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“notes” to him during a Republican National Committee meeting, and according to an April Orlando Sentinel profile, the “notes” were all blank. A Florida RNC official concluded that Greer was simply trying to make himself appear important to his colleagues. (In June, Greer was indicted on six felony counts related to raiding the state party’s treasury.)
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z Events Save the Gulf Charity Benefit: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, 2050 N. Springer St.; features silent auction for works of art from Sonya Miller and the young people of The Boys and Girls Club; funds donated to the Marine Mammal Conservancy; refreshments provided; free; 618-457-8877. Memoirs of the Reef: By Sonya Miller, The Douglass Art Place, 900 Douglas St., Murphysboro; charity benefit and silent art auction; benefit for The Marine Mammal Conservancy; conceptual view of the devastation that has and could occur in the Gulf; closing reception, 6-10 p.m. Saturday; 618-3642770.
Exhibits A Quirky Collection: Oil paintings, photography and digital work by Jeremy Plemon: Opening 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Monarch Studios, Front and Ash streets, Cobden. 618-457-7641 anthillgallery@gmail.com. Nuturebynature: Photography by Gina Soprano, Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 W. Main St., Carbondale; through Aug. 7. Sense of Place/Sense of Space: Landscapes of Personal Meaning by Southern Illinois high school students, University Museum, SIUC; photography from Anna-Jonesboro, Eldorado, Elverado, Harrisburg, Pinckneyville and ZieglerRoyalton students; 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Friday; www.museum. siu.edu or 618-453-5388. 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; through
Monday; www.museum.siu. edu or 618-453-5388. Paducah Photo ’10: The Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah; photographs from India, Hungary, Italy, France, Canada, United Kingdom and United States; hours, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; through July 24; www.the yeiser.org. Structure and Harmony: Abstract Works from the Permanent Collection, Beal Grand Corridor Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; includes works by Mary Sprague, Paul Krainak, Cheonae Kim, Herbert Fink and Alfio Bonanno; through July 25; 618-242-1236 or www. cedarhurst.org. Slip and Stitch: Features Cedarhurst Clay Club and Fibers et Al groups, Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; through July 25; www.cedarhurst.org. Totally Tubular: After school artists, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; through July 25; www.cedarhurst.org. Journeys: The Gallery Space, Law Office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; by Linda Austin, Kathy Belletire, Marilyn Codding Boysen, Renee Mavigliano; through July 30; 618-565-8000, Children in My Family: Framed paintings and drawings by Marlene Webb, front lobby of CASA, Benton Square through July; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. MondayFriday, except holidays; 618-927-2804 or cymarw6@ gmail.com. Historic Structures & Machinery V: Little Egypt Arts Centre, downtown square, Marion; through July 31; 618 998-8530, mgrafics@ midwest.net or killman@ mchsi.com. Traveling display: Highlights of SIUC
photojournalism project, city council chambers and police department, Murphysboro; display features pictures collected during an October workshop documenting a weekend in Murphysboro; through July; southof64.com. George Ions: Paintings by the southern Illinois artist at the Aartful Rose Gallery, 631 S. Sprigg St., Cape Girardeau; through July; 573-332-8089 or www.rosebedinn.com. Voices: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden: Main Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; contemporary ceramic art in Sweden; through Aug. 1; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Abstract and Nonobjective Paintings and Sculptures: From members of Little Egypt Arts Association, Shawnee Community College, 8364 Shawnee College Road, Ullin; main H hallway; through Aug. 20; 800-481-2242. From Humble Beginnings, Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; the exhibition presents a perspective of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln found when he entered the state in 1830; through Sept. 26; 618-6292220, museum.state.il.us/ ismsites/so-il. Gone But Not Forgotten — The Power of Cemeteries: Gen. John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; an overview of cemeteries in rural Southern Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries; through Nov. 15; 618-684-3455, 618-303-0569. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Morris Library, SIUC; view the display in the cases outside the Hall of Presidents; see artwork in the Special Collections Research Center reading room and other locations; 618-453-2516, archives.lib. siu.edu/index.php?pcollectio ns/controlcard&id2459.
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z One lighted room over, Sonya Miller was setting up her exhibit, “Memoirs of the Reef,” in advance of a three-day showing, which begins at 7 p.m. today and culminates with a charitable auction of her pieces Saturday. The auction will mark the first time Miller has put her metal castings up for sale. It was something she felt compelled to do. As a child from a military family, Miller spent most of her early life near oceans. The British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected her deeply, despite her best attempts to not think about it. “Whenever the oil spill first occurred, it broke my heart so much I wanted to kind of ignore it,” Miller said. “I didn’t want to get involved with what was going on; I didn’t want to research it. Just because of my own feelings about it, it really kind of hurt to see the destruction take place.” Miller’s husband, Jason, was fascinated by the spill and wanted to talk about it. Miller said her feelings about the spill made it tough to have a discussion. “But, then I started thinking about my work and I realized it was something that I really needed to address,” she said. “I decided that, because I am archiving these pieces, if the destruction takes place to the point where these creatures are extinct, at least I have this precious memory and this archive piece.” Miller casts in iron, bronze and aluminum the shells collected by her mother and grandmother. Her art helps her stay connected with her family and the ocean. Miller’s display will feature cast-iron sea anemones, starfish in bronze and iron,
part of a multimedia presentation. Miller had worked on the pieces for about a year when the spill began in April. The spill was not the kind of coincidence she wanted, but Miller said because she had some pieces complete, it seemed like the right time to sell. “I felt like using my work as a way to raise money for (the Marine Mammal Conservancy) because this is something that’s going to affect the ocean for years to come and they’re going to be the ones who are there,” Miller said. STEVE JAHNKE / THE SOUTHERN While the Marine Local artist Sonya Miller will have a closing reception and Mammal Conservancy is charity benefit for the Marine Mammal Conservancy on not directly involved with Saturday at the Douglass Art Place in Murphysboro. Here, Sonya stands next to a casting of a sea anemone, which is one Gulf cleanup efforts, Robert G. Lingenfelser, of the pieces that will be auctioned off during the benefit. president of the Key Largo, Fla.-based group, said he’s bronze and aluminum aluminum sea urchins, a with patinas, crude oil and noticed more people conceptual oil and water paying attention to the the jellyfish, which are piece, sea biscuits in
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COBDEN — Worldrenowned djembe master Bolokada Conde will join the Southern Illinois West African Drum Ensamble on stage at 8 p.m. Saturday at Yellow Moon Café on North Front Street in Cobden. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 day of show and can be purchased by calling the
Café at 618-893-2233. Bolokada is one of the top djembe players in the world and has played the drum since making a name for himself as a prodigy in his home country of Guinea. A music professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bolokada has toured the world since 1996 and was
featured in the IMAX movie “Pulse: a Stomp Odyssey.” Bolokada has lived in the United States since 2004 and was awarded immigrant status as an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts in 2007. He has produced two CDs, titled “Morowaya” and “Sankaran.” — The Southern
The Giving Tree Band plays this week’s Sunset Concert at Carbondale’s Turley Park CARBONDALE — Noted “green” folk-rockers The Giving Tree Band will take to the Turley Park stage at 7 p.m. today as this week’s Sunset Concert act. Known for their song writing and musicianship, brothers Todd (banjo) and Eric (guitar) Fink are secondgeneration musicians with a flare for adventure. In addition to the Finks, this septet boasts a violin, mandolin, slide guitar, guitar and bass. The Giving Tree Band is signed to Crooked Creek Records and based out of Chicago. — The Southern
Concerts Southern Illinois Beacoup Bottom Band: Featuring The Bathon Sisters, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 8, courthouse square, Nashville; folk; bring lawn chairs; free. The Giving Tree: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 8, Turley Park, Carbondale; folk, rock; coolers ok; bring blankets, lawn chairs; part of Sunset Concerts; www.thegiving treeband.com. SIWADE: Southern Illinois West African Drumming Ensemble with special guest performer, Moussa Bolokada Conde, Malinke Djembefola, master djembe player from Guinea, West Africa; show starts 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $8/$10; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Carillon performance: Concert features the playing of bells located in a tower, 114 N. Elm St., Centralia; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 11; music by Carlo van Ulft; 618-533-4381. Miners Music Fest: Featuring Craig Morgan and Rodney Atkins, 7 p.m. Monday, July 12, Miners sports complex, intersection of Interstate 57 and Illinois 13, Marion; $35; www.southernillinoisminers.c om. Shaggy Wonda: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 15, SIUC, Shryock Auditorium steps; blues, southern rock; coolers, blankets, lawn chairs ok; part of Sunset Concerts; www.shaggywonda.com. The Twilight Jazz Club: 68 p.m. Thursday, July 15, courthouse square, Nashville; bring lawn chairs; free.
Kentucky Family Concert Series: Brass, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, Paducah McCracken County Convention Center and Winds, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah; featuring members of The Paducah Symphony Orchestra; 270-444-0065.
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WANT TO BE LISTED? Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries SIWADE: Southern Illinois West African Drumming Ensemble with special guest performer, Moussa Bolokada Conde, Malinke Djembefola, master djembe player from Guinea, West Africa; show starts 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $8/$10; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Tim “The Magic Man” Needham: Magician, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave.,Carbondale; 618-529-3287.
Wineries Breeden Bradley & Maze: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Souls in Camo: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Carlos Alberto: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Dave Caputo: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Ivas John: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, StarView Vineyards Bill Booth & The Usual Suspects: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Ralph Butler Band:
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Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com. Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden; 618-8932700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com. StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463 or www.starviewvineyards.com. Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4600 or www.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.
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Club: Lights Out, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 8 p.m.midnight MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Big Hurry and The Wait, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Andy’s Country Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion / 618-997-6989 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna / 618-833-5182 Brew City: 115 Railroad St., Benton 618-439-3409 Bubba’s: 209 N. Second St. Nason 618-279-7220 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Crazy Horse Bar: 14747 Illinois 14E 618-439-6179 Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon / 618-359-0455 DuBois KC Hall: 130 E. Eighth St., DuBois 618-787-2011 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Fuzzy’s Tavern: 106 N. Front St., Cobden 618-893-2814 Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale / 618-549-9234 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 Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City / 618-983-8107 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 Park Plaza Pub: .3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-1556 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 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 Trails End Lodge: 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden 618-893-6135 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 Walt’s Pizza – Pasta Grill: 213 S. Court St., Marion 618-993-8668 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 / 618997-4979 Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort, 618-937-3070 The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington 618-629-2039
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Miners host All-Star music fest at Rent One Park “These Are My People,” “Cleaning This Gun COUNTRY (Come On In Boy)” and “Watching You,” Rodney SCENE Vince Hoffard Atkins has become a bluecollar hero. His status was solidified with “It’s America,” the title track of Miners Music Fest his current album, and All-Star Edition single “Farmer’s Daughter.” “With this record, I Featuring Rodney Atkins knew I wanted to keep and Craig Morgan, with making songs that folks opening act Monique can sing along with and Staffile and Her & King laugh at and pump their County; 7 p.m. Monday; fists to,” Atkins said. Rent One Park, Marion; “Sometimes it is the $35; call 618-998-8499. simple things in this great country that really make aseball players in the me appreciate it. When we Frontier League and share this sense of pride country music fans in through music, you Southern Illinois have a lot become friends with in common. everybody listening. It’s an Both are hard-working honor to go out there and people willing to represent the everyday passionately and tirelessly man, and to represent toil at their chosen country music and what vocation to improve their it’s all about.” position in life. For the Atkins and Craig Morgan athlete, the goal is to will co-headline the overcome enormous odds Miners Music Fest and make it to the Major All-Star Edition at 7 p.m. Leagues. For the resident, Monday at Rent One Park they simply want better in Marion. conditions for themselves The Southern Illinois and their children. Miners baseball squad has With hits songs like dominated competition
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this season, building a seemingly insurmountable lead in the West Division at the halfway point. The team has been chosen to host the league’s 18th annual All-Star game. The concert is part of the most important week in franchise history. There will be a celebrity luncheon Tuesday, featuring former St. Louis Cardinal greats Jack Clark and Al Hrabosky, followed by a parade of power hitters from the league locking horns in a home run derby. A celebrity softball game will be after the derby. The All-Star game is at 7 p.m. Wednesday. “We wanted to create a week of events that would appeal to the most people in our region,” said Miners spokesman Erik Haag. “We have an outstanding venue and we wanted to get as many people in here as possible. The All-Star game will showcase the best players in our league, but not everyone likes baseball.” The inaugural Miners Music Fest last year
featured Jason Aldean and was an overwhelming success. Haag said the organization may host another major concert this fall, but those plans have not been finalized. Curb Records has been a loyal supporter of Atkins, a 41-year-old native of Knoxville, Tenn. His debut single in 1997 bombed. The label tried again from 2002-04, with “Honesty (Write Me a List)” peaking at No. 4 on Billboard, but three other singles generated little interest. Atkins was grinding out a living as a songwriter, while still recording tunes in a makeshift studio in his home about the size of a closet. Magic happened in that tiny room when he cranked out signature tune “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows),” which was the first of four consecutive chart toppers, leading to his being named New Male Artist of the Year in 2008 by the Academy of Country Music. Like Atkins, Morgan struggled early in his career, before becoming a
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Washington County Fair: Through Saturday, fairgrounds, Nashville; tractor pull, horse show, demo derby, carnival; 618-327-3298. The Great Egyptian Omnium: Professional/ amateur bicycling race, Saturday-Sunday, Southern Illinois; professional course, 72 miles; some roads will be closed because of the race; the Marion city square will be a hub for the race; 618-9981024; biking@adventure illinois.com or greategyptian omnium.com. Feline Fanciers Cat Show: Saturday-Sunday, Williamson County Pavilion 1602 Sioux Drive, Marion; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; adults, $5; seniors, $4 and families, $10; 618-625-6136; rkman@ verizon.net or www.southern illinoisfelinefanciers.org. Illinois Junior Rodeo: Saturday-Sunday, Horse Show Arena, Du Quoin State Fairground, Du Quoin; 618-756-2351. 23rd Annual Farm Toy Show: 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 16 and 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 17, Massac County Youth Fair, 4476 Korte Road, Metropolis; door prizes, food, crafts; air conditioned; farm and construction toys; free; 618-524-2909, 618-6382744 or cdwill@maxbb.com Tractor & Old Machinery Show: 8 a.m.-dark, SaturdaySunday, July 17-18, Massac County Youth Fair, 4476 Korte Road, Metropolis; bring tractors, implements, engines, horse-drawn tools; free; also two parades, 6 p.m. July 17, downtown and 2 p.m. July 18, fairgrounds; 618-5247048. Rooftop Martini Party: 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, July 23, Harrah’s Metropolis Casino; live music, specials, upscale appetizers; $20; funds for the Guardian Family Services Women Shelter in Metropolis; 888-512-7469 or metropolis.frontgatetickets. com.
Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs: On outdoor screen, 8 p.m. Friday, Walker’s Bluff, north on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-9858463 or www.walkersbluff. com. Dirt, The Movie: Film on the importance of healthy soil, Friday, Mulberry Hill Farm, 5370 Springer Ridge Road, just southeast of the Pleasant Hill Road rail overpass, Carbondale; the film will be projected outdoors, drive-in style; local musicians perform at 7 p.m. and the movie will be shown at dusk; final installment of a spring and summer “food ‘n’ film” series; www.dirtthe movie.org, jerry@eat southernillinois.org or 618-319-2715. Movies in the Park: Dusk, Saturday, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; film “Dead Poets Society”; bring lawn chairs; free.
Theatre/Performances
The Music Man: 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Rend Lake College Theater; presented by Pyramid Players; $12; 618-439-9196; ppmusic@ onecliq.net or www.pyramid players.org. Red Skelton Remembered: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Boot City Opry, 11800 S. Highway 41, Terre Haute, Ind.; Jennings B. Barnett as Red Skelton; $11; www.boot cityopry.com or 812-2998379. The Drowsy Chaperone: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and July 16-17 and 2 p.m. Sunday and July 18, McLeod Theater, Communications Building, SIUC campus; the production is about a musical theater fan who plays a recording of his favorite 1928 Broadway musical, which comes alive with all its glitz and glamour in his tiny drab one-room studio apartment; directed and History choreographed by SIUC alumnus George Pinney, who Living History is an Emmy Award winner and Re-enactment: Massiac was nominated for a Tony Marines, French and Indian Award; adults, $25, students, War period re-enactors $10; 618-453-3001 or present a living history playhouse.siuc.edu. program, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hairspray: Park Avenue Saturday, Fort Massac, Production, 7 p.m. Thursday, Metropolis; 618-524-9321. July 22-Saturday, July 24, Boskydell Sandstone: By Marion Cultural and Civic; Mike McNerney, 1:30 p.m. matinee, 2 p.m. Sunday, July Saturday, Gen. John A. Logan 25; $10; www.marionccc.org Museum, 1613 Edith St., or 618-997-4030. Murphysboro; presentation Tom Sawyer: Thursdayon “Boskydell Quarry and Sunday, July 22-25, Varsity Grave Markers: a Unique Center For the Arts, 418 S. Carbondale Industry”; Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-303-0569 or johna presented by The Stage Co.; loganmuseum@globaleyes. written by Mark Twain and net. adapted by Christian H. Moe and Cameron Garbutt; 7 p.m. Auditions Thursday-Saturday and matinees, 2 p.m. Saturday M*A*S*H: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, July 20- and Sunday; $5-$10; 21, Marion Cultural and Civic www.stagecompany.org or Center; actors needed include 618-549-5466. 15 men, ages 18-60 and 15 women ages 18-40; Paradise Alley Players Theatre Company; MarionPAP.com; 618-923-0819 or marionpap@hotmail.com.
Historic Boskydell up at Gen. John A. Logan museum MURPHYSBORO — The Gen. John A. Logan Museum on Edith Street will host “Boskydell Quarry and Grave Markers: A Unique Carbondale History” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The presentation by Michael J. McNerney will illustrate how the story of Boskydell is essentially the story of the Boskydell Quarry, which was the foundation of the small town three miles south of Carbondale. The presentation begins with the discovery of a large sandstone deposit in 1852 and ends with
Boskydell’s legacy of beautiful sandstone buildings of the late 19th and early 20th century and gravestones erected throughout Southern Illinois. Boskydell thrived after the discovery of sandstone and construction of a quarry. Weather permitting, a tour of Boskydell sandstone buildings is scheduled for after the presentation. For more information, contact the Logan Museum at 618-684-3455 or at johnaloganmuseum@globaleyes.net. — The Southern
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‘The Music Man’ comes to Rend Lake Theater INA — The Pyramid Players theater group presents Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” today through Sunday at the Rend Lake Theater. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased by calling the Pyramid Players’ box office at 618-439-9196. Thursday through Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s matinee begins at 2 p.m. “The Music Man,” one of two summer productions in the Pyramid Players’ 34th season, offered a chance to bring two types of community actor together, longtime member Tom Herman said. “Typically, during our summers we PROVIDED will do a children’s show and an adult Justin Kimball of Benton (as Harold Hill, the musical,” Herman said. “This year, we music man) and Bethany Sink of Benton (as wanted to combine the two so we librarian Marian Paroo) prepare for opening night could use both kids and adults. “The of ‘The Music Man’ at Rend Lake Theater. Music Man” was one we hadn’t done in a while, and it’s a good one for adult parts and children’s parts.” For more information, e-mail ppmusic@onecliq.net or visit the Pyramid Players’ website at www.pyramidplayers.org. — The Southern
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Malkovich) in this adaptation of the popular graphic novel. The A-Team * Former The almost unparalleled lack Special Forces soldiers of pre-release hype or even attempt to clear their names buzz does not bode well. PGafter being set up for a crime 13 (horror, violence, language) they didn’t commit. With Liam The Karate Kid **½ In this Neeson, Bradley Cooper, remake of the 1984 sleeper Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, hit, Jaden Smith and Jackie Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel, Chan take over for Ralph Patrick Wilson and Gerald Macchio and Pat Morita as McRaney. Screenplay by Skip the teenager being bullied in Woods, Joe Carnahan and school and the wise kung-fu Brian Bloom. Directed by master who teaches him how Carnahan. PG-13 (violence to defend himself. Everything and strong language) old is new again! PG (bullying, Get Him to the Greek martial arts action violence ***½ Think of this Forgetting and some mild language) Sarah Marshall spinoff Killers *½ A newlywed reuniting supporting actors couple’s blissful suburban life Russell Brand and Jonah Hill is threatened when the as a rockstar and fanboy as a husband’s former life as a very naughty version of gun-for-hire resurfaces to Almost Famous. This time, the haunt them. With Ashton fanboy does not write the Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom rockstar’s lehend, but helps Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, restore him to his former Katheryn Winnick, Kevin glory. With P. Diddy, Rose Sussman, Lisa Ann Walter, Byrne and Elisabeth Moss. R (extreme sex, extreme drugs, Casey Wilson, Rob Riggle, Martin Mull and Alex Borstein. extreme rock’n’roll and Screenplay by Bob DeRosa extreme profanity) Grown Ups *½ Old friends and Ted Griffin. Directed by (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Robert Luketic. PG-13 (violent action, sexual material and Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade) and former language) Knight and Day *** little league teammates reunite as adults to celebrate Cameron Diaz discovers the charming stranger (Tom the Fourth of July and soon revert to their infantile selves, Cruise) she has fallen for may be a super-spy. Director because you can’t ever fully James Mangold (“Walk the take the boy out of the man. Line,”“3:10 to Yuma”) tries his PG-13 (crude material hand at the action-comedy including sexual references, language and some male rear genre with this story that bears a lot of similarities to nudity) Jonah Hex *½ Josh Brolin the Ashton Kutcher flop “Killers,” only with much is the vaguely supernatural better actors and a bigger bounty hunter on the trail of budget. PG-13 (violence and his oldest enemy (John strong language) 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
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Worlds of sci-fi and horror collide in ‘Predators’ BY LEWIS BEALE
series. “‘Alien’ is just a killing machine, and we don’t presume it has any Bacon and eggs. Stripes intelligence. The Predator is more physically and solids. Lennon and dangerous than us, and McCartney. All perfect they might be more matches. And at the resourceful. They do what multiplex, there’s at least we do, and they might be one combo that can’t be better than us.” beat: Science fiction and “There are a lot of things horror. (the Predators do) that That’s right. If you’re compare to us,” says looking for a solid case of “Predators” director the creepy-crawlies, Nimrod Antal. “They take nothing tops a flick in which some extraterrestrial trophies, which make them materialists. In our slime thing is chasing a film, we explore another humanoid around a space ship, isolated Earth outpost facet of the predator universe, and that is or hostile planet. Like in predators killing “Predators,” opening predators. And as human Friday, in which killer Earthlings are dropped on a beings, we are really great at killing one another. distant orb and find that they’re nothing more than They also hunt, which taps into our most primordial chum for some nastycommon denominator.” looking ETs. In other words, they The “Predator” movies might be a little like us, are “an evolution out of but the Predator is one ‘Alien’; the difference is that ‘Predator’ is us,” says scary off-worlder. And the feeling we’re up against an Scott Allie, editor of the implacably hostile alien “Predators” comic book
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force we can’t communicate with is at the core of sci-fi horror. Certainly that’s been the case since 1898, when H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” jump-started the genre. In that book, Martians arrive on Earth, destroy everything they see and are only defeated when they prove defenseless not against our man-made weapons, but Earthborn viruses. Science fiction and horror “both deal with the unknown, and science fiction tries to show the unknown within a rational framework,” says Rob Latham, editor of Journal of Science Fiction Studies. The whole concept of formerly unknown ETs coming out of nowhere and causing harm “has to do with the sense of being afraid of someone with more power than we have,” adds Eric Rabkin, author of “Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination.”
Fast-forward to the “Alien” series, and you get what Latham refers to as “body horror” concerns, in which “there’s a lot of body anxiety — the alien will get inside you, it will invade you.” The “Predator” films play with metaphor. The first, released 12 years after the end of the Vietnam War, takes place “in the jungle, and we’re fighting an enemy we can’t see,” Rabkin says. But, Antal says, the appeal of the Predator is more elemental than a military metaphor. “When we sit down and say, ‘Let’s make a list of monsters,’ vampires, zombies and werewolves are forever on that list,” he says. But after seeing the first “Predator” film, it was obvious “We were in the midst of a classic. We had seen a monster step in, introduce himself and forever take his place in the monster rogues gallery.”
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‘Despicable Me’ leaves an impression on audiences Despicable Me *** Rated PG for crude humor and mild violence; starring the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig; directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY RICK BENTLEY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
“Despicable Me” is this year’s “Up,” a film that has far more heart than the
advance promotions suggest. It never reaches the heart-tugging levels of “Up,” but the serious side of “Despicable Me” is what makes it an entertaining animation experience and not just a mindless cartoon. Gru (Steve Carell), who comes across like a distant cousin of Dr. Evil of “Austin Powers” fame and Uncle Fester from “The Addams Family,” loves being the most notorious bad guy on the planet. When it looks like that title is about to be stolen by an upstart named
Vector (Jason Segel), Gru comes up with the ultimate evil plot: Steal the moon. The only hitch is he needs the help of three orphan girls — Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher) and Edith (Dana Gaier) — to make the plan work. Gru adopts the girls. The film nicely blends Gru’s growing parental side with his evil deeds — giving it those emotional elements that come as such a surprise. Many actors make the mistake of going way over the top when delivering
lines for animated characters. Carell does a great job of modulating his voice, which makes it feel more real than cartoonish. That’s particularly noticeable when Gru reluctantly reads a bedtime story to the girls. “Despicable Me” has a few small problems. The screenplay by Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul wanders in the opening moments that establish the characters. Once the story settles down, the film has a very funny linear direction that’s accented by a wide variety of bodily function
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jokes. Who among us won’t laugh at seeing a punch to the groin? Even when the story seems a little jumbled, directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud keep things moving with crisp
animation, a quick tempo and a continuous barrage of jokes. “Despicable Me” mixes playground humor with a sweet story of family. Instead of despicable, it’s very pickable.
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