CONTACT US Call toll-free: 800-228-0429 Cara Recine, Lifestyles and special projects editor cara.recine@thesouthern.com / ext. 5075 Adam Testa, Lifestyles writer adam.testa@thesouthern.com / ext. 5031 Brenda Kirkpatrick, lists, live music flipside@thesouthern.com / ext. 5089 Rhonda Ethridge, cover designer rhonda.ethridge@thesouthern.com / ext. 5118 J.C. Dart, online jennifer.dart@thesouthern.com / ext. 5183 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.
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Books & Authors Book sale: 1-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, Herrin City Library, 120 N. 13th St.; books, paperbacks, cook books, VHS tapes, books on tape, buy a Friends of Herrin Library book bag for $5 and fill it up with books; 618-942-6109.
Comedy The Carbondale Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Hanger 9, Carbondale and 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; information, Comedian Lewis Black: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Shryock Auditorium, SIU; use the promo code “SOUTHERN” to save $5 per ticket; www. southernticketsonline.com; 618-453-6000. Comedian Ron White: Tickets on sale for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 performance, Shryock Auditorium, SIU; part of Moral Compass tour; $47/$57; VIP tickets, $186; www.southernticketsonline. com; 618-453-6000.
Events Union County Fair: Today through Saturday, Aug. 25, fairgrounds, Anna; Battle of the Bands; carnival; www.unioncountyfair.net. Big K poker run: Proceeds to the Coach Kill Cancer Fund; poker run starts 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, Du Quoin State Fairground; dinner follows ride; $25 per rider; www.coachkillcancerfund.org. Gaia House Interfaith Center Open House: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, corner of
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Illinois Avenue and Grand Avenue, Carbondale; music by the Southern Illinois West African Drum Ensemble and folk musician Candy Davis; 618-549-7387 treesong@ ourgaiahouse.org The Yappy Howler: 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Walker’s Bluff, 326 Vermont Road, Carterville; features music by The Egyptian Combo, bounce house, playground, auctions; meal; $30/$15; advance tickets only; benefits five animal rescue groups; www. southernticketsonline.com. Gala fundraiser: For the Southern Illinois Irish Festival, 3-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden; featuring The Rural Kings, E.L. “Skip” Kurtz, Roisin Dubh and The Bone Dry River Band; silent auction; $10; 618-549-3090; mshan@ midwest.net Postcard Show: 10 a.m.6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, VFW Hall, 1234 Vandalia St., Collinsville; free; the.snyders@charter.net; 618-531-4189. Gallatin County Fair: Friday, Aug. 31-Sunday, Sept. 9, fairgrounds, Ridgway; includes livestock show, Aug. 31; western horse show, Sept. 3; demo derby, Sept. 8; 618-9263518; 618-841-4191. Pepperfest: Festival de Chiles, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Rancho Bella Vista, 827 Vines Road, Cobden; hot peppers in bloom; salsa, jellies, spices and pepper products; barbecue; music by Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin plus Carter and Connelly; $3;
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under 12, free; 618-893-1443 www.darnhotpeppers.com. Shawnee Hills Wine Festival: Food, wine and music, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1-2, downtown Cobden; sample wines from 12 wineries; 800-248-4373; www.shawneewinetrail.com. Cedarhurst Craft Fair: Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; www. cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236.
Oct. 18-21; The Three Musketeers, Nov. 29-Dec. 2; For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, Feb. 21-24 and Reasons To Be Pretty, April 25-28; presented in McLeod Theater, SIU; tickets for the four shows, adults, $56 and students, $24; individual tickets range from $16-$6 and go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 4; also three special productions, The Three Seasons of Cora, Cosi Fan Tutte and Playwights’ Festival; $6-$16; 618-453-6000; Film www.southerntickets Snow White and the online.com. Huntsman: 7 p.m. Thursday, John A. Logan season Aug. 23 and 7 p.m. and 9:30 tickets: Deadline to purchase p.m. Friday-Saturday Aug. 24- Performance Series season 25, Student Center tickets, 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. Auditorium, SIU; free; PG-13; 23; single-event tickets can be 618-536-3393; www.spc4 purchased now up to the date fun.com of the show; lineup features eight productions; 618-457Music 7676, ext. 8287; www.jalc.edu/ activities/performingarts.php. SIU Choral Union Auditions: For Aida, 6-8 p.m. rehearsals: Begin 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, O’Neil Monday, Aug. 27, Room 115, Auditorium, John A. Logan Altgeld Hall, SIU; registration, College, Carterville; prepare 6:30 p.m.; $30, fee; 16-32 bars of a musical community members are welcome to join Choral Union; theatre/rock/pop selection; derek_hamblin@yahoo.com. audition not required; SIU Theater auditions: For siuchoralunion.org. Southern Illinois Children’s Rent, The Three Seasons of Choir auditions: Openings are Cora and The Three available in four choir levels for Musketeers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 and 9:30 a.m.-noon, children in kindergarten through tenth grade; auditions Saturday, Aug. 25, SIU; 618-453-5741 to sign up. through Sept. 21; 618-53MAuditions: “Tom Sawyer,” USIC; sichildrenschoir@ 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, yahoo.com. Rend Lake College, Ina; adults and children, ages Theater 10 and older; 618-4375321, ext. 1295; webbt@rlc. SIU Subscription Series: edu. Tickets now on sale for Rent,
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JALC Performance Series season ticket sales end today CARTERVILLE — John A. Logan College is focusing on “American Originals” with its 2012-13 Performance Series lineup. The event series features a variety of performances, including five in-hour and three touring productions. Season tickets for the series are $90 for adults, $80 for senior citizens and $70 for current and retired college employees. The deadline to purchase series tickets is today, but single-event tickets can be purchased at any time. Season tickets are available at a reduced price compared to buying individual tickets for each show and also offer priority seating. To order tickets, call 618-985-2828 or 618-457-7676, ext. 8287. Touring productions include a tribute to Woody Guthrie on Sept. 6, a Second City comedy performance on Oct. 18, and Southern Illinois native Jaimee Paul paying tribute to great American female jazz singers on March 21. The in-house productions are plays and musicals by American authors or ones that have another American connection. JALC mainstay Steve Falcone wrote and directs “Wild Oats: A Western with Fiber,” which runs Nov. 16-17. Other productions include “AIDA” on Oct. 12-14, “The Holiday Hop” on Dec. 7-8, “Rumors” on March 8-9 and “The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee” on May 3-5. — Adam Testa
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Blue Sky raising funds for Tay-Sachs MAKANDA — Blue Sky Vineyard is hosting the seventh annual benefit concert in memory of Elise Ryne Rochman. Rochman, granddaughter of vineyard owners Barrett and Marilyn Rochman, had been diagnosed with Tay-Sachs Disease, a deadly hereditary disorder that damages the nervous system, at a very young age. She died in January 2011. The winery and family continue to host the benefit to raise money for funding the ongoing research to find
treatments and a cure for the disease. All proceeds from a raffle, auction and food will go to the Cure Tay-Sachs Foundation. One-third of winery sales will also be donated. The benefit runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Blue Sky, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road. Admission is free. Entertainment will be provided by Building Rome, Concordia, Bill Harper, Dave Clark, South of 70 and other artists. There will also be a silent auction. — Adam Testa
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Rustle Hill Winery hosting Irish Festival fundraiser Sunday COBDEN — Rustle Hill Winery presents an afternoon of music and more, raising money to support the Southern Illinois Irish Festival. The fundraiser runs
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Kings, E.L. “Skip” Kurtz, The Bone Dry River Band and Róisón Dubh. This year’s Southern Illinois Irish Festival is scheduled for Oct. 5-7. — Adam Testa
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Folkstravaganza set for Friday at Church of the Good Shepherd CARBONDALE — A number of musicians are coming together for the annual Folkstravaganza event, sponsored by Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse. The event begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 S. Orchard Drive. Artists scheduled to perform include Candy Davis, the Voyageurs, the Blackberry Blossoms and the Gordons. For more info, visit www.cousinandy.org. — Adam Testa
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SIWADE, Candy Davis playing at Gaia Open House CARBONDALE — A number of local musicians including the Southern Illinois West African Drum Ensemble and folk artist Candy Davis will share the stage at the first Gaia Open House this Saturday, Aug. 25. The event is the beginning of the Week of Welcome at the Gaia House Interfaith Center. It
will also feature an information fair with representatives from groups housed at the center and in the community dedicated to peace, social justice and sustainability. Week of Welcome includes other events, such as a movie night at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, and an open mic night
at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. The event series culminates Friday evening after the open mic night with a “rice and spice” dinner led by a local Sikh family, who will talk about Sikh beliefs and cultures. For more information, call Treesong at 618-5497387 or visit www.ourgaia house.org. — Adam Testa
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run through Sept. 21. To schedule one, call the SIU School of Music at 618-536-8742 or email sichildrenchoir@yahoo. com or joyoussinging@ yahoo.com. Members of past choirs have performed in a number of different local
and regional productions with the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, including the musical “La Boheme” during this year’s Southern Illinois Music Festival. The group will perform “The Nutcracker” in December. — Adam Testa
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CARBONDALE — On any given night, somewhere on the infamous Carbondale “Strip,” someone is playing music. The downtown area may not be as bustling as Beale Street, but between the more than a dozen venues lining U.S. 51 that host concerts and performances, there’s bound to be something being played that will suit anyone’s individual desires. Last year, a group of
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For a complete schedule for the Carbondale Rocks Revival festival, visit www.flipsideonline.com. local music bookers came up with an idea to showcase the strengths of the local music scene for the masses. The result was the first Carbondale Rocks Revival, a weekend-long celebration of the musical arts spanning venues throughout downtown. “It highlights a lot of what we already downtown every weekend,” said Meghan Cole, executive director of Carbondale Main Street. “It pays tribute to the history Carbondale has with music.” The event returns for its second installment Sept. 6-8, and organizers said the event will be bigger, better and more organized than last year’s learning experience. More than 60 performers are slated to take the stage in 15 venues throughout the weekend. A diverse range of musical styles will also be represented, from jazz and blues to Americana and rock. The festival also features a mixture of local and national acts. “This is for everybody,” said Conley, who books acts for PK’s and helped organize the event. “When Tres Hombres is doing rockabilly, PK’s is doing punk rock. When Newell House is doing jazz, Hangar 9 is doing rock.” Rusted Root, a Pennsylvania-based band nationally renowned for its combination of acoustic rock with worldly influences, will
jumpstart the weekend schedule with a performance at Rustle Hill Winery in Cobden — the only participating venue outside of downtown Carbondale. Doors for that show open at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. The Kevin Lucas Orchestra opens the show. “We’ll use that as a bouncing off point for the rest of the festival,” Cole said. Conley said the goal with the festival was to create a new event to rally people to downtown. Through the years, many events like Halloween and the annual Pig Out have come and gone. By working together, a festival like Carbondale Rocks Revival can draw hundreds of people to downtown, where they’ll spend money supporting local businesses. While there used to be a mentality of each bar and restaurant being competition, there has been progress in moving ahead with cooperation, he said. “There seems to be an advantage to working together rather than working against each other, especially when it comes to booking music,” Conley said. Organizers hope to see the festival continue and become an annual tradition in town. adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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Benefit concert supports animal rescue efforts adults and $15 for children and include admission, concert and a buffet dinner. Tickets purchased at the door will not include meal and drinks. Advance tickets can be bought at www.southern ticketsonline.com. Activities for the event also include vendor booths, silent and live auctions, bouncy houses for children and a rescued animal pageant.
The Egyptian Combo have played throughout Southern Illinois since the early 1960s and play music from that era. The Animal Rescue Coalition aims to bring animal rescue groups together to advocate, educate and raise funds for the cause. For more information, call Gail Venegas at 618-923-4306.
of show, $35; www.southern ticketsonline.com. Du Quoin State Fair Soul Census: Brown Bag concerts: Du Quoin State Fair runs from Aug. 24-Sept. Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, Town 3; acts include Lee Greenwood, Merle Haggard, Square Pavilion, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; www. Bret Michaels, Dwight carbondalemainstreet.com. Yoakam, Mandisa, the Eli Tribute to Woody Guthrie: Young Band, Thompson By Bucky Halker, 7 p.m. Square, FireHouse, Warrant, Thursday, Sept. 6, John A. Saving Abel, Default, Trixter and Josh Wilson; concerts by Logan College, Carterville; celebration of the 100th Greenwood and Michaels, birthday of the iconic folk both free; www.duquoin singer/songwriter; 618-985statefair.net. 2828, ext. 8287; www.jalc. Lee Greenwood: Red, White, Blue and You concert, edu/activities. Rock Revival II: Thursday7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Saturday, Sept. 6-8, various Du Quoin State Fairgrounds venues, Carbondale area; grandstand; Greenwood is known for the hit song “God features Rusted Root, Bless the USA;” free; golden Elizabeth Cook, Tim Carroll, tickets will be made available Lynn Drury, Phil Stendek, to veterans and their families Justin Owens; www. facebook.com/#!/events/ through sponsors 354681411242010. Continental Tire, Pass One Heart: 5 p.m. Sunday, Hour Heating and Air Sept. 16, Walker’s Bluff, 326 Conditioning and Peoples National Bank; 618-542-1515. Vermont Road, Carterville; $125/$60/$55; win free Boondock Billies: Brown tickets, www.thesouthern. Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., com/heart; info, www. Wednesday, Aug. 29, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; southernticketsonline.com; 618-453-6000. bring a lawn chair; www. Southern Stock concert: carbondalemainstreet.com. 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. Del Yeah!: Bluegrass and folk music featuring Emmitt- 22, The Pavilion, Marion; features Shawn Mayer, Dave Nershi Band, Cornmeal, Chicago Farmer, Bawn in the Simmons, Lynn Drury, Lights Out and Shakey Jake; also, Mash, The Bankesters and The Del McCoury Band, 1-10 cook-off; proceeds to The p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, Rustle Lighthouse Shelter, Family Crisis Center and Gum Drop Hill Winery, 8595 US 51 Kids; $18/$20; Cobden, advance, $30; day
618-697-7478; www.southern stockconcert.com. Accoustic Blues Concert: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, CE Brehm Memorial Public Library, Mount Vernon; concert by singer/songwriter Jeff Widdows; www.mtv brehm.lib.il.us. SI Country Fest: Features Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, FridaySunday, Oct. 5-7, World Shooting and Recreation Complex, Sparta; other acts, Little Big Town, Corey Smith, LoCash Cowboys, Colt Ford, The Farm and Casey James; $40-$85; discount on advance tickets; www.sicountryfest.com; www.southernticketsonline. com.
CARTERVILLE — MGM recording artists The Egyptian Combo will headline the inaugural “Yappy Howler,” a fundraising event for the Animal Rescue Coalition of Southern Illinois, this weekend. The event will take place from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Depot at Walker’s Bluff winery. Tickets are $30 for
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Kentucky Stars of Tomorrow: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15; $10; $7.50; www.kentucky opry.com; 888-459-8704. Talent Search winners: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $20/$19; $10; $7.50; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704. Gordon Lightfoot: 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, Carson Center, Paducah; $66/$46/$36; 270-4504444; www.thecarson center.org.
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Henhouse Prowlers returning to Carbondale on Friday CARBONDALE — One of Chicago’s premier traditional bluegrass bands is heading back to Southern Illinois. Since forming in 2004, the Henhouse Prowlers have amassed an impressive résumé, including an appearance on a PBS special soundtrack and three
successful albums. In 2010, while balancing time on the road and in the studio in Colorado, the band placed third in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition and took the top prize in the RockyGrass Band Competition. The most recent
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curriculum to elementary and intermediate schools in Evanston. The band has developed a following in Southern Illinois through recent performances and returns to the region for a 9 p.m. concert Friday, Aug. 24, at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave.
project, “Verses, Chapters and Rhymes,” features stories of life’s trials and tribulations along with instrumentals that inspire listeners to dance. While not on the road, the Prowlers are also educators in the Chicago area. Last year, the band’s members debuted a comprehensive bluegrass
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Hangar 9 hosting all-day Welcome Fest CARBONDALE — The men behind Mathien may have moved from Carbondale, but they still remember their roots. The band, now based out of Chicago, will return to Southern Illinois to perform as part of Welcome Fest at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave. The band will play at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. Mathien recently finished recording its newest album, “Darling Television,” and Welcome Fest attendees may get a sneak peak.
Welcome Fest begins at 3 p.m. at Hangar 9. With two stages, one indoors and one outdoors, the day will be filled with other musical artists as well, including Hugh DeNeal, Oakhurst, DJ SOLO, Future Rock, Alex Kirt, Bo and the Locomotive, Barnacle Billy and the Zebra Mussels and Spread. Tickets are $10. Attendees under 19 must be accompanied by an adult. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free with a parent. — Adam Testa
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THURSDAY BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: These Magnificent Tapeworms Tres Hombres: Copacetic, 10 p.m. WHITE ASH Scarlett’s Music Barn: Country Music Band, 7-10 p.m.
FRIDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: The Henhouse Prowlers Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Dr. Zhivegas, 10:30 p.m. PK’s: Barnacle Billy and the Zebra Mussels Tres Hombres: Ben Miller Band INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION Marion Youth Center: Craig’s Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Ramesses: Mixed Company THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Jeanita Spillman & The Sentimental Swing Band, 7-10 p.m.
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ELKVILLE Elkville Civic Center: Jerry’s Jammers, 7-9 p.m. MARION Marion Youth Center: Craig’s Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Folkstravaganza: 7 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 S. Orchard Drive, Carbondale; features Candy Davis, The Voyageurs, The Blackberry Blossoms, The Gordons; doors open 6:30 p.m.; $10; students, $5; www.cousinandy.org.
Marty’s Band: 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday, Egyptian Hills Resort, Lake of Egypt. Shawn Harmon: 9 p.m.midnight, Friday, Trail’s End Lodge, 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden; 618-8936135. Hired Gun Band: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Egyptian Hills Resort, Lake of Egypt.
Cold Pizza: 9 p.m.midnight, Saturday, Trail’s End Lodge, Cobden. Brad & Bri: Noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Egyptian Hills Resort, Lake of Egypt. Patrick Beasley: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort, 1575 Fair City Road, Jonesboro; 618-8338697.
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FIND THEM HERE Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, SUNDAY Makanda Concordia: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Lincoln Heritage Winery, 772 SATURDAY Vineyard Tay-Sachs Benefit Concert: Kaolin Road, Cobden Southern Illinois Irish Starts 12:30 p.m., Blue Sky Pheasant Hollow Winery, Festival fundraiser: 4-9 Vineyard; features Bill Harper, 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington. p.m., Rustle Hill Winery Dave Clark, Concordia, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, As Girls Go: 2-5 p.m. Walker’s Cobden Building Rome, John Foti. Bluff Bill Harper: 2-5 p.m., Rustle StarView Vineyards, 5100 Nyte Flyte: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Hill Winery Wing Hill Road, Cobden Von Jakob Vineyard Dan Barron: 3-6 p.m. Von Jakob Vineyard, 230 Walker’s Bluff Illinois 127, Alto Pass As Girls Go: 3:30-6:30 p.m., WEDNESDAY Walker’s Bluff, 326 Vermont Von Jakob Vineyard Mike Aguirre: 6-9 p.m., Road, Carterville
MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS 20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618-8335182 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 W. Linden, Carbondale 618-529-9345 Coloni’s Bar & Grill: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-5341 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Elkville: Elkville Civic Center, 405 S. 6th St., Elkville 618-201-1753 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Du Quoin State Fair has plenty to offer for the whole family
BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
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y the time mid-August rolls around each year, John Rednour Jr. has one word etched in his mind: free. As manager of the Du Quoin State Fair, Rednour’s goal is to create an opportunity for parents to share an experience with the children at minimal cost. Walking the paths of the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, fairgoers will find a plethora of free entertainment. Whether on the grounds, in the beer tent, on the family stage or even at the grandstand, performers ply their trade and showcase their skills for anyone who wants to watch. This year’s fair arguably has one of the best lineups of free entertainment options in recent years. The anchors of the week will be free performances by patriotic singer Lee Greenwood, best known for singing “God Bless the USA,” and former Poison frontman Bret Michaels. “I talked to a girl who just paid $105 to go see Bret Michaels and Poison,” Rednour said. “You can see him for free at the Du Quoin State Fair.” Music lovers can also head to the beer tent, where up-andcomers like Amber Digby and Frankie Ballard, will play alongside notable acts like Johnny Lee, who was featured in the movie “Urban Cowboy” with John Travolta and Debra Winger. “We’re pretty loaded up on free entertainment this year,” Rednour said. But of all the acts booked for the fair, Rednour is most excited to welcome the performers of Hollywood Circus, a production of the Florida-based Coronas of Hollywood. The group will perform two shows daily during the week and three or four on the weekends.
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The Ferris wheel lights up the night sky at the Du Quoin State Fair. Rides are always popular with children, and wristbands will be on sale, allowing them to ride all they want. A fairgoer (top) enjoys a corndog at last year’s fair. The food is always a popular attraction.
And they don’t skimp on the show, either. Each show runs for about an hour and features all the acts people expect from a circus. The show has progressed from its initial aerial thrill show created in 1952 in a renowned affair featuring daredevils, trained animals, clowns, aerialists and acrobats. “It’s a heck of a circus,” Rednour said. “You ought to see the tent. It’s spectacular.” After a three-year absence, the family entertainment stage is returning to the fair with a variety of acts performing daily. Among the performers featured at this venue are a capella group Blend, the magician Magic Mike
and the Kevin Piper Variety Show. Other entertainers have their shows set up around the fairgrounds. In addition to the circus, guests can also see the Swampmaster wrestle alligators, listen to Riverboat John play music and tell stories and get up close and personal with a set of majestic white tigers. “We’ve got something every day,” Rednour said. “There’s no way you can see it all in a day.” And that’s not even including staples of the fair, such as the Twilight Parade on Friday evening and, of course, horse racing, which has been a cornerstone of the fair since its
inception 90 years ago. While the Hambletonian and the World Trotting Derby have left Du Quoin, Rednour said the horse racing events continue to draw crowds and provide exciting entertainment. “Illinois has some of the fastest horses out there,” he said. “They could race anywhere in the world.” Along with the horse racing comes the rodeo. Bull rides are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26, while the “ranch rodeo” is set for Friday, Aug. 31, and two regular rodeos close out the fair Sept. 2-3. All rodeo events begin 7 p.m., except for the final rodeo that
starts at 3 p.m., and take place at the half-mile track. Of course, the fair also brings with it a bevy of food vendors, carnival games and rides for people of all ages. The fair remains unrivaled in the region in terms of its reach and offering as a regional fair. “There are no other venues like this located in Southern Illinois,” Rednour said. “When times are bad, you don’t have to drive to Florida to go to Disneyworld. You can stay at home and still do this. It gives every parent a chance to be a hero to their children.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com / 618-351-5031
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Stars abound on all the stages of Du Quoin State Fair Thompson Square; Warrant, Firehouse and COUNTRY Trixter; Merle Haggard; SCENE and Saving Abel and Default. Vince Hoffard “We worked long and hard putting this cast together,” said Du Quoin wight Yoakam is State Fair Manager John ending a long, selfRednour Jr. “At the end of imposed hiatus from the day, we met our goal of the recording studio. providing a little On Sept. 18, the retro something for everyone. California crooner will From top to bottom, there release “3 Pears,” a 12-track is amazing talent from all project that is his first musical genres. This is album in seven years, for absolutely the best lineup Warner Bros. He we’ve had since I’ve been performed a tune from the associated with the fair.” LP, “Nothing but Love,” Yoakam will receive the last week on The Tonight biggest honor of his storied Show. The album also career on Sept. 24. During includes a cover of the a special ceremony at the classic “Dim Lights, Thick historic Ryman Smoke.” Auditorium in Nashville, Southern Illinoisans do the “mother church of not have to wait to hear the country music,” the new music. Yoakam will be Academy of Country performing at Music will present Yoakam 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. with the Cliffie Stone 25, at the Du Quoin State Pioneer Award. The award Fair. Tickets are $30-35. is given to individuals Also appearing at the fair judged to be true country will be: Lee Greenwood music pioneers. and Jennifer Thompson; Singlehandedly Bret Michaels; Mandisa preserving the classic and Josh Wilson; The Eli twang “Bakersfield sound” Young Band and of Buck Owens and Merle
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Haggard, Yoakam stormed onto the scene from out of nowhere in 1986 with the mesmerizing one-two punch of “Honky Tonk Man” and “Guitars, Cadillacs.” He had an unforgettable “look,” with a cowboy hat pulled low over his eyes and skintight holey jeans. Like Elvis Presley, Jimmy Buffet and Bob Dylan, Yoakam proved through the years that hit records are not mandatory to attract massive concert crowds. He dominated the charts with songs like “I Sang Dixie,” “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” and “Fast As You,” but saw no decline in ticket sales when he stopped recording to concentrate on a critically acclaimed acting career that has included thrillers like “Sling Blade,” “Crank” and “Panic Room.” A former Las Vegas lounge singer and blackjack dealer, Lee Greenwood started cranking out country hits in 1981 with “It Turns Me Inside Out.” He has seven Billboard No. 1 singles, including “Dixie Road,” “Mornin’ Ride” and “Someboy’s Gonna Love You.” He is best known for patriotic anthem “God Bless the U.S.A.” Jennifer Thompson has been a top female vocalist in Southern Illinois for the past two decades. Bret Michaels is the former lead vocalist for the band Poison. It was his voice behind classics like “Every Rose Has a Thorn” and “Talk Dirty to Me.” He is back to full strength after surviving a recent near-fatal brain hemorrhage, a severe head injury during the Tony Awards in 2010 and an emergency appendectomy.
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He has toured this year with Def Leppard and Lita Ford. Mandisa placed ninth on the fifth season of American Idol. The 35year-old gospel singer released her debut album “True Beauty” in 2007. She is best known for tunes like “Shackles,” “God Speaking” and “Only The World.” The quick-witted Josh Wilson is a contemporary Christian artist with radiofriendly tunes like “Savior, Please” and “Before the Morning.” His latest recording, “Live from The Carson Center,” was recorded at the Paducah venue where he played as the opening act for Steven Curtis Chapman. It only took a decade for The Eli Young Band to become an overnight sensation in Nashville. A debut 2002 album generated no interest. In 2008, things started to turn around with hit “Always the Love Songs.” However, the band blew up in 2011 for Republic Nashville with charttopping hits “Crazy Girl” and follow-up “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” which was the No. 1 video on CMT earlier this month. The husband-wife combination of Shawna and Keifer Thompson were working at the same
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Dwight Yoakam’s career has taken him many places, and the honors continue to roll in. En route to receiving the Academy of Country Music’s Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award on Sept. 24, the musical legend will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Du Quoin State Fair. Tickets are $30-35.
downtown Nashville bar in 2010 when they exploded as the duo Thompson Square behind the powerful debut single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not,” written by Herrin’s David Lee Murphy. The reigning Duo of the Year for the Academy of Country Music, they are high on the Billboard charts with current single “Glass.” Warrant soared to national popularity with the release of nine studio albums, especially the opening combination of “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich” in 1989 and “Cherry Pie” in 1990, both achieving double platinum status for sales exceeding 2 million units. The band’s music runs the gambit from hard rocking “Cherry Pie” to power ballads “Heaven” and “Sometimes She Cries.” American Music Award winner Firehouse is a heavy metal band from North Carolina. The group is popular for the incredible lead vocals of C.J. Snare on power ballads “I Live My Life for You,” “When I
Look into Your Eyes” and instant classic “Love of a Lifetime.” Glam rockers Trixter hit gold with a self-titled debut album for MCA Records in 1990 and after a long break-up started touring again in 2008. The 75-year-old Merle Haggard is a country music icon, in the same vein as George Jones and Johnny Cash. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of fame, a Kennedy Center Honoree and former Entertainer of the Year for the Country Music Association. His long list of classics includes “Okie from Muskogee,” “Mama Tried,” “The Fightin’ Side Of Me,” “The Fugitive” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink.” Known as “the poet of the common man,” he was inspired to pursue music as a career after a stint in California’s San Quinten prison. He has a new album, “Working in Tennessee,” scheduled for release Oct. 4. SEE HOFFARD / PAGE 14
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HOFFARD: Fair features great artists FROM PAGE 12 Singer Jared Weeks and lead guitarist Jason Null are the creative leaders of Saving Abel, the Mississippi-based hard rock band that has released three albums and blown fans away with tunes like “Addicted,” “18 Days,” “Drowning (Face Down)” and “Bringing Down The Giant,” the title track from their group’s latest studio project. Canadian alternative rockers Default have released four albums that have sold more than three million copies, thanks to hits like “Wasting My Time,” “Deny” and “Count On Me.” Founded in 1999, the band was discovered by Nickelback lead vocalist Chad Kroeger. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-6589095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
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Sunday, Aug. 26, and 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 Dwight Yokam; 7:30 p.m. Amber Digby; 6 p.m. Sunday, Saturday, Aug. 25; $30-35 Aug. 26 Lee Greenwood and Jennifer Brasher/Bogue; 10 p.m. Sunday, Thompson; 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26; Aug. 26 free Pumphouse Monster; 6:30 p.m. Bret Michaels; 7:30 p.m. Monday, Monday, Aug. 27, and 8 p.m. Aug. 27; free Monday, Sept. 3 Mandisa and Josh Wilson; 7:30 Ten Story; 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28; $20 27 The Eli Young Band and Thompson The Natives; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Square; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Aug. 28 29; $30-35 Vynal Tap; 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. Warrant, Firehouse and Trixter; 28 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30; $30Jennifer Thompson; 6 p.m. 35 Wednesday, Aug. 29 Merle Haggard; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Beaucoup Bottom Band; 8 p.m. Aug. 31; $35-45 Wednesday, Aug. 29, and 7 p.m. Saving Abel and Default; 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 Saturday, Sept. 1; $25 Johnny Lee; 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 30Aut6; 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Beer Tent Aug. 30 Karaoke; 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, Loris Puppets; 9 p.m. Thursday, and Monday-Friday, Aug. 27-31; Aug. 30 noon Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25Keenan Rice; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, 26 and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Whiskey Dixon; 7:30 p.m. Fat Wallet; 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 Saturday, Sept. 1, and 5 p.m. Beyond 10; 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. Monday, Sept. 3 24, and 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 Matt Mason; 10 p.m. Saturday, Ozark Mountain Dare Devils; Sept. 1 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 Band of Brothers; 4:30 p.m. Liquid Courage; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 Saturday, Aug. 25, and Monday, Aaron Owens; 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 Sept. 2 4 Deep; 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 4 Play; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. Family Entertainment Tent 25, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 Frankie Ballard; 10 p.m. Saturday, Blue Suede Crew; 8 p.m. FridayAug. 25 Sunday, Aug. 24-26 and Aug. 31Southern Pride; 2:30 p.m. Sept. 2
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Miranda Wilmore; 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25; 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27; Daniel Baine Dancers; 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2 Ashley Goemaat; 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2 Pickin Chicks; 4 p.m. SaturdaySunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2 Magic Mike; 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, and Monday-Friday, Aug. 2731; and 1p.m. Monday, Sept. 3 Kevin Piper Variety Show; 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, and Friday, Aug. 31 The Bankesters; 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 Blend; 7:30 p.m. MondayThursday, Aug. 27-30 Jerry Ford Combo; 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 Meghan Barrow; 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 Moore and Moore; 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 1-2 Talent Show; 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3
Mark Schwarm, horseman; 1, 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2; 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Aug. 2730; 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31; 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3 White Tigers; opens at noon Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 3; opens at 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Aug. 27-31 Bob Bohm, magician; opens at
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noon Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 2526 and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 3; opens at 4 p.m. MondayFriday, Aug. 27-31 Riverboat John, storyteller; opens at noon Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 3; opens at 4 p.m. MondayFriday, Aug. 27-31 Circus; 12:30, 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 3; 6 and 8 p.m. Monday-Friday, Aug. 27-31 Swampmaster; 2, 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 25-26, and Sept. 1-2, and Monday, Sept. 3; 5 and 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, Aug. 27-31
Harness Racing 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, grandstand Noon Saturday, Aug. 25, grandstand Noon Sunday, Aug. 26, grandstand
Motocross; 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1; half-mile track Demolition Derby; 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1; half-mile track USAC Silver Crown Series; 6:30 p.m. qualifying, 8 p.m. race, Sunday, Sept. 2; $25 adults, $10 children ARCA Car Series; 11 a.m. qualifying, 12:15 p.m. race, Monday, Sept. 3; $25 adults, $10 children
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March 1937, Morris Library’s Hall of Presidents, SIU; also includes images of Valmeyer, which relocated after the Mississippi River flood in 1993; through mid-September. Out of the Box: University Museum, SIU; hours, 10 a.m.4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; art by local students; through Sept. 21; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. William Conger — Narrative Abstraction: The Mitchell Museum Main Gallery, Cedarhurst Center For the Arts, Mount Vernon; also exhibitions at Beal Corridor, Beck Family Center Gallery and the Shrode Art Center; through Oct. 14: www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236. Snuggle and Snooze: In conjunction with the Annual Gathering of Quilts featured in both the Beal Grand Corridor and Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon;; exhibit features quilts made for children; through Oct. 14; 618-242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org The Art of Larrie Lands: Oil paintings by lifelong Harrisburg resident on display at Harrisburg District Library; through Oct. 14. Gate to a World of Color: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; artwork of nine Illinois artisans usiing styles that range from realism to abstract, from fantasy to function; through Oct. 15; 618-629-2220 Paintings and Works on Paper 1993-2012: By Cheonae Kim, The Gallery Space, Law office of Joni Beth Baily, 1008 Walnut St, Murphysboro; through Oct. 22; gallery hours, 9 a.m.5 p.m. The Mitchell Collection Of Small Metal Treasures: University Museum, SIU; metal miniatures; through
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Paducah School of Art faculty showing works PADUCAH — The Paducah School of Art at West Kentucky Community and Technical College is presenting its 2012 Annual Faculty Exhibition. The exhibit features works in a variety of media by college faculty members. Works on display include paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography and sculpture by artists including Paul Aho, Todd Birdsong, John Hasegawa, BiLan Liao, Lily Liu, Kevin Myers, Linda Ogden, Anita RodriguezFitch and Randy Simmons.
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This glazed ceramic carved bowl created by John Hasegawa is one of many items being displayed during the annual Faculty Exhibition at the Paducah School of Art.
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ART: Exhibits FROM PAGE 15 Dec. 8; 618-453-5388; www.museum.siu.edu. Sensation, Revelation: Themes and Variations In Color and Form, University Museum, SIU; artists include Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Patrick Caulfield, Patrick Heron, John Hoyland, Patrick Hughes, Kenneth Martin and Victor Vasarely; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My: Curated by Rachel Fischoff; a look at animals in a humorous setting through poems on various artworks, University Museum, SIU; through Dec. 8; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388. The Kilenge: Life in New Guinea Villages, University Museum, SIU; anthropological fieldwork by Philip Dark and Joel Maring; photographs and artifacts; ongoing; www.museum. siu.edu; 618-453-5388.
Receptions Reception: For Alice Johnston, 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic Center; collection of works on canvas and fabric; miniatures created to commemorate many of the buildings and landmarks in Cairo; now through the end of August; 618-457-5100; info@carbondalearts.org. Paducah School of Art Faculty Exhibition: Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, Clemens Fine Arts Center, campus of West Kentucky Community & Technical College, 4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah; 270-408-4278; liz.dodd@ kctcs.edu.
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quite satisfying. The departure of The Hunger Games **** Deputy Chief Brenda A teenage girl (Jennifer Leigh Johnson Lawrence) must (Sedgwick), so that most participate in a fight to of the rest of the team can the death. continue with the new The film features high- Major Crimes series, is tension action that both respectful to the eclipses the Twilight character and the films and has more audience. It wraps up a magical character long-running story line development than the and leaves just enough Harry Potter series, wiggle room in case making it a prime Sedgwick wants to make a contender for the next return appearance. great film series. This is Other new releases that rare case of a movie include: that will please lovers of Bernie: An assistant the book as well as those funeral director befriends who have never heard of the town’s least favorite the series. citizen. Jack Black stars. There is no young actor NCIS — The Ninth who has the ability to Season: Mark Harmon handle both the physical stars. and emotional challenges NCIS: Los Angeles The of the role as well as Third Season: Chris Lawrence. Her acting is O’Donnell stars in the TV so honest that every crime drama. emotion resonates with a A Separation: A woman truthfulness that compels must go to court over us to watch. Whether she plans to leave Iran. is faking a romance to Hell: The sun turns the earn favor among the world into a wasteland. viewers or mourning the Virginia: Jennifer death of a competitor, her Connelly plays a mentally work is less a ill woman. performance and more a 6 Bullets: A mercenary spiritual, emotional and is the last hope for a physical metamorphosis. desperate father. Releases Saturday. Revenge: The Complete The Dictator *** A First Season: Madeleine dictator (Sacha Baron Stowe stars in the primeCohen) tries to keep time soap opera. democracy from coming The Adventures of Tintin to his oppressed country. Season Three: Includes Cohen’s latest unabashed The Red Sea Sharks leap into the world of adventures. political incorrectness is Halloween 4 and so off-color, vulgar and Halloween 5: Both films frat-boy funny that there are on Blu-ray. is a tendency to want to Sweet Kill: Gym teacher apologize for laughing. (Tab Hunter) becomes a Don’t hang your head in killer. shame. The film works House — Season Eight: both as a sneaky political Final season of the TV satire and as a raunchy medical drama. over-the-top comedy. Elevator: A group of The Closer: The Complete people learn life has its Seventh and Final Season ups and downs. *** A show’s final season One in the Chamber: is often weighed by how Action thriller starring well it ends. In the case of Cuba Gooding Jr. and this Kyra Sedgwick cable Dolph Lundgren. detective series, the end is — McClatchy-Tribune News
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SIU movie series continues this week with ‘Snow White’ CARBONDALE — Action films and a new take on a popular fairy tale are part of the fall lineup at SIU, courtesy of the Student Programming Council Films. Tickets for these movies — with the exception of “Snow White and The Huntsman” — are $2 for SIU students and children 10 or under and $3 for adults. Children age 3 and younger are free. Only cash or students’ Debit Dawg are accepted. This week’s screenings of “Snow White” are free. All films are shown in
The early fall semester schedule includes: “Snow White and the Huntsman,” 7 p.m. todaySaturday, Aug. 23-25; 9:30 p.m. Aug. 24-25; Rated PG-13 “The Avengers,” 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 6-8; 10 p.m. Sept. 7-8; Rated PG-13 “Madagascar 3,” 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 13-15; 9:30 p.m. Sept. 14-15; Rated PG “Brave,” 7 p.m. STUDIO Thursday-Saturday, Charlize Theron stars in Sept. 20-22; 9:30 p.m. ‘Snow White and the Huntsman.’ The movie will be Sept. 21-22; Rated PG “The Amazing Spiderscreened for free this week Man,” 7 p.m. Sept. 27-29; at SIU. 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28-29; Rated PG-13 the Student Center — University Communications Auditorium.
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‘Hit and Run’ brings back the car-chase comedy Hit and Run **1/2 Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, graphic nudity, some violence and drug content; starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Kristin Chenoweth; directed by David Palmer and Dax Shepard; now playing at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
In ancient times, before the phrases “global
warming� and “peak oil� ruined our fun, Hollywood used to make car-chase comedies, automotive epics that were more about burnt rubber than good acting. An aspiring director like Ron Howard could launch his career with “Eat My Dust� and “Grand Theft Auto.� Burt Reynolds could slip on a hat and slip behind the wheel of a Trans Am and fans would follow “Smokey and the Bandit� anywhere. That’s the tradition “Hit and Run� fits into.
Hollywood gearhead Dax Shepard, of “Baby Mamaâ€? and TV’s “Parenthood,â€? rounded up his fiancĂŠe and “When in Romeâ€? co-star, Kristen Bell, and a bunch of their friends, piled into a collection of cars — classic and new — and tore up some California backroads in a movie about, well, tearing up rural California backroads. Shepard plays “Charlie Bronson.â€? No, that’s not his real name. He’s in the witness protection program, far from Los Angeles. One thing that is
real is Charlie’s love for community college “conflict resolution� teacher Annie (Bell). “If you want, I’ll spend every moment with you for the rest of my life,� he coos to her in bed. She swoons. That is tested when Annie has a shot at a job with a college in L.A. Charlie can kiss her goodbye and stay out of the city where his life is in danger. Or he can risk it all for love. SEE HIT AND RUN / PAGE 19
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Gordon-Levitt stars in a ‘Premium Rush’ through Manhattan
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Rated PG-13 for some violence, intense action sequences and language; starring Joseph GordonLevitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez and Wole Parks; directed by David Koepp; opening Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale
His accident-prone witness protection marshal (Tom Arnold) is against it. Annie’s ex (Michael Rosenbaum) is hell bent on stopping them. And waiting in L.A. is the psychopathic, dreadlocked killer (Bradley Cooper, in fine form) just waiting for this guy not-reallynamed-Charles Bronson to make an appearance so they can settle old scores. Charlie figures Annie’s worth the risk. He pulls his entirely-toodistinctive suicide-doors hot rod Lincoln out of mothballs and dashes south, pursued by the hapless Randy (Arnold) in his mini-van and the lunatic Gil (Rosenbaum) in his Pontiac Solstice roadster. It’s a movie of random, comical cameos (Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner) and raunchy riffs on senior citizen “swinger” clubs, prison sex and curing oneself of casual homophobic slurs. Annie tries to anger-manage everybody, to no avail. Charlie tries to outrun everybody, with no better result. It doesn’t really hold together and stand up to much scrutiny. But the car stuff is fun, some bits are laugh-out-loud funny and Bell and Shepard make an adorable couple. When you see that yes, that’s really Shepard doing his own stunts and Bell is in the car with him, it adds to the movie’s retro sense of automotive anarchy.
law school. But where’s the rush in that? He’s flying through New York on a fixed-gear/no brakes bike that he has utterly mastered. He dodges taxis, flees traffic cops and anticipates which weave will take him onto the hood of a car, into a door that a taxi passenger has just opened or into a mother pushing a baby carriage. Acclaimed screenwriter BY ROGER MOORE and sometimes writerMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS director David Koepp (“The Trigger Effect”) lets Michael Shannon plays a us see Wilee work that villain with “impulseequation out, in slowcontrol issues” in the bike- motion, like Robert courier thriller “Premium Downey’s Sherlock Rush.” Shannon fans will Holmes. salivate at the thought of Wiley loves “running that. Nobody can turn on reds, killing peds” the “impulse-control” (pedestrians). He adores scary like Michael the freedom of his $80-aShannon day (“if you’re lucky”) job. That means his He’s warm for fellow performance is as amped- courier Vanessa (Dania up and flat out as the hell- Ramirez), a poem in sweat bent-for-rubber young and sinew. And he can’t cyclists who hurtle stand the muscular Manny through Manhattan’s (Wole Parks, very funny), crowded canyon-streets in who rides a pricey road this breathless chase bike and refers to himself picture. in the third person, except “Over the top?” Dude when he’s talking about his was over the top the day he cyclist’s physique. started rehearsals. By the All is almost right with time Shannon was on the Wilee’s Manhattan-onset, he couldn’t SEE the $1,200-2,000-a-month top any more. lifestyle until he takes that Shannon, an Oscar one envelope, handed to nominee for him by a panicked Chinese “Revolutionary Road,” a college student on the vision of madness on upper West Side. It’s 5:33. “Take Shelter,” goes crazy- This MUST be delivered to eyed. He spits. He rants — Sister Chen in Chinatown about his various personal by 7. And that is when problems, about profanity Wilee runs afoul of a cop, in “family” viewing time Mr. Impulse Control on TV, and about and at Issues, who bellows this kid (Joseph Gordon“Delinquent scum” at one Levitt) who won’t give up and all as he pursues this the package he has to take punk down the island of from WAY uptown to WAY Manhattan. down in Chinatown. Koepp, who scripted Levitt is Wilee, as in “Jurassic Park” and an “Wile E. Coyote,” a veteran “Indiana Jones” back in courier who narrates that the day, tells the story in “I can’t work in an office.” flashbacks within We later learn he went to flashbacks. We meet Wilee
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as he has an accident. We go back to how this all began, then skip around to fill in chunks of back story. That doesn’t quite cover the film’s loss of momentum as Wilee tries to summon the cops, or failing that, ditch the envelope. But Koepp, who cowrote this with his “Zathura” and “Ghost Town” writing partner, John Kamps, has fun with this. His always-moving
camera chases the cyclists in a camera car as they plot, scheme and carry on phone conversations while they pedal and pedal and pedal. He turns Shannon loose, having the character give out a fake name borrowed from a 1950s Bmovie horror screenwriter, “Forrest J. Ackerman.” The cycling stuff is so sensational that you can’t trust it. True, that’s Gordon-Levitt in a lot of shots, especially the ones
where he’s shouting into his Bluetooth at Vanessa on her Bluetooth. We also spot the occasional stunt man. Yes, it’s great that this isn’t all digital trickery. But the near-collisions with cars, trucks, other bikes, etc., feel like composites — a cyclist filmed on a street, the traffic filmed in a separate shot. Well-done composites, but more surreal than real.
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