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June 13, 2013

ReviewsMusic: Evile, Black Sabbath Video Games: “Remember Me”

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Tuning upThe Gin Blossoms play the Skagit Casino this weekend

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At the Movies“Man of Steel”: No wit or charm, just grim

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The festival that says ‘yummmm’PAGE 3

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“Oz the Great and Powerful”: A look at how the Wizard came to the Emerald City. James Franco stars.

Sam Raimi shows flashes of bril-liance. But overall, the latest trip down the Yellow Brick Road has a few too many bumps to make this a magical journey. Visually, the film is stunning, from the black-and-white footage to the brilliant colors of the Emerald City. Where Raimi seems uncertain is with the special effects.

The biggest problem is Franco. Oz needs to be played as both a cad and a charmer, and Franco never fully plays either. He just doesn’t have the larger-than-life charisma to make Oz the great and powerful character he should be. Watching Franco is like going to see a stage production of “Wicked” and the stand-in’s stand-in is playing the role of the Wizard for the night. No matter how good the production, there’s just some-thing missing.

“No Pryor Restraint: Life in Con-cert”: Fans of Richard Pryor can now pick up 12 hours of comedy through this set that includes seven CDs and two DVDs. It’s a wonderful yardstick of Pryor’s growth, from his early days of stand-up to his eventual domination of the comedy world.

The material includes comedy from Pryor from 1966-92, two hours of previ-ously unreleased stand-up performances and rare recordings from the Pryor archives. Films in the set are “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert” (1979), “Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip” (1982) and “Richard Pryor … Here and Now” (1983).

“Snitch”: Father makes deal to keep his innocent son out of jail. Dwayne Johnson stars.

“The Newsroom: The Complete First Season”: Jeff Daniels stars in this behind-the-scenes look at television news.

“Doctor Who: Inferno”: The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) is concerned about a top-secret project that involves drilling into the crust of the Earth.

“Power Rangers Super Samurai: Secret of the Red Ranger — Volume 4”: Includes four episodes along with two music videos.

“Killing Lincoln”: Tom Hanks nar-rates this look at the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

“The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Com-plete Third Season”: The classic TV comedy is available on Blu-ray.

“I Want My Name Back”: Story of

the Sugarhill Gang.“Fred Won’t Move Out”: Elliott

Gould and Judith Roberts star in this drama about of a family at a breaking point.

“Enter the Dragon 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition”: The martial arts film starring Bruce Lee has been remastered for its 40th anniver-sary.

“Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete Third Season”: Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander star.

“Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil”: The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) must deal with problems at a prison.

“House of Cards: The Complete First Season”: Hard-edged political thriller starring Kevin Spacey.

“Beverly Lewis’ the Confession”: An Amish woman’s journey lands her in a mystery that must be solved before she can be reunited with her mother.

“Perry Mason: The Ninth and Final Season: Volume One”: Raymond Burr plays the winning TV attorney.

“Ring of Fire”: A volcanic eruption could lead to a world disaster. Terry O’Quinn stars.

n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK

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

JUNE 18Jack the Giant Slayer - WarnerThe Last Exorcism Part II - SonyStoker - Fox21 & Over - Fox

JUNE 25The Call - SonyThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone - WarnerNo - Sony

JULY 2Tai Chi Hero - Well Go USA

JULY 9Dead Man Down - SonyThe Host - UniversalSpring Breakers - LionsgateTemptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor - Lionsgate

JULY 16Evil Dead - Sony42 - Warner

JULY 23Ginger & Rosa - LionsgateNew World - Well Go USATrance - Fox

n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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Travel ...........................................6-7

Music, Game Reviews .................8-9

On Stage ....................................... 10

Tuning Up..................................... 11

Get Involved ................................. 12

Hot Tickets ................................... 14

At the Lincoln Theatre ................. 17

Movie Listings .............................. 17

Movie Mini-Reviews .................... 17

Out & About ............................18-19

Storvik Park in Anacortes plays host Saturday to the ninth annual Bark in the Park

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COMMUNITY

THURSDAY-SUNDAY JUNE 13-16, BURLINGTON

76th annual Berry Dairy DaysSkagit Valley Herald staff / @360_SVH

The 76th annual Berry Dairy Days will take place today through Sunday, June 13-16, at Rail-road Park, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Bur-lington.

Enjoy live music, food, kids’ activities, exhibitors, a carni-val and more. The festival will kick off just after the Grand Parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15.

Other activities include four days of strawberry short-cake, fireworks at Skagit River Park, the Kiwanis salmon barbecue, Road Run and the Berry Cool Car Show.

Find a complete schedule of events at burlington-chamber.com/events/berry-dairy-days or call 360-757-0994.


MOVIES

BURBANK, Calif. — With his dark eyebrows deeply fur-rowed and gleaming white

teeth firmly clamped shut, Henry Cavill winces when asked if Super-man is treated like a terrorist in “Man of Steel.”

His reaction is somewhat under-standable. The charming British actor should feel very protective of the character — one of the biggest icons in pop culture.

Besides, Henry Cavill is Super-man now.

It’s a fair question though, given that Cavill’s Superman, his bulky frame encased in a deep-blue ren-dition of the Superman uniform, is handcuffed and attacked by the military at certain points in the retelling of the superhero’s origin. While the idea of Superman as a threatening outsider has been explored in other mediums, it’s new to the big screen.

“In the previous movies, it was just kind of accepted that he was a superhuman, but what would hap-pen if this dude really did exist?” said Cavill. “If he was discovered, he would probably be put in a room and experimented on. That’s very clear in his choices through-out the movie. He’s become very adept at being who he is — but just not so openly.”

“Man of Steel” centers on an adult Clark Kent — or Kal-El, as he’s known back on his home planet of Krypton — at the incep-tion of his superheroic identity. (The name Superman is actually only uttered a couple of times in the film.) It’s a matter-of-fact account of how a much more hesi-

tant Clark rises up and responds when earth is threatened by Kryp-tonian outcasts.

At the beginning of “Man of Steel,” which opens Friday, this version of the character doesn’t wear spectacles, work at The Daily Planet, soar through the skies or own any clothes with a giant S plastered across the chest. He’s a drifter. He says more with actions than words, something the 30-year-old star of 2011’s “Immortals” completely understands.

“As an actor, you spend a lot of time alone,” said Cavill. “You trav-el the world by yourself. You don’t have your buddies that you see on the weekend or at the office every day. You make temporary families, and you can only see your friends between jobs. I’m actually not a naturally super-chatty person. It’s a skill I’ve had to teach myself.”

With an emphasis on folksy imagery instead of high-flying action, early “Man of Steel” foot-age suggested a darker take on the superhero. While the tone is certainly more emotional than pre-vious live-action adaptations, the filmmakers — which include “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan as a producer and writer — haven’t diagnosed Superman with depression.

“It’s not darker,” said director Zack Snyder. “It’s just a more real-istically realized version of Super-man. We tried to apply logic to the story. He lives in our world. That’s it. It’s a straightforward protocol. We put him in our world without it being a joke. If we had made it a little lighter, maybe it would feel more like the Superman of the past.”

That’s exactly what the film-

makers didn’t want to do.Nolan, Snyder and screen-

writer David S. Goyer traded the bumbling, nerdy Clark in favor of a more contemplative one who stays under the radar working odd jobs. It’s far, far and away from Christopher Reeve’s jocular inter-pretation of the role, which Cavill won after earlier missing the part in 2006’s “Superman Returns” to Brandon Routh.

Still, Snyder is quick to note this edition of the Metropolis Marvel is “not not Superman.” For every-thing that feels different about the Superman in “Man of Steel,” there’s still plenty that’s recogniz-able, most notably, Clark’s highly principled attitude instilled in him by his Midwestern adoptive par-ents (played by Kevin Costner and Diane Lane).

“There’s a snarkiness to the world now, and the nice thing about Superman is that he’s a vol-unteer in the classic sense,” said Snyder. “If you really think about it, he has no life, other than to serve. I think that Henry, without making him sound like too much of a saint, naturally has that char-acteristic in himself. He’s not put-ting it on.”

Faith — to both God and coun-try — is an integral theme in “Man of Steel.” There’s no looking past the religious allegories that have been associated with Superman mythology for decades. This Man of Tomorrow is 33 years old today and seeks counsel at a church in a time of crisis. Snyder believes his Superman supports religion but also questions it.

“It’s more interesting when someone is flawed,” said Amy Adams, who plays Lois Lane. “In the past, Superman is so hard to get into because he’s so perfect. I love that Henry plays him as a conflicted human being — or alien, as it were — with all these identifiable traits like fear, which we’ve never really seen before in this character.”

Another contrast to previous Superman lore is the evolution of the relationship between Clark and Lois, who’s portrayed by Adams as a take-no-prisoners, Pulitzer Prize-winning war report-er. She encounters the last son of Krypton before even he fully understands his intergalactic back-story. Ultimately, Superman needs Lois as much as she needs him.

“I loved how this relationship between Clark and Lois allowed for a subtle chemistry and mutual respect to develop,” said Adams. “I just thought there was something different to be explored within their relationship that we’re able to touch on a little bit in this film. She believes him, and that’s really rare for Lois. There’s an authentic-ity there.”

The expectations for “Man of Steel” are higher than any build-ing in Metropolis. The film could accomplish for Warner Bros. what “Superman Returns” failed to do, namely, launch a film franchise akin to “The Dark Knight.” Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst for Hollywood.com, expects it to leap over the $100 million mark in a single bound on opening week-end.

Henry Cavill and Amy Adams star in “Man of Steel.”Warner Bros. Pictures via AP

Cavill keeps it real as

Superman in ‘Man

of Steel’By DERRIK J. LANG / Associated Press

Chris Pizzello / Invision via AP


THIS WEEKENDin the area

Bark in the Park

The ninth annual Bark in the Park Festival for dogs and their human friends will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Storvik

Park, 1110 32nd St., Anacortes. Enjoy contests, demonstra-

tions, raffles and more. Free admission. $5 per dog suggest-ed donation for doggie goodie

bags. 360-293-1918.

MONA ART AUCTION The Museum of Northwest Art will hold its 21st annual fundraising auction at 5 p.m. Satur-day, June 15, at MoNA, 121 S. First St., La Conner. More than 300 works by emerging-through-master painters, printmakers, sculptors, glass artists, ceramic artists, jewel-ers, textile artists and photographers will be offered for sale in silent and live auctions. A private preview party for artists, ticketholders and volunteers will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 14. Tickets: $100, or reserve tables while available, at museumofnwart.org or call 360-466-4446, ext. 109. Free public previews will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14-15. Absentee bidding is available with ticket purchase.

“ANACORTES ROCKS!” Enjoy a concert featuring Heart by Heart, Karl Blau and Sleepy Lagoon at 2 p.m. Sat-urday, June 15, at the Transit Shed Event Center, One Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Advance tickets available at brownpapertickets.com/event/371348: $25 adults, $15 students. At the door: $30 adults, $20 students. Proceeds will benefit the Anacortes Stadium Project. anacortes stadiumproject.org.

SUMMER FILM SERIES Enjoy free screenings of classic films at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org. Next up:

June 14: “Dr. Zhivago”: Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, this Russian epic fol-lows poet/physician Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) during the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution. Yuri is caught between two loves; married to the devoted Tonya (Ger-aldine Chaplin), he falls in love with the enigmatic Lara (Julie Christie). All suffer terrible hardships during the chaos of the revolution. Winner of five Oscars.


S INTRA, Portugal — With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades

against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope.

A jumble of bright yellow domes, red towers, blue tiles, a drawbridge and a half-man, half-fish sculpture holding up a window, the Pena Palace is lauded as the finest example of Portuguese romanticism, an eclectic mix that borrows style notes from — among others — the Moors, German gothic revival and the local manueline architecture.

Fernando II, husband of Portuguese Queen Maria II, had the palace built in the 1840s around the remains of a derelict monastery. Now tourists can wander through its ornate rooms and over-sized kitchens as well as its sprawling gardens, featuring plants brought back from around the world and ponds where carp and black swans drift languidly around cren-elated duck houses.

And Pena is far from the only spectacular palace in Sintra, long a playground of royalty and the ostenta-tiously wealthy. The town’s altitude and shady forests have historically provided welcome relief from swelter-ing summer temperatures of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, which is now only a half-hour’s drive away.

Bang in the middle of the old town is the National Palace with its distinctive conical chimneys. A couple of miles into the lushly for-ested hills is the Palace of Monserrate, surrounded by manicured gardens and what is billed as the first lawn planted in Portugal.

And if your eyes tire of all the palatial pomp, you can retire for a morning to the cool confines of a 16th cen-tury monastery, where Fran-ciscan friars lived in extreme austerity, providing a stark contrast to Sintra’s explosion of architectural excesses.

TRAVEL

Overlooking it all are the well-preserved remains of an eighth century Moorish fort, whose restored ram-parts cling to a hilltop above Sintra and offer spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pena Palace on an adjacent hill.

The wealth of historic buildings led UNESCO to

inscribe the entire Sintra “Cultural Landscape” on its World Heritage List in 1995, saying its “structures harmo-nize indigenous flora with a refined and cultivated land-scape created by man as a result of literary and artistic influences.”

Nowhere can that be bet-ter seen than in the grounds

of the Palace of Monserrate, a summer residence for 19th century British textile millionaire Francis Cook, whose gardens include a folly of a ruined chapel with an Australian banyan tree draped over its walls, a manmade waterfall, a val-ley full of tree ferns from Australia and New Zealand,

cacti from Mexico and a Chinese mourning cypress in the middle of the steeply sloping lawn. The palace’s three dome-topped towers are connected by a corridor full of ornately carved arches and columns.

All of the buildings around Sintra are open to the paying public and easily

accessible, offering a glimpse back in time to the days when Portugal was a wealthy seafaring nation ruled by a monarchy with a penchant for palaces.

Walking from ornate bed-rooms to tiled bathrooms of the palaces and gazing at their huge kitchens gives an idea of the sumptuous lives of the Portuguese royals and their guests and it is easy to feel why they flocked here from Lisbon in the summer when you stroll through the shaded gardens, catching glimpses of the ocean and surrounding hills.

The pared-back simplicity of the Moorish castle and the Capuchos Convent also leave lasting impressions.

The castle was built by Moors in the ninth and 10th centuries, gradually fell into disrepair and was restored in the 19th century by Fer-nando II, the queen’s consort responsible for neighboring Pena Palace.

A short drive into the hills, austerity is taken to its extremes at the Franciscan monastery known as the Convent of the Holy Cross of Cork Convent, built in 1560 and inhabited until 1834. Here, the only nods toward any kind of decoration are the 18th century azulejo tiles in its Chapel of the Passion of the Christ. Elsewhere, doors to dormitory rooms are built deliberately small so that monks have to bow in humility just to get into the cramped quarters, and doors and shutters are lined with cork harvested from trees in the surrounding forest.

Sintra, Portugal, like a castle in a kaleidoscope

Story, photos by MIKE CORDER / Associated Press

On the Web Sintra, Portugal: visit portugal.com/NR/exeres /6BEF1189-D6BD-4473- 856B-604FCEF22106, frameless.htm. There are hotels and vacation rentals in and around Sintra. Unesco World Heritage: Listing for Sintra, whc.unesco.org/en/list/723.

Clockwise, from upper left:w The exterior of Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. It’s like a castle seen through a kalei-doscope, one of a number of spectacular buildings found in Sintra, which has long been a playground of royalty, near the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.w The garden of Monserrate Palace.w A simple cross marks the entrance to the Capuchos Convent.w Pena Palace in the distance with the steps of the Moorish Castle in the foreground.


Local travelSHORT TRIPS: Mount Vernon Parks

and Recreation offers travel opportuni-ties for participants ages 12 and older (adult supervision required for ages 18 and younger). For information or to register, call 360-336-6215.

Next up:“San Juan Island: Something for Every-

one”: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, departing from and returning to Hillcrest Park, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Journey to San Juan Island to visit the 12th annual SJI Lavender Festival at Pelindaba Lavender Farm, followed by a no-host lunch at Roche Harbor and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Westcott Bay Cidery and San Juan Island Distillery, where you’ll taste their ciders and spirits. Ages 21 and older only. $75-$77. Register by July 12.

YOGA ADVENTURE SERIES: Join Dawn Jex for day trips and yoga. Each adventure includes activities at an area attraction combined with a yoga class. For informa-tion or to register, call Dawn at 360-631-0587 or visit yoga-gypsies.com. Next up:

June 15: Theo Chocolate Factory Tour and Troll Yoga: Meet at 10:15 a.m. at the Theo Chocolate Factory, 3400 Phinney Ave., Seattle. Tour the factory, taste a little

chocolate and then head up to the Troll under the Fremont bridge for some “Troll Yoga.” Afterward, explore Fremont for lunch, shopping or sightseeing. $20.

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

Next up:Dale Chihuly’s Garden and Glass

Museum Tour: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, departing from and returning to the Bellingham Senior Activ-ity Center. View Chihuly’s most popular works and glass installations, followed by an Italian lunch. $81, $10 additional for non-members. Includes round-trip motor-coach transportation, museum admission, guide and lunch.

The Heart of Eastern Canada: June 20-29. Fly to Toronto and see Niagara Falls; enjoy a scenic train ride to Montreal; travel on the historic Chemin du Roy car-riage road along the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City; and explore the countryside of the Charlevoix region. $3,969-$4,999. Passport required.


Evile“Skull”

There’s a widely held notion that a band’s career trajec-tory can be heavily shaped by its third or fourth record.

By that reasoning, and based on Evile’s new release “Skull” — the band’s fourth album — 2013 is shaping up to be a reward-ing year indeed.

Evile is a young thrash metal band from England, part of the latest wave (not that the genre really ever went away) of metal bands that channel the ferocious template of the 1980s (Metallica, Exodus, Anthrax, Slayer) and fuel it with new, vicious energy.

Evile and Warbringer reside at the apex of the new thrash metal elite, a genre that includes Lich King, Havoc and Bonded By Blood. All of the elements are in place on “Skull”: riff after crushing riff, fleet-fingered solos by lead guitarist Ol Drake, a relent-less rhythm section in Ben Carter and Joel Graham, and a vibrant, snarling frontman in vocalist/rhythm guitarist Matt Drake.

The band has nailed the characteristics that made thrash metal so vital — hyper-speed tempos combined with screeching stop-time arrangements (the title cut), an occasional liaison with melody (“New Truths, Old Lies”) that serves to showcase the band’s diversity, and a near-violent hun-ger that is only rarely captured (“Outsider). Blistering from the first note.

n Craig Parrish, @360_SVH

Eliane Elias“I Thought About You (A Tribute to Chet Baker)”

Brazilian pianist-singer Eliane Elias offers an inspired tribute to cool jazz legend Chet Baker, a major influence on bossa nova pioneers like Joao Gilberto. Unlike other recent tributes, which focused on slow ballads reflecting the sadness in Baker’s music, Elias covers a wider spectrum of the trumpeter-singer’s repertoire by including up- and mid-tempo tunes with a certain swagger and seductive-ness on “I Thought About You.”

Elias’ background as a top-flight instru-

mentalist who also sings gives her particular insight into Baker’s music. She takes after him by not using a drummer on half of the tracks, including the blisteringly paced “Just in Time” and “Blue Room,” a duet featuring playful interplay with her husband, bassist Marc Johnson.

Elias uses a Brazilian rhythm section, including famed guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves, to give a sensual bossa nova flavor to “Embraceable You” and “Let’s Get Lost,” while other tunes are more in a straight-ahead jazz vein, such as “That Old Feeling,” on which ex-husband Randy Brecker recre-ates Baker’s opening trumpet solo.

n Charles J. Gans, Associated Press

Black Sabbath“13”

Though Ozzy Osbourne will always be best known for his work in Black Sabbath, he hasn’t recorded a new studio album with fellow founding members Tony Iommi and Gee-zer Butler since the ’70s — until now. “13” is the first Sabbath album with Osbourne, Butler and Iommi in 35 years.

Ozzy is showing the effects of drug abuse, his once-cutting voice reduced in range and power. Iommi also has had his share of health problems, undergoing can-cer treatment in recent years.

More bad news: Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is sitting this one out due to a contractual dispute. His replacement, Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk, hits with appropriate authority, but lacks Ward’s swing.

The early Sabbath was steeped in blues and jazz, and with the encouragement of producer Rick Rubin, the quartet tries to reinvigorate that spirit on “13,” with five of the eight tracks stretching past seven minutes. Wilk does an adequate job on these extended tracks, but it’s the vitality of Iommi on guitar and Butler on bass that impresses. They evoke the band’s classic sound on “End of Beginning,” “Live Forever,” “Dear Father,” “God is Dead?” and the blues-saturated “Dam-aged Soul,” which could’ve been lifted from Sabbath’s sludge-metal tarpit, circa 1970-71. Iommi reconfigures his classic “N.I.B.” riff on “Loner,” stretches out with

a menacing solo on “Age of Reason” and provides a jazzy, acoustic change-of-pace on “Zeitgeist.”

As for Ozzy, he goes for numbed-out desolation rather than the mighty, double-tracked roar of old, singing like a Medieval hunchback locked in a dungeon. Butler’s lyrics find their perfect match in Osbourne. In these songs, the singer wrestles with demons — psychosis, self-abuse, existential dread — with which he’s had considerable personal experience. It makes “13” something a bit more credible than just a souvenir for a reunion tour.

n Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

Patty Griffin“American Kid”

Patty Griffin start-ed writing the songs on “American Kid” as a tribute to her father shortly before his death in 2009, then put the project aside to tour with Robert Plant and release “Downtown Church,” a gospel-flavored 2010 album of mostly covers. “American Kid” finds Griffin working with Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars. She also works with Plant: He co-wrote “Highway Song” and harmonizes with her on three songs.

Mainly, “American Kid” is stripped to the core, built around Griffin’s steely Southern vocals and solo guitar. There’s a cover of Lefty Frizzell’s “Mom & Dad’s Waltz,” but the album otherwise consists of Griffin’s tough-minded, truth-seeking tunes. It kicks off by examining the free-dom death provides on “Go Wherever You Wanna Go,” and it ends with the elegantly pained “Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone.”

n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Quadron“Avalanche”

Coco O.’s soft and dreamy tone over the R&B-flavored beat on “Sea Salt” is enough to make you melt (summer heat not required).

“‘Cause you just play on, you just play

with my feelings,” she coos. “Blame it all, you still blame it all, inexperienced.”

It’s an outstanding track and one of the 10 gems on Quadron’s electronic soul debut, “Avalanche.”

The Danish duo — made up of singer Coco O. and producer Robin Hannibal — have crafted a lush, breezy group of songs that hark on love and make for feel-good and easy listening.

The title track is slow and layered, “It’s Gonna Get You” has a girl-group vibe, and Kendrick Lamar adds volume to the lounge-y “Better Off.”

While the album is mostly mid-tempo, Quadron is even impressive when they speed up things: “Hey Love,” the album’s first single, is a fun jam session, and Coco O.’s voice is addictive on the hooks of “LFT” and “Favorite Star.”

“Crushes don’t come with warnings,” she sings on the latter track.

Now you’re warned.

n Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

Jason Isbell“Southeastern”

Jason Isbell’s fourth studio album since leaving the Drive-By Truckers is the 34-year-old song-writer’s first true solo album. Recorded largely without his band, the 400 Unit, it finds Isbell confronting grown-up stuff: getting married (to his second wife, fiddle player Amanda Shires); getting clean and sober; and, on “Elephant,” thinking about the implications of mortality while he’s at it.

Early reviews are dropping “Tunnel of Love” comparisons, and there’s a Spring-steen influence for sure, on the superbly wrought opening love song, “Cover Me Up,” as well as the two-faces-have-I dual-ity of “Live Oak.” The tone is mostly sub-dued, save for “Super 8,” a raucous rocker and a terrific tune, but jarring in the more contemplative context.

“Southeastern,” though, is the strongest set of songs yet from the Alabama writer who instantly distinguished himself as a formidable talent in his days with the Truckers but who hadn’t realized his full potential until now.

n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS

‘Remember Me’Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PCGenre: ActionPublisher: CapcomESRB Rating: M, for MatureGrade: 3 stars (out of 5)

Paris remains a visual won-der, even in the far-flung future. “Remember Me” provides every tease and titilla-tion of what the futuristic French capital could be, but still feels like it’s holding back on delivering the goods. After standing on yet another balcony or precipice and see-ing the soaring architecture, you’ll most likely find yourself asking the same ques-tion I did: When do I get to see all of this?

From a narrative perspective, “Remem-ber Me” gives gamers a fresh story featur-ing a heroine who has athletic prowess equal to her wits. Unlike Lara Croft, she doesn’t need 15 guns at her disposal.

You play as Nilin, and in this vision of the future, memories can be purchased and traded like other goods and services in order to share and create new experiences. This technology, of course, leads to people hacking into others’ memories to alter their actions.

This danger is ever-present for Nilin until her memory is wiped clean and she escapes to join a rebel movement called the Error-ists. Nilin follows the instructions of Edge, who acts as a guide and chimes in with story bits and helpful clues when necessary,

though Edge’s intentions seem murky.While many of the game’s plot sequenc-

es follow usual video-game traditions, there are times when hacking into memo-ries feels powerful. The ability to rewind and replay someone’s memories, and altering small elements to see the varying outcomes, are among the game’s better moments in its under-10-hour running time. “Remember Me” works on almost every level and gives you a real sense of the plot and how Nilin’s decisions affect the world around her.

Most of the game’s other elements fall into familiar territory. The combat moves quickly, and a menu system exists to create your own combos and fighting moves for Nilin to execute. But the system’s limits are reached rather quickly and you are left wishing “Remember Me” was more expan-sive. The visuals are fluid and interesting, but a tricky camera gets in the way, often ruining your enjoyment of the action.

And as I mentioned, you’re presented with stunning views of an elaborate Paris, but the missions are often constrained into tight corridors or interior spaces with no ability to explore this massive city that looks so amazing. The game does all the nominal game-play stuff well enough (light puzzling, decent platforming elements, etc.), but nothing breaks the mold and attempts to transcend.

Nilin’s journey is certainly worth play-ing to the end, even if you end up wishing there were more. Perhaps a sequel or two will allow this fantastic setting and plot device to be expanded into something amazing; the foundation exists and should be explored more deeply.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area June 13-23 TUNING UP Playing at area venues June 13-20

Thursday.13MUSIC

Geoffrey Cas-tle: “The After School Special!”, 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Con-crete. $15-$25. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

THEATER“A Rotten

Demise”: interactive comedy murder mystery, 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Ver-non. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or riverbelle dinnertheatre.com.

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

Friday.14MUSIC

Haynie Opry (country, bluegrass), featuring Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band: 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stan-wood. $15. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

Fort Bend, Texas, Boys Choir: 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10, $5 ages 12 and younger. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

THEATER“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller,

8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Saturday.15MUSIC

Haynie Opry Southern Gospel Mati-nee, featuring Matt Audette and The Circle of Friends Band: 3 p.m., Stillagua-mish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood. $10 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.

“The Day The Music Died”: Haynie Opry presents a tribute to the music of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly, 7 p.m., Stillaguamish Grange, 6521 Pioneer Highway, Stan-wood. $20 at the door. 360-336-3321, 360-336-8066 or thehaynieopry.com.



“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

VARIETY“Vaudevillingham”: Bellingham Circus

Guild, 7 and 9 p.m., Cirque Lab, 1401 Sixth St., Bellingham. $5-$10 suggested donation at the door. bellinghamcircus guild.com.

Sunday.16THEATER

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 2 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237, whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“A Rotten Demise”: interactive com-edy murder mystery, 6:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Thursday.20COMEDY

Jerry Percio: 8 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. Rated R. $15. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

THEATER“A Rotten Demise”: interactive com-

edy murder mystery, 7:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show, $20 show only. Reservations required: 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237, whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.21MUSIC

“Foolin’ Around With Patsy Cline” (tribute concert): Meg McLynn and The Purple Phoenix Country Band, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $15-$19.50. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.



“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 7:30 p.m., Whid-bey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Saturday.22THEATER

“The Woman in Black”: ghost thriller, 8 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. $18. 360-293-6829 or acttheatre.com.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 7:30 p.m., Whid-bey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Sunday.23THEATER

“A Rotten Demise”: interactive com-edy murder mystery, 6:30 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $45 dinner and show, $30 dessert and show, $20 show only. Reser-vations required: 360-336-3012 or river belledinnertheatre.com.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”: musical comedy, 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

THURSDAY.13

FRIDAY.14

SATURDAY.15

SUNDAY.16

Nick Moyer (one-man band): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Trish Hatley: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Steve Rudy Trio (jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Geoffrey Castle: 7 p.m., Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St., Concrete. $15-25. 360-941-0403 or concrete-theatre.com.

Gin Blossoms: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacif-ic Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $35-$45. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

The Fender Benders: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Barefeet: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

David’s Drinking Band (roots, Ameri-cana, rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. $3 cover. 360-445-3000.

Idol Eyez: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Win-ners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Skip Hamilton: 6 to 9 p.m., Frida’s Gour-met Mexican Restau-rant, 416 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. No cover. 360-299-2120.

Stirred Not Shaken (jazz): 8 p.m., Wash-ington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Federation X, Lozen, Street Eaters, Rhom-bu$: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-778-1067.

Gin Blossoms: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Show-room, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $35-$45. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

The Fender Benders: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 Highway 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

Sector 7-G: 10 p.m., Draft Pics, 516 S. First St., Mount Vernon. No cover. 360-336-3626.

Jukehouse Hounds: 8:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Highway Twenty Band: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Longhorn Saloon, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

The Pinehearts (alt-bluegrass): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $7. 360-445-3000.

The Sweet Dominiques (surf, reggae, folk): Noon, Berry Dairy Days, Railroad Park, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burling-ton. Free. 360-757-0994.

The Sweet Dominiques: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Var-sity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Mia Vermillion (blues): 8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Con-ner. No cover. 360-399-1037.

Seth Freeman: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. 360-755-3956.

Fabulous Roof Shakers: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Rock-fish Grill, 320 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

Gold Digger: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. No cover. 877-275-2448.

Footstompin’ Trio, Sugar Sugar Sugar: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bell-ingham. $7. 360-778-1067.

Michael Gonzalez (jazz, Latin, blues): 6:30 to 8 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Atlantics: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Met-calf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-2263.

Spoonshine Duo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

The Unknown: 4 to 6 p.m., Dirt Cup Fan Fest, Skagit Speedway, 4796 Old Highway 99 N, Alger. Free. 360-724-3567 or skagitspeedway.com.

R X Bertoldi (blues, folk, Americana): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. 360-445-3000.

Jerri Mercer: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY.14-16 THURSDAY-SUNDAY.20-23“SISTER ROBERT ANNE’S CABARET CLASS”7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com. Check individual listings for times.

WEDNESDAY.19 THURSDAY.20

FRIDAY.14, SATURDAY.15GIN BLOSSOMS8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Showroom, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $35-$45. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

FRIDAY.14STIRRED NOT SHAKEN8 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. No cover. 360-399-1037.


GET INVOLVED

ARTART AND SCIENCE: Art for

Learning Watershed Science will offer creative learning activi-ties for all ages Wednesday, June 19, through Sunday, June 30, at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Breazeale Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview-Edison Road, west of Mount Vernon. Workshops cul-minate in the Skagit Watershed Letterbox Trail Kickoff Party and Concert for the Coast from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 30. Teach-ers can earn clock hours. For information or to register, call SCEA at 360-428-1054 or visit padillabay.gov.

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS: The Mount Vernon Downtown Association is look-ing for artists and crafters of all ages for the annual Sidewalk Sale in downtown Mount Vernon on July 26-27. For more information, call Nancy at 360-420-9876, email Pam at [email protected], or download an application at mountvernondowntown.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Ana-cortes Arts Commission seeks fishing-themed artworks in all mediums for the “Hooked” art show, set for July 5-6 at the Depot Arts & Community Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Space is limited. No applications, no fees, no com-mission. For information, contact Karla Locke at 360-588-6968 or email [email protected].

ART CLASSESCAMANO SUMMER ART

CAMPS: Art Quest for Kids Summer Art Camps will be held during July and August at Delzell Studio, 2177 Highland Drive, Camano Island. Camps meet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and feature a variety of art projects, beach-combing and swimming. $160 per child per four-day session. Ages 7-17. 360-387-2251 or camano artcamp.com.

AUDITIONS“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING

EARNEST”: Auditions will be

held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 15-16, at Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Parts are available for six men and four women. Prepare a one-minute monologue in a standard British accent. Scripts are avail-able at the ACT office. The com-edy will run Aug. 2-24. 360-420-9517 or acttheatre.com.

“TOO SOON FOR DAISIES”: Auditions for this quirky comedy thriller will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 17-18, at the Whidbey Play-house, 730 SE Midway Drive, Oak Harbor. Callbacks, if needed, will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. Parts are available for four women and four men. British or Australian accents (real or not) are a plus. The play will run Sept. 6-22. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”: Anacortes Community Theatre will hold auditions from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 29-30, at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Parts are avail-able for five or six men and four women ages 18 and older. Audi-tion materials are available at the ACT office. The musical comedy will run Sept. 27-Oct. 26. For information, call 360-293-8023,

email [email protected] or visit acttheatre.com.

DANCECLOG DANCING FOR BEGIN-

NERS: Enjoy a free lesson from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by regular clog dancing from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St., Mount Vernon. No fee, no partner needed. First three les-sons are free. Wear comfortable shoes. For information, call Rosie at 360-424-4608.

TANGO LESSONS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, June 20, 27 and July 11, 18, Anacortes Center for Hap-piness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Advance registration required. $75. 360-464-2229 or anacortescenterforhappiness.org.

MUSICSKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB:

The club will not meet during June. For information, call Mar-sha Pederson at 360-757-4906.

SECOND FRIDAY DRUM CIRCLE: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 14, Unity Church, 704 W. Divi-sion St., Mount Vernon. Shake off the energy of the week through drumming, songs, chants. Love offering donation. For informa-tion, email [email protected].

RECREATIONTRAIL TALES: Friends of

Skagit Beaches lead a series of informative walks along the Tommy Thompson Trail in Ana-cortes. For information, visit skagitbeaches.org.

Next up:Bike Ride: Pioneer Specula-

tion: How The Railroad Came To Town: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, leaving from the Depot, 611 R Ave. Enjoy a bike ride along the path of the old rail bed while hearing colorful stories of pioneers who gambled on the old railway line. Things didn’t turn out quite like they planned. The ride follows a flat, paved trail.

WHIDBEY ISLAND GOLF CLAS-SIC: The Skagit Valley College

Foundation is accepting applica-tions for the 21st annual Whidbey Island Golf Classic, set for Friday, June 14, at Whidbey Golf and Country Club in Oak Harbor. Registration will begin at 11 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. $125, includes raffles, lunch, numerous games and refresh-ments throughout the course and a buffet dinner in the clubhouse. For information or to register, contact Julie Krantz at 360-679-3016, email [email protected] or visit skagit.edu/foundation.

BICYCLE WORKSHOP: “FIX A FLAT”: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, Farmer’s Market at The Depot, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. Nick Stowe of Bikespot will demon-strate how to patch and replace a tube, along with other basic main-tenance including lubrication, tire pressure, brakes and shifting safety. Free. transitionfidalgo.org.

NATURAL SKAGIT DAY: Skagit Land Trust will host Natural Skagit Day on Saturday, June 15, at the Lyman Slough Conserva-tion Area. Among other activities, visitors can volunteer to remove invasive plants in an effort to help restore a healthy watershed beginning at 10:30 a.m. for an hour or all day. Light refresh-ments provided; bring a bag lunch if desired. To register: 360-428-7878 or volunteer@skagitland trust.org. skagitlandtrust.org.

DECEPTION PASS CHAL-LENGE: Bike, swim and run through Deception Pass State Park during the second annual w fitness challenge beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 22, on Whid-bey Island. The race includes a half-mile swim in Cranberry Lake, 13-mile bike ride on road and trail, and a 4-mile run from West Beach to the top of Goose Rock. Registration: $60 indi-vidual, $130 team. Proceeds will benefit the Deception Pass Park Foundation. deceptionpass foundation.org.

CAMANO CRAB DASH: The second annual non-competitive 5K/10K event will take place from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at Camano Center,

606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Run, walk or jog to ben-efit Camano Center. Registration: $25, discount for families. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

WORKSHOPSPRINTMAKING SAMPLER: 6

to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, July 2-16, Har-mony Fields, 7465 Thomas Road, Bow. Explore a variety of printing styles and techniques including linocut, woodblock and intaglio prints with Natalie Niblack. Open to all levels of experience. $140 plus $10 materials fee. 360-941-8196 or hfproduce.com.

PAPER CUTTING WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, at Harmony Fields, 7465 Thomas Road, Bow. Paper-cutting is a timeless art form with roots in China and Europe. Learn from Ann Reid the basics of composing, trans-ferring and cutting an intricate design from a single sheet of paper. Open to all levels of expe-rience. $95 plus $10 materials fee. 360-941-8196 or hfproduce.com.

DIGITAL PHOTO CLASSES: Back to Basics Photography, With a Twist: Alternative Focus will offer a series of classes on digital photography at the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce board room, upstairs at 819 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. Each class will include discussion of a basic photo topic in the morning, fol-lowed by a photo assignment and afternoon critique session. Each class can be taken independently of the others. Bring your owner’s manual. $50 per session, $125 for all three. To register, call Karla Locke at 360-588-6968 or email at [email protected].

Shutter Speed: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Learn what longer exposure times cre-ate, the importance of making very short exposures and how to determine which shutter speed to use to make a great image.

Composition: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Learn the basic rules of composition, when and how to break them, and the dif-ference between rules and cre-ativity.

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GARRISON KEILLOR: “Prairie Home Com-panion” live broadcast: June 15, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

VANS WARPED TOUR: June 15, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

FALL OUT BOY: June 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY, STEPHEN MAR-LEY: featuring the Ghetto Youths Crew: June 19, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or mary moorconcerts.com.

BAD COMPANY, LYNYRD SKYNYRD: June 20, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CSS: June 20, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

THE DANDY WARHOLS: June 21, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

CAMERA OBSCURA: June 22, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CODY SIMPSON: June 23, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

HINDER: June 25, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: June 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

TWISTA: June 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

TIESTO, KASKADE & MANY MORE: Paradiso Festival: June 28-29, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHINO Y NACHO: June 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BARENAKED LADIES, BEN FOLDS FIVE, GUSTER: June 29, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: June 29, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

FACE TO FACE: June 30, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxon line.com.

VICTORIA JUSTICE: July 3, Marymoor Park, Red-mond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTI-VAL: Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mast-odon, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, Children of Bodom, Behemoth and more: July 3, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

SAY ANYTHING: July 5, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SANCTUARY: July 6, El Corazon, Seattle. elcora zonseattle.com.

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, RODRICO Y GABRIELA: with Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers: July 5, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS: with Railroad Earth and Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers: July 6, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO, BERLIN WITH

TERI NUNN: July 7, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, 98 DEGREES, BOYZ II MEN: July 9, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

RANCID: July 11-12, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MICKEY AVALON: July 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ECLECTIC APPROACH: July 13, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

CHRIS BOTTI: July 13, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or www.ticket master.com.

JIMMY EAT WORLD: July 15, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PORTUGAL, THE MAN: July 17, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT: July 18, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

THE POSTAL SERVICE: July 18, KeyArena, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: with Johnny Winter, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Too Slim & The Taildraggers and more, July 19-21, Win-throp. 800-422-3048 or winthropbluesfestival.org.

PAUL McCARTNEY: July 19, Safeco Field, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

PETER MURPHY (of Bauhaus): July 19, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BLACK FLAG: July 19, El Corazon, Seattle. elcorazonseattle.com.

AMERICAN IDOL LIVE 2013: with Amber Hol-comb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr., Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos, Paul Jolley and Aubrey Cle-land: July 19, ShoWare Center, Kent. 866-973-961 or showarecenter.com.

JOHN MAYER: July 20, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

AMY GRANT, BRANDON HEATH: July 20, Over-lake Christian Church, Redmond. 855-443-8499 or lmgconcerts.com.

BRUNO MARS: July 21, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

NATALIE MAINES: July 22, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

COURTNEY LOVE: July 23, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

WE THE KINGS: July 23, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PHISH: July 26-27, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ: with Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum, Norman Brown, Peter White, David Benoit, David Pack, Marion Meadows, Vincent Ingala and Paul Taylor: July 27, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

ONE DIRECTION: July 28, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

GIPSY KINGS: July 28, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticket master.com.

THE CULT: July 30, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GIGANTOUR 2013: with Megadeth, Black Label Society, Device, HELLYEAH, Newsted, Death Divi-sion: July 30, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

PEPPER: Aug. 1, Showbox at the Market, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MOUNT BAKER RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: Featuring California Transit Authority, Anthony Gomes, Trampled Under Foot and many more. Aug. 2-4, Deming Log Show Grounds, Deming. baker blues.com.

LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: Aug. 2, Cha-teau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Aug. 3, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

PINK MARTINI: with China Forbes: Aug. 4, Mary-moor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

KURT VILE: Aug. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SUBLIME WITH ROME: Aug. 6, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE O’JAYS: Aug. 8, Cha-teau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: Aug. 9, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HARRY CONNICK JR.: Aug. 9-10, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

FIVE IRON FRENZY: Aug. 10, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

107.7 THE END’S SUMMER CAMP: Aug. 10, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Aug. 12, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: AUG. 13, Mary-moor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

TRAIN, THE SCRIPT, GAVIN DEGRAW: Aug. 14, White River Amphitheatre, Auburn. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

REBELUTION, with MATISYAHU: Aug. 14, Mary-moor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

HUNTER HAYES: Aug. 15, Northwest Washing-ton Fair, Lynden. nwwafair.com.

STEELY DAN: Aug. 15, Marymoor Park, Red-mond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

BIG & RICH, COWBOY TROY: Aug. 16, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarena everett.com.

MELVINS: Aug. 16-17, Neumos, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SUMMER SLAUGHTER: featuring The Dillinger Escape Plan: Aug. 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

COCO MONTOYA: Aug. 23, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY: Aug. 23, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorcon-certs.com.

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By JERRY ZEZIMANewsday

What Man of Steel would be almost 100 years old if he hadn’t been killed by a speeding bullet and is still widely considered the most super Superman of them all?

Look, up on the screen: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … George Reeves!

Yes, it’s George Reeves, mild-

mannered actor who earned fame, eternal typecasting and a loyal following among baby boomers for starring in the clas-sic 1950s TV series “Adventures of Superman.”

Henry Cavill, the latest actor to don the cape and tights, stars in “Man of Steel,” the big-screen movie that premieres Friday.

But it’s Reeves, the first actor to play the role in a feature film, 1951’s “Superman and the Mole-

Men,” who is the yardstick by which all others are measured.

Here are five super facts about him and his iconic series.

n “Superman and the Mole-Men” was released in Novem-ber 1951, and the series was set to air around the holidays, but Kellogg’s, the show’s sponsor, didn’t sign on until 1952. The series debuted on WENR in Chicago on Sept. 19, 1952. New York was the last market to air

the show, which premiered on WABC on April 1, 1953.

n Phyllis Coates, who played Lois Lane in “Superman and the Mole-Men” and the first season of the series, dropped out and was replaced by Noel Neill, who had played the part in the “Superman” movie serials starring Kirk Alyn in 1948 and 1950.

n “Superman and the Mole-Men” was re-edited into the series’ only two-part episode, “The Unknown People.”

n In 1954, “Adventures of

Superman” became one of the first TV series to film in color.

n The last first-run episode aired in April 1958.

Reeves, born Jan. 5, 1914, was a respected actor with an impish sense of humor and a genuine affection for his young fans. He died of a gunshot to the head on June 16, 1959. The official cause was suicide, but many people believe it was murder.

Regardless, Reeves’ legion of fans think he was the epitome of truth, justice and the Ameri-can way.

By ROGER MOOREMcClatchy-Tribune News Service

This Superman settles scores. And takes his shirt off.

This “Man of Steel” flies up, up and away, with his teeth bared and his fists clenched.

This Lois Lane knows his story, straight off. There’s little mystery about him.

If every generation gets the Superman it deserves, “Man of Steel” suggests we’ve earned one utterly without wit or charm, a grim, muscle-bound 33-year-old strug-gling to reconcile the past he is just learning about, trying to fit in with a military that may or may not consider him a threat but that needs his help when his fellow Krypto-nians come to call.

“Man of Steel” is a radical re-interpreta-tion of the Superman myth, no sin in itself. The Zack (“300” / “Sucker Punch”) Snyder version, scripted by David S. Goyer (story by Christopher Nolan), dwells much longer on Krypton and re-arranges the story, hurl-ing us into the adult Kal-El’s Wolverine-like loner life as an American adult, showing us his formative childhood with his adoptive parents the Kents (Diane Lane and Kevin Costner) only in flashbacks.

It gives his Kryptonian nemesis, General Zod, a mission — however misguided. And a point of view. So Michael Shannon, who plays him, isn’t all that scary,

Without the wit, winks, flirtation and old-fashioned sentiment of the “Truth, justice and the American way” take on the charac-ter, all Henry Cavill (“Immortals”) has to do is mix it up in a lot of “Transformers”-inspired brawls with armored-plated aliens

and occasionally agonize over it all.Yes, most of the far sillier “Transformers”

movies were more fun.From its production design — ugly, black,

insectoid spaceships — to its instantly for-gettable Hans Zimmer musical score, this movie goes out of its way to remove itself from the Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies. And it is the poorer for it.

Russell Crowe and Ayelet Zurer play the parents who pack their baby up and ship him off their doomed planet. The sad resignation of the Marlon Brando version of father Jor-El is lost because General Zod stages a coup, mid-planetary meltdown, giv-ing this overlong prologue shoot-outs and armored brawls. And Crowe’s Jor-El never quite goes away.

We spend far too little time with the story’s heart, the ways the baby is embodied with good old-fashioned heartland virtues. Costner and Lane have the film’s best scenes.

“Decide the kind of man you want to be,” Clark Kent’s dad tells him, urg-ing him to keep his ID secret, to use his powers sparingly, with care. The grown-up Clark wanders the bars

and crab fishing fleets, committing the occasional supernatural act of compassion and the occasional supernatural fit of pique.

Amy Adams is an over-achieving Lois Lane, totally clued in on the evidence of an alien among us by the military. Laurence Fishburne is a dull Daily Planet editor Perry White.

Take away the antecedents (no Jimmy Olsen, boy photographer), strip the character’s Ameri-canness (to make it easier to sell over-seas) and it’s still a competent movie — state-of-the-art explosions, implo-sions and what-not.

But take away the whimsy and the fun, and one has to wonder why Snyder, Goyer, Nolan and Warner Bros. both-ered.

Remembering the original Superman, George Reeves

‘Man of Steel,’ but a heart of stone‘MAN OF STEEL’

HH Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Lawrence Fishburne Running time: 2:23 MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, and for some language

Henry Cavill stars as Superman in “Man of Steel.”Warner Bros. Pictures

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MOVIES

NT Live: ‘The Audience’7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the West End production of “The Audience,” broadcast as part of National Theatre Live.

For 60 years, Elizabeth II has met each of her 12 prime ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace in private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.

“The Audience” breaks this contract of silence — and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Down-ing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each prime minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional — sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive.

$15 general, $13 seniors, $11 students; $2 off for Lin-coln members.

‘The Company You Keep’7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 14-155:30 p.m. Sunday, June 167:30 p.m. Monday, June 17

A thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run after a journal-ist exposes his identity.

Directed by Robert Red-ford; starring Anna Kendrick, Brendan Gleeson, Brit Marling, Chris Cooper, Jackie Evancho, Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Rich-ard Jenkins, Robert Redford, Sam Elliott, Shia LaBeouf, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon and Terrence Howard.

Rated R. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 ages 12 and under. Bargain matinee prices (all shows before 6 p.m.): $8 general, $6 members, $5 ages 12 and under

Gretchen’s Food & Film Series: ‘Chocolat’1 p.m. Saturday, June 15

Dinner and a movie go together perfectly especially when it’s a foodie-film at the Lincoln followed by a cook-ing class at Gretchen’s Kitchenware store.

“Chocolat” is set in a sleepy French village in the 1960s, a prudent town turned upside down when a myste-rious stranger opens a chocolate shop. These new treats open the sensations of the villagers and soon everyone is adding some sweetness to their lives.

Tickets: $10 to attend the film (tickets available at the door); $40 to the attend the film and cooking glass, $100 to attend all three film and cooking classes (tickets avail-able at Gretchen’s).

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712 S. First St., Mount Vernon360-336-8955 n www.lincolntheatre.orgMINI-REVIEWS

Compiled from news services.Ratings are one to four stars. “After Earth” — There was a time when an M. Night Shyamalan-directed film was a real event. From “The Sixth Sense” through “Unbreakable” and even “Signs,” his gifts for suspense and surprise were such that he was earning comparisons to Spielberg and Hitch-cock. That was a long time and many films ago. The sci-fi thriller “After Earth,” starring Will Smith and son Jaden, is a film without wit or sparkle. At times the special effects look so cheesy you wonder if they’re going to pull back and show members of the crew rocking the ship or working the strings on puppets. In the meantime, we keep getting heavy-handed metaphors about overcoming fear, and unbearably clunky dialogue. This movie is “Take Your Kid to Work Day” to the extreme. Sci-fi, PG-13, 100 minutes H “Epic” — The latest animated film from Fox’s Blue Sky division, “Epic” depicts good vs. evil forces battling over the fate of the natural realm. Direc-tor Chris Wedge (“Ice Age,” “Robots”) gives us lush, often breathtaking visuals of a world within our world -- a forest populated by tiny Leaf Men who ride hummingbirds and do battle with an equally minuscule army of nasty crea-tures known as Boggans. An all-star cast provides the voice work, which proves to be distracting. Kids won’t mind, but the voices will take adults out of the story. Animated adventure, PG, 100 minutes. HH1⁄2 “Iron Man 3” — Robert Downey Jr. is plain great in this film. Filled with breathtakingly brilliant special effects, bolstered by excellent supporting perfor-mances from a half-dozen other top-tier actors, crackling with sharp humor and working as a story that stands alone while often acknowledging the larger Marvel(ous) universe, “Iron Man 3” is one of the best entries in this modern golden age of superhero movies. Work-ing from a smart if sometimes meander-ing script, director Shane Black takes us on a 3-D thrill ride in which a LOT of stuff is blown up, and the skies are filled with superheroes, supervillains and humans falling to their seemingly certain deaths. Superhero action, PG-13, 130 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Now You See Me” — Here’s a slick con, all flash and no substance, about The Four Horsemen, illusionists who have been recruited to pull off some of the most audacious stunts in the history of deception. “Now You See Me” seems awfully sure of itself, with self-important, intrusive music, sweeping tracking shots and actors chewing up the scenery. Ulti-mately, however, there’s no there there. By the time it’s over, we’re left with more questions than answers -- and even more damning, we don’t care all that much about those unanswered ques-tions. Thriller, PG-13, 116 minutes.H1⁄2

“Fast & Furious 6” — Against all odds, the “Fast & Furious” franchise is actually picking up momentum, with “FF6” clock-ing in as the fastest, funniest and most outlandish chapter yet. Whether we’re seeing stunt work or special effects or a combo platter, director Justin Lin keeps raising the bar, going for inten-tional laughs and thrilling moments as cars pull off impossible maneuvers and humans keep flying in the air and landing with thuds. “Furious 6” couldn’t be any less plausible if it were animated, but that’s sort of the point. Action, PG-13, 130 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Star Trek Into Darkness” — Director J.J. Abrams is a true talent, and he’s also a pop-culture savant who has great respect for the legacy of this franchise as well as a keen understanding of the mega-importance of box-office figures. There’s no better choice to make the best, the purest AND the most acces-sible big-budget “Star Trek” movie pos-sible. Yet with all the futuristic splendor and fine performances, “Into Darkness” only occasionally soars, mostly settling for being a solid but unspectacular effort that sets the stage for the next chapter(s). With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch. Sci-fi adventure, PG-13, 132 minutes. HHH “The Hangover Part III” — Perhaps responding to criticism of the sequel or perhaps just wanting to challenge himself, director Todd Phillips has delivered a film so different from the first two “Hangovers,” one could even ask if this is supposed to be a comedy. It plays more like a straight-

forward, real-world thriller with a few laughs than a hard-R slapstick farce. You don’t see too many genre-hopping thre-equels, so, credit to Phillips and his team of co-writers for trying to do something different with the now familiar characters of Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and the ever-bland Doug (Justin Bartha). But the big fix might have changed things just a little too much. Comedy, R, 100 minutes. HH “The Internship” — You won’t be surprised by a single moment in “The Internship.” Fifteen minutes in, you’ll know exactly where it’s going. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are 40ish salesmen suddenly out of a job who decide to reinvent themselves as train-ees at Google. The story’s so sunny even the villain seems like a half-hearted caricature who’s more twit than threat. But the script is funny and cheer-fully offbeat, and the cast is uniformly likable. I found myself rooting for the underdogs even as I was aware of the strings being pulled. Comedy, PG-13, 119 minutes. HHH “This Is the End” — Here’s one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest comedies of the 21st century. In its own sloppy, raunchy, sophomoric, occasionally self-pleased and consistently energetic way, “This Is the End” is just about per-fect at executing its mission, which is to poke fun at its stars, exhaust every R-rat-ed possibility to get a laugh, and even sneak in a few insights into Hollywood, the celebrity culture and the nature of faith. (Comedy, R, 107 minutes. HHHH

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STANWOOD CINEMASJune 14-20 Monsters University (G): Thursday, 8:00 World War Z (PG-13): Thursday: 8:15 Man of Steel (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 12:45, 2:00, 3:45, 5:00, 6:40, 8:00, 9:35; Thursday: 12:45, 2:00, 3:45, 5:00, 6:40, 9:35 This Is The End (R): Friday-Thursday: 1:15, 3:55, 7:00, 9:25 The Internship (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 12:55, 6:50, 9:20; Thursday: 12:55, 9:20 Now You See Me (PG-13): Friday-Wednesday: 1:05, 3:35, 6:30, 9:00; Thursday: 1:05, 3:35, 6:30 Epic (PG): Friday-Thursday: 3:25 360-629-0514


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THERE”: The group invi-tational show featuring work by three dozen artists continues through June 30 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Focused on the subject of movement, transition and traveling, and just in time for summer road trips and adventures, this exhibi-tion captures the journey instead of the destination. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 360-766-6230 or smithandvallee.com.

SVC VISUAL ARTS: The annual Associates in Visual Arts exhibit con-tinues through June 21 at the Skagit Valley College Art Gallery, located in the Gary Knutzen Cardinal Center on the SVC cam-pus, 2405 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. The show features work by Elizabeth Bird, Berenice Puente, Christy Stewart and R. Ben Turpin, and represents the culmination of visual arts training in painting, draw-ing, installation and design in the exhibition course offered at SVC. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 360-416-7812.

“FEATHERED FRIENDS”: The show of bird-themed art continues through June at Starbucks, 18th and Commercial, Anacortes. anacortesartscommission.com.

PAINTINGS AND BAS-KETS: A show featuring paintings and prints by Anne Martin McCool and handwoven baskets by Jane Hyde continues through June 30 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. Also on display will be work in a variety of media by other gallery artists.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-3577 or annemartinmccool.com.

INVITATIONAL HAND-MADE PRINT SHOW: The show continues through July 1 at Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Celebrating traditional and innovative hand-printing techniques, the show will feature work by Linnane Armstrong, Anne Belov, Peter Durand, Kathleen Frugé-Brown, Melissa Koch, Sandra Whit-ing and Kris Wiltse. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-222-3070 or rob-schoutengallery.com.

Check out printmak-ing demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15. Armstrong, Belov and

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“WHIDBEY WOODS”: A show of new woodwork by Bob Higbee and Roger White continues through July 3 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Higbee cre-ates unique turned wooden vases using found wood from along the West Coast. White carves driftwood feathers, allowing the wood’s natural shape to guide the finished form, and preserving the original weathered finish on the backside of each piece. For

information, including gal-lery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit ravenrocksgallery.com.

“IN OUR MIDST”: See Northwest Modernism at its best in a show that continues through July 14 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave., La Con-ner. The show will feature sculptures and vessels by Clayton James, landscape photography by Mary Randlett and drawings by the late Barbara James. Randlett and the Jameses were members of the so-called Northwest School of artists, which included Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-708-4787. gallerycygnus.com.

KEVIN PAUL: MASTER CARVER: An exhibit of works by Swinomish mas-ter carver Kevin Paul con-tinues through July 7 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

FATHER’S DAY ART WALK: The Arts Council of Sedro-Woolley will honor dads and art in the Father’s Day Community Art Walk, June 12-26, in downtown Sedro-Woolley. The coun-cil seeks submissions of community art to exhibit. The entry fee is $20. Each participant can enter up to four pieces of art. Photos of art with approximate valu-ations are due by June 12 at Simply Silver & More, 805B Metcalf St. Entry forms are available at that location and at the Sedro-Woolley Public Library. Call 360-588-4384 for infor-mation.

ARTIST SERIES: The Challenger Ridge Summer Artist Series will feature watercolorist Don Smith from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Smith will work on a piece of art and offer a selection of finished paint-ings available for purchase. Free admission. 425-422-6988 or challengerridge.com.

FRIDAY HARBOR ART MARKET: Check out art-ist booths, demonstrations, food and music from 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays, June 21-Aug. 30, at the Brickworks Plaza in Friday Harbor. Free admission. 360-472-0216 or

email [email protected].

“THE HARMONY OF SILENCE”: The art exhibit continues through June 16 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Alma Chaney, Aaron Haba, Trish Maha-ram and Timea Tihanyi mine the expressive poten-tial of quiet restraint with works in a variety of media including textile, porcelain, oil and wax. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. anchorart space.org.

“SHALL WE GATHER: THE CENTENNIAL CHURCHES OF SKAGIT COUNTY”: Check out the newest exhibit on display through Aug. 4 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner.

Featuring photographs, stories and artifacts, the show celebrates the his-tory of places of worship and their contributions to Skagit County. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.

METAL MESH SCULP-TURE: “Nature’s Matrix,” sculpture in metal mesh by Lanny Bergner, continues through July 8 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art, 235 A St., Friday Har-bor.

The show features Bergner’s three-dimension-al artworks created from industrially woven bronze, brass, copper, aluminum and stainless steel mesh. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-370-5050 or www.sjima.org.

ISLAND INTERNATIONAL RETROSPECTIVEA collection of work by more than two dozen artists continues through June 29 at Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The show will feature etchings, monotypes and giclee prints by Christa Malay, Anne Belov, Elizabeth Ockwell, Tony Turpin, Beki Killoran, Joanne Kollman, Mamie Joy Rayburn and many other regional artists represented by Guemes Island-based Island International, which brokers their work through galleries across the U.S. The gallery will also show jewelry by Cate Grinzell, as well as new glasswork, sculptures and custom tables. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com. Pictured: “At Twilight” by Mamie Joe Rayburn.


Stroll on down to the Skagit Riverwalk next to the Tulip Tower and enjoy an evening with artists, art lovers and community members. Support the work of the Mount Vernon Arts Commission by

participating in an auction of patio umbrellas and Adirondack chairs painted by local artists.

Celebrate the arrival of SUMMER and the SUMMER SOLSTICE!

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Tickets $30, may be purchased at MV Parks & Recreation office, 1717 S. 13th or Gretchens, 509 S 1st.

For more information call: 360.336.6215 Must be 21 years or older to attend this event

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WARM BEACH OPEN HOUSE: Learn about the health, history, culture and marine life of Port Susan at an open house from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Warm Beach Senior Community, 20420 Marine Drive, Stanwood. Local biologist and marine specialist Franchesca Perez will talk about the marine resources of Port Susan. Penny Buse, educator and author of “Stuck in the Mud,” will share the history of pioneers who settled the area. Walk-ins welcome or register at portsusantwo.eventbrite.com. There will be refreshments and information on the health of Port Susan and what residents can do to help protect it.

“FUN WITH FUNGI: WILD MUSHROOMS”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 E. Camano Drive, Camano Island. Learn from Scott Chase about common Northwest mushrooms — edible and inedible — how and where they grow and how they interact with plants and trees. Free. 360-861-6372 or camanowildlifehabitat.org.

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EXHIBIT: “The History of What’s Inside Your Smart Phone”: Check out the history of communica-tions technology at the Anacortes Museum, 1305 Eighth St., Anacortes. Centered around a mod-ern smart phone, the exhibit includes an array of antique phones, record players, typewriters, cam-eras and other machines that demonstrate the march of history toward the iPhone. Try out an old

dial telephone, listen to a 45-rpm record or type a let-ter on a manual typewriter. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 360-293-1915 or museum.cityofanacortes.org.

CAMP CASEY OPEN HOUSE: Seattle Pacific University’s Camp Casey Conference Center on Whidbey Island will host an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, June 14. Visi-tors will get a rare chance to tour the Colonel’s House, reserved exclusively for the SPU president and vice presidents. Tours will be available in various barracks and the newly renovated mess hall, where free snacks will be served. Guests also can visit the Sea Lab, a marine biology teaching facility, play games in the center’s gymnasium and enjoy free admission to the outdoor pool. For infor-mation, call 866-661-6604 or 360-678-5050 or visit spu.edu/casey.

SWING DANCE: Dance to the sounds of the Salt-water Octet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Skyline Beach Club, 6041 Sands Way, Anacortes. Enjoy music, dancing, snacks and a no-host bar. Tickets: $20 in advance at the library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes; $25 at the door. Presented by the Anacortes Public Library Jazz Com-mittee, the Manieri Endow-ment and the Library Foundation. Proceeds will benefit the library and scholarships for local jazz students. 360-293-1910.

ROCKS & GEMS SWAP/SALE: The Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club’s annual Rockhounds Recycling Rendezvous will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, June 15, at Birch Bay

Square in Blaine. Take exit 270 off of I-5. Buy, sell and swap rocks, minerals, gems and related items from par-ticipants’ tables, tailgates or tents. Spaces are avail-able starting at 9 a.m. on a first-come/first-choice basis from $15. Free admission for buyers. Proceeds will benefit the club’s Western Washington University scholarship program. For information, contact Candi at 360-384-3187.

ROCKS & GEMS: The Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club will feature a “show & tell” of Jadeite and Nephrite at its next meet-ing at 7 p.m. Monday, June 17, at the Bloedel Donovan Community Center Build-ing, 2214 Electric Ave., Bellingham. The evening will include door prizes, refreshments, a silent auc-tion and brief business meeting. Visitors welcome, with or without rocks. For information, contact Lori at 360-961-7873, email [email protected] or visit mtbakerrockclub.org.

COMMUNITY RESCUE AWARENESS DAY: The event will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at the All Breed Equine Rez-Q, 2415 116th St. NE, Marysville. Meet some of the rescued horses and enjoy live music, demonstrations, games, face painting, raffles, food and more. RSVP: 425-263-6390 or allbreedhorserescue.com.

BOWLING & MORE: Celebrate the one-year anniversary of the reopen-ing of the Community Bowling Center from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, at 612 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Enjoy bowling, face paint-ing, balloon animals, a bouncy house, dunk tank, silent auctions and more. Free bowling for dads on

Father’s Day. 360-399-6188 or bowlsedro.com.

BUNCO EVENING: Soroptimist International of Mount Vernon will host a Bunco Evening at 6 p.m. Monday, June 17, in Mount Vernon. Enjoy supper, wine, coffee, prizes and bunco. $20. Proceeds ben-efit scholarships for local women and girls. For res-ervations, call 360-422-5480.

DIRT CUP FAN FEST: The 42nd annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup racing series will kick off with the Dirt Cup Fan Fest Party from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednes-day, June 19, at Skagit Speedway, 4796 Old High-way 99 N, Alger. Get auto-graphs from the drivers, see the sprint cars on display, enjoy live music, vendors, prizes and more. Free park-ing and admission. 360-724-3567 or skagitspeedway.com.

TOUR VINTAGE AIR-CRAFT: The Collings Foun-dation’s Wings of Freedom tour will bring a World War II vintage Boeing B-17 Fly-ing Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang to the Skagit Regional Airport on June 19-21. The planes will arrive at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, and offer tours and flights through Friday, June 21,

at the terminal building, 15400 Airport Drive, Bur-lington. The planes will be open for ground tours from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon Friday. $12 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, free for World War II veterans.

Flights on the B-17 or B-24 are $425 for a 30-min-ute flight. Get some “stick time” in the P-51 fighter: $2,200 for a half-hour, $3,200 for a full hour. For information or flight res-ervations, call 800-568-8924.

SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION: Welcome the arrival of summer at the third annual Summer Solstice Celebration from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, on the Skagit Riverwalk next to the Tulip Tower in downtown Mount Vernon. Enjoy food, live music and an auction featuring patio umbrellas and Adirondack chairs painted by local art-ists. Auction preview begins at 5:30 p.m. Ages 21 and older. $30. Proceeds will benefit the Mount Vernon Arts Commission. Tickets are available at the Mount Vernon Parks and Recre-ation office, 1717 S. 13th St.; Gretchens, 509 S. First St.; or from Mount Vernon Arts Commission members. For information, contact Mount Vernon Parks and Recre-ation at 360-336-6215.

DUDESTOCK 2013: The third annual Dudestock party will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Celebrate all things related to the 1998 cult favorite film “The Big Lebowski.” Come and drink white Rus-sians, listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival and party with an array of Dudes, Walters, Maudes and more. Doors open at 7 p.m. White Russians will be available throughout the evening. $10 advance, $12 at the door. Ages 21 and over. 360-336-8955 or lincolnthe atre.org.

FAIRHAVEN OUTDOOR CINEMA: The 14th annual Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema will present live entertain-ment and big-screen mov-ies on Saturday evenings, through Aug. 24, at the Vil-lage Green in Bellingham’s Fairhaven District. Admis-sion is $5, free for ages 5 and younger. Bring your own blanket or low-backed lawn chair for seating. Rain or shine. fairhavenoutdoor-cinema.com.

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