Two of the basics: Italian food and missing home
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uongiorno e benvenuti a Roma. I am so excited to say that I’m writing today from our final destination: Rome. It feels so good to be here and to be settled. We’ve been so busy for the last couple of weeks — two countries and five cities — that it feels exceptionally good to have a more permanent homebase. Being in Rome this first week has been a truly rewarding venture. I was instantly reminded of why I determined I was going to study abroad here, rather than any other Italian city. I remembered the magical feeling of this city, which I felt when I was here two years ago, and I started to get that feeling again as I arrived this time. There’s something about Rome — the history, the way the lights shine at night in Piazza Navona, or how people from all around the world are throwing coins in the Trevi Fountain; it’s just incredible. Our first night here, we unpacked a bit and then headed out to explore our area. It was dinnertime, and we were hungry; but quite honestly, we were sick of the food options we see at every café we passed. It’s interesting; pizza, pasta and panini here are so amazing and delicious. Pizza is so different here. It’s light, sometimes having only a few sprinkles of cheese and lots of dough. Definitely not like pizza back home, especially pizza from
Walt’s in Marion, which I miss! Here in Italy, everywhere we turn we have access to amazingly delicious food. But after a while, it all gets old. In Florence especially, there were so few choices. Here in Rome, we at least have seen a Japanese restaurant, a Greek restaurant, several kabob places and — drumroll — a McDonalds. My roommate and I decided on our first night exploring, we wanted a change for dinner. And while it was so good to start feeling more settled, all the transitioning was making me miss home a bit more than usual. Our solution? We went to McDonalds. We passed a sign right by our apartment that said it was five minutes away; we embarked on an hourlong adventure to find it. Every second was completely worth it, though, because when we finally sat down with our food, something felt oddly like home away from home. I got my favorite McDonalds combo: chicken McNuggets, fries and a Coke. I can honestly say I have never in my life enjoyed McDonalds as much as I did that night. It was familiar, it was a reminder of home, and it wasn’t pizza, pasta or a panini. The McDonalds here has different options. They had something called Toast, which looked to be a little sandwich with cheese and (possibly) ham. They also had fried olives, definitely not something we can get at our McDonalds in the States. I’ve found several more things that are inherently different than ours in the U.S. Two simple but big things I’ve found are bread
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and potato chips. There’s something about the bread that tastes heartier and something about the potato chips that tastes thicker and crunchier. I feel like they’re more filling than ours, and they are absolutely delicious. Now that we’re settled in our apartment, my roommate and I bought groceries and have been cooking dinner every night. We’ve made pasta with red sauce, chicken with olive oil and oregano and gnocchi with red sauce and Parmesan. We always have green beans or zucchini, and sometimes we even throw in a dash of home by making fried
potatoes. I have developed a new love for cooking. Maybe it’s an unexplored passion, but then again, maybe it’s the Italian air. Tutto questo parlare di cibo! (All this talk of food!) Buon appetito. Ci vediamo la prossima settimana. LACIE GOFF is the daughter
of Janice Gualdoni and the granddaughter of Louie and Beauella Gualdoni, all of Herrin. Lacie is a junior at California Lutheran University in Los Angeles, majoring in communication and journalism. She is spending this semester in Rome, studying Italian, history and art history.
MOVIES Events Trunk Show: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 8-16, Southpass Beads, 203 E. Ash St., Cobden; Japanese seed beads and fire polished crystals; www.south passbeads.com or 618-8936170. Plein Air Painting Event: Through Oct. 9, Ste. Genevieve; visitors will produce paintings of local scenes and people and culminating in an exhibit and sale of the works Oct. 7-9; 573-883-7097; www.visitste gen.com.
Exhibits The Classics: Little Egypt Art Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; art featuring old barns, old cars, antiques and still life; through Nov. 30; hours, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday thru Saturday; 618-998-8530. Susan DeChamp: Central
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Showcase, Murdale Shopping Center, 1825 W Main St., offices of Realty Central, Carbondale; decoupage; also photography by Joyce Hesketh; through Oct. 8; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayFriday; 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Snuggle and Snooze: Quilts for Children, Beck Family Center Gallery at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 16; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Gathering of Quilts: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Oct. 16; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. The Dead Don’t Vote in Alexander County: An exhibit of photographs and text, Webster University, St. Louis area; by Daniel Overturf and Gary Marx; through Oct. 21. Rick Smith: University Museum, SIU; metal artist
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specializing in blacksmithing; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; free; through Oct. 29; www. museum.siu.edu or 618-4535388. There’s No LIfe Without Music: Paintings by Eileen Doman, The Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; hours, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday; through Oct. 29; reception 6-8 p.m. Oct. 8; 618-457-7641 or anthill gallery@gmail.com SIMS: Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society Form, Fabricate, Forge, University Museum, SIUC; hours, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; free; through Oct. 30; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Visions in Fiber: By quilter Robin Haller, University Museum, SIU; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m.
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Saturday; free; through Nov. 5; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Cyber-angels, Toys and Other Necessities: Anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; works of art by husband and wife team Bob Hageman and Linda Austin of Makanda; explores day-to-day lives and the influences of cyberage technology; through Nov. 6. Goin’ Fast and Lookin’ Good: Hot Rods in Southern Illinois exhibit, University Museum, SIU; pictures and stories of hot rods and racers in Southern Illinois; through Nov. 10; 618-453-7413 or nstein@siu.edu. Down On The Farm: Memories of Not That Long Ago, Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; through mid-November; 618-303-0569 or johnalogan
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Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; free; through Nov. 12; www. museum.siu.edu or 618-4535388. Cyber-angels, Toys and Other Necessities: Reception, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; refreshments; through Nov. 6. Reception: For Eileen Doman, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 8, The Yellow Moon Café, Front Street, Cobden; refreshments; 618-457-7641; anthillgallery@ Receptions gmail.com. Brenda Riley: Paintings in The Way We Worked: watercolor and acrylic, University Museum, SIU; Harrisburg District Library; explores why, where and how reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, we work; reception, Oct. 9; through Nov. 27; 4-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, 618-253-7455. features talk by Bob Bruno, Portraits on Glass: By School of Labor & Madeline Steimle, MondayEmployment Relations Director, University of Illinois at Friday, Oct. 10-14, Vergette Gallery, SIU; closing reception, Urbana-Champaign; exhibit hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday- 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14.
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‘The Way We Worked’ Smithsonian exhibition makes its first Illinois stop at University Museum BY LES O’DELL
clothing, art and technological displays make the exhibition a multi-sensory experience. traveling national Don Bachman, director exhibition focusing of the University Museum on the way Americans have done their says the focus of the jobs over the last 150 years program is not only national, but also local, clocks in this week, with many displays and starting with a reality check on the how workers artifacts related to work in are portrayed in films and Southern Illinois. “We’ve had a researcher on television. “The Way We Worked,” a studying demographics, studying historical records production of the and he’s put together a Smithsonian Institution, is on display through Nov. pretty clear picture of how many people worked in 12 at SIU Carbondale’s University Museum and at agriculture, how many worked in the mines, etc. other sites across the over the past decades. I region. The exhibition think people will get a real shares the transition of sense of working in work into a central Southern Illinois.” element in American life Carolyn Snyder, who is and reflects the changes president of Carbondale affecting work, workers Community Arts, adds and the workplace in the that simultaneous exhibits last century. Interactive at local museums and interpretive throughout Southern presentations with Illinois also will have a photographs, artifacts, FOR THE SOUTHERN
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related theme, making “The Way We Worked” a regional program. She says special displays are planned for the Gen. John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro, the Union County Historical Society, the Williamson County Historical Society, the Carbondale Civic Center and several other museums, with as many as a dozen exhibitions and special lectures and presentations. Lectures, presentations and a special production of “Nickel and Dimed,” a play presenting the low-wage lifestyles of American workers, by Carbondale’s Stage Company are also planned. “Through work with partnering organizations and the Southern Illinois Association of Museums, we’re able to bring the exhibit to all of Southern Illinois and provide an
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opportunity to see more and hear presentations. We’re looking to a variety of presentations specific to a broad area of work,” Snyder says. “It will reflect the diversity of the region and its workforce. We’re going to look at educational institutions, coal mines, railroads and even things as specific as the former glove factory
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in Carbondale.” The first of the special events planned for the exhibition is tonight’s opening reception which features a presentation by labor expert Bob Bruno. Bruno, a professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s’ labor and employment relations department, will speak on the ways labor is depicted on television and in motion pictures. The presentation is set for 6 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium and is open to the public. “I think his perspective
will be interesting,” says Gayle Klam of Carbondale. Klam is a member of the exhibition’s planning committee. “We look at movies and TV as facts, and we rarely question the presentation of people they are factual or not no matter what the characters are doing. I think he’s going to show how sometimes there are builtin stereotypes about labor. I think he’ll show us how they are portrayed may not be an accurate image.” According to the National Archives description of the
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MOVIES presentation, the exhibit documents the clothing, locales, conditions, conflicts and roles American workers found themselves in as they worked between the mid 1800s and the late 20th century. The photographs and artifacts bring visitors to the fields, factories, mines, construction sites, stores and cubicles where work was done. The Illinois Humanities Council has selected Carbondale as the first of six stops in the state for the exhibition. The effort is an outreach of the Smithsonian’s Museums on Main Street program, which brings extensive exhibitions to communities. Each host adds its own flavor to the exhibition. Organizers say “The Way We Worked” will appeal to
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a wide range of people. “This will appeal to perhaps adults over 50 who may remember some of this work or even experienced it,” Snyder says. “To our younger people — our school children and young adults — we’ll show what work was, how it has evolved and the impact of technology on work today.” Klam says the exhibition and related programs are very enlightening. “There are lots of images, a lot of thoughts that come to mind from the displays, so that when you finish, you come away with a deeper perspective on work, how people worked and why people worked as well as an appreciation for our American work ethic,” she says.
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County,” 6 p.m., SIUC University Museum Oct. 14-16, 21-23: Stage Company Oct. 6: Guest lecture by Bob Bruno production of “Nickel and Dimed, of University of Illinois-Chicago 7:30 p.m., Varsity Center for the School of Labor and Employment Relations, on “Labor as seen on TV Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., and Films, 6 p.m., SIUC University Carbondale Oct. 20: Opening reception for Art Museum, Faner Hall Exhibit by Robert Ketchens on Oct. 7: Opening reception for “Sharecroppers of Missouri Strike,” “Hops and Vines,” 6 p.m., Varsity Center Gallery, 418 S. Illinois Ave., 5 p.m. with a lecture on exhibit by Ketchens at 6 p.m., Carbondale Carbondale Civic Center, 200 S. Illinois Ave. Oct. 7: Performance by singerOct. 23: Self-guided tour of CCC songwriter Greg Klyma, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse (Church of the Work Sites and Camps Union, Pomona and Hutchins. 2 p.m to Good Shepherd), Carbondale. 5 p.m. Begin at Trail of Tears State Admission required. Park and end at Pomona Winery Oct. 13 Guest Lecture by Judy Oct. 27 and Nov. 3: Late night Travelstead, of the Cobden Historical and Geneology Museum, hours at the SIUC University Museum, 4-7 p.m. on “Migrant Workers of Union
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WANT TO BE LISTED? TONIGHT Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Greg Klyma: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 S. Orchard Drive, Carbondale; $10; students, $5; www.cousinandy.org. Magician David Ranalli: Comical sleight of hand, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Blue Martin, 215 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-549-4326; www.thebluemartin.com.
Wineries Slappin’ Henry Blue: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Gin Blossoms: 6-10 p.m. Friday, Walker’s Bluff Salsa Fest: 7 p.m. Friday, Lincoln Heritage Winery; $12/$10; salsa lessons Lew Jetton & Highway 61 South: noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards; part of Colorfest J. Brown Band: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard; Octoberfest, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Dirt Choir: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Ronny Lee: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Howlin’ At The Moon: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs
Big Mike Aguirre & The Blue-City All-Stars: 4:307:30 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Ivas John Band: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery No Divas Tour: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard; Bill Booth: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Nyte Flyte: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Fertile Soil: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs Winery Brook Thomas & The Blue Suns: 4:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard; Octoberfest, noon-8 p.m. Dirtwater Fox Band: 6-9 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. Honker Hill Winery: 4861 Spillway Road, Carbondale: 618-549-5517 Lincoln Heritage Winery: 772 Kaolin Road, Cobden; 618-833-3783 Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 8939463 or starviewvineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-8934600 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com
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BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Cornmeal/Dirtfoot PK’s: Django Billies Tres Hombres: SIU Dub Club, 9 p.m. MARION Walt’s Pizza: Tim Whiteford, 6-9 p.m. WHITE ASH Scarlett’s Music Barn: Country Music Band, 7-10 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Wit and Wisdom: George Sisk and Jim White, 7-10 p.m.
TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Bone Dry River Band MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. Walt’s Pizza: Rich Fabec, 6-9 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 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.
Call 618-351-5089 or email brenda.kirkpatrick@thesouthern.com. FRIDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Barnacle Billy and The Zebra Musssels Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Dr. Zhivegas PK’s: Adam Dalton and The B Sides SIU Grinnell Hall: Friday, 7 p.m. Tres Hombres: Disco Aliens, 9 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the
Square: Marbin, 8:30-11:30 p.m. MURPHYSBORO Murphysboro Elks: Jackson Junction, 7-10 p.m.; benefit for Jerry Clover; chili supper, 5-8 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Jeanita Spillman & The Sentimental Swing Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Nice & Easy Band, 7:3010:30 p.m.
SATURDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Adam Dalton and The B Sides Tres Hombres: Spread, 9 p.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Salty Dog, 7-11 p.m. Ramesses: South of 70 MOUNT VERNON The Crossing: Sacrifice
The Gods/Spirit of Chaos, 8 p.m. MURPHYSBORO Murphysboro Senior Center: The Pridesmen, 6:30-9:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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Legion: Timberline, 7 p.m. MARION Walt’s Pizza: Phil Powell, 6-9 p.m.
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20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618833-5182 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 Coulterville VFW: 511 VFW St., Coulterville 618-758-9009 Diver Down: 199 E. Main St., Golconda 618-683-3483 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Enrico’s: 208 S. Main St., Royalton 618-984-2071 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Kip & Traci’s Colonial Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-9976989 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Mack’s Lake of Egypt Marina: 12024 Laguna Drive, Lake of Egypt 618Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Elks: .204 S. Market St., Marion 618-993-3151 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618684-4541. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618-942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pyramid Acres Marina: 12171 Marina Road, Marion 618-964-1184 Scarlett’s Music Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash 618-997-4979 Steelhorse Saloon and Campground: 202 Dewmaine Lane, Carterville 618985-6713 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 Underground Grill & Pub: 717 S. University Ave., Carbondale 618-3510171 Walt’s Pizza – Pasta Grill: 213 S. Court St., Marion 618-993-8668 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort 618937-3070 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin 618-993-8393 Zeigler Eagles: 114 N. Main St., Zeigler 618-596-5651
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Varnado stays in tune with local shows “Playing in Ty’s band with David is the most COUNTRY fun I ever had playing SCENE music,” Norris says. The 42-year old Vince Hoffard Varnado is a true road warrior. He is addicted to the lifestyle, and, because of his mastery of fiddle, plintering off from mandolin and acoustic the Garth Brooks organization in 1995, guitar, demand for his talent has always been Ty England had aspirations of being a star high. Through the years, he has played for Johnny in the country music Paycheck, Ray Price, industry. Loretta Lynn, Chris His first single, LeDoux and Neal McCoy. “Should’ve Asked Her “I do a lot of studio Faster,” was a hit, mainly because of the uniqueness work in Texas and of Garth’s guitarist trying Nashville, but I don’t get high off of playing in the to go solo. The novelty studio,” he says. “I get my soon wore off, records high playing live. You’re charted poorly, and the standing on the dark stage plug was pulled on the waiting, then the lights go project. up and you get to start About the only thing playing. There’s not a that has survived the better feeling in the failed effort is the world.” friendship of steel Varnado is currently guitarist Johnny Norris of Marion and fiddler David with Sammy Kershaw, who will give a free Varnado from Fort concert starting at Arthur, Texas. Although 8:45 p.m. Saturday in they would ultimately downtown Carmi as part travel different career of Corn Days. The stage is paths, they remain close on Walnut Street, near friends more than a First Bank. Patrons are decade after their run in urged to bring lawn England’s road band. chairs, because provided Norris worked a little seating is limited. longer on the road, Married and the father playing for John Berry and of two young boys, Billy Joe Royal, before Varnado is a frequent coming back home and visitor to Southern going to work on the Illinois because it’s easier railroad. He still is active musically, playing locally to make a three-hour jaunt north to the Norris with Jackson Junction.
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spare bedroom for a weekend layover than it is to make a 12-hour marathon drive home. The 24-hour round trip to his Texas home is brutal. Last week, Norris and Varnado were able to play together for the first time in years when they joined Dave Clark for a jam session at Maddie’s Pub & Grub in Johnston City. “I had a lot of good times playing in Ty’s band with John,” Varnado says. “When we work together, the chemistry is there. You can’t explain it. It’s just magical.” Varnado says he is a big fan of traditional country music, not what is being played on current mainstream country radio stations. “The stuff they’re calling country music today is Southern Rock, and I don’t have a problem with it. As a matter of fact, I like a lot of it,” he says. “I just don’t think of it as country music. They ought to give it the right tag. If you want to hear real country music, listen to Mark Chesnutt, Randy Travis, Marty Robbins, Vern Gosdin or Gene Watson.” VINCE HOFFARD can be
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Fundraiser to benefit family of Jerry Clover A chili supper, auction and concert will be Friday, Oct. 7, at the Murphysboro Elks with all proceeds going to the family of Jerald “Jerry” Clover. The 39-year-old Clover died Sept. 10 in the St. Louis University Hospital. He was owner of C & R Disposal in Murphysboro and was a member of the Gorham Fire Department. The event starts with a $7 chili supper
from 5 to 8 p.m. The price of the meal includes admission into the concert. There will be a silent auction, with a live auction starting at 7 p.m. Jackson Junction, featuring lead vocals by Dave Clark and Deanna Freeman, will provide the entertainment at the conclusion of the auction and will perform until 10 p.m. — Vince Hoffard
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Concerts Southern Illinois Loose Gravel: noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Smysor Plaza, Murphysboro; part of High Noon Concert Series; lunch available for purchase; proceeds to Crime Victim’s Emergency Fund of Jackson County. Gary Schocker: Flutistcomposer-pianist, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall, SIU; free; also master class, 10 a.m. Oct. 23, Altgeld Hall, SIU, class fee, $10-$20, registrations after Oct. 15, add $5; 618-559-8154 or www.siflutes.org.
Indiana The Backstreet Cruisers: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, Boot City Opry, 11800 S. Highway 41, Terre Haute; $11; www. bootcityopry.com or 812-2998379. Twelve Days of Christmas: Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Friday, Dec. 16, The Aiken Theatre at The Centre, 715 Locust St., Evansville; tickets now on sale;$44.50-$79.50; www.ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000 or www. smgevansville.com.
Kentucky Barry & Maria Potter: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $8-$21; 270-527-3869; www.kentucky opry.com.
Missouri Miranda Lambert: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau; 573-651-2297; www.showmecenter.biz.
Recitals Voice and Instrument Recitals: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Rend Lake College Theatre, Ina; performances by Eric McCluskey, Matt Clark, Joe Palermo, Amber Williamson, Andrew Hannon, Tiffany Kesler and Sara Alstat; free; www.rlc.edu.
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Cornmeal playing at Hangar 9 tonight CARBONDALE — A popular folk and bluegrass band with Chicago roots is bringing its unique styling Southern Illinois. Cornmeal, a band known for blending lightning-fast tempos and impeccable harmonies into an unrivaled stage performance, will perform at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave., tonight, Thursday, Oct. 6.
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RLC music faculty recitals feature a range of styles INA — Admission is free to upcoming voice and instrument recitals featuring Rend Lake College music faculty members. The recitals are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in the RLC Theatre. Performances will include: Eric McCluskey (baritone) “Mamma, Mamma” from The Most Happy Fella, “Ol’ Man River” from Showboat Matt Clark (guitar) “Terminus” Joe Palermo (guitar) “Choros No. 1” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, “Theme and Variations on Folias de Espagna” by Mauro Guiliani Amber Williamson (flute & piccolo) “Zoomtube” by Ian Clarke, “Wake Up!” by Tilmann Dehnhard Andrew Hannon (string bass) “Flight of the lotus-eater” by Hannon Tiffany Kesler (soprano) “The Girl in 14G” by Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan, “Taylor, the Latte Boy” by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler Sara Alstat & Tiffany Kesler (sopranos) “What is this Feeling” from Wicked — The Southern
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Oct. 8, Boys and Girls Club, 250 N. Springer St., ColorFest book sale: 3-6 Carbondale; benefit for the p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, Stinson club’s after school program; Memorial Library, 409 S. Kamala Jr. verses a mystery Main St., Anna; colorfest opponent; $8/$4; 618-322activities at the library, 3295. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Garden tours: 10 a.m.-4 8; flea market, crafts, jewelry, p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, Alto food; music by Banjovi, 11 Pass, Carbondale, Cobden, a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; Murphysboro and Pomona; 618-833-2521 or www. $5 each or $20 for all five; friendsofstinsonlibrary.org. tickets available at each Book Signing: By the Rev. location; 888-842-2442 or John D. Housewright, 10 a.m.- opendaysprogram.org. noon Saturday, Oct. 8, Latta St. Louis cemetery tour: Java, 412 N. Market St., Bus leaves from Rend Lake Marion; name of book, College, Ina, 7:30 a.m. Natural Wonders; Monday, Oct. 17; $65; Recognizing God’s Love in the professional tour guide will World Around Us; direct the group on a private Housewright is a resident of tour of Bellefontaine, Calvary, Metropolis; 888-361-9473 or Jefferson Barracks and the james@tatepublishing.com. Jewish Cemetery; boxed lunch; 618-437-5321, ext. 1267; commcorped@rlc.edu. Comedy
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Rusted Root playing at Rustle Hill Winery COBDEN — Rusted Root will take the stage at Rustle Hill Winery on Illinois 127 south of Murphysboro. Formed in Pittsburgh in the early 1990s, the group's worldly style charmed fans of roots music and world rock. Rusted Root’s music has been featured in “Twister,” “Mathilda,” “Home for the Holidays,” “Party of Five,” “Charmed,” “Homicide” and “Ice Age.” The band takes the stage at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. — Adam Testa
The Carbondale Comedians: Stand-up comedy, 9-11 p.m. Wednesday, Station No. 13, 2400 W. Main St., Carbondale; 618-529-2424.
Fall Events
Oktoberfest BBQ Cookoff: Fall festival, craft fair, quilt show, Friday-Saturday Oct. 7-8, Sesser Miner’s Memorial City Park; barbecue set-up, Events 10 a.m. Friday, 6 a.m. A Night At The Fire House: Saturday; www.sesser.org; 6-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, Creal 618-625-5566. Haunted Daycare: 7-10 Springs fire station; food; p.m. Fridays and Saturdays music by Blend; $5; throughout the month of fundraiser for equipment; October and on Sundays 618-944-1552. during grand opening High Intensity Pro weekend, Oct. 7-9 and Wrestling: 7 p.m. Saturday,
MOVIES Halloween weekend; location, 882 W. Industrial Park Road, Murphysboro; $5; sponsored by Supporting People In Need; 847-451-5087. Wolf Creek Hollows Scream Park: Haunted attractions open Friday, Saturday and Sundays with extended Halloween weekend hours, Illinois 13, Carterville; for exact times, go to www.southernillinoishaunts .com; email getscared@ southernillinoishaunts.com or call 618-922-1101. Variety show: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, AnnaJonesboro high school auditorium, Anna; part of Colorfest celebration; $5/$3; pre-show concert, 6:30 p.m. by Backdraft; special guest, Steve Hornbeak. Union County Colorfest Celebration: SaturdaySunday, Oct. 8-9, Union County; includes Historic Walking Tour, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8; purchase $5 self-guided walking tour booklet at Stinson Library, Anna; also races, wine trail; Kid Fest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, park, Anna with Wiener Dog Derby, 2:30 p.m. Saturday; 618-8336488; 618-833-8745; 800248-4373 or www.past online.org. Pope County Fall Festival: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, courthouse lawn, Golconda; booths, crafts, food, baked goods; sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi; 618-672-4317 or 618-683-5821.
Film Fright Night Fridays: 8 p.m. Fridays in October, Liberty Theater, downtown Murphysboro; Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1956 film that mixes extraterrestrials and clones, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7; $2; 618-684-5880.
History Golconda Cemetery Walks: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, The
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Golconda City Cemetery; every 15 minutes; “meet” five individuals from Pope County’s early days, Ezekiel McCoy, Juliette Field Raum, Norman Hill, William P Sloan and Susan Trovillion Gullett; also, old-fashioned Box Social; cemetery located behind the concrete seawall on North Adams Street; 618-683-3341.
Theater You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Musical comedy, 7 p.m. FridaySaturday, Oct. 7-8, O’Neil Auditorium, John A. Logan College, Carterville; $12; Dance4Grandma Theatricals; 618-985-2828, ext. 8287. Going Home: A reader’s theater production, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, Renascence House, Makanda; humorous, satirical and nostalgic stories and poems; free; refreshments; presented by Kim Curlee, Cathy Field, Dan Hill, Shelley Hill, Craig Hinde, Marvin Kleinau, Jim Lambert, Rita Pearce, Thomas Sill and Pandora Taylor. Big River: Musical, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 14-15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct 16, Visual and Performing Arts Center, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg; based on Mark Twain’s classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; $8/$6; 618-252-5400 ext. 2486 or boxoffice@ sic.edu. Nickel and Dimed 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 14-15 and 21-22 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 23, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 30th anniversary year of The Stage Company; $15/$10; www.stagecompany.org. The Wizard of Oz: 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Shryock Auditorium, SIU; $24-$54; www.southern ticketsonline.com; 618-4536000.
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Stage Co. opens 30th anniversary year with ‘Nickel and Dimed’
COVER STORY FESTIVALS ‘Going Home’ being presented at Makanda theater Saturday
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Fright Night Fridays at Liberty Theater
CARBONDALE — The Jackson County Stage Co. begins its 30th anniversary celebration with the dramatic comedy “Nickel and Dimed,” Joan Holden’s adaptation of Barbara Ehrenreich’s 2001 revealing book, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America.” In this story, a journalist goes undercover working as a waitress, hotel maid, sales clerk and cleaning lady to explore the minimum wage mediocrity that is the current labor market. She endures a dizzying existence, attempting to survive on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and in the economic maelstrom where rent always rises but wages never budge. The show is directed by Vince Rhomberg of the SIU Carbondale theater department. The play runs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15 and 21-22, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 23, at The Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students.
MAKANDA — A reader’s theater production, “Going Home,” will be performed on the Renascence House stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. The program is a variety of humorous, satirical and nostalgic stories and poems presenting varied views of the meaning of “going home,” as seen by storytellers Katherine Anne Porter, James Thurber, William Saroyan, Jean Shepherd and poets Edwin Arlington Robinson and Edgar Lee Masters. The show is free and refreshments will be offered at a social hour after the performance. “Going Home” was written, arranged and directed by Sill, a retired faculty member from Western Michigan University, native of Carbondale and graduate of SIU Carbondale.
MURPHYSBORO — The Historic Liberty Theater in downtown Murphysboro gets seriously scary with “Fright Night Fridays” with all movies beginning at 8 p.m. Fridays this month. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” will be shown Friday, Oct. 7. The 1954 B film “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” is scheduled for Oct. 14. “Psycho” will be shown Oct. 21, and “Night of the Living Dead” will be shown Oct. 28. A $2 admission donation is suggested. Cncession stand will be available. For information, call Lois Murphy at 618-684-5880.
— Adam Testa
— Adam Testa
— The Southern
Wiener dogs front and center at Kids Fest ANNA — The Children’s Medical Resource Network is hosting Kids Fest, which will feature the eighth annual Wiener Dog Race and Fashion Show. The festival will be Saturday, Oct. 8 at Anna City Park. Kids activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include arts, crafts and games, catch-and-release fishing, face-painting, train rides, bounce houses, health screenings and and Air Vac helicopter. The dog race and fashion begins about 2:30. Admission is a suggested $3 donation but it isn’t required. All donations support the Children’s Medical Resource Network. For more information, call 618-833-6488.
Benefit for Laura Coloni Saturday, October 8th
Laura was recently in a motorcycle wreck in Sturgis, South Dakota with her father, John Coloni. As a result, her medical bills are very overwhelming. Laura is a single mother of two beautiful girls and the sole provider of her family. We appreciate your participation in this benefit to help Laura and her girls.
Sign up is at 1pm, last bike out at 2pm $10 DONATION per rider & passenger All types of vehicles welcome!
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Free Food @ 7pm & DJ @ 8pm
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‘Ides of March’ gets into down-and-dirty politics The Ides of March ***
candidate-boss, Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney). Rated R for pervasive “The Ides of March,” language; starring Ryan Clooney’s latest civics lesson Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Evan as actor and director, is a Rachel Wood, George down and dirty politicsClooney, Philip Seymour behind-closed-doors tale. It’s about a campaign Hoffman, Marisa Tomei; directed by Clooney; opening professional (Gosling) letting Friday at University Place 8 in his idealism get in the way of his professionalism. And it’s Carbondale. about disillusionment, ugly pragmatism, back-room BY ROGER MOORE deals and maneuvering in MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS this mass media/social media/no secrets age. Stephen Myers knows his Clooney plays a candidate boss’s talking points so well about to lock up the he can stand in for him, Democratic presidential reciting them as technicians nomination. He needs the adjust the lights for the next support of a key senator presidential debate. (Jeffrey Wright) who is “My religion, what I angling for a political payoff. believe in, is called the He needs all the cunning that Constitution of the United his campaign manager States of America.” (Philip Seymour Hoffman) Myers (Ryan Gosling) can manage, because Gov. knows the line because he’s Morris makes a big deal out heard it a hundred times of not making “those sorts of before, because he believes it deals.” And he needs the and believes in the man who loyalty and idealism of says it, his presidential Myers, a media mastermind
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who has brought him so close to his goal. But Myers is distracted. First, there’s the nagging New York Times reporter (Marisa Tomei). Her: “You’ve really drunk the Kool-Aid.” Him: “It tastes delicious.” Her: “He will let you down. He’s a politician. You used to know that before you got all goose-bumpy.” Myers is distracted by the too-cute/way-too-forward intern (Evan Rachel Wood). And he’s letting the other guy’s campaign manager get into his head. That manager is played by Paul Giamatti with a sinister, knowing sneer — “You’re working for the wrong man.” “The Ides of March,” based on Beau Willimon’s play “Farragut North” (named for a Washington subway stop), veers from high-minded political theater to cheap political melodrama. But a cast littered with this many Oscar winners, all in support
of a less-self-consciousthan-usual Gosling, could never go far wrong. The film boasts a script of pithy political banter and sexy “drinks after work” bar banter: “This is the Big Leagues, man. If you make a mistake, you lose the right to play.” Giamatti and Hoffman are beautifully matched opponents, balancing the picture the way the on-themake Wood and the on-thejob Tomei do in female supporting roles. And Clooney _ cool, collected, committed and above it all _ makes the perfect candidate. He and Gosling are matched as the smart, never-let-them-seeyou-sweat set, as opposed to the seething-sweating Giamatti and Hoffman. “Ides of March” has a good script, not a great one. So it isn’t a great film. But it is a smart and high-minded one, wonderfully cast, with understated direction.
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New on DVD Buck: Buck Brannaman is a most remarkable fellow. Abused as a child, he took his understanding of hurt and mistrust to the world of animals, becoming a real-life “horse whisperer.” The documentary about Brannaman is truly the story of an unsung hero, an ordinary man who made an extraordinary life for himself. Planet Earth Special Edition: A six-disc set that employs high-def technology to boost the already stunning visual quality of the Emmywinning series. The new set also features more than three hours of fresh bonus material, including a sneak peak at a new project, “Frozen Planet.” Moby Dick: William Hurt stars as Capt. Ahab in the Encore cable channel’s adaptation of “Moby Dick,” which comes to home video Tuesday. The classic story of a sailor’s obsession with a great white shark also features Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson and Donald Sutherland. Grandview, U.S.A.: A small town coming-ofage tale, was released to theaters in 1984 but only now comes to home video. C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and John and Joan Cusack star (rated R, $19.99). The Walking Dead: Season 1: Three versions: Special Edition DVD ($49.98), Special Edition Blu-ray ($59.99) and Limited Edition Blu-ray Collector’s Tin ($89.99). Each set contains all six episodes of the first season and extras, including the fan-requested black-and-white version of the pilot. — MCT
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Sci-fi, action, sentimentality come together in ‘Real Steel’ Real Steel ** Rated PG-13 for some violence, intense action and brief language; starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie; directed by Shawn Levy; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale. BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
“Real Steel” is “Transformers” meets “The Champ,” a cute, occasionally sentimental father-son bonding picture with Rock’Em Sock’Em boxing robots as its backdrop. And if that doesn’t scare
you off, by all means, read on. It is science fiction and it does star Hugh Jackman, after all. And there’s a little more beneath the surface than just the crowd-pleasing fights. In the post “Battle Bots” near future, boxing has faded away. What gets the bloodlust up in a crowd, at county fairs, in underground fight clubs or on TV, is the see two boxing robots tear each other to pieces in the ring. Charlie (Jackman) is an ex-fighter who travels the back roads, putting his late-model robot into fights with bulls, other robots, all comers. And since the robot has seen better days and Charlie is a born loser, he’s always losing and always slipping
out of town without paying off his bets. And he’s always slipping back into his ex-girlfriend’s (Evangeline Lilly) rundown boxing gym/robot parts shop to start over. “You’ve been working with those robots so long you’ve become one.” She’s being prophetic. Charlie is so hard up for cash that when he learns he has a son from a longago relationship and that the boy’s mother has died, he sells custody of the kid to the woman’s sister (Hope Davis). Actually, to her husband (James Rebhorn). But the deal is that Charlie keeps the kid for the summer so’s the rich folks can go on their European vacation in peace.
“You sold me?” the kid (Dakota Goyo) yells. “Sounds worse than it is.” With that cash and that fresh-mouthed kid, Charlie buys back into the game and heads back on the road. The kid finds his own junked sparring ’bot. And as their mechanical alter egos fight in abandoned warehouses and meet colorful characters like the promoter Finn (Anthony Mackie, classing up the joint), maybe their luck will change.
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