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owners Charlie and Trace Brown of Carbondale for more than nine years. He has more than two Morning, noon and decades of experience in night, Boondock’s the restaurant industry in Seafood Co. in both kitchen and Carbondale offers a management positions, diverse menu befitting and he understands what any taste, appetite and drives business. budget. “We are cooking with “We have some options fresh ingredients, breaded that you absolutely can’t by hand,” he said. get anywhere else in “Nothing comes out of a Southern Illinois,” said box. People will be able to Shane Smith, general taste the difference.” manager and managing Groups of all sizes can partner of the east be accommodated for Carbondale restaurant, business or personal formerly Houlihan’s. functions, which makes Along with serving Boondock’s an ideal breakfast every day from choice for small family 6 to 10 a.m., Boondock’s gatherings and large work offers premium seafood groups alike. entrees, sandwiches, Fresh ingredients arrive pasta, and more. daily and everything is New menu items are homemade, from the always in the works for dressings on down, Smith breakfast, lunch and said. Boondock’s also dinner. A foray into the world of craft beer is also works hard to provide delicious dishes at equally in the near future for the pleasing prices. restaurant that opened The restaurant also earlier this year. features outside dining on “We are changing its open-air patio with things up quite often as heating, cooling and room demand calls for it,” for 50 diners. Customers Smith said. “We are always looking for ways to can reserve the area ahead improve our products and of time for parties. The look and feel of we get great constructive Boondock’s interior — feedback from our corrugated metal, unique guests.” artwork and a subtly lit Smith has worked for
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Call for Art What’s Hatching in Union County?: Contest by the Anna Arts Center, 125 W Davie St, Anna; Chicken/Rooster Exhibition Contest to prepare for the Union County Fair; display a piece of work that captures a chicken or rooster or chick; enter by July 25; 904-6251109
Exhibits Through the Garden Gate: The Little Egypt Arts Association Arts Centre, downtown Marion; gardenrelated scenes in several media; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; through June; 618-559-7379 North Wall Artist of the Month: Janet G. Bixler, paintings, The Little Egypt Arts Association Arts Centre, downtown Marion; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; through June; 618-559-7379 Vickie Gingrich: Works in acrylic and watercolor on canvas, Harrisburg District Library; also, storytelling dolls; through June 30; 618-253-7455 Joan Skiver-Levy: Exhibition of Mixed Medium Pastiche Collages, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; through June; www.joan skiverlevy.com: 618 9974030 Mélange: A Collection of Collage Art and Poetry by Kathy Cotton, Anna Arts
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Mount Vernon; exhibits the work of Shrode Art Center’s after-school art class students; located in the Beck Family Center Gallery; through July 21; www. cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236 Alma Petry Light Show: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Richview Road, Mount Vernon; vessels created out of a variety of recycled paper and cardboard; located in The Regenhardt Gallery; through July 21; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236 The Old Tool Shed: Variety of vintage tools, Union County Museum, South Appleknocker St.; includes rope-making machine, vintage calipers, iron ice tongs; hours, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through end of July; 618-893-2067 Student Art Exhibition: Southeastern Illinois College Art Gallery, Harrisburg; hours, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; through August; 618-252-5400, ext. 2245
Receptions The University School exhibit: Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 21, University Museum, SIU; coincides with a reunion of graduates of the model high school that was part of campus from 1874 to 1971; now through July 26; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388 100th Anniversary of University Housing: Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 21, University Museum, SIU; celebrates residential life on campus; now through
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July 26; www.museum. siu.edu; 618-453-5388 The L. Brent Kington Memorial Exhibit: Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 21, University Museum, SIU; honors the late metalsmith and professor of art, L. Brent Kington; now through July 26; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388 Mother and Son: The Art of Lee and Eldon Benz, reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 21, University Museum, SIU; Lee Benz produced art in several media; with much of her work destroyed in a fire, her son, Eldon Benz, is preserving some of his mother’s art through digitized computer technology; now through Aug. 24; www.museum.siu.edu; 618453-5388 Summer Solstice Art Exhibition: Opening exhibition and reception for the Paducah Wastelanders, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, June 22, Joe’s Market Building, 950 Park Ave., Paducah; show also available for viewing, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, June 29; 270-442-1985; www. paducahwastelanders.com
Free SIU workshops include multimedia art projects CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s University Museum is offering the community several opportunities this summer to participate and learn in a variety of multimedia art and art education projects. Children’s activities include drawing, stamp making and other educational learning workshops. The programs are free, but pre-registration is a requirement by calling 618-453-5388. All programs are from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. at University Museum in Faner Hall on campus. The schedule for the remainder of the summer includes: Workshops for children ages 5-7 combining art appreciation and handson art. June 25 — Foldout Books: Participants with create accordion books
and then fill them with everything from drawings to photomontages. July 9 — Stamps and Print Makers/Art Keepers: Make an art keeper to keep art safe. Then participants will make beautiful prints to put inside it. July 23 — Diversity Quilt: Everyone will make tiles (squares) that reflect their personality and special way of seeing the world. Piece the squares together to create a fantastic diversity quilt. Aug. 6 — Mixed Media Scuplturama! Participants create relief sculpture (sculpture made on a background) from several different materials. The workshops for children ages 6-11 will also combine art appreciation and handson art. Participants will discuss and write about their artwork. Younger students work with older students in writing
activities. July 2 — Another one for the books: Produce bound books and fill them with writings, drawings, collages, and more. July 16 — Combinorama! Students will make an art portfolio (a folder in which to keep art safe). Then make art “combines” like artist Robert Rauschenberg to go inside the portfolio. July 30 — Art that moves! Participants will look at art that moves by artists such as Alexander Calder, then create colorful mobiles that move and spin! The University Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 1-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, and closed on Monday. Admission to most exhibits is free but donations are welcome. Visit www.museum. siu.edu/ for more information. — The Southern
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MAKANDA — Myths behind moonshine will be explored during a unique tasting from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at Giant City Lodge at Giant City State Park. Such questions as how moonshine made the 1920s roar and why it’s so corny will be explored during a free tasting with Red Eye Moonshine’s head distiller Karen Binder. Red Eye Moonshine is made by Grand River Spirits, Illinois’ first moonshine distiller and Southern Illinois’ first craft distillery since Prohibition. Samples will include Red Eye Moonshine and soonto-be-released spirits including Red Eye Hot , Red Eye Pie and Red Eye Baby Whiskey. The tasting is free but seats are limited. For more information or to register, emails info@grandriver spirits.com or phone 618-503-9050.
5:20 a.m. to hear an archaeologist explain the discovery and function of the monument. Visitors should dress for the weather and bring insect repellent. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. There is no admission fee, but a donation of $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, $2 for students and $15 for families is suggested. For more information, call 618-346-5160 or visit www .cahokiamounds.org.
COBDEN — The Hello Neighbor Cobden Family Fun Summer Festival will kick off with a biscuitsand-gravy breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 22 in the downtown park. The remainder of the activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food available includes brats, dogs, chips and drinks provided by the Cobden Community & Business Association. The kids’ area at the festival will have face painting, balloons, piñata, tie dye and games. There will also be a K9 Dog demonstration, fire department water wars and a dunking booth. Raffles will feature huge baskets and a television. Music for the event will be provided by After Barbed Wire. The festival also includes free blood pressure and summer safety checks.
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Large oval-shaped pits seem to be arranged in arcs of circles at Woodhenge. An archaeologist theorized that posts set in these pits lined up with the rising sun at certain times of the year, serving as a calendar, which he called Woodhenge. After further excavations, more post pits were found where predicted, and evidence that there were as many as five Woodhenges at this location. These calendars had been built over a period of 200 years (A.D. 900-1100). Fragments of wood remaining in some of the post pits revealed red cedar had been used for the posts, a sacred wood.
Follow the sun at Woodhenge on Sunday at Cahokia Mounds COLLINSVILLE — Visitors can catch a glimpse of a sacred moment in the lives of Native Americans a thousand years ago by observing the summer solstice Sunday at Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Woodhenge is a calendar of posts arranged to line up with sunrise on the longest day of the year, the shortest day and on the equinoxes, when day and night are equal in length. Residents of Cahokia Mounds — which was then the largest city north of Mexico— considered these days sacred.
Out of respect for Native American beliefs, no rituals or ceremonies will take place at the June 23 event. But visitors will stand in the same place where the Mississippian people once gathered and watch the sun rise above the same huge mound. The observances are on the Sunday morning closest to the actual solstice, which is June 21. The re-creation of Woodhenge stands about one-half mile west of Monks Mound on Collinsville Road. Participants should arrive by
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CARBONDALE — The Jackson County Stage Co. will present “Anne of Green Gables” on July 11, 12, 13 and 14 in the Varsity Center for the Arts. This production is the company’s traditional summer family theater offering. “Anne of Green Gables,” adapted by awardwinning playwright Joseph Robinette and directed by 7PM •is a new Jennifer Caudell, dramatization that 8PM • captures the charm and excitement of L.M. Montgomery’s enduring
classic about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley. From her first encounter with her austere guardian to her thrilling graduation from Queen’s Academy, this play faithfully recreates the memorable events and characters from the novel. Playgoers will experience heartfelt tragedies and triumphs marking Anne’s growth from adolescence to early 7:30PM adulthood. Playwright 10PM Robinette holds a baster’s in theater and doctorate in speech and theater from SIU and
was a student of Christian Moe, former chairperson of the theater department. He is the author or coauthor of 55 published plays and musicals, and his works have been produced in all 50 states and in 17 foreign countries. He is the librettist for the musical version of the motion picture “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” which appeared on Broadway in November and December 2012, for which he and his fellow collaborators were nominated for a
2013 Tony award. “Anne of Green Gables” will be presented at 7 p.m. July 11, 12, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. July 13 and 2 p.m. July 14. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Varsity Center for the Arts is located at 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale. Box office hours starting Friday, July 5 are 5-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and one hour before each performance. For more information, call 618-549-5466 or go to www.stagecompany.org. — The Southern
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Book sale is Monday A book sale is set from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 24 in the Herrin City Library, 120 N. 13th St. The sale will be hosted by Friends of Herrin City Library and will feature a large selection of donated books, paperbacks, cook books, VHS tapes, DVD’s and children’s’ books. Funds raised support the library’s history room, large print books, summer reading program, digital book uploads, computer upgrades and other special requests. For more information, call 618-942-6109. — The Southern
De Soto showcases ‘The Great Outdoors’ The annual De Soto Daze Community Festival will run Thursday though Sunday, June 20 through 23, with most activities at De Soto Park, 700 W. Main St. This year’s theme is “The Great Outdoors.” The festival starts with a barbecue dinner, talent show and Bingo on Thursday night. Friday evening features a pet show, baby contest, softball games and activities for children. Activities on Saturday start with the Antique, Custom and Classic Car and Truck Show from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Other Saturday events include softball tournaments, a poker run, inflatables for children, dinner and music by South of 70. The festival ends Sunday with a fried chicken dinner at 11 a.m. plus water slides for the kids and a washers and bags tournament. For more information, call the De Soto Village Hall at 618-867-2315 or see a complete schedule of events at www.villageof desoto.com. — The Southern
and dunking booth; raffles; music by After Barbed Wire; Book sale: 1-7 p.m. free blood pressure and Monday, June 24, Herrin City summer safety checks Library, 120 N. 13th St.; Summer solstice paperbacks, cook books, observation: Starts VHS tapes, DVD’s and 5:20 a.m. Sunday, June 23, children’s books; funds Woodhenge, Cahokia raised support the library’s Mounds State Historic Site, history room, large print Collinsville; Woodhenge is a books, summer reading calendar of posts arranged program, digital book to line up with sunrise; uploads, computer upgrades; 618-346-5160 or visit 618-942-6109 www.cahokiamounds.org Super City Blues & Ques: Barbecue and music, FridayComedy Saturday, June 28-29, Fort The Carbondale Massac State Park, Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Metropolis; music Friday by Hangar 9, Carbondale; Gary Bobo, Crestview Kings 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station and Jim & Monte and music 13, Carbondale; see The Saturday by Tommy Akers Carbondale Comedians on Band, The Beat Daddys, Facebook Bluesberry jam Band and Lew Jetton & 61 South; touch Events a tractor event; arts and De Soto Daze: Community crafts fair; 618-524-1696; www.cityofmetropolis.com festival, Thursday-Sunday, Dawg Days of Summer: June 20-23; De Soto Park, Super Shelter Spectacular, 700 W. Main St.; barbecue noon-6 p.m., Sunday, June dinner, talent show and 30, Alto Vineyards, Illinois Bingo, Thursday night; pet 127, Alto Pass; benefits eight show, baby contest, softball local animal rescue games and activities for organizations; music by The children, Friday; Antique, Custom and Classic Car and Rural Kings, The Bone Dry River Band and The Whistle Truck Show from 8 a.m. to Pigs; food; art; dog wash; 3 p.m. Saturday; other auction and raffles; Saturday highlights include veterinarians, pet groomers softball tournaments, poker and dog trainers will provide run, inflatables for children, barbecued pork steak dinner information and basic services; adults, $15; and music by South of 70; children and pets, free; fried chicken dinner, 11 a.m. 618-201-4841 or 618-893Sunday; 618-867-2315; 4898 www.villageofdesoto.com Hello Neighbor: Cobden Dinner Theater Family Fun Summer Festival, Paul Aldrich: Christian 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, comedian, 6:30 p.m. June 22, downtown park; Saturday, June 29, The food and drinks; breakfast, Gathering Place Dinner 8 a.m.; face painting, Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., balloons, piñata, tie dye, Sparta; his observations and games, K9 dogs musical impressions have demonstration, water wars
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‘Hair’ comes to McLeod stage BY ADAM TESTA
Theater and Performance Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 2122 and June 28-29 and 2 p.m. Sundays, June 23 and 30; montage of scenes and rock and roll songs capture the counter-culture revolution of the late 1960s; score contains such rock standards as Aquarius, Hair, Easy to be Hard, Good Morning Starshine and Let the Sunshine In; recommended for mature teens and adults; adults, $25; students, $10; 618-4536000; www.southern ticketsonline.com Oliver! 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, June 27-28, newly-remodeled Benton Civic Center; also, Harvey, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, July 26-27, also at the Civic Center; presented by the Pyramid Players; 618-5211794; www.pyramid players.org; www.bentoncivic center.com Anne of Green Gables: Thursday-Sunday, July 11-14, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; presented by The Jackson County Stage Company; times, 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, July 11-12; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13 and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14; adults, $10; children, $5; 618-549-5466; www.stagecompany.org
theater company you like working for, you keep coming back,” said Drummond, who es Drummond previously appeared in “A finally landed the Chorus Line” and part. “Chicago.” The Bowling Green, He will also be starring Ky., actor auditioned for in the Playhouse the musical “Hair” several times throughout production of “Annie” later this summer. his career, including “McLeod does great opportunities for a work; they do highnational tour and to perform in New York. He quality theater.” The hard work and received callbacks but preparation for “Hair” was never cast. will reap its rewards Now, this weekend, he takes the stage in the role when the show opens this weekend. Shows are he’s desired, as he slated for 7:30 p.m. portrays Claude in the Friday and Saturday, June McLeod Summer 21-22 and June 28-29, and Playhouse presentation of the acclaimed musical. 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23 The SIU campus may not and 30, at McLeod offer the bright lights and Theater in the SIU city vibe of Broadway, but Communications Building. Tickets are $25 Drummond doesn’t for adults and $10 for mind. students and children Making his third and can be purchased at Playhouse appearance, www.southerntickets he’s come to appreciate the summer tradition and online.com or by calling 618-453-6000. what Carbondale has to offer. “When you find a SEE ‘HAIR’ / PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN
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Blues & Ques starts Friday in Metropolis METROPOLIS — Super City Blues & Ques will feature barbecue and music Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 at Fort Massac State Park, 1308 E. 5th St. Friday night is the Anything But Barbecue competition. Each entry is $25. Monetary prizes up to $75 are awarded. Vendors start selling at
lunch Friday; live music starts in the afternoon. Bands performing Friday include Gary Bobo, Crestview Kings and Jim & Monte. Saturday is the Kansas City BBQ Society competition with the grand champion winning $1,000 and a trophy. Vendors will be selling all day Saturday, and
bands start after noon and play until 10 p.m. Music on Saturday will be provided by the Tommy Akers Band, The Beat Daddys, Bluesberry Jam Band and Lew Jetton & 61 South. Call 618-524-1696 or go to www.cityof metropolis.com for more information. — The Southern
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‘HAIR’: Part of McLeod’s Summer Playhouse FROM PAGE 5 Set in the counterculture revolution of the 1960s, “Hair” tells the story of two young men facing the issues of the Vietnam War. When Drummond’s Claude receives his draft notice, he has a decision to make. “If he goes to war, he’ll make his parents proud, but his friends are opposed to the war,” Drummond said, adding while the show is set a generation in the past, it tackles issues still relevant today. Jillian Paige, a
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Louisville, Ky.-based actress, stars alongside Drummond, portraying Sheila in “Hair.” She said when she accepted the past, her second Playhouse role after last year’s “Chicago,” she really didn’t know what she was getting herself into. Director Thomas Kidd has brought the show to life in a way she couldn’t have imagined. “It’s not just a production thrown together,” she said. “It’s a beautiful montage of the Vietnam War and the life of hippies at the time.” Working with her fellow cast and crew, who she
describes as being like family, she’s been able to connect with the musical on a deeper, spiritual level, and she hopes the audience will walk away with the same experience. “It’s just going to touch so many people,” she said. “I had no idea how moving it was going to be.” “Hair” features a rockand-roll soundtrack including songs like “Aquarius,” “Hair,” “Easy to be Hard,” “Good Morning Starshine,” “Let the Sunshine In” and “Where Do I Go?” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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Tickets available for Will Rock for Food concert MARION — The Jeff Pritchett Project, The Handcuffs and The Producers will be the featured performers at a Will Rock for Food benefit concert set for 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20 in the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. The Producers is a new wave and power pop band from Atlanta. The Handcuffs are led by acclaimed drummer Brad Elvis and vocalist Chloe F. Orwell. Completing The Handcuffs powerhouse garage-glam lineup are bassist Emily Togni, lead guitarist Susie Q, and keyboardist Alison Hinderliter. The band’s songs have
He played in the first ever rock concert at the old Marion Civic Center. He will play with some of this area’s best musicians including Billy Mercer on vocals, Stew Phillips on drums and Dan Fox on bass. Will Rock For Food is the second annual fundraising concert for the Marion PROVIDED Food Pantry. One hundred percent of Jeff Pritchett, a former Southern Illinois resident, returns to the the money raised goes region for a special concert benefitting the Marion Food Pantry. directly to the Food Pantry been featured in dozens of Marion, and now resides since the event’s expenses films and television shows in Houston. will be covered by At 15, he co-founded the sponsors. on Showtime, the CW, NBC, MTV, PBS, HBO and band Lick Creek and has Tickets are $15 and may been called one of the best be purchased online at A&E. guitarists to come out of The Jeff Pritchett www.marionccc.com or the Southern Illinois Project features guitarist call 618-993-8419. —The Southern Jeff Pritchett, who is from area.
Sunset Concert series continues with Zydeco CARBONDALE — The Sunset Concert Series continues tonight, June 20, with a concert by Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers. It begins at 7 p.m. and will take place at Turley Park on the west side of Carbondale. Concergoers are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. The band’s website describes the music this way: “America’s Hottest Accordion” winner, Dwayne (Dopsie) Rubin, plays a unique, high energy style of zydeco. Dwayne hails from one of the most influential Zydeco families in the world. Although inspired by tradition, he has developed his own high energy style that defies existing stereotypes and blazes a refreshingly distinct path for 21st century Zydeco music. This singer/songwriter and accordionist has
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Dwayne Dopsie brings his high-energy Zydeco to Turley Park in Carbondale.
performed all over the world since debuting his band, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, at age 19. Free concerts will be on tap every Thursday in June and July, with the exception of Independence Day. The venue will alternate between the steps of Shryock Auditorium on the SIU Carbondale campus and Turley Park on Carbondale’s west side.
Each performance begins at 7 p.m. and lasts about two hours. Here’s what’s next: June 27: Rico, Shryock, Latin rock, www.ricojams.com. July 4: holiday, no concert. July 11: The Right Now, Shryock, vintage soul/rhythm and blues, www.therightnow.com. July 18: The Kopecky Family Band, Turley Park, Indie rock,
www.kopeckyfamilyband. com. July 25: The Ark Band, Shryock, reggae, www.thearkband.com Rules prohibit glass bottles, kegs, pets and solicitation. There will be strict enforcement of underage drinking laws. Regulations permit responsible use of alcohol within designated areas, but only from 6 p.m. until the end of each show. — The Southern
Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ adds opera to the SI Music Festival CARTERVILLE — One of the annual highlights of the annual Southern Illinois Music Festival each year comes in the form of a classical opera. This year, the festival’s performers will present Bizet’s “Carmen.” The popular show tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. The opera’s music has been acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration. Bizet is also known for the way he represents musically the emotions and suffering of his characters. Those emotions will be on full display when the Music Festival crew presents “Carmen” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Carterville High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the show are $25 for premium seats, $18 for general admission and $8 for students of any age. Josh Shaw directs the production, which features Dawn Pierce as Carmen, Brian Cheney as Don José and Southern Illinois’ own David Dillard and Eric McCluskey as Escamillo and Morales. “It is the best cast of singers we have had in 9 years of the Festival: a dozen leads, adult and children’s choruses and our fabulous orchestra,” said festival director Edward Benyas. The Southern Illinois Music Festival, taking place at venues
throughout Southern Illinois, runs through June 23. For more information about the festival go to www.flipsideonline. com. Here are the other remaining events:
Thursday, June 20 Trombone and organ recital; noon; First United Methodist Church, Carbondale; free
Friday, June 21 Guitar ensemble concert; 2:30 p.m.; Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall, SIU; free “Carmen” opera; 7:30 p.m.; Carterville High School; $25/18/8; includes post-concert reception
Saturday, June 22 Klassics for Kids; 10 a.m.; University Mall, Carbondale; free Klassics for Kids; 10 a.m.; Murphysboro Youth and Recreation Center; free Stars of Today and Tomorrow; 7:30 p.m.; First United Methodist Church, Carbondale; pianist Nick Ginsburg, Young Artist Competition winner, will perform Ravel; $15/6
Sunday, June 23 Pre-concert lecture; 12:30 p.m.; Carterville High School theater lobby; free “Carmen” opera; 2 p.m.; Carterville High School; $25/18/8 New Age Jazztet; 5 p.m.; Rustle Hill Winery; free — The Southern
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Williamson County Fair bringing Nichols, Bates to region started a little late with our planning. We thought COUNTRY we had a couple of bigSCENE name acts, but things fell through at the last Vince Hoffard minute,” Fosse said. “We started getting things together a little bit earlier ooking entertainment this year, and we are at fairs and festivals is extremely pleased with our lineup.” high stakes gambling Nichols used his silky at best, with the smooth delivery to attract participants at the mercy national attention with of Lady Luck and Mother debut single “The Nature. Impossible” in 2002. He Organizers at the has topped the charts with Williamson County Fair tunes like played it conservatively last year, assuming a low- “Brokenheartsville,” “What’s a Guy Gotta Do,” risk posture and scheduling local favorites, “Tequila Makes Her the LoCash Cowboys. This Clothes Fall Off” and “Gimmie That Girl.” year, they have taken a Bates is one of the young seriously more aggressive guns in Music City, approach and booked a climbing to No. 5 last year solid one-two punch of with his scorching George nationally prominent Strait-tinged first single Nashville stars. “Did It for the Girl.” He Joe Nichols and Greg followed up in February Bates will serve as cowith “Fill in the Blank,” headliners at 7:30 p.m. the most added song on Aug. 7 at the renovated Entertainment Barn at the country radio the week it was released. Williamson County Fair. Bates is a country music Tickets are $25 and will be oddity. He was born and available at the door. raised in Nashville. Intent Williamson County Fair on making a career in the Secretary/Treasurer John music business, he Fosse said tickets will be graduated from Belmont available in the very near University, the popular future from a link on the institution of higher organization’s website, learning in Music City that www.williamsoncounty polishes the songwriting illinoisfair.com. and performing skills of “Last year, we got
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aspiring talent, a virtual honky tonk finishing school. Carefully stringing together a few simple words that collectively pack a punch powerful enough to bring tears of joy or sadness to the listener’s eyes quickly had the 25-year-old Bates addicted to country music. After college, he rapidly earned a publishing contract and a record deal. “The first day that I figured out that you can tell a story with three chords in three minutes and just kill somebody emotionally, I was hooked,” he says. “The stories are what really drew me to country music.” With a sound that is
tight and twangy, he has toured with George Strait and Alan Jackson, shared the stage at CMA Fest earlier this month with Easton Corbin and Dustin Lynch and two day ago performed on the Grand Ole Opry. An Arkansas native, the 36-year old Nichols survived two failed record deals and a job selling steaks door-to-door in Nashville, before legendary session guitarist Brent Rowan helped him land a record deal that would ultimately lead to his first major hits. Nichols has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and is a past winner of the New Vocalist of the Year from the Academy of Country
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Music. He has recorded seven albums, with “Man With a Memory” being certified platinum for selling more than 1 million units. He released his first single in almost two years, the critically acclaimed “Sunny and 75” in April and also has released a new duet single with Randy Travis. The pair of hard core traditionalist pays homage to the late George Jones on a song appropriately titled, “Tonight I’m Playin’ Possum.” “Nichols and Bates play a little different styles of music, so we are hoping for a bigger, more diversified audience,” Fosse said. After a few years of experimenting with fair dates, Fosse said it has been moved back to its traditional slot in August. “We tried having it in June but decided to move it back to August,” Fosse said. “We are using a new carnival company and it was the only date that was available.” Four years before the start of the Civil War, the
first Williamson County Fair took place in 1857 on a 10-acre tract of land on the east side of Marion. Dignitaries attending the event through the years include President Theodore Roosevelt, Scopes trial lawyer William Jennings Bryan, Sen. Alben Barkley and Gen. John A. Logan. Music superstars Lady Antebellum and Justin Moore have appeared at the fair in recent years. A wide range of activities have been scheduled for the fair, including harness racing Aug. 5, motocross Aug. 6, a monster truck show Aug. 8, a tractor pull Aug. 9, and a demolition derby Aug. 10. “There are a few more finishing touches that we’re working on, but everything is looking real good,” Fosse said. “The catalyst for bringing in the funds is good weather and thirsty people in the entertainment barn.” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
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Coulter, Goot and Wall: 7-10 p.m. Thursday, The Grotto Lounge/Newell House, 201 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618649-6400 Grayson Capps: 8 p.m. Friday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $15; dinner seating begins, 6 p.m.; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Rip Lee Pryor: 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Saturday, The Grotto Lounge/Newell House, 201 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-649-6400
THURSDAY Benton: J Dee’s Connection, Bobby Orr and the Crossroads Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Carbondale: Hangar 9, Barnacle Billy & The Zebra Mussels, 10 p.m. PK’s, Soul Census Tres Hombres, The Well Well Wells, 10 p.m. Marion: Williamson County Fairground Hanna Building, Big Lake Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thompsonville: Lion’s Club, The Swing N’ Country Dance Band, 7-9:30 p.m.
Wineries FRIDAY Movin’ Mary: 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Bourbon Trail: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff
FRIDAY Carbondale: PK’s, South of 70 SATURDAY Tres Hombres, Fiddlerick, patio, Dan Barron: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard 5-8 p.m.; Giant City Slickers, Todd Pierson: 2-5 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery 10 p.m. Kevin Lucas: 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Orlandini Du Quoin: Steve’z Too, Triple Schotts, Vineyard, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Eisenhauer Band: 3-6 p.m. Walker’s Bluff Ina: Community Building, Friday Night Boondock Billies: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Vineyard Marion: Youth Center, Craig’s Country The Wait: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Winery & Brewery Thompsonville: Old Country Store King Juba: 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Dance Barn, Jeanita Spillman & The Houndstooth Harmony: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Sentimental Country Band, Bluff 6:30-9:30 p.m. Whittington: The Zone Lounge, SUNDAY SixtyFourEast Adam Williams: 1-4 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Kevin Lucas: 2-5 p.m. Blue Sky Vineyard SATURDAY B. Douglas: 2-5 p.m. Walker’s Bluff Anna: VFW, Dazy Kutter Acoustic, The Mudsills: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek 8 p.m.-midnight Vineyard Carbondale: Hangar 9, Duck Fest Bill Harper: 3-7 p.m. The Bluffs Showcase Party Dave Caputo: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob PK’s, Jock’s Dry Bonnet Winery & Brewery Tres Hombres, Secondary Modern, Kevin Lucas: 5-8 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Flowers of Evil, Blarney Stoners; Carbondale Music Coalition membership drive FIND THEM HERE Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Herrin: N-Kahootz Night Club, Righteous Rebels, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Road, Makanda Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, Honker Hill Winery, 4861 Spillway Road, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Carbondale Lincoln Heritage Winery, 772 Kaolin Road, American Legion, Egyptian Combo, 8 p.m. Cobden Eagles, Back Draft, 7-10 p.m. Orlandini Vineyard: 410 Thorn Lane, Thompsonville: Old Country Store Makanda Dance Barn, Lil’ Boot & Classic Owl Creek Vineyard, 2655 Water Valley Country, 7-10 p.m. Road, Cobden Pheasant Hollow Winery, 14931 Illinois 37, SUNDAY Whittington Marion: Eagles, Back Draft, 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, MONDAY Cobden Von Jakob Winery & Brewery, 230 Illinois Elkville: Civic Center, Jerry’s Jammers, 7-9 p.m. 127, Alto Pass Marion: Youth Center, Craig’s Country Walker’s Bluff, 326 Vermont Road, Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Carterville
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MURPHYSBORO — Hobo Knife and singersongwriter Jenny Johnson will perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29 in the Liberty Theater in downtown Murphysboro. The Carbondale Music Coalition is sponsoring the event, which will benefit the historic Liberty Theater. The Coalition has scheduled several events to support the Theater, which is celebrating its Centennial. Tickets to the concert are $5 with half the proceeds going to the Theater renovation project.
Tickets are on sale at Cristaudos and The Practice Pad, both in Carbondale and Liberty Theater. At one time, the theater, now listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, was one of five movie houses in Murphysboro, but it was shuttered until an allvolunteer group gained possession of the property and began restoring and renovating the property. For more information on the concert or the renovation of the theater, contact Lois Murphy at 618-684-5880. — The Southern
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The Old Feed Store features Songs of The Fall on Sunday
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COBDEN — A duo from Nashville, Songs of The Fall, will perform a concert from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, June 23, in The Old Feed Store, 111 N. Appleknocker St. Songs of The Fall consists of Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson. Cherryholmes, a fivetime Grammy nominee, will provide vocals and also perform on the banjo and bouzouki. She began playing music at the age of 15 and has toured internationally. Originally from Los Angeles, she now resides in Nashville Adkisson will also sing plus play the guitar. He sings and writes songs and played the singersongwriter circuit
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Concertgoers may bring personal coolers. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets. com/event/384615. — Brenda Kirkpatrick
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Southern Illinois Music Festival: Through June 23, various locations, Southern Illinois; majority of performances, free; www.sifest.com; www.marionccc.com; 618-997-4030 Sunset Concert Series: Features Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, Turley Park, Zydeco; free; no glass bottles, kegs, pets; 618-5363393; www.studentcenter. siu.edu; www.dwaynedopsie. com Friday Night Fair music: Giant City Slickers, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 21, Town Square Pavilion, corner of US 51 North and Illinois 13 West, Carbondale; www.carbondale mainstreet.com; 618-5298040 The King Family Band: Branson-style show, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 22, Anna Arts Center, 125 W Davie St., Anna; bluegrass and gospel; original and traditional music; advance, $10; at the door, $13; call 904-625-1109 for advance tickets Summer Solstice Concert: Featuring the voices of the Cedarhurst Choral Project, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Richview Road, Mount Vernon; songs include “Buffalo Gals,”“Stella by Starlight” and a medley from Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess;” members of Cedarhurst, $5; non-members, $8; students, $3; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236 Songs of The Fall: Nashville duo consisting of Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson, 6-9 p.m. Sunday June 23, The Old Feed Store, Cobden; doors open, 5 p.m.; soups, sandwiches and snacks; concert goers may bring personal cooler; $15; www.brownpaper tickets.com/event/384615 Blackberry Blossoms: Brown Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, June 26,
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Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; win gift certificates; bring a lawn chair; www.carbondale mainstreet.com Sunset Concert Series: Features Rico, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, steps of Shryock Auditorium, SIU; Latin rock; free; no glass bottles, kegs, pets; 618-5363393; www.studentcenter. siu.edu; www.ricojams.com Creedence Clearwater Revisited: 8 p.m. Thursday, June 27, Walker’s Bluff, Carterville; doors open, 6 p.m.; songs include Bad Moon Rising, Born on the Bayou, Fortunate Son, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Proud Mary and Who’ll Stop the Rain?; $100/$40/$35; 618-956-9900; www. walkersbluff.com Friday Night Fair music: Whistle Pigs, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 28, Town Square Pavilion, corner of US 51 North and Illinois 13 West, Carbondale; www.carbondale mainstreet.com; 618-5298040 Hobo Knife: And singersongwriter Jenny Johnson, benefit concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, Liberty Theater, downtown Murphysboro; $5; tickets on sale at Cristaudos and The Practice Pad, both in Carbondale and Liberty Theater; 618-684-5880 Will Rock For Food: Benefit concert, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; proceeds to the
Marion Food Pantry; tickets now on sale; silent auction; bands include the Jeff Pritchett Project, The Handcuffs and The Producers; $15; www.marion ccc.com; 618-993-8419 Woodbox Gang: Tickets on sale for Sept. 7 concert; performance, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, Shryock Auditorium, SIU; headlining show for the Carbondale Rocks Revival; main floor, $15; balcony, $10; 618-453-6000; www.southernticketsonline. com Du Quoin State Fair concerts: Tickets now on sale for the fair grandstand entertainment; musical acts include Billy Currington, Montgomery Gentry, Kansas, Sawyer Brown, Matt Maher, Brittany Loyd, Theory of a Deadman; grandstand concerts start Saturday, Aug. 24 and continue through Saturday, Aug. 31; 618-5421535; www.duquoin statefair.net
Kentucky Stars of Tomorrow: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Variety Show: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15/$10/ $7.50; www.kentuckyopry. com; 888-459-8704
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When zombies attack, it’s time to declare ‘World War Z’ filled with looters. Parents act like parents (To the kids: “Be ninja quiet!”) and Gerry lets on that he knows more than we realize as he armors himself against being bitten and takes suicidal precautions when he is exposed. Gerry has special skills. He was a researcher / troubleshooter for the United Nations. His old U.N. boss (Fana Mokoena) says “I need you,” and that’s his family’s source of rescue. As cities fall BY ROGER MOORE and governments MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS collapse, the “useful” and the powerful find “World War Z” promised to be some sort themselves ferried to an of ultimate zombie movie offshore flotilla of survivors where the experience, and it’s hard military and the U.N. help to call it that. But the first 25 minutes them regroup and start looking for answers. or so of this “The airlines were the “Contagion”-meets-”28 perfect delivery system” Days Later” thriller will leave you breathless. And for a virus, we’re told. “Attention, D.C. has gone the rest of it serves up dark,” a public address novel and often system aboard their safeentertaining solutions to haven aircraft carrier the various “zombie announces. problems” that this And then begins Gerry’s overexposed genre long, deadly search for presents. clues, for “Patient Zero,” Marc Forster the first place this (“Quantum of Solace”) epidemic broke out and hurls us straight into the the “crumbs” that will action. Barely five minutes into the film, ex- point to a solution. An awful lot of the U.N. trouble-shooter Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), his budget that not reserved for special effects must wife (Mireille Enos) and have gone to Pitt, as the two kids are trapped in Philadelphia traffic when supporting cast is seriously low-wattage, all heck breaks loose. Whatever hints there have only a few name players in bit parts. been about this “rabies” David Morse has a outbreak on the news chewy, toothless scene cannot prepare them for describing how North the melee a tidal wave of Korea may have saved the undead unleash. itself. Mathew Fox and They dash through an James Badge Dale are onslaught of zombies, streets of mayhem, stores swaggering soldiers
World War Z ***
Rated PG-13 for instense frightening zombie sequences, violence and disturbing images; starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, David Morse, James Badge Dale, Mathew Fox; directed by Marc Forster; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
improvising their way through Armageddon, making sure they “get Zekes (zombies) on the ground.” Gerry Lane doesn’t swagger. He doesn’t panic, but Pitt never lets on that his character is sure of the outcome even if giving up is no option. “Gut up,” he tells a soldier. Pitt lets us see Gerry take his own advice. Forster keeps the gory stuff bitings, bloodlettings, amputations discretely off camera. But he rarely lets the tension dissipate. Whatever message might be carried in the way fortress states like Israel and North Korea resist the virus is undercut by the best-laid plans of the living dead. (Who are, by the way, fast-moving, twitchy and just scary enough. Their tooth-clicking glee at pursuing new victims is a sure laugh, but the movie rarely becomes a “Mow them down” video game.) The “Contagion” vibe clings to it, with science straining to find an answer and the last vestiges of government grasping at a Hail Mary pass to save them all. So no, “World War Z” isn’t the ultimate zombie movie. But 11 years after “28 Days Later,” it’s reassuring to see the human race put aside its differences and share a little brain power to defeat those who tradition and George A. Romero always told us prefer their brains fresh and juicy.
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‘Monsters University’ earns only average marks Monsters University **½
It’s their job, and a fully realized alternate universe is utterly dependent on their work. “Monsters University” is a prequel that is far more conventional, not nearly as witty or clever as that original. The 3-D animation takes the art form to a new level, a few sentimental moments connect and the climax is a hum-dinger. But with the bar set so high by the first film, this “Mike & Sully: BY ROGER MOORE The Fraternity Years” can’t help MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS but feel like a letdown. “University” takes us back to “Monsters, Inc.” may be the Mike Wazowski’s childhood, most original and underrated when the smallest, shrimpiestfilm ever to come out of Pixar, voiced monster on the bus an inventive spin on the resolved, after one school field professional bogeymen hiding in trip to Monsters, Inc., to become kids’ closets and the reasons a “scarer.” It doesn’t matter they’re there in the first place. many people tell him, then and
Rated G; animated with the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Nathan Fillion, Steve Buscemi, Alfred Molina; directed by Dan Scanlon; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and University Place 8 (2D) in Carbondale.
later, that he’s not scary. He figures that just by wanting it and working harder for it, his dream will come true. Years later, at Monsters University, Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) rooms with Boggs (Steve Buscemi), a mousy chameleon trying to fit in, still years away from becoming Mike’s nemesis. The real enemy in college is frat-boy slacker James Sullivan (John Goodman). Everything the tiny, one-eyed Mike must study and study for, Sully seems ordained to achieve simply by genetics. He’s bigger, louder. He’s a “legacy” scarer. His dad was a legend. He doesn’t study, doesn’t apply himself and gets on Mike’s nerves at every corner until
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they’re both dropped from The Scare School and forced to work together with members of a fraternity of outcasts to win their way back in through The Scare Games. So that’s our plot, a sort of “Animal House” / “Old School” / “Revenge of the Nerds” retread
of every frat comedy to come down the pike, with a Hogwarts (supernatural school) twist. Sully steals a competing school’s mascot, fraternities bicker over the most desirable pledges and Mike and Sully find their way from hate to the friendship that we see later in “Monsters, Inc.”
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