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What’s Happening Friday, January 12 The Loop Ice Carnival, Delmar Loop, St. Louis Steinberg Skating Rink, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. 120 Minutes, Miserable Now (Smiths Tribute), Easy Tiger (90’s Alternative Tribute), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. B i g H e a d To d d & t h e M o n s t e r s , T h e Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Road to Pointfest 2018 S:1 R:2, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until January 28, 2018 The Black Rep Presents: Fences, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until January 21, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 21, 2018 Currents 114, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 21, 2018 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday, January 13 The Loop Ice Carnival, Delmar Loop, St. Louis Kinky Boots, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis

S T L M o t o r c y c l e S h o w, A m e r i c a ’ s Center & The Dome, St. Louis T h e S t . L o u i s We d d i n g S h o w, America’s Center & The Dome, St. Louis Eagle Days, Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steinberg Skating Rink, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. Prologue VII release party w/18andCounting, CaveofswordS, subtle agression monopoly, Scrub, Hands and Feet, Blank Generation, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Empire Groove, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Road to Pointfest 2018 S:1 R:3, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. T h e M a r v e l o u s Wo n d e r e t t e s , T h e Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until January 28, 2018 The Black Rep Presents: Fences, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until January 21, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 21, 2018 Currents 114, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 21, 2018 P a n o r a m a s o f t h e C i t y, M i s s o u r i History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

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People Explore Egypt’s lost worlds Saint Louis Art Museum exhibit opens in March For The Edge In 2018, the Saint Louis Art Museum will be the first North American art museum to tell the epic story of one of the greatest finds in the history of underwater archaeology, a story that revealed two lost cities of ancient Egypt submerged under the Mediterranean Sea for over a thousand years. World-renowned underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team discovered these submerged worlds uncovering stunning ancient religious, ceremonial, and commercial artifacts, which has led to a greater understanding of life during the age of pharaohs. M o re t h a n 2 0 0 o f t h e s e authentic artifacts, including three colossal 16-foot sculptures of a pharaoh, a queen, and a god will be on view. Objects range from the colossal sculptures to precious gold coins and jewelry, bronze vessels, objects inscribed in the ancient Egyptian or Greek languages, and statues from the sunken and forgotten ancient cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus. They will be seen alongside ancient Egyptian artifacts from museums in Cairo and Alexandria, many of which have never been on view in the United States. The exhibition is curated by Franck Goddio. The presentation in St. Louis is co-curated by Lisa Çakmak, the associate curator of ancient art. Before the founding of Alexandria in 331 BC, ThonisHeracleion (the Egyptian and Greek names of the city) was the primary port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world. It was also an important

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The stele of Thonis-Heracleion raised under water on site in the bay of Aboukir, Thonis-Heracleion, Aboukir Bay, Egypt; National Museum, Alexandria (SCA 277), IEASM Excavations; Photo: Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation. religious center. The nearby city of Canopus, often mentioned by classical authors and religious leaders, was famous for its temples, and was believed to be sites of miraculous healing. However, prior to their discovery in 2000, no trace of either city had been found. Many wondered, were these cities real or merely myth? Franck Goddio’s discovery revealed that the cities were indeed real, and had lay at the mouth of the Nile, 30 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, for more than 1200 years. Their submersion was completed in the 8th century, possibly by an earthquake, or other upheavals, some associated with tidal waves. This, combined with the

unstable sediment on which the cities were built, ultimately led to their demise. In 1933, a Royal Air Force pilot spotted dark shadows in the water of Aboukir Bay in the Mediterranean Sea, leading to the discovery of several objects from Canopus dating from the Ptolemaic Period. Six decades later, Franck Goddio and the European Institute for Underwater Archeology (IEASM,) in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities, began research to determine the location and topography of the currently submerged ancient zones of the eastern harbor of Alexandria and of Aboukir Bay. Utilizing sophisticated technical

equipment Goddio and his team were able to locate, map, and excavate parts of Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion and confirm that the region had indeed once been an important center of trade and site of religious pilgrimage. The excavation has also helped scholars understand the Mysteries of Osiris, an annual festival that commemorated one of Egypt’s most important myths—the murder and resurrection of the god Osiris. A team of underwater archaeologists, led by Goddio, continues to tirelessly explore the submerged land off the Mediterranean coast. This ambitious 25-year-long project covers a vast area the size of

Paris and brings to light findings of antiquities of considerable importance, transforming our understanding of the extensive exchange of goods and ideas between Egypt and its Mediterranean neighbors. Excavations are carried out under the supervision of both the IEASM and the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities. The archaeological work of Franck Goddio has been supported since 1996 by the Hilti Foundation. The exhibition will run from March 25 through Sept. 9. The Saint Louis Art Museum is located in Forest Park. F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n o r to purchase tickets to this exhibition, visit www.slam.org.

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People Mother Jones historical marker, plaque now on display For The Edge The Mother Jones Heritage Project has unveiled an important historical marker and exhibit on Illinois labor history. Dedicated during a Dec. 11 ceremony, the marker is located on I-55 southbound at the busy Coalfield Rest Area (mile marker 65), about 15 miles south of Springfield on a stretch of the interstate that is also alongside historic Route 66. Both the marker and exhibit highlight the important role of Illinois coal miners and their heroine, Mother Jones, a Cork-born Irish immigrant. B r i a n O ’ B r i e n , I re l a n d ’ s Consul General to Chicago and the Midwest USA, joined the dedication festivities. Together with Brigid Duffy, a representative of the Chicago Irish American Heritage Center, he also made a wreath presentation at Mother Jones Monument in Mt. Olive. O’Brien expressed his gratitude to Mt. Olive for cherishing the memory of Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, who chose to be buried there in tribute to the role of ordinary people in changing history. Northern Illinois University history professor Rosemary Feurer, who serves as director of the Mother Jones Heritage Project, said the new marker is intended to draw attention to the vital history that exists in what might seem like an ordinary stretch of the interstate highway. The marker and indoor exhibit at the Coalfield Rest Area pay tribute to the role of Illinois coal miners and highlight how miners and their families fought for the eight-hour day, against child labor, for a living wage and against wage theft.

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The Mother Jones Heritage Project’s marker at the Coalfield Rest Area on I-55. “Their 1897 march for a living wage was not only a major point in Illinois history, but was also a major catalyst for the longest, most

sustained set of strike marches across the nation by U.S. workers,” Feurer said. “As we celebrate Illinois’ Bicentennial, let’s keep in

mind the role that immigrant and African-American workers had in transforming Illinois.” Consul General O’Brien

translated Mother Jones’ most well-known quote, “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living,” into Irish Gaelic, to great applause from the dedication audience. He said the exhibit and marker will allow “future generations to reflect on this great Cork-born activist” who “should not be forgotten either in Ireland or in the United States.” O’Brien noted that while Illinois residents will be celebrating their Bicentennial, Ireland is celebrating its Centenary. “One of the key figures of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising that established our country was James Connolly, who was for a time in the United States and became friends with Mother Jones,” he said, adding the connection to the Centenary history is important to Ireland. O’Brien said Ireland is trying to live by values that Mother Jones would endorse, those of human rights and diversity. He also applauded the growing ties between the Spirit of Mother Jones Cork Festival and the Mother Jones Heritage Project. Feurer announced during the dedication that Illinois Humanities h a d re c e n t l y a w a rd e d t h e organization a grant to produce “Stories from the Coalfields” to accompany the marker and indoor exhibit. Others speaking at the dedication included William Kelly, executive director of the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway; William Furry, executive director of the Illinois State Historical Society; Mike Matejka of the Illinois Labor History Society; Alimyon Allen of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s office; and Amy Rueff of the Illinois AFL-CIO.

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Al’s Italian Beef in Chicago By BILL ROSEBERRY For The Edge My latest stop has been on my bucket list for awhile — Al’s Italian Beef. This is a Chicago landmark and I was indeed fired up to check it out. There are 11 locations of this classic in Chicagoland now. I guess it’s become somewhat of a chain, but still centrally located. You have to travel to suburban Chicago to check it out. I was in Chicago for work recently and had the pleasure of visiting the location at 2804 N. Western Ave. in Chicago. It’s

located on a small island on the corner of two busy streets. It was an adventure fitting into the small parking lot, but I was on a mission and wasn’t going to let it deter me. With a menu highlighted by Italian beef, Italian sausage, tamales and potatoes how can you not be fired up? Maybe my cardiovascular system wasn’t as fired up, but my brain and stomach overruled it. Once inside it had a fast food feel to it. You walk to the counter to order and then slide down to the other end to wait for your food. There’s a large fountain soda island in the middle of the joint for you to get your own drinks and there are a plethora of booths sprinkled throughout for

patrons. As for my order, I had to go with Al’s bread and butter — the Italian beef. I went with the regular and ordered it dry for $6.75. You can also get the little beef, the big beef, or get extra beef, too. When ordering you have to be specific if you want it dry, wet or dipped. Dry means you get a fair amount of gravy, or au jus, on your beef, but none on the bread. Wet has the meat swimming in au jus and dipped means they take the bread and all and dump it in the sauce to where everything is saturated. Continued on Page 9

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The regular beef served dry with sweet peppers at Al’s Italian Beef.

Eat Continiued from Page 8 I still had to work and wasn’t in the mood to have to shower after my meal, so I went dry. Don’t get me wrong, dry still gives you plenty of the delectable sauce on your beef. I went with sweet peppers on

my sandwich, too. There’s hot giardiniera available also and the choice of provolone, cheddar or American cheese. I didn’t go with any cheese on mine. I will admit ordering the sandwich dry left the French bread a little dry, but the beef and peppers more than made up for it. The meat was melt-in-yourmouth tender and the two giant peppers slapped on the top of the beef had a great sweet taste. I also had to go with a side, so I chose a small order of

loaded French fries. They were blanketed with cheddar cheese, bacon, green onions and sour cream. They were fresh-cut fries with the skin still on them and owned a sensational flavor. All of the fixings made it delicious and of course it warmed my heart because it was absolutely chock full of crumbly bacon. I wanted to try the loaded tamales, but was nervous about the later repercussions with having to work. The tamale boats at Al’s are smothered in chili, shredded

cheddar cheese and onions. There are plenty of options at Al’s. I’d like to try their chargrilled Italian sausage, or even better the combo beef and sausage whenever I make it back. There are also Polish sausage choices, hot dogs, burgers and chicken sandwiches. For those wanting to keep it a little healthier Al’s also has salads available. The Al’s old Chicago chopped salad looked interesting. It consists of mixed lettuce, tomato, bacon, carrots, pasta,

red cabbage, gorgonzola cheese, scallions, chicken and balsamic vinaigrette. To check out the whole Al’s menu and learn a little about their rich history which dates back to 1938, visit www.alsbeef. com. It was just a great experience, awesome tasting classic Chicago fare. I will definitely return when I get a chance. If you’re in Chicago anytime soon I recommend Al’s Italian Beef as a place to visit when you gotta eat.

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Tuning in SLSO single tickets now on sale

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced that single tickets for its 138th season are on-sale. Tickets for all Classical, Live at Powell Hall, Family, and Education concerts can be purchased online at www.slso.org, by calling 314-534-1700, or in person at the Powell Hall Box Office. During the 2017/2018 season, SLSO audiences will enjoy a season-long celebration of Music Director David Robertson’s remarkable tenure. It will be Robertson’s 13th and final season with the SLSO. The 17/18 season also marks the orchestra’s 50th year at Powell Hall. The subscription season begins Saturday, September 23, as Music Director David Robertson leads the SLSO in a program featuring works by Mozart and pianist Emanuel Ax. Season highlights include: Season opening c e l eb rat ion o f M o z a rt , including six piano concertos with Emanuel Ax; season finale features Swing Symphony collaboration with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Wo r k s include Beethoven’s Missa s o l e m n i s , Vi v a l d i ’ s The Four Seasons, Orff ’s Carmina burana, Rachmaninoff ’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Ravel’s Bolero, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Adès’s Powder Her Face Suite, a n d U . S . p re m i e re s o f Peter Ruzicka’s Elegie: Remembrance for Orchestra, and Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Solastalgia. Returning artists include

SLSO Music Director Designate Stéphane Denève, Nicholas McGegan, Leonard Slatkin, Orli Shaham, Augustin Hadelich, Christine Brewer, Susanna Phillips, and Kelley O’Connor. Eighth season of live radio broadcasts of all S a t u rd a y s u b s c r i p t i o n concerts on St. Louis Public Radio. Third season of “Night at the Symphony” on the Nine Network. Live at Powell Hall concerts, including some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™, Jurassic Park, and North by Northwest. Additionally, Broadway’s hottest artist, Leslie Odom Jr., will perform at Powell Hall, and tribute concerts, including The Music of John Williams, will feature the works of legendary artists. The four-concert Family Series featuring Athletes of the Orchestra, Rapped & Remixed, Pinocchio’s Adventures in Funland, and A World of MakeBelieve. Education Concerts for elementary, middle, and high school students designed to bring music to life both inside and outside the classroom. The 17/18 season will also feature the following newly announced Live at Powell Hall concerts: M e r e d i t h Wi l l s o n ’ s “The Music Man” at the Symphony S a t u r d a y, M a y 1 2 , 7:00pm Sunday, May 13, 3:00pm Celebrate Mother ’s Day weekend with one of America’s most beloved movie musicals on the big screen, while the SLSO performs the original Academy Award-winning

score live. ©2017 Meredith Willson Music LLC & Happy Valley Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Tr i b u t e t o G e o r g e Michael Friday, May 18, 7:30pm Celebrate the life of one of the best-selling music artists of all time when the SLSO pays tribute to George Michael. Music of Pink Floyd Friday, June 8, 7:30pm The SLSO gets in tune with its psychedelic side,

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Music calendar Friday, Jan. 12

120 Minutes, Miserable Now (Smiths Tribute), Easy Tiger (90’s Alternative Tribute), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Big Head Todd & the Monsters, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Road to Pointfest 2018 S:1 R:2, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 13

Prologue VII release party w/18andCounting, CaveofswordS, subtle agression monopoly, Scrub, Hands and Feet, Blank Generation, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Empire Groove, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Road to Pointfest 2018 S:1 R:3, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Jan. 14

Thursday, Jan. 18

Digitour: Arctic Lights, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 3:00 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 15

B l a c k Ve i l B r i d e s , A s k i n g Alexandria, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 16

Wednesday, Jan. 17

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

The Wombats, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Cuco, Helado Negro, w/Lido Pimienta, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 19

Social Repose, September Mourning, Might Argent, Secret Tree

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Tuning in Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts continues 25th season

Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts, an independent nonprofit that brings sacred and classical music to St. Louis, continues its 25th season through May 2018 with world-class musicians. The remainder of the season features performances with a spectacular repertoire of sacred and classical music, all on one of the world’s grandest Cathedrals, the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. The remainder of the 25th anniversary season lineup includes: • Westminster Choir – Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm Setting the standard for choral excellence for 96 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts. • Seraphic Fire – Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 8:00 pm Seraphic Fire is regarded as one of the preeminent professional vocal ensembles in the United States and brings together top ensemble singers and instrumentalists from around the country to perform repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and B a ro q u e m a s t e r p i e c e s , to Mahler and newly commissioned works by this country’s leading composers. • Tenebrae – Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 8:00 pm Tenebrae, the awardwinning choir celebrates its 15th anniversary this year

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Movies Bening brings Grahame to life By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Annette Bening gives Gloria Grahame a nobility rarely shown to faded Hollywood actresses in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” a tender if generic portrait of aged glamour. Based on the 1986 memoir by Peter Turner, Paul McGuigan’s film joins the dubious movie genre about close encounters with Hollywood royalty. In films like “My Week With Marilyn” (2011) and “Me and Orson Welles” (2008) an outsider is unexpectedly thrust into a short-lived intimacy with a star. The selfaggrandized “me” of those titles promise us a window into an unattainable, largerthan-life personality as if to say: No one knew (fill-in-the-blank) like me. But while proximity to Monroe or Welles has wide cachet, Grahame is less of a household name and the close-up offered by “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” is far removed from her heyday. Grahame was, simply, one of the great black-andwhite actresses: the “other” 1950s blonde bombshell with a soft, sweet voice. Grahame, a femme fatale of feline grace, could slip through a film, as the critic Judith Williamson wrote, “like a drop of loose mercury.” She slinked through classic noirs like “In Lonely Place,” ‘’Crossfire” and “The Big Heat,” played the flirtatious girl rescued by Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life” and won an Oscar for her performance as Dick Powell’s wife in the Hollywood tale “The Bad and the Beautiful.” She was often the troubled tart or the deadly seductress, but Graham’s personal life turned her into a real-life pariah. Her fourth, initially secret marriage was to her former stepson, the son of her third husband, the filmmaker Nicholas Ray. He was 13 when their relationship began. None of that, though, is the subject of “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.” Grahame is here in her final years, in exile, acting in regional theater while privately battling breast cancer. It’s well into the film before Grahame’s troubled past is alluded to. We are instead introduced to a vivacious woman still passionate for acting

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This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Annette Bening, left, and Jamie Bell in a scene from “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.”

and for love, albeit a little delusional about her age. (She pines to play Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.) From the doorway of her Liverpool apartment, she asks a neighbor, Turner (Jamie Bell) to dance disco with her. Inspired by “Saturday Night Fever,” they groove to “Boogie Oogie Oogie.” Turner, a wannabe actor himself, is drawn into her obit not because of her fame but because she’s still simply intoxicating. And, admittedly, there are few clues besides her lighter inscribed by

Humphrey Bogart. What would an Oscar winner be doing in a Liverpool production of “The Glass Menagerie”? Soon, they’re attached at the hip, and jetting to New York and Los Angeles. With some clever transitions, McGuigan (“Lucky Number Slevin) frames their romance through snippets of memory, looking back from Grahame’s final days in 1981, two years after meeting Turner. There are colorful moments with Turner’s bewildered working class family, but “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” never

amounts to more than a slight, sideways view of Grahame, sorely lacking context. Whatever the flaws of “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” chemistry isn’t one of them. Bening and Bell make for a MayDecember romance of often touching warmth. They’ve surely exaggerated the pair’s actual relationship. (Turner wrote that he considered his sexuality “fluid,” but Bell’s performance suggests little of that.) Nearly two decades after debuting in “Billy Elliot,” Bell has matured into a potent, even brooding screen presence.

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Movies When the story overcomes the movie By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge There is often a time when the story of the making of a movie overcomes the finished work. I can point to many stirring examples of this, but none is more prescient to the overall narrative of Hollywood in 2017 than that of “All the Money in the World”. Sexual harassment of one gender by another goes as far back - and farther - as any workplace, but this was the year that it became more than just a preconceived notion that Tinseltown is populated more by power-hungry brokers than artists. Those artists are loud, though, and their voices carry and one famous director of the old school stood up to the abusers and did something about it that still has me shaking my head. With less than six weeks before his firm December 22nd release date, Ridley Scott made the audacious decision to reshoot all of the

scenes completed by actor Kevin Spacey, a talented performer reeling from his own gay/underage sex scandal, with a different supporting star. It will go down as one of the boldest and inspired things to ever transpire on a postproduction schedule and it baffles me to see how seemingly easily done it was. “All the Money in the World” is a kidnap drama about Paul Getty (Charlie Plummer), a teenager abducted from Rome in 1973 by a gang (led by Cinquanta as played by Romain Duris) bent on ransoming him back to his mother for the sum of $17 million, a pittance for her father-in-law to pay because of his station in life. Grandpa is J. Paul Getty, the founder of Getty Oil and at the time not just the richest man in the world, but the richest in the history of the world. The actor cast to salvage this film is Christopher Plummer and he’s great. In fact, the octogenarian Oscar winner is the best thing about this movie. He steals his

scenes and adds a pedigree to the show that is also a gravitas-laden jab at the lustful excess of “more” that is the symbol of the ills in Hollywood right now. From a technical standpoint, the replacement casting will become as legendary as the plot. Plummer is not the central character, but he’s vital to the story and he interacts extensively with both Gail Harris (Michelle Williams), Paul’s mother, and Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg), Getty’s well-dressed henchman. Getty Sr. was notoriously frugal and multiple attempts are made throughout the picture to negotiate the ransom amount for Paul’s safe return. Watching this interplay woven about the character’s extravagant art purchases (the collection of which was the foundation for the famed Getty Museum in Los Angeles) is a remarkable bit of editing misdirection. Truthfully, far more people saw this movie after its Christmas opening because of the rumored turpitude than ever planned on seeing it before.

It’s a dark film with an exaggerated running time. Aside from the Christopher Plummer narrative, it might be remembered solely for the scene in which a gangster ’s doctor surgically removes Paul’s ear to send as incentive to pay to his aggrieved mama. Similarly excising a player from the picture because of his past actions is something I’m sure Scott - morally haughty in his interviews is comfortable with. The action now markets the film. I will refrain from digressing into a commentary on the slippery slope of Justice by Box Office; there will be no shortage of insiders back-patting themselves for heroics as this industry so loves to do. “All the Money in the World” runs 132 minutes and is rated R for language, some violence, disturbing images, and brief drug content. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

“Phantom Thread” a lavish production By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press With echoes of “Rebecca” and lavish Max Ophuls productions, writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson spins the tale of an obsessive fashion designer and his muse into a suspenseful and often funny parlor drama with all the trimmings in “Phantom Thread .” Anderson is revered for his grand stage meditations on the American man (“Boogie Nights,” ‘’There Will Be Blood,” ‘’The Master”). But here, and perhaps to the dismay of some of his fans, he both narrows and redirects his gaze elsewhere to a single couture house in 1950s London and the very particular man behind the designs, Reynolds Woodcock. The great Daniel Day-Lewis, in what may be his final film performance, plays Reynolds as a soft-spoken dandy whose precise rules and polished look thinly veil his volatile artist’s temperament. We’ve certainly seen this kind of thing before

— a celebrated artist who literally cannot stomach anything outside of his routine from ugliness to general unpleasantries and everything in between — but it is something special and distinct in the hands of Day-Lewis, who is perhaps the only working actor perfect and exacting enough to play someone so perfect and exacting. Reynolds’ nature is just one of the reasons why he’s sailed past middle age and has not only never married but also will proudly tell a woman on a first date that he is a “confirmed” and “incurable” bachelor. The audience sees Reynolds and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville), who runs the business side of the House of Woodcock, dispose of a pretty woman early on for the crime of wanting his attention (and disrupting breakfast by offering him an unwanted pastry). Thus we’re not expecting anything very different when he takes a shine to Alma (Vicky Krieps), a waitress at a restaurant in the country whom he teases and flirts with by ordering an excessively large breakfast

spread for just himself and grinning widely at his next prey. Alma, who seems shy and awkward in her lanky body, bumping into chairs and blushing at the sight of Reynolds, smiles and plays along and gladly accepts his dinner invitation, and, soon one to come back to London to model for him. But this is not “Funny Face” or “My Fair Lady” or “Pretty Woman” or any number of “ugly” duckling turns to swan with the help of a hairbrush/expensive clothes/ great man stories. It’s not even really about fashion (although Mark Bridges costumes are indeed sumptuous). It’s a story of relationships and power. Alma, we come to discover, is not like the other girls even if she fits the mold (Cyril tells her plainly that she has the perfect shape — “he likes them with a little belly”). She has a bite and will push back on some things and concede on others. “He’s too fussy,” she says defiantly after a disastrous breakfast where Reynolds storms off because

she’s buttering her toast too loudly, only later to succumb to the library silence he prefers in the morning. Ultimately, it seems, Alma is testing the waters in hopes of carving out her own unique relationship with Reynolds. Why Alma loves this petulant genius is something the film doesn’t really make any effort to explain. It’s just a fact, and an occasionally infuriating one. This takes a somewhat surreal twist halfway through, but it’s intriguing enough to carry you to the end of the film. Even in the unusually confined setting, Anderson gives moments and characters room to breathe in this silky smooth film that lulls you in before taking you on the unexpected ride of the third act. Giving one of the most beautifully subtle performances of the year, Krieps more than holds her own against Day-Lewis, and in some cases even goes so far as to outshine him — a fitting parallel to her character. Manville, too, is superb as Cyril — a Mrs. Danvers-type, without the sinister angle.

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“The Last Jedi”

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A welcome disturbance in the Force, Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi” is, by wide measure, the trippiest, scrappiest and most rule-breaking “Star Wars” adventure yet. Not the exercise in nostalgia that was J.J. Abrams’ “The Force Awakens,” Johnson’s Episode VIII takes George Lucas’ space opera in new, often thrilling, and sometimes erratic directions while finding the truest expression yet of the saga’s underlying ethos of camaraderie in resistance to oppression. Though there are countless familiar broad strokes — rebel escapes, Jedi soulsearching, daddy issues — “The Last Jedi” has discovered some new moves yet, in the galaxy far, far away. As the second installment in this third “Star Wars” trilogy, “The Last Jedi” is like the inverted corollary of “The Empire Strike Back” (long the super fan’s favorite). While it is, like its part-two predecessor, often murky and weird, Johnson’s frequently comic film distinguishes itself by upending the traditional power dynamics of heroes and bit players in the Star Wars galaxy. Abrams’s finest touch in his zippy and nimble reboot was in his diverse casting — in particular Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, as Finn, the Stormtrooper turned good guy. But Johnson, who also wrote the film, has gone further to shake up the familiar roles and rhythms of Star Wars. Scattershot and loose-limbed, “The Last Jedi” doesn’t worship at its own altar, often undercutting its own grandiosity. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of sci-fi action and violence.” RUNNING TIME: 152 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Pitch Perfect 3”

Sorry, Pitches, but it’s a good thing “Pitch Perfect 3 “ is billed as the farewell tour for this musical franchise. It hasn’t jumped the shark, exactly, but it does send its singing Bellas jumping off an exploding yacht. Because that’s what a cappella competitions are about! The cast may be delightful and the musical sequences shine, but after three go-rounds, the premise is played out. Many of the funny lines feel forced and the whole film seems like it’s trying too hard. The success of the first two movies means this final installment enjoyed a bigger budget, evidenced by glamorous European settings and the yacht explosion, but it’s all overkill for a story centered on the joy of music and the bonds of female friendship. Not to say “Pitch Perfect 3” is a total bust. The performances dazzle (director Trish Sie is a veteran of music videos), Anna Kendrick has a gorgeous voice, and Rebel Wilson soars, her character Fat Amy no longer just the butt of every obvious joke about body size. This is really Wilson’s movie. Performing physical comedy with the ease of Lucille Ball, the Australian actress literally throws herself into her scenes, including a dynamic fight sequence where she uses sausages as nunchucks. It’s high-stakes hilarity, and Wilson is even more capable and committed in executing the film’s fight choreography than she is during the dance numbers. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “crude and sexual content, language and some action.” RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”

Annette Bening gives Gloria Grahame a nobility rarely shown to faded Hollywood actresses in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” a tender if generic portrait of aged glamour. Based on the 1986 memoir by Peter Turner, Paul McGuigan’s film joins the dubious movie genre about close encounters with Hollywood royalty. In films like “My Week With Marilyn” (2011) and “Me and Orson Welles” (2008) an outsider is unexpectedly thrust into a short-lived intimacy with a star. The self-aggrandized “me” of those titles promise us a window into an unattainable, larger-than-life personality as if to say: No one knew (fill-in-the-blank) like me. But while proximity to Monroe or Welles has wide cachet, Grahame is less of a household name and the closeup offered by “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” is far removed from her heyday. Grahame was, simply, one of the great black-and-white actresses: the “other” 1950s blonde bombshell with a soft, sweet voice. Grahame, a femme fatale of feline grace, could slip through a film, as the critic Judith Williamson wrote, “like a drop of loose mercury.” She slinked through classic noirs like “In Lonely Place,” ‘’Crossfire” and “The Big Heat,” played the flirtatious girl rescued by Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life” and won an Oscar for her performance as Dick Powell’s wife in the Hollywood tale “The Bad and the Beautiful.” RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “language, some sexual content and brief nudity.” RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

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January 11, 2018

Arts calendar Thursday, Jan. 11

The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Black Rep Presents: Fences, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Currents 114, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Friday, Jan. 12

The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

EDWARDSVILLE PLUMBING to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Black Rep Presents: Fences, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Currents 114, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 21, 2018 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday, Jan. 13

The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Black Rep Presents: Fences, Edison Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 21, 2018

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Artistic adventures The Rep announces the lineup for its 2018 Ignite! Festival of New Plays

Three nationally renowned playwrights will p re s e n t p u b l i c re a d i n g s o f t h e i r n e w e s t s c r i p t s at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ Ignite! Festival of New Plays, running March 28 – April 7, 2018. Launched in 2012, the festival offers St. Louis theatre lovers the chance to see in-development scripts performed by professional actors, and then offer their feedback directly to the playwrights in post-performance talkbacks. This year ’s festival features: Hurricane Colleen by Tammy Ryan 7:30 p.m. March 28 & 29* Six months after their sister Colleen has St. Louis;Ernst Heating & Cooling;E36720;4.8733x6 (17Fa) d i e d o f c a n c e r, t w o w o m e n re n t a b e a c h h o u s e

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and unique. Based on a true story, Nonsense and Beauty captures the wit and wisdom of one of the last century’s great writers. All performances will take place at The Rep’s Emerson Studio Theatre (130 Edgar Road), except for the March 29* reading of Hurricane Colleen, which will happen at UMSL at Grand Center (3651 Olive Street). Tickets will cost $10 for single performances or $25 to see all three readings. Those tickets will go on sale January 15. Notable Ignite! alumni include Dael Orlandersmith’s Until the Flood, which world premiered at The Rep in 2016 and is playing a t t h e a t re s t h ro u g h o u t t h e n a t i o n i n 2 0 1 8 , T h e Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar, Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams and Soups, Stews and Casseroles: 1976 by Rebecca Gilman. F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n o n I g n i t e ! , v i s i t re p s t l . org.

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January 11, 2018

The Arts

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Gobsmacked! is coming to the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University on Feb. 6.

Gobsmacked coming to The Hett For The Edge Straight from London, a high-energy concert… without a single musical instrument? That is Gobsmacked!, an all a cappella, all beatbox show coming to McKendree University’s Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. “This is high-powered entertainment. People will be blown away by both the talent on stage and the cutting edge musical arrangements,” said Peter Palermo, director of the Hett. Tickets are $26 adults, $24 seniors, $10 students and children, and $5 for McKendree University faculty and staff. Call the box office at 618-537-6863 or visit theHett. com to reserve seats. Gobsmacked! weaves urban tales of love, loss and

redemption through all forms of a cappella, from traditional street corner harmonies to cutting-edge, multitrack live looping. It features three-time undefeated U.K. Beatbox Champion and current World Team Champion Ball-Zee and an international cast of vocalists. Coming off sell-out seasons in London, Hong Kong and Edinburgh, Gobsmacked! is based in the U.K., where critics have called it “entertainment not to be missed” (Broadway Baby) and “better than ‘Glee’…mesmerizing” (EdFest Magazine). Though one of the oldest forms of music, a cappella singing has recently reached mainstream popularity. Movies such as “Pitch Perfect,” TV shows like “Glee” and groups like Pentatonix, Straight No Chaser and Naturally 7 have taken a cappella vocals from street corners to

stadiums. The producers of Gobsmacked! have created a family friendly show (recommended ages five and older) that takes its audience on a journey through music. The creators have worked with artists such as Daft Punk, Britney Spears, Jose Carreras, Buena Vista Social Club and Soweto Gospel Choir. Find out more at www. gobsmackedtheshow.com Gobsmacked! will be at the Hett on Feb. 6 The Russel E. and Fern M. Hettenhausen Center for the Arts—“The Hett”—is Southern Illinois’ premier performing arts venue, presenting world class dance, drama, classical music and jazz. The 488-seat auditorium is located on the McKendree University campus in Lebanon, Illinois, 25 miles from downtown St. Louis. www.theHett.com

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