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Simply Susan: By Susan Edwards, The Tribeca Gallery, A Joyful Journey: By Jerry 127 Market House Square, Oliver, Harrisburg District downtown Paducah; through Library, 2 W. Walnut St.; July 12; susan@wildhair hours, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday- studios.com or plumbart@ Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. bellsouth.net. Saturday and 1-5 p.m.. The Fantastic Worlds of Sunday: through June 4. Ralph Guy: Beal Grand FAITH, Klintsy, Russia: Corridor Gallery, Cedarhurst Yeiser Art Center, Paducah; Center for the Arts, Mount photographic documentary Vernon; through July 24; about a small sect of Baptist www.cedarhurst.org or believers in Klintsy, Russia; 618-242-1236. photographs by Michael Through The Looking Walker and narrative by Jamie Glass: Disney to Vegas Broome; through June 11; features the work of Michael 270-442-2453 or Sarver, Cedarhurst Center for www.theyeiser.org. the Arts, Mount Vernon; Ken Burnside: Miniature en through July 24; plein air landscape oil www.cedarhurst.org or paintings, anthill gallery & 618-242-1236. vintage curiosities, 102 N. CitiBlocs: Cedarhurst Front St., Cobden; noonCenter for The Arts, Mount 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; Vernon; hands-on gallery 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and exhibit for families, where noon-4 p.m. Sunday; through they will be encouraged to June 12; www.anthillgallery. build their own creations as com well as pattern structures Nature’s Bounty and after various models using Gourd-geous Gourds: Little wooden building blocks; Egypt Art Centre, 601 Tower through July 24; Square, Marion; display of www.cedarhurst.org or hand painted gourds, a 618-242-1236. selection of nature paintings Tradition and Innovation: and photographs; through Three Visions of Craft, June 15. Mitchell Museum Gallery at Compositions From The Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon; Heart: By Marlene Webb, features Dick Codding, front lobby, CASA, Benton Marilyn Codding Boysen and Square; includes various Bill Boysen; through July 24; media on canvas; through www.cedarhurst.org or June; 618-927-2804. 618-242-1236.
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A New Twist on Tradition: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, Rend Lake, north of Benton; quilt artists who have reinterpreted traditional quilt patterns into a unique vision include Gail Baar, Rod Butterfield, Sharon DeLaCruz, Sherrie Grob, Deborah Fell, Robin Haller, Marie Samuel, Sue Spurlock, Ruth Stegmeyer, Susan Swisher, Laura Wasilowski and Sandra Werlich; through Aug. 21; 618-629-2220. A Parade of Quilts: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, Rend Lake, north of Benton; varied display of unique art quilts created by members of the Illinois Artisans Program; both traditional and modern designs; through Sept. 15; 618-629-2220. Civil War Era Quilts: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, Rend Lake, north of Benton; includes a quilt from Anna whose fabrics include both Union and Confederate uniforms, said to be the sons of the maker; an album quilt made by a neighbor of Abraham Lincoln and quilts made by mothers and sisters of soldiers; exit 77 off of Interstate 57; hours, 9-5 p.m. daily; free; through Sept. 30; 618-629-2220. Down On The Farm: Memories of Not That Long Ago, Gen. John A. Logan
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Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; through midNovember; 618-303-0569 or johnaloganmuseum@global eyes.net. Rotating art exhibitions: anthill gallery, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; original works by more than 50 Southern Illinois artists; ceramics, painting, photography, wood turning, jewelry, mosaics, stained glass, fibers, blacksmithing and fine metals; www.anthillgallery. com. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or www. starviewvineyards.com. Jo Loomis: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion; paintings of landscapes, seascapes, people, pets; 618-889-5330 or vanjol@frontier.com.
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Glass, masks and more featured in new exhibits at Cedarhurst New sculpture MOUNT VERNON — A collection of work by three Southern Illinois artists is now featured in the Main Gallery at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. “Tradition and Innovation: Three Visions of Craft” features three major craft artists from Cobden. Dick Codding, Marilyn Codding Boysen and Bill Boysen work in wood, multi-media and glass respectively. Bill and Marilyn are husband and wife; Dick is Marilyn’s older brother. Dick Codding has shared his one-of-a-kind bowls and handcrafted vessels created through the art of woodturning, the ancient technique of shaping wood on a lathe. His work is highly regarded for the unique style of surface embellishments, use of color, wood selection and innovative textures. Marilyn Codding Boysen works in a variety of media and forms and is well known throughout the region for her visually striking masks made from the plumage of exotic birds combined with other objects from nature. The exhibit features a new selection of the artist’s masks. Bill Boysen, professor emeritus from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, originated one of the first universitybased blown glass programs in the United States in the mid 1960s. Boysen, as well as
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Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mount Vernon opens ‘Tradition and Innovation: Three Visions of Craft,’ a collection by glass artist Bill Boysen (clockwise from left), wood artist Dick Codding and multi-media artist Marilyn Codding Boysen. The exhibit is open through July 24.
recognized glass artist Dale Chihuly, studied under Harvey Littleton, who along with Dominick Labino is credited as cofounding the studio glass movement in the early 1960s. The Main Gallery exhibit includes glass sculptural works and glass vessels by Boysen. “Through The Looking Glass: Disney to Vegas” features the work of Herrin photo artist Michael Sarver. Sarver’s black-and-white images portray a variety of photos taken during his travels to Disney World and Las Vegas. The playful, yet satirical, images are
exhibited at Shrode Art Center at Cedarhurst and offer perspective and insight into the artist’s idea of fantasy and vacation. The gallery exhibits are open to the public through July 24. — Adam Testa
MOUNT VERNON — A new sculpture is being added to the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts grounds this week. “Ring Toss,” a 28-foottall concrete and steel structure weighing 33 tons, will be moved into the Kuenz Sculpture Park today. The piece was designed by artist Pat McDonald and is being moved to Mount Vernon from its former home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The sculpture, which will remain at Cedarhurst as a longterm loan, will be the third of McDonald’s works at Cedarhurst and the fourth in Mount Vernon. The other three are “Dolman” and “Wee” at the venue and “The Shield” at Veterans’ Park, just north of the Rolland W. Lewis Community Building. — The Southern
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Quilts, historical items to be displayed at Egyptian School TAMMS — A display of “Country Quilts and Memories” will be displayed Saturday, June 4, at Egyptian School in Alexander County. Quilts will showcase the skills of local quilters and stories of the quilts will be included in the displays. Tables with special memories will also display vintage or collectible china, crystal, flatware and original designs. An assortment of vendors and activities will also be available for guests to enjoy. Displays will feature stories of historical events, family
generational highlights and the craftsmanship of area artisans. Golden Needle of Cape Girardeau, “Patches” by Pat Brey and Bee Purses and Accessories are among the local vendors who will be in attendance. Historian Darrell Dexter will be the featured guest speaker. A $10 donation includes a light lunch, and girls younger than 15 will be admitted free. The event begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the school, on the Tamms-Olive Branch Blacktop. — Adam Testa PROVIDED
John Latini (left) and Jamie-Sue Seal will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Yellow Moon Café in Cobden.
Award-winning musical duo playing Yellow Moon Café COBDEN — Award-winning musicians John Latini and Jamie-Sue Seal will perform together at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Yellow Moon Café. Latini is a two-time Detroit Blues Challenge champion. In addition to being a serious crafter of clever songs, he is the purveyor of a slick, blues-soaked,
economically hard-driven guitar style. Originally from Queens, New York, he has begun to build a fan base of all ages in the Midwest. Seal’s repertoire reflects the different styles of music she loves, including roots rock, country, folk, gospel and jazz standards. Her music has been
Guitar show returns to Ina this weekend INA — Musicians and fans alike are invited to the annual Southern Illinois Guitar show, a place where bargain hunters and vintage guitar lovers alike can find that special instrument. Although it’s billed as a guitar show, there will also be violins, banjos, mandolins, amplifiers and other instruments
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and equipment on display. Several dealers will be presenting straps, strings and cords as well. The event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Ina community building. Admission is $3 for adults and kids younger than 10 will be admitted free. — Adam Testa
played on more than 200 Americana and roots radio stations throughout the United States and Europe, and she has numerous regional television and commercial credits. Doug E. Rees will also be performing. Admission to the concert is $10. — Adam Testa
Marbin to perform in Southern Illinois CARBONDALE — Chicago-based jazz-rock group Marbin returns to Southern Illinois next week, as the band will perform at a Carbondale Main Street Brown Bag Concert at noon at the downtown pavilion. Marbin was first formed as a duo by IsraeliAmerican guitarist Dani Rabin and Israeli saxophonist Danny
Markovitch in 2007. The group has released three albums, including the newest release, “Breaking the Cycle.” That album features seven-time Grammy winning drummer Paul Wertico, 11-time Grammy winning bassist Steve Rodby and Jamey Haddad, percussionist for the Paul Simon band. — Adam Testa
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Annual music festival brings ballet to region Ballet Performance of ‘Giselle,’ featuring professional and local dancers; 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, Marion Cultural and Civic Center, 800 Tower Square Plaza, Marion; tickets are $15 to $25 and $10 for students and can be purchased online at www.marionccc. org or by calling 618-9974030. BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
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Southern Illinois Music Festival schedule Other upcoming Southern Illinois Music Festival events include: Sunday, June 5 Chamber Music Concert; 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St., Carbondale; “It’s Good to be Bach,” featuring the music of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, with SIUC’s collaborative pianist David Lyons; tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for students Thursday, June 9 Guitar Ensemble Performance; 7:30 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation
Recital Hall, SIUC campus; Joseph Breznikar, director Jive with Jazz; 10 a.m., Du Quoin Middle School, 845 E. Jackson St. Friday, June 10 Jive with Jazz; 10 a.m., Carbondale Boys and Girls Club, 250 N. Springer St., Carbondale; program for young listeners Saturday, June 11 Klassics for Kids; 11 a.m., Marion Civic Center; featuring special guest Angelina Ballerina, presented by WSIU SEE SCHEDULE / PAGE 8
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MARION — Professional ballet dancers will share the stage with local talent during the annual Southern Illinois Music Festival, beginning this weekend, granting the youth an opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business. Through the past several years, the ballet performance of the festival has grown to include more professional involvement. The first year professionals were involved, two dancers were brought in. This year, there are 12. This increased presence helps improve the show for everyone involved. “It makes for a better performance for the audience and a better production in terms of ease with which I can put things together,” said Sydelle Fulk, artistic director and choreographer of the ballet. The Southern Illinois participants, ages 5 and up, are the ones who perhaps benefit the most, she said. While they have practiced and done some recitals, few have ever taken the stage accompanied by a
The Southern Illinois Music Festival will host a performance of the ballet ‘Giselle’ at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Marion Cultural and Civic Center, 800 Tower Square Plaza, Marion.
live orchestra. Being part of this performance helps expand their understanding of what is possible in ballet. “It gives them a lot of insight into how the whole production comes together,” Fulk said. “It’s a whole different world.” This year’s ballet will be “Giselle,” a historic love story set in Bavaria that tells the story of a love triangle involving a man who is engaged to two different women. With the historic European setting, Fulk described the show as very colorful and “Sound of Music-esque.” Among the professional performers involved is Preston Patterson, an Atlanta native who assumed the lead role in last year’s Music Festival “Romeo and Juliet” ballet for the second performance after an injury the first night sidelined the lead dancer. Joining Patterson are dancers from Texas, North Carolina and Utah, among other places. Fulk said each
outside dancer adds something special to the performance. But for the organizers of the festival, there’s nothing more special than SEE FESTIVAL / PAGE 8
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Willie Nelson tour brings outlaw style to Sparta How cool is that?” Also appearing at the event are Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, Craig Vince Hoffard Campbell, Drake White and Lukas Nelson. Jeffers said he was shocked osting a series of concerts when he received the call featuring the original confirming the Country architect of the outlaw Throwdown deal. movement in country music is a “I was sitting at a meeting concept with potential, with some state officials when especially if the lineup is my phone rang. I ignored it, then bolstered by several handpicked my partner’s phone rang. He renegade artists that are whispered, ‘We need to take this,’ breathing fresh life into a so we excused ourselves,” Jeffers stagnant industry with powerful said. “It was hard for me to original material. believe when they told us we got Although many of the shows the show. We had to beat out were booked into sparkling clean venues in Peoria and St. Louis. amphitheatres in the suburbs of We went right to work on the major cities, it still generated logistics.” excitement because the The award-winning 17th headliner is Willie Nelson, a Street Bar & Grill will be in godfather-like figure for charge of on-site vendors selling musicians. He wrestled creative food, soft drinks and alcohol to control for his music from record patrons. Campsites are also still company control in the 1970s available, starting at $20 per and never gave it back. night. Nelson and his fellow outlaws Jeffers said the Throwdown seem a bit restricted by the party will last all weekend. structured environment of the Vendors will open at noon June sterile amphitheater venue, 10 and five of the best bands in where acts are displayed like zoo the area will start playing at 4 animals, fans move like cattle p.m. Local entertainers include through a maze of gates and a The Pickin’ Chicks, Chris small army of security maintains Murray and The County Line strict control. Band, Bakin’ Fat, Johnny Mac & Marketing legend Kevin Lyman the Heart Attacks and created the concept for Nelson’s Effingham’s Matt Poss will close new tour and is hoping for a out the opening day. totally different atmosphere as “Ticket sales have exceeded he rolled the dice and booked the our expectations,” Jeffers said. big-time event in an isolated “We have put in a lot of hard Southern Illinois field. work and everything is falling Willie Nelson’s Country into place. This is big for the Throwdown Tour is coming to state of Illinois. If the weather the World Shooting and cooperates and this turns out to Recreational Complex on June 11 be a big success, it could lead to in Sparta. Tickets are $55 in many other future projects.” advance online and $60 at the Willie Nelson’s Country door. Throwdown Tour is the “This is huge,” said Curt brainchild of Pasadena, Calif., Jeffers, the local promoter that mastermind promoter Kevin booked the event. “It’s a chance Lyman. His 4FINI company is to get out in an open field with well known for its extreme the best musicians in the world sports events and trendsetting and have a party. And Willie events like the Warped Tour, Nelson is going to be your host. Taste of Chaos and Down from
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the Mountain Tour. The 78-year old Nelson is a priceless American musical treasure. His songwriting propelled him to early greatness. He penned “Crazy,” “Night Life” and “Funny How Time Slips Away” in a brief alcohol-fueled period. His genius is well-documented on albums like “Phases & Stages,” “Shotgun Willie,” “Stardust” and “Red Headed Stranger,” which included timeless classic single “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” With the release of the “Wanted! The Outlaws” album, Nelson and Waylon Jennings created the outlaw movement in country music. He became a superstar with tunes like “Good Hearted Woman,” “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” and “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.” Nelson was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1979, had the CMA Song of the Year in 1982
with “Always on My Mind” and was placed in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. He has appeared in 22 features films, including “Honeysuckle Rose,” “The Electric Horseman,” “Barbarosa” and both “Dukes of Hazzard” projects. Nelson releases several new albums a year in genres ranging from country and folk to reggae, jazz and blues. Jamey Johnson is the king of the current crop of country music outlaws. He has hit commercially with “The Dollar” and the award-winning “In Color” but has developed a near cult following with tunes like “That Lonesome Sound” and “Mowing Down the Roses.” Brantley Gilbert is one of the fastest rising new stars in the industry. He inked “My Kind of Party” and “Dirt Road Anthem” for Jason Aldean. He shows his rebel side with single “Kick It in the Sticks.” He has a huge following on college campuses throughout the south.
Randy Houser struck it big with debut singles “Boots On” and “Anything Goes.” He is scheduled to release a new album this summer and the debut single from the project will be “In God’s Time,” written by Herrin native David Lee Murphy. Lee Brice had the most played song on country radio in 2010 with his tune “Love Like Crazy.” Craig Campbell had a hit with debut single “Family Man” and is currently climbing the charts with “Fish.” The CountryThrowdown Tour kicked off May 27 in Philadelphia. It will be presented at 25 venues throughout the country before concluding at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth to serve as Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic, hailed each year as “the national event of Texas.” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo.com.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés, Eateries Magician David Ranalli: Comical sleight of hand, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Blue Martin, 215 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-549-4326; www.thebluemartin.com. Doug E. Rees, John Latini, Jamie-Sue Seal: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233.
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TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:309:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Dub Club, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY CARBONDALE Key West: Blue Plate Specials, 8 p.m.midnight MARION Marion Eagles: Liberty Road Band, 6-10 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
TUESDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Punk Soul Bruthahood THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7-11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:309:30 p.m.
CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Nighty Night/Dirt Choir, 10 p.m. Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Mike Renick Band Tres Hombres: The Pinstripes, 10 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn:
Git-Ur-Done, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Sentimental Swing, 7-10 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: Lindell and Bob and the Boys, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Rebel Country Band, 7:3010:30 p.m.
SATURDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Soothsayers Tres Hombres: Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, 10 p.m. JOHNSTON CITY Linemen’s Lounge: Joey Odum Blues Project, 9 p.m.1 a.m. MARION Marion American Legion: Danny and The Dreamers, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Liberty Road Band, 8 p.m.midnight
Ramesses: Steve Kessler and the Wing It Band SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn : Country Sound, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: As Time Goes By, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: SIU Dub Club, 10:30 p.m.
HERRIN Herrin American Legion: Timberline, 7 p.m.
20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618833-5182 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 Coulterville VFW: 511 VFW St., Coulterville 618-758-9009 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. Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-9972909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Kip & Traci’s Colonial Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618997-6989 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 618-9838107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-9227853 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-2184676 Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618-942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-5493348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pyramid Acres Marina: 12171 Marina Road, Marion 618-964-1184 Steelhorse Saloon and Campground: 202 Dewmaine Lane, Carterville 618-985-6713 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Trails End Lodge: 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden 618-893-6135 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 Underground Grill & Pub: 717 S. University Ave., Carbondale 618351-0171 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash 618-997-4979 Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort 618937-3070 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin 618-993-8393 Zeigler Eagles: 114 N. Main St., Zeigler 618-596-5651
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MUSIC FESTIVAL: Brings ballet to region
School of Music plans summer piano camp
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CARBONDALE — Piano students have a camp to call their own at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The SIUC School of Music is offering for the first time a summer piano camp for students from seventh grade through the collegiate level. The camp runs Sunday, June 26 through Friday, July 1, and registration is open now. Campers may choose to live on the SIUC campus during the camp or may commute. Students should be at the late intermediate to advanced level, and should come to camp with the minimum of a six-minute repertoire, one minute of which should be performance ready. The repertoire should include two or more contrasting pieces of movements from the standard classical piano literature.
live professional orchestra,” said Edward bringing a special Benyas, artistic director of orchestra-accompanied the Music Festival. “I hope ballet to Southern Illinois. that people appreciate this “I doubt there is any truly unique opportunity.” community our size in a Southern Illinois rural area in this country University Carbondale, that mounts a fully staged, which sponsors the fully costumed ballet with festival, also benefits. SCHEDULE FROM PAGE 5 Pre-concert lecture by David Tuttle, Marion Civic Center lobby Jive with Jazz; 10 a.m., Sesser Opera House Sunday, June 12 Chamber Music Concert; 3 p.m.,
“This is also something that SIU can hang its hat on,” Benyas continued. “There is no university anywhere that supports a cultural event like this one.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St., Carbondale; featuring Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 2,” as well as music from Brahms and Mozart; tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for students — Adam Testa
The camp includes s summer piano competition. Those interested in competing should prepare a repertoire of no less than 15 minutes comprised of at least three pieces showing different styles or from different time periods. Top prizes include all or partial reimbursement of camp tuition, or for those preparing to enter SIUC in 2011 or 2012 as a piano major, a full or partial tuition waiver. Winning competitors will also perform during the showcase recital, and the first place winner will be a feature at the 2012 camp. For more information, including a registration form and explanation of fees, visit http://music.siuc.edu and follow the link on the home page. — SIUC University Communications
Concerts noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, Town Square Pavilion, The Rural Kings: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, June 4, The Gambit, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; www. 1550 Illinois 146, Vienna; carbondalemainstreet.com. benefit for protection of the Willie Nelson Country Cache River Wetlands; dinner, Throwdown Tour: June 11, $12; 618-658-6020; part of World Shooting and the Cache River Nature Fest; Recreational Complex, Sparta; www.cacherivernaturefest. $55; www.country org. throwdown.com. Southern Illinois Music Local Music Showcase: Festival: June 5-25, various venues, southern Illinois; go to Featuring Sacrifice The Gods, Blood of Heroes, Mercury, Of www.sifest.com for complete Silence and Salvation and At schedule; theme, Bach to the Night We Sleep, 6:30 p.m. Classics. Marbin: Brown Bag Concert, Saturday, June 11, Red Bud
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Bluegrass Night: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3 Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; free; www.kentuckyopry.com. John Conlee: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; 270-527-3869; www.kentuckyopry.com.
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Main St., Carbondale; attached 618-615-8323 or cald7727@hughes.net. to the old Royal Plaza Inn; ‘The Amazing 100 Men Who Cook: 618-529-2424. Appleknockers’: Illinois’ Saturday, June 4, SIUC Cinderella Basketball Team of Student Center Ballrooms; 1964 by Anne Ryman and Teri Events chefs from the local Campbell, reunion of team Coulterville Lions Club Carbondale will raise funds for members, 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Picnic: Thursday-Saturday, Boys and Girls Club of June 4, StarView Vineyards, June 2-4, Coulterville City Carbondale; $60 for 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; Park; concessions, rides; individuals and $450 for a www.luskcreekpublishing.com 618-758-2711. table of eight; includes a 100 Friday Night Fair: 6-9 p.m. Men Who Cook cookbook; Friday nights, Town Square 618-457-3735 or mindy.combs Car show Pavillion, Carbondale; music, @oldnational.com. Christopher Car and Truck food, crafts; through Oct. 28; Aborwild: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Show: Registration, 9 a.m.618-529-5044 or www. Evergreen Park, Carbondale; noon Saturday, June 11, carbondalemainstreet.com. topics, bird migration, fishing, Christopher Fire Department, Guitar show: Southern nature’s music; crafts; bring a North Thomas Street. Illinois Guitar Show, 9 a.m.picnic lunch; 618-253-1046. 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, TNA Wrestling: Professional community building, Ina; wrestling, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Classes, Seminar adults, $3; under 10, free; June 10, Rent One Park, Student Center Craft 618-315-2373 or Marion; $20-$50; southern Shop: Variety of crafts and wcgrimes@frontier.com. illinoisminers.com or 618-998classes offered, SIUC; Southern Illinois Together: 8499. 618-453-3636, www.siuc A benefit for flood victims, The Collector’s Caravan: studentcenter.org. 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June Winemaking seminar: Black Diamond Warehouse, 11, Perry County Courthouse Register by Friday, June 10 for Marion; food; wine samples; square, Pinckneyville; winemaking seminar, 10 a.m.- auction; $25 in advance; $30 antiques, crafts and 4 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Kite at the door; 618-252-1184 or collectibles; silent auction; Hill Vineyards, Carbondale; southernillinoistogether@ www.pinckneyville.com; $40; lunch provided; gmail.com 618-357-8931; 618-357-3243. registration required; Country Quilts and Aniad Shriner’s Circus: 618-437-5321, ext. 1724 or Memories: Quilt show, 9 a.m.- Saturday-Sunday, June 11-12, cristaudor@rlc.edu. 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, The Southern Illinois Center, Egyptian School, Tamms-Olive Branch Blacktop near Tamms; Comedy old and new quilts of local The Carbondale quilters and collectors; china Comedians: Stand-up display; also local history; light comedy, 9-11 p.m. Wednesday, lunch, noon; guest speaker, June 8, Station No. 13, 2400 W. historian Darrell Dexter; $10;
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fairgrounds, Du Quoin; 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday; adults, $12; children, $8. Langston Out Loud: A Benefit for Joplin, Mo., features readings from Langston Hughes’ poetry, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, Harry T. Moore Auditorium, Faner Hall, room 1326, SIUC; door prizes; donations requested.
Festivals Christopher Homecoming: Today through Sunday, June 5; bocce tournaments, 5 p.m. today and Friday; pancake breakfast, 7-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Civic Center; music by Cooter Brown Band, 2-6 p.m. and Egyptian Combo, 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Christian music, 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Ava Homecoming: Thursday-Saturday, June 2-4; firefighters water table fights, 3 p.m. Saturday; auto extrication competition, 7 p.m. Saturday; music by Red Roots, Thursday; Metal Toyz, Friday; Crossing Mason, Saturday and music by Hangman over Boardwalk on Friday and Saturday; 618-457-5200, ext.
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67606. Cache River Nature Fest: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Cache River Wetland Center, 8885 Illinois 37, Cypress; exhibits; 800-248-4373 or www.cacherivernaturefest.org The Taste of Tunnel Hill Trail Festival: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday June 4, Vienna City Park, Vienna; bike rides, wine tasting from the five most southern wineries; 618-695-3546 or www.tunnelhilltrail.com. Heritage Days Festival: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. SaturdaySunday, June 11-12, Walnut Street, Heritage House Museums, Okawville; 618-2435694 or tourokaw@htc.net.
Film Wizard of Oz: On outdoor screen, 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, Walker’s Bluff, north on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com.
Theater Auditions Taming of the Shrew: Auditions, 6:30 p.m. MondayTuesday, June 6-7, Liberty
THEATER Theater, Murphysboro; presented by Three Graces Theatre; show dates, Aug. 12, 13, 14; 618-687-4077, ext. 150.
Theater Singing with the Stars AllStars: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, McLeod Theater, SIUC; $35; talent show, wine, appetizers; 618-453-6000; www. southernticketsonline.com. TESSI recitals: The Talent Education School of Southern Illinois recitals, 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 5, Carbondale Civic Center, room 108; free; 618-457-6300. A Chorus Line: FridaySunday, June 17-19 and 24-26, McLeod Theatre, SIUC; 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays; $25/$10; playhouse.siuc.edu; www.southernticketsonline. com or 618-453-6000. Dance for Hope Fundraiser: 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Herrin Civic Center features ’50s prom theme; dinner; auction; raffle drawing for a 1949 Ford Custom Sedan; sponsored by The Hands of Hope Family Clinic in Marion; 618-998-8282.
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Allison Joseph plans poetry McLeod hosts ‘Singing with the Stars’ competition the School of Music. John CARBONDALE — reading to benefit Joplin, Mo. “American Robert Moss, doctoral Idol” has a CARBONDALE — The toll in terms of lives lost and damage done continues to escalate for Joplin, Mo., a town devastated by a recent tornado. Allison Joseph, poet and the director of the creative writing master of fine arts program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, plans a benefit reading for the storm-ravaged city. Joplin is the birthplace of American writer Langston Hughes (190267), a noted poet, novelist, playwright and columnist. The benefit event, “Langston Out Loud: A Benefit for Joplin,”
features readings from Langston’s poetry and door prizes for some of those in attendance. Admission is free, though donations are encouraged. The reading is from 4 to 6 p.m. on June 14 in the Harry T. Moore Auditorium in Faner Hall (Room 1326). Some of Hughes’ most famous poems include “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” “Montage of a Dream Deferred,” “I, Too, Sing America,” and “Po’Boy Blues.” Hughes was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. In addition to poetry, he wrote plays and prose. — SIUC University Communications
winner and the season is over, but “Singing with the Stars” is on at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Doors open at 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, at McLeod Theater in the Communications Building on campus. Competition begins at 7:30 p.m. Competition for what? For “Idol of the Year,” that’s what. This year’s competition features several past winners, including the Rev. John Annable from First United Methodist Church in Carbondale, Dr. Marsha Ryan, assistant professor of general surgery at the SIU School of Medicine, and Harvey Welch, former
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student in speech communication, acts as emcee. The judges are Diane Daughtery, former SIU women’s golf coach; Mike Hanes, former Marching Salukis conductor; and Bryan Rives, director of Event Services at SIUC. The judges are only part of the equation. In true “Idol” fashion, audience votes count. This is a fundraiser for McLeod Summer Playhouse, so patrons buy votes at $1 each or $5 for six votes. Tickets are $35. Tickets are available in advance at the McLeod Theater and the Shryock Auditorium box offices from noon to 5 p.m. on weekdays, by calling 618-453-6000 or online at www.southern tickets online.com. You can also get tickets at the door beginning an hour before the performance.
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THEATER New on DVD Drive Angry: A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter. Starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard and Charlotte Ross. Directed by Patrick Lussier. Rated R.
TV on DVD True Blood: The Complete Third Season: Set in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress, discovers a new world of creatures when she falls in love with Bill Compton, a vampire. Starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell and Ryan Kwanten. Rated R. Psych: The Complete Fifth Season: A novice sleuth is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. Starring James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson and Corbin Bernsen. Not rated. Rookie Blue: The Complete First Season: At the police academy they trained together. Now they’re on the job together. Rookie cop Andy McNally and her fellow new recruits are ready to brave anything, but in the world of big city policing, even the smallest mistake can have life-or-death consequences. Starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. Not rated. — Adam Testa
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As Magneto in the new ‘X-Men’ movie, Michael Fassbender has arrived So everything afterward The way I got here, it took would have to be a breeze, some time. Sometimes it Rated PG-13 for intense takes a lot longer, sure. But right? Playing a comicsequences of action and book villain, for instance? I felt like I really took a violence, some sexual But Magneto has “a journey to get to this content including brief whole lot of complexity to point.” partial nudity and him,” Fassbender says. The journey began in “Emotionally, he’s coming earnest with a role in language; starring James from a very damaged HBO’s World War II series McAvoy, Michael place. I like the “Band of Brothers” (2001) Fassbender, January Jones, and continued with lots of ambivalence of it. I want Rose Byrne, Oliver Platt the audience leaving the British TV work. and Kevin Bacon; directed Eventually, he would be theater wondering, asking by Matthew Vaughn; the questions themselves plucked to join the opening Friday at rather than being spoonensemble of “Inglourious ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale Basterds” (2009). But the fed (what to think) like a lot of these super-villain role that made him was and AMC Centre 8 in characters. 2008’s “Hunger, ” a littleMarion “Holocaust survivor” is, seen but acclaimed drama Fassbender notes, just about Irish Republican BY ROGER MOORE “the first part of his Army hunger strikers MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS during the 1980s. The film makeup. ... He tries to live an honest life even after was “a remarkable ORLANDO, Fla. — the concentration camps, cinematic experience, Michael Fassbender’s in the comic books. But driven powerfully by name seems to pop up the human race lets him Michael Fassbender’s most any time a new film impressive performance as down. project is announced. “So he’s left alone. Every Bobby Sands,” the most “Prometheus,” Ridley Scott’s prequel to “Alien”? famous of those men who personal relationship he has gets damaged or torn starved themselves to Jim Jarmusch’s new away from him.” death in British prisons, vampire movie? Danny Fassbender might have raved the London Daily Boyle’s “Trance”? tried to back-engineer the Mirror. A film industry hungry character, as he was played “It’s been an incredible for a hunky, young leading in the earlier “X-Men” trip from ‘Hunger,’” man with action-hero films by the great Sir Ian Fassbender says of the potential is taking a hard McKellen. But director look at Fassbender. He was film, for which he lost much of his body weight in Matthew Vaughn Rochester in the recent (“Stardust,” “Kick-Ass”) “Jane Eyre” film, a Roman order to be convincingly wouldn’t hear of it. starved and emaciated. soldier on the run in “He said, ‘You know, “‘Hunger’ definitely ancient Britain in last there’s something about changed my life, in terms year’s “Centurion.” And this character that of being recognized by this weekend, he is Erik Lehnsherr, the tormented filmmakers, since that was reminds me of an early Bond, a Sean Connery very much a filmmakers’ Holocaust survivor who Bond from the ’60s,’” film. ” will become Magneto in “X-Men: First Class.” At 34, born in Germany, raised in Ireland (thus the accent he shows off, out of character), the Drama Von Jakobville Centre London-trained Saturday July 23, 2011 Fassbender has barely time to catch his breath featuring The Boat Drunks between film jobs, meetings about film jobs 1309 Sadler Rd. 230 Hwy 127 N. and premieres. Pomona, IL 62975 Alto Pass, IL 62905 “I haven’t had time to sit www.vonjakobvineyard.com back and sort of take (618) 893-4500 stock,” he says. “It is a (618) 893-4600 dream come true for me.
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Fassbender says. “Connery had this unusual accent and voice and Matthew heard similarities with my voice and we sort of went with that.” Fassbender is not new to comic-book adaptations, having played a heavy in the disastrous “Jonah
Hex” adaptation of last summer. He doesn’t concern himself with a film’s success, resolving only to take each part seriously: “Just because it’s a comic-book story or a fantasy, that doesn’t mean I approach it with any less seriousness.” And with “X-Men,” he had
plenty to chew on. “The great thing about ‘X-Men’ is that within the philosophy and story of the saga there are very real and relevant human issues — alienation, being ostracized from society for whatever reasons — ethnicity, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.”
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