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Student Exhibit: 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, Williamson County Programs on Aging, 1201 Weaver Road, Herrin; work by John A. Logan’s continuing education class, Landscape Painting Basics ART OVER EASY 8: The 8th annual Art Over Easy Auction, 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, Surplus Gallery at The Glove Factory, 432 S. Washington Ave., Carbondale; $30; www. artanddesign.siu.edu/news events
Art Exhibits Marlene Webb: Paintings and drawings on display, 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 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.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; 618-4535388 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 Master of Fine Arts Candidates’ Preview: University Museum, SIU; latest work from students who will graduate in 2013; through Dec. 8; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388 The Mitchell Collection of
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Small Metal Treasures: University Museum, SIU; through Dec. 8; 618-4535388; www.museum.siu.edu Political Cartoons: From the Jerome M. Mileur Collection, University Museum, SIU; presidential memorabilia collection; through Dec. 8; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388 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 Obscure Stages: Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers, The Gallery Space, Law office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut Street, Murphysboro; through Dec. 14; 618-521-5713 Mixed Medium Pastiche: Joan Skiver-Levy, Southern Illinois Art and Artisan Center, Rend Lake; a mini exhibition including a watercolor collage; through Dec. 31; 618-629-2220 Group du Jour art: Harrisburg District Library; the nine artists in the group are members of the Paducah Area Painters Alliance; through December Art & Soul: By the Little Egypt Arts Association, The Pavilion, Marion; more than 30 pieces of artwork with subjects ranging from patriotic themes to wildlife and florals; through December; 618 993-2657; www.littleegyptarts.com Holiday Extravaganza exhibit: Little Egypt Arts Centre, downtown Marion; artwork, photos, jewelry, fiber pieces; works for sale; through Dec. 31; also work by Kris Killman through November; www.little egyptarts.com Cedarhurst Exhibits: Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, 2600 Richview Road,
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Receptions Off The Wall Exhibit: Holiday Group Artist Exhibition, anthill gallery and vintage curiosities, in conjunction with The Yellow Moon Cafe, both in downtown Cobden; reception, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17; over 60 artists; through Dec. 23 Shepard Fairey’s Art: Reception, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov 18, The Cox Gallery at Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; through, Nov. 25; 618-457-6823
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Local artists part of Off the Wall exhibit COBDEN — More than 60 Southern Illinois artists will be represented in the Off the Wall Holiday Group Artist Exhibition. The show spans two downtown venues, anthill gallery and vintage curiosities and Yellow Moon Café. Among the works are oil, acrylic, Sumi ink, sand, mineral and watercolor paintings, fiber works, decorative gourds and photographs. Fine crafts are represented, as well as ceramics, wood bowls and pens and wrought-steel sculpture. More than a dozen jewelers and fiber artists have also produced items. An artist appreciation reception is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at both anthill gallery, 102 N. Front St., and Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St. — Adam Testa
Children can learn art on Black Friday ANNA — Parents looking to take advantage of Black Friday shopping deals can do so without their children, courtesy a special program offered by the Anna Arts Center. The center will host “Kids Explore the Arts” from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at the art center, 125 W. Davie St. The event features kids’ activities including drawing, painting, music, skits, crafts and a movie. Registration is $30 for the day or $5 per hour and includes snacks and lunch. Children must be registered by Saturday, Nov. 17. For more information, call 904-625-1109 or email vabchlee@ gmail.com. — Adam Testa
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thecarsoncenter.org or by calling 270-450-4444. “West Side Story” takes the tale of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and modernizes it to the 1950s and 60s, when the Sharks and the Jets are fighting their turf war, and a young man and woman find BY ADAM TESTA “West Side Story” is his first chance to shine in the themselves separated by THE SOUTHERN loyalty but bound by love. spotlight. “It’s really putting a He said he’s thrilled to heo Lencicki has story in front of the finally achieved one of be on the road with this audience that love cannot his career goals: to be production, which tours the leader of a street gang. until June, as it offers him exist in a world of hate,” Lencicki said. an opportunity to But it’s not just any Those familiar with the showcase his acting, street gang Lencicki singing and dancing skills show know what to heads. It’s the Jets, the expect, but Lencicki said while telling one of the famed white workingthis tour is based off the most classic stories of class gang on New York Broadway history. And he Broadway revival of the City’s upper-west side. show, and it features a few And Lencicki, like so many credits a lot of the early success and enjoyment to tweaks from the original. Jets leaders before him, is Most notably, some of the his colleagues. preparing for a rumble Sharks’ dialogue is spoken “It feels absolutely with the Sharks, the Jets’ great,” he said. “The whole in Spanish, giving it a Puerto Rican rivals. company is so supportive.” more authentic feel. Lencicki hasn’t always “It enhances the story,” Two performances of been in charge though. In some ways, he worked his the show are scheduled at Lencicki said. “It’s not too much at all. It’s just a taste 7:30 p.m. Monday and way up the ladder, so you’re living in their ascending to the top of the Tuesday, Nov. 19-20, at world for a few moments.” The Carson Center, 100 gang. Kentucky Ave. Tickets are The Scranton, N.J., $35 to $58 and can be native first found himself adam.testa@thesouthern.com purchased at involved with the Jets 618-351-5031 during a regional theater production of the famous musical “West Side Story.” In that rendition, he played the role of Big Deal, a more supporting character. Now, on his first Your national tour with the Professional production, he’s stepped Footwear into the central character role of Riff, who leads the Jets in their turf war. “Playing the leader of the gang, especially on this level, is great,” Lencicki said. “I’ve moved up.” Lencicki has $ participated in three other national tours, one of Not valid with any other offer. Coupon required. which took him abroad to Japan. But in “Hairspray,” “Young Frankenstein” and “A Chorus Line,” he was 222 W. Freeman Campus Shopping Center C always a secondary Downtown Carbondale character or part of an ((618) 529-2313 ensemble. This tour of
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Exhibit focuses on artist Shepard Fairey CARBONDALE — International artist Shepard Fairey’s works are featured in an exhibit at Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, through Nov. 25. Fairey in the man behind “Obey Giant,” a project aiming to change the way people see art and urban landscape. It began with a sticker Fairey created in 1989 while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and has evolved into a worldwide street art campaign. The campaign is rooted in the do-ityourself counterculture of punk rock and skateboarding but has taken cues from popular culture and commercial marketing. Fairey’s work has been shown across the world, most recently in London. Richard Cox, owner of Weaver’s Cottage, has been collecting art, including Fairey’s, for years and is beginning to showcase some of it. His studio and gallery is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A reception for the Fairey exhibit is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18. — Adam Testa
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Event raising money for Carbondale splash park SIU theater to present ‘Three Musketeers’ MAKANDA — Members of the Carbondale NAACP are hosting a special event at Blue Sky Winery, featuring blues, soul, classic rock and more. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Carbondale Park District’s Super Splash Park efforts.
Festivities run from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road. Food will be available, and a silent auction will take place. Music will be provided by King Juba from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and The Venturis from 8 to
9:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 each or two for $35. They are available at Southern Q, 887 E. Grand Ave., and Hickory Lodge, 1115 W. Sycamore, in Carbondale. For more information, call 618-559-6584. — Adam Testa
Meggs signing copies of ’99 Nooses’ on Saturday CARBONDALE — Local author and historical researcher Kale Meggs will sign copies of his new book, “99 Nooses: Illinois Justice at the End of a Rope, 1779-1896,” at
1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Bookworm, 618 E. Walnut St. The true-crime history book is the result of Meggs’ in-depth research, which delved
into the darkest corners of the state’s 19th century history. It’s comprised of 83 stories about 98 men and one woman who were executed by hanging. — Adam Testa
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CARBONDALE — Southern Illinoisans are invited to begin their holiday season with a swashbuckling adventure that has entertained audiences for generations. The SIU theater department presents “The Three Musketeers” from Thursday, Nov. 29, to Sunday, Dec. 2, at McLeod Theater. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $16 for adults and $6 for students. The production follows the story by Ken Ludwig, which was inspired and based on the original work by Alexandre Dumas. The tale begins in 1625 with d’Artagnan, a young Frenchman who sets off for Paris in search for adventure. He is joined by his sister, Sabine, a tomboy. She disguises herself as a young man and pretends to be her brother’s servant. In Paris, he meets the
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greatest heroes of the day — Athos, Porthos and Aramis — from Dumas’ original story. He soon finds himself joining forces with his icons to defend the honor of the Queen of France, but they quickly end up making powerful enemies and embarking on more of a journey than they
likely imagined. “Three Musketeers” is the season production in the theater department’s season, which continues with “For Color Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” in February and “Reasons to be Pretty” in April. — Adam Testa
Rend Lake College hosting musical auditions Monday INA — Rend Lake College will be putting a new twist on a few old fairy tales with its spring musical, “Into the Woods.” Sara Alstat, associate professor of music at the college, will direct Stephen Sondheim’s musical this March. Anyone interested in trying out for the show is invited to audition at
6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at the Rend Lake College Theatre. Auditioners will need to prepare a song by Sondheim, and the piece needs to be memorized and acted from the beginning to the end. Songs from “Into the Woods” cannot be used. Call-backs are scheduled for 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 20. Those who are called will be singing songs from “Into the Woods.” Rehearsals begin in January. Performances of “Into the Woods” are slated for March 21-24 at Rend Lake College. For more information, call 618-4375321 ext. 1817 or email alstats@rlc.edu. — Adam Testa
Local celebrities to dance for charity at Marion civic center MARION — Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli may not be judging, but the spirit of the competition remains the same. Another round of “Dancing with Artstarts” is on tap for Saturday,
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Nov. 17, at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. The event features local celebrities dancing to raise money charities. The show will have a 1970s theme of “Thank You for the Music,” and the audience will vote for the winner
with donations. Tickets for the show, which begins at 7 p.m., are $25. They can be purchased in advance at marionccc.org. For more information, call 618-9221853. — Adam Testa
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A act and with top stars in Jubilee in the Rear View 220 N. Tower Road, buy one, get one free deal the industry, including a Carbondale; Christmas items Mirror: Two-act play based on spot last year on Willie is being offered on $30 for sale including trees, lights, the civil rights movement, Nelson’s Country tickets and is only Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 17-18; ornaments, candles, tins; available by phone order. Throwdown tour. 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. homemade baked goods; — Adam Testa Johnson’s “The Guitar proceeds to the World Hunger Sundays, Evansville Civic Theater Annex, Washington Events Campaign; 618-967-3646 Films Square Mall, Evansville, Ind.; Marion Christmas Bazaar: Woodstock Restaurant $12; www.jubileeplay.com Film Fridays at the Varsity: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Night: 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. West Side Story: 7:30 p.m. Visual Limits, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Shrine Club, Illinois 37, Friday, Nov. 16, 218 N. Illinois Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 19-20, Friday, Nov. 16, Varsity Center Marion; proceeds to the Ave. Carbondale; presented and lighting ceremony. INA — Rend Lake The Carson Center, Paducah; for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Williamson County Shrine; by Kids of Dayemi Buses will depart from College’s Institute of $35/$48/$58; 270-450Ave., Carbondale; free; Christmas crafts, handHomeschool Collective; food; the Historic Schoolhouse Lifelong Learning is 4444; www.thecarson discussion follows film crafted baskets, refreshments music; vegetarian available; on the Ina campus at 3 hosting a bus trip to the center.org. One Stop Holiday Shop: adults, $20; under 14, $10; p.m. and will pick up Lebanon for the Metro McLeod Series: The Three 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, History reserve at 618-967-4405 passengers at the Rend East city’s annual Musketeers, Nov. 29-Dec. 2; Nov. 17, Murphysboro Lip Sync Fundraiser: Logan Historical Tours: Lake College MarketPlace Victorian Holiday For Colored Girls Who Have American Legion, 1700 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, West 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in Mount Vernon at 3:30 Celebration. Considered Suicide When the Gartside St.; items for sale Frankfort High School Tuesday, Nov. 20, The p.m. They will return to The Friday, Nov. 16, Rainbow Is Enuf, Feb. 21-24 benefit the American Cancer Auditorium, 500 E. 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Country Legends Live will allow fans to take a step back in time COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
ountry music fans frustrated with the watered-down product they find when scanning the stations on their radio have an opportunity to escape from the musical doldrums for a few hours this weekend. The mesmerizing sounds
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of Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Conway Twitty will be reborn through Country Legends Live at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at The Carson Center in Paducah. Tickets are $25, $33, $48 and $58 and can be reserved online at thecarson center.org or by calling 270-450-4444. Mandy Barnett stars as Cline in the musical production. David Church plays the role of Williams. Shawn Barker is the young version of Cash. Michael
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Twitty fills the shoes of his famous father. Born and raised in Landcaster, Ohio, just a stone’s throw from Columbus, Church is the youngest of 14 children in a very musical family. His earliest childhood memories are flooded with flawless bluegrass instrumentation and mountains of music from early country music masters. With the powerful influence from pioneers of the genre, it was only natural for him to gravitate toward the greatest of all — Hank Williams. From the Kentucky stage this weekend, Church will cover timeless classics like “Lovesick Blues,” “KawLiga,” “Jambalaya (On The Bayou),” “Why Don’t You Love Me,” “Hey, Good Lookin” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” Church said today’s country radio has removed the heart and deleted the soul of traditional country music. He said he will never make that mistake. “The success that I have had has come from fans that long for the traditional sound of country they have
heard in the past, but no longer find in mainstream country music,” Church said. “Those are the fans that have been forgotten.” A native of the St. Louis area, Barker joined the military five days after graduating high school in 1992. He returned home after serving two-and-ahalf years in the Army and was quickly enthralled by a new phenomenon — coffeehouse music. He purchased a guitar, practiced hard and was soon performing at the same venues where he had been a spectator just a few months earlier. He loved dabbling with the ‘60srock sound and stumbled onto a career one Halloween when a friend dared him to die his hair black and dress up like Elvis. Through the next five years, he would travel coast to coast, singing and acting like the rock ‘n’ roll king. When Hollywood was making a movie on “The Million Dollar Quartet” — artists Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis from Sun Studios — Barker sent in his
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audition tape for the part of Elvis and a tape for the role of Cash. Barker won the job as Cash, studied his new character for a solid year and then had to back out of appearing in the movie due to scheduling conflicts. He has perfected the vocals and mannerisms of the iconic singer and proves it with his rollicking covers of hits like “Ring Of Fire,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “I Walk The Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues.” Twitty grew up in the Mississippi Delta. While still a teenager, he established a huge following singing in Memphis area clubs. In 1972, he was persuaded to move to Nashville to sing country music when he was just 18. It was the same year his father teamed with Loretta Lynn to win the first of four consecutive Duo of the Year awards from the Country Music Association. Conway was 59 when he died unexpectedly of a stomach aneurysm in 1993. By that time, Michael Twitty had been working professionally in the music business for more than 20 years. He decided to design his own tribute show to his father after watching other artists struggle trying to pull off the feat.
Twitty honors his father’s musical legacy with songs like “Hello Darlin’,” “Touch the Hand,” “The Rose” and “You’ve Never Been This Far Before.” A Tennessee native, Barnett worked at Dollywood for two years before being discovered and migrating to Nashville. She was just 12 years old when she was signed by famed producer Jimmy Bowen and sent shockwaves through the industry with her cover of Cline’s signature tune “Crazy” on the Grand Ole Opry. Barnett was the 19-yearold vocal star of the twoperson musical “Always… Patsy Cline,” which sold out shows in 1994 at the historic Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music. The show was reprised for a series of performances in 2009. Asylum Records released Barnett’s self-titled debut album in 1996. It was produced by Cairo native Kyle Lehning. She switched to Sire Records in 1999 for the critically acclaimed “I’ve Got A Right To Cry” album, which included the final four tracks ever producer by Owen Bradley. VINCE HOFFARD can be
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THURSDAY BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Hangar 9: The Giving Tree Band/The Pirouettes PK’s: Aqua Regia The Grotto Lounge/Newell House: Coulter, Goot and Wall, 7-10 p.m. Tres Hombres: Skee, 10 p.m. MARION Williamson County Shrine Club: Rollin Country, 6:309:30 p.m. WHITE ASH Scarlett’s Music Barn: Dow Smith and Bobby Orr Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
N-Kahootz Night Club: 4 Play, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion American Legion: Dave Call 618-351-5089 or email Caputo, 7:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: Way Back brenda.kirkpatrick Machine, 7-11 p.m. @thesouthern.com. Ramesses: Mixed Company SPILLERTOWN Tres Hombres: Nighty Night; Track Side Dance Barn: CD release Country Sounds, 7-10 p.m. INA STEELEVILLE Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30- American Legion: The Swamp Tigers, 8 p.m.-midnight 9:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE MARION Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Marion Youth Center: Craig’s Country Band, 7-9:30 p.m. Country Band, 6:30-9:30 Old Country Store Dance p.m. Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic SPILLERTOWN Country, 7-10 p.m. Track Side Dance Barn: New Ways, 7-10 p.m. STEELEVILLE American Legion: Randy Webb, 6-10 p.m. ELKVILLE THOMPSONVILLE Elkville Civic Center: Jerry’s Old Country Store Dance Jammers, 7-9 p.m. Barn: Jeanita Spillman & The MARION Sentimental Swing Band, 7Marion Youth Center: Craig’s 10 p.m. Country Band, 6:30-9:30 WHITTINGTON p.m. Corner Dance Hall: Rebel Country Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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Coffeehouses, Cafés Shawn Harmon: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort, 1575 Fair City Road, Jonesboro; 618-833-8697 As Girls Go: 8 p.m. Friday,
Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; www.yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233 Marty Davis: 5-8 p.m.
Saturday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort, Jonesboro Bruce Zimmerman: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Trail of Tears Lodge & Resort
Wineries FRIDAY Bruce Zimmerman: 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Bill Harper: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff SATURDAY Dave Clark: 2-5 p.m. Blue Sky Vineyard Woodenships: 2-5 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Bill Bradley Band: 2-6 p.m., StarView Vineyards Boondock Billies: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Vineyard Times 2 Band: 2:30-5:30 p.m., Von Jakob Vineyard Dan Barron: 3-6 p.m. Walker’s Bluff Concordia: 4-8 p.m. The Bluffs
Breeden, Bradley & Maze: 6-9 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Eastwood Frisch: 7-10 p.m. Walker’s Bluff SUNDAY Ol Moose: 1-4 p.m. Rustle Hill Winery Barry Cloyd: 2-5 p.m. Blue Sky Vineyard Dan Barron: 2-5 p.m. Walker’s Bluff Dirtwater Fox: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Von Jakob Vineyard Larry Dillard Blues Therapy: 3-7 p.m. The Bluffs WEDNESDAY Cold Pizza: 6-8 p.m. Rustle
Hill Winery FIND THEM HERE Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery, 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava Owl Creek Vineyard, 2655 Water Valley Road, Cobden Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden Von Jakob Vineyard, 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass Walker’s Bluff, 326 Vermont Road, Carterville
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Directions & Digits 20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-4356161 Elkville: Elkville Civic Center, 405 S. 6th St., Elkville 618-201-1753 The Grotto Lounge/Newell House: 201 E. Main St., Carbondale 618649-6400 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-549-0511 Lion’s Cave: South Street,
Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin 618-942-9345 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale 618549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale
618-529-1124 Scarlett’s Music Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash 618-997-4979 Steeleville American Legion: 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 618-9653362 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Williamson County Shrine Club: 12908 Illinois 37, Marion 618-9979583
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16, Blue Sky Winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Young Artist Concerto Makanda; music, food and Competition: For high school silent auction; portion of the students sponsored by the proceeds benefit the Super Paducah Symphony Splash Park Outdoor Aquatic Orchestra and Murray State Center in Carbondale; University; two divisions– one $20/$35; tickets available at for pianists and one for other Southern Q Barbecue orchestral instruments; Restaurant, 887 E. Grand $1,000 prize; application Avenue, Carbondale or call must be submitted online by the Carbondale Park District Jan. 1; www.paducah at 618-549-4222; http:// symphony.org/educationcpkd.org community/young-artistCello and piano duo: By concerto-competition; cellist Dmitry Kouzov and 270-444-0065; amy@ pianist Peter Laul, 7:30 p.m. paducahsymphony.org Saturday, Nov. 17, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Concerts Richview Road, Mount Vernon; $20/$18/$5; 618Southern Illinois 242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org The Southern Illinois Civic Orchestra: Community Kentucky ensemble comprised of SIU Country Legends Show: students and musicians of all 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, ages, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, Shryock Auditorium, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; www. SIU; works ranging from kentuckyopry.com; 888-459Renaissance opera to 8704 modern day film score; Natasha Neely: 7:30 p.m. $12/$6; SouthernTicketsOnline.com; Saturday, Nov. 17, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, 618-453-6000 Benton, Ky.; $20/$19/$10/ A SPLASH of Blues, Soul $7.50; www.kentucky and Classic Rock: Musical opry.com; 888-459-8704 event, 5-11 p.m. Friday, Nov.
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the International Beethoven Competition and was presented the Rising Star award by the New York Cello Society. He taught at Julliard and the Oberlin Conservatory and now serves as an assistant professor at the University of Illinois. Laul hails from St. Petersburg, Russia, where he is known for his performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moscow
Symphony. His awards include the best Bach performance in the Bremen International Piano Competition and first prize for the best Schubert Sonata performance. Their Cedarhurst concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for Cedarhurst members and $5 for students and music teachers and can be purchased at the door. — Adam Testa
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Internationally acclaimed cellist Dmitry Kouzov and pianist Peter Laul will perform together at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts on Saturday, Nov. 17.
Eliot Lipp bringing genre-bending style to Carbondale CARBONDALE — Eliot Lipp will perform on Friday, November 16, at Hangar 9. The Pretty Lights Music performer has been traveling the country promoting the release of his newest album, “Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake” since this summer.
He recently finished a tour with Paper Diamond and recorded a session at Daytrotter studios. With this album, Lipp has broken new ground on his production style, which is constantly evolving and changing. His sound is uniquely his
own, bending other genres to fit his own persona. “Shark” incorporates everything the artist has recently been exposed to, including hip hop, drum and bass, funk, techno, jazz and more, while still remaining a cohesive product. The album highlights a heavier and
more aggressive sound than much of Lipp’s other work, while maintaining an underlying sense of humor. The concert begins at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. The Dub Club All-Stars will also perform. — Adam Testa
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‘Lincoln’ makes Honest Abe human, and a bit long-winded Lincoln *** Rated PG-13 for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language; starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn an Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James; directed by Steven Spielberg; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
The leading man’s too short, barely suggesting the height that his contemporaries said made him “tower o’er other men.” And his voice, researched and accurate as it may be, is not the Abe Lincoln that’s been inside our head for generations. The actress they cast to play his wife is decades older than the woman she’s portraying. Ulysses S. Grant is a sharp-dressed redhead, and like Lincoln himself is played by a Brit. We don’t get the whole of his life and career: the hardscrabble childhood, the hard-won election, or even much of the civil war that election led to. But Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is an elegiac turn from a filmmaker we thought was out of new tricks, a vivid, melancholy and meditative look at one of America’s most revered presidents. Daniel DayLewis gives us a very human flesh-and-blood Lincoln, weighed down by events but never at a loss for a funny story, rightfully lionized by history, but flawed and willing to take political
the rumpled, harddrinking general into someone this spit-andpolished doesn’t help. Tony Kushner’s script pauses, time and again, for Lincoln to tell a joke or a little story, always to get across some larger point. Day-Lewis is nobody’s idea of a comedian, so he lacks Lincoln’s MarkTwain yarn-spinner timing. And for all its grace notes and lightly lyrical touches, like the Great Man himself, the movie STUDIO Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the nation’s 16th president in ‘Lincoln,’ directed by Steven Spielberg. ambles, meanders and wanders off on storytelling The film opens Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion. tangents. It’s a flaccid 2 1/2 hours long, which Lincoln’s manic mood the sentiments of shortcuts to secure his does make for a somewhat swings understandable) Lincoln’s earlier place in history. more complete portrait of and a kind soul who was Emancipation “Lincoln,” using Doris the man, but which robs simply good, and never Proclamation. Kearns Goodwin’s “Team more good than when he “We’re whalin’, Mr. of Rivals” and other kept things simple. Ashby,” Lincoln tells one historical texts as its Tommy Lee Jones lends weak-kneed guide, zeroes in on the flint and fire to the Congressman. “We’ve president and his “radical” Republican been chasin’ this whale a quarrelsome cabinet and Congressman Thaddeus long time.” their race to amend the Stevens, whose chief I love the way Lincoln Constitution to ban criticism of Lincoln was slavery forevermore before enters the picture — the president’s weary, seated, meeting the Civil War ends. equivocating and delaying soldiers who tell of their They’re racing because of the ending of slavery. John exploits — and atrocities the potential for renewed Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson — men so excited at the conservative Southern and a hilarious James sight of him that they interference from a new Spader are backdoor Congress, including newly jabber, all at once, interrupting the president. wheeler-dealers angling to reunited Confederate That’s a recurring motif bribe enough votes to states. In brief but pointed secure passage of the 13th sketches, Spielberg paints here, people talking over Amendment. Hal Lincoln, impatient with in the “rivals” Lincoln Holbrook brings great his jokes, homilies and packed into his cabinet — gravitas to political allegorical stores. His the secretary of State, kingmaker Francis Blair wife, Mary Todd (Sally William Seward (David and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Strathairn) who longed to Field), can point out that is well-cast as Lincoln’s “No one’s as loved as be president himself, but older son, Robert. much as you,” but that came to worship Lincoln, Jackie Earle Haley stands doesn’t mean his political and the impatient, oftcontemporaries — friends out as Alexander embattled secretary of Stephens, the Confederate War, Edwin Stanton (Bruce and foes — feared vice president angling to insulting him, brushing McGill, ill-tempered and make a peace treaty that him off or shouting him terrific). And the will preserve slavery. More down. filmmaker captures the problematic is Jared Harris Day-Lewis gets across political wheeling, the gentle humanity of the (“Sherlock Holmes: Game dealing, bargaining and of Shadows”) as Grant. man, a doting dad, bullying that it took to His hair, air and accent tolerant husband (Field make a lame-duck don’t work, and turning Congress turn permanent ably makes Mary Todd
the movie of any sense of forward progress and urgency. This renders “Lincoln” closer to “Amistad” than “Schindler’s List” in the Spielberg canon — historically meticulous, well-intentioned, but missing emotion and a sense of momentum. It’s still a lovely film, and thanks to the research and good-humored, stoopshouldered interpretation of Honest Abe, the Lincoln that American schoolchildren picture in their heads from now on could now have a weedy drawl provided by an Oscar-winning Englishman, one of the finest actors who ever lived.
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How well do you know the ‘Twilight’ movies? Here is some “Twight” trivia to brush up on before going to see “Breaking Dawn — Part 2.” 1. What city did Bella live in before she moved to Forks, Wash? A) Jacksonville, Fla., B) Phoenix, C) Salem, Ore., D) Santa Fe, N.M. 2. In “Eclipse,” who does Bella punch in the face? A) Jacob, B) Edward, C) Jared, D) James 3. What American Indian tribe do Jacob and his werewolf pack belong to? A) Quileute, B) Chinook,
C) Sanpoil, D) Chelan 4. What state was Jasper Hale (born Jasper Whitlock) originally from? A) California, B) Texas, C) Georgia, D) Arizona 5. Who does Jacob imprint, an involuntary act of finding one’s soul mate? A) Renesmee, B) Leah, C) Bella, D) Rosalie 6. What is Edward missing from his bedroom? A) Television, B) Dresser, C) Bed, D) Windows 7. Why do the Cullens avoid going out into
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the sunlight? A) They would burst into flames. B) Their skin would turn red. C) They would bleed. D) Their skin sparkles. 8. What is Bella’s stepdad’s name? A) Carlisle, B) Charlie, C) Phil, D) Bob 9. What game does Bella play with the Cullens in the first installment of the saga series, “Twilight”? A) Flag football, B) Soccer, C) Basketball, D) Baseball 10. What are the names of
the three elders of the Volturi? A) Aro, Caius and Marcus, B) Alec, Marcus and Caius, C) Caius, Jane and Marcus, D) Aro, Caius and Alec 11. In “New Moon,” how does Edward intend to commit suicide? A) By encouraging a werewolf attack, B) By drinking poison, C) By stepping out into the sunlight, D) By provoking the Volturi 12. What is the Volturi’s duty? A) To protect humans
from vampires, B) To ensure that vampires’ existence remain a secret from humans, C) To turn humans into vampires, thus increasing the vampire population, D) To create peace between vampires and mortals 13. Who is James, who appears in the first movie, “Twilight”? A) One of Bella’s friends at school, B) Alice’s husband, C) A “tracker” vampire, D) Edward’s adopted brother 14. In “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” who believes
Renesmee to be an “immortal child,” a young human child that’s been turned into a vampire, and informs the Volturi of her existence? A) Victoria, B) Irina, C) Carmen, D) Tanya 15. In “Eclipse,” who teaches the Cullens and the Wolves to fight the newborn vampires? A) Jasper, B) Edward, C) Carlisle, D) Jacob Answers 1) B, 2) A, 3) A, 4) B, 5) A, 6) C, 7) D, 8) C, 9) D, 10) A, 11) D, 12) B, 13) C, 14) B, 15) A
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‘Twilight’ writer and star greet the end of an epic era with sighs and relief That following has been so sizable and so fervent that the “Twi-hards,” as they’re Rated PG-13 for sequences called, have helped of violence including transform Meyer’s disturbing images, some supernatural tale into a $2.5-billion business, sensuality and partial proving that girl-centric nudity; starring Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and tales can be powerful forces at the box office. Robert Pattinson; directed With the fifth and by Bill Condon; opening at presumably final big10 p.m. tonight at screen entry, “The Twilight ShowPlace 8 and University Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” due to arrive in Place 8 in Carbondale and theaters Friday, Meyer and AMC Centre 8 in Marion Stewart seem to share a BY NICOLE SPERLING bond reminiscent of the MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS connection between Meyer’s two protagonists. LOS ANGELES — Even Their closeness stems after all this time, author from the unlikely duo’s Stephenie Meyer, the joint goal of ensuring that Mormon mother of three the beloved material, for all who became an overnight its melodrama, remained literary sensation with the intact as it was translated 2005 publication of her to the big screen. That young-adult novel required them to battle “Twilight,” can’t explain nervous studio executives the phenomenon that who wanted Stewart’s surrounds the grand interpretation of Bella to be romance between vampire less tortured, hardened Edward Cullen and human detractors who railed teenager Bella Swan, against overwrought story characters played onlines and pop culture screen by Robert Pattinson satirists who often turned and Kristen Stewart. the franchise into its own “I don’t know what punch line. makes people love it, I Meyer had already made don’t know what makes the leap from Arizona people hate it,” said Meyer, housewife to bestselling seated comfortably in a author when she first met suite of a Beverly Hills Stewart, then an up-andhotel. “But I do know that coming actress building her the feeling of being in love career primarily through is a good feeling. We want roles in indie films. In the to feel that emotion.” intervening years, Meyer’s “I’ve always said that,” stature and influence as a Stewart said to Meyer, young-adult author sitting beside her. “It’s so became comparable to that vicarious. It’s not like you enjoyed by J.K. Rowling or are watching two people or Suzanne Collins, though reading two people. You critics never responded to feel like you are doing it. her writing the way It’s rare.” enthusiastic readers did. There’s no question that Stewart, however, has “Twilight” is that rare gem: garnered plenty of acclaim a book and movie property — if not in the often tepidly that stokes a kind of reviewed “Twilight” unquenchable fire among movies, then in small its largely female fan base. challenging roles in films
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such as Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild” or Walter Salles’ upcoming adaptation of the Beat Generation classic “On the Road.” She’s also endured a tabloid celebrity she never planned for thanks to her on-again, off-again relationship with “Twilight” costar Pattinson. Reaching the end of the saga was particularly satisfying for the actress, who seemed pleased to be able to take Bella to the happy if somewhat complicated conclusion of her journey — and to move on to the next phase of her career. “I’m so ready to be done,” said the 22-year-old. Directed like its predecessor by Oscar winner Bill Condon, “Breaking Dawn — Part 2” begins with Bella Swan as a newborn vampire and a new mother, whose halfhuman daughter, Renesmee, threatens to spark a war among tribes of vampires from around the globe. The ruling class in Italy, the Volturi, wrongly assume that Bella and Edward have transformed a human child into a vampire, something that is expressly forbidden, and gather forces to take down the entire Cullen clan. The story line gave Stewart the opportunity to bring a new dimension to a character who’d always considered herself ordinary and clumsy; with her supernatural powers, she could be graceful and beautiful, lightning-fast and lethal. “I played her as human for so long, so the enhanced version of her made so much sense to me,” said Stewart, her long limbs folded under her on the couch. “Everything so perfectly fit that I was so
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The ‘Twilight’ saga comes to a close with this weekend’s ‘Breaking Dawn — Part 2.’ The movie opens at 10 p.m. tonight at ShowPlace 8 and University Place 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion.
amped to do it.” Meyer recalled standing in front of the monitor on the set of the film when Stewart shot her first scene as vampire Bella, nervously anticipating the outcome. “We were dancing by the monitors — ‘Look at her go,’” Meyer said as Stewart pretended to leave the room, not wanting to hear the compliment. “It was such a huge weight lifted. It wasn’t a different character. It was Bella, but it was a totally different Bella. It was so exciting.” The 700-page-plus “Breaking Dawn” novel was released just a few months before director Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of “Twilight” reached theaters in 2008. The book was met with controversy, even among Meyer’s loyal fans. Renesmee’s birth is an especially gruesome sequence — one that Condon had to carefully
navigate for the previous PG-13-rated movie — and some readers complained about Bella’s choice to carry the child to term despite obvious risks to her own health. There was also grumbling about an ending that felt too soft, too anticlimactic.
“I had a lot of concerns about making ‘Breaking Dawn’ a movie,” said Meyer, who holds final approval on the scripts for the “Twilight” films. “There were a lot of things they wanted to change. There were some serious problems.”
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Overly cute mental illness comedy has plenty of ‘Silver Linings’ compelling performance yet as Pat, a divorced exschool teacher who won’t Rated R for language and accept the fact that he’s some sexual content and divorced, or that the school nudity; starring Bradley system would never rehire Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, him. People may duck him in amusing ways, but the Robert De Niro, Jacki message is clear. He’s Weaver, Shea Whigham, dangerous. Julia Stiles and Chris And as Tiffany, Lawrence Tucker; directed by David O. makes us forget her dewy Russell; opening youth just minutes into her Wednesday at University brittle, biting turn as a woman whose unbalanced Place 8 in Carbondale rage is even more cleverly BY ROGER MOORE concealed than Pat’s. Pat’s mom (Jacki Weaver MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS of “Animal Kingdom”) is the one who has the faith Movies about the that her son would be mentally ill tend to render better off at home in them in cute, charming Philadelphia. His sportsstrokes — with only the nut dad (Robert De Niro, occasional blast of ugly to perfect) isn’t so sure. When remind us, “Oh yeah, this Pat pulls a plastic garbage gorgeous, lovelorn soul is bag over his sweatshirt so still crazy.” that he can jog and lose And “Silver Linings weight faster, Dad seems to Playbook” has a hint of have a point. that. You cast Bradley “I’m getting really fit for Cooper as a mentally ill man who probably got out Nikki,” the son explains. That’s the ex-wife Pat of the psychiatric ward a expects to win back. bit too early, and Jennifer Others aren’t that Lawrence as a young cop’s delusional, which is why widow who isn’t really the shrill Veronica (Julia coping with that fact, and Stiles) nags her husband the Hollywood ending is (John Ortiz) to invite Pat, written all over it. whom she fears and But Cooper gives his most natural, affecting and despises, to dinner. She
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wants the mentally unstable guy to meet her mentally unstable sister, Tiffany. Is Veronica an idiot? But that jaw-droppingly awkward dinner meeting is where this David O. Russell (“The Fighter”) film takes off. The sparks fly between these two — and not necessarily romantic ones. They have an easy rapport, joking and comparing medications. But Pat’s unshakable belief that he’s winning back his ex, who has a restraining order on him, makes him seem touchier, scarier and further gone than Tiffany. Until testy Tiffany takes a moment to assure us that’s a much tighter race than you’d expect. Pat has these little mantras he picked up from group therapy and psychological counseling. “Excelsior!” he shouts at random moments when he needs some affirmation. “If you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.” That’s what he’s looking for in all this. Tiffany? “I don’t get what I want, OK?” Her volatility is a frightening thing, especially when she feels she’s in a contest.
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Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in director David Russell’s ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ which opens Wednesday at University Place 8 in Carbondale.
“You think that I’m crazier than you.” Russell, famous for his own off-camera temper, deftly balances each amusing encounter with tragic revelations and unbalanced moments — threatening to bring matters to an ugly head, or deepen the connection between these two disconnected people. In film and in fiction there’s always a glib cause-and-
effect with mental illness — “this” led directly to “that.” We get a little of that here as we’re given the back story and we meet enough relatives to see the trees these two fun but dysfunctional apples fell from. Anupam Kher is the cute psychotherapist. Shea Whigham is Pat’s successful, more functional brother, a performance that suggests a less sensitive oaf who unthinkingly channeled Dad’s Philadelphia Eagles obsession into a safer corner of his psyche. And
Chris Tucker turns up as a funny, dialed-down mental patient pal of Pat’s who can seem the most normal of all of them. But he lets us sense that coiled up inside is a sneaky, motormouthed maniac, the Tucker of “Rush Hour,” straining to get out. “Silver Linings Playbook,” adapted from Matthew Quick’s novel, is a ringing endorsement of “the talking cure,” two people whose professional counseling is nothing compared to the ways they challenge each other and themselves to get better.
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