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What’s Inside 3

Orchid Show

4 Beer and wine tasting Opera Theatre of St. Louis plans fundraiser.

5 Missouri History Museum Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs.

11 "The 5th Wave" Moretz fights for human race.

13 Brown County

Prepare for some winter fun.

19 Krannert Art Museum Exhibitions at the U. of I.

20 Riverdance

Global favorite coming to The Fox.

What’s Happening Friday Feb. 5_____________

A MoBOT favorite returns.

• Soulard Mardi Gras - Mayor's Ball, St. Louis City Hall, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Continuing the Legacy, Coca, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. • Eleemosynary, The Fontbonne University Fine Arts Theater, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 21, 2016 • Georama, The Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster Groves, 8:00 p.m. • Underneath the Lintel, Wool Studio Theater, Creve Cour, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs Until February 13, 2016 • C a r l R i c h a r d s : M O N E Y. VISUALIZED, Coca, St. Louis, Runs until March 16. • Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, Runs until March 20. • Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Peter Sutherland: Forests and

Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • The Propeller Group, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Runs Until March 2. • Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19. • A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 14. • Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14. • Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24. • Cyrille Aimee, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • 92.3 WIL Hot Country Nights presented by Ford, feat. Pat Green and Josh Abbott, Ball Park Village, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. • Arianna String Quartet: Salud! Saude!, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Bradenburg 3, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Zydeco Crawdaddys, The Wildey Theater, Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.

• The Road to Pointfest 2016 Session 2 Finals, Pops, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 5_____________ • Disney Live Mickey & Minnie's Doorway to Magic, Chaifetz Arena, St .Louis, 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. • Soulard Mardi Gras – Budd Light Grand Parade, Soulard Neighborhood, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. • Continuing the Legacy, Coca, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. • Eleemosynary, The Fontbonne University Fine Arts Theater, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 21, 2016 • Georama, The Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster Groves, 4:00 p.m. • Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 • Underneath the Lintel, Wool Studio Theater, Creve Cour, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs Until February 13, 2016 • C a r l R i c h a r d s : M O N E Y. VISUALIZED, Coca, St. Louis, Runs until March 16. • Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. • Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

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People MoBOT's Orchid Show returns For The Edge Journey into an orchid-filled world and learn more about these amazing plants during the 2016 Orchid Show, “Where Wild Things Grow.” The Orchid Show runs Feb. 6 to March 27, 2016. At every turn, orchids burst from the landscape with bright, bold colors. Approximately 500 orchids are on display at any one time, including Cattleya, Laelia, Encyclia, Oncidium and Paphiopedilum along with many other varieties. Spanning a wide range of sizes, colors and scents, these orchids are displayed as they would be found in their natural habitats, with terrestrial orchids at ground level and epiphytic orchids suspended atop tree branches. Hundreds of other tropical plants and ferns help set the verdant scene. This year ’s Orchid Show offers visitors the chance to learn more about the habitats of orchids and how they adapt to changing environments. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s work including research, discovery, conservation and restoration of orchids will be presented with interpretation encompassed in the beautiful display. Orchids are found on every continent of the world except Ant a rc t i c a , wi t h t h e g re a t e s t diversity found in the tropics. Most tropical orchids grow on other plants and derive moisture and nutrients form the air. Orchids found in more temperate regions are terrestrial, growing out of the ground rather than on other plants. Some orchids grow on long vines, and in a variety of conditions including deserts and rain forests. Orchids are valued by collectors because of their beauty which has led to some species becoming endangered due to over-collecting in the wild. The Garden works diligently to protect those at-risk species though conservation and recovery programs in the United

States and around the world. Throughout the year, Missouri Botanical Garden horticulturists care for the collection behind the scenes in the private greenhouse range. Temperatures inside greenhouses are manipulated to force the winter bloom of as many plants as possible for the annual Orchid Show. Orchids are grouped by watering needs and different fertilizers are

used depending on the season. Spent blooms are replaced with new ones on a daily basis, shifting the look and landscape of the show throughout its run. Photographers are welcome to use hand-held cameras to capture the Orchid Show for personal enjoyment; tripod and monopod usage is not permitted indoors. Orchid Show admission is

$5 per person (ages 3 and older), in addition to general Garden admission ($8 for adults; $4 for St. Louis City and County residents, with free admission Wednesdays and Saturdays until noon; free for children ages 12 and younger). Missouri Botanical Garden members enjoy free general admission along with free Orchid Show admission. 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.n For general information, visit w w w. m o b o t . o rg o r c a l l ( 3 1 4 ) 577‑5100 (toll-free, 1‑800‑642‑8842). Follow the Garden on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook. com/missouribotanicalgarden and http://twitter.com/mobotgarden. More than 45,000 households in the St. Louis region hold memberships to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Memberships begin at $65 ($60 for seniors) and offer 12 months of free general admission for two adults and all children ages 12 and under, plus exclusive invitations and discounts. Members help support the Garden’s operations and worldchanging work in plant science and conservation. Learn more at www. mobot.org/membership.

The Missouri Botanical Gardens' annual Orchid Show is a hit with all ages. The show runs Feb. 6 to March 27. Photos courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Participants enjoy samples at a previous Wine & Beer Tasting conducted by Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

For The Edge Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces its 21st Annual Wine & Beer Tasting on Friday, February 12 at 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Sally S. Levy Opera Center in Webster Groves. This year ’s fundraising event features more than 40 wines and beers for tasting, hors d’oeuvres by restaurants from The Saint Louis Originals and a silent auction of rare vintage wines, exclusive dinners, fine dining packages, wine and beer-related gifts, and other luxury items. Tickets to the Wine & Beer Tasting start at $75 and must be reserved in advance. Tickets are available by calling 314-963-4229 or visiting ExperienceOpera.org. The 2016 Wine & Beer Tasting co-chairs are Mary and Ken Bower, Leslie and Marty Lyons and Allison Roberts. The evening features exceptional wines from Bar Italia, Big Sky Cafe, Café Napoli, Cedar Lake Cellars Winery & Event Venue, Lucas Park Grille, Parker ’s Table and Robust Wine Bar & Catering, and select imports, microbrews, and unique beer from Grey Eagle Distributors. Guests will savor delicious bites from their favorite restaurants from The Saint Louis Originals – a collaborative of independently owned and operated local restaurants – such as SqWires, Bailey’s Chocolate Bar, LoRusso’s Cucina, Three Kings Public House, and Vin de Set. Guests may also refresh their palates with Kaldi’s Coffee and indulgent confections from Kakao Chocolate. This year ’s Wine & Beer Tasting is themed around Opera Theatre’s 2014 production of The Magic Flute, which was directed by fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi. The décor for the evening will consist of beautiful costumes from The Magic Flute, which were also designed by Mizrahi.

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Proceeds from the 21st Annual Wine & Beer Tasting b e n e f i t O p e r a T h e a t re o f S a i n t L o u i s ’ s n a t i o n a l l y recognized professional training programs for emerging artists, which provide special concert opportunities, master classes, and coaching sessions for the next generation of opera talent, as well as an intensive technical apprentice program for rising students of scenic, lighting, costume, or props design. Individual tickets start at $75. Guests who contribute at the $1,000 level or above receive four tickets and access to the exclusive “Reserve Room” – a special VIP After-Party from 8:00-9:00 p.m. featuring high-end wine, beer, and other special perks. For more information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please call 314-963-4229 or visit ExperienceOpera.org. T h e 2 1 s t A n n u a l Wi n e & B e e r Ta s t i n g i s m a d e possible through the generosity of presenting sponsors Ameren, Graybar Electric Company, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Additional sponsors include Grey Eagle Distributors & Anheuser-Busch/InBev, Allison Roberts, Clayton Financial Group, LLC, Laurie and Dale Dendtler, First Bank, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Mary Ann and Andrew Srenco, Ameriprise Financial, Amanda and Paul Cambridge, Pam and Jim Krekeler, Rent-A-Relative-STL, U.S. Bank, N.A., and media sponsor Sauce Magazine. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the leading American opera companies, known for a spring festival of inventive new productions, sung in English, featuring the finest American singers and accompanied by members of the St. Louis Symphony. As of its 40th anniversary 2015 Festival Season, Opera Theatre has presented 24 world premieres and 24 American premieres (including

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the 2015 production of Handel’s Richard the Lionheart) — which may be the highest percentage of new work in the repertory of any U.S. company. Described by the Sunday Times of London as “one of the few American companies worth the transatlantic fare,” Opera Theatre of Saint Louis annually welcomes visitors from nearly every state and close to a dozen foreign countries. Although the size of the theater typically limits box office income to less than a quarter of the budget, the company has consistently produced work of the highest quality while never accumulating a deficit. Opera Theatre also has a long tradition of discovering and promoting the careers of the finest operatic artists of the current generation. Among the artists who had important early opportunities at Opera Theatre are Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, Patricia Racette, Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw, Sylvia McNair, Erie Mills, Dwayne Croft, Kelly Kaduce, and Lawrence Brownlee. Opera Theatre has always been known for distinguished leadership: founding general director Richard Gaddes was succeeded in 1985 by general director Charles MacKay, with famed British stage director Colin Graham as artistic director and Stephen Lord (1992 – present) as music director. Timothy O’Leary was named general director in October 2008 with acclaimed stage director James Robinson succeeding the late Colin Graham. Opera Theatre is a sustaining member of the Arts & Education Council of Greater Saint Louis, and receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Regional Arts Commission, and the Missouri Arts Council

People Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs Missouri History Museum to host exhibit focusing on events that shaped America For The Edge

pies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, a special exhibition from the International Spy Museum, opened Feb.6 and runs through May 8 at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. This 6,000 square-foot exhibit provides a historic perspective on acts of terror that have taken place on American soil. Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs reveals nine major events and periods in U.S. history when Americans were threated by enemies within its borders. It depicts who the government and public responded, illustrates the corresponding evolution of U.S. counterintelligence and homeland security efforts and examines the challenge of securing the nation without compromising the civil liberties upon which it was founded. • Aug. 24, 1814 – The City of Washington Captured and the While House Burned. During the War of 1812, the city of Washington was captured and the White House, the U.S. Capitol and other major buildings were torched by British troops aided with information provided by a few Americans. • July 30, 1916 – Manhattan Hit by Massive Explosions in New York Harbor. German secret agents, aided by American collaborators, blew up a munitions depot in New York Harbor, showering Manhattan and the Statute of Liberty with shrapnel and debris. Acts of German sabotage on American soil like this contributed to America's entry into World War I and inspired the passage of the 1918 Espionage Act still in effect today and the growth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. • June 2, 1919 – Anarchist Bombs Target American Leaders. When the home of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was bomb by an anarchist and plots for more bombings were revealed, both the public and the government clamored for tighter law enforcement and more restrictive legislation for immigrants, resulting in the roundups, deportations and public outrage associated with the now infamous Palmer Raids. • Aug. 8, 1925 – 30,000 Ku Klux Klan Members Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue. The nation's oldest hate group, the Ku Klux Klan, has risen three times in the nation's history. Each time, the group changed, evolving from small vigilante circles to huge violent organizations. They began inflicting terror on former slaves after the Civil War and grew into a politically powerful organization of 4 million that expanded its targets to include immigrants, Jews and Catholics in the 1920s. In the 1960s, they began attacking African Americans and civil rights workers. Today, a diminished Klan is only one among many white supremacist groups. • Dec. 7, 1941 – American Helps Japanese Pilot Terrorize Hawaiian Island After Pearl harbor. A Japanese pilot returning from the Pearl Harbor attack crash-landed on the Hawaiian Island of Nihau, and with support of a Japanese-American, took hostages and terrorized the community. The incident, little

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A look inside the Missouri History Museum's newest exhibit, Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, which runs through May 8. remembered today, perpetuated fears about Japanese Americans. Fears that ultimately led to the unprecedented incarceration of thousands. • April, 1945 – The Kremlin Launches One of the First Cold War Attacks Against the U.S. Near the end of World War II, the Kremlin harshly condemned American Communists for softening their commitment to a worldwide communist revolution. The Communist Party of the United States snapped to action, ousting its moderate leader and re-establishing itself as a highly militant and subversive organization, fueling America's fears that American Communists would become Stalin's tool to overthrow the U.S. government. • March 1, 1971 – Radical Group Explodes Bomb in the U.S. Capitol. Protests over the war in Vietnam and civil rights turned violent during the "days of rage" and extremist groups, such as the Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army, took action. • April 19, 1995 – Massive Bomb Destroys Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City bombing, the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil in the 20th

century, awakened Americans to threats posed by domestic extremists, especially the virulently anti-government right-wing groups. • Beyond Sept. 11th – Terrorism Today. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, initiatives by the U.S. government to root out terrorist elements in the country have irrevocably changed the lives of Americans. Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs supports these stories with historic photographs, themed environments, interactive displays, film, artifacts and video. Exhibit highlights include: • A timeline that traces over 80 acts of terror that have taken place in the U.S. from 1776 to today, including the Revolutionary War plot to kidnap George Washington, the vents of Bloody Kansas prior to the Civil War, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, the 1960s church bombings in the South and the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. • APL Badge and ID Card (1917) – Carried by operatives of the American Protective League who spied on their fellow Americans on behalf of the U.S. Justice Department during World War I.

• Anarchist Globe Bomb (circa 1886) – Presented evidence in the trial of the men tried in connection with Chicago Haymarket riot (replica). • Ritual Klan Red Robe (circa 1965) – Worn by the Klan "Kladd," the elected officer who presided over the secret rituals and ceremonies of the Ku Klux Klan. • Klan "business cards" – Ominous warnings to innocent American families that their every move was being watched. • Weather Underground Video Presentation – Featuring an exclusive interview with ex-Weather Underground member Bernadine Dohrn, filmed for the exhibition. • Fragments of Planes that hit the World Trade Center – Recovered following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and used as evidence by the FBI in their ensuing investigation. • Under Siege – A powerful eight-minute film exploring the terrorist threat today, initiatives by the U.S. government to root out terrorists elements in the U.S., the balance between civil liberties and national security, and the impact on the daily lives of Americans. It features a range of interviews with

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leading thinkers including Daniel Pipes, Director of the Middle East Forum; Akbar S. Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C.,; Steven Emerson, terrorist expert and investigator and Morris Dees, co-founder and Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center. • Visitor Polling Station – This unique computer interactive provides visitors the opportunity to express their own opinions on questions raised in the exhibition about how the nation has responded to the historical events presented. The questions were developed in consultation with the Gallup Organization and additional historical questions can enable visitors to see how Americans responded to similar questions posed by the Gallup Poll at that time in history. Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America is a creation of the International Spy Museum. It will be on display at the Missouri History Museum through May 8. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.mohistory.org.

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People People planner Science Center hosts Mission: Mars

On Nov. 21, the Saint Louis Science Center opened Mission: Mars, an interactive exhibition designed to immerse visitors in the exploration of Mars in the current day and in the future. Developed by the Saint Louis Science Center in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Johnson S p a c e C e n t e r, t h i s u n i q u e exhibition will engage visitors in two separate but connected locations within the facility. The opening will be marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium at 9:30 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are living in an incredible time with the exploration of Mars, and want to give our visitors the chance to experience the technology behind this exploration first-hand through Mission: Mars,â&#x20AC;? said Christian G r e e r, c h i e f e d u c a t i o n a n d programs officer for the Saint Louis Science Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through this immersive exhibit, visitors will be able to engage in the exploration of Mars by actually learning how to program rovers that are modeled like the real rovers that are on the planet right now. We hope this one-ofa-kind exhibit ignites curiosity and inspires our younger visitors to continue to support and participate in space exploration.â&#x20AC;? Guests have two portions of the exhibit to choose from to begin their Mars experience. In the Saint Louis Science Center â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main building (located at 5050 Oakland), guests can engage wit h on e a re a o f t h e e x h i b i t , named Mission: Mars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Control. In this portion of the exhibit, guests experience current day exploration operations by assuming the role of an engineer at a NASA Engineering Lab, designing and building a robotic ro v e r t o e x p l o re M a r s . T h e y will have the opportunity to program a rover and experience the challenges of driving it in a simulated time delay, while seeing the planet from the perspective of a rover. The second portion of the exhibit in the James S. McDonnell Planetarium is called Mission Mars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Base, and is resembles a realistic work environment on Mars in the year 2076. Ta k i n g o n t h e r o l e o f a n astronaut living on Mars, visitors will be able to perform science operations at key locations on the planet, using Allisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hope Foundation, recently presented a $10,000 check to the Anderson H o s p i t a l F o u n d a t i o n . a ro v e r much like the one used on Mars now. Tw o r o v e r s w e r e s p e c i a l l y designed for this exhibit, and were named Intrepid and A d v e n t u re , n a m e s t h a t w e re selected by the public through an online poll. The content with the Mission: Mars exhibition reflects the goals of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Education: to engage citizens in NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s m i s s i o n s a n d s h a r e N A S Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s c u r re n t u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e planet. The Mission: Mars exhibit is particularly meaningful within the St. Louis community, given the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich history in space exploration dating back to

McDonnell Aircraft Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement in the Mercury and Gemini missions, which sent the first Americans into space. Today, St. Louis is a key hub for NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planetary exploration m i s s i o n t h ro u g h t h e w o r k o f r e s e a r c h e r s a t Wa s h i n g t o n University in St. Louisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory (EPRSL). Directed by Dr. Ray Arvidson, EPRSL is involved with the planning and programming of both the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers currently exploring Mars. Dr. Arvidson served as a scientific advisor for the development of the exhibit. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Wa s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y i n Saint Louis has had a long and deep involvement with NASA in robotic exploration of the solar system through our McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences. I look forward to sharing, through

the new Saint Louis Science Center and its new exhibits, some of the excitement associated with exploring Mars, a planet whose rocks reveal unequivocal evidence for past warm, wet conditions, with rivers and lakes in abundance.â&#x20AC;? Mission: Mars is free to all v i s i t o r s . T h e re w i l l b e p a i d , educational programs offered to groups in both exhibit locations. For more information, please visit slsc.org.

Titles added to McKendree film series

The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University has added three recent releases to its Film Series in 2016: Feb. 21, 2 and 7 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bridge of Spiesâ&#x20AC;? - During the Cold War,

an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for a Soviet-captured American U2 spy plane pilot. Starring Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg. (2015, rated PG-13; 141 min.) April 3, 2 and 7 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Revenantâ&#x20AC;? - In the 1820s, frontiersman Hugh Glass survives a bear mauling and a vicious winter as he sets out on a path of vengeance against members of his hunting team who left him for dead. Leonardo DiCaprio stars. (2016, rated R; 156 min.) â&#x20AC;&#x153; We â&#x20AC;&#x2122; v e h a d m u c h s u c c e s s bringing current movies to the Hett during award season,â&#x20AC;? said Peter Palermo, director of the Hettenhausen Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offerings are all early favorites to bring home Oscars and Golden Globes.â&#x20AC;? Admission is free for McKendree

University students, faculty and staff members and $5 for the general public. There is no charge for the following: January 27, 7 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Backboneâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Set during the last week of the bloody Spanish Civil War, a sensitive boy is sent to an isolated orphanage full of dark secrets, horrors, and the dead. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. (2001, rated R; 106 min.) March 23, 7 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A fascinating, no-holds-barred documentary about the birth of controversial website WikiLeaks and its outlaw creator, Julian Assange. (2013, rated R; 130 min.) Some films contain adult themes or language and may not be appropriate for everyone. The series is sponsored by the Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation. For more information, visit theHett. com, or call 618-537-6863.

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The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.information, call (636) 899-0090. Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette Feb. 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 25, 26, 2016 Starts at 8:30am Pere Marquette State Park 13112 Visitor Center Lane Grafton, IL 62037 A site interpreter at Pere Marquette State Park will be presenting informative programs about bald eagles this winter. Visitors will learn to distinguish between immature and mature bald eagles, what eagles eat, why they spend winter months in the area and much more. All programs will begin at the park's visitor center at 8:30 a.m. Reservations are required. There will be a short video presentation followed by an observational drive to view the wintering bald eagles. Please dress warmly and have a full tank of gas. For more information or reservations, call (618) 786-3323. "Love Letters" at Jacoby Arts Center Feb. 5, 6, 12 & 13, 2016 Gates open at 7:00pm | Starts at 7:30pm Jacoby Arts Center 627 E. Broadway Alton, IL 62002 Bankside Rep Presents "Love L e t t e r s " b y A . R . G u r n e y, B i l l

C o r b e t t , a nd K ira Ob o le ns ky. Student ticket price: Buy One, Get One Free. For more information call, (618) 462-5222. Admission $15 per person Audubon Center Birds of Winter Feb. 6 & 7, 2016 10:00am to 2:00pm Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386 Join us this winter at the Audubon Center at Riverlands, located inside the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, for wildlife viewing and education in this Globally Significant Important Bird Area. Bald Eagles, Trumpeter Swans and ducks call Riverlands home during the winter. Enjoy the view from the comfort of the Center or venture out to the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge for a closer look. On Saturdays Treehouse Wildlife will be in the Center with a bird of prey and on Sundays see a bald eagle from World Bird Sanctuary, up close and personal! For more information, call (636) 899-0090. Live Bald Eagles at TreeHouse Wildlife Center Feb. 6 & 7, 2016 10:00am to 2:00pm TreeHouse Wildlife Center 23956 Green Acres Road Dow, IL 62022 There will be live bald eagles every weekend in January and February at the TreeHouse Wildlife Center. Free admission. Donations are appreciated. For more

information, call (618) 466-2990. Birds of Prey Saturday, February 06, 2016 Gates open at 9:30am | 1:00pm to 3:00pm Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048 B a l d e a g l e s a re n ' t t h e o n l y raptors that make the region their home. Find out what other raptors live in the area during a live meet and greet with raptors from TreeHouse Wildlife Center. Masters of the Sky February 13 & 14, 2016 9:00am to 5:00pm National Great Rivers Museum 2 Lock and Dam Way Alton, IL 62002 Witness the "Masters of the Sky" birds of prey demonstration. Come see eagles, falcons, owls and other birds of prey at this educational and informational program. Show times at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Also, there will be a free eagle display at noon and 2 p.m. for 30 minutes in the gallery on Feb. 14 15. For more information, call the National Great Rivers Museum at (877) 462-6979. Admission Adults: $5 Children 12 and Under: $3 3 and Under: Free Only 10 tickets per person Underground Railroad Shuttle Tour (Feb 13: 10AM) Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:00am to 12:00pm Alton Visitor Center

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Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge will hold several free eagle watching and art events for families this winter. Eagle Watching with a Ranger will be held from 9-10 a.m. two times per month on the first and third Saturdays from December to March. Dates are as follows: Feb. 6, Feb 20, March 5 and March 19. Refuge rangers will lead participants to eagle watching hotspots on Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge. A personal vehicle will be needed. Attendees are reminded to dress for the weather. Open to all ages. Space is limited, call 618-883-2524 to register in advance and receive additional program details. “Second Saturday Art”, a series of nature-inspired art programs will be held on the second Saturday of every month this winter. These free programs will be led by refuge staff and held at the visitor center, where participants will create take-home art pieces and learn about wildlife and nature. All supplies are provided. Dec. 12, “Build a Bird Feeder” will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. Participants will build and design a small wooden bird feeder and learn about the birds at the refuge and their winter activity. Ideal for all ages. Jan. 9, “Duck, Duck, Stamp! ” will be held from 1-2 p.m. Participants will create submissions for the Junior Duck Stamp Contest and contribute to a duck mural as they learn about waterfowl migration and the Duck Stamp Program. Ideal for children. Feb. 13, “Crafty Eagles” will coincide with the refuge’s Bald Eagle Open House from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Participants will make eagle crafts and learn about this bird’s biology and conservation. Ideal for young children. March 12, “Solar Exposure” will be held from 1-2 p.m. Using natural materials and the winter sun; participants will create sun prints on photosensitive paper and learn about winter at the refuge. Ideal for children. An Eagle Watching Open House will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. Visit the open house to learn about bald eagles and how to watch for them, and then venture out to watch for eagles with a refuge ranger. Eagle Watching Open House activities include: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The visitor center will be open to provide information about eagle biology, nesting, diet, and conservation. Kids’ crafts and activities will be available. A bald eagle photography exhibit will be on display. 11 a.m. Refuge rangers will lead an hour-long eagle watching walking tour through the Gilbert Lake Division to spot eagles and learn about bird watching. Sign up by Feb. 11 by calling the visitor center at 618-883-2524 or emailing TwoRivers@fws.gov. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Swan Lake levee will be open for a self-led auto tour. Volunteers will have scopes set up for

eagle viewing at the entrance to the levee. This activity is dependent on weather conditions. The bald eagle photography exhibit will highlight local professional and amateur photographers and will be on display at the refuge visitor center Feb. 10-17. All local photographers are invited to submit two original 8 x 10 photographs of bald eagles taken on Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge or in Calhoun, Jersey and Greene counties. Photos must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 5 to TwoRivers@fws.gov or mail to HC 82 Box 107, Brussels, IL 62013. For more information about these events, call 618-8832524 or email TwoRivers@fws.gov. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to these events for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, close captioning, or other accommodation needs to Cortney Solum at 618-883-2524 or TTY 1-800-526-0844 with your request by close of business no later than five business days before each event.

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The Boeing Company will be the presenting sponsor of the 2016 Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo in honor of the company’s 100th anniversary next year. The Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo will be held on May 14-15, 2016, and will be headlined by performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, flying the St. Louisbuilt Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, and many other flight performances and static-aircraft displays. The event’s popular STEM Expo highlights the science, technology, engineering and math initiatives of academic, business and not-for-profit institutions in the St. Louis area and inspires youth to pursue these important areas. Also featured is the Veteran Village, which provides a venue where key resource providers can share valuable information and connectivity for military members who have recently or will soon return to civilian life. “Boeing is tightly woven into the fabric of aviation heritage in the St. Louis region and is a leader in promoting the high-technology resources of our communities,” said John Bales, president of the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo and Spirit of St. Louis Airport director. “We appreciate the support and confidence of this fine company and are proud to once again have the Boeing name associated with this event.”

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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

J.J. Abrams may not elevate the language of "Star Wars," but he sure is fluent in it. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is no more and no less than the movie that made us love it in the first place. In fact, it's basically the same thing. Isn't that what we all wanted anyway? It's hard to talk rationally about "Star Wars." It is a deeply silly thing, with a genuine, undeniable hold on our culture. Chalk it up to nostalgia, collective arrested development or the ineffable. But for many, the magic of "Star Wars" is inseparable from the magic of the movies and, hey, that's no small thing. These movies make us lose ourselves in the spectacle. They make us forget our best instincts. They make us love the advertising as much as the art. They make us kids again. In this way, "The Force Awakens," the seventh movie in this improbable yet inevitable series, delivers. It's a movie made by someone who loves "Star Wars" deeply. Someone who can see more clearly than even its creator what made it so special to so many people. Abrams has taken everything that we adore about that first film, delicately mixed up a few elements, and churned out a reverent homage that's a heck of a lot of fun to watch. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sci-fi action violence." RUNNING TIME: 135 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Anomalisa"

In "Anomalisa" everyone looks and sounds the same. They have the same face (Caucasian, bland, non-descript). They have the same voice (Tom Noonan's). They bore our protagonist Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) to death. And this feeling that he's the only individual on the planet among all these clones might be the cause of his unravelling. In this very R-rated stop-motion animated feature, scripted by Charlie Kaufman (writer of "Adaptation." and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") and co-directed by Kaufman and Duke Johnson, we spend one day with this sad sack narcissist on an overnight trip to Cincinnati. He's there to give a lecture about his book, "How May I Help You Help Them," a top selling manifesto on the art of customer service. It's successful enough that people in the hotel recognize him immediately. Back in his room, Michael sinks into himself, bereft of an easy hookup. It's just him and his Belvedere martinis with a twist until he hears an alarming sound from the hotel hallway — a voice that's not Tom Noonan's. It's Jennifer Jason Leigh's. Michael bursts out of his room like the owner of this voice is his last chance for survival, frantically knocking on random hotel room doors to find her. The woman has travelled from Akron, Ohio, (over 200 miles) to hear him speak. She's a big fan, as is her co-worker. And this woman is different in voice and face. Her name is Lisa. She's an anomaly. She's his Anoma-Lisa, he tells her later when things get intimate. RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language." RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

"The Forest"

The January movie has long had a reputation for being among the worst that Hollywood has to offer, as though everyone collectively acknowledges that they need a month to catch up on the glut of prestige offerings and awards hopefuls that hit at the end of December. There are always exceptions of course, but unfortunately "The Forest," a rotten horror film

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about twin sisters and the spooky Japanese woods where people go to kill themselves, is not one of them. It's rife with unbearable dialogue, cheap jump scares, and far too familiar imagery which makes the whole experience instantly forgettable. The story starts when Sara (Natalie Dormer), a young, wealthy professional living with a blandly handsome husband (Eoin Macken), discovers that her expat twin sister has disappeared in a forest in Japan. This isn't any forest, though. It's Aokigahara, also known as the suicide forest. Everyone she talks to assures her that her sister is definitely dead by now. But Sara knows better. In "The Forest" being a twin means that you have a spidey sense that your other half is around and living. There's a buzz, or something, and one time when Jess (also played by Dormer) took too many pills, the hum stopped. That's Sara knew something was wrong and knew to call the police to check on her. Fine, whatever. So Sara hops on a plane to Japan to search for Jess in the spooky suicide forest. Her dreams and eventually visions get creepier the closer she gets. There some elderly Japanese women around to warn her not to go into the forest, too — it's haunted by the spirits of the dead, she's too sad, and it's too dangerous. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "disturbing thematic content and images." RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: A half star out of four.

"Lady in the Van"

There are cozy, innocuous pleasures to Nicholas Hytner's adaption of Alan Bennett's "The Lady in the Van," but chief among them is watching two grand old talents — Maggie Smith and Bennett, himself — operating firmly in their selfcreated wheel houses. Smith plays the ornery vagrant Mary Shepherd who one day turns up in her dilapidated van on the playwright's North London block, where she stubbornly remains for 15 years. After taking squalid turns parked in front of different neighbors, she's allowed by Bennett to settle in the driveway to his townhouse. She's a mysterious and cantankerous figure. Sharing her name with few, she explains that she's "in an incognito position, possibly." When not impinging on Bennett for a visit to the lavatory, she chases singing school children, paints her rundown van yellow and skulks around, a cranky ball of rags and plastic bags. There are hints of a past as a nun, as well as an old sin that haunts her. In short, Shepherd's irascible peculiarities are tailor made for Smith, who's given all manner of things at which to disgustfully wiggle her nose — the trademark power of Smith's that's no less potent as a foul homeless woman than as the dignified dowager of "Downton Abbey." She can condescend, magnificently, from any height. Smith played the role before in the 1999 play "The Lady in the Van," which was also directed by Hytner, a regular hand of Bennett movie adaptations ("The History Boys," ''The Madness of King George"). RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "a brief unsettling image." RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Ride Along 2"

With the same brand of silliness and a bit more creativity than the original, "Ride Along 2"doesn't pretend to be anything more than what it is: a sequel designed to offer a second helping of exactly what worked the first time around. The original "Ride Along" topped the box office for three straight weeks when it opened in January of 2014,

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collecting $150 million returns on its modest $25 million budget. It focused on Ben (Kevin Hart), an excitable videogame junkie and wannabe cop, and his attempts to impress his disinterested future brother-in-law, James (Ice Cube), a hard-nosed police detective. Hart is goofy and slapstick; Cube is stern and annoyed. Producers reprise the formula and return to many of the original film's artists for the sequel, including screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi and director Tim Story. This time around, Ben is a fresh graduate of the police academy a week away from his wedding to Angela (Tika Sumpter). He's still trying to impress her brother, James, who still can't stand him. At Angela's urging, James reluctantly agrees to bring Ben on a police mission from Atlanta to Miami, where James is on the hunt for a suspicious hacker, AJ (Ken Jeong). AJ is linked to a case James is working in Atlanta, but he's also connected to a major Miami drug lord, Antonio Pope (Benjamin Bratt), who has been masquerading as a philanthropist. This prompts a local homicide detective, Maya (Olivia Munn), to join the investigation. T h e p l o t i s t o o c o m p l i c a t e d t o e x p l a i n ( t h e re ' s government corruption and shipping fraud involved), but it doesn't even really matter. It's just about setting up ever more elaborate situations for Hart to be a goofball to Cube's straight man. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of violence, sexual content, language and some drug material. RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"The 5th Wave"

One major reason that young-adult fiction is so alluring — when done well — is that it gives youngsters such a fulfilling scenario of independence from those older adults in their lives who always think they're smarter and stronger. That scenario is front and center in "The 5th Wave," where every adult is either evil, inhuman (literally), or nice but helpless. It's truly up to the young — make that the young, buff and goodlooking — to save humanity. But if this movie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the latest plucky teen to fight for our species, performs its appointed task with efficiency, it does little more. Yes, the winsome Moretz is a fine, if one-note, reluctant heroine (the film's based on Rick Yancey's best-selling novel, and directed by J Blakeson). And she's surrounded by more than one appealing young man (the YA action-film rulebook seems to dictate at least two, so we can have a triangle.) But the script has more than a few lines that should have been sent directly to rewrite, and there's a nagging feeling throughout that we've sorta seen it all before. Not that this will deter fans of Yancey's book, which is the beginning of a trilogy, meaning we're sure to see more of Moretz's Cassie in years to come. She is, when we first meet her, a pretty perfect Ohio high schooler. Yes, she goes to a party and drinks beer and crushes on a cute football player named Ben. But then she goes home early and sings her little brother Sam to sleep. The next day, life changes forever. A giant alien craft appears in the sky. For days, the Others, as the aliens are known, don't make a move. Then come the four waves. First all power and technology is knocked out; planes and cars crash. Then giant tsunamis are unleashed, killing billions. Then there's crippling disease, transmitted by birds and killing countless more. The fourth wave brings attackers to Earth in unexpected form, all building up to the climactic fifth wave. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America "for violence and destruction, some sci-fi thematic elements, language and brief teen partying." RUNNING TIME: 12 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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This photo provided by Sony Pictures Entertainment shows, Alex Roe, left, and Chloe Grace Moretz in a scene from the Columbia Pictures release, "The 5th Wave."

Moretz fights for the human race By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press One major reason that young-adult fiction is so alluring — when done well — is that it gives youngsters such a fulfilling scenario of independence from those older adults in their lives who always think they're smarter and stronger. That scenario is front and center in "The 5th Wave," where every adult is either evil, inhuman (literally), or nice but helpless. It's truly up to the young — make that the young, buff and good-looking — to save humanity. But if this movie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the latest plucky teen to fight for our species, performs its appointed task with efficiency, it does little more.

Yes, the winsome Moretz is a fine, if onenote, reluctant heroine (the film's based on Rick Yancey's best-selling novel, and directed by J Blakeson). And she's surrounded by more than one appealing young man (the YA actionfilm rulebook seems to dictate at least two, so we can have a triangle.) But the script has more than a few lines that should have been sent directly to rewrite, and there's a nagging feeling throughout that we've sorta seen it all before. Not that this will deter fans of Yancey's book, which is the beginning of a trilogy, meaning we're sure to see more of Moretz's Cassie in years to come. She is, when we first meet her, a pretty perfect Ohio high schooler. Yes, she goes to a party and drinks beer and crushes on a cute football player named Ben.

But then she goes home early and sings her little brother Sam to sleep. The next day, life changes forever. A giant alien craft appears in the sky. For days, the Others, as the aliens are known, don't make a move. Then come the four waves. First all power and technology is knocked out; planes and cars crash. Then giant tsunamis are unleashed, killing billions. Then there's crippling disease, transmitted by birds and killing countless more. The fourth wave brings attackers to Earth in unexpected form, all building up to the climactic fifth wave. Meanwhile, Cassie, her brother and father have left home for a refugee camp. Dad (Ron Livingston, noble and powerless) gives Cassie a gun. "I thought we were safe here," Cassie protests. "Pumpkin," he replies, "nowhere's

safe anymore" (one of many lines you can recite before you even hear it). When the U.S. Army's Col. Vosch (Liev Schreiber, inscrutable and calm here, perhaps a little too calm) orders youngsters onto a school bus to a military base, the family reluctantly agrees. But Cassie and Sam are separated when Cassie runs back for Sam's stuffed toy. Cassie is forced to follow on foot, a journey of many miles. On the way, she reluctantly kills a man, nearly gets killed herself by shooting attackers, and wakes up, wounded, in the house of a very cute guy named Evan (Alex Roe). Evan's good looks, medical expertise and fighting skills almost make up for the fact that we can't figure out quite who he is. (They don't, though, make up for the triteness of many of his lines.)

"Dirty Grandpa" – you've been warned By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I'd heard from several people that saw "Dirty Grandpa" during its opening weekend and they all seemed embarrassed by this. The conversations all started in hushed tones, like I was being told a juicy bit of gossip or a dirty secret was about to come out. I rarely make apologies for the entertainment I consume; it makes us who we are as individuals. Teens might want to see it for Zac Efron. Older adults clearly are looking for some ribald humor from a respected actor of their own generation. Having little idea as to what the movie was even about (I originally had assumed it was going to be a Johnny Knoxville "Bad Grandpa" sequel), I checked it out Monday

night and realize now why all the red-cheeked whispering. This movie is so blatantly unfunny that it is heinous. The Academy (having enough of their own troubles this week, I'm sure) should revoke Robert De Niro's "Raging Bull" Oscar for even starring in this train wreck of impropriety, crude lewdness, and lazy humor. I'd be embarrassed to admit that I watched it, too, but I'm using my misfortune as a public service message to the community: you have been warned. Here's a rundown on the plot for you: retired Army mechanic Dick Kelly (De Niro) just lost his wife. Like yesterday. Enter distant grandson Jason (Efron) who's asked to step in and drive his grieving g r a n d p a t o B o c a R a t o n f ro m

Atlanta to wrap up some affairs. One would hope at this point that they'll bond over life's adventures and grow to cherish each other for their remaining years, have learned lessons and respect along the way. But this one goes the other way, off on a tangent that is at first jawdroppingly unbelievable in how awful it is. Sure, Jason is buttonedup. He's wound tight as a watch getting ready for an impending wedding to the commanding Meredith (Julianne Hough) and trying to make a place for him in his father's (Dermot Mulroney) big law firm. This part isn't so hard to believe. It's that grandpa is a dirtbag of epic proportions. He uses language that can't be mined any longer for laughs in 2016 (not even on "South Park"). He defames

homosexuals, the handicapped, the mentally incapacitated, and pretty much everyone else that stands in the way of him getting what he wants: an unabashedly active sexual twilight after the passing of his wife to whom he was endlessly faithful, we're told. Once desensitized to the "comedy", however, the audience is left grappling for a plot to hold on to. Surely it can't only be that the horny septuagenarian main character is hoping to hook up with the weirdo college girl (Aubrey Plaza) they meet on Spring Break. Except that it is. And there's a girl (Zoey Deutch, daughter of actress Lea Thompson) for Jason to pursue, too. Nothing makes for a fun road trip picture like a crass man and his grandson picking up chicks in Daytona

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Beach. Forget the part where they start the foundations of these new "relationships" on lies. Forget how quickly Efron loses his preppy facade when beer and crack cocaine are up for grabs. Forget Danny Glover's cameo as Dick's token black Army buddy. Forget this whole thing ever happened and go watch something else. I recommend "The Intern" from last Fall. It was charming and funny and earned De Niro a lot of good will amongst the senior audiences especially. Too bad he squandered all of it away on this piece of trash. "Dirty Grandpa" runs 120 minutes and is rated R for crude sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, and for language and drug use. I give this film half of one star out of four.

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Religion Religion briefs Chicago church when King preached could become landmark

CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says a church on Chicago's West Side where Martin Luther King Jr. preached could become a historic landmark. Emanuel said on Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday that the city's Landmarks Commission will consider the designation for Stone Temple Baptist Church. The church was built in 1926 as a synagogue for Jews fleeing anti-Semitism in Romania. An African-American Baptist congregation that supported civil rights bought it in 1954. The congregation's pastor was friends with King, who spoke there starting in 1959. A six-to-nine month designation process would begin if the commission votes to initiate landmark status for the church. The Chicago City Council would consider any final recommendation for the honor, which would protect the building from significant alteration and demolition.

Members of Michigan diocese angered at priest's arrival

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Some parishioners in a Michigan Catholic diocese are concerned that a former Minnesota archbishop who left amid a clergy sex abuse scandal is helping out in a Battle Creek church.

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The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that former Archbishop John Nienstedt (NYN'-sted) is celebrating masses at St. Philip while its pastor recovers from an illness. Nienstedt resigned from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in June after charges were filed claiming the church failed to protect children. Nienstedt has not been charged, and Kalamazoo diocese spokeswoman Victoria Cessna says the church has no knowledge of pending allegations against Nienstedt. St. Philip parent Samantha Pearl says "the church is demonstrating that it is willing protect those who have hurt children."

Russians celebrate Epiphany by diving into freezing waters

MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians have taken a dip in icy waters to celebrate Epiphany, a major holiday in Orthodox Christianity marking the baptism of Jesus. Water blessed by a priest on the Epiphany week in Orthodox tradition is considered holy and pure, and bathing in it is believed by some to have healing powers. In Moscow, authorities set up 60 official bathing sites for believers for the ceremony, from open air pools to holes cut ponds. Temperatures in Moscow were 14 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. Russia's defense ministry organized Epiphany celebrations for troops serving at Russia's military base in Syria by putting up an inflated rubber pool.

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Manufacturer stands by policy on Muslim prayer breaks

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Council for America-Islamic Relations is asking a Wisconsin manufacturer to back away from a policy that doesn't allow an extra break for prayer for its Muslim employees. The Ariens Company, however, has told CAIR that it can handle the matter internally. The friction comes after 53 Ariens Company workers left their jobs in protest after the company limited them to two 10-minute breaks per work shift. CEO Dan Ariens said adding a third prayer break had disrupted production at the lawn mower and snow blower manufacturer. The company says it has had longstanding religious accommodations for Muslim workers, including a prayer room.

Churches are urged to welcome transgendered members

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop says, now that more faith groups are accepting same-sex marriage, the next step is to reach out to transgendered individuals. Former New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson says his message to American clergy is, "Transgendered people are coming to a theater very near you, maybe just around your corner, and you best get ready."

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Travel For The Edge Brown County, Indiana is a year round vacation destination, where artists and adventurers alike are drawn to the rustic beauty and quiet charm. Brown County Events Calendar – February 2016 Event: Brown County Photography Club Exhibition Date: February 1-29 Time: Monday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Place: Chateau Thomas Winery (225 South Van Buren Street, Coachlight Square) Phone/Website: 317.878.9513 / www.facebook.com/ BrownCountyPhotographyClub Admission: Free About: Members of The Brown County Photography Club will be featured artists at a special exhibition at Chateau Thomas Winery in Nashville now through February 29. The show will feature a variety of photographic styles from both established and emerging artists. Event: Sweetheart’s Zip and Kiss at eXplore Brown County Date: February 1-19 Time: See website Place: eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch Retreat Phone/Website: 812.988.7750 / www.explorebrowncounty.com Admission: See website for more info About: Romance is in the air at eXplore Brown County! It's nice to know someone special is waiting for you as you soar 90 feet in the air on 15 different zip lines, included in 4 tours ranging from 80 to 1220 feet (1/4 mile) in length. Just in case your honey didn't hug you tightly enough or the adrenaline didn't kick in during your zip, there is hot cocoa waiting for you in the nice, warm Harvest Hall. Don't forget the marshmallows! Event: Live Music at Pine Room Tavern & Muddy Boots Cafe Date: February 2, 4, 6-21, 23-27 Place: Pine Room Tavern & Muddy Boots Cafe Phone/Website: 812.988.0236 / www.pineroomtavern.net/calendarof-events.html Admission: Free For media inquiries, contact: Aubrey Sitzman Brown County C o n v e n t i o n a n d Vi s i t o r s Bureau 812-988-3482 asitzman@ browncounty.com About: Head to the Pine Room Tavern & Muddy Boots Cafe for live entertainment! You'll love this original music venue, featuring artists and their songs. Check the complete music schedule online! Event: Farm-to-Fifth Tours at Bear Wallow Distillery Date: February 6, 13, 20, 27 Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (at the top of each hour) Place: Bear Wallow Distillery Phone/Website: 812.657.4923 / www.bearwallowdistillery.com Admission: $5 About: Head to Bear Wallow Distillery for some whiskey education! Learn about the role whiskey played in the formation of America during the Revolutionary War. Find out what brought whiskey making to Indiana and learn about moonshining in Brown County before, during, and after prohibition. See the complete process used to make whiskey at Bear Wallow, starting with grains from local farmers, and enjoy the best part of the tour...tasting it! Event: Quaff N’ Brew Beer School

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The Rawhide Ranch is hosting a special Valentine's weekend event. Date: February 6, 13, 20, 27 Time: 11 a.m. Place: Big Woods Village Phone/Website: 812.988.6000 / http://quaffon.com Admission: $5; $10 to add a pint glass About: Do you love beer? Ever wonder how beer is made? Want to learn the difference between porter and stout or lager and ale? Big Woods is now offering an exciting new class designed to teach you all about the world of beer. Event: Daddy and Daughter Valentine's Day Tea Date: February 12 Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Place: Sweetea's Tea Shop Phone/Website: 812.988.6515 / http://sweeteasteashop.com Admission: $20 per couple (Dad and Daughter) - extra person $10 each About: Make plans to attend the 2nd Annual Daddy and Daughter Valentine's Day Tea Party and Dance! Head to Sweetea's for an evening of crafts, games, and dancing, as well as tea and goodies to eat. There will be a photo booth for pictures to capture the memories made. Seats are very limited so call soon to reserve your spot! Event: Love is in the Air Valentine’s Special at Creekside Retreat Date: February 12, 13 Place: Creekside Retreat (2450 State Road 46 East, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 844.473.8732 / w w w. c r e e k s i d e r e t r e a t . n e t / reservations/specials/ Admission: Call for details About: Make this Valentine's Day one to remember at Creekside Retreat! Enjoy a cozy overnight stay complete with a single rose in a vase, a gift card for Brown County Winery, chocolate dipped strawberries, and a discount coupon for one of our local restaurants all awaiting in your room! Event: Valentine’s Dinner at The Seasons Lodge Date: February 12, 13 Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Place: The Seasons Lodge (560 E SR 46, Nashville, IN 47448) Phone/Website: 812.988.2284 / http://seasonslodge.com/content/

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Date: February 13 Time: 5:30 p.m. - Midnight Place: Big Busted Bar (Upstairs at Big Woods Village) Phone/Website: 812.988.6000 / http://quaffon.com Admission: $5 cover About: Celebrate Valentine's Day in the Village...Big Woods Village that is! Spend the evening listening to some great live music and of course, enjoying your favorite adult beverages at the Big Busted Bar. $5 cover includes a raffle ticket for dinner for two at Big Woods Brewery on Sunday, February 14 ($80 value; alcohol not included). Music starts at 6:30 p.m. with Angela Norris White and the Indiana Boys go on at 9 p.m. Event: Valentine’s Day Music Fundraiser at Brozinni Pizzeria Date: February 13 Time: Live music from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Place: Brozinni Pizzeria Phone/Website: 812.988.8800 / www.brozinni.net Admission: Free About: Celebrate Valentine's Day with some pizza and music! Spend the evening digging in to Brozinni's delicious New York style pizza as you listen to a live performance by Larry McDonald, owner of This Old Guitar Music Store in Seymour. Be sure to get your raffle ticket at Brozinni's for a chance to win a pink guitar signed by John Mellencamp! Stop by the Visitors Center in town to check out the guitar while you're at it! All proceeds will benefit Mother’s Cupboard. Event: Valentine’s RESPECT: The Women of Rock N’ Soul Date: February 13 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Brown County Playhouse Phone/Website: 812.988.6555 / www.browncountyplayhouse.org Admission: $22.50 About: For one night only, the Playhouse is bringing back the hit live music revue starring original cast members Jenn Cristy, Jamie Taylor and Brandi Nicole. Presented by One Pulse Entertainment, producers of Indiana's best rock n' roll revues. Party with your sweetheart to classic songs from Aretha to Joplin to GaGa! Beer,

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The Sheldon presents The Root Diggers, Saturday, February 6 at 11 a.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. The Root Diggers are a group of six talented string band musicians whose sound is heavily rooted in oldtime traditions. Influenced by the music of John Hartford, Ed Haley, Tom Waits and Old Crow Medicine Show, and performing a blend of traditional Ozark and Appalachian music, The Root Diggers are sure to get toes tapping! Making up the local St. Louis band is Allen Spencer, mandolin; Colin Blair, fiddle; Steve Pupillo, guitar; Jeremiah Evans, banjo; Alena Wheeler, fiddle; Mark Lang, bass fiddle. Subscriptions to The Sheldon Matinee Series are still available by calling The Sheldon at 314-5339900. Single tickets are $12 adult reserved/$5 child reserved, and are on sale now through MetroTix at 314-534-1111, through The Sheldon’s website at TheSheldon.org, or in person at The Fox Theatre Box Office, 534 N. Grand Blvd. For more information, call The Sheldon at 314533-9900 or visit TheSheldon.org.

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Saint Louis Chamber Chorus to perform

For the fourth concert of its 60th season, this year on Valentine's Day, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus celebrates with music honoring love. The title piece of the concert, “Languish with Love,” is a modern masterpiece by one of Britain's leading composers, Francis Pott. Professor Pott will fly to St. Louis to

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Music legend Brian Wilson has announced a 2016 world tour to celebrate and perform the iconic album Pet Sounds for a final time, in honor of its 50th anniversary. Originally released on May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds is universally hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time. With more than 70 dates being confirmed, and several previously announced dates selling out in record time, Wilson and his band will be joined by former bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin when they kick off the tour this Spring. Fans can expect a live performance of Pet Sounds in its entirety, as well as top hits and fan favorites spanning his 54-year career with The Beach Boys and as a solo artist. For up-todate information, please visit www. BrianWilson.com. Brian Wilson is one of popular m u s i c ’ s m o s t d e e p l y re v e re d f i g u r e s , a l e g e n d a r y w r i t e r, producer, arranger and performer of some of the most cherished music in pop music history. For more than half a century, fans have marveled at the sheer beauty of the music that springs forth from his imagination into glorious song. Wilson brings this ingenious vision to his own compositions, as well as to those for which he has collaborated, weaving a lush, vibrant tapestry of intricately nuanced vocal harmonies and instrumental arrangements for himself, his bandmates and others. Wilson began his career as a teenaged founding member of The Beach Boys, who signed with Capitol Records in July 1962 and released their first album, Surfin’ Safari, that same year. The band’s initial surf-rock focus was soon broadened to include other themes. Wilson’s innovative vocal and instrumental arrangements for major hits including “I Get A ro u n d , ” “ C a l i f o r n i a G i r l s , ” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” and the No. 1 smash “Good Vibrations” made The Beach

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Imrat Khan 80th Birthday Celebration planned

Ustad Imrat Khan is today’s most renowned living performer of North Indian classical music. Joining him for this special 80th birthday celebration will be his four sons, Ustad Nishat Khan, Ustad Irshad Khan, Ustad Wajahat Khan and Ustad Shaffulah Khan, for a rare, oncein-a-lifetime celebration concert with India’s “First Family of Music.”

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Cyrille Aimee, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Bradenburg 3, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. G r e g o r y P o r t e r , To u h i l l P e r f o r m i n g A r t s C e n t e r, S t . Louis, 8:00 p.m. Root Diggers, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. Greek Fire, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. The Fade, w/Bantam Foxes, Gemini Hustler, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. J u d y C o l l i n s , T h e Wi l d e y T h e a t e r, E d w a r d s v i l l e , 8 : 0 0 p.m. Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Pops, Sauget, Doors 6:00 p.m. StL Music Underground, h o s t e d b y N i t e O w l , C i c e ro s , University City, 8:30 p.m. The Wee Heavies, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. R e v e re n d H o r t o n H e a t f e a t . Unknown Hinson, w/Igor And Red Elvises, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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The Arts Exhibitions planned Krannert Art Museum For The Edge The African ceramic pots in Krannert Art Museum’s collection are at once functional and works of art. A p o t u s e d f o r b re w i n g o r s t o r i n g b e e r w i d e n s f ro m i t s mouth in a lovely curving arc to its midpoint, then narrows again to its delicate base. A large bowl made from a gourd is decorated with an intricate repeating pattern and a rich red ocher color. A vessel made for husbands or sweethearts to store palm oil or water is decorated with tiny ceramic cowrie shells. Krannert Art Museum will display most of its collection of African vessels in a spring e x h i b i t i o n t i t l e d “ S p h e re s o f Influence,” which opened Jan. 28. The works in the exhibition were a gift from an anonymous donor in 2005, and were displayed at that time but not since. The exhibition will also include four pots on loan from Spurlock Museum and two from a private collection. In addition to displaying this collection, the exhibition w i l l h i g h l i g h t t h e ro l e t h e s e vessels play in the lives of their communities and, particularly, their importance to women. Nearly all the pots were made by women, said Allyson Purpura, exhibition curator and curator of African art at the museum. Women are the ones who know where to harvest the clay to make the pots and how to prepare it, and how to mold the clay and fire the pots. All the vessels on display are low-fired on the ground, rather than in a kiln, and none are glazed. These techniques ensure each container can withstand the heat of cooking over an open fire without cracking, Purpura said. Women potters decorate their vessels with designs, some of which have symbolic meaning for their communities, but they also add their own flourishes. In some societies, the pots made by a woman are broken when she dies and the grog, or finely-crushed pots, is then mixed with fresh clay to make new pots, Purpura said. “We can relate to them. They are very intimate, very tactile, very useful and familiar things,” she said, adding the pots in the exhibition – some of them quite large – would be used for brewing and serving beer or palm wine, for containing water or for storing personal items. But they also are used for ceremonial purposes, moving between everyday life and special occasions. The exhibition will include a 20-minute video of women making pots, showing the techniques and tools they use. The edited footage was taken by Christopher Roy, a professor of African art history at the University of Iowa, and shows the work of expert potters in Burkina Faso and Ghana, West Africa. Tw o a d d i t i o n a l e x h i b i t i o n s opening Jan. 28, curated by Kathryn Koca Polite, will also feature work from the Krannert Art Museum collection. “Collage: Moving Beyond Paper” examines the continual evolution of collage, beyond the traditional cutting, gluing and reassembling images on paper or canvas. Including artwork from the latter half of the 20th century,

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Allyson Purpura, Krannert Art Museum’s curator of African art and curator of the “Spheres of Influence” exhibition, holds an ocher-colored bowl made from a gourd. A section of the pot that has been repaired is visible. The bowl and other pieces from the museum’s collection of African vessels are on display this spring. the exhibition explores issues of materiality as artists experiment with two-dimensional collage and three-dimensional assemblage. “Collecting Photography” will feature photographs acquired in the last 10 years, including international photographers examining social, political and environmental concerns and those e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h d i ff e re n t techniques, including highspeed photography and digital manipulation. The exhibition includes newly acquired work by Donna Ferrato, a photojournalist who documents images of domestic violence and advocates for women in abusive relationships. ••• “Time / Image,” one of Krannert Art Museum’s spring exhibitions opened Jan. 28, explores how time is perceived through contemporary art. The 11 artists featured in the exhibition look at time in ways other than as a linear progression. They ask questions about our understandings of historical narrative, how we see images of the past and present in relation to each other, and how time is represented and manipulated in various forms of artistic media. Their work shows different

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senses of temporal possibility, said Amy Powell, curator of the e xhib itio n and the mus e um’s curator of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition takes its name from a book by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, who wrote about the change in the perception of time brought on by cinema and techniques such as editing and montage. Every work in “Time / Image” is cinematic in some way. For example, a 3-minute video by Raqs Media Collective, a group of filmmakers based in India, shows a 1911 still photograph of British surveyors working in their office. In the video, titled “An Afternoon Unregistered on the Richter Scale” (2011), the artists i n t ro d u c e d m o v e m e n t t o t h e photograph, so a ceiling fan starts to turn, a passerby walks outside the window, and the color and light in the image change as the men sit unmoving at their desks. The idea, Powell said, is that even a historical photograph can still contain elements of fantasy. The exhibition includes “Fantôme Afrique” (2005), a 17-minute, three-screen film installation from British artist Isaac Julien that combines images of urban and rural spaces in West

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A f r i c a w i t h a rc h i v a l f o o t a g e , “where the ghosts of history linger amid the realities of the day.” Lorraine O’Grady has a series of diptychs featuring images of Charles Baudelaire and Michael Jackson, side by side in similar poses, titled “The First and Last of the Modernists” (2010). Looking at the images, made with similar tones, “it’s not clear who came first,” Powell said. A 2009 installation by Matthew Buckingham, “1720,” shows the text “1720,” written in a typeface invented in 1720. The soundtrack is a Bach sonata composed in 1720 that lasts for 2:30 minutes – the same duration that it takes for the 100-foot piece of film to go through the projector. “There are lots of temporal plays. The artist is playing with concepts of history and medium,” Powell said. Other pieces include “Screen II (edit)” (2015), a work by Siemon Allen of VHS tape cut up and woven around a steel frame, and “Imagine to be here, right now (Comrades of Time)” (2011), a series of photographs by Andrea Geyer based on her research of influential women thinkers in Germany’s Weimar Republic. Raqs Media Collective will be on campus as George A. Miller

Visiting Artists during the week of Feb. 22. The artists will give an artist talk titled “Untimely Calendar” at the museum at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24. They will s t a g e a p e r f o r m a n c e , “ Ti m e Symposium,” at 5 p.m. Feb. 25. “Time Symposium” will gather 12 participants – one of the Raqs Media Collective artists and 11 faculty from a variety of university departments – to drink wine and discuss the history and philosophy of time. Krannert Art Museum will be the first U.S. art museum to stage “Time Symposium.” Krannert Art Museum will also partner with The Art Theater Co-op to show films on March 7 and March 14 related to the theme of the exhibition. Featured artist Andrea Geyer will visit KAM to give an artist talk at 5:30 p.m. April 5. “Time / Image” debuted last fall at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. The exhibition will be on view at Krannert Art Museum through April 23 and is sponsored in part by Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund/College of Fine and Applied Arts, the School of Art and Design Visitors Fund, the Jerrold Ziff Distinguished Lecture on Modern Art, and Krannert Art Museum.

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Pictured are two views of Riverdance, which is coming to The Fox Feb. 12 to 14.

For The Edge M o y a D o h e r t y i s p ro u d t o announce the international Irish dance phenomenon is back by popular demand with Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour, which is celebrating an extraordinary milestone for an incredible show, as it makes stops in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre February 12 – 14. The Edinburgh Evening News raves about Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour, “As for the flaws? Well, there simply aren’t any. Here’s to another 20 years!” Tickets for Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-5341111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $30. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Performances of Riverdance The 20th Anniversary World Tour at the Fabulous Fox run February 12 – 14. Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. and Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour, composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty and directed by John McColgan, is currently celebrating a sold out and critically acclaimed tour. To mark the eagerly awaited return of the show to North A m e r i c a , e n d i n g a f o u r- y e a r absence, Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour will feature new costumes, new lighting, new projections and the addition of a brand new number, “Anna Livia,” featuring the female members of the

Irish dance troupe in an acapella hard-shoe number. For a complete list tour engagements and ticket information for the North American tour cities, please visit www. riverdance.com. “The success of Riverdance across the whole world has gone beyond our wildest dreams,” said producer Moya Doherty. “The fact that the show continues to draw and excite audiences is a tribute to every dancer, singer, musician, staff and

crew member who have dedicated themselves to the show. This 20th Anniversary Tour is a thank you to our audiences and a celebration of what has been an incredible journey across two decades.” Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour is an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Drawing on Irish traditions, the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music into

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Song Contest, produced for television by Moya Doherty. This electrifying and innovative seven minute dance piece was then developed into a full-length stage show by Producer Moya Doherty, Composer Bill Whelan and Director John McColgan. With its fusion of Irish and International music and dance, the show broke all box office records during its world première run in Dublin in early 1995. When the show transferred to London in June of that year, the reaction was unprecedented, with the original 10 performances being increased to 151 in subsequent months. There followed a hugely successful tour starting in New York in March 1996, where 8 sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall heralded the start of 16 years of non-stop touring by Riverdance companies throughout North America. Since its inception Riverdance has packed theatres throughout North America, Oceania, Asia, Europe, South Africa and most recently South America. FACTS ABOUT 20 YEARS OF Riverdance • Played 11,000 performances • Seen live by over 25 million people in over 465 venues worldwide • Played in 46 countries across 6 continents • Travelled 700,000 miles (or to the moon and back and back again!) • Played to a global television audience of 3 billion people • Sold over 3 million copies of the Grammy Award-winning CD • Sold 10 million Riverdance videos & DVDs For more information, please visit: Website: www.riverdance.com Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ Riverdance Twitter: @Riverdance

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The Arts Arts calendar Friday, Feb. 5

Continuing the Legacy, Coca, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. Eleemosynary, The Fontbonne University Fine Arts Theater, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through Feb. 21, 2016 Georama, The Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster Groves, 8:00 p.m. Underneath the Lintel, Wool Studio Theater, Creve Cour, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs Until Feb. 13, 2016 C a r l R i c h a r d s : M O N E Y. VISUALIZED, Coca, St. Louis, Runs until March 16. Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, Runs until March 20. Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. The Propeller Group, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Runs Until March 2. Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19. A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Feb. 14. Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through Feb. 14. Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. The Propeller Group, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Runs Until March 2. Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19. A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Feb. 14. Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through Feb. 14. Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

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Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3. The Propeller Group, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Runs Until March 2. Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19. A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Feb. 14. Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through Feb. 14. Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

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The Arts Artistic adventures The Rep to present "Georama"

The Repertory Theatre of S t . L o u i s p re s e n t s t h e w o r l d prem i e re o f " Ge o r a m a " , b o o k by West Hyler and Matt Schatz, music and lyrics by Schatz and additional music and lyrics by Jack Herrick. Directed by Hyler, this sweeping and celebratory musical runs January 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 7 in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 pm; WednesdaysFridays at 8 pm; Saturday matinees at 4 pm; selected Saturday nights at 8 pm; with Sunday performances at 2 and 7 pm. In the mid 1800s, John Banvard created the first "Georama", a three-mile long scrolled painting celebrating the majesty of the Mighty Mississippi. Once a starving sketch artist, his creation catapulted him to a life of luxury and notoriety, but also brought competition and deception that threatened to push his passion to the wayside. "Georama" illustrates an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rise and fall, and the choice between the art he loves and the life heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always longed for. "Georama" began its long journey to the stage in 2007, when Hyler first read about Banvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic rise and fall from riches in a McSweeneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article. He soon brought aboard Schatz and Herrick to construct the tunes that would soundtrack a stage adaptation. Their vision got a massive boost in 2014, when The Rep presented a reading of the musical as part of its Ignite! New Play Festival. Now The Rep is proud to stage the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world premiere. A massive part of the p ro d u c t i o n w i l l b e a n a c t u a l "Georama" painting that will scroll through a series of handpainted scenic backdrops. Measuring roughly 600 feet long, this incredible undertaking is the result of countless hours o f c o n c e p t w o r k f ro m s c e n i c designer Scott C. Neale (One Man, Two Guvnors), as well as weeks of hand painting by artists at The Paint Space in South St. Louis City. The painting will transport a u d i e n c e s f ro m t h e S t . L o u i s riverfront to Boston, New York City, London, Egypt and more. Members of the backstage crew will hand-crank the panoramic painting to make it move. The production design team also includes costume designer Meg Weedon, lighting designer A n n Wr i g h t s o n a n d s o u n d designer Rusty Wandall. Shannon B. Sturgis serves as stage manager. "Georama" stars PJ Griffith as Banvard, with Jillian Louis as his wife and business partner Elizabeth. Randy Blair will play the opportunistic Taylor, while Dan Sharkey (The Fantasticks) fills a variety of roles. Music d i r e c t o r J a c o b Ya t e s a n d multi-instrumentalist Emily Mikesell provide live musical accompaniment. Tickets are $42 (previews), $50 (weeknights and Sundays) and $65 (Fridays and Saturdays). They are available at The Rep Box Office, located inside the Loretto-Hilton Center, by phone at (314) 968-4925 and online at http://www.repstl.org. The Loretto-Hilton Center is located at 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University). For additional information

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The Sheldon announces winter/ spring exhibition schedule

The Sheldon Art Galleries a n n o u n c e s the Winte r/Sp ring 2016 exhibition schedule, with an opening reception on Friday, March 4 from 5-7 p.m. Galleries open until 9 p.m. for First Fridays in Grand Center. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8 p.m.; We d n e s d a y s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; F r i d a y s , N o o n â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 p . m . ; S a t u rd a y s , 1 0 a . m . â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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. Main Floor Galleries: Printmaking in St. Louis Now March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 7, 2016 This exhibition showcases the exciting work being done in printmaking in St. Louis, both by print presses who work with local, national and international artists, and works by individual artists living in the St. Louis area. Both traditional and nontraditional, installation-based

approaches are represented. The exhibit includes works by are a and inte rnatio nal artis ts published by Evil Prints, Firecracker Press, Island Press, Pele Prints and Wildwood Press, as well as 27 area printmakers and selected photographers who include Ken Botnick, Lisa Bulawski, Bunny Burson, Terrell C a r t e r, J o e C h e s l a , C a r m o n Colangelo, Stephen M. Dalay, S a g e D a w s o n , Yv e t t e D r u r y Dubinsky, Stan Gellman, Robert Goetz, Cheri Hoffman, Joan Hall, Tom Huck, Mark Katzman, Alicia L a C h a n c e , To m L a n g , L e s l i e Laskey, Travis Lawrence, Peter Marcus, Mary Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley, Benjamin Pierce, Tom Reed, Jeffrey Sippel, Amanda Verbeck, John Wahlers and Kenneth C. Wood. A complementary exhibit of prints by young artists, grades pre-kindergarten to 12th will be featured in the AT&T Gallery of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art. Schools participating are Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary (SLPS); Carnahan High School of the Future (SLPS); Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (SLPS); Crossroads College Preparatory School, St. Louis City; Our Lady of Lourdes School, Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Louis City; and Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, Missouri. The exhibition is made possible in part by Northern Trust. Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery: Frank Trankina: Superheroes and Night Stories March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 21, 2016 Chicago-based painter Frank Trankina explores the duality of still life and storytelling in exquisitely painted scenes that are created with collections of a n t h ro p o m o r p h i c o b j e c t s a n d vintage figurines and toys. A selection of gouache drawings a l s o e x p l o re t h e p ro c e s s a n d materials of artmaking and the spaces in between. Though Tr a n k i n a â&#x20AC;&#x2122; s w o r k s a l l u d e t o Old Master still life paintings, they stand firmly within our contemporary world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and often re f e r t o h u m a n re l a t i o n s h i p s and all of their idiosyncrasies. Tr a n k i n a re c e i v e d h i s M . F. A .

degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a P ro f e s s o r o f A r t a t N o r t h e r n Illinois University. The exhibit is sponsored in part by Barbara and Arthur McDonnell. T h e A n n L e e a n d Wi l f r e d Konneker Gallery: Susan Stang: reAPPEARANCES March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 30, 2016 Showcasing a selection of eight works from St. Louis artist Susan Stangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recently published book, reAPPEARANCES, this sequence of 52 photographs take the viewer on a journey through the uncanny c o h e re n c e o f t h e l o o k o f t h e world. Shot using a small digital toy camera with a plastic lens, this series includes photographs taken in a number of countries and cities. Replete with numerous iconic sites and symbols, from the Empire State Building and Tower of Pisa, to Marilyn

Monroe, baseball, gondolas and drive-thru wedding chapels, the variety of locations makes even more apparent the serendipitous connections between different places and cultures. P u b l i c Wo r k s h o p : Tu e s d a y, March 29, 2016, 6 p.m. Susan Stang: My Journey to reAPPEARANCES. Photographer Susan Stang will trace her experiences with book publication and crowdfunding in this free workshop. The artist will discuss topics such as what makes a project a book, how a successful crowd-funding campaign is designed, and what the challenges of preproduction and marketing are when publishing independently. A reception follows the presentation. Admission is free, but reservations are required. To reserve contact Paula Lincoln at 314-533-9900 x37, or email plincoln@thesheldon.org.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule

Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced its winter schedule. For more information call (314) 615-5278. September 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201C;February 2016 Fall + Winter Art Classes + Workshops Laumeier Sculpture Park offers age-appropriate courses as multi-day classes and one-day workshops. Art Classes and Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Classes and Workshops are taught by local, experienced ArtistInstructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self- expression. Small class sizes provide participants with individual attention; projects are designed to allow participants the freedom to explore their own potential and creativity. Art Classes and Workshops meet at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information. Supported by PNC Arts Alive, UMB Bank and The Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis. September 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 2016 Laumeier Teen Program Laumeier Sculpture Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Teen Program for ages 13

to 19 builds on the successful growth of Laumeierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer Art Camps for ages 4 to 15. Designed to encourage creative expression in young adults, the program offers workshops and mentoring to assist teens seeking a future in the arts in preparing well-rounded portfolios, vital for admission to college arts programs. The program features artist visits, studio workshops and portfolio review sessions. The Teen Program meets on the first and third Fridays of each month during the school year at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information. October 16, 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201C;February 14, 2016 Raqs Media Collective: Art in the Age of Collective Intelligence If the World is a Fair Place Then... Laumeier Sculpture Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural exhibition in the Whitaker Foundation Gallery of the new Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center is a textual installation by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta of the Raqs Media Collective, a New Delhi-based collaborative with a politically charged artistic and theoretical practice. Art in the Age of Collective Intelligence consists of a large series of photographs and a constructed library of books expanding on the Collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing preoccupation with change from the inside. The exhibition also includes an outdoor commission, If the World is a Fair Place Then..., inspired by the more than

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The Touhill Performing Arts Center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis has updated its calendar for the spring semester. All single tickets on sale now, unless otherwise noted, at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Ticket Office; online at www.touhill. org; or by phone at 314-516-4949. MOMIX in Alchemia Presented by Dance St. Louis ARIANNA STRING QUARTET: SALUD! SAUDE! February 5; Fri @ 8PM; $27 In celebration of their seventh trip to Brazil, the Arianna Quartet brings the sounds from three of South Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very best to St. Louis. Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No.1; Piazzolla: Four for Tango Ginastera: String Quartet No.1, Op.20 GREGORY PORTER February 6, Sat @ 8PM; $20, $29, $39, $49 A singer/songwriter, Porter composes socially conscious songs and performs them with such a rich depth of talent that each of his first three albums were Grammy-nominated, garnering a win in 2014 for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Liquid Spirit. IN IT FOR LOVE Presented by Saint Louis Ballet February 13-14; Sat @8PM; Sun @2:30pm; $32, $38, $47, $51 This annual romantic program features familiar tunes and choreography from both Gen

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Dining Delights The Ege's own Bill Roseberry, famous for his You Gotta' Eat restaurant reviews, has put together his thoughts on a number of local eateries. Enjoy. County Seat Cafe 316 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville The County Seat is a nice, cheap place to get a bite to eat with outstanding service. The food is good, not great, but you get large helpings and they are continuing to evolve what they do, trying out new quirky menu items for customers. Check out the peanut butter and jelly pancakes when they're available and the horseshoes are good. Big salads and sandwiches, too. O'Connell's Pub 4652 Shaw Blvd. St. Louis Cheap, simple and good. That's a good rundown of O'Connell's Pub in St. Louis. The burgers are tremendous. They're huge and very succulent. It's just a great old-style Irish pub, with good beer selections and simple food made to perfection. Across the street from Shaw's Garden and not far from Forest Park, so there are great activities to follow if you visit. Gilliganz Bar and Grill 7251 St. James Rd. Edwardsville This staple in Holiday Shores is a great place to grab a bite to eat. Check out the dog pizza, with chicken, tomatoes and onions and cooked in the dog sauce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; featuring buffalo and barbecue sauce mixed together â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's delicious. There are plenty of other pizza and sandwich selections on the menu. Mondays feature 40-cent wings after 8 p.m. Get the garlic parmesan wings. Be prepared to wait on Mondays though. Lake House Restaurant 2 Holiday Point Pkway. Edwardsville The Lake House Restaurant is located right on Holiday Shores Lake and is a great find. If gumbo is your thing then this is the place to get it. The chicken gumbo is humongous and good to the last bite. Good burgers, pizzas and plenty more available, too. It has a great quaint atmosphere in its small restaurant and features outdoor seating also. Tucanos Brazilian Grill 1520 S. 5th St. St. Charles Sensational. I almost don't have the words to describe this meat mecca. For $25 order Tucanos Famous Churrasco and get an infinity of grilled meats. Each table includes a stick with red at one end and green at the other. Green means go, red means stop. As long as you go green the grilled food keeps coming. Anything from turkey wrapped in bacon to prime rib to grilled pineapple to salmon to chicken hearts, it's amazing the stuff they will bring. Also hit the buffet and grab a salad, some fried bananas and some scrumptious fried cheese. I'd recommend going in a group. It's a lot of fun and you'll be there awhile.

If you like hot dogs with a quirky twist, then this is the place for you. The creation of Steve Ewing, the lead singer for The Urge, this place is awesome. It's small and only open for lunch hours Monday through Saturday, but worth a visit. The Gorilla Mac and Cheese Dog is awesome, comprised of a smoked Nathan's hot dog, topped with creamy mac and cheese, bacon and French fried onions. The Bacon Bacon Jamaican is great too, with two slices of bacon, pepper jack cheese, jerk seasoning, bell peppers and sweet chipotle sauce. There are plenty of other quirky dogs there, too. There is now a second location in the Tower Grove neighborhood. Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill 215 Harvard Dr. Edwardsville B e p re p a re d t o w a i t w h e n you visit this new hot spot in Edwardsville, but it's worth it. Make sure to check out the gator bites, they are fantastic. It's alligator meat fried in a corn meal breading. The catfish fillets are fried in the same corn meal breading and equally as good. There are also gator tacos and don't miss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crabby Monday's Crab Leg Special.â&#x20AC;? A little pricey though. Huddle Bar & Grill 1101 Caseyville Rd. Suite J Caseyville It may look like your average

Strange Donuts 2709 Sutton Blvd. Maplewood An aptly named donut shop, it is one of the weirdest places you may ever eat, but weird doesn't mean it's not good. Check out the strangers, which are daily collaborations with other local restaurants. The bacon maple donut and the gooey butter donut are always on the menu and always fantastic choices. Pirronneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria 1775 Washington St. Florissant The pizza here is amazing. They use provel cheese and have a slew of ingredients to go on top of their thin crust pies. During the day they have a great buffet lunch special, which also has a salad bar and soups and appetizers. Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant 132 West Macarthur Dr. Cottage Hills It is an extensive menu with all kinds of choices, including breakfast

selections, sandwiches, steaks, fish, pasta dishes and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheap. Did I mention that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheap? 1860â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardshell CafĂŠ and Saloon 1860 S. 9th St., St. Louis Soulard A great place to get some Cajun and Creole food and have a good time to boot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s split into two sides, with the dining area on one end with great items like crab legs, gumbo, poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boy sandwiches, red beans and rice and wonderful crab cakes. The other half of the building offers a full bar and live entertainment. Lotawata Creek Southern Grill 311 Salem Pl. Fairview Heights Fatten yourself up at this joint. The menu is ridiculously huge and the portions are even bigger. Get your own plate of fries for a side, or a bucket of onion rings. It offers a creative sandwich portion of the menu and great southern-style dishes, try the Mac Daddy Burger. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go away hungry here, trust me. 1818 Chophouse

210 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville This is a great place to grab a steak diinner, that is their signature dish. A good place for a fancy dinner date, the ambience in the dining area is fantastic. It offers extensive breakfast, brunch and dinner menus, but be prepared to pay, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty expensive. Sybergs Old Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights A St. Louis chain restaurant where you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong. Check out their awesome selection of pizzas and hot wings and their house-made sauces are fantastic. Be adventurous and try the shark bites, they are delicious. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner Restaurant 2000 State St. Alton Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great neighborhood bar and restaurant. Sit at the bar and have a few drinks with a friendly staff and patrons. As for the food, get your hands on the best breaded pork tenderloin sandwich ever and check out the monster onion rings, too.

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$117,500 EDW PR102605 George Key 618-581-4323

Delightful 2 story nestled on spacious wooded cul-de-sac lot. Beautiful sunroom, finished LL, and 2 car oversize garage 24x24 $226,000 GLEN CARBON PR102554

Recently updated farmhouse on 1.7 acres. $124,000 WORDEN PR102442

Thoughtfully designed custom 6 bdrm, 6 bathroom home built on over an acre. $1,450,000 EDW PR102468

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ROOM TO GROW! Immaculate! 4BR, 3BT, over 3.8 acres less than 5 miles from downtown Edwardsville. Lot is open, tree lined and level. $285,000 EDW PR102495

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Build your dream home on this 6+/- acres in Edwardsville school district. Convenient to golfing, downtown, and SIU-E. $198,000 EDW PR102608 The Massey Team 618-791-5024/618-791-9298

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A home with no equal! 14’ ceilings, American walnut flooring, travertine tile, quartz radius counters and Amish ebony cabinetry. $649,500 EDW PR1021867

Impressive and timeless 4BR/5BA home with extraordinary craftsmanship, rich finishes and custom built-ins. Close to bike trails, downtown, schools & shopping. $569,000 EDW PR102506

Comfort and easy living in this well designed 2 story home featuring grand staircase, deluxe mill work, chef inspired kitchen finished LL, & oversized garage. $454,900 EDW PR102591

Don’t miss out on this 5 bedroom 3.5 bath gem located on a 1.1 acre lot in desirable Woodlands subdivision! $410,000 EDW PR102544

Delightful 1.5 story w/windows galore in popular Timberwolfe subdivision. Open floor plan w/ dramatic 2 story great room, granite counters, newer appls, and finished walkout LL. $369,500 GLEN CARBON PR102556

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Better than new! New kitchen & baths, all new flooring, fenced yard. $139,900 EDW PR102553

Updates throughout and ready to call home! 2BR w/additional bdrm upstairs. Finished bsmt with family & bonus room. Don’t wait to see this charming house! $134,000 EDW PR102580

3 Bedroom, 1 story brick home, full basement, fireplace, 1 car attached garage, 2 car detached garage.

Country living close to town! 3BR/3BA home on 2.5 acres. Fenced area for horses. Pool with deck. Outbuildings. $219,000 EDW PR102323

Old world charm with all amenities you’re looking for in Edwardsville. $189,900 EDW PR102466

$127,500 STAUNTON PR102589

HISTORIC LECLAIRE vinyl sided home with large fenced backyard. All appliances stay, washer & dryer too. $114,900 EDW PR102538

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