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On Stage

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Music: The Beatles, Kellie Pickler Video Games: ‘Assassin’s Creed IV ...’

The Black Lillies play McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon on Friday night

‘Nebraska’ a poignant and funny father-son road trip

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK “Man of Steel”: The film hits many of the major points in the Superman saga: He was born on Krypton, raised by Kansas parents, falls for spunky Lois Lane and fights a threat that could wipe out Earth. These same points were touched on with far more energy and passion with the Christopher Reeve movies of the late ’70s and early ’80s, or through the more sensitive take in the 2006 relaunch, “Superman Returns,” with Brandon Routh playing the DC Comics hero. This familiar transformation of the comic book character to the big screen is the film’s biggest piece of kryptonite. The movie travels little new ground — except for an expanded stay on Krypton and a darker tone — and is just a competent retelling of the tale. There’s nothing super about it. “Turbo”: The tale of a snail that becomes so supercharged he gets to compete in the Indy 500 is a victim of bad timing, uninspired animation and voice talents that range from perfect to perfectly awful. There’s nothing wrong with the animation. Except for the computer-generated Indy cars, there’s nothing visually exciting. The simple look of snails doesn’t give the animators a lot to work with. There are some shell differences, but overall the snails look similarly bland. And, for a movie about a snail, there’s no sense of size. Director David Soren needed to show what the world looks like from a snail’s point of view. “Dexter: The Complete Final Season”: Although the cable series about a serial killer who works for the Miami police went out on a flat note, the series is still very strong. That’s reason enough to pick up this set, which includes the final 12 episodes of the often bone-chilling Showtime series. “Dallas: The Complete Second Season”: Includes the final episodes with the late Larry Hagman. “Ip Man: The Final Fight”: Legendary teacher and Wing Chun grandmaster returns to the screen. “Combat!: The Complete Series”: Vic Morrow starts in TV’s longest-running World War II series (152 episodes). “The Day Kennedy Died”: Interviews and rarely seen footage look at the hours leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “Paradise”: Academy Award winner Diablo Cody directs this tale of innocence lost and paradise found.

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

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NOV. 19 Paranoia - Fox Planes - Disney The To Do List - Sony 2 Guns - Universal We’re the Millers - New Line The World’s End - Universal NOV. 26 Getaway - Warner The Grandmaster - Anchor Bay Jobs - Universal RED 2 - Summit DEC. 3 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - Anchor Bay Drinking Buddies - Magnolia The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - Sony The Smurfs 2 - Sony The Wolverine - Fox n McClatchy-Tribune News Service

“The Carol Burnett Show: Christmas With Carol”: Includes three hours of holiday comedy from the variety show. “Power Rangers Zero: Volume 1”: Power Rangers battle King Mondo and Queen Machina. “MADtv: Season Four”: Features 25 episodes of the comedy series starring Nicole Sullivan. “The Capture of Grizzly Adams”: The mountain man must clear himself from a wrongful murder charge. “Silk: Series One”: BBC series about the battle to be part of the Queen’s Counsel. “Home Again”: Three strangers are forced to start their lives over on the unforgiving streets of Jamaica. “NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, Volume 1”: Past and present NFL players and coaches voice animated personas. “The Message”: Tale of the conflict between leaders in 7th century Mecca and Muhammad. “Prince Avalanche”: Odd couple tale that explores some of life’s biggest questions. “Stan Lee’s Superhumans — Season Two”: Stan Lee’s guide through the history of people with extraordinary powers. “The Lion of the Desert”: Recounts the 1929 battle between Benito Mussolini and Bedouin patriots. n Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee

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ON STAGE SKAGIT SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Where: The Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., Conway Cost: $10 at the door

Storytelling set to showcase eclectic local artists

Ford Giesbrecht

By DANIEL DeMAY For the Skagit Valley Herald

Gary Baugh

Myles Crawley

For the second installment of what’s been called a “unique” show, four local singer-songwriters will take the stage at the Conway Muse at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night as the “Skagit Songwriters in the Round.” The show will be an intimate departure from the traditional lineup style show. The four musicians will sit in a semicircle with only guitars, and take turns playing songs while telling the story of each tune’s creation, sharing the deepest secrets of their music. The four mostly local musicians — Gary Baugh, Myles Crawley, Mia Vermillion and Ford Giesbrecht — say they expect Saturday’s set to be as unique as the first one, in July at Washington Sips Wine Bar in La Conner. “I think the uniqueness of it is that you hear the stories and there is interaction between the artists and the audience,” Baugh said. “I think it gives the audience a little insight into the mysteries of songwriting.” Vermillion said the intimacy of the show and the contrast between the artists is what made it such a new experience. “It was like sitting very close, like in a living room, with four people I hadn’t really met before,” she said. “We were just meeting up and sharing a conversation and experience (about) the

Mia Vermillion

creative process and music.” Vermillion said — quite accurately — that the four of them are in stark contrast in both their music and their backgrounds. Baugh started out playing coffeehouses around Pullman as a student at Washington State University. After winning a talent showcase and discovering one of the judges was an agent,

Baugh started opening up for acts like Fleetwood Mac and Dave Loggins. “As a freshman going through college, it was a pretty good gig if you could get it,” he said. “I got pretty spoiled.” Baugh toured for a few more years touring before deciding he didn’t want to spend his life on the road and found a job in radio.

After he moved to La Conner and his responsibilities loosened, his wife encouraged him to get back to songwriting. Baugh recently released an EP of his nautically themed music, titled “Sound Waves,” and is working on another for the spring. Crawley, after moving from Scotland to Los Angeles at age 14, found himself

singled out at school for his unusual fashion sense. “All of the kids swarmed me because I looked nothing like them,” Crawley said. He met another unusual musician and they formed a band that enjoyed several years of success in the Orange County area. The band eventually fell apart and Crawley moved on, first into acting, then audio engineering and — in a far departure from music — into drafting and owning a steel company. But he played music casually throughout. “It was kind of the thing

that leveled me out,” he said. These days, Crawley lives in Seattle, where he does music production. Although the July show was his first time on stage in 20 years, he now plays in public at least twice a week. Giesbrecht didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 20, but the music had always been with him. “It was always in there, lurking,” he said. As a physics major in college, he saw an ad for classical guitar lessons and decided to try it out. “So I learned See MUSIC, Page E15

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ADVENTURES IN BARRYWOOD

Here are 10 movies that could annoy pirates By BARRY KOLTNOW The Orange County Register

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There are news reports that make you angry. There are news reports that make you sad. There are news reports that make you smile. Once in a while, there is a news report that makes you laugh so hard that you have to write a column about it. I am speaking, of course, of the news report that tankers and other ships off the coast of Africa have begun using the music of Britney Spears to scare off Somali-based pirates. I couldn’t make this stuff up. Certain ships have installed speakers (aimed outward) so they can blast early Britney tunes at the fast-moving boats carrying armed pirates. Apparently, “Oops! … I Did It Again” and “… Baby One More Time” have proven to be an effective deterrent to the problem of piracy. I suppose it’s possible that the pirates are more into classical music or jazz, but it is more likely that Britney’s music offends their beliefs. I know it offends many of my beliefs, but I’m not a pirate. Forget increased security guards. Forget highpressure hoses. Forget Tom Hanks. In the fight against piracy, it’s all about Britney. But why stop with the pop princess? The music world doesn’t have a monopoly on fending off people with bad intent. The movie industry can make a significant contribution to the ongoing war against piracy. Instead of speakers, tankers could install bigscreen monitors at strategic locations, crank up the

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sound and show a continuous loop of film clips to ward off evildoers. Here are 10 suggestions of actors, films and movie characters that are so annoying that they could turn around any pirate ship: 1. Adam Sandler in almost any movie: If Britney annoys pirates, imagine how they would feel about seeing this goofball actor coming at them in living color. But piracy is a serious problem, and these pirates are a determined group of thugs, so I would suggest three particular Sandler films — “Little Nicky,” “Jack and Jill” and “That’s My Boy.” Together,

they mark a low point in Hollywood filmmaking, but individually, they might prove to be high point in the war on piracy. 2. Jon Favreau in “Swingers”: As the screenwriter of this 1996 classic, Favreau wrote himself the single most annoying scene in the history of cinema. His insecure character Mike decides to call the woman he just met in the Dresden. He gets her answering machine, and proceeds to leave a string of awkward and embarrassing messages that make the audience cringe and squirm. If the scene has that effect on moviegoers

watching a comedy, one can only assume that it would have a devastating effect on Somali pirates who have never been to the Dresden. 3. Joe Pesci in the “Lethal Weapon” movies: Pesci terrified us as a ruthless gangster in the films “Goodfellas” and “Casino,” but the annoying informant Leo Getz in these comedies should strike fear in the hearts of pirates. That nasal voice would be as deadly as a cannonball on the high seas. 4. Stephen Tobolowsky in “Groundhog Day”:

Doesn’t sound familiar? Trust me, you sure as heckfire will remember his character Ned Ryerson, the persistent insurance salesman who keeps bugging Bill Murray. Needlenose Ned, as he calls himself, is so determined and positive that he could lead the entire anti-piracy effort. 5. Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace”: Millions of moviegoers went running from theaters because of this character, so it is only logical to assume that Somali pirates would do the same. In fact, if George Lucas hadn’t invented him, the CIA surely would have. 6. All of “The Matrix Revolutions”: The third film in the trilogy would either bore the pirates to death, or leave them so confused that they would all return to Somalia and get jobs at Jamba Juice. 7. Kate Capshaw in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”: Steven Spielberg fell in love with the actress as he directed her in this action film. The

audience did not fall in love with her character, nightclub singer Willie Scott. In fact, her highpitched screaming would not only frighten pirates but would endanger dogs who might be tempted to swim to her voice. 8. Denise Richards in “The World Is Not Enough”: Somali pirates would have the same reaction as American moviegoers to watching the actress play nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in this 1999 James Bond adventure. They would laugh so hard that they would forget what they were planning to do. 9. Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: Even Somali pirates would be offended by this racist characterization of Audrey Hepburn’s Asian landlord. They wouldn’t even want to negotiate a ransom with the West after seeing this. 10. Geena Davis in “Cutthroat Island”: Once they’ve seen this horrible pirate movie, the Somalis will never want to be pirates again.

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COMING UPin the area

Jazz at the center Pearl Django will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Camano Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. $20, $10 students. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org.

FUNDRAISER WITH GRAHAM KERR Enjoy dinner, a lively

THEATER BENEFIT The Lincoln Theatre will host Pro-

WINE & BEER FEST Check out the Skagit Wine & Beer

demonstration by Graham Kerr and more from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Nov. 14, in the Coho Café at United General Hospital, 2000 Hospital Drive, Sedro-Woolley. Kerr will demonstrate how he has created a Skagit Skillet, based on his “Fresh is Best in Season” concept, and will explain how we can upgrade the enjoyment of our daily lives and help to nourish our soil, our plants, our people and our planet. $40, includes dinner, Graham’s presentation, a meet-and-greet and a copy of one of Graham’s books. Proceeds will benefit the UGH Medical Fitness Center. Tickets: 360-856-7245 or events@unitedgeneral.org.

ducer’s Night 2013 for ages 21 and older from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Hillcrest Park Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Don a costume, then enjoy live and silent auctions on “The Artist” theme, hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer, Scotch flights and dancing while benefiting the theater and its partners, META Performing Arts and Theater Arts Guild. Tickets: $40; at ilovethelincoln. com or noon to 5 p.m. weekdays at the box office, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-8955.

Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Best Western CottonTree Inn, 2300 Market St., Mount Vernon. Enjoy wine, beer, chocolate and cheese tasting and more. $40, $70 couple, includes wine and beer and food tastings, glass with souvenir charm. VIP early entry at 3 p.m.: $60, $110 couple. Information: 360-428-8547 or mountvernonchamber.com. Tickets: skagitwineandbeer festival-eorg.eventbrite.com.

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REVIEWS MUSIC CDS Compiled from news services

The Beatles ‘Live at the BBC Volume 2’

In 1963, the Beatles became an international sensation. They released two albums, “Please Please Me” in March, “Meet the Beatles” in the fall. In their groundbreaking hit, “Please Please Me,” they discovered what they could do in a studio; it got to No. 1 in England. But “She Loves You,” released that August, explodes, still, today. It was new, it was better, it was great. They released “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in the U.S. in December. Soon, Ed Sullivan. During 1963, somehow, they were also touring all over England, and doing no fewer than 39 appearances on BBC. That summer, they even had their own weekly show on the BBC, “Pop Go the Beatles.” Now we have a new, two-disc Beatles album, “On Air — Live at the BBC Volume 2”, concentrating on the 1963 radio recordings, with Disc 2 slopping musically over into ’64. It’s sparkling. Get it, stick it in the machine, and jack up the speakers. You’ll hear what these four young men (Ringo Starr, the eldest, turned 23 in July of that year) sounded like when they rocked live. I’m giving it three rather than four stars for a reason, as shall become apparent. It’s not the music! It was all quite mad. The group often had to drive in a van from a gig in the north, travel the length of England, “try and find” the BBC in London, lurch into the studios, record live (one overdub, if that) in next to no studio time. Then they hopped back in the van and broke back north for a gig. Some recordings stayed on tape, almost all of them long gone. But many were transferred to discs, the source of most of the tracks here. (A few come from fan recordings off the radio. These have an authentic low-fi edge.) Combed, filtered, digitized and EQ’d, these tracks are mono, lucid and vibrant. They sound more present, more bracing than the slicker 1994 CDs “Live at the BBC,” reissued this week, remastered. The 1994 CDs cover the period up to “Help!,” so the playing and songwriting are better.

But the performances on Volume 2 are more fun. On record, George Martin, like all producers, emphasized the best (Lennon and Paul McCartney) and tended to sink the less good (he thought, George Harrison and Ringo Starr). Not here. No place to hide. And the band sounds great. They rescue “From Me to You” from its skiffle fate, in a wild live show before an audience on the BBC’s “Easy Beat.” “I’ll Get You” builds and sexualizes the tune more than the studio version could. “She Loves You” explodes, almost as nuts as the record. “This Boy” betters the studio version, a steadier performance, the three boys singing at one mike. “There’s a Place,” a deep-track gem, is rougher, desperate, made into superb rock. Starr shows he could play — and was crucial. Thanks to 2000s balancing, we hear McCartney’s bass with a presence undoable in 1963. We hear Harrison, playing a better instrument than the hard-driving Lennon, choosing different inversions and colors, already thinking of arrangements. This was a well-rehearsed band, doing tunes they were doing every night. Singing is far more confident than on the records. On “Money,” Lennon earns his rep, in those days, as a “savage” vocalist. Starr sings well on “Boys,” which, like the studio version, is one-take-only. And his vocals on “Honey Don’t” (one of three Carl Perkins tunes) are much better, the track more muscular, than the polite “Beatles for Sale” version. Harrison impresses on “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” with true vocal personality. McCartney’s tenor-plus is indestructible everywhere. “Lucille” is a dirty, low-fi, unhinged wonder, the band rocking so hard it almost falls apart, McCartney screeching with jungle precision. “Hippy, Hippy Shake,” again Paul-led, is positively dangerous; this take is better than one six months later, heard on the 1994 CD. “Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey,” one of the latest recordings here (November 1964), is crazy. Starr’s snare, right up your snout, imparts a garage-rock feeling, suiting Paul’s Little Richard stratospherics. A final treat: a raw “I Feel Fine” without overdubs (compare it with the finished radio product on the 1994 album). Lennon has trouble finding the harmonic that provokes the famous feedback, but

when he gets it, what follows is thrashy, barely-held-together, splendid chaos. Time to get indignant. There’s padding. About 32 minutes of it. We get interviews from 1965 (John and George) and 1966 (Paul and Ringo). Only one (John) is worth listening to, end to end, as he worries over where to send his son to school (he wants racial and class diversity), and how to shake his rep as an uncaring person. The other three, not so much, except maybe for “Rubber Soul”-era Harrison on songwriting and arrangements. You’ll listen to these exactly once, if that. Meh. With all the good rocking, on a doubleCD package with only 76 minutes total of actual music, many tracks less than two minutes long, why, why, why would you waste such a precious half-hour? The music’s so good, why not give us more? (There is more, as you can find on many websites and bootlegs.) As for the remastered 1994 CDs, if you don’t have ’em, get ’em. The remastering helps — only a trifle, to be honest, but at least there’s no padding. And there are true knockouts: Lennon on “Baby, It’s You,” McCartney’s all-electric “Things We Said Today,” and a late performance of the ditty that began it all, “Love Me Do.” The band bumps this execrable song up to something better, something with guts. Finally, hear “Ticket to Ride,” dark, dominated by John’s agonized voice and Paul’s newly confident bass. Something unexpected was coming.

the charm of her back-country personality while growing into a confident stylist who can adapt to the glossy entertainment world that sometimes has tried to push her aside. The title song references Patsy Cline as a salve for difficult nights, then cites all the personal weaknesses, quirks and strengths that make her who she is. She leans on current themes in country music in “Closer To Nowhere,” about drinking with a friend and disappearing into a rural hideout, but makes it believable. She’s at her best on sensitive ballads (“Tough All Over,” “Someone Somewhere Tonight,” “I Forgive You”) yet nicely handles roots-rich stompers like “Selma Drye” (about her grandmother), “Buzzin’” and “Ring For Sale.” n Michael McCall, Associated Press

Brandy Clark “12 Stories”

Forgive Brandy Clark the literary pretension of calling her debut album “12 Stories,” and driving home the point that she’s a writer’s writer with a picture of numerical typewriter keys on the album cover. The 36-year-old native of Morton, Wash., has cut her teeth penning hits for Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and others, but she’s wisely kept the best for herself, with a quick wit, keen eye for n John Timpane, The Philadelphia Inquirer detail, and a sure sense of empathy. Along with efforts by Ashley Monroe, Caitlin Kellie Pickler Rose and Kacey Musgraves (with whom “The Woman I Am” she has written), “12 Stories” puts the icing on what has been an extraordinarily good Kellie Picker, year for young female country singers who on her new album have figured out how to work within the “The Woman I Am,” strictures of commercial country while still merges the tradihaving their highly individualized say-so. tion-minded sound The singles “Pray to Jesus” (a workingof her previous album with contemporary class sketch song that Bruce Springsteen country touches in a manner that proves will wish he wrote if he hears it) and how well the two can blend and still speak “Stripes” (in which a betrayed wife choosto the modern world. es not to do away with her loathsome Continuing to mature into a top-class husband, merely because she knows she country singer, the former “American won’t look good in prison garb) are the Idol” competitor has grown from a comattention-grabbers, but Clark makes all petent interpreter of others’ songs into an her stories stick. artist with her own vision and style. As a songwriter and vocalist, she’s held onto n Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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REVIEWS VIDEO GAMES Chris Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: Action Publisher: Ubisoft ESRB Rating: M, for Mature Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

When hitting the open seas in large vessels was introduced in “Assassin’s Creed III,” it was a welcome diversion from the normal activities on land. Series veterans had grown accustomed to sneaking around rooftops, quietly assassinating high-ranking officials and generally being a nuisance to the Templars and fomenting revolution. Now the tide has turned (bad pun intended) and the focus in “AC IV” stays primarily on the water. Diversions take

you upon land to raid forts, discover buried treasure and continue the grand pirate tradition of making chaos, all while collecting a handsome bounty. The time you spend on land may actually take longer by count of the clock, but you will relish the seafaring portions more since they help tie together the story and missions in a way not experienced in previous franchise games. Keeping the tradition of “Assassin’s Creed,” the story is split between the future and the past. After (spoiler) Desmond dies in the future at the conclusion of “AC III,” his consciousness goes to a cloud-computing system owned by Abstergo, the corporate front for the Templars. This shift allows us to go back in time and take command of a new character, Edward Kenway, a British businessman-turned-pirate (who, for continuity’s sake, becomes the grandfather of the lead character in “AC III”). Kenway has no allegiance to either the Templars or the Assassins, which in a

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familiar modes from previous iterations, so you’re out of luck if you were hoping for competitive naval battles. Considering the push for new adventures in “Black Flag,” it certainly feels like the multiplayer was tacked on as an afterthought. This doesn’t make it any less fun, just a missed opportunity. With a rich story that feels more tied to the gameplay rather than a means to connect missions together, and featuring a highly diverse assortment of locations and activities, “Black Flag” certainly plays and feels more expansive than any previous game in the series. Instead of over-the-top, Johnny Deppinspired caricatures, you get a more human experience, and this elevates the plot rather than mocks it. Some argued that the American Revolution theme of the last game would mark the franchise’s pinnacle. Perhaps that’s the case. But, at the very least, Ubisoft shows in “Black Flag” that there are still plenty of intriguing stories to tell.

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GET INVOLVED ART MR. YUK POSTER CONTEST: Artists ages 6 to 12 are invited to create poison safety awareness posters for the Washington Poison Center’s 2014 Mr. Yuk Poster Contest. Entries on the theme “Mr. Yuk to the Rescue!” must be postmarked by Jan. 6. A $500 grand prize and four $100 runner-up prizes will be awarded. The first 50 children submitting posters will receive a Mr. Yuk T-shirt, and all contest participants will receive a small gift from Mr. Yuk in the mail. The winning design will be featured as the poster for Washington Poison Prevention Week in March. Contest rules and the required entry form are available at wapc.org. POSTER ART CONTEST: The Mount Vernon Farmers Market seeks submissions of artwork by Jan. 25 for its 2014 poster. Artists may submit up to three images in any medium. The winning artist will receive $500. Send images in jpeg format via email to mvfarmer1@ hotmail.com. Other mail submissions should be sent to P.O. Box 2053, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. mount vernonfarmersmarket.org.

6556, ext. 5, or dakotaart center.com. ART CLASSES: Sign up for a variety of art classes at A Guilded Gallery (formerly Gallery by the Bay), 8700 271st St. NW, Stanwood. To register, stop by the Stanwood Camano Art Guild’s cooperative gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 360-6292787 or stanwoodcamano arts.com. NUNO-FELT WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17, Tower Arts Studio, 5424 S. Shore Drive, a short walk from the ferry dock on Guemes Island. Learn how to laminate wool with sheer fabrics and then felt the materials together to create lightweight, soft scarves with organic-looking textures. Participants will leave with one or two scarves and the knowledge to continue making nuno felt at home. Bring your own hand-dyed silk, scarves or remnants. Other materials will be provided. $190. 360-293-8878 or tower artsstudio.com.

to be a Shelter Bay resident. p.m. No partner required. 360-466-3805. $10, $7 students. 360-7088076. WOMEN SING FOURPART HARMONY: Join ON STAGE the women of Harmony ANACORTES OPEN MIC: Northwest Chorus from 7 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brown to 9:30 p.m. every Monday Lantern Ale House, 412 at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave. Commercial Ave., AnaSeeking women who like to cortes. 360-293-2544. sing a cappella music. All NORTH COVE OPEN MIC: skill levels welcome. Daniel Burnson hosts an BRASS CHOIR: The Basi- open mic from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays at North Cove cally Brass Choir seeks trumpet and trombone play- Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington ers to join a group of about Blvd., Burlington. All genres 12 musicians, playing a vari- welcome — rock, blues, ety of styles. Rehearsals are funk, folk, ukulele, poetry or the first and third Mondays performance. 360-707-2683 or northcovecoffee.com. in Burlington, with regular performances. Contact David Soiseth at 360-7570351 or dsois@ comcast.net.

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FOLK DANCING: SkagitAnacortes Folkdancers meet at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St., Mount Vernon. Learn to folk-dance to a variety of international music. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. followed by review and request dances until AUDITIONS 9:30. The first session is free, “GRAMERCY GHOST”: $3 thereafter. All are wel2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, come. No partners needed. and 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, For information, contact Anacortes Community TheGary or Ginny at 360-766atre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. CALL FOR CRAFTERS: 6866. The La Conner Kiwanis are Parts are available for four to six women and seven to seeking vendors for their THURSDAY DANCE: annual Holiday Bazaar, set nine men ages 20 and older. Enjoy dancing to the music Audition information is for 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satof the Skippers from 1 to urday, Dec. 7, at La Conner available at the ACT office. 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at HillThe PG-rated comedy will Middle School, 305 N. Sixth crest Lodge, 1717 S. 13th St., St., La Conner. For a booth run Jan. 24-Feb. 15. For Mount Vernon. For informainformation, contact direcapplication, stop by the La tion, contact Doris at 360tor Melissa Bridges at 360Conner Library or contact 588-8239. Joy Neal at 360-466-3352 or 293-7134, 360-770-7467 or email melissabridges@hot email jneal@lclib.lib.wa.us. TANGO IN BELLINGHAM: mail.com. acttheatre.com. Enjoy tango dancing at 8 ART CLASSES SHELTER BAY CHORUS: p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at ART CLASSES: Dakota Practices are held from 2:45 1412 Cornwall Ave., BellArt Center offers a variety to 4:45 p.m. every Thursday ingham. Orientation class for all experience levels at of art classes and workshops at the Shelter Bay Club8 p.m., followed by open at 17873 Highway 536, house in La Conner. New Mount Vernon. 360-416members welcome. No need dancing from 8:45 to 11:30

Dress for the weather. Bring mud boots or gloves or borrow a pair there. Arrive no later than 10 a.m. for safety orientation. Snacks and porta-potty provided.

BIRD WATCHING: Explore some of the top bird-watching spots on Fidalgo Island with Whidbey Audubon Society on Saturday, Nov. 16. Carpools will form at 8 a.m. at the Coupeville Prairie Station Transit Park, 201 S. Main St.; or meet at 8:30 a.m. at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor (turn right at the light and go to the parking lot at the end of Beeksma). Trip leader Kim Shepard CONWAY PUB OPEN plans to visit Pass Lake, MIC: Jam Night, 9 p.m. to then check out Bowman 12:30 a.m. Thursdays, Bay before heading to Conway Pub & Eatery, Washington Park in Ana18611 Main St., Conway. cortes for a loop walk along 360-445-4733. the shore. Depending on the weather, the group may OPEN MIC: 9 p.m. to mid- check out the marina in night, Wednesdays, at the 1st Anacortes before heading Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, back to Whidbey around 2 612 S. First St., Mount Verp.m. Dress for the weather non. Ages 21 and older. No and bring a lunch. There is cover. 360-336-3012 or river no charge, but all cars will belledinnertheatre.com. need a Discover Pass. 360720-1711 or kwshepard@ RECREATION gmail.com. HABITAT RESTORATION: TURKEY TROT 5K RUN/ Skagit Fisheries EnhanceWALK: The sixth annual ment Group will host several Saturday work par- La Conner Turkey Trot will begin at 8 a.m. on Thanksties to help restore native riparian plants in the Skagit giving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, beginning and ending at and Samish watersheds. The plants will help restore La Conner Middle School, salmon homes by providing 305 N. Sixth St., La Conner. shade and cover for salmon 5K run/walk, with shorter course options for children. and leaf litter for aquatic Registration: $15 individuinsects, which in turn proals, $30 families. Register vide food for salmon. in advance or day of race Riparian zones also beginning at 7:30 a.m. Forms improve water quality by are available at lovelaconcontrolling erosion and filtering pollutants. For details, ner.com/la-conner-turkeytrot. 360-466-4778. directions and to sign up, call 360-336-0172, ext. 304, ADULT BASKETBALL/ or email education@skagitVOLLEYBALL LEAGUES: fisheries.org. Next up: Skagit County Parks & RecNov. 16: Planting at reation is accepting registraAnn Wolford Park, SedroWoolley. tion for men’s and women’s

basketball leagues and coed volleyball leagues, set to begin playing in January at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon. For information, call 360-336-9414, email tonyt@co.skagit.wa.us or visit skagitcounty.net/parks. ORIGAMI CRANE BENEFIT: Buy a sheet of origami paper and crane-folding instructions for $1 at TriDee Arts, 215 S. First St., Mount Vernon, then return the completed crane to receive a special reward. The goal is to fold 1,000 cranes. Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For information, stop by Tri-Dee or call 360-3366131. FALL CRAFTS: Kids can create a variety of craft projects from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St., Mount Vernon. Free. 360-336-6209.

THEATER FREE ADULT ACTING CLASSES: Anacortes Community Theatre 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 WRITING WORKSHOP: Author Nicole Persun will present “Who’s Talking?: A workshop on Point of View” from 1 to 3 p.m. today, Nov. 14, at Washington Federal, 300 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. There is no charge, but seating is limited. RSVP at skagitwriters.org or call Sharon Anderson for more information: 360-391-2042.

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“Rockshow,” a 1980 concert film featuring Paul McCartney and Wings, will play Friday at the Lincoln Theatre.

Paul McCartney & Wings: ‘Rockshow’ 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15

In 1975 and ’76, Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic “Wings over the World” tour, their largest-scale tour ever. From this tour came both the legendary “Wings over America” triple live album and the concert film “Rockshow,” a good portion of which was filmed in the Kingdome in 1976. The film premiered in November 1980 in New York and April 1981 in London. It was released on Betamax and later on laserdisc. Now, for the first time, the complete concert is being made available, fully restored from the original 35mm film and with remastered sound, including a 5.1 mix. $10 general; $9 seniors, students and active military; $8 members; $7 children 12 and under.

Video game releases

Producer’s Night 2013

6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15

This evening benefits the Lincoln and its dramatic partners, META Performing Arts and Theater Arts Guild. This year’s event theme is the film “The Artist” and features live and silent auction, hors d’oeuvres and desserts, wine and beer, dancing, a costume contest and more. The event will be held at Hillcrest Lodge in Mount Vernon and is for ages 21 and older. $40. Tickets: ilovethe lincoln.com or the Lincoln box office.

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1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17

Patricia Racette plays the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia. $23 adults; $19 seniors; $16 students with $2 off for Lincoln members.

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ON STAGE in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area November 14-21

TUNING UP Playing at area venues November 14-21

Thursday.14 MUSIC

Mount Vernon High School Jazz Band: 8 p.m., 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy, 612 S. First St., Mount Vernon. 360-336-3012.

THEATER

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbeyplayhouse.com.

Friday.15 COMEDY

Comedy Nite: Jubal Flagg and Jonas Barnes, hosted by Lauryn Pithey-Petrie; 8 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. $10 cover. 360-755-3956 or anacortesh20.com.

FRIDAY.15

MUSIC

THE BLACK LILLIES 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

The Black Lillies (country/rock/ blues): 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $25. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

“ANNIE” Lyric Light Opera, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $22-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org. Check individual listings for time.

VARIETY

Whidbey Improv Team: 8 p.m., Click Music, 1130 NE Seventh Ave., Oak Harbor. $5. whidbeyimprovteam@gmail.com.

“Class ACT Radio Show”: 7:30 p.m., Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Anacortes. Live recreations of classic 1940s radio shows including “Superman,” “The Lone Ranger,” “Flash Gordon,” “Popeye, Abbot and Costello,” “Dr. Strange Weird” and “Five Minute Mystery.” $7. 360-293-4373 or acttheatre. com.

THEATER

VAUDEVILLE

Saturday.16 IMPROV

“Annie”: Lyric Light Opera, 7:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $22-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

JIM BASNIGHT BAND Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY.16-17

VARIETY

SATURDAY.16

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

Sunday.17

Thursday.21

THEATER

MUSIC

“Annie”: Lyric Light Opera, 2 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $22-$45. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”: 2:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

Wednesday.20 MUSIC

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

Instrumental Gala Concert: Mount Vernon High School Orchestra, 7 p.m., McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon. $4-$8. 360-416-7727, ext. 2, or mcintyrehall.org.

THEATER

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”: 7:30 p.m., Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. $18. 360-679-2237 or whidbey playhouse.com.

THURSDAY.14

SATURDAY.16 STIRRED NOT SHAKEN 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

FRIDAY.15

Aaron Willsie: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.

Just in Time (jazz): 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

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

Goh Kurosawa, Nick Vigarino: 8 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

Alan Hatley Band: 9 p.m. to midnight, Varsity Inn, 112 N. Cherry St., Burlington. No cover. 360-755-0165.

Morty Webb & Broken Heart Rodeo (country, Americana, light rock): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-399-1037.

Eagle Teeth, The Full Clips: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5. 360-778-1067.

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

Stirred Not Shaken (jazz): 7:30 p.m., Washington Sips, 608 S. First St., La Conner. 360-3991037.

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

Little Bill and the Bluenotes: 7:30 p.m., H2O, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-755-3956.

Jim Basnight Band: Longhorn Saloon & Grill, 5754 Cains Court, Edison. No cover. 360-766-6330.

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

SATURDAY.16 Skagit Songwriters in the Round: Ford Giesbrecht, Mia Vermillion, Gary Baugh and Myles Crawley; 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/Main, Conway. $10. 360-445-3000.

SUNDAY.17 Knut Bell & The Blue Collars: 5 to 9 p.m., Conway Pub & Eatery, 18611 Main St., Conway. $3 cover. 360-445-4733.

WEDNESDAY.20 Gary B’s Church of the Blues (blues, classic rock): 6 to 10 p.m., Castle Tavern, 708 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley. 360-855-2263.

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

Grayskul, The Bad Tenants, Graves 33, Deadly D, OatH: 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $5-$8. 360-778-1067.

Rock and blues jam with CC Adams: 5 to 9 p.m., The Station House, 315 Morris St., La Conner. 360-4664488.

Little Joe Argo: 6 to 9 p.m., Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 360-588-1720.

THURSDAY.21 Tera Melos, Zorch, Falling Up Stairs: 10 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., Bellingham. $8. 360-778-1067.

Scott Haynes: 7:30 p.m., Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. $5. 360-445-3000.