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ReviewsMusic: Keith Urban, Arctic Monkeys Video Games: “NFL Madden 25”

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RecreationHunters, anglers have plenty to look forward to in coming weeks

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Tuning UpToney Rocks plays the Brown Lantern Ale House and Conway Muse

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“Star Trek Into Darkness”: The crew of the Enterprise faces a threat to Starfleet. Chris Pine stars.

Director J.J. Abrams proved with 2009’s “Star Trek” that it is OK to boldly go where others had gone before, as long as the journey is exciting, original, entertaining and respectful to legions of loyal fans. His film, which found the balance between reprising and re-imag-ining, was a direct hit. In his second voy-age on the Starship Enterprise, Abrams has perfected that approach.

The movie starts at warp speed and never slows until the haunting refrains of the original theme song herald the arrival of the closing credits. The film moves so quickly, it’s hard to pick up the many references to past “Star Trek” offerings.

It’s the best “Star Trek” work since Gene Roddenberry brought the fran-chise to life in the 1960s.

“The Big Bang Theory: The Com-plete Sixth Season”: The CBS series continues to prove that a situation comedy can be smart AND funny. And, it can be smart dealing with topics that are very ordinary. This season includes humor found in the cancelation of a beloved TV show, a weird game of Dun-geons & Dragons, hero worship for a TV scientist and an unforgettable trip to Bakersfield, Calif., for a comic book convention. The series has one of the best core casts in TV, but the addition of Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler is pure genius.

“Revolution: The Complete First Season”: The DVD set includes all 20 episodes from the first season of the NBC series about a world where electricity no longer exists. The series is being released just before the launch of the second season on Sept. 25. The series starts with a good idea and ends strong. The DVD set will allow you to speed through the middle episodes that get bogged down because the writers lost focus. Also included are 90 minutes of bonus content, including two featurettes, a gag reel, deleted scenes and bonus webisodes.

“Blue Bloods — The Third Season”: CBS series about a multigenerational family of cops in New York.

“Sesame Street: C is for Cooking”: Includes songs and stories about eating healthy.

“Star Trek: The Original Series—Ori-gins”: Includes episodes introducing Khan, Klingons and Tribbles.

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Great

Roller Skate Adventure”: Dora and Boots stand up to the bullying Big Wheeler.

“Secret Millionaires Club: Volume Two”: Business savvy friends go on space adventure.

“Chicago Fire: Season One”: NBC series about men and women who work at Chicago Firehouse 51.

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Season 8”: Continuing antics of misfit bar owners.

“The League Season 4”: FX series about the odd participants in a fantasy sports league.

“Sisters & Brothers”: The late Cory Monteith (“Glee”) plays a Hollywood star facing the perils of Hollywood.

“Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Run For Your ‘Rife!”: More scary animated adventures with Scooby and the gang.

“Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk”: Lat-est release in the Marvel Knights Ani-mation’s series has Wolverine tracking Dr. Bruce Banner.

“Love Is All You Need”: Pierce Bros-nan stars in the romantic comedy.

“Wish You Were Here”: A vacation turns into a nightmare when one friend vanishes.

“The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow”: The Smurfs have some Hal-loween fun.

“Puppy in My Pocket: The Friendship Ceremony”: Kitty Princess Ava must find her way back to Pocketville.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK

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

SEPT. 17The Bling Ring -- Lionsgate

SEPT. 24 Redemption -- Lionsgate

OCT. 1The Croods -- Fox/DreamWorksThis Is the End -- Sony

OCT. 8After Earth -- SonyThe Hangover Part III -- WarnerMuch Ado About Nothing -- Lionsgate

OCT. 22The Internship -- Fox

OCT. 29Monsters University -- Disney

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Estuary Day on Saturday in Anacortes

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SEDRO-WOOLLEY FOUNDERS’ DAY CELEBRATION

Bank robbery, car show and a picnic in the park

TOP: Butch Stearns of Bay View points two fake guns at his opponent during the 2005 Founders’ Day re-enactment of a 1914 bank robbery in Sedro-Woolley. Cecil Penno of Sedro-Woolley pretends to lie dead on the ground.

LEFT: Actors place Rocky MacArthur’s hat over his face as he rests in a coffin after he was “shot” during the 2001 Sedro-Woolley Founders’ Day re-enactment of a 1914 crime that resulted in the death of a 13-year-old Sedro-Woolley boy.Skagit Valley Herald file photos

Skagit Valley Herald staff

It’s not everyday that a bank robbery happens in Sedro-Woolley, but it has become an annual occurrence — during the weekend Founders’ Day celebration that marks the early days in the city’s his-tory.

Along with a staged bank holdup, a ceremony honoring Mills family descendant Marilyn Hyl-dahl Thompson and other activities will keep visitors busy both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15, in downtown and at River-front Park.

Festival-goers can look forward to the Founders’ Day Breakfast of scram-bled eggs, biscuits and gravy and beverages from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St. (The $6 fee will benefit the center.)

Next, a video detail-ing the 1914 robbery of the First National Bank in Sedro-Woolley will be shown from 10 to 11 a.m. that day at the Sedro-Woolley Museum, 725 Murdock St.

The historical account of the robbery at history-link.org says a gang of five or six armed men robbed the bank at gunpoint on a Saturday evening, Oct. 17, 1914. Saturdays were the time when loggers, miners and millworkers came to town each week to spend or safeguard their earn-ings.

The robbers supposedly fired 100 or more rounds as they escaped with about $11,650 in gold coins and currency. Three bystanders were wounded, and a child

later died from gunshot wounds. By Oct. 27, law enforcement killed four men, but one escaped and was never captured, the report says.

A reenactment will begin at noon Saturday in front of the museum, according to Sedro-Woolley Museum director Carolyn Freeman. Local talent will play the parts of First National Bank staff — head cashier John K. Guddall, assistant cashier Jeremiah Marsden and bookkeeper Frank Lebold — and, of course, the rob-bers. After they take over the bank and force Gud-dall to open the vault, a 15-minute “gun battle” and escape will occur.

A museum open house will follow from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., honoring Fielden Nicholas Mills family descendant Marilyn Hyl-dahl Thompson and her family, who still reside in Sedro-Woolley, during a short ceremony.

Freeman said descen-dants of the Fielden Mills family, Ruth and Al Hyl-dahl, operated the Central Grocery store, which was located on Sixth Street near present-day Central Elementary School. From 1937-1964, the Hyldahls ran the store, which was closed permanently in 2003, according to stum-pranchonline.com.

Thompson’s mother, Ruth Hyldahl, was one of Fielden Mills’ daughters. Her brother, Bruner Mills, ran a confectionary store in Sedro-Woolley, Free-man said.

Sunday will bring an open car show hosted by JJ’s Cruisers Car Club, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at

Riverfront Park, 2212 River Road. Show regis-tration opens at 8 a.m. with a $10 fee. Hundreds of cars and owners regionwide come to help raise funds for the Sedro-Woolley Museum. Viewer admis-sion is free.

A community picnic from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and children’s activi-ties from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. organized by the Sedro-Woolley Boys & Girls Club will be held at the park. A suggested $3 dona-tion will buy a lunch of a hot dog, chips, cookies and beverage, or bring your own lunch for a leisurely picnic in the park.


RECREATION

An abundance of opportunities as summer turns to fallBy VINCE RICHARDSON@Sports_SVH

Fall may be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean a slowdown in outdoor opportuni-ties. That’s especially true for hunters as they prepare to head out for the first major hunting seasons of the year.

Archery hunts for deer are underway, and forest grouse, mourning dove, cottontail rab-bit, and snowshoe hare are in the crosshairs of hunters. Other seasons set to open this month include archery hunts for elk and high-buck hunts; muzzleloaders will be taking aim at deer; and a turkey hunt will begin in some areas of eastern Washington.

A youth-only hunt for ducks, geese, pheasant and other game birds will run Sept. 21-22 state-wide. Hunters must be 15 or younger and be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old who is not hunting.

“We should have plenty of local ducks available in Septem-ber, followed by a near-record number of birds expected from the north later this year,” said Dave Ware, statewide game manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). “Hunting for deer and elk should also be good in most areas, just as it was last year.”

Fish and crabMeanwhile, chinook, coho and

pink salmon are pushing into Puget Sound from the ocean.

“September is a great time to go fishing,” said John Long, WDFW statewide salmon man-ager.

As new fishing seasons open, others are coming to an end. The only exceptions are marine areas 7-North (Gulf of Georgia) and 7-South (San Juan Islands/Bellingham). Crabbing in those two areas is open through Sept. 30, Thursdays through Mondays only.

The bulk of the pink run will have made its way into the

region’s rivers by the middle of the month.

“Pink salmon fishing is start-ing to pick up in the rivers as we move into September,” said Ryan Lothrop, Puget Sound rec-reational salmon manager for the WDFW. “Freshwater fishing opportunities for pink salmon should be good early in the month.”

In northern Puget Sound, Lothrop recommends fishing for pink salmon in the Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Skagit and Sno-qualmie rivers.

In saltwater, anglers are hook-ing some bright ocean coho in portions of Puget Sound.

“We should see more of those ocean fish make their way into the Sound throughout the month,” said Lothrop.

Anglers fishing marine areas 9 (Admiralty Inlet) and 10 (Seat-tle/Bremerton) have a daily limit of two salmon, plus two addition-al pink salmon, but must release all chinook. In Marine Area 10, anglers must release hatch-ery chinook and chum salmon through Sept. 15. Those fishing

Marine Area 9 must release chum through Sept. 30.

Marine areas 8-1 (Deception Pass, Hope Island and Skagit Bay) and 8-2 (Port Susan and Port Gardner) are also open for salmon. There is a two-salmon daily limit, plus two additional pink salmon, but anglers must release chinook salmon.

Another option is Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands), where anglers have a daily limit of two salmon, plus two additional pink salmon, but can keep only one chinook. Anglers must release chum and wild coho.

Lothrop said the best bet for freshwater anglers fishing for coho salmon might be the Sno-homish and Skagit rivers, where abundant runs are expected to return this year. Other options for coho include the Nooksack, Skykomish, Snoqualmie and Still-aguamish rivers.

There are crabbing opportu-nities still available. The daily catch limit in Puget Sound is five Dungeness crab, males only, in hard-shell condition with a mini-mum carapace width of 6¼ inches.

Fishers may also keep six red rock crab of either gender per day, pro-vided those crabs measure at least 5 inches across, are in hard-shell condition and have a minimum carapace width of 5 inches.

Crabbers are reminded their summer catch record cards are due to WDFW by midnight Oct. 1 and must be returned whether or not the cardholder caught or fished for crab during the season. Crabbers who fail to file catch reports for 2013 will face a $10 fine, which will be imposed when they apply for a 2014 Puget Sound crab endorsement. Completed summer cards can be mailed in or submitted online.

WDFW will announce winter crab seasons for Puget Sound in early October, after completing its assessment of the summer fishery.

HuntingHunters have several options

to consider as early hunting sea-sons open throughout this month. Archery-only hunts for deer and elk run through Sept. 27. Most muzzleloader-only seasons for deer start Sept. 28, followed by an early muzzleloader hunt for elk that begins Oct. 5.

Meanwhile, bear hunts are underway in the region. Hunters are allowed two bear during the general season, which is open through Nov. 15, but only one bear can be taken in eastern Washington.

For those seeking forest grouse, the statewide hunting season runs through Dec. 31.

“Prospects for forest grouse are always a question mark because broods are so suscep-tible to even brief periods of bad weather,” said Chris Danilson, District 14 wildlife biologist for Skagit and Whatcom counties. “However, exceptionally warm and dry spring conditions this year may mean good production and should encourage hunters to take to the field.”

In lower elevations, areas with elderberry or other fruit-bearing

trees and shrubs are good spots to focus upon, especially along closed or abandoned forest roads, said Danilson. At higher eleva-tions, conifer forests with open meadow and huckleberry patches generally attract sooty grouse.

September also offers oppor-tunities to hunt dove, geese and band-tailed pigeons. The dove hunt continues through Sept. 30. In addition, an early Canada goose hunt runs to Sept. 15 in goose management areas 1, 2A and 3, and Sept. 14-15 in areas 4 and 5. The band-tailed pigeon season runs Sept. 15-23.

Hunters under 16 will have an opportunity to go afield for ducks, Canada geese, coots and pheasants during a special youth hunt Sept. 21-22.

In eastern Washington, youth may also take quail, chukar and gray partridge during the two-day season. Youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult — at least 18 years old — who is not hunting. Nontoxic shot is required on all pheasant release sites.

Hunters 65 years or older will have an opportunity to go afield for pheasants during a special senior hunt Sept. 23-27. Western Washington hunters of all ages can hunt pheasants beginning Sept. 28.

Black bear hunters can test their bear species identification skills through an interactive pro-gram on WDFW’s website. The program includes information on how to correctly identify black bears and grizzly bears. Grizzly bears are protected under state and federal endangered species laws.

Whale watchingWhale watchers should have

several opportunities in Septem-ber to spot orca whales in the San Juan Islands. The resident orcas are feasting on salmon runs now making their way along the shores of the islands. One of the best spots to view whales is from Lime Kiln State Park on the western shore of San Juan Island.


THIS WEEKENDin the areaANTIQUE TECHNOLOGY The 18th annual Anacortes Antique Engine & Machinery Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, behind the historic W.T. Preston steam-powered sternwheeler at Market Street and Sixth Avenue, in Anacortes. Enjoy rail rides, a variety of chugging old engines, children’s activities, music and more. A parade of tractors and vintage vehicles at 11 a.m. will feature the 1899 fire engine from the movie “Hello Dolly” and the Anacortes Fire Depart-ment’s restored 1924 American LaFrance fire truck. Tommy Thompson’s Anacortes Railway engine will also be on display. Free admission. 360-293-1915.

CAR SHOW The fourth annual Stanwood Commu-nity and Senior Center Car Show will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the center’s front parking lot at 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. Check out all makes and models of cus-tom and classic cars, arts and crafts vendors, door prizes and trophies. Breakfast: $5. Hot dog lunch: $3. Strawberry shortcake: $4. Car registration: $20. Free admission for spectators. For information,

contact Sandy at 360-629-7403, ext. 112.

ART OF THE BOAT Coupeville will celebrate the Art of The Boat from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. The celebration will include boat art, music, literary readings and classic boats on display in and around Coupeville. Free admission. 360-678-5434.

FREE CONCERT To commemorate its 20th anniver-sary, Country Meadow Village, 1501 Collins Road, Sedro-Woolley, will host a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15. The one-hour concert will fea-ture cellist Louie Richmond and pianist Judith Gordon. Everyone welcome. 360-856-0404.

BENEFIT CONCERT The Mac Frampton Trio will per-form at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. Enjoy a vari-ety of pop, jazz, classical and original music, as well as a silent auction to benefit the Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood. $25-$35, $10 children. 360-629-2126, ext. 146.

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Estuary Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Fidalgo Bay RV Park, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road, Anacortes. Enjoy self-guided walks and learn about the bay from docents stationed along the Tommy Thompson Trail. See and touch living sea creatures and participate in beach seining. Enjoy complimentary samples of local seafood cuisine. Dine on a no-host traditional Samish salmon barbecue platter. Free admission. skagitbeaches.org.


GET INVOLVED

ARTSEEKING VENDORS: Vendors

of all kinds are needed for the 21st semi-annual World’s Largest Garage Sale, Antiques & More, set for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28, at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St., Mount Vernon. Ven-dor applications are available at skagitcounty.net/fairgrounds. For information, call 360-336-9414 or email [email protected].

ART CLASSESACRYLICS FOR BEGINNERS:

With Jennifer Bowman, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12-13, at the Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $165, plus optional $20 fee to borrow Bowman’s materials. 360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

ART CLASSES, WORKSHOPS: Dakota Art Center offers a vari-ety of art classes and workshops at 17873 Highway 536, Mount Vernon. 360-416-6556, ext. 5, or dakotaartcenter.com.

AUDITIONSSHELTER BAY CHORUS:

Practice is from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday at the Shelter Bay Clubhouse in La Conner. New members welcome; no need to be a Shelter Bay resident. 360-466-3805.

A CAPPELLA: Harmony Northwest Chorus will host an open house for women who like to sing a cappella at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. All skill levels welcome. The chorus practices from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday at the senior center.

DANCETHURSDAY DANCE: Enjoy

dancing to the music of the Skip-pers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Thurs-days at Hillcrest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. For information, contact Doris at

360-588-8239.

BEGINNER SQUARE DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland St. Couples and singles welcome. First two weeks are free, then $4 per les-son. Sponsored by the Mt. Baker Singles and Skagit Squares. For information, call 360-424-4608 or 360-424-9675.

SALSA DANCE LESSONS: 7 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 12-Oct. 17, Anacortes Center for Happiness, 619 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Learn the basic salsa rhythm, Cuban body motion, leading/fol-lowing techniques, footwork and basic turns. $10 per class, $50 for all six. 360-464-2229 or anacortes centerforhappiness.org.

MUSICCALL FOR MALE SINGERS:

The An-O-Chords Guest Night will take place at 7 p.m. today, Sept. 12, at the Northwest Edu-cation Service District Building, 1601 R Ave., Anacortes. Come and see what the An-O-Chords are all about. No need to read music; it’s not an audition. For information, contact Richard at 360-391-8020.

SKAGIT VALLEY MUSIC CLUB: The club will not meet during September. For information, call Marsha Pederson at 360-757-4906.

ON STAGENORTH COVE OPEN MIC:

Daniel Burnson hosts an open mic from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays at North Cove Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington. All genres welcome — rock, blues, funk, folk, ukelele, poetry or per-formance. 360-707-2683 or north covecoffee.com.

1ST STREET OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to midnight, Wednesdays, 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Ages 21 and older. No cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

CONWAY PUB OPEN MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Conway Pub & Eat-ery, 18611 Main St., Conway. 360-445-4733.

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:National Estuaries Day: 11

a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Stop at discovery stations along the Tommy Thompson Trail for fun facts, trivia and hands-on discoveries about our natural and cultural connections to Fidalgo Bay. Pick up a “discovery pass-port” and fill it with stamps from each station to win a prize. Free. The flat, paved trail is handi-capped accessible.

DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT: The Falling Barn Open PDGA-sanctioned tournament will begin at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at North Sound Recreation Area, on Helmick Road off High-way 20, east of Sedro-Woolley. Pro and amateur competitors will complete two rounds of 18. Registration: $50 pro, $35 amateur. $10 additional fee for non-PDGA members. First 25 amateurs receive an event T-shirt and disc; all others receive either shirt or disc. Send payments by PayPal to [email protected] or pay with cash until 8:15 a.m. day of event. For information, contact Gene at 360-223-5178.

OUTDOOR SKILLS FOR WOMEN: Women can learn the basics of fishing, hunting and other outdoor skills at a Sept. 13-15 workshop at Camp Was-kowitz in North Bend. Coordi-nated by Washington Outdoor Women, the workshop will be taught by Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife experts and other certified instructors. Classes will include archery, freshwater fishing, fly fishing, kayaking, big-game hunting, map

and compass reading, wilderness first aid, survival skills, outdoor photography and more. Work-shop participants must be at least 18. A state recreational fishing license is required to participate in the fishing sessions. The work-shop fee of $250 includes lodging, meals and use of equipment. A limited number of partial schol-arships are available for first-time participants. 425-455-1986 or washingtonoutdoorwomen.org.

ANNE JACKSON MEMORIAL RUN/WALK: The fifth annual 5K/10K run and 2-mile walk will take place Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Humane Society of Skagit Valley, 18841 Kelleher Road, Burlington. Day-of-race registration: 7 to 9 a.m. The walk will begin at 9:15 a.m., followed by the 5K/10K run at 9:30 a.m. Awards for race winners and a memorial ceremony for Anne Jackson will take place at 11:30 a.m. Registration: $22. Collect $50 or more in pledges to receive free registration and T-shirt. Pro-ceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Skagit Valley, which seeks to construct a cat wing in memory of Sandy Nelson, the late shelter director. Dogs are welcome to accompany walkers. No dog? Call the shelter and ask about walking a shelter dog. 360-757-0445 or skagithumane.com.

SKATE CONTEST: Sedro-Woolley Rotary Club, Sedro-Woolley Parks Department, Hiddenwave Boardshop and Lib Tech will host a skateboarding contest Saturday, Sept. 14, at the S-W Skate Park, 324 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. Registra-tion begins at 10 a.m., with the first runs at 11 a.m. Each entrant gets one 60-second run. A best-trick contest will be held in the “street” and “transition” cat-egories. Lib Tech will also host a skate demo. Food and refresh-ments. For more information, call 360-856-5167.

THEATERYOUTH THEATER CLASSES:

The Whidbey Playhouse “Would Be Players” theater program for

ages 8 to 18 will offer a workshop from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, Sept. 9-Oct. 29, at the Whidbey Playhouse Star Stu-dio, 730 SE Midway Drive, Oak Harbor.

A special three-hour rehearsal will be held on Sunday, Oct. 27, and the workshop will culminate with public performances at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 28-29. Students will learn a variety of theater skills, including theater acting, vocal training, body language, stage presence, blocking and more. $75. For information or to register, contact Stan Thomas at 360-675-0574.

FREE ADULT ACTING CLASS-ES: Anacortes Community The-atre offers free acting classes for adults from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month at 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Classes include scripted scenes and a variety of acting games, with a different topic each month. Each class is independent, so you don’t have to commit to every session. 360-840-0089 or acttheatre.com.

WORKSHOPS“SCREENWRITING 101: GET-

TING STARTED”: with director/screenwriter Wally Lane, 1 to 3:30 p.m. today, Sept. 12, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E Washington. RSVP: Sharon Anderson at 360-391-2042 or skagitwriters.org.

“INVESTING IN YOUR BOOK: POLISHING, PUBLISHING, PRO-MOTING”: Terry Persun and Susan Wingate, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, Anacortes Chamber of Commerce board room, 819 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Discover definitive ways to approach revision that highlight your style and story; learn about publishing options and the role of publishers, publi-cists and agents; and find out how to promote your novel/stories now that they are out there for the world to see. Presented by Armchair ePublishing and Skagit Valley Writers League. $25. [email protected] or arm chair-epublishing.weebly.com.


September 1-30Share the adventure, enjoy the taste!

EatLocalMountVernon.com

Twenty-fi ve of Mount Vernon’s best restaurants have joined together to celebrate the wondrous bounty of Skagit Valley. Throughout September, these restaurants will have special menu items, including beverages, which feature Skagit Valley products and showcase local farms. Eat Local Mount Vernon is a cornerstone event of the

2013 Mount Vernon Mayor’s Wellness Challenge, which is a month-long series of free activities to inspire the community to healthier lifestyles.

Don’t forget to vote in the People’s Choice Award Contest and you’ll be entered to win a gift certifi cate from participating restaurants! Share the adventure and enjoy the taste! Participating restaurants include:

For more info, call: 360.428.8547

Eat Local Mount Vernon is sponsored by the Mount Vernon Community Marketing Campaign, which includes the City of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce, Mount Vernon School District, Port of Skagit, Skagit Regional Health, Skagit Valley College. Participating sponsors include Mount Vernon Mayor’s Wellness Challenge, Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC), North

Sound Food Hub, Mount Vernon Farmers Market and Washington Restaurant Association. Our media partners include Skagit Publishing and KAPS/KBRC Radio.


Saturday, September 14 • 9:00am – 4:00pm6th & T Ave. • Adjacent to Depot and W.T. Preston

RAILRIDES

Saturday

SEE ’EM PUFF!HEAR ’EM CHUG!

FREE Working exhibits and hands-on activities for machinery buffs

of all ages

TRAVEL

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press

ILE-AUX-GRUES, Que-bec — What a difference a bridge makes.

This rather obvious observation hit home when driving around one Quebec island and cycling another, both close to the shore of the St. Lawrence River but a world apart in their way of life.

First, Ile d’Orleans, a bridge hop from the out-skirts of Quebec City. It’s a graceful haven of fine homes, fields of cultivated berries, art studios, collect-ibles, autumn apple pick-ers, cider, tourists, gourmet bakery treats, perfect lawns down to the water, maple syrup and bicyclists who look a bit nervous sharing narrow roads with cars, and

for good reason.Then there’s wind-swept,

rather lonely and power-fully lovely Ile-aux-Grues, island of cranes. It’s only a few miles from the shore of the St. Lawrence River, but so disconnected that the island’s children are flown to school and back.

For Quebecers, Ile

d’Orleans is the place every-body’s been. Ile-aux-Grues is where everyone has been meaning to go.

So I went, on a ship with a quirky skipper, Jean-Fran-cois Lachance. He fancied himself a standup comedian as he kept up a stream of banter mixed with stories of the archipelago for the

scores of passengers. The Lachance family, operator of the cruise company, has been plying these waters since the early 1800s.

In settling on a plan to bike along the St. Lawrence for three days, I had loosely patterned my route on one laid out by Lonely Planet contributor Margo Pfeiff, writing in the Los Angeles Times. When I followed up with her, she offered one piece of advice in particular: “Be sure to have a day to spend on the island.”

Ile-aux-Grues can be reached by a free, 25-minute car ferry until late in the year when the ice comes and the only access is by small planes. But the ferry runs on an erratic schedule, depen-dent on the tides, making it an iffy proposition for day-trippers.

If you go Ile-Aux-Grues: By free car ferry from Montmagny until December (chaud-iereappalaches.com/en/travel-quebec/montmagny-and-the-islands/saint-antoine-de-l-isle-aux-grues/traverse-l-isle-aux-grues-montmagny/ferry) and by small ship from Berthier-sur-Mer until mid-October (croisiereslachance.com). No charge to bring bicy-cles aboard either service; Lachance offers free use of its own bikes with notice. The

only winter access: Air Mont-magny, 418-248-3545. Ile D’Orleans: Best seen by car, though plenty of cyclists take it on. The drive around the perimeter is 40-plus miles; plan for plenty of compelling stops like La Boulange, a bus-tling bakery in the village of Saint-Jean, situated in a big old house with a wide porch looking out on a his-toric church, broad lawns and the St. Lawrence River (tourismeiledorleans.com/introang.html)

Calvin Woodward / AP

TOP: Paddlers move through placid waters from the P’tit Train du Nord rail trail outside Montreal. BOTTOM: Windswept homes are seen by the river on Ile-aux-Grues in the St. Lawrence River.

Splendid isolation in the St. Lawrence River


You are invited to a partY with a purpose!

september 14, 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Enjoy live music, and locally-sourced refreshments and beverages.

Raffle, silent auction, and other surprises.

Tickets available at the door.Must be 21+ to attend

TRAVEL

Local travel CRUISE SEMINAR: 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, AAA, 1600 E. College Way, Suite A, Mount Vernon. Learn about cruise options on Celebrity, Royal Caribbean International and Azamara Club cruise lines. Free admis-sion. RSVP: 360-848-2090.

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TO NEW ZEA-LAND: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, Ana-cortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Ana-

cortes. Rotarian Kelsey Miner will highlight his six-week trip to New Zealand with three other young professionals to build global leadership skills. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

EXTENDED TRIPS: The Oak Harbor Senior Center is organizing two small-group trips for 2014: Mississippi River Cruise: Nashville to New Orleans, March 19–30; and Scotland, June. Contact Pat Gardner at [email protected].

I took the $38 Lachance Cruises round-trip — more than two hours on the boat each way, and close to three hours to explore the island. I brought my bike along.

The 170-passenger ves-sel first dropped off a large contingent on Grosse Ile, a national historical site that served as a gateway for Irish immigrants in the 1800s and a quarantine camp where typhus suffer-ers died in horrid condi-tions. Here the wide river is studded with islands, some owned in whole by the rich, but only Orleans and Grues inhabited year-round.

On Ile-aux-Grues, most passengers climbed into a trolley for a motorized tour that includes a stop at the pride of the island, Fromag-erie Ile-aux-Grues, pro-ducer of coveted artisanal cheeses and winner of the 2009 Canadian grand prize for medium cheddar.

Others wheeled their bicycles off the boat or used free ones from Lachance and ventured out on a dozen miles of empty

roads through meadows, marshes and farmlands, never losing sight of the river panorama. The island, mostly under a mile wide, claims to offer the largest unspoiled wetland in north-eastern North America, with mudflats linking Ile-aux-Grues to even less accessible Ile-aux-Oies, island of geese.

At summer’s end, the island delivered almost complete silence, except for the wind. About 150 people live here year-round, twice that in summer. Homes are pint-sized compared with many on Orleans, but never ordinary, dressed up in bright colors — which is typical in Quebec — and garden rows.

Calvin Woodward / AP

A boat carrying scores of passengers steams towards Ile-aux-Grues in the St. Lawrence River. The Quebec island offers quiet roads and stunning river vistas for cyclists and lovers of solitude.

E10 Thursday, September 12, 2013 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com Thursday, September 12, 2013 E11

ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area September 12-19 TUNING UP Playing at area venues September 12-20

Thursday.12THEATER

“Too Soon For Daisies”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

“Cheating Cheaters”: Foothills Theatre, 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $5. 360-988-2641.

Friday.13THEATER


“Cheating Cheaters”: Foothills Theatre, 7 p.m., Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $5. 360-988-2641.

Saturday.14IMPROV

Whidbey Improv Team: 8 p.m., Click Music, 1130 NE Seventh Ave., Oak Har-bor. $5. [email protected].

MUSIC“Miniatures & Masterpieces, Take

Two”: Pianists Kau Zavislak and Victoria Ebel-Sabo, 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden. $10 adults, $5 ages 17 and younger. 360-354-3600 or jansen artcenter.org.

THEATER“Too Soon For Daisies”: 7:30 p.m.,

Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $16. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

VARIETY1st Street Follies presents “The

Back Alley Cats”: 8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or riverbelledinnertheatre.com.

Sunday.15THEATER


“Cheating Cheaters”: Foothills The-atre, 2 p.m. ($5) and 7 p.m. ($8, dessert theater), Nooksack Valley High School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson. $5. 360-988-2641.

Wednesday.18MUSIC

Jazz at the Center: Jennifer Scott, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

Thursday.19THEATER


THURSDAY.12

SATURDAY.14

WEDNESDAY.18

FRIDAY.20

Sky Colony: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. No cover. 360-445-3000.

Trish, Hans & John Anderson: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. 360-588-1720.

Andy Koch of Badd Dog Blues: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

Jammin’ Jeff: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Big Lake Bar & Grill, 18247 High-way 9, Mount Vernon. 360-422-6411.

“A Tribute to the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young”: Wayne Hayton & Friends, 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. No cover. 360-445-3000.

Jim Cull: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

Marcia Kester, Sandy Carter (country, rock, blues, pop): 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 First St., Mount Ver-non. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

Scratch Daddy: 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burling-ton. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Toney Rocks (blues, rock): 8 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Ana-cortes. $8. 360-293-2544.

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

Toney Rocks: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. $10. 360-445-3000.

Hair Nation: 9 p.m., H2O, 314 Commer-cial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

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

1967 (the band): 6 p.m., Birdsview Brewing Co., 38302 Highway 20, Birds-view. No cover. 360-826-3406.

Summer Cannibals, Waterbear: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Kellee Bradley Band: 6 to 8 p.m., Challeng-er Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Chal-lenger Road, Con-crete. Free admission with purchase of a bottle of wine per adult. 425-422-6988.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-445-4733.

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

C.C. Adams and friends Sunday Jam, featuring $cratch Daddy, Coyote Blues and more: 5 to 9 p.m., Station House, 315 E. Morris St., La Con-ner. 360-466-4488.

Bow Diddlers, with Bruce Harvie: 5:30 p.m., Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Court, Edison. 360-766-6266.

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

Jazz at the Center: Jennifer Scott, 7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

Prozac Mountain Boys (bluegrass): 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.

Cheryl Hodge (blues, jazz): 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jansen Art Center Firehall Cafe, 321 Front St., Lynden. No cover. 360-354-3600.

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

Trevor Hansen & guests: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

Duane King (pop, country, classic rock): 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Con-way. $7. 360-445-3000.

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives: 8 p.m., Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Pacific Show-room, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow. $31-$40. 877-275-2448 or the skagit.com.

Baltic Cousins, The West, Bright Weapons: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

Jenny & The Tomcats: 7 p.m., Mount Vernon Elks, 2120 Market St., Mount Vernon. 360-848-8882.

SATURDAY.141ST STREET FOLLIES PRESENTS “THE BACK ALLEY CATS”8 to 10 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012 or river belledinnertheatre.com.

WEDNESDAY.18JAZZ AT THE CENTER: JENNIFER SCOTT7 p.m., Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

FRIDAY.13

SUNDAY.15

THURSDAY.19

SATURDAY.20TREVOR HANSEN & GUESTS8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 First St., Mount Vernon. $5 cover. 360-336-3012.

TONEY ROCKS

FRIDAY.138 p.m., Brown Lantern Ale House, 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $8. 360-293-2544.

SATURDAY.148 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.


REVIEWS

MUSIC CDS

Compiled from news services

Keith Urban“Fuse”

Even though Keith Urban scored three No. 1 hits on his last outing, the veteran country star decided to shake up his pro-duction team for his new album, “Fuse.” Longtime studio partner Dann Huff still col-laborates on a couple of songs, but Urban branches out to duet with young country stars Eric Church and Miranda Lambert and to work with a bevy of hot producers.

Urban joins up with Mike Elizondo, Butch Walker and the Norwegian duo Stargate from the pop world and recruits hot newcomers Nathan Chapman, Zach Crowell and Jay Joyce on the country side.

While Urban wanted to expand his sound, it’s to his credit that so many songs bear his distinctive artistic stamp. For example, “Even The Stars Fall 4 U” — co-produced by Walker — may feature a pumped-up chorus, but it sounds like a natural evolution of Urban’s upbeat hits from the last dozen years.

Elsewhere, Urban tackles new sounds, and “Fuse” benefits from how Urban rises to these challenges.

“Shame,” co-written and co-produced by Stargate’s Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Erik-sen, takes Urban’s confessional lyric and turns it into a heartfelt pop anthem. On “Love’s Poster Child,” co-produced by Joyce, Urban embraces the hard-rock edge of young coun-try stars and cranks out an up-tempo tune as fierce as any of the newcomers.

n Michael McCall, Associated Press

George Jones“Amazing Grace”

The first release of George Jones music following his death in April features the legendary singer on a collection of tradi-tional hymns.

Largely recorded in 2002, “Amazing Grace” finds Jones in full voice and backed by the subtle orches-trations of producer Billy Sherrill, who recorded many of Jones’ classic hits in the 1970s and ’80s.

Across 12 recordings, Jones performs classics such as “Peace In The Valley,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and the title song with solemn reverence, using subtle shifts in vol-ume and phrasing to draw deep emotions from these often-performed standards. Each song features moments that prove why Jones was an unparalleled vocalist.

Sherrill shows why he was such a great studio match for Jones. Whether it’s the quiet piano-and-bass opening of “In The Garden,” or how the harmony voices and steel guitar play off Jones in “Just A Closer Walk With Thee,” Sherrill’s arrangements add depth to Jones’ distinctive interpretations.

Many of these tracks were available for a limited time as “The Gospel Collection,” which went out of print in 2006. An unre-leased track comes from 1994, with Jones warming up for a recording session by sing-ing “Great Judgment Warning” with pro-ducer Brian Ahern on acoustic guitar and Marty Stuart on mandolin, with guest vocal-ists Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Ricky Skaggs, Connie Smith and Travis Tritt.

n Michael McCall, Associated Press

Sly and the Family Stone“Higher!”

At the beginning of 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released a 45 that paired “Everyday People” and “Sing a Simple Song,” the first an idealistic singalong with a winning, childlike melody and irresistible pop hooks, the second a slice of pure, hard funk with an irresistible groove. Few bands have been equally adept at formalist pop and unadulterated funk as Sly and the Family Stone, the mixed-gender, mixed-race band led by Sylvester Stewart from 1966 to 1975.

The four-CD set “Higher!” contains the familiar hits, often in their mono, AM radio-friendly original mixes, as well as select album tracks. But its real value is in how the outliers, including 17 previously unreleased tracks, display the breadth of Sly’s genius through early, pre-Family Stone garage-rock singles, brilliant live performances, instru-mental workouts, eccentric experiments and late, post-Family disco tracks.

n Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Coming up Here’s a rundown of some of fall’s most anticipated new releases:

HIP-HOP AND R&B Drake, “Nothing Was the Same” (Sept. 24): After two best-selling albums, the Toronto rapper is calling in heavy hitters such as Jay Z and Lil Wayne. Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” (Nov. 5): The sequel to the rapper’s acclaimed and divisive 2000 album, “The Marshall Mathers LP,” lists power players Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin as execu-tive producers, with a Rubin-produced single, “Berzerk,” leading the way. MIA, “Matangi” (Nov. 5): The Sri Lankan electro-rap provocateur aimed to have this album out nearly a year ago, and now it’s finally ready to go. Lady Gaga, “ARTPOP” (Nov. 11): The single “Applause” ushered in the media onslaught for Gaga’s fourth album. R. Kelly, “Black Panties” (Nov. 11): After a couple of “dusties”-style, retro-soul dance albums, the singer promises to bring the bump and grind once more.

ROCK MGMT, “MGMT” (Sept. 17): Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser return with their third album, co-pro-duced by longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann. It includes a cover of ’60s psychedelic obscurity “Introspection.” Elvis Costello and the Roots, “Wise Up Ghost” (Sept. 17): After bonding on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” Costello and Fallon’s house band, the brilliant hip-hop group the Roots, decided to take things a step further with a boundary-bashing collaboration. Kings of Leon, “Mechanical Bull” (Sept. 24): The band of brothers has had its share of squabbles in recent years, but after taking a year off they’ve reconvened for their fifth album. HAIM, “Days Are Gone” (Sept. 30): Three sisters debut by showcasing influ-ences from “Rumours”-era Fleetwood Mac to heavy metal. Paul McCartney, “New” (Oct. 15): At 71, the ex-Beatles bassist shows no signs of slowing down. He’s set to release a dozen tracks from record-ing sessions with Mark Ronson, Ethan Johns and Adele collaborator Paul Epworth, among others. Pearl Jam, “Lightning Bolt” (Oct. 15): The Seattle quintet’s first album in four years was once again recorded with pro-ducer Brendan O’Brien. Arcade Fire, “Reflektor” (Oct. 29):

How to follow up “The Suburbs,” which won Grammy album of the year? The Montreal band aimed high by recording tracks with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy.

POP Jack Johnson, “From Here To Now To You” (Sept. 17): The Gen X answer to Jimmy Buf-fett promises — surprise! — more mellow beach grooves on his sixth album. Avicii, “True” (Sept. 17): The debut from one of the Swedish stars of elec-tronic dance music includes a wide-rang-ing guest list, from Chic’s Nile Rodgers to Imagine Dragons. Elton John, “The Diving Board” (Sept. 24): T Bone Burnett produces the piano man’s first studio album in seven years. It’s a stripped-down affair, with longtime sidekick Bernie Taupin once again con-tributing lyrics. Sting, “The Last Ship” (Sept. 24): Concept album? Broadway-influenced tunes? Yes, it’s the new Sting opus, his first batch of original songs in a decade. Justin Timberlake, “The 20/20 Experi-ence: 2 of 2” (Sept. 30): The sequel to “The 20/20 Experience,” released ear-lier this year, includes more tracks from an epic recording session with producer Timbaland. Miley Cyrus, “Bangerz” (Oct. 8): Han-nah Montana, we hardly knew you. The 20-year-old singer continues the transi-tion out of teen pop begun on the 2010 “Can’t Be Tamed.” Katy Perry, “Prism” (Oct. 22): After the multimillion-selling success of her 2010 album, “Teenage Dream,” the singer is ready to follow up with a new single, “Roar,” leading the way.

COUNTRY Alan Jackson, “The Bluegrass Album” (Sept. 24): A mix of originals and cov-ers, including Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” informs this homage to the high-and-lonesome tradition. Willie Nelson, “To All the Girls …” (Sept. 24): At age 80, the honky-tonk icon has been as prolific as ever, with his third album in 16 months. This one focuses on duets with Dolly Parton, Rosanne Cash, Carrie Underwood, Loret-ta Lynn, Miranda Lambert and Mavis Staples, among others.

n Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune


REVIEWS

VIDEO GAMES

Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Madden NFL 25’Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3Genre: SportsPublisher: EA SportsESRB Rating: E, for EveryoneGrade: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

Perhaps with the arrival of September, my expectations were run-ning high. Cooler weath-er in the offing, football and the silver anniver-sary of perhaps the most famous franchise in the world of video games.

When a franchise hits its 25th year, it should shelve the run-of-the-mill release until year 26 and roll out something truly transformative. EA clearly had time to prepare.

Sadly, for yet another year, we usher in another “Madden” game that lacks the innovation even a new gamer to the series would want to see. Wait! I can the ball easier now than ever before? Wow! Now I can finally implement the wishbone offense with the Patriots just to see how silly that would look?

Considering the level of stupidity the defenses have operated on in this game for the past few years, making it even easier to score highlight-reel touchdowns didn’t exactly check off a must-have box on the list of needs.

No one argues against the fact that “Madden” remains the best football simulation ever created (not that it has any real competition). The on-field action remains strong, if at times ridiculous with how high the scores can get unless you up the difficulty level. The usual modifica-tions to the visuals make the game look and feel more authentic, and last year’s addition of the Infinity Engine has now had time to become the standard — and it makes controlling players more fluid and realistic, even if the tackling starts looking weird after a season of playing.

Additionally, the menus still lack cohe-sion and make navigating around a chore.

“Madden NFL 25” is worth owning if you are someone who just has to buy the latest in the franchise.

I just feel that for such a big anniver-sary, EA could have unleashed a truly transcendent football game. But, alas, we just get more of the same.

Arctic Monkeys“AM”

A woozy, psy-chedelic collection cooked up in the Cal-ifornian desert, Arc-tic Monkeys’ latest album, “AM,” is the sound of Sheffield via San Francisco.

Fans expecting anything approaching the kinetic, snot-punk blast of the English group’s highly revered 2006 debut, “What-ever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not,” will be disappointed as frontman Alex Turner and cohorts rarely break a sweat — strutting and swaggering their way through 12 tasty rock nuggets.

Turner cites Aaliyah and Black Sabbath as album influences and, when the R&B backing vocals of “One for the Road” give way to a punishing guitar solo from Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, a poten-tially unholy marriage makes perfect sense. Other highlights include the crunching

“Arabella” (complete with riff borrowed from Bad Company’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love”), glam-rock stomp “Snap Out of It” and starlit ballad “Mad Sounds” — soni-cally one of the most beautiful songs in the band’s impressive canon.

The album’s harmonic strengths are occa-sionally undermined by repetitive, perfunc-tory lyrics. Turner recounts tales of parties and wild nights with such disinterest that one can’t help but wonder why he bothered going out in the first place. For a man capa-ble of writing vivid vignettes about working class Britain, the album is startlingly short of quotable lines. The album’s most memo-rable couplet — “I wanna be your vacuum cleaner, breathing in your dust, I wanna be your Ford Cortina, I will never rust” — from “I Wanna Be Yours” was penned by punk poet John Cooper Clarke.

Despite the lyrical letdown, there’s a lot to admire about Arctic Monkeys’ fifth album, the band’s self-professed “West Coast record.” The sunshine obviously suits them.

n Matt Kemp, Associated Press


MARIA BAMFORD: Sept. 12, Neptune Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

CEELO GREEN: Sept. 12, Wash-ington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

BIG GIGANTIC: Sept. 13, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LED ZEPAGAIN (Tribute to Led Zeppelin): Sept. 14, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

REBEL SOULJAHZ: Sept. 14, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ZAC BROWN BAND: Sept. 14, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TILTED THUNDER RAIL BIRDS: Banked Track Roller Derby: Sept. 14, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcastarenaeverett.com.

THE MISSION UK: Sept. 15, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ALABAMA: Sept. 16, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com. BLONDIE: Sept. 17, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

JEREMY CAMP, TENTH AVENUE NORTH, KUTLESS, JARS OF CLAY: Sept. 17, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

SHINEDOWN: Sept. 18, Washing-ton State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

DJANGOFEST NORTHWEST: Sept. 18-22, Whidbey Island Cen-ter for the Arts, Langley. 800-638-7631 or wicaonline.com.

LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Sept. 19, Washington State Fair in Puyal-lup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

BRIAN REGAN: Sept. 20, Pantag-es Theatre, Tacoma. 253-591-5894 or broadwaycenter.org.

CARLY RAE JEPSEN: Sept. 20, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

MARTY STUART & HIS FABU-LOUS SUPERLATIVES: Sept. 20-21, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

THE LUMINEERS: Sept. 20-21, Marymoor Park, Redmond. 888-929-7849 or marymoorconcerts.com.

AUSTIN MAHONE & BRIDGIT MENDLER: Sept. 21, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

MATT NATHANSON: Sept. 21, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HALESTORM: Sept. 22, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KID ROCK: Sept. 22, Washington State Fair in Puyallup. 888-559-3247 or thefair.com.

FURTHUR: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Sept. 24, Marymoor Park, Red-mond. 888-929-7849 or marymoor concerts.com.

DANE COOK: Sept. 25, Para-mount Theater, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

WAX TAILOR: Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JAKE BUGG: Sept. 26, Neptune, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or live nation.com. SHABAZZ PALACES, THE HELIO SEQUENCE: Sept. 26, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MOBY: Sept. 26, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

DRAKE: with special guest Miguel: Sept. 26, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ZEPPARELLA (all-girl Led Zeppe-lin tribute): Sept. 27, Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow. 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.

MACHINEDRUM, XXYYXX: Sept. 27, Showbox at the Market, Seat-tle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

NICOLAS JAAR: featuring Tarik Barri: Sept. 27, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

JASON ALDEAN: with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett: Sept. 27, Taco-ma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

THE ORB: Sept. 28, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

FLOSSTRADAMUS: Sept. 28, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-

3000 or showboxonline.com.LAILA BIALI TRIO: Sept. 28, Sud-

den Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalley library.org.

MAROON 5, KELLY CLARKSON: Sept. 28, Gorge Amphitheatre, George. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

ZEDD: Sept. 29, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showbox online.com.

TECH N9NE: Sept. 29, Para-mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

WOLFGANG GARTNER, TOMMY TRASH: Oct. 1, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show boxonline.com.

EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Oct. 1-Nov. 17, Seattle. 206-547-6763 or earshot.org.

PET SHOP BOYS: Oct. 2, Para-mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: Oct. 2, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: Oct. 3, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

“ANYTHING WE WANT: AN EVE-NING WITH FIONA APPLE AND BLAKE MILLS”: Oct. 4, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 866-833-4747 or livenation.com.

JOSH GROBAN: Oct. 4, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

STEREOPHONICS: Oct. 4, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PAPA ROACH: Oct. 5, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BON JOVI: Oct. 5, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

BLUE OCTOBER: Oct. 6, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DISCLOSURE: Oct. 9, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY’S “FULLY CHARGED”: Oct. 10-13, Comcast Arena at Everett. 866-332-8499 or comcast arenaeverett.com.

GWAR: Oct. 11, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or show-boxonline.com.

ADAM CAROLLA: Live Podcast Taping: Oct. 12, Neptune, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

JACK JOHNSON: Oct. 15, Para-mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

PARAMORE, METRIC, HEL-LOGOODBYE: Oct. 15, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

GRIZ: Oct. 18, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

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

MOODY BLUES: Oct. 19, Para-mount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

BOYCE AVENUE: Oct. 19, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ZEDS DEAD: Oct. 19, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PINK: Oct. 20, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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

WALK THE MOON: Oct. 23, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BONOBO: Oct. 24, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Oct. 24, El Corazon, Seattle. 800-514-3849 or elcorazonseattle.com.

OKKERVIL RIVER: Oct. 25, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN: Oct. 26, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

J. COLE: Oct. 30, Paramount Theatre, Seattle. 206-224-5481 or aeglive.com.

HOODIE ALLEN: Oct. 31, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

HELL’S BELLES (AC/DC Trib-ute), HALLOQUEEN (The music of Queen): Oct. 31, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

AFI: Nov. 1, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NADA SURF: Nov. 7, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MINUS THE BEAR: Nov. 8, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GRETA METASSA, MILES BLACK TRIO, JOVON MILLER: Nov. 9, Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Bellingham. 360-671-1709 or suddenvalleylibrary.org.

LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Nov. 11, ShoWare Cen-ter, Kent. 866-973-961 or sho warecenter.com.

KREATOR, OVERKILL, WARBRINGER: Nov. 12, El Cora-zon, Seattle. 800-514-3849 or elcorazonseattle.com.

SELENA GOMEZ: Nov. 12, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

TORO Y MOI: Nov. 12, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

GRAMATIK: Nov. 15, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MORGAN PAGE: Nov. 15, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

MARGARET CHO: Nov. 16, Moore Theatre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS: Nov. 16, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

KMFDM: Nov. 16, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

JAMES BLAKE: Nov. 20, Show-box SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

DIR EN GREY: Nov. 21, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

NINE INCH NAILS: Nov. 22, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

POLICA: Nov. 23, Showbox at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

LESS THAN JAKE: Nov. 26, Show-box at the Market, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

ADVENTURE CLUB: Dec. 4, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or showboxonline.com.

PEARL JAM: Dec. 6, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or live nation.com.

AN EVENING WITH THE BLACK CROWS: Dec. 7, Paramount The-atre, Seattle. 877-784-4849 or livenation.com.

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS: Dec. 10, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Jan. 17, 2014, KeyArena, Seattle. 800-745-3000 or livenation.com.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Organizers in Roger Ebert’s hometown announced plans Tuesday to try to raise $125,000 to build a life-size bronze statue of the late famed film critic.

The statue would go in front of Cham-paign’s Virginia Theatre, which has host-ed the Ebertfest film festival for 15 years. Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning movie reviewer and television personality, grew up in neighboring Urbana and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-

Champaign.The sculpture will show Ebert sitting

in the middle of three movie theater chairs giving his signature “thumbs up.” Artist Rick Harney of Bloomington will create the sculpture. Ebert’s widow, Chaz Ebert, selected the composition, and organizers said she will work with Har-ney on the design.

“The sculpture will be a permanent memorial which will honor Ebert for both his career and his dedication to his roots,” said a statement announcing the fundraising campaign. “It will also honor

him for his determination to press for-ward with Ebertfest in the face of huge medical challenges.”

Organizers hope to have the sculpture ready to unveil and dedicate at next year’s Ebertfest in April.

Ebert died in April in Chicago after a yearslong battle with cancer. He was 70.

Along with his nationally syndi-cated Chicago Sun-Times column, Ebert became famous hosting a TV movie review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune.

n Online: ebertsculpture.org

Roger Ebert’s hometown raising money for statueA scale model of a sculpture

of late film critic Roger

Ebert sits on a table at a news

conference Tuesday

outside the Virginia

Theatre in Champaign, Ill.

John Dixon The News-Gazette


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By KENNETH TURANLos Angeles Times

If further proof is needed of Oscar Wilde’s contention that “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers,” one need look no further than the life of author J.D. Salinger.

As delineated in Shane Salerno’s energetic, informa-tive and at times overdrama-tized documentary, “Salin-ger,” the celebrated writer spent the first part of his life lusting after literary success and the rest of it recoiling in horror at the consequences of his passion, refusing to publish anything and retreating to self-imposed, semi-reclusive exile in out-of-the-way Cornish, N.H.

But because he was J.D. Salinger, author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” which has sold some 60 million copies and been called “the great subversive anti-estab-lishment book of all time,” no one would leave him alone. Complete strangers would stalk him until, as one recounts in the film, Salinger would end up snapping, “I am not a teacher or a seer. I’m a fiction writer.”

Though he never camped out in front of the great man’s door, filmmaker Salerno is one of those obsessive fans. Best known for writing decidedly nonlit-erary movies such as “Sav-ages” and “Armageddon,” Salerno has spent nine years and an estimated $2 million of his own money investigat-ing Salinger’s life.

The photographs and information Salerno unearthed over all that time are impressive and, despite a disingenuous publicity-seek-ing plea by the Weinstein Co. to keep things secret, it has all been made public by

journalists who had access to the information well before the film was screened for critics.

Among Salerno’s finds are a snapshot of Salinger working on “Catcher in the Rye” during a mesmerizing moment of World War II downtime, as well as brief home movie footage of him interacting with French civilians after the country’s liberation.

We also learn about his brief postwar marriage to a German who may have worked for the Gestapo, and, in what is big news in literary circles, about the five books that Salinger, who died in 2010 at age 91, had written and arranged to be published starting in 2015.

It does zero harm to reveal these secrets because the lure of “Salinger” in no way depends on keeping them quiet. What compels us is the energetic — at times too energetic — pulse of Salerno’s investigations, the sheer amount of work he’s done and the almost 80 people he’s persuaded to open up on camera about their relationships with the man friends called Jerry.

Though neither of Salin-ger’s children nor his widow sat for interviews (daughter Margaret is shown in old “Today” show clips), we do hear from people who were important in the writer’s life. They help us understand how Salinger, in ways both sensible and strange, dealt

with the enormous celeb-rity that came his way after “Catcher” was published in 1951.

The young writer had his first short story in print in 1940 when he was 21, but his great dream of being published by the New Yorker was derailed by World War II. He took part in the D-Day invasion, saw almost a year of fierce com-bat and was one of the first soldiers to enter a sub camp of Dachau, experiences that led to a post-traumatic stress disorder breakdown and continued to have a power-ful impact on him. “You never really get the smell of burning flesh out of your nostrils,” he once said. “No matter how long you live.”

A perfectionist about

his writing who could get melancholy about a mis-placed comma, Salinger had yearned for success without realizing it would mean intrusions into his personal life as well as ungovernable demands on time when he wanted to be writing. Seen in that light, the writer’s move to New Hampshire and his decision to keep working but stop publishing make a certain kind of sense.

That’s especially true when you realize that Salin-ger was never as much of a hermit as the media made him out to be. “He’s not a recluse,” Gore Vidal huffs. “He appears when he wants to.” And that is exactly the case. Salinger also found time for the companionship, platonic and otherwise, of

very young women.The film has tracked down

Jean Miller, whom Salin-ger first met on a Florida beach when she was 14 and inspired one of his most famous stories, and talks extensively with writer Joyce Maynard, who famously moved in with Salinger when she was 18 and he was 53.

All of this is compelling. But Salerno, as if he’s unsure of what he’s got, goes to great lengths to heighten the drama with crisp editing, a strong score, frequent sound effects and snappy visuals.

Less successful are the film’s frequent dramatic re-creations of events in Salinger’s life and, even worse, what it assumes is going on in his mind. Using the inside of downtown Los

Angeles’ Bradbury Building — one of the most instantly recognizable interior spaces in America — to substitute for a Manhattan publishing house is especially egre-gious, and one suspects that Salinger, an avowed enemy of phoniness, would hate the whole business.

More than that, as a com-pulsive protector of his own privacy, the man would of course be horrified by the tell-all nature of “Salinger.” While it’s impossible not to be drawn into the drama of the story, on a deeper level our fascination with the painful details of his life is disturbing. J.D. Salinger sacrificed a great deal for his privacy, and there’s some-thing inescapably sad about seeing it stripped away.

‘Salinger’ captures author’s back story‘SALINGER’

MPAA rating: PG-13 for disturbing war imag-es, thematic elements and smoking Running time: 2 hours, 9 minutes

The Weinstein Company via AP

Author J.D. Salinger (far left) is shown after the Normandy invasion with his fellow counterintelligence officers from the film “Salinger.”


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Sept. 20 - Oct. 6For tickets call (360) 336-8955or visit www.lincolntheatre.org

MINI-REVIEWSCompiled from news services.Ratings are one to four stars. “Afternoon Delight” — Star Kathryn Hahn seems to be trying too hard as a stay-at-home mom deep in the throes of a 30-something life crisis. Just about everyone in this edgy yet predictable film — including the people we’re supposed to like or at least want to spend time with — is self-absorbed, whiny and depressed. Comedy drama, R, 99 minutes. HH “Blue Jasmine” — Cate Blanchett dives into a show-case role and knocks it out of the park. In Woody Allen’s latest, the upper-crust world of an investment guru’s wife falls apart, and she moves in with her working-class sister. With Alec Baldwin and Sally Hawkins. Drama, PG-13, 98 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Drinking Buddies” — In one of the best beer movies ever made, Luke (Jake John-son) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are craft brewery colleagues meant to be together. Writer-director Joe Swanberg gives us a script that sounds like real people talking, and just when we think we know exact-ly where things are going, they take another route. Comedy, R, 90 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Elysium” — It’s amazing how bad Jodie Foster is in this movie, and how little it mat-ters in the grand, rabidly schiz-oid scheme of things. Matt Damon stars as a criminal on dystopian 2154 Earth trying to get to a utopian space sta-tion in one of the most enter-taining action films of the year. Action, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Jobs” — In a competently made biopic, Ashton Kutcher,

one of the least complex actor/personalities of his generation, is tasked with playing Steve Jobs, one of the most complicated and accomplished visionaries of our time, and he’s in over his head. Drama, PG-13, 122 min-utes. HH1⁄2 “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — Forest Whitaker gives one of the signature performances of his brilliant career as a White House butler witnessing decades of history. This is an important film presented as mainstream entertainment, not a history assignment. It’s a great American story. (Drama, PG-13, 132 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “Lovelace” — This is a well-made but grim film about a lost soul, 1970s porn actress Linda Lovelace (Amanda Sey-

fried) and the sadistic creeps who treated her as if she were a sub-human toy. Unlike a film such as “Boogie Nights,” there’s almost no lightness, no humor, no colorfully twisted comic relief. It’s just sadness and more sadness, and then a little bit of redemption. Drama, R, 92 minutes. HHH “Pacific Rim” — This ridicu-lously entertaining (and often just plain ridiculous) monster-robot movie plays like a gigan-tic version of that Rock’Em, Sock’Em Robots game from the 1960s, combined with the cheesy wonderfulness of black-and-white Japanese monster movies from the 1950s. Director Guillermo del Toro has a weirdly beauti-ful visual style, and there’s rarely an uninteresting shot in “Pacific Rim.” Sci-fi action,

PG-13, 131 minutes. HHH “The To Do List” — Aubrey Plaza is too mature to play a high school valedictorian suddenly determined to ful-fill a bucket list of sexual adventures. Genuinely funny moments are few in a comedy that wastes the talents of TV stars including Connie Britton, Donald Glover and Bill Hader. Comedy, R, 104 minutes. H “This Is the End” — Here’s one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest com-edies of the 21st century. In its own sloppy, raunchy, sophomoric, occasionally self-pleased and consistently ener-getic way, “This Is the End” is just about perfect at executing its mission, which is to poke fun at its stars, exhaust every R-rated 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 “The Wolverine” — Dramati-cally ambitious and deliberate-ly paced, “The Wolverine” is one of the better comic-book movies of 2013, thanks in large part to an electric perfor-mance by Hugh Jackman as the newly vulnerable mutant. Comic book action, PG-13, 126 minutes. HHH “The World’s End” — In the best film yet from director Edgar Wright and writer-actor Simon Pegg, old friends con-verge for a 20th-anniversary pub crawl that takes an unex-pected turn. “The World’s End” succeeds first as a reunion movie and then as a sci-fi satire with some of the funniest stunts and battle sequences in recent memory. Starring Pegg and the invalu-able Nick Frost. Comedy, R, 109 minutes. HHH1⁄2 “We’re the Millers” — A movie about a pot dealer and his acquaintances posing as a family to haul a shipment from Mexico, is just good enough to keep you entertained, but not good enough to keep your mind from wandering from time to time. This is an aggressively funny comedy that takes a lot of chances, and connects just often enough. Comedy, R, 110 min-utes. HHH “Winnie Mandela” — Jen-nifer Hudson stars as the wife of Nelson Mandela in a serviceable if sometimes overwrought biography, with solid performances (including Terrence Howard as Nelson) and the courage to spotlight not only the heroics but the appalling misdeeds commit-ted by the South African icon. (Biography, R, 107 minutes. HH1⁄2

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AT THE LINCOLN 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon360-336-8955 www.lincolntheatre.org

‘Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day’7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13

On Dec. 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute con-cert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What fol-lowed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bon-ham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalogue including land-mark tracks “Whole Lotta Love,” “Rock And Roll,” “Kashmir” and “Stairway To Heaven.”

$10 general; $9 seniors, students and active mili-tary; $8 members; $7 chil-dren 12 and under.

AT AREA THEATERSANACORTES CINEMASSept. 13-19 The Family (R): Friday-Saturday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:35, 8:55; Sunday-Thursday: 1:00, 3:30, 6:35 Blue Jasmine (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 12:55, 3:25, 6:40, 9:00; Sunday- Thursday: 12:55, 3:25, 6:40 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13): Friday-Saturday: 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10; Sunday-Thursday: 12:50, 3:35, 6:30 360-293-6620

BLUE FOX DRIVE-INOak HarborSept. 13-15 Planes (PG) and Monsters University (G): First show begins at approximately 8 p.m. 360-675-5667

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STANWOOD CINEMASSept. 13-19 The Family (R): 1:00, 3:25, 6:45, 9:05 Riddick (R): 1:05, 3:30, 6:40, 9:00 Blue Jasmine (PG-13): 12:55, 3:20, 6:35, 8:45 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13): 12:50, 3:35, 6:25, 9:10 Elysium (R): 3:40, 8:55 We’re the Millers (R): 1:10, 6:30 360-629-0514


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NORTHWEST PASTEL SOCIETY: SIGNATURE MEMBER SHOW: The show continues through Oct. 1 at Scott Milo Gal-lery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. More than a dozen signature member artists will exhibit pastel landscapes, seascapes, florals, animals and abstractions. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 360-293-6938 or scottmilo.com.

MAGGIE WILDER’S MAGIC MUD SHOW: The show runs through Oct. 20 at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St., La Conner. Wilder explores relationship to place in her paintings, and a concept she calls “Yon-dering,” a human mental activity somewhere between wondering and wandering. 360-708-4787 or gallery cygnus.com.

50 YEARS OF DRAWING: “Michael Stark’s 50 Years of Drawing” continues through Sept. 30 at Anne Martin McCool Gallery, 711 Com-mercial Ave., Anacortes. Stark will exhibit drawings from his trips to a variety of countries including works from his most recent trip to South America. The gallery will celebrate Stark’s 70th birthday during the opening reception. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 360-293-3577 or mccoolart.com.

NEW PAINTINGS, SCULP-TURES: A show of new

oil paintings by Kathleen Frugé-Brown and sculptures by Lloyd Whannell contin-ues through Oct. 1 at the Rob Schouten Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Frugé-Brown’s landscape paintings are all done out-doors from life. Whannell creates sculptures primarily in stone, but he also casts his work in glass and bronze. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 360-222-3070 or robschoutengallery.com.

“SONGS OF SEPTEM-BER: ELEGANT TO KICKY JEWELRY DESIGNS”: A show of new artwork by Lynne Adams and Wind-walker Taibi continues through Oct. 3 at Raven Rocks Gallery, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Adams and Taibi have created a selection of handcrafted neckwear in semiprecious gems, hand-dyed buffalo bone, blown glass and ham-mered metals. Each week,

there will be new additions, including hand-painted watercolor raven and land-scape pendants, and found objects reborn into delight-ful artwork. For informa-tion, including gallery hours and directions, call 360-222-0102 or visit ravenrocks gallery.com.

IN THE ART BAR: Wild-life photographs by Hap Bailey-Hudec are on dis-play through Sept. 30 at the Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon.

JOEL BROCK & GREGG LAANANEN: A cutting-edge exhibition by Northwest School artists Joel Brock and Gregg Laananen con-tinues through Sept. 29 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. 360-766-6230 or smithand vallee.com.

PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE: “Refresh” continues through Sept. 29 at the Edison Eye Art Gallery, 5800 Cains Court, Edison. Participating artists include David Blakes-ley, Jessica Bonin, Michael Clough, Patty Detzer, Heidi Epstein, Ed Kamuda, James Reisen, Toni Ann Rust and collaborations by Joel Brock and Hunter Harrison. Gal-lery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday or by appointment. 360-766-6276.

PHOTO SHOW: “For the Love of the Skagit,” conser-vation photography by Roz Sealy, is on display through Sept. 30 at the Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Road, Mount Vernon. The exhibit features photos showcasing the natural beauty of the Skagit Valley. 360-466-5522 or rexvillegrocery.com.

RIVER GALLERY: The annual Fall Art Show will open with a gala reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and continue through Nov. 3 at 19313 Landing Road, near La Con-ner. The show will feature some 200 small works by 32 local artists, including paint-ings, sculptures, glass and jewelry. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 360-466-4524 or rivergallerywa.com.

ARTIST SERIES: The Challenger Ridge summer Artist Series will feature ceramic artist Kathy Huck-leberry from 1 to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 21, at Challeng-er Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Huckleberry will offer a selection of her original ceramic creations for sale. Free admission. 425-422-6988 or challengerridge.com.

ART TOUR PREVIEW: Preview the 19th annual Whatcom Artist Studio Tour

from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lyn-den. Check out a variety of art and meet some of the artists who will open their studios during the annual tour on the first two week-ends in October. Refresh-ments available. 360-354-3600 or jansenartcenter.org.

“SCENES OF SUM-MER”: Photographs by Jim DeFreece, Camelia Nahlik and Phil Lane are on dis-play in a special summer showcase through Sept. 15, in the second-floor gallery at Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington. For information about the exhibit, contact Claire Cun-diff at 505-660-6825.

“DRAWN IN”: The new art exhibit continues through Sept. 15 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. Whether drawn in cloth, ink, space or light, these artists’ works address gesture and materiality in engaging ways. Artists include Rachel Brumer, Gail Grinnell, Tricia A. Stackle and Ellen Ziegler. Curated by Jasmine Valandani. Gal-lery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday or by appointment. anchorart space.org.

LECTURE AND TALKS

MUSLIM/CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: Free weekly discussions featuring Paki-stani-American Jafar (Jeff) Siddiqui and moderated by Rev. George Lockwood will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at La Conner United Methodist Church, 601 S. Second St., La Con-ner. 206-228-5732. Next up:

Sept. 12: Practices of Muslims.

Sept. 19: The Sunni/Shia Schism.

Sept. 26: Muslim Cul-tural, Scientific and Artistic

Achievements from the Middle Ages Forward.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burl-ington. Free. 360-755-0760.

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TO NEW ZEA-LAND: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Ana-cortes. Rotarian Kelsey Miner highlights his six-week trip to New Zealand with three other young professionals to build global leadership skills. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org.

MORE FUN“HAVE A SEAT: A HIS-

TORY IN CHAIRS”: The exhibit will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner, and run Sept. 14-Oct. 25. The show will feature selections from the designer furniture collec-tion of Western Washington University, as well as chairs from the museum’s perma-nent collection. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors and ages 6 to 12, $10 families, free for members and ages 5 and younger. 360-466-3365 or skagit county.net/museum.

COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE: McIntyre Hall will kick off the celebration of its 10th anniversary season with an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. The public is invited to enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments, entertainment, backstage tours, community arts organizations and give-aways. Free. 360-416-7727.

AT THE LINCOLNCelebrate the installation of the Lincoln Theatre’s new digital projection system with a free screening of “Singin’ in the Rain” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-336-8955 or lincolntheatre.org.


OUT & ABOUT

ECUADORAN YOUTH DANCE PERFORMANCE: Juyungo, an award winning youth dance group from northern Ecuador, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 13, at LaVen-ture Middle School, 1200 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon. The group includes seven dance pairs, ages 8 to 21, and five musicians playing traditional Andean instruments. Their dance, performed in traditional costumes, represents the legends and daily life of the indigenous people of Ecua-dor. Free. For information, contact Charlie Walkinshaw at [email protected].

ANTIQUE TECHNOLOGY: The 18th annual Anacortes Antique Engine & Machin-ery Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, behind the historic W.T. Preston steam-powered sternwheeler at Market Street and Sixth Avenue, in Anacortes. Enjoy rail rides, a variety of chugging old engines, children’s activities, music and more. Free.

BUTTON SHOW: “Wild Wild West,” the Washing-ton State Button Society’s annual show, will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 14, at Living Rock Foursquare Church, 2415 37th St., Anacortes. Free admission, donations accept-ed. 360-293-2315 or washing tonstatebuttonsociety.org.

FARM DAY FUN: Skagit River Ranch Farm Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at 28778 Utopia Road, Sedro-Woolley. Tours will begin at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Play Chicken Poop Bingo and Needle in the Haystack start-ing at 11:30 a.m. Food dem-onstrations (with samples) will be held at 1 and 3 p.m. Win beef and pork packs and other prizes in the raffle at 4 p.m. Admission: $7 advance,

$10 at the gate, free to age 12. 360-856-0722 or skagit riverranch.com.

MODEL TRAIN OPEN HOUSE: The Whatcom-Skagit Model Railroad Club will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at 1469 Silver Run Lane, Alger. The club oper-ates large, permanent HO- and N-scale model railroad layouts. Admission is by donation to help continue building the layouts. what comskagitmrc.org.

STARLIGHT CINEMA: “Oz the Great and Powerful,” presented for free by Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation, will be shown Friday, Sept., 13, at Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Road, Mount Vernon. The movie begins at dusk on the jumbo screen. Bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating. Con-cessions will be available. Bring a flashlight for when it’s time to leave. Free admis-sion.

FASHION SHOW: The Sedro-Woolley Eagles Auxil-iary will hold a fashion show at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at 1000 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. $5 at the door. Come early to check out the vendor tables. Finger food will be served. Proceeds will benefit several local charities. 360-855-0530.

ANACORTES HOME & BOAT TOUR: The 31st annu-al Anacortes Home and Boat Tour will take place from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15. The traditional tour to benefit the Uncompensated Care Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital is spon-sored by the Dr. Samuel G. Brooks Guild of Anacortes.

During the tour, visitors can watch as artwork is cre-ated by Salish Sea Plein-Air Artists. Their works will be offered for sale throughout the day in the Tea Room of

the Croatian Cultural Cen-ter, 805 Fifth St., Anacortes, where tour and raffle tickets ($2 each) and free refresh-ments will be available.

Tour tickets: $20, in advance at brownpapertick-ets.com/event/404405, or day of at the Croatian center. For information or tickets, visit DrSamuelGBrooksGuild.org or call 360-299-0641, or go to the Anacortes Visitor Center, 819 Commercial Ave., 360-293-3832.

SPANISH/ENGLISH MAGIC SHOW: Samish Island native Ryan Bart will present a magic show in Spanish and English at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave., Bur-lington. Bart, a magician with Magicians Without Borders, just returned from a year teaching and inspiring young magicians in Bogotá, Colum-

bia. All ages welcome. Free. 360-755-0760.

FALL FILM SERIES: Enjoy free films at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St., Anacortes. Movie man Nick Alphin will introduce each film and provide interesting background information. Free. 360-293-1910, ext. 21, or library.cityofanacortes.org. Next up:

Sept. 20: “The Sting”: Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as con artists attempting an elaborate scam to destroy the mob boss who killed their friend and mentor. Won seven Oscars.

MCINTYRE HALL GALA: Purchase tickets by Friday, Sept. 20, for the “Our Name in Lights” gala auction, set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E.

College Way, Mount Vernon. Enjoy an evening of elegant dining, specialty drinks and entertainment. Proceeds will support the purchase of a marquee sign and needed capital improvements. Lim-ited seating. $100. For tickets or information, call 360-416-7727 or visit mcintyrehall.org.

HARVEST AND CRUSH FESTIVAL: The 10th anni-versary event will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 21, at Challenger Ridge Vineyard & Cellars, 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete. Enjoy wine tasting, music by the British Beats, barbecue, jet boat rides, grape stomping, children’s games and more. $25 adults, free for wine club members and ages 12 and younger. RSVP or advance purchase required: 425-422-6988 or brownpapertickets.com/

event/450522.

DECOY SHOW: The third annual Fall Decoy Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Best Western Conven-tion Center, 33175 Highway 20, Oak Harbor. Check out dozens of decoys on display, raffles, silent auction and more. Free. 360-678-4868.

WINE FEST: Uncorked, the Woolley Wine & Music Festival will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley. Music by Bobby Holland and the Breadline, Blues Playground and Joyride; food and more. $20 presale through Sept. 14, $25 at the door. Admission includes a free wine glass and three wine samples. More infor-mation available at sedro-woolley.com.

10 am to 5 pm

Farmer George’s Famous Farm Tours Learn Organic & Sustainable Cattle Ranching Live Music with the Haggis Brothers Chef Demos by Dianne LaVonne of Diane’s Market

Kitchen & Jason Circelli of Phinney Market Pub & Eatery Raffles with Great Prizes Kid’s Activities Delicious Food

Enjoy a day on our farm with your family!

Admission: **$7 per person early online registration; $10 per person at the gate; children 12 and under free

** We only have this event every 2 years! **

To register just go to our website: www.skagitriverranch.com & click on the Farm Day poster.

Farm: 28778 Utopia Rd., Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 ~ 360-856-0722

Saturday, September 14th

To register, visit our website:www.skagitriverranch.com

360.856.072228778 Utopia Rd., Sedro-Woolley

Skagit River RanchFarm Day 2013

Saturday, September 14th10am to 5pm

• Farmer George’s Famous Farm Tours• Learn Organic & Sustainable

Cattle Ranching• Live Music with the Haggis Brothers• Chef Demos by Dianne LaVonne of

Diane’s Market Kitchen & Jason Circelli of Phinney Market Pub & Eatery

• Raffl es, Kid’s Activities & Delicious Food


ADMISSION: $7 early online registration

$10 at the gateChildren 12 & under FREE

10 am to 5 pm

Farmer George’s Famous Farm Tours Learn Organic & Sustainable Cattle Ranching Live Music with the Haggis Brothers Chef Demos by Dianne LaVonne of Diane’s Market

Kitchen & Jason Circelli of Phinney Market Pub & Eatery Raffles with Great Prizes Kid’s Activities Delicious Food


Admission: **$7 per person early online registration; $10 per person at the gate; children 12 and under free

** We only have this event every 2 years! **

To register just go to our website: www.skagitriverranch.com & click on the Farm Day poster.

Farm: 28778 Utopia Rd., Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 ~ 360-856-0722

Saturday, September 14th

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