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Strong argument in favor of the death penalty Johncock repaired to a rest room, administered the catheter, and returned to finish the race. z Shipments of Ford Chuck passenger vans arrive each Shepherd month in Baltimore from a Ford plant in Turkey, but each time, workers n October in Orange County, Calif., Billy Joe immediately rip out the nondriver seats and Johnson, who had just been convicted of murder replace the side windows with steel. The reason, as a hit man for a white supremacist gang, begged according to a September Wall Street Journal report, the judge and jury, in all sincerity, to sentence him is to avoid an expensive tariff on imported to death. Johnson knew “delivery vans,” which is that those on California’s 10 times the tariff on death row get individual cells and better telephone “passenger vans.” Ford access, nicer contact-visit found it less costly to refit passenger vans than to arrangements, and more acknowledge importing personal-property delivery vans. Ironically, privileges than ordinary inmates. The Los Angeles the tariff was imposed in 1963 specifically to protect Times reported that the the U.S. auto industry state’s spending per from foreign imports. death-row inmate is z In October, Poland’s almost three times that for Polskieradio reported a other inmates. The current settlement in the 18death-row census totals month legal battle between 685, but because of legal two neighbors in Mikowice issues, only 13 have been over a plastic bucket worth executed since 1977 about $4.50. One had sued, (compared to 71 deathaccusing the other of row fatalities from other ruining the bucket by causes). In fact, Johnson kicking it. The respondent was so eager to be put on had elaborately offered death row that he tried to proof of innocence by confess to two murders submitting video of the that no one yet knew neighbor continuing to use about. the bucket as before, but the neighbor had countered The continuing crisis by calling an “expert” z Veteran marathoner witness, who examined the Jerry Johncock, 81, was bucket and concluded that four-fifths through the it was probably damaged. Twin Cities Marathon in October when he was Yikes! overtaken by a medical problem common to men z Lisa Blair and her six of his age: urinary sisters were enjoying a blockage. As he stopped to Thanksgiving meal in discuss his plight with Hamilton, Ontario (in officials, noting that he Canada, Thanksgiving was would have to quit the race Oct. 12), when they began to get to a hospital before noticing suspicious flecks his bladder burst, a in the food and realized spectator overheard the that their necklace conversation and offered lockets, containing the him the use of a “spare” ashes of their mother (who catheter he had in his car. had passed away two
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weeks earlier) were leaking. A local funeral services store restocked and sealed the lockets. z In November, researchers roaming the depths of Scotland’s Loch Ness in a submarine, looking for the legendary monster, reported finding mainly “hundreds of thousands” of golf balls at the bottom, from popular use of the lake as a driving range. A recent Danish Golf Association report lamented the slow decomposition of golf balls (taking 100 to 1,000 years), and one U.K. legislator has called golf balls “humanity’s signature litter.”
Family values
(1) Kenny Jackson, 30, was arrested in St. Paul, Minn., in August after rampaging through his house, destroying furniture and menacing his son, 4, upon finding the boy wearing a blue shirt, which happens to be the color favored by a rival gang (to Jackson’s Bloods). (2) In April, Helen Ford was evicted from her home of 30 years in Cambridge, Mass., the result of, she says, being tricked by her son six years earlier to sign the house over to his “business associates” (who recently defaulted on the mortgage). Her son is former college and pro basketball player Rumeal News that sounds Robinson, 43, who is under like a joke federal indictment for bank fraud. Ford (for exemplary z In September, prominent chocolate food community service) and engineer Hanna Frederick Robinson (for basketball fame) are both prominent introduced her latest concoction at a conference citizens of Cambridge, and the house in question sits of the Meat Industry on Rumeal Robinson Way. Association in New Zealand: dark chocolate Least competent truffles tinged with car owners venison and salami. Said Frederick: “There’s this (1) From a police report in smoky taste to start, then the Oct. 6 Jersey Journal: a strong chocolate flavor An out-of-state visitor comes in, and at the end who parked his Ferrari you have this wonderful Modena overnight on the taste of salami.” Earlier in street in Jersey City the year, she had returned the next morning introduced chocolates to find the car burglarized injected with Tongkat Ali, and a $100,000 Audemars a Southeast Asian herb Piguet watch that he had reputed to stimulate left inside the car missing. testosterone production. (2) A still-unidentified z In August, the Thorpe driver who had just spent Park amusement facility in $1.25 million on a 2006 Chertsey, England, posted Bugatti Veyron EB (at 1001 signs on its roller coaster horsepower, reputed to be admonishing riders not to the fastest and most wave their arms during the expensive car in the world) ride. According to director was distracted by a lowMike Vallis: “We’ve found flying pelican while driving that when the temperature in LaMarque, Texas, and tops 77 degrees (F), the accidently drove the car level of unpleasant into a salt-water inlet. (underarm) smells can become unacceptable, and SEND ITEMS to we do receive complaints.” weirdnews@earthlink.net.
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Paradise Alley Players answer Virginia ‘Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus’ Seasonal drama. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Marion Cultural and Civic Center, 800 Tower Square Plaza. Tickets are $12 for the evening performances and $10 for the matinee. For tickets or information, contact 618-997-4030 or www.marionccc.org.
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Director and actor Bill Ewell (right) rehearses a scene from ‘Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,’ which opens Friday at Marion Cultural and Civic Center.
who tells her if she reads about it in the Sun, it has to be true. Virginia’s letter BY BRENT STEWART sparks an editorial THE SOUTHERN response from Francis Pharcellus Church, which At the beginning of the provided an opportunity Christmas season, The Paradise Alley Players aim for the writer to pen a moving articulation of the to rekindle childhood meaning of Christmas. nostalgia with Bill Ewell, who is coperformances this weekend of “Yes, Virginia, directing the play with his There Is a Santa Claus” at wife, Gradie, said there are Marion Cultural and Civic many reasons why this simple letter and response Center. The play dramatizes the has survived for so many years. real-life story of young “What it’s teaching is Virginia O’Hanlon. In 1897, when the young girl’s believing, never losing friends try to convince her hope, never losing faith in anything you believe in Santa Claus isn’t real, because at the end, it Virginia sends a letter to happens,” Bill said. the New York Sun upon Gradie said they still tell advice from her father,
their adult sons if they’re not good, they won’t get any Christmas presents. “All children love Santa Claus,” Gradie said. “Virginia wants to believe in Santa Claus.” In the play, Joy Wiegman and Doug Cannon play Virginia’s parents. They remember struggling with those issues as children. “I remember falling asleep on the stairs, waiting and watching for Santa Claus and waking up in the morning,” Cannon said. “Santa Claus is real, what are you talking about?” Wiegman said. brent.stewart@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074
Solo performance focuses on jazz legend CARBONDALE — Graduate student Chris McRae presents a solo performance of his “Miles away from ‘The Cool,’” a presentation of the life and music of jazz legend Miles Davis this weekend at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Directed by graduate student Aubrey Huber, the performance begins at 8 p.m. today through Saturday in Kleinau Theatre on the second floor of the Communications Building at SIUC.
McRae based his text in part on Davis’ autobiography, as well as works about Davis, and of course, his music. Davis was a native of Illinois, hailing from nearby Alton on the Mississippi River. McRae taps into musical structure and form, presenting the autobiography, the music and the local significance that, as he notes, is “always miles away from ‘the cool.’” Tickets are $7 for general admission, $5 for students. For advance
Book Signing Cookbook signing: By Debbie Moore, 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday General John A. Logan Museum Print Shop, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; two cookbooks: “Food, Fun & Folks” and “Santa Suppers Revisited.”
Dance Southern Illinois Dance Co. program: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Furr Auditorium, Pulliam Hall, SIUC; jazz, modern, ballet, lyrical and hip-hop; songs by Cypress Hill, Jordin Sparks, Kings of Leon, Azure Ray, The Used and Michael Jackson; adults, $8; students, and senior citizens, $5; children ages 15 and younger, $4.
Events All American Pro Wrestling: 7 p.m., Saturday, New Beginnings Assembly, 1011 E. 6th St., West Frankfort; main event, Marion’s Edmund “Livewire” McGuire challenges AAPW Heavyweight Champion Shawn Shultz; adults, $10; 12 and younger, $6; allamerican prowrestling@yahoo.com.
Films The Sound of Music: 7 p.m. Friday, Liberty Theater, 1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro; suggested donation $5; proceeds to the restoration fund; 618-6845880 or murphysboroliberty theater@gmail.com.
History PROVIDED
Miles Davis is profiled in ‘Miles Away From ‘The Cool,’’ which opens at SIUC’s Kleinau Theatre today.
tickets, call 618-4535618. Tickets are also available before the performance. — The Southern
Christmas Walk: Saturday-Sunday, Sainte Genevieve, Mo.; starts with a parade, 11 a.m. Saturday; French Marines and other local militia, bands, musicians, floats, Shriners, classic cars Santa; 573-883-8823; f.rolfe@bigrivertel.net or www.visitstegen.com.
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z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z MUSIC z ART z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z History Civil War Ball: 7 p.m. Friday, Lewis School, 801 S. Lewis Lane, Carbondale; collaboration between the school and Gen. John A. Logan Museum, students and the public may dance traditional dances of the period to live music provided by Banjovi with Joe Surdyk as caller; Civil War dress military uniforms and ball gowns will be worn by students; 618457-2631, ext. 2205. Carols at Candlelight: 4 p.m. Sunday, St. Anne Church, South Main Street, Anna; informal Christmas celebration in 1886 church on National Register of Historic Places; 618-833-9441 Olde Tyme Christmas: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Fort Massac State Park, Metropolis; decorations from 1700s with period music and refreshments; 618-524-9321.
including pre-lit trees, trim, wreaths, dinnerware, Lenox Candy Cane Lane: Drive and Mikassa glassware, Dept. through neighborhood 56 village pieces, yard items, decorated with Christmas china, collectibles and gift lights and holiday scenery in items; proceeds benefit the West Frankfort beginning at Union County Museum; 618Main Street past the high 893-2567 or 618-893-2865. school; 5-10 p.m. MondayHoliday Craft Sale: 10 Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Fridaya.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday Saturday; 5-10 p.m. Sunday; and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, through Dec. 31. Student Center Hall of Fame Holiday Lights Fair: Du & International Lounge, SIUC; Quoin State Fairgrounds; 75 regional craft vendors; lighted displays; 5:30-9:30 618-453-3636 or www.siuc p.m.; holiday tree display and studentcenter.org/craftshop. visits with Santa; $5 per Christmas On The River: family vehicles; $8 nights Christmas on the River exposition hall is open; celebration, Friday-Sunday, through Dec. 30; 618-314downtown Chester; lighted 2272 or duquointourism.org. Christmas parade, 7 p.m. Seventh Annual Christmas Friday, Dec. 4; art display. Bazaar: Sponsored by Union Chester Public Library; 618County Historical and 826-4187 or 618-826-1430. Genealogy Society, 117 S. Exhibit and concerts: Appleknocker Drive, Cobden, Friday-Sunday, Church of 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Jesus Christ of Latter-day Dec. 12; new and gently used Saints, 7168 Old Illinois 13, holiday-related items, Carbondale; self-guided tour of nativities; children’s room with games, puppets, and take home nativity activity; concerts include music by the Southern Illinois Children’s Choir, Shaina Strings Violin Studio, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Choir, First Presbyterian Church of Cobden Choir, pianist Jonathan Balagna, Marion High School Madrigals; Nativity exhibit, 5-9 p.m. Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday; 1-9 p.m. Sunday; free concerts, 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday; www.christmasnativity exhibit.com or 618-684-8587. Hometown Christmas: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, throughout Murphysboro; includes OneStop 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 uniquely decorated trees to benefit local charities, General John A. Logan Museum; extended hours to bid on Christmas trees, 1-4 p.m. today-Friday; 618-5213227.
Holiday Happenings
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Holiday tour: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; event benefits Harrisburg District Library; tour includes five houses, one church, and the library where refreshments will be served; $15; 618 253-7455. Christmas Open House: Featuring The Dorians, noon2 p.m. Saturday, Coram Deo Books, 3249 N. Reed Station Road, Carbondale; Coram Deo is a bookstore and Irish import shop; 618-457-5282. Christmas parade: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Ninth and Market streets, Metropolis; floats, bands and Santa; 800-949-5740 Paducah Holiday Parade: 5 p.m. Saturday, Broadway and 14th Street to Second Street and Madison St.; 270-444-8508. Lighting Ceremony: Coulterville Holiday Light Display, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, city park, walk through display, dusk-9 p.m.; lights, 350 wooden figurines, 15 animated scenes; tribute to the military; free refreshments; bonfire; light display through Christmas; 618-525-9182 or scottrust@yahoo.com. Country Christmas Stroll and House Tour: 9 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.4 p.m. Sunday, Community Club Park and throughout Okawville; craft fair, flea market, surrey rides; 618-243-5694. Christmas Tour of Homes: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, U of I Extension Building, East Main Street, Vienna; $5; refreshments; 618-995-2297. Homes tour: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 405 Market St., Metropolis; homes decorated for the holidays plus the Elijah P. Curtis Home and Museum where tea will be served: $6; 618-524-7203. Christmas Craft and Wine Fair: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Williamson County Pavilion, 1602 Sioux Drive, Marion; original crafts, homemade baskets, stained glass, handshaped iron, handmade jewelry, quilts, candles, woodcrafts, wine; $1
admission; 6 and younger, free; 618-993-2657 or csonger@visitsi.com Dancing with the elves: noon, Sunday, Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; construct ornaments, toys; Santa available for pictures from noon-5 p.m.; sleigh rides from 1 p.m.-dusk; Christmas carols, 1-3 p.m.; 618-9858463 or www.walkers bluff.com. A Holiday Affair: 7-11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, Carbondale Civic Center, 200 S. Illinois Ave.; food, live entertainment and dance; $20; proceeds benefit the Thelma Gibbs Walker Scholarship Fund; 618-549-5302 Open House: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Union County Museum. 119 South Appleknocker, Cobden; special exhibit features a NOEL collection; refreshments; free; sponsored by the Union County Historical and Genealogy Society; 618-893-2865. Golconda Christmas: Tour of historic homes, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Golconda; tickets and map available at Golconda Pope County Museum on East Main Street for $8; Christmas in the courtyard begins at 6 p.m.; depart from museum for candlelight walk and caroling to courtyard for bonfire, hot chocolate, live nativity, cookies and Santa; 618-6835037. Homes tour: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Old Firehouse Event Center, West Frankfort; open house at Old Firehouse Event Center, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13; $10; 618-937-2205 or 618-9373364.
Recitals TESSI recitals: Talent Education School of Southern Illinois recitals, Sunday, Carbondale Civic Center, room 108; performances by Wiggles ‘N’ Tunes preschool music students, 1 p.m.; classical piano and guitar
students, ages 4-18, 2 p.m.; refreshments; 618-457-6300.
Theater/Performance Brian Regan: 7:30 p.m. today, Carson Center, Paducah; comedian has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman 20 times; $38.50; 270-4504444; www.brianregan.com; www.thecarsoncenter.org. Lysitsrata: 7:30 p.m. todaySaturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, McLeod Theater, Communications Building, SIUC; Greek comedy written by Aristophanes and first performed in 411 BC. This adaptation, written in 2004, is entirely in rhyme; adults, $15; seniors, $12; students, $6; also, Rick Williams, Classics professor at SIUC, will give a pre-show lecture 1:30 p.m. Sunday; mcleod.siuc.edu or 618-453-3001. Madrigal Feaste: 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Visual and Performing Arts Center, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg; $20; reservations are required, 618-252-5400, ext. 2486. Chelsea has Talent: Madrigal performance, 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Shawnee Community College, Ullin; presented by the SCC Chamber Singers; feasting and merriment in 17th century style; $25; purchase tickets in advance; 618-634-3250. A Christmas Carol: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Carson Center, Paducah; $20-40; 270-4504444; thecarsoncenter.org. Skyline Academy’s Holiday Showcase: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; www.marion ccc.org or 618-997-4030. The Good Doctor: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, 18-19 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 and 20, Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale; written by Neil Simon; directed by Lee Brackett; tickets on sale; 618-549-5466; www.stage company.org
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AAPW ready to rumble in West Frankfort All American Pro Wrestling returns with a jam packed night of pro wrestling action at 7 p.m. Saturday at New Beginnings Assembly at 1011 E. Sixth St. in West Frankfort. The main event will feature the number one contender, Marion’s own Edmund “Livewire” McGuire challenging AAPW Heavyweight Champion Shawn Shultz for the title. In what was originally scheduled as Rage challenging the Money Makin’ Jam Boys for the AAPW tag team titles will now be a four-way tag team elimination with former champions, Old School Thunder and The Convoy added. In addition, Heath Hatton will make his pro wrestling debut in AAPW and “The Rebel” Jeremy Wyatt returns to settle a score with “Serial Thriller” Shane Rich. There will be eight big matches in all, which will also feature Curly, Mark Sterling, Mike Sydal (brother of WWE’s Evan Bourne), Carnage, Playboy Paul Rose and more. Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for children 12 and younger. Seating is
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AAPW wrestlers (from left) Edmund ‘Livewire’ McGuire, Shane Rich, ‘Carnage’ and Mike Masters will appear Saturday in West Frankfort.
limited, for advance tickets, contact AAPW at allamericanprowrestling@ yahoo.com. — The Southern
Traditional French-American Christmas at Menard Home ELLIS GROVE — The season will be celebrated the traditional FrenchAmerican way during the Christmas Open House, scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site in Ellis Grove. The event is free and open to the public. The home will be decked out with the sights and scents of an old fashioned mid-19th century French Christmas. Greenery from boxwood, holly, cedar and magnolia leaves will
festoon the outside of the home. In addition, it will be colorfully decorated with brightly colored apples, pears and pineapples as candles brighten one of the shortest days of the year. Inside the home you will find more fruit, greenery and candles as well as a nativity scene in the parlor with all of the traditional elements that can be found with this symbol of the Christmas season. Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site,
administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is an early 19th century FrenchCreole style home and is open to the public 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The home is north of Chester on Kaskaskia Road just off of Illinois 3. For more information, call Pierre Menard Home at 618859-3031 or visit www.friendsofthemenard home.blogspot.com.
Theater/Performance
Feaste, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Marion Junior High West Gym, 1609 W. Main St., Marion; presented by the Marion High School Choir; $15; 618-993-8196. Annie: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Southeast Missouri State University, River Campus, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; 573-651-2265;
www.semo.edu/river campus. Cirque Dreams Illumination: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19, Carson Center, Paducah; acrobats, contortionists, daredevils, musicians; $27.50-$49; 270-450-4444; www.the carsoncenter.org.
A Christmas Carol: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, Performing Arts Center, 321 N. 13th St., Herrin; presented by Park Avenue Productions; $8; reserve tickets at 618-9422996. The Quest: Madrigal
— The Southern
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Wineries JW Brown: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Blues Bandits: 2-5 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard. Blu Caps: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard. Troubadours of Divine Bliss: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery. Everybody Makes Mistakes: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery. LoJo Russo: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Acoustic Twist: 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard. Larry Dillard: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery. Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com. Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.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 LoJo Russo: 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; 618-8932233 Troubadours of Divine Bliss: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse, Fellowship hall of 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, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Modern Convenience 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: Satin Peaches, 10 p.m. Pinch Penny/Copper Dragon: Wedding Banned PK’s: Pert Near Sandstone Tres Hombres: Skinny Dips, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION Marion American Legion: Dirtwater Fox Band, 8 p.m.midnight. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country
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Sidekicks, 7-10 p.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Ronnie D & Sweetwater Band, 7-10 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Robert Ray and Yesterday’s Country, 7-10 p.m. WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: The Heartland Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
8 p.m.midnight Whisker Willy’s Bar & Grill: Metal Toyz MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Woody and the Nighthawks, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Weekenders, 7-10 p.m. Old Country Store Dance Barn: Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
Country, 6-10 p.m. CARBONDALE Key West: Ivas John Blues WHITE ASH The White Ash Barn: Band The Stoffel Family, MARION Marion Eagles: Feelin’ 2-4 p.m.
z TUESDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs Tres Hombres: Alex Kirt and Hugh DeNeal MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Jacks R Better 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, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: Maxwell Street Blues, 10 p.m.1 a.m..
DU QUOIN Ten Pin Alley: Piano Bob, 6-9 p.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 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 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Rural Route 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 Saline County VFW Post 3479: 1201 Veterans Drive, Eldorado / 618-273-9497 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 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin 618-993-8393
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Annual art auction and gala spotlights SIUC talent available by school graduates like Fiona Art auction and gala. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jappy, Josh Sanseri, Surplus Gallery at the Glove, 432 S. Alison Denyer and Washington St., Carbondale. $25 includes Graham McDougal. refreshments. For more info, go to The evening’s events www.artanddesign.siuc.edu. also include a silent auction, featuring the BY BECKY MALKOVICH works of student and THE SOUTHERN community artists, as well as “buy it now” items. n eclectic array of art will go on the Peter Chametzky, the auction block Friday to benefit school’s director, said the Southern Illinois Carbondale’s School gala offers attendees the opportunity to help of Art and Design. Art over Easy 5, the school’s annual major themselves to some great art, while helping ensure fundraiser, offers a live auction featuring the future of the art and works by current and emeritus faculty design school. members as well as alumni of the school. “Most of the art here Also included in the $25 admission is live will sell at well below the entertainment, food and drink. Glass art, sculptures, paintings, ceramics, retail value and the proceeds directly benefit jewelry and photographs are among the the school,” he said. dozens of works donated for the auction. Proceeds go to match charitable grants beckymalk@gmail.com received by the school for creative research 618-927-5633 and scholarships. The school hopes to raise $30,000 with this year’s event, topping the previous record of $25,000. “The art we’ve gotten is amazing,” Tracee Norris, director of development for the college of liberal arts, said. “We have a great collection.” Included in that collection is an intricate glass sculpture from Bill Boysen, founder of the school’s glass program; an intriguing fulcrum point kinetic sculpture by L. Brent Kington, the school’s former director who established its blacksmithing program; and a compelling sculpture by professor emeritus and renowned sculptor Tom Walsh. Current faculty is wellrepresented with pieces by such artists as Patti Chalmers, Mark Pease, Barbara Bickel, Jiyong Lee and Alex Lopez. Alumni like have PROVIDED also been generous Hee-Hun Cho created with donations as this sculpture, called well, with works ‘Maze of Society.’
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Robert Paulson created ‘Alto Pass,’ a Plein Air Landscaping painting.
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The auction and gala will also include ceramic pieces ‘Bowl & Ladle’ (above) by Harris Deller and Patti Chalmers’, ‘What You Didn’t Want to Know’ (far left) and glass works such as Jiyong Lee’s ‘Segmentation 3.’
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Call for Artists
Southern Clayworks: Holiday Pottery Sale, 11 a.m.6 p.m., today, ceramics studio, Pulliam Hall, SIUC; enter the studio through the breezeway between Wham and Pulliam; artanddesign.siuc.edu. Southern Glass Works: Holiday sale featuring glass ornaments, 4:30-8:30 p.m. today, The Glass House, 1002 W. Whitney Ave., Carbondale; proceeds to the School of Art and Design, SIUC; artanddesign.siuc.edu. Art Over Easy 5: 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale; live and silent auctions presenting art from faculty members, students and alumni of the School of Art and Design at SIUC, as well as art donated by artists in the community; refreshments, music; artanddesign.siuc.edu.
Call for Artwork: Deadline, noon Friday for the Paducah Symphony Exhibitions ConcArt Galleries; The Paducah Symphony is requesting artwork for display during the upcoming 2009-10 exhibitions season; artwork will be displayed in the lobby at the Carson Center for concert nights; 270-4440065 or www.paducah symphony.org. The 19th annual Lights Fantastic Parade: Space available for artists, craftspeople from 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Carbondale; 618-529-8040.
Classes, Workshops Little Egypt Arts Centre classes: Beginning photography, drawing, art history classes and more beginning January at 601
Calling all Crafters Murphysboro Christian Academy
Christmas Craft Fair & Cookie Walk Saturday, December 5 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 805 North 16th Street
Chili, Coffee & Hot Chocolate will be available Bring your friends & family! 618-684-5083
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Tower Square, Marion; register at 618-998-8530. Student Center Craft Shop: Variety of crafts and classes offered, SIUC; 618-453-3636, www.siucstudentcenter.org.
Displays, Exhibits Southern Illinois George Ions: Orlandini Vineyard, 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; Italian landscapes compliment vineyard décor; meet the artist Friday; through Dec. 31; 618-995230; www.orlandini vineyard.com; george.ions@ yahoo.com. Hometown Christmas Art Exhibit: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, The Hughes Gallery, Logan Neighborhood, Murphysboro; works from over a dozen local artists; part of the Murphysboro Hometown Christmas; The Logan Neighborhood is on Edith Street between 16th and 17th streets; 618-687-3928. Brenda Fleming: Watercolors and oils exhibited at Harrisburg District Library through Sunday; some artwork for sale. MFA Candidates Preview: University Museum, SIUC; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday; through Dec. 18; free; www.museum.siu.edu. Around The Edges: The Pathos and Humor of Everyday Life by cinematographer and photographer Steven Poster, University Museum, Faner Hall, SIUC; through Dec. 18; www.stevenposter.com; 618453-5388; www.museum.siu.edu. Marilyn Boysen: Masking Nature, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday; free; through Dec. 31; 618-242-1236 or go to www.cedarhurst.org. Benton display: Brenda McCollum of Benton and Marlene Webb of Ewing are displaying original works in the front lobby of CASA and FREDCO, Benton square; oil, watercolor and pencil mediums; through December; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 618-927-2804 or 618-4380608. We 3 Small Works Show: Leaping Trout Studio, 723 Madison St., Paducah; exhibits by Lowertown artists Keyth Kahrs, Wil MacKay and William Renzulli; landscapes in oil, acrylic, and watercolor; open 1-5 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday; noon-8 p.m. second Saturdays; through Dec. 31; 270-4417050. 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, the Beck Family Center Gallery, Cedarhurst, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; traveling exhibit from the 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; 618242-1236 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.
Opening Receptions Wil Maring: Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. today, Rustle Hill Winery, U.S. 51, Cobden; entertainment, 7-8 p.m. by guitarist Robert Bowlin; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com. Richard Lawson: Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 W. Main St, Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; opening reception, 4-6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11; gallery hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; variety of prints including hand paining of the prints; through Jan. 9; 618-457-4663.
Closing Receptions Fiber art from Southern Illinois quilters: Carbondale civic center corridor gallery; co-sponsored by Carbondale Community Arts and the African American Museum of Southern Illinois; closing reception and silent auction of quilts, 4-6 p.m. Sunday; proceeds will benefit the African American Museum’s Attucks School Restoration Fund; 618-457-5100; cca@neondsl.com.
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Cairo’s 1960s rock band The Mods back again after all these years COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
The Mods. Rock. 8 p.m. Saturday, Elks Lodge, 217 Eighth St., Cairo. Admission is $10. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling Lynn Webster at 618-734-4186 or Monica Smith at 618-734-1840. dark cloud of grief can normally be found hovering over a benefit musical concert. The circumstances will
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be a little different in the southernmost tip of Illinois this weekend. The gathering will be a virtual celebration by proud individuals wanting to take part in preserving a landmark in Alexander County. The Mods, a rock ‘n’ roll band in Southern Illinois during the 1960s, will play Saturday at Elks Lodge in Cairo. There will also be a silent auction and 50/50 raffle. All proceeds go for restoration efforts at Custom House in Cairo, a virtual gold mine of historic memorabilia. “The Custom House is one of the few institutions that retains Cairo’s rich tradition,” says Don Dickerson, who plays
$37; 573-651-5000; www.showmecenter.biz. Southern Illinois Neal E. Boyd: America’s The Mods: 8 p.m. Saturday, Got Talent winner Boyd will appear with the Southeast Cairo Elks Club; benefit Missouri Symphony fundraiser for The Cairo Orchestra, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. Custom House; The Mods include keyboard player, Kyle 5, Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, River Lehning, who is a Nashville Campus, Cape Girardeau; producer and associated 573-651-2265; www.semo. with country singer Randy edu/rivercampus. Travis; dinner, dance, raffle; $10; 618-734-4186 or 618734-1840. Paducah Southern Illinois Holiday POPS: Concert by University Guitar Ensemble: the Paducah Symphony: Directed by Joseph Breznikar, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Old Baptist Carson Center, Paducah; Foundation Recital Hall, SIUC; holiday tunes with the admission, $5/$3 for Paducah Symphony Chorus, students. Children’s Chorus, and the Holiday Hop: 7 p.m. Friday- Paducah POPS Orchestra; Saturday, Dec. 11-12, John A. 270-444-0065 or Logan College, Carterville; www.paducahsymphony.org. features the Logan Choral Ensemble; hits of the ’50s St. Louis area and ’60s; 618-985-3741. Judy Collins with special guest Kenny White: 8 p.m. Cape Girardeau Saturday, Sheldon Concert Josh Turner: 8 p.m. Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd., Saturday, Show Me Center, St. Louis; $40-45; 314-534Southeast Missouri State 1111 or www.thesheldon.org. University, Cape Girardeau; R. Kelly: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
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saxophone in the band. The Mods flourished when Cairo was a thriving community. They owned a building and performed weekly to standing-roomonly crowds. When they traveled, it would be in a jet black hearse, bought used from a local funeral home. Reuniting in 1990, the band played several shows at the Armory in Cairo. Dickerson plays tenor sax. Kyle Lehning plays Hammond B3 organ and Neal Neadham is on lead guitar. These are the only surviving band members. Bass guitarist Charles Sullivan, a former world champion goose caller and hunting guide, passed away several years ago from complications of multiple
sclerosis. Drummer John Steinhouse, owner of S&S Furniture, died Oct. 9. “John had some health problems, and he didn’t like to get too far from home,” Dickerson said. “We had talked more on the phone in the past year than we had in ages.” Dickerson said it is impossible to adequately fill the void left by the two departed bandmates, so great effort was put forth to ensure quality talent was secured. Steinhouse has been replaced by Casey Wood, a Nashville, Tenn., sound engineer who works in the recording studio on projects spearheaded by Lehning. Paducah native Randy Wimberly, who played in a
band that competed for jobs and fans with The Mods, is the new bass guitarist. He also sings most of the lead vocals. “There’s not much left of Cairo anymore, but its strategic location gives it enormous potential,” Dickerson said. Lehning is the only member of The Mods to achieve greatness in the music industry. He played keyboards for Jessi Colter and worked shows with Waylon Jennings. Lehning, the former president of Arista Records, is best known for launching the career of Randy Travis and producing his classics “On The Other Hand,” “Forever And Ever, Amen” and
Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis; special guests, Pleasure P and K Michelle; $48-$68; 314-5341111; www.metrotix.com;
www.fabulousfox.com. Zac Brown Band: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.; also appearing,
Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey and Nic Cowan; $31-$37; www.metrotix.com; 314-534-1111; www.family arena.com.
“Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart.” Dickerson stays busy as administrator of the Garage Band Revival. “Kyle, Randy, Casey and I are all in the Garage Band Revival, so we should be pretty tight for the Cairo gig,” Dickerson says. “We are working on some original material and plan to do a Christmas album for 2010.” VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.
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Everything not all right with ‘Everybody’s Fine’ Everybody’s Fine Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language; starring Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell; directed by Kirk Jones; opens Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale. BY ROBERT W. BUTLER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Some films seem natural and effortless. Others, like “Everybody’s Fine,” must go through all sorts of gyrations and machinations to make any sense. Based on a similarly-titled 1990 Italian drama starring Marcello Mastroianni, this borderline weeper from Kirk Jones (“Waking Ned Devine,” “Nanny McPhee”) stars Robert De Niro as Frank, a blue-collar retiree in upstate New York. A recent widower, Frank is looking forward to having his four children home for a reunion. But one by one they cancel. Despite health problems, Frank decides to hit the road. He’ll pay surprise visits to his offspring. His first stop doesn’t pan out. Artist son David is AWOL from his NYC apartment. Apparently he’s out of town. In Chicago, daughter Amy (Kate Beckinsale) runs an ad agency and is struggling with some unspecified marital crisis. There’s lots of tension in the household, especially between Amy’s husband and middle-school son. In Denver, Frank discovers that son Robert (Sam Rockwell) isn’t an orchestral conductor after all. Rather, Robert is a somewhat sad underachiever content to bang away in the percussion section. In Las Vegas, daughter Rosie (Drew Barrymore) is a dancer between gigs and minding a friend’s baby. None of the kids seems particularly glad to see Frank, and they all make a point of sending him off after just one night of frosty hospitality. “Everybody’s Fine” is a mystery of sorts. Occasionally we intercept telephone conversations among Amy, Robert and Rosie. The topic is the missing David, who seems to have gotten into some sort of dire trouble in Mexico. They all agree to keep their father in the dark.
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A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence, some disturbing images and brief strong language; starring Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich; Nimrod Antal; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale.
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Despite movie’s fascinating cast, ‘Brothers’ seems awfully familiar Brothers Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman; directed by Jim Sheridan; opens Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
“Brothers” is a movie built on that jarring disconnect between combat zone and “back home.” Part POW thriller, part romance, with a big helping of melodrama, Jim Sheridan’s film is about a brother who went off to war, was declared dead, but returns a changed man. And it’s about the brother left behind, a man changed by his soldier sibling’s sacrifice, and by stepping into his brother’s role with the missing man’s family. A mature, lean Tobey Maguire is Capt. Sam Cahill, the son who followed Dad (Sam Shepard) into the Marine Corps and is about to go back to Afghanistan. Jake Gyllenhaal is perfectly cast as Tommy, the prodigal son we meet as Sam picks him up from prison. Tommy always drank too much and got into trouble. Sam is the alpha male the old man is proud of. “Why don’t you try mimicking your brother for a change?” is Dad’s only advice, picking up their father-son fight the moment the convict
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gets home. Sam’s wife, Grace (Natalie Portman), has hated the slacker Tommy since high school. When Sam ships out and his helicopter goes down and he is listed as dead within day, that doesn’t change. Adapting a Danish film by Susanne Bier, Sheridan (“My Left Foot”) gives away Sam’s fate — he’s a prisoner of the Taliban — right away. He contrasts Sam’s ordeal with Tommy’s transformation back home. Sam is tortured while Tommy charms one and all to pop-music accompaniment. Sam is tested, and Tommy starts to think about someone other than himself — caring for his brother’s young daughters and widow. And then Sam comes home. The home-front scenes are so cute — skating dates, making pancakes for Mommy, cute contractors helping Tommy fix up Grace’s kitchen — that they feel like another movie set in another world. But that’s
how vets describe their dislocation trying to talk with people who “wouldn’t understand.” Sheridan, at home working with kids and dealing with dark subjects, doesn’t quite get the balance right, especially when you compare “Brothers” with the superior soldiers’ homecoming drama “The Messenger,” which has more weight, less melodrama and rarely hits “cute.” But as predicable and cloying as “Brothers” sometimes is, the cast is fascinating — young actors now possessing the dramatic heft to pull something like this off. Maguire, as Sam, comes unhinged in subtle, realistic ways and Gyllenhaal and Portman react to him with a convincing blend of fear and pity. Putting them all at a table with Shepard and veteran character actress Mare Winningham makes for intimate, beautifullyplayed drama, even if we have a feeling that we’ve seen all this before.
drug content and brief nudity. Ninja Assassin The hero The Blind Side Sandra (South Korean action star Bullock stars as a Southern Rain) must battle the secret woman who takes a destitute clan of killers that raised and teen into her home. Based on trained him. Also starring: Rick a true story, it’s part sports Yune, Naomie Harris, Ben saga, all tearjerker. Also Miles. Rated R for strong starring: Kathy Bates, Lily bloody stylized violence Collins, Tim McGraw. Rated throughout, and language. PG-13 for violence; drug and Old Dogs Two middle-aged sex references. business partners’ lives are A Christmas Carol Robert turned upside down when they Zemeckis’ visually immersive, find themselves in the care of emotionally uninvolving 7-year old twins. Starring: John animation of the Charles Travolta, Kelly Preston, Ella Dickens evergreen features Blue Travolta, Robin Williams, “motion capture” Matt Dillon. Rated PG for some performances by Jim Carrey, mild rude humor. Gary Oldman and Robin Planet 51 Captain Chuck Wright Penn. Lost in the video- Baker, lands on Planet 51 game effects and ghostly thinking he’s the first person grotesquerie is the redemptive to set foot on it. To his saga of the man who learns surprise, he finds this planet is that his stinginess has inhabited by little green people spiritually deformed him. who are happily living in a Rated PG for scary sequences world reminiscent of a and images. cheerfully innocent 1950s Couples Retreat A tropical America, and whose only fear vacation turns out to be a is that it will be overrun by relationship workshop for four alien invaders—like Chuck! couples. Starring: Jon Favreau, Starring: Gary Oldman, John Vince Vaughn, Faizon Love, Cleese, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell. Jessica Biel, Justin Long. Rated Rated PG-13 on appeal Rated PG for mild sci-fi action for sexual content and and some suggestive humor. language. Fantastic Mr. Fox The always-eclectic Wes Anderson Grand Theatre Du Quoin 542-3120 (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” Adults 6 • 12 & Under 2 “Rushmore”), whose movies Students w/ ID & Seniors 4 often flirt with the fantastical, Matinees Students w/ID & Under 12 2 takes the plunge with this Adults & Seniors 4 stop-motion animation Showtimes Good 12/4 - 12/10 adaptation of the Roald Dahl All Digital Sound story about a fox who must in All Theatres protect his wife and kids from three mean farmers. Starring the voices of: Owen Wilson, George Clooney, Jason Fri: 7, 9:30 Sat: 1, 4, 7, 9:30 Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Sun: 1, 4, 7 Mon-Thur: 7 Wallace Wolodarsky. Rated PG for action, smoking and slang humor. Men Who Stare At Goats George Clooney, Jeff Bridges Fri: 5, 7, 9 Sat: 1, 3, 5,7, 9 and Ewan McGregor star in Sun: 1, 3, 5, 7 Mon-Thur: 5, 7 this nutty based-on-true-stuff farce about a gang of psychicpowered military men going about their “remote viewing” Fri: 5, 7, 9 Sat: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 business during Operation Sun: 1, 3, 5, 7 Mon-Thur: 5, 7 Iraqi Freedom. Also starring: BUCKS $ $$ GRAND Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Mader. NOW AVAILABLE $ Rated R for language, some
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