z CONTACT US z Call toll-free: 800-228-0429 Cara Recine, Lifestyles and special projects editor cara.recine@thesouthern.com / ext. 5075 Brenda Kirkpatrick, lists, live music flipside@thesouthern.com / ext. 5089 Rhonda Ethridge, cover designer rhonda.ethridge@thesouthern.com / ext. 5118 D.W. Norris, Lifestyles writer dw.norris@thesouthern.com / ext. 5074 The Southern Illinoisan (USPS 258-908) is published daily at a yearly subscription rate of $178. It is published at 710 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL 62901. It is owned by Lee Enterprises of Davenport, Iowa.
WHAT’S INSIDE Art . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5 Things to do . . . .4-6 Theater . . . . . . . .4-6 Coffeehouses . . . .7 Live music . . . . . . . .7
Wineries . . . . . . . . .7 Music . . . . . . . . . .6,8 Cover story . . . . . . .9 DVD releases . . . .10 Movies . . . . . . .10-12
Momma Mayberry’s Gifts & Crafts
Donna Sharp quilted handbags Visit us on Facebook 326 S. Main St • Anna, IL • 618-833-GIFT(4438)
Celebrate 5 Years With Us Saturday, June 19th
Father’s Day Specials • Games • Prizes • Wine Specials • Horseshoe Tournament (1-5) Scandinavian Gift Shop • Bed & Breakfast
PEACH BARN CAFE
SIH Employees get 10% Off Wine and Food with Their SIH Badge
www.hedmanvineyards.com
Swedish Cuisine • Sampling of Our Award-Winning Wines
560 Chestnut St., Alto Pass • ( 6 1 8 ) 8 9 3 - 4 9 2 3 Page 2 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
Catholic Organization coach tries to pay off referees the target two straight times, he must quickly down a half-pint of ale. The council called the game a “health and safety” Chuck Shepherd problem. z Among the unique dining experiences of the atholic Youth Beijing Zoo is the ability of Organization coach Michael Kman, 45, was patrons to view an exhibit of frolicking charged in May with hippopotamuses and then various misdemeanors step into the zoo’s regarding an alleged restaurant and dine on such attempt over a severaldishes as toe of month period to fix hippopotamus. Also childrens’ basketball available: kangaroo tail, ant games for Kman’s Our soup and other delectables. Lady of Lourdes church Animal welfare activists team in East Pennsboro condemned the dining Township, Pa. According experience, according to a to police, Kman sent dispatch in London’s multiple text messages to Guardian. referees Jay and Jon Leader, offering them as much as $2,500 if certain Latest religious games reached the “right messages outcome.” z Virginia state inmate Kendall Gibson, who is Cultural diversity serving 47 years for z In May, Britain’s abduction and robbery Norfolk District Council committed at age 18, has banned the traditional spent the last 10 years in barroom game of “dwile the prison’s “hole,” 23 flonking” just as the hours a day in a cell “the inaugural “world size of a gas station championships” were to restroom” (wrote an take place at the Dog Inn Associated Press reporter), pub in Ludham, Great not because he’s a danger Yarmouth. The game, to the prison population, which some believe has but because he won’t cut been played since his hair. Gibson is a “medieval times,” calls on Rastafarian and says his players to fling a beerdreadlocks are devoutly soaked rag from the end of authorized by the spiritual a small stick toward the Lord, Jah. (A 1999 Virginia face of an opponent, and in prison regulation requires the event the tosser misses administrative segregation
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
C
5
for long-hairs.) z In May, in a news reverberation heard around the Arab world from the city of Al-Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia, as a “policeman” from the notorious Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice approached a young couple in public to demand the woman’s ID, the woman beat up the cop. Charges are pending against her, but women’s rights activists across the Muslim world are reporting the incident as a watershed moment, according to the Media Line (Middle East) news agency. z Nelson Derbigney’s second wife, Laura, is a Hispanic Catholic, but the first wife has a court order that Nelson’s and her joint-custody son from that first marriage will be raised as an Orthodox Jew like his mother. That means that stepmother Laura must learn to create a strict kosher lifestyle when the son stays with his dad.
walked out with money. After being quickly nabbed, she explained: “There was no plan, no nothing, just impulse. I think everyone should have a list of things they want to do before they (die).” (2) Still stuck on the Bucket List (until recently) of great-grandmother Rosemary Douglas was her regret that, at 81, she had still never collected child support payments for her son, who is now 60, from the “boy’s” father, Urban Joseph Grass, now 82. In a Los Angeles court filing in April, she claimed $50 per month from the date of the 1951 court order (totaling, including interest, $57,000). z “A Brave Man’s Solution to Baldness” (read an April Toronto Star headline): Philip Levine, 28, working with artist Kat Sinclair, initially solved the problem of his “boring” shaved head by having her paint original murals on his dome, with the result that he became a star in the London (England) club scene. Since then, Levine has upgraded — to painstakingly laying Questionable jewelry designs on his bald judgments head, employing hundreds of thumbtack-sized z Bucket lists: (1) Swarovski crystals to create Patricia Edwards, 51, was arrested in Sanford, Fla., in a “swooping, shimmery, rockabilly” dome that March after being dazzles in the light. identified as the woman who walked into a Bank of SEND ITEMS to weirdnews@ America branch, handed earthlink.net. over a robbery note and
You can make a difference, One life at a time.
$
To volunteer, go to: Pregnancymatters.org and fill out an application or call 888-303-8859
Valid at Carbondale location only Must present this ad
• No cash value • Not valid toward purchase of alcohol • Not valid w/any other coupon or offer • Limit 1 per customer
HOULIBUCKS
Pregnancy Matters 241 S. Lewis Lane, Carbondale 1200 E. DeYoung, Marion 260 Lick Creek Road, Anna 3rd Floor Pinckneyville Hospital
z ART z MUSIC z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Art Around the Square: Mount Vernon; includes works 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 26, by Mary Sprague, Paul Town Square, Carbondale; Krainak, Cheonae Kim, area artists, hors d’oeuvres, Herbert Fink and Alfio free concert; 618-924-0797, Bonanno; through July 25; artaroundthesquare.com. 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Slip and Stitch: Displays, Exhibits Cedarhurst Clay Club and Aldon Addington: Steel Fibers et Al groups, Shrode sculpture exhibit, Varsity Art Center, Cedarhurst Center Center for the Arts, for the Arts, 2600 E. Carbondale; through June 30; Richmond Road, Mount 618-457-5100. Vernon; through July 25; Claudia Torrez-Ambriz: 618-242-1236 or www.cedar Sculpture, University hurst.org. Museum, Faner Hall, SIUC, Totally Tubular: Featuring 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday after-school artists, and 1-4 p.m. SaturdayCedarhurst Center for the Sunday; through June 25; Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, www.museum.siu.edu or Mount Vernon; through July 618-453-5388. 25; 618-242-1236 or Karen Lynn W. Hale: www.cedarhurst.org. Central Showcase at Realty Children in My Family: Central, 1825 W. Main St., Paintings and drawings by Murdale Shopping Center, Marlene Webb, front lobby of Carbondale; paintings, gourd CASA, Benton Square through art; gallery hours, 9 a.m.July; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 Monday-Friday, except a.m.-noon Saturday; through holidays; 618-927-2804 or June 26; 618-457-4663. cymarw6@gmail.com. Taiwan Sublime: Historic Structures & Photographic celebration of Machinery V: Little Egypt Taiwan, the Republic of China, Arts Centre, downtown Carbondale Civic Center square, Marion; through July Corridor Gallery; exhibit is in 31; 618 998-8530, support of Carbondale’s mgrafics@midwest.net or Sister City relationship with killman@mchsi.com. Taiwan’s Tainan City; through Voices: Contemporary June; 618-457-5100 or Ceramic Art from Sweden: cca@neondsl.com. Main Gallery, Cedarhurst Traveling display: Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Highlights of SIUC Richmond Road, Mount photojournalism project, Vernon; contemporary Chamber of Commerce, ceramic art in Sweden; Murphysboro; display through Aug. 1; 618-242-1236 features pictures collected or www.cedarhurst.org. during an October workshop Abstract and nonobjective documenting a weekend in paintings and sculptures: Murphysboro; through June; Little Egypt Arts Association, www.southof64.com. Shawnee Community College, Beauty in the Midst of 8364 Shawnee College Road, Struggle: Gretchen M. Smith, Ullin; main H hallway; through The Tribeca Restaurant & Aug. 20; 800-481-2242. Gallery, 127 S. Second St., From Humble Beginnings, Paducah; through July 7; Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: encaustic works; Southern Illinois Art and www.facebook.com/people/ Artisans Center, Whittington; tallartist; 270-210-1753. the exhibition presents a Structure and Harmony: perspective of the Illinois Abstract Works from the Abraham Lincoln found when Permanent Collection, Beal he entered the state in 1830; Grand Corridor Gallery, through Sept. 26; 618-629-
Art Event
2220 or www.museum. state.il.us/ismsites/so-il. Gone But Not Forgotten: The Power of Cemeteries: The General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith Street, Murphysboro; an overview of cemeteries in rural Southern Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries; through Nov. 15; 618-684-3455 or 618-303-0569. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Work and life of Carbondale artist, Morris Library, SIUC; view the display in the cases outside the Hall of Presidents on the first floor of the library; see artwork in the Special Collections Research Center reading room and other locations within the library; 618-453-2516 or http://archives.lib.siu.edu/ index.php?pcollections/ controlcard&id2459. 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. Rodney Walls, Retrospective: University Museum, Faner Hall, SIUC, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday; watercolor, woodcarvings, screenprints and brass work; reception, 4-7 p.m., Friday, June 25; through July 12; www.museum. siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Sense of Place/Sense of Space: Landscapes by Southern Illinois High School Students, University Museum, SIUC; reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 25; 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 14 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through July 9; museum.siu. edu or 618-453-5388. Hayley & Hattie: Getting There, exhibit by two SIU art students, Hayley Adams of Harrisburg and Hattie Phillips of Norris City, Harrisburg District Library, 2 W. Walnut St.; reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 27; 618-2537455.
Located at exit 77 along I-57 • 618-629-2302
www.pheasanthollowwinery.com FLIPSIDE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Page 3
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z
Annual Art Around the Square in Carbondale CARBONDALE — The Historic Town Square Coalition will host the annual Art Around the Square event from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 26. More than 30 businesses will host local and regional artists while providing hors d’oeuvres. Music, print, sculptures and photography will fill the Town Square until 10 p.m. Mel Goot and The
Southern Illinois Jazz and Blues Workshop will have a free concert from 7 to 9 p.m. on the old Tuscan lot across North Washington Street from Town Square Market. For more information, including participating businesses and artists, call Sue Mills at 618-924-0797 or visit www.artaroundthe square.com. — The Southern
BELLEVILLE ANTIQUE
FLEA MARKET BELLE-CLAIR EXPOSITION CENTER at the BELLE-CLAIR FAIRGROUNDS
SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 19TH & 20TH 9a.m. - 4p.m. Both Days
• NO COST OR OBLIGATION • OVER 600 TABLES • HUGE VARIETY OF EXHIBTORS FREE ADMISSION • FREE PARKING • Antiques • Collectibles • New & Old Jewelry • Old Tools • Hand Crafted Furniture • Antique Furniture • Old Quilts & Lamps Stamps • Coins • Baseball Cards • Comics • Oriental Items • Watches & Pocket Watches • Old Books • Depression Glass • Miltary Memorabilia
Rt. 13 (Just off Rt. 159 & 13), Belleville, IL For More Information call (618)233-0052 www.bcfairgrounds.net Third Full Weekend of Every Month! Page 4 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
Rodeo: 7 p.m. Saturday, rodeo grounds, Shrine Arena, Grand Tower; bull riding, bronco riding and barrel racing and junior steer riding; $6/4 in advance, $7/5 at gate; 618-6871100.
and washer contests, firemen water fight, talent show, food vendors, pony rides, children’s activities; 618-867-2315 or www.villageofdesoto.com.
June 27, McLeod Theater, Communications Building, Kay Ripplemeyer: Author SIUC; comedy about two of Giant City State Park and “wannabe” policemen on the Civilian Conservation an unofficial sting who run Corps will present a program into a hit man for the on the park, 10 a.m. Saturday Scottish mafia; $20/ $10; park’s Visitors Center, 235 618-453-3001 or Films Giant City Road, Makanda; playhouse.siuc.edu. reception, books signing; Alvin and The Chipmunks, The 25th Annual Putnam Festivals tours. The Squeakquel: On outdoor County Spelling Bee: screen, 8 p.m. Friday, Sesser 56th 7:30 p.m. June 18, 24, and June 18, Walker’s Bluff, north 26 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June Homecoming/Rend Lake Classes on Reed Station Road, Days: Carnival rides, 20; McLeod Theater, Student Center Craft Carterville; 618-985-8463 or Communications Building, horse pull, tractor pull, car Shop: Variety of crafts and www.walkersbluff.com. show, food concession SIUC; a look at spelling bees classes offered, SIUC; The Princess and the Frog: and the quirky over-achieving stands, and live 618-453-3636, www.siuc entertainment, Friday-Sunday 8 p.m. Friday, June 18, kids that seem to end up in studentcenter.org. Carbondale Park District’s Sesser City Park; 618-625the finals; $23/$10; Hickory Lodge; free; 4466. 618-453-3001 or Events Perry County Fair: Friday- concessions available; front playhouse.siuc.edu. lawn; bring a blanket. June 26, Perry County “Wedding Day Bliss:” Game Nite: 6:30 p.m. Where The Wild Things Fairgrounds, Pinckneyville; Franklin County Relay For Life Friday American Legion tractor pulls, horse shows, the Are: 8:30 p.m., Friday, June Mystery Dinner, 7 p.m. Post 147, 11720 Longstreet 18, Veterans Park, Mount annual Miss Perry County Saturday First Christian Road, Marion; play the Wii Vernon; outdoor big screen; Pageant, horse racing, Church, 1001 S. Cherry St., and other games; form bring lawn chairs, blankets; autocross, demo derby and West Frankfort; doors open your own teams; 618-364618-242-6890. carnival; 618-357-9222 or 6:15 p.m,; $15/$25 per 2405. www.perrycofair.com. couple; 618-694-5989 or Benefit Rodeo: 8 p.m. De Soto Daze Festival: eglodich@hotmail.com. Theater/ Friday and Saturday Eagles Friday-Sunday, June Cinderella: 7 p.m. Club, 402 Hacker St., Chester; Performances 25-27, De Soto Park; car Friday-Saturday, June rodeo clowns; $6/$8; under show, co-ed softball Unnecessary Farce: 25-26, Marion Cultural and 5, free; proceeds to Shriners tournament, yard sale/craft 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Civic Center; $10; and St. Jude’s; 618-859sale, parade, gospel sing, Saturday, and Friday, June 17, www.marionccc.org or 6183871. karaoke, pet show, horseshoe 19 and 25 and 2 p.m. Sunday 997-4030. Jackson County Shriners
Authors, Books
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z
Eat and Salsa dane for ‘For Kids’ Sake’ CARBONDALE — The For Kids’ Sake Benefit Dinner & Salsa Party to support orphanages and schools in Bangladesh will be at Longbranch Coffeehouse & Vegetarian Café, 100 East Jackson St. from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, June 26. The event will feature a gourmet fourcourse dinner, private salsa lessons and dancing, silent auction and raffle prizes. Raffle prizes include a one-night stay at Skyline View Cabins with La Bella Notte services
offering two 45-minute massages and a gourmet meal for two, or a Giant mountain-comfort bike from Phoenix Cycles and a shade-ornamental tree planting from Greenridge Landscaping. Tickets are $30 and are available at the coffeehouse, 618529-4488, or by contacting Shema Jamaluddin at 618-529-5044 or by e-mail at forkidssake@ dayemi.net. Raffle tickets are $5 or $10 for three. Participants do not need to be present to win. — The Southern
Annual Tay-Sachs benefit to be at Blue Sky Vineyard on Saturday MAKANDA — Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road in Makanda, will host the fifth annual Tay-Sachs Benefit Concert from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday to raise money for funding research, treatments and a cure for this fatal disease. Admission is $5 and includes a glass and four samples. Music begins at noon and features Brad Oliver, Gypsy Jazz, Carlos Alberto, The Subject to Change Band featuring Dave Clark, J. Brown and the Workin’ Man’s Blues
Band, Building Rome and Courtney Cox and the Rainmakers. Silent auction items include a four box seats to a Cardinals game, a
condominium stay in Fort Meyers Beach, Fla., private jet service for seven, a hot-air balloon ride for two and four hours of limo service.
To make a donation, contact Fern Palmer at 618-457-4334. For more info., call 618995-9463 or visit bluesky vineyard.com.
OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK 20 minutes South of Carbonale 5.5 miles off of I-57 or 3.5 miles off of US51.
618-893-WINE
www.starviewvineyards.com
FLIPSIDE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Page 5
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z
Sunset concerts to begin today at Shryock Sunset Concert Series
at a club or a concert, I mix 7 p.m., Shryock Auditorium it up a little bit. I search for music that makes people steps: Chicago bluesman dance.” John Primer opens the Primer found music at 8 32nd season of years old when he picked Carbondale’s weekly free up an uncle’s guitar and started to play. He found concert series. blues at while listening to BY D.W. NORRIS his grandmother’s radio in THE SOUTHERN Mississippi. Primer found his first big arbondale will be audiences when he took a feeling a little blue well-worn path to Chicago when Chicago artist known to plenty of John Primer brings his bluesmen in the 1960s. mixture of classic and “Many blues guys come contemporary blues to the from the South and Shryock Auditorium steps everybody wanted to come at 7 p.m. today in the first north and get a job, but it Sunset Concert of the winds up being a different season. job than working in a While Primer is oldfactory,” Primer said. school when it comes to “That’s the main thing — what he loves about blues, everybody came north to he’s also an entertainer get a job. It turns out to be with a talent for reading his different and blues audience. His set list can becomes the job.” change on the fly. Besides being blessed “I just don’t play the with a gravelly voice that traditional blues all the screams blues frontman, time,” Primer said. “If I’m Primer also had some of
C
PROVIDED
John Primer will perform at the first Sunset Concert of the season today at Shryock.
learning me,” Primer said. “I was learning how to play music with anybody. Just lay back and let the leader do the job and support him as much as I could.” The rest, he said, came naturally. “I was ready to be a leader,” he said. “I made my way. You’ve got to take your time and make your way out there.” Primer released his first major label album, Atlantic Records’ critically acclaimed “The Real Deal,” in 1995, and he’s pumped out 10 more solo albums to date. Primer boasts an extensive catalog of originals and plays a mean slide guitar. Most importantly, Primer has the blues. “All the time, I’ve got the feeling of the blues,” he said. “The music, not my body. I feel good, but I always keep the blues on my mind.”
the best on-the-job training an aspiring musician could ask for, playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells and Magic Slim. Playing behind and beside those legends helped Primer, who fronted his early Chicago groups, learn how to lead a band on and off the stage in later dw.norris@thesouthern.com years. 618-351-5074 “Being a sideman was
Concerts Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Music Festival: Various locations throughout area; through June 26; go to SIFest.com or 618-453-2776. John Primer: 7-9 p.m. today SIUC, Shryock Auditorium steps; blues; coolers, blankets, lawn chairs ok; part of Sunset Concerts; www.johnprimer blues.com. Celtica: 6-8 p.m. today courthouse, Nashville; Celtic pipes and drums; bring lawn chairs; free. Granada Blues Bash: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, The Granada Center for the Performing Arts, Mount Vernon; featuring The Ground Floor Band and The East Boogie Blues Band;$10; 618740-0707 or www.granada. mvn.net. Carillon performance: Playing of bells located in a tower, 114 N. Elm St., Centralia; 2 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday; 618-533-4381. The Parsley and Sagebrush Band: Noon Wednesday, June 23, Town
Square Pavilion, Carbondale; Brown Bag Concert Series hosted by Carbondale Main Street; bring lawn chairs; free; www.carbondalemainstreet. com or 618-529-8040. George Portz and Friends: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 24, courthouse square, Nashville; folk; bring lawn chairs; free. The McClymonts: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 24, Turley Park, Carbondale; country; coolers, blankets, lawn chairs ok; part of Sunset Concerts; www.themcclymonts.net. The International Rolling Stones Show: Tribute band, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26, outdoor concert, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; $15; bring lawn chairs; free popcorn; drink concessions; www.rolling stoneshow.com; 618-2421236 or www.cedarhurst. org.
Kentucky Tim Hawkins: 7:30 p.m. Friday Carson Center, Paducah; opening act, Clay Campbell ; $15-$45; 270450-4444 or www.the carsoncenter.org.
Music festival features symphonic program, more For more features and a complete schedule, go to www.flipsideonline.com. The “Romeo and Juliet” symphonic program at the Southern Illinois Music Festival has scheduled performances in Cape Girardeau and Carbondale that will be jam-packed with music conducted by Maestro Edward Benyas. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. today at the SEMO River Center in Cape Girardeau with a 7:30 p.m. performance to follow Friday at Shryock Auditorium on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus, the symphonic program will cover music
Page 6 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
spanning from Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture” to Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein. Tickets are $20 for adults and $6 for students of any age and can purchased at the SIU Event Services Box Office inside Shryock Auditorium or by phone at 618-4536000. Ticketmaster also has tickets for sale at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. The concert opens with George Gershwin’s “American in Paris” followed by a Romantic Cello Concerto by Julius Chajes featuring SIUC cello professor Eric Lenz. Chajes is one of Maestro Benyas’ early influences.
There will be a preconcert lecture at 6:45 p.m. Friday by Maestro Benyas. Here’s what else is on the schedule:
Methodist Church, Johnston City, chamber music for winds and strings z 4 p.m. Thursday, June 24, Bank of Herrin, reception with wind Chamber music quintet 6 p.m. Friday, June z 3 p.m. Sunday, June 25, J.C. Penney Court at 20, The View First Baptist University Mall, Church, Carbondale; Carbondale; featuring the featuring Fauré, Pinchielli, music of Beethoven, Chajes Debussy, Dvorak, Schubert z 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, z 7:30 p.m. Friday, June June 22, Sesser Opera 25, Rustle Hill Winery in House; featuring the music Makanda; featuring the of Beethoven, Bruch, music of Schubert, Dvorak, Chajes, Lyons Debussy z 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, Cairo Public New Arts Jazztet Library; featuring the Performances music of Beethoven, Reinecke, Chajes, Lyons z 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, z 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, Herrin Civic June 23, First United Center
CRAVING KARAOKE?
WEEK OF JULY 17-23
Karaoke and DJ lists are online at flipsideonline. com.
Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Moving Mary: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Palace Pizzeria, 215 Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; 618-893-4415 After Barbed Wire: 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $5; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Breeden Bradley and Maze: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Palace Pizzeria, 215 Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; 618-893-4415 Tim “The Magic Man” Needham: Magician, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-529-3287
Wineries Blues Bandits: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Tay-Sachs Benefit Concert: Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard; music by various bands; $5 Lew Jetton and 61 South: 12:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Bosco and Whiteford: 26 p.m. Saturday, Owl Creek Vineyard Ivas John: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Nash Street: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, StarView Vineyards Ray Martin: 2-5 p.m.
Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Whistle Pigs: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Beausoleil: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Walker’s Bluff E.L. Kurtz: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard Bruce Zimmerman: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Rural Kings: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Orlandini Vineyard. Dave Caputo: 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard R. Scott Bryan: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Walker’s Bluff Andrea Stader: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, StarView Vineyards Rich Fabec: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery
Alto Vineyards: Highway 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4898 oraltovineyards.net. Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or blueskyvineyard.com. Hedman Vineyards: 560 Chestnut St, Alto Pass; 618893-4923 or peachbarn.com. Orlandini Vineyard: 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; 618995-230 or orlandinivineyard.com. Owl Creek Vineyard: 2655 Water Valley Road, Cobden; 618-893-2557 or owlcreekvineyard.com. Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com. StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463 or starviewvineyards.com. Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-8934600 or vonjakobvineyard.com. Von Jakob Vineyard: 1309 Sadler Road, Pomona; 618-893-4500. Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com.
WANT TO BE LISTED? Call 618-351-5089 or e-mail brenda.kirkpatrick@thesouthern.com
z TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Bosco and Whiteford Tres Hombres: Lubriphonic WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks-R-Better, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Zuul/High Spirits/Chapstick Tres Hombres: Giant City Slickers, 8:30 p.m. DU QUOIN Ten Pin Alley: Piano Bob, 6-9 p.m.
z FRIDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Blu-Print PK’s: Rosetta Squirrel w/Hobo Knife INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square : The Ivas John Band, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Mollie’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7:30-11:30 p.m. MOUNT VERNON
Tavern on 10th: Doc Jones w/Moonbeam Lane THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7-10 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Black Lace Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Under The Radar PK’s: Gun Show Tres Hombres: Shaggy Wonda DU QUOIN Timeout Sports Bar: Craig Hand MARION Marion Eagles: Rag Tag Band, 8 p.m.midnight MOUNT VERNON
Double K’s Kickin Country: Woody and Nighthawks, 7-10 p.m. Tavern on 10th: Snake Lane/Mooonbeam Lane THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Weekenders, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
z SUNDAY CARBONDALE Key West: Ivas John Blues Band PK’s: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit MARION Marion Eagles: Rag Tag Band, 6-10 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618-359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 The Get-Away: 804 N. Douglas St., West Frankfort 618-937-3545 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina/618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville/618-218-4888 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion/618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618-997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618-684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville, 618-927-2770. Orient American Legion: 404 Jackson St., Orient 618-932-2060 Perfect Shot: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin/618-942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale/618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale/618-529-1124 Ramesse: 1754 Illinois 37, Lake of Eygpt/618-995-9104 Steelhorse Saloon: 202 Dewmain Lane, Carterville 618-985-3549 Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon/618-244-7821 Tomigirl’s Rollin-in: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-7655 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion 618-983-5300 White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash / 618-997-4979 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin / 618-993-8393 The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington/618-6292039
FLIPSIDE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Page 7
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z
Rent One Park to host annual Miners Music Festival features Craig Morgan, Rodney Atkins COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
2010 Miners Music Fest 7 p.m. Monday, July 12, Rent One Park, Marion; featuring Craig Morgan and Rodney Atkins; $35 at www. southernillinoisminers.com or at the ballpark box office. line of fans a quartermile long wound through the parking lot at Rent One Park in Marion last year, waiting for the gates to open at the
A
inaugural Miners Music Fest. Before headliner Jason Aldean even took the stage, officials proclaimed the event an overwhelming success and promised to make it an annual event. This year, there are going to be two main attractions, not one. The 2010 Miners Music Fest will feature Craig Morgan and Rodney Atkins. Morgan is on the charts with single “This Ain’t Nothing.” He has hit the Billboard Top 10 with seven songs, including “Almost Home,” “Bonfire,” “Redneck Yacht Club” and “International Harvester.” Atkins labored in
obscurity for a few years in Nashville, Tenn., then became on overnight sensation in 2006 with monster single “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” and follow-up “Watching You.” The duo was busy last week performing various duties at the CMA Music Fest. Both performed at special fan club parties, then at featured events on the main Riverfront stage in downtown Nashville, a city devastated by flooding last month. Atkins said he was happy to be part of the celebration. “Everyone knows how
hard our community has been hit recently, and there are some folks who have been struggling and lost so much,” Atkins said. “Knowing those folks could likely use some distraction, I didn’t want anything to stop us all from getting together and enjoying that sense of community.” Although they will be joining forces in Marion, there was a friendly rivalry at the CMA Music Fest. Atkins hosted a television segment for CMT, while Morgan worked for GAC. Morgan is a 10-year U.S. Army veteran. He was a fire support specialist, holding airborne, jumpmaster and
air assault certification. He honed his musical skills while not on active duty and even served as opening act at a Korean concert by Sawyer Brown. After completing military service, he worked construction, security and at Wal-Mart before landing a job as a demo singer. He survived countless musical setbacks, including failed singles and his record label going out of business, before scoring his first major hit with “Almost Home” in 2003 on the independent Broken Bow label. Morgan made a name for himself by painting vivid
We’re Makin’ Dolls A Porcelain Doll Shop
Quality heirlooms for tomorrow’s keepsakes.
Pick N’ Print We customize shirts and logos T-shirts S-5XL with many styles from humorous to new tattoo style to choose from
S - XL $7.50 • 2X - 5X $9.00 • or bring your own 1318 Walnut Street • Murphysboro, IL • 618-6 687-4 4101 Hours: Tue. - Fri. 10am - 4pm • Mon. & Sat. 10am - 2pm Anytime by appointment www.weremakindolls.com • www.facebook.com/weremakindolls
Become One of the Elite MMA • MUAY THAI • WOMEN’S KICKBOXING TRADITIONAL ARTS (5-12) • FITNESS / CONDITIONING • PERSONAL TRAINING • KIDS CLASSES NOW FORMING • 24 years of Martial Arts Experience / Training • Former FBI Agent and Annapolis Graduate Lance W. Burton Chief Instructor / Founder
209 W. Commercial Carterville
(618) 694-8823 Page 8 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
images with his vocals. He has been a hit-making machine since “That’s What I Like About Sunday” topped the Billboard chart for four weeks in 2005. He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. The GAC gig was a test run. Morgan will be hosting his own television show starting in July on the Outdoor Channel. The show airs at 10 a.m. on Saturdays. It will feature Morgan hunting big game and riding motorcross at sites throughout North America. Guests will include country music stars, motorcross celebrities and professional athletes. Atkins is proud that his musical fame enables him to help one of his favorite charities — The National Council for Adoption. Abandoned as an infant, he was in custody of the Holston Methodist Home for Children in Greenville, Tenn. He was so frail and sickly, the first two families returned him to the home. With his condition deteriorating, a third family officially adopted him and nursed him back to health. He sang in church as a child, learned to play guitar and write songs in high school and started hanging out in Nashville, Tenn., while in college. Atkins was on the cusp on breaking out in 2003 when “Honesty (Write Me a List)” soared to No. 4, but he went over the top in 2006 when the first four singles from the “If You’re Going Through Hell” album hit the top of the charts. For his effort, he was selected New Male Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music in 2007. VINCE HOFFARD can be
reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo.com.
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Josh Hyde, a Carbondale native, has gone global. His film was made in Peru and is being shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland.
Postcard from the edge been a risk. “Lord knows I don’t Carbondale native Josh know if I can make another Hyde’s first feature-length one this way again,” said film world premieres June the 31-year-old Hyde from 25 at the 64th Edinburgh his Colorado home. “I International Film Festival. mean, I don’t think I can, actually, but somehow I’ve BY D.W. NORRIS started to work on another THE SOUTHERN film with no money.” Hyde is tens of thousands Carbondale native Josh of dollars deep into the Hyde knows what is riding project because of a on the time he’s spending personal loan he secured in Scotland. from a Carbondale bank. As a writer and director His mother took out a outside the mainstream, second mortgage on her Hyde needs something big home to help defray costs. to happen for him at the Friends and family have 64th Edinburgh kicked in money, and there International Film Festival, have been fundraisers to which world premieres his keep the “Postales” dream debut feature-length film alive. It’s been a winding “Postales” on June 25. ride so far, one that’s taken Sure, there is the chance the 2002 Southern Illinois to win an award. “Postales” University Carbondale is in the Rosebud strand for alumnus from his first- or second-time hometown to Chicago to directors. Acclaimed films Ohio to New York City and, such as “Pulp Fiction,” most importantly, to “Blade Runner” and “Hurt Cuzco, Peru, where Locker” had their “Postales” is set. premieres at the festival, “This is the end result of the longest-running in the everything we’ve learned,” world. Hyde said. “I think people The competition in are like, ‘Is it a Peruvian Hyde’s strand will be tough movie? Is it an American —“Postales” is up against movie?’ No, it’s a Peruvian state-funded international and American movie with films with bigger budgets some type of weird — but bringing hardware Filipino-American director, back to the states isn’t the and it embodies the best of main purpose of his trip what it means to be across the Atlantic. American.” Primarily, Hyde wants to “Postales,” which is walk away from the land of Spanish for “postcard,” is tartan and plaid with a Hyde’s third film in Peru. distribution deal. At the The first was a short, the least, he would like to have second a documentary. The a sales agent when his trip final installment of Hyde’s is complete. Even a guerilla Peruvian trilogy is billed as filmmaker with a social a cross-cultural love story conscience needs to eat, between penniless street and bringing “Postales” kids and well-heeled from an idea 10 years ago American girls, but that’s to Scotland today has just the surface thread.
‘Postales’
CLICK & CONNECT: Go to www.flipsideonline.com to learn about Josh Hyde’s film “Postales” at the 64th Endinburg International Film Festival.
Deeper in the movie are the relationships between money, power and class structure. The eponymous postcards represent the dream of a better life. There is land at play, and somebody has to lose. “Yes, (the Peruvians) have to leave the land, but at the end of the day you’re talking about people who are descendents of the Inca,” Hyde said. “They’ve been around through multiple conquests, and there’s a lot of land in the Andes, so they’re just going to go up the mountain and get some land because they’ve been living off the land for thousands of years.” Beautifully shot, the film goes against what is common in studio films or films with social messages. “One thing we didn’t try to do in the movie was say, ‘Look at poverty; poverty sucks,’” Hyde said. “Poverty is all handheld (cameras) and gritty and moves really fast, when it’s actually quite the opposite. If you ever had money, and then you go to not having money, you just kind of sit around and you’re thinking and the world actually slows down as opposed to gets quicker when you don’t have money.” At its root, “Postales” is about cultural understanding, a sometimes tough sell in an increasingly egocentric world, but it is a film Hyde said he had to make. “For the longest time I was questioning if I was doing this for my ego, to say look at how cool I am,” Hyde said. “Then, I was like, wait a minute; if I was, I think I’d probably only keep doing this if my bank account reflected success.” While Hyde has plenty of professional goals for the
PROVIDED
time he’ll spend overseas, he also has a personal goal easily understandable to anybody with a taste for Scotland’s most famous export. “I heard they had a 100-year-old scotch,” he said. “ … I’m going to have
a 100-year-old scotch if I can afford it. If not, I’ll shoot for maybe 20 years.” Maybe, by the end of the festival, Hyde will be able to hoist a glass of 100year-old scotch in celebration. He’s definitely
worked hard enough, had enough confidence in himself and his skill, and taken risks not many would venture to earn it. dw.norris@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074
FLIPSIDE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Page 9
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z New on DVD The Book of Eli *** In post-apocalyptic America, the fate of civilization depends on one man guarding a sacred book. With Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson. R (some brutal violence and profanity) Youth in Revolt *** With urging from his sly alter ego, a nerdy 16-year-old pursues the girl he pines for ... despite her boyfriend. With Michael Cera,
Justin Long, Michael Cera, Justin Long, Portia Doubleday. R (sexual content, profanity and drug use) When in Rome * A New York workaholic missing out
Still Playing
on love steals coins from a magic fountain in Italy and is pursued by five beaus. With Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, Anjelica Huston. PG-13 (some suggestive content) It Came from Kuchar Fans of the Kuchar Brothers, Bronx-born underground directors, talk about the twins’ B-movies and their influence. With John Waters, B. Ruby Rich, Buck Henry. NR — McClatchy-Tribune News
STUDIO
‘Jonah Hex’ 1970s-era DC antihero Jonah Hex makes his way to the big screen as ‘Crank’ co-writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor team follow the disfigured gunslinger and parttime bounty hunter on his biggest adventure yet. Supernatural elements combine with Western aesthetics to take viewers on a wild and bloody ride, with Josh Brolin (above) leading the way as Hex and John Malkovich stepping into the villainous role of Turnbull. The movie also stars Megan Fox (above) and Will Arnett. It was directed by Jimmy Hayward and opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. It’s rated PG-13 for horror, violence and language.
Bring Dad in for a
FREE Large Deep Fried Brownie Sunday Sat. & Sun. June 19th & 20th 0nly
Burgers Hand Made 611B S. Illinois Ave, Carbondale • On the Strip • 529-FATP
Dine-In or Carry-Out - Free Delivery with $8 Minimum Order Mon-Thur 10:30-9 • Fri-Sat 10:30-Midnight • Sun Noon-6
Page 10 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
The A-Team * Former Special Forces soldiers attempt to clear their names after being set up for a crime they didn’t commit. With Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel and Gerald McRaney. Screenplay by Skip Woods, Joe Carnahan and Brian Bloom. Directed by Carnahan. PG-13 (violence and strong language) Get Hime to the Greek ***½ Think of this Forgetting Sarah Marshall spinoff reuniting supporting actors Russell Brand and Jonah Hill as a rockstar and fanboy as a very naughty version of Almost Famous. This time, the fanboy does not write the rockstar’s lehend, but helps restore him to his former glory. R (extreme sex, extreme drugs, extreme rock’n’roll and extreme profanity) Iron Man 2 ** Lots of things get blown up and torn apart in “Iron Man 2,” as you would expect from any blockbuster kicking off the summer movie season. The magnitude of destruction far exceeds that of its predecessor and includes repeated instances of characters walking away from a massive fireball without looking back. With Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johanssen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13 (sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language) The Karate Kid **½ In this remake of the 1984 sleeper hit, Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan take over for Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita as the teenager being bullied in school and the wise kung-fu master who teaches him h ow to defend himself. PG (bullying, martial arts action violence and some mild language)
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Killers *½ A newlywed couple’s blissful suburban life is threatened when the husband’s former life as a gun-for-hire resurfaces to haunt them. With Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara and Alex Borstein. Screenplay by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin. Directed by Robert Luketic. PG-13 (violent action, sexual material and language) Letters to Juliet ** A young American joins a group of volunteers in Verona who respond to letters written to Shakespeare’s Juliet seeking advice on love. With Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. Written by Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. Directed by Gary Winick. PG (brief rude behavior, some language and smoking) Marmaduke ** Like its four-legged star, hero of the popular cartoon, it’s big, slobbery and shambling, qualities that no doubt will delight the discriminating sixyear-old and leave her parents yawning. As the voice of Marmaduke, Owen Wilson
sounds like John Wayne on laughing gas. PG (rude humor and mild language) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ** Jake Gyllenhaal takes the title role of this numbing adaptation of the popular video game. Nevermind the arch dialogue and dopey declarations about “destiny,” the movie doesn’t even deliver on the action. With Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton and Alfred Molina. Screenplay by Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, from a story by Jordan Mechner. Directed by Mike Newell. PG-13 (violence, action, supernaturalness, adult themes) Robin Hood *** Robin and his merry band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against King Richard’s army. With Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins and Max von Sydow. Screenplay by Brian Helgeland. Directed by Ridley Scott. PG-13 (violence, including intense sequences of warfare and some sexual content)
Be Patriotic
Sex and the City 2 ** Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take on a slightly more domesticated New York City. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Mario Cantone and Willie Garson. Written and directed by Michael Patrick King. R (strong sexual content, language) Shrek Forever ** Shrek finds himself without Fiona in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away. With the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas. Written by Josh Klauser and Darren Lemke. Directed by Mike Mitchell. PG (mild action, rude humor and brief language) Splice *½ “Frankenstein” for the genetic-engineering generation, this stylish experiment in bio-terror from Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali co-stars Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody as biologists who mess with Mother Nature. R (nudity, sexuality, horror violence, profanity) — McClatchy-Tribune News
‘Toy Story 3’ perfect for children at heart Toy Story 3 ***½ Rated G (might be too intense for younger kids); with the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn and John Ratzenberger; directed by Lee Unkrich; opening in 3D and 2D at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY CHARLIE MCCOLLUM MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
It’s been more than a decade since we last had the chance to have our imaginations stirred by Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the “Toy Story” gang. And that passage of time is the emotional cornerstone of the new “Toy Story 3,” a smartly-conceived, beautifully executed sequel that rounds out a “Toy Story” trilogy. Early on in “Toy Story
STUDIO
The third movie in the series features Andy (Tom Hanks) as an 18-year-old getting ready to go off to college. It is a ‘terrific’ film with an emotional payoff that should satisfy all who have invested in the characters over the past 15 years.
3,” you can tell that things have changed a lot in the world of the toys and their owner, Andy. After a rousing opening sequence that reestablishes our connection to the main characters, we realize that Woody, Buzz and friends have actually been in box in Andy’s room for what appears to be years. Some of the toys from the two previous films are gone,
having been donated or thrown away. The toys are feeling unloved, deprived of their raison d’etre: Playtime. “Come on, let’s go see how much we’re going for on eBay,” grumbles Hamm the piggie bank at one point. But the worst is yet to come. SEE TOY STORY / PAGE 12
Great Shoes for Summer!
this 4th of July Tablewear, Banners, Flags and More!
In Business 25 Years
The Party Shop 3033 S. Park Ave.
1/2 Mi. North of New Rt. 13 on Hwy 148 (Across from Affordable Home Furniture)
Herrin, Il • (618) 942-4431
FLIPSIDE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Page 11
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z
TOY STORY: Long-awaited Pixar film will leave audiences feeling touched, a little unfulfilled FROM PAGE 11 Andy, now 18, is going off to college and the toys (with the exception of
Woody) have no place in that world. So Andy packs up Buzz, Jessie, the Potato Heads, Hamm, Rex and the others to store in the
Great Times at MONDAY $1 DRAFTS
Great Outdoor Patio
TUESDAY $2.99 MARGARITAS
“Pucker Up” They Are Good WEDNESDAY-Drink Specials Music On The Patio 5:00-8:00 16 oz. Bud & Bud Light Bottles $2.99
THURSDAY-June 24th 8-11
Thomas Tillman - Georgia Country Artist-Of-The-Year
SUNDAY-Father’s Day June 20th FREE Walts Glass for All Dads - 4-10pm
★ Enjoy the Weekend ★ Friday & Saturday Open Late ‘Til Midnight The Freshest Food, The Finest Service & Best Atmosphere in the Entire Region
MEET YOUR FRIENDS • WATCH YOUR GAMES LISTEN TO MUSIC
www.waltspizza.com
213 S. Court - On Hwy. 37 So. MARION • 618-993-8668
Lunch Buffet Every Tues., Wed. & Thur. 11 am-1:30 pm Su. & Mo. 4 pm-11 pm • Tu.-Th. 11 am-11 pm • Fr. & Sa. 11am-12 pm
Page 12 Thursday, June 17, 2010 FLIPSIDE
attic. Barbie, a doll his younger sister no longer plays with, gets tossed in for good measure. But instead of being banished to the attic, the toys are donated to the Sunnyside Day Care center by Andy’s mother. At first, Sunnyside looks like toy heaven on earth, a place where toys are played with (and loved) all day. There’s even a Ken for Barbie, who apparently has never had a mate. But things are not as they seem, which Woody
— who goes in search of his friends after they’re sent off to Sunnyside — realizes before the rest. To go into detail would spoil some of the movie’s twists, so let’s just say that the rest of this “Toy Story” movie turns into a lavishly-imagined prison break that pays minihomages to such live action films as “The Great Escape,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” Director Lee Unkrich — and scriptwriter Michael Arndt have done a good
job of combining the classic (and much-loved) characters of “Toy Story” with new toys that quickly establish their own personalities. They also generally manage to inject a darker tone without losing the warmth and humor that made the first two films instant classics. The voice work is impeccable. And, visually, the film is positively stunning, with chase sequences that eclipse anything in the first two pictures. All that being said, it’s hard to shake the
feeling that some of the sheer joy and charm of the first two movies are missing from the third installment. There was an emotional glow to what came before that simply isn’t burning as brightly. Reservations aside, “Toy Story 3” is a terrific film that ends with an emotional payoff that should satisfy all who have invested in the characters. In a summer littered with bad sequels, bad 3-D and bad storytelling, it is a movie to be heartily embraced.