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Hope Horace-Logwood and the Rev. Sidney Logwood are the epitome of community contributors. Active in educational programs, outreach efforts, and church functions, the couple is continually focused on supporting the people and area around them. Their restaurant, Southern Que BBQ Restaurant, is a natural, delicious extension of their community spirit, and has been bringing people together since 2008. “We have a lot of loyal community members who have been supporting us from the beginning,” Hope said. Southern Que specializes in all things pork. From sandwiches to spare ribs, this family restaurant has it covered, not to mention its topsecret sauce that comes in mild or hot varieties. The sauce is made with a special blend of spices that makes it sweet and tangy with a hint of heat. It is the perfect topping for ribs, chicken, beef, fries or anything else on your plate. “Everybody loves the
sauce,” Hope said. “It’s homemade and goes back a long way.” For a short period, customers can order a sauce-slathered half-slab dinner of St. Louis spare ribs and two sides for $12.99. Another new addition to the menu is snoot — pig snout grilled, crisped and sauced that customers can order Fridays and Saturdays. “We had a lot of people telling us we needed snoot,” Hope said. “People love it.” Southern Que’s sides deserve a menu of their own, with a wide variety sure to please every appetite and taste. Barbecue spaghetti, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob and potato salad are only a few of the endless options that perfectly complement Southern Que’s main offerings. Hope learned the art of barbecue from her mother, Juanita Horace, who also passed down her strong sense of community advocacy. Southern Que caters the annual Spirit of Attucks reunion every Fourth of July, and also is a big backer of local school programming. “We are really
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DETAILS What: Pulled pork sandwiches, spare ribs, beef brisket, barbecue spaghetti Where: 887 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale Hours: 10:30 a.m.10 p.m., MondayThursday, 10:30 a.m.11 p.m., FridaySaturday, closed Sundays; call for summer hours Phone: 618-457-8000 committed to growing business and supporting different groups in Carbondale,” Hope said. Southern Que has been a vendor in Carbondale Community High School for four years and offers catering services. Hope invites all business and community groups to enjoy down-home barbecue at their next lunch or dinner meeting.
Youth Art Show to help family CARBONDALE —A local youth art show to help the family of the late Rachel Jamison will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18 in the Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. The event will feature artwork for sale that was created by children who attend Kids Korner afterschool program and the Alice Wright Early Childhood Center. Refreshments will be served. Proceeds will benefit the family of Jamison, a former student at Alice Wright, who battled leukemia. The art show will help the Jamison family with medical costs. For more information, contact Kathy Renfro, Executive Director of the Carbondale Park District, at 618-529-4147 or email cpkdkrenfro@myfrontier mail.com. — The Southern
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dolls; through June 30; 618-253-7455 Contemporary Fiber Art & Sculpture: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; contemporary quilts by Illinois artisans and narrative ceramic sculptures by Robin Power; through July 14; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 618-6292220; www.museum. state.il.us
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Reception Cedarhurst Center for the Arts: 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Richview Road, Mount Vernon; for several exhibits: Brave New World — The Art of the Book in the Digital Age; Ghost Wall 115 — Chris Radtke sculpture; Art Time Illuminated Letters — the work of Shrode Art Center’s after-school art class students; Alma Petry Light Show — vessels created out of a variety of recycled paper and cardboard; located in The Regenhardt Gallery; through July 21; admission for nonmembers, $5; through July 21; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236
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Alma Petry installs part of her show. Alma Petry: Light Show will be featured in The Regenhardt Gallery.
New exhibitions opening at Cedarhurst MOUNT VERNON — New exhibitions will be introduced at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts with a Members’ Preview Reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18. Preview admission for non-members is $5.
The three new exhibitions featured are: Ghost 115: The Art of Chris Radtke explores the post-minimalist realm in a stark and stunning sculptural installation. SEE CEDARHURST / PAGE
COBDEN— The Union County Museum will be conducting a special exhibit titled “The Old Tool Shed” which will feature a variety of vintage tools. Some of the pieces on display include a ropemaking machine donated by Peggy Walter of Anna that was used by her grandfather Lewis Nimmo, vintage calipers used for furniture making, iron ice tongs with “Wm. Wood and Co.” etched in them, a metal tractor seat marked “Parlin & Orendorff, Canton, Ill.,” and a general unique grouping of oldtime tools. The display will run through the end of July at the museum located in downtown Cobden on South Appleknocker Street. Hours are from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 618-893-2067.. — The Souther
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Arts exhibition titled “Brave New World: The Art Time: Illuminated Art of the Book in the Letters exhibits the work Digital Age” creates a look of Shrode Art Center’s at the Digital Age. afterschool art class The exhibition will be students. displayed in the Mitchell Alma Petry: This “Light Museum Main Gallery Show” will be featured at May 19 through July 21. The Regenhardt Gallery at Admission is $5 per Cedarhurst’s Shrode Art person. Admission is free Center. Tuesday through Sunday Petry, a Mount Vernon for members of artist, will exhibit vessels Cedarhurst and children created out of a variety of 10 and younger. Each recycled paper and Thursday, admission is cardboard, transforming free for all visitors. the two-dimensional Cedarhurst Center for paper into threethe Arts, on Richview dimensional sculptures Road, is open from that are designed to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday convey an illusion of torn through Saturday and 1 to concrete, plaster, rock, 5 p.m. Sunday. metal, and steel. Call 618-242-1236 or Phase two of the visit www.cedarhurst.org. — The Southern Cedarhurst Center for the
addition, trophies will be given to the top three agegroup winners. A drawing will also be held for door prizes. Free bottled water, soft drinks and snacks will be available after the race. A food concession stand will be provided by the church. For registration information, go to www.gumc.net/event.htm or call 618-457-2818.
MAKANDA — Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree, a one woman show, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25 in the Renascence House. The new work stars Aasne Vigesaa and is based on the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay. The show was created by Vigesaa and Kevin Purcell. Purcell, of Cobden, director and SIU Speech/Theater alum, recently returned to Southern Illinois after living and working in Seattle and Springfield. Vigesaa, of Springfield, has worked as an actor in New York and Chicago. She is a member of Over the Moon Productions and a frequent collaborator with Purcell. The play is based on a collection of sonnets by Edna St Vincent Millay, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet who lived in the early 20th century. Her book: “Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree” and her poem “Renascence” make up the text of the piece Vigesaa and Purcell have adapted for this performance. For more information, contact Purcell at kevinpur470@msn.com or 217-801-8158.
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— The Southern
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An individual stops to take a look around Mike and Ruth Czerwanka’s ‘Wonka’s Margic Marker Art’ booth during last year’s event.
Art & Wine Fair features jazz and blues CARBONDALE— The Downtown Art & Wine Fair in Carbondale set for this weekend combines local and regional art, wine and music. The Art & Wine Fair will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 18, on the Town Square, at
the corner of East Jackson and Washington streets. Attendees may listen to jazz and blues, view and buy art and crafts from over 30 vendors and sample and purchase wine. Entertainment will be
provided by The Ron Coulter Trio from 3 to 5 p.m., Rip Lee from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and the Jewels from 6:30 to 9 p.m. For more information, go to www.carbondale mainstreet.com or call 618-529-8040 — Brenda Kirkpatrick
Registration now open for Carbondale’s Grace Race CARBONDALE — The 22nd annual Grace Race will start at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7 at Grace United Methodist Church, located at 220 N. Tower Road. The race consists of a 5K run, 5K walk and one-mile fun run/walk. The 5K run is USATF certified. Registration fees are $17 for the 5K run or walk or $15 if registered before May 31; $10 for the fun run/walk or $8 if registered early.
A church spokesman says the Church’s goal is to “offer an outreach into the community and to raise funds to be used toward debt retirement on the Family Life Center.” Participants may also register on site from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. the day of the race. Race T-shirts will be given to the first 300 entries. Trophies will be awarded to the top male and female winners. In
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Pierre Menard Home now open for tourism season Summer Playhouse features ELLIS GROVE — The Pierre Menard Home is now open for the tourism season. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and closed Monday and Tuesday. The historic house was home to Pierre Menard, a French-Canadian trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois, from 1818 to 1822. The house, located in the place of the first state capital, is believed to have been constructed about 1815 and is French Colonial in style, sometimes called French Creole style. Among the notable features of the home are a steep double-hipped roof and a galerie, or porch, that wraps the building’s front façade. Inside, the home features 19th-century period furnishings. On the first floor is a small museum and audiovisual room, where guests can get information on the home and the area. The second floor represents the Menard family living spaces, including a parlor and the mater bedroom,
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The Pierre Menard Home was home to Illinois’ first lieutenant governor. The home is a National Historic Landmark.
Menard’s office and a nursery. All of the rooms contain antique furnishings, along with reproduction wall and floor treatments that reflect the lifestyle of an affluent businessman and gentleman farmer in early nineteenth-century Illinois. Behind the home, accessed by a covered walkway, is a stone kitchen
with a “restored” brick baking oven, a reconstructed smokehouse and historic herb and vegetable gardens. Spring blooms are in full force, and the garden is expected to be showing off its herbs soon. Tour groups are welcome. For more information call 618-8593031. — The Southern
CARBONDALE — Productions of “Hair,” “Annie” and “Guys and Dolls” will be featured during the McLeod Playhouse offerings this summer. The box office for the 2013 season is officially open and tickets may be purchased for all the productions. The first production is “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” which will have performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 2122 and June 28-29 and 2 p.m. Sundays, June 23 and 30. “Hair” first opened on Broadway in 1968. The rock musical has been described as a stunningly visual, almost psychedelic, montage of scenes and rock ‘n’ roll songs, which capture the counter-culture of the late 1960s. “Annie,” everybody’s favorite orphan, is the second production of the season and will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 12-13 and July 19-20 and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14 and 21. The season concludes with Carbondale Community Arts’ All Southern High School Theater Project production of “Guys and Dolls,” presented at 7:30 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, Aug. 1-3; 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4 and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5. Season tickets, which include a ticket for each production, are $55 for adults and $20 for students and children under the age of 17. Individual tickets for “Hair” or “Annie”
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are $25 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets to “Guys and Dolls” are $16 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets may be purchased from noon to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the McLeod Theater or Shryock Auditorium box office, by phone at 618-453-6000 or online at www.southerntickets online.com. — The Southern
Evening of Performance is Friday PADUCAH—The 7th annual Evening of Performance will feature musicians, singers, dancers, poets and other entertainers from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 17 in the Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave. The performance is free and refreshments will be provided. In addition to a patriotic tribute from vocalist Shi’Ann Jones, there will be performances by the Steel Dove Band, Edward
“Da Truth” Loving, the Zerdali Mid-Eastern Dance Troupe, Destiny Soldiers, Christopher Beale, Paducah Improv, “Dre” Brown, Tiara Alize Talley, River Renaissance and Generation Gap. The Paducah Human Rights Commission will also be on hand to educate the public about the purpose of the commission. For more information, contact the PHRC at 270-444-8643. — The Southern
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Photojournalism students unveil ‘A Weekend in Chester’ CHESTER — An event this weekend will showcase the photographic talents of students in SIU’S School of Journalism. The unveiling of A Weekend in Chester is set from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 19, in The Cohen Home on Harrison Street in Chester. The 80-page book, which features 190 photos, is the culmination of a three-day photojournalism project in late September The goal is to sell enough copies of the book to cover the cost of printing. The remaining copies will be distributed between the community and the University, with the bulk going to the community. This is the fourth Weekend Project that Mark J. Dolan, assistant professor in the School of Journalism, has completed at SIU. He conducted eight similar workshops while teaching at Syracuse University prior to coming to SIU in 2008. “This is a great addition to the series. Chester was a wonderful community,” Dolan said. Dolan emphasizes the project has never been envisioned as a for-profit endeavor. “All we want to do is try to keep the project going because it has meant so much to our students and all of these communities,” he said. The project is similar to those highlighting Murphysboro in 2009, Cobden and Alto Pass in 2010, and the Tri-C community of Cambria, Carterville and Crainville in 2011. —SIU Media Services
Authors, Books Scholastic Book Fair: Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, Mitchell Museum Performance Hall, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; create your own comic books, 3 p.m. Saturday; book fair hours 10:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; also, 6-8 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday; free; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org Book Sale: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Sallie Logan Public Library, 1808 Walnut St., Murphysboro; new and used books for children and adults, books on audio; 618-684-3271 A Weekend in Chester: SIU photojournalism project unveiling, 3-7 p.m. Sunday, May 19, The Cohen Home, Harrison Street, Chester; culmination of a three-day photojournalism project Book sale: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, May 20, Herrin City Library, 120 N. 13th St.; books, paperbacks, cook books, tapes; 618-942-6109
Comedy The Carbondale Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; see The Carbondale Comedians on Facebook
Dinner Theatre Variety Show: Features Bryan Curran, Pamela Wegener and Monty Jackson, 7 p.m., Friday, May 17, The Gathering Place dinner theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; no meal but dessert and coffee; advance, $15 and at the door, $18; 618-9653726; www.thegathering placeoffbroadway.com
Events An Evening of Storytelling: 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, River Campus, Southeast Missouri
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State University, Cape Girardeau; storytelling by Regina Carpenter and Jim May; presented in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall; adults, $12; under 10, $5; 573651-2265; www.rivercampus events.com; other activities connected to the storytelling weekend include Plein Aire Art event Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, The Glenn House; also tours at Crisp Museum, Fort D, Old St. Vincent’s, the Red House Interpretive Center, Glenn House and the River Heritage Museum; VisitCape.com Pinball Wizard: Vintage Pinball Tournament, Saturday, May 18, County Seat Antique Mall, 303 Public Square, Benton; play 10 vintage pinball machines; cash prizes and trophies; 18 or over; $25 entry fee; call for times and more detail; 618-439-9045 Heroes & Horsepower Car Show: Registration, 9 a.m., Saturday, May 18, Zeigler Circle; judging, noon; entry fee, $15 per vehicle; sponsored by the Zeigler Fire Department; food; music; 618-596-6475; 618-751-5086 Downtown Art and Wine Fair: 3-9 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Town Square, Carbondale, corner of East Jackson and Washington streets; artists, crafters; www.carbondale mainstreet.com; 618-5298040 Australia Photo Safari presentation: By Michael Jeffords and Susan Post, 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, Carbondale Township Hall, 217 E. Main St.; photos of koalas, kangaroos, birds of paradise; free; 618-521-1030; teri@shawneeaudubon.org. All-motor poker run: Starts 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, St. Joseph’s Gym, 211 W. Edwards St., Ridgway; proceeds to the building fund for St. Kateri chapels; $30; tickets may be purchased until May 17 by contacting Jane Baglio at 618841-0362 or rte1bnb@gmail.com HerrinFesta Italiana: May 20-27, Herrin; weeklong
festival celebrating the Italian heritage of Herrin featuring golf and bocce tournaments, carnival, kids corner, arts and crafts gallery, Italian food and beverage garden, grape stomp, pasta sauce and pasta eating contest, nightly entertainment and bands; grand parade, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25; 618-9428445; www.herrinfesta.com Riverside Art and Wine Festival: Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, May 25, Riverside Park, 2610 W. Riverside Park Road, Murphysboro; music, food; wine; art; advance, $10; at the door, $12: non-alcohol drinkers, $4; www.murphysboro chamber.com; 618-684-6421 Grace Race: 7 p.m. Friday, June 7, Grace United Methodist Church, 220 N. Tower Road, Carbondale; 5K run, 5K walk and one mile fun run/walk; registration fees, $17/$15/$10/$8; www. gumc.net; 618-457-2818
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History Program on historic bottles: By Mary Jane Chesley, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library, 101 S 7th St., Mount Vernon; 618-242-6322; www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us Memorial Day weekend celebration: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Monday, May 25-27, historic courthouse and museum, Thebes; community worship concert, raffle, tours, crafts vendors, music; www.thebescourthouse.com
Theater Oklahoma: 7 p.m. FridaySaturday, May 17-18 and May 24-25 and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 19 and May 26, The Anna Arts Center, 117 W. Davie St., Anna; tickets, $12 in advance and $15 at the door; 618-6970009 The Tempest: 6 p.m. Sunday, May 19, Carbondale’s Evergreen Park; free; presented by Stone Soup Shakespeare; 618-457-5100, info@carbondalearts.org; www.carbondalearts.org
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SCHEDULE The full HerrinFesta Italiana schedule includes: Monday, May 20 7 p.m. Miss HerrinFesta Scholarship Pageant, Herrin Civic Center Tuesday, May 21 6 p.m. HerrinFesta Italiana Honoree’s Banquet, Herrin Elks Club, ticket required Wednesday, May 22 6 p.m. Talent contest, Herrin Civic Center Thursday, May 23 7 p.m. Metal Toyz concert, Quality Connection Stage 8:30 p.m. Hairbangers Ball, Quality Connection Stage Friday, May 24 7 a.m. Prayer breakfast, Herrin Civic Center 11 a.m. Denzil Walker/Hal Norment Festa Golf Tournament, Pine Lakes Golf Course 11 a.m. Robert A. Ferarri Corporate Division Bocce Tournament, Herrin Bocce Court 4 p.m. Kids’ bike and pet parade, Herrin McDonald’s 5:30 p.m. Sponsors’ VIP party, sponsors’ tent inside the Piazza 7 p.m. Rich Fabec Band concert, Quality Connection Stage 8:15 p.m. Cache River Band concert, Quality Connection Stage 10 p.m. The Guess Who concert, Quality Connection Stage Saturday, May 25 8 a.m. Tri-Festa Triathlon, John A. Logan College 8 a.m. Masonic Lodge breakfast,
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Executive Director Jim Gentile presents pageant director Melissa Drew with a bouquet of flowers for her work with the Miss HerrinFesta Italiana Scholarship.
Masonic Lodge 8:30 a.m. Baby contest, Herrin Civic Center 11 a.m. Grand Parade, Park Avenue 12:30 Adult-child bocce tournament, Herrin Bocce Courts 1:30 p.m. Bigga Nose contest, Herrin Civic Center 2:30 p.m. Pasta sauce contest, Herrin Civic Center 3 p.m. Pasta eating contest, Herrin Civic Center 3:30 p.m. Grape stomp, Herrin Civic Center north parking lot 7 p.m. From Skies of Fire concert, Quality Connection Stage 8:15 p.m. 30aut6 concert, Quality Connection Stage 10 p.m. Papa Roach concert, Quality Connection Stage Sunday, May 26 11 a.m. Special intention mass,
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 11 a.m. Poker run, J&J Time Out Sports Bar 1 p.m. International Championship Bocce Tournament 4 p.m. Texaco Country Showdown, Herrin Civic Center 7 p.m. We Got It Covered concert, Quality Connection Stage 8:15 p.m. Savannah Jack concert, Quality Connection Stage 10 p.m. Justin Moore concert, Quality Connection Stage Monday, May 27 8 a.m. Road race 9 a.m. Memorial Day service, Doughboy statue 9 a.m. Car show, Herrin City Park 5:30 p.m. Old Southern Moonshine Revival concert, Quality Connection Stage 7:30 p.m. Florida Georgia Line concert, Quality Connection Stage
nology, HerrinFesta Italiana continues to expand, improve Allowing customers to order and print their tickets from the comfort of their own homes has led to record ticket pre-sales. Gentile credited the volunteer service from locations have countless individuals with the success of these st year to 14 this year, new initiatives. splays have been set up “We go a little crazy sometimes when you we l businesses. Hundreds love what we do,” he said. en distributed to radio The “go-big-or-go-home” attitude can be te area for free giveaways. seen in this year’s music lineup, as well. e aired in 11 states. Country music artist Justin Moore, who will have a lot of license perform Sunday, May 26, is the most expensive e coming to Southern country artist ever booked for the festival. Rock legends The Guess Who also represent a hat has allowed for significant investment, and one of personal es was the shift from a interest for Gentile. online ticket printing.
who make the festival osure to more people in
“When I had a little less gray hair, they were my band,” he said. “And Now I can say they’re coming to Herrin.” Rounding out the lineup are Memorial Day headliner Florida Georgia Line, who had songs in the No. 1 and 5 slots on the Billboard charts last week, and Papa Roach, who Gentile said festival organizers have been trying to snag for four years. “We’ve put more money into production, entertainment and marketing,” Gentile said. “We’ve raised the bar, and it’s working.” Gentile said HerrinFesta is a great introduction to Southern Illinois for outsiders. Through the various annual events, the food and the music, they get to experience a slice of
Southern hospitality and the beauty of the region and its people. “If we get a chance, we’ll make a good impression,” Gentile said. The biggest question mark surrounding the festival, which runs from Monday, May 20, through Monday, May 27, is the weather. Rain isn’t the only enemy at play, either, as last year’s temperatures in the low-to-mid 90s kept people at bay and locked away inside air conditioned homes. “You can hope and pray and plan all you want, but it depends on the weather,” Gentile said. “Hot weather can be just as hard as rain.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com / 618-351-5031
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Guess who’s coming to HerrinFesta — The Guess Who thought process. The biggest hit in the repertoire of super group The Guess Who came out of nowhere. After an Vince Hoffard exhausting tour of the United States, the band was back in their Canadian homeland playing at a The Guess Who curling ring. at HerrinFesta Lead guitarist Randy 10 p.m. Friday, May 24; Bachman starting playing opening acts Rich Fabec at some funky riffs at the 7 and Cache River at 8:15; start of the second set in an effort to fire up the $18 at the gate. crowd, then lead singer Burton Cummings stepped any of the greatest to the microphone and songs ever written were not planned. An started pulling words from thin air, his feelings idea simply pops into a inspired by the rock-star songwriter’s head, the treatment the band notion quickly gets received on a recent tour cultivated and words through Detroit, New York magically start to flow and Chicago. from an unexplainable
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The group was already on the fast track to stardom with hits like “These Eyes” and “No Time,” but when the members of the band collectively put the finishing touches on “American Woman,” it would become one of the cornerstone songs of the classic rock era, and it instantly propelled them to superstar status during the summer of 1970 as the tune topped the Billboard singles chart for an impressive three weeks. The Guess Who will be in concert at 10 p.m. on May 24 at HerrinFesta Italiana. Opening acts include Rich Fabec at 7 p.m. and Cache River at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $18
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Next week: The entire HerrinFesta music lineup and will be available at the gate. One of the most popular music festivals in the Midwest since 1991, other headliners at HerrinFesta this year will include Hairbangers Ball on May 23, Papa Roach on May 25, Justin Moore on May 26 and Florida Georgia Like on May 27. The Guess Who released a total of 24 singles and had additional hits like: “Clap for the Wolfman,” “Hand Me Down World” and “Share the Land.” Drummer Garry Peterson, a founding member of the group, says
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recording “A Tribute To Buddy Holly” in the mid1960s, promoters tried to drum up support for the single by asking listeners to “guess who” was singing. Though unplanned, the moniker stuck and the group became The Guess Who. Fame caused many personnel changes through the years. Cummings would quit the group and start a solo career. Bachmann would branch off to form popular Bachmann-Turner Overdrive. Several original members joined forces to perform for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg in 1999.
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the current membership of the band is highly capable of reeling off the group’s greatest hits and infusing new life into live shows with high quality original material. “You are going to see an excellent version of the songs and hear exactly how they should sound,” Peterson says. “We’re coming at a new generation of fans who are seeing how the band can execute with enthusiasm.” With origins dating back to 1958 as Al and the Silvertones, the band steadily built a fan base in Canada operating under names like Chad Allan and the Expressions, The Reflections and The Silvertones. After
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z MOVIES z ART z WINERIES z BOOKS z COVER STORY z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z MUSIC z The configuration, including Bachmann and Cummings, stayed together a few years and headlined a major event with the Rolling Stones and AC/DC in 2000. Currently, Peterson and bass guitarist Jim Kale are the only original members in the band. A majority of lead vocals is provided by vibrant stylist Derek Sharp. Sharp joined The Guess Who as new lead vocalist in 2009. He replaced Carl Dixon, who had a near fatal car accident in Australia the previous year. At 48, Sharp isn’t a rookie replacement tossed into an unfamiliar role. Probably the most valuable free agent on the Canadian rock ‘n’ roll market, he is an impressive singer, an accomplished guitarist and a veteran front man — three priceless tools in music’s major leagues. A Toronto resident, Sharp has been musical director for Juno Award winning songstress Sass Jordan for 25 years. He has also toured with Rainbow, Deep Purple, Santana, Alannah Myles and the late Jeff Healy. Honored for a body of work that includes 13 Top 40 tunes from 1965-74, the
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band was placed in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987. The concert will offer fans three distinctive sounds from the three different bands. Fabec has been a driving force on the local music scene for more than a decade. “It is a great honor and privilege to get to open the show for a legendary band like The Guess Who,” Fabec says. “Opportunities like this don’t come around too often.” Fabec plays a wide assortment of blues-tinged material. The one constant is his favorite guitar, a red hollow body 335 Hamer. “It’s special,” Fabec says of the instrument. “I have a
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‘Star Trek into Darkness’ is a perfect thrill ride The warp power of the film comes from Pine, who has managed to channel Rated PG-13 for violence, the cockiness and swagger language. Stars Chris Pine, that William Shatner used Zachary Quinto, Zoe to breathe life into the Saldana, Karl Urban, Alice character a half century Eve, Simon Pegg, Benedict ago without going so far as to make Kirk a caricature. Cumberbatch, John Cho, As with the original Anton Yelchin; directed by series, Kirk’s brashness J.J. Abrams; playing now at has a damper in Mr. Spock Illinois Centre 8 in Marion (Zachary Quinto). It would and ShowPlace 8 in have been easy for Quinto to play Spock’s lack of Carbondale. emotion in a robotic, wooden manner. The BY RICK BENTLEY original Spock, as a half MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS human and half Vulcan, could control his Director J.J. Abrams emotions. This Spock is a proved with 2009’s “Star few percent more human, Trek” that it is OK to which allows for just boldly go where others had enough emotion to give gone before, as long as the Quinto some additional journey is exciting, room to play. original, entertaining and The entire cast is just as respectful to legions of reverent and original when loyal fans. His film, which it comes to taking over the found the balance between familiar characters. That’s reprising and reimagining, why scenes without Kirk was a direct hit. or Spock resonate with the In his second voyage on same energy. the Starship Enterprise, Action films live or die Abrams has perfected that by their villain. And “Star approach. “Star Trek Into Trek Into Darkness” gets Darkness” is the best work plenty of life from since Gene Roddenberry Benedict Cumberbatch as brought the franchise to the mysterious John life in the 1960s. Harrison. He has the kind Abrams shows a deep of larger-than-life and passionate loyalty for presence to play the all of the incarnations of foreboding foe Kirk needs. “Star Trek,” while also There’s a lot more to the bringing a fresh approach character, but like so much that makes the familiar seem all the more fabulous. “Star Trek Into Darkness” has the Enterprise crew taking on a threat that has the power to wipe out Starfleet Command. It’s up to the impulsive Capt. James Kirk (Chis Pine) to lead a mission to stop the threat. It’s a mission that means going against almost every regulation in the Starfleet manual.
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of the film, there are some things that are best discovered during the voyage. What happens between Kirk and Harrison is delivered at a breathtaking pace. The movie starts at warp speed and never slows until the haunting refrains of the original theme song herald the arrival of the closing credits. The film moves so quickly, it’s hard to pick up the many references to past “Star Trek” offerings. Despite all of these hidden
gems, the script by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof can be just as easily enjoyed by those not familiar with the franchise. It’s a solid summer movie thrill ride for anyone willing to buy a ticket. Abrams showed with his original foray into the “Star Trek” world that he
had the vision and creative might to relaunch the franchise. With this second turn at the helm, he’s taken that groundwork and launched it into a whole new galaxy of fun and entertainment. As long as Abrams is in charge, the new “Star Trek” movies will live long and prosper.
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Actors’ friendship spills off the bridge into real life BY REBECCA KEEGAN
Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci, “Into Darkness,” which opens Thursday, sees the return “Star Trek” has always of Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine), been about more than a Mr. Spock (Zachary spaceship crew hurtling through the cosmos — over Quinto) and the rest of the USS Enterprise crew, as the decades, the sci-fi they face a new villain, series in all its forms has tackled earthly issues such John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch). as race, gender and the As with so much in the Vietnam War. When it comes to shining fictional worlds Abrams creates (“Lost,” “Super 8”), a spotlight on many details around the contemporary conflicts, movie have been cloaked in the film and television mystery, including the true franchise’s newest entry, identity of Cumberbatch’s the movie “Star Trek Into Darkness,” is no exception. character. But on a breezy afternoon in March, on the Directed by J.J. Abrams roof of a Hollywood photo and written by Alex
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studio, Pine and Quinto shared insight into John Harrison — and the movie’s present-day parallels. “This film is about earthbound terror,” said Pine, speaking weeks before the real-life bombing at the Boston Marathon. “It’s about terrorism, about issues we as human beings in 2013 deal with every day, about the exploitation of fear to take advantage of a population, about physical violence and destruction but also psychological manipulation. John Harrison is a terrorist in the mold of those we’ve
become accustomed to in this day and age.” Much of the humanity in Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” origins movie, which was the 11th film in the franchise, came from the rivalry and ultimately the friendship that developed between reckless young Kirk and analytical young Spock. The new film from Paramount Pictures is rich with action — Kirk and Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) race through fields of scarlet foliage, a Starfleet ship rises from the ocean, Spock descends into an erupting volcano.
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