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Annual sale planned.

Dance in Concert 2017 edition planned.

What’s new?

Businesses cater to tourists in Brown County.

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Clooney’s new film is a mess.

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What’s Happening Friday, November 10

Friday, November 10 The Weekend Classic, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

KSHE Stories from Window 2, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tyler Childers, William Matheny, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Hangar 18 4th Anniversary Show, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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

Weather Forever, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

On Your Feet! The Musical Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until November 17, 2017 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, Dinosaur Train, The Magic House, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs until November 26, 2017 Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday, November 11

Edwardsville Veterans Day Parade, downtown, 6:30 p.m.

Veterans Day 5k, Ceremony and Parade, Soldiers Memorial, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Hockey Game, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Beijing Guitar Duo, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Sweet Ascent, Never Let This Go, The Autumn After, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Tyler, the Creator, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Mason Jennings, (TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Conquest: Tribute to Metal Gods, Koreigner: Tribute to Korn, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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

Weather Forever, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

On Your Feet! The Musical Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until November 17, 2017 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, Dinosaur Train, The Magic House, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs until November 26, 2017 Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018

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People planner Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule

Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced its upconing schedule.

For more information call (314) 615-5278.

November 4 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series Opening Yvonne Osei: Tailored Landscapes For Laumeier’s 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series, conceptual artist Yvonne Osei creates a large-scale photo installation to occupy the breadth and width of the indoor gallery, constructing an environment where textiles create landscape. Inspired by both the cultural and physical landscapes of the Park, Osei weaves design motifs from her home country of Ghana into her photographic and videographic documentation of the Park to create new and unique patterns for Laumeier. Using her textural understanding of fashion design to mold and manipulate an adhesive fabric, Osei creates an environment that uses the architecture of the gallery as figure and form. With Tailored Landscapes, Osei continues her inquiry utilizing the import of textiles as a medium to celebrate diversity in culture and in nature. Exhibition opens Saturday, November 4, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information. Curated by Dana Turkovic; supported by Nancy and Ken Kranzberg. Exhibition runs Saturday, November 4, 2017–Sunday, March 4, 2018.

November 18 Youth & Teen Workshop: Creative Clay Learn the techniques of coil building, slab construction and pinch pots to help bring your sketches to life in clay. Traditional or fanciful, let your imagination lead the way—the possibilities are endless! Finish your work using a variety of surface treatments, stains, waxes and low-fire glazes. Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and selfexpression. Saturday, November 18, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $45, ages 8 to 15. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK 12580 Rott Road / Saint Louis, Missouri 63127 / 314.615.5278 www.laumeier.org November 18 Teen & Adult Workshop: Figure & Form Work directly from the figure and use your power of observation to capture the three-dimensional quality of the human form. Explore figure drawing techniques and learn the art of proportion, shading and tone. Charcoal, conté, ink and pastel will be demonstrated. All levels welcome!

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, November 18, 1:00–4:00 p.m. in the Kranzberg Education

Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $40, ages 13 and up. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

November 18 Family Workshop: Painterly Prints Express yourself through color and texture as you discover the unlimited possibilities of mono prints! Collaborate to create multi-layered mono prints using gelatin plates, stencils, paint and found objects. Bring home a collection of masterpieces! Laumeier Sculpture Park’s multi-generational Art Workshops are a wonderful way for family members to spend quality and creative time together! Children— along with a parent, grandparent or caregiver—explore new artistic media, develop a meaningful bond and create memories to last a lifetime. Registration fee includes one adult with one child; children must be accompanied by an adult. Saturday, November 18, 1:30–3:30 p.m. in the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park,

12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $45, adult with child ages 4 to 12. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information.

December 2 Teen & Adult Workshop: Cookie Jars Learn basic slab construction and surface design to create decorative and functional cookie jars out of clay.

All jars will be kiln-fired, food-safe and ready for your holiday cookies! Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept.

Workshops are taught by local, experienced ArtistInstructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, December 2, 1:00– 4:00 p.m. in the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $60, ages 13 and up. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

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People planner YouTube star to perform at The Fox

On the heels of multiple sold out shows and added performances during his debut U.S. tour in June, Right Angle Entertainment has announced new tour dates for YouTube personality Markiplier, whose channel has more than 18 million subscribers and 6 billion video views.

Markiplier ’s You’re Welcome Tour (https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / user/markiplierGAME) mixes improv games, sketches and a cast of characters to create an on-stage adventure for audiences.

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Muyskerm, Tyler Scheid and CrankGameplays all round out the show and join Markiplier on the road for this one-ofa-kind stage show.

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

Tickets are $125, $61.50, $49.50, $36.50 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

“Right Angle Entertainment is excited to be working again with Markiplier on the You’re Welcome Tour,” says Alison Spiriti and Justin Sudds, Co-Founders of Right Angle Entertainment.

“Markiplier and this team

have put together a truly unique stage show that we’re excited for fans to experience.”

Mark Edward Fischbach, known by his online pseudonym Markiplier, is an American YouTube personality who has grown a massive online following.

Variety rated him the sixth most influential celebrity among teenagers in the United States.

Markiplier specializes in Let’s Play gameplay commentary videos, commonly of survival horror and action video games.

Mark’s videos also include animation, sketch comedy, and vlogs that collectively rake in more than 200 million views every month.

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viewers have raised more than $1.1 million dollars as he regularly hosts charity livestreams where he plays games while campaigning for and collecting donations for organizations such as the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center,

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

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People planner Events planned in Alton area

The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.

Discovery Nature Club Wednesday, November 01, 15 and 29 3:00pm to 5:00pm The Nature Institute 2213 S. Levis Lane Godfrey, IL 62035 (618) 466-9930 The Nature Institute is excited to share their newest program with you and your families. Discovery Nature Club is bimonthly, after school program for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

Each session, your child will dive into a new environmental topic.

Come learn about nature and all of its wonders. The class is $25 for 4 sessions

(November and December).

Registration for the winter season is now open. For more details or to register: https://www.thenatureinstitute.org/events/discovery-nature-club-16/ Admission $25 for 4 sessions Residual Impact Gallery at Jacoby Arts Center November 2-5, 9-12, 16-17 12:00pm to 6:00pm Jacoby Arts Center 627 E. Broadway Alton, IL 62002 (618) 462-5222 Stop by Jacoby Arts Center and see the amazing work of arts by the Residual Impact Artists: Ann Coddington, Arthur Towata, and Patricia Vivod.

Residual Impact reflects physical and psychological, visible and subliminal, influences of the natural world.

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niques and organic materials, three artists tradslated direct experience and submerged memory in woven sculptures, eco dying on silk and ash- fired pottery.

This exhibit will be on display Oct. 12, 2017 thru Jan. 6, 2018 during Jacoby Arts Center’s hours of operation.

Thursday-Saturday: 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Sunday: 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Admission Free Fins and Feathers Program at Pere Marquette State Park Friday, November 03, 2017 Starting at 5:00pm Pere Marquette State Park 13112 Visitor Center Lane Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-3323 Join Urban Fishing Coordinator Scott Isringhausen at the Visitor Center for an educational fish program. Following

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Following that program, the group will take a night hike to listen for owls. Be sure to stick around after the hike for a hotdog and marshmallow roast!

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contact the Pere Marquette Park Visitor Center at (618) 786-3323.

Alton Hauntings History Walking Tour Friday, November 03, 2017 7:00pm to 10:00pm First Unitarian Church (Alton Hauntings Tour) 110 East Third St Alton, IL 62002 (217) 791-7859 Our haunted history

walking tour is approximately 3 hours long and travels throughout the old downtown area of Alton, visiting many reportedly haunted sites and going into some locations (depending on availability).

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Edwardsville resident and Blessing Basket Project volunteer Meg Solon goes over some of the bags that will be offered for sale.

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By JULIA BIGGS For The Edge It’s been about 14 years since Edwardsville resident Theresa Carrington reached out to the world in hopes of changing the lives of those living in poverty in countries on other continents. With the help of numerous people from Edwardsville and the surrounding communities, Carrington built from her garage The Blessing Basket Project, a non-profit organization that pays artisans in impoverished countries a “prosperity wage,” a higher wage

than fair trade, for the products they make.

This unique financial model allows the artisans, through entrepreneurship, to gain financial independence and escape poverty.

Since 2012 over 100 individuals from Bangladesh and Ghana have graduated out of poverty through The Blessing Basket Project.

The Blessing Basket Project blossomed and moved its office in 2011 to a St. Louis warehouse, but once a year, the organization holds its inventory blowout mega sale where it throws

open its warehouse doors and invites the public inside to meet via Skype some of its leadership teams and artisans located across the world. At the same time, the organization sells thousands of its unique handcrafted products made by its artisans. This year’s 12th annual sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12 at 5234 Oakland Ave. in St. Louis (near the St. Louis Science Center). There’s also an exclusive early bird access from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Nov. 11 only for a $5 donation.

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Baskets Continued from Page 6 “We’re selling off what we call scratch and dent baskets,” Carrington explained. “Baskets that for some reason or another – was the wrong color, the wrong size, maybe the weaving wasn’t perfect - we were unable to sell to the person who it was intended for which is typically Whole Foods, Joe’s Market Basket - folks like that.”

There’s also baskets available that are what’s left from a particular basket line.

“So we have only three or four or 20 or 50 items left when our average client will order 200 or 300 baskets worth,” Carrington noted.

“Then there’s some experiments,” she added.

“We sell what we call samples, and that’s actually the secret best deal of the sale. These samples tend to be really creative baskets or really unusual patterns. Samples are one-of-a-kind items.”

But it’s not just a basket sale. The Blessing Basket warehouse sale has everything from dresses for women to jewelry to home décor items that have come in as samples from around the world. “And we go live to our countries

by Skype and they get the opportunity to see our leadership teams from around the world,” Carrington said. “In all cases it’s dark or near dark there so it’s not like we get to see big, beautiful scenery shots, but we do get to talk to our teams live so it’s a really great cultural experience for kids, and we encourage everyone to come out.”

This year ’s sale takes place over two days, a first for Blessing Basket.

“It will take us more than 40 volunteers to pull off this event. We’ve never done a two-day sale so we need all hands on deck for the event itself,” Carrington noted. “Then outside the event, we need volunteers like Meg (Solon).”

Carrington explained how the Edwardsville community and its volunteers like Meg Solon have played a critical role in The Blessing Basket’s beginnings as well as its current day successes.

From volunteers like Solon, an Edwardsville resident who volunteers once a week to retail stores like Joe’s Market Basket that carry The Blessing Basket’s products, Carrington stressed that the Edwardsville community “has helped us change the world in ways they are very likely unaware of,” she said. “So we’re grateful. Very, very grateful.”

“Volunteering for our organization is a very

enriching and rewarding experience because with every product you handle you are actually able to know the very person who made that very item,” Carrington pointed out.

Solon echoed Carrington’s comments and added that she particularly enjoys volunteering because she knows the prosperity wage Blessing Basket provides helps the artisans escape poverty.

“That’s why I’m so passionate about it because I know that when I’m going there and helping prepare these baskets and getting them in great shape to go out and be sold, it’s representing these artisans who are working so hard to work their way out of poverty. So the more baskets that are sold, the more these artisans are going to make and the sooner they will work their way out of poverty,” Solon emphasized.

The flexibility that Blessing Basket offers its volunteers was another reason that Solon recommended volunteering for the organization.

“You can make your own hours. You’re not committed to a set day and time,” Solon stressed. “You can really do as much or as little as you want and they are never pestering you about committing to come in. So it really is great. You can go as often or as infrequently as your schedule allows.”

“We serve 3,500 artisans across seven countries throughout three continents, and we do that with a staff of 10 people. We couldn’t do that without the help of people like Meg. And we need more Megs. Although she’s hard to replicate. She’s super awesome,” Carrington said.

While Solon primarily works to prepare the baskets for shipment, there’s a multitude of other volunteer opportunities at The Blessing Basket, which can be found on its website at www.BlessingBasket.org under the “contribute” and then “volunteer” tabs.

As an example, Carrington explained how Jean, another volunteer, was working on a global project for them. “She has experience running events. We have her working on a global summit where we’ll be bringing in all of our country directors and support teams from around the world,” Carrington said.

“That will be done in May of next year. She’s using her time and talents and energy as an event planner to help us plan literally a global event. So it gives her a chance to work with people and places and have experiences that she might not otherwise have, and we get the benefit of her amazing skills.”

Volunteers can also help in the office while others help with social media and the organization’s website.

“One of the most rewarding volunteer programs that we run is where people can sit in the

comfort of their own home and review the letters that the artisans are receiving and sending back from customers around the United States and Canada,” Carrington noted.

“So this technology we developed empowers you as the customer to know the very artisan who made your very basket. You can write them a letter and they will respond, and we need volunteers to read those letters - both outbound and inbound - to make sure that everybody is safe. So it’s a huge responsibility that we have on our shoulders to literally open the world to some of the farthest reaching villages on this planet. The responsibility to keep both sides of the equation safe and ensure that nothing crazy happens. We train volunteers, who from the comfort of their own home, are watching those letters go back and forth to make sure everything is safe.”

“On top of that we talk to our artisans twice a year about the progress that they are making in their lives through your purchase,” Carrington added. “Those updates need to be reviewed before it’s released to the public. This is all online, all cloud based and so volunteers sit in the comfort of their own home and do the letter approval and the update approval. We have volunteers working with us as far away as California and Boston.”

“This is a rewarding place to spend any extra time that you have because it’s a really great opportunity to see the faces, see the names, understand the personal stories of those living somewhere in this world that really, really need our help and are certainly grateful for receiving it,” Carrington added. “We’re just in partnership with them. They are doing as much work because they are making these incredible items that will be available for the sale in November.”

Anyone interested in volunteering for The Blessing Basket can fill out the form online and a member of the Blessing Basket team will contact you to start the coordination or you can simply call them at 1-888-618-1503 or 314-2721250.

Don’t have time right now to volunteer? You can help support The Blessing Basket by visiting its warehouse sale on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12.

Carrington said that they had a goal to get 1,000 people to attend the sale.

“We are challenging Edwardsville – you helped birth us, come help grow us. Help us get 1,000 people in here,” Carrington said. “We are here because we were born and raised in Edwardsville, and they have a right to come and see what they’ve made happen, and to help us grow as we head on into the future. So I’m sending a lot of love to Edwardsville and to the community that helped give birth really to this organization, and I’m very, very grateful.”

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People planner The Price is Right Live coming to The Fox

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People planner National Children’s Cancer Society presents “An Evening with the Cardinals”

The National Children’s Cancer Society (NCCS) is thrilled to announce the 6th Annual “An Evening with the Cardinals” on Saturday, January 20th, 2018 featuring a new generation of baseball greats.

Join featured guests Whitey Herzog, Willie McGee and Keith Hernandez as they reminisce about the 1982 World Series and share other treasured stories about their time with the St. Louis Cardinals. Dan McLaughlin, voice of the Cardinals, will host the event and moderate a

question and answer session with these baseball legends. .The evening will also include silent & live auctions featuring one-ofa-kind memorabilia. All proceeds support the organization’s mission of providing emotional, financial and educational support to children with cancer, their families and survivors.

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The Muny announces its 100th season lineup

The Muny announced today its epic seven-show 100th season in Forest Park.

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SIUE to host Dance in Concert 2017 For The Edge Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”

SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance presents Dance in Concert 2017 starting Wednesday, November 8 through Saturday, November 11 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 PM only.

All performances are on campus in the Katherine Dunham Theater. Ticket prices are $12 for adults 18 and older and $10 for seniors and all others.

The evening of dance brings several talented choreographers together: Jermaine Shelton, Kevin Paul Hockenberry, J. Calvin Jarrell, Jon Lehrer, Omar Olivas, Brian Lynch, and head of the dance program at SIUE, Kristin Best Kinscherff who says, “Most of the time, I select the choreographers that I want to present works in the concert. I love having our faculty create works as an extension of classroom activity. They are able to challenge their students to use what they learn in class and apply it on stage. Our faculty members are also highly regarded professionals and Dance in Concert is an opportunity for them to share their artistic works with the SIUE audience.”

Kinscherff elaborates, “For this particular concert I selected J. Calvin Jarrell and Jon Lehrer as our guest artists.

Both of these individuals are known for creating works that the students absolutely love to perform. Rounding out the concert, we usually have a choreographic work by a student. Jermaine Shelton created a thought-provoking work that received the Outstanding Student Choreography Award in the spring 2017 semester. With this award comes the honor of presenting in a Dance in Concert program and at the American College Dance Association’s Regional Conference.”

Jermaine Shelton’s piece is titled, “Severance” with music by Indoor Chasing by Roque Banos and Brink by Fesliyan Studios.

The evening is filled with exciting moments such as the 2nd half of the concert which is one piece called,

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Pictured are Eketi Songu, Lorelle Katz, Kristin Ahring (kneeling) Justin Fong, Adrien Dammer (lift), Jermaine Shelton and Hayley Barker.

Kanashibari. The Japanese word translates to “the state of being totally bound, as if constrained by metal chains.” The ambitious piece is the brainchild of Assistant Professor Kinscherff, her colleague, Mr. Omar Olivas, and the dance ensemble. One part in particular, an aerial dance, was created by and performed by Mr. Brian Lynch.

“Audience members tend to want to use dance as an escape mechanism,” says Kinscherff. “They want to come in, be entertained, and forget about the outside world for a couple of hours.

They want to figure out what the piece is “about” quickly or find a narrative

to a piece that does not have one. We challenge the audience to just “experience” this concert and not read into any piece too much.”

To purchase tickets by phone call 618650-2774 or visit the SIUE Department of Theater and Dance box office located inside Katherine Dunham Hall on the SIUE campus.

The Theater and Dance box office is open Monday through Friday starting at 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and two hours before show time including performance weekend on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call the box office or visit the SIUE home

page at www.siue.edu and click on the Calendar & Events menu.

SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance presents four plays and one dance concert during its October through April season. All productions are open to the community at large. The Department of Theater and Dance is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provides students with a high quality, affordable education that prepares them for successful careers and lives of purpose.

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Arts calendar Thursday, Nov. 9

On Your Feet! The Musical Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until Nov. 17, 2017 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, Dinosaur Train, The Magic House, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs until Nov. 26, 2017 Alexander Hamilton Exhibit, Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Court House, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Friday, Nov. 10

On Your Feet! The Musical Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until Nov. 17, 2017 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, Dinosaur Train, The Magic House, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs until Nov. 26, 2017 Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Panoramas of the City, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 1, 2018 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Sunday, Nov. 12

On Your Feet! The Musical Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until Nov. 17, 2017 2017 St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, Dinosaur Train, The Magic House, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs until Nov. 26, 2017 Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until January 8, 2018 Threads of Society: American Quilts and the Stories They Tell, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until December 30, 2017 We Are Shakespeare, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Artistic adventures SWIC celebrates music, theatre, film & art this fall

You can attend art exhibitions, theatre productions, film screenings, music concerts, and an engaging faculty speaker series…all at Southwestern Illinois College this fall.

The college’s arts series, called the Southwestern Illinois Creative Arts Syndicate, features a variety of events ranging from a SWIC faculty music recital Sept. 26, an exhibition of East Asian art at The Schmidt Art Center Oct. 26, a series of one-act plays titled “All in the Timing” by David Ives Nov. 3 and 4, and a discussion on art history and Disney Nov. 8.

“We try to appeal to a wide range of artistic tastes from music to theatre to art,” said Nicole Dutton, Schmidt Art Center curator. “We want our students and the community to be able to experience the arts without crossing the river. They can enjoy these things right here in the Metro East.”

St. Louis;Ernst Heating & Cooling;E36720;4.8733x6 The SWICARTS calendar is (17Fa) below. For details on indi-

vidual events, visit swic.edu or facebook.com/swicarts.

FACULTY SPEAKER SERIES • Oct. 11 – The Shining Viewed from All Angles: Faculty Panel, 3 p.m., The Schmidt • Nov. 8 – Art History & Disney: Paula Haniszewski, 3 p.m., The Schmidt FILM • Oct. 12 – Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., The Schmidt THEATRE • Nov. 3 – All in the Timing by David Ives, 7:30 p.m., SWIC Main Complex Theatre • Nov. 4 – All in the Timing by David Ives, 7:30 p.m., SWIC Main Complex Theatre ART For exhibition information, visit swic.edu/theschmidt.

• Oct. 26 – Exhibition Opening Reception, East Asia Exhibition, 4–7 p.m., The Schmidt • Nov. 30 – Pottery Sale, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., The Schmidt • Dec. 1 – Pottery Sale, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., The Schmidt MUSIC

For concert information, visit swic.edu/music.

• Sept. 26 – Music Faculty Recital, 7 p.m., The Schmidt • Oct. 15 – Choir Concert: Around the World in 60 Minutes, 3 p.m., Union United Methodist Church, Belleville • Oct. 17 – Choir Concert: Around the World in 60 Minutes, 7 p.m., St. Luke Catholic Church, Belleville • Oct. 26 – Chamber Music Series: Music in the Time of War, 7 p.m., The Schmidt • Nov. 2 – Jazz Band Concert: St Louis Jazz, 12:30 p.m., SWIC Belleville Campus Café • Nov. 7 – Chamber Music Series: From Major to Minor, 7 p.m., The Schmidt • Nov. 14 – SWIC Concert Band: A Celebration of Dance, 7 p.m., St. Clare of Assisi Church, O’Fallon • Dec. 5 – SWIC Holiday Concert, 7 p.m., SWIC Varsity Gym • Dec. 6 – Choir Concert: Music Student Honors Recital, 3 p.m., The Schmidt • Dec. 9 – Carols by Candlelight III, 7 p.m., Union United Methodist Church, Belleville

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Artistic adventures The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announces its 2017-18 Studio Theatre season

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

Heisenberg, by Simon Stephens and directed by The Rep’s Augustin Family Artistic Director Steven Woolf, opens the season.

A serendipitous encounter at a London train station propels two very different people into a shared orbit. Georgie is crass, deeply odd and impulsive.

On a whim, she kisses the neck of Alex, a much older and more subdued man who is sitting by himself.

In the unexpected conversations that follow, Georgie and Alex discover shared passions amidst the uncertainty of personal connection.

This life-affirming play uncovers the extraordinary in the everyday.

Next up is Faceless, by Selina Filligner and directed by BJ Jones. Two young women face off in a courtroom, locked in a battle of wills and theologies.

Susie Glenn, 18, is on trial. Radicalized online into planning acts of terrorism, she’s zealously committed to her cause.

Her prosecutor, Claire Fathi, is a Harvardeducated Muslim woman who lives the faith that Susie professes to understand.

Their edgy exchanges create a propulsive, escalating tension that makes this brilliantly topical play a true legal thriller.

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For The Edge The Bird’s Next Cafe in the Village in Brown County, Ind.

What’s new in Brown County?

For The Edge There’s no better time to visit Brown County than now! Besides our beautiful autumn leaves and festive fall fun, Brown County’s buzzing with exciting new things. New shops, new places to eat, new activities, new cool spots to see, and more!

Since the last time you’ve visited, chances are that things have changed. Don’t worry…all your old Brown County favorites are still around. We’ve just spiced things up a bit with some new additions, which are sure to make Brown County even better!

Check out our new shops! Since spring we’ve had several stores pop up throughout the Village. From unique home décor and gorgeous hand carved wooden creations to spices, children’s books, natural skin care products,

knives, antiques, and more, you’ll love our new shops! As you make your way through downtown, be sure to keep your eyes peeled. With more than a dozen new stores, you won’t have to look too hard to find one! From the totally new North End Shops to new stores in Franklin Square, Antique Alley, the Heritage Mall, the Artists Colony Shops, and even right along Main Street…a new Brown County treat is never far away! Stop by the Visitors Center at 211 South Van Buren Street for the inside scoop on our new businesses!

Did we mention there’s a new restaurant too?! Check out the Bird’s Nest Café! Located in the heart of downtown by the Village Bungalow, an equally delightful overnight rental, the Bird’s Nest Café is Brown County brunch done the right way. Dig in to creative, unique menu items—artfully prepared and artistically presented! Savor the flavor of fresh ingredients, perfectly com-

bined for a new spin on all those brunch classics. birds nestFrom sweet potato waffles and homemade muffins to breakfast tarts and scrumptious sweets, dining at the Bird’s Nest Café is definitely a good start to the day. And a pretty healthy one too!

You can even try out a tantalizing adult Apothecary Cocktail. While you’re at the Bird’s Nest, be sure to browse the café’s Wood Fairy Apothecary line, which includes soaps, lotions, essential oils, and more! It’s open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.!

While we’re talking restaurants…there’s another new one on the north side of town that’s in the works as well!

Oh yeah, and there’s Gnaw Bone too! While the tiny little community itself has been around for a long time, it’s never been as exciting as now! This up-and-coming area has tons of new, fun things to discover.

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For The Edge The North End Shops in the Village in Brown County, Ind.

New Continued on Page 14 Grab some coffee and dessert at the new Gnawbone Coffee. gnaw boneDevour some freshly baked treats at the new Gnaw Bone Country Store and Bakery. You can even admire some local art and artisan goods at the Country Store too! While you’re checking out the area, don’t forget about those great Gnaw Bone staples…the Brown County Antique Mall, the Brown County Winery, Bear Wallow Distillery, and of course, Gnaw Bone BBQ & Original Gnaw Bone Tenderloin!

Even our Visitors Center is new…well, it will be when construction is done! That’s right, we’ve moved to the south side of town, 211 South Van Buren Street to be exact. While we were hoping for our new space to be

open sooner in the year, construction tends to have its own timeline. We’re getting really close now though! fall blog 13We hope our doors will be open to the public in the next couple of months! Look forward to a fresh new look, interactive technology, an outdoor lounge area with a fire boulder, and more! Follow our progress on our I Love Brown County Facebook page and come for our grand opening!

In the meantime, you can find us in our temporary location right around the corner from the construction across from Chateau Thomas Winery.

Another new thing from the Visitors Center is our Sippin’ Trip! sippinFrom mouthwatering moonshine and delicious craft beer to smooth spirits and fine wine, treat your taste buds to some of Brown County’s best beverages on a Sippin’ Trip! Spend the afternoon touring and tasting at our artisan wineries, breweries, and distilleries! A bus will even take you from place to place so this is worry-free fun at its finest! Click here to learn

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Now that you know all the new stuff going on, let’s take a look at what’s in the works! First off, there’s Hard Truth Hills. Hard Truth Distilling Company (Big Woods/ Quaff ON! Brewing Company’s liquor line) has been working on their newest venture Hard Truth Hills, an over 300-acre area tucked away in the beautiful Brown County woods. hard truthAs Hard Truth Hills develops, look for a visitors center with an onsite tasting room, a working distillery open for touring, a restaurant, an outdoor relaxation area, and maybe even ATV tours, hiking trails, mountain bike trails, and more!

There’s also the Maple Leaf Performing Arts Center.

This proposed music venue will feature 2,000 or more seats with top of the line sound equipment, perfect for enjoying concerts, comedians, other live performances, and community events. While you’ll most likely have to wait until 2019 to check it out, it will be well worth the wait!

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The Samoan burger and a side of sweet potato fries drizzled in honey at Huddle Bar and Grill.

Huddle Bar and Grill in Caseyville

By BILL ROSEBERRY For The Edge

My latest food adventure is as much an ode to an Edwardsville standout athlete as it is to the bar and restaurant that created a monster burger in his honor.

A.J. Epenesa is now a freshman defensive end for the Iowa Hawkeyes, feasting on Big Ten quarterbacks. But when the 6-foot-6, 270-pound Epenesa returns home to visit family and friends he prefers to feast on something else — the Samoan burger at Huddle Bar and Grill located at 1101 Caseyville Rd, Suite J in Caseyville. The bar and

grill is nestled around the corner from the Collinsville High School football field inside a small strip of businesses.

Huddle Bar and Grill proprietor Tom Yenne’s son Jordan graduated from EHS and he got to know the close knit Epenesa family through the years, so when Epenesa showed up extra hungry one day and wanted something special, Yenne was happy to oblige him.

Huddle Bar and Grill created a monster Samoan burger fit for a Samoan monster. The mammoth masterpiece includes two eight-ounce beef patties, two fried eggs, four slices of bacon, two slices of provolone cheese, lettuce,

tomato, onion and chipotle dressing. I almost forgot to mention three pieces of bread, too.

Now I got the pleasure of beginning to cover Epenesa on the prep sport scene when he was a freshman. He was a standout in football, basketball and track and field for the Tigers and one of the best athletes ever to come through the school. I know there’s no way I could match the physical specimen on any athletic playing field, but at the dinner table I believe I have a chance.

I’ve visited Huddle Bar and Grill before and previously written a “You Gotta Eat” review on them.

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The entrance to Huddle Bar and Grill at 1101 Caseyville Rd, Suite J in Caseyville.

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Continiued from Page 18 The food there is awesome, I’ll vouch for that, but when I heard about the Samoan burger it was on my radar for a return.

Myself, my appetite and Intelligencer sports writer Matt Kamp recently stopped by for a visit. When I saw Yenne I told him my plan, he chuckled and had the kitchen whip me up the monster specialty burger.

When it arrived it had a knife sticking through the middle of it to hold it together, but the funny thing was, the blade of the knife couldn’t be seen. It was buried in the burger, with only the handle protruding from the super sandwich.

I quickly eyed it up and derived a plan of attack.

I removed the knife from the middle and slayed the beast into two halves. Then I grabbed it from the top to middle bun and broke it down into quarters.

Wow, wow, wow, the flavors in this sucker. The hearty charbroil taste of the burger was amazing, then throw in the richness of the egg, the saltiness of the

bacon, the sweetness of the provolone and the kick from the chipotle dressing and it had it all. Every level of the taste spectrum was met in fantastic fashion. The lettuce, tomato and onion were a nice deviation from the heaviness of the whole creation, too.

Kamp watched in awe as I devoured every last bite in an eating display fit for a SportsCenter highlight clip.

To boot I also scarfed down my side of sweet potato fries.

What makes the sweet potato fries at Huddle Bar and Grill legendary is the honey drizzled all over them to give them an ultimate sweet finish. They are a must order when you visit.

Of course there is plenty more than the Samoan burger offered at Huddle Bar and Grill. I talked Matt into ordering my old standby, the peanut bacon burger with a side of sweet potato fries.

The peanut bacon burger consists of a half-pound burger lathered up with peanut butter, topped with succulent bacon and served on a pretzel bun.

Matt was fired up. He really enjoyed the creamy, popping flavor added from the peanut butter and he too raved about the sweet potato fries and that savory honey finish.

Other quality items on the menu include the double B.E.L.T. which is comprised of bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato on Texas toast and the Huddle burger which

features a fried egg, bacon and smoked provolone cheese on a pretzel bun.

I’m also a big fan of the grilled asparagus on the appetizer menu. Where else can you find grilled asparagus at a bar and grill and it’s covered in a delectable and creamy balsamic vinaigrette sauce.

Daily specials highlight Huddle Bar and Grill, too.

Most notable is Thursday Steak Night, which indulges you with a New York strip steak and a potato for $9.99.

To check all the other specials out and the rest of the outstanding menu, visit www.huddlebarandgrill.com.

And if it’s not enough that Huddle Bar and Grill has honored Epenesa with the Samoan burger, but the Huddy burger pays homage to former Alton High standout pitcher Bryan Hudson, too. The three sliders served on a skewer represent Hudson’s rise with the Chicago Cubs. He was 9-3 with a 3.91 ERA with the South Bend Cubs at the Single-A level this season and looks to keep climbing the ladder through the minors.

I applaud paying tribute to these local guys who got their start here and are trying to make it to the top. As for Epenesa and Hudson, I hope they don’t forget about the place that gave them some props on their way up.

Since I paid homage to Epenesa by filling my belly in his honor, next time I’m hungry I’ll have to do the same for Hudson and swinging by Huddle Bar and Grill is never a bad idea when you gotta eat.

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Dining Delights The Edge's own Bill Roseberry, famous for his You Gotta' Eat restaurant reviews, has put together his thoughts on a number of local eateries.

Enjoy.

Lotawata Creek Southern Grill 311 Salem Pl. Fairview Heights Fatten yourself up at this joint. The menu is ridiculously huge and the portions are even bigger.

Get your own plate of fries for a side, or a bucket of onion rings. It offers a creative sandwich portion of the menu and great southern-style dishes, try the Mac Daddy Burger.

You won’t go away hungry here, trust me.

Sybergs Old Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights A St. Louis chain restaurant where you can’t go wrong. Check out their awesome selection of pizzas and hot wings and their house-made sauces are fantastic. Be adventurous and try the shark bites, they are delicious.

Johnson’s Corner Restaurant 2000 State St. Alton It’s a great neighborhood bar and restaurant.

Sit at the bar and have a few drinks with a friendly staff and patrons. As for the food, get your hands on the best breaded pork tenderloin sandwich ever and check out the monster onion rings, too.

Oriental Spoon

229 Sanatorium Edwardsville A Korean restaurant where you can’t go wrong. The Kimchi is very good as an appetizer and make sure to check out their bulgogi and bap selections. Make sure to ask your server about spiciness levels if you can’t handle hotness very well.

Schiappa’s Italian Restaurant 402 S. Madison St. Lebanon A quiet pizzeria that offers plenty more than just pizza. Make sure to check out the great calzones on the menu.

Wasabi Sushi Bar 100 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville If you’re into sushi then this is a good place to check out. Choose from a big selection of rolls, from the California and spicy tuna rolls to great choices like the Batman and the Caterpillar. From unagi (eel), to sea urchin, salmon, shrimp and tuna, it has it all. Order the edamame on the appetizer menu.

Joe’s Pizza & Pasta 4 Club Centre Ct. Edwardsville The sweet tomato sauce makes this place a treasure. There are plenty of pizza choices for toppings and even without their classic sauce. Check out the Sicilian to get an olive oil-based sauce, it’s good too. You can dine-in or get delivery here.

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Tuning in Great Rivers Choral Society announces schedule

The Great Rivers Choral Society (GRCS), an adult choir of mixed voices serving the Riverbend area of Southern Illinois, is pleased to announce the kickoff of the 2017-2018 season.

“We’re really excited about the upcoming season,” said Dr. Ronald Abraham, GRCS Music Director. “We’ll be tackling new works by Randall Stroope and René Clausen as well as some familiar pop arrangements and more traditional choral music – and some old favorites that longtime audience members may recognize.”

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

The concert will feature selections from Haydn’s Creation and Randall Thompson’s glorious ‘Alleluia” as well as newer works.

In December, the choir will be joined by a Brass Ensemble to help celebrate the

Holiday Season. Music will include “Carols for Brass and Choir” and selections from Bach’s triumphant “Christmas Oratorio.”

And the Spring Finale will celebrate the approaching summer with “Boys of Summer: Beach Boys, Beatles, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.”

All concerts are free to the public, with a free-will offering taken during the performances.

“We’re trying some new things this year,” Dr. Abraham said, “and the choir is coming in with renewed energy. For example, we held four Summer Sings in Alton and invited audience members to sing with us. It was a great way to get to know the community and find new members who are looking to join their voices in song.”

Dr. Abraham noted that anyone interested in joining the Great Rivers Choral Society may contact him at (618) 917-0042 for an audition.

For more information, visit grcs-sing. com.

The full concert calendar is: Beginnings: Seasons, Love and Life Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Holy Angels Catholic Church, 345 W.

Acton Ave., Wood River, Illinois Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 3 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church, 514 Alby Street, Alton, Illinois Christmas Concert with Brass Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 3 p.m.

St. John’s United Methodist Church, 7372 Marine Road, Edwardsville, Illinois Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 3 p.m.

Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 1100 Airport Rd., Godfrey, Illinois Boys of Summer: Beach Boys, Beatles & Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

First United Methodist Church of Jerseyville, 1200 S. Liberty St., Jerseyville, Illinois Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 3 p.m.

Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 1100 Airport Rd., Godfrey, Illinois Great Rivers Choral Society, Inc., which was founded in the fall of 2001, is an adult chorus of mixed voices whose objective is to foster and encourage music education and appreciation in southwestern Illinois.

The choir is made up of 40-60 volunteer artists from all age groups and walks of life who enjoy singing and are looking for a means of expressing collectively their vocal talents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please visit grcs-sing.com.

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The St. Louis Symphonoy Orchestra inside Powell Hall.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to mark 50th anniversary at Powell Hall

For The Edge The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary at historic Powell Hall is being celebrated this season. Built in 1925 as a Vaudeville theater and movie house, the St. Louis Theatre was purchased in 1966 by the St. Louis Symphony Society, and repurposed into a celebrated concert hall. It reopened its doors in January 1968 as the first permanent home of the SLSO. The public is invited to be part of several activities celebrating Powell Hall, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Powell Hall at 50 Open House: A free open house will begin with an historic overview of the St. Louis Theatre, Powell Hall and the Grand Center Arts District by Missouri History Museum St. Louis historian, Andrew Wanko. Following the overview, Symphony Volunteer Association members will be available to help children and adults explore the SLSO Instrument Playground and enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of Powell Hall.

Guests at the open house will also hear the excellent acoustics of Powell Hall by observing an open rehearsal of

the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra led by YO Music Director Gemma New. Saturday, January 20, 2018 (free) 11:00am - 11:45am: Lecture in Partnership with the Missouri History Museum St. Louis 11:45am - 1:15pm: Instrument Playground and Tours of Powell Hall 1:30pm - 2:30pm: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra Open Rehearsal Powell Hall Continued on Page 23

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Music

SLSO announces Live at the Pulitzer series For The Edge The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, announced that tickets for St. Louis Symphony Live at the Pulitzer are on-sale now.

The 15th season of the series will offer contemporary classical works, carefully selected by the SLSO, which complement the Pulitzer ’s exhibitions. Each concert is performed in the intimate setting of the Pulitzer ’s main gallery, highlighting the museum’s celebrated Tadao Ando-designed building and providing a direct experience with art.

The 2017-2018 season will feature guest curators for the first time in the history of the concert series. Pianist Peter Henderson will curate the October 4, February 27, and February 28 programs, and Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Gemma New will curate the January 30, January 31, and April 11 programs.

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

$23.

Subscriptions and single tickets are on-sale now. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 314-534-1700 or visit www.slso.org.

October 4, 2017, 7:30pm Exhibition: Blue Black Peter Henderson, piano KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN Klavierstück IX (1954-55, rev. 1961) STEVE REICH – Come Out (1966) MICHAEL JOHANSON – Rhapsody (1998) JULIUS EASTMAN – Second Movement from Piano 2 (1986) FRED ONOVWEROSUOKE – Five Kaleidoscopes (2013) January 30 & 31, 2018, 7:30pm February 27 & 28, 2018, 7:30pm Exhibition: Living Proof: The Art of Japanese Draftsmanship in the 19th Century April 11, 2018, 7:30pm Exhibition: Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma *Programs for St. Louis Symphony Live at the Pulitzer during the Living Proof and Mona Hatoum exhibitions

SLSO

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RSVPs for the free activities at slso.org/powellat50 Powell Hall at 50 Movie Presentation: The celebration of Powell Hall will include a movie presentation of “The Sound of Music,” the last movie shown in the St. Louis Theatre before it became Powell Hall.

The iconic musical will be presented on the SLSO’s 40-foot screen. Audiences can experience Powell Hall and one of the films that made Julie Andrews a Hollywood star.

Tickets are $5 and concessions will be available for sale. The movie presentation will not include a performance from the SLSO. Saturday, January 20, 2018 ($5/ticket) 7:00pm (Doors open at 6pm) Powell Hall Tickets can be purchased at slso.org/powellat50 Powell Hall at 50 Library Exhibit: The SLSO has teamed up with St. Louis Public Library to create an exhibit celebrating the building’s

will be announced at a future date.

About the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1880 and now in its 137th season, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest.

Under the leadership of Music Director David Robertson, currently in his 12th season, the SLSO strives for artistic excellence, educational impact and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s lives through the power of music.

The SLSO presents a full season of classical programs and Live at Powell Hall concerts and hundreds of free education and community programs each year.

Media partners include St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7 –KWMU, which broadcasts the SLSO’s Saturday night subscription concerts live + The Nine Network, which regularly features SLSO performances on its Night at the Symphony program. In addition, the

transformation to a concert hall and the SLSO’s history since moving to Powell Hall. The free exhibit will be on display at St. Louis Public Library’s Central Library, 1301 Olive Street, beginning in January.

To support the exhibit, the SLSO and St. Louis Public Library invite the public to participate by lending memorabilia from the building’s days as the St. Louis Theatre or after the SLSO moved in to be used in displays at the Library. From Monday, November 6, 2017 through Friday, November 17, 2017, items may be delivered between 7:30am and 4:30pm to the Library’s Administration Office, 1415 Olive Street. In addition to the exhibit, the public is invited to attend a free SLSO chamber music performance at Central Library on March 6, 2018 at 7:00pm.

January 16, 2018 – March 17, 2018 – Exhibit at Central Library (free) 10:00am-9:00pm Monday-Thursday 10:00am-6:00pm Friday-Saturday Closed Sunday March 6, 2018, 7:00pm – SLSO chamber concert at Central Library (free) St. Louis Public Library - Central Additional information about the 50th anniversary celebration of Powell Hall can be found here.

SLSO is known for its Grammy Awardwinning recordings, Carnegie Hall appearances, national and international tours, innovative programming and extensive community engagement initiatives. www.slso.org About the Pulitzer Arts Foundation The Pulitzer Arts Foundation believes in the power of direct experiences with art.

The museum presents historic and contemporary art in dynamic interplay with its celebrated Tadao Ando building, offering unexpected experiences and inspiring new perspectives.

Valuing close looking and civic engagement, the Pulitzer is a place for contemplation and exchange that brings art and people together.

Located in the Grand Arts District in St. Louis, Missouri, the Pulitzer is free and open to the public between 10am5pm on Wednesday through Saturday, with evening hours until 8pm on Thursday and Friday. For more information, visit www.pulitzerarts.org or call 314-754-1850.

About the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1880 and now in its 138th season, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest.

Under the leadership of Music Director David Robertson, currently in his 13th season, the SLSO strives for artistic excellence, educational impact and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s lives through the power of music.

The SLSO presents a full season of classical programs and Live at Powell Hall concerts and hundreds of free education and community programs each year.

Media partners include St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7 –KWMU, which broadcasts the SLSO’s Saturday night subscription concerts live and the Nine Network, which regularly features SLSO performances on its Night at the Symphony program. In addition, the SLSO is known for its Grammy Award-winning recordings, Carnegie Hall appearances, national and international tours, innovative programming, and extensive community engagement initiatives. www.slso.org

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Music calendar Thursday, Nov. 9

Glass Mansions, The Skagbyrds, We Should Leave This Tree, The Monolithic, An Unfortunate Trend, Cody Robbins, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Okey Dokey, Dan Luke & The Raid, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Jim Widner Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 10

The Weekend Classic, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

KSHE Stories from Window 2, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tyler Childers, William Matheny, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Hangar 18 4th Anniversary Show, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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

Weather Forever, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11

Beijing Guitar Duo, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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And The Kids, (TBA), Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Denise Thimes, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 13

The Hotelier, Oso Oso, Alex Napping, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wilco, w/James Elkington, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors

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Stacked Like Pancakes, w/A Scarlet Summer, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 14

Call Me Karizma, A Summer High, Skyhaven, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Robyn Hitchcock, w/Tristen, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15

Hazing, High Hopes, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

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

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

Russel Gunn’s Blackhawk Revisited, feat. Jimmy Cobb, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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The State Budget: Challenges Ahead An AARP Illinois | NPR Illinois | STLPR | Illinois Issues Forum Throughout the budget impasse, millions of Illinoisans of all ages lost critical services and still face burdens as the state tries to emerge from the crisis.

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“Wonderstruck”

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For devoted fans of certain prestige directors, it’s always a little disarming to see them make a true children’s film. Expectations have to be readjusted in real time as you submit to something else, something different. That exercise can yield disappointment, but sometimes, maybe even most of the time, the results are transcendent. Think about Alfonso Cuaron’s “A Little Princess” or Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo.” When a master of cinema decides to look at the world from a child’s perspective, we should all line up.

“Wonderstruck,” the latest from “Carol,” ‘’I’m Not There” and “Far From Heaven” director Todd Haynes is very much for the young — for those who still find pleasure in tactile simplicity, who pour over pop-up books and paper dolls, who fantasize about the past, and whose imaginations are richer, more elaborate and darker than most adults care to remember.

“Wonderstruck” is adapted from a Brian Selznick book, the same author of “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” which provided the basis for Scorsese’s “Hugo.” It intercuts the stories of two children, Rose, a young girl in 1927 and Ben, a young boy in 1977.

Rose, played by the magnificent newcomer Millicent Simmonds, is deaf.

We see her world in black and white and without sounds. Carter Burwell’s beautiful score is our only respite from complete silence.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for “for thematic elements and smoking.”

RUNNING TIME: 117 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANING: Three stars out of four.

“Suburbicon”

The perfect veneer of 1950s suburban life is just a mask for the deep rot and hypocrisy festering underneath the trimmed lawns in George Clooney’s “Suburbicon,” a derivative and somewhat edgeless satire with some compelling performances nonetheless.

Clooney directs a script credited to Joel and Ethan Coen, himself and Grant Heslov about a model community, Suburbicon, that promises a perfect suburban existence: a parcel of property for all, clean and well-stocked grocery stores, no traffic and friendly neighbors. But there’s a catch and it is skin deep.

This is a problem when the Meyers family (Karimah Westbrook, Leith M. Burke and Tony Espinosa) moves to town.

They are black, you see, and the rest of the community is not thrilled about it — eyebrows are raised, meetings are held (with interchangeable middle aged white men in flat top haircuts and wire-rimmed glasses shouting at one another through Dutch angle shots). Crowds start to gather outside of the Meyers house until it becomes an all-out mob.

The plight of the Meyers family is just the side story, though, a tacked-on and bluntly conceived commentary on how this community is too distracted by their racist fears to see what’s going on next door, where Gardner (Matt Damon), his wheelchair-bound wife and his sisterin-law (both played by Julianne Moore) and his young son, Nicky (Noah Jupe) are terrorized in their own home by two goons with unclear motives.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “violence, language and some sexuality.”

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Only the Brave”

Firefighters must be our last real superheroes.

They run toward stuff that’s on fire, for heaven’s sake. There are the few public servants — not cops, politicians or doctors — as beloved or who have managed to stay untainted.

What they surely don’t need is the old fashioned Hollywood god-making treatment, but that’s exactly what they’ve gotten in the “Only the Brave,” an attempt to honor a group of wildland firefighters that is overwrought when it needs to be honest and quiet. It wants to put capes on men who don’t need them.

The film , directed with a sure hand by Joseph Kosinski, centers on the 20-strong Granite Mountain Hotshots and their journey from a local Arizona firefighting team to an elite force at the front lines of the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013, one of the country’s deadliest wildfires. (It’s “based on true events.”)

The spine of the story is the relationship between crusty local fire chief Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin, extra crusty) and an ex-junkie recruit hoping to straighten out his life (Miles Teller, very good).

There’s some gentle hazing for the newcomer from veterans sporting a frightening amount of mustaches, plenty of heavy metal on the soundtrack (Metallica, AC/DC) and spectacular scenes of nature engulfed in flames.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “thematic content, some sexual references, language and drug material.”

RUNNING TIME: 133 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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Clooney’s “Suburbicon” is just a mess

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge There’s a dashing sense of classic Hollywood plot running through the bedrock of “Suburbicon”, the tanking new film from director George Clooney, but it’s rotten to its core and the stink starts to rise just a few minutes after the launch. It’s trailer misleads audiences to expect a 1950s-set home invasion thriller with a movie star leading man (Matt Damon) trying to do his part to save his family.

Instead, what follows is a dangerous, violent picture that features equally misleading undertones of racially segregated dogma and suburban kink. It’s hard to take either of these things seriously though; they’re respectively comically racist and shockingly tame. A better director (Hitchcock?) or a more talented cast (does that exist?) might have been able to make something out of this mess, but clearly American audiences are just to

indifferent to care. “Suburbicon” grossed barely $2M in its opening weekend and will have disappeared from the market place altogether before the Thanksgiving season is upon us. I guess that’s something to be thankful for.

The film has been cobbled together from a screenplay originally by the Coen Brothers and re-jiggered by Clooney and his producing partner, Grant Heslov. The result harkens back its setting to 1959, right about the time that the quintessential American idyllic yesteryear of Garrison Keillor and Norman Rockwell was about to face its monumental shift into the swinging decade of civil revolution that would be the ‘60s. You can’t fault the movie’s creators from wanting to replicate that halcyon era when job security was a guaranteed privilege and the threats of radical Islamic terrorism and the diabetes crisis were unknown certainties. Clooney, especially, is famous for his liberal agenda and I have to hope that the original message was to point to

a time when our culture was insensitive and ignorant and make audiences realize we changed once and need to do it again.

Sadly, the inconsequential and debatable plot point (a sweet African-American family moving into the neighborhood to the dismay of the whole town) is but secondary and largely filling for a thin Wonder Bread sandwich of icky baloney and too much cheese.

Gardner Lodge (Damon) is the man in this feature family. He puts on his suit and drives the family’s Ford to the office each day so that he can provide for little Nicky (newcomer Noah Jupe) and his wife, Rose (Julianne Moore), a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair since a car accident many years before.

Nicky’s Aunt Margaret (also Moore, playing alternately blond and redheaded) frequently stays with them to help out around the house. This family couldn’t be more nuclear if it tried.

When armed men (Glenn Fleshler and Michael D. Cohen) break into the house

late one night, tie up the family before robbing them, and then kill Rose by drowning her in chloroform, the tragedy is heartbreaking. And then it’s not. For too many minutes, the story of “Suburbicon” slowly unravels to reveal that maybe Gardner and Margaret aren’t so much innocent victims and co-conspiring maniacs.

By the time an insurance investigator (Oscar Isaac, showboating in the role Edward G. Robinson played better in “Double Indemnity”) appears to investigate a few red flags, Nicky and his Uncle Mitch (Gary Basaraba, maybe the only likable character in the movie) are already sniffing out that something more precipitous is in store before the climax of Gardner’s scheme. This sure isn’t “Leave it to Beaver” and because of that stay away.

“Suburbicon” runs 104 minutes and is rated R for violence, language, and some sexuality. I give this film one star out of four.

A sluggish October at the box office

BY SONYA KELLEY Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — After a record-breaking September and the massive success of New Line Cinema’s “It,” the October box office brought a series of major flops and disappointments.

“This has been a really rough month at the box office,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at measurement firm ComScore. “All the momentum that was gained in September was pretty much lost in October.”

Ticket sales were down 13 percent compared to last October, grossing $539 million compared to 2016’s $622.6 million, which has done nothing to help remedy the overall year-to-date box office deficit. “We’re left with two months in this box office year to make up a 5 percent deficit,” said Dergarabedian. “That’s going to be really tough. We have a lot of ground to make up and not a lot of runway to do that in.”

Despite 16 new wide releases in October

— including disappointments such as “Blade Runner 2049” and “Geostorm” and complete nonstarters such as “The Snowman,” “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” and the weekend’s “Suburbicon” — nothing could touch last month’s monster success “It,” which has grossed $323.7 million domestically to date.

This weekend’s $75 million gross is one of the lowest of the year.

“It’s all about momentum at the box office,” said Dergarabedian. “None of the films released this month really ignited much excitement.”

Next month, a higher profile and more diverse spate of films is expected to ignite that spark, with anticipation especially high for the release of superhero franchise entries “Thor: Ragnarok” from Disney and Marvel, and Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s “Justice League.”

“November could be a monster,” said Dergarabedian. “And we need it. Between ‘Thor’ and ‘Justice League’ alone, I think this could, ironically enough, be one of the

biggest Novembers ever. The sheer excitement surrounding both of these movies is maybe a case of a lot of moviegoers just waiting for November to come along to get them back into the theater.”

November 2016 produced three titles that grossed more than $200 million in the U.S.: “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Moana.”

This year, family-friendly films DisneyPixar’s “Coco” and Sony’s “The Star,” and a pair of sequels to sleeper hit comedies — Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home 2” and STX Entertainment’s “A Bad Moms Christmas” — are also hoping to lure moviegoers back into theaters. Fox also offers the starstudded mystery “Murder on the Orient Express.”

“Everything can change,” said Dergarabedian. “What a difference a week can make.”

Over the weekend, horror and Halloween-themed films led the box office before the Oct. 31 holiday with Lionsgate’s latest, “Jigsaw,” coming out on top while

the George Clooney-helmed “Suburbicon” proved to be a massive disappointment.

“Jigsaw,” the eighth installment in the popular “Saw” franchise, scared up an estimated $16.2 million in the U.S. and Canada, below analysts’ expectations of $20 million or more, according to figures from ComScore.

Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, the R-rated “Jigsaw” follows, in reviewer Noel Murray’s words, “bad folks stuck in an elaborate torture chamber” and earned an average B rating from audience polling service CinemaScore and a 39 percent “rotten” rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

“Jigsaw” comes seven years after “Saw VII: The Final Chapter,” once intended to wrap the franchise, and 13 years after the first “Saw” film.

Dropping one spot since last week was “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” also by Lionsgate, which brought in $10 million over the weekend, a 53 percent decline.

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“Only the Brave” well intentioned

By MARK KENNEDY Associated Press Firefighters must be our last real superheroes. They run toward stuff that’s on fire, for heaven’s sake. There are the few public servants — not cops, politicians or doctors — as beloved or who have managed to stay untainted.

What they surely don’t need is the old fashioned Hollywood godmaking treatment, but that’s exactly what they’ve gotten in the “Only the Brave,” an attempt to honor a group of wildland firefighters that is overwrought when it needs to be honest and quiet. It wants to put capes on men who don’t need them.

The film , directed with a sure hand

by Joseph Kosinski, centers on the 20-strong Granite Mountain Hotshots and their journey from a local Arizona firefighting team to an elite force at the front lines of the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013, one of the country’s deadliest wildfires. (It’s “based on true events.”)

The spine of the story is the relationship between crusty local fire chief Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin, extra crusty) and an ex-junkie recruit hoping to straighten out his life (Miles Teller, very good).

There’s some gentle hazing for the newcomer from veterans sporting a frightening amount of mustaches, plenty of heavy metal on the soundtrack (Metallica, AC/DC) and spectacular scenes of nature engulfed in flames. The last few moments are handled with poignancy and beautiful horror, but the wind-up to that point is sadly lacking.

Mostly that’s because the film, written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer, is burning up with cliches and laughable dialogue. There are insane moments, like Brolin staring at a distant wildfire and saying meaningfully, “What are you doing? What are you up to?” like he’s a wildfire whisperer.

Or Andie MacDowell, a wife of a fire honcho, telling another firefighter ’s spouse: “It’s not easy sharing your man with a fire.” (Someone also actu-

Associated Press

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Miles Teller, left, and Taylor Kitsch in a scene from “Only the Brave.” ally says “I’ll probably be home for dinner,” a clear clue he won’t.)

Jennifer Connelly plays the veterinarian wife of Brolin’s character and she adds a complex mix to the testosterone-heavy film. But she’s also made magical in a baffling scene in which she approaches an abandoned and abused horse and just using her soft-eyed empathy gets it to instantly adore her. “You’re safe,” she says, stroking its head. “You’re safe now. I

promise.” Then the horse meekly gets on its knees so Connelly can gently bathe it with soft wipes of a sponge.

(This is pure horse manure.)

Instead of really bringing us into the real lives and motivations of the crew members, no matter how messy, we’re left with yee-haw action sequences or self-serving reputation burnishing.

It’s like it was written specifically for a bunch of artistic Hollywood actors who always wanted to be in scenes

where they could be cowboys or test pilots. (“Mount up. This is game time,” is actual dialogue. Another: “If this isn’t the greatest job in the world, I don’t know what is.”)

The apex of this silliness comes when Brolin pauses dramatically to tell a story about when he was a young man fighting a blaze and saw a bear on fire rush past him. “It was the most beautiful and terrible thing I’ve ever seen,” he says, deeply.

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