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THIS WEEKENDin the area HARVEST DINNER/AUCTION Skagi-

ACT STAGES ‘OLIVER!’

Anacortes Community Theatre presents “Oliver,” starting Friday, Sept. 25, and running through Oct. 24, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matiness on Sundays.

Duncan Ring directs, and Katie Jennings provides Musical Direction. 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360293-6829 or acttheatre. com.

tonians to Preserve Farmland will host its 17th annual Harvest Dinner and Auction from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at St. Joseph Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy live music, dinner, dessert dash, raffles and lively auction bidding on a variety of goods and services. $70. Proceeds will support the preservation of farmland and farming in Skagit Valley. Reservations required: 360336-3974 or skagitonians.org.

OKTOBERFEST Enjoy a late summer celebration from 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Beer, food, entertainment and more. $35. For tickets, call 360-722-7811 or visit eventbrite.com/e/oktoberfest-at-camano-center-tickets-17717431314.

GIANT PUMPKINS The fifth annual

HARVEST FESTIVAL & PUMPKIN PITCH

The annual event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Skagit River Park, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington. Public viewing of the trebuchet pumpkin launching area will be open from 10 to 11:15 a.m., followed by the accuracy and distance pumpkin-pitching competition. Enjoy activity booths, pony rides, inflatables, “touch a truck,” zucchini races, pie-eating contest, live music, pumpkin decorating, food vendors and more. Free admission. 360-755-9649.

Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. How big will the winning giant pumpkin in the weigh-off be this year? Last year’s was 1,450 pounds. Bring the family for a fun day of gawking at huge orange blobs, plus pony rides, face painting, toad races, carnival games, harvest food, music and more. Children can bring and show off their homegrown giant vegetables, sunflowers and pumpkins.

Free admission; some activities have a small fee. 360-466-3821, 800585-8200 or christiansonsnursery. com.

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OUT & ABOUT ART

thing is going to happen or has happened, but not shown.” For information, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit ravenrocksgallery. com.

DOWNTOWN MV ART: Paintings and sculptures by Roger Small are featured in a show continuing through Sept. 30 at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3801 or mountvernondowntown. org.

PAINTINGS/POTTERY: Tyree Callahan/Isaac Howard: The show featuring two Northwest artists will ART AUCTION: The sixth continue through Sept. 30, annual Art Auction For The at Smith & Vallee Gallery, Artists and Gallery will fea5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. ture previews from 10 a.m.

Callahan’s “Salish Atlas” to 5 p.m. Fridays through is an ongoing pictorial Sundays during September exploration of our bioregion at Matzke Fine Art Galcombining pencil-sketched lery and Sculpture Park, images from the field, which 2345 Blanche Way, Camano are loosely translated to oils.

Island. Drop by to preview “I’m constantly amazed at the artworks and leave an the play of light through absentee bid on more than moist air and over the var85 pieces of fine art by some ied landscape of the Pacific 60 artists, including glass, Northwest,” Callahan says. sculptures and paintings.

Howard has been makThe live auction finale will ing utilitarian pottery for 15 begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, years and over the last few Sept. 26. Party and food years has been exploring starts at 4 p.m. Registration: atmospheric firing tech$25 at the door. 360-387niques. “When we describe 2759 or matzkefineart.com. a pot we describe it as though it were a person.

The 34th annual Oyster Run will be held on Sunday, JURIED ART SHOW: Using terms like lip, shoulSept. 27. One of the largest motorcycle runs in the Allied Arts of Whatcom Pacific Northwest, the Oyster Run features hundreds der and foot reinforce this County’s Juried Artist connection. I create work Series continues with “Mys- of riders from no official point at no official time, but by coaxing these tactile and culminates in the streets of downtown Anacortes. tic Mountains,” through visual cues into objects that Food and product vendors, live music and entertainSept. 26, at the Allied Arts speak of the human condiment.

360-435-9103, info@oysterrun.org or oysterGallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., tion,” says Howard. run.org.

Bellingham. The show feaGallery hours are 11 a.m. tures artwork by Tore Ofteto 5 p.m. Thursday through ness, Kenni Merritt, John Also showing are Lanny and subject matter. The Sunday. 360-766-6230 or D’Onofrio and Stephen Bergner’s contemporary lobby gallery is open from 9 smithandvallee.com.

Malshuk. Gallery hours are glass tables incorporating a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. 360-29310 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday his signature “flame paint” 1338.

“BIG FAT FUN”: Quinn through Friday and noon technique, as well as a selecK. Thompson is the feato 5 p.m. Saturday. 360-676- tion of his woven wire mesh “SERENDIPITY: The Art tured artist in a show at 8548 or alliedarts.org. art pieces. Gallery hours are of Pleasant Surprises”: A The Shop, 18623 Main St., 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon- show of new oil paintings on Conway. Shop hours are 11 PASTELS: The Northwest day through Saturday. 360- paper by Marcia Van Doren a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Pastel Society Signature 293-6938 or scottmilo.com. continues through Sept. 30, Saturday. 360-391-2691 or Member Show will conat Raven Rocks Gallery, theshopconway.com. tinue through Sept. 29 at PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY: 765 Wonn Road C-101, Scott Milo Gallery, 420 “Different Strokes,” a colGreenbank. Van Doren says, DRAWINGS & PAINTCommercial Ave., Analection of oil and acrylic “My work focuses on the INGS: The “Artist’s Choice” cortes. Society members paintings by Caroline Garfemale environment for the invitational art show will will show a vast selection land, continues through most part. There are intecontinue through Sept. 30, of pastel work encompassSept. 30, at the Majestic Inn rior scenes and many times at Fourth Corner Frames ing traditional and trending & Spa, 401 Commercial looking through a window & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St., styles, including landscapes, Ave., Anacortes. Garland outside, or outside looking Bellingham. The exhibiseascapes, floral, figurative, paints in a variety of styles, in. In some work, the scenes tion features small works abstract and mixed media. with a wide range of color are like stage sets — some- by more than 30 regional

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artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-7341340 or fourthcornerframes. com.

recognized for her awardwinning fine-art quilts, which have appeared in hundreds of national and international exhibitions, collections, and publications.

RIVER GALLERY: The Show continues through River Gallery’s 2015 Fall Oct. 4.

Fine Art Show will continue ■ “Celebrating 20 Years through Oct. 18, at 19313 of Art”: This exhibit showLanding Road, Mount cases innovative, contemVernon. The gallery will porary multi-media textile showcase more than 200 work by graduate students small works by 32 local of the Gail Harker Center artists, including paintings, for Creative Arts. Featured sculptures, glass and jewelry. Artists include Martha KleiSpecially featured are sculp- hege, Susan Lenarz, Karen tures by Robert Gigliotti Nelson, Alba Romero, and a collection of small bird Jill Taylor, Maria Winner paintings by various artists. and Deborah Zibrik. The Gallery hours are 10 a.m. exhibit marks the center’s to 5 p.m. Friday through 20th anniversary. Continues Sunday. More information, through Oct. 4. including a preview, can be The museum is open found online at rivergallery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. wa.com.

Wednesday through Sunday.

Admission: $7, $5 students A FEAST OF PAINTINGS: and military with ID, free New paintings by Magfor members and ages 11 gie Wilder are on display and younger. 360-466-4288 through Nov. 1, at Gallery or laconnerquilts.org.

Cygnus, 109 Commercial, La Conner. Can paint be FAIRS delicious? Can the image of WASHINGTON STATE food be enough to satisfy?

FAIR: Washington state’s What does local food look biggest fair continues like in local landscape? Find through Sept. 27 at the the answers to these and Washington State Fair other painterly inquiries.

Events Center, 110 Gallery hours are noon to 5 Ninth Ave. SW, Puyallup. p.m. Friday through Sunday Advance tickets: $7.50-$10 or by appointment. 360-708- through Sept. 10; at the 4787 or gallerycygnus.com. gate: $9-$12.50, free for ages 5 and younger. thefair.

STANWOOD ART WALK: com.

Meet the artists and check out a variety of artworks on LECTURES display from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at participating AND TALKS LOCAL RADIO: “Speak locations along Main Street in the east end commercial Up! Speak Out!,” a halfhour weekly show commitdistrict in downtown Stanted to community, peace, wood. justice and non-violence issues broadcasts at 5 p.m.

QUILTS, KNITTING, TEXTILE ART: Several new Wednesdays and 8 p.m. exhibits of quilts and other Sundays on Skagit Valley fiber arts are now on display Community Radio Station KSVR 91.7 FM (Mount at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Sec- Vernon), KSVU 90.1 FM (Hamilton), KMRE 102.3 ond St., La Conner.

FM (Bellingham) and KSJU ■ “30 Quilts for 30 Years”: Caryl Bryer Fallert- 91.9 FM (Friday Harbor). speakupspeakoutradio.org.

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OUT & ABOUT GOT BATS?: Kathleen Bander, founder of Bats Northwest, will present “Bats Incredible!” from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Bander will talk about the 15 species of bats native to Washington.

Learn about night-blooming plants that attract the insects Northwest bats eat.

Get plans to build a bat house and get up close and personal with real mounted bat specimens. Free. Reservations requested: Call 360466-3821 or 800-585-8200.

SKAGIT TOPIC: “Hedlin Farms”: with Dave Hedlin: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

27, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Get to know the story of Hedlin Farms, a third- and fourth-generation Skagit Valley farm. With close to 400 acres split between organic and conventional production, they have been farming here since (great) grandfather Rasmus Koudal came over from Denmark in 1906. Free with museum admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6-12, $10 families.

Free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-4663365 or skagitcounty.net/ museum.

CARBON TAX? CAP AND TRADE?: Alex Epstein of Climate Solutions will discuss cap and trade, and Kyle Murphy of Carbon Washington will present info on the carbon tax Initiative 732 at the next Seventh Generation Supper at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

29, at the Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St., Anacortes. After the presentation, enjoy an organic Autumn Bounty Silent Auction to help raise money toward a matching grant campaign. Suggested supper donation: $5 adults,

$3 ages 10 and younger.

Bring your own place settings. transitionfidalgo.org.

toys, handcrafted items and more; great food, car show and live music. Admission: $2. Onsite parking: $2. For information, call 360-336MORE FUN STERNWHEELER’S FALL 9414 or visit skagitcounty.

HOURS: The sternwheeler net/garagesale.

W.T. Preston and the AnaFREE MUSEUM DAY: cortes Maritime Heritage Smithsonian Magazine Free Center, 713 R Ave., AnaMuseum Day is Saturday, cortes, have announced new hours for fall. The W.T. Sept. 26. Download a coupon good for free admisPreston is designated as a sion to participating area National Historic Landmuseums at smithsonian. mark, and the Heritage com.

Center features an exhibit ■ Skagit County Historiexploring the maritime cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth community’s rich tradiSt., La Conner. 11 a.m. to 5 tions and the evolution of p.m. 360-466-3365 or skagit the Anacortes waterfront. county.net/museum.

Fall hours are 10 a.m. to 4 ■ Whatcom Museum, p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m.

121 Prospect St., Bellingto 4 p.m. Sundays through ham.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 360October. Admission to the 778-8930 or whatcom Preston is $1-$3. Heritage museum.org.

Center admission is free.

■ Bellingham Railway 360-293-1916 or museum.

Museum, 1320 Commercial cityofanacotes.org.

St., Bellingham. Noon to 5 p.m. 360-393-7540 or bell“WHAT IS IT?”: Check inghamrailwaymuseum.org. out an exhibit of mystery items on display through TOY SHOW: The 30th Nov. 8, at the Skagit County annual Puget Sound Toy Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. With Show will be held from 9 a collection of over 300,000 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Northwest artifacts, there are bound Washington Fairgrounds, to be some the museum 1775 Front St., Lynden. has no clue what they are.

Show, sell and trade all Come and see a special kinds of toys, including exhibit of unidentified items and see if you can tell farm and construction toys, cars and trucks, NASthe museum “what it is.”

Museum hours are 11 a.m. CAR and more. Admission: $4 adults, $2 ages 6 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through to 12, free for ages 5 and Sunday. Admission: $5 younger. Floor rights (6 adults, $4 seniors and children ages 6-12, $10 families, to 9 p.m. Friday, 7:30 to 9 free for members and ages a.m. Saturday): $10. Dealer and display tables avail5 and younger. 360-466able. Proceeds will benefit 3365 or skagitcounty.net/ Ebenezer Christian School. museum.

360-354-2292.

GARAGE SALE & MORE: “SURGE”: In partnership The Skagit County Fairwith the Skagit Climate Scigrounds’ 23rd annual Fall ence Consortium and the Garage Sale, Antiques & Skagit Watershed Council, More will be held from 9 the Museum of Northwest to 4 p.m. Friday and SatArt will host “Surge” from urday, Sept. 25-26, at the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, St., Mount Vernon. Check out more than 130 vendors Sept. 26-27, at the museum, 121 S. First St., La Conner. offering antiques, tools,

Environmental scientists have teamed up with artists and educators to present environmental installations, interactive activities for youth and adults, music, performance art and video highlighting climate change, storm surge and the impact on Northwest coastal communities. Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

and artworks from artists in Whatcom County and the surrounding area. Free exhibit tours are offered from 1 to 2:30 p.m. the second Wednesday and third Saturday each month.

The opening reception also will include jewelrymakers from around the region participating in Out of the Box, where each artist is given a box of jewelry OYSTER “FUN” PARTY: supplies from which they Kick off Oyster Run week- will create a wearable piece end from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. of art. The center is open Saturday, Sept. 26, at North from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. TuesCascades Harley-Davidson, day through Saturday. Free 1337 Goldenrod Road, Bur- admission. 360-354-3600 or lington. Enjoy a barbecue, jansenartcenter.org. entertainment, prizes and more. Free. 360-757-1515 or “DIVAS: ABOVE THE northcascadesharley.com.

NECK”: The Anacortes Arts Commission will present the Fidalgo Island QuilOCTOBER ters’ fiber art show, opening ART during the First Friday Art FIRST THURSDAY Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. FriART: The Mount Vernon day, Oct. 2, and continuing Downtown Association will from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturpresent the First Thursday day, Oct. 3, at The Depot, Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m.

611 R Ave., Anacortes. The Thursday, Oct. 1, in downshow will feature handcrafttown Mount Vernon. Pared jewelry and knitted and ticipating venues will host woven scarves and hats. A local and regional artists portion of sales will benefit during the event. 360-336the Anacortes Family Cen3801 or mountvernondown ter. anacortesartscom town.org. mission.com.

FLORAL ART: The Chuckanut District of Garden Clubs will present “Let the Celebrations Begin,” a juried floral design show during the First Thursday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 1, at 307 First St., Suite A, Mount Vernon. Garden club members will exhibit a variety of artistic floral designs and horticultural specimens.

Free.

JURIED ART SHOW: The Fall Juried Exhibit will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, and continue through Nov. 24, at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden.

The exhibit features paintings by Susan Bennerstrom

“THE NIGHT GALLERY”: Check out an invitational show of eerie images opening with a reception during the Downtown Bellingham Artwalk from 6 to 10 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 2, and continuing through Oct. 31, at Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St., Bellingham. “The Night Gallery,” a take-off on Rod Serling’s TV series of the same name, features works by a handful of regional artists who have created a shadowy museum of the outré. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-7341340 or fourthcornerframes. com.

AUTUMN ARTS FESTI-

VAL: 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 of handcrafted items, home decorations and jewelry, as well as entertainment, food and hourly raffle drawings. Free admission. For information, call 360-421-0641 or visit icrsweb.org.

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ART: “Not 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.

■ Curator Talk: 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.

BILINGUAL MUSEUM TOUR: The Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St., La Conner, will offer a Bilingual Spanish Exhibition Tour at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Join educator Melody Young for a guided tour and engaging discussion of the museum’s current exhibitions. Tours are familyfriendly and geared for native speakers as well as students of the language.

Free. 360-466-4446 or monamuseum.org.

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TRAVEL

Rio’s downtown, a window on Olympic city’s past battle between the Portuguese and the French, and their indigenous allies, for colonial domiRIO DE JANEIRO — For nance. The Portuguese eventumost visitors to Rio de Janeiro, ally prevailed and built their and even for many residents, outpost on a hill overlooking the city’s historic downtown is Guanabara Bay in what is now a blur, a canyonland of office Centro. towers punctuated by the odd That hill — known as colonial-era church — all to be the Morro do Castelo, or glimpsed through cab windows Castle Hill for the fortress en route to the beach. that crowned it — no longer But downtown, known in exists. It was razed in the late Portuguese as “Centro,� is 19th and early 20th centuries Rio’s historical hotspot, a mot- in response to the then-wideley pastiche of vestiges of the spread theory that the mouncity’s 450-year-long past. tain spread disease by impedFor visitors capable of prying air circulation. ing themselves off CopacaToday’s visitors can get a bana’s golden sands, the neigh- feel for Rio’s colonial times at borhood is a fascinating detour. the Convento Santo Antonio, a And revitalization projects Franciscan convent that, along in the area ahead of the 2016 with a Jesuit church atop CasSummer Olympic Games tle Hill, was a main landmark could help spur its rediscovery. of early Rio. Tucked behind the Centro is where Rio was entrance to the Carioca metro born, in 1565, during the bitter stop, which on workdays busBy JENNY BARCHFIELD Associated Press

tles with commuters streaming to and from nearby office towers, Santo Antonio is all austere grace — a simple-lined white complex atop a hill.

The Mosteiro Sao Bento is Santo Antonio’s rich and showy cousin. While the church was founded in 1590 by Benedictine monks, its opulent interior — a Baroque riot of elaborate wooden sculptures covered in 23-carat gold foil — is a product of the 18th century gold rush that was an early peak of Brazilian boom-andbust economy. A decade-long restoration recently wrapped up, making the gilded church gleam that much brighter.

Down the street is another colonial gem, the Praca XV square. It’s where ships unloaded, and where the Portuguese royal family stayed after fleeing Lisbon and the approaching British fleet.

Local travel AAA CRUISE SHOW: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, at Skagit Valley Casino Resort, 5984 N Darrk Lane, Bow. Everyone welcome, RSVP 360848-2090. “THE SPIRIT OF THE COAST JOURNEY�: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Videographer Don Jonasson offers a video presentation of a canoe journey to find the spirit of the British Columbia coast and to connect with the First Nations Peoples.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org. “SHANGHAI: YESTERDAY & TODAY�: 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at the 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. “A TASTE OF TANZANIA�: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Anacortes

Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Gabe Martin will present a travel adventure to Dubai and Tanzania, as well as a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.

Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library. cityofanacortes.org. “ASIAN ADVENTURE: TOKYO & KAMAKURA�: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Don and Joyce Paradine share their cruise to Tokyo and other Asian locales, including Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand.

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

SENIOR CENTER TRIPS: Skagit County Senior Centers offer short escorted trips departing from and returning to local Senior Centers. For information, call the Anacortes Senior Center at 360-293-7473 or sign up at your local senior center.

SHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation offers travel opportunities for ages 8 and older (adult supervision required for ages 17 and younger). Trips depart from and return to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

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HOT TICKETS DJANGOFEST NORTHWEST: Through Sept.

27, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley.

800-638-7631 or wicaonline.org.

DAN DEACON: Sept. 24, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

AUTECHRE: Sept. 25, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO (comedy): Sept.

25-26, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit. com.

COUNTING CROWS: Sept. 26, WAMU Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster. com.

BONOBO: Sept. 26, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THIEVERY CORPORATION: Sept. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

THE TRAGICALLY HIP: Sept. 29, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or LiveNation. com.

SHAMIR: Sept. 30, The Crocodile, Seattle.

877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

THE TEA PARTY: Oct. 1, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

AER: Oct. 2, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-7453000 or showboxonline.com.

BIG GIGANTIC: Oct. 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

OVERKILL, SYMPHONY X: Oct. 3, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline. com.

BASSJACKERS: Oct. 3, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 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. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

BOOMBOX/UA: Oct. 4, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MELANIE MARTINEZ: Oct. 4, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

DUKE DUMONT: Oct. 5, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CIMORELLI: Oct. 5, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800745-3000 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.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

COMMON KINGS: Oct. 8-9, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 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.

MAX SCHNEIDER: Oct. 12, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or thecrocodile.com.

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DOOMTREE: Oct. 14, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

COLONY HOUSE, COIN: Oct. 14, Chop Suey, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

MADISEN WARD & THE MAMA BEAR: Oct. 14, Columbia City Theatre, 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

MATOMA: Oct. 16, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BOOSIE BADAZZ: Oct. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

REBEL SOULJAHZ: Oct. 17, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SOMO: Oct. 17, Showbox SoDo, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ALT-J: Oct. 18, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or LiveNation.com.

TECH N9NE: Oct. 18, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS: Oct. 18, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

GWAR, BORN OF OSIRIS: Oct. 20, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

TYLER WARD: Oct. 21, Chop Suey, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

DEERHUNTER: Oct. 21, The Showbox, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Oct. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

STEEL PANTHER: Oct. 22, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FIDLAR: Oct. 23, The Showbox, Seattle. 800745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

COHEED AND CAMBRIA: Oct. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BRET MICHAELS: Oct. 23-24, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, Bow. 877275-2448 or theskagit.com.

ALBERT HAMMOND JR.: Oct. 25, The Crocodile, Seattle. 877-987-6487 or thecrocodile. com.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: Oct. 27, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

AWOLNATION: Oct. 27, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or LiveNation.com.

ALL TIME LOW, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS: Oct. 28, ShoWare Center, Kent. 800-745-3000 or LiveNation.com.

GRIMES: Oct. 28, The Showbox, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 E9

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley

and surrounding area September 24-October 1

TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 24-October 1 THURSDAY.24

Thursday.24

A Love Electric (psychedelic rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

THEATER

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

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

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

COMEDY

Ladies’ Night: with standup comedian Marc Price: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Price will share the stage with an improv group headed by Eva Erwin, with actors and comics from the Bellingham area. $10, advance purchase only. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

Friday.25 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

Saturday.26 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

Tumbao (Latin jazz): 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20.

360-671-1709 or wcls.org.

COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

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

425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

FRIDAY.25

Friday.26-Saturday.27 COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

MuseBird Cafe: with Ginger UPs, Steve and Kristi Nebel: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Petunia & The Vipers: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 360-445-3000.

Social Network (top 40 dance radio pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Sunday.27

El Colonel and Doubleshot: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THEATER

Woe Be Gone (Americana): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

“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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

“Castello to Corelli”: 17th century all-Italian recital: with Christine Wilkinson Beckman, violin; and Jonathan Oddie, harpsichord: 2 to 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Admission: $20 suggested or “pay as you are able,” free for ages 12 and younger.

206-420-4548 or salmonrun.wix.com/ salmon-run-concerts.

Thursday.1 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-5111.

SUNDAY.27 SATURDAY.26 BABY CAKES 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Good Vibrations: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Chris Eger: 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.

The Lowdown Drifters, Blackheart Honeymoon (country): 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10. 425-737-5144 or 360629-6500.

Minor Plains, Crossbows and Catapults, Freeway Park: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

J.P. Falcon: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

SATURDAY.26 Ben Starner (jazz, ragtime piano): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.27

Swingnuts Jazz: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Ann ‘n’ Dean (country, classic Casino, 3438 rock): 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Baby Gramps (rags, jazz, novelty), Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount VerStoluckquaHot Damn Scandal (American Pre-Oyster Run Party: with BodaCC Adams and Friends mish Lane, non. 360-848-8882. gypsy blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, cious: 4 to 8 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, Sunday Jam: 4:30-8:30 Arlington. 360Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, p.m., La Conner Pantry 474-9740.

Joe Sneva & the Sweet Dominiques 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360Conway. $15 in advance, $18 at the and Pub, 315 E. Morris (surf, reggae): 9:30 p.m., Draft Pics 416-3334. door. 360-445-3000.

Street, La Conner. 360- Sexless, Sport Bar & Grill, 516 S. First St., Polly O’Keary and the Rhythm 466-4488.

Gnash, Noceur: Mount Vernon. 360-336-3626.

Tom Mullin: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., AneMethod: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commer9 p.m., The lia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 Shakedown, La Conner. 360-399-1805. p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 1212 N. State Ramblers (classic country dance): Nashville Northwest: 9 p.m., Cains Court, Edison.

St., Bellingham.

7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley Social Network (top 40 dance Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 No cover. 360-766-6266. $6. 360-778American Legion Hall, 701 Murradio pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

1067. dock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855Valley Casino Resort, Winners 5111.

Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Gary B’s Church of Chris Eger: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Blues: Jam night, 6 to Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 High10 p.m., Conway Pub & way 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411. Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

MONDAY.28

NORTHWEST MUSIC FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER: WITH 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. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

WEDNESDAY.30

THURSDAY.1

Swingnuts Jazz: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

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

Valley Maker (album relase), Pete Quirk (of Cave Singers), Brad Lockhart (of Baltic Cousins): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7-$8. 360-7781067.

Open Mic Night: hosted

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

Rattletrap Ruckus: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Telekinesis, Say Hi, Vacationeer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360778-1067.

Erik & Anissa: 5 to 7 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600 or jansenart center.org.

E8 Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday, September 24, 2015 E9

Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley

and surrounding area September 24-October 1

TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 24-October 1 THURSDAY.24

Thursday.24

A Love Electric (psychedelic rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

THEATER

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

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

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

COMEDY

Ladies’ Night: with standup comedian Marc Price: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Price will share the stage with an improv group headed by Eva Erwin, with actors and comics from the Bellingham area. $10, advance purchase only. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

Friday.25 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

Saturday.26 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

Tumbao (Latin jazz): 3 p.m., Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2, 8 Barnview Court, Bellingham. $20.

360-671-1709 or wcls.org.

COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

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

425-737-5144 or 360-629-6500.

FRIDAY.25

Friday.26-Saturday.27 COMEDY

Sebastian Maniscalco: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $28-$32. 877-275-2448.

MuseBird Cafe: with Ginger UPs, Steve and Kristi Nebel: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Petunia & The Vipers: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 360-445-3000.

Social Network (top 40 dance radio pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Sunday.27

El Colonel and Doubleshot: 8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THEATER

Woe Be Gone (Americana): 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991805.

“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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

MUSIC

“Castello to Corelli”: 17th century all-Italian recital: with Christine Wilkinson Beckman, violin; and Jonathan Oddie, harpsichord: 2 to 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon. Admission: $20 suggested or “pay as you are able,” free for ages 12 and younger.

206-420-4548 or salmonrun.wix.com/ salmon-run-concerts.

Thursday.1 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 whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade Ramblers (classic country dance): 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley American Legion Hall, 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-5111.

SUNDAY.27 SATURDAY.26 BABY CAKES 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6266.

Good Vibrations: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Chris Eger: 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.

The Lowdown Drifters, Blackheart Honeymoon (country): 9 p.m., Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $10. 425-737-5144 or 360629-6500.

Minor Plains, Crossbows and Catapults, Freeway Park: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $6. 360-778-1067.

J.P. Falcon: 9 p.m., Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

SATURDAY.26 Ben Starner (jazz, ragtime piano): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-4453000.

SUNDAY.27

Swingnuts Jazz: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Ann ‘n’ Dean (country, classic Casino, 3438 rock): 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Baby Gramps (rags, jazz, novelty), Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount VerStoluckquaHot Damn Scandal (American Pre-Oyster Run Party: with BodaCC Adams and Friends mish Lane, non. 360-848-8882. gypsy blues): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, cious: 4 to 8 p.m., Evelyn’s Tavern, Sunday Jam: 4:30-8:30 Arlington. 360Bard Room, 18444 Spruce/Main, p.m., La Conner Pantry 474-9740.

Joe Sneva & the Sweet Dominiques 12667 Highway 9, Clear Lake. 360Conway. $15 in advance, $18 at the and Pub, 315 E. Morris (surf, reggae): 9:30 p.m., Draft Pics 416-3334. door. 360-445-3000.

Street, La Conner. 360- Sexless, Sport Bar & Grill, 516 S. First St., Polly O’Keary and the Rhythm 466-4488.

Gnash, Noceur: Mount Vernon. 360-336-3626.

Tom Mullin: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., AneMethod: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commer9 p.m., The lia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 S. First St., Lloyd Hooper and the Cascade cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Bow Diddlers: 5:30 Shakedown, La Conner. 360-399-1805. p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 1212 N. State Ramblers (classic country dance): Nashville Northwest: 9 p.m., Cains Court, Edison.

St., Bellingham.

7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sedro-Woolley Social Network (top 40 dance Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 No cover. 360-766-6266. $6. 360-778American Legion Hall, 701 Murradio pop): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6330.

1067. dock St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855Valley Casino Resort, Winners 5111.

Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No Cover. 877-275-2448.

Gary B’s Church of Chris Eger: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Blues: Jam night, 6 to Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 High10 p.m., Conway Pub & way 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411. Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

MONDAY.28

NORTHWEST MUSIC FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER: WITH 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. 425-7375144 or 360-629-6500.

WEDNESDAY.30

THURSDAY.1

Swingnuts Jazz: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

360-588-1720.

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

Valley Maker (album relase), Pete Quirk (of Cave Singers), Brad Lockhart (of Baltic Cousins): 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $7-$8. 360-7781067.

Open Mic Night: hosted

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

Rattletrap Ruckus: 6 to 8 p.m., The Woolley Market, 829 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-9822649.

Telekinesis, Say Hi, Vacationeer: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $12. 360778-1067.

Erik & Anissa: 5 to 7 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360354-3600 or jansenart center.org.

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E10 - Thursday, September 24, 2015

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SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club welcomes performers (intermediate and above), listeners and guests to join the fun at 1:45 p.m. today, Sept. 24, at Vasa Hall, 1805 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. Come and CALL FOR MUSICIANS: sing, play the club’s piano DANCE 5b’s Bakery, 45597 Main or organ, play your own THURSDAY DANCE: St., Concrete, is looking instrument or just enjoy a Enjoy dancing to the music for musicians to perform variety of music — ’20s to of The Skippers from 1 easy-listening acoustic ’70s classical, popular, westto 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ern and gospel. Free. For Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. information, call Elaine at 13th St., Mount Vernon. For during Snday Brunch. In 360-428-4228. information, contact Gisela exchange, musicians will receive audience contribuat 360-424-5696.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: tions and a meal. For information, call 360-853-8700 or Practices are held from 2:45 MUSIC email info@5bsbakery.com. to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday BARBERSHOP HARat the Shelter Bay ClubMONY: Want to have fun TIME FOR FIDDLERS: house in La Conner. New singing 4-part Barbershop The Washington Old Time members welcome. No “THE LION IN WINTER”: harmony? Attend a free, Fiddlers play acoustic old need to be a Shelter Bay The Whidbey Theater needs no-commitment rehearsal time music at 6:30 p.m. the resident. 360-466-3805. one or two lighting techni- of the An-O-Chords. No second and fourth Fridays cians to run the lights and LOVE TO SING? Join the experience necessary, no of each month at the Mount four men to serve in guards auditions required. Learn Vernon Senior Center, 1401 women of Harmony Northin non-speaking roles for west Chorus from 6:30-9 by rote, you don’t have to Cleveland. St. Free; donaits November production. read music. All ages weltions accepted. Information: p.m. every Monday at the Rehearsals will continue Mount Vernon Senior Cencome, 12 to 90+. Drop in 630-9494. ter, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Seeking women who like to sing a cappella music. All skill levels welcome.

“PROMETHEUS BOUND”: The Skagit Valley College Drama Department will hold auditions at 2 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the college, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. A short classic audition piece is encouraged. The play will incorporate movement-based work with theatrical masks and puppets, drawing from Native American Salish art and storytelling tradition.

Performances will run Nov. 12-22 in the Phillip Tarro Theatre. For information, call 360-416-6636 or email damond.morris@skagit.edu.

through September and October, with shows running over three weekends beginning Thursday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 22.

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any Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Educational Service Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Rides available. Bob Lundquist, 360-941-5733 or svenbob@ cheerful.com.

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ogy and art activities; and celebrations of pop culture fandoms with trivia, games and crafts. Participation does not require a library card. 360-755-0760 or burl ingtonwa.gov/library.

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

the Department of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov.

■ The U.S. Forest Service will recognize National Public Lands Day by waiving fees for visitors to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Saturday, Sept. 26. Fees will be waived at most day-use sites on the forest. fs.usda. gov/mbs.

TRAIL TALES: Friends of Skagit Beaches will lead a series of informative walks along the Tommy ThompHORSEBACK RIDING: A son Trail in Anacortes. For variety of riding opportuni- information, visit skagit ties for horses and their beaches.org. humans of all skill levels Next up: are offered at Fire Moun■ Guided Walk: History tain Trail Course, located & Habitat on a Working just north of Sedro-WoolWaterfront: 1 to 2:30 p.m. ley. For information, visit today, Sept. 24, at Quiet firemountaintrailcourse.

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Avenue at the Guemes Channel, Anacortes. Learn TRAIL BUILDERS: about the history of the Mount Vernon Trail Build- Guemes waterfront, includers seeks volunteers to ing Anacortes founder help with trail building Amos Bowman and Meland maintenance at Little ville Curtis, who built the Mountain Park in Mount original Curtis Wharf in Vernon. Family-friendly 1905. Guest speakers from work sessions are held from the Port of Anacortes and ANACORTES OPEN MIC: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. SaturDept. of Ecology will share 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the days, rain or shine. Lunch, information on the redevelBrown Lantern Ale House, snacks, tools and training opment of the waterfront 412 Commercial Ave., Ana- are provided. For informa- to support Dakota Creek cortes. 360-293-2544. tion, call Mount Vernon Industries’ growing ship Parks and Recreation building business and the OPEN MIC: Jam Night: at 360-336-6215 or visit environmental mitigations 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursmountvernontrailbuilders. projects undertaken as a days, at the Conway Pub com. result. & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Next up: Conway. 360-445-4733.

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Skagit Fisheries Enhance■ Oct. 10. ment Group for a tour of RECREATION ■ Oct. 24. the Samish Watershed from TEEN ACTIVITIES: Teens and tweens ages 12 to 19 FREE PARK ADMISSION: 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, can participate in afterIn honor of National Public Sept. 26. Meet at the Alger school activities from 3 to Lands Day, the Washington Community Hall, 17835 4:30 p.m. Thursdays through State Parks and Recreation Parkview Lane, Alger.

Dec. 17, at the Burlington Commission will offer free Learn what is being done Public Library’s Rotary admission to all state parks to restore and protect the Samish River for animals Community Meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26. On and people alike. Find out Room, 820 E. Washington this day, the Discover Pass how you can help the river Ave., Burlington. Themes will not be required to while helping native salmon and activities will change enter state parks. The pass to thrive. All ages welcome. each week and include old- is still required to access Free. RSVP by Sept. 22. school board games; help lands managed by the Call 360-336-0172. skagit with homework resources; Washington Department fisheries.org. hands-on science, technolof Fish and Wildlife and

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “The Flash: The Comond Season”: Drama that plete First Season”: The centers around the clash Upcoming television world is getting between a Native Amerimovie releases more and more comic can tribe and a small town.

Following is a partial book inspired programs.

“The Last Man on schedule of coming movThe only way you will be Earth”: Will Forte stars ies on DVD. Release able to keep the caped in the Fox comedy about dates are subject to crime fighters separate a man who believes he’s change: from their cowled counteralone on the planet.

SEPT. 29 parts is through the quality “Requiescant”: SpaSpy of the offering. “The Flash” ghetti western from direcPoltergeist hits all of the marks with tor Carlo Lizzani.

Entourage supersonic speed.

“Alleluia”: Based on Cop Car Grant Gustin brings just the real-life story of the the right amount of boyish “Lonely Hearts Killers.”

OCT. 2 The Avengers 2: Age of charm to the character of “Saint Laurent”: Look Ultron Barry Allen and an equal at the life and influences of amount of heroic bravado Yves Saint Laurent.

OCT. 6 to the scarlet speedster.

“The New Stone Soup Magic Mike XXL The combination means in American Sign LanInsidious: Chapter 3 the series works in the guage”: Celebrates the Me and Earl and the Dying Girl action parts and more perpower of sharing through sonal story. sign language.

OCT. 13 There’s a reason “The “Results”: Recently San Andreas Flash” was the mostdivorced man gets Tomorrowland watched series premiere involved with two people The Gallows in The CW’s history, and from his gym.

Dope Ascension original episodes averaged “Kindness is ContaBates Motel: Season 3 6 million viewers weekly gious”: Documentary on Good Witch: Season 1 throughout the season. the benefits of being nice.

Mad Men: The Final SeaIt’s a show that respects “The Beginners Bible”: son, Part 2 comic book readers, but it Includes stories of Joseph 100: Season 2 is accessible enough if you and his brothers and the The Following: Season 3 Wayward Pines: Season don’t know the difference battle of Jericho.

1 between The Flash and “Campus Code”: Group Quicksilver. of college students try to ■ Tribune News Service “Pitch Perfect 2”: The find answers for extraordisingers face a very tough nary events. international competition.

“Swamp Monsters: Anna Kendrick stars.

Season One”: The Bayou Enforcement The Barden Bellas have found their Agency for Supernatural Threats looks for harmony again to make “Pitch Perfect 2” problems in the Louisiana swamps. nearly as much fun as the original. The “In the Name of My Daughter”: Young tale of an all-female college a cappella woman must deal with family secrets as group that finds national success is mind- she tries to bounce back from a failed less entertainment that taps your funny marriage. bone while making your toes tap. It’s just “Pop Life”: Documentary that looks at a little more focused on your toes this the popularity of street drugs. time around.

“Jumanji”: The Robin Williams film has “The Adventures of SpongeBob been released on Blu-ray.

SquarePants”: Complete collection of “The Nanny: Season Four”: Fran DreMermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes. scher stars in the TV comedy.

“Arrow: Complete Third Season”: “The Sentinel”: A model’s New York Contains all 23 episodes, plus almost three apartment comes with some strange hours of extra content. extras. Originally released in 1977.

“The Mystery of Matter: Search for “Chain of Command”: Man’s efforts to the Elements”: A look at what the world avenge his brother’s death takes him into is made of to understand the basic buildworld of corruption. ing blocks.

“The Red Road: The Complete Sec■ Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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E12 - Thursday, September 24, 2015

MOVIES

AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE

‘Black Mass’ brings crime boss Whitey Bulger’s 1975 world to life

By JOSH ROTTENBERG Los Angeles Times

When director Scott Cooper was first approached about directing “Black Mass” — the story of the notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger and the FBI agent who abetted his bloody rise to power — he had some serious trepidation.

Not only was the film in a genre that included some of the most acclaimed movies of all time, including “The Godfather” and “Goodfellas,” but it also would require re-creating a world that was all but lost to history: South Boston in the 1970s and 1980s.

Once he’d committed to the project — with an ensemble cast led by Johnny Depp as Bulger, Joel Edgerton as corrupt FBI agent John Connolly and Benedict Cumberbatch as Bulger’s politically powerful brother, William — Cooper laid out a mandate for his crew.

“I told them, ‘Though this takes place in the ’70s and ’80s, I want us to feel like it’s 1975 and we’re making a contemporary film,’” he recalled recently. “It’s not 2014 and we’re making a film about 1975 — we are in 1975.’”

That was easier said than done, however.

The realm over which Bulger reigned — the blue-collar, Irish-Catholic neighborhood known as “Southie” — had become increasingly gentrified over the years, as expensive condominiums and chic, yuppie-friendly restaurants moved in and scrubbed away much of the area’s grit.

As an illustration of how much had changed, the bar where Bulger held court and conducted much of his business, Triple O’s, was eventually replaced by a sushi restaurant, with a Starbucks across the street.

So jumping off from the 2001 book “Black Mass,” by former Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, that formed the basis for the script, Cooper and his cast and crew set about like archaeologists.

Through surveillance photos, interviews with FBI agents and associates of Bulger and other research, they gradually gleaned a sense of the look and feel

“Ricki and the Flash”

“The Beaux” Stratagem

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4

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In this image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Billy Bulger (left) and Johnny Depp portrays Whitey Bulger in the Boston-set film, “Black Mass.” of the crime lord’s realm.

Then they looked for locations around the city that — with some altered street lights here, some old cars there — could fit the bill.

“We shot everywhere from Cambridge to Lynn to the North End to Southie,” said Cooper, who previously directed the dramas “Crazy Heart” and “Out of the Furnace.” “It was really about, ‘What can we alter to make it look like the ’70s, keeping in mind only what the camera sees?’”

In scouting locations, production designer Stefania Cella visited a number of key places where Bulger’s story played out, from the house where he lived with his girlfriend to the spot along the Neponset River in Quincy where he allegedly dumped bodies.

“We went to the house where he buried people in the basement,” Cella said. “The woman who owned it showed me with a special light all the blood that was still splattered all over the stone walls.”

One potential source of information who was decidedly unavailable as a resource was Bulger himself. After being arrested in Santa Monica, Calif.,

in 2011 after 16 years as a fugitive, Bulger was tried and found guilty in 2013 of having been involved in 11 murders, among numerous other crimes, and is currently incarcerated for life in Florida.

Through his attorney, Bulger, whose story had already been told in a fictionalized form in Martin Scorsese’s 2006 film “The Departed,” made it clear he had no interest in being involved in the film.

“Initially, I made my best attempt to set up a meeting with him,” Depp explained via email. “However, knowing he wasn’t the most ardent fan of the book ‘Black Mass,’ I always knew that was unlikely to pan out.”

Instead, Depp immersed himself in Bulger’s world by reading as much as he could about the crime boss and meeting with Bulger’s former attorney Jay Carney and several of his other former associates.

“Just listening to them talk was more than enough to streamline the dialect alone,” Depp said. “I just gathered from what wells I could. I kind of ran between the raindrops, collecting tidbits of solid information that could be incorporated into his character.”

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.

Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest.

But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.

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

screenwriter Diablo Cody.

Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family.

Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki’s long-suffering exhusband.

Rated PG-13. $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.

“unReal”

7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26

“unReal” is for those of us who escape. A film that celebrates breaking free from the confines of reality and venturing into a boundless world. This place isn’t remote or hard to find, and yet many never see it. Here, glacial walls transform into mountain bike trails, rain and snow aren’t the only elements to fall from the sky “Ricki and thousand pound mamand the Flash” mals become riding partners.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 Breathtaking visuals conjure 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 feelings of awe and pure joy; 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 feelings that only those of 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 us who venture outside can Three-time Academy truly understand.

Award winner Meryl Streep Adults, $12 in goes electric and takes on advance/$15 at the door: a whole new gig — a hardChildren 12 and under, $10 rocking singer/guitarist plus applicable fees. Lincoln — for Oscar winners direcTheatre members receive a tor Jonathan Demme and $2 discount.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 - E13

The Onion launches StarWipe celebrity parody site

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By ROBERT CHANNICK Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Humor website The Onion is going Hollywood with the launch Monday of StarWipe, a takeoff on TMZ and other celebrity gossip sites.

It may be hard to tell the difference between reality and parody, with StarWipe mining actual celebrity news, and adding The Onion’s uniquely offbeat perspective to color the stories. “TMZ is mostly baseless speculation and completely invented lies,� said Sean O’Neal, editor of StarWipe. “We’re certainly no different, but ours doesn’t make you feel dumb for having read it, hopefully.�

One of the stories featured on starwipe.com Monday ponders what a pregnant Kim Kardashian might do with the placenta of her second child, a hotly debated topic on several gossip websites, with some speculating she might use it as a beauty cream.

StarWipe suggests it might also make a great all-in-one shampoo/conditioner or nice low-calorie salad dressing.

StarWipe is The Onion’s latest foray into clickbait Web parodies, following last year’s ClickHole, a BuzzFeed-like site filled with time-wasting listicles and quizzes that humorously insult the reader’s intelligence.

The Onion was founded in 1988 by students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and grew to national prominence by parodying the gravitas of newspapers with satirical headlines and stories.

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E14 - Thursday, September 24, 2015

MOVIES AT AREA THEATERS

NEW THIS WEEK Nicely acted by Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, the artificial sweetener titled “THE INTERN” has its bright spots but is practically blinded by its own privileged perspective of life among the landed gentry of Brooklyn.

It’s not fair to single out the writerdirector, Nancy Meyers, whose better work includes “Something’s Gotta Give” and “It’s Complicated,” for making highend escapist fantasies about a certain socioeconomic strata. Most Hollywood products work the same way. But this is a particularly frustrating case, because Meyers’ latest has many good lines, and good laughs, and even entire good scenes.

Since his wife’s passing, retiree Ben Whittaker, played by De Niro, has lived a pleasantly routinized life alone for three years. Hired as a senior intern at a JackThreads-type online clothing company, he’s assigned to the bustling startup’s founder and honcho, Jules Ostin, played

by Hathaway in perpetual “go” mode.

Jules tools around her company’s fabulous gut-rehab warehouse on a bicycle and never remembers to eat.

At first Jules has no use for Ben, who sports the sole suit and tie amid a sea of unshaven chins and untucked shirts.

Scene by scene, the boss comes to realize how much wisdom, experience, advice and class this man has to offer, although a good deal of his internship is spent chauffeuring Jules from her mouthwatering Park Slope brownstone to work and back again. These scenes, with Jules frantically working her iPhone, suggest an alternate title: “Driving Miss Texty.”

Surprisingly, the biggest, broadest comic interlude clicks: a secret mission, conducted by Ben and his fellow (and much younger) co-workers, to retrieve a laptop from Jules’ parents’ house. In her best dialogue about the stresses of work/ life balance, Meyers suggests a measure of ambivalence and complication in its treatment of Jules, although on the surface she’s just another type-A workaholic out of a rom-com.

The rom in “The Intern” is fraught for Jules; her marriage to an apparently genial, supportive husband (Anders Holm, duller than his material, even) suffers from issues undetected by their grade-school daughter (JoJo Kushner). For Ben, the rom’s provided by the clothing company’s staff masseuse,

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Robert De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker in “The Intern.” played by Rene Russo. While Jules wrestles with a decision to hire a CEO, Ben is there, always, guiding her way.

Different movies stoke different, raging class issues in different people.

Preston Sturges created confectionary treats (some of the tastiest ever in cinema) celebrating the joys of high living while remaining witty about the excess.

Meyers has wit and a solid sense of craft, but mainly she makes movies about high thread counts and comfy, pricey throw pillows.

There’s not much at stake for Ben; judging from the size and furnishings of his bedroom closet, this longtime phone book company executive is living a supremely comfortable retirement. Jules learns to be a less judgy, more nurturing leader and friend.

Hathaway and De Niro are easy company, though there are times when De Niro mugging in close-up seems no better an idea here than it did in “Little Fockers.” Both actors suggest inner lives for their characters, even though the film itself is more of an outie — a collection of looks, and smiles, and attractive surfaces. As for composer Theodore Shapiro’s musical score … it’s awful. Pushy, insistent, it slathers every exchange, each new Meyers montage (the one on the plane may be the least necessary montage in montage history) with fake good cheer. Less is more with some composers; with this score, I wonder if “none” would’ve been the better option.

Rated: PG-13 for some suggestive content and brief strong language. ★★1⁄2 ■ Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

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Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:30, 3:30, 7:00, 9:00; Sunday-Thursday: 1:30, 3:30, 7:00 Black Mass (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 4:00, 6:30, 9:05; Sunday-Monday: 1:00, 4:00, 6:30; Tue: 1:00, 4:00; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:00, 4:00, 6:30 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15; SundayThursday: 1:15, 3:45, 6:45

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Everest (PG-13): Friday-Thursday: 3:50, 6:30 Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG): Friday-Thursday: 1:40, 9:00 Hotel Transylvania 2 3D (PG): Friday-Wednesday: 4:20, 7:00; Thursday: 4:20 PM The Intern (PG-13): Friday-Monday: 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20; Tuesday: 1:35, 4:10, 9:20; Wednesday: 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20; Thursday: 1:35, 4:10, 6:50 Black Mass (R): Friday-Thursday: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:25 Everest 3D (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 1:30, 9:00; Thursday: 1:30 PM Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13): Friday- Monday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:35, 9:15; Tuesday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:35; Wednesday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:35, 9:15; Thursday: 1:20, 4:00, 9:15

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MINI-REVIEWS Compiled from news services.

Ratings are one to four stars.

“A Walk in the Woods” — Two former movie golden boys finally share the big screen -- and they’re stuck in a middling sitcom. Robert Redford stars as a travel writer hobbling his way down the Appalachian Trail with his outof-shape friend (Nick Nolte), and the result is an amiable, lightweight and thoroughly predictable buddy movie. Comedy, R, 98 minutes. ★★ “Ant-Man” — The casting of likable, verbally nimble Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man seemed inspired, but what we have is a lightweight, cliche-riddled origins story that veers between inside-joke comedy, ponderous redemption story lines and nifty CGI sequences that still seem relatively insignificant.

Superhero action, PG-13, 117 minutes. ★★ “Black Mass” — Johnny Depp, who stars as real-life Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, is just too huge of a talent for “Black Mass” to be a total letdown, but given the lineup of other top-tier actors in the cast, a feeling of mild disappointment sets in long before the credits roll. This is a good, solid, well-executed crime story. Nothing more, nothing less. Drama, R, 122 minutes. ★★★ “Everest” — Based on true events, filled with stunning visuals and featuring more than a half-dozen of our best actors delivering solid performances, “Everest” is a high-altitude

roller coaster ride that will leave you drained.

Adventure-Drama-Thriller, PG-13, 121 minutes. ★★★ “Grandma” — Lily Tomlin is almost certain to win a best actress nomination for playing a feminist helping her granddaughter scrape up the money for an abortion. It’s a slim one-day road movie filled with big laugh lines, but saturated with regret, grief and separation. It’s the saddest comedy of the year. Comedy, R, 80 minutes. ★★★1⁄2 “Hitman: Agent 47” — Engineered from birth to be a perfect killing machine, Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) goes on a dangerous mission in an action movie with video game origins.

The action sequences are nothing special, and the big-picture questions have been tackled elsewhere with far more depth and grace.

Sci-fi action, R, 96 minutes. ★1⁄2 “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” — This is the rare instance of the later movies in a series easily exceeding the quality of the original. As Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt performs harrowing stunts and engages in clever banter with his adversaries, we essentially get the best James Bond movie since “Casino 1 Royale.” Action, PG-13, 131 minutes. ★★★ ⁄2 “Pawn Sacrifice” — Tobey Maguire gives the performance of his career in an enthralling piece of mainstream entertainment that captures the essence of chess champion Bobby Fischer’s mad genius, perfectly re-creates the tenor of the times AND works as a legit sports movie. Drama, PG-13, 116 minutes. ★★★★

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MOVIES “Ricki and the Flash” — Meryl Streep doing Bruce Springsteen? I’ll be damned if it doesn’t work in director Jonathan Demme’s amiable and predictable rock ‘n’ roll fable about a late-middle-age musician rethinking her choices.

It’s a sweet, smart and funny confection. Comedy-drama, PG-13, 102 minutes. ★★★ “Sleeping With Other People” — In one of my favorite rom-coms in recent memory, Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie play attractive, noncommittal people who expend an awful lot of emotional energy on remaining friends even though it’s perfectly obvious they should be together.

After all the twisted hard-R shenanigans, you just want to give them all a hug and thank ‘em for sharing a slice of their lives. 1 Comedy, R, 95 minutes. ★★★ ⁄2 “Southpaw” — Playing a boxing champ who loses it all, the chiseled Jake Gyllenhaal looks really good in the ring in director Antoine Fuqua’s blood-spitting, melodramatic and shamelessly sentimental drama containing elements from many boxing movies, everything from “The Champ” to any number of “Rockys.”

Drama, R, 124 minutes. ★★★1⁄2 “Straight Outta Compton” — The early dreams, the big breaks and the in-fighting are told to great effect in F. Gary Gray’s enthralling, energized tribute 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 minutes. ★★★1⁄2 “Trainwreck” — The performance of Amy Schumer, in her feature film lead debut as a New Yorker trying her first grown-up romance, is a tour de force of razor-sharp comedic timing. Despite (or maybe because of) “Trainwreck’s” sharp edges and cynical set pieces, it’s a movie you want to wrap your arms around.

Romantic comedy, R, 124 minutes. ★★★1⁄2

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MUSIC REVIEW Keith Richards, “CROSSEYED HEART” — The Rolling Stones are on a once-a-decade recording schedule (they just announced plans to make a new studio album next year, which would be their first since 2005).

But Keith Richards has been stockpiling tunes, and his third solo studio album, “Crosseyed Heart” (Republic), provides a snapshot of a guitarist who knows how to stay out of the way of a song.

The impetus behind most contemporary production is to add, in part because it’s so easy to pile on with digital gear.

Richards revels in taking things away. His recordings suggest a bare-bones demo more than a gleaming pop production, and the listener can practically feel the air moving in the room, the space between notes. For this approach to work, the songs have to be undeniable, and his latest batch doesn’t always measure up.

The guitarist’s wreck of a voice sounds unstrained and conversational, in the way the last several Bob Dylan albums have opted for intimacy instead of overload. He leads a small group of trusted friends, including drummer Steve

Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, vocalists Sarah Dash and Bernard Fowler, keyboardists Ivan Neville and Spooner Oldham, and saxophonist Bobby Keys, a Stones insider playing on one of his final sessions before his death last year.

There are a couple of midtempo riff rockers (“Heartstopper,” “Trouble”) that could’ve easily fit on any middling Stones record of the last couple of decades, and there are obligatory nods to Richards’ love of blues, country and reggae.

The acoustic “Crosseyed Lover” sounds as casual as a front-porch reverie, with the guitarist picking out a variation on a Robert Johnson acoustic blues, only to stop after a couple minutes as if he forgot the rest of it. “That’s all I got,” he rasps.

With sighing pedal steel, “Robbed Blind” delivers more Pirate Keef mischief: “The cops, I can’t involve them, God knows what they would find.”

You can practically see his eyes rolling as he delivers the line, a reference to his long-running battles with authority figures in all kinds of uniforms.

“Amnesia” casts a similarly personal and slightly darker shadow. Richards

used to downplay the brain surgery that followed his tumble from a coconut tree in 2006, but “Amnesia” puts a more ominous spin on how it clouded his life. “Nowhere . nowhere,” he rumbles over a loose, shambling groove.

Though often cast as the Stones’ resident outlaw, Richards also is the band’s heart-on-sleeve romantic. The guy who wrote “Angie,” “Wild Horses” and “Ruby Tuesday” sprinkles the album with ballads, though the only one that has a pulse is Gregory Isaacs’ reggae lament “Love Overdue.”

The other slow ones wobble. Duet partner Norah Jones helps set “Illusion” adrift, and “Just a Gift” sounds as bored as the barfly narrator claims to be when he’s away from his one true love.

The album’s best moment is beamed in from one of Richards’ formative influences. His interpretation of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene” makes it sound like an outtake from the Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” sessions: “If Irene ever turned me down, I’d take morphine and die.”

■ Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

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