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Using your cell phone in a (non)moving vehicle NEWS OF THE WEIRD Chuck Shepherd From a police report in the North Bay (Ontario) Nugget (Nov. 7): An officer in line at a traffic light, realizing that cars had not moved through two light changes, walked up to the lead car to investigate. The driver said she was not able to move on the green lights because she was still on the phone and thus driving off would be illegal. The officer said a brief lecture improved the woman’s understanding of the law.
Compelling Explanations z The inspector general of the National Science Foundation revealed that on-the-job viewing of pornography Web sites was so widespread at the agency that the resultant ethics investigations hindered his primary mission of investigating fraud on grant contracts. The agency report, obtained by the Washington Times in September, said the heaviest user was a senior executive who logged on to pornography at least 331 days in 2008. He subsequently retired, but before leaving defended his habit, claiming that his Web site visits actually helped impoverished women in Third World countries to earn a decent living (by posing for pornography). z Fine Lawyering: Jacob Christine, 21, acting as his own lawyer at an October hearing, denying charges that he severely slashed a fellow inmate at an Easton, Pa., prison, offered his own view of
whoever the perpetrator was: “Whoever attacked (the victim) had a high regard for life,” said Christine, because the cut “isn’t deep at all. It’s on his neck. It’s not on his face.”
Ironies When Minnesota’s Riverview Community Bank opened for business in 2004, founder Chuck Ripka claimed divine inspiration -that God had told him to “pastor the bank” and, in exchange, that He would “take care of the bottom line,” leading Ripka to use “prayer” as a theme in the bank’s promotions. In October 2009, Riverview became only the sixth bank in the state to be shut down by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Riverview acknowledged that it had invested aggressively in real estate.
The Litigious Society z Albert Freed’s lawsuit for defective underwear against Hanes was dismissed in October by a Pensacola, Fla., judge, even though Freed had complained that the briefs had caused severe pain and ruined his vacation. Freed said the garment’s flap had inexplicably failed to close, allowing his penis to protrude and rub against swim trunks that contained sand from the beach, irritating the sensitive skin. However, Freed delayed diagnosing the problem — by declining to inspect his organ. He explained that he cannot easily peer over his “belly” (and wouldn’t even consider, he said, examining his naked self in a mirror or asking his wife to inspect). Consequently, he had endured increased irritation before recognizing the source of
the chafing. z According to a November Chicago SunTimes report, county officials in Chicago have agreed to pay a $14,000 injury claim to janitor Mary Tait, of the sheriff’s department. The amount covers two incidents, in 1997 and 1998, in which she hurt her back in the same way — while “reaching around to pick up a piece of toilet paper.”
People Who Went Too Far
Great Expectorations: (1) Charles Hersel, 39, was arrested in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in November after police investigators overheard him offer $31 to a Westlake High School boy to spit in Hersel’s face. Several boys had complained to police that a man (allegedly Hersel) had approached them, offering money for expelling saliva and other bodily fluids on him. (2) Also in November, Latest Human Rights Patrick Girard, 29, a member of the City In November, a judge in Somerville, N.J., overruled Council in Plattsburgh, a local police chief who had N.Y., apologized to the constituent in whose face rejected a firearms license Girard had spit at the for hunting enthusiast height of a barroom James Cap, 46. The judge argument about the Boston ordered the chief to grant Red Sox. Said the the license, even though constituent, “It got in my Cap is a quadriplegic and will need to mount the gun eye, on my face, on my on his wheelchair and fire it jacket.” by blowing into a tube. (Cap was an avid hunter Least Competent before a football injury Criminals incapacitated him.) Could’ve Planned Better: (1) Vincent Salters, 46, was Smooth Reactions arrested in East Knoxville, (1) In July, Charles Diez Tenn., in November after was charged with having shoplifted shoes the attempted murder for his day before from the Shoe angry reaction to a Show store. He had dashed bicyclist who was carrying out hurriedly with several his 3-year-old son on the display shoes, but an bike unsafely, on a busy employee said they were all Asheville, N.C., street. for the left foot. Salters was According to police, Diez arrested outside the store was so anguished that he the next day, perhaps pulled his gun and fired at having come to pick up the bicyclist, grazing the right-foot shoes. (2) Travis man’s helmet. (2) In Himmler, 22, was charged October, just as with burglary in November Pennsylvania federal judge after allegedly stealing the Lawrence Stengel was cash register from the launching into his Golden Wok restaurant in explanation for the Bloomington, Minn., and sentence he was about to carrying it away on his impose, bank robber bicycle. He was found Trammel Bledsoe grew down the street, injured, impatient. “Can you hurry after taking a bad tumble this up? I don’t have time when the dangling cash for this. Just sentence me. register cord got caught in ...” (“You’ll have all the the bike’s spokes. time in the world,” responded Stengel, who SEND ITEMS to gave Bledsoe 41 years.) weirdnews@earthlink.net.
z MOVIES z POP CULTURE z MUSIC z ART z WINERIES z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z BOOKS z Concerts Southern Illinois Dixie River: 9 p.m., Saturday, old Centralia High School; part of The Outback Tour; 618-244-9410. Branson comes to Metropolis: Tickets now on sale for shows at Harrah’s Metropolis including The Osmond Brothers, 8 p.m., Jan. 15, 16 and 2 p.m. Jan. 16, tickets, $29.99; Moe Bandy, 8 p.m. Jan. 22, 23, $29.99; Legends in Concert featuring Elvis, Buddy Holly, Blues Brothers, Toby Keith and Patsy Cline, 8 p.m. Jan. 29, 30, $29.99 and 2 p.m. Jan. 30, $24.99; Return to the 50s, 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 13, $29.99 and 2 p.m. Feb. 13, $24.99 and Jim Stafford, 8 p.m. March 12, 13, $29.99; 888-512-7469 or metropolis.frontgatetickets.com.
Cape Girardeau Neal E. Boyd: America’s Got Talent winner Boyd will appear with the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, River Campus., Cape Girardeau; 573-651-2265; www.semo.edu/river campus.
Paducah Foreigner: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, Carson Center; $25-$65; 270-4504444 or www.thecarsoncenter.org.
St. Louis area 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.familyarena.com. Lady Gaga: With special guest Kid Cudi, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Boulevard, St. Louis; $52.50-$42.50; 314-534-1111; www.metrotix.com; www.fabulousfox.com. BB King and Buddy Guy: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 performance, The Family Arena, St. Charles, Mo.; $50.50-$92.50; 314-534-1111; 636-896-4242 or www.familyarena. com. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: 8 p.m. Saturday Feb. 27, Fox Theatre, 539 N. Grand Boulevard, St. Louis; $44.50$59.50; 314-534-1111; www.metrotix.com; www.fabulousfox.com.
Stafford headlines Branson performances at Harrah’s BY BRENT STEWART THE SOUTHERN
arrah’s in Metropolis is saving you the hassle of taking a trip to the entertainment capital of the Midwest with a series of shows celebrating “The Best of Branson.” In addition to shows that pay tribute to the music of the 1950s and artists such as Toby Keith and Patsy Cline, Harrah’s will feature a number of long-running Branson stars in the next few months. The Osmond Brothers have been performing in front of world-wide audiences for 50 years, performing all styles of music from barbershop, pop, rock, country and jazz. They have broken records for sell out performances once held by The Beatles and Elvis and won numerous awards, including the People’s Choice Award, Best Vocal Group and Best Show in Branson. The Osmonds will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 15 and 16 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 16. VIP tickets are $34.99; general admission is $29.99. Classic country artist Moe Bandy was one of the most popular country singers of the 1970s, turning out a series of hits in the latter half of the decade that made many fans and critics believe he was one of the great honky tonk singers. Bandy’s songs never strayed far from the traditional barroom fare — delivered with a knowing sense of humor, loving, cheating, drinking and patriotic songs form the core of his repertoire. Throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s, the singer racked up hits including “Here I Am Drunk Again” and “She Took More Than Her Share.” Bandy performs at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23. VIP tickets are $34.99; general admission is $29.99. You can see a number of representations of music legends in concert with the “World’s Greatest Tribute Show Featuring Elvis, Buddy Holly, Blues Brothers, Toby Keith and Patsy Cline,” at 8 p.m. Jan. 29 and 30 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 30. VIP tickets are $34.99; general admission is $29.99 for the evening shows. For the matinee, VIP tickets are $29.99 and general admission is $24.99. Enjoy America’s favorite decade of music and dancing with “Return to the ’50s,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 12 and 13 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 13. Tickets are $29.99 for the evening shows and $24.99 for the matinee. Comedian and singer Jim Stafford, who
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Jim Stafford (above) and Moe Bandy are two Branson acts to play at Harrah’s in Metropolis.
is critically acclaimed as the “Victor Borge of the Guitar,” and is consistently one of Branson’s most popular attractions, will bring his special brand of comedy and music to Metropolis in March. Famous for his records “Spiders & Snakes,” “Cow Patti,” and the infamous “My Girl Bill,” Stafford creates hilarious antics from everyday life. Stafford will appear at 8 p.m. March 12 and 13. VIP tickets are $34.99; general admission is $29.99. All ages are welcome. Tickets are on sale now and available by calling 888-512-7469, or visit metropolis.frontgatetickets.com. brent.stewart@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074
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lights and holiday scenery in West Frankfort beginning at Main Street past the high school; 5-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5-10 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 31. Holiday Lights Fair: 5:309:30 p.m., Du Quoin State Fairgrounds; holiday tree display and visits with Santa; $5 per family vehicles; $8 nights exposition hall is open; through Dec. 30; 618-314-2272 or www.duquointourism.org. Holiday light display: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Coulterville City Park, Coulterville; bonfire, refreshments, kid’s activities, free; 618-525-9182 or www.coultervilleholiday lightdisplay.com.
Auditions Open auditions/callbacks: For the Artstarts production of “Oliver!” set from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 2 and Jan. 9 and from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; all ages starting at age 5, for
persons who reside in the southern 14 counties in Illinois; come prepared to sing a song from the show; “Oliver!” will be performed March 24-28 in the Marion Cultural and Civic Center; 618-922-1853 or e-mail artstarts2008@aol.com.
Theater/Performance Cirque Dreams Illumination: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Carson Center, Paducah; acrobats, contortionists, daredevils, musicians; $27.50-$49; 270450-4444; www.thecarsoncenter.org Pirates! AAAARGH!: Christmas madrigal, 3 p.m., 7
p.m. Saturday, Egyptian High School, Tamms; directed by Lee VanAlstine, Jane Adams and Rachel Honey; afternoon performance, wassail and dessert only, $8; evening includes dinner, $15; advance ticket purchase only; 618-7765251. The Grinch: 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; play presented by Marion Main Street; www.marion ccc.org or 618-997-4030; free. Jerry Seinfeld LIVE: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan 8, Carson Center, Paducah; stand-up comedy; $75; 270-4504444; www.thecarson center.org.
Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera, ‘Hansel and Gretel:’ Jan. 23-24, Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, River Campus, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 and 3 p.m. Jan. 24; full-stage production features a chamber orchestra; 573-651-2265; 800-2935949; www.metrotix.com.
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Wineries Breeden, Bradley & Maze: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery. Moonbeam Lane: 7-10 p.m. Friday, Pheasant Hollow Winery. Dan Wiethop: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Dirtwater Fox: 2-5 p.m., Saturday, Von Jakob Orchard. Marty Davis: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Von Jakob Vineyard. Swamp Tigers: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Rustle Hill Winery. Phil Powell: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Blue Sky Vineyard. Ivas John: 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Von Jakob Orchard. Christine Bauer: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Rustle Hill Winery. Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road , Makanda; 618995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com. Pheasant Hollow Winery: 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington; 618-6292302 or www.pheasanthollowwinery.com. Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 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 Danny Amschler, Willie Geiger, Kenny Carr: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Crazy Joe’s Fish House, 693 Suchman Road, Ava; 618-763-4417; no cover. Etherton Switch: 8 p.m. Friday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; 618-8932233. $5. ‘Howlin’ at the Moon’ jam: 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; 618-893-2233
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BENTON Duncan Dance Barn:: Spring Pond Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE PK’s: Leveld MOUNT VERNON The Tavern on 10th: Live Blues Trio, 7-11 p.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Mike’s Band, 7-10 p.m. WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: Little Egypt Country Band 6:30 9:30 p.m.
CARBONDALE PK’s: Tawl Paul & Slappin’ Henry Blue LAKE OF EGYPT Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MARION John Brown’s on the Square : The Sam West Trio, 8:3011:30 p.m. MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Ronnie D’s Sweetwater Band, 7-10 p.m. THOMPSONVILLE Lion’s Cave: Rebel Country, 7-10 p.m.
z SATURDAY CARBONDALE PK’s: Tawl Paul & Slappin’ Henry Blue DU QUOIN The Wet Spot: Burn Cycle, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. LAKE OF EGYPT Ramesse: Mixed Company, 9 p.m.1 a.m. MARION Black Diamond-Harley Davidson: Everybody Makes Mistakes, 1-3 p.m. Desperado’s: Tattoed White Trash, 811:30 p.m. John Brown’s on the Square: Japanese Bat Bomb, 8:3011:30 p.m. Marion American Legion: Shakey Jake, 8 p.m.-midnight. Marion Eagles:
Old Country Store Dance Barn: Country Sidekicks, 7-10 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. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Black Lace Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night Jam Band, 6:309:30 p.m.
z SUNDAY Cruzers, 8 p.m.midnight MOUNT VERNON Double K’s Kickin Country: Cobb County Band, 7-10 p.m. RIDGWAY TJ’s : Southern Pride, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. SPILLERTOWN Track Side Dance Barn: Mike’s Band, 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 CARBONDALE Marion Eagles: Key West: Ivas John Blues Band Cruzers, 6-10 p.m. 9 p.m.
z TUESDAY WB Ranch Band, CARBONDALE PK’s: Whistle Pigs 6:30-9:30 p.m. WHITE ASH SPILLERTOWN The White Ash Track Side Dance Barn: Freedom, 7- Barn: The Heartland 10 p.m. Country Band, WEST FRANKFORT WB Ranch Barn: 6:30-9:30 p.m.
z WEDNESDAY DU QUOIN Ten Pin Alley: Piano Bob, 6-9 p.m.
Booby’s: 406 S. Illinois, Carbondale / 618-549-3366 Cherry Street Pub: 107 W. Cherry St., Herrin / 618-942-4269 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington / 618-629-2319 Duncan Dance Barn: 13545 Spring Pond Road, Benton 618-435-6161 The Get-Away: 804 N. Douglas St., West Frankfort 618-937-3545 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 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 MissSip’s: 13 S. Mulberry St., Du Quoin / 618-542-5949 Mollie’s: 107 E. Union St., Marion 618-997-3424 Orient American Legion: 404 Jackson St., Orient 618-932-2060 The Perfect Shot: 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 Ramesse: 1754 Illinois 37, Lake of Eygpt / 618-995-9104 Steelhorse Saloon: 202 Dewmain Lane, Carterville 618-985-3549 Tomigirl’s Rollin-in: 14960 Illinois 37, Johnston City 618-983-7655 Trackside Dance Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 WB Ranch Barn: 1586 Pershing Road, West Frankfort 618-937-3718 Walt’s Pizza – Pasta Grill: 213 S. Court St., Marion 618-993-8668 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 The White Ash Barn: 207 Potter St., White Ash / 618-922-7510 Xrossroads: 101 Rushing Drive, Herrin / 618-993-8393 The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington 618-629-2039
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Street performer helps Cirque Dreams ‘illuminate’ everyday life Cirque Dreams: Illumination Dance/musical. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Carson Center, Paducah. Tickets start at $27.50 and are available at Carson Center box office by calling 270-450-4444, or online at www.thecarsoncenter.org. BY BRENT STEWART THE SOUTHERN
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efore Christmas week is in full swing, you may need some time to decompress and get away from the hustle and bustle of the season for a couple of hours. If that’s the case, Carson Center has a great opportunity for escapism in the form of “Cirque Dreams: Illumination.” Created and directed by Neil Goldberg, the show is the latest in the Cirque Dreams brand of entertainment, creators of international performance, touring and Broadway sensations “Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy,” “Cirque Dreams: Holidaze,” “Cirque Dreams: Pandemonia,” “Cirque Dreams: Coobrila,” “Cirque Ingenieux” and the first show of its kind at sea, “Cirque Dreams and Dinner.” Over 50 million fans have attended a Cirque Dreams show throughout the U.S. and abroad in the past 5 years. “Cirque Dreams: Illumination” is the company’s 14th production since originating in 1993. The theme of the show is a recreation of everyday life where one of a kind artists breathe energy into a city landscape with urban acrobatics as its dwellers reinvent familiar objects,
balance on wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in a story filled with astounding occurrences. The show is a unique mix of music and dance with an original score of jazz, ballroom and pop. Flipside spoke with one of the performers, Robert Muraine, who is a “popper,” a routine that is a mixture of dance and contortion. Muraine gained national attention on Season 4 of the television show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” represented the U.S. on NBC’s “Superstars of Dance” and starred in a national IKEA television commercial entitled “What Goes Where.” He is making his theatrical debut and touring the U.S. for the first time in “Cirque Dreams: Illumination.”
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Robert Muraine (center) is one of many performers featured in ‘Cirque Dreams: Illumination.’
How did you begin your career as a popper? I got started dancing in general when I was 16, and I’m 22 now. I just started with my friends. We had a little crew, break dancing, and we did a little bit of popping. After about a couple of years, I moved out of my parents’ house, and I was street performing at the time, and I made a pretty decent living at it to where I quit my day job. After street performing for three or four years, I really got a lot better. It was probably the best practice of my life. Then I auditioned for ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ and I had 26 million views on YouTube in one week, just from the first audition. What led you to becoming a street performer? In high school, with me and my crew, we would
just go street perform just for fun, so we would have a crowd, and it wouldn’t be just us practicing in our bedrooms. That’s how it really first began. It was always in my mind that it could be possible to street perform and make pretty good money once we got good. Most of my friends quit dancing and I just kept doing it. Later on, I started doing my solo show. I mainly performed in Los Angeles on Third Street Promenade. For me, being one of the newer guys there, I was holding it down pretty well, compared to people who had been there 20 or 30 years.
happened. It was nice just to be able to dance and perform on the street and be able to make my living doing that. When ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ happened, everything switched upside down. I started getting a lot of corporate gigs and commercials and stuff, and I was like, ‘I guess this is my career, and I’m going to work 100 percent at it.’ It just kind of fell into my lap, I wasn’t expecting it at all.
It seems like you’re a perfect fit for the Cirque Dreams show. I definitely agree. I’m like a street dancer, and that’s the character I am in real life (laughs.) ‘Illumination’ is the When you started dancing, did you think of transforming name of the city where everything takes place. It’s it into a vocation? Not at all. It just kind of a Broadway style show, so
it’s a little bit old school. We’re all these ordinary people, and we take all these everyday things and do extraordinary things with them. It’s kind of like a musical. We have a live
singer who narrates the show. Everything is really bright, colorful and fun. It’s definitely a family show. brent.stewart@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074
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CCA gives the gift of art to community Illinois State Museum’s gallery showing ‘gifts’ CARBONDALE — Just in time for last-minute holiday shopping, Carbondale Community Arts presents “’Tis the Season,” exhibits of “present-able” works from local artists and artisans on display now through the end of December at Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery at 200 S. Illinois Ave. and at Varsity Center for the Arts at 418 S. Illinois Ave. Off-the-wall buyers’ receptions will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at
both locations. The public is invited to meet the artists, share some edible and potable holiday cheer and carry away purchases with gift-wrapping provided courtesy of Carbondale Community Arts. New works will arrive throughout the month, and offthe-wall purchases can be arranged at any time by contacting CCA at 618-457-5100.
Classes, Workshops
Displays, Exhibits
Little Egypt Arts Centre classes: Beginning photography, drawing, art history classes and more beginning January at 601 Tower Square, Marion; register at 618-998-8530. Student Center Craft Shop: Variety of crafts and classes offered, SIUC; 618453-3636, www.siucstudent center.org. Joyce Moon Watercolor Workshop: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Jan. 15-17, Little Egypt Arts Association, 601 Tower Square Plaza, Marion; Moon is an artist, author and watercolor teacher; $180; space is limited; reserve at 618-9959858.
Gifts to the Collection: Illinois State Museum’s Southern Illinois Art Gallery, the Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; includes 42 paintings and drawings dating from 1883 through 2006 including several from southern Illinois artists; through March 7, 2010; open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 618-629-2220. MFA Candidates Preview: University Museum, SIUC; hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Friday; free; www.museum.siu.edu. Around The Edges: The Pathos and Humor of Everyday Life by cinematographer and
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WHITTINGTON — Illinois State Museum acquires art either gifted to the museum or through contributions. Fortytwo paintings and drawings, dating from 1883 to 2006, are on display in “Gifts to the Collection,” some of which are being shown for the first time. The exhibit includes nine paintings by Southern Illinois artists — including three by
photographer Steven Poster, University Museum, Faner Hall, SIUC; through Friday; www.stevenposter.com; 618-453-5388; www.museum.siu.edu. Enduring Transience: By Paducah School of Art instructors Alison Hahn and John Hasegawa, The Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah; digital photographs by Alison Hahn and ceramic vessels by John Hasegawa; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Saturday; 270-442-2453 or www.theyeiser.org. Off the Wall: A group artist holiday exhibition, anthill gallery and vintage curiosities with the Yellow Moon Café, Front Street, Cobden; through Sunday; 618-457-7641. Renee Mavigliano: Exhibit of paintings, Varsity Center for the Arts Gallery, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; through Dec. 30; 618-457-5100. 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 pencils; through December; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 618-9272804 or 618-438-0608.
Winifred Sanborn, two by Amy “Birdie” Kirkpatrick and one by Charles “Bismark” Clemens; the Anna artists’ painted them between the 1880s and the 1920s. “Gifts to the Collection” also features paintings from various places throughout Illinois including works by Gertrude Abercrombie, Julia Thecla, Adam Albright, Lester Chace, Theodore Halkin,
George Ions: Orlandini Vineyard, 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda; Italian landscapes compliment vineyard décor; through Dec. 31; 618-995-230; www.orlandinivineyard.com; george.ions@yahoo.com. 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; 618-242-1236 or www.cedarhurst.org. Wil Maring: Rustle Hill Winery, US 51, Cobden; through Dec. 31; 618-893-
Misch Kohn, Robert Lostutter, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris and Gina Litherland. Illinois State Museum Southern Illinois Art Gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is at Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center at 14967 Gun Creek Trail in Whittington. For more information, call 618-6292220.
2700 or rustlehillwinery.com. 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. Richard Lawson: Central Showcase at Realty Central, 1825 W. Main St, Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; 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. 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. Karen Linduska and students: Fantasy Garden art quilts along with a selection of Linduska’s students’ work, The Gallery Space at the Law Office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; closing reception, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 30; linduskaartquilt@ galaxycable.net. Quilts with a Kick: The National Quilt Museum, 215 Jefferson St., Paducah; wall quilts; hours, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; through Feb. 2; 270-442-8856 or nationalquiltmuseum.org.
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Masters of Photography: University Museum, SIUC; highlights from the museum’s permanent collection; includes photograph of silent film siren Gloria Swanson; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday; through May; free; www.museum.siu.edu. A Warrior’s Story: Oglala Sioux Buffalo Robe, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, University Museum, SIUC; through May; free; www.museum.siu.edu. Remembering Old Main: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday, University Museum, SIUC; through 2010; free; www.museum.siu.edu. Ongoing art exhibit: Featuring photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or starviewvineyards.com.
Receptions ’Tis the Season: Exhibits of works from local artists, Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery, 200 S. Illinois Ave. and Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave.; simultaneous off-the-wall buyers’ receptions will be from 5-7 p.m. today at the civic center and Varsity Center for the Arts; refreshments; giftwrapping provided; through Dec. 31; 618-457-5100.
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The most expensive film ever made doesn’t seem to be money well spent Avatar
This long-awaited science-fiction adventure, Rated PG-13 for action, with a production budget mild sexual content; that has been estimated directed by James between $300 and $500 Cameron; starring Sam million, features some of Worthington, Zoe Saldana, the most impressive digital effects ever rendered. Stephen Lang, Sigourney Cameron conjures up a Weaver; opens Friday digital universe populated at Showplace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre by elongated blue aliens, flying pterodactyl figures 8 in Marion and Grand and snarling beasts. Theatre in Du Quoin. But no matter how pretty the pictures, the ecoBY CHRISTOPHER KELLY friendly, New Age-y story MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS here remains trite and uninvolving. Even the most You would think a halfeasily wowed moviegoers billion dollars could buy a will likely be fidgeting in halfway decent screenplay. their seats, feeling as if But as James Cameron they’ve seen this state-ofproves in “Avatar,” his first the-art concoction a film since “Titantic” (1997) million times before. and reportedly the most Set in the year 2154 on a expensive movie ever distant planet on the brink made, that isn’t necessarily of war against humans the case. from Earth, “Avatar”
introduces us to Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a Marine paralyzed from the waist down. His twin brother, who was part of a top-secret research project, was recently killed, and Sully is recruited to take his place by the company leader Parker (Giovanni Ribisi). Sully will be transformed into an avatar — a version of himself as a tall, slim, blue alien who looks and sounds like one of the natives of the enemy planet. Once he’s welcomed into their ranks, the hope is that he will be able to negotiate some sort of peace treaty. In his avatar form, Sully befriends and soon falls in love with an alien named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). The story of a man torn between two cultures
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James Cameron’s ‘Avatar,’ starring Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana, opens at Showplace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and Grand Theatre in Du Quoin.
might have been interesting, but Cameron shows no interest in any of the characters. The love story between Sully and Neytiri is embarrassing — a thinly imagined tale of a hesitant and proud woman slowly won over by the rakish charms of a cocky man. The plot seems like an excuse for the director to show off his latest visual
inventions. We watch Sully escape the clutches of snarling, territorial animals and attempt to tame a violent winged creature, and journey deeper and deeper into a cartoonish wonderland rendered in pinks, purples and blues. It’s a genuinely plausible and striking alternative universe, but it’s also sterile-looking and unvarying.
By the second hour of this nearly three-hour, 3-D effort, you feel as if you’re trapped inside a video game from which there is no escape. There was a fervent, beating heart at the center of “Titanic” — a romance so intense it felt as if the world hung in the balance. At the center of “Avatar” is merely the hard drive of James Cameron’s computer.
‘The Road’ leads to a grim, mesmerizing world The Road
John Milton described hell as “darkness visible.” That is the Rated R for some violence, grim, mesmerizing world that disturbing images and language; director John Hillcoat creates starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi here. Based on Cormac Smit-McPhee; directed by John McCarthy’s 2006 novel, this is a Hillcoat; opens Friday at frontier story where Zane Grey University Place 8 in Carbondale. meets Samuel Beckett. The living envy the dead yet they carry on BY COLIN COVERT because they must. “Cannibalism is the great fear,” MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS says our narrator, The Man. Which fear? To fall prey to some “The Road” is a prophecy of a Donner Party or to turn cannibal blasted world. The unchanging oneself? Viggo Mortensen is sky resembles hammered lead. The trees are lifeless, crashing to gripping, inhabiting his role with tamped-down intensity. He earth like poleaxed cattle. Animals have vanished. Cities are conveys a gnawing sense of emptiness and futility side by rubble fields. Houses are empty. Humanity has been reduced to side with indomitable courage. Moving across the corpse of survivalist stragglers, some of America, he must keep alive “the whom are amoral, cold-blooded fire” of faith and humanity. He killers. The majority died in the must protect his son (Kodi Smitunnamed apocalypse or by McPhee), who is about 8 and has suicide. Desolate freeways stretch nowhere. The end is near. never known another world. He
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passes along a slender moral code: Good guys don’t eat people. Just in case, he carries a gun and two bullets. If not for the boy, you feel, he would have already used one of them. The film is spare and pure and serious. It is pitiless and close to greatness. Every image — brooding hills, musty Victorian furnishings in a derelict mansion, the dark hellmouth of a highway tunnel — carries weight. The editing is flinch-inducing. Against those constant threats are primal gestures of paternal love. There are flashes of colorful days when the man had a wife (Charlize Theron) who played the piano, held his hand, bore him a son. Memory is a refuge in this harsh world. As they walk to the seacoast — things might be better there — the travelers encounter armed gangs and opportunistic thieves.
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Viggo Mortenson stars in ‘The Road,’ opening Friday in Carbondale.
They also meet an elderly man (Robert Duvall) who uses his age as protective camouflage. The Boy wants to keep him. From his father’s example and from somewhere in his soul, he has learned compassion. He reminds The Man of an earlier, higher level of human development. The film is largely a duet between Mortensen and SmitMcPhee. They are riveting.
Mortensen is as gaunt as a concentration camp prisoner beneath his shabby clothing. McPhee is not so starved; the father always feeds the son first. As you watch the interplay between these two you understand why The Man keeps pushing forward. He has not lost the world. It’s right beside him, stumbling forward, holding his hand.
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Audiences may wish they had never heard about the Morgans Did You Hear About the Morgans? Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and momentary violence; starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen; directed by Marc Lawrence; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion. BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Sandra Bullock hitched her career to writer and later writer-director Marc Lawrence when he scripted “Forces of Nature.” She stayed with him through the “Miss Congeniality” hits and up to “Two Weeks Notice” (2002). Then Bullock weaned herself from Lawrence’s brand of gimmicky, wan and witless comedies and lived to stage a comeback this year. But Bullock passed Lawrence on, like a bad penny, to Hugh Grant, her co-star in “Two Weeks Notice.” And Grant can’t seem to kick the Lawrence habit. “Did You Hear About the Morgans?,” Grant’s third film with Lawrence, may be his overdue intervention. Unfunny and tone-deaf, it pairs Grant with Sarah Jessica Parker, with whom he has no chemistry, and gives neither of them anything funny to say or play. She’s a star of the New York real-estate market. He’s a rich attorney. They have assistants (Elisabeth Moss and Jesse Liebman) who hate each other, too. They’re separated. He’s
trying to get her back. But he cheated and she’s not having him. Darned if his one shot at a reconciliation dinner doesn’t end with a murder that they witness. Since the killer is on the loose, the Feds ship them off — “Witness Relocation Program” slickers hiding amongst the Red-State rubes of Ray, Wyoming. The first people they meet are the law enforcement couple who will be their hosts, played by a twinkly Sam Elliott and a pistolpacking Mary Steenburgen. Most of the movie is made up of pained conversations over trust between two people who don’t click, on any level. In between heart-tohearts, they make tired observations about life outside of Manhattan. Lawrence’s recycled observations of the virtues of rural life, his struggles to find something funny about local “types” (an unworldly doctor and his naive-nitwit nurse), his “grizzly encounter” scene, are painful to watch. The way this witless “Witness” works is that the hit-man tracks them down to Wymoning, but Lawrence fails to find humor or menace in that. His ineptitude extends to knowing when to end this too-predictable fiasco. But with luck, Grant, whose options on the romantic comedy front have narrowed, will finally snap out of it after this. The best thing that could happen to Hugh is if nobody hears about the “Morgans.”
DeNiro attempts a role he hasn’t played in ages — that Armored Matt Dillon, Jean of an ordinary man —in this Reno, Laurence Fishburne story about a widower who and Fred Ward are among the heads out on a road trip to employees of an armoredreconnect with his three transport security firm who grown and estranged children cook up the ultimate scam: (Sam Rockwell, Kate Rip off the company, and no Beckinsale and Drew one gets hurt. But everybody Barrymore). PG-13 for knows there’s no such thing thematic elements and brief as the perfect crime. Rated strong language. PG-13 for sequences of Fantastic Mr. Fox The intense violence, some always-eclectic Wes Anderson disturbing images and brief (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” strong language. “Rushmore”), whose movies The Blind Side Sandra often flirt with the fantastical, Bullock stars as a Southern takes the plunge with this woman who takes a destitute stop-motion animation teen into her home. Based on adaptation of the Roald Dahl a true story, it’s part sports story about a fox who must saga, all tearjerker. Also protect his wife and kids from starring: Quinton Aaron, three mean farmers. Starring Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Tim the voices of: Owen Wilson, McGraw. Rated PG-13 for George Clooney, Jason violence; drug and sex Schwartzman, Bill Murray, references. Wallace Wolodarsky. Rated PG Boondock Saints II: All for action, smoking and slang Saint’s Day Brothers humor. abandon their quiet life in Invictus Director Clint Ireland to avenge the murder Eastwood reteams with his of a priest in Boston. Rated R “Million Dollar Baby” for bloody violence, language and “’Unforgiven” co-star and some nudity. Morgan Freeman to recount Brothers Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a man who comforts the true story of how the the wife (Natalie Portman) of newly elected Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby his older brother (Tobey World Cup as a vehicle to Maguire), a U.S. Marine unite his country. Matt reportedly killed in Damon co-stars as the Afghanistan. But the reports captain of South Africa’s turn out to be wrong, and team. Rated PG-13 for brief after the missing soldier strong language. returns home, the brothers Ninja Assassin The hero must readjust their lives. (South Korean action star Rated R for language and Rain) must battle the secret some disturbing violent clan of killers that raised and content. A Christmas Carol Robert trained him. Also starring: Zemeckis’ visually immersive, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles. Rated R for strong emotionally uninvolving bloody stylized violence animation of the Charles throughout, and language. Dickens evergreen features Old Dogs Two middle-aged “motion capture” performances by Jim Carrey, business partners’ lives are turned upside down when Gary Oldman and Robin they find themselves in the Wright Penn. Lost in the care of 7-year old twins. video-game effects and Starring: John Travolta, Kelly ghostly grotesquerie is the Preston, Ella Blue Travolta, redemptive saga of the man who learns that his stinginess Robin Williams, Matt Dillon. has spiritually deformed him. Rated PG for some mild rude Rated PG for scary sequences humor. Planet 51 Captain Charles and images. “Chuck” Baker, lands on Everybody’s Fine Robert
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Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders—like Chuck! Starring: Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long. Rated PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor. Princess and the Frog The Walt Disney Co. gets back to old-school, pen-and-ink animation with this 2-D (and proud of it) cartoon inspired by the classic fairy tale transplanted to Jazz-Age New Orleans and boasting the first African-American heroine in Disney animation history. Directed by ``The Little Mermaid’’ team of Ron Clements and John Musker. Rated G. Twilight: New Moon Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by
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her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Chaske Spencer. Rated PG-13 for some violence and action. 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. — McClatchy-Tribune News and kerasotes.com
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Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day (PG) 4:10 7:10 10:00 Blindside (PG-13) 3:50 6:50 9:50 Old Dogs (PG) 4:20 5:15 6:40 7:45 9:30 10:10 Invictus (PG-13) 3:30 6:30 9:40 Armored (PG-13) 4:40 7:30 10:15 Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) 3:40 6:10 9:00 Planet 51 (PG) 4:00 6:20 9:10
Twilight New Moon (PG-13) 4:30 7:20 10:10 Planet 51 (PG) 3:50 6:30 9:00 Blindside (PG-13) 4:00 7:00 9:50 Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day (R) 4:20 7:10 10:00 The Princess and The Frog (G) 3:40 6:20 8:50 Old Dogs (PG) 4:40 6:50 9:15 2012 (PG-13) 4:10 7:30 Brothers (R) 5:00 7:40 10:20
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