021314 Edge Magazine by EDWARDSVILLE PUBLISHING

February 13, 2014

Vol. 11 No. 24

Illinois travel page 8

SLSO for 2014-15 page 11

You Gotta' Eat page 20

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What’s Inside 3

A dream come true Bar/restaurant opens in Caseyville.

4 LEGOs at MoBOT A child's dream.

8 Illinois

State issues 2014 travel guide.

11 A new season SLSO ready for 2014-15.

15 MOSAICS

Event scheduled in September in St. Charles.

19 Kate Winslet Retaining her candor.

20 You Gotta' Eat

What’s Happening Friday Feb. 14____________

• Shen Yun, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Forget Me Not, Upstream Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • M u s ta rd S e e d T h e a t re presents Gee's Bend, Fontbonne University Black Box Theatre, Clayton, 8:00 p.m. • Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. • Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. • A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. • New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. • Awa rd s o f E x c e l l e n c e Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. • Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Untamed Hearts: An Intimate Valentine's Day Dinner, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • St. Louis' 250th Bir thday We e ke n d , M i s s o u r i H i s to r y Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. • Professional Bull Riders, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • St. Louis Big Band, Casa Loma Ballroom, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Little River Band, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. • St. Louis Music Festival w/ Maze, Anthony Hamilton, Joe, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Lift Every Vo i c e : B l a ck H i s to r y M o n t h Celebration, Powell Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. • Emerson Har t, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. • Huey Mack w/D-Why, Timmy D, Cato, TrevHype, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. • Unresolved w/The Junk Fam, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Conquest - A Tribute to Metal Gods, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m. • The Rep presents Other Desert C i t i e s, B row n i n g M a i n s ta g e Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Untamed Hearts: An Intimate • Saint Louis Ballet presents Valentine's Day Dinner, Saint Louis Love Is in the Air, Touhill Performing Zoo, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 15____________

Wang Gang in Edwardsville.

• Professional Bull Riders, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • The Rep presents Other Desert C i t i e s, B row n i n g M a i n s ta g e Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. • Ladysmith Black Lambazo, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. • St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concer t: Casablanca, Powell Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. • Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks w/Tyvek, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • TJ Miller, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. • Arctic Monkeys, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • The Dusty 45's w/The Bible Belt Sinners, Runaway Barge, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. • Got Villains w/The Ruthless, BliSS, Grafted, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis Doors 7:00 p.m. • Marc Maron, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Dred Scott Heritage Foundation presents Reflections - Dred Scott and Peter Blow D e s c e n d a n t s, C a ro n d e l e t Historical Society, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. • Shen Yun, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. • Saint Louis Ballet presents Love Is in the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Forget Me Not, Upstream Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

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People Bartender graduates to business owner Huddle Bar and Grill opens in Caseyville By SCOTT MARION Of The Edge

fter working for more than a decade at a local dining and drinking landmark, Tom Yenne hopes to make a name for himself at his own restaurant. Yenne, a former bartender at Fast Eddie’s Bon Air in Alton, opened Huddle Bar and Grill, located at 1101 Caseyville Road, Suite J in Caseyville, on Dec. 5. “I worked 14 years at Fast Eddie’s, which is the Harvard of bartending,” Yenne said. “I started when I was 22 and I was there until I was 36. “There couldn’t have been a better place to work at. You learn so much and I worked with a lot of good people and soaked in everything I possibly could. “Whenever you’re a bartender as long as I was, you can stay working for the same person or you can work for yourself, which is what I decided to do. I’m really good at talking to people and reading people and I just love what I do.” Yenne left Fast Eddie’s about eight months ago, but started the remodeling of what would become the Huddle Bar in December, 2012. The space was formerly occupied by Jack’s, a pool and dart bar that moved to a new location. “There used to be an old bar in here that we tore down and we replaced it with a new horseshoe bar,” Yenne said. “There was also a wall that separated the bar into two rooms and we tore it down. “The bar can seat about 40 people and we can seat 100-plus people overall. We have five hightop tables and 10 low-tops. It’s a lot bigger than people might think from seeing it from the outside.”

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Above, Tom Yenne, owner of the Huddle Bar and Grill in Caseyville. Below, Bartender Kayla Dalton of Collinsville stands behind the horseshoe bar, which was a big part of the remodeling at the Huddle Bar and Grill. Yenne’s partner, Michelle Reichert, owns the building. “She does a lot of promotion and helps out as much as she can,” Yenne said. “I’m here from open to close, so it’s a good balance.” The Huddle Bar and Grill menu isn’t the standard bar food. “Every single item, from the sauces to the spices, is made to order,” Yenne said. “There’s nothing over 10 dollars on the menu, but

when you eat here, you’re getting good quality meal at a reasonable price. “Our pizzas use a five-cheese blend. Pizza lovers like to go to places where they know, but people who have tried it are shocked at how good it is. “We have a ribeye sandwich and a ribeye steak, plus steak kabobs and chicken kabobs, Our Huddle Burger is a must-try.”

The burger features apple-smoked bacon melted into smoked gouda cheese. It’s smothered in grilled onions and topped with an egg on a pretzel bun. “It’s artfully crafted — you’ll want to take a picture of it before you take a bite of it,” Yenne said. The sandwich menu features the Sizzler, which is two beef patties served with grilled onions and provolone on pretzel bread. Whole wheat wraps are available with chicken bacon ranch, turkey or veggies. Other items include smoked house panini, portobello panini, fish tacos, grilled southwest chicken flatbread and pulled pork sliders. New items are being added constantly and daily specials are available. “We have ‘Taco Tuesday’ with $1.50 deep-fried tacos,” Yenne said. “It’s not your normal meat — we use a spicy sausage. We have $3 margaritas and $2.50 Corona and Dos Equis. ‘We’re going to start doing a fish special on Fridays. On Thursday nights, we serve a 14-ounce New York strip with potato for $9.99.” The mastermind behind most of the culinary creations is chef Debbie Starnes, who came to the Huddle Bar from Poplar Bluff, Mo. “She’s been in the restaurant business for pretty much all her life,” Yenne said. “She worked at little mom-and-pop restaurants where everything was homecooked meals. “One of my best buddy’s dad is dating her and we ran into each other at Italian Fest in Collinsville. I was looking for someone to run with the ideas I had, and I give all of my cooks, Toby, Crystal and Debbie, complete credit for everything we’re doing right now.”

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Yenne’s, wife, Katie, also helps out whenever she can. “None of this would be possible without her,” Yenne said. “She’s from a family that’s a four-generation tavern owner at Town Club in Alton. She’s the backbone for everything and gives me a pat on the back when I do something good.” There has been a steady stream of customers at the restaurant, which is just around the corner from Collinsville High School. “Word of mouth is spreading — we’re not just getting business from Caseyville and Collinsville,” Yenne said. “We’re right off (Illinois) 157 and a lot of traffic goes through here. “We’re 10 minutes from St. Louis and Glen Carbon, 15 minutes from Edwardsville and five minutes from Fairview Heights. I couldn’t think of a better place to be at.” Yenne is also spreading the word through social media, including @ huddlebar on Twitter and “Huddle Bar & Grill — Caseyville, IL” on Facebook. “We’re working on a website and it should be up in the next week or so,” Yenne said. “We want to take customer service to a whole nother level.” The restaurant is closed on Monday and is open for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday and from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The kitchen is open until 10 p.m. daily. “We’ll be doing live entertainment starting in February,” Yenne said. “We’ll start building a patio in February and have it ready for summertime. “It’s a family atmosphere and kids are more than welcome. It’s a place where everyone can feel comfortable.”

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People Connecting LEGOs with nature MoBOT's summer program will appeal to children For The Edge The Missouri Botanical Garden is pleased to announce it will play host to a new exhibit Nature Connects 2.0, Art with LEGO bricks this summer. Nature Connects 2.0 features larger than life sculptures built with LEGO bricks. The 12 installations featuring 25 individual LEGO brick sculptures will be housed in the Climatron and Shoenberg Temperate House. The exhibit opens to the public May 24 and runs through September 7. The sculptures have a natural theme and include animals, plants and people. A bald eagle, butterfly, lily and ducks will be among the subjects. The LEGO brick sculptures are created and designed by certified Master LEGO builder, Sean Kenney. The exhibit is commissioned by Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University. The original Nature Connects exhibit is currently touring Gardens around the country. Nature Connects 2.0 will debut at the Missouri Botanical Garden. More than 300,000 LEGO brick pieces will be used in the construction of the exhibit. The exhibit is part of the Garden’s broader 2014 theme, “Planting the Future! Create. Connect Grow.” In 2014, the Garden invites its guests, young and old, to create, imagine, connect, learn and grow at the Garden. The Brookings Interpretive Center will also follow this broader theme, and will include an interactive play area with LEGO bricks. Photographers are welcome to use hand-held cameras to capture Nature Connects 2.0 for personal enjoyment; tripod and monopod usage is not permitted indoors. Photography for commercial purposes is not allowed. Nature Connects 2.0 admission is $6 for adults, $5 for children (ages 3-12), $4 for adult members and $3 for members children (ages 312) in addition to general Garden admission. Regular admission to the Missouri Botanical Garden is $8; St. Louis City and County residents enjoy discounted admission of $4 and free admission on most Wednesday and Saturday mornings until noon. Children ages 12 and younger and Garden members are free. The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer. For general information, visit www.mobot.org or call (314) 577‑5100 (toll-free, 1‑800‑642‑8842). Follow the Garden on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/ missouribotanicalgarden and http:// twitter.com/mobotnews. 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 world-changing work in plant science and conservation. Learn more at www.mobot.org/ membership.

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A butterfly and flower made entirely of LEGO bricks.

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People People planner Izzard to appear at the Fox F o x C o n c e r t s & We s t B e t h Entertainment presents Eddie Izzard – The World Tour on June 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $73, $58, $48 and $38 and are on sale online at metrotix. com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office. F o rc e M a j e u re i s t h e m o s t extensive comedy tour ever; launched in March of 2013, the tour will take Izzard to 25 countries on five continents. From Cardiff to Kathmandu and Moscow to Mumbai, Force Majeure will play throughout Europe, Africa, Russia, the U.K., Canada, the U.S., India, Nepal, The Far East and Australia. Izzard recently completed runs in France performing entirely in French and in Berlin performing entirely in German. One of the most acclaimed comedians of his generation, Izzard’s unique, tangential, absurd, and surreal comic narratives are lauded for their creativity and wit, earning him a New York Drama Desk Award and two Emmys for Dress to Kill, two British Comedy Awards for Top Stand-Up Comedian, and an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. In the U.S., Izzard is the first solo stand-up comedian to perform at the Hollywood Bowl; has sold-out three consecutive nights at Radio City Music Hall and toured arenas throughout the U.S. including a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. On TV, Izzard most recently guest starred in the series, Hannibal, on NBC. He starred in and served as a producer on the critically

acclaimed FX Network Show, The Riches, opposite Minnie Driver, guest starred in the final season of Showtime’s United States of Tara, and his 2010 documentary, Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story, received an Emmy nomination. His long list of film and stage credits includes Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh's Ocean’s Thirteen and Ocean’s Twelve opposite George Clooney and Brad Pitt, David Mamet's Race and The Cryptogram, the title role in Marlowe's Edward II, and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in London and on Broadway which won him a handful of awards, including a Tony nomination for Best Actor. P r e s e n t e d b y We s t B e t h Entertainment, a full list of U.S. tour dates with links to tickets is available at www.EddieIzzard.com.

Stephenson House plans Winter Dinner and Auction The Friends of the Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House invite the community to join them for the annual Winter Dinner and Auction on Saturday, March 1, 2014. This enjoyable evening features a delicious meal catered by Bella Milano, entertainment from Edwardsville High School’s drama students plus silent and oral auctions. The event is held at the Leclaire room of the Lewis and Clark Community College, E d w a rd s v i l l e C a m p u s . The festivities begin at 5:00 pm with registration, social time, and a silent auction. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. and is provided by the always delectable

Bella Milano’s. It includes prime rib, chicken Milano, Milano house salad, au gratin potatoes, cavatelli with meat sauce, carrots in maple glaze, green beans with onion and bacon, tiramisu, carrot cake, German chocolate cake and cheesecake. After dinner, at 7:15 p.m., the real fun begins with the start of the oral auction. Items up for grab include three luxury family vacations, two handmade quilts by area quilt artist Jen Mercer, a variety of themed gift baskets, home grown canned specialties from Crow Hill Farms, gift cards, and merchandise. Also included in the evening’s festivities is a performance from the Edwardsville High School spring music production of Phantom of the Opera and music by the Edwardsville Community Service Orchestra. Tickets are only $45 per person, or $400for a table of ten. For reservations, call (618)692-1818. Businesses interested in donating to the auction and supporting the quest to preserve our local history will be featured in all of our promotional materials and at the auction itself. For more information, contact Amy or RoxAnn at (618) 692-1818.

Lincoln Museum to exhibit movie props An exhibit of sets, costumes and props from Steven Spielberg’s award-winning movie “Lincoln”

opened recently at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, where it will be on display for years to come. Children can explore the exhibit free of charge when accompanied by an adult. The exhibit, “Lincoln: History to Hollywood,” includes the set for Lincoln’s office, part of Mary Lincoln’s bedroom set, costumes worn by the actors and a variety of props used in the movie. It’s being displayed at Union Station, just across the street from the presidential museum. The station will serve as an annex to the presidential museum where visitors can tour the exhibit and see video presentations about the movie. “Steven Spielberg is a master story-teller, and ‘Lincoln’ is a classic. Movie buffs of all ages are going to come here to see this exhibit,” said Amy Martin, director of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. “And when they visit, they’re going to be caught up in the fascinating life of our greatest president.” “Lincoln” earned Academy Awards for Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor and Rick Carter for Best Production Design. “It is an honor to have this exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,” Spielberg said when plans for the exhibit were announced. “When we visited for research on the film, it was our thought that there might be an opportunity to bring such an

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People People planner MoBOT hosts Orchid Show Travel to South America during the 2014 Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The annual show offers visitors a oncea-year opportunity to see a rotating display of hundreds of orchids from the Garden’s expansive permanent living collection. The show runs from Feb. 1 to March 23. This year’s show is inspired by the work of Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Visitors can stroll along the curved paths to water elements, living walls and vibrant colors as they leave Missouri behind and journey to a modernist, tropical display. The Orchid Show is a temporary display built from the ground up inside the 5,000-square-foot Orthwein Floral Display Hall. Show themes change annually to offer visitors new ways to view the collection. More than 500 orchids will be displayed as they would be found in the natural habitats with terrestrial orchids at ground level and ephiphytic orchids suspended atop tree branches. Orchids vary in size and color and include a number of varieties including Brassavola, Cattleya, Epidendrum, Gongora, Oncidium and Vanilla The Garden’s sizeable orchid collection includes more than 7,000 individual orchid plants representing approximately 280 genera and more than 2,000 unique orchid taxa. Throughout the year, Garden horticulturists care for the collection behind the scenes in the private greenhouse range. Horticulturists juggle temperatures inside greenhouses to force the winter bloom of as many plants as possible for the annual Orchid Show. 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. O rc h i d S h o w a d m i s s i o n i s $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. Admission to the Missouri Botanical Garden is $8; St. Louis City and County residents enjoy discounted admission of $4 and free admission on most Wednesday and Saturday mornings until noon. Children ages 12 and younger and Garden members are free. The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer. For general information, visit 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/mobotnews. 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.

"A Prairie Home Companion" returns to the Fox Garrison Keillor ’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” sponsored by St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU and Quincy Public Radio 90.3 WQUB, is returning to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis at 4:45 p.m. June 14. Tickets are $65, $55 & $35 and are available at the Fox Box Office, MetroTix outlets or by calling 314/534-1111. Order tickets online at www. metrotix.com. The Fox Theatre proudly presents host/producer Garrison Keillor & friends live at the Fox Theatre for the popular weekly radio broadcast, A Prairie Home Companion. A Prairie Home Companion started production in 1974. Live every Saturday night A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon." Garrison Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home C o m p a n i o n a n d T h e Wr i t e r ' s Almanac heard on public radio stations across the country and the author of more than a dozen books, including Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat.

Handler to appear at Scottrade Center Superstar comedian, author and talk show host, Chelsea Handler, is set to embark on a national standup comedy tour in support of the release of her fifth book, Uganda Be Kidding Me. Additionally, Handler will bring two “In Conversation” events to Los Angeles and New York including one-on-one on stage discussions with a to be announced celebrity friend and featuring an audience Q&A. Tickets for the Live Nationproduced “Uganda Be Kidding Me Live” tour are on sale now. More information and tickets are available at www.chelseahandler. com. Tickets are $75 and $49.50 (price includes a $3.00 facility fee) She will appear Saturday, April 12, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. P e rh a p s b e s t k n o w n a s t h e outspoken host of E!’s late night t a l k s h o w, “ C h e l s e a L a t e l y, ” Handler continues to offer international audiences her fearless honesty and tongue-in-cheek commentary every weeknight. “I've decided to go on tour and support my new book, Uganda Be Kidding Me. I think we all know how much I love the sound of my own voice” said Handler. Handler ’s latest book Uganda Be Kidding Me will release on March 4th. In this hilarious and absurd collection of travel essays Chelsea delivers some of her favorite stories while also giving travelers her (not to be believed) guide to etiquette, hot spots, and answers to some of the most asked travel questions. A leading nonfiction author,

Handler had three books ranked at #1, #2, and #3 on the Bestseller Lists simultaneously on March 28th, 2010 and currently has four bestselling books in print – a remarkable feat for any author. Her upcoming Uganda Be Kidding Me, will be the third book published by her Grand Central imprint “Borderline Amazing/A Chelsea Handler Book,” the first Was Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, and the second was Ross Mathew's Man Up: Tales Of My Delusional

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People People planner Events planned in the Alton area The following special events are submitted to you for distribution to the public. The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau is a destination marketing organization serving Madison, Jersey and Calhoun counties in Illinois. We make every effort to insure the information provided below is accurate and timely. For additional information beyond that provided, please contact the event coordinators at the numbers supplied with each calendar entry. Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette Jan. 3, 15, 17, 24, 29, 31 Feb. 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 21, 26 March 6, 7 8:30 a.m. Pere Marquette State Park IL Route 100 - Great River Road Grafton, IL 62037 A site interpreter at Pere Marquette State Park, will be presenting informative programs about bald eagles this winter. Visitors will learn to distinguish between immature and mature bald eagles, what eagles eat, why they spend winter months in the area and much more. All programs will begin at the park's visitor center at 8:30 a.m. Reservations are required. There will be a short video presentation followed by an observational drive to view

the wintering bald eagles. Please dress warmly and have a full tank of gas. For more information or reservations, call (618) 786-3323. Eagle Meet and Greet Sat., Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Alton Visitors Center 200 Piasa St. Alton, IL 62002 Come see live eagle demonstrations by the World Bird Sanctuary. See a live bald eagle up close and personal! Ask and learn about their species and habitats. Then, grab your official All Around Alton Eagle Watcher's Guide as you journey out along the Great River Road to see eagles in their natural habitat. FREE. For more information, call 1-800ALTON-IL. Audubon Eagle Watch Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2014 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, IL 63386 Join us at the new Audubon Center at Riverlands this eagle season for eagle viewing and education in this designated Important Birding Area at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Enjoy the view from the comfort of the new building or venture out to the bird blind on the water ’s edge for a closer look. Free Admission. For more information, call (636) 899-0090 or

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go to Riverlands.Audubon.org. ALT: Moonlight and Magnolias (Comedy) Jan. 23 - Jan. 26 Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 Th. - Sat.: 7:30 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m. Alton Little Theater 2450 N. Henry St. Alton, IL 62002 Legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick has a problem. He has just fired the director of Gone With the Wind and the script is on its umpteenth version. He desperately needs a new director and writer -- immediately! However, the writer he wants, Ben Hecht, has never read the novel and his director of choice, Victor Fleming, is not sold on the success of the storyline; but Selznick believes in this movie so much that he locks the three of them in his office for five days, with bananas and peanuts as their only food,

to pull together a new script. As work begins, Selznick and Fleming attempt to act out all the characters in the novel while Hecht types. Take a fun, farcical look at the behind-the-scene birth of one of the most beloved films of all time. This production is scheduled for Jan. 23 - 26 and Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 . For more info, call (618) 462-6562. Maple Syrup at the McCully Heritage Project February through March 2014 McCully Heritage Project Kampsville, IL 62053 The McCully Heritage Project will be tapping maple trees and making maple syrup February to March 2014. Once the sap starts flowing it will be cooked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every 2nd or 3rd day, over an open campfire, just outside the McCully Heritage Project pavilion. Scheduling of this event is completely weather dependent, check

t h e M H P h o m e p a g e a t w w w. m c c u l l y h e r i t a g e . o rg o r “ l i k e ” us on Facebook for updates on the schedule or to find out when the sap is cooking. The public is invited to participate, and to learn about how trees are tapped and sap is collected and turned into maple syrup. Contact Michelle Berg Vogel at (618) 653-4687 or info@mccullyheritage.org for more information. Live Eagle Display Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Dr. Hartford, IL 62048 Get up close and personal with a Live American Bald Eagle from the World Bird Sanctuary. Ask questions, take pictures and see the majestic bird up close. Event is free. There is an admission to tour the tower.

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At top, the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Center, the Vandalia State House. Bottom, the Great River Road near Alton. Photos courtesy of the Illinois Department of Tourism.

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Religion Religion briefs Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Bill Nye the “Science Guy” and the head of the Creation Museum have debated whether evolution or the Bible better explains how everything began. Nye said it takes magical thinking to believe the universe was created in six days only six-thousand years ago. He said scientific dating methods show that there are rocks and fossils, not to mention distant stars, far older than that. Creationist Ken Ham responded that dating methods are fallible and that both sides have the same evidence but interpret it differently. Ham said the only witness to how things began is God, who explains it all in Genesis. Bill Nye said the Bible is not a science book and shouldn’t be taught as such in schools, but Ham said it also takes faith to believe in evolution. The hours-long debate took place in a sold-out 800-seat auditorium in the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky.

MLK estate wants his daughter to give up his Nobel Peace Prize ATLANTA (AP) — The estate of Martin Luther King Jr. is asking a judge to force the civil rights icon’s daughter to

relinquish her father’s Nobel Peace Prize and “traveling” Bible. The complaint against Bernice King was filed Friday in an Atlanta court by her father’s estate, which is controlled by her brothers, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King. The lawsuit says Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs in 1995 assigned their rights to property inherited from the civil rights icon to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc. The lawsuit says Bernice King has “secreted and sequestered” the medal and Bible in violation of that agreement. Bernice King says in a statement that her brothers want to sell the medal and Bible to a private buyer and that she opposes that. President Barack Obama used the Bible for his oath of office during his ceremonial inauguration when he was sworn in for his second term on the King holiday last year.

Group appeals lease for mountain Jesus statue HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge’s decision that allowed the U.S. Forest Service to renew a 10-year permit for a statue of Jesus that was placed on a Montana ski hill six decades ago. In its Jan. 28 brief, the group continues its argument that “a

permanent Catholic shrine on public land” is prohibited under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits Congress from making any law regarding the establishment of religion. In June 2013, U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said the statue at Whitefish Mountain Resort is more often used as a meeting point and site for photo opportunities rather than a solemn place for religious reflection.

Vatican surveys find Catholics reject sex rules VATICAN CITY (AP) — Surveys commissioned by the Vatican have shown that the vast majority of Catholics in Germany and Switzerland reject church teaching on contraception, sexual morality, gay unions and divorce. The Vatican took the unusual step of commissioning the surveys ahead of a major meeting of bishops that Pope Francis has called for October to discuss the family. This week, German and Swiss bishops reported the results. They were surprising in the near-uniformity of responses: that the church’s teachings on sexuality, morality and marriage are rejected as unrealistic and outdated by the vast majority of Catholics who nevertheless are active in parish life and consider their faith vitally important. Also surprising was the eagerness with which the bishops publicized the results.

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Music SLSO announces 2014-2015 season For The Edge Today, the St. Louis Symphony announced its 2014-2015 season, the orchestra’s 135th since its founding in 1880, making it the second oldest orchestra in the United States today. The 2014-2015 classical subscription series is sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors and runs from Friday, September 12, 2014 through Saturday, May 9, 2015. The season marks Music Director David Robertson’s 10th with the St. Louis Symphony, and to celebrate, Robertson has chosen to feature St. Louis Symphony musicians in a scope never before seen at Powell Hall: 50 musicians will give solo performances or take part in solo ensembles during 2014-2015. “I’m so excited about the new season,” said St. Louis Symphony Music Director David Robertson. “This is my 10th season and in that time, I’ve gotten to know how incredibly talented and brilliantly inspired are all of the musicians of the orchestra. So being able to have 50 of them present in a capacity where they can show the audience how amazing they are as individuals and as team members makes me more excited than I can say.” Other notable St. Louis Symphony milestones will also be celebrated during the classical season, including David Halen’s 20th season as concertmaster, STL Symphony Chorus Director Amy Kaiser’s 20th season, the 20th anniversary of the IN UNISON Chorus and program, the 45th season of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra and the 135th anniversary of the St. Louis Symphony, all of which coincide with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city of St. Louis. The season includes orchestral favorites and other masterpieces that are sure to delight St. Louis Symphony audiences. Violinist Leila Josefowicz will perform the concerto written expressly for her by composer John Adams in a St. Louis Symphony premiere. Other exciting soloists, including Yefim Bronfman, Orli Shaham, Kirill Gerstein, Vadim Repin, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Emanuel Ax will also perform with the St. Louis Symphony in 2014-2015. The St. Louis Symphony makes a return trip to Carnegie Hall in the 2014-2015, in a performance that will be announced at a later date. The Symphony’s latest Nonesuch Records recording, including its recent performances of John Adams’ City Noir and his new Saxophone Concerto, is scheduled for release during 2014-2015. “This is a very festive season for the St. Louis Symphony as we celebrate important anniversaries, and build on the momentum that has characterized the St. Louis Symphony’s artistic and institutional performance in recent years,” said Fred Bronstein, St. Louis Symphony President/CEO. “ We present a diverse and broad range of music--all kinds of music- and have an opportunity to show off the incredible talent of our own musicians and try some new things, all the while continuing to build and strengthen the financial underpinning of a great orchestra.” 2014-2015 season highlights include: NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES The St. Louis Symphony is happy to recognize and celebrate several notable anniversaries throughout the 2014-2015 season. Music Director David Robertson marks his 10th season in St. Louis, and has selected pieces and performances that will

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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra celebrate the occasion. David Halen performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in October to celebrate his 20th anniversary as concertmaster with the St. Louis Symphony. STL Symphony Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin, who appointed Halen to the post, will conduct the performances. St. Louis Symphony Chorus Director Amy Kaiser, also in her 20th year, leads the Chorus in four performances throughout the season, including the season finale, Aida. The IN UNISON Chorus is also celebrating 20 years with its annual Gospel Christmas and Black History Month concerts. The STL Symphony Youth Orchestra turns 45 this season and the St. Louis Symphony marks its 135th anniversary, all in the same year the city of St. Louis turns 250. OPENING WEEKEND Opening Weekend at the St. Louis Symphony is always a special event and the beginning of the 20142015 season is no exception. Music Director David Robertson will conduct the performances September 12-13, 2014. STL Symphony Assistant Concertmaster Erin Schreiber will be the soloist for Vaughn Williams’ The Lark Ascending and pianist Yefim Bronfman will perform Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. The programs conclude with Nielsen’s dramatic Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable.” Also that weekend, the first of four video enhancements designed by visual artist S. Katy Tucker will be presented as part of the concerts, an exciting fusion of music and art made possible by a generous grant from the Regional Arts Commission. NONESUCH RECORDING In 2014, Nonesuch Records is due to release the STL Symphony’s performances of John Adams’ City Noir and Saxophone Concerto featuring soloist Timothy McAllister. Both concerts were recorded live at Powell Hall, and what dazzled the audiences will soon be available for all classical music lovers. The STL Symphony’s previous Nonesuch release, Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony, was named “Classical Album of the Decade” by The Times of London in 2009. RETURN TO CARNEGIE HALL The St. Louis Symphony will

return to Carnegie Hall again this season. The STL Symphony is one of only a handful of American orchestras that receives regular invitations to perform at the venue, and it continues to impress audiences and critics alike with its regular engagements there. The STL Symphony’s Carnegie performance of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes in November 2013 was named one of the top five classical concerts of 2013 by The New York Times. 6th ANNUAL GALA The Red Velvet Ball, featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang and the St. Louis Symphony led by Music Director David Robertson, takes place Saturday, October 18, 2014. Lang Lang will perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program: Bach’s Suite No. 2 in B minor featuring STL Symphony Principal Flute Mark Sparks. Gala guests will enjoy pre-concert cocktails, dinner and what promises to be an unforgettable performance at Powell Hall. Proceeds from this special event support the St. Louis Symphony. This year ’s event is chaired by Lynn and Thriess Britton. ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES This season, the St. Louis Symphony performs many audience favorites and masterworks, including Ravel’s Bolero, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Other major works on the concert schedule include Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Bruckner ’s Symphony No. 3, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. Additionally, several subscription series concerts this season feature the works of one great single composer, including t w o a l l - B e e t h o v e n p ro g r a m s , (November 15-16, 2014; January 23-24, 2015) an all-Tchaikovsky program (October 10-12, 2014) and a Bach family program (January 3031, 2015). US PREMIERE, WORKS BY LIVING COMPOSERS Music Director David Robertson will conduct Detlev Glanert’s Frenesia, a US premiere and St.

Louis Symphony co-commission April 25-26, 2015. Works by John Adams (September 27-28, 2014), James MacMillan (February 7-8, 2015; March 14-15, 2015) Michael Daugherty (November 28-30, 2014) and Andrew Norman (November 28-30, 2014) will also be included in the 2014-2015 subscription series. EXCITING SOLOISTS The St. Louis Symphony is delighted to welcome back worldclass soloists to Powell Hall for the 2014-2015 season. Pianists Yefim Bronfman, Orli Shaham, André Watts and Kirill Gerstein, violinists Leila Josefowicz (performing the concerto John Adams composed specifically for her), Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Augustin Hadelich, and sopranos Susan Graham and Christine Brewer will all perform with the St. Louis Symphony. DEFIANT REQUIEM The St. Louis Symphony, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Anti-Defamation League Missouri/ Southern Illinois, is honored to present Defiant Requiem. The concert experience tells the story of courageous Jewish prisoners in the Terezin Concentration Camp who formed a chorus and performed Verdi’s Requiem 16 times as an act of defiance and resistance to their Nazi captors. The event features the St. Louis Symphony performing the full Verdi Requiem, along with video testimony from surviving members of the choir. This contemporary message of hope has received wide critical acclaim and will be performed on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. LIVE AT POWELL HALL Live at Powell Hall is back this season stronger than ever and includes a special collaboration with Circus Flora. A Winter Fable (December 12-13, 2014) is a classic fairy tale set in a strange and wonderful winter world, where the fusion of circus arts and live classical music take center stage. These three performances promise to be unforgettable for the entire family. This is the third time the St. Louis Symphony has teamed up with its Grand Center neighbor Circus Flora for concerts at Powell Hall.

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Other Live at Powell Hall offerings during the 2014-2015 season have a Tinseltown theme. In a nod to Powell Hall’s past as a movie house and vaudeville hall, the St. Louis Symphony will provide the live score to the following movies that will play in the big screen: • Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (September 19-21, 2014) US Premiere • Gladiator (October 31November 2, 2014) US Premiere • The Godfather (March 27-29, 2015) In addition, the LAPH line-up will include Pixar in Concert, with the movie music and themes from some of that studio’s best-known and loved movies. (December 27-28, 2014) A full schedule of Live at Powell Hall concerts, including dates in May and June of 2015, will be announced in early spring. HOLIDAY CONCERTS Building on its hugely successful holiday line-up, Powell Hall once again becomes a winter wonderland in December 2014, and a destination location for all things musical, with a wide array of programs designed to delight the entire family. The season begins with the IN UNISON Chorus’s A Gospel Christmas, featuring soloist Oleta Adams (December 18, 2014). The Symphony’s five Holiday Celebration concerts (December 19-21, 2014) will feature favorite carols, songs and sights of the season, and even a visit from Santa himself. Resident Conductor Steven Jarvi brings movie magic back to Powell Hall with Pixar in Concert (December 27-29, 2014), then Music Director David Robertson returns to the podium for the annual New Year ’s Eve Concert (December 31, 2014). SEASON FINALE For the first time ever, the St. Louis Symphony and Chorus perform the rousing opera Aida at Powell Hall for the 14-15 season finale. David Robertson will conduct and Amy Kaiser will lead the Chorus in a celebration of her 20th season as Director. The May 7 and May 9 performances of Verdi’s masterpiece will also feature video enhancement from visual artist S. Katy Tucker, made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Regional Arts Commission. PULITZER SERIES CONCERTS The relationship between modern art and modern music will again be explored during the 2014-2015 season as the St. Louis Symphony provides a series of chamber concerts at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. The space, a 21st century architectural masterpiece, is the ideal venue for these repertoires, which are designed to initiate dialogue with the Foundation’s featured exhibit. Programs and dates for the 2014-2015 season will be announced later. BROADCAST PARTNERSHIPS The 2014-2015 season marks the fifth year of partnerships with two leading public media outlets - The Nine Network of Public Media and St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7-KWMU. The Nine Network features several Symphony productions and stories each season for its Living St. Louis and Arts America programs, and KWMU broadcasts and live streams the entire St. Louis Symphony Saturday night subscription series. The St. Louis Symphony will also continue to work with RAF-STL during the 2014-2015 season. For more information, visit www. stlsymphony.org.

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The Friends of The Sheldon present Grammy Award-winning singer Aaron Neville, Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Proceeds from this special evening benefit Sheldon Educational Programs, which serve over 20,000 St. Louis area students each year. New Orleans native Aaron Neville has been synonymous with the spirit and sounds of the Crescent City for over five decades. This special Sheldon performance will include a mix of his best loved songs, plus music from his latest project, My True Story, which includes classic doo-wop, inspired by the music that shaped Neville's career. The third youngest of the four famous Neville brothers, Aaron was born into one of New Orleans’ most celebrated musical families. A l t h o u g h o f t e n c o m p a re d t o singer Sam Cook for sheer vocal refinement, Neville has a vocal style that is uniquely his own. From the 1967 number one R&B hit “Tell It Like It Is,” to his Grammy Award-winning duets, “Don't Know Much” and “All My Life,” with Linda Ronstadt in the 1990s, Neville has performed and recorded in categories as diverse as country and western, pop, R&B and gospel. With 16 Grammy nominations to his name, Aaron Neville has become one of the most distinctive and influential voices in music today. Patron tickets are on sale now at $150 and $125 and include preferred seating, a pre-concert reception, free parking and a tax deduction. For patron tickets and more information, call The Sheldon’s Development Department at 314-533-9900. Concert-only tickets are $50 orchestra/$45 balcony, are on sale now through MetroTix at 314-5341111, 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 314-533-9900 or visit TheSheldon.org.

Daryl Hall and John Oates are the number-one selling duo in music history and they return to St. Louis for one night on Tuesday, May 6th. Tickets are as follows: $122, $72, $62, $52 & $42. Tickets may be purchased at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800-7453000, or online at ticketmaster.com. There is a facility fee on all tickets purchased at all locations, including at the Scottrade Center Box Office. Additional Ticketmaster service charges and handling fees apply to all tickets purchased through Ticketmaster outlets, by phone or online. For disabled seating, call 314622-5420. Starting out as two devoted disciples of earlier soul greats, Daryl Hall & John Oates are soul survivors in their own right. They have become such musical influences on some of today’s popular artists that the September 2006 cover of Spin Magazine’s headline read: “Why Hall and Oates are the New Velvet Underground.” Their artistic fan base includes Rob Thomas, John Mayer, Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and MTV’s newest hipsters Gym Class Heroes who dubbed their tour “Daryl Hall for President Tour 2007.” One of the most sampled artists today, their impact can be heard everywhere from boy band harmonies, to neosoul to rap-rock fusion. Signed to Atlantic by Ahmet Ertegan in the 1970’s, Daryl Hall & John Oates have sold more albums than any other duo in music history. Their 1973 debut album, Abandoned Luncheonette, produced by Arif Mardin, yielded the Top 10 single, “She’s Gone,” which also went to #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Taveras. The duo recorded one more album with Atlantic, War Babies, (produced by Todd Rundgren) before they left and promptly signed to RCA. Their tenure at RCA would catapult the duo to international superstardom. From the mid-’70s to the mid-’80s,

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Music Music calendar Thursday, Feb. 13 RemiXT, Cicero's, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Little River Band, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. Lady Antebellum "Take Me Downtown" Tour w/Kip Moore, Kacey Musgraves, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. WAKA Winter Classic 2014, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. The Kin w/Finish Ticket, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Lincoln Durham, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Charlie Parr w/Chicago Farmer, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. The Please, Please Me w/Humdrum, Joeboy & Djibouti, Tim Rakel, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Battle for Pointfest 2014: Hip Hop Edition feat. Triple A Ent, XIII Tha Deva5+8a, Yak Boy Fresh, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 14 Little River Band, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Music Festival w/Maze, Anthony Hamilton, Joe, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration, Powell Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. Emerson Hart, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. Huey Mack w/D-Why, Timmy D, Cato, TrevHype, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. Unresolved w/The Junk Fam, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Conquest - A Tribute to Metal Gods, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 15 Ladysmith Black Lambazo, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Casablanca, Powell Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks w/Tyvek, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. TJ Miller, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. Arctic Monkeys, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. The Dusty 45's w/The Bible Belt Sinners, Runaway Barge, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. Got Villains w/The Ruthless, BliSS, Grafted, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis Doors 7:00 p.m. Marc Maron, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 16 St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Casablanca, Powell Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. w/Chad Valley, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Gaelic Storm, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17 Open Mic Night, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18 Eclectic Tuba, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Tuesday Night House Party w/Al Holliday & The East Side Rhythm Band, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 19 Chuck Berry, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Jake's Leg, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Hackensaw Boys w/ClusterPluck, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20 RemiXT, Cicero's, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. $3 Throwdown w/Milata, Avery, Splig Town or Laydown, Mak 9, Jay Spacely, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m. Dawn Landes w/WHSKY GNGR, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. Cowboy Mouth w/The Cringe, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 21 Battle for Pointfest 2014 feat. Conquer As They Come, ATown Mob, Red Red Waves, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m. Young The Giant: Mind Over Matter Tour w/Vance Joy, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. 3rd Annual J Dilla Tribute feat. DJ Needles w/Soulman Snipes, Bare Knuckle Music, DOWNSTEREO, The Gramophone, St. Louis, St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Mozart 39, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. Les Boondoggle Ball 2014, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 5:00 p.m. The Avett Brothers, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Celebration Day: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22 Houndmouth w/Howell Dawdy, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Rocket Ride: A Tribute to Kiss w/Judas Beast: A Tribute to

Iron Maiden/Judas Priest, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m. Young Mountain String Band w/The Brothers Comatose, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Funky Butt Brass Band w/Hazard to Ya Booty, DJ Hal Greens, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Mozart 39, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. The Avett Brothers, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Celebration Day: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Aaron Neville, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. The Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society Concert, The Ethical Society, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Travis Tritt, Lumiere Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 23 St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall Concert: Mozart 39, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. An evening with A.J. Croce, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Organ & Brass Spectacular, Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 24 Open Mic Night, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Dropkick Murphys w/Lucero, Skinny Lister, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 St. Louis at 100, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. World Chess Hall of Fame Music Series: The 442s, World Chess Hall of Fame, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 27 RemiXT, Cicero's, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. The Deems w/The Peacelords, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Caroline Glaser w/Bella & Lily, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 28 Aristocrat Laundromat w/Moon Glampers, Hideous Gentlemen, Solo-Zunder, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Miss Jubilee & The Humdingers, Casa Loma Ballroom, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Tuning in Experience Hendrix Tour planned The eighth edition of the celebrated Experience Hendrix Tour is set to launch i n M a rc h 2 0 1 4 . T h e s e s p e c i a l e v e n t performances represent an ongoing tribute to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. Presented by BandFuse: Rock Legends, the month long tour, brings together a diverse group of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix. This year’s line-up ranges from metal legend Zakk Wylde [Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society], blues icon Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the innovative Dweezil Zappa, Los Lobos’ stalwarts Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo, left-handed blues rocker Eric Gales, Texas guitar gods Doyle Bramhall II and Eric Johnson. The rhythm section, as always, includes bassist Billy Cox, the only player, apart from Jimi Hendrix himself, who was part of both the Band of Gypsys and the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Chris Layton, the drummer who, along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, was a founder of Double Trouble. The tour will roll into the Fox Theatre for an 8 p.m. March 13. Tickts are $100, $75, $60, $50 & $40 and $30 and are availableonline at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office. As has been the case with previous Experience Hendrix outings, special guests are expected to sit in at many of the dates, making the concerts all that much more memorable for both new and veteran Hendrix fans. Past special guests have included Paul Rodgers, Joe Satriani, Hubert Sumlin, Steve Vai, Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Carlos Santana,

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B.B. King to appear at the Peabody Throughout the 1990's as well as the 1980's, 1970's, 1960's and 1950's, there has been only one King of the Blues - Riley B. King, affectionately known as B.B. King. Since B.B. started recording in the late 1940's, he has released over 60 albums many of them considered blues classics, like 1965's definitive live blues album "Live At The Regal", and 1976's collaboration with Bobby "Blue" Bland, "Together For The First Time.” Over the years, B.B. has had two number one R & B hits, 1951's "Three O'Clock Blues", and 1952's "You Don't Know Me", and four number two R & B hits, 1953's "Please Love Me", and 1954's "You Upset Me Baby", 1960's "Sweet Sixteen, Part I", and 1966's "Don't Answer The Door, Part I". B.B.'s most popular crossover hit, 1970's "The Thrill Is Gone" went to #15 pop. His classic songs such as "Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss", "Caldonia", " How Blue Can You Get", "Everyday I Have The Blues", and "Why I Sing The Blues", are concert (and fan) staples. B.B. King performs at the Peabody Opera House for one-night only on April 4. Tickets are $100, $65, $55, $45 and $35 (this includes a $3 facility fee) and may be purchased at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com. There is a facility fee on all tickets purchased at all locations, including at the Scottrade Center Box Office. Additional Ticketmaster service charges and handling fees apply to all tickets purchased through Ticketmaster outlets, by phone or online. For disabled seating, call 314-

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The Milk Carton Kids coming to the Sheldon The Milk Carton Kids will appear at the Sheldon Ballroom at 8 p.m. on April 15. Tickets are $20 general admission. Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit TheSheldon. org. After forming in 2011, the duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan quickly built a devoted following with the simple purity of their music, touring with a host of established acts (Old Crow Medicine Show, Punch Brothers, and more), appearing on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series and charming audiences with their deadpan on-stage humor. While their most obvious musical reference is the classic folk revival sound of twin acoustic guitars and matching harmonies, the band both expands and contradicts that rich legacy with highly inventive guitar lines and their intricately interwoven vocals. Los Angeles duo The Milk Carton Kids anticipated Anti-debut album The Ash & Clay is available now.

Celtic Woman to perform at the Fox Global music phenomenon Celtic Woman will return to North American concert stages in early 2014 with The Emerald Tour, which includes a stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Friday, March 14 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the March 14 engagement at the Fox will go on sale Friday, November 8 at 10am online at MetroTix.com, by phone at 314534-1111 and in person at the Fox Theatre Box

Office. Ticket prices are $102, $72 and $42. The elaborate new stage presentation will celebrate the Emerald Isles’ spellbinding musical and cultural heritage. The concerts will combine longtime fan favorites with new musical gems written specifically for Celtic Woman, under the direction of Emmy®nominated music producer David Downes. The Emerald Tour will spotlight the angelic voices and inspiring music that have won Celtic Woman the devotion of a worldwide audience. Celtic Woman is a unique ensemble that showcases the talent and charisma of four gifted young Irish women, whose dazzling performances combine the sound and sensibility of Irish traditional music with contemporary pop standards and memorable original compositions. Recently named Billboard magazine's #1 World Music Artist, Celtic Woman presents a one-of-a-kind concert experience that also incorporates the talents of a group of world-class musicians, the Aontas Choir, bagpipers and championship Irish dancers. Since its inception in 2004, Celtic Woman has emerged as both a spectacular commercial success and a genuine cultural phenomenon. The group's uplifting mix of timeless tradition and contemporary craft has transcended national and cultural borders to touch the hearts of a loyal international fan base, who've embraced Celtic Woman's hugely successful public television specials and made their eight CDs and seven DVDs into multi-platinum best-sellers. The multitalented ensemble has sold more than eight million copies of its releases, all of which have debuted at #1 on Billboard's World Music chart. As a live act, they continue to sell out concert halls around the world, having performed for nearly three million fans.

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OSAICS, Missouri Festival for the Arts, announces their Call to Entry for their Annual Arts Festival event, taking place September 12-14, 2014 in Historic St. Charles, Missouri. The 2014 event is the 20th Anniversary of the popular arts festival. Join more than 100 juried and invited artists at this annual Arts Festival, which is a family-friendly weekend event with activities for everyone, including fantastic art, great entertainment and the opportunity for children to create their own artwork. The MOSAICS organization is accepting applications for the 2014 event, January 15 through the May 1, 2014 deadline. Juried artists will be notified no later than May 30, 2014, and booth fees will be due to the arts organization upon invitation and acceptance to the festival by June 20,

2014: Artist Mediums – The 20th Annual MOSAICS Festival for the Arts is limited to 100 juried artists in varied media including painting, clay, sculpture, photography, print making, pastels, drawing, wood, jewelry, metalwork, glass, art to wear and mixed media. Event Promotion – The MOSAICS Festival is promoted to the art-buying public via newspapers, radio, television, billboards, signage and social media across the St. Louis metropolitan area. Prizes – $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to participating artists. Fees – Jury fees are $30, and Booth fees are $295 for a single booth, with corner and double booths available on a first come, first served basis. Amenities – Artist amenities include booth sitting, cold water delivered to booths, complimentary dinner delivered to booths on Friday evening, complimentary Artist Breakfast on Sunday morning, a variety of restaurants

within the festival area, special accommodation rates from nearby hotels/motels and bed & breakfasts, and security provided both day and night. Where/How to Apply – Artists may apply online at www.Zapplication.org/Mosaics. Proceeds from MOSAICS provides support to youth art activities including the “Mentor Me” Program and Exhibition, hosted by the Foundry Art Centre, which is located within one block of the MOSAICS Festival. MOSAICS is operated and managed by a dedicated group of committee members and volunteers who provide continuity, constant improvement and a congenial atmosphere. Additional details regarding the Call to Entry process for the 2014 MOSAICS Festival are available online at www. Zapplication.org. For more information about the 20th Annual MOSAICS Missouri Festival for the Arts, please call 314-482-5476 or visit www.stcharlesmosaics.org.

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The Arts Artistic adventures The Rep’s plans New Play Festival The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) continues the Ignite! Festival of New Plays. Taking place in March, the festival will include commissions of nationally recognized playwrights, culminating with three public readings including Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Evolution by Stephen Massicotte and directed by Tracy Brigden; Every Reason to Hope and Believe by Laura Eason and directed by Seth Gordon; and Georama-A Mostly True Story of the Forgotten John Banvard by West Hyler and Matt Schatz and directed by West Hyler. The festival productions will take place in the Sally S. Levy Opera Center, located at 210 Hazel Avenue, directly behind the Loretto-Hilton Center. Ticket prices are $10 for individual readings or $25 for all three. To purchase, visit The Rep Box Office, located inside the Loretto-Hilton Center, charge by phone by calling (314) 968-4925, or visit The Rep’s Online Box Office at http://www. repstl.org/ignite. Funding for The Rep’s new play festival has been provided by Mr. & Mrs. David P. Gast, the Gertrude & William Bernoudy Foundation and two anonymous donors. Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher about Evolution by Stephen Massicotte Directed by Tracy Brigden Wednesday, March 19, 7:30pm High school biology teacher Ms. Kelly encourages her students to ask questions about the world around them. But when one student starts openly questioning the very basis of her teachings and the school science curriculum, her own personal faith is put to the test. Every Reason to Hope and Believe by Laura Eason Directed by Seth Gordon Sunday, March 23, 3:00pm Emma, a successful St. Louis fundraiser, and Nathan, one of the city’s most celebrated African American artists, couldn’t make it work as a mixed race couple. When they reunite professionally to discuss creating a statue of Dred Scott to be erected in front of the Old Courthouse, their conversation quickly turns personal in this moving story of entitlement, privilege, passion, and how the past informs the present. Commissioned for Ignite! by The Rep. Georama-A Mostly True Story of the Forgotten John Banvard Book by West Hyler and Matt Schatz Music and Lyrics by Matt Schatz Additional Music and Lyrics by Jack Herrick Directed by West Hyler Saturday, March 29, 3:00pm In the mid 1800s, American artist John Banvard created the first georama, a 3,000 foot-long scrolled painting celebrating the beauty of the Mississippi River. His creation took him from the life of a starving artist to one of luxury and notoriety when his moving panorama became a nationwide hit. But can he handle the stresses and competition this new life brings or will his passion fall by the wayside in the search for fame and fortune? The purpose of the festival is to commission, develop and produce new plays to premiere at The Rep; thereby increasing both the audience’s appreciation of new American plays, as well as the visibility and stature for The Rep in the national community.

Locally, it gives St. Louis audiences exposure to new works, as well as the opportunity to experience the creative process. For more information on Ignite! or to purchase tickets to the readings, visit The Rep’s website at http:// www.repstl.org/ignite.

Jacoby Arts Center hosts ceramics exhibition A ceramics exhibit entitled "Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions" opens at the Jacoby Arts Center, 627 East Broadway, Alton, on February 28th and runs through April 5th. Showcasing the work of 20 artists from the Missouri - Illinois bi-state area, this exhibit is the 5th in a series exploring the diverse and powerful ceramic work being made in this region of the Midwest. The free exhibit is open to the public and begins Friday, February 28th, with an artist reception from 5 - 8 pm. An artist talk will take place Sunday, April 6th, 2 pm, at the close of the exhibit. Participating artists include Ben Bates, Chris Berti, David Bolton, Bede Clarke, Chandra DeBuse, Paul Donnelly, Paul Eshelman, Delores Fortuna, Erin Furimsky, Nancy Gardner, Meredith Host, Erica Iman, Marlene Miller, Dwain Naragon, Andy Rogers, Michael Schwegmann, Laurie Shaman, Catherine Wiesener & Wynne Wilbur. Each participating artist brings unique experience and expertise to clay as their chosen medium. Visitors will see everything from functional pottery to interpretive sculpture and figurative work; constructed and fired using a variety of techniques.

SLSO tickets on sale now Single tickets for the 134th season of the Saint Louis Symphony are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at www.stlsymphony.org, by calling (314) 534-1700, or in person at the Powell Hall Box Office (718 N. Grand Blvd.) The 2013-2014 season began Friday,

September 20, as Music Director David Robertson leads the St. Louis Symphony in a stirring program including Ives’ Three Places in New England, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait (narrated by critically-acclaimed vocalist Wintley Phipps) and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring soloist Kirill Gerstein. Other highlights of the 13-14 season include: • March 7-8, the St. Louis S y m p h o n y p e r f o r m s Ve r d i ’ s Requiem. Vocalists Angel Blue, Julia Gertseva, Aquiles Machado and Riccardo Zanellato join the St. Louis Symphony Chorus to bring to life Verdi’s operatic sacred work. • Renowned soprano Karita Mattila returns to Powell Hall March 28-29 to perform her first-ever Erwartung with David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony. Schoenberg’s dramatic portrayal of a woman’s descent into madness and the mystery that ensues is a not-tobe-missed event. • It is one of the best-known pieces of classical music ever written: Carmina burana. Join the St. Louis Symphony May 1-4 as it presents Orff’s blockbuster. These performances will also feature the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the St. Louis Children’s Choir. Founded in 1880 and now approaching its 134th season, the St. Louis Symphony is the secondoldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest. In September 2005, internationally acclaimed conductor David Robertson became the 12th Music Director, the second Americanborn conductor to hold that post in the Orchestra’s history. The St. Louis Symphony strives for artistic excellence, fiscal responsibility and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s live through the power of music. The Symphony presents a full season of classical programs and Live at Powell Hall concerts, as well as hundreds of free education and community programs each year. In May 2009, the Symphony implemented an encompassing strategic plan that includes a 10year vision focusing on artistic and institutional excellence, expanding audience and revenue growth across all key operating areas.

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COCA announces 2014 schedule COCA (The Center of Creative Arts) has announced its schedule for the first half of 2014. COCA is located at 524 Trinity Ave. in St. Louis. Here's what's on tap: January 21 – May 5 COCA 2014 Winter/Spring Arts Classes COCA provides child, teen and adult classes in Art and Design, Early Childhood, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Social and Cultural Dance, Fitness, Theatre, and Voice and Music. Multi-class discounts and payment plans available. 2014 Winter/Spring arts classes begin Tuesday, January 21. Classes are held at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl. org for more information. February 18 COCAbiz Artful Speaker bizLAB Series COCAbiz presents bizLAB classes that teach business s k i l l s a n d s t r a t e g i e s t h ro u g h participatory, creative activities. Led by a Teaching Artist and Business Strategist, bizLAB classes explore new ways of thinking and teach you how to apply these artsbased methods to the workplace. Artful Speaker is for anyone that must communicate complex ideas

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Thursday, Feb. 13 The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Forget Me Not, Upstream Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. Awards of Excellence Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 14 The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Saint Louis Ballet presents Love Is in the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Shen Yun, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Forget Me Not, Upstream Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Mustard Seed Theatre presents Gee's Bend, Fontbonne University Black Box Theatre, Clayton, 8:00 p.m. Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. Awards of Excellence Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dred Scott Heritage Foundation presents Reflections - Dred Scott and Peter Blow Descendants, Carondelet Historical Society, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. Shen Yun, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saint Louis Ballet presents Love Is in the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Forget Me Not, Upstream Theater, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Mustard Seed Theatre presents Gee's Bend, Fontbonne University Black Box Theatre, Clayton, 8:00 p.m. Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Awards of Excellence Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 16 The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17 Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2.

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10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through January 25. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Awards of Excellence Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Jersey Boys, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello:

Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 30. Awards of Excellence Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20 Jersey Boys, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection Exhibit, History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 27. A Q u e e n Wi t h i n : A d o r n e d Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18. Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty Exhibit, History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 2. New Media Series—Marco Brambilla: Evolution (Megaplex), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00

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Saturday, Feb. 15 The Rep presents Other Desert Cities, Browning Mainstage LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m.

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"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"

Having clung to the Russians as go-to villains long after the Cold War thawed, the movies find themselves current again with their favorite arch-enemy. Cooling Russo-American relations have yielded an opening for the return of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst, just in time for the Sochi Olympics. In the Jack Ryan reboot, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” Chris Pine takes over as the spy who was played by Alec Baldwin (“The Hunt for Red October”), Harrison Ford (”Patriot Games,” “Clear and Present Danger”) and Ben Affleck (“The Sum of All Fears”). It’s a decent legacy of a dark-haired, intellectual action hero. Ryan is a navigator of murky, reasonably realistic, international espionage worlds. He has neither James Bond’s preternatural suavity nor Jason Bourne’s visceral butt-kicking skills, but instead anxiously finds his way with patriotic cunning. “Shadow Recruit,” which was scripted without a Clancy book by Adam Cozad and David Koepp, tells a new backstory for Ryan. Inspired by Sept. 11, he joins the Marines and is heroically injured in Afghanistan. During his recovery, he meets his eventual fiancee (a doctor named Cathy played by Keira Knightley) and is lured to the CIA by a mysterious recruiter (Kevin Costner, unconvincingly trying to exude a Donald Sutherland-like gravitas). RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of violence and intense action, and brief language.” RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"The Nut Job"

Not all rats look exactly alike, even animated ones. But there’s a real resemblance between a rat in “The Nut Job,” the new film by Peter Lepeniotis, and Remy, the main character in “Ratatouille,” that wonderful 2007 Pixar film. And that’s not a good thing for “The Nut Job,” because anyone who makes that connection will be likely also remembering how “Ratatouille” showed so beautifully that an animated film, done with the right skill and imagination, can be equally enchanting to kids and adults. Something that “The Nut Job,” a decent but frankly forgettable entry to the animal-centered animated film oeuvre, does not. The movie certainly looks nice. Colors are vibrant, particularly the reddish autumn shades of trees in Liberty Park, in fictional Oakton City, where much of the action takes place. There’s a lovely moment where shimmering water reflects the leaves above. And the whole thing has a period feel — mid-20th century — which is appealing, though confusing, too, when you see characters break into what looks like very 21st-century dancing at one point. Like most animated films these days, “The Nut Job,” a joint Canadian-South Korean-U.S. production, trades on its celebrity voices, which here include Katherine Heigl, Brendan Fraser, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph and, most recognizably, Liam Neeson, who sometimes sounds like he could be on a Shakespearean stage. Not that you could call this dialogue Shakespearean. Or even witty. This being a film about squirrels and their nuts, kids will enjoy the “nut” puns, and parents will groan. “Let’s not get too nutty about this,” one character says. “Sorry, I went a little nuts,” says another. The movie’s slogan: “No nuts, no glory.” RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America “for mild action and rude humor.” RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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"Gimme Shelter"

If lofty intentions, determination and hard work were all it took to make a successful movie, then “Gimme Shelter,” a film about teen pregnancy starring former Disney star Vanessa Hudgens, would have it made. Both the actress, who gained weight and made herself strikingly ungainly for the role, and director-writer Ronald Krauss clearly put their all into this film. Krauss went so far as to spend a year at a shelter for pregnant homeless teens; this was a passion project. But passion isn’t always enough. “Gimme Shelter” suffers from stilted dialogue, less than crackling storytelling and vaguely drawn characters. Yes, there are moving moments that will have you shedding a tear. But at times it has all the narrative sophistication and subtlety of a public service ad (and let’s face it, those can make you cry, too.) First things first: The title has nothing to do with the Rolling Stones. It refers quite literally to the shelter for homeless, pregnant teens that takes in 16-year-old Apple (Hudgens). Though the film is said to be based on a real story, Hudgens’ character is actually an amalgam of several young women. The shelter is real, as is its admirable founder, Kathy DiFiore, played by Ann Dowd in one of the film’s more appealing and grounded performances. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of A m e r i c a f o r “ m a t u re t h e m a t i c m a t e r i a l i n v o l v i n g mistreatment, some drug content, violence and language — all concerning teens.” RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Tim’s Vermeer"

“Tim’s Vermeer” is a simple little documentary that, in not 90 minutes, accomplishes nothing less than the demystification of artistic genius. We’ve long been romanticized by the concept of the divine artist, blessed with otherworldly talent. “Tim’s Vermeer” isn’t any less in awe of great masters like Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It just proves masterworks take more than pixie dust: They take hard work. The film chronicles the unlikely discovery of a Texas inventor, Tim Jenison, who believes he’s found the key to how the 17th-century artist painted with such photorealistic detail 150 years before the daguerreotype. Conspiracy theories have abounded, many of them focusing on his possible use of camera obscura (a device that projects an image on a wall or screen). Jenison’s belief is that some of Vermeer ’s most famous paintings (he left behind 34) were done not just with a camera obscura-like contraption, but with a mirror that enabled him to exactly copy the images reflected. By creating a rough approximate of this, Jenison (who had never painted before in his life) finds he can draw brilliantly detailed paintings. He sets out to prove his theory by exactly reproducing Vermeer ’s “The Music Lesson,” recreating the precise conditions Vermeer painted in. Jenison turns a San Antonio warehouse into a replica of Vermeer ’s studio, right down to period-accurate lenses, paint dyes and costumes. It took nearly a year to build the studio, and four more to paint his Vermeer. Jenison is a bearish, inquisitive engineer who made millions with the early computer graphics software company he founded, NewTek. He’s a tinkerer, who has continued to channeled his curiosity into myriad inventions. He also happens to be buddies with the illusionist duo Penn and Teller, who decided to document Jenison’s audacious experiment. Teller (the silent one) directs, while Penn Jillette (a producer) serves as an on-camera interviewer in the film. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of

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America for some strong language. RUNNING TIME 80 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"The Lego Movie"

Young and old fans alike know the joy of dumping a set of Legos on the floor and chucking that instruction manual. After all, throwing a portion of a helicopter on an incomplete racecar could produce the ultimate hybrid. In “The Lego Movie,” the toy brand’s first theatrical feature (there have been previous straight-to-DVD movies and also video games), audiences are encouraged to wave off routine. Lego doesn’t need a 3-D animated flick with a $60 million budget to drive sales, but it should expect a spike after this uproarious yet touching tale hits theaters. When average construction worker Emmet (voiced by an endearing Chris Pratt) accidentally falls into a pit at his worksite, he is met by Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), a sassy, Goth chick channeling Trinity in this “Matrix” for kids. Wyldstyle believes Emmet is a “Special” master builder who can save Bricksburg from the evil President Business (played with charming bite by Will Farrell), who wants to douse the town with a Krazy Glue-like substance called kragle. RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for “mild action and rude humor.” RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

"The Monuments Men"

George Clooney, movie director, started out with so much promise. He began with two stories about television’s power, both to distort reality (“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” about “Gong Show” host Chuck Barris) and to reveal it (”Good Night, and Good Luck,” about Edward R. Murrow). Neither was perfect, but the films showed tremendous potential, particularly the latter, with its thick clouds of paranoia and cigarette smoke. But Clooney has gone somewhat astray, with the football comedy “Leatherheads,” the political thriller “The Ides of March” and now “The Monuments Men.” They’re not bad pictures, but nostalgia — made urgent in “Good Night” — suffocates the World War II caper “The Monuments Men” like it did the screwball ode “Leatherheads.” Clooney’s taste is very good, and in adapting Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter’s book by the same title about the Allied forces’ pursuit of art masterpieces stolen by Nazis, he has chosen a fascinating historical tale that also bears the intriguing question: What’s the price we’re willing to pay for art? But while a Michelangelo may be worth dying for, “The Monuments Men” is, at best, adequately priced as a movie ticket. Clooney, working from a script he penned with his frequent collaborator Grant Heslov, has fashioned his film as a traditional WWII flick, with a “Great Escape”-like score by Alexandre Desplat and a sentimental kind of soldierly chumminess. Only this band of brothers is more like an assembly of academics. A handful of museum curators and art experts have been gathered by art historian Frank Stokes (Clooney) to investigate and retake the troves of artwork the Nazis have stolen for a mammoth German museum planned by Hitler. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some images of war violence and historical smoking. RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Kate Winslet in a scene from "Labor Day."

Winslet retains uncommon candor By JAKE COYLE Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Before a reporter has barely entered the room, Kate Winslet has defused any formality. After shedding her heels, she announces her exasperation about actors (especially herself) talking about themselves. “Don’t you find yourself nodding off and going, ‘Here they go again’?” she asks. “I know that I love my job. I (expletive) hate talking about how much I love my job because how can you talk about that without sounding really indulgent?” She may be a regular honoree at awards shows and a constant presence in prestigious projects from “Sense and Sensibility” to “The Reader.” But Winslet, who grew up in a large, working-class family outside London, has an uncommon candor and easy uninhibitedness

that has made her both an engagingly downto-earth personality and a naturalistic actress with quick access to deep emotions. Winslet was seven-months pregnant at an interview last September at the Toronto International Film Festival, where she debuted “Labor Day,” a Jason Reitman-directed drama opening in theaters Friday. In December, she gave birth to a boy, her third child and first with her third husband, Ned Rocknroll, the nephew of billionaire Richard Branson. (Winslet has a child with each previous husband, Sam Mendes and Jim Threapleton.) Parenthood was a particularly obvious conversation subject for Winslet, not just because she was pregnant at the time, but because she has recently strung together a series of memorable, varied portraits of motherhood. It’s no coincidence, she says. “I have been a parent since I was 25,” says the 38-year-old Winslet. “That’s a large chunk

of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.” In “Labor Day,” based on the Joyce Maynard novel, she plays a single mom, Adele, with a 13-year-old son (Gattlin Griffith) in a small New England town. An escaped convict (Josh Brolin) upends their domestic life when he kidnaps them and hides out at their house. But it’s not terror that follows: The convict is a gentle, welcome presence in a home that has lacked for a man. Left by her husband after several miscarriages, Adele had turned into a virtual shut-in, but is slowly awakened again by an unlikely love. It’s a clear career pivot toward drama for Reitman. But he also sees a commonality in a tale of a kind-hearted convict following films about a big-tobacco lobbyist (“Thank You for Smoking”), a pregnant teenager (”Juno”) and a guy who fires people for a living (“Up in the Air”). “These apparently are my heroes,” he

says. Reitman wrote the screenplay from Maynard’s novel with Winslet specifically in mind, and waited a year for her schedule to open up. (He filled the gap with “Young Adult.”) “I don’t know another actress who knows how to deal with this kind of brokenness and vulnerability and make it so sensual,” says Reitman. “There’re a lot of actresses who can play broken people, but she does it without judging them. She does them and allows them to bloom at the same time.” Though playing a mother in movies often means being relegated to the outskirts of the drama, Winslet’s characters have had lives that aren’t defined solely by children, but remain passionate, complicated individuals. In “Little Children,” she played an unhappy stay-at-home suburban mom drawn to a neighborhood father.

"Labor Day" an enjoyable film By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge I'm writing this about one full day before the halftime show of tomorrow's much anticipated Super Bowl showdown between the amazing Peyton Manning Broncos and some other team from the NFC. Ho-hum, you see, because Super Bowl Sunday is usually the slowest day of the year for movie-going. And that is why the studios save face and release their weak films that will play to very young, teenage, and female audiences. Look at the roster for this weekend: "Labor Day," "That Awkward Moment," and a re-release sing-a-long format for winter's big hit, "Frozen." I chanced upon Labor Day as the best of the lot and found it very different, a compliment that I

usually heap with great praise over the mundane that is shoved down our throats each week. Screenwriter and director Jason Reitman is a young talent in Hollywood that has made many great films over his career, including the George Clooney-starring Up in the Air that was filmed in part in St. Louis. He's working here from a novel by author Joyce Maynard who was also recently in town for Charlie Brennan's book club. The plot is relatively simple, but emotionally resonant. Injured escaped convict Frank Chambers (Josh Brolin) approaches Adele (Kate Winslet), a depressive near shut-in, and her son, Henry (Gattlin Griffith, a very talented child actor) for help with his wound and on-the-lamb predicament. After some veiled

threats that feel both very real and very empty, Adele whisks him away to their ramshackle home where they spend the five days leading up to the Labor Day holiday and the start of the seventh grade for the doe-eyed and hormonally confused Henry. To preserve the innocence of the woman and her son, Frank decides to restrain them for the first day and lay low until darkness descends. His plan to make egress is thwarted by the holiday train schedule and an obsessive manhunt in the small town by aggressive cops (including James Van Der Beek). So Frank takes the option to become the father figure and patrician role in the broken home. Because of the departure and remarriage of Henry's father (Clark Gregg), neither Adele nor Henry

have had much luck with routine home repair, car maintenance, actual cooking, the occasion to teach "Hank" to pitch a baseball, and a lesson in the birds & the bees for both (obviously to quite different results). Personally, I would credit the hunky Brolin's hair for his manly sex appeal. Those Brolins - including father James - sure were given some blessed follicles. By playing to Adele's agoraphobia, Frank is able to avoid detection from the police while they fall in love and hatch a fast plan to make a break for the Canadian border and the lure of idyllic Prince Edward Island. Henry is torn, but really in search of love. He's ready to roll either way it breaks. The movie is equal parts romance (even eroticizing

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God's gift to the kitchen, peach pie) and creepy, maybe thanks to a particularly ominous and brooding musical score. The brief scenes of violence, much like the threats Frank first makes, are abrupt and scary more for his escape than for the "kidnapping". On the whole, I enjoyed this film. I may even be inclined to read the source novel. Tobey Maguire stars as the film's constant narrator and in the role of an adult Henry looking back on the Labor Day Weekend of his thirteenth year. Some times in our lives never leave our memories. "Labor Day" runs 129 minutes and is rated PG-13 for thematic material, brief violence, and sexuality. I give this film one and a half stars out of four.

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Above, the fried calamari with Thai Chili sauce. Below, the sign that hangs above Wang Gang's door on Route 157.

Wang Gang Asian Eats an Edwardsville treasure By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge Wang Gang Asian Eats is an Edwardsville treasure. There’s no way around it, this hip and fun eating spot provides a party for your palate every time you visit with its quirky Asian fusion menu. That’s why recently I decided to swing through with my buddy John and churn out a “You Gotta Eat” column on one of the best places in our own backyard. Wang Gang does up Asian cuisine like no other. From spring rolls, to crab rangoon, to noodle based dishes, to fried rice, to stir fry, to some quirky twists on Asian burgers, Wang Gang does it all. The concepts are creative, fresh and fun. I’ve been a fan of Wang Gang since its original location on Rt. 157 behind Moto Mart at Club Center Dr. Now that they moved to their more spacious spot at 1035 Century Dr. in 2013, Wang Gang seems to be even more popular. I coaxed John to check it out with me. It was his first visit and he wasn’t disappointed. Wang Gang’s menu is good-sized so we decided to begin our experience in the appetizer section. I persuaded John to go with one of my all-time favorites, the lettuce wraps while I ordered the traditional fried calamari (that’s fried squid for you laymen). The lettuce wraps are simple but exquisite. They come with large leaves of iceberg lettuce to be gorged with a scrumptious concoction that consists of seared chicken, red onions, Thai chilies, bell peppers and Thai basil in a Panang curry sauce. It’s healthy and delicious. John was hooked with the first bite. The fresh and moist lettuce meshes perfectly with the kick from the chicken medley and he was quick to applaud my taste buds for making a stellar selection. Now to the calamari. This was

my first experience with calamari at Wang Gang, but this entrée and I go way back. At Wang Gang you have a choice between getting it fried or wok tossed with chili pods and scallions and served with a sweet Thai Chili sauce. I went with the traditional deep fried version which is accompanied by a Sriracha Ranch sauce. When it arrived it was fried to a perfect golden brown. On my first bite I realized it was some of the better calamari I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating. The squid meat was tender and juicy and throw in the kick of the sauce and it was the perfect blend of tastes. Next it was time to tackle our main course. John chose the Rickshaw steak tacos off of the Chow Tacos portion of the menu. It consisted of minced, long cooked and marinated steak accompanied with some fresh veggies and served in a flour torti-

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lla. He praised his selection after his first couple of bites. I steered myself in a different direction, boldly attempting the sopporo beer battered shrimp Bánh Mí sandwich. Bánh Mí is a Vietnamese sandwich served on a toasted baguette. The Vietnamese term refers to lots of bread, so the airy and thick baguette is the epitome of the definition. Traditionally, Bánh Mí sandwiches consist of meats such as, pork belly, Vietnamese sausage, grilled pork, grilled pork patties, grilled chicken or sardines to name a few. My selection of fried shrimp was slightly off from the norm, but appeased me just fine. The golden brown shrimp was garnished with freshly cut carrots, cilantro, jalapeño bits and daikon, an East Asian white radish. It also came with a creamy Chinese mayo. The sandwich was accompanied by a cabbage salad and the Nuoc

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Cham dipping sauce which our waiter called fish sauce. I started with the cabbage salad, which also included carrots and cilantro in a sweet vinegar sauce. I am a big fan of cabbage in general so I quickly scarfed it down. It was both healthy and delicious. Next I moved to my sandwich. I have to say, the standout with this creation was the baguette itself. The bread offered a sweet and satisfying taste and was toasted to the perfect crunch level. The shrimp had a fresh flavor and delectable taste also, meshing with the freshness of the accompanying vegetables and rich mayo. The density of the baguette made for an extremely filling meal, too. I finally got the courage to try the Nuoc Cham dipping sauce with a bite of my sandwich. Our server couldn’t quite describe the taste when I asked him about it, so I was curious and honestly, you’ll have to

try it yourself. It had a mystifying taste, not bad, not necessarily good, but definitely indescribable. Wang Gang also has created its own line of sodas which are pretty satisfying. They can be purchased at places such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens and Randall’s Liquor Store. Selections include: the Black Cherry Bomb, Eight Ball Orange and the Nearly Famous Root Beer. I went with the Nearly Famous Root Beer, the same soda that was featured in a March 7 episode of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men.” I had tried — and immensely enjoyed — the Black Cherry Bomb and Eight Ball Orange before, but this was my first experience with the Nearly Famous Root Beer and I’ll admit it was just as satisfying. Wang Gang has plenty more to offer on its expansive menu. From soups to salads, to stir fry, noodles, fried rice and fusion hamburgers, it has it all. There are great choices like the drunken noodle, consisting of egg noodles, bell peppers, red onions, egg, bamboo shoots and carrots in a sweet and spicy shrimp sauce and finished with Thai basil. Add either chicken, shrimp, beef or tofu to top it off. Check out a slew of stir fry selections, too, including the Bangkok Boom with a spicy-sweet dark sauce and hand-breaded tempura chicken or shrimp, white and green onions and chili pods. Peruse the entire array of what Wang Gang has to offer on their website at www.wanggangasian. com. And to top it all off, Wang Gang delivers, too. As for price, Wang Gang doesn’t ravage the cash flow too bad and you get more than enough to eat. There’s a pretty good chance you’ll ask for a to-go-box. I made a fan out of John to where he’s ready to go back soon and I can guarantee I’ll be back, because Wang Gang is a fun place to go when you gotta' eat.

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9 Ginger Ridge Court, Glen Carbon $254,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM VICKY LOWRY (618) 741-7178

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OPEN HOUSES

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Sharon Joiner 107 Friars Lane, Edwardsville $538,900 Stonebridge 4BR/5BA ranch. Home Warranty Offered.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda MItchell 6856 Middlegate Lane, Glen Carbon $250,000 Historic acre barn. 4BR. Greenhouse.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Pat Martin 144 S. Timberview, Staunton $240,000 3BR/4BA home on 1/2 acre. New in-ground pool.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Megan Wood 8824 Wildewood Drive, Worden $239,900 Gorgeous 3BR/3BA. Full finished bstm. One of a kind!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Julie Mayfield 1117 Randle Street, Edwardsville $189,000 Brick 2 story. Attached garage. 4 bedrooms/1.5 baths.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Amanda Schulz 112 Bayhill Boulevard, Glen Carbon $179,900 2BR/2BA ranch home nicely updated.

NEW LISTINGS

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Jamie Blackorby 1922 Captains Drive, Worden $175,000 Holiday Shores Subd. Vaulted ceilings. Hardwood. 3BR/2BA.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Roxanne Portell 52 Odom Drive, Collinsville $164,900 Move-in Ready. 2 +/- acres. Private & wooded.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda Wheaton 4117 Shirley Drive, Belleville $89,900 2BR Ready to move in, Great for entertaining!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Stan Groppel 320 Brentwood Blvd. Alton $77,500 3 bedroom/1 bath. Family room with walk-out.

135 Woods Mill Drive, Staunton 3BR/2BA. Fireplace. Fenced yard. Deck. Quiet Location. $124,900

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1215 Nancy Drive, O’Fallon DESIRABLE LOCATION! 2BR/2BA townhouse. $109,900

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14510 Rowling Ridge Road, Grafton Stunning Privacy! 31.57 +/- acres, 3BR/4BA. $479,000

7643 Jerusalem Road, Edw. Picturesque. Acreage. Horse barn. Pasture. Pond. 3BR/3BA. $359,900

353 Johnson Road, Shiloh 22 +/- acres, lake, 2SF homes, wooded, private! $350,000

181 Somerset Dr., Glen Carbon Over 2400 sq. ft. on main level + finished basement. 4BR/3BA. $339,900

889 Malibu Way, Edwardsville 1 acre lakefront 4BR/2BA. $252,900

419 Crestwood, Collinsville Ready to move in 5BR/5BA, 3 car garage home. $249,900

171 Heatherland Drive, Bethalto Spacious open floor plan. Great for entertaining! $219,900

101 Greenbrier Lane, Bethalto Fabulous 3BR/2BA ranch on 2 acres. $219,900

573 Clover Drive, Edwardsville Spacious, open floor plan, fireplace. Fenced in yard. $169,900

202 E. Schwarz St., Edwardsville COMMERCIAL: Great location & visibility. 4 offices. $140,000

909 Hale Avenue, Edwardsville Bungalow in Historic LeClaire neighborhood facing lake. $137,900

143 Woods Mill Drive, Staunton Attractive 3BR/2BA ranch that has so much to offer! $129,900

332 Virginia Avenue, Carrollton Very clean. Close to schools. $126,500

31 Ticky Point Lane, Coffeen Lake Coffeen in your back yard! $125,000

800 W. Clay Street, Collinsville Beautiful brick home conveniently located. $119,900

111 E. 5th Street, Roxana All brick gem in central location! $110,000

135 Avalon Street, Wood River Adorable bungalow. Shady lot. 4 car garage. $99,900

223 St. Mary’s Street, Bethalto Remodeled in 2013! Cute 2BR/2BA home. $89,900

830 North 6th Street, Wood River Rehabbed brick 2 bedroom near the park. $89,900

4225 Marigold Drive, Granite City Long Lake in Pontoon Beach. Well maintained. 2BR/1BA. $87,900

355 Lindenwood Blvd., Alton 2BR/2BA. Large kitchen & bedrooms. $85,000

1520 Garfield Avenue, Granite City 2BR/1BA. Hardwood floors. Fenced back yard. $82,500

525 Sarah Street, Livingston Great home with 4 car garage. $64,900

102 Suzanne Court, Edwardsville 3+ bedrooms, 4 baths. $340,000

307 Spencer, Bethalto Updated & Move-In Ready! 2BR/1BA. $60.000

606 6th Street, East Alton All brick 3BR/1BA home with over 1500+ sq. ft. $54,900

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126, 128, 132 N. Washington, Bunker Hill Storefront space w/apartments above & below-great income potential. $99,900

7 Park Place, Swansea 1684 SF office space in brick building with basement and parking lot just off Rt. 159. $250,000

400 N. Beau Chateau, Bethalto Over 15,000 SF building with built-in sound system, security system & freezer & coolers. $550,000

Lots & Acreage

Lot 4 N. Main Highway, Brighton Prime commercial lot on Hwy 111 $139,900 111 Savannah Ct., Glen Carbon Large wood walk-out lot on cul-de-sac. $72,900 Lot 9 Commerce Dr., Jerseyville Very nice commercial site in a convenient location! $69,900

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2751 Route 66 Business Park Edwardsville Prime commercial lot off I-270. 0.78 acres. $180,000

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XXX North 9th Street, Wood River 35 acres partially wooded property with access to 9th St. Could be rezoned commercial or mult-family. $565,000

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300 Blue Sky Lane, Glen Carbon This is a very nice corner lot. $59,900 6823 Middlegate Ln., Glen Carbon This is a great flat lot! Quiet setting. $49,900 Lot 19 Ashton, Brighton Grant Estates is one of Brighton’s Newest Subdivisions! $25,900

800 Block of Washington Ave., Alton, IL 9.7 acres offers 250’ frontage. Zoned multi-family (R-4). Also available is 23 acres across the street. $200,000