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released a signature-brand men’s cologne, Let’er Buck, to mark the company’s 100th anniversary. A spokesman Chuck Shepherd claimed that the $69-abottle product has the fragrance of “sensuous om Tom” a 2-year-old musk and warm Yorkshire terrier, was sandalwood.” (2) Thai laid to rest at the Airways announced in Oakland Cemetery in June that it would begin Monticello, Ark., in selling seven curry sauces March, even though he directly from its airline was in good health. His food menu in take-out owner, Donald Ellis, had shops in Bangkok, Phuket just passed away but had and Chiang Mai. left explicit instructions z In July, the prominent that he wanted Tom Tom BrewDog brewery in buried along with him, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and not later on, because began producing the he felt that no one could world’s strongest (and love Tom Tom as much as most expensive) beer, he did. Ellis’ reluctant called The End of History, family finally took Tom which is 55 percent alcohol Tom to a veterinarian, who and sells for $780 a tried to change their bottle. As if to enrage both minds but ultimately anti-alcohol and animalacquiesced and euthanized welfare activists, BrewDog the dog out of fear that released the first 12 bottles they would put him down taxidermally inserted anyway, less humanely. inside the carcasses of roadkill (seven ermines, four squirrels and a The entrepreneurial rabbit). Said company spirit! founder James Watt, z Unlikely Successes: (1) BrewDog aims to “elevate In July, the world’s largest the status of beer in our four-day rodeo, the culture.” Pendleton Round-Up, z At least two
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on that people spend the whole day and weekend with us,” said Mary Lou 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Galloway, director of the and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Southern Illinois Art and Artisan Center. “It’s not Sept. 25-26; Rend Lake, one of those events where Whittington; admission is $2 and open tasting is $10. people come for an hour or two and there’s nothing left to do.” BY ADAM TESTA Hourly wine THE SOUTHERN presentations will be in the festival’s educational WHITTINGTON — tent, and artists will also Southern Illinois’ finest be demonstrating their wine and arts will be on crafts, including glass display this weekend as blowing, ceramics and local artisans and wineries blacksmithing. On join together with others Saturday, Four on the throughout the state for an Floor and Creole Stomp annual display of the best will provide the sounds of Illinois has to offer. the day, while the Phins Thirteen wineries and will bring their Jimmy more than 50 artists of all Buffet-style performance mediums will share their to the stage on Sunday. wares and goods with the Bruce Morgenstern, public at the 11th annual general manager of Illinois Wine and Art Pheasant Hollow Winery Festival at Rend Lake. The in Whittington, has helped two-day festival features a Galloway organize and variety of wine tasting, operate the festival for the food sampling, music and past 11 years, making it the art displays and longest running art and wine festival in the state. demonstrations. “We have so much going The event helps
showcase the best of Southern Illinois, while also creating a viable opportunity for business growth and marketing for the participants, he said. But, at its core, the event offers an opportunity for people from Southern Illinois and surrounding areas including Springfield, St. Louis, Paducah and Evansville, Ind., to visit the region and enjoy its amenities. “It’s an experience more than just coming and listening to music, eating fine foods and drinking great wines,” he said. “It’s just a great package.” And it’s not only the patrons of the event who get to join in on the fun. Dennis Vahling, owner of Vahling Winery in the central Illinois city of
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Lloyd Burtch and Ronna Dillon of Carbondale sample some wine during the Illinois Wine and Art Festival on Sept. 27, 2008, at the Southern Illinois Art and Artisians Center.
CLICK & CONNECT: Want to know more about the festival? Get a link from this story online at www.flipsideonline.com. participates in two or three festivals a year outside of those focused around the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail. “We take a hard look at if it’s going to be profitable and worthwhile and if it’s going to put our name out
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z Foundation and breast cancer patients; 21 and older; $25 at the door; 618-997-8123. 1 Dead in Attic: Book Game Nite: Friday, signing by Chris Rose, 4 p.m. American Legion Post 147, Friday, Carbondale Bookworm 11720 Longstreet Road, in Eastgate Shopping Center; Marion; food, 5:30 p.m.; book is a collection of 618-997-6168. columns about Hurricane West Frankfort Car show: Katrina and its aftermath; 8 a.m. Saturday, VF Outlet 618-457-2665. Mall, West Frankfort; features Author Taylor Pensoneau: stock, modified, sport cars, Dapper & Deadly: The True trucks and bikes; proceeds Story of Black Charlie Harris, benefit individuals with 1 p.m. Sunday, The Bookworm developmental disabilities. in Marion’s Illinois Centre Little Egypt Wars mall; Harris was once listed Convention: 8 a.m.-midnight, on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Saturday, Carbondale Civic and was an enemy of the Center; features games such Shelton brothers gang in as Magic: The Gathering card southern Illinois; 618-457game, Dungeons and 2665 or 618-997-3790. Dragons, Heroclix, Yu-Gi-Oh and Warhammer 40,000; allday pass, adults, $15; ages Book Sale 7-11, $8 and free for 6 and Book sale: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. younger; 618-529-5317 or Monday, Herrin Library, www.castleperilous.com. 120 N. 13th St.; new and used Dachshund Races and books, paperbacks, Fashion Show: 11 a.m. cookbooks, sheet music, Saturday, Marion American books-on-tape, aviation Legion Post 147, Longstreet manuals; 618-942-6109. Road; registration begins 10:30 a.m.; no entry fee; bring Classes a nonperishable food donation to benefit the Student Center Craft Marion Ministerial Alliance; Shop: Variety of crafts and trophies awarded; 618-751classes offered, SIUC; 1631. 618-453-3636, www.siuc Local Harvest Picnic and studentcenter.org. Fine Crafts Auction: noonLogan classes: Fiddling and guitar playing are among 10 p.m. Saturday, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; auction the continuing education preview with lunch by the courses offered at John A. Neighborhood Co-Op Logan College in Carterville; Grocery, noon; music by for a list of classes go to Pokey LaFarge & the South www.jalc.edu/cont_ed/ City Three, 7 p.m.; http:// classes.php. neighborhood.coop/ news-a-events/events. Events Chili cook-off fundraiser: 5 p.m. Saturday, Ten Pin Alley, Trail of Tears Conference Du Quoin ; $5 cover; $20 Chili and Symposium: Today, cook-off entry fee; free chili Harrah’s Casino and Hotel, samples; proceeds to the Metropolis; new discoveries Perry County Humane and current research Society; music by Citizen, regarding the Trail of Tears 8 p.m.; 618-615-1179 or www. through lectures, tours and perrycountyhumanesociety cultural activities; 501-666.com. 9032; www.nationaltota.org Southern Illinois Hunting or tota@arindianctr.org and Fishing Days: 9 a.m. Pretty in Pink: 6-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, John A. Friday, StarView Vineyards, Cobden; Pretty in Pink Ladies Logan College, Carterville; dock dogs, food, bow hunters; Only Event to benefit SIH
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off of Illinois 3; music by O’le Fishskins, Rural Kings, Whistle Pigs and Mountain Sprouts; food; $2; children Fairs, Festivals 12 and younger, free; Creal Springs Wonder proceeds help provide Water Reunion: Today medication to cancer through Saturday, Creal patients: 618-426-3321. Springs City Park and Fluorospar Festival: downtown; contests, carnival, Thursday, Sept. 30-Saturday, crafts, entertainment, food; Oct. 2, Rosiclare; parade, pageants, 6 p.m. today; carnival, children’s games, parade, 11 a.m., pet show, quilt show, food; crafts and 2 p.m. and music, 2:30pie baking contest; 618-28510 p.m. all on Saturday; 6183445; 618-731-2967 or 996-3519 or 618-996-2169. hvoss@petersenhealthcare. Murphysboro Barbecue net. Cook-off: Thursday-Saturday, The Downtown Art and Sept. 23-25, Murphysboro; Wine Fair: 3-9 p.m. Saturday, barbecue festival with live Oct. 2, Town Square area, entertainment, street dance Carbondale; wine from local on Friday; music by Jackson vineyards, art from local Junction, 8 p.m., Friday; crafts people and food from judging starts 10 a.m. local restaurants and grocery Saturday; corner of 17th and stores; music by Hot Sauce Pine streets; 618-684-8902 and The Swamp Tigers; or www.17thstreetbarbecue. www.carbondaledawf.com. com. Fall Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Noche de Gala: 8-11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, Du Bois Friday, Sept. 24, SIUC, Center, 2651 Quarry Road, Student Center Ballrooms; Du Bois; crafts, Halloween salsa music and dancing; and Christmas items and semi-formal attire; part of The decorations, jewelry; SIUC Latino Heritage Month; blacksmith, weaving www.siucstudentcenter.org or demonstrations; food; music; 618-453-1142. silent auction; kid’s activities; Nashville Fall Festival: 618-787-2202 or www.dubois Friday-Saturday, Sept. 24-25, center.org. Washington County Courthouse, Nashville; craft and food vendors, live music; Films princess parade, petting zoo, Film Fridays at the Varsity: pony rides; 618-327-3700. Includes recent works by Fall Fest: 11 a.m. Saturday, women directors and avantSept. 25, Izaak Walton Club, garde works, Varsity Center 9904 Walton Lane, north of for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Coello, west of Illinois 148; Ave., arbondale;”Materiality,” family games, concessions; featuring films of Anthony hay rides; cake bingo; raffles; McCall, Paul Sharits, Chel 618-724-7950 or 618-724White, Stan Vanderbeek, 2006. Owen Land, and Bill Viola, Southern Illinois Wine and 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24; Art Festival: Saturday618-453-1485 or www.cp.siu. Sunday, Southern Illinois edu. Artisans Shop and Art Gallery, The Day The Earth Stood Whittington; artisans Still: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. demonstrate craft and several 25, Liberty Theater, 1333 wineries will have samples of Walnut St., Murphysboro; wine available; music, food; donations requested; 618-629-2220 or concessions, $1; 618-684www.wineandartfestival.com 5880. Bluegrass Festival: Raddle the Bottoms, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, St. Ann Parish, SEE HISTORY / PAGE 6 Raddle, rural Jackson County
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More than 50 bikes were featured during last year’s event, and each one told a story of its own, said Sarah Sledge, BY ADAM TESTA director of THE SOUTHERN communication at Cedarhurst. MOUNT VERNON — “It grows every year as Anticipation for the sixth word gets around about annual Ironclad Art the unique collection of display at Cedarhurst motorcycles on display Center for the Arts is that day,” she said. revving up for Saturday. Entering a motorcycle The display features a into the show comes with variety of unique a $10 registration fee, but motorcycles. Some are entrants are also eligible to decorated with themes win trophies. Among the ranging from personal memorials to the Old West prizes given out are top American bike, top to American pride, and European bike, top Asian others are simply historic bike, best in show and icons.
A one-day display of vintage, decorative and other motorcycles; Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; registration to show a bike is $10; free.
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‘Cache Girl’ creates unique literary mix for presentation MOUNT VERNON — An author, musician and photographer trio will unveil the secrets of their unique literary project that presents a “novel in visions” to a Southern Illinois audience Friday. Adam E. Stone, author of “Cache Girl Saves the World,” will join Grammy Award-winning musician Thirza Defoe and photographer Sarah Dalby for the 7 p.m. presentation at Cedarhurst Center for
the Arts’ Performance Hall, 2600 Richview Road. “Cache Girl” combines audio of the novel’s text with still photography of some of its action and is packaged in a DVD format. It tells the story of Ta’li, a young runaway whose Cherokee ancestors died on the Trail of Tears. She finds herself enlisting the help of the Swamp Asp and the Big Muddy Monster to help on a daring quest in the
swamps of Southern Illinois’ Cache River. The event is free and will feature showings of excerpts of the video, a Q&A session with the creators and possibly a flute demonstration by Defoe. For more info, visit www.adamestone.com. —Adam Testa
Pinch Penny Pub hosts 15th annual Beer Festival on Saturday CARBONDALE — Patrons at Pinch Penny Pub’s 15th annual Beer Festival will be treated to a vast array of beers ranging from mainstream tastes to more rare varieties. More than 125 different beers will be available during the event Saturday.
A $20 admission price gets guests in the door, a souvenir pint glass and the opportunity to taste test the different brews. “There’s something for everyone, and we just try to help people find out what that is,” said owner James Karayiannis.
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Feast in the Fort: 6 p.m. Saturday, Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis; guests will be served by candlelight inside the decorated barracks and the sounds of period music performed by Heritage from De Soto will greet guests; ham, green beans, corn in the husk, chicken and dumplings, slaw, cornbread and apple crisp; period reenactors; $20; 618-524-2245.
‘Creating Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions’: 7 p.m. Friday, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts Performance Hall, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; a behind-the-scenes look at how author Adam E. Stone transformed his latest novel into a visual and audio experience with performing artist Thirza Defoe and photographer Sarah Dalby; free; www.imdb.com/title/ tt1684623/ or www.adam estone.com. Comedian Bill Engvall: 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Saturday, Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; $27-$45; 270-450-4444 or www.the carsoncenter.org. Southern Illinois Kids Got Talent: 7 p.m., Saturday, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; proceeds benefit the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center; $7; www.sik gottalent.com or 618-9423800. AILEY II: The junior company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, Shyrock Auditorium, SIUC; ticket sales start noon, Monday, Sept. 27; 618-453-6000; southernticketsonline.com or southernlightsentertainment. com.
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Open auditions: For The Great Russian Nutcracker, 5 p.m. Sunday, Cheryl Cunningham School of Dance & Baton, 705 Market St., Metropolis; those chosen will perform in The Great Russian Nutcracker at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center in Paducah at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16; 270-851-4404; tickets start at $27.50; to buy tickets, 800-745-3000 or www.nutcracker.com. Logan auditions: Auditions for “Kill Me, Deadly” will be held from 6-8 p.m. MondayTuesday, Oct. 4-5, John A. Logan College, Carterville; monologues are not required; 16 and up; detective story spoof; see Kill Me, Deadly Auditions on Facebook; shows, Nov. 19-20.
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‘Don’t Kick the Turkeys’: Dinner theatre, ThursdaySaturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Marion’s First Baptist Church; a comedy that caricaturizes personalities found in any church setting; cast members include Pyramid Players actors Tom Herman, Brian Summers and Matt Sanders; $15 includes dinner; proceeds to World Vision International; dinner, 6 p.m., play, 7 p.m.; 618-521-1794 or 618-9979386. Forever Plaid: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah; four members of an all-male singing group in heaven get a second chance to fulfill their dream and perform the concert they never got to in life; tickets start $30; 270-450-4444 or www.the carsoncenter.org. The Laramie Project: A re-enactment of interviews with residents of Laramie, Wyo., relating to the events surrounding the death of a young man who was attacked because he was gay; presented by The Stage Company, Oct. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; tickets on sale Oct. 2 at the box office, or call 618-549-5466 or go to www.stagecompany.org.
Leading economic indicators z To most, the toilet is a functional appliance, but to thoughtful people, it can be an instrument upon which creativity blossoms. Thus, the price tags were high this summer when commodes belonging to two literary giants of the 20th century went on sale. In August, a gaudily designed toilet from John Lennon’s 196971 residence in Berkshire,
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Gamers prepare for war in Carbondale
CARBONDALE — A popular gaming convention returns to Carbondale this weekend. Castle Perilous Games will host the annual Little Egypt Wars convention
Co-op celebrates 25 years MURPHYSBORO — A Local Harvest Picnic this weekend will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Neighborhood Co-op Grocery in Carbondale. Set in Murphysboro’s historic Riverside Park, the event begins at 1 p.m. Saturday with silent and live craft auctions. The potluck picnic, featuring chicken and veggie fajitas from SIUC’s Executive Chef Bill Connors, will start at 6 p.m. In addition to food, there will also be kids’ activities, volleyball and fishing at the park’s pond. The evening will end with the musical stylings of Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, who play a mix of bluegrass and boxcar blues. For more information, visit www.neighbor hood.coop or call 618-529-3533. —Adam Testa
Saturday at the Carbondale Civic Center at 200 S. Illinois Ave. Doors at open at 8 a.m. Games begin at 9 a.m., 2 and 7 p.m. The event ends at midnight. This gathering marks the local
pre-release party for “Scars of Mirrodin,” the newest expansion set for Wizard of the Coast’s popular Magic: The Gathering card game. In addition to Magic, the event will also feature
games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Heroclix, Yu-Gi-Oh and Warhammer 40,000. An all-day pass to the event is $15 for adults, $8 for children ages 7 to 11 and free for children age 6 and under. Entry into each
Magic tournament is $6, and participation in the Scars of Mirrodin prerelease tournament is $35. Visitors’ passes are available for $2 or free with a paid attendee. —Adam Testa
Marion First Baptist Church presents comedic dinner theater ‘Don’t Kick the Turkeys’ MARION — The drama ministry of Marion’s First Baptist Church will present a dinner theater comedy caricaturizing personalities found in all types of church settings next week. Pyramid Players actors Tom Herman, Brian Summers and Matt Sanders will take the stage in “Don’t Kick the Turkeys” on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 in the church’s fellowship hall. Meal choices include roast beef or chicken, and the meal will be catered by Martin’s of Benton. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. with the show beginning at 7. Tickets are $15, and proceeds will be donated to World Vision International. For more information, contact Susan Summers at 618-521-1794 or call the church office at 618-9979386. —Adam Testa
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Tall Tree Lake Festival to rock the Shawnee GOREVILLE — More than 30 bands will take the stage at this weekend’s Tall Tree Lake Music and Camping Festival in Johnson County. The two-day festival feature the Emmit-Nershi Band, Whistle Pigs, Mathien and Ana Sia, among others. The festival begins at noon Friday and continues through early Sunday morning. The venue for the festival is set on the eastern side of Gould Lake, located off Illinois 37 on Tall Tree Lake Road. Tickets are $55 for both days with camping included and $10 for a one-day pass. For more information, visit www.talltreelake festival.com. —Adam Testa
will be “Revelations,” a choreographic masterpiece created by Ailey. It is commonly known to be one of the most popular dance routines in the United States. “I have personally seen the Alvin Ailey company perform Revelations several times and have never failed to be moved by Alvin Ailey’s choreographic take on the journey of African-Americans through U.S. history,” said Bryan Rives, director of event services for Southern Illinois University Carbondale. —Adam Testa
CARBONDALE — An evening of salsa music and dancing is coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the event is free. Noche de Gala will be 8 to 11 p.m. Friday in the Student Center Ballrooms. Doors open at 7 p.m. Semi-formal attire is required for the ninth annual gala. For more information, look online at www.siuc studentcenter.org or call 618-453-1142. Noche de Gala is one of the many diverse, informative, and entertaining events at SIUC during Latino Heritage Month. Activities continue through Oct. 23. — SIUC University Communications
Concerts The Original Boneheads: 2 p.m. Sunday, Southeastern Illinois College Performing Arts The SIUC Percussion Group and SIUC Center, Harrisburg; trombone quartet; tickets Studio Jazz Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. today $10; www.kurtsilver.net Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; $12/$6; 618-453Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 6000 or southernticketsonline.com. Oct. 29, Shyrock Auditorium, SIUC, Southern The Tall Tree Lake Music and Camping Lights Entertainment; swing band; general Festival: Friday-Saturday, Tall Tree Lake Road, public ticket sales start noon, Monday; Goreville; two-day ticket $55; Emmitt-Nershi southernticketsonline.com or 618-453-6000. Band, Big Gigantic, Ana Sia, Alex B, Eliot Lipp, Bill Harper: Noon, Wednesday, Town Square Emancipator, Gift of Gab, Whistle Pigs. Pavilion, Carbondale; free; www.carbondale Beatles tribute: A Day in the Life — The mainstreet.com, 618-529-8040. music of The Beatles, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Marion Head East: Thursday, Oct. 28, Pinckneyville Cultural and Civic Center; music presented by grandstand; Mardi Gras; $10; 618-357-3243; AfterBeat, Rex VanZant, the Pepperland www.pinckneyville.com/mardigras10.php. Orchestra and Chorale; $10; www.marion ccc.org or 618-997-4030 Indiana David Lee Murphy/Josh Gracin: 7 p.m. Buddy and Beyond: Buddy Holly tribute by Saturday, Herrin Civic Center outdoor lot, 101 the Johnny Rogers Band, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. S. 16th St.; John A Logan College Foundation Saturday, Boot City Opry, 11800 S. Highway Benefit Concert; $15; tickets at college foundation office, Carterville; events.myspace. 41, Terre Haute; gospel, bluegrass, country; $15; www.bootcityopry.com or 812-299-8379. com/event/view/6658148#ixzz0wCx6lnVB. Traditional Music Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Kentucky Saturday-Sunday, Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site, 4372 Park Road, Ellis Grove; $10 The American Led Zeppelin Experience: per car; crafts, bring lawn chairs; features Get the Led Out Tour, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. bluegrass, Cajun, country and Irish music; 20, Carson Center, Paducah; $23-$43; clogging; 618-632-1384. www.gtlorocks.com, the carsoncenter.org.
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Musician Bill Mallonee returns to Carbondale on Wednesday.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter returns to Carbondale CARBONDALE — One of America’s greatest living songwriters is returning to Southern Illinois. Bill Mallonee, former frontman for ’90s indie-rock band Vigilantes of Love, will perform a special solo acoustic show at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Longbranch Coffeehouse at 100 E. Jackson St. in Carbondale. There is no cover charge, but a $5 donation is suggested. Mallonee was ranked 65th in Paste Magazine’s “Greatest Living Songwriters” poll, ahead of music legends Merle Haggard, Michael Jackson and the whole of Pink Floyd, as well as modern favorites Alejandro Escovedo, Jay Farrar and Conor Oberst. Since VOL’s debut in 1990, Mallonee has released 25 albums and 8 EPs. He’s been touring solo the last few years with his wife, singer-songwriter Muriah Rose. Rolling Stone wrote of Mallonee that he has “remained fascinated with the shadowy emotional toils and struggles inherent in the American experience … compelling, insightful, [he] continues to probe through Americana rock and roll proving that sometimes the only story worth telling is that of the journey.” Opening the show will be Brent Stewart, accompanied by Andrew Staff of the Swamp Tigers. Stewart recently released his fifth album, “The Complicated Kind.” For more information, call 618-201-7182 or go to www.billmallonee.net or www.brentstewartmusic. com.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Dana and Susan Robinson: 8 p.m. Friday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $10; www.robinsongs.com or www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, Cobden; $7. Wilderness Plots Project: 7 p.m. Monday, Yellow Moon
Café, Cobden; $10. Bill Mallonee: Former frontman for Vigilantes of Love, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; $5 donation www.billmallonee.net. Tim ‘The Magic Man’ Needham: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Fat Patties, 611B S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-529-3287
Wineries Movin’ Mary: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Sofa Kings: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Lau-Nae Winery Elliott Ranney: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Dirtwater Fox: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard Marty Davis: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs Winery Breeden Bradley & Maze: 37 p.m. Saturday, StarView King Juba: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Hudson and the Hoodoo
Cats: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Walker’s Bluff Delta Kings: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Subject to Change Band: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Lynn Rose/Terry and Friends: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs Winery Fertile Soil: 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Wil Maring: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Walker’s Bluff Ivas John: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery
Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass, www.alto vineyards.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; 618-2829463, www.lau-naewinery.com. Pheasant Hollow Winery: 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington; www.pheasanthollowwinery. com or 618-629-2302.
Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or starview vineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-8934600 or www.vonjakob vineyard.com Von Jakob Vineyard: 1309 Sadler Road, Pomona; 618893-4500. Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463, www.walkersbluff.com
z TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Hobo Knife Tres Hombres: Strange Arrangement, 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.
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z WEDNESDAY MARION Walt’s Pizza: Phil Powell on the patio, 6-9 p.m.
z FRIDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Given 2 Fly Pearl Jam tribute, 10:30 p.m. PK’s: Slappin’ Henry Blue Tres Hombres: Devin Miller, 10 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square : Scalehound, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Bop ‘N Brent, 8 p.m.midnight; spaghetti dinner, 6-8 p.m. Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.1 a.m.
MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: The Punknecks Live, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Paul Reynolds & Band, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country Band, 710 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7:3010:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The. Heartland Country Band, 710 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Dave Caputo Band, 7:3010:30 p.m.
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Wedding Banned PK’s: Slappin’ Henry Blue Tres Hombres: Mountain Sprout DU QUOIN Timeout Sports Bar: Bad Intentions, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. HERRIN Perfect Shot: 6-Killer JOHNSTON CITY Linemen’s Lounge: Killer Pimps, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-
9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Black Lace, 8 p.m.-midnight Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.1 a.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Roger Black & The Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys, 7-10 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Mike & Band, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
DIRECTIONS & DIGITS Andy’s Country Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-997-6989 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Crazy Horse Bar: 14747 Illinois 14, Benton 618-439-6179. Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618435-6161 Gatsbys Bar & Billiards: 610 S Illinois Ave Carbondale, 618549-9234 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Just One More Bar & Grill: 1301 Enterprise Way, Marion 618993-9687 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 618983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 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. Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618942-4655 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 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 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort West Frankfort Moose Lodge: 327 E. Main St. 618-932-3455 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion; 618-9835300
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z ART z MUSIC z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z SIUC percussion, jazz groups partner History, music converge for concert in Shryock Auditorium CARBONDALE — Two Southern Illinois University Carbondale musical groups will partner for a joint concert tonight at Shryock Auditorium. The SIUC Percussion Group and SIUC Studio Jazz Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. The percussion group will present music from Guinea and Africa, as well as music from contemporary American composer Adam Zygmunt, whose music reflects his studies of drumming, xylophone and dance in Ghana and Balinese music. The Studio Jazz Orchestra, the university’s top student jazz ensemble, will play a variety of modern and big band music. School of Music faculty member Eric Mandat will also join the orchestra on clarinet for the Mary Lou Williams and Benny Goodman collaboration “Roll ‘Em.” Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and will be available online at southernticketsonline.com, by calling 618-453-6000 or at the door one hour before the performance.
at Fort Kaskaskia festival RANDOLPH COUNTY — History and music will collide this weekend, as the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Save Illinois History present the 21st annual Fort Kaskaskia Traditional Music Festival. The popular festival features a variety of music styles including bluegrass, Cajun, country, Appalachian, Irish and country clogging. A craft show, camping and food and drinks will be available all weekend. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $10 per vehicle. Fort Kaskaskia is six miles north of Chester on Illinois 3. For more information, contact George Portz at 618-6321384.
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—Adam Testa
Herrin native Murphy to perform Saturday to scratch out a decent living. It took Murphy a decade to figure out the system. He then had a Vince Hoffard successful run on MCA Records, cranking out David Lee Murphy classics “Party Crowd” General Logan Jam, 7 p.m. and “Dust On The Bottle,” before directing his Saturday, Herrin Civic Center; $15; gates open at attention to songwriting. Murphy prefers to stay 5 p.m.; Josh Gracin on his farm south of opening the show; call Nashville, Tenn., and 618-985-2828 ext. 8355. write songs, rather than maintain a rigorous tour ongs are the fuel that schedule mandatory for powers the country supporting a career as an music industry. artist. Riding the tour bus Great voices are a dime a requires long stretches of dozen, but if you can write being away from his wife a tune that creates a and three teenage songs, a strong emotional reaction commitment he is no from the listener, you have longer willing to make. a priceless gift. David Lee “I’ve pretty much stayed Murphy is a powerful force home most of the year,” in Nashville, Tenn., Murphy says. “It’s hard to because he has mastered get away from the writing the craft of songwriting. thing. I’ll go out on the The biggest stars in road with my buddies country music constantly every now and then to call the Herrin native. write. I was recently out They request a specific with Randy Houser and type material and Murphy Rodney Adkins. It’s hard quickly delivers. He has for me to write on the written major hits like road. It takes a couple days “Living In Fast Forward” to settle in and a couple for Kenny Chesney, “Big days to recover when you Green Tractor” for Jason get back home. Hearing Aldean and “The More I the roar of the crowd is Drink” for Blake Shelton. still addictive. I miss it.” “I was out playing a Murphy will back in his show the other day and hometown for the this guy yells ‘Hey, play inaugural General Logan some of your own songs.’ I Jam at 7 p.m. Saturday at guess it sounded like I was Herrin Civic Center. doing a bunch of covers, “It’s always special but they were all mine,” when you get back home and play in front of Murphy said during a friends,” Murphy says. telephone interview “We may be playing a sold Tuesday. out show out on the west Over the years, many coast and have everybody aspiring individuals from sing along, but it’s just not Southern Illinois have loaded up their belongings the same as looking down in the crowd and and headed to Nashville, personally knowing determined to assault everyone that is screaming Music City with their musical skills and conquer out requests. I love coming home.” the country music world. The concert is being A vast majority come held in conjunction with crawling back home. A the annual JALC Hunting select few have been able
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& Fishing Days. “We wanted to do something big to raise awareness for the foundation,” says John A. Logan College Foundation Executive Director Staci Bynum. “It was really a no-brainer. Hunting & Fishing Days brings over 30,000 outdoor enthusiasts to our campus.” Murphy graduated from Herrin High School in 1977. He worked at WJPF/ WHPI radio while attending SIUC. He spent countless weekends fishing in the Ohio River, hiking through Belle Smith Springs and camping at Little Grassy Lake. He dipped back in the memory bank from those times to ink a fresh batch of songs that are on new Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, Randy Houser and Rodney Adkins albums. Murphy wrote the Josh Thompson hit “Way Out Here.” Murphy recently produced his first recording session. He was at the controls when Kevin Fowler recorded “Pound Sign.” Murphy manages to squeeze in a little personal time, outside the music world. A couple weeks ago, he was at a Cardinals game in St. Louis. He also flew to Idaho with his family and rented a motor home to follow his son Jesse, who was in the final stages of a cross country bicycle ride to raise funds for flood relief in Nashville, Tenn. All proceeds from Saturday’s concert will be used for student scholarships. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo. com.
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‘Ghosts’ of Shay’s past on display at University Museum CARBONDALE — The watercolors and sculpture creations of a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor emeritus will be on display through October as part of a unique showcase at the University Museum. “Ghosts: A Retrospective” features the dual-media work of Ed Shay, who teaches part time at SIUC’s School of Art and Design. With more than four decades experience as a professional artist, he centers his work on watercolors, oils and cast bronze sculpture. “These pieces are the archeological finds of my psychic past,” Shay noted in his artist’s statement for the exhibits. “They are ghosts. They are metaphors. They are visualized dreams. They present a record of how I saw the world psychologically at different stages of my life.” Organizing the exhibits required some work for Shay. Locating some of the pieces required an international paper chase, while others required rescheduling because of inclement weather. Others were right across the street in Altgeld Hall. Both exhibits remain on display through Oct. 30. — University Communications
made clothes, counted cross stitch and latch hook; curated by Paulette Concert season: Deadline noon Aronson; sponsored by Union Monday for Paducah Symphony County Historical and Genealogy Exhibitions ConcArt Galleries; The Society; through October; free; Paducah Symphony is requesting 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. artwork for display during the From Humble Beginnings, upcoming exhibitions season; Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-61: Southern artwork will be displayed in the lobby Illinois Art and Artisans Center, at the Carson Center on concert Whittington; a perspective of the nights; 270-444-0065 or Illinois Abraham Lincoln found when www.paducahsymphony.org. he entered the state in 1830; to North American Indian Sunday; 618-629-2220 or www. Photography Contest: Sponsored museum.state.il.us/ismsites/so-il. by the Cahokia Mounds State Traveling display: Highlights of Historic Site; deadline, Friday, Oct. 1; SIUC photojournalism project now at amateur and professional First Bank and Trust Co. of photographers may submit a Murphysboro; pictures collected maximum of two black-and-white or during a workshop documenting a color prints that are framed and weekend in Murphysboro; through ready for hanging; subject: American September; www.southof64.com. Indians; $10 entry fee per photo; Eldon Benz Photography: Rustle 618-344-7316 or www.cahokia Hill Winery, 8595 U.S. 51, Cobden; mounds.org/news-events/blog/wp- through Sept. 30; sculptures, content/uploads/2009/06/photogr drawings and photography; aphy-contest-rules-application2.pdf. www.rustlehillwinery.com. Robert Ketchens: Varsity Gallery, Events Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; through Ironclad Art: The Motorcycle, 9 a.m., Saturday, Cedarhurst Center Sept. 30; 618-457-5100. Fabrications: Quilt artisans Robin for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond M. Haller, Sandra Werlich, Sherrie Road, Mount Vernon; registration begins 9 a.m., viewing/judging noon- Grob and Susan Swisher, The Gallery Space at the Law Office of Joni Beth 3 p.m.; free admission; registration Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysfee, $10; 618-242-1236, boro; abstract and realistic quilts; www.cedarhurst.org. Art on the Square & Marion Hub through Oct. 1; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fest: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Tower Monday-Friday; 618-684-8668. The Wallace Family: Harrisburg Square, Marion; photographers and atrists; food and drinks; music; 618- District Library, 2 W. Walnut St.; features Ruth Ellen Wallace’s oils 889-5330; 618-889-0301, vanjol@ plus the work of her two daughters verizon.net or killman@mchsi.com. and son including, daughter, Lisa Thomas’ work in colored pencil, Exhibits daughter Mary Kay Niemiec’s By Men’s Hands: An exhibit of watercolors and son, Jim Wallace’s handwork and needlecraft by Union scrimshaw work on gunpowder County men now on display at the horns; through Oct. 1. Union County Museum in Cobden; A Two-Person Exhibition: Anne includes quilts, needlepoint, tailorBagby paintings and Christina
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Bartsch prints, Yeister Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah; through Oct. 2; 270-442-2453, theyeiser.org. Visiting Artist Series: Billie Brannan, Rend Lake College, Ina, theatre lobby; through Thursday, Oct. 14; 618-437-5321. 21st annual Gathering of Quilts: Mitchell Museum and Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; 25 quilts; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; through Oct. 17; www.cedarhurst.org. Under the Influence of Ducks: M.A. Papanek-Miller, Main Gallery of the Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; free; www.cedarhurst.org. Japanese Kite Prints: Barbara J. Beck Family Education Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 17; 618242-1236. Ghosts, A Retrospective: Ed Shay Sculpture and Watercolors, through Oct. 30, SIUC University Museum; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; www. museum.siu.edu, 618-453-5388. Jurhee Veach and Janet Althoff: Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; mosaics, photography; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; through Oct. 30; 618-457-4663. Putting It All Together: Collage art by Arlene Ehleben Berry, Tribeca Restaurant & Gallery, 127 S. Second St., Paducah; through Nov. 2; 270-210-1753 Transformation: A Journey into the Subconscious: Dr. Linda Hostalek, Holistic Wellness Institute, Murdale Shopping Center, 1827 W. Main St., Carbondale; through Nov. 9; 618-319-4751, www.drhostalek.com.
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American Surrealics: Exhibit by Jack Harris, through Nov. 10, DunnRichmond Economic Development Center, 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, Carbondale; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Gone But Not Forgotten — The Power of Cemeteries: General 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; 618-6843455 or 618-303-0569. The Vogel Collection/Carbondale Community Arts’ Biennial: SIUC University Museum; through Dec. 11; www.museum.siu.edu. Carolyn Gassan Plochmann display: Morris Library, SIUC; in the cases outside the Hall of Presidents; see artwork in Special Collections Research Center reading room and other locations within the library; 618-453-2516 or http://archives.lib. siu.edu/index.php?pcollections/ controlcard&id2459. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or www.starviewvineyards.com.
Receptions Arthur C. Danto’s Woodblock Prints: Capturing Art and Philosophy, SIUC University Museum; reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday; through Oct. 11; www.museum.siu.edu. Southern Illinois Metalsmith Society: Form, Fabricate, Forge, SIUC University Museum; exhibit reception 4-7, Friday; metal artists; through Oct. 17; www.museum.siu. edu. Jeanette Johnson: Reception, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Civic Center; through Sept. 30; 618-457-5100.
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‘Legends of the Guardians’ a fun animated adventure And there’s a seer, an Australian porcupine that blurts out “it was foretold” at everything that happens. Rated PG for some Yes, this is a kids’ sequences of scary action; cartoon as visualized by animated with the voices the director of “300.” of Sturgess, Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess voices Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill Soren, an owl just on the and Geoffrey Rush; cusp of “branching,” director by Zack Snyder; learning how to fly. Kludd (Ryan Kwanten) opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale is his competitive brother. and Illinois Centre 8 in They have grown up on Marion. tales of the exploits of “The Guardians,” owls BY ROGER MOORE who right wrongs, defend MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS the weak and stand up to tyranny. But is their dad In the “Guardians of (Hugo Weaving) making Ga’Hoole” novels of this legend up? Kathryn Lasky, owls have “Just because you can’t mastered fire and see something doesn’t metallurgy and have been mean that it isn’t real,” known to play the lute as their father lectures. they sing their epic poems A tumble out of their about epic battles from tree and the brothers find days of yore. out soon enough that the And in the film about villains of these tales are them, they all speak with real. Soren and Kludd are Aussie accents. owl-napped and forced Zack Snyder’s film into a martial culture that “Legend of the Guardians: is prepping for war. Helen The Owls of Ga’Hoole” is Mirren is the queen, a a gorgeously animated Tyto (barn owl), a member combat fantasy — “The of the race she calls “The Lord of the Rings” meets Pure.” She separates “Happy Feet” — with cute soldiers from pickers, who cuddly owls of every pick through owl pellets. description flashing their Only the Guardians can talons and sometimes save the owl kingdoms donning metal from this evil. Finding talon-tips as they battle those Guardians becomes for control of the owl Soren’s quest. kingdoms. There’s comic relief on There’s a good brother this epic quest in the form and a bad brother, a of Digger (David Wenham battered war hero, a steely from “300”) and the queen and her crooning, lute-playing megalomaniac mate, “warrior poet” (Anthony kidnappings, escapes, LaPaglia). Geoffrey Rush treachery and heroics. whimsically voices an There’s much talk of aged, battle-scarred gizzards, as in “I’ll tear out screech owl, and Sam your gizzard” or “I can feel Neill is well cast as a it in my gizzard” or villain. “That’s showing some It’s a dense 3-D world of gizzard.” immaculately detailed
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owls and fantastical places with exotic, hard-topronounce names. The flight scenes are striking in their owlfeathered glory but are not a first-person experience
as in “Avatar.” And the fights are slow-motion mayhem, director Snyder’s “300” experience brought to bear. “Ga’Hoole” is a gorgeous and occasionally
exciting movie that loses some of its heart and forward momentum in clutter, laborious title included. Still, this variation on a theme by Tolkien is pretty
daring, more demanding than your typical film for kids. In an age of “let’s all get along” pabulum, there’s much to like in a cartoon not afraid to show its talons.
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Shia LaBeouf and Michael Douglas take to ‘Wall Street’ in this new thriller Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps **½
— ’80s old fashioned, from the Tom Cruise-cocky way Shia LaBeouf plays his Rated PG-13 for brief cocky, earnest young hotstrong language and dog investment analyst to thematic elements; the dated ironic wailing of David Byrne on the starring Shia LaBeouf, soundtrack. Michael Douglas, Carey It’s almost kitschy — the Mulligan, Josh Brolin; way Stone injects himself directed by Oliver Stone; into a couple of scenes, an opening Friday at eccentric Eli Wallach ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale cameo, the inclusion of a and Illinois Centre 8 in Charlie Sheen moment that flat-out winks at the Marion. audience. But before it goes off the BY ROGER MOORE rails, we’re treated to a MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS vintage Stone history There’s too much worth lesson — the stock market meltdown and Fed chewing over in Oliver intervention as seen Stone’s “Wall Street” through the eyes of the sequel, “Money Never Sleeps,” to dismiss it out of conspiracy buff who served up “J.F.K.” Lovely hand. performances surround Sure, it’s old fashioned
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the leads — LaBeouf and Michael Douglas, back as Gordon Gekko. Terrific moments of regret play out. And then the script lets everybody down, the cliches pile up like junk bonds and you wonder if the cinema’s resident mad genius is just too angry or too confused by who to blame. LaBeouf is Jacob Moore, a whiz-kid energy investment expert at a firm where his sainted mentor (Frank Langella, brilliant) is watching a lifetime of work meltdown with the rest of Wall Street. The stock market’s derivatives confidence game has lost confidence, and soon only the schadenfreude-eating grin of a hated competitor (Josh
Brolin) remains. Jacob’s mom (Susan Sarandon) is an overextended real estate speculator. Jacob’s girlfriend, Winnie (Carey Mulligan) runs a nonprofit left-leaning news website. They live spectacularly well, but she feeds his idealism. He takes a job with hated competitor and continues pushing a fusion company that could solve the world’s energy problems. But then there’s Winnie’s last name — Gekko. She’s Gordon Gekko’s estranged daughter, who blames dad’s greed for all that went wrong in their family. Douglas’ Gekko has aged into something of a lizard himself — a rumpled, lonely ex-con who now
makes a living selling his “Is Greed Good?” book and lecturing. Winnie isn’t buying his “reform” and doesn’t want Dad back in her life, but Jacob nobly conspires to change her mind. And maybe use Dad’s expertise. Revenge and redemption wrestle in this confused Allan Loeb-Stephen Schiff screenplay. Graphics explain hydrogen fusion and market “corrections” and the whole 2008 meltdown is replayed by the same cable business news pundits who acted so clueless when it happened the first time. LaBeouf plays this kid as a know-it-all with a manic energy and a fist bump for everybody — very Tom Cruise. Douglas manages
to suggest an old man trying to get right with his family even as old habits — underhandedness, gladhanding prospective clients — die hard. Brolin embodies what Tom Wolfe labeled a Wall Street “Master of the Universe” — collecting art and motorcycles and billion dollar deals with a swagger that doesn’t mask his shallow shiftiness. “Money Never Sleeps” is never boring, even as its plot descends into cheap melodrama. But to borrow a phrase from the film and from financial regulators, it’s a movie with a “moral hazard,” as in it can’t decide who or what is moral. That makes it less self-assured film than the original, less important.
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‘You Again’ a flat romantic comedy You Again *½
variation on a “Mean Girls” theme. And not surprisingly, most of them come from the supporting cast. Marni (Bell) was mercilessly bullied in high school, which was the last thing a kid with acne, braces, glasses and a really bad haircut needed. Her chief tormentor was J.J., the hotheaded cheerleader played with a cruel verve BY ROGER MOORE by Odette Yustman. J.J. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS was the girl who turned Marni’s initials, MOO, into Disney’s effort to turn a final humiliation. “Moo” Kristen Bell into America’s she was and “Moo” she Sweetheart reaches its might have remained. tipping point with “You Instead, Marni has Again,” a flat romantic grown up to be a comedy that packages her successful public relations in a funny setup and professional, a vice surrounds her with funny president at 26. But a people. summons home for her That the experiment tips brother’s wedding brings over backwards isn’t back the ugly old days. wholly Bell’s fault. She’s Brother Will (James Wolk) certainly more interesting is marrying this adorably to watch here than she was sweet nurse the whole in “When in Rome.” But family adores. But Joanna the laughs are few in this used to be J.J. She can’t for
Rated PG for brief mild language and rude behavior; starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman; directed by Andy Fickman; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
the life of her remember Marni, the “loser” she scorned — or so she says. Marni can’t accept “Satan’s spawn as my sister-in-law.” But before she can confess her fear and loathing to her family, Mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) discovers her own wedding nemesis. She and Joanna’s aunt (Sigourney Weaver) had high-school issues. And the aunt, too, is acting as if nothing happened between them. Whatever that setup promises is lost in Moe Jelline’s joke-starved script. The clash of the older women has little sting and aside from the “money” moment — when Marni figures out that Joanna does remember her — neither do the slings and arrows of the younger pair. Director Andy Fickman tries the tricks of the desperate — karaoke, food fights and star cameos by Dwayne Johnson, an unfunny
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‘You Again,’ starring Sigourney Weaver (from left) and Jamie Lee Curtis, opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
Kristin Chenoweth and an Oscar winner in the finale. He even trots out America’s granny, Betty White. What’s it say about your movie when even Betty White can’t find a decent laugh? “You Again” has wonderful messages about
‘Winter’s Bone’ a brutal portrait of the face of modern poverty Winter’s Bone ***
courage and duty can combat adversity, at least for awhile. Rated R for some drug material, These are the qualities 17-yearlanguage and violent content; old Ree (Lawrence) possesses in starring Jennifer Lawrence, John abundance. She’s doing the jobs of Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt; directed both parents, taking care of her little by Debra Granik; opening Friday at brother and sister, making sure they do their homework, teaching them University Place 8 in Carbondale. survival skills such as how to shoot and skin squirrels. Dinner’s got to BY CONNIE OGLE come from somewhere, after all. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS Ree’s mother is physically present Debra Granik’s bleak little film is but emotionally vacant, silent. Her as tough, unflinching and dad Jessop, who “cooks crank,” as fascinating as the characters who Ree says matter of factly, has eke out a life amid its cold, gray vanished. (The affects of hills. Set in the hardscrabble Ozarks, methamphetamine on the a world of rusted-out cars, community is so savage in “Winter’s wandering dogs, laundry flapping Bone” that the drug practically on clotheslines, rotting buildings, functions as a character.) Jessop’s burned-out meth labs and ingrained absence is a problem for a pressing codes of silence, “Winter’s Bone” reason: He’s put the house and land carries a tangible sense of fear and up as bail, and his court date is hopelessness. But the film also looming. If he doesn’t show up, the indelibly illustrates how ingenuity, family loses everything. So Ree sets
out to track him down, only to discover that just because a person is kin doesn’t mean he necessarily feels much loyalty to you. Lawrence gives a breakout performance. Her Ree faces down monsters with the stoicism of a Marine (she dreams of joining the military, mostly for the money, but can’t abandon her siblings). The film’s other standout performance comes from John Hawkes as Ree’s dangerously unpredictable, drug-addled uncle, who does and doesn’t want to know what exactly happened to his brother. Hawkes portrays a man doomed, if not by the need for revenge that will surely result in his death, then by the white powder he can’t resist. Choices are hard in “Winter’s Bone.” It’s not always an easy movie to watch, but its characters are unforgettable.
second chances — making mistakes is part of life, “how we fix them is what matters.” Those could be warm interludes if the comedy surrounding them worked. Bell is as hapless as ever. Follow her eyes in an “I’ll leave you two alone” scene. She’s
worried about her exit. Here’s a tip. She can be funny, as a supporting player, as a mean girl. She proved it in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” But she will never become America’s Sweetheart, even if you give her better scripts.
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