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Top 20 Restaurant of the Week: Midland Inn BY DAVID ZOELLER SPECIAL ADVERTISING COPY
MURPHYSBORO — At Midland Inn, you can find just about anything you want in terms of cuisine. What you can’t find is a room for the night — it’s not that kind of inn. “We get people who call for rooms; we don’t have any rooms,” said a smiling Dominic Calafetti, who, along with his father, Dennis, operates the restaurant at the intersection of Old Route 13 and Country Club Road. “My dad bought the place in 1967,” Calafetti said. “It was named ‘Midland Inn’ when he bought it.” While not sure of the name’s origin, he said he thinks it has something to do with it being halfway between Carbondale and Murphysboro. “It’s kind of a half-way point,” he said. Calafetti describes the atmosphere as laid-back at the family-run restaurant. “We pride ourselves on good service and a place where you can have a good time,” Calafetti said. Midland Inn features a number of specials throughout the week. Featured items include all-you-can-eat St. Louisstyle ribs, Mexican food and crab legs, to name a few. “We’ve got everything from hamburgers to pizza, different varieties of salads and fried chicken. We sell a lot of catfish, and our smoked barbecued chicken is a really big seller, too,” Calafetti said. The restaurant is open every day, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the week, and until 10:30 p.m. on weekends. The bar is open longer. With three different dining areas inside, plus an outdoor patio, they can
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Aaron Webb (left) Justin Sumner and Lance York ordered the all-you-can-eat ribs special at Midland Inn on Monday after a round of golf.
accommodate large numbers. “It always looks crowded because of the number of cars in the parking lot,” Calafetti said. “Really, it’s kind of deceiving. There’s usually always plenty of room.” Midland Inn employs more than 25 people, including some students who work while going to college. Calafetti is involved in many aspects of the business. “I do just about everything,” he said. “I cut all the steaks by hand. Most everything we make is some version of homemade.” Like many local restaurants, barbecue is a big part of their business. Calafetti, who went to culinary school in St. Louis, learned to cook ribs from friends in the area involved in establishing the barbecue cook-off in Murphysboro. “We do a sliced barbecue; most people do a pulled barbecue,”
Buy one entrée and get one free at this restaurant and other featured restaurants across Southern Illinois with the 2010 Top 20 Dining Card. Top 20 Cards are available for purchase at The Southern offices in Carbondale and Marion by calling 618-529-5454 or online at www.thesouthern.com/top20. Cards are $20 each plus $1 per order for cards to be mailed. Some exclusions may apply. See card for details.
DETAILS What: Barbecue, steak, seafood, pizza, sandwiches, chicken Where: 7570 Old Highway 13, Murphysboro Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. weekends Phone: 618-529-9133 Calafetti said. “And, we’ve been told we have very good ribs. Our all-youcan-eat ribs on Monday night have really taken off well.” Business has been pretty good, even with concerns about the overall economy, according to Calafetti. They get a lot of business from the wine trail and their proximity to the country club, among other draws. They also get
a lot of families. “People want value,” Calafetti said. “They are busy this time of year with ball games and both parents working.” Gretchen and David Glasford of Carterville are regular patrons of Midland Inn. “I know Denny,” said David Glasford. “I’ve been coming here for 40 years. He was here when I was in high school.”
Ancient games aren’t for the weak-hearted NEWS OF THE WEIRD Chuck Shepherd
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new sports center in Mexico City will be devoted to the revival of ancient Aztecand Mayan-created games that are rarely played in Mexico because they are dangerous, including a fieldhockey-like competition played with a fireball. In another game, “pelota mixteca,” players wearing metalknuckled leather gloves punch a 2pound, hard-rubber ball that could knock opponents unconscious. One thrill of the flaming-ball game, “pelota purepecha,” is that some play it at night on unlighted fields. (In Mayan culture, according to a March USA Today dispatch, the world began with the gods challenging two humans to a ball game, and beating them, at which point the two die and are resurrected as the sun and moon.)
Democracy in action Felon candidates: (1) John White, now running for sheriff in Roundup, Mont., will be unable to carry a gun if he wins because of a long-ago bank robbery conviction. (2) Convicted felons might be running against each other if they win their primaries in May for county judgeexecutive in Hindman, Ky. Democrat Donnie Newsome and Republican Randy Thompson were both convicted of election fraud (though Thompson’s case is still on appeal). (3) Cynthia Diaz was reelected town clerk in Coventry, Vt., in March, though still facing 10 felony personal tax-filing counts. (The town clerk is the town’s treasurer, delinquent-tax collector and trustee of public money.) The U.S. Senate passed a bill in March to correct a misimpression Congress had in the 1990s when it instituted mandatory sentences for crack-cocaine possession that were about 100 times the sentences for powdered cocaine. Scientists long ago pointed out that the two substances are chemically the same, and the new provisions set crack-
cocaine sentences at only about 18 times those for powder. Tackling the big issues: (1) The Utah legislature passed a bill in March to, for the first time, legalize the personal collection of rainwater. “Harvesting” rain has been illegal, but now would be allowed, with a state permit, in special stateapproved containers.
Government stalks the weakest On Jan. 29, more than 200 Alabama state troopers were amassed at 4 a.m. for the purpose of raiding several illegal bingo parlors. The raids were eventually called off, but a University of Alabama professor estimated the staging cost to the budget-shriveled state at $130,000. Said a spokesman for Gov. Bob Riley, “No matter what it costs, the law must be enforced.” A December Seattle Times profile of Rachel Porcaro (a single mother with an $18,000-a-year hair-cutting job, raising two children, living with her parents) centered on the IRS’s year-long, full-blown audit of her, and subsequently of her parents, because she was flagged for earning too little money on which to raise a family in Seattle. Ultimately, Rachel and her parents prevailed on every issue except the Earned Income Tax Credit, in that Rachel’s children receive a little too much help from her parents for her to qualify.
Police report How much can a shoplifter stuff in his pants? A man seen on surveillance video at a Mobil on the Run convenience store in Bloomfield, Conn., in February fled after stuffing at least 17 cans of Red Bull energy drink down his pants. And in Cairns, Australia, a 51-yearold man was caught shoplifting in March, witnessed by security staff putting three limes and a package of beef tongue in his pants. When cornered, the man (like clowns exiting a clown car) pulled out an additional two onions, three trays of rump steaks and a packet of lamb forequarter chops.
When detention isn’t enough (1) Schoolteacher Lucia Carico, who has been in good standing in Hawkins County, Tenn., schools since 1973, was fired in March over an incident in which she stabbed a seventh-grade student in the arm seven times with a pen (because, she said, he had been unruly, singing and passing gas). (2) Teacher Randolphe Forde was fired in January by the Clayton County, Ga., school board for an October incident in which he allegedly “put a hit” on an 11th-grade student (offering $50).
A News of the Weird classic (July 1998)
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his “700 Club” TV audience in June (1998) that the city Raj Patel’s recent appearance on of Orlando, Fla., was taking a big Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” was ostensibly based around risk to sponsor the recent “Gay his work on global poverty and food Days” festival. “I would warn Orlando that you’re right in the way production, but followers of an of some serious hurricanes,” he said, 87-year-old Scottish mystic named Benjamin Creme received a different “and I don’t think I’d be waving those (Gay Days logo) flags in God’s message that Patel was the longface if I were you.” Homosexuality, awaited messiah that Creme had he said, “will bring about terrorist been promising would appear to bombs, it’ll bring earthquakes, unite humanity. Overwhelmed by the followers during a book-signing tornadoes and possibly a meteor.” tour, according to a March profile in (In fact, 1998’s first hurricane, Bonnie, made landfall two months London’s Guardian, Patel made later in North Carolina, near the public denials of any messianic role (which of course only confirmed the headquarters of Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network.) sect’s certainty that he is the man) and engaged a few in conversation, SEND ITEMS to weirdnews@ but, he said, talking to them “made earthlink.net. me really depressed, actually.”
Some people need a prophet
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Virtuoso to play free concert on Shryock’s pipe organ CARBONDALE — Few experiences in life can compare with the thrill of hearing a large pipe organ played by a virtuoso organist in concert. All of these ingredients will come together Friday when Christopher Houlihan Houlihan plays the 58-rank Reuter organ in Shryock Auditorium on the SIUC campus. Concert time is 7:30 p.m., and admission is free. The Reuter organ in Shryock was installed in 1971, and is named in honor of the Distinguished University
Organist Marianne Webb. Consisting of more than 3,000 pipes, its location in northwest corner of Shryock Auditorium makes it a visual delight, as well as an aural one. The event is sponsored by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and this is a return appearance by Houlihan. A student of the wellknown professor, Paul Jacobs at the Julliard School in New York City, Houlihan also has a passion for musical theatre, and has many singing performance roles to his credit. For more information, call Gene Tucker at 618-889-7968 or e-mail friartuck3@yahoo.com.
‘Baroque’ benefits Family Center
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HERRIN — Soprano Jama Jandrokovic, a singer who has appeared in major international concert halls including Carnegie Hall in New York City, will perform in Herrin at a concert to help raise money for the Family Crisis Center Homeless Shelter. The program, “From Baroque to Broadway,” will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24 in Herrin First Baptist Church at 1500 S. 13th St. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by calling 618-942-5163 or 618-9972222. Jandrokovic has also performed in Berlin and at the United Nationals. Her debut CD, “Mercurial Love,” has been called a “pure delight,” and she is at ease performing classical and new music.
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CARBONDALE — For some reason, local record stores feel a need to celebrate the one day of the year set aside to celebrate them. P Mac Music will feature four bands and a number of sales Saturday to celebrate National Record Store Day. The event will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the store at 100 N. Glenview Drive. There will be live performances from The Himalayas, Freedoms, The Black Fortys and Secondary Modern. The Himalayas will also be releasing their third CD, “Yeti Slang.” In addition to live performances, there will be grilling, a $2 vinyl sidewalk sale and half-off vinyl and DVDs. Plaza-Wuxtry Records at 816 E. Main St. in Carbondale will have a sale on used records and free snacks. Both stores will offer exclusive Record Store Day vinyl releases. — Codell Rodriguez
Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show: TodaySaturday, Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Mount Vernon; features steel guitarists who are touring or have previously toured with top country music artists; $8$20; three-day pass, $38; 618-218-2517 or 618-9320211. Christopher Houlihan: Organ, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; American Guild of Organist’s Artist Subscription Series Recital; free; 618-536-8742. Young Artists at Cedarhurst: SIUC Concert Choir, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Performance Hall, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; under the direction of Susan Davenport; 618-2421236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Kevin Skinner: 8 p.m. Saturday, Harrah’s Metropolis Casino, Riverfront Event Center; winner of NBC’s 2009 “America’s Got Talent”; $15; metropolis.frontgatetickets.c om or 888-512-7469; www.mykevinskinner.com. JALC Community Band & Orchestra Spring Concert: 3 p.m. Sunday, John A Logan College, Carterville, Conference Center; free; 618-985-2828, ext. 8287. SIUC Jazz Studio Orchestra & Jazz Combos: 7:30 p.m. April 22, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; Timothy Pitchford, director; free; 618-536-8742. Clay Campbell and the
Kentucky Opry: 7:30 p.m. April 23, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; cloggers, singers and musicians; $15/$20; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030. Southern Illinois Flute Choir: 7:30 p.m. April 23, Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1201 N. Fair St., Marion; Douglas Worthen, director; free; 618-536-8742. Jama Jandrokovic: 7 p.m. April 24, auditorium, Herrin First Baptist Church, 1500 S. l3th St.; Jandrokovic is a soprano who is part of the New York theater scene; variety of songs from classical to popular and Broadway selections; proceeds to the Family Crisis Center; reception after; $10; 618-942-5163. Southern Illinois Flute Choir: 7:30 p.m. April 25, First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St., Carbondale; Douglas Worthen, director; free; 618-536-8742. SIUC band and chorus: 7:30 p.m. April 26, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; Symphonic Band, George Brozak, conductor; SIUC University Chorus Susan Davenport, conductor; $10/$5; 618-5368742.
Recital Talent Education School of Southern Illinois: TESSI recital, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Carbondale Civic Center, room 108; performances by classical piano and guitar students, ages 4-18; refreshments; free; 618-4576300.
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Harrah’s in Metropolis has a winning combo: Tim Wilson and Kevin Skinner COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
At Harrah’s in Metropolis Tim Wilson, 8 p.m. Friday, $25; Kevin Skinner, 8 p.m. Saturday, $15-$35; call 888-512-7469.
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nyone can pick a superstar name from the heavy rotation playlist at a major market radio station and book a concert. The major issue would be high ticket prices in a frail economy. It would be a risky proposition at best. Smaller venues are forced to sign acts that fly under the radar and gamble that they draw a crowd big enough to recover the investment. Harrah’s Casino in Metropolis is betting it has the winning combination this weekend, when they host Tim Wilson on Friday and Kevin Skinner on Saturday. Wilson, a comedian and songwriter in the same vein as Rodney Carrington, has been a recording artist with Capitol Records since 1998. Skinner was an unknown Kentucky chicken catcher, until he won the $1 million first prize on “America’s Got Talent” on NBC last year. A Georgia native, Wilson’s parents were both teachers. While he played all sports and made straight A’s in school, he preferred clowning around and telling jokes. He developed a gut-busting routine by the time he was in sixth grade.
“My mother would take me to her school sometimes and I would entertain her classes with this act I had put together,” Wilson said. “I actually did my first pro show when I was about 11 at some soldier’s birthday party at Fort Benning. I got paid $15, which was double what we would all later get paid at The Improv in New York.” Wilson had dreams of being a musician and songwriter when he was young. He was working as a sports reporter at a local paper, but got his career back on course by volunteering to write a review of a concert by the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Going backstage after the show, he met group drummer Roy Yeager, told him he was a songwriter and within a few months, he was in the drummer’s studio cutting demos. He found his calling a little later. Attending college in Atlanta, Wilson worked at an eye-glass company. He was giving a co-worker a ride home when he passed a comedy club. After attending his first open mic night, he never wanted to do anything else. Wilson is a regular on syndicated radio programs “The John Boy & Billy Big Show” and “The Bob and Tom Show.” He has been on all the late-night variety shows, knocking out viewers with tongue in cheek originals like “The Jeff Gordon Song” and “First Baptist Bar & Grill.” In a 12-year partnership with Capitol Records, he has sold more than 500,000 albums. Skinner has come full
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circle. Through local NBC affiliate WPSD in Paducah, he successfully auditioned for America’s Got Talent last year at Harrah’s in Metropolis using the Garth Brooks classic “If Tomorrow Never Comes.” Competing against a wide variety of talents, Skinner won over viewers during the fourth season of the program with a powerful voice, covering a wide spectrum of tunes that included “Always On My Mind,” “Make You Feel My Love” and “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” The 37-year-old Skinner lives in Dublin, Ky., and graduated from Graves County High School in 1991. Displaying solid judgment associated with his country roots, he chose having his winnings paid in a 40-year annuity, instead of a lump sum. Long before his victory on national television, Skinner started playing guitar when he was 12. His father turned him on to Hank Williams, and he would eventually gravitate to music by Hank Williams Jr., before joining his brother’s band, Skinner and Friends.
Logan spring concert features trombonist Gene Stiman CARTERVILLE — The John A. Logan College Community Band and Orchestra will present their annual spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Logan Conference Center. Admission is free. This year’s concert features a special guest soloist: Gene Stiman on trombone. Stiman is a Herrin native and has a distinguished career as a trombonist that began in the Big Band era of the 1940s and ’50s. During that period, he performed with many bands, including Benny Goodman, Tex Beneke and Les Brown. He joined the music faculty at SIUC in the 1970s, directing jazz ensembles and arranging for the Marching Salukis. He returned to Salem in the ’80s and returning to teaching until his retirement. Since then, he has continued to perform in the region.
The JALC Community Band is directed by Michael Hanes, Director of Bands Emeritus at SIUC, and the orchestra is directed by Dustin Newbold, instrumental music teacher in the Vienna schools. Both will perform their own programs, and they will combine for a final selection, “Praise Overture.” The orchestra program will include the second movement from Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, “English Folk Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the finale from Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony. The Logan Community Band program will include “Freelance March” by J.P. Sousa, “Light Cavalry Overture” by F. Von Suppe, “Encanto” by Robert W. Smith and a medley of Duke Ellington’s greatest hits, “An Ellington Portrait.”
VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo. com.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries 3 Penny Acre: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Church of the Good Shepherd, United Church of Christ, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale; suggested donation, $10; www.cousinandy.org Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; www. yellowmooncafe.com;
618-893-2233 Mr. Magoo: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Palace Pizzeria, 215 Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; 618-893-4415 John Vitt and Ray Hogan: Jam and Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, Cobden. Marty Davis with the Blues Bandits: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Palace Pizzeria, Cobden.
Wineries Swamp Tigers: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery EL Kurtz: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Blue Afternoon: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Orlandini Vineyard Rich Fabec: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Dirtwater Fox: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Storm Limit: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill
Rich Fabeck: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Walker’s Bluff Sofa Kings: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Lau-Nae Winery J Brown & The Workin’ Man’s Blues Band: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard Bill Booth: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Acoustic Twist: 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Phil & Chuck: 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill
Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463, www.blueskyvineyard.com Lau-Nae Winery: 1522 Illinois 3, Red Bud; 618-282-9463 or www.lau-naewinery.com. Orlandini Vineyard: 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; 618-995-230 or www.orlandinivineyard.com Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700, www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463, starviewvineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4600, www.vonjakobvineyard.com Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463, www.walkersbluff.com
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z TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: U-Melt/Spread PK’s: SwampFoot SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z SUNDAY CARBONDALE Key West: Ivas John Blues Band MARION Marion Eagles: Misty Mountain, 6-10 p.m.
z MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks-R-Better, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY DU QUOIN Ten Pin Alley: Piano Bob, 6-9 p.m.
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z FRIDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Hobo Knife CARTERVILLE Outlawz Dance Club: Souls in Camo/Guest Dollar Beer INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION Desperado’s: Magnificent Bastard, 8-11:30 p.m. John Brown’s on the Square: Big Jim Slade, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Marion American Legion: Roger Black and Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys,
8 p.m.-midnight. Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Chris Black SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Robert Ray & Yesterday’s Country, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Todd Wiliford Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Black Lace, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Conniption Fitts & The Sass Dragons Tres Hombres: Lubriphonic, 10 p.m. CARTERVILLE Outlawz Dance Club: Country Band DU QUOIN Timeout Sports Bar: Delta, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. JOHNSTON CITY Linemen’s Lounge: Darkside, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Marion American Legion: Danny and the Dreamers Marion Eagles: Misty Mountain, 8 p.m.midnight Ramesse: Mixed Company,
9 p.m.-1 a.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks-R-Better, 7-10 p.m. The Tavern on 10th: Snake Lane and Moonbeam Lane SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Robert Ray & Yesterday’s Country, 7-10 p.m. STEELEVILLE American Legion: Rendition Orchestra, 8-11:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Weekenders, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618-359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 The Get-Away: 804 N. Douglas St., West Frankfort 618-937-3545 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina/618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 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 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 618-922-7853 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. Orient American Legion: 404 Jackson St., Orient 618-932-2060 Perfect Shot: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin/618-942-4655 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 Steelhorse Saloon: 202 Dewmain Lane, Carterville 618-985-3549 Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon/618-244-7821 Tomigirl’s Rollin-in: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-7655 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion 618-983-5300 White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash / 618-997-4979 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin / 618-993-8393 The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington/618-6292039
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Kick up your heels The Irish Festival returns to Carbondale BY TOM BARKER
acoustic performance by acclaimed Irish singersongwriter-guitarist Patsy O’Brien starting at he region’s largest celebration of Celtic culture 7:30 p.m. at Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse at the Church of and entertainment returns the Good Shepherd in to Carbondale from April 23 to Carbondale, and a Celtic rock 25, and the event is sure to have concert featuring last year’s the whole family leaping like crowd favorite from leprechauns. Indianapolis, the “kilt rock” The 14th annual Southern Illinois Irish Festival will include band Mother Grove, who will start at 9 p.m. at Sports Blast in a two-day Celtic Fair at Carbondale. Carbondale’s Turley Park,and a On Saturday and Sunday, the slew of musical performances at Celtic Fair will come alive at various venues in the city Turley Park, including two full throughout the weekend. “It’s really become the biggest days of Irish-themed activities, with two stages of music and cultural type of festival that’s dance, the ‘Highland Games,’ still going in Carbondale,” said children’s activities, Bryan Kelso Crow, president of merchandise vendors, and food the festival board. “As long as and drink. weather cooperates, we should From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on have a good turnout and a good Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. time.” This year’s festival begins with on Sunday, activities exploring two concerts Friday evening, an Celtic art, music and fun will THE SOUTHERN
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begin every 30 minutes, with balloons and face painting all day and drawings every hour. “It’s a great time for the kids, and parents get to choose between two different music stages,” Crow said. Saturday evening’s main act will feature a concert by Nashville, Tenn., family musical ensemble The Willis Clan, starting at 8 p.m. at Brehm Preparatory School. The Willis Clan consists of Brenda and Toby Willis and their 10 children, all of whom are talented in Irish music and dance. They were the surprise hit of last year’s festival and are back this year by popular demand as the star attraction. In addition to attending Southern Illinois’ largest Irish festival, the public has a chance to take part in the festival’s organization, as volunteers are needed throughout the weekend and throughout the year. Volunteer jobs during the festival include positions setting up and taking down tents and fencing, ticket taking, selling merchandise, assisting with children’s activities and more. Whether just committing a few
Southern Illinois Irish Festival April 23-25, Turley Park in Carbondale; Celtic Fair is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, admission is $4, children 12 and younger free; for more information, call 618-5493090; for volunteer opportunities, call Debbie O’Neill at 618-549-8922.
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Bill Brennan attempts to throw a 42- pound weight 12 feet into the air over a bar during a demonstration of heavy athletics events at the 2008 Southern Illinois Irish Festival.
hours here and there, or helping throughout the year, volunteers are always needed. “We’re always hoping more people will get inspired and decide they would like to help out,” Crow said. thomas.barker@thesouthern.com 618-351-5805
z 7:30 p.m. April 23: Patsy O’Brien at Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse at Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 S. Orchard Drive; $10 for adults or $5 for students. z 9 p.m. April 23: Celtic rock Mother Grove, 9 p.m. at Sports Blast, 1215 E. Walnut., behind University Mall; $7 z 8 p.m. April 24: The Willis Clan, Brehm Preparatory School, 1245 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale; $20 at the door and $18 in advance; call 618549-3090.
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z collection of quilts from the war years in honor of the 65th Table Fables and Quilt anniversary of the end of Tales: 9 a.m.-noon. Saturday, World War II; $5 for entire C-Infinity Event Center 220 S. week; military veterans, free; Front Street, Cobden; $10; 270-442-3418 or www. exhibit, luncheon, program paducahrotary.org/quilt_show $25; reservations required for .htm luncheon; 618-833-3148. American Quilter’s Society Paducah Rotary Club Quilt Show & Contest: Antique Quilt Show and Wednesday-April 24, Sale: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday Paducah; also, The National through April 23 and 9 a.m.Quilt Museum includes more 4 p.m. April 24, Robert Cherry than 150 quilts on display; Civic Center, 2701 Park Ave., www.americanquilter.com; Paducah; Sue Reich’s www.quiltmuseum.org.
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Cairo, The Confluence of Photo, Film and History Spring 2010: 2-4 p.m. April 24, Custom House Museum, 1400 Washington Ave., Cairo; photo sale with proceeds to the restoration and preservation of Cairo history; www.cairoillinois.org or e-mail cairophotos@hotmail.com.
Vineyard, 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; Italian landscapes compliment vineyard décor; through April 30; 618-9952307; www.orlandinivineyard. com; george.ions@yahoo.com. Traveling display: Highlights of SIUC photojournalism project, Sallie Logan Public Library, Murphysboro; display Displays, Exhibits features pictures collected Call for Art Student Art Show: Rend during an October workshop Lake College, 468 N. Ken Gray documenting a weekend in HerrinFesta Italiana Art Parkway, Ina; through today; Competition: Accepting Murphysboro; through April. 618-437-5321 or www.rlc.edu entries through May 5; Hooked on Art: Studio Amy Chase: University artwork must be registered; Creations by Youth Artists, Museum, SIUC, Faner Hall; delivery of artwork, May 15; Varsity Center for the Arts, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday Carbondale; art made by show runs from May 27-May and 1-4 p.m. Saturday31; www.herrinfesta.com/art youth at the Boys and Girls Sunday; through April 23, or 618-559-7379. Club of Carbondale; through Logan Days Photo Exhibit: www.museum.siu.edu or May 5; 618-453-5580. 618-453-5388. Entries needed for John A. Skyscapes, Queens & Still Patrick Williams Logan Museum display; Lifes: By Wil & Carolyn amateur photographers may sculptures: University MacKay, Tribeca Gallery, Museum, SIUC; through April downtown Paducah; through submit photos of sights, 25. scenes and personalities of May 6; plumbart@bellsouth. Photographer Chrystal Southern Illinois; entries on net or 270-210-1753. display in the Logan museum, Lea Nause: Rustle Hill Winery, Antarctic Dreams: By Gary 8595 U.S. 51, Cobden; 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro Kolb and Jay Needham, portraiture, narrative tableau, University Museum, SIUC, from May until September; architecture and landscape; also, junior division for ages Faner Hall; through May 9; display includes work created www.museum.siu.edu or 10-17; deadline, May 6; in Italy; through April 30; www.loganmuseum.org. 618-453-5388. Paducah Photo ‘10 Juried www.rustlehillwinery.com Homily: Qualis Vita, Finis George Ions: Orlandini Photography Exhibition: The Ita: Oil paintings by Jed Jackson, Main Gallery, Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. 2600 Ask Richview Road, Mount your local retai Vernon; hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ler ab Tuesday through Saturday o u t Red and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; & Blue through May 9; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. SIUC Photography Exhibit: Works from the Department of Cinema and Photography at SIUC, Beal Grand Corridor Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through May 9. Shrode Art & Craft Competition Exhibition: Paintings, drawings, Ultra Rich Cherry & printmaking, clay, fiber, mixed Blue Berry Flavor media, wood, fine jewelry and metal, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Regenhardt Gallery of the Shrode Art Center; through May 9; 618-242-1236 ext. 249 or www.cedarhurst.org. Located at exit 77 along I-57 • 618-629-2302 Sacred, Philosophical, www.pheasanthollowwinery.com Mythological: By Leslie Dean Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St.; open to all photographers working in digital or film photography; original work, completed in the last three years; cash prizes totaling $1,700; final deadline, May 7; www.paducahphoto.com.
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Price, The Gallery Space at the Law Office of Joni Beth Bailey 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; includes drawings, paintings and poetry from World War II experience; through May 28; 618-684-8668. Masters of Photography: University Museum, SIUC; highlights from the museum’s collection; through May; free. Kris Killman: Watercolors now on display, Harrisburg District Library; closing reception, 2-4 p.m. June 6. From Humble Beginnings, Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; the exhibition presents a perspective of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln found when he entered the state in 1830; through Sept. 26; 618-6292220 or www.museum.state. il.us/ismsites/so-il. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Work and life of Carbondale artist, Morris Library, SIUC; view the display 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. Ongoing art exhibit: Featuring photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463.
Lecture Daniel T. Barney: 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, April 19-20, University Museum Auditorium, SIUC; free.
Reception Eileen Doman and Sarah Shoot: Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 W. Main St., Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; hours, 9 a.m.5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; reception, 4-6 p.m. Friday; through May 15; 618-4574663.
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z share; 618-568-1843 Home & Garden Show: Steve Eberhart: Book 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 24 and 10 signing, 2-5 p.m. April 24, The a.m.-4 p.m. April 25, Expo Bookworm, Carbondale’s Hall, fairgrounds, Du Quoin; Eastgate Shopping Center; adults, $1; children, 12 and Makanda Dreams is a mystery younger; free; 618-542-9570. set in Southern Illinois; 618Tour of Historic 457-2665. Properties: City of Carbondale, 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 26; tour includes Book sales Hickory Lodge, Varsity Center Anna book sale: 8:30 a.m.for the Arts, Hundley house 3 p.m. April 24, Stinson and the National Guard Memorial Public Library, 409 Armory; board busses at S. Main St., Anna; 5:45 p.m., Carbondale City Appreciation Sale for Friends Hall, 200 S. Illinois Ave.; free; of Stinson members, 4-6 p.m. reserve at 618-457-3248. April 23; nonmembers may Derby Eve Party: To benefit attend April 23 sale for $5 Paducah Renaissance which includes a one-year Alliance, 6-9 p.m. Friday, April membership to the Friends 30, Bluegrass Downs Horse group; 618-833-2521. Track, Paducah; music by Elkville book sale: April 26 Bawn in the Mash, mint julep through May 8 during library drink specials and a hat hours, Rick Warren Memorial contest; buy one, get one free Public Library, 114 S. Fourth advance ticket reservations St., Elkville; noon-5 p.m. through Sunday; regular Monday, Wednesday, ticket price, $10; metropolis. Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m.frontgatetickets.com or 8888 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m.512-7469. noon Saturday; books are Zombie Walk: 10 a.m., priced 25 cents through $1; Saturday, May 1, 710 618-568-1843 Bookstore parking lot, on the Strip, Carbondale; make-up artists are available starting Comedy at 8:30 a.m. with registration, Ron White: 7:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m.; $10 fee gives Sunday, April 18, Shryock participants a 20 percent Auditorium, SIUC; 618-453discounts at zombie-friendly 6000 or www.southern establishments, including Fat lightsentertainment.com. Patties, Stadium Grille and the Longbranch Coffeehouse; drawings for prizes; pay $8 by Events Monday, April 26 for the same Carson Center Wine benefits plus a Zombie Walk tTasting & Auction: 5:30 p.m. shirt; also showing of Night of Thursday, April 15, Carson the Living Dead; register at Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., www.carbondalemainstreet. downtown Paducah; auction com or 618-529-8040. items include a World Golf Barbecue contest: Entries Championship Tournament, are being sought for the Jimmy Buffet concert, Disney Backyard Barbecue Contest, Family Vacation; proceeds Saturday, June 5. Cobden; benefit performing arts and categories, chicken, pork educational programming at chops and pork steak; also, the Carson Center; make flea market, entertainment reservations by calling 270and activities for children; 443-9932, ext. 240; info, 618-893-2425 or www.ilistpaducah.com/carson knocker@shawneelink.net. center/winetasting2010. Quilt talk: 6:30 p.m. April Films 22, Rick Warren Memorial Public Library, 114 S. Fourth The Scientist: 7 and St., Elkville; bring a quilt to 9:30 p.m. Friday and
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Christopher Durang, FridaySunday, April 23-25 and April 30-May 2, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; directed by Mary Boyle; adult comedy for mature audiences; Friday and Saturday performances, Theater/Performance 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees, 2 p.m.;$10/$15; Terms Of Surrender: 1 p.m. 618-549-5466 or Saturday, The Terrace Dining www.stagecompany.org. Room, John A. Logan College, A Little Bit of Broadway: Carterville; play by Steve 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, Falcone; speculation on what Marion Cultural and Civic Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Center; presented by Finale Grant said to one another Studios; $5; www.marion before formal surrender ccc.org or 618-997-4030. during the Civil War; free. Intimate Apparel: A Tribute 101 Dalmatians Kids: The to Human Spirit, 7 p.m. April Musical, 7:30 p.m. Saturday 29-May 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Marion May 2, McLeod Theater, Cultural and Civic Center; Communications Building, presented by the Paradise SIUC; director, Susan Patrick Alley Players; adults, $10; Benson; adults, $15; seniors, children, $7; www.marion $12 and students, $6; also, ccc.org or 618-997-4030. Laura Kidd will deliver a preGrease: 7:30 p.m. April 23 show lecture in the MCMA and April 24 and 2 p.m. April Dean’s Conference Room at 24, Southeastern Illinois 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2; College Visual and Performing lecture, free; 618-453-3001. Arts Center, Harrisburg; Antigone: Greek tragedy, adults, $8; students, seniors 7 p.m. April 30, Shawnee and staff, $6; 618-252-5400, Community College, Ullin; ext. 2486 or 2487. adults, $10 Adults, Beyond Therapy: By children/students, $5; no Saturday, Liberty Theater, Murphysboro; world premier by writer/director Zach LeBeau, who is a Carbondale native; 651-788-1122, z@gypsyhouse.com; www.thescientistmovie.com.
children under 12; 618-6343323,theedcenter.tix.com Little Shop of Horrors: 7 p.m. April 30 and May 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 2, O’Neil Auditorium, John A Logan College, Carterville; $8/$5; 618-985-2828, ext. 8287. Dig It: A musical tale of
ancient civilizations, 7 p.m. May 1, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; performed by the students of Skyline Academy; written by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030.
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‘Kick-Ass’ not as great as the name suggests Kick-Ass Rated R for strong, brutal violence, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and drug use (some involving children); starring Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Christopher MintzPlasse, Mark Strong; directed by Matthew Vaughn; opening today at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY ROGER MOORE THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
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business. The tone of this latest comic adaptation to reach the big screen never settles that argument and never finds its sweet spot. But when you name your comic and then the movie made from it “Kick-Ass,” “tone” isn’t at the top of your “Things I’m fretting over” list. An awkward blend of ultra-realistic violence, boundaries-bending satire and low comedy, Mark Millar’s comic becomes a Matthew Vaughn movie in which not everybody in the cast is on the same page or even the right page. It’s about a nerdy, bored teen (Aaron Johnson) who decides to spend his free time fighting crime in greater New York. He
orders a “costume,” invents a name for himself — “Kick-Ass” — sets up a MySpace page for requests and fantasizes fights in front of the mirror. Next thing you know, he’s sticking his nose in the middle of fights. One of them is videotaped, and this not-quite-competent vigilante becomes a Web phenomenon. If only the girl he adores (Lyndsy Fonseca) didn’t think he was her new “gay BFF.” Meanwhile, a creepy single dad (Nicolas Cage) is training his 11-year-old daughter to help him kick butt and take names. And call names. “Hit-Girl” (Chloe Moretz) has a wicked kick and a potty mouth.
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Mark Strong plays a local crime boss whose nerdy son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) wants to help dad deal with his “super-hero problem.” There are explosively funny scenes and moments — often involving an unexpected beat-down — followed by many more moments that make you wince. Some jokes don’t land and most of the cast isn’t “out there” enough to make this work. Crude, bloody and moody, “Kick-Ass” embraces, at arm’s length, its fanboy origins. But maybe they should have decided if they loved these stereotypes, or wanted to ridicule them to death before rolling the camera.
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‘Death at a Funeral’ Did you miss the British farce ‘Death at a Funeral’ three years ago? Now you can see what you missed via this remake, which features Tracy Morgan (left), Chris Rock (right), Martin Lawrence and Loretta Devine. The movie covers one day in the life of an American family coming together to put a beloved husband and father to rest. As mourners gather at the family home, shocking revelations, festering resentments, blackmail and a misdirected corpse unleash lethal and riotous mayhem. The movie, which is rated R, opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
Falcone play,‘Terms of Surrender,’ back at Logan CARTERVILLE — Steve Falcone is reviving his two-man Ulysses S. Grant/Robert E. Lee show, “Terms of Surrender.” The play considers what those famous Civil War generals might have said to one another in the brief time before the formal surrender that fateful day at the courthouse in Appomattox, Va.
The show has been performed before with Falcone as Grant and Bruce Welker as Lee. But, Falcone said, it’s time for younger actors to take the roles. Dan Hill will be portraying Grant, and Mike Deuel portrays Lee. Falcone said this onehour show explores one of those “moments between history” when the great
hour was dawning. Tears, laughter and anger fuel the action, as the two investigate personal and historical slices of two lives that loom huge over our past. The free performance will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Terrace Dining Room on the John A. Logan College campus. — The Southern
World premiere of ‘The Scientist’ at the Liberty Theater MURPHYSBORO — Independent filmmaker Zach LeBeau will unveil his debut full-length feature film to a Southern Illinois crowd this weekend. LeBeau, a Carbondale native who has spent his life traveling the world and working in the entertainment industry, will host the world premiere of “The Scientist” at Murphysboro’s historic
Liberty Theater. The film tells the story of physicist Marcus Ryan (Bill Sage, “Precious”) dealing with the loss of his wife and daughter. Isolating himself in his basement building a mysterious machine, he soon unleashes a form of infinite-energy that changes his life and those around him. The film co-stars Adam LeFevre, who appears in “She’s Out of My League”
and “The Bounty Hunter,” and Daniela Lavender, the wife of actor Ben Kingsley, who is making her U.S. film debut. The true world premiere of the movie will be at 7 p.m. Friday, one hour before the film’s nationwide release. Additional showings will air at 9:30 p.m. Friday and 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Liberty. Admission is $7. — Adam Testa
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themselves in the year 1986 and set out to change their futures. With John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, and Chevy Chase. Directed by Steve Pink. R (strong crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language) How to Train Your Dragon An animated comedy adventure of a misfit Viking teen who encounters a dragon that challenges his tribe’s tradition of heroic dragon slayers. With the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson and Kristen Wiig. Based on the book by Cressida Cowell. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. PG (sequences of intense action and some scary images, brief mild language) Letters to God Inspired by a true story, a young boy fighting cancer finds strength and hope through writing letters to God and, in doing so, changes the lives of those around him. With Jeffrey S. Johnson, Robyn Lively, Tanner Maguire and Michael Bolten. Directed by David Nixon and Doughtie. PG She’s Out of My League A teen romantic comedy in which an average Joe meets the perfect woman, but his lack of confidence and the influence of his friends and family begin to pick away at the relationship. With Jay Baruchel, Lindsay Sloane and
Debra Jo Rupp. Directed by Jim Field Smith. R (language, sexual content) Repo Men Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, a heart transplant patient struggling to make payments on his recent purchase goes on the run before his ticker is repossessed. With Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and Liev Schriber. Written by Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner, based on Garcia’s novel. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik. R (strong bloody violence, grisly images, language, sexuality, nudity). Shutter Island Two U.S. marshals are summoned to a fortress-like island housing a hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the implausible disappearance of a multiple murderess from a locked room. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams and Max Von Sydow. Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. Directed by Martin Scorsese. R (disturbing, violent content, language and some nudity) The Last Song A reluctant teenager begrudgingly spends the summer with her estranged father and they bond over a love for music. With Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Bobby Coleman, Hallock Beals, Nick Lashaway, Carly Chaikin, Nick Searcy, Kate Vernon, Kelly Preston and Greg Kinnear. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ book.
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