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Harry Potter would probably do a better job November by a Buddhist sect in India’s Darjeeling NEWS OF as its high priest, THE WEIRD district covering territory Chuck extending to neighboring Nepal and Bhutan. He will Shepherd live in seclusion in his monastery, except for contact with Facebook he first line of friends he made while in “defense” at the 400 Boston. Iraqi police z An unprecedented checkpoints in Baghdad toilet-building spree has are small wands with antennas that supposedly taken hold in India over the last two years, spurred detect explosives, but which U.S. officials say are by a government campaign embraced by young about as useful as Ouija women: “No Toilet, No boards. The Iraqi official in charge, Maj. Gen. Jehad Bride” (i.e., no marriage unless the male’s dowry al-Jabiri, is so enamored includes indoor of the devices, according plumbing). About 665 to a November New York Times dispatch, that when million people in India lack access to toilets, American experts according to an October repeatedly showed the Washington Post dispatch. rods’ failures in test after test, he blamed the results Tradition on testers’ lack of “training.” The Iraqi The town of Waiau, New government has purchased Zealand, had once again 1,500 of the ADE 651s planned an annual rabbitfrom its manufacturer, carcass-tossing contest, to ATSC Ltd. of the UK, at a chorus of complaints prices ranging from from animal rights $16,000 to $60,000 each. activists concerned that The suicide bombers who children not associate killed 155 in downtown dead animals with fun. (In Baghdad on Oct. 25 passed New Zealand, rabbits are two tons of explosives crop-destroying pests, through at least one ADE- doing an estimated $16 651-equipped checkpoint. million damage annually, but nonetheless, the town canceled the contest.) Cultural diversity z What a difference a Latest religious messages day makes: (1) Charles Wesley Mumbere, 56, was “Bonnet books” are a a longtime nurse’s aide at “booming new a nursing home in subcategory of the Harrisburg, Pa., until July, romance genre,” reported when the Ugandan The Wall Street Journal in government recognized September, describing “Gthe separatist Rwenzururu rated” Amish love stories territory founded in 1962 that sell well among by Mumbere’s late father. outside readers but have In October, Mumbere found an even more avid returned to his native audience among Amish country as king of the women themselves. The region’s 300,000 subjects. typical best-seller is by a (2) Jigme Wangchuk, 11, non-Amish writer, was a student at St. Peter’s perhaps involving a School in Boston when he woman inside the was enthroned in community who falls in
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love with an outsider. In one book described by the Journal, the lovers “actually kiss a couple of times in 326 pages.”
Questionable judgments z “Ultrarunning” (whose signature event is the 100-mile marathon) takes such a degree of commitment that 5 percent to 10 percent of participants are said to have permanently removed their toenails in order to eliminate one of the potential sources of runners’ discomfort. A sports podiatrist told the New York Times in October that many “ultras” consider their toenails “useless appendages, remnants of claws from evolutionary times,” but on the other hand, said one ultrarunner, “You know any sport has gone off the rails when you have to remove body parts to do it.” z After her two children, ages 5 and 3, died in a house fire in Rialto, Calif., in May, Viviana Delgado, 27, worked her way through the stages of grief until deciding in October on one final tribute. She turned the vacant, charred dwelling into a showcase haunted house for Halloween. To the average visitor, it’s just a spookily decorated house, but neighbors know that children died inside, and they know what the two tombstones in the front yard represent.
Least competent people (1) Walking: Daredevil Scottish stunt bicyclist Danny MacAskill, whose electrifying feats are featured on popular YouTube videos, suffered a broken collarbone in
October when he tripped on a curb while out for a walk in downtown Edinburgh. (2) Truck driving: Phillip Mathews, 73, whose logging truck is equipped with a tall boom arm to facilitate loading, forgot to lower the arm after finishing a job in Bellevue, Iowa, in October, and when he returned to the highway, the boom proceeded to snap lines on utility poles he passed for the next 12 miles until motorists finally got his attention.
Recurring themes The British health care bureaucracy: When social workers praised the progress 10-year-old Devon Taverner was making with her prosthetic leg (necessary because of a birth defect), bureaucrats terminated her disability payments, which instantly made her life harder. For example, the lack of a car allowance means she cannot travel without, each trip, removing and reattaching the prosthesis.
Good news! (1) The epic drought that hit central Texas this year, causing a 30-foot drop in the water level of Lake Travis near Austin, also helped police solve three stolen-vehicle cases. Of the three exposed at the bottom of the lake in July was one, with key still in the ignition, missing since 1988. (2) Emergency-room doctors writing in the Archives of Surgery in September reported that light alcohol-drinkers survived brain injuries better than either heavy drinkers or nondrinkers. SEND ITEMS to weirdnews@earthlink.net.
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The cast of ‘Almost Maine’ poses Nov. 12 in O’Neill Auditorium at John A. Logan College.
‘Almost, Maine’ spotlights ensemble cast ‘Almost, Maine’ Comedy. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, O’Neill Auditorium, John A. Logan College, Carterville. $8 General admission, $5 for students and children. For tickets or more information, call 618-985-2828 ext. 8287. BY BRENT STEWART THE SOUTHERN
When the cast of “Almost, Maine” was asked what was unique and different about its show, the first answer may have been obvious: “It’s not ‘Twilight,’” said Charlene Rau, who plays Ginette in the ensemble cast. There are no vampires in the quirky comedy written by John Cariani and directed by longtime John A. Logan College professor Steve Falcone. There are, however, a lot of characters and a lot of stories that weave in and
out of a narrative set on a clear, moonless Friday night in a small town in winter where its residents fall in and out of love underneath the northern lights. “It’s about the moment before happiness or sadness, but always the moment before,” said Susan Harrocks, who has a dual role of Sandrine and Rhonda. “It’s never true happiness or true sadness; it’s life.” “There are a lot of metaphors,” Falcone said. “Sometimes, literally a blunt hammer of a symbol, the other shoe drops. The author is very interested in the magical possibilities of the moment.” Falcone was very interested to see what a large cast could do with the sharply written script. The quick, back-andforth dialogue of the overlapping stories, lends itself to a fast-paced production. “It’s very much like
people would be talking,” said Heather Barnett, who plays three characters, Glory, Marvalyn, and Hope. “It’s tricky to learn because there’s so much overlapping, but it’s very much a play for people who aren’t (theatergoers.) It’s so much like watching a sitcom on television. It’s very, very human.” The rest of the cast — including Gary Walkup, Neil Rautenstrauch, Jared Shofstal, Ian Cochran, Kaleb Triplett, Rita Pearce and Tricia Burns — were often called upon to play numerous roles in the production. Although this sounds like it could be difficult, Falcone had a different perspective. “I love it,” Falcone said. “When you get good actors — and I have them — it’s a wonderful challenge to see them bring out different facets of what they can do.” brent.stewart@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z MUSIC z ART z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; www.wsiu.org. Oh Happy Day: Dancing Pope County Deer with Artstarts, 7 p.m. Festival: Thursday-Sunday, Saturday, Marion Cultural and square, downtown Golconda; Civic Center; $25; bring parade, 1 p.m. Saturday; canned food for the queen contest, Friday, Ministerial Alliance; 618-997- vendors, food; 618-683-6286. 4030 or 618-922-1853; Guitar Hero Contest: www.marionccc.org Friday-Saturday, Old Fire Southern Illinois Dance Station Bay, South Company program: 7:30 p.m. Washington Avenue, Johnston Dec. 4-5, Furr Auditorium, City; prizes; registration begins 6 p.m. Friday; Pulliam Hall, SIUC; jazz, proceeds fund the JC Extreme modern, ballet, lyrical and Sports Park; 618-889-9939. hip-hop; songs by Cypress Fall Indian Market Days: Hill, Jordin Sparks, Kings of Noon- 5 p.m. Nov. 27, and Leon, The Used and Michael Jackson; adults, $8; students, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 28-29, Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville; and senior citizens, $5; ages Indian artists, crafters and 15 and younger, $4. vendors will sell unique items throughout the Interpretive Events Center; 618-344-9221, or visit www.cahokiamounds.org. Native American Storyteller: Robert Lewis, 7 p.m. today, Ballroom B, SIUC Films Student Center; free; also at Gone With the Wind: 7 p.m. Friday, Cedarhurst 7 p.m. Saturday, Liberty
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Theater, 1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro; suggested donation $5; proceeds to the restoration fund; 618-6845880 or murphysboroliberty theater@gmail.com. Under These Same Stars, The Celadon Affair: Filmed in historic homes of Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Ste. Genevieve, Mo. and in Southern Illinois; based on a true story from 1773; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Marion Cultural and Civic Center, 800 Tower Square Plaza; adults, $7; students, $5; 618-997-4030; www.under thesesamestars.com.
History Open to public: Historic St. Anne’s on South Main Street, Anna, will be open to the public from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 28; appointments may also be made by calling 618833-9441 or 618-833-6989.
Holiday Happenings Sounds of Christmas: 5:30 p.m. Friday, downtown Rosiclare; unveiling of Main Street Christmas windows; refreshments and craft mall; Christmas music provided by brass section of Rosiclare City Band and the Tattered Angels; 618-285-6837. Seventh Annual Christmas Bazaar: Sponsored by the Union County Historical and
Genealogy Society, 117 S. Appleknocker Drive, Cobden, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27-28 and Dec. 5 and 12; new and gently used holidayrelated items, including pre-lit trees, trim, wreaths, dinnerware, Lenox and Mikassa glassware, Dept. 56 village pieces, yard items, china, collectibles and gift items; proceeds benefit the Union County Museum; 618893-2567 or 618-893-2865. Hometown Christmas: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 5 and 1-4 p.m. Dec. 6, various locations throughout Murphysboro; includes One-Stop Holiday Shop, Davis McCann Center and Senior Center, North 14th Street; arts and crafts, holiday home tours; Festival of Trees where visitors will be able to bid on decorated trees to benefit local charities, General John A. Logan Museum; extended hours to bid on Christmas trees, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Nov. 28 and Dec. 1-4; 618-521-3227. The 19th annual Lights Fantastic Parade: 6 p.m. Dec. 5, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; also Holiday Cookie Walk: 4-6 p.m. Dec. 5; several businesses on and around The Strip will offer cookies and refreshments to those who stop in while watching the parade; stop by the Old Train Depot from 4-6 p.m. on the day of the parade
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to pick up a Light’s Fantastic brochure; 618-529-8040. The Christmas Craft and Wine Fair: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 6, Williamson County Pavilion, 1602 Sioux Drive, Marion; original crafts, homemade baskets, stained glass, handshaped iron, handmade jewelry, quilts, candles, woodcrafts, wine; $1 admission; ages 6 and younger are free; 618-9932657 or csonger@visitsi.com.
Theater/Performance In The Heights: Today through Sunday, Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis; www.fabulousfox.com; www.metrotix.com; 314-5341111. RLC Madrigal Dinner Theatre: Teeney Bob, The Demon Pet Groomer of Sweet Street, 7 p.m. ThursdaySaturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, Rend Lake College, Ina; $25 includes dinner and show; tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 618-4375321, ext. 1467. Almost, Maine: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, John A. Logan College, Carterville; directed by Steve Falcone; written by John Cariani; 618985-3741. Little House on the Prairie, The Musical: Starring Melissa Gilbert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Fox Theatre, St. Louis; 314-534-1111, www.metrotix.com or www.fabulousfox.com. Lysitsrata: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3–5, and 2 p.m. Dec. 6, McLeod Theater, SIUC; adults, $15; seniors, $12; students, $6; also, Rick Williams, Classics professor at SIUC for 30 years, will give a pre-show lecture 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6; www.mcleod.siuc.edu or 618-453-3001. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: 7:30 p.m. , Dec. 4-5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $12; Sunday matinee, $10; presented by the Paradise Alley Players; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030.
Concerts Southern Illinois Noon Tunes: The Kevin Lucas Orchestra, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. today, SIUC Student Center, Roman Room; www.siucstudentcenter.org or 618-453-1142.
Cape Girardeau Josh Turner: 8 p.m. Dec. 5, Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau; $37; 573-6515000; showmecenter.biz.
Paducah Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Carson Center, Paducah; $25-$45; 270-450-4444 or www.thecarsoncenter.org.
St. Louis area Judy Collins with special guest Kenny White: 8 p.m. Dec. 5, Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis; $40-45; 314-534-1111 or www.thesheldon.org. R. Kelly: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis; special guests, Pleasure P and K Michelle; $48-$68; 314-5341111; www.fabulousfox.com. Zac Brown Band: 7 p.m. Dec. 30, Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.; also appearing, Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey and Nic Cowan; $31-$37; www.metrotix.com; 314-5341111; www.familyarena.com. Lady Gaga: With special guest Kid Cudi, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis; $52.50$42.50; 314-534-1111; www.metrotix.com. BB King and Buddy Guy: Tickets now available for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 performance, The Family Arena, St. Charles, Mo.; $50.50-$92.50; 314534-1111; 636-896-4242 or www.familyarena.com. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: 8 p.m. Feb. 27, Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis; $44.50-$59.50; 314-534-1111; metrotix.com; www.fabulousfox.com.
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SIUC Studio Jazz Orchestra to present two concerts CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale Studio Jazz Orchestra presents two concerts today at Shryock Auditorium. The first concert begins at 1 p.m., and the target audience is schoolchildren and high school students. The Morning Etude Concert Series is the sponsor. Tickets are $2 and can be purchased by calling Toni Intravia at 618-457-8603. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $10 for general admission and $5 for students, are available at the ticket offices at SIU Arena or Student Center, or at Shryock Auditorium Box Office. Tickets are also available the night of the performance. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the School of Music scholarship fund. Timothy Pitchford, who directs the orchestra, said it is reminiscent of the Big Bands from the Swing era of the 1930s and ’40s. However, the SIUC Studio Jazz Orchestra plays a wide range of jazz, from the Big Band classics to contemporary pieces structured for large jazz ensembles. Pitchford said the orchestra will also back a vocalist, graduate student Andrea Gedrasik. This will be Gedrasik’s debut as a jazz singer with a large ensemble. — The Southern
Country songwriter Kendell Marvel moving up in the ranks monster song to put him on the same plateau with the best COUNTRY writers in the industry. With the recognition that SCENE accompanies a chart-topping Vince Hoffard release by Hall of Famer Strait, his mission has been accomplished. endell Marvel leaned back “I got lucky, and it just in his recliner and happened,” Marvel said during savored the moment. a telephone interview Sunday. Watching the national “I was with my buddy, Jimmy broadcast of the Country Ritchey, and we decided to Music Association Awards specifically write a song that last week, the Thompsonville would be something like native realized more than a George Strait would cut. We decade of hard work was worked on it a couple hours coming to fruition. The and had it finished. moment of truth came when “A couple weeks later, George Strait stepped on Jimmy played it for Jim stage and belted out Lauderdale, who polished it “Twang,” his new single with up a little bit and took it to a traditional country flair. Florida and pitched it to Marvel is a songwriter. He George. spent his early years in “It was pretty amazing,” Nashville, Tenn., starving to Marvel said. “Not only did death as he learned a difficult George like the song, he craft. In recent years, he has decided to put it on the new had increasing success as his album and make it the title tunes were turned into hits by cut.” Joe Diffie, Gary Allan and Jake Marvel’s week actually Owen. reached an emotional summit He has been waiting for the the day before the awards
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show, at a BMI Awards party. Marvel picked up his fifth award in six years, this time for writing “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You,” for Jake Owen. He had been honored for “Right Where I Need to Be” by Gary Allan,” “Toucher Then Nails” by Joe Diffie and Owen singles “Yee Haw” and “Startin’ With Me.” “I had a good conversation with him (Kris Kristofferson, who was being honored) early in the night. He’s a great guy, very approachable and easy to talk to,” Marvel said. “At the end of the night, I’m sitting with a bunch of my songwriting buddies, when Kristofferson comes the table and says to me, ‘Hey boy, I’ll see you later.’ It made my year.” The future is bright for Marvel, who cut his teeth fronting his own band in clubs throughout Southern Illinois and has been working for the same Music City publishing company for nine years. “I’m the senior writer at Bug Music. ... Things are hoppin’
right now,” Marvel said. “You write a big song, and it gets your name out there. All the artists get interested, and you start a nice little run that could last four or five years. I feel like I’ve turned the corner. My recent success has turned my career up a notch.” Marvel hangs out with Jamey Johnson, who has won CMA Awards the past two years for “In Color.” The follow-up tune for Johnson was supposed to be “That Lonesome Song,” but radio refused to play it because it was too long. He was told if he would change it, they would play it. Johnson refused. Marvel wrote “That Lonesome Song.” “I was so mad, I wanted to kill him,” Marvel said, laughing. “The more I thought about it though, the more I understood his position. ... No one can question his character.” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached
at vincehoffard@yahoo.com or 618-658-9095.
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Wineries Kevin Lucas Orchestra: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery. Mark Gordon: 7-10 p.m. Friday, Pheasant Hollow Winery. Christine Bauer: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery. Sharon & Larry: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard. Blu Caps: 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard. Swamp Tigers: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery. Chris Mucci: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Phil Powell: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Marty Davis: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Orlandini Vineyard. Ivas John: 3-6 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard. Woodenships: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery. Blue Sky Vineyard, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-9959463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com. Pheasant Hollow Winery, 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington; 618-629-2302 or www.pheasanthollowwinery.com. Rustle Hill Winery, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehill winery.com. Orlandini Vineyard, 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; 618-995-230 or www.orlandinivineyard.com. Von Jakob Orchard, 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4600 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com. Von Jakob Vineyard, 1309 Sadler Road, Pomona; 618-893-4500 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com.
Coffeehouses, Cafés and Eateries Mark Stoffel and the Giant City Slickers: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Crazy Joe’s Fish House, 693 Suchman Road, Ava; 618-763-4417; no cover. Annie and Rod Capps: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, 515 Orchard Drive, Carbondale; www.cousinandy.org; $10 suggested donation, $5 students/low income.
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BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:309:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Leveld Tres Hombres: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, 11:30 p.m. MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Live Blues Trio, 7-11 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Crossroads, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
CARBONDALE Boobys: Sam West, 10 p.m. PK’s: Los Ojos Rojos Tres Hombres: Skinny Dips, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. CARTERVILLE Steel Horse Saloon: Dirt Water Fox, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. DU QUOIN The Wet Spot: JAB, 9 p.m.1 a.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square: Leveld, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Ramesse: Mixed Company,
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE Boobys: Digital Leather, 10 p.m. PK’s: The Kevin Lucas Orchestra CARTERVILLE Steel Horse Saloon: Remedy, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. DU QUOIN Timeout Sports Bar: Sam Hell, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Marion Eagles: Roger Black and the Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys, 8 p.m.midnight Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.1 a.m. Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill: Thunderbox
9 p.m.-1 a.m. The Pit Stop: Southern Pride 9 p.m.-1 a.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Jacks R Better, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7-10 p.m. Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country, 7-10 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Black Lace Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
z SUNDAY MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin’ Country: Bandido Country Band, 7-10 p.m. RIDGWAY TJ’s: Southern Pride, 9 p.m.1 a.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Crossroads, 7-10 p.m. STEELEVILLE American Legion: Country Aces, 7-11 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Weekenders, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
MARION Cowboys, 6-10 p.m. Marion Eagles: Roger CARBONDALE Black and the Honky Key West: Ivas John Tonk Stardust Blues Band
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs Tres Hombres: Alex Kirt and Hugh DeNeal SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Freedom, 7-10 p.m.
WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:309:30 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 6:309:30 p.m.
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Bob, 6-9 p.m. Timeout Sports Bar: Dead Water, Blood of Heroes, Parallel 33, Hunter Seeker, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Booby’s: 406 S. Illinois, Carbondale / 618-549-3366 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Double K’s Kickin Country: Illinois 37, Mount Vernon 618-359-0455 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Herrin American Legion: 213 E. Madison St. / 618- 942-3313 Ina Community Building: 504 Elm St., Ina / 618-315-2373 John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale / 618-351-5998 Knights of Columbus Hall: 130 S. Eighth St., Du Bois 618-787-2011 Last Call Tavern: 28143 Illinois 15, Ashley / 618-485-6723 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 M & F Bar & Grill: 413 N. Fourth St., Baldwin Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Illinois 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-923-2432 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale / 618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale / 618-529-1124 Steelhorse Saloon: 202 Dewmain Lane, Carterville 618-985-3549 The Tavern on 10th: 224 S. 10th St., Mount Vernon 618-244-7821 The Wet Spot: 13 S. Mulberry St., Du Quoin / 618-542-2994 The White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash / 618-997-4979 Timeout Sports Bar: 200 E. Main St., Du Quoin 618-542-6000 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill 13510 N. Illinois 37, Marion 618-983-5300 Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort / 618-937-3070 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin / 618-993-8393
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The Pilgrim continues his journey Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
hits. Flipside talked with Larry Gatlin about “Pilgrimage,” his retreat from Nashville, country music today and the Man In Black.
Country/Americana. 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Carson Center, Paducah. Tickets range from $25 The album has an odd structure. to $45 and can be purchased through the box office, by calling There are new songs, old songs and narration mixed together. How did 270-450-4444, or online at the idea for it come about? www.thecarsoncenter.org. BY BRENT STEWART THE SOUTHERN
arry Gatlin is a country music legend. In the early 1970s, he began his career as a songwriter, penning tracks for Barbara Streisand, Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and his mentors, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. Larry’s first solo album, “The Pilgrim,” in 1974, gave him his first hit with “Sweet Becky Walker.” The next year, “Broken Lady” was Larry’s first No. 1, for which he won a Grammy in 1976. With his siblings, Steve and Rudy, added to the ensemble, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers went on to have a dozen No. 1 hits throughout the 1980s. However, as Nashville, Tenn., started changing its tune in the early 1990s, the Gatlin Brothers, like so many others, were lost in the shuffle. After 17 years away from Nashville, Larry began to feel the itch as a songwriter again and reevaluated his perception and issues with Music City. The result is a new album, “Pilgrimage,” which continues a journey that began with Larry’s first solo album. The centerpiece of “Pilgrimage” is “Johnny Cash Is Dead (And His House Burnt Down,)” a tribute to Larry’s close friend and an examination of the way country music has changed. The Gatlin Brothers have also gone back on the road to perform their new material, as well as old
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Well, as you can tell, we didn’t have much of a plan. Our modus operandi, as it were, was to write the very best songs I could write and get the very best musicians we could find and sing and play these songs the very best we can and whatever happens in between all that is just kind of up in the air. We do not sit down and try to do a specific style. We don’t listen to a bunch of records and see what’s happening today and try to make it sound like that. We don’t take a poll to see which way the wind was blowing. We do what we do. The things happening in country music right now are very much different, the sounds and the music, it’s different than it was when I was there. And I applaud that. I say, that’s great, because the music we made in Nashville was different than the way Ernest Tubb used to do it and Ernest Tubb did it different than the old singing brakeman Jimmie Rogers did it, or Roy Acuff did it. So I say, it’s great, I applaud the new stuff, but Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers are going to do it the way we know how to do it. That is the way we did this whole project, we let things happen and unfold the way they do organically and naturally. My son, Joshua Cash Gatlin, is our manager. He was talking to me, he said, ‘Daddy, country music doesn’t sound right.’ I said ‘Son, there’s nothing wrong with it, and it’s not that it’s right or
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wrong, it’s different. Those young people are doing it their way, let’s root for them, and cheer for them. After all, country music will never be the same again because Johnny Cash is dead and his house burnt down.’ So, I wrote the song. We did not have any big, overall master plan except to do good music, be honest and put your heart, your soul, your spirit into it. The structure is a little weird, but it’s natural, it’s us, it’s honest, and I think people will dig that.
trying to say in the song.
When it happened to us and I saw it happening, I made a decision that I didn’t want to stick around and become a hasbeen. I had seen it happen to so many of my friends and God bless them, they still sang well and they could do a show but it was somebody else’s turn. So, I decided to leave and I was a little mad. I was P.O.-ed. My feelings were hurt. Well, 17 years down the road, I was sitting in a bathtub in Oklahoma City and it dawned on me, ‘Larry, Nashville didn’t do anything bad to you, they gave you a chance, they made your dreams come true, get over it.’ It was a point in my life that at first, it was very disappointing and it hurt my feelings. I got over it and I went back and everything is fine. And people in all walks of life have these things happen to them. It’s like that old saying, ‘It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you deal with it.’ I finally was mature enough to deal with it appropriately. We have this CD, the acclaim has been fabulous. Sooner or later we’re going to have a big old hit record out of this in God’s time. We’re going to keep singing and I’m grateful. A grateful, joyful heart. Larry Gatlin’s not mad at anybody today. Larry Gatlin’s a happy camper.
One song on the record says there was a point in your career where you felt Nashville (Tenn.) had turned its back on you, but you realized later you turned your back on it. Do you think your time away from Nashville had to happen to come back with this album? It was absolutely necessary, there’s no question about it. What I realized and what I was trying to say, I did realize it’s the way of the world. That’s what happens. Life is a bell curve. One There are a lot of themes on the of these days Tiger Woods is not new record. Obviously the going to be able to hit the ball centerpiece is the ‘Johnny Cash’ 300 yards and he’s not going to song. You also tell a story called be able to beat everybody. That’s ‘Little Tin Cup’ about when your just the way it is. So, how do you son was born. A lot of people have a handle that? I didn’t handle it lot of stories about Johnny Cash. very well; I took my ball and went Does that story encapsulate who home. he was as a person? Having said that, I needed to It’s unbelievable. How unique get out of there for awhile I — taking a piece of leather out of needed some new perspective. an old workbook and punching a The passage of time, I matured, I hole in a piece of paper, weaving learned. It’s happened for that little piece of leather everybody in the business, I through that hole, writing a guess, except for George Strait. beautiful note on the letter, He just keeps going up and hasn’t taking a Johnny Cash belt buckle gone down the other side of that and taking a little tin cup that he curve on the graph, but for got in the cafeteria at Folsom everybody else, sooner or later, it Prison. Only Johnny Cash would goes down. You don’t make as have thought of that. much money for a concert, not as I miss him, I feel his spirit every many people show up. The day, I know he’s up there rooting record company don’t sell as for me and the boys and I think many of your records, the radio brent.stewart@thesouthern.com he’s proud of the song. Because stations don’t play as many of 618-351-5074 he knows like I do what I was your records.
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‘Off the Wall’ highlights the arts in Cobden COBDEN— This weekend, anthill gallery and vintage curiosities with the Yellow Moon Café present the opening reception for “Off the Wall,” a group artist holiday exhibition. Featured in this month-long display will be locally made holiday season gift ideas in artwork and fine crafts including sterling silver, wrought iron and fine metals; precious stones and stained glass; ceramics, oil on canvas, watercolors and acrylic paints; finely turned and crafted wood; furniture and mosaics; high-quality prints and photography; and decorative and functional weavings. Larger paintings are exhibited at Yellow Moon Café. The reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The “Off the Wall” exhibition will end Dec. 20. Anthill gallery and vintage curiosities is open from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to Sunday and is at 103 N. Front St. in Cobden. Yellow Moon Café is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and reopens at 7 p.m. Friday. It is also open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and is at 110 N. Front St. in Cobden. For more information, call 618-457-7641. — The Southern
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Book exhibit: “In the Beginning was the Word: A History of the Book, 14501960,” Morris Library, SIUC, the Hall of Presidents and Chancellors; presented by The Special Collections Research Center; through December; 618-453-2516. One World, One Family: Photojournalist Darcy Kiefel, Beck Family Center Gallery, Cedarhurst, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; traveling exhibit from Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock; Kiefel travels the world, photographing and writing about Heifer International projects which works to end hunger and promote care for the earth; through Dec. 31; free; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. WICADIA: Fiber art exhibit by Diana Wicai, Tribeca Gallery, 127 Market House Square, downtown Paducah; wall hangings, hand-woven fabrics, and wearable fiber art; through Jan. 7; plumbart@ bellsouth.net or 270-210-1753. Emily Booth: Transitions Spaces Series 09.2: Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus, Cape Girardeau; through Jan. 17; www.semo.edu/museum/ or 573-651-2260. Masters of Photography: University Museum, SIUC; highlights from the museum’s
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‘Twilight Saga: New Moon’ is love at second bite New Moon Rated PG-13 for some violence and action; Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Chaske Spencer; directed by Chris Weitz; opens Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and The Grand Theatre in Du Quoin. BY JOHN ANDERSON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Filmmaker Chris Weitz said he knew the “Twilight” phenomenon had gone off the rails when the female immigration officer at the Canadian
border already knew who he was. And when paparazzi pictures of him and his family eating hot dogs showed up on the Internet. And when he faced the audience at July’s Comic-Con convention in San Diego. “I don’t know if you’ve ever been confronted by 7,000 screaming girls,” he said. “But it’s a loud sound.” And Weitz is just the director — which would seem an impolite thing to say, if Friday’s release of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” wasn’t poised to eclipse everything in its path. The second in the series based on Stephenie Meyer’s vampire novels, “New
Moon” will further the cause of making otherworldly superstars out of whom Weitz called his “big three”: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, all of whom have already become objects of fans’ adoration and media scrutiny. Their involvement in “Twilight” adds a dark note of celebrity overkill to a story already steeped in adolescent passion and impossible romance: The virginal Bella Swan (Stewart) is in love with the vampire Edward Cullen (Pattinson). And while he resists her willingness to go over to the dark side, he also risks losing her to Jacob Black (Lautner), a
member of an American Indian tribe with a few undead skeletons of its own rattling around in the closet. “It puts everyday romantic dilemmas into a supernatural context,” said Weitz. Vampire stories are always eroticized, but the series addresses Bella’s virginity and the understanding attitude of her boyfriend, Edward, who will do anything to protect her. “You want to take people on an emotional ride, not necessarily an intellectual one,” said Melissa Rosenberg, who thus far has scripted three “Twilight” films. “There
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‘New Moon’ stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Bell.
has to be a journey. So it’s really a coming-of-age story — it’s about Bella becoming a stronger person. And by the end she
has a life as she’s created it for herself. The heartbreak is the whole idea of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’”
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Jacob licks his wounds. Giving too much away will likely ruin “New Moon” for those who haven’t read it, although protecting the plot can’t be a big concern, given the readership. More critical to Summit Entertainment, the films’ producer, is getting the adaptations made while the young stars are still young (rather than face the situation of “Harry Potter,” which won’t end before Daniel Radcliffe is getting
mail from AARP). Piggybacking the filming of the four Meyer tales, “Eclipse” was completed — with director David Slade at the helm — before “New Moon” was even released. No doubt “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth novel and one to which Summit owns the rights, will begin shooting before “Eclipse” hits the screen, although a director has yet to be announced. — McClatchy-Tribune News
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‘Blind Side’ a surprisingly smart and inspiring story The Blind Side
decorator, happily married to a successful Taco Bell franchisee Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and (Tim McGraw), a glammed-up woman of a certain age who is sexual references; starring used to getting her own way. Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, And when she sees the very Tim McGraw; directed by John large, plainly poor black teen (Quinton Aaron) who seems to Lee Hancock; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale have nowhere to go, walking aimlessly in the rain, her better and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. angel runs smack dab into her blunt, bluff style. BY ROGER MOORE As Michael Oher walks into MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS the House Beautiful two-story Sandra Bullock retrieves much that the Tuohys call home, an odyssey begins, a journey that of the career momentum that the Tuohy family take with “The Proposal” gave her and young Michael. He’s an that “All About Steve” enormous kid labeled as “slow” threatened to kill with “The Blind Side,” a surprisingly smart and dumb, but a “gentle giant,” and a guy of such size and and moving drama about a athleticism that he’s a natural at Memphis steel magnolia who a position that Leigh Anne, doesn’t truly bloom until she narrating from the Michael takes in a homeless teen and Lewis book this is based on, tells gives him a life. us is the “second most Bullock gives her best important position” in football performance in years in service — left offensive tackle. He’s the of a John Lee Hancock (“The Rookie”) film that’s about guy who protects the compassion, empathy, family quarterback from his blind side, and that old-time Southern the sacks that can cripple a guy religion — football. She stars as like Joe Theismann, as we see in Leigh Anne Tuohy, an upperthe opening credits. As the story middle class Memphis unfolds, we invest in Michael’s
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Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy, a Memphis, Tenn., steel magnolia who doesn’t truly bloom until she takes in a homeless teen and gives him a life in ‘Blindside,’ which opens Friday in Carbondale and Marion.
struggle and we watch the Tuohys invest as well. They have his back, and he’s their rock — protecting their blind side. The movie’s a pretty conventional feel-good sports drama in many ways. But Bullock and Aaron give it heart that transcends the genre. Aaron, without much dialogue, gets across that this big, quiet, seemingly dumb guy has a soul and native intelligence, even as he struggles with the game, the academics and everything else at the private school he attends.
In “The Blind Side” Bullock shows us something she hasn’t trotted out as an actress — righteous fury. Leigh Anne is a tigress defending herself and her decision to take in this kid in racially polarized Memphis, and Bullock makes her sympathetic, a Christian conservative who bristles at the suggestion that she’s doing this out of “white guilt.” McGraw gives sturdy support and has one great line, defending his broadening horizons.
“Whoever thought we’d have a black son before we knew a Democrat?” he says on meeting a tutor (Kathy Bates) hired to help the kid. It meanders and stumbles more often than one would like. But Hancock manages to turn a movie that could have been about nothing more than “white guilt” into something that surprisingly defies expectations and can be downright inspiring. Talk about being hit on your blind side.
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A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, Rated PG for sci-fi action “Planet” has barely enough and suggestive humor; slapstick to keep the kids starring the voices of interested. Children won’t Dwayne Johnson, Justin get the many sci-fi movie Long, John Cleese, Gary references, and adults probably won’t find them Oldman, Jessica Biel; that funny. directed by Jorge Blanco, But there’s an adorable with Javier Abad and Mars Rover-like robot Marcos Martinez; opens named “Rover” who wags Friday at University Place 8 his antenna and chases in Carbondale and Illinois rocks like a Jack Russell, Centre 8 in Marion. and an alien Chihuahua shaped like the beast from “Alien.” He skooches his BY ROGER MOORE butt across lawns and MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
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carpets like a Chihuahua. But don’t ask what happens when he pees. The big joke here — given away in the movie’s trailers — is that an alien has “invaded” a provincial and paranoid suburban town. And the alien is us, a NASA astronaut who touches down, bounces out with his American flag (humming “Thus Spake Zarathustra” from “2001”), only to realize he’s interrupting an alien barbecue. Astronaut Chuck Taylor (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) has
discovered an alternate alien 1950s — with driveins, do-wop music, “duck and cover” drills and VW hover-Beetles. His first thought — “Kennedy’s gonna freak” when Mission Control hears about “sea monkeys dancin’ to the oldies.” But the “sea monkeys,” conditioned by years of “It Came from Outer Space” horror movies, are the ones who freak. Lem (Justin Long) is the odd, antennae’d E.T. Chuck talks into helping him get
back home, evade the trigger-happy Army general (Gary Oldman) and the jumpy natives who are sure that the guy in the puffy suit wants to eat their brains. This first offering from Spanish animation startup Ilion is a good-looking movie, with a lush retrofuturistic design. It’s just low on laughs. (An “American Shrek” alumnus scripted it). The superior “Monsters vs. Aliens” covered some of the same ground — references of
earlier movies, from “Alien” and “E.T.” to “2001,” “The Right Stuff” and, naturally, “Plan Nine from Outer Space.” Some of those work. But spoofs, a couple of cute neo-dogs and lots of bouncy ’50s pop on the soundtrack don’t hide the fact that, whatever the magical code is to concocting a state-of-theart kids’ computergenerated cartoon these days, Ilion (working for Sony-Tristar) hasn’t cracked it.
z MUSIC z POP CULTURE z MOVIES z ART z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Still Playing Amelia Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix and enigmatic symbol of the American free spirit, who was guided by a profound curiosity for everything life had to offer. Starring: Hilary Swank, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, Richard Gere, Virginia Madsen. Rated PG for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking. The Box In 1976, Norma Lewis is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are an average couple living in the suburbs with their son … until a mysterious man with a disfigured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a proposition — the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. What they don’t realize is no matter what they decide, terrifying consequences will have already been set in motion. Starring: Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs, Michele Durrett. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images. A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge begins the holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his clerk and his nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on a journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. Also in 3-D Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Robin Wright Penn, Colin Firth. Rated PG for scary sequences and images. Couples Retreat Four Midwestern couples embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon
discover that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couples. Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell. Rated Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and language. The Fourth Kind Set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where — since the 1960s — a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Starring: Milla Jovovich. Rated PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality. Law Abiding Citizen Clyde Shelton is an upstanding man whose wife and daughter are murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice, a hotshot prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward 10 years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler. Rated R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape and pervasive language. Men Who Stare At Goats In this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story you will hardly believe is actually true, astonishing revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military come to light when a reporter encounters an
enigmatic Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission. Inspired by Jon Ronson’s nonfiction bestseller, an eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the government’s attempts to harness paranormal abilities to combat its enemies. Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Rebecca Mader. Rated R for language, some drug content and brief nudity. Michael Jackson’s This is It A rare glimpse into the final days of Michael Jackson, the documentary is compiled from 80 hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary entertainer preparing for his 50 sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena that were scheduled to begin in July 2009 before his untimely death. Rated PG for suggestive choreography and scary images. Paranormal Activity After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban “starter” tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly most active in the middle of the night, especially when they sleep. Or try to. Rated R for language. Pirate Radio In Britain in 1966, recently expelled student Carl has been sent by his mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather, who is the boss of a pirate radio station in the North Sea, populated by an eclectic crew of rock ‘n’ roll disc jockeys. In an era when the stuffy corridors of power stifle anything approaching youthful exuberance, a political minister seizes the chance to score a political goal. What results is a literal storm on the high seas. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh. Rated R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudiity. The Stepfather Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his
PG-13 (sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content) My Sister’s Keeper (Warner Home Video, Is Anybody There? (Magnolia Home ’09) $28.98. 109 mins. A child conceived as Entertainment, ’08) $26.98. 95 mins. While a donor match to her leukemia-stricken growing up in the retirement home run by sibling decides against painful operations his parents, a 10-year-old befriends a and hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the grieving widower and retired magician who right to decide how to use her body. With refuses to grow old. With Michael Caine, Bill Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Milner, David Morrissey PG-13 (profanity Jason Patric. PG-13 (mature thematic including sexual references, and some content, some disturbing images, disturbing images) (CC) sensuality, profanity and brief teen Bruno (Universal Studios, ’09) $29.98. drinking) 82 mins. Bruno, an openly gay Austrian talk Star Trek (Paramount, ’09) $29.99. 126 show host, comes to America to make a mins. On the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. name for himself. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Enterprise, the crew must stop a vengeful LaToya Jackson, Elton John, Paula Abdul. R Romulan as James Kirk and Spock try to (pervasive strong and crude sexual content, form a partnership. With Chris Pine, graphic nudity and profanity) Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho. — McClatchy-Tribune News
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mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend. As they get to know each other, Michael becomes suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Starring: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Jon Tenney, Amber Heard. Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality. 2012 Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, religions, scientists and governments. A global cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt. Rated PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language. Where the Wild Things Are The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family. Starring: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O’Hara. Rated PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.
Zombieland Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AKtotin’, zombie-slayin’ bad dude whose determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or
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succumbing to the zombies. Starring: Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin. Rated R for horror violence/gore and language. — kerasotes.com
SHOW TIMES FOR NOVEMBER 16TH-19TH
A Christmas Carol 3D (PG) 4:10 6:50 **9:10 A Christmas Carol (PG) 5:10 7:40 **10:10 Couples Retreat (PG13) 4:50 7:30 **10:15 Michael Jackson - THIS IS IT (PG) 3:50 6:40 **9:20 Law Abiding Citizen (R) *5:00 **7:45 **10:20 * Not showing 11-17 &18 **Not showing 11-19
2012 (PG13) 3:30 4:30 5:30 7:00 8:00 **9:00 **10:30 **Not showing 11-19 Twilight Showing Thur., Nov. 19th @ 9:00 only **Metropolitan Turnadot LIVE Nov. 18th @ **6:30 Wizard of Oz 70th Anniv. LIVE Nov. 17th @ 6:30
Showtimes Good 11/20 - 11/26
All Digital Sound in All Theatres
Fri: 7, 9:30, Midnight Sat. 1, 4, 7, 9:30 Sun. 1, 4, 7 • Mon&Tues 7 Wed 7, 9:30 • Thurs 1, 4, 7, 9:30
Men Who Stare At Goats (R) 4:30 7:00 9:30 The Fourth Kind (PG13) 4:50 7:40 10:10 The Box (PG13) 4:40 7:20 10:15 Where the Wild Things Are (PG) 4:00 6:40 9:15 Pirate Radio (R) 4:20 7:15 10:00 Amelia (PG) 4:10 7:10 9:50 Paranormal Activity (R) 5:30 7:50 10:20 The Stepfather (PG13) 5:00 7:30 10:05
Fri: 5, 7, 9 • Sat. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Sun. 1, 3, 5, 7 • Mon&Tues 7
Fri: 7, 9:40, 12:15am Sat. 1, 4, 7, 9:40 Sun. 1, 4, 7 • Mon&Tues 7 Wed 7, 9:30 Thurs 1, 4, 7, 9:30
Men Who Stare At Goats (R) 5:00 7:30 The Box (PG13) 4:20 7:40 The Fourth Kind (PG13) 3:40 6:40 A Christmas Carol (PG) 4:40 7:10 Paranormal Activity (R) 5:10 7:50 Law Abiding Citizen (R) 4:30 **7:20 ** Not showing Thursday 11-19
Wed 7, 9:30 • Thurs 1, 4, 7, 9:30
Couples Retreat (PG13) 4:10 6:50 2012 (PG13) 3:30 7:00 Twilight Thursday ONLY @ 9:00
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