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January 31, 2019 Volume Issue 5 August17, 2, 2018

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Opportunity to represent community biggest honor

More than a beauty pageant to Miss Calhoun

By Jill Moon jill.moon@hearst.com

MICHAEL — Miss Calhoun County is more than a pretty face. The everyday life of this fair queen involves running two businesses, going to school and, most recently, buying her first house in her hometown of Michael, Illinois.

Historic Mount Hope Barn Weddings Event Coordinator Sydney White, 20, is the 2018 Miss Calhoun County, who operates and manages Mount Hope and also started a fitness business, Sydwhite Fitness through Calhoun Crunch, as a personal trainer last year.

She took a “break” within the last two weeks to compete (and make new forever friends) for the state title of 2019 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen at the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs’ 109th annual convention.

White, a 2016 Calhoun High School graduate, also is majoring in accounting and business at Lewis and Clark Community College in a dual partnership through St. Louis’ Missouri Baptist University.

“Honestly, it was a life change, an ‘everything change,’” White told The Edge, to give a glimpse inside the experience of earning the county title, while packing to go to the state pageant in Springfield, where she stayed at the Crown Plaza Hotel, along with 70 other fair queens, each representing their home county, in the competition Jan. 18 - Jan. 20.

“I just decided, ‘I’m going to run for county queen,’ and now I’m going to state in the morning.”

The whirlwind three-day competition earlier this month had an indelible impact on White.

“I had the best time ever. Lifelong friendships have been made,” she said upon returning home. “I’m so grateful and proud.

Calhoun made me feel equivalent to that of a state winner.”

As a wedding planner, White knows the importance of grace under pressure, but more important than winning any title, is representing a community, she noted, especially her beloved Calhoun County, where she won the county title last September at the county fair pageant.

“It was fun,” said White about the county competition, for which Historic Mount Hope Barn Weddings was a sponsor. “I had overwhelming support from the community. It

David Blanchette|For The Edge Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White, 20, models her gown during the competition for the title of 2019 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen at the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs’ 109th annual convention, held Jan. 18-20, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Springfield, Illinois. was awesome running a business here and also running for county queen. When I ran, the judges told me they could tell that I’m an active member of the community and that

really touched me.

“My job — every day — is showing off one of the many beautiful features of Calhoun County,” she said of the county’s mostly undeveloped landscape and its landmarks, such as Mount Hope’s historic barn, now restored, on the 250-acre property of a former early Calhoun settlement. “Being in an agricultural fair competition is like second nature to what I do every day, selling the landscape, presenting it all at such a larger scale. And, the whole idea of the state competition is promoting our little Calhoun County on such a larger scale.”

Historic Mount Hope Barn Weddings, an all-accommodating, multi-million-dollar investment, opened more than three years ago, owned by her father, Jonah White, of Billy Bob Teeth fame. But, Sydney has managed the property since the outset. The venue is located just outside Michael, near her dad’s White Tales Lodge, a commercial hunting getaway, and not far from Billy Bob Teeth headquarters in Hardin, all on a peninsula formed by the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.

For The Edge “Something I really want to incorporate into my role as it relates to the state competi- Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White participates in various competition activities. tion, is what I do every day, showing off the features of my little county, because it’s also one of the most beautiful sites in all of Illinois,” Sydney said. “This is more than just a beauty pageant. It’s about having an actual deep love for the state that we’re in, not just our county, but the entire state, the diversity we represent, the intellect, knowledge and appreciation for the state that we live in.

That’s what I’m promoting.”

Born and raised in Calhoun County, both the county and state levels of competitions underscored Sydney’s appreciation; but, really, the appreciation comes from her extensive travels to other places, including her mother Renee White’s native country, Australia, for which Sydney is named.

“I have exposure to a lot of other countries and places, so when I always come back home, I just have this ungodly appreciation,” Sydney explained. “Some people joke that people from Calhoun County never leave Calhoun County, I’m the exact opposite. But, being from Calhoun County, I’ve been representing Calhoun County every time I’ve left and seen the world. There’s still nowhere like Calhoun County, that’s the absolute truth.

There’s nothing like crossing the Joe Page For The Edge Bridge, onto the peninsula, into intimate Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White natural seclusion.” having fun during the Illinois Association of Calhoun County is one of Illinois’ leastAgricultural Fairs’ 109th annual convention. populous counties, almost completely surrounded by water; it has just five municipalireserves and the Center for American Archeties, all of them villages, yet it’s still part of ology in Kampsville. the St Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The county is famous for its peaches, nature See PAGEANT on Page 4

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January 31, 2019

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Cover story: Miss Calhoun County

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Food for Thought ... with Vicki Bennington

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Diamond Rio tickets on sale now

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‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ shows some stories age well

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Redford says he’s ready for smaller onstage role at Sundance

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People at the Party

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Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ staying put in Amsterdam museum

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Upcoming exhibition will feature new work

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What to discover ... Arts

Who to contact THE EDGE PUBLISHER • Denise VonderHaar..............dvonderhaar@edwpub.net THE EDGE ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Carole Fredeking ............carole.fredeking@hearst.com THE EDGE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • Jill Moon ..................................... jill.moon@hearst.com THE EDGE EVENTS COORDINATOR • Kendra McAndrews ..... kendra.mcandrews@hearst.com THE EDGE CONTRIBUTORS • Vicki Bennington............... vbennington@sbcglobal.net • Keith Brake ............................keithbrake76@gmail.com • Robert Grubaugh .............. rgrubaugh19@hotmail.com

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David Blanchette|For The Edge LEFT: Miss Calhoun County Sydney White models her gown; ABOVE: Miss Macoupin County Anni Ibberson; RIGHT: Miss Greene County Alex Roberts.

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“I look at the Illinois County Fair Queen pageant not just as a complete honor, but as an opportunity, and I’m not done. I haven’t achieved even close to where I want to go, but I’m going to get there, and this is one route I can take,” Sydney said.

Visit www.barnweddingsillinois.com for more information. Contact Mount Hope Barn Weddings at sydneywhite@barnweddingsillinois.com or call 618-535-9803, which is also the telephone number to connect to Sydwhite Fitness.

Reach Jill Moon at 618-208-6448 and Twitter @jill_moon.

Miss Jersey County Taylor Stocks

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For The Edge Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White delivering a speech about how “life can knock you down, time and again, but never be afraid to get back up and persevere,” including in the speech her own experience, explaining that during basketball playoffs, her team lost in eighth grade and again in junior high, but eventually her team won state during her senior year at Calhoun High.

Miss Illinois Bladel, of Winnebago Department Sullivan.

David Blanchette | For The Edge County Fair Queen 2019 Alexi Rockford, who represented County, stands with Illinois of Agriculture Director John

For The Edge Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White readies herself to step onto the stage at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois, during the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs’ 109th annual convention, where she competed for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair Queen 2019.

David Blanchette | For The Edge Miss Madison County Malissa Huddleston

Miss Calhoun County 2018 Sydney White interviewing with judges.

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GUIDE to LOCAL HOUSES of WORSHIP and CHURCH DIRECTORY

MOUNT JOY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF EDWARDSVILLE

327 Olive Olive Street Street •• Edw, Edw, IL IL 327 656-0845 656-0845 Steve Jackson, Jackson, Pastor Pastor Steve Sunday School: School: 9:30 9:30 a.m. a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: Worship: 10:45 10:45 a.m. a.m.

Morning Wed. Early Early Morning Morning Prayer: Prayer: 5:00 5:00 a.m. a.m.

Wed. Wed. Bible Bible Study: Study: 7:00 7:00 p.m. p.m.

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NEW BETHEL BETHEL NEW UNITED METHODIST METHODIST UNITED

131 N. N. Main Main St., St., Glen Glen Carbon, Carbon, IL IL 131 288-5700 Dr. Dr. Penelope Penelope H. H. Barber Barber 288-5700 310 South South Main, Main, Edwardsville Edwardsville 310 656-7498 656-7498

SundayMorning MorningWorship Worship--8:15 8:15&&10:45a.m.

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Sunday SundaySchool School--9:30 9:30a.m. a.m.

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Traditional Worship: Worship: 9:00 9:00 a.m. a.m.

Traditional Contemporary Worship: Worship: 10:30 10:30 a.m. a.m.

Contemporary Sunday School: School: 10:30 10:30 a.m. a.m.

Sunday Youth: 5:30 5:30 p.m. p.m.

Youth: Dr. James James Brooks, Brooks, Lead Lead Minister Minister Dr. Rev. Jeff Jeff Wrigley, Wrigley, Assoc Assoc Minister Minister Rev.

Mid-Week -- Every EveryWednesday Wednesday evening evening -Mid-Week Youth Bible Bible Study Study -- 6-7:30 6-7:30 p.m. p.m.

Youth AdultClasses Classes&& Adult PrayerShawl ShawlMinistry Ministry--6:30-7:30 6:30-7:30p.m. p.m.

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ST. PAUL PAUL UNITED UNITED CHURCH CHURCH ST. OF OF CHRIST CHRIST

1 District District Drive, Drive, Edwardsville Edwardsville

3277 3277 Bluff Bluff Rd. Rd. Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL IL 656-1500 656-1500

(Liberty (Liberty Middle Middle School) School)

Rev. Rev. Diane Diane C. C. Grohmann Grohmann

Bible Bible Studies, Studies, Family, Family, Youth Youth & & College College Ministries Ministries 9:30 9:30 a.m. a.m.Worship Worship // 11:15 11:15 a.m. a.m. Sunday Sunday School School

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Rev. Aaron Aaron Myers, Myers, Pastor Pastor

Phone: Phone: 618-307-6590 618-307-6590 www.providencepres.net www.providencepres.net Presbyterian Presbyterian Church Church in in America America

Our Our Facility Facility isis Handicap Handicap Accessible Accessible

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Fully Accessible Accessible Facilities Facilities Fully www.newbethelumc.org www.newbethelumc.org

ST. BONIFACE BONIFACE ST. CATHOLIC CATHOLIC CHURCH CHURCH

110 110N. N.Buchanan Buchanan Edwardsville Edwardsville 656-6450 656-6450 Very Very Reverend Reverend Jeffrey Jeffrey Goeckner Goeckner

Sacrament Sacrament of of Reconciliation: Reconciliation: Wed., Wed., & & Thurs.

Thurs. -- 66 pm pm Saturday Saturday -- 3:30-4:00 3:30-4:00 pm pm Saturday Saturday Vigil Vigil Mass Mass -- 4:15 4:15 pm pm Sunday Sunday Mass Mass -8:15 8:15 am, am, 10:15 10:15 am, am, 5:15 5:15 pm pm Spanish Spanish Mass Mass -- 12:15 12:15 pm pm Daily Mass Schedule Mon., 5:45 Daily Mass Schedule - Mon., 5:45 pm pm Tues., Tues., Thurs., Thurs., Fri. Fri. -- 8:00 8:00 am am Wed., Wed., & & Thurs.

Thurs. -- 6:45 6:45 pm pm

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407 Edwardsville Edwardsville Rd. Rd. (Rt. (Rt. 162) 162) 407 Troy, IL IL 62294 62294 Troy, 667-6241 667-6241 Andy Adams, Adams, Pastor Pastor Andy SundayWorship: Worship: Sunday a.m., 99 a.m., a.m., 10:15 10:15 a.m. a.m. && 10:45 10:45 a.m. a.m.

88 a.m., Wednesday Evening EveningYouth Youth Services Services Wednesday New Life Life Student Student Ministry Ministry New www.troyumc.org www.troyumc.org

EDEN CHURCH CHURCH EDEN 903 N. Second Street 903N. N.Second SecondStreet Street 903 Edwardville, IL 62025 Edwardville,IL IL62025 62025 Edwardville, 656-4330 656-4330 656-4330

The Bahá’is Bahá’is ofof Edwardsville Edwardsville warmly warmly The welcome and and invite invite you you toto investigate investigate the the welcome teachings ofof the the Bahá’i Bahá’i Faith.

Faith. teachings For more more information information call call For (618) 656-4142 656-4142 or or email: email: (618) Bahai.Edwardsville@sbcglobal.net Bahai.Edwardsville@sbcglobal.net P.O. P.O. Box Box 545 545 Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL IL 62025 62025 www.bahai.us www.bahai.us

John Roberts, Senior Pastor JohnRoberts, Roberts,Senior SeniorPastor Pastor John Sunday Worship: SundayWorship: Worship: Sunday Traditional Service 8:00 AM TraditionalService Service8:00 8:00AM AM Traditional Sunday School 9:15 AM SundaySchool School9:15 9:15AM AM Sunday Contemporary Service ContemporaryService Service--Contemporary 10:30 AM 10:30AM AM 10:30 EDEN

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St. Mary’s Parish

Let’s Worship.

Call Rachel @ 618-208-6441

“O SON SON OF OF SPIRIT! SPIRIT! “O The best best beloved beloved ofof all all things things inin My My sight sight The Justice;turn turn not not away away therefrom therefrom ifif thou thou isis Justice; desirest Me, Me,and and neglect neglect itit not not that that II may may desirest confide inin thee. thee.Verily Verily justice justice isis My My gift gift toto confide thee and and the the sign sign ofof My My loving loving kindness.” kindness.” thee Baha’u’llah ~~ Baha’u’llah

1802 1802 Madison Madison Avenue, Avenue, Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL IL 62025 62025 (618) (618) 656-4857 656-4857 Weekend Weekend Masses: Masses:

Saturdays Saturdays 5:00 5:00 pm pm Sundays Sundays 8:00 8:00 am am && 10:30 10:30 am am Confessions Confessions Saturday Saturday 3:30 3:30 to to 4:30 4:30 pm pm

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Tues., Tues., 6:30 6:30 pm, pm, Wed-Fri., Wed-Fri., 8:00 8:00 am am

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St. Mary’s Parish 1802 Madison Avenue Edwardsville, IL 62025 (618) 656-4857 Weekend Masses: Saturdays 5:00 pm Sundays 8:00 am & 10:30 am Confessions Saturday 3:30 to 4:30 pm Daily Mass: Tuesday 6:30 pm, Wed-Fri 8:00 am www.stmaryedw.org email: office@stmaryedw.org St. Mary’s School (618) 656-1230

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Singing drummer Lindsay Beaver to perform in St. Louis

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“When I first started out, I couldn’t find a singer I liked and I couldn’t find a drummer I liked, so I decided to do both.”

ST. LOUIS — Blues-rocking, soul-singing drummer, songwriter and bandleader Lindsay Beaver, touring in support of her Alligator Records debut CD, “Tough As Love,” will perform at BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups.

Beaver’s concert starts at 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in St. Louis at BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 S. Broadway.

On the album (which entered the Living Blues Radio Chart at No. 1) and on stage, Beaver makes an immediate and unforgettable impression. Standing front and center at her kit, singing every song from the depths of her soul, she delivers blues, R&B and old school rock ‘n’ roll with punk rock energy. She sings with a voice brimming with attitude and soulfulness.

Beaver comes at every song with urgent intensity, soul-baring emotion, a distinct swagger and a take-no-prisoners confidence. With influences ranging from Little Richard to The Ramones, from Billie Holiday to Queens of the Stone Age, Beaver has crafted a timeless sound and personal style that simply cannot be

“She’s like the love child of Amy Winehouse and Little Richard.”

— Bruce Iglauer, Alligator Records president denied. Tickets cost $15 at the door.

Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Beaver, 33, possesses an old soul. She is a classically trained vocalist and a jazz-trained drummer with a deep love and knowledge of roots music.

Live and on her recordings, she lays it all on the line, performing her signature

— Lindsay Beaver

For The Edge mix of unforgettable originals and dance floor-filling versions of songs by artists as diverse as Sam Cooke and The Detroit Cobras. Her Alligator Records debut, “Tough As Love,” introduces her as a true force of nature with a sky’s-the-limit future.

“Tough As Love,” produced by Beaver, was recorded in her current hometown of Austin, Texas. She wrote seven of the album’s 12 tracks, the striking originals melding seamlessly with the perfectlychosen covers. Her deep understanding of blues and roots rock traditions is a launching pad for her songs, combining electric urgency with skill and finesse.

“Tough As Love” honors some of Beaver’s inspirations (including songs

by Little Willie John, Angela Strehli and Art Neville), while introducing her own unforgettable songs. Along with her touring band-guitarist, Brad Stivers, and bassist Josh Williams, well-known friends, including Marcia Ball, Dennis Gruenling, Laura Chavez, Eve Monsees and Sax Gordon, they all add their talents to the proceedings.

“These are all folks that I’ve admired or wanted to perform with for years,” Beaver said. “It was important for me to highlight people that have inspired me.”

From the first song to the last, “Tough

As Love” is rough and raw, fearless and moving.

Over the course of her career, Beaver self-released five albums by her previous band, the 24th Street Wailers, producing three of them. “Tough As Love” is her first release under her own name. She has toured Canada, the United States and large swaths of Europe, and will be back on the road bringing her new music directly to the people, earning new fans at every stop.

“I like music with drive and passion,” she said. “I write what I know and I sing what I know. At my shows, I want people to have fun and to be moved. I want everyone to be inspired to dance and I want, at least some people, to be moved to tears. And, I definitely want every person to go home saying, ‘I’m never going to forget this.’”

Visit bbsjazzbluessoups.com for more information.

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Dinner/auction supports Blackburn’s Macoupin Scholarship Auction items include Pentagon guided tour, Cardinals, Cubs souvenirs

The Edge CARLINVILLE — Blackburn College is well on its way to another full house of fun, food and fundraising when it hosts its 28th annual Macoupin County Scholarship Dinner/Auction.

Based on progress so far and on past auctions, guests will have a lot of enticing treasures to bid on at this year’s dinner/auction Saturday, Feb. 16.

The planning committee has already collected items or received a commitment for an array of others.

“We’re still contacting area businesses, but the Macoupin community has been very generous so far, as they have been for the past 27 years that Blackburn has hosted this event,” committee leader Pat Kowal said. “We already have in hand some powerful auction

attractions, including St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs souvenirs, a guided tour of the Pentagon, a quail hunt, theater tickets, professional-level artwork and photography, a recliner, and some big cash donations from our Sponsorship Program.”

The silent auction starts when the doors open at 5 p.m. and typically includes 25 to 30 items with a bidding range of anywhere from $15 to $150.

When bidders register, they are given a small paddle sign with a bidder number that they write on the silent auction sheets and hold up to bid during the live auction. Guests can review the silent auction items at any time and, if they choose, write in a new bid higher than the last one until it closes halfway through the live auction. At that point, staff members will collect the bid sheets and notify each winner what he or she has purchased.

“When we have collected all of our donat-

ed items, we’ll decide how to present them,” Kowal explained. “We often group several related items into one themed ‘package’ for the silent auction, to add value to each one.

Deciding in what order to offer the live auction items is mostly a matter of variety. We avoid having three or four of the same kind of thing in a row.

“One of the highlights of the dinner/auction is the interaction between the audience members and the auctioneer. Mike Crabtree, this year’s auctioneer, is especially good at teasing and tweaking our guests to encourage bidding. He knows most of the guests and most of them know him. It’s an auction but it’s also a social event.”

While the auctions are the stars of the

show, Kowal said the dinner has its own temptations.

This year’s buffet includes chicken piccata, a ham carving station, a pasta primavera vegetarian dish, roasted red potatoes, fresh steamed vegetables, a mini salad bar, and rolls and butter.

“And, we could not have a complete dinner without our desserts, including glutenfree apple-cranberry crisp, flourless chocolate cake, and whipped cream topping on the side,” she noted. “Of course, there will be tea and water at the tables and coffee near the dessert table.”

For tickets, call Mary McMurray at 217-8545510 or go online at blackburn.edu/dinnerauction and pay by credit card.

Dismas Hardy returns in ‘The Rule of Law’

By Jeff Ayers Associated Press “The Rule of Law” (Atria), by John Lescroart Dismas Hardy and his colleagues are forced into a case with personal ramifications in John Lescroart’s latest novel, “The Rule of Law.” As time passes for the characters, they have to deal with both the joys and sorrows of growing older. Yet the past is always lingering in the background waiting to cause chaos at the most inopportune moment.

Dismas Hardy sees his practice expanding. His friend has lost re-election to the district attorney position and another close ally has retired from the police department. Things start to get wonky when his trusted secretary disappears.

It’s completely out of character for her, and when she returns as if nothing has happened, Hardy wants answers. She says her brother has been released from prison and she’s let-

ting him crash at her place. Then the police arrive to arrest her.

A human trafficker has been killed, and the evidence leads to her brother. Since she wasn’t seen at the time of the murder, she’s arrested as an accessory. Hardy knows she had nothing to do with this coyote’s death, so he sets out to prove it, which puts him in a fight with the new district attorney, and he has a grudge against Hardy and his colleagues. Ron Jameson has already let the power of his new office go to his head, and if he has to bend the rules a bit to get what he wants, he will. Now Hardy is in the way.

Several strong themes resonate throughout this story including corruption, immigration, and the power of love and family. Hardy wants to follow the rule of law, and his foe in the district attorney’s office will ignore it to succeed. Lescroart has crafted another wonderful legal thriller that will easily please his fans and those who aren’t familiar with his body of work.

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Food for Thought …with Vicki Bennington

New beginnings

We’ve all done it. Started the week, the month, the new year with resolutions to begin anew with our diet, our love life, our exercise routines, our studies — or with whatever we think we might do better at the time.

Why not have a specific start day?

At least, you have time to prepare and plan, and you know when the new rules will kick in. Sometimes it works forever; sometimes it doesn’t work at all; and, sometimes Bennington the success is measured somewhere in the middle of those two extremes.

Well … shortly after the first of the year, my husband and I started to try eating more sensibly, with the goal to lose weight before our family trip to the beach this summer.

We didn’t really apply a particular “diet.”

It’s not the keto diet or paleo or Nutrisystem or even Weight Watchers, though we have successfully utilized that program before, and I am applying some of the WW principles. It has started out rather well. In three weeks time, he lost nine pounds; I lost eight.

That seems like a good beginning.

And, it wasn’t that hard. I really knew that from our past go-around with Weight Watchers. Once you set your mind to it and get used to thinking about what you should eat and taking the time to read labels, you can do it. The trick is to find and eat things you like. If you are suffering every time you sit down for a meal, or you are so hungry you can’t think, then it won’t work.

Of course, one person’s “right stuff” is not the same as the next person’s, but here is a “typical day” for me that so far, seems to be working out OK. And, since I do the grocery shopping and food preparation at our house, my husband’s typical day looks very similar to mine — with a few tweaks for personal likes and dislikes.

In the morning, we have two eggs, or maybe oatmeal with blueberries on top. I usually didn’t eat breakfast, but I am now in an effort to stave off being extra hungry at lunchtime.

For lunch, something like an ordinary low-fat turkey or deli thin-sliced ham sandwich (preferably on wheat bread), with vegetables on the side, is really quite good.

Throw a slice of tomato on it for extra flavor and nutrition. A low-fat chicken salad, made

And don’t get me wrong, we have had the occasional splurges. Most people can’t be 100 percent compliant on a diet or eating program. If you can, more power to you, but I realize that for myself, I have to be able to have a treat now and then. You just have to get back on board the next day.

Don’t let the treat derail you forever. That’s what happened the first time we lost weight on Weight Watchers. We successfully kept weight off for five years, and I had actually started to believe that we had permanently adopted a healthier eating lifestyle. But a vacation threw us off track, and the weight slowly — but quite steadily — began to come back.

So … here we are on a new beginning for 2019. At a rate of eight pounds every three weeks, I should be where I want to be come beach season. I’ll keep you updated. Wish us luck, and try out this recipe for chicken salad. It’s so good that you almost think it wouldn’t be good for you.

Light Chicken Salad

the night before for convenience, is also a good go-to for lunch. You can have it on wheat bread, or the recipe I have has celery and grapes to provide enough flavor variation that it stands on its own or on a bed of lettuce.

Mandarin oranges have surprisingly become my new favorite snack. I ordered some for a fundraiser, thinking that I probably wouldn’t eat them, but they were actually delicious. I’ve been back to the store for additional bags (they are so tasty, I eat them

two at a time).

For dinner, we have a couple of vegetables alongside some kind of lean meat, like chicken or something that we love — turkey burgers. There is a 98 percent fat-free option of ground turkey, but that’s a little too dry for me. The 93 percent fat-free version is delicious.

4 cups cooked chicken breast, diced 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 cup Hellmann’s low-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/2 cup celery (chopped finely) 1/2 cup red grapes, cut in half Combine ingredients in medium bowl.

Serve on bed of lettuce, and garnish with toasted sliced almonds or other nuts (if desired). Makes six servings.

In this column, Vicki Bennington shares her love of food and all that involves, from special dishes at local and regional restaurants to new trends and fads, and things to try at home. Contact her at vbennington@sbcglobal.net with comments, ideas or suggestions.

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What to hear … music Thursday, Jan. 31

• Open Mic Night, Germania Brew Haus, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m.

• The Magpie Salute, Delmar Hall, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Mvstermind: Live from the Listening Room, KDHX, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Bistro All Stars, Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Koe Wetzel, Off Broadway Music Venue, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Dead Horses, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Thursday Night Revue with The Unity Quartet, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 9:30 p.m.

• Ladies Night with Jen Norman, Hummel’s on Broadway, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Liturgical Composers Concert, Mercy Conference and Retreat Center, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• It’s Party Time, Stagger Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois, 10 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1

• ’90s Dance Party, Tin Roof, St. Louis, 9:30 p.m.

• Bounce Rave, The Night Owl next - Tree House, St. Louis, 9 p.m.

• Thames, The Ready Room, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Vince Gill, Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Jeremiah Johnson with Amanda Fish + Jackson Stokes, The Bootleg, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Hallow Point & Glass Houses, The Firebird, St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

• Bayside, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Midland, Ballpark Village, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Marleyfest, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, University City, Missouri, 9 p.m.

• American Spiritual Ensemble, St. Louis Cathedral Concerts, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Hoopy Loopy, Skeeters Pub, Staunton, Illinois, 9 p.m.

• Beppe Gambetta, Focal Point Concerts, Maplewood, Missouri, 8 p.m.

African Drumming & Story, The Original 14th Street Artist Community, St. Louis, 3 p.m.

• Gavin M., Irish Corner Pub, St. Louis, 2 p.m.

• Open Mic, Gaslight, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• The Usual Suspects, BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups, St. Louis, 4 p.m.

• Matt Diekemper, Rhone Rum Bar, St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 4

• Dillon Francis x Alison Wonderland - Lost My Mind, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Melissa Aldana, Emmet Cohen & Marquis Hill, Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• St. Louis Symphony, Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, Lebanon, Illinois, 12 p.m.

• The Second After with Frenchie, Fubar, St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

• Young Cats of Jazz with Keith Bowman Quartet, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• StL Live Music Open Mic & Jam, Evangeline’s Bistro & Music House, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Kristen Goodman, Sasha’s on Shaw, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2

• 105.7 The Point Welcomes: Story of the Year, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• The Dead Roses, Bottle and Barrel, Alton, Illinois, 10 p.m.

Gary Wolstenholme | Redferns Dan Marsala performing live onstage with Story of the Year on Nov. 6, 2005, at the Manchester Apollo. Story of the Year, plays • Notes From Home Series, Sheldon Constarting at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at The cert Hall and Art Galleries, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Pageant, St. Louis.

• Panic! At the Disco: Pray for the Wicked Tour, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Chucho Valdez: Jazz Bata, Jazz St. Louis, • Bill Forness - A Tribute - Johnny Cash, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Lascelles, Granite City, Illinois, 7 p.m.

• Jazz Explorations with Roland Johnson, • A Night Out - featuring Well Hungarians, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Madison County Firemen’s Hall, Collinsville, • The Crossing Tour - Alejandro Escovedo Illinois, 6:30 p.m. with Don Antonio, Off Broadway Music • Steve Aoki, RYSE Nightclub, St. Charles, Venue, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Missouri, 9 p.m.

• 40 Oz To Freedom (Sublime Tribute), The • Melissa Aldana, Emmet Cohen & Marquis Ready Room, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Hill, Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• RiverBend, Harman Auction House, Ship• Anthony Doria, Broadway Oyster Bar, St. Louis, 6 p.m. man, Illinois, 7 p.m.

• Tuesday Open Mic Night, 1860 Saloon & • Anita Jackson: Tribute - Ella Fitzgerald, Hardshell Café, St. Louis, 9 p.m.

Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, St. Louis, 11 a.m.

• Johnny Rock-Itt & The Double Wide Symphony, The Pump House Bar & Grill, Wood River, Illinois, 9:30 p.m.

• Marty Friedman, Pop’s Concert Venue, • Sponge, The Wildey Theatre, EdwardsSauget, Illinois, 7 p.m.

• Bob Marley Birthday Bash with Voodoo ville, Illinois, 8 p.m.

Marley, Broadway Oyster Bar, St. Louis, 9 p.m.

• Motherfolk & Stay Outside, The Ready Room, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Brunchin’ with Anita Jackson, Dark Room • The Dirty Nil, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, at The Grandel, St. Louis, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

University City, Missouri, 8 p.m.

• Soulful Sunday, National Blues Museum, • Ones To Watch Presents Dorothy ‘The St. Louis, 4 - 7 p.m.

Freedom Tour’ Delmar Hall, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• The Classless, Fubar, St. Louis, 6 p.m.

• The Kasimu-tet, Dark Room at The Gran• Radar State, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, del, St. Louis, 9 p.m.

University City, Missouri, 8 p.m.

• The Matching Shoe, Scarlett’s Wine Bar, • Dhati Kennedy Drumming Our Story: St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Wednesday, Feb. 6

Sunday, Feb. 3

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Diamond Rio tickets on sale now The Edge ST. LOUIS — Diamond Rio will hit the stage at River City Casino & Hotel on a tour stop this spring.

Diamond Rio debuted in 1991 with the single “Meet in the Middle,” with Arista Nashville. This single made Diamond Rio the first band ever to send a debut single to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The band charted 32 more singles between then and 2006, including four more that reached number one: “How Your Love Makes Me Feel” (1997), “One More Day” (2001), “Beautiful Mess” (2002) and “I Believe” (2003).

Diamond Rio has recorded nine studio albums, four greatest hits compilations and one Christmas album. Three of the band’s albums have achieved Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum certification in the United States. In addition, Diamond Rio has received four Country Music Association Group of the Year awards, two Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Group awards and one Grammy.

Diamond Rio is known for its vocal harmonies, varied instrumentation and nearexclusive use of the band’s own members for recordings, instead of session musicians.

The band’s sound was originally defined by mainstream country, bluegrass and rock influences, but later albums drew more influence from Christian country music and country pop.

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If you go: What: Diamond Rio When: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 18 Where: River City Casino & Hotel Event Center, 777 River City Casino Blvd., St. Louis Info: Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25. Prices start at $28 and tickets can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com or in River City’s gift shop. Guests must be age 21 or older and show a valid photo ID. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Visit rivercity.com or call 888-578-7289 for more information and more about upcoming concerts and events. and tickets can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com or in River City’s gift shop.

Guests must be age 21 or older and show a valid photo ID. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

River City Casino & Hotel, 777 River City Casino Blvd., is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown St. Louis, along the banks of the Mississippi River.

The entertainment destination features a 90,000-square-foot, award-winning casino with the best slot machines and table games; a AAA four-diamond full-service luxury hotel, a 14,000 square-foot multi-purpose event center, featuring national entertainment acts; several restaurants; and, covered parking. Visit rivercity.com or call 888-5787289 for more information and more about upcoming concerts and events.

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This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows a scene from the WWI documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old,” directed by Peter Jackson.

‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ shows some stories age well

By Robert Grubaugh Contributing columnist I have just seen one of the most curious, ambitious and moving documentary films that I can even imagine. Director Peter Jackson, of “Middle Earth” fame, has done something truly remarkable that I hope can find an appreciative audience.

With “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Jackson undertakes an arduous task that saw the veteran producer and director lead a great team of archivists, technicians and performers to transform more than 100 hours of World War I-era film stock and 600 hours of accompanying audio recordings into a non-fiction account of daily life for a British soldier on the World War I Western Front. Not only does Jackson succeed in doing this from an entertainment standpoint, but it makes me wonder if some of the techniques I learned about in the 30-minute companion “makingof” program will revolutionize filmmaking in the future.

In 2015, the Imperial War Museums (a

British national museum organization with branches at five locations in England) first approached Jackson and his WingNut Films production company about taking some of the resources that the museum organization had been protecting for generations and somehow using it to show it in a way that was different from how it had been previously broadcast on television.

In order to tell the story, one that is nonpartisan and quite observational, the crumbling celluloid had to undergo a massive transformation that involved digitizing, timing (hand-cranked trench cameras couldn’t keep consistent frame rates), colorization (where grass proved to be the most challenging aspect) and bringing voices to the dead (carefully cast British actors and lip readers were involved).

This last trick used voice-over commentary from live interviews with aging infantrymen that the Imperial War Museums conducted in the 1950s and 1960s. No historians or other commentators were interviewed directly, to appear on screen, for “They Shall

Not Grow Old.” The movie’s initial premise is certainly intriguing, but it’s not until about 10 minutes into the feature, when the image blows out to a widescreen size, that the 3D imagery starts and the shift from dreary black-andwhite transitions slowly and seamlessly into color. That’s when you’ll realize you’re in for something wholly different at the cinema. I heard audible gasps from the audience with whom I sat.

From there and forward, you see uncannily intimate footage of what motivated boys to sign up for war and how they lived in the trenches and at the front. It’s not always a pretty picture, full of lice, dead service horses, cesspools and horrifying case studies of trench foot.

The wartime novelty marching song “Mademoiselle from Armentieres” plays during the closing credits. It’s a whimsical use of a ditty that was certainly of personal importance to men fighting for their homeland, but the story behind its usage might even be all the more enjoyable. Running

out of time and resources to finish the film, Jackson reached out to the British embassy in Auckland, New Zealand, where he’s based and they sent out eight diplomats to sing hours and hours of moderately-sanitized lyrics for the production. There’s hardly a group of people that doesn’t love to support their men and women in service. This anecdote was one of my favorites.

My dad sent me a link to an Associated Press story three weeks ago called “Can Entertainment Expire?” (Search it. You’ll thank me later). With “They Shall Not Grow Old,” it would appear that nothing put on film again will expire. In fact, it might even get better. The British Broadcasting Corp.

(BBC) will be airing the program in the future on their networks, but my viewing was during the last screening in a three-day Fathom Events program. I’m glad I didn’t miss it.

“They Shall Not Grow Old” runs 99 minutes and is rated R for disturbing war images. I give this film three and a half stars out of four.

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Redford says he’s ready for smaller onstage role at Sundance

By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah — Robert Redford has been kicking off the Sundance Film Festival with an opening day press conference for 34 years, but Thursday, he said he was ready to take a backseat role.

“I think we’re at a point where I can move on to a different place,” Redford said. “The thing I’ve missed over the years is being able to spend time with the films and the filmmakers.”

It’s something he hasn’t been able to do much with all the introductions he’s asked to do. But he said at this point, the festival doesn’t need much of an introduction anymore.

The first films of the two-week long festival won’t premiere until Thursday evening, but the ski town is already bustling with activity as brands and sponsors rush to finish plastering Main Street with logos and installations as the thousands of film fans and filmmakers touch down.

Although the temptations in town are Chris Pizzello | Invision, AP many — from flashy virtual reality setRobert Redford, president and founder of the Sundance Institute, addresses reporters during ups and performances from the likes of the opening day press conference at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Thursday, Jan. 24, in Arcade Fire, to cozy lounges and filmmak- Park City, Utah.

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er panels — the films themselves remain the main event for Sundance attendees.

The opening night selections are long sold out.

The festival officially starts Thursday evening with the premieres of “After The Wedding,” an adaptation of Susanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated Danish film starring Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore, and “The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley,” Alex Gibney’s documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

“I hope (audiences) get a deep dive into the psychology of fraud and the psychology of capitalism,” Gibney said. “That’s what’s really interesting to me about this, that journey of why we believe certain stories and why certain storytellers are effective at fooling people.”

Also debuting Thursday night are “Native Son,” a contemporary reimaging of the Richard Wright novel, “Memory: The Origins of Alien,” about the Ridley Scott film, and “Apollo 11,” which has never-before-seen or heard footage from the mission. Opening night films have tended to run the gamut from excellent (“Whiplash”) to forgettable (“The Bronze”).

The festival this year is host this year to 117 feature films, 105 world premieres and even some retrospectives, including a 20th anniversary screening of “The Blair Witch

“I think we’re at a point where I can move on to a different place.

The thing I’ve missed over the years is being able to spend time with the films and the filmmakers.”

— Robert Redford Project.”

Recent hits that debuted at Sundance include “The Big Sick,” ‘’Get Out,” ‘’Eighth Grade,” ‘’Sorry to Bother You,” ‘’RBG” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?.” Even with competition from Netflix and Hulu there are still some indies that break out. But lately some of the pricier acquisition deals have not panned out, like last year’s “Assassination Nation,” which was purchased for $10 million and went on to gross only $2.5 million at the box office.

Keri Putnam, the executive director of the Sundance Institute, said Thursday that she wanted people to remember that the festival is a non-profit arm of the institute.

“At its heart this festival is one of the most important way that we support artists,” Putnam said. “This festival is a home for independent artists around the world, to form a collective creative community.”

This year programmers have promised a return to the discovery aspect that Sundance made its name with. With a new director of programming in place in Kim Yutani, the festival also has a diverse lineup of filmmakers behind the camera too: 39 percent of the projects were directed by women and 35 percent by people of color.

“What attracted me to Sundance in the first place was my love of independent film and the types of stories that they’ve showed over the years: Stories about outsiders, people on the margins, things that exist outside of the mainstream,” Yutani said. “Part of (my goal) is keeping up that legacy and making sure our program is as diverse as possible.”

The Institute has also taken strides to look at the demographics of both who is covering the festival and who is submitting films. This year, 63 percent of accredited press are from underrepresented groups, and the festival has given some stipends and access to mentors.

As for the makeup of those sending films, a study on the findings from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative is expected to be released Friday.

The festival runs through Feb. 3.

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Frew’s Bridal & Formal Wear Custom Alteration Department’s seamstresses are, front row left to right, Debbie Payne and Linda Garrett; back row left to right, Svetlana Vinnik and Mary Susan Becker. Frew’s alteration department also is open to the public for general alteration services of all kinds, such as zipper replacement, mending hems, coats, etc.

ALTON — You’ve found your dream wedding dress, you’re half-way there to the look that will make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the world when you say, “I do.”

A custom fit is crucial to a gorgeous gown. Tailoring — literally — is everything.

When purchasing a gown from a specialty boutique, plan on building custom tailoring into the cost of the gown. Tailoring makes all the difference between dresses bought off the rack — which typically still requires alteration costs — and singular designer gowns, customized just for you.

“Tailoring is an art, which is slowly becoming lost,” Erin Frew, of Frew’s Bridal & Formal Wear, said. “We’ve become so used to fast fashion, but think back to previous generations and it was all about the fit and looking put together. We don’t usually think about bridal fashion every day, so it’s normal for most people to be unfamiliar with the procedure of purchasing a wedding gown. Everything is custom when stepping into Frew’s, customized for what the bride wants and what the bride needs, including alterations.”

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“The women who are seamstresses and work here are wizards at what they do,” Frew said.

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What you will spend on your wedding dress alterations depends on many factors — the type of fabric of your dress, the style, the amount of ornamentation it has and exactly how extensive the changes are to the dress.

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Keep in mind that the average price of alterations can increase if the fabric or style of your dress is more delicate to work with, such as chiffon or organza, has extensive hand beading or is made of multiple layers.

“These dresses are delicate garments, with delicate beading, chain stitched, created where someone sits and sews every bead by hand,” Frew explained. “You have to respect what your wearing, whether it

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Ultimately, the seamstress takes apart, by hand, the appliques, lace, netting, and makes sure the lining underneath fits perfectly before putting the dress together again, customized especially for the bride.”

Customizing a gown can take up to four fittings.

“It all adds to the cost,” Frew noted.

Here are some general alteration cost guidelines, to help you factor an average alterations cost into your dress budget: • Hemming: Start at $50 and go upwards to $250, or more if the dress is more detailed, has multiple layers and/ or will take longer to perform — as alterations are done by hand and can take several hours for a specific alteration on a single gown.

• Bodice Alteration: Between $50 and $100, if the job is straightforward and uncomplicated.

• Sleeve Alteration: Between $50 and $100, to shorten or adjust sleeves. If the sleeves are heavily adorned with ornamentation, the hand labor will be more time intensive, adding to the average cost.

• Taking Dress In/Out: Ranges between $100 and $200.

If boning is involved, the dress might need to be deconstructed and then put back together, which can greatly increase the price range. Keep it mind it is generally easier to take a dress in than to let a dress out.

• Bustling The Dress: Between $25 and $100. Creating the bustle that will be used to lift and attach the gown’s train also costs extra.

• Steaming/Pressing: Between $50 to $100. Once alterations are complete, most wedding dresses will need a final press and/or steaming to get out any wrinkles or creases.

This should be done within a day or two of your wedding event, so the dress will be as fresh as possible.

Frew’s Custom Alteration Department also is open to the public for general alteration services of all kinds, such as zipper replacement, mending hems, coats, etc.

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Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ staying put in Amsterdam museum

By Mike Corder Associated Press AMSTERDAM — A “full body scan” carried out on the Van Gogh Museum’s version of the Dutch master’s iconic “Sunflowers” has shown the painting is not fit to travel because it’s in “stable but vulnerable” condition, the museum’s director said Thursday.

“We’ve decided that any stresses that the picture could be subjected to were it to travel, were (it) to be lent, that those might be too risky,” director Axel Rueger told The Associated Press in the studio where the painting is undergoing restoration. “So therefore we decided that from now on we will not be able to lend the picture any more to other exhibitions to other museums — so it will always stay in Amsterdam.”

For Van Gogh fans who can’t make it to Amsterdam, the predominantly yellow 1889 painting of a bunch of sunflowers in a vase is based on another version of the work painted a year earlier that is on display at London’s National Gallery. Other versions of the work are in Philadelphia, Tokyo and Munich.

The painting in Amsterdam is hardly a frequent flyer — it has only been loaned out six times, the last time to the National Gallery so it could hang next to that London museum’s version.

Ella Hendriks, who worked on the current restoration project, said the painting underwent a series of tests she likened to a “full body scan” on a human patient. The tests used precision imaging machines to peer through the surface and decide what could and could not be done to the painting.

One test, usually used to examine retinas, gave a crucial insight by creating a “virtual cross-section” of layers of paint and varnish.

“We can see ... that the paint layer is mixed in together with the varnish layer so there’s not a clear division between them,” Hendriks said.

That discovery has limited the amount of work restorer Rene Boitelle can carry out. He will remove some patches of beeswax that was applied after Van Gogh finished the work and have now gone a milky white color, and will use special paint to rework some previous restorations to make them less visible.

To return the painting to its original state would involve removing the varnish, which Van Gogh did not apply to the painting. Also, some previous restorations are under the varnish and can’t be treated.

“That varnish cannot be removed safely - at least not with the methods and materials available to us now,” Boitelle said. “I can remove the wax but the retouchings are there to stay - at least for now.”

The painting will go back on display at the museum Feb. 22 and an exhibition about the research and restoration will open in June.

That means Boitelle has just a few more weeks to incredibly carefully spruce up one of the world’s most recognizable artworks.

“It’s quite exciting, obviously, but I try not to be too aware and too conscious of all the myths and the iconic value that the painting has,” he said. “After all it’s still just a painting like so many we’ve treated here in this studio and I’ll treat it with the same dedication and seriousness and concentration as I would treat any other painting that is not iconic.”

Photos by Peter Dejong | AP In this photo taken on Wednesday, Jan. 23, senior paintings conservator Rene Boitelle works on restoring Vincent van Gogh’s world-famous “Sunflowers” painting at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The painting will remain in the conservation studio for another five weeks to complete the final phase of comprehensive research into the condition of the work.

The painting will also be restored in order to ensure that it is preserved for future generations in the best possible manner.

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Aloysius Pang was on a military training exercise in New Zealand when a gun barrel was lowered on a large artillery device he was helping to repair Saturday. It crushed his abdomen and chest.

The defense ministry said Pang had been put on life support following surgeries to repair his damaged organs. Pang died at Waikato Hospital on Thursday. He was 28.

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“This reduction of training tempo ... will be enforced for as long as it takes for us to get it right. And we want to do it right, we want to do it safe for every activity, we want to do it right every time,” Ong said, according to The Straits Times newspaper.

Singapore mandates that young men serve in its armed forces, police force or civil defense force. Most serve full time for two years and then have annual training obligations. Pang had completed his full-time service, and was an armament technician whose rank was corporal first class.

Pang’s family flew to New Zealand after hearing he was injured. His elder brother Kenny said he didn’t manage to speak to Pang.

“He’s the precious of our family. He’s the youngest. He’s the most loved,” he said upon returning to Singapore. “To reciprocate that ... he has also given us all the support and all the love he can.”

Funeral arrangements were being made and the family hoped that Pang’s body will be repatriated as soon as possible.

Before leaving for New Zealand, Pang wrote on Twitter that “Unfortunately, my 2019 will start off with me flying to New Zealand for 3 weeks due to reservist. I’ll be back in action soon.”

The military said it would convene an independent committee to investigate the circumstances leading to Pang’s injury.

He had been working on a Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer, a motorized piece of artillery that looks similar to a small tank. The live-firing training exercise took place at the Waiouru training area on New Zealand’s North Island and is hosted by New Zealand’s military each year.

Pang’s Singapore agency NoonTalk Media posted a photo of the actor on Facebook and wrote “Dear Aloysius, you’ll be missed.”

Other actors also paid tribute. Shane Pow Xunping wrote on Instagram: “It is not enough for you to be a brother in this life.

We will continue to be brothers in the next life. I love you.”

Also known as Pang Wei Chong, the actor appeared in the movie “Young & Fabulous” (2016) as well as television series including “The Truth Seekers” (2016) and “C.L.I.F.” (2011).

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Yong Teck Lim | AP Kenny Pang, Singapore actor Aloysius Pang’s elder brother, right, and Dasmond Koh, Pang’s agent, speak during a press conference after arriving at Changi Airport in Singapore, Thursday, Jan. 24. The actor died Wednesday, Jan. 23, from injuries sustained during a military training exercise in New Zealand.

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Oliver Laric, Austrian, born 1981; “Betweenness”, 2018; edition of 5 + 2 AP; HD video, duration: 4 min 35 sec; Courtesy of the artist, Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin and Metro Pictures, New York.

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Upcoming exhibition will feature new work by Oliver Laric The Edge ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Art Museum will present new work by Berlin-based artist Oliver Laric in the 116th installment of the museum’s popular Currents series. The free exhibition is on view in Gallery 249 and 250 through Monday, May 27.

Founded in 1978, the Currents series serves as a laboratory for emerging and mid-career artists to create and exhibit new work. Featured artists have included Matthew Buckingham, Dale Chihuly, Leonardo Drew, Brian Eno, Ellen Gallagher, Frank Gehry, Donald Judd, Julie Mehretu, Richard Serra, and Cindy Sherman.

Working at the intersection between art and technology, Laric explores image creation, circulation and repetition across

history. His works are wide-ranging, originally emerging on open-source sharing and online platforms like YouTube, yet he also creates installations, video and more traditional forms of sculpture. Existing both in museums and online, Laric’s works straddle these spheres, affirming them as legitimate spaces for the dissemination and experience of art For “Currents 116,” Laric’s 2018 video animation work “Betweenness” will be shown alongside a new sculpture that was created from a 3D scan of “Reclining Pan,” the museum’s 16th-century sculpture on view in Gallery 236. Museum staff scanned the original sculpture and then sent the digital file to Laric. To make the sculpture, he printed molds of the object in multiple sections and then used a variety of contemporary materi-

als — from plastics to polymer resins — to reconstruct his version.

“Betweenness” employs the artist’s farreaching pool of source material, repurposing characters from anime; images of mushrooms, multiplying cells, and people morphing into animals; and even footage from the CT scan of the museum’s mummy, Amen-Nestawy-Nakht.

In addition to the exhibition, the museum will present Laric’s 2015 video work, “Untitled”, as part of the Museum’s New Media Series in Gallery 301. In this work, Laric extracted elements from animated films across history, compiling scenes in which people, objects, and animals transform.

These clips run together against a white background with a piano score soundtrack sampled from the pop song “Cry Me a

River,” by Justin Timberlake.

“Currents 116: Oliver Laric” and “New Media Series: Oliver Laric” are curated by Hannah Klemm, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art, with Molly Moog, research assistant.

The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period. Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, preColumbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with particular strength in 20th-century German art. Admission to the Saint Louis Art Museum is free to all every day. For more information, call 314721-0072 or visit slam.org.

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Botanical art exhibit to open at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Sachs Museum First to showcase exhibition since its D.C. debut The Edge ST. LOUIS — An exhibit featuring 46 botanical artworks of America’s native plants, in collaboration with the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and United States Botanic Garden (USBG), opens Friday.

Botanical Art Worldwide: America’s Flora will open at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum. The exhibition first opened at the USBG last May. The Missouri Botanical Garden is the first venue to showcase the display since its Washington D.C. debut.

Artists with ASBA worked more than four years on the Botanical Art Worldwide project, creating 240 images of U.S. native plants, from which 46 were selected by jurors. Plants from around the country are featured, including saguaro cactus from the desert Southwest, big leaf maple from the West Coast, bottlebrush buckeye from the East Coast and bloodroot, spanning Midwestern and Eastern United States. Familiar plants are shown, including sunflowers and violets, as well as rare species, such as lady’s slipper orchids. Artists worked in a variety of media to portray their subjects, many in watercolor, but also in oil, colored pencil, pen and ink, and etching.

Botanical Art Worldwide: America’s Flora is part of a worldwide project, with national exhibitions simultaneously on view at cultural institutions in 25 countries on six continents. Each exhibition features original contemporary artwork of its country’s native plants portrayed by resident artists.

For detailed information about the exhibit, a list of artists and plants depicted, and stories behind the art, visit https://asba-art.org/exhibitions/ botanical-art-worldwide. Further information can be found at USBG.gov/ AmericasFlora.

While the exhibit is at the Sachs Museum, the garden will also showcase items from its own collections to complement the botanical artwork, including five milkweed specimens from its herbarium. These specimens will be in the smaller south gallery and will highlight garden scientists’ work to help save native milkweed plants.

Another display will feature a selection of mosses that are part of garden scientist Bruce Allen’s “Moss Flora of Central America.” Allen is the author and illustrator of the work, which is a culmination of 27-year project. The display will feature both moss specimens and illustrations that are published in the book.

Additionally, a collection of ceramic plates decorated with botanical illustrations, lent to the garden by a private collector, will be on display. The collector, Jeanne Zarucchi, will give a talk about the collection in late April.

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

For general information, visit mobot.org or call 314-577-5100 (toll-free 1-800642-8842).

The Missouri Botanical Garden’s mission is “to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.”

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Some call Greta Van Fleet the saviors of rock. But not them.

By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK — When the members of the rock band Greta Van Fleet put their last touches on their first full-length album, they didn’t celebrate with a round of beers or a fancy dinner. They immediately started working on new songs.

“Once we finished ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army’ — the very day that we’d OK’d all the mixing — we started writing the next album,” said Jake Kiszka, the band’s guitarist. “If we’re stagnant, it becomes boring.”

The young Michigan rockers whose sound and classic rock look is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin have done the opposite of stagnate in the last 18 months. It’s been more like an explosion, capped by four Grammy Award nominations, including best new artist and best rock album.

Since their April 2017 breakthrough with the song “Highway Tune,” they’ve put out two EPs and their “Anthem of the Peaceful Army” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s rock chart and No. 3 on the all-genre albums chart last year. It has also reached the Top 10 in Canada, Italy and Germany.

They’ve played “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” count Elton John as a fan and have been embraced as the four guys who can save rock ‘n’ roll, a tag they politely decline.

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Kiszka, 22. “There’s always someone who carries the torch and takes that into the future and interprets that through their influences.”

Jason Flom, who signed Greta Van Fleet to his Lava Records, said there’s nothing calculated about the band, saying they make music because it’s what they were born to do: “It’s almost like they were sent in a time capsule to save rock ‘n’ roll,” he said. “They wouldn’t say that, but I will.”

Keeping the members grounded through all this fuss is blood — three of the members are brothers. Kiszka’s twin, Josh, is the howling singer, and his younger brother, 19-year-old Sam, plays bass and keyboards.

The quartet is rounded out by drummer and family friend Danny Wagner, 19.

The Kiszka brothers are so passionate about what they do that they used to get into fistfights when they were younger over musical choices. Now they rely on each other to get through the noise.

“When someone starts to steer one way or another away from the herd, it seems like there’s always someone there to pull you back in,” said Jake Kiszka, who called the past year “being in the eye of a storm.

There’s so much chaos around you but the very center seems so calm.”

At the Grammys, taking place Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, the band is up for best rock song (“Black Smoke Rising”), best rock performance (“Highway Tune”) and best rock album (“From the Fires” EP). They are also nominated for best new artist.

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life-changing journey that started four years ago. Its theme resonates beyond regional politics, she said.

“We can’t help but acknowledge that there BEIRUT — Nadine Labaki is standing taller is a certain fear of refugees in general around than usual. The Lebanese director, a source the world and there are these walls we are of national pride, this week became the first building, and this fear that keeps growing. female artist in the Arab world to be nomi(When) you see this kid with so much potennated for an Academy Award.

Labaki’s foreign language nomination for tial and so much wit and smart and heart and so much resilience and strength, you can’t “Capernaum” makes her one of the only help but break all the clichés that you might female directors to compete at this year’s have in your head,” she said.

Oscars, which feature another all-male lineup “Capernaum”, distributed by Sony Classics in the best director category. and now showing in select U.S. theaters, is “I hope I will be representing women filmBilal Hussein | AP led by a non-professional cast: a young Syrmakers the best way possible,” Labaki told Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, speaks The Associated Press. “I wish there were a lot during an interview with The Associated Press ian boy named Zain, a Kenyan toddler girl, more women filmmakers this year representYonas, who plays the role of a boy. In the film, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Zain sues his parents after they fail to protect ed, nominated in the Oscars. But I am sure in his little sister against child marriage and for a few years we won’t be having this problem on the streets of Beirut received a 15-minute continuing to have children they are unable to anymore.” standing ovation in the Cannes Film festival care for. and won the Grand Jury’s prize.

“Capernaum “ is Labaki’s third feature “Capernaum” humanizes the real struggle The United Nations called it “inspiring” film— the latest achievement in a successful of people mentioned in the news only fueling and Oprah Winfrey gave it a shout out on career the confident and charismatic Labaki fear of strangers, Labaki said.

Twitter. Lebanon’s Foreign Minister said has carved for herself in Lebanon and the The film is named after a biblical village “Capernaum” ‘’was a Lebanese touch” on the region. cursed by Jesus and has come to be synonyIn her home country, the 44-year old mother international movie industry.

“Capernaum” faces against stiff competiof two is a unifying figure in a fractured politimous with chaos.

Watching her small country struggle with a cal and religious scene and in an industry that tion from “Roma,” an awards season favorite growing number of refugees, Labaki said she unlike in the West, is dominated by women. that has four Oscar nominations including felt it was her “duty” to speak out against the With her trademark smoky eyes and black best picture. chaos and governments failing to deal with it. hair, Labaki is also an actress who made a Labaki’s nomination is the second in the Lebanon is host to the largest number of Syrname for herself first as a director of videos foreign film category for Lebanon in as many for top Arab pop music stars. years— reflecting the small country’s rising ian refugees per capita in the region, an issue start in a region brimming with as much talent that has fanned political tension and a social “Capernaum,” the masterful neo-realist backlash against them drama about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee boy as it is with political turmoil. and a Kenyan toddler who live parentless Labaki called the making of the movie a For the cast, “Capernaum” offered a plat-

form to tell their real story.

“And their story is very painful,” Labaki said. “They had a hard struggle in their lives sometimes to even prove they exist. All of a sudden, they exist— not only in a film but they exist on such a big level. And with such a huge exposure and their voice is resonating so much louder because of that exposure they are getting.”

The Syrian refugee has now found a home in Norway. The Kenyan toddler returned home. Labaki is making a documentary on the life of the actors after the film.

Labaki’s movies have demonstrated wit and humor in tackling Lebanon’s complex politics, winning her local and international acclaim. In “Caramel”, which was a runner-up in 2006 for nomination in foreign film category, she dug into the lives of ordinary women from different religious backgrounds as they struggled with tradition, their own sexuality and aging. Her 2011 film “Where Do We Go Now?” is a tale of a small village’s brush with religious tension where women bond to stop local men from fighting.

Labaki said making movies in the Arab world, where fundraising remains one of the main challenges, is a “battlefield...It is as difficult for a man as it is for a woman.”

“I have never really felt the difficulty of my job as a woman or the difficulty to achieve anything because I am woman. Maybe because I have never felt it, (so) I never reflected it.

“I never felt any doubt from anyone regarding what I can do as a woman,” she said.

What to discover … arts Thursday, Jan. 31

• Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Wine + Design: Brass Plant Hangers, Maypop Coffee & Garden Shop, Webster Groves, Missouri, 6 - 8 p.m.

• Intro - Floral Embroidery, Wellspent Brewing Company, St. Louis, 7 - 9 p.m.

• “Avenue Q,” Playhouse at Westport Plaza, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m., runs through Feb. 27 • Classic Mystery Game, The Chapel, St. Louis, 8 p.m., runs through Feb. 16 • Painting for Pups & Purrs, Courage & Grace, O’Fallon, Illinois, 6:30 p.m.

• Figural Ceramics, MAC – Macoupin Art Collective, Staunton, Illinois, 6 p.m.

• History Happy Hour, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 4 - 7 p.m.

• Argentine Tango Group Class, Majestic Dance Studio, Frontenac, Missouri, 7 p.m.

• The Wolves, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, 8 p.m., runs through Feb. 3.

• “Jesus Christ Super Star,” Looking Glass Playhouse, Lebanon, Illinois, 7:30 p.m., runs through Feb. 3

Friday, Feb. 1

• First Fridays in Grand Center, Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis, 5 - 9 p.m.

• The Puppet Show Live Action Comedy Tour, Fubar, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

• Friday Night Flights, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Chesterfield, Missouri, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

• Paint Nite, Café Ventana, St. Louis, 6:30 8:30 p.m.

• “Lilo and Stitch - Enchanted Tales Film Series,” Marcus Wehrenberg Ronnies Cinema,

St. Louis, 10 a.m.

• Open Figure Drawing, SIUE Office of Educational Outreach, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1 - 3 p.m.

• First Fridays Free Yoga, Joy of Yoga, St. Louis, 12 p.m.

• Journeys of the African Spirit Opening, Urb Arts, St. Louis, 6 - 9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2

• Black Speculative Arts Movement STL SYFY Film Festival - Pumzi, Static, & Infinitum, Emerson Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 6 p.m.

• Story under the Hoops, The MAC Macoupin Art Collective, Staunton, Illinois, 5 p.m.

• Studio Couples Paint, Mommy’s Design Farm DIY Workshops, Florissant, Missouri, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

• Craft Lab: Hypertufa Stoneware Planters, Maypop Coffee & Garden Shop, Webster Groves, Missouri, 2 - 4 p.m.

• “Where The Pavement Ends” Film Screening and Discussion, Savoy Banquet Center, St. Louis, 12 p.m.

• The Creation, Edison Theater, St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

• Latin Dance & Embodied Sensuality, Majestic Dance Studio, Frontenac, Missouri, 7 p.m.

• Birds of Another Feather- Kids, The MAC - Macoupin Art Collective, Staunton, Illinois, 11 a.m.

• Polymer Bead Class, Highland Arts & Crafts LLC, Highland, Illinois, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 3

• MCHS Speakers Series: Bill Iseminger,

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Madison County Historical Society, Edwardsville, Illinois, 2 - 4 p.m.

• Yoga + Wine and Howl with the Wolves, Endangered Wolf Center, Eureka, Missouri, 4 p.m.

• Chakra Workshop, Studio Gaia, Edwardsville, Illinois, 12 - 2:30 p.m.

• The Science Behind Meditation with Emmet Schmelig, Agape Yoga Studio, St. Louis, 1 - 3 p.m.

• Thai Therapy + Restorative Yoga Workshop, Shanti Yoga, Maplewood, Missouri, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

• New Moon Meditation and Gong Bath, Blue Sky Yoga, St. Louis, 6 p.m.

• “The Hundred Dresses,” The Grandel, St. Louis, 2 p.m., runs through Feb. 24 • National Theater Live: “Antony & Cleopatra,” Landmark’s Tivoli Theatre, St. Louis, 11 a.m.

• $2 Tuesday Movies, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, Illinois, 7 p.m.

• Cookie Decorating with Blackbird Bakery, The MAC - Macoupin Art Collective, Staunton, Illinois, 6 - 8 p.m.

• Fun Fearless Fermentation, Larder & Cupboard, Maplewood, Missouri, 7 p.m.

• Chocolate Tasting Party, Kakao Chocolate, Maplewood, Missouri, 7 p.m.

• Galentines Day Workshop, Villa Marie Winery & Banquet Center, Maryville, Illinois, 6 p.m.

• Open Mic, Funny Bone, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Tenacious Trivia, Thurman’s in Shaw, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Intermediate Wheel Throwing, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 4

• Yoga Under the Stars, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• 5th Annual Chilly Chili Run & Cook-off, RunWell, Edwardsville, Illinois, 6:30 p.m.

• Cutie and the Boxer Community Screening, TechArtista, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• The Artist’s Way - A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity, The Novel Neighbor, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• H2D - Hard - Draw: Faces (for Intermediate Adults), Drawn Studio, St. Louis, 6 p.m.

• Family Valentine Cookie Decorating, Roxana Public Library District, Roxana, Illinois, 5 - 7 p.m.

• Dark Lecture Series - 7 Gates of Hell, , St. Louis Paranormal Research Society, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Crocheting, MAC – Macoupin Art Collective, Staunton, Illinois, 6 p.m.

• “Legally Blonde - The Musical,” Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Ladies Night Out, The Experience Hair Studio, Maryville, Illinois, 4:30 - 8 p.m.

• ThompsonTalk: Christine Brewer, Webster University Department of Music, Webster Groves, Missouri, 4:30 p.m.

• Realtor Reels - Grand Budapest Hotel, 4 Hands Brewing Company, St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

• Intermediate Wheel Throwing, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m.

• Maria Romine’s Stage Combat Workshop, Improv Fun and Games, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

• Fusion Belly Dance Jumpstart and Tuneup Weekly Workshop, Amorticious Studios, St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Wednesday, Feb. 6

Tara Westover among PEN award nominees

By Hillel Italie AP National Writer NEW YORK — Tara Westover’s best-selling memoir “Educated” and Richard Powers’ novel “The Overstory” are among the nominees for a $75,000 award presented by the literary and human rights organization PEN America.

On Thursday, PEN announced finalists for everything from translation to science to sports writing. Writers cited included Zadie Smith, Jamel Brinkley, Jane Leavy and Alexander Chee. Authors and books nominated

span the globe from Morocco to Hanoi to rural Idaho, the setting of Westover’s memoir.

Most of the winners will be announced Feb. 26.

According to PEN, more than half of the nominated books come from small and independent publishers. The list also features numerous debut authors and works touching upon immigration, racism and the environment.

“Our current moment has brought to the fore the essential role of writers as storytellers, and the range of works shortlisted is a testament to the enduring power and infinite

possibilities of the written word,” said PEN’s literary awards program director Nadxieli Nieto.

Westover and Powers are finalists for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for “originality, merit and impact,” with others in contention including poet Ada Limon’s “The Carrying” and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut story collection, “Friday Black.” Another debut book is a Stein nominee: Jose Olivarez’s poetry collection “Citizen Illegal.”

Nominees for the PEN/Hemingway Award, a $25,000 prize for best debut novel, include Tommy Orange’s “There There,”

Meghan Kenny’s The Driest Season” and Ling Ma’s “Severance.” Fiction books by Brinkley and Helen DeWitt are up for a $25,000 honor for best debut short story.

Leavy’s Babe Ruth biography, “The Big Fella,” is a finalist for a $5,000 sports writing prize. Chee’s “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel” and Smith’s “Feel Free” are nominees for a $10,000 prize for “the art of the essay.”

Online: A complete list of finalists can be found on www.pen.org

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NEW YORK (AP) — E L James is working up some new thrills The author of the blockbuster “Fifty Shades” trilogy has an “erotic love story” coming out April 16, Vintage Books announced Thursday. It’s called “The Mister” and, according to Vintage, will again be a story of sex, wealth and other indulgences, featuring a rich Londoner who “has rarely slept alone.” “’The Mister’ is a contemporary romance set in London, Cornwall and Eastern Europe that introduces readers to the privileged and aristocratic young Englishman Maxim Trevelyan and the mysterious, talented and beautiful Alessia Demachi, who’s recently arrived in London owning little more than a dangerous and troublesome past,” the publisher announced.

James, whose “Fifty Shades” books have sold more than 100 million copies and launched a billion dollar movie franchise, says “The Mister” is a modern fairy tale.

“I’m so excited to finally get this passionate new romance out into the world,” James said in a statement.

“It’s a Cinderella story for the twenty-first century.

Maxim and Alessia have led me on a fascinating journey and I hope that my readers will be swept away by their thrilling and sensual tale, just as I was while writing, and that, like me, they fall in love with them.”

Ron Howard to make doc about town devastated by wildfires

By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah — Director Ron Howard is planning to make a documentary about a Northern California town’s attempt to rebuild after a devastating wildfire last year National Geographic Documentary Films announced the project Thursday which will focus on the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise, California. In November of 2018, flames destroyed nearly 15,000 homes and displaced over 50,000 people. Its working title is “Rebuilding Paradise.”

Howard said he has relatives in the area and was drawn to the universal human experience of the tragedy. The film will follow the residents of Paradise, first responders and volunteers helping to rebuild the town over the course of a year.

National Geographic Documentary Films is also the shop behind the climbing documentary “Free Solo” which was just nominated for an Oscar.

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