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Tell pests to "bug off" Tips on battling mosquitoes.

4 Homecoming

Glen Carbon prepares for the big event.

7 Mellow D's

Local rockers to take the stage.

10 Meet me at the Muny 2012 season gets under way.

19 "Piranha 3DD"

Film hopes to lure in viewers.

20 Edison's

Putting family fun in sharp focus.

21 Lantern Festival

MoBOT hosts the summer's "can't miss" event.

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What’s Happening Friday June 15___________ • Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

• Hoosier Daddy's, 3:00 p.m./ All Mixed Up, 8:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton • Brainchild/Cronus/Dan Roth Band, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Tim Cunningham, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Pinback w/ Tim Kinsella, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Dr. Acula, City in the Sea, Blackout Summer, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

• Barleyjuice, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• SLUM Fest Pre Par ty, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 10:30 p.m.

• The Reeling Gilly with First to Show Last to Go, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Flux Pavilion w/ Cookie Monsta, Brown & Gammon, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Wynonna Judd with the STL Symphony, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Hobo Jungle, Laurie's Place (Back Bar), Edwardsville, 9:30 p.m.

• Juggalo Bash w/ Nytemare, Missy Malicious, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Folk Fiber & Flowers, E d w a r d s v i l l e A r t s C e n t e r,

Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

• 2012 Ar tists-In-Residence E x h i b i t i o n , C ra f t A l l i a n c e Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, 11:00 to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

• L i q u i d Te r ra i n : 2 0 Ye a r s o f Wo r k s o n Pa p e r by E va Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, noon - 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

• A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• C u r re n t s 1 0 6 : C h e l s e a Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Saturday June 16___________ • Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

• Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• H a u n t e d To u r, M i n e ra l Springs Mall, Alton, 7:30 p.m.

• A l to n H a u n t i n g s G h o s t Hunter's Tour, First Unitarian Church, Alton, 7:00 p.m.

• Nature Photography Day C e l e b ra t i o n , L ew i s & C l a r k C o n fl u e n c e Towe r, H a r t fo rd , 10:00 a.m.

• Ralph Butler, 3:00 p.m./ All Mixed Up, 8:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton • Tim Cunningham, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

and 9:30 p.m.

• The Lion's Daughter CD Release w/ Ever ything Went Black, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Los Campesinos! w/ Yellow Ostrich, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

• A g a i n s t t h e G ra i n w / Without M.F. Order, Al Bundie's Army, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• R o c k i n ' C h a i r, S h e l d o n Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Cree Rider Family Band with Jimmy Sweetwater, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Alice Cooper w/ Venrez, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• The Pulitzer Contemporary Music Festival 02, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• M i ra n d a L a m b e r t w / Chris Young, Jerrod Niemann, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, 7:30 p.m.

• Jam Session w/ Mo' P l e a s u re ( F ro n t B a r ) , 2 to 6 p. m . / J u s t i c e ( B a c k B a r ) , 9:30 p.m., Laurie's Place, Edwardsville • In the Still Epiphany, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 27.

• L i q u i d Te r ra i n : 2 0 Ye a r s o f Wo r k s o n Pa p e r by E va Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

• A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge For most people, summer is a chance to get outside and enjoy backyard barbecues, picnics in the park and camping trips in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, for poor souls like me, summer also means swatting away uninvited pests while desperately trying not to scratch at itchy, mosquito bites.

Every summer since I can remember, I have been plagued by mosquito bites. Nasty red bumps that swell up to the size of marbles and nearly drive me insane with the itching. While everyone else around me is enjoying the warm evening twilight, I can usually be found either dousing myself in insect repellent (which also has the knock-on effect of being a husband repellant) or watching the festivities take place from inside. Neither makes for a fun summer.

Now that I'm a mother, I'm even more aware of the dangerous diseases mosquitoes and ticks can bring such as the West Nile virus and Lyme disease. As a parent, of course I want my children to enjoy being outside, but I also want to be sure that they stay safe. Fortunately, most insect bites and the spread of disease can be stopped or at least severely limited just by following a few simple steps.

"The best thing is to avoid the places and times when mosquitoes bite, which is before and after sunset," said Mary Cooper, environmental health services manager for the Madison County Health Department. Cooper said the type of mosquitoes that cause West Nile are evening biters, so it makes sense to avoid being outside during those hours. However, that may not always be practical during the summer when evening baseball games, Fourth of July fireworks and lightning bug-catching sessions prevail. In these cases, Cooper recommends covering up as much as possible with long sleeves and long pants or using an insect repellent.

Use an effective insect repellent Parents may feel overwhelmed by the many bug protection products that crowd store shelves, wondering which ones are best. The Centers

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Children's swimming pools may seem innocent enough but when left out overnight or for days at a time, they can become breeding grounds for mosquitos. Make sure you completely drain any sources of standing water like this and turn them upside down when not in use. for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a variety of effective products. Check the label for one of the following active ingredients: • DEET • Picaridin • IR 3535 • Oil of lemon eucalyptus Once you’ve bought an insect repellent, use it whenever you and your children are outdoors. Put a few bottles or packets of repellent anywhere you might need them– in the car, by the door, in your bag.

Make it easy so you’ll remember. As hard as it may be to think about, any single bug bite has the potential to bring illness.

Avoid creating mosquito breeding grounds Standing water is a haven for mosquitoes so make sure you aren't inadvertently creating a breeding ground for them in your backyard. Old tires, bird baths, children's swimming pools and

even your dog's water bowl can be targets, according to Cooper.

She advises changing bird baths weekly, emptying out children's pools immediately after use and turning them upside down, cleaning out gutters regularly and covering parked boats. Pet water bowls should be changed daily as well.

Cooper also suggests keeping weeds at bay and cutting the grass often. "Mosquitoes like to look for shady areas to rest during daylight hours," said Cooper.

Make your backyard a tick-safe zone While it is true that ticks are mainly found in wooded areas or tall grass, they can also be found lurking in your backyard. You can take some simple steps to make your backyard more tick-safe. Keep patios, play areas, and playground equipment away from shrubs, bushes, and other vegetation.

Also, tick control chemicals are available for use by homeowners, or

can be applied by a professional pest control expert.

When you are out in the woods, Cooper said it's best to walk in the center of trails and avoid brushing against overhanging branches or tall grass.

"Ticks usually crawl. People think they can jump, but they can't," said Cooper. She said they most likely start out on your legs and crawl up.

Again, like mosquitoes, wearing long sleeves and pants is your first line of defense against ticks.

Check for ticks That said, if you or members of your family have been outside or in the woods it's best to take a few minutes to do some checking. Ticks can ride in on parents, kids, and even the family pet, so check your gear and pets as soon as you get inside, even if your outdoor adventures were only in the backyard.

Parents should check themselves and their children for ticks under

the arms, in and around the ears, inside the belly button, behind the knees, between the legs, around the waist and especially in the hair.

"The best way to remove a tick is to grasp with tweezers and pull it straight out gently and firmly," said Cooper. To dispose of the tick, Cooper advises either flushing it down the toilet or putting it in warm, soapy water.

If a tick is attached to your skin for less than 24 hours, your chance of getting Lyme disease is extremely small, according to the CDC. But to be safe, watch for signs or symptoms of Lyme disease such as rash or fever, and see a doctor if they develop.

Bathing when you get inside can also help you find ticks and remove them. Additionally, you can tumble clothes in a dryer on high heat for an hour to kill any remaining ticks.

If you are at all concerned about a mosquito, tick, spider or any other kind of insect, Cooper said to bring it - preferably in alcohol - to the Madison County Health Department.

"We can send that tick or any kind of insects to the Illinois Department of Public Health to be identified for no cost," said Cooper.

Fend off fleas Unlike mosquitoes and ticks, fleas are more of a nuisance than a public health hazard in this area. True, flea-infested rodents were responsible for the outbreak of bubonic plague across Europe during the 14th century, but these days fleas are more of a problem for your dog or cat than for you. Cooper said keeping pets routinely treated for fleas combined with regular vacuuming and cleaning is the best way to prevent fleas.

By following simple prevention steps, parents and kids can keep pests away so they can focus on fun outdoor activities like gardening, camping, hiking and just playing outdoors.

For more information, contact the Madison County Health Department at www.madisonchd.org, the Illinois Department of Public Health at www.idph.state.il.us or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov/westnile or www. cdc.gov/lyme, or call CDC Info at 1800-CDC-INFO.

People planner Confluence Tower to host photography event A picture is worth a thousand words; or better yet, a visit to The Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower. The Tower, located at 435 Confluence Tower Drive in Hartford, Ill., will host a “Nature Photography Day Celebration” on Saturday, June 16.

The event will offer numerous opportunities to capture nature from a variety of different vantage points.

Tips and other information on how to capture the best outdoor photographs will be provided in two workshop presentations by local photographer, Deej Gausling. The free workshops will be 30-minute sessions and will include a walk on the levee. After the workshops, tour tickets can be purchased to travel to the top of the Tower to take photos with Gausling, as well. The first workshop will be at noon with the second at 1 p.m.

A professional photographer for five years, Gausling has been a photography enthusiast since childhood. She is an adjunct photography instructor at Lewis and Clark Community College and the co-owner and senior photographer of PCB Studios in Bethalto, Ill. In addition to the workshops, a Facebook nature photo contest is open to all who “like” the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower's page. Participants should upload their best nature photos and tag the Tower or upload them directly to the Tower's Facebook wall. The winner will be announced at 3 p.m. during the celebration. Contestants must be present to win. Winners will receive a Tower color changing water bottle

and two, free tour tickets.

Tower hours are Wednesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m. Guided daily tours are every half hour and the last tour is at 4 p.m.

Admission to the tower is $4 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under and children two and under are free. Group rates are available for 12 or more people and reservations can be made by calling the Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau at (618) 465-6676.

The Tower is searching for dedicated volunteers to help out during the busy summer and fall months. For more information about the “Nature Photography Day Celebration” or other planned Tower events, call (618) 251-9101 or visit www.ConfluenceTower.com.

Authors to discuss "St. Louis Parks" Join authors and acclaimed local historians NiNi Harris and Esley Hamilton for a passionate armchair journey through the St. Louis City and County gems featured in their new book, “St. Louis Parks.” The public presentation is at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Saturday, July 7 at 11 a.m. in the Shoenberg Theater, with an introduction by Dr. Peter Raven, president emeritus of the Garden. A book signing in the Garden Gate Shop will immediately follow the presentation at noon. The event is included with Garden admission.

The photo-rich hardcover book “St. Louis Parks” delivers portraits of St. Louis City and County parks. Explaining why these common spaces are crucial to the region’s way of life, Harris and Hamilton take readers through major and minor

parks in the city and county, respectively. Local attractions from Tower Grove Park to Lafayette Park to Forest Park are included in the 176-page hardcover. Photography by Mark Scott Abeln and Steve Tiemann evokes the unique character and history of each park.

“St. Louis Parks” is co-author NiNi Harris’s 10th book on St. Louis history and architecture. Co-author Esley Hamilton has worked as a historian and preservationist for the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation since 1977.

The public presentation is from 11 a.m. to noon in the Shoenberg Theater of the Garden’s Ridgway Visitor Center, with the book signing immediately following from noon to 1 p.m. in the Garden Gate Shop.

The “St. Louis Parks” presentation and book signing is included with Missouri Botanical Garden admission of $8 for adults and free for children ages 12 and under. St. Louis City and County residents enjoy free admission on Saturday before noon and are $4 thereafter. Missouri Botanical Garden members are free.

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

For general information, visit www.mobot.org or call (314) 577‑5100 (toll-free, 1‑800‑642‑8842). Follow the Garden on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook. com/missouribotanicalgarden and http://twitter.com/ mobotnews.

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Up, up and away Glen Carbon Homecoming ready for takeoff If the weather cooperates, it’s an absolute certainty the Glen Carbon Homecoming will reach new heights.

Tethered balloon rides will be one of two new features at this

Committee member Mary Ann Smith, now a Glen Carbon trustee, said the new features will make this year's Homecoming even better.

Smith said the tethered balloon rides will be offered from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. June 15 from the baseball fields at Miner Park.

year ’s homecoming, which is scheduled June 15 and 16 in Old Town.

Last year ’s two-day event draw a record crowd estimated at 8,200 guests.

This year ’s goal, obviously, is to top that.

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Sixteen passengers will be carried aloft at eight-minute intervals on June 15.

The balloon will be tethered to the ground and reach a maximum height of 100 feet.

Presales for the rides are wrapping up, but registration forms are available on the village

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Pictured are three scenes from the 2011 Glen Carbon Homecoming. website, www.glen-carbon.il.us.

The cost per ride is $12.50 This year ’s other new event is the Covered Bridge Fun Run, which features a competitive 5K race and a family-oriented 1K run.

Late additions to the lineup include a tarot card reader and a putting green.

Many favorites will return, too, as the Well Hungarians are the featured band from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 15 and the Smash Band will perform from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 16.

Love Me Leave Me, a local band, will perform from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 16.

Smith said this year ’s Homecoming will also feature double the amount of portable restrooms from year ’s past.

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Collinsville Street as they did last year and there will be paint ball, a laser tag booth and a radartimed baseball throw.

The petting zoo and pony rides will also be offered at Miner Park.

The annual parade will step off at 5 p.m. on June 16 from the intersection of Main Street and Glen Crossing/Meridian roads.

Former mayor Ron Foster and his wife Joan, a member of the Glen Carbon Historical Commission, will serve as co-pararde marshals t h i s y e a r.

A fireworks display presented

by TheBANK of Edwardsville and the Community Events Committee will wrap up Homecoming late on June 16.

Smith said 35 businesses have signed up for booths.

This year ’s food offerings are extensive – pulled pork, fajitas, tacos, funnel cakes, hot dogs, pizza, sub sandwiches, kettle corn, brats, hamburgers, nachos, fries, onion rings and more.

The Glen Carbon Fire Department will man one of the booths selling alcohol and the Community Events Committee will serve margaritas.

With the exception of a donation from the village the Homecoming is a self-supporting event which, in year ’s past, has returned proceeds to the village for use in the Old Town streetscape project.

Smith said backing is again strong for this year ’s event.

Smith said more information will be posted on the website – www.glen-carbon.il.us/ – as it becomes available.

People People planner Annual Zoo Ado takes shape

Flit past the silent auction throughout the evening to place your bid on great items, including behind-the-scenes animal tours, travel packages, St. Louis Cardinals tickets, golf outings, a real life CSI experience and much more. The early bird will be in the pink!

Advance registration is encouraged and can be made through June 13.

General admission is $75 per person.

A reserved table for 10 is $1,500 and includes early admission at 6:30 p.m., program listing, table sign and centerpiece.

Proceeds from this biennial fundraiser benefit the Zoo in its efforts to save endangered species at home and around the world.

The Zoo will close to the public at 5 p.m. General admission and reserved table reservations will be held at the North Entrance/The Living World, and free parking is provided on the North Lot on Government Drive. Reservations for sponsors and underwriters will be held at the South Entrance on Wells Drive at Tamm.

Reservations are non-refundable.

Attendees must be 21 years of age or older. The party will be held rain or shine.

A Zoo Ado co-chairs are Joe Ambrose and Lynn Yaeger.

Presenting sponsor is Wells Fargo Advisors. Underwriters include Fifth Third Bank, U.S. Bank, Brown Shoe Company, Inc., Edward Jones, First Bank, Monsanto Company, Novus International, Peabody Energy and Schnuck Markets, Inc. Entertainment sponsor is Laclede Gas Company.

For more information about A Zoo Ado and to make reservations, call (314) 646-4771 or visit www.stlzoo. org/azooado.

Don’t be a lawn ornament this summer. Gather your colony of socializers and celebrate the Caribbean flamingo at the Saint Louis Zoo’s summer bash “A Zoo Ado 2012 presented by Wells Fargo Advisors: Flamingo Fling.”

On Friday, June 15, from 7 p.m. to midnight, you can dine and dance under the summer moon while fluffing your tail feathers and showing off your pretty-in-pink preening. Creative casual attire and costumes are encouraged.

When the clock strikes seven, flock to Caribbean Cove and The Wild to fill your beak with Caribbean cuisine, including fruit salad with coconut, pineapple, watermelon, spiced rum and honey yogurt; shrimp salad; green bean salad; tossed spring greens salad; cilantro lime rice; sweet potato cakes with fruit chutney; roasted vegetables; fried snapper with peppers and onions; spiced pork loin with black bean mango salsa; and braised short ribs. Hydrate at any of the various beverage stations around the area.

Throughout your alfresco feeding, and as your belly becomes stuffed, allow FatPocket’s phat funk to propel you into an evening of easy grooving.

After dinner, migrate to Historic Hill, where dessert will be unveiled.

Beginning at 8 p.m., turn up your flamenco flair to flap, flutter and wing your way around the dance floor with Dr. Zhivegas and DJ Raven Fox, A Zoo Ado’s main stage entertainment sponsored by Laclede Gas Company.

Wade into The Wild to marvel at the majestic pink flamingos, beautifully balancing in North Lake. Twist your neck around to see pelicans, bears, orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and of course, your other Caribbean friends, stingrays and sharks, in their habitats until 8 p.m.

For the yoga master in you, get low in a limbo contest; flash your flamboyant flamingo fashion in a costume contest; put your athletic skills to the test in flamingo-themed sporting games, such as using a yard ornament to play croquet.

Schedule announced for Alton Farmers’ & Artisians’ Market The Alton Farmers' & Artisans' Market started on Saturday, June 2nd at a new location for the 2012 season, in the parking lot at the corner of 9th Street & Piasa St. (US Hwy 67). Organizers have also added a second day; the Market will now be open every Wednesday evening from 4-7pm in addition to

the usual Saturday mornings from 8am-Noon, through October 13th.

Shoppers will find a wide selection of locally-grown seasonal fruit and vegetables, including heirloom varieties and organically grown crops. Along with produce, fresh cut flowers, potted plants, grass-fed meat, local honey, fresh bread and other baked goods, handmade soap, and a large assortment of hand-crafted artwork such as pottery, stained glass and woodworking items will be available.

Alton Main Street organizes the market, which has been in operation for approximately 18 years. “We are very excited to be moving to this great new location that offers double the parking, all on flat ground,” said Sara McGibany, Executive Director, “We are installing signage to lead shoppers from the old location to the new one, and since we're relocating just under a mile away on the same road, we are confident that everyone will be able to find us.”

Sarah Ansell, a member of the Main Street Board of Directors who is an artist that participates in the Market herself, has stepped into the Chairperson role in order to help manage the increasing logistical details and marketing that is needed. “We are being inundated with calls and emails from vendors inquiring about details, which is wonderful,” said Ansell, “We are always looking for more variety of products that are homegrown and handmade.” Registration fees are $10 for Saturdays and $5 for Wednesdays; anyone who would

like to receive a vendor registration form is encouraged to call Alton Main Street at 463-1016.

Live entertainment and special activities have been scheduled for every Saturday throughout the season. The Community Cultivators will provide nature crafts, and Jacoby Arts Center will provide “Arts in the Park” activities. Starting in July, Senior Services Plus will be distributing Senior Nutrition Coupons at the Market, which are vouchers for $21 worth of free produce to seniors 60+ who fit income guidelines.

The event has a new facebook page that can be found at: www.facebook. com/AltonFarmersMarket, where the public can be updated on what produce is in season and receive reminders on upcoming entertainment and activities. For more information on this project and other ways that Alton Main Street is working to revitalize downtown Alton, please visit www.

AltonMainStreet.org.

2012 CALENDAR: 6/16 - Southern IL Healthcare Foundation Health Fair, Face Painting & Nature Craft: Game Day! 6/23 - Community Supported Agriculture & Urban Gardening Day, plus Nature Craft: Create a House for a Bee, Bat, Bird, Butterfly, Bug or Worm!

6/30 - Artist Demo: Pottery Wheel & Nature Craft: Create a model insect friend using natural resources and real insect specimens...including a re a l l i v e v e r m i c o m p o s t i n g community!

7/7 - Live Music from Deja Too &

Summer Recipe Day 7/14 - Celebrity Chef Jarvis Putnam of Bossanova Restaurant & Lounge 7/21 - Christmas in July - visit w/ Santa while he's on vacation from the North Pole!

7/28 - “Arts in the Park” (1011:30) - Shining Suns- Understand symmetry by fashioning your own sunburst 8/4 - Live Music from The Waters Trifecta, Celebrity Chef - Keith Davis from Southern Girls BBQ; “Arts in the Park” (10-11:30) - Texture Building- Embellish drawn buildings with an assortment of different textures 8/11 - National Farmers Market Day & “Arts in the Park” (10-11:30) - Three-Dimensional LandscapesCreate a vast mountainous landscape enhanced by lifelike texture 8/18 - “Arts in the Park” (1011:30) - Pigment Art- Use natural dyes and pigments to make a masterpiece 8/25 - Celebrity Chefs - Laurie & Geo from Chez Marilyn & Face painting 9/1 - Live Music from Justin Georgewitz 9/8 - Environmental Educators Day 9/15 - Fall Recipe Day 9/22 - Customer Appreciation Day & Artist Demo: Paper-Making 9/29 - Composting Workshop w/ the McCully Heritage Project &The Nature Institute 10/6 - Live Music from Andrew Craft & Friends, plus Make-YourOwn Tie Dye Day (bring your own shirt-$5 fee)

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People People planner History exhibit stops at SIUE  “ L i n c o l n : T h e C o n s t i t u t i o n and the Civil War,� a traveling exhibition opening at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Lovejoy Library on Wednesday June 20, 2012, examines how President Abraham Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.

Lincoln is widely acknowledged a s o n e o f A m e r i c a ’ s g re a t e s t p re s i d e n t s , b u t h i s h i s t o r i c a l reputation is contested. Was he a calculating politician willing to accommodate slavery, or a principled leader justly celebrated as the Great Emancipator? This exhibition provides no easy answers. Rather, it encourages visitors to form a nuanced view of Lincoln by engaging them with the late president’s struggle to reconcile his policy preferences with basic American ideals of liberty and equality.

This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president, and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, at a time when the nation was on the brink of war.

Lincoln struggled to resolve the basic questions that divided Americans at the most perilous moment in the nation’s history: Was the United States truly one nation, or was it a confederacy of sovereign and separate states?

How could a country founded on the belief that “all men are created equal� tolerate slavery?

In a national crisis, would civil liberties be secure? Lincoln used the Constitution to confront these three crises of war, ultimately reinventing the Constitution and the promise of American life. “ We a re d e l i g h t e d t o h a v e been selected as a site for this exhibition,� Dean of Library and Information Services Regina McBride said. “As a new president, Abraham Lincoln was faced with enormous challenges.

This exhibition shows how Lincoln struggled with issues of secession, slavery and civil liberties—all questions our country’s founding charter left unanswered. Each section of the exhibit features information about a different aspect of Lincoln’s presidency. For example, the section about slavery examines the various policy options Lincoln once embraced and how his thoughts about slavery evolved over time. Most importantly, the exhibit helps visitors understand why Lincoln’s struggle with the Constitution still matters today.�

The National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office organized the traveling exhibition, which was made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): great ideas brought to life. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.

The traveling exhibition is composed of informative panels featuring photographic reproductions of original documents, including a draft of Lincoln’s first inaugural speech,

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the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment.

The library is sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. Contact Erik Estep, social sciences librarian (618650-3206 or eestep@siue.edu) or visit siue.edu/lovejoylibrary for more information. “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War� will be on display at the library until August 3, 2012.

Zoo plans Jungle Boogie concert series Go wild on the weekends at the Saint Louis Zoo! On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, May 25 through September 3, the Zoo i s o p e n e x t e n d e d h o u r s f ro m 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. for North S t a r S u m m e r Z o o We e k e n d s .

We e k d a y s u m m e r h o u r s a re 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

On Memorial Day and Labor Day, the Zoo is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Zoo will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 15, for the Zoo’s major fundraiser.

Bring the whole family to “splish splash� with the stingrays, “cha-cha� with the cheetahs, and “frug� with the f ro g s a t J u n g l e B o o g i e F r i d a y Night Concert Series presented

by Missouri Lottery.

Enjoy free live music on Friday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. (no concert on June 15).

Stingrays and sharks have returned for a season long pool party at Stingrays at Caribbean Cove featuring Sharks! See white-spotted bamboo, bonnethead and nurse sharks swimming about with cownose rays, southern stingrays, horseshoe crabs and t ro p i c a l f i s h . A d m i s s i o n i s $ 3 for the general public and $1.50 for Zoo Friends up to the ZooGoer level. Members at the Family level and above may use their Anywhere Plus passes for admission. Children under two are free.

The brand new, state-of-theart 1.5-acre Sea Lion Sound is opening June 30! This exhibit combines the popular Sea Lion Basin and Sea Lion Arena right in the heart of the Zoo. Enjoy a First Bank Sea Lion Show at the new Lichtenstein Sea Lion A re n a , a v e n u e t h a t f e a t u re s a n 8 11 - s e a t a m p h i t h e a t e r f o r seasonal shows, a large stage,

a ro c k b r i d g e e x t e n d i n g i n t o the audience and a high diving platform and slide. The sea lion superstars will thrill you with flipper walks, ball balancing and lots of splashing. Timed tickets are $4 per person; children under 2 are free. Shows are at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3 p.m. daily in summer with an additional s h o w a t 5 p . m . o n S a t u rd a y s , Sundays and holidays. Shows begin June 30.

See mimicking macaws, kissing alpacas, gymnastic armadillos and more showcase their natural talents at the Emerson Children’s Zoo shows this summer. Show times are at 10 and 11 a.m., 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily (except Wednesdays), with an additional s h o w a t 4 p . m . o n S a t u rd a y s and Sundays. Admission to the Children’s Zoo is $4 per person; children under two are free.

Look for keeper chats at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. daily with additional chats from 5 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

Admission to the Zoo and Jungle Boogie is free. There are fees for special attractions.

Stingrays at Caribbean Cove featuring Sharks, Emerson Children’s Zoo and Mary Ann Lee Conservation Carousel are free from 8 to 9 a.m. every day in summer. Admission charges apply after 9 a.m. for these attractions.

F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t www.stlzoo.org, www.facebook. com/stlzoo, www.twitter.com/ stlzoo or call (314) 781-0900.

S u m m e r Z o o We e k e n d s i s sponsored by North Star Frozen Treats and Prairie Farms with support from Fresh 102.5.

B O O G I E D O W N AT T H E SAINT LOUIS ZOO’S FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES What: Jungle Boogie Friday Night Concert Series presented

by Missouri Lottery When: Friday evenings, May 25 – August 31, 2012 (No concert June 15), 5 to 8 p.m.

Where: Saint Louis Zoo “Splish splash� with the stingrays, “cha-cha� with the cheetahs, and “frug� with the frogs at the Saint Louis Zoo’s Jungle Boogie Friday Night Concert Series presented by Missouri Lottery. Kick up your heels or sit back and relax with free live music every Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. May 25 through August 31 (no concert on June 15.) All ages

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can enjoy rhythm-and-blues, pop, rock, jazz and more on the outdoor stage in the Schnuck Family Plaza in the center of the Zoo. 2012 Concert Schedule June 15 – NO CONCERT June 22 – Funky Butt Brass Band June 29 – Charles Glenn July 6 – SuperJam July 13 – Push the Limit July 20 – Hudson & the Hoo Doo Cats July 27 – Marsha Evans August 3 – American Idle August 10 – Cumberland Gap Band August 17 – Griffin & the Gargoyles August 24 – GalaxyRed August 31 – Dirty Muggs During North Star Summer Zoo Weekends May 25 through September 3, the Zoo is open extended hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Zoo will close a t 5 p . m . o n F r i d a y, J u n e 1 5 , for the Zoo’s major fundraiser. Admission to the Zoo and Jungle Boogie is free.

Food and beverages will be available at Lakeside Cafe, S a f a r i G r i l l , I c e C re a m O a s i s , Tundra Treats and more.

Sponsors for Jungle Boogie are Missouri Lottery, Fox 2/KPLR 11 and Fresh 102.5.

F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t www.stlzoo.org/jungleboogie, w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / s t l z o o , www.twitter.com/stlzoo or call (314) 781-0900.

Parties in the Park returns to Clayton St. Louis’ original, longestrunning outdoor happy hour,

Parties in the Park in Downtown C l a y t o n , re t u r n s M a y 9 a n d continues on the second Wednesday of the month through Sept. 12.

After a hugely successful launch last year on the streets of downtown Clayton, Parties in the Park will continue to be held on North Meramec Avenue, between Forsyth Boulevard and Maryland Avenue. “The response to last year ’s move to downtown Clayton was unanimous. Everyone loved it,� said Ellen Gale, executive director of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. “Businesses and restaurants saw an increase in sales and traffic, and those in attendance enjoyed the comfort and convenience of the party on Meramec.�

Entertainment for the 29th season of Parties is confirmed and sure to keep party-goers moving and grooving all summer long.

This year’s music lineup includes: • May 9 – SLAM • June 13 – Pop ‘n’ Rocket (sponsored by Heartland Bank) • July 11 – My Friend Mike • August 8 – Concoction • September 12 – American Idle Parties in the Park in Downtown Clayton is THE place to enjoy great food and music with friends. The party starts at 5 and goes until 8:30 p.m., with half-priced beer from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Whether looking to mingle with friends and colleagues, meet new people or just relax after a hard day’s work with an ice-cold beer, you won’t want to miss the 29th season of Parties in the Park in Downtown Clayton. For more information call the Clayton Chamber of Commerce, 314-726-3033, or visit www.partiesinthepark.org.

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Music Mellow D's to take the Wildey stage Local band to celebrate CD release with Midwest tour

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dwardsville has always had a thriving college music scene and now the area’s growing list of youth bands is getting in on the action.

Two of those bands, The Mellow D’s and Exit 12, will perform on the historic Wildey Theatre stage at a special concert at 8 p.m. on June 19.

The concert will mark the release of The Mellow D’s’ debut album and kick off their upcoming tour across the Midwest and western United States. Exit 12 will open the show.

Band members include twin brothers Nick Lampman, 19, (vocals and guitar); Tony Lampman, 19, (drums); Cody Wagner, 19, (guitar); and Gage Warren-Yogore, 19, (bass).

The group got together in 2008 while still in high school as a heavy metal band known as the Jones Town Militia. In 2010, they dropped the rage and decided to go in a slightly groovier direction incorporating elements of jazz, blues, funk and pop, as well as rock.

The result is a distinctive smooth and funky sound reminiscent of ‘90s Canadian band The Philosopher Kings with a hint of Red Hot Chili Peppers thrown in for good measure.

Their self-titled EP includes five all-new original songs. “Mean, Mean Groove” represents the overall vibe of the record, according to Tony Lampman.

“If you’re feeling down, just sing a sound,” said Nick.

“Closer” is the album’s dance track and is guaranteed to get audience members at least shimmying in their seats if not full on dancing in the aisles. “Why Don’t You Dance Anymore” is the resident pop song on the album. According to Tony, it’s a “cutesy” song that will make you feel good while listening to it, but…

“Is it teaming with artist truth? No.” said Tony.

He described “What You Want” as a rock and roll song with plenty of roll. “Let the World Turn On” is the final song on the album and as close as the band gets to an anthem.

“I was shooting for a Journey kind of vibe when I wrote it,” said Nick.

The band did all of their own recording in the Lampman brothers’ grandmother ’s basement, which they have kitted out with equipment. Tony Lampman, who does double duty as the band’s sound engineer, took care of all the mixing while good friend Ryan Wasaba handled the mastering.

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The Mellow D's The Mellow D’s are managed by Jim Galbierz, a guitar teacher at Swing City Music in Edwardsville, and organizer of the annual Edwardsville and Glen Carbon youth summer concert series. He approached them about becoming their manager in January this year after seeing their performance at the Winter Showstorm concert. “[Their music], it makes you move. It grooves,” he said.

Since then, Galbierz has focused on getting the guys bigger and more prominent gigs ahead of their album’s release and tour. After the Wildey show on June 19, the band will head off on a whirlwind tour for the rest of the month with stops in Springfield, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Colorado and Arizona before heading back home for a concert at Annie’s Frozen Custard on July 8.

Galbierz said he wants the band to play as much as they can during the month of June, which they certainly will. The schedule doesn’t allow for any days off.

But in the meantime, the guys are just looking

forward to finally getting their record out to people, especially since it almost never got made at all. Tony said they had a crisis moment when his computer crashed and they lost everything they’d previously recorded.

“We had to start back from scratch,” said Nick.

Fortunately, they had everything written down and were able to go back and salvage enough to piece the songs back together. Now, they’re ready to send it out to the public and find out what people think.

They’ll find out soon enough. The CD will be available to buy at the Wildey show and online via Amazon and iTunes from June 20. The band is also in talks with local retailers.

The Mellow D’s with Exit 12 will perform at the Wildey Theatre, 252 N. Main St. in Edwardsville, on June 19. Doors open at 7 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $5.

If you just can’t wait until the show, visit www. mellowshuffle.com to sample some of the band’s tunes ahead of time.

Rockettes to celebrate Christmas at the Peabody MSG Entertainment (MSGE) announces an all new production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the Rockettes, as St. Louis audiences will experience the magic of Christmas like never before.

In this multi-faceted production, the Rockettes will dance their way through an awe-inspiring journey with new scenes, an array of glamorous new costumes, dramatic lighting effects, and a 50-foot LED screen that will enhance the show with breathtaking new imagery. The Christmas Spectacular will run at the Peabody Opera House from November 817, 2012. Tickets went on sale Friday, June 1 at 10am.

“The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is America’s No. 1 live holiday production and has been a cherished part of holiday family traditions for generations. We are honored to have the Rockettes return to their native city of St. Louis with a show unlike anything St. Louis has seen before,” said Don Simpson, executive vice president, Productions, MSG Entertainment. “We are thrilled to present this new unparalleled production to the audiences of St. Louis as they will experience dynamic and compelling new content while still honoring the traditions steeped in the Christmas Spectacular that have entertained our fans for 80 years.

Returning audiences will be amazed by the transformation of the Christmas

Spectacular, and new fans will not want to miss this show.”

This year, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular will celebrate the Rockettes’ return to their birthplace in St. Louis, commemorating a legacy spanning more than eight decades. Since their inception by founder Russell Markert in 1925, they have remained a timeless tradition as American icons throughout their storied history.

They continue to take the Christmas Spectacular to new heights, dazzling audiences with their performance style as it continues to be both deceivingly complex and entirely glamorous. This year, the Rockettes will share the warmth and spirit of the holidays with St. Louis audiences when they return to their native city.

This year ’s production will feature a 50-foot LED screen that will transport the audience to Times Square and Santa’s Workshop with Santa and the Rockettes, using new technology with the Christmas Spectacular ’s classic holiday numbers to enhance the production. The 2012 edition of the show will introduce new sets and special effects that will immerse audiences in the magic of Christmas like never before.

In addition to fan favorite scenes, including the high-energy, tapinfused number “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the Rockettes will debut

new numbers that will showcase their signature precision dance technique alongside challenging and dynamic new choreography.

In a brand new scene, “New York at Christmas,” the Rockettes will board a life size double-decker tour bus, taking audiences on a guided tour through the streets of New York City. This scene includes show-stopping choreography performed across the landscape of iconic New York City landmarks and culminates in the “crossroads of the world,” Times Square.

Santa Claus will take center stage in two magical new scenes: “Magic is There,” in which Santa takes two young brothers on a journey to the North Pole, and “Here Comes Santa Claus,” a number that reveals how Santa can be in multiple places at once. These heartwarming moments highlight the true meaning of Christmas in a way that only Santa himself can convey.

A new Rockettes finale will honor and celebrate the stars of the Christmas Spectacular featuring dazzling new costumes and choreography. The Rockettes will sparkle from the stage in the finale performance “Let Christmas Shine,” wearing a costume featuring over 3,000 crystals.

As the performance comes to a close, audiences will have the opportunity to lend their voices alongside the “Radio

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City Singers” in an energetic rendition of “Joy to the World.”

Beloved numbers such as “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” which continues to set the standard as the signature Rockettes number for precision performance, and “The Living Nativity,” both of which have been performed since the Christmas Spectacular ’s inception, still remain a vital part of the show’s core.

In the Christmas Spectacular ’s18-year combined history outside of New York, as well as the production at Radio City Music Hall, the show has played to more than 72 million people. The Christmas Spectacular continues to create memories that audiences have come to treasure, and this year will mark an all new Spectacular experience for St. Louis.

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, presented by Chase, plays at the Peabody Opera House during the 2012 holiday season for 16 dazzling performances, November 8-17, 2012. Premium front orchestra seats are available for $82.00 - $92.00 and single ticket prices range from $76.50 to $26.00. Tickets for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular are on sale to the public at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, online at www. ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-7453000. Groups of 10 or more may reserve tickets now by contacting Group Sales at 314-622-5454 or e-mail groupsales@ peabodyoperahouse.com.

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Music People planner Annual Whitaker Music Festival planned

also remains open late until 7 p.m. on concert evenings, with free admission after 5 p.m.

Lantern Festival exhibits will not be lit during Whitaker Music Festival evenings.

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

An additional concert entry site will be open on Tower Grove Avenue and Magnolia located on the south end of the Garden.

For more information, visit www. mobot.org/events/whitaker or call the recorded hotline at (314) 577-5100.

In the event of inclement weather, check the Garden’s website, Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/mobotnews) or Facebook page (www.facebook. com/missouribotanicalgarden) for immediate concert updates.

The Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden is funded by the Whitaker Foundation, which supports St. Louis arts and parks to promote common heritage, celebrate diversity, and encourage vitality within the community.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is setting the stage for its 19th annual Whitaker Music Festival. The summer concert series features nine weeks of free music under the stars, Wednesdays, May 30 through July 25 at 7:30 p.m. Free concert admission begins at 5 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.mobot.org/events/whitaker.

Whitaker Music Festival concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn of the open-air Cohen Amphitheater, just west of the Climatron® dome.

The 2012 performer lineup includes: • June 20 – The Rockhouse Ramblers, honky-tonk music and classic country swing.

• June 27 – Hamiet Bluiett, jazz legend and champion of the baritone saxophone.

• July 4 – Air National Guard Band of the Central United States – military tradition classics and jazz, big band and rock.

• July 11 – Ryan Spearman Band, singer, songwriter and folk music multi-instrumentalist.

• July 18 – Teresa Jenee, soulful, introspective vocalist and pianist.

• July 25 – Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, roots reggae and Mississippi River blues.

Whitaker Music Festival concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn of the Cohen Amphitheater, just west of the Climatron® dome on the grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. The concert series is the only time of year when picnicking is allowed on Garden grounds. Visitors are welcome to bring their own picnic supper, baskets or coolers; no barbecue grills, fireworks, sparklers or pets. Picnic fare and bar items will be available for purchase on site. The Garden is a tobacco-free campus; smoking is not allowed anywhere, indoors or outside, and visitors will be asked to extinguish or discard tobacco items.

Soliciting is not permitted.

Wednesday evening admission is free after 5 p.m. Music begins at 7:30 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m. The Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden

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Fagen, McDonald, Scaggs to appear at the Fox Following the fervent reception of their previous tour in summer/fall of 2010, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs are hitting the road again this summer as The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. The Dukes will launch their nationwide “Rhythm Revue” on June 20th at 8 p.m. in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre! Tickets are on sale now through MetroTix and are $65, $60, $45 & $40.

To the delight of fans, the three hitmaking artists will appear on stage, together as one band, to perform a show consisting of their signature mix of blue-eyed soul, rock, jazz and R&B. Rolling Stone has described the show as “a loose blast through the stars’ hits (‘Reelin’ in the Years,’ ‘Lowdown,’

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‘Takin’ It to the Streets’) and revvedup covers that had the crowd twisting in the aisles.”

With the revamped 2012 “The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue,” Fagen, McDonald and Scaggs are giving fans an unprecedented opportunity to hear them delve deep into their individual classic catalogs of music, along with selected hits and tributes to their influences. Back in 2010, The Las Vegas Review Journal raved, “When it came to the playlist, no guys are going to come up with a hipper mix tape for you than Donald Fagen, Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald,” while the Boston Herald described how “the Dukes raided the past, coming up with chestnuts from soul legends, rock ’n’ roll architects and hippie icons…It was great to see them embrace a set no one imagined they’d do in 1977.”

The Dukes have once again assembled a stellar band for the occasion, and will be accompanied

by Jon Herington (guitar); Freddie Washington (bass); Shannon Forest (drums); Michael Leonhart, Walt Weiskopf and Jay Collins (horns); Jim Beard (organ); plus background singers Carolyn Leonhart and Catherine Russell.

Tickets for The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue 2012 are on sale now at the Fox Theatre box office. To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314/5341111 or online at www.metrotix.com.

The Sheldon welcomes Jason Isbell The Sheldon and 88.1 KDHX are pleased to announce the fifth concert in The Sheldon Sessions-Presented

by PNC Arts Alive: Jason Isbell &

the 400 Unit, Friday, June 29 at 8 p.m. with special guest TBD. Tickets are $20 orchestra/$15 balcony and go on sale Friday, May 18 at 10 a.m.

Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit www.TheSheldon.org.

Alabama native Jason Isbell, best known as a former member of the Drive-By Truckers, makes his Sheldon debut with his latest band, the 400 Unit. Along with keyboard player Derry deBorja, guitarist Browan Lollar, bassist Jimbo Hart and drummer Chad Gamble, Isbell explores his country and acoustic roots, while maintaining the strong lyrics and driving guitar sound that have become his trademark. The band’s latest album, Here We Rest, explores modern life in Isbell’s home state, an area that has been hit particularly hard by the recent economic downturn.

PNC Arts Alive is a two-year, $1 million initiative from The PNC Foundation that supports visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways. A very prestigious grant award, only 16 arts organizations in the Greater St. Louis area were selected for bold thinking around increasing arts access and engagement and The Sheldon, in collaboration with 88.1 KDHX, was one. For more information on PNC Arts Alive and the grant recipients visit www.pncartsalive.com.

A new series for a new generation, The Sheldon Sessions-Presented by PNC Arts Alive, provides a unique opportunity to experience some of today’s most distinctive rock, alt-country, Americana, and folkrock musicians, live in the intimate environment of the Sheldon Concert Hall. A joint venture between The

Sheldon and 88.1 KDHX, the on-going series will both introduce up-andcoming artists to St. Louis audiences and present established artists, many of whom often perform in larger venues, in a concert hall setting.

Haggard, Stuart to appear at Family Arena The word “legend” usually makes an appearance at some point when discussing Merle Haggard. It’s an acknowledgment of his artistry and his standing as “the poet of the common man.” It’s a tribute to his incredible commercial success and to the lasting mark he has made, not just on country music, but on American music as a whole. It’s apt in every way but one.

In addition to the 40 No.1 hits, Haggard charted scores of Top Ten songs.

He won just about every music award imaginable, both as a performer and as a songwriter, and in 1994 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His body of work easily places him beside Hank Williams as one of the most influential artists in country music.

Haggard and Stuart will appear at the Family Arena in St. Charles at 7:30 p.m. on June 24 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the Family Arena Ticket Office or online at www.metrotix.com.

Prices: $70.00 (Gold Circle), $54.00 (Floor), $41.00 (Lower & Upper Level), To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314-534-1111. For help purchasing accessible seating, please call The Family Arena ADA Hotline at 636896-4234.

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Thursday, June 14 Ultraviolets, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 7:00 p.m.

Walter Trout, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Aer, Moosh and Twist: OCD, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Old Lights w/ Big Science, The Blind Eyes, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

The Pulitzer Contemporary Music Festival 01, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Alton Muny Band Concert, Riverview Park, Alton, 8:00 p.m.

Grafton Music in the Park, Grove Memorial Park, Grafton, 7:00 p.m.

DJ Too Tall, Laurie's Place (Back Bar), Edwardsvillle, 9:30 p.m.

Scale the Summit, Today I Caught the Plague, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Tim Cunningham, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Pinback w/ Tim Kinsella, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Dr. Acula, City in the Sea, Blackout Summer, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Barleyjuice, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

SLUM Fest Pre Party, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 10:30 p.m.

The Reeling Gilly with First to Show Last to Go, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Flux Pavilion w/ Cookie Monsta, Brown & Gammon, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wynonna Judd with the STL Symphony, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

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The Arts

Meet me at the Muny 2012 season gets under way June 18

By RENATA PIPKIN Of The Edge

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orest Park is one of St. Louis's most treasured resources, a 1,370 acre jewel that holds five of the region's most prominent, well-known institutions. Among those is the Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis, more commonly known as the Muny.

In 1916, Parks Commissioner Nelson Cunliff, Miss Anglin and Civic League President John Gundlach selected a grassy area between two large oak trees for a June series of performances of Shakespeare's "As You Like It." Small trees and shrubs were cleared away from the sloping hillside, and a retaining wall was built to level the performing area. "As You Like It" starred Miss Anglin, Robert Mantell and Sidney Greenstreet.

Nearly 1,000 St. Louis folk dancers and folk singers joined the out-oftown professionals in observance of the 300th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. With an average crowd size of 8,000, reviews were good despite an opening night rain-out, and "As You Like It" moved into the history books as the first production at the site of today's Muny.

Today, the Muny is an outdoor musical amphitheater that boasts 11,000 seats, of which 1,500 are free seats in the last nine rows, available to the general public on a first come, first served basis.

For its 94th season, The Muny recently announced that it will install a state-of-the art, LED Scenery Wall. The wall replaces a canvas backdrop and will offer Muny audiences exciting new elements of design, color and images, making it the most significant technological upgrade for The Muny since the sound system was redesigned and converted to a digital system. The Muny Scenery Wall will be upstage center, between the tree planters and free of the world famous turntable.

"What's most exciting about this Scenery Wall is that it gives our directors and designers a new way to tell stories on our stage," commented Executive Producer Mike Isaacson in a news brief on the Muny's website. "This cutting edge technology, framed by our magnificent trees, will create something really special and wonderful for the audience."

Each season, The Muny produces many different musicals with a diversity of styles and subjects, written during various periods.

This year is no exception. From their opening show of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," which begins on June 18, to their final production of "The King and I" on Aug. 12, the Muny offers something for everyone.

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"The Muny premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie" June 18 – 24 When a small-town girl arrives in New York City to lead a new, thoroughly modern lifestyle, adventure ensues! Thoroughly Modern Millie is a big, funfilled show with energetic dance numbers, fabulous flappers, and the spectacle of 1920s New York.

Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Broadway veteran Tari Kelly stars as Millie Dillmount. She is joined by Tony Award winning actress Beth Leavel as Mrs. Meers, and legendary performer Leslie Uggams reprising her Broadway role of Muzzy. Also appearing are Andrew Samonsky as Jimmy, Megan McGinnis as Miss Dorothy, Stephen Buntrock as Trevor Graydon, Francis Jue as Ching Ho, Darren Lee as Bun Foo and Tory Ross as Miss Flannery. Thoroughly Modern Millie is directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Chris Bailey.

"Chicago" June 25 - July 1 Merry murderesses Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly electrify the grand Muny stage! This Tony - and Oscar -winning international smash hit tells a jazzy tale of how murder can feed celebrity. Number one pick on the Muny survey for years, Chicago features extraordinary choreography and a brilliant score

by Kander and Ebb. Broadway sensations Patti Murin and Natascia Diaz star as Roxy Hart and Velma Kelly. Justin Guarini as Billy Flynn joins them.

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Also appearing are Jackie Hoffman as Mama Morton, Patti Cohenour as Mary Sunshine and Dean Christopher as Amos Hart. Chicago is directed and choreographed by Denis Jones.

"Aladdin" July 5 - 13 All performances begin at 8:15pm Subscriber dates: July 5 - 11 Additional performances: July 12 - 13 The Muny premiere of Disney's Aladdin will be the third production of this new stage musical to be produced anywhere in the world!

Adapted from the beloved animated feature, Disney's Aladdin presents the favorite movie characters and all of the songs from the film's Oscar -winning score, plus never-before heard Menken/ Ashman songs restored from early drafts of the film. Variety hailed this new full-length stage version of Aladdin as "fresh, funny and very entertaining."

Tony Nominees Robin de Jesus and John Tartaglia star as Aladdin and the Genie, respectively. Joining them will be Jason Graae as Omar, Curtis Holbrook as Iago, Francis Jue as Kassim, Eddie Korbich as Babkak, Samantha Massell as Jasmine, Ken Page as the Sultan, and Thom Sesma as Jafar. Disney's Aladdin is directed

by Gary Griffin and choreographed

by Alex Sanchez.

"Dreamgirls" July 16 - 22 All performances begin at 8:15pm Winner of six Tony awards and two Oscars, Dreamgirls follows the story of an all-girl singing trio from Chicago called the Dreams. Based

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on the show biz stories of the 1960s R&B acts like the Supremes and James Brown, Dreamgirls portrays the heartbreak and challenges of breaking new ground, both musically and socially, and how family and friendships triumph and last through all the trials.

Featuring a blockbuster score and the landmark song "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going." Dreamgirls is directed by Robert Clater.

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" July 23 - 29 All performances begin at 8:15pm A generational favorite of many musical colors!

Children of all ages know the Old Testament story of Jacob, his twelve sons, and the amazing adventures of the youngest, Joseph.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice originally wrote a children's oratorio that has, in time, expanded into a beloved classic. This production will be the first at The Muny to use the orchestrations and changes that were developed for the highly successful West End production in London.

"The Muny premiere of Pirates! (or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd)" July 30 - August 5 All performances begin at 8:15pm Swashbuckling pirates! A curse!

Caribbean comedy!

The Muny premiere of Pirates! (or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd) is a new version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

The spirit and songs of the original have been revamped within a

rousing and riotous Caribbean setting that supplies greater adventure, bigger laughs and nonstop entertainment. The Muny will be presenting the fourth U.S. production of this exciting show!

Pirates! (or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd) is directed by Gordon Greenberg.

"The King and I" August 6 - 12 All performances begin at 8:15pm Rodgers and Hammerstein's captivating and timeless Eastmeets-West musical treasure includes "Something Wonderful," "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting to Know You." Cultures collide as Anna struggles to find her place in the exotic Siamese world of beauty and grand tradition, ruled by a King whom she must learn to serve and understand. The King and I is directed by Rob Ruggiero.

Tickets for individual performances to The Muny's summer productions range from $10 to $70 and are now on sale.

They are available for purchase online through www.metrotix.com, in person at The Muny Box Office in Forest Park, by phone at (314) 534-1111, at any Metrotix outlet, or by mail with a Single Ticket Order Form from their website.

Though the Muny has a tradition as a family experience, the website also provides a guideline for each show, allowing families to decide if a particular show is appropriate for them. Visit www.muny.org for show guidelines, ticket order forms, or directions to the Muny.

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Thursday, June 14 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, noon to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, noon - 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30. (W-Sat only) Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 26.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Friday, June 15 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, 11:00 to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, noon - 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30. (W-Sat only)

Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through August 26.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Saturday, June 16 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance - Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, noon to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

In the Still Epiphany, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 27.

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 26.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Sunday, June 17 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, noon to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Monday, June 18 Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday, June 19 Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Wednesday, June 20 Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Disney's The Jungle Book, Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m., Runs through July 1.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, noon to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Thursday, June 21 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Disney's The Jungle Book, Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m., Runs through July 1.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, noon to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St.

Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Friday, June 22 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Disney's The Jungle Book, Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m., Runs through July 1.

Ain't Misbehavin', Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m, Runs through July 1.

Folk Fiber & Flowers, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 6.

2012 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, Craft Alliance Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through July 8.

Bunny Burson: "HIDDEN in Plain Sight", Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

Thomas D. Gipe, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 1.

Saturday, June 23 Circus Flora "The Wizard", Grand Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Bruno David Gallery announces acquisitions Bruno David Gallery is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Carmon Colangelo’s O LAND O (2011) by the Saint Louis Art Museum and the acquisition of Chris Kahler ’s Axis A-6 (2012) by the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Carmon Colangelo "O LAND O", 2011 at Bruno David Gallery Carmon Colangelo’s O LANDO is a limited edition portfolio of prints with an edition of 15 copies (7 rectoverso prints on Kitakata paper and in a custom archival portfolio with cover and colophon pages). The prints were created at Flying Horse Editions, Orlando, Florida, in col l a b o r a t i o n w i t h T h e o L o t z a n d L a r r y Cooper.

The portfolio was on view at Bruno David Gallery in the exhibition titled “Seven Days in O Land O” from January 27 to March 3, 2012. “Seven Days in O Land O” offered the viewers with the current phenomenon of globalization and the disappearance of local culture and the gradual homogenization of American life. Inspired by a seven-day trip in Orlando, it was originally conceived to be seven interrelated, recto-verso prints that could be bound together and folded in a sequence that is suggestive of a road map. Synthesizing images,

texts, notations and manipulated drawings, they also incorporate abstract maps, Disneyesque images and generic hotel floor plans that suggest modern and post-modern cities. In method and concept, “O Land O ” i s a p a s t i c h e a n d a m a l g a m a t i o n . W h i l e re l a t e d , however, these prints are far from homogeneous. A fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Katherine Van Uum and Theo Lotz was published in March 2012. (link) We are delighted that Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs; Simon Kelly, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Brent Benjamin, Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, have recognized the strength of Colangelo’s artwork and that O LAND O will further enhance the museum's outstanding contemporary art collection.

Chris Kahler C h r i s K a h l e r ’ s A x i s A - 6 i s a p a i n t i n g c re a t e d i n conjunction with the exhibition "Recent Paintings", which was on view at the Bruno David Gallery from M a rc h 9 t o M a y 5 , 2 0 1 2 . C h r i s K a h l e r ’ s p a i n t i n g s embodies this play of time and space, as well as the force that creates this special moment.

E v e r y t h i n g — b o t h t h e e n v i ro n m e n t s t h a t K a h l e r creates and our own world—intertwines, pulling between the world of abstraction and representation, the relationships’ intricacies immersing the viewers in

a search for meaning. Kahler engages the imagination, toying with systems of organization and chaos to reveal how these work in space to construct environments.

A fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Carmine Iannaccone and Kara Gordon was published in June 2012 (link).

We are delighted that Brady Roberts, Chief Curator, a n d D a n i e l K e e g a n , D i re c t o r o f t h e M i l w a u k e e A r t M u s e u m , h a v e re c o g n i z e d t h e s t re n g t h o f K a h l e r ’ s artwork and that Axis A-6 will further enhance the museum's exceptional contemporary art collection.

The gallery is located at 3721 Washington Boulevard, in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District, directly opposite the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and in close proximity to the Sheldon Art Galleries, The Fox Theatre, and Powell Symphony Hall.

B ru n o D a vi d Ga l l e r y i s a S a in t L ou i s l ea d i n g a r t gallery specializing in contemporary art and one of the most important places to see art in Saint Louis. The Gallery represents some of the best artists that Saint Louis has to offer, along with artists of national and international reputation. Bruno David Gallery’s art program has introduced new contemporary art to local gallery goers. The gallery is open free to the public and the hours are 10 AM to 5 PM Wednesdays through Saturdays, and by appointment.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Art museum reinstalls Kiefer’s sculpture The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the reinstallation of Anselm Kiefer ’s Breaking of the Vessels in Sculpture Hall.

The return of this significant contemporary work to a place o f p ro m i n e n c e i s p a r t o f t h e continuing initial phase of reinstallations throughout the Main Building that will culminate in the 2013 public opening of a new East Building, designed

by British architect Sir David Chipperfield.

P r i m a r i l y m a d e f ro m l e a d , iron and glass, Breaking of the Vessels (1990) stands 27 feet tall a n d , a t a p p ro x i m a t e l y s e v e n tons, is the heaviest work of art in the Museum’s collection.

Disassembled and covered during construction of the Museum’s new Grand Stair, the work took two weeks to install, a process that included meticulously placing shards of glass.

While construction on the East Building continues, the gallery space it will provide has already created the opportunity for curators to rethink presentation of the Museum’s world-class collections, comprising over 33,000 works of art. In 2011, more than 275 works of art were reinstalled in the Main Building, including 45 works that have never been on view or have not been on view in over a decade. The Kiefer installation represents the first of four alcoves in Sculpture Hall to become spaces for works of art.

Kiefer, born 1945, is a German artist who works in a variety of media. Breaking of the Vessels draws on ideas of creation as told in the Kabbalah, a collection of ancient Jewish mystical writings.

The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional q u a l i t y f ro m v i r t u a l l y e v e r y culture and time period. Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with particular strength in 20thcentury German art. The Museum offers a full range of exhibitions and educational programming generated independently and in collaboration with local, national and international partners.

Admission to the Saint Louis Art Museum is free to all every day. For more information about the Saint Louis Art Museum, call 314.721.0072 or visit slam.org.

John J. Egan. As both works of art and theatrical enterprises, panoramas entertained audiences and educated them about parts of the world they might never see in person. The Museum’s presentation of this in-gallery c o n s e r v a t i o n p ro j e c t p ro v i d e s visitors with the opportunity to view the last surviving panorama of the Mississippi River.

Artifacts including ceramic vessels and stone figures from Dickeson’s collection are new to the exhibition this y e a r. C o l l e c t e d i n t h e c o u r s e of excavations at various sites illustrated in the panorama, these objects complemented Dickeson’s exhibition of the massive painting.

Three drawings from Dickeson’s journals are also new to the exhibition. These drawings relate directly to the panorama’s scene 20, Huge Mound and the Manner of Opening Them, which illustrates an excavation in progress. Dickeson pointed to his drawings as evidence of the authenticity of the scenery within the panorama. The 25 scenes present sensationalized versions of various historical moments— the burial of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and an 18thcentury battle—as well as views of ancient mound complexes with steamboats passing; the activities of 19th-century Native Americans; the excavation of a mastodon skeleton; and a natural disaster.

L e d b y P a u l H a n e r, t h e Museum’s paintings conservator, a team of conservators will w o r k t o c o m p l e t e re s t o r a t i o n of the circa1850 painting. The team includes Mark Bockrath of West Chester, Pennsylvania, who assisted in 2011 with phase one of Restoring an American Treasure. Three conservators-intraining will also work on the

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Wi t h c o n s e r v a t i o n b y P a u l Haner, paintings conservator, and curatorial oversight by Janeen Turk, senior curatorial assistant, Restoring an American Treasure will be on view in the Main Exhibition Galleries from June 8 through September 3, 2012. Once f u l l y re s t o re d , t h e p a n o r a m a will be included in the future reinstallation of the Museum’s American art galleries. For more information, please visit slam. org/panorama.

This restoration project is made possible through the support of U.S. Representative William “Lacy” Clay and former U.S. Senator Christopher S. “Kit” Bond by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Free admission to this exhibition has been provided

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The summer schedule includes: Friday, June 15: Wynonna: The country music superstar joins the Symphony for a not-to-bemissed performance. From her days performing with her mother Naomi as the Judds, to her smash s o l o c a r e e r, Wy n o n n a ’ s s o l d millions of records and inspired legions of fans. She’ll sing her favorite country hits, with a few Symphony surprises as well.

Sponsored by Sam and Marilyn Fox F r i d a y, J u n e 2 2 : C l a s s i c a l Mystery Tour: The legendary m u s i c o f T h e B e a t l e s i s f ro n t and center at Powell Hall, as the Symphony performs with a Fab Four that will take you through more than 30 Beatles classics.

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When life goes out of control Lately several folks I know have felt as though their life was out of control, and because of such feelings, there was frustration, but more importantly, there was despair and a feeling of hopelessness.

I’ll admit that there have been a few times in my life when my spirits took a radical nosedive. I found it hard to be optimistic and sadness prevailed.

I think without a deep and abiding faith that it would be quite easy to become filled with despair when we make a big mistake in judgment, when someone hurts us badly, when things seem to be spinning out of control and we begin to doubt that we have the power to ‘get back on track’.

Perhaps it is that we’ve been hurt or maybe we have been the one who has caused hurt to another individual.

Maybe it is just that life seems to

Doris Gvillo be moving in a direction that fills us with fear and we are becoming convinced that we will never again feel full of the joy and hope that was once a part of our daily life.

When a friend shares such feelings with me, I feel inadequate to offer advice other than to remind them that there is always someone who will listen, who will forgive, who will guide, protect, and never ever forsake us. I’m sure you know that at this point, I’m going to say God is the one never failing, always available, one to whom we can turn.

I recently came across a quote that once again I jotted down. Let me share it with you.

It is, “We can’t go back to make a new start but we can start now to make a new ending.”

When we have lived a great many years and find ourselves looking back at our lives, it is apparent that at different times, we had different problems, different choices, and that sometimes, we made wise choices and sometimes we may have lived to regret something we did.

So I find myself really agreeing that we can’t go back and start all over. Life just isn’t like that. Time passes and we grow and hopefully we grow morally and spiritually as well as physically.

It is never ever too late to turn to our God who waits patiently for us to find our way back to Him and begin to find our way to a new direction in life.

On my dresser I have a very small little plaque that I received many long years ago when I was confirmed. It is the picture of Jesus standing at the door and knocking.

It has been so very long ago, but I still hear my pastor at that time telling us that if we felt lost in our faith journey in life, it will be because we wandered and Jesus is waiting for our return. He reminded us that it is as though Jesus stands at the door we have closed and knocks and waits patiently for us to ‘invite Him into our lives.’

I truly believe with all my heart that it is when we do invite Him into our lives, it is then that we begin to comprehend that while we can’t go back and change the past, we have the glorious gift of beginning on the path that will lead to an ending in which we are walking close to God and finding a life that holds comfort, a sense of peace, acceptance and, yes, direction.

I remember seeing a cartoon in the paper once of a couple driving in an automobile. The husband is driving

and the wife sitting on the other side of the car. She says, “I remember when the time when we sat so very close to each other.” Her husband replies, “Honey, I haven’t moved.”

Each time I think of that old cartoon, I find myself smiling and thinking about the times I’ve felt alone and wondered where God was. I think then is the time when God would say to me, “My dear, I haven’t moved.”

It is when we let our separation from our loving God become a part of life that we find ourselves feeling abandoned and lost. But remember, it is we who have moved and God waits patiently for us to return and once again rest securely knowing that ‘all is well’ and we are never unloved, forsaken, or alone.

Doris Gvillo is a member of Eden United Church of Christ.

Latter-day Saints. Idaho State Liquor Division administrator Jeff Anderson said the brand is offensive to Mormons who make up over a quarter of Idaho’s population.

“It’s masterful marketing on their part. But it doesn’t play here,” Anderson said.

Ogden’s Own Distillery is trying to make the most of the rejection with a media campaign and sale of “Free the Five Wives” T-shirts. Five Wives Vodka has been approved for sale in Utah, whose residents are predominantly Latter-day Saints. It’s also available in Wyoming, another state that regulates liquor sales.

Nobody in Utah is raising a fuss over the brand, said Vickie Ashby, a

spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Utah regulates all sales of hard liquor, wine and heavy beer, making the products available only at state-owned stores.

anti-discrimination rule for gay and transgendered people has garnered more than 10,000 signatures, four times the number needed to place the issue on the ballot, organizers said.

Family First and the Nebraska Family Council announced Tuesday that they submitted 10,092 signatures before the filing deadline. Roughly 2,500 signatures were needed from registered voters in Lincoln.

City officials in Lincoln, the state’s second-largest city, have said they’ll need one to two weeks to verify signatures.

The groups tapped a network of 310 volunteer petition circulators in the days after a vote by the Lincoln City Council.

Religion briefs Assembly approves measure that would add more protections for religious freedom in workplace SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a b i l l t h a t w o u l d a d d m o re protections for religious freedom in the workplace, specifying that California discrimination laws also should apply to religious clothing, hairstyles and the right to carry religious objects.

The bill’s author, Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, said she was upset to learn that Sikh and Muslim workers continue to face discrimination at work despite laws prohibiting it.

AB1964, which passed Tuesday on a 59-3 vote, also clarifies that segregating an employee from other workers or the public because of their appearance is not an acceptable accommodation under the law.

“This bill is a little bit like the Rosa Parks issue of the 21st century for me,” Yamada said. “To know that there are Sikhs and Muslims relegated to the back of the store in order to continue their employment is particularly heinous.”

Some lawmakers noted that the law could save the state from costly legal cases, such as a lawsuit the Department of Corrections settled last year with a Sikh man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave the beard required by his Sikh religion so he could be fitted for a gas mask. The state agreed to pay the man $295,000 in damages and give him a managerial job.

Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, said she was concerned the changes could endanger employees and their coworkers, such as if oilfield workers were unable to don respirators in the event of a gas leak.

Assemblyman Donald Wagner, R-Irvine, an attorney, said he has represented an employee who was terminated for wearing a head scarf.

“The federal law doesn’t go far enough to accommodate the issues that are important in the modern workforce,” said Wagner, who supported the bill.

The legislation now moves to the state Senate.

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by Ogden’s Own Distillery in Utah, where the Mormon church is based.

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But that doesn’t mean you have to surrender to the area’s infamous heat and humidity, particularly brutal in August, to enjoy attractions that will only cost the time and gasoline to get there.

THE MENIL COLLECTION: Banker John de Menil and his wife Dominique, heiress to the Schlumberger oilfield company fortune, over decades amassed a collection of nearly 16,000 art objects that since 1987 have been on display at the Houston museum that bears their name. The collection features pieces

by European and American masters plus ancient and modern works from around the world. The museum’s companion Rothko Chapel provides visitors with a tranquil meditative environment that welcomes 60,000 visitors a year.

MILLER THEATRE: The Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet headline an extensive performing arts lineup that’s been using the Miller Theatre stage since the 1920s and now draws nearly a half-million spectators annually to the 7.5-acre site in Hermann Park, just east of the world famous Texas Medical Center. Tickets for the recently-renovated covered seating area are available early in the day for that evening’s performance and concert-goers also can bring a blanket and sit on the grass hill immediately behind the seats.

THE WATER WALL: A couple blocks south of the Galleria, Houston’s largest shopping experience, and in the shadow of the 902-foot Williams Tower, the city’s most visible skyscraper outside downtown, this 64-foot-high semi-circular fountain arguably is Houston most photographed site. Visitors can stand inside the wall that re-circulates 11,000 gallons of water each minute. Besides providing cooling mist, the visual effect is surreal. A night visit inside the lit fountain gives it an entirely different look and experience.

PORT OF HOUSTON BOAT TOUR: Since 1958, the 95-footlong Motor Vessel Sam Houston has been taking visitors on a 90-minute cruise of the Houston Ship Channel, home to one

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GALVESTON: Houston’s getaway to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Free shuttle service to Grand Canyon resumes GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Free shuttle service between the Grand Canyon and the neighboring town of Tusayan has resumed.

More than 92,000 people boarded the shuttles last year as a way to cut down on vehicle congestion inside the national park. The more popular South Rim can see as many as 10,000 vehicles a day.

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Museum gets big gift to build shuttle exhibit LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Science Museum said it has raised nearly half of the $200 million needed to build a permanent exhibit for the space shuttle Endeavour.

The museum recently received a donation from the Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation that will allow

it to start the design phase of the project. The museum didn’t disclose the amount of the gift, citing an agreement it made with the foundation.

“This is a huge boost. It gives a vote of confidence for the project” museum president Jeffrey Rudolph said Wednesday.

Rudolph spent the past year fundraising and still has halfway to go to fulfill the museum’s goal. The museum has received gifts from private foundations, corporations and individuals, but Rudolph said the latest donation was “very significant and truly transformative.”

The museum planned to introduce the foundation at an event Thursday that will be attended by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, When the display opens in 2017, it will be called the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in memory of a real estate developer and astronomy enthusiast, and will feature Endeavour in a vertical position, as if it’s ready to launch.

Until then, Endeavour will be housed in a temporary exhibit currently under construction. It is slated to be bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet and arrive in Los Angeles in late September.

S i n c e N A S A r e t i r e d t h e s h u t t l e f l e e t l a s t y e a r, technicians have been busy prepping the shuttles to their final destination as museum pieces. Atlantis remained in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Last month, Discovery wowed crowds by swooping over the nation’s capital before landing in Virginia where it will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s hangar at Dulles International Airport. Several weeks l a t e r, t h e p ro t o t y p e s h u t t l e E n t e r p r i s e s a i l e d o v e r the Statue of Liberty and past the skyscrapers along Manhattan’s West Side before touching down at Kennedy Airport. It will be towed by barge next month to New York City’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

Rudolph said he expected the same fanfare when Endeavour arrives at the Los Angeles International Airport.

Details are still being worked out, but Rudolph said he expects the shuttle to fly over the Hollywood Sign and other landmarks. Current plans call for towing Endeavour from the airport to the museum near downtown — a move that will require taking out traffic lights and closing streets.

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"Battleship"

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

This is big, dumb fun that knows it's big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature. Director Peter Berg has crafted an almost fetishistic homage to Michael Bay — like the "Transformers" series, this is yet another action extravaganza inspired by a Hasbro product — with its epic set pieces, swaggering bravado, panoramic skies and cheesy romance. It doesn't lean all the way into parody, but rather feels more like an affectionate and knowing approximation of a very specific, muscular genre: one of those the-world-is-ending-we'reall-gonna-die movies. And because it's a little cheeky and doesn't seem to take itself totally seriously, it's more enjoyable than one might expect from a movie based on a board game created in the 1960s. Yes, it can be deafeningly noisy between the crunch and shriek of giant metal objects fighting each other and the blaring rock anthems meant to pump up the crowd even further. No, it's not subtle between the annihilation caused by alien invaders and the rousing sense of patriotism that's the real weapon in this battle. But then again, would you really expect (or want) subtlety from this type of big-budget summer escape? Speaking of blockbusters, Taylor Kitsch gets more to work with here than he did earlier this year in "John Carter" as Alex Hopper. A slacker and troublemaker at the film's start, he joins the Navy at the insistence of his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgard). A certain gorgeous blonde named Sam (Brooklyn Decker) also provides some inspiration. Flash-forward and Alex is a lieutenant on one Naval destroyer while Stone is the commanding officer of another. Both answer to Adm. Shane (a withering, well-cast Liam Neeson), who happens to be Sam's father. They're all taking part in some international war games off the Hawaiian coast when — oops! — a satellite signal sent to a newly discovered planet that looks a lot like ours in a neighboring galaxy provokes some angry extraterrestrials.

RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of violenc e, action and destruction, and for language.

RUNNING TIME: 131 minutes.

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

"What to Expect When You're Expecting"

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If only the entire movie had focused on the dad's group and didn't just drop in on them a handful of times, we might have been onto something here. Chris Rock, Thomas Lennon and Rob Huebel are among the dudes who meet regularly to push their kids in tricked-out strollers, tote them in high-end carriers and talk guy stuff in a confidential setting away from the wives. Their no-nonsense banter, and their unabashed worship of the buff, shirtless jogger who frequents their neighborhood park, livens up what is a rather predictable and cliched depiction of pregnancy. A likable, good-looking cast of popular actors can only do so much with material that's superficial and sitcommy. This is "inspired by" the advice book of the same name, one that every single pregnant woman on the planet surely has read since its initial publication in 1985. But similar to 2009's "He's Just Not That Into You," director Kirk Jones' film merely uses the title of a familiar non-fiction book as a leaping-off point to explore various relationships, ostensibly for hilarious comic effect. There are some laughs here and there and a few recognizable moments of honesty. More often, we get the kind of contrived, unbelievable wackiness that breaks out when all the pregnant women whose stories we've been following just happen to give birth at the same hospital on the same night.

Being crowd-pleasing was obviously more important than being truthful. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks and Anna Kendrick.

RATED: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic elements and language.

RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes.

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"The Intouchables"

On paper, this looks like eat-your-vegetables cinema: The story of a wealthy, white disabled man and the troubled black youth from the projects who becomes his reluctant caretaker. Surely, life lessons will be learned by all and an unlikely friendship will form across racial and socioeconomic lines and we'll all feel good about ourselves walking out of the theater afterward. It could have been painfully mawkish, but writers and directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano upend expectations by infusing the comedy with a subversive, playful tone throughout, with some totally inappropriate humor and even some surprises. It's sweet but not saccharine, and the result is irresistibly crowd-pleasing.

(The film is already a huge hit in its native France and beyond, having made nearly $340 million worldwide and earning Omar Sy the Cesar Award for best actor over the Oscar-winning star of "The Artist," Jean Dujardin.) While you're watching it, you can just imagine how easy an English-language remake would be, you could cast it in your head — and indeed, the property already has been optioned for that very purpose. Until then, though, we can be charmed by the original. The hugely charismatic Sy stars as Driss, who spends his days hanging out with his pals on the streets of Paris and not really trying to find work. He only answers an ad seeking help for the rich quadriplegic Philippe (Francois Cluzet) because he wants to make it appear as if he's job hunting in order to keep receiving welfare. But there's something about this guy that Philippe likes; Driss is hired, despite being totally unqualified. And so begins the journey in which each helps the other become a better man. While it all sounds too impossibly inspirational to be true, "The Intouchables" happens to have been inspired by a true story. Yes, the "Magical Negro" element of Sy's character may sound like a cliche and it might make some viewers uncomfortable, but his character is complex and flawed enough to transcend type. He and Cluzet are delightful together, each bringing a different kind of energy while bringing out the best in the other.

RATED: R for language and some drug use.

RUNNING TIME: 112 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

There's a moment early on when Will Smith's Agent J sits down next to his longtime partner, Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K, and bemoans the fact that he's too old for this sort of thing — for running around New York in matching dark suits, chasing down aliens and zapping them with their shiny metal weapony doohickeys. We're paraphrasing a bit. But unfortunately, that's an excellent observation. We're all too old for this sort of thing — the shtick itself has gotten old, and it has not aged well. Fifteen years since the zippy original and a decade since the sub-par sequel, we now have a third "Men in Black" movie that no one seems to have been clamoring for except maybe Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of all three. Long-gestating and written by a bunch more people than actually get credited, the latest film shows the glossy style and vague, sporadic glimmers of the kind of energy that made this franchise such an enormous international hit. But more often it feels hacky, choppy and — worst of all — just not that funny. And of course, it's in 3-D for no discernible artistic or narrative reason.

Smith and Jones don't seem to be enjoying themselves, either, in returning to their roles as bickering secret government agents. The plot requires J to go back in time to prevent an old alien nemesis of K's (Jemaine Clement) from killing him during the summer of '69. This prompts all kinds of obvious jokes about the era but also introduces the best part of the whole movie: Josh Brolin as Young Agent K, channeling Jones in eerily dead-on fashion.

RATED: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and brief suggestive content.

RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes.

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

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"Moonrise Kingdom"

The contradiction inherent to all Wes Anderson films — the juxtaposition of the meticulous artificiality of the settings and the passionately wistful emotions that are longing to burst free — is at its most effective in a while here. The director and co-writer's tale of first love, filled with recognizable adolescent angst and naive fumblings, feels at once deeply personal (and, indeed, it was inspired by a boyhood crush of his own) and universally relatable. Of course, it features the fetishistic obsession with production and costume design that is his trademark; nothing ever happens by accident in Anderson's films, which are frequently and accurately described as dollhouses or dioramas. If you love him, you'll love this: The screenplay, which Anderson co-wrote with Roman Coppola, has resulted in his sweetest and most sincere live-action movie since the one that remains his best, 1998's "Rushmore" (2009's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," which he crafted through painstaking stop-motion animation, is also a charmer). And, similar to "Rushmore," it has precocious, misunderstood young people at the center of its precise yet off-kilter world. Newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward star as Sam and Suzy, 12-year-old loners who find each other and run away together at the end of summer 1965. Sam, an orphan, flees his Boy Scout-style troupe of Khaki Scouts (Edward Norton plays their loyal leader); Suzy, the only daughter and eldest child of married lawyers who ignore each other (Anderson regular Bill Murray and Frances McDormand), feels neglected and has been acting out.

Trouble is, these two have nowhere to go — they live on the insular New England island of New Penzance, a rocky, rugged place with no paved roads and only one phone — and a storm of epic proportions is on its way. Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban and longtime Anderson friend and collaborator Jason Schwartzman round out the excellent supporting cast.

RATED: PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.

RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes.

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

“Snow White & the Huntsman”

Astonishingly beautiful and breathtaking in its brutal imagery, thrilling and frightening in equal measure, yet as bereft of satisfying substance as a poisoned apple. Director Rupert Sanders’ revisionist take on the classic Brothers Grimm fable upends expectations of traditional gender roles while simultaneously embracing what a fairy tale should be. It’s dark and dangerous, vicious and violent. And yet the performances — notably from Kristen Stewart as the title character — don’t always live up to the film’s visionary promise. First, there’s the problem of casting anyone who’s supposed to be fairer than Charlize Theron as the evil queen.

But beyond Stewart’s distractingly inconsistent British accent, she simply lacks the presence to serve as a convincing warrior princess. Theron, meanwhile, gets too screechy; with her imposing height, deep voice and mesmerizing beauty, she’s far more powerful when she dials it down. Still, the look and the energy of “Snow White & the Huntsman” keep it engaging. Theron, as the magical and manipulative Ravenna, has married (and quickly killed) the widower king, locked his daughter Snow White in a tower and plunged a oncepeaceful realm into a wasteland. Once the princess comes of age and earns her fairest-of-them-all status, Ravenna’s power is threatened. This sets the film’s chase in motion: Snow White escapes and Ravenna hires a veteran huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to find her, but instead this tormented soul becomes her reluctant protector.

RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality.

RUNNING TIME: 125 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Piranha 3DD" hopes to lure in viewers

By DERRIK LANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a sink or swim moment for the filmmakers behind the sequel to “Piranha 3D.” Combining a silly, self-aware sensibility with over-the-top gore, the original comedic horror film starring the likes of Richard Dreyfuss, Christopher Lloyd and Elizabeth Shue as townsfolk fighting off prehistoric flesh-eating fish became a justadd-water cult hit when it was released two summers ago opposite more mature fare such as “The Expendables” and “Eat Pray Love.”

Dimension Films, the division of the

Weinstein Co. that produces horror and sci-fi fare, quickly christened a sequel with the tongue-in-cheek title “Piranha 3DD” — yes, that’s pronounced doubleD — in hopes of riding the same wave of success as “Piranha 3D,” which reportedly cost just $24 million to make but reeled in more than $83 million worldwide.

The original also chomped off an unexpected amount of guilty-pleasure acclaim, not just from horror blogs, but from actual mainstream critics. “Piranha 3D” was called “bloody watchable trash” by Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman, “‘Jaws’ without the art” b y R o l l i n g S t o n e ’ s P e t e r Tr a v e r s a n d “cleverly gory” by Christy Lemire of The

Associated Press.

“I don’t even know if we can top it,” lamented sequel director John Gulager, whose horror film “Feast” was the subject of the Bravo moviemaking documentary series “Project Greenlight” in 2005. “I don’t think that was totally our goal. We just wanted to be different. They had Academy Award-winning actors and stuff.

We just wanted to have our own separate story.”

Curiously, Dimension isn’t screening “Piranha 3DD” in advance for critics, not necessarily a very positive indicator of a film’s quality.

Gulager and his “Feast” screenwriters dove into the “3DD” project after

Alexandre Aja, the previous film’s d i r e c t o r, o p t e d t o w o r k o n n e w material. Set after that first school of piranha devoured a lake of horny and chesty spring breakers, “Piranha 3DD” finds the evil critters making their way underground and through plumbing toward a tawdry waterpark called Big Wet. “ We w a n t e d t o d o u b l e e v e r y t h i n g , ” b o a s t e d “ P i r a n h a 3 D D ” s c re e n w r i t e r Marcus Dunstan. “If the first one had laughs, we wanted to double the laughs.

If the first one had violence, we wanted to double the violence. If the first one had offensive elements, well, actually, we wanted to triple the offensive elements.

Snow White's makeover a success

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I tried last night to take in a showing of "For Greater Glory," the Andy Garcia film that chronicles the Cristeros War that followed the Mexican Revolution in the 1920s, but I found it extremely dull and it failed to capture my attention. I was hoping for a cowboy movie, but it carried far too many political overtones for my taste. To this Ame r i c a n , e l e c t io n y e a r s p u t me in a foul mood and it's not the territory I want to see in my entertainment. Apologies to co-star Eva Longoria, who I know so wants to be seen as a dramatic actress, this movie just isn't worth the sizable time investment.

Fortunately, my bummer visit last night only served to motivate

me to get up early today and get to the first early morning screening I could find for "Snow White and the Huntsman," another attempt by 2012 to keep driving revenue from the same material that Walt Disney first mastered in 1937. By now you should have long realized that there is no finality in Hollywood. It must be the sun in the south California sky; no sacred cows are ever put to pasture. Unlike March's Mirror, Mirror, though, "Snow White and the Huntsman" is actually a good update, one full of action and spectacular visual effects. I was pleasantly surprised the movie is so good, given that each of the three lead stars was actually slumming in this movie as only their second highest profile release of the year.

You know the tale by now: the lovely young daughter (Kristen

Stewart, soon to be seen in November's final installment of the "Twilight" franchise) of a murdered king is led into exile by her wicked step-queen (Charlize Theron, co-star of this weekend's eagerly anticipated Alien prequel "Prometheus") until being rescued by the kindness of a conflicted hitman/hunter (Chris Hemsworth, The Avenger's Thor) and a band of rebel dwarves (played by Ian McShane, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, and Brian Gleeson, among others).

Two additional roles round out the cast of this adaptation. Sam Claflin portrays William, a life-long friend and brotherly companion to Snow White. He's also pretty handy in a brawl. Sam Spruell plays a real brother. His albinistic Finn is a psychically-linked sibling to Theron's super-powered Queen

Raveena.

What doesn't come across in this run-on explanation is the immensely wondrous use of digital artwork to fashion a world that is both bleak and grimy, but full of slashing splashes of color and peculiar, unforgettable animal creatures. Fanged sprites, "tree"-mendous stags, and furry reptiles are all unexpected and perfectly at home in this showcase of how computers can bring so much more to the filmmaking (and filmgoing) experience.

Huntsman Hemsworth continues to steamroll his way through the macho casting calls that come his way. I like him, but keep waiting for a chance to see what he can do with some real acting. So far, his frequent work - this is his third of four pictures to be released over the current twelve months - is all

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about kicking butt and using really cool handheld weapons. He's also big brother to Hunger Games costar Liam Hemsworth, rumored to be Miley Cyrus's fiancé. "The Avengers" is now the third highest grossing title in history. Thor 2 is way off on the horizon, but he's next to be seen in long-delayed Red Dawn remake. Let's hope he is as dangerous against Cold War-era Russians as he is mystic powers and invading alien hordes. Should be a good time.

"Snow White and the Huntsman" runs 142 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality. I give this film three stars out of four.

"For Greater Glory" runs 163 minutes and is rated R for war violence and some disturbing images. I give this film one star out of four.

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Matt McSparin, left, and Terry Rujawitz of Edison's Entertainment Complex.

Edison's looks to fill entertainment void

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge

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any Edwardsville area residents were saddened when Skate Corral, the mini-golf course and Cottonwood Bowl were torn down in 2002 to make way for Lowes. Just three years later, Montclaire Bowling Lanes was razed to make way for Harvard Square.

Since that time, if residents in the area wanted to bowl, they needed to go to the few lanes located at SIUE or to neighboring Collinsville, Alton or Fairview Heights. But Edison’s Entertainment Complex, located at 2477 Route 157 in Edwardsville, is hoping to fill that void and much more.

Local residents and managing partners Matt McSparin and Terry Rujawitz have been overseeing the construction of the Edison’s since December of 2011.

The project has been abuzz recently with contractors, both local and nationally based, in anticipation of mid-June opening day.

One of several features of Edison’s will be a high-end, boutique bowling experience with large projection screens, for viewing sporting events or other programming, located above the bowling lanes.

The installation of the lanes is being performed by U.S. Bowling, an international company based in Chino, Calif.

The company has been at Edison’s since April 14 installing the lanes which is a very precise art that includes leveling the lanes to 1/40,000 of an inch and includes shimming with something as thin as notebook paper.

As of last week, the pinsetters had been installed and the actual laying of the lane surfaces was well under way. The lanes are all synthetic as opposed to the old school wood lanes.

Chris Maloney, the foreman on the job for U.S. Bowling, has been installing lanes for almost 12 years and is from Onalaska, Wash., (midway between Portland and Seattle.)

Maloney estimates the cumulative years of experience from the crew working on this job is somewhere around 125. Ricky and Greg Kinder are on his crew and hail from Huntington, W.V. Ricky has been installing lanes since the early 1970s.

One of his more memorable experiences includes a story of installing lanes in the palace of a prince from the Middle East

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back in the '70s. “The floors were all granite so we had a difficult time drilling into them,” he said in an Edison’s news release. Others on the crew are from Tampa, Fla., Enid, Okla., and Detroit, Mich.

Also on the Edison’s site currently is Blacklight 3D Productions (BL3D) who has themed and created all the props and painting for the laser tag arena. BL3D will spend two to three weeks in constructing all the walls, props, obstacles, sound system, hazers, blacklights and more into what is being called “Gaia’s Quest” Laser Tag. Gaia’s Quest was nearly complete last week.

Jeff May of Blacklight 3D Productions has a studio in the old Lemp Brewery in downtown St. Louis where many of the painted panels for the arena have been created. Jeff has a national reputation as one of the top 3D blacklight painters in the entertainment industry.

Laser tag will also feature the vests and guns from industry leader Zone Nexxus whose product, McSparin said, is in more laser tags around the world than any other system.

Zone Nexxus features the Rift Laser Tag system that will be used at Edison’s. Rift provides a variety of game formats and Edison’s arena will have a capacity of 20 players at a time.

As of late last week, the arcade games had all been installed and had already been “tested” by a few of the partner’s children. Edison’s Entertainment chose the St. Louis operation of Shaffer Distributing for arcade games and equipment and has picked the latest and most popular games in the industry for the arcade area.

Don’t be misled to believe that this new establishment is a kids-only complex. It’s an entertainment complex that should appeal to kids and adults alike.

There are arcade games for every age group. A wireless card reading technology will be used to allow guests to operate the games by using a plastic card to simply swipe and play. The ticketless technology not only will be ecofriendly but will make it easier for players to keep track of the points they earn. Points earned will be stored on the cards – eliminating the burden of carrying around tickets. This will ultimately also avoid waiting at ticket counting machines or weighing tickets when redeeming points for prizes.

Special party rooms are located throughout the complex that offer unique opportunities to celebrate birthdays, special events or host corporate meetings. McSparin said that several

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parties had already been scheduled and that those interested in learning more about parties could email them through their Web site at www.edisonsfun.com for more information.

In addition to the entertainment possibilities, Edison’s will also offer several food alternatives. Lane service will be available as well as a concession area for items like beverages, nachos, Chicago style hot dogs and pretzel sticks. A bar and lounge area located in the area just outside Edison’s restaurant will offer craft beers, a variety of specialty drinks and other alcoholic beverages. In addition, Edison’s restaurant provides a sit-down, dining experience. Menu options include a mixture of entrees, creative sandwiches and burgers, pizza, specialty salads and an extensive list of appetizers. McSparin said that “all items will be created from fresh and include homemade sauces, soups, chips and other items that are uniquely from Edison’s kitchen.”

Serving as their own general contractors, Rujawitz and McSparin have worked hard to include local contractors in the project as well. Pyramid Electric, A&G Plumbing, Long Concrete, Hayes Excavating, Jackson Masonry, George Alarm, Dissen Drywall and Painting, Elk Heating and Cooling, Mechanics Planning Mill (MPM) and St. Jacob Glass are just a few of the local contractors that have contributed to the project.

“We have been pleased with the extra efforts that all of our subcontractors have put into this project and excited to be tracking on schedule for a June opening,” Rujawitz said. “We are on the home stretch with the project and thrilled to be close to opening.”

“Our kudos to all the hard work provided by all involved in this exciting project. We look forward to providing quality entertainment in a fun and comfortable atmosphere for all ages,” McSparin said.

Edison’s Entertainment is working toward an estimated mid-June opening. Become a friend on Facebook or visit Edison’s Web site for announcements of the official opening day.

Edison’s is also still accepting applications and will be hiring for all types of positions including kitchen help, servers, entertainment staff and front desk help. Apply by downloading an application on its Web site or visit its hiring center in University Pointe, 1015B Century Dr., right next to Minuteman Press.

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MoBOT hosts the "can't miss" event of the summer “Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night” is a spectacular display of Chinese artistry and culture now on show at the Missouri Botanical Garden that you absolutely don’t want to miss.

The exhibit is a collection of 26 elaborately constructed sets depicting Chinese culture, traditions and symbolism. By day, these magnificent sets dot the garden with vibrant color. But it is when night falls that the real magic begins. Each scene bursts to life in an amazing illuminated display that lights up the garden and creates an enchanted wonderland of dragons, temples, warriors and flowers just to name a few.

The exhibit opened Memorial Day weekend and will continue through Aug. 19. It is among the first of its kind and size in the United States with some sets ranging in size up to three stories high.

within or with an exterior piping of lights to give them their final brilliant glow.

Lantern festivals are deeply rooted in Chinese history and folklore going back more than 2,000 years. In modern times, they typically mark the end of the annual 15-day Chinese New Year celebration. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s lantern festival celebrates the garden’s “Year of China” and its 25-year collaboration with China through the Flora of China project and the creation of the new Chinese Garden.

Upon entering the front gates of the garden, you’ll be welcomed by a giant, glowing dragon that stretches nearly half the length of a football field. After six months o f p ro m i s i n g o u r 3 - y e a r- o l d daughter that we would take her to “see the dragons,” this awesome display certainly lived up to our expectations. We then entered through the main visitor center and stepped out into the garden.

They were created by a specialist team of Chinese artisans who spent two months living in the area while working on the exhibit. Each set was created from scratch first using reference drawings, which then began to take shape as large outlines on the ground that grew into great steel skeletons. They were then draped with speciallytreated silk designed to withstand the elements for months at a time and secured with gold trim. Finally, the sculptures were either lit from

This is so much more than a passive display of sculptures.

Visitors are treated to a full-on festival atmosphere. Watch acrobats from the China Sichuan Le Shan Chen Long Troupe performing in the outdoor Cohen Amphitheater, toss your pennies in the wishing well or try your hand at throwing a medallion up into the “wishing tree” before banging the gong for good luck.

Pick up a souvenir of your visit at one of the many artisans’ booths

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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Pictured are three scenes from the Lantern Festival currently on display at MoBOT. where you’ll find handmade items such as painted Chinese opera masks or get your name written in calligraphy. All items cost tokens, which can be purchased on site.

If you get hungry, stop by the food tents near the Ridgway Visitor Center and pick up a plate of authentic Chinese cuisine. You can also take part in tea tasting.

We were awestruck during our visit. While we had a pretty good idea of what the exhibit was about and had seen photos of the sets beforehand, we were still bowled over by the sheer scale of some of the sets and how elaborate they were. My husband’s favorite was the Porcelain Dragon, which was created from more than 40,000 individual pieces of porcelain plates, cups and bowls tied together using ancient techniques.

It is actually two dragons facing each other as they hover over pools

of water. Every 10 minutes or so, music will play and the dragons “come to life” turning their heads and blowing smoke.

My personal favorite was the Heavenly Temple, which stands at an impressive three stories high and was modeled after the Beijing Heavenly Temple constructed in 1420. Unsurprisingly, our daughter and her friend both adored the Panda’s Paradise set with jollylooking pandas having fun among the bamboo.

“Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night” runs Thursday through Sunday evenings, now through July 29, and nightly seven days a week Aug. 1 through 19.

Evening hours are 6 to 10 p.m. (last entry at 9 p.m.).

Admission costs $22 for adults (ages 13 and up) and $10 for children (ages 3 to 12). Members enjoy discounted rates of $15 for adults

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and $5 for children. Anyone who joins the Missouri Botanical Garden or renews their membership during the Lantern Festival will receive free same-evening admission for two adults and children ages 12 and under.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.mobot.org/lanternfestival or in person at the garden.

Tour groups of 15 or more can get special discounted admission when booking a minimum of three weeks prior to the date of the visit. Call the Tourism Department at 1-800-3321286 or email tourism@mobot.org.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from I-64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit.

Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

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Dining Delights A healthy burger for Father's Day

By ALISON LADMAN For The Associated Press

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ads love grilling.

Dad’s love burgers.

Trouble is, good burgers don’t always love Dad back.

That’s because great burgers often start with fatty ground beef. All that fat keeps the burgers juicy and flavorful as they grill.

And then of course there is the temptation to pile on toppings and condiments, like heaps of melting cheese and thick spreads of mayonnaise.

We decided to show our love this Father ’s Day by offering up a delicious burger that also happens to be healthy.

To keep our burger lean, we went with a 95 percent lean ground beef.

You also could go for ground turkey, chicken or pork, but read the packages carefully; many ground meats aren’t as lean as you might think they are.

Since we removed most of the fat from our burger ’s meat, we needed to add moisture.

We did this by incorporating vegetables. I know, groan!

Vegetables don’t belong in burgers.

But really, this is a vegetable you would have put on the burger anyway — caramelized onions. They add tons of flavor, moisture and virtually no calories.

You also can make the onions well in advance so they’re all ready to go when you want to make burgers. They even freeze well if you want to make a giant batch.

To top off the burger, we skipped the cheese and went with a quick homemade barbecue sauce.

Best of all, you can make the sauce right on the grill; just bring a little saucepan out with you and do all the cooking in the same spot. You’ll want to make the sauce first so that you know it’s ready to go when the burgers are.

CARAMELIZED ONION BARBECUE BURGERS Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 regular burgers or 8 sliders 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 large sweet onions, sliced 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 pound 95 percent lean ground beef 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon soy sauce 4 standard or 8 slider wholegrain burger buns In a large skillet over medium, heat the olive oil.

Add the onions and saute until deep brown, about 20 to 25

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This May 14, 2012 image shows healthy caramelized onion barbecue burgers on a plate in Concord, N.H. minutes.

If the skillet gets too dry, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of water as needed.

Stir in the balsamic vinegar and allow to cool.

Heat the grill to mediumhigh.

In a medium bowl, gently stir together the cooled onions, ground beef, salt and black pepper.

Form the mixture into 4 or 8 patties, pressing a slight indent into the center of each.

In a small saucepan, combine the cumin, cayenne and smoked paprika.

In a small bowl, stir together the garlic powder, honey, tomato paste, mustard, cider vinegar and soy sauce.

Bring everything out to the grill.

Place the saucepan with the spices directly on the grill. Stir until fragrant and toasted, about 1 minute.

Add the tomato-honey mixture to the spices and stir until simmering, about 5 minutes.

Use caution, the handle of the saucepan will get very hot.

Move the saucepan to the back of the grill or off to the side.

Add the burgers to the grill and cook for 4 to 6 minutes per side for medium-well Spoon the sauce over the burgers and serve on multigrain or whole-wheat buns.

Nutrition information per 1 regular burger (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 380 calories; 100 calories from fat (26 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 45 g carbohydrate; 28 g protein; 6 g fiber; 900 mg sodium

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Dining Delights First lady authors book on gardening, cooking WASHINGTON (AP) — From the beginning, Michelle Obama’s k i t c h e n g a rd e n h a s b e e n a n overachiever, churning out more peppers, parsley and eggplant than expected, and generating interest that — yes, really — crosses oceans.

Now, the first lady has added a 271-page book to her gardening resume, and Americans can read all about the planting misses that came with the hits, get tips on gardening at home, and, Mrs. Obama hopes, draw some inspiration that just might change their lives. Oh, and if it happens to help her husband’s re-election campaign, that would be nice, too.

Lofty goals for a book about a garden.

In “American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,” Mrs. Obama holds out the raised vegetable beds on the South Lawn as “an expression of my hopes” for the nation’s children. “Just as each seed we plant has the potential to become something extraordinary, so does every child,” she writes.

The $30 book, released Tuesday

by Crown Publishers, traces how a city kid from the South Side of Chicago who became a working mother and then a political spouse found herself fretting on that first planting day, March 20, 2009, about whether an L-shaped stretch of soil would prove fertile ground for a national conversation “about the food we eat, the lives we lead, and how all of that affects our children.”

The book, which answers that question with a resounding yes, arrives just in time for her husband’s re-election campaign.

And while the book is decidedly non-political, that fits perfectly with the Obama campaign’s view that the first lady can do her husband a world of good simply by pushing the non-threatening causes such as healthy living that have made her a far more popular figure than the president himself. Mrs. Obama’s favorability rating in the latest APGfK poll was 70 percent, compared with 58 percent for her husband.

The book’s release comes with a flurry of media appearances.

She’s already been a TV frequent flyer to promote her “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity — doing pushups with Ellen DeGeneres, playing tug-ofwar with Jimmy Fallon in the White House and serving veggie pizza to Jay Leno. She says she gets asked about the garden wherever she goes, around the world.

The book is chock full of colorful, glossy photos of lusciouslooking vegetables, complete with a cover picture in which the first lady’s blouse seems to be colorcoordinated with the eggplants in her bulging basket of produce.

Bo, the popular family dog, gets plenty of cameo appearances.

There are maps tracing the growth of the garden over the past three years, and stories about community gardens around the country. Even a how-to on creating a compost bin.

The book is divided into four sections marking the seasons, and includes a complement of recipes for each.

There are inside stories about planting travails that will ring true with any weekend gardener: pumpkins that wouldn’t grow, cantaloupes that tasted blah, blackberry bushes that wouldn’t play nice with the raspberry bushes and an invasion of cucumber beetles, among them. The first lady

makes clear she’s not the one doing most of the hoeing and weeding, c re d i t i n g s c h o o l k i d s , W h i t e House chefs and grounds crew and enthusiastic volunteers from all over the White House chain of command with providing lots of manpower.

And there are bits of historical trivia woven throughout: John Adams ordered up the first White House garden, but it was never harvested after he lost re-election.

Thomas Jefferson was obsessed with trying to grow a four-foot-long cucumber. Heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, at 101 now a figure in the John Edwards’ corruption trial, helped redesign the Rose Garden for President John Kennedy.

There are also bits of personal h i s t o r y : Mrs. Obama’s father worked as a boy on one of the vegetable trucks that would deliver produce to neighborhoods, and had a reputation for sneaking pieces of fruit. Her mother ’s family had a plot in a neighborhood victory garden on the corner of an alley, and the kids had to eat their vegetables or go to bed without supper.

It is a tradition for first ladies to use books to advance their causes.

Hillary Clinton wrote the bestseller “It Takes a Village,” about the importance of community in raising children; and Laura Bush collaborated with daughter Jenna on a picture book about a reluctant reader, with “Read All About It!” This is Michelle Obama’s first book. She got no advance payment, and plans to donate all her proceeds to the National Park Foundation for programs that promote gardening and healthy eating, and to help care for the White House garden.

CORN SOUP WITH SUMMER VEGETABLES “This versatile soup is the essence of summer. Dairy-free and nearly fat-free, it showcases the pure, sweet taste of summer corn and can be served hot or at room temperature,” White House chef Sam Kass writes in Michelle Obama’s new book, “American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America.”

“A garnish of summer vegetables, grilled and cut into bite-sized pieces, makes this soup your own unique creation. Try zucchini or summer squash, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers or mushrooms, alone or in combination. If you leave out the corn kernels and don’t thin the soup with the corn stock, this becomes a luxurious sauce for seafood like halibut, tilapia, or shrimp.”

Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours Servings: 4 6 ears of corn, husks and silk removed 2 sprigs fresh thyme Juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1 tablespoon) Salt Olive oil Grilled vegetables of your choice: zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, mushrooms Carefully cut the kernels off the ears of corn. To do this, stand each ear of corn upright on its wide end, then use a serrated knife to carefully saw down the length of the cob, rotating and repeating until all of the kernels are removed. Set the kernels aside. Do not discard in the cobs.

To make corn stock, place the cobs in a large stockpot. Add enough water to just barely cover.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for

45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the water has a rich corn flavor. Strain the stock and discard the cobs and any solids. Set aside.

Reserve 3/4 cup of the corn kernels, then place the remaining kernels in a blender. Puree until smooth, about 45 seconds. If needed, add a bit of the corn stock to help get the blender started. Pour the puree through a mesh strainer into a medium saucepan. Discard any bits of skin.

Add the thyme and bring the soup to a gentle simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Do not boil.

As the soup heats, the starch from the corn will begin to thicken the soup. Once the soup has thickened to the consistency of applesauce, about 3 to 4 minutes, add the lemon juice and the reserved corn stock a bit at a time until the soup reaches the desired thickness. You should have 4 to 6 cups of soup. Season

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Add enough olive oil to coat the bottom on the pan. When the oil is hot, add the reserved corn kernels.

Do not stir until the corn has a nice brown color.

Stir the corn, then remove it from the heat. Divide the soup between serving bowls, then top each serving with some of the seared corn and any other grilled vegetables desired.

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EXPECT TO BE IMPRESSED! 1.5 story w/4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 1+/- acre, and beautiful landscaping! $489,000 Edwardsville PR100356

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY for first time buyer or investor. 3BR, 1BA. Walkout basement. Deep backyard. $109,900 Edwardsville PR100021

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