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What’s Inside 3

Route 66 on film

Museum to screen documentary.

4 Plein air exhibit What's new at the EAC.

5 The Delta Queen

Office, restaurant open in Kimmswick, Mo.

11 Off the mark

"Keeping Up With the Joneses" misfires.

15 Christmas concert

Masterworks Chorale ready for the holidays.

19 You Gotta Eat

The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.

22 Barnett on Washington "Hamlet: See What I See" to be presented.

What’s Happening Friday November 4______ • Rebelution, w/Stick Figure, Hirie, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m. • S e t h Wa l k e r, w / ( T B A ) , Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Road to Pointfest 2017 Session :1 Rd: 3, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. • Jake's Leg And Doc Otis, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Jimmy Greene Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, Across St. Louis, Runs until November 13, 2016 • TOYS of the 50's, 60's and 70's, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 22, 2017 • Love Jones- The Musical, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • The Specialist, Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. • 2016 IPHF Hall of Fame Exhibition, Internation Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2017 • Beauty and the Beast, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• The Ugly Duckling, Coca, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. • Textiles: Politics and Patriotism, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 5, 2017 • Conficts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2017 • New Media Ser ies: Dar a Birnbaum, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Until The Flood: Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.to 11:00 p.m., Runs until November 6, 2017 • Follies: The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. • Mark Bradford, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Kings, Queens, and Castles, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Little Black Dress: From Mournin to Night, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis • Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017 • The Women of 1916 Exhibition, Historic Hawken House Museum, St. Louis, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs until November 10, 2016 • Self-Taught Genius: Treasures f ro m t h e A m e r i c a n F o l k A r t Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday November 5______ • Jeff Rosenstock, Hard Girls, Katie Ellen, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Sooner Than Later, w/Divide the Empite, Silent Hollow, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m. • Natural Born Savage Tour w/ Nate Millyunz and Cato, Cicero's, University City, Doors 7:30 p.m. • Yeasayer, w/Lydia Ainsworth, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. • Jimmy Greene Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. • The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, Across St. Louis, Runs until November 13, 2016 • TOYS of the 50's, 60's and 70's, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 22, 2017 • Love Jones- The Musical, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • The Specialist, Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. • 2016 IPHF Hall of Fame Exhibition, Internation Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2017 • Beauty and the Beast, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Relics from Route 66: An abandoned gas station in Chaffeyville, Mo., above, and a hotel in Pacific, Mo.

Museum to screen Route 66 documentary For The Edge Take a trip down the Mother Road via the new documentary film Show Me 66: Main Street Through Missouri. The nearly 90-minute film was produced by the Missouri History Museum in conjunction with the museum's current exhibition Route 66: Mainstreet Through St. Louis. The film and exhibition mark the famous highway's 90th anniversary on November 11 of this year. The film premieres at the Missouri History Museum on Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to the free screening. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Equal parts travelogue and historical narrative, Show Me 66: Main Street Through Missouri explores the landscapes and destinations found along Route 66 in the Show Me State. Stories unfold about the fabled route's birth in Springfield, its relationship to the Ozarks and St. Louis and the attractions, motels, drive-ins and characters discovered along its path. A film trailer is available for viewing at http://mohistory.org/showme66 D i re c t o r s A n d re w Wa n k o a n d E r i c Wilkinson have traveled to Missouri's farthest stretches of Route 66, capturing well-known sights and best-kept secrets across the seasons. Show Me 66: Main Street Through Missouri is a must-see for anyone interested in Missouri history, American car culture, historic preservation or the Main Street of America. "The film dives deeper in Missouri's Route 66 story than any film has before," said Andrew Wanko, the Missouri History Museum's Public Historian and one of the film's directors. "It's more than just roadside sights and popular nostalgia, the legacy of Route 66 is complex." Familiar "66" personalities and experts appear in the film to share their Route 66 experiences including Ted Drewes of the iconic Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, Route 66 historian Michael Wallis and historic preservationist Ruth Keenoy, among others. "The film is a great way for us to expand our reach," said Jody Sowell, the Missouri History Museum's Director of Exhibitions and Research. "The interest in our Route 66

exhibit shows how hungry people are for the local story of this famous highway, but that exhibition closes in July. The documentary will be shown throughout the state for decades to come." The documentary will be screened at the Missouri History Museum and on the Nine Network of Public Media (KETC-TV, St. Louis) on multiple dates. In addition to the premiere screening on Thursday, November 10, a 60-minute version of the film will be on view at the Missouri History Museum on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 1 p.m. Director Andrew Wanko will be available for Q&A sessions after the following screenings: Thursday, January 19 at 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday, January 24 at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, February 7 at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. It also will be shown at movie theaters throughout the state including the fabled 66 Drive-In in Carthage, Missouri and in Springfield, Missouri.

The Nine Network of Public Media broadcasts of Show Me 66: Main Street Through Missouri will air on Saturday, November 26 at 7 p.m.; Thursday, December 1 at 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, December 4 at 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday, December 6 at 8:30 p.m. DVD and Blu-Ray copies of the documentary will be available for sale in the Louisiana Purchase Gift Shop at the Missouri History Museum. The Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis exhibition is open through July 16, 2017 at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. Admission is free. For additional information about the Missouri History Museum, visit www.mohistory.org. 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

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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 t a x p a y e r s t h ro u g h t h e M e t ro p o l i t a n 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 225 South Skinker Boulevard near the Washington University campus.

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A painting of the Watershed Nature Center by Michael Neary.

EAC set presents plein air exhibit Paintings created by artists at the Watershed Nature Center

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge

uring the month of September, artists could be found throughout the Watershed Nature Center in Edwardsville creating plein air paintings. The work of 20 of these artists will be featured in the Edwardsville Arts Center Plein Air Landscape Painting exhibit that opens Friday and runs through Nov. 18.

John Denhouter, SIUE Associate Professor of Art, who is curating this juried exhibit, described what plein air painting is all about. “It’s like doing artwork directly in nature – outside in the open air. Plein air actually translates to in “open air.” "It’s a French term,” he said. Denhouter explained how the idea for the Watershed Nature Center and the EAC to team up for a plein air exhibit came about. “I was approached a few years ago by Betsy Parks,” Denhouter said. “Betsy was a long-time art teacher here in Edwardsville, and she also is a volunteer at the Watershed.” When Parks asked Denhouter if it were possible to get some artists to create plein air work at the Watershed, Denhouter was immediately on board. “I had taken my summer plein air class from the art department there for many years so I was familiar with the Watershed,” Denhouter noted. “Almost immediately I thought well the next logical step is to really couple the work that was done there by artists and do an exhibit at the Art Center,” he said. The idea was to give both the EAC and the Watershed more exposure and make an open general call to the community to have artists from all different statures and experiences participate and create a piece of art. “It’s actually the 25th anniversary of the Watershed so it was nice timing,” Denhouter noted. Then during the month of September, artists were invited

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to visit the Watershed Nature Center any time during park hours to create plein air art. “They signed in to the Watershed office just to let them know they were in the park working,” Denhouter said. “We had approximately 35 artists (participate). They ranged from professional artists to students, and I think there was actually one 11-year-old boy.” “Everybody, for the most part, had experience painting on location. There were some professionals. A couple people came over from St. Louis. Michael Neary came up from Lebanon – Mike Anderson, he’s a professional illustrator from Belleville,” Denhouter added. “I think there were three or four of my former students from my summer painting class that did work. It was a real mixture of students and more seasoned professional artists.” The EAC hosted a reception on Sept. 10 to give the artists participating a chance to meet and get to know one another. At the end of the month, the artists had the option to submit their pieces for a juried exhibit at the EAC that would take place beginning Sunday. Denhouter juried the pieces that were submitted and selected the ones that he thought would make a good exhibition. The artists selected for the show include Michael Anderson, Melissa Bauer, Anne Domingue, Qiong Domingue, Barbara Ferrari, Alicia Halpin, Charlotte Johnson, Libby Kimutis, Allen Kriegshauser, Joseph Langley, Joy Miller, Michael Neary, Samuel Preston, Kelsey Seidel, Jenna Smith, Otis Sweezey, Jane Vieth, Dawn Wagner, Sarah Willig and Terry Yates. Denhouter spoke about the subject matter that the artists selected. “Some people chose to do more close-ups of flowers and plants and the water. Other people highlighted the clouds and skies. So there’s a nice range of subject matter,” he said. “We were a little bit limited it terms of color because in September the trees hadn’t turned yet. There’s quite a bit of green in the paintings. That reflected the month of September, but even within those greens there’s a real variety of green colors. So it was a challenge for the artists to sort

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of enliven what would otherwise be an over-abundance of green.” Creating a plein air painting, Denhouter pointed out, requires a completely different approach to painting. “You have to be very decisive with the decisions that you make in terms of color and brush strokes, and all these artistic decisions have to be made on the spot. That’s what makes it such a challenge. You don’t have the luxury really to slave over these paintings. You are sort of committing on the spot and you’re trying to ideally capture the particular lighting conditions, the atmosphere and the quality of the scene as it is before you,” he said. “I think that a lot of artists find that to be a challenge, and it's what keeps me going back,” Denhouter added. “I always think I can do better. I’m always looking at the weather to see if it’s going to be a good painting day, and if it’s going to be sunny or cloudy. In a way it’s sort of addictive really. Once you get a little success it starts to sort of call you back.” From the plein air art exhibited at the EAC, Denhouter will select the top 13 pieces which will be featured in a special 2017 calendar that will be created and sold at the EAC for the holidays. Ideally Denhouter is hopeful that the EAC can offer the plein art painting activity and exhibit again in the future and possibly expand it to painting other areas around Edwardsville and its downtown. “This plein air movement is very popular across the country, and it’s really gaining a lot of attention,” Denhouter said. “It’s an old art form. The Impressionists started it in the 1870s, but in the last I’d say 10 to 15 years, a lot of cities and towns across the country stage these plein air painting events where artists will come in and they will work downtown in the city, and then they’ll have a show and award prizes. So it’s sort of a growing movement. I think that was a little part of my motive, I wanted to see if this would have some momentum so that we can do it again in the future.” The EAC is located at 6165 Center Grove Road in Edwardsville.

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Above, the Delta Queen. Below, Mayor Philip Stang of Kimmswick and Lee Ann Ingram of The Delta Queen Steamboat Company cutting the ribbon at the Port of Call Restaurant announcement.

Delta Queen restaurant, office opens For The Edge The Delta Queen Steamboat Company has officially opened its corporate offices and Port of Call Restaurant, Lounge and Gift Shop in downtown Kimmswick, marking an important milestone in the vessels homeport city. This opening expects to impact the St. Louis region economically by more than $4.5 million annually. Employment opportunities associated with the Port of Call Restaurant, Lounge and Gift Shop and corporate headquarters have created approximately 185 new positions for residents of Jefferson County as well as portions of St. Louis County. “It is deeply gratifying to us that t h ro u g h o u t t h i s p ro c e s s t h e C i t y o f Kimmswick, Jefferson County and many others have been tremendous partners, we thank you for your support!” said Leah Ann Ingram, Chief Operating Officer at Delta Queen Steamboat Co. “Moving forward we are completely committed to doing our part in supporting the economic development including the creation of quality jobs for the city and the region.” The Delta Queen was recently named to National Trust’s 2016 11 Most Endangered List, which helps raise awareness of the threats facing some of the nation's greatest treasures. The steamboat, which began service as an overnight passenger vessel in 1927, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places and classified as a National Historic Landmark. The Delta Queen was purchased by the current owners in February 2015 with the goal to restore the vessel and return it to overnight cruise service. It is expected that the Delta Queen will begin and end a number of its cruises each year in Kimmswick and will visit more than 80 other ports in the United States. “The opening of the Delta Queen offices

and Port of Call Restaurant & Lounge in Kimmswick is deepening the positive i m p a c t t h e D e l t a Q u e e n h a s a l re a d y had on our historic riverboat town by creating more jobs for our residents and greater experiences for our visitors,” said

Kimmswick Mayor Philip Stang. The new Port of Call Restaurant & Lounge serves French-inspired American fare with a continental twist in a refurbished historic home built in 1772. Dining rooms throughout the restaurant are themed to

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coincide with the history of the Delta Queen as the establishment’s presence is helping preserve the historic vessel. “Our overall goal is to offer visitors the full Delta Queen experience which will help preserve the history of this national treasure,” said Delta Queen Steamboat C o m p a n y P re s i d e n t a n d C E O C o r n e l Martin. “The interior beautifully represents the history and nostalgia of America’s last authentic steamboat, showcasing the elegance of her cabins and public spaces.” In order for the iconic Delta Queen to cruise again, officials must first secure a Congressional Exemption to allow the vessel to return to the overnight cruise trade. The community may take action by urging lawmakers through the National Trust for Historic Preservation to support House Bill HR 1248, and Senate Bill S 1717. If congress fails to pass this legislation, a remarkable piece of the Nation’s maritime history will be lost. Delta Queen Port Of Call Restaurant, Lounge and Gift Shop is located at 6035 Second Street Kimmswick, MO 63053. Lunch 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dinner hours: 4:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Lounge & Hours: 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. Closed Mondays. F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , g o t o w w w. DQSteamboat.com or visit the Delta Queen Steamboat Port of Call Restaurant & Lounge on Facebook.About Delta Queen Steamboat Company The Delta Queen Steamboat Company was founded in 1890 and originally known as The Greene Line. The company is made up of several long-time supporters and former employees of the Delta Queen steamboat. The mission of the company is to preserve, restore and return the legendary Delta Queen to overnight cruise service through the inland rivers of America’s heartland

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People People planner Alton Brown to appear at The Fox

Television personality, author and Food Network star Alton Brown has announced “Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science” (www.altonbrownlive.com) will visit an additional 40 cities in 2017 including St. Louis’ Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Later this year during Thanksgiving week, Brown will make his Broadway debut for eight performances at the Barrymore Theatre. Brown created a new form of entertainment – the live culinary variety show – with his “Edible Inevitable Tour”, which played in over 100 cities with more than 150,000 fans in attendance. The first leg of Eat Your Science sold 100,000 tickets in the 40 cities Brown visited. Tickets are $60, $50, $40 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Brown says fans can expect “all-new everything including songs, new comedy, new puppets, and bigger and better potentially dangerous food demonstrations.” Critics and fans have raved about the interactive components of Brown’s shows. He promises “plenty of new therapy inducing opportunities during our audience participation segments. I don’t want to give too much away, but this time we’re going to play a little game.” Brown has a knack for mixing together science, music and food into two hours of pure entertainment. “Plus, you’ll see things I’ve never been allowed to do on TV.” Brown, author of the James Beard award winning “I’m Just Here for the Food” and New York Times bestselling sequence “Good Eats,” is releasing his new cookbook through Ballantine Books (an imprint of Random House) on September 27 and it is available for preorder now. “Alton Brown: EveryDayCook”, or EDC as Brown calls it, is a collection of more than 100 personal recipes as well as a pinch of science and history. He has hosted numerous series including “Cutthroat Kitchen,” “Camp Cutthroat” and “Iron Chef America” and created,

produced and hosted the Peabody award winning series “Good Eats” for 13 years on Food Network; Good Eats can still be seen on the Cooking Channel and Netflix. Information about Alton Brown or the Eat Your Science tour can be found on Facebook: /altonbrown; Twitter: @altonbrown; Instagram: @ altonbrown; or use the tour hashtag #AltonBrownLive. Eight shows on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre include November 22, 23: 8pm; November 25, 26: 2pm and 8pm; and, November 27: 1pm and 5:30pm. Those with an appetite for more Alton Brown can find additional show and ticketing information at www.altonbrownlive.com.

Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule

Whitaker Foundation Gallery at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center and an outdoor exhibition by local sculptors Alison Ouellette-Kirby and Noah Kirby at the Amphitheater in the Way Field for the 2016 Kranzberg Exhibition Series. Both exhibitions run through January 29, 2017. Opening reception is Saturday, November 5, from 11:00–1:00 p.m. at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www. laumeier.org for more information. November 5 Youth Workshop: Painted Pet Portraits Paint your pup or color your cat in this workshop designed to let you make art inspired by your favorite domestic creatures! Bring a photo of your pet and learn to capture their likeness in a stylized portrait. Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants

Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced its upconing schedule. For more information call (314) 615-5278. November 5 Youth Workshop: Puppets + Marionettes Become a masterful puppeteer of your own marionette! Use found and handcrafted objects to build a puppet that can be controlled with strings. Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Workshops are taught by local, experienced ArtistInstructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, November 5, from 9:30–11:30 a.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $40, ages 7 to 9. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information. November 5 Exhibition Openings Laumeier Sculpture Park opens an indoor multimedia exhibition by Soweto-born, Cape Town-based artist Mohau Modisakeng in the

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with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Workshops are taught by local, experienced ArtistInstructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, November 5, from 12:00–2:30 p.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $45, ages 8 to 12. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information. November 5, 2016–January 29, 2017 Exhibition: Mohau Modisakeng Laumeier Sculpture Park presents an indoor multimedia exhibition consisting of photographs and videos by artist Mohau Modisakeng in the Whitaker Foundation Gallery at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center. The Soweto-born, Cape Town-based artist creates

lush, elegant photographs and videos that reimagine the black body in contemporary society. Modisakeng is often the actor in his simple performances that express issues of rebirth against the historical trauma of colonization and apartheid. Organized in partnership with the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis under Laumeier’s thematic focuses of New Territories: BRICS, 2015– 19, and Truth & Reconciliation. The exhibition runs Saturday, N o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 6 – S u n d a y, January 29, 2017, at the Adam A ro n s o n F i n e A r t s C e n t e r a t Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free. Call 314.615.5278 or visit w w w. l a u m e i e r. o r g f o r m o r e information. Supported by Alison and John Ferring, Adrienne D. Davis and Pat Smith Thurman.

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People People planner Union Station to host holiday extravaganza

The happiest season of the year is going to be bigger and better than ever at St. Louis Union Station. This year 14 new attractions and experiences will make Holidays at Union Station the biggest holiday hot spot in the Midwest. The Santa Express Train Ride is the centerpiece of this expanded holiday event. Real trains pull out of St. Louis Union Station - the 1894 National Historic Landmark terminal - beginning November 18 and continuing through December 30, 2016. Trains will leave the station at 4:45, 6:15, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Hotel ticket packages for The Santa Express and Holidays at Union Station activities are on sale now. Individual Santa Express tickets went on sale Tuesday, August 30 at 9 a.m. Ti c k e t s m a y b e p u rc h a s e d online and the full calendar of train rides and ticketed activities are available at www. HolidaysAtUnionStation.com or www.SantaExpressTrainRide.com. For tickets by phone, dial 877-TWAS-STL (877-892-7785). For recorded information, dial 844-4 INFO 25 (844-446-3625). Magical and castle-like St. Louis Union Station will stand in for The North Pole throughout the holiday season with fun indoor and outdoor holiday activities for everyone. The station will be decorated with elaborate seasonal displays and twinkling with holiday decor designed to rival the biggest holiday celebrations in the nation. A new Fire & Light Show under the outdoor train shed will create a spectacular backdrop for family activities and photos. Before and after the Santa Express train ride, visitors can enjoy the Glacier Park outdoor ice skating rink at Union Station. The rink will be open starting November 18, seven days a week. Next to the rink, guests can whoosh down an ice slide on a snow tube, do battle in a snowball fight arena, and sip a cocktail or drink hot chocolate on Glacier Park's Winter Deck. Inside St. Louis Union Station's N o r t h P o l e Vi l l a g e , v i s i t o r s can follow the smell of fresh gingerbread to Mrs. Claus' Kitchen where Christmas goodies will be available for purchase and train passengers will receive complimentary gingerbread cookies and hot chocolate. Good girls and boys can enjoy a storybook time featuring cookies and milk with Mrs. Claus on Saturdays at 3, 5 and 7 p.m. throughout the season. They will leave the experience with a Mrs. Claus-autographed copy of Twas the Night Before Christmas.

as general chairman for the 2017 event, and David Estes, 2016 venue management chairman, as vice chairman. “With nearly 235,000 attendees and a dozen entertainers at Fair Saint Louis 2016, we’re looking forward to an even bigger and better 2017,” said Boldt. “Forest Park is truly an incredible venue to host America’s Biggest Birthday Party, and we’re once again looking forward to showcasing America’s No. 1 city park to St. Louisans and visitors alike during next year ’s celebration.” Fairgoers are encouraged to check www.fairsaintlouis.org, and the Fair ’s Facebook (www.facebook. c o m / f a i r s a i n t l o u i s ) , Tw i t t e r and Instagram (@fairsaintlouis) p a g e s f o r m o re u p d a t e s a n d announcements leading up to the event. About the Fair St. Louis Foundation The Fair St. Louis Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, operates the Fair each year and has donated numerous gifts to the St. Louis Community in conjunction with these events. Over the years, the foundation has contributed to the lighting of the Eads Bridge, the Mississippi River Overlook and the mile-long Riverfront Promenade, and was a partner in providing the Grand Staircases beneath the Arch as part of the National Park System and to the irrigation system as part of Forest Park Forever.

Scott Air Force Base will celebrate its centennial anniversary in June of 2017. To commemorate this historic milestone, the base will host an open house and airshow featuring the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, set for June 10-11, 2017. The land today known as Scott AFB was initially leased in June of 1917, and by September of that year, it was officially established as Scott Field. Scott AFB is the fourth oldest continuously active base in the U.S. Air Force, and the only Air Force base named in honor of an enlisted member, Corporal Frank S. Scott. Scott Field originally served as a pilot training field during World War I and hosted a modified Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” aircraft used as an air ambulance. By 1921, the mission at the field changed and Scott became a lighter-than-air station hosting balloons and dirigibles. By 1937, the lighter-than-air era ended for the entire Army Air Corps and the War Department intended to move the General Headquarters Air Force from Langley Field, Virginia to Scott Field. America’s entry into World War II would change that plan. The Army Chief of Staff changed Scott’s primary mission in 1939 making it a communications training

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mark this milestone, the Missouri History Museum developed Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis, a 6,000-square-foot exhibition that explores the local history of the world-famous highway. Route 66: Main Street through St. Louis is open from June 25 through July 16, 2017. Route 66 touched eight states and connected more than 100 cities from Chicago to Los Angeles. St. Louis was the largest city in between. As the road meandered through the city, it passed by a number of stops that were unique to St. Louis – from popular restaurants to scandalous motes. Route 66: Main Street through St. Louis tells St. Louis' distinctive story on the Mother Road. Visitors will get their kicks learning about the motels, custard stands and tourist traps that could be found along the road as it passed through St. Louis. Route 66 through St. Louis wound its way from the bridges through downtown streets and depending on the year, provided travelers with several options for navigating through the city to the county and west. Locals will recognize some of the iconic places they still visit today such as Ted Drewes, Crown Candy Kitchen, Carl's Drive In and The Chase Hotel. They will also rediscover places that are gone with the passage of time such as the Coral Court Motel, the Parkmoor, the Chain of Rocks Amusement Park and the 66 ParkIn Theatre. Artifacts include neon signs like the original sign from the La Casa Grande Motel on Watson, and classic cars including a 1963 Corvette Stingray convertible and a 1957 Airstream Travel Trailer. Route 66 opened on Nov. 11, 1926, as the major highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles. Route

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"The Birth of a Nation"

"The Accountant"

"The Birth of a Nation " has had more expectations placed on it than any movie could reasonably bear. When the film about Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, it was held up, unfairly or not, as everyone's great hope to save us from another year of #OscarsSoWhite. Some handful of months later, it became representative of something else when the focus shifted to the then little-known fact that its creator and star, Nate Parker, had a past that involved not only a rape allegation, but the eventual suicide of the accuser. Neither is a fair lens through which to judge "The Birth of a Nation." Complicated people have and will continue to make films. We'll all have to reconcile with that in our own way. #OscarsSoWhite, meanwhile, will never be solved with just one film — and certainly not by the first to screen after another year of homogenous nominees. The fact is, "The Birth of a Nation" is a fine and promising debut from Parker, who also co-wrote and produced. It also feels very much like a first film, too, unable to reach the lofty artistry that it's striving for in juxtaposing unimaginable human injustices with both lyrical spirituality and shocking violence. Out of necessity, "The Birth of a Nation" takes a lot of liberties with truths and unknowns about Nat Turner, fleshing out the skeleton of what the history books tell us. RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity." RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

"The Girl on the Train"

Tate Taylor's "The Girl on the Train" may be technically set in the Westchester suburb of Ardsley-on-Hudson, but its cocktail of commuter trains, marital infidelity and alcoholism make its proper setting Cheever Country. The unhappy, martini-stained lives of New York suburbanites have long been a rich vein for writers like John Cheever, Richard Yates and Paula Fox. "The Girl on the Train" is the trashier, paperback version. Its old-school title may suggest Hitchcock or maybe Fincher (who himself is remaking Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train"). But Taylor's film, disappointingly, is nowhere near the league of either. Instead, it's closer to the kind of early '90s psychological thriller where bad things happen in slow motion and deadly instruments are drawn from kitchen drawers. It's adapted from Paula Hawkins' popular London-set novel, the success of which was predicated on comparisons to Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl," a trio of unreliable narrators, all women, and the way it cleverly untwisted female clichés of domestic life: the bitter divorcee (Rachel, played by Emily Blunt), the sexy 'other woman' (Megan, Haley Bennett) and the unwitting wife (Anna, Rebecca Ferguson). They are each introduced in their own chapter, but our central figure is Blunt's boozy, devastated Rachel, the so-dubbed "girl" who by all appearances is suspiciously like a woman. She spends her days riding the Metro North into and out of New York, cursing the suburban "baby factory" while mini liquor bottles fall off her lap. From the tracks, she obsessively gazes at a house where she spies who she believes is the perfect, impossibly handsome couple (Bennett, Luke Evans). "I just know they know love," she says. RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "violence, sexual content, language and nudity." RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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The bean counter cometh. In Gavin O'Connor's "The Accountant," starring Ben Affleck, the paper-pushing CPA — roughly the exact opposite of Schwarzenegger or Stallone — gets his shot at action hero stardom. If we pull out our calculators, we can deduce that the odds of this are slim. Carrying the one and rounding up, you might even conclude that it's a patently ridiculous premise. Just image the tagline possibilities. "The only thing he knows better than the tax code is his moral code!" ''Don't write him off!" ''He's the Price Waterhouse Killer!" But "The Accountant" has much grander goals of implausibility. The film comes from a script by Bill Dubuque ("The Judge") that, come tax season, may well be at serious risk of an audit. It's about a secretive, autistic accountant for prominent criminals who's a muscular, military-grade hit man by hobby, plagued by his father's relentlessly militaristic parenting, who becomes embroiled in a robotic prostheses company's bid to go public. You know, THAT old story. To cite the words exclaimed by John Lithgow's CEO at a climactic moment that's both bloodbath and family reunion: "What IS this?" What "The Accountant" is one of the more unlikely movies to repeat the phrase "Just the Renoir." Christian Wolff (Affleck) is on the surface a small-town accountant outside Chicago who spends his days at his bland shopping center office and his nights in an airstream trailer parked inside a storage unit. There he punishes himself with a bar he painfully rolls over his shins and stares quietly at an original Pollack nailed to the ceiling. (His Renoir is deemed more expendable.) RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence and language throughout." RUNNING TIME: 128 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Certain Women"

"Certain Women" is a quiet, introspective film about three women living and existing in a frozen Montana town. Does it sound dull? Sure. But on the screen it plays out like a slowburning folk song you could sit with for hours. It's perhaps writer-director Kelly Reichardt's finest work, understated and elegant and well worth a trip to the cinema to slip into the exquisitely literary vignettes of Beth (Kristen Stewart), Gina (Michelle Williams) and Laura (Laura Dern). Adapted from Maile Meloy's short stories, Reichardt crafts her own short story-like structure to "Certain Women." There are some tangentially connecting threads, but for the most part they exist in different orbits even in and around the small, sleepy and picturesquely desolate Livingston, Montana. We meet Laura (Dern) first. She's dressing after a mid-day fling with Ryan (James Le Gros) that doesn't seem to have been fulfilling enough for the effort. Back at her office (she's a lawyer) she's dismayed to find out that a needy client (Jared Harris) has been waiting for her. She explains to him for what seems like the millionth time that he has no recourse for his on-the-job injury because he's already taken a settlement. But he wants a second opinion and they drive to Billings to meet with an older male lawyer who tells him the exact same thing. It's only then that he accepts it. "It would be so lovely to think if I were a man, people would listen and say 'OK.' Ah, it'd be so restful," Laura sighs at one point. That sentiment, a bone-deep exhaustion of merely existing and surviving and still maintaining your wants and desires and agency, flows into the next segment about Gina (Williams) and her family, made up of a bratty teenage daughter and an ineffectual husband, Ryan. It's the same guy we've already seen engaging in the extramarital dalliance with Laura. Both undermine her at every turn in familiar ways. RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some language." RUNNING TIME: Running time: 107 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Four stars out of four.

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"Keeping Up With the Joneses"

The modern studio comedy increasingly feels limp, suffocated by the financial imperatives of high-concept plots and desperately in search of signs of life. Greg Mottola's "Keeping Up With the Joneses" is, like many before it, fine enough. But it mostly goes down as another collection of funny people stuck in too narrowly clichéd roles in an overly familiar story. Mottola, the director of "Adventureland" and "Superbad," has been at the center of comedy on both the big screen and on TV ("Arrested Development," the underrated "Clear History"), but "Keeping Up With the Joneses," written by Michael LeSieur ("You, Me and Dupree") doesn't have much of the naturalism that has distinguished his best. Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher play Jeff and Karen Gaffney, a regular suburbanite couple experiencing an empty nest for the first time with their kids away at summer camp. An impossibly stylish and accomplished couple moves in next door, the Joneses (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot, taking a break from her Wonder Woman duties). He's a travel writer who can blow his own glass; she writes a cooking blog and wears cocktail dresses to neighborhood barbeques. But what makes the Joneses most jealous of them is their easy affection with one another. Though its name is taken from the status-obsessed phrase first made famous by a 1913 comic strip and coopted by the Kardashians, this "Keeping Up With the Joneses" is a comedy about marital passion rekindled. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sexual content, action/violence and brief strong language." RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Jack Reacher: Never Go Back"

It's not the acting or the action that makes "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" inferior to the original 2012 hit. It's the story. The first film, "Jack Reacher," established the title character as a brilliant, brutal loner dedicated to justice. He's a former military officer turned drifter, unfettered by emotional ties, motivated purely by exacting righteousness. What makes an archetypal character like this fun to watch is an unpredictable story, where the audience and protagonist together uncover the mystery. The 2012 film achieved this beautifully, packing action into a compelling thriller that developed the villains as much as the hero. In "Never Go Back," the bad guys are one-dimensional caricatures and the lone wolf is driven by protecting a teenager whom he insists from the start isn't his daughter. This leaves the film riding on its action sequences and the charm of its central characters, played by Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders. And while they're incredibly appealing, they can't do more than the story allows. Cruise, who has made himself this generation's ultimate action star, is perfect as Jack Reacher. He's steely, strong and almost accidentally handsome. The ageless actor does most of his own stunts and effectively uses his eyes to convey his character's guarded sensitivity. Smulders, who's played a small role in the "Avengers" films, proves herself an action star and leading lady as Susan Turner, an Army major who has taken over Reacher's post in the military police force. Turner is investigating the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan when she's removed from her office and jailed on espionage charges. RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of violence and action, some bloody images, language and thematic elements." RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes. ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows, Gal Gadot, left, and Jon Hamm in "Keeping Up With The Joneses.

"Keeping Up With the Joneses" misfires By JAKE COYLE Associated Press The modern studio comedy increasingly feels limp, suffocated by the financial imperatives of high-concept plots and desperately in search of signs of life. Greg Mottola's "Keeping Up With the Joneses" is, like many before it, fine enough. But it mostly goes down as another collection of funny people stuck in too narrowly clichĂŠd roles in an overly familiar story. It's now been more than 10 years since "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" and five since "Bridesmaids." (Feel old yet?) There have, undoubtedly, been good comedies since, namely things with Melissa McCarthy in them, Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha" and

anything Wes Anderson is putting out. But there has been perhaps no greater casualty to the constrictions of blockbuster-centric Hollywood than comedy. The freedom necessary for comedy to thrive is mostly found on television; the action is with "Broad City," ''Atlanta," ''Inside Amy Schumer" and others. Mottola, the director of "Adventureland" and "Superbad," has been at the center of comedy on both the big screen and on TV ("Arrested Development," the underrated "Clear History"), but "Keeping Up With the Joneses," written by Michael LeSieur ("You, Me and Dupree") doesn't have much of the naturalism that has distinguished his best. Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher play Jeff and Karen Gaffney, a regular suburbanite

couple experiencing an empty nest for the first time with their kids away at summer camp. An impossibly stylish and accomplished couple moves in next door, the Joneses (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot, taking a break from her Wonder Woman duties). He's a travel writer who can blow his own glass; she writes a cooking blog and wears cocktail dresses to neighborhood barbeques. But what makes the Joneses most jealous of them is their easy affection with one another. Though its name is taken from the statusobsessed phrase first made famous by a 1913 comic strip and coopted by the Kardashians, this "Keeping Up With the Joneses" is a comedy about marital passion rekindled. That the Joneses are putting up a facade is evident from the start, but the movie cleverly

subverts the nature of their secret identities. They are elite government spies of some sort, but not as far removed from the normal squabbles and challenges of marriage as you might think. The collision of international espionage thrills and quiet suburban life has become familiar by now thanks to the likes of "The Matador," ''Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "The Americans." When the bullets start flying, "Keeping Up With the Jones" has some moves of its own, thanks to the talents of Galifianakis (here playing a naive, aw-shucks character that limits him) and the always game Fisher. Only Hamm manages to create a three-dimensional character: a James Bond secretly yearning to be a regular guy.

Cruise's Reacher falls short in sequel By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I laughed many times while watching the new release "Keeping Up with the Joneses", but it wasn't really a film that you can take much sustenance from. There was no meat on the bone (and certainly not Gal Gadot's). The most interesting thing I found about it was that I've stayed in the Atlanta hotel where the climactic final act is set and filmed. I found better results with a Tom Cruise franchise sequel called "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back", a slightly inferior sequel that's not as good as the 2012 original, but does capture the addition of a female co-lead, something that suits the colossally-masculine storyline well. Tw o c o n c u r r e n t p l o t s r u n

throughout "Never Go Back". The predominant one features Reacher (Cruise) thumbing his way to Washington, D.C. to a dinner date with the new commander of his old unit, the 110th Military Police. He'd helped her settle a matter involving some corrupt soldiers illegally transporting slave labor under the nose of a crooked sheriff. In return, Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) has agreed to a night out that is as close to a date as the investigator/ drifter has seen in either of his t w o f e a t u re f i l m s . W h e n h e arrives to the base, Reacher finds Turner arrested for espionage and takes it none too lightly. He's mistrustful and angry when Ar m y b o s s e s te ll him things . I t ' s a d a n g e ro u s c o m b i n a t i o n for someone that's no longer on their side, but fully committed to

the cause and training that such an institution stands for. When subordinates confirm Turner's integrity and character, Reacher trusts his own instincts and gets involved. He breaks her free of a military prison just as henchman from a contractor agency show up to assassinate her. The whole thing is slick, action-packed, and more than a little farfetched. Drug and weapons trading out of the Middle East are the impetus for all of it. Plot Point #2 comes as Reacher a n d Tu r n e r a r e f l e e i n g f r o m the c o ns p irato rial p urs uit. A rebellious teen girl (Danika Ya r o s h ) i s b r o u g h t t o t h e i r attention as a potentially endangered civilian. It seems t h a t s i n c e h i s d i s c h a rg e , t h e girl's mother had filed paternity paperwork with the government

in hopes of getting child support money for raising who she claims is Jack Reacher's daughter Samantha. Unsure of her actual parentage, Reacher does the honorable thing and looks out for her well-being. It's kind of him to do because The Hunter (Patrick Heusinger) is hot on their tails and he'd love to carve her up with his knife just to prove a point that he's crazier and more deadly than even the en igmatic an d legen dar y J ack Reacher. Samantha is rebellious because she's pretty much raised herself due to an absentee father and a drug-addled (and unseen) m o t h e r. S h e ' s a l t e r n a t e l y a street-smart kid and a damsel in distress that easily frustrates audiences throughout most of her scenes. Combined, the two stories -

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which are based largely on Lee Child's eighteenth Reacher novel from 2013 - make for an affair that is a little too long and a lot too violent in some cases. The addition of Susan Turner, an alluring beauty and a strong officer, gives Reacher someone to really work off as the two figure o u t t h e i r p re d i c a m e n t . S h e ' s just as capable of strangling a suspect to death (with a garden hose in this case) as he is and that's what qualifies for movie character diversity these days. I'll take it where I can get it. "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" r u n s 11 8 m i n u t e s a n d i s r a t e d PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, some bloody images, language, and thematic elements. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

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Music Tuning in Yes to perform at The Fox

Long-time Yes fans, rejoice! Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman are proud to announce that after a hiatus of 25 years, they are to reform the definitive Yes line-up as – Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman (ARW). Yes will perform live at the F a b u l o u s F o x We d n e s d a y, November 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $100, $75, $65, $55, $45 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Since they last played together in 1990 on the highly successful Ye s ‘ U n i o n To u r ’ , t h e re h a v e been various hybrid versions o f t h e b a n d . H o w e v e r, n o n e featured the iconic voice of Jon Anderson, the outstanding guitar talent of Trevor Rabin, and the keyboard wizardry of Rick Wakeman. The aim of the band will be to restore the standard of excellence in performance that they established with their 1990 shows - which saw Yes members past and present come together for the first (and only) time of the legendary band's career. " To b e a b l e t o s i n g a n d perform with Rick and Trevor at this time in my life is a treasure beyond words," explains Jon. "I'm so excited to create new music and revisit some of the classic w o r k w e c re a t e d m a n y y e a r s ago, it's going to be a musical adventure on so many new levels." "Trevor and I have wanted to play Yes music together since the Union Tour," adds Rick. "And as for so many of us, there is no Yes music without Jon. The 'Holy Trinity of Yes' is for me, very much a dream come true." T h e m o s t s u c c e s s f u l p ro g rock group of all time, Yes was co-founded by Jon Anderson and the late Chris Squire in 1968 and went on to sell millions of units with releases such as Fragile, Close to The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Going For The One and 90125, as well as emb ar ki n g o n se v e r a l re c o rd breaking world tours. While Rick is associated with the '70s "prog era" of the band (which saw Yes become a worldwide stadium headliner) and Trevor associated with the '80s "pop era" of the band (which furthered the band's popularity - including the band's biggest chart success), Jon is the bridge between both factions (as he was a member of both eras). Not content to rest on past glory, Jon, Trevor and Rick are working on new songs, which are currently being recorded. The band will make its live debut in North America in October/November, followed by the Rest of the World in 2017. The worldwide ARW Tour is b e i n g p ro d u c e d b y l e g e n d a r y concert promoter Larry Magid, who is considered an architect and leader of the modern c o n c e r t b u s i n e s s . Wi t h o v e r 16,000 concerts to his credit and still counting, he has produced national and international tours f o r Ye s , R i c h a rd P r y o r, B e t t e Mi dl e r, S t e v i e Wo n d e r, R o b i n Wi l l i a m s , K r i s t i n C h e n o w e t h , Earth Wind & Fire, Il Divo, The A l l m a n B ro t h e r s B a n d , P a t t i LaBelle, Grover Washington Jr.

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Rain, a tribute to the Beatles, coming to the Fox

Opening on Sunday, March 5, 2017 for a limited engagement at The Fabulous Fox Theatre will be Rain, a tribute to the Beattles. Tickets are $100, $65, $55, $45, $35 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-5341111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Experience an all new show when the internationallyacclaimed Beatles concert, Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre Sunday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press),

Rain performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. In addition to the updated sets that include brand new LED, High-Definition screens and multimedia content, new songs have also been included with the launch of the 2017 Tour. To g e t h e r l o n g e r t h a n T h e Beatles, Rain has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (“I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Let It Be,” “Come Together,” “Hey Jude” and more), this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little

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When four young men were cast in the television roles of a struggling rock band inspired by The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, few could have predicted the impact The Monkees would make on music and pop culture at large, an impact that still reverberates 50 years later. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the television series The Monkees, the quartet of Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and the late Davy Jones brought a singular mix of pop, rock, psychedelica, Broadway, and

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox 2016 Tour, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Paper Route, HALFNOISE, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Lil Uzi Vert, w/(TBA), The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Yelawolf “Trial By Fire” Tour, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m. (CD Release) Mr H And The Modern Historians, The By Gods, Four Arm Shiver, The Langaleers, Cicero's, University City, Doors 7:00 p.m. Jimmy Greene Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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Rebelution, w/Stick Figure, Hirie, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m. Seth Walker, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Road to Pointfest 2017 Session :1 Rd: 3, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m. Jake's Leg And Doc Otis, Cicero's,

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Straight No Chaser: I'll Have Another… World Tour, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. K.Flay, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. Laura Stevenson, w/(TBA), Blueberry Hill,

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Religion Vatican, Argentine church to open "dirty war" archives VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and Argentina's bishops have finished cataloguing their archives from the country's "dirty war" and will soon make them available to victims and their relatives who have long accused church members of complicity with the military dictatorship. The 3,000 files being released, though, are a fraction of the documentation believed to be in the possession of the Argentine church. A joint statement Tuesday by the Vatican and the Argentine bishops' conference said the process of digitizing the archives had been completed and that procedures to access the information would be forthcoming. No date was set, and the opening for now is restricted to victims, detainees, their relatives and the religious superiors of victims who were priests or nuns. Official estimates say between 7,60013,000 people were killed or disappeared in a government-sponsored crackdown on leftist dissidents during Argentina's 1976-1983 "dirty war." Human rights activists believe the real number was as high as 30,000. M a n y s e n i o r c l e r i c s w e re c l o s e t o Argentina's military rulers at the time and human rights groups have accused them of complicity with the regime. The statement said the decision to open the church's archives was taken at the express direction of Pope Francis, "in the service of

truth, justice and peace." Francis — then the Rev. Jorge Mario Bergoglio — was the young Jesuit superior in Argentina during the military dictatorship, making his decision to open the archives all the more remarkable. The Argentine bishops' conference, which Bergoglio headed until 2011, began cataloguing the archives soon after his term ended. "We're not afraid of the files," said Cardinal Mario Poli, the archbishop of Buenos Aires. "We're making them available in the pursuit of reconciliation, truth and justice." Relatives of victims welcomed the development as an important first step, but expressed disappointment that the files will only include an estimated 3,000 documents, most of them believed to be letters from Argentines to church authorities seeking information about their "disappeared" loved ones. That is likely a fraction of the documentation in existence since the archives of religious orders and individual parishes were not included in the cataloguing project, officials said. "There's no centralized archive," Monsignor Jose Arancedo, who succeeded Bergoglio as president of the Argentine bishops' conference, told reporters Tuesday in Buenos Aires. "We hope that the work done here is also done in other instances of the church." Dora Salas, a member of the group Families

of the Disappeared and Held for Political Reasons, said the release was important "because it is the beginning of a new road, a whole new step." Salas was kidnapped with her partner in 1977; she was released with her two young children but her partner was forcibly disappeared. "I think that this will lead to important things but I also believe that also there is a very long road ahead and that there is still a lot missing," she said, citing parish files, military files and other documentation. Francis himself had been criticized for not speaking out publicly about the atrocities while a high-ranking Jesuit. But he has also been credited with saving the lives of more than two dozen people, giving them sanctuary in his seminary and helping spirit them out of the country. The documents concern archives held in the Vatican secretariat of state, the Vatican's Buenos Aires embassy and the Argentine bishops' conference. Most would normally never be made public, and in the case of the Vatican archives, they would only become available to academics starting around 2075. The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, stressed that for now the archives would only be open to victims and their relatives, not academics. He suggested that a broader opening could come later. Activists say the church has yet to fully

apologize for its human rights record, identify those responsible for the many violations the church knew about at the time, or lead Argentina's justice system to bodies and to people who were stolen as babies from their birth families. Francis has said when he ran Argentina's bishops' conference in the 1990s no such evidence existed in church files. The most damning accusation against Francis himself is that as the military junta took over in 1976, he withdrew his support for two slum priests whose activist colleagues in the liberation theology movement were disappearing. The priests were then kidnapped and tortured at the Navy Mechanics School, which the junta used as a clandestine prison. Francis said he had told the priests — Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics — to give up their slum work for their own safety, and they refused. He testified as part of a human rights trial in 2010 that to save them, he persuaded another priest to fake an illness so that he could hold a private Mass for dictator Jorge Videla and personally plead for the Jesuits' release. They were set free in October 1976, left drugged and blindfolded in a field. Yorio, who is now dead, later accused Francis of effectively delivering them to the death squads by declining to publicly endorse their work.

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Above, the double bypass burger, featuring 10 strips of bacon, from Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.

Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge My latest stop on my eating escapades took me to arguably the unhealthiest joint I've ever visited — Heart Attack Grill. Another restaurant on my trip to Las Vegas, Heart Attack Grill is located in the heart of the Fremont St. experience in downtown at 450 Fremont St. Established in 2005, this artery-clogging institution has had its fair share of controversy. It's a a hospital themed restaurant where all the patrons must wear hospital gowns and the waitresses dress as nurses. You can even order wine served in an IV bag, which I did, but we'll get to that later. Heart Attack Grill definitely promotes gluttony, as visitors tipping the scales at more than 350 pounds eat free. And no, I did not get to eat free on my visit. The menu is ridiculous, as the burgers — aptly named bypass burgers — go all the way up to a octuple bypass burger, which includes eight hamburger patties and 40 pieces of bacon. As an

incentive to finish your meal, patrons are spanked with wooden paddles by their waitress in the middle of the restaurant for not eating all of their food. The quadruple bypass burger, serving up 9,982 calories, is considered one of the unhealthiest meals you can eat in the country. Heart Attack Grill holds the Guinness World Record for highest calorie burger. Needless to say, Kelly wasn't too hyped to eat at Heart Attack Grill, but I insisted. It was one of the places I had circled to visit on our trip. When we arrived, we were immediately escorted into a back area to put on our hospital gowns. A video featuring “Dr. Jon,” the company pitchman donning a doctor's outfit, show you what Heart Attack Grill offers on their menu and showcases patrons being swatted to prepare you for the experience. The dining area is an old school diner setup with TVs mounted everywhere showing 80s music videos and in-house videos featuring their midget waitress,

who unfortunately was not working on our visit. The re w e re als o o ld mo v ie posters donning the walls, but with the names and scenes changed to be burger themed. The art centerpiece was a mural of the “Last Supper,” only with “Dr. Jon” in the middle surrounded by the likes of Colonel Sanders, Ronald McDonald, Jack, The Noid, Little Caesar and Burger King, among others. It just made for a fun, tongue-and-cheek atmosphere. I h a d re s e a rc h e d t h e m e n u beforehand and knew what I was going to order already. We started with the flatliner fries and an order of white wine in an IV bag. I'll start with the wine. It was unfortunately very disgusting. I believe it's the cheapest wine I've ever drank. While the wine was putrid, the presentation was beautiful. The IV bag was a perfect recreation of one you would find in a hospital, minus the twisting spout used to pour the rancid juice. After one drink Kelly nearly spit it out and pushed the rest off on me. I refused to let it go to waste though, because after all, when

would I get to drink wine from an IV bag ever again. Next came the flatliner fries. They were thick cut fries, smothered in cheese and chili. It was actually pretty good. The chili had a somewhat sweet taste and the fries didn't become too soggy under their loaded toppings. They passed the Kelly test, too. As for the burgers, Kelly went light with a single bypass burger, while I doubled up with the double bypass burger. The burgers are loaded with American cheese, tomato, onion and bacon. You can also get chili on your burger, but we both asked for no chili. They don't go light on the bacon either, the single bypass burger included five piece of bacon, while my double bypass burger had a whopping 10 slices of delicious bacon. The burgers were really good. They had a great charbroil taste to them and the bacon of course was the perfect finishing touch. Kelly and I neither one expected much out of the food going in, but were overly impressed with the experience, minus the wine. The

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point of the visit was to enjoy the atmosphere and the experience, which we did down to me not finishing my burger. I left one bite, so I could experience the spanking and retell the story to you the reader. There is an area in the middle of the restaurant where you assume the position, bending over and holding onto metal bars. I received three swats from our waitress, each with a little more oomph. The third made me cringe a little, much to the joy of the whooping and hollering restaurant patrons and Kelly. The most impressive feat Kelly and I witnessed on our visit was the teenager next to us who scarfed down a quadruple bypass burger without any problems. The burger was almost as big as him. While I'll admit I've had better meals in my life and definitely healthier ones, Heart Attack Grill was more about the experience and it didn't disappoint. If you make it to Vegas and are looking for some ridiculous fun and decent food, Heart Attack Grill is a must visit when you gotta eat.

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The Arts

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Isaiah Di Lorenzo

Francesca Ferrari

Kelly Hummert

Joel Patrick King

Lief Newberg

Lee Osorio

BlaQue Pearl

Reginald Pierre

Andrea Reed

Andy Sloey

Brandon Alan Smith

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Barnett on Washington to host "Hamlet: See What I See" Performance kicks off Immersive Theatre Project

For the Intelligencer Rebel and Misfits Productions, LLC is delighted to announce “Hamlet: See What I See,” the first project in a series called The Immersive Theatre Project. This production, directed by Melanie S. Armer, co-founder of The Nerve Tank in New York City, will feature her adapted script of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The event will run November 12 through November 18 at the Barnett On Washington, in the Grand Center Theatre District. The show will begin with a cocktail hour at 7:00 PM and audiences can expect direct contact with characters from the show throughout the evening as part of the immersive theatre experience. “Since my work with The Nerve Tank is devised, it’s a huge pleasure to go back to my early training and work with Shakespeare again. Hamlet is so modern in the way that both madness and time are addressed; it’s been a treat to experiment with ways we can share these visceral themes physically with the audience. We’ve assembled a diverse cast, including spoken word artists, dancers and improv artists. That kind of cross-training is what inspires a richly textured production,” said Armer. Kelly Hummert, Artistic Director of Rebel and Misfits Productions, is creating immersive theatrical experiences for St. Louis audiences in diverse and unusual locations, inviting audiences to enjoy a new, daring way to experience theatre. “Immersive theatre

is a way to explore plays in another light. Destroying the line between actors and spectators thrills me. When you jump into this world, you become completely invested in the story. I want people to explore the world of Hamlet’s Elsinore as if it were their own, because it will be!” Hummert said. T h e e n s e m b l e f e a t u re s N Y C - b a s e d television and film actor (currently starring in FOX’s “Gotham”) Brandon Alan Smith as Hamlet, East St. Louis native Joel Patrick King as King Claudius, STL-based Francesca Ferrari as Queen Gertrude, Washington University graduate Lee Osorio as Horatio, Kelly Hummert as Ophelia, and local star Christopher Tipp as Laertes. The ensemble also includes The Improv Shop’s GM Andy Sloey, Andrea Reed, BlaQue Pearl, Leif Newberg, Isaiah di Lorenzo, Reginald Pierre, local favoriteSaraJane Alverson and Tyler Cheatem. “Hamlet: See What I See” is produced by a world-class design team from all over the U.S. including directorMelanie S. Armer, the co-founder of The Nerve Tank in NYC, internationally-renowned Broadway and film fight choreographer Rick Sordelet, sound designer Chad Raines from Philadelphia, and award-winning lighting designer John Eckert. St Louis native and nationally renowned fashion designer Emily Brady Koplar (Wai Ming) is creating the costumes. The world of Elsinore will be immersive well in advance of opening night. Led by the company’s Digital Media Director, Aarti

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Couture, Rebel and Misfits Productions will begin featuring live social content online at www.theimmersivetheatreproject.com. Secret letters and seductive accounts of the otherworldly happenings at Elsinore will be shared. Rebel and Misfits Productions is very excited to deliver this production as an opening event,confident viewers will walk away from the experience understanding Hamlet in a brand new way. The name of the company is derived from the Steve Jobs quote, “Here’s to crazy ones. The rebels. The misfits. Because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”Rebel and Misfits Productions hopes that audiences will walk out of the theatre with not only a lot more to say about the world of Hamlet’s Elsinore, but about the one they are re-entering as well. Tickets for “Hamlet: See What I See” are currently on sale via Metrotix. Admission is $55 with a discounted price of $34.50 for college students with a valid student ID. All participants must be age 18+. In order to encourage the interactive experience of the play and to follow the actors as they move from space to space, there is no seating for the event. Admission is standing room only, with the exception of those with physical limitations who are unable to stand for extended periods of time. More information is available at www.theimmersivetheatreproject. com. More about Rebel and Misfits Productions

Rebel and Misfits Productions is a new St Louis-based theatre company founded by actor, artistic director and producer Kelly Hummert. "Hamlet: See What I See" is its inaugural production and the first show in a planned series of true immersive theatre experiences – which create no line between the actors and spectators - called jointly "The Immersive Theatre Project." Each show in the series will have a hidden theme that connects each play in some way. Additional non-immersive projects are also in the works. The name of Rebel and Misfits Productions is derived from the Steve Jobs quote, “Here’s to crazy ones. The rebels. The misfits. Because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Kelly Hummert is originally from Illinois and attended Webster University. She returned to St Louis in 2011 after spending eight years doing theatre in New York including playing Viola in Twelfth Night at Brooklyn Shakespeare Experience, Maggie in After The Fall with Stage 15 Productions, Medea in Medea Redux in The 24 Hour Plays at the Public, the New York Premiere of Kato McNickle’s Swimming In The Ocean, and Helen in the workshop of Warning: Adult Content at MCC. Other roles: Jack in Lord of the Flies, Hermione in The Winters Tale, Lula in The Dutchman, and Antony in Julius Ceasar. Film Credits: The Devil Wears Prada, The Marconi Brothers, The Good Shepard, and Across the Universe.

The Arts Artistic adventures The Fox to present "Annie"

G o i n g i n t o i t s t h i rd s m a s h year, with over 575 blockbusting performances under her belt, this production of "Annie", a new incarnation of the 1977 Tony Award®-winning original, continues to be met with standing ovations and effusive reviews! Tickets for "Annie", at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-534-1111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $25. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. "Annie" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Performances of "Annie" at the Fabulous Fox run December 2 – 4. Show times are Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. After touring the production t o o v e r 1 0 0 c i t i e s a c ro s s t h e nation and recently overseas to Jakarta and Singapore, Troika Entertainment LLC is pleased to announce the casting for the 20162017 season. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, the production features a 25 member company: in the title role of Annie is Tori Bates, an 11-year-old actress from Sarasota, FL, making her tour debut. She most recently starred as Young Josephine in the soldout run of Josephine at Asolo Repertory Theatre. “I’m thrilled to cast Tori as Annie,” said Martin Charnin. “She has all of the characteristics and gifts that I look for in the role.” Gilgamesh Taggett continues to star as Oliver Warbucks. In the role of Miss Hannigan is Erin Fish. Also starring in the tour are Casey Prins as Grace Farrell, M i c h a e l S a n t o r a a s R o o s t e r, Mallory King as Lily and Jeffrey B. Duncan as FDR. Sunny and Macy, rescue terrier mixes, star as Sandy. The orphans are Bunny B a l d w i n a s M o l l y, J a c q u e l i n e Galvano as July, Ava Slater as Kate, Amanda Swickle as Pepper, Amanda Wylie as Tessie and Katie Wylie as Duffy. The featured ensemble includes Timothy Allen, Todd Berkich, Katie Davis, Adam du Plessis, Mia Fitzgibbon, Caroline Lellouche, Conor McGiffin, Mackenzie Perpich, Connor Simpson, David Vogel, Anastasia Wolfe and Roxy York. "Annie" has a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards® for their work. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro, who incorporates selections from her father Peter Gennaro’s 1 9 7 7 To n y Aw a r d ® - w i n n i n g choreography. The celebrated design team includes scenic design by Tony Award® winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One, The Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages), costume design by Costume Designer ’s Guild Award winner Suzy Benzinger (Blue Jasmine, Movin’ Out, Miss Saigon), lighting design by Tony Award® winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Annie, White Christmas) and sound design by Tony Award® nominee Peter Hylenksi (Rocky, Bullets

Over Broadway, Motown). The lovable mutt “Sandy” is once again trained by Tony Award® Honoree William Berloni (Annie, A C h r i s t m a s S t o r y, L e g a l l y Blonde). Musical supervision and additional orchestrations are by Keith Levenson (Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls). Casting is by Joy Dewing CSA, Joy Dewing Casting (Soul Doctor, Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz). The original production of "Annie" opened April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre and went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album and seven Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin). The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever. It ran for 2,377 performances after it first opened, and has been performed in 28 languages and h a s b e e n ru n n i n g s o m e w h e re around the world for 39 years. The beloved score for "Annie" includes “Maybe,” “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” “Easy Street,” “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow.”

Entries sought for St. Louis Teen Talent Competition

Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation (FPACF) is pleased to announce the 7th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition in the spring of 2017. Online registration to enter is now open for all high school students in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. There are no fees to participate. The event will follow a competition format withstudents vying for scholarships, special awards, prizes and the opportunity to compete in the finals on The Fabulous Fox Theatre stage on Saturday, April 8, 2017. This event showcases talented teens in our region who excel in the performing arts. More than 180 senior high schools and performing arts organizations in the St. Louis metro area received details about the 7th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The call for entries deadline is November 11, 2016. Contestants must be enrolled in the 9th, 10th, 11th or 12thgrade in the 2016-2017 school year and must attend a high school/home school within a 50-mile radius from the Arch. The Preliminary round will be held on February 4 & 5, 2017. Acts may include up to six students performing as a group. “We hope students who are passionate about the performing arts will register for the competition,” said Mary Strauss, President of the FPACF Board of Directors. Performing arts categories include (but are not limited to): singers, dancers, actors, musicians, comedians, rappers, and circus skill artists. Contestants may perform with original or published material. Finalists in past years have included a variety of musicians, an aerialist, classical and rap/ pop singers, a whistler, dancers, jugglers, a spoken word artist, and baton twirlers. The 2016 winner of the competition was

pianist Royce Martin of Grand Center Arts Academy performing an original composition. The Preliminary and Semi-final rounds will be hosted by several event sponsors: Ritenour School District (at their High School facility), Logan University and Missouri Baptist University. High school students can respond to the “Call for Entries” a nd re g i s t e r on - l i n e a t w w w. foxpacf.org. Each round and location will have a panel of at least three judges who will adjudicate and advance acts to the next round of competition. Judges for the Preliminary and Semi-final rounds are arts professionals from the St. Louis region who are asked to give each act constructive, verbal feedback immediately after they perform. The finalists will compete on The Fabulous Fox stage as part of a professionally produced show on Saturday, April

Concert Hall, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Six Flags, Fair St. Louis, Taste of Maplewood, Let Them Eat Art, MidTown Taste and with the Chamber Music Society of St. Louis and Winter Opera Saint Louis. “ We h a v e b e e n t h r i l l e d with the response to this event from students, parents, arts organizations and the community. The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation is uniquely positioned to provide the opportunity for students to perform at the Fox and on other stages around St. Louis. We are pleased that we are able to put talented young people in the spotlight,” said Strauss. Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation fosters, promotes, and encourages young people in the St. Louis region to discover and participate in the joy and wonder of live performances.

8, 2017. This final event at the Fox is free and open to the public. Students placing First, Second and Third will win college scholarships. The 2017 1st Place scholarship ($8,000) is underwritten by the Ameren Charitable Trust; 2nd Place and 3rdPlace scholarships are $5,000 a n d $ 3 , 0 0 0 r e s p e c t i v e l y. A l l students who enter and compete in the Preliminary Round will be eligible for consideration t o re c e i v e s c h o l a r s h i p s f ro m both Lindenwood University and Southeast Missouri State U n i v e r s i t y. C o n t e s t a n t s w h o advance to the Final round will be eligible for various cash awards and prizes (full list available atwww.foxpacf.org). Finalists will also be provided unique performance opportunities within the St. Louis area arranged by FPACF and by request. Finalists from the past five years have performed at the Muny, Sheldon

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The Edwardsville Public Safety Committee recommended the approval of three action items pertaining to the construction of the new Public Safety Facility at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The first agreement was with FGM Architects for on-site project representation in an amount not to exceed $35,000 during the construction of the project. Alderman Janet Stack said both the committee and those involved in the construction felt this was essential to the site. “This is having someone from FGM on-site supervising the construction, basically for five hours per week

is what it’s kind of based on, which is considerably less than if we went out for someone else. $35,000 versus $120,000 to $360,000, and since it’s already someone who is associated with it, we thought it would be a good move,” Stack said. All committee members were in favor and the motion passed accordingly. Next was the approval of a resolution granting change order authority for the facility, not to exceed $20,000 per occurrence or a project change order total not to exceed 10 percent of the combined station awarded amount of $11,965,000. The resolution will allow for both the

Director of Public Works and the City Administrator to approve minor change orders within the contract, which will lessen the delays to the construction schedule. Stack said this has been done before and is necessary for the project as it moves forward. “There was a discussion because the project was much more expensive, but we still felt the council needed to have approval over anything more,” Stack said. All committee members were in favor and the motion passed. The last action item was recommending the approval of an agreement with Quality Testing for professional

material testing services. The project requires construction observation and material testing such as density tests, sub-grade preparation, concrete inspection, etc. Stack said this will ensure the new station is up-to-par with the city’s codes and standards. “This is to make sure that all of the materials used, including density tests during general grading, separate preparation foundation, all of that is done. It’s due diligence, since we are spending a lot and we want it to be quality,” Stack said. The motion passed and all committee members were in favor. For more information about the new public safety facility, visit the city of Edwardsville’s website at www. cityofedwardsville.com.

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tic situations, politics, questions of science, etc,” the show description states. Artists in the show include Angelina Fasano - textiles, Daniel Raedeke - painting, sculpture, 3D modeling; Jeroen Huijbregts - painting, prints; Joseph Page - ceramics; Justin Henry Miller - painting; Rachael Wilbur - photography; Thom Whalen - painting, mixed media; Will Rimel ceramics and Jason Bly – painting. Bly spoke about what inspired him to come up with this show concept. “I began to think of various ways children may first come to appreciate art, and like myself at an early age, remembering those access points: films, toys, comics, video games,” he said. “When I was younger, I did not necessarily think of them as art, but they acted as seeds for eventually discovering and appreciating art in museums and galleries.” See "EAC" on Page 3

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Board backs efforts at Cahokia Mounds Bat houses installed at Township Park By JOHN SOMMERHOF jsommerhof@edwpub.net

Though preservationists have talked about it for years, the effort to bring Cahokia Mounds into the National Park Service is picking up steam and the Maryville Board of Trustees is on board. At its last regular meeting, the board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution in support of a campaign to get the Cahokia Mounds and associated mounds complexes designated as a national park. The resolution declares that the village of Maryville joins Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in asking the Illinois citizens and communities to actively join the HeartLands Conservancy in the Mississippian Culture Initiative and urge Congress to pass a bill establishing Cahokia Mounds and thematically connected mound complexes deemed to be suitable, national significant and in public owners as the Mississippian Culture National Historic park. See "VILLAGE" on Page 3

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Goal is to put dent in mosquito population By STEVE HORRELL shorrell@edwpub.net A trio of bat houses have already been installed at Robert C. Stille Township Park in a novel effort by Edwardsville Township officials to take a bite out of the local mosquito population. The houses were installed during the day on Tuesday. Last week the township spray truck sprayed for mosquitoes at the park and at several trouble spots in Edwardsville, Glen Carbon and places just outside the city and village limits. It was the sixth spraying session since the township began its annual spraying campaign in late May. The township will have what is likely to be its final spray this year in a couple of weeks, said Township Highway Commissioner Danny Picarella. The township plans to use spray-

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The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, Across St. Louis, Runs until Nov. 13, 2016 TOYS of the 50's, 60's and 70's, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 22, 2017 Love Jones- The Musical, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Specialist, Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 2016 IPHF Hall of Fame Exhibition, Internation Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until February 4, 2017 Beauty and the Beast, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Ugly Duckling, Coca, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Textiles: Politics and Patriotism, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 5, 2017 Conficts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2017 New Media Series: Dara Birnbaum, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Until The Flood: Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.to 11:00 p.m., Runs until Nov. 6, 2017 Follies: The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Loretto-Hilton Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Mark Bradford, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Kings, Queens, and Castles, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Little Black Dress: From Mournin to Night, The Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017 The Women of 1916 Exhibition, Historic Hawken House Museum, St. Louis, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs until Nov. 10, 2016 Self-Taught Genius: Treasures f ro m t h e A m e r i c a n F o l k A r t

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The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, is a holiday mash-up for the entire family. Produced by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and co-commissioned by United Palace of Cultural Arts, The Hip Hop Nutcracker will kick off its second North American tour on November 17, spanning 23 cities including at stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Wednesday, December 21 at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $65, $55, $45, $35, $25 and are available online at metrotix. com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Directed and choreographed b y J e n n i f e r We b e r, T h e H i p Hop Nutcracker is a full-length production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, a DJ and a violinist. Through the spells cast by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, MariaClara and her prince travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Digital scenery transforms E.T.A. Hoffmann’s beloved story set to the streets of New York. The dance work celebrates love, community and the magic of New Year’s Eve. “Three years ago, the world premiere of The Hip Hop Nutcracker was a unique holiday

event that united hip-hop fans, families, and classical music and dance audiences – so many different people in our community – under one roof. This Nutcracker’s dance crew simply electrified our theater,” said David Rodriguez, NJPAC’s Executive Vice President and Executive Producer. “We are excited to share this new classic with audiences across the country.” The Hip Hop Nutcracker has been called “a truly one-of-akind experience, filled with highpowered choreography and a very modern storyline” by ELLE magazine, while CBS-TV raved, “The Hip Hop Nutcracker turns Tchaikovsky on his head, in the coolest possible way.” About Jennifer Weber “Outstanding Emerging Choreographer” New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) nominee, Jennifer Weber is the artistic director of the awardwinning, theatrical hip-hop dance company, Decadancetheatre. Based in Brooklyn, NY, the company has toured across the US, UK, Russia and France, performing at venues including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Apollo Theater, The Kennedy Center, London’s Southbank Center, The Everyman in Liverpool, New York City Center, Bumbershoot in Seattle and The Stanislavsky Music Theatre in Moscow. She has also c h o re o g r a p h e d f o r A m e r i c a n Express, Uber, Ulta, L’Oreal Matrix, Reebok, Philosophy, Marc Jacobs, CK2 and UK TV show, Blue Peter.

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MOLSON COORS NOW LARGEST U.S. BREWERY AFTER MILLERCOORS BUY By Zacks Equity Research After a long wait, Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Company TAP now has 100% ownership of MillerCoors after its acquisition of London-based SABMiller plc’s 58% share of the company for $12 billion. In addition, Molson Coors has acquired the Miller brand portfolio globally. It now has full rights to all the brands in the MillerCoors portfolio for the U.S. market, including Redd’s and import brands such as Peroni and Pilsner Urquell. q The deal makes Molson Coors the largest brewery in the U.S. and the third largest in the world, after Belgium-based AnheuserBusch InBev BUD and Dutch brewer Heineken NV HEINY. MillerCoors was a joint venture of Molson Coors and SABMiller formed in 2008 that sells both companies' products in the U.S. Molson Coors had 42% stake before the acquisition. SABMiller sold its stake in MillerCoors to satisfy antitrust concerns of U.S. regulators as part of its planned merger with AnheuserBusch InBev that closed on Monday. MillerCoors will now operate as the U.S. business of Molson Coors, which includes the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Also, it will retain its name and headquarters in Chicago. MillerCoors is expected to provide 70% of Molson Coors’ total revenue. Post this acquisition, Molson Coors’ annual revenue is anticipated to grow to $11.2 billion, increasing from $6.8 billion in 2015. Underlying earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization are projected to be $2.3 billion, up from $1.3 billion. Volumes will grow to 94 million hectoliters from 58 million. This acquisition would also enable Molson Coors to improve scale and gain significant synergies, allowing it to cut costs quickly. As the U.S. beer market grows slowly, lower costs will help the company to increase its profits in the coming years. Per reports, strong margins via cost savings and synergies, solid cash generation and stable top-line growth volume would result in double-digit EPS growth. Also, Molson Coors reportedly plans to announce a cost savings program of $900 million.

Zacks Rank Currently, Molson Coors holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

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