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State Park, Metropolis; family biking experience on the The Adventures of a George Rogers Clark Discover Common Man: Book signing Tail; starts at Visitors Center; by Edmond P. DeRousse, helmets advised. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Sustainable Living Expo: 27; South Walnut and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Mulberry streets, 27, Dixon Springs Agricultural Pinckneyville; 888-361-9473; Center, Illinois 145, Pope tking@tatepublishing.com. County; presentations and Devil’s Oven: Book signing demonstrations on home by Laura Benedict, 1-3 p.m. energy, local foods, Saturday, Oct. 27, The conservation, survival Bookworm, Eastgate sessions; artisan tent; kid’s Shopping Center, Carbondale; area; 618-638-6954; 618-457-2665. www.slexpo.org. Book sale: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. An Evening Behind the Monday, Oct. 29, Herrin City Masque: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Library, 120 N. 13th St.; buy a Oct. 27, Kokopelli Country book bag for $5, fill it up and Club, Marion; costume party, take it with you; 618-942entertainment, hors 6109. d’oeuvres, wine; benefits illiamson County Child Comedy Advocacy Center, Marion; individuals, $50; couple, $90; The Carbondale 618-942-3800; 618-521-4219. Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Sneaker Ball: 7 p.m. Hangar 9, Carbondale; Saturday, Oct. 27, Newman 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station Center, 715 S. Washington 13, Carbondale; see The St. Carbondale; black-tie Carbondale Comedians on charity event; wear your Facebook. favorite sneakers; Last Laugh Fridays: Gid entertainment; donate slightPool, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, worn shoes or new shoes; Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton dinner; www.soles4souls.org; Lane, Benton, Ky.; $18/$15/ 773-997-7176; byroncane27 $12; www.kentuckyopry.com; @gmail.com. 888-459-8704. Illinois Championship Cody Campbell & Alliance Wrestling: 7 p.m. ventriloquist Janie Jett Saturday, Oct. 27, Student Mason: Featuring Jerry, Center, Ballroom B, SIU; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, family fun; $8; children, 8 and Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton younger, free; www.southern Lane, Benton, Ky.; $20/$19/ ticketsonline.com; 618-453$10/$7.50; www.kentucky 6000. opry.com; 888-459-8704.
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Big Muddy Monster Bike Ride: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Fort Massac Haunted Hayride: 7 p.m.
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Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 25-27, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; $5; concessions; sponsored by Relay For Life; 618-559-6989. Haunted Hayride: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 2527, James Street Park, Carterville; free concert Thursday by Whistle Pigs; $4; handicap accessible wagon; 618-525-7084. Haunted Hall of Horror: A.C. Brase Arena, 410 Kiwanis Drive, Cape Girardeau; 7-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 2627 and 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 and TuesdayWednesday, Oct. 30-31; $7; www.cityofcapegirardeau.org /hauntedhall. The Monster Mash Ball: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Anna Arts Center, 117 W. Davie St., Anna; prizes for best costume; all ages; dinner and music; $10; all proceeds go toward renovating the Anna Arts Center buildings; 618-697-0008; 618-833-6525. Trick-or-Treating alternative: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Vine Community Church, 1445 S. Wall St., Carbondale; through grade 5; games, inflatables; 618-3518463. Witches’ Brew: Storytelling event, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; spooky stories by Marilyn Kinsella, also known as Taleypo the Storyteller; outside behind the Mitchell House; stories for 8 and under, 6-6:45 p.m.; stories for ages 9 through adult, 7:30-8:45 p.m.; costumes welcome;
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MOVIES Department and Carbondale Fire Department Safehouse; proceeds to Boys and Girls Club and Crime Stoppers; 618-529-3400. Family Halloween On Main Street: Candy Walk, 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Carbondale; meet at Carbondale Main Street office, main depot; trick-or-treat bags provided; 618-529-8040. Boo Bash: 3:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Illinois Star Centre Mall, Marion; trick or treating, 5-7 p.m.; Halloween activities; prizes, cookie/cake walk; www.ilstarcentremall .com. Monster Mash: 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, University Mall, Carbondale; costume contest, 4-6 p.m., trick or treat, 6-8 p.m.; 12 and younger; 618-529-3681. Trunk or Treat: 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, Cambria Christian Church, 306 S. Poplar St., Cambria; candy, chili, hot dogs, soda, hot chocolate and apple cider; 618-925-1173. Pumpkin Path: 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, downtown Carterville; costume parade, 4:30 p.m.;
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children up to 12; trick or treating from fire station to Old National Bank; costume parade begins at First Baptist Church parking lot; bring canned good to participate; 618-985-6942. Books for Treats: 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, Brehm Library, Mount Vernon; free children’s book for ages 4-10; theme, Books are Brain Candy; 618-2426322. Pumpkin Patch: Trick or treating alternative, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, Anna Heights Baptist Church, 100 Turner Ave., Anna; infant through sixth-grade; carnival games, photo booths, hayrides, horse rides, bounce houses, candy, hotdogs. The Night’s Shield Zombie Run: Registration begins 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, All Souls Day; run starts 4 p.m., Little Egypt Off Road in Crab Orchard, east of Marion; proceeds benefit The Night’s Shield Children’s Shelter in West Frankfort; 5K race from zombies; 14 and older; $30; also, Super Hero Fun Run for kids 13 and younger; $15; register by
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Monday, Oct. 29; 618-9326400; www.thenights shield.org. Haunted Hollow: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, Touch of Nature Environmental Center, off Giant City Road, seven miles south of Carbondale; family-friendly festivities; face painting, trivia and treat, paddleboat and pontoon rides, creepy crawlers, campfire activities; costumes are optional; 14 and older, $7; children 13 and under, $5; under 5, free; register at 618-453-1121.
Festivals Mardi Gras: Saturday, Oct. 27, Pinckneyville; flea market/craft fair, 8 a.m.4 p.m.; car show registration, 9 a.m.-noon; night parade, 7 p.m.; www.pinckneyville. com.
Film Community Cinema: As Goes Janesville, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Carbondale Public Library; part of a series of free film screenings from the PBS series Independent
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Lens to be held at the library on the last Saturday of every month; refreshments; 618-453-6148; vickie. devenport@wsiu.org.
History Civil War Living History: Re-enactors, speakers, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Fort Massac State Park, Metropolis; the Belle of Cincinnati riverboat will stop by Metropolis for a dinner cruise, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27; 800-261-8586; www.bbriverboats.com.
Talent Contest Kids with Talent: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Liberty Theater, downtown Murphysboro; 618-6845880.
Theater Big Muddy Shorts: Monster Edition, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, the Studio, basement of the Communications Building,
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SIU, room 0023; playwrights try their hands at the scary, odd, strange, weird and frightening monsters; free; strong language, adult content and terrifying subject matter; 618-4535741. Fiddler on the Roof: SIU Presents! Shryock Auditorium, SIU; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; 618-4536000. Rocky Horror Show: 7 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. FridaySaturday, Nov. 2-3, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $12; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030. Murder Mystery Interactive Dinner: Project Gunway, 6:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; dress up in your Red Carpet best; $35; reserve by Monday, Nov. 5; 618-995-9463; www.blueskyvineyard.com.
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MOVIES Creal Springs: 5-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Cutler: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 De Soto: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Dongola: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Du Quoin: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Eldorado: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 Elkville: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Goreville: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Harrisburg: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Herrin: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Hurst: 5:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31
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Ina: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Jonesboro: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Marion: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 McLeansboro: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Metropolis: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Mounds: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Mount Vernon: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Murphysboro: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Pinckneyville: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Red Bud: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Ridgway: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Royalton: 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Sesser: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Sparta: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Steeleville: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Tamaroa: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Vergennes: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Vienna: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 West City: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 West Frankfort: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Willisville: 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 Zeigler: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27
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Civil War events planned at Fort Massac METROPOLIS — Fort Massac State Park will host Civil War-themed activities this weekend. Re-enactors portraying Company E of the 81st Volunteer Infantry Regiment made up of men from Union and Williamson counties will be set up on the grounds, showcasing how life would have been lived in the mid-19th century. The regiment participated in numerous battles throughout the war. The re-enactors will be set up from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Skirmishes are scheduled for 1 p.m. both days.
A number of speakers and special events will happen throughout the day Saturday. Among the speakers are Phil Shappard, a descendant of a Massac County soldier; Glen Bishop, a Civil War researcher; Marlene Rivero, a Southern Illinois storyteller; and Bob Swanson, a local architect. The Belle of Cincinnati will stop by Metropolis for a dinner cruise Saturday. Loading begins at 4:30 p.m. with the ship departing at 5:30. For reservations, call 800-261-8586 or visit www.bbriverboats.com. — Adam Testa
Flipside seeking holiday event submissions Readers are asked to send holiday events to Flipside for a special expanded Flipside edition to be printed Thursday, Nov. 8. If your group is having a special holiday lighting display, open house, or holiday tradition, send the information to flipside@ thesouthern.com, fax to 618-549-3310 or mail to The Southern Illinoisan,
Flipside Holiday Events, P.O. Box 2108, Carbondale, IL 62902. Send in your holiday events as soon as possible but we do need the information by Friday, Nov. 2, in order for the events to be included in the special Nov. 8 expanded Flipside. For more information, call 618-351-5089. — Brenda Kirkpatrick
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‘Rocky Horror’ coming to Marion MARION — By the time November rolls around, Halloween will be over, but the spirit will live on. The cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” will come to life on the stage of the Marion Cultural and Civic Center for four productions Friday and Saturday, Nov.
2-3. Shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. and midnight each night. The musical, which inspired the popular 1975 film, follows the same story. Tickets for the show are $12 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.marionccc.org. — Adam Testa
Halloween stories being told at Cedarhurst MOUNT VERNON — An evening of spooky stories and haunting tales is in store for guests at the Witches’ Brew family event at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. Nationally renowned storyteller Marilyn Kinsella, also known as Taleypo the Storyteller, will share stories in her award-
winning, animated style. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Baby Brew, with stories appropriate for ages 8 and younger is from 6 to 6:45 p.m. The event continues from 7:30 to 8:45 for those ages 9 to adult. Halloween costumes are welcome. Admission is $2 per person or $5 per family. — Adam Testa
Fraternity collectomg shoes at Sneaker Ball CARBONDALE — The men of Phi Beta Sigma are collecting new and slightly worm sneakers in an attempt to help eradicate poverty at the third annual Sneaker Ball. More than 500 pairs of shoes have been collected in the past two years. More will be collected at the Sneaker Ball, described as “a black-tie charity event with a chic, youthful flair.” The event
begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Newman Center, 715 S. Washington St. Brandon “Hollywood” Williams, a poet, artist, producer and DJ from Chicago, will be the featured guest. Sneakers collected at the event will be donated to souls4souls. For more information about the organization, visit soles4soles.org. — Adam Testa
Laura Benedict signing new book Saturday CARBONDALE — Author Laura Benedict of Carbondale will be signing copies of her newest book, “Devil’s Over,” at Bookworm from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. The book retells the classic story of “Frankenstein” in a contemporary, remote mountain setting with a woman in the title role. Seamstress Ivy Lutrell
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assembles her creature from the parts of a man she finds buried on a mountainside. Benedict’s first two novels were published by Ballantine Books. “Devil’s Oven” is the first original book from Gallowstree Press, launched this year by Benedict and her husband Pinckney Benedict. — Adam Testa
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University Museum hosting night of political satire Glass collection highlights new Cedarhurst exhibits CARBONDALE — The University Museum at SIU will host “An Evening on Political Satire” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. The event will open with a chance to see the museum’s new exhibit, “The Mocking of Politics: Satirical Illustrations from the Jerome M. Mileur
Presidential Political Memorabilia Collection.” Mileur, an alumnus of SIU, is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Mileur will speak at 7 p.m. Friday about “Puck, Judge and Joseph Keppler: The Origins of Political
Satire in the U.S.” Alison Dagnes, associate professor of political science at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, will also speak on “Television and Political Satire Today.” The program is free and open to the public. — Adam Testa
‘When Nature Talks’ exhibit opens in Whittington WHITTINGTON — Six artists from across Illinois are bringing the outdoors indoors with a new exhibit at the Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center. “When Nature Talks” features work by artists representing six distinct forms of art, united by their influences and inspirations drawn from
the state’s natural beauty. Participating in the exhibit are paper artist Les Barker of Aurora, scratchboard artist Lisa Goesling of Palatine, woodworker Roger Grimes of Chicago, photographer Chris Main of Champaign, ceramicist Yuki Nyhan of Chicago and glass artist Leonard Wilson of McHenry.
An opening reception is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail. All six participating artists will be on hand to meet with guests, and the mother duo team of clay sculptor Lois Palmer Huth and woodcarver Jonathan Huth will be hosting a public demonstration. — Adam Testa
MOUNT VERNON — A display of items from the Joy Thornton-Walter and John H. Walter Collection of Contemporary Glass Art highlights a series of new exhibits opened at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts this weekend. The exhibit opens to the public on Sunday, Oct. 28, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the inception of studio glass in America. The Walters’ collection is one of Illinois’ most significant. Featured in the display are works from the United States, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, Italy and Australia. Faculty and students from SIU Carbondale’s renowned glass program will host a free mobile glass-blowing demonstration from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Gallery talks are scheduled with the Walters on Saturday, Nov. 17, and glass collector Jon Liebman on Saturday, Dec. 1. The glassworks will remain on display through Jan. 6. Other displays opening this weekend include the Kuenz Sculpture Park
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MOVIES Exhibits Marlene Webb: Paintings and drawings on display in the Buzz, on the square, Benton; through November; hours, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays; 618-439-2899. Group du Jour art: Now on display, Harrisburg District Library; the nine artists in the group are members of the Paducah Area Painters Alliance; paintings are for sale; reception, 2-4 p.m., Nov. 11; through December. Fossils and minerals: Union County Museum, Cobden; artifacts, most local; features crinoid with its stem, a shark’s vertebrae, a cephalopod, trilobites, agates, geodes and
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thunder eggs; through Oct. 28; hours, 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. 20th Century, American Visionary and Outsider Art: Original paintings and objects by Howard Finster, RA Miller and Mose T. The Cox Gallery at Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; hours, 1-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday; through Oct. 28; 618-549-0666. Mixed Medium Pastiche: Joan Skiver-Levy, Southern Illinois Art and Artisan Center, Rend Lake; a mini exhibition including a watercolor collage; through Oct. 30; 618-6292220. Extraordinary Talent Come Home: Carbondale Community Arts’ Biennial, University Museum, SIU;
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anthillgallery@gmail.com. The Art of Imagination and Color: Landscape paintings by George Ions, The Luna Gallery in The Yellow Moon Cafe and at anthill gallery, both in Cobden; through October; www.anthill gallery.com; anthillgallery@ gmail.com. Recent Work: By Treehouse Artist Collective, Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; paintings by Jim King, Wahid Lewis, Andrea LeBeau and photos by Julian Milo, Danielle Konings, Greg Wendt, Terry Hickey and photo students, ages 8-12; through Nov. 2; 618-713-7531. Primo Angeli: A Retrospective of Posters, Design & Brand Identity, University Museum, SIU; master designer Primo Angeli grew up in West Frankfort; internationally know designer; posters for the Olympics; through Dec. 8; www.museum.
featured artists: Preston Jackson, Frank Brown, JoAnna Johnson; through Oct. 30; CCA celebrates its 25th anniversary year; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. LEAA Harvest Time: Little Egypt Art Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through Oct. 31: art pieces and photographs with a harvest theme; 618-998-8530 or www.little egyptarts.com. Nevins Ware: Illinois Rural Heritage Museum, 187 Fairground Road, Pinckneyville; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; includes paintings of local buildings, sites; through October; 618-357-8908; www.illinois ruralheritagemuseum.org. Linda Bollenbach: Storybased designs, part jewelry, part sculpture, anthill gallery and vintage curiosities, Cobden; through October; www.anthillgallery.com;
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siu.edu; 618-453-5388. Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My: Animals in a humorous setting through poems on various artworks, University Museum, SIU; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. The Photography Project: University Museum, SIU; by high school students from Cobden, Elverado, Eldorado, Zeigler-Royalton and Shawnee Community College students; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. The Mitchell Collection of Small Metal Treasures: University Museum, SIU; through Dec. 8; 618-4535388; www.museum.siu.edu. Sensation, Revelation: Themes and Variations In Color and Form, University Museum, SIU; artists include Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Patrick Caulfield, Patrick Heron, John Hoyland, Patrick Hughes, Kenneth Martin and Victor Vasarely; through Dec. 8; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388. On & Of Paper: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, Whittington; paintings, drawings, photography, digital art, prints, woodblock, lithographs and etchings and constructed works created out of paper; through Jan. 27; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 618-6292220.
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Ghoulish Gourds: A Pumpkin Photo Contest, sponsored by Friends of the Cache River Watershed, pumpkin will be featured on the Friends’ Facebook page and will be voted on by Facebook users; most “likes” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 wins; prizes; email pumpkin photo to Chelsea_DeVivo@ fws.gov with your name, age and your preferred contact information; only e-mail entries will be accepted; pumpkins may be carved, painted or decorated; one entry per person; deadline to
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Receptions People’s Choice: Features works of former local artists, Civic Center Corridor Gallery, Carbondale; through Oct. 30; Thank You Reception, 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; www.carbondalearts.org. Political Cartoons: From the Jerome M. Mileur Collection, University Museum, SIU; presidential memorabilia collection; program and reception, 6–8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; panel on today’s political satire, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; through Dec. 8; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388. When Nature Talks: Opening reception, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; artists, Les Barker, Lisa Goesling, Roger Grimes, Chris Main, Yuki Nyhan and Leonard Wilson; reception features mother and son demonstrating artists, clay sculptor Lois Palmer Huth and woodcarver Jonathan Huth; 618-629-2220 www. museum.state.il.us/ismsites/ so-il. Members’ Preview Reception: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; preview of new exhibitions, The Joy Thornton-Walter and John Walter Collection of Contemporary Glass Art, Main Gallery; Kuenz Sculpture Park Photo Contest, Beal Grand Corridor Gallery; Shrode Photography Competition, Regenhardt Gallery at Shrode Art Center and C. W. Roelle: At Home with Nature, Beck Family Center Gallery; glass blowing demonstration; nonmember preview admission, $5; free admission for public, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28; exhibits through Jan. 6; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-2421236.
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Woodbox Gang reuniting for Shryock concert CARBONDALE — For the first time in more than three years, the members of popular Southern Illinois band The Woodbox Gang will reunite on stage. The group will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Shryock Auditorium. Not only is the concert the band’s official on-stage reunion, it will also serve as the release party for its new album, “Glorious Scars.” The Woodbox Gang spent more than decade as a touring and recording act, but they would always come home to Carbondale to play for lively hometown crowds. The band released six studio albums between 2000 and 2009, including “Drunk as Dragons,” which was put out by Alternative Tentacles Records in San Francisco. The label was founded by Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys. Each album received praise from fans and critics, as the band developed a reputation for its often dark, yet amusing lyrics and polished sound. “Glorious Scars,” which will be available for sale the night of the show, includes a diverse collection of new songs, most of which were
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written over the course of the band’s hiatus while band member Hugh DeNeal served time in prison. The other members of the band — Alex Kirt, Greg Edwards and Dan Goett — remained active in other local bands and projects. A number of different guest musicians will accompany The Woodbox Gang on stage as they perform songs from the new album, as well as familiar favorites. Chicago Farmer, a long-time friend of the band members, will open the show. Tickets for the concert are $10 to $20 and can be
bought at www.southern ticketsonline.com or by calling 618-453-6000. Copies of the documentary “Confidence Man,” which details DeNeal’s rise and fall, which ultimately ended with charges of mail fraud stemming from business deals that bilked investors for more than $500,000, will also be available for sale at the concert. — Adam Testa
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Bands unite for Halloween concert MARION —The Southern Illinois and John A. Logan College concert bands are uniting for a special Halloween performance. “It Happened on Halloween: A Symphonic Spooktacular II” begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. The concert will be led by David Wicks and SIU Carbondale Professor Emeritus Mike Hanes. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for teens and free for children 12 and younger. Children attending in costume may participate in a costume parade and receive goody bags filled with candy and coupons. Tickets can be purchased at the door. — Adam Testa
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Tickets are $20 to $40 and are available at www.southerntickets online.com or by calling 618-453-6000. Patrons can save $5 per ticket with the sale code “SOUTHERN.” Dailey and Vincent have drawn critical acclaim and were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011. The New York Times called them “the most celebrated new bluegrass act of the last few years,” while the Wall Street Journal said “a new dynasty may be taking shape in bluegrass music.” The duo came together in 2007 and has recorded five albums, including a collection of covers of Statler Brothers songs and a gospel album. — Adam Testa
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Robert Russell concert footage to be used in documentary Creole Stomp, Tawl Paul CARBONDALE — and Hillbilly Standard. Footage for a new blues Footage shot during the documentary being concert will augment produced by a Southern Illinois filmmaker will be clips of two days’ worth of stories shot earlier this shot during a special concert Friday, Oct. 26, at month in the Dan Johnson-producer Fat Pattie’s restaurant. documentary. “Robert Locals bluesman Robert Russell will play a Russell’s Blues” will combine stories and song set of pre-war acoustic to tell the story of the blues at 8 p.m., with an up-tempo, electric set of Southern Illinois musician’s travels and blues classics and jazz rock originals performed journeys. “Robert is a subtle and with bassist Chris DiBiase following it at 9. funny storyteller,” said Bob Streit of Indigo Goat Russell, a staple of the Carbondale music scene, Productions, which is producing the film. “The has been recording and concert will energize and touring nationally for 10 years as the lead guitarist illustrate the charming tales he’s told us of life on for Dennis Stroughmatt the road, of a decade of and Creole Stomp. They play at Cajun and Zydeco visits to the Delta and of encounters and festivals across the friendships forged with country, but Russell’s first love has always been many of his blues heroes. No doubt he’ll share a the blues. DiBiase is a few of those tales with veteran host of many local bands, including an our audience.” — Adam Testa early incarnation of
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Benton native brings new country event to Ina like ‘Am I Blue’ for George Strait,” Reed said. “I told COUNTRY them I had a song that was SCENE a big hit from coast-tocoast and they all looked Vince Hoffard at me kind of surprised. I told them ‘Shakin’ Charlene’ was popular from the Wabash to the ashville has an Big Muddy.” unwritten golden rule Another major star in that applies to Reed’s lineup is Buck conduct within the Reed. He broke into the country music profession. business working for John An individual should treat Anderson and has toured everyone with dignity and with Dierks Bentley, respect, because the same PROVIDED LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban people you meet climbing Many top steel guitar players will descend on Ina for the first and The Ranch. For the the ladder of success are Stars and Steel Guitars show Nov. 2 and 3 at the Rend Lake past 18 years, he has been the same ones you are Resort. See a full schedule at www.flipsideonline.com. a member of Lyle Lovett’s forced to deal with during the hard times. would hire me.’ When you Large Band. and $22 on the day of the National treasures Benton native Bobby show. Two-day passes are work in Nashville, the among steel guitarists, Reed adhered to this motto also available. roots you put down over Lynn Owsley, Pat Severs when he migrated to the years allow you to Featured artists during and Ron Elliott, will also Music City in 1985 and the two-day event will be build credibility.” be at the Rend Lake event. opened his own recording Mike Johnson, Buck Reid, Johnson played in the Owsley worked for studio. He used a wide road bands of superstars Lynn Owsley, Ron Elliott legends like Wanda assortment of high quality and Pat Severs. It’s a like Mel Street, Jack Jackson, Webb Pierce and musicians through the Greene and Bill Anderson virtual home-run derby years and built a solid early in his career. The list Lefty Frizzell, before among the most prolific settling in for lengthy reputation. People truly of monster hit songs he steel guitarists in the stints with Ernest Tubb liked working on his has played on is industry. and Loretta Lynn. sessions, especially steel phenomenal, including “I’ve known most of Severs now works the guitarists. these guys for a long, long No. 1 singles like “We Grand Ole Opry with Bill Fast-forward a quarter Danced” by Brad Paisley, time. They’ve played for Anderson, but spent many century and Reed is “I Loved Her First” by everyone from Country years playing in the road heavily involved in Heartland, “Have You Music Hall of Fame bands of Narvel Felts, promoting steel guitar members like Ernest Tubb Forgotten” by Darryl Charlie Rich and Eddie shows, where the best Worley and “Jesus Take to bright new stars like steel guitar players in the the Wheel,” “Wasted” and Rabbitt. He was a Josh Turner,” Reed said. founding member of The world are gathered for a “Before He Cheats” by “Winning the trust of weekend to display their these guys, as many times Carrie Underwood. He has Pirates of the Mississippi. Elliott has played on the talents as the centerpiece played on records by are they’ve been screwed Grand Ole Opry for 25 of action, instead of fringe over, is hard to do.” Dierks Bentley, Willie years and also spend long players in the road band of Reed said Johnson is the Nelson, Kenny Chesney, period of time on the road a Nashville star. Shania Twain and Blake centerpiece of the show. with Jack Greene, Ray Reed is bringing a new Shelton. “I had him on the Price and Ernest Tubb. He event to Southern Illinois. schedule for both days, Reed was a popular is a member of the Steel The Stars and Steel but he had a commitment musician in Southern Guitar Hall of Fame. Guitars Concert will be at on Friday that he had to Illinois for many years Reed says he tries to the Rend Lake Resort in before moving to honor. People need to weave the best local Ina on Nov. 2 and 3. Doors understand Mike Johnson Nashville. He had a players with nationally open at 9 a.m., music popular regional hit, is the hottest steel known pickers to offer starts at 10 a.m. and will “Shakin’ Charlene,” that guitarist on the planet attendees a steel guitar last until 11 p.m. each day. right now,” Reed said. “I was played frequently on smorgasbord of talent. Advance tickets are $16 for asked him why he keeps local radio stations. Friday and $20 for “There was a bunch of coming to our little shows VINCE HOFFARD can be Saturday and can be when he is so busy, and he us jamming a couple reached at 618-658-9095 reserved by calling 615weeks ago and David said, ‘You used me for or vincehoffard@ 268-4010 or 615-419studio sessions a long time Chamberlin was telling 9642. Seating will be $18 about all his No. 1 singles, yahoo.com. ago when nobody else
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Coffeehouses, Cafés Adam Williams: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort, 1575 Fair City Road, Jonesboro; 618-833-8697 Brad & Bri: 7:30-10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY Whistle Pigs: 2-5 p.m. Blue Sky Vineyard Brad & Bri: 2-5 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Waterloo German Band: 2-5 p.m. Walker’s Bluff As Girls Go: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Vineyard Bone Dry River Band: 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Dan Barron Duo: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff
Saturday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort Brad & Bri: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort
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BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Polish Ambassador, 10 p.m. Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: flipsideonline.com David Nail w/Drake White, 8 p.m. PK’s: Barnacle Billy and the Zebra Mussels WANT TO BE LISTED? Tres Hombres: The Jewels, Call 618-351-5089 or email 10 p.m. brenda.kirkpatrick@thesouthern.com. WHITE ASH Scarlett’s Music Barn: Dow Smith and Bobby Orr Knight Shift, 7:30-11:30 Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Halloween Party p.m. Marion Eagles: White Lightnin’, 8 p.m.-midnight. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Nikko Smith Country, 7-10 p.m. PK’s: The Natives Tres Hombres: Nasty Nate INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, MARION 6:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: White MARION Lightnin’, 6-10 p.m. Marion Youth Center: Craig’s Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. The Place: Roxie Randall, ELKVILLE 8:30 p.m. Elkville Civic Center: Jerry’s THOMPSONVILLE Jammers, 7-9 p.m. Old Country Store Dance MARION Barn: Jeanita Spillman & Marion Youth Center: Craig’s The Sentimental Swing Country Band, 6:30-9:30 Band, 7-10 p.m. p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Dave Caputo Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
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times between 9 a.m.-3 Concerts p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, Southern Illinois downtown Centralia; also special Halloween concert by PRISM: Invitation to the Carlo van Ulft, 6:15 p.m. Dance, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, Shryock Auditorium, Saturday; 618-533-4381; SIU; concert by SIU Concert carlo@centralia-carillon. org. Choir and Wind Ensemble; The Woodbox Gang: dance music from Renaiss8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, ance to today; $12/$6; Shryock Auditorium, SIU, www.southernticketsonline Carbondale; $20/$15/$10; .com; 618-453-6000. opening act, Chicago It Happened on Farmer; www.southern Halloween: A Symphonic ticketsonline.com; 618-453Spooktacular II, 7 p.m. 6000. Friday, Oct. 26, Marion Lee Murdock- Ghost Cultural and Civic Center; the Southern Illinois Concert Ships and Lighthouse Band and the John A. Logan Legends: A musical journey through the Great Lakes, College Community Band 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, under direction of David Southeastern Illinois College, Wicks and Mike Hanes; 3575 College Road, Harrisadults, $5; teens, $3; burg; $10/ $5; www.sic.edu; children, 12 and younger, 618-252-5400 ext. 2130 free; www.marionccc.org; Pink Out Sing Out: 7 p.m. 618-303-6210. Sunday, Oct. 28, Marion Hot Blues & Cool Cultural and Civic Center; Filmmaking: 8 p.m. Friday, singing by 10 high school Oct. 26, Fat Pattie’s, 611 S. girls; proceeds go to help Illinois Ave., Carbondale; two teachers who have footage will be used in a breast cancer; $5; www. documentary, ‘Robert marionccc.org or 618-997Russell’s Blues;’ Robert 4030. Russell will play pre-war Halloween Pops: Magical acoustic blues, blues Monster Mash, 7:30 p.m. classics and jazz rock Wednesday, Oct. 31, Shryock originals; featuring Chris Auditorium, SIU, costumes DiBiase, 9 p.m.; 618-967and candy; everyone is 5813; indigogoat@ encouraged to wear gmail.com. costumes; awards; $15/$6; Traveling Carillon www.southernticketsonline. concert: A carillon with 49 com; 618-453-6000. bells will be played several
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Nail playing tonight at Copper Dragon CARBONDALE — David Nail isn’t trying to be another good ol’ boy in the country music scene. The Missouri native harkens his style to a time of the past, when pop music had its name because it was popular. His father, a band director, raised him PROVIDED on the sounds of David Nail will perform tonight Elton John and Glen at Copper Dragon in Carbondale. Campbell. Now, Nail has been described as an amalgamation of many of music’s top stars. He’s been called a combination of Garth Brooks and Stevie Wonder, of Campbell and Michael Bublé. The effects of his melding of styles can be clearly heard on his newest album, “The Sound of a Million Dreams,” released earlier this year. His song “Red Light,” off 2009 album “I’m About to Come Alive,” reached the top 10 on music charts and was named one of Esquire magazine’s “50 Songs Every Man Should be Listening To.” The song also received a bid for the Academy of Country Music’s Single Record of the Year award. Nail will be performing at 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 25, at Copper Dragon, 700 E. Grand Ave. Tickets are $16 in advance and can be purchased at the venue. Drake White will open the show.
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Entertainer will peform at I Can Read! event Soul Entertainment Benefit for the I Can Read! program; 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Nov. 10; Carbondale Elk’s Club, 220 W. Jackson St.; featuring soul food dinner and music by Big Larry, Sharon Clark, Richard ‘Rip Lee’ Pryor, James Barnes, King Juba and Mel Goot; tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling Marilyn Tipton at 618-5593452, Margaret Nesbitt at 618-559-5004 or Patty Johnson at 618-203-4203 BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
artin Allbritton sees the poverty on the streets of Carbondale. He watches
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as groups of grown children pass around flyers they find on the street, seeing who can read it. And it breaks his heart every time. Witnessing the poverty and illiteracy on the streets, especially in the city’s black community, inspires Allbritton to do his part in helping out. For the past few years, he’s taken to the stage at the annual I Can Read! benefit fundraiser and entertained audiences. “This event means a lot to me,” said Allbritton, better known in the musical community as Big Larry Williams. “It supports a future where kids know how to comprehend things as they grow up, know how to read, know how to write and know how to make the most of their education.” Big Larry returns to the stage on Saturday, Nov. 10, for the I Can Read! “Soul Entertainment: One Night Only” at Carbondale Elk’s Club, 220 W. Jackson St. The event begins at 6 p.m. and lasts until midnight. Tickets are $35. A soul food buffet will be served, and other musicians will perform, including Sharon Clark, Richard “Rip Lee” Pryor, James Barnes, King Juba and Mel Goot. For more information or tickets, call Marilyn Tipton at 618-559-3452, Margaret Nesbitt at 618559-5004 or Patty Johnson at 618-203-4203. Allbritton knows the benefit a positive influence like the mentors provided by I Can Read! can have on a child’s life. When he was 12 or 13, it
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Margaret Nesbitt (left) and Marilyn Tipton of I Can Read! pose with Big Larry on Tuesday in Carbondale.
was the pianist at Clay Street Christian Church in his hometown of Paducah who took a young man and taught him the principles of music. “We didn’t have much to do,” Allbritton said. “We didn’t have fancy toys. So I just took to this.” Take to it, he did. Allbritton has now been entertaining audiences for more than 60 years. He has played with a number of different bands through the years, and transitioned from playing drums to simply doing vocals. Through everything else in life, from attending college to working a government career, music was a constant in his life. While the days of recording new material and hitting the road to promote a new album are passed, Allbritton said he can’t give up his passion — no matter how much his wife wants him to. “Time just caught up with me. I’m just freelancing around town now,” he said. “I can’t stop
signing. I’ll probably die if I do.” The Nov. 10 event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for I Can Read, a nonprofit organization founded in October 1999. The program helps students develop their reading, writing and communication skills in an effort to help them succeed in their education. “We are just honored that the whole community supports this program,” said Nesbitt, board chairman. “They see the need. We are so blessed with the surrounding community.” Musicians like Big Larry who step up to play at the annual fundraiser, often without pay, are a crucial example of that support, she added. “He has become a famous person for us,” she said of Allbritton. “Every time someone sees Big Larry’s name, they know it’s going to be good.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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‘Cloud Atlas’ reminds us that eye candy is never all that filling future warrior/ explorer (complete with sci-fi Rated R for violence, language, sexuality/ nudity jumpsuit) to 1970s San Francisco reporter and some drug use; exposing the dangers of starring Tom Hanks, Halle nuclear power, to wizened Berry, Jim Broadbent, Asian revolutionary to 1930s German-Jewish Susan Sarandon, Doona wife of a famous Bae, Ben Whishaw, Keith composer. David, James D’Arcy and In that last guise, with Jim Sturgess; directed by long, stringy red hair and Tom Tykwer; opening pale body makeup (yes, a Friday at ShowPlace 8 in nude scene), Berry looks Carbondale and AMC like mid-’90s Madonna. Hugh Grant, in the right Centre 8 in Marion old-age makeup, looks just BY ROGER MOORE like James Caan gone to seed. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS He also out-barbarians Conan as a cannibal of the A work of stunning future. The casting and images, staggering ambition and epic length, makeup tricks tend to turn the movie into a stunt. “Cloud Atlas” is an Susan Sarandon can be a attempt to create nothing less than a “unified field” modern-day long-lost love of a publisher (Jim theory of science fiction. Broadbent) or a postIf you’re the Wachowskis, who once set apocalyptic shaman. And the movie world afire with Broadbent ranges from racist 19th century sea “The Matrix,” you can be captain to addled old forgiven such pretentious overreaching. Then again, composer to the dotty publisher who has to stage if you’re the folks who a prison break from a gave us “Speed Racer,” British nursing that draws maybe “Get over on “One Flew Over the yourselves” should have Cuckoo’s Nest” for come up as this inspiration. elephantine instant cult It’s an overwhelming film staggered into array of characters and production. Four Oscar winners and settings, rendered in scattered quick-cut an impressive cohort of supporting players assay a sketches (Tom Tykwer, who made his name with string of inter-connected “Run Lola Run,” is the roles scattered through time. In myriad makeups, third credited director). Here is the 1849 South they tell us a tale of Pacific, where Jim tolerance and intolerance Sturgess is a dying slavethrough the ages, of trade lawyer rescuing a humanity’s failure to runaway, and being tended further evolve and the by a demented doctor/ fond hope that it will do scientist (Hanks). There is just that — eventually. Sturgess again, Tom Hanks plays melodramatically rescuing assorted Brits, scientists, a “fabricant” (clone) desk clerks and a postprophetess in the “Fifth civilization primitive “after the fall.” Halle Berry Element” Neo Seoul of 2144. She is played by runs the gamut from
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rescued by an Asian-eyed obscured in most of his scenes and anchoring the Sturgess (“Across the Universe”) so that she can film’s funniest episode as a warn the world and deliver publisher on the run from the mob, but narrating his that “birth our future” tale for a book that he is message. Which sure will be a movie apparently no one heeds, (starring Tom Hanks, as it as “the fall” comes 106 turns out). Hanks has fun years later. as a shaved-head Cockney Scattered amidst the gangster-turned-author suffering, the pondering, who deals with the composing and unflattering reviews of his pontificating are sex autobiography by hurling a changes and sex scenes, critic off a modern-day foot pursuits and car London rooftop. chases, throat slashings, A warning shot at shootouts, a poisoning and reviewers? Maybe. But an attempted intellectual don’t be fooled by raves STUDIO property theft. (Probably for this emotionally barren the last one was on ‘Cloud Atlas’ opens Friday in Carbondale and Marion. eye candy. Mitchell’s mind as he It may have some wrote this.) And at every point — Doona Bae. The settings — from past lovely grace notes, may well, save for the “Nell” Hanks is an old man, talk of love, pack in a to distant future — are telling a tale by campfire in speak of the future — we couple of cliffhangers detailed enough to make are poetically told that an Esperanto-flavored involving love saving the James Cameron weep. “My life extends far language of the distant day, but you won’t feel for And the performers — beyond the limitations of future, remembering his anybody. me,” and “Our lives are not often almost completely struggles as a younger “Cloud Atlas” may seem obscured by prosthetics our own, we are bound to tribesman haunted by a others — past and present. and makeup — have a field to give us a lot to chew on. demon (Hugo Weaving) But when you’ve run this day, tearing into the sorts dressed like Keith David’s And by each crime and many themes, plots and of roles conventional New Orleans voodoo child every kindness we birth plot points, characters and movies would never offer of Disney’s “The Princess our future.” them. Berry doesn’t get to settings through your Heavy. You wonder if and the Frog.” scriptural Cuisinart, do much in her more novelist David Mitchell That’s handy, because what’s going to come out outrageous guises. David shows up as a slave, was aiming for a sci-fi can seem like predigested a general in the Neo Seoul “The Hours,” or to start his Broadbent comes off the mush. best — being the least own Scientology. rebellion against Since we’re seeing slaves “Unanimity,” and a flogged, 1930s gays nuclear plant security persecuted (with a hint of chief in the ’70s. the Holocaust about to hit And Weaving, the Call to Reserve by Wachowskis’ evil muse, is Germany), corporate mass murder plots, a future a slave owner, a German 11/5 when cloned waitresses orchestra conductor, an $35 /person are disposed of if they get assassin and a version of too smart and a later Nurse Ratched from Murder Mystery Dinner Theater future when cannibalism “Cuckoo’s Nest” in the by Random Acts from Georgia is cool, we wonder how nursing-home escapade. humanity will ever And so on. “PROJECT GUNWAY” Fri. 11/9 transcend its failings. Characters avoid 6:30 -7 Cash Bar • 7 Buffet Dinner • 8 Show Starts But a mythical piece of mentioning “Star Trek” by Catered by Crystal’s Catering & More classical music composed name, even if they by a suicidal gay musician describe “The Prime Buffet includes Beef Brisket, Stuffed Chicken, (Ben Whishaw) in the ’30s, Directive.” Broadbent’s Crystal’s Salad & More comical publisher has only the “Cloud Atlas Sextet,” Dress in your Runway Best inspires. Or would if it to joke, “Soylent Green is were anything but banal PEOPLE” to set us up to Paparazzi will be there! movie music filler. see human bodies 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda • 618-995-WINE (9463) www.blueskyvineyard.com A waitress clone is processed as food.
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‘Silent Hill: Revelation’ The film, rated R for for violence and disturbing images, some language and brief nudity, stars Sean Bean, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington and Carrie-Anne Moss. It opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion.
Visiting filmmakers Alain LeToureau and Pam Minty will present their documentary “Empty Quarter� at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library at SIU. The black-and-white film shot on 16mm film details the region of southeast Oregon, an area dominated by ranching and farming communities. Encompassing about onethird of the state’s landmass, the vast area houses less than 2 percent of Oregon’s population. “Empty Quarter�
LeTourneau and Minty are Portland, Oregonbased filmmakers and preservationists attempting to sustain the PROVIDED 16mm film format as a ‘Empty Quarter’ details life in viable production and exhibition tool. They are southeastern Oregon. co-founders of 40 Frames, explores the character of and “Empty Quarter� is the region through a series their first co-produced of extended stationary film. For more information, shots recording the visit 40frames.org or activities of residents and emptyquarterfilm.org. the open landscape in Their visit and free which they live and work. screening of “Empty Locals share stories of the Quarter� is sponsored by social, economic and the SIU Department of historic aspects of the Cinema and Photography. — Adam Testa region.
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