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ON STAGE PAGE 8 Anacortes Community Theatre stages “Young Frankenstein” TUNING UP PAGE 9 Catch Knut Bell and the Blue Collars at H20 in Anacortes on Saturday

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Transformer: The “It’s the Great Upcoming Last Knight”: You’ve Pumpkin, Charlie heard this story time Brown”: Along with movie releases and time again: Hu“A Charlie Brown Following is a partial mans and TransformChristmas,” this is the schedule of coming DVD ers are at war and the production starring releases. Release dates humans aren’t doing the Peanuts gang that are subject to change: so well. That’s because is a must-own. The Emmy-winning animattheir big gun of OptiOCT. 3 mus Prime is missing. ed television special n Pirates of the CaribbeBut wait, there’s a delivers all of the same an: Dead Men Tell No Tales chance the human sweetness and smart n The Book of Henry race can be saved humor, this time played n A Ghost Story through a secret that out against the backn Churchill drop of Halloween. has been buried for n 6 Days “47 Meters Down”: years. It again falls on n A December Bride Two sisters must figure the shoulders of Cade n Heartland out a way to safety Yeager (Mark Wahln House of Cards — berg) to find a way to when the cable holding Season 5 retrieve that secret and the cage they are in to stop the world from observe sharks snaps.

OCT. 10 being transformed into Mandy Moore stars. n Baby Driver a wasteland.

“Shameless: The n The House He gets some help Complete Seventh n Wish Upon from an English lord Season”: This season n The Beguiled played by Sir Anthony of the quirky cable sen Maudie ries begins with Frank Hopkins, who obvin Michael Jackson: ously needed a check.

(William H. Macy) Searching for Neverland Then there’s the Oxford waking up from being — Tribune News Service professor portrayed by in a coma for a month Laura Haddock, who after having been tossed looks like the filmmakinto the Chicago River. ers were looking for another Megan “Mune: Guardian of the Moon”: Fox. Young faun is selected to be the There’s nothing that original in the Guardian of the Moon in this animated tale. story or the way the action has been “Ned and Stacey: The Complete shot.

Series”: The DVD set includes 11 “Taken”: Don’t get confused. The episodes of the network comedy that NBC series has the same name as the were never aired. Thomas Hayden action movie starring Liam Neeson Church and Debra Messing star. but that’s about the end of the on“Longmire: The Complete Fifth screen comparisons. The television Season”: Robert Taylor plays a smallproduction is a prequel to the movie town sheriff who tends to do things and shows how the character got his his way. special set of skills. The series does “3 Idiotas”: Three nerds who meet have another link in that it comes from executive producers Luc Besson, in college have a knack for causing problems. The film is in Spanish with Alexander Cary and Matt Gross. It English subtitles. was Besson who wrote the scripts for “2:22”: Man notices that strange all three of the “Taken” movies. events begin to occur in his life at the The TV series starts with Mills same time every day.

(Clive Standen) facing a family tragedy that has made him a broken man.

“Janet King, Series 3: Playing Advantage”: Marta Dusseldorp reprises It’s at this time that he’s being recruited into a secret government agency her role as senior crown prosecutor under the control of Christina Hart Janet King.

(Jennifer Beals). This team can unoffi“Sleepy Hollows: Season 4”: cially go anywhere they are needed.

Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) uses his The series is a little uneven and deknowledge of the supernatural to despite a good effort by Standen, he’s just feat the demonic forces that threaten not up to the level of Neeson when he present-day Sleepy Hollow. makes a threat.

— Rick Bentley, Tribune News Service

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Out & About ........................................... 4-5 Get Involved............................................ 6-7 On Stage.......................................................8 Tuning Up....................................................9 Travel..........................................................10 Hot Tickets................................................11 Music..........................................................12 At the Lincoln...........................................13 Movies..................................................14-15 ON THE COVER Johnny Landin (left) and Jeremiah Moreno appear in the META Performing Arts production of “Stand and Deliver,” opening Friday at the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Mount Vernon.

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META presents story of math teacher who defied the odds

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META Performing Arts presents the dramatic play “Stand and Deliver,” directed by Lindsay Bowen, at the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Mount Vernon, opening Friday, Sept. 29, and running through Oct. 14.

The play is based upon the true story of Jaime Escalante, a Bolivian immigrant math teacher who challenged all odds and expectations to turn a failing, inner-city high school into a math powerhouse, according to a news release. The story was first dramatized in a popular 1987 film starring Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips.

The original screenplay by Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca was adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.

The play is set in the early 1980s at Garfield High School in east Los Angeles.

Escalante (played by John Landin) appears on the first day of school to teach computer sciences. Unfortunately, the school has no computers due to recent budget cuts and Escalante is assigned instead to teach PHOTOS BY CRAIG PARRISH / SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD basic mathematics.

Hugo Santiago (left) is Armando and Johnny Landin plays Jaime Escalante in META Performing Arts’ production of “Stand and Deliver” at the Lincoln Theatre in With the school sufferdowntown Mount Vernon. ing from a high dropout rate and chronic violence, grueling regimen of extra he’s told that “if we can get classes taught before and afthem to count their change, ter school, balance on vacaStepheny their tions and Lopez plays ”Stand and Deliver” checkbook, through Rafaela Sept. 29-Oct. 14, Lincoln maybe summers, Fuentes in learn a Theatre, 712 S. First St., he takes a “Stand and trade, committed Mount Vernon. Tickets: Deliver.” then we’ve group of $10-$18, 360-336-8955 educated students or lincolntheatre.org. them.” through Upon all of the learning preparathe school is in jeopardy of tory courses they’ve so far losing its accreditation, Es- missed and into calculus. calante challenges adminEscalante sends 18 students istrators to allow him to Johnny Landin (left), Adamaris Rodarte and Juan Garza appear into the AP calculus test, teach Advance Placement in META Performing Arts’ production of “Stand and Deliver” at setting the stage for a tense, (AP) calculus. Through a complex climax. the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Mount Vernon.

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OUT & ABOUT ART ART AUCTION: Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park presents the eighth annual Art Auction for the Artists and Gallery. Ninety pieces of fine art work will be auctioned off. A live finale auction will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the gallery, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island. matzkefineart.com/annual-art-auction or 360-3872759.

RIVER GALLERY: The River Gallery Fine Art show will feature artist Brooke Borcherding, plus the work of 40 local artists, including paintings, sculpture, glass and jewelry, at 19313 Landing Road, Mount Vernon.

The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, through Oct. 22. rivergallerywa. com.

“WHIMSICAL FELTED FANTASIES”: Raven Rocks Gallery presents “Whimsical Felted Fantasies,” featuring the artwork of Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven, until Sept. 30.

Dodge-DeHaven is an award-winning felt artist from Coupeville who has long loved the visual arts, and has experimented with oil painting, origami, textile arts and Scherenschnitte, the art of decorative paper-cutting. The gallery is located at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road C-101, Greenbank.

For information and gallery hours: 360-222-0102 or ravenrocksgallery.com.

“EVIDENCE”: The new art show featuring the work of David Blakesley and Kathleen Faulkner is being held at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. An artists

PUMPKIN PITCH

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Watch medieval-type machines hurl pumpkins, zucchini car races, a pumpkin-painting contest and more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Skagit River Park, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington. Enjoy food vendors, a free kids’ zone and live music. Free. 360-757-0994 or burlington-chamber.com.

talk will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30.

Blakesley, based in Edison, presents salvaged material sculptures and mystical gouache paintings.

Faulkner, who lives in Anacortes, will present painted oil pastels, inspired by the deep tranquil forests that surround the area.

The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

“BLUE”: A four-woman show, defining personal relationships to “Blue,” runs through Sept. 30 at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 First St., Mount Vernon. Artists are Carol Ann Anderson, Diane Learmonth, Sherry Shipley and Suzanne Perlmutter. Many artists work through the ‘Blue Phase’ as a way to give expression to their many passages in life and also as a kind of comfort.

PASTEL SOCIETY: Scott

Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, welcomes back the Signature Member Group of the NW Pastel Society for September. More than 30 members will exhibit work in various styles, including landscape, seascape, animals and birds, etc. The gallery is open 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. scottmilo. com.

TEXTURE AND LIGHT: The Good Stuff Arts Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, presents a show with new works by 25 local artists. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

ART FROM 98221: Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, will present “Art From 98221,” featuring

Anacortes artists Keith Sorenson (oils), Mustafa Bilal (photo illustrations), Lewis Jones (photographs on canvas), Steve Nowicki and Les Eelkema (metal work), from Oct. 6-31.

There will also be a new selection of Jody Bergsma’s small gift collection and the newest notecards from Rakan Alduaij Photography, plus new glass, jewelry, tables and sculptures. A reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, and the gallery will be open extended hours for the 98221 Studio Tour hosted by the Anacortes Arts Commission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-22. The gallery is open 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. scottmilo. com.

ANACORTES FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK: The

event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at various locations in downtown Anacortes including ACME Creative, Burton Jewelers, The Good Stuff Arts, Pelican Bay Books and Coffee House, the Scott Milo Gallery, the Majestic Inn and Spa and the The Depot Arts and Community Center. For a full list of participating galleries, addresses and more information, visit anacortesart.com.

SMITH AND VALLEE: Allen Moe and Peregrine O’Gormley will show work in October at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7, and an artists’ talk will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

FESTIVALS HARVEST FESTIVAL & PUMPKIN PITCH: Watch medieval-type machines hurl pumpkins, zucchini car races, a pumpkin-painting contest and more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Skagit River Park, 1100 S. Skagit St., Burlington.

Enjoy food vendors, a free kids’ zone and live music.

Free. 360-757-0994 or burlington-chamber.com.

HARVEST FESTIVAL: The Trinity Anglican Church Harvest Festival will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1200 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon. Music, hors d’oeurves and desserts. Free admission.

LECTURES AND TALKS

FALL POETRY READING: Susan Rich, Michael Daley and Georgia Johnson will present an evening reading hosted by Jessica Gigot at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court in Edison. ieedison. com.

LATINO/A OUTREACH: José García-Pabón, PhD, of the Latino/a Studies Program at Washington State Universoty, will present “Strategies to Increase Latino/a Participating in Outreach” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at the WSU Northwest Washington Research and Education Center, 16650 WA-536. Tickets: whydonttheycome. brownpapertickets.com.

INTERN IN LITHUANIA: The Anacortes Sister Cities Association will present “Katie Hudak – An Intern in the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania” at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes.

Hudak, a student in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, spent 12 weeks in Lithuania and surrounding countries.

For more information, contact Barb Smart at b.smart@juno.com.

MEET THE CANDIDATES: Get to know the candidates running for the Burlington, Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley city councils at a forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Way, Burlington. This event is organized by the League of Women Voters of Skagit County and co-sponsored by many local nonpartisan groups.

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OUT & ABOUT SPIRITS IN THE MUSEUM: Sedro-Woolley Museum, 727 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley, welcomes back Mount Vernon native Chad Lindberg, actor and paranormal investigator, who will revisit the spirits that call the museum home on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14. Two events each night: 5 to 7 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m. Depending on the response, there may be an encore on Sunday, Oct. 15. $10 per person, each event is limited to 25 people.

Reservations encouraged at 360-855-2390.

BE PREPARED FOR DISASTER: Mount Vernon City Library staff member Barb Hudson will present the steps and skills necessary to be prepared for many of the different emergencies people may experience in the Pacific Northwest at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

at “Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth?” at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

Gordon is the author of “The Sasquatch Seeker’s Field Manual: Using Citizen Science to Uncover North America’s Most Elusive Creature.”

NATIVE PLANTS: Retired biologist Brenda Cunningham, master gardener and garden manager for Washington Native Plant Society, will talk about some of the lesser known native plants that thrive in Skagit County, as well as ones that can be used to solve landscaping problems, at “Native Plants in Your Home Landscape – Not Just for the Birds!” at 6 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 23, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

NOXIOUS WEEDS: Laurel Baldwin, Whatcom County’s Noxious Weed Program coordinator, will share a selection of the more notorious and invasive plants known to Northwest Washington, with a focus on attractive ornamental plants that have become problems within and beyond our own backyards, at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SPEAKER: Bill Thorness will present “Cycling the Pacific Coast: An Epic Adventure on Two Wheels” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Marysville Opera House, 1225 Third St., Marysville.

The Seattle author will share tips to make it an epic adventure whether you ride the entire route (2,000 miles) or just a key section depending on your time and interests. He will speak about his book on the same subject, which is full of memorial cycling adventures. $3.

SASQUATCH: Author David George Gordon will evaluate the data gathered about the legendary Northwest icon

TOXIC PLANTS: Skagit County Master Gardener Diana Wisen will present “The Sinister Garden-Deadly Charms

in Your Own Landscape” at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon.

MUSIC FARM TUNES: The BelleWood Acres Farm Tunes Summer Music Series wraps up with the Downtown Mountain Boys Barn Dance from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept.

29, at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden. Food, spirits, lawn games and live music. 360-318-7720.

CITY AND COLOUR: City and Colour, aka singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, will perform at 9 p.m. today, Sept.

28, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 Commercial St., Bellingham. $35. tickets@mountbakertheatre.com or 360-734-6080.

MORE FUN OKTOBER FEST: In celebration of the traditional season of fall brews, Skagit Valley College Professional/ Technical Programs and SVC Foundation will team up to host the second annual Oktober Fest from 4 to 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29, in front of the main entrance of the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center on the Mount Vernon campus, 2405 E. College Way. The Cardinal Craft Brew tastings will be paired with hors d’oeuvres prepared by SVC Culinary Arts student chefs, using ingredients grown by SVC Sustainable Agriculture students. Free, with $2 tasting tickets at the door.

AMERICAN LEGION OPEN HOUSE: American Legion George Baldridge Post 43 will host an open house at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at 701 Murdock St., Sedro-Woolley.

Attendees can learn what the American Legion does and become a member. A burger dinner and dessert will be sold from 4 to 7 p.m. for $8. Southern Comfort will play music from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. 360-8550520.

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

Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.

No pets. Free. 360-2933725 or friendsoftheacfl.org. Next up: n All-ages hike to Big Beaver Pond, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 30.

Meet at the 37th Street and A Avenue kiosk entrance to the ACFL. n Senior/adult hike to big Beaver Pond, 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, Oct. 13. The gentle, just over 1-mile hike will lead past three distinct wetlands and through two watersheds. Meet at the end of 32nd Street west off D Avenue. n All-ages hike to Sugarloaf Mountain is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14. Meet at the trailhead on Ray Auld Drive at the bottom of Mount Erie just off Heart Lake Road. n An extra gentle hike to Sugarloaf Mountain’s old growth will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18. Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive. n An all-ages hike to see night animals of the

forest near Heart Lake will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28. Costumes and flashlights are welcome at the annual Halloween exploration.

Meet at the Heart Lake parking lot. n A senior/adult hike to Heart Lake’s old growth will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 10. Meet at the base of Mount Erie on Ray Auld Drive. n An extra gentle hike to Whistle Lake Madrona Point will take place from 9 to 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15.

Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot. n An all-ages hike to Whistle Lake will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 18. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot at the end of Whistle Lake Road. n A senior/adult hike to Whistle Lake will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 8.

Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot at the end of Whistle Lake Road.

ONLINE MUSIC: BURL will perform on Thursday, Oct. 5, the “the neXt show,” which is held live from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. Tune in at anacortesmusicchannel. com.

GHOST WALK: The 12th annual Concrete Ghost Walk for ages 16 and older will be held at 6 p.m. every Saturday during October, beginning at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Learn about the characters, events and legends that shaped the Concrete community, as told by

local residents, living and otherwise. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. No kids, pets or babies. $10, advance purchase only.

360-853-8784 or concrete-theatre.com.

SKAGIT SOCIAL: Join in a Fall Marketplace hosted by Marla Chapa Group, a Realtor, Homes for Heroes affiliate broker and Navy Veteran. There will be numerous local businesses setting up shops, displays, services, complimentary refreshments and fun from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at Farmstrong Brewing Company, 110 Stewart Road, Mount Vernon. Find the event on Facebook for more information.

HARVEST MARKET: The Concrete Saturday Harvest Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Concrete Community Center, 45821 Railroad St. Local produce, crafts, music by Gretchen Hewitt, story-telling, a home harvest food swap and a bake sale.

For more information find “Concrete Saturday Market” on Facebook or email concretesaturdaymarket1@gmail.com.

AUCTION AND DINNER: Humane Society of Skagit Valley’s 22nd annual Black Cat Auction and Dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Best Western Plus Convention Center, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon. Presale tickets are $45 available at https://hs-skagit. auctionreg.org/registration or $65 at the door.

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GET INVOLVED ART WEAVERS GUILD: Skagit Valley Weavers Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at Allen United Methodist Church, 16775 Allen West Road, Bow. Liz Moncrief will present “Taking Your Weaving to the Next Level.” skagitweaversguild.org.

VENDORS NEEDED: Creekside Continuing Care Community seeks vendors for its Fall Festival Craft Fair set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 21, at 400 Gilkey Road, Burlington. 360-755-5550.

ART CLASSES DRAWING BOOT CAMP: Reboot your drawing skills with the basics from 10 a.m. to

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1 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 6-27, at A Guilded Gallery, Stanwood. $150.

360-629-2787 or jlnichol@wavecable.com.

SIP N PAINT WINEGLASS PAINTING PARTY: Artists of all levels are invited to participate from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, at La Conner Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. Led by Joyce Welch $30. Information and to reserve a spot: 360-610-9773 or info@ laconnersips.com.

INTRO DRAWING CLASS: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, Oct. 4-25.

Ages 8-12. $80. Offered

by Mount Vernon Park and Recreation. Preregister at 360-336-6215.

DRAWING CLASS: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Oct. 4-25. Ages 15 and older, all skill levels. $100. Offered by Mount Vernon Park and Recreation. Preregister at 360-336-6215.

WATERCOLOR PAINTING: 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays, Oct. 4-25.

Ages 15 and older. $100. Offered by Mount Vernon Park and Recreation. Preregister at 360-336-6215.

CAPTURE IMAGES WITH DSLR CAMERA: Beginners level 1. 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

28; Wednesday, Oct. 18; or Thursday, Oct. 26, at Burlington Parks and Rec Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave.. Cost is $40. Instructor is Andy Porter of Northwest Images. Ages 12 and older. 16 and younger have to be with a parent. Information and to register: 360-755-9649.

YOUTH ART EXPLORATION CLASSES: A watercolor for kids class will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays, Oct. 3-24, at the Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. $50, $20 for supplies. An oil pastel painting class will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays, Nov. 7-28. $50, $15 for supplies. Ages 7 to 12. Information and to register: 360-755-9649.

WATERCOLOR WITH MICHELE COOPER: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 19 to Nov. 16, A Guilded Gallery, Stanwood. $150. 360629-2787 or jnichol@ wavecable.com.

CAPTURE IMAGES WITH DSLR CAMERA: Intermediate level 2. 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, or Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Burlington Parks and Rec Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. $40.

Ages 12 and older. 16 and younger have to be with a parent. Information and to register: 360-755-9649.

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION AND BASIC EDITING: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 1-2, Burlington Parks and Rec Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. $80 for both classes, $40 for only day one or $40 for only day 2. Ages 12 and older. 16 and younger have to be with a parent. Information and to register: 360-755-9649.

AUDITIONS “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: The Theatre Arts Guild and Skagit Valley College Drama will hold auditions from

6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 9-10, at Skagit Valley College’s Philip Tarro Theatre. theaterartsguild.org.

CANTABILE CHAMBER CHOIR AUDITIONS: Rehearsals are 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon.

Dues are $150 per year. Auditions are by appointment. Information: Jennie Bouma at 425-312-4565 or cantabilechamberchoir@ gmail.com.

WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE: Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, will hold vocal and reading auditions for “The Producers” from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15. Dance auditions are 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. The play will run Feb. 9-March 4. Auditions are by appointment only by calling 360-679-2237 no later than 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. 360-679-2237 and whidbeyplayhouse. com.

DANCE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28, Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. Free, open to the public. 360416-4934 and events@ celticarts.org.

LINE DANCING: Ages 13 and older, 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays, Oct. 3-24, Nov. 7-28 and Dec. 5-26, Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. Cost is $20 for each four-week

session. Information and to register: 360755-9649.

SQUARE DANCING: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. $4. All levels welcome. 360-424-4608 or rosie@valleyint.com.

BEGINNING LINE DANCING: 7 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays, Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. $6 drop-ins, $20 per monthly session. For adults and teens 13 and older. recreation@ burlingtonwa.gov or 360-755-9649.

FOLK DANCING: Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers meet Tuesdays at Bay View Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. Learn to folk dance to a variety of international music.

Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until 9:30 p.m. The first session is free, $3 thereafter. All welcome. No partners needed. For information, contact Gary or Ginny at 360766-6866.

JOLLY TIME CLUB: Dance to live music from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Gisela at 360-424-5696.

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

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

MUSIC SCOTTISH MUSIC SESSION: Musicians from around the region will play from 3 to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 1, at Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. Free, open to the public. Musicians and audience members alike welcome. 360416-4934 and events@ celticarts.org.

IRISH MUSIC SESSION: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon. Free, open to the public. Musicians and audience members welcome. 360-416-4934 and events@celticarts. org.

UKULELE FUN & SONG CIRCLE: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Free. Beginners welcome and loaner ukuleles available.

Song sheets provided.

206-790-4862 or yogaheartspace0@gmail. com.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Join the An-OChords, a four-part barbershop harmony group that meets at 7 p.m.

Thursdays at Bethany Covenant Church, 1318 18th St., Mount Vernon. No experience necessary, no auditions required. Learn by rote, you don’t have to read music. All ages welcome. anochords.org.

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GET INVOLVED TIME FOR FIDDLERS: The Washington Old Time Fiddlers play at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland.

St. Free; donations accepted. 360-630-1156.

SHELTER BAY CHORUS: Practices are held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse, 1000 Shoshone Drive, La Conner. New members welcome. No need to be a Shelter Bay resident.

360-223-3230.

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, TALKS AUTHOR NICK JANS: Best-selling Alaskan author Nick Jans will speak about his new-

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est book, “The Giant’s Hand — A Life in Arctic Alaska,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. “The Giant’s Hand” is an award-winning essay collection/memoir of Jans’ personal stories and experiences in arctic Alaska.

MONTHLY SPEAKER SERIES: The Hole in the Wall Paddling Club hosts a monthly speaker series at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month, through May, at the Breazeale Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview-Edison Road, Mount Vernon. holeinthewallpaddlingclub.org. Next up: n Oct. 11: “Dressing for Cold Water Immersion” with Karl Kohagen from Kokatat Paddle

Gear Manufacturing. n Nov. 8: “Following the Raven – Lessons Learned” with Phyllis Woolwine of Shearwater University. Woolwine will share the story of her multiyear sectional paddle of the Inside Passage (still in progress), highlighting lessons learned about: paddling strategies, decision-making to cooking, managing life with wildlife.

RECREATION KUNDALINI YOGA: A back and core class takes place from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, through Oct. 24. at Burlington Parks and Rec Center, 900 Fairhaven Ave. $12 drop-in. Ages 13 and older. Information and to register: 360-7559649.

Stand and Deliver

A true story about a modern miracle.

FOREST STEWARDSHIP-COACHED PLANNING: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 5 through Nov. 30, DNR regional office, 919 Township St. Sedro-Woolley. $165 to $200. 206-263-1128 and kelsey.ketcheson@wsu. edu.

HATHA YOGA: 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 5 through Dec. 28, Burlington Parks and Recreation Center, 900 E. Fairhaven Ave. $72 for 12-week session, six-class punch card is $36, $10 drop-in. First-time students can try the class for free. Ages 16 years and older. Information and to register: 360-755-9649.

YOGA FOUNDATIONS: 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 5-19, Burlington Parks and Rec Center,

900 E. Fairhaven Ave. $30. Information and to register by Sept. 28: 360-755-9649.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION: Christian Motorcyclists Association Morning Star Chapter 39 meets the first Monday of every month at Royal Star Buffet, 2300 Freeway Drive, Mount Vernon. Dinner at 6 p.m. (optional) with meeting at 7 p.m. First time attendees get a free dinner. Information: President Dwight Kaestner at 425-770-6154 or cmachapter39@gmail. com.

BOARD MEMBER SEARCH: The Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center seeks board members.

Meetings are held at

5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Annie’s Pizza Station 44568 Highway 20, Concrete. Contact Cora Thomas at srbeatic@ frontier.com or 360722-0229.

FREE PARK ADMISSION: The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer free admission to all state parks on Saturday, Sept. 30, in honor of the National Park Service’s 101st birthday. On this day, the Discover Pass will not be required to enter state parks, but still will be required to access lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources. parks.wa.gov.

Come and Explore Skagit Valley’s Farms Saturday & Sunday • October 7 & 8 • 10 – 4 p.m.

Dairy, Vegetable, Livestock, Organic, Shellfish, Berry and Vineyard.

Lots of Kids Activities and Farm Treats.

Don’t miss this event! FREE admission and parking.

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become a festival vip & get your official bag & goodies! pick up your bag at three locations: eagle Haven Winery, roozengaarde or the rocky mountain chocolate factory.

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MUSIC

THEATER

City and Colour: 9 p.m., Mount Baker

”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $35-$39.50. 360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

”Stand and Deliver”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Pay what you can ($10 suggested donation); tickets only at the door. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre. org.

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”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m.,

ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Forever Plaid”: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $26. 360-421-4173 or conwaymuse. com.

Friday.6 THEATER

”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.29 THEATER

”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Forever Plaid”: 7:30 p.m., Conway

Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $26. 360-421-4173 or conwaymuse. com. ”Stand and Deliver”: 7:30 p.m.,

Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$18. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

COMEDY

Paula Poundstone: 8 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. $38.50-$46.50. 360734-6080 or mountbakertheatre. com.

Saturday.30 THEATER

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”FOREVER PLAID” 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $26. 360-421-4173 or conwaymuse. com. Pictured (from left): T.J. Anderson (left), Mark Wenzel, Jason Leander and Matt Bianconi.

Saturday.7 MUSIC

Trio Da Kali: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25-$35. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

MUSIC

John Welsh Band: 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$30. 360-416-7727 or mcintyrehall.org.

Sudden Valley Jazz: Magician Josephine Howell with The Atlantics, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2. $20. Tickets: Village Books in Bellingham, YMCA desk at Sudden Valley, fswl.org or by calling K.C. Sulkin at 360-671-1709.

Sunday.1 THEATER

”Young Frankenstein”: 2 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Forever Plaid”: 7:30 p.m., Conway

”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $26. 360-421-4173 or conwaymuse. com.

”Forever Plaid”: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $26.

360-421-4173 or conwaymuse.com.

coln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$18. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

”Stand and Deliver”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$18. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

”Stand and Deliver”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$18. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

”Stand and Deliver”: 2 p.m., Lin-

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”YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN” 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. Check individual listings for times. Pictured (from left): John Roberson, Stuart Marshall, Ryan Linman, David Picht and Brooke Hofstetter.

”Young Frankenstein”: 7:30 p.m., ACT Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $20. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com. ”Stand and Deliver”: 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $10-$18. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

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TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 28-October 5 Thursday.28

Steve Meyer: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., LaConner. aneliaskitchenandstage. com.

Trish and Hans and John Anderson: 7 p.m.,

Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

The Mountain Flowers: 7 p.m., Aslan

Brewery, 1330 N. Forest St., Bellingham. aslanbrewing.com.

Friday.29

The Bleeding Tree:

8:30 p.m. to midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Michael Shay Trio:

8 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave. Free. 360-588-1720 or anacortesrockfish.com.

Marcia Kester: 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon.

Members and signed-in guests only. 360-8488882.

SATURDAY.30

ANDRE FERIANTE (LEFT) AND ERIC APOE 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

bellewoodfarms.com.

J.P. Falcon: 8 p.m.,

Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Bow. Free.

360-766-6330.

Saturday.30

The Bleeding Tree:

8:30 p.m. to midnight, Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360422-6411.

Knut Bell and the Blue Collars: 8 p.m.,

The Sky Colony: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, 513 First St., La Conner. aneliaskitchenandstage. com.

H2O, 314 Commercial Ave, Anacortes. anacortesh2o.com or 360-755-3956.

Choroloco: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

Downtown Mountain Boys: 6 to 9 p.m.,

BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden. 360-318-7720 or

Andre Feriante and Eric Apoe: 7:30 p.m.,

Scratch Daddy: 1:30 to

4:30 p.m., The Overflow Bar, 109 Ferry St., Sedro-Woolley. 360855-9080.

Joan Penney Jazz Band: 7:30 p.m.,

Kennelly Keys, 1904 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10. 360588-4522.

Blues Out West:

Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

John Welsh Band:

7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $20-$30. 360-4167727 or mcintyrehall. org.

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Bow Diddlers:

5:30 p.m., The Old Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Bow. 360-7666266 or theoldedison. com.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues: open jam, 6 to

10 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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Swingnuts Jazz:

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington. angelofthewinds.com.

Wednesday.4 Wayne Hayton:

5 p.m., Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham.

Free. 360-392-3100 or hotelbellwether.com/ entertainment-2.

Ronnie Nix: 9 to 11 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-293-2544 or brownlantern.com.

Thursday.5 March to May:

7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5. 360445-3000 or conwaymuse.com.

SATURDAY.30

KNUT BELL AND THE BLUE COLLARS 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave, Anacortes. anacortesh2o. com or 360-755-3956.

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Smithsonian’s black history museum popular destination in D.C. WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first year, the Smithsonian’s new black museum has become the nation’s top temple to blackness, an Afrocentric shrine on the National Mall where people of all races, colors and creed are flocking to experience — and leave behind for posterity — the highs and lows of African-American life in the U.S. “This has become more than a museum. This has become a pilgrimage site,” said Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, opened the new Smithsonian to a standing room-only crowd on Sept. 24, 2016, with the ringing of a church bell. Since then, the Smithsonian’s 19th — and so far, most popular — museum has only become more beloved. Free advance timed tickets sell out months in advance and people line up outside the doors every morning in hopes of snagging rare same-day passes.

Exhibits are designed to take visitors through African-American history in this country: from slavery, on the lower level, to a reproduction of Oprah Winfrey’s television set upstairs and artifacts from Obama’s first presidential campaign.

Ground for the $540 million museum was broken in 2012 on a 5-acre tract near the Washington Monument.

Construction was completed in 2016.

Millions of donors contributed $315 million in private funds ahead of the opening.

Nearly 3 million people have visited in the first year to see exhibits ranging from the glass-topped casket used to bury lynching victim Emmett Till to a fedora owned by late pop superstar Michael Jackson and a slave cabin from Edisto Island, South Carolina. “We expected 4,000 people a day,” Bunch said.

“We get 8,000 people a day, so I can’t complain about a thing.”

The museum and its exhibits are still changing and evolving. For exam-

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THE JOHN WELSH BAND Saturday, September 30

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LATIN I FOLK I SURF ROCK I REGGAE I CANADIANA

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And they’re still collecting and evaluating artifacts from around the country for inclusion in the museum, from slavery artifacts to items from the recent Black Lives Matter movement.

And people are always willing to give, Bunch said.

Much of the material inside the museum comes from inside people’s homes and personal collections.

Actress Pam Grier told the AP in an interview that she had several pieces of her movie wardrobe from her extensive career that she planned to donate to the museum soon. Bunch, when told, immediately started making plans to contact Grier.

But just as important as the exhibits are the emotions and the memories the museum evokes, Bunch said.

Wandering through the museum, he can often see grandmothers explaining the Jim Crow South to children, and fathers and sons talking about the joys and horrors of growing up in a segregated U.S. “Because you have these collections, it allows people to open up to share stories to find memories. I’ve heard many times people say, ‘I forgot, but once I saw a segregated door or once I saw that washboard it brought back those memories,’” Bunch said. “So what we wanted has happened. This museum has humanized history.”

Unlike other museums, the museum wants people to leave something behind when they visit through a feature they call Visitor Voices, where museum attendees can talk about their feeling about the museum and about life as an African-American in the U.S. John Frazier, 76, of Durham, North Carolina, recorded his memories of protesting and being beaten in Winona, Mississippi, in 1960 while trying to integrate a bus station.

“I was brutally beaten and yanked off the bus, stripped naked, brutally beaten again, and with whiskey poured all over my naked body,” said Frazier, former president of the NAACP Mississippi Youth Council in the 1960s.

Local travel briefs AAA CRUISING SHOW: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, Skagit Casino Resort, 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow. Get the latest tips and trends from travel experts, attend cruise presentations and take advantage of special savings. RSVP: 360-848-2090.

WHATCOM SENIOR TOURS: Whatcom Senior Tours offers trips for seniors. Sign up by calling 360-733-4030, ext. 1015, or visit the tour office at 315 Halleck St., Bellingham. n New Orleans and Cajun Country: Nov. 5-11. $2,399 per double occupancy, $3,049 single.

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. 360-336-6215.

RECREATION WITHOUT BORDERS: The organization offers recreational trips, tours and adventures throughout the Northwest and British Columbia.

360-766-7109 or recreationwithoutborders.com.

OAK HARBOR DAY TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St., offers day trips for members. 360-279-4587.

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.

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes, accepts new passport applications and applications for passports that have been expired for more than five years by appointment from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

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HOT TICKETS

SCORPIONS Sept. 30, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

VICTOR WOOTEN TRIO WITH DENNIS CHAMBERS, BOB FRANCESCHINI: Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

COLIN HAY: Sept. 2829, Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

206-215-4747 or benaroyahall.org.

KIDZ BOP BEST TIME EVER: Sept. 29, Paramount Theater, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CITY AND COLOUR: Sept. 29, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham. tickets@mountbakertheatre. com or 360-734-6080.

SCORPIONS, MEGADETH: Sept. 30, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

GORILLAZ: Sept. 30, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

EAGLES, DOOBIE BROTHERS: Sept. 30, Safeco Field, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

STANLEY JORDAN: Oct. 3-4, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

NAOMI WACHIRA: Oct. 5, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

FLORIDA GEORGIA

LINE: Oct. 6, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn.

360-825-6200 or livenation.com.

IMAGINE DRAGONS: Oct. 6, KeyArena, Seattle.

800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

BONEY JAMES: Oct. 6-8, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

EVIL DEAD — THE MUSICAL: Oct. 7, Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham.

360-734-6080 or mountbakertheatre.com.

LAUREN HILL, NAS: Oct. 10, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

LUCKY PETERSON: Oct. 10-11, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

ALT-J: Oct. 12, WaMu Theater, Seattle. 800-7453000 or livenation.com.

SUN NIL MOON: Oct. 12, Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

206-215-4747 or benaroyahall.org.

DAVID SANBORN ELECTRIC BAND: Oct. 1215, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

EMMYLOU HARRIS: Oct. 13-14, Skagit Casino, Bow. 8777-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

LINKIN PARK, SNOOP DOGG: Oct. 14, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ARCADE FIRE: Oct. 15, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation. com.

JOHN HAMMOND: Oct. 17-18, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE WITH BENNY GREEN, LEWIS NASH: Oct. 19-21, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

DEPECHE MODE: Oct. 21, KeyArena, Seattle. 800745-3000 or livenation. com.

GERALD ALBRIGHT: Oct. 26-29, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

LEO KOTTKE: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-4419729 or jazzalley.com.

KARRIN ALLYSON: Nov. 2-5, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle. 206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com.

HAUSHKA: Nov. 3, Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

206-215-4747 or benaroyahall.org.

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Herb Alpert aims to uplift world, celebrate creativity in two albums made sense, man, this trumpet was talking for Los Angeles Times me,” he says. “It was saying things I couldn’t get LOS ANGELES — out of my mouth.”

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82. He arrived to find a If it isn’t entirely topitable full of instruments, cal in its subject matter, including a trumpet.

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tious political climate means arts funding is a subject of near constant consternation.

With “Music, Vol. 1,” Alpert simply wanted to celebrate the beauty inherent in creativity.

The mostly optimistic standards he selected include Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek,” “Witchcraft” (as made famous by Frank Sinatra), the Beatles’ “Mi-chelle” and John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

Alpert adds that he’s “still a card-carrying introvert at heart” but that he’s never shaken the desire to express himself.

“I’m totally mesmerized by the mystery of all the arts. You walk through my sculptures,

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HIGH SCHOOL & SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE STUDENTS FREE TRIO DA KALI UNITES THREE OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS FROM THE MANDE CULTURE OF SOUTHERN MALI WHO COME FROM A LONG LINE OF DISTINGUISHED GRIOTS. FORMED OF VOICE, BALAFON, AND BASS NGONI, THE TRIO AIMS TO BRING A CONTEMPORARY TWIST TO ANCIENT AND NEGLECTED REPERTOIRES.

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you can’t tell me why you like them,” he said.

“You can come to a different conclusion — ‘it touched me’ — and that’s good enough.”

The challenge, says producer Jochem van der Saag, who collaborated with Alpert on “Music, Vol. 1,” was to contemporize songs that are decades old.

There are a lot of standards records, van der Saag says, and many follow a formula: “You hire the cats, you do it all live. You go to Capitol [Studios] and you have something that is traditional in sound that matches the song and matches the period the song originated from.”

His task was to “cut the tie between the sonic representation and the point of origin of the actual song,” van der Saag added.

You won’t hear Alpert playing a period-piece muted trumpet on “Cheek to Cheek,” nor is he accompanied by a Depression-era ensemble. Rather, he maneuvers the choruses and refrains through a shuffle-step rhythm and bursts of brass.

For Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable,” van der Saag and Alpert added a layer of synthetic flair, some bottom-end bass and turntable scratching.

They didn’t need a massive recording facility to get the sound, Alpert says, gesturing at his home studio.

He sold millions of records with his band the Tijuana Brass before selling millions more with partner Jerry Moss as proprietors of A&M, home to artists includ-

ing the Carpenters, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Cat Stevens and the Police.

“Everybody has a recording studio these days,” he says. “At A&M Records, we had these huge, monster studios — A, B and C — and if you went into Studio A, you could put a symphony orchestra in there.”

Chuckling at the wonder of it all, he says, “The acoustics were great coming out of all those studios, but now you can do all of that on a laptop. I’m not sure if that’s all for the good.

You can definitely lose something if you’re not careful. You can overthink it, oversanitize it, make sure it’s all perfect and it’s in tune and everything is fitting right in order.”

Asked about his intention to offer uplifting music at this particular juncture, Alpert doesn’t mince words.

“I feel like we’re in a funny place right now in this country and in the world,” he says. His voice rising, he cites as an example President Trump’s decision not to attend the Kennedy Center Honors, which celebrates American performing artists.

“You think, ‘Holy moly, man, is that the type of world we’re in right now, where our political system and the guys that are in control are not honoring the arts, which we need so desperately to identify who we are and keep things going?”

Alpert adds, “You ever try to watch a movie without music? It won’t work.”

ALBUM REVIEW FERGIE, “Double Dutchess” — Why there hasn’t been more Fergie releases since her solo debut (2006’s gazillion-selling “The Dutchess”) probably comes down to then-fresh family commitments. That’s a shame. Not because her marriage is (gossip alert) crumbling, but rather because her vocal talents are many. She can rough-ride hip-hop’s rhythms, manipulate the nuances of glossy R&B balladry, and belt out grand rockers with the power and emotion of Ann Wilson. She makes swagger sweet. Voices like that are few and far between, so “Double Dutchess” is a welcome return. A strange one too, considering this is Fergie’s first album devoid of Black Eyed Peas boss will.i.am’s compositional touch (he does share production credits on several tracks).

Sure, it shares similarities to “Dutchess #1”, and feels dated in spots. “L.A. Love (La La)” with rapper YG is a “London Bridge” retread complete with phony foreign accents. The acoustic strum of “Save It Till Morning” copies the shimmering blueprint of Ferg’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” to a T. The femme-braggadocious “M.I.L.F.$.” is too conscious in its hot pursuit of old school hip-hop, as is “You Already Know.”Yet, those tracks sound great, with the gooey, gauzy New Wave of “Hungry” (sampling Dead Can Dance, no less), the torrid, trop-house “Enchanté (Carine),” and the Jamaican-inspired “Love Is Blind” all giving Fergie the necessary wind (and unique musicality) for her breezy, buoyant voice. Brava.

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LOS ANGELES — The Paley Center for Media announced plans for Paley Honors in Hollywood: A Gala Celebrating Women in Television.

The Oct. 12 event will showcase television’s ability to shape culture and the contributions of women across all genres, including drama, comedy, music, variety, news, talk and sports.

Featuring a special trib-

ute to comedy icon Betty White, the gala will feature presenters and participants including Kristin Chenoweth, Nadia Comaneci, Allison Janney, Debra Messing, Rita Moreno, Wanda Sykes and Lynn Whitfield.

“I am thrilled to be honored by the Paley Center,” White said in a statement.

“To be acknowledged for working in a business I love for as long as I have is truly a privilege. I’m proud to share this evening with

these amazing and talented women.”

Among the guests will be Pamela Adlon, Julie Bowen, Ilene Chaiken, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Misha Green, Diane Guerrero, Marilu Henner, Niecy Nash and many more.

“The Paley Center is so proud to honor this incredible group of women at this once-in-a-lifetime event,” said Maureen J. Reidy, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media, in a statement.

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Stone, Carell serve up surprising ‘Battle of the Sexes’

Compiled from news services.

Ratings are 1 to 4 stars.

Gamblers Anonymous meetings, Riggs plays cards with his therapist and harangues his G.A. group, telling them that their problem is not that they gamble but that they’re no good at it.

The word “incorrigible” does come to mind.

In preparation for a Virginia Slims press event, Heldman treats all the players to a hair salon visit, where King is ministered to by Barnett, who surprises the tennis player by telling her she’s pretty, a compliment she’s not used to hearing.

Barnett then shows up at one of King’s tournaments, asks her out and ends up in her room. All this may sound predictable, but as directed by Faris and Dayton and played by the gifted Riseborough and a thoroughly committed Stone, it’s done with so much feeling that a sense of privileged intimacy emerges as one of the film’s strengths.

While all this is going on, Riggs is wheeling and dealing, even talking Margaret Court into a match when King initially refuses him. But, as someone says, like it or not “fate is coming at her like a runaway train.” Rising to a challenge she never wanted will become one of the defining moments of Billie Jean King’s career.

— 2:01. Rating: PG-13, for some sexual content and partial nudity. HHH½ (out of four stars)

“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — One Academy Award winner after another play cartoonish cardboard characters spouting ridiculous and often painfully unfunny dialogue. If you liked the original “Kingsman,” the best way to preserve that memory is to stay away from this bigger, louder sequel. Action adventure, R, 141 minutes. H ½ “Brad’s Status” — The casting of Ben Stiller as a bitter, resentful underachiever taking his teenage son on a college tour is equal parts smart and problematic. He’s very good at playing this kind of character. The issue is whether we’re tired of him playing this kind of character. Comedy drama, R, 102 minutes. H “Stronger” — Jake Gyllenhaal’s portrayal of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary guy fighting to recover after the Boston Marathon bomb shatters his legs, is a finely calibrated performance, one of the best of his career and deserving of nomination talk. What elevates “Stronger” above the triumph-over-adversity norm is the pitch-perfect feel for the dynamic of a loud and dysfunctional but fiercely loyal and loving extended family. Biography, R, 119 minutes. H H H ½ “Rebel in the Rye” — In a solid, well-acted and basically standard biopic of “Catcher in the Rye” author J.D. Salinger, Nicholas Hoult plays “Jerry” as cocky and smart-alecky but fragile and self-centered. Unfortunately, we don’t see the full transformation of Salinger into the ever-more-eccentric author who all but disappeared from the world (and from publishing) for nearly a half-century.

Biography, PG-13, 109 minutes. H H H

By KENNETH TURAN Los Angeles Times

Two battles, not one, share the spotlight in the enjoyable and entertaining “Battle of the Sexes,” one you expect and one you do not. And it’s the unexpected one that makes all the difference.

The part that’s expected is the film’s front and center subject, the ostentatious 1973 tennis exhibition between women’s champion Billie Jean King and cheeky gadfly Bobby Riggs.

The event drew 30,000 to the Houston Astrodome, was viewed by the biggest TV audience since the moon landing and is now considered a landmark in gaining respect for women’s sports in general and women’s tennis in particular.

But with gifted and innately likable actors such as Emma Stone and Steve Carell as the stars and an audience-friendly script by Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”) as the starting point, “Battle” is most involving when it deals not with sports or society but the personal struggles both players, especially King, were going through in the run-up to the match.

For King, who considered herself happily married to Larry King (not the TV host; played

by Austin Stowell), was having to deal with the romantic attentions of a free-spirited woman named Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough),

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Emma Stone and Steve Carell star in “Battle of the Sexes.”

attentions that made her unsure if her sexuality was as defined as she’d thought.

Even Riggs is intentionally not portrayed as a one-dimensional caricature but rather a troubled man with issues of his own to work out with his unhappy wife, Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue).

“Battle” is directed with a sure hand by the skilled team of Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, masters of well-made storytelling for adults whose work includes the breakout hit “Little Miss Sunshine” and the under-seen “Ruby Sparks.”

Faris and Dayton’s genial expertise is always welcome but especially here, and not only because the outcome of that tennis match is hardly going to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

Rather it’s because spending time with unredeemed male chauvinists is not scintillating. More than that, even though it knows better, the film de facto encourages audiences

to believe problems like these are gone from our society, which is definitely not the case.

“Battle of the Sexes” begins in 1972, with King coming into her own as the dominant force in women’s tennis.

She’s just won the U.S. Open, become the first woman to top $100,000 in earnings, and even gotten a congratulatory phone call from President Richard Nixon, a fellow Californian.

But all is not well in tennis land. King’s friend and savvy business person Gladys Heldman (a shrewdly cast Sarah Silverman) shows her a press release announcing that women’s purses will continue to be a tiny fraction of men’s.

Both women see promoter and former men’s champion Jack Kramer (Bill Pullman in a thankless role) as the eminence grise behind this sexist manifesto, and they storm into the all-men’s private club he’s holed up in to confront him face to face.

To see and hear Kramer and his cronies utter inane defenses of income inequality (“men are more exciting to watch,” “men have families to support,” etc.), even if they’re historically accurate, is as dramatically tedious as it sounds, but fortunately “Battle” has more interesting cards to play.

For one thing, incensed by Kramer’s indifference, King and Heldman vow to give female players a league of their own, and soon enough the Virginia Slims tour, sponsored by the cigarette brand, gets off the ground with players such as Rosie Casals (Natalie Morales) and the Australian Margaret Court (Jessica McNamee) doing battle along with King.

For another, former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs enters the picture, watching on TV as King gets lots of attention and brooding that none of it is coming his way.

As impishly played

by Carell, Riggs is soon revealed to be more scamp than committed chauvinist, an unrepentant hustler who will say or do anything for a bet, even playing while holding dogs on a leash.

His “Battle of the Sexes” idea is a result of a desire to get some action and make some money, nothing more.

Though his gambling has placed so much strain on his marriage that he goes to a personal therapist and

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At area theaters

OAK HARBOR CINEMAS Sept. 29-Oct. 5 Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R): Friday-Saturday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sunday-Thursday: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 The LEGO Ninjago Movie (PG): Friday-Saturday: 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 12:40, 3:50, 6:40 It (R): Friday-Saturday: 12:35, 3:40, 6:35, 9:35; Sunday-Tuesday: 12:35, 3:40, 6:35; WednesdayThursday: 12:35, 3:40 Mully: Wednesday, 7:00 Blade Runner 2049 (R): Thursday: 7:00 360-279-2226 CASCADE MALL THEATERS Burlington For showings: amctheatres.com/showtimes/ all/2017-06-23/amc-loews-cascade-mall-14/all * Times are subject to change

“American Assassin” — A new recruit (Dylan O’Brien) training with a Secret Ops legend (Michael Keaton) is sent with a band of warriors to take out a terrorist mastermind. Unwise casting and ludicrous plotting mar the action, and at best I was buying about half of what “American Assassin” was selling. Action thriller, R, 112 minutes. H H H “mother!” — The lives of a passive young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) and her much older husband (Javier Bardem) go from unsettling to bizarre after the arrival of a strange and rude couple (Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer).

In this pounding, throbbing feature-length metaphor, director Darren Aronofsky assaults our senses with shocking and sometimes almost sickening imagery.

It’s all staged with impressive craftsmanship, but to what end? Horror thriller, R, 121 minutes. H H

CONCRETE THEATRE Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Home Again (PG-13): Friday: 7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 5 p.m.

360-941-0403 STANWOOD CINEMAS Sept. 29-Oct. 5 American Made (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:05, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35; Sunday-Thursday: 1:05, 4:10, 6:50 Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R): FridaySaturday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 8:50; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:30 The LEGO Ninjago Movie (PG): Friday-Saturday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30; Sunday-Thursday: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40 Home Again (PG-13): Friday-Tuesday: 1:15, 6:45; Wednesday-Thursday: 1:15 It (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:10, 3:40, 6:35, 9:00; Sunday-Wednesday: 1:10, 3:40, 6:35 Thu: (1:10), (3:40) Leap! (PG): Friday-Saturday: 3:50, 9:25; SundayThursday: 3:50 Mully: Wednesday, 7:00 Blade Runner 2049 (R): Thursday: 7:00 The Mountain Between Us (PG-13): Thursday: 7:05 360-629-0514 BLUE FOX DRIVE-IN Oak Harbor Sept. 29-Oct. 1 The LEGO Ninjago Movie (PG), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) First show starts at approximately 7 p.m.

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“Home Again” — A recently separated mother (Reese Witherspoon) of two daughters moves into her luxurious childhood home and becomes involved with one of the young men crashing in the guesthouse.

In this breezy bit of escapist fare, it’s hard not to feel a sense of disconnect with the characters in their bubble of upper-middle-class privilege.

Comedy drama, PG-13, 97 minutes. H H “It” — This R-rated interpretation of Stephen King’s masterful 1986 novel is a bold, intense, beautifully paced, wickedly hilarious, seriously scary and gorgeously terrifying period-piece work that instantly takes its place among the most impressively twisted horror movies of our time. Horror, R, 135 minutes. H HHH “Gun Shy” — As a washed-up rocker ineptly trying to rescue his wife from a kidnapping in Chile, Antonio

Banderas opted to go big or go home, and he would have been better off going home.

This bombastic thriller is loud and dumb and irritating and forgettable. Action comedy, R, 86 minutes. H ½ “Bushwick” — A college student (Brittany Snow) and Iraq War veteran (Dave Bautista) fight to reach their loved ones in a Brooklyn under siege by a mysterious militia. The tight, intense, relatively low-budget thriller plays like a video game, with Snow and Bautista as the two main avatars.

Action thriller, not rated, 94 minutes. H H H “Unlocked” — Enlisted to prevent a biological attack on London, an undercover CIA agent (Noomi Rapace) scrambles to survive as the mission is repeatedly compromised.

It’s a mess of a thriller, but you may be amused by the cliched characters and spy-movie tropes. Thriller, R, 98 minutes. H H H

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