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z MOVIES z ART z WINERIES z BOOKS zTHEATER z THINGS TO DO z MUSIC z Exhibits Caught in the Sweep of History: Egypt in the Civil War – The Second Year exhibit and documentary now on display, The General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; through April 2014; 618-684-3455; to www.loganmuseum.org Weavings, Paintings and Art Quilts: By Richard Cox, Carbondale Civic Center; during November; show sponsored by Carbondale Community Arts; 618-4576823 The Quilts Of Rose Cox: My Mother’s Quilts, Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; throughout the month of November; open, 1-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday; 618-457-6823 North Window Artist: Kris Killman, The Little Egypt Arts Association Arts Centre, downtown Marion; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; through November; 618-559-7379 Joan Skiver-Levy: Featured at The Sidney De Mont Waithe Studio/Gallery of Centralia; through Nov. 15; 618-3392501 A Photo Essay: Of African Americans in The 1900 Paris Exposition and Noted African Americans in Pulaski and Alexander County in the late 1800’s, Mounds African American Museum; through Nov. 30; 2-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Milana Braslavsky: Photography exhibit, Southeastern Illinois College Art Gallery, Harrisburg;
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Receptions From the Heartland: Photographs by David Gilmore, reception, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, Gallery Space, Law office of Joni Beth Bailey, located at 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; through Jan. 15; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; gallery@jbbaileylaw.com Combined Faculty & Masters of Fine Arts’ Candidates’ Art Shows; Starts Friday, Nov. 8, University Museum, SIU; 618-453-5388;www.museum. siu.edu; reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15; through Dec. 7 Union County High School Art Show: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. Davie St., Anna; 618-8932401 KY
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‘Treasure Island’ opens tonight at Rend Lake College BY NATHAN WHEELER RLC MEDIA SERVICES
INA — Grab t’ sprogs and head t’ Rend Lake College because “Treasure Island” opens Thursday, Nov. 7. There will be sword fighting, pirate songs and even a chorus line devoted to one character’s deranged desire for cheese. “It’s a ridiculously funny version of the classic adventure tale,” said RLC Theatre Director Tracey Webb. “Yes, the pirates are bloodthirsty and dangerous, but they are also hilarious, and you end up liking them in spite of yourself.” It’s all hands on deck for Webb’s 40th production at the college. The cast and crew of the fall play work nightly on perfecting their roles, learning dance steps, building sets and nailing down a British dialect or two in preparation for opening night. The cast was selected in September. Webb said the roles of the characters, while being pirates, are extremely comical. “Treasure Island” welcomes several actors back to the RLC stage, including a duo who have performed together five times. Aaron Dawson, a 15-year-old from Benton, will be playing the role of
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The cast of ‘Treasure Island’ rehearses Monday and includes (from left) Troy Stickel of Benton, Tara Bell Janowick of Johnston City and Vonnie Palmer of Mount Vernon.
Captain Flint, a parrot puppet. “Treasure Island” will be Dawson’s ninth show with Webb and 11th show of his acting career, making him one of the more experienced of the actors and also the youngest. “I have a lot of fun at the theater and I get to meet all sorts of new people,” said Dawson. “When I was younger, my parents asked me if I was interested in acting, so I tried it and I really liked it. ” Dawson said he plans to attend Rend Lake College in a few years as a general studies and theater major before graduating and attending
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ministerial school. Another actor from Benton, John Nalley, will be joining Dawson on stage for his fifth show as the notorious Long John Silver. Nalley has had several starring roles on the RLC theater stage, including the father in Father of the
Bride, Mr. Banks. This family friendly show will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $12; call 618-437-5321, ext. 1467. Tickets are also available at the door if not sold out.
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CARBONDALE — The Stage Co. is presenting “The 39 Steps,” an actionpacked, comedic thriller. It will be performed at The Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 13 and 14; 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 8 and 15 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The play mixes an Alfred Hitchcock film classic with a juicy spy novel by Patrick Barlow and a dash of Monty Python. It is filled with mysteries, laughter and suspense as Richard Hannay tries to figure out why all these people are chasing after him and what exactly are the “39 steps.” The play’s concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 film to be performed with a small cast of four. One actor plays the hero, an actress plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements and two other actors play every other character in the show including
heroes, villains, men, women, children and even inanimate objects. The story revolves around urbane, bored Hannay who makes eyes at a mysterious woman at the theater but returns alone to his London town home, where the woman turns up dead. He is then cast into a headlong run for his life as a mysterious spy organization alternately pursues and is pursued by him. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students with Student Appreciation Day tickets for $5 at the Sunday matinee, Dec. 8. Tickets may be purchased at the Varsity Center Box Office from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday beginning Friday Nov. 29 and one hour before each performance. The box office phone number is 618-549-5466. For more information or for online ticketing visit www.stagecompany.org. — The Southern
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Audition for ‘Disney’s Aladdin Jr’. at the Anna Arts Center ANNA— The Anna Arts Center will be holding auditions in November for an upcoming production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr. Auditions will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 and from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Anna Arts Center at 125 W. Davie St. Performances dates are set for the weekend of Feb. 28. Any student between the ages of 8 and 18 are welcome to audition. All students wishing to audition should prepare a 16 to 32 bar audition piece. Anyone auditioning with a CD needs to have a Karaoke Backing Track only version. Go to www.facebook.com/AA CChildrensTheatre for audition forms and additional information. For questions, contact the director, Hillary Hines at 618-697-8118 or hbhines@hotmail. com. — The Southern
Alpha Gamma Rho brings in the funny to raise money for St. Jude CARBONDALE — A comedy show set for next week features nationallyknown comedians who will be performing at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in SIU’s Student Center to raise funds for St. Jude. The SIU Carbondale chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho is bringing in comedians Josh Arnold, a favorite on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Show and Bobby Jaycox, winner of the Funnybone’s Comedy Competition 2013, along with host Amber Klear of Fox’s “One Mic Stand” Comedy Show. The show will also feature local favorite Patrick Trowbridge of Carbondale Comedians.
Arnold has been described as “combining intelligence with silliness in an original, honest, and often self-deprecating manner. His sharp and unique insight provides a hilarious, occasionally absurd perspective that makes him a favorite of audiences and fellow comics alike.” Jaycox, winner of the 2013 St. Louis Funny Bone Comedy Competition, will prove that some comedians are good looking. Triple threat Bobby is easy on the eyes, performs heroic feats of comedy by night and then turns into a real life hero as a firefighter during the day.
Klear, as featured in Thunder Roads Magazine and Fox’s One Mic Stand Comedy Show, as well as an SIU alum, will be hosting the show. With her spunky outlook on life, she reveals stories about her dog, her medical history, the relationship with her elders and the adventures she has had while riding her motorcycle across the country. Special guest, local comedian Trowbridge rounds out the show with The show will raise awareness and funds for St. Jude. Tickets are $10 in advance (at smithrl@siu. edu) or $12 at the door. — The Southern
Pure comedy that rocks coming to Sparta on Nov. 16 A show described as “pure comedy that rocks” is coming to The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St. Christian comedian and musician Paul Aldrich will be performing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. The presentation has been called “100 percent clean and 100 percent funny.” Aldrich has spent the
last 25 years performing in churches, theaters, comedy clubs and on television. As a recording artist, he has 13 projects to his credit, including the award-winning CD, “Mock & Roll.” His observations and musical impressions have been seen on Showtime, at The Improv and at thousands of events across the U.S. and overseas.
Tickets for the show and dinner are $35, and groups of 10 or more receive a $5 discount on each individual ticket. To guarantee dinner with the show, buy tickets by Thursday, Nov. 14. To purchase tickets or for more information, go to www.thegathering placeoffbroadway.com or call 618-965-3726. — Brenda Kirkpatrick
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Logan College AutumnFest set this weekend CARTERVILLE — The 38th annual AutumnFest Arts & Crafts Show is set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Sunday, Nov. 10, at John A. Logan College. More than 120 exhibitors will display original handcrafted gift items, and nearly 7,000 shoppers are expected to attend the event. “This is the second largest event on our campus right behind Hunting and Fishing Days and it continues to grow,” said Emily Henson, coordinator of special events at JALC and show organizer. “This year, we’ve opened up two additional rooms so we’re able to accommodate 13 more vendors than we have in the past.” Henson said a wide variety of items will be available. “Many of our vendors have been in past shows, but we do have about 30 new exhibitors coming this year, and they have some interesting new products,” she said. “People will find jewelry,
crafts, holiday decorations, toys, specialty foods, purses, clothing, home décor accessories and lot of other items. There are things for adults, children and even pets.” Henson pointed out that the event is good for the local economy. “The vast majority of exhibitors are from Illinois and more specifically Southern Illinois. It’s a great way to support regional artists and craftsmen,” she said. “If people are looking for gifts for family members, friends and coworkers, and they want to buy locally, this will be the place to do it.” A new feature this year is a board on Pinterest with links to vendors who have an online presence. “This will allow shoppers to preview some of the vendors’ products and see what kinds of things will be on sale at the show,” Henson added. For more information, call 618-985-2828, ext. 8015. — Logan Media Services
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COBDEN — Jamaican musician Paul Tucker will be performing at Rustle Hill Winery on Sunday, Nov. 10. He will be performing from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Rustle Hill, which is at 8595 U.S. 51. Tucker comes from a family of Jamaican musicians. He says his mother made it mandatory that all her children learn an instrument before they were 14 years old regardless of what they wanted to do later in life. Tucker says he fell in love with the piano and decided early that he wanted to play professionally. He has spent the rest of his life honing his skills and expanding his entertainment opportunities. He has worked in Jamaica’s hotel industry as a band member with several local Jamaican bands and then had his own group. For the last 23 years Paul found his niche’ as a cocktail and piano bar feature artist at several of Jamaica’s finest resorts.
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As a solo pianist he sings and plays a variety of music. Because he has such a diversity of guests to entertain, he has a huge playlist that includes just about every genre from the classics, to modern rock and, of course, reggae. This is his second visit to the states. During his first visit, last November, he played a gig with The
Natives and played several nights at The Hideout in Marion. When Tucker is not performing, he is creating music at his recording studio outside Negrill and teaching music to students at local schools. For more information, call 618-893-2700 or go to www. rustlehillwinery.com.
CARBONDALE —Singer Songwriter Saturdays are being hosted at Honker Hill Winery. Singer Songwriter Saturdays will begin Nov. 9 and be on tap from 2 to 5 p.m. at the winery at 4861 Spillway Road. All musicians and pickers are invited to attend the Saturday afternoon sessions, and all ages are welcome to participate. The event is designed for audience members who want to hear original music and for musicians who have written a song and want others to hear it. For more, call 618 5495517 or 618-638-8059.
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Sound and Vision concert to raise funds for Summer Art for All CARBONDALE — A Sound and Vision Concert featuring 10 bands and 10 visual artists will kick off at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Copper Dragon at 700 E. Grand Ave. The bands and visual artists are coming together to raise funds for Summer Art for All, a free summer art program for Southern Illinois children. Bands featured include Secondary Modern, Orismo, Leonard The Band, Cherry Street Volcano, The AC Project, After Barbed Wire, Blue Confusion Band, Vaudeville Vagabond
Twilight Twitterpaiters, Loose Gravel and American Lion. As part of their set, each band will write and perform a song based on artwork by a local visual artist. The artists include Lea Heller, Christina Faith, Joshua Shearer, Brian Rader, Brigid McCann, Michael Fisher, Maria Johnson, Najjar AbdulMusawwir, Nikki Ellett and Mike Faris. For more information, go to www.pinchpennypub.co m or www.copperdragon carbondale.com or call 618-549-2319. — Brenda Kirkpatrick
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Bolton performs in Paducah the day after Thanksgiving PADUCAH — Michael Bolton will perform live in concert the day after Thanksgiving in the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. Tickets are on sale for the concert, which is set for 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29. Known around the world for his soulful voice and poignant lyrics, Bolton will sing a mixture of songs including Christmas and holiday songs. His career includes selling a total of 53 million albums and singles worldwide with eight studio albums ranking in the top ten and nine number one singles. Some of his honors include: two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance; six
American Music Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a songwriter, Bolton has earned more than 24 Broadcast Music Inc. and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards, including Songwriter of the Year and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The BMI President/CEO praises Bolton’s “contributions as a global artist and composer of dozens of America’s bestloved songs.” Bolton balances writing new songs with a passion for covering the classics. On his album “The Hunger,” he wrote and sang “That’s What Love is All About” and sang his version of Otis Redding’s
“(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay.” His album “Soul Provider” included “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?” “When I’m Back on My Feet Again,” “How Can We Be Lovers?” “Soul Provider” and “Georgia on My Mind.” Songs on the “Time, Love & Tenderness” album included “When A Man Loves a Woman,” “Love Is a Wonderful Thing,” “Time, Love and Tenderness” and “Missing You Now,” as well as “Steel Bars,” written by Bolton with Bob Dylan. Tickets for the concert are $75, $60, $50 and $40. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 270-443-9932 or go to www.thecarsoncenter.org. — The Southern
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‘A celebration of music’ So-Cal based group Venice bringing their smooth rock sound to SIU Venice
together and traveling in a Southern California-based group, which kind of prepared them for life on rock group; 8 p.m. the road as a traveling Saturday, Dec. 7; McLeod band. Theater, SIU CommunicThe band first came ations Building; $25/$33 together while the members were in high and can be purchased school, playing at Sunset online at www.southern Strip in Hollywood and ticketsonline.com or by then waking up in the calling 618-453-6000 morning for school. In the years since playing on the BY ADAM TESTA small stage, they’ve THE SOUTHERN joined a litany of notable he members of musicians on much large Southern Californiastages, playing alongside based rock group performers like Jackson Venice aren’t just Brown, Heart and Billy bandmates; they’re Idol. family. Many people associate Comprised of two set of Venice’s sound with that brothers, cousins to each of their So Cal other, the quintet has predecessors such as The spent more than 30 years Eagles and the Beach playing music together Boys, but Kipp said and touring the globe. several other musicians Started by Michael and from other genres, Kipp Lennon, the band including Steely Dan, has lasted longer and Rickie Lee Jones and gone farther than any of Elton John, have them really believed it influenced their sound, as would. well. “Other people would “We all grew up with have broken up by now, that music, but people but we’re family and we tend to think of us as stick together,” Kipp said. carrying the torch of the “It’s genuine. We like So Cal sound,” he said. hanging out and making Venice will be releasing music together.” its newest album, “What Growing up in large Summer Brings,” next families — one set of month in Europe. Songs parents with 13 kids and will be released digitally the other with 11 — the in the United States with cousins spent a lot of time a physical CD release
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coming soon. The first release of new original material in seven years is a double album, which Kipp called a testament to the era in which he and his colleagues were raised. Audiences in the Netherlands will be the first to hear the new material, as the band embarked last week on a month-long tour of the country with a 17performance schedule. In the mid-1990s, a Dutch radio and TV host picked up the bands album, “Born and Raised,” through a small European label and began playing it on the air.
The material took off, and the band was invited to play. For the past 10 years, they’ve returned at least once a year, with each concert drawing audiences of at least 500. Venice was also honored with the Edison Award — the Dutch equivalent of the Grammy — for Best International Artist in 2003, beating out competitors including U2 and Coldplay. “It’s not like we’re superstars, but we have a real following over there,” Kipp said. When the band members return from Europe, they have a short break, and then it’s back
Win VIP tickets and and check out their sound! www.thesouthern.com/venice on the road again. The group will be heading to Illinois, where Springfield has become a sort of home away from home. This year, though, they’re adding a Carbondale visit to the agenda, performing at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at McLeod Theater in the SIU Communications Building. Tickets are $25 to $33 and can be purchased online at www.southern ticketsonline.com or by calling 618-453-6000. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will
benefit Carbondale Community Arts’ AllSouthern High School Theater Project. Kipp said the show will feature a mix of their original material and some holiday tunes. “It’s a celebration of music,” he said. “It’s a high-energy show, but it’s very inclusive of the audience and very communal. It’s a great evening for us to spend together.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
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z MOVIES z ART z WINERIES z BOOKS z COVER STORY z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z MUSIC z Heroes in The Heartland Concert: Featuring Heat East, Southern Illinois 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, warehouse, Black Diamond Stars & Steel Guitars Harley-Davidson, Marion; Concert: Starts 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, Benton Civic Strikeforce opens at 6 p.m. followed by Brasher/Bogue at Center; continues 10 a.m. 7 p.m.; $5; free to veterans Friday-Saturday, Nov. 8-9; $14/$22/$25; 615-419-9642; and active duty members with military ID; go to www.bentonciviccenter.com Illinois veterans organiWinter Dance Party: Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie zations; 618-997-4577; www.blackdiamondhd.com Valens and the Big Bopper, Salute to Vets concert: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, Marion 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 10, Marion Civic Center; re-creation of Cultural and Civic Center; the final concert tour; Southern Illinois Homeless $68-$29; www.winterdance Assistance Concert; local party.com; www.marionccc. performers raising funds for org; 618-997-4030 Sound and Vision Concert: veteran’s services; $10/$5; Fundraiser for Summer Art for veterans are admitted free; www.marionccc.org; 618-997All, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, Copper Dragon, 700 E. Grand 4030 Ring of Fire: Tribute to Ave., Carbondale; 10 bands, Johnny Cash, 7:30 p.m. 10 visual artists; bands Tuesday, Nov. 12, Marion Civic include Secondary Modern, and Cultural Center; jukebox Orismo, Leonard The Band, Cherry Street Volcano, The AC musical features a company of performers who will guide Project, After Barbed Wire, you on a journey through Blue Confusion Band, Cash’s life and celebrated Vaudeville Vagabond Twilight music; $35/$25; www. Twitterpaiters, Loose Gravel marionccc.org; 618-997-4030 and American Lion; Jazz guitar concert: By www.pinchpennypub.com; www.copperdragoncarbondal Zvonimir Tot and Isaac Lausell, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, e.com; 618-549-2319
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Nov. 12, Quigley Hall, SIU, Carbondale; $12; free for SIU School of Music students; also Master Class, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, Old Baptist Foundation, SIU; 787-5964681 Music for Traverso: Cello and Theorbo, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, SIU’s Old Baptist Foundation, Carbondale; Douglas Worthen, baroque flute, Stephanie Hunt, baroque cello, Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo; free; 618-453-5832 Denial 3: Rock opera tribute to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, Marion Civic Center; $18-$32;
www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030 Southern Illinois Opry: 7:30–9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, Herrin Civic Center; features Blend, Judah, Worthing 10’s and the Peyton Sisters; doors open 6:30 p.m.; $15; siopry.com; 618-3031471 Soprano Sonya Baker: Coffee concert, 2 p.m. Sunday. Nov. 17, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg; collaborative pianist, Meeyoun Park; $10 Michael Bolton: 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, Carson Center, Paducah; $75, $60, $50 and $40; 270-443Coffeehouses, Cafés 9932 or www.thecarson center.org Coulter, Goot and Wall: Venice: Southern California7:30 p.m. Thursday, The based rock group, 8 p.m. Grotto Lounge/Newell House, Saturday, Dec. 7; McLeod 201 E. Main St., Carbondale; Theater, Communications 618-649-6400 Building, SIU; tickets, 25-$33; www.southernticketsonline. com; 618-453-6000
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THURSDAY Carbondale: Hangar 9, Shiner Tuesday w/American Babies and Little Pizza PK’s, Red Devil Radio/Dirty Streets Marion: Williamson County Fairground Hanna Building, Big Lake Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thompsonville: Lion’s Club, The Swing N’ Country Dance Band, 7-9:30 p.m.
TUESDAY Herrin Teen Town, Country Ramrods, 7-10 p.m. Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thompsonville: Lion’s Club, Mike’s Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
FIND THEM HERE 20’s Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington FRIDAY 618-303-5266 Carbondale: Hangar 9, Derby’s Community Hall: 214 Barnacle Billy & The Zebra High St., Du Quoin 618-201Mussels 1753 PK’s, AJ Gaither Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Herrin: N-Kahootz Night Club, Carbondale 618-549-0511 Husky Burnette, 9 p.m.Herrin Teen Town: 105 N. 13th 1 a.m. St., Herrin 618-889-3651 Ina: Ina Community Building, J Dee’s Connection: 215 E. Friday Night Jam Band, Main St., Benton 6:30-9:30 p.m. John Brown’s on the Square: Marion: Youth Center, 1000 Tower Square, Marion Craig’s Country Band, 618-997-2909 6-9 p.m. Just Elsie’s: 302 Jackson St., Whittington: Corner Dance Orient, 618-932-3401 Hall, Rebel Country Band, Lion’s Club: South Street, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Thompsonville 618-218-4888 Marion American Legion: SATURDAY Longstreet Road, Marion Carbondale: Hangar 9, Club 618-997-6168 H9/Shattered Sound Marion Eagles: Russell and PK’s, Bosco and Whiteford Longstreet Roads, Marion Herrin: N-Kahootz Night Club, 618-993-6300 Husky Burnette, 9 p.m.Marion Youth Center: 211 E. 1 a.m. Boulevard, Marion 618-922Marion: Hideout Restaurant, 7853 Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. p.m. Cherry St., Herrin 618-942Eagles, Salty Dog, 7-10 p.m. 9345 Orient: Just Elsie’s, The Old Country Store Dance Peaces, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville: Old Country Thompsonville 618-218-4676 Store Dance Barn, Lil’ Boot & PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Classic Country, 7-10 p.m. Carbondale 618-529-1124 Whittington: Corner Dance Steeleville American Legion: Hall, As Time Goes By, 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 7:30-10:30 p.m. 618-965-3362 The Zone Lounge: 14711 SUNDAY Illinois 37, Whittington 618Marion: Eagles, Salty Dog, 629-2039 6-9 p.m. TrackSide Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 MONDAY Tres Hombres: 119 N. Du Quoin: Derby’s Community Washington St., Carbondale Hall, Jerry’s Jammers, 618-457-3308 7-9 p.m. Williamson County Marion: Youth Center, Fairground Hanna Building: Craig’s Country Band, Fair and Main streets, Marion 6-9 p.m. 618-917-5230
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COUNTRY SCENE Vince Hoffard ever has the country music industry been more guilty of ramming a lukewarm, cookie-cutter product down the throats of consumers than it is with today’s market. The industry is dominated by a barrage of tunes that all seem to reference sitting on the tailgate of a pickup truck and drinking beer way out in the country next to a bonfire before the mandatory skinny dipping in the creek. Songwriters are giving artists, producers and record company executives exactly what they want to achieve in the form of record sales to a young demographic that has turned what used to be traditional country music into a genre that is actually mild rock and roll. “All the soundtracks are distorted electric guitar. The sound is fabricated in the studio,” said Benton native Bobby Reed, who has been carving out a living in Nashville since migrating to Music City in 1985. “Half of the singers are not very good. They don’t know how to sing in key. The voice is tuned in the studio. There are all kinds of new gadgets that make them sound great.” Reed said he rarely hears a song on the radio that has a chance of standing the test of time like “Statue of a Fool” by Jack Greene, “Almost Persuaded” by David Houston or Ernest Tubb’s classic “Waltz across Texas.” In an effort to keep the
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traditional country music sound alive, Reed has gathered the steel guitarists that played the memorable breaks on these three timeless treasures and countless others for his second Stars & Steel Guitars Concert at the Benton Civic Center. The event begins at 12:15 p.m. today, Nov. 7, and features three straight days of entertainment by the best steel guitarists in the world, backed by stellar vocal accompaniment. Tickets are $14 for today, $22 for Friday and $25 for Saturday. Reed said patrons could call 615-419-9642 this morning and reserve a three-day pass for $50. “This is basically going to be three days of traditional country music, with a little jazz, western swing and gospel sprinkled in to keep everybody happy,” Reed said. The first day of the show features several of the best
local steel guitarists, including Lee Brothers, Carl Kilmer and Rob Arview, but the highlight is a 7 p.m. variety show hosted by Reed, followed at 8:30 p.m. by a Hall of Fame Show featuring Lynn Owsley. Several members of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame will be appearing at the Benton Civic Center this weekend, including Jim Vest, who originated the idea of the hall. He played on both “Chisled in Stone” and “Set ‘Em Up Joe” for Vern Gosdin. Vest and some of his friends will take the stage at 2:45 Friday. Doug Jernigan has the honor of closing the Friday session at 7:15 p.m. and will bring down the curtain at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. He has played for superstars like Faron Young, David Houston, Little Jimmy Dickens, Vassar Clements, Joe Nichols and Lorrie
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2:00 p.m. Larry Dolan 2:45 p.m. Jim Vest 3:30 p.m. Dottie Jack 4:15 p.m. Joe Arview 5 p.m. Amber Martin and Rodney Crisp 6:30 p.m. Lynn Owsley with David Chamberlain 7:15 p.m. Doug Jernigan
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10 a.m. Lee Brothers 10:40 a.m. Fred Rushing 11:20 a.m. Dave Bolin 1 p.m. Tom Campbell 1:50 p.m. Jerry Fessenden 2:40 p.m. David Chamberlain 3:30 p.m. Ron Elliott 4:20 p.m. Dottie Jack 5:10 P.M. Amber Martin and Rodney Crisp 7 p.m. Eddie Dunlap 7:50 p.m. Jim Vest and Lynn Owsley 8:40 p.m. Buck Reid 9:30 p.m. Doug Jernigan
12:45 p.m. Jeanita Spillman 1:30 p.m. Joe Fortune 2:15 p.m. Rob Arview 3 p.m. Lyle Clary 3:45 p.m. Carl Kilmer 4:30 p.m. Lee Brothers 6 p.m. Johnny Arview and Friends 7 p.m. Bobby Reed Variety Show 8:30 p.m. Lynn Owsley
Friday, Nov. 8 10 a.m. Leon Mercer 10:40 a.m. Dave Bolin 11:30 a.m. Cord Fitch 1:00 p.m. Bobby Reed 1:45 p.m. Tom Campbell
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some suggestive content; starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Kat Dennings, Alice Krige; directed Alan Taylor; opening Friday at Carbondale 8 and University 8 in Carbondale and AMC 8 in Marion. BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Thor returns, with his long blond mane, his manly chest and his sense of humor intact in “Thor: The Dark World,” a sequel that hews close to the structure of the 2011 original. The design is brighter and sharper, the jokes are broader and the villainy utterly generic in this bythe-(comic)-book adaptation, directed by “Game of Thrones” vet Alan Taylor. He made sure not to screw up the formula and the tone that Kenneth Branagh set with the first film. He barely tampered with it at all. In a five-minute combat prologue, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) narrates the past battle with the Dark Elves, who sought to control a blood-red vapor called The Aether, which they wanted to use to end the Nine Worlds. Their leader (Christopher Eccleston) is
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buried and that’s that. Until thousands of years later, when the Nine Worlds are approaching Convergence, allowing willy-nilly transfers of objects, matter and people betwixt and between such worlds. Thor (Chris Hemsworth, who seems to enjoy this guy) and his estranged mortal love, Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), must figure out a way to keep this chaos from giving the Dark Elves a second crack at Doomsday. Thor’s evil half-brother Loki figures in all this, and Tom Hiddleston turns his third turn as the character (“Thor,” “The Avengers”) into a vamp. He
downplays his prior villainy “I really don’t see what all the fuss was about” talks up his conjuring skills (“If it was easy, everybody could do it”) and finishes one trick with a “ta-daaaaa!” Portman’s Dr. Foster slaps Thor for not calling “I saw you on TV. You were in New York (in “The Avengers”)!” and melts even when Odin grumpily dismisses “this mortal.” Dr. Foster’s sidekicks the Swedish scientist Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) and the dizzy intern Darcy (Kat Dennings) land laugh after laugh, with Skarsgard a hilarious nude and Dennings a delight every time she opens her
overripe mouth. A bit about Jane dating Chris O’Dowd doesn’t work. The battles include laser-rifle firefights and spaceship dogfights, but the whole thing degenerates into yet another series of epic Earth-shaking digital brawls, the undoing of such promising fare as “Man of Steel.” Still, the lighter touch pays off with Marvel Universe cameos, running gags and the sense that things won’t get serious until Captain America has his own movie. Again. And like the halfvillain/half-brother says: If it was easy, everybody could do it.
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Robert Redford, alone on a wide, wide sea All Is Lost **** Rated PG-13 for profanity, adult themes; starring Robert Redbord; written and directed by J.C. Chandor; opening Friday at University 8 in Carbondale. BY STEVEN REA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
It’s hard to imagine being farther off the grid than the weathered yachtsman played by Robert Redford in the majestic, melancholy “All Is Lost.” There he is, solo on a 39-foot sailboat in the middle of the Indian Ocean, taking on water after a freak accident: During the night, while he slept, his boat struck a drifting shipping container, and a corner of the giant corrugated metal box pierced its hull. Redford’s nameless mariner wakes up to find the contents of his galley bobbing like rubber duckies in a bath. But he isn’t panicking. He goes about patching the hole, pumping out the water — although, with the electricity out,
this is no easy feat. And the radio and radar are offline, too. He has a manual for celestial navigation, and a sextant, which he’ll have to figure out how to use. Written and directed by J.C. Chandor, whose previous film, “Margin Call,” was the polar opposite — clipped, talky, set in the teeming canyons and corridors of Wall Street — “All Is Lost” is as simple a tale of survival as it gets. A man, a boat, the sea, the sky. And all the questions of our lives — how we relate to our families, our loved ones, how we think of death, do we believe in a God, an afterlife — are there to consider. To consider wordlessly, because, with the exception of an opening voice-over and a guttural profanity aimed at the heavens, Redford’s man (identified only as “Our Man” in the end credits) hardly speaks. There is no one to speak to. Instead, we hear the creak and yaw of the boat,
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‘About Time’ borrows from ‘Groundhog Day’ About Time *** Rated R for language and some sexual content; starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander; written and directed by Richard Curtis; opening Friday at Carbondale 8.
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The creator of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Love Actually” wanders into “Groundhog Day” territory with his latest romance. “About Time” is about time travel and how it might be applied to finding and winning over Ms. Right when love at first sight needs a second chance. Who wouldn’t like a second or third shot at making a killer first impression with a potential mate? That’s the possibility that Dad (Bill Nighy) presents to his son Tim (Domhnall Gleeson). The men in their family can sneak off into a closet or somewhere hidden, clench their fists, and wish their way back to a moment they’d love to relive. “Try and do something ... interesting,” Dad suggests. No, you can’t assassinate Hitler. The magic of this Richard Curtis movie is in both the comical ways that gift comes in handy, and in the romantic and emotional ones. Clumsy, awkward Tim tests this out on his sister’s pal, hot Charlotte (Margot Robbie). That’s when he — and we — realize that we could all use a doover, here and there. Fix that first impression, avoid letting a friend or relative down, re-jigger your plans so that a hoped-for first meeting takes place (or is avoided). Make that first sexual
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Tim (Domhnall Gleeson, left) and Tim’s dad (Bill Nighy) star in ‘About Time.’
encounter one for the ages. Rachel McAdams is Mary, the American lass Tim almost meets at one of those gimmick restaurants where the diners eat in the dark. The sparks fly. In the dark. But the meeting doesn’t quite come off. And Tim, a true romantic, stumbles and struggles and plots to get a second chance at his perfect match. “About Time” takes us into the life they might share, and finds ingenious ways to test love and the dilemma of choices as Tim keeps discovering all these “rules” about his time traveling. Go back too far, and she won’t remember you’ve met. Don’t go back far enough, and your troubled sister (Lydia Wilson) will still end up with a creep who
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ruins her life. Misuse this gift and you’re no better than a stalker. Gleeson — he played a Weasley sibling in the Harry Potter movies — is the son of the great Irish actor Brendan Gleeson. He has a winning screen presence and clicks with McAdams, whose gift for chemistry with a wide array of leading men makes her the most underrated romantic comedy actress of her generation. It’s funny that this is her third crack at time travel romances (the little seen “Time Traveler’s Wife,” the hit “Midnight in Paris”), and that, like Tim’s efforts, she improves on things this time around. The film has the usual collection of cute Curtis supporting players, with Vanessa
Kirby hilarious as Mary’s best friend and Tom Hollander killing as a playwright and old friend of Tim’s family who takes the ginger-haired boy under his wing. Nighy gets his best roles from Curtis, and his father figure here is maybe the sweetest performance in his career. As in most Richard Curtis films, things go on too long and turn a trifle gooey, here and there. It doesn’t have the big heart-tugs of “Groundhog Day.” It’s a needlessly R-rated romance that would have worked better as a PG-13. But “About Time” is a most romantic way to spend your time at the movies this fall, a “date picture” about do-over dates that works this time around.
The sun beats down, the stars arch overhead. How he got here, and why, are questions only partially answered by the narration that opens the film. What we know: he is on his own, and he has left loved ones behind, with some heartache, and regret, and sense of failure. Redford, his skin as burned and leathery as someone who has spent years sailing (or skiing and hiking and riding in his Sundance home), delivers a performance as powerful and soulful as it is quiet and indrawn. He is on screen just about every minute, and lets all his vanity go — a hardy septuagenarian gingerly pulley-ing himself up the mast to try to fix his radar, or dangling by ropes and rigging off the boat’s side, or hunched over a book, a can of food. There is incredible tension in this ordeal, this effort to survive, to find rescue, and Redford — an icon of the American film experience for more than half a century now — makes that tension deeply palpable. Those blue eyes have never looked less cocky, less certain, more overwhelmed by the magnitude of his predicament. And in the grander, metaphoric view, it’s a predicament we all could find ourselves in, some time, some place: abandoned, navigating existence with only our minds, and spirits, to keep us on course — or throw us desperately off.