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The holidays at Dixie Stampede page 12

"A Christmas Story, The Musical" page 18

"A Christmas Carol" page 19

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Holidays in Illinois Events lined up across the state.

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Land of Surprises.

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Holiday performances planned.

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Fox to host "A Christmas Story, The Musical."

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

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What’s Happening Friday November 28_____ • Santa’s Magical Kingdom, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Saint Louis Zoo Wild Lights, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

• Winter Wonderland, Tilles County Park, St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• 45th Annual Way of Lights Christmas Display, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Victorian Christmas at Tower Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• A n h e u s e r- B u s c h B re w e r y Christmas Lights Experience, Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• 2 9 t h A n n u a l Wi n t e r Wonderland, Tilles County Park, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Celebration of Lights, Fort Zumwalt Park, O’fallon, Runs through December 30.

• Christmas Wonderland, Rock Spring Park, Alton, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• St. Charles Christmas Traditions, St. Charles, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through December 24.

• Teddy Bear Tea, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, Seating begins at 11:00 a.m.

• Winter Jewels: A Holiday Celebration, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Historic Holiday Traditions at the Old Courthouse: Holiday Kick Off Performance, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m.

• Jeremy Davenport, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• M a rq u i s e K n o x , S h e l d o n Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• STL Symphony Concert: Rhapsody in Blue, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Urge, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Jay Farrar w/Colonel Ford, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Winter Concert Series feat.

Arvell & Company, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 6:00 p.m.

Saturday November 29_____ • Santa’s Magical Kingdom, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Saint Louis Zoo Wild Lights, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

• Winter Wonderland, Tilles County Park, St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Garden Glow Holiday Light

Exhibit, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Gardenland Express: A Passion for Plants, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• The Polar Express Train Ride, Union Station, St. Louis, Train departs at 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m., Runs through December 31.

• 30th Annual “Art St. Louis XXX, the Exhibition,” Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 23.

• 45th Annual Way of Lights Christmas Display, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Victorian Christmas at Tower Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• A n h e u s e r- B u s c h B re w e r y Christmas Lights Experience, Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Christmas Wonderland, Rock Spring Park, Alton, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• St. Charles Christmas Traditions, St. Charles, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through December 24.

• Teddy Bear Tea, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis, Seating begins at 11:00 a.m.

• Winter Jewels: A Holiday Celebration, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

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People For the Intelligencer The joyful holiday season in Illinois offers an abundance of opportunities for visitors to enjoy this cherished time of year. With electrifying light parades, bustling holiday festivals and treasured annual traditions, there are endless ways to create memories with family and friends this season.

Welcome to the State of IlliJoy! Chicago & Beyond Illumination: Tree Lights at the Morton Arboretum Lisle November 21 - January 3 The Morton Arboretum’s trees will shine this holiday season from November 21 – January 3. Illumination: Tree Lights at the Morton Arboretum will wow visitors’ senses with dazzling projections, trees that respond to touch and sound, and vivid, electric colors throughout. The outdoor event winds through one mile of the Arboretum and takes about an hour and a half to complete.

Long Grove's Holiday Festivities Long Grove November 28 - December 24 Families can discover the magic of the holiday season from November 28 – December 31 during Historic Long Grove’s Holiday Festivities.

This annual event boasts an abundance of merry activities, including shopping, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus and oldfashioned carriage rides through the downtown district.

Christkindlmarket Chicago Chicago November 28 - December 24 Christkindlmarket Chicago, an outdoor holiday market featuring vendors from around the world, is back again this year in Daley Plaza from November 28 – December 24.

Visitors can browse handcrafted ornaments, toys and unique holiday gifts, as well as enjoy traditional German foods, sweets and beverages.

Wonderland Express at Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe November 28 - January 4 Holiday fanatics of all ages can take a magical trip to a winter fairyland of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Gardens welcomes visitors from November 28 – January 4 and features a railroad garden, light show, plant-based replica of Chicago and even indoor snow.

Lincoln Park ZooLights Chicago November 29 - January 5 Families can explore an enchanted holiday paradise illuminated by more than one million lights at Lincoln Park Zoo’s annual ZooLights. In addition to the spectacular lights, this celebrated Chicago tradition offers unique activities like live ice carvings and special holiday treats. Visitors can also take advantage of the zoo’s world-renowned wildlife exhibits, open late during the holiday event.

Navy Pier Winter Wonderfest Chicago December 5- January 11 Winter at Navy Pier, one of Chicago’s most popular family destinations, is synonymous with exciting fun during the annual Winter Wonderfest. The extravaganza runs from December 5 – January 11 and includes an indoor ice-skating rink, family rides, an

indoor Ferris wheel, shopping and more.

Land of Lincoln Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch Rantoul Now – December 31 The North Pole comes to Central Illinois this season at Hardy's Reindeer Ranch. The truly unique holiday destination has a herd of authentic Alaskan reindeer that are ready for up close encounters with visitors. Hardy’s hosts travelers from all across the world and is an ideal attraction for families looking to discover something out of the ordinary.

Shelbyville Festival of the Lights Shelbyville November 21 - December 27 Shelbyville will honor the holiday season with the Shelbyville Festival of Lights from November 21 – December 27. This awe-inspiring festival has dozens of light displays with themes such as Victorian Village, Santa's Shop and the North Pole.

Wonderland in Lights Effingham November 27- December 25 Effingham’s Community Park will transform into a sea of color during Wonderland in Lights from November 27 – December 25. The drive-through light display contains a variety of holiday scenes, such as

flying reindeer, Santa coming down the chimney and a nativity scene.

Santa Claus visits Wonderland in Lights every Saturday night to bring presents to children who visit the show.

Old Capitol Holiday Walk Springfield December 3-17 Illinois’ state capital marks the holidays with the Old Capitol H o l i d a y Wa l k , t a k i n g p l a c e December 3-17. Visitors can stop by a Santa House, experience family entertainment and take tours around the city. More than 30 shops and restaurants will offer unique shopping and dining for the ultimate seasonal experience.

Christmas at the Dana Thomas House Springfield TBA Springfield’s Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, the Dana Thomas House, will transform back to the days of its first Christmas when socialite Lawrence Dana elaborately decorated it for the season.

Christmas at the Dana-Thomas House, a three-week long holiday celebration, offers special weekend and evening tours of the beautiful Prairie-style home dressed up for the season.

Great Rivers Country Avenue of Lights

Quincy November 22 - January 1 Quincy’s Avenue of Lights, a twomile holiday lights spectacle, runs from November 22 – January 1. This award-winning holiday attraction has more than 350 separate pieces and 15 miles of twinkling lights for families to view as they drive through Moorman/Wavering Park.

East Peoria Festival of Lights East Peoria November 22 - December 31 East Peoria’s Festival of the Lights, running from November 22 – December 31, is a must-see attraction during the holiday season. Centered on Folepi's Winter Wonderland lighted drive-through display, the production features floats shaped entirely from lights, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty and the 95-footlong smoke-spewing Chinese dragon.

Christmas Wonderland Alton November 28-December 28 C h r i s t m a s Wo n d e r l a n d i n Alton takes place this year from November 28 - December 28. Rock Springs Park is transformed into an enchanted dreamland, inviting visitors to drive through the park to view more than two million colorful lights and visit with Santa in the enchanted forest. In addition, visitors can admire the spectacular displays by carriage ride with advanced reservations.

Old Fashioned Christmas in Galena Galena November 29- December 20 The town of Galena celebrates the holidays all season long with an Old Fashioned Christmas. Highlights include the Arrival of Santa, when the jolly man makes his way down Galena’s historic Main Street to the Old House Market, also the night of Luminaria, when candles are placed along the town’s sidewalks, steps and parks to illuminate the night.

Christmas Market- Julmarknad Bishop Hill December 6-7 Christmas Market-Julmarknad, based on Scandinavian customs dating back to the Middle Ages when farmers and artisans would gather in the village squares to sell their wares, takes place from December 6-7 in Bishop Hill. Local businesses will be offering unique

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gifts, handmade wares, antiques, quilts, collectibles, baked goods, delicious foods and Swedish imports, providing endless holiday fun.

Trails to Adventure Du Quoin Annual Holiday Lights Fair Du Quoin November 25 - December 31 The Du Quoin State Fairgrounds transforms into a magical holiday utopia for the Du Quoin Lights Fest from November 25 - December 31.

The three-mile drive through lighted exhibitions will delight visitors of all ages. After taking in the beautiful light displays, visitors can see decorated trees, visit with Santa, enjoy live entertainment and devour holiday treats.

Festival of Lights Fairfield December 5 - January 1 This season, visitors can enjoy Fairfield’s Festival of Lights December 5 - January 1. To celebrate the season of giving, the beautiful lights and holiday decorations are donated by the citizens of Fairfield themselves, creating a festive and homemade atmosphere to celebrate the season.

Christmas in Carterville Carterville December 5 Tourists can enjoy Christmas early in Carterville on December 5.

Christmas in Carterville is an annual celebration that encompasses the entire downtown area. Santa and his helpers will be on hand for photos, as well as sharing hot chocolate and cookies with guests. Participants can expect caroling, a delicious chili supper, gingerbread contest, a festival of trees, Sugar Plum Dance Fairies, face painting, Candy Land Path, Horse and Carriage rides and more.

Christmas in the Village Cobden December 6 Every holiday season, the City of Cobden celebrates Christmas in the Village. Taking place in downtown Cobden, the fest includes fresh roasted nuts, strolling Victorian carolers, old-fashioned horse-drawn carriage rides and visits with Santa.

In addition, handcrafted wreaths and gingerbread houses will be on display at the Cobden Feed Store for visitors to enjoy.

Olde Tyme Christmas and Living History Metropolis December 14 Historians and holiday fanatics can experience what life was like in Metropolis during the 18th century by visiting the Olde Tyme Christmas and Living History on December 14. Fort Massac re-enactments of Christmas traditions will depict the French Colonial, American Revolution, Lewis and Clark, War of 1812 and the Civil War periods.

Above, Hardy's Reindeer Farm in Rantoul. At left, carolers taking part in Cobden's Christmas in the Village celebration. Photos for The Edge.

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People People planner Lafayette Square to host Holiday Parlor Tour

L a f a y e t t e S q u a re w i l l h o s t their annual Holiday Parlor Tour on Sunday, December 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors will enjoy the sights, sounds, and scents of a Victorian wonderland as they tour ten decorated homes. The tour will also feature carriage rides around Lafayette Park, trolley rides to tour destinations, holiday caroling, and live music.

This year ’s Wonderland will feature holiday magic in displays of gingerbread ornaments and houses created by local bakers, chefs, and families. In the early days, gingerbread masters had the exclusive rights to m a k e g i n g e r b re a d — e x c e p t a t Christmastime when everyone was allowed to make it as gifts for children and adults. During the tour, visitors will be invited to decorate their own special gingerbread ornaments.

Tour tickets cost $16 in advance and $20 the day of the tour. Children under 12 and accompanied by an adult are free. Tickets for groups of 20 or more cost $12 each. Advance tickets are available by web at lafayettesquare.org; by phone, beginning December 1, at 314772-5724; by check, made payable to “LSRC Holiday Tour� and mailed to 2023 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63104; and in select neighborhood businesses beginning December 1 (visit website for details).

Lafayette Square is located one mile south of downtown St. Louis and is bounded by Jefferson on the west, I-44 on the south, Truman Parkway on the east, and Chouteau on the north.

The Holiday Parlor Tour is presented by the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee, a not-forprofit organization founded in 1971.

It seeks to facilitate the preservation and redevelopment of Lafayette Square, respecting its special historic character and enhancing its overall livability. Lafayette Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and has been named one of the “prettiest painted places in America�. Carrington to appear at Peabody Rodney Carrington will appear at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis at 7 p.m. on March 27.

Ti c k e t s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t ticketmaster.com, at 1-800-745-3000 or the Peabody Opera House Box Office.

Rodney Carrington has been making audiences laugh for almost twenty years with his unique brand of stand-up comedy. The country singer-songwriter has recorded eight major label comedy albums which have sold more than two million copies ‌ two of which have been certified Gold.

Rodney Carrington recently started his own record label “Laughter’s Good� and is releasing two albums under the new label in October 2014. Rodney plans to re-release “C’Mon Laugh You Bastards� which will feature 3 new songs, as well as an album of all new material called “Laughter ’s Good.�

In addition to starting his own record label, Rodney is starting a new YouTube series in October 2014 called “Bit By Bit.� In the series, he will be releasing new material one piece at a time on a weekly basis.

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Carrington can also be heard every Sunday on ESPN2 on the intro of “Colin’s Football Show� with Colin Cowherd. He wrote and performed the intro song for the show, and stars in the video before each show, which airs every Sunday prior to NFL games during the 2014 season.

Originally from Longview, TX, Carrington has three sons and resides in Tulsa, OK. Rodney Carrington kicks off his “Here Comes the Truth� tour in 2015.

OMNIMAX film captures unseen world

A new giant screen film adventure takes audiences on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible. On October 10, 2014, the Saint Louis Science Center ’s OMNIMAXŽ Theater will premiere Mysteries of the Unseen World,  an original production by National Geographic Entertainment and Days End Pictures, narrated by Forest Whitaker.

Created by an award-winning veteran film team, the new

40-minute large format experience is produced by Jini Durr (“Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure�) a n d L i s a Tr u i t t ( “ M y s t e r i e s o f E g y p t � ) a n d d i re c t e d b y Lo uis Sc hw art zb e rg (“Dis ne y Nature: Wings of Life�). Mysteries of the Unseen World uses innovative high-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology, to transport audiences to an enthralling secret w o r l d o f n a t u re , e v e n t s a n d breathtaking phenomena not visible to the naked eye. “Mysteries of the Unseen World has that ‘wow’ factor that will impress adults and children,� said Jackie Mollet, Managing Director Visitor Services at the Saint Louis Science Center. “Seeing these amazing images will give you a new appreciation for the world around us. The technological advances used to capture these images are aweinspiring as well. �

INVISIBLE: We see only a fraction of the millions of wavelengths in the vast electromagnetic spectrum—the rainbow of light waves called visible light. The film shows audiences what it would be life if we had X-ray vision, or infrared vision like a mosquito, how a bee’s eyes see through ultraviolet light, what Gamma rays, microwaves and radio waves show us, and more.

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mundane events that happen too slowly for humans to perceive. The film shows plants creeping toward the sun and astonishingly complex “slime mold� searching for food.

On a grander scaled, time-lapse allows audiences to see our planet in motion—from the vast and relentless sweep of nature to the restless movement of humanity.

TOO FAST: High-speed cameras do the opposite of time-lapse, revealing secrets from the super-fast world of nature. The film shows slow motion sequences of events that happen too quickly for human perception: a rattlesnake strike; drug cymbals reverberating; a Eurasian Eagle Owl, the world’s largest, flexing its wings; a basilisk or Jesus lizard running on the surface of water; popcorn popping; lightning rising upwards from the ground as well as striking from the sky.

TOO SMALL: The film also peers into the world of wonders too small for the human eye to see—from the minute structures on a butterfly’s wing and the tiny organisms that inhabit the human body all the way down to nano-scale structures. See how

electron microscopes create images that magnify things by as much as a million times—revealing a world that is both bizarre and beautiful.

Guess which unusual image is a fruit fly’s eye, the skin of a shark, a flea on a cat, a tomato stem, an eggshell, and more!

Mysteries of the Unseen World then moves from the familiar events of everyday life to the building blocks of matter itself.

The filmmakers worked with a 3-D medical animation company to depict the atom-scale realm of nanoscience and potential innovations in nanotechnology. In a complex zoom sequence, the shot moves in on a spider, then a strand of its silk, then into the silk itself where audiences see a bacterium. The camera then zooms even deeper, in on a virus on the bacterium, then into the DNA of the virus and finally into the actual atoms of the DNA. “Mysteries of the Unseen World immerses audiences in mindbending dimensions that enhance our understanding of the planet and inspire people with the wonder and possibilities of science,� said Lisa Truitt, president of National Geographic Entertainment.

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Dec. 8 and 9, 7:30 p.m.: U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America salutes the holidays with two nights of free The world famous Harlem concerts.

Globetrotters, featuring some of the Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.: The 5 Browns greatest athletes and entertainers on are The Juilliard School’s quintet of the planet, will bring their unrivaled siblings, all virtuoso pianists. family show to the Scottrade March 4, 7:30 p.m.: John Lithgow: Center in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. Stories By Heart features the 2 at 7 p.m., during the Harlem well-known actor in his critically Globetrotters 2015 “Washington acclaimed, one-man theatrical Generals’ Revenge” Tour. memoir.

The Globetrotters will face M a rc h 11 , 7 : 3 0 p . m . : a great challenge this year, as the Mummenschanz, a Swiss infamous Washington Generals are performance troupe, captivates more determined than ever to match audiences without words, using the franchise’s historic last victory o rd i n a r y m a t e r i a l s t o c re a t e over the Globetrotters nearly a half a s u r re a l , c o m i c u n i v e r s e . A century ago. It has been five years playful and uniquely memorable since the Globetrotters and Generals experience! have faced off, as the Generals have April 12, 3 p.m.: The St. Louis been searching far and wide for the Brass Band brings the sound of the best players to retool their roster traditional English brass band to the and have been preparing for one Hett. thing: victory over the Globetrotters.

Nov. 17 and March 30, 7:30 p.m.: In addition to the highlySaint Louis Symphony Mondays anticipated matchup on the court, feature chamber ensembles of the Globetrotters, known worldwide Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra as the Ambassadors of Goodwill™, musicians. will honor a Harlem Globetrotters T h e G e o rg e E . M c C a m m o n Hometown Hero at each of their Memorial Distinguished Speaker 310-plus games in North America.

Series will host the following guests: The team is searching for active, Feb. 26, 2015: Paul F. Tompkins, wounded or retired members of the military who have made their c o m m u n i t y p ro u d w i t h t h e i r brave service and exemplary character. Fans can nominate a Harlem Globetrotters Hometown H e ro a t h a r l e m g l o b e t ro t t e r s . com. The Globetrotters will also play a portion of each game with a camouflage basketball as a sign of respect to all who protect our freedom.

Tickets start at $19 and are now available at harlemglobetrotters. com, ticketmaster.com, the Scottrade Center box office, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Information on group 1 Bedroom and scout tickets can also be found at harlemglobetrotters.com.

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comedian, writer and actor (“Mr. Sh ow, ” “ Re a l Ti me w i t h Bi l l Maher”), will join a panel discussion at 6 p.m. and perform stand-up comedy at 8:30 p.m.

April 15, 7:30 p.m.: Carl Bernstein, bestselling author, CNN contributor and investigative journalist who broke the Watergate scandal with Washington Post colleague Bob Woodward.

The Hett’s free Film Art Series will explore the art of communication with four awardwinning films, all at 7 p.m.: “Persepolis,” Sept. 30; “The King’s Speech,” Oct. 29; “Shakespeare in Love,” Jan. 22; and “All the President’s Men,” March 3.

MoBOT to host Garden Glow

The Missouri Botanical Garden is excited to announce its plans for an expanded “Garden Glow 2014,” the Garden’s second annual winter light exhibit. Visitors will have the opportunity to stroMBG Garden Glowll through the Garden at night surrounded by a spectacle of unique light installations. The exhibit will open Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 and

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“Our members, visitors, staff and volunteers were overwhelmed with the fantastic display during our inaugural year,” said Missouri Botanical Garden President Peter Wyse Jackson. “Garden Glow is a destination for St. Louisans and visitors and this year promises an even bigger and better experience.”

Special Glow gear will be sold giving show attendees an opportunity to become a part of the fun.

Tickets are now on sale for Garden Glow 2014. Tickets make a unique and treasured holiday gift.

Tickets are date-specific and sold in limited quantities. Tickets can be purch ased in advance at www.mobot.org/glow. In an effort to reduce waste, wristbands will not be utilized this year.

Timed ticketing will keep lines shorter and more efficient.

Visitors are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance online for speedier admission to the exhibit.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is currently seeking volunteers to help enhance the visitor experience during the Garden Glow event.

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The Hett announces 2014-15 schedule

The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts’ 2014-2015 season presents local and returning favorites and some well-known performers and speakers making their Hett debut.

All programs are open to the public and held at the 488-seat performing arts center at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. “Many programs always sell out early so I always advise that you mark your calendar and plan to purchase your tickets early,” said Peter Palermo, director of The Hett.

Reserved seats for all programs will be available Sept. 3 online at theHett.com, at the box office on weekday afternoons, or by calling 618-537-6863 (1-800-BEARCAT, ext.

6863).

Many programs are free, including the Distinguished Speaker Series, films and several concerts.

Ticket prices for select shows range from $15 to $35 for adults and from $5 to $10 for children, with discounts for seniors and students.

A season preview video is online at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PkpkvJQcMY0. The new season will feature the following: Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.: Cantus: All is Calm recalls the remarkable events of December 1914, when German and Allied soldiers met in no man’s land for a Christmas truce during World War I. Using new arrangements of European carols and war songs for a cappella voices, joined by the actors of Theatre Latte Da, to bring this moving moment in

run through Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015.

The show features over a half million lights illuminating the Garden as well as loads of engaging activities for visitors of all ages.

The light display will adorn the Garden’s most iconic locations including the Climatron, Kaeser Memorial Maze, the Central Axis, Tower Grove House, Shoenberg Fountain and the Cleveland Gate House.

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M a n n h e i m S t e a m ro l l e r w i l l present the best the holiday has to offer this season. The group will perform live for two shows only in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on December 9 & 10.

Tickets for Mannheim Steamroller at the Fox Theatre are on sale online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314534-1111 or in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office. Ticket prices start at $37.50. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox. com for current pricing. Mannheim Steamroller is part of the 2014 – 2015 U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Christmas Tour and release of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that revolutionized the Holiday Season music category. It’s also the 40th Anniversary of Davis’ first album in his Fresh Aire series, which pioneered the New Age music category.

Grammy Award winner Chip Davis will direct and co-produce Tour performances with MagicSpace Entertainment. The show features classic Christmas hits from Mannheim Steamroller and multimedia effects in an intimate setting.

In addition to being a holiday tradition for many families, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour regularly attracts repeat attendance from multi-generational guests and is one of the longest running tours in the music industry.

Davis plans to release a new album, Mannheim Steamroller 30/40, this fall. In celebration of the 30th Anniversary Christmas Tour, tracks will include Christmas fan favorites while selections from Davis’ iconic Fresh Aire series and recordings by his daughter, Elyse, will celebrate 40 years of groundbreaking sound.

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With 19 gold, 8 multi-platinum and 4 platinum-certified records, Chip Davis is among an elite group of artists that include U2, JayZ, and The Beach Boys with such certifications.

From his longtime home in Omaha, Neb., Mannheim Steamroller creator Chip Davis makes innovative music inspired by the sounds of another age. This former teacher and jingle writer founded the music industry’s largest independent recording label, American Gramaphone, in 1974 when industry executives said Davis’ innovative 18th century instrumental rock sound would never sell. In addition to a Grammy Award, Davis is largely credited with establishing the New Age music category that revolutionized the making and marketing of holiday music. His first Christmas album was released in 1984; the album’s success made Christmas records a “must do” for all music artists. With more than 40 million total records sold including 28 million Christmas albums, Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis is the #1-selling Christmas artist of all time.

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Rock legends Fleetwood Mac, who performed two sold-out shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden earlier this week, have confirmed they will be adding at least 28 more dates to their already scheduled 40-city ON WITH THE SHOW tour. The announcement was made during the band’s live performance this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show where The Mac performed for thousands of adoring fans. The second leg of the tour will begin on Jan. 16, 2015 in St. Paul, Minn.

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Music Tuning in Peabody to host Compton Heights Concert Band

St. Louis’ dynamic 60 piece Compton Heights Concert Band, famous for its family friendly summer pops concerts “Musical Mondays” series in Tower Grove Park, presents its 16th Annual Holiday Pops Spectacular at the Peabody Opera House, Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 7:30 PM, one performance only, featuring tenor Hugh Smith, much beloved by St. Louis audiences since his stunning appearance here in 1996 with the St. Louis Symphony and Richard Hayman.

The Peabody Opera concert marks a gala Holiday homecoming of sorts for the world performer, Hugh Smith, the St. Louis Metro Singers, Gina Galati, and the Compton Heights Concert Band with 2010 marking their last Holiday Pops Spectacular appearance together.

The show features the Compton Heights Concert Band under the direction of Edward Dolbashian, in holiday favorites such as Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, Christmas carols, sacred gems O Holy Night and a magnificent Hallelujah Chorus Finale from Handel’s Messiah in a rousing audience sing-along featuring the Compton Heights Concert Band, Hugh Smith, the St. Louis Metro Singers, and Gina Galati, soprano, Winter Opera founder. Gina will also sing with Smith. The St. Louis Metro Singers will present holiday medleys and back up Smith in several selections. The Compton Heights Band and the St. Louis Metro Singers will be featured together, as well.

All tickets, except Gold Patrons, can be purchased online or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. All group sales which include special discounts can be ordered through the Peabody Opera House Group Sales (314) 499-7676.

Gold Patron tickets are the best seats in the center Orchestra section; they include Free VIP designated parking at the conveniently located Abrams Building parking lot, the post-concert reception with Hugh Smith at Gio’s Restaurant and Bar, Peabody Energy Tower, 7th & Market, with complimentary tower parking.

Call the Compton Heights Band Office for Gold Patron Tickets (314) 776-2227.

The Compton Heights Concert Band was founded by Compton Heights resident, Harry Swanger, in 1976 to provide music for neighborhood events.

The organization grew and plans for a series of concerts in 1980 in Tower Grove Park started the ball rolling to today’s busy summer schedule, yearround rehearsals and Bandwagon Hall bingos (every Friday and Saturday night in South County at 2151 Lemay Ferry Road (Lemay Ferry & Reavis Barracks) in the Midwest Bankcentre Plaza).

GACA set for 2014-15 season

It seems only a few weeks ago that John Davidson was playing the season finale for the Greater Alton Concert Assocation. The group wrapped up a great 73rd season after being entertained by The Four Freshmen, Double Grande, The Gothard Sisters and The Masters of Motown. The group has announced is lineup for the 2014-2015 74th Season of the GACA.

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Historic Holiday Traditions at the Old Courthouse: Holiday Kick Off Performance, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m.

Jeremy Davenport, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Acoustics Anonymous, Old Salt Union & Clusterpluck, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Travel Nepal – Land of Surprises Former Glen Carbon residents Bill and Claudia Perozzi are at it again.

The world travelers have taken another memorable journey. Here's a look. This is the fifth of five stories.

By CLAUDIA PEROZZI So much surprised me about Nepal. Just being there was surprising enough as we hadn't given much thought to this relatively small country on the northern border of India. Going there was an option for a few days after our long tour of India. Our group shrank from eleven to eight so we were scaled down from a big bus to a van which was still comfortable. We also picked up a new guide, Sanjib.

F ro m t h e a i r p o r t w e w e re brought to a resort on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Yes, Kathmandu, a very exotic sounding place, which is the capital and largest city of Nepal.

We were told that Nepal is a very poor country but our lodgings were as nice as any in a typical American resort in a woodsy setting.

As we began our tour back in the city, we could see long lines of people and Sanjib explained they were unemployed and applying for work. He said many extended family members survive by living together and sharing resources.

We strolled through markets where women with babies on their backs sold their wares to make their contribution to the household.

We strolled on to visit one of the strangest sites I have ever seen, something way beyond surprising.

Sanjib told us there is a custom of choosing a Living Goddess, a young girl who is practically perfect. She is taken from her family to live with caretakers in specially provided living quarters. From time to time she is displayed and worshipped.

As soon as she bleeds either from

an injury or menstruation, she is replaced. I just can't imagine being put on such a pedestal and then having it yanked out at puberty. It still boggles my mind when I think of the mind of that child. And how does she handle the rest of her life?

We actually saw her. Our guide knew her caretakers and he made

a donation to them. We arrived at a small courtyard where we were told we could not talk to or take photos of the Living Goddess and we would have only a few minutes to see her. Finally she stepped out on the balcony and just stared. She had on heavy theatrical makeup and a fancy headdress. She was a

beautiful child but looked bored, sad and lonely to me. And then she was gone. I had so many questions I wished I could have asked her.

Another very special girl that our guide arranged for us to meet was a celebrity in the mountain scaling world of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on the planet. In fact

Nepal is best known for this great mountain in the Himalayas. The young woman we met had climbed the Mount several times.

She shared with us that she had a hard time finding sherpas and sometimes they would start with her but not stay. Apparently they didn't want a young woman to be successful in their men's world. It surprised me that sherpas would feel their livelihoods threatened by this slight looking young girl.

Sanjib took us to a bar decorated with hanging paper feet. Here those who climbed the mountain signed and displayed these decorations as mementos of their accomplishments.

The first to conquer Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, had a special plaque and now he has a roomful of company.

While we would not be climbing the mountain, we could see it up close. The next morning we arose very early and according to Sanjib we were fortunate to have a clear day for viewing.

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Pictured are street scenes in Nepal. Photos by Bill and Claudia Perozzi.

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Travel Continued from Page 10 We boarded a small plane with only window seats. All those on one side would have the best view of the mountain range on the way to Everest and those on the other side would have the best view on the way back. Outside, a row of snowcovered mountains, the Himalayas, rose up and blended into white wispy clouds on a light sky blue background.

Midway in the flight, each one of us in turn was motioned up to the cockpit for a full head on view of Mount Everest. From our vantage point all the mountains seemed about equally tall and we were surprised that Everest didn't loom above the others. The pilot and co-pilot pointed out Everest so we could each get a souvenir photo and then we even got certificates. Nice way to start a day!

We still had plenty of time to sightsee back on the ground. Sanjib took us to an upscale neighborhood of custom built homes so we could see how the well-to-do live. It seemed on a par with a nice upper middle class subdivision in the U.S. Nice but not extravagant. We didn't see anyone outside.

It was only a short walk of about a mile or so to a nearby village.

Here, children played in the road, a woman washed her hair in her front yard and older men congregated on front porches. Maybe because we were with our friendly guide, but all the residents greeted us with smiles and readily agreed to have their photos taken. Maybe Sanjib made a few donations to the village. I know he paid the man who stopped to show us how he carries heavy pails of milk on a bar across his back.

As we walked along, we saw you n g c h i l d re n p l a y i n g w i t h homemade scooters, teenage boys gambling, women working at looms and a master craftsman carving a large religious icon. Off to one side of the road, we could see into the courtyard of a school. When the children in the courtyard saw us, they yelled and waved at us. Really, we were the oddity in the village but we were welcomed warmly.

Back in the city, Sanjib brought us to a religious area. Before this trip, I hardly knew the difference

between a sherpa and a stupa. Well, I did know that sherpas helped carry loads up mountains but I learned that a stupa is a mound which generally marks a place where Buddhist relics are buried.

Stupas range from simple to ornate and we got to see the Grand Stupa in Kahtmandu which swings to the ornate end of the scale. It is most recognizable by its two big blues eyes looking out over a dome and

under golden decorations with streamers of multi-colored flags strung from top to bottom.

Although Hinduism is the religion of the majority in Nepal like in India, Buddhism also has a strong influence and the Grand Stupa attracts large crowds. We joined in with the others who walked around the stupa. They chanted, we didn’t.

They rolled prayer wheels and so we did too but they seemed to get

much more out of it than we did.

I think we all enjoyed our visit to Patan, a World Heritage Site in the Katmandu Valley. We were free to roam through well preserved ancient shrines and structures with many intricate carvings. I was especially impressed to hear the story of the ruler who was so loved by his people that they begged him never to leave. So he had a statue of himself carved to stay with them any time he had to be away.

For our last day in Nepal, Sanjib first arranged for us to ride for most of the morning up into a mountain range that would give us another view of the Himalayas and Mount Everest. We rode past busloads of passengers, so many in one vehicle that the top was also covered with riders. We rode past women working in fields, harvesting their crops. And we rode past colorful vistas of valleys as we rose higher and higher.

We finally arrived at a restaurant with a rooftop perfect for viewing the Himalayas. After taking photos of the famous mountains from our new vantage point, we were ready for lunch which was several courses of delicious--I don’t know what--but delicious. At the request of one of our party, Sanjib announced that we would go on a trek that afternoon.

We wouldn’t be treking up Mount Everest but we would trek down a very gradual mountain, for a short while, for a short distance and at a moderate pace.

All right, we followed our guide on a path that was like a road for carts. I think we saw some variety of almost every animal in the country. But here was the surprising thing: the animals were in pens or crates or barns or at least tethered near buildings. They weren’t free to roam as they had been in India.

And then I realized that Nepal,

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which is poorer than India, is actually cleaner than parts of India.

This wasn’t Sanjib’s first trek, as he seemed to know many residents along the way. At one point he called out to a family grinding grains in their front yard. A young boy came over to see us and at Sanjib’s request, he sang a song for us. It’s always nice to recognize talent. No one asked us to sing.

Although our trek was easy, I was glad to see our van so we could ride the rest of the way down the mountains. Not surprisingly, we had built up good appetites for dinner. Our last meal together was special as we dined at a Tibetan restaurant and felt the influence of yet another culture, Nepal's neighbor to the north. As we were served dumplings from doomed pots, we chatted and looked back on our time together.

I shared that I did not expect Nepal to be so poor and suggested raising the standard of living by vigorously advertising tourism.

How about slogans like, "Mount Everest--You Don't Have to Climb it to Enjoy it!" Or "Try trekking downhill in Katmandu." The overall campaign could be called, "Nepal, the Land of Surprises, Good Surprises!"

Above, the Himalayan Mountains. At left, Claudia prepares to board a flight over the world's tallest mountain range. Photos by Bill and Claudia Perozzi.

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Religion Religion briefs Israel, Palestinians react to deadly attack on Jerusalem synagogue

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is retaliating for the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue that killed three Americans and a Briton.

Tuesday's attack, carried out by two Palestinians with meat cleavers and a gun, happened in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood that has a large population of English-speaking immigrants. The attackers were then killed by police.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the homes of the attackers to be demolished, along with the homes of Palestinians who carried out other recent attacks.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack.

But Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, praised it. And dozens of people took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate.

Meanwhile, thousands of people attended a joint funeral for three of the victims outside the synagogue where the attack took place.

Evangelical pastor addresses Vatican mother and father. conference Pope Francis confirms trip to the VATICAN CITY (AP) — An American evangelical leader has urged his fellow clerics at a Vatican conference to be true to the United States Bible's teachings on sex and marriage.

The Rev. Rick Warren is among representatives of 14 religions at the conference on the "complementarity" of men and women in marriage and the family. Participants at the gathering believe men and woman have different God-given roles in marriage and the family.

Warren, who pastors one of America's largest Protestant churches, said the Bible defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. He added, "When God's word is clear, we must not, we cannot, back up, back down, back off, backslide or just give in."

Warren encouraged religious leaders to celebrate traditional marriage and its benefits to men, women and children.

Pope Francis opened the three-day conference on Monday, declaring that children have the right to grow up with a

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says next year's visit by Pope Francis will be the largest event in the city's modern history.

The pontiff confirmed Monday that he will make his first papal visit to the United States with the trip to Philadelphia in September for the World Meeting of Families. It's a conference held in a different city every three years to celebrate the importance of family.

Officials have said the meeting could attract more than 1 million people. Hotels within a 10-mile radius of center city Philadelphia have already sold out.

It will be the first papal visit to the United States in eight years.

Francis is also expected to visit New York City and Washington D.C., but Vatican officials aren't yet confirming those legs of the trip.

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QuickGlance Movie Reviews

"Before I Go to Sleep"

"Big Hero 6"

Again teamed with Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman stars as an amnesia victim whose brain resets back to 13 years ago after each night's slumber in the decidedly average psychological thriller "Before I Go to Sleep."

Wr i t e r- d i re c t o r R o w a n J o ff e ' s a d a p t a t i o n o f S . J .

Watson's bestseller honors the lurid spirit of the pageturner enough to satisfy fans, but he doesn't transmute the material into something richer and deeper as, say, Hitchcock would.

The film opens with an extreme close-up on the bloodshot eye of Christine Lucas (Kidman), a woman who wakes up every morning and doesn't recognize her own bedroom or the man in bed next to her (Firth). She is suffering from atypical psychogenic amnesia, which means ever since she endured severe head trauma 13 years ago, she can't retain a day's events in her mind until she goes to sleep, but after a night, the slate's wiped clean again.

With a weary patience, the man in bed reveals that he is Christine's husband, Ben, and that she had an accident which caused her amnesia. When Ben goes off to work, the phone rings and a man calling himself Dr. Nasch (Mark Strong) explains to Christine that he's a neuropsychologist who's been helping with her memory disorder. He instructs her on where to find a camera in her closet on which she's recorded a video diary over the last two weeks, prompting an extended flashback to illustrate what she's learned so far.

It turns out there's quite a lot that Ben hasn't been telling Christine.

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

RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PESS RANKING: Not ranked

"Interstellar"

Since his breakthrough with the backward-running "Memento," Christopher Nolan has made a plaything of time.

In "Interstellar," he slips into its very fabric, shaping its flows and exploding its particles. It's an absurd endeavor. And it's one of the most sublime movies of the decade.

As our chief large-canvas illusionist, Nolan's kaleidoscope puzzles have often dazzled more than they have moved, prizing brilliant, hocus-pocus architecture over emotional interiors. But a celestial warmth shines through "Interstellar," which is, at heart, a father-daughter tale grandly spun across a cosmic tapestry.

There is turbulence along the way. "Interstellar" is overly explanatory about its physics, its dialogue can be clunky and you may want to send composer Hans Zimmer's relentless organ into deep space. But if you take these for blips rather than black holes, the majesty of "Interstellar" is something to behold.

The film opens in the near future where a new kind of Dust Bowl, one called "the blight," brings crop-killing storms of dust upon the Midwest farm of engineer-turned-farmer Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his two children, the adventuresome 10-year-old Murph (Mackenzie Foy) and the 15-year-old budding farmer Tom (Timothee Chalamet). The rustic homestead, where Cooper and his father-in-law (John Lithgow) drink beer on the porch, recalls the Indiana home of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" — an early hint that "Interstellar" — moving and sentimental — will be more Spielberg (who was once attached to direct) than Kubrick.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some intense perilous action and brief strong language."

RUNNING TIME: 165 minutes.

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

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As the Disney-Marvel mash-up "Big Hero 6" moves toward its big-action finale, the images will look strikingly familiar.

A supervillain wreaks havoc. A portal to another dimension looms. A showdown goes airborne over a metropolis.

It could be the finale of a dozen superhero films, with one difference: "Big Hero 6" is animated. But the majority of comicbook films are also computer-generated, particularly their large set pieces. Never has that been clearer than witnessing just how similar such scenes look as out-and-out cartoons. It's a little like seeing that the superhero has no clothes.

The 3-D "Big Hero 6" is loosely based on a little-known Marvel comic about a team of superheros. Crafting a more kidfriendly version, Disney (which owns Marvel) has focused on one of the heroes, the aptly named Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter).

With his older brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney) and their aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph), the 14-year-old Hiro lives in San Fransokyo, a beautifully rendered fusion of Tokyo and San Francisco, full of both nighttime neon and steep-hilled, Bayarea panoramas.

Hiro, whose parents died when he was a toddler, is an avid gamer happy to use his technical wizardry hustling unwitting competitors in underground "bot fights." His tiny, gingerbread man-sized robot makes mincemeat of more hulking machines.

"RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for "action and peril, some rude humor and thematic elements."

RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.

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

"Rosewater"

You can take the man away from the humor. But you clearly can't always take the humor from the man.

This gratifying principle proves true both for the Iranianborn Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was imprisoned for 118 days in Tehran and accused of being a spy, and of Jon Stewart, who captures Bahari's harrowing tale in "Rosewater," a clear-headed, sensitive and thoroughly impressive directorial debut for the Comedy Central host.

Bahari and Stewart, it's clear, share a sense that humor has a place even in the darkest circumstances — that it can soothe and even salvage the human spirit. And thus, in the bleak dankness of a prison cell, we're confronted with a truly laugh-out-loud vision of New Jersey — Stewart's much-maligned home state — as the prisoner entices his interrogator with a view of the Garden State as a sort of sexparadise-on-earth, where young women give erotic massages all day, and pleasure reaches such heights, it can even kill a man.

That could easily be a skit on "The Daily Show," but the fact that Bahari's Revolutionary Guard interrogator — a man he knew as "Rosewater" for the scent of his cologne — truly was bizarrely obsessed with New Jersey is one of the many stunning elements of the journalist's story, which began when he left his London home in 2009 for what he thought was a brief reporting trip for Newsweek.

That year's presidential vote pitted hard-line incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, and when Ahmadinejad won, hundreds of thousands of Iranians rose up in protest. Bahari, who'd stayed on for more reporting, was arrested and accused of being a spy — for the CIA, the Mossad, and various others. The "evidence" included a clip of him being interviewed in a "Daily Show" skit with comedian Jason Jones.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for language including some crude references, and violent content."

RUNNING TIME: 103 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"The Homesman"

"There's been some trouble about the women hereabouts," says John Lithgow's plains preacher in Tommy Lee Jones' "The Homesman."

The hereabouts is a tiny, hardscrabble settlement in the Nebraska Territory, sometime around 1860. On the desolate prairie, a handful of hardened settlers try to eek something out of the dry land. Going West never looked like more a questionable decision.

The directional movement of "The Homesman," however, is east. When three of the town's women (Miranda Otto, Grace Gummer and Sonja Richter) lose their minds, it's decided that they must be taken to a church in Iowa, across the Missouri River. Each driven mad — one by child-killing diphtheria, another by the constant rape of a cruel husband, all by the acrid isolation — they're the seldom seen victims of the male pioneers usually glorified in Westerns, collateral damage to an ill-conceived Manifest Destiny.

The town's men (Jesse Plemons, William Fitchner, David Dencik) aren't up for the monthlong journey by wagon, so the task falls on the sturdiest resident, Mary Bee Cutty (Hilary Swank). She lives "uncommonly alone," she says, with a twinge of shame, fastidiously running her farmstead. When she proposes to a potential mate, the dimwitted man turns her down, saying he'll go back east for a wife, and besides, she's too plain and too bossy.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "for violence, sexual content, some disturbing behavior and nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes.

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

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1"

All is not well in Panem. At the conclusion of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Katniss's (Jennifer Lawrence) forcefield shattering arrow left the society in turmoil. The desperate act was perceived as subversion, inciting populist uprisings and devastating counter attacks by the governing elite.

Thus, revolution is on the horizon in the franchise's third installment, "Mockingjay - Part 1," and it all hinges on Katniss, the unwitting face and spirit of the movement. You see, Katniss, much like the movie star actress who plays her, is just generally liked. Everything she does is slapped with meaning and significance, regardless of her intentions. She has become the property of the people.

This has always been clear to Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who aims to use her as a propaganda machine. But there's a problem: the girl on fire has flamed out.

In the chaos that followed the conclusion of the second film, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) was captured by the Capitol, District 12 was destroyed (though Katniss' mother, sister and the steely jawed Gale (Liam Hemsworth) escaped alive), and Katniss was taken by the militaristic District 13. Their President, Alma Coin, (franchise newcomer Julianne Moore) needs her to be their poster girl.

"Mockingjay - Part 1" is, ultimately, a slow-burn portrait of the repeated rise and fall of dystopia's most reluctant hero, nimbly told through its examination of the mechanics of propaganda. With the help of Plutarch, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and the toned-down (but still delightful) Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), Katniss attempts to serve the cause in her own way.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material."

RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes.

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

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Associated Press

This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Hilary Swank, left, and Tommy Lee Jones in a scene from "The Homesman."

"The Homesman" reverses westerns

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press "There's been some trouble about the women hereabouts," says John Lithgow's plains preacher in Tommy Lee Jones' "The Homesman."

The hereabouts is a tiny, hardscrabble settlement in the Nebraska Territory, sometime around 1860. On the desolate prairie, a handful of hardened settlers try to eek something out of the dry land. Going West never looked like more a questionable decision.

Th e d i rec t i o n a l m o v e m e n t o f " T h e Homesman," however, is east. When three of the town's women (Miranda Otto, Grace Gummer and Sonja Richter) lose their minds,

it's decided that they must be taken to a church in Iowa, across the Missouri River. Each driven mad — one by child-killing diphtheria, another by the constant rape of a cruel husband, all by the acrid isolation — they're the seldom seen victims of the male pioneers usually glorified in Westerns, collateral damage to an ill-conceived Manifest Destiny.

The town's men (Jesse Plemons, William Fitchner, David Dencik) aren't up for the monthlong journey by wagon, so the task falls on the sturdiest resident, Mary Bee Cutty (Hilary Swank). She lives "uncommonly alone," she says, with a twinge of shame, fastidiously running her farmstead. When she proposes to a potential mate, the dimwitted man turns her down, saying he'll go back east for a wife, and

besides, she's too plain and too bossy.

But the dutiful, Christian, upholder-ofdecency Mary Bee is, as the minister says, "as good a man as any." The carpenter who crafts the jail-like cell, abundantly fitted with chains to hold the women, tells her: "People like to talk about death and taxes, but when it comes to crazy, they stay hushed up." " T h e H o m e s m a n , " s u re l y, i s a b o u t citizenship. It's a Western parable, told with handsome John Ford classicism, about how we care for our ill, our mad and our dead. Into the Western's traditional sweeping grandeur creep the discordant notes of Marco Beltrami's score.

Mary Bee's companion is certainly no upstanding citizen. She takes on a man set to be hung for squatting on another man's

ranch: George Briggs (Jones). At least that's the name he, chuckling at its invention, gives her. Our first encounter with him is as he's smoked out of a cabin, his face cartoonishly black from an explosion, rolling around in his Long Johns.

It's an entrance that doesn't jibe with the rest of the film, but, then again, Jones seems to thrive on an unbalanced, mordant tragicomedy.

His good first film, "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," set up as a confrontation between a Mexico border patrolman and a rancher bent on burying his friend in Mexico before the patrolman had enough and went off to Disneyland. The movie, freed of its schematic plot, went somewhere else, somewhere deeper.

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By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge No matter how many of these mega-blockbusters I live through I never stop being surprised by how quickly they sneak up on me. I know it's weird to say that, especially since the release dates for most uber-franchises are established years in advance. But take the new Hunger Games film, Mockingjay - Part I, as an example.

I'm focused on what is surely to be one of the most popular titles of the year (I predict it to be the ultimate #1 in a relatively hitfree 2014), of course, and on this intriguing "marathon" concept of seeing the first three films backto-back-to-back, but it still catches me off guard. I think it's because the reality of the situation is that for my advance screening I was a little more excited about the venue than the picture. I was elated to

be invited to the VIP kick-off of the new Street of St. Charles movie theatre that just opened at a slick shopping complex across I-70 from the Ameristar Casino. It did not disappoint.

But you're reading this for a review of the movie, aren't you?

Not my silly schoolboy crush on a new multiplex. Well, Mockingjay - Part I is good, I guess. I'm trying to be a little optimistic and vague because this is really nothing more than an opening entre act for the final installment in the film series based on Suzanne Collins's YA book series. Jennifer Lawrence returns as the heart of the show, the girl hero Katniss Everdeen. And while I applaud her confidence in what must have been a truly trying summer for the Oscar winner, I can't help that I find her shallow portrayal of this great role model starting to wane.

The independent, brave soul that survived the Hunger Games and

the Quarter Quell is starting to grate on me in much the same way the novels did by the same point.

It lost me completely about twothirds of the way through. And it's no fault of the actress, but simply a disagreement I have with the overall tonal shift in the story. I shouldn't get ahead of myself.

There is plenty of great stuff in Mockingjay. The special effects are amazing. There's nothing fresh about on-screen explosions, yet many of the ones that occur in this movie are fun. A logging camp, a foundry, and a hydroelectric dam are but a few of the great examples I can give you of things "going boom" in a classic Hollywood way.

And the supporting cast is great.

Always of fan of Jeffrey Wright (tech maestro Beetee), Elizabeth Banks (the toned-down muse Effie Trinket), Woody Harrelson (a sober Haymitch Abernathy), and Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman), I'm happy to report that they all return

to play their parts. In fact, the whole cast returns for a story that goes like this: Katniss survives the destruction of the arena at the end of Catching Fire to become the Mockingjay, a Rosie the Riveter for the rebel uprising in Panem, under the direction of the traitorous Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) and the sullen president of the aliveand-well District 13, Alma Coin (Julianne Moore). In exchange for her poster-child services, Katniss is allowed to participate in the war for her own reasons of killing the wicked President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and rescuing/ keeping safe her beloved family, friends (like Liam Hemsworth's Gayle), and her squeeze (Josh Hutcherson's Peeta).

I' m sure that no amount of negative press or fickle criticism is going to daunt ticket sales this weekend. Know, though, that the bastardization of the

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serial by splitting the last movie into two installments is going to be a crapshoot that won't pay off until a year from now when the conclusion hits screens next November 20th. Will it be the ultimate suck-fest (like 2012's Twilight Breaking Dawn - Part 2) or a four-star payoff (like 2011's Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - Part 2)? Both cash grabs got a lot of bad buzz, but this specific concept of drawing it out a little longer pre-dates our current M a r v e l R e n a i s s a n c e o f i n t e rconnected plotlines that are going to cross multiple generations. But if you love a movie go see it. And take some friends.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I runs 123 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, and thematic material. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

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his holiday season, for the first time in St. Louis, one of America’s favorite Christmas movies comes to life live- on-stage in a hilarious, large scale Broadway musical, at the Fabulous Fox Theatre December 16 – January 4.

Tickets for "A Christmas Story, The Musical" at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix. com, by calling 314-534-1111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $25.

Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. "A Christmas Story, The Musical" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

Performances of "A Christmas Story, The Musical" at the Fabulous Fox run December 16 – January 4.

Show times are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. with the exception of Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve), Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day), and Thursday, January 1 (New Year’s Day). Performances are also on Saturday afternoons at 2 p.m., Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m., and Sunday evenings 6:30 p.m. with the exception of Sunday, January 4.

There will be matinee performances on Thursday, December 18, Tuesday, December 30 and Friday, January 2 at 1:00 p.m. There will also be an evening performance on Monday, December 22 at 8:00 p.m.

"A Christmas Story, The Musical" chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of

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his dreams, an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle (“You’ll shoot your eye out kid!”). An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a double-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. Chock-full of delightful songs and splashy production numbers, "A Christmas Story, The Musical", following its smash hit Broadway run, has proudly taken its place as a perennial holiday classic for the whole family.

"A Christmas Story, The Musical" premiered on Broadway in 2012 and was a critical and commercial success. The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards including Best New Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book of a Musical.

The Associated Press called "A Christmas Story, The Musical" “a joyous Christmas miracle,” while The New York Times wrote “I was dazzled. You’d have to have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading across your face.”

"A Christmas Story, The Musical" features a festive and nostalgic holiday themed score by composer/ lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, with a book by Joseph Robinette, based on the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd and the 1983 holiday film favorite.

The 2012 Broadway production was originally directed by John Rando and the new national tour direction will be by Matt Lenz. Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle’s Broadway choreography will be

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reset for the tour by Jason Sparks.

Scenery, costumes, and lighting will be based on the Broadway designs

by Walt Spangler, Elizabeth Hope Clancy, and Howell Binkley, with the new concepts for the national tour created by Mike Carnahan, Lisa Zinni, and Charlie Morrison respectively. The hounds will play themselves.

"A Christmas Story, The Musical" is produced by Big League Productions. Led by President and Executive Producer Daniel Sher, Big League is celebrating its 26th season of producing, general managing and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America and the world. For more information visit www.bigleague.org.

Pictured is the Parker family in two scenes from "A Christmas Story, The Musical," which is coming to the Fox Theatre for the holidays. Photos for The Edge.

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Pictured are two scenes from the Broadway smash "A Christmas Carol."

The Fox to host a Dickens' classic setting which has reminded countless audiences of an old-fashioned Currier and Ives print. A national booking agent saw the show and suggested a tour.

The Nebraska Theatre Caravan, the professional touring wing of the Omaha Community Playhouse, was more than ready for the task. Twenty-three performers, more than 100 costumes and a magnificent set struck out on that first tour of the Midwest in 1979. That tour was such as success that subsequent years have seen two-to-three companies concurrently touring the country. Each company stays true to the Nebraska Theatre Caravan original production that began in Omaha more than 30 years ago.

According to the show’s originator, Charles Jones, “I think of this adaptation as a masque. […] True to masque form, the entire production […] unashamedly takes advantage of the excitement of live theatre.

The characters are larger than life could ever be.”

One of the many reasons for the success of the Caravan’s production of "A Christmas Carol" is this unique re-telling of the oft-told tale. It is enormously enhanced by James Othuse’s beautiful set, which recreates 1880s London, and gives the entire production the effect of being a Christmas card come to life.

Each Christmas carol is chosen to create a specific dramatic effect; although the carols themselves are traditional, the scoring is contemporary and exceptionally

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he production of "A Christmas Carol" being presented at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on December 12 – 14 is a family tradition across the country.

Since 1979, the Omaha Community Playhouse’s professional touring wing, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, has delighted audiences nationwide with this holiday tour.

Tickets for "A Christmas Carol" at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-534-1111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Ticket prices start at $20. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. "A Christmas Carol" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

Performances of "A Christmas Carol" at the Fabulous Fox run December 12 – 14. Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

The script was adapted by Charles Jones, former Executive Director of the Omaha Community Playhouse, for a volunteer cast at the Playhouse in 1976.

John Bennett, Musical Director, and Joanne Cady, Choreographer, added traditional Christmas carols into the narrative.

Nationally renowned scenic Designer James Othuse created the magical Victorian

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The Arts Artistic adventures COCA schedule set for fall

COCA – the Center for Creative Arts – has announced its fall schedule.

COCA is located at 524 Trinity Ave. in St. Louis. For more information, visit www.cocastl.org or call 314-7256555.

December 12-14 COCA Presents 2014-2015: The Little Dancer: Celebrate St. Louis – COCA’s Ballet Eclectica The COCA holiday tradition returns! Ballet Eclectica presents the tale of Degas’ famous statuette that comes to life and finds herself dancing through famous works of art.

The Little Dancer: Celebrate St. Louis is sponsored by Mary Strauss and is presented in partnership with stl250.

Original concept and libretto created

by Amy Scheers. Original piano music (including Overture/Prologue and Incidental Music between ballets) composed by Laurence Galian.

Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.

For all ages. Performances are Friday, December 12, at 7:00pm; Saturday, December 13, at 2:00pm and 5:00pm; Sunday, December 14, at 1:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $14-18. Subscription packages comprised of four or all eight season shows are currently available; single tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 26. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information.

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December 14 The Little Dancer Tea Join the cast of The Little Dancer: Celebrate St. Louis for a luncheon tea following the 1:00pm performance on Sunday, December 14, at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $15. Call 314.725.6555

or visit www.cocastl.org for more information. Sponsored by Mary Strauss.

December 20 Allegro Winter Concert Allegro, COCA’s student vocal ensemble under the direction of Voice Coordinator Phil Woodmore, performs its annual Winter Concert.

Allegro has a repertoire that combines musical theatre, pop and seasonal arrangements. The performance is Saturday, December 20, at 4:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $6-10. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Emerson, Monsanto Fund, PNC Arts Alive, Glassberg Family Foundation and Bank of America Foundation.

2015 January 10-11 C O C A P re s e n t s 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 : Perpetual Motion – COCAdance and the COCA Hip-Hop Crew The new year kicks off with this high-energy dance concert that follows in the popular tradition of In the Loop. The talented members of COCAdance and the COCA Hip-Hop Crew present a mix of cutting-edge hip-hop and contemporary dance in a wide range of styles. For all ages.

Performances are Saturday, January 10, at 2:00pm and 5:00pm and Sunday, January 11, at 1:00pm and 4:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $14-18. Subscription packages comprised of four or all eight season shows are currently available; single tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 26. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information. Presented by Wells Fargo Advisors.

January 15 COCAbiz bizLAB Intensive: Artful

Speaker Led by a Teaching Artist and Business Strategist, bizLAB Intensives are in-depth business training workshops designed to build professional skills using techniques employed by professional artists.

Artful Speaker is for anyone that must communicate complex ideas clearly to create understanding and inspire action. Participants will improve their public speaking skills – at every step, from preparation to presentation – and gain confidence in front of an audience as they learn how to create and deliver an effective speech. The full-day workshop is Thursday, January 15, from 8:00am – 5:00pm, at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Registration is $225. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocabiz. com for more information. Sponsored

by Jennifer and Tom Hillman, Edward Jones and Cannon Design.

January 16 Conversation with the Choreographers COCA Alumnus Antonio DouthitBoyd and Kirven Douthit-Boyd from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater showcase work set on COCA’s student dance companies. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is based in New York City and was founded in 1958 by dancer, choreographer and visionary Alvin Ailey, to bring African-American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the world. The conversation is Friday, January 16, at 8:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Free. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information.

January 17-18 Regional Auditions for Summer Dance Intensives Student dancers ages 11-13, 14-15,

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held at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information.

January 23-25 COCA Theatre Company (CTC): Mirette COCA Theatre Company (CTC) presents Mirette, with book by Elizabeth Diggs, music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones and based on the book Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully. Mirette is an imaginative, musical adaptation of the awardwinning children’s book, set in late 19th century Paris. A willful young girl is delighted when she discovers her mother’s new boarder is none other than the Great Bellini, whose glorious tightrope-walking days were cut short when he lost his nerve. Demonstrating an innate talent for balancing, she convinces the reluctant Bellini to teach her his craft. Mirette is directed by Chris Limber, with musical direction by Phil Woodmore and circus staging

by Josh Routh. Performances are Friday, January 23, at 7:00pm; Saturday, January 24, at 2:00pm and 5:00pm; Sunday, January 25, at 1:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $9. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www. cocastl.org for more information.

Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Emerson, Monsanto Fund, PNC Arts Alive, Glassberg Family Foundation and Bank of America Foundation.

16-17 and 17+ (seniors in high school, trainee, college) are invited to audition for summer 2015 dance intensives at a unified regional audition at COCA. All applicants should bring two photos: a headshot and a photo in first arabesque, both labeled with the applicant’s name, age and mailing address. All applicants must participate in both the ballet and modern portions of the audition. Female applicants should wear a black leotard and convertible pink ballet tights, with hair in a neat bun. Female applicants should bring ballet and pointe shoes and should be prepared to dance barefoot. Male applicants should wear a white t-shirt and black tights or jazz pants.

Male applicants should bring ballet shoes and be prepared to dance barefoot. All applicants must pay a $35 participation fee. Auditions are Saturday, January 17, from 10:00am – 4:00pm and Sunday, January 18, from 9:30am – 4:00pm at COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Registration is $35. Call 314.725.6555 or visit www. cocastl.org for more information.

January 20 COCA 2015 Winter/Spring Arts Classes COCA provides child, teen and adult classes in Art and Design, Early Childhood, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Social and Cultural Dance, Fitness, Theatre, and Voice and Music.

Multi-class discounts and payment plans available. 2015 Winter/Spring arts classes begin Tuesday, January 20. Classes are

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Dance St. Louis announces its full 20142015 season, which features eight striking, entertaining and diverse productions. The upcoming 49th season includes: New Dance Horizons III, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Tango Buenos Aires, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Compagnie Käfig in Correria Agwa, the 8th Annual SPRING TO DANCE FESTIVAL 2015 and two co-presentations with the U.S. Bank Broadway Series at the Fox Theatre: Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage and STOMP. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the Dance St. Louis box office at 3547 Olive St. in the Centene Center for Arts and Education in Grand Center, by calling 314-534-6622, or by visiting dancestlouis.org.

Tango Buenos Aires January 30 & 31, 2015 Touhill Performing Arts Center Back by popular demand, Tango Buenos Aires, one of Argentina’s greatest cultural exports, presents another fiery, hypnotic and expressive performance. Accompanied

by musicians from Buenos Aires, the dancers flawlessly execute the Tango with impressively intricate muscular grace and interlacing movements between couples. For this special production, Tango Buenos Aires performs the “Song of Eva Perón” – a Tango dance and music presentation inspired by the most important feminine character in Argentinian history, Eva Perón. Tracing her epic life—from her ascent to fame in the 1930s to her death in 1952—this sparkling and poignant spectacle reveals the influence of Tango on Perón’s life.

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet February 27 & 28, 2015 Touhill Performing Arts Center Cutting-edge, sophisticated, versatile, gifted and technique-conscious – all describe the top-flight dancers of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

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The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, Nov. 27

Bring It On Exhibit, Green Door Art Gallery, Webster Groves, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19, 2015.

Wa t e r s h e d C a i r n s E x h i b i t , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 8, 2015.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1, 2015.

Mel Chin: Rematch, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through December 20.

Friday, Nov. 28

Motown The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Bring It On Exhibit, Green Door Art Gallery, Webster Groves, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30, 2015.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis,

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Mel Chin: Rematch, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through December 20.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19, 2015.

Brett Weston: Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Runs through December 7.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through February 22, 2015.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 26, 2015.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19, 2015.

Mel Chin: Rematch, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 20.

Brett Weston: Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Runs through December 7.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22, 2015.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 26, 2015.

Saturday, Nov. 29

Motown The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Bring It On Exhibit, Green Door Art Gallery, Webster Groves, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through June 30, 2015.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19, 2015.

Motown The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Bring It On Exhibit, Green Door Art Gallery, Webster Groves, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 31.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through June 30, 2015.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

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Atua: Sacred Gods from Polynesia, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

Brett Weston: Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Runs through December 7.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February

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3Br, 2ba, frplc, fenced yard, patio, 2 car det. garage. Close to schools, town.

Established neighborhood. $1050/mth. Call 656-8117 or 781-0345.

Apts/Duplexes/Homes www.glsrent.com (618)656-2230 Lake View in Holiday Shores, Edw. 2br, 1ba, lg. yard w/ fence. $900/mo. 960-6030

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