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A piece of history page 3

Landing improvements page 10

New penguin exhibit page 23

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A piece of history Ring goes to Lincoln Museum.

New at the Zoo Eight cheetah cubs born.

January fun

What’s happening around St. Louis.

Work at the Landing

Witte Hardware Building getting makeover.

Groundhog Days The perfect place to celebrate.

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What’s Happening Friday, January 19 Social Repose, September Mourning, Might Argent, Secret Tree Fort, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

The Knuckles, w/Mathias & The Pirates, Bates, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until January 28, 2018 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

2 Lit 2 Quit, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 12:00 a.m.

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until January 28, 2018 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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Sunday, January 21

St. Louis Blues Hockey Game, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

School of Rock, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Story of the Year, w/(TBA), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Diane Coffee, Ratboys, w/The Potomac Accord, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kevin Griffin, w/Of Better Than Ezra, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

M a rg o P r i c e , w / L i t t l e B a n d i t , T h e Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until January 28, 2018

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People Museum receives historic ring For The Edge In a season of giving, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has been given a unique personal item that once belonged to Lincoln’s youngest son: a ring braided from the hair of Tad Lincoln’s pony.

An Effingham family has owned the tiny ring, which has a small clasp engraved with “Thomas Lincoln,” since an ancestor received it while living in Washington in the 1860s.

“This is an amazing and p e r s o n a l p i e c e , ” s a i d D r.

James Cornelius, curator of the presidential library’s L i n c o l n C o l l e c t i o n . “ We ’ v e never before seen a keepsake related to one of the Lincolns’ pets. It’s a wonderful reminder of Tad as a little boy playing with his menagerie of animals on the White House grounds.”

T h o m a s “ Ta d ” L i n c o l n often rode his pony in a space adjoining the White H o u s e a n d t h e Tr e a s u r y Building, where a Union officer named Thomas C. Kelly was stationed. Kelly was married to a young woman named Catherine, who became friendly with Tad. At some point, Tad gave the small woven band to Catherine – perhaps as a farewell when he and his m o t h e r l e f t Wa s h i n g t o n after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Mary Lincoln gave many mementoes to friends over the years.

Thomas Kelly died a few years later. His wife remarried and moved to Effingham, I l l . , w h e re h e r d e s c e n d a n t s – t h e B ro o m f a m i l y – h a v e held onto the ring until now.

Carbondale attorney William

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The ring that a clasp holding a piece of hair from Tad Lincoln’s pony.

Broom III donated it to the Lincoln Presidential Library earlier this month.

“Mr. Broom and his family d e s e r v e t re m e n d o u s t h a n k s f ro m t h e p e o p l e o f I l l i n o i s and the entire country,” said Alan Lowe, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. “Their generous donation means this one-of-a-

kind artifact will be preserved and enjoyed by the public a s p a r t o f t h e p re s i d e n t i a l library’s collections.”

Hair jewelry was common d u r i n g t h e Vi c t o r i a n e r a .

Often it was made from human hair as a reminder of a loved one, perhaps someone who had died. Horse owners then and now have also used horse hair in jewelry.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to telling the story of America’s 16th president through old-fashioned scholarship and modern technology. It also serves as the state historical library.

The library holds an unparalleled collection of Lincoln material, as well as some 12 million items

pertaining to other aspects of Illinois history. Meanwhile, the museum uses traditional exhibits, eye-catching special effects and innovative storytelling techniques to educate visitors.

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PresidentLincoln@illinois. gov or by following us o n F a c e b o o k , Tw i t t e r a n d Instagram.

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People planner Registration open for Litchfield Pickers Market

Registration for the 2018 Litchfield Pickers Market is open! The Litchfield Tourism Office and Prairie Pickers are happy to announce that the Pickers Market is coming back to Litchfield, Illinois in 2018!!! If you love antiques and vintage items, this market is for you. This is the largest, specialized open air market in the region.

The Litchfield Pickers Market will return, for its fourth year, every second Sunday of the month from April to October, with the exact 2018 market dates being: April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, and October 14.

Mark your calendar NOW and plan to visit downtown Litchfield, Illinois between 9 AM to 3 PM (for your GPS use 400 North State Street.)

Live musical entertainment will be scheduled for the duration of each event, and the official entertainment schedule will be posted

soon! Make sure to follow all of the updates on the “Litchfield Pickers Market” Facebook page. This year is going to be a great one!

Attention Vendors: Vendor registration IS OPEN. Forms with market guidelines can be found online at www.

VisitLitchfield.com/events/ LitchfieldPickersMarket or at Litchfield City Hall located at 120 East Ryder Street, Litchfield, IL. All items sold at the market must be prior to 1980. Crafts, party-line products, yard sale style items are not be permitted. Please review the

registration guidelines for exact qualifications prior to registering. Annual passes and monthly passes are available. Register for every market or just a few. The Litchfield Tourism Office and Prairie Pickers welcome returning vendors as well as new vendors. Complete details regarding each type of pass available can be found on the application.

Vendors who wish to renew their 2017 annual contracts must have their completed 2018 application received

by February 2, 2018. Vendor registration is open until the deadlines indicated on the registration form or until

each market is full.

If you have any questions after reviewing the application, please call the Litchfield Tourism Office at 217-324-8147 or e-mail: tourism@cityoflitchfieldil. com.

ECHO to host trivia night

ECHO (Enriching Communities by Helping Others) will host a trivia night to benefit St. John Community Care on Saturday, January 27th at the Edwardsville America Legion, 58 S. State Route

157. Doors open at 6:30 with trivia beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available for tables of 8 players for $160.

Soft drinks and beer are included in the ticket price, a cash bar is available, and snacks are welcome. To reserve a table message “Echo Community Volunteers” on Facebook or email ECHOEDWGC@yahoo.com.

St. John Community Care, located in Edwardsville and Collinsville, is a non-profit organization offering adult day programs, support groups, and home services for elderly and disabled clients and their families.

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Bingwa with her three-week-old cheeetah cubs at the Saint Louis Zoo.

Eight cheetah cubs born at Zoo For The Edge For the first time in Saint Louis Zoo history, a cheetah has given birth to eight cheetah cubs. The cubs, three males and five females, were born at the Saint Louis Zoo River’s Edge Cheetah Breeding Center on November 26, 2017. Mother and cubs are doing well and will remain in their private, indoor maternity den behind the scenes at River’s Edge for the next several months.

In over 430 litters documented by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), this is the first time a female cheetah has produced and reared on her own a litter of eight cubs at a zoo. The average litter size is three to four cubs.

The first few months of life are critical for newborn cheetahs. The animal care staff are closely monitoring the family and it appears that all eight are healthy.

Four-year-old Bingwa (pronounced BING-wah), which means “champion” in Swahili, continues to be an exemplary mother, according to the cheetah care team.

“She has quickly become adept at caring for her very

large litter of cubs — grooming, nursing and caring for them attentively,” says Steve Bircher, curator of mammals/carnivores at the Saint Louis Zoo. Bingwa is on loan to the Saint Louis Zoo from Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., and nine-year-old father Jason is on loan from White Oak Conservation in Yulee, Fla. The birth of these eight cubs is a result of a breeding recommendation from the AZA Cheetah Species Survival Plan (SSP), a program to manage a genetically healthy population of cheetahs in North American zoos.

“We’ve brought together cheetahs from great d i s t a n c e s t o c o n t i n u e t h i s i m p o r t a n t b re e d i n g program,” says Bircher. “These handsome cats add genetic diversity to the North American Cheetah SSP population.”

Since 1974, the Zoo has been a leader in cheetah reproductive research and breeding. Over 50 cubs have been born at the Zoo’s Cheetah Breeding Center.

Historically, cheetahs have ranged widely throughout Africa and Asia. Today, fewer than 10,000 cheetahs

inhabit a broad section of Africa and less than 100 cheetahs remain in Iran. Over the past 50 years, cheetahs have become extinct in at least 13 countries.

The main causes of cheetah decline are human-cheetah conflict, interspecific competition and lack of genetic diversity.

To help protect cheetahs in the wild, the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation of Carnivores in Africa is working with its partners in Tanzania and Namibia to coordinate cheetah conservation efforts, including education, research and other programs to mitigate human-cheetah conflicts.

“Cheetahs are frequently persecuted for killing livestock. Our conservation partners are finding ways to improve the lives of local herders by providing education opportunities, food and medical supplies, so they can live peacefully with cheetahs and support their protection,” says Bircher.

Photos and more information can be found at stlzoo. org, and on the Zoo’s social media sites facebook. com/stlzoo, twitter.com/stlzoo, instagram.com/stlzoo,

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People What’s happening around St. Louis For The Edge H e re ’ s a l o o k a t e v e n t s scheduled in the St. Louis area: ONGOING Saint Louis Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival Submissions– through March 30, 2018 http://www.cinemastlouis. org/saint-louis-science-fictionfantasy-short-film-festival Cinema St. Louis (CSL) and the Saint Louis Science Center are excited to announce the first edition of a science fiction and fantasy short film contest – an opportunity for regional filmmakers to let their imaginations shine. This juried competition will award cash prizes to the top three entries: $500 for Best of Fest, $200 each for Best Sci-Fi and Best Fantasy selections. The winning shorts will then be featured at the Science Center ’s First Friday program on Friday, May 4, 2018, and will screen in the Science Center ’s OMNIMAX® Theater.

In addition to the three cash-prize winners, additional works will be chosen to screen throughout the First Friday program .

The How and the Why – January 24-February 11 Wool Studio Theater, A&E Building, JCC Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Dr, Creve Couer, MO 63146 (314) 442-3283 https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/ new-jewish-theatre/currentproductions/ A fascinating and thoughtprovoking play about science, family and the survival of the fittest. Emotions collide when, on the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming 28-year-old evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field, 56-year-old Zelda Kahn. The air crackles between the eminent professor and the

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Comedy writer Alan Zweibel maverick graduate student, whose theories might just change the way we regard sex itself. This intimate and keenly perceptive play grapples with the difficult choices faced by women of every generation. Directed by Nancy Bell. Cast: Amy Loui* and Sophia Brown (*member AEA) 11th Africa Wo r l d Documentary Film Festival – February 9-11 Missouri History Museum FREE

http://africaworldfilmfestival. com/ The Africa World Documentary F i l m F e s t i v a l ( AW D F F ) i s sponsored by the E. Desmond Lee Professorship in African/ African American Studies, Studies International studies and Program, and University of Missouri-St. Louis. The AWDFF has as its objective the promotion of knowledge and culture of the people of Africa, in a Pan-African context.

US Premiere of Infected – February 9-25 Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand, St. Louis https://upstreamtheater.org/ Upstream Theater presents the U.S. premiere of Infected by Albert Ostermaier, translated by Philip Boehm.

A day trader in quarantine delivers a relentless, near-manic monologue that reveals his derailment from the fast track, and the resultant downward, deadly spiral… as though he may have contracted some horrible virus from the stock market monitors themselves.

This gripping piece by one of Germany’s leading poet/ playwrights is a relentless collage of ideas and images, where past and present collide and where one man’s innermost thoughts ricochet inside his head with all the volatility of a stock market in crisis. A very timely psychological study of a man and a society infected by greed.

Patrick Siler directs Alan Knoll in this one-man tour-de-force, which features live music by David A. N. Jackson.

Pardi-Gras – February 10 Hwy 61 Roadhouse, 34 S Old Orchard Ave. Webster Groves 63117 http://hwy61roadhouse.com/ “Origins” – February 11 Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St, 63103 $5-15 http://chamberprojectstl.org/ h t t p : / / w w w . brownpapertickets.com/ event/3050571 Chamber Project St. Louis brings back some of the music that got us started to celebrate our 10th Anniversary Season!

And there will be cake. Don’t miss this special evening.

Lovefest, Revived – February 12-13 Sheldon Ballroom, 3648 Wa s h i n g t o n B l v d . , G r a n d

Center, 63108 https://chambermusicstl.org Lovef est is back an d it’ s BADD, so pencil in date night with your Honey and be beguiled by our annual salute to romance through music.

A Passover Program with Alan Zweibel – March 28, 7pm $20 https://jccstl.com/artsideas/st-louis-jewish-bookfestival/festival-eventsschedule/ If you’ve ever suffered through a Seder, you’re well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. With this hilarious parody Haggadah from the comedic minds of Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach, good Jews e v e r y w h e re w i l l n o l o n g e r have to sit (and sleep) through a lengthy and boring Seder.

For This We Left Egypt? is a hilarious journey towards the Promised Land. Alan Zweibel is an original Saturday Night Live writer and has won numerous Emmys for his work in television, including Late Show with David Letterman and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

10th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival – March 9-25 Webster University http://www.cinemastlouis. org/robert-classic-french-filmfestival The Tenth Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-presented by Cinema S t . L o u i s a n d t h e We b s t e r University Film Series — celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. Every program features introductions and discussions by film scholars and critics. The discussions will place the works in the contexts of both film and French history and provide close analyses.

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People planner Gateway Arch Park Foundation launches new website

The Gateway Arch Park Foundation has launched a new website (www.ArchPark.org) highlighting the renovated spaces at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Gateway Arch, riverfront, and Kiener Plaza – together referred to as Gateway Arch Park. The new website also highlights public events, the Foundation’s membership program and ways the community can support the Arch.

While the previous site conveyed the CityArchRiver project and construction updates, the new site focusses on completed park spaces and how the public can enjoy and support the new Arch experience. Visitors can learn about the legacy of the historic CityArchRiver project on an interactive timeline. Popular features from the old website remain, such as the interactive webcams.

“As we near the grand opening of the new park, museum, and visitor center, this new website shows the transformed and active Gateway Arch Park in exciting ways,” said Ryan McClure, director of communications and activation for Gateway Arch Park Foundation. “We want folks to see that this is their park to enjoy and use with many activities and events all year.”

The website makes it easy for visitors to find events in the Gateway Arch Park area and find information on planning their own event – public or private. Visitors

can also support the mission of the Gateway Arch Park Foundation by becoming a Gateway Arch Park Friend or shop for new merchandise on the Foundation’s online store – including two new t-shirts designed by STL Style House.

In early 2018, the Foundation, working with the National Park Service, will launch a new section of the website featuring stories from the new Museum at the Gateway Arch, which will have a grand opening July 4, 2018.

Bill Maher coming to The Fox

Fox Concerts is thrilled to announce that comedian and Emmy-nominated talk show host Bill Maher will bring his live stand-up tour to the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Saturday, August 25 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $125, $85, $65, $55, $45 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

For more than twenty years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last fourteen years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher ’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 38 Emmy nominations. Maher

won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher ’s uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous,” directed by Larry Charles (“Borat”). The documentary has gone on to become the 8th Highest Grossing Documentary ever.

In addition to his television program – which has featured such visitors as President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kerry Washington, Michael Steele, Howard Dean, Michael Moore, Eva Longoria, Drew Barrymore, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gen. Wesley Clark, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, Gary Hart and Pat Buchanan.– Maher has written five bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” and most recently, “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass.” Maher started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1979, and still performs at least fifty dates a year in Las Vegas and in sold out theaters all across the country.

Four of his ten stand-up specials for HBO – 2014’s “Bill Maher: Live from DC,” 2007’s “The Decider,” 2005’s “I’m Swiss,” as well as the hilarious, “Bill Maher … But I’m Not Wrong,” – have been nominated for Emmy awards.

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People planner Events planned in Alton area

The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.

Alton Restaurant Week Friday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 28 Starts at 11 a.m.

Restaurants throughout the region Dine with us during the 7th Annual Alton Restaurant Week.

Starting Friday, Jan. 19, many of the locally owned restaurants throughout the Meeting of the Great Rivers will come together to offer diners a taste of some of their best menu items. Lunch is priced at $10 (plus tax and gratuity) and dinner is $25 (plus tax and gratuity). For more information, call (800) 258-6645.

Admission $25 for dinner $10 for lunch Bald Eagle Days at Pere

Marquette State Park • Friday, January 19, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Monday, January 22, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Friday, January 26, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Saturday, January 27, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Monday, January 29, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 8:30am - 2:00pm Pere Marquette State Park 13112 Visitor Center Lane Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-3323 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.

Cub Scout Eagle Day Saturday, January 20, 2018 9:00am to 12:00pm National Great Rivers Museum 2 Lock and Dam Way Alton, IL 62002 (618) 462-6979 Calling all Cub Scouts! Join us at the National Great Rivers Museum for our annual Scout Eagle Day. Scouts can meet a LIVE bald eagle, learn about their unique adaptations, and discover the incredible story of their journey back from the brink of extinction.

We will also be viewing an eagle nest and touring the Melvin Price Locks and Dam so be sure to dress for the weather!

TO REGISTER- call the National Great Rivers Museum at (618) 4626979. There is a $5 registration fee.

This program is designed for Cub Scouts, however, scouts of other ages are welcome. Siblings are also welcome to participate in the program, with registration.

Admission $5/Scout $5/Sibling Eagle Shuttle Tours Saturday, January 20, 2018 • 10:30am to 11:15am • 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

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• 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386 (636) 899-0090 Take a 45-minute shuttle to spots along the Mississippi River to try to spot some eagles. Pick up will be at the Audubon Center with stops scheduled for Maple Island, Heron Pond, Ellis Island and at the Alton Visitor Center. The shuttle will return to the Audubon Center for drop off. There will be a guide on board the shuttle who will provide tips on how to eagle watch this

season. For more information or to receive a free Eagle’s Watchers Guide, contact the Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 258-6645.

Admission $5/person Girl Scout Eagle Day Saturday, January 20, 2018 1:00pm to 4:00pm National Great Rivers Museum 2 Lock and Dam Way Alton, IL 62002 (618) 462-6979 Visit one of the best bald eagle watching spots on the Mississippi!

Scouts can meet a LIVE bald eagle, learn about their unique adaptations, and discover the incredible story of their journey back from the brink of extinction.

We will also be viewing an eagle nest and touring the Melvin Price Locks and Dam so be sure to dress for the weather!

Siblings are also welcome to participate in the program, with registration.

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People Witte Building getting makeover For The Edge The historic Witte Hardware Building – located at 707 N. Second Street on Laclede’s Landing – is undergoing a $2 million renovation by Creve Coeur-based Drury Development Corporation. The improvements aim to meet the evolving needs of the existing tenants, while also attracting others who will appreciate the renovated building’s blend of historic details and modern conveniences, along with its exceptional location in St. Louis City’s oldest district and only riverfront entertainment/dining destination.

The historic building was originally a warehouse distribution facility for Witte Hardware, an exclusive wholesale hardware business that operated on The Landing from 1849 to 1975. It served that purpose for 73 years, before being converted into office and restaurant space.

The office space in the building is serving as home to a variety of tenants in the fields of financial services, engineering, marketing, logistics and technology.

Opportunities abound for growing companies with over 25,000 square feet of office space available, including the entire 6th floor. The ground floor, former home to the popular Hannegan’s Restaurant, has been set aside for a new restaurant concept or two with a smaller footprint more consistent with today’s dining experience.

Renovations to the 80,000-square-foot building began in September 2017, and the first phase of renovations is scheduled to be completed by spring 2018.

Renovations in progress include a complete makeover of the main common areas, including new key card entrances, tiled lobby area, modernization of the elevators, upgraded conference rooms and new restrooms, as well as new carpet and furnishings in the common areas to foster collaboration for individuals working in the office spaces. A new dock and tenant entry directly from the dedicated, attended parking lot at the rear of the office building will feature a full glass storefront entry, new canopy, and enhanced lighting.

The second phase of renovations will be focused on reducing the energy footprint of the building, with new energy-efficient

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The historic Witte Hardware Building at Laclede’s Landing is currently being refurbished.

roof-top HVAC units, all new digital VAV boxes, and all new LED lighting throughout the building.

“We believe that this project is helping return Laclede’s Landing to the vibrant live-work-play neighborhood it once was, while providing people the opportunity to work in a truly one-of-a-kind historic

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Built in 1902 of timber, bricks and cement, The Witte Building is said to be the strongest building of its kind in St. Louis. Recognizing the particular appeal of the building’s history, during the renovation, many of the original

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Gateway Arch Park Foundation launches new website CityArchRiver project and construction updates, the new site focusses on completed park spaces and how the public can enjoy and support the new Arch experience.

Visitors can learn about the legacy of the historic CityArchRiver project on an interactive timeline.

P o p u l a r f e a t u re s f ro m the old website remain, such as the interactive webcams.

“As we near the grand opening of the new park, museum, and visitor center, this new website

The Gateway Arch Park Foundation has launched a new website ( w w w. A r c h P a r k . o r g ) highlighting the renovated spaces at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Gateway Arch, r i v e r f ro n t , a n d K i e n e r Plaza – together referred to as Gateway Arch Park. The new website also highlights public events, the Foundation’s membership program and ways the community can support the Arch.

While the previous site conveyed the

shows the transformed and active Gateway Arch Park in exciting ways,” said Ryan McClure, director of communications and activation for Gateway Arch Park Foundation.

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Movies

“Molly’s Game”

QuickGlance Movie Reviews

Aaron Sorkin has a knack for timing, and not just in the obvious way.

The Oscar-winning writer of “The Social Network,” ‘’Moneyball” and other fast-talking, crackling scripts has been celebrated for his mile-a-minute wordplay.

But he’s also been criticized for not exactly featuring complex, strong female characters in the male-centric worlds of his stories.

In “Molly’s Game,” his first film with a female protagonist and his directorial debut, Sorkin turns that around, presenting one of the more interesting female characters this season. There’s obviously no better time for this change in focus. And he could have chosen no better partner in crime — white-collar crime, that is — than Jessica Chastain, one of the most intelligent and watchable actresses in movies today.

So far, so good. Chastain plays Molly Bloom, who went from being an Olympic skiing hopeful to spending years running high-stakes, celebrity-studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York, hosting names like Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio, until it all came crashing down when the Russian mob got involved and the FBI showed up, arresting her as part of an illegal gambling operation.

She faced prison time but was ultimately cleared of many charges and got off with probation, a fine and community service.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America “for language, drug content and some violence.”

RUNNING TIME: 140 minutes.

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

“Hostiles”

Enemies are thrown together for a perilous journey in “Hostiles ,” an unforgivingly violent and sparse revisionist Western set in 1892 that explores the traumas of American westward expansion.

There’s hardly a soul in writer-director Scott Cooper ’s ambitious odyssey who isn’t haunted by some gruesome incident of the past, whether it’s the cavalry officers who slaughtered and scalped untold numbers of natives, the natives who slaughtered untold numbers of cavalry officers, or the young s e t t l e r f a m i l y t h a t g o e s f ro m f i v e m e m b e r s t o only one in the distressing opening scene of the film. To say this is a grim and difficult watch is an understatement.

Christian Bale, who also starred in Cooper ’s gloomy “Out of the Furnace,” leads a formidable ensemble cast as a U.S. Cavalry Officer, Captain Joseph J. Blocker, who is ordered to lead an aging Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi), and his family from a base in New Mexico to their homelands in Montana.

Having had encounters with this man before, Blocker has no interest in embarking on this endeavor, convinced that Yellow Hawk could only be a safe and trustworthy companion dead. But this choice isn’t up to him and he’s going to have to go through with it whether he likes it or not —so they assemble a crew (including Jonathan Majors, Jesse Plemons and Timothee Chalamet) and head off on the trail.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “strong violence, and language.”

RUNNING TIME: 135 minutes.

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

“In the Fade”

It’s startling how few filmmakers have tried to tackle terrorism with anything beyond a standard procedural account. It’s less surprising that one of the few to really grapple with a response is Fatih Akin, the German-born filmmaker of Turkish descent, whose thorny, probing dramas traverse borders as a matter of course.

His latest, “In the Fade,” is Germany’s Oscar submission and one of the nine films shortlisted for best foreign language film. It deservedly earned its star, Diane Kruger, the best actress award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. And like the best of Akin’s films (“HeadOn,” ‘’The Edge of Heaven”), it’s a muscularly lean and emotionally raw film. At turns a tragedy, a courtroom drama and a revenge thriller, “In the Fade” is a shapeshifting quest through a terrorist tragedy, as outraged as it is compassionate.

Kruger, a native German acting in her first German film, plays Katja Sekerci. She lives in Hamburg with her husband Nuri (Numan Acar), who’s Turkish, and their five-year-old son Rocco (Rafael Santana). In the movie’s opening preamble, Nuri, clad in a white suit, is walked from his prison cell directly into his wedding with Katja.

It’s the kind of incongruity Akin delights in. (His “HeadOn” fashioned a love story between a man and woman brought together by mutual suicide attempts.) The first notes of “My Girl” radiate while Nuri strides down a corridor of cheering male inmates.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some disturbing images, drug use, and language including sexual references.”

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes.

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

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Movies “Molly’s Game” an enjoyable ride

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Aaron Sorkin has a knack for timing, and not just in the obvious way.

The Oscar-winning writer of “The Social Network,” ‘’Moneyball” and other fast-talking, crackling scripts has been celebrated for his mile-a-minute wordplay.

But he’s also been criticized for not exactly featuring complex, strong female characters in the male-centric worlds of his stories.

In “Molly’s Game,” his first film with a female protagonist and his directorial d e b u t , S o r k i n t u r n s t h a t a ro u n d , presenting one of the more interesting female characters this season. There’s obviously no better time for this change in focus. And he could have chosen no better partner in crime — white-collar crime, that is — than Jessica Chastain, one of the most intelligent and watchable actresses in movies today.

So far, so good. Chastain plays Molly Bloom, who went from being an Olympic skiing hopeful to spending years running high-stakes, celebrity-studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York, hosting names like Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio, until it all came crashing down when the Russian mob got involved and the FBI showed up, arresting her as part of an illegal gambling operation. She faced prison time but was ultimately cleared of many charges and got off with probation, a fine and community service.

It’s an engrossing story on its own, but Sorkin also chooses to portray Bloom as a sort of feminist heroine, who triumphed over the victimizing whims of the men around her — slimy (mostly) gamblers, an abusive boss, violent mobsters, and even her own father (an excellent Kevin Costner), a hard-driving sports dad and also a preachy psychologist. It’s a problematic choice, because it feels like it’s denying this obviously intelligent and capable protagonist the ability to make any of her own choices and mistakes.

But back to the beginning. We begin with a terrific sequence on the ski slopes.

A young Bloom is on her way to a spot at the Olympics but slips on an unfortunately

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This image released by STXfilms shows Jessica Chastain, from left, director Aaron Sorkin, and Chris O’Dowd on the set of “Molly’s Game.” placed pine cone and crashes spectacularly. Her ski career is over.

If you know Sorkin’s work, it won’t surprise you to hear he doesn’t stick to a chronological timeline in the film — rather, he dips in and out of periods in Bloom’s life. As in “The Social Network,” he anchors the present tense in a law office, for the legal discussions Bloom has with her lawyer, Charlie Jaffey (a compelling Idris Elba).

It also won’t surprise you to know that Sorkin departs liberally from Bloom’s own

memoir to tell her story, relying on what he says were hundreds of hours of talking to his subject about things she never wrote about.

What we take from that early ski accident is that Molly is a survivor. The announcers wonder if she will even be able to stand, but she rises and walks off, a determined scowl on her face.

We jump to 12 years later, with Molly lying in bed and the FBI bursting in, guns blazing. How did she get from the slopes to the handcuffs? Now, back to several years earlier: She’s postponed law school

and is soaking in the LA sun, working as a cocktail waitress, when a pompous patron (Jeremy Strong) hires her. He’s a jerk, but through him, she is introduced to the highstakes world of celebrity poker.

It’s a world lived in luxury clubs and hotel suites, where the players can be movie stars (Michael Cera, wonderful as a creepy young actor, unnamed) and the buy-in can be tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bloom’s uniform is a cleavage-baring designer sheath and stilettos.

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Movies Taking stock of Hollywood in 2017

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge 2017 will go down in history as one of the more baffling in our young 21st Century, but that’s got to be because of President Trump and not the movies we saw. On that front, I found it a winner.

In fact, the following six titles presented tremendous movie-going delight that I found to be without peer: “Dunkirk” - genius editing, thrilling music, and a weak Summer slate made this one a hit. It would also foretell a later-in-theyear resurgence of America’s Anglophilia.

“The Big Sick” - Kumail Nanjiani’s tender take on his courtship with his wife during a fretful period of illness features Ray Romano and Holly Hunter doing tremendous supporting turns that have largely been forgotten as the year progressed. But y tho?

“Darkest Hour” - concurrent to the events shown in “Dunkirk”, but far more impactful on a people level. Gary Oldman’s performance as Winston

Churchill was the year’s best.

“Lady Bird” - it might one day be difficult to discern the difference between the film “Lady Bird”, Saoirse Ronan’s character Lady Bird, and first-time director Greta Gerwig’s own back-story. So what?

Instead, I choose to herald this as the arrival of a fresh talent.

“The Shape of Water” - I question the necessity of a 1960s-set love story between a river monster (the Doug Jones not elected to the Senate from Alabama) and a mute, marginalized janitor (Sally Hawkins). And then I remember the reaction of the big crowd the night I saw this show. Why would I ever doubt a film co-starring Octavia Spencer?

“Get Out” - in a year of unprecedented political and gender divide, I don’t know anyone who would disagree with my calling this “Stepford Wives”-style film the most important racial morality tale of the year.

Rookie director Jordan Peele is one to watch.

Did I have a favorite movie? “It” destroyed my poor expectations in the greatest way. “Logan” wrapped up a

character arc for Hugh Jackman’s signature role with the best little bow. The Golden Globes threw me a curveball with their love for “Three Billboards”. Frankly, it’s hard to choose, but I can tell you without a doubt that Morgan Freeman’s “Just Getting Started” was the worst movie of the year.

I also hated “Tulip Fever” and pray Alicia Vikander rebounds in the “Tomb Raider” reboot. Do note that a few of last year’s highest-profile releases have yet to screen in St. Louis such as “I, Tonya” and “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”. I enjoyed 2017 at the Movies so much that I’m naming two new awards this year: Best Cameo (for Rob Lowe as an aging gigolo in the hilarious “How to Be a Latin Lover”) and Best Scene Unrelated to Anything Previously Mentioned (for the ensemble performance of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the end of “Logan Lucky”). I just had to get those out there.

Looking ahead to the new year, 2018 has great promise. Fallout will continue to rain down from the scandalous sexual harassment reckoning facing all industries,

but I covered the Hollywood element of that about as much as I intend to in last week’s review of “All the Money in the World”.

Disney will still be the studio to beat with their Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars wings generating all the standard attention, but now armed, too, with the Fox properties behind their brand (pending closure of the multibillion dollar deal). The titles I’m most looking forward to include a pair of high-profile sequels, “Ocean’s 8” and “Deadpool 2”. They’re also making “Chappaquiddick” for the history nerds and a Han Solo origin story. Nothing, though, gets me psyched up like the prospects of “The 15:17 to Paris”. If you want to see a movie about an heroic, true life event - and you want that movie to star the real life people involved - I can’t think of a better person to direct than Clint Eastwood... especially if you want a filmmaker that will do a great job and couldn’t care less what you think about his risky choices. And who knows? My guess is that the November 6th mid-term elections might provide some entertainment value, too.

Bale, landscapes boost grim “Hostiles”

By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Enemies are thrown together for a perilous journey in “Hostiles ,” an unforgivingly violent and sparse revisionist Western set in 1892 that explores the traumas of American westward expansion.

There’s hardly a soul in writer-director Scott Cooper’s ambitious odyssey who isn’t haunted by some gruesome incident of the past, whether it’s the cavalry officers who slaughtered and scalped untold numbers of natives, the natives who slaughtered untold numbers of cavalry officers, or the young settler family that goes from five members to only one in the distressing opening scene of the film. To say this is a grim and difficult watch is an understatement.

Christian Bale, who also starred in Cooper ’s gloomy “Out of the Furnace,” leads a formidable ensemble cast as a U.S. Cavalry Officer, Captain Joseph J.

Blocker, who is ordered to lead an aging Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi), and his family from a base in New Mexico to their homelands in Montana. Having had encounters with this man before, Blocker has no interest in embarking on this endeavor, convinced that Yellow Hawk could only be a safe and trustworthy companion dead. But this choice isn’t up to him and he’s going to have to go through with it whether he likes it or not —so they assemble a crew (including Jonathan Majors, Jesse Plemons and Timothee Chalamet) and head off on the trail.

It’s a premise that lends significant and compelling tension to every scene.

Although not much is happening early on, it’s the threat of what might happen that keeps you glued to the screen and worried for all involved. Will there be a misunderstanding? A mistake? A scuffle that escalates too quickly? Things are further complicated when group encounters a burned down settlement and

a grieving woman shuttered inside. She is Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike) and has suffered nearly unspeakable loss. Blocker, likely not knowing what else to do with the possibly suicidal woman, takes her along with them.

“Hostiles” takes its time getting its characters across the over 1,000-mile stretch of the United States, but it is a gorgeous journey thanks to cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi. His camera makes even the most familiar western milieus looks splendidly fresh and invigorating. If only the meandering story and dialogue were matches for the pure poetry of the scenery.

Cooper wrote the screenplay off of a manuscript from the late Donald E. Stewart (“Missing,” ‘’Patriot Games”). Misery, regret and grief drip from every word, and it’s hard not to wonder if the impact is dulled as a result. That’s not to say that there aren’t moments that are deserving of this seriousness. Indeed, Cooper has

chosen to bite off no less than the sins of the entire American West and give voice and compassion to everyone — the people defending their lands, the settlers looking for a new life, and those who were “just doing their jobs,” even if their jobs involve killing women and children.

Actors like Bale, Pike, Studi and the rest of the cast (even the clichéd casting of Ben Foster as an unhinged, outspoken criminal) elevate the dreariness of the script with compelling dramatic performances. Bale especially stands out as the gruff Blocker, whose layers start to be exposed as the story moves along. And, while she isn’t given all that much to do, it is a treat to see actress Q’orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas opposite Bale in “The New World,” back in a mainstream film.

Bursts of intense violence are punctuated with sometimes tedious blocks of speeches and silence, but “Hostiles,” despite its posture of brutal amorality, has a goodness at its core, of understanding and empathy.

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Artistic adventures Sheldon Art Galleries announces exhibition schedule

The Sheldon Art Galleries announces the Winter/ Spring 2018 exhibition schedule, with a public opening reception on Friday, March 2, 2018 from 5-7 p.m.

Galleries open until 9 p.m. for First Fridays in Grand Center. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon – 8 p.m.; Wednesdays – Fridays, Noon – 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.

– 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission.

Admission is free. For more information on exhibitions, visit TheSheldon.org.

More information about each individual exhibit available upon request.

Deborah Douglas: Past, Present, Future Tense March 2 – April 21, 2018 Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists St. Louis-based artist Deborah Douglas works with a variety of materials, including oil, enamel, watercolor, ink, graphite, collage and digital prints.

In her large-scale works on paper, she deals with issues of domesticity that include references to food, relationships, gender and equality. The exhibition is made possible in part by Elissa and Paul Cahn.

Gallery Talk: Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 6 p.m.

Deborah Douglas speaks about her work and influences. Admission f re e , b u t re s e r v a t i o n s are encouraged. Contact Paula Lincoln at plincoln@ thesheldon.org or 314-5339900 x37.

The World of Spectacular Strings Through April 21, 2018 Gallery of Music Drawn from The

Sheldon’s Hartenberger World Music Collection, this exhibit features over 100 unique stringed instruments from around the world.

Highlights include a rare Rubab from Afghanistan, an unusual pochette (pocket) violin from France, a double bass and violin made from matchsticks, a harpsichord once owned by former St. Louis resident comedienne Phyllis Diller, a Gibson guitar signed by B.B. King, and a special edition KISS logo Gene Simmons “Axe” bass, among many other rare instruments. The exhibition is made possible in part

by Dr. Aurelia and Jeffrey Hartenberger.

Gene Mackey: In Tribute March 2 – April 21, 2018 Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture The exhibit pays tribute to the life and work of St. Louis based architect Gene Mackey, founder of the firm Mackey Mitchell Architects, known for the Alberici Headquarters, a LEED Platinum building; the Central Institute for the Deaf, Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in Forest Park; Christian Brothers College High School; the design of the A. Wessell Shapleigh Fountain at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the current renovation of Soldiers Memorial and Court of Honor.

Bride of the Desert: An Exploration of Palmyra March 2 – April 21, 2018 Gallery of Photography Once a thriving caravan city of the Roman frontier during the 1st – 3rd centuries CE, Palmyra contained an array of temples, colonnaded streets, theatres and commercial areas.

Today the city, now in wartorn Syria, has been almost c o m p l e t e l y d e s t ro y e d .

Curated by photo historian David R. Hanlon, the exhibit presents a group of 19th

century and contemporary Library Special Collections, photographs of Palmyra Washington University in St. and others from local public Louis.

Gallery Talk: Tuesday, and private collections

by Michael J. Fuller, Frank March 13, 2018, 6 p.m.

Mason Good, David R. Lecture by Dr. Michael Hanlon, John Henry Haynes, Fuller, Professor Emeritus, Don McCullin and others. S t . L o u i s C o m m u n i t y Augmenting the exhibition College, Board Member, will be motion graphic Archaeological Institute of and virtual reality pieces America, St. Louis chapter created for this exhibition and Co-Director of American by designers at St. Louis archaeological expedition C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e . to Tell Tuneinir, Syria (1986The exhibition is made 2001), with introduction by possible by Yvette and John exhibition curator, David R. Dubinsky, with additional Hanlon.

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School Focus: Cardinal Ritter College Prep Student Exhibit March 2 – April 21, 2018 AT & T G a l l e r y o f Children’s Art Drawings, paintings and ceramics by students of Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School, under the tutelage of art department chair, Richard Hunt are featured in this multi-media exhibit.

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Arts calendar Thursday, Jan. 18

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton 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 S t ru g g l e i n S t . L o u i s , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Friday, Jan. 19

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton 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 S t ru g g l e i n S t . L o u i s , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday, Jan. 20

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton 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 S t ru g g l e i n S t . L o u i s , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Sunday, Jan. 21

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton 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 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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.

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 S t ru g g l e i n S t . L o u i s , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Monday, Jan. 22

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St.

Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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.

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

Tuesday, Jan. 23

The School of Rock, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Jan. 28, 2018 The Marvelous Wonderettes, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Jan. 28, 2018

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Artistic adventures Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule

Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced its upconing schedule.

For more information call (314) 615-5278.

November 4–March 4, 2018 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series Yvonne Osei: Tailored Landscapes For Laumeier ’s 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series, conceptual artist Yvonne Osei creates a largescale photo installation to occupy the breadth and width of the indoor gallery, constructing an environment where textile creates landscape. Inspired by both the cultural and physical landscapes of the Park, Osei weaves design motifs from her

home country of Ghana into her photographic and videographic documentation of the Park to create new and unique patterns for L a u m e i e r. U s i n g h e r textural understanding of fashion design to mold and manipulate an adhesive fabric, Osei creates an environment that uses the architecture of the gallery as figure and form. With Tailored Landscapes, Osei continues her inquiry utilizing the import of textiles as a medium to celebrate diversity in culture and in nature.

S a t u r d a y, N o v e m b e r 4, 2017–Sunday, March 4, 2018, in the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Free. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information.

Curated by Dana Turkovic; supported by Nancy and Ken Kranzberg.

January 20 Youth & Teen Workshop: IrRESISTible Resists Make designs in multiple layers with materials that naturally repel each other. Use various resist techniques to create remarkable works of art that are undeniably irRESISTible! Laumeier ’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, January 20, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier S c u l p t u re P a r k , 1 2 5 8 0 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $35, ages 8 to 15.

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January 26 A d u l t Wo r k s h o p : Brushes & Blends Bring your friends and your favorite blends to Laumeier for an evening of creative fun!

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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 314-5341700, 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 celebration of Mozart, 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, and U.S. premieres of 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, L e s l i e O d o m J r. , w i l l 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 Make-Believe.

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: An American in Paris Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:00pm Sunday, May 13, 2018, 3:00pm 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, along with guest conductor

Brent Havens, a full rock band, lights, and lasers for The Music of Pink Floyd.

Music of Elton John & More Friday, June 15, 7:30pm One o f Bro adw ay’s best performers, Michael Cavanaugh, joins the SLSO for a tribute to the music of Sir Elton John.

About the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1880 and now in its 137th season, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is the secondoldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest. Under the leadership of Music Director David Robertson, currently in his 12th season, the SLSO strives for artistic excellence, educational impact and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s lives t h ro u g h t h e p o w e r o f music. The SLSO presents a full season of classical p ro g r a m s a n d L i v e a t Powell Hall concerts and hundreds of free education and community programs each year. Media partners include St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7 –KWMU, which broadcasts the SLSO’s Saturday night subscription concerts live + The Nine Network, which regularly features SLSO performances on its Night at the Symphony program.

Celtic Woman returning to The Fox

Celtic Woman (www. celticwoman.com), the multi-platinum international music sensation, is returning with a brand new live show for an extensive North American tour beginning Spring 2018

with a stop in St. Louis on e x p e r i e n c e . F r o m t h e Wednesday, June 13 at the debut, Celtic Woman has Fabulous Fox Theatre. The touched the hearts of a much-anticipated concert, huge global audience. Now, ‘Homecoming,’ will play with Homecoming, Celtic in more than 90 U.S. and Woman brings the next Canadian cities from coast- chapter of an extraordinary musical journey. It’s a to-coast.

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Tuning in Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts continues 25th season

Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts, an i n d e p e n d e n t n o n p ro f i t t h a t b r i n g s s a c re d a n d classical music to St. Louis, continues its 25th season through May 2018 with worldclass 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: • We s t m i n s t e r C h o i r – Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm S e t t i n g t h e s t a n d a rd

for choral excellence for 96 years, the We s t m i n s t e r C h o i r i s composed of students a t We s t m i n s t e r C h o i r 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 re g a rd e d a s o n e o f t h e 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, M a rc h 1 0 , 2 0 1 8 a t 8 : 0 0 pm Te n e b r a e , t h e a w a rdwinning choir celebrates

its 15th anniversary this year with a tour of J o b y Ta l b o t ’ s g r o u n d breaking work, Path of Miracles, a new commission from Owain Park.

• The Ambassadors of Harmony – Saturday, M a rc h 2 4 , 2 0 1 8 a t 8 : 0 0 pm The Ambassadors of Harmony® (AOH) is the St. Louis area’s premier men’s a cappella chorus of more than 160 voices known for powerful and musically masterful performances.

I t s re p e r t o i re i n c l u d e s Broadway classics, barbershop, jazz, pop and wide selection of holiday favorites.

• Scott Kennebeck & J o h n P o w e l Wa l s h – Friday, April 6, 2018 at 8:00 pm Scott Kennebeck, tenor vocalist for the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Choir and Archdiocese of St. Louis, is joined by organist

John Powel Walsh for an evening of sacred music for organ and voice.

• St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus – Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 8:00 pm Experience St. Louis’s own worldclass orchestra in one of the final performances under the baton of Maestro David Robertson as music d i r e c t o r, a l l i n t h e heavenly setting of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

Ti c k e t s r a n g e f r o m $17-$49 depending on the performance and

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T h i s f a m i l y friendly series brings p ro f e s s i o n a l m u s i c i a n s to the community while p ro v i d i n g a c o n c e r t t o re m e m b e r f o r c h i l d re n (8+) and adults. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is located at 4431 Lindell Blvd.

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Music calendar Thursday, Jan. 18

T h e Wo m b a t s , T h e 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, S e c re t Tre e F o r t , T h e Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

The Knuckles, w/ Mathias & The Pirates, Bates, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 20

School of Rock, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Story of the Year, w/

(TBA), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Diane Coffee, Ratboys, w/The Potomac Accord, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

2 L i t 2 Qu i t , P o p ’s , Sauget, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 12:00 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 21

K e v i n G r i ff i n , w / O f Better Than Ezra, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Margo Price, w/Little Bandit, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 22

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 23

These Fading Visions, Dreaming Awake, Anima Animus, Bridges, Jacob Veninga, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Silverstein & Tonight Alive- The Get Free Tour, w/Broadside, Picturesque, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 24

Mod Sun, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Maceo Parker, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Digital Mistress, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Chase Rice, w/(TBA), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Maceo Parker, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 26

Luh Half, 3 Problems, Stape, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Tiffany Haddish, w/ (TBA), The Pageant, St.

Louis, Doors 9:30 p.m.

Road to Pointfest 2018, S:2 R:1, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Maceo Parker, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 27

Jorge Caballero, Ethical Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Esh am, Nuttin xn yce, P.O.W., Cannibal Crew, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Roger Guth, w/Peter

Mayer, Chris Walters, John Lovell, Zeb Briskovich, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Datsik, w/Space Jesus, R i o t Te n , Wo o l i , T h e Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Road to Pointfest 2018, S:1, R:4, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

Maceo Parker, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 28

Juice Box Jazz, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

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Travel Celebrating Groundhog Days For The Edge In 1991, a Hollywood film crew moved tons of equipment into Woodstock’s town square, and a band began playing the Pennsylvania Polka over and over and over again. They had come to shoot Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray and Andie McDowell. Released the following year, the movie soon became a cult favorite, a status it maintains a quarter century later Today, this McHenry County town 50 miles northwest of Chicago throws a mid-winter party to recall the fun it had standing in for Punxsutawney, Pa., home of the famous forecasting rodent. Woodstock’s a n n u a l “ G ro u n d h o g D a y s ” festival, to be held February 1-4, 2018, attests to the continuing popularity of the film, drawing an international assemblage of fans every year.

The hoopla gets underway the evening of Thursday, Feb. 1, when the festival’s official f u r r y m a s c o t , Wo o d s t o c k Willie, welcomes his guests at a sparkling Awakening of the Groundhog Ceremony at the Woodstock Opera House.

The opera house played the Pennsylvania Hotel in the movie, and is one of many film sites that the movie’s devotees will recognize.

The main event for Groundhog Day, Friday, Feb. 2, is Woodstock Willie’s official daybreak prognostication. To the oomp-pa-pas of a polka band, hundreds will gather on Woodstock Square to see the nation’s second-most-famous groundhog emerge from his tree trunk home. If he sees his shadow, it means there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, will there be an early spring?

For The Edge

A “Groundhog Day” movie fan enjoys a photo opportunity with two different versions of Woodstock Willie.

F o l l o w i n g t h e prognostication, there’s a whirlwind of activities throughout the weekend that include: guided walking tours of film sites; free showings of the movie; two breakfasts and a dinner dance at the Woodstock Moose Lodge, where the movie’s bachelor auction and d a n c e s c e n e s w e re f i l m e d ; Jim May’s Groundhog Tales; Groundhog Day trivia; movie memorabilia; beer tasting; chili cookoff; groundhog wood carving, bowling tournament and pub crawl. Drink to “world peace” where Murray

and McDowell did in the movie at the bar of the Public House restaurant in the Old Courthouse. Be sure to get a souvenir shot glass, too!

During events in Woodstock Square and on the walking tours, step on a plaque that reads “Bill Murray Stepped Here,” mounted on the curb where the actor plunged into a huge slush puddle in the movie. The walking tour includes 15 sites where memorable movie scenes such as that were shot. A favorite stop is the exquisitely-restored Cherry Tree Inn Bed & Breakfast, portrayed in the movie as the

Cherry Tree Inn, the boarding house where Murray woke up over and over and over again.

You’ll be invited inside for a glass of hot cider.

Festivities wrap up on Sunday, Feb. 4, with Woodstock Willie’s Family Fun Day, an indoor family fun fair with games, balloon artist, crafts, coloring, photo booth with props, pizza, face painting, treats and more!

Most Groundhog Days events are free, but a few require tickets p u rc h a s e d i n a d v a n c e . F o r a detailed list of events, dates and times, log on to www. woodstockgroundhog.org. If you

are unable to visit Woodstock during the festival, you can download a self-guided walking tour of film sites and visit them over and over again on your own, any day of the year.

Real Woodstock Wo o d s t o c k i s G ro u n d h o g Days and a whole lot more! Just 47 miles from Chicago, it’s on the edge of the Chicago metro area. It’s close to the city with a small town, rural personality all its own. Rich with Victorian architecture, a town square that seems frozen in time, and a world-renowned opera house, Woodstock also has an independent streak brimming with creativity. Discover all this McHenry County gem has to offer at www.realwoodstock. com. For an even more enjoyable visit, take Metra for relaxing t r a v e l t o Wo o d s t o c k ! T h e Woodstock Depot is in the heart of downtown, within walking d i s t a n c e o f a l l G ro u n d h o g Days events. Complete Metra schedules can be found at www. metrarail.com.

Plan an Overnight in McHenry County McHenry County is just a 60-minute drive northwest of Chicago, bordered on the north by Wisconsin, and on the south by I-90. The Fox River winds down from the Chain of Lakes through the towns on the eastern side of the county, while country roads meander the western side. For visitor information with lodging and d i n i n g o p t i o n s t h ro u g h o u t McHenry County, go to www. visitmchenrycounty.com, e-mail info@visitmchenrycounty.com, or phone 815-893-6280. Follow on Instagram and Facebook @ v i s i t m c h e n r y c o u n t y. F o r a free digital McHenry County 2017/2018 Insiders Guide, click here www.visitmchenrycounty. com/Request-Information.

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Travel

For The Edge

Penguins at the Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Mo.

Museum opens penguin exhibit For The Edge A city in the midwestern United States is now home to an Antarctic species of birds.

Penguin Cove was unveiled Dec. 15 at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri. The new exhibit is home to a colony of 11 Gentoo penguins, a species native to Antarctica, Penguin Cove transports guests to the southernmost continent for an up-close look at the incredible birds.

As the first major exhibit to debut since the Wonders of Wildlife grand opening in September, Penguin Cove showcases the signature interactive features and immersive detail the 320-000-squarefoot conservation attraction is known

for, allowing guests to get up close to the flightless birds while showcasing fascinating natural behaviors.

Key features of Penguin Cove include: Two 360-degree pop-up bubbles that place guests inside the habitat, allowing them to go eye-to-eye with the birds as they waddle around the exhibit’s rocky surfaces.

A massive Polar Plunge Tube, a stunning circular aquarium that offers underwater viewing to guests dining at the Fish Tales Cafe in the main lobby.

Two nesting portals that allow guests to peer inside the rocky alcoves where the social birds may seek solitude from their feathered friends.

Gentoo penguins are social animals known for living in colonies and often mating for life. The birds’ natural curiosity and unique behavior make them a natural

crowd pleaser. While the flightless bird aren’t nimble on land, their wings serve as fins allowing them to glide gracefully underwater, reaching depths of more than 600 feet and speeds of 22 miles per hour, faster than any other diving bird. One of 17 penguin species on Earth, Gentoos can grow to be 30 inches tall and weigh about 12 pounds. Featuring pink coloration under their wings, they are commonly cited as among the most charismatic of penguins.

The Gentoo penguins at Wonders of Wildlife came from the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Wonders of Wildlife consists of an allnew 1.5-million-gallon aquarium and wildlife adventure showcasing 35,000 live fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, and immersive wildlife galleries

that bring visitors eye-to-eye with the greatest collection of record-setting game animals ever assembled. Created by noted conservationist and Bass Pro Shops founder/CEO Johnny Morris, the attraction celebrates people who hunt, fish and act as stewards of the land and water. Located next to Bass Pro Shops flagship store in Springfield, the campus is a centerpiece of America’s Conservation Capital in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.

Other Springfield-area attractions featuring animals include Wild Animal Safari, Dickerson Park Zoo, National Tiger Sanctuary and Rutledge-Wilson Farm Community Park.

For more information about things to see and do in Springfield, visit www.

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New museums, destinations opening in 2018

By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor For travelers, the new year opens up a whole new world of places to go and things to do.

H e re a re a f e w n o t a b l e openings and events scheduled for 2018 around the U.S. N O TA B L E I N T H E NEW YEAR The Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania is scheduled to open the T o w e r o f Vo i c e s i n September.

The structure will be part of the commemoration of the United Airlines plane that crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.

It will rise 93 feet (28 meters) and will feature 40 chimes, a symbolic representation of the 40 passengers and crew who perished in the crash of Flight 93.

In Seattle, the Space Needle completes its renovation in the spring.

New feat ures include a multi-level, floor-toceiling glass viewing experience, open-air outdoor observation deck and glass benches designed to make visitors feel like they’re f l o a t i n g o n a i r. Tw o observation levels will be connected by a steeland-wood staircase with glass oculus.

The see-through glass rotating floor of the observation deck and lounge will open up a new view looking down.

E V E N T S , D E S T I N AT I O N S A N D OUTDOORS This year marks the 175th anniversary of the Oregon Trail .

Ta k e a f o re s t h i k e i n the wheel ruts of wagons

that carried settlers westward, visit a living heritage museum like the Philip Foster Farm or learn more about the trail’s history at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

Wa s h i n g t o n D . C . ’ s National Cherry Blossom Festival, March 20-April 15, will be hosted in a new neighborhood, The Wharf, a 24-acre (10-hectare) development along the Potomac River with three hotels, 20 restaurants, four piers, a water taxi with service to Georgetown and an electric “jitney” boat that will shuttle visitors f ro m t h e W h a r f t o t h e park behind the Jefferson M e m o r i a l a n d Ti d a l Basin.

On April 7, there will be a “Petalpalooza” festival with pink fireworks.

Motorcycle fans will want to be in Milwaukee for Harley-Davidson’s 115th anniversary hometown bash Labor D a y We e k e n d , A u g .

29-Sept. 2, including a parade.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Sawmill Market is expected to o p e n t h i s y e a r, s e r v i n g as the hub of the new Sawmill District n e i g h b o rh o o d , n o r t h o f Historic Old Town.

The former industrial area will be a destination for art, entertainment, food and shopping, with a food hall and more at the Sawmill Market.

Meanwhile a 50-mile activity loop recently opened in Albuquerque, connecting bike paths through destinations from the Sandia Mountains to the Bosque trail along the Rio Grande.

Stargazers will want to plan trips to central Idaho, which has just been designated as home to North America’s first Dark Sky Preserve. The preserve includes Sun Va l l e y, t h e S a w t o o t h National Recreation Area and wilderness areas.

MUSEUMS AND OTHER OPENINGS In Indianapolis, the Children’s Museum opens the Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience on March 17, with 12 outside sports experiences and three indoor exhibits devoted to physical fitness and sports history.

In Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University will open the Institute for Contemporary Art in April.

In M o n t g o m e r y, Alabama, a new museum dedicated to slavery and its legacy is scheduled to open in April.

The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a project of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that provides l e g a l re p re s e n t a t i o n t o indigent prisoners, those who may have been w ro n g l y c o n v i c t e d a n d defendants in Alabama death penalty cases.

The Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, is expanding, opening a new museum building by the end of the year along with additional acres for outdoor sculpture.

In St. Louis, the G a t e w a y A rc h G ro u n d s and Museum opens July 4 with biking and running trails, space for outdoor concerts and indoor events and the

new Jefferson Memorial Expansion Museum commemorating the w e s t w a rd e x p a n s i o n o f the United States.

I n N e w Yo r k C i t y, Spyscape, a museum experience about the world of hacking, espionage, code-breakers and investigative journalism, opens in late January.

T h e F a r m Wi s c o n s i n Discovery Center in M a n i t o w o c , Wi s c o n s i n , opens in June.

It’s an agricultural center that shows visitors where food

comes from, how it’s produced and who’s producing it, including a birthing barn for calves.

FLORIDA In addition to the usual theme park attraction openings — including Toy Story Land a t D i s n e y Wo r l d — a new water sports park is expected in Orlando this summer.

Nona Adventure Park will feature an inflatable, floating obstacle course, wakeboarders pulled along by cables and a 60-foot (18-meter) climbing tower with a

ropes course.

A new private train line, Brightline, is expected to launch introductory service b e t w e e n We s t P a l m Beach and Fort L a u d e rd a l e t h e s e c o n d week of January.

Miami is getting its first Italian food hall, La Centrale, at Brickell C i t y C e n t e r, a s w e l l a s a TimeOut Market with dining, bars and art on Drexel Avenue.

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Dining Delights The Edge's own Bill Roseberry, famous for his You Gotta' Eat restaurant reviews, has put together his thoughts on a number of local eateries.

Enjoy.

Schlafly Tap Room 2100 Locust St. St. Louis This is a great place to visit for good brews and good food. If you’re in to excellent craft beers then they’ll have plenty for you. The spacious brewery and restaurant gives you plenty of room to take a big group of friends for a night out. The old building i s p re t t y c o o l , t o o . I t was featured in the Kurt Russell flick “Escape from New York” back in the day. As for the food, the egg and chorizo sandwich is top notch and served on a ciabatta bun so it soaks up all the mess from the f r i e d e g g . I t p ro v i d e s a nice spice kick. The meatloaf muffin is a must try, featuring a baconwrapped meatloaf and fried egg on an English muffin. Also check out the bag of pretzels on the snack portion of the menu.

The Bavarian-style pretzels are served with a white cheddar cheese sauce that you will be tempted to guzzle straight from the container.

Boogie’s Restaurant & Bar 2082 Vadalabene Dr. Maryville If chicken wings are your thing then you need to check this place out.

Listed on the menu as “Boogie’s Famous Chicken Wings,” they are pretty delicious. I like the garlic parmesan version. They aren’t overly greasy and have the right level of garlic flavor to them. Get them double dipped.

The fried chicken here is GBD (golden, brown and delicious) and worth a try.

Also, don’t miss out on the baked sweet potato as a side. The butter and brown sugar turn it into more of a dessert. There are also daily specials to check out.

Steel City Smokehouse 9 American Village Granite City You will find this place in the front portion of R a v a n e l l i ’s i n G r a n i t e City. This barbecue joint is pretty scrumptious.

It’s small for eating in, but well worth a visit.

Head to the assembly line counter and pick out your order to the server behind the guards. The brisket is really good, as is the peppered turkey. Lather it up with the chipotle blueberry sauce, you can’t go wrong with it. The sides are top notch too, most notably the cheesy hashbrowns and the macaroni and cheese.

Wise Guys Gyros and Italian Beef 3200 Godfrey Rd. Godfrey This is a pretty new j o i n t i n G o d f re y. T h e menu is comprised of Chicago-style classics like gyros, Italian beef and hot dogs. The gyro meat

is extremely tender and they put a lot of twists on it, like the barbecue gyro with barbecue sauce, onio n and to mato . Of

course there is the Italian sausage sandwich which mixes those Chicago classics of Italian beef and Mary a juicy Italian sausage

link. You can’t go wrong with that. The pizza puff is really good, with beef, mozzarella cheese Both and pizza sauce stuffed

inside a flaky pastry shell.

It’s in an old fast food restaurant, so nothing fancy aesthetically, but still worth a trip.

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An exotic kick for chicken

By MELISSA D’ARABIAN Associated Press Boneless skinless chicken breasts save the day for so many busy folks who want to get a lean, protein-filled, affordable dinner on the table in a hurry.

I always have a package or two in my freezer - I buy them when they are on super-sale (which they are once every 4-6 weeks in my experience) and freeze them, a strategy even more helpful if you seek out the pricier organic or freerange versions.

Even if I forget to pop the frozen chicken in the fridge to thaw the night before I need it, I can always do a quick-thaw in a big bowl of cold water, and still get dinner on the table quickly.

This ubiquitous cut of meat is chock-full of lean protein - a 4-ounce serving is only 125 calories, and has about 26 grams of protein, plus a smattering of minerals and B vitamins, and only a gram or two of fat.

WEEKNIGHT THAI CHICKEN CURRY Servings: 6 Start to finish: 20 minutes 6 chicken breast cutlets, about 4 ounces each 2 tablespoons red Thai curry paste 1 teaspoon neutral oil Sauce: 1/2 cup coconut milk (canned) 1/2 cup chicken broth 2/3 cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed (about 10 large or 20 small leaves) 3 cloves garlic, chopped or passed through a garlic press 3 green onions, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 cups of cooked brown

rice, for serving Lightly pound or press the chicken breasts so that they are no thicker than 3/4 of an inch.

Coat each cutlet with a teaspoon of the curry paste.

Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat, brush the oil to coat the whole pan.

Place the chicken cutlets in the pan, smooth side of the cutlet down. Turn the heat slightly down to medium, and cover the pan. Cook for 5 minutes, u n c o v e r, a n d f l i p t h e chicken using a spatula. (If the chicken is stuck to the pan, let it cook for another minute or two and then flip.)

Let the chicken cook on the second side, uncovered, for another 5 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 160 F. Remove from heat and set on cooked brown rice on plate or platter to serve.

Meanwhile, place all the sauce ingredients in a blender and pulse just enough to mix, leaving some of the basil in flecks.

Pour the sauce into a small saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat.

Spoon a few tablespoons of sauce over the chicken and rice.

Chef ’s Note: I used full fat coconut milk for unctuous texture since the quantity is relatively low, but you may substitute low-fat version.

Nutrition information per serving: 310 calories; 79 calories from fat; 9 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 86 mg cholesterol; 602 mg sodium; 26 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 30 g protein.

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Big pizza proves to be a big hit

By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Finding the perfect ingredients and recipe at Big Dam Pizza was never the problem.

The struggle was finding boxes big enough to hold a 30-inch pie.

So, the restaurant settled and reduced its pizzas to 28 inches when they found a box of that size.

However, the slightly smaller size was possibly a better starting point.

“Most people say we need a bigger door to get out,” said Morgan Gawronski, a manager at the restaurant. “Most people need bigger cars.”

Once, Gawronski said a woman strapped a pizza to the roof of her car. Many customers have to move around seats or at least fit the box into the trunk.

Ironically, the giant pies are delivered in a Prius, which only requires the back seat to be folded down, not a roof rack.

Of course, the pizza could be eaten in-house, but if you forget to bring a team with you, even a slice to go might require an entire seat.

Big Dam Pizza began as a play on words and the answer to Fayetteville’s need for a simple pizza shop, said owner Kellie Villenave.

In addition to its Big Dam Pizza pies, the restaurant’s menu features “Big Dam Nachos” and “Big Dam Pepperoni Rolls.”

One slice of pepperoni costs $5, while a whole pizza, which includes eight slices, costs $35.

The shop’s logo features a slice of pizza serving as the side of a dam, with whitewater rushing down its edges.

Villenave drew the design, inspired by the Summersville Dam. “This is a whitewater town and a lot of the whitewater starts at the dam,” said Villenave, a rafter herself.

Many of her ingredients are sourced locally, she said. Her team makes each pie from scratch.

“I had a general base because I’ve cooked my entire life,” Villenave said.

She learned to cook from her grandmother, who inspired the pizza sauce recipe used in the restaurant.

“She’s a homesteader, so we grew half of what we cooked,” she said. “From her, I learned the science of food.

All it is is chemistry and love.”

Even the dessert is local. In addition to its “Big Dam Apple Dumpling” and “Big Dam Cookies,” ice cream sold in the shop is made by Homestead Creamery, three hours away in Virginia, and the pies and cheesecake are made by a local woman.

Villenave said the response from the community since Big Dam Pizza opened in late September has been “humbling.”

“People come in when they’re not even hungry to make sure that we make it,” Villenave said.

The restaurant skipped a soft opening and was forced to close early several times in its first week. Photos and videos on social media were not enough, people had to see and

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Dr. Husain is now accepting new patients at the Alton Surgery office, located in Medical Office Building B, Suite 230 on the AMH campus. He joins Dr. Chris Aldridge and Kaycee Evers, NP. To schedule an appointment or for more information, please call 618-462-3191.

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Chicago cookie bakery has big dreams

By GREG TROTTER Chicago Tribune Laine’s Bake Shop is almost undetectable from the street in the Far South Side neighborhood of Morgan Park. The windows of the brick storefront, a former post office, are covered with dark curtains. The smells of vanilla, ginger and peanut butter don’t quite reach the sidewalk.

Inside the tiny bakery, though, business is booming.

Laine’s churns out hundreds of pounds of cookies each week destined for 55 Whole Foods Market stores throughout the Midwest, along with red velvet cheesecake brownies sold in 10 Starbucks cafes in Chicago. Laine’s is, in many ways, a model for small food businesses with big dreams of broader distribution and

social impact. It also serves as an example of how hard that journey can be.

In the past two years, founders Rachel and Jaryd Bernier-Green have endured financial struggles, personal setbacks and sleepless nights. Even now, despite its success with Whole Foods and Starbucks, Laine’s lacks the capital to move out of its 1,200-square-foot bakery into roomier facilities that would allow the business to keep growing.

“We’re at an interesting point where we have these great opportunities in front of us but we’re turning down business because we can’t adequately support it,” said Rachel Bernier-Green, 30, as workers nearby scooped globs of cookie dough onto a tray.

As the oldest of six children who grew up in

Roseland and suburban Homewood, Bernier-Green showed her entrepreneurial spirit early. While other girls dressed up as princesses, Bernier-Green said, she liked to pretend to be Oprah and Madam C.J. Walker, the renowned AfricanAmerican entrepreneur and philanthropist of the early 1900s.

“I was an odd kid,” she said, laughing.

Just a couple of years ago, Bernier-Green worked for the prestigious accounting firm KPMG after earning a master’s degree in taxation accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But during a personal health crisis, she re-evaluated her priorities, deciding to spend more time with family and make more of an

impact in the community.

“I had a literal come-toJesus moment: What am I doing with my life?” she said.

Bernier-Green hopes to grow Laine’s into a

national brand known for uplifting struggling communities on Chicago’s South Side. She aims to hire employees who were previously homeless or in jail;

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