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Dog trainers Helping vets with PTSD.

12 sties added to National Register.

"The Brothers Grimsby"

A truly shameless motion picture.

13 Summer retreats

Cities grow in historical locations.

18 New at Laumeier The work of Gigi Scaria.

19 Queeny Park Annual art fair returns.

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• A Tribute to Clark Terry with Bryon Stripling & the Jazz St. Louis Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Dubioza Kolektiv, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Turnpike Troubadours, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• The Road to Pointfest 2016, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• Muddy River Ramblers, w/ Scrambled, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:30 p.m.

• Star & Micey, w/The Kickback, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• The Blackstar All-Stars' Tribute to David Bowie feat. 7 Shot Screamers, w/KArate Bikini, Tory Z Starbuck, Giant Monsters on The Horizon, Lonely Mountain String Band, Aquitaine, Eric Hall, Dave Grelle, CaveofswordS. The Ready Room, St. Louis, 7:00 pm.

• James McMurtry, w/Letter to Memphis, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 • Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 • If/Then A New Musical, The

Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 • Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 • The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 • Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

• Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

• Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis.

• Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

• Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

• Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Saturday March 26_________ • A Tribute to Clark Terry with Bryon Stripling & the Jazz St. Louis Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• The Who Hits 50!, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Man Eating Tiger, w/Made in Waves, Hiden Hospitals, Ashland, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• The Road to Pointfest 2016 Session 3 Finals, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:00 p.m.

• The Many Colored Death, w/ The 45, (TBA), Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Home & Away, w/The Few, Talk To You Never, The Cinema Story, Better Halves, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 • Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 • If/Then A New Musical, The Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 • Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 • The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 • Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016

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People Local organization trains PTSD service dogs

By CAROL ARNETT Of The Edge Every Wednesday night, two groups gather at Cindy’s Critters in Maryville.

B o t h g ro u p s w o r k w i t h G o t Yo u r S i x Support Dogs.

The first group consists of volunteers who train support dogs for veterans and first responders. The second group consists of veterans and their family members who are training their own dogs.

Got Your Six Support Dogs was started

by Nicole Lanahan last October. “I’ve been a dog trainer for 15 years,” Lanahan said.

“I noticed an increase in demand for PTSD service dogs. When I started training dogs, I hardly got any requests, and now I get dozens of calls a year.” She said that some organizations charge $10,000 and up for a dog or have long waiting lists, sometimes up to two years long. Veterans were calling her to ask if she knew of any alternatives.

“One day, I got a call from a veteran crying because he couldn’t afford a dog,” she said. “I went to an accountant the next day and filed the paperwork for a nonprofit.” She named the organization Got Your Six Support Dogs. In the military, "got your six" means "I have your back," she said, and the dogs have the veterans’ backs. The group’s goal is to provide dogs to veterans and first responders with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).

Lanahan has 15 years of experience as a dog trainer. “I had worked with the American Service Dog Association and learned how to train dogs for mobility issues. I had to do research for training PTSD dogs. It’s similar to mobility issues,” she said.

Lanahan started talking about her program at her training classes. “Then veterans started getting involved and the word exploded. I started getting emails and phone calls. Now I’m getting them from all over the country,” she said.

The dogs can be very useful to veterans, Lanahan said. “When veterans come back, they’re still on high alert. The dogs bring back humanity. We can teach dogs to recognize anxiety either before or during it.”

Another important skill the dogs learn is how to ‘cover ’ so the veteran can be more comfortable in crowds.

“They stand at the vet’s back in public so they don’t feel exposed,” Lanahan said. The dog stands between the veteran’s legs with his head facing away from the veteran. The dog can wag its tail to alert the veteran if someone is coming.

The dogs can wake up veterans from night terrors and nightmares. They can turn on the lights and can retrieve the veteran’s phone.

“According to the ADA, no certification is required for service dogs,” Lanahan said.

“We as an organization certify our dogs. They must pass the American Kennel Club test of good manners in public. We make sure they are task trained to the veteran they are placed with, whether that means they deal with nightmares, anxiety, or something else.”

Heather Chapman is in charge of donations and fundraising for the group. She also fosters and trains dogs.

“Our early class is a training class for volunteers who foster dogs,” Chapman said.

“They live with the dogs.” Each dog is rotated through different houses every six weeks.

“We rescue dogs or they are donated,” Chapman said. “We don’t pay for dogs.” She added that they usually use medium to large dogs. “We need larger dogs for the jobs they do.” The dogs also have to have the right temperament. “They need to show the character of good service dogs. Nicole can spot dogs with a good temperament.”

The length of the training depends on several factors. The trainers meet once a week in class and work with the dogs at home. “It depends on the age of the dog,” Chapman said. “Puppies can take over a year. Older dogs usually take about six months.”

Since starting in October, the group has placed one completely trained dog. “We’ve

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Heather Chapman, a volunteer with Got Your Six Support Dogs, trains a dog to cover, or watch her back. placed several dogs with veterans that are training them,” Chapman said. The veterans train the dogs with the help of the group. “We have three working with volunteers that are getting close to being placed,” Chapman said.

“The veteran has the choice of getting a finished dog or getting a puppy and going through training with the dogs,” Chapman said. “We’re also working with veterans who already had a dog and they’re training it to be a service dog. Many veterans have their family and spouse in class with them, since the dog lives with them.

Luke Reinhold is one veteran who has seen the benefits of having a service dog. He and his dog Nita were at the veterans’ class, along with his wife Connie and their daughter Mackenzie Counts.

“I wanted a dog, but I couldn’t afford it,” Reinhold said. One group said he could

get a dog and come train with them for eight weeks, but they were across the country.

Another group suggested that he get his own dog and work with a local trainer. “I found Nicole, and we’ve been working with Nita since October, 2014.”

Reinhold said that Nita has been helpful in numerous ways. “The dog does so much for me. She wakes me up when I’m having a seizure or having flashbacks. I used to only go out with a close set of friends. Now I go out in public. She watches my back.”

Having Nita has enabled Reinhold to feel more comfortable going out. “On New Year’s Eve, I was at Sam’s Club with a cart full of food, and I got blocked in. Nita helped me,” he said.

“During the Christmas season, I had a bad flashback in Bass Pro. She backed me up against the rack. She pinned me there and made me focus on her. It was a horrible flashback, but she

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wouldn’t let me go anywhere and kept people away from me.”

Nita has helped others, as well, Reinhold said. “We were in a restaurant and someone with Alzheimer’s was also there. She stayed close to him the whole time. At Boy Scout camp, someone had a seizure. She helped. That was the first time I saw her work because usually I don’t remember what she did to help me. She cuddled and licked him until he came out of it.”

Reinhold said that he has taken Nita everywhere. “She gives me unconditional love.

This morning was bad. I work up with her on my chest. I get bad night terrors with her waking me up.”

Nita, as well as all the dogs, wears a service dog vest when she is out with Reinhold. “When she has a vest on, she’s a different dog. She’s working. We train with the vest on and off,” he said.

Candice and Jonathon Ramsey were also in the veterans’ class. Jonathon served in the Army in Afghanistan from 2010 and 2011. He is currently attending SIUE, studying to be a special education teacher.

“We have our own personal dog, Boomer, that Jonathon was training, but he was just diagnosed with lymphoma,” Candice said. “I also foster and train a dog. We’re doing it as a couple thing.”

Since Boomer was diagnosed with lymphoma, Jonathon has been working with Hollywood, a younger dog. “When Boomer was diagnosed, we were trying to figure out our next steps,” Jonathon said. “The program stepped up and helped us out.”

“Boomer would alert to Jonathon anytime he was overwhelmed,” Candice said. “Boomer would calm him down and make him less anxious.”

The Ramseys have three children. “For a long time, we couldn’t go to the zoo or the mall.

Jonathon was too anxious,” Candice said. “After he trained with Boomer, we went to The Magic House. We were able to spend the entire day.

Jonathon never felt anxious or that anyone could come up behind him. It lets him do family stuff and not feel like we have to rush through.”

The dogs are not supposed to break commands (sit, stay), unless they sense stress.

One advantage of having the veterans train their own dogs, Chapman said, is that each veteran can train the dog to be alert to how he shows stress. “Jonathon will start to rub his leg when he gets anxious,” Candice said, “Boomer recognized that it was a sign. Now he’s training Hollywood to recognize it.”

“Recognizing anxiety is one of the most important things for the dogs,” Chapman said.

“It’s one of the skills they learn before they’re placed.

Each dog is trained specifically for the veteran or first responder who will receive it.

“For Veterans with TBI, they may have to have retrieval skills because the veteran may have issues with memory or mobility,” Chapman said. “We can customize training for that person.”

Chapman said she was happy to volunteer as the fundraising chair. “A fully trained dog costs between ten and fifteen thousand dollars. We provide them for zero dollars. The veterans and first responders have done enough. There is no expense to them,” she said.

The group holds fundraisers to cover expenses. “We’ve done restaurant nights with McDonalds, Fazoli’s, Fire and Smoke, and Culver's,” Chapman said. “We have a big fundraiser with Evermore tattoos on March 26 with 100 percent of proceeds going to us.” They have also worked with Edison’s, Sweeties, and Grogan's Martial Arts, and are planning a poker run.

“We don’t want to kill people with the same kind of fundraisers,” Chapman said. “But we always need more help and exposure.

The amount we’ve grown since October is amazing.”

An unexpected benefit, Chapman said, has been the support that the veterans in the training class receive from each other.

Reinhold agreed. “The group provides camaraderie. Soldiers understand soldiers.

It’s a comfortable place for us,” he said.

“Civilians and non-military don’t understand.

Sometimes veterans come home and don’t feel human. These dogs make us feel human again.”

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he Illinois Historic Preservation Agency’s efforts to preserve and promote the state’s heritage paid off with 12 properties being added to the National Register of Historic Places over the past year.

They are scattered from Chicago to Pekin to Makanda. They include a residential neighborhood, an early strip mall, small town courthouses and even Civil War graffiti reflecting the state’s deep divisions.

Sites are added to the register by the National Park Service based on recommendations from the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which houses the state’s Historic Preservation Office. The 12 sites were added throughout 2015, but the most recent wasn’t announced by the National Park Service until this month.

“We enjoy seeing the diverse history of Illinois represented in additions to the National Register.

Each of these sites tells a unique story that is a part of the rich fabric of Illinois history,” said Garth Madison, interim director of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of sites that merit special attention and preservation. Every Illinois county has at least one property or historic district listed in the National Register. Together, they represent a cross section of the Prairie State's history from its early settlement to the mid-20th century.

The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency’s Facebook page will be highlighting the state’s National Register sites throughout 2016. The properties getting the spotlight in February, Black History Month, will have ties to the state’s AfricanAmerican community. Other groups, regions and periods in history will be highlighted later in the year.

In general, properties have to be more than 50 years old to be eligible for the National Register.

A listing places no obligations on private property owners but does make properties eligible for some financial incentives.

The 2015 additions to the National Register from Illinois were: Blair Historic District Belleville Listed 8/18/2015 This historic district represents part of the historic central business district of Belleville, and its buildings are associated both with significant local design trends and commercial history.

Its buildings include commercial buildings, fraternal organization buildings, warehouses, garages, a public school, a church complex, two public buildings and some dwellings built between 1850 and 1960.

Central Berwyn Bungalow Historic District, Berwyn Listed 8/18/2015 The district is a cohesive

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neighborhood of bungalows and other housing styles typical of Chicago’s residential neighborhoods and inner-ring suburbs. The district, which contains nearly 2,000 contributing properties, was largely built during the mid-1920s for a number of ethnic groups, especially Czech immigrants.

Clay County Courthouse, Louisville Listed 5/18/2015 Clay County Courthouse is an excellent local example of the Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style, with symmetrical shape, tall columns and pediments. These classical touches can be found both inside and out. Completed in 1913, the courthouse was designed

by Joseph Royer and built by the English Brothers construction company.

Condon Bros. & R.H. Shumway Building, Rockford Listed 8/18/15 The Condon Bros. & R. H. Shumway Building was home to a nationally important seed company that began as the R.H. Shumway Co. in 1870.

It later merged with Condon Bros. Seedsmen, which built this headquarters in 1912 and expanded it many times over the years. Millions of their catalogs were shipped all over the world.

East Rockford Historic District, Rockford Listed 12/23/15 The original East Rockford Historic District was listed in 1980 for its commercial and business development and its architecture, with significant historic commercial structures from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. The district has now been enlarged to include more architectural styles and properties that were part of the east side’s history.

Jackson County Courthouse, Murphysboro Listed 12/29/15 The Jackson County Courthouse, completed in 1928, continues to serve as the administrative and governing center of Jackson County. It is an excellent, wellpreserved example of the Classical Revival style. Designed and built

by Spencer and Son Architects and

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At top left, the Blair Historic District in Belleville. At top right, the Thompson Brothers Rock Art Site near Makanda. Above, the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro.

English Brothers Construction, the magnificent structure has provided a sense of community pride and stability for almost 90 years.

North Eighth Street Plaza, Pekin Listed 5/18/2015 Built in 1950, this is the earliest example in Pekin or the surrounding area of a shopping innovation that would become common in the second half of the 20th century. Shopping plazas, mini-malls and strip malls heralded the post-World War II automobile age. They also reshaped towns as commerce moved away from a single city center and spread throughout the community.

Peck and Hills Furniture Co. Warehouse, Chicago Listed 5/18/2015 The warehouse is locally significant as the primary distribution and warehouse facility for the Peck & Hills Furniture Co., which was founded in 1896 as a small wholesaler of furniture but grew to be the largest distributor in the United States by 1929. Peck & Hills maintained 25 branches

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across the country and supplied furniture, floor coverings, and draperies for residences, schools, hospitals, offices, and hotels.

Pershing Road Development Historic District, Chicago Listed 8/18/2015 The Pershing Road Development Historic District is one of the six industrial parks that comprise the Central Manufacturing District, one of the earliest full-service, industrial real estate developments in America. Buildings in the Pershing Road Development, constructed between 1917 and 1952, show elements of Late Gothic Revival, Classical Revival and Mid-century Modern architecture.

Strawbridge-Shepherd House, Springfield Listed 6/08/2015 This house dates back to 1845, when Irish immigrant Thomas Strawbridge built a home in the Greek Revival style. Later additions gave the house an L shape and introduced Queen Anne elements. The building is a remarkably well-preserved example of a farmhouse that

evolved over the 19th century.

Thompson Brothers Rock Art Site, Makanda vicinity Listed 12/29/15 This site features the names of ardent Union supporters, carved high into the rock face in 1862 – a direct challenge to the area’s Southern sympathizers at the height of the Civil War. The Thompson Brothers Rock Art Site is one of the very few surviving physical remnants of this conflict within Illinois.

Turner School, Rockford Listed 12/29/15 Built in 1898, Turner School blends Classical Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The result is a building with heavy stone arches at the entryways, grouped windows with round arches, a cupola and multiple masonry textures, such as brick and limestone.

For more information on the National Register application process, visit http://www.illinois. gov/ihpa/Preserve/Pages/Places. aspx

People People planner App offers summer fun suggestions

“What should my kids do this summer?” is the question on all parents’ minds this time of year for those with school-aged children.

Luckily, not knowing what’s available or finding out about a camp once it’s full are no longer worries for local parents thanks to the free Web and mobile app Blueprint4SummerSTL. The app makes summer in St. Louis productive for children and stress-free for parents. The resource is accessible from anywhere on any device at http://blueprint4summer.com.

Blueprint4SummerSTL first launched in February 2015 and quickly became the go-to resource for St. Louis-area parents seeking educational, engaging and fun activities for their children during the summer months. By aggregating information about area programs, Blueprint4SummerSTL gives all parents access to local summer offerings. New this year, Blueprint4SummerSTL will help even more families find camps by expanding in scope, including parts of Illinois, and listing more camps within St. Louis City and County, St. Charles County and Jefferson County.

Blueprint4SummerSTL is spearheaded by Maxine Clark, CEO of the Clark-Fox Family Foundation and founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop. Clark intends to keeps last year ’s momentum going and anticipates the app being parents’ No. 1 resource as it continues to expand in reach this year.

“In our first year of operation, Blueprint4SummerSTL presented more than 3,500 local summer camps and activities in an easy-to-use platform that was accessed by parents all across the greater St. Louis area,” said Clark. “Blueprint4SummerSTL is the most robust program information database – and best of all it’s completely free for all families to use.

As the app grows its footprint, our goal is to make sure all children have equal opportunity to enroll in these important and impactful summer programs.”

Using the app, a parent or guardian can quickly find programs and resources that may work for the needs of their family and each individual child. Activities can be searched based on any number of preferences such as age, gender, interests, cost and zip code – even special considerations such as sessions for special needs students or gifted students, those offering before and after care, or that have scholarships available.

The app provides information about day camps, sleep-away camps and sports camps; art, music and science programs; and academic enrichment courses in STEM. “There were 72,000 searches on Blueprint4SummerSTL in its first year, and 64 percent of users chose highly personalized, targeted searches with four or more criteria,” said Programs Manager Allie Cicotte. “That’s how we know just how valuable this app is for parents. Blueprint4SummerSTL is the only summer camp database that allows users to generate highly personalized, granular search results based on multiple criteria.”

C u r re n t l y m o re t h a n 2 , 5 0 0 summer sessions are already listed, and the database is growing daily as enrollment periods begin and more organizations learn about the Blueprint4SummerSTL app.

The app also offers summer programs the opportunity to easily submit their camps for free. An organizer can simply create a free

account on Blueprint4SummerSTL and then send an email to allie@ b l u e p r i n t 4 s u m m e r. c o m w i t h the name of the camp they are representing. Blueprint4SummerSTL will link the account, allowing the organizer to edit, update and add new program information Tasmyn Front, executive director at Challenger Learning Center in Ferguson, Mo., said attendance levels at their 2015 summer camps spiked thanks to the free exposure offered by Blueprint4SummerSTL. “The Challenger Learning Center benefitted tremendously from Blueprint4SummerSTL. As a result of their marketing outreach t h ro u g h s c h o o l s a n d m e d i a , we have seen an increase in the number of families contacting us to find out about our programs and enroll their children,” said Front.

“Summer activities are a crucial part of intellectual development that enable children to spend their vacation time constructively, develop their passions and creativity, advance their learning and, of course, have fun,” said Clark. “Blueprint4SummerSTL truly is a blueprint that parents can use to build an enriching

summer for kids and a less stressful planning cycle for themselves.”

Blueprint4SummerSTL was made possible by the generous support of a wide variety of financial and business partners including the Clark-Fox Foundation, BuildA-Bear Workshop Foundation, E m e r s o n C h a r i t a b l e Tr u s t & Emerson Employee Contributions, Express Scripts, Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, John McDonnell, Joyce Wood Charitable Fund, Ron and Pam Rubin, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis Regional Chamber, The Regional Business Council, The Deaconess Foundation, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, The McDowell Family Foundation, Ward & Carol Klein, William H. Danforth and the William T. Kemper Foundation – Commerce Bank, Trustee.

For more information about Blueprint4SummerSTL, to learn about programs and to connect with other parents online, “like” Blueprint4SummerSTL on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ Blueprint4SummerSTL or follow Blueprint4SummerSTL on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/B4SSTL.

broadcasts from this venue and that, until March 4, 1978, when the show moved to The World Theater, a lovely, crumbling building that was one plaster crack away from the wrecking ball. (Now fully re n o v a t e d a n d re n a m e d T h e Fitzgerald, it is the show’s home base.)

In June of 1987, APHC ended for a while. Garrison thought it was a good idea at the time, but only two years later, the show was back, based in New York and called American Radio Company of the Air. But there’s no place like home.

So in 1992, it was back to Minnesota and, soon after, back to the old name:A Prairie Home Companion.

T h e re h a s b e e n p l e n t y o f adventure in the past 40-plus years — broadcasts from Canada, Ireland, S c o t l a n d , E n g l a n d , G e r m a n y, Iceland and almost every one of the 50 states; wonderful performers, little-known and world-renowned; standing ovations and stares of b e w i l d e r m e n t . We ’ v e m i s s e d planes, coped with lost luggage, dodged swooping bats and hungry mosquitoes, plodded through blizzards, and flown by the seat of our pants.

The Fox to host Garrison Keillor

T h e F a b u l o u s F o x T h e a t re proudly presents host/producer Garrison Keillor & friends live at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis for the final time at 4:45 p.m. on June 18 for the popular weekly radio broadcast, A Prairie Home Companion. This performance will be the last time Garrison Keillor will host A Prairie Home Companion in St. Louis.

Tickets are $68, $58, $38 nad are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

If you showed up on July 6 , 1 9 7 4 , a t t h e J a n e t Wa l l a c e Auditorium at Macalester College in Saint Paul and plunked down your $1 admission (50 cents for kids) to attend the very first b ro a d c a s t o f A P r a i r i e H o m e Companion, you were in select company. There were about 12 people in the audience. But those in attendance thought there were worse ways to spend a Saturday afternoon, so Garrison Keillor and the APHC team went on to produce close to 500 live shows in the first 10 years alone. There were

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People People planner Cohen, Cooper to appear at the Fox

Join Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper for an unscripted, uncensored and unforgettable night of conversation. The late night talk show host and the journalist, longtime friends, interview each other and take questions from the audience. It's a live, interactive look behind the scenes of pop culture and world events.

They will appear at 8 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.

Tickets may be purchased online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Anderson Cooper is the multiple Emmy award-winning CNN anchor and correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes. He has covered most major news events in the US and around the world for the past 23 years, and his memoir, Dispatches from the Edge, topped the New York Times' Bestseller list.

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Vendor spots available at Fair Saint Louis

Fair Saint Louis 2016 will feature The Fairway, a unique shopping experience that invites regional artisans and vendors to sell their products to fairgoers at America’s Biggest Birthday Party. Vendor applications are currently being accepted for the 2016 event.

“We are thrilled to add The Fairway to the many enjoyable aspects of Fair Saint Louis,” says Julie Donnelly, Event Marketing Manager, Fair St. Louis Foundation. “We are proud to support regional artisans and merchants, and to offer a place within the Fair for festival-goers to relax and shop.”

Fair Saint Louis will take place July 2-4, 2016, in Forest Park. The Fairway will operate from 1 to 10 p.m. on Lagoon Drive, west of the Grand Basin. Approximately 50,000-100,000 people attend the Fair each day.

Vendors should apply in one of the following categories: • Artisan or Crafter: Vendors must make their products with their own hands. Products must be unique.

• Merchandise Vendor: Vendors must sell merchandise that they do not personally make by hand.

• Roaming Vendor: Vendors (limited to one or two people per vendor) can walk the grounds selling their merchandise. They will not receive a tent, table and chairs or electric; but will receive vendor credentials, parking pass and a listing on the Fair Saint Louis website.

A p p l i c a n t s s h o u l d re v i e w t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g a l l o w a b l e m e rc h a n d i s e , b o o t h f e e s a n d insurance, power and lighting logistics and more, before applying. The application deadline for The Fairway is April 29, 2016. There is a $25 application fee upon submission.

The application can be submitted via direct mail or e l e ct ron i ca l l y, or b y v i s i t i n g t h e w e b s i t e a t w w w. fairsaintlouis.org and clicking on The Fairway button located at the bottom of the page.

Camp KangaZoo returning

From the ever-popular Camp KangaZoo to individual programs for all ages, the Saint Louis Zoo’s Education Department has classes, overnight experiences and daytime adventures for everyone in the family.

Camp KangaZoo Camp KangaZoo campers can choose to attend one or two full-day camps — "Aquatic Animals” and “Animals Everywhere.” Monday-Thursday, campers will play games, meet animals, enjoy sing-alongs and view dynamic Zoo exhibits. On Thursday nights, they’ll sleep at the Zoo and wake up with the birds! Camp KangaZoo scholarships are available for families with financial need.

New this year, the Zoo is offering morning and afternoon half-day camp sessions for kids entering

grades 1-5.

Younger children can hop "out of the pouch" and into the Zoo at Camp Joey. Half-day and full-day sessions are available for children who are at least 4 years old and entering kindergarten. Teen Camp is available for youth entering grades 7-9 and Teen Camp II, held at Shaw Nature Reserve, for 8-10 graders.

Overnights Families can attend Wake Up With the Rays, Under the Sea-lion or From Dusk Til Dawn overnight programs.

Summer Programs Zoo programs for young children and youth keep growing minds sharp in the lazy summer months. The Zoo offers a variety of animal topics for various ages.

Kids can learn about birds, mammals and reptiles, see stingrays up close, examine dinosaur fossils, create animal habitats, sing animal songs, identify animal tracks, touch biofacts, tour the Zoo and meet the animals.

For youth in grades 2-8, the Zoo offers Keeper-for-a-Day at the Emerson Children’s Zoo, A Day with the Rays and Advanced Day with the Rays at Stingrays at Caribbean Cove presented by Mercy Kids. Engineer-for-a-Day is available for those 7 years old and up. A Junior Sea Lion Trainer program is available for ages 10 to adult.

Scouts can learn about animals and sleep under the stars while working toward fulfilling their badge requirements at the Snooze at the Zoo programs. Scout overnight programs are for Cub Scouts, Webelos, Girl Scout Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes.

Adult programs include evening safari tours, wine and cheese night prowls, animal painting, overnights and more.

Registration E a r l y b i rd m a i l - i n o r d ro p - o ff re g i s t r a t i o n f o r m s m u s t b e re c e i v e d b y M a rc h 4 . O n l i n e re g i s t r a t i o n begins March 8 for Zoo members and March 10 for general public. Program fees vary. For a complete list o f p ro g r a m s , re g i s t r a t i o n f o r m s , c a m p s c h o l a r s h i p applications and more information, visit www.stlzoo. org/education. Registration for programs is not available by phone. For questions, call (314) 646-4544, option #6. All proceeds support the Saint Louis Zoo.

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Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, a special exhibition from the International Spy Museum, opened Feb.6 and runs through May 8 at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.

This 6,000 square-foot exhibit provides a historic perspective on acts of terror that have taken place on American soil.

Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs reveals nine major events and periods in U.S. history when A m e r i c a n s w e re t h re a t e d b y enemies within its borders. It depicts who the government and public responded, illustrates the corresponding evolution of U.S. counterintelligence and homeland security efforts and examines the challenge of securing the nation without compromising the civil liberties upon which it was founded.

• Aug. 24, 1814 – The City of Washington Captured and the While House Burned. During the War of 1812, the city of Washington was captured and the White House, the U.S. Capitol and other major buildings were torched by British troops aided with information provided by a few Americans.

• July 30, 1916 – Manhattan Hit

by Massive Explosions in New York Harbor. German secret agents, aided by American collaborators, blew up a munitions depot in New York Harbor, showering Manhattan and the Statute of Liberty with shrapnel and debris. Acts of German sabotage on American soil like this contributed to America's entry into World War I and inspired the passage of the 1918 Espionage Act still in effect today and the growth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

• June 2, 1919 – Anarchist Bombs Target American Leaders. When the home of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was bomb by an anarchist and plots for more bombings were revealed, both the public and the government clamored for tighter law enforcement and more restrictive legislation for immigrants, resulting in the roundups, deportations and public outrage associated with the now infamous Palmer Raids.

• Aug. 8, 1925 – 30,000 Ku Klux Klan Members Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue. The nation's oldest hate group, the Ku Klux Klan, has risen three times in the nation's history. Each time, the group changed, evolving from small vigilante circles to huge violent organizations. They began inflicting terror on former slaves after the Civil War and grew into a politically powerful organization of 4 million that expanded its targets to include immigrants, Jews and Catholics in the 1920s. In the 1960s, they began attacking African Americans and civil rights workers. Today, a diminished Klan is only one among many white supremacist groups.

• Dec. 7, 1941 – American Helps Japanese Pilot Terrorize Hawaiian I s l a n d A f t e r P e a r l h a r b o r. A Japanese pilot returning from the Pearl Harbor attack crash-landed on the Hawaiian Island of Nihau, and with support of a JapaneseAmerican, took hostages and terrorized the community. The incident, little remembered today, perpetuated fears about Japanese Americans. Fears that ultimately led to the unprecedented incarceration of thousands.

• April, 1945 – The Kremlin

Launches One of the First Cold War Attacks Against the U.S. Near the end of World War II, the Kremlin harshly condemned American Communists for softening their commitment to a worldwide communist revolution.

The Communist Party of the United States snapped to action, ousting its moderate leader and re-establishing itself as a highly militant and subversive organization, fueling America's fears that American Communists would become Stalin's tool to overthrow the U.S. government.

• March 1, 1971 – Radical Group Explodes Bomb in the U.S. Capitol. Protests over the war in Vietnam and civil rights turned violent during the "days of rage" and extremist groups, such as the Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army, took action.

• April 19, 1995 – Massive Bomb Destroys Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma

City bombing, the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil in the 20th century, awakened Americans to threats posed by domestic extremists, especially the virulently antigovernment right-wing groups.

• Beyond Sept. 11th – Terrorism Today. In the aftermath of the Sept.

11, 2001, initiatives by the U.S. government to root out terrorist elements in the country have irrevocably changed the lives of Americans.

Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs supports these stories with historic photographs, themed environments, interactive displays, film, artifacts and video.

Exhibit highlights include: • A timeline that traces over 80 acts of terror that have taken place in the U.S. from 1776 to today, including the Revolutionary War plot to kidnap George Washington, the vents of Bloody Kansas prior to the Civil War, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry,

the 1960s church bombings in the South and the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.

• APL Badge and ID Card (1917) – Carried by operatives of the American Protective League who spied on their fellow Americans on behalf of the U.S. Justice Department during World War I. • Anarchist Globe Bomb (circa 1886) – Presented evidence in the trial of the men tried in connection with Chicago Haymarket riot (replica).

• Ritual Klan Red Robe (circa 1965) – Worn by the Klan "Kladd," the elected officer who presided over the secret rituals and ceremonies of the Ku Klux Klan.

• K l a n " b u s i n e s s c a rd s " – Ominous warnings to innocent American families that their every move was being watched.

• We a t h e r U n d e r g r o u n d Video Presentation – Featuring an exclusive interview with ex-Weather Underground member Bernadine

Dohrn, filmed for the exhibition.

• Fragments of Planes that hit the World Trade Center – Recovered following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and used as evidence by the FBI in their ensuing investigation.

• Under Siege – A powerful eight-minute film exploring the terrorist threat today, initiatives by the U.S. government to root out terrorists elements in the U.S., the balance between civil liberties and national security, and the impact on the daily lives of Americans. It features a range of interviews with leading thinkers including Daniel Pipes, Director of the Middle East Forum; Akbar S. Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C.,; Steven Emerson, terrorist expert and investigator and Morris Dees, co-founder and Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Events planned in Alton area

The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.information, call (636) 899-0090.

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at The Nature Institute Friday, March 25, 2016 Starts at 9:00am The Nature Institute 2213 S. Levis Lane Godfrey, IL 62035 Come to The Nature Institute's Talahi Lodge to bring in Easter with the Easter Bunny! Eat breakfast with our furry friend at 9 a.m. and hunt for eggs at 10 a.m. This event is open to children up to 9 years of age. For more information, call Patti Brown at (618) 467-2521 or email her at pbrown@TheNatureInstitute.org.

Admission $10/person $8/TNI Member Bird Nest Exploration

Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:30am to 12:00pm Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386 Come explore the world of bird nests! You will learn all about nests and then go find some in the wild. You'll even get a chance to make your own nest. Bring your kids, grand kids, young adults, and kids at heart to this free program. Please RSVP to Julie Watson at jwatson@ audubon.org or 636-899-0090.

Easter Sunrise Services Sunday, March 27, 2016 Gates open at 7:00am | Starts at 7:30am Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048 Looking for a place to worship on Easter Sunday?

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"Risen"

Modern faith-based films don't have a stellar track record when it comes to quality. But they seem to both serve their intended audience and make money along the way, and, because of that, are given an implicit pass to exist somewhere outside of the expectations placed on traditional films.

That's why "Risen" is such an interesting and even promising departure. It looks and feels like a film that just happens to fit into the faith-based genre instead of a faithbased infomercial that sort of resembles a film — at least at first.

That's all credit to writer/director Kevin Reynolds, whose past films include "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," ''Waterworld" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." With "Risen," Reynolds has endeavored to make a more classical biblical epic told in an original way — as a bureaucratic investigation into the resurrection.

Joseph Fiennes' Clavius anchors the story — an ambitious, unsentimental Roman soldier who is helping Pontius Pilate (a funny, exasperated Peter Firth) deal with his Nazarene problem. Clavius is just an agent of his bosses, carrying out tasks with the hopes of eventually making it to Rome, where he hopes to find wealth, power and a good family. We see him go straight from battle to the crucifixion of the man who has caused such a stir in Judea as though he's just checking tasks off a list.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "biblical violence including some disturbing images."

RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Triple 9"

"Triple 9" has everything going for it, and that's it biggest handicap.

This tale of gangsters and crooked cops in Atlanta has got a murderer's row of acting talent — Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, and Woody Harrelson among them — an alluringly dark premise, and bombastic bursts of greatness.

But ultimately, director John Hillcoat ("The Proposition," ''The Road") fails to meld the storytelling with the film's ambitious scope, the way Michael Mann so proficiently did 21 years ago with his modern classic "Heat."

"Triple 9" starts out auspiciously enough, with a pulsating and vividly executed bank robbery that crackles with tension and immediacy as the criminals execute the heist and begin their escape through the busy streets of the gritty city. It's the kind of drawn out sequence that can be enough to propel an entire film as you wait for another set piece to top it.

There is one other masterfully choreographed raid about midway through, but by then you're almost too caught up in the confusing who, what, where and why to indulge in the excitement.

Hillcoat, working from screenwriter Matt Cook's Black List script, trusts the audience to weave together the narratives of its eight main characters by themselves without the help of exposition — a welcome challenge, but a frustrating one as well. There are just so many characters, subplots and motivations to keep track of that it feels more like an extended pilot in the vein of "The Wire" or even "True Detective" than a contained movie.

Essentially, there's a cabal of mercenary cops (Anthony Mackie, Clifton Collins Jr.) and tattooed, ex-military baddies (Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, playing grease ball brothers) who do dirty jobs for Russian-Israeli gangsters (led by Kate Winslet, packing a thick accent, blonde bouffant and vampy press-on nails).

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence and language throughout, drug use and some nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes.

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

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"Zootopia"

Just when it was looking like animated animal movies had run out of anything original to say, along comes the smartly amusing, crisply relevant "Zootopia" to handily demonstrate there's still plenty of bite left in the anthropomorphic CG menagerie.

Boasting a pitch perfect voice cast led by a terrific Ginnifer Goodwin as a righteous rural rabbit who becomes the first cotton-tailed police recruit in the mammal-centric city of "Zootopia," the 3-D caper expertly combines keen wit with a gentle, and very timely, message of inclusivity and empowerment.

The engaging result should easily appeal to all creatures great and small, giving this premium Walt Disney Animation Studios effort a paw up on spring break entertainment, not to mention the summer arrival of Universal's animated "The Secret Life of Pets."

As the Zootopia Police Department's sole bunny officer, idealistic Judy Hopps (Goodwin) discovers that breaking barriers can be an uphill climb, especially when the other cops in the force are mainly of the more imposing elephant/rhino/ hippo ilk.

Although intrepid Judy can't wait to collar her first perp, Bogo (Idris Elba), Precinct 1's gruff cape buffalo police chief, has other plans, assigning her to parking duty, where she proves her worth by writing 200 tickets before noon on her first day.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some thematic elements, rude humor and action."

RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes.

"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"

Journalism is having a moment at the movies.

Days after the journalism procedural "Spotlight" won best picture at the Academy Awards, Paramount is releasing "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," a comic drama about war reporting with Tina Fey as a rookie correspondent finding her way.

Fey plays Kim Baker, a 40-something New York TV producer summoned to a meeting of "unmarried, childless personnel" to consider a three-month assignment embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Three months becomes three years, 2004 to 2006, as Baker evolves from clueless newbie to savvy reporter, navigating the country's repressive cultural norms and the off-the-clock lifestyle of drunken debauchery shared by her expatriate colleagues.

Longtime Fey collaborator Robert Carlock ("30 Rock," ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") based the screenplay on former Chicago Tribute reporter Kim Barker's memoir "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan."

If "finding yourself" in your 40s is a cinematic cliché, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is guilty. And it will surely be criticized for casting white actors as key Afghan characters.

But the film offers a fresh look at the adrenaline-laced lifestyle of war correspondents and a timely criticism of TV news. And it delivers some laughs, too.

Fey's Baker is sorely unprepared for her new circumstances.

It's like she's even lost her New York smarts when she takes out a wad of American cash on a busy Kabul street. She forgets her headscarf and barges into places where women aren't allowed.

Her translator, Fahim (Christopher Abbot), tries to protect her in the field, while fellow journalist Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) guides her through the rowdy ex-pat social scene.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "pervasive language, some sexual content, drug use and violent war images." Running time: RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Brothers Grimsby"

Be suspect of movies that are infamous before they even hit theaters.

The "they did WHAT" anticipatory glee is generally bound to be a letdown — especially when the big joke is someone getting a disease. In the off-chance that you've managed to stay blissfully unaware of the gag, I won't go into any more specifics. Needless to say, it does indeed happen, it is brazen, and it will leave you dumbfounded.

Whether or not the joke will also elicit a laugh is the big question, though. It's one that applies to much of the humor in the movie, too, which starts out with a Bill Cosby jab and steamrolls on from there.

The plot finds a sweet-hearted dimwitted working class Northern Londoner (Sacha Baron Cohen's Nobby) reunited with his younger brother Sebastian (Mark Strong) after 28 years apart. Sebastian is now a top spy and assassin, with a hardcore shaved head to match his ruthless attitude.

Nobby's ill-timed reunion with his long-lost kin puts Sebastian's job, and life, in jeopardy — tethering the two for the remainder of the movie as they try to clear Sebastian's name and save the world.

The jester and the brain pairing is a time-tested formula that on paper seems pretty foolproof. The way it's carried out here, however, feels plucked from a 1990s movie that's still experimenting with the novelty of gross-out humor, know-it-all storytelling, and just how far you can coast on the charisma of a star.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong crude sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language, and some drug use."

RUNNING TIME: 83 minutes.

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

"Eye in the Sky"

Omniscient high-definition views from above have done nothing to penetrate the fog of war in Gavin Hood's drone drama "Eye in the Sky." It's a lean, Lumet-like thriller that puts the moral calculus of drone warfare in its crosshairs. Playing out compellingly in real time, a strike against Somali terrorists in Nairobi is plotted by the hawkish, U.K.-based Col. Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), whose operation involves pilots, politicians and military command in various digitally linked remote locations, from the boardroom to the toilet.

Drones have begun to reshape the war movie, and will doubtless continue to proliferate on our screens just as they have over Middle Eastern skies. "Eye in the Sky" follows last year's very solid "Good Kill," starring Ethan Hawke as a drone pilot based in Las Vegas. Director Andrew Niccol's aim was principally about the psychological toll such disconnected battles take on its far-removed soldiers.

Hood more thoroughly utilizes the new perspectives drones afford to filmmakers. While much of the it is composed of faces in front of computer screens, some of the film's most remarkable images come from the view of a hovering drone or — most impressively — a remote-controlled beetle that flutters right into the suspects' lair, alighting on the rafters to provide a staggering close-up, whether Mr. DeMille is ready or not.

With such supreme powers of surveillance, Powell and her colleagues (including the ever-droll Alan Rickman, in one of his last performances, as a British general) have become accustomed to a previously unmatched level of certainty — or so they would like to think.

The mission is to apprehend a handful of highly ranked terrorists, but when the trio — two radicalized British nationals and an American — are seen preparing vests for a suicide attack, the plan is ratcheted up from "capture" to "kill."

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some violent images and language."

RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Brothers Grimsby" truly shameless

By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Be suspect of movies that are infamous before they even hit theaters.

The "they did WHAT" anticipatory glee is generally bound to be a letdown — especially when the big joke is someone getting a disease. In the off-chance that you've managed to stay blissfully unaware of the gag, I won't go into any more specifics. Needless to say, it does indeed happen, it is brazen, and it will leave you dumbfounded.

Whether or not the joke will also elicit a laugh is the big question, though. It's one that applies to much of the humor in the movie, too, which starts out with a Bill Cosby jab and steamrolls on from there.

The plot finds a sweet-hearted dimwitted working class Northern Londoner (Sacha Baron Cohen's Nobby) reunited with his younger brother Sebastian (Mark Strong) after 28 years apart. Sebastian is now a top spy and assassin, with a hardcore shaved head to match his ruthless attitude.

Nobby's ill-timed reunion with his long-lost kin puts Sebastian's job, and life, in jeopardy — tethering the two for the remainder of the movie as they try to clear Sebastian's name and save the world.

The jester and the brain pairing is a timetested formula that on paper seems pretty foolproof. The way it's carried out here, however, feels plucked from a 1990s movie that's still experimenting with the novelty of gross-out humor, know-it-all storytelling, and

just how far you can coast on the charisma of a star.

Strong plays it straight, but isn't nearly as memorable as Jason Statham's turn in "Spy." Baron Cohen, who also co-wrote the movie, is sort of lovable as Nobby with his daffy, crooked-toothed smile, Oasis hair, teeny potbelly, and grungy socks and sports sandals.

Nobby is such an earnest dolt that even the Bill Cosby joke is almost OK. The presumed hilarity of his preference for curvier girls (Rebel Wilson and Gabourey Sidibe among them) is similarly made more tolerable by his unending sincerity.

In fact, flashbacks to Nobby and Sebastian's hooligan youth are fairly touching and effective, too, as is the thru line about class and the worthiness of Nobby's rowdy, soccer-

loving, out of shape buddies — or, as he later puts it, "the scum who keep the 'Fast & Furious' franchise alive."

But then there's a joke about pedophiles at Legoland, or an ancient Saturday Night Live Celebrity Jeopardy riff on the word "therapist," and your jaw is once again on the floor.

It's almost impossible to tell whether you're laughing at or with a particular party, if you're even laughing at all. Ultimately, the jokes are more stupefying than funny and no one's anatomy is safe from a gratuitous close-up, whether it's that of a wild animal or an Oscar nominee.

Speaking of Oscar nominees, "Captain Phillips'" Barkhad Abdi even pops up for a spell as a heroin dealer.

"10 Cloverfield Lane" a locked-room mystery

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge “10 Cloverfield Lane” is not a traditional sequel to 2008’s surprise b o x o ff i c e h i t “ C l o v e r f i e l d ” .

Tru t h f u l l y, u n t i l t h e l a s t t e n minutes, the two were related in title only. And that’s when the movie lost me. For those of you not remembering the details, “Cloverfield” was a found footage film back before that genre even had a name. Some NYC party guests must flee the city to rescue a friend when a Godzilla-like monster descends upon the streets of Manhattan. Told through the lens of a camcorder, “Cloverfield” was exciting and fresh and scored a big win by opening well despite little advance marketing by producer J.J. Abrams – a man who

I’m sure you realize has gone on to many bigger and better things since then.

“10 Cloverfield Lane” is a lockedroom mystery. Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is in a terrible car accident and wakes up chained to a steam pipe in Howard’s (John Goodman) end of days bunker.

He explains that he rescued her from the side of the road just as he was fleeing home in light of a chemical/nuclear/alien attack that had destroyed all of civilization and that they have to stay together, locked below ground, for two years before it’ll be safe to go back to the world above. She’s no dummy, Michelle, and she buys none of his ravings that all are tinted with just a little mania behind the blank slate of his face and the eeriness of his words. Then she meets Emmett

(John Gallagher, Jr.), another resident of their new home who fought Howard for a way into the place just as he was sealing it up from the contaminants. Emmett helped build the shelter and he knew one day they’d make use of it for real.

T h e n e w m o v i e g e t s o ff t o a gangbusters start, but the slow burn intensity as Howard continues to creep out Michelle, Emmett befriends her, and the trio adjust to the monotony of everyday life without sunlight or fresh air begins to wear thin by the ninety-minute mark. When Michelle attacks Howard and tries to break out, she finds that the threats he’d been spouting all along might have been real.

Some dead pigs and a zombiefied n e i g h b o r a t t h e g ro u n d - l e v e l

window hatch are just enough assurance that she does not want to open that door. Late in the film, just as Howard is really beginning to break with reality, she uses a shower curtain and a soda bottle to make a homemade Hazmat suit to attempt one more field trip out of the cinderblock nightmare in which she’s been held, sort of, captive. “10 Cloverfield Lane” turns on a dime. The pressure cooker mentality builds to a ripe, violent ending culminating in a final moment twist that I can’t quite force myself to reveal to you. Thought my film critic ethics block my path, please don’t put too much stock into the way this movie turns out. I found it more than a touch on the unrewarding side. Maybe they’ll make good on it in Part 3.

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I’d also like to get in a plug for one of last year ’s little films that I just discovered on DVD called “Bone Tomahawk”. It’s a Western/horror film mash-up starring Kurt Russell as a do-good s h e r i ff w h o l e a d s a p o s s e o f Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, and Patrick Wilson into the desert in search of some folks kidnapped from their fine town by a band of cannibalistic Native Americans. If any of these ideas appeal to you, you’ll love it. If not, try the new thing and thank me later.

“10 Cloverfield Lane” runs 123 minutes and is rated PG-13 for thematic material, including frightening sequences of threat with some violence, and brief language. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

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Religion Religion briefs Mexican archdiocese claims Pope was misinformed

MEXICO CITY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mexico's main archdiocese has taken the unusual step of publicly saying Pope Francis was badly advised when he directed harsh words to local bishops during his visit in mid-February.

The pope told a gathering of local bishops not to be careerminded clerics, saying, "We do not need princes, but rather a community of the Lord's witnesses."

An editorial published Sunday on a website of the archdiocese of Mexico City says "the hand of discord had tried to accent the negative." It denies that local bishops were out of touch with the people, and says the pope's comments "might be due to someone near him who gave him bad advice."

The editorial ends with the question: "Who gave the Pope bad advice?"

Former music director sues Catholic church for firing

CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The former music director of a suburban Chicago Catholic parish who was fired after becoming engaged to his same-sex partner is suing the parish and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Colin Collette filed the lawsuit Monday, saying the church's conduct was discriminatory and violated county, state and federal human rights laws.

Collette worked at Holy Family Catholic Church in

Inverness for 17 years. The parish asked him to resign as music director in 2014 soon after he announced his engagement. He wouldn't resign and was dismissed.

A spokeswoman for the archdiocese said it does not comment on ongoing litigation.

Kasich discusses faith and good works

MONROE, Mich. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Republican presidential candidate John Kasich says faith is proven in the care we show for others, especially when no one is looking.

At a town hall meeting on Monday in Michigan, the Ohio governor said he's learned that satisfaction in life comes from helping others who are less fortunate. But he said a Bible commentary he had just read noted that even Jesus sometimes healed people privately "so as to glorify God and not glorify himself."

Kasich said he doesn't push his faith on others, but for him it's essential in times of crisis. He said, "I don't know where I'd go if I didn't have it."

A self-identified Democrat at the event criticized Kasich's remark at a recent debate that gay people who are denied services should find another business that will serve them rather than suing someone with religious objections. Referencing the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage, Kasich said, "Let's just let everybody take a deep breath and see if we can get along and use common sense."

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Cornish Park, with a clock tower, fountains and historic markers, is just one of several outstanding parks in Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.

Summer retreats retain their charm For The Edge Originally rural summer retreats for Chicagoans, the tiny towns of Algonquin and Lake in the Hills have grown into bustling suburbs with populations of 30,000 and 29,000, respectively.

It was the winding Fox River and a scattering of pretty little glacial lakes that made the towns weekend and summer destinations for Chicagoans. Tucked away in southern McHenry County, less than an hour's drive northwest of Chicago, they not only still attract visitors, but also are great places to live, work and play.

The Fox River is a popular place for boating and fishing, and cyclists enjoy access to a 26-mile network of trails, including the Fox River Trail and the Prairie Path. www.mccd. com ALGONQUIN A Pennsylvania pioneer gave Algonquin its name, an eastern Native American word for "across the water". The area was originally settled by the Potawatomie, which gave rise to a local belief that some of the hills were burial mounds, but that's been debunked.

Algonquin Hill Climb: From 1908 through 1911, Algonquin was famous for an annual event called the Algonquin Hill Climb, which attracted 50,000 spectators and 83 automobile manufacturers. t was a half-mile race up and down a steep hill, and it became a testimonial of excellence for the winning cars. It was so popular, directional signs pointing the way were installed between Chicago and Algonquin. Until recently, it remained as a fun annual festival for classic cars. Today, it's memorialized by Hill Climb Park, with a playground and a panoramic hilltop view.

Port Edward Restaurant: The Fox River runs through downtown Algonquin, where you'll find Port Edward, famous for seafood and nautical décor for more than 50 years. AAA calls it "one of Mid-America's most interesting restaurants" and WTTW-TV "Check Please" gives it a five-fork rating. In addition to seafood, the menu features Hemingway's Trout and Pretzel-Crusted Walleye. The décor in the main dining room includes artifacts from Great Lakes shipwrecks. There's also an indoor Koi pond with a boat that seats four, a secret upper room for two and a bar with a sweeping view of the river. Summer features outdoor dining and a dock space for transient boaters. www.PortEdward.com

Montarra Grill: Recently honored as one of "12 Best Illinois Restaurants Outside Chicago" and "10 Restaurants You Have to Visit in Illinois Before You Die", this contemporary American bistro's menu ranges from artistic small plates to big steaks, with a global wine list. The welcoming décor includes a Chihuly-style chandelier and a 20-foot water wall. www.

Montarra.com Scorched Earth Brewing Company: Made with locallysourced ingredients and old-world brewing techniques, the beers produced here defy tradition. They craft a variety of American and European style beers and ales, as well as seasonal brews. No food is sold, but you are encouraged to bring your own. 224-209-8472. www.scorchedearthbrewing. com Dining: Elsewhere in Algonquin are all the eateries you'll need for a weekend getaway, including: Colonial Café & Ice Cream, Kosta's Gyros, Martini's on Main, Cucina Bella, Mandile's Restaurant, Rainbow Restaurant & Pancake House, Texan BBQ and Village Vintner Winery & Brewery.

Victorian Rose Garden Bed & Breakfast: Just a few blocks from Port Edward is a spacious Queen Anne house surrounded by fragrant rose beds. Guests can choose from four bedrooms and suites and have access to a grand piano, great room, parlor and dining room. Each day begins with a hearty hot breakfast. www.VictorianRoseGarden.com For contemporary accommodations, there's a Holiday Inn Express.

Shopping: Algonquin is a great place to shop, too.

Interesting independent shops include Doerner Jewelers, Handmade on Main, Wicked Chocolates and Your Best Friends Closet. Along the Randall Road retail corridor is Algonquin Commons, with 83 shops and restaurants from Aeropostal to Zales. Also on Randall Road, but currently under construction, are Algonquin Galleria with 110 shops and restaurants, and Algonquin Esplanade with shops, restaurants, apartments and offices.

Founders' Days is Algonquin's cornerstone festival, with a carnival, parade, fireworks, bags tournament, Founders Run, Taste of Algonquin and pub crawl. It is always held on the last full weekend in July.

LAKE IN THE HILLS Yes, Virginia, there's a lake in those hills! In fact, there are four lakes in this village, affectionately called "LITH" for short. The largest is Woods Lake with two public beaches. The remaining three lakes are small and shallow, used mostly for

fishing and wildlife viewing. LITH didn't incorporate as a town until 1952, but the population skyrocketed in the 1990's.

Lake in the Hills Airport: Perhaps the most unusual feature of Lake in the Hills is that the village owns its own airport. It has a 3,800-foot runway, is building an additional taxiway/ runway and hosts more than 34,000 landings and take-offs per year. In fact, it's officially designated as a "relief" landing facility for Chicago's O'Hare. There's a flight school, charter service, aircraft parking, terminal, support services, courtesy car and a pilot lounge with free wi-fi and coffee. Aircraft include single engines, multi-engines, jets and helicopters. www.lith.org/airport Shopping & Dining: Algonquin's wealth of shops and restaurants are so close by, they almost overshadow those in LITH. However, interesting eateries include Bistro Wasabi, Jersey Mike's Subs, Konrad's Bakery, Lily Garden, Moretti's Pizza and Tommy's Redhots. Unique retail shops include Alpine Accessories, Butcher on the Block and Hobby Town USA. When it comes to special events, LITH has plenty: Lake in the Hills Air Expo is an annual festival held on a Saturday in mid-June at the airport, with aircraft rides, demonstrations, flyovers and food. Spectators will see aircraft from the past century, especially WWII-era planes.

Rockin'Rotary Rib Fest is in early July in Sunset Park, with live music, food (including ribs) and fun.

Summer Sunset Festival is LITH's biggest, held on Labor Day weekend in Sunset Park, with live music, food, carnival and fireworks.

Pub in the Park is a brand-new craft beer festival that premiered last year, with 40 craft breweries offering a diverse selection of beer, ale, cider, saison and IPA, along with food trucks and live music. This year's date is Saturday, Oct. 15, in Sunset Park. www.PubinthePark.org FOR MORE ABOUT McHENRY COUNTY McHenry County is just an hour's drive northwest of Chicago, bordered on the north by Wisconsin, and on the south by I-90. The Fox River winds down from the Chain of Lakes through the towns on the eastern side of the county, while country roads meander the western side. For visitor information, including links to the above attractions, plus lodging and dining options throughout McHenry County, go to www.VisitMcHenryCounty.com or phone 815-893-6280.

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Music Music calendar Thursday, March 24

Carrie Underwood, The Storyteller Tour Stories in the Round, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Chon, Polyphia, Strawberry Girls, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Excision, w/Figure, Bear Grillz, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Dawn Drapes, w/Doctor Delia, Great Plains, Cicero's, University City, 7:00 p.m.

Yo u H a d M e A t P o s t e r s , Brainwaves, Aitch, James Whalen, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Nick Carter, w/Riley Biederer, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Friday, March 25

A Tribute to Clark Terry with Bryon Stripling & the Jazz St. Louis Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Dubioza Kolektiv, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Tu r n p i k e Tro u b a d o u r s , T h e Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Road to Pointfest 2016, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Muddy River Ramblers, w/ Scrambled, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:30 p.m.

Star & Micey, w/The Kickback, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

The Blackstar All-Stars' Tribute to David Bowie feat. 7 Shot Screamers, w/KArate Bikini, Tory Z Starbuck, Giant Monsters on The Horizon, Lonely Mountain String Band, Aquitaine, Eric Hall, Dave Grelle, CaveofswordS. The Ready Room, St. Louis, 7:00 pm.

James McMurtry, w/Letter to Memphis, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 26

A Tribute to Clark Terry with Bryon Stripling & the Jazz St. Louis Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Who Hits 50!, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Man Eating Tiger, w/Made in Waves, Hiden Hospitals, Ashland, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

The Road to Pointfest 2016 Session 3 Finals, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:00 p.m.

The Many Colored Death, w/The 45, (TBA), Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Home & Away, w/The Few, Talk To You Never, The Cinema Story, Better Halves, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 27

The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 30

Julia Bullock and Renate Rohlfing, The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

SFJAZZ Collective: Originals & The Music of Michael Jackson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Listener, w/Ursa Major, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kitten, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

T h e 4 o n t h e f l o o r, w / T h e Vondrukes, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 31

SFJAZZ Collective: Originals & The Music of Michael Jackson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Chairlift, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Hull & Oates Unplugged, w/ special guests, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

$3 Throwdown feat. Nate Moore, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 8:00 p.m.

SayWeCanFly, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Friday, April 1

SFJAZZ Collective: Originals & The Music of Michael Jackson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Rock 'N Blues Concert for National Blues Museum, Lumiere Live, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Symphony Where You Worship, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

The Kingston Trio, The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Wale & Hoodie Allen, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Architects, w/The Haddonfields, Echo Bravo, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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

O-Town, The Wildey Theater, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

The Road To Pointfest, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Jake's Leg 40th Anniversary, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:30

SFJAZZ Collective: Originals & The Music of Michael Jackson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

D a w n We b e r. T h e S h e l d o n Concert Hall, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m.

Mahler 4, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Slaves, w/Capture The Crown, Myka Relocate, Outline In Color, Conquer Divide, A Promise To

Burn, Another Day Drowning, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Danny Liston & Friends, w/ Impala Deluxe, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

We Are United Birthday Bash, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 5:00 p.m.

Chasing Safety, w/(TBA), The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Thao And the Get Down Stay Down, w/Saintseneca, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 3

Styx, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Mahler 4, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m.

We The Victim, w/Signals From Saturn, Scarred Atlas, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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95.5 Spring Jam starring Anthony Hamilton with special guests Angie Stone and Lyfe Jennings is coming live to the Fabulous Fox Theatre Sunday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Anthony Hamilton Surviving the test of time, Anthony Hamilton will soon gift his fans with yet another compilation baring his heart and soul. Millions across the globe have bought his albums, falling deeply in love with raw, passionate notes that tell a story so familiar that it belongs to us all. His new album, “What I’m Feelin’,” merges a life-long journey with a musical evolution that never once sacrifices his roots.

With seven widely released albums paving the way, the new project stays true to his core yet explores the depths of where this gifted voice can flow. His first single “Amen,” produced by Salaam Remi and James Poyser, celebrates the beauty of a woman in true Anthony style. “It’s not just about her physical attributes,” he noted. “It’s about appreciating everything she brings to the table from going to work, cooking for you, praying for you, and loving you from an authentic place.”

And it’s his authenticity and honest depiction of the average man’s woes that keep the audience searching for him year after year. Another track from the new album, “Walk in my Shoes,” reminds us that no one is immune to mistakes, trials, and defeats. His vocals perfectly convey a pain so deep, that the song leaves little room for misinterpretation.

Although his voice belongs to the world having worked with icons like D’Angelo and 2Pac, his vocals still serve as North Carolina’s soundtrack. Even in the presence of longstanding, global celebration, humility remains his greatest asset. “It means so much that people are still seeking me after so many years without an album coming out,” he shared. “They could have moved on.” In the fiveyear span between his last album “Back to Love” and “What I’m Feelin’,” Anthony released his first holiday album and even made a guest appearance on the Fox hit show EMPIRE, one of the highest rated episodes of the season.

This spiritual vessel takes nothing for granted and believes that his “heaven sent” talent results from God’s plan for his life. He continues to grow while always focusing on what fans want. “There are slight shifts you can make but you just can’t leave the people,” he said. “If we gon’ ride together, we gon’ ride together.” And oh what a

ride it has been.

Angie Stone Grammy nominated singer Angie Stone is one of those artists with a Midas touch. Her buttery smooth honey-toned pipes, undeniable gritty soulfulness and epic songwriting talents have been called upon by everyone from Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo, Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz, to name a few. Rolling Stone Magazine once declared, "When soul music was in the lost and found, she came along to claim it." It is this belief that has made Stone the go-to woman for three different record labels when they were creating a new sound and vision. In the 70s, it was Angie Stone who helped to define the sound of the now legendary Sugar Hill Records as a member of the first recorded female rap group, Sequence. Their hit, "Funk You Up," is a classic that gets folks moving to this day! Fast forward, Clive Davis tapped Stone's iconic sound in the early 2000s, when he launched J Records. She recorded her gold-selling Mahogany Soul for the label and Stone Love.

The in- demand Renaissance woman moves seamlessly from the studio and stage (she's starred on Broadway) to television and silver screen without missing a beat. A legend in this tough business, Angie Stone stands in a class by herself. In September 2015 BET/CENTRIC made Stone the focus of their acclaimed being artist profile series, capturing just how amazing this dynamic’s life and career has been.

Lyfe Jennings Lyfe Jennings (born Chester Jennings in Toledo, Ohio) is an African American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music. Jennings began singing at a young age in a Toledo church choir. He later joined a group called The Dotsons with two of his cousins and his older brother, Jay. The group separated in the early 1990s, and Jennings rediscovered music and started a music program at an Ohio prison where he was serving a ten-year sentence on an arson-related charge.

He has cited Erykah Badu’s 1997 album Baduizm as one of the reasons for his rediscovery. Jennings was released from prison in December 2002 and started to pursue a solo career in music. In January 2003, he performed in Harlem at the Showtime at The Apollo. The same year, he also independently released his first EP, What Is Love. To further pursue his career, Jennings moved to New York City where he performed at rapper Nelly’s concert at Radio City Music Hall, at an NAACP convention where he performed an original song called “Thank God for the NAACP”, and at the Cafeteria in Chelsea, Manhattan during the blackout on August 14. He signed with Columbia Records and released

his debut album Lyfe 268-192 (268-192 was his inmate number) in August 2004. His first single was Stick Up Kid, which didn’t see much success until after the album was released. The album featured his hit single “Must Be Nice”.

Jennings’ second album The Phoenix was released in August 2006. The first single, “S.E.X.”, features Jennings’ protégé, singer LaLa Brown.

Kingston Trio to perform at The Sheldon

The Sheldon presents The Kingston Trio, Friday, April 1, 2016 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. With a blend of impeccable three-part harmony and irresistible good humor, The Kingston Trio’s hit songs, including “Tom Dooley,” “M.T.A.,” “Scotch and Soda” and “Greenback Dollar,” continue to resonate with fans. During the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, the Trio enjoyed unprecedented record sales and worldwide fame, while influencing the musical tastes of a generation.

The original Kingston Trio, formed in San Francisco in 1957

by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and Dave Guard, changed the face of pop music, introducing a new take on classic American folk music. Their “folk revival” sound paved the way in the 1960s for groups such as the Limelighters, the Smothers Brothers and the Brothers Four, eventually inspiring the protest folk music of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary.

In their heyday, the Trio’s albums and concert performances were out-sold only by the Beatles.

The Kingston Trio has survived many personnel changes over the years, though “new” trio members such as John Stewart, Bill Zorn, George Grove, and the late Roger Gambill each contributed fresh and lasting changes to the group, creating a legend that transcends individual performers. Their success over the decades is a testament to the enduring nature of The Kingston Trio sound, as they still tour throughout the country more than 30 weeks each year. The Kingston Trio today consists of Bill Zorn, George Grove and Rick Dougherty.

They are continuing The Kingston Trio legacy with fantastic reviews, command performances and standing ovations wherever they perform.

Single tickets are $45 orchestra/$40 balcony. Tickets are on sale now through MetroTix at 314-534-1111, through The Sheldon’s website at TheSheldon.org, or in person at The Fox Theatre Box Office, 534 N. Grand Blvd. For a VIP concert experience, All-Access tickets are available by calling 314-5339900, ext. 17. For more information, call The Sheldon at 314533-9900 or visit TheSheldon.org.

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With over 17 million copies sold, Boston generated hits such as "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," and "Smokin'," rock staples that are still in heavy rotation today.

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Laumeier Sculpture Park to present Gigi Scaria For The Edge Laumeier Sculpture Park presents Gigi Scaria: Time, April 16–August 14, 2016. The multimedia exhibition consists of recent photographs, films and a large sculpture inside the Whitaker Foundation Gallery at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center, plus an outdoor commission located in Laumeier ’s Museum Circle. Gigi Scaria: Time is organized

by Dana Turkovic, Laumeier ’s Curator of Exhibitions.

New Delhi-based artist Gigi Scaria’s work focuses on "social mapping"—whether territorial, cultural, environmental or of the hierarchies and systems of our global communities. Each element draws on these themes, continuing Scaria’s inquiry into time, migration, community collapse and the beauty in labor and collaboration. He explores the layers of ancient cultures as they get subsumed in the world’s mega-cities and reflects on the unique form of city-building that exists in St. Louis by cross-pollinating the disappearing architecture and symbols from New Delhi with the Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.

“This show is an attempt to observe the intricacies of the phenomena called ' time,' said Scaria. “Memories and histories of our 'time' are slipping into the whirlpool of change, which is only understood by the notion called 'speed.’ Invoking the Mounds at Cahokia to the present-day

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crisis of widespread migrant population, Time tries to grab our time through many perspectives. This is the first time my largescale sculptural work will be exhibited in a public space abroad. I am really excited for this opportunity at Laumeier, and am looking forward to the interaction of the Park’s visitors with my work.”

Scaria’s practice focuses on the hurried transformation of cityscapes— more specifically, the sprawl of New Delhi and the chaotic demolition and displacement throughout impoverished areas. With a layer of satire and cynicism, his abstracted structures—both imagined and constructed—explore the themes and experience of “time” in an analysis of urban architecture and investigate the past, present and future of his location and the permanence and impermanence of personal and social space.

Gigi Scaria: Time is part of Laumeier ’s new five-year programming theme, New Territories: BRICS, 2015–19. New Territories takes a broad look at the world’s cultural zones as they have directly and indirectly impacted life in St. Louis. Projects and activities under New Territories will twist the economic acronym BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa] beyond t h e m a r k e t f o rc e s d r i v i n g t h e g l o b a l economy.

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What: Gigi Scaria: Time Supported by Joan and Mitch Markow and Ellen and Durb Curlee Where: Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri 63127 Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center, Museum Circle When: Saturday, April 16–Sunday, August 14, 2016 Public Opening: Saturday, April 16, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Gigi Scaria has curated a series of films in collaboration with Webster University Film Series Director James Harrison. The films will be screened at the Webster University Winifred Moore Auditorium located at 470 East Lockwood, Saint Louis, Missouri 63119.

Tickets are $6 for general admission and $5 for Laumeier Members, Webster University alumni, senior citizens and students. All tickets will be sold at the door.

Kutty Srank (The Sailor of Hearts), Directed

by Shaji N. Karun / Thursday, May 26 / 7:30 p.m.

Satya (Truth), Directed by Ram Gopal Varma / Thursday, June 23 / 7:30 p.m.

Stalker, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky / Thursday, July 21 / 7:30 p.m.

Artist Biography

Gigi Scaria was born in 1973 in Kothanalloor, Kerala, India. He received his M.F.A. in Painting at Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, in 1998 and his B.F.A. in Painting from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1995. Scaria’s works have been included in a number of important exhibitions and venues—most notably, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2014 and the India Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, the 3rd Singapore Biennale and the Prague Biennale, all in 2011. He has had solo exhibitions at the Smart Museum of Art–The University of Chicago; Ian Potter Museum of Art–The University of Melbourne; Dubai Art Fair, United Arab Emirates; Gallery Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai; Galerie Christain Hosp, Berlin; Video Space, Budapest; The National Art Studio, Changdong, Seoul; Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi; and the Inter America Space, Trinidad. He has also exhibited at India China Contemporary Art, Shanghai; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; Helsinki City Art Museum; Kulturhuset, Stockholm; and at Vadehra Art Gallery, London; The Jewish Museum, New York; The 4th International video art Biennial, Tel Aviv; National Gallery of Modern Art Bangalore; Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and The Newark Museum, New Jersey, among many others. Scaria lives and works in New Delhi.

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For The Edge

Members of the Slaughter Project.

The Slaughter Project brings "Caravan" to the Edison Theatre For The Edge

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s resident dance company in the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, The Slaughter Project encompasses a wide of backgrounds, movement styles, technical accomplishments and performance skills. Student and pre-professional dancers and choreographers share the stage with professional artists.

At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 25

and 26, The Slaughter Project will present “Caravan,” its 2016 showcase, in Edison Theatre. “ ‘Caravan’ explores the human experiences of kinship and alienation,” said Cecil Slaughter, professor of the practice in dance in the PAD, who founded the company in 2004.

“The title piece was originally staged in 2013 and is inspired by nomadic culture,” Slaughter said. “As dancers move through the nine works of this year’s concert, they are united by the implied emotional states evoked by shared experiences.”

About Cecil Slaughter Born in Roanoke, Ala., Slaughter received his dance training as a student at Jearaldyne’s School of the Dance, and as a member of the

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s apprentice company DCDCII. While attending Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, he served as founder and director of the Wilberforce Dance Ensemble. He earned his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1998.

As a 14-year veteran of the Dayton Contemporary Dance, Slaughter has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He has worked with such notable choreographers as Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, Doug Varone and James Truitte, among many others.

In addition to The Slaughter Project, he has set contemporary works for Dayton Contemporary Dance (in collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning a cappella group

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Sweet Honey in the Rock); Dance Theater of Dayton; Opus II; Ballet West Virginia; Black Genesis Dance Company; and Gateway Dance Theater.

Tickets Performances of “Caravan” will begin at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, in Edison Theatre.

Tickets are $20, or $15 for students, children, senior citizens and Washington University faculty and staff, or $10 for Washington University students. Tickets are available through the Edison Box Office at 314-935-6543.

Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6465 Forsyth Blvd.

For more information, call 314-935-6543 or visit edison.wustl.edu.

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The Arts

For The Edge

Above, visitors look at paintings for sale at a past Art Fair at Queeny Park. Below, a variety of examples from the upcoming show.

For The Edge The Greater St. Louis Art Association (GSLAA) presents the 2016 Art Fair at Queeny Park, April 1–3. The show is held at the indoor, climate-controlled Greensfelder Recreation Center in Queeny Park, on Weidman Road between Manchester and Clayton Roads.

Hours are Friday 5 – 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Art Fair at Queeny Park is one of the most popular, reputable and longest-running art fairs in the bi-state region.

Now in its 38th year, the spring fair is perfectly timed for gift giving and springtime home spruce-up decorating.

With over 130 selected, juried artists, both local and from across the country, displaying original works in media ranging from printmaking, ceramics, photography, jewelry, glass, sculpture, painting, and more, there is a wealth of opportunity to find the perfect item. Collectors and first time art purchasers enjoy the discovery of a new find, chatting

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with the artist and learning the story or process behind the piece selected. Fine art and craftwork are both available in a wide price range.

The Art Fair at Queeny Park brings in favorite artists who have returned year after year, yet continues to attract an evergrowing group of many of the finest, established artists from all over the country, showing at the fair for the first time.

“The Art Fair at Queeny Park brings in favorite artists who return year after year, while at the same time attracting a range of established artists from all over the country to show at the fair for the first time,” said Maggie McCarthy, artist and co-chair of the event. “I think people enjoy the relaxed setting and the opportunity to talk to the artists and find out what inspired their work. With a wide selection and a wide range of pricing, it is very easy to walk away with something you love.”

Rounding out the experience is: • Wine tastings during all three show days • Live music provided by the Ann Dueren trio

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• 3 drawings each for $50 or $100 in “art dollars” that can be spent at any artist’s booth • Children’s activities include the popular Art Discovery Adventure on Sunday afternoon that will encourage their interest and knowledge of arts and crafts by letting them create their own works.

• Pottery and egg shell carving demonstrations • A refreshment café serving meals and snacks during the show hours • ATM on site Proceeds from the $5 admission go to GSLAA’s Art Scholarship Fund and help cover show expenses. Additional scholarship donations may be made at the door. St. Louisarea high school seniors are eligible to apply for the art education scholarship, which is sent directly to the college of his or her choice. Scholarship winners will have their work displayed at the Spring Fair. For information about the show or the scholarship program please call 314-889-0433 or visit www.ArtFairAtQueenyPark.com

The Arts Artistic adventures Museum to exhibit Chinese art

An exhibit titled Real and Imagined Landscapes in Chinese Art will be on display March 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;August 14 in Gallery 225 at the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.

Chinese art is filled with images of landscapes and landscape settings.

Some are depictions of imaginary locations and others may represent actual sites at certain points in time, while still others combine real and imagined landscape elements within the same pictorial space or object surface. This exhibition of selected works from the Museum's collection explores how real and imagined landscapes in Chinese art are seen within paintings as well as threedimensional objects.

Works in the exhibition include two hanging scrolls bearing titles that refer to actual named places: The Taibo Wine Pavilion at Caishi Rock by Miao Song and Elegant Gathering at the Poetry Niche, a collaborative work by Fa Shishan and his friends. Gathering of the Immortals by Wang Wending depicts the birthday celebration of the Daoist deity Queen Mother of the West in a garden of lotus, plantain, and exotic flowering plants. These screens present symbols of longevity, and were painted in honor of the 60th birthday of the Li family matriarch Madame Chen.

Other works in the exhibition that interpret landscapes through visual imagination include the hanging scroll by Wan Shanglin with scenery that arouses a sense of tranquility, and two porcelain barrelform garden seats decorated with peacocks in landscape settings.

Real and Imagined Landscapes in Chinese Art is curated by Philip Hu, associate curator-in-charge of Asian art.

The exhibit is free.

For more information, visit www. slam.org.

Oriental carpet display planned

The Saint Louis Art Museum is hosting a new exhibit, The Carpet and the Connoisseur.

During the early 20th century, St. Louis businessman James F. Ballard became one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top collectors of Oriental carpets. An unlikely collector, he was celebrated for his approach to collecting Anatolian carpets from provincial centers in Turkey at a time when most other rug connoisseurs were acquiring the classical Persian and Indian carpets. In addition to his passion for collecting, Ballard was also a patient teacher, inveterate traveler, and, above all, the first Oriental carpet enthusiast to acknowledge the importance of Turkish influence on the history of the pile carpet.

Ballard ultimately divided his collection of carpets between The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1922 and the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1929. Another group of carpets were added to the St. Louis collection through a later donation by his daughter, Nellie Ballard White, in 1972. As a result of these two gifts, the Museum has amassed a collection of Oriental rugs recognized as one of the most significant collections in the world.

The Carpet and the Connoisseur will highlight 51 carpets from the Ballard collection, including three Cairene rugs, a Spanish rug, and examples of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lottoâ&#x20AC;? and small-pattern

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holbeinâ&#x20AC;? carpets, all important examples of works from the late15th and 16th centuries. Ballard also acquired two 19th-century Persian pleasure tents that were used for outdoor gatherings. These are also featured in the exhibition.

The Carpet and the Connoisseur is guest-curated by Walter B. Denny, University of Massachusetts distinguished professor in Islamic Arts in collaboration with Philip Hu, associate curator of Asian art, and textile conservator Zoe Perkins. The Carpet and the Connoisseur will be on view in the Main Exhibition Galleries from March 6 through May 8, 2016.

For more information, visit www. slam.org.

The Sheldon announces winter/ spring exhibition schedule

The Sheldon Art Galleries announces the Winter/Spring 2016 exhibition schedule, with an opening reception on Friday, March 4 from 5-7 p.m. Galleries open until 9 p.m. for First Fridays in Grand

Center. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8 p.m.; Wednesdays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fridays, Noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on exhibitions, visit TheSheldon. org. More information about each individual exhibit available upon request.

Main Floor Galleries: Printmaking in St. Louis Now March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 7, 2016 This exhibition showcases the exciting work being done in printmaking in St. Louis, both by print presses who work with local, national and international artists, and works by individual artists living in the St. Louis area. Both traditional and non- traditional, installation-based approaches are represented. The exhibit includes works by area and international artists published by Evil Prints, Firecracker Press, Island Press, Pele Prints and Wildwood Press, as well as 27 area printmakers and selected photographers who include Ken Botnick, Lisa Bulawski, Bunny Burson, Terrell Carter, Joe Chesla, Carmon Colangelo, Stephen M.

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Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery: Frank Trankina: Superheroes and Night Stories March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 21, 2016 Chicago-based painter Frank Trankina explores the duality of still life and storytelling in exquisitely painted scenes that are created with collections of anthropomorphic objects and vintage figurines and toys. A selection of gouache drawings also explore the process and materials of artmaking and the spaces in between. Though Trankinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works allude to Old Master still life paintings, they stand firmly within our contemporary world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and often refer to human relationships and all of their idiosyncrasies. Trankina received his M.F.A. degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a Professor of Art at Northern Illinois University.

Dalay, Sage Dawson, Yvette Drury Dubinsky, Stan Gellman, Robert Goetz, Cheri Hoffman, Joan Hall, Tom Huck, Mark Katzman, Alicia LaChance, Tom Lang, Leslie Laskey, Travis Lawrence, Peter Marcus, Mary Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley, Benjamin Pierce, Tom Reed, Jeffrey Sippel, Amanda Verbeck, John Wahlers and Kenneth C. Wood.

A complementary exhibit of prints by young artists, grades prekindergarten to 12th will be featured in the AT&T Gallery of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art. Schools participating are Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary (SLPS); Carnahan High School of the Future (SLPS); Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (SLPS); Crossroads College Preparatory School, St. Louis City; Our Lady of Lourdes School, Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Louis City; and Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, Missouri. The exhibition is made possible in part

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The Arts Artistic adventures Fox announces Broadway Series

The Fabulous Fox Theatre is thrilled to announce its remarkable 2015–2016 U.S. Bank Broadway Series featuring five new hits that are making their St. Louis debuts.

Remaining shows are: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY | April 5 – 17, 2016 THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, one of the most romantic stories ever written, first captured the nation’s attention as a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and is now an irresistible, two time Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical. This stunning new

production features gorgeous, soulful music by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (“Parade,” “The Last Five Years”) that the Daily News hails as “one of Broadway’s best scores in the last decade.” With a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman (“The Secret Garden,” “The Color Purple”) and direction by Tony winner Bartlett Sher (“South Pacific” “The Light in the Piazza”), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY is the unforgettable story of two people caught between decision and desire, as a chance encounter becomes a second chance at so much more.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC | April 26 – May 8, 2016

The hills are alive with the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by Jack O’Brien. The spirited, romantic and beloved musical story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family will once again thrill audiences with its Tony®, Grammy® and Academy Award® winning Best Score, including “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss” and the title song. THE SOUND OF MUSIC features music

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The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, March 24

Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 If/Then A New Musical, The Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis.

Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Friday, March 25

Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 If/Then A New Musical, The Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis.

Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art

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Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Saturday, March 26

Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 If/Then A New Musical, The Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Runs until March 27, 2016 The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis.

Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Tala Madani, Contemporary Art

Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Sunday, March 27

Old Wicked Songs, Millstone Campus Jewish Community Center, Marvin & Harlene Wool Theater, Creve Coeur, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Runs until April 3, 2016 Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Loretto-Hilton Center, Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m., Runs until April 10, 2016 If/Then A New Musical, The Fox Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Molly's Hammer, The LorettoHilton Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

The Carpet and the Connoisseur: The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Runs until May 8, 2016 Arcangelo Sassolino: Not Human, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Arlene Shechet: Urgent Matter, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis.

Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Ned Vena: Paintings Without Borders 2, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Tala Madani, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24.

Monday, March 28

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Peter Sutherland: Forests and Fires, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Runs until April 3.

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County Seat Cafe 316 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville The County Seat is a nice, cheap place to get a bite to eat with outstanding service. The food is good, not great, but you get large helpings and they are continuing to evolve what they do, trying out new quirky menu items for customers.

Check out the peanut butter and jelly pancakes when they're available and the horseshoes are good. Big salads and sandwiches, too.

O'Connell's Pub 4652 Shaw Blvd.

St. Louis Cheap, simple and good. That's a good rundown of O'Connell's Pub in St. Louis. The burgers are tremendous. They're huge and very succulent. It's just a great old-style Irish pub, with good beer selections and simple food made to perfection.

Across the street from Shaw's Garden and not far from Forest Park, so there are great activities to follow if you visit.

Gilliganz Bar and Grill 7251 St. James Rd. Edwardsville This staple in Holiday Shores is a great place to grab a bite to eat. Check out the dog pizza, with chicken, tomatoes and onions and cooked in the dog sauce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; featuring buffalo and barbecue sauce mixed together â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's delicious. There are plenty of other pizza and sandwich selections on the menu. Mondays feature 40-cent wings after 8 p.m. Get the garlic parmesan wings. Be prepared to wait on Mondays though.

Tucanos Brazilian Grill 1520 S. 5th St. St. Charles Sensational. I almost don't have the words to describe this meat mecca. For $25 order Tucanos Famous Churrasco and get an infinity of grilled meats. Each table includes a stick with red at one end and green at the other.

Green means go, red means stop.

As long as you go green the grilled food keeps coming. Anything from turkey wrapped in bacon to prime rib to grilled pineapple to salmon to chicken hearts, it's amazing the stuff they will bring. Also hit the buffet and grab a salad, some fried bananas and some scrumptious fried cheese. I'd recommend going in a group. It's a lot of fun and you'll be there awhile.

Steve's Hot Dogs on The Hill 2131 Marconi Ave. St. Louis If you like hot dogs with a quirky twist, then this is the place for you. The creation of Steve Ewing, the lead singer for The Urge, this place is awesome. It's small and only open for lunch hours Monday through Saturday, but worth a visit. The Gorilla Mac and Cheese Dog is awesome, comprised of a smoked Nathan's hot dog, topped with creamy mac and cheese, bacon and French fried onions. The Bacon Bacon Jamaican is great too, with two slices of bacon, pepper jack cheese, jerk seasoning, bell peppers and sweet chipotle sauce. There are

quickly find out it's not. The food is definitely worth a visit. Steak night is a definite time to go. Get a New York strip steak and potato for $9.99.

Check out the peanut butter bacon burger, the asparagus in balsamic sauce and the sweet potato fries drizzled with honey, all are delicious choices.

plenty of other quirky dogs there, too. There is now a second location in the Tower Grove neighborhood.

Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill 215 Harvard Dr. Edwardsville B e p re p a re d t o w a i t w h e n you visit this new hot spot in Edwardsville, but it's worth it. Make sure to check out the gator bites, they are fantastic. It's alligator meat fried in a corn meal breading. The catfish fillets are fried in the same corn meal breading and equally as good. There are also gator tacos and don't miss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crabby Monday's Crab Leg Special.â&#x20AC;? A little pricey though.

Chubby's Warehouse Bar & Grille 1022 E. Broadway Alton Cheap and delicious. The burgers are fantastic here and extremely affordable. They also have a good buffalo chicken sandwich and good tacos. Maybe the best thing they offer is their sweet corn nuggets, you can't go wrong with them. It's cash only so make sure you grab some before you go. Only knock is the service could be a little friendlier.

Strange Donuts 2709 Sutton Blvd.

Maplewood An aptly named donut shop, it is one of the weirdest places you may ever eat, but weird doesn't mean it's not good. Check out the strangers, which are daily collaborations with other local restaurants. The bacon maple donut and the gooey butter donut are always on the menu and always fantastic choices.

Mission Taco Joint 908 Lafayette Ave. Soulard If you like quirky and eclectic twists on Mexican fare then this is the place for you. There are great tacos and burritos like the Brah'rito with carne asada and chipotle bacon. It is freakin' huge, too. They also have torta selections on the menu and a cool carne asada fries choice in the appetizers. Good beer selections there also.

Pirronneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria 1775 Washington St. Florissant T h e p i z z a h e re i s a m a z i n g .

They use provel cheese and have a slew of ingredients to go on top of their thin crust pies.

During the day they have a great buffet lunch special, which also has a salad bar and soups and appetizers.

Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant 132 West Macarthur Dr. Cottage Hills It is an extensive menu with all kinds of choices, including breakfast selections, sandwiches, steaks, fish, pasta dishes and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheap. Did I mention that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheap?

Huddle Bar & Grill 1101 Caseyville Rd. Suite J Caseyville It may look like your average bar, but get a load of the menu and

1860â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardshell CafĂŠ and Saloon 1860 S. 9th St., St. Louis Soulard A great place to get some Cajun and Creole food and have a good time to boot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s split into two sides, with the dining area on one end with great items like crab legs, gumbo, poâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boy sandwiches,

Lotawata Creek Southern Grill 311 Salem Pl. Fairview Heights Fatten yourself up at this joint.

The menu is ridiculously huge and the portions are even bigger. Get your own plate of fries for a side, or a bucket of onion rings. It offers a creative sandwich portion of the menu and great southern-style dishes, try the Mac Daddy Burger.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go away hungry here, trust me.

1818 Chophouse 210 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville This is a great place to grab a steak diinner, that is their signature dish. A good place for a fancy dinner date, the ambience in the dining area is fantastic. It offers extensive breakfast, brunch and dinner menus, but be prepared to pay, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty expensive.

Sybergs Old Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights A St. Louis chain restaurant where you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong. Check out their awesome selection of pizzas and hot wings and their house-made sauces are fantastic. Be adventurous and try the shark bites, they are delicious.

Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner Restaurant 2000 State St. Alton Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great neighborhood bar and restaurant. Sit at the bar and have a few drinks with a friendly

staff and patrons. As for the food, get your hands on the best breaded pork tenderloin sandwich ever and check out the monster onion rings, too.

Oriental Spoon 229 Sanatorium Edwardsville A Korean restaurant where you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong. The Kimchi is very good as an appetizer and make sure to check out their bulgogi and bap selections. Make sure to ask your server about spiciness levels if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle hotness very well.

Schiappaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Restaurant 402 S. Madison St. Lebanon A quiet pizzeria that offers plenty more than just pizza. Make sure to check out the great calzones on the menu.

Wasabi Sushi Bar 100 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re into sushi then this is a good place to check out. Choose from a big selection of rolls, from the California and spicy tuna rolls to great choices like the Batman and the Caterpillar. From unagi (eel), to sea urchin, salmon, shrimp and tuna, it has it all. Order the edamame on the appetizer menu.

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