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Behind Pluto

Arts & Issues to welcome astrophysicist.

4 Love hits a home run

Local couple engaged at Busch Stadium.

11 The perfect choice

Leonardo DiCaprio becomes J. Edgar Hoover.

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"A Christmas Carol" The Fox to host a Dickens classic.

18 Holiday cheer

Numerous events planned in the Alton area.

19 Beer and dinner

Global Brew plans a unique evening.

20 Elvis and barbecue Marlowe's a hit in Memphis.

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What’s Happening Thursday November 24_____ Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday November 25_____ • David Noonan and Emily Wardill: Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Open late until 8 p.m. Thursday, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. Exhibits run through Dec. 30 • Monet’s Water Lilies, Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis. Runs through Jan. 22.

• Ha Ha Tonka w/Tommy & The High Pilots, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8 p.m.; Show 8:45 p.m.

• The Urge with Funky Butt Brass Band, LucaBrasi, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

• Cumberland Gap, Stagger Inn Again, 10 p.m., 21+ • Rukus (back bar), Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

• Butterfly Distor tion, Blue Agave, Belleville

• B o l e ro, 8 p. m . , P o w e l l Symphony Hall, St. Louis

Saturday November 26_____ • LIVE at Jacoby: The Crusell Quartet, Doors open at 6 p.m., Concert 7 to 9 p.m., General Admission $10, Seniors and Students $8, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton • David Noonan and Emily Wardill: Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Open late until 8 p.m. Thursday, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. Exhibits run through Dec. 30 • Monet’s Water Lilies, Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis. Runs through Jan. 22.

• Reflections of the Buddha, Wednesday, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis. Exhibit runs through March 12.

• Various Hands CD Release, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8 p.m.; Show 9 p.m.

• Ivas John Band, Stagger Inn Again, 10 p.m., 21+

• Jam Session w/ Mo’ Pleasure (front bar), 2 to 6 p.m./ Mo’ Pleasure (back bar), 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville • Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Bolero, 8 p.m., Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis

Sunday November 27_____ • David Noonan and Emily Wardill: Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Open late until 8 p.m. Thursday, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. Exhibits run through Dec. 30 • Monet’s Water Lilies, Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis. Runs through Jan. 22.

• The Nutcracker Meets Jazz, 3 p.m., Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis

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People The man behind the Pluto controversy Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's Arts & Issues engagement sold out

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge

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eil deGrasse Tyson, perhaps America’s current best-known astrophysicist, will be presenting “Our Past, Present and Future in Space” Dec. 7 as the 2011-12 season of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Arts & Issues continues.

University officials announced early on Nov. 16 the event has sold out.

Tyson, who was at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s status as a planet, is the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City and has received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to a nongovernment citizen.

A native of New York City, Tyson was educated in the public school system, graduating from the Bronx High School of Science. He went on to Harvard where he received a bachelor ’s in physics and then to Columbia University for a doctorate in astrophysics.

President George W. Bush appointed Tyson on two separate occasions to serve on two commissions that studied the future of the aerospace industry in America and also America’s future in space exploration. In

2006 he was appointed to serve on NASA’s Advisory Council.

In addition to dozens of professional publications, Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. From 1995 to 2005, Tyson was a monthly essayist for “Natural History” magazine under the title Universe. Since 2006, Tyson has appeared as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA’s spinoff program “NOVA ScienceNOW,” which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.

His two latest books are the playful and informative "Death

By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries,” which was a New York Times bestseller, and ”The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet,” chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s planetary status.

“Tyson’s expertise is broad, including his knowledge of star formation and explosions, galactic structures and dwarf galaxies,” said Arts & Issues Director Grant Andre. “And he studies these phenomena through images provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. I think our audiences will find this presentation fascinating, whether they are attuned to astrophysics or not.”

The presentation will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom on the first floor of

SIUE’s Morris University Center.

It is sponsored by the Shaw Memorial Fund (as part of the William C. Shaw Lecture Series), the SIUE Graduate School, the SIUE Physics Club and the SIUE Mathematics Club. Tyson’s appearance is funded wholly or in part through Student Activities fees; therefore, all SIUE students will be admitted free.

Tickets for Arts & Issues events are available through the SIUE Arts & Issues Web site by visiting www.artsandissues.com or by calling the SIUE Fine Arts box office at 650-5774.

Other upcoming Arts & Issues events for 2011-12 series season include “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time with speaker Curt Meine” on Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom; “Ken Waldman and the Secret Visitors: From Madison County to Moose Pass” on Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom; “Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India Presents Sambhavya” March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at The Wildey Theatre in downtown Edwardsville; “The Combined Orchestras of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and SIU Carbondale, featuring violinist David Kim, concertmaster for the Philadelphia Orchestra” on March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the SIUE Dunham Hall theater; and finally “The Squonk Opera presenting Edwardsville: The Opera” on June 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dunham Hall theater.

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People Fly balls weren't the only thing in the air How the World Series, Ellen DeGeneres and love all came together on one magical night

By CAROL KOHLER Of The Edge

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arah Ruffatto of Maryville witnessed fireworks more than once Oct. 27. Compliments of Ellen DeGeneres, Ruffatto received tickets to Game 6 of the World Series in St. Louis.

The St. Louis Cardinals were victorious that night, championing a four-hour plus game. Ruffatto on the other hand, the left hand to be exact, won the heart of her boyfriend, Josh Wells, earlier in the day.

St. Louis’ The Fast Lane sports talk radio show on FM 101.1 was holding a contest encouraging listeners to find a celebrity willing to call the show for them.

The person with the most recognizable celebrity would win World Series tickets.

Despite Ruffatto’s email effort, the contest came and went without a call from DeGeneres. Five days later, the call that changed Ruffatto’s life came through.

While watching Game 5 with friends, Ruffatto answered the phone to an unknown number. “I work with customers from all over the country, so taking this call was no big deal,” she said.

After joking with Ruffatto for a few minutes, DeGeneres revealed her identity

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Above, Josh Wells proposes to Sarah Ruffatto on the field at Busch Stadium before the start of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. At left, the couple kiss in the stands. and gave her tickets and VIP passes to Game 6. Ruffatto said her reason for choosing DeGeneres, “Ellen does things for everyday, normal people. I wasn’t asking for money, or a house, I just wanted her to make a phone call for me. And, I’m a huge fan of Ellen.”

Ruffatto has been a Cardinal fan for several years. However, Wells has been a lifelong fan. “Every t-shirt he wears is Cardinals, our house is completely decked out in Cardinals,” Ruffatto said.

Wells had his own surprise in store for Ruffatto. With VIP passes hanging from their necks, field access was granted. Cameras were rolling when Wells got down on one knee and asked Ruffatto to marry him. The ring Wells had been hiding in his pocket was a hit. “Yes,” she answered.

Life goes on even when the St. Louis Cardinals are playing in the World Series.

So when DeGeneres offered to fly the newly engaged couple to Burbank as guests on her show after the World Series, Ruffatto could not believe how kind her employer was. Everyone at Olneya Restoration Group was so excited for me.

“It all seems very surreal. The most amazing thing about being on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' was walking out to that music,” Ruffatto said.

Sitting on Ellen’s couch between her fiancée and 2011 World Series Most Valuable Player David Freese, Ruffatto considers it unbelievable. “I noticed the letters M.V.P. on Ellen’s prompter. I looked at Josh and he looked at me. Josh looked like he was about to cry. I was just as excited to meet Ellen as he was to meet David.”

The couple hasn’t had much time to plan their upcoming wedding. However, one thing is for sure – they are waiting for Wells' friend to return home from military duty in Afghanistan so he can be there as best man. Chances are, while the happy honeymooning couple is cruising the Caribbean next summer, compliments of Ellen also, Cardinal baseball will be a cabin requirement.

Cardinal Nation listened on the radio and watched on television as this amazing love story unfolded. A silly email sent in by one adoring Cardinal fan, wanting nothing more than two minutes of her favorite celebrity’s time, delivered more than anticipated.

Editor ’s note – Writer Carol Kohler also sent a similar request to Ellen DeGeneres.

Kohler is, however, convinced that DeGeneres made the right choice with Ruffatto.

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People People planner Alice visits The Magic House Fisitors of The Magic House can experience their own adventure i n Wo n d e r l a n d w i t h A l i c e ’ s Wonderland, an interactive traveling exhibit created by the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this exhibit gets children curiouser and curiouser about subjects like math and science as they encounter 2,500 square feet of hands-on experiences, meet favorite characters from the book and relive some of Alice’s most extraordinary adventures.

Like Alice, visitors of the exhibit take a trip down the rabbit hole and “fall” into a world filled with wonder and curiosities. Children can explore shadows in the Pool of Tears, experience optical illusions in the Hall of Doors, learn about animation at a Caucus Race, serve up fractions at a Mad Tea Party, manipulate time with a Crazy Clock, discover camouflage in the Mushroom Forest, play a game of Crazy Croquet with the Queen of Hearts and much more.

Alice’s Wonderland is free with museum admission. This wonderful exhibit will have Magic House visitors grinning like the Cheshire Cat from May 27 through November 6.

The Magic House is a not-forp ro f i t p a r t i c i p a t o r y m u s e u m that provides hands-on learning experiences for children and families that encourage experimentation, creativity and the development of problem-solving skills within a place of beauty, wonder, joy and magic.

Regular museum admission is $8.75 per person. Children under the age of one are free.

The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, one mile north of Highway 44 in historic downtown Kirkwood, Missouri. Summer hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Friday 9:30 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm.

Parking is always free at The Magic House. For more information, please call (314) 822-8900 or visit The Magic House online at www.magichouse. org.

with reminders of the many benefits people receive from the “gifting tree” – oxygen, shade, food, shelter, recreation, beauty and more.

Two conical-shaped “trees” of pink poinsettias are created with a range of potted plants. Eight G-scale LGB trains meander along 800 feet of track, in and around towers of oversized, brightly-hued, wrapped presents. Peer inside several of these boxes to find playful scenes of traditional holiday gifts a child might find under their own Christmas tree, a jack-in-the-box to a rocking horse.

Thousands of festive plants immerse visitors in cheer, including begonias, cyclamen, kalanchoe, chrysanthemums and impatiens.

Sixteen different genera of living conifers such as Abies, Picea and Pinus as well as permanent spruce, fir, and pine trees sprinkled with lights,

dot the landscape.

This is the seventh year that floral display designer Pat Scace has created the temporary Gardenland Express display.

“This particular show is filled with elements of color. We wanted to convey feelings of cheer, whimsy and a playful spirit while also highlighting our TREEmendous celebration,” said Scace. “Seeing the Gardenland Express display has become an anticipated holiday tradition among families, and each year we create a new feel and experience while keeping the favorites everyone looks forward to – stunning flowers and trains in motion!”

The six-week Gardenland Express show is painstakingly created from the ground up. Plans are designed up to a year or more in advance. In mid-October, Horticulture staff and volunteers begin the task of

assembling the show. Over forty tons of aged sawdust will be brought inside the display hall to shape the base of the landscape, which is lined with 14foot-long cedar timbers. After being nursed for months in the comfortable conditions of a heated greenhouse, colorful poinsettias finally make their holiday debut.

Sponsorship by Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Greg and Janet Krekeler, with support from Paul Ecke Ranch.

Gardenland Express is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Wednesday, Nov. 23 through Monday, Jan. 2.

The show closes early at 4 p.m. on December 24 and 31, and is closed on December 25 (Christmas Day).

Show admission is $5 per person

(ages 3 and over), in addition to general Garden admission. Missouri Botanical Garden members are free.

General Missouri Botanical Garden admission is $8 for adults.

St. Louis City and County residents enjoy discounted general admission of $4 and free general admission on Wednesday and Saturday mornings until noon. Children ages 12 and under and Garden members are free.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North & South exit. Free parking is available on-site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

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Gardenland Express returns for the holidays Celebrate the holiday season at the Missouri Botanical Garden with a stroll through an indoor wonderland of amazing sights! The annual Gardenland Express holiday flower and train returns to delight visitors of all ages with its animated G-scale model trains, more than 500 blooming poinsettias and other colorful flowers.

Experience this seasonal delight on display Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 through Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (closes early at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve; closed Christmas Day).

Show admission is $5 for ages 3 and up, in addition to Garden admission ($8 adults, $4 St. Louis City/County residents, free children ages 12 and under). For more information, visit www.mobot.org/events/ gardenlandexpress/.

This year’s display culminates the Garden’s year-long TREEmendous celebration of trees, in honor of the United Nations International Year of Forests. The 5,000-square-foot Orthwein Floral Display Hall is filled

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People People planner Dunham tour to stop in St. Charles The man whose standup concerts rule the comedy world, Jeff Dunham, announces a full slate of shows through March 2012 that offers his millions of fans brand new laughs and hilarious additions to his famed troupe of sidekicks Dunham will appear at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 at The Family Arena in St. Charles.

Tickets available at all MetroTix locations. Charge by phone (314) 534-1111 or online at metrotix. com In the coming months, concertgoers will meet two new Dunham characters: Achmed Junior, the not-as-equally skeletal son of Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and Little Jeff, a mini-version of the ringmaster himself.

Dunham’s sidesplitting perfor m a n c e s h a v e m a d e h i m the top grossing live comedian in North America for three consecutive years as well as the last two worldwide. Now his ever-growing legion of devoted fans that flock to his shows year after year will meet the newest additions to his suitcase posse.

Achmed the Dead Terrorist has to now contend with his rebellious offspring, Achmed Junior, aka A.J. Meanwhile, Peanut has decided that he’s tired of being J e ff ’ s s i d e k i c k a n d h a s t a k e n up ventriloquism with his own character: Little Jeff. More hilarity than ever ensues as the never-before-seen characters unleash their own havoc on stage.

“Controlled Chaos” also hits the home entertainment market on DVD on September 27th, and preorders are now open at Amazon.com, where it hit No. 2 in comedy sales two months out from its release. Dunham followers anxious for a taste of his all-new live show can catch a teaser and see clips at www. jeffdunham.com/controlled chaos.

The comic has taken his craft to unequalled heights of success i n re c e n t y e a r s . H e c u r re n t l y boasts 7 million DVDs sold of his three previous specials and Comedy Central series, a New York Times Book Review bestseller list autobiography (“All By My Selves”), ratings records for his past TV shows, a briskly selling line of more than 100 items of merchandise, and a live show that fills top venues in North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia to rapturous receptions and standing ovations nightly.

Further information on Jeff Dunham is at: www.jeffdunham. com. His upcoming special has its own dedicated page at: www. jeffdunham.com/controlled chaos.

Imagination Movers to appear at the Fox Disney’s Imagination Movers are coming to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis for a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25.

Tickets are $35, $30 and $25 and are avilable at the www.metrotix. com, at the Fox Box Office or Rich, Scott, Dave and Smitty – of the Emmy-winning Disney Channel TV series “Imagination Movers” – will be bringing their high-octane rock concert to the Fabulous Fox Theatre on March

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25th and it’s an event the whole family can enjoy.

The Movers were the highestrated and most popular live family act of 2011. The key to the Movers’ appeal is they combine danceable power pop songs with extremely catchy choruses and a knack for inspiring audience participation. Throw in a heaping helping of onstage silliness and you’ve got a recipe for a live m u s i c a l e v e n t t h a t w i l l t ru l y engage the littlest of kids along with their older siblings, parents and grandparents. It doesn’t hurt that the Movers pepper their live shows with musical references to their many inspirations, including U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson, the Beastie Boys and all sorts of classic and modern rockers.

On the Rock-O-Matic tour, the guys will be playing all their favorite songs from their wildly

popular TV series as well as debuting new material from their brand-new “Rock-O-Matic” CD/ DVD.

Xanadu chosen as theme for First Night This summer, event organizers at Grand Center Inc. put the power in the people’s hands to select the theme for the 20th anniversary of First Night – St. Louis, the city’s largest, most creative New Year ’s Eve Celebration.

After the Aug. 26 deadline for submissions, Grand Center narrowed down the field to four selections and put the final decision to a vote on Facebook. “Xanadu,” a submission from Old North St. Louis resident Stella Clifford, just barely edged out runner-up “Mirage,” with “STLuminate,” and “The Roaring ‘20s” following close behind.

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Clifford received the coveted free iPad for her winning submission.

Clifford’s inspiration for Xanadu came from the 1980 romanticmusical-fantasy film and now cult classic by the same name. In the film, Xanadu is loosely known as a mythical place that houses the nine muses in Greek Mythology, including art, literature, music, dance and more – perfect inspiration for First Night® - St. Louis. While the muses stay busy in Grand Center year-round in the theaters, art museums, art galleries, schools, churches, restaurants and seasonal events, on Dec. 31, 2011, First Night revelers might catch a glimpse of these apparitions stirring up a little New Year’s Eve magic.

Xanadu will be the guiding theme for event planners at Grand Center as they set out to transform the district into a mythological playground for the arts. Look for the theme as it influences many aspects

of the event, including poster and button designs, exterior lighting and design elements, community art projects, and art activities for kids.

Vi s i t w w w. g r a n d c e n t e r. o r g to stay informed as details and programming take shape.

Grand Center is the major arts and entertainment district in the St. Louis region and is home to more than 30 arts organizations that demonstrate the depth and diversity of the city’s cultural life.

The district hosts more than 1,500 cultural events each year and welcomes over 1.5 million visitors annually. Grand Center ’s artistic renaissance began with the restoration of Powell Hall and the Fabulous Fox Theatre and continues today with the growing vitality of restaurants, retail, commercial and residential development. For more information about Grand Center and Grand Center Inc. visit grandcenter. org.

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People People planner Events planned at Shaw Nature Reserve The fall and winter will be busy at the Shaw Nature Reserve.

Numerous events have been scheduled for cooler weather.

The Shaw Nature Reserve is located off I-44 at exit 253, in Gray Summit, Mo. Admission is $3 adults; $2 seniors; free children ages 12 and under.

For more information, visit www.shawnature.org or call (636) 451-3512.

Dec. 8: Holiday Wreaths from Natural Materials. Enjoy the fireside as you make a beautiful holiday wreath of fresh greens and other natural materials to take home. You will learn some design techniques and how to apply them to wreath making. All materials provided. Bring pruning shears and garden gloves. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Adlyne Freund Center. $42.

Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n ’ s f a m i l y o f attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes.

Jan. 6 through 7: Basket Making Overnight. An overnight basketweaving class in which you choose the basket(s) you will make.

Register by Dec. 1, allowing time for you to choose from a list of baskets (with pictures and levels of difficulty) and for us to order the materials. Beginners are welcome.

The cost includes meals and a dormitory-style overnight in a delightful historic log lodge. You will pay the instructor separately from $7 to $20 per basket for the materials you order in December.

Friday at 7 p.m. through Sunday at 3 p.m. Dana Brown Overnight Center. $86. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n ’ s f a m i l y o f attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes.

Jan. 28: Introduction to Herbal Soap Making. Learn how to make your own cold-pressed soap using vegetable oils and pure, therapeutic

essential oils. Stir the pot as various vegetable oils, botanicals, essential oils and other ingredients are added for a specific blend. Each participant will receive a cured bar of soap to take home. Other soaps will be available for purchase. 9 a. m. to noon. Adlyne Freund Center. $24. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s family of attractions, visit www.mobot.org/classes.

Feb. 4 through 5: It’s Your We e k e n d Overnight. Are you looking for a little time to yourself to do whatever you want, either by yourself out on the trails, or in a lodge, or with others in front of a fire? Participants can take advantage of an optional night hike. Other optional activities include felting custom-fitted mittens and making a simple broom (a cobwebber) using natural broom corn and a native sassafras h a n d l e . A c c o m m o d a t i o n s a re dormitory style in our historic log lodges. All meals provided.

For adults (men and women).

Saturday at 9 a.m. through Sunday at 11 a.m. Dana Brown Overnight

Center. $96. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n ’ s f a m i l y o f attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes.

Feb. 10: Native Plant School: Book Review 1: “Bringing Nature Home” by Doug Tallamy. Native Plant School is a year-round series of indoor/outdoor classes in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at the Shaw Nature Reserve that covers various aspects of native landscaping. Please come prepared to discuss chapters one through seven and the first half of chapter 14 (questions one through five) of the book “Bringing Nature Home” by Doug Tallamy. Native Plant School at the Shaw Nature Reserve is underwritten by Grow Native! and Wild Ones Natural Landscapers. 5 to 7 p.m. Carriage House. $15. Advance registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140. For a complete list of adult classes at the Missouri B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n ’ s f a m i l y o f attractions, visit www.mobot.org/ classes.

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“Puss in Boots”

A spinoff of the “Shrek” franchise, this is actually a prequel, providing the origin story of the diminutive, swashbuckling kitty voiced with great charisma, as always, by Antonio Banderas. The “Shrek” movies may not even exist as far we’re concerned here, which is fine, because they just kept getting worse (last year ’s “Shrek Forever After,” in 3-D, felt especially flat). But the franchise reboots anew, if you’ll pardon the pun, with great energy, creativity and aplomb. At the film’s start, Puss is an outlaw in his own small, Spanish hometown. Flashbacks take us to his childhood at an orphanage, where he was best friends with a brainy, ambitious Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Together, the two dreamed of stealing the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk and getting rich off some golden eggs. Now, that crime has become Humpty’s obsession. His partner in this caper is the dangerous master thief Kitty Softpaws, voiced with slinky seduction by Banderas’ frequent costar, Salma Hayek. But since Puss is a lover as much as he’s a fighter, you know he’ll find a way to win her over.

The Puss in Boots character eventually felt like the best part of the “Shrek” movies, but a little of him goes a long way. Giving him an entire movie of his own would seem like a stretch, and really, he has trouble sustaining his shtick for the film’s 90-minute running time. But for quick, lively, family entertainment, “Puss in Boots” works just fine, even in 3-D, which is actually integrated thoughtfully into the narrative and doesn’t just feel like a gimmick.

RATED: PG for some adventure action and mild rude humor.

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Tower Heist”

This is an ensemble, and a strong one at that, led by Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck and Tea Leoni. But Brett Ratner’s blast of an action comedy truly brings out the best in Eddie Murphy, something many of us may have forgotten even existed. Fast-talking, flummoxed and full of false bravado, Murphy gives a performance as a low-level thief that recalls his signature work in the movies that made him a superstar in the mid-1980s — like “48 Hours” and “Beverly Hills Cop.” “Tower Heist” deflates a bit when Murphy’s not around, but for the most part, Ratner ’s movie is slick and crowd-pleasing — even more successfully so than his “Rush Hour” films — and it couldn’t be more relevant in exploring the disparity between the haves and have-nots. Stiller stars as Josh, the longtime manager of a luxury high-rise in Manhattan; it’s actually the Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle. When penthouse-dwelling financial guru Arthur Shaw is charged with stealing billions from his investors — including the hardworking tower staff — Josh comes up with a plan to steal their money back. Alda plays this Bernard Madoff figure with just the right mix of affability and sleaze.

RATED: PG-13 for language and sexual content.

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Into the Abyss”

Werner Herzog does something great reporters know how to do: He listens. He pays attention during conversation.

He’s so in-the-moment, he instinctively asks the natural follow-up question, and that’s what often elicits the greatest honesty and the most unexpected emotion. Perhaps it’s his very presence that makes people feel so safe; approaching 70,

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What's at the Wildey Friday, Nov. 25: Marsha Evans & The Coalition, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 26: The Imaginary Theatre Company in “The Elves & The Shoemaker”, 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 27: “Saturday Night Fever”, 3 p.m. and “Grease”, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 2: Parks and Recreation Winter Concert featuring Motown group Perfect Image, 6 p.m. cocktails/7 p.m. concert Thursday, Dec. 15: “It’s A Wonderful Life”, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16: Late Night Wildey, “Bad Santa”, Rated R, 11:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17: Tour Dance Company, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, 6:30/ 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22: “Love, Actually”, Rated R, 6:30/ 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 23: “Meet Me in St. Louis”, 6:30/ 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31: A Wildey New Year’s Eve, featuring The Original Knights of Swing Big Band with Maria Keenah, 8 p.m. Friday, To assure disabled patrons of seating availability, all Handicapped Seating purchases must be made by phone with the Parks & Recreation Department of the City of Edwardsville at (618) 692-7538.

For ticket information, visit www.wildeytheatre.com the veteran director quietly probes his subjects’ histories in that mesmerizing, instantly recognizable and often-imitated German accent of his. But he also seems genuinely engrossed in the subjects he tackles, and that purity of interest shines through. In taking on a divisive topic like the death penalty — especially in a place like Texas, where the punishment is more prevalent than in other states — Herzog never seems to be judging the people on the other side of his camera. He states at the outset that he’s opposed to capital punishment, but then goes on to interview the various people associated with a bloody triple murder without injecting that opinion. It’s hard not to be moved by the gruesome and horrifically needless crime he’s exploring. In 2001, three people were shot to death over a red Chevrolet Camaro near Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Herzog interviews the two men convicted in the killings: one who is eight days away from execution, the other who is serving a life sentence.

RATED: PG-13 for mature thematic material and some disturbing images.

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes.

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

“Jack and Jill”

Very much like one of the faux Adam Sandler movies of Judd Apatow’s “Funny People,” “Jack and Jill” stars Sandler as both sides of male-female identical twins. A gleefully stupid movie more in line with Sandler’s earlier comedies than his later, more adventurous films, it’s like a joke trailer stretched into a feature film. Sandler plays Jack Sadelstein, a family man (Katie Holmes plays his wife) and TV commercial producer, whose twin sister (Sandler) visits for Thanksgiving. Sandler plays Jill as he might have for a “Saturday Night Live” sketch: She’s less a real character than a walking punch line. Jill proves useful, though, because she’s surprisingly fetching to a handful of men, most notably Al Pacino (as himself), whom Jack is

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trying to get to make a donut commercial. Pacino, chasing Jill with ga-ga eyes, gets most of the laughs. His commitment to character applies even to a movie such as this, where he’s lovesick for Sandler in drag. Sandler’s longtime filmmaking partner Dennis Dugan (“Happy Gilmore,” “Grown Ups”) directs the unapologetically idiotic comedy, which comes off like the last 15 years of comedy didn’t happen.

RATED: PG for crude material including suggestive references and comic violence.

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.

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

“J. Edgar”

A riveting, noble attempt by director Clint Eastwood, now 81, to wrestle with big American questions, many of which have obvious relevance to today’s politics. It’s another largely fascinating, if disappointingly flawed chapter in Eastwood’s fantastic late period. “J. Edgar” is a biopic framed around longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (a thoroughly committed, engaging Leonardo DiCaprio) dictating his life’s tale to various typists. This is Hoover’s story, mainly told through his perspective — and therefore a somewhat claustrophobic view of history. The film, from an ambitious script by Dustin Lance Black (who wrote the Harvey Milk biopic, “Milk”), opens with a lot of switches in time as the narrative rushes to pack in the rise of Hoover as a Justice Department upstart and eager riser at the nascent Bureau of Investigation. It’s a grimly propulsive first hour, pushed forward by the relentless, paranoid patter of the fast-talking Hoover. Still, the most affecting parts focus on Hoover’s two most important personal relationships: with his mother (Judi Dench) and with his No. 2 and close friend Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). Hoover was an emphatic mama’s boy, and Dench plays her as a kind of Lady Macbeth, fostering her son’s repression. The exact nature of Hoover’s relationship with Tolson isn’t known, but DiCaprio and Hammer have an excellent chemistry, full of slight, homoerotic gestures.

RATED: R for brief strong language.

RUNNING TIME: 137 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Melancholia”

Depression finally seems to have brought out the best in Lars von Trier: This is his strongest work in a while, a devastatingly beautiful, operatic mixture of all his signature themes and visual schemes. Doom is certain from the start.

This is, after all, a von Trier film. But the director portends his characters’ fate with a lengthy, wordless prelude: a series of sumptuously photographed, super-slow-motion images of sadness and frustration accompanied by the swelling overture from Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” We see Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg struggle against the elements, against themselves. We know this cannot end well. Bombastic? But of course. Still, we’re hooked. Yet melancholia isn’t just a state of mind but also the name of a planet that’s hurtling toward Earth. Yes, an actual planet — or a metaphor, you decide. It doesn’t matter; what resonates is the resulting mood, and it’s inescapable. Von Trier himself has battled depression over the past several years; he last worked through it cinematically, and far less effectively, with the gratuitous “Antichrist” from 2009. This time, he seems more interested in exploring the depths of his characters’ despair and fear, in understanding the humanity within their darker recesses, rather than shocking us for shock’s sake. In the antisocial, apprehensive bride Justine, Dunst delivers the most complex performance of her life.

RATED: R for some graphic nudity, sexual content and language.

RUNNING TIME: 130 minutes.

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

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In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and director Clint Eastwood are shown on the set of “J Edgar.”

DiCaprio becomes J. Edgar Hoover

By SANDY COHEN Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The Leonardo DiCaprio sitting inside an empty soundstage on the Warner Bros. lot on a sunny November afternoon looks very little like J. Edgar Hoover — his title role in Clint Eastwood’s new biopic of the longtime FBI director.

On this day, DiCaprio looks relaxed and comfortable, lean and handsome. In “J. Edgar,” he’s anything but.

DiCaprio portrays Hoover throughout his nearly 50-year reign over the Federal Bureau of Investigation. To play the elder Hoover, the actor endured grueling six-hour makeup sessions that left him unrecognizable even to

his director.

“I had a lot of weight on me, too,” DiCaprio said. “I kept adding this weight just because I wanted to feel the weight of the country and the world on his shoulders. I just kept feeling more and more claustrophobic, and I tried to use that for the character, because I felt like he felt more and more claustrophobic in his position: He was losing the power that he once had, he was being criticized more than ever and he tried to retain his staunch beliefs of the morals this country should live by.”

Eastwood’s portrait of Hoover, from a script by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black (“Milk”), follows the intensely private man throughout his career, from 1919 until his death in 1972. Hoover tells his own story

for much of the film, which explores his relationships with the very few people he trusted: His mother (played by Judi Dench); his secretary, Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts); and his associate and companion, Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer).

It’s the depiction of the relationship between Hoover and Tolson that raised the hackles of historians and FBI officials when Eastwood and DiCaprio approached them during their research for the film. Officials maintain that the two men shared a brotherly relationship. The film suggests that perhaps it was more than that.

“My answer is: No one has the real answer,” DiCaprio said. “What we’re trying to portray here is a partnership, a

lifelong partnership that these two men had, and if there was a feeling of love there, I think we accurately portrayed that it was suppressed.”

The 37-year-old actor found this story of Hoover so compelling because “the character made me have a million more questions.”

“I just wanted to know everything there was to Hoover,” he said. “He’d always been shrouded in so much mystery, from his personal life to his politics to his tactics to his highly controversial means of manipulating people politically. I wanted to know more about him, and this script for the first time answered a lot of questions I had about him and shaped a fundamentally interesting character.”

Film festival provides a glimpse at the unique

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I had the very good fortune to attend a screening of one of the most hotly anticipated documentary films of the year, "The Interrupters", last weekend as a part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. Of course, I would have been foolish not to have taken part in this opportunity given that the screening was held at the fabulously refurbished Wildey Theatre in downtown Edwardsville, less than a half of a mile from my home. The experience, in fact, is a perfect example of the type of event I’d hoped to see once the Wildey reopened this year.

Kudos to the city for working with SLIFF and their sponsors (such as Stella Artois) for making this happen.

My favorite anecdote surrounding this theatre will always be that it was the site of my parents’ first date in

1975, but that doesn’t mean I can’t form positive new memories as I go along.

If it were to be subtitled, "The Interrupters" describes itself as a film that details “a year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.”

Grappling being the key word, it’s a dangerous movie about a scary subject matter that is far worse than those of us in the suburbs would ever imagine. Documentarian Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) based his movie on a New York Times feature by his co-filmmaker, Alex Kotlowitz. Together they explore the work being done by an organization known as Ceasefire in some of the neighborhoods in Chicago where violence has not only become a way of life, but an expectation for children who don’t project to live past the age of thirty.

To combat these atrocities, Ceasefire

employs mediators who intervene into interpersonal arguments in a bid to stop the violence...to interrupt it and buy enough time to diffuse these situations that quickly escalate beyond rationality. For instance, in one scene two young men begin to argue in the middle of the street over the repayment of a $15 debt.

As they work out their differences, accompanied by hooting crowds of onlookers, one uses a chunk of concrete to knock out the teeth of the other. As he’s bleeding from the mouth, the man’s cousins appear and begin to throw the same loose pieces of sidewalk at the attacker.

There is no calm resolution to this activity, something that’s notoriously common in the streets of the Englewood neighborhood, where the movie is primarily set, and the other similar inner-city areas.

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the National Guard at one point if this surge of anger doesn’t abate.

That’s where the mediators come in. Three (Ameena Matthews, Eddie Bocanegra, and Cobe Williams) are featured in this story. It appears that the mediators, who use humor and genial threats to make their subjects forget why they are fighting, are mostly reformed gang members who have pulled themselves out of the danger they now work to eradicate.

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trouble, just to save them from it.

As an added thrill, James and mediator Ameena Matthews were present at our screening and participated in a brief Q & A session after the show. They were exceptionally engaging of our little inquiries and shared some fascinating tales of their work. I commend Ceasefire for its efforts, many of which have been copied throughout the United States and also successfully in Iraq and South Africa. You may learn more about their work at www.ceasefirechicago. org.

••• "The Interrupters" runs 135 minutes and has not yet been rated by the MPAA, though its content is equivalent to that which would earn an R rating for violence, brief smoking, drug use, thematic content, and language throughout. I give this film one and a half stars out of four.

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"A Christmas Carol" The Fox to present a Dickens classic

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or Christmas one year when I was about 13, my mother gave me a beautiful, leatherbound copy of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Of course I knew the story. Years of watching Walt Disney’s version starring Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge and Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit ensured my enthusiasm for Dickens’ original.

I gazed at the red leather cover with its gold embossed lettering and knew this was a book I would read over and over again. And read it I did. For a while, I managed to read it (or most of it, at least) nearly every year until I went off to college. By that time, I was doing more reading for study than for pleasure and my red leather book soon found its way into a box of storage at my parents’ house not to be seen again for nearly a decade.

Fortunately, you don’t have to read the book to enjoy Dickens’ classic Christmas tale that tells the story of a greedy miser who finds redemption through the love and forgiveness of those around him.

“A Christmas Carol” will make its annual appearance at The Fabulous Fox Theatre Dec. 1 through Dec. 4.

When Charles Dickens wrote his “ghostly little tale” in 1843, he couldn’t know that “A Christmas Carol” was destined to become one of the most beloved holiday traditions of all time. The heartwarming tale depicts the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, whose values are focused exclusively

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Pictured are two scenes from Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." on profit, and his conflicts with the struggling Cratchit family, whose tragic problems typified the working class during the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England.

The touching climax is based on Dickens’ belief that the ills of a

greedy world can be healed by brotherhood and unselfishness.

This fully staged musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale has become a Yuletide tradition.

Adapted for the stage by Charles Jones, former executive director of

the Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha, Neb., “A Christmas Carol” is likely the most widely produced production of Dickens’ in the nation, annually performing for more than 100,000 people in more than 60 cities across the country.

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The Nebraska Theatre Caravan has been touring Jones’ adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” since 1979 and weaves traditional Christmas carols throughout the narrative.

“A Christmas Carol” features a spirited ensemble of 28 performers who bring Dickens’ fable of redemption to life on a magical set created by noted designer James Othuse. A full array of timeless carols such as “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Away In a Manager” and “Here We Come A-Wassailing” are interwoven within the classic story of a tight-fisted, middle-class merchant, Scrooge, and all the beloved characters from Dickens’ novel.

The colorful scenery and elaborate costumes faithfully recreate the Victorian period. Exceptional voices, lively dancing and dazzling special effects like the mysterious spinning bed combine to create a spectacular holiday treat for the entire family.

The show will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre Dec. 1 through Dec. 4. Performances are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $15 to $40 and are subject to change. Visit www.fabulousfox.com for current pricing information. Tickets are on sale now and are available in-person at the Fox Box Office, online at www.metrotix.com or by phone at (314) 534-1111. Groups of 15 or more may call (314) 535-2900.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre is located at 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103.

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

In a musical odyssey, the singers celebrate the Latvian capital in the Missa Rigensis, a major work by pop-performer-turned-classiccomposer Ugis Praulins. They conjure up Alpine vistas in the music of Judith Bingham, and they invoke Haiti i n a w o r l d p re m i e re f ro m Sydney Guillaume. His is but one of several notable commissions this season, including Songs of Ale

by Robert Walker, who will travel from his home in England for our performance at the Schlafly Tap Room. Another British composer, Sasha Johnson Manning, provides the ‘new piece’ for our recreation of the Nine Lessons & Carols associated with King’s College, Cambridge.

Yakov Gubanov, a successor to Sasha as our ‘Composer-inResidence’, is writing an homage to his Russian homeland for our season finale, a series of tributes to fallen leaders and their heirs, from Tsar Nicholas II to President Kennedy.

The Tribute Series A KING’S CHRISTMAS December 18 • 3 pm & 6 pm St. Vincent de Paul Chapel 20 Archbishop May Dr • St. Louis • 63119 A CHORUS CAROUSE February 19 • 3 pm The Schlafly Tap Room 2100 Locust St • St. Louis • 63103 A TRAVELER’S TALE April 22 • 3 pm First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood 100 E. Adams Ave • Kirkwood • 63122 A LEADER’S LAMENT May 27 • 3 pm Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church 5020 Rhodes Ave • St. Louis • 63109 For information call (636) 458-4343 Visit us at www.chamberchorus. org SLCC, PO Box 11558 Clayton, MO 63105

Nutcracker to appear at Peabody

striking to see” Charleston Today; “When performed by masters like these {Moscow Ballet}, ballet seems effortless, elegant, and easy” Twin Cities Daily Planet. Tickets will be available at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at ticketmaster.com.

Ballet Master Andrei Litvinov, born in Bender just outside of Moscow, was 1 of 3 children selected, out of 360 auditioning, to attend the preeminent Bolshoi Academic Choreographic College, known informally as the “Bolshoi School,” in Moscow. He graduated in 1982 after five years of study, went on to the Chisinau Choreographic College and was immediately asked to join the company. Called to military duty as an anti-aircraft gunner and tanker, he returned to dance after a year of military service, dancing the archytypal Soviet Prince in leading roles of the classics including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Spartacus and more. He danced with lead ballerinas of the day including Lyudmila Semenyaka, Nina Semizorova, Alyona Zaitseva, Nadya Cotets, and Maria Polydova and was the lead danseur in the premiere of Yuri Grigorovich’ Nutcracker and Carmen Suite as well as Carmen choreographed by internationally acclaimed, Moldovan Radu Poklitaru. He graduated from the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts in 2003 and became Moscow Ballet’s Ballet Master in 2004 while continuing to dance leading roles. He is a Laureate of the International Ballet Competition (IBC) in Romania, 1996; Yuri Grigorovich IBC in 2000; Danovsky IBC, and the Diagelev Prize. He is an Honored Artist of the Moldova Republic and has toured the USA, Germany, Italy, Greece, England, Spain, and Egypt. The Moscow Ballet is proud to announce Andre Litvinov as Ballet Master for the 2011 East and West tours.

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Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker comes to Peabody Opera House on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 1. Tickets are on sale now. This holiday performance premieres alternating pairs of award-winning principal dancers as Masha (aka Clara) and the Nutcracker Prince as well as a corps of 40 Russian dancers. Set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score, the production features 200 lavish costumes, larger-than-life Russian puppets and 9 hand-painted backdrops that are embellished with 3-D effects – a must see for the whole family! 2011 marks Moscow Ballet’s 19th annual Great Russian Nutcracker tour of 2 companies to 60+ cities across North America.

Moscow Ballet’s beloved Christmas story received critical acclaim in 2010; “Expansive… the Russian style is elegantly generous, and so the experience is never meager” NY Times; ”The corps dancers were

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About the Performance - Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker tells the beloved Christmas story of the girl who falls in love with a Nutcracker Prince – with Russian flair. Praised by the NY Times as “thrilling and expansive,” the 40 impeccably trained Russian dancers leap, spin and lunge bringing the traditional story to life. The Act I Christmas party enchants with its magical toys, evil Mouse King and a journey through the glittering Snow Forrest. Unique to the Great Russian Nutcracker, Russian folk characters Father Christmas and the Snow Maiden escort Masha (aka Clara) to the Land of Peace and Harmony in Act II where she and the Nutcracker Prince are honored by emissaries from heritages the world over; African, Russian, Asian, European and Hispanic. Set to Pytor Tchaikovsky’s famous score, Moscow Ballet’s production features lavish costumes, nine hand-painted backdrops with 3-D ornamentation and fanciful, larger-than-life puppets designed by Russian puppet master Valentin Federov. A must see show for everyone in the family this holiday season! www.nutcracker. com History– Akiva Talmi Presents Inc. (ATP) is known for its annual, touring Great Russian Nutcracker and full-length productions of the classic story-ballets; Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and others by the Moscow Ballet. ATP produced the “Cynthia Gregory National Tour” with Nancy Reagan as Honorary Chair; the “From the Top” NPR TV special featuring NYCB’s Violette Verdi and Itzhak Perlman, the “Alexander Godunov” national tour and more. Created by award-winning Juilliard alumnus, composer/conductor and theatrical p ro d u c e r, A k i v a Ta l m i , AT P evolved out of the all-star Russian “Glasnost Festival Tour” (198692). The Great Russian Nutcracker made its debut in 1993 and was

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Single tickets on sale for Touhill events In its ninth season, the Touhill showcases an ever-expanding variety of genres on the two stages at the performing arts center. Single tickets for most 2011-12 events went on sale Aug. 22.

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

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

Tickets are available at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Ticket Office;

online at www.touhill.org; or by phone at 314-516-4949.

JIM BRICKMAN November 26 • Saturday @ 8PM • $75, $50, $35 • on sale September 9 In this spectacular holiday concert, Brickman presents an evening of dazzling solo piano, vibrant vocals plus warmth and humor. He weaves together new and old traditional holiday favorites, plus all his hits.

THE AMBASSADORS OF HARMONY: Sounds of the Season 2011 December 9 - 11 • Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 2 & 8PM; Sun @ 2 & 7PM • $36, $30, $26 • on sale October 10 Each December, the Ambassadors of Harmony’s “Sounds of the Season” fills the Touhill with the joy and magic of the holidays. The first half of the show is an energetic look at the lighter side of Christmas. Then the chorus puts its heavenly harmonies on classic carols and songs in the second act.

SAINT LOUIS BALLET: The Nutcracker December 16-18, 21 & 23 • on sale TBA Choreographed by Gen Horiuchi, the ballet is set to the classic score by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Filled with enchanting scenery, magical lands and splendid dancing, the production caters to all ages.

ARTS@PLAY: Exercise Imagination Presented by Touhill & MADCO January 20 • Fri @ 7PM • $5 With excerpts of its athletic and entertaining dances, MADCO will share how artists get their inspiration and what it takes to turn an idea into dance. Everyone will work together to create a new dance for the company with special roles for the audience. This program is suitable for elementary school students.

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Music Rat Pack to invade The Fox for the holidays Fox Associates offers you the chance to beat the winter blues with Christmas with the Rat Pack – Live at the Sands, especially created to heat things up for the coolest kind of holiday cheer. This spectacular show celebrates the incredible talent of three of the world’s most famous entertainers, singing some of the finest music ever recorded. Christmas with the Rat Pack – Live at the Sandswill be at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a two-week limited engagement with performances from December 6-18.

Christmas with the Rat Pack – Live at the Sands invites you to take a trip back in time in the company of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. to the glamorous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 60s. Supported by

the fabulous Burrelli Sisters and The Rat Pack Big Band, you will experience Frank, Sammy & Dean as they performed at the famous Sands Hotel. Enjoy the songs they made famous, like Fly Me To The Moon, The Lady Is A Tramp, Mr. Bojangles and That’s Amore, along with seasonal favorites like Merry Little Christmas, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Mistletoe and Holly, Let It Snow, White Christmas, Winter Wonderland and Love To Keep Me Warm.

The Sands Hotel was the very height of Las Vegas sophistication. It was there in 1960, during the filming of “Ocean’s Eleven”, when for the first time Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford performed

Christmas with the Rat Pack – Live at the Sands will be at the Fabulous Fox Theatre December 6-18. Performance times are Tuesday-Saturday evenings at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm and Sunday, December 11 at 7:30pm. There is also a weekday matinee on Thursday, December 15 at 1pm. Ticket prices start at $15, $25 & $30; depending on performance date & time. Prices are subject to change; please refer to fabulousfox.com for current pricing.

Tickets are available at the Fox Theatre box office, online at metrotix.com and by phone at 314-534-1111. Group discounts are available by calling 314-535-2900. The Fabulous Fox Theatre is located in Grand Center at 527 N. Grand Blvd.

together on stage. From then on, they were forever known as The Rat Pack. Las Vegas was their playground and everywhere else was known, in Rat Pack vocabulary, as ‘Dullsville, Ohio’. Frank, Sammy & Dean were a force to be reckoned with, an inexhaustible energy that is as apparent in their music today as it ever was. This spectacular production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three worldfamous entertainers and performers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded.

If you wish you’d swung with the hardest partying pack in town, now’s your chance!

Featured in this production are Stephen Triffitt (Frank Sinatra), Mark Adams (Dean Martin) and Giles Terera (Sammy Davis Jr.).

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Ha Ha Tonka w/Tommy & The High Pilots, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8 p.m.; Show 8:45 p.m.

The Urge with Funky Butt Brass Band, LucaBrasi, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Cumberland Gap, Stagger Inn Again, 10 p.m., 21+ Rukus (back bar), Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Butterfly Distortion, Blue Agave, Belleville Bolero, 8 p.m., Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis

The Ready Set, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6 p.m.; Show 6:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Nov. 26 Various Hands CD Release, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8 p.m.; Show 9 p.m.

Ivas John Band, Stagger Inn Again, 10 p.m., 21+ Jam Session w/ Mo’ Pleasure (front bar), 2 to 6 p.m./ Mo’ Pleasure (back bar), 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Bolero, 8 p.m., Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis

Sunday, Nov. 27 The Nutcracker Meets Jazz, 3 p.m., Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis

Monday, Nov. 28 Hill Williams Band (front bar), Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville, 6 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 29 The Magic of Mozart, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Street Dogs, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Stagger Inn Again, 9:30 p.m., 21+

Thursday, Dec. 1 The Birthday Massacre, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6 Zechs Marquise, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Switchfoot w/ Cavo, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 7 Fishbone, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

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Monday, Dec. 12

Brian Owens: “Soul of the Season”, The Sheldon, St. Louis

Friday, Dec. 16 El Monstero - Ver. 13.1, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

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Friday, Dec. 23 El Monstero - Ver. 13.1, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thursday, Dec. 29

Sheldon Chorale: A Robert Shaw Christmas, The Sheldon, St. Louis

El Monstero - Ver. 13.1, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 13

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Cage the Elephant, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Brian Owens: “Soul of the Season”, The Sheldon, St. Louis

El Monstero - Ver. 13.1, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

Umphrey’s McGee, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 8 p.m.; Show 9 p.m.

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Open Mic Night, Stagger Inn Again, 9:30 p.m., 21+

El Monstero - Ver. 13.1, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m.; Show 8 p.m.

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Many are disappointed with president's lack of leadership

MAITLAND, Fla. (AP) — Cheryl Abbarno was the most excited she’s ever been about a presidential election when Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008, but she isn’t sure she’ll vote for him again.

“It’s discouraging to me that he’s not doing what he said he’s going to do. When he was campaigning, it was change, change, change, and I don’t see any change,” she said.

Abbarno is a Walmart mom — women with children under 18 at home who shop at the discount superstore — and two polling firms, one Democratic, one Republican, are following women like her because they believe they’ll play a key role in next year ’s presidential election.

Their No. 1 concern is the economy. They’re split fairly evenly by party affiliation, but more important, they are persuadable voters who will decide late in the election cycle whether they’ll support Obama or the eventual Republican nominee.

Or, as Neil Newhouse of the Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies said, they’re the new soccer moms — about 14 percent to 17 percent of the electorate, predominantly white and a key swing group.

In 2008, Walmart moms supported Obama, but in 2010 they voted Republican, though not enthusiastically, according to Public Opinion Strategies and Momentum Analysis, a firm that works with Democratic candidates and groups.

A poll the firms released Wednesday shows 43 percent of Walmart moms approve of Obama’s job performance while 54 percent disapprove. That compares to 46 percent of all voters that approve of Obama and 49 percent who disapprove.

Yet 57 percent of the moms said they are still hopeful about the president compared to 42 percent who have given up on him. And three times as many of the moms, 22 percent, blame President George W. Bush for the nation’s economic problems rather than Obama, who 7 percent of the moms say is to blame.

“There are good lessons from this data for both Democrats and Republicans,” said Margie Omero of Momentum Analysis.

“The bottom line from these results is that this is a group that can be persuaded either way in the presidential contest.”

The Obama campaign wouldn’t comment on Walmart moms.

Steve Schale, who ran Obama’s Florida operation in 2008, said that the president needs to show the women that his economic plan is better than the alternative.

During the focus groups in Florida, New Hampshire and Iowa, the Walmart moms repeatedly named the economy as the most important issue in the election.

Nearly all said they’ve had to make sacrifices, including opening new credit cards for the no-interest promotions, cutting back on meals out and other activities and cancelling cable television. One woman said she and her son had to move in with her parents.

Another told her kids that Santa is poor this year. Many either had gone through layoffs or had husbands who lost jobs.

While other jobs were found, often times it was for less money.

While not blaming Obama, many feel like he hasn’t shown strong enough leadership to build consensus in Congress on how to help middle-class families.

“These voters have clearly lost their passion for President Obama and there’s a sense that he’s kind of lost his passion as well. Some of these voters might vote for him again, but boy, there’s no enthusiasm,” said Newhouse, whose clients include GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “It does mean these voters are still up for grabs for the 2012 election.”

He said Republican candidates are focused first on the primary, but the eventual nominee would be wise to win over Walmart moms and talk about kitchen table issues these women care about.

“Not just jobs, but health and housing issues,” Newhouse said, noting that Obama, with the luxury of not having a primary, is already focused on those issues.

Omero said that just because Walmart moms are late deciders, it doesn’t mean that candidates shouldn’t begin reaching out to

them.

“Candidates that wait too long to try to reach out to these voters, whether you’re talking about the presidential level or congressional and statewide level, does so at their peril,” she said.

“These moms are going to need more contact, they’re going to need more exposure, they’re going to need advertising, even more campaign events.”

What Omero saw in the focus groups was sympathy for the president and a willingness to give him another chance.

Because they don’t directly blame him for the nation’s economic woes means he can still persuade them that he cares more about the middle class than his eventual Republican challenger.

“What we heard a lack of is animosity toward Obama, or that he’s gone too far or that he’s taken the country in the wrong direction,” said Omero.

“I think it puts Obama at an advantage over other candidates who are offering a different set of policies altogether.”’

Not that it’s going to be easy.

“With the economy such that it is and with these voters that are swing to begin with, it is going to be difficult for

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By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge By the time you read this, the Thanksgiving turkey will be roasting in the oven, the pumpkin pie chilling in the fridge and there will only be 31 days left until Christmas.

Yep, 2011 is swiftly coming to an end and the holiday season is officially upon us. Just one short month to finish (or start, for all you procrastinators out there) your Christmas shopping, get the decorations put up, bake cookies for the kids’ soccer team and wrap all those presents before the big day arrives.

Why not take a break from all that hustle and bustle and hop in the car for a holiday road trip all around Alton? There are so many wonderful holiday events happening at communities throughout Madison County that are guaranteed to bring a large helping of festive good cheer. From twinkling light displays to tours of beautifully decorated homes and tasty treats of the season, make this Christmas season one to remember.

Many of the old holiday favorites are back again this year, as well as a few new events to add to the holiday cheer. Check out some of these seasonal favorites: Christmas Wonderland Light Display Rock Springs Park, Alton Start the holiday season off with an illuminating drive through the Christmas Wonderland 2011 holiday light display at Rock Spring Park in Alton. The “Grandpa Gang” works diligently each year to light the park with 3 million twinkling lights. Enjoy lights of cascading waterfalls, tunnels and a few Alton greats. From Nov. 25 through Dec. 28, Christmas Wonderland will be open Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The suggested donation is $7 for cars and small vans or $1 per person for vehicles holding more than 10 people.

Carriage rides will be available first-come, first-serve on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, call 1-800-ALTON-IL or (618) 465-6676.

Snowflake Festival Glazebrook Park, Godfrey Celebrate the holiday season at Glazebrook Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.

Santa Claus will be taking requests from area children and pictures are available with the donation of a non-perishable food item to the food pantry. Horse-drawn carriage rides, hot cocoa, cookies and carolers make this free event extra special for the holidays.

For more information, call (618) 466-1483 or go to www.GodfreyIL.org.

Home for the Holidays Village of Elsah Pay a visit to the village where “time stood still” to experience an Americana Christmas from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Tour the houses in Elsah adorned in their finest holiday decorations from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

At 6 p.m., join the villagers for a candlelight caroling walk and the annual lighting of the village Christmas tree at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for the house tour are $15 per person and may be purchased in Elsah at the bed and breakfast inns or at the Alton Visitor Center.

My Just Desserts will serve soup, salad and dessert at the Farley Music Hall from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an additional charge.

For more information, call the Alton Visitor Center, 200 Piasa St. in Alton, at (618) 4656676.

Taste of Chocolate Grafton Winery & Brewhaus, Grafton Love chocolate? Then this event is for you!

Enjoy dozens of homemade chocolate treats from businesses and residents in Grafton from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. Coffee and hot chocolate will also be served.

The event is sponsored by the Grafton Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are $6 per person.

For more information, call the Grafton Visitor Center at (618) 786-7000.

Pride Inc. Holiday Home Tour Godfrey Tour beautifully decorated homes in the Alton and Godfrey area from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.on Sunday, Dec. 4. The homes will be aglow as members of the public view various

decorating styles and Christmas collections.

Optional trolley transportation offers an opportunity to enjoy the decorations without driving.

Tickets for the tour are $12 per person and are available at the Alton Visitors Center.

Trolley transportation is an additional charge and may be purchased through Pride.

For more information, call (618) 467-2375.

Grafton Holiday Riverwalk Grafton Celebrate the start of the holiday season in Grafton. Stop in the various businesses along Main Street and near the riverfront for special promotions, discounts, refreshments and entertainment. The Jerseyville High School

choir will be caroling throughout the town.

Visitors will also be able to tour the various B&Bs and guest houses in town, a perfect opportunity to check out the accommodations and purchase a gift certificate as a gift.

The event is free and runs from noon to 3 p.m. on Dec. 3. For more information, go to www.EnjoyGrafton.com or call (618) 786-3017.

Bethalto Spirit Victorian Christmas Walk Prairie to West Central to Oak Streets, Bethalto For 22 years the village of Bethalto has been transforming itself into a Victorian Christmas wonderland complete with streets lit by candlelight, street vendors selling roasted chestnuts and strolling carolers dressed in period Victorian costume. Dress warmly and snuggle in for a horse-drawn carriage ride through the village’s historic downtown streets from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11. Bell choirs and strolling musicians add to the Victorian flair.

Visit Father Christmas and warm up with a cup of hot wassail and many holiday treats.

Choral concerts will take place at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Landmark Worship Center (formerly First Baptist Church) on Prairie Street.

The event is free. For more information, call (618) 377-0767.

So make sure to set aside some time from all that Christmas chaos and spend a few days with the family at one or more of these great holiday activities offered throughout the region. For a complete listing of winter activities you won’t want to miss, check out the holiday Calendar of Events at www.

VisitAlton.com or call the Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800ALTON-IL for a free Holiday Guide.

At top, a small church in Elsah. At left, the Winter Wonderland at Rock Spring Park in Alton.

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By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge If you think fine dining can only be successfully paired with wine, think again. Beer aficionados have known for years what the rest of the beer-drinking world is just starting to realize – there’s more to beer than Bud Light. And, that great beer can complement particular foods just as well as any wine.

Global Brew Tap House & Lounge will give experts and novices alike the chance to sample four beers specially selected for their ability to bring out the best in their food companions at its next upcoming Beer Dinner on Monday, Dec. 5.

The four-course meal will feature a traditional Caesar salad with homemade croutons, a lobster bisque, a sweet potato gnocchi with braised short ribs and chocolate mousse for dessert.

Global Brew will offer a unique dining experience As in previous dinners, the event will be catered by Herzog’s Kitchen.

This is the fifth beer dinner that Global Brew and Herzog’s Kitchen have hosted since Global Brew opened less than a year ago, always with great success, according to Laura High, who co-owns Global Brew with her husband, Ryan High, and friend Ryan Lowe.

“No one leaves hungry,” said High. “We try to do one (dinner) per month. It’s fun to go out and try different beers you’ve never had before.”

Global Brew’s first beer dinner back in May brought in 100 people on a weeknight and at last month’s Oktoberfest, around 500 people passed through the doors throughout the day.

High said that this dinner will

differ slightly from previous ones because all of the beers will come from one brewing company, Summit Brewing, out of St. Paul, Minn. In 1986, founder Mark Stutrud “set out to rediscover the traditional brewing methods behind the great handcrafted beers that once flowed throughout the Midwest,” according to the company’s website. Summit currently brews five year-round beers, two limited release beers, four seasonal beers and one beer that is available on draught only.

High said they chose to feature Summit for this dinner because Global Brew already carries multiple beers from the company versus only one or two from other brewing companies. She said beers will be paired specifically to each course and will include Summit’s Winter

Ale, Honeymoon Saison, Black IPA and Great Northern Porter. The seasonal Winter Ale is a brand new beer that High described as “not hoppy and has less of a bite than an IPA or APA”. She said it is a “nice lighter beer” that works well as an intro beer.

“It’s going to help crossover a lot of people,” said High. “This is going to be good at getting them into these craft beers.”

Picking the beers to go with the food courses is High’s favorite part of the job. First, the two Ryans and Laura will sit down with Ryan Herzog a few weeks in advance to go over the menu and taste the different courses. Then, they’ll go back to Global Brew and determine which types of beers will go best with each dish. Generally speaking,

the darker and more full-bodied beers go best with hearty meats such as roasted beef, lamb or game or strong cheeses. Lighter beers, on the other hand, are best paired with fish, seafood, chicken or even curries.

“If you think of it as wine pairing, think of ale as red wine and lager as white wine,” said High. She recommended the pairing chart at CraftBeer.com as a great “cheat sheet” for anybody interested in learning the ins and outs of beer and food pairings.

Tickets cost $35 per person and can be purchased at Global Brew or over the phone at (618) 307-5858.

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At top, a salad from Herzog's Kitchen and a beer. Above, the scene at Global Brew during a recent dining event.

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Dining Delights A hunka' hunka' burning pork Marlowe's serves up the perfect Memphis experience

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emphis barbecue and Elvis Presley you’ll find them both in abundance at Marlowe’s Ribs and Restaurant.

Each of the past four autumns has found my family traveling south on Interstate 55 for the Germantown Invitational Soccer Tournament.

And while the games are played closer to the Mississippi border than to downtown Memphis, we still manage to get caught up in the barbecue hoopla that surrounds the city.

Marlowe’s was our latest adventure and it was also the best.

It’s better than Neely’s, way better than Corky’s. And we found it by accident.

The three previous trips left us a little empty as we could never mange to work a trip to Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home, into our weekend.

This time around, we lucked out.

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While we didn’t actually get to tour the King’s home and view the fabled Jungle Room, we did get a glimpse of it as we drove past.

After taking in what little we could of Graceland, we began looking for a place to eat.

Elvis Presley Boulevard has more in common with downtown Alton than it does Clayton.

So any eatery was strictly a roll of the dice.

Marlowe’s looked like a decent choice – after all, there were two pink limos sitting out front – so in we went.

The first thing you notice is Elvis – he’s everywhere.

The restaurant, located about a mile south of Graceland, is a nonstop tribute to the King.

There are Elvis videos playing on the half-dozen TV screens located throughout the sprawling eatery.

Elvis is on the sound system, too He’s in life-size cutouts. He’s on the table, every table.

Elvis is everywhere.

Once you get past the King, which takes some doing, the smell of barbecue fills your nose and you remember why you came.

Marlowe’s is – like the aforementioned Memphis barbecue bastions – a casual restaurant.

The decor, of course, is Elvis and the atmosphere is easy going with just a hint of potential rowdiness.

Our waitress, Vee, brought our menus and welcomed us with a healthy dose of Southern hospitality.

Having been to Memphis previously, I was intrigued by something called barbecue spaghetti.

Intrigued, but never brave enough to try it.

Vee said I wouldn’t regret it and she was right.

A big bowl of spaghetti noodles was covered generously with barbecue pork and Marlowe’s own sauce.

It was good. Insanely good. One of the best dishes I’ve ever had.

My wife and son split a half-rack of ribs which was about the size of those ordered by Fred Flintstone during the closing credits of the

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famous ‘60s cartoon.

She rates them a 7 on a 10 scale.

My mom came along on this trip and, having been born the same year as Elvis, remains a true fan of the King.

She was the real reason for the jaunt to Graceland and, quite naturally, she ordered the Elvis Burger at Marlowe’s.

A quarter-pound of beef comes topped by a slice of ham, literally putting the ham in hamburger.

The sides ranged from great – the corn fritters – to good – the cole slaw – to fair – the baked beans.

The sweet tea, as it does everywhere in the South, flowed easily.

I couldn’t wait to visit the Elvis gift shop, located off the front dining room, when the meal was over, but the journalist in me had one question that had to be answered.

Did Elvis ever eat at Marlowe’s?

Vee had an answer.

Marlowe’s opened in 1974, three years before the King’s death, Vee said.

And, apparentely, Elvis snuck in one night for a bite to eat.

Rumor has it, Vee said, he disguised himself as a Memphis police officer and came in for a meal.

With that, I checked out every man – and woman – in the restaurant, just to see if the King had returned.

He hadn’t, but we will.

Marlowe’s gets high marks, almost the highest, in my book.

The food was spectacular and with all entrees costing somewhere between $9.99 and $15.99, the price is hard to beat.

You can eat at some of the more well-known barbecue restaurants in Memphis, but I’m going back to Marlowe’s – for Elvis and the food.

At top, a bowl of barbecue spaghetti and a half-rack of ribs. Note the photos decorating the table.

At left, two of the many life-size Elvis cutouts at Marlowe's.

Photos by Bill Tucker.

Dining Delights Colonel's secret revealed – just not that one LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Paula Deen, step aside. Colonel Harland Sanders is about to teach America “real old-time country and farm cooking before it’s forgotten.”

Yes, Colonel Sanders.

On yellowed pages hidden for decades, the white-jacketed man with a special fried chicken recipe and a vision that helped create the modern fast-food industry reveals he saw a future in another lucrative market — celebrity food books.

The recent discovery of an unpublished manuscript written by the founder of KFC shows that while Sanders was helping build Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand, he was recording his life and love of food — and recipes — for the world.

No, not THAT recipe.

Sanders’ secret mix of 11 herbs and spices remains locked inside the company’s vault.

But the manuscript from the mid1960s, found recently by an employee rummaging through KFC’s archives, again shows that the man who started the world’s most popular chicken chain from a Social Security check and his secret recipe was a man before his time.

“This is a new kind of book,” Sanders wrote in the first chapter of an approximately 200-page, typewritten manuscript that KFC plans to offer up on the Internet.

“There’s never been another written like it as far as I know.

“It’s the story of a man’s life and the story of the food he’s cooked and eaten, running right along with it.”

The half-inch-thick document is chock full of homespun anecdotes and life lessons from Sanders, who struck it rich late in life. It also includes a heaping helping of his favorite personal recipes.

“To me, my recipes are priceless,” he wrote.

You can say that again.

The secret blend of herbs and spices, one of the most enduring corporate secrets in American food folklore, isn’t revealed in the manuscript, KFC executives say.

But the Colonel proved he was more than a chicken man. On these pages are preserved his personal recipes for omelets, pancakes, casseroles, pies and many more dishes that he said reflected his affinity for “real old-time country and farm cooking.” It’s a veritable smorgasbord of main dishes, side dishes, desserts and sauces.

And the man who built the KFC chain by cooking up batches of chicken for prospective franchisees promised to offer insights into his culinary style: “I’ll be telling you how to prepare it like a man who’s talking to you right over your kitchen stove,” he wrote.

The company is treating the manuscript like its own Holy Grail.

The manuscript is tucked inside KFC’s electronic safe in a vault at its Louisville headquarters. It sits next to the Colonel’s famous handwritten chicken recipe.

His philosophy on life and cooking spring to life from the pages, 31 years after his death at age 90 in 1980.

“We can’t wait to share its secrets with KFC fans around the globe,” said Roger Eaton, the restaurant chain’s CEO. “Colonel Sanders was a lifelong cook and sage and his life lessons are just as powerful and relevant today as they were 40 years ago.”

The company plans to publish the manuscript online, probably sometime next year, said Laurie Schalow, a spokeswoman for Yum Brands Inc., the parent of KFC. The

Colonel’s insights on hard work and giving it your best will be available for free, she said.

KFC plans to share some of the recipes, but others may stay hidden in the vault.

“We’re in the early stages of testing recipes and are excited about the potential to incorporate some of the newly discovered dishes alongside the Colonel’s Original Recipe on menus around the globe,” Eaton said.

The company says it serves more than 12 million customers daily in 109 countries and territories

around the world. It still plasters the Colonel’s image on its signs and chicken buckets. The chain has been struggling in the U.S. while its overseas business has been booming, especially in China, where KFC has become a fast-growing brand.

The company has no idea why the manuscript was never published.

Sanders took another crack at an autobiography, titled “Life As I Have Known It Has Been ‘Finger Lickin’ Good,”’ which was published in 1974. But the book didn’t include his recipes.

The unpublished manuscript was unearthed recently by Yum Brands employee Amy Sherwood while she was doing research.

“It was in an envelope,” she said.

“I opened it up and immediately recognized that it was a treasure and a significant discovery.”

KFC said it concluded the text was written in 1965 or 1966 through chats with current and former employees who knew or worked with Sanders. Internal documents also validated that he was working on an autobiography with recipes during that period, it said.

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The Grinch has broken box office attendance records for two consecutive years on Broadway during its limited holiday engagements at the St. James (2007) and Hilton (2006) theatres in New York. Thousand of families have been delighted by this heart-warming holiday musical, which The New York Times praised as “100 times better than any bedside story.”

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, presented

by Scottrade features the hit songs “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” from the original animated series. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is “two sizes too small,” decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Whos.

Magnificent sets (John Lee Beatty) and costumes (Robert Morgan) inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville, while the Music and Book of Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason breathe new life into this timeless story of the true meaning of Christmas.

The 2010 production is directed by Matt August and choreographed by Bob Richard based on the original choreography by John DeLuca and originally created by 3- time Tony Award® winning director, Jack O’Brien. Stefan Karl, star of Nickelodeon’s LazyTown (Robbie Rotten) will enchant audiences of all ages as the Grinch.

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play on a one-of-a-kind instrument built by the artist. The instrument combines the layout of a chessboard with the mechanics of a piano; each of the 64 squares on the board represents a musical note, and as the game progresses and pieces are moved, different notes are struck. This chess game opens with the King’s Gambit, a strategy popular in the 19th century, but rarely used today. While they play, an accompanying string ensemble performs an original score composed by the artist.

I n t h e s e c o n d a n d t h i r d movements, “the number of stars in the sky” and “and why a piano can’t be tuned or waiting for an earthquake,” van der Werve considers two new challenges: how to count all the stars in existence and how to tune a piano. The chess game continues from the first movement, indicated only by notations at the bottom of the screen. Throughout the second and third movements, van der Werve can be seen traversing the vast and arresting landscapes of Mount St. Helens in Washington and the San Andreas Fault in California, a nod to the 19th-century Romantic concept of

the natural sublime. The chess game concludes in a stalemate, and thus never truly ends. Van der Werve offers such a conclusion to underscore the idea of infinity and the expansiveness of the natural world.

Born in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, in 1977, van der Werve received his BA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, in 2003. Shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010 from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, van der Werve was also awarded the 2010 Prix International d’Art Contemporain, La Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco and has been featured in international solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the 54th Venice Bienniale (2011) where Number Twelve was screened. His work is included in various international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Netherlands Institute for Media Art, Amsterdam, and the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin. He lives in Finland and is currently in residence at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin through spring 2012. In addition to being a composer, van der Werve is a trained classical pianist and

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Jacoby Arts Center hosts open mic nights Jacoby Arts Center is excited to introduce open mic nights to their East Room stage. Open Mic: WORDS takes place on third Thursdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. from September to November and again from February through May. The doors will open at 6 p.m.; presenters begin at 6:30 p.m.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public. Audiences of all ages welcome; however, attendees are advised that content may not be suitable for everyone. A cash beverage bar with beer, wine, and nonalcoholic beverages, as well as a coffee bar will be available; light refreshments will also be served.

A $5 suggested donation is requested from each presenter to ensure 5-10 minutes of time on the evening schedule; the final amount of time allowed to each

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Pre-registration is requested by sending an email message to info@ jacobyartscenter.org or by calling Jacoby at 618.462.5222.

Anyone ages 16 and up who wants to share their words of art are invited to present. Songwriters are welcome to try out a new song, fiction writers can share their poetry and short stories, playwrights and actors can try out new lines and skits, comedians can share their new material with the audience.

No politicking or pornographic material is allowed; artists are also asked to exercise discretion in use of profanity.

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Museum to feature van der Werve’s work The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Guido van der Werve’s 2 0 0 9 f i l m , N u m b e r Tw e l v e : Variations on a Theme, as its latest New Media Series installation.

Van der Werve’s 40-minute film weaves the unlikely fields of chess, astronomy, and music theory into a seamless philosophical meditation on possibility, mathematics, and the infinite.

Divided into three movements filmed in distinct locations, Number Twelve begins with the artist pondering how to calculate the number of chess games it is possible to play. In the first movement, “the king’s gambit accepted,” van der Werve plays a chess game against opponent Grandmaster Leonid Yudasin at New York City’s famed Marshall Chess Club.

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SPACIOUS 3 BEDROOM RANCH with hardwood floors in living & dining room, bedrooms & 2 car garage.

SHOWHOUSE PERFECTION! 3 bedrooms, hrdwd flrs, large rooms, 3-season rm, finished LL, & 3 car gar. $255,000 Staunton PR9832

$74,900 Staunton PR100053 SHEILA COX (618) 593-7355

$89,000 Troy PR100048 TEAM SEIBERT (618) 593-3042

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QUIET SETTING in Stonebridge Subdv. on cul-de-sac, lots of amentities. $234,999 Maryville PR9882

MOVE IN READY RANCH with Brazilian hardwood, plus open floor plan. $227,000 Edwardsville PR9913

281 Fountain Drive, Glen Carbon $500,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM Betty Treat (618) 830-3952

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BETTER THAN NEW & BEAUTIFUL 2 story home, 3 bedrooms, 3 bath and 2 car garage. Great location! $174,900 Glen Carbon PR9945

SUPER CUTE & move-in ready! 3 bedroom, 2 bath, Green Thumb Award 2011. $134,900 Edwardsville PR9835

ATRIUM RANCH with finished walk-out LL, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, SS appliances & fireplace! $299,900 Edwardsville PR9393

EXECUTIVE STORY AND HALF with salt water pool on large wooded lot. $525,000 Edwardsville PR9895

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ALL UPDATED & READY TO MOVE INTO. 2/3 bedrooms, 2 baths, stainless steel appliances. $129,500 Edwardsville PR9967

SPLIT-LEVEL W/3 BDRS, 2 bths, large yard, has newer roof, HVAC & gutters. $129,900 Glen Carbon PR9642

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TREE LINED, FENCED back yard, 4 bdr, formal DR, kit w/granite, & finished LL. $319,900 Edwardsville PR9782

IMPRESSIVE w/unique open flr plan! Grt rm w/frplc, covered lanai. Must see! $319,900 Edwardsville PR9808

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LAKESIDE at Dunlap Lake. Great location w/4 bdrs, 3.5 baths, & terrific views! $299,900 Edwardsville PR9227

CHARMING RANCH WITH OPEN FLOOR PLAN fenced yard, granite counters & many amenities. $245,000 Edwardsville PR9893

TRADITIONAL STYLE 2 STORY HOME! Kitchen opens to family room. Ceramic flooring in kitchen & nook and baths. Lookout basement ready to be finished. 2 story entry.

4 BR, 2 1/2 baths. 3 car garage, 2,400 sq.ft. $219,900 Glen Carbon PR9977

LOCATION, SCHOOLS, SHOPPING, bike trails, lake, all close!

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FABULOUS 2.5 ACRES! 1 story, 4 BR, 3 baths, finished basement, 1,889 sq.ft., extra 2 car detached garage. $179,000 Edwardsville PR9958

IMMACULATE! 3 bdr, 3 bth, great flr plan, finished bsmnt, Edw. schools. $174,900 Hamel PR9728

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2003 Ford F150 XL, #CC321A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,499 2006 Chevy Impala LTZ, #P7930. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,492 2002 Ford Taurus, #CC312A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,910 2004 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4, #CC185A. . . . . . $11,469 2008 Mercury Milan Premium, #CC264A. . . . .$15,941 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT, #CC276B. . . . . . . . . . $13,954 2008 Chrysler Town & Country Limited, #P7933. . . ..$19,951 2004 Ford Mustang, #BB954A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,851 2008 Ford F150 FX2, #BB948B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,934 2008 Buick Enclave CXL, #BB895A. . . . . . . . . . .$27,955 2007 Jeep Commander, #P7905. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,588 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS, #CC330A. . . . . .$6,913 2005 Nissan Altima, 3.5 SL #BB867A. . . . . . . . . .$9,511 2007 Dodge Charger, #CC256C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,579 2007 Ford F150, #BB985B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,858 2010 Ford F150, #BB927A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,417 2010 GMC Sierra, #BB920A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26,913 2008 Mercury Milan, #BB957A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,770 2004 Buick LeSabre, #CC296A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,976

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2007 Chrysler Town & Country, #P7914A. . . $16,935 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis, #P7911A. . . . . . . $8,983 2005 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4, #BB1003B. . . . . $11,898 2010 Chevy Camaro, #BB904A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,917 2008 GMC Arcadia SLE, #P7916B. . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,784 2006 Chevy Silverado LS, #BB926B. . . . . . . . . . $16,910 2010 Nissan Altima, #CC278A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,929 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid, #CC263A. . . . .$19,564 2005 Ford Mustang, #P7785A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,985 2000 Ford Focus Wagon, #CC352A. . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,995

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