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llora amici, ciao per l’ultima volta! It is so hard to believe this is my last column. When I look back, our trip to London, our time in Florence and even our first couple weeks in Rome, seem as if they were so long ago. It was sweltering with the heat of a brutal summer and the world seemed much different then. Yet, when I look back as a whole, I swear I have been victim of a time warp. These three and a half months have meshed together into one mass of amazing experience. It was such an odd feeling during my last day in Rome. Walking around the city that I have come to know quite well, visiting places that I frequented during the semester for the last time — all of it gave me this unsettled feeling in my stomach. I’m so excited for my Northern European adventures, and I am so very excited to come home and be with my family. However, I know that after spending some time back in the U.S., I’ll be ready to go back again, yet I can’t. It was odd saying goodbye to Rome not knowing exactly when I will be back, yet it wasn’t completely sad because I know that I will indeed be back some day. So, in the middle of the night, I closed the door to our apartment for a final time and headed to the airport. Airport travel is always
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an interesting feat. From Rome, my first stop was Sweden, then into Norway via Oslo, then on to my final city. Getting to the right gate, on time, in an airport you have never been to before can prove to be quite the challenge when planes are delayed, etc. Fortunately for me, English is extremely common in Scandinavia, and every airport staff or person I asked for directions from could easily communicate with me in English. It fascinated me how people would begin by speaking to me in Swedish or Norwegian, yet when I answered in English, they instantly switched to near perfect English. I find myself, however, switching into foreignlanguage mode when talking to people. I’ve already broken into Italian a couple times, only to realize that people here will not understand me. So, here I am in the winter wonderland of
Norway. I am so excited and interested to get to know a completely different side of Europe than Rome. Two very different places yet one can travel between them in such a short amount of time. It fascinates me how accessible everything is from Europe. On the plane coming over here, there was the screen again that shows our airplane’s progress during the flight and I love watching to see where we were flying over and what we were close to. Destinations that are such a haul for us to travel to from the States are just a short plane ride away here and it amazes me every time. Europe has certainly treated me well. I had such an invaluable experience in Rome and I feel so very fortunate to have had the opportunity. If ever you get the chance, I more than highly recommend paying a visit to Roma. If you’re feeling adventuresome, travel,
travel, travel! Getting to know the world is an experience that facilitates personal growth in ways that nothing else really can. The world we live in is a beautiful and highly diverse place. We only have one life to live — let’s get to know our world as well as we can. Thank you so very much for journeying through Rome with me during this semester. It has been an absolute pleasure and I hope that you have enjoyed traveling with me on my Rome Adventures. Buon natale e felice capo d’anno! Ciao! LACIE GOFF is the daughter
of Janice Gualdoni and the granddaughter of Louie and Beauella Gualdoni, all of Herrin. Lacie is a junior at California Lutheran University in Los Angeles, majoring in communication and journalism. She is spending this semester in Rome, studying Italian, history and art history.
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Art Events Holiday Extravaganza: Little Egypt Art Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through Jan. 15; 618-998-8530 or www.little egyptarts.com.
Exhibits OFF THE WALL Holiday Group Artist Exhibition: The Yellow Moon Cafe and anthill gallery and vintage curiosities, Front Street, downtown Cobden; through Dec. 23; 618-457-7641; www.anthill gallery.com and www.yellow mooncafe.com. Cheonae Kim: Giving Back, Varsity Center for the Arts, Varsity Gallery, Carbondale; through end of January; 618-457-5100. Maturity and Its Muse: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; Mitchell Museum Main Gallery; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org. The History of Jefferson County: Highlights from the Jefferson County Historical Society and Village, Mitchell Museum’s Beal Grand Corridor Gallery, Cedarhurst, Mount Vernon; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org.
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Marching to Appomattox: The Footrace that Ended the Civil War, The Beck Family Center Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; through Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org. Shrode Photography Competition Exhibit: The Shrode Art Center Regenhardt Gallery, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; until Dec. 31; www.cedarhurst.org. Transformation: Paintings by Linda Hostalek, 9 a.m.5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Central Showcase, offices of Realty Central, Murdale Shopping Center, Carbondale; through Dec. 31. Dr. Leo Gadzepko and Jessica Edmond: Fern Fair Gallery, 8609 Giant City Road, Carbondale; through end of December; 618-529-3376; www.fernfair.com. Red Rock Landscapes: Tribeca Gallery, downtown Paducah; photographer Larry Heavrin; through Jan. 11; 270-898-6056 or heavrin@ mchsi.com. Skirting Convention: Illinois Women Artists, 18401940: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday
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through Saturday and noon5 p.m. Sunday, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, through Jan. 16; Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Feb. 10 through March 18. Includes works by Anna artist Amy Kirkpatrick and Southern Illinois artist Maude Parmley Craig. Janet Bixler: Paintings, Harrisburg District Library; through Feb. 5; sale. Creative Visions: Features the work of ceramic artist Greg Gibbs, woodworker Joe Landon, sculptor Darren Miller, glass artist Michelle Rial, painter Nina Weiss and jewelry artist Sandra Wilcoxon, The Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; free; through March 15; 618-629-2220. The Legacy of Katherine Kuh: Building the University’s Art Collection, University Museum, SIU; Katherine Kuh, Chicago art connoisseur, art critic for the Saturday Review and gallery owner purchased art for SIU including some of the major artists of the 20th century; through May 11; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388.
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From Humble Beginnings: Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861: Illinois State Museum at Rend Lake presents Part II of an original exhibition exploring aspects of the state that Lincoln called home, The Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center, Whittington; through May 13; 618-6292220. Ongoing art exhibit: Photographs of Juhree Veach, mosaics from Janet Altoff and sculpture from Tom Horn, StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-8939463 or www.starview vineyards.com. Jo Loomis: Williamson County Pavilion, Marion; paintings; 618-889-5330 or vanjol@frontier.com.
Reception New Year’s Eve Art Exhibition: The Paducah Wastelanders’ reception and party, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, The Yeiser Art Center, downtown Paducah; exhibit also open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 6-7; free; 270-442-2453; info@the yeiser.org; www.theyeiser.org.
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‘Weekend in Murphysboro’ photos back on display, sale CARBONDALE — A collection of photos documenting a weekend in the life of Murphysboro are now on display at University Mall. The photos were taken during a 2009 workshop sponsored by SIU Carbondale’s College of Mass Communications and Media Arts. Students were joined by professional media photographers to create a unique learning experience and an artistic source of pride for the community. The exhibit will remain on display at the mall through Jan. 1. Through the past few years, it has moved from
site to site in the community, allowing people to see the students’ work. A book collecting the photos was also produced, and new copies have been released to the city of Murphysboro for sale. Those in need of a last minute holiday gift can pick up a copy for $20 at the Daum Administrative Building, 1101 Walnut St. during business hours. Those wishing to purchase a copy but unable to make it there can call 618-534-0226 or email bbdallasx2@ yahoo.com to make special arrangements. — Adam Testa
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Doman’s work accepted into NY museum
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with a strong and angular style and have received enthusiastic responses since her first exhibition in Chicago in 1993. That character of her style drew the Whitney’s attention to a 16-by-20inch acrylic-on-canvas painting titled “Young Ida.” Doman’s 1995 painting was originally purchased by folk art collectors at a one-woman exhibition at the Ricco/Meresca art gallery in New York City. Southern Illinoisans don’t have to travel to see Doman’s work, though. Two of her pieces are on exhibit at the Yellow Moon Café’s Luna Gallery in Cobden. Those paintings show a 15-year-old George Jones and Johnny Cash.
CARBONDALE — An exhibit featuring the works of Cheonae Kim has been extended through January. Kim recently retired from her teaching position at SIU, and before moving to New York, she wanted to “give something back” to the place she has called home for more than 30 years. She’s working with Carbondale Community Arts, which sponsored her current exhibit at the Varsity Gallery, to contribute works to several local schools. “The series of works showing in this gallery are the reworking and the replaying of the original idea that I worked in 1990-97,” she said.
— Adam Testa
—Adam Testa
CARBONDALE — The work of a local artist has been accepted into the permanent collection of one of America’s most prestigious museums. The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City has accepted pieces created by Carbondale artist Eileen Doman. “Our collection has been enriched by this very valuable acquisition, which furthers our commitment and our goal to bring fine examples of Modern and Contemporary American Art to the general public,” a museum official said. Doman is considered an outsider — or self-trained or folk — artist. Her paintings capture the honest spirit of the subject
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Author to host book reading, signing MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon native and author Chris Rainey will host a reading and discussion from his book, “Touching Other Worlds,” next week. Rainey, a 1982 Mount Vernon Township High School graduate and 1987 Rend Lake College grad, was inspired for the book mostly by his frequent visits to a nature center near his home in New Jersey and a special assignment working for UPS. Delivering packages on the upper-east side of New York City for two months allowed him to write while commuting by bus into the city. Rainey is an IT worker, Christian minister and freelance writer. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Gourmet Coffee Shop inside the Rend Lake College MarketPlace on Potomac Boulevard. A book signing will follow the reading. — Adam Testa
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proceeds benefit Thelma Gibbs Walker Scholarship Auditions: For the musical, Fund; advance, $10; at the Cats produced by Artstarts door, $15; 618-303-3860. Company, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday New Year’s Eve All Night Jan. 3 and Thursday, Jan. 5 Gaming Event: 10 p.m.and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 6 a.m., C.E. Brehm Library, Jan. 7, Marion Cultural and Mount Vernon; board games, Civic Center; show dates, card games, miniatures’ March 28-31 and April 1; game and role playing 618-922-1853. games; refreshments; adults only; reserve by calling 618-242-6322. Authors, Books
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Touching Other Worlds: By Chris Rainey, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, Gourmet Coffee Shop, located inside the Rend Lake College MarketPlace, Potomac Boulevard, Mount Vernon; author will discuss and read from his first book, a collection of poems; also, book signing; 201-4820835.
New Year’s Events New Year’s Celebration: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, Prairie du Rocher; traditional French New Year’s celebration; carols; refreshments; entertainment by The La Guiannee Singers; free. Holiday Affair: 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, The Icebox, 227 W. Main St., Carbondale; entertainment, food, dancing; portion of
COMING ATTRACTIONS Dec 31 - Big New Year’s Eve Hors d’oeurves, The Kentucky Opry Stars, Slick Tire & the White Sidewalls, several guests including Doo Wop Group: Blend
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Holiday Events Holiday Lights Fair: Through Dec. 30, Du Quoin State Fairgrounds; drivethrough; holiday tree display, visits with Santa; $8; 618-542-8338. Fantasy of Lights: Dusk-11 p.m. through Dec. 31, Foundation Park, 1616 E. McCord, Centralia; drivethrough lighted Christmas display; Santa visits on Friday and Saturday nights; free; 618-532-3214 Candy Cane Lane: 5-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5-11 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; through Dec. 31, downtown West Frankfort; Christmas lights and displays begin at Main Street past the high school. Coulterville Holiday Light Display: Through Jan. 1, Coulterville City Park; also 400 Christmas figurines; animated displays; walkthrough display; www. coultervilleholidaylight display.com. Way of Lights Christmas Display: 5 p.m. nightly through Jan. 1, The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville; camel and pony rides, petting zoo, rides on horse-drawn carriages, laser show; 314-241-3400, ext. 6293. Holiday Dinners: Traditional Swedish Christmas dinners, 7 p.m. Dec. 22, Hedman Vineyards, 560 Chestnut Street, Alto Pass; advance reservations required for dinner; 618-8934923.
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Concerts much. The lineup might have shifted for a while, but the current group consists of four of the five original members. In other words, the “lullabies” of the title is a bit of a joke. (If you want to be put to sleep, listen to Wilco.) The Headhunters are still a bunch of long-haired Southern rockers who like it raw and loud. “She’s in love with the swagger of my low-hung Les Paul Standard,” goes one number, summing up the essential vibe. If the formula remains largely the same, the group is still getting plenty of mileage out of it — in fact, this is one of the quartet’s stronger, more sharp-witted — Dan DeLuca sets. Riff-heavy rockers and boogies still dominate, but Country/blues even when they slow it down a The Kentucky bit and turn earnest, they Headhunters “Dixie never get mushy (witness the Lullabies” *** lovelorn plea to a stripper, It’s been 22 years since the “Little Angel”). And with Kentucky Headhunters raised numbers such as “Tumblin’ a little ruckus with their highly Roses,” they show they entertaining debut, “Pickin’ on possess more than a little bit Nashville,” and since then they of soul. —Nick Cristiano haven’t changed all that
a new album, “The Dreamer, the Believer,” his ninth and his first in three years. It’s a backto-basics move that finds Common juggling roles he’s played throughout his hip-hop career. Produced exclusively by No I.D., who worked on 1994’s “Resurrection,” the album opens with “The Dreamer,” an autobiographical statement from the “hip-hop romantic” that features Maya Angelou reading a new poem. That socially conscious moment segues into the insistent first single, “Ghetto Life,” a Parliament-sampling, toughtalking, hard-edge street-life story with a Nas cameo. — A.D. Amorosi The album bounces through ELO and Curtis Common “The Dreamer, Mayfield samples and a the Believer” *** John Legend guest Nearly 20 years after his appearance, through joyful debut album, Common has a party tracks (“Celebrate”) and —Dan Weiss burgeoning screen career edgier rhymes (“Raw”). It’s (most recently as a hip-hop not Common’s most penguin in “Happy Feet 2,” and consistent or focused album, Rammstein “Made in also a role in the AMC series Germany 1995-2011” ***1/2 but it’s the best “Hell On Wheels”) and a new Rammstein is Germany’s representation of his widemost crucial band, a standard- autobiography, “One Day It ranging talent. Will All Make Sense.” And now bearer of the Neue Deutsche — Steve Klinge T-Pain “rEVOLVEr” *** You’re forgiven if you dismissed T-Pain as stupid. Didn’t A Perfect Circle already use the album title “rEVOLVEr”? And his tales of boozed-up sex aren’t helped by two outlets for the creepy Chris Brown. But this is the Auto-Tune king’s third straight album to elevate more than half the ultra-dumb tracks with his smart, alien melodic sense. One of the Brown tracks is actually a winner (“Look at Her Go”), and Lil Wayne’s “Thong Song”-esque “Bang Bang Pow Pow” beats their odious collab from his own 2011 record. Other dumb pleasures include an ode to mixed-race girls and a teamup with a barely noticeable Lily Allen. But the master of ceremonies should never again attempt a five-minute ballad about drowning.
Anthony Hamilton “Back To Love” *** Anthony Hamilton is a throwback soul singer with a rich, gruff, manly voice who recalls such rugged ‘60s masters as James Carr and Otis Redding. The North Carolina native isn’t the most exciting or dynamic presence in contemporary R&B, but he may well be the steadiest and most solid. Cowriting here with producers such as Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Amy Winehouse cohort Salaam Remi and James Poyser of the Roots, Hamilton raises his game with songs that don’t stint on the details of everyday life or pull punches, emotionally speaking.
Harte (“new German hardness”) movement, and an act whose singular aesthetic made them as iconic as their countrymen Kraftwerk. Its initial brand of epically Wagnerian melody, industrial rhythmic tumult, and arena rawk — topped with the commanding lyrics of Till Lindemann, an ex-Olympic swimmer — eventually gave way, in part, to softer tones, supple grooves, and tender storylines. Yet Rammstein never lost its incendiary force, figuratively and literally, as the operatic Lindemann has appeared engulfed in flames onstage — the best place to see the act.
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Big News Eve Show: With Blend, Slick Tire and The White Sidewalls, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $10 to $32; 888-459-8704. Sunny Sweeney and Eric Paslay: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, Clemens Fine Arts Center, West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah; $20 general, $10 students; 270-534-3212. — Adam Testa
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Rising country stars building up Kentucky venue COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard
Sunny Sweeney and Eric Paslay 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, Clemens Fine Arts Center, West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah; $20 general, $10 students; 270-534-3212. fter ditching an attempted career in stand-up comedy, Sunny Sweeney quickly became one of the hottest acts in Austin, Texas, the second most important musical battlefield in the country. After her first three singles failed to generate much radio airplay, last year Sunny Sweeney finally roared onto the national country scene with Top 10 single “From a Table Away.” Another Lone Star State native, Eric Paslay, learned the musical ropes attending Middle Tennessee State University, south of Nashville. He methodically and successfully implemented his carefully constructed business model, writing recent Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” and has signed a major record deal with EMI Records. Now, Sweeney and Paslay are two of the brightest new faces on the country music horizon. They will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at The Clemens Fine Arts Center on the campus of West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah. Tickets are $20
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for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased by calling 270-534-3212. The venue is making a name for itself by securing the services of explosive new faces on the country music market. In the past year, The Band Perry and Thompson Square played sold-out shows at The Clemens Center. Sweeney’s love of comedy caused her to leave her roots in Longview, Texas, and join a comedy troupe in New York City. She eventually tried improv with a group in Austin, who admired her vocal skills so much they persuaded her to pursue a musical career. Playing her first real gig at the Carousel Lounge in Austin in 2004, she quickly became a dominate force on a demanding honky tonk circuit in a thriving musical community. In 2005, she was named one of Austin’s “Most Notable Local Acts” by the Austin Music Pundits. Often compared to Kasey Chambers and Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines, Sweeney recorded her first album in 2007 for independent label Big Machine Records. Despite its memorable title,
single was released to radio, Sweeney slipped off to Las Vegas on Nov. 11 and married her police officer boyfriend Jeff Helmer. Paslay grew up in Temple, Texas, the current nesting place for local favorites Wild Horses. He started playing in bands at 15 and migrated to Nashville at 18. He was quickly overwhelmed by the culture and curriculum at the prestigious Belmont University and he fled to Central Texas to lick his wounds. A few years later, he came back to MTSU, where he learned the intricate details of the complex country music industry. He learned publishing, songwriting, management, marketing and promotion. An internship during his senior year led to his first publishing deal with Cal4 Entertainment. Over the next five years he tried to mimic his idols, legends like Johnny Cash, Billy Joe Shaver, Rodney Crowell and Eric Clapton. He knew he could ensure longevity in the industry by being dually recognized as a singer/songwriter. He was waiting with a catalog loaded with solid material when EMI Record Nashville offered him a deal. The current single from his yet to be titled debut album is “Never Really Wanted.” His writing skill is a hot commodity in Music City. Besides the Owen hit, he has cuts by Lady Antebellum and the Eli Young Band, plus the current single “The Good Life” by Las Vegas crooners Donnie and Marie Osmond.
“Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame,” three singles were released from the project and none charted. In 2009, Big Machine Records and Universal Republic Records combined forces to create Republic Nashville and Sweeney was the first artist signed to the label. Her first two singles from sophomore album “Concrete” were “From a Table Away” and “Staying’s Worse Then Leaving” or Sunny Sweeney’s guide to breaking up marriages. “‘Staying’s Worse Than Leaving’ is probably the most personal song on the album. It’s about me going through a divorce, and you know, that does bring up emotions, but it also helps people,” Sweeney says. “There have been people that have come up to me at shows that are like, ‘Thank you so much for having this song. It made me realize I don’t have to stay.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh great, I’m breaking up marriages.’ But it’s a positive way to look at leaving a relationship.” The 35-year-old Sweeney is a self-admitted tomboy. She displays a rowdy side on current single “Drink VINCE HOFFARD can be Myself Single.” Ironically, reached at 618-658-9095 or about the same time the vincehoffard@yahoo.com.
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Wineries Ray Martin: 6-9 p.m. Friday, Rustle Hill Winery
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Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass, www.AltoVineyards.net or 618-893-4898 Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 618-995-9463 or www.blueskyvineyard.com The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery: 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava; 618-763-4447 or www.thebluffswinery.com. Honker Hill Winery: 4861 Spillway Road, Carbondale: 618-549-5517 Lincoln Heritage Winery: 772 Kaolin Road, Cobden; 618-833-3783 Rustle Hill Winery: US 51, Cobden; 618-893-2700 or www.rustlehillwinery.com StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden; 618-893-9463 or starviewvineyards.com Von Jakob Orchard: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass; 618-893-4600 or www.vonjakobvineyard.com Walker’s Bluff: North on Reed Station Road, Carterville; 618-985-8463 or www.walkersbluff.com
WANT TO BE LISTED? Call 618-351-5089 or email brenda.kirkpatrick @thesouthern.com. TONIGHT BENTON Duncan Dance Barn: Spring Pond Opry Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. CARBONDALE Tres Hombres: The Venturis, 9 p.m. WHITE ASH Scarlett’s Music Barn: Country Music Band, 7-10 p.m.
SATURDAY MARION Hideout Restaurant: Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m.
MONDAY MARION Marion Youth Center: Ragtag Band, 7-10 p.m.
FRIDAY CARBONDALE Hangar 9: Whistle Pigs, 10 p.m. INA Ina Community Building: Friday Night
Jam Band, 6:309:30 p.m. WHITTINGTON Corner Dance Hall: Dave Caputo Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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Holiday traditions — every family has their own. For some, it’s waking up on Christmas morning, heading to church and returning home with a carload of young children anxious to open presents.
For others, it’s large family gatherings, often centered around a holiday meal. Many Americans have turned their holiday tradition into a Hollywood one. Movie theaters are packed to the brim by late afternoon Christmas day, with moviegoers clamoring to see the latest releases.
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For those looking for a movie to watch this holiday, here are some new and upcoming releases. Now playing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol: The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in the bombing, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton. Directed by Brad Bird. Rated PG-13. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by a young computer hacker. Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and Christopher Plummer. Directed by David Fincher. Rated R. The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship. But someone else is in search of the ship. Starring
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Dolphin Tale: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap. Starring Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Charles Martin Smith. Rated PG. Midnight in Paris: A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better. Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy. Directed by Woody Allen. Rated PG-13. Glee: The Concert Movie: A concert documentary shot during the Glee Live! In Concert! summer 2011 tour. Starring Dianna Agron and Darren Criss. Directed by Kevin Tancharoen. Not rated. Warrior: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament. Starring Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Rated PG-13. Margin Call: A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis. Starring Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Rated R. Colombiana: A young woman, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. Starring Zoe Saldana and Lennie James. Directed by Olivier Megaton. Not rated. Straw Dogs: A screenwriter relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both. Starring James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. Directed by Rod Lurie. Rated R.
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Director Crowe’s intentions are good, but ‘We Bought a Zoo’ still falls a bit short We Bought a Zoo **1/2
heart. It’s something of a Rated PG for language and sweet-natured slog, peppered, as all of Crowe’s some thematic elements; films are, with pop music starring Matt Damon, the former pop music Scarlett Johansson, Elle journalist loves — from Fanning, Colin Ford, Thomas Neil Young and Bob Dylan to Tom Petty and Cat Haden Church and John Stevens. Michael Higgins; directed Matt Damon stars as a by Cameron Crowe; newspaper journalist who opening Friday at University has made a career out of Place 8 in Carbondale “adventure” stories — hunting killer bees, flying BY ROGER MOORE into the eye of hurricanes. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS But newspapers haven’t got the money for his type of “We Bought a Zoo” is a reporting anymore, so he holiday movie worth quits. rooting for. Directed by the His wife died six months cinema’s last great ago and his kids — 7-yearromantic, Cameron Crowe, old Rosie (Maggie Elizabeth it features cute tykes, Jones) and especially 13young romance and a year-old Dylan (Colin Ford) grownup grieving for a lost — are taking it hard. School love, adorable animals and isn’t working for Dylan. the comically crotchety Benjamin decides to move, Thomas Haden Church. and then he stumbles into The director of “Jerry that next adventure. He’ll Maguire” — whose last spend his savings, his feature film, inheritance and the money “Elizabethtown,” was a he made from selling his heartfelt flop — seems to be L.A. home and buy this taking no chances, pulling little zoo out in the out all the emotional stops. country. They’ll fix it up, But despite all that, re-open it in the summer “Zoo” struggles to find its and run it. That’s their footing and Crowe fumbles future. in getting at the film’s The Mee family soon
discovers it’s no longer about “Mees.” There are zebras and lions to feed, tigers to medicate and snakes to keep in shipping boxes. There’s a competent but dismayed-at-theirclueless-new-boss staff, led by 28-year-old workaholic Kelly (Scarlett Johansson). And there’s a state inspector, played with snotty verve by a measuring tape-wielding John Michael Higgins, who must sign off on whether the place is safe for animals and human visitors. The unfortunate timing of “Zoo,” coming out so soon after the recent exotic animal disaster in Ohio, robs the snake and grizzly bear escapes of whatever fun those gags promised. And Crowe, who co-wrote the script and transferred this true British story into a more generic Southern Cal setting, seems at a loss to get at his “big statement.” The father-son rift plays well, as Damon really sells the line “You’re breaking my heart” to his rebellious, misbehaving kid. But the budding romance between Dylan and Lily, the open-
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hearted waitress at the zoo restaurant played by the wondrous Elle Fanning, feels more like the product of market research than something organic. Johannson has never been more likable in a movie, batting her eyes at the new boss one minute, bawling him out over the tough, life-and-death decisions he won’t make in another. It’s a film littered with aphorisms, some provided by Benjamin’s pithy/ droll brother, played by the perfectly cast Church. “You do something for the right reasons, nothing can stop you.” Sadly, you can’t say the same for Crowe — who always leads with his heart — and his movie. “We Bought a Zoo” with adult themes and dissonant bursts of profanity, doesn’t quite come off as kidfriendly romp, and stumbles when it reaches for emotional highs and lows. When a Crowe film works, it makes us laugh and then makes us cry. “Zoo” rarely manages to do either.
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This ‘Mission’ is worth accepting Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol ***
going cheap? “Ghost Protocol” is the most action-packed, most Rated PG-13 for sequences jokey and self-aware, most of intense action and James Bond-ish of all the violence; starring Tom Cruise “Mission” films. Animation veteran Brad Cruise, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg (“The Incredibles”) Bird creates a “Here’s what I can and Michael Nyqvist; do with live actors” directed by Brad Bird; now highlight reel of a film. And playing at ShowPlace 8 in Cruise, as Impossible Carbondale Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt, sets out to save the BY ROGER MOORE world from yet another MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS Russian gone mad, yet another Russian with You’re going to want to access to nukes and his spring for IMAX tickets to finger on the button. “Mission: Impossible — An opening gambit has a Ghost Protocol.” If Tom slick IMF agent brought Cruise is willing to hang off down by a lethal blonde the walls of the tallest assassin (Lea Seydoux) in building in the world, Budapest. Paula Patton is where do you get off Jane, the IMF agent who
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arrives — too late. “She left him just alive enough for me to see him die.” Jane wants revenge. But she needs Ethan H. to do that. Conveniently, she and her tech whiz pal Benji (a returning and even funnier Simon Pegg) are sent to bust Ethan out of a Russian prison. Bird pulls out all the stops in this opening stanza-wowza, from hiding Cruise’s face (Hunt spends his nights triplericocheting a rubber ball off his cell walls) to the ways Hunt goes off script — comically staring down Benji on the surveillance cameras (which Benji has seized control of), releasing block after block of fellow inmates.
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Tom Cruise stars in the fourth installment of ‘Mission Impossible.’
That rogue Russian, played by Michael Nyqvist of the Swedish-language original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” is after launch codes as part of a mad dream of purging the human race and Planet Earth, mass extinction style. Hunt and his team must break into the Kremlin, which infuriates the Russians. The entire IMF is sent into mothballs
— “ghost protocol.” Hunt & Co. are utterly on their own as they dash from Dubai to Mumbai in an effort to head off global thermonuclear war. Well, on their own with lots of gadgets, of course. There’s a magnetic levitation suit, a computerized contact lens and a magic mask-making machine, for starters. And Jeremy Renner. The
“Hurt Locker” star is an analyst sucked into the mission, where he’ll have to prove his mettle with the rest. Patton (“Precious”) makes a seriously credible butt-kicking spy bent on revenge. Pegg, whose character has to leave his computer behind and take up arms, on occasion, is comically out of his depth. However, our villain is barely sketched in and barely worth the fuss (see: “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” “wimpyvillain problem”). Renner, in essence being groomed to take a bigger role in future “Impossible” missions, is most interesting in his man-ofmystery early scenes — a guy who wonders how this or that Hunt stunt comes off. “Why would that work?” he wants to know as Hunt pulls off some wildly improbable-if-not-quiteimpossible escape. But Cruise makes us feel the stakes here. Hunt shows his mortality and hesitates — looks before leaping — including one of the film’s signature moments,scaling the the world’s tallest building, in Dubai.
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‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ brings it all together in coldly compelling movie starring Daniel Craig as investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist and Rated R for brutal violent Rooney Mara as ace content including rape and researcher and heavily torture, strong sexuality, pierced bisexual fantasy pin-up Lisbeth Salander, graphic nudity and was shot in many of the language; starring Daniel same forbidding Swedish Craig, Rooney Mara, locales used in the earlier Christopher Plummer and films. With Fincher behind Robin Wright; directed by the camera, the imagery is David Fincher; now playing as crisp and fastidious as it at ShowPlace 8 in gets. If there’s something Carbondale missing from this project, scheduled to be the first in BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS a three-film juggernaut, MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS it’s actually a pretty big Director David Fincher’s thing: a reason for being. I deluxe edition of “The Girl confess to having had with the Dragon Tattoo” is enough of this story, these the most coldly compelling characters, this peculiarly popular narrative blend of version yet of the tale sexual violence and serial dreamed up by the late slaughter. Around the time Stieg Larsson, whose of “Zodiac” (2007) Fincher “Millennium” trilogy of spoke to various pulp novels remains the interviewers about that time-killer of choice in story’s real-life subject and airports, elevated trains his interest in filming a and, when the weather’s mystery with no satisfying right, beaches around the conclusion, and as few world. audience-baiting impulses Every composition, as possible. He said also musical note, furtive that after “Zodiac” (a glance and glint of metal financial disappointment (whether a nipple ring or worldwide, as well as gleaming instrument of Fincher’s most interesting torture) serves a story film) no one needed to purpose or adds another make another serial killer chilly textural detail. As movie. Ever. with Fincher’s “Se7en” Unless there’s a big pile and “Zodiac,” we’re in the of money in it, that is. In land of rampant book and film form, psychopathology in a “Dragon Tattoo” speaks a world nearly beyond universal language: Sick saving. This was the atmosphere of “The Social thrills from a moral highground position. Craftily Network,” Fincher’s condensed into 158 previous film, as well. minutes, the adaptation by Except that Facebook Steven Zaillian maximizes founder Mark Zuckerberg was only making a killing, the relationship, first as wary colleagues, then, not actually killing. briefly, as lovers, between Larsson’s novels have Blomkvist and Salander. already been filmed, in Swedish, in three separate They go about nailing a killer of women, and features (shrewdly acted, solving the riddle of a indifferently directed). teenaged girl’s Fincher’s Englishdisappearance decades language production,
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ***
earlier. All roads, icy and grim, lead to a rich extended family led by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), whose relatives, living on the same remote island, have a tremendous amount to hide including Nazism, neo-Nazism and hideous personal peccadillos. By the end, “Silence of the Lambs” style, we’re trapped in the lair of the worst of the worst. The film is beautifully cast. Supporting ringers such as Plummer, Steven Berkoff (a business associate), Stellan Skarsgard (one of the relations) and Robin Wright (as Blomkvist’s magazine colleague and lover) evoke persuasive shades of righteousness and evil, depending, in a workable melange of Scandinavian and British dialects. Craig’s journalist serves as the humble, purposeful backdrop to Mara’s more outre character. A true survivor, Salander’s no more dimensionally “human” than was Anton Chigurh in “No Country For Old Men,” but like Chighurh, she’s born for the movies — a story hook unto herself. Whether one just admires the picture or truly digs it will probably be determined within 30 seconds of the openingcredits sequence. I resist its assaultive glamour, as it morphs from black-liquid bodies melding together to fires being ignited. It’s done in a way designed to elicit a Wow. Cool. “Dragon Tattoo” knows precisely how to achieve its look, rhythm, sound and spirit. It’s extremely well made by a genuine and reliable talent.
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World War II-vintage tank and a Triumph TR3, the freelance journalist and Rated PG for adventure his intrepid dog Snowy are action violence, some well-known figures with drunkenness and brief an eye for trouble. And being modestly famous smoking; starring the voices of Jamie Bell, Daniel doesn’t keep them out of danger. Craig, Andy Serkis, Toby One of the great conceits Jones, Simon Pegg and of the Herge comic book Nick Frost; directed by this is based on is that Steven Spielberg; now Snowy, a white Wire Fox playing at University Place Terrier, is usually a couple of clues ahead of his 8 in Carbondale master. Not being able to talk, Snowy has to wait for BY ROGER MOORE Tintin (voiced by Jamie MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS Bell) to figure out that the model sailing ship he “The Adventures of bought from a street Tintin” is the “Raiders of vendor has a hidden clue the Lost Ark” sequel in it, a clue to the lost Steven Spielberg might have made if he hadn’t felt treasure of that very ship — the Unicorn. the need to keep Shia A pushy American wants LaBeouf on the payroll. A rollicking, breezy motion- the model, and a conniving professor type capture animated romp, (Daniel Craig). And before Spielberg & Co. have Tintin can figure out why, adapted the comic book bullets are flying and he character Tintin in a way and the dog and a sea that avoids all that worry captain (Andy Serkis) with about killing stuntmen a serious weakness for and all that fuss about drink are on the run, off obeying the laws of on the search for clues. physics. In this world, datable to Daring escapes from a freighter, a seaplane, the mid-1950s thanks to stranding in a desert and a the presence of a Jeep, a
chase by tank will conjure up fond memories of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” And the funny way the dog is used brings to mind “Wallace and Gromit.” The trio of Brits who scripted this ensure that the Belgian Herge’s character becomes much more British and flippant. “Mrs. Finch,” Tintin informs his landlady, “a man’s been shot on our doorstep!” “Not again.” Co-writer Edgar (“Shaun of the Dead”) Wright’s biggest contribution may have been landing his pals Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as the voices of matching INTERPOL inspectors who help Tintin in his quest. The gunplay may be plentiful, but the oaths are goofy and mild (“Great SNAKES!”). The bursts of drunken ineptitude from Captain Haddock and action beats that remind one of everything from “Pirates of the Caribbean” to Indiana Jones’s greatest hits don’t obscure what is, at its heart, a ripping good adventure yarn.