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Whirlwind trip to Europe starts to wind down the week after that two more, and then it’s all over. ROME This semester hasn’t ADVENTURES even felt like a real semester; it has been so Lacie Goff fantastic to learn about Rome in Rome, out and about in the city. Having iao amici! As I sit here our history class in the Coliseum the other day was and write this today, I definitely one of the high am reminded that we points of the semester, and have three weeks and four conversing in Italian is days left of our program. I don’t know where time has truly rewarding. One thing that has been gone. I’ve already started more fascinating to me my Christmas shopping. than anything is just Each week has felt full getting to experience the and complete, yet looking European culture. back now, it all seems to I love even the smallest run together. All of the nuances. There are memories are still present elements of emphasis here, in my mind, but the time on taking time for small lapses together in a big moments, on food and on whirlwind blur. Our school is putting on living life to the fullest. One afternoon, I went to a Thanksgiving dinner with a piazza and sat on the an Italian twist for us. I’m steps of a fountain in the anxious to see what that center while eating a piece will be like, and I’m quite of pizza. It was so fulfilling excited for some turkey. to just sit there and watch All that is left of school my surroundings, taking it this week is to write two all in. I felt like I was living research papers, then the week I have two finals, and a scene from the Rome part
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of “Eat, Pray, Love.” In Rome, I am often reminded of New York because of all the artistic culture that is present here. I have a huge passion for the arts — music, art, photography — and there is a very large artistic culture here. Life here seems so rich and so very refined. Then, heaven forbid I forget about the fashion. Woe is me, I can never get enough of it. I feel like Rebecca Bloomwood in “Confessions of a Shopaholic” in that I just get so excited about it all. Zara, a store out of Spain that is also in the United States, has become my wonderland. Walking to and from school every day has become slightly hazardous because down the main street in front of my apartment, there are outdoor markets from morning until evening every day, and everything is so adorable and so cheap. I’m completely in heaven
because Italian women seem to have the same fetish for boots that I do. In short? I am going to miss life in Europe, and I am going to embrace these last three weeks to the fullest. I have connected with a different side of me than I have before. I had a hunch it was there, and it has only been amplified during my time here. However, I have no fear that I will return to Europe, at minimum to visit. So, as a friend likes to say, it isn’t going to be “goodbye,” but only “see you later.” Ciao! LACIE GOFF is the daughter of Janice Gualdoni and the granddaughter of Louie and Beauella Gualdoni, all of Herrin. Lacie is a junior at California Lutheran University in Los Angeles, majoring in communication and journalism. She is spending this semester in Rome, studying Italian, history and art history.
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Comedy, he said, offers an escape, even if it’s only for two or three hours. “We get caught up in our daily lives and we forget to laugh,” he said. Upcoming performers include: Mo Alexander and Russell Ehrett, Nov. 30: Alexander has been in the business for more than a decade, headlining clubs across the years, and finally, he Comedy Night country. He has opened for decided to do something at Copper Dragon top-name celebrities about it. Doors open at 7 p.m. including Chris Rock, “It just kept coming Wednesdays, and the Keenan Ivory Wayans and up more and more show starts at 8 p.m. Larry the Cable Guy. frequently,” he said. His style is to offend “There just seemed to be a Tickets are $10. people and ideals that market for a little bigger have offended him — such BY ADAM TESTA performance.” as ignorance, narrowSome different THE SOUTHERN businesses and STEVE JAHNKE / THE SOUTHERN mindedness and the easily offended. He views his CARBONDALE — When organizations have done Comedian Mike Merryfield performs during Copper Dragon’s Comedy Night on Nov. 16 . comedy as a fun and comedy nights with local Mugsy McGuire’s closed contradictory social study. different. If you look at its doors in the summer of performers or special drawn decent crowds and comic is also involved, Ehrett describes his style events with touring acts, 2008, the city lost part of warming up the crowd and Southern Illinois, it’s been well received. And something no one is doing as “The Revenge of the its entertainment culture. but Southern Illinois was for Karayiannis, there have acting as emcee for the Nerd.” His comedic voice lacking consistency, here on a weekly basis.” Since then, no bar in been a few other surprises. night. This arrangement Karayiannis said. Karayiannis encourages comes from years of being town has hosted a weekly allows for the locals to “The comedians have the gawky outsider He was hesitant at first, actually been funnier than gain experience on stage people to come check out professional comedy show. looking in, and now that as he had no experience the show. For him, it’s James Karayiannis has and to perform alongside I thought they would be,” he has the microphone, he booking comedy acts, but he admits. been a pleasant surprise, heard queries from some of the industry’s has something to say. and he thinks others may patrons of Copper Dragon decided to take the plunge. bigger names. Each week, the show find themselves in the and Pinch Penny about the Two weeks in, he’s happy “It’s refreshing,” features two nationally he did so, as the acts have touring comedians. A local Karayiannis said. “It’s SEE COMEDY / PAGE 9 same position. absence for nearly two
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Mount Vernon dance studio presents ‘The Nutcracker’ MARION — Eight years ago, a holiday tradition began in Southern Illinois. The dancers of The Academy of Music and Dance in Mount Vernon put on their first rendition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” The tradition continues this weekend, as the group presents its ballet and holiday dance spectacle at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
Admission to the show is a new toy, which will be donated to Toys for Tots. Thousands of toys have been collected each year, and the goal is always to outdo the previous one. Hundreds of Southern Illinois children have benefitted from the collection drive. The show itself is the classic tale of “The Nutcracker,” a staple of every holiday season.
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Christmas Bazaar: 8 a.m.4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25 and Friends of Sallie Logan Saturdays, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10, Public Library Silent DuBois Building, 117 S. Auction: Through 6 p.m. Dec. Appleknocker Drive, Cobden, 5, library, 1808 Walnut St., next to the Union County Murphysboro; final bidding Museum; collectible holiday and refreshments, 5 p.m. items and gifts for sale Books & Authors Monday, Dec 5; gift baskets; including pre-lit trees, Bondage in Egypt: Slavery gift certificates; dolls; dishes; ornaments, Dept. 56 village quilted wall hanging, a items, greenery, china and in Southern Illinois, book handcrafted Cherokee glassware; 618-893-2567; signing by Darrel Dexter, Bluebird necklace set; a 618-893-2865. 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, handcrafted woven basket Marion Holiday Train: Bookworm, Eastgate 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 Shopping Center, Carbondale; and handcrafted kitchen stools; 618-684-3271. p.m. Nov. 25-26, Dec. 3, 4, 10, 618-457-2665. 11, 17 and 18, 514 N. Market Book Fair: Noon-4 p.m. Films St., Marion; $15/$12.50; Sunday, Nov. 27, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill John Wayne classics: Sons www.marionsantatrain.com. Holiday Lights Fair: Nov. Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463 of Katie Elder, 7 p.m. Friday, 26-Dec. 30, Du Quoin State or starviewvineyards.com Nov. 25 and Culpepper Cattle Fairgrounds; drive through; Company, 7 p.m. Saturday, holiday tree display, Santa; Nov. 26, Liberty Theater, Comedy $8; 618-542-8338. downtown Murphysboro; Comedy Night: 8 p.m. Cairo Holiday House donation; 618-684-5880. Wednesday, Copper Dragon, Tours: Begin Friday, Nov. 25 700 E. Grand Ave., through Sunday, Dec. 4. Holiday Events Carbondale; doors open, Magnolia Manor, Cairo; tours, 7 p.m.; $10; 19 and older; 1-4 p.m. daily; also, Holiday Way of Lights Christmas 618-549-3348 House luncheons from Nov. Display: 5 p.m. nightly The Carbondale 28-Dec. 2; reservations through Jan. 1, Our Lady of Comedians: 9-11 p.m. Wednes- the Snows, Belleville; camel required for the luncheons; day, Station #13, 2400 W. Main and pony rides, petting zoo, 618-734-0201. St., Carbondale; attached to 33rd Annual Holiday Craft horse-drawn carriages; Royal Plaza Inn; 618-529-2424. 314-241-3400, ext. 6293 Sale: Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 1-3, SIU Student Center, Hometown Christmas Carbondale; features crafts Festival of Trees: Gen. Dance John A. Logan Museum, 1613 from 90 regional artisans; www.siucstudentcenter.org. Latin dance: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Edith St., Murphysboro; Coulterville Holiday Light Saturday, Dec. 3, Carbondale decorated greenery on Display: Dec. 1 through Jan. 1, Elks Club; Latin jazz band; display and bidding until Coulterville City Park; also cocktail attire; $10; Dec. 11; proceeds to charity; mbell@siu.edu. mileurorchard@onecliq.com. 400 Christmas figurines;
For holiday music and art, please see Concerts on Page 8 and ArtWorld on Page 9. For an extended list of events, go to www.flipsideonline.com.
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15 animated displays; walkthrough display; www.coulter villeholidaylightdisplay.com. Fantasy of Lights: Dusk-11 p.m. Dec. 1-31, Foundation Park, 1616 E. McCord, Centralia; drivethrough lighted Christmas display; Santa visits on Friday and Saturday nights; free; 618-532-3214 Christmas Craft Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 2-3, Veterans Park, Mount Vernon; wide variety of hand-crafted holiday items for sale; 618-242-6890. Christmas On The River: Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4, downtown Chester; tree lighting, 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2; parade, 7 p.m. Dec. 2; Christmas dinner, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3; 618-8265465; christmasontheriver @hotmail.com Candy Cane Lane: 5-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5-11 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; Dec. 2-31, West Frankfort; Christmas lights and displays begin at Main Street past the high school. Christmas in the Village Celebration: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Cobden. Country Christmas Stroll And House Tour: 9 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, Okawville.; craft fair, Festival of Trees, flea market, house
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tours, gingerbread house display contest, petting zoo, museums; 618-243-5694 Christmas Home Tour: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Pinckneyville City Hall; decorated homes open to the public; $10; 618-357-3243. Christmas parade: Floats, bands and Santa, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Washington Park to Market Street area, Metropolis; 800-949-5740 Harrisburg Home for the Holidays: Home tours, tree lighting, parade, Harrisburg; Christmas House Tours, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3; Blessing of the County, 6 p.m., Dec. 3; tree lighting, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6; Christmas Lights Parade, 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8; 618-252-1937. Cedarhurst Family Days: 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; make holiday ornaments; for all ages; 618-242-1236 or visit www.cedarhurst.org. Downtown Christmas Parade: 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Mount Vernon; 618-2372387 or 618-242-3151 The 21st Annual Lights Fantastic Parade: 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Carbondale; dancers, musicians and floats travel down Illinois Avenue with Santa Claus; www.lightsfantastic.org; 618-529-8040. Craft And Wine Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, Williamson County Pavilion, 1602 Sioux Drive, Marion; crafts, stained glass, jewelry, quilts, candles; taste and buy wine from local wineries; admission, $1; 6 and younger admitted free; 618-993-2657 Benton Holiday Homes Tour: 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, Benton; hosted by the Franklin Hospital Auxiliary; homes of Joyce Fogleman, John and Sharon Clements, Charles and Joy Cash and Ron and Debbie Hampleman, as well as Fifth Season Assisted Living Facility and First United Methodist Church of Benton.; $10;
THEATER 618-435-2470 or 618-4385201 Alternative Gift Fair: 3-6 p.m. Sunday Dec. 4, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 105 N. Parrish Lane Carbondale; choose gifts that show you care; www.cuuf.net
Theater Dinner theater: Starting Here, Starting Now, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 2-3 and 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, Rend Lake College Theatre, Ina; 618-437-5321; www.rlc.edu.
Holiday Shows The Nutcracker Ballet & Holiday Dance Spectacular: 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; bring a new toy for admission; www.marion ccc.org or 618-942-6381. Kingdom of Chelsea: Madrigal dinner, 6:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 2-3, Shawnee Community College, Ullin; performance and dinner; $25; tickets must be purchased in advance; 618-634-3250. A Christmas Story: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec 2-3 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; $12-$8; presented by the Paradise Alley Players; 618-997-4030 or www.marionccc.org. White Christmas: Presented by SIU Department of Theater, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Dec. 7-10 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, McLeod Theater, Communications Building, SIU; $25/$10; southernticketsonline.com. Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol: 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, Dec. 9-10, 16-17 and 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 11, 18, The Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; dark comedy is true to the original but has a twist; The Jackson County Stage Co.’s holiday show; $15/$10; www.stage company.org.
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Greensky Bluegrass plays Thursday, Dec. 1 at Hangar 9 in Carbondale; Chicago Farmer opens.
Greensky Bluegrass to play at Hangar 9 CARBONDALE — Greensky Bluegrass returns to Carbondale next week to promote its new album, “Handguns.” This summer, the group performed at a number of festivals, including Bumbershoot, Bonnaroo and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, where Rolling Stone said the group embodied the spirit of the festival. As the band’s name would suggest, the band utilizes traditional
bluegrass instruments — dobro, banjo, guitar, upright bass and mandolin. However, the music they make is anything but reversionary and “Handguns” is an expression of what separates their music from the rest of the genre. The album was recorded in between tours this winter as the band holed up in a studio in their home state of Michigan,
committing the songs straight-to-tape on the exact recording console that originally birthed Lynyrd Skynyrd’s infamous track “Free Bird” decades earlier. Greensky Bluegrass will bring the songs of “Handguns” to Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave., at 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. Chicago Farmer will also be performing. Tickets are $8 at the door. — Adam Testa
Jesse Terry returning to Rustle Hill Winery COBDEN — Musician Jesse Terry will return to Rustle Hill Winery at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, for a free concert. Terry’s 2009 debut album, “The Runner,” gained positive attention from critics. While the sounds of pop music become increasingly inflated, he wades into the fray with understated arrangements. With a warm and precise baritone, Terry builds a kinship with the people he
and that special bond is always a sweet comfort. “I love how every day and every town is completely unique,” he said. “I love how I can be in New York City one week and in Big Sky Country the next. As a writer, meeting PROVIDED all kinds of people from so Musician Jesse Terry will play many different walks of at Rustle Hill Winery at 6 p.m. life inspires me and feeds Saturday, Nov. 26. my muse. Touring is truly an adventure for me and is sings about—estranged something that I’ll never lovers and lonesome drinkers, heartless women get out of my system.” — Adam Testa and hopeless romantics—
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Rising country stars bring tour to Paducah virtual unknowns in his club — and hopes for the COUNTRY best. SCENE In the past few years, he has been right on the mark Vince Hoffard with Eric Church and Brantley Gilbert. The two budding superstars have now Eric Church and joined forces on the Blood, Brantley Gilbert, Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour, Sweat and Beers Tour which is coming to the Show Me Center in Cape Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. 7:30 p.m. Girardeau. Church nearly traded his Jan. 20. Tickets go on sale guitar for a business offer at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at the from his fiancée’s father, Show Me Center box but balked at the last office, by phone at minute. He ditched his 573-651-5000 and online girlfriend and followed his at www.showmecenter.biz. love of music to Nashville, where he got his first taste Prices are $42.50 and of success writing the $34.75. 2005 Terri Clark hit “The World Needs a Drink.” Capitalizing on the same immy Karayiannis has theme, the 34-year old to be feeling pretty good about his country native of Granite Falls, N.C., is currently climbing music intuition. the charts with single As manager of the “Drink in My Hand.” His Copper Dragon in Carbondale, Karayiannis is long list of hits includes responsible for navigating “Homeboy,” “Smoke a through the maze of fresh Little Smoke,” “Hell on the Heart” and “Two Pink faces coming out of Lines.” Nashville and identifying A graduate of those with star potential. Appalachian State He then books the
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University with a degree in marketing, Church was turning heads in Music City from the start, but the reception was lukewarm until he started working with producer Jay Joyce. With Joyce at the helm, Capitol Records loved the sound and signed him to a record deal. With each album, Church has improved his chart position as “Sinners Like Me” peaked at No. 7, “Carolina” reached at No. 4 and “Chief” made it all the way to No. 1. Church said he locked himself up in a cabin in rural North Carolina for a month to write “Chief.” “This record, more than anything else I’ve done, is breathing and alive,” he said. “There is a wilderness to it. It’s untamed and not very harnessed.” Gilbert reached the top of the Billboard charts Monday with his single “Country Must Be Country Wide.” “Brantley Gilbert is a gale force wind blowing out of George to the rest of
Christmas Open House Saturday, December 3rd 10:00am - 5:00pm Music by the Dorians Noon - 2 Refreshments will be served. Dec. Hours: Thurs - Sat 10-6 Open 10-5 on Nov. 26th Mark Akin, Bookseller www.coramdeobooks.com
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Brantley Gilbert (above) and Eric Church (right) will bring their Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour to the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 20.
America,” said Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group. “Country radio and its listeners and fans have embraced Brantley with the same passion as his ever-growing underground following. “The album (“Halfway to Heaven”) is on a speedy course to gold sales and
next year’s tour dates are going to be monumental. Brantley is now countrywide,” Borchetta said. Gilbert was on the verge of exploding onto the scene when he appeared at the Copper Dragon 13 months ago. He had written a majority of the
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material for his debut album for Average Joe’s Entertainment. The Jefferson, Ga., native had released two singles from the project with little chart success. However, major act Jason Aldean had covered two of his tunes and eventually would take “My Kind of Party” and “Dirt Road Anthem” to No. 1. In February, Brantley jumped from independent Average Joe’s to major label Big Machine Records, part of the Valory Music Group, which includes Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Justin Moore, The Band Perry and Martina McBride. Opening the show for Church and Gilbert at the Show Me Center will be The Cadillac Black. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached by calling 618-658-9095 or emailing vincehoffard@yahoo.com.
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Magician David Ranalli: Comical sleight of hand, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Blue Martin, 215 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-549-4326; www.thebluemartin.com. Illuminasty Trio: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; trio composed of Mike Dillon, Mark Southerland and James Singleton; 618-529-4488. Barnacle Billy and The Zebra Mussels play Saturday at Tres Hombres in Carbondale.
Wineries Wine Trail Holiday Open House: Noon-5 p.m. FridaySunday, Shawnee Hills Wine Trail wineries; www.shawneewinetrail.com The Dirt Choir: 2-6 p.m. Friday, StarView Vineyards Dirtwater Fox: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery Bud Summers: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard Bill Harper: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Dirtwater Fox: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard; free horse-drawn carriage rides, 11 a.m.-
4 p.m.; part of Holiday Open House Friday, Saturday, Sunday. South of 70: 2-6 p.m. Saturday, StarView Vineyards Jesse Terry: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery Christine Bauer: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery Larry Dillard: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Honker Hill Winery The Dave Caputo Duo: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard; Holiday Open House Bill Harper: 3-7 p.m. Sunday, The Bluffs
Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass, www.AltoVineyards.net or 618-893-4898 Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery: 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava; 618-763-4447 or www.thebluffswinery.com. Honker Hill Winery: 4861 Spillway Road, Carbondale: 618-549-5517 Lincoln Heritage Winery: 772 Kaolin Road, Cobden; 618-833-3783 Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618 893-9463 or starviewvineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4600 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com
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CARBONDALE Key West: Blue Plate Specials, 8 p.m. to midnight MARION Marion Eagles: White Lightnin’, 6 to 10 p.m.
CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Mom’s Kitchen
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7 to 10 p.m.
TUESDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: JD McPherson/ Swamp Tigers MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Mike’s Band, 7 to 10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT Colyer’s: Righteous Rebel Band, to -11 p.m. WB Ranch Barn: WB Ranch Band, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Broken Spoke, 7 to 10 p.m.
THOMPSONVILLE Old Country Store Dance Barn: Jeanita Spillman & The Sentimental Swing Band, 7 to 10 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Mike’s Band, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Barnacle Billy and The Zebra Mussels, 10 p.m. MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Eagles: White Lightnin’, 7-11 p.m.
SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Clark & Friends, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Swing “N” Country Band, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Anna VFW: 70 VFW Lane, Anna 618833-5182 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 W. Linden, Carbondale 618-529-9345 Coloni’s Bar & Grill: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin 618-988-5341 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Coulterville VFW: 511 VFW St., Coulterville 618-758-9009 Diver Down: 199 E. Main St., Golconda 618-683-3483 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 Enrico’s: 208 S. Main St., Royalton 618-984-2071 Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; 618-549-0511. Hurley’s: 1504 W. Broadway Boulevard, Johnston City John Brown’s on the Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 Key West: 1108 W. Main, Carbondale 618-351-5998 Kip & Traci’s Colonial Club: 1602 Old Creal Springs Road, Marion 618-9976989 Linemen’s Lounge: 100 E. Broadway, Johnston City Lion’s Cave: South Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Maddie’s Pub and Grub: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-8107 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 3, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Elks: .204 S. Market St., Marion 618-993-3151 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard St., Marion 618-922-7853 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618997-3424 Murphysboro Elks Lodge: 1809 Shomaker Drive Murphysboro 618684-4541. Murphysboro Moose Lodge: 9663 Old Illinois 13; Murphysboro 618-6843232 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 Park Plaza Pub: 3 Park Plaza, Herrin, 618-988-1556 Perfect Shot Bar & Billiards: 3029 S. Park Ave., Herrin, 618-942-4655 Pinch Penny Pub/Copper Dragon: 700 E. Grand, Carbondale 618-549-3348 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pyramid Acres Marina: 12171 Marina Road, Marion 618-964-1184 Scarlett’s Music Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash 618-997-4979 Stan’s Place: Shawneetown 618-2693083 Steelhorse Saloon and Campground: 202 Dewmaine Lane, Carterville 618-985-6713 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 Wit and Wisdom Nutritional Site: 225 E. Poplar St., West Frankfort 618937-3070 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin 618-993-8393 Zeigler Eagles: 114 N. Main St., Zeigler 618-596-5651
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Illuminasty Trio playing at Longbranch CARBONDALE — Percussionist Mike Dillon will return to Southern Illinois next week to play with Mark Southerland and James Singleton as Illuminasty Trio. Dillon has been touring for more than 20 years,
including at Hangar 9 with Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX. He has also played with Les Claypool and Ani Difranco. The music of this trio is high energy, mixing jazz, punk, rock and percussion styles with instruments
from different parts of the globe. They will be playing from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Longbranch Coffeehouse, 100 E. Jackson St. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door.
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Goldwing Express: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, Boot City Opry, 11800 S. Highway 41, Terre Haute; bluegrass music; $15; www.bootcityopry.com or 812-299-8379.
Holiday Concert: By The Southern Illinois Flute Choir, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St., Carbondale; free. Twelve Days of Christmas: Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Friday, Dec. 16, The Aiken Theatre at The Centre, 715 Locust St., Evansville; $44.50-$79.50; www.ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000 or www.smgevansville.com.
The Bottle Rockets: With The Swamp Tigers, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; $20/$25; southerntickets online.com. Winter Bluegrass Show: With George Portz, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec 3, Mascoutah American Legion, Illinois 177; $7/$3.50; 618-632-1384; www.georgeportz.com.
Holiday Concerts A Country Christmas Show: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $17-$7.50; 270-527-3869; www.kentuckyopry.com.
— Adam Testa
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photographers Jo Kirch and Eldon Benz will have a combined trunk show Saturday, Nov. 26; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days; Art class 618-529-3297 or Earrings class: Southpass dayshiftshop@gmail.com Southern Clay Works Beads, 203 E. Ash St, Cobden; Holiday Pottery Sale: taught by Sarah Shoot; $35; 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 www.southpassbeads.com. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, Ceramics Studio, Art Events Pulliam Industrial Wing, SIU; For Kids’ Sake Art Auction: 612-963-3076; Silent Auction and Sale to www.artanddesign.siuc.edu. support orphanages and Southern Glass Works schools in Bangladesh. Art on Holiday Sale: 4-8 p.m. display now through Dec. 9 in Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Carbondale locations Thursday, Dec. 1, Glass surrounding Town Square House, 1002 W. Whitney St., downtown. 618- 529-5044; Carbondale; 618-453-4315; forkidssake@dayemi.net; www.artanddesign.siuc.edu. www.forkidssake.net. Trunk Shows: For three Exhibits local artisans, Dayshift Sunshine Artists Boutique, 101 W Monroe St., Exhibition 2011: Artists from Carbondale; Emily Kircher, the Ava area are exhibiting recycling artist, will be their work at the Sallie Logan featured Friday, Nov. 25;
To see a complete list of ongoing exhibits, go to flipsideonline.com.
COMEDY: Now at Copper FROM PAGE 3 Kenny Smith and AJ Finney, Dec. 7: Smith is a young comedian making a name for himself on the college circuit. He’s made several appearances on the Bob and Tom radio show and has had spots on E! and Comedy Central. Finney earned a spot as a finalist in HBO’s Lucky 21 competition. His CD, “My Brain Don’t Work No Good,” has been played on SiriusXM Radio and Pandora, and he was recently the featured comedian on 24/7 Comedy Radio. Performances will go on holiday hiatuses after Dec. 7. They will resume in January. adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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Public Library, 1808 Walnut Street, Murphysboro; through Dec. 8; hours, MondayThursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jay and Patricia Constatine: Painting, drawing and mixed media, Clemens Fine Art Center, campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah; through Nov. 25, www.artsinfocus.org; 270-534-3212. Brenda Riley: Paintings in watercolor and acrylic, Harrisburg District Library; through Nov. 27; 618-2537455. The Classics: Little Egypt Art Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; art featuring old barns, old cars, antiques and still life; through Nov. 30; hours, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday thru Saturday; 618-998-8530. Combined Faculty: University Museum, SIU;
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hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; through Dec. 10; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Master of Fine Arts’ Candidates’ Preview Exhibit: University Museum, SIU; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; through Dec. 10; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Shin Cheolkyun: Lit Up with the Glow of Black Ink, University Museum, SIU; Shin is a visiting artist from Korea; he teaches in the College of Art and Culture at Korea’s Kangwon National University; traditional painter whose work often focuses upon nature, particularly mountains of his homeland; through Dec. 10; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388. Members’ Show: Featuring Artist of the Month, Nancy
Holiday Open House Friday, November 25, 2:00pm-6:00pm
The Dirt Choir Saturday, November 26, 2:00pm-6:00pm
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Free Nacho Bar (Fri. & Sat.) Sunday, November 27, 12:00pm-4:00pm Local Book Fair & Signing Book signings by Lois Barrett, Jon Musgrave and Lois Fowler Barrett of Brick Hill Publishing. Players from 1964 amazing Appleknocker Basketball team will be on site with author Terri Campbell to sign copies of her book documenting their Cinderalla story
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Loving, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah; fine art and crafts; through Dec. 17; 270-4422453 or www.theyeiser.org. OFF THE WALL Holiday Group Artist Exhibition: The Yellow Moon Cafe and anthill gallery and vintage curiosities, Front Street, downtown Cobden; over 60 area artists; through Dec. 23; 618-457-7641; anthillgallery.com and yellowmooncafe.com. Maturity and Its Muse: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; artists over the age of 70; Mitchell Museum Main Gallery; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org. The History of Jefferson County: Highlights from the Jefferson County Historical Society and Village, Mitchell Museum’s Beal Grand Corridor Gallery, Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org.
THEATER Marching to Appomattox: The Footrace that Ended the Civil War, The Beck Family Center Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; original paintings by Ken Stark; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org. Shrode Photography Competition Exhibit: The Shrode Art Center Regenhardt Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org.
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‘Muppets’ take walk down memory lane The Muppets *** Rated PG for some mild rude humor; starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, The Muppets, Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin; directed by James Bobin; now playing at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
he big screen revival of The Muppets, cleverly titled “The Muppets,” is a generally charming exercise in nostalgia. The musical comedy whimsically and often cleverly revisits the characters, their shtick and
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the TV show and movies that made them most famous. British TV director James Bobin, a veteran of the wonderfully dry musical comedy series “Flight of the Conchords,” and world’s biggest Muppet fan Jason Segel have concocted a wistful walk down memory lane that’s about, well, a walk down memory lane for The Muppets. Times have changed, character after character says in the film: “You’re relics.” “I guess people sorta forgot about us.” But they’re getting The Muppets back together for one last show, a telethon to save their tatty old theater and their old movie studio
from a rapacious Texas oilman named Tex Richman, played without the requisite glee by Oscar winner Chris Cooper — “Maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh.” Forget that subplot. It’s stolen from “A Prairie Home Companion.” What’s cute here is the frame that Segel (who co-wrote the script) built for it. He plays Gary, a goofy guy who grew up with a Muppet brother. Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) never really fit in, couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t growing like his brother, until the day when he saw his first “Muppets Show.” Here were his people. Here was his kind of entertainment — corny, dated, self-aware.
Cut to their adult years, and Walter comes along with Gary and Gary’s longtime bestest gal Mary (Amy Adams, perfect) as they sing and dance their way to Hollywood for a visit to Muppet history. That’s where they see how forgotten puppets are, how their studio tour is a wreck. “Is this Universal?” the clueless Japanese tourists want to know. “Yes, it is,” deadpans the tour guide, played by Oscar winner Alan Arkin — one of scores of cameos in the picture. Tex Richman’s diabolical plans and “maniacal laughs” must be foiled. Let’s get the gang back together. Which isn’t going to be easy. Well, actually, it is.
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“Didn’t you see our first movie?” Kermit’s almost a hermit, living in a fading mansion in Bel Air. Fozzie is fronting a tribute band, The Moopets, in Reno. Gonzo runs a plumbing supply house, Scooter works at Google and Miss Piggy is plus-size editor at
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Paris Vogue with Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”). Animal, the drummer, is in anger management group therapy with Jack Black. Along the way, they joke about the old movies and the fact that they’re making a new one: “Wow, that was an expensive looking explosion. I’m surprised we could afford it on this budget.” They tell the old jokes. Until it’s “time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights.” But the giddiness that Jim Henson & Friends brought to the original Muppets is missing. The antic energy, the old vaudeville/TV variety show references are just plain alien to modern kids. It’s telling that in the big telethon scenes, the audience in the theater watching it (including Hobo Joe, played by Zach Galifianakis) is old enough to remember the old TV series. There aren’t any kids. The songs are amusing enough, and Adams and Segel make a cute duet. Adult fans who grew up with the show will grin. You have to wonder, though, if kids will get The Muppets, and if this generation of Muppet performers is little more than a tribute band itself.
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‘Confidence Man’ to play at library CARBONDALE — A documentary detailing the story of bluegrass musician Hugh DeNeal’s downfall on charges of mail fraud will be screening at SIU Carbondale next week. DeNeal’s criminal escapades took him from the Kennedy Center to Leavenworth Prison with hundreds of stops in between. “Confidence Man” tells the tale of the former Woodbox Gang member’s fall from glory. The film, produced by Stace England, Bob Streit and Dan Johnson, recently screened at the St. Louis International Film Festival to a positive response. Now, on Thursday, Dec. 1, it will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at the Guyon Theater in Morris Library. The Woodbox Gang began in 1999 in Saline County when DeNeal and two other trash grass musicians hit the road. The original group’s end came in 2009, when DeNeal went to prison after being charged in a T-shirt Ponzi scheme. DeNeal has been described by fans as a genius with a dark side and as a merciless crook by his victims. The story told by “Confidence Man” likely tells only the beginnings of his full life story. For more information, contact Stace England at cairomusic@gmail.com.
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‘Arthur Christmas’ is a welcome holiday treat Arthur Christmas *** Rated PG for some mild rude humor; starring the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie and Bill Nighy; directed by Sarah Smith; now playing at University Place 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS PROVIDED
rthur Christmas” is a spirited, comically chaotic and adorably anarchic addition to the world’s over-supply of holiday cartoons. It’s very British — from its producers (Aardman, the folks who gave us “Wallace & Gromit”) to its voice casting to the slang slung by the assorted Santas in this 3-D computeranimated farce.
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‘Arthur Christmas’ features the voice of James McAvoy as Arthur.
“Assorted Santas?” Why, yes. Santas in this version of North Pole Inc. serve for about 70 years and pass the job down to a son. The current Santa (voiced by Jim Broadbent) is a bit dotty, more of a “figurehead” in the timetraveling family business his son (Hugh Laurie, perfect) has turned it into.
He has a huge stealth spaceship sleigh in which armies of elves organize deliveries, which armies of commando elves make, with Santa showing up to provide that “official” touch on Christmas Eve. Steve is waiting for the old man to retire. He even has the Armani Santa suit and tree-shaped goatee.
But the old man won’t go. Even a disastrous near “wake up” alert (a child wakes up with Santa in her room) isn’t enough to convince him. Even when the organization realizes a little girl in Cornwall didn’t get her bike, Steve only dismisses that as an anomaly, and Santa himself shrugs it off.
Arthur, Santa’s klutzy younger son, winningly voiced by James McAvoy, is shocked. Arthur won’t hear of it. And in his ancient grandpa, Grandsanta, played with demonic glee by the great Bill Nighy, he finds a sympathetic ear. That’s when “Arthur Christmas” takes off — literally. With outmoded technology, a 136-year-old Santa with false teeth, a bad temper and no sense of direction, Arthur’s going to get little Gwen her bike. They encounter a gun nut in Idaho, a chihuahua in Mexico and a pride of lions in Africa, all in an effort to make sure no child is left behind on Christmas. In a genre overflowing with the sentimental, the silly “Arthur Christmas” is a most welcome treat to find stuffed into the cinema’s stockings this holiday season.
— Adam Testa
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Scorsese makes a charming children’s flick for adults in ‘Hugo’ Hugo *** Rated PG for mild thematic material; starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen and Jude Law; directed by Martin Scorsese; now playing at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
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artin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is a children’s film for grownups —
grownup film buffs. It’s a charming and quite gorgeous exercise in the few corners of the medium where the Oscar-winning filmmaker has next to no experience — children’s stories, comedy and 3-D. And even though it is too long and the master has yet to develop a comic touch, this adaptation of Brian Selznick’s “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” is a stunning exercise in 3-D and a delightful celebration of Scorsese’s lifelong love of the movies.
Hugo (Asa Butterfield) lives in the bowels of a Paris train station in between the World Wars. He is an orphan who hides out, carrying on the job a drunken uncle left him with — servicing the huge clocks there. He slips in and out of the station, getting by on stealing food and drink, hoping not to be noticed by the station inspector, Gustav (Sacha Baron Cohen). Hugo’s a tinkerer, which he picked up from his late father (Jude Law).
His favorite project is an old clockwork automaton, a wind-up man he tries to fix with parts stolen from the toy shop run by a cranky old man played by the great Ben Kingsley. When the old man catches Hugo, he seizes the boy’s notebook, full of his father’s drawings and fixes for the automaton. Hugo must work in the shop to win the notebook back, and even then, the mean old man may turn him in to the meaner wounded war vet Gustav.
Isabel (Chloe Moretz) calls the old man “Pappa Georges,” and even she finds Hugo dubious. Hugo must win her over (he takes her to the movies), elude Gustav and get back that notebook — his last tie to his father. “Hugo” is the best looking 3-D movie since “Alice in Wonderland.” The director peoples the set with character players (Richard Griffiths, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee), and sets in motion subplots about the lonely
Gustav, the fate of Hugo’s drunken uncle (Ray Winstone of “The Departed”) and clues to the automaton’s and Pappa Georges’ past. The story — period details and mysteries notwithstanding — is too slight to support this length. Still, movie buffs will be transfixed by scenes in the latter acts — moviemaking, as it was being invented. It’s why Scorsese chose to make the film and it’s where his heart truly is with this material.
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