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Runway dreams

Jerseyville woman wins modeling contest

11 Grafton Art Fair Big fun by the big river.

13 Greg Silsby

Living between blues and bluegrass.

14 Soulful and sexy

Michael Bolton to appear in St. Charles.

19 "Brighton Rock" A familiar, yet stylish, film.

20 Grafton at 175

River town plans big weekend.

23 Grow your own Fresh herbs add to any dish.

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What’s Happening Thursday Sept. 8____________

through Oct. 7.

• Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• “St. Louis Aviation” book • Three Bad Jacks, The Firebird, signing by Jeremy R. C. Cox, St. Louis, Doors: 8 p.m. / Show: 9 Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. p.m.

• An Under Cover Weekend 5: • Sable, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Night 2 featuring Troubadour Dali, Air, Alton The Breaks, False Moves, The Orbz and Jump Starts, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8:30 p.m.

• Keller Williams (Kids Matinee Show 3:30), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

• EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni • Hoosier Daddy’s, 3 p.m., Exhibition”, Edwardsville Ar ts Radio Star, 8 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Center, Wednesday to Saturday, Bon Air, Alton 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs • Pointefest: Cake, Verizon through Oct. 7.

Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland • Best of Missouri Painters Heights, MO, 11 a.m. exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• An Under Cover Weekend 5: Night 1 featuring Via Dove, Union Tree Review, Bo & the Locomotive, Dots Not Feathers, Tight Pants Syndrome vs. Paper Dolls, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m.

• Best of Missouri Painters / Show: 8:30 p.m.

• Scott and Karl, 3 p.m., Radio exhibition, Missouri Botanical Star, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The Business, The Firebird, St. Alton Louis, Doors: 7 p.m. / Show: 8 p.m.

• B o n I ve r w i t h Ka t h l e e n Edwards, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

• Red Rock, 2 p.m., Sable, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton • St. Louis Interfaith Memorial in Music, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 5:30 • EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni p.m.

Exhibition”, Edwardsville Ar ts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs

Friday Sept. 9____________

Sunday Sept. 11___________

Saturday Sept. 10___________

Monday Sept. 12___________ • Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday Sept. 13___________ • Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Hunx and His Punx with Natural Child and Little Big Bangs, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday Sept. 14___________ • EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Ar ts 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.

• Scott and Karl, 6 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton • Jack Twesten, 7 p.m., Global Brew, Edwardsville • Greg Silsby, 8 p.m., Cleo’s, Edwardsville • Mo’ Pleasure Band, 6:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (front bar),

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People When the runway is grandpa's farm Jerseyville woman wins modeling contest

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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ittle girls often dream about becoming a fashion model but only an exceptional few ever see that dream come true.

Sarah (Hunt) Hagen, 23, of Jerseyville is one of those few.

She was one of 12 lucky winners selected from across the country to take part in fashion chain Maurices’ nationwide Main Street Model Search.

"It’s been very exciting. It’s been a lot of fun getting all dolled up,” said Hagen during a brief break from the photo shoot at the farm of her grandparents, John and Shirley Pille, in rural Jerseyville.

Hagen, who was previously crowned Miss Jersey County, said she had never done any professional modeling work before this. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Blackburn College and is a daycare worker at Sonshine Kids in Jerseyville. Her husband, Eric, is a math teacher. Hagen said all her family and friends, many of whom came to watch the photo shoot, were just as excited as her about the event.

“My grandparents are very excited that we’re doing it out here on the farm,” she said.

More than 500 applicants from across the country entered the competition, which were then pared down to 50 through public online voting. The top 20 were selected by Maurices and flown to the company’s headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn., for a casting call. That trip included interviews, hair and makeup sessions, and test photo shoots. Maurices then selected the final 12 winners.

In addition to the photo shoot and $7,500 to designate to a local

nonprofit, each model also received $1,500 in Maurices’ clothing and a Flip video camera to capture her path to becoming a Maurices model.

The photo shoot crew of 15, which included photographers and hair, makeup and style teams, descended on the family farm over two very hot days in midAugust to photograph Hagen on her “Runway of Life,” modeling Maurices clothing that will be available in stores starting in October. The crew also included celebrity stylist Christopher Straub from Lifetime’s Project Runway, who was also one of the judges who selected Hagen.

The two days of the shoot were easily some of the hottest of the summer with temperatures in the upper 90s. Despite this, Hagen gamely posed on top of an ancient, broken down truck in the middle of a cow pasture in jeans, longsleeved top, sweater and boots in full makeup and hair. A crew member stood helpfully by holding a giant umbrella over her to help shade her from the unrelenting sun. Hagen smiled serenely while the photographer snapped away, stopping occasionally when a passing cloud disturbed the light.

“She’s been a real trooper,” said Monica Hendrickson, Maurice’s marketing manager.

Hendrickson said Hagen was chosen both for her physical beauty and for her deep love and commitment to her family and community.

“Obviously, she’s very beautiful and the criteria was half on outer beauty. But the other half was community involvement,” said Hendrickson. “Each girl had a unique and different story. With Sarah, it was about her family and staying true to who she is here in Jersey County.”

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Sarah Hagen poses at her grandfather's farm in Jerseyville.

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“Shameless” (Showtime)

“The Walking Dead” (AMC)

“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)

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Tara Hanvey, Belleville “America’s Next Top Model (CW) or House (FOX).”

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People Model Continued from Page 3 Hendrickson said many of the girls who entered the competition had dealt with self-esteem issues.

The purpose of the competition was to help empower women and make every girl feel special about what she’s doing in her community.

According to Hagen, one of the best parts about the entire experience was knowing that so many people had voted for her during the public portion of the selection process. She said people she didn’t even know were stopping her on the street to tell her that they had voted for her.

“That is what blew me away. That people would take that time out of their day to remember to do that was impressive,” said Hagen.”

The crew’s visit also included a trip to the Maurices store at Alton Square Mall in Alton, Ill. where Hagen presented the $7,500 check as part of her winnings to the Jersey County Fair, which her family has been involved with for many years.

“I’m just really grateful for the experience. It’s been very exciting. It’s a little surreal,” said Hagen.

Hagen’s photos will be featured in Maurices marketing campaign materials and in Maurices stores nationwide.

To follow Hagen’s journey, log on to her blog on www. mauricesmainstreetmodel.com.

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Technicians and stylists tend to model Sarah Hagen during her recent photo shoot.

People planner Arkin to speak at Jewish Book Festival Modern-day Renaissance man and legendary actor, director and producer Alan Arkin opens the 33rd annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, the largest Jewish book festival in the United States, as keynote speaker Nov. 6 at 7 p.m at the Jewish Community Center – Staenberg Family Complex, #2 Millstone Drive in Creve Coeur.

An Oscar, Tony and Emmy winning actor, Arkin will shares stories from his new book, An Improvised Life: A Memoir, in which he offers a wise and unpretentious recollection on his process of becoming an actor and a revealing look into the creative mind of one the best practitioners on the stage and screen. Moreover, the star of such films as: Little Miss Sunshine, The In-Laws, Get Smart, Escape From Sobibor, Glenngarry Glen Ross, Wait Until Dark, and Last of the Red Hot Lovers offers a reflection on what theater – specifically the improvisational sort – has taught him about both acting and life.

Having unofficially launched his career from St. Louis, where he caught the eye of stage director Bob Sills and became an original member of the famous improve troupe Second City in Chicago, Arkin now comes full circle with his appearance at the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival.

“We could not be more excited about this year’s keynote speaker,” said Marcia Evers Levy, director of the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival.

This year’s festival co-chairs, Kitty Gross and Ann Spector agreed. “We are so fortunate to have a longstanding tradition of big names like Alan Arkin for our keynote events, and the St. Louis community always give the biggest welcomes!” said Gross.

The keynote event kicks off the 11-day festival, filled with author events sure to inspire laughter, tears, hope, heartache, and nostalgia, sometimes all in the same program. Whether it’s a hard look at historic events and people, a touching story of two complete strangers falling in love, a scholarly discussion on Judaics, a gripping family drama or a hilarious “Memoir by God,” audiences of all backgrounds are sure to find many appealing events.

Tickets may be purchased individually for each program or as a festival series package that permits access to all speakers. Organizers note that the cost of the complete series package is often covered by the purchase of just a few individual program tickets. Tickets are available by phone at 314-4423299 and online at www.brownpapertickets.com. Series Tickets and Series PLUS Tickets are on sale now.

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People People planner Nizer to dazzle ovations audience He may not run with scissors, but Mark Nizer is the juggler your mother always warned you about.

Buzzing chainsaws, electric carving knives, 16-pound bowling balls, even a flaming propane tank — all are tossed aloft and twirled about with gleeful, seemingly reckless abandon.

This fall, Nizer will launch Edison’s ovations for young people series with 3-D, his latest drawdropping one-man show.

The performance, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, is the first of four ovations for young people events scheduled for the 201112 season. Tickets are $12, though subscriptions are available at $8 per ticket to any three or all four shows.

Tickets are available at the Edison Box Office and through all MetroTix outlets. Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd.

For more information, call (314) 935-6543 or email edison@wustl. edu.

Note: Free 3-D glasses will be available at the door. Since winning the International Jugglers Championship in 1990, Nizer has emerged as the quintessential juggler ’s juggler, combining deft comedic wit with new tricks and invented technologies that seem to make the impossible suddenly possible. He has juggled while hang-gliding. He has juggled underwater with sharks. He has juggled jellyfish and — once, briefly — cats.

For 3-D, Nizer quite literally reinvents the modern lightshow, replacing pre-set computer programs with Laser Diablo, a spectacular new gizmo of his own design. Based on the traditional diabolo — itself a version of the Chinese yo-yo — Laser Diablo features four small lasers that cast beams at a 1000 rpms just above the heads of the audience, their colors amplified by fog machine.

Alton area primed for autumn Ah, autumn‌.sunny skies, crisp cool air and the changing leaves dancing on the trees. It’s the perfect time for a relaxing drive. It’s the perfect time to start your engine, kick back and relax for an awesome autumn road trip on the Meeting

of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway.

The 2011 Autumn Road Trips Guide, available from the Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau (ARCVB), is complete with fall color driving itineraries, getaway packages, haunted tours options, listings for orchards and roadside stands and a complete listing of all of the festivals and events for September and October. New this year, the ARCVB will introduce an Autumn Road Trips App for visitor to let their smartphones lead the way.

The Autumn Road Trips Guide is available for free by calling the Alton Regional CVB at 1-800-ALTON-IL or online at VisitAlton.com.

The crisp cool air of fall beckons travellers to set the cruise control, and enjoy the ride alongside the flowing waters of the Mississippi River and etched ivory river bluffs found on the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway all around Alton, Ill. By mid-October, the luscious greens of summer will vanish, making way for the luminous hues of fall, rippling across the trees in shades of yellow, orange and red.

With the crunch of leaves underfoot, visitors can wind their way along hiking and biking trails to enjoy the surroundings of the nature preserves and parks along the byway. Ride out into the fields to pick apples or hunt for the perfect pumpkin. Or, simply stroll the streets of our river towns shopping, dining and enjoying the local flavor at unique fall festivals.

New in 2011, visitors can chart their leaf peeping course using the smartphones and the new Autumn Road Trips App. The app will lead visitors along three scenic fall color drives, highlighting the various roadside stands, orchards, attractions, restaurants and events that visitors won’t want to miss while leaf peeping this fall. The new app will be available for free beginning September 2 and can be found in the app store for most smartphones.

The new 2011 Autumn Road Trips Guide, available from the Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau (1-800-258-6645), provides visitors with the tools necessary to plan their leaf peeping getaway.

The guide features a choice of three different fall “Great Rivers Roadtrips� taking visitors along the river, through the country and looping across the ferries. Visitors wishing to extend their stay have a variety of getaway packages from which to choose. The fall season also beckons the spirits from beyond

the grave. For the spirit seekers, the guide features information on Haunted Alton walking tours, trolley tours and dinner tours are available, as well as some of the other haunted happenings. The guide also includes a map with the best apple orchards, pumpkin patches and roadside cider stands throughout the region, in addition to a complete listing of the festivals and events taking place in September and October.

Some of the more popular festivals and attractions will be returning again this year, including the following: • Great Godfrey Maze, Godfrey , IL – Get your kicks at the Great Godfrey Maze! It’s time to go cruising to the finish line as you race your way through two separate mazes cut into a 7-acre cornfield in the shape of this year’s theme – Car Cruisin’ on Route 66. Ride on the car train, check out the zip line or play around in the corn crib. Go to www.GodfreyIL.org and check the calendar for special movie nights, festivities and the haunted

786-7000. • Vintage Voices, Alton, IL – Experience history firsthand in the Alton City Cemetery on October 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the 10th annual Vintage Voices, celebrating Visionaries and Pioneers at the River’s Edge. The cemetery will be “coming aliveâ€? with the voices of Alton’s past, the late and legendary descendants recognized both locally and nationally, as portrayed by members of the Alton Little Theater. Tickets are $10. For more information, call 1-800-2586645 or (618) 465-6676. • Calhoun County Quilt & Church Tour, Brussels, IL – Enjoy a beautiful fall drive through Calhoun County. The event will feature: quilt displays, quilt appraisals, quilt raffles, demonstrations and a driving tour of the 70-plus hand painted quilt blocks on barns throughout the countryside. Tickets are $8 in advance; $12 the day of the event.

For more information, call (618) 8832578 or (618) 232-1268.

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People People planner Sustainable Living Expo returns Good choices. Smart Living.

Help Yourself. That’s the theme of an event returning to the Dixon Springs Ag Center this fall. The 2011 Sustainable Living Expo will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22nd from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“Raising more of our own food, cutting down on utility bills, surviving natural disasters, and taking care of the land we depend for our quality of life in Southern Illinois -- that’s what the Expo is all about,” said Stephanie Brown, chair of the organizing committee and Ag, Energy, and Natural Resources Liaison with the Connect SI Foundation.

Attendees can learn about everything from basic gardening, to home energy efficiency, to affordable land conservation practices. Cooking demonstrations with late season produce, canning or freezing for year-round enjoyment, stocking your pond with fresh “seafood” for the catching – even how to clean a fish – all a part of the many offerings designed to help people make ends meet through hard times.

Interested in mushroom hunting?

T h e a u t h o r o f “ Wi l d E d i b l e Mushrooms of Illinois“will be featured in the Local Foods area.

Thinking about a timber sale to put your child through college?

Foresters will be on hand to discuss the best ways to plan for the future.

Wondering if your family is ready for the next natural disaster? Stop by the Survival area for a peek at home and car emergency kits.

The Energy Area will feature tours through a house with a licensed energy auditor and a demonstration tent including a 50-foot “Energy Wall” traveling exhibit—where attendees can learn about ways to save utility costs by making their homes and lifestyle choices more energy efficient.

Other new additions in 2011 include an Artisan Tent featuring local artisans demonstrating their methods and finished creations, and the Lakeland College “Lightning Bug” electric powered VW bug will be making the rounds. A kid’s area with hands-on activities rounds out this family friendly event.

Admission to the Expo will be free again this year. Organizers are seeking sponsorships and taxdeductible donations to cover outof-pocket costs.

More information, including exhibitor, artisan, and sponsor registration forms, and a copy of last year’s program are available at www.SLExpo.org. If you can’t find the answer online, call Stephanie at 618–638-6954, or send an e-mail to sbrown63@shawneelink.net.

The Dixon Springs Agricultural Center is located on Illinois Route 145 in Pope County, four miles north of the intersection with Route 146, or 25 miles south of Harrisburg.

on-line at www.magichouse.org. The Kids’ Flea Market will take place on the museum’s Exhibit Patio located in the backyard of The Magic House rain or shine.

The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, one mile north of Highway 44 in historic downtown Kirkwood. Hours during the school year are Tuesday through Thursday, 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Friday 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm.

The museum is closed on Mondays during the school year. 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.

Nina and Pinta to visit Grafton On Friday, September 30, the Pinta and the Niña, replicas of

Magic House plans Kids’ Flea Market Gone sour on lemonade stands this summer? Searching for a new way to make some extra spending money? The Magic House is looking for enterprising kids 16 years and younger to sell their outgrown toys, books, CDs, baseball cards, games and handmade craft items at the Annual Kids’ Flea Market on Sunday, September 25 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Not only is this a great opportunity for kids to make their own money, but they can also earn extra points with their parents by cleaning out their rooms! This event is great for bargain hunters as well. There are all kinds of hidden treasures to discover.

The registration fee is $15 per table.

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Christopher Columbus’ ships will be open for touring in Grafton. The ships will be docked at the Loading Dock, located at 401 E. Front St., until their early morning departure on Monday, October 10, 2011.

The Niña was built completely by hand and without the use of power tools. Archaeology magazine called the ship “the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built.”

The craftsmanship of construction and the details in the rigging make it a truly fascinating visit back to the Age of Discovery. The ‘Niña’ was also used in the production of the film “1492” starring Gerard Depardieu and directed by Ridley Scott.

The Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Niña on all of her travels. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel.

Historians consider the caravel the space shuttle of the fifteenth century.

Both ships tour together as a new

and enhanced “sailing museum” for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the “caravel,” a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.

While in the port, the general public is invited to visit the ships for a walk-aboard, self-guided tour every day of the week.

Admission prices are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for students 518. Children 4 and under are free.

The ship will open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. No reservations necessary.

Teachers or organizations wishing to book a 30-minute guided tour with a crew member should call (787) 672-2152. The cost is $4 per person with a minimum of 15, no maximum.

For additional information on the Niña and Pinta, go to www.thenina. com or email columfnd@surfbvi. com.

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STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY

2011

"Salute to Hometown Heroes Day" at McKendree University Sept. 10

 A “Salute to Hometown Heroes Day’ will honor active duty military, veterans and first responders – firemen, police and emergency medical technicians – at McKendree University on Saturday, Sept. 10.  Participate in all or part of a full day of events planned to show appreciation to all who serve their country and community:  8 a.m. – The Harvest Challenge 5K run-walk and half-marathon run through the streets of Lebanon and beyond. A pre-race briefing begins at 7:40 a.m.

Walkers and strollers may participate in the 5K. The fee is $13 for the 5K and $30 for the half-marathon, with an additional $5 fee for those who sign up on race day. For more information, go online to www. mckendree.edu//raceday or call 618-537-6420.  11 a.m. – Pre-game tailgating, with music by the Marching Bearcat Band and the cover band 28 Days, barbecue and more, in the circle drive around the fountain on Alton St. Military and first responder vehicles, including a fire truck and police vehicle, will be on display.1:30 p.m. – Cheer on the McKendree Bearcats football team as they take on the Malone University Pioneers. Complimentary game tickets will be given to all active and retired military members and first responders (fire, police, EMT).

A military reserve honor guard will present the colors, local first responders will bring the game ball onto the field, and the marching band will play a special musical tribute at halftime.

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The diverse programming is largely due to strong partnerships with esteemed local arts organizations, including Dance St. Louis, Modern American Dance Company, Saint Louis Ballet, Ambassadors of Harmony, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Arianna String Quartet and Jazz St. Louis, as well as select, outstanding resources on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus.

Interactive children shows, titled Arts@Play, bring new partnerships with Paper Slip Theatre and The Muny.

Please see the calendar that follows for a chronological event list with show times and ticket prices.

Tickets are available at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Ticket Office; online at www.touhill.org; or by phone at 314-516-4949.

ARIANNA STRING QUARTET: Tribute September 9 • Fri @ 8PM • $23 Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the quartet performs powerful and uplifting pieces that illuminate the human spirit, expression and emotion. For the last piece, ASQ shares the stage with pianist Alla Voskoboynikova.

BEETHOVEN: E-flat Major, Op.74; Joan Tower: Second String Quartet “In Memory” (2002); BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.60 MOMIX in Botanica Presented by Dance St. Louis September 13 • Tues @ 7:30PM • $35 • on sale August 15 This fantasy specitacle returns in a one-night only encore performance.

With a parade of hupnotic images that flow across the stage in scene after dazzling scene, Botanica celebrates the glory and mystery

of Nature. “Miraculously nimble dancers in a childlike theater of marvels.” (New York Times.)

ARTS@PLAY: Ed Reggi’s Instant Paper Slip Theatre Presented by Touhill & Paper Slip Theatre September 23 • Fri @ 7PM • $5 Using audience suggestions, Ed Reggi and his company of actors create a play filled with unexpected plot twists, creative characters and the magic only found in live theater.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Gallery 210 to expose work by local artists Gallery 210 will expose St. Louis to the work of three talented local artists. “Exposure 14,” the University of Missouri–St. Louis gallery’s annual exhibit of St. Louis artwork and display the work of Brigham Dimick, Greg Edmondson and Ronald Leax.

In each artist’s work, one finds a common connection to scientific thought and methods, as well as studio practices associated with the late 20th century conceptual and process art.

The “Exposure” series is a longrunning program created by the St. Louis Gallery Association and previously presented in the Hunt Gallery at Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo. UMSL’s Gallery 210 now runs the program.

“Exposure 14” will be the eighth exhibition in the series to be held at Gallery 210.

T h e c u r a t o r i a l p ro c e s s f o r “Exposure” has taken many forms over the years, from invitational to competition. But the overall goal remains the same, which is to present new and challenging work by local artists, said Gallery 210 Director Terry Suhre.

“Exposure 14” will run through Oct. 1.

The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History at UMSL, Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, The Center for Humanities, Schlafly Bottleworks and Thomas Jefferson School.

Gallery 210 is in the Telecommunity Center on UMSL’s North Campus, 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis County (63121). Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

UMSL Amsterdam trip leads to Gallery Visio poster exhibit A University of Missouri–St. Louis studio art class wrapped a two-week July trip in Amsterdam with a week of intense and high-energy designing and printing. The result was the creation of 25 posters inspired by their trip through Amsterdam. That art will be on display for the exhibit “Visie Van Amsterdam” Aug. 25 to Sept. 22 in Gallery Visio at the UMSL. Led by Jen McKnight, associate professor of art at UMSL, a group consisting of two UMSL alumni, five UMSL students and one student each from Loyola University New Orleans, Washington University in St. Louis and Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo., toured eight

internationally recognized graphic design firms in Amsterdam. The class featured a mixture of graphic design and advertising students, which McKnight said led to a crosspollination of perspectives between the two areas of study.

In 2001, fine arts, anthropology, photography and graphic design students founded the Gallery Visio Student Association at UMSL to run Gallery Visio. The gallery’s first exhibit was held in February 2002.

Gallery Visio is in 170 Millennium Student Center at UMSL, 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis County (63121). Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

All exhibits are free and open to the public.

Gallery presents the work of Charles Schwall Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Charles Schwall’s second solo exhibition with the gallery entitled Source Confluence. Schwall’s new paintings investigate his longstanding interest in curvilinear and organic formations found in nature that are connected to growth, water imagery, and the life sciences.

The exhibition, Source Confluence, explores the origins, metamorphosis, and rhythms of life forces through oil and gouache paintings. The works employ a vocabulary of soft colors distinguished by lightness and subtlety. His abstract imagery combines multiple forms to create forces of expansion and contraction that reveal processes in which organic life appears.

The exhibit will be on display Oct. 21 to Dec. 3.

Schwall’s paintings have shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including New York, Kansas City, Chicago, Stockton CA, and Asuncion, Paraguay.

Recently his work was included in thematic exhibitions that address color as a language and as an abstraction.

Born in Denver, he currently works and lives in St. Louis, and is a teaching artist at The St. Michael School of Clayton. As an educator, Schwall studied the educational system in the municipality of ReggioEmilia, Italy, and co-edited and coauthored the book, In the Spirit of the Studio: Learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia. He holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis.

In the WOP Space, the gallery presents a series of works on paper titled Grand Center Series by the late Bill Kohn. In his final body of work, which began in 2002 and continued until his death in November 2004,

Kohn returned his focus to St. Louis, painting the landscape of historic and modern buildings around Grand Boulevard in the Grand Center arts district of St. Louis.

Kohn created these pieces while working on several large-scale paintings for the 2006 exhibition Centering on the Grand at the CAM (Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis). Kohn stated in 2004 that, “Grand Center as a landscape embodies forces of creativity, decay, restoration, preservation, learning and innovation, interacting over time in the heart of a metropolitan region, whose rich character is often overlooked by its own residents,” which demonstrates his interest in bringing to light the culture and history of the city through his work.

Kohn traveled the world, sharing his vision of many significant places through paintings that were celebrated for their vibrant color and dizzying perspectives. Machu Picchu in Peru, the Duomo in Florence, the bridges of Paris, the Grand Canyon, Khajuraho, and Jaiselmer in India were his favorite sites.

In the Front Room, the gallery presents an exhibition, titled “Centered” by Mario Trejo. This

new work is a continuation of the ongoing series “Catharsis”. This series is a refreshing remix of the artist’s process while reiterating his core artistic values. The title has its root in the Greek katharsos, for “pure”. The chromatics, parity of mark making, and consistency of dimensions evident in all of the pieces are what Trejo has imposed on his own process: a purification of form and content. What results from this structure are compositions that radiate a controlled chaos and a sophisticated treatment of volume, perspective, and scale.

Trejo uses a black and white palette to emphasize the contrast between background and gesture. The images he has created utilize this method to elegantly occupy the picture plane as if in a photogram or some sort of electroscopic imaging print. This body of work denotes an evolution of the artist’s vision of the mark as the building block of the performance and remnant, and of the void as the arena for battles between the hand and instrument, space and perception, part and whole. Trejo’s fundamental commitment to purity results in work that embodies mystery, metaphysical energy, and

optical wonder. This commitment serves as a testament to the artist’s disciplined mind and unflinchingly precise hand.

In the Media Room, the gallery presents a new video work titled Blurs by Brett Williams. Blurs is an investigation of memory and the difficulties associated with remembering.

The way we remember past events in our lives is not reliable and cannot fully be trusted. We construct our memories.

Williams spent several hours in wonder and fascination looking down into the cold air return grate in the hallway leading to his grandfather’s study. He has strong associations with sound and flashes of images when he tries to remember discreet moments related to the past and his perceived memory. He does not trust his constructed version of the past. Instead, he trusts the rhythms and patterns that emerge from the fog of memory.

Williams is an artist who works in various mediums. He approaches his practice from the Meta narrative and is interested in the post postmodernism/appropriation transdisciplinary mode of art making.

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The Arts Arts calendar **If you would like to add something to our arts calendar, email it to theedge@edwpub.net.

Oct. 7.

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Thursday, Sept. 15

Friday, Sept. 9

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.

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.

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.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Grafton Art Fair, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Grove Memorial Park, Grafton 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.

Sunday, Sept. 11 Grafton Art Fair, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Grove Memorial Park, Grafton Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 12 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 13 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 14 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

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Friday, Sept. 16 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.

Saturday, Sept. 17 “Bats in the Clocktower”, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Yo Gabba Gabba!, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2 p.m. and 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.

Thursday, Sept. 22 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.

Saturday, Sept. 24

Wednesday, Sept. 28

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.

Sunday, Sept. 25 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 26

Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 19 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 20 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, Sept. 27

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.

Thursday, Sept. 29 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 30 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 1 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Grafton Art Fair continues to grow

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Grafton’s official anniversary celebration doesn’t kick off for another week yet, but just to get you in the mood for a little early fun is the 5th Annual Grafton Art Fair on Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept.

11, at The Grove Memorial Park, located at the corner of Main Street and Market (Route 3) in downtown Grafton.

Activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

This year’s art fair is even bigger and better than previous years with more artists, activities and more fun than ever before. This free event showcases local artists combined with live music, food vendors, art activities and demonstrations throughout the weekend.

More than 30 artists are set to display their creations in a variety of mediums such as handmade art, fine art, paintings, photography, glass, jewelry and much more.

“It’s just a great event in Grafton.

It’s such a beautiful setting on the Mississippi River,” said Carla Newton, art fair co-coordinator.

Newton said a new addition this year is the Principia Solar Car Team from Principia College. She said the team will be on hand to display their race-winning solar cars and answer questions.

Also new this year will be interactive art activities with the Jacoby Arts Center. Other art activities will include demonstrations by the Gateway East Artist Guild and children’s activities

such a facepainting and leatherstamping by the Grafton United Methodist Church. There will also be paper-making, tie dye and henna.

Newton said food will be provided

by Piasa Pub and there will be a full musical line-up by area musicians.

She said local group Raw Earth, which performed last year, will be back with their unique blend of traditional African music combined with modern jazz influences.

Another new group is Typsy Gypsy, a six-piece, all-female group performing folk, rock, bluegrass and Americana favorites that will start your heart thumping.

“We’re really excited to see Typsy Gypsy. They have a lot of energy and are really nice performers,” said Newton.

Prana is another new group. This acoustic/electric trio covers favorite classic country, acoustic rock and

much more.

Finally, Blue Skies will perform original material that combines classic rock and folk layered with unique harmonies and heart-felt lyrics. And singer, songwriter and guitarist Kevin Bilchik will smoothly blend rock, contemporary folk, and blues with his unique story-telling lyrics.

“He is an amazing songwriter and blues musician,” said Newton. “Very

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soothing and he tells great stories with his song-writing.”

The art fair is just one of Grafton’s fall events held each September.

Grafton is celebrating 175 years on the river this year and the art fair kicks off this celebration. The Grafton 175th celebration will be Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept.

18. For a full schedule of all Grafton 175th anniversary events, turn to page20 or visit www.enjoygrafton. com.

Saturday Sept. 10 • 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - The Principia Solar Car Team and car display • 11 a . m . - n o o n - J e r s e y Community High School Shades of Blue Jazz Combo and the Blue Legato Show Choir • 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Raw Earth brings world beats and traditional African rhythms spiced with a dash of Coltrane and Marley, including performances by the Raw Earth Belly Dancers • 1:30 - 2 p.m. - Free Workshop with the Raw Earth Belly Dancers North & West African Tribal Fusion Belly Dance (open to public) • 4 - 6 p.m. - Kevin Bilchik Sunday Sept. 11 • 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Blu Skies • 1 - 2:30 p.m. - Prana • 3 - 5 p.m. - Typsy Gypsy Ongoing Activities All Weekend • Children’s art activities with the Grafton United Methodist Church • Paper making and tye dye demonstrations • Art demonstrations by the Gateway East Artist Guild • Interactive art activities with the Jacoby Arts Center

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Religion God provides true guidance I have traveled with family and friends who have a GPS system and been amazed at how they can arrive someplace they have never before traveled to by the guidance offered.

But one evening when I went with my daughter and son in law, we paused to consider where we might have dinner. After considering several possible locations, they asked for directions to a certain restaurant.

All went well until we were within visual distance and my son in law made a turn that would get us there quite easily. Soon the voice was repeating ‘recalculating, recalculating’.

Since I am not familiar with this system I found myself wondering if this system had ascertained there was only one way to reach our destination. Since we were within a distance where the place was in sight, we continued the way and disregarded the GPS.

Doris Gvillo I came home with mixed feelings.

I had on many occasions found that the system offered excellent instructions even telling how to correct the error you had made. It really does work. But….

What has this to do with life? Well, I have been thinking about these words, ‘recalculating’ or sometimes, ‘error’.

Haven’t we on occasion decided on a goal in life and then began a pursuit to reach that goal. Sometimes, we make a wrong decision and the result tells us instantly, ‘error’.

Often it simply means we must try a new and completely different option and after making changes, we obtain the goal we desire.

In my mind there is a difference in being told I needed to ‘recalculate’ rather than ‘error’.

Making an error means to me that we have gotten completely off track and really ‘messed up’.

Having to ‘recalculate’ means to me that we have been traveling the right path but so that we reach our ultimate goal, we have to make some changes or else we might fail.

Now I know that I have made many an error and because of my mistake, there would be no way to redo as the error made failure imminent.

But there have been many times in my life when I have had to stop and ‘recalculate’ and realize that change was needed and without that change, failure would be the ultimate result. There was ‘hope’ if I made needed changes.

We often speak that when we are making a decision, our conscience comes into play. Some choices we know without too much serious thought, ‘this is wrong’ and

therefore we stop. Other choices are a little more vague and we could find ourselves looking for an ‘excuse’ to choose an action that we should reject.

Wouldn’t it be nice when such choices came up that a little voice said to us ‘recalculate’?

Have you ever been in a group of folks when someone says something that upsets and hurts you badly? Your first impulse is to react and reply in an equally h u r t f u l m a n n e r, b u t p e rh a p s something inside you is saying to you, ‘recalculate’.

I know this is stretching a point, but I think that each of us has a set of morals and values and that in times of stress and perhaps distress, we need to listen to that small voice inside that offers a warning. It seems to say, “You know better. You can be better.”

We have heard it said, ‘turn the

other cheek’. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” “A soft answer turneth away wrath.”

You’ll find all of this and much, much more in our scriptures. If we follow the path that Jesus trod and try to the best of our abilities to follow His way, perhaps we wouldn’t have to ‘recalculate’ and change directions quite as often.

But, on the other hand, isn’t it wonderful that we have a loving God who views our mistakes and wrong choices, and waits patiently for us to ‘recalculate’, come to Him for forgiveness and guidance, and gives us forgiveness and hope for the future.

We are truly blessed. A GPS is great, but a forgiving loving God is a blessing beyond anything we on earth have devised.

include researchers who say it can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and cancer, and many Jews and Muslims, for whom the practice is an important religious ritual.

anthem at sporting events will play “America the Beautiful” instead.

Jim Brenneman, president of Goshen College, said that “America

the Beautiful” was more fitting with the pacifist traditions of the Mennonite Church affiliated school and also honored the country.

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

Religion briefs Panel OKs statewide rules on male circumcision after effort in San Francisco SAC R A M E N TO , C a l i f . ( A P ) — A California Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday to block local jurisdictions from banning male circumcision, a debate that evolved from a divisive ballot measure in San Francisco that would have barred the practice for most boys under age 18.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-0 for the bill by two Democratic lawmakers that would declare that circumcision — surgically removing the foreskin that covers the tip of the penis — has health, cultural and other

benefits, and that uniform statewide rules are needed to govern it and a parent’s authority over whether their children receive it.

“It’s a medical procedure, and it has value,” said Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, coauthor of AB768. Passing the bill, he told the committee, would prevent a statewide patchwork of laws governing circumcision.

Sen. Noreen Evans, the Santa Rosa Democrat who chairs the committee, said a statewide standard would ensure parents retain the right to decide for their children.

The legislation comes against a national backdrop of efforts to limit male circumcision, which critics say is an unnecessary surgery to a healthy and defenseless child that can cause long-lasting sexual and mental health problems.

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Music Greg Silsby carves out a niche between bluegrass and the blues

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

His next stop will be Sept. 14 at Cleo's

reg Silsby may be best known as the lead singer and guitarist for popular St. Louis area bluegrass band Cumberland Gap, but when he’s on his own, his heart belongs to the blues.

Silsby, 36, enjoys the intimacy that a solo blues gig allows.

“I don’t really get the opportunity to do that much with the bluegrass band,” he said. “It’s much easier to play that style when you’re alone.”

Silsby doesn’t play with a set list, preferring instead to let the moment take him where it will. Classics like "Mississippi River Blues," "Freight Train" and "Candyman" crop up regularly alongside original songs like Sweet Lovin’ Mama.

“I have a wide variety of stuff I like to play. I just play ‘em as I think of ‘em,” he said.

Watching Silsby play the

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He can often be found playing at bars, clubs and even farmers' markets in and around St. Louis and the metro east when he isn’t playing with the band. A follower of the classic fingerpick style favored by early 20th century blues guitar legends like Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Bill Broonzy and Blind Boy Fuller,

guitar with his swift fingers simultaneously driving the bass on the left while picking out the melody on the right is impressive.

It’s even more impressive when you know that he didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 20 and is completely self-taught.

“I had always wanted to play the guitar and finally went out and got one. I played the drums for years, but the guitar seems like the perfect concert instrument for the voice,” said Silsby, who lives in Belleville.

With his long, lanky frame bent over the guitar, he plays with a passion and intensity that is plain for all to see. His voice rises and falls with the melody at times fast and full of energy or slow and lingering depending on the song.

Listening to him play recalls those long-ago days when people used to sit outside on the porch on hot, muggy nights enjoying music instead of television.

Music was always a part of his life whether he was playing the drums or just listening to it. As a teenager growing up in Waterloo, Ill., he played in a few bands but it wasn’t until he started teaching himself fingerstyle guitar that his musical ambitions became clear.

He began buying records of the 1920s and ‘30s featuring fingerstyle blues guitar and trying his best to figure out how to play what he was hearing.

“It’s a totally different style to most other guitar styles out there. The guitar playing is really intricate and complements the music really well. It just felt natural. It’s kind of like doing a left brain, right brain thing with it,” he said.

Cumberland Gap formed in 1998 with Silsby contributing vocals and guitar. Other band members include Aaron Muskopf on bass, Dave Anderson on guitar, Kevin Liley on banjo, mandolin, fiddle and dobro, and Cecil Tinnon on mandolin. Over the last 10 years, the band has gone from strength to strength by successfully combining traditional bluegrass and folk music with their own original songs. The Riverfront Times has twice named them as the “best

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Greg Silsby, above and at left bluegrass band in St. Louis” in 2004 and 2009, as did the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at the 2006 St. Louis Music Awards.

The band’s success has provided Silsby with the opportunity to give up the day job and devote himself to music full-time. When he isn’t playing with Cumberland Gap, you can bet he’s playing Mississippi River Blues somewhere else on his own.

He’s a regular at Edwardsville venues like Cleo’s, Global Brew and Stagger Inn. He’s also excited to be performing for the first time at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville on Sept. 23.

He’s opening the show for “We Got Our Foot in the Door, Vol. 2,” which is a follow up to last month’s successful live music event featuring local bands. Also performing are The Flatwheel Band and Hymn River Suite.

He also recently had the chance to lead a guitar workshop at Bobby’s Frozen Custard in Maryville courtesy of owner and music-lover Bob Kozyak and teaches the occasional guitar lesson.

Obviously, some people, like Silsby, are born musicians.

And others, well, we’re born to appreciate good music. Still, Silsby is adamant that practice makes perfect. Of course, he said, it helps if you’ve got that natural rhythm in yourself but natural ability won’t get you very far without frequent practice.

“I play around the house everyday. If there’s nothing good on TV, I’ll just pick up my guitar,” he said.

You can next hear Greg Silsby playing the blues and anything else that strikes his fancy at 8 p.m. on Sept. 14 at Cleo’s, 1013 N. Main St. in Edwardsville.

“We Got Our Foot in the Door, Vol. 2” will be at 8 p.m. on Sept. 23 at the Wildey Theatre, 252 N. Main St. in Edwardsville. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors, and are available one hour prior to show time at the Wildey Box Office, online at www. wildeytheatre.com or by calling the Edwardsville Parks Office at (618) 692-7538. They are also available in person at the Parks Office, 2nd floor of City Hall.

KWMU to broadcast St. Louis Symphony St. Louis Public Radio/90.7 KWMU and the St. Louis Symphony announced today the renewal of their partnership to include live broadcasts of all 2011-12 Saturday night Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series concerts. The concerts will be broadcast live on St. Louis Public Radio’s main channel, 90.7 KWMU and will be streamed live at www.stlpublicradio. org.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Robert Peterson will host the live broadcasts. The St. Louis Symphony’s Adam Crane will join Peterson as the broadcast’s commentator.

“We are extremely pleased to continue our partnership with the St. Louis Symphony,” said Tim Eby, General Manager of St. Louis Public Radio. “Together, we are able

to bring the rich sounds and entertaining stories of this world-renowned orchestra beyond the walls of Powell Hall and into the homes of the entire St. Louis classical-music community.”

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Michael Bolton

Soulful and sexy Michael Bolton to appear at the Family Arena

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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aspy-voiced crooner Michael Bolton has been making women swoon since he first made it big on the music scene in the late 1980s with his number one hit single, “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You.” Bolton is currently on a 115-city world tour. He will return to the St. Louis stage at 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. Tickets are now on sale and range from $70 for Gold Circle to $32 for Upper Level.

Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance, six American Music Awards, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame all while working on a wide variety of projects encompassing film, television and musicals. As a songwriter, he has earned more than 24 BMI and ASCAP Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, 9 Million-Air awards, and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Bolton has recorded and performed with a host of musical icons including Luciano Pavarotti in a highly-praised rendition of “Vesti La Guibba” and Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Renee Fleming. He has played guitar with blues legend BB King and earned a Grammy-nomination for his rendition of “Georgia on My Mind.” For this, he was chosen to sing the song to Ray Charles when Charles was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame. Most recently, Bolton has performed duets with Seal and Lara Fabian for a PBS special, which aired in March

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His immense talent as a songwriter is evident by the more than 100 of artists in a range of genres who have recorded and performed his songs. Everybody from country western legend Conway Twitty to hip hop superstar Kanye West, who along with Jay-Z and John Legend have sampled his music.

Other greats who have performed Bolton’s tunes include Mark Anthony, Wynonna Judd, Joe Cocker, Peabo Bryson, Kenny Rogers and Patti Labelle.

Bolton has penned number one hit singles for artists such as Laura Branigan (“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”), Kiss (“Forever”), Barbra Streisand (“We’re Not Making Love Anymore”), Cher (“I Found Someone”), and Kenny G (“By the Time this Night is Over’). He has collaborated with some of the greatest songwriters of our time, including Diane Warren, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, John “Mutt” Lange, Lady Gaga and Ne-Yo, among others. He is also one of the few artists who has co-written with the legendary Bob Dylan, resulting in the mega hit, “Steel Bars.”

To date, Bolton has had eight studio albums rank in the top ten, with nine number one singles. Bolton’s true signature success was seized with the six-time platinum album “Soul Provider,” selling more than 12 million copies world-wide, and showcasing several chart-toppers including “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” which earned him his first Grammy. This pivotal album also includes the hit singles “When I’m Back on My Feet” Again,” “How Can We Be Lovers,” and “Soul Provider.”

Soon after, Bolton released the number one album “Time, Love and Tenderness,” which has sold more than 16 million copies world-wide, and features his Grammy Awardwinning cover of “When a Man Loves a Woman” in the 1994

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blockbuster hit film of the same name starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. This album also produced the hit singles: “Love Is a Wonderful Thing,” “Time, Love and Tenderness” and “Missing You Now.” Bolton followed this up with a collection of soulful classics on “Timeless,” delivering the hit singles “To Love Some Somebody” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” “Timeless” sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. From his next album, “The One Thing,” came Bolton’s massive single “Said I Loved You…But I Lied,” which spent 12 weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary charts and earned him another Grammynomination.

In 1997, he wrote and performed the Oscar-nominated theme song “Go the Distance” from Walt Disney’s blockbuster animated film “Hercules”. He also executive produced the documentary “Terror at Home” addressing domestic violence in America, and was Emmy-nominated for writing the title song “Tears of The Angels.”

To purchase tickets, visit The Family Arena Box Office or go online at www.metrotix.com.To charge by phone call MetroTix at (314) 534-1111.

For help purchasing accessible seating, call The Family Arena ADA Hotline at (636) 896-4234.

For more information, call The Family Arena event hotline at (636) 896-4242 or visit www.familyarena.com.

Cost of parking is included in the ticket price for this event.

For information on suite rental and pricing, contact Scott McCarthy at (636) 896-4291.

The Family Arena is located on Arena Parkway in St. Charles, Mo. From Interstate 70, take the South 5th Street exit and follow the signs to Arena Parkway. (Just five minutes from Riverport).

Music Tuning in Stages presents “Victor/Victoria” A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman?

The side-splitting musical comedy, “Victor/Victoria” runs at Stages St. Louis and continues through Oct. 9 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Based on the seven-time Oscarnominated film,”Victor/Victoria” comes to the stage backed by an e x c e p t i o n a l A c a d e m y Aw a rd winning score by the great Henry Mancini. This fun-filled romp through 1930’s Paris includes show-stopping numbers ranging from the electrifying “Le Jazz Hot” to the heart-rending “Almost a Love Song,” and “Crazy World.” Music by Henry Man c i n i a n d F r a n k Wi l d h o r n ; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn; book by Blake Edwards.

Lead by the always remarkable Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria” f i r s t o p e n e d o n B ro a d w a y i n 1995 and ran for a successful 735 performances.”Victor/Victoria” is a warm and wildly energetic look at gender perceptions as seen through the eternal battle of the sexes. A comical and touching celebration of the many facets of love, this show has it all!

Direction and musical staging are by Stages St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Hamilton, with c h o re o g r a p h y b y D a n a L e w i s and musical direction by Lisa Campbell-Albert. Completing the artistic team are Scenic Designer Mark Halpin, Costume Designer Lou Bird, Lighting Designer Matthew McCarthy and Orchestral Designer Stuart M. Elmore. New York casting by Gayle Seay and Scott Wojcik of Wojcik/Seay Casting.

Single ticket prices range from $15 - $55. Stages performs in the intimate, 384-seat Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Civic Center, 111 South Geyer Road in St. Louis, Mo. For more information or to purchase tickets call 314-821-2407 or visit www.stagesstlouis.org.

delivery characterized by an oddball, ironic sense of humor.

He described his music with the Ben Folds Five as “punk rock for sissies.” During his solo career he has recorded three studio albums in addition to a pair of records documenting his renowned live performances and a remix record. Folds recently released Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, a collection of his songs performed by college groups, including Washington University vocal ensembles the Mosaic Whispers and the Amateurs. Folds also serves as a judge on NBC’s hit a cappella show, The Sing-Off. Folds has performed with the Baltimore, U t a h , a n d We s t A u s t r a l i a n symphony orchestras, as well as with the Boston Pops.

M i c h a e l F e i n s t e i n , t h e multi-platinum-selling, fivetime Grammy-nominated entertainer has been dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” and is considered one of the premier interpreters of American standards. Gershwin’s influence provided a solid base upon which Feinstein evolved into a captivating performer, composer and arranger of his own original music. He also has become an unparalleled interpreter of music legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, and Duke Ellington. In 2003, Feinstein received his fourth Grammy

nomination for his release Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, his first recording with a symphony orchestra. Feinstein’s most recent Grammy nomination came for The Sinatra Project, his Concord Records CD celebrating the music of “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” His PBS series, Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook—in which he uncovers t re a s u re s o f c l a s s i c A m e r i c a n music—is now available on DVD, with an additional disc of bonus features.

The series, the recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award, will return with six prime-time episodes in the fall of 2011.

Chamber Chorus plans Tribute series In a season that blends the grand with the intimate, the Chamber Chorus performs true chamber music where the audience is invited to witness music at close quarters, as well as large scale works presented in some of the city’s more majestic spaces.

I n a m u s i c a l o d y s s e y, t h e singers celebrate the Latvian capital in the Missa Rigensis, a major work by pop-performerturned-classic-composer Ugis Praulins. They conjure up Alpine vistas in the music of Judith Bingham, and they invoke Haiti

in a world premiere from Sydney Guillaume. His is but one of several notable commissions this season, including Songs of Ale by Robert Walker, who will travel from his home in England for our performance at the Schlafly Tap Room. Another B r i t i s h c o m p o s e r, S a s h a Johnson Manning, provides the ‘new piece’ for our recreation of the Nine Lessons & Carols associated with King’s College, Cambridge.

Yakov Gubanov, a successor to Sasha as our ‘Composer-inResidence’, is writing an homage to his Russian homeland for our season finale, a series of tributes to fallen l e a d e r s a n d t h e i r h e i r s , f ro m Ts a r N i c h o l a s I I t o P re s i d e n t Kennedy.

The Tribute Series A KING’S CHRISTMAS December 18 • 3 pm & 6 pm

St. Vincent de Paul Chapel 20 Archbishop May Dr • St. Louis • 63119 A CHORUS CAROUSE February 19 • 3 pm The Schlafly Tap Room 2100 Locust St • St. Louis • 63103 A TRAVELER’S TALE April 22 • 3 pm First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood 100 E. Adams Ave • Kirkwood • 63122 A LEADER’S LAMENT May 27 • 3 pm Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church 5020 Rhodes Ave • St. Louis • 63109 For information call (636) 4584343 Visit us at w w w. chamberchorus.org SLCC, PO Box 11558 Clayton, MO 63105

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Powell Hall to host Folds, Feinstein The St. Louis Symphony’s diversity of programming may be reflected in two new Live at Powell Hall concerts that have just been announced. Ben Folds, formerly leader of the ’90s alternative rock band the Ben Folds Five, joins the St. Louis Symphony for one night this fall on Sunday, November 6, 2011.

On May 13, 2012, one of the classic interpreters of American song, Michael Feinstein, spends an evening with the St. Louis Symphony dedicated to timeless standards.

Tickeets are on sale now at the Powell Hall Box Office, online at www.stlsymphony.org, or by phone at 314.534.1700.

Th e P o w e l l H a l l B o x O ff i c e is located at 718 North Grand Boulevard in Grand Center.

Ben Folds, the multitalented s i n g e r / s o n g w r i t e r, m u s i c i a n and rock pianist, has developed a highly successful solo career since disbanding the Ben Folds F i v e i n 2 0 0 0 . T h ro u g h o u t h i s long career, the versatile artist has performed concerts playing a variety of instruments, his stage

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Music Tuning in Fox to host Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show is a live touring sensation which has sold over three million tickets worldwide, and they have created their most ambitious and spectacular show ever for the 2011 Tour.

The tour will stop in St. Louis for a show at the Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. on Oct. 21.

This tour will see the debut of the new quadraphonic sound system and represents the first time ever that a live music production has used 3D stereographic technology.

Concert-goers will receive a free pair of 3D glasses when they enter.

Tickets are on sale now and are $35, $45 and $50.

Tickets may be purchased at the Fox Box Office, by calling 314/5341111 or online at www.metrotix.com.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show has already been described

by Sunday Times as “The best tribute band in the world” and

by The Times as “Setting the gold standard”, but the 2011 show is simply on a different level and must be seen to be believed. Come along and enjoy the greatest show that The Australian Pink Floyd has ever staged - prepare to be amazed.

Parr to perform at Pop’s Blue Moon A self-confessed failure (and modest to a fault), Minnesota’s Charlie Parr is nonetheless stubborn enough not to quit.

Parr released his first recording, “Criminals & Sinners,” to mild local acclaim in 2001. (A special limited edition vinyl version of this album will be released in the late summer of 2011 to mark the anniversary). In any case, since that first recording, Charlie Parr has managed to release seven additional raw, lo-fi albums right up to the latest, “When the Devil G o e s B l i n d ” a n d p e rh a p s h i s best-known, “1922.” His newest batch of recordings is entitled “Barnswallow,” set to be released in 2012.

Parr will appear at Pop’s Blue Moon in St. Louis at 9 p.m. on Sept. 20. Tickets are $5 each.

He has achieved a remarkable amount of success for a folksinger and songwriter of his untrained abilities. This is surely attributable to Charlie’s allencompassing and encyclopedic knowledge of the American folk, country and blues cannon, and much admired guitar playing, ranging across a self-taught mix of slide, finger-picking and quasifrailing technique and played on

National resonator guitar, 12string and banjo.

H e ’ s t r a v e l l e d t h r o u g h o u t the US, Australia, the UK and Europe playing everywhere from fancy theatres to punk rock dives where the toilet seats are always missing. Folks seem to like him just fine, in spite of his less than heroic efforts at self-promotion, etiquette or hygiene.

Parr seems to be comfortable only when playing his guitar or sitting quietly staring into space.

This all started 37 years ago when Charlie’s Dad traded a perfectly good Johnson 9.9 outboard motor for a guitar in an effort to engage t h e b o y i n s o m e c o n s t ru c t i v e activity. Taken with his Dad’s record collection, Charlie set out to teach himself how to play and as a life-long learner continues in this vein. Songs trickle out here and there, influenced by everything from the weather to poverty and loneliness and the sounds of Bukka White and Spider John Koerner.

These days Charlie Parr travels more than ever, cooking modest meals on the exhaust manifold of his mini-van and sleeping in rest areas, listening to digitized blues records from the 1920s and overcoming personal demons.

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Music Music calendar **If you would like to add something to our music calendar, email it to theedge@edwpub.net.

Thursday, Sept. 8

St. Louis Interfaith Memorial in Music, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.

3 Rocks Box (Out of Focus), 3 p.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville

Hoosier Daddy’s, 3 p.m., Planet Boogie, 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Hobo Jungle, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville

Three Bad Jacks, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 8 p.m. / Show: 9 p.m.

Sable, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton DJ Too Tall, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Sunday, Sept. 18

Hunx and His Punx with Natural Child and Little Big Bangs, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 9

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Hoosier Daddy’s, 2 p.m., Radio Star, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton 3 Rocks Box (Out of Focus), 3 p.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville

An Under Cover Weekend 5: Night 1 featuring Via Dove, Union Tree Review, Bo & the Locomotive, Dots Not Feathers, Tight Pants Syndrome vs. Paper Dolls, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8:30 p.m.

Scott and Karl, 3 p.m., Radio Star, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Mo’ Pleasure Band, 6:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville

Scott and Karl, 6 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Jack Twesten, 7 p.m., Global Brew, Edwardsville Greg Silsby, 8 p.m., Cleo’s, Edwardsville Mo’ Pleasure Band, 6:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (front bar), Edwardsville

Saturday, Sept. 10 An Under Cover Weekend 5: Night 2 featuring Troubadour Dali, The Breaks, False Moves, The Orbz and Jump Starts, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8:30 p.m.

Keller Williams (Kids Matinee Show 3:30), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

Hoosier Daddy’s, 3 p.m., Radio Star, 8 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Mo’ Pleasure Band (front bar), 6: 30 p.m./ The Edge Band (back bar), 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville

Sunday, Sept. 11 The Business, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7 p.m. / Show: 8 p.m.

Bon Iver with Kathleen Edwards, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

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“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.

“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 co-star.

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.

“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

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Tate Taylor, the film’s writer-director, through the pitch-perfect casting of Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and their costars, “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.

“Brighton Rock”

Graham Greene’s crime novel previously was made into a 1947 film famously starring Richard Attenborough with a script Greene co-wrote; this version shifts the setting from the late 1930s to 1964 as the Mods and Rockers were battling it out on Britain’s south shore. You half expect to hear songs from “Quadrophenia” pop up here and there but alas, no such luck. But the feature directing debut from screenwriter Rowan Joffe (”28 Weeks Later,” “The American”) does maintain the dark tone and stylish visuals of its noir origins, with dramatic shadows and camera angles that almost fetishize the genre. It’s rapturous to look at, but the film as a whole often feels like an exercise in style over substance, especially as it becomes clear just how many times we’ve seen these kinds of characters in this kind of story. Still, Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough are watchable in a pulpy way as mismatched teenagers awkwardly caught in a mob war. “I’m bad. You’re good. We’re made for each other,” Riley’s ambitious gangster Pinkie says to Riseborough’s innocent waitress Rose. And even though she buys the line, nothing is that simple. Helen Mirren and John Hurt are among the strong supporting cast.

RATED: Unrated but contains pervasive language, violence and smoking.

RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes.

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

“Colombiana”

A brawny B-action picture with a gorgeous, graceful woman wreaking havoc at its center: Yup, this is a Luc Besson movie. The director of “La Femme Nikita” and “The Fifth Element” serves as co-writer and producer here, but this is very much a spinoff of his brand, a continuation of the kind of stereotype- and gravity-defying characters he’s made his name on. “Colombiana” feels more hammy and muscular, though — but knowingly so, and that’s what makes it solid, late-summer escapist fun. Zoe Saldana stars as Cataleya, who saw her parents killed in front of her when she was a 9-year-old schoolgirl living in the slums of Bogota. Fifteen years later, with the help of her Uncle Emilio (Cliff Curtis), she’s transformed herself into a highly efficient professional assassin in the United States, but she still seeks revenge against her parents’ killers. Over-the-top bad guys spew generically menacing lines and hot women parade around in bikinis and lingerie: It’s all big and silly. But Saldana manages to earn our sympathy, as the script (which Besson wrote with frequent collaborator Robert Mark Kamen) allows her to convey a surprising amount of emotion and inner conflict.

RATED: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, intense sequences of action, sexuality and brief strong language.

RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes.

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

“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

Size shouldn’t matter when it comes to scary creatures.

After all, plenty of people are terrified of rats and spiders.

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Yet savage and ugly as the tiny monsters are in this remake of a 1973 TV horror movie, they’re not as frightening as the filmmakers would have you believe. These wee beasties are not all that interesting, either, and frankly, neither is the movie.

Producer and co-writer Guillermo del Toro and director Troy Nixey manage a lot of creepy atmosphere in their story of a couple (Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes) and a young girl (Bailee Madison) menaced by nasty little things that swarm up from beneath the mansion they’re restoring. With the girl at the heart of the tale and del Toro’s name the big selling point, the filmmakers want you thinking of the movie as a cousin to his masterful “Pan’s Labyrinth,” another story of a girl caught up in a world of fantastical terror. This is an awfully tame cousin, though, the creatures uninvolving and their antics more irritating than petrifying.

RATED: R for violence and terror.

RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Higher Ground”

Vera Farmiga has done something miraculous in her directing debut. She’s managed to make a movie about religion that’s neither preachy nor mocking, and she treats her characters with great decency and respect. She extends that courtesy to herself as its star, and her character, Corinne — like the movie itself — seems to be seeking answers with an open heart. Based on the memoir “This Dark World” by Carolyn S. Briggs (who co-wrote the script with Tim Metcalfe), “Higher Ground” traces Corinne’s evolution, from the time she was a little girl and thought she was saved at vacation bible school through her adulthood as a still-questioning wife and mother of three. Farmiga’s naturalistic approach both in front of and behind the camera draws us in and makes Corinne’s journey feel immediate and relatable, regardless of where any of us might stand in terms of our own spirituality. The excellent supporting cast includes John Hawkes and Donna Murphy as Corinne’s parents, Joshua Leonard as her husband and Dagmara Dominczyk as the one free spirit in Corinne’s insular, evangelical Christian community. But it’s Farmiga’s younger sister, Taissa, who plays the character as a pregnant newlywed teen, who really stands out.

RATED: R for some language and sexual content.

RUNNING TIME: 109 minutes.

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

“Our Idiot Brother”

Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character, and that’s sort of what the film itself does, too.

Rudd stars as an amiable, ambling dude named Ned who has no real goals in life; what he does have is a guilelessness that consistently gets him into trouble, both with his family and with the law. He has a knack for always saying or doing the wrong thing, even though he always means well. Director Jesse Peretz, working from a script written by his sister, Evgenia Peretz, and her husband, David Schisgall, follows him as he bumbles his way from one situation to the next with no great momentum or sense of character evolution. Ned grows increasingly irritating to his hippie farmer ex-girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn), the three sisters he mooches off of (Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel) and to us.

But then supposedly once they’ve all shunned him for causing so much inadvertent damage, they take him back because they realize what a positive influence he is in their lives. It makes no sense — there’s a gap of logic and emotion that’s hard to overcome.

RATED: R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout.

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.

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

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In this film image released by IFC Films, Andrea Riseborough, right, and Sam Riley are shown in a scene from “Brighton Rock.”

"Brighton Rock" familiar yet stylish

By CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press Graham Greene’s crime novel “Brighton Rock” previously was made into a 1947 film famously starring Richard Attenborough with a script Greene himself co-wrote. A new version of “Brighton Rock” moves the setting from the late ‘30s to 1964 as the Mods and Rockers were battling it out on Britain’s southeast shore.

You half expect to hear songs from “Quadrophenia” pop up here and there but, alas, no such luck.

This may sound like a jarring shift, but the feature directing debut from screenwriter Rowan Joffe (”28 Weeks Later,” “The American”) does maintain the dark tone and stylish visuals of its noir origins, with

dramatic shadows and camera angles that nearly fetishize the genre. Oscar-nominated cinematographer John Mathieson’s work is rapturous to look at, but the film as a whole often feels like an exercise in style over substance, especially as it becomes clear just how many times we’ve seen these kinds of characters in this kind of story before.

Still, Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough are watchable in a pulpy sort of way as mismatched teenagers awkwardly thrown together during a bloody mob war.

“I’m bad. You’re good. We’re made for each other,” Riley’s ambitious gangster Pinkie assures Riseborough’s innocent waitress Rose.

And even though she buys the line, nothing is that simple. A pair of retaliatory killings has the bleak beach town on edge, and Rose had the misfortune of being in the wrong place

at the wrong time and witnessing the wrong thing, even though she doesn’t entirely know what she saw.

When Pinkie enters the cafe where she serves customers in a quietly bungling manner, she’s simultaneously frightened and fascinated by his dangerous demeanor. Riley previously starred as doomed Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis in “Control”; he’s got dark-and-brooding down pat. But when he seduces Rose to keep her quiet, she’s giddy rather than repulsed. Helen Mirren co-stars as the restaurant owner who’s been around the block a few times and knows something about young men like Pinkie; she tries to warn Rose about him, but the foolish girl is too far gone.

And her storyline is actually more compelling than that of Pinkie trying to rise

to power during this volatile time; there’s more at stake for her. Through a rushed courtship and quickie civil union — which spells eternal damnation for the devout Rose — both of these people grow more frightened. But as Pinkie turns increasingly panicky and reckless, Rose becomes surer of herself in the new role she’s about to assume as a devoted mob moll. Riseborough rises to the occasion, transforming from a shy bunny rabbit of a girl into a defiant, loyal young woman.

Besides the presence of Mirren, John Hurt helps class up the cast as a veteran bookie who helps her put the pieces of these killings together. They’re so good — and make it all look so easy — they make you want to see an entire film of just the two of them, drinking whiskey and flirting instead.

"The Debt" worthy of your investment

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge Leave it ‘til the tail end of the summer for a great action drama to show itself, but I’m thankful it did. "The Debt" opens in advance of the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend to share some amazing storytelling and fight sequences with America. It’s set in the mid-1960s, but features skilled filmmaking that is always relevant. It also shares a new star with us, a young lady who we’ll be seeing a lot of in the coming months.

"The Debt" is a somewhat vague title. Even a day after I’ve seen it, I’m not sure whose debt it refers to. There aren’t a lot of characters in the movie, but each would have good reason to feel burdened by

their actions and circumstances. In 1965, a small Mossad team is sent to East Berlin to extract a Nazi officer who has been hiding out under an assumed identity since he committed many atrocities during the height of World War II. The agents are young and quite inexperienced. Their leader is a loud, violent tempered man named Stephan (Marton Csokas).

He doesn’t tolerate mediocrity and is always in a foul mood...except when he’s sharing dirty jokes. His agents are David (Sam Worthington), a shy patriot, and Rachel (Jessica Chastain), a mousy rookie on her first field assignment. Their target, a heinous villain - something to cherish in movies - is Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen), the so-called Surgeon of Birkenau. Charged with leading medical experimentation and

the ungodly torture of concentration camp prisoners, Vogel has been despised by the Jewish people for two decades. His capture is a matter of national pride and, likely, revenge for the horrific deeds he performed during the Holocaust.

The film is a great work of editing, beginning with Vogel being held captive by Rachel in a safehouse in West Berlin. It then transitions to the modern day where the Mossad team members are grandparents and secure in the fame they found in later life. Stephan (now played by Tom Wilkinson) is confined to a wheelchair due to unseen events in his career and leading the political direction of his agency. He is married to Rachel (Helen Mirren, amazing in this role) who sports a hideous square-shaped scar on her right cheek. Together

they have a journalist daughter (Romi Aboulafia), the author of a newlypublished official history of the takedown of the Surgeon of Birkenau.

David (Ciaran Hinds) is not dealing with his golden years well and his brief appearance is disheveled and troubling. We soon learn that their mission in 1965 was not as smooth and successful as we might have been led to believe. Many long flashbacks fill in the gaps in our knowledge as we move along.

The women are the leads in this film, but their co-stars are no slouches.

Mirren stands out as she always does, being both feminine and deadly.

Christensen also dazzles as the psychologically deranged bully that torments his captors with his words.

He’s a cross between Hannibal Lecter and Christoph Waltz’s character

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from Inglourious Basterds. Chastain, though, is the real breakout star. She’s had a big summer. She starred in The Tree of Life with Brad Pitt and provided some of the best lines in The Help (where her trademark red locks went platinum blonde). In The Debt, however, Chastain gets to do a lot of work she hasn’t done yet like handto-hand combat and brandishing firearms. The scene, in Vogel’s clinic office, where she incapacitates him as he performs her pelvic exam, is nothing short of intense. Blessedly, Chastain has three more films due to be released before the end of 2011.

I’m looking forward to them.

••• "The Debt" runs 108 minutes and is rated R for some violence and language.

I give this film three and a half stars out of four.

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Family Focus Grafton to mark 175th anniversary River town plans weekend celebration

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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he flowing waters of the mighty Mississippi and Illinois rivers have provided the lifeblood for the city of Grafton for 175 years. To commemorate this great river town’s long history, Grafton is throwing a birthday bash the likes of which the town has never seen before.

The “175 Years on the River” anniversary celebration will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, featuring a variety of family-friendly activities that are sure to keep everybody happily entertained throughout the weekend.

Keep the kids entertained at the Kid’s Corner, take a historic walking tour of the town or find out more about how people lived life on the river at the Free Traders of Piasa Territory Rendezvous Camp. Or take part in a special memorial ceremony honoring POWs and MIAs and show your patriotic spirit at the boat parade on Saturday. The list of activities goes on and on.

While you’re there, don’t forget to check out the many other wonderful places to stay, eat and play that Grafton has to offer. Relax as you sip a glass of locally-made wine from one of the town’s awardwinning wineries, enjoy a meal at one of Grafton’s many top-notch restaurants serving local favorites including fried fish, barbecue and burgers and top it all off with a piece of homemade fudge or pie.

Stroll through the town’s historic district where you’ll find quaint antique shops and independentlyrun artists’ shops selling jewelry,

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Above, Grafton as viewed from the bluffs. Below, a young boy samples fudge in one of the town's shops. artwork and other beautiful oneof-a-kind items. Then, get a good night’s rest in one of Grafton’s many bed and breakfasts, guest houses and hotels, some of which offer breathtaking views of the river from high atop the towering bluffs.

Grafton was founded in 1836

by James Mason, who envisioned a bustling river town packed with manufacturing companies and commerce. Its location at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers made it an ideal place for transporting goods between

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Illinois and Missouri. Away from the river, the limestone bluffs rising high above the town provided a vital resource for buildings within Grafton and beyond. Much of the limestone from Grafton’s quarry was even used in the construction of the St. Louis Eads Bridge.

The Old Boat Works, which still stands on the riverfront today, played an important role in the construction of boats all along the river and even vessels used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War.

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By the mid-1960s, the industry and commerce that had sustained Grafton for more than a century were fading. In their place came leisure, entertainment and sport.

The opening of the Great River Road in 1965 marked a new beginning for Grafton as a center for tourism in the area. Wineries, antique shops and flea markets, top hotels and even a water park have ensured Grafton’s future as a thriving river town for years to come.

The following events will take place during the celebration: Saturday • A re-enactment of the “Opening of the River Road” will take place at 9 a.m. followed by a “Life on the Rivers” land parade at 9:30 a.m. and ball diamond dedication at 10:30 a.m. Following the dedication, residents and visitors will be encouraged to bring their ball gloves, pick teams and enjoy just playing ball for the afternoon.

• At noon on Saturday, at Shafers Wharf, a memorial ceremony will be hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to honor POWs and MIAs. Following the ceremony, there will be a “Forget-Me-Not” wreath laying memorial service and patriotic boat parade beginning at 1 p.m.

• Festivities on Saturday will continue with a Grafton School Alumni Reunion and School tour at the Grafton Elementary School from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Docents from the Alton Little Theater will perform Living History Presentations at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m.

• Bingo will take place at St. Patrick’s Church Hall, located at 11 N. Edwards St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. All bingo proceeds will benefit the Grafton Needy Children’s Christmas Program.

• St. Patrick’s will also be the

location of Gabbie’s Children's Show from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The day will come to a close with fireworks at 8 p.m. on the riverfront.

Sunday • An ecumenical service will take place at 9 a.m. at Shafers Wharf on the riverfront.

• A Car Show and Motorcycle Show will take place between the Marina and Piasa Winery beginning at 1 p.m.

• From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., a Quarter Auction will be held at St. Patrick’s Church as a fundraiser for the Grafton Food Pantry. Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable food item.

The main festival grounds will be located at Grove Memorial Park during both days of the festival.

Historic displays and walking tour maps will be available at this site.

The Free Traders of Piasa Territory will have a Rendezvous Camp and craftsmen east of the public boat ramp.

A “Dog Fetch and Fish” interactive demonstration will take place both days on the riverfront at noon and again at 2:30 p.m. The Kid’s Corner and food booths will be located at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Merchandise vendors will be displaying their wares on W. Main St., between Edwards St. and Canal St. The festival will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday Festival admission is free. Shuttle transportation to parking and event activities will run throughout the day. Shuttle fees are $1 for a one way ride, $5 for all day and $15 for families.

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Family Focus Adidas introduces the first "barefoot" shoe PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Adidas is going barefoot.

T h e w o r l d ’ s s e c o n d - l a rg e s t athletic company unveiled its first “barefoot” training shoe Tuesday, which is designed to mimic the experience of exercising barefoot while providing the protection, traction and durability of a shoe. The Adipure Trainer, which is a cross between a glove for the feet and a traditional shoe, hits U.S. stores in November priced at $90.

The barefoot shoe is part of a strategy by Adidas, which is based in Germany, to expand into the U.S. where rival Nike dominates. Adidas joins a list of athletic makers trying to tap into the small but burgeoning U.S. market of fanatical runners and gym-goers who swear by shoes designed with as little material between the wearer and the ground as possible.

“People who believe barefoot is the way to go...are very emphatic about it,” said Matt Powell, an analyst with industry research organization SportsOneSource Group. “They want to spread the message. It sounds religious but some of them are evangelical about it.”

The athletic shoe and clothing business has been fairly resilient during the U.S. economic downturn, but it is an industry that thrives almost entirely on new products.

When it comes to shoes, the latest and greatest captures the U.S. customer. While barefoot shoes make up a tiny fraction of the $22 billion U.S. athletic shoe industry, it is one of the fast-growing categories.

Sales have more than doubled in the past year to roughly $750 million,

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In this product image provided by Adidas, the Adipure Trainer M, is shown. Adidas is trying to tap into the growing niche U.S. market of people who want to run in shoes that mimic the experience of running barefoot, but offer the protection, traction and durability of traditional athletic shoes. according to SportsOneSource.

The barefoot shoe movement has been fueled by the barefoot running culture, which has long had proponents, but caught on more widely in 2009 after Christopher McDougall’s book “Born to Run” explored the history and benefits of it. The theory is that running barefoot enables the body to move naturally and optimally, while traditional shoes inhibit that.

The movement gained more traction last year when Harvard biologist and runner Daniel Lieberman published a paper in the journal Nature that concluded that running barefoot seems to be better for the feet, producing far less

impact stress compared to those in traditional running shoes.

The practice of running in barefoot has been a somewhat controversial topic, though. The odd appearance of the shoes sometimes causes heads to turn in parks. Some races across the country will not allow people to run in them. And some barefoot shoe wearers themselves have reported injuries after using them.

Shoemakers and health professionals say many of the injuries are a result of people using the shoes too quickly. They suggest people trying to make the switch from traditional shoes to barefoot ones do so gradually —— increasing distance over time —— to let the

body adjust to how it naturally is meant to move.

“A lot of engineering went into making your foot a high performance machine,” said Mark Verstegen, founder of Athletes’ Performance, a training and performance organization for elite athletes that works with Adidas.

“Using your foot’s natural power and movement will help you strengthen muscles you never knew you had in your feet, lower legs and throughout your core.”

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Big companies such as Merrell, Fila, Saucony, Asics and New Balance all are offering their own barefoot or so-called minimalist shoes.

Nike, the world’s biggest athletic company, has roughly 65 percent of the market and appeals to barefoot loyalists and mainstream exercise enthusiasts alike with the traditional running-shoe look of its “Free” line.

Vibram has about 10 percent of the market with its Five-Finger shoe, which encases each toe separately and has come to define the style.

The design of the Adidas barefoot shoe strikes a balance between the two styles. The brightly-colored trainer, which features the trademark Adidas three stripes, covers the foot as a shoe would but with a sock-like fit and toe compartments to allow more natural movement.

“The Adipure Trainer is a unique piece of equipment for elite level athletes that we’re bringing to our core consumer,” said Patrik Nilsson, president of Adidas North America.

The growing barefoot market is an important one for Adidas as it tries to gain U.S. customers. The company runs a close race with Nike globally, but the gap is much wider in North America.

In their most recent fiscal years, Nike generated $7.58 billion in revenue in North America. Adidas, meanwhile, had roughly $4.05 billion in revenue when translated to U.S. dollars. Nike holds 48.2 percent of the market share in U.S., while Adidas comes in at a distant second with 11.7 percent.

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Family Focus Tupperware enjoys 21st Century renaissance NEW YORK (AP) – Cindy Hallman-Morris grew up with Tupperware’s burping bowls, gelatin rings and pickle keeper, but she considered herself a casual buyer of the brand once she had her own kids.

Until this year, when she was sucked — happily — into the Tupperware vortex.

“I attended a party and then hosted a party and then it seemed everyone I knew was giving a Tupperware party,” said the 44-year-old high school math teacher in Asheville, N.C. “It’s never ending!”

Tupperware, it seems, is enjoying a renaissance 65 years after it first hit the market with Wonder bowls, Bell Tumblers and Ice-Tup molds for homemade frozen treats.

Long gone is the signature burp, that whoosh of air from pressing on the center of a lid to tightly seal in the goodness. Also gone is the color goldenrod, fussy floral accents and the soft pastels of the 1950s and ‘60s.

Today’s Tupperware is drenched in edgy shades of “purplicious” and “fuchsia kiss,” or crisp in greens dubbed “margarita” and “lettuce leaf.”

You can buy contemporary takes on Wonderlier bowls and those little salt and pepper shakers, but Tupperware Brands Corp. also sells an appetizer tray that looks like a caterpillar, fancy chef’s knives, bakeware, and heavy stainless steel pots and pans.

The company has choppers, whippers and microsteamers.

Updated FridgeSmart containers with the two familiar vents are embedded with dishwasher-resistant charts recommending how much air to let in for various fruits and vegetables.

Broccoli’s a heavy breather, for instance. Asparagus isn’t.

The Orlando, Fla.-based company has acquired a sense of humor with a set called Thatsa Bowl and Thatsa Mega Bowl, but left the Jel-Ring Mold pretty much alone, while aggressively modernizing, diversifying and pursuing emerging markets around the globe.

A few years ago, the company boasted that a Tupperware party was held somewhere in the world every 2.3 seconds. Now it’s 1.7 seconds, driven by a direct sales force of 2.6 million — still mostly women — in nearly 100 markets, said Rick Goings, the chairman and chief executive who arrived 20 years ago from Avon.

Worldwide sales last year totaled $2.3 billion, including beauty and personal care products.

“I got here and found out the company was in trouble,” Goings said. “The headquarters was for sale. They had just written off $100 million. Everybody loved it but they loved it in a historical sense, like the Model T.” One of the first things he did was hire Susan Perkins, the company’s first woman chief of design, to replace generations of stuffy industrial wonks who likely never had to use Tupperware at home.

Also on Goings’ plate: making products more appealing to young people, and ceding ground to lower cost plastic containers and bags — which, according to him, are lousier than his wares for the environment because they don’t last as long or work as well.

The company has had more than seven straight quarters of positive sales growth and expanding earnings, due largely to markets outside the United States, but nothing quite so explosive as the early decades.

The “party plan” for selling in homes to friends and neighbors was put in place by inventor Earl S. Tupper’s right hand, a divorced

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mom from Detroit named Brownie Wise, after Tupper’s failed attempts to sell in stores. Home parties remain the way most consumers scoop up their Tupperware, though there’s an option to host online parties and Tupperware itself sells from its website.

Admired by House Beautiful in 1947 as “Fine Art for 39 Cents,” Tupperware today is functional, fun and fashionable, but it isn’t cheap.

The microwave SmartSteamer, for example, goes for $139 and a sevenpiece Vent ‘N Serve set for $130.

“It IS quite pricey, but it lasts forever,” Hallman-Morris said. “It really does.”

Pricey, that is, in today’s palooza of plastics. There wasn’t much by way of comparison back in 1938, when Tupper first got his hands on a sticky black glob of polyethylene slag, then figured out how to turn it into squishable kitchen storage and cereal bowls.

Plastics of the time were hard, brittle and smelly, prone to leaks and easily breakable. Without lids, homemakers used moist towels, tin foil or shower caps to make food last on the counter and in ever-improving refrigerators.

Tupperware’s success is a study in perfect post-war timing, a period of rapid growth in consumer products, consumption and the rise of suburban living after women were sent home from wartime factories.

Not bad for a New Hampshire farm boy and failed tree doctor who barely graduated high school. Tupper’s base material and introduction to the business came at DuPont during a year’s stint in its plastics division in Leominster, Mass.

But it was the flamboyant Wise, not the all-business Tupper, who refined the party plan, allowing the company to soar to 20,000 dealers by 1954, a golden year.

Stanley Home Products used the party plan before Tupperware came along, but Wise refined it, whipping women into a frenzy for selling the newfangled plasticware.

She first peddled Stanley, adding a bit of Tupperware to the mix and later switching altogether, catching Tupper’s eye with an impressive sales network in Detroit, then Florida.

Appointed vice president and head of sales, Wise promised real money and recognition for hard workers, without the need for formal education or job experience.

The company’s lifetime guarantee that products won’t chip, break, crack or peel remains in place. So do bigticket incentives for top sellers.

“I basically was able to walk away from not knowing where my next paycheck was coming from,” said Kevin Farrell, a Los Angeles actor who dons Daisy Dukes, crazy makeup and a blonde wig to sell Tupperware in drag as the brash southern trailer-dweller Dee W. Ieye.

He sells a lot of Tupperware — six figures’ worth most years. Farrell’s a regular recipient of big Wise-inspired prizes, a Pontiac G-6 convertible for one.

“It feeds me better than doing television work. There’s a joy from going into people’s homes and bringing them a great product and having fun at the same time,” he said.

Wise, an admirer of positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale, put on splashy Homecoming Jubilees every year for hundreds of Tupperware Ladies. Held at the company’s swank headquarters, the jubilees were equal parts circus and revival meeting, with splashy themes like the Gold Rush-style “big dig” in 1954. Wise buried roughly $50,000 worth of mink stoles, diamond rings, gold watches and little cars that the faithful could redeem for the real

thing after they dug them up.

From her favorite peacock wicker chair, Wise had her own rags-toriches story: a meager Georgia childhood and a desperate need to support son Jerry after a bad marriage to an abusive alcoholic whom she divorced in 1941.

“Brownie made it clear, if you’re divorced, married, single, disabled, Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, Christian, it doesn’t matter. Tupperware is an opportunity for you,” said Laurie Kahn, who wrote, produced and directed the 2004 PBS documentary

“Tupperware!”

“These women were very traditional, yet they were subverting the system from the inside,” she said. “They could earn more money than their husbands if they were successful, and be able to put their kids through college and buy houses.”

Some made millions and nurtured their own sales forces. Husbands quit jobs as firefighters, factory workers or truck drivers to help when their wives’ Tupperware sales took off, Kahn said.

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Dining Delights Grow your own Fresh herbs make good cooking great

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handful of fresh herbs is a great way to liven up any dish with added texture, color and, most importantly, flavor. Whether it is a few torn up leaves of basil, a sprig of rosemary or a dash of oregano, fresh herbs are what make an ordinary dish extraordinary.

Obviously, it’s great if you are able to grow your own and dead easy to do. At the beginning of the summer, I bought a packet of seeds from the local home and garden center and sprinkled a handful into a little window pot.

I now have three flourishing basil plants that ensure I’ll have plenty of fresh pesto for months to come.

Basil freezes really well. While I try to use fresh leaves as often as possible, sometimes I have to store some in the freezer when my plants get too big and need pruning. Wouldn’t want any of those tasty leaves going to waste!

I also have little pots of rosemary, lemon thyme, sage, mint and chives. Each one has its own distinct fragrance and flavor that adds a certain zing to whatever I’m cooking. I love the smell that fresh herbs bring to the kitchen, and the freshness of the flavor just can’t be matched with dried herbs.

Parsley is a prime example of fresh trumping dried. Growing up, we always had a big bottle of dried parsley in the spice rack. I never could taste the difference when I used it, but duly added it when the recipe called for it. Then I tasted fresh flat-leaf parsley one day and had a light-bulb moment. Finally, I understood what all the fuss was about with fresh herbs. Parsley is such a delicate herb that it actually begins to lose its flavor quite quickly, which is a big reason why fresh is usually best.

Fresh cilantro is another great one. This herb is used primarily in spicy Middle Eastern, Mexican/ Southwest and Indian cooking.

You’ll find the dried seeds, called coriander, in your spice aisle. The

leaves, on the other hand, give a totally different texture and flavor. They bring a freshness to spicy dishes that adds a whole other layer. That said, a few dried herbs do have their place in the kitchen with oregano being a good example of a herb that’s actually better dried than fresh, but on the whole, you’ll get the best result when using fresh.

Cooking with fresh herb really is much easier than you might think. Even if you’re not quite ready to grow you own, most good grocery stores stock both small packets of fresh herb (although they are usually a bit pricey) and full grown plants, usually basil.

This is how I started out and it worked great. Basil is the perfect beginner herb for new users. It’s a hardy plant that does well just about anywhere that’s sunny, whether its outside on the porch or on a window. It’s flavor is often described as slightly sweet and similar to anise with a strong, pungent smell. Tear a few leaves up and toss into pastas, salads, stews or even sandwiches. In the summertime, I jazz up my fresh garden tomatoes with a few basil leaves and a drizzle each of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Add a dash of salt and pepper for an easy and tasty snack. To make a proper tomato and basil salad you can add in some fresh, torn mozzarella and a few slices of red onion.

Mint is another great herb that has loads of uses. It is a tremendously hardy plant that will come back year after year. A word of warning though, if you do plant it outside make sure to put some sort of guard around it.

This can be a bigger pot that goes in the ground first followed by the mint plant. This will keep the more aggressive mint from spreading and taking over all the other herbs nearby. Use mint to top off your homemade iced tea, add to ice cream or any other sweet dessert.

Sometimes, I even just nibble a few leaves after a meal to freshen my mouth up. There are several different variet The list goes on and on. Robust rosemary is great with fullflavored meats like beef and lamb, thyme is perfect with chicken or

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Above, a basil plant. At left, a variety of herbs being ground for use. fish as is dill and parsley. Mix and match different herbs to find the perfect flavor combination for you.

Experimentation is half the fun.

To get you started, check out some of the recipes below from “OldFashioned Herb Recipes” from Bear Wallow Books. For example: Pesto 1 cup freshly grated Romano or Parmesan cheese 2 cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves 2-3 garlic cloves 1/2 cup pine nuts 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil Place ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until finely chopped. Or, grind together basil and garlic in a mortar with a pestle, adding a little at a time. Add cheese and pine nuts and continue grinding.

Pour in olive oil, a little at a time, and mix well.

Serve with hot pasta or stir some into butter and put on hot vegetables or bread, or mix with some wine vinegar and olive oil for salad dressing.

Roast Pork Rosemary 1 4-5 lb. pork loin road 2 cups apple cider 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary leaves 1 bay leaf In a large bowl, combine cider, garlic, rosemary and bay leaf.

Place roast in a marinade and refrigerate overnight.

Drain roast and discard marinade. Place on rack in shallow pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Baste frequently with meat juices from bottom of pan.

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1/2 tsp. salt Dash of freshly ground pepper 1 tsp. dried rosemary leaves 1 Tbsp. shallots, finely chopped 1 tsp. grated lemon rind Juice from one large lemon 1/2 cup chicken broth or bouillon Butter slivers Arrange chicken pieces in a casserole dish. In a small bowl, combine garlic, salt, pepper, rosemary, shallots and lemon rind. Sprinkle evenly over chicken pieces. Pour fresh lemon juice and broth over chicken. Dot with butter slivers. Do not cover casserole dish. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven to baste and turn chicken pieces.

Return to oven and bake for 30 more minutes.

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Dining Delights Best pasta sauces require the least cooking with the sauce.

— If you can’t find kamut spaghetti, use any shape of kamut pasta. And if you can’t find kamut pasta, brown rice or whole wheat varieties are fine.

PASTA POMODORO Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Salt 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Pinch red pepper flakes (peperoncino) 16 fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces, divided 2 pints very ripe grape tomatoes (about 80 grape tomatoes) 8 ounces dry kamut spaghetti Ground black pepper, to taste 1 ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshly grated, divided In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of water to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of salt.

I n a l a rg e n o n - s t i c k s k i l l e t o v e r m e d i u m - l o w, h e a t 1 / 2 tablespoon of the oil. Add the garlic slices and toast, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until lightly browned. Watch closely so garlic doesn’t burn.

I n c re a s e t h e h e a t t o m e d i u m , add the red pepper flakes and half of the basil leaves. Cook for 30 seconds, then add the grape tomatoes.

Add the pasta to the boiling

By ROCCO DiSPIRITO Associated Press Yo u s a y t o m a t o , t h e y s a y pomodoro.

And w h e n t h e y s a y i t , t h e y mean it. That’s because the Italians are champions of simple, classically delicious ways of using fresh tomatoes. And they should be; they’ve been cultivating them for hundreds of years.

One of the many basic ways they prepare garden-fresh tomatoes is in a pomodoro sauce made with basil and garlic tossed with pasta. This pasta is just that, noodles and tomatoes, a dish that embodies the core philosophy of Italian food — letting a few perfectly ripe ingredients shine.

I recently returned from a cooking expedition to Italy where I learned how to prepare pomodoro sauce from those who know best — Italian mothers and grandmothers.

One particular day sticks in my mind. I was getting ready to do what I always do — smash garlic cloves by laying the flat side of a knife on top of them and lightly whacking it with the palm of my hand. As I got ready to give the garlic a good slam, the Italian mama cooking with me, named Lucia, screamed “No!” so loud you could hear her in France.

Then she explained that the garlic for the pomodoro sauce had to be sliced. I didn’t know why until I tasted her pomodoro s a u c e . I t b l e w m e a w a y. T h e sliced garlic, sauteed in extravirgin olive oil to almost dark brown but not burned, imparted a taste explosion in my mouth that you just can’t get from the u s u a l w a y s o f p re p a r i n g a n d tossing garlic into a dish.

So when you make this recipe, do not chop the garlic. Do not press the garlic. Do not smash or whack the garlic. And by all means, do not use that pre-diced stuff in the jar. If you do any of the above, you have performed an illegal operation. Go to jail.

Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

Do take the time to find fresh tomatoes, ripe ones, like from the vine. I know they may be o n l y t h e s t u ff o f l o re i n a n d a ro u n d y o u r c o m m u n i t y, b u t they do exist. And now is the perfect time to go out and search for them.

As I do with all my Now Eat This! recipes, I’ve cut way back o n t h e c a l o r i e s a n d f a t f ro m the traditional 840-calorie-perserving Italian version, but I guarantee you’ll get a real, full tomato flavor in this 281-calorie version. I also cut the fat by nearly two-thirds, from 17 grams per serving to just 6 grams.

Any variety of tomato works in this recipe so long as they a re v e r y r i p e . I p re f e r s m a l l tomatoes, such as cherry, pear or grape, because they can be tossed right in, skins and all.

For larger tomatoes, peel them first, then chop them. This recipe takes no more than 30 minutes to get on the table. The best sauce, I discovered after years of saucemaking, is the least cooked.

TIPS: — Don’t stir or toss the pasta with tongs as they tend to break the noodles.

— If the noodles are not cooked enough to your liking,

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water and cook until al dente according to package directions, usually about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, toss the grape tomatoes in the pan and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they start to blister and the skins pop.

Mash the tomatoes gently with a potato masher or fork to make a pulp, then turn off the heat. Season lightly with salt and black pepper.

Drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Add the drained pasta and reserved pasta water to the tomato mixture.

Increase the heat to mediumhigh.

Add half of the cheese. Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the sauce begins to cling to the noodles, using a heat resistant rubber spatula to toss the pasta to coat evenly.

Add the remaining basil and olive oil and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Divide the pasta among 4 plates and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 281 calories; 6 g fat (19 percent of total calories, 2 g saturated); 6 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrate; 8 g protein; 6 g fiber; 260 mg sodium.

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Travel Travel briefs Waikiki hotel gets new name, management company HONOLULU (AP) — Owners of a trendy Waikiki hotel have installed new management and changed its name to The Modern Honolulu.

The former Waikiki Edition Hotel was managed by Marriott International, which described the move as an early morning, aggressive “takeover.”

Hotel investment group, M Waikiki LLC, announced over the weekend it selected a new management company, Modern Management Services LCC, an affiliate of Aqua Hotels & Resorts, for the 353-room property “amid allegations that the hotel has suffered from mismanagement by Marriott which were compounded

by Marriott’s failure to develop the Edition brand with which the property was previously affiliated.”

“The owner believes that Marriott has failed in its management of this resort as well as the delivery of the Edition brand concept,” said William Brewer III, an attorney for the owner. “As a result, our clients brought in new management in the belief that doing so would better protect their investment.”

Marriott said in a statement Monday doing so is in “blatant” violation of a long-term contractual agreement.

“The owner and its partners raided the hotel literally under cover of night, forcibly taking over the property and threatening our employees with dismal unless they immediately agreed to a change of management,” said Arne Sorenson, Marriott’s president and chief operating officer.

“We will aggressively and vigorously pursue all remedies against the owner and its partners in this illegal act.”

The announcement comes more than three months after the owner filed a lawsuit against Marriott and boutique hotelier Ian Schrager. The suit claims that despite Marriott’s promise in 2007 to open nine hotels worldwide within the year, there is only one other Edition Hotel, a 77room property in Istanbul, Turkey, that recently opened. Other claims include that under Marriott, the hotel has had low occupancy and average daily room rates.

Modern Management was expected to rehire current hotel staff members at their current rate of pay, original start date and accrued vacation.

“Our primary focus is ensuring a smooth transition for employees and guests,” said Benjamin Rafter, president and CEO of Aqua.

The hotel’s facilities, including its popular pool bar and nightclub, rem a i n o p e n u n d e r t h e n e w management.

Vail Resorts adds photo features to EpicMix app D E N V E R ( A P ) — Te n s o f thousands of skiers used Vail Resorts Inc.’s free EpicMix application last season to track how much they were skiing and to compete with friends and strangers over how many digital pins they could collect for their feats.

This season Vail is adding photos to the mix.

“As successful as the first version was, a lot of people just don’t care about vertical feet or collecting pins,” Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz said. “Photos is a game-changer

because everyone cares about photos. Everyone particularly cares about photos if you have kids.”

EpicMix uses scanners mounted on lifts at Vail Resorts’ six ski areas to automatically read radiof re q u e n c y i d e n t i f i c a t i o n t a g s embedded on people’s lift passes as they ride by.

It compiles on-mountain statistics for each visitor. Nothing is posted publicly until a user activates an EpicMix account and chooses to share information, whether it’s on the EpicMix website or through automatic status updates on Facebook and Twitter.

This year, visitors who want action shots of themselves on the mountain can ask resort photographers to scan their lift passes. When the photographer shoots their pictures, low-resolution copies of the images will automatically be sent to their EpicMix accounts for sharing on social media sites like Facebook or photo sites like Shutterfly at no cost, the company said Wednesday. Children’s photos are sent to parents’ accounts.

Customers can buy high-resolution versions for $19.99 apiece. They also can use EpicMix to share photos they’ve shot themselves.

Vail Resorts is hiring a “couple hundred” photographers to shoot the photos, Katz said.

Katz didn’t disclose costs.

Vail Resorts expects the new features to drive popularity for EpicMix, which last year had almost 100,000 people of all ages and incomes activate accounts. That represents an adoption rate of 15 percent among visitors, even though the digital pins collected through EpicMix are just for bragging rights.

The new features are set to launch in December.

To encourage EpicMix use, Vail Resorts is scrapping nearly all paper lift tickets for plastic cards embedded with radio-frequency ID tags. It costs the company about 60 to 80 cents extra per ticket to have the tag embedded, Katz said.

There are other changes too.

This season, people will be able to personalize the updates EpicMix generates for Facebook and Twitter.

There are also 200 new pins people can earn, and what it takes to win pins won’t be secret anymore.

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owns Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone resorts in Colorado and Heavenly and Northstar-at-Tahoe in California.

Katz declined to say what officials are considering for future versions of EpicMix. Not everyone loves EpicMix. “I don’t use it actually,” said snowboarder Melissa Kurle, 32, of Denver. “I just think it’s a Big Brother way on the mountain to track your every move.”

Katz said EpicMix is aimed at enhancing visitors’ experience and that details on which lifts individual customers are riding aren’t worth much to the company.

Smithsonian to host exhibit on Jefferson, slavery WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is planning an exhibit with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to explore the third president’s history with slavery.

Museum officials say “Jefferson and Slavery at Monticello: Paradox of Liberty” will tackle the sensitive subject of slavery during the American Revolution. Jefferson called slavery an “abominable crime” but was a lifelong slaveholder.

The exhibit announced Tuesday will open in January at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The black history museum is under development and is slated to open in its own building on the National Mall in 2015.

A t M o n t i c e l l o i n Vi rg i n i a , curators are beginning a long-term restoration of Mulberry Row, which included 21 dwellings for enslaved and free workers at the plantation.

An exhibit on Mulberry Row opens in February.

Gulf Coast beaches rebound one year after oil spill PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Last summer John Ehrenreich wondered whether his Pensacola Beach go-cart track and parasailing business would

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But this summer, business has boomed at Bonifay Water Sports, Ehrenreich said as he waited for a parasailing group to return. And he’s not the only local businessman with good news. Beach towns from Alabama through the Florida Panhandle have had a strong summer 2011 rebound after a 2010 marred by tar balls, crude oil sheen, and cleanup crews and equipment ruining the views for any would-be sunbathers.

“Tourists don’t even mention the spill now. They haven’t mentioned it really at all in the last six months,” said Ehrenreich.

Tourism leaders say the post-spill economic bounce is fueled in part by an influx of BP money that has gone to promote Gulf Coast beaches.

Another positive for the string of white sand beaches from Alabama to Florida’s Big Bend has been making it through the end of August without any disruptions from tropical storms or hurricanes. While hurricane season isn’t over yet, the biggest storm so far this year, Irene, spared the area when it veered farther north.

Pensacola Beach bested a June 2008 record for county lodging tax revenues this year by already bringing in $1 million. And county tourism officials said numbers for cars passing through the toll booth entrance to Pensacola Beach this summer are on target to break records.

The city of Pensacola also had a record summer tourist season. The National Aviation Museum at the Pensacola Naval Air Station reported its best month ever this July with 140,000 visitors coming to see the collection of historic fighter jets and other displays.

Nearby Orange Beach, Ala., beat a 2007 record for spring tourism. The city said visitors spent $65 million on hotels and other lodging from March to May, a 14 percent increase from the 2007 record. Orange Beach also had a record May. Perhaps no city had more at

stake this summer than Panama City Beach. The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport opened there in the midst of the oil spill in May 2010. Before the spill, city leaders had planned on a banner year with Southwest Airlines luring new tourists from Baltimore, Houston, Nashville and Orlando. After the spill, the city struggled to get out the message that its beaches were largely free of oil and untouched by the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout.

“This is the type of summer we had hoped to have last year,” Dan Rowe, president of the Panama City Convention and Visitors Bureau, said recently.

Rowe credited the strong 2011 rebound on numerous things including the new airport, an infusion of advertising cash from BP and world-wide publicity from an August 2010 visit by the Obamas to Panama City Beach that included photographs of the president and daughter Sasha swimming in the oilfree Gulf.

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10 FAMILY GARAGE SALE 2 KAMAN DRIVE, GLEN CARBON SEPTEMBER 8th thru 11th 7:00AM-6:00PM Antiques, Bikes, Records, Tools, Glassware, Jewelry, Books, Linens, Christmas Items, Home Decor, VHS Movies, Baby/Children, Adult Clothes, And Much, Much More!!!

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CRYSTAL VIEW ESTATES Neighborhood Garage Sale FRIDAY, SEPT. 9th 3:00PM-7:00PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 10th 8:00AM-1:00PM GARAGE SALE! 2103 LITTLE ROUND TOP DRIVE SEPTEMBER 10 8:00AM-1:00PM Furniture, Some Antiques, Toys, Games, Lamps, Various Household Items, Large Shredder, Some Office Equipment

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Huge Indoor Sale SATURDAY, Sept. 10th 8:00AM—Noon SWIC Intermural Gym Belleville Kids Clothes, Toys, Baby Equipment $1.00 Admission Sponsored By Metro East Mothers of Multiples SATURDAY, 9/11 7A.M.-2P.M. 115 GEORGE BUSH, TROY (HOMES OF LIBERTY PLACE) Toys, Baby Swing, Highchair, Furniture, Books, Appliances, Girl Baby Bedding, More!

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ST. JOHN CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE 307 WEST CLAY COLLINSVILLE THURSDAY 9/8 from 5:00PM-8:00PM FRIDAY 9/9 from 9:00AM-1:00PM

VICKSBURG COMMONS NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE (OFF GOSHEN RD., BY YMCA) FRIDAY, 9/9—4P.M.-8P.M. SATURDAY, 9/10—8A.M.-??

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TROY CITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE SEPT 10, 7AM-2PM. MAPS & LISTS OF ITEMS AVAILABLE AT troymaryvillecoc.com

WILLOW CREEK SUBDIVISION GARAGE SALE Off Of Gerber Road In Edwardsville Friday, Sept. 9th 5pm-8pm Saturday, Sept. 10th 8am-12Noon

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