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What: Pizza, pasta, salads, sandwiches Where: 509 S. Illinois Ave, Carbondale Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 4 pm.11 pm. Saturday and Sunday Phone: 618-457-0321 Web: www.pagliais carbondale.com THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO
Pagliai’s Pizza & Pasta is at 509 S. Illinois Ave. in Carbondale.
decades didn’t shift. “Our quality and consistency is really our strong BY JOE SZYNKOWSKI point and the personal FOR THE SOUTHERN touch we add to everything we do,” Parsons said. The owners of Pagliai’s The 4,000-square-foot Pizza & Pasta in facility has allowed the Carbondale have made restaurant to enhance its plenty of good business successful formula by decisions over the years, adding more seating, including moving their operations two years ago a better parking, expansive banquet rooms and bit north from their numerous flat-screen TVs. original location on Improved lighting and Illinois Avenue. larger windows have also “The move has added to bolster the Pag’s expanded the business dining experience. beyond my wildest The restaurant’s original dreams,” said owner Melissa Parsons, daughter brick oven made the move to the new location, and of founders Connie and the kitchen is still fully Larry Anderson. “Even visible from the dining though we didn’t really move that far away, it just room, which allows seems like we’re in a whole guests to not only see their food being prepared but new section of town.” also demonstrates the While the well-known level of quality and care restaurant might have put into the preparation of physically moved, the every meal. quality food and excep“People love seeing us tional customer service that have made Pag’s such out front,” Parsons said. Pagliai’s offers several a success for nearly five
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options for their handmade pizza crust — baked on a brick, thin or thick, which results in a crispy crust. You can also go soft and chewy by opting for the thin or thick crust baked in a pan. Pagliai’s has also added whole wheat crust to its offerings. The options don’t stop with the crust, however. Pagliai’s offers more than 20 toppings, allowing guests to build their own favorite or choose from a number of popular specialty pizzas like “Joe’s Special” — a thin-crust pie with sausage (which Pag’s grinds in-house), pepperoni, extra cheese, onions, Canadian bacon and extra sauce. Pagliai’s has pasta lovers covered, too. You can get cavatelli, fettuccini (alfredo or primavera), lasagna, manicotti, mostaccioli and, of course, spaghetti. All of Pagliai’s pasta dished are served with
garlic bread and dinners include a salad. Tuesday evenings, you can get a large order of spaghetti with meat or marinara sauce and garlic bread for only $3.25. Pagliai’s also offers a ham and cheese, poor boy or Italian beef sandwich with chips. Bread sticks and chicken wings are also offered, as is cheesecake to satisfy the sweet tooth. An expanded selection of domestic and imported beers is available by the glass or pitcher, and you can enjoy a variety of wines by the glass, halfliter or liter. Pag’s party rooms can accommodate larger groups for any occasion, from the professional business meeting to the pre-game parties for SIU sporting events. Parsons encourages customers of any ilk to visit Pag’s. “We like our customers to have fun and enjoy themselves,” she said.
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Call for Art HerrinFesta: 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. Photography: Paducah Photo ‘12 Juried International Photography Exhibition and Regional Showcase, The Yeiser Art Center, Paducah; open to all working in digital or film photography; early deadline, April 27; late deadline, May 11; www.paducahphoto.com; 270-442-2453.
Exhibits Patrons’ Favorites: 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 618453-5388. 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, SIU; through April 21; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m., Saturday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618453-5388. Student Art Show: Rend Lake College Theatre Lobby, 468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Ina; through April 27; 618-437-5321 ext. 1237. Antarctica — Deception Island: Varsity Gallery, Varsity Center for the Arts. Exhibit of photographs by Gary Kolb; through April 30. 618-4575100.
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Heavenly Realms and Earthly Delights: anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; features painter, Judith Bush and ceramicist, Darby Ortolano; larger canvases in this exhibition will be on display ay the Luna Gallery in the Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; through April 30; anthillgallery.com; yellowmooncafe.com. Life Threads Fiber Show: Little Egypt Arts Centre, Tower Square, Marion; features quilts, crochet, and other fiber objects; through April 30; 618-998-8530; www.littleegyptarts.com. Cherokee Language Paintings: By Jannette Parent, the Tribeca Gallery, downtown Paducah; through May 1; www.apparentlypainted.com; 270-871-8773; 270-210-1753. Antarctica – Imagined Geographies: Includes media arts installation created by SIU Professor Gary Kolb and Associate Professor Jay Needham , exhibited in the rotunda of Morris Library, SIU; through May 4; includes concert, panels, workshops and lectures by scientists, scholars and media artists; 618–534 3989; www.antarctica-initiative.org. Darwin Reid Payne: Theater set design and painting, University Museum, SIU;
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hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m., Saturday; through May 4; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Fantastic Fibers 2012: Yeiser Art Center, downtown Paducah; artwork created with fiber as the primary medium; through May 5; Fantastic Fibers runs concurrent with the American Quilter’s Society’s Quilt Week Wednesday-Saturday, April 2528 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 1960-1978; 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; 618-242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org. Shrode Fine Art & Craft Competition and Exhibit: Shrode Art Center at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through May 6; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236. Exhibit of Quilts: Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic
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Center. Hand- and machinestitched quilts created by quilters from St. Andrews Parrish in Murphysboro; through May 13. 618-457-5100. From Humble Beginnings: Lincoln’s Illinois, 1830-1861, Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; commemorates the bicentennial.
Reception Homo parasitus: Reception, 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 13, The Gallery Space, Law office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; Senior Thesis Exhibition of Eric D. Johnson ; through April 19; gallery@jbbaileylaw.com. St. Andrew Quilts: 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic Center. Reception for group of quilt makers from St. Andrew Parrish. 618-457-5100. Shawnee Dreams: Reception, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, Shawnee Dreams, Main St., Crab Orchard. Artist Missy Carstens. Exhibit of oil and acrylic original works through April. 618-997-0421. Gallery Talk: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Varsity Gallery, Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale. SIU Dean and Professor Gary Kolb will show work from Antarctica. 618-457-5100.
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Local artists partner up for ‘Heavenly Realms’ exhibit COBDEN — A reception for “Heavenly Realms and Earthly Delights,” Cobden’s first art exhibit of 2012 sponsored by anthill gallery & vintage curiosities and the Yellow Moon Café, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14. The reception is at anthill. The exhibit is a collaboration of painter Judith Bush and ceramicist Darby Ortolano, who combine their recent works of art that explore “the spiritual and primal rhythms found in heaven and earth.”
Dayshift hosting trunk sale CARBONDALE — Dayshift will host a trunk show featuring artist Pamela Graham from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the boutique, 101 W. Monroe St. The show will highlight Graham’s tailored purses and zip pouches. Graham has been a seamstress most of her life, working in clothing factories in Herrin, Ziegler and Carbondale. She launched her handbag business about five years ago. Dayshift, owned by Chris McKinley, represents more than 75 Southern Illinois artists and sells homemade gifts, jewelry, paintings and more.
St. Andrew quilters’ work on display CARBONDALE — A reception Wednesday, April 18, will honor a group of local quilters. The quilters, who have been sewing together since 1975, aim to keep the craft alive and serve the St. Andrew Parrish in Murphysboro. Their works, both hand and machine-stitched quilts, are on display through May 13 at the Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery. The reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. at the civic center. — Adam Testa
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Guest, Claire McQuerry, Cynthia Huntington and Wine: By Clara Orban, readings by Geoff Schmidt, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Elizabeth Crane and Paul Kite Hill Vineyards, CarbonGuest; www.facebook.com/ dale; book, Wine Lessons: events/252320004859799. Ten Questions to Guide Your Edible Books Festival: Appreciation of Wine; 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Friday, www.kitehillvineyards.com; April 13, Morris Library, SIU; 618-684-5072. bring your edible books to the library rotunda; entry is free; prizes for the punniest, best Events book structure, most edible, Asian American Heritage least edible and the public’s Month: Celebration at SIU choice; grand prize, Amazon throughout the month of Kindle; www.lib.siu.edu; 618April; films, martial arts, 453-2947. discussions, live Southern Illinois Saluki performances; Iron Chef Pow Wow 2012: Fridaycompetition; news.siu.edu; Saturday, April 13-14, SIU; linhtran@siu.edu. features traditional foods Little Grassy Literary along with authentic Native Festival: Thursday, April 12American arts and crafts, Friday, April 13, SIU; hosted by intertribal and exhibition the Graduate Writers Forum/ dances, music; also, life-sized, MFA Creative Program at SIU; interactive traditional native includes poetry reading by village and a children’s Henri Cole; poetry panel activity area; doors open at discussion with Cole, Paul 4 p.m. on April 13 and 10 a.m.
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April 14; 618-201-7953; nativeatsiu@hotmail.com. Storytelling Festival: Friday-Sunday, April 13-15, downtown Cape Girardeau; $10-$35: 573-335-1631; CapeStorytelling.com, Indian Artifact Show: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday April 14, World Shooting & Recreational Complex, Sparta; archaeology demonstrations; artifact identification; food available; 618-537-6753; wilsonkw1976@sbcglobal.net. Trunk Show: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Dayshift Carbondale, 101 W. Monroe St. Trunk show featuring artist Pamela Graham’s tailored purses and zip pouches made from colorful fabrics. 618529-3297. Gem and Mineral Show: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, April 15, The Pavilion, behind the Illinois Star Centre Mall,
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Marion; adults, $2; 18 and under, free; exhibits of minerals, fossils, Indian artifacts, gemstones, jewelry, shells and lapidary work; working demonstrations; www.siesclub.org. Neil LaBute: Director, playwright, screenwriter, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, McLeod Theater, SIU; presentation includes screening of one of his new short films, a reading from a new work, and a question and answer session. Steel Guitar Show: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday, April 19, Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21, Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Mount Vernon. Annual Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show. Vendors and performances. Tix: $10 or $20 or $40 for three day pass. 618-927-3158. Jewelry Show: 9 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday, April 28,
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Little Egypt Arts Centre, on the Square in Marion. LEAA will present a jewelry show. 618-997-0421. Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey® Circus: 7 p.m. Friday, May 4, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5 and 1 p.m. Sunday, May 6, SIU Arena; includes Dimitri the Strong Man, Motorcycle Mania, Epic Asian Elephants, Wheel of Steel and Hand Balancers; www.ringling. com.
Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. Carbondale. Tix: $15 adults; $10 students; 618-549-5466; www.stage company.org. Billy Budd: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, McLeod Theater, SIU, Carbondale; followed by Meet the Playwright — David Rush at C.H. Moe Theater, wine and light refreshments. Tickets: 618-453-6000. For more information call 618-453-7589.
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Dear Edwina Jr.: A musical comedy, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $5/$8; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030. The Underpants: Steve Martin’s comedy The Underpants; 7:30 p.m. April 13, 14, 20, 21; 2 p.m. April 15 and 22, Varsity Center for the
Bye, Bye Birdie: From 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, April 14, Illinois Star Centre Mall, Marion, community room next to Target and noon-4 p.m. Saturday, April 21, Rend Lake College Theater, Ina; presented by Pyramid Players; performance dates, June 28-30; 618-439-9196 or www.pyramidplayers.org.
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Pushing Boundaries Screenwriter/director to speak at SIU both men moved on in Screenwriter/director will their careers, they would maintain their friendship, show a new short film, and Eckhart would star in read from a new work and many of LaBute’s films. answer questions; Tuesday, The screenwriter/ April 17, 7:30 p.m., McLeod director’s journey has Theater, Communications taken him all over. He did graduate work at the Building; free. University of Kansas, New York University and the BY ADAM TESTA Royal Academy of London, THE SOUTHERN and taught drama and film at Indiana Universityeil LaBute always Purdue University Fort pushed the limits. Wayne before adapting Studying theater at Brigham Young University, “In the Company of Men” from the stage to the the young playwright and director joined the Church screen, beginning his career as a director. of Jesus Christ of LatterNow, he’s set to visit day Saints. But even those religious beliefs didn’t hold Southern Illinois. LaBute will be visit SIU for two him back when it came to days next week, hosting a material for the stage. public event and meeting He produced a number with students in a more of plays that pushed the private setting. envelope of what was On Tuesday, April 17, acceptable at the LaBute will host a special conservative religious university, and many of his public gathering at 7:30 p.m. at McLeod works were shut down Theater in the Commuafter their premieres. Despite that reputation, nications Building. He will be showing one of his new BYU officials honored LaBute as one of the most short films, reading from one of his new works and promising undergraduate answering questions. The playwrights during the theater department’s event is open to anyone. annual awards. “He’s showing He would also return to something he’s working on Provo, Utah, in 1993 for now,” said Vince the premiere of his play Rhomberg, marketing “In the Company of Men,” director for the SIU theater which earned an award department. “It’s not like from the Association for he’s going to be going back Mormon Letters. and showing something he Another part of BYU did 20 years ago.” went with LaBute when he The next day, he will left — his friendship with meet with students from fellow theater student and the theater and film actor Aaron Eckhart. As departments.
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Screenwriter/director Neil LaBute will visit SIU next week.
As a director, LaBute has received high praise from critics for his unsettling portrayals of human character. “In the Company of Men” portrays two misogynist businessmen cruelly plotting to romance and emotionally destroy a deaf woman, while his next film, “Your Friends and Neighbors” explored the sex life of three urban couples. And he didn’t shy away from those people closest to him. In 2000, he wrote an off-Broadway play, “Bash: Latter-Day Plays,” which focused on essentially good Latter-day Saints committing disturbing and violent acts. LaBute’s other film credits include “Nurse Betty,” “The Wicker Man,” “Lakeview Terrace,” “Death at a Funeral” and more. His works have garnered a number of awards, including ones from the Sundance International Film Festival and the Tony Awards. Having personal access to a man with LaBute’s background and experience is a special opportunity for students and curious members of the public alike, Rhomberg said. “This is a guy who fought for a career and to talk to someone like that is vital for a person’s future, whether it’s as an actor, a director, a producer,” he said. “You get to talk to
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Gem and Mineral Show back MARION — The Southern Illinois Earth Science Club will hold its annual Gem and Mineral Show at the City of Marion Pavilion from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 15. Club members from all over Southern Illinois will provide exhibits, and the Ben E. Clement Museum in Marion, Ky., will have a special exhibit of minerals from their world class collection. There will be exhibits of minerals, fossils, Indian artifacts, gemstones, jewelry, shells and lapidary work. Demonstrations of lapidary skills, arrowhead making, rock painting and related crafts are also planned. Admission is $2 for adults; children 18 and younger are admitted free. — The Southern
Artifact show returns to Sparta SPARTA — The third annual Southwestern Illinois Indian Artifact Show is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the World Shooting Complex. The free event offers an educational opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the region’s historic past. Larry Kinsella will demonstrate experimental archaeology throughout the day, and merchants will be identifying, buying and selling arrowheads and other artifacts.
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‘Wine Lessons’ The Stage Co. closes its season given at Kite Hill with Martin’s ‘The Underpants’ CARBONDALE — Kite Hill Vineyards will host a book signing of Clara Orban’s new book, “Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine.” The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Orban, a professor of French and Italian and chair of the Department of Modern Languages at DePaul University in Chicago, began teaching Geography 350: The World of Wine when a colleague retired in 2002. The course touches on most of the important winemaking areas of the world, with large doses of culture, geography and history to go along with the scientific aspects of wine production. In 2007, Orban became a certified sommelier.
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CARBONDALE — The Stage Co. will present Steve Martin’s cheerful, bawdy comedy “The Underpants” as the final show of its season. Martin, the renowned comic actor and author, provides a wild satire adapted from Carl Sternheim’s 1911 German play. The plot tells of Louise and Theo Markes, whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise’s bloomers fall down in public. Though she pulls them up quickly, Theo thinks the incident will cost him his job as a government clerk. Louise’s momentary display does not result in the feared scandal, but it does attract two infatuated men, each of whom wants to rent the spare room in the Markes’ home. The play runs Friday-Sunday, April 13-15 and 20-22, at the Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. — Adam Testa
Pyramid Alley Players hosting auditions MARION — Pyramid Alley Players will be hosting auditions for the troupe’s summer musical “Bye, Bye Birdie” this month. Auditions are set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14, at the Illinois Star Centre mall in Marion and from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Rend Lake College in Ina. Performance dates are June 28-30. Those auditioning will be asked to read different parts from the script, alone and with a partner. They will also be asked to sing a prepared song of their choice. There are non-singing roles available, but auditioners should specify. — Adam Testa
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ANNA — The PAST group of Union County is preparing for the annual spring luncheon and quilt show, “Through the Seasons: A Glimpse of the Past,” beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Family Life Center of Anna Heights Baptist Church, 100 Turner Ave. A quilt exhibit will open at 9 a.m. followed by a luncheon at noon. After the luncheon, a quilt turning and a program featuring Marlene Rivero of Mounds will be presented by Mrs. Rivero, a monologue portraying the seamstress of Mary Todd Lincoln. Admission donation is $10 to view quilts and table exhibits. A $25 donation will be accepted for exhibits, luncheon and program. — The Southern
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Crow to sing at Walker’s Bluff in June CARTERVILLE — Grammy Award-winning pop music artist Sheryl Crow will be performing at Walker’s Bluff this summer. Crow joins a cast of other musicians coming to the venue, including country legends The Charlie Daniels Band. Crow will take the stage at the winery and entertainment venue June 22. Tickets are not yet on sale. Through her career, Crow was won nine Grammy Awards. Her seventh studio album, “100 Miles from Memphis,” was released in July 2010. The album is an ode to her formative memories of music, and one her label, A&M Records, hoped would inspire young music fans to explore the greater musical landscape. Her eighth album, which will feature more of a country flavor, is slated to be released this year. — Adam Testa
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Kevin Lucas Orchestra to debut a new video
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COBDEN — The award-winning Kevin Lucas Orchestra will debut its new music video for “I’m Not Ready” at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Rustle Hill Winery on U.S. 51 in Cobden. The video will be played during the intermission of the group’s concert. Local filmmaker Dan Johnson shot the video at Garden of the Gods, the ruins of the Pinckneyville Opera House, WSIU Studio A and a bar near Starved Rock in northern Illinois. “I’m Not Ready,” written by Andy Waldron and produced by Lucas, placed third in the American/folk category of Billboard Magazine’s songwriting contest last year. The group has won several other industry awards and been nominated for a Grammy.
MOUNT VERNON — The Illinois Brass Quintet will perform Sunday, April 15, at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. Founded in 1955 as the University of Illinois PROVIDED faculty quintet in resiThe Illinois Brass Quartet will perform Sunday, April 15, in Mount Vernon. dence, the group has adults, $18 for Cedarhurst Symphony, St. Louis Members have perreceived many honors, members and $5 for music formed with orchestras in Symphony and more. including the distinction teachers and students and The concert begins at the U.S. and abroad of being the first faculty can be purchased in 7:30 p.m. in Mitchell including the Cleveland brass quintet and pionadvance or at the door. Museum Performance Orchestra, Los Angeles eering recordings in the — Adam Testa Philharmonic, Milwaukee Hall. Tickets are $20 for Music Minus One series.
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Hangar 9: Dub Day 2012 Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Southern Illinois Hairbangers Ball PK’s: Manx Outside the Box Music Tres Hombres: Festival: Thursday, April Soul Glo, 10 p.m. 12-Sunday, April 15, INA www.otbsiu.com. Ina Community Building: Cedarhurst Chamber Friday Night Jam Band, Music Concert: 7:30 p.m. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, MARION Cedarhurst Center for the Marion American Legion: Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Charlie Norman, Mount Vernon. Concert to 7:30-11:30 p.m. feature the Illinois Brass Marion Youth Center: Quintet. Tix: $20 adults; Craig’s Country Band, $18 Cedarhurst members; flipsideonline.com 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 students. 618-242-1236. SPILLERTOWN BoomBox: 9 p.m. WedTrack Side Dance Barn: nesday, April 18, Copper Roger Black band, 7-10 p.m. Dragon, Carbondale. THOMPSONVILLE BoomBox to perform. Old Country Store Dance Tickets: $12 advance; BENTON Barn: Jeanita Spillman $14 door, 19 and older. : Duncan Dance Barn: & The Sentimental Swing Love, Laughter and a Spring Pond Opry Band, Band, 7-10 p.m. Barbershop Song: 2 p.m. 6:30-9:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON and 7 p.m. Saturday April CARBONDALE 21, Herrin Civic Center; Hangar 9: Broken Light Social Corner Dance Hall: $10-15; harmonize.com/ Hour/Lazer Dudes/Kid Tiger Rebel Country Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m. littleegyptchorus. PK’s: Secondary Modern Tres Hombres: Phil Stendek, Kentucky 10 p.m. WHITE ASH The Four Tops and The Scarlett’s Music Barn: Temptations: 7:30 p.m. Country Music Band, CARBONDALE Friday, April 13, Carson 7-10 p.m. Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Center, Paducah; $35Funky Monks $100; 270-450-4444; PK’s: Raw Flesh Eaters www.thecarsoncenter.org. Tres Hombres: SKEE, Merle Haggard: 7:30 10 p.m. p.m. Thursday, April 26, CARBONDALE DU BOIS Carson Center, Paducah; Carbondale Eagles: Dave Du Bois KC Hall: $25-$100; 270-450-4444; Caputo, 7-11 p.m.; Jackson Junction, www.thecarsoncenter.org. Harrisburg tornado benefit 7:30-11:30 p.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2:00pm-6:00pm Marion American Legion: Dave Simmons & Jeff Bradley Danny and The Dreamers, Come enjoy the NAACP Celebration of 7:30-11:30 p.m.
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Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 7-11 p.m. Ramesses: South of 70, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MURPHYSBORO Murphysboro American Legion: Roger Black band, 8 p.m.-midnight 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. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: As Time Goes By, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SUNDAY MARION Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 6-10 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Craig’s Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
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.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Shawn Harmon: 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. Bruce Zimmerman: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, The Blue Boar Restaurant, 820-920 Kratzinger Hollow Road, Cobden; 618-833-5858. Kevin Lucas: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, The Blue Boar Restaurant, 820-920 Kratzinger Hollow Road, Cobden; 618-833-5858.
Wineries Todd Pierson: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery, US 51, Cobden Barry Cloyd: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda Bruce Zimmerman: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery, US 51, Cobden The Pull Starters Band: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard, 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass Kevin Lucas Orchestra: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery, US 51, Cobden Barry Cloyd: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda Dave Caputo Duo: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Von Jakob Vineyard, 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass 20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618-833-5182 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 W. Linden, Carbondale 618-529-9345 Coloni’s Bar & Grill: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-5341 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Enrico’s: 208 S. Main St., Royalton 618-984-2071 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. Highway 127 Bar & Billiards: Illinois 127, Murphysboro John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Kip & Traci’s Colonial Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-997-6989 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 618Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Elks: .204 S. Market St., Marion 618-993-3151 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853
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Outside the Box festival continues CARBONDALE — Expand your horizons in modern classical music this spring at the Outside the Box music festival. There will be a screening of “Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen” at 5 p.m. tonight, April 12, at Shryock Auditorium. On Friday, April 13, Kathleen Ginther, Altgeld Chamber Players and special guest Lucy Shelton will perform at Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. For more info, go to www.otbsiu.com.
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Bright Lights Social Hour heads from SXSW to Hangar 9 CARBONDALE — The Bright Light Social Hour will be performing in Carbondale as part of a North American tour, hot off the heels of a series of shows during the South by Southwest festival. The Texas-band band blends Southern rock, hard dance, psychedelic blues and deep soul to create a sound of its own. The group’s self-titled album has received critical acclaim and swept six awards during the SXSW Austin Music Awards, including Album and Song of the Year. The band will be playing at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave., tonight. Doors open at 7 p.m., and admission is $8.
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Olive Branch native breaking into ‘A-list’ “It was an honor to be nominated, but I really wanted to win,” Hill said Tuesday night. Vince Hoffard “The award is recognition from your peers. As you get noticed as a player and become prominent in town, you ife is good for elite Nashville session bass get nominated by the people in power within the guitarist Mark Hill. industry.” Earlier this month, Hill has spent the last the Olive Branch native 22 years climbing the was nominated for musical ladder. Musician of the Year He has earned his way Award from the Academy into a tight circle of of Country Music for the second time in the “A-list” musicians that play on all the major last three years. projects. He has played on He didn’t win.
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records by Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith and virtually every new act on the scene, like Eden’s Edge and Steel Magnolia. He often plays three sessions per day, each lasting three hours, at various locations in Nashville, Tenn. His job is a little easier when the work is at The Chapel, a studio he owns that is connected to his home in Franklin. Hill picked up a lucrative parttime job in June 2010, when he joined the road band of Reba McEntire.
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“There was no audition required,” Hill said. “I’ve known Reba’s guitar player, Jeff King, for a long time. We’ve worked together on different projects for years. “He called and inquired if I was interested in the job and I jumped on it. It’s a cool gig. We just got back from Europe.” Hill said he agreed to go back on the road for the first time in nearly a decade because the pay was good, McEntire is a country music legend and her schedule is light. Soon after joining the band, McEntire played “A Capitol Fourth” in Washington. “I was in awe. There was a crowd of 750,000 and the Washington Monument was in the background. It seemed surreal,” Hill said. “We got a private tour of the White House. The Secret Service took us to sections roped off from the general public. It was killer. I was in the kitchen of the White House.” While playing for McEntire has been a highlight of a fruitful career, it has also given Hill a criminal record. “I took my son and a bunch of his friends camping and stuck a knife in my backpack. “When I got home, I threw the backpack in the closet. A month later, I picked up the backpack and took it to Canada for a show with Reba. “There was a problem at the airport when they found my mechanical military knife with the automatic blade. “When I realized what I had done, I about threw up.
“I got arrested. The entire ordeal cost me about $3,000.” On stage that night, McEntire introduced him as Mark “Blade” Hill. Hill, 1985 graduate of Egyptian High School, played in a familyoriented gospel band, The Galatians, while in high school. In 1988, he was a frustrated clerk at Music World in Anna who had unsuccessfully searched for three years for a band needing a bass player. He felt like he was spinning his wheels in a confusing musical maze. His thick cloud of despair was unexpectedly lifted one day when popular local musician Gary Jones entered the store and happened to be looking for a bassist. Hill auditioned and was quickly hired by Jones. He played in the Gary Jones Band for three years, honing his skills to near perfection. With his confidence high, he migrated to Nashville and was soon touring with contemporary Christian superstar Steven Curtis Chapman. He later worked in the road band of budding country superstar Martina McBride. Before hooking up with McEntire’s band, the 44-year-old Hill had been making a living in Music City exclusively as a session musician since 1996, except for work on a brief special project in 2004, when Keith Urban hired him as band leader and bass guitarist for a 60-city tour.
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Hill’s best friend is former West Frankfort resident Ritchie Biggs, who was best man at his wedding. Biggs won a Grammy Award earlier this year for his work with the Civil Wars. He is a sound engineer who works almost daily at The Chapel. When he first came to Nashville, Hill said he received priceless guidance from bass guitarist Jimmie Lee Sloas. He must have been taking notes. More than two decades later, Sloas and Hill were nominated for the same ACM award this year. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo.com.
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‘Three Stooges’ update entertains The Three Stooges *** Rated PG for slapstick action violence, some rude and suggestive humor including language; starring Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Larry David, Jane Lynch, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Hudson and Kate Upton; directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
There’s a 9-year-old in us all, dying to get out, to laugh at pratfalls, slaps, eye-pokes and fart jokes. That’s what Fox and the Farrelly Brothers are counting on. That’s why they’ve revived “The Three
Stooges,” lions of lowbrow. And from the moment Larry David appears, in full nun’s wimple and habit, as Sister Mary-Mengele, this update works. We meet them the day they’re hurled at the door of an orphanage. They grow into troublesome orphans with bad haircuts. \Even as 10-year-olds, Moe (Skyler Gisondo), Larry (Lance ChantilesWertz) and Curly (Robert Capron of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) are accidents waiting to happen. Mother Superior (Jane Lynch) and Sister Rosemary (Jennifer Hudson) tolerate them. For decades. So that when, 35 years after arriving there, their orphanage faces foreclosure, the sort-of adult Larry (Sean Hayes), Curly (Chris Diamantopoulos) and Moe (Will Sasso) are there to save the day. Sort of. But it’s going to be impossible to raise
$830,000 through ineptly performed odd jobs. They run into a femme fatale (Sofia Vergara) who wants them to smother her “dying” husband. The Farrellys, who have fallen off raunchy comedy’s cutting edge, manage the right tone. An accidental poke in Vergara’s D-cup may be the raciest thing in it, and they’ve scored with their casting. The new Stooges are affectionate homages to the originals: Moe and Curly Howard and Larry Fine. Hayes is the only one you see giving a performance. Not that he isn’t funny as all get-out. But Sasso and Diamantopoulos ARE Moe and Curly. The Farrellys cleaned up their act for a kiddie audience. They even appear on camera for a “don’t do this at home” disclaimer at the end, because, as ever, the Stooges are for kids.
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APRIL 21, 2012 WITH A MATINEE AT 2:00 and EVENING AT 7:00 HERRIN CIVIC CENTER IS THE PLACE GUEST QUARTET IS SrQ, 2010 SENIOR CHAMPIONS. The Chorus and these local quartets will perform: Classic Intervals, Fifteen Sixteenths, Pitch Catchers and Touch of Old An afterglow will follow the evening performance with singing and light refreshments and is included with the purchase of an evening ticket. Tickets available: on-line at http://little-egypt-chorus.ticketleap.com or www.harmonize.com/ littleegyptchorus / buytickets. The Bank of Carbondale, Carbondale location and the Herrin Civic Center. Tickets also available from any chorus member or by calling Norm Bauer at 618-833-3228.
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‘Cabin’ scares up more laughs than frights Cabin in the Woods **
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Five college kids pile into an RV for a trek to “my cousin’s cabin” in the middle of nowhere. No, your GPS doesn’t show the back roads they have to take. No, you’re not getting cell reception there. The kids are horror movie “types” — the libidinous blonde (Anna Hutchison), her jock beau (Chris “Thor” Hemsworth), the jock’s sensitive, “brainy” pal (Jesse Williams), the lovelorn innocent (Kristen Connolly). BY ROGER MOORE And let’s not forget the MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS stoner, given a ShaggyJoss Whedon amusingly from-“Scooby Doo” whimsy by Fran Kranz. deconstructs the human “Society is BINDING,” race’s need for frights, weed-worshipping Marty boogeymen and “Saw” preaches. “It’s filling in sequels with “The Cabin in the Woods.” It’s a serio- the cracks with concrete!” Okaaaay. comic blend of “Scream” In the best “Friday the and “The Adjustment Bureau,” more clever than 13th” tradition, the kids ignore the first sign of brilliant, more highconcept than meticulously warning — the redneck filling-station owner. (“I thought-out spoof.
Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality and nudity; starring Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford; directed by Drew Goddard; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion
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been here since the war!” Which war? “You know damn well which war!”) They find the cabin, which is remote, rustic and filled with creepy touches, animal sacrifice paintings, masks, puzzles and Latin phrase books out of a horror movies ranging from simple ghost tales to “Hellraiser” extravaganzas. As the kids lurch toward their fate, the stoner mutters through his smoky haze that they’re being watched, that the “puppets” are being manipulated by “puppet masters.” And every so often, the film skips off to a vast complex where the stoner’s theories are borne out. That’s the “Adjustment Bureau” side of the story. Whedon (TV’s “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer,” “Alien Resurrection”) and director Drew Goddard skip back and forth
between these two settings, and all I’ll say about the “Bureau” world is that it stars Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford, and its arcane technology and cumbersome chain of command provide most of this “Cabin’s” laughs. “Cabin,” heavily hyped by fanboys and longdelayed, isn’t scary. It’s the showbiz savvy and the name-cast gloss that lifts this goof on horror cliché above the “Scary Movie” franchise, or “Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil.” Kranz is the funniest thing in it, though the seen-it-all desk jockey played by Jenkins gives Kranz a run for his money. And if, by the third act, Whedon writes himself and his characters into a corner too silly to gracefully get out of without cheating, well ... we know why “Firefly” was canceled, don’t we?