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Top 20 Restaurant of the Week: Koko’s BY SHAWN CONNELLY FOR THE SOUTHERN
MARION — Just a little more than a year has passed, but the Kokopelli complex on Marion’s northwest side has reinvented itself under the direction of new owners Green Grass LLC. Although golf is still largely the focal point of activity at Kokopelli, the clubhouse restaurant is deservedly drawing plenty of attention on its own merit. Executive chef Mark Sutton — with nearly 20 years in the culinary industry — has reinvented the dining experience at the complex and offers guests the ability to enjoy everything from a casual lunch in Koko’s — the facility’s sports bar and grill — after a round of golf to a complete dining experience in the expanded restaurant. Creating an environment that was still friendly to Kokopelli golfers, yet offering an accessible dining option for the general public, was a priority for the new owners at Kokopelli. A new driveway and parking lot was added that provides direct access to the restaurant facility, so diners can enjoy a casual lunch or dinner without having to do a lot of walking or go through the complex’s pro shop to access the restaurant. And like the physical facilities, the menu at Kokopelli is both accessible and replete with options. For the lunch crowd, enjoying “The Big Italian” — a salad of Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, artichokes, parmesan cheese and a special house dressing — is easy as pie. And speaking of pie — or cake, rather — Kokopelli’s offers a decadent selection of desserts like cheesecake drizzled with blueberries, lemon pound cake with raspberry sauce or their signature tiramisu all made from scratch in-house. When dinner rolls around, guests are treated to a menu that pleases the comfort food-seeker and fine diner alike. Perhaps “Mark’s Wings” are in order to start things off — these are Chef Sutton’s reinvention of classic Buffalo wings, finished on the smoker to add additional flavor and a touch of crispiness. When it’s time for the main
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DETAILS Who: Koko’s at Kokopelli What: Lunch menu including salads, sandwiches and desserts; full dinner menu including upscale appetizers, entrees and desserts. Where: 1401 Champion’s Drive, Marion Hours: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. for lunch and 5-8 p.m. for dinner Tuesday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. for lunch Sunday Phone: 618-997-1814
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entrée, diners can select from a diverse menu of proteins, like Blackened Tilapia, Garlic Shrimp, Prime Rib or Top Sirloin. If pasta is the preference, Mark’s team will create a rich Cheese Tortellini with a tomato-basil cream sauce. On Sunday’s, guests can enjoy Kokopelli’s special Cajun-inspired Fried Chicken as well. Kokopelli’s also features a fullservice bar with an extensive beer, wine and spirits list … and, of course, 60-inch TVs for those who like to take in a little sports action
while enjoying a cold beverage or lighter fare. The new restaurant can also accommodate up to 350 guests for special occasions or large parties and catering is available. Although most Southern Illinoisans think of golf when they think of Kokopelli, if Mark Sutton and his team at the restaurant at Kokopelli have anything to do with it, there will be another compelling reason to visit the beautiful complex in Marion, even if you’ve never picked up a golf club!
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‘Avenue Q’ a different kind of musical ‘Avenue Q’
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Native American culture on display in Carbondale this weekend CARBONDALE — Native American culture will be on display this weekend, as a number of local organizations sponsor the Southern Illinois Saluki Pow Wow. The event will feature members of various tribes performing intertribal dances, cultural demonstrations and other exhibitions. Arts, crafts and foods will also be on display. Doors open for the event at 10 a.m. with grand entries scheduled for noon and 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Carbondale Civic Center. The event is sponsored by Carbondale Main Street, WSIU and the Native American Student Organization, among others. — Adam Testa
Morris Library to host Edible Book Festival CARBONDALE — Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will host its first Edible Book Festival on Friday, April 1. Students, faculty, staff and community members can bring the edible books they create to the library’s rotunda in the northeast corner of the first floor between 10:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. on April Fool’s Day. Judging wraps up about 12:30 p.m. and the grand prize best-of-show winner will get an Amazon Kindle. There will be other prizes, too, with categories for “punniest,” best book structure, most edible, least edible and public choice. When the competition ends, the crowd is welcome to dive in and gobble up the edible books. “For the record, just because it’s edible, doesn’t mean we will eat it. The edible books can be literal or conceptual. That’s the beauty. Someone did ‘20,000 Leeks Under the Sea’ for a previous event elsewhere and it was gelatin, leeks and goldfish. Somehow, I don’t think Jell-o and leeks go together but someone else might eat it,” Megan Lotts, assistant professor and fine arts librarian, said with a laugh. — SIUC University Communications
Tony Award-winning musical; contains mature themes not appropriate for children; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14; The Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; tickets are $30 to $53 and can be purchased online at www.thecarson center.org or by calling 270-450-4444; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16; Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale; tickets are $30 to $70 and can be purchased online at southernticketsonline.com or by calling 618-453PROVIDED 6000; Star Club members ‘Avenue Q,’ the Tony Award-winning musical, is coming to Shryock Auditorium on Saturday, receive a $3 discount on April 16 and to The Carson Center in Paducah on Thursday, April 14. each ticket. a-lifetime opportunity had presented itself. Now, she’s spent When Laura Yumi Snell months traveling the United States — and even first saw Tony Awardwinning musical “Avenue Japan — working on the production. Her journey Q” at San Francisco’s truly came full circle Orpheum Theatre, the when she returned to the originality of the Orpheum Theatre for performance blew her another performance of mind and captivated her “Avenue Q,” this time attention. “I loved it. I saw it three behind the scenes. The show uses a times,” she said. “I had combination of puppets memorized all the songs and three human actors to on the soundtrack. I was tell the story of Princeton, kind of a dork. I was blown away watching the a bright-eyed college graduate who moves to interactions on stage between the puppets and New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank the real actors.” account. The only Her dedication to the show would pay off in the apartment he can afford is long run. After graduating way out on Avenue Q, where everyone is looking from college, Snell for the same things he is: relocated to the other a decent job, a stable coast, setting up a home relationship and a sense in New York and looking of purpose. to break into the While the show’s main Broadway arena. When she saw an open audition lessons and stories are told through puppets, casting call for “Avenue Snell said they still Q,” she knew a once-in-
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resonate through to the audience. The puppets themselves actually act as a sort of filter, allowing the audience to accept things they say that may be more shocking coming from a real person. The adult-themed musical features songs such as “If You Were Gay,” “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” and “The Internet is for Porn,” all of which carry authentic themes of life as a young adult in the big city presented in a humorous approach. “The show is written so well. The things that are there for shockers aren’t the focus of the show. There is a message,” Snell said. “If you can really cut through that, the songs are so wonderful, so just enjoy it. The cast and crew of “Avenue Q” will be in the region for shows in Paducah and Carbondale next month. On Thursday, April 14, the show will be
at The Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., in Paducah for a 7:30 p.m. show. Tickets are $30 to $53 and can be purchased online at www.the carsoncenter.org or by calling 270-450-4444. Two days later, on Saturday, April 16, the show rolls into Carbondale for performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Shryock Auditorium. Tickets are $30 to $70 and can be purchased online at southernticketsonline .com or by calling 618-453-6000. Star Club members receive a $3 discount on each ticket. For those coming to any of the shows, Snell has one piece of advice that she learned firsthand at the Orpheum Theatre: “Be prepared for an experience unlike any other.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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The Stage Co. to present Broadway classic ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ next month CARBONDALE — The Stage Co. returns to the stage next month with a timeless Broadway classic. The local theater group will present 1936’s “You Can’t Take It With You,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy celebrating non-conformity by matching the mad-cap goings-on of the Sycamore family against the sedate and snobbish Kirbys. The Kirby’s son Tony falls in love with Alice Sycamore, leading to the two families agreeing to dinner. The Kirbys, however, arrive on the wrong night and see the Sycamores at their weird, wonderful and wacky “best.” Eighteen cast members from Anna, Ava, Carbondale, Ewing, Goreville, Herrin and Murphysboro come together to present George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s story. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, with subsequent shows slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, and Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16. A 2 p.m. matinee will take place on Sunday, April 10 and 17. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased at the box office from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, beginning April 1. — Adam Testa
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Auditons Peter Pan, The Musical auditions: Sign up 10 a.m., Saturday, April 2, Carbondale Community High School Choir Room; ages about 1418; $250; scholarships available; performances, July 28-31 and Aug. 1; 618-4575100 or cca@neondsl.com.
Classes Student Center Craft Shop: Variety of crafts and classes offered, SIUC; 618-453-3636, www.siuc studentcenter.org.
Comedy The Carbondale Comedians: Stand-up comedy, 9-11 p.m. Wednesday, Station 13, 2400 W. Main St., Carbondale; attached to the old Royal Plaza Inn; 618-529-2424.
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Center Auditorium; free. Talent Show and Bazaar: Edible Book Festival: By Southern Illinois 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Friday, homeschool families and April 1, Morris Library, SIUC; friends, 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, create an edible book and 1st Presbyterian Church, bring to the library’s rotunda corner of Westminster and in the northeast corner of the Carbon streets, Marion; to first floor; grand prize, raise funds for Anna Vaprova Amazon Kindle; mlotts@ of Russia, niece of the Snyder lib.siu.edu; www.lib.siu.edu. family, who live in West Trivia Night: 7 p.m. Friday, Frankfort; $5/$6; www. April 1, American Legion, cancercure4anna.com; Murphysboro; silent auction; deadline, April 1 to purchase cash prizes; bring your own tickets, make donation or snacks; proceeds benefit enroll child in the show, Arthritis Foundation; 877contact meadow 480-4040. beestreet@yahoo.com. Southern Illinois Saluki Storytelling Festival: Pow Wow: Traditional Native Friday-Sunday, April 8-10, American arts, crafts, food, banks of the Mississippi River, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, downtown Cape Girardeau; Carbondale Civic Center; 800-777-0068; info@ ceremonial entry of the visitcape.com; visitcape.com. dancers, noon and 6 p.m.; Home and Garden Show: vendor booths close, 10:30 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April p.m.; 618-529-8040 or 9 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, nativeatsiu@hotmail.com. April 10, fairgrounds, Du Illinois State Checker Quoin; $1; under 12, free; Tournament: 8 a.m. 618-542-9570. Saturday-Sunday, April 2-3, Gem and Mineral Show: Illinois Star Centre Mall, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday April Marion; entry fee, $10; bring 9 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, your own checker board; April 10, Williamson County 618-962-3321 or gellison@ Pavilion, Marion; adults, $2; hamiltoncom.net. under 18, free; www.sies Taste of Southern Illinois: club.org 5-8 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Bandit Run: Re-enactment Southeastern Illinois College of the journey portrayed in Foundation Building, the movie “Smokey and the Harrisburg; food from 17th Bandit,” starts Saturday, April Street Bar & Grill, 20’s 9 in Lincoln, Neb.; event Hideout, Johnson’s BBQ, includes stops in St. Louis Schaflys, Kokopelli, Latta and Mount Vernon, Tuesday, Java, Mackie’s Pizza, Red April 12; the cars will reach Lobster, Peking Palace, the end of the journey Friday, Tequila’s, BBQ Barn, April 15 in Braselton, Ga.; for Chocolate Factory and information or to register, Legends at Walker’s Bluff; www.thebanditrun.com. also, soft drinks and spirits; Circus comes to town: music by the Penguin’s; Ringling Brothers and tickets, $30 in advance; Barnum and Bailey circus, 618-253-4444. Friday-Sunday, April 15-17, SIU Little Grassy Literary Arena; SouthernTickets Festival: Thursday-Friday, Online.com or 618-453-6000; April 7-8, SIUC; festival $11/$14/$19. features readings, panel discussions, book signings Films and the opportunity to meet nationally renowned and upFilm Fridays at the Varsity: and-coming fiction writers Includes recent works by and poets; April 7 events women directors and avantlocated in the John C. Guyon garde works, Varsity Center Auditorium, Morris Library; for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois events for April 8, Student Ave., Carbondale;
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“Consciousness,” 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 1; free; 618453-1485 or www.cp.siu.edu. Freedom Riders: 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Varsity Center for the Arts; two-hour film followed by a panel discussion; the panel will include freedom riders Genevieve Houghton and Thomas Armstrong; moderated by the Rev. Rick Jackson, AME Church of Carbondale; topic of film, segregation in 1961 when more than 400 black and white American risked their lives by traveling together on buses in American’s deep south; 618-893-3629 or kay@prairie.org.
Recitals RLC Student Recital: Featuring vocal students of Elizabeth Petillot and Tiffany Kesler, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 7, Rend Lake College, Ina; free; 618-4375321, ext. 1817 or alstats@ rlc.edu. TESSI recital: Talent Education School of Southern Illinois, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, Carbondale Civic Center, room 108; performances by classical piano and guitar students, ages 4-18; refreshments; free; 618-457-6300.
Theater/Performances Alice in Wonderland: Musical, 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, April 1-2, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $8; presented by the Marion Junior High Vocal Department; also Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, $10; musical and tea party, $15; 618-997-4030 or www.marionccc.org. Twelfth Night: 6 p.m. Friday, April 1; 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Dayemi Homeschool Collective, 218 N. Illinois, Carbondale; $8/$5; 618-521-1853. Dirty Work on the Trail: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
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April 1-2 and April 8-9, Christ Lutheran Gymnasium, 146 West Jacob Road, Jacob; presented by the Jacob Area Players; adults, $8/children, $4; 618763-4979. You Can’t Take It With You: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 8, 9, 15 and 16 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10 and 17, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; presented by The Stage Company; $15/$10; 618457-3689 or www.stagecompany.org. Avenue Q: Tony Award-winning musical, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, The Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; contains mature themes not appropriate for children; $30/$53; www.thecarsoncenter.org; 270-4504444. Avenue Q: Tony Award-winning musical, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale; contains mature themes not appropriate for children; $30-$70; SouthernTicketsOnline.com; 618-4536000.
Workshop Shakespeare Workshop: Registration now for the Stone Soup Shakespeare’s workshops conducted May 14, 15, 20, 21, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave, Carbondale; for adults and children; $25/$10; stageco@summitstudies.com.
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Yeiser Art Center in Paducah opens Fantastic Fibers 2011 PADUCAH — A diverse exhibition of contemporary and innovative art works created with fiber as the primary medium will open with a gala reception at the Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St. Fantastic Fibers 2011 is an international competitive exhibition that seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding and innovative works related to the fiber medium. From wearable pieces to conceptual garments, stitched X-ray films, lit felt sculptures, and contemporary basket forms, this year’s exhibition highlights a variety of traditional fiber techniques utilized in ways that stretch the boundaries of fiber art. For this year’s competition, 58 works created by 47 fiber artists were chosen for the exhibition from 432 entries submitted by 187 fiber artists from Canada, Japan, France, Qatar, and from 23 US states. An opening gala reception and awards presentation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2
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Exhibits Hookers, Lookers, and Hot Mamas: April 1-30, Little Egypt Arts Centre, Marion, downtown square; includes artistic rug hookings, quilts, handmade bags, wall hangings and sewn bowls, artwork featuring quilt paintings and fiber based quilt collages; reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 29; allencarstens@ frontier.com or 618-997-0421; www.littleegyptarts.com Missy Carstens: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion; 8 a.m.4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; more than 20 original pieces, included several experimental works using encaustic printing and collage; through March 31; http://www.etsy.com/shop/mis sycarstensart or 618-997-0421. Fiber exhibit: Varsity Gallery, Varsity Center for the Arts,
THEATER Carbondale; exhibit by the Shawnee Fiber Artist Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers; now through March 31; open noon-4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday during March; 618-4575100. Solitary Views of the World: By Jan Leuschke, Misselhorn Art Gallery, 611 W. Second St., the old Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Depot, Sparta; through March; 618443-3577; 618- 443-4438 or artsparta@yahoo.com. Love is in the Air: Little Egypt Arts Association Centre, Marion; artwork depicting the many kinds of love; through March 31; 618-998-8530. Burghilde Gruber: Full Circle, University Museum, SIUC; oils, acrylics and watercolors; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; through April 2; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. SEE EXHIBITS / PAGE 6 COUPON
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media; through May 3. The Essence of India: The Polly Winkler Mitchell: Brush, the Lens and the Light: Paper artist, Corridor Gallery, The Work of Mary, Abraham Carbondale Civic Center; and Cynthia Pachikara, through the end of April; 618- University Museum, SIUC; 457-5100. hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Italian Suite: By Carol Tuesdays-Fridays and from 1Carter, Main Gallery, 4 p.m. Fridays; through May Cedarhurst Center for the 13; free. Arts, Mount Vernon; paintings Pop Art: University of Italian cities and Museum, SIUC; from the countrysides; also, exhibition museum’s print collection; showcasing works from the 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday SIUC Department of Cinema and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; and Photography, the Beal through Sept. 23. Grand Corridor Gallery; Down On The Farm: through May 1; 618-242-1236. Memories of Not That Long Woman and Her Needs: Ago, Logan Museum, 1613 Nikki May, The Tribeca Gallery, Edith St., Murphysboro; 127 Market House Square, through mid-November; 618downtown Paducah; mixed 303-0569 or johnalogan museum@globaleyes.net. Katherine Kuh: Creating a Legacy of Art for SIUC, University Museum, SIUC; art critic for the “Saturday Review,” and a curator for the Art Institute of Chicago; highlights some of the art Kuh brought to campus; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; through May 2012; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Sun and Raven Totem Pole: Thirteen-foot totem pole crafted more than 60 years ago by native Tlingit people in Alaska; University Museum, SIUC; 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; 618-453-
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5388. Rotating art exhibitions: anthill gallery, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; original works by more than 50 Southern Illinois artists; ceramics, painting, photography, wood turning, jewelry, mosaics, stained glass, fibers, blacksmithing and fine metals; www.anthill gallery.com. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or www. starviewvineyards.com. Jo Loomis: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion; 20 paintings; landscapes, seascapes, people, pets; 618889-5330 or vanjol@ frontier.com.
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works; a portion of proceeds will benefit the Melaina Cunningham and Friends Boundless Playground in Cape Girardeau County Park; www.rosebedinn.com or 573-332-7673. Daffodils, Moths And Ponds: A show of original photographs and painting by Richard Cox, Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; opens Thursday, March 31; reception, 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 1; through May 30; 618-529-1413 or weavecottage@hotmail.com Fantastic Fibers: Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah; through April 30. On and Off the Wall: Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, The Hughes Gallery, 1603 Edith St., Murphysboro; students from Darby Ortolano’s 3D Design Receptions art class at John A. Logan Eldon Benz and Jo Kirch: College in Carterville will be Reception, 4-6 p.m. Friday, showing work from class April 1, Central Showcase at projects; 618-203-6066. Realty Central, 1825 Murdale Joan Skiver-Levy: Art Shopping Center, Carbondale; reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday photography; hours, 9 a.m.-5 April 3, Harrisburg Library; p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 she is also a poet and sings a.m.-noon Saturday; through jazz and will perform in a April 23. cabaret style setting Jan York: Opening accompanied by George Sisk reception, 5–10 p.m. Friday, on the saxophone; first 20 April 1, Aartful Rose Gallery, attending will be given a free 631 S. Sprigg St., Cape CD; refreshments; through Girardeau; original acrylic April 5; 618-253-7455.
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Skiver-Levy to showcase visual and vocal talents HARRISBURG — Southern Illinois artist Joan Skiver-Levy will share her many talents during an artist reception at the Harrisburg Public Library this weekend. Nearly 30 of her paintings — representing an array of media from oil and watercolor to charcoal and ink — will be on display. A photo of her late husband that was shown at Disneyland will also be showcased. But her abilities don’t stop at visual arts. Skiver-Levy, who learned to sing at age 72, will also treat those in attendance to a vocal performance of several love songs. “Perhaps it might encourage others to expand their talents and abilities,” she said. The reception is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. at the library, 2 W. Walnut St. — Adam Testa
John A. Logan students to exhibit 3-D artwork in Murphysboro MURPHYSBORO — Art students from John A. Logan College will be presenting “On and Off the Wall,” an exhibit of work created in their classes at the Hughes Gallery in April. Students from Darby Ortolano’s 3-D Design class will be showing off their wire and cardboard shoes creations and hosting an onsite installation of wall drawings that move from the two-dimensional to three-dimensional. An opening reception is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the gallery, 1603 Edith St.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés, Eateries Patchouli: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd, United Church of Christ, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale; $10; students, $5; www.cousinandy.org. Corky Siegel with Chihsuan Yang: 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $25; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233. Magician David Ranalli: Comical sleight of hand, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Blue Martin, 215 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-5494326; www.thebluemartin.com.
Wineries Grant & Carmen: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Dan Stapleton: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Lau-Nae Winery Barry Cloyd: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Fertile Soil: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard Blue Afternoon: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Dirtwater Fox: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs Winery
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TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Bragging Rights, 10 p.m. Tres Hombres: Aaron Kamm and the One Drops
TUESDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Grateful Dead Night w/ ADCB (Another Dead Cover Band), 10 p.m. Underground Grill & Pub: Rip Lee Pryor, 7-9 p.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7-11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:309:30 p.m.
FRIDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Whistle Pigs Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Your Villain My Hero HERRIN Coloni’s Bar & Grill: Oblivious, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. JOHNSTON CITY Maddies Pub & Grub: SixtyFourEast, 9 p.m.
MARION Marion Eagles: Stagefright, 7-11 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Sentimental Swing, 7-10 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: Lindell and Bob and the Boys, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Rebel Country Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Skinny Jim and the No. 9 Blacktops Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Dot, Dot, Dot Tres Hombres: Sexfist w/The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, 9 p.m. HERRIN Perfect Shot: One Finger Flying JOHNSTON CITY Linemen’s Lounge: Killer Pimps, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION
WEDNESDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Elliot Brood/Des Ark/Pygmy Lush/Wild Murphy Tres Hombres: Midwest Music Fest Kickoff, 10 p.m.
Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion American Legion: Danny and the Dreamers, 8 p.m.midnight Marion Eagles: Feelin’ Country, 8 p.m.-midnight Ramesses: Soul & Camo THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SUNDAY CARBONDALE Key West: Blue Plate Specials, 8 p.m.-midnight MARION Marion Eagles: Feelin’ Country, 6-10 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618833-5182 Coloni’s Bar & Grill: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-5341 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Coulterville VFW: 511 VFW St., Coulterville 618-758-9009 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale 618-549-9234 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-9972909 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 Mack’s Lake of Egypt Marina: 12024 Laguna Drive, Lake of Egypt Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-9838107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-9227853 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-2184676 Orient American Legion: 404 Jackson St., Orient 618-932-2060 Outlawz Dance Club: 10032 Samuel Road, Carterville 618-922-0610 Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618-942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-5493348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Steelhorse Saloon and Campground: 202 Dewmaine Lane, Carterville 618-985-6713. 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 Underground Grill & Pub: 717 S. University Ave., Carbondale 618351-0171 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718
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ACM awards sure to surprise this year music after flooding in Nashville nearly washed away the industry last year. He has released 14 consecutive No. 1 singles, sold Vince Hoffard more than 12 million records and two weeks ago set a new attendance record at the n a Final Four loaded with Houston Livestock Show and major underdogs, the current Rodeo. NCAA men’s basketball Swift is one of three additional tournament is driving acts posing a serious challenge prognosticators nuts as they try for the award. The 21-year-old to predict which Cinderella will has made an indelible stamp on dance away with the the industry with a deeply championship. personal songwriting style, A completely opposite which is brilliantly showcased scenario will play out for the top on current album “Speak Now” prize offered this year by the and single “Back to December.” Academy of Country Music. Lambert is on a roll with highSandwiched between the NCAA impact tunes like “Only semi-finals on Saturday and the Prettier” and “The House That title game on Monday, the ACM Built Me.” She has steadily built has six powerhouse nominees in her career since making the contention for its prestigious finals of Nashville Star in 2003 Entertainer of the Year award. with an aggressive style and Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, edgy sound. The 27-year-old Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Texan has blazed her own trail Taylor Swift and Keith Urban are by tackling topics that scare off the heavyweight contenders for other artists. the top prize. The winner will be Aldean is the one to watch. He announced when the program energized a youthful fan base airs nationally from the MGM with backwoods anthem “My Grand Garden Arena in Las Kinda Party,” then scored his Vegas on CBS at 7 p.m. Sunday. fifth career No. 1 single by Paisley is the prohibitive teaming with pop star Kelly favorite. A great musician, Clarkson on scorching ballad entertainer and songwriter, he “Don’t You Wanna Stay.” He is emerged as the face of country steady building his fan base by
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non-stop, coast-to-coast concert tours. His “My Kinda Party” album led all country artists in sales last week. Keith has won the ACM top honor twice, in 2002 and 2003. He is coming off a year that produced a highly successful tour, chart-topping album “Bullets in the Gun” and current single “Somewhere Else.” He will perform two songs on the April 19 episode of “Dancing with the Stars.” Urban is also involved in a world tour, which he is using to promote current album “Get Closer” and hit single “Put You In A Song.” Like Paisley, he is a guitar-picking phenomenon. A member of the failed group The Ranch, Urban re-invented himself as a solo artist with six albums that have produced 11 No. 1 singles. This year is full of ACM surprises. Carrie Underwood, who has won the past two Entertainer of the Year trophies, is not even nominated in the category. Also snubbed was Rascal Flatts, who could not overcome the little-knownoutside-of-Texas Randy Rogers Band for a spot in the Group of the Year finals. Accusations of vote swapping have always been a controversy
in the Country Music Awards. In 1975, Charlie Rich was so irate John Denver won Entertainer of the Year that he burned the announcement document on national television. The ACM will not have this problem because the Entertainer of the Year award is voted by the fans. Internet voting runs through the third hour of the program at voteacm.com. Two ACM awards have already been decided by internet voting. Eric Church held off challengers Easton Corbin and Randy Houser to win Top New Solo Vocalist of the Year and The Band Perry will take home Top New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year. I predict Swift will win Entertainer of the Year. Her vocal skill and unique songwriting style is having a dramatic impact on a new generation of talent. Her face seems to be everywhere, on clothing and perfume and gossip magazines. Tipping the scale is the ability to easily energize her massive fan base for internet voting. My other predictions include: Male Vocalist of the Year: Jason Aldean Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
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INA — A popular Southern Illinois jazz combo will help raise money for local students with a performance tonight. Courtney Cox and the Rainmakers, fronted by former the namesake former U.S. district attorney, will take the stage at Rend Lake College’s campus theater at 7 p.m. The concert is a fundraiser for the Rend Lake College Music Scholarship Fund. Donations are being accepted at the door.
CARBONDALE — Three local acoustic bands will share the stage this weekend for a fundraiser to support the annual Southern Illinois Irish Festival. The Dorians, Carter and Connelley and The Rural Kings will perform from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave. All three bands will appear at
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the Irish Festival this fall. The festival has traditionally taken place in the spring, but beginning this year it is being moved to later in the year. The dates for the event are Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Tickets to Sunday’s concert are $10 for the general public and $5 for students. — Adam Testa
Concerts students from the Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theater; free; benyas@siu. Courtney Cox and The Rainmakers: edu. 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, Rend Lake Wind Ensemble, Studio Jazz College, Ina; jazz; donations accepted at Orchestra & Choir: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the door to benefit the music April 7, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; scholarship fund; 618-437-5321, ext. $12/$6; 618-453-6000; 1817. SouthernTicketsOnline.com. Mr. Steve: PBS host, SteveSongs, Bruce Channel: 8 p.m.-midnight, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Cedarhurst Saturday, April 9, AC Brase Arena, Cape Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Girardeau; sponsored by the Kiwanis; Mount Vernon; sing-along; autograph Channel is known for “Hey Baby” and and photo session plus art activities; “Party Time”; dress in 1950s style for www.wsiu.org or 618-453-5595. Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance; $10/$11; Corky Siegel with Chihsuan Yang: 573-335-0109. 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Yellow Moon Coffee Concert: Jim Smith and Rich Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; limited seating; $25; www.yellowmooncafe.com; Fabec, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, Theatre Lobby, Southeastern Illinois College, 618-893-2233. Harrisburg; $10/$5; 618-252-5400, Irish Festival benefit: Features The ext. 2486. Dorians, Carter and Connelley and The Tokyo String Quartet: 7:30 p.m. Rural Kings, 6-10 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; Friday, April 15, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; $10-$49; SouthernTickets $10/$5; the bands will also appear at Online.com or 618-453-6000. the Irish Festival Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Willie Nelson Country Throwdown Klassics for Kids: Part of concert Tour: June 11, World Shooting and series, 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, Recreational Complex, Sparta; $55; Altgeld Hall, SIUC campus; introduces www.countrythrowdown.com. children to musical theater with
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Kentucky Kentucky Opry Talent Search: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16-$7.50; 270-527-3869, www.kentuckyopry.com. George Jones: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, The Carson Center, Paducah; $35$140; thecarsoncenter.org, 270-4504444. Triumphant: By the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Carson Center, Paducah; features winners of the 2011 Young Artist Competition; $15/$40. Missouri Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart, 7:30 p.m. May 2, Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau; 573-651-5000, www.showme center.biz.
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PBS KIDS Host Mr. Steve coming to Southern Illinois MOUNT VERNON — WSIU Public Broadcasting, the public media arm of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and Cedarhurst Center for the Arts are excited to present a free concert featuring PBS KIDS host Mr. PROVIDED Steve this Saturday, April 2. This one-of-a-kind event is open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. at Cedarhurst, 2600 Richview Road. Family-friendly activities planned include a singalong with Mr. Steve in the Mitchell Museum Performance Hall, an autograph and photo session, plus indoor and outdoor art activities, including a hat-making and a scavenger hunt in Cedarhurst’s Kuenz Sculpture Park. Parent’s Choice Gold award-winning music sensation SteveSongs joined PBS KIDS as Mr. Steve in 2008. With his winsome smile, melodic voice and guitar, Mr. Steve delights kids weekday mornings between children’s programming on WSIU-TV 8 and WUSI-TV 16. — WSIU Public Broadcasting
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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in ‘Source Code,’ which opens Friday in Carbondale and Marion.
‘Source Code’ a preposterous sci-fi thriller ‘Source Code’ *** Rated PG-13 for some violence, including disturbing images, and violence; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright; directed by Duncan Jones; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
A good science fiction movie will let you forget it’s sci-fi, focusing on characters, their humanity and their quest. That happens with “Source Code,” an adorably preposterous concept that becomes far
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less important than the compelling journey these characters take and the sympathetic actors who insist, with their performances, that we come along for the ride. Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up on a Chicago commuter train, not recognizing the body he inhabits or the very friendly, very familiar woman (Michelle Monaghan) at his side, the one who keeps calling him “Sean.” For eight minutes this confusing back and forth goes on. And then — kablooey. The train explodes. And Capt. Colter Stevens wakes up in a communications pod, where he learns that he has spent the last eight minutes of this guy Sean’s life in Sean’s body, re-living Sean’s reality.
The military sent him. They want him, as Sean, to help them get the guy who blew up the train, the guy who threatens to blow up a lot of Chicago with a dirty bomb if they don’t find him in a flash. Vera Farmiga plays the officer who “handles” Colter. He must go back on that train, she tells him, re-living his own version of “Groundhog Day,” until he can finger the bomber. He can’t change the outcome of the train blast, the head scientist (Jeffrey Wright) lectures him. He can only carry out his mission. But Capt. Stevens, being the heroic sort, is determined to mess around with this fake reality until he can master it, eight minutes at a time. Duncan Jones, director
of the very fine “Moon,” makes this seemingly silly situation work, building tension over 93 minutes, cryptically teasing out details of what’s going on, building the audience’s memory as he builds Colter’s. Like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” Colter learns. Slowly. He makes mistakes. And each time he does, he dies, only to wind up back in that pod where his control officer debriefs him and tries to get him to do her bidding. “Source Code” makes you skip past the sci-fi and ponder how you might like to spend your last eight minutes, who or what you’d sacrifice everything for and if you can solve this eightminute puzzle faster than Capt. Colter Stevens.
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‘Insidious’ a frighteningly terrific film ‘Insidious’ *** Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, terror and frightening images, and brief strong language; starring Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Lin Shaye and Leigh Whannell; directed by James Wan; opening Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale. BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
One of the demons in “Insidious” is wearing what looks like a Darth Maul Halloween mask. And the finale is both a tad too literal and a lot too long and drawn out. But that doesn’t spoil what is, without a doubt, the spookiest and most entertaining horror flick since “Paranormal Activity.” “Insidious” is a haunted house tale in the “Poltergeist” mold — a child in jeopardy, a mother (Rose Byrne) struggling to get her head around what may be happening, a father (Patrick Wilson) in denial. Renai and Josh and their three kids have just moved into a nice, older wooden two-story home that should be out of the reach of a high school science teacher and his stay-athome wife. But at home alone, she’s hearing things in this quiet, creaky house. So does their oldest son, Dalton (Ty Simpkins). He investigates, and next thing you know, he’s in a coma that medical science can’t explain. As Renai stares mournfully at her little boy as the nurse explains how to lubricate
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the breathing tube she’ll have to remove, clean and insert every day, the quietly chilling home settles into mourning. She doesn’t know the half of it. James Wan, graduating from the “torture-porn” genre he helped launch with “Saw” and working with both his “Saw” screenwriter/ collaborator Leigh Whannell and producer Oren Peli (“Paranormal Activity”), builds tension with glimpses of cadaverous faces, people in odd costumes and the like. Doors open and close, whispers rumble through the baby monitor. And the hairs rise on the back of your neck. Neither Renai nor her husband doubt her sanity, a convention of these movies. She’s seeing bloody handprints on her comatose son’s sheets and little boys dressed in 1920s clothes in her kid’s closet. She knows something’s up. Josh is oddly tuned-
out. Wan and Whannel then turn the movie on its head, getting Josh’s mother (Barbara Hershey), and through her a team straight out of the “XFiles,” tech nerd/ conspiracy buffs dressed like Mormon missionaries. These goofy ghostbusters (played by Whannell and Angus Sampson) give the
movie a comical proactive spin — with selfdesigned gadgets and a boss (Lin Shaye) with a plan. It falls to Byrne to sell the reality of all this, and she does — a woman paralyzed by fear, but made brave because she has to be. She’s a mother, after all.
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Noted cinematographer to speak on SIU campus CARBONDALE — Richard Sands, a noted director of photography, cinematographer and lighting director/designer, will offer his insights during a visit to SIUC this week. Sands will give a visiting artist presentation at 7p.m. tonight in Hiram H. Lesar Law Building Auditorium at the SIU School of Law. The visit is “wonderful opportunity” for students as Sands “brings with him a wealth of experience from a wide range of disciplines,” said Daniel Overturf, a professor in the department of cinema and photography. “He understands Hollywood, but he also has considerable experience with smaller, more independent film making, as well as fine art still photography.” Sands’ career includes creating lighting for 35 theatrical motion pictures; 47 television movies and 100 one-hour television episodes. Sands’ work also involved creating lighting for four books of photographer Gregory Crewdson’s fine art photos. “I know the audience will want to hear about the popular films and fine art he has helped create, but I suspect that anyone who attends Rick’s presentation will also take away a greater appreciation for how those well-known figures are reliant on a large team to bring their ideas to fruition,” Overturf said. Sands will lead a professional lighting workshop from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, in the cinema and photography soundstage in the Communications Building room 1116. — SIUC University Communications
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Freedom riders to relate film to real life
‘Hop’ In ‘Hop,’ E.B. — the Easter Bunny’s son — goes on a personal quest to find his true identity. Meanwhile, back at home on Easter Island, a devious-minded chick hatches a plan of his own in an attempt to steal Easter. The animated film features the voices of Russell Brand, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco and Hugh Laurie. Directed by Tim Hill, the movie is rated PG for some mild, rude humor. It opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
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CARBONDALE — Two individuals with ties to the Freedom Riders movement of the early 1960s will participate in a panel discussion and film screening this weekend at the Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. The two-hour film “Freedom Riders” will be shown in its entirety. The movie tells the story of eight months in 1961 when more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives, many enduring savage beatings and imprisonment, for simply traveling together on buses as they journeyed through the Deep South. Genevieve Houghton and Thomas Armstrong, who were involved with the movement, will participate in a panel discussion following a 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2, screening of the film. — Adam Testa
New on DVD Black Swan: A ballet dancer wins the lead in “Swan Lake” and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Rated R. Tangled: The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. Starring the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. Rated PG. Fair Game: CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush
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administration. Starring Naomi Watts. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated PG-13. All the Good Things: A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for an imaginative spellbinding story of family, obsession, love and loss. Starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella. Directed by Andrew Jarecki. Rated R. — Adam Testa