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Poker Run: Sign up begins 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Doug Feldmann: Book Buck Bower Park, Ava; food, signing, 2-4 p.m. Saturday raffles, auctions; Courtney Sept. 22, Bookworm Dawn Rieckenberg memorial bookstore, Carbondale; benefit; music by Priebe Feldmann is a baseball Brothers Band, 8 p.m.historian and author of a midnight; 618-534-5479; number of books about the 618-426-3772; www. St. Louis Cardinals and facebook.com/cdrmemorial. Chicago Cubs; former scout Dachshund Race: for the Cincinnati Reds, Registration, 11:30 a.m. Seattle Mariners, and San Saturday, Sept. 22, Marion Diego Padres; most recent Tower Square Plaza; book, Gibson’s Last Stand: Dachshund Race and Fashion The Rise, Fall, and Near Show to benefit Marion Misses of the St. Louis Ministerial Alliance; free; Cardinals, 1969-1975; bring non-perishable food; 618-457-2665. 618-751-1631; maribeth.101@ Book Sale: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. hotmail.com. Monday, Sept. 24, Herrin City Hunting and Fishing Library, 120 N. 13th St.; new Days: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and used books, paperbacks, Saturday, Sept. 22 and 9 cook books, VHS tapes, a.m-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, books on tape, childrens’ John A. Logan College, books; buy a Friends of Carterville; retriever, dock Herrin Library book bag for dogs; Brody The Bear; $5 and fill it up with books; catfish tourney; music; 618-942-6109. BB gun range; duck and The Night Terror: Book goose calling; food; 618-985signing by author Timothy 3741, ext. 8208; www.sih McSwain, 4-6 p.m. Friday, fd.org. Sept. 28, Handfuls on TESSI recital: Talent Purpose, Marion; suspense Education School of novel based in southern Southern Illinois recital, 1:30 Illinois; http://thenight p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, First terror.weebly.com. Christian Church, 306. W Monroe St., Carbondale; ages four-adult; piano, guitar, Comedy violin, voice and clarinet; The Carbondale refreshments; 618-457Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, 6300. Hanger 9, Carbondale and 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; information, Fairs, Festivals The Carbondale Comedians, Marion Hubfest: 9 a.m. Facebook. Saturday, Sept. 22, Marion’s Tower Square; art, music, food, entertainment; 618Events 998-8530. Car Show: Registration, Wonder Water Reunion: 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Sept. Wednesday, Sept. 2622, VF Outlet Mall, West Saturday, Sept. 29, park, Frankfort; trophies for cars, Creal Springs; food, carnival, trucks and bikes; silent vendors; starts 6 p.m. auction; Big Elvis DJ Show; Wednesday with gospel concession stand; 618-937music; pageants, 7 p.m. 6483 ext. 7128 Thursday; music by New Tour de Hope Bike Ride: Way, 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22, Marion Country Swing, 7-10 p.m. area; fund raising event to Friday; parade, 11 a.m. benefit those without Saturday; music, 2-10 p.m. insurance; proceeds to The Saturday with Civil Hands of Hope Free Medical Disobedience, Country Clinic; 618-998-8282. Swing, Band X;
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618-694-6076. Rend Lake Art and Wine Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 and noon6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; 50 artists and 13 wineries will participate; food; music. http://www.museum.state.il. us/ismsites/soil/events.html ?EventID1686; 618-6292220.
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Historic Story of Corrie ten Boom: Evelyn Hinds brings the Dutch underground activist to life in a one-woman show, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; story concerns Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom’s story of a Dutch Christian Films family who fought the evil of Brave: 7 p.m. Thursday, anti-Semitic atrocities in Sept. 20 and 7 p.m. and 9:30 Holland; $15/$13/$11; p.m. Friday-Saturday Sept. www.thecarsoncenter.org; 21-22, Student Center 270-443-9932. Auditorium, SIU; $3/2; PG; SIU Presents! Tickets 618-536-3393; now on sale for five acts set www.spc4fun.com. to perform at Shryock Film Fridays at the Auditorium, SIU; package Varsity: Kicks off with the tickets guarantee samefilm, Work, 4:30 p.m. Friday, location seating for all the Sept. 21, Varsity Center for shows; presentations the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., include, Fiddler on the Carbondale; free; discussion Roof, 7:30 p.m. Friday, follows film. Oct. 26; bluegrass Family Movie Night: entertainers, Dailey and Finding Nemo, 7 p.m. Friday Vincent, at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21, under the pavilion, Sunday, Dec. 9; Traces, 7318 Old Illinois 13, near groundbreaking circus, Midland Inn, Murphysboro; 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. sponsored by Walnut Street 17; Extreme Canine Stunt Baptist Church; hotdogs, Dog Experience, 2 and popcorn and beverages; 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7; bring lawn chairs; Rock of Ages, Monday, April www.walnut-street.org; 22; www.southerntickets 618-457-0479. online.com; 618-4536000. History Subscription Series: Herrin History Postcards: Tickets available for Rent, Now available for sale, Herrin Oct. 18-21; The Three City Library, 120 N. 13th St., Musketeers, Nov. 29-Dec. 2; For Colored Girls Who Have Herrin; reproduction Considered Suicide When postcards of the Herrin The Rainbow Is Enuf, Feb. Doughboy, LaMar Hotel and other historical buildings; $1; 21-24 and Reasons To Be Pretty, April 25-28; proceeds to the library; presented in McLeod 618-942-6109. Theater, SIU; tickets for the four shows, adults, Musical Auditions $56 and students, $24; Southern Illinois individual tickets range Children’s Choir auditions: from $16-$6; also three Openings are available in special productions, The four choir levels for children Three Seasons of Cora, in kindergarten through Cosi Fan Tutte and tenth grade; auditions Playwights’ Festival; $6-$16; through Sept. 21; 618-53M618-453-6000; www. USIC; sichildrenschoir@ southernticketsonline.com.
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Country Fest brings the stars Adkins, Bentley, McGraw coming to Sparta COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
SI Country Fest Music festival; Oct. 5-7; World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta; featuring Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins, Little Big Town, Colt Ford, LoCash Cowboys and more; singleday tickets range from $40 to $100 in advance and $50 to $100 at the gate race Adkins comes across as a burly, neighborly type willing to drop everything he’s doing to help a person in need. He embodies the blue-collar stereotype — a man not afraid to work and get his hands dirty. The 50-year-old with the golden baritone voice has survived a wreck that broke both his arms and a leg, a devastating knee injury that ended his collegiate football career and being shot through both lungs by an ex-wife on his way to becoming one of the most prolific hit makers in the country music industry this century. Adkins is best known for tunes like “You’re Gonna Miss This,” “Ladies Love Country Boys,” “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing,” the solemn military tribute “Arlington” and fun loving romps “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” and “Hillbilly Bone,” a duet with Blake Shelton.
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Trace Adkins (clockwise from left), Dierks Bentley and Tim McGraw will peform Oct. 5-7 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta during Country Fest.
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In August, Adkins created a national buzz when he sang the patriotic anthem of hope, “Tough People Do,” in public for the first time at a live show in Florida. Reminding listeners of the many times Americans have repeatedly risen to the challenge during difficult times, he sings “tough times don’t last, tough people do.” Demand for the song was so intense and a copy was quickly released to digital retailers over the Labor Day weekend. The tune will be included on an upcoming Adkins album. “I’m just really proud of the song, and to me, the song says sometimes we
need to be reminded of who we are, where we came from and about what our history is,” Adkins recently told ABC News Radio. “We’ve made it through tougher times than this.” A proven hit-maker for nearly two decades, Adkins will join Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley as the superstar headliners for biggest country music concert event in the history of Southern Illinois. The Southern Illinois Country Festival will be Oct. 5-7 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta and will feature the big three, plus Little Big Town, Colt Ford, Corey Smith, LoCash Cowboys, Casey James and The Farm. SEE COUNTRY FEST / PAGE 9
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Prestigious wrestling championship to be defended in Marion
Courtney Rieckenberg memorial poker run set for Saturday
MARION — One of the most prestigious championships in professional wrestling will be defended in Southern Illinois for the first time in recent history on Saturday, Sept. 22. Reigning five-time National Wrestling Alliance World’s Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce will put his title on the line against local star Heath Hatton at All American Pro Wrestling’s “Collision” taping. Doors open at 6 p.m. with bell time at 7. The NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship has been held by many of the business’ most legendary figures, including Ric Flair, Harley Race and Buddy Rogers, as well as
AVA — The eighth annual memorial poker run commemorating the life of Courtney Dawn Rieckenberg is set for Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning at Buck Bower Park. Proceeds raised during the event will be used to purchase a new Trico
Ricky Rover Rooter Roasters will be serving food at the park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Priebe Brothers Band will perform from 8 p.m. to midnight. For more information, call 618-534-5479 or 618-426-3772. — Adam Testa
Wonder Water Reunion begins Wednesday in Creal Springs
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Tickets for the show are $10 for adults and $8 for children. Fans can also save $2 per ticket with a canned good or nonperishable food donation for the Marion Ministerial Alliance. For more information, visit aapwrestling.com. —Adam Testa
CREAL SPRINGS — The annual Wonder Water Reunion festival begins Wednesday, Sept. 26, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and gospel music by One Voice and Voices of Praise at 6 p.m.
The festival pageants are set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. On Friday, Sept. 28, New Way will perform hits from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., with Country Swing headlining from 7 to 10 p.m.
The festival parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. Entertainment for the day includes Civil Disobedience at 2 p.m., Country Swing at 4 p.m. and Band X at 6 p.m. — Adam Testa
West Frankfort car show raises money for The H Group on Saturday WEST FRANKFORT — The H Group’s fourth annual benefit car show is set for Saturday, Sept. 22. Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. and runs through noon. Trophies for top-placing entries will be awarded by 3 p.m.
Awards will be presented for best of show, best engine, best paint and best interior, among other categories. Prize money varies, with Best of Show receiving $200. Entry is $15 for each class section letter. The event will also
feature a Big Elvis DJ show, raffle and more. Funds raised will support the H Group and individuals with developmental disabilities. It will be set up in the V-F Outlet Mall parking lot. — Adam Testa
MOVIES Art Event Ironclad Art: The Motorcycle, Saturday, Sept. 22, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; recognition of The Motorcycle as Art; registration, 9 a.m.noon; show open to all motorcycles; trophies; 618-242-1236; www. cedarhurst.org.
Call For Art Call for Art: ET Come Home, part of celebration of Carbondale Community Arts 25th anniversary; tribute to Extraordinary Talents, artists whose artistic paths were influenced by time they spent in southern Illinois; area residents are asked to make loans of works of art; contact the CCA office during the week of Sept. 24; 618-4575100; info@carbondale arts.org.
Exhibits Out of the Box: University Museum, SIU; hours, 10 a.m.4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; art by area students; through Sept. 21;
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www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. Fire and Ice: Travel photographer William Schwartz and Cobden sculptor Jeff Engbring, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St. Cobden; some of the exhibit may also be seen at the Luna Gallery of the Yellow Moon Café and the Village Art & Gifts, both in Cobden; through September; anthillgallery@gmail.com. Joan Harris New Works: Watercolors on display, Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery; through Sept. 30; 618-457-5100; info@carbondalearts.org. Artist of the month: Joan Skiver-Levy, Southern Illinois Art and Artisan Center, Rend Lake; Mixed Medium Pastiche, a mini exhibition including her newest watercolor collage; through Sept. 30; 618-6292220. William Conger — Narrative Abstraction: The Mitchell Museum Main Gallery, Cedarhurst Center For the Arts, Mount Vernon; also exhibitions at Beal Corridor, Beck Family Center Gallery and the Shrode Art Center;
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through Oct. 14: www. cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236. Gathering of Quilts exhibition: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; both traditional and non-traditional quilts featured; through Oct. 14; 618-2421236; www.cedarhurst.org. Snuggle and Snooze: In conjunction with the Annual Gathering of Quilts featured in both the Beal Grand Corridor and Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; exhibit features quilts made for children; through Oct. 14; 618-242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org The Art of Larrie Lands: Oil paintings by lifelong Harrisburg resident on display at Harrisburg District Library; through Oct. 14. Gate to a World of Color: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; artwork of nine Illinois artisans using styles that range from realism to abstract, from fantasy to function; through Oct. 15; 618-629-2220 Paintings and Works on
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Paper 1993-2012: By Cheonae Kim, The Gallery Space, Law office of Joni Beth Baily, 1008 Walnut St, Murphysboro; through Oct. 22; gallery hours, 9 a.m.5 p.m. Fossils and minerals: The Union County Museum, Cobden; variety of artifacts, most found locally; features crinoid with its stem, a shark’s vertebrae, a cephalopod, trilobites, agates, geodes and thunder eggs; through Oct. 28; hours, 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Primo Angeli: A Retrospective of Posters, Design & Brand Identity, University Museum, SIU; master designer Primo Angeli grew up in West Frankfort, earned two degrees at SIU and became an internationally know designer in San Francisco and Italy; posters for the Olympics; brand packaging and insights into
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the world of the commercial artist; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. Sensation, Revelation: Themes and Variations In Color and Form, University Museum, SIU; artists include Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Patrick Caulfield, Patrick Heron, John Hoyland, Patrick Hughes, Kenneth Martin and Victor Vasarely; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. On & Of Paper: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, Whittington; 80 works by 71 artists using paper as a creative contributing element or as a foundation for their chosen technique; paintings and drawings, photography, digital art, prints, woodblock, lithographs and etchings and constructed works; through Jan. 27; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 618-629-2220.
THEATER Receptions Looking Up!: Photography by Jo Kirch, Central Showcase, offices of Realty Central, 1825 W. Main St., Carbondale; through Oct. 20; reception, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21. SIMS’ 4th Annual Form, Fabricate, Forge: Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, University Museum, SIU; the Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society; reception kicks off annual weekend of metal demonstrations and auction; through Oct. 20; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388. Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My: Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, University Museum, SIU; curated by Rachel Fischoff; a look at animals in a humorous setting through poems on various artworks; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388.
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Museum reception celebrates opening, closing exhibits
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‘Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My,’ an exhibit at the University Museum curated by Rachel Fischoff, will be one of the exhibits celebrated during a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
CARBONDALE — A popular exhibit is returning to the University Museum at SIU for a fourth year. The Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society will begin its annual weekend of exhibitions and its signature auction with a reception at the museum.
“Form, Fabricate, Forge” highlights the group’s unique and diverse artwork, from jewelry to sculpture. The reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, also serves as the official opening of an additional exhibit and the closing
of another. “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My,” an exhibit featuring items from the museum’s permanent collection and new designs by area children, was curated by Rachel Fischoff of Carbondale, who designed the exhibit to be a
light-hearted and fun look at art. This will also be the closing celebration for “Out of the Box,” an exhibit resulting from a partnership between the museum and several Southern Illinois schools. — Adam Testa
CCA looking for artwork by Cedarhurst hosting annual former Southern Illinoisans ‘Ironclad Art’ competition CARBONDALE — Carbondale Community Arts is looking for individuals who own artwork by local artists who have moved away from the region. CCA will continue its 25th anniversary celebration and Arts and Humanities Month in October with a series of events under the banner “E.T. Come Home.” In this case, E.T. isn’t an alien, but an acronym for “extraordinary talents.” There will be an exhibit
at the University Museum, in-school workshops by returning artists and a “People’s Choice” exhibit at the Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery. If any Southern Illinoisans own a painting, drawing, sculpture or other work who has left the region, CCA is looking to borrow it to display. Interested individuals can contact Executive Director Nancy Stemper at 618-457-5100 or info@carbondalearts.org. — Adam Testa
MOUNT VERNON — The area’s most unique motorcycle show returns to Cedarhurst Center for the Arts on Saturday, Sept. 22. “Ironclad Art: The Motorcycle” features vintage, classic, custom, competition and contemporary motorcycles owned by area and local enthusiasts. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon, and judging runs from noon until 3 p.m., with trophy presentations capping off the day. The show is open to all motorcycles with prizes given for top bikes in the American, European and Asian classes. A “Best of Show” trophy will be awarded to a single winner. Entry fee is $10 per bike. The public is welcome to come look at and admire the motorcycles, many of
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which feature decorative themes and designs. — Adam Testa
Reception to recognize artist Jo Kirch
All seats reserved. Tickets available online at MarionCCC.org or at the box office by phoning 1-618-997-4030.
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CARBONDALE — Artist Jo Kirch will be recognized during a reception from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 Murdale Shopping Center. Kirch, a counselor at The Women’s Center, is showcasing her artwork at the gallery through Oct. 20. Her love for hiking and
photography are often combined in nature photography. She views the artform as a means of capturing small pieces of a vast universe. She also makes jewelry and works with fiber arts, pencil, charcoal, pastels and glass. Her work can be found for sale in many local boutiques. — Adam Testa
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concert by singer/songwriter Jeff Widdows; www.mtv brehm.lib.il.us. and Friends of Bluegrass ELLIS GROVE — Tom Cat Hill Social Club: Southern Illinois 3:30 p.m.: Wailin Wood Musicians are coming Brown Bag Concert, noon4:15 p.m.: The Howling Riverside Blues Festival: together to help preserve a 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26, Brothers Starts 11:30 a.m. Saturday, piece of Illinois History. Town Square Pavilion, 5 p.m.: Thunder and Sept. 22, Riverside Park, The 23rd annual Carbondale; www. Murphysboro; Jessica Jo Traditional Music Festival Lightning Cloggers carbondalemainstreet.com. 5:15 p.m.: Brenda Cook Jolly, noon; The Mud Sills, at the Fort Kaskaskia State Smoky Hollow String Sunday, Sept. 23 12:30 p.m.; King Juba. 1:30 Historic Site returns 11 a.m.: Old Time p.m.; Ivas John Band, 3 p.m.; Band: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29, Mileur Orchard, Preachin’ and Singin’ Lil’ Ed and the Imperials, Sept. 22-23. The event PROVIDED Illinois 149, west of Gospel Hour 5 p.m.; Lew Jetton and 61 runs from noon to 6 p.m. The Stray Birds will be performing Friday, Sept. 21, at the Murphysboro,; American and Noon: Jon Jones South, 6:45 p.m. and Tawl both days. Admission is $7. Yellow Moon Café in Cobden as part of the Cousin Andy’s 12:15 p.m.: Charlie and Paul and Slappin’ Henry Blue, Celtic music on fiddles, Performing artists Coffeehouse series. 8:15 p.m.; $10 in advance and mandolin, guitar, banjos, include George Portz and the Girls 12:30: The Gordons $15 at the gate; siblues.com. ukulele, percussion, washtub Friends of Bluegrass, Jon bass; free; 618-684-4397. 1 p.m.: Dennis Southern Stock concert: Jones, Brian Curran, Jeff & SI Country Fest: Tim Stroughmatt a et L’Esprit 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Vida, Brenda Cook, The in early 2010 and recorded COBDEN — Up-andCreole The Pavilion, Marion; features McGraw, Trace Adkins, Dierks Gordons and Charlie and a seven-song album, coming acoustic trio The Bentley, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 1:45 p.m.: Curreykorn Shawn Mayer, Dave the Girls, among others. Stray Birds will bring their “Borderlands,” in their 2:15 p.m.: The Country Simmons, Lynn Drury, Lights 5-7, World Shooting & RecreThe schedule includes: hometown of Lancaster, roots-inspired sound to ation Complex, Sparta; other Fire Cloggers Out and Shakey Jake; also, Saturday, Sept. 22 Penn. From there, the Cobden on Friday, Sept. acts, Corey Smith, LoCash 2:30 p.m.: George Portz cook-off; proceeds to The Noon: Charlie and the group began to travel the 21. Cow-boys, Colt Ford, The and Friends of Bluegrass Lighthouse Shelter, Family Girls country as a group and The members of the with Brenda Cook and Crisis Center and Gum Drop Farm and Casey James; $4012:30 p.m.: Matt share their music with the group draw upon $85; discount on advance Bobby Powell Kids; $18/$20; 618-697McElroy masses. They recently American folk traditions tickets; www.sicountry 3:15 p.m.: Wailin Wood 7478; www.southernstock 1 p.m.: Brian Curran released a self-titled full and channel that into fest.com; www.southern 4 p.m.: The Howling concert.com 1:30 p.m.: Mississippi three-part harmonies that length album. Brothers Traditional Music Festival: ticketsonline.com. Mudpuppies Cajun Band The Stray Birds take the are attracting attention in 4:45 p.m.: Jeff & Vida Noon-6 p.m. Saturday and 1:45 p.m.: Marissa stage at 8 p.m. at the the business. Kentucky 5:30 p.m.: The Country Sunday, Sept. 22-23, Fort Harms Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Raised within miles of Fire Cloggers Kaskaskia State Historic Site, 2 p.m.: Curreykorn The Grascals: 7:30 p.m. each other, Maya de Vitry, Front St., as part of the 5:45 p.m.: Fiddler’s Ellis Grove; food available; $7; Friday, Sept. 21, Kentucky 2:30 p.m.: Thunder and Oliver Craven and Charles Cousin Andy’s Frolic features George Portz and Lightning Cloggers Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Coffeehouse series. Muench combined their — Adam Testa the Friends of Bluegrass 2:45 p.m.: George Portz — Adam Testa Benton, Ky.; $15/$18; skills as vocalists and Band, Ozark Scottish www.kentuckyopry.com; musicians to form The bagpiper Jon Jones; Brian 888-459-8704. Stray Birds. They perform Curran; Jeff & Vida, Brenda Gordon Lightfoot: 8 p.m. at a number of venues, Cook; The Gordons; Charlie & Thursday, Sept. 27, Carson ranging from bustling The Girls and Willie Nelson Center, Paducah; $66/$46/ street corners to silent tribute performer Bobby $36; 270-450-4444; music halls. Powell; www.saveillinois www.thecarsoncenter.org. The trio came together history.org. Coffee Concert: Featuring guitarist Muriel Anderson accompanied by Danny Gottlieb, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, lobby of Performing Arts Center; $10; Saturday, September 22, 3:00pm-7:00pm 618-252-5400. Breeden, Bradley & Maze Flute Feature: Douglas Worthen, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sunday, September 23, 2:00pm-5:00pm CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF® Sept. 23, Carbondale Lynn Drury PRIME RIB AT A SPECIAL PRICE Unitarian Fellowship, 105 N. Creamy horseradish, au jus, today’s vegetables, Parrish Lane, Carbondale; served with your choice of side. Joseph Palermo, guitar; 8 oz. $14.95 >> 12 oz. $17.95 >> 16 oz. $20.95 reception follows; 618-4575988. 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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Ole Moose: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort, 1575 Fair City Road, Jonesboro; 618-8338697.
The Stray Birds: 8 p.m. Friday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233.
Wineries FRIDAY The Natives: 6-9 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery Egyptian Combo: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff SATURDAY Dan Barron: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Blue Afternoon: 2-5 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery J. Christopher: 3-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Vineyard King Juba: 6-9 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery The Natives: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff SUNDAY Lindsay Bowerman: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Cold Pizza: 1-4 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Dirtwater Fox: 3:30-6:30
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Directions & Digits 20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618833-5182 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 W. Linden, Carbondale 618-529-9345 Coloni’s Bar & Grill: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-5341 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Elkville: Elkville Civic Center, 405 S. 6th St., Elkville 618-201-1753 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion, 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853
Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618684-4541. Murphysboro Moose Lodge: 9663 Old Illinois 13 Murphysboro 618-6843232 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin 618-942-9345 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale 618-5493348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pyramid Acres Marina: 12171 Marina Road, Marion 618-964-1184 Scarlett’s Music Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash 618-997-4979 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Williamson County Shrine Club: 12908 Illinois 37, Marion 618-9979583
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Comedian Ron White cancels Carbondale appearance CARBONDALE — Comedian Ron White’s scheduled Oct. 4 appearance at Shryock Auditorium has been canceled. Individuals who PROVIDED
Lynn Drury will be the headlining act of the second Southern Stock festival, which is raising money for local shelters and food pantries.
Southern Stock festival raising money MARION — A special concert event is raising money to support local shelters and food pantries. The second Southern Stock festival begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at The Pavilion of the City of Marion. A number of musicians are scheduled to perform, including Shakey Jake, Lights Out, Shawn Mayer, Dave Simmons, James Cato of Nash and the Ramblers. Lynn Drury is the featured artist. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Money raised will support the Gumdrop Kids program, Lighthouse Shelter in Marion and Family Crisis
Center in Herrin. Other activities planned in conjunction with the concert include a Food Drive Challenge, canned food collection, cook-off, silent auction and raffle. Fees to enter the chicken and dumpling cook-off are $20. The public can samples the entries for $5. Food can be prepared at home but must be mixed and cooked on site. No electricity or water will be provided. Cooking begins at 1 p.m. with judging before the concert at 5 p.m. For more info about Southern Stock or tickets, visit www.southern stockconcert.com. — Adam Testa
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Those who paid with cash or check at a Southern Tickets Online walk-up location need to contact STO management at 618-453-6000 to make arrangements for a refund.
To ensure proper processing, ticket holders are advised to keep their tickets until the refund has been received. — Adam Testa
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gate. A final day pit pass is $100. Adkins and Smith are Gates open at 3:30 p.m. scheduled for Oct. 5. each day. Tickets are $40 in Tickets can be advance and $50 at the purchased online at gate. A pit pass with www.southerntickets standing room only, front online.com or by calling stage access is $65. A 618-453-6000. three-day pass is $145 and Adkins appeared on a three-day pit pass is “Celebrity Apprentice” in $200. 2008, and in December, Bentley, Ford and the will he co-host the LoCash Cowboys American Country Music highlight the Oct. 6 awards, which is in its schedule. Tickets for this third year of existence. date are $55 in advance The organization tries to and $65 at the gate. A pit set itself apart by pass is $80. A two-day spotlighting “hotshot” pass good for Oct. 6 and 7 new acts like Scotty is $115 and a pit pass for McCreery, the Pistol the final two days is $150. Annies, Lauren Alaine and McGraw is the main the Eli Young Band. attraction Oct. 7. He will Chatting with the singer be joined by The Farm, on his bus in the Coo Casey James and Little Big Coo’s parking lot in Town. Tickets are $75 in Carterville in 1993, it was advance and $85 at the hard to envision that
McGraw would become a country music icon. Less than 100 customers had paid to see his show. His meteoric accent, however, started with the 1994 release of “Indian Outlaw,” and he would top the Billboard charts more than 20 times with hits like “Live Like You Were Dying,” “My Best Friend,” “My Next Thirty Years,” “Something Like That” and “It’s Your Love,” a duet with his wife Faith Hill. A sure bet to one day enter the Country Music Hall of Fame, McGraw released 11 consecutive albums that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums charts. His trophy case is packed with 11 Country Music Association awards, 14 from the Academy of
Country Music and three prestigious Grammy Awards. Bentley is the architect of the new way to launch a country music career. He elected to first play smaller venues in major college towns to establish a solid base among the demographic most likely to purchased his product before taking his show to major arenas. The Arizona native hit the top of the charts with debut single “What Was I Thinkin’,” and follow-ups like “Come A Little Closer,” “Every Mile A Memory” and “Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go).” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
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Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, drug use and some sexual content; starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey and Wood Harris; directed by Pete Travis; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
World in 2011 and was included in the 2010 “Time 100” list. Tickets will be available at 10 a.m. Oct. 5 at livenation.com. — Adam Testa
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In the movies, the old saying goes, some stars wear the hat. And sometimes, the hat wears them. Say whatever else you want about Sylvester Stallone’s kitschy 1995 turn as futuristic comic book judge-juryexecutioner Judge Dredd, the dude wore the helmet. Karl Urban replaces him in the new “Dredd 3D.” And frankly, the helmet wears Karl. He never takes off the over-sized thing. It closes off his performance and masks his charisma. We only see his scowling jaw and hear his hissed oneliners, chewing out the rookie mind-reading judge (Olivia Thirlby) who forgets to wear hers. “Sir, helmets interfere with my psychic abilities.” “Think a bullet in the head might interfere with ’em more,” the Judge mutters. In a future when much of America is irradiated and 800 million people are crammed into MegaCity, the concrete metropolis that stretches from Boston to Washington, tens of thousands are packed into mega
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high-rises, many at the mercy of mega criminals. The judges are all that stand in the way of anarchy. They’re wired-in, hitech hunter/ prosecutor/ killers, men and women who solve (sort of) crimes, catch criminals and dole out punishment, on the spot. The death penalty is their favorite. There’s a new drug making the rounds. There always is. “Slo Mo,” it’s called, and Ma-Ma is the drug lord who has it. Lena Headey (“300”) plays her in a performance that begins and ends with the flashy scar-riddled makeup. When Dredd and the “mutant” psychic judgein-training, Anderson (Thirlby), nab one of MaMa’s thugs (Wood Harris),
of course you know this means war. This “Dredd” is a limited vision of the future, mainly confined to one towering, rundown highrise. Judge Dredd and Anderson and their prisoner must fight their way out of this building, which Ma-Ma’s minions have on lockdown. This could have been claustrophobic, an action epic in compact form. “Die Hard” and last year’s Indo-Australian thriller “The Raid” are versions of this set-up that work. With “Dredd 3D,” you get only a taste of that as the judges blaze their way through Ma-Ma’s murderers and supposedly innocent bystanders and await the back-up that seems awfully slow in coming. The 3-D here is used to
greatest effect in slowmotion shootings, impalings and throat slashings — blood-onthe-lens stuff. The villain is poorly drawn. The script lets her down, and Headey just isn’t “big” enough, in persona, performance and presence, to suggest a murderous monster who ruthlessly slashed and intimidated her way to the top. Thirlby is sensitive and cute as ever, funny when she has to be. She needs more to do. And Urban — so droll as Dr. McCoy in the “Star Trek” reboot, so sinister in as Black Hat in “Priest,” so worthy a foe for Bruce Willis in “Red” — is lost behind that big ol’ helmet. That conspires to render the mega violent mega satire of MegaCity mega boring.
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Two cops worry about what will come by the ‘End of Watch’ End of Watch *** Rated R for strong violence, some disturbing images, pervasive language including sexual references, and some drug use; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, Natalie Martinez and Cody Horn; directed by David Ayer; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion.
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The writer of “Training Day” and “Harsh Times” brings us more cop movie grit with “End of Watch,” a vivid series of impressionistic sketches of a year in the lives of two Los Angeles police officers. These aren’t the corrupt cops writer-director David Ayer built his name on. They’re just patrolmen, in a family of officers — sometimes heroic, often cocky, occasionally miscalculating. And in telling their stories episodically, with a rhythm that builds suspense slowly, Ayer gets at the level of trust they have to have for one another and the meaning of that old cop movie cliche — “He took a bullet for me.” Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena) may be young, but they’ve been partners so long they’re like an old married couple — comically bickering, teasing, picking at each other’s sore spots. Brian is the single one, the ambitious one. He wants to make detective. He’s willing to take a shortcut or two to get there. Mike is more blue collar — happily married, a
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father, happy to be where he is in the force. But the uniform hasn’t taken the chip off his shoulder. Call him the wrong name when he’s arresting you and it’s “Go time.” Over the course of a year, we see the shifting fortunes of their lives, shootings that have to be justified by their department, and a steadily escalating violence that spills over the border from Mexico, whose ruthless drug cartels deal in “dope, money and guns — all the major food groups.” Mike and Brian find themselves stumbling into more and more cartel business as their year passes them by. Gyllenhaal brings a swashbuckling bravado to Brian, a guy who is something of a player when it comes to the ladies. He’s not above hooking up with groupies (“Badge Bunnies”), but might be tempted when somebody special (like Anna Kendrick) comes along.
Mike has matured in different ways, clinging to juvenile neighborhood notions of “respect,” but adult enough to know love when he sees it. Ayer’s film begins with a long lull: 45 minutes of procedure, depiction of the cop community (America Ferrara and Cody Horn are fellow officers) and light touches. The police are bilingual, by necessity, aware of where they can make a difference and when they need to walk away. The calls they answer range from fires to missing children, loud parties to “shots fired — officer down.” The banter between our two heroes is easy, informal, with goofy moments of the sort of race-baiting that only two close friends could get away with. It’s all underlined with “I love you, man.” They can joke about pulling a guy over and confiscating a gold-plated assault rifle (“It’s Liberace’s AK-47!”).
But we can sense what’s coming, even if they can’t. Their guns are out of their holsters more, the threat of violence gathers like clouds over the city. Ayer resorts to that favorite crutch of current filmmakers — the handheld video recorder (Brian is doing a video project for his night school class), but is so inconsistent with it that he abandons that point of view in midscene. What he manages most masterfully here is the drip-drip-drip of rising tension, a build-up that leaves you with a sense of dread even as you watch characters enjoy the offduty joys of life — a quinceanera party, a medal ceremony. And Pena and Gyllenhaal so fully inhabit these wellrounded characters that you worry for them, worry about what they’ll do on this day or night when they climb into their cruiser, and what will become of them by the end of this watch.
Jennifer Lawrence stars in ‘House at the End of the Street,’ the new movie from director Mark Tonderai. The movie tells the story of a mother and daughter who move to a new town and find themselves living next door to the site of a brutal murder that saw a young girl kill her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son of the other family, things take a turn for the worse. Max Thieriot and Elisabeth Shue co-star. The movie, which opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion, is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, thematic elements, language, some teen partying and brief drug material. It was not screened for review.
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‘Trouble with the Curve’ shows Eastwood has lost his fastball Trouble with the Curve **1/2 Rated PG-13 for language, sexual references, some thematic material and smoking; starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman; directed by Robert Lorenz; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
“Trouble with the Curve� is a baseball dramedy that telegraphs its pitches, an
amiable, meandering character study whose big plot points hang there like the curveballs of its title. We see them coming a long time before they cross the plate. It has the faded twinkle of late-period Clint Eastwood, rasping through another curmudgeon role — embracing, one more time, his role as America’s Coot. The film has its charm, but it’s neither as graceful nor as spare as a movie Eastwood himself would have directed. Clint plays a chatty old cuss named Gus Lobel, legendary
scout for the Atlanta Braves. His boss (John Goodman) ticks off the superstars he discovered and insists “Gus could spot talent from an airplane.� But America’s Team’s greatest scout is an anachronism, a “feel� and “sound� guy in an age of computer-accessible statistics. And he’s losing his sight. The new punk in the clubhouse (Matthew Lillard of “The Descendants�) wants him put out to pasture. Gus has an ambitious, flinty and blunt daughter (Amy Adams), a 33-year-old lawyer not unlike him. She’s gunning
for partnership in an Atlanta firm, has ambivalent (at best) feelings for the old man, but is somehow cajoled into joining Gus for one last spring scouting trip to the Carolinas. That feels contrived because it is. Justin Timberlake is a former Gus discovery now working as a scout for another organization. And Joe Massingill is the brawny braggart of a high school power hitter that they’re up there to watch. Eastwood the director would have slashed a lot of Gus’ dreary old-guy-out-of-touch-withthe-�Interwebs� jokes, his
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