmon Derby work sessions are held from will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.

10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. SaturSaturday, Oct. 3, at Edgedays, rain or shine. Lunch, water Park, 600 Behrens snacks, tools and training Millett Road, Mount Verare provided. For informa- non. First- through thirdtion, call Mount Vernon place prizes awarded for sil-

vers and a Mystery Weight Prize for pinks. A raffle will also be held. Tickets, $15, available at Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation, Holiday Sports and Morgan Creek Outfitters. 360-3366215 or mountvernonwa. gov/parks.

SPAWNER SURVEY: Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group will hold a Spawner Survey Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Learn to identify different species of salmon and their redds (nests), and document populations at stream restoration sites.

Collected data will be used to measure the effectiveness of restoration projects and to help WDFW determine escapement goals for future fishing seasons.

Volunteers must be able to do weekly monitoring, October through January.

For information or to sign up: sfeg@skagitfisheries.org.

WORKSHOPS SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP CLASS: The two-part class will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 9 and 16, at the Vaux Retreat Center, Bakerview Park, 3011 E. Fir St., Mount Vernon. Learn the basics of special effects makeup, including fake blood recipes, 3-D wounds, creature effects and moldmaking. $22. Preregistration required: 360-336-6215 or mountvernonwa.gov/parks.

BASICS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 10, Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27130 102nd Ave. NW. Learn the basic steps for gathering information you need to investigate and interpret a historical topic.

Free. 425-564-3950 or sos. wa.gov/archives/Records Management/Training Signup.aspx.

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HOT TICKETS AER: Oct. 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BIG GIGANTIC: Oct. 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

UB40: featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue: Oct. 2, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

OVERKILL, SYMPHONY X: Oct. 3, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

BASSJACKERS: Oct. 3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: Oct. 3-5, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

NEIL YOUNG & PROMISE OF THE REAL: Oct. 4, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com.

BOOMBOX/UA: Oct. 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

MELANIE MARTINEZ: Oct. 4, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation.com.

DUKE DUMONT: Oct. 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

CIMORELLI: Oct. 5, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Oct. 6, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TOVE LO: Oct. 7, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PEACHES: Oct. 7, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

COMMON KINGS: Oct. 8-9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

SEATTLE SINGS! CHORAL FESTIVAL: Oct. 8-10, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle. SeattleSings.org.

CASH CASH, TRITONAL: Oct. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Oct. 9-Nov. 18, various venues, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

BLUES TRAVELER: Oct. 10, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MAX SCHNEIDER: Oct. 12, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-

THE WONDER YEARS, 800-745-3000 or livenation. SCREAM: Nov. 14, Showbox MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK: com.

SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 Oct. 31, The Showbox, SeatTHE STRUTS: Nov. 9, The or showboxonline.com. tle. 800-745-3000 or show Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987LUCERO: Nov. 17, The boxonline.com.

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Showbox, Seattle. 800-745DIR EN GREY: Nov. 2, The MAC MILLER: Nov. 9, 3000 or showboxonline.com.

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MODERN BASEBALL: Nov. MARIANAS TRENCH: Nov. 800-745-3000 or showbox 18, Neumos, Seattle. 8004, The Showbox, Seattle. online.com.

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FOUND GLORY: Nov. 13, The CHANCE THE RAPPER: STEEL PANTHER CHERUB: Nov. 6, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745Nov. 19, Paramount Theatre, Oct. 22, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com. Seattle. 877-784-4849 or showboxonline.com.

3000 or showboxonline.com.

STURGILL SIMPSON: Nov. livenation.com.

MAYDAY PARADE: Nov. 7, 13, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

NIKKI LANE: Nov. 19, Neu987-6487 or thecrocodile.com. showboxonline.com.

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106.1 KISS FM FALL KATE DAVIS: Nov. 19, Bar800-745-3000 or showbox 3000 or livenation.com.

GHOSTLAND OBSERVATO- BALL: featuring Demi Lovato, boza, Seattle. 800-745-3000 online.com.

DEERHUNTER: Oct. 21, RY: Nov. 7, Showbox SoDo, Andy Grammer, R City, Omi or livenation.com.

NEW POLITICS, ANDREW The Showbox, Seattle. 800Seattle. 800-745-3000 or and Daya: Nov. 14, WAMU ROBERT DELONG: Nov. 20, MCMAHON IN THE WILDER- 745-3000 or showboxonline. showboxonline.com.

Theater, Seattle. 800-745The Showbox, Seattle. 800NESS: Oct. 13, Showbox com.

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FIDLAR: Oct. 23, The Nov. 9, Chop Suey, Seattle.

THE CULT, PRIMAL COLONY HOUSE, COIN: Oct. Showbox, Seattle. 800-74514, Chop Suey, Seattle. 8003000 or showboxonline.com.

745-3000 or livenation.com.

COHEED AND CAMBRIA: MADISEN WARD & THE Oct. 23, Showbox SoDo, MAMA BEAR: Oct. 14, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or Columbia City Theatre, 800showboxonline.com.

745-3000 or livenation.com.

BRET MICHAELS: Oct. MATOMA: Oct. 16, The 23-24, Skagit Valley Casino Showbox, Seattle. 800-745Resort, Pacific Showroom, 3000 or showboxonline.com. Bow. 877-275-2448 or the BOOSIE BADAZZ: Oct. 16, skagit.com.

Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 8002 CHAINZ: Oct. 24, Show745-3000 or showboxonline. box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745com.

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17, The Showbox, Seattle.

Oct. 25, The Crocodile, 800-745-3000 or showbox Seattle. 877-987-6487 or Meet the staff and the online.com. thecrocodile.com. amazing animals in their care, SOMO: Oct. 17, Showbox FLORENCE + THE SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 MACHINE: Oct. 27, KeyArena, looking for forever homes. or showboxonline.com.

Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ALT-J: Oct. 18, KeyArena, livenation.com.

It's gonna be a PARTY! Seattle. 800-745-3000 or AWOLNATION: Oct. 27, livenation.com.

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WITH SIRENS: Oct. 28, ShoKURT VILE AND THE VIOWare Center, Kent. 800-745Humane Society of Skagit Valley LATORS: Oct. 18, The Show- 3000 or livenation.com. box, Seattle. 800-745-3000 GRIMES: Oct. 28, The 18841 Kelleher Rd Brought to you by: or showboxonline.com.

Showbox, Seattle. 800-745DJANGO DJANGO: Oct. 20, 3000 or showboxonline.com.

Burlington, WA The Showbox, Seattle. 800SEETHER: Oct. 28, Show745-3000 or showboxonline. box SoDo, Seattle. 800-74510am to 4pm com.

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GWAR, BORN OF OSIRIS: DIGITOUR: Oct. 29, ShowOct. 20, Showbox SoDo, box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745For more info visit: www.pawsitivealliance.org Seattle. 800-745-3000 or 3000 or showboxonline.com.

SHELTER OPEN HOUSE! 4th Annual Statewide Open House

Saturday October 3, 2015

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TRAVEL FAMILY TRAVEL FIVE

Apple-themed travel destinations are ripe for the picking

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES The Dallas Morning News

Need another reason to love fall?

Consider all the ways and places to celebrate apple season.

1. Yakima. In 1904, the Johnson brothers accepted the new railroad’s offer to check out the Yakima Valley to plant fruit trees.

More than 100 years later, the family still shares their Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Ambrosia and Red Delicious crops with visitors who relish fresh-off-thetree apples.

Baked goods, including pies and quiche, can also be savored by those who

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venture to this highly productive agricultural region, which is also known for hops and wine. johnson orchardsfruit.com; yakima valleytourism.com 2. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Check out the rosy red apples at the local farmers market, where growers from nearby display their

Local travel

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and learn about what it takes to grow and harvest apples.

Stop along the way for educational games, climbing areas and music stations. The maze, part of a 120-acre orchard, appears as a Red Delicious apple with green leaves when viewed from the air. royal oakfarmorchard.com 4. Bayfield, Wisconsin.

Heralded as one of the best in Wisconsin, this scenic town’s annual apple festival celebrates Bayfield’s handpicked gems. If you mill.com; visitannarbor.org agricultural heritage. You love cider and warm, apple3. Harvard, Illinois. won’t want to miss the infused baked goods, you’ll More than 3,000 trees, in grand parade, cider and also want to stop by the nine varieties, were planted candy-apple tastings. Work region’s oldest continuous- in groups to create a 4-acre off the extra calories from ly operating cider mill. The apple maze at Royal Oak the plethora of pies, tarts family-owned Dexter Cider Farm sure to delight fami- and breads by exploring Mill presses and blends lies. Your clan can sample the biking and hiking trails multiple varieties of apples Cortlands, Granny Smiths that offer stellar views of and serves delicious treats and other varieties as you Lake Superior. The festival with a smile. dextercider stroll down the wide aisles is Oct. 2-4. bayfield.org

What’s not: At first glance it looks as if it has only one small picture of a Here’s a website that can help travelers property’s exterior. Visual details of the with disabilities find accessible vacation showers, tubs and hallways, which travelaccommodations around the world. ers might want to look at before booking, Name: accomable.com were buried deep in a property’s “View” What it does: It opens doors to lodgings page. The site is still in beta testing, so that can accommodate those with disgive it a little time. I’m hoping navigation abilities. with subcategories (besides searching by What’s hot: Not all vacation rentals are country) will be next, as well as filters for accessible for those in wheelchairs, are certain types of properties, such as those elderly or have problems with mobility. best for travelers with hearing impairThis site, which identifies houses, villas, ments. Note: You can filter “wheelchair hostels, bed-and-breakfasts and hotels access” on Airbnb, but it lacks Accomthat offer stairs-free access to bedrooms, able’s other features. roll-in showers, grab rails and more, is a welcome addition to the travel space. n Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

“SHANGHAI: YESTERDAY & TODAY”: 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Local author Alex Kuo discusses his novel “shanghai.shanghai.shanghai” exploring the people and culture of foreign-occupied Shanghai of 1939, state-occupied 1989 and self-occupied present. Free.

360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult AAA CRUISE SHOW: 9 supervision required for a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, ages 17 and younger). Trips Oct. 10, Skagit Valley depart from and return to Casino Resort, 5984 N Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th Darrk Lane, Bow. The show St., Mount Vernon. For inforwill include 12 ocean and mation or to register, call river cruise lines and a 360-336-6215. Next up: packing seminar. everyone Whatcom Winery & Diswelcome. RSVP: 360-848tillery Tour: 10:30 a.m.

2090. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Whatcom County “THE SPIRIT OF THE is home to a dozen or so COAST JOURNEY”: 7 award-winning wineries and p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, distilleries. Ages 21 and SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Anacortes Public Library, older. $61-$63, additional Skagit County Senior Cen1220 10th St., Anacortes. tasting fees may apply. ters offer short, escorted Videographer Don Jonasson trips departing from and Bring money for food and offers a video presentaother purchases and wear returning to local senior tion of a canoe journey to centers. For information, call weather-appropriate clothfind the spirit of the British the Anacortes Senior Center ing and comfortable walking Columbia coast and to con- at 360-293-7473 or sign up shoes. nect with the First Nations at your local senior center.

Peoples. Free. 360-293ESCORTED TOURS: The 1910, ext. 21, or library.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Ver- Whatcom County Tour Procityofanacortes.org. gram offers a variety of day non Parks and Recreation

trips and longer tours, with most trips departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. For information or to register: 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or wccoa.org/ index.php/Tours.

Future extended trips include a cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage, a scenic rail tour of British Columbia hot springs and the Rockies, a fall trip to Ireland, a tour of Martha’s Vineyard and the Eastern Seaboard, and a visit to New Mexico’s annual Balloon Fiesta.

ESCORTED TOURS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., has several international trips planned for 2016: Tropical Costa Rica, Feb. 29-March

5. Orange County, New York. Apple lovers can plan a fall trip to this Hudson Valley region, just 50 miles from Manhattan, where 25 varieties of apples grow on more than 1,000 acres. Stop

by Apple Dave’s for luscious fruit plus live music and puppet shows beside scenic ponds and rose gardens.

The family-friendly Lawrence Farms Orchard offers carriage rides and the chance to pet farm animals.

Or visit the cider tasting room at Soons Orchards.

Consider the Warwick Apple Fest, scheduled for Oct. 4, for live entertainment, children’s rides and an apple pie contest. orangetourism.org n Lynn O’Rourke Hayes is the editor of FamilyTravel. com. Email her at lohayes FamilyTravel.com.)

8; a European River Cruise, Budapest to Amsterdam, Oct. 12-27; and Hawaii, Nov. 12-19. For information, contact Pat at pgardner@ oakharbor.org or 360-2794582.

STATE VISITOR CALL CENTER: The Washington Tourism Alliance’s ExperienceWA Call Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. 1-800-544-1800 or tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com. Staff members assist travelers who have questions, refer them to specific destination marketing organizations and other travel resources across the state for more detailed information, and take orders for the Washington State Visitors Guide.

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AT THE LINCOLN ‘Romeo and Juliet The Musical’ 7 p.m. today, Oct. 1

Enjoy a free public video showing of “Romeo and Juliet The Musical” from its live premiere performance on Feb. 14 at the Lincoln.

Black Raven Brewers Night Thursday, Oct. 1st

‘Meru’

Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

Rated R. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members, $7 children 12 and under.

Sunday bargain prices: $8 general, $6 members, $5 children 12 and under.

$5.99 BURGER SPECIAL Mon-Fri, 11:30am-4pm

A menu of Polish family recipes & eclectic fare made in-house from fresh, local ingredients.

Craft Beer • PNW Wines • House-Infused Vodkas

Weekend Brunch & Bloody Mary Bar! Sat. & Sun. 11am-2pm

2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4

The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London.

Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money.

Advance tickets: $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 students and children, with $2 off for Lincoln members.

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MOVIES MINI-REVIEWS

“Casino Royale.” Action, PG-13, 1 131 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “Pawn Sacrifice” — Tobey Compiled from news services.

Maguire gives the perforRatings are one to four stars. mance of his career in an enthralling piece of main “A Walk in the Woods” — stream entertainment that Two former movie golden boys captures the essence of finally share the big screen -- and they’re stuck in a middling chess champion Bobby Fischer’s mad genius, perfectly resitcom. Robert Redford stars creates the tenor of the times as a travel writer hobbling his AND works as a legit sports way down the Appalachian Trail with his out-of-shape friend (Nick movie. Drama, PG-13, 116 Nolte), and the result is an ami- minutes. HHHH able, lightweight and thoroughly “Straight Outta Compton” — The early dreams, the big predictable buddy movie. Combreaks and the in-fighting are edy, R, 98 minutes. HH told to great effect in F. Gary “Everest” — Based on true events, filled with stunning visu- Gray’s enthralling, energized tribals and featuring more than a half-dozen of our best actors AT AREA THEATERS delivering solid performances, “Everest” is a high-altitude roller ANACORTES CINEMAS coaster ride that will leave you Oct. 2-8 drained. Adventure-Drama-Thrill The Metropolitan Opera: Il er, PG-13, 121 minutes. HHH Trovatore (NR): Saturday: 9:55 “Mission: Impossible — a.m.

Rogue Nation” — This is the The Hobbit: An Unexpected rare instance of the later movies Journey Extended Edition (PGin a series easily exceeding the 13): Monday: 7:30 p.m. quality of the original. As Tom The Hobbit: The Desolation Cruise’s Ethan Hunt performs of Smaug Extended Edition harrowing stunts and engages (PG-13): Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. in clever banter with his adver The Martian (PG-13): Fridaysaries, we essentially get the Saturday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:20; Sunday-Thursday: (1:30), best James Bond movie since McIntyre Hall Presents

NOAH GUTHRIE Friday, October 16 From Glee’s 6th Season, bluesy-pop singer songwriter performs with his band one night only.

360.416.7727

mcintyrehall.org 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Skagit Regional Public Facilities District

(4:00), 6:30 Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 8:50; Sunday: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50; Monday: 1:50, 4:20; Tuesday-Thursday: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50 The Intern (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10; Sunday-Tuesday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40; Wednesday: 1:40, 4:10; Thursday: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40 360-293-6620

ute to N.W.A. Also something of a docudrama about Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, this is one of the better musical biopics of the last 20 years. Music biography, R, 147 1 minutes. HHH ⁄2 “The Intern” — Despite the high-concept premise -- retired exec (Robert De Niro) interns for e-commerce mogul (Anne Hathaway) -- “The Intern” is a lovely comfort movie, nestled softly in a cynicism-free zone.

De Niro and Hathaway mesh in terrific fashion and deliver utterly charming performances.

Comedy, PG-13, 121 minutes.

1 HHH ⁄2 (PG-13): Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.

Pan (PG): Thursday: 6 p.m.

The Who in Hyde Park (NR): Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

The Martian (PG-13): FridaySaturday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:30 Sicario (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:35, 9:10; Sunday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:35; Monday: 1:15, 3:45; TuesdayWednesday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:35; Thursday: 1:15, 3:45 Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 8:40; Sunday-Tuesday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:40; WednesdayThursday: 1:30, 4:00 360-279-2226

STANWOOD CINEMAS Oct. 2-8 The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (NR): Saturday: 9:55 a.m.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition (PG13): Monday: 7:30 p.m.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition CONCRETE THEATRE (PG-13): Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2-4 Sicario (R): Friday-Sunday: War Room (PG): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; 1:10, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30; Monday: 1:10, 4:05, 6:45 Sunday: 5 p.m.

Tueday: 1:10, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30; 360-941-0403 Wednesday: 1:10, 4:05, 9:30; Thursday: 1:10, 4:05, 6:45, BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN 9:30 Oak Harbor The Martian (PG-13): 3:50, Oct. 2-4 Hotel Translyvania 2 (PG) and 9:10 The Martian (PG-13). First mov- The Martian 3D (PG-13): 1:00, 6:30 ies starts around 7 p.m.

Everest (PG-13): Friday-Sun 360-675-5667 day: 1:20, 3:40, 6:35; Monday: 1:20, 3:40; Tuesday-Thursday: CASCADE MALL THEATRES 1:20, 3:40, 6:35 Burlington Everest 3D (PG-13): 9:20 For listings: 888-AMC-4FUN p.m.

(888-262-4386).

Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG): 1:40, 6:40, 8:45 OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Hotel Transylvania 2 3D (PG): Oct. 2-8 3:55 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (NR): Saturday: 9:55 The Intern (PG-13): FridayTuesday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, a.m.

9:15; Wednesday: 1:30, 4:00, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition (PG- 6:50; Thursday: 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:15 13): Monday: 7:30 p.m.

360-629-0514 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition — Show times subject to change

NEW THIS WEEK

again and again to the charming Petit on top of Lady Liberty, addressing us about the next plot twist. No worries, folks; while this quixotic undertaking is danger-filled, not much is actually at stake.

We follow Petit from his late 1960s origins as a street mime and juggler to his mastering acrobatic skills under the mentorship of Papa Rudy, a circus veteran played by Ben Kingsley in full charm mode. While Petit falls in love with Annie Allix (Charlotte Le Bon), another street performer, he is largely driven by mad romantic dreams.

He considers himself a rare artist in pursuit of glory and life-affirming creative beauty. He walks between the peaks of Notre Dame cathedral, but wants to go ever higher. When he sees news reports of New York City’s twin skyscrapers, the world’s tallest buildings at the time, he begins developing a scheme to enter secretly and walk from one edge to the other, 1,350 feet off the ground.

It’s a remarkable project, but “The Walk” doesn’t heat it up to boiling.

It features striking visuals (though some of the computer-generated effects make Gordon Levitt look as cartoonish as anything in Zemeckis’ “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”). Yet it offers the shallowest sort of storytelling. For the first 90 minutes, the story has none of the gravity of a high-wire walk. It simply introduces us to colorful, superficial New York stereotypes who want to help Petit or could stop him. When he essentially confesses his break-in strategy to the customs officer checking him in to the city, the cop laughs and waves him through.

Yes. Airport security was lighter those days, but come on.

In the final 25 minutes we gaze down 110 digitally created floors while Petit walks, kneels and dances on the high wire. That is by far the deepest thing in the film.

Rating: PG for thematic elements involving perilous situations, and for some nudity, language, brief drug references and smoking. H1⁄2

French tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire stroll between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center is solid gold film material. It was death-defying. It was illegal. It was, in its own poetic terms, one of the 20th century’s greatest works of art.

Like Petit’s stratospheric ballet, James Marsh’s exuberant 2008 documentary “Man on Wire” set the bar sky-high and reached the goal. Following Petit’s break-in at the nearly complete construction site with his crew of inexperienced accomplices, Marsh combined interesting textures of storytelling. He gave us the suspense of a bank heist thriller, the daredevil excitement of Evel Knievel flying a jet-powered motorcycle and flicks of black humor as the plan more and more exceeded the boundaries of common sense.

“Man on Wire” won the documentary Oscar, and for years since it has made me eager to see a big-budget Hollywood take on Petit’s amazing midair stroll.

Now it has arrived. I’d love to say that I was delighted by Robert Zemeckis’ “THE WALK” from start to finish. But I can’t. Not that I was disappointed. Simply underwhelmed. It just didn’t click for me.

The tone here is innocuous, forgettable fun. In real life, Petit was a flawed, edgy narcissist, the sort of rebel qualities that make us want to know more about him. In the new version (played by Joseph Gordon Levitt in a Gallic accent and Windex-blue contact lenses) he is different from a standard action hero and stock good guy largely by being exceptionally cute. He introduces us to the story by speaking to the camera on the torch of the Statue of Liberty, a flashback to a time when the Twin Towers were still the skyline’s summit.

Zemeckis, who has given us copious family-friendly comedies, tells the story with lots and lots of added sugar.

As he moves the story forward, rushing to establish a whole host of charn Colin Covert, Star Tribune acters and situations, he returns us (Minneapolis)

Please recycle this newspaper

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Thursday, October 1, 2015 - E15

MUSIC

Q&A: James Taylor schools us on the need for clarity, guitar help and boredom It’s good to pass this kind of stuff on. That’s one of the things you think about at LOS ANGELES — With this end of things. his wire-frame eyeglasses and slightly rumpled slacks, Q: When artists are James Taylor looked more younger they often protect like a kindly professor than what makes them unique. a veteran pop star when we A: The obfuscation of met for coffee this week. trade secrets.

And in a way the visit had the feel of college office Q: Exactly. Isn’t there hours. some advantage to being — The 67-year-old singer A: Mysterious? Oh, I and songwriter talked about think so. I’m just not any his latest album, “Before good at it.

This World,” which entered the Billboard chart at No. Q: The new album’s No. 1 when it came out in June. 1 debut put you in some But it wasn’t long before unusual company, at least Taylor was dropping knowl- for a week. Behind you on edge from Noam Chomsky. the chart were people like Hilary Duff and ASAP Q: The word that most Rocky. Do you still follow readily describes “Before the churn of pop music?

This World” to me is “transA: I don’t. But I never parent.” It sounds like a really did. At one point, I record where your goal was was listening to music that to be as clear as possible in was part of my generation, the lyrics and arrangements so it seemed like I was more and production. interested in current music A: That kind of clarity because I was the current is really important. But music. But it actually hasn’t it takes a lot of work. We changed. I was disappointed recorded the 10 tracks over for a long time with who a 10-day period, and we did was at the top of the pop a lot of experimentation charts. It doesn’t seem to and overdubbing. But it’s be where you go to look for the producer’s and my job the music that’s going to to sift through it and really mean something to you. find out what works. You have to safeguard the simQ: Mean something to plicity of the original track, you specifically or to anyso you’re only keeping a one? small amount of the stuff A: I think in general. you add.

There’s a reason why songs are popular, and sometimes Q: You’re embracing it’s that a lot of people are clarity in other ways too. getting a lot from them You give free guitar lesall at the same time. I’m sons on your website, for not denying that. But I’m instance. old enough that I sort of A: I became aware that know where I want to go people were using my tech- for music. Now I listen to nique and my songs to teach things I know are going to guitar, and in some cases feed me. I still listen to Ray they were doing it wrong.

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A: The audience too — they’re still present. When Carole King and I went on tour in 2010, we saw our audience come out of the woodwork all over the place. And because it Q: You have twin was two of us and we had 14-year-old sons. Do they relate to their favorite musi- a pretty good purchase at one point on the popular cians in the same way you once did to yours? Or in the culture, the music resonated same way you imagine your with a lot of people. That was a powerful thing to fans relate to you? summon.

A: People don’t identify with a particular act anyQ: Was it more than nosmore. They’ll know a song, but they don’t know who it talgia, though? There seems James Taylor is or what else they’ve done. to be a huge appetite for Ken Babolocsay / Globe that right now, and it can be Photos, Zuma Press via TNS Q: Whereas you were try- satisfied pretty cheaply.

A: Well, you go to a lot ing to establish an idea of of music. You probably are achievement for a group of James Taylor?

A: Maybe it has to do kind of fed up with hearing musicians to put that down. with social media, the way A: That’s right. Things people regurgitate things were within a context. But So it’s not just that the it cuts attention into smaller that have been done to this was the postwar baby ’60s were the time. It’s that and smaller pieces so that boom, with a dominant age death. things that are really great you can’t have a long group moving through the continue to impact people. thought if you’re a certain Q: It only really bums me But I hear what you’re say- age. Noam Chomsky said culture and affecting the culture radically. In the late out when it comes at the ing. The idea that people that a very effective way ‘60s there was a very power- expense of something new. are going to re-experience of censoring people was to ful sense of generation, and If you have nothing new to something that’s familiar to limit the amount of time say, fine. But if you do — it was fighting things like them — to say, “I want to they have to speak — that if and it’s good — that’s what go back to sleep and dream it’s cut small enough, all you Vietnam and racism and I want to hear. sexism and the hypocrisies the dream I had before” — can do is reiterate someA: We still listen to that we saw in the establishthat’s a drag. thing that’s already known. ment. The music had a place Beethoven. I know every And he’s right. It’s a kind note in the Ninth Symin that movement that we Q: Let’s get back to the of censorship to cut our can’t expect to happen now. phony, but still it’s exciting idea that we can’t expect experience, and our young for me to go and hear that music to engage with the people’s experience, into performed. It’s quite an Q: Why not? culture deeply anymore. smaller and smaller pieces.

A: Because there wasn’t that overwhelming spike in population; there isn’t a generation that’s so clearly at the Conway Muse identified in the culture the things it wants to change. To Thursday 10/8 at 7:30pm a certain extent we’re still $10 in the Bard Room living, musically and artistically, in the aftermath of Standup Comedy with Diaz MaCkie, the late ’60s and early ’70s.

Sean MCBriDe & TiM GaiTher Rock ‘n’ roll is still a late’60s idea.

Friday 10/9 at 7pm still listen to Jobim and Milton Nascimento. My wife comes from classical music, so she brings a lot of that into the house.

DuDley TafT

Q: But maybe that’s only because so many figures from that era are still around.

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