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Fluorspar Festival begins in Rosiclare
Autumn brings fall festivals BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
Autumn has officially arrived, and with it comes a bevy of community festivals and events. This weekend’s events begin today with the Johnson County Fall Festival in Vienna. Carnival armbands are $12 and can be purchased at Johnson County Chamber of Commerce office in the old depot at the park. Opening night activities features a junior talent show at 6 p.m., a chili cook-off at 6:30 and a Johnson County Cloggers performance at 7:30. Friday features Battle of the Bands from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday features a parade at 10 a.m., antique tractor show, kids’ tractor pull at 3 p.m., a tricycle race at 4:30 p.m. and the Cloggers at 6:30 p.m. Union County will also be getting in the festival spirit, as Alto Pass hosts
its first Fall Festival on Friday and Saturday, and Cobden returns with the annual tradition Saturday. The Alto Pass event features a barbecue competition, live music, a trade fair and a raffle. Live music is from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the downtown park pavilion and will feature Rural Kings, Second Blessing and Django Billies. A DJ will provide entertainment Saturday night. A trade fair with food, arts, crafts and vendors is from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the village park. The raffle drawing will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, but winners do not need to be present. Cobden’s Fall Festival is Saturday with a classic car show at noon in the city park. Other events include a community yard sale, farmers’ market and various exhibitions at Cobden businesses. More
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Scene from the 2005 fall festival at Flamm Orchards in Cobden.
information can be found at www.cobdenil.com. The weekend’s activities continue Sunday with the 34th annual Du Bois Center Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with free admission and parking. Music is provided by the Eden UCC Brass Quintet at
noon, Venedy Band at 1 p.m., Freeburg UCC Praise Band at 2:30 p.m. and the Okawville “Thursday night Thunder” Dulcimer group at 4 p.m. The festival also features artists and vendors and a pie-baking contest with judging at 2 p.m. Pies
should be baked in disposable pans and brought to the Oak Lodge by 1:30 p.m. The Du Bois Center is at 2651 Quarry Road, near Du Bois. adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
ROSICLARE — This year’s annual Fluorspar Festival officially kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 30, with the Fluorspar Pageant at the high school. The festival will continue at 5 p.m. Friday with children’s games, a bicycle show and the pet parade at 5:30. A carnival will be set up on Main Street during the evening. Saturday will feature an auto show, a piebaking contest and the annual parade at 2 p.m. Taxi will provide musical entertainment at the city pavilion from 5 to 8 p.m. Fireworks will cap off the event at dusk. — Adam Testa
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z DANCE z Classes Student Center Craft Shop: Variety of crafts and classes offered, SIUC; 618453-3636, www.siucstudent center.org. Logan classes: Fiddling and guitar playing are among the continuing education courses offered at John A. Logan College in Carterville; for a list of classes, go to www.jalc.edu/cont_ed/ classes.php.
Event Checker tournament: 8 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, Illinois Centre mall, Marion; 618-962-3321 or gellison@ hamiltoncom.net.
Festivals Fluorospar Festival: TodaySaturday, Rosiclare; parade, carnival, children’s games,
quilt show, food; crafts and pie baking contest; 618-2853445; 618-731-2967 or hvoss@ petersenhealthcare.net. Vienna Fall Festival: TodaySaturday, city park, Vienna; carnival, games, contests; parade, 10 a.m. Saturday; 618-658-2063 Alto Pass Fall Festival: 2 p.m. Friday, downtown Alto Pass; barbecue competition, live music, trade fair, raffle, crafts, food; 618-893-2490. Cobden Fall Festival: Saturday, downtown Cobden; car show, flea market; special exhibits at the Union County Museum; communitywide yard sales. Saline County Bluegrass Festival and barbecue: 11 a.m. Saturday, Pioneer Museum in Harrisburg; special guest, The Banjoologist, Gordy Ohliger; www. shawneetourism.com. The Downtown Art and
Wine Fair: 3-9 p.m. Saturday, Town Square, Carbondale; wine from local vineyards, art from local crafts people and food from local restaurants and grocery stores; music by Hot Sauce and The Swamp Tigers; www.carbondale dawf.com. Fall Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Du Bois Center, 2651 Quarry Road; crafts, Halloween and Christmas items and decorations, jewelry; blacksmith, weaving demonstrations; food; music; silent auction; children’s activities; 618-787-2202 or www.duboiscenter.org.
Films Spirited Away: 7 p.m. today, Liberty Theater, 1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro; donations requested; concessions, $1; 618-6845880.
$15 includes dinner; proceeds to World Vision International; dinner, 6 p.m., play, 7 p.m.; 618-521-1794 or 618-9979386. Forever Plaid: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; four members of an all-male singing group in heaven get a second chance to fulfill their dream and perform the concert they never got to in life; tickets start $30; 270450-4444 or www.thecarson center.org. The Laramie Project: A Theater re-enactment of interviews with residents of Laramie, Don’t Kick the Turkeys: Wyo., relating to the events Dinner theatre, Thursdaysurrounding the death of a Saturday, Marion’s First young man who was attacked Baptist Church; a comedy because he was gay; mature that caricaturizes themes and graphic language; personalities found in any church setting; cast members presented by The Stage Co., 7:30 p.m. Friday and include Pyramid Players Saturday, Oct. 8-9, 15-16; actors Tom Herman, Brian Summers and Matt Sanders; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10 and 17; Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Film Fridays at the Varsity: Includes recent works by women directors and avantgarde works, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; “The Headless Woman,” directed by Lucrecia Martel, 4 p.m. Friday; 618-453-1485 or www.cp.siu. edu. ET: 2 p.m. Saturday, Liberty Theater, 1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro; donations requested; concessions, $1; 618-684-5880.
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Art and wine fair returns to downtown Carbondale CARBONDALE — The annual Carbondale Main Street Downtown Art and Wine Fair returns this weekend. Six local wineries and about 15 local artists will participate. The Blue Martin, Larry’s House of Cakes and Town Square Market will also be offering food, snacks and drinks for attendees. Bands Hot Sauce and The Swamp Tigers will provide music. The event lasts from 3 to 9 p.m. with action centered around the Town Square Pavilion. — Adam Testa
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Three national comedians to perform Homecoming show CARBONDALE — Three comedians will highlight the “F’N Funny Homecoming Comedy Show” at Southern Illinois University Carbondale next week. Nema Williams, Benji Brown and Cocoa Brown will share the stage beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Student Center Ballroom. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased in advance at the business office on the second floor of the
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‘Laramie Project’ tells tragic tale of Matthew Shepard ‘The Laramie Project’
national news and sparked many states to enact hate crime legislation. “It’s more than just a play about this tragic event. It’s more the story of the people left behind and how it affected everyone deeply,” said Jennifer Caudell, one of the performance’s co-directors. “It really brings home the fact these BY ADAM TESTA were real people and this THE SOUTHERN was a real event.” CARBONDALE — The The script for “The Stage Co.’s upcoming Laramie Project” comes production of Moisés from various interviews Kaufman’s “The Laramie conducted with Shepard’s Project” represents a new friends, family, enemies season and a step in a and peers, as well the different direction for the peripheral community of theater troupe. the Laramie population. Eighteen actors will take With simplistic costumes to the stage and step into and a basic set, the focus the shoes of more than 60 remains centered on the real-life residents of characters and their Laramie, Wyo., to tell the individual stories. true story of the horrific Co-director Sarah 1998 murder of Matthew Dubach compared this Shepard, a gay student at performance more to a the University of Wyoming documentary, as most whose death created inter- plays are more comparable
First performance of The Stage Co.’s 2010-11 season; 7 p.m. Oct. 8,9, 15, 16 and 2 p.m. Oct. 10, 17; Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; Tickets $15; Show contains adult themes, graphic language.
to a scripted TV show. The deep, personal nature of the stories, which tackle the social issue of homosexuality for both sides, create emotional tension that’s even had a profound effect on the cast and crew. “It’s been very powerful. When I started doing research, I knew this show was going to take over part of my soul,” Dubach said. At the cast’s first readthrough, before most of the actors had read the entire script, the intensity of the spoken word hit full force. “It brought a couple of us to tears.” Kim Curlee, a Stage Co. performer who will portray Shepard’s father, Dennis, said one of the mission’s of community theater should be to confront controversial parts of culture and aspects of life that continue to pose a threat to society. Tackling these issues through art and performance represents a
more desirable option than seeing such a heinous act happening again, potentially closer to home. Laramie shares many characteristics with Carbondale in that both are college towns of about the same size, and the story of Dennis Shepard parallels that of many middle-class Americans, Curlee said. Through his son’s death, Dennis Shepard was able to release his reservations of thought on his son’s lifestyle. Many Americans have the same types of reservations, often fueled by ignorance. “If you look at the middle of America — the people who don’t yell the loudest, who don’t necessarily march — people are like his father and have to be taken on a journey to open their eyes,” he said. adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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Jared Shofstall (left) and Kareem Mohamed rehearse for a Stage Co. production of ‘The Laramine Project’ on Sept. 27 at Varsity Center for the Arts in Carbondale. The play is based on interviews conducted after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramine, Wyo.
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Oak Ridge Boys to bring holiday spirit to Shryock CARBONDALE — Country music legends The Oak Ridge Boys will bring the Christmas season to Southern Illinois a little early this year. The group, which has created dozens of hit songs and earned numerous musical awards, will bring its recognizable sound to Shryock
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12. This performance will feature a combination of the group’s classic hits and holiday favorites. Tickets for the concert go on sale to Star Club members at noon Oct. 4 and will be available online at www.southern ticketsonline.com or by phone at 618-453-6000.
Star Club memberships are $5 per year and can be purchased the same way. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public at noon Oct. 11. For more information, visit www.southernlights entertainment.com. — Adam Testa
‘Banjo-ologist’ featured guest at Saline County festival HARRISBURG — A banjo player hailed as “the musical Mark Twain” will make his only scheduled appearance in Illinois at the Saline County Bluegrass & Bar-B-Q Festival this weekend. Gordy Ohlinger will bring his lighthearted, vaudevillian banjo show to the festival at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pioneer Museum, 1600 S. Feazel St. His quirky historical performance on vintage instruments was featured in the PBS documentary “The Banjo-ologist.” His performance will include music from the 19th and early 20th centuries and will be interspersed with narrative. Bands will begin performing at the festival at 9:30 a.m. and the last band will take the stage at 4 p.m. Among the other performers are the Bankester Family, the Phelps Brothers and Wes Thibodeaux and the Beloved Cajun Travelers. For more information on the festival, visit www.shawneetourism.com. — Adam Testa
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z MOVIES z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z DANCE z Concerts Southern Illinois Michelle Schumann: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall, SIUC. Free. Night of Harmony: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Rolland W. Lewis Community Building, city park, Mount Vernon; barbershop acts; $8; roseharp10@ gmail.com or 618-2442789. Stage Fright: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Herrin American Legion. Aurelien Petillot: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall, SIUC. Free. TESSI: 2 p.m. Sunday, Carbondale Civic Center. Talent Education School of Southern Illinois recital. Students ages 4 to 18 will perform on piano and classical guitar. Free. 618-4576300. SISO: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC. Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony; SIUC Professor of Clarinet Eric Mandat will perform Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen. Tickets are $22; $9 students. 618-453-6000. Head East: Thursday, Oct. 28, Pinckneyville grandstand; part of Mardi Gras festivities; $10; 618-3573243; www.pinckneyville.com/ mardigras10. php. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, Shyrock Auditorium, SIUC, Southern Lights Entertainment; swing band; www.southerntickets online. com or 618-453-6000.
Indiana Rock and Roll: With Mike Porter and Marsha Banning and the Panther Creek Band, 7 p.m. Saturday, Boot City Opry, 11800 S. Highway 41, Terre Haute; southern gospel, blue grass, country; www. bootcityopry.com, 812-299-8379.
Kentucky George Jones Tribute: By Allen Hilbert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $18/$7.50; 270-5273869 or www.kentuckyopry.com. The American Led Zeppelin Experience: Get the Led Out Tour, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, Carson Center, Paducah; $23-$43; www.gtlorocks.com www.the carsoncenter.org.
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Metropolis native falls for ‘red dirt’ COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
tacie Lynn Hines may be following in the footsteps of Willie Nelson. The 21-year old Metropolis native is in graduate school at prestigious Belmont University in Nashville, where she has already earned bachelor’s degrees in finance and business administration. Some of her instructors have been high powered members of the music establishment. She has learned what it takes to become a country music star. The focus is creating an image that is carefully manicured by a team of associates. Hines isn’t a big fan of the system that by design stifles creativity and is considering leaving it all behind after she graduates next August. She may be going to Texas. Willie took the same path in the 1970s and became a musical icon. “I’ve fallen in love with red dirt music, especially Randy Rogers.” Hines said. “When I first heard him sing, I felt like I’ve known him forever. I want people to feel that way when they hear me sing.” Red dirt is a musical style created in the late 1980s in Stillwater, Okla. It quickly spread to Texas. The late Bob Childers is the guru of the genre, equivalent to Hank Williams in country music. The style if often called
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alternative country or country music with an attitude. The dominant identifying characteristic is strong songs with an emphasis on lyrics dealing with real life. “I want people to learn about me through my music. Red dirt doesn’t depend so much on politics. It’s more about the artist and what they have to say, rather than trying to push something just because it’s commercial,” Hines said. Hines is in an accelerated program that will allow her to complete her Master’s in Business Administration in August. Completing college is her top priority. It gives her a safety net in case her drive to become a recording artist stalls. When not studying or working out, she spends most free time developing songwriting skills. “As a kid, everyone told me to write songs and I didn’t listen,” Hines said. “As I get older, I find myself drawn to songwriters. They pull back the shades and give the listener a brief glimpse at their personality, one song at a time. I’m in the process of learning how to do that. I want people to learn about me through my music.” Hines has been singing for more than a decade. She won numerous youth talent contests and was especially popular at the Kentucky Opry. As a teenager, she won a statewide beauty contest and graduated from Massac County High School and
LISTEN: Find a link to hear the new album at www.flipsideonline.com. Shawnee College in Ullin. She recently released her fifth independent album, a self-titled collection of seven original songs and a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” Since completing the project, Hines took a personal inventory and felt her music was drifting too far towards mainstream commercialism. She didn’t like the direction and made an immediate shift. “Growing up, my dad would tape CMT on VHS tapes. I had this wonderful library of classic country from the 1980s, Reba McEntire and Leann Rimes,” Hines said. On an internship at a publishing company, Hines met songwriter Joel Shewmaker, who penned the current “Family Man” hit for Craig Campbell. She now tags along with Shewmaker to songwriter shows and open mic nights. In the spring, Hines will travel to South Africa for three weeks to study the higher education model introduced by Nelson Mandela. Normally very conservative, she plans to display her wild side on the trip with a planned aquatic adventure “to swim with the sharks.” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-6589095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
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Wineries New Madrid: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Nick Rhodes: 6:309:30 p.m. Friday, Lau-Nae Winery J. Brown Band: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Bill Booth: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Larry Dillard: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs Winery Sam West Trio: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Jazz Coalition: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Walker’s Bluff Candy Foster & Shades
of Blue: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Bill Shotton: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard Lynn Rose/Terry and Friends: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs Winery Ivas John Band: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, StarView Vineyards; also pet parade, noon Swamp Tigers: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Walker’s Bluff Landon Smith: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Matt Jones: 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery
Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass, www.alto vineyards.net or 618-8934898 Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery: 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava; 618-763-4447 or www.thebluffswinery.com Lau-Nae Winery: 1522 Illinois 3, Red Bud; 618-2829463 or www.lau-nae winery.com Pheasant Hollow Winery: 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington; www.pheasanthollowwinery.
com or 618-629-2302 Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463, www.starview vineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618893-4600 or www.vonjakob vineyard.com Von Jakob Vineyard: 1309 Sadler Road, Pomona; 618893-4500. Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com
CARBONDALE Key West: Ivas John Blues Band MARION Marion Eagles: Feelin’ Country, 6-10 p.m.
z MONDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Raw Flesh Eaters, 10 p.m. MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
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THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Sentimental Swing, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z FRIDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Blue Plate Specials Tres Hombres: Spread w/Coldwater Mystic, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square: Sam West Trio MURPHYSBORO American Legion: Geritol Posse Band, 7:30 p.m.; dinner, 5:30 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn:
Paul Reynolds & Band, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The. Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Jacks-R-Better Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Secondary Modern Tres Hombres: The Dogtown All-Stars, 10 p.m. HERRIN Perfect Shot: Darkside JOHNSTON CITY MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:309:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Feelin’ Country, 8 p.m.midnight MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin
Country: Woody & the Night Hawks, 7-10 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Danny Odum & Country Sounds, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Nice & Easy Band, 7:3010:30 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Andy’s Country Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-997-6989 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Crazy Horse Bar: 14747 Illinois 14, Benton 618-439-6179. Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618435-6161 Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale, 618549-9234 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Just One More Bar & Grill: 1301 Enterprise Way, Marion 618993-9687 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618-997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618-684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville, 618-927-2770. Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Ramesse: 1754 Illinois 37, Lake of Eygpt, 618-995-9104 Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon 618-244-7821 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Trails End Lodge: 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden 618-893-6135 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort West Frankfort Moose Lodge: 327 E. Main St. 618-932-3455 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion; 618-9835300
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SI Symphony Orchestra launches new season CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2010-11 season Tuesday with Georg Frederic Handel’s Music for Royal Fireworks. The orchestra, under Music Director Ed Benyas, will conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. The event will also feature SIUC professor of clarinet and distinguished scholar Eric Mandat performing the dazzling PROVIDED Clarinet Concerto by Danish composer Eric Mandat will perform a clarinet concerto by Danish composer Carl Carl Nielsen. The concert event Nielson (portrait on left). begins at 7:30 p.m. at Shryock Auditorium. Tickets are priced at $22 for adults and $9 for students and are available at www.southern ticketsonline. com. — Adam Testa
Barbershop groups come to Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON — Four barbershop-style musical groups will share the stage at “A Night of Harmony” in Mount Vernon Saturday. The Okaw Valley Barbershop Chorus, the Lower Lights Barbershop Gospel Quartet, the Harmony Roses Chorus and the No Doubt Quartet will perform for the crowd at the Rolland Community Building, located in the city park. The event will also feature door prizes, a silent auction and a bake sale. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling Rose at 618-244-2789 or Rodney at 618-244-9492. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. — Adam Testa
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SIUC School of Music presents two shows this weekend CARBONDALE — The School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale presents a weekend of music beginning Friday. First, the School of Music welcomes pianist Michelle Schumann to campus as the first of several visiting musicians for the academic year. Schumann will offer a free musical performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall. Aurélien Pétillot, viola instructor at SIUC, will present a musical performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall. Schumann is assistant professor and artist-inresidence at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas. She is a co-founder of the Barbwire Music Project, a new-music ensemble in Texas, for which she also plays piano. In addition, she appears with such ensembles as The Meridian Arts Ensemble, the Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin and Austin Chamber Music Center. Pétillot, a native of France who came to Southern Illinois via Texas, teaches music history and viola. He is the founder and artistic director of Viola by Choice, a critically acclaimed concert series. He twice won the City of Paris Chamber Music Competition and once the City of Paris Viola Competition. — University Communications
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Fall movie
‘Saw 3D’ hits theaters Oct. 29, just in time for Halloween.
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his year’s fall movie season promises a variety of films ranging from the seemingly obligatory Hollywood sequels to a Halloween-inspired slew of horror flicks and from romantic comedies to adaptations of books and graphic novels. The season officially began with releases including “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the sequel to the popular 1987 film starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, and “The Town,” a bank robbery thriller directing by and starring Ben Affleck. October will see many new films hit the market, including 3-D versions of former MTV stunt comedy show “Jackass” and the bloody, shock valuepacked horror franchise “Saw.” 2007’s hit supernatural thriller “Paranormal Activity” will also be receiving sequel treatment, but little has been revealed about the Oct. 22 release. Benton native John Malkovich will be appearing in two movies released next month. First, he stars in Disney’s “Secretariat,” the story of Penny Chenery and he titular horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown. “Secretariat” opens Oct. 8. The following weekend, “Red,” starring Malkovich alongside Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and MaryLouise Parker opens nationwide. The film, based on a 2003-04 comic book miniseries, focuses on former black-ops agent Frank Moses (Willis) reuniting his old team to stop a high-tech assassin. Here are more October releases:
Opening Friday Case 39: A social worker’s efforts to save a 10-year-old girl take a terrifying turn. With Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane and Bradley Cooper. Directed by Christian Alvart. Let Me In: A bullied boy befriends a
From ‘Saw’ to ‘Jackass,’ here is a list of movies you must see, some you must avoid and all the others that remain
young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. With Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz. Directed by Matt Reeves. The Social Network: The journey of Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard student to the world’s youngest billionaire as co-founder of Facebook. With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. Directed by David Fincher.
Opening Oct. 8 Chain Letter: Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging from a maniac who’s hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his letter. With Nikki Reed, Cody Kasch, Keith David. Directed by Deon Taylor. Douchebag: A groom goes on the road with his estranged brother looking for an old girlfriend to escort him to the wedding. With Andrew Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau. Directed by Drake Doremus. It’s Kind of a Funny Story: A teenager checks himself into a mental health clinic only to find himself stuck in the adult ward. With Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham and Zach Galifianakis. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Life as We Know It: Soon after a disastrous first date, a couple become caregivers to a little girl after their mutual friends die in an accident. With Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Christina Hendricks. Directed by Greg Berlanti. My Soul to Take: People start disappearing 16 years after a serial killer swore he would return to murder seven children born the night he died. With Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Denzel Whitaker, Shareeka Epps. Directed by Wes Craven. Secretariat: Based on the story of the journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. With Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell and Kevin
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Those crazy guys are at it again: ‘Jackass 3-D’ opens Oct. 15.
Connolly. Directed by Randall Wallace. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Stone: A convicted arsonist may be Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise manipulating his parole officer using his Parker. Directed by Robert Schwentke. beautiful wife. With Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Opening Oct. 22 Frances Conroy. Directed by John Curran. The Company Men: Corporate downsizing forces three co-workers to Opening Oct. 15 redefine their lives as men, husbands and fathers. With Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Conviction: Based on the real story of a wife and mother who dedicates her life to Jones, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner. overturning the murder conviction of her Directed by John Wells. Hereafter: Three people from around brother. With Hilary Swank, Sam the world whose lives have been touched Rockwell, Minnie Driver. Directed by by death in different ways intersect on a Tony Goldwyn. path for answers. With Matt Damon, Jackass 3-D: Johnny Knoxville and his Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard. crew are back for more death-defying Directed by Clint Eastwood. stunts and pranks. With Bam Margera, Knucklehead: The on-the-road Steve-O, Chris Pontius. Directed by Jeff adventures of a trio of misfits — a naive Tremaine. Jim: A man on the edge decides to create giant, a fight manager and a church aide — chaperone on their way to a pro-am a clone, engineered to overcome the tournament in New Orleans. With Mark obstacles of the common man. With Dan Feuerstein, Melora Hardin, Paul “The Big Illian, Vanessa Morris-Burke, Abigail Savage. Directed by Jeremy Morris-Burke. Show” Wight. Directed by Michael W. Watkins. Red: Three former CIA agents, now targets, go on a cross-country mission to expose cover-ups and conspiracies. With SEE MOVIES / PAGE 13
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‘Let Me In’ a bloody remake of ’83 vampire classic BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-NEWS TRIBUNE
There are monsters who wander the halls of our schools, selecting victims, destroying lives. We call them bullies. And they’re the real beasts of Matt Reeves’ “Let Me In,” his bloody, almost note-for-note remake of the Swedish tween vampire hit, “Let the Right One In.” Whatever horrors the bloodsucker unleashes STUDIO on 1983 Los Alamos, N.M., ‘Let Me In’ opens Friday in Carbondale and Marion they’re not as immediate as the no-holds-barred McPhee, Richard Jenkins, Let Me In *** ½ brutality of a gang of middle schoolers who Rated R for strong bloody Elias Koteas; directed by torment poor Owen (Kodi Matt Reeves; opening horror violence, langauge Smit-McPhee). Friday at University Place and a brief sexual Owen is an odd 12-year8 in Carbondale and Illinois situation; starring Chloe old, a sad, sensitive loner Centre 8 in Marion. Moretez, Kodi Smitwho steals from his mom’s purse so he can buy candy, the sort of skinny kid who doesn’t join in most sports and who earns daily assaults and atomic wedgies for it. But Owen has a new neighbor. She’s his age. Yes, it’s winter and n d no, she often doesn’t wear shoes out into the snow. Her “dad” (the peerless Richard Jenkins) is secretive and strange. But Owen could use a friend. He is smitten, r ts fo sed n u understandable since o c dis dres Abby is played by the Drink who come beguiling Chloe Moretz those garb. (“Kick Ass”). And zle, eventually, she relents on z in 80s a R h t i the whole “friend” thing. w ow All he has to do is invite DJ Sh araoke K her in. Reeves re-sets this DJ & ders story in the Ronald Reagan l E l r a era and makes Owen’s Q by E B B e e mom religious, bitter over r F f her impending divorce and o h t ou always watching religious ding s acks l i u b 1st d tr . a e o programming. The v r l A i the ra de of Park “Cloverfield” director also i s east rin tells chunks of the story in r in He flashback, following a cop 6 5 (Elias Koteas) trying to 998-15 figure out if a “Satanic cult” is behind the rash of
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ritual murders that now rivet the town. Smit-McPhee (“The Road”) suggests an innocent creepiness, a child who peeks in on his sexy neighbors through his telescope, who practices face-offs with his school tormentors with a newlybought pocket knife. His Owen seems childish but capable of terrible things. Moretz is fast staking out the title “next Jodie Foster.” Her performances are always good, but in her last two films, directors have sexualized her — given her Lolita lighting and wardrobe. Like the original Swedish film, there’s a touch of the kinky, if not just the inappropriate, to this. And Dylan Minnette, as Kenny, is every amoral 12-year-old villain you’ve ever read about — a sociopath in a Justin Bieber bowl-cut. Minnette’s bullying menace reminded me of early Matt Dillon teenthug performances. The digitallyaugmented vampire attacks are marginally more convincing than the ones in the “Twilight” films, and Moretz’s Abby is a poster child for how messy “real” vampires would be — the opposite of the kabuki Cullens of Forks, Wash. It’s not quite as chilling and offers up only a couple of real jolts in the fright department. But in casting Jenkins as Abby’s tormented “dad,” in illustrating how bullies are made (it’s passed down) and in maintaining, through every blue or amber winterscape, a genuine sense of disquiet, Reeves has Americanized a very good foreign film without defanging it.
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‘The Social Network’: The story behind Facebook is an interesting tale The Social Network ****
the founding of Facebook unfold — told through flashbacks at court Rated PG-13 for sexual depositions, Harvard content, drug and alcohol ethics hearings and the use and language; starring like — we feel awful for this witheringly smart Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Harvard boy who traffics Garfield, Rooney Mara, so easily in the Justin Timberlake; directed condescending put-down. by David Fincher; opening “Creation myths need a Friday at ShowPlace 8 in devil,” a sympathetic Carbondale and Illinois lawyer assures him. And Centre 8 in Marion Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg is just that, a devil obsessed BY ROGER MOORE with details and not shy — MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS not in the least — when it STUDIO comes to anything or The story behind Facebook comes alive in ‘The Social Mark Zuckerberg, the anyone that stands in the creator of Facebook, is the Network,’ opening Friday in Carbondale and Marion. way of his “cool” idea. smartest guy in the room. As one and all in the But the questions why anyone would want to same reason guys become story embrace the notion athletes or rock stars — to that “getting there first is posited by David Fincher’s be that smart and just meet women. And the brilliant film, “The Social what Zuckerberg’s brand everything” on the second is more intriguing. Internet, Sorkin and Network,” scripted by the of brilliance gets him. As we watch the tale of brilliant Aaron Sorkin, is The first answer is the Fincher let us get there
first from time to time. Andrew Garfield plays Eduardo Saverin, one of the few people to hang with nerdy Zuckerberg at Harvard. Saverin comes from money, has connections and even the possibility of getting into a prestigious “Final Club” on campus. Some day, you figure, Zuckerberg will make him pay for that. Armie Hammer and Josh Pence are the patrician, old money Winklevoss twins, the rowing team heroes who commission Zuckerberg to build them an “exclusive” Harvard social network site, then “as gentlemen of Harvard” are shocked when he takes their idea, perfects it and launches it on his own. Eisenberg cranks up the
intensity so much that we almost forget we’re watching an unpleasant variation of the smart kid role he’s played his whole career. Revel in Sorkin’s saucy, sarcastic recreation of a scene in which the privileged Winkelvosses try to enlist Larry Summers, the president of Harvard, in their case. And try, try, try not to think of these folks and this creation myth as you burn off hours at Zuckerberg’s “freakishly addictive” invention. The performances, direction and writing of one of the best pictures of 2010 make this “Social Network” every bit as addictive, and a little chilling as well.
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unleash a new wave of terror. With Tobin Bell, Paranormal Activity 2: A Cary Elwes, Costas baby, a crib and a shadowy Mandylor. Directed by figure in the doorway — Kevin Greutert. that’s all we know. Welcome to the Rileys: A Directed by Tod Williams. 17-year-old runaway provides inspiration to a married couple on the Opening Oct. 29 rocks since losing their Saw 3D: A group of teenage daughter eight Jigsaw survivors gather to years prior. With James seek the support of selfGandolfini, Melissa help guru and fellow Leo and Kristen survivor Bobby Dagen, Stewart. Directed by Jake whose own dark secrets Scott.
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z Murphysboro; through today; moves to Murphysboro North American Indian Chamber of Commerce Photography Contest: Office, 206 S. 13th St. for Sponsored by the Cahokia October; www.southof Mounds State Historic Site; 64.com. deadline, Friday; amateur and Eldon Benz Photography: professional photographers Rustle Hill Winery, 8595 U.S. may submit a maximum of 51, Cobden; through today; two black and white or color sculptures, drawings and prints that are framed and photography; www.rustlehill ready for hanging; subject winery.com. matter, American Indians; Jeanette Johnson: $10 entry fee per photo; Corridor Gallery, Carbondale 618-344-7316 or www.cahokia Civic Center; through today; mounds.org/newsevents/ 618-457-5100. blog/wp-content/uploads/ Robert Ketchens: Varsity 2009/06/photographyGallery, Varsity Center for the contest-rulesArts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., application2.pdf. Carbondale; through today; 618-457-5100. Exhibits Fabrications: Quilt artisans Traveling display: Robin M. Haller, Sandra Highlights of SIUC Werlich, Sherrie Grob and photojournalism project now Susan Swisher, The Gallery at First Bank and Trust Co. of Space at the Law Office of Murphysboro; pictures Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut collected during a workshop St., Murphysboro; abstract documenting a weekend in and realistic quilts; through
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Friday; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 618-6848668. Bob Krone: 5 p.m. Friday, Aartful Rose Gallery, 631 S. Sprigg St., Cape Girardeau. Photography by Bob Krone and acrylic, original works by his mother, the late LaVerne Krone, will be on exhibit. Appetizers and live music. 573-979-0658, The Wallace Family: Harrisburg District Library, 2 W. Walnut St.; features Ruth Ellen Wallace’s oils plus the work of her two daughters and son including, daughter, Lisa Thomas’ work in colored pencil, daughter Mary Kay Niemiec’s watercolors and son, Jim Wallace’s scrimshaw work on gunpowder horns; through Friday. A Two-Person Exhibition: Anne Bagby paintings and Christina Bartsch prints, Yeister Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah;
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z DANCE z through Oct. 2; 270-442-2453 or www.theyeiser.org. Arthur C. Danto’s Woodblock Prints: Capturing Art and Philosophy, SIUC University Museum; through Oct. 11; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; www. museum.siu.edu or 618-4535388. Visiting Artist Series: Billie Brannan, Rend Lake College, Ina, theatre lobby; through Thursday, Oct. 14; 618-4375321. 21st annual Gathering of Quilts: Mitchell Museum and Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; 25 quilts; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; through Oct. 17; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Southern Illinois Metalsmith Society: Form, Fabricate, Forge, SIUC University Museum; metal artists; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Oct. 17; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388.
Under the Influence of Ducks: M.A. Papanek-Miller, Main Gallery of the Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Japanese Kite Prints: Barbara J. Beck Family Education Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 618-242-1236. Ghosts, A Retrospective: Ed Shay Sculpture and Watercolors, through Oct. 30, SIUC University Museum; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; www. museum.siu.edu, 618-4535388. Jurhee Veach and Janet Althoff: Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; mosaics, photography; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; to Oct. 30; 618-457-4663. “By Men’s Hands”: An
exhibit of handwork and needlecraft by Union County men now on display at the Union County Museum in Cobden; includes quilts, needlepoint, tailor-made clothes, counted cross stitch and latch hook; curated by Paulette Aronson; sponsored by the Union County Historical and Genealogy Society; through October; free; hours, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Putting It All Together: Collage art by Arlene Ehleben Berry, Tribeca Restaurant & Gallery, 127 S. 2nd St., Paducah; through Nov. 2; 270-210-1753 Transformation: A Journey into the Subconscious: Dr. Linda Hostalek, Holistic Wellness Institute, Murdale Shopping Center, 1827 W. Main St., Carbondale; through Nov. 9; 618-319-4751 or www.drhostalek.com American Surrealics: Exhibit by Jack Harris, to Nov. 10, Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, Carbondale; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Gone But Not Forgotten —
The Power of Cemeteries: General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; an overview of cemeteries in rural Southern Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries; through Nov. 15; 618-684-3455 or 618-303-0569. The Vogel Collection/Carbondale Community Arts’ Biennial: SIUC University Museum; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday; through Dec. 11; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Morris Library, SIUC; in the cases outside the Hall of Presidents on the first floor of the library; see artwork in the Special Collections Research Center reading room and other locations within the library; 618-453-2516 or archives.lib. siu.edu/index.php?pcollectio ns/controlcard&id2459. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden;
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