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January 2, 2014

Vol. 11 No. 18

NASCAR at Gateway page 3

"The Wizard of Oz" page 15

Ozark Mountain Daredevils page 16

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NASCAR at Gateway Tickets on sale for June 14 event

7 Travel Time

St. Louis to host RV show.

11 "Mary Poppins" Classic film will be preserved.

15 "The Wizard of Oz" Touhill to host Memphis Ballet.

16 Rock at the Wildey

Ozark Mountain Daredevils plan two shows.

19 Eagle watching

Events planned in Illinois and Iowa.

20 Winter wellness

Brown County Ind., plans a weekend of fun.

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What’s Happening Friday Jan. 3_____________

the Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Les Gruff and the Billy Goat w/Nick D and the Believers, Aye • 44th Annual Way of Lights Sir Owl, Lizzie Weber, Plush St. Christmas Display, Our Lady of Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Aaron Kamm & The One the Snows, Belleville, 5:00 p.m. to Drops, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 9:00 p.m.

• Santa's Magical Kingdom, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Aquitaine "American Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, Pulverizer 2" Release Party w/ Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

• Garden Glow 2013 Light Hidden Lakes, The Vondrukes, The E x h i b i t , M i s s o u r i B o ta n i c a l Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

Garden, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• 28th Annual Winter Wonderland, Tilles Park, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Gardenland Express, Missouri • Breakfast with Santa, Saint Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. and a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Victorian Christmas at Tower 11:00 a.m.

• Historic Holiday Traditions: Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 1 8 6 3 H o l i d ay B a l l , Th e O l d Courthouse, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Through January 5.

• West Side Story, Fox Theatre, St. 11:00 a.m. and noon to 4:00 p.m.

• Garden Glow 2013 Light Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• A Queen Within: Adorned E x h i b i t , M i s s o u r i B o ta n i c a l Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, Garden, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to World Chess Hall of Fame, St. 10:00 p.m.

• Gardenland Express, Missouri Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 Runs through April 18.

• N o P l a c e L i k e H o m e : a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Santa's Magical Kingdom, American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, University Museum of Art, St. Louis, Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

• 28th Annual Winter 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs Wonderland (Carriage Rides through February 2.

• Early American Silver from the Only), Tilles Park, St. Louis, By Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Reservation • Victorian Christmas at Tower Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 2, 2014.

• New Orleans New Year with 4:00 p.m., Through January 5.

Saturday Jan. 4_____________

• West Side Story, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

• N o P l a c e L i ke H o m e : American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through February 2.

• Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2, 2014.

• The Past, Present and Future of Nature Photography Exhibit, The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 25, 2014.

• Danica Dakic Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Noon to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 26, 2014.

• New Orleans New Year with the Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Faux Pas w/Brazil, Yankee Rain, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Gateway Getaway w/The Weekend Routine, The Former Me, Captains Courageous, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

• The Brothers: A Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Gateway to host NASCAR series Tickets are on sale now for June 14 truck race For The Edge

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ickets for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Gateway Motorsports Park are now on sale. The event, which will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2014, offers multiple ticket options for fans, families and groups of all

“Our ticket programs are attractive to both the die-hard racing fan who wants to get up close and personal with the cars and stars as well as families who are looking for exciting entertainment,” said Curtis Francois, Gateway Motorsports Park Owner and President. “We’ve put together a great day of racing that won’t break the family bank.”

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to St. Louis for the first time under the new track ownership in a 160 lap, 200 mile event that will be contested under the lights on the 1.25 mile oval.

The truck series is NASCAR’s most competitive series and, if past Gateway events are any indication, fans can expect side-by-side racing from start to finish.

The United States Auto Club (USAC) Silver Crown Series returns for the second running of the Gateway 100 earlier in the day.

In 2013, Bobby Santos took the event win in a race that produced a record number of lead changes, speeds and a three-wide photo finish. Many USAC drivers, car owners, fans and historians are calling it one of the greatest Silver Crown races ever contested.

One race ticket gets you two complete shows of practice, qualifying and feature events.

Advance individual ticket prices start at just $36.00 and the Father's Day Weekend Family 4-Pack (2 adults and 2 children general admission) is only $74.00. VIP, Gold Circle, Super Access, Group and Infield Camping packages are also available.

To order by phone please call: 1-855-RACETIK or order online at http://gatewaymsp.ticketforce.com/

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People People planner Touhill welcomes acts for spring The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus has announced its schedule for the the spring semester.

For more information, visit www. touhill.org or call 314-516-4949.

WIZARD OF OZ Starring Ballet Memphis Presented by Dance St. Louis January 24–25; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 2 & 8PM; $35, $45, $55; child $20 Ballet Memphis has staged Wizard of Oz, a new adaptation of the family favorite. Choreographed by one of Ballet Memphis’ own members, Scotland native and choreographic associate Steven McMahon, Ballet Memphis premiered the original production in 2007.

MADCO: Pulse 2 – The Rhythm Continues January 31–February 2; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 8PM; Sun @ 2PM; $25 After the success of Pulse in 2011, MADCO's Artistic Director Stacy West knew she had to create a sequel. But in this case, the second will look and sound much different than the first - because it features all new music by UMSL percussion students and choreography by MADCO dancers.

SŌ PERCUSSION February 7; Fri @ 8PM; $20 Called an “experimental powerhouse” by the Village Voice, Sō Percussion has redefined the moder n p e rc u s s i o n e n s e m b l e , creating fascinating music using s u c h u n e x p e c t e d i n s t ru m e n t s a s c o ff e e c a n s , c o n c h s h e l l s , aluminum pipes and the glockenspiel.

ST. LOUIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA: A Night at the Movies February 11; Tues @ 7PM; $25 This concert promises to set the mood for the perfect date night. It features big-band arrangements of some of movies' most memorable themes and writers, such as Henry Mancini ("Days Of Wine and Roses," "Charade,” "Moon River,” "Pink Panther") as well as music by Marvin Hamlisch ("The Way We Were"), John Barry (James Bond movies) and a host of others.

THE IMPROV SHOP Presented by the Touhill and the Improv Shop February 12 ; Wed @ 7:30PM; $12, $15 day of show This hilarious, Chicago-style improv will feature the Armando format. A special guest monologist (TBA) will tell a personal story based on the evening's theme, a n d t h e t ro u p e w i l l b u i l d a series of hysterical vignettes that interweave characters, plot and story details.

SAINT LOUIS BALLET: Love is in the Air February 14–15; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 8PM; $28, $35, $45 Combining smooth sounds with smooth moves, this ballet series is choreographed by the renowned Twyla Tharp (Movin’ Out, and most recently, Come Fly With Me on Broadway) and St. Louis Ballet Artistic Director Gen Horiuchi.

UMSL THEATRE: FESTIVAL OF ONE ACTS February 20–23; Thurs-Fri @ 7:30PM; Sat @ 2 & 7:30PM; Sun @ 2PM; On sale January 21 The Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies will host a handful of community groups presenting their one-acts productions in the intimate Lee Theater.

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DIAVOLO Presented by Dance St. Louis February 28–March 1; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 2 & 8PM; $35, $45, $55 Diavolo cleverly mixes dance, acrobatics and architectural engineering into a powerful, awesome and thought-provoking production. Diavolo dancers fly, leap and fall, and best of all they will utterly amaze you.

MOIPEI QUARTET Presented

by UMSL’s International Studies and Programs March 1; Sat @ 8PM; $20 T h e M o i p e i t r i p l e t s M a r t y, Magdalene and Marta, together with their youngest sister Seraphine, form the awardw i n n i n g m u s i c g ro u p M o i p e i Quartet. They have represented Kenya in quite a number of international events in Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, China, South Korea, Canada and Venezuela.

THE FANTASTICKS March 2; Sun @ 3PM; $29, $39, $49 More than a classic Broadway title, it’s an enduring theatrical gem, and the longest- running production in the history of stage.

The funny and charming tale of young love has been called “the perfect musical” by The Wall Street Journal. When the Nebraska Theatre Caravan brings its take on the beloved show to the Touhill, it will be at once familiar and completely new – a steampunk-

inspired adaptation.

ARIANNA STRING QUARTET: A Night at the Opera March 7; Fri @ 8PM; $25 An evening of love, loss and everything in between! This program features works for string quartet by some of music’s greatest opera composers, and includes a few favorite concert arias for soprano, featuring Stella Markou. W.A. MOZART: Q u a r t e t i n C M a j o r, K . 4 6 5 “Dissonant”; FAVORITE OPERA ARIAS; GIACOMO PUCCINI: “Crisantemi”; and GIUSEPPE VERDI: Quartet in E minor.

THE SECOND CITY: Happily Ever Laughter March 20–22; Thurs & Fri @ 8; Sat @ 6 & 9PM; $35 The Second City’s trademark i m p ro v i s a t i o n w i l l re t u r n t o the Touhill, this time, with its “Happily Ever Laughter Tour.”

Named the country’s “Comedy Empire” by the New York Times, the Chicago-based improv group has a reputation for cultivating the next generation of comedic royalty with alumni including Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Steven Colbert.

H.M.S. PINAFORE March 22; Sat 8PM; $36, $46, $56 Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass That Loved a S a i l o r, i s o n e s a u c y s a t i re – it lampoons party politics, patriotism and unqualified people in leadership roles. And in the

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e x c e p t i o n a l l y c a p a b l e c a re o f the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP), a production of the Gilbert and Sullivan blockbuster is that much more enjoyable.

U M S L T H E AT R E : T H E LARAMIE PROJECT April 10–13; Thurs-Fri @ 7:30PM; Sat @ 2 & 7:30PM; Sun @ 2PM; On sale January 21 In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21year-old student, was found tied to a fence and barely clinging to life outside of Laramie, Wyoming.

This story of courage, loss, hatred, l o v e a n d f o rg i v e n e s s i s t o l d through the recreation of interviews conducted by the Tectonic Theatre project.

MADCO: Liquid Roads April 11–12; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 8PM; $30 Austin-based choreographer Gina Patterson creates a dynamic evening of high-energy music and dance. A central theme of travel weaves through the concert, exploring the influence of steamboats and steam-engine trains on the arts and culture of the city. Brian Casserly and other popular St. Louis jazz and blues musicians perform live throughout the show.

2014 GREATER ST. LOUIS JAZZ FESTIVAL April 24–26; Fri & Sat @ 8PM Thursday night’s headliner @ Jazz at the Bistro: Reggie Thomas

and Rodney Whitaker Friday night’s headliner @ Touhill: Arturo Sandoval, with opening set by the UMSL Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Widner Saturday night’s headliner @ Touhill: The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, with opening set by the UMSL Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Widner UMSL DANCE: Spring Dance Show May 1–3; Thurs-Sat @ 8PM Students will perform dance pieces choreographed by faculty, guest artists and aspiring student choreographers.

S T. L O U I S S TO RY T E L L I N G FESTIVAL: Grand Finale May 3; Sat @ 7:30PM; On sale TBA This four-day storytelling e x t r a v a g a n z a f e a t u re s e v e n t s at more than 20 area locations.

The grand finale takes place at the Touhill. The 2013 festival features the best national as well as regional storytellers.

ARIANNA STRING QUARTET: High Five May 9; Fri @ 8PM; $25 Virtuosic cellist Zuill Bailey joins the Arianna String Quartet in Beethoven’s rarely heard string quintet arrangement of his beloved “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata, offering a unique and fresh perspective into the mind of the great composer. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quintet, Op.47 “Kreutzer”; ANTON

People People planner Sesame Street Live returns No matter where you’re from or where you’ve been, everyone is special - so join in! Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, and their Sesame Street friends welcome Chamki, Grover ’s friend from India, to Sesame Street. Together, they explore the universal fun of friendship and celebrate cultural similarities, from singing and dancing, to sharing cookies! The all-new Sesame Street Live “Make a New Friend” visits Peabody Opera House from Thursday, Jan. 16 through Sunday, Jan. 19.

Chamki is from far away and she’s visiting Sesame Street for just one day! Grover has a long to-do list for his friend, from kayaking to hot yoga, but Chamki is busy enjoying cookies with Cookie Monster, singing with Abby Cadabby, and doing ‘The Elmo Slide.’ Will an appearance from Super Grover get Chamki’s attention? Join the fun and make a memory with your friends and family!

Sesame Street Live “Make a New Friend” offers a fun-filled, interactive learning experience, including up-close and furry interactions on the audience floor!

Like television’s Sesame Street, each Sesame Street Live production features timeless tunes and lessons for all ages. The universal appeal of each Broadway-quality musical production continues long after preschool. Adults will appreciate the high-tech stagecraft, cleverly written script, and music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children, such as “Count Me In,” and fun new parodies of “I Want Candy,” and “Moves Like Jagger.”

Tickets are $16 and $24. A limited number of $36 Gold Circle seats and $60 Sunny Seats are also available. *Opening Night, all seats (excluding Gold Circle and Sunny Seats) are $12. Tickets for the **Kids Matinee Offer are $9 (excluding Gold Circle and Sunny Seats) and open to school or daycare groups with more than 10 people. A facility fee of $3 will be added to all ticket prices. Additional fees and special offers may apply.

For more information, call 314622-5400. To charge tickets by phone, please call Ticketmaster at 800-7453000. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.

For information online, please visit www.sesamestreetlive.com. Become a fan of Sesame Street Live on Facebook.

Saint Louis Science Center. “The hands-on nature of the exhibition, coupled with thousands of live bugs, makes this fun and educational for all of our visitors.”

Harry’s Big Adventure takes guests on an educational journey around the world through six distinct zones to see how insects impact their surroundings, the environment and ultimately human lives. Filled with interactive games and competitions, visitors can see how far they can spit a cricket, pick their favorite roach in the Roach Race, get up close and personal with insects in the Bug Petting Zoo and even try an insect delicacy cooked up by the Bug Chef. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit slsc.org/harrysbig-adventure or call 800.456.SLSC x4424 or 314.289.4424.

Sheldon to host Trivia Night The Friends of The Sheldon present the sixth annual Trivia Night at The Sheldon. Phil Donato, “The Trivia Guy,” will serve as host, with questions covering popular culture, music, movies and more!

Participants will have the chance to purchase Mulligans, 50/50 raffle tickets and enter mini-games.

First and second place winners will receive cash prizes, and a consolation prize will be awarded to the last place team.

The event is scheduled Friday, February 7, 2014 at 7 p.m. at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Tickets $200 per table of 10 or $25 per person.

Ticket includes Schlafly and 4 Hands beer and soft drinks.

For reservations, contact Lauren Wilhite at 314.533.9900 ext. 17 or lwilhite@thesheldon.org. For more information, call The Sheldon during normal business hours, Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission price includes Schlafly and 4 Hands Brewing Company beer and soft drinks, with a cash bar available. Vito’s Pizzeria and Ristorante will offer pizza and pasta delivery directly to trivia tables, with a portion of sales benefiting The Sheldon. Participants may also bring their own snacks (no outside

Fresh Beat Band to appear at the Fox The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, are giving fans one more chance to see them live as they hit the road again for 60 performances on their nationwide concert tour. The live concert comes to St. Louis on Saturday, January 25 at 5:30 p.m. The wildly popular The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert Tour will resume on Nov. 12, 2013 in San Antonio, TX. The band will travel to theaters in new markets and revisit places including New York City’s Theater at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater L.A. Live. In 2012, more than 400,000 fans saw the concert making it one of the year’s most successful music tours.

Tickets went on Saturday, April 20 and prices are $36.50, $31.50, & $26.50. Tickets are available at the Fox Box Office, online at www. metrotix.com or by calling (314) 5341111.

Pre-sale tickets along with Fresh Beat Band VIP packages with meet and greets will be available at www. freshbeatbandlive.com beginning April 16. Citi® card members through Citi’s Private Pass Program at www.CitiPrivatePass.com will also have access to pre-sale tickets beginning April 16. The general public on-sale will take place on April 20.

“The Fresh Beat Band is back by popular demand,” said Doug Cohn, SVP, Music, Nickelodeon.

“The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert Tour has been so successful because it provides 90 minutes of family bonding time where kids and parents can laugh, sing and dance along with the fantastic Fresh Beats.”

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The Fresh Beat Band’s first-ever primetime concert special will premiere on Sunday, April 21, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. The 30minute special gives viewers an allaccess pass to The Fresh Beat Band concert with behind-the-scenes footage and more.

Fans can watch an exclusive sneak peek of the concert special at www. nickjr.com.

MoBOT plans "Garden Glow 2013" The Missouri Botanical Garden is excited to announce its plans f o r “ G a rd e n G l o w 2 0 1 3 , ” t h e Garden’s first-ever winter light exhibit. Visitors will have the o p p o r t u n i t y t o s t ro l l t h ro u g h the Garden at night surrounded by a spectacle of unique light installations. The exhibit will o p e n N o v. 2 3 , 2 0 1 3 a n d r u n

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through Jan. 4, 2014.

H u n d re d s o f t h o u s a n d s o f lights will adorn some of the Garden’s most iconic locations including the Climatron®, Kaeser Memorial Maze, the Central Axis and Tower Grove House.

Walkways will be transformed into sensory light tunnels providing an explosion of visual magic, while more traditional candlelight village displays will delight crowds of all ages.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

For general information, v i s i t w w w. m o b o t . o r g o r c a l l ( 3 1 4 ) 5 7 7 ‑ 5 1 0 0 ( t o l l - f r e e , 1‑800‑642‑8842).

Diabetes Education Program 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday, January 25th, 2014 (RSVP by January 18th)

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Science Center hosts exhibit on bugs The Saint Louis Science Center will open its doors for an insect invasion when it hosts Harry’s Big Adventure: My Bug World! Oct. 19, 2013 through Jan. 20, 2014. The exhibition, which was developed by national pest control company Te r m i n i x , i s a m u l t i s e n s o r y experience that immerses visitors into the world of bugs by introducing them to thousands of live insects.

Hosted by Harry, a Chinese praying mantis, and his insect friends, Harry’s Big Adventure: My Bug World! takes visitors on a unique journey through the habitats, sights, sounds and social structures of some of nature’s smallest, yet most important, contributors.

“We are so excited to host Harry’s Big Adventure,” said Jackie Mollet, Senior Director of Exhibits at the

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Proceeds from the event will benefit Sheldon Educational Programs which introduce more than 20,000 area students annually to jazz, folk, classical, blues, world music and the American musical during weekday morning programs.

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People People planner Events planned in the Alton area

brings the eagles to this region each year. Then, head back across the river to Downtown Alton for ice sculpting on the streets.

A d m i s s i o n i s f re e . F o r m o re details, call 1-800-258-6645 or go to www.VisitAlton.com.

Live Bald Eagles at TreeHouse Wildlife Center Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

TreeHouse Wildlife Center 23956 Green Acres Road Dow, IL 62022 There will be live bald eagles every weekend in January and February at the TreeHouse Wildlife Center. Free admission.

Donations are appreciated. For more information, call (618) 4662990.

Knee High Naturalists Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

The Nature Institute 2213 S. Levis Ln. Godfrey, IL 62035 This "just for children" nature program is sure to capture the interest of youngsters ages 35 as they hike, enjoy crafts and have a snack at the The Nature Institute's Talahi Lodge. Two, onehour sessions are held the second Wednesday of every month. Preregistration is required and walkins cannot be accommodated.

Cost is $5 per child. To register o r f o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n c a l l 618-467-2521 or email pbrown@ TheNatureInstitute.org.

Lunch-n-Learn Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 Noon Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HCR 82 Box 107 Brussels, IL 62013 Bring your own lunch and sit down with the staff at Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge to learn about eagles. Then head out for a short hike to see some eagles soar over Swan Lake. Free and open to all ages. Event begins at noon. Call (618) 883-2524 or visit www.fws. gov/midwest/TwoRivers for more information.

Itchy Brother's Wood Carving Saturday, January 11, 2014 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

The following special events are submitted to you for distribution to the public. The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau is a destination marketing organization serving Madison, Jersey and Calhoun counties in Illinois. We make every effort to insure the information provided below is accurate and timely. For additional information beyond that provided, please contact the event coordinators at the numbers supplied with each calendar entry.

Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette Jan. 3, 15, 17, 24, 29, 31 Feb. 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 21, 26 March 6, 7 8:30 a.m.

Pere Marquette State Park IL Route 100 - Great River Road Grafton, IL 62037 A site interpreter at Pere Marquette State Park, will be presenting informative programs about bald eagles this winter.

Visitors will learn to distinguish between immature and mature bald eagles, what eagles eat, why they spend winter months in the area and much more. All programs will begin at the park's visitor center at 8:30 a.m. Reservations are required. There will be a short video presentation followed by an observational drive to view the wintering bald eagles. Please dress warmly and have a full tank of gas. For more information or reservations, call (618) 786-3323.

Alton-Audubon Eagle Festival Sat., Jan. 4 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, IL 63386 Join us for the kick-off of the eagle watching season. See a live bald eagle up close and personal.

Meet and greet with partners from our Eagle Watching Hot Spots to see what is in store for the rest of the season. Bring the kids for fun activities and crafts. Learn about eagle watching - how to spot eagles, where to look and what

Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048 See the Itchy Brothers Chainsaw Art carve a wood sculpture of the area's famous wintering bird: the American Bald Eagle. The woodcarving will be on display through Sunday. The men of Itchy Brothers Chainsaw have over 30 years of combined experience. Luke Harris and Donnie Johnson are former Laclede Steal employees.

They start their demonstration with larger chainsaws to carve away the spare wood. Then, the pair use feature saws and sanders to get the full detail through. The chainsaws will start at 10 a.m. and they will continue to carve until finished. Event is free. There is an admission to tour the Tower.

Pere Marquette Lodge Wine Club Get Together Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014

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At top, a scene from a previous St. Louis RV Vacation and Travel show. Above, filmmaker John Holod.

The St. Louis RV Vacation & Travel Show will return to America's Center in downtown St Louis, January 9-12, 2014. "Going Places" is the theme for the show, which will feature John Holod and his Roads to Adventure films.

Holod's films on Alaska, the Rocky Mountains and Route 66 were very popular at the 2013 show, and he will expand his offerings for 2014 to show films featuring the Gulf Coast, Southeast and Northeast Coasts.

New features at the show this year will be talks given by Missouri authors, offering information on traveling the Ozarks Region, and various hills, forests and streams of Missouri. Also, a representative of Dealer Resources Group, a national RV parts distributor, J.D. Overstreet, will be giving talks and answering questions about RV products, including Winegard Mobile Antennas and Demco Towing Products.

The promoter of the event, The Midwest Gateway RV Dealers Association, is composed of RV dealerships from Illinois and Missouri, which are located in the St. Louis, Missouri, region. The Midwest Gateway RV Dealers Association was formed in 1977. This will be the 37th year for the event, which is one of the largest, public, recreational vehicle consumer shows in the country.

Today’s RVs are very attractive to families looking for a way to add to their outdoor activities, according to John Meyer, president of the Association and owner of Apache Village RV. He went on to note that the outdoor kitchens, well-appointed bathrooms, state-of-the-art electronics, and expandable floor plans, which allow for multiple uses, are appealing to many modern-day campers.

Among the nearly 300 RVs on the floor of the convention center are nearly every style of recreational vehicle. Motorhomes, 5th wheels, travel trailers, sport utility trailers, van campers, folding camping trailers and truck campers are all on display and for sale. There is also vendor space for campgrounds, resorts, travel destinations as well as RV products and services.

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Religion Cardinal George marks 50 years as priest

By Manya Brachear Pashman Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Cardinal Francis George never could have predicted the challenges American Catholics would face today, a half-century after the nation elected its first Roman Catholic president and the church called George to become a priest.

Abortion had not yet become a national debate. Same-sex marriage had not yet been introduced. And the church had not yet engaged in a public conversation about laws and society.

“The idea that it would be as difficult to be a Catholic in the United States as it’s becoming now was certainly not with us 50 years ago,” George said during a rare, extended interview marking the jubilee of his ordination, which he formally celebrated with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Wednesday.

“A Catholic (John F. Kennedy) had been elected president. That was it.

And yet 50 years later, Catholicism in its basic tenets, to a great extent, is somewhat out of sync with what seems to be the basic tenets now of American society.

“What I promised to uphold and believe 50 years ago I still promise to uphold and believe, and I do,” he added. “But the context of doing that is so much more difficult than it was then.”

George will mark his jubilee Sunday by celebrating a Mass at Holy Name Cathedral that’s open to the public.

A more formal gathering took place Wednesday, when about 100 bishops from across the country — including Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and retired cardinals Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, Edward Egan of New York and Theodore McCarrick of Washington — jointly celebrated Mass at Holy Name with representatives of the Catholic community.

The commemorations cap the cardinal’s 15-year tenure in the C h i c a g o A rc h d i o c e s e , d u r i n g which he has shepherded the area’s Catholics through dozens of school and parish closings, embarrassing sex-abuse scandals, and two papal transitions. He has denounced racism, renewed evangelization efforts and marched for immigrant rights.

George’s time at the helm is soon to end, however. He submitted his mandatory letter of resignation nearly two years ago. Church observers believe whomever Pope Francis taps to succeed George will reflect the pontiff’s intentions on shaping the American church.

So far, George said, this pope has been full of surprises.

While he knew Jorge Bergoglio had been a dedicated pastor who, as the archbishop of Buenos Aires, spent a lot of time with the poor, crowds didn’t gather to hear him preach like they do today and he didn’t grant media interviews. Both are signs that the pope possesses the freedom, confidence and faith it takes to implement bold reforms in the church, George said.

“I said what we needed was a pope who knows how to govern and who has a heart for the poor … and that’s exactly what we have,” he said. “What’s a little unexpected is the popular approach, because that wasn’t part of his governmental style in Buenos Aires. But it’s all to the good. If the pope is in the news, that’s wonderful. We have stories that begin with something other than the scandal-ridden Catholic Church.

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“The office always changes people, but this is a change I hadn’t quite anticipated,” George added.

“It shows that the Lord is a Lord of surprises.”

It came as no surprise to many in the Portage Park neighborhood who survived the Depression that the son of Francis and Julia George became a priest. An altar server at St. Pascal Catholic Church and top student at the parish school, George always took his faith and his studies seriously. Even after polio caused him to miss four months of eighth grade, he returned to claim top honors, said his classmate Sister Frances Ryan.

“The center of his life is the spirituality. It really is and it always was,” said Ryan, known as Loretta before she became a Daughter of Charity. She said young George made sure any children who were marginalized in any way — whether by disabilities or family income — felt included. “Francis was really a leader in that, and he knew how to do that.”

Turned away from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary because he had been disabled by polio, George followed another classmate to a boarding school run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Belleville.

He earned a bachelor ’s degree in theology from what is now the University of Ottawa, a college in Ontario run by the Oblates at the time. On Dec. 21, 1963, six months before college graduation, he returned to Chicago to be ordained a priest.

His joy was immediately tempered by the sight of flags at half-mast and black bunting draped across doorways, marking the assassination of Kennedy the previous month.

Having been in Canada, George

hadn’t fully comprehended Kennedy’s death or its effect on the nation.

Not only was he returning home to an America in mourning, he was returning to a country and a church in tumult. The nation had lost its leader while it was at war in Vietnam and engaged in a battle over civil rights. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church was overhauling its liturgy and rethinking how it should interact with the world.

“In a sense, the church has been in that conversation ever since. It’s not so much a conversation between the way we did it and now the way we do it. But as the church has become more in dialogue with the world, which the (Second Vatican) Council called for, this is the way the world does it and this is the way we do it. … The tensions are still there, but it’s a different conversation.”

George took his first post as an ordained priest as a philosophy professor at Our Lady of the Snows Seminary in Pass Christian, Miss., an hour east of New Orleans. He aspired to a life in academia and by the time he turned 34 had acquired master’s degrees in theology and philosophy as well as a doctorate in philosophy.

He became a full-time professor in the philosophy department at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and eventually became the department’s chairman.

But that career path did not last long. In 1973, he was named the head of the Oblates’ Midwestern province.

The next year he went to Rome as the religious order’s vicar general, or second in command. For 12 years, he traveled to missions in some of the poorest regions of Africa, Latin America and Asia. He also earned another doctorate, in sacred theology, from the Pontifical Urbaniana

University.

He finally returned to the U.S. in 1986 to help launch a think tank for scholars to examine the relationship between religion and culture.

Once again, he was confronted by “enormous changes in the church” and the nation. He struggled “to understand why things came apart to some extent the way they did.”

In 1990, Pope John Paul II tapped George to serve as bishop of Yakima, Wash. In April 1996, he became the archbishop of Portland, Ore. Then, less than a year later, he got the call to return home as the first Chicago native to become archbishop. Just as the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin referred to himself as “Joseph, your brother,” George introduced himself as “Francis, your neighbor.”

But again, after being away from Chicago for so many years, he had to catch up — a task made all the more difficult without Bernardin’s

guidance.

“There were many times in my first few years here when I wondered, ‘Did Bernardin know this?’” George recalled. “If he had been around, it would have been a big help for me to catch up to understand … If possible, I’d like to provide that service to my successor, whoever he might be.”

George’s style initially rubbed many priests and members of the Catholic community the wrong way.

They viewed him as cold and too quick to correct. But George was also quick to adjust.

As the leader of America’s Catholic bishops, he led the prelates’ efforts to defend religious freedom against what he believes is an unconstitutional health care law. For the past few years in Illinois, he has fought same-sex marriage. When the marriage bill passed last month, George issued a letter, standing by his convictions, but acknowledging the reality.

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Movies

QuickGlance Movie Reviews

"Frozen"

Instead of the bygone damsels in distress — yes we’re talking about you Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty — the female royals of “Frozen,” Disney’s latest animated wonder, are feisty, forward and independent.

Strong female leads are fitting, as “Frozen” marks the first time a female has occupied the director’s chair in the 76 years of Disney animation features. Jennifer Lee, who wrote Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” as well as the screenplay for “Frozen,” codirected the icy 3-D adventure with Disney veteran Chris Buck (“Tarzan”).

Inspired by the 19th century fairytale, “The Snow Queen,”

by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” marks another Disney film modernizing one of the Danish author’s stories. “The Little Mermaid” also adapted an Andersen fable.

Eight new songs, by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, work well when paired with the stunning visuals. But none really shine with classic tour de force like a “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” — and it’s been too long since we’ve had a big Disney-stimulated hit.

But the overall message more than makes up for the film’s pitfalls. Rich in magic, perils and family ties, “Frozen” encourages us to embrace our fears, overthrow our inhibitions and find the true meaning of love.

Set in the kingdom of Arendelle, sisters Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) are best friends who love to play in the snow. Luckily big sis Elsa can create ice and snow with her bare hands.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some action and mild rude humor.

RUNNING TIME: ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

"Out of the Furnace"

“Out of the Furnace” is an earnestly crafted, passionately acted working-class drama rusted over by its noble intentions of steel-town sympathizing.

Director Scott Cooper (whose first film, “Crazy Heart,” was also drawn to the dwindling options of an increasingly obsolete hard worker) sets his movie in Braddock, Pa., where he also shot it. The town mill hovers as the empty heart of a corroded city.

Cooper lays the atmosphere on thick, suffocating the film with worn interiors, factory smokestacks, dive bars and highway overpasses. It’s filled with tattoos, beer bottles, muscle cars, flannel shirts and, to top it off, Eddie Vedder (who opens the films with the song “Release”).

The film’s clichis are many, but few will doubt its weighty sincerity, its heavy-handed Rust Belt eulogizing.

What’s dying? The lives of blue-collar men. The film is centered on the Baze brothers, Russell (Christian Bale) and Rodney (Casey Affleck), both of whom are finding that, as their father dies of lung cancer from years at the mill, life in Braddock is dried up.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language.”

RUNNING TIME: 116 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Saving Mr. Banks"

For most scribes who have toiled in the movie industry, portraying Hollywood as a healing paradise is roughly equivalent to regaling a lobster of the soothing properties of a boiling pot of water.

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Hollywood has always, and probably will always, chew up authors. From “Sunset Boulevard” to “In a Lonely Place” to “Barton Fink,” we’ve often had the writer ’s perspective on the painful life of movie scripting. Now, in Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” we have the studio’s.

No one, needless to say, winds up face down in a swimming pool in the Disney version.

“Saving Mr. Banks,” directed by John Lee Hancock (a sure studio hand of inspirational tales like “The Blind Side” and “The Rookie”), is based on the true story of the tug of wills between “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) and Walt Disney (Tom Hanks). Finally drawn by Disney’s money and years of entreaties to adapt her books, the extremely particular British writer arrives in mythic 1961 Los Angeles like a dark cloud indignant of sunshine.

She peers warily at “Los Ang-uh-lees,” as she calls it, from the back window of the limo that’s been sent to pick her up. Her chipper driver (Paul Giamatti) is infuriatingly American. She flinches when he calls her home “Ingerland” and, worse, says “no problemo.”

It’s just the start of the unpleasantness for Travers, who recoils at the thought of handing over her very precious characters — “my family,” she says — to Disney. When she arrives in a hotel room strewn with baskets and stuffed animals, she faces a giant Mickey doll in the corner, telling him he can stay there “until you learn the art of subtlety.”

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “thematic elements including some unsettling images.”

RUNNING TIME: 126 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"

Can there be too much of a good thing? Where did that expression come from, anyway? If it’s good, isn’t more always better?

Discuss.

Or, actually, don’t discuss. Because, in the case of “Anchorman 2” anyway, the question is sort of pointless, isn’t it? Everything about both the original 2004 film, a cult classic of the Will Ferrell oeuvre, and its lead character, Ron Burgundy, was puffed up and absurd and ridiculous.

And so, why wouldn’t the sequel be even more puffed up, more absurd and more ridiculous? As long as Ferrell’s back (he is), and reunited with his wacky partners (he is) to form a veritable dream team of inappropriateness (they do), then what could be wrong?

Not that “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” again directed with total self-assurance by Adam McKay, is a work of fine art. It’s a broad, low-brow comedy, which one imagines was concocted somewhat like a huge abstract painting: You throw gobs (or jokes) onto a big canvas, some spills over the edges, and it’s messy and lumpy, but hey, it’s all good, and anyway, the next gob is coming.

For those who may have missed the original, it brought us Burgundy, a TV anchor defined by his goofiness, selfimportance, good-natured chauvinism, and polyester. Set in the ‘70s, the theme was gender equality; Burgundy’s foil was Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), who sought her own anchor chair.

In the sequel, the issue isn’t gender but the very purpose of TV news: To inform, or entertain? We’re in 1980, and Burgundy and Corningstone, now married, host a morning show together. Then she — alone — is offered an evening anchor slot. Burgundy? He’s fired (the boss is a gruffly funny Harrison Ford, sounding

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quite Brokaw-esque.)

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “crude and sexual content, drug use, language and comic violence.”

RUNNING TIME: 119 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"The Invisible Woman"

Two years after he made his directorial debut with “Coriolanus,” the terrific actor Ralph Fiennes arrives with his second effort, an exploration of an illicit liaison that Charles Dickens had with a young actress.

And “The Invisible Woman” is so different in every way from that first film — in content, texture, look, and pace — that, well, it’s tempting to call this “A Tale of Two Movies.”

Of course, both films are skillfully made, as one would expect from a talent like Fiennes (who also stars in both).

But where “Coriolanus” was visceral, violent, and virtually crackling with energy, “The Invisible Woman” is quiet, reflective, richly detailed, and slow-moving.

Nothing wrong with any of that. But it also lacks something crucial: Passion.

This will be particularly disappointing to those who see the names Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas together here, and remember the heat these two generated together, oh, 17 years ago in “The English Patient.” Alas, Thomas plays not the love interest here — that goes to the much younger Felicity Jones — but the love interest’s mother.

It is, though, a fascinating story — and a true one, first told in a 1990 biography by Claire Tomalin, on which the screenplay is based. When Dickens was 45, and at the height of his considerable celebrity, he met 18-year-old Nelly Ternan, a budding actress with a role in one of his theatrical productions.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some sexual content.”

RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"The Wolf of Wall Street"

Digging into deep-pocket gluttony, Martin Scorsese’s dark comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street” highlights a world rich in drugs, fast cars and private jets. The American dream is amplified, yet those indulging in it are never satisfied.

In the film’s opening segment, trading tycoon Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, declares, “Money is the best drug. It makes you a better person.” This was the motto fueling a host of hustling stockbrokers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it sets the tone for Scorsese’s commentary on the extravagance of our twisted financial culture.

As we’ve seen in his films “Goodfellas” and “Casino,” Scorsese is keen on illuminating power struggles among a brutal backdrop. But in “Wolf,” swindling is the central vice, while violence is pale.

Adapted by Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”), “Wolf” is based on a memoir by the real Jordan Belfort, who became a multi-millionaire at 26 and served 22 months in prison for securities fraud and money-laundering before becoming a best-selling author and motivational speaker.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language throughout, and for some violence.”

RUNNING TIME: 179 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

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Associated Press

In this undated image courtesy Walt Disney Studios and provided by the Library of Congress, Bert the chimney sweep, played by Dick Van Dyke, center, and the other sweeps performing “Step in Time” in the 1964 film "Mary Poppins."

"Mary Poppins" among films to be preserved

By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just in time for a new movie about the making of “Mary Poppins,” the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at the Library of Congress so future generations of Americans can see it.

On Wednesday, the library is inducting 25 films into the National Film Registry to be preserved for their cultural, historical or cinematic significance. This year’s selections include Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” the space race film “The Right Stuff,” and Michael Moore’s documentary confronting the auto industry, “Roger and Me.” Curators said it was a coincidence that they selected “Mary Poppins” just ahead of its 50th anniversary and during the release of the new Disney film “Saving Mr. Banks,” which is

about the making of the movie. Steve Leggett, program coordinator for the library’s National Film Preservation Board, said “Mary Poppins” had been on the short list of picks many times before.

“It’s just a title that everyone has seen and recognizes, and the musical numbers and just the Julie Andrews and the shim-shim-a-ree — it’s just become a real, imbued part of our culture,” he said.

The films chosen this year span from 1919 to 2002 and include Hollywood classics, documentaries, silent films, independent flicks and experimental pictures. Congress created the program in 1989 to ensure that gems from American movie history are preserved for years to come.

Some are chosen for their influence on movies that would follow, as with “Pulp Fiction” from 1994. The film board called it a milestone for independent cinema, and Leggett

noted Tarantino’s “stylized violence and kind of strangeness” in the cinematography.

Older films often become endangered of being lost, said Librarian of Congress James Billington, “so we must protect the nation’s matchless film heritage and cinematic creativity.”

This year ’s selections represent the “extreme vitality and diversity of American film heritage,” Leggett said. Many illustrate American culture and society from their times, he said.

The oldest films joining the registry this year are from the silent era. They include 1920’s “Daughter of Dawn,” which featured an all-Native-American cast of Comanche and Kiowa people, with a fictional love story and a record of Native American traditions of the time. The 1919 silent film “A Virtuous Vamp,” a spoof on workplace romance, made Constance Talmadge an early film star. And

“Ella Cinders” from 1926 featured the famous actress Colleen Moore.

Earlier this month, the library released a study that found 70 percent of America’s feature-length silent films have already been lost.

Other notable selections this year include the 1956 science-fiction film “Forbidden Planet,” which depicted humans as space travelers to another planet ahead of the real space race to the moon; the popular Western “The Magnificent Seven” from 1960; and the 1946 film “Gilda,” which is the first in the registry featuring actress Rita Hayworth.

Also included is the 1966 adaptation of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” starring the real-life couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The movie earned Oscar nominations for them both, a win for Taylor, and launched the screen-directing career of Mike Nichols.

The legend returns with cheap laughs

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge Wi l l F e r r e l l h a s r e l e a s e d upwards of a dozen features in the nine years since "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" debuted in 2004. Nearly every one perfected his honed talent for making an over-the-top character seem immediately likable - or at least silly enough - to anchor an entire franchise laced with buffoonery. Ron Burgundy is one of the more fully fleshed-out and cheesy of the lot. I find it odd that it's taken this long for a sequel to make its way through the works, but not as much as before I actually saw the movie.

Having conquered the San Diego news scene in the first installment, and found love with his co-anchor Veronica Corningstone (Christina

Applegate), Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) seems poised to conquer the world at the start of this picture. His "salon-quality hair", manly mustache, and eager spirit aren't sufficiently prepared for being let go by his grumpy boss (Harrison Ford). Out of work, replaced on the air by his wife, and generally depressed, God deals Ron Burgundy a new hand in the form of an opportunity from producer (Dylan Baker) and owner (Josh Lawson) of the country's first 24-hour cable news channel, GNN. Thus the first act of the Legend Continues begins. The opening half of the film focuses on Ron getting his band back together.

He finds racist/sexist sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner) running a fast food restaurant that secretly substitutes bats for their winning-recipe fried "chicken".

Action news reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) has found supreme happiness in his new career photographing adorable kittens for high-profile magazines and advertisements. At the funeral for dim-bulb weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), everyone - including the deceased - is delighted to learn that the guest of honor is actually still among the living. The four embark in Ron's custom Winnebago, with bossy pup Baxter, on a trip to New York City and the promise of future fame.

They say that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

So, by extension, I have to surmise that in the early days of non-stop media coverage, an anchor like Ron Burgundy must have been a god. He's the one credited with tapping ideas like trumpeting up

car chases and natural disasters for their ratings appeal. In fact, Ron's antics win him favor with the new boss (Meagan Good) who throws herself hard at him. Forget that his journalistic integrity continues to be at an all-time low. He's nailing the whole revenge angle against his ex-wife and her meteoric rise back on the West coast.

I recently watched the great mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man" and I have to say that tonally, the Ron Burgundy movies really nail that awkward gap we bridged as a pop culture society from the 1970s into the excess of the 1980s. The self-imposed exile that Ron puts himself into after going hysterically blind (probably a side effect from smoking crack on the air), reminds me very much of Tom Jordache's (Nick Nolte) move to France to escape the syndicate.

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Ron living in a lighthouse and nursing a killer shark back to health is slightly, again, over-thetop, but nothing so ridiculous as the number of fantastic cameo appearances made by some very famous folks at the climax of this picture. Central Park becomes the backdrop for another news team free-for-all as Ron and the boys battle the likes of Kanye West, Marion Cotillard, and the gentlemanly ghost of Stonewall Jackson (John C. Reilly). The laughs in this movie may be cheap, but they still coming flying at you at record speed.

"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" runs 136 minutes and is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, drug use, language, and comic violence. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

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Thursday, Jan. 2 No Place Like Home: American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through February 2.

Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2, 2014.

A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

The Past, Present and Future of Nature Photography Exhibit, The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 25, 2014.

Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2.

Postwar German Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 26, 2014.

Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 12, 2014.

Encounters Along the Missouri River: the 1858 Sketchbooks of Carl Ferdinand Wimar, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 19.

A New Voice: Contemporary Art Exhibit, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

I Was A Soldier: Photos by Jerry Tovo, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 20, 2014.

50 Years of Wilderness: Through the Lens of Missouri's 8 Wilderness Areas Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 5, 2014.

Friday, Jan. 3 West Side Story, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

No Place Like Home: American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through February 2.

Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2, 2014.

The Past, Present and Future of Nature Photography Exhibit, The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 25, 2014.

Chiura Obata: Four Paintings, Four Moods Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through February 2, 2014.

Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2.

The United States Navy: WWI and WWII, Jefferson Barracks Museums, St. Louis, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 29.

Yoko Ono: Wish Tree, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

Postwar German Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 26, 2014.

Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 12, 2014.

Encounters Along the Missouri River: the 1858 Sketchbooks of Carl Ferdinand Wimar, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 19.

A New Voice: Contemporary Art Exhibit, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

I Was A Soldier: Photos by Jerry Tovo, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 20, 2014.

50 Years of Wilderness: Through the Lens of Missouri's 8 Wilderness Areas Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 5, 2014.

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 25, 2014.

Danica Dakic Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Noon to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 26, 2014.

Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2.

Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works Exhibit, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Chiura Obata: Four Paintings, Four Moods Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 2, 2014.

Yoko Ono: Wish Tree, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

Postwar German Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 26, 2014.

Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 12, 2014.

Encounters Along the Missouri River: the 1858 Sketchbooks of Carl Ferdinand Wimar, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 19.

A New Voice: Contemporary Art Exhibit, St. Louis Art Museum, St.

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A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

No Place Like Home: American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through February 2.

Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2, 2014.

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Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2.

Chiura Obata: Four Paintings, Four Moods Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 2, 2014.

Postwar German Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 26, 2014.

Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 12, 2014.

Encounters Along the Missouri River: the 1858 Sketchbooks of Carl Ferdinand Wimar, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 19.

A New Voice: Contemporary Art Exhibit, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

I Was A Soldier: Photos by Jerry Tovo, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 20, 2014.

50 Years of Wilderness: Through the Lens of Missouri's 8 Wilderness Areas Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The 1968 Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Saturday, Jan. 4 West Side Story, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

No Place Like Home: American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through February 2.

Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2, 2014.

The Past, Present and Future of Nature Photography Exhibit, The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00

Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

I Was A Soldier: Photos by Jerry Tovo, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 20, 2014.

50 Years of Wilderness: Through the Lens of Missouri's 8 Wilderness Areas Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 5, 2014.

The 1968 Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 5, 2014.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Schumer to visit the Peabody Be sure to get some of Amy Schumer ’s comedy when she hits the road next year. http://www.cc.com/comedyt o u r s a n d w w w. a m y s c h u m e r. com. This is Schumer ’s second national tour with COMEDY C E N T R A L w h i c h k i c k s o ff o n Friday, January 24, 2014 in New York City at Best Buy Theater and travels to more than 30 cities (full tour schedule at the end of this release). The tour is produced by AEG Live.

Tickets for her April 5 show at the Peabody Opera House are $ 3 4 . 5 0 a n d $ 4 2 . 0 0 a n d a re o n sale now.

Tickets may be purchased at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800-7453000, or online at ticketmaster. com.

There is a facility fee on all tickets purchased at all locations, including at the Scottrade Center Box Office.

“Inside Amy Schumer” launched on April 30, 2013 and ranked as a top three program on cable among M18-34 and M18-24 in its Tuesday 10:30P-11P timeslot during its first season.

The series is currently in production for its second season a n d s e t t o d e b u t o n Tu e s d a y, April 1, 2014 at 10:30 p.m. ET/ P T o n C O M E D Y C E N T R A L .

“Inside Amy Schumer,” created

by Schumer and Daniel Powell, who executive produces along with head writer Jessi Klein, provides an intimate look into the mind of comedian Amy Schumer, who, through a series of scripted vignettes, standu p c o m e d y, a n d m a n - o n - t h e street interviews, explores topics revolving around sex, relationships, and the general clusterf*ck that is life.

The upcoming second season will include a stellar line-up of guest appearances including: P a u l G i a m a t t i , P a r k e r P o s e y, Zach Braff, Josh Charles, Janeane Garofalo, Chrissy Teigen, Ahmir

“Questlove” Thompson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Artie Lange, K a t h y N a j i m y, M i s s i P y l e , Patrick Warburton, Colin Quinn, Michael Ian Black, Abby Elliott, Reggie Watts, Natasha Leggero, J o n G l a s e r, M i k e B i r b i g l i a , Deborah Rush, Scott Adsit and Todd Barry.

"West Side Story" returns to The Fox

Side Story" are Jerome Robbins' graceful, endlessly expressive choreography and Leonard B e r n s t e i n ' s s c o re , w h i c h s t i l l sounds bracingly modern a halfcentury after it was first heard.

The music is a primal force.”

"West Side Story" is written by three theatrical luminaries: t w o - t i m e To n y Aw a rd w i n n e r Arthur Laurents (book) and m u l t i p l e To n y a n d G r a m m y

Aw a r d w i n n e r s L e o n a r d Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) in his Broadway debut. " We s t S i d e S t o r y " f e a t u re s scenic designs by James Yo u m a n s , c o s t u m e s b y To n y Aw a r d n o m i n e e D a v i d C .

Wo o l a r d , l i g h t i n g b y To n y Award winner Howell Binkley and sound design by Peter McBoyle.

The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of "West Side S t o r y " i s coming to St. Louis. " We s t S i d e S t o r y " w i l l o p e n at the Fabulous Fox Theatre o n F r i d a y, J a n u a r y 3 . To n y Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction is recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway.

The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced b y To n y Aw a rd - n o m i n e e J o e y M c K n e e l y ( T h e B o y f ro m O z , The Life).

Performances of "West Side Story" at the Fabulous Fox Theatre run January 3-5. Show times are Friday and Saturday evening at 8pm, Saturday afternoon at 2pm and Sunday afternoon at 1pm.

Tickets are available online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314534-1111 or in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.

Ti c k e t p r i c e s s t a r t a t $ 3 0 .

P r i c e s a re s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e ; please refer to FabulousFox. com for current pricing. "West S i d e S t o r y" is part of the Fox Theatre’s 2013-2014 U.S. Bank Broadway Series. " We s t S i d e S t o r y " t e l l s t h e story of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria as they struggle t o r i s e a b o v e t h e h a t re d a n d intolerance that surrounds t h e m . " We st Side Story" soars as the greatest love story of all time and remains as powerful, p o i g n a n t a n d t i m e l y a s e v e r.

The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as “Something’s

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The Arts Artistic adventures Celtic Woman to perform at the Fox Global music phenomenon C e l t i c Wo m a n w i l l re t u r n t o North American concert stages in early 2014 with The Emerald Tour, which includes a stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Friday, March 14 at 7:30pm.

Ti c k e t s f o r t h e M a r c h 1 4 engagement at the Fox will go on sale Friday, November 8 at 10am online at MetroTix.com, by phone at 314-534-1111 and in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office. Ticket prices are $102, $72 and $42.

The elaborate new stage presentation will celebrate the Emerald Isles’ spellbinding musical and cultural heritage.

The concerts will combine longtime fan favorites with new musical gems written specifically for Celtic Woman, under the direction of Emmy®nominated music producer David Downes. The Emerald Tour will spotlight the angelic voices and inspiring music that have won Celtic Woman the devotion of a worldwide audience.

C e l t i c Wo m a n i s a u n i q u e ensemble that showcases the talent and charisma of four gifted young Irish women, whose dazzling performances combine the sound and sensibility of Irish traditional music with contemporary pop standards and memorable original compositions.

Recently named Billboard magazine's #1 World Music Artist, Celtic Woman presents a one-ofa-kind concert experience that also incorporates the talents of a group of world-class musicians, the Aontas Choir, bagpipers and championship Irish dancers.

Since its inception in 2004, Celtic Woman has emerged as both a spectacular commercial success and a genuine cultural phenomenon.

The group's uplifting mix of timeless tradition and contemporary craft has transcended national and c u l t u r a l b o rd e r s t o t o u c h t h e hearts of a loyal international fan base, who've embraced Celtic Woman's hugely successful public television specials and made their eight CDs and seven DVDs into multi-platinum best-sellers. The multitalented ensemble has sold more than eight million copies of its releases, all of which have d e b u t e d a t # 1 o n B i l l b o a rd ' s World Music chart. As a live act, they continue to sell out concert halls around the world, having performed for nearly three million fans.

C e l t i c Wo m a n h a s w o n a particularly passionate audience in America, where their elaborately staged, visually stunning concert tours consistently draw sellout crowds.

The group has performed twice at the White House, as well as making high-profile appearances on such American television shows as Dancing with the Stars and the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.

C e l t i c Wo m a n r e c e n t l y completed a successful monthlong tour of European concerts, encompassing performances i n G e r m a n y, A u s t r i a , t h e Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. The busy group is currently preparing for its third annual holiday tour of North America, accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The group

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then plans to kick off 2014 with a rare tour of Australia.

Singing songs of love, loss, hope and inspiration, Celtic Woman celebrates Ireland's centuries-old musical and cultural traditions, while taking advantage of the limitless options of state-ofthe-art stage production. The result is a breathtaking musical and theatrical experience to be enjoyed by multiple generations of concertgoers.

Ron White to appear at the Peabody Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White, best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon returns to St Louis with his n e w s t a n d - u p s h o w, A L i t t l e Unprofessional.

White has achieved two Grammy nominations, a Gold Record, two of the top rated onehour specials in Comedy Central history, a book that appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List, and CD and DVD sales of over 10 million units.

The show will be conducted at 7 p.m. on May 16 and is recommended for mature audiences.

Ti c k e t s , o n s a l e n o w, a r e $49.75 and $59.75 and are available at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, ticketmaster. com or by calling 800-745-3000.

Muny announces adult, teen, child audition dates The Muny announced today its audition schedule for the 2014 season. Complete information on times, locations and descriptions of each audition will be posted

on muny.org on December 16.

The audition dates are: January 31, 2014:St. Louis local non-Equity adult singer auditions February 1: Adult open call: Singers February 2: Singer callbacks February 3: St. Louis local Equity adult principal auditions February 8: Adult open call: Dancers February 9: Dancer callbacks February 22: Teen open call February 23: Teen callbacks March 1: Children open call March 2: Children callbacks And for the first time: December 1-15, 2013: Singer video submissions accepted Adult singers looking to audition for the 2014 Muny season can now submit a video audition online.

Sheldon Gala to host Renée Fleming

seller Bel Canto for Lyric Opera's 2015-2016 season.

Proceeds from this very special e v e n i n g , c h a i re d b y Ti m a n d Kim Eberlein and Don and Mary Pillsbury Wainwright, benefit the concerts, gallery exhibitions and educational programs of the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries Gala tickets are on sale now, starting at $500 and include pre-concert cocktails and hors d ’ o e u v r e s , d i n n e r, p r e f e r r e d concert seating, complimentary valet parking and a tax deduction. Call The Sheldon at 314-533-9900.

Concert-only tickets go on sale February 1 at 10 a.m. Tickets are $55 orchestra/$45 balcony and are available beginning February 1 through MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or online at www.TheSheldon.org.

For more information, call The Sheldon during normal business hours, Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A four-time Grammy winner, Renée Fleming has been sought after on numerous distinguished occasions, from the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, to Beijing during the Olympic Games, and, breaking a precedent, as the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline an opening night gala in 2008.

More recently, she appeared o n We A re O n e : T h e O b a m a Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, and in an historic first in 2012, Fleming sang on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II. Fleming is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Hall Corporation, and in 2010, was named the first ever C re a t i v e C o n s u l t a n t a t Ly r i c Opera of Chicago. She is currently curating the creation of a worldpremiere opera based on the best-

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence.

Known as “the people’s diva” and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, she continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other musical forms and media. Over the past few seasons, Fleming has hosted a wide variety of television and radio broadcasts, including the M e t ro p o l i t a n O p e r a ’ s L i v e i n HD series for movie theaters and television, and Live From Lincoln Center on PBS. Fleming will perform at the annual Sheldon Gala at 8:15 p.m. on March 15.

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The Arts Memphis Ballet brings production to Touhill For The Edge Red shoes and witches, poppies and Munchkins, and all of Dorothy’s friends are here for this beloved family and pop-culture fan favorite.

Dance St. Louis presents Wizard of Oz starring Ballet Memphis on January 24 and 25 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Choreographed by Ballet Memphis’ choreographic associate Steven McMahon, this delightful adaptation creates “an entirely new universe for the great American fairytale” (The Commercial Appeal). Here, Dorothy wears red pointe shoes as she and her trio of friends—the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion—journey down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, each in search Mass., The Joyce Theater in New York City, and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., among others. For more information, go to www.balletmemphis.com.

Tickets to Wizard of Oz range from $15 - $55. Saturday matinee tickets are $35. Evening performances are $35 - $55. Children aged 12 and under are $15 - $20.

Tickets are available at the Dance St. Louis box office at 3547 Olive St. in the Centene Center for Arts and Education in Grand Center, by calling 314-534-6622, or by visiting dancestlouis.org.

Dance St. Louis Artistic & Executive Director Michael Uthoff will host a free program, the Marjorie Orgel Speaking of Dance Series in the Touhill’s Terrace Lobby at 7:15 p.m. prior to the 8 p.m. performances and at 1:15 p.m. prior to the Saturday 2 p.m. performance.

Pictured are three scenes from the Memphis Ballet's production of "The Wizard of Oz." For The Edge of something different: a heart, a brain, courage and the chance to return home. Along the way, there is Glinda, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Munchkins, who will be played by 20 local dancers from COCA, and many more characters, delighting audiences young and old, longtime fans and newcomers. With traditional Oz costumes—Dorothy’s blue gingham dress and Glinda’s sparkling pink gown—and music

by British composers Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughn Williams, the beautiful, fresh and heartwarming ballet captures and exudes the true magic of Wizard of Oz. Ballet-Dance Magazine describes Wizard of Oz as “an entertaining adaptation of this popular American Tale…a new classic…” The ballet, which premiered in 2007 and was restaged for the 2012/13 season, is Steven McMahon’s first full-length ballet. He has also choreographed more than a dozen ballets for Ballet Memphis, including Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Carnival of the Animals, Soul Selects Her Own

Society and Being Here With Other People, the finale of Dance St. Louis’ SPRING TO DANCE FESTIVAL® 2011.

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Identified as a “national treasure” by the Ford Foundation, Ballet Memphis annually produces more original work than any other company its size and continues to breathe new life into classical ballets. The company’s combined programs—professional company, ballet school, educational enrichment, community outreach and Pilates Centre—serve 75,000 people annually. Ballet Memphis has performed in cities nationwide, including the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket,

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The Ozark Mountain Daredevils perform recently at the Flamingo Casino in Kansas City.

Country/rockers will paint the Wildey a shade of "Jackie Blue"

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ne of the most succesful country/rock bands to come out of the Midwest in the 1970s is set to make its return to Edwardsville.

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils will play Jan. 3-4 at the Wildey Theatre, 252 N. Main St. “This will be their second time here — the first was January 2012. Last year we wanted them to come back, but we couldn’t find a date that would work for both the Wildey and the Daredevils,” said Katie Grable, program coordinator for Edwardsville Parks and Recreation.

“They also played two shows the first time and they were pretty close to being sold out. I think we’ll sell out this time because ticket sales are going really well.”

The Daredevils aren’t the only band eager to return to the Wildey, which opened in 1909 as an opera house and closed in 1984 as a movie theater. It reopened in April 2011 after a lengthy restoration project.

“Most groups love performing at the Wildey — it’s a beautiful venue and it brings the audience very close to the stage,” Grable said. “It’s an old theater, so it has a character about it even though it was recently renovated.

“We found that classic rock does really well, so that’s

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what we’ve concentrated on in bringing shows here. It has only 326 seats, so that’s all the ticket income we’re going to receive.

“We have to pay attention to routings. When a band is coming through our area and looking for a date, that’s usually the best opportunity for us.”

Booking acts for the Wildey was a learning experience for Grable.

“Since 2007, I’ve been hiring bands for the ‘Concert in the Park series, which is a successful program, but those are regional bands,” Grable said. “They don’t have big hospitality riders where you have to have certain things for them.

“I do have experience working with music, but not at the level of the bands that come to the Wildey. That was brand new for me.”

The Daredevils, who sold more two million records while recording hits like “Jackie Blue” and “If You Want to Get to Heaven,” formed in 1971 as a collection of singersongwriters from the Springfield, Mo., area.

The band is now semi-retired and tours on a limited basis. The current lineup includes original members Michael “Supe” Granda, John Dillon and Steve Cash.

Recently, the Daredevils have performed as a nine-piece group with other members including Ron Gremp (the drummer for 22 years) and Ruell Chappell (vocals and percussion), who was the second keyboard player in the 1970s.

The Daredevils are the first in a series of shows

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confirmed for the Wildey in 2014. including the Little River Band on Feb. 13-14 and Judy Collins on May 17.

“On Jan. 18, we have Jake’s Leg (a longtime Grateful Dead tribute band from St. Louis,” Grable said. “They sold out last year and they keep our ushers on their toes. Their fans like to get out of their seats and dance. ”The group that I’m most excited about is Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Feb. 15. They’re a choral/gospel group out of South Africa. On Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’, they were the group that did the background vocals on “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes’ and several other songs on that CD. Ticket sales are going well and I want to see the building packed for that one.”

Other upcoming shows feature Brewer & Shipley on March 8, the Bellamy Brothers on March 14, Pure Prairie League on April 12, Dave Mason on April 25 and Janis Ian on June 13.

“On Jan. 10, we have a local guy named Marquise Knox, who is a fantastic young blues musician,” Grable said. “You can’t imagine that he’s only 22 years old. That’s part of our winter concert series, which includes appetizers for the relatively cheap ticket price of $12.

“Dave Mason is doing ‘Traffic Jam,’ which will feature songs from the albums he did with Traffic (in 1967 and 1968) plus a lot of other material from throughout his solo career.”

Tickets for the Ozark Mountain Daredevils are $50, $55 and $60. Along with the other shows, they are available at www.wildeytheatre.com. For more information, call 307-2053.

Music Tuning in The Milk Carton Kids coming to the Sheldon The Milk Carton Kids will appear at the Sheldon Ballroom at 8 p.m. on April 15.

Tickets are $20 general admission.

Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit TheSheldon.org.

After forming in 2011, the duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan quickly built a devoted following with the simple purity of their music, touring with a host of established acts (Old Crow Medicine Show, Punch Brothers, and more), appearing on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series and charming audiences with their deadpan onstage humor. While their most obvious musical reference is the classic folk revival sound of twin acoustic guitars and matching harmonies, the band both expands and contradicts that rich legacy with highly inventive guitar lines and their intricately interwoven vocals.

Los Angeles duo The Milk Carton Kids anticipated Anti-debut album The Ash & Clay is available now.

BRIT FLOYD to appear the Peabody The world’s greatest Pink Floyd show, BRIT FLOYD Discovery World Tour 2014 hits the road this January!! It’s a spectacular new live production featuring music from all fourteen Pink Floyd studio albums plus a dazzling new light and laser show. This amazing show arrives at the Peabody Opera House for one night only on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Tickets are on sale at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com. There is a facility fee on all tickets purchased at all locations, including at the Scottrade Center Box Office. For more information go to www. peabodyoperahouse.com The tour is named after Pink Floyd’s recent box set of the same name. It features music from the Syd Barrett led ‘60’s psychedelic pop of “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” through to the nineties “The Division Bell,” and everything in between.

The brand new DISCOVERY show will capture in note-for-note detail, all your favorite moments as well as a few lesser known gems, from one of the most outstanding and enduring back catalogues in the history of recorded music. It includes stunning new video animation, theatrics and inflatables.

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2013 has been a phenomenal y e a r f o r Charlie Wilson. He was honored with the 2013 BET Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards. The musical tribute honoring Charlie will long be remembered as one of the finest tributes ever paid to a legend. It included India Arie, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Lion, Pharrell and Justin Timberlake. Charlie joined Justin, Snoop and Pharrell for a medley of songs including “Signs,” “Beautiful” and numerous hits from the GAP Band. It was truly “Oustanding.”

Wilson proved yet again why he continues to have number one hits and perform to sold-out crowds both domestically and internationally. “I felt blessed and humbled when I had gotten word that I was receiving this award,” stated Wilson. “That was only exceeded by the people who came out to share that very special moment with me. We had a great time and I will always treasure it.”

section, as always, includes bassist Billy Cox, the only player, apart from Jimi Hendrix himself, who was part of both the Band of Gypsys and the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Chris Layton, the drummer who, along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, was a founder of Double Trouble.

The tour will roll into the Fox Theatre for an 8 p.m.

Tickts are $100, $75, $60, $50 & $40 and $30 and are availableonline at metrotix.com, by calling 314-5341111, or in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.

As has been the case with previous Experience Hendrix outings, special guests are expected to sit in at many of the dates, making the concerts all that much more memorable for both new and veteran Hendrix fans.

Past special guests have included Paul Rodgers, Joe Satriani, Hubert Sumlin, Steve Vai, Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Carlos Santana, Robby Krieger, and others.

Experience Hendrix Tour planned

SLSO Family Concert series announced

The eighth edition of the celebrated Experience Hendrix Tour is set to launch in March 2014.

These special event performances represent an ongoing tribute to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix.

Presented by BandFuse: Rock Legends, the month long tour, brings together a diverse group of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix. This year’s line-up ranges from metal legend Zakk Wylde [Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society], blues icon Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the innovative Dweezil Zappa, Los Lobos’ stalwarts Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo, lefthanded blues rocker Eric Gales, Texas guitar gods Doyle Bramhall II and Eric Johnson. The rhythm

The St. Louis Symphony’s Family Concert series for the the 2013-2014 season has been announced The St. Louis Symphony Family Concerts are held four times each season and are designed to help familiarize younger listeners with the orchestra in a fun, imaginative and interactive way. The season’s other concerts include: • Peter and the Wolf: Sunday, January 12 at 3pm Prokofiev’s piece gets an on-stage twist, as performers from STAGES St. Louis will join the St. Louis Symphony to act out this family favorite.

• Choose Your Own Symphonic Adventure: Sunday, March 9 at 3pm This interactive journey through the history of classical music will

Robin Thicke to appear at the Fox Following the release of his best selling new album, Blurred Lines, recording artist Robin Thicke has announced details of his highly anticipated Spring 2014 North American tour. The artist will be joined by special guests Jessie J and DJ Cassidy on all dates making

this the hottest concert package of the spring. The tour will make 15 exclusive stops across North America and will kick off on February 21st in Atlanta, Georgia at the Fox Theatre, continuing through the spring. Robin is teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans some of the best seats in the house to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

These special tickets will be available exclusively at www.ticketsforcharity. com.

Tickets and special limited VIP packages are available for purchasenow. For additional tour information, please visit www. robinthicke.com.

Thicke will appear March 15 at the Fox Theatre.

This past summer marked the debut of Robin Thicke’s highly anticipated sixth studio album, Blurred Lines (Star Trak/Interscope Records). The collection debuted at #1 on Billboard Top 200 while, “ B l u r re d L i n e s , ” t h e s i n g l e , continued its 12-week reign on the Billboard Hot 100 chart making Robin the first artist to take the top spot on both lists since December 2012 and only the 17th act to earn the distinction in the past ten years.

“Blurred Lines” scored the highest audience ever recorded and broke records by climbing to #1 on 5 radio charts simultaneously (Top 40, Rhythm, Urban, Hot AC & Urban AC) – the first time this has ever been done by an artist. New York Magazine called the album, “A great record. Period,” while Rolling Stone said, “Robin Thicke sings, writes, produces, plays keyboard and even raps a little on his excellent sixth album.” The second single off of the album, “Give It 2 U” ft. Kendrick Lamar, is available now.

Robin Thicke has established himself as one of the most respected singer-songwriters in soul and R&B music today.

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Charlie Wilson to perform at The Fox The Natural. This simple phrase eloquently captures the essence of Charlie Wilson.

That essence is currently commanding center stage with the sparkling ballad “My Love Is All I Have” which has already reached #1 on the Billboard Urban Adult Contemporary chart. No one slamdunks a ballad like Wilson, the Grammy-nominated multi-talent behind the 15-week Billboard UAC chart-topper “You Are.” Wilson will appear at 8 p.m. on Jan. 18.

Tickets are on sale now for $100, $85, $59.50, $49.50 & $39.50 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at

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The concert will feature iconic works from Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and many more.

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Neonbraska w/Riala, Shark Dad, Hands and Feet, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 3 New Orleans New Year with the Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Les Gruff and the Billy Goat w/Nick D and the Believers, Aye Sir Owl, Lizzie Weber, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Aaron Kamm & The One Drops, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Aquitaine "American Pulverizer 2" Release Party w/Hidden Lakes, The Vondrukes, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

Project Zero Elite w/Lil Jay, White Eagle, Reup Von Wolfgang, Mon G, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Jake's Leg w/Spontaneous Serendipity, Cicero's, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Faux Pas w/Brazil, Yankee Rain, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Gateway Getaway w/The Weekend Routine, The Former Me, Captains Courageous, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

The Brothers: A Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Battle For Pointfest 2014 feat. Filter The Fallen, Orion, Pain After August, Pop's, Sauget, 6:00 p.m.

Powder Mill & Scott Shipley, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Monday, Jan 6 Open Mic Night, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan 8 The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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RemiXT, Cicero's, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Colleens w/Strawfoot, Letter to Memphis, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan 10 (Crosses), Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

A Gala Night with David Garrett, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Stephanie Berg, Nielsen and Beethoven, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Winter Concert Series feat. Marquise Knox, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Jan 11 Jake's Leg, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

School of Rock Performs Pink Floyd's The Wall, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 4:00 p.m.

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llinois & Iowa – The Mississippi River is the second most-visited U.S. natural resource (after the Grand Canyon). The bald eagles find it a pretty popular place to visit as well.

Each year from December through February, thousands of bald eagles migrate south to winter along the Mississippi River near the lock and dams. Turbulence created below the dams provides open water and a smorgasbord of stunned fish for eagles to feast upon. In addition, the wooded bluffs that overlook the Mississippi are excellent habitat for roosting and an increasing number of cases nesting. It’s not uncommon to see more than 10 eagles in one tree!

Bring your binoculars and take a trip this winter to this Upper Mississippi River region in Iowa and Illinois to catch a glimpse of the country’s national symbol.

Take part in the many Bald Eagle Watches in January and February 2014 that happen in the communities that line the banks of the Great River Road from Dubuque, Iowa, south to Quincy, Illinois. For more information to start planning a winter Mississippi River getaway, visit www.

TravelMississippiRiver.org TravelMississippiRiver.org is now holding a contest so you can win a weekend getaway this winter to go eagle watching in one of five different communities along the Mississippi River in Illinois and Iowa. Sign up today at www.

TravelMississippiRiver.org. The contest continues through January 10, 2014.

The Clinton/Fulton Bald Eagle Watch is Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Lock & Dam 13 (Fulton, Ill.) and Clinton Community College for indoor exhibits. Outdoor viewing is at Lock & Dam 13 from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Exhibits and programs at Clinton Community College, 1000 Lincoln Blvd. in Clinton, Iowa, are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is free bus service from the college to the outdoor viewing area.

For more information, call the Thomson Ranger office: 815-259-3628 or visit www.clintoniowatourism.com or www. cityoffulton.us.

Bald Eagle Days is the feature celebration on January 10-12, 2014, at the QCCA Expo Center, 2621 4th Avenue in Rock Island, Ill. It is the largest event in the Midwest dedicated to the United States’ national symbol of freedom. Hours: Friday 4-8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for kids. The annual event includes: live eagle programs and live bird of prey demonstrations; Pella Wildlife Company will have programs showing their wolves; and Niabi Zoo will be there with exotic animals. There are over 100 vendors, and a 20-foot climbing tower. There will also be spotting scopes set up and manned by the Quad City Audubon Society at Sunset Marina in Rock Island for a great eagle watching opportunity with free shuttle bus service from the Expo Center. www. qccaexpocenter.com The Mississippi River Visitor Center on Arsenal Island, between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, offers free eagle watches and Clock Tower tours every weekend on Saturdays and Sundays from

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Eagles gather each winter along the Mississippi River.

January 4, 5, 25, 26 and February 1, 2, 8, 9, at 9:00-10:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. For required reservations, call 309-794-5338. www.missriver.org Have a chance for multiple sightings during the Bald Eagle Bus Tours on

January 11, and February 8 and 22. 2014.

This four-hour bus tour shows bald eagles feeding, roosting, and/or nesting.

Reservations required; adults are $70, youth under 17 are $50. Each tour departs at 8 a.m. from the Stoney Creek Inn, 940 Galena Square Dr., Galena, Ill. Contact 815-594-2306 for reservations. www. galena.org The 30th annual Keokuk Bald Eagle Appreciation Days are January 18-19, 2014, with free indoor programs and an Environmental Fair from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the River City Mall, 300 Main St., Keokuk, Iowa. It includes Native American activities, Woodcarvers' Exhibits and Demonstrations, World Bird Sanctuary Presentations, interesting seminars, children’s pioneer activities, and an Artifact Road Show. There is also eagle viewing with spotting scopes at the riverfront on Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 am-4:30 pm. www.keokukiowatourism.org During the Dubuque Bald Eagle Watch on Saturday, January 18, 2014, you can join in on the fun from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. by participating in children’s activities at the Grand River Center, 500 Bell Street, provided by E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center, Swiss Valley Nature Center, Hurstville Interpretive Center, National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, and the Iowa DNR Fisheries Bureau. Exhibitors will also be available with educational displays.

From 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. take a free trolley ride to Bald Eagle viewing hot spots. www. traveldubuque.com The Muscatine County Arts Council presents the Eagles & Ivories Concert Series Weekend on January 24-26, 2014.

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On Saturday, January 25, 2014, go eagle-watching in Muscatine during the day with outdoor viewing from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Lock & Dam 16. There is Live Eagle programs at 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. and environmental exhibits at the Pearl City Station, 1100 Harbor Dr. in Muscatine, Iowa, in Riverside Park. For more information, call the Muscatine Ranger office: 563-263-7913 or visit www. visitmuscatine.com.

Learn about bald eagles during an Eagle Watch on Saturday, January 25, 2014, from 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Welcome Center at the Port of Burlington, 400 N. Front Street in Burlington, Iowa. Then go out and help physically count eagles at Lock & Dam 18.

For more information, contact 319-753-5808 or www.greaterburlington.com The Quincy Bald Eagle Watch is January 25-26, 2014, with outdoor viewing at Lock & Dam 21 from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and indoor exhibits and activities from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Oakley Lindsay Civic Center, 300 Civic Center Plaza in Quincy Illinois.

Food, Architecture & Bald Eagles (FAB) is the winning combination for the annual getaway weekend. The FAB weekend package is multi-faceted, gender friendly and appealing to all ages. While centered on eagle-watching, guests will also enjoy Quincy’s spectacular architecture, museums, and culinary offerings. For more information, call the Quincy Ranger office: 217-228-0890 or visit www.seequincy.com More than a dozen Travel & Tourism groups in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois have joined forces to promote traveling along the Mississippi River Valley. Visit www.TravelMississippiRiver. org or find us on Facebook to check out regional events, trendy shopping areas, charming restaurants and historic sites.

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How about a Winter Wellness Weekend?

Brown County, Ind., opens its doors to the adventurous For The Edge Brown County, Ind., is serving hot servings of winter fun.

Jan. 17 - 19, 2014, shake off cabin fever and enjoy the beauty and fun of winter in Brown County State Park during Winter Wellness Weekend.

Take a hike on one of the two selfguided trails that take you through some of Brown County's most picturesque scenery. Compete in the new Frosty Trails Five Mile that follows horse trails in the Park. Lift your spirit with a number of classes and short workshops with "WarmUP from Within" at Abe Martin Lodge.

Schedule of Activities and Events Winter Hike 9:00am Saturday Cost $1.00 Brown County State Park Starting points at Nature Center and the Recreational Hall (812) 988-7303 Hike on one of two self-guided trails.Outdoor equipment and bike demos held at Recreational Hall, sponsored by J.L. Waters and Revolution Bike and Bean Company.

Along both routes, DNR interpreters will greet hikers with winter wildlife facts. Local Boy Scout Troop 190 will prepare “s’mores” for a welcomed hiker snack. Hot coffee, tea, and hot chocolate will be available from the Abe Martin Lodge. The scouts can also offer first aid, (blister pads, sunscreen, etc.), doggie snacks, and helpful hiking tips. Donations accepted.

Southern Loop Hike (3.5 miles): Beginning at the Nature Center, hikers begin on a closed park road past breathtaking Hohen point,

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Biking and hiking are just two of the activities available to those willing to brave the cold in Brown County, ind. into Strahl Valley then around Lake Strahl. Return to the Nature Center via Trail #6.

Woodland Hike (2.75 miles): Beginning at the park’s Recreation Building and proceeding through Ogle Hollow Nature Preserve (Trail

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Warm Up from Within Classes all weekend Cost - Early Bird:$50.00, After December 25 $65.00 Abe Martin Lodge

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www.riverlightyoga.com (812) 988-9642 Hosted by River Light Yoga, Designed to lift your spirit and help you begin your New Year in a stimulating way. The entire event costs one fee. You can attend

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Breakfast with the Naturalists 7:00am Saturday Cost Menu prices Little Gem Restaurant at Abe Martin Lodge w w w. i n . g o v / d n r / p a r k l a k e / inns/abe/ (812) 988-4418 Hikers get the chance to visit with the Nature Center staff to learn about either trail they choose to hike. Breakfast buffet is at 7am and hiking begins at 9am.

Frosty Trails Five Mile 10:30am Cost $25.00 Brown County State Park Headquarters at the Lower Shelter h t t p : / / w w w. i n r u n c o . c o m / frostytrails5mile (812) 822-0327 Hosted by the Indiana Running Company, this is a challenging 5 mile run.

Hiker’s Lunch Buffet 11:00am - 2:00pm Cost Menu Prices Little Gem Restaurant at Abe Martin Lodge w w w. i n . g o v / d n r / p a r k l a k e / inns/abe/ (812) 988-4418 Following the Hike and morning activities, re-energize with some lunch at the Little Gem Restaurant.

For more information, contact Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau in Nashville, Ind., at 1-800-753-3255.

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FURNISHED efficiency in Leclaire. All utilities, Dish TV, internet, no-smoking.

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2 BR 1.5 BA Townhomes. Nice place to live! SMOKE FREE. 15 minutes to St. Louis and SIUE. I-255/Horseshoe Lake Rd area. $675 mo includes 2 BR LOFT, newly remodeled: washer/dryer, water, sewer, new kitchen, bathroom, wintrash service. No pets. Please dows and doors. Dishwasher, call 618-931-4700. w/d hook ups $695 incl wt/sw/tr Like new townhouse, 2 bed618/593-0173. rooms, 1.5 baths, w/d hookup.

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