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something wrong with you.” Michael’s features a variety of appetizers, a full salad bar and daily specials, including an allBuy one entrée, get one you-can-eat buffet of fish free at featured dining and chicken, pizza and establishments with the pasta and steak. Tuesday 2012 Top 20 Dining Card. night’s feature, 25-cent wings, is a signature Cards are $20; get one offering Michael started at our Carbondale office when he operated Mimo’s. at 710 N. Illinois Ave. “There are 10 different or at www.thesouthern. types of wings to choose com/top20. from, and they are all spiced up,” Intravaia said. “It has always been BY JOE SZYNKOWSKI popular.” FOR THE SOUTHERN Since moving Michael’s to Johnston City from its Michael Intravaia is Zeigler location in back where he belongs. September, Intravaia has Having owned and added a Friday night operated restaurants in Southern Illinois for more seafood buffet. “People can get than 30 years, Intravaia everything from crab legs has brought his delicious to shellfish,” he said. “We food and quality service couldn’t do the seafood back to Johnston City. buffet in Zeigler because Michael’s — in the it was too small.” building that formerly But Michael’s isn’t all housed Intravaia’s restaurant, Mimo’s — has about buffets. It also offers rich pasta dishes, a delicious option for flavorful pizzas and a wide anyone who walks in the array of sandwiches. door. “We are pretty much “We have a big menu,” going with the same menu Intravaia said. “If you can’t find something great that we had in Zeigler, but we have definitely added a to eat here, there’s
few things,” Intravaia said. Intravaia is definitely a hands-on owner, because he serves as head chef. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, and came to Southern Illinois in 1974 and began working in his father’s restaurant. “I learned from him. I have a passion for it,” he said. “I really love to cook.” Much like Intravaia’s past endeavors, Michael’s boasts a family-friendly environment, and he wants people to feel at home when they come in for a meal. “It is a very nice, relaxing atmosphere,” he said. “We’ve got the bright colors … it has a Tuscany style to it.” While Michael’s offers a comfortable atmosphere for family dining, it also coordinates many special events. It is capable of hosting large gatherings, such as birthday parties, work meetings or family reunions. Intravaia had developed a lot of customers in his previous restaurant ventures, like Mimo’s and Fratelli Italian Restaurant
DETAILS What: Steak, seafood, pasta, pizza, sandwiches, chicken, ribs Where: 313 E. Broadway, Johnston City Hours: 4-10 p.m. Monday; 11-10 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 4-10 Saturday; Closed Sunday Phone: 618-983-3436
in Carterville. This combination of familiarity and experience in the restaurant business has helped make Michael’s a success. “The response has been great,” Intravaia said. “Since I’ve been around the area since 1980, I have developed a lot of customers.” In addition to his restaurant experience, Intravaia is also well known in the area as a long-time soccer coach in Marion. “I get customers from Carbondale, Du Quoin, Harrisburg, even Mount Vernon,” he said. “And, I get a lot of customers from Marion because I know a lot of people there.”
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Films, lectures, photographs bring Antarctic to Southern Illinois Children’s poetry contest under way CARBONDALE — A different world exists at the end of the Earth, a world few will ever see with their own eyes. Film — both still and video — and the written word have done their best to capture the essence of life in the Antarctic region. Now, many of the experts who have toured, recorded and researched the far reaches of the globe are convening on one location — SIU Carbondale. Peter Lemish of the SIU School of Journalism had organized a program called “Antarctica — Imagined Geographies Initiative” that began last month and continues through May 4. As part of the weeks-long event, experts in various fields have visited and continue to arrive in Southern Illinois to talk about their experiences. The goal of the initiative is to infuse Southern Illinois with the spirit of exploration and imagination, as well as enable people of the region to learn about and experience aesthetic, scientific, historical, political and technological aspects of the Antarctic. While many symposiums and lectures are included in the schedule, there are also opportunities for art and entertainment to shine light on the other end of the world.
CARBONDALE — In honor of April being National Poetry Month, SIU is inviting the children of all current and former students to participate in a poetry contest. The contest is open to children in grades two through 12 and the poems may be any style as long as they are no more than 24 lines long. The theme is “Big Things Within Reach.”
Contest entry forms and more details can be found online at www.nontrad.siu.edu. Poems must be submitted by April 15. Winners in each age group will get ribbons and the opportunity to recite their poetry at a special awards presentation April 29 and see their original works posted at Morris Library and online. — Adam Testa
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This is a photo of an iceberg by professor and Dean Gary Kolb from his Antarctic research expedition in 2008. His work along with the work of Associate Professor Jay Needham (RadioTV) will be on display at the Morris Library Rotunda for their project titled “Antarctica: Imagined Geographies Initiative.”
Among the events scheduled for the new few weeks are: Through May 4 Photography and audio exhibit by Gary Kolb and Jay Needham; Morris Library Rotunda Today, April 5 “South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of Antarctica,” film; discussion with Melissa Hubbard, Morris Library Special Collections; 6:30 p.m.; Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library Friday, April 13 “Encounters at the End of the World,” film; discussion with composer Douglas Quin and SIU
professor Jay Needham, Tuesday, April 17 “Antarctica and Beyond: A Writer’s Perspective on the Human Spirit;” discussion with author Lucy Bledsoe; 1011:30 a.m.; Carbondale Public Library; also from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Harrisburg Public Library “Antarctica — The Planet’s Imagination,” lecture by Bledsoe; 7 p.m.; Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library Thursday, April 19 “Terra Antarctica: Rediscovering the Seventh Continent,” film; 6:30 p.m.; Guyon Auditorium,
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ceremony, most often in the form of tea bowls. On Fridays, between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., craft shop guests can get inked with a henna tattoo. The cost is $1 for SIU students and $2 for the public. On Thursday, April 11 and 18, visitors can also make ceramic sushi dishes during regular hours. The cost is $15 for students and $20 for the public. — University Communications
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SIU hosting Asian American Heritage Month celebration CARBONDALE — “Local Lives, Global Ties” is the theme of the April’s Asian American Heritage Month celebration at SIU. Frances Shen, an SIU alumna and assistant professor of psychology at the University of IllinoisSpringfield, will be the keynote speaker at an April 10 presentation. The discussion, “Uncovering
Asian Americans’ Experiences with Stereotyping,” looks at the various types and forms of stereotyping affecting Asian Americans in the U.S. The Asian American Heritage Month celebration wraps up with the Taste of Asia Spring Festival on April 28. It’s a time of fun under the sun outside Shryock Auditorium
enjoying food, game and live performances. Tuesday, April 10 Keynote presentation by Frances Shen, 6 p.m., Student Center, Illinois Room. Explore stereotyping of Asian Americans in the United States and effect on college students. Thursday, April 12 “More than a MartialArtist or ‘Model Minority:’ Dialoguing Stereotypes around Asian Americans and Asian Masculinity,” 7 p.m., Student Health Center Auditorium. Progressive Masculinities Mentors examine and debate pop culture representations of Asian American masculinity. Saturday, April 14 Eighth Annual Iron Chef Competition, 5-8 p.m., Quigley Hall Auditorium. Seven teams vie for the title of Southern Illinois Iron Chef. Monday, April 16 “Slaying the Dragon,” film and discussion, 6 p.m., Student Center activity rooms C and D. Explores perceptions of Asian women in society. Tuesday, April 17 “Asian Americans in
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Easter Egg Drop: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, Rent One Bye, Bye Birdie Auditions: Park, Marion; partnering with From 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Life Church; gates open Sports: The Jeremy Lin April 14, Illinois Star Centre Effect,” 7 p.m. Student 10:15 a.m.; Easter eggs will Mall, Marion, community Center, Illinois Room. Talk be dropped from a helicopter room next to Target and focuses on how New York hovering over the outfield; noon-4 p.m. Saturday, April Knicks point guard Jeremy candy; prizes; 618-969-8500; 21, Rend Lake College Lin and other Asians www.southernillinoisminers Theater, Ina; presented by impact the sports world. .com. Pyramid Players; Wednesday, April 18 Southern Illinois Roller performance dates, June Jonathan Shay lecture, Girls Bout: Doors open 28-30; 618-439-9196 or 7-8 p.m. Student Center, 5 p.m. Saturday April 7, The www.pyramidplayers.org. Ballroom D. Shay, a clinical Pavilion, 1602 Sioux Drive, psychiatrist and author of Marion; $10; 618-993-2657; Achilles in Vietnam: Authors, Books www.ThePavilionEvents.com. Combat Trauma and the Little Grassy Literary The State of Southern Undoing of Character,” has Festival: Wednesday, April Illinois: An Illustrated History, extensive experience 11-Friday, April 13, SIU; book signing by Herbert K. treating combat trauma in hosted by the Graduate Russell, 1 p.m. Saturday, April Vietnam combat veterans. Writers Forum/ MFA Creative 7, the Bookworm bookstore, Saturday, April 21 Program at SIU; includes 618 E. Walnut St, Eastgate Vigil for Peace, noon-1 poetry reading by Henri Cole; Shopping Center, p.m., corner of Main Street poetry panel discussion with Carbondale; 618-457-2665. and Illinois Avenue. Vigil Cole, Paul Guest, Claire Book signing: By Clara for peace and time of McQuerry, Cynthia Orban, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, raising awareness about Huntington and readings by April 14, Kite Hill Vineyards, global issues. Geoff Schmidt, Elizabeth Carbondale; book, Wine Monday, April 23 Crane and Paul Guest; Lessons: Ten Questions to Earth Day celebration, www.facebook.com/events/ Guide Your Appreciation of 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Student 252320004859799. Wine; www.kitehillvineyards Center. Green fair, live Edible Books Festival: .com; 618-684-5072. music, guest speakers, 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Friday, gardening and awards. April 13, Morris Library, SIU; Events Saturday, April 28 bring your edible books to Taste of Asia Spring Asian American Heritage the library rotunda; entry is Festival, 2-6 p.m., Shryock Month: Celebration at SIU free; prizes for the punniest, Auditorium, front steps. throughout the month of best book structure, most Wrap up the monthly April; films, martial arts, edible, least edible and the celebration with food, discussions, live public’s choice; grand prize, games and live performances; Iron Chef Amazon Kindle; www.lib. performances. competition; news.siu.edu; siu.edu; 618-453-2947. — University Communications linhtran@siu.edu. Southern Illinois Saluki Pow Wow 2012: FridaySaturday, April 13-14, SIU; features traditional foods along with authentic Native American arts and crafts, Every Sunday at 10:00 A.M. intertribal and exhibition dances, music; also, lifeDestiny Center Church meets at sized, interactive traditional 409 Commerce St., Carterville native village and a children’s (Behind KFVS 12 TV Station, on Rt. 13) activity area; doors open at 4 p.m. on April 13 and 10 a.m. April 14; 618-201-7953; nativeatsiu@hotmail.com. Storytelling Festival: Friday-Sunday, April 13-15, downtown Cape Girardeau; $10-$35: 573-335-1631; “... connecting people with destiny.” CapeStorytelling.com, Indian Artifact Show: Visit our website, www.mydestinycenter.org, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday April 14, World Shooting & for more details
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Film Sustainable Living Film Series: Affluenza, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, April 6, Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; discussion of film; various films set the First Fridays through October; 618-529-5044.
Recital Student Recital: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, Rend Lake College Theatre, Ina; free; 618-437-5321, Ext. 1817 or alstats@rlc.edu.
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comedy, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $5/$8; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030.
Call for Art Call for artists: Southern Illinois artists and student artists are invited to participate in the 2012 HerrinFesta Italiana Art competition; juried competition with cash prizes; deadline, May 4; www.herrinfesta.com/art. Call For Entries: Paducah Photo ‘12 Juried International Photography Exhibition and Regional Showcase, The Yeiser Art Center, Paducah; open to all photographers working in digital or film photography; early deadline, April 27; late deadline, May 11; www.paducahphoto.com; 270-442-2453.
Selections from the Museum’s collections, University Museum, SIU; includes set of carved cypress, a Japanese crepe silk dress from around 1910 and a 19th century French charcoal and chalk painting; through April 18; www.museum.siu. edu or 618-453-5388. Battle of Shiloh exhibit: Man Can Die But Once: Shiloh Letters, Morris Library, SIU, Hall of Presidents and Chancellors exhibit cases; commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle; through April 20. Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest: University Museum, SEE ART / PAGE 6
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Little Egypt Arts Centre, Tower Square, Marion; features quilts, artistic fiber FROM PAGE 5 hooking, crochet, and other fiber objects; through April SIU; through April 21; hours, 30; 618 998-8530; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday www.littleegyptarts.com. through Friday and 1-4 p.m., Antarctica – Imagined Saturday; www.museum.siu Geographies: Includes .edu or 618-453-5388. media arts installation Student Art Show: Rend created by SIU Professor Lake College Theatre Lobby, Gary Kolb and Associate 468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Professor Jay Needham , Ina; through April 27; 618exhibited in the rotunda of 437-5321 ext. 1237. Morris Library, SIU; through Heavenly Realms and May 4; includes concert, Earthly Delights: anthill panels, workshops and gallery & vintage curiosities, lectures by scientists, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; scholars and media artists; features painter, Judith Bush 618–534 3989; and ceramicist, Darby www.AntarcticaOrtolano; larger canvases in Initiative.org. this exhibition will be on Fantastic Fibers 2012: display ay the Luna Gallery in Yeiser Art Center, downtown the Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Paducah; artwork created Front St., Cobden; through with fiber as the primary April 30; anthillgallery.com; medium; through May 5; yellowmooncafe.com. Fantastic Fibers runs Life Threads Fiber Show: concurrent with the
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American Quilter’s Society’s Quilt Week WednesdaySaturday, April 25-28 in Paducah; 270-442-2453; www.theyeiser.org. The Kilenge: Life in New Guinea Villages; Documentary Photographs and Objects Collected by Philip Dark, University Museum, SIU; Dark was a professor of anthropology at SIU Carbondale from 19601978; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Classic Images: Photographs by Ansel Adams: Cedarhurst Center for The Arts, Mount Vernon; normally $5 admission; free admission, Thursday; through May 6; 618-2421236; www.cedarhurst.org. The Legacy of Katherine Kuh: Building the University’s Art Collection, University Museum, SIU; Katherine Kuh, Chicago art connoisseur, art critic for the Saturday Review and gallery owner purchased art for SIU including some of the major artists of the 20th century; through May 11; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388.
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Emphasis on ‘new’ during Outside the Box SIU’s annual new music festival, “Outside the Box” opens April 6. Events take place on the following dates. Friday, April 6 Music of Eric Mandat, 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall Sunday, April 8 Music of Frank Stemper, presented by the St Louis New Music Circle featuring the Altgeld Chamber Players and special guest Lucy Shelton, 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall Monday, April 9 Composers workshop with John Chowning, 10 a.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 112 “The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine),” one-act opera, 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall Tuesday, April 10 “Emerging Composers from SIU Carbondale” concert, 5 p.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 117
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Friday, April 13 Composers workshop with Morten Lauridsen, 10 a.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 110 Music of Kathleen Ginther, featuring the Altgeld Chamber Players with special guest Lucy Shelton, 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall Saturday, April 14 HaZMaT Percussion Trio, with the SIU Percussion Group, 6 p.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 110 Pierrot Lunaire, featuring Lucy Shelton and the Altgeld Chamber Players, 8 p.m., The Blue Martin, 215 E. Main St., Carbondale Sunday, April 15 “Unaccompanied Song Project: A Workshop Performance of 12 Premieres,” featuring SIU student composers, poets and singers, with Lucy Shelton, 3 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall Music of Cage, Carter, and Berio, featuring the Altgeld Chamber Players and the Altgeld Clarinet Choir, 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall — University Communications
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The Carson Center set to go Motown with performances by The Temptations and The Four Tops BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
Motown is moving into Paducah next week, as two of the musical form’s top acts bring their tour to The Carson Center. The Temptations and The Four Tops will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Tickets for the show are $35 to $100 and can be purchased online at www.thecarsoncenter.org or by calling 270-4504444. Through the group’s five-decade career, The Temptations have explored a number of musical genres, including R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul and adult contemporary. Their skill, versatility and unending passion will be on display when they take the stage in Paducah. The group began in the 1960s, and the lineup has undergone a number of changes through the years. But one constant through
the passage of time has been Otis Williams, the only surviving member of the original band composition. When The Temptations belt out tunes like their first hit “My Girl,” Williams’ voice remains a recognizable feature. Through their careers, the various members of the group have recorded four Billboard Hot 100 numberone singles and 14 Billboard R&B number-one hits. The material has earned them three Grammy Awards, while the songwriters and producers behind 1972’s “Papa was a Rollin’ Stone” took home two others. They became the first Motown act to win a Grammy, and six members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Three classic songs — “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” and “Papa” — are included in the Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.” Much like The
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Temptations, The Four Tops have also tackled a variety of styles through the years, including doowop, jazz, soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock and showtunes. But unlike their counterparts, the original quartet remained together for much of the group’s tenure, performing as a unit from
1953 to 1997 without a single lineup change. The group’s baritone lead singer, Joe Stubbs, set the group apart from its
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CARBONDALE PK’s: South of 70 Tres Hombres: Mathien HERRIN N-Kahootz Night Club: Rushing River, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 7-11 p.m. Ramesses: Souls-n-Camo THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Craig’s
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TUESDAY 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, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY HERRIN Herrin American Legion: Timberline, 7 p.m.
Dave Simmons & Jeff Bradley: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden Clay Canfield: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda Ray Martin: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden Times 2 Band: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard, 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass The Natives: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden Eli Tellor and Friends: 2-8 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden
Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Marty Davis: 7-10 p.m. Friday, The Blue Boar Restaurant, 820-920 Kratzinger Hollow Road, Cobden; 618-833-5858; www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blue-Boar/126844997331581. Curtis & Loretta: 7 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd, United Church of Christ, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale; suggested donation, $10; www.cousinandy.org,
You Are Welcome! Easter Sunrise Service April 8, 7:00 A.M. on our property on old rt 13 next to Midland Inn Breakfast following Sunday School 9:00 A.M. Worship 10:15 A.M. Easter Cantata “Rise Again”
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Wes Henson Pastor
Walnut Street Baptist Church 218 West Walnut Street in Carbondale For more information www.walnut-street.org
457-0479 Sunday Broadcast can be heard on AM 1420 at 9:00 a.m.
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Local performers doing their part to help out in Harrisburg Bolokada Conde, SIU Percussion a $10 donation. Gates open at 8 a.m. No alcohol or coolers will be permitted. Concessions will be available on site, Vince Hoffard and attendees should bring a lawn chair for seating. “Our goal is to simply eaves on trees uprooted help the people that need by the deadly Feb. 29 it the most,” said popular Harrisburg tornado area singer Patrick Lee had not even started to Beasley, who helped wilt and local musicians were already formulating a organize the show. “The event will reflect the plan to provide financial cooperative spirit between assistance to the the large family of local devastated community. musicians and the people Before FEMA shocked affected by this tragedy.” disaster victims by Beasley said when the denying emergency word went out about the funding, a newly created event, the response was not-for-profit overwhelming. He quickly organization, Southern Illinois Relief, had already had more than enough musical help. The problem been formed, and its was getting everyone on leaders were stage. In order to do this, brainstorming ideas to two main stages will be bring desperately needed used, as well as a smaller funds to the area. The first major project is indoor stage for acoustic acts and individuals with in the final stages of recorded accompaniment. development. “A lot of people put their Southern Illinois Relief heads together to make will host Hands Across this happen,” Beasley said. Harrisburg, a musical “It started small and just festival featuring 30 local snowballed.” acts starting at 10 a.m. Music will feature a Saturday, April 14, at the diverse range of musical Saline County Fairgrounds. Admission is genres, touching
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everything from gospel and bluegrass to hip hop and heavy metal. Harrisburg native Lathan Moore is scheduled to perform at 6 p.m. Other acts include The Bankester Family, Metal Toyz, Civil Disobedience, Southern Blend, Rhonda Belford, Eli Teller, David Isom, 64 East and many more. “Everything we do is with donations. We have a tight budget,” Beasley said. “We try to keep spending down as low as possible, so we can give the money to the people that were really wiped out by the tornado.” Representatives from Southern Illinois Relief will be selling armbands this weekend at Kroger stores in Marion, Harrisburg, Benton and Herrin, as well as the Harrisburg Wal-Mart. In case of poor weather, Beasley said the event would be rescheduled for April 15 at the same location. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
AAPW presenting six-match event HARRISBURG — All American Pro Wrestling will present a special six-match show as part of the Hands Across Harrisburg benefit concert Saturday, April 14. “We were looking for a venue to run our own benefit show when we learned about Hands Across Harrisburg,” said AAPW Promoter Chris Hagstrom. “We thought this would be a great partnership for everyone, especially the Harrisburg community.” The AAPW event will have a 2 p.m. bell time. Admission is included in the $10 donation for the festival, which begins at 10 a.m. Harrisburg resident Heath Hatton will challenge Edmund “Livewire” McGuire for the AAPW Heavyweight Championship, and two matches will be taped for AAPW “Collision,” airing on WSIL-TV 3. — Adam Testa
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Ensemble join S.I.W.A.D.E. The Southern Illinois West African Drum Ensemble will be joined by master drummer Bolokada Conde for a special percussion performance later this month at Carbondale Elks Club. S.I.W.A.D.E. performs traditional rhythms and songs from West Africa. The SIU Percussion Ensemble will also be
part of the evening. The performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26 at the Elks Club, 270 W. Jackson St. Tickets are $7 in advance and are available at Yellow Moon Café in Cobden and at Plaza Records, Fat Patties and the Practice Pad in Carbondale. Tickets will be $10 at the door. — The Southern
Sip wine with the Swamp Tigers AVA — Southern Illinoisans are invited to dig into one of the region’s hidden gems Saturday, April 7, when the Swamp Tigers play at The Bluff’s winery. Fans can lounge and relax next to Kinkaid Lake in style with local rockabilly and country music and sample The Bluffs’ signature apple and pear wine, Seldution.
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If you enjoy a more dry wine, try their Buttermilk Hill Red or White wine. Music starts at 4 p.m. at the winery, just west of Murphysboro on Buttermilk Hill Road, off Illinois 3. — Matt McGuire
hope church CARBONDALE
Happy Easter! If you think you’re finally interested in finding out what Christianity is really about, or if you’re a Christian without a church to call home, then join Hope Church of Carbondale in celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus the Christ, the hope of the Resurrection of all Creation. 9:30am Bible Study 10:30am Worship Gathering (7373 Old Hwy 13, stone’s throw northeast of Midland Inn) www.hopechurchcarbondale.com FLIPSIDE Thursday, April 5, 2012 Page 9
April 8th Easter Services 7AM - Sunrise Service 9AM - Contemporary 11:10AM - Traditional Worship Nursery Provided - Wheel Chair Accessible
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Rev. Robert Sabo, Pastor • 457-8785 Tower Rd. & Old 13 Highway at 220 Tower Rd. Carbondale, IL www.gumc.net
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Make This Easter Sunday Special: Celebrate it with your Family in Church Holy Week at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Maundy Thursday April 5 - 7pm Good Friday April 6 - 12:15pm The Great Vigil of Easter April 7 - 8pm Easter Sunday April 8 - 10am
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SIC music students performing concert HARRISBURG — Music students from Southeastern Illinois College are challenging a popular television series. They will present “Better than Glee,” a self-directed vocal concert at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the George T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center lobby. The free performance will include popular songs from Disney’s “The Lion King” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” as well as tunes from Broadway favorites like “Oklahoma.” Admission to the concert is free. — Adam Testa
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Concerts Southern Illinois SIC Better Than Glee: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg; free; 618-2525400, ext. 2486. Outside the Box Music Festival: Opens Friday, April 6, various locations, southern Illinois and St. Louis; features soprano Lucy Shelton, composer Morton Lauridsen, FM synthesis pioneer John Chowning and singer and composer Susan Botti; www.otbsiu.com. Love, Laughter and a Barbershop Song: By Carbondale’s Little Egypt Barbershop chorus, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday April 21, Herrin Civic Center; $10-15; www.harmonize.com/littleeg yptchorus. Country Throwdown Tour: 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 29, Rent One Park, Marion;
THINGS TO DO features Gary Allan, Rodney Atkins, Josh Thompson, Sunny Sweeney; $45; VIP tickets, $75; www. southernillinoisminers.com; 618-998-8499.
Kentucky The Four Tops and The Temptations: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, Carson Center, Paducah; $35-$100; 270-450-4444; www.the carsoncenter.org. Merle Haggard: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Carson Center, Paducah; $25-$100; 270450-4444; www.thecarson center.org.
Missouri Willie Nelson: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8; Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau; $37.50-$67.50; www.show mecenter.biz; 573-6515000.
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Easter Sunday Services 6:45AM Sunrise Service Awesome Hot Breakfast Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hash Browns, Biscuits/Gravy & More Yeah and Some of That Healthy Stuff Too. Easter Egg Hunt for the Kids • Cool Beans! Easter Message from Marathon Superstar Jeff Morrow 9AM Yep, You Are Invited and Yep, It’s All FREE!
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‘Titanic’ still shines; 3-D only adds to the stunning original Hockley (Billy Zane) pretentiously sniffs about Rated PG-13 for violence, the big, doomed ship, “but nudity, sensualit; Kate not about Titanic!’” Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, And so it is with the movie about that famous Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, ship. Love it or hate it, Kathy Bates directed by there’s little to be blase James Cameron; opening about regarding the biggest Friday at ShowPlace 8 in screen hit of all time. Carbondale and AMC Fifteen years later, and Centre 8 in Marion the film isn’t any shorter. The dialogue is still BY ROGER MOORE peppered with groaners like MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS Zane’s “blase” line. But “Titanic,” back on “You can be blase about the big screen 100 years some things, Rose,” Cal after the famous ocean
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liner went down, and back in theaters in 3-D, wears its blockbuster weight with ease. Thanks to the 3-D conversion — which may be a tad darker than when first released — it is aging surprisingly well, a meticulous recreation of a great ship and a great tragedy built around a good, old-fashioned popcorn picture. Writer-director James Cameron’s conceit, framing this within the memories of an aged survivor (Gloria Stuart) and
the search of a modern deep sea explorer (Bill Paxton), still slows the movie’s opening scenes to a crawl. But start to finish, “Titanic” works. Leonardo DiCaprio is the roving, Jack Londonish young steerage passenger Jack Dawson. Kate Winslet is Rose, a child of privilege who needs to marry a rich creep (Zane’s Cal Hockley) to preserve her family’s standing. Of course they find a way to meet. Of course they fall in love.
Fifteen years later, we can appreciate DiCaprio’s callow, annoying and showy turn for what it is — boyishness. Winslet now has an Oscar as final confirmation of what has been obvious from the start, that she’s one of our great actresses
The 3-D doesn’t really impress until you get to that fateful moment when they hit the iceberg, the helmsman making the same mistake any boat owner will recognize — throwing it into reverse and turning away from the berg at the same time.
6:30AM - Easter Sunrise Service 7:30AM - Breakfast served • 9:15AM - Sunday School 10:30AM - ESBC Choir presents “Risen Redemption” Message from God’s Word - Bro. Charlie Allen; Evening Worship Dismissed
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Refreshments n Welcome Center Centeer in 9:00-9:50am 10AM - EASTER CELEBRATION SERVICE
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Across from Historical Museum Located top of East St. Louis Street Hill Corner of E. St. Louis St. & N. Sunnyslope See our large sign on E. Main St. 304 North Sunnyslope, West Frankfort Call 618-932-2866 for more information!
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With ‘Reunion,’ it’s bye bye ‘American Pie’ American Reunion *
career go ‘bye’?” “American Reunion” is a slow and sad, crude and cruel, tame and timid return to the scene of the crime against pastry. No, they don’t joke about how this all takes place an unlucky 13 years later. But life hasn’t run according to plan for the lads — Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) or Stifler (Seann William Scott). Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), on the other hand, roars up to their pre “13th Reunion” party on a motorcycle, full of tales of BY ROGER MOORE adventure and derringMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS do. Jim is married to bandSo why, why more camp tart Michelle “American Pie”? It’s a lame one, just the (Alyson Hannigan) and same one, now with much they have a toddler. Oz is a cable TV sportscaster older guys. who never made it to And starlets wearing ESPN, with a hot young mileage from all their model girlfriend (Katrina whiskey and rye. Bowden) who is entirely Singing “Why did my too wild for his mild-
Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, language, brief drug use and teen drinking; starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy; directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion
mannered ways. Kevin is an architect and stay-athome dad. And Stifler suffers the fate of many an ex-jock bully boy — living in the past because the present, when he has to work for guys like the ones he beat up in school, is agony. They decide to make this reunion their “Hangover” weekend — heavy drinking, drugs, chasing old flames or high school girls, hiding their transgressions from their significant others. “Harold and Kumar” vets Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote and directed this trip down Full Frontal Nudity Lane. They’re lost trying to update this exhausted franchise, failing to find any funny new lines, relying on shock laughs involving oral sex, using the toilet in an ice chest and whatever dated dose of
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crudity Stifler blurts out. There’s an interesting but obvious contrast scene between the “wild boys” of yesteryear and the drugs, sex and “Party Rock” teens of today. That nails “American Reunion” in just a few moments of screen time. How can a bunch of sad, sentimental 30somethings be edgy in the age of “Project X” and “Superbad”? They can’t. And the struggle — undertaken by a cast of (mostly) desperate actors (Tara Reid, John Cho, Mena Suvari and Natasha Lyonne make token appearances) whose careers peaked with these movies — shows. But there’s still “one
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time, at band camp.” There’s still a hint of whimsy in the father-son scenes between Eugene Levy and Biggs, still a little brassy broad humor in the return of “Stifler’s Mom” (Jennifer
Coolidge). But mostly, watching folks in this age range get tanked and make bad decisions isn’t nostalgic. It’s just sad. Just like a real reunion, in other words.