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A lookout, high in Orvieto, gives visitors a beautiful autumn view of the surrounding countryside.
Fall in Rome reminds me of home ROME ADVENTURES Lacie Goff
iao e Buon Ottobre tutti! I am so happy that the fall season is upon us! When you live abroad, you learn a lot about yourself — what’s important to you, what you love most about home, etc. You start to get nostalgic about the most odd and random things. The other day on my way to school, I walked by a store that sells what looked like stationary, notebooks
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and other similar supplies. Right inside the door, there is an area where they sell tissue paper. However, it is so different from the States because they sell it by individual sheet, and each is organized by color on individual racks. That’s something about Italy I’ve noticed too. Everything is custom and unique. There are no chain stores; everything is boutique style and noncommercial. Seeing that tissue paper made me think of how we always get the packs of tissue paper from Walgreens for about 99 cents. I found myself getting nostalgic about something so simple as tissue paper.
One of the things I’m learning that I feel nostalgic about more than anything, however, is a Midwestern fall. There’s just something about the leaves falling to the ground and the wind giving the air a slight chill, forcing you to put on a jacket and boots. Being here, where the climate is similar to the Midwest, I’m realizing more and more how much of a Southern Illinois autumn is part of me. Not everything about fall here is the same, though. I find myself longing for apple cider and Halloween decorations. I’ve definitely not seen apple cider; my roommate and I saw one store with Halloween decorations, which is odd
because Halloween isn’t as big in Rome as it is in the U.S. I haven’t seen any decorations out in stores or on houses yet, but we’ll have to see, as it gets closer. One experience in particular sparked my fall frenzy. Last Friday, we took a trip for my art history class to a medieval town called Orvieto, about two hours from Rome by bus. It was such a magnificent experience. The town itself is on a mountain, and we had to take a cable-car tram to get there. It was picturesque, and it was a perfect fall day. The winding, hilly, cobblestone street were covered with leaves, and it was windy. SEE GOFF / PAGE 3
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GOFF: In Rome FROM PAGE 2 We visited the cathedral for our class, and then explored the area on our free time, finding a lookout, from where we could see a castle below in the countryside. It was so breathtaking. And something about the beautiful sights together with the early autumn weather made that day absolutely magical. I cannot wait for more fall days to come. Even though it isn’t quite the same as being home, it’s a nice reminder of something familiar and it truly makes you realize what you love about home the most. Gustare una tazza di
Help others at Alto Vineyards festival ALTO PASS — Alto Vineyards will host the second Heifer in the Vines from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Heifer in the Vines is a local initiative to help the nonprofit, Heifer International empower millions of families, lifting them out of poverty and hunger to self-reliance. The Alto Vineyards event will once again benefit Heifer International in their mission of “Passing on the Gift.” At the fundraiser, you’ll find family style fun that includes music, food, wine, bocce ball, a silent auction and a perennial seed swap. Alto Vineyards is at 8515 Illinois 127 in Alto Pass. For more information call 618-893-4989 or visit www.altovineyards.net.
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Authors, Books DID YOU KNOW? Two classic characteristics of Medieval towns, at least in Italy, were either having tall walls all around the city, or, as is the case with Orvieto, being built high on a hill or mountain so residents could have control over what was going on below in the case of enemy attack. The cathedral in Orvieto is home to brilliant architecture, breathtaking frescos and the work of a religious miracle. Inside the cathedral, one of the side chapels is home to a cloth that is said to bear the remnants of Christ’s blood. It is said that, before the construction of the Orvieto cathedral, a Bohemian priest was in doubt of his belief in the Eucharist and, thus, was making his way to Rome. On the way there, he celebrated a mass near Orvieto and, when he broke the Eucharistic bread, it is said that blood poured out of the bread and onto a cloth. It is that cloth that is on display in the Orvieto cathedral to this day. sidro di mele per me! A presto! 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.
Robert Rickman: Author of Saluki Marooned, book signing, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Carbondale Public Library; landmarks found at SIU figure prominently in the novel about a burned-out 58year-old former broadcaster who is catapulted back to his sophomore year at SIU during the spring of 1971; 618-457-0354. Saluki Marooned: By Robert Rickman, book signing, 1 p.m. Friday, Oct 14, Bookworm Bookstore, 618 E. Walnut St. in Eastgate Shopping Center, Carbondale; Rickman is a graduate of SIU and currently works as a news anchor for a radio station; 618-457-2665. Fall Conference and Book Fair: Tracking that Pre-1850 Ancestor, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Saturday, Oct. 15, John A. Logan College, Carterville; lectures by J. Mark Lowe; book fair, free; must register for the conference, $45; www.rootsweb.ancestry .com/~ilgssi/conf2011.html; 618-687-3934.
Classes Student Center Craft Shop: Variety of crafts and classes offered, SIU; 618-453-3636, www.siuc studentcenter.org.
Comedy Ha-Larious Homecoming Comedy Show: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Student Center ballrooms, SIU; featured performers include Steve Brown, Ms. Dominique and Double D; $6; 618-5363393 or www.spc4fun.com. Comedian James Gregory: 7:30 p.m. Friday,
THEATER Oct. 14, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $26-$32; 270-527-3869; www.kentuckyopry.com. Chicago Comedians: One Night Stand Up show, 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, Station 13, 2400 W. Main St., Carbondale; features Kyle Scanlan and Dave Odd; local comedians, Ross Kelly, Mike Garvin, T Murph and David Sharp; $5; also, Odd will be teaching an Edge Comedy Boot Camp stand up comedy class, 2 p.m. Saturday at Station 13; cost for the class, $20; register at kylescan@gmail.com. The Carbondale Comedians: Stand-up comedy, 9-11 p.m. Wednesday, Station No. 13, 2400 W. Main St., Carbondale; attached to the old Royal Plaza Inn; 618-5292424. SEE EVENTS / PAGE 4
Collaboration brings Blacksmith MONDAY Basics class to Jefferson County MAAA! MOUNT VERNON — Rend Lake College and the Jefferson County Historical Society have once again collaborated to bring the community a unique experience at the Jefferson County Historical Village. There are tickets available for those interested in learning more about blacksmithing. A blacksmith is a person who forges iron or steel into tools, horseshoes, décor, and many other possibilities. Blacksmith Basics will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 in Mount Vernon at the Jefferson County Historical Village, Thomas Atkins Blacksmith Shop. The registration fee is $35. A $5 supply fee is payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. Instructor Wilbur Haley will show students more about this historical craft. Participants will see how an old-fashioned coal fire is built in a forge. Students will have hands-on experience transforming metal. This course is for ages 14 and up; students under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Those attending should wear long pants, closed toe shoes, and should bring safety goggles and gloves. For more information or to register call 618-4375321, exts. 1267 or 1714 or email at commcorped@rlc.edu.
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St. Louis cemetery tour: Events (from Page 3) Bus leaves from Rend Lake Garden tours: 10 a.m.-4 College, Ina, 7:30 a.m. Monday, p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, Alto Oct. 17; $65; professional tour Pass, Carbondale, Cobden, guide will direct the group on a Murphysboro and Pomona; $5 private tour of Bellefontaine, each or $20 for all five; tickets Calvary, Jefferson Barracks available at each location; and the Jewish Cemetery; 888-842-2442 or boxed lunch; 618-437-5321, opendaysprogram.org. ext. 1267; commcorped@ Ministry on the River Poker rlc.edu. Run: Sign up 11 a.m. Saturday, Tour de Shawnee Bike Oct. 15, Four Rivers Harley Ride: Saturday, Oct. 22, Davidson, Paducah; free Horseshoe Lake Community barbeque; 270-556-7508. Center, Olive Branch; $30; Chili Cook-Off: Noon, event bag, commemorative Saturday, Oct. 15, Harrisburg T-shirt; ride through Alexander Elks Club, 202 N. Vine St.; County; 5-mile, 30-mile, 45-mile, 62-mile and 100-mile benefit dance with music by rides; www.tourdeshawnee.org Better Days Band, 6-10 p.m.; or 618-745-6307. benefits Harrisburg Elks An Evening with Garrison Charities and Arthritis Keillor: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. Foundation; 618-253-7373.
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24, Shryock Auditorium, SIU; host and star of A Prairie Home Companion; $59; www.southernticketsonline .com; 618-453-6000.
Fall Events Haunted Daycare: 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays throughout the month of October and on Sunday during 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 Fridays, Saturdays 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. Big Halloween Costume And Prop Sale: 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 15, McLeod Theater Lobby and loading dock at the rear of the Communications Building, SIU; unique Halloween
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costumes, clothing, set pieces; includes four giant Greek statues, a children’s slide, a life size Styrofoam horse on which you can sit, tree stumps, Styrofoam rocks, a butchered cow’s head, witches, goblins; cash only; 618-453-7592 or 618-453-3076. Ghost storytelling: 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Southeast Missouri State University Rose Theater, Cape Girardeau; bring blankets and lawn chair for ghost storytelling festival; adults, $10; free for kids 12 and younger; 573-335-1631 or www.capestorytelling.com. Makanda Vulture Fest: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, downtown Makanda; music; displays by local artists; makandainn@gmail.com; www.villageofmakanda.com. Southern Illinois Scare Association Nightmare: Haunted attraction, 7 p.m. Oct. 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29, second floor, West Frankfort Elks Lodge, West Main Street; adults, $8; children 12 and younger, $5; tchambers@activist.com. Heepwah 5K Family
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Halloween Fun Run: And Walk Benefit, 10 a.m. Saturday Oct. 22, Camp Ondessonk, Ozark; wear a Halloween costume; Fall Festival afterwards, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. features rock climbing, hay rides, pony rides; 618-580-0441 or www. ondessonk.com. Big Muddy Monster Haunted Hayride: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 26-29, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; $5; concessions available; souvenir shirts.
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State Park; see what life on the Ohio River was like in Colonial times; military re-enactments, period food, music and crafts; free; park located on the Ohio River at 1308 E. Fifth St., Metropolis; 618-524-4712. Kincaid Mounds Field Day: Starts 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, Kincaid Mounds Historic Site, Massac County; artifact displays and information tables on the Kincaid Mounds and their Mississippian Culture; www.kincaidmounds .com or 618-524-9219. Rural Heritage Day event: Films Saturday, Oct. 22, Ste. Horrible Bosses: 7 p.m. Genevieve, Mo.; take a step Thursday-Saturday Oct. 13-15 into the past; blacksmithing, and 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, soap making, threshing, apple Oct. 14-15, Student Center cider and apple butter Auditorium, SIU; three people production, sugarcane plot to kill their frustrating pressing and sorghum bosses; $2/$3; 618-536-3393; cooking, beekeeping, trapping www.spc4fun.com. and fur tanning, tatting and Fright Night Fridays: 8 p.m. quilting and wool spinning; Fridays in October, Liberty antique farm equipment; Theater, downtown 800-373-7007. Murphysboro; Creature from the Black Lagoon, 8 p.m. Theater/Performance Friday, Oct. 14; $2; 618-6845880. Stepping in Little Egypt: Sustainable Living Film 6:34 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Series: What’s on Your Plate?, Shryock Auditorium, SIUC; a children’s film, 5:30 p.m. $12/$15. Watch your favorite Friday, Oct. 14, Longbranch Greeks “stomp the yard.” Coffeehouse, 100 E Jackson Big River: Musical, 7:30 p.m. St., Carbondale; free; question Friday-Saturday, Oct. and answer-style discussions 14-15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, follow; 618-529-5044 or Oct 16, Visual and Performing www.longbranchcoffeehouse Arts Center, Southeastern .com. Illinois College, Harrisburg; Casper: Movie Night, 7 p.m. based on Mark Twain’s Friday, Oct. 14, Hurst Park, on classic 1884 novel, Adventures the square; concessions of Huckleberry Finn; $8/$6; starting at 6:30 p.m.; 618-252-5400 ext. 2486 or sponsored by the Hurst boxoffice@sic.edu. Community Action Program; Nickel and Dimed 7:30 p.m. 618-925-1895. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 14-15 and 21-22 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 23, Varsity Center for History the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Civil War Days: 9 a.m.Carbondale; 30th anniversary 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, John year of The Stage Company; A. Logan College, Carterville. $15/$10; www.stage Includes re-enactments, company.org. speakers, cannons, Lincoln Canceled: The Wizard of Oz impersonators, demonstat Shyrock; call 618-453-6000 rations. Information: for info. 618-985-2828 ext. 8137. John Tartaglia’s Fort Massac Encampment: ImaginOcean: Glow-in-the10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, dark musical, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 and 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 16. Fort Massac Oct. 22, Carson Center,
MOVIES Paducah; black-light puppet show; adults, $18; students, $10; www.thecarson center.org; www.imaginocean .com.
Auditions Sesser auditions: 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Sesser Opera House; production set Dec. 16, 17, 18, Sesser Opera House; speaking parts for five men, four women, no children; 618-438-1900; rosie@bevis realestate.com. Auditions: 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; auditions for Cedarhurst’s Got Talent in November; no age limits; 618-242-1236, ext. 223.
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‘Ha-Larious Homecoming Comedy Show’ tonight Chicago comedians at Station 13 CARBONDALE — As the name indicates, the “Ha-Larious Homecoming Comedy Show” at Southern Illinois University Carbondale tonight, Oct. 13 promises an evening of laughs. The Student Programming Council’s Comedy Committee is sponsoring the 7 p.m. show at the Student Center Ballrooms. Featured performers include Steve Brown, Ms. Dominique and Double D. Tickets are $6 at the Student Center Business
Office on the second floor of the Student Center or at the door. With a high-pitched voice and high-energy show where it’s likely you’ll see him doing a back flip, Brown has appeared at clubs and universities across the country. Dominique refined her comedic skills as a night shift post office employee and delivers her comedy in a raw, uncut version. Along with working as an opening act for Saturday Night Live’s Tracy Morgan, she has toured all
over the country, appeared in the successful Def Comedy Jam Tour. Rounding out the bill is Double D, a comic known for his personality and funny interpretations of everyday life. He has appeared with a number of well-known acts and on television and has taken his act to events, clubs, theaters and more throughout the U.S. For more information, contact SPC Comedy at 618-536-3393 or visit the website at www.spc4 fun.com. — SIU Media Services
CARBONDALE — SIU Carbondale alum Robert Rickman will sign copies of his new novel, “Saluki Marooned,” at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 at the Bookworm, 618 E. Walnut St. in Eastgate Shopping Center. Campus Lake, the Thompson Point residence halls and the WSIU radio tower in the background figure prominently in the novel about a burned-out, 58-year-old former broadcaster who is catapulted back to his sophomore year at SIUC during the spring of 1971. Peter Federson has a
chance to start his life all over again, marry that special girl, avoid marrying the wrong girl and stay in college rather than flunk out and tour Vietnam like he did the first time around. Rickman attended SIU from 19701974 and worked at WISU radio and TV and WIDB radio. He is an anchor and producer at a news talk station in Tennessee. Saluki Marooned sells for $12.95. For more information call the Bookworm at 618-457-2665.
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Comedy Club in Chicago, among other gigs. Headliner Dave Odd has appeared on NBC, the BBC, XM Satellite Radio, The Mancow Show and The Bob and Tom Show. He has performed with Mitch Hedberg, Todd Barry, Dave Chappelle, Tracy Morgan, Bob Saget, Daniel Tosh and Jeff Dunham. Odd will also teach an Edge Comedy Boot Camp at 2 p.m. Saturday. To register, email kylescan@gmail.com.
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now back by popular demand. What do you recall most about f you have listened to “A Carbondale? Keillor: I remember Prairie Home driving across the prairie Companion” on National Public Radio then country, kind of the flat you know the source of the country past corn stubble deep voice and even deeper and houses. It was a nice area to drive. If I recall laughs. They belong to correctly I drove down none other than Garrison from St. Louis over that old Keillor, the mind and pen magnificent bridge. behind the show that FS: I heard you made draws more than four quite an impression on a million weekly listeners. group of SIU students, This Grammy-winning taking them out to eat with member of the Radio Hall you at Italian Village after of Fame will be in the show. Carbondale later this GK: They just stood there month to weave his wit, looking hungry, so I invited music, poetry and them out. They were storytelling into a thoughtfully side-splitting interesting, lively people. I wonder if they’re still show. Keillor, 69, recently there. I don’t get the took a brief break from finishing his latest novel to chance to hang out with talk with the Flipside about people in their early 20s his trademark red sneakers, very often. FS: Do you enjoy the his upcoming solo show at more intimate shows like Shryock, and everything the one you will be else in between. performing at Shryock? Flipside: You performed GK: Yeah, it’s an entirely to a sell-out crowd at different drill. With the Shryock in 2009 and are
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radio show, I’m working with actors and a band. Everything is planned out. I write scripts, we stand around microphones holding pieces of paper in our hands. When it’s just me there is no need for a script. I just sit in a room and kind of launch into it. FS: So doing these types of shows kind of keeps you on your toes? GK: By the time you get to
my stage in life, whatever that might be called, pre-geriatric or twilight years, life gets kind of predictable. You spend more and more time with the people you’ve known for a long time. You already know a lot of their stories, and you know them a little too well. They call you sir, they call you Mr. Keillor. Life loses a lot of its challenge, I think. You have
to create challenges for yourself. And that’s my challenge, to walk out on stage with no plan and do something amusing. FS: Do you get a different feel from the crowds during the more intimate shows? I imagine you can read their reactions better when they’re physically closer to you. GK: You can definitely see the people, and they’re
very interesting to watch. The last time I was out, I think in Milwaukee, I was way down on the stage, where I usually stand. The people in the front row have to look all the way up to see me, which is not the greatest view. I saw this man in his mid-40s, dressed in an ordinary way in a jacket and jeans. SEE KEILLOR / PAGE 8
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KEILLOR: Coming to Shryock Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 FS: Speaking of your past, can you talk about how you landed your first He was absolutely shaking with laughter. Next professional radio job? (Minnesota Public Radio, to him sat his two sullen 1969) teenage daughters. They GK: When I was in were clearly embarrassed college, I had a job as a by how much he was parking lot attendant, enjoying the show, which which in Minnesota can be they couldn’t quite figure a painful, painful job. You out. FS: When something like can’t wear gloves because you need to make change that happens, do you with the coin changer. It’s interact with the crowd or bitterly cold. You’re young do you stick to your guns? and cool, so you’re not GK: I don’t really have really dressed for the any guns to stick to in weather. You’re just those kinds of shows. In that instance, I really didn’t freezing to death out there. It was during that time that know how to turn things I coveted an indoor job. I into the direction of saw that they were holding whatever would be considered interesting to a auditions for an announcer position and I thought teenage girl. I just kind of keep bouncing along. I talk having listened to the radio, I could fake that a lot about Lake Wobegon pretty well. You listen to and growing up in a small town in Minnesota. Beyond those guys and just have to learn the slightly pompous that I talk a little bit about news-reading style that myself and my college days, leaving for New York was in fashion back then. So I got the job. hoping to land a job and FS: So five years later you living in squalor and started “A Prairie Home poverty for part of a Companion”…was there a summer. FROM PAGE 7
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turning point in the history of the show that really helped it explode in popularity? GK: I’d say it was when I wrote a book called “Lake Wobegon Days” in the mid-1980s. A lot of people started noticing the book and the audiences grew. That was sort of the big break. And then with my exquisite sense of timing, I left the show so I could become a great American novelist. That lasted me about six or seven months before I came weaseling back. FS: Can you tell me about the red socks and red shoes? They’ve kind of become your trademark haven’t they? GK: I started wearing red socks as an homage to Studs Terkel, a radio personality in Chicago. Then one day, I got tired of wearing black wingtips and I just put on a pair of red sneakers. They just seemed so much lighter. You feel heavier as you get older, and you have to shed some
of that and throw it overboard. I threw my wingtips overboard. FS: We know you’re kind of a jack of all trades with the writing, radio skills, humor, voiceover work. Which do you enjoy most and why? GK: I’m a writer and that’s really what I’ve done since high school. It’s what I do every day. It’s really a remarkable thing to have something you’ve been so loyal to for 50 years, and something that you derive the same amount or even more pleasure from as times goes by. FS: How is your health? (Keillor suffered a minor stroke in September 2009.) GK: It was one of those little things that really leaves you feeling dislocated. I drove myself to the hospital, which probably wasn’t a good idea, but I remember reciting a couple of my long poems along the way to make sure I could still function. I guess it landed in what neurologists call a silent part of the brain where not much is going on. Some of us probably have more of that than others … I was very lucky. FS: When something like that happens, do you think about retiring? GK: I kind of brought it up about a year ago but haven’t really thought about it too much ever since. It seems to me that overworking is soothing for some people. I have been working very, very hard for about the last couple of decades and during that time I have been free of depression and high anxiety. I know people who are retired who suffer from depression. I’m not saying it’s that way for everybody, but maybe some of us just need to keep pulling the plow.
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‘ImaginOcean’ will be at the Carson Center on Oct. 21 and 22.
‘Glow-in-the-dark’ musical at Carson Center PADUCAH — John Tartaglia’s “ImaginOcean,” the glow-in-the-dark new musical, will be presented at the Carson Center at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. A one-of-a-kind, live black-light puppet show, John Tartaglia’s “ImaginOcean” is a magical undersea adventure for kids of all ages. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel and three best friends who just happen to be fish, and they’re about to set out on a remarkable journey of discovery. And
it all starts with a treasure map. As they swim off in search of clues, they’ll sing, they’ll dance, and they’ll make new friends, including everyone in the audience. Ultimately they discover the greatest treasure of all: friendship. It’s jam-packed with music ranging from swing to R&B to Big Band. Tickets for adults are $18 and students are $10 at the box office at 100 Kentucky Avenue in Paducah or by calling 270-443-9932. Or visit www.thecarsoncenter.org. — The Southern
Theater department selling costumes, props CARBONDALE — Just in time for Halloween, it’s the annual Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Theater props and costume sale. The sale is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 15 at the McLeod Theater in the Communcations Building. Items include all manner of props and costumes no longer needed in the department. Most of these items were part of past productions. Those who buy costumes or props not only obtain unique décor or costumes, but also pieces of theater history.
would just take her music back to the Texas road COUNTRY houses and happily grind SCENE out a living. Sony Nashville gave her Vince Hoffard the contract she wanted, and it has paid huge dividends with a trio of groundbreaking albums Miranda Lambert — “Kerosene” (2005), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 20, Show Me Center in (2007) and “Revolution” Cape Girardeau; $29.95, (2009) — that have $39.25 and $47.25 at 573earned her nine Academy of Country Music 651-5000; special guests Awards, four Country include Justine Moore and Music Association awards the Randy Rogers Band; and a 2010 Grammy doors open at 6 p.m. Award for Best Female PROVIDED Country Vocal ach day, the Miranda Lambert will perform Thursday, Oct. 20 in Cape. Performance for “The highways funneling House That Built Me.” shaping artists into its the world. into Nashville, Lambert is the reigning Like a gnat flying into a own preconceived image. Tenn., are crowded with Female Vocalist of the Miranda Lambert tornado, 999 out of 1,000 vehicles carrying Year for the CMA and wasn’t ready to conform prospective new vocalists find the wall impossible ACM. to the established rules ready to turn the industry to scale, and they pack “I hope I’ve been able to after she jumped into the their bags and go home. upside down with their break open some doors national limelight with a fresh style. They have no Of the remaining for more openthird-place finished on fraction, very few will be idea how the system “Nashville Star” in 2003. mindedness in country,” happy with the puppetreally works. Their egos Lambert has said. If record companies like career because have been stroked by didn’t give her total executives on Music Row hometown praise and SEE HOFFARD / PAGE 10 creative control, she they are ready to conquer have a reputation for
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Props for sale include four giant statues of Greek maidens (Caryatids); a large, female statue painted to look like wood; several large Styrofoam rocks; a life-size Styrofoam horse sturdy enough to sit on; two witches, a bat, six tree stumps, children’s toy swords, tricycle, children’s slide, a large coffee table and more. Costumes for sale include knights and soldiers, superheroes, burlesque costumes, as well as vintage hats and Halloween masks. — SIU Media Services
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HOFFARD: Lambert coming to Cape Girardeau FROM PAGE 9
fourth record. After what Revolution did for my career, I was nervous, but “People have told me I what am I gonna do? So I have, but it’s been a lot of work, and it’s been a lot of just started writing, putting my feet in the dirt started collecting songs and saying, here’s the line I and finding songs. I just found that I’m gonna let won’t cross. I may have lost a lot of things for it or I the music lead it. I just followed my heart.” may have gained a lot of Lambert is a very busy things, but I know I sleep woman. She married Blake great at night.” Shelton this summer after Chart success eluded a five-year courtship. They Lambert early in her are in the process of career, but droves of fans would eventually be drawn co-producing a new album for Neal McCoy. to the hard-core truth She is also promoting a found in “Kerosene,” new album by the Pistol “Gunpowder & Lead,” Annies, a trio she formed “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” with friends Ashley “White Liar,” “Only Monroe and Angaleena Prettier” and “The House Presley. That Built Me.” A 27-year old native of Lambert’s next album, Arkansas, Moore has “Four The Record,” is reached the top of the scheduled to be released charts with “Small Town Nov. 1. “To me, part of having a USA” and “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away.” Fond long career is to keep reinventing yourself, keep of writing tunes about southern outdoor culture, reinventing your music, his current single is “Bait A and make it fresh,” she Hook.” said. “It’s kind of crazy to Moore moved to think that I’m on my
Nashville in 2002. He quickly made contact with a high profile industry executive, who promised him a record deal if he would remain patient. He then spent six years honing his skills as a songwriter, because established tunesmiths refused to offer him top-shelf material. An artist truly launched in the digital era, after Moore finally secured a recording contract in 2008, internet users ultimately decided which songs would be included on his first album for Big Machine Records. A second album, “Outlaws Like Me,” was released in June. Hailing from Texas, the Randy Rogers Band was formed in 2000 and has spent the past decade successfully building a national fan base. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo .com.
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Exile brings show to Kentucky Lake Opry With a farewell concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in 1993, fans thought the pulsating sound Exile was gone forever. The band had been running on fumes for a few years, with the departure of lead vocalist Les Taylor and J.P. Pennington. However, an impromptu meeting between Pennington and Taylor at a Lexington, Ky., honky tonk in 1995 allowed the two key figures to settle old differences and agree to put the band back together again. Exile will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kentucky Lake Opry in Benton, Ky. Tickets are $28, $38 and $58. Call 270-5273869. — Vince Hoffard
Makanda Boardwalk October 15-16, 2011
VULTURE FEST LINE-UP
OVER 40 Craft Vendors, Great Food, MUSIC, and Silent Auction PAVILION Saturday 1:30pm 3:30 pm 5:30pm Sunday 12:30pm 2:30 pm 4:30pm
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RAINMAKER’S GARDEN J Brown Band Bone Dry River Band Leadfoot SIWADE Venturis Soul Glo
Lessons from SWIADE!
WHEN: 11:30am - 1pm Bring your own drums Sunday for lessons before thier set. WHERE: Pavilion
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Saturday 1pm 3pm 5pm Sunday 12:30pm 2:30 pm 5pm
Christine Bauer Barry Cloyd Hillbilly Standard Will Maring and Robert Bowlin New Arts Jazzlet Joey Odum Blues Project
SPONSORS Makanda Inn, Lazy Days Deli, Short Family, Skyline View, Makanda Trading Company, Visions, Makanda Country Store, Rainmaker, Allan Struck, Stone Creek Golf Course, Giant City Lodge, Holt’s Tires, Cooks Portable Warehouse, Southpass Beads, Jenny Kaiser
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CRAVING KARAOKE? Karaoke and DJ lists are online at flipsideonline.com.
TONIGHT Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries 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. Guitar Duo: Andre’ Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic, 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; $10; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233.
Wineries Bone Dry River Band: 5 p.m. Thursday, Rustle Hill Winery Rusted Root: Follows opening act, Thursday, Rustle Hill Winery Venturis: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Steve Hornbeak: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Lincoln Heritage Winery Heifer In The Vines: noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Alto Vineyards Clay Canfield: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Todd Pierson: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Tracy Schubert Band:
3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard Dirtwater Fox: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, The Bluffs No Divas: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Marbin: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Barry Cloyd: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard Dave Caputo Duo: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard Marty’s Band of Marauders: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Michael Aguirre: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, 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
BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Hip Hop Night w/Angry Abe PK’s: Marbin Tres Hombres: Red Devil Radio/Manx, 10 p.m. MARION Walt’s Pizza: Matt Basler, 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.
TUESDAY CARBONDALE PKs: Bosco and Whiteford Tres Hombres: Project Object w/Ike Willis, 9 p.m.; Frank Zappa tribute Walt’s Pizza: Ivas John, 6-9 p.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, 7-11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY MARION Walt’s Pizza: Phil Powell, 6-9 p.m.
WANT TO BE LISTED? Call 618-351-5089 or email brenda.kirkpatrick@thesouthern.com. FRIDAY CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Brushfire w/Chris Cavanaugh, 10 p.m. PK’s: Slappin’ Henry Blue Tres Hombres: Leadfoot, 8 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band,
6:30-9:30 p.m. Ramesses: Mixed Company THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Jeanita Spillman & The Sentimental Swing Band, 7-10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Liberty Road Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: This Must Be The Band Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Mike and Joe PK’s: Slappin’ Henry Blue Tres Hombres: Funky Butt Brass Band, 9 p.m. COELLO The Italian Club: Shaky Jake, 8 p.m.-midnight MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:309:30 p.m. Marion American Legion: Ms. Dahn &
The Misters, 8-11 p.m. Ramesses: Mixed Company NASHVILLE Jolly Acres: Sacrifice The Gods w/Washco Lowlifes 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. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: As Time Goes By Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SUNDAY CARBONDALE Key West: Blue Plate Specials, 8 p.m.midnight MARION Marion Eagles: Roger Black and The
Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys, 6-10 p.m. STEELEVILLE American Legion : Country Aces, 2-5:30 p.m.
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 Jolly Acres: Illinois 127, Nashville 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 618Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-8107 Marion 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 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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Winery hosts night for songwriters ANNA — Steve Hornbeak has toured with Faith Hill, John Michael Montgomery and many others. He currently tours with Richard Marx and is in the house band on CMT’s “Next Superstar.” His next stop is right here in Southern Illinois. He’s the featured attractions at Writers Night at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lincoln Heritage Winery. This is an open mic night for songwriters so bring your acoustic guitar and your voice.
There will be a signup sheet so get there early. Here are the directions to the winery: From the four-way stop in Anna at Main and Vienna streets, travel northeast on old U.S. 51, 2.5 miles to Kaolin Road. Turn west (left) on Kaolin Road and continue one-half mile, passing the Union County Animal Control Shelter to the winery entrance straight ahead. For info, call 618-8333783. — The Southern
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COVER STORY Concerts Southern Illinois Rusted Root: Doors open 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden; advance, $15; door, $20; parking, $5; opening act, Bone Dry River Band; southernticketsonline.com; limited seating; 618-8932700 or www.rustlehill winery.com 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. The Avett Brothers: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, SIU Arena, Carbondale; folk rock band; $35/$30/$25; SouthernTicketsOnline.com or 618-453-6000.
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October 15 & 16 9am-4pm Antiques • Collectibles • New & Old Jewelry Old Tools • Hand Crafted Furniture Antique Furniture • Old Quilts & Lamps • Stamps Coins • Baseball Cards • Comics • Oriental Items Watches & Pocket Watches • Old Books Depression Glass • Military Memorabilia
Belle-Clair Exhibition Center at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds Third Full Weekend of Every Month Rt 13, Belleville, IL • 618-233-0052 www.bcfairgrounds.net
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Exile: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $58-$28; 270-527-3869; www.kentuckyopry.com. Mannheim Steamroller: Tickets now on sale for Nov. 22 performance, The Carson Center, Paducah; time of concert, 7:30 p.m.; Christmas music; 270-450-4444 or www.TheCarsonCenter.org
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 Recital: 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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Rick Smith: University Museum, SIU; metal artist Art in Turley Park: 10 a.m.- specializing in blacksmithing; 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, Turley 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayPark, Carbondale; reserve a Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; space for $25; http://artin free; through Oct. 29; turleypark.blogspot.com www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. There’s No LIfe Without Events Music: Paintings by Eileen Trunk Show: 10 a.m.Doman, The Yellow Moon 7 p.m. today through Sunday, Café, 110 N. Front St., Oct. 16, Southpass Beads, Cobden; hours, 10 a.m.203 E. Ash St., Cobden; 2 p.m., Tuesday through Japanese seed beads and Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday; fire polished crystals; through Oct. 29; 618-457www.southpassbeads.com or 7641 or anthillgallery@ 618-893-6170. gmail.com The Way We Worked: SIMS: Southern Illinois Presentation by Judy Metalsmiths Society Form, Travelstead and Bonnie Fabricate, Forge, University Heidinger, 6 p.m. Thursday, Museum, SIUC; hours, Oct. 13, University Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdaySIU; topic, “The Changing Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; Face of Farmwork in Union free; through Oct. 30; County, Illinois: A History of www.museum.siu.edu or Fruits and vegetables and the 618-453-5388. People Who Worked/Work in Visions in Fiber: By quilter the Industry;” www.museum. Robin Haller, University siu.edu; info@carbondale arts.org or 618-457-5100.
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Museum, SIU; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. 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 cyber-age 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. The Way We Worked: University Museum, SIU; explores why, where and how we work; exhibit hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayFriday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday;
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free; other exhibits throughout southern Illinois; through Nov. 12; www. museum.siu.edu or 618-4535388. Down On The Farm: Memories of Not That Long Ago, Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; through mid-November; 618-303-0569 or johnalogan museum@globaleyes.net. Brenda Riley: Paintings in watercolor and acrylic, Harrisburg District Library; through Nov. 27; 618-2537455. 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; 618-9988530. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from
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Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-8939463 or www.starview vineyards.com. Jo Loomis: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion; paintings of landscapes, seascapes, people, pets; 618-889-5330 or vanjol@ frontier.com.
THEATER Saturday and 2-6 p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 28; 618-529-3376 or www.fern fair.com.
Receptions Portraits on Glass: By Madeline Steimle, MondayFriday, Oct. 10-14, Vergette Gallery, SIU; closing reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. Father-Daughter Show: Jerry DeSoto and Cathy DeSoto, Fern Fair Gallery, 8609 Giant City Road, Carbondale; opening reception, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14; gallery hours, noon4 p.m. Wednesday; 1-5 p.m.
Exhibits Fall Exhibition 2011: Starts Thursday, Oct. 13, The Gallery Space, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro, Law office of Joni Beth Bailey; includes works by Bod Angarola, Tom Bell, Karen Linduska, Eric Johnson, Mary Pachikara and Fraenze Reichard; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; through Nov. 21; cruzat. luca@gmail.com 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.
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Stellar cast keeps ‘The Big Year’ entertaining, light-hearted The Big Year ** ½
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Jack Black. So there’s little time for waxing poetic Rated PG for language and about our feathered some sensuality; starring friends, no lingering shots “The Big Year” is a Steve Martin, Jack Black, comedy about competitive of the lovely, elusive and Owen Wilson; directed by rare spotted woodpecker bird-watching. It stars David Frankel; opening or pink-footed goose three of the biggest stars Friday at University Place 8 from two generations of these men pursue to the ends of the continent. in Carbondale and Illinois screen comedy — Steve It’s a lot like the pursuit Star Centre 8 in Marion. Martin, Owen Wilson and MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Little Egypt Barbershop Chorus Presents:
“RADIO DAZE” October 22 • Herrin Civic Center Tickets are available from the following:
Chorus Members Bank of Carbondale (Carbondale location) Herrin Civic Center www.harmonize.com/littleegyptchorus/ events page/get tickets Ticket Leap 1-888-241-0769 Norm Bauer at: nbauer36@gmail.com or (618) 833-3228
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itself — manic birders, pressed for time, jetting and driving and boating hither and yon, trying to pile up the most species sightings in a given year, not really appreciating the winged wonders in their midst. Considering this cast, it’s not particularly wacky, either. That’s in keeping with the source material, reporter Mark Obmascik’s lightly amusing book about three obsessed and very different birders piling up the numbers in the biggest birding year ever. What this film from the director of “The Devil Wears Prada” does manage is a gentle amiability, much like this “honor system” contest it depicts. These are people who can’t articulate what they love — they just know they love it. And their ranks are a quirky, disparate lot.
Take Brad (Black). He’s an overweight computer code-cruncher for a nuclear power plant who spends all his spare time and all his cash — and then some — birding. “Sooner or later, you’re going to have to do something with your life,” his dad (Brian Dennehy) grouses. “I just want to do something big, to make my mark,” he tells him, as he’s hitting the parents (Diane Wiest plays his mom) up for more cash. He’s going for a big year, and hanging on to a full time job while doing it. Then there’s Stu (Steve Martin). He’s a company president ready to retire just so he can leave behind his wife (Jobeth Williams) and their stunning Aspen estate to spend a year chasing birds. His underlings (Kevin Pollack, Joel McHale) don’t want him to leave in the middle
of a big deal, but Stu is determined. Is he as determined as Kenny (Owen Wilson), a wealthy contractor who holds the current “big year” record? Kenny knows all the tricks and is something of a swaggering, insufferable rock star in birder circles. And he’s so anxious to hang onto his record that he plans to travel anywhere, anytime, to better that record, o matter how much his wife (Rosamund Pike) wants a baby. Director David Frankel is blessed with this cast and a subject that seems ripe for mockery, or at least gentle lampooning. But he never lands big laughs, just grins and giggles. Anjelica Huston amusingly plays the flinty bird-boat trip operator who takes her name from a rare bird — Annie Auklet.
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‘Footloose’ remake keeps the spirit of the original, for the most part Footloose **½ Rated PG-13; starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller; directed by Craig Brewer; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Star Centre 8 in Marion. BY RENE RODRIGUEZ MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
In 1983, in one of the biggest “What were they thinking?” moves of all time, Paramount Pictures signed Michael Cimino to direct “Footloose.” The reason the studio thought Cimino — who had won an Oscar for the bloody Vietnam War drama “The Deer Hunter”
and bankrupted an entire studio with the colossal flop “Heaven’s Gate” — was a good match for the story of a big-city kid who moves to a small town where dancing is banned has been lost to history. Not surprisingly, Cimino left the project after demanding to rewrite Dean Pitchford’s original script: Cimino wanted to make the film “darker,” which understandably made the studio nervous. Herbert Ross, who specialized in Neil Simon adaptations and soft-edged Marsha Mason comedies, stepped in to direct “Footloose,” which became a box-office hit and made Kevin Bacon a star. And Cimino ran off to direct Oliver Stone’s script of “Year of the Dragon,” one of the
wildest, most over-thetop and brazenly racist crime dramas ever released by a major Hollywood studio. We are left to imagine how Michael Cimino’s “Footloose” might have turned out. But there’s a moment early in the new remake that hints at what might have been. Director Craig Brewer is shrewd enough to open his “Footloose” by paying homage to the original, with a note-for-note cover of Kenny Loggins’ famous theme song sung by Blake Shelton, and an exhilarating opening credits sequence once again comprising primarily dancing feet. And then, just as your spirits are soaring right alongside the frolicking kids onscreen,
comes a horrible car crash that kills several of the teens and suddenly changes the mood from celebratory to funereal. Brewer, who also co-wrote the new screenplay with original “Footloose” creator Dean Pitchford, places a lot more emphasis on the adults in the story, specifically the Rev. Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) and his wife (Andie MacDowell), the leading proponents of the ban on dancing and loud music in the small town of Bomont following that fiery car wreck. Years later, the Boston teen Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) moves to town, falls for Shaw’s daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) and curiously causes sudden
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‘Footloose’ opens Friday in Carbondale and Marion.
bursts of hip-hop danceoffs and line dancing wherever he goes. Unlike most recent remakes of teen-oriented staples such as “Fame,” which are crass moneygrabs with little of the spirit of the original pictures that spawned them, the new “Footloose” has been made by people
with a genuine affection for the first film. Brewer has thrown in enough tips of the hat to the 1984 hit — from Ren’s yellow VW Bug to his gymnastic “angry dance” — to put a smile on the face of anyone who was a teenager in the 1980s and may now be bringing their own kids to bask in the “Footloose” experience.
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