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What’s Happening

Edwardsville Art Fair 2017 event taking shape.

4 Hyatt Regency

St. Louis hotel completes renovations.

5 Haunted Alton

'Tis the season for spooky tours.

6 Ghosts at the Fox Special theatre tours offered.

7 Illinois history

Conference scheduled in Springfield.

13 "Home Again"

Witherspoon can't save this clunker.

19 At the Fox

Rudolph the musical coming in November.

Friday September 22_____ Creepyworld Haunted House, Creepyworld, St. Louis, Runs until October 31, 2017 Christina Pazsitzky, Helium Comedy Club, St. Louis Urban Chestnut Brewing Company's 7th Annual Oktoberfest, Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery And Biergarten, St. Louis G re a t e r S t . L o u i s H i s p a n i c Festival, Soulard Market Park, St. Louis, Howlin' Friday Concert Series: Marquise Knox, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

70th Anniversary of the Air Force Concert, National Shire of Our Lady of The Snows, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Yerrty G, P.R.E.A.C.H., Yadi, Eric Donte, Teacup Dragun, Hittamane, Mel, Dj Kimmy Nu, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kahsan, Jhai, ISO, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Strange Folk Festival: Wheneverland, Lafayette Park, St. Louis What's Past is Prologu: A House Brimming with Stories, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until October 29, 2017 Stages St. Louis: South Pacific, Robert G. Reim Theater, St. Louis,

Runs until October 8, 2017 The Black Rep Presents: Dot, E d i s o n T h e a t e r, Wa s h i n g t o n University, Runs until September 24, 2017 The Rep Presents: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until October 1, 2017 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday September 23_____ Saint Louis FC Game, World Wide Technology Soccer Park, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Creepyworld Haunted House, Creepyworld, St. Louis, Runs until October 31, 2017 Urban Chestnut Brewing Company's 7th Annual Oktoberfest,

Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery And Biergarten, St. Louis G re a t e r S t . L o u i s H i s p a n i c Festival, Soulard Market Park, St. Louis, Welcome Home, The Weekend Classic, City of Parks, Mocklove, Free Parking, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

The Revivalists, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

P.O.S., B L A C K I E, Steddy P & DJ Mahf, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Sonder Sway, Monkh and the People, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Strange Folk Festival: Wheneverland, Lafayette Park, St. Louis What's Past is Prologu: A House Brimming with Stories, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until October 29, 2017 Stages St. Louis: South Pacific, Robert G. Reim Theater, St. Louis, Runs until October 8, 2017 The Black Rep Presents: Dot, E d i s o n T h e a t e r, Wa s h i n g t o n University, Runs until September 24, 2017 The Rep Presents: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until October 1, 2017 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

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People Edwardsville Art Fair set for fourth edition City Park will host event Sept. 22 through 25

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dwardsville’s City Park will be transformed into an art mecca Sept.

22 through Sept. 25 when the Edwardsville Arts Center hosts its fourth annual Edwardsville Art Fair.

The Edwardsville Art Fair, a juried fine art show with prizes worth a total of $15,000, will feature about 100 accomplished artists from nine states.

EAC Gallery Manager Carolyn Tidball explained that they would be extending the hours for this year ’s event. “We’re going to open up a little bit earlier on Friday,” she noted.

“Opening night is the time when you get first pick, and Friday night is one of our biggest shopping nights so we wanted to give people a little bit of extra time to look around and

“A lot of times kids do all five of them,” she pointed out.

“Some of them spend all of their time on one project and really do it up. One of the favorites last year were newspaper hats and so there were kids walking all over the fair with these big newspaper hats. It was cute.”

The Children’s Art Gallery also returns this year. Each artist participating in the art fair very generously donates a piece of their artwork for the Children’s Art Gallery.

Parents can purchase a $50 ticket for their child to enter the Children’s Art Gallery alone and select one piece.

“No parents are allowed. So the kids can make their own decisions,” Tidball emphasized.

Tickets for the Children’s Art Gallery can be purchased through the EAC’s website at www.EdwardsvilleArtsCenter. com or at the EAC located at

Just some of the artists who will be featured at the Edwardsville Art Fair include: Felicia Olin, top; Michael Berry, center and Kathy Fields, below. Photos for The Edge.

so far they had confirmed that Sugo’s would be returning with their meatballs as well as Zapp Thai and the Source Juicery will be at the event. She noted that “more were in the works.”

Of course, the Edwardsville Art Fair would not be possible without the generosity of local sponsors.

“The sponsors are one of the most important contributions to the success of the art fair,” EAC pick things out.”

The hours Friday night will be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and then they extended Saturday’s hours from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday’s hours will remain at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Kids’ Splash and Dash, a chance for children to throw paint filled balloons at a large board which creates a piece of art, will return again this year.

A new addition of face painting will be offered for the children at this year ’s fair.

One of the highlights of the Edwardsville Art Fair every year is the Children’s Tent with its Create IT and Take IT activities. On both Saturday and Sunday children will again be able to create their own take-home art projects with the free art materials that will be provided.

Although plans for the children's art projects in the Create IT and Take It tent are still being finalized, Tidball said that there would be five total projects available again for children to do.

Board President Julie Bond said.

“The generosity of the sponsors provides awards and hospitality for the artists, two days of children’s creative projects and face painting, as well as entertainment.

The Edwardsville Art Fair is a perfect example of the outstanding community spirit in Edwardsville through the volunteers, sponsorship, family fun and creative spirit.”

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All proceeds from the sale of the children’s Art Gallery tickets are used for the EAC’s free and extremely popular Saturday art classes for children at the EAC throughout the year.

“The children’s Art Gallery raises funds for our free Saturday art classes that reach hundreds and hundreds of children each year. I think last year we had over 1,000 total visitors,” Tidball said. “Our classes get pretty big every Saturday. We do a different art project every week. Sarah, who teaches the classes, comes up with things like quilting and painting. They make comics.

They do landscape art, animal art.”

“And those are free to the public,” Tidball added. “Any kid can come age 2 to 14. It’s a great opportunity for kids to come and do art every Saturday.”

While food vendors are still being finalized, Tidball said that

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People Renovations complete at Hyatt Regency For The Edge Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch, a premier business and leisure hotel located in the heart of downtown St. Louis on the iconic Gateway Arch grounds, announces the completion of its new guestrooms in conjunction with the renovation of the Gateway Arch grounds. The guestroom updates also complement the reimagining to the hotel’s lobby which was completed in 2016.

“We are very excited to announce the completion of the multimillion dollar renovation to our guestrooms and lobby,” said Joe Hindsley, general manager at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch.

“As downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch grounds continue to transform into a premier travel destination, we are thrilled to offer guests the newest accommodations available paired with monumental hospitality and service.”

The design of the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch’s guestroom a n d l o b b y re n o v a t i o n s w e re inspired by its surroundings to reflect the nearby iconic attractions.

For example, the hotel features brand new carpeting that appears asymmetrical and wavy to reflect the splashing of the Mississippi River as well as an updated color palette of cool grays and blues in order to showcase the metallic steel tone of the 630-foot Gateway Arch.

The hotel’s 910 guestrooms were updated with fresh paint, wall vinyl covering, new carpet and furniture, artwork reflecting the local area, as well as the addition of state-ofthe-art 50-inch high-definition televisions with entertainment systems. The guestrooms are also equipped with complimentary wi-fi, iHome® alarm clock radios, deluxe bath amenities, video checkout services through the television, and more.

With the renovation, each of the hotel’s premiere VIP suites including the Presidential Suite, Governor Suite, and Regency Suite were redesigned to reflect a high-design style paired with an ambiance of pure luxury. Featuring stunning, panoramic views of

the Gateway Arch, each suite includes brand new wood floors, updated stylish furniture, chic art and decorations, fireplaces, sleek working spaces, 65-inch highdefinition swivel televisions with entertainment systems, in-mirror LCD clocks, and fully-stocked wet bars. The updated VIP suites also showcase new, comfortable entertainment areas featuring unique amenities such as billiards and poker tables, making them perfect venues for hosting small events, private functions, or VIP receptions.

In 2016, Hyatt Regency St.

Louis at The Arch completed a reimagining to its lobby which included a recladding to the columns, an updated color palette, and a redesign of the seating areas to inspire a sense of connection and openness.

Situated right next to the Gateway Arch, the hotel’s renovation has taken place in line with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation’s major revitalization of the area. Through the revitalization, the Gateway Arch grounds have transformed into a world-class destination including expanded parks and lawns, foot and bike trails, and easy access linking

all of the national park’s on-site attractions.

The transformation kicked off in 2013, and debuted the “Park Over the Highway” bridge which connects downtown St. Louis directly to the Gateway Arch with one continuous greenway to provide easy pedestrian access. It has also introduced the renovated Kiener Plaza, a 1.9 acre park next to the Old Courthouse which hosts events such as community workouts and outdoor concerts. Continued updates are planned with the introduction of new exhibits at the Museum of Westward Expansion, as well as updates to the Gateway Arch’s visitor center which are set to be completed in Summer 2018.

“With the historic reimagining of the Gateway Arch and its surroundings, we are excited to see transformations happening surrounding the park,” said Eric Moraczewski, executive director of Gateway Arch Park Foundation.

“Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch has been a great partner throughout the project and we look forward to its guests being just steps away from enjoying all of the new and expanded parks, walking and biking paths, children’s play areas, and venues which host entertainment acts throughout the year.”

Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch is located in the heart of downtown and provides easy access to all of the city’s most popular attractions. Located within walking distance from the hotel, guests can enjoy professional baseball games at Busch Stadium, explore Ballpark Village and all of the entertainment

districts of downtown St. Louis, visit the new National Blues Museum, take a riverboat ride on the Mississippi River, and much more.

For more information on Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch, please visit www.stlouisarch. regency.hyatt.com, or call (314) 6551234.

About Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch Located just steps away from the iconic Gateway Arch and situated in the heart of downtown, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch is the city’s premier destination for both business and leisure. The world class hotel features 910 newlyrenovated guestrooms and more than 83,000 square-feet of meeting and event space showcasing the best in meeting capabilities and technologies.

The hotel provides easy access and is within walking distance of several of St. Louis’ iconic attractions from the Old Courthouse and the Mississippi riverfront, to Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village, as well as the area’s vibrant downtown dining and nightlife scene. Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch features several on-site dining options including Ruth’s Chris Steak House, RED Kitchen & Bar, Brewhouse Historical Sports Bar, and a full-service Starbucks.

For more information on Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch, please visit www.stlouisarch. regency.hyatt.com. Follow @ HyattSTL on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and tag photos with #HyattSTL

Above, the new lobby lounge at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. At left, the living room in a suite. Photos for The Edge.

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The historic McPike Mansion on Alby Street in Alton.

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lton’s first ghost tour took place in 1992, when local psychic Antoinette and Marlene Lewis teamed up to provide thrills and chills for area ghost hunters.

This year Alton’s Haunted Odyssey celebrates 25 years of conducting haunted tours in Alton.

Tours begin at My Just Desserts, 31 East Broadway in Alton, IL. The historic Simeon Ryder Building dates to 1845, when it was built on top of an existing building. The building served as a courthouse in the 1800s and saw cases tried by Abraham Lincoln.

The evening begins in the second floor meeting room, where EMFs are active and orbs are abundant.

All tours include a three-hour trolley jaunt to some Alton’s most sinister haunts: • Cross the Mississippi River to Smallpox Island, the burial place of hundreds of

Confederate victims who died of smallpox while interred in the Alton Military Prison.

• Next stop is the former Piasa Masonic Temple, most recently the home of Spirits Lounge and former home of Antoinette’s Haunted History Tours. This building, which dates to 1844, is filled with secrecy and intrigue.

• Our last stop is the enigmatic McPike Mansion. Sitting vacant, aside from its ghostly inhabitants, this historic dwelling is the epitome of a haunted house. Join in a dark room session in the vaulted wine cellar – where many elemental spirits reside.

Below is a list of tour dates, times and prices. Ghost hunters are encouraged to bring cameras and ghost hunting equipment. Dinner tours include a sumptuous meal prepared by My Just Desserts: Autumn Salad, Chicken Tettrazini, homemade roll and choice of Pumpkin Pecan Pie or Toll House Brownie.

Alton is consideredt to be one of the most haunted small towns in the USA. Tours sell out quickly and are on a first-come basis.

To make a reservation, visit our web site at AltonHauntedTours.com or call 618-4623861.

Haunting You Since '92 WAKING THE DEAD 7 – 10:30 P.M. OR 10:30 – 2 A.M. $35 OCTOBER 6 BARE BONES TOURS 7 – 10:30 P.M. $45 October 7, 13, 20, 27 & Nov. 3 WITCHING HOUR TOURS 10:30 P.M. – 2 A.M. $45 October 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 & Nov. 3, 4 EATING WITH THE ENTITIES 6 – 10:30 P.M. $58 October 14, 21, 28, 29 & Nov. 4 ••• Old Bakery Beer Company and Alton Haunted Odyssey have teamed up to provide the area’s first Haunted Craft Beer Walk. The stroll includes stops at five haunted locations paired with a five-ounce pouring of one of five different Old Bakery brews.

Tours begin in the second story of the historic Ryder Building, overlooking the

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mighty Mississippi River. Wet your whistle while learning why Alton is considered one of the most haunted small towns in the USA. After a quick version of Ghosts 101 and a demonstration of ghost hunting tools, you’ll be ready for an interactive ghost hunt in some of Alton’s most historic and haunted locations.

Last stop is the old Piasa Masonic Temple, most recently the home of Spirits Lounge.

The building, which dates to 1844, is filled with secrecy and intrigue. Paranormal activity abounds in the second floor meeting area.

Haunted Craft Beer Walks take place on Fridays in October, beginning at 8:30 p.m. at 31 East Broadway in Alton, IL, home of My Just Desserts. Tours cover a distance of approximately one mile with steep hills and stairs. You must be at least 21 years of age with photo ID to participate. $40 per person Reservations can be made online at AltonHauntedTours.com or by calling 618462-3861

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Above, the second floor lobby of the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Below, the doors off Grand Avenue.

Ghost tours return to The Fox For The Edge The Fabulous Fox Theatre is excited to announce the return of the extremely popular Ghost Tours this October. The Fabulous Fox Ghost Tours will explore the untold history of the many ghost sightings and unexplained occurrences reported at the Fabulous Fox during its 88-year history. The Fabulous Fox Ghost Tours will offer an evening of spine-chilling tales

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from Fox staff members and first-hand accounts from investigations by paranormal researchers.

Go behind the scenes of the Fabulous Fox to see what happens after the shows have closed and the stage lights go dim.

Guided tours will be offered at 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m. & 9:45 p.m. on Monday, October 16, Monday, October 23, and Monday, October 30. Tickets are $40 each and include a one-hour guided tour of the Fabulous Fox

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and parking. Tickets are on sale now at the Fabulous Fox Box Office, by calling 314-5341111 and online at MetroTix.com. All tickets are available without a service charge, regardless of purchase method. Ghost tours are not recommended for young children.

In addition to the guided tours, other activities and attractions will be available to guests from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Snacks and specialty cocktails will be sold in Curtain Call

Lounge. Readings from independent psychics and tarot card readers will be available throughout the evening at an additional cost.

The St. Louis Paranormal Research Society will be offering sĂŠances each night at 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Those interested will be able to purchase tickets at Fox Guest Services in the main lobby during the evening of the tour for a $20 fee. There will be a limited number of tickets available for each sĂŠance.

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The Illinois Conference on History will include a visit to the Ghosts In The Library Exhibit, above, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and a discussion on the waves of immigration that shaped Lemont, below.

Conference on Illinois history planned

For The Edge Outlaws getting quick justice from a mob. Enslaved people suffering in a supposedly free state. Immigrants making new lives in small towns and big cities. Lingering questions about Abraham Lincoln’s coffin.

Those stories and many others will be told next month at the 2017 Conference on Illinois History, which takes place Oct. 5-6 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

The price is $90 to attend both days or $50 for a single day.

(The student prices are $45 and $25.) There’s also an option for people who want to attend but don’t have a full day to spare. They can attend the luncheon sessions are $15 each.

The conference includes a reception Thursday evening in the Lincoln museum.

To register, visit www.PresidentLincoln.illinois.gov and click on “special event reservations.” See the conference program at http://bit.ly/2017historyconference.

The Thursday lunch features Stuart Layne, executive director of the Illinois Bicentennial Commission. A seasoned marketing and communications executive, Layne will discuss bicentennial projects underway now and coming in 2018.

The speaker at Friday’s lunch session will be Louise Bernard, director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. Bernard, formerly the director of exhibitions at the New York Public Library, will discuss what is planned for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

Sessions on Thursday and Friday will discuss: • Bandits who terrorized Ogle County in the 1830s until

“The Regulators” formed to stop them • Waves of immigration that shaped Lemont, and the experiences of Puerto Rican immigrants in Chicago • The centennial of East St. Louis riots in which white mobs attacked African-Americans • The FBI’s efforts to infiltrate groups on both the left and the right during the 1960s • Laws that allowed slavery in Illinois for decades after statehood • The mystery of who made and paid for Lincoln’s coffin, and what materials were used.

The conference also includes sessions designed specifically for teachers interested in learning new ways to explore history in the classroom. Participating teachers can earn professionaldevelopment credit.

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People planner YouTube star to perform at The Fox On the heels of multiple sold out shows and added performances during his debut U.S. tour in June, Right Angle Entertainment has announced new tour dates for YouTube personality Markiplier, whose channel has more than 18 million subscribers and 6 billion video views. Markiplier's You're Welcome Tour (https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / u s e r / markiplierGAME) mixes improv games, sketches and a cast of characters to create an on-stage adventure for audiences. YouTubers LordMinion777, Muyskerm, Tyler Scheid and CrankGameplays all round out the show and join Markiplier on the road for this oneof-a-kind stage show.

Markiplier ’s You’re Welcome Tour Live will stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Wednesday, January 3 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $125, $61.50, $49.50, $36.50 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-5341111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

"Right Angle Entertainment is excited to be working again with Markiplier on the You're Welcome Tour,” says Alison Spiriti and Justin Sudds, Co-Founders of Right Angle Entertainment. “Markiplier and this team have put together a truly unique stage show that we’re excited for fans to experience."

Mark Edward Fischbach, known by his online pseudonym Markiplier, is an American YouTube personality who has grown a massive online following. Variety rated him the sixth most influential celebrity among teenagers in the United States. Markiplier specializes in Let’s Play gameplay commentary videos, commonly of survival horror and action video games. Mark’s videos also include animation, sketch comedy, and vlogs that collectively rake in more than 200 million views every month.

Most recently he created a “choose your own adventure” series called “A Date With Markiplier,” which contains 24 different videos with 10 different possible endings.

The series was viewed over 6 million times in the first two weeks after its release. Markiplier and his viewers have raised more than $1.1 million dollars as he regularly hosts charity livestreams where he plays games while campaigning for and collecting donations for

organizations such as the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and Best Friends Animal Society.

Follow @Markiplier on Twitter and Facebook, @Markipliergram on Instagram and subscribe to his channel at Youtube.com/ markiplierGAME.

Hett Center announces free film series This fall, McKendree University’s Hettenhausen Center for the Arts’ free Film Art Series presents four powerful, critically acclaimed films.

Each will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hett auditorium on the Lebanon, Ill., campus. An informal discussion is held afterward. Some films contain adult themes or language and may not be appropriate for everyone.

For more information, visit theHett. com, or call 618-537-6863.

Sponsored by the Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation, the series is free and open to the public. In addition to one or more Academy Award Best Picture nominees to be announced next spring, the series will feature the following: Sept. 19: “The Battle of Algiers” (1967) is a powerful, documentarylike examination of the response to an occupying force during as fear

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and violence escalated during the fight for independence from the French government in the 1950s.

Not rated; 2 hours, 1 min.

Oct. 10: “Concussion” (2015) stars Will Smith as pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, who uncovered the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play. Rated PG-14; 2 hours, 3 min. (Author Jeanne Marie Laskas, who wrote the bestselling novel “Concussion” and the 2009 GQ article “Game Brain” on which this film is based, will speak at the Hett on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 and reservations are recommended.)

Oct. 23: “Shakespeare Behind Bars” (2005) is a documentary about 20 male inmates in a Kentucky prison who form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe. Not rated; 1 hour, 33 min.

Nov. 29: “Milk” (2008) stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist who in 1977 became California’s first openly gay elected official. Rated R; 2 hours, 8 min.

The Russel E. and Fern M. Hettenhausen Center for the Arts— “The Hett”—is Southern Illinois’ premier performing arts venue, presenting world class dance, drama, classical music and jazz.

The 488-seat auditorium is located on the McKendree University campus in Lebanon, Illinois, 25 miles from downtown St. Louis. www.theHett.com

Illinois children can help kick off the state’s bicentennial celebration by using their imaginations and artistic skills in a contest sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

The theme of this year ’s art contest is “Happy Birthday, Illinois.”

Kids from kindergarten through high school get to design posters celebrating the state’s 200th birthday by drawing anything they want – for instance, famous Illinoisans at a party or landmarks decorated as birthday cakes.

The winning artwork will be displayed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum throughout the bicentennial year of 2018.

Artwork may be submitted from Sept. 1 until Dec. 15. Winning entries will go on display in February 2018, around the time of Lincoln’s birthday.

Submissions must be on poster board 14 inches high by 11 inches wide in portrait orientation (that is, taller than it is wide). They cannot feature copyrighted characters such as Batman. More details are available at bit.ly/ALPLMartcontest.

Learning history is about more than memorizing dates and taking tests. Producing art is a great way for students to connect with historic events and consider their meaning.

The contest is open for students from kindergarten through the end of high school. Entries do not have to be submitted via schools; youth groups, home-educated children or anyone else in the proper age ranges can participate. Winners and honorable mentions will be selected in three categories: Grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.

Illinois became the nation’s 21st state on Dec. 3, 1818. A yearlong celebration of the state and its accomplishments will begin on Dec. 3 of this year, leading up to the 200th birthday next December. More information about the bicentennial can be found at www.Illinois200. com.

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People planner Coal Country Fall Festival planned With attractions for people of all ages, the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce’s 19th annual Fall Festival ushers in the autumn season from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23, in Benld’s City Park.

“We like to think of our Fall Festival as a last fling of the summer or first event of the fall where area families can get out, have some fun and some great food before the cooler weather arrives,” said Mickey Robinson, CCCC Executive Director. “We try to have attractions to appeal to all ages in the family to bring a lot of people into the area and promote our region as a great place to do business.” The Festival has continuous free entertainment t h ro u g h o u t t h e d a y a n d f re e displays and the perennial free train rides on the Coal Country Choo Choo.

In conjunction with the Fall Festival, CCCC will sponsor the 12th annual Tour de Coal bike ride, a non-competitive biking event that draws riders every year from the local area as well as many parts of Illinois and Missouri. The ride offers three route options, 13.6 miles, 35 miles, and 64.8 miles.

One of the main features of the Fall Festival has always been vendors who bring a myriad of products to Coal Country. There are upward of 65 arts and crafts exhibitors, a variety of food vendors, and the opportunity for local businesses who are members of the Chamber to introduce the public to their goods and services.

“Our Fall Festival provides an opportunity for people to do some early Christmas shopping for family members and friends, or pick up some unique decorating items to decorate their homes for fall and for the upcoming holidays,” Robinson said. “We are very picky about our vendors and some of the items offered are items people are not likely to see at other festivals in the area. About two-thirds of our exhibitors are returning from previous years and we have a little of everything for everyone.”

A n a re a p ro d u c e m e rc h a n t will arrive with more than 500 pumpkins from 4 inches in diameter to 45-50 pounds, along with gourds, decorative squash a n d c i d e r. R e t u r n i n g f o r h e r

seventh year at the festival, an area woman will sell hand-made decorated snowmen for Christmas decorating. Other exhibitors will have for sale hand-made rag rugs, h a n d - m a d e j e w e l r y, c l o t h i n g , baby quilts, kitchen items, vintage furniture and hand-made furniture. At least one vendor will have hand-made Christmas wreaths and grave blankets.

“They are beautiful,” Robinson said of the wreaths and blankets.

“They normally sell out early and start taking orders.”

The Illinois Valley Economic Development Corp’s Rehabilitation Center will have a large display of decorative items for fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas that are handmade by the Center ’s clients. The Illinois Valley’s handmade large pumpkin yard decorations are well known in the area. The Center ’s appearance at the Fall Festival is its largest fund-raiser of the year.

The Chamber waives the booth fee for this and other non-profit groups such as churches and 501c organizations.

There also will be some “commercial” exhibitors selling such things as Watkins products, Tupperware, handbags, culinary items and other products.

A mission of the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce is to bring people from outside the area to see what local businesses, especially our members, have to offer. To

that end, several local businesses also will sponsor exhibits during the Festival to promote their products and services. Some of these local businesses will be s e l l i n g t h e i r p ro d u c t s . O t h e r Chamber members will be giving out informational items or “fun freebies” to help people know about their services. In the past few years a couple of these local members have used their booths to have a spot for children to play a game or to serve a snack.

The food vendors have people coming back to the festival each year to munch away the day as they enjoy other sights. The vendors who are signed up for this year have quite a variety of delicious fare.

Some of the choices that will be in the Food Court are: Italian Beef sandwiches, barbecued ribs, pork steaks, cabbage rolls, rib-eye sandwiches, gyros, “big smokies”, and corn dogs.

Freshly made kettlekorn will be offered, and a variety of nonalcoholic beverages. Beyond the Food Court, there are vendors in the other vendor areas with food products, such as honey, chocolates, taffy, and freshly baked goods.

If someone is interested in being a vendor in the arts and crafts area, please call Mickey at 217710-5218, drop in at Hebenstreit Apartments in downtown Benld (218 E. Central), or email your

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People planner Tickets available for Polar Express Tickets to The Polar Express Train Ride and Magical Dinners at St. Louis Union Station g o o n s a l e A u g . 1 a t w w w.

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The beloved holiday event returns to St. Louis for the 2017 holiday season as trains begin running from St. Louis Union Station to the "North Pole" on November 24, 2017, the day after Thanksgiving, and continue through December 30, 2017.

Tickets in combination with charming, decorated hotel rooms at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, a Curio Collection by Hilton, have been available for advance purchase for one week.

The magical story of a boy's search for the real meaning of Christmas comes to life when real railroad trains depart St. Louis Union Station for a round-trip journey to the "North Pole."

Set to the sounds of classic motion picture soundtrack, passengers will relive the magic of the story as they are whisked away on The Polar Express Once onboard, hot chocolate and cookies are served as passengers read along with the classic children's book, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg.

Santa and his helpers greet passengers at the North Pole and then board the train, where each child is given the first gift of Christmas - a silver sleigh bell. Chefs aboard each car lead passengers in singing Christmas carols on the ride back to St. Louis Union Station.

The journey begins November 24, 2017 with trains running every day except Christmas t h o u g h D e c e m b e r 3 0 . Tr a i n s depart St. Louis Union Station at 4:30, 6. 7:15 and 8:30 p.m.

Riders may choose from two classes of service on The Polar Express -- Coach and FirstClass. Coach tickets start at $39; First-Class at $65. First-class ticketholders will receive a Polar Express mug and will be seated on train cars with four-top tables.

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Families are encouraged to wear their pajamas for the ride.

In addition to the train ride, St. Louis Union Station will present a holiday fire and light show set to Christmas music on the lake underneath the Union Station train shed.

St. Louis Union Station also will host a series of Magical Dinners in the beautiful Grand Hall of the historic train station during the Polar Express season.

Featuring 3-D light shows p ro j e c t e d o n t h e c e i l i n g a n d interactive visits with Santa's elves and holiday characters, the dinner sessions are available on selected days when the Polar Express Train Ride is in operation.

Dinners are served buffet style with separate adult and children's selections priced between $18 and $25. Children ages two and u n d e r a r e c o m p l i m e n t a r y.

An elaborate holiday dessert buffet accompanies the dinners.

Reservations may be purchased online along with train tickets at www.STLPolarExpressRide.com.

St. Louis Union Station is located at 1820 Market Street in downtown St. Louis. Built in 1894, the National Historic Landmark train station is one of St. Louis' architectural wonders.

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Missouri History Museum to feature St. Louis panoramas Some situations just call for a panorama a filled Busch Stadium or a beautiful sunset over the St. Louis skyline. But what do you do with those wide scenic photographs after you take them?

The Missouri History Museum is making a public appeal for panoramas of the city of St. Louis. The Museum is asking for panoramas of St. Louis skylines, crowds, neighborhoods, and of course, sports.

Panoramas submitted by community members will be displayed in the Missouri History Museum’s upcoming exhibition Panoramas of the City. Using historic panoramic photographs as its backdrop, the Missouri History Museum developed Panoramas of the City, a 6,000 square-foot exhibition that allows visitors to experience St. Louis from 1900 to 1950 as though they were actually there.

Reproducing some of the most remarkable panoramic images of St. Louis ever taken on a scale larger-than-life, allows visitors to feel as though they are among the hundreds of thousands of revelers on Art Hill for Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 Welcome Home Celebration, or marching down Olive Street with the League of Women Voters in 1920.

While Panoramas of the City boasts some of the most incredible historical images of the city of St. Louis ever photographed, the Missouri History Museum invites members of the public to become the photographer and submit their own panoramas of the city.

How to submit your St. Louis panorama: • Ta g t h e M i s s o u r i H i s t o r y M u s e u m o n Tw i t t e r a n d Facebook @mohistorymuseum • Hash tag your panorama using #MySTLPanorama OR • Send your panorama via email to mySTLpanorama@ mohistory.org Panoramas of the City is open September 2, 2017 through

August 12, 2018.

Admission is free.

The Missouri History Museum has been active in the St. Louis community since 1866.

Founding members established the organization “for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state.”

Today, the Missouri Historical Society serves as the confluence of historical perspectives and contemporary issues. Due to its innovative approach to public service, the Missouri History Museum was the first recipient of the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Award for Museum Services in 1994.

The Missouri History Museum offers programs and outreach services, including traveling exhibitions; tours; theatrical and musical presentations; programs for school classes and youth groups; family festivals; special events; workshops; and lectures.

The Missouri History Museum is funded by the St. Louis City and County taxpayers through the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District and by private donations. The Museum is open seven days a week with general admission always free.

The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park also operates the Library and Research Center at 2 2 5 S o u t h S k i n k e r B o u l e v a rd near the Washington University campus.

Airport plans Art of Travel gala St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) has partnered with Third Degree Glass Factory artists in commissioning a custom collection of glass works that will be offered for sale at the Airport’s 7th annual Art of Travel gala on October 5, 2017.

Art lovers, philanthropists, community leaders and supporters of STL will attend this year's gala with a nod to candy and glass, Your Ticket to Candyville; a sweet escape to a colorful world of whimsy!

The commissioned Art of Travel glass collection is being created at the Third Degree Glass Factory by four St. Louis area artists: Dan Alexander, William Haynes, Jeremy Lampe and Michael Moran. Each of these talented artists will be creating

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The Art of Travel glass collection will feature more than 100 creations including sculptures, vases, bowls, pitchers, barware, ornamental candies and holiday ornaments.

The items will sell between $40 and $400 each.

The annual fundraiser benefits the Lambert Art & Culture Program, which supports the A i r p o r t ’ s g ro w i n g t e m p o r a r y exhibitions program of local and regional artists as well as future permanent art works throughout the terminals and concourses.

The Art of Travel on Oct 5 will be held in Terminal 1’s Concourse B from 6-9 p.m. For event and ticket information, visit www. artoftravelstl.com.

Last year ’s event supported more than a dozen exhibitions at the Airport in the past year by local artists and o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g To m Sleet, Amy Reidel, Robert Ketchens, Michael Hoffman, K e n K o n c h e l , J e n n a B a u e r, G a l l e r y 2 1 0 , Wi l d w o o d P re s s , Work/Play, Artists First, Craft A l l i a n c e , S c h m i d t A r t C e n t e r, Missouri History Museum and the Sam Fox School of Art & Design for its installation of Spectroplexus.

In addition to the custom glass, the 7th annual Art of Travel will feature a savory and sweet-inspired menu by the Airport’s master food and beverage concessionaire, HMSHost. Chefs will fly in to STL to prepare the menu for more than

400 guests. Each guest will be able to sample Art of Travel signature cocktails, as well. This year, we will welcome the sounds of Sweetie & The Toothaches, a premier jump blues and boogie woogie group.

The very popular silent auction featuring travel, art and sportsthemed packages will also return this year. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. Corporate sponsorships are also available and include group tickets.

The Chairs of the event are Jill and Dan McGuire and Doug Auer. Jill McGuire is the former Director of the Regional Arts Commission. Doug Auer is the co-founder of Third Degree Glass Factory.

A sample of each of the glass artist’s work will be part of an e x h i b i t i o n , S n e a k P e a k : Yo u r Ticket to Candyville- The Glass of Third Degree Glass Factory at the Art of Travel in the Terminal 1 Ti c k e t i n g L o u n g e b e t w e e n August 17 and October 29.

The Lambert Art and Culture Progr am is led by the sevenmember Airport Art Advisory Committee. Current members are Lisa Cakmak, Associate Curator of Ancient Art at Saint Louis Art Museum; Ellen Gale, Executive D i re c t o r C l a y t o n C h a m b e r o f Commerce; Shelley Hagan, Wells Fargo Cur ator Cor por ate A r t; Leslie Markle, Curator of Public Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum; Kiku Obata, Founding Principal of Kiku Obata & Co.; R o s e a n n We i s s , D i r e c t o r o f Community and Public Arts for the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission; and Carlos Zamora, C re a t i v e D i re c t o r a t E x p re s s Scripts.

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Spirit of Peoria: Morning Sightseeing Cruise Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Gates open at 9:00am | 9:30am to 11:00am The Loading Dock (Spirit of Peoria Cruises) 400 Front St. Grafton, IL 62037 (800) 258-6645 Enjoy the river by boarding the Spirit of Peoria sightseeing cruise. The cruise will travel the Mississippi River and people will have a chance to enjoy the scenic beauty found here. The boat will depart and return to The Loading Dock in Grafton. Cruise begins approximately 30 minutes after boarding. Cruising time is 90 minutes. For more information or to reserve your ticket, call (800) 258-6645. *Tickets are non-refundable. This is a rain or shine cruise.* Admission $25/adult $23/senior $14/child (ages 4 - 12), infants are free Spirit of Peoria: Lunch Cruise Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Gates open at 12:00pm | 12:30pm to 2:30pm The Loading Dock (Spirit of Peoria Cruises) 400 Front St. Grafton, IL 62037 (800) 258-6645 Bring your appetite aboard for this scenic cruise featuring a full lunch served aboard the Spirit of Peoria. The cruise will travel the Mississippi River and people will have a chance to enjoy the scenic beauty found here. The Spirit of Peoria will depart and return to The Loading Dock in Grafton.

Cruise begins approximately 30 minutes after boarding. Cruising time is 2 hours. For more information or to reserve your ticket, call (800) 258-6645. *Tickets are non-refundable. This is a rain or shine cruise.* Admission $45 per person Spirit of Peoria: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Gates open at 6:30pm | 7:00pm to 9:00pm The Loading Dock (Spirit of Peoria Cruises) 400 Front St. Grafton, IL 62037 (800) 258-6645 The cast of the Alton Little

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The Spirit of Peoria will depart and return to The Loading Dock in Grafton, IL. Reserve your tickets online or call (800) 258-6645. *Tickets are non-refundable. This is a rain or shine cruise.* Admission $55 per person, inclusive Grafton Riverside Flea Market September 23, 24, 28, 29 9:00am to 5:00pm The Loading Dock 401 Front St. Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-3494 You won't want to miss this fabulous flea market on the river.

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Welcome to Fall Tour at McPike Mansion Saturday, September 23, 2017 Starting at 7:00pm McPike Mansion 2018 Alby Street Alton, IL 62002 (618) 830-2179 Learn the history of the McPike Mansion and take a look at the documented photos of the mansion and paranormal activity. Then, take a tour of the surrounding grounds and the crypt. Talking with the spirits with Dowsing rods and join us for a dark session in the cellar with our experienced medium. Tour lasts approximately 90 minutes. All proceeds go toward the restoration of the mansion. There will be something special planned for each tour. For more information, contact Sharyn at (618) 830-2179.

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Association: Let's Hang On! Saturday, September 23, 2017 7:30pm to 9:30pm Hatheway Cultural Center at Lewis & Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Rd Godfrey, IL 62035 (618) 468-3270 Let’s Hang On! pays tribute to one of the greatest vocal groups of all time, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. This polished stage show is backed by a live band as they recreate the classic four-part harmonies and crisp dance moves.

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Po' Boy Festival Saturday, September 23 and 24 All Day Event Grafton Oyster Bar 215 W. Water St. Grafton, IL 62037 (314) 621-8811 Oh boy... it's Po' Boys! Grafton Oyster Bar's Po' Boy Festival is September 23 and 24!

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"Crown Heights"

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Matt Ruskin's "Crown Heights" takes its name from the Brooklyn neighborhood, but its story is both more pointedly individual and more broadly national than that suggests.

It's a sober recounting of a case of wrongful conviction.

Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield) is a Trinidad-born 18-year-old from Crown Heights, a traditional bastion of Caribbean immigrants. He's arrested in April 1980 for a murder in neighboring Flatbush. Warner isn't a saint — he's shown stealing a car earlier in the day — but he had nothing to do with the crime, and doesn't even know the people involved.

Warner's jail term stretches more than two decades.

The years, as marked in "Crown Heights," peel away like boxing round cards in a bludgeoning fight that just won't end. The tale of Warner's misfortune dovetails throughout with the obsessed efforts of a childhood friend, Carl King (Nnamdi Asomugha, the former star NFL cornerback) to free him. More than one life is wrecked by injustice.

Writer-director Ruskin, in his second feature film, stays with each as the years pile on with one notable exception.

Every now and then up pops a president — Reagan, Bush, Clinton — on television pledging to be tough on crime.

New York governor George Pataki also gets in on the act — long a popular one for politicians looking for a boost in the polls. Warner, it's suggested, is one more innocent ensnarled by "law and order" politics, which despite recent bipartisan movements toward prison reform, is still very much in vogue.

"Crown Heights" comes out of a popular "This American Life" episode and it's easy to applaud its noble effort to spotlight a gross injustice. Many did at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where "Crown Heights" won the audience award.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language, some sexuality/nudity and violence."

RUNNING TIME: 99 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

There's been a lot of talk about who should be the next James Bond after Daniel Craig puts aside his shaken martini.

Orlando Bloom? Idris Elba? Damian Lewis? After watching the formulaic spy thriller "Unlocked," might we suggest Noomi Rapace?

The actress, who rose to prominence in the original film adaptations of the Stieg Larsson novels — "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," ''The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" — now finds herself in a movie that could be called "The Girl at the Center of a Twisty-Turvy Global Terrorist Conspiracy Where No One Can Be Trusted, Even That Nice Guy Who Just Saved You From Killers."

Rapace drinks only water and beds no one in "Unlocked ," but she exudes the same steely deadliness of 007, his intelligence and resourcefulness. She can shoot guns with both hands, do impressive martial arts moves, speak many languages, quietly slice you open with a knife and, in one scene, is absolutely lethal with, of all things, a folded beach chair.

"Tell me the target," she says steadily and menacingly at one moment, as humorless and driven as Craig's Bond. "I want to know how you got this intel," she demands in another scene.

The plot of "Unlocked" is hard to explain without a spreadsheet since it's a never-ending series of double-crosses in the global search for a Middle Eastern-led plan to use a biological weapon far worse than Ebola in London.

British intelligence agents, the CIA and double agents for both agencies suddenly have an urgent need for Rapace, a former top interrogator who failed to stop a Paris terror bombing that killed two dozen people and still lives with the guilt. (Cue the montage of her working out her frustration by assaulting a heavy bag.)

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "for violence and language."

RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Hitman's Bodyguard"

Is there anything lonelier than a secret?

Frankie has a big one — he's attracted to men — and he can't seem to reconcile it with his own life. Writer and director Eliza Hittman's "Beach Rats " follows this conflicted Coney Island teenager around one summer, both languid and fraught, as he quietly wrestles with identity and desires, often dulling out the noise with the help of his dying father's prescription drugs.

Played by the captivating newcomer Harris Dickinson, "Beach Rats" introduces Frankie as he browses a live video chat site, Brooklyn Boys. With his flat brimmed hat turned down to obscure his face, he looks dispassionately at the different windows, peering into the public-private lives of others. Some are performing for no one in particular, some are clothed and some are just waiting for that person who will agree to turn the computer screen off and meet up. Frankie stops on an older man who asks to see his face.

"Pretty," he says to Frankie.

"Thanks," says Frankie.

But Frankie doesn't want to meet up with the older man. He doesn't really do that, he says.

In the next scene, out in the world with his nearly identical heterosexual friends watching the fireworks on the boardwalk, a pretty girl spots him and begins to flirt. She goes home with him that night, and he does nothing with her either.

The film runs on the slow escalation of his sexual development with both the random men he encounters online and meets up with under the cover of night and the girl, Simone (Madeline Weinstein), he dates in public.

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

RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

There's not a whole lot that's new about "The Hitman's Bodyguard ." Its mismatched-pals premise is the stuff of classic buddy comedies. Stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson play their typical character types: Reynolds the handsome do-gooder; Jackson the unflappable badass whose favorite word is mother(expletive). And like many movie heroes past, they're tasked with taking down a brutal dictator.

Yet that kind of familiar framework is what makes this action-packed mashup of gun battles, car chases, fist fights and international intrigue such a delight: Leave reality's chaos at the door, and lose yourself in a world where the bad guys get what's coming to them and Sam Jackson spontaneously breaks into song. (He actually sings three times in this film — once in Italian! With nuns! Plus his own, original F-word-laden tune.)

And did I mention there's a love-story subplot?

Reynolds plays Michael Bryce, a well-manicured, tightly wound, type-A personality who works in "executive protection," providing high-end, high-stakes bodyguard services for society's unsavories. His career and polished image take a nosedive after a weapons dealer he was protecting is killed by a sniper. Bryce blames his Interpol detective ex-girlfriend, Amelia (Elodie Yung), for the deadly mistake, believing she leaked information to her lawenforcement colleagues.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence and language throughout."

RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Home Again"

It's a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon. You know what's worse? To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen.

That lovely bit of casting alone — Witherspoon and Bergen as daughter and mom — should have been enough to lift "Home Again," a debut from writer-director Hallie MeyersShyer, into at least the ranks of fairly entertaining, harmless guilty-pleasure rom-coms.

Instead, one is left marveling at how disappointingly inept it feels, from plot developments so obvious you see them coming 40 minutes ahead, to the gooey, lingering close-ups of characters laughing happily. What are they laughing about?

Maybe there were lots of great private jokes flying around the set, because there aren't a lot of great ones in the script — save a few choice barbs from Bergen, and a very well-timed "Hamilton" joke.

Witherspoon is Alice, a recently separated mother of two who's returned to Los Angeles from New York, escaping a difficult marriage to a scruffily charming music mogul (Michael Sheen.)

Luckily, she can move right into her childhood home — her huge, beautiful childhood home, with linens so soft they're a topic of conversation, and a sizable guest house.

Which is where the three guys come in. That would be Harry (Pico Alexander), his brother Teddy (Nat Wolff) and friend George (Jon Rudnitsky). They're budding 20-something filmmakers trying to get their movie produced, and they're a bit down on their luck.

Of course, this movie's version of being down on one's luck is a little different than in the rest of the world. It's not just that these guys somehow waltz into high-level meetings with agents and producers. It's that everyone here looks like they've grown up in a Ralph Lauren catalog. Now, plenty of movies have been made about well-off people without real-world problems. It's not a crime.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America "for some thematic and sexual material."

RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"It"

Here's the good news: Pennywise is as creepy as ever in the new "It ." Thanks to a bigger budget and some improved special effects some 27 years later he really gets the chance to spook the kids of Derry, Maine.

Bill Skarsgard (Son of Stellan, brother of Alexander) has infused Stephen King's killer clown with a pathological menace that's more reminiscent of Heath Ledger's Joker than Tim Curry's goofily sadistic take on the character in the 1990s miniseries adaptation. It helps that he's gotten an upgraded makeup job and a more antiquated (and scarier) costume of 17th century ruffs and muted whites. His teeth are bigger, his hair is less cartoonish, his eyes are more yellow and his mobility has become terrifyingly kinetic.

Indeed, the new "It" goes all-out with the horror in Part One of the story, which is focused on the plight of a group of children in the 1980s who are haunted and hunted by a clown only they can see. Things that the miniseries only alluded to are depicted with merciless glee. Did you want to see a gang of bullies cutting a kid's stomach? "It" has that. Or witness a father looking lustily at his pre-teen daughter? "It" has that too.

The bad news is that "It" still doesn't add up to much.

Directed by Andy Muschietti, "It" is a deeply hateful film with the pretenses of being an edgy throwback genre mashup, a la "Stranger Things."

With the R-rating, you do have to wonder who this "It" is really for — the now-grown kids of the '80s and '90s who were traumatized the first time around and can't get enough of their own nostalgia?

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "violence/horror, bloody images, and for language."

RUNNING TIME: Running time: 135 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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This image released by Open Road Films shows Reese Witherspoon, left, a scene from "Home Again."

Witherspoon can't save "Home Again"

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press It's a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon.

You know what's worse? To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen.

That lovely bit of casting alone — Witherspoon and Bergen as daughter and mom — should have been enough to lift "Home Again," a debut from writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer, into at least the ranks of fairly entertaining, harmless guilty-pleasure rom-coms.

Instead, one is left marveling at how disappointingly inept it feels, from plot developments so obvious you see them coming 40 minutes ahead, to the gooey, lingering close-ups of characters laughing

happily. What are they laughing about?

Maybe there were lots of great private jokes flying around the set, because there aren't a lot of great ones in the script — save a few choice barbs from Bergen, and a very well-timed "Hamilton" joke.

Witherspoon is Alice, a recently separated mother of two who's returned to Los Angeles from New York, escaping a difficult marriage to a scruffily charming music mogul (Michael Sheen.) Luckily, she can move right into her childhood home — her huge, beautiful childhood home, with linens so soft they're a topic of conversation, and a sizable guest house.

Which is where the three guys come in. That would be Harry (Pico Alexander), his brother Teddy (Nat Wolff) and friend George (Jon Rudnitsky). They're budding 20-something

filmmakers trying to get their movie produced, and they're a bit down on their luck.

Of course, this movie's version of being down on one's luck is a little different than in the rest of the world. It's not just that these guys somehow waltz into high-level meetings with agents and producers. It's that everyone here looks like they've grown up in a Ralph Lauren catalog. Now, plenty of movies have been made about well-off people without realworld problems. It's not a crime.

But takeout from Nobu? That may be pushing it.

Anyway, we digress. Alice, we learn, is the daughter of a late, well-known filmmaker.

Mom Lilian (Bergen) was an actress. Dad didn't always treat her well, but Lilian has a

great explanation for why she's not fussed: "He's gone now, so I won."

Would that Alice had her mother's sangfroid. We begin on her 40th birthday, and she's weeping into the mirror. Then she goes out and celebrates at a bar, where she and her tipsy friends meet Harry, Teddy and George.

Drinking leads to dancing, to more drinks at Alice's home, to an aborted sexual encounter between Alice and Harry — aborted because Harry's throwing up.

You'd think Alice would wake up, do the laundry (which she does), and realize Harry isn't much of a catch. But soon all three guys have moved into the guest bungalow — their own Ralph Lauren frat house. And Alice starts sleeping with Harry — once he fixes her kitchen cabinet.

"It" scares its way to the top

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge Up until about five days ago I was being very flip about the prospects of the newest movie to take America by storm. Before "It" reaped in over $123 million this past weekend, it was but a chance to relive yet another terrible Stephen King book-turned-movie.

It's September after all, coming off the worst Summer season in years and August ever. It's rated R and runs 135 minutes. There's no way a movie like this is going to be any good or sell any tickets.

"The Dark Tower" proved this recipe just a month ago. Why aren't you listening?! And, boy, was I wrong. On all counts. So, as I sit down to write this, having just had a breakfast of hat and crow, please understand that "It"

may not be your cup of tea, but it's thrilling and entertaining and far more exciting than any movie you've seen this year...or haven't remembering how badly those Summer sales were. Make up for that now. You owe it to yourself.

Brace for it to be a Part I, though. I'll spoil that right out of the gate because the folks at Warner Bros. sure didn't. "It" is subtitled "Chapter One: The Losers Club". That's because it features only the first half of the well-known story that bridges between a gang of dweeby thirteen year-olds in 1989 and will resume (presumably) in the inevitable sequel set in the present day as they are now adults (as yet uncast) facing the same lurking danger that bound them together by blood oath in the first place. That danger is Pennywise the Dancing

Clown (Bill Skarsgard), or at least that's the most recognizable face of a shape-shifting demon that plagues the youth of Derry, King's quaint, fictional hamlet in charming Maine. The malevolence feasts every twenty-seven years on the fear and flesh of kids, including poor Georgie Denbrough (Jackson Robert Scott), the brother of the Losers leader, Bill (Jaeden Lieberher). Instead, desperate, stuttering Bill leads the rest of the his friends (Sophia Lillis, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Jack Dylan Grazer) through constant scenarios that prey upon their individual fears (sickness, molestation, fire, etc.) by both supernatural means and those that are painfully real, like bullying courtesy of the town's juvenile maniac, Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton). It's summer,

the adults keep reminding them throughout the film. Kids should be outside, playing. Unsaid is that they shouldn't also have to be thwarting certain death instead.

So, to what do I attribute the great success of this movie?

There're really only two reasons.

The first is that it's simply a great movie. Endlessly satisfying and full of charming moments featuring young talent and at least three solid jokes at the expense of New Kids on the Block, "It" is comfort food that tries to scare the daylights out of you. The move of the storyline thirty years forward from King's own 1950s-set story is a great change. More importantly, and maybe just less originally, is the fact that "It" continues a s t r i n g o f g re a t re t u r n s f o r products that were originally very popular during my generation's

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childhood. I mean, of course, such examples as March's live action remake of "Beauty & the Beast" the highest-grossing movie of the year. It seems that we have cycled through a period in which we now have to improve upon the (largely terrible) 1990 miniseries that was lauded at the time for the first go at King's 1000+ page opus. Starring Richard Thomas, Jonathan Brandis, and Tim Curry as the original Pennywise, it was great. I chanced upon it on one of the cable channels the other night and does it age badly! Yikes.

Thankfully, everything that was old can be new again. Or so dictates my discretionary income.

"It" runs 135 minutes and is rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language. I give this film four stars out of four.

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Music Tuning in SLSO announces Live at the Pulitzer series The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, announced that tickets for St. Louis Symphony Live at the Pulitzer are on-sale now. The 15th season of the series will offer contemporary classical works, carefully selected by the SLSO, which complement the Pulitzer ’s exhibitions. Each concert is performed in the intimate setting of the Pulitzer ’s main gallery, highlighting the museum’s celebrated Tadao Ando-designed building and providing a direct experience with art.

The 2017-2018 season will feature guest curators for the first time in the history of the concert series. Pianist Peter Henderson will curate the October 4, February 27, and February 28 programs, and Resident Conductor of the St. Louis S y m p h o n y O rc h e s t r a G e m m a New will curate the January 3 0 , J a n u a r y 3 1 , a n d A p r i l 11 programs.

A subscription to St. Louis Symphony Live at the Pulitzer, which includes four concerts, costs $74. Single tickets are $23.

Subscriptions and single tickets a r e o n - s a l e n o w. F o r m o r e information or to purchase tickets, call 314-534-1700 or visit www. slso.org.

October 4, 2017, 7:30pm Exhibition: Blue Black Peter Henderson, piano KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN Klavierstück IX (1954-55, rev.

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April 11, 2018, 7:30pm Exhibition: Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma *Programs for St. Louis Symphony Live at the Pulitzer d u r i n g t h e L i v i n g P ro o f a n d Mona Hatoum exhibitions will be announced at a future date.

About the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1880 and now in its 137th season, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest. Under the leadership of Music Director David Robertson, currently in his 12th season, the SLSO strives for artistic excellence, educational impact and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s lives through the power of music. The SLSO presents a full season of classical programs and Live at Powell Hall concerts and hundreds of free education and community programs each y e a r. M e d i a p a r t n e r s i n c l u d e St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7 – KWMU, which broadcasts the SLSO’s Saturday night subscription concerts live + The Nine Network, which regularly features SLSO performances on its Night at the Symphony program. In addition, the SLSO is known for its Grammy Awardwinning recordings, Carnegie Hall appearances, national and

international tours, innovative programming and extensive community engagement initiatives. www.slso.org About the Pulitzer Arts Foundation The Pulitzer Arts Foundation believes in the power of direct experiences with art. The museum presents historic and c o nte mp o rary art in dynamic interplay with its celebrated Tadao Ando building, offering unexpected experiences and inspiring new perspectives.

Valuing close looking and civic engagement, the Pulitzer is a place for contemplation and exchange that brings art and people together. Located in the Grand Arts Distri ct in St. Louis, Missouri, the Pulitzer is free and open to the public between 10am-5pm on Wednesday through Saturday, with evening hours until 8pm o n T h u r s d a y a n d F r i d a y. F o r more information, visit www. pulitzerarts.org or call 314-7541850.

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Slaves, Secrets, Out Came The Wolves, Picturesque, Broken Youth, Fallen We Divide, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Bucko Toby, w/TOK, Sister Wizzard, Apex Shrine, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 22 Howlin' Friday Concert Series: Marquise Knox, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

70th Anniversary of the Air Force Concert, National Shire of Our Lady of The Snows, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Yerrty G, P.R.E.A.C.H., Yadi, Eric Donte, Teacup Dragun, Hittamane, Mel, Dj Kimmy Nu, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kahsan, Jhai, ISO, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Saturday Sept. 23 Welcome Home, The Weekend Classic, City of Parks, Mocklove, Free Parking, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

The Revivalists, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

P.O.S., B L A C K I E, Steddy P & DJ Mahf, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Sonder Sway, Monkh and the People, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 24 Soulful Sundays Concert Series: The Green McDonough, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Afton Music Showcase, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 a.m.

Broken Social Scene, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Post Malone, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 25 Throw the Fight, Deadships, Glass Houses, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Rhiannon Giddens, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 26 Two Door Cinema Club, w/Circa Waves, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Banditos, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill, St.

Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 27 The Wonder Years: Intimate Acoustic Tour, Laura Stevenson, The Obsessives, Jetty Bones, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

The Quebe Sisters, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Against Me!, w/Bleached, The Dirty Nil, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kyle Dean Massey, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 28 Seeker, Enfold Darkness, Wolf King, Nethersphere, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

William Elliot Whitmore, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Center Stage Artist Showcase, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kyle Dean Massey, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

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Cayetana, w/Hemming, Ordinary Things, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Crywolf, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

The Art of Blakey, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Pure October – Album Release Party, Old State, Noahfence, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Divide The Empite, Silent Hollow, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Korn, w/Kings Bounty, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Not Waving But Drowning, w/Fuse 12, Daybringer, Kill Their Past, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Deerhoof, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Strung Out, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Art of Blakey, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Great Rivers Choral Society announces schedule The Great Rivers Choral Society (GRCS), an adult choir of mixed voices serving the Riverbend area of Southern Illinois, is pleased to announce the kickoff of the 20172018 season.

“We’re really excited about the upcoming season,” said Dr. Ronald Abraham, GRCS Music Director.

“We’ll be tackling new works by Randall Stroope and René Clausen as well as some familiar pop arrangements and more traditional choral music – and some old favorites that long-time audience members may recognize.”

The concert series begins in the fall (Oct. 7, 14-15) with “Beginnings: Seasons, Love and Life,” presenting some of the finest choral works from the eighteenth century to modern composers creating today.

The concert will feature selections from Haydn's Creation and Randall Thompson's glorious 'Alleluia" as well as newer works.

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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical" coming The Fox For The Edge The “most famous reindeer of all” from the longest running and highest rated holiday television special will return live on stage with the critically acclaimed Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer: The Musical (www.rudolphthemusical. com). Back by popular demand following three successful years of touring North America, the world’s most famous reindeer and a holly jolly cast of iconic characters including Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and the Abominable Snow Monster will help Santa save Christmas during two North American tours visiting more than 50 cities this holiday season. The national tour is a family favorite -- a “holiday staple” (The Boston Globe) and an "utterly charming, topnotch production" (Orlando Sentinel) – and visits St. Louis’ Fabulous Fox theatre for 3 shows on November 21 and 22.

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In 1964, the beloved stop-motion animated television classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, made its net w ork t e l ev i si o n d e b u t a n d h a s b e e n d e lighting audiences across the country for over 50 years. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical is a wonderful new

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The story tells the tale of a young Rudolph who, because of the appearance of his bright, shining nose, is excluded from the Reindeer Games. He flees Christmastown and meets up with new friends Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius. After finding The Island of Misfit Toys, Rudolph journeys home, where a snowstorm of epic proportions is threatening Christmas. Can Rudolph rescue his family and friends and help Santa save the holiday?

Rudolph’s partnership with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center continues this year. The show offers a free toolkit to teachers that leverages the powerful messages from the Rudolph story to teach important character values. In addition, a portion of proceeds from sales of the new book, T.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games, will be donated to PACER. For more information, visit www.rudolphthemusical. com and follow the latest updates to the Facebook page at facebook.com/rudolphthemusicaltour.

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Arts calendar Friday, Sept. 22 Strange Folk Festival: Wheneverland, Lafayette Park, St. Louis What's Past is Prologu: A House Brimming with Stories, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until October 29, 2017 Stages St. Louis: South Pacific, Robert G. Reim Theater, St. Louis, Runs until October 8, 2017 The Black Rep Presents: Dot, E d i s o n T h e a t e r, Wa s h i n g t o n University, Runs until Sept. 24, 2017 The Rep Presents: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until October 1, 2017 Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African

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Artistic adventures The Rep announces its 2017-18 Studio Theatre season The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced its 2017-2018 Studio Theatre season: Heisenberg, October 25-November 12, 2017, Faceless, January 17-February 4, 2018 and Caught, March 7-25, 2018.

Heisenberg, by Simon Stephens and directed by The Rep’s Augustin Family Artistic Director Steven Woolf, opens the season. A serendipitous encounter at a London train station propels two very different people into a shared orbit. Georgie is crass, deeply odd and impulsive. On a whim, she kisses the neck of Alex, a much older and more subdued man who is sitting by himself. In the unexpected conversations that follow, Georgie and Alex discover shared passions amidst the uncertainty of personal connection. This life-affirming play uncovers the extraordinary in the everyday.

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Religion The Israel litmus-test and scholarly freedom

By MARK OPPENHEIMER Los Angeles Times It might seem an insignificant dispute, a tiny ship in a small bottle floating on a far-off sea.

Who cares if a UCLA history professor keeps his job as president of the Center for Jewish History in New York City?

But the fight over David N. Myers, who was tapped to head the Center in June, and whom right-wing adversaries are now trying to get fired, is about America, and Jews, and intellectual freedom. And it’s about the intrusion of politics and money into the world of scholarship.

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appointment of the UCLA historian was the opposite of controversial. Brandeis University historian Jonathan D. Sarna called Myers “the very embodiment of what the center should be.” But then an opinion piece appeared in three politically conservative Jewish publications, assailing Myers as an extremist who, according to one of the headlines, “must be fired for radical viewpoints.”

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West Bank; and for advising J Street, a lobby that supports a two-state solution.

The op-ed also links to several essays and reviews written by Myers, including one from the New Republic magazine, in 2008, in which he writes that “the deep wound of the Nakba” — “catastrophe,” how Palestinians refer to the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 — “must finally be exposed to the light of day, and in some way be healed.”

Torossian, Sheinkopf and Birnbaum are not scholars. A man Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg once called “the most disreputable flack in New York,” Torossian has done public relations for rapper Lil’ Kim and the late televangelist Paul Crouch. He’s the PR man of choice for (in Goldberg’s words) the “lunatic

fringe” of Israeli politics (but also, Torossian pointed out, for mayors of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv). Sheinkopf does PR for companies including Home Depot and runs political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, mostly in New York. Birnbaum, a former chief of staff for Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, advised the presidential campaign of Ben Carson.

Torossian et al. have company. In the divided world of Israel politics, many on the right see even center-left groups such as J Street as hostile to the Jewish state. They see Myers’ vague openness to a possible “partial boycott” of Israel — one that targets companies that make arms used in the occupation of the West Bank — as equivalent to wishing for Israel’s demise.

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Includes Biscayne Dr, Burns Farm Blvd, N Burns Farm Blvd, Circle Dr, Franklin Ave. Approximately 10 papers on this route.

Papers need to be delivered by 5pm M-F, and 830am on Saturday.

If interested please call 656-4700 x27.

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Houses For Rent

Two-1BR near downtown Edw. W/S/T Incd.

No Pets. Rent $450-500 (618)656-1725.

Commercial Space For Rent 720

NEW TODAY 414

12,000 sf on 2 acres, fenced in, rock parking, 1 mile from I-255. $2500/month Call 618-781-5971

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Furnished House NICE! 2BR 1BA gar. W/D 3 miles or < to 55/70/40&270 Glen Carbon $1650/mo Photos on Zillow or HotPads 618-406-2866

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

Rental Rental Properties Properties

3BR 1BA newly remodeled, new flooring. DR & spare room, large kit & all appl.

Close to Main St & Bike Trl. 900/mo + Dept 978-7250

Homes For Sale

805

15.5 acres 4BR 1BA country setting in Sorento, IL $189,000 Call 618-231-0966

Lots For Sale

820

NEW TODAY Wooded Paradise!

2.6 acers. Edwardsville Schools & Utilities 972-0948

710

3BR TOWNHOUSE 1200s.f.

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2BR Loft, newly remod new kit, ba, wndows/drs d/w, w/d hkups. $745 incl. w/s/t 593-0173 3BR Apartment Troy. $900/month Available Now! (314)574-3858

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Apts/Duplexes For Rent

705

1099

NEW TODAY

3Br, 2Ba Duplex, Esic Area, 1 car garage. $985. 618-541-5831 or 618-655-0334.

Ebbets Field Subdivision Wide Sale (In Edwardsville Near Goshen Road) Friday September 22 8A-Noon & 4P-8P Saturday Setpember 23 8A-Noon

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