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JULY 19 ISSUE

What’s Inside 3

Duwane Nickle Gripped by the farming bug.

4 The road to recovery Morgan McGinnis knows it well.

Angela Shelf Medearis From kids books to cookbooks.

15 The UniverSoul Circus Event will roll into Jamestown Mall.

16 "The Sound of Music" Stages St. Louis to host all-time classic.

17 Mythbusters

Science wizards to appear at The Fox.

19 "Part of Me"

Perry's bio-pic doesn't get too deep.

What’s Happening Friday Saturday ____________ July 20 July 21____________ • Willie Akins/Montez Coleman Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • James Taylor, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • LucaBrasi, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m. • Ralph Butler, 3:00 p.m. / Radio Star, 8:00 p.m., Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton • Old Crow Medicine Show w/ Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Steddy P w/ DJ Mahf, Brett Gretzky, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Disciple, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m. • Ocean Rivals, The Campfire Club, Hidden Lakes, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Mom's Kitchen, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m. • The Outlaws, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. • The Sound of Music, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. • Coriolanus, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • COCA Summer Musical: Legally Blonde, COCA, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. • Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12.

• Willie Akins/Montez Coleman Group, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band w/ Bhi Bhiman, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Indigo Girls w/ The Shadowboxers, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Big Freedia and the Divas, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • The Bob Band, Butcher Holler, Aftershock, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • The Who Band, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Concer t for Cancer: An Evening with Matt Conway and His Band, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m. • The Sound of Music, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. • Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. • Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. • COCA Summer Musical: Legally Blonde, COCA, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. • Coriolanus, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. • Journey Stories, Jefferson County Historical Village, Mt. Vernon, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 4.

• Laleh Khorramian: Water Panics in the Sea, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 21.

Sunday July 22____________ • Mindless Behavior w/ Jacob Latimore and Lil Twist, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 6:00 PM • Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m. • Scott Lucas and the Married Men, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Street Status Empire feat. B Magic vs. Heartless, Fubar, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Specticast Presents: Georges Bizet's Carmen, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 3:00 p.m. • The Sound of Music, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. • Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. • Coriolanus, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. • Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. • A Room Divided, The Eugene Field House & Toy Museum, St. Louis, noon to 4:00 p.m. • 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.

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July 19, 2012

People

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Duwane Nickle

Farming bug still grips local man Master Gardener Nickle regarded as an area vegetable expert By STEVE HORRELL Of The Edge

aster gardener Duwane Nickle is already looking forward to the first hard frost of winter. Not for the relief from the scorching heat, but because that is when he can finally dig up the salsify root that grows out back of the house and bring it up to the kitchen so that his wife Mary can work her magic. The seeds to grow the salsify are hard to find, he says, but he got a hold of a few recently and planted them in his vegetable garden, near the radishes and turnips and okra. “It grows somewhat like a carrot, but it doesn’t taste good until after we’ve had a hard frost,” Nickle said during an interview recently at his farm, which is off Route 4, near Moro. Salsify is also known as a vegetable oyster, but since neither Nickle nor his wife care for oysters, Mary uses it to make vegetable oyster stew. She can also slice it and deep fry it.

It’s easily the most interesting vegetable Nickle grows on the couple’s three acres of farm land. In the spring, he put out 120 sweet corn plants, though the starlings pulled many of them up and he had to replace them. Starlings also got into the peppers. Nickels also planted two rows of peanuts, but moles “just pulled ‘em right out of the ground,” he says. He planted a few rows of carrots; rabbits got to them, and they also got into the bush beans. In addition to making salsify, Mary makes lots of salsa, and cucumber and zucchini relish. Recently she made pickled beets. Mary retired in March, after having worked 21 years at the Walmart pharmacy in Wood River. She and Duwane were born and grew up in Mulberry Grove, near Greenville. Neither graduated from high school, though they each went on to earn a GED. When he was a child, Duwane's parents separated and his dad raised Duwane and four siblings. Duwane left school to earn money for the family. “I made up my mind then and there that I was going to do things a little differently than my parents,” he said.

Duwane Nickel got the farming bug when he was a small boy when he visited his grandparents’ farm during the summer. “My grandmother could plant a stick, I think, and it would grow,” he said. His grandfather farmed the land using a team of mules. They raised chickens and hogs, but the farm had no electricity. “Anything that required refrigeration, they dropped it down the cistern,” he recalled. Still, he doesn’t recall that anything ever spoiled. The Nickles married when Mary was 16 and Duwane was 20. For a while he worked for a company in St. Louis that made windows. Six years later, he got on with Lenhardt Tool & Die Co., in East Alton. He became a specialist, and operated some of the machinery, among other duties. “We got paid every other week, and usually on the Monday after payday, the truck driver would get pieeyed and wouldn’t be able to make it in, so I drove the truck,” he recalled. “It wasn’t long before they gave me the keys to everything. I learned a lot. I wouldn’t have passed it up for anything.” The Nickles raised three boys. They had a couple of beef cows on the farm,

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and some chickens. When the boys left home, they decided to scale back and Nickle took down the lectric fence “to get rid of the temptation to get more cows.” Duwane retired in 1992. He and Mary recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary. They have lived at their farm off Route 4 for 39 years. Today he gets invited to speak to garden club meetings in the area. He’s an expert in gardening – especially vegetable gardening – though he doesn’t think of himself as an expert. Duwane doesn’t go in for speechifying either. “I just tell ‘em right off, I’m not one for giving long speeches,” he said. “I like question-and-answer more than anything. I’d make a terrible politician.” But he knows that people come there to learn about gardening, and as long as they ask questions, Nickle dispenses advice. Recently he was asked to address a group of gardeners at the Bethalto Public Library for an hour. He wound up staying for two hours and 20 minutes. “They kept asking me how long I could stay, and I said ‘I can stand here as long as there are questions.'”

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People McGinnis travels the road to recovery By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge

hen Morgan McGinnis stepped on the tennis courts at the EHS Tennis Center on June 16, she found herself in a familiar place — a finals match. Morgan and her partner Paige Sturley advanced to the consolation finals of the women’s doubles open division of the Edwardsville Open at the EHS Tennis Center on June 15-17. They defeated fellow Edwardsville players Casey Bonham and Sara Janulavich 7-6, 6-3 to become the consolation bracket champs. Morgan, who will enter her senior season with the Edwardsville Tigers this fall, has a pretty impressive track record on the tennis court. She is a three-time state qualifier for the EHS girls’ tennis program and has won sectional championships as a sophomore and junior in the singles division. This time was different though. The Edwardsville Open marked Morgan’s first competitive action since Feb. 26. That day will always have a profound effect on her life, because it is the day she almost died. Morgan suffered an Ischemic Stroke while playing in a tennis tournament with the Tigers at the Atkins Center in Urbana. She had to be rushed to Carle Hospital in Urbana where she stayed that Sunday and Monday before being transferred to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis late on that Tuesday. In total she spent seven days in the hospital, where she was poked and prodded and endured painful medical procedures in an attempt to discover what would make such a healthy young woman collapse in the middle of a tennis court. It’s been a long and winding road to recovery, but Morgan has made leaps and bounds from the beginning when she suffered full paralysis on her left side. She still has a tough time with lateral movement on the tennis court, loses her train of thought on occasion and struggles with tongue tension sometimes, but everything points to her 100 percent recovery. She’s remained positive and continues to fight hard to transition into her old self and through it all she’s used tennis as the beacon to guide her path. “That’s why I want to recover,” Morgan said of her tennis career. “I feel like if I wasn’t so involved in tennis I don’t think I’d be where I am today. That’s what is motivating me to keep going. If I didn’t love the sport this much I don’t think I’d have the motivation to do anything. I consider myself lucky that I’m working toward that.” Her play in the Edwardsville Open wore her out, but she was just happy to be able to return to the sport she loves. Besides women’s doubles, she also played mixed doubles with friend and former Edwardsville Tiger player Michael Lynch in the tournament. Morgan entered into the Edwardsville Junior Tournament in the doubles division two weeks ago at the EHS Tennis Center. “I knew I wasn’t ready for singles and I hadn’t really played a match since that day,” said Morgan. “We had the Tiger Tennis Academy challenge matches and I couldn’t make it through them so I was really

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Edwardsville’s Morgan McGinnis hits a two-handed backhand during doubles action at the Edwardsville Open at the EHS Tennis Center on June 16 while father Kevin McGinnis, seated in back, watches intently. It was McGinnis’ first competitive tennis action since suffering an Ischemic Stroke on Feb. 26 in Champaign. nervous, but I was really hopeful, especially in mixed doubles, because my partner Michael Lynch just runs all over the court. “I ended up winning two matches and won the consolation finals with Paige Sturley and Mike and I lost, but our other match was a forfeit so we can count that as a win. I’m not going to lie, I woke up in the morning and was so sore, but I had fun. I don’t think I’m ready to play singles yet, but it was a great start.” A normal, healthy and active 17 year old girl, it is still puzzling to why the stroke happened and doctors continue to work diligently to discover the reason. And when Morgan thinks back to that fateful February day, she understands the severity of the situation. “I just went down, but I don’t remember falling down,” said McGinnis. “I only remember certain parts during the whole process. I was laying flat, but my knees were up and my dad was like, ‘Morgan, you need to stay awake.’ I think my dad thought I was going to die.” Kevin McGinnis admitted it was a terrifying moment for himself, his wife Sharla and everybody involved. “I’d seen kids faint before so the first thing I thought was she was fainting,” said Kevin. “That was enough for me to holler and run, but when we got to her it was obvious that it was much more than that. Her eyes were rolling, the paralysis and I really didn’t want her to lose consciousness. Medically, I don’t know, but I was afraid if she lost consciousness that we were actually going to lose her. There were two

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times it looked like she was fading out and it was very, very scary.” EHS head coach Dave Lipe said those moments on the tennis court before the ambulance arrived were very frightening. “Those were probably the longest 15 minutes of my life. I’m sure the McGinnises would say the same thing,” said Lipe. The day began like many other tennis tournaments for Morgan. She remembers forgetting her water bottle, but said she never felt strange or weak. She had already played doubles with Bonham and been fine before she began a tough singles match. I was playing singles against this girl Madie Baillon, who is there every year and crushes everybody,” said Morgan. “It was a really close match at first and then I started losing games, but I didn’t feel bad. Then there was one serve that I hit and it didn’t feel right. I don’t know if my toss was weird and I don’t even know how it got over, and her being the good player she is, she crushed it back over.” As Morgan walked to pick up the ball, that’s when the scariness began. She began losing control of her legs and tried to shake it off, but couldn’t. She said it was like she had “spaghetti legs.” When she got to the ball her motor skills were so out of whack she couldn’t even pick it up. Kevin and Sharla saw it from the balcony above the courts and were frantically running and yelling for someone to help and that’s when Morgan’s doubles partner from

that morning, Bonham, jumped into action. “It was almost like she was drunk,” said Bonham. “She was stumbling in a circle and when I got there she was almost to the ground. I flipped right under her and caught her from behind with my arms under her armpits. “Her eyes were moving, but she wasn’t responsive and she didn’t know what was going on.” Lipe commends Bonham for instinctively rushing to her teammate’s side, possibly preventing worse injury from the fall. “That’s Casey,” said Lipe. “Casey is always looking out for her teammates. She’s a tough kid. I’ve replayed that in my mind a thousand times. Casey is a really strong person and she was right there to pick up Morgan when she was falling and probably there’s some symbolism there. “That was just the first time a teammate helped her and hopefully she’s felt us throughout all this. I know we’ve felt for her.” As her parents, teammates and friends rushed to her side, ideas were frantically coming from every direction as to what might be happening. Morgan remembers people trying to keep her conscious and other panicky attempts to help her. “I remember people trying to put Gatorade in my mouth and trying to feed me and then one of my teammates Sara (Janulavich) was there and while my legs were up she was moving my knee and I couldn’t feel her moving it,”

Morgan said. Kevin added, “There were a lot of theories that were going around. Some people thought she was having a blood sugar thing going on like she was diabetic and we didn’t know it. “But I would like to say that 911 had these ideas when we got them on the phone saying don’t give her anything, water, sugar, food, nothing.” Sharla recognized the symptoms immediately when she got to Morgan’s side, but it was when she looked at the normally calm and cool Lipe that the real concern jumped into her head. “I thought it looked like a stroke,” said Sharla. “It was total left side. The way she was dancing she just looked like rubber on that left side. By the time I got down there and was sitting by her head I kept looking up at Dave and he looked worried. When Dave looks worried then I know I need to be worried. He was calm and professional, but he looked worried.” Lipe thought he’d put on a better acting performance to hide his concern at the time. When he saw Morgan up close he believed it was a stroke too, causing an inward panic. “I guess I screwed up then because I thought I was being calm,” said Lipe with a chuckle. “I thought she was having a stroke right away to be honest. She was giving stroke like symptoms right from the get go and it was obvious that it was serious. I think we all did the best we could for that very harrowing 15 minutes until the paramedics arrived.” Morgan remembers the paramedics arriving and admitted she just felt sheer embarrassment over the whole ordeal. “I think I finally started crying, but there were no tears,” she said. “My face was drooped on my left side and I was trying to talk and I couldn’t even understand what I was saying, or remember what I was saying. I was embarrassed honestly. “Then I tried to get up to go to the stretcher and I couldn’t move. I remember them putting me on a stretcher and it was really hard because I couldn’t move half my body. Really all I remember after that is Michael Lynch running and opening the door and we got in the ambulance.” Kevin immediately hopped in the ambulance with Morgan and said that’s when he got another huge scare. “When we were getting in the ambulance one of the paramedics said, ‘You sit here dad. We’re going to sit here for awhile and it’s going to seem like a long time because she’s going to get an IV, but we’re going,’” said Kevin. “Then the guy in the back said, ‘We’re going to code this.’ And the lights and sirens were blaring and we were right out of there and they gave the IV in transit, so that scared me, after I was told we were going to be there for awhile and all of the sudden they changed their minds.” That trip to the hospital was just the beginning of an arduous and traumatic journey for Morgan. Medical tests, physical therapy and the unknown of what could have caused the stroke stood as roadblocks for her long road to recovery. Continued on Page 5

People McGinnis Continued from Page 4 Through it all, she used her passion to get back on the tennis court as her motivator for recovery and discovered the overwhelming love and support of her friends and family to help her get there. ••• McGinnis has no recollection of her trip to Carle Hospital in Urbana on Feb. 26. After just suffering through what was later diagnosed as an Ischemic Stroke, Morgan remembers, as she laid there with the left side of her body paralyzed, thoughts racing through her head about her active life’s schedule. “I don’t remember getting to the hospital. I remember them putting me into the room and a bunch of thoughts were going through my head,” said Morgan. “This sounds dumb, but I had a music competition the next week and I was like, ‘I hope I can sing.’” Her father Kevin remembered her worries over her return to the tennis court, too. “She was worried about her place on the team in the emergency room,” said Kevin. “She was asking me what coach (Dave Lipe) would do.” Not knowing what is happening, or what could happen is frightening. For Morgan it was a fear of not being able to be involved with the things she loved, such as tennis, playing piano and singing and most of all the fear of if she would ever regain mobility in her left side. Unfortunately, Morgan’s mother Sharla remembers the torturous span of time in the emergency room vividly. “The first three hours they were basically trying to rule out any life threatening issues,” Sharla said. “Once they got her stabilized they moved her upstairs.” Morgan kept thinking about the paralysis. She struggled mightily, attempting to will herself to move, but it was quite some time before her mobility returned. “It was about three hours before it started coming back,” Morgan said. “I remember I could move my hand a little bit. In the emergency room I was having a lot of tests and I was just laying there trying to move it and I actually could move my hand. There are stories about people that get in car crashes and they lose all feeling and I was like, ‘I’ve got to play tennis. I can’t lose half of my body.’ I don’t know what I’d do without it.” While Morgan was laying there worrying about her future on a tennis court, it was the people that surround her every day on the court, her coaches and teammates, that were worried about her. “I’m so grateful. I wasn’t doing great that first day, but tons of people came in (to see me),” said McGinnis. “Some people snuck in the back way past the janitor. My best friend, Annabeth Carlson, snuck in somehow and didn’t even have an emergency pass on. My parents were there for me, Michael Lynch was there for me, Mr. Lipe was there. “That all kind of distracted me a little bit, but I really didn’t know what was going on, so it was scary.” In an attempt to discover what had occurred, Morgan underwent a CT Scan at Carle, but the dead tissue in her brain didn’t show up in order for it to be recognized as a stroke. It was actually three days later, after Morgan had been transferred to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis that the stroke was pinpointed when the dead tissue at the basal ganglia portion of her brain was found on a second CT Scan. Until that point Kevin said, “There were lots of theories going around about what it was.” But even when it was recognized more tests needed to be administered to make sure it was in fact a stroke and what caused it. Morgan suffered through some other extremely painful tests while she was at Cardinal Glennon, some of the worst pain in her life according to her. “It was hard because I was in a lot of pain that last day (at Cardinal Glennon), because I had a spinal tap and an angiogram, which is where they put a small incision into my pelvis and stuck a tube up to my brain, so it was a lot of pain,” said Morgan. “Also because I was on bed rest it was really hard to walk. I was in the

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Morgan McGinnis hospital seven days. When I first got home I couldn’t do anything.” It wasn’t until a month later that yet another CT Scan certified that it was an Ischemic Stroke. Kevin said if the dead brain tissue would have grown or moved it would have changed the diagnosis. “The follow up MRI came back and the spot was identical,” Kevin said. “It hadn’t moved, it hadn’t grown. If it had grown it would have been a tumor, if it would have moved it would have been vasculitus (inflammation of blood vessels) and if it stayed, which it was, it was a stroke.” While Kevin and Sharla had been there in the hospital to watch as Morgan gradually regained her strength and made progress toward recovery every day, her tennis coach and teammates were kind of in the dark. Even when she first returned home it was tough to know what was going on. EHS head coach Dave Lipe said he tried everything he could to keep the girls and himself informed. “We met as a team practically every morning in the beginning for status updates,” Lipe said. “You don’t want rumors going around so we would meet and talk specifically about what was going on because we didn’t know. One of the scariest things is we did not know what was going on. Was it a stroke? What was it? The kids wanted to know, so we met and it was whatever we could do to support her and we’re continuing to do so.” Even when Morgan returned home her mobility and strength in her left side were zapped. “Five or six days after she still couldn’t walk unassisted,” Kevin said. “She got her movement back, but it was pretty devastating.” The pain from the spinal tap coupled with the weakness in the left side of her body prevented Morgan from being able to walk up and down the stairs at her house unassisted for the first week she was home, a full two weeks after the stroke occurred. She was basically bed ridden, but she wasn’t alone. There were constant visitors by her side. “I had people visiting me during school,” said Morgan. “People I’ve known forever, like Kirk Schlueter, came to visit me on his (college) spring break. I just had people every where caring for me.” Amazingly only two weeks after returning home, a week after not being able to walk up and down the stairs, Morgan began physical therapy at Fitness 4 Life with physical therapist Mark Slaughter. It

certainly wasn’t easy though. “She could not walk into the physical therapist’s office unattended,” Sharla said of the first day there. “Mark Slaughter always reminds me of that.” Once she was at physical therapy the recovery process started to go quicker, even though she suffered through some excruciating moments. “I just remember there was an orientation to get to know Mr. Slaughter and I remember him doing standard tests, like raising my leg or pushing on my leg and I just couldn’t do anything on my left side,” said Morgan. “He wanted me to do squats and I didn’t like squats a lot at that moment. It was rough. “I think every day got better. The first week was rough, probably the first two weeks.” Lipe tried to help the process along, too. When he heard Morgan was able to go to the YMCA and ride the stationary bike he jumped into action to help her out. “Mr. Lipe text me and was like, ‘You’re allowed to do that?’” Morgan said. “That day after school I looked out my bedroom window and Mr. Lipe’s stationary bike that’s been sitting up in (his coaching office) forever was being carried by all the boys on the team. I bet there were 16 of them and they brought it into my room and they brought ice cream, so it was a double whammy. “I rode that thing every day. Now that I’m doing tennis again I haven’t rode it as much, but I had rode it every day because that was all I was able to do. That was my exercise.” Lipe had his reasons for the gift of the bicycle. “I heard she could ride a bike so I wanted her to work out,” Lipe said with a laugh. “We had the bike that was donated very generously by the Severin family and we don’t use it that often. I heard the doctor recommended that she ride a bike and I asked Kevin, ‘Do you have a stationary bike?’ And he said no so I texted her and she was actually on the bike at the YMCA and I thought it would be much easier for her because at that point it was an ordeal for her to get out of the house. “We loaded that bike up and took it to her house. It was a chance for the guys to get involved. The guys care about her a lot. The guys care about the girls and the girls care about the guys.” The road back has been long and winding and she continues to navigate herself back to recovery. Doctors say the dead tissue at the basal ganglia will never regenerate, but the

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brain will reroute itself around it and there will be 100 percent recovery. It’s just a matter of patience. They also say they don’t foresee her having any more strokes. Morgan missed five full weeks of school, had three weeks of half days, but two weeks before the end of the school year she was back full time and she only had to drop one class. She even attended her prom. She picked up a tennis racket for the first time on March 18 and could only hit for 20 minutes. By June 16 she was playing doubles in the Edwardsville Open. Eventually she will even play singles again and return to the person she was before. “Sometimes it doesn’t feel that quick,” Kevin said. “The neurologist at Cardinal Glennon, Dr. (Sean) Goretzke, kept saying it will all come back and it will happen quickly because she’s young and I’m not sure I believed him 100 percent. “A few days after she came home and needed help walking to the bathroom, it made it hard for me to believe at times that she was going to come all the way back, but now it’s pretty obvious that she’s going to.” Sharla said recovery has really been a step by step process, but she sees the light at the end of the tunnel. “You kind of go through these stages like when she’s out of the ER you’re out of the worry that she’s going to die,” Sharla said. “Then you go on to the next level, or what’s wrong with her and then you worry about that. Then they’ve figured out what’s wrong with her and she’s home and you worry about can she walk to the family room by herself. It’s a good feeling that all that has passed and now we’re just working on getting back to normal life and I think tennis is a good avenue to get to that.” Lipe added, “Morgan is going to be 100 percent. We can’t control the time table, so we can’t worry about the time table. If she’s 100 percent in August, she’s 100 percent in August and if she’s not, she’s not. She has to be patient with herself and I have to be patient with her, but she’s such a fighter and such a tough person that to be back playing tennis at this point is amazing.” Tiger teammate Casey Bonham said what happened to Morgan has kind of put mortality in perspective for the rest of the young boy and girl Tiger netters at an age when that’s not usually a high priority. “It definitely makes you more aware,” said Bonham. “Morgan was a very healthy young lady, always working out, was playing tennis hours a day, very outgoing and for something like this to happen it was just a shock to everybody, especially to her because she is so active. We thought it would happen to someone less fit, less active. Morgan is always working out, always looking to improve, so we definitely weren’t ready for that.” It’s also brought the entire lot of tennis players, coaches, alumni and tennis families closer together. “I think it’s definitely made us more aware of our surroundings,” Bonham said. “We now know signs we need to look for whenever something medically could go wrong. We are definitely a lot closer in general. We spend a lot more time together. It’s like a family now. We were a family before, but now we’re just so close. We’re hardly ever separated.” As Kevin and Sharla sat at the kitchen table in their home thinking about what might have been, they know they are just happy to have their daughter back healthy and happy. The tennis is secondary. “It’s not just about tennis, it’s about life,” Sharla said, choking back tears. “You think about what it could have been. How do you get yourself back to reality?” “We feel she’s lucky she’s here,” said Kevin. “I love watching her play tennis, but if she doesn’t it’s OK.” With that Morgan whipped around to look at her dad and nip that thought in the bud quick. “There’s no worries about that,” Morgan said of not playing tennis. “I love tennis more than anything, so it was really important to me, and it still is now, that I recover to what I can be. Actually even beyond where I was, because I have big plans for this summer and I still have them. It just may take awhile.” Kevin smiled at her and in a comforting tone added, “You’re almost there.”

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People People planner Louis C.K. to appear at The Fox Emmy Award and Grammy Award winning comedian Louis C.K. – creator, executive producer, director, editor, and star of FX Network’s critically acclaimed series Louie –will perform a special engagement, Louis C.K. Live at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for all shows are $45.00 (inclusive of all fees) and are on sale now exclusively available at Louis C.K.’s website, www.louisck.com. In a statement on louisck.com from Louis, “This year, I'm trying something new, building on the fun, success and fan-benefit of selling my content online… I've cut the ticket charges way down and absorbed them into the ticket price. To buy a ticket, you join NOTHING. Just use your credit card and buy the damn thing.” Back in December, 2011 Louis released his last standup special, Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre, directly to consumers through his website for $5. The move was hailed as groundbreaking and was a tremendous success. Louis was nominated for four 2011 Emmy Awards for Louie, which will have its season premiere on Thursday, June 28 at 10:30 p.m., and his standup special “Hilarious” including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special and Outstanding Wr i t i n g f o r a Va r i e t y, M u s i c or Comedy Special. He recently won four awards at the 2012 Comedy Awards including Sketch Alternative Comedy Series and Comedy Directing TV for Louie, as well as Comedy Special of the Year and “Stand Up Tour” for Live at the Beacon Theatre. Louie was honored on many year-end top 10 lists including AFI, Time, Entertainment Weekly and dozens of others. “Hilarious” was also honored with a 2012 Grammy for Best Comedy Album.

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 is open extended hours from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. for North Star Summer Zoo Weekends. Weekday summer hours are 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 frogs at Jungle Boogie Friday 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 whitespotted bamboo, bonnethead and nurse sharks swimming about with cownose rays, southern stingrays, horseshoe crabs and tropical fish. Admission is $3 for the general public and $1.50 for Zoo Friends up to the Zoo-Goer 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-the-art 1.5acre 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 Arena, a venue that features an 811-seat amphitheater for seasonal shows, a large stage, a rock bridge extending into 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 show at 5 p.m. on Saturdays, 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 show at 4 p.m. on Saturdays 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. For more information, visit 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. BOOGIE DOWN AT THE 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. 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 can enjoy rhythmand-blues, pop, rock, jazz and more on the outdoor stage in the Schnuck Family Plaza in the center of the Zoo. 2012 Concert Schedule 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 at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 15, for the Zoo’s major fundraiser. Admission to the Zoo and Jungle Boogie is free. Food and beverages will be available at Lakeside Cafe, Safari

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Grill, Ice Cream Oasis, Tundra Treats and more. Sponsors for Jungle Boogie are Missouri Lottery, Fox 2/KPLR 11 and Fresh 102.5. For more information, visit www. stlzoo.org/jungleboogie, www. facebook.com/stlzoo, www.twitter. com/stlzoo or call (314) 781-0900.

Springfield to host Route 66 Festival The 2nd Annual Birthplace of Route 66 Festival & Car Show is set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 on Park Central square in downtown Springfield, Mo. The festival is free and open to the public. The event will feature a car show, food vendors, a kids’ area and more. Live entertainment will be Queen City Cats and Blue Plate Special at 10 a.m., The Detectives at 1 p.m. and

The Road Crew at 3 p.m. The Road Crew is winner of the first ever “Bobby Troup Artistic Recognition Award” from the International Route 66 Association in 2011. They wrote a song especially for this festival. Car show registration is $15 in advance or $20 the day of the event. Prizes will be awarded for the car show in a variety of categories. Spectators will vote on their favorites. Car show registration is 79:30 a.m. and awards are presented at 3 p.m., along with The John T. Woodruff Award. The Woodruff award is named for the prominent Springfieldian who served as a Chamber of Commerce president and was the first president of the National Route 66 Association. It recognizes an outstanding individual who has helped promote the historic highway. Officially recognized as the birthplace of Route 66, it was in

Springfield on April 30, 1926, that officials first proposed the name of the new Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. In 1938, Route 66 became the first completely paved transcontinental highway in America—the “Mother Road”— stretching from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast. Traces of the Mother Road are still visible in Springfield along the Route 66 By-Pass, Kearney Street, Glenstone Avenue, College and St. Louis streets and on Missouri 266 to Halltown. For festival information, visit www.facebook.com/Birthplace of Route 66 Festival, Springfield Mo. For more information about Springfield, visit www. SpringfieldAdventures.com or call the Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-678-8767 to receive a free visitor guide, coupons and information packet.

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People People planner Saint Louis Art Museum plans summer film series Featuring big-screen movies, local entertainment and Sauce Magazine’s Food Truck Fest, the lineup is set for the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Third Annual Outdoor Film Series. Musical performances begin at 7:00 p.m. on Art Hill Plaza. All films are free and begin promptly at 9:00 p.m. The Museum’s Main Level and restrooms will remain open until 11:00 p.m. Free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Sauce Magazine’s Food Truck Fest will take place each Friday with a selection of local mobile eateries positioned on Fine Arts Drive. Favorites include Go Gyro Go, Seoul Taco, Completely Sauced, Chop Shop and Papa Tom’s Fancy Franks. Food truck service will begin at 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 20 “A Hard Day’s Night” Pepperland Band This local group, formed in 1996, has played together in various incarnations for over 15 years. By performing the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo— both as The Beatles and as soloists— with an offbeat, updated twist, Pepperland maintains a sound and identity of their own while recreating the spirit that defined a generation. Friday, July 27 “Goldfinger” Big Brother Thunder and the MasterBlasters Big Brother Thunder and the MasterBlasters draws on African, Caribbean and Brazilian styles and rhythms to create an energetic blend of funk-soul with rock and jazz. Big Brother Thunder, a male and female group of vocalists and musicians, combines its talent with the MasterBlasters, a horn trio, producing a sound you can’t help but move to. The Saint Louis Art Museum Outdoor Film Series is presented by Macy’s. Premier media sponsorship provided by KMOV. Food Truck Fest presented by Sauce Magazine. Promotional support provided by Fresh 102.5, St. Louis Magazine and STL Family. Additional support provided by Cutter Insect Repellent. The Museum is regularly open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on Friday. For more information on the Outdoor Film Series, please visit slam.org/filmseries.

Schedule announced for Alton Farmers’ & Artisians’ Market he 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: 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” (10-11:30) - Pigment Art- Use natural dyes and pigments to make a masterpiece 8/25 - Celebrity Chefs - Laurie

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People People planner Shaw Nature Reserve plans outdoor events The 2,400-acre Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit is the perfect setting for you and your family to enjoy the natural world. A host of events and programs are available throughout spring and summer: July 21: Monthly Trail Fun Run. Sign in at the Shaw Nature Reserve’s Visitor Center and pick up your map for your run. The distance will vary from three to 10 miles. Set your own pace and allow for stops and time to look, listen and converse. The distances for each monthly run will be available the week prior on the Reserve’s Facebook page at www. facebook.com/shawnaturereserve. After several visits you will have run most of the trails. Run starts at 8 a.m. Meet at the Visitor Center. $6. Registration encouraged, but walk-ins welcome; pay on arrival at the Visitor Center. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. July 28: Wildflower Identification and Ecology. This course will focus on identification, relationships and habitats of wildflowers and native grasses of the season. Beginners as well as serious students of wildflowers will increase their knowledge and appreciation of the rich floral diversity of the Nature Reserve’s woods, prairie and wetland. Come ready for moderate hiking with notebook in hand! 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Meet at the Visitor Center. $20. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. Aug. 1: Online registration is open for a variety of weekday, evening and weekend fall and winter classes for adults, youth and families at the Shaw Nature Reserve. View a printat-home catalog and register online at www.mobot.org/classes or call (314) 577-5140. Aug. 2: Biking and Bugs. This unique event will combine biking with biology. Bikers will follow a predetermined route around the Reserve, stopping (if they choose) at specific stations to learn more about insects, arachnids and other small critters of the Reserve. Each group/individual will ride at their own pace. There are some hills at the Reserve, but nothing that can’t be conquered with a little walking/ pushing. This event is timed to coincide with the full moon. It should be a great opportunity to take a relaxing evening bike ride and view the full moon as it rises over the Reserve (moonrise will occur at 8:17 p.m.). We require that all participants wear a bike helmet. For adults and families with children ages 8 and up. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Meet at the Visitor Center. $8 per person. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of youth and family programs at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. Aug. 16: Nature Connections: Crime Scene Investigation (CSI): Pollination, Predation and Mimickry. Nature Connections is a series of outdoor discovery classes in the W h i t m i re Wi l d f l o w e r G a rd e n for children and their families. Participants will learn about and discover nature through tours of the

Whitmire Wildflower Garden which will include hands-on activities, stories, snacks and spontaneous encounters with wildlife and plants. For ages seven and up with an adult. 5 to 7 p.m. Meet at the Carriage House. $17. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. Aug. 17: Native Plant School: Book Review 1: “Noah’s Garden” by Sara B. Stein. Native Plant School is a year-round series of indoor/outdoor classes in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at the Shaw Nature Reserve that covers various aspects of native landscaping. Please come prepared to discuss chapters one through six of the book “Noah’s Garden” by Sara B. Stein. Native Plant School at the Shaw Nature Reserve is underwritten by Grow Native! and Wild Ones Natural Landscapers. 5 to 7 p.m. Carriage House. $15. Advance registration required; www.mobot. org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. Aug. 18: Monthly Trail Fun Run. Sign in at the Shaw Nature Reserve’s Visitor Center and pick up your map for your run. The distance will vary from three to 10 miles. Set your own pace and allow for stops and time to look, listen and converse. The distances for each monthly run will be available the week prior on the Reserve’s Facebook page at www. facebook.com/shawnaturereserve. After several visits you will have run most of the trails. Run starts at 8 a.m. Meet at the Visitor Center. $6. Registration encouraged, but walk-ins welcome; pay on arrival at

the Visitor Center. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes. Aug. 24 through 25: Midnight Hike Overnight. Join us for this funfilled program of nighttime activities. We’ll attract bugs with black lights and learn about the insects of the night. We will set up a telescope to view the night sky. There will also be a campfire and s’mores to keep everyone cozy. A two hour “Midnight Hike,” will conclude the evening. Accommodations are dormitory style. Breakfast will be provided. For families with children ages 12 and up. 7 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday. Meet at the Dana Brown Overnight Center. $60 per person. Advance registration required; www.mobot. org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of youth and family programs at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/classes.

MoBOT announces schedule The following programs have been scheduled at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., south St. Louis. Cost is included with Garden admission or membership, unless otherwise noted. $8 adults; $4 St. Louis City/County residents. Free children ages 12 and under. For more information, visit www. mobot.org or call (314) 577-5100, 1800-642-8842 toll free. Through Aug. 19: “Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night,” an international exhibition of larger-than-life, lighted works of art from China, presented by

Emerson. Experience one of China’s most treasured events and ancient traditions – the annual lantern festival. Elaborate outdoor sets crafted of silk and steel will celebrate Chinese culture through bold color, dazzling light and striking design. The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to witness a spectacle rarely staged outside of Asia. View the art by day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (included with daytime Garden admission). Experience the illuminated magic by night, Thursday through Sunday evenings, May 31-July 29 and seven nights a week, August 1-19 from 6 to 10 p.m. (last entry at 9 p.m.). Lanterns are lit at 8 p.m. Evening admission is $22 for adults, $10 for children (ages 3 to 12), $15 for Garden members and $5 for Garden members’ children. www. mobot.org/lanternfestival. Aug. 1: Online registration is open for a variety of weekday, evening and weekend fall and winter classes for adults, youth and families at the Missouri Botanical Garden and its family of attractions. View a print-athome catalog and register online at www.mobot.org/classes or call (314) 577-5140. Aug. 5: Cafe Flora Brunch. Sundays from April through September, enjoy an a la carte menu and dining at the Spink Pavilion, overlooking the Garden’s central reflecting pools. Seating available inside and outside. (Brunch not offered Memorial Day weekend or Labor Day weekend.) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations available but not necessary; call (314) 577-0200. Garden admission applies. Aug. 12: Cafe Flora Brunch. S u n d a y s f ro m A p r i l t h ro u g h September, enjoy an a la carte menu and dining at the Spink Pavilion, overlooking the Garden’s central reflecting pools. Seating available inside and outside. (Brunch not

offered Memorial Day weekend or Labor Day weekend.) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations available but not necessary; call (314) 577-0200. Garden admission applies. Aug. 12: Corporate Partners Day. Employees of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Corporate Partner firms receive free admission for two adults and all children ages 12 and under to the Garden and daytime admission to the Lantern Festival with a valid corporate ID. Enjoy a 20 percent discount on new or upgraded Garden memberships and a 10 percent discount on purchases at the Garden Gate Shop. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; last free daytime admission is at 3:30 p.m. For more details and a list of current Corporate Partners, click here. Aug. 17: Around the World Wine Dinner. Travel to wine-producing regions around the world through a four course dinner hosted by a wine expert. Chefs from Catering St. Louis will create the regional menu, pairing each course with a different wine from the same region. Dinners will be served at various locations around the Missouri Botanical Garden and are held on the third Friday of the month. August’s theme is The Ring of Fire: Wines of the Pacific Northwest, Food from Around the Pacific Rim. 6:30 p.m. $58 (plus 18 percent service charge and tax). Advance reservations required; (314) 577-0200. Aug. 18: Great Green Adventures: Native Prairie Explorations. Explore the prairie and learn about one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. For children ages 6 to 12 with an adult. Great Green Adventures are held the third Saturday of every month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. Meet at the Children’s Garden Ticket Fort. $3 per child.

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Religion Make it a good day for others My morning routine includes reading the morning newspaper right after breakfast. I then work the crossword puzzle in the paper and sometimes find myself quite frustrated. Knowing that sometimes I am stymied, last Christmas I received a crossword puzzle dictionary from one of my daughters. Certain days, there is a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s page in the morning paper. It includes puzzles, riddles and suggestions. Now I am well aware that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m definitely not a child, but I usually glance at the page because I think there might be something that might be of interest to my oldest great grandchild. Recently one of the suggestions given was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discuss the following conceptâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;?have a nice dayâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;make it a good dayâ&#x20AC;?. I found myself thinking of these two ideas several times throughout the day. At first glance, it might seem they are the same, but if you think a bit more, it becomes apparent that there is quite a difference.

Doris Gvillo When we think of having a nice day, most of us would wish it would include all the things we enjoy while at the same time eliminating every little thing that might annoy, disturb, or even hurt us. Having a nice day might include sleeping a little later than usual, having leisure time to do whatever we decide might be fun, not having any disagreements, never having to lift a hand to work, eating just what we want when we want it and many other things that require little or no effort on our part. It might even mean that if we are to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;have a nice dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; we are dependent on others to take the responsibilities of life and let us just â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;beâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for that dayâ&#x20AC;Śno worries and no responsibilities. Now, I know that having a nice day might not require such drastic actions, but to me â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;having a nice dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seems to denote less demands on my time and

more time for just â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Now consider the words, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make it a good day.â&#x20AC;? Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that say to you that how we approach the day makes a difference in whether it will be a good or bad day? It suggests to me that bad things might occur during that day, but how we approach the difficulties might decide if at the end of the day it is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;badâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; day. I look back on times in my life when everything that was occurring seemed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;badâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. As a farmer, there were times of feast and famineâ&#x20AC;Śtoo much or too little rain. And in terms of personal trials and tribulations, there are the times of illness and loss of loved ones. There is the joy of a new baby but along the years to their maturity, there are definitely times of stress and worry. As one of the appraisers reminded me when we were considering buying the farm and I was reluctant to take on such a debt. His words still live in

my head and heart. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young woman, God promised us a good life but He never said it would be good and easy.â&#x20AC;? At my age, I know that is a true statement but I also know that whatever the day brings, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not aloneâ&#x20AC;ŚGod is always there. So, back to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;make it a good dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Ś I think our outlook will determine if the day is going to be a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; one. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;badâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; days but it means, to me at least, that we can choose to look only on the bad or we can look ahead and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that whatever the day brings, God will be with us. And, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also add that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;making it a good dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; also asks us to consider those with whom we interact. Our actions also make a difference in the lives of others. We can act in a manner that causes hurt, disappointment or anger in another. Or, we can try to the best of our ability to be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;instruments of peace and good willâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Śnot always easy, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say.

As children, many of us were taught the verse, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.â&#x20AC;? That simple verse is a guide to what is needed to make most days good days. And perhaps all involved would find life a little brighter and because they feel valued by another, they might even pass the kindness on to others. If an encounter with someone out of sorts and grumpy makes us inclined to reply in a like manner, perhaps a gentler demeanor would make all involved feel better. A smile and a friendly word have brightened the day for me on many occasions. Sometimes a hug even helped more, but I can assure you that most anything is better than a cranky countenance and grumpy words. So, while I do wish all of you a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;good dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, I also am going to try my best to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;make it a good dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for those I meet. Doris Gvillo is a member of Eden United Church of Christ.

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Music Tuning in Jacoby to celebrate Christmas in July In the heat of the summer, Jacoby Arts Center is planning a toy drive to bring thoughts of a cooler time of year for Riverbend area residents. Christmas in July is a community service project aimed at helping families and individuals who have been affected by job recession or other difficult life struggles. Eva Perkins, one of the members of Jacoby’s Performing Arts Committee, came up with the idea and received full support from the Arts Center. “I just thought there are people who are suffering and we could get a jump start on helping in advance of the true holiday season,” Perkins said. “And what better marketing idea – Christmas in July just seemed like a good slogan.” Community Hope Center in Cottage Hills is the agency that will benefit from this effort. Established in 1988 as a nonprofit corporation with a main and primary purpose to help the poor, the homeless, children, and the elderly with programs that meet their individual needs, the Center is solely supported by local businesses, foundations, private donations, and receives no state funding. It is self-supporting through its own philanthropy efforts. The facility also operates as a full service crisis emergency center that provides diverse programs which are offered free of charge to those who are less fortunate. Each program is designed and implemented to help families out of their crisis situations. This type of assistance is crucial because in Madison County there are thousands of local people who do not have health care. Jacoby Arts Center is asking the community to help in two ways: donate at its LIVE at Jacoby: Saturday Nights concert on July 28 or anytime in July during regular business hours. Unwrapped new toys can be dropped off Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursdays, hours are extended until 8 p.m. Donations at the concert won’t take the place of the admission price, but with the toy donation concertgoers will receive a coupon to be used at the beverage bar. Perkins said, “Concertgoers can feel good twice: from the joy that listening to great music provides and knowing they have made a positive difference in someone’s life.” General

admission at the concert is $10 per person ($8 for seniors 65+ and students) and the music flows from 7 to 9 p.m. Vocalist Danita Mumphard will be featured at the concert on the 28th. Mumphard recently headlined the Miles Davis Jazz Festival in May at Lewis and Clark Community College and has a multiple octave voice range. Her Jazz CD, "With Love", was released in October 2005. She has been featured at the Whitaker Jazz Festival, Missouri Botanical Garden, as well as in Jazz shows at Laumeier Sculpture Park and City Park in Edwardsville. To get in the festive spirit, Jacoby Arts Center is celebrating with a blend of Christmas decorations including a tree with lights, and staff at the concert will wear Santa hats with Hawaiian shirts and leis to further celebrate the benefit and the occasion. Perkins said, “Don’t be surprised if Mumphard’s band throws in a few Christmas tunes for good measure.” A d v a n c e t a b l e re s e r v a t i o n s are suggested. Located at 627 East Broadway in Alton, Illinois, Jacoby’s hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with late hours on Thursdays until 8 p.m. The Center is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Jacoby Arts Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster the artistic development and economic success of artists, and to expand accessibility to the arts through programs that promote education, participation and exploration. For more information about Jacoby Arts Center and any of its programs and services, visit our website at www.jacobyartscenter.org, email us at info@jacobyartscenter. org, call 618.462.5222, or stop in at the Center.

Grafton to host summer concert series Grafton’s Music in the Park is a free concert series that will be returning this summer to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River. These concerts are free to the public and are funded in part by the Arts and Education Council, Grafton’s Chamber of Commerce and Jersey State Bank. Performances start at 7 p.m. at The Grove Memorial Parkand last approximately two hours. The

Grove Memorial Park is located at the corner of Main Street and Market (Rt. 3) in downtown Grafton. Musicians perform under the gazebo while listeners enjoy the outdoor atmosphere and majestic view of the Mississippi River. “The park is such a wonderful setting for these concerts, when the weather gets hot the shade in the park and the cool breeze coming off the river makes each concert an experience not to be missed,”said, Carla Newton, the event’s coordinator. Picnic tables and benches are available but lawn chairs or blankets are recommended. New this year to the concerts will be a 50/50 drawing. All proceeds raised will be donated to the Jersey Community High School band program. “We have also asked the JCHS Jazz Ensemble to perform this year,” Newton explained. Other new performers will beThe Owlz, Hymn River Suite and Hickory Grove. “As always we have lined up a variety of music that should be entertaining to all attendees,” Newton stated. Spectators are asked to bring a can or dry food donation that will be given to the Grafton Food Pantry. Rain or inclement weather may cancel this event. See the schedule below for details on the music series: July 19 Hymn River Suite (Country and Southern Rock) Local musicians brought together by the love of country music and the muddy waters of the Mississippi perform country originals. July 26 Typsy Gypsy (Americana, Folk and Rock) This 6 piece all-female ensemble will get your heart thumping; performing folk, rock, bluegrass and Americana favorites. Aug. 2 H i c k o r y G ro v e ( Tr a d i t i o n a l Bluegrass and More) Enjoy an evening of bluegrass hits with a twist of acoustic favorites. Aug. 9 Crazy Chester (Rock and Folk) Don’t miss this young and energetic acoustic group perform a unique variety of folk and rock favorites.

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Browne to appear at The Fox The Fox Theatre will present an evening with Jackson Browne at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2. Tickets are $58.50, $53.50, $48.50 and $43.50 and are available at the Fox Box Office or by calling 314/534-1111. Order tickets online at www.metrotix.com. S i n g e r - s o n g w r i t e r J a c k s o n Browne will bring his 2012 U.S. Acoustic Tour to the Fabulous Fox Theatre this fall. Playing guitar and piano, Jackson will perform songs from his entire body of work, with varying set lists each night. Singer-songwriter and fiddle player Sara Watkins will open the Acoustic Tour as a special guest. S a r a Wa t k i n s f i r s t g a i n e d recognition as a founding member of the GRAMMY-winning trio Nickel Creek. Sun Midnight Sun, the second solo album from acclaimed singer, songwriter, and fiddle player will be released May 8 on Nonesuch Records. “I’m really excited to have Sara joining me on this tour,” says Jackson. “We've played together a number of times in the last few years, sometimes on her show and sometimes mine, and it's always been a thrill for me. I'm floored b y h e r a m a z i n g i n s t ru m e n t a l virtuosity and by her beautiful voice, and most of all, I love her songs.” Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged w i t h h o n e s t y, e m o t i o n a n d personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter ’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Beyond his music, he is known for his advocacy on behalf of the

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The UniverSoul Circus Multi-media event will roll into Jamestown Mall For the Edge As a young child, Cedric Walker dreamed of leaving his Baltimore home and running away with the circus. Instead, at the age of 6, he began his own shoe shine business. Full of drive and an entrepreneurial spirit, he also sold Christmas cards, Kool Aid Popsicles, and fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn cart. That willpower and his imagination would eventually take him into the entertainment business, where he worked his way up to production and stage manager for the Commodores, touring with them around the world, and later, as he served as a promoter for the Jackson Five. In the 1980s, Walker helped organize and produce the world’s first Rap music tour to play in large arenas featuring legendary rappers Run DMC, Salt n Peppa and The Fat Boys. In the early 1990s, he produced a couple of highly successful gospel plays, “Wicked Ways” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” But by the mid-1990s, Cedric and his associates began to look for new forms of family entertainment. After researching libraries for African-American entertainment history from the turn of the century on, one thing stood out: a single, AfricanAmerican owned circus, operated in 1893. Walker's childhood love of the circus made the decision an easy one, "to create a new entertainment complex – a full-blown circus complete with its own big top tent.” According to the website, that prophetic vision led Walker to create what would prove to be the most successful urban family entertainment event in history – The UniverSoul Circus, a new American art form under the big top. In 1994, UniverSoul Circus had their first historic performance to rave reviews. Since then, there’s been no looking back. Since its debut, UniverSoul has successfully turned the traditional circus world upside down. By 1997 the circus tour had grown to a 10 city tour; to 19 cities in 1999; a South Africa tour 2001, an Emmy nominated HBO special in 1998. Now in its 19th year, the circus will perform over 500 shows in 28 major markets. UniverSoul is a highly interactive combination of circus arts, theater, and music that spans genres including Pop, Classic R&B, Latin, Hip Hop, Jazz and Gospel. It embraces and celebrates the unique and familiar aspects of pop culture globally by bringing them center stage with a cast of international performers. UniverSoul Circus is rated as one of the top three circuses in America along with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey and Cirque du Soleil. UniverSoul’s fresh approach to family friendly live entertainment has garnered it a coveted spot as one of

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breaking contortionists with a hop-hop flair from Guinea, and hilarious acrobatic comedy from South Africa – will be performing from July 24-29 at Jamestown Mall, located at 175 Jamestown Mall in Florissant. UniverSoul Circus is sponsored in St. Louis by the new Cherry Berry Chiller from McDonald's. Roy Williams, Owner and Operator with McDonald's of St. Louis and Metro East, and the President of AfricanAmerican Consumer Market states in a press release, "This is a great family-friendly event that we are so thrilled to be part of." Williams states in the release, "It's going to be an unforgettable week here in St. Louis with families celebrating, interacting with and supporting these outstanding performers." McDonald's will delight customers on July 24, Opening Night of the UniverSoul Circus, with free samples of the ice-cold, New Cherry Berry Chiller from 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. McDonald's of St. Louis and Metro East and the New Cherry Berry Chiller are proud to sponsor the UniverSoul Circus. The UniverSoul Circus 2012 North American tour of “US” kicked off in January in Tampa followed by Miami, Atlanta, and a host of other cities along the East Coast and Mid West including New York City, Washington, D.C., before heading to St. Louis. The international cast includes 80 world-class acrobats, contortionists, aerialists, martial artists, dancers, comedians, clowns, tigers, horses and elephants. The show’s creative team includes Cedric Walker, who regularly travels the globe to find amazing talent, and award winning live entertainment production designer Tom Marzullo. Marzullo has designed and/or managed the production of major international tours for some of the biggest names in show business, including T-Pain, KISS, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Prince. Most recently, Marzullo designed, produced and managed the production for Justin Bieber’s international My World Tour, which earned Marzullo the 2010 Tour Link Top Dog Award for Production Manager of the Year. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on opening day, Tuesday, July 24; 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 25-27; noon, 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 28; and 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 29. Tickets are now available via Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster. com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Prices range from $18.00 to $26.00 plus fees. Children under 1 are free. For more info, show times, and schedules, visit www.universoulcircus.com. Also follow us on www.facebook.com/universoulcircus and www.twitter.com/universoulcirc.

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The Arts Bethalto native starring in "The Sound of Music" By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Get out of the heat this summer and escape to the lush green hills of Austria’s alpine countryside with Stages St. Louis’ production of the musical masterpiece, “The Sound of Music.” Follow the true-life story of Maria, a postulant who proves too high-spirited for convent life and is dispatched to serve as governess to the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Her growing rapport with the children, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain von Trapp. Audiences will be singing along to all their favorite songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s internationally acclaimed score, which includes “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss,” and the immortal title tune. Area native and Kevin Kline Awardnominated actress Casey Erin Clark returns to the St. Louis stage in the lead role of the confident Maria. During a recent interview, Clark, who grew up in the metro-east suburb of Bethalto and now lives in New York City, said she’s enjoying being back in her hometown after spending 18 months on the road with the original cast of the 25th Anniversary touring production of “Les Miserables” (Factory Girl/Fantine understudy). Clark’s love of musical theater is in the genes. Both of her parents are talented singers and regularly performed at their church and her dad also plays the piano. For Clark, performing just came naturally. “I started singing solos in church at age 4 and performing in the children’s musicals there, usually as an inanimate object that comes to life to tell the story of Christmas,” said Clark. “When I got to junior high, I petitioned the school to start a drama club, and I was hooked from there. I performed in all the high school shows and also got involved with the wonderful Alton Little Theater then.”

After high school, Clark attended Illinois Wesleyan University, where she earned her bachelor’s in Musical Theatre. She also spent summers learning about “the business” of theater doing professional summer stock before heading to New York City and the life of a working actress in 2004. Other than a short stint at the Cumberland County Playhouse in Tennessee in 2005 and her recent tour with “Les Miserables”, Clark and her husband, Chris, call New York home. Her off-Broadway/NYC credits include “Frankenstein” (Agatha, Elizabeth understudy), “Shout! The Mod Musical” (Red Girl), “The Incredibly Deaf Musical” (Lisa, NYMF), many readings, and concerts at the world-famous Birdland and Joe’s Pub. Regional favorites include “Jekyll and Hyde” (Emma), “Spitfire Grill” (Percy), and “City of Angels” (Donna/Oolie). Clark said her love of musical theater was first kindled when she saw “The Phantom of the Opera” as a child. “Having been fortunate enough to grow up with parents who immersed me in the arts, I still remember seeing my first Broadway show, and how it made me feel. I already had a deep love of music, but seeing the spectacle, the emotion, the passion of these characters – well, I was just blown away,” she said. “Theater is not a passive art form – for the performers or the audience. You can’t just sit back and let it happen. You participate, with your brain, your heart, your energy. That interaction between actors and audience is so exciting. And of course, singing and dancing and acting with the most talented people in the world is just plain fun. Hard work, yes, but fun definitely.” Clark said she is “thrilled” to be back in St. Louis and working with Stages again. Her portrayal of Jo in Stages’ holiday production of “Little Women” in 2009 was a career defining performance for her and earned her a Kevin Kline Award nomination. “I was so thrilled to join them for that show and play one of the greatest characters in all of literature, Jo March. The whole show was

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Above, Casey Erin Clark as Maria and David Schmittou as Captain von Trapp. Below, The von Trapp Family Singers. an extraordinary experience top to bottom,” she said. “The women who played my sisters in that show are still like my sisters in real life. We had an immediate bond, and I will never forget the magic of sharing the stage with them.” With that in mind, she’s looking forward to portraying another beloved character – Maria. She’s also eager to reconnect with everyone at Stages. “The rehearsal process has been a blast – first of all because I haven’t done a new show in so long. I did 650 performances of “Les Mis,” so a show that some people may think of as a “moldy oldie” seems like the freshest, newest musical possible to me. It’s allowed me to approach it in a very different way – really going back to the text and the music. Rodgers and Hammerstein were truly brilliant writers. Everything you need as an actor is there in the text and the music – how they shape musical phrases, the rhythm of the words and even the silences,” said Clark. And what about the inevitable comparisons with Dame Julie Andrews herself? “I knew that I am not, and never could be, the marvelous Julie Andrews. Of course her performance is in the back of every actress’ head that approaches this role. I knew that the best way to approach this was as me. What I as an actress and a human bring to this character. Fortunately, my wonderful director agrees and we’ve been able to run with our interpretation of Maria. The other actors are also marvelous. The kids are just such little pros and make amazing acting

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choices, and my Captain von Trapp (David Schmittou) is a dream,” she said. Once the show concludes on Aug. 19, Clark said she will return home to New York and to her “support job” teaching and coaching music. “I’m excited to get back into that and hanging out with the von Trapp kiddos is definitely reminding me how much I enjoy working with the little ones who are passionate about my art. Mostly, I’m thrilled to go home to my husband and my kitchen and my bed and all of that. No more hotel rooms!” said Clark. In addition to Clark and Schmittou, “The Sound of Music” will feature the talents of Matt Leisy (Rolf), Heidi Giberson (Liesl), Suzanne Ishee (Mother Abbess), Kari Ely (Elsa) and William Thomas Evans (Max) among others. The artistic team includes Mark Halpin mastering the nostalgic scenery, Matthew McCarthy the sun-dappled lighting, Lou Bird the period costumes, and lively and playful choreography by Dana Lewis. Director Michael Hamilton brings it all together along with Musical Director Lisa Campbell Albert. "The Sound of Music" will renew the love of music for all ages and indeed make St. Louis come alive with the sound of music. The show opens July 20 and will run through Aug. 19 in the intimate, 376-seat Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Civic Center, 111 South Geyer Road in St. Louis, MO. Single ticket prices range from $15 to $55. For more information or to purchase tickets call 314-821-2407 or visit www.stagesstlouis. com.

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Mythbusters to appear at the Fox By RENATA PIPKIN Of The Edge “We’re what you call ‘experts’,” quips the red-haired man with the black rimmed glasses in front of the camera. “That’s right. We do this for a living,” answers his stern-faced, mustachioed companion. And experts they are – at blowing up toilets, shooting guns and cannons, dropping Buster, the retired crash-test dummy, from tall heights and countless more dangerous and exciting endeavors. Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” got its start in January, 2003, with the creative, comedic and adventurous duo of co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. One of the Discovery Channel’s most highly regarded and watched series, “MythBusters” mixes scientific method with gleeful curiosity and plain old-fashioned ingenuity to create its own signature style of explosive experimentation – and the supporting or debunking of urban myths, Hollywood hoopla, and those pesky YouTube videos that we live with day to day. In the pilot episode, the team attempted to answer the questions, “Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior?” and “Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?” Since then, they’ve covered a multitude of topics, some of which are vitally important to our safety (are you sure it’s safe to urinate on that third rail?) and others important only to our endless human curiosity (not to mention their love of large explosions). Is it possible to make a deadly weapon using newspaper and underwear? Do you really stay drier in your convertible in a heavy rain by driving faster? Can ninjas truly run on water like they do in the movies or stop a blade with their bare hands? And one of the more popular myths: What causes Mentos in soda to react the way they do, and just how high can you get the resulting fountain of soda to go? Whatever the myth or legend, the guys always keep it interesting with the help of their team: Grant Imahara, electronics and radio-control specialist; Tory Belleci, modelbuilder; Kari Byron, sculptor, painter and actor and Jesse Combs, metal fabricator. Now, the Mythbusters have a new show with which to entertain the masses. The all-new live show “MythBusters: Behind the Myths,” will debut at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for one performance only on Sunday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. as part of a national tour. “MythBusters: Behind the Myths,” presents a fantastical evening of on-stage experiments, audience participation, rocking video and behind-the-scenes stories. With this show, for the first time, fans join Jamie and Adam on stage and assist in their mind-blowing and mindtwisting approach to science. "MythBusters: Behind the Myths" brings the audience faceto-face with the curious world of Jamie and Adam as the duo matches wits with each other and members of the audience. Last winter and spring, the show performed a 28-city national tour playing sold out performances all over the country. The Mythbusters are more than just great entertainment, however. Adam and Jamie have become spokespersons at large for applying science to real life – most recently as hosts of the Discovery Channel special “"iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World,” and have appeared on numerous shows including “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Good Morning America,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “The Colbert Report,” NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition,” “Countdown with Keith Olberman,” and many more. They were invited to participate in Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Fear And/Or Sanity and have received the Young Artist Award for inspiring young people in the interest of science. “MythBusters” has been invited to participate on a panel at Comic-Con, where their appearances have sold-out four years running. Adam and Jamie serve as guest editors for Popular Mechanics and were featured on the cover of the September, 2009, issue. That same year, they were inducted as honorary members into Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. They are honorary lifetime members of the California Science Teachers Association and were named honorary engineers and honorary members of the Francis Crowe Society at the University of Maine. Both Hyneman and Savage were given honorary doctorates at the University of Twente in the Netherlands for their efforts at popularization of science. Adam and Jamie produced and starred in an H1N1 Public Service Announcement for the White House, and were chosen by the president to retest the Archimedes legend using 500 schoolchildren as surrogate soldiers. They appeared as

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Jamie Hyneman, left,and Adam Savage themselves in the movie, "Darwin Awards," and have made several cameos on other TV shows, including "CSI." And In 2010, Hyneman and Savage received the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism from the Harvard Secular Society. Jamie Hyneman is the owner of M5 Industries, an effects company specializing in problematic custom builds. Besides serving as headquarters of “MythBusters,” M5 continues to work on various research and development projects for private clients. After trying his hand at careers as various as librarian at the United Nations in Geneva to running a diving and sailing charter business in the Caribbean, Hyneman began his career in show business as special effects shop assistant in New York and later in San Francisco as a crew member on films including “Robocop,” “Arachnophobia” and “Naked Lunch.” While managing Colossal Pictures’ model shop in San Francisco, Hyneman was given the opportunity to take over – and M5 Industries was born. Hyneman graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Russian. He has received an honorary engineering degree from the University of Maine as well as an honorary doctorate of engineering from Villanova University, with whom he has an ongoing collaborative relationship to help develop new safety concepts for the military. He is the holder of several patents and the winner of numerous industry awards. Hyneman currently resides the San Francisco Bay area with his wife. Adam Savage joined M5 in 2002 after receiving a call from former boss Jamie Hyneman to participate in a TV pilot, which turned into the wildly popular Discovery Channel series “MythBusters.” Savage immersed himself in the NYC arts scene before

moving to San Francisco in 1990 to parlay his skills into the thriving theater scene. There he worked for dozens of companies as set designer, prop master, art director and producer before falling into the machine art community where he learned welding, pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics and robot-building. After exhibiting his work in over 50 art shows nationwide, Savage caught the eye of the special effects industry and began working as a prop builder and art director for major commercials for Sega, Coca-Cola, Nike, Burger King and Chevrolet. His work on a Coca-Cola commercial earned him a Clio Award nomination. After an 18-month stint as head of research and development for startup toy company ZOOB, Savage joined George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on “Star Wars: Episodes 1 and 2,” “Galaxy Quest,” “Space Cowboys,” “A.I.,” “Terminator 3,” “The Mummy,” and dozens of commercials. During this time he also worked as model-shop supervisor for the two “Matrix” sequels as well as taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Savage continues to dabble in his multiple hobbies, including passionately restoring his vintage four-wheel drive vehicle and accruing new pieces for his movie prop collection. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife, twin boys and two dogs. Tickets sales began on Thursday, July 12. Prices range from $45 in the upper balcony to $75 for the orchestra front. There are a limited number of Platinum and Gold Circle seats also available. Tickets can be purchased at the Fox Box Office or by calling 314/534-1111. Order tickets online at www.metrotix.com. For more information about or to watch episodes of “Mythbusters,” visit dsc.discovery. com/tv/mythbusters.

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Thursday, July 19 Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. Dark Girls Photography Exhibit, Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, St. Louis, by appointment. Journey Stories, Jefferson County Historical Village, Mt. Vernon, 1:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 4. Matthew Strauss, Unbearable, PSTL Gallery, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 27. The Third Dimension, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through July 20. Danielle Spradley: Over Time, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 25. 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. Laleh Khorramian: Water Panics in the Sea, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 21. Robert Motherwell: Abstract Expressionist, St. Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 22. Contemporary Artists Respond to Art History, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 17.

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

Saturday, July 21 The Sound of Music, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. COCA Summer Musical: Legally

Blonde, COCA, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Coriolanus, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Journey Stories, Jefferson County Historical Village, Mt. Vernon, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 4. Laleh Khorramian: Water Panics in the Sea, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 21. In the Still Epiphany, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 27. Robert Motherwell: Abstract Expressionist, St. Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m.

Danielle Spradley: Over Time, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 25. L i q u i d Te r r a i n : 2 0 Ye a r s o f 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.

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Friday, July 20 The Sound of Music, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Dreamgirls, The Muny, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Coriolanus, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. COCA Summer Musical: Legally Blonde, COCA, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. Serena Perrone, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. Robert Motherwell: Abstract Expressionist, St. Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 22. Contemporary Artists Respond to Art History, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 17. Dark Girls Photography Exhibit, Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Journey Stories, Jefferson County Historical Village, Mt. Vernon, 1:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Runs through August 4. Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. Matthew Strauss, Unbearable, PSTL Gallery, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 27. The Third Dimension, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Danielle Spradley: Over Time, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 25. Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager, The Sheldon, St. Louis, noon - 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 18.

to 4:00 p.m., Runs through July 22. Contemporary Artists Respond to Art History, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through August 17. Great Rivers Biennial 2012, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 12. Matthew Strauss, Unbearable, PSTL Gallery, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 27.

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Katy Perry takes a photo with her fans as she arrives on the red carpet at a central London cinema for the European Premiere of her film, "Part of Me" on July 3.

Perry's charisma shines in "Part of Me" By JAKE COYLE Associated Press It’s a good thing the makers of “Katy Perry: Part of Me” aren’t in politics. They’d probably steal the election. “Part of Me” and its forerunner, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” are mesmerizing pieces of pop propaganda. Both 3-D concert films give a reality TV-style portrait of a young star, scrubbed clean, at the pinnacle of pop: touring sold-out arenas while making Herculean sacrifices, always finding time for their fans and goofing around with their entourages of stylists and assistants. They’re unabashedly commercial movies made about unabashedly commercial

enterprises. And yet they’re kind of fascinating. That’s because “Part of Me” is as good a document you’re likely to find of modern pop stardom: how it’s packaged, how it’s sold and what kind of power it holds over screaming ‘tween girls. The film, directed by reality show veterans Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz (the pair produced “Never Say Never,” as well as shows like “Top Chef” and “Project Runway”), follows Perry’s 2011 California Dreams world tour. The 124-concert extravaganza came on the heels of her hit album “Teenage Dream,” the only album to chart five No. 1 hits for a female performer. A large chunk of the film is made up of 3-D

footage of the concerts (songs like “Firework” and “California Gurls”) performed on candycolored stages that look like Willy Wonka threw up on. (All of the footage was shot by other filmmakers and later assembled by Cutforth and Lipsitz, who came aboard only to stitch the film together in editing.) But much of the documentary is spent telling “Katy’s story,” and certainly, the bluehaired, dinner-plate eyed 27-year-old makes for a compelling character. Raised by traveling Pentecostal ministers, Perry first tried Christian songwriting as a 13-year-old and later, in Los Angeles, went through various incarnations before emerging as a star with “I Kissed a Girl.” As artificial as much of the apparatus

surrounding Perry may be, none of it works without her charisma at the center. That comes through in “Part of Me,” as does her intense drive to succeed after early failures. Many of those who helped along the way are here to sing her praises and take credit for their foresight of her talent, like her slick manager Bradford Cobb. “Part of Me,” though, doesn’t succeed as a full picture of Perry. A less PG-friendly, more complicated version of the star surely exists off-screen. The film often feels like a tease, showing only, well, part of Perry. The “money shot” of the film is when cameras catch Perry crying in her dressing room following her split from husband Russell Brand (who’s seen fleetingly backstage).

"To Rome with Love" best of a bad lot By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge Woody Allen recently made some comments during his press junket for "To Rome with Love" that both thrilled and horrified me at the same time. He said that despite the fact that he is soon to turn 77 years-old he will continue to write and direct a feature film on his yearly pace for the foreseeable future. Retirement is not in his plans. We should all be guaranteed such job security; look what happened to poor (depending on your point of view, of course) Joe Paterno. While I’m a fan of Allen’s, and will trot out to see whatever work he presents for us, I do wonder how many more of these cut-rate productions I can stomach. The career highlights –

"Annie Hall," "Manhattan" – were a long time ago. And the late career renaissance works like "Match Point" and "Midnight in Paris" have been few and far between. "To Rome with Love" is clunky and tepidly funny at best. Unique and respectable casting keeps it from completely coming off the rails. Forsaking again his beloved Manhattan, Woody Allen keeps his show traveling across the high points of the European continent. We’ve left London, Paris, and Spain and have moved on to Rome, the capital of Italy, the Eternal City. Here a meta selection of crisscrossing storylines keeps throwing stale jokes and caricatures at us, one after another. The primary plot branch concerns Jack (Jesse Eisenberg), a neurotic American living with his brainy girlfriend

(Greta Gerwig, luminous in her own unique way) in a quaint alleyway outside the bustle of the city center. When Jack brings sightseeing, homesick John (Alec Baldwin) home for dinner, we feel that it’s about to launch a morality play on an older person’s views of the choices younger folks make and how it will screw them up, inevitably, as it did for the previous generation. In this case, the choice is whether or not Jack should have an affair with visiting friend, Monica (Ellen Page). To her credit, Page plays the lusty and open-minded Monica without reservation, a full-tilt sex fiend. We’re also treated to a gag with Anna (Penelope Cruz), a prostitute who makes constant jokes of an inappropriate nature. Most of her musings are throwaway lines

that we, the audience, are treated to because we know about her profession. Otherwise, it’s pretty tame. A bit with her pestering some guy into using her services, when clearly mistaken identity is at play, is revoltingly long and drawn out. The final of the three main story arcs is the most tedious, and also the one most filled with soliloquies and camera asides. A retired opera conductor (Allen) and his wife (Judy Davis) are vacationing in Rome and visiting their daughter (Alison Pill) when they meet a virtuoso that can only sing when he’s in the shower and a civic worker (Roberto Benigni) who soon goes from anonymous nobody to a Kardashian-level of overnight fame. It’s a brave, smart comedy, but nothing that

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Americans are going to flock to by any stretch of the imagination. While I might not have loved "To Rome with Love," it’s certainly a better alternative to the other new releases this weekend. Katy Perry’s candy-colored concert film, "A Part of Me," and The Amazing Spider-man are no more than expensive ways to avoid the heat of this landmark St. Louis Summer. Oliver Stone’s movie, "Savages," is savage and not for those with a weak stomach. Most readers know well what’s on the horizon and for them I share that, as of this typing, "The Dark Knight Rises" hits theatres in eight more days. To Rome with Love runs 112 minutes and is rated R for some sexual references. I give this film one star out of four.

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"The Amazing Spider-Man"

It's impossible to avoid the comparisons, so we may as well just get them out of the way early so we can move on. This reboot — Prequel? New chapter? It's hard to decide what to call it — is pretty much different in every way from the staggeringly successful Marvel Comics-inspired trilogy that preceded it. The basics are the same: A high school kid gets bitten by a scientifically modified spider, discovers he has newfound super powers, decides to use them as a vigilante crime fighter and takes to the streets of New York in an unforgivingly tight red-and-blue suit. But in terms of tone, characters, performances and even visual effects, "The Amazing Spider-Man" feels like its own separate entity. It may not be as transporting an experience as those earlier films, especially the first two, but it finds a distinct voice. Much of that has to do with the central performance from Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. In the hands of Tobey Maguire, who originated the role in "Spider-Man" a decade ago, Peter was nerdy, scrawny, insecure — that's how his everyman relatability manifested itself. Garfield plays Peter as more of a misunderstood outsider, a rebel with a chip on his shoulder. And that slightly arrogant attitude gives the whole movie a restless, reckless energy and a welcome sense of danger. At the helm, Marc Webb is a very different sort of director. He may not have sounded like the most obvious choice for a hugely anticipated blockbuster based on his only previous feature, the romantic comedy charmer "(500) Days of Summer." His big set pieces may lack some of the imagination that director Sam Raimi brought, but they'll do. More importantly, though, he conveys an emotional truth, a pervasive sense of humanity, which may be an even tougher feat in this kind of fantastical scenario. Emma Stone is bright as ever as Peter's love interest, Gwen Stacy, with Rhys Ifans nicely underplaying his role as Spider-Man's nemesis. RATED: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence. RUNNING TIME: 138 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"People Like Us"

It's that increasingly rare kind of film: an adult drama. The filmmakers seem so nervous about this prospect that they fill the movie with action-film editing and a camera that moves so restlessly through domestic life that you'd think it lost its keys. It comes from the screenwriting duo of Alex Kurtzman (who makes his directorial debut) and Roberto Orci, who wrote the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot, among other blockbusters. Chris Pine stars as Sam, a glib New Yorker reluctantly summoned home to Los Angeles for his father's funeral, where he discovers that his rock producer dad secretly fathered a daughter (Elizabeth Banks). She's a recovering alcoholic working as a bartender, trying desperately to get by as a single mom to a sarcastic, troublemaking 11-year-old (Michael Hall D'Addario). Sam befriends them without revealing their shared roots. It's a soapy set-up of a familiar, heart-rending melodrama. But it owes much of its charm to the excellent Banks, who enters the film like a powerhouse, striding in heels and a black mini-skirt to the principal's office to pick up her son, while chastising a pair of ogling students: "I know your mothers," she says. RATED PG-13 for language, some drug use and brief sexuality. RUNNING TIME: 114 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

"Ted"

A teddy bear who smokes pot, parties with hookers, beds pop stars and spews profanity in a New England accent as thick as chowdah? Such a creature could only come from the blissfully twisted mind of "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, confidently making his feature directing debut. If you love his show, you'll probably love this: In a lot of ways, "Ted" feels like a live-action, big-screen version of "Family Guy" with its pop-

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culture references and inappropriate racial humor, flashbacks and non sequiturs. (MacFarlane co-wrote the script with two of his longtime collaborators on the series, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.) He's even included the same sort of full orchestral arrangements of jaunty transitional music between scenes. And Ted, whom MacFarlane himself voices, happens to sound exactly like Peter Griffin (which would have been obvious even without a throw-away joke spelling it out for us). Still, you chuck enough of this stuff at a wall and some of it will stick. Most of it does, actually, for most of the time, with only a few of the one-liners showing signs of strain. "Ted" also happens to be sweeter than you might expect, despite the predictability of its formula. Mark Wahlberg stars as John, whose wish upon a star as a lonely kid in the '80s turned his Christmas-morning teddy bear into a walking, talking friend for life. Decades later, John and Ted are still best buddies living in Boston; despite the adolescent attachment, John has managed to carve out a healthy, four-year relationship with the beautiful and exceedingly patient Lori (Mila Kunis, who voices awkward teenage daughter Meg on "Family Guy"). But by this point, something's gotta give. RATED R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug use. RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Magic Mike"

Steven Soderbergh makes movies about sexy subjects, then strips away the sexiness about them. He is fascinated by process, often to a clinical extent. In recent years this has been true of "The Girlfriend Experience" (starring real-life porn star Sasha Grey as a high-priced Manhattan call girl), "Contagion" (about a viral outbreak that claims lives worldwide) and "Haywire" (featuring mixed-martial artist Gina Carano as a special-ops agent seeking revenge for a betrayal). Even the glitzy, star-studded "Ocean's 11," one of Soderbergh's most pleasingly escapist films, takes its time laying out every detail of its ambitious Las Vegas casino heist. Now he's directed "Magic Mike," about the cheesy world of male stripping in the cheesy setting of Tampa, Fla. Yes, the dance numbers themselves exude masculine, muscular heat — how could they not with guys like Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer and Joe Manganiello strutting on stage in barely-there costumes? — but Soderbergh and writer Reid Carolin take us behind the scenes and linger over the mundane minutiae of the performers' daily lives. They go thong shopping. They rehearse their routines. They lift weights backstage. And they count their dollar bills when their work is done. Even the after-hours hook-ups with liquored-up ladies from the audience seem like one more obligatory step, like brushing your teeth before going to bed. It all seems glamorous and thrilling at first, though, for Pettyfer's character, Adam, who becomes known as The Kid. A neophyte in this neon-colored world, he serves as our guide once the more established Mike (Tatum) recruits him to be a dancer at the Club Xquisite male revue. RATED R for pervasive sexual content, brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use. RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Savages”

Oliver Stone’s latest is a lurid, pulpy film noir with a sexy, sometimes dreamlike California beach vibe. It’s an intriguing contrast, this mixing of a genre and an aesthetic that may not necessarily sound like they’d blend well together, but the result is the most explosively poppy film Stone has made in a long time. “Savages” is darkly funny and stylishly violent but never reaches the overwhelming level of audiovisual assault of, say, “Natural Born Killers,” for example. Directing from a script he co-wrote with Shane Salerno and Don Winslow (based on Winslow’s novel), Stone draws us into this glamorous yet seedy world and draws strong performances from his eclectic ensemble cast. Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson co-star as best friends and business

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partners Chon and Ben, young surfer-dude bad-asses who got rich quick growing a particularly strong strain of pot. They live in a spectacular Laguna Beach home with endless views of the Pacific Ocean and happily share the affections of their mutual girlfriend, the beautiful, blonde O (Blake Lively). Everything’s going great until the leader of a Mexican cartel, the regal but ruthless Elena (a fantastic, scenery-chewing Salma Hayek) tries to expand her territory by taking over their business. Much brutal bloodshed ensues. RATED: R for strong brutal and grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, nudity, drug use and language throughout. RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Katy Perry: Part of Me”

This Katy Perry documentary and its forerunner, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” are mesmerizing pieces of pop propaganda. Both 3-D concert films give a reality TV-style portrait of a young star, scrubbed clean, at the pinnacle of pop: touring sold-out arenas while making Herculean sacrifices, always finding time for their fans and goofing around with their entourages of stylists and assistants. They’re unabashedly commercial movies made about unabashedly commercial enterprises. And yet they’re kind of fascinating. That’s because “Part of Me” is as good a document you’re likely to find of modern pop stardom: how it’s packaged, how it’s sold and what kind of power it holds over screaming ‘tween girls. The film, directed by reality show veterans Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz (the pair produced “Never Say Never,”) follows Perry’s 2011 California Dreams world tour. The bluehaired, dinner-plate eyed 27-year-old makes for a compelling character, but the film doesn’t succeed as a full portrait. A less PG-friendly, more complicated version of the star surely exists offscreen. It must. RATED: PG for some suggestive content, language, thematic elements and brief smoking. RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“Take This Waltz”

Here’s how masterfully Sarah Polley manipulates tone in just her second film as writer and director: She takes the Buggles’ peppy ‘80s anthem “Video Killed the Radio Star,” best known as the video that launched MTV, and finds unexpected poignancy in it. Following Polley’s beautiful 2006 debut “Away From Her,” “Take This Waltz” further establishes the young Canadian as an exciting filmmaker to watch, one with a maturity beyond her years. She takes risks, isn’t afraid to explore raw emotions and is willing to let her characters make mistakes that could make them unlikable. At the same time, Polley (who’s been an actress herself) never judges them. Instead, she depicts the giddy, fleeting and illusory nature of new love, and lets us get caught up in it, too. Michelle Williams gives the kind of subtle, complex performance we’ve come to expect from her as Margot, a freelance writer living in Toronto with her husband of five years, Lou (Seth Rogen, surprisingly good in a more low-key, dramatic role), a cook who spends his days in the kitchen working on chicken recipes. While out of town for an assignment, Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby). Their chemistry is immediate but it becomes even more obvious once they find they’re seated together on the flight home. Then as they share a cab from the airport, it turns out they just happen to live across the street from each other. As Margot and Daniel find reasons to bump into each other, the flirtation and tension steadily build. RATED: R for language, some strong sexual content and graphic nudity. RUNNING TIME: 116 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

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