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February 14, 2013

Vol. 10 No. 24

Ledford wins Emmy page 3

"Carmina Burana" page 9

The work of Jeremy Deller page 10

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FEBRUARY 14 ISSUE

What’s Inside 3

Emmy in Edwardsville Brian Ledford wins No. 3.

4 Rejuvenating jars Pinterest project works wonders.

8 "DDD&G"

EAC to feature SIUE art professors.

9 "Carmina Burana" Touhill to present the classic.

Art redefined

CAM to host the works of Jeremy Deller.

15 "Bullet to the Head" A solid B-movie.

18 B & B recipes

Where romance meets flavor.

What’s Happening Friday February 15_______ • Jeremy Deller: Joy in People E x h i b i t , C o n te m p o ra r y A r t Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. • Opening Reception: DDD&G, E d w a r d s v i l l e A r t s C e n t e r, Edwardsville, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. • New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. • Opening Reception: PaperWork In, On, and Of Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. • The Rep presents Sense and Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Denise Thimes w/Bucky Pizzarelli, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Sachal Vasandani, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • Little River Band, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. • American Masters, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. • Katt Willilams, The Peabody, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Gaelic Storm, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Jukebox The Ghost w/ Matt Pond, The Lighthouse and the Whaler, We Should Leave This Tree, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • American Idle, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 8:00 p.m. • Joe Robinson, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • StillLine, Deny The Gravity, Manx, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Lord Infamous, Par Tee, Frayser Boy, Misc Ellaneous, Wyte Music, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Star & Micey w/Carolina Story, The Trophy Mules, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Saturday February 16_______ • Jeremy Deller: Joy in People E x h i b i t , C o n te m p o ra r y A r t Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. • DDD&G, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. • New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. • PaperWork In, On, and Of Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. • The Progress of Love, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20. • The Rep presents Sense and

Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. • The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Sachal Vasandani, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • Specticast: Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m. • American Masters, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Timeflies, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Kishi Bashi w/Plume Giant, Ross Christopher, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. • Ben Sollee, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Acoustic Asylum, 3:00 p.m./ American Idle, 8:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton • John Henry & The Engine w/The Incurables, Trophy Mules, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Make Me Break Me Farewell Show w/A Lesser Hope, Skylines, Slampig, An Offering By Fire, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m. • The Rocketboys, Mike Mains and The Branches, Dinner And a Suit, Cicero's, University City, Doors, 7:30 p.m • With The Punches, Divided By Friday, Far From Proper w/Home & Away, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. • Pistols and The Sisters w/Pat Eagan of The Royal Smokestacks, Gary Schoenberger, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Edwardsville resident claims third Emmy By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

ll it would have taken was one good pothole and Brian Ledford would have gone down in history as the guy who got run over by the pope mobile. Ledford, a videographer and editor at KPLR (Channel 11) in St. Louis, had been assigned to cover Pope John Paul II’s visit to St. Louis in 1999. Every television news station was in charge of a different aspect of the pope’s visit. KPLR was responsible for the pope mobile. To get the necessary shots, the station had constructed a special vehicle for the photographers to ride on just ahead of the pope mobile. “What we had was essentially a modernized homecoming float that had a bunch of equipment on it,” said Ledford. The week before the pope’s visit, the station’s photographers, Secret Service personnel and pope’s staff made a practice run along the test route going at the anticipated maximum speed of 5 mph. But when the big day arrived, the pope mobile was clocked going 30 mph. “Thirty mph on the back of a homecoming float hitting every pothole on Lindell Boulevard is a pretty scary experience,” recalled Ledford with a laugh. His job that day was to get a close up shot of the pope waving and blessing the people. Not an easy thing to do when you’re trying your best not to fall off a moving vehicle bumping along the road. Over the years Ledford has covered many prominent people and events in St. Louis and the metro-east – from hard news stories about high profile political campaigns, homicides and major sporting events to smaller, community-driven stories about regular people. One of his most memorable stories came in 2006 when the Cardinals won the World Series for

the first time in 24 years. Ledford was in the locker room after the game. The event turned out to be one of the craziest shoots he has ever been on. The room was bombarded with international as well as local media and everyone was jostling for the best angle to capture the historic moment. “They’re not afraid to push and claw and scratch. It was a big mosh pit in there. And then you’ve got the added benefit of champagne explosions and cheap cigars being smoked. Getting hit in the eyes with champagne is not as much fun as people think,” said Ledford. “It’s fun for about 10 seconds and then your eyes sting horribly.” However, it’s the smaller stories about people in the community doing interesting things that Ledford loves best. Stories like the one about The Firecracker Press, a small printing press in south St. Louis that produces posters for music concerts, flyers for art exhibits and other advertising using traditional printing methods. All the imagery is done by hand-carving wood blocks, and all the metal type is set backwards and hand-cranked. “This is really taking an oldschool printing technique and putting a modern twist on it,” said Ledford. Ledford produced the piece with his friend and fellow KPLR/KTVI reporter, Patrick Clark, in July, 2011. It was Clark who first pitched the story idea. The two thought it would make a great story for the 4 p.m. newscast, which is designed for a non-traditional news audience. Ledford and Clark spent 90 minutes at the printing press conducting interviews and shooting footage. Then they went back to the office where Clark wrote the story and Ledford spent around two hours editing it. That was a long time, he said, by today’s news editing standards to spend on one two-and-a-half-minute piece. “The Firecraker Press” went on to win a Regional Emmy in the Arts/Entertainment category from the Mid-America Chapter of the

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Brian Ledford of Edwardsville with his third Emmy award. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in September, 2011. It was Ledford’s third Emmy win. He previously won in 2007 in the category of Graphic Arts/Other Animation for his imaginative and humorous reenactment of the NCAA basketball championship. NCAA rules prevent Ledford from showing highlights of that day’s final while it was still going on. So he recreated the game using stopmotion animation with toys instead. “I literally went to my kids’ toy box and got out My Little Ponies, Mr. Potato Head and action figures,” said Ledford with a chuckle. He used a piece of flooring that looked like basketball parquet to make a court, constructed a hoop and created an audience of Easter eggs dyed to represent the home team’s colors with excited faces painted on. “That was cool because it was the first time that I’ve ever really incorporated my family into a story because, you know, I had to ask the daughter if I could borrow her My

Little Ponies,” said Ledford. Ledford’s first Emmy win was in 2003 in the category of Pre-produced Editing/News. When he isn’t chasing down stories for the television station, Ledford can be found answering to the name of “Grand Poobah” while announcing games for the Arch Rival Roller Girls flat-track roller derby league in St. Louis. The gig started as just another story about a group of women roller skaters. Ledford was intrigued by these dedicated women athletes from all walks of life competing in a sport that saw them use strange nicknames and wear punk rock outfits. He took over the announcing job in 2009. Ledford got his first taste of broadcasting as a high school student when he took a job at a local AM radio station in his hometown of McLeansboro in southern Illinois. After high school, he moved to Edwardsville in 1988 to pursue a degree in Mass Communications

at SIUE. That was when he began taking video production courses. “I just fell in love with it. I would literally lock myself in an edit bay overnight in one of the rooms at the college and work on fun little music videos and editing television shows,” he said. Ledford’s ties to Edwardsville continued after college. He worked for six years as a broadcast engineer/producer/director for the City of Edwardsville’s closed-circuit cable television channel ECTV. He also spent eight years at SIUE as an instructor in Mass Communications. He still lives in Edwardsville with his wife, Kathi, and their two children, Colin, 13, and Hannah, 10. It is this love of community news that drives him to keep searching for more stories to tell. “I love telling stories, whether it’s visually or through the written word. And I love community news. That’s what makes local television news tick is that sense of community feeling,” said Ledford.

Lincoln museum reduces admission on Sundays in February The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Abe’s birthday with a gift to visitors: reduced admission on Sundays in February. Just say “Civil War Sunday” when you buy one ticket at the museum and you’ll get another ticket of equal or lesser value for free. That means two adults can tour the museum for just $12, or two parents and two children can enjoy the museum’s movies and exhibits for just $24. (Guests will need to provide an email address to activate the special price, which cannot be combined with any other promotion.) February is a busy month at the Presidential Library and Museum. Lincoln’s birthday is Feb. 12, and the museum plans a celebratory concert on Feb. 10 and a symposium Feb. 11-12. The president’s famed stovepipe hat is on display in the museum’s Treasure’s gallery, alongside a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and a handwritten note on Lincoln’s definition of democracy.

In addition, an afternoon of Oscar-themed fun is planned for Sunday, Feb. 24, when the movie “Lincoln” will compete for a dozen Academy Awards. Walk the red carpet, submit your own Oscar ballot, take a look at props from the movie and much more. The museum also welcomes the U.S. poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey, on Feb. 7. The Pulitzer Prizewinning poet will sign books and deliver a free public reading at 6:30, then attend a private dinner. Tickets to the dinner are $50 and include a copy of one of Trethewey’s books. The public reading is free, but reservations are required. To reserve seats or to buy tickets to the dinner, please visit this link: http://bit. ly/ntrethewey. The third installment of the “Boys in Blue” exhibit has just opened, taking an in-depth look at the contributions of Illinois soldiers in the Civil War, and the “To Kill and To Heal” exhibit on the war ’s weapons and medicine continues to wow visitors. Another museum exhibit showcases Benito Juarez,

known as “the Mexican Abraham Lincoln” for his role of leading Mexico through civil war to a more just society. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum combines rigorous scholarship and hightech showmanship to form the nation’s most visited presidential complex. The museum features lifelike figures and scenes, special effects, riveting presentations and “ghosts” to give visitors a better appreciation for Abraham Lincoln’s enduring legacy. The library contains more than 13 million items pertaining to all aspects of Illinois history and is one of the nation’s leading institutions for genealogy and history research. It includes the world’s most impressive collection of original Lincoln materials, more than 52,000 items in all. For more information about visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum or becoming a member through the Library Foundation, visit www. presidentlincoln.illinois.gov.

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Pinterest gives new life to candle jars By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Do you have a closet, shelf or drawer filled with dirty, half empty candle jars? You understand what I’m talking about. You’re best friend or co-worker gives you a divine smelling candle for your birthday or you find a bargain you can’t resist. The problem is, once the candle has reached the end of its life, you’re left with a dilemma. Do you throw that nice, solid candle jar away? Or keep it with the good intention of reusing it again someday? Unfortunately, someday often turns into months or even years and your collection of disused candle jars multiplies. This usually results in dozens of jars cluttering your storage space. Enter Pinterest. I came across a pin recently that pointed me to a tutorial from Snapguide.com on how to remove residual candle wax from candle jars and thought this would make a perfect Pinterest project. What caught my eye about this tutorial is that it recommended freezing the jars. My preferred method to clean out candle jars has always been to simmer the jar in a pan of water on the stove. It works, but requires babysitting the jar to make sure it doesn’t boil over or crack. I loved this idea of simply putting all of my jars in the freezer and forgetting about them.

So, I headed to my linen closet where I’ve stashed half a dozen jars and gathered them up. Then I put them all in my freezer and went to bed. According to the tutorial, you only need to leave the jars in the freezer for an hour although it’s fine to leave them longer if you forget about them. The next morning I was excited to get stuck into the task of removing the wax. Here’s where things got a little bit tricky. On some of the jars, the wax popped out easily and smoothly with barely any waxy residue left on the sides. This worked best with the jars that were perfectly cylindrical. However, not all of my jars are perfectly cylindrical. Most of them have ridges along the bottom, which makes it the perfect place for wax to collect. This bit of wax was impossible to pop out or even scrape out with a knife. I also had issues with jars that contained large chunks of wax that were wider than the opening. I completely destroyed one large jar while attempting to break apart the pieces of wax with a table knife. Once you’ve got the bulk of the wax removed, make sure you remove the label. My results with this were varied. Some brands of labels peeled right off with no problems. Others were much sticker and had to be repeatedly scraped and scrubbed. Still, I was highly impressed with the next step in the tutorial. This called for using baby oil, olive oil, vinegar or orange solvent and a paper towel to wipe out the remaining waxy residue. I chose to use olive oil and combined with a

little elbow grease, it worked great. Finally, give your jars a good scrub with soap and water to get any last traces of wax or soot off. My overall verdict is that this method does sometimes work well, it isn’t perfect. Remember those jars with the ridges? Well, I ended up using my good old fashioned simmer on the stove method to melt that wax. It honestly didn’t take that long to melt and every last bit of wax came off. Even the label on the bottom came away perfectly. Bonus! The main thing to remember with the simmer method is that you’ll end up with hot, melted wax to deal with. If you’ve got extra jars you don’t mind reusing, then you can make new candles with the addition of a new wick. Otherwise, you’ll need to dispose of the hot wax another way (not down the drain!). I poured most of my excess wax into a new jar to make another candle. The rest I trickled into a wad of newspapers, allowed it to cool and threw it away. I’m pleased with the results. I now have clean and shiny candle jars that I can reuse for other things. I would NOT recommend using your clean jars to store anything edible though. Cleaned or not, it’s probably not a good idea to store food in something that once contained chemicals or fragrances. This brings me to my final point. While I did get my jars looking clean, the rubber seal on the lids still smell of the candle it previously contained. I haven’t found a good way to get this scent out yet. Maybe that will be my next project.

At top left are used candle jars. At top right, the jars have been moved to the freezer to begin the cleaning process. Above left, the jars are cleaned with olive oil. Above right, the finished product.

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People People planner L&C celebrates diversity during Black History Month Lewis and Clark Community College is celebrating Black History Month with a variety of activities and events in February. All are open to the public and free of charge, unless otherwise noted. Feb. 16 • Celebration In Song, a musical journey demonstrating the impact gospel music has had from the early years to the present day, will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 in the Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel. Featured performers will include praise dancers from Morning Star Baptist and Bread of Life churches and well-known soloists including the mother-daughter duo Sheila and Marqueta Goins, Pamela Keys, Phyllis Banks and pianist/ vocalist Skip Clanton. Rev. Diana Connors-Williams, pastor of Alton Community Church, will emcee the event. Ticket cost $7 per adult and $3 for ages 12 and under. Admission for L&C students is free. Feb. 18 • The St. Louis Black Repertory Company will perform at noon Monday, Feb.18 in the Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel. The community is invited to come witness “The Day The Waters Came,” a powerful and moving depiction of New Orleans in the midst of Hurricane Katrina. Feb. 20 • The Mike & Brian Duo will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Reid Restaurant. Mike Fitzgerald and Brian White offer a contrasting and integrating blend of sax and guitar, effortlessly playing every one’s favorite tunes from multiple decades. Feb. 22 • Assistant Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie Jr., from the Springfield Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will discuss topics ranging from his education and career path, the

history of agents of color in the FBI and investigatory practices and policies used to partner with local law enforcement related to crime prevention at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22 in Reid Memorial Library. Feb. 25 • Pizza, poetry and music will fill the Underground Connection at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. The art of Spoken Word evoked by Louis ‘Confliction’ will mix poetry with upbeat tempos and phrases involving stories of life and emotion. Feb. 27 • A Comedy Xplosion will take place at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.27 in Reid Restaurant. Three professional comedians headlined by St. Louis comedian Princeton Dew will cause uproarious laughter during the lunch hour. Feb. 28 • Don’t miss the Underground Railroad Bus Tour at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. Participants will explore some of the various locations throughout the Riverbend area where slaves sought refuge as they escaped the South. Tour guide J. E. Robinson will provide the history and perspective of these noteworthy sites. For more information, call (618) 468-6400. • The Alton African-American Oral History Project will run nightly on Charter Cable 989. The project will feature a montage of profiles illuminating a variety of people who contributed greatly to the fabric of our community. Some of those highlighted include – Josephine Beckwith, Norval Cox, Hazel Killion, Joseph Berry, Grace Monroe and James Bailey. The series will air throughout the month mostly at either 7 or 8 p.m. until Feb. 28. Throughout the month, WLCA 89.9 FM and WBGZ Radio 1570 AM will feature the profiles of Black American Moments from our nation’s history recorded by college employees and community members. Some of the personalities include President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Maya Angelou.

America's Got Talent all stars coming to the Fox

The America's Got Talent Live – All Stars Tour is coming to the Fox Theatre on Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45, $40 and $35 and may be purchased at the Fox Box Office or by calling 314/534-

1111. Order tickets online at www. metrotix.com. Join us for your favorite All-Star Acts from America's Got Talent, as they take to the stage LIVE for 90minutes of spectacular entertainment in the America's Got Talent Live – All Stars Tour. Great Vegas-style variety is coming, in a show perfectly crafted to feature top vote-getters and entertainment for all ages -- a

unique blend of music, comedy, performance art and drama. America's Got Talent Live – All Stars Tour delivers with this year's winners The Olate Dogs, last year's winner Landau Eugene Murphy and his Sounds of Sinatra, 3 semi-finalists from this year's show, including Mind Reader Eric Dittelman, Escape Artist Spencer Horsman and vocalist Tim Hockenberry, rounded out by comedian Dave Burleigh.

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at 2013 Heart-Stroke Fair 9 a.m-noon Saturday, Feb. 23 Approximately 30 informational tables around the AMH Beeby and Smith Wing ground floor. • • • • • •

AMH Heart & Vascular Center Glenhaven Gardens American Red Cross AMH Dietitian Center for Senior Renewal BJC Home Care/Lifeline

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Metro Sports AMH Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Among others!

Lectures in Cafeteria Meeting Room 10 a.m.

Dr. Peter Panagos Washington University School of Medicine “What to Expect When You’re Having a Stroke”

Free lunch • 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Boxed meals in the cafeteria. You MUST register in advance for the fair to assure yourself a free meal.

To register for the fair, call 1-800-392-0936

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LECLAIRE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1914 Esic Drive, Edwardsville, 656-0918 “Loving People to Jesus” Shane Taylor, Senior Minister Matt Campbell, Youth and Worship Minister Shawn Smith, Family Life Minister Sunday Schedule: Worship at 9:30 am and 11:00 am Wednesday Schedule: Men’s Ministry 6:45 pm Please see leclairecc.com for more information.

EDEN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 800 N. Main Street Edwardsville (618) 656-4648

Rev. Jackie K. Havis-Shear

9:30 a.m. ~ Contemporary Worship 11:00 a.m. ~ Traditional Worship Free Friday Lunch - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

www.immanuelonmain.org

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Center Grove Presbyterian

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL

6279 Center Grove Rd., Edwardsville Phone: 656-9485 Worship, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 11:00 a.m. Wed. Eve. Bible Study/Prayer, Choir Children & Youth Ministries

Daycare 656-2798 Janet Hooks, Daycare Director

Rev. Anthony J. Casoria, Pastor www.centergrove.org Presbyterian Church in America

Summit at School Street Glen Carbon, IL 288-5620 Rev. Tony Clavier Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. St. Thomas Child Care Center Now enrolling infants through Pre-K Call 288-5697

“Where Jesus Christ is Celebrated in Liturgy and Life.”

407 Edwardsville Rd. (Rt. 162) Troy, IL 62294 667-6241 Dennis D. Price, Pastor Sunday Worship: 8 a.m., 9 a.m., & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Worship: 6:30 p.m.

www.troyumc.org

903 N. Second Street Edwardville, IL 656-4330 John Roberts, Senior Pastor

Sunday Worship: Traditional Service 8:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Contemporary Service 10:30 AM www.eden-ucc.org

ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH 110 N. Buchanan Edwardsville 656-6450 Very Reverend Jeﬀrey Goeckner

Saturday Vigil - 4:15 pm Spanish Mass - 6:15 pm Sunday Mass 8:15 am, 10:15 am, 5:15 pm Daily Mass Schedule Mon., 5:45 pm Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8:00 am Wed., 6:45 pm

All Are Welcome

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“The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race.” ~ Baha’u’llah Promote the Unity of the human race everyday! The Bahá’is of Edwardsville warmly welcome and invite you to investigate the teachings of the Bahá’i Faith. For more information call (618) 656-4142 or email: Bahai.Edwardsville@sbcglobal.net P.O. Box 545 Edwardsville, IL 62025 www.bahai.us

ST. PAUL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 3277 Bluﬀ Rd. Edwardsville, IL 656-1500

Rev. Diane C. Grohmann September - May Worship 10:15 a.m. June-August Worship 9:30 a.m. Our Facility is Handicap Accessible

www.stpauledw.org 310 South Main, Edwardsville, 656-7498

First Presbyterian Church 237 N. Kansas Edwardsville, IL

Located 1 Block North of Post Oﬃce Early Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Child/Youth Choir: 10:15 a.m. Late Worship w/Chancel Choir: 10:45 a.m. For Music and Other Activities

MOUNT JOY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF EDWARDSVILLE 327 Olive Street • Edw, IL 656-0845 Steve Jackson, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Wed. Early Morning Prayer: 5:00 a.m. Wed. Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

618-656-4550

EMMANUEL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 332 S. Brown Street Edwardsville, IL 62025 Pastor Carlos Bryant 618-931-3707

Sabbath Morning 9:30 A.M. Sabbath Evening 6:00 P.M. Wednesday Evening 7:00 P.M.

“Where Everybody is Somebody and Jesus Christ is Lord. We Welcome You to Our Family.”

YOUTH PROGRAMS  SENIOR HIGH and MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Traditional Worship: 9:00 a.m. Coﬀee Fellowship: 10:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Youth: 6:00 p.m. Dr. Brooks, Lead Minister Jeﬀ Wrigley, Youth & Children’s Director www.fccedwardsville.org

NEW BETHEL UNITED METHODIST 131 N. Main St., Glen Carbon, IL Rev. William Adams Church Phone: 288-5700 Sunday Morning Worship 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Adult & Children’s Sunday School 9:40 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Nursery 8:30 a.m. to Noon Senior High Youth Group Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Senior High Bible Study Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Fully Accessible Facilities www.newbethelumc.org e-mail oﬃce@newbethelumc.org

Let’s Worship... This page gives you an opportunity to reach over 16,000 area homes with your services schedule and information.

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Religion Religion briefs Utah Boy Scouts lead charge urging more time to discuss national policy change on gays S A LT L A K E C I T Y ( A P ) — Utah’s Boy Scouts have brought aboard 33 other scouting groups f ro m a ro u n d c o u n t r y t o j o i n them in calling on the national organization to delay a decision on a reversal of its no-gays membership policy. Boy Scouts in the Great Salt Lake Council have sent a letter to the national board of directors cautioning them against making a decision that cannot be undone. The council says it represents a coalition of 33 Boy Scout groups accounting for nearly 540,000 youth scouts. The Boy Scouts of America’s national executive board is expected to discuss a policy that would let troop sponsors make their own decisions about gay troop leaders and youth members this week during meetings in

Dallas. In Utah, most troops are sponsored by the Mormon church.

Imams visit Holocaust site in France to show the tolerance of Islam DRANCY, France (AP) — Dozens of French imams have visited a Holocaust memorial in Drancy in an effort to show that Islam is a tolerant religion. The Muslim leaders, who traveled from all over France, gathered Monday night at the site of the former detention camp where around 65,000 Jews were held before being deported to extermination camps, mainly to Auschwitz, during World War II. The event, the first of its kind since the Drancy memorial opened last September, was attended by Interior Minister Manuel Valls who said it “shows that dialogue, tolerance and the understanding of other religions is indispensable in fighting against

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anti-Semitism and fanaticism.” Some imams present traveled to Israel last year to pray at the tomb of the Jewish children gunned down in Toulouse last March by Mohamed Merah.

New Notre Dame bells make harmonious history in Paris’ storied Cathedral PARIS (AP) — The cathedral of Notre Dame — French for “our lady” — has finally got the prima donna worthy of its name. Weighing in at six and a half tons or 6,000 kilograms of glistening bronze, this lady is no ordinary person: she’s a bell named Mary. Mary is in fact the largest — and loudest — of nine new, gargantuan Notre Dame bells being blessed

Saturday in the cathedral’s nave by Archbishop Andre Armand Vingt-Trois. The nine casts were ordered for the cathedral’s 850th birthday — t o re p l a c e t h e d i s c o rd a n t “ding dang” of the previous four 19th century chimes. After the originals bells — including the original Mary — were destroyed in the French Revolution, the replacements were widely said to be France’s most out-of-tune church bells. There’s some irony that in Victor Hugo’s classic novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” the solitary bell-ringer Quasimodo was deaf. Jean-Marie, Maurice, BenoitJoseph, Steven, Marcel, Dennis, Anne-Genevieve, Gabriel will ring together with Mary to add a harmony to the French gothic landmark not heard since 1789. Travelers have come far and wide to catch a glimpse of the bronze giants — on public display until Feb. 25.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered state flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Immortal Four Chaplains Day. Sunday is the 70th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the U.S. Army transport ship Dorchester off the coast of Greenland. In 1957, Congress established a national observance of the event that honors the four chaplains of difference faiths whose heroic acts saved the lives of many men. According to survivors, while the ship was sinking in 1943, the four chaplains went to each soldier to calm fears and hand out life jackets. When there were no more life jackets, the four chaplains removed their own life vests and gave them to soldiers.

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The Arts EAC to feature the works of four SIUE professors By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

he artwork of four SIUE professors, both past and present, will come together in a new exhibition opening this month at the Edwardsville Arts Center. “DDD&G” opens Feb. 15 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show runs through March 22. “DDD&G” features the work of John DenHouter, Brigham Dimick, Thad Duhigg and Thomas Gipe. Each artist is either a former or current SIUE professor of art. John DenHouter is an associate professor of art, Brigham Dimick is an associate professor of art and drawing area head, Thad Duhigg is a professor of sculpture and sculpture area head and Thomas Gipe spent 26 years as a professor of sculpture and now serves as emeritus professor of Graduate Studies. Together, they bring a rich and varied collection of work in painting, drawing, photography and sculpture to the exhibition. “We’re all connected to SIUE,” said Brigham Dimick. He said that the inspiration behind this particular show was to highlight the work of artists at the university and to help “form a bridge” between the university and the community. Dimick described this exhibition as a form of “cross-curricular learning” that, he hopes, will help people in the community to understand how art relates to their lives and not just as something to passively look at. John DenHouter has been an associate professor of Art & Design at SIUE since 1997. His paintings include both plein air work (created on location) and work produced in his studio. For his plein air paintings, he attempts to complete these pieces “alla prima,” or in one session. However, this

isn’t always possible and further refining is required in the studio. According to DenHouter, most of these works have been done in the metro-east communities of Edwardsville, Alton and Granite City. “These works are quite small and quickly painted in an attempt to capture the atmospheric conditions I am observing whether it be an urban, suburban, or rural scene. Color and value are often heightened to suggest the lighting and weather conditions as well as the particular time of day and season I am observing. This presents a great artistic challenge that never fails to test my skills as a painter,” said DenHouter in his artist’s statement. His studio paintings include invented landscapes and still lifes. DenHouter describes these paintings as larger and more refined than his plein air work. “They are very much informed by the knowledge I have gained from painting on location regarding the creation of a particular and convincing sense of space and light. These paintings often contain a darker element than my plein air landscapes due to the subject matter depicted. These images are often inspired by my family heritage in competitive athletics and commonly feature obsolete or discarded sports equipment such as basketball hoops or football goalposts placed in unexpected contexts. I view these forlorn and dilapidated objects as loose metaphors for once healthy family members and close family friends who suffered physical and mental afflictions,” stated DenHouter. Brigham Dimick has been an associate professor of Art & Design at SIUE since 2008. He has served the university as drawing area head since 2002. For the EAC exhibition, Dimick will be showing eight pieces that integrate traditional oil painting

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Above, a painting by John DenHouter. Below, a photo of Thomas Gipe. with photography. He describes the result as an “illusionistic painting.” “By visually integrating the language of oil painting with photography, I deliberately juxtapose the conceptual and visual characteristics of these two media. A photograph’s capacity to document a moment is seen in contrast to how a painting is an imagined space made over a long period of time,” said Dimick in his artist’s statement. Dimick’s children are the focus of these pieces. Seen from above, he explores representations of his children as a “means to examine the rifts between their innocent musings about the natural world and the larger environmental concerns about the same subject.” “By beginning with photographs of them from a bird’s eye view, I create painted illusions of maps that fluidly extend the private environments of these children into larger geographic regions,” stated Dimick. He goes on to state: “Illusionistic painting extends the photographic images into more expansive spaces that embody the environmental implications of

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the children’s focus. The spatial contexts within the photographs and the painted illusions of the maps then lose their separateness, becoming one continuous visual experience. By these means, I hope to achieve a deliberate synthesis between the real and the fantastic…” Thad A. Duhigg has been a professor at SIUE since 2006. He served as chair of the Department of Art & Design from 2006 to 2009. In 1997, he won a Fulbright Award to study in Budapest, Hungary, for seven months. Duhigg’s time in Europe gave him a fresh perspective in relation to his home and culture. It also prompted a new direction in his work to emerge. “I was confronted with (sometimes uncomfortable) themes, ideas and opinions about U.S. culture from a contemporary urban European perspective. Before long I was forced to move away from the abstractions and metaphors that had dominated my work up to that point. Now I was compelled to examine the new viewpoints that confronted me in Europe and my work became a more direct expression of ideas in relation to my society and culture,” said Duhigg in his artist’s statement. Duhigg described Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous quote that “truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are” as an idea that communicates both the tone and methodology of the work that originated during his time in Budapest. His work from that period focused on popular “western icons and images” including “cowboys and Indians,” “jocks and Barbie dolls,” “blacks and whites.” Through this work, Duhigg challenged the viewer to question the “truths in these naturalized illusions.” Duhigg has also focused his work on the theme of public monuments and the political/social statements they represent. Through his work, he examines questions like “Who decides what monuments will occupy public spaces?” and “Who has the power to destroy them?” “The symbolic removal of Lenin monuments in former Soviet countries or more recently the statue of Saddam Hussein in

Baghdad prompted thought on the connections between authority, nationalism and power especially as I considered significant monuments here in the U.S. The iconic power and reverence for Mount Rushmore contrasted with the ongoing struggle of creating the Crazy Horse monument nearby is one example of the political and cultural relationships I wanted to examine further,” stated Duhigg. Thomas Gipe is the final artist featured in the exhibition. Gipe joined the faculty at SIUE as a professor of sculpture in 1975. He continued to teach sculpture at SIUE until his retirement in 2001 when he became a professor emeritus. During his time as a professor, Gipe built the M.F.A. in sculpture at SIUE into a nationally recognized program. More than 40 M.F.A. candidates graduated and are university level artists/teachers, work in professional art foundries or operate their own professional art studios. He designed and supervised the building of the sculpture studio in the new art building at SIUE. This facility was the first in the nation to utilize a solid-state induction furnace to melt bronze, aluminum and iron. “Early in my career as an artist, I worked with formalist and nonobjective content. Through a series of drawings, my art moved to the narrative and figurative. I’ve continued to explore these concepts over the last three decades,” said Gipe in his artist’s statement. Gipe will be showing six sculptures in the EAC exhibition. These include images of anvils, clouds, flowers, birds, canoeing and camping, his childhood home and personal references. The works were made by using a combination of bronze and iron foundry, welding, forging, carving and fabricating. The Student Gallery at the EAC will feature the work of Lincoln Middle School students. The EAC is located in Edwardsville High School and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and is closed Sunday through Tuesday. Find out more about “DDD&G” and other upcoming shows by visiting EAC online at EdwardsvilleArtsCenter. com or on Facebook.

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Photos courtesy of Heather Thorne

Pictured are two scenes from "Carmina Burana."

"Carmina Burana" It's a musical you don't think you know but probably do By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

ou’ve probably heard the music of “Carmina Burana” a thousand times and don’t even know it. From “Glee” and “Friends” to action films, documentaries, commercials and talk shows, the thunderous opening strains of “O Fortuna” have permeated the fabric of our modern pop culture. Written in 1937 by German composer Carl Orff, “O Fortuna” has become one of the most played pieces of music of the 20th century. In fact, it has become so popular that it is easy to forget this is just one small part of a much larger musical masterpiece. Experience the full force of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” like never before in a new production featuring 120 singers, 60 musicians in a full orchestra and 40 dancers all performing together live on stage. Presented by Dance St. Louis, “Carmina Burana” is a tapestry of live music and riveting dance, featuring Nashville Ballet, University of Missouri-St. Louis Orchestra & Singers, Bach Society of Saint Louis and St. Louis Children’s Choir. The production takes place at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 through Saturday, Feb. 23 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, located at 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis, Mo. “’Carmina Burana’ is one of the most recognizable pieces of music and each year it is performed by orchestras and choirs all over the world,” said Michael Uthoff, executive and artistic director of Dance St. Louis in the release. “But what is unique about this ‘Carmina Burana’ is that beyond its designation as a first-ever collaboration between the reputable Nashville Ballet and a collection of talented St. Louis performing

arts groups, the production itself is enormous, almost larger than life, and the glory, beauty and intensity of ‘Carmina Burana’ is heightened two-fold.” “Carmina Burana” was originally written as a collection of more than 200 secular medieval poems by members of the clergy between the 11th and 13th centuries. Carl Orff drew inspiration from the original text’s themes about fate, love and the earthly pleasures of sex, drinking and gambling for his epic cantata. The synopsis of the production states: “Fortuna, who determines the fate of man, is visually represented by the Wheel of Fortune: a huge skirt that encircles a single dancer with images projected on to it to make it look like a turning wheel. The music takes listeners full circle moving from Fortune’s fate, a celebration of purity and recognition of fleshly and worldly pleasures back to a celebration of

love and back to Fortune.” The release states that the “poems of ‘Carmina Burana’ examine the cycle of life and question the source of life’s pains.” The poems were originally written on parchment made from animal skin, which was often written on, erased and reused many times. The parchment material inspired portions of Artistic Director and CEO of Nashville Ballet Paul Vasterling’s choreography and former Nashville Ballet company member Eric Harris’ costume designs in the production. “The imagery of the Wheel of Fortune and the parchment both spoke to me when choreographing this piece, because they are both illustrations that we are all part of something bigger, a greater whole,” said Vasterling in the release. Vasterling brings Carl Orff’s music to life with his vision of “Carmina Burana.”

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Audiences will likely be most familiar with “O Fortuna,” the opening piece of “Carmina Burana.” The music’s strong percussive elements, ancient lyrics and ominous tone make it a favorite with movie trailers, feature films and video games. In this production, it is performed by Nashville Ballet, UMSL Orchestra & Singers, Bach Society of Saint Louis and St. Louis Children’s Choir. The opening act for “Carmina Burana” is Bach Cantata No. 10, performed by MADCO and UMSL Orchestra & Singers. MADCO dances a piece choreographed by Michael Uthoff while UMSL Orchestra & Singers accompanies the dancers live on stage. Nashville Ballet, the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee, premiered “Carmina Burana” in 2009 to rave reviews. Audiences loved the company’s “electrifying” interpretation of Orff’s score. Demands for additional performances followed. Nashville Scene stated, “the dancing is first-rate—a fully expressive group effort that is, by turns, lyrical, genuinely humorous and gratifyingly physical.” Ballet.co.uk Magazine stated that “Carmina Burana” displayed “dramatic intensity reflected both in pristine performance of dancers and in the richly staged conception of “Carmina” as a classical showpiece.” To gain greater insight into this dramatic production, join Dance St. Louis Artistic and Executive Director Michael Uthoff at the Marjorie Orgel Speaking of Dance Series. This free program series will take at 7:15 p.m. prior to the 8 p.m. performances and at 1:15 p.m. prior to the Sunday 2 p.m. performance in the Touhill’s Terrace Lobby. Tickets for “Carmina Burana” range from $35 to $55 for the evening performances and all tickets are $35 for the Sunday matinee. Tickets are available at the Dance St. Louis box office at 3547 Olive Street in the Centene Center for Arts and Education in Grand Center, by calling 314-534-6622, or by visiting dancestlouis.org.

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CAM to host the works of Jeremy Deller By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

he work of contemporary artist Jeremy Deller is now on show at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. The exhibition runs through April 28. The CAM’s exhibition of “Jeremy Deller: Joy in People” is the first midcareer survey of an artist it describes as “one of Britain’s most significant contemporary artists.” The exhibition features a comprehensive selection of Deller ’s major installations, photographs, videos, posters, banners, performances, and sound works. Highlights include “Open Bedroom (1993),” a life-size reconstruction of his first exhibition staged in his parents’ house while they were away on vacation, and “Valerie’s Snack Bar,” a functioning replica of a Manchester café, originally created as a float for

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Above, the art installation, "Valerie's Snack Bar." Below, a "Joy In People" banner.

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a parade Deller orchestrated in 2009 (complemented by large-scale parade banners, including one designed by David Hockney, and a video of the procession). Deller, who was born in 1966 in London and continues to live there, emerged in the 1990s with a new approach to contemporary art. A CAM press release states: “Over the past two decades Jeremy Deller has redefined the rules of contemporary art and become a profound influence on artists emerging today.” He studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art and University of Sussex. In 2004, he won the Turner Prize. This year, Deller will represent Britain at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Deller has made a regular practice of highlighting everyday life and experience in his work, both collaborative and interactive. His work celebrates how people’s activities transform mass culture or become part of the popular imagination itself. Deller ’s statement that “art isn’t about what you make but what you make happen” is reflected in the way that he assembles things, stages events, and orchestrates and directs ephemeral yet galvanizing situations, according to exhibition information. Many of Deller ’s projects over the years have dealt with the social meanings of popular music and how the use of power by those in authority affects everyday people. This exhibition will literally take over the CAM’s entire museum space. Besides the galleries, a number of improvements and special additions will fill the museum in celebration of this show. Visitors can eat traditional British pub fare in the café at select programs and relax in the newly refurbished lobby and courtyard. CAM’s museum store, CAM POP, will also be

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redesigned with a whimsical British theme and specially curated to reflect Deller ’s exuberant embrace of both high and low culture. An extensive array of public programs is planned to complement the exhibition, including a live performance of Deller ’s pivotal 1997 work “Acid Brass,” in which acid house techno music is played by a traditional brass band, as well as a discussion between the artist and key participants in “It Is What It Is,” his 2009 project about the Iraq War. An extensive array of public programs is planned to complement the exhibition, including: ● Curatorial Tours on March 28 and April 25. ● Unhappy Hour, a unique Valentine’s Day event featuring complimentary tarot card readings, music, gourmet eats by Entre, and British-style craft beers by Civil Life from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 14. ● What the (F)ilm screenings of movies that explore the intersection of pop culture and music at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 22, March 8 and April 19. ● Tea Talks held in “Valerie’s Snack Bar” with complimentary tea and invited experts discussing exhibitionrelated topics at 2 p.m. on Feb. 23, March 23 and April 27. ● “Acid Brass,” a live performance of Deller ’s pivotal 1997 work, in which acid house techno music is played by a traditional brass band at 7 p.m. on March 14. Deller ’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions from New York to Tokyo, Brazil and Munich. The exhibition is coordinated at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Chief Curator Dominic Molon and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog ($40). For more information, visit www. camstl.org

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Thursday, Feb 14 Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. D a Vi n c i M a c h i n e s I I : T h e Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 21. The Rep presents Sense and Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb 15 Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. Opening Reception: DDD&G, E d w a r d s v i l l e A r t s C e n t e r, Edwardsville, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. Opening Reception: PaperWork In, On, and Of Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 16. D a Vi n c i M a c h i n e s I I : T h e Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 21. The Rep presents Sense and Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

D D D & G , E d w a rd s v i l l e A r t s Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. N e w M e d i a S e r i e s – Wi l l i a m E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. P a p e r Wo r k I n , O n , a n d O f Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. E d w a r d C u r t i s : Vi s i o n s o f Native America, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 16. The Progress of Love, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20. D a Vi n c i M a c h i n e s I I : T h e Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper A r t M u s e u m , S t . L o u i s , 11 : 0 0 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 21. The Rep presents Sense and Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb 17 Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 28. PaperWork In, On, and Of Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles,

Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through March 22. Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 16. D a Vi n c i M a c h i n e s I I : T h e Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 21. The Rep presents Sense and Sensibility, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. P a z a z z G a l a , To u h i l l P e r f o r m i n g A r t s C e n t e r, S t . Louis, 7:00 p.m. The Black Rep presents The Mountaintop, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb 16 Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

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attention to the still life and to the methods and materiality of painting. For the first time in more than 80 years, Braque’s “Rosenberg Quartet” (1928-29), created for his dealer, Paul Rosenberg, is here reunited. Another grouping features The Blue Mandolin, Still Life with Glass and Still Life with Fruit Dish, Bottle, and Mandolin, all completed in 1930. Though depicting similar objects—gueridon tables, mandolins, compote bowls— the three paintings are executed in distinct palettes and from different vantage points. The effect is to highlight Braque’s gift for rendering familiar worlds unfamiliar, or even hallucinatory. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 is curated by Karen K. Butler, assistant curator at the Kemper Art Museum, and by Renée Maurer, assistant curator at The Phillips Collection. The exhibition will open at the Kemper Art Museum Jan. 25, 2013, and remain on view until April 21. It then will travel to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., where it will be on view June 8 to Sept. 1, 2013.

In the early 20th century, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso invented Cubism and shook the foundations of Western art. But in the 1930s, as the rise of fascism brought new urgency to questions of aesthetics and politics— questions that entered mainstream consciousness with Picasso’s Guernica (1937)—Braque’s fractured still lifes and bourgeois interiors remained emphatically inward-looking. Yet Braque’s painting was not as separate from outside events as Braque might have it. While his attention to the private, secluded realm of the still life suggests disengagement with historical and political circumstances, the paintings themselves convey a more complex narrative. Indeed, the artist’s exactingly internal gaze was precisely what made his work relevant to questions of art, engagement and responsibility. So argues Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945, the first major U.S. museum exhibition dedicated to Braque in 16 years. Co-organized by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis and The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the exhibition is also the first to situate Braque’s work within the cultural and political upheavals leading up to, and through, World War II—a period that has been virtually unexplored in scholarship on the artist. Drawn from public and private collections in the United States and Europe, Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1945 brings together 42 paintings representing an overlooked moment in the painter’s career: after the early, pioneering days of Cubism and the neoclassical retour à l’ordre, but before the late series of large-scale paintings featuring billiard tables, birds, and the atelier. By presenting multiple groupings of closely related works side by side, the exhibition reinforces the slow, experiential viewing that is central to his art, providing a rare opportunity to understand the mastery behind Braque’s dedicated and focused

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“This Is 40”

Every inch a Judd Apatow movie, from the pop culture references and potty mouths to the blunt body humor and escapist drug use. And like all of Apatow’s movies, it’s a good 20 minutes too long. But within that affectionately messy sprawl lies a maturation, an effort to convey something deeper, more personal and more substantive. That goes beyond the casting of his real-life wife, Leslie Mann, as half the couple in question, and the Apatow children, Maude and Iris, as the family’s daughters in this sort-of-sequel to the 2007 hit “Knocked Up.”. As writer and director, Apatow seems more interested in finding painful nuggets of truth than easy laughs. Much of the banter between longtime Los Angeles marrieds Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Mann) can be very funny, but frequently it’s raw and painful as they have the kind of conversations about kids, finances and sex that might make many people in the audience feel an uncomfortable shiver of recognition. The film takes place during the three-week period when Pete and Debbie are both turning 40 (although Debbie likes to pretend she’s still 38). Birthday parties, fights about money, school confrontations, bratty kid flare-ups and awkward attempts at reconciling with parents are among the many events that occur during this vulnerable time of transition. The strong supporting cast includes Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Jason Segel and a surprisingly funny Megan Fox. RATED: R for sexual content, crude humor, pervasive language and some drug material. RUNNING TIME: 133 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Promised Land”

An experience that’s alternately amusing and frustrating, full of impassioned earnestness and saggy sections. Director Gus Van Sant has the challenge of taking the topic of fracking and trying to make it cinematic. Working from a script by co-stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, based on a story by Dave Eggers, he succeeds in fits and starts. The impoverished small town that’s the tale’s setting, a place in need of the kind of economic rejuvenation fracking could provide, is full of folksy folks whose interactions with the main characters don’t always ring true. “Promised Land” has its heart is on its sleeve and makes its pro-environment message quite clear, but it’s in the looser and more ambiguous places that the film actually works. Damon stars as Steve Butler, a salesman traveling the country on behalf of a bland behemoth of an energy corporation. Having grown up on an Iowa farm himself and seeing how an economic downturn can devastate a small town, Butler seems to be a true believer in what he’s selling. But he’s also a pragmatist, as evidenced by the playfully cynical give-and-take he enjoys with his partner, Sue (a sharp Frances McDormand). Famously for his efficiency in persuading rural residents to sell their land for the drilling rights, Steve runs into a major challenge when he and Sue arrive in depressed McKinley, Pa., where an outspoken old-timer (Hal Holbrook) and a flashy, charismatic environmental crusader (Krasinski) dare to question the company’s methods. RATED: R for language. RUNNINT TIME: 106 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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“Broken City”

It should come as no surprise that every character in a movie with a title like this is either rotten to the core, or a liar, or a schemer, or the bearer of seriously damaging secrets. What is surprising is that these characters never feel like real people, despite a series of twists that should, in theory, reveal hidden, unexpected facets of their personalities and despite being played by big-name stars including Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones. They’re all still conniving, only with varying alliances and targets. At the center of these dizzying double crosses is Wahlberg as Billy Taggart, a former New York police detective who got kicked off the force after a questionable shooting. Seven years later, Billy is barely getting by as a Brooklyn private eye. Then one day, the mayor (Crowe), who’d always been on Billy’s side, hires Billy to investigate whether his wife (ZetaJones) is having an affair. He’s up for re-election in a week and doesn’t want to lose to a young, well-financed challenger (Barry Pepper) over revelations that he’s being cuckolded. But Billy’s digging leads to further revelations involving the mayor ’s rival, the rival’s campaign manager (Kyle Chandler), the police commissioner (Jeffrey Wright) and some wealthy, well-connected land developers. Everything is simultaneously too complicated and overly spelled out. Director Allen Hughes’ film is a forgettable piece of pulp. RATED: R for pervasive language, some violence and sexual content. RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One and a half stars out of four.

“The Last Stand”

The Arnold Schwarzenegger movie you didn’t even realize you wanted to see. This is the action superstar ’s first leading role in a decade, having left acting to serve as the governor of California and whatnot, and while it may not have occurred to you to miss him during that time, it’s still surprisingly good to see him on the big screen again. He is not exactly pushing himself here. Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s American filmmaking debut turns out to be an extremely Schwarzeneggerish Schwarzenegger film, full of big, violent set pieces and broad comedy. He may look a little creaky (and facially freaky) these days, but Arnold proves he’s still game for the mayhem as he fires off rounds and tosses off one-liners, and the movie at least has the decency to acknowledge that it knows that you know that he’s old. The script also feels a bit old — “The Last Stand” is essentially an amped-up version of “Rio Bravo,” with some “Jackass”-style hijinks courtesy of Johnny Knoxville himself. A Mexican drug kingpin (Eduardo Noriega) daringly escapes federal custody and heads for a quiet Arizona border town where Schwarzenegger, as the sheriff, rounds up a posse of misfits to stop him. But Kim keeps things moving briskly and the members of the strong supporting cast (Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, Forest Whitaker) don’t seem to mind that they’re playing flimsy types. Everyone’s just here for a mindless good time. RATED: R for strong, bloody violence throughout and language. RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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“LUV”

This drama about the tragic realities of fathers and sons in unforgiving urban environs can’t measure up to the lyricism of its star ’s own music. It stars Common, the thoughtful, charismatic Chicago rhymer who, in threeand four-minute hip-hop ruminations, summons more vibrant social imagery than these well-intended but hollow 1 1/2 hours. Taking place over a day in Baltimore, “LUV” stars Common as the former convict Vincent, who takes his 11-year-old nephew Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) for a lesson-filled day of bonding. But Vincent’s qualifications are questionable: He’s desperate for the $22,000 he needs for a business loan and has gang members after him. It’s a promising enough conceit — a stressed, untrustworthy but inherently decent guy trying to play the role model — but the day takes awkward, implausible turns, jumping from violence to stone-skipping in the harbor. The dialogue, too, is often cringe-worthy as the two meet various friends and associates of Vincent’s, with cameos by Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Clark Johnson and Michael Kenneth Williams. The cliches mount as the journey leads to bloody standoffs and drug dealer confrontations. Still, there is tenderness here, and first-time director Sheldon Candis should further develop his naturalistic impulse. We are, after all, not exactly showered with intimate, aspiring films of urban life. Not yet rated RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One and a half stars out of four.

“Parker”

This plays like the bloodiest promotional video ever made for Palm Beach tourism. Stabbings, explosions and furnituresmashing brawls occur at some of the ritziest locations within the sun-splashed, pastel-soaked slab of Florida opulence. The city is the setting for a $50 million jewel heist as well as some revenge doled out with the usual machine-like efficiency by Jason Statham. As the title character, the antihero of many of the novels by Richard Stark (the pseudonym of the late Donald E. Westlake), Statham is stepping into a well-known persona. But he’s not exactly pushing himself outside his comfort zone. Parker is the kind of thief who lives by a civilized, self-imposed code — one he expects others to adhere to, as well. But this is the same character Statham always plays: quietly cool, dryly British, powerfully lethal. Director Taylor Hackford’s rather perfunctory action film is actually more compelling before it even gets to Palm Beach, as Parker makes his way from Ohio to Texas to New Orleans before reaching his final destination. After being double-crossed by his partners (including Michael Chiklis and Wendell Pierce) on a daring robbery of the Ohio State Fair, Parker seeks revenge by tailing them to their next job: hitting the auction of some major jewels that belonged to a late society maven. Jennifer Lopez co-stars as the struggling Palm Beach real estate agent who learns too much and wants a piece of the action, but playing weak and girlish isn’t exactly her strong suit. RATED: R for strong violence, language throughout and brief sexual content/nudity. RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One and a half stars out of four.

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Cast members, from left, Sylvester Stallone, Sarah Shahi, Sung Kang, director Walter Hill and Jason Momoa attend the "Bullet To The Head" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square on Tuesday, Jan. 29, in New York.

"Bullet to the Head" a solid B-movie By JORDAN MINTZER The Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES (AP) — Like the amped up comeback tour of two rockers who had their heyday sometime in the mid-’80s, Sylvester Stallone and director Walter Hill (“48 HRS.,” “The Warriors”) join forces for a hard-hitting exercise in beefy, brainless fun with the New Orleans-set actioner “Bullet to the Head.” Taking its B-grade scenario ‘ la lettre, this assassin-cop buddy movie aims to accomplish little more than delivering tons of kinetic wham-bam fight sequences and LOL oneliners, which Stallone recites from a face that seems literally frozen in time. Independently financed, “Bullet” should target decent crowds, especially abroad, though will play best on the small screen. Adapted by Alessandro Camon (“The

Messenger”) from the French comic book series by Matz, the film shifts the setting from New York to New Orleans (tax credits, anyone?), though that location is never officially named — and, like many things in this fast and easy shoot ‘em up, such details don’t really matter. An opening assassination scene, replete with a prostitute and lots of cocaine, introduces us to Jimmy Bobo (Stallone), a tired and heavily tattooed hitman who’s seen it all but still can pack a nasty punch. When Jimmy’s partner (Jon Seda) gets sliced up by a musclebound meathead (Jason Momoa) with expert mercenary skills, Jimmy vows revenge. He teams with an out-of-town detective, Taylor Kwon (“Sung Kang,” “Fast Five”), who’s been sent to investigate the murder of his former partner — who turns out to be the very man Jimmy took down.

If this sounds complicated, it isn’t, and once those major plot points are dispatched with, “Bullet to the Head” dishes out 90 minutes of old-school mayhem, accompanied by plenty of comic banter between the aging thug and his Korean protege. It’s as if Stallone and Kang were swapped in for Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in yet another “Another 48 HRS.,” with Bobo showing Kwon the ropes while insulting his ethnic origins to no end, even if it’s clear we’re in bromance territory from the get-go. After much face smashing, the two renegades eventually catch wind of a local conspiracy involving government contracts, converted condos and Christian Slater, who makes a short but fun cameo as a local sleazeball with a few zingers of his own. As is required in this sort of nuts-and-bolts material, all the characters wind up at an abandoned

power plant, where the big showdown goes down with bullets and battleaxes and some more jokes from the peanut gallery. We’re clearly in “Expendables” territory here, though unlike those rather drawn-out affairs, Hill keeps his movie lean and mean, cutting straight to the punch lines while administering violence in quick and crunching doses. Bobo refers more than once to his old age, but Stallone can still throw himself into a good fight (courtesy of stunt coordinator JJ Perry), though he’s more convincing kicking butt or dropping one-liners than when he’s garbling a voice-over. The Louisiana-shot production doesn’t exactly do justice to its purported $55 million budget, though the locations are colorful and well-utilized, while the hard rock score by Steve Mazzaro fits this joyride perfectly.

"Warm Bodies" may be the perfect date movie By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I had fully prepared myself to be writing about Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller "Side Effects" for you since I’d gotten the opportunity to see it a few weeks before its scheduled release. You’ll have to wait, though, because I saw another great film that I think most of you might have missed given the anemic Box Office during Super Bowl weekend. It’s called "Warm Bodies" and I couldn’t be happier about how it has brought a good name back to a struggling genre and given us all a little something to cozy up to during this seemingly endless winter. When I reference a struggling genre, I refer of course to something that’s a little more stable than the

phrase “interspecies romance” would indicate. Disney’s Belle had her Beast, Buffy smoldered on the small screen with Angel (& Spike), and the Twilight franchise nearly put me into a coma with all that nonsense between Bella and Edward (& Jacob). Heck, even March’s release of The Host promises a love affair between a possessed alien being of some sort and a mortal man. "Warm Bodies" is a first for me, though. It’s a genuine, sweet love story – paired up with some mediocre action scenes and adequate special effects – that sets a zombie on a crash course in heartache after a lovely freedom fighter catches his eye. R (Nicholas Hoult) is a red hoodie-wearing “corpse” who spends his days shuffling around an airport concourse with other undead

souls like his best friend, M (Rob Corddry). They only have initials because common folks apparently lose memories pretty significantly after they convert into zombiedom. Thankfully for the audience, R has full use of his faculties through astoundingly articulate voiceover narration and we’re privy to his inner thoughts. In fact, if we had to subsist on just the one-word interactions between the zombies, even Corddry’s hilarious ones, we would die alongside our lead. Hoult is a great casting choice. In fact, the young actor has already had a few lucky breaks since working with Hugh Grant in 2002’s About a Boy and as the current embodiment of Hank McCoy in the X-Men series. When chasing down a tasty meal of brains one day, R is bewitched

by a rebel human in the striking form of Julie (Teresa Palmer, one of Australia’s finer exports like Hugh Jackman & Nicole Kidman). Whether it’s really love at first sight, or maybe a result of having eaten her boyfriend’s (Dave Franco) memories, R falls hard for his blonde soldier and shields her away from the other flesh-eating monsters at the airport. As the days go by, R and Julie (named so, I secretly hope, as homage to the Bard) find that their burgeoning romance is slowly having an effect on both the boy and his fellow undead. Hand-holding, a comehither glance, and the rosy glow of new love are regenerating the seed of humanity in these decomposing schmucks. But try convincing Julie’s dad (John Malcovich) of

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that! To him, corpses are among the same breed of disaster as “bonies”, the skeletal creatures that are corpses beyond hope, the ones that gave up any chance of coming back from the unnamed plague that turned them in the first place. He’s a good father, and a good leader, as he at least waits to hear R’s plea before making any decision on what to do about the crisis. I was charmed all the way through and highly suggest you go see this movie. A clever, better date movie might not come around for a while. "Warm Bodies" runs 112 minutes and is rated PG-13 for zombie violence and some language. I give this film four stars out of four.

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Thursday, Feb 14 Sachal Vasandani, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Little River Band, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. Katt Williams, The Peabody, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Galactic, Feat. Corey Glover w/ Latryx feat. Lyrics Born & Lateef the Truthspeaker, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Tea Leaf Green w/ Tumbleweed Wanderers, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. The Whammy!, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Featherstone Drive, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 7:00 p.m. Corelia, Seeker, Decay Crawler, The Engineered, Past Consent, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m. Charlie Free w/Mars, Irie Sun, Damiou, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. Skiddalz w/DJ Karma, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb 16 Sachal Vasandani, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Specticast: Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m. American Masters, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Timeflies, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Kishi Bashi w/Plume Giant, Ross Christopher, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. Ben Sollee, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Acoustic Asylum, 3:00 p.m./ American Idle, 8:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton John Henry & The Engine w/ The Incurables, Trophy Mules, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Make Me Break Me Farewell Show w/A Lesser Hope, Skylines, Slampig, An Offering By Fire, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m. The Rocketboys, Mike Mains and The Branches, Dinner And a Suit, Cicero's, University City, Doors, 7:30 p.m With The Punches, Divided By Friday, Far From Proper w/Home & Away, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. Pistols and The Sisters w/Pat Eagan of The Royal Smokestacks, Gary Schoenberger, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb 15 Denise Thimes w/Bucky Pizzarelli, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Sachal Vasandani, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Little River Band, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. American Masters, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. Katt Willilams, The Peabody, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Gaelic Storm, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Jukebox The Ghost w/ Matt Pond, The Lighthouse and the Whaler, We Should Leave This Tree, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. American Idle, Fast Eddie's Bon

Sunday, Feb 17 The Jazz Singer, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Magical Movements, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. Ballyhoo! w/Kayavibe, VibeSteady, Beach Bum Alcoholics, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Royal Southern Brotherhood feat. Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wo o t o n ,   O l d R o c k H o u s e , S t . Louis,Doors 7:00 p.m. Red Rock, 2:00 p.m./Spin the Bottle, 7:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton LBJ Presents: Open Mic Night, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m.

Monday, Feb 18 Up To Eleven presents Man Man, Murder By Death, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Mod Sun- Road Trippin' Tour w/ Tayyib Ali, Choo Jackson, Pat Brown, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. D u t c h L u t e n i s t J o z e f Va n Wissem w/R. Keenan Lawler, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb 19 The Book of Mormon, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Stand Your Ground, Liberty Bell Co., Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Torres, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. D.R.I w/ CROSS EXAMINATION, T h o r H a m m e r, T h e B a s e m e n t , Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Jay N Waylon, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, Feb 21 Outbreak, 6:00 p.m./ Twelve Monkeys, 8:30 p.m., The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville The Book of Mormon, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. G-Eazy- Must Be Nice Tour w/ Skizzy Mars & Mvstermind, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Radio Star, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 7:00 p.m. Carmina Burana, Touhill, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. The World We Knew, Aegaeon, Dark Sermon w/THE ARCANE HORROR, sweet intoxication, Battalion, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb 22 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. DJ Stan Da Man w/Jonezy, Overland Terrace, Hearskra-z, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m. Brazil, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:45 p.m. The Book of Mormon, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. L i f t E v e r y Vo i c e , P o w e l l

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Saturday, Feb 23 Paul Brown & The Killing Devils, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Big George Brock and the New House Rockers, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. Willie Akins/Montez Coleman Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Book of Mormon, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Chris Botti, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Celebration Day: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Dots Not Feathers, Palace w/ Union Tree Review, Wildeyed, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Music Tuning in St. Louis Chamber Chorus to celebrate the movies Since the earliest days of Hollywood, music has played a vital role not only in the making of movies but in our enjoyment of them. Live music enhanced silent films, famous works have enriched many a scene and much great music has been written specifically for movies. Indeed, the title of this Saint Louis Chamber Chorus program, “Music and Movies Go Hand In Hand,” is a quote from American filmmaker Quentin Tarentino. The concert will take place at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church 3140 Meramec St., South St. Louis at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. Ti c k e t s a re $ 3 0 – G e n e r a l admission and $10 – Students. To purchase tickets go to www. chamberchorus.org. The audience will hear a collection of adaptations, parodies and original works. Music of both Mozart and Samuel Barber reference the film “Lorenzo's Oil.” British composer George Fenton contributes music from the film version of C.S. Lewis's biography, “Shadowlands” and Miklos Rozsa is represented by music from “The Jungle Book.” “The Sound of Music” is parodied in the form of a Renaissance mass by one Veronica von Dieselheim. Sister Veronica, devout nun and noted jam-maker who died in 1591, is the alter ego of Michael Mullen, keeper of historic instruments at London's Royal College of Music. A highlight of the concert is sure to be the world premiere of a new version of “Psalm 23” by Oscarwinning composer Trevor Jones for the film adaptation of Kate Mosse's supernatural thriller “Labyrinth.” Doubly exciting is the fact that the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus recorded the work last year for the

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Widespread Panic to appear at the Peabody After a yearlong hiatus, Widespread Panic has announced dates for their much-anticipated 2013 Spring Tour. The tour marks the first time the legendary sextet will tour featuring their full electric set up since 2011. To help celebrate the long-awaited return to the road, Widespread Panic will include intimate, fan favorite venues at select stops this spring. The tour begins with two nights at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, MO on April 9 & 10 and wraps with two nights in Nashville, TN at The Woods at Fontanel on May 3 & 4. Other cities include Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and Louisville. Tickets will be available at the

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By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Imagine waking up in a luxurious bed and breakfast and sitting down to an expertly prepared gourmet meal this Valentine’s Day. Sounds like heaven, doesn’t it? If you have ever had the good fortune to spend time away in a B&B, you’ll know that the food plays a major part in the overall enjoyment of your stay. Many B&B these days offer customized packages that range from intimate candlelit dinner and wine pairings, to decadent chocolate tastings and multi-course breakfasts with bacon and eggs fresh from the farm. However, if a romantic getaway isn’t possible this year, you can still add a little romance to your holiday at home with a specially prepared meal of your own. These favorite recipes from popular B&Bs in the northern and western Illinois counties of Henry, Jo Daviess and McHenry are perfect for taking your usual menus up a notch. You might even want to take a few minutes with your sweetie to browse the websites provided for the following B&Bs and start planning a trip sometime in the near future. Whether you desire a grand setting like the majestic RavenStone Castle Bed and Breakfast in Harvard, the Victorian splendor of Annie Wiggins Guest House in Galena or the chic Old World ambiance of Good’s European Bed & Breakfast in Kewanee, all of these destinations are perfect for enjoying a romantic trip with your loved one. Take a look at the recipes below and surprise your Valentine with a meal they won’t forget. Rise & Shine Cranberry Scones The Inn at Lake Elizabeth Richmond, Ill. www.TheInnAtLakeElizabeth.com 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 tsp. baking soda 2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 TBS. baking powder 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 stick butter 1 medium egg 1/2 cup dried cranberries Preheat oven to 350°. In a medium bowl, mix together the sour cream and baking soda and set aside. Measure the flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt into a large

bowl; combine thoroughly. Using a box grater, shred the butter into the flour mixture and stir until combined. Crack the egg into the flour mixture, add the sour cream mixture and stir until combined. Dump entire contents of bowl onto pastry cloth or working surface, add cranberries, and knead until dough can be shaped into a disk that is 3/4" thick. Cut disk into six or eight wedges, place on a baking sheet and bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes, until scones are brown on the bottom. Serves six to eight. Caramel Apple Bread Pudding RavenStone Castle Bed & Breakfast Harvard, Ill. www.RavenStoneCastle.com 3 medium apples, peeled, cored and sliced 4 TBS. butter ¾ cup brown sugar 24 ounces of white bread or rolls 8 large eggs 1 quart (4 cups) milk, half & half or almond milk 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp. vanilla Caramel sauce (or melted caramels) Sauté sliced apples in butter and brown sugar over low heat until apples are soft, and set aside. Break bread into bite-sized pieces in a large bowl, and set aside. Mix remaining ingredients (except caramel) together, pour over bread, stir well, then fold in cooled apple mixture. Turn into a buttered 9" x 13" pan. Drizzle caramel sauce (or melted caramels) on top. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm. Serves eight or more. Chef Kathy Good's Gruner Salad Good's European Bed & Breakfast Kewanee, Ill. www.GoodsFurniture.com/visit/bedbreakfast Dressing: 2 cups corn oil 3/4 cup cider vinegar 1/3 cup plus 1 TBS. soy sauce Mix and boil one minute; cool in refrigerator. Topping: 1 package "ramen" noodles, broken or crushed (discard seasoning packet) 2 TBS. sliced almonds 2 TBS. sesame seeds 2 TBS. margarine Melt margarine and stir in sesame seeds, almonds and noodles. Spread into a 9" x 13" pan and bake in 350° oven for about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until golden-brown. Salad: 1 head of Napa cabbage, chopped 2 green onions, thinly sliced Shortly before serving, toss salad with 1/3 cup dressing. Plate individual salads and garnish each one with 4 TBS. of topping. Serves six or more. Mushroom & Dill Frittata Abe's Spring Street Guest House Galena, Ill. www.GalenaBedBreakfast.com 2 TBS. extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 green onions, sliced 12 oz. baby portabella mushrooms, sliced 6 eggs 1 TBS. fresh dill, minced Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste ½ cup shredded Gruyere cheese 2 TBS. minced parsley and/or chives for garnish Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 10-inch round baking dish or pie pan. In a large skillet over medium heat, sauté the garlic and green onions in olive oil until soft, about two minutes. Add the mushrooms, increase heat to medium-high and sauté

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Above, scones at The Inn at Lake Elizabeth in Richmond. Below, Abe's Spring Steet Guest House in Galena. until soft, one to two minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs just until blended. Mix in dill, plus garlic/onion/ mushroom mixture. Pour into baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes, or until set. Cut into six wedges, serve warm and garnish with fresh minced parsley and/or chives. Serves six. Baked Cheese Blintz Annie Wiggins Guest House Galena, Ill. www.AnnieWiggins.com Filling: 4 oz. cream cheese 8 oz. cottage cheese 1 egg yolk 1 TBS. sugar 3/4 tsp. vanilla Batter: 3 eggs 3/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup melted butter 1 tsp. grated lemon peel 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder Preheat oven to 350°. Blend batter ingredients together and set aside. Beat filling ingredients together. Pour half of batter into a buttered 9" x 9" pan. Drop dollops of cottage cheese mixture on the batter layer. Pour remaining batter over the top.Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Cut into squares or rectangles. Serves six to eight. Date Nut Bread Aunt Daisy's Bed & Breakfast Kewanee, Ill. www.AuntDaisy.net 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup white sugar 1 TBS. butter 1 cup hot water 1 tsp. soda 2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla ½ cup chopped nuts Preheat oven to 350°. Combine dates, sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Dissolve soda in hot water. Pour over date mixture and let set five minutes. Stir in one beaten egg. Stir in flour, baking powder, vanilla and nuts. Pour into a buttered loaf pan and bake at 350° for 45 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If using several mini loaf pans, bake for 20 minutes. Makes one large loaf or four mini loaves. Serves six to eight. Apple, Blueberry & Walnut Pancake with Apple Cider Sauce Belle Aire Mansion, Galena, Ill. www.BelleAireMansion.com Pancake: 3 Cups Bisquick ½ cup sugar 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon 1 ½ cups milk

3 eggs ¾ cup chopped walnuts ¾ cup whole blueberries (fresh or frozen) 1 ½ cups peeled, cored and chopped apple Apple Cider Sauce: 1 cup sugar 3 tsp. Bisquick ¼ tsp. cinnamon 2 cups apple cider Mix Bisquick, sugar, cinnamon, milk and eggs together thoroughly. Fold in walnuts, blueberries and apple. Pour into a buttered 9" X 13" pan. Bake at 400° for about 30 minutes. Mix and heat sauce ingredients until thick. Cut pancake into squares. Serve warm and top with Apple Cider Sauce. Serves eight. Blueberry/Blackberry Baked Oatmeal Bundling Board Inn Woodstock, Ill. www.BundlingBoard.com Oatmeal: 2 cups uncooked oatmeal ½ cup dark brown sugar 3 TBS. slivered almonds 1 heaping tsp. baking powder 2 TBS. ground flaxseed 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 ½ cups milk ½ cup applesauce 1 beaten egg 1 tsp. vanilla 2 TBS. melted butter 1 mixed cup of frozen or fresh blueberries and blackberries (or fruit of choice) Topping: Maple yogurt (6 ounces vanilla yogurt mixed with 1 to 2 TBS. real maple syrup) Additional almonds and real maple syrup for garnish Preheat oven to 375°. Mix dry ingredients t o g e t h e r i n a l a rg e b o w l . M i x m i l k , applesauce, egg, vanilla, melted butter; pour and mix into dry ingredients. Gently fold in berries. Pour mixture into 8" x 8" buttered pan. Bake for about 25 minutes at 375°. Remove and let stand for five minutes. Cut into squares and top each serving with maple yogurt, slivered almonds and a "smidge" of maple syrup. Serves six to eight. Apricot Baked Brie Ryan Mansion Bed & Breakfast Galena, Ill. www.RyanMansionGalena.com 1 cup dried apricots 3 TBS. brown sugar 3 TBS. water 1 ½ tsp. balsamic vinegar 1 tsp. minced fresh rosemary 1 tsp. minced fresh thyme 1 large round of brie 1 sheet puff pastry Sauté apricots and herbs in water and vinegar until liquid is absorbed. Roll out puff pastry and set brie in the middle. Top with the apricot mixture. Bring the puff pastry up and pinch to seal. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until pastry is golden.

Dining Delights Guacamole remains the go-to dip By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor Looking for a few simple ways to freshen up the go-to dish of the any party? We cobbled together a mighty tasty basic guacamole, then came up with four ways to turn basic into unbelievably good. If sweet and heat are your style, go for guac mixed with brown sugar candied bacon and hot sauce. Heat fiends will prefer the corn and chipotle blend, while those who favor the exotic touch might like the shrimp and mango version. And for those who want it all? A roasted fresh salsa guac. BASE GUACAMOLE RECIPE Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 12 4 Hass avocados, skins and pits removed 4 teaspoons lime juice 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon salt 1 / 4 t e a s p o o n g ro u n d b l a c k pepper In a medium bowl, use a fork or potato masher to mash the avocados. The guacamole should be mostly smooth, but with visible chunks. Mix in the lime juice, cumin, salt and pepper. Proceed with the recipe using one of the following mix-in combinations. Guacamole is best served right away and at room temperature. If you must make it ahead and refrigerate it, cover it with plastic wrap, gently pressing the wrap o v e r t h e e n t i re s u r f a c e o f t h e guacamole. This, combine with the acid of the lime juice, should prevent the guacamole from browning. SWEET HEAT BACON GUACAMOLE Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, then set a wire rack over it. Coat the rack with cooking s p r a y. A r r a n g e 1 / 2 p o u n d o f bacon evenly on the rack. Sprinkle the tops of the bacon liberally with brown sugar. Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes, or until the bacon is lightly browned, crisped and the sugar has caramelized. Let the bacon cool, then cut it into bitesize chunks. Mix a splash of hot sauce (more or less, to taste) into the base guacamole recipe, then mix in three-quarters of the chopped candied bacon. Sprinkle t h e re m a i n i n g b a c o n o v e r t h e guacamole, then serve. Nutrition information per serving: 200 calories; 170 calories f ro m f a t ( 8 5 p e rc e n t o f t o t a l calories); 18 g fat (4.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 4 g protein; 320 mg sodium. CHIPOTLE CORN GUACAMOLE In a medium skillet over medium-high, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add 1/4 cup diced red onion, 1 cup of corn kernels (if canned, drain them very well) and 3 minced cloves of garlic. Saute for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and let cool. Stir in 1 diced canned chipotle pepper (packed in adobo sauce). Stir the mixture into the base guacamole recipe, as well as 1 tablespoon (more or less, to taste) of the adobo sauce from the can. Nutrition information per serving: 130 calories; 100 calories f ro m f a t ( 7 7 p e rc e n t o f t o t a l calories); 11 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 1 g

sugar; 2 g protein; 170 mg sodium. SHRIMP AND MANGO GUACAMOLE T h a w a 9 - o u n c e b a g f ro z e n cooked and peeled baby shrimp, then drain and pat them dry. Peel 1 mango, then cut the flesh away from the pit. Finely chop the mango, then stir it, the shrimp and a hefty splash of hot sauce into the base guacamole recipe. Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories; 90 calories f ro m f a t ( 6 4 p e rc e n t o f t o t a l calories); 10 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 30 mg cholesterol; 9 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 6 g protein; 200 mg sodium. ROASTED FRESH SALSA GUACAMOLE When preparing the base guacamole recipe, omit the salt. Slice 1 pint of cherry or grape tomatoes in half, then toss them with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 t e a s p o o n g a r l i c p o w d e r, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper. Spread the tomatoes evenly over a rimmed baking sheet and roast at 425 F for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Stir the roasted tomatoes, a 12ounce jar of roasted red peppers (drained, patted dry and diced), 1/4 cup diced red onion, 1 diced jalapeno pepper (with or without seeds, depending on your heat tolerance) and 4 minced cloves of garlic into the base guacamole recipe. Nutrition information per serving: 150 calories; 110 calories f ro m f a t ( 7 3 p e rc e n t o f t o t a l calories); 12 g fat (2 g saturated; 0

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Dining Delights Wineries looking to assist charities By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Like a fine romance, the best rose wines are a balancing act — not too sweet, not too heavy and full of flavor. That’s what Ehlers Estate winemaker Kevin Morrisey is going for when he makes the winery’s annual Sylviane rose (rose-ZAY), a dry, European-style wine released each year on February 14. But the release date isn’t the only thing that makes this a particularly appropriate Va l e n t i n e ’ s D a y w i n e . T h e b o t t l e i s emblazoned with Ehler ’s signature “heart” logo, an “E” with the inside of the letter formed by a sideways heart, and, like all Ehlers Estate wines, 100 percent of the profits go to support heart research. It adds up to a bottle that “has a lot of love in it,” says Morrisey. There’s also a lot of heart love going into Colby Red, a California red wine which so far has raised $300,000 for heart-related charities.

The effort at Colby Red was inspired by winemaker Daryl Groom’s son Colby’s battle with heart disease. Now 15, Colby was born with congenital heart disease and needed two open-heart surgeries before he turned 10. The surgeries were successful, but left Colby lagging academically and socially, suffering from depression, and getting teased by other kids for being different. “It was pretty bad,” say Groom. The family talked about it. “We said we can’t change what’s happened to him, but how can we make that negative be something of a positive?” The answer turned out to be getting Colby involved in helping other people going through heart disease. T h e f u n d r a i s i n g p a r t o f t h e p ro j e c t started small, including Colby putting up a tent up in the backyard and charging people to listen to his artificial heart valve through a stethoscope. That raised $1,000. Then Colby came up with another idea — Could they make a wine together and

donate the profits to heart research? Groom, a native of Australia who now lives in Sonoma County and is winemakerconsultant at a number of companies as well as owner of his own Groom wines based Down Under, was a little reluctant. Making wine is hard and requires constant attention, he pointed out. Still, Colby was persistent and Colby Red was launched in 2011. The plan was to make just two barrels of wine, but after Groom told the story to a friend who happened to be a buyer for the Walgreens chain the output suddenly got a lot bigger when that store decided to carry Colby Red. Since then the wine has launched in Canada, donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and is available at some restaurants, including most recently the California Pizza Kitchen chain. “It’s been a roller-coaster emotional journey, but one now with a really happy ending and one where we’ve been blessed by the support of many people,” says

Groom. At Ehlers Estate, a 43-acre estate i n S t . H e l e n a i n t h e N a p a Va l l e y, t h e charitable efforts are a French-American collaboration. The estate, originally founded in 1886 by Bernard Ehlers, is held in trust by the Leducq Foundation, a notfor-profit international foundation with offices in Paris and Boston that has given more than $216 million in cardiovascular research grants over the past 13 years to scientists in 16 countries. The foundation was created by Jean Leducq and his wife Sylviane. Leducq, a French entrepreneur was admitted to a hospital in France in the mid-70s for a suspected heart attack and was later treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he was the beneficiary of t h e t h e n - re v o l u t i o n a r y t e c h n o l o g y o f coronary artery bypass surgery. Leducq, who died in 2002, re-established the Ehlers Estate in 1985 believing it was c a p a b l e o f p ro d u c i n g w i n e s e q u a l t o Bordeaux.

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MOVE IN READY! 2BR/1BA, nice eat-in kitchen, updated bath, full basement. $114,900 Edwardsville PR100757 JUDINE LUX (618) 531-0488 OR CHRIS MILLER (618) 580-6133

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105 Chattanooga Ct., Edwardsville $329,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM TONYA CRANE (618) 709-9374

7008 Alston Court, Edwardsville $469,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384

3918 Shale Drive, Edwardsville $489,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM BRENDA HOLSHOUSER (618) 789-2742

5 Pinebrook Court, Edwardsville $300,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM BRIAN GUTHRIE (618) 444-6191

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10 Sharpsburg Court, Edwardsville $285,000 OPEN SUN. 2-4 PM CAROLYN KOESTER (618) 791-6712

37 Cheshire Drive, Maryville $269,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM ADAM HORNBERGER (618) 444-8681

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NEW PRICE

108 Oakshire Drive E., Glen Carbon 120 Crystal Gate Lane, Glen Carbon $249,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM JEANNE HORNBERGER (618) 444-8899

3329 Snider, Edwardsville $469,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM MELISSA LESLIE (618) 309-6570

WELL MAINTAINED WITH FINISHED LL! Slate backsplash, fence & SS appliances. $237,900 Glen Carbon PR100729

3111 Alexandria Drive, Glen Carbon $247,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM NORMA LINCK (618) 444-8733

BETSY BUTLER (618) 972-2225

ATRIUM RANCH 4 Bdr, 3.5 baths, family room with wet bar. $374,880 Glen Carbon PR100166

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Feb. 14, 2013

On the Edge of the Weekend

BROWN REALTORS

2205 S. State Route 157 • Edwardsville

(618)656-2278 (800)338-3401

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Each Office Independently Owned and Operated Scan the QR-code using your mobile device to view Open Houses near you!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

OPEN HOUSE

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Cindy Driesner 3813 N. Arbor Lake Dr., Edw. $575,000 Stunning 5BR/5BA Executive Home in Arbor Lakes!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda Shaffer 8925 Wheat Drive, Troy $304,900 1.5 story, 4BR/3BA home with 3 car garage.

NEW LISTINGS

3039 Sunset Hills Blvd, Edw. Custom 7000 sq. ft. 6BR home w/ wooded yard. $885,000

41 Wolfe Creek Ct., Glen Carbon Fabulous 5BR/4BA cul-de-sac home! $399,900

112 Forest Grove, Glen Carbon 2 story home nestled on a wooded lot. $359,900

887 Malibu Way, Edw. Brick ranch w/spectacular lake views! $335,000

6803 Quail Walk, Edwardsville Comfortable Living! 3BR/2BA ranch with sunroom. $239,500

9961 Lincoln Drive, Worden 3BR home on 4 acres in the Edwardsville School District. $222,000

396 Canadian Drive, Staunton 2BR/2BA new construction with full basement. $184,900

187 Holiday Drive, Edwardsville Like new immaculate 3BD with lake view. $176,000

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Kelly May 1028 Hawkridge Run, Belleville $274,900 Fabulous 2 story home, perfect for your growing family!

Open Sunday 1:00 -3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda Wheaton 150 S. Kingdom St., Bethalto $145,000 Spacious 4BR/2BA home, move-in ready!

526 Zenk Road, Troy Well maintained bi level with mature trees. $142,900

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Paula Rickey 1225 Chancellor Drive, Edw. $157,000 3BR/3BA condo close to everything!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Roxanne Portell 535 Choteau Avenue, Granite City $105,000 Move in ready 3BR/2BA home with large yard.

1110 Scheel, Belleville Very nice 2BR/2BA home. $94,900

FEATURED LISTINGS 618 Ashland, Mitchell Great Ranch! Beautiful kitchen! 2+ garage! $75,000

5204 Godfrey Road, Godfrey COMMERCIAL: Prime Godfrey Road Location! $259,900

46 Ginger Creek Pkwy, Glen Carbon Beautiful villa with space galore. $299,000

2209 Cotswold Circle, Belleville This 3BD/2BA home has so much to offer! $149,900

7536 Prairietown Road, Worden Beautiful 4 bedroom home on 31 acres. $574,900

9 Lakeview, Brighton Stunning Lakefront Home! $369,900

303 Thomas Terrace, Edwardsville 5BR/3BA lakefront home with open floor plan. $355,000

1087 Prestonwood Dr., Edwardsville Well maintained and price to sell! $299,000

439 Country Club View, Edwardsville Spacious Move In Ready Condo. Great Location! $259,900

7 Greenbriar, Glen Carbon 4BR/3BA home with lakefront & wood setting. $249,900

38 Legacy, Granite City Impressive 3BR home on Legacy Golf Course! $244,900

20 Crabapple Lane, Glen Carbon Spacious open floor plan with finished lower level. $181,250

17102 Liberty Ridge, Grafton 3BR/2BA home on 15 acres of privacy! $150,000

305 OFarrell, Collinsville Quality Walk-Out Ranch with a convenient location. $144,900

3247 Franklin Ave., Granite City Great all brick ranch home! $134,800

2259 Woodlawn, Granite City 2 BR full brick on tree lined street. $99,900

307 Picker, Wood River Beautifully remodeled brick ranch. $95,500

9 Country Lane Court, Granite City All brick home w/large back yard on a cul-de-sac $89,000

Lots & Acreage

2137 Cleveland, Granite City Single family with income potential! $54,000

2408 East 25th St. Granite City 2BR/1BA home with large kitchen & study. $45,000

16385 Boxwood Court, Brighton Amazing Lot! Great Lake View! Lots of Potential! $42,900

1221 Central, Alton Great potential in spacious 2 story. $19,900

BROWN REALTORS® Independently Owned and Operated

3 Club Centre Court, Edwardsville 4 unit office/retail condo. $265,000 each or building for $850,000. Landscaped. Excellent condition. $850,000

203 S. Macoupin, Gillespie Attractive, updated 1 story commercial building with 9 offices. $49,500

4615 Hedge Road, Roxana Established RV & Boat Storage business with 8 buildings on 10 acres. $1,350,000

xxx S. St. Rt. 157, Glen Carbon Great development property! 19.10 acres $1,250,000 xxx Fairmont Ave., Collinsville 23.25 acres +/close to major highways. $1,100,000 xxx E. Ingle Dr., Glen Carbon 6.2 Acres level and sloping! $155,000

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February 14, 2013

2205B S. State Route 157 Edwardsville, IL 62025

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2721 Route 66 Business Park, Edw. Prime commercial lot off I-270. 0.84 acre. $180,000

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

ST RT 3 & W. Madison Ave., Wood River 18.68 acres. High traffic count. Industrial sites across street. Great Access! Room for adjoining business. $975,000

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xxx North Shore (Lot 12), Edw. 1 acre lot suitable for walk out. $79,900 xxx Libra Rd, New Douglas Quiet, wooded 9 acres. Close to interstate. $77,400 xxx Outback Trails Subdv., Marine 20 lots, minimum of 2 acres each. Varies

Vaughn Rd @ I-255, Wood River, IL 77.72 Acres Great location for an upper-end subdivision. Rolling hills, creek, timber. $2,080,000