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What’s Inside 3

Opportunity knocks EAC assistant moving on.

9 Art in the Park Queeny Park hosts fair.

12 Wildey to host legends

"Johnny Cash," the "Rat Pack" will take the stage.

17 "The Help"

Great films are still possible.

Rolling on the river

It's what a plantation should be.

23 Healthy, happy babies Cooking for the little ones.

What’s Happening Thursday Saturday ___________ Aug. 25 Aug. 27___________ • Tyler Bryant, The Firebird, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa, The Fox Theatre, 8 p.m. • Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • S t . Lo u i s C a rd i n a l s v s . Pittsburgh Pirates, Busch Stadium • Thursday @ The Intersection: Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers & O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Strauss Park, 6 p.m. .

Friday Aug. 26___________

Spirit of Peoria to cruise the Mississippi.

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• Greater St. Louis Daylily Society Sale, Orthwein Floral Display Hall, Ridgway Visitor Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, noon - 5 p.m. • S t . Lo u i s C a rd i n a l s v s . Pittsburgh Pirates, Busch Stadium • Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series - Erin Bode, Central Park Amphitheater in Chesterfield • Festival of Nations, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis • St. Louis BLUESWEEK Festival, On the steps of The Peabody Opera House

Sunday Aug. 28___________

• Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • S t . Lo u i s C a rd i n a l s v s . Pittsburgh Pirates, Busch Stadium • St. Louis BLUESWEEK Festival, • Cafe Flora Brunch, Missouri On the steps of The Peabody Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10 Opera House a.m. to 2 p.m. • Greater St. Louis Daylily Society Sale, Orthwein Floral Display Hall, Ridgway Visitor

Center at Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, noon - 5 p.m. • S t . Lo u i s C a rd i n a l s v s . Pittsburgh Pirates, Busch Stadium • Thornhill Open House, Thornhill Mansion at Faust Park • Festival of Nations, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis

Monday Aug. 29___________ • Selena Gomez & The Scene, The Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Aug. 30___________ • Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Who We Are ON THE EDGE OF THE WEEKEND is a product of the Edwardsville Intelligencer, a member of the Hearst Newspaper Group. THE EDGE is available free, through home delivery and rack distribution. FOR DELIVERY INFO call 656.4700 Ext. 20. FOR ADVERTISING INFO call 656.4700 Ext. 35. For comments or questions regarding EDITORIAL CONTENT call 656.4700 Ext. 26 or fax 659.1677. Publisher – Denise Vonder Haar | Editor – Bill Tucker | Lead Writer – Krista Wilkinson-Midgley | Cover Design – Desirée Bennyhoff

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August 25, 2011

People Opportunity knocks EAC assistant gallery director takes on associate editor's role By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Annie Pennington wasn’t looking for a new job. She was quite happy in her role as assistant gallery director for the Edwardsville Arts Center but sometimes fate has other plans in store. Big plans that will take you far away from home on a new adventure doing things you’ve never done before. Such was the case for Pennington, who has moved on from Edwardsville to become the new Associate Editor of Art Jewelry Magazine. “It’s all happened so quickly. It just seems perfect for me,” said Pennington. Published by Kalmbach Publishing Co., Art Jewelry Magazine offers step-by-step instructional articles on a wide range of jewelry-making projects suitable for readers with different ability levels. The magazine also covers tools, techniques, safety issues, and the latest products in jewelry-making. Pennington’s job will be to edit the magazine’s step-by-step articles for technical accuracy. She will also be physically making each piece of jewelry to ensure the articles’ instructions are correct and easy for readers to follow. It really is the perfect job for Pennington, who graduated from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. with a bachelor’s of fine arts in Jewelry Design and has a master’s of fine art in Metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Other credits include stints as adjunct faculty teaching Introduction to Metalsmithing at SIUE, metals area faculty for the Craft Alliance at Grand Center in St. Louis and running her own artwork photography studio. She also previously worked at Bead It/Main Street Art Gallery in Edwardsville as a part-time employee and guest curator for two years. She said the job with Art Jewelry came about after a chance meeting at a conference with Brenda Schweder, the author of Steel Wire Jewelry. Pennington’s work had been featured in Schweder’s book and she stopped by Schweder’s booth to say hello. “She said, ‘Art Jewelry Magazine is looking for an associate editor. I think you should check it out.’ So I did. I wasn’t looking for a job but

it’s in my field and it’s what I love to do. Within two weeks, I had the job,” said Pennington. In addition to making the jewelry featured in the magazine and double-checking the instructions, Pennington said she would also be writing three articles per year. “I’ve always been really good at writing. When I read the job description, it just sounded perfect.” The day we met, Pennington was busy packing and finalizing last minute plans before her move to Waukesha, Wis., where Art Jewelry Magazine is based. She won’t be going alone though. Her boyfriend, who is also an artist and a musician, will be joining her in Wisconsin. “He’s excited. He’s ready to go. It’s going to be an adventure. We’re both really excited about it,” she said. Pennington said that she intends to continue creating her own artwork while working at the magazine. She describes her work as a combination of traditional metalsmithing with the use of non-traditional and even household objects. “I love fiber. I always use fiber in my work,” she said. “I’m really interested in the combination of hard versus soft and permanent versus transient.” Pennington said she finds inspiration in the undiscovered. The tiny, overlooked details of life. She is also inspired by the materials she works with and is always looking for new materials to incorporate into her jewelry. Her latest discovery comes from the fly fishing department at Cabelas. The thrill comes from creating something beautiful out of something ordinary. Now, thanks to her job at Art Jewelry, she will be able to share her love of art with an even wider audience. “The chance that I have to be able to teach the general public what I love to do - it just seems like a dream,” she said. “I know it’s real, but it doesn’t quite feel real yet because its so perfect.” To check out Annie Pennington’s work for yourself, visit www.anniepennington. com. To find out more about Art Jewelry Magazine, visit www.art. jewelrymakingmagazines.com.

For The Edge

Annie Pennington holds a copy of Art Jewelry Magazine, the publication she'll soon serve as associate editor.

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Jim O'Donnell, St. Jacob

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August 25, 2011

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People People planner Jerseyville to host Victorian Festival The Jersey County Victorian Festival is a living history event that will feature our Civil War and Agricultural History during this Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 4 and 5, 2011. The Civil War segment will begin with Mrs. Lincoln narrating a Civil War era style show explaining what was proper during this period of time and what was not. President and Mrs. Lincoln will present an educational narrative of the events leading up to the Civil War and the Battle at Gettysburg followed by the President’s Gettysburg Address. During the event, visitors can tour Confederate and Union camps, visit with reenactors and view how meals are prepared over an open fire. The “North Meets the South” when reenactors participate in the daily battle that includes cavalry, artillery and infantry. The reality of war sets in when viewing the embalming demonstrations that are given to enhance an understanding of ritual practices during the Civil War. A year after the Civil War ended, Confederate Officer Col. William H. Fulkerson and his wife, Cornelia T. (Russell) Fulkerson settled on land near Jerseyville and built the 1866 Fulkerson Mansion on the farm they named “Hazel Dell.” The mansion will be open for tours and is rich in Civil War history and beautifully furnished with rare antiques of the period including a special display of the Colonel’s Civil War personal items and the work of artist Charles M. Russell, a nephew of the Fulkerson’s who considered the farm his boyhood home. Visitors will also enjoy a tasteful display of Civil War and Western era “Women of ILL-Repute,” and a special room dedicated to the Civil War featuring the Lincoln Anvil and original artifacts. The agricultural segment of the Festival also promotes living history through agricultural demonstrations, taking a step back in time to view our history and to give visitors an opportunity to get closer to our past. Plowing with steam engines and antique tractors using antique plows will exhibit a much earlier time of farming. This year’s Festival will feature walk behind tractors, marine and outboard engines. Winter wheat will be threshed using large antique threshing machines powered by steam engines and tractors. Steam engines will also power the 1889 Garr-Scott doubled bladed sawmill as logs are cut into lumber. Gas engines will be on display and demonstrate the important part of history they played on the farm and also in the home. Antique trucks and cars will also be on display throughout the Labor Day Weekend. The Festival will have a variety of working artisans on site during the Festival, many of which have been recognized in Early American Life in the “Directory of Traditional American Crafts,” including pottery, Victorian horse carving, fanbird carving, silk ribbon embroidery, coopering wooden buckets, quilting, soap-making, needlework, basket making, rope making, sgraffito decoration of redware pottery, musical and rhythm instruments of the period, broom making, and blacksmithing, all offering one of a kind items for sale. Antiques, collectibles and many other unique items will be available to purchase as well as a variety of items for sale from Civil War Sutlers that include Civil War era clothing, tintypes,

camp supplies and more. The Duel of Honor between two civilian gentlemen following the historically correct 1777 Code Duello Rules of Dueling will take place daily after insults are exchanged between the gentlemen. Storytelling that includes “The Butternut Spy: a story of Civil War intrigue and “Mother and the War Devil” a Civil War ghost story, will keep children in suspense. Stagecoach and surrey rides throughout the day and picking up freshly plowed potatoes are favorites of the children as well as the Stagecoach Robbery by the James Gang that take place at noon. A gun safety demonstration given by the Jersey County Sheriff’s Office will follow the robbery. A great variety of delicious food will be available starting with breakfast each morning and visitors can sit at picnic tables or under large shade trees and enjoy entertainment by the Chris Talley Bluegrass Band. The Band will be playing from 1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. all three days. The Festival is a wonderful family event that is both educational and entertaining. The Jersey County Victorian Festival is held on Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 4, and 5, one mile North of Jerseyville on Route 67 at the Historic Hazel Dell Farm. The Festival is the official Illinois event of the ILL-MO Tractor and Engine Club. Adults: $10; Children 12 and under Free. Free Parking. Grounds open at 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. For more information, please call 618498-5590, email hazeldell@gtec. com, or visit www.greatriverroad. com. Area information can also be found a www.VisitAlton.com.

of exercise, especially among children, the National Park Service is helping Americans stay healthier by offering free outdoor activities for individuals, families and groups. Bike-with-a-Ranger – Take in the sights around the Gateway Arch on a free Ranger-Led Bike Tour. Rent a bike (fee required) or bring your own and pedal six miles round-trip along the Mississippi Riverfront Trail, while you learn about the natural river features and how people began to change the river in the 1800s. Every Saturday 8:30-11:00 a.m. (weather permitting) through September 3, 2011 Reservations must be made in advance by calling 877-982-1410 Walk-with-a-Ranger – Join a National Park Service Ranger for a free Walking Tour of the Gateway Arch grounds. Tours start at the north leg of the Gateway Arch. They will vary each day and include topics such as: History of the

Park Grounds, Construction of the Gateway Arch, Colonial St. Louis and the Mississippi River. Daily 10:30 -11:30 a.m. (weather permitting) through September 5, 2011 Reservations for groups must be made in advance by calling 877982-1410 Summer hours: Memorial Day Labor Day 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. All programs are FREE of charge and open to the public. For more information about programs and exhibits, please call the park at 314655-1600.

Alice visits The Magic House Beginning Friday, May 27, visitors of The Magic House can experience their own adventure in Wonderland w i t h A l i c e ’ s Wo n d e r l a n d , a n interactive traveling exhibit created b y t h e C h i l d re n ’ s D i s c o v e r y Museum of San Jose. Based on

Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this exhibit gets children curiouser and curiouser about subjects like math and science as they encounter 2,500 square feet of hands-on experiences, meet favorite characters from the book and relive some of Alice’s most extraordinary adventures. Alice’s Wonderland is free with museum admission. This wonderful exhibit will have Magic House visitors grinning like the Cheshire Cat from May 27 through November 6. The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, one mile north of Highway 44 in historic downtown Kirkwood, Missouri. Summer hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Friday 9:30 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm. Parking is always free at The Magic House. For more information, please call (314) 822-8900 or visit The Magic House online at www.magichouse. org.

Grafton to celebrate 175 years Imagine if you will a riverfront packed with manufacturing companies, mills, quarries, loading docks and riverboat traffic. This was the vision of James Mason when he purchased the land that is now Grafton, Illinois. Founded in 1836, Grafton will commemorate its 175th Anniversary this fall with a celebration of “175 Years on the Rivers” scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, September 17 and 18. Planning for the city wide anniversary celebration has been under way for the past several months. The event will kick-off with a re-enactment of the Opening of the Great River Road on Saturday, September 17 at 9 a.m. Festivities will continue throughout the weekend with a full schedule of events, which includes: “Life on the River” land parade, memorial ceremony to honor veterans, patriotic boat parade, Grafton School Alumni Reunion, dog fetch & fish, car show, boat show, motorcycle show, historic displays, walking tours, Rendezvous Camp, craftsman demonstrations, kid’s activities, softball tournament, fireworks, merchandise vendors and food. Mark your calendar and plan to celebrate “175 Years on the Rivers” in Grafton on Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 2011. For more information or a full schedule of events, go to www.EnjoyGrafton. com or call (618) 786-7000.

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People People planner The Fox to host “Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!” Hip Hop legend Biz Markie, and Razzle Dazzle Gabba! favorite Leslie Hall will join DJ Lance Rock and the colorful cast of characters on stage for “Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!” It’s Time to Dance! Presented by Kia Motors. The tour is on the heels of the show receiving two Daytime Emmy nominations, a season 4 pick up from Nickelodeon and phenomenal ticket sales for their upcoming live tour in Australia. Enthusiastic fans of all ages have the opportunity to see the characters come to life on stage for a live show experience like no other. “Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!”: It’s Time to Dance! Presented by Kia Motors promises to be a memorable experience, featuring a mix of classic Yo Gabba Gabba! favorites, as well as new songs and new performances. The state-of-the-art, high-energy production features DJ Lance Rock, Brobee, Foofa, Muno, Plex and Toodee, and a mix of music, animation, games, singing and dancing. P e r f o r m a n c e s a re S a t u rd a y, September 17 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are $39.50, $34.50 and $29.50 and are available at the Fox Box Office, by calling (314) 534-1111 or at www.metrotix.com.

THF Realty Gateway Cup scheduled Four days of cycling events and festivities will mark the THF Realty Gateway Cup’s annual Pro Am tour through St. Louis’ most colorful and historic communities. The race, presented by the Residence Inn by Marriott St. Louis Downtown, draws top tier riders from across the country including pro cycling’s l a rg e s t c o n t i n g e n t o f w o m e n competitors. The competition is open to riders of all skill sets. The cycling events will be held in the Lafayette neighborhood, St. Francis Park in St. Louis Hills, on the Italian Hill neighborhood and in historic Benton Park. There are competitive races for men and women and fun races for children. The events will be held Friday – Monday, September 2-5. On Thursday night, Big Shark Bicycle Company invites all competing cyclists to “carb up” with pizza and beer at Pi, one of St. Louis’ favorite places to grab a slice. Participants can also pick up their race number at Big Shark Bicycle Company, 6133 Delmar Boulevard in University City, as part of the Early Bird registration. Children are encouraged to participate in the cycling events. In the place of charging a registration fee for the Kid’s Races, the THF Realty Gateway Cup will be accepting donations for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Amachi Program, which provides assistance to children with incarcerated parents. Prizes for the kids include goodies from the St. Louis Science Center, The City Museum and BuildA-Bear Workshop. Friday afternoon kicks off the THF Realty Gateway Cup’s first race, the Tour de Lafayette. The nighttime criterium, or short course cycling race, features a .9 mile loop around beautiful Lafayette Park. The Tour de Lafayette is sponsored by Studio 2108. Participants, volunteers and spectators will enjoy the second leg

of the THF Realty Gateway Cup in Francis Park. St. Louisans take pride in the many charms of the St. Louis Hills district and most famously, the delicious flavors of Ted Drewes custard. Big Shark Bicycle Company sponsors the Saturday events. Recreational cyclists will be able to tour the course and then embark on rides of various lengths on the Tour de Unite recreational ride benefitting the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments. On Sunday, The Giro Della Montagna race, presented by Trailnet, will celebrate its 26th anniversary as part of the longest standing bike race in the St. Louis metropolitan area. With roots that go back to 19th century Italy, The Hill in St. Louis is one of the most culturally dynamic neighborhoods in the city. The Hill offers a wealth of authentic Italian restaurants, bakeries, bars, social organizations and churches. Sunday’s events will begin and end at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, starting with a fun ride sponsored by Trailnet at 8:30 am. From 4 to 8pm riders and fans alike can enjoy the festive Giro Pasta Dinner at the St Louis Bocce Club. The menu includes all the pasta you can eat, plus two meatballs, salad, Italian bread and dessert. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children and are available at the door. The Greenstreet Properties Benton Park Classic Criterium is the fourth and final stop of the THF Realty Gateway Cup. Monday’s course is framed by the Anheuser Busch Brewery and the historic Soulard and Benton Park neighborhoods. Registration opens at 9 am and the day will conclude with an awards ceremony. The THF Realty Gateway Cup depends on help from volunteers. It takes 100 volunteers everyday to stay on schedule. Volunteers are needed for 2-3 hour shifts before, during and after the races. Interested parties may register online at www. Gatewaycup.com Cyclists interested in competing in the Gateway Cup are encouraged to register as soon as possible, as fields are expected to fill early. To register, visit www.Gatewaycup.com.

MoBOT to host Japanese Festival C e l e b r a t e t h e c u l t u re a n d traditions of Japan when the 35th annual Japanese Festival returns to the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis! From music to martial arts, sumo to sushi, bon odori dancing to bonsai displays and taiko drumming to Tea House Island tours, the threeday Labor Day weekend is filled with sights, sounds and experiences fit for the entire family. The 2011 Japanese Festival is Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p. m. and Monday, Sept. 5 (Labor Day) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors (ages 65 and over) and $5 for children ages 3 to 12. Visit www.mobot.org/events/ japanesefestival for details. Seiwa-en, the “garden of pure, clear harmony and peace” and one of the largest authentic Japanese strolling gardens in North America, takes center stage for the weekend’s festivities. A boisterous opening ceremony kicks off the celebration Saturday morning at the Japanese Garden entrance with an elaborate omikoshi Shinto shrine parade, bon odori festival dancing, taiko drumming and remarks by local and visiting dignitaries. New in 2011, the private Tea House Island of the Japanese Garden will be

open for guided public tours every hour from 12 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and from 12 to 4 p.m. on Monday. Normally closed to the public, visitors can see the Garden’s soan, or “farm hut” style tea house, which was a gift from Missouri’s sister state of Nagano prefecture in Japan. The tea house was originally built in Japan, and then reassembled on site by Japanese craftsmen and dedicated by a Shinto ceremony in 1977. Tea house tour tickets are $5 each and the maximum group size per tour is 20. Japanese musicians Kaoru Watanabe and Kenny Endo will entertain crowds with a unique blended performance. Watanabe, a former member of the Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo, is a practitioner of various Japanese traverse bamboo flutes and the Western flute, along with the taiko drum. His blend of Japanese folk and classical traditions with contemporary improvisational and experimental music will be paired with the contemporary

percussion and rhythm of Endo, a vanguard of the taiko genre during his 35-year career. The St. Louis Osuwa Taiko group returns to the Garden to celebrate their 25th Japanese Festival appearance. These hometown favorites will sound their formidable taiko drums during reverberating performances twice daily at the outdoor Cohen Amphitheater. Also taking the stage are retired sumo wrestlers from the Hawaiian islands. These gentle giants give visitors a glimpse of the lifestyle, training and fighting techniques of Japan’s ancient warriors. Hear their perspective and watch several practice bouts during demonstrations twice daily. Watch martial arts demonstrations of aikido, judo, kendo and karate-do, along with the more ancient koryu bugei. Learn about the disciplined art of ikebana flower arranging and the proper pruning of a delicate bonsai tree. Marvel at the quick work of ice sculptor Naomi Hamamura as he

wields a chain saw to create birds and other objects from large, frozen blocks. Learn the steps and join in a bon odori dancing demonstration. Take in a colorful kimono fashion show on Sunday inside the Shoenberg Theater; seating is limited. Japanese Festival hours are Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (doors open at 9 a.m. and remain open until 10 p. m. for evening candlelight walks), and Monday, Sept. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors ages 65 and over and $5 for children ages 3 to 12. Missouri Botanical Garden members are $5 and members’ children are free. The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North & South exit. Free parking is available on-site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

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People People planner Ohio River cruise planned San Damiano Retreat in beautiful Elizabethtown, Illinois, along the Ohio River, will host the Illinois State Historical Society 2011 fall tour. Additional tour destinations will include a trip to the Old Rose Hotel, the oldest hotel in the state (built in 1812). The hotel now functions as a Bed and Breakfast, houses a gift shop, and offers self-guided tours of the historic grounds. The fall tour also includes a visit to Rosiclare, Illinois, highlighting the American Fluorite Museum, location of one of the largest fluorite deposits in the world. ISHS fall tour travelers will also visit the Iron Furnace, Garden of the Gods, (featuring nationally recognized Camel Rock), the five-column Shawneetown Bank,(first state chartered bank in Illinois, (opened in 1840), the John Marshall house, (the reconstructed first-bank of Shawneetown), a visit to the legendary cave in Cave In Rock and a ride across the Cave-In-Rock Ferry, followed by a catered lunch at Rivercliff, the home of Jim and Robyn Williams featuring guest

speak Mark Wagner, who will discuss the archaeology of southern Illinois. Returning to San Damiano, the Friday night banquet will host a talk by Robert Swenson, Associate Professor of Architecture at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, who will discuss his research about riverboats of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers before and after the Civil War. Saturday, the tour continues with a scenic drive along nine miles of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, along with a fun stop at the delightful Chocolate Factory, a sweettooth oasis near Golconda. Additionally, the tour will include a visit to the Cache River basin, (including stops at Barkhausen We t l a n d s C e n t e r a n d H e r o n P o n d ) . Barkhausen opened five years ago and includes impressive interpretative exhibits, a twelve-minute film of the Cache River Wetlands, and lookout points for great photo opportunities of those impressive 1,000 year old Cypress trees. The Rose Hotel (oldest operating hotel in Illinois), Elizabethtown 2011 Fall Trip Itinerary Friday, October 7

Leave San Damiano at 8:15 AM for Shawneetown First stop: Shawneetown, IL: Marshall House Tour and photo op for Shawneetown Five Column Bank, 2nd stop: Garden of Gods Walking Tour 3rd stop: Cave In Rock Ferry ride, visit to Amish Store 4th stop: Cave visit 5th stop: River Cliff (for lunch and local speaker) 6th stop: Old Rose Hotel, Elizabethtown, Illinois, walk the grounds 7th stop: Tour of American Fluorite Museum, Rosiclare, Illinois 8th stop: Iron Furnace Return San Damiano. Banquet speaker, Dr. Swenson. Saturday, October 8 Leave San Damiano at 8:15 AM for Golconda, Illinois First stop: Brief drive by of town’s courthouse, and a couple of old homes, then nine mile Trail of Tears drive, with interpretation by Mary McCorvie. 2nd stop: Chocolate Factory & ice cream shoppe: chocolate and ice cream available

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People People planner Collinsville to host 21st annual job fair T h e 2 1 s t a n n u a l j o b f a i r, “ J o b s P l u s ‘ 11 ” , i s sche d u l e d t o b e h e l d o n We d n e s d a y, S e p t . 28, 2011 f ro m 1 p . m . t o 5 p . m . a t t h e G a t e w a y C o n v e n t i o n Center in Collinsville. The job fair will be open to the public, with free parking and admission. J o b s P l u s ‘ 11 C h a i r p e r s o n , C o n n i e Vi c k , o f t h e M a d i s o n C o u n t y E m p l o y m e n t a n d Tr a i n i n g Department, said that employers looking to hire may now register for the event by calling (618)296-4445 or by going on-line at www.mcetd.org. The registration fee for employers is $100.00 a n d i n t u r n , t h e y w i l l b e p ro v i d e d w i t h a n 8 - f o o t t a b l e , c h a i r s , s i g n a g e , e l e c t r i c a l h o o k - u p s a n d f re e advertising. Over fifty (50) companies and sponsors participated in the same event last year and were looking to hire new employees for a variety of positions. Close to 1800 job seekers were in attendance. P ro f e s s i o n a l w o r k s h o p s f o r j o b s e e k e r s w i l l a l s o offered at the job fair including “Job Fair 411” plus a v a r i e t y o f o t h e r c a re e r w o r k s h o p t o p i c s . T h e re will also be on site copying services and free interpretation services for the hearing impaired and the Spanish speaking population.

T h e m e t ro - e a s t j o b f a i r h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l e a c h year since 1991. Each year 1,000-2,000 job seekers are in attendance. Companies travel from all over the surrounding area to participate, hoping to find qualified employees. David Stoecklin, Executive Director for Madison C o u n t y E m p l o y m e n t a n d Tr a i n i n g c o m m e n t s , “ T h e Jobs Plus event has grown in scope and services over the many years we have been sponsoring the event. Hundreds of employers have seen thousands of job seekers, which has put hundreds of our attendees to work with local businesses. In addition, we have been able to provide workshops to both businesses and employees that help them better find the employment match they want.” The sponsors of this regional event include t h e M a d i s o n C o u n t y E m p l o y m e n t & Tr a i n i n g Department; St. Clair County Intergovernmental G r a n t s D e p a r t m e n t , E m p l o y m e n t a n d Tr a i n i n g D i v i s i o n ; A re a A g e n c y o n A g i n g o f S o u t h w e s t e r n I l l i n o i s ; A A R P F o u n d a t i o n / Wo r k S e a rc h P ro g r a m s ; Illinois Department of Employment Security; Illinois Department of Human Services; Lewis & Clark Community College; Madison-Bond Workforce Investment Board; Mid America Workforce Investment Board; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; and Southwestern Illinois College.

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The Fox Theater in St. Louis will host two productions of “What My Husband Doesn’t Know” at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23. Tickets are on sale now for $42.50 & $37.50 and may be purchased at the Fox Box Office or by calling 314/534-1111. Order tickets online at www.metrotix.com. Award-winning playwright and motion picture director David E. Talbert’s presents his latest production “What My Husband Doesn’t Know.” Talbert brings to life a mesmerizing tale of lust, lies and temptation that puts a whole new twist on the fatal attraction theme. Lena Summer is the envy of all her friends. Big house. Successful husband. It’s the perfect life...or so it seems. But with her husband’s demanding career as a construction mogul, the other side of her bed is too cold too often. When a handsome young foreman from her husband’s company arrives to work on their home, the spark she’s been missing quickly rages into a wildfire.

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Religion Peace requires forgiveness I’m going to venture a guess and say that most all of us at one time or another have had an argument or at least a disagreement with another person. Sometimes these incidents are resolved in a few minutes but, perhaps, the argument becomes louder and words spoken become sharper and more inclined to hurt. Even after time passes and we assume all is well again, there is often a tinge of anger or hurt that lives on and doesn’t take much of a spark to reignite. Once again I’ll have to admit that I really hadn’t thought too much about this concept til reading something another person had written. Perhaps constant bickering never seemed a part of my life because I was raised by parents who honestly rarely argued. I can’t recall hearing them argue at all, but I’m sure they didn’t always agree. However, they never let it influence their behavior in front of others or me. T h e y w e re n o t t h e t y p e t o

Doris Gvillo hold a grudge and I suppose I was fortunate indeed to marry someone very much like them. Bill and I didn’t always agree but I don’t recall arguing where shouting and name-calling occurred. And I can vouch for the fact that grudges weren’t held and rehashed at intervals to keep the anger alive. I guess I was I was intrigued by the piece I read because of the fact that it detailed a conversation between friends. One of the friends was relating an argument he had with someone else and sharing all the things another had said. In the course of the conversation many tidbits were disclosed about what someone else said and did and how that hurt and angered the person relating, with relish, this argument. The person who was listening to this recital of the things done ‘to’ and said ‘to’ the one relating the tale finally asked, “What did you

say or do?” You can imagine the horror of being asked this question. It wasn’t me. I didn’t do anything. Why are you asking me this? The other person is the problem…not me. Does anything about this seem familiar? I’d guess it would or at least it should. I know when I have felt angry and stymied and shared this with a friend, I am totally focused on what the other person involved in the dispute said or did. I am not at all focusing on my behavior. What a question to ask? What did I do? Me? I think most of us rarely stop to think about the disagreement in terms of …”It takes two individuals neither of whom is perfect before the argument can ensue.” And when the argument ends, we often want to be crowned ‘the winner ’ when in reality no one really wins because angry words said leave behind pain and hurt. In the midst or an argument, most of us are busy thinking up things

to say and getting our ‘views’ enumerated loudly and clearly. But…are we ever ‘listening’ to the other person or are we so busy with our own thoughts that we forget to ‘listen’. I would surmise that it is the failure to listen that causes most arguments. At least, it causes them to grow in bitterness. The article I read suggested that we ‘listen’ before we ‘react’ and try hard to ‘understand’ before we begin to ‘defend’. Does that make sense to you? It does to me. I’ve never liked arguments. I find it hard to understand that families are divided for years and pain lives on and on. I wish I had answers to all those problems…I don’t. Nations go to war, neighbors s t o p t a l k i n g , f r i e n d s h i p s a re broken, and often families destroyed because of ‘differences’ t h a t g ro w i n t o m i s t ru s t , a n d sometimes even ‘hate’. I remember my mother telling we children when we fussed, ‘Play nice now’.

If only life were simple like that. But I for one am going to try hard to follow the advice…”Listen before reacting” and trying to “Understand before I defend”. If we can’t find peace in our personal lives, how can we ever hope to find peace in the world? We pray for peace, but somehow we need to find the way to incorporate that behavior into our individual lives. And it won’t always be easy…but then again somehow our God gives us strength, guidance and wisdom to overcome if we but ask. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemaker for they shall be called the children of God.” I can assure you that is what I’d rather be called than some of the other names I’ve heard bandied about. Peace among individuals is possible if we listen, understand, and I’d add ‘forgive’.

for religious gatherings since it was reactivated more than 30 years ago. Flanked by officials with the Oklahoma Army National Guard and several vendors who have donated materials and labor for the chapel’s construction, Fallin said

Tuesday a nonprofit group has been set up to seek public donations and support. A groundbreaking for the 10,500square-foot interfaith Thunderbird Chapel is tentatively set for Sept. 7. The goal is to have construction

of the facility completed by spring 2012, when about 3,200 soldiers with the Oklahoma National Guard’s 4 5 t h I n f a n t r y B r i g a d e re t u r n from Afghanistan and Kuwait. Thunderbird is a nickname of the 45th.

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

Religion briefs N.C. county commissioners seek appeal to keep opening meetings with prayer to Jesus WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred it from starting meetings with prayer that praised a specific deity. The board voted 6-1 Monday night to continue its case to the nation’s high court if conservative foundations continue to pay its legal bills, including attorney’s fees if the county loses. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled in a 2-1 decision late last month in favor of two county residents. They sued after a December 2007 commissioners meeting opened with a prayer thanking God for allowing the birth of his son, to forgive them for their sins and closed by making the prayer in the name of Jesus. One of the appeals court judges pointed out in his ruling that more than three-quarters of the 33 invocations

given before meetings between May 2007 and December 2008 referred to “Jesus,” “Jesus Christ,” “Christ” or “Savior.” The Christian focus was justified because religious leaders of other faiths have an open invitation to lead prayers, Forsyth County commission vice chair Debra Conrad said Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit, saying the case hinges on not on prayer itself but mentioning specific deities in what is supposed to be a neutral government atmosphere. The county has not had prayers of any kind since a U.S. District Court judge ruled against the board last year.

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mixed media, fiber, sculpture, wood and more. The spring and fall art shows present a rare opportunity for the public to see and purchase original works of fine art and fine craft directly from the artists who create them. Maggie McCarthy, event co-chair and an artist herself, said the show is both a chance for the public

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Above, a patron browses the offerings at a past Art Fair at Queeny Park. At left and below, are two pieces of work from previous shows. McCarthy. The show will be judged by a nationally renowned panel, including 2-D judge Azhad Bogosian, adjunct professor of drawing & painting at Webster University, and 3-D judge Jane Sauer, artist and owner of the Jane Sauer Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. In addition to the wide variety of fine art and fine crafts, guests will be treated to: • Live music from well-known local musicians; • Wine tastings from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday; • Three $100 drawings (noon and 3 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday) for “art dollars” that can be spent at any artist’s booth; • An interactive Art Discovery Adventure for children from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday;

Association has been hosting this popular semi-annual art show for the past 35 years. The fall show takes place the weekend of Friday, Sept. 2; Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4 at the indoor, air-conditioned Greensfelder Recreation Center in Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Road in Ballwin, Mo. More than 130 juried artists from around the St. Louis region and the country, including states as far away as New York, Washington and Florida, will be showing a variety of work in the mediums of ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, jewelry, printmaking, digital art, glass,

• An open “Art Wall” for public expression; and • Refreshments available for purchase. Proceeds from the $5 admission and the artists’ booth fees go to the Greater St. Louis Art Association’s Art Scholarship Fund and help cover show expenses. St. Louis-area high school seniors who intend to major in the arts are eligible to apply for the scholarship, which is sent directly to the college of his or her choice. McCarthy said scholarship winners will have their work displayed at the next spring Art Fair at Queeny Park. Additional donations for the scholarship fund are welcomed at the admission gate. Admission is $5 at the door and free to those 18 and under. Parking is free. Tickets are valid for all three days of the Art Fair

at Queeny Park. Hours are: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. Dollar-off coupons are available from the GSLAA website at www.gslaa.org. Guests will have the opportunity to sign the guest book to receive future announcements and discount coupons. Contact co-chairs Vic Barr, 314-997-1181, or Maggie McCarthy, 636-724-5968, for more information about the Art Fair at Queeny Park. Visit www.gslaa.org or contact GSLAA Program Director Stanley Boyle (314) 821-5421 for a complete lineup of artists and samples of their work or for more information about GSLAA. The Art Fair at Queeny Park can also be found on Facebook.

to see what’s on offer from the best local and national artists, as well as a great opportunity for families to get out and enjoy themselves. “I think that people will really enjoy the art show. It’s constantly challenging us to get out there and do the best work that we can. The artwork that people take home should be as original as their families. We have enough artists to really appeal to everyone but not so much that you’ll get overwhelmed,” said McCarthy. The challenge for the artists is to create art that people cannot leave without, according to

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Wednesday, Sept. 14

Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

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Thursday, Sept. 15

Saturday, Aug. 27

Friday, Sept. 16

Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, noon - 5 p.m. EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

Sunday, Aug. 28 Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, noon - 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 30 Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 31 Dog Days of Summer Exhibit, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Gallery 210 season lineup announced Oliver Herring throws parties where strangers create and complete imaginative tasks. A group of contemporary African American artists chronicle their memories of Southern culture. Harry Bertoia sketched his famous sculptures and modern furniture designs. The 2011-12 exhibition season at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ Gallery 210 ties them all together. The next season at Gallery 210 will include the following exhibits: From Aug. 25 to Oct. 1, “Exposure 14” will feature artwork by St. Louis artists Greg Edmondson, Brigham Dimick and Ron Leax. The exhibit is a long-running annual series hosted by Gallery 210. The goal of the series is to present new and challenging work by St. Louis artists. From Sept. 8 to Oct. 8, the gallery will display “Southern Journeys: African-American Artists of the South,” a traveling exhibit of drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints and mixed media from 54 contemporary African American artists. Their work showcases the influence of their native or current home, the American South. From Oct. 20 to Dec. 3, “TASK” will feature art created during a party thrown by artist Oliver Herring. The party will involve attendees creating and completing tasks written on slips of paper and drawn at random. Herring will then select works to be on display. The exhibit will also feature a video and sculpture by Herring. From Jan. 26 to March 17, the gallery will present “Harry Bertoia: The Traveling Exhibit.” Organized by Seraphin Gallery in Philadelphia, the exhibition will feature 30 framed drawings from between 1940 and 1978 that feature sketches of Bertoia’s sculptures and modern furniture designs. From Jan. 26 to March 17, Gallery 210 will feature “Go Fall Apart,” a video by Edward Rankus. His video is an erotic and mystical misadventure in which the allure of the religious path is strewn with earthly temptations. From Feb. 16 to May 12, the gallery will exhibit “New Design from Hermann Miller.” The exhibition is the fifth in an ongoing Gallery 210 series to feature developments in contemporary design. Featured artists have created work for Miller. They will include Ayse Birsel, Yves Behar and Studio 7.5 Berlin designers Burkhard Schmitz, Claudia Plikat, Nicolai Neubert and Carola Zwick. From April 12 to April 28, the annual exhibit “Parental Advisory” will feature artwork by students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in the Department of Art and Art History at UMSL. From April 12 to May 26, Gallery 210 will show “Barbie Liberation Organization: BLO Nightly News,” a video displaying acts of reverse shoplifting in which talking Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls were reprogrammed to say different phrases than the cultural clichés they were originally programmed to say. The dolls were then placed back on store shelves by the guerrilla artists. From May 3 to May 26, “A Sense of Place: Collaborative II” is the second installment of the themebased cooperative exhibition featuring work of selected students from local high schools. Gallery 210 was established in 1976 at UMSL. It was named for its initial location, 210 Lucas Hall. The

gallery has since grown to include three exhibition spaces and a 50-seat auditorium at its current location, the Telecommunity Center at UMSL, 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis County (63121). Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or by appointment. All exhibits are free and open to the public. Visit gallery210.umsl.edu or call 314-516-5976 for more information.

speaks eloquently to the ability of music to stir the soul and raise the spirit. This year, the children listened and responded to Peter Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio italien. In this collaboration between the Sheldon Art Galleries and the St. Louis Symphony, Sheldon Art Galleries director Olivia LahsGonzales chose 53 works from over 700 entries received by the Symphony for The Sheldon’s unique exhibition. Get out of the St. Louis summer heat and enjoy a scavenger hunt with prizes and an art table where you can create your own artwork, inspired by St. Louis Symphony music! Scavenger Hunt is free and available during regular gallery hours. The not-for-profit Sheldon Art Galleries exhibits works by local, national and international artists in all media. Over 6,000 square feet of the galleries’ spaces on the 2nd floor are permanently devoted to rotating exhibits of photography, architecture, jazz art and history, and children’s art. A sculpture garden, seen from both the atrium lobby and the connecting glass bridge, features periodic rotations and installations, and the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery on the lower level features art of all media. The Sheldon actively supports the work of St. Louis artists in all mediums and features a dedicated gallery with museum-quality exhibits by St. Louis artists, past and present. Financial Assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state

Sheldon presents “Picture the Music” The Sheldon Art Galleries presents “Picture the Music: Director ’s Choice IV” in the AT&T Gallery of Children’s Art now through September 3. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon – 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on the exhibition visit the galleries’ website at www.thesheldon.org/galleries. asp. E a c h y e a r, t h e S t . L o u i s Symphony Volunteer Association sponsors Picture the Music, an art contest open to area children from kindergarten through 6th grade. In their art classes, participants are asked to respond to classical music selections in visual terms. Colorful and vibrant, the individual interpretations of musical pieces by diverse composers are each a poignant and unique reminder that

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“Othello” selected for 2012 Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare Festival St. Louis will be producing “Othello” for the 2012 season, it was announced today by Rick Dildine, executive director of the annual outdoor festival at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Believed to have been written in approximately 1603, “Othello” is a play about an outsider who misplaces his trust with cataclysmic results. “Its themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal have made it one of the most popular plays in the world,” Dildine said. “In fact, “Othello” has been one of the Top Three picks of our audience survey the past few years. “Shakespeare challenges stereotypes in his writing and nowhere is that more true than in “Othello”,” Dildine said. “The implications are that knowing

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Music Wildey brings the legends back to life One More Round, Dean Christopher will take the stage The Wildey Theatre pays tribute to musical legends of the ‘50s and ‘60s with two fantastic shows this week highlighting the genius of country duo Johnny Cash and June Carter and the smooth sounds of the Rat Pack. Watch the sparks fly between country music’s “Man in Black”

concert by the two music superstars with Bill Forness as Johnny and Tara Schmittgens as June in the days when the two toured together before getting married. “It’s a recreation of a Johnny Cash, June Carter concert with dialogue. It has interaction amongst the people on stage that’s drawn from history,” said Craig Leitner, theatre manager and marketing director for the Wildey.

Johnny Cash and his future wife June Carter with Johnny Cash tribute band One More Round. The performance recreates an imagined

Audience members will have the opportunity to watch the tension rise between the two performers as they try to navigate the professional

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and personal challenges they face in the midst of falling in love. The show will also feature the talents of acclaimed St. Louis drummer Benet Schaeffer of Gumbohead, and formerly of Fairchild, as W.S. Holland; Brandon Jacoby as Luther Perkins and Matt Davis as Marshall Grant. See One More Round perform its tribute to Johnny Cash at 8 p.m. tonight at the Wildey Theatre. Reserved seats are $10. Then, come back on Saturday night to relive the swinging ‘60s heyday of Las Vegas and the Rat Pack featuring the multi-talented Dean Christopher. Christopher, who has been playing in St. Louis for many years, brings his musical and theatrical talents, along with a swinging seven-piece band, to the Wildey in this homage to the Rat Pack. Kick back and relax with a drink as Dino, Sammy, Peter and Frank take you back to the 1960s glory days of Las Vegas. Leitner said Christopher’s performance is much more than just a mere impression. “He does all of them. He just sort of strolls through old Las Vegas. I think its going to be a fun show and people will really enjoy it,” said Leitner. “He sings; he does impressions; he does comedy. It’s really an all-around Las Vegas show with Dean taking the role of all the Rat Pack members.” “Dean Christopher: The Rat Pack & More” begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27. Reserved tickets are $20. The Wildey Theatre is located at 252 N. Main St., Edwardsville, IL, 62025. For more information on upcoming films and live shows at the Wildey, call (618) 307-2053 or visit www.wildeytheatre.com.

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Bill Forness, at left, appears as Johnny Cash. Dean Christopher, above, recreates the sounds of the Rat Pack.

SLSO prepares for 2011-12 season The St. Louis Symphony announced its 2011-12 Season: the orchestra’s 132nd since its founding in 1880, and the seventh under Music Director David Robertson. The 2011-12 Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series runs from September 16, 2011 through May 6, 2012. The relationship between dance and music figures prominently throughout the 2011-12 Season. The centennial anniversary of the famed dance/theater company, the Ballets Russes, figured as an initial inspiration to the planning of the season. Robertson explained: “Onehundred-years ago Sergey Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes was setting the world on fire, culminating with the riotous premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Throughout the season we explore the provocative relationship between these two art forms, including an opening weekend that features three of Stravinsky’s great ballet scores: Petrushka, Les Noces and The Rite of Spring.” Other works celebrating the Ballets Russes, which commissioned some of the most innovative composers of the 20th century, include Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, and excerpts from Schumann’s Carnaval, with orchestration by Ravel. Beginning with this focus on Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, the repertoire expands to include dance as an overall theme throughout much of the season. St. Louis Symphony President and CEO Fred Bronstein emphasized the audience-development initiatives of the organization as they relate to the new season. “This season underscores both the qualities and strategic focus of the St. Louis Symphony,” Bronstein said. “Excellence is prevalent, as is the balance of accessibility, creativity and artistic growth. From beginning to end, there is a sense not just of many concerts, but a series of ‘events’ that make the St.

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Louis Symphony and Powell Hall a destination. There is something for everyone, and I think the season reinforces the point that the serious audience development work successfully undertaken in recent years will continue to be a key element in how we gauge our future success as an institution.” Highlights of the 2011-12 season include: • Signature Dance Programs in concerts featuring an Opening Weekend of Stravinsky ballets, flamenco guitarist Juan Carmona, and the return of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago • Rach Fest, featuring three Rachmaninoff piano concertos performed over two weekends by Stephen Hough • 3rd Annual Gala with violinist Itzhak Perlman performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, conducted by Music Director David Robertson • The St. Louis Symphony continues its tradition of presenting Adventurous and New Music throughout the 2011-12 Season, including world premieres by Edgar Meyer and Steven Mackey and a United States premiere by Philippe Manoury • In conjunction with the citywide American Arts Experience-St. Louis, David Robertson conducts the world premiere of Edgar Meyer’s Double Bass Concerto No. 3. Also on the program are works by Copland, Ives, as well as Gershwin’s An American in Paris • Orchestral Favorites including Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” Ravel’s Bolero and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 • Live at Powell Hall continues to make Powell Hall the place to be for a variety of musical experiences, including the music of John Williams, dynamic piano ensemble The

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5 Browns, vocalist Michael W. Smith, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, and music from the popular video game Final Fantasy® • J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, conducted by David Robertson • Carnegie Hall performance with renowned soprano Karita Mattila • Saturday night subscription concert live broadcasts continuing on St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7 KWMU. The St. Louis Symphony is excited to bring back many perennial audience favorites this season including: • An all-Mozart program featuring the Symphony No. 38, K. 504, “Prague,” conducted by Nicholas McGegan (October 7-9, 2011) • Elgar’s Enigma Variations conducted by Vasily Petrenko (October 21-22) • Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” with Horacio Gutiérrez as soloist, conducted by Jun Märkl (November 11-13) • Ravel’s Bolero conducted by David Robertson (November 25-26, 2011) • Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, featuring Jennifer Koh as soloist, conducted by Ward Stare (December 2-4, 2011) • Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 conducted by Vassily Sinaisky (January 27-29, 2012) • Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, “The Great,” conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (February 3-4, 2012) • An all-Beethoven program featuring Symphony Nos. 1 and 8, conducted by Louis Langrée (March 16-18, 2012) • Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, featuring Daniel Lee as soloist and conducted by Peter Oundjian (April 20-22, 2012) • Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (May 4-6, 2012).

Music Tuning in Santana to appear at the Fox Carlos Santana and the Santana Band are bringing their summer 2011 (SOCC) Sound of Collective Consciousness Tour to St. Louis on September 6th with special guest Michael Franti & Spearhead. Carlos and the Santana Band will perform classics from the group’s fourdecades- long career, and spotlight songs from Santana’s latest album, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (2010, Arista Records). With its release, Santana joined the Rolling Stones as one of only two music acts in Billboard chart history to score at least one Top Ten album in each decade from the 1960s through the present. With highlights including the first single, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – featuring India.Arie and Yo Yo Ma accompanying Santana – Guitar Heaven is Santana’s 29th Billboard Top 200-charting release, 12th Top Ten album debut, and third Top 10 debut in the past five years. Michael Franti is the creator and lead singer of Michael Franti & Spearhead. For more than two decades, the Bay Area-born Franti has built a diverse and inspiring repertoire of music, including his most recent release, The Sound of Sunshine – the highest Billboard 200 chart debut of his career. The album continues to find chart success with the latest single, “I’ll be Waiting.” It follows up Franti’s acclaimed 2008 album All Rebel Rockers, and the hit single “Say Hey (I Love You).” Purchase tickets at the Fox Box Office or by calling 314/534-1111 or online a www.metrotix.com. Tickets are $40, $60 and $60.

acclaimed and defining works of the rock era, it is an enduring album that resonates on radio to this day where it has found multigenerational appeal. Inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, the 20 million-selling double album also spawned a successful 1975 film of the same name – with Daltrey playing the title role – which re-underlined its place in the cultural firmament. Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee Daltrey is pulling out all the stops with a full band that will bring the rock opera’s wideranging sounds and textures to life vibrantly on stage every evening. Joining Daltrey will be Frank Simes (guitar), Scott Deavours (drums), Jon Button (bass), Loren Gold (keyboards) and also on guitar will be Simon Townshend, younger brother of The Who’s guitarist Pete Townshend. A 1989 tour by The Who saw them reprise “Tommy” live. The upcoming Daltrey tour will differ in that all of the album’s songs will be played in sequence. When Daltrey and his band performed “Tommy” in earlier this year--at a sell-out concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall March 25 – London’s Independent called the show “a faithful reading...The stand-outs, ‘I’m Free,’ and ‘See Me, Feel Me’ and the anthemic climax of ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ are rousing.” Afterwards the Who blogosphere was alight with comments from long-standing fans lucky enough to see the show. These included comments like “Roger nailed Tommy” and “Last night’s concert was the best I’ve ever seen--what a great band.” Roger describes the show and

visuals as “A Tommy Show for today’s audience from a different perspective.” “Tommy” an album that tells a story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, will always be seen as a turning point for the band,” says Daltre¥. “ Wi t h i n i t , I f o u n d t h e n e w voice of The Who and the band found its stride in making that music, adjusting it, using all that knowledge that we had from jazz and the blues into making it work in a rock way.” Ti c k e t s f o r a l l s h o w s a r e available at www.aeglive.com.

Bolton to appear in St. Charles Michael Bolton, the multiple Grammy Award-winning Singer, Songwriter and Social Activist, who has sold more than 53 m i l l i o n a l b u m s a n d s i n g l e s worldwide, is currently on a 115 city world tour spanning several continents, all while working on a m y r i a d o f g e n re - a nd s t y l e s p a n n i n g p r o j e c t s i n c l u d i n g work in film, television and musicals. He will appear at 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the Family Arena in St. Charles. In recognition of his artistic achievements, Michael has re c e i v e d 2 G r a m m y s f o r B e s t Pop Male Vocal Performance, 6 American Music Awards, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a songwriter, he has earned over 24 BMI & ASCAP Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, 9 Million-Air awards,

and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. To date, Michael has seen 8 studio albums rank in the Top Ten, with 9 #1 singles. Bolton’s true signature success was seized with the 6x platinum album “Soul Provider”, selling more than 12 million copies world-wide, and showcasing several chart-toppers including the #1 hit single “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” which earned Michael his first G r a m m y. T h i s p i v o t a l a l b u m also includes the hit singles “When I’m Back on My Feet” A g a i n , ” “ H o w C a n We B e Lovers,” and “Soul Provider.” S o o n a f t e r, B o l t o n re l e a s e d t h e # 1 a l b u m “ Ti m e , L o v e & Te n d e r n e s s ” , w h i c h h a s sold over 16 million copies world-wide, and features h i s G r a m m y Aw a r d - w i n n i n g vocal performance of the #1 blockbuster hit “When A M a n L o v e s a Wo m a n . ” T h i s a l b u m a l s o p ro d u c e d t h e h i t singles: “Love Is a Wonderful T h i n g , ” “ Ti m e , L o v e a n d Tenderness” and “Missing You Now”. Bolton followed this up with a collection of soulful classics o n “ Ti m e l e s s , ” d e l i v e r i n g t h e h i t s i n g l e s “ To L o v e S o m e Somebody” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” “Timeless” sold over

7 m i l l i o n c o p i e s w o r l d w i d e ! From his next album ” “The One Thing” came Michael’s massive single “Said I Loved You…But I Lied,” which spent 12 weeks at #1 on the AC charts and earned him another Grammynomination. Ti c k e t s c a n b e p u rc h a s e d a t the Family Arena Box Office or o n l i n e a t w w w. m e t ro t i x . c o m . Tickets are: $70.00 (Gold Circle), $60.00 (Remaining Floor), $51.00 ( L o w e r L e v e l ) , $ 3 2 . 0 0 ( U pper Level). To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314-534-1111.

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Daltrey to perform at the Peabody Roger Daltrey, the iconic lead singer of The Who, will perform The Who’s legendary rock opera “Tommy” in its entirety from start to finish. (The Who never actually played the complete Tommy.) Daltrey premiered the spectacular show in London at The Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust on March 25 and is now taking it on the road. Tickets are on sale now at www.aeglive. com The show will make a stop at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis on Oct. 8. Employing the use of striking visuals to accompany the music, every show will be an unforgettable concert experience for lifelong fans and newcomers alike, who will be treated not only to the full majesty of “Tommy,” but also to a variety of Who classics and more. The much-anticipated six-week tour launches September 13 in Hollywood, Fla. and concludes November 2 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “Tommy” is not only one of the most

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In this image 20th Century Fox, from left, Chord Overstreet, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele are shown in a scene from Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.”

Performances make "Glee" tolerable By CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie” makes you realize just how crucial Jane Lynch is to the Fox TV show’s success. She’s nowhere to be found in this peppy concert film, shot over two days during the recent North American tour, and her trademark snark as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester is sorely missed. Instead what we’re left with are the musical performances, which are admittedly glossy, high-energy and infectious, but they seem awfully earnest on their own. Director Kevin Tancharoen doesn’t offer much that you haven’t already seen on the ridiculously popular television series. The actors, in character, perform many of the songs that have become fan favorites — including Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and Queen’s “Somebody to Love” — with the same choreography and

sometimes even the same costumes from the show. If you’re looking for revealing behind-thescenes footage, forget it. Amber Riley, Heather Morris and Naya Rivera cattily one-up each other in the makeup room, but it’s all part of the act. There is not a single real or spontaneous moment in sight. And yet, if you love “Glee,” you’ll be psyched. These are your idols, the ones you welcome into your homes each week, now leaping into your laps in crisp, bright 3-D. They’re all multitalented, dedicated young performers who have pulled off the difficult feat of working their butts off but making it look effortless and even fun. They give the people what they want — if the people are Gleeks, that is. And we are reminded ad infinitum about the cultural significance of “Glee,” with its themes of inclusiveness and acceptance. “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie” would have been

perfectly satisfying, escapist entertainment if it really, truly were just a concert movie. Instead, between numbers, we get snippets of the back stories of three fans: a high school cheerleader who’s a dwarf, a young gay man who was outed by a fellow student and a young woman with Asperger’s syndrome who’s obsessed with Morris’ character, Brittany. All have learned to feel more comfortable in their skin, they say, thanks to “Glee.” And sure, these are inspiring tales, but they feel wedged-in and they grind the pacing to a halt. Similarly, testimonials from fans outside the concerts — most of whom are wearing homemade T-shirts and flashing the show’s signature “L” for loser on their foreheads — also have the cloying repetitiveness of an infomercial. Thankfully, Tancharoen keeps coming back to the music. Several moments stand out, including Lea Michele’s performance of the Barbra Streisand

classic “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from “Funny Girl.” Michele, a Broadway veteran, just tears this thing up; it’s clearly a song both she and her character, Rachel, were born to sing. Riley, in character as the powerhouse vocalist Mercedes, belts out Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t No Way,” and Tancharoen knows well enough to stand back, shoot it simply and let the moment speak for itself. And Morris does her ultra-meta, Brittany-as-Britney-Spears routine, reenacting the “I’m a Slave 4 U” video complete with barely-there costume and sexy dance moves. Seeing the wide range of songs in this setting makes you realize just how canny “Glee” is in appealing to multiple generations at once. From The Beatles to Rick Springfield to Katy Perry, there’s something for everyone. Is it calculated? For sure. But it does what it needs to do to please its target audience. Everyone else may as well surrender to the juggernaut.

"The Help" shows great films are still possible By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge Driving home from seeing the new film "The Help" it occurred to me that a lot of its flavor, particularly in the film’s biggest climactic reveal, reminded me very much of the great hit from 1991, "Fried Green Tomatoes." I was only ten years-old the year that film came out, but it was a big favorite around our house. I think my mom even read Fannie Flagg’s source novel. Imagine my delight then when I found the Kathy Bates/Jessica Tandy gem on cable at 1:00 this morning. Seemed like fate. Both are great films and I encourage you to seek out the new one and revisit the old one. It’s a great double-feature. The setting of "The Help" is practically the main character of

the film. 1963 Jackson, Miss., has a thick, chewy image in this lush, colorful tale. It even uses Johnny Cash’s titular song over its opening credits. The real main characters, though, are Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone, broadening her range and continuing to impress me) and several housemaids for the various society families of the stately capital city. Skeeter is just home from Ole Miss and ready to land a job with the Jackson Journal. She’s an intelligent woman and we know she doesn’t see the life for herself that her mother (Allison Janney) and friends do. No husband is entirely necessary. Great clothes and a stylish hair are accessories and not vital staples. She doesn’t even really need the Junior League for which she serves as Secretary. She wants to be a journalist/novelist and really make a

difference by bringing light to those long-suffering. She even has an agent (the luminous Mary Steenburgen) on the hook in the New York literary scene. Skeeter’s revelation takes place one day when she sees a horrendous injustice being done to the household employees of her friends (Ahna O’Reilly, Tiffany Brouwer). One particularly nasty woman, Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard, playing villainy as well as a reallife Cruella de Vil), has drafted an initiative where all homes in Jackson must have a secondary outdoor bathroom for the help (i.e. women of color) to use. Outraged by such an act, even as she herself had been raised by a black nanny (Cicely Tyson), Skeeter decides that the stories of these faithful, overworked servants is what needs to be told.

Her secret interviews, secret because Segregation was at its height here, are conducted under the cloak of nightfall and behind closed doors. The Civil Rights movement was just firing itself up and it wouldn’t do for a white woman to be seen socializing after hours with her housekeeper. The assassinations of both Medgar Evers and John Kennedy are featured in the story and their losses are grander versions of the losses felt by characters like Aibileen (Viola Davis, a remarkable actress) and Minny (Octavia Spencer, a great performer). Having served prosperous families for decades, they are often criticized, ordered about like dogs, and dismissed without warning. Skeeter ’s involvement helps these stories be told in a novel she publishes under the veil of anonymity and by obscuring certain details.

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Suddenly, all the town’s a twitter about the indignities being told out of school by their maids. The names may be changed, but the on-going inhumanities are clear when held up to the light of day. Aibileen’s stories are the most disappointing. The ones involving the Foote family (Jessica Chastain and Mike Vogel) show that a lack of compassion isn’t the only case. It’s Minny’s stories, though, that are the funniest - especially the ones where she helps her employer (Sissy Spacek) get revenge on her maniacal daughter. The phrase ‘the secret’s in the sauce’ keeps running through my head. This is an excellent drama, something we could all use a little more of these days. ••• "The Help" runs 160 minutes and is rated PG-13 for thematic content. I give this film four stars out of four.

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“Cowboys & Aliens”

Director Jon Favreau’s genre mash-up is more a mush-up, an action yarn aiming to be both science fiction and Old West adventure but doing neither all that well. The filmmakers — and there are a lot, among them 11 producers or executive producers including Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, plus half a dozen credited writers — start with a title that lays out a simple but cool premise: invaders from the skies shooting it out with guys on horseback. For all the talent involved, they wound up keeping the story too simple, almost simple-minded, leaving a terrific cast led by Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde stuck in a sketchy, sometimes poky tale where you get cowboys occasionally fighting aliens and not much more. Craig’s a stonyfaced amnesiac with a weird hunk of metal locked on his wrist who wanders into a dusty town just before alien craft swoop in and start abducting the locals. He joins cattle baron Ford’s posse to retrieve the missing and teach these creatures not to mess with hardy western pioneers. RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of western and sci-fi action and violence, some partial nudity and a brief crude reference. RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING Two stars out of four.

“Crazy Stupid Love”

For a movie that intends to be rooted in a recognizable and insightful reality, this features an awful lot of moments that clang in a contrived, feel-good manner. Because you see, it’s simultaneously trying to charm us. Sometimes, it achieves that goal. At the same time, it also has its share of moments that hit just the perfect, poignant note, with some laughs that arise from a place of honesty. When you assemble a cast that includes Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, you’re already on the right track. Because “Crazy Stupid Love” also aims to be a romantic comedy of substance and intelligence. Sometimes, it achieves that goal, too. That’s what’s frustrating here — the unevenness of it all. Carell stars as Cal, a nebbishy fortysomething whose high-school sweetheart, Emily (Moore), announces that she’s slept with someone else and wants a divorce. Drowning his sorrows nightly at a local bar, Cal finds an unlikely mentor in Jacob (Gosling), an expensively dressed womanizer who gives him a makeover. It seems unlikely Jacob would even give this guy the time of day in real life, but Gosling is charismatic as hell and surprisingly funny in the role. He also has a great, flirty chemistry with Stone as the one woman who sees through his game. RATED: PG-13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language. RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING Two stars out of four.

“The Change-Up”

When you’ve got Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman — two masters of deadpan improvisational comedy — bouncing off each other, you should theoretically just be able to let the cameras roll and follow them wherever they take you. With a screenplay from Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who wrote the original “The Hangover” you should already be in pretty good shape. But the too long film from director David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashers”) is all over the place in tone, veering awkwardly from some daring comic moments to feel-good sappiness and back again in hopes of redeeming some semblance of edginess. Learning lessons is what body-swapping movies are all about. Here, Bateman plays Dave Lockwood, a successful Atlanta lawyer who is married with three kids. His childhood best friend, Reynolds’ defiantly single Mitch Planko, spends his days doing bong hits in his man cave and his nights bedding as many random women as possible. Each insists the other guy has the better life. After too many drinks one night, they wake up the next morning and poof! They’ve switched bodies, which leads

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“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

Silly humans. We’re so arrogant. We see a cute, cuddly baby chimp, assign all kinds of familiar charact eristics to it and raise it with the loving playfulness we’d give our own children, only to find that the creature’s unpredictable and ferocious animal nature wins out in the end. If the documentary “Project Nim” didn’t serve as enough of a warning for us earlier this summer, now we have this blockbuster, which is sort of a prequel and sort of a sequel and sort of a reboot. Mainly, it’s a spectacle. Sure, it might be trying to teach us a lesson about hubris. But mostly it’s about angry, ‘roided-up chimps taking over and wreaking havoc. This is not a complaint, mind you. This seventh film in the “Planet of the Apes” series rises to such ridiculous heights, it’s impossible not to laugh out loud — in a good way, in appreciation. There’s big, event-movie fun to be had here, amped up by some impressive special effects and typically immersive performance-capture work by Andy Serkis (Gollum from the “Lord of the Rings” films). But the idea that director Rupert Wyatt and writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver truly had anything serious in mind seems rather disingenuous. James Franco stars as the scientist whose drug tests to find a cure for Alzheimer’s lead to the birth of the super-smart Caesar. Freida Pinto and John Lithgow costar. RATED; PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence. RUNNING TIME:105 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“30 Minutes or Less”

If this has indeed been The Summer of the R-Rated Comedy, with each new movie striving to one-up its predecessors in getting down and dirty, then we’re going out with a whimper here. And that’s ironic, given that the movie is all about something — or someone — going out with a bang. From the phoned-in (”The Hangover Part II”) to the fantastic (”Bridesmaids”), “30 Minutes or Less” falls somewhere in the mushy midsection. Like “Horrible Bosses,” it’s got a shaggy, sloppy vibe and characters who are in way over their heads, but it’s not nearly as consistently funny. It’s actually got more in common with the “The Change-Up” in that it’s frustratingly uneven, despite some appealing moments of buddy camaraderie. Jesse Eisenberg stars as a slacker pizza delivery man who’s kidnapped, then forced to wear a bomb and rob a bank, by a couple of doofuses (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson). Aziz Ansari plays Eisenberg’s best friend and reluctant accomplice. RATED: R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity and some violence. RUNNING TIME: 83 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Glee: The 3D Concert Movie”

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American tour, and her trademark snark as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester is sorely missed. Instead what we’re left with are the musical performances, which are admittedly glossy, highenergy and infectious, but they seem awfully earnest on their own. Director Kevin Tancharoen doesn’t offer much that you haven’t already seen on the ridiculously popular television series. The actors, in character, perform many of the songs that have become fan favorites with the same choreography and sometimes even the same costumes from the show. If you’re looking for revealing behind-the-scenes footage, forget it. And yet, if you love “Glee,” you’ll be psyched. These are your idols, leaping into your laps in crisp, bright 3-D. They’re all multitalented, dedicated young performers who have pulled off the difficult feat of working their butts off but making it look effortless and even fun. Fan testimonials and inspirational back stories grind the film to a halt; thankfully, Tancharoen keeps coming back to the music. RATED: PG for thematic elements, brief language and some sensuality. RUNNING TIME: 83 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“The Help”

A class act like this is rare enough in Hollywood. Coming at the tail end of summer blockbuster season, it’s almost unheard of. It’s the sort of film that studios typically save for the holiday prestige season in November or December, when Academy Awards voters start thinking ahead to the films they want to anoint. Come awards time, many of them likely will be thinking of “The Help,” whose remarkable ensemble of women offers enough great performances to practically fill the actress categories at the Oscars. From its roots as a collaboration between lifelong friends Kathryn Stockett, who wrote the best-selling novel, and Tate Taylor, the film’s writer-director, through the pitch-perfect casting of Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and their co-stars, “The Help” simply seems to be blessed. It’s hard to imagine a better movie coming out of the screen adaptation of Stockett’s tale of friendship and common cause among black maids and an aspiring white writer in Jackson, Miss., in 1963. RATED: PG-13 for thematic material. RUNNING TIME: 146 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

“Senna”

You don’t have to know a thing about Formula 1 racing to become engrossed by this documentary. That’s because director Asif Kapadia has structured it with the pacing, tone and fluidity of a feature film. In tracing the brief and brilliant career of the late Brazilian auto racing star Ayrton Senna, Kapadia relies entirely on archival footage, some of which has never been seen before and much of which comes from inside the vehicle Senna himself is driving. This is from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, long before the advent of contemporary NASCAR television coverage, with its multiple cameras capturing images from every possible angle. It’s raw and rough, and the signal goes in and out, which actually makes it even more of a visceral, immersive experience. Senna himself, though, was all about glamorous good looks and smooth, instinctive action. Kapadia follows the decade from when he first bursts onto the Formula 1 scene in 1984 at the Monaco Grand Prix and ends the film with the stunning crash that kills him at age 34. Digging deeper into his personal life would have made a good documentary great. RATED: PG-13 for some strong language and disturbing images. RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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ravel back in time 150 years as you cruise the waters of the Mississippi River Mark Twain-style aboard the Spirit of Peoria, an authentic paddlewheel boat, through one of the most beautiful stretches of river between Alton and Grafton this September.

The Sunset Scenic Cruise will set off at 6 p.m. (boarding will begin at 5:30 p.m.) on Sunday, Sept. 18 from the Loading Dock, located at 400 Front St. in Grafton. After a relaxing cruise beneath the majestic bluffs, the boat will return to the Loading Dock at 7:30 p.m. Step on board and let the magic of a fall evening on the river carry you away as this “floating palace” gently chugs its way down the river to Alton. During the cruise, passengers will be treated to an array of decadent desserts inside the elegant dining room or they can step outside with a glass of wine to feel the evening breeze as it blows through the paddlewheel’s decks. “It’s just a great time of year to be out on the river and on one of the most beautiful sections of the

river,” said Suzanne Halbrook, public relations director for Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau. “When you’re out on that paddlewheel, it’s like a step back in time. It’s just a really relaxing, enjoyable cruise.” Halbrook said the visitor’s bureau decided to partner again with the Spirit of Peoria in response to the overwhelming popularity of its first cruise between Grafton and Alton back in June. That cruise proved popular because, unlike the Spirit of Peoria’s usual day-long cruises, this was a short cruise that gave people a chance to get out and enjoy being on the river for a couple of hours without sacrificing an entire day or weekend. The cruise is also a great way to find out, if only for a short while,

what it might have felt like traveling up and down the “Mighty Mississippi” during its paddlewheel heyday. Built in 1988 and based in Peoria, the Spirit of Peoria paddlewheel boat is one of the few authentic paddlewheel-driven boats in the country. It is owned and captained by G. Alex Grieves, and co-captained by Harold Breitenbach. The boat is solely propelled by its 21-foot diameter paddlewheel, which makes it one of the few riverboats operating without the aid of any props or thrusters. It averages between 7 and 10 miles per hour, depending on the current. The paddlewheel is comprised of three decks with seating around the edges of levels one and two and open seating along with tables and chairs on the third level. There are also comfy rocking chairs located on all three decks that are perfect for sitting back to watch the sunset. “We are a true paddlewheel and that’s the neat thing about the Spirit of Peoria. We love to show the boat off and entertain guests,” said Grieves. “It’s going to be a great night. We’re excited about that.” Day cruises along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers between St. Louis and Peoria are routinely offered from May through October. The Spirit of Peoria is also one of the only paddlewheel boats in the country offering overnight cruises. Grieves said the 2011 cruising schedule includes several roundtrip day cruises between St. Louis and Grafton on the Mississippi River, and Grafton and Florence, Ill. on the Illinois River. These trips usually cost $140 per person but Grieves is giving Edge readers a special offer of $110 per person for mentioning this article. See below for contact details. The Sunset Scenic Cruise will be a special engagement for the Spirit of Peoria, cruising the waters between Grafton and Alton. The cost of the cruise is $35

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per person. Dessert only will be served on the boat. A cash bar will be available to passengers. If you’re looking to spend a bit longer on the water, one of the Spirit’s 2-day or 3-day cruises between Peoria and Starved Rock State Park is just the ticket. The 2-day excursion features two days of cruising along the Illinois River with an overnight stay at the historic Starved Rock Lodge in Utica, Ill. Passengers will depart from Peoria and spend the day on the water before arriving at Starved Rock. Here, you can spend time exploring many of Starved Rock’s 18 beautiful canyons formed by glacial drift during the last ice age. In the evening, Mark Twain himself will provide an evening of entertainment in the Great Hall of Starved Rock Lodge before heading back to Peoria the next morning. The cost of the 2-day, 1-night cruise per person is $500 based on two people sharing and is all inclusive. However, prices do vary depending on occupancy. The cost for children age 5 to 15 is $295 per person and infants are free. Longer cruises and special themed cruises are also available. To book a cruise directly with the Spirit of Peoria, located at 100 Water Street, Peoria, call toll free (800) 676-8988 or (309) 637-8000 locally, email info@spiritofpeoria. com or visit www.spiritofpeoria. com for more information. To reserve your boarding pass for the Sunset Scenic Cruise between Grafton and Alton, call the Alton Regional Convention & Visitor ’s Bureau at (618) 465-6676. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Alton Visitor Center, 200 Piasa St. in downtown Alton. For more information on all of the activities taking place all around Alton this fall, or to receive a free Fall Road Trips Guide, call 1-800-ALTON-IL (1800-258-6645) or www.visitalton. com.

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Family Focus Builders see growth in mother-in-law suites By MONICA RHOR Associated Press Betsy McCann and her husband, Jim Forbes, often worried that his mother was growing isolated in her Los Angeles-area home. At 90, Lois Brokus had stopped driving and was sometimes afraid to be alone in her house. Jane and William Merrill also decided that they didn’t want his mother living on her own any more. Then 81, Jane Merrill, who shares her daughter-in-law’s name, was still active but in need of companionship. Both families considered nursing homes, assisted living and retirement communities. In the end, they came to the same conclusion: Their homes were the best place for their mothers. But they needed more home. So McCann and Forbes added a 400square-foot bedroom and bathroom to their Escondido, Calif., home; the Merrills converted a two-car garage at their 8-acre spread in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. Now, both older women live with their adult children, with a large degree of independence and privacy. Although it isn’t for everyone, it is a choice many families are making. Home builders across the country say they are getting an increasing number of requests for such additions, known as mother-in-law suites, granny flats or accessory dwellings. According to the National Association of Home Builders, 62 percent of builders s u r v e y e d w e re w o r k i n g o n a h o m e modification related to aging in 2010. About

one in five builders added an entry-level bedroom. About 3.5 million American households last year included adult children and their parents — a number expected to rise as the country ages and baby boomers move into retirement, said Nancy Thompson, an AARP spokesperson. To accommodate the growing demand, AARP teamed up with the home builders’ association to create a designation for Certified Aging in Place Specialists, who are trained in designing and modifying buildings for the elderly. About 3,000 builders, contractors, remodelers and architects have been certified. One is Todd Jackson, CEO of San Diego’s Jackson Design and Remodeling, which handled the room addition at McCann’s home. “There’s both a physical component and a sensitivity side to these projects. The family needs to take that into account,” said Jackson, who noted that aging parents may be reluctant to move into their children’s homes, and may worry about losing their independence. “The transition will go over a lot better if you bring the parent into the conversation,” said Jackson. “Ask them: ‘What do you need?’ ‘What color do you want?”’ That’s what McCann and her husband did when they decided to build an addition in 2008. Brocas, now 93, was part of the planning. “We didn’t want her to feel like a guest intruding on our house,” said McCann. “She kept telling all her friends about how she was involved in the design process, and that the

children and the older parent. For privacy and independence, the apartment has a separate entrance, full kitchen and wheelchairaccessible features. “The biggest advantage is that my husband can sit down with her every evening. Because of that constant contact, he has learned much more about his parents and their lives,” said the younger Jane Merrill. “He would not have had that if she was in assisted living.” However, both Betsy McCann and Jane Merrill caution that this may not work for every family. For one thing, their mothers-inlaw are self-sufficient and do not need daily medical care. In both families, they got along well before moving in together. “If you can’t stand one week or one weekend together, this won’t work,” said McCann. “You need to have realistic expectations about the impact on your life.” Nancy Thompson, of AARP, offered other tips for families considering building a mother-in-law suite for an aging parent: • Decide what your expectations are well in advance and make sure everyone agrees. Involve the elderly parent in the process. • Make sure the addition is built following universal design guidelines. Are counters, bathrooms and doorways wheelchair accessible? Is there a walk-in shower with grab bars? Opt for entry-level additions to eliminate stairs. Look for a contractor or builder with experience in universal design or aging in place. • Check municipal building codes to make sure that accessory dwellings are allowed.

paint colors were her choice.” Brokus now proudly calls the addition, which includes a bedroom, wet bar and w h e e l c h a i r- a c c e s s i b l e d o o r w a y s a n d bathroom, “her apartment,” said McCann. Every month, she writes a rent check covering the cost of utilities — an act that adds to her sense of independence. The arrangement has given the family more time together and greater peace of mind, and may have averted a tragedy in July when Brokus suffered a heart attack. Had she been alone, McCann said, she might not have called 911. As it was, she just had to walk a few feet for help. The addition, which was part of a major renovation to other parts of the house, cost the McCanns $250,000. The average price for a bedroom addition can run from $100,000 to $400,000, depending on size and amenities, according to builders. For the Merrills, who used a company called Next Door Garage Apartments to do their garage conversion, the cost was much lower. The Indianapolis-based company remodels two-car garages into complete apartments within 10 days for $35,000. (The Merrills, who converted their garage 11 years ago, paid $25,000). The company’s owner, Susan Jennings, came up with the idea when she was managing a trust department at a bank and often worked with widows yearning to live with their adult children. Jennings worked with a designer to come up with a dwelling attractive to both the adult

Opossums common, but misunderstood LOS ANGELES (AP) — People have been calling Leslie Bale about opossums since 1982 when she started on the graveyard shift as a 911 dispatcher for the Irvine Police Department. The calls came from homeowners or security guards who thought they had prowlers. Call after call turned out to be opossums, she said. Bale still gets calls about opossums, but these days it’s as a wildlife rehabilitator and president of the Opossum Society of the United States, which has about 300 members. North America is home to millions of Virginia opossums, but for a creature so commonly found in backyards and along roadways, this nocturnal marsupial is the subject of many myths and misperceptions. C o l l o q u i a l l y, A m e r i c a n s sometimes use the terms opossum and possum interchangeably. But while Virginia opossums are native to North America, possums are native to Australia. The opossum’s relatives include other marsupials from Down Under — kangaroos, koalas and wombats. But because opossums look like rats, they don’t share the other mammals’ popularity. “It’s the furless tail that sets people off,” said Barbara “Missy” Runyan, a wildlife rehabilitator who runs Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in Hunter, N.Y., and who thinks opossums are “adorable.” But they don’t hang by their tails, Bale said. Their tails can’t support their weight. Poor eyesight is why so many are hit by cars. “The opossum does 90 percent of its searching through scent,” said Runyan. “They can only see six to eight inches in front of them. They can’t smell a car coming. And since they are nocturnal, they cross the road when it’s dark.” They can make hissing, sneezing or growling sounds, sometimes described as a purr. They aren’t likely to dig holes in your yard

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Travel Back in time with Scarlett and Rhett Louisiana's Oak Alley Plantation takes visitors back to another time By BILL TUCKER Of The Edge

n real terms, it's only about 53 miles from New Orleans.

But for all its differences ,Oak Alley Plantation, in Vacherie, La., might as well be on another planet. It is the plantation you picture in mind when you have occasion to do so. The stately, white pillars, the long, breezy porches, fields for as far as the eye can see – they're all there. And the oaks – live oaks. Almost two dozen of them line the entrance to the house as they stretch from the front door to the Mississippi River. Well, kind of. At least that's the way things were back in 1839 when the mansion house was completed for Jacques Telesphore Roman, the original owner. And it wasn't Oak Alley, back then, either. The plantation's original name – like so many others in that part of the country – was the French-influenced Bon Sejour. But the beauty of this mansion is, since 1839, it's always been a mansion. This isn't the hulk of a once great plantation that crumbled into disrepair only to be restored and presented as it might have been. Oak Alley has always had an owner and in 1920, it was acquired by Andrew and Josephine Stewart

who not only did their share of modernizing the sugar cane plantation, they actually lived there. Josephine kept Oak Alley in the family and, upon her death, transferred its management to a nonprofit organization which operates it today as one of Louisiana's premier tourist attractions. And that's where we come in. Oak Alley is a pleasant drive from New Orleans as the landscape changes, rather quickly at that, from urban decadence to Louisiana bayou. Vacherie itself is quaint in its own way with simple houses scattered about and a lone gas station perched on the community's lone corner. You'll cross the Mississippi to

reach Oak Alley on a bridge that is quite long and quite high. Once at Oak Alley, you'll enter through the rear of the property. And that view of the Mississippi, the one Jacques Telesphore Roman enjoyed, is now blocked by a levee. But Oak Alley is the perfect plantation, the one where it's easy to imagine Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler talking – or sparring – on the porch. In fact, you might get so carried away by the "Gone With the Wind" romanticism of it all that you refer to the plantation as Twelve Oaks (I did.) Mansion tours are available everyday except Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day and,

not surprisingly, Mardi Gras Day. Admission to the grounds and mansion is $18 for those over 18, $7.50 for those between 13 and 18, $4.50 for those between 6 and 12 and free for those under 6. There are rental cottages available, a restaurant and gift shop. You'll be tempted by the mint juleps offered for sale on the mansion's porch or a cup of lemonade that drips condensation constantly in the Louisiana humidity. Photography is prohibited inside the mansion and a bit of climbing is required. A costumed docent will lead you through Oak Alley and you'll learn about past owners, the house itself and the slaves who once worked

there. There's a bit of movie trivia involved, too, as Oak Alley has been featured in "Primary Colors," "Interview With the Vampire" and "The Young and the Restless" just to name a few. The mansion is a bit deceptive as it isn't as roomy inside as you'd expect it to be looking at it from the outside. There's a large dining room, a parlor, a hallway that dissects the home and three bedrooms upstairs that are open to tourists. And the tour reveals that there isn't much else being kept off limits. The ceilings are high – 16 feet – and the windows are almost their equal. (Yes, they did what they could to keep cool.) The wood is solid, the staircase squeaks and the history is real. Most impressive, from my point of view, was an item that hung above the dining table. It looked something like a squared horseshoe with frayed fabric hanging from the bottom. A long cord extended from the contraption over to a wall and it looked all the world like a fan. It wasn't. It was a shoo fly and it was used, quite obviously, to keep flies away during meals. That was just one of the things that brought history to life. There are plenty of others, but I'll let you discover them on your own. And you'll want to discover them if you've ever dreamed of visiting a plantation and taking a trip back in time. Oak Alley is the perfect place to do so.

Above, the back entrance to the mansion at Oak Alley Plantation. At left, the row of live oaks that lead from the house to the Mississippi River. Photos by Bill Tucker.

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Travel Travel briefs Bison population drops by 200 in Yellowstone Park BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park’s wild bison population has dropped by an estimated 200 animals compared to last year. Park administrators reported Tuesday that about 3,700 of the burly animals now roam the park, which includes portions of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. That’s down from 3,900 bison last summer. Park spokesman Al Nash says an estimated 500 bison were killed over the winter by other animals, accidents and cold, snowy weather over the winter. More than 200 bison were taken by hunters after they migrated out of the park and into Montana. The overall population decline of 200 animals takes into account calves born this spring. A record 5,000 bison were tallied in Yellowstone in 2005.

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September magazines feature The Greenbrier, Lewisburg WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Greenbrier County is getting national exposure: Two local gems are featured in the September issues of Travel + Leisure and Budget Travel magazines. Spokeswoman Lynn Swann says The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs is highlighted in a Travel + Leisure feature that began as a fashion shoot featuring the resort’s

Freer Gallery opens shutters on famed Peacock Room WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art is opening the shutters to display its famed Peacock Room in natural sunlight for the first time in 25 years to give visitors a fuller view of its artworks. The gallery reinstalled the lavish dining room this year. James McNeill Whistler created it in 1876 for a London businessman. It includes ceramics from China, Egypt, Japan and Syria, as well as paintings and other decorative arts. Curators say some of the variations are only visible in natural light. Visitors can learn about

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Dining Delights Keeping your baby healthy and happy By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Nearly every new mother wants to give her child the very best start in life and for most, that begins with food. And no, I’m not talking about breastfeeding. That’s a topic for a whole other article. I’m talking about food. Good, old fashioned, nutritious food that will keep your little one healthy, happy and satisfied. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I barely considered what I would eventually feed her. Fritos? Maybe not. I considered my own eating habits up to that point and realized that if I was serious about setting a healthy example for my daughter, then I ought to start educating myself. I tried to eat well during my pregnancy, the odd slice (or two) of cheesecake aside. But it wasn’t until a friend gave me a baby food recipe book at my baby shower, along with all the gadgets I would need to get started, that I began to think seriously about the food my daughter would eat once she was on solid food. The book was called “The Healthy Baby Meal Planner” (known in the U.K. as “The New Complete Baby & Toddler Meal Planner”) by British author and all-around baby food guru Annabel Karmel. Since its first publication in 1991, this book has become essential reading for new mothers throughout the United Kingdom and abroad on how and what to feed babies and young children. The latest edition has been completely revised and updated by Karmel and features more than 200 recipes covering the early stages of weaning right through to the preschool years. Karmel also provides

a thorough introduction to each chapter where she discusses types of foods, food allergies and cooking methods appropriate for each stage of weaning, as well as weekly menu charts to help you grocery shop and plan ahead. I was hooked. Now, I’ve never really been much of a cook. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a perfectly adequate cook when the need arises, but I’m fortunate to have a husband who relishes the opportunity to whip up a Sunday roast and I relish the opportunity to let him. However, this was different. This was about the food that would nourish and energize my child, make her bones grow strong and provide her with the nutrients needed for a healthy and happy life. The future for our 21st century children is a frightening prospect for parents. Every day we are bombarded with headlines proclaiming that parents are killing their kids with high sugar, high fat foods and too little exercise. For the first time in recent history, Western society is faced with the prospect of a generation of children with a life expectancy shorter than their parents. It’s pretty scary stuff and enough to make me mend my prepackaged ways and get cooking. Karmel’s introduction is a mustread and covers the basics of weaning from introducing solids and the best first foods, to cooking methods and tackling fussy eaters. Homework done, I rolled up my sleeves, put on my apron and started peeling. The best baby present I received, aside from the book, was a set of food cube trays. These flexible plastic trays resemble oversized ice cube trays with air-tight lids. The

idea is that you fill each portionsized cube with whatever puree you’ve made, seal it and freeze it. Then, when meal time comes around, all you need to do is pop out a cube or two, defrost in the microwave for a few seconds, stir and serve. It took about the same amount of time as it does to heat up a jar and, even better, I knew exactly what was in it. Obviously, the pureeing bit does take longer than opening a jar. However, once I got a routine down of cooking up several big batches in one go every couple of weeks, it became easier and far cheaper than loading up at the grocery store with dozens of jars. It was also pretty cool to look in the freezer and see multiple ziplock bags filled with various vegetable and fruit cubes. I would mix and match at meal times to keep my daughter from getting bored. For example, dinner one day might be two cubes of sweet potato with one cube of peas followed by a cube of pear or apple for dessert. The mix and match possibilities were endless. I did try the old standby of baby cereal, but quite honestly it looked and tasted more like wallpaper paste than food. I found it worked best when used as a thickener and mixed with thinner purees like pear. As my daughter got older, the recipes became more adventurous. Meat was added to the menu and we graduated from two or three cubes of individual fruits and vegetables to full blown entrees like Chicken, Sweet Potato & Apple puree and - my daughter’s favorite - Salmon, Tomato & Sweet Potato puree. Soon our freezer was packed with containers of frozen Pasta Bolognese, Chicken & Rice and Easy One Pot Chicken.

In the final chapter of the book, Karmel moves on from weaning to fussy toddlers. Good nutrition and home cooking remain a top priority, but the recipes are more recognizable as proper food rather than purees. Karmel makes sure that all of these older child recipes are suitable for the whole family with moderate amounts of seasoning and flavors adults will enjoy just as much as their kids do. “The Healthy Baby Meal Planner” by Annabel Karmel is available to order from www. amazon.com and www.amazon. co.uk. However, there are lots of free recipes and articles available on her website, www. annabelkarmel.com, to get you started. That said, you can make a tasty and healthy puree out of just about any fruit or vegetable. Favorite family recipes can be modified for baby by skipping the salt and giving it an extra few pulses in the food processor. Even just mashing up a fresh banana, avocado or mango with a fork and mixing it with a little breast milk, formula or water is easy and probably tastes a lot better to your baby than banana from a jar. My daughter gobbled it all up and my mother was amazed that she was eating exotic foods like fish and avocado from seven months of age. Whatever reservations I may have had in the beginning vanished once I saw how much my daughter loved the food I was giving her and how much she was benefitting from it. When the day comes and we send her off to Harvard (a mother can dream, can’t she?), I’ll know it was all because of the salmon. Annabel Karmel’s Easy One Pot Chicken Recipe Chicken is an ideal first meat

for babies. It blends well with root vegetables like carrot and sweet potato. One Pot Chicken would make a good first chicken puree. You can leave out the peas and if you like you could add a small chopped apple with the carrot and sweet potato. Chicken blends well with fruits and babies like the naturally sweet flavor fruit. Frozen vegetables are frozen within hours of being picked thus locking in all the nutrients so it's fine to use ingredients like frozen peas when making your baby’s puree. For older babies you can finely chop rather than puree this and mix it with some cooked cereal. Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil Approx. 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 pound chicken breast, cut into chunks 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced 12 ounces sweet potato, peeled and chopped Approx. 3/4 cup unsalted chicken stock Approx. 1/4 cup frozen peas Method: Heat the oil in a saucepan and saute the onion for 3 to 4 minutes until softened. Add the chicken breast and sauté for about 3 minutes. Add the carrot and sweet potato, pour over the stock, bring to the boil and simmer, covered for about 15 minutes. Add the peas and continue to cook for 3 minutes. Puree in a blender with enough of the cooking liquid to make the desired consistency. Information: Prep time 8 minutes Cook time 25 minutes Suitable for freezing

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By MICHELE KAYAL Associated Press Katsuya Fukushima is used to working with unusual ingredients, using liquid nitrogen or high-tech whipping canisters to make “snow” or “air” from otherwise solid ingredients. But when he came across a long-stemmed plant with scalloped leaves at his local farmers market, he was stymied. “I had no idea what it was,” Fukushima — who at the time was chef de cuisine at Jose Andres’ cutting edge minibar restaurant — said of finding what turned out to be the herb known as stevia. Stevia most often is seen in powdered form and used as a sweetener. “The farmer let me taste it and it was super sweet, but it was a leaf. Something that tiny and that sweet was very exciting. It was a great discovery.” So he laced it with fresh mint and balanced it with tangy yogurt for a dessert at minibar. Now he is considering a salad of sweet stevia and bitter arugula for Rabbit, the Arlington, Va., restaurant where he is consulting chef. Farmers markets have grown like tomatoes in summer during the last five years, with an increasingly food savvy public pushing their numbers up more than 60 percent to 7,175 today. But after the spring onions, snap peas and new potatoes, many consumers — and even some chefs — find items that leave them baffled. What do the pros do with their enticing yet exotic finds? Andy Ricker, who won the 2011 James Beard award for best chef in the Northwest, shops the stalls of Hmong farmers at his Portland, Ore., market to find fiddlehead ferns, vegetables like “phak khanaa” or Chinese broccoli, exotic, untranslatable herbs and crucial ingredients like cilantro root for the innovative Asian cuisine he turns out at his restaurant Pok Pok. Foraged mushrooms and turkey eggs were recent finds for Nicholas Stefanelli, executive chef at Bibiana in Washington, D.C., but he also recalls stumbling on wormwood, the legendary ingredient in absinthe liqueur. He’d had high hopes for that. “It didn’t have the flavor I thought it was going to have,” he says about the bushy bluegreen shrub. “I thought it would be anise, but it was herbaceous. It was a little woodsy.” He tried making tea from the leaves and using its branches for smoked meats, but he never found a place for the flavor on his menu. At Lantern Restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., Andrea Reusing has been using horseradish leaves in a beef sashimi, treating the tender young shoots like shiso, the Japanese basil often used in sushi. Fresh green coriander seeds — brought to market by farmers whose plants are going to seed — lend a lemony, peppery tang to cubed, raw salmon. And fresh fig leaves offer a perfumed accent to grilled chicken or mullet. The curly little tails her pig farmers bring get braised, then grilled with a five-spice barbecue

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Dining Delights Tomato myths still spreading confusion By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Any way you slice it, the tomato is one confusing comestible. There’s the whole identity crisis thing — is it a fruit or a vegetable? And don’t get us started on the tuh-MAY-to, tuh-MAH-to thing. It’s enough to drive anyone ba-NAYnas. Here are what tomato lovers and experts have to say about some common misconceptions about this vine product. FRUIT OR VEGETABLE? This is the kind of thing that can spark quite the argument, with both sides passionately supporting their claims. Oddly enough, both are right, at least according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service. Yes, botanically speaking the tomato is a fruit, but horticulturally and legally, it is considered a vegetable. This debate has been adjudicated by none other than the U.S. Supreme Court. It happened in the late 19th century in connection with a challenge to tariffs on imported produce. The high court ruled in Nix vs. Hedden that despite the botanical definition, tomatoes are a vegetable, in part because at the tables of the time they were served as “the principal part of the repast” and not as dessert. No telling what the justices would have done in today’s envelopepushing culinary world of tomato jams and gelatos. A side note: Today’s tomatoes are mainly tariff-free since those that aren’t grown domestically are mostly imported from Mexico and Canada, which are covered by the NAFTA free trade zone. THE BIG CHILL A lot of people pick out the freshest, juiciest tomatoes they can find, take them home. and bundle them into the fridge, thereby killing all that wonderful aroma and flavor. Instead, tomatoes should be stored at room temperature, says chef Matthew Lowe of the KendallJackson Wine Estate in Fulton, Calif., which hosts an annual Heirloom Tomato Festival. Put the tomatoes in the fridge and “you lose that smell, that taste you get from the aroma, and you never get it back.” That means that tomatoes are not like cheese, which should be refrigerated for storage then allowed to come to room temperature before serving. With tomatoes, once chilled, there’s no going back. TOXIC TOMATOES? To m a t o e s a r e p a r t o f t h e nightshade family, just like peppers and eggplants, which have led some in the past to believe the fruit is poisonous. In fact, the tomato is harmless. However, Lowe notes, you don’t want to eat the leaves or other parts of the plant. On the other hand, your parents were correct. If you eat lots of tomato seeds, one is likely to grown in your stomach. Not. RED EQUALS RIPE Tomatoes come in all shapes and colors, from white to mahogany. “I am fascinated by the sheer variety of tomatoes available — black ones, yellow ones, stripy ones and white ones in all sorts of shapes and sizes,” says Gail Harland, author of “Tomato: A guide to the pleasures of choosing, growing and cooking.” Lowe likes to use color as a winepairing tool, matching lighter wines with paler varieties of tomato and more robust reds with their color counterparts. To m a t o e s a r e b e s t p i c k e d

absolutely ripe, so if you have access to a farmer’s market selling freshly picked tomatoes, grow your own or are lucky enough to have a generous and green-thumbed friend, you’re getting tomatoes at their best and juiciest. “Some of the best tomatoes don’t actually make it out of the garden,” says Lowe. Tomatoes intended for shipping to the food service industry — to be served on hamburgers, etc. — often are picked before they are ripe, when they are firmer and can stand up to the journey better, and are then ripened by exposure to ethylene, a naturally occurring gas. You can do the same thing at home by putting unripe tomatoes in a paper bag with bananas or apples, which emit ethylene gas. Supermarket tomatoes come in for some pretty harsh criticism, though in recent years products have improved with many being grown hydroponically in huge greenhouses, allowing for a year-round supply. “ W h a t you can buy at the supermarket now is probably superior to the choices that you had 15 to 20 years ago,” says Tim Hartz, cooperative extension specialist in the University of California, Davis, plant sciences department. “For the life of me I don’t understand all the consternation that some people have about the quality of the tomatoes at the supermarket.” Winter tomatoes aren’t the best, he agrees, which is not so surprising since it’s the offseason. Even a greenhouse tomato, once out of the greenhouse, may be exposed to cold that will impinge on taste. What about those “on the vine” tomatoes marketed as being superior to stem-less tomatoes? That, says the USDA diplomatically, is a subjective decision that only the consumer can make. Physiologically, tomatoes with or without stems shouldn’t be different if they’re handled properly. “It’s a presentation issue,” says Hartz. AND ONE MORE THING.

In her research, Harland, who lives in Britain, was intrigued to learn about the tomato festival at Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Called La Tomatina, this takes place on the last Wednesday of August and is “in effect, the world’s biggest food fight, involving some 20,000 participants and several truckloads of tomatoes.” There are rules; tomatoes must be crushed before being tossed to avoid injury and can only be thrown during a designated period. The fight is part of a weeklong festival of parties, concerts, fireworks and cookery demonstrations and “I am determined to visit one year!” says Harland. STUFFED TOMATOES Start to finish: 35 minutes Servings: 4 4 large tomatoes 4 ounces loose sausage meat 2 tablespoons butter 1 small yellow onion, diced 1 stalk celery, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 t a b l e s p o o n m i n c e d f re s h rosemary 1 t a b l e s p o o n m i n c e d f re s h oregano 1 1/2 cups torn stale bread 2/3 cup chicken broth Salt and ground black pepper, to taste 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Heat the oven to 400 F. Coat a 9by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Slice the top off each tomato, being careful to remove only enough to create a wide opening at the top of each. Use a spoon or melon baller to carefully scoop out the innards of each tomato, much as you would a pumpkin. Arrange the tomatoes in the prepared baking dish. Set aside. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until browned, about 5 minutes. Add the butter, onion, celery and garlic, then cook until the onion is soft and beginning to brown. Add the rosemary, oregano and bread and cook for another 2 minutes. Stir in the broth and season

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1 & 2 Bdrm apts, Edwardsville. $475-$575mth. References required. No pets. Available September 1st. 692-4144 1 Bedroom house for rent 5 miles west of SIU. $405 per month. No dogs. 618-254-1680. 1 BR apt, $425/mo. Maryville, WST, stove, refrig. Newly remodeled, off street parking. 10 minutes from SIUE. Now available 618-779-0430. 1 efficiency apartment fully furnished, dish TV internet, single non-smoking male w/references $590/mo incl utilities 972-0948. 1BR near downtown Edw. W/S/T furnished; carport. Applications. No pets. Rent $400. 656-1725 or 656-7288. 2 Bdrm 1bth townhome located in Hamel, IL. $535per mth. Pets ok, W/D hookup. 618-960-1384 or kevincadagin@yahoo.com 2 Bedroom APARTMENT, Edwardsville, minutes from SIUE: 1.5 bath, W/D hookup. $625/month. 618-407-5333 2 BR 1Bth apt, Troy: Close to hiway access, off street parking, on-site laundry. No smoking, no pets $600/mo. 618/975-0670 2 BR apt., $580/mo. ,Maryville, WST, stove, refrig. Newly remodeled, off street parking. 10 minutes from SIUE. Now available. 618-779-0430. 2 BR/1 BA apt, w/d hkup — 443 M St, Edw., $625+dep. w/s/t incl. No Pets. App. fee rqr’d 618-520-2813

2 Bdr 1 bth, Edw. 222 Olive. 2BR apt: grt location, Maryville: Small pets ok. $625/mth + dep. Patty Dr. Updated, roomy; w/s/t. no smoke; agent ownd. Avlb 9/1. Appl. fee rqr’d. 618-520-2813. $550/mo, to view 618-977-7657 2 BDR, 1 Bath, 116 N. Fillmore, Edwardsville: W/D hookup/ 2BR/2BA TH near downtown Stove, refrig included. Pets OK. Edw., SIUE: new construction; off-st. parking, full bsmt w/plen$725/mth. 618-401-4664. ty of clean storage. 1523 Ritter 2 Bdr, Edw $1500/mo. incld: Rd. $820/mo. 618-920-2599. W/S/T, electric, gas, DirecTV, int. W/D, stove & ref. No pets/no 3 BR 2 BA apt.: dwntn Edw. smoking. Call 618-910-2434 or Newly remodeled. No smoking/pets. $950/mo. $950 dep., 618-656-4359 for more info. $45 credit check. 618-978-5044 2 Bdrm 1 Bth house w/nice yard located at 20 Red Rose, 3 BR Condo, 1 car garage, 2 full Collinsville. $895/mth. No pets. bath in Esic subdivision. $900/mo. 618/610-3695. Call 618-407-2477 for appt. 2 Bdrm 1 Bth, 1.5 car gar., W/D, stove, refrig. Quiet dead end street. No smoking, no pets. $690/mo. 622 N. Guernsey, Collinsville. 618-345-8103.

APTS/CONDOS/HOUSES COLLINSVILLE/MARYVILLE & EDWARDSVILLE 1 bed $425-$450 2 bed $475-$1650 3 & 4 bed $800-$1500 HARTMANN RENTALS 344-7900 for Photos & details www.HartRent.info 24/7 recording 345-7771

3 BR 2 BA, newer ranch, Maryville: 2250 s.f. finshd + 700 ft. for storage; immaculate; 3-car garage, deck, walkout bsmt, SS appliances, hardwd floors & tile thruout. Mins to I-70/270. Avail. Available Now! 3 Bdrm Town9/1. $1525/mo. (318)578-2241 home-$1260 2 Bdrm Duplex3 BR, 2 BA, Edw.: beautiful! 2 $1030. 2 Bdrm townhomecar gar., hardwood floors; walk $825. Ask about our Crazy to schools, new YMCA. $1845/ Specials & Look N’ Lease. Cermo.; sec. deposit. 618/795-4239 tain Restrictions Apply. 618-6924BR 2.5BA in Edw.: LR, DR, eat 9310 www.rentchp.com in kit., 2 car gar., nice yd., unfin. HAMEL: 2 Bedroom Duplex w/ bsmt. No smoking. 1-yr. lease garage and opener. No steps, req’d. Appl. req’d. $1550/mo. great for seniors. 656-7337 or 618-655-0413, 618-977-7849. 791-9062. 5-Rm house convenient to dwnMove in Special town Edw.: nice yd., w/appli1st Month 1/2 off ances, W/D . No pets. $730/mo. 2 BR, 1.5 Bath Glen Carbon w/ deposit. 656-4611 Cottonwood Sub., w/d hookups, TH, Newly Renovated, $675 (618)346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com Apts, Duplexes, & Homes Visit our website www.glsrent.com 656-2230

Quiet residential neighborhood. 2 BR; all appliances incl. wshr/dryer; w/s/t. Garages available. $750/mo. Call 618-343-4405 or go to:

Newly remodeled 1 BDR HOUSE, Edw. Stove, frig, w/d, off-street www.maryvilleilapartments.com prkng, nice back yard. $600/mo + dep. No pets. 618/977-8002. Quiet, 2 bed, 1.5 bath, Conveniently located Montclaire area townhouse. Full kitchen, w/d Apts/Duplexes For Rent 710 hookup $675/mth. 288-7802 1 excellent 3BR, 1200 sq.ft. TH: Collinsville, near 157/70; 12 min. to SIUE, FP, DW, W/D, ceiling fans, cable, sound walls, offst. prkng. Sm pets OK, yr. lse. $780/mo. 618/345-9610 give AM/PM phone.

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Female w/driver’s-license: 2BR home, Mustang! Everything Pets 450 paid! In exchange for occasional cleaning/shopping. East 2BR TH 1.5BA, W/S/T incl. W/D Union—Edwardsville. Mike— 6 Kittens need a loving FARM in unit. I-255/Horseshoe Lake 618/920-2051 HOME only. 6 weeks old. Lois Rd. area.15 min to St. Louis & 618-633-2647. SIUE. No pets. No smoking Commercial Space Female mixed breed dog, 1-2yo, $650/mo. 618.977.4859. For Rent 720 really long hair, needs loving 1 & 2 Bdrm apartments & townhome. She loves kids. 618- homes conveniently located. Attention Dentist: Office in 633-2647. Most utilities paid. NO deposit Edwardsville, complete with w/1 year lease. 618-931-0107. mechanical. Available Oct. 1st. Please call for details, Meyer Realty 618-656-1824

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1,152 sq ft available w/180 sq ft Open House Aug 28 1-4pm. private space included. Hi- 2200 Copper Creek, Maryville. speed internet and utilities 618-580-9098. included. Call 618-797-9803.

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Beautiful French Country 1 1/2 story home on 1.25 acres private wooded cul-de-sac lot in Meridian Woods, Glen Carbon. $929,000 618/402-2990 Cross-Town or Cross-Country: EdwardsvilleHomes.com. Home Buyers Relocation Services. Exclusively for buyers! 656-5588, 800-231-5588

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Jewelry

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Painting

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JIM BRAVE PAINTING 20 Years Experience! • Wallpaper • Specialty Painting • Inside or Outside Work • Power Washing • Deck Refinishing Call: (618) 654-1349 or cell phone: (618) 444-0293

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Tract 3 - 79.71± acres (77.50 acres tillable) 4 miles east of Alhambra, north side of Route 140 Improved with house and outbuildings

10824 LOCKHAVEN FOREST ROAD, GODFREY, IL Living in paradise. Custom built Mississippi River bluff home nestled between Lockhaven Country Club Golf Course and the beautiful woods of Principia College. 4 Bedroom, 3 Car garage Ranch. Minutes from St. Louis. Professionally decorated and landscaped ranch in a gated community. $699,000 Contact Fred Whitworth For Showing By Appointment Only (618) 980-0986

Tract 4 - 78.70± acres (65.90 acres tillable) 4 miles east of Alhambra, South side of Route 140 For more information, please contact: Dale Kellermann, Broker 618-622-9490 Bruce Huber, Managing Broker/Auctioneer 217-521-3537

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Lawn & Home Care

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Home Improvements

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Randy Moore Repair Service, Inc. “24 Hour Emergency Service” 35 Years Experience - Code Analysis - Troubleshooting - Service Repairs And Upgrades - All Electrical Items - Install Lights & Fixtures - Complete Rewire

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