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in the city

ArtPrize gives local artists a chance to make art for the people. Page 8

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Q&A with The Verve Pipe about rocking Superfest. Pg. 9

Operatic flair on “Wall Street.� Pg. 14

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For your entertainment ...

You need some fun in your life.

FOOD. MUSIC. THEATER. FESTIV ALS. ART. BOOKS. MOVI ES... we’ve got plenty of fun to go around.

EDITOR ANNIE KELLEY: 966-0675; akelley@battlecreekenquirer.com CONTRIBUTORS

FEATURES: Andy Fitzpatrick MUSIC: Justin Hinkley CALENDAR: Lori Burcaw AFTER HOURS: Bettie Gray GAME GUIDE: Marcus Anderson PHOTOS: John Grap & Al Lassen

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ART ON THE STREETS: ArtPrize has opened once again in Grand Rapids, drawing in artists from all over the state, including some from our area. Find out what happens when art is judged by the people, not the critics. Page 8

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OVER: The sculpture “In My Life” by Andrew Freemire, from a photo

provided by the artist. Picture of art admirer from file photo of last year’s ArtPrize. AP Photo/Lori Niedenfuer Cool, The Grand Rapids Press

BAND STILL HAS VERVE: Aquestion and answer session with the lead singer and drummer of V erve Pipe, who will be playing at this year’s All Saints Superfest. Page 9 INDULGE: No need to go to Tokyo when a quick trip to Kalamazoo provides an opportunity for Japanese food and art. Page 13 BC ROC KS: There are a lot of good environmental songs out there, but none are as meaningful to Justin Hinkley as one written by a local person about local problems. Page 4 GAME GUIDE: New controllers for the Playstation allow for a more interactive video game experience. Now, Marcus Anderson says, they have to come up with the games. Page 6 MOVIES: A review of “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the sequel that had to be made. Page 14

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BA TTLE CREEK Moms help moms The West Michigan Mom’s Sale will take place at Kellogg Arena, 36 W. Hamblin Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2.

Parents will sell infant and children’s clothing up to size 16, toys, gear, furniture, maternity supplies and more. Admission is $3, and children 12 and younger are free.

Sales tables are $35; for more information, go to westmichiganmomssale.com or call 963-4800.

KA LA M A Z OO Best beer in the business Imperial Beverage of Kalamazoo won the 2010 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year award at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo., on Sept. 18.

Imperial distributes Michigan beers from Arcadia

" INFO: Live music; 877-FKC-8777 or firekeeperscasino.com.

Lori’s pick Whisker Mixer " WHEN: 5:30 p.m. today. " WHERE: Southern Exposure, 11269 N Dr. North, Battle Creek.

" COST: $50. " INFO: The Humane Socitey of South Central Michigan is hosting this evening of entertainment including a silent and live auction, wine tasting and food to raise funds. For more information contact Melissa Sawyer at 9631796, ext. 19.

Brewing Company, New Holland Brewing Company, Short’s Brewing Company, Atwater Block Brewery and Founders Brewing Company.

Imperial’s distribution of these beers resulted in a 55-percent growth over 2009.

u A t hor’s book becomes movie, premiers Friday “Like Dandelion Dust,” a book by Karen Kingsbury, has been turned into a movie of the same name premiering at Rave Motion Pictures Cineplex 14, 180 Portage Road, Friday.

Kingsbury has written over 45 books and is the daughter of Ted Kingsbury of Battle Creek.

The book tells the story of a young boy living with adoptive parents when his birth parents attempt to get him back. The film stars Mira Sorvino and Barry Pepper.

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Justin’s pick 2nd Hand Entertainment " WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday. " WHERE: Kabaret, inside FireKeepers Casino, 11177 E. Michigan Ave. " COST: No admission.

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Annie’s pick Museum free day " WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday. " WHERE: Kingman Museum, 175 Limit St., Battle Creek. " COST: Free. " INFO: Mezzanine grand re-opening, in conjunction with Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day.

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Spokesdog Cooper sits with two of the baskets that will be auctioned off at the Whisker Mixer at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Children’s Garden: Spectacular Scarecrows, children will make their own scarecrow to take home; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; Children’s Garden At Leila, 928 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek; free; 9690270; www.lasgarden. org.

Homer Historical Society Fall Festival, see the renovated Albion Township Hall and enjoy music, crafts and food; 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday; Blair Historical Farm, 26445 M-60 East, Homer; 517-568-3116; www.homerchamber.org. (re)Quest @ Six: City center grill party, celebrate with a diverse evening of food, music, dance and an opportunity to show how race and culture impact our lives; 6 p.m.

Saturday; First United Methodist Church, 111 E. Michigan Ave., Battle

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Andy’s pick Loaded Questions game night " WHEN: 5 p.m.

Friday. " WHERE: Barnes and Noble, 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek. " COST: Free. " INFO: Enjoy a multi-player game that tests your knowledge of other people’s opinions; 979-8060.

Creek; free; 963-5567.

Sweet Adelines: “Running Wild on the Rails,” shows feature 1995 International Queens of Harmony “Chicago Fire,” Impulse, Grin N Tonic and Tuxedo Swing; 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; Kellogg Community College, 450 North Ave, Battle Creek; $15 advance; $20 at door; $10 students and seniors; 962-9662.

Blues Challenge, local blues bands Groovestone, Kevin Q & the Night Crew, Seventh Son, Stan Budzynski & 3rd Degree, Bryan Michael Fisher Band, TC and the Roadmasters and Big Bill and the Blues Ambassadors compete for the chance to enter the International Blues Challenege; 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 411 Club, 411 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo; $8; 720-4754 ; www.blues. org/ibc.

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Local tunes tell local story Recently, you may have read in the Enquirer the story of Chip Crooks and his “Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Blues.”

Crooks is a Battle Creek bluesman who wrote that song on July 27, one day after an oil pipeline burst near Marshall and poured 819,000 gallons of air-fouling crude into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.

I won’t retell that story, but I want to talk about what I think Crooks’ tune

really means. I want to talk about the virtues of local music.

You see, to deal with the crisis, to deal with the “hopelessness” Crooks said he saw in the faces of the residents who lived on the Kalamazoo’s banks, we could scour our record collections and pluck something off the shelves like “Black Moon,” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer or “Coal Tattoo,” by The

Kingston Trio.

But those songs would not end every chorus with the words, “Don’t you walk away with that oil on your shoes.”

What great imagery. I can see smirking company executives or EPA officials leaving Battle Creek, calling the job done, leaving oiled footprints across our front lawns as we left.

You can see the faces and see the streets where

these sneering faces would walk because Crooks walked these streets, the same as you, the Battle Creek-area resident.

Local music has virtue because it tells our story as only local musicians can. Major-label artists have their worth, too, and I treasure Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones and Manchester Orchestra and Ida Maria.

But I treasure Crooks and locals like him just a little bit more, because even their generic lyrics

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about heartbreak and joy feel a little closer to home.

Because their hearts break over the same things I have seen, are broken by some of the same people I know.

THIS WEEK’S TOP 5 This week’s theme: Top 5 environmental songs 5. “Doctor My Eyes,” by Jackson Browne 4. “Earth Anthem,” by The Turtles 3. “Big Yellow Taxi,” by Jodi Mitchell 2. “Black Moon,” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1. “Earth Song,” by Michael Jackson

And because they find joy in the same things that I celebrate.

Justin A. Hinkley can be reached at 966-0698 or jhinkley@battlecreekenquirer.com.

Substance Abuse Council TOWARD NO DRUG ABUSE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING Conducted by: The Substance Abuse Council WHO: Should attend? Anyone who currently or would like to work directly with high school aged students.

WHAT: Instructor training to become certified to teach the Project Toward No Drug Abuse (TND) program.

Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND) is an effective drug abuse prevention program that targets high school-age youth. The 12 classroom-based lessons, approximately 40 to 50 minutes each, are designed to be implemented over a four-week period.

Grand Reopening of Mezzanine September 25, 2010—1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission FREE - Planetarium fee $1 per person Smithsonian Magazine Day, come join the fun! www.kingmanmuseum.org (269) 965-5117

WHEN: September 28 & 29 (must attend both days) 4:00 pm - 8:30 pm - dinner is provided WHERE: Burnham Brook, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek COST: This training is free of charge due to a grant provided by the Michigan Office of Drug Control Policy.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, PLEASE CONTACT HEATHER AT: 269-968-4699 ext. 6200 or hlv@summitpointe.org LJ-0100039953

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BattleCreek Society of Artists exhibit, 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays until Oct. 17; Battle Creek Health System, 300 North Ave., Battle Creek; free; 965-2693.

BATTLE CREEK SOCIETY OF ARTISTS: SALINA HYDER, 1 to 3 p.m.

Friday; Kellogg Community College, 450 North Ave., Battle Creek; free; 965-2693.

BEAUTY AMID THUNDER: THE PAST TWO CENTURIES OF CHINESE ART, until Oct. 17; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; 349-7775.

LIGHT WORKS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION, until Dec. 12; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; 349-7775; www. kiarts.org.

MAUREEN REED WATERCOLOR EXH IBIT, until Sept. 30; First United Methodist Church, 111 E. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek; 963-5567.

STRONG WOMEN, BEAUTIFUL MEN: JAPANESE PORTRAIT PRINTS, until Oct. 31; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; 349-7775; www.kiarts.org.

WESTERN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EXH IBITION, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Oct. 15; Kellogg Community College, 450 North Ave, Battle Creek; free; 965-3931, ext. 2559.

WESTERN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EXH IBITION CLOSING RECEPTION, 4 to 7 p.m.

Oct. 15; Kellogg Community College, 450 North Ave., Battle Creek; free; 965-3931, ext. 2559; www.kellogg.edu.

FALL INTO THE ARTS ART WALK, 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 15; downtown, Battle Creek; free; 968-1622; www. downtownbattlecreek.com.

BROWN BAG LUNCH: WOMEN ARTISTS AND THE MISSING LINK, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Oct. 20; Art Center of Battle Creek, 265 Emmett St., Battle Creek; 962-9511; www. artcenterofbattlecreek.org.

DANCES GEORGE PENDILL TRIO DANCE, 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 1; Burnham Brook, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek; $6 members, $8 nonmembers; 965-0000.

LEW BOYD SWING BAND, 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 15; Burnham Brook, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek; $6 members, $8 nonmembers; 965-0000; www. burnhambrook.org.

ETC. BELLEVUE FARMERS MARKET, 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays; Washington Park, Bellevue; 746-4648.

ATHENS FARMERS’ MARKET, 2

to 6 p.m. Fridays June 4-Oct. 15; Wilson Park, North Capital Avenue, Athens; 7294088; athenscommunity@sbcglobal.net.

WHISKER MIX ER, 5:30 p.m. today; Southren Exposure, 11269 N Dr. North, Battle Creek; $50; 963-1796, ext. 19.

LOADED QUESTIONS GAME NIGHT, 5 p.m. Friday; Barnes and Noble, 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek; 9798060.

(RE)QUEST @ SIX : CITY CENTER GRILL PARTY, 6 p.m. Saturday; First United Methodist Church, 111 E. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek; free; 963-5567.

BATTLE CREEK FARMERS’ MARKET, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays; Festival Market Square, downtown, corner of McCamly and Jackson streets, Battle Creek; 968-3448; www.battlecreekfarmersmarket.com.

TEA FOR QUILTERS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO BE QUILTERS, 2 to 4 p.m. Monday; Second Missionary Baptist Church, 485 N. Washington Ave., Battle Creek; free; 963-4640.

TWEEN TUESDAYS, 4 to 4:45 p.m.

Tuesdays through Nov. 16; Willard Library, 7 W. Van Buren St., Battle Creek; 9688166, ext. 517; for students in grades 4-6; willard.lib.mi.us.

HISTORICAL TOMBSTONE TOUR, 5 and 7 p.m. Oct. 2; Burr Oak Cemetery, 595 S. V Drive, Athens; $5; 729-5174.

OKTOBEERFEST 2010, 4 p.m.

Oct. 2; Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, 105 E. State St., Hastings; $5; 945-4400; www.walldorffbrewpub.com.

SHARE THE HARVEST, 1 to 5 p.m.

Oct. 3; Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners; free, donations to food bank accepted; 6712263; www.kbs.msu.edu; events@kbs. msu.edu.

FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7; BCHS Outpatient Center, 300 North Ave., Battle Creek; $15; 877462-2247.

BONTEBOKTOBER FEST, 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 8; Binder Park Zoo, 7400 Divison Drive, Battle Creek; $40 online, $45 at the gate, $25 designated driver; www. binderparkzoo.org.

WINE TASTING AND SILENT AUCTION, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8; Olivet College, 320 S. Main St., Olivet; 749-7644; www.olivetcollege.edu.

COMEDIAN JEFF DUNHAM, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13; Wings Stadium Complex, 3600 Vanrick Dr., Kalamazoo; $44.50; 345-5101; www.wingsstadium.com.

COMMUNITY PUMPKIN CARVE, 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13; Binder Park Zoo, 7400 Divison Drive, Battle Creek; free; www. binderparkzoo.org.

SEMINAR: EPX L ORE SPECIALTY TEAS, 7 p.m. Oct. 21; Willard Library, 7 W. Van Buren St., Battle Creek; 968-8166; www.willard.lib.mi.us.

SEMINAR: TEA TASTING, 3 to 5

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p.m. Oct. 21; Willard Library, 7 W. Van Buren St., Battle Creek; 968-8166; www. willard.lib.mi.us.

FAMILY First day of Fall celebration, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today; Albion District Library, 501 S. Superior St., Albion; 517-629-3993; www. albionlibrary.com.

CHILDREN’S GARDEN: SPECTACULAR SCARECROWS, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; Children’s Garden At Leila, 928 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek; free; 969-0270; www.lasgarden.org.

MUSEUM FREE DAY, 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday; Kingman Museum, 175 Limit St., Battle Creek; free; 965-5117.

STORY TIME: VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, 11 a.m. to noon.

Saturday; Art Center of Battle Creek, 265 E. Emmett St., Battle Creek; $2 per person, $5 per family; 962-9511; www.artcenterofbattlecreek.org; kparkerartcenter@yahoo.com.

YU-GI-OH! TOURNAMENT, 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday; Marshall District Library, 124 W. Green St., Marshall; 781-7821, ext. 15; registration required; www. marshalldistrictlibrary.org.

TGIF DINOSAURS, 3:45 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; Marshall Recreation Department, 900 S. Marshall Ave., Marshall; $16 Marshall resident, $23 others; 781-5166; recpro.cityofmarshall. com.

AMERICAN GIRL PARTY: HARVEST TIME, 1 p.m. Oct. 3; Kimball House Museum, 196 Capital Ave. N.E., Battle Creek; $15, $12 Historical Society members; 966-4157; reservations required.

ELECTRIFYING GAME TIME, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8; Marshall District Library, 124 W. Green St., Marshall; free; 781-7821, ext. 15; www. marshalldistrictlibrary.com.

ART-MAZING FAMILY EVENT: DAY OF THE DEAD, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 16; Art Center of Battle Creek, 265 E. Emmett St., Battle Creek; $10 per family; 962-9511; call to register; www.artcenterofbattlecreek.org; kparkerartcenter@yahoo.com.

TEEN READ WEEK: MAKE YOUR OWN MUSIC VIDEO, 3 p.m. Oct. 20; Willard Library, 7 W. Van Buren St., Battle Creek; free; 968-8166; www.willard.lib. mi.us.

TEEN READ WEEK: VIDEO JUDGING CONTEST, 3 p.m. Oct. 21; Willard Library, 7 W. Van Buren St., Battle Creek; 968-8166.

FESTIVALS ALL SAINTS SUPERFEST, 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; St. Joseph Church, 61 N. 23rd St., Battle Creek; cover: $1 per person, $5 per

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Photo of a sunrise over Badlands National Park is by Deb Craig, a student at Kellogg Community College. See this and more as part of the Western landscape photography exhibition at the school through Oct. 15. family; 788-4325; stjosephchurchonline. org/superfest.htm.

HOMER HISTORICAL SOCIETY FALL FESTIVAL, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday; Blair Historical Farm, 26445 M-60 East, Homer; 517-568-3116; www. homerchamber.org.

FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL AND CHILI COOK-OFF, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2; Burch Park, Schoolcraft; free; 532-0767; www.kindredspiritsoutreach.org.

FIBER ARTS AND ANIMALS FESTIVAL, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2-3; Cornwell’s Turkeyville U.S.A., 18935 15 1/2 Mile Road, Marshall; 781-4293; www.fiberartfest.com.

Battle Creek; 979-8060.

VALERIE VAN HEEST: “LOST ON THE LADY ELGIN,” 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Branch District Library, 10 E. Chicago St., Coldwater; free; 517-2782341, ext. 28; www.branchdistrictlibrary. org.

WRITER’S SUPPORT GROUP, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30; Barnes and Noble, 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek; 979-8060.

PAGES AT THE PUB: “MY NAME IS MEMORY,” 7 p.m. Oct. 7; Winston’s Pub, 115 S. Eagle St., Marshall; 781-7821, ext. 18.

FILM

NATIVE AMERICAN VESSELS EXH IBIT, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays-

“PLEASE GIVE,” 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday; 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday; 2:30, 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday; Little Theatre, corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Street at WMU campus, Kalamazoo; $5 general, $3 student; 387-8221; www. kalfilmsociety.net.

DISCOVERY FILMS: “SOUTHERN EUROPE,” 2:30 p.m. Saturday; Lakeview Middle School, 300 S. 28th St., Battle Creek; $7 adults, children free; 965-8693.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVIE MADNESS, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. during the school year; Marshall District Library, 124 W. Green St., Marshall; free; 781-7821, ext. 15; www.marshalldistrictlibrary.com.

“UNNATURAL CAUSES,” 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14; Albion District Library, 501 S. Superior St., Albion; free; 517-629-3993; www.albionlibrary.org.

LITERARY NOOK READING GROUP: “THE SCARLET LETTER,” noon Tuesday; Barnes and Noble, 5775 Beckley Road,

MUSEUMS Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays; Feb. 6 to Oct. 9; Kingman Museum, 175 Limit St., Battle Creek; $18 family, $6 adult nonmembers, $1 adult, $4 ages 3-17, free for ages 2 and younger; 965-5117.

“RACE: ARE WE SO DIFFERENT?,” Oct. 2 to Jan. 2; Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N. Rose St., Kalamazoo; 373-7990.

TOUR OF PENNIMAN CASTLE, Main Street and Kingman Avenue, 2 and 4 p.m. tours, 3 p.m. program Oct. 10; Kimball House Museum, 196 Capital Ave. N.E., Battle Creek; $10, $8 Historical Society members; 966-4157; reservations required.

MUSIC “A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE,” 8 p.m. today; Farmers Alley Theatre, 221 Farmers Alley, Kalamazoo; adults: $29-25, students and seniors: $2723; 343-2727; www.farmersalleytheatre. com.

FONTANA PRESENTS: TOKYO STRING QUARTET, 8 p.m. Friday; Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo; $35; $28; $5 student rush; 382-7774.

MUSIC CENTER GALA, 7 p.m.

Saturday; Battle Creek Country Club, 318 Country Club Dr., Battle Creek; $75; 5652199; reservations required.

SWEET ADELINES: “RUNNING WILD ON THE RAILS,” 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; Kellogg Community College, 450 North Ave, Battle Creek; $15 advance; $20 at door; $10 students and seniors; 962-9662.

THE RUSTY WRIGHT BAND, 9 p.m. Saturday; Riviera Theatre, 50 N. Main St., Three Rivers; $10; 278-8068; www.rustywrightblues.com.

BLUES CHALLENGE, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday; 411 Club, 411 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo; $8; 720-4754; www. blues.org/ibc.

ARABESQUE TRIO, 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday; Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo; $12, $10 seniors, $5 students; 387-2300 or 800-228-9858.

STRAIGHT NO CHASER, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 2; State Theatre, 406 S. Burdick St., Kalamazoo; $24.50 - $34.50 in advance, $2 more at the door; 3456500; www.kazoostate.com/.

WMUSIC SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR, 3 p.m. Oct. 3; Miller Auditorium, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo; $15, $12 seniors, $5 students with ID; 387-2300 or 800-228-9858.

BRASS AND CHEER OKTOBERFEST, 5:30 to 11 p.m. Oct. 8; Battle Creek Country Club, 318 Country Club Dr., Battle Creek; $85; $550 tables of 8; 789-2222; reservations required; www.bbbc.net; brassband@comcast.net.

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Sony ‘Move’ delivers motion gaming, lacks software Using a wand, camera and optional thumb stick, Sony hopes to capture a more mature gaming market that will embrace the new hardware. The “PlayStation Move Bundle” for $99.99 includes the “Move” controller, a “PlayStation Eye” camera and the game “Sports Champions.” Despite the lack of software support, I can see potential in this new control system.

“Sports Champions” serves as a demonstration of the “Move’s” capabilities. You get six games in the package: Disc Golf, Gladiator Duel, Archery, Beach Volleyball, Bocce and Table Tennis. By positioning the camera below or above the television and quickly calibrating the wand, you can easily jump into any of these games.

Each game begins with a tutorial. Learning the basics is very easy and there are a lot of finer points to master. For exam-

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ple, in Disc Golf, it is quite easy to throw a straight shot, but you can also tilt the wrist and curve the disc around obstacles if needed. Similar advanced strategies are unveiled as your computer-controlled opponents improve.

The mini-game that stands out the most is the Gladiator Duel. Given a

12:30 to 6 p.m. Oct. 9; Gull Lake Community Schools, 9550 E. M-89, Richland; $7 adults, $5 seniors and

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shield and a club, you try to whittle down the health of your opponent in a three-dimensional combat ring. By swinging at vulnerable areas, your attacks connect satisfyingly. You concentrate on your shield position to block attacks and your angle of swing as movement is simplified into small lunges and dodges.

While too simple to stand on its own, Gladiator Duel is fun and shows potential for an excellent fighting game.

The biggest disappointment will be the Archery game, if you only own one controller. A second “Move” wand ($49.99) will be the bow while your primary hand acts as your grip on the string.

students, free children 4 and younger; www.gulllakeband.com.

BLUEGRASS AND OF LK MUSIC BENEF IT CONCERT, 7 p.m. Oct. 16; Centerpoint Church, 2345 N. 10th St., Kalamazoo; $15 advance, $20

A-MAIZING CORN HARVEST

at door; 352-6683 or 269-760-2527; brownpapertickets.com/event/130235.

CHULRUA IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT, 7:03 p.m. Oct. 16; Richland Community Hall , E. D Ave. at Gull Road, Richland; $15.00; 629-4875;

“Runnin’ Wild on the Rails” Sept. 25, 2010 Binda Theatre on the Kellogg Community College Campus 450 North Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49017 3:00 & 7:00 pm Tickets are $15.00 in Advance, $20.00 at the door. Senior and under 18 $10.00

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think about the “Wii’s Motion Plus” controller add-on while playing these. Having played “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10” and “Wii Sports Resort,” I feel that Sony’s hardware performs as well if not better than the Wii. Unfortunately, “Sports Champions” does not live up to the fun and accessibility of “Wii Sports” and its sequel.

At this time, there are two recommended titles for hardcore games who wish to experience the added motion controls.

“Heavy Rain” is an interactive and dark mystery where you

try to solve the riddle of the “Origami Killer.” “Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition” will also add the pin-point aiming and movement system that Wii owners enjoyed in “Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition.”

Sony promises that there will be a lot more titles that will use the controllers, but there lacks a “killer-app” that makes this a must-buy for every PlayStation 3 owner.

I have hope for Sony’s “Move” system since the hardware works exactly as it should. Only time will tell if it will revolutionize gaming on the PS3 or if it will be seen as an attempt to jump on the motion-control bandwagon.

Sony’s PlayStation Move is a wireless peripheral for the PlayStation 3 that resembles a microphone with a colored light on top. It can be used with a secondary controller for motionenabled video games on the PS3.

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Targeting is very accurate, but this shooting gallery is only fun in small doses.

On a positive note, buying another controller will allow you to play against your friends and enhance your experience in the Gladiator Duel.

Bocce, Beach Volleyball and Table Tennis do an adequate job in simulating their actual events. I could not help

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OUTDOORS BIRDS AND BEANS, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Oct. 13; Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 E C Ave, Augusta; free for members; nonmembers: $4 adults, $2 seniors; 671-2510; www.kbs.msu.edu.

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Every fourth Saturday through Oct. 23, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 E C Ave, Augusta; members: free; nonmembers: $4 adults, $2 seniors, $1 children ages 2-12; 671-2510; www.kbs.msu.edu/ birdsanctuary.

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“GODSPELL,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1-2, 8-9; 7:30 p.m. Sept.

30; 2 p.m. Oct. 3, 10; Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, 329 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; $18-22 adults; $15-19 seniors,students; $10 children 12 and younger; 3431313.

“SLEEPY HOLLOW: A MUSICAL TALE,” 4 p.m. Oct. 6; Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, 329 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; $7; 343-1313; www.kazoocivic.com.

“A CELEBRATION OF THEATRE,” 8 p.m. Oct. 8; Oaks Theatre, 320 S. Main St., Olivet; 7497644; www.olivetcollege.edu.

“TARTUFEF ,” 8 p.m. Oct. 8; Suzanne D. Parish Theater, 426 S. Park St., Kalamazoo; 343-1313; www. kazoocivic.com.

“LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, 8 p.m. Oct. 15; Miller Auditorium, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo; $25-53; 800-228-9858.

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IF YOU GO " WHAT: ArtPrize. " WHEN: Now through Oct. 10. " WHERE: Throughout downtown Grand Rapids. " COST: Free. " INFO: The public is welcome to vote up or down for each artist; voters must be at least 16 years old and have a valid government I.D and e-mail. For venue locations, artist bios and more information, go to artprize.org. " VIDEO: Michael St. John made a video documenting the meaning and creation of Freemire’s work. Go to www. youtube.com and search for “In My Life by Andrew Freemire.”

LOCAL ARTISTS Hugh Acton, Augusta, “Crushed flame” at The B.O.B. " Scott Aldrich, Richland, “Thinking of Rousseau” at Pub 43. " Kathleen Crane, Hastings, “Generations” at Fountain Street Church. " Andrew Freemire, Battle Creek, “In My Life” at YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids. " Tim Frey, Richland, “Automatic Drawing” at Ottawa Tavern. " Ruth Gee, Hastings, “First Flight” at Huntington/50 Monroe Place. " Sabine LeDieu, Marshall, “spirits tree” at J Gardellas Tavern. " Kim Maguire-Gualtieri, Marshall, “Elephants Don’t Belong In Circuses” at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. " Dennis O’Mara, Hastings, “Lost in her music” at Grand Valley Artists at Alten Place. " Mandy Presley, Richland, “Endometrial Adenocarcinoma” at Plaza Towers- Eenhoorn. " Jill Schaefer, Hastings, “Light” at Marc Stewarts Guest House. " Kimber Thompson, Marshall, “PersonaliTREES” at Huntington/50 Monroe Place. " Steve White, Hastings, “Southwest in Infrared” at Riverview Center. "

Artists of the people ANDY FITZPATRICK The Enquirer

Andrew Freemire said he doesn’t believe in art competitions.

Yet, the Battle Creek artist is competing in Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize, an annual contest running now through Oct. 10 between thousands of artists for a $250,000 firstplace prize determined by public votes.

The contest masquerades as a festival, giving the Grand Rapids downtown area the atmosphere of an outdoor art fair as people wander around, from building to building and site to site, deciding on what art deserves the top prize.

It is the public coming to the art that drew Freemire.

“I don’t create it for a judge,” the artist said of his work, from his studio in the woods north of Battle Creek. “I don’t create it for a panel. I create it for everyone.

Because it’s public, I am inspired to be in it.”

Freemire’s entry is “In My Life.” It consists of three tiers of three canvases, each depicting a piece of representational abstract painting.

The tiers are triangular, allowing an observer to move around the piece, with the “flow” of it, as Freemire said. “’People’ was my inspiration,” Freemire said. “Nature was my color palette.”

To that end, the panels are paintings inspired by people

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Local artist Andrew Freemire is entering this year’s ArtPrize competition. His peice is at the YMCA of Grand Rapids.

in the artist’s life: Freemire told stories of a doctor with a fondness for the Aurora Borealis; a friend who escaped ethnic cleansing in Herzegovina.

The cap piece atop the 12-foot tower, a sphere, represents Freemire’s friend and fellow artist, John Galloup, who killed himself in 2007.

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Verve Pipe brings musical mayhem to Superfest

" WHAT: All Saints Superfest parish fundraiser featuring The Verve Pipe, The Big E and Spencer Moulder. " WHEN: 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, ANDY FITZPATRICK noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The Enquirer " WHERE: St. Joseph Catholic In 1996, East Lansing-born rock band Church, 61 N. 23rd St., Battle Creek.

The Verve Pipe released the album “Villains,” con" COST: $1 general admission and no more than $5 taining the hit per family; $15 single “The to$150 for the Freshmen.”

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Album,” a " INFO: collection Other events include of original Skerbeck Brothers songs meant Carnival, Las Vegas for kids games, raffles, aucbut with tions, food, games and enough more. Tickets to the juice to concerts are available keep by calling 788-4325.

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Freemire said he painted it the night Galloup died.

That is what inspired Freemire’s paint brush, but the inspiration those images give back to the viewing public – the people he created them and entered ArtPrize for – take different forms.

“It’s usually three different things,” he said. “Either they look at it and go, ‘Eh,’ and walk on; they look at it and go, ‘Whoa,’ and start walking around it and flowing with it; some look puzzled.”

Public interpretation of ArtPrize work PROVIDED PHOTO will be the key to under“It’s my life” is Andrew’s Freemire’s entry in this standing Marshall artyear’s ArtPrize competition. ist Kimber Thompson’s

from both its time as a mid-90s rock band and its more recent foray into children’s entertainment to All Saints Superfest at 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Lead singer Brian Vander Ark and drummer Donny Brown recently talked to the Enquirer about touring and how their music has changed.

Battle Creek Enquirer: How do you describe what your music is now vs. what it was during “The Freshmen” days?

Brian Vander Ark: “For the kids’ record, we just made a Verve Pipe record that has kid-type, silly lyrics. I don’t think the sound has changed that much since ‘The Freshmen,’ but we’ve definitely become more acoustic.”

Donny Brown: “I would say that it’s just not as angst-ridden. You mature, you “PersonaliTREES.” Welded frames that appear to be trees hold up images of other trees, which in turn contain hidden imagery. For example, one tree looks like a woman wearing a hat of fruit.

“There was always people standing in front of them trying to figure them out,” Thompson said of a recent trip to Grand Rapids to see her work. “It turned out exactly how I wanted.”

Thompson’s background as both a nature and portrait artist may have merged in “PersonliTREES,” but her job as a graphic designer and an advertising degree from Michigan State University brought the pub-

grow up, times change, your life changes and your music reflects that. I think you can kind of hear that from our first major label release, ‘Villains,’ and you can hear the change evident in ‘Underneath.’”

BCE: Bands and singers rose and fell in the 90s; how have you

lic element of ArtPrize into focus for her.

“What does it need to portray,” she said, “or what message does it need to send?”

Another Marshall artist, Sabine LeDieu, also used nature as a basis for her entry, “Spirits Tree.”

However, she saw ArtPrize as a way to get the voting public to think about something other than art.

“My art I do to raise environmental consciousness and use a slate of reused and found objects,” she said.

That’s why her piece, a structure resembling a Japanese willow tree, is composed of about 2,500 bottle corks.

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She said cork is a resource that is being depleted and recycling even that wine bottle cork one might just toss out can make a difference.

Having the public come out and vote on the work allows people to think about the message in ways a contest before a few judges likely wouldn’t.

Not only that, she said, but art – like wine drinking – can sometimes seem a little snobbish.

“ArtPrize is fantastic because it makes people aware of art,” she said.

“It allows the community to embrace the art and makes it really friendly.”

Andy Fitzpatrick can be reached at 6 9 6-069 7 or afitzpatrick@gannett.com.

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New CD bridges two generations with music ers with the songs and social consciousness of the 1960s and ‘70s. The music is mostly unchanged, save for featured performances including Melanie Fiona, Common and CL Smooth.

Despite its title, the selections on “Wake Up!” make the album a somewhat sleepy one. But the instrumentation is divine, with the Roots manning steel drums, horns and organ on reggae singer Lincoln Thompson’s “Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be)” and wielding funky guitar, saxophone and hi-hat on Les McCann and Eddie Harris’ “Compared to What.”

Legend, known to deliver

elegant soul music, including “Ordinary People” and “Save Room,” gets unbuttoned on the bluesy “Hard Times” featuring Roots lead man Black Thought. His mellow tone is a perfect partner to the dusky saxophone on Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy.”

And “Shine” — the album’s only new song — is a sunny look at future generations and a sweet end to a well-intended album.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: Legend absolutely captures the aching emotion of Bill Withers’ “I Can’t Write Left Handed,” written from the perspective of a soldier who’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lost a limb in war.

“Wake Up!,” is the latest release by John Legend and the Roots.

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been able to keep touring and releasing albums?

BVA: “I think it’s the song. I think ‘The Freshmen’ hit a lot more people than a lot of other songs in the 90s hit. If you take another song at that time that didn’t have any personal connection with people, I think that’s why a lot of those bands are not around.

“Plus, now that we put our family album out, all of our fans from those days have kids now.”

DB: “The other thing is the fact that we have a bit of a catalogue and we can draw from all the influences. The kids’ record has been really fun to get into people’s hands who were enjoying us back then.”

BCE: Do fans show up to kids’ shows that may not have kids but want to hear you anyway?

BVA: “I think that by choice, maybe somewhat.

By accident? Definitely.

Those are the ones that are typically disappointed if we don’t play ‘The Freshmen’ but we won’t play it at the kid show. I just don’t think it’s appropriate for kids, a song about suicide. We try to have an uplifting message.”

BCE: What are songs that people might hear in Battle Creek?

BVA: “If we get there and it’s all kids, then we’ll probably just do the kids’ album and some of the fun stuff. If it’s an older crowd, and a crowd without kids, then we’ll play a lot of the old hits as well.”

DB: “I think they’re going to hear what The Verve Pipe sounds like. We are what we were in the past and we are what we are now.

“We’ll be playing stuff from ‘Villains,’ of course, and we’ll be playing

stuff from records before ‘Villains’ when we were recording our records in Grand Rapids and when we were playing colleges and Kalamazoo.”

BCE: What are some of your family songs that get big responses from audiences?

BVA: ‘Suppertime’ and ‘Cereal’ always go over big. ‘Wake Up’ always goes over big.

“It’s really a rock show for kids. There’s always something going on. Lou (Musa) steps up and plays a guitar solo. Donny plays a drum solo. We’ve got a harmonica player that’s in and out the whole time. It seems like mayhem, in a good way. Musical mayhem.”

DB: “‘Complimentary Love’ is about the fact that love is really wonderful. It’s really a great force in the world, and it’s free. Don’t forget it. To just say that in a song is so much better

than saying, ‘Let’s count to seven!’

“We’re coming to Battle Creek and we’ve got the song called ‘Cereal.’ The reason that came about is because when we were on tour, we’d be on a tour bus.

By the time we’d finish a show and pull out of town, everybody would get on the bus and it’d be like, ‘We’re not stopping. We gotta get moving. What’s there to eat?’

“So we’d put on our rider – which is what you want in the backstage area – a Kellogg’s snack pack so they’d put in the 10 small boxes of cereal. We’d put two of those on there.

“You’d be on this tour bus after a rock and roll show going down the road, and everybody’s eating a bowl of cereal.”

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John Legend & the Roots, “Wake Up!” (Columbia): The intention behind John Legend & The Roots’ “Wake Up” is most apparent on an 11-minute track that begins with the singer introducing Bill Withers’ “I Can’t Write Left Handed.”

“Bill Withers recorded this song at the end of the Vietnam War. As I record this now, America, the land of peace and prosperity, is in the middle of two wars. ... War is hell. It always has been and always will be.”

Part history, part sermon, “Wake Up!” is a bridge between two eras with similar issues — connecting Legend and the Roots’ listen-

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ABC’s ‘Detroit 1-8-7 ’ finds character in city JEFF K AROUB Associated Press

When “NYPD Blue” veteran James McDaniel signed on for a new ABC cop show called “Detroit 1-8-7,” he served as cheerleader-in-chief in the creators’ campaign to shoot in the Motor City.

The actor figured they didn’t stand a chance because it had never been done. But he craved the authenticity of being in the downtrodden city — even if it meant suffering for his art.

McDaniel was floored on both fronts: The network brass approved filming the show in Detroit, and he found the city to be both inviting and inspiring.

The first network TV drama to set up shop full time in Detroit is discovering a city that

goes beyond its Rust Belt reputation.

The title of the show, which debuted at 10 p.m. Tuesday, uses a former California police code for homicide and features fictional members of a Detroit Police homicide unit. The real city has been unable to shake its reputation as a haven for violence, but those involved say they can show the grit without glorifying it.

“People’s fear was it was just going to be street crime and gang violence and things like that. It’s really not,” said star Michael Imperioli, relaxing after a full day of rehearsals and shooting in Detroit’s Cass Corridor. “A lot of it is not about the dead — it’s about the living — the people who are connected and affected by these

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Actors Michael Imperioli, left, and Aisha Hinds are shown during filming of “Detroit 1-8-7.”

crimes.”

On a recent day of heavy shooting for the show’s fourth episode, Imperioli joined several other actors for early morning scenes.

His Detective Louis Fitch and colleagues have been called to a playground behind a school where a girl’s body has been found.

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the actor consults the script one last time and stashes it on a cart that includes “realistic drying blood” in “Aaron’s OnSet Blood Bag.” The real neighborhood near downtown, once synonymous with crime and vice in Detroit, is now in transition — improving or declining, depending on the block.

“Look at this building here — it almost looks like a castle, and it’s crumbling, covered with ivy,” Imperioli said, pointing to a vacant apartment building that’s serving as a preservation project in the episode.

“At the same time, you see this alternative movie theater and there’s a kind of really cool vintage store.

“The neighborhood was a glorious place that went to seed for a while,

and you can see all of it in this tiny little corner of the city.”

Phonz Williams, one of nine writers and a Detroit native, said he strives to balance the horrific and hopeful.

“Unf ortunately, I’ve lost a few personal friends to senseless violence and even though they’re gone, I don’t ever want to ... reduce their lives to that one single act,” he said.

McDaniel, who often stops his car and talks to city residents on his way into work, said the challenge is translating the rich character of the city onto the screen.

“It’s like a Christmas present: Every day we’ve been unwrapping it, we’ve been finding other stuff,” he said as daylight waned over Detroit’s skyline. “It’s so fertile — the energy is so ripe here.”

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Saturdays; 4 p.m. to midnight Sundays. " PRICE: Sushi and sushi rolls: $4.95-$15; appetizers: $2.50-$7.95; entrees: $8.95-$37.95. " BAR: Serves beer, wine and sake. " INFO: Karaoke available every night at 10:30 p.m.; www.sushiya.com; reservations accepted; 3427340. "

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‘Wall Street’ sequel shows greed can still be good CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press

Oliver Stone was making a statement on the glibly money-hungry times when his “Wall Street” came out in 1987 and, with it, the iconic figure of Gordon Gekko declaring that greed, for lack of a better word, was good.

Twenty-three years later, greed is still getting a lot of people into a lot of trouble. The entire country, in fact. And so Stone’s latest, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” is the rare sequel that not only feels relevant but necessary.

Of course, his hindsight is 20/20. Everyone’s is. But here, Stone takes the economic collapse of 2008 and places Gekko — played masterfully by Michael Douglas, returning to the role that earned him an Academy Award — in the middle of it.

Having been released from federal prison after serving time for securi-

OPENING NATIONWID E: WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS: """ Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone resurrect financial shark Gordon Gekko amid the 2008 meltdown.

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YOU AGAIN: A woman and her mother (Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis) face their old high school rivals at a family wedding. With Sigourney Weaver.

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ties fraud, money laundering and racketeering, Gekko is now free to swim among even more dangerous sharks than he ever dreamed of being himself. The question becomes: How will he react? Will he use his shrewdness to try and beat them at their game, or will he actually have found a moral center during his time behind bars?

That story line alone could have provided the basis for one meaty, worthwhile movie.

“Money Never Sleeps” also crams in a fatherdaughter story, a few different mentor-protege stories and a romance. It’s big and loud and brash in an almost operatic way — and knowingly, joyfully so.

The dialogue from Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff is biting and propulsive, and the hugely esteemed ensemble cast is a kick. Besides Douglas, who’s better than ever

even as a toned-down snake, Shia LaBeouf is solid as an ambitious young trader — he feels like a grown-up, finally — and the two stars have a couple of electric exchanges.

But there are plenty of showy supporting roles, as well. A beefed-up, suspendered Frank Langella provides both gravitas and humor as founder of the powerful Keller Zabel Investments; he also serves as a father figure to LaBeouf’s Jacob Moore.

Susan Sarandon chews up the scenery as Jacob’s tacky, talkative mother, a former nurse who’s been enjoying the good life as a high-end Long Island real estate agent. And Josh Brolin is a formidable villain as Bretton James, a billionaire partner at a rival investment bank who ruins Keller Zabel with rumors of debt, then arranges a brutal takeover. Just listening to him describe why he has a

particular Goya painting in his office is intimidating.

Most of the time, simply through the sheer enormity and force of this juggernaut, it all works.

“Money Never Sleeps” looks fantastic — the work of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Broken Embraces”) — with its shimmering aerial shots of Manhattan. The place rises from the Hudson River like Oz, an idealized, bustling city of endless possibility (although Stone didn’t need to add split screens and tickers running through skyscrapers to magnify the sense of movement). Every sleek high-rise office and modern loft offers dazzling views; every character is expensively dressed.

Eventually, “Money Never Sleeps” goes soft and loses its way. The romantic subplot between Jacob and Gekko’s estranged daughter

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