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Liberty Theater releases fall schedule MURPHYSBORO — The Historic Liberty Theater, at 1333 Walnut St., announced its slate of movies and performances for September and October. Two concerts for the Murphysboro Apple Festival highlight the schedule. Bill Harper (Friday, Sept. 17) and Travis Parks (Saturday, Sept. 18) have Apple Festival shows with 7 p.m. starting times. All but one show will begin at 7 p.m. A screening of Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece “Citizen Kane” is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11. Three Graces Theater will stage the play “From Shakespeare with Love” Thursday, Sept. 16. The sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” plays Saturday, Sept. 25, and “Spirited Away” is Friday, Sept. 30. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film “E.T.: The ExtraTerrestrial” opens the next month with a 2 p.m. Oct. 2 screening. The foreign film “Yojimbo” plays Oct. 7. Clint Eastwood films begin Oct. 8 with “A Fistful of Dollars” Friday, “For a Few Dollars More” Oct. 9 and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Oct. 10. A concert by Apples & Hand Grenades is slated for Oct. 16. “Halloween” will be shown Oct. 22. A concert by Josh Brown is Oct. 23. “Frankenstein” is Oct. 29. Donations are requested for all shows and all concessions are $1. Call 618-684-5880 for more information on Historic Liberty Theater. — D.W. Norris
university and regional events, including SIUC concerts and events. “Our department has set up those CARBONDALE — Expensive convenience fees associated with online security procedures,” Rives said. Southern Tickets Online will handle ticket purchasing for regional events sales for Southern Lights could be easier to avoid because of Southern Illinois University Carbondale Entertainment, Shryock Auditorium, non-athletic events at SIU Arena, the Event Services’ creation of Southern Christian M. Moe and McCloud Tickets Online. “Right now, Southern Tickets Online theaters, SIUC’s Theater and Music departments, the McLeod Summer has set an average charge of 1.50 per Playhouse and the Southern Illinois ticket,” said Bryan Rives, SIUC’s Event Symphony Orchestra. Other events, Services director. “That is far below such as the Little Black Dress Party anything that you’re going to find out charitable fundraiser, are also used by there.” Southern Tickets Online is a not-for- the service. Southern Tickets Online will offer profit Internet site on which local organizations can place event tickets for electronic or hardcopy tickets for Internet purchases. There will also be sale without the hassle of using large walk-up sales at the Shryock services such as Ticketmaster or printing tickets on their own. Rives said Auditorium box office. For more information on Southern Southern Tickets Online sellers will Tickets Online, visit the have everything taken care of at one www.southernticketsonline.com, call location, saving time, money and Rives at 618-453-3379 or e-mail headaches. brives@siu.edu. Southern Tickets The service will also offer improved Online can also be reached at 618-453security compared to event-specific 6000. websites or face-to-face sales as it handles credit card transactions for —D.W. Norris
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Events Super City — Quilt City Connection: A Celebration of the Arts between Two Cities, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 11-12; sponsored by The National Quilt Museum in Paducah and Metropolis Tourism; http://www. metropolistourism.com/ content/view/113/125 or 270-442-8856. Ironclad Art: The Motorcycle, 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; registration begins 9 a.m., viewing/judging noon3 p.m.; admission, free; bike registration fee; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org.
Exhibits Craig Thomas: Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic Center; through Sept. 9; www.craigthomasart.com. African Americans in Southern Illinois: SIUC University Museum; artistic posters outlining the history of black Americans in Southern Illinois; through Sept. 12; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 14 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society: Form, Fabricate, Forge, Sept. 14-Oct. 17, SIUC University Museum; exhibit reception 4-7, Sept. 24; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayFriday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; www.museum.siu. edu or 618-453-5388.
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Interpretations on Music and Mythology: Pen-and-ink drawings by Maya Kayne, anthill gallery, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; noon-6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays; through Sept. 19; www.anthillgallery.com or 618-457-7641. From Humble Beginnings, Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; perspective of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln found; through Sept. 26; 618-6292220 or www.museum. state.il.us/ismsites/so-il. Traveling display: Highlights of SIUC photojournalism project now at First Bank and Trust Company of Murphysboro; display features pictures collected while documenting a weekend in Murphysboro; through September; www.southof64.com. The Wallace Family: Harrisburg District Library, 2 W. Walnut St.; features Ruth Ellen Wallace’s oils plus the work of daughter, Lisa Thomas’ work in colored pencil, daughter Mary Kay Niemiec’s watercolors and son, Jim Wallace’s scrimshaw work; through Oct. 1. Two-Person Exhibition: Anne Bagby paintings and Christina Bartsch prints, Yeister Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah; through Oct. 2; 270-442-2453 or www.theyeiser.org. Visiting Artist Series: Billie Brannan, Rend Lake College theatre; through Thursday, Oct. 14; 618-437-5321. 21st annual Gathering of Quilts: Mitchell Museum and Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; 25 quilts; hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; through Oct. 17; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Under the Influence of Ducks: Art of M.A. PapanekMiller, Main Gallery of the
Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Japanese Kite Prints: Family Education Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Gone But Not Forgotten — The Power of Cemeteries: General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; overview of cemeteries in rural Southern Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries; through Nov. 15; 618-684-3455 or 618-303-0569. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Morris Library, SIUC; outside the Hall of Presidents on the first floor of the library; see artwork in the Special Collections Research Center; 618-4532516 or http://archives.lib. siu.edu/index.php?p collections/controlcard& id2459. Various artists: Featuring photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or www.starviewvineyards.com. Putting It All Together: Collage art by Arlene Ehleben Berry, Tribeca Restaurant & Gallery, 127 S. 2nd St., Paducah; reception, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9; through Nov. 2; 270-210-1753 Impressionist exhibit: Little Egypt Arts Centre, Marion Downtown Square; through Sept. 20; reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10; acrylic paintings and fiber art by E.P. Morrison and oil paintings by Missy Carstens; 618-997-0421, or e-mail allencarstens@verizon.net The Vogel Collection/Carbondale Community Arts’ Biennial: Now until Dec. 11, SIUC
University Museum; exhibit reception, 4-7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 10, includes a screening of “Independent Lens”; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday; www.museum.siu .edu or 618-453-5388. Linda Hostalek: Reception, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, Holistic Wellness Institute, Murdale Shopping Center, 1827 W. Main St., Carbondale; through Nov. 9; 618-319-4751 or www.drhostalek.com. Eldon Benz Photography: Reception, 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Rustle Hill Winery, 8595 US 51, Cobden; through Sept. 30; www.rustlehill winery.com. Fabrications: Quilt artisans Robin M. Haller, Sandra Werlich, Sherrie Grob and Susan Swisher, The Gallery Space at the Law Office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; abstract and realistic quilts; reception 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 11; through Oct 1; hours, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MondayFriday; 618-684-8668. Ghosts, a Retrospective: Ed Shay sculpture and watercolors, through Oct. 30, SIUC University Museum; reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17; gallery talks at 5 p.m. about sculpture and 6 p.m. on watercolors; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday; www.museum.siu .edu or 618-453-5388. Looking West: By Marie Samuel, Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.noon Saturday; reception, 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17; through Sept. 18; 618-4574663. Robert Ketchens: Reception, 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, Varsity Gallery, Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale; through
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popular events such as the Grand Parade. “What’s interesting Sept. 15 through Sept. 19 about this year are at various locations; probably the new events,” Murphysboro Apple said Mike Ruiz, Apple Festival’s general Festival is Southern chairman. “We have live Illinois’ longest-running performances at the festival and features one Liberty Theater this year; of the largest parades in we have a dog show this the region as well as year (and) the miniature music, food, pageants, a golf tournament on (Sept. car show and more. 16 at Big Muddy Amusements).” BY D.W. NORRIS And, of course, there THE SOUTHERN will be apples. Tons of them. MURPHYSBORO — One “A lot of food is of the apples of Southern consumed, including a lot Illinois’ eyes is set to take of apples, apple pies, apple place next week when the butter, apple crisps — 2010 Apple Festival takes anything to do with apples over Murphysboro. — and we eat a lot of it,” The Apple Festival Ruiz said. begins Sept. 15 and runs Much of the festival’s through Sept. 19. There is action will happen near also a car show Sunday. the corner of 13th and Almost every event is free South streets, which will to attend. feature the Appletime This year’s edition of the Stage, Kiwanis General Apple Festival, one of the Store and other region’s longest running concessions. fall fests, will feature more The General Store will music and entertainment be located in the center of in addition to its always the festival’s food
concession area and will showcase Appletime cider, frozen cider slushies, caramel apples and other tasty treats. There will be apple pie making and eating contests, an apple peeling contest and popular pageants for young and younger contestants. The festival’s Grand Parade will have about 160 entrants, including 25 high school marching bands. “Our most popular event is the Grand Parade on (Sept. 18),” Ruiz. “People actually start setting up their chairs … on Wednesday and Thursday. They do this by just taking the chair, going along Walnut Street, and they just set it down.” Live music will run throughout much of the festival. Slated to entertain are popular oldies singer Donnie Falkner, country musicians Donna Ulisse & The Poor Mountain Boys from Nashville, Tenn., and several local acts such as folk and classic rock ‘n’ roll singer Bill Harper.
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z “I think we have a good mix of local, regional entertainment, but also some performances people would see if they lived in other parts of the Midwest,” Ruiz said. Funland, the Apple Festival’s daily carnival, will entertain children throughout the week. Advance carnival ride tickets have sold out, but Ruiz said per-ride tickets will be sold at the carnival. The Pro-Am golf tournament at Jackson Country Club will feature some of the top pros in the area, as well as notable local amateurs. “It’s basically teaching pros and head pros from this area and St. Louis,” Committeeman Jesse Barge said. “We should have 25 pros.” While the golf tournament will most likely be filled by the weekend, festival business manager Kaye Carr said several other events such as pie eating, apple peeling and the 5K run and walk will have day-of signups. While there is a lot to do, Ruiz said the event’s main draw is its history and atmosphere. “It’s a weeklong celebration of not only the city but the area, of the
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Makiah Collins of Carbondale bites into an apple at last year’s Murphysboro Apple Festival. This year’s event begins Sept. 15.
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11 a.m. Sept. 15, Kiwanis Appletime General Store opens 1 p.m. Sept. 15, Donnie Falkner (music), Appletime Stage 5:15 p.m. Sept. 15, Opening Ceremony on Appletime Stage 7 p.m. Sept. 15, ‘Johnny Appleseed’ movie at Historic Liberty Theater, 1333 Walnut St. 11 a.m. Sept. 16, Apple Pie & Apple Butter Contest at Event Center, 1401 Walnut St. 5 p.m. Sept. 16, Festival Funland opens 6 p.m. Sept. 16, Auction of champion apple pies and apple butters at Appletime Stage 7 p.m. Sept. 16, ‘For the Love of Shakespeare’ at Historic Liberty Theater; apple pie eating contest; miniature golf tournament (104 E. Walnut) 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 17, Appletime Arts & Crafts fair 3:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Kiwanis Children’s Pets & Hobby Parade 4 p.m. Sept. 17, Festival Funland opens 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Crimson Express (music),
Appletime Stage 6 p.m. Sept. 18, Appletime Fiddle & Banjo Contest, Appletime Stage 7 p.m. Sept. 18, Travis Parks (music), Historic Liberty Theater 8 p.m. Sept. 18, Prince & Princess Contest; Miss Apple Festival Pageant Noon Sept. 19, Vintage Base Ball tourney, Longfellow Park; Festival Funland opens 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Appletime Community Dog Show 1-3 p.m. Sept. 19, Kids’ Free Fair on Regions Bank parking lot 4 p.m. Sept. 19, Official Apple Festival Closing at Appletime Stage
Appletime Stage 6 p.m. Sept. 17, The Rural Kings (music), Appletime Stage 7 p.m. Sept. 17, The Bankesters (music), Appletime Stage; Bill Harper (music), Historic Liberty Theater 8 p.m. Sept. 17, Donna Ulisse & The Poor Mountain Boys (music), Appletime Stage 11 a.m. Sept. 18, Appletime Grand Parade 1 p.m. Sept. 18, Festival Funland opens 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Drums at Appletime, Murphysboro High School athletic field 5 p.m. Sept. 18, George Portz ‘Friends of Bluegrass,’
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Legend Mel Tillis coming to McLeansboro Fall Festival
Corey Smith to play at Copper Dragon CARBONDALE — Independent singer and songwriter Corey Smith will play a one-night-only show Thursday, Sept. 16 at Copper Dragon, 720 E. Grand Ave. in Carbondale. Smith’s indie bent makes his country music unique compared to homogenized Nashville pop. His latest album, “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” was a charttopper on iTunes’ singer/songwriter album chart. Smith has been described as a “country-
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fried Jack Johnson” by The Washington Post. Advance tickets at www.coreysmith.com are $10. Regular advance tickets are $15. Tickets day of show are $20. Doors
open at 8 p.m. with Tyler Reeve scheduled to take the stage at 9 p.m. Call 618-529-3348 or 618-529-3628 for more information. — D.W. Norris
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH 2:00 PM
Princess Flame Pageant---WF High School, Paschedag Auditorium
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH 5:00 PM Midway opens with Luehrs’ Ideal Rides. Family night…..All rides take only one ticket. 5:30 PM Coal Miner's Memorial Service - Downtown, Crowning of Old King Coal 2010 6:00 PM Night Train Band- Main Stage
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Midway opens with Luehrs’ Ideal Rides. Dallas Alice plus Father Trevor Project Band- Main Stage
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 2:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:30 PM
Midway opens with Luehrs’ Ideal Rides. Coal Miner's Sticker Swap- Senior Center Old King Coal Parade and McDonald's Kiddie & Pet Parade Four on the Floor Band- Main Stage "The Classics IV" Band- Main Stage Isolated Incident Band- Main Stage
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All entertainment brought to you FREE OF CHARGE! West Frankfort, IL
often in country songs. Not able to support his family solely with the Vince Hoffard railroad job, he was forced to supplement his income picking strawberries in the sun. Mel Tillis Crawling through the 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. endless rows one day, the 11, McLeansboro Fall phrase that would Festival, next to Hamilton eventually get his foot County Courthouse; free. inside the Music City door popped into his head when ree travel was one of he thought , “Oh Lord, I’m the few perks Mel tired. Tired of living this Tillis received when ol’ way.” He turned the he worked in Tampa as a line into a complete song fireman for the railroad. and took it to his manager He figured the benefit was Buck Peddy. the ticket that would take Ray Price happened to him from a life of poverty be traveling through the to a lifestyle filled with area, and Peddy pitched luxury. him the tune. Price liked Tillis was an aspiring what he heard and was singer in the early 1950s. soon practicing the lyrics His plan was to use his backstage at the Ryman free pass to ride the train Auditorium, prior to an from sunny Florida into appearance on the Grand Nashville, the bustling Ole Opry. Webb Pierce headquarters of country overheard Price singing, music, and take the stole the song and took it industry by storm. There to No. 3 on the Billboard was only one catch. chart in 1957. “I’d go up there, and The success of “I’m they would say, ‘We don’t Tired” led to a recording need stuttering singers, we contract for Tillis with need songs.’ So I came Columbia Records. back home and continued “It seems like just to work as a fireman for yesterday that I left the railroad and I tried to Florida, heading for write songs in my head,” Nashville in my ’49 Tillis has said. Mercury with a busted If he couldn’t make it as windshield, a pregnant a singer, Tillis was wife and $29 in my determined to make it as a pocket,” Tillis said. “If I songwriter. He was living lost it all tomorrow, I the hard life pictured so guess it only cost me $29,
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and it’s been one heck of a ride!” Tillis first established himself as one of the greatest songwriters who ever walked down Music Row. He pinned classics like “Detroit City,” a country hit for Bobby Bare and international hit for Tom Jones. He also inked “Snakes Crawl at Night” for Charlie Pride, “Diggin’ Up Bones” for Randy Travis, “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” for Kenny Rogers & The First Edition and “Honey (Open That Door)” for Ricky Skaggs. As an artist, he released a debut single “The Violet and a Rose” in 1958. It took another 14 years to reach the top of the charts in 1972 with “I Ain’t Never.” He followed with classics like “Good Woman Blues,” “Coca Cola Cowboy,” “Sawmill” and “Southern Rain.” Tillis, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and as a member of the Grand Ole Opry, will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the McLeansboro Fall Festival. Admission is free. The show will be on town square, next to Hamilton County Courthouse. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo .com.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Alexa Woodward and Elam Blackman: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd, United Church of Christ, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale; $10; students, $5; www.cousinandy.org Tim “The Magic Man” Needham: Magician, 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-529-3287
Wineries Bosco & Whitford: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery J Brown Band: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Boondock Billies: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Triple Threat w/Big Larry Williams: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Candy Foster & Shades of Blue: 4 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Dirtwater Fox: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs Winery Giant City Slickers: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, StarView Vineyards Whistle Pigs: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Steve Ewing Band: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Walker’s Bluff Studebaker John: 7 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Jason Garms: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Lau-Nae Winery Andrea Stader: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard Dave Simmons: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, StarView Vineyards Wizard Island Duo: 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Matt Barber: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Walker’s Bluff Blue Plate Specials: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs Winery Rural Kings: 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass, www.altovineyards.net or 618-893-4898 Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery: 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava; 618-763-4447 or www.thebluffswinery.com Lau-Nae Winery: 1522 Illinois 3, Red Bud; 618-282-9463 or www.lau-naewinery.com Pheasant Hollow Winery: 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington; www.pheasanthollowwinery.com or 618-629-2302 Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463 or starviewvineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-8934600 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com Von Jakob Vineyard: 1309 Sadler Road, Pomona; 618-8934500 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com
z TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Bosco and Whitford Tres Hombres: Shaggy Wonda, 10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Sentimental Swing, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z FRIDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Your Villain, My Hero PK’s: Deven Miller Tres Hombres: The Hue, 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square: Leveld, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Ramesse: Shivver MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Doc Jones and El Hannora,
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: 86, Green Day tribute PK’s: Deven Miller Tres Hombres: Sexfist w/County Line, 9 p.m. HERRIN The Perfect Shot: One Finger Flying MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 8 p.m.-midnight Marion VFW: Danny and the Dreamers, 7:30 p.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks R Better, 7-10 p.m. The Tavern on 10th: Leveld, 9 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Mike & Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
8 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Paul Reynolds & Band, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7:30-10:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The. Heartland Country Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Jacks-RBetter, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
z SUNDAY CARBONDALE Gatsbys: Ahleuchatistas Key West: Ivas John Blues Band
MARION Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 6-10 p.m.
z MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center:
Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. Walt’s Pizza: Matt Basler on the patio, 6-9 p.m.
MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks-RBetter, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7-11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY MARION Walt’s Pizza: Phil Powell
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DIRECTIONS Andy’s Country Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna Big Al’s Saloon: 117 Northwest Railroad St., Ashley Brew City: 115 Railroad St., Benton Bubba’s: 209 N. 2nd St. Nason Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington Crazy Horse Bar: 14747 Illinois 14, Benton Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton Fuzzy’s Tavern: 106 N. Front St., Cobden Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale, The Get-Away: 804 N. Douglas St., West Frankfort ID’s: 25 N. Mulberry St., Du Quoin Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St. John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion Just One More Bar & Grill: 1301 Enterprise Way, Marion Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St. Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville Orient American Legion: 404 Jackson St. Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale Ramesse: 1754 Illinois 37, Lake of Eygpt Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon Tomigirl’s Rollin-in: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown Trails End Lodge: 1425 Skyline Drive, Cobden Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale Van Zandt’s : U.S. 51, Dowell WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort Walt’s Pizza – Pasta Grill: 213 S. Court St., Marion West Frankfort Moose Lodge: 327 E. Main St. 618-932-3455 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St. Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington
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Duvall, Murray and Spacek sprinkle magic dust on ‘Get Low’ Get Low ***
the very capably directed first feature by Aaron Rated PG-13 for some Schneider. thematic material and That would be Robert brief violent content; Duvall, whose Felix Bush is starring Robert Duvall, Bill an amalgam of Southern Murray, Sissy Spacek, iconography: Grizzled loner, mule-driving misfit Lucas Black; directed by Aaron Schneider; opening and apparent Friday at University Place 8 misanthrope, Felix has lived as a hermit for 40 in Carbondale. years, because of something in his past. BY JOHN ANDERSON But with death an MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS increasing possibility for the aging woodsman, Felix “Get Low” will find decides to rejoin favor with audiences who humanity by throwing a appreciate good acting, party — a funeral party, perseverance, crusty at which he’ll listen to Americana and crusty what townsfolk have to Americans, and who say about him, and tell a few secrets of his STUDIO believe that Bill Murray is the funniest human in own. Robert Duvall (above) stars in ‘Get Low,’ in which he plays a film. Murray isn’t the The man who’ll arrange ’30s-era recluse who hosts his own funeral, to the centerpiece of “Get Low,” all this frivolity is local consternation of his Tennessee town. undertaker Frank Quinn (Murray), a man whose sense of irony is so ahead of its time he might as well be Lady Gaga in a machine-gun bra. But Frank is the perfect foil for the dour Felix and together with Frank’s good-natured assistant, Buddy (Lucas Black), they put together something the town has never seen (or heard): Dobro-virtuoso Jerry Douglas’ nouveaubluegrass soundtrack is like a B12 shot, especially when the pace of “Get Low” runs low. Add to all this Sissy Spacek’s vaguely saucy Mattie Darrow, Felix’s old flame and a Depression-era girl who plays poker with the boys, and what you have is certainly not some sobering, Walker Evans-inspired portrait of the Depression South. What it is is bittersweet fun and a seminar on acting in the American grain.
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‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ has nail-biting tension The Girl Who Played with Fire ***
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‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ Milla Jovavich (above) has been punching and kicking zombie butt for eight years and four movies. The nominal plot this time involves a small band of warriors heading to the supposedly well-fortified city of Los Angeles in order to escape the zombie menace. The movie opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale (in 2D and 3D) and at Illinois Centre 8 in Marion (2D). It is rated R for sequences of strong violence, and language.
now “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” Lisbeth grabs our attention and our Rated R for brutal violence allegiance without for one including a rape, some minute asking for our love. strong sexual content, In fact, she’s creepy. It’s not just her nudity and language; intimidating looks: the starring Noomi Repace, dark wardrobe, nose ring Michael Nyqvist, Annika or deliberately ugly sliceHallin, Alexandra and-dice cut of her jetEisenstein; directed by black hair. It’s what she Daniel Alfredson; opening has inside ... or perhaps Friday at University Place 8 what she lacks. Rapace’s Lisbeth rarely in Carbondale. expresses an emotion, yet it’s clear she burns with an BY ROBERT W. BUTLER inner rage. Antisocial and MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS secretive, she prefers to live off the map. Have the movies ever Lisbeth almost never seen a heroine like Lisbeth looks another person in Salander? the eye — not even in bed. As portrayed by Noomi Perhaps some form of Rapace in “The Girl With autism prevents her from the Dragon Tattoo” and
truly connecting with another human. But whatever demon made her a loner has also allowed her to become a computer wiz capable of hacking into any database or tracking down an individual laptop through its Wi-Fi. Earlier this year in the Swedish “Dragon Tattoo,” the mysterious Lisbeth helped middle-aged muckraker Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) solve the 40year-old disappearance of a young woman . Now, with the second film based on the late Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy, their roles are reversed — Lisbeth is a fugitive wanted for several
murders, and it’s up to magazine writer Blomkvist to prove her innocence. The bad guys this time around are international sex traffickers. Blomkvist is working on a big expose that will name names. Lisbeth’s interest in the project is more personal; in fact, we will learn a good deal about her tormented past and the crime for which she spent her adolescence in a mental hospital. “Fire,” like the book it’s based on, is a less pure experience than “Dragon Tattoo” (a third film already has been completed), with more reliance on the cliches of movie crime melodrama.
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