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Jill Moon | The Edge Tangled Vine retains the original stained glass windows from when the space served as a German-language primary school, connected to the former atholic t. oseph’s hurch, in which Tangled Vine’s owner Richard Morin lives in Carlinville, Illinois.
Restaurateur makes a comeback in Carlinville, Illinois By Jill Moon jill.moon@hearst.com CARLINVILLE, Illinois — The man behind the former Magnolia’s restaurant and famous regional hot spot made a commitment to the city, saving its history and its appetite, with a new venue at the same location as the former. Richard Morin, originally from Massachusetts, where he grew up, discovered the city of Carlinville, Illinois, years ago on EBay, when he saw the property, including the 1869 Catholic church, for sale. Morin
For The Edge Tangled Vine, a destination restaurant located at 531 S. West St., in Carlinville, Illinois, includes its secret garden with umbrella-covered seating, surrounded in spring and summer by wisteria, trumpet flower and the tropical purple passion flower, all of which are tangled vines. t’s a perfect spot for small plates and wine, as well as intimate weddings, which have taken place there over the years. loves to live in unusual dwellings, such as a boathouse; a converted hotel ; a 15-room (haunted) Victorian; and, now a church, where he moved in October of 2005. And, why not? Carlinville, the historic county seat of Macoupin County, has been voted the number two best small town in which to live and it’s the only town named Carlinville in the world. “I fell in love with it,” said the selftaught, innovative and talented architect at Tangled Vine, 531 S. West St., in Carl-
inville, his new restaurant located in the church’s former German primary school, attached to the main church and “secret garden,” where guests dine in the spring and summer. “I bought the building in 2003. I wanted to buy a church and renovate it to a residence,” Morin recalled. “I searched for two years, but I really liked Carlinville. This building is too big, but I was going to renovate it anyway, because I like the town so much.”
The well-traveled businessman and philanthropist took the Catholic church’s interior to new heights, painting a galaxy of 10,000-plus gold stars against a brilliant and dark blue vast vaulted ceiling. “When I bought it, it was just beige, the
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Tangled Vine From Page 2 whole room,” Morin said. More than 300 mirrored tiles, installed by Morin, original stained glass allegory windows, Moroccan lanterns and French chandeliers illuminate the sacred living space. “The intensity of light changes throughout the day,” he pointed out. The former St. Joseph’s Church has a namesake statue. The former altar is a furnace room, with a working gas fireplace and the confessional, where all sins were told, is the entrance into the church, through the connector from the restaurant. Morin installed fixtures from France, the Ozark mountains; Alton, Illinois antique shops; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and, other U.S. cities. “I love architecture. I want to save this building,” said Morin, who has completed 17 projects, with the Carlinville church being the largest. “That’s what I do, renovate historic buildings. This was a threeyear project, started in 2005 renovating; opened in 2009 as a restaurant.”
See TANGLED VINE | 7 RIGHT: Tangled Vine owner Richard Morin, of Carlinville, Illinois, imported the secret garden’s beautifully intense wrought iron garden gate of grape vines and foliage from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tangled Vine From Page 7 As Morin sat in re ection at Tangled ine’s bar, he recalled the time he spent most of a day and all night creating the epoxy bar top, the design theme, again, that of a vast, but varied, universe, offset with coins in place of planets, such as a Turkish lira that Morin pointed out. “That’s all my money, I put it in the bar,” he wryly noted with his signature sense of dry humor. Tangled ine’s general manager, asmina Silic, praised her boss’ generous heart as he talked about Tangled ine’s future. The Bosnian native, who hadn’t seen her family in years since she moved to the United States, escaped her country’s civil war. Now an American citi-
zen, Silic was able to visit her family in her homeland, courtesy of “Mr. Rich,” as she fondly and respectfully calls him. “I love it,” she said. “He’s so kind, friendly and I love all my customers. Around Christmas, I work in Alton and Bethalto, different places, to donate. I love to help everyone. I wish I was rich for one day.” Tangled ine, a destination venue, celebrated its grand opening last weekend, giving 10 percent of its proceeds from the event to Macoupin County Animal Control. Thereafter, once a month, Tangled ine will donate 10 percent of its proceeds from a given weekend to nearby organizations in need, such as the fire department, police department and nursing homes, as well as nonprofit community service and volunteer organizations. Like Magnolia’s before it, Morin plans to make Tangled ine the next destination experience in Macoupin County. “Magnolia’s was the place to be for lunch, as mentioned in Between Foul Lines,’ a book about Carlinville,” Morin explained. Morin sold Magnolia’s four years ago, but kept the real
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Tangled Vine From Page 7 The rare and fragrant purple passion ower creates an explosion of color and texture,
while the trumpet vine attracts multitudes of hummingbirds, near a three-tiered fountain that ows into a pool at its base. “People love to sit here,” Morin noted, examining a purple passion pod during a tour of the restaurant with The Edge. Tangled ine’s menu includes classic
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Food for Thought … with Vicki Bennington Sláinte!
By Vicki Bennington For The Telegraph I have to toast with a hearty Irish “Sláinte” — to the longevity of the unique pub found in the heart of Alton, Illinois. Even though Morrison’s Irish Pub was chosen as one of six Alton businesses for the recent Deluxe Corp.-sponsored “Small Business Revolution – Main Street,” a web-based reality series on Hulu, for some reason, I had not ventured to Morrison’s, which marks the entrance to the downtown hub of the city’s dining and evening entertainment district. As soon as you walk in the door, there’s a bit of an “other-world” feel, Bennington if that’s what you call the Irish vibes that emanate throughout, with its knotty pine oors, hand-built bar and tables, benches covered with the Morrison tartan and artwork depicting the Celtic life. And, while food is a focal point, the real star is the whiskey, now highlighted in a backlit display, one of the new additions, courtesy of “Small Business Revolution’s” Deluxe team of experts. That word — “whiskey” — translates to 60 different actual kinds available at Morrison’s, and dozens of whiskey- avored cocktails. There’s Jameson’s Irish Whiskey, Bushmills, Glendalough Poitin or 13-Year, Celtic Honey, and a long list of others in the whiskey family. Business partners Mary Vankirk and Lisa Morrison, and Mary’s daughter, Katey Vankirk-Thayer, are co-owners and managers, all whiskey experts, and ready to take on the challenge of creating a whiskey drink nearly everyone will like. How does one become an expert in whiskey? Mary Vankirk said the love of the Irish culture and several trips to Ireland certainly set the groundwork. “We’ve also gained a lot of experience working through local distributors, and we taste before we buy. So, you begin to develop a real understanding,” she said. “And, we can ‘talk’ whiskey to our customers.” Not normally a whiskey drinker myself, my sister-in-law talked me into trying some of hers — an Irish Whiskey Smash, with Irish whiskey, muddled mint, sugar and club soda. And, I have to admit, it tasted good. Another specialty cocktail we sampled
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Vicki Bennington | For The Edge Whiskey-glazed salmon filet, served with a side of boxty and parsnips. was the Old Thyme Sour: a blend of Irish whiskey and chartreuse with elder ower, thyme, lemon, egg white and a dash of bitters. Hmmm elder ower Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s cake was lemon elder ower and, since I read about that, I’ve wanted to try it. For me, this drink was the best — very tasty. But wait, there’s more — Blackberry Dew, an Irish whiskey, with muddled blackberries, simple syrup, lime juice and tonic; and, of course, Irish Coffee, a traditional Irish drink with coffee, Irish whiskey and brown sugar, topped with a heavy whipping cream. And, you can always drink the good stuff
on the rocks — as did my brother. I even had a chance to talk to a local regular, Ford Frazar, an SSM chaplain who has made Morrison’s his Wednesday night stop for the past two years. “They have a great selection of whiskey, and the second time I came in, Katey greeted me by name, which was nice,” Frazar said. “And, they are real experts in Irish whiskey,” he added as he sipped on a high-end, Redbreast, 12-year-old, cask-strength Irish whiskey, and nibbled on his lamb burger (no bun). Don’t forget to try some of the domestic and imported beers. There’s Magners Pear Cider,
Colcannon, which is mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage, Irish cheddar and butter. there’s Murphy’s Stout, Guinness Draught and Blonde, and Harp Irish Lager. As for food, I chose the whiskey-glazed salmon filet, served with a side of boxty and parsnips. What is boxty, you might ask? Fried Irish potato pancakes. Oh, and being in a seafood-kind-of-mind,
See FOOD | 30 In this column, Bennington shares her love of food and all that involves, from special dishes at local and regional restaurants to new trends and fads, and things to try at home. Contact her at vbennington@sbcglobal.net with comments, ideas or suggestions.
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Community-oriented credit union proud of helping home buyers First Community beholden to members, instead of stockholders By Jill Moon jill.moon@hearst.com GLEN CARBON — Community is first with First Community Credit Union — especially when it comes to helping first time home buyers get into a house with little out-of-pocket expense. “If you know anyone in the market, our first-time home buyer (FTHB) loan is the best thing out there,” said First Community’s Barbara Brown, a financial service consultant at the credit union’s free-standing Glen Carbon branch that opened last March. “It’s the Holy Grail of mortgages — 30-year fixed mortgage, a small monthly payment to get your foot in the door. You can walk into a home of your own with minimum out of pocket.” First Community Credit Union’s firsttime home buyer mortgage allows those buyers to say “no” to origination fees; closing costs; private mortgage insurance; and, down payment requirements. “We’re trying to help people with limited credit and no established credit,” said First Community’s Mike Roeder, associate vice president branch coordinator for Illinois, in which First Community Credit Union recently opened a new Madison County branch located inside WalMart in Godfrey, Illinois. First Community closed 41 first-time home buyer loans in Illinois since the credit union rolled out the program, First Community President and Chief Executive
Officer Glenn D. Barks told Metro East House Hunters. “We are more of a family entity,” Barks explained. “We do a lot of things for kids. We like growth. Being a credit union, we can do things a bank can’t do.” Barks First Community’s First Rate Checking Account program pays 3.01 percent annual percentage yield (APY) with easy qualifying monthly actions on the account holder’s part. To qualify for 3.01 percent APY, account holders must perform the following each calendar month, or statement cycle: post a minimum of 25 debit card purchases to the account; have at least one direct deposit or one ACH debit/credit post to the account; and, receive the monthly statement electronically. If qualifications are met each calendar month, or within the statement cycle, balances up to $25,000 receive annual percentage yield of 3.01 percent and balances of more than $25,000 earn 0.15 percent dividend rate on the portion of the balance that is more than $25,000. If qualifications aren’t met, all balances earn 0.15 percent APY. After the recession in 2009, First Community was able to set up a branch network and became involved with WalMart, where the credit union has 18 branches located inside WalMart stores. “We could have set up operations at grocery stores, but, for example, my wife doesn’t shop at Schnucks, but everyone shops at WalMart,” Barks noted. “We came into our own, we have all that a bank has. It’s a different world and amazing how we’ve grown since just a couple years ago. It’s First Community because we put com-
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First Community Credit Union offers a program to help first-time home buyers get into the house of their dreams, program highlights include: • 100 percent financing • no primary mortgage insurance (PMI) • no underwriting, application of processing fees • no origination fees • First Community Credit Union covers the closing cost, not including prepaid interest or escrow • no pre-payment penalty • online mortgage application munity first.” First Community opened its first branch 10 years ago in Fairview Heights, Illinois, in St. Clair County. It also has branches at WalMart stores in Belleville and Collinsville. “We offer everything you can do at a fullservice bank,” Barks said. The free-standing Glen Carbon branch location is at 2120 S. State Highway 157 (Illinois Route 157). First Community continued to grow over the last decade, opening several branches in Missouri’s St. Charles and Warren counties. Its headquarters is in Chesterfield, Missouri. “I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished and what we have done,” Barks said. “We’ve made a lot of loans. We have
loyal members and putting that footprint in at that time during the recession, people know we’re for real. You always remember who treated you good and never forget who treated you poorly.” First Community also offers a youth accounts program. Its Rising STARS Youth Savers Account is for youth from birth through 12 years old. This account encourages smart savings habits and promotes financial responsibility. All accounts must have an adult joint owner, or be set up as a trust account if the primary member is too young to produce a signature. To be a member, each child must maintain a minimum balance of $1 in their savings account. They’ll start earning dividends when their balance reaches $25. Other benefits include a savings folder, in which youth earn stickers for each deposit and can redeem for prizes once the folder is filled; a coin saver card; new account gift; invites to exclusive youth events at discounted prices; and, mobile deposit with mobile banking. First Community’s A’s Reward Program encourages academic achievement, rewarding students for good grades. Children age 12 and younger receive $1 for every A they receive on first/second semester or first/ third trimester report cards. First Community’s genNOW Youth Savers Account is for members age 13 through 17, with similar benefits as the younger account holders’ program; and, there’s an Honor Roll Program, as well. “I think local is best. We can help people. That’s all we want to do,” Barks noted. Reach Jill Moon at 618-208-6448 and Twitter @jill_moon.
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Improve entertaining spaces A few improvements around the house can make entertaining more comfortable for hosts and their guests.
Some homes are seemingly built for entertaining, while others may need a little help to make them more fit for hosting dinner, holiday gatherings or an evening with friends. Overall, one-quarter of people entertain guests in their home either daily or weekly across the globe. One-third entertain monthly, according to findings from GF Insights. People who open their homes to loved ones may want to make some modifications to their spaces to improve the experience for all involved. • Tame the clutter. Look for ways to reduce clutter in rooms where entertaining takes place. Built-ins with bookshelves and cabi-
nets can hide electronics and wayward toys or collectibles. Focus attention on the entryway, hanging hooks for collecting coats, keys and shoes, so they do not overrun the foyer. Remove any knickknacks or other breakable items from shelves or on coffee tables to free up more space. • Improve conversation seating. Arrange tables and chairs to create conversation nooks for guests who want to talk and get to know one another better. Consider moving out big and bulky sofas in favor of love seats or comfortable chairs that will take up less room and improve ow in entertaining areas. • Find the pieces you like. Think about
how you tend to entertain and then cater your space to those preferences. For example, a large dining table with fold-out extensions or leaves is ideal for someone who regularly hosts formal dinner parties. Renovate a room to include a small bar and club chairs for a lounge feel if cocktail parties are typical. • Improve lighting. Work with an electrician and/or designer who can offer ideas for lighting that can set the mood for entertaining. Rooms that are dull and dim can benefit from overhead lighting fixtures if there are none already available. Task lighting in the kitchen under cabinets can make it easy to prepare food for guests. Wall sconces or
focused lighting on artwork can establish a dramatic effect. • Do major construction. Consider working with a builder to make some changes if you simply don’t have the space to entertain. Taking down a wall can open kitchens to living spaces, while adding a deck or three-season room off the kitchen or dining room can provide more space for guests to congregate. • Install a guest bath. Update or add a bathroom near the main entertaining areas. This allows guests to discretely use the bathroom and keeps them from roaming in areas of the house you would prefer they avoid.
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Maryville’s Village Winter Market styled as European Christkindl Market Event raises funds for Maryville Fire Department
Where to lend a helping hand: Call for volunteer opportunities! Faith In Action Edwardsville/ Glen Carbon 618-692-0480 fiaegc.org Main Street Community Center 618-656-0300 mainstcc.org Watershed Nature Institute 618-692-7578 watershednaturecenter.org Alton Area Animal Aid Association (5 A’s) nonprofit/ no-kill Animal Shelter 618-466-3702 fiveas.org United Way’s Community Christmas Metro East office: 618-258-9800 stl.unitedway.org ——
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MARYVILLE — Join the Maryville Farmers Market for its special Village Winter Market from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at Firemen’s Park, transforming the park at 300 N. Donk St., in the village of Maryville, into a winter market styled after the Christkindl markets of Europe. Evoking the old-fashioned charm of an era when coal miners called Maryville, Illinois, home, the market will feature crafters selling their handmade wares, farm-fresh goods, festive hot cocktails, yummy snacks and other beverages. The village town square will be illuminated with luminaries along walking paths, while visitors listen to carolers and the sounds of the season. All proceeds of Village Winter Market will benefit the Maryville Fire Department. Village Winter Market guests can shop from more than 40 gift-makers, artisans and farms; take historic trolley tours and shuttle; and, enjoy a fun photo area of the park. Winter Market sponsors are Renewal By Andersen Window Replacement and Maryville-based Tom Chouinard - State Farm Insurance Agent. Food and drinks will be from Maryville Fire Department and MO Kettle. The Maryville Farmers Market’s inaugural season took place this past spring and summer for 22 weeks. Its second season will begin from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. the Thursday (May 23, 2019) before Memorial Day and open during the same hours each Thursday thereafter through the Thursday (Aug. 29, 2019) before Labor Day. The Maryville Farmers Market will hold three dates in Collinsville, Illinois, during its 2019 season on three different Thursdays when Firemen’s Park will be used for other events, including Maryville’s Homecoming. Those dates, referred to as Market on Main Pop-Up, on Main Street, in Collinsville, will be announced next year. “We’re a grassroots sit-on-the-tailgate-of-your-truck and talk-to-farmers kind of market, more laid back,” said Maryville Farmers Market Board of Directors President Anne Matthews. “We really are connecting the farmers with more opportunities for their goods to be sold and protecting our local food chain, because the national food chain’s a mess. “Our first season was amazing,” she noted. Visit maryvilleILfarmersmarket.org for more information. Reach Jill Moon at 618-208-6448 and Twitter @jill_moon.
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Crystal Garden Banquet & Deli 1230 University Drive Edwardsville School District 708 St. Louis St., Godfrey 1st MidAmerica Credit Union 5301 Godfrey Road Freer Auto Body 4512 N. Alby St. Regions Bank 821 W. Homer M. Adams Pkwy. River Bend Chiropractic - Dr. Stephanie Monroe 3302 Godfrey Road RiverBend Growth Association 5800 Godfrey Road, Alden Hall State Farm 2709 Godfrey Road Village of Godfrey 6810 Godfrey Road, Jerseyville 1st MidAmerica Credit Union 300 W. County Road Jersey State Bank 1000 S. State St., Roxana Phillips 66 900 S. Central Ave., Wood River 1st MidAmerica Credit Union 1795 E. Edwardsville Road Greg Mossman State Farm 600 N. Wood River Ave. Madison County Employment & Training 101 E. Edwardsville Road Midwest Members Credit Union 101 W. Wesley Drive Taylor, left, and Lily Freer, right, help serve the holiday-decorated cookies and cocoa to guests at Freer Auto Body’s annual Cookies and Cocoa Community Christmas event. The public and guests can enjoy homemade cookies and hot cocoa when they drop off donations for the United Way’s and The Telegraph/Intelligencer’s Community Christmas from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29.
Maryville Winter Market Vendor List: Two Tired Mamas & Co. Beckert’s Farm Ernst Family Farm Red Barn Farm The Family Garden Big T’s Honeybee Farm The Corner Peddler STLJunkie The Chocolate Affair Lil’ Bears Kitchen La Grigne Artisan Breads Cope’s Creations Swanky Additions Perfectly Posh Petaled Pail Scentsy Metro East Yard Dice Modern Mill Designs Darcy’s Gifts Kelly’s Jewelry Thirty-One Gifts This Bath is the Bomb Marci’s Creative Duet Beauty Log Cabin Designs Blossoms and Accessories K Cards Renegade Herbals Fashion Lane Fashion Truck Petwants Silver Fox Farms Rustic Revival Seams for the Soul Love Works Soap Co. D & M Farms A Glass of Harmony S K E Creative Wine Without Guilt Whisker Bones Supply Co. If you go: What: Village Winter Market, presented by Maryville Farmers Market When: 5 - 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30 Where: Firemen’s Park, 300 N. Donk St., Maryville, Illinois Info: Village Winter Market is a fundraiser for Maryville Fire Department; visit maryvilleILfarmersmarket.org for more information.
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Time for France to give back looted African art, experts say
By Angela Charlton Associated Press
PARIS — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last. French President Emmanuel Macron, trying to turn the page on France’s colonial past , received a report Friday on returning art looted from African lands. From Senegal to Ethiopia, artists, governments and museums eagerly awaited the report by French art historian Benedicte Savoy and Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr, and commissioned by Macron himself. It recommends that French museums give back works that were taken without consent, if African countries request them — and could increase pressure on museums elsewhere in Europe to follow suit. The experts estimate that up to 90 percent of African art is outside the continent, including statues, thrones and manuscripts. Thousands of works are held by just one museum, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, opened in 2006 to showcase non-European art — much of it from former French colonies. The museum wouldn’t immediately comment on the report. Among disputed treasures in the Quai Branly are several works from the Dahomey kingdom, in today’s West African country of Benin: the metal-and-wood throne of 19thcentury King Ghezo, the doors to the palace of Kign Gele, and imposing, wooden statues. The head of Ethiopia’s Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Yonas Desta, said the report shows “a new era of thought” in Europe’s relations with Africa. Senegal’s culture minister, Abdou Latif Coulibaly, told The Associated Press: “It’s entirely logical that Africans should get back their artworks. ... These works were taken in conditions that were perhaps legitimate at the time, but illegitimate today.” The report is just a first step. Challenges ahead include enforcing the report’s recommendations, especially if museums resist, and determining how objects were obtained and whom to give them to. The report is part of broader promises by Macron to turn the page on France’s troubled relationship with Africa. In a groundbreaking meeting with students in Burkina Faso last year, Macron stressed the “undeniable crimes of European colonization” and said he wants
Michel Euler | AP A visitors look at wooden royal statues of the ahomey kingdom, dated th century, today’s enin,at uai ranly museum in aris, rance, riday, ov. . rom enegal to thiopia, artists, governments and museums are eagerly awaiting a report commissioned by rench resident mmanuel Macron on how former coloni ers can return African art to Africa. pieces of African cultural heritage to return to Africa “temporarily or definitively.” “I cannot accept that a large part of African heritage is in France,” he said at the time. The French report could have broader repercussions. In Cameroon, professor Verkijika Fanso, historian at the University of Yaounde One, said: “France is feeling the heat of what others will face. Let their decision to bring back what is ours motivate others.” Germany has worked to return art seized by the Nazis, and in May the organization that coordinates that effort, the German Lost Art Foundation, said it was starting a program to research the provenance of cultural objects collected during the country’s colonial past.
Britain is also under pressure to return art taken from its former colonies. In recent months, Ethiopian officials have increased efforts to secure the return of looted artifacts and manuscripts from museums, personal collections and government institutions across Britain, including valuable items taken in the 1860s after battles in northern Ethiopia, Yonas said. In Nigeria, a group of bronze casters over the years has strongly supported calls for the return of artifacts taken from the Palace of the Oba of Benin in 1897 when the British raided it. The group still uses their forefathers’ centuries-old skills to produce bronze works in Igun Street, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Eric Osamudiamen Ogbemudia, secretary of the Igun Bronze Casters Union in Benin City, said: “It was never the intention of our fathers to give these works to the British. It is important that we get them back so as to see what our ancestors left behind.” Ogbemudia warned the new French report should not remain just a “recommendation merely to make Africans to calm down. “Let us see the action.” Elias Meseret in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Babacar Dione in Dakar, Senegal; Sam Olukoya in Lagos, Nigeria; Baba Ahmed in Bamako, Mali; Edwin Kindzeka Moki in Yaounde, Cameroon, and David Rising in Berlin contributed to this report.
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A look at the books which have inspired literary classics
By Hillel Italie AP National Writer NEW YORK — Behind every great book are the books which in uenced it. The “micro-learning” app and platform blinkist.com has been compiling literary sources for such classics as “A Clockwork Orange,” ’Oliver Twist” and “1984.” Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” was inspired by each of her parents — William Godwin’s “An Enquiry Concerning Political ustice” and Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A indication of the Rights of Women.” One of the defining novels of the Civil War era, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” drew in part upon one of the defining memoirs, “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” Douglass’ book, which remains standard reading in many schools, also was cited by Toni Morrison for her Pulitzer Prize winning
historical novel “Beloved.” “We were noticing the attention around the 200th anniversary of ‘Frankenstein’ and got to thinking about the nonfiction works which help author of fiction,” says Blinkist writer-editor Tom Anderson. “We think of those books as the unsung heroes.” Charles Dickens’ portrait of extreme wealth and poverty in London in “Oliver Twist” was in part modeled on Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” Anthony Burgess drew upon fiction and nonfiction for his terrifying “A Clockwork Orange,” his sources including Aldous Huxley’s futuristic classic “Brave New World” and B.F. Skinner’s landmark of psychology “Science and Human Behavior.” Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” re ected the author’s reading of the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, along with works about Napoleon and French history. According to Tolstoy scholar Ani okobobo, the author
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nopf ignet lassics via A was “captivated” by Schopenhauer and his belief that “death is the only reality,” a viewpoint expressed by the cerebral Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky in “War and Peace.” okobobo also noted that “War and
Peace” was a response in part to such French scholarship as Adolphe Thiers’ “History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon,” which Tolstoy believed exaggerated Napoleon’s stature and military ideas. “Tolstoy did not believe in this ‘great man’ theory, also propagated by Thomas Carlyle, and thought that victory and defeat were not determined by a sole heroic leader, but rather by the collective alignment of the will of thousands,” said okobobo, editor of the Tolstoy Studies ournal. George Orwell’s 1984, the Dystopian political novel which has become a best-seller again during the Trump administration, re ects in part the British author’s reading of two nonfiction studies: ames Burnham’s “The Managerial Revolution” and Halford Mackinder’s “Democratic Ideals and Reality: A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction.” In a recent telephone interview, Orwell’s son, Richard Blair, said his father was “the most voracious reader” who “absorbed enormous amounts of books.” Orwell Society committee member Les Hurst said that “1984” shows how Orwell adapted the ideas of others to his own. He noted a passage from the Mackinder book, which came out just after World War I: “Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island commands the world.” Orwell borrowed Mackinder’s framing for one of the most famous epigrams from “1984”: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” “The Mackinder book sat in Orwell’s mind for several years,” Hurst said. “Orwell was able to translate those words, able to extend Burnham’s concepts of power and power worship and to take ideals of geopolitics and perform this great imaginative leap, from geography and cast into the past and into the future. He takes something with two dimensions and turned it into something that is three dimensional.”
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A few honorary Oscars firsts at this year’s Governors Awards By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg teased Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall about the beginnings of their relationship, actress Cicely Tyson brought more than a few people to tears while proudly clutching her Oscar and publicist Marvin Levy sang a few lines from “Hamilton” to an audience that included Lin-Manuel Miranda at a lively Governors Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles. The event honoring the careers of film industry legends Tyson, Levy and composer Lalo Schifrin brought some of Hollywood’s biggest names — Oprah, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood among them — to the Ray Dolby Ballroom in the heart of Hollywood to reminisce, laugh and schmooze without the pressure, as Hanks said, of “being nervous about who is going to win.” The Governors Awards celebrate the careers of a few entertainment veterans who have not yet won an Academy Award by bestowing them with an honorary Oscar statuette. Recipients are voted on by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the 93-year-old Tyson, it was a half lifetime coming. It had been 45 years since her first and only nomination, for “Sounder” in 1972. “This is a culmination of all those years of haves and have nots,” Tyson said, noting that she’ll be turning 94 next month. The private, untelevised dinner gala at the Hollywood & Highland complex has also become an important stop on the campaign trail to the Academy Awards for some of the year’s awards hopefuls, making the event one of the most star-studded of the season. In a spin around the room, you can see Nicole Kidman chatting with “First Man” director Damien Chazelle, Disney CEO Bob Iger leaving his seat next to Ford to meet Lady Gaga, “Eighth Grade” director Bo Burnham and “Roma” director Alfonso Cuaron deep in conversation, Hanks and Rita Wilson stopping to greet Melissa McCarthy, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt saying hello to Hilary Swank, the cast of “Black Panther” posing for a photo with Marvel chief Kevin Feige and Lin-Manuel Miranda hanging out with the “Crazy Rich Asians” cast and, later, Jonah Hill. But all turned their full attention to the stage and the titans being honored when the time came. For while the event may be in its 10th year, and the honorary Oscar itself in its 0th, there was still room for a few firsts. Levy became the first member of the public relations branch of the film academy to win an honorary Oscar, while Kennedy became the first woman to win the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial award — an honor
Director Steven Spielberg addresses the audience at the 2018 Governors Awards. about jazz and how many movies they’d worked on together. “You’re sabotaging my speech,” Schifrin said in good humor when Eastwood lingered. But Schifrin took hold of his moment of glory after going home from the Oscars empty handed six times in his long career. “Receiving this honorary Oscar is the culmination of a dream,” Schifrin, 86, said. “It is mission accomplished.” And Levy, who has been Spielberg’s publiPhotos by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP cist for over 40 years, since “Close Encounters Actress Cicely Tyson accepts her honorary Oscar onstage at the 2018 Governors Awards at of the Third Kind” said his job has always been a little hard for people outside the busiThe Ray Dolby Ballroom on Sunday, Nov. 18, in Los Angeles. ness to understand. “At least now they know I that she shared with her husband and partner On stage, Schifrin and Eastwood talked got an Oscar for it,” he laughed. Marshall. The Thalberg award is given to creative producers in recognition of their high-quality body of work, and is infrequently given out. The last Thalberg award recipient was Francis Ford Coppola in 2010. Lic.#058097635 “I’m incredibly honored to be the first woman to receive this award,” Kennedy said Lic.#058097635 to a standing ovation. “I’m not the first to deserve it and I’m 100 percent sure I won’t be the last.” Spielberg told the audience about hiring Kennedy to be his secretary years ago, but quickly realized that she had more to offer than just taking notes. “The breaker of glass ceilings wherever she sets her sights,” Spielberg said of Kennedy, who now runs Lucasfilm. “She went from taking notes to taking over.” The director did, however, make his Amblin Entertainment co-founders blush by telling a story about discovering that the two were in a relationship when he caught them “making out on my couch.” Kennedy and Marshall ers have been married now for 32 years and have two daughters. All the honorees accepted their awards with graciousness and little bit of humor. Schifrin, who composed the themes to “Mission: Impossible” and “Dirty Harry,” had to have a little humor in accepting his award from Eastwood. Eastwood, who said he Visit our Showroom at couldn’t read the teleprompter, called Schifrin up to the stage early because he wanted to ask him some questions.
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MOVIE REVIEW
‘Instant Family’ instantly likeable
I remember discussing the great comedydrama “About Schmidt” with a close friend after I saw it in or around the winter of 2002. It was peak-era Alexander Payne directing Jack Nicholson before the swirl of retirement and dementia was starting to tear down the edges of his great career. The movie was one I was passionately amused by, but never more so than in the way the titular character narrates his life in a series of letters to a young African child he sponsors through a monthly charitable stipend. This device, in fact, has led me to work with the Christian Children’s Fund (now ChildFund) ever since. I felt a similar pull on the old heartstrings last week when I popped in for what feels like an annual Mark Wahlberg-family holiday comedy. I won’t be fostering any kids of my own, but “Instant Family” does a tremendous job of educating why the foster system is both crucial and mutually-beneficial and
also does more than a passable job of entertaining the casual moviegoer. It does not deserve the jabs it’s been defending itself from for being manipulative or for making light of a brutally important subject. Pete (Wahlberg) and Ellie Wagner (Rose Byrne) are a hardworking American couple who ip houses that they remodel through their renovation company. They spend a lot of time and money fixing up clunkers and turning them over for a modest profit to new families. It’s a rewarding job and one that they’re good at. But, it’s not enough. Building a career took longer than expected and now they’re unsure about committing to children, as they approach (barely) middle age. It’s here where a casual joke by Pete about adopting a five year-old gets Ellie investigating that very possibility. During a rather stiff and unHollywood sequence, they dig into the world of foster care and meet a couple of case workers (the always excellent Octavia Spencer and a delightful Tig Notaro, a stand-up comedian using her trademark dry wit) who keep them
kinds of backgrounds and is only short on one thing — qualified parents. At a county-sponsored picnic, 15-year-old Lizzy (Isabela Moner) comes into their lives in a sassy way, like, movie kids usually do. She’s funny and smart and cute and they feel a cosmic connection to her all at once. But, Lizzy is a package deal. Adopt her and you have to take 10-year-old Juan (Gustavo Quiroz) and 5-year-old Lita (Julianna Gamiz) to keep her from breaking apart from her siblings. Hopper Stone/Paramount Pictures via AP The Wagners are too committed at this This image released by Paramount Pictures point to balk at the proposition and here shows Mark Wahlberg, from left, Rose Byrne, “Instant Family” becomes your standard Isabela Moner, Julianna Gamiz and Gustavo comedy about raising three grown children Quiroz in a scene from “Instant Family.” with no prior experience. Juan is a genuine klutz and a lot of time is spent protecting him gliding toward possible adoption. from himself. Broken glass, high fences, basBefore long, Ellie and Pete are auditioning ketballs, a nail gun — there’s nothing this kid for the role of a lifetime: Mommy and Daddy. can’t use to make himself bleed. They, of course, want a Caucasian infant. “Instant Family” runs 119 minutes and is That point is one of interesting muted laughs rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual when it comes up. But, as we learn, the foster material, language, and some drug referencsystem is full of all kinds of kids from all es. I give this film three stars out of four.
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What to discover…arts Thursday, Nov. 29
• Ben Bailey, Funny Bone Comedy Club, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Get Your Wreath On, The Nature Insti• “A Christmas Story,” Repertory Thetute, Godfrey, Illinois, 6 - 8:30 p.m. atre of St. Louis, St. Louis, 8 p.m., runs • Winter Village Market, Firemen’s’Park, through Dec. 23 Maryville, Illinois, 5 - 8 p.m. • “A Christmas Story Live,” presented • Hip Hop Nutcracker, The Fabulous Fox, by Curtain’s Up Theater Co., The Wildey St. Louis, 8 p.m. Theatre, Edwardsville, Illinois, 7:30 p.m., • Wellspent Movie Night – “Elf,” Wellsruns through Dec. 2 • Pot Sticker Wine Pairing, Crispy Edge, pent Brewing Co., St. Louis, 7:30 p.m • A Drag Queen Christmas -The Naughty St. Louis, 6 - 8:30 p.m. Tour, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio • Dinner and Spirits Tour, Best Western Play,” Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois, Premier, Alton, Illinois, 6 - 10 p.m. 7:30 p.m., runs through Dec. 1 • Crafts and Drafts, Stubborn German • Ben Bailey, Funny Bone Comedy Brewing Co., Waterloo, Illinois, 6:30 - 8:30 Club, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Water’s Edge Art Walk, The Audubon p.m. • Meet Me At The Muny, Missouri HisCenter at Riverlands, West Alton, Mistory Museum, St. Louis, 8 p.m. souri, 2 - 4 p.m., runs through Dec. 22 • Get Your Wreath On, The Nature Institute, Godfrey, Illinois, 6 - 8:30 p.m. • Wine + Design: Evergreen Porch Pots, Maypop Coffee Garden Shop, Webster Groves, Missouri, 6 p.m. • Ben Bailey, Funny Bone Comedy Club, • The St. Louis Holiday Historic House St Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Steve Martin Martin Short, The FabTour, Field House Museum, St. Louis, 3 - 8 p.m. ulous Fox, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Extreme Midget Wrestling, Casa Loma • Holiday Cocktail Party, Missouri Ballroom, St. Louis, 8 p.m. Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. • Hartford Craft Show, 715 N. Delmar • Quarter Auction Sponsored by The Ave., Hartford, Illinois, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Gift Box, American Legion Post 435, Glen • WinterMarkt, Urban Chestnut Brewing Carbon, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Mistletoe Merchants, The Weingarten, Co. (Midtown), St. Louis, 12 - 4 p.m. • Sound Healing at the Dome sponBelleville, Illinois, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. sored by Studio Gaia, Fuller Dome – SIUE, • Wood Exhibition, Jacoby Arts CenEdwardsville, Illinois, 6 p.m. ter, Alton, Illinois, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., runs • Night at the Mineral Springs, Mineral through Dec. 22 Springs Hotel, Alton, Illinois, 8 p.m. • Whisk(e)y: Past, Present, and Future, • Ole, Habibi! Bellydance and Flamenco Atomic Cowboy, St. Louis, 12 - 2 p.m. Fusion Show, The Monocle, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Christmas Ornaments: Metal Stamping
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Monday, Dec. 3
• Themed Drawing Session: Victorian, Drawn Studio, St. Louis, 7 - 10 p.m. • MCISA Presents: Killer Mike, Loretto Hilton, Webster Groves, Missouri, 7 p.m. • Adult Tap, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois, 3:15 - 4 p.m. • Make an Evergreen Wreath Party, Sandy’s Back Porch, Belleville, Illinois, 6 p.m. • STL Sports on Tap, Kirkwood Station Brewing Company, Kirkwood, Missouri, 5:30 p.m.
• Recycled Craft Night, Glen Carbon Library, Glen Carbon, Illinois, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. • Grand Menorah Parade, Chesterfield Central Park, Chesterfield, Missouri, p.m. • Date Night, Piasa Armory, Alton, Illinois, 4 - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
• A Magical Cirque Christmas, The Fabulous Fox, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • 47th Annual Holiday Arts Crafts Fair, SIUE MUC, Edwardsville, Illinois, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Yoga + Whiskey, Square One Brewery Distillery, St. Louis, :30 - 8:30 p.m. • Dance B, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois, 6:40 - 7:40 p.m. • BFA Exhibition, SIUE Arts and Design Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois, 5:30 p.m. • Tuesday Night Trivia, Global Brew Tap House, Edwardsville, Illinois, 7 p.m. • Tuesday Night Hit hosted by the Tonina Quartet, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
• 47th Annual Holiday Arts Crafts Fair, SIUE MUC, Edwardsville, Illinois, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 25th Annual Festival of Trees, Gateway Center, Collinsville, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Holiday Dinner Cruise, Gateway Arch Riverboats, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Xtreme Bar Bingo, Alton VFW, Alton, Illinois, 7 p.m. • Repeal Party, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Sip ‘n Shop, Copper Dock, Pocahontas, Illinois, 6 - 8:30 p.m. • Holiday Open House for the Open Space Council, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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Thursday, Nov. 29
• Halestorm and In This Moment, Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Open Mic Night, Germania Brew Haus, Alton, Illinois, 6 - 9 p.m. • Lyrical Therapy, The Stage at KDHX, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Bastille, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Koo Koo Kangaroo, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, University City, Missouri, 6 p.m. • JGray Presents: Unemployed Tour, The Monocle, St. Louis, 9 p.m. • Jennifer Thompson and Harvest Drive, Porter’s Steakhouse, Collinsville, Illinois, 6:30 p.m. • Hollywood 5, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton, Illinois, 7 p.m. • Cody Canada & The Departed, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Scott and Mechelle, Doits Village Inn, Pontoon Beach, Illinois, 7 p.m. • Love And Theft, The Ready Room, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • R&N, Boathouse at Forest Park, St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Skylark Bros., Stagger Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois, 9 p.m. • The Schwag, Lincoln Theatre, Belleville, Illinois, 8 p.m. • Cannibal Corpse, Delmar Hall, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Kenny G., The Miracles Holiday and Hits Tour 2018, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Nathaniel Rateliff The Night Sweats, Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Hookie, The Pump House Bar & Grill, Wood River, Illinois, 9:30 p.m. • FarGone Brothers, The Franchise Sports Bar & Grill, Wood River, Illinois, 8 p.m. • Road To Pointfest, Pop’s Concert Venue, Sauget, Illinois, 6:30 p.m. • Ptah Williams Acoustic Trio, Dark Room at The Grandel, St. Louis, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. • Anthony Gomes, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
• DJ Pauly D, RYSE Nighclub at Ameristar, St. Charles, Missouri, 9 p.m. • The Schwag, PROOF, Jerseyville, Illinois, 9 p.m. • Thunderhead-A Tribute To Rush, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Holidays with Harmon-E, SIUE MUC, Edwardsville, Illinois, 7:30 p.m. • Marty Acoustic, Edgewild, Edwardsville,
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Sunday, Dec. 2
• Here Come the Mummies, Delmar Hall, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Yo Gotti, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • SIUE Suzuki Ensembles Concert, Katherine Dunham Hall Theater, Edwardsville, Illinois, 2 p.m. • Hollywood 5, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton, Illinois, 7 p.m. • An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr., St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Country Unplugged: Mark Chesnutt oe Diffie, River City Casino Hotel, St.
Louis, 7:30 p.m. • A Celtic Christmas with Switchback, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, Illinois, 3 p.m. • Lyrical Therapy Open Mic, Urb, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Jazz for the Holidays, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
• Hill Williams, Chez Marilyn, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Kristen Goodman, Sasha’s on Shaw, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Xiomara Mass, oboe with Peter Henderson, piano, The 560 Music Center, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Open Mic Monday, Rootbound, Clayton, Missouri, 8 p.m. • Dusty James & Abalone Pearl, Maplewood Public Library, Maplewood, Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
• Allen Stone, Delmar Hall, St. Louis, 8 p.m.
• DudeBro Duo, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Half a Holiday: Route 66 Jazz Orchestra, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • WORDUP! LIVE MUSIC POETRY COMEDY, WordUP, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Beer Choir the Christmas Edition, Das Bevo, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Turnt Up Tuesdays: Kid-Kosher, Taha’a Twisted Tiki, St. Louis, 9 p.m. • Grant Farm, BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, St. Louis, 6 p.m.
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• Daughtry, River City Casino, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch, Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. • Kris Allen, Old Rock House, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • D-LUX Acoustic Duo, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Vista Kicks, The Firebird, St. Louis, 7 p.m. • Ickes Hensley and ason Eady, Off Broadway Music Venue, St. Louis, 8 p.m. • Voodoo Phish, Broadway Oyster Bar, St. Louis, 9 p.m.
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What to do … events Friday, Nov. 30
• Garden Glow, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 5 - 10 p.m., runs through Jan. 1 • U.S. Bank Wild Lights, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., runs through Dec. 30 • Winter Wonderland, Tilles Park, Ladue, Missouri, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m., runs through Dec. 30 • Brewery Lights, Anheuser Busch Brewery, St. Louis, 5 - 10 p.m., runs through Dec. 30 • Science Illuminated, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., runs through Dec. 30 • Gateway Dirt Nationals Series, The Dome at America’s Center, St. Louis, 12 p.m. • Our Lady of the Snows Holiday Lights Trolley Tour, Eckert’s Country Store & Farms, Belleville, Illinois, 6 p.m., runs through Dec. 30 • Tilles Park Holiday Lights Trolley Tour, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis, 6 p.m., runs through Dec. 30
• Magic Chef Mansion Historic Christmas Tour, Magic Chef Mansion, St. Louis, 5 - 8 p.m. • Kimmswick’s Christmas Festival, Historic Kimmswick, Missouri, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • St. Charles Christmas Traditions, St. Charles Historic Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri, 6 - 9 p.m., runs through Dec. 24 • Holiday Walk, Main Street, Staunton, Illinois, 5 - 8:30 p.m. • Swansea Fire Department Lighted Christmas Parade, Swansea, Illinois, 7 p.m. • The Jolly Trolley, Llywelyn’s Pub, St. Louis, 6 - 10 p.m., runs through Dec. 28 • Candlelight Stroll at Thornhill, Faust Park, Chesterfield, Missouri, - 9 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
• Kimmswick’s Christmas Festival, Historic Kimmswick, Missouri, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Edwardsville’s Winter Market, Downtown, Edwardsville, Illinois, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. • The First of an Annual Elf Walk, Town-
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ship Hall, Granite City, Illinois, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. • Santa at City Park, Edwardsville City Park, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1 - 4 p.m. • Christmas at the Collins House & Parade, Collinsville, Illinois, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. • Bright Night Christmas Parade, Historic Main Street, Columbia, Illinois, 5 p.m. • Bethalto Christmas Village, North Prairie, Bethalto, Illinois, 5 - 8 p.m., runs through Dec. 16 • Breakfast with Santa, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 9 - 10:30 a.m., runs through Dec. 16 • 43rd Annual Soulard Holiday Parlour Tour, Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Santa’s Chocolate Express, Grafton, Illinois, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Santa’s Arrival, Tangled Tinsel Christmas Tree Farm & Gift Shoppe, Alton, Illinois, 1 - 4 p.m. • Dashin’ Thru the Lights 5K, Roxana Park, Roxana, Illinois, 6 p.m. • Holiday Dinner Cruise, Gateway Arch Riverboats, St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
• Kimmswick’s Christmas Festival, Historic Kimmswick, Missouri, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 43rd Annual Soulard Holiday Parlour Tour, Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club, St. Louis, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Christmas at Willoughby, Willoughby Heritage Farm and Conservation Reserve, Collinsville, Illinois, 1 - 4 p.m. • Holiday Photoshoot, Whisker Bones Supply Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • JSC Holiday House Tour Social, Mike Shannon’s Grill, Edwardsville, Illinois, 5 - 9 p.m. • Tableaux Vivant (Living Pictures), Country Meadows Antiques, Alton, Illinois, 12 - 4 p.m. • Wags’n Wine for Hope Rescues, Tony’s Restaurant, Alton, Illinois, 4 - 7 p.m. • Free Sunday Brewery Tours, Schla y Bottleworks, Maplewood, Missouri, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. • Soulard Holiday Walk, Morgan Ford Spas, St. Louis, 12 - 4 p.m.
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Holly Golightly puts some hot wax on garage sounds This cover image released by Damaged Goods shows “Do The Get Along,” by Holly Golightly. Damaged Goods via AP
By Pablo Gorondi Associated Press Holly Golightly, “Do the Get Along” (Damaged Goods) By law, or nearly, it seems, you can’t mention Holly Golightly without calling her a “garage rock queen,” even though she’s taken on plenty of other genres in her time, expanding her realm to incorporate country, beat, blues and pop, among others. A London-to-Georgia transfer, this is Golightly’s second album of the year, after the horsethemed “Clippety Clop” with the Brokeoffs, who’s all of one man, her partner and collaborator “Lawyer Dave” Drake. “Do the Get Along” sees her applying a bit of hot wax to the garage sounds, making the album showroom ready without overloading the tunes with frivolous, glossy details. Golightly (not a pseudonym) is an even-keeled singer here, conveying passion, frustration and even menace without unnecessary histrionics. On opener “Obstacles,” she immediately stakes her place — “All the odds against me I will beat/There ain’t nothing gonna knock me off my feet,” as longtime drummer Bruce Brand is joined by guitarists Ed Deegan and Bradley Burgess and Matt Radford on double bass to create just the right amount of racket. Her covers of choice — “Satan Is His Name,” a 1962 release by Steve King and The Echelons; “Love (Can’t You Hear Me)” by The Knight Brothers released on Checker, a subsidiary of Chess Records; and Ruth Brown’s R&B ode “I Don’t Know” — have great pedigree and are among the highlights of the record. The title track is a civics lesson with a steady gait, while “Hypnotized,” the greasiest of the garage tracks, is followed by the fuzzy “Pretty Clean.” “Do the Get Along” is one of the best-sounding albums of Golightly’s career and has the right songs to revel in the higher fidelity.
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Jordin Althaus/Bravo via AP Eric Bana as John Meehan, left, and Connie Britton as Debra Newell in a scene from “Dirty John,” a series derived from the popular true crime podcast of the same name.
Eric Bana brings ‘Dirty John’ to TV with Connie Britton
By Alicia Rancilio Associated Press
NEW YORK — Eric Bana is bringing the popular true crime podcast “Dirty John” to TV with a weekly series on Bravo. Bana plays John Meehan and Connie Britton plays Debra Newell, a couple in California who met online and fell in love. John claimed to be a doctor, just back from volunteering his services for Doctors Without Borders in Iraq. Newell, who had already been married multiple times and had grown children,
thought John was the man she had always been looking for. Her kids, however, immediately didn’t trust him. As they make their concerns known, John succeeded in driving a wedge through Debra’s family. A Los Angeles Times reporter, Christopher Goffard, covered the story and turned it into a wildly successful, addictive podcast. Bana didn’t tune in until he heard of the TV project. “I downloaded and listened to all six very quickly and loved it,” he said. “There were parts that I couldn’t quite believe really happened.” While Britton spoke to the real Newell to
play the part, Bana didn’t have the opportunity to contact Meehan. He said he was fine with that and didn’t go looking for ways to exactly replicate the man. He said he was most concerned with portraying how Debra could fall for him, and why it would be so hard for her to walk away. “We need to see what Debra saw, we need to get a sense that the attraction and the relationship was real and genuine and wasn’t a caricature so that was the tricky part, I think,” he said. Bana also thinks people will be drawn to the con ict between Debra and her family,
because of Meehan. “It plays into relationship dynamics within families, what advice we take and listen to and clashes we can have.” He said manipulators like Meehan are very calculated. “These guys know what they’re doing. This is not like a normal relationship. He’s picking on his prey deliberately and targeting a particular type of personality. It’s never a fair match and it’s simple to judge for a lot of people, but I think the more research you do, the more you understand how someone stays with a person like that.”
Review: ‘Frugal Traveler’ is disjointed book By Kim Curtis Associated Press “Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious” (Liveright), by Seth Kugel Love travel? Love books? Love books about travel? If the preceding statements are true, do pick up a copy of “Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious,” written by former New York Times’ “Frugal Traveler” Seth Kugel. Whether or not you’re familiar with Kugel’s amusing, yet never cloying writing; his self-deprecating and hilarious storytelling; and his inner struggle between his fear of talking to strangers and his compulsion for out-of-the-way adventures, “Rediscovering Travel” will feel as comfortable as your favorite, wooly pair of socks. He’ll charm your pants off with his amusing and endearing anecdotes about his travels, near and far. About South Carolina: “Even if you’ve just eaten, you don’t pass up a barbecue buffet at a place called Hog Heaven that has a sign featuring three pigs in bibs and halos.” About the weather: “A travel day that turns rainy is like a piece of chocolate I’ve dropped on the oor: It’s significantly less appealing, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to throw it away.”
RIGHT: This cover image released by Liveright shows “Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious,” by Seth Kugel. Liveright via AP
But despite Kugel’s delightful writing, his book doesn’t fulfill his publisher’s intended promise of becoming an “indispensable” travel companion that conveys “how to make the most of new digital technologies without being shackled to them.” His advice encouraging travelers to visit places off the well-worn paths, to talk to real people rather than to rely on websites and apps, and to steer clear of chain restaurants and hotels, seems a tad obvious. And his chapters exploring crime and health statistics, OTAs (online travel agencies) and consumer review websites like Yelp and TripAdvisor feel out of place. It may be best to accept the highly readable “Rediscovering Travel” for what it is — a funny, inspiring and well-crafted collection of travel essays.
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