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welcomed if accompanied by an adult; 618-242-6322; www. Two-day book sale: mtvbrehm.lib.il.us 1-6 p.m. Saturday, July 26 Living Color Living United and 1-7 p.m. Monday, July 5K: 9 a.m., Saturday, 28, Herrin Library, 120 N. Aug. 2, Veterans Memorial 13 St.; all items marked 25 Park, Mount Vernon; sponcents; funds raised support sored by United Way of South the library’s history room, Central Illinois; www.uwsci. large print books, summer reading program, digital book org/color; 618-242-8000 West African Drum and uploads, computer upgrades; Dance Class: 3:30 p.m. 618-942-6109. Saturday, Aug. 2, Willow Street Studios, 205 W. Willow Comedy St., Carbondale; $20/$15; The Carbondale dancewillow@gmail.com Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, AKC Dog Show: By the Hangar 9, Carbondale; Crab Orchard Kennel Club, 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday13, Carbondale; see The Sunday, Aug. 2-3, The Carbondale Comedians on Pavilion, Marion; $5; 10 and Facebook under, free; www.onofrio.com; www.craborchardkennelclub. Events org; president@craborchardFamily Night in The Park: kennelclub.org 5-9 p.m. Friday, July 25, park, Saline Masonic Lodge Pinckneyville; food, activities Car and Truck Show: for the family, magic show, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, donut-eating contest; 618Aug. 9, lodge, 736 S. Fly Ave., 357-8231; ci.pinckneyville. Goreville; registration fee, il.us/annual-events $15; music by the Big Elvis Hip Hop 5K Run/Walk: To Rock-n-Roll Show; silent benefit the International Hip auction; trivia games; 618Dysplasia Institute, 8 a.m. 922-5995; 618-694-6976 Saturday, July 26, Herrin football field; $30; free, halfFestivals mile Fun Run for kids 12 and Hummingbird Festival: younger begins after 5K; 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 618-889-3886; hiphop5kmaci 26, Lindgren Home, Nine @gmail.com Wishes Road, Golconda; see Game Day: For adults, birds up close; information; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, kids’ activities; T-shirts, July 26, CE Brehm Memorial feeders and accessories; Public Library, 101 S. 7th bring chairs and drinking St., Mount Vernon; board water; no public restrooms; games, card games, 618-521-0789 miniatures games and roleCobden Peach Festival: playing games; children are 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug.
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1-2, Cobden Community Park, Locust Street; carnival, queen contest, food, peach cobbler, bingo, race, music; parade, 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 618-8932425; www.cobdenil.com Corn Fest: 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, Charter Oak Schoolhouse, 9272 Schuline Road, Sparta; dinner, tours of the eight-sided schoolhouse, country store and period music; 618-826-2667 St. Andrew School Festival: 4-11 p.m. FridaySaturday, Aug. 8-9; dinner, 4 p.m., Knight’s of Columbus Hall, Murphysboro; kids’ games, outdoor concessions, bingo, entertainment, St. Andrews School, 723 Mulberry St., Murphysboro; 618-971-7091; 618-687-2013; saintandrew-school.org
Films They Will Endure: Documentary on the history of Pope County; broadcast, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 24, WSIU-TV Channel 8; video documents Pope County from the late 1700s through 1937; 618-771-2348 Fabulous Fashionistas: Hosted by Elaine Ramseyer, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, Longbranch Cafe & Bakery, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; documentary follows six women with an average age of 80 who are determined to look fabulous; part of the Sustainable Living Film Series; 618-529-5044
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House: 1:30-3:30 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 26; 1847 home at 102 S. Main St., Jonesboro; free but donations welcome; also conduct research on local history or genealogy; Lincoln Museum Room features information on Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1858 in Jonesboro; 618833-8745, 618-697-1870 or 618-833-3228 Historical bus tour: Featuring information on the Herrin Massacre, 9:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26; massacre of miners and guards at the Lester strip mine in 1922 became known as Bloody Williamson; www. herrinmassacretour.com; 618-751-2924 Battle of Champion Hill: Presentation by Glen Bishop, 7 p.m. Monday, July 28, General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; director@ loganmuseum.org
Theater/Performance Wade Benson: Cajun, traditional country, Western swing, gospel, 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 25, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $35, show and dinner; www.thegatheringplaceoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726 McLeod Summer Playhouse: Anything Goes, 7:30 p.m. WednesdaySaturday, July 30-Aug. 2 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, McLeod Theater, SIU; adults, $16; students, $8; playhouse. siu.edu; 618-453-6000
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All things peach featured at Cobden fest OBDEN — The 77th C Cobden Peach Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1 and 2, at Cobden Community Park on Locust Street. The festival features a carnival with rides and games, queen contest, food, peach cobbler, bingo and spin and win for peaches. Most of the activities at the park will start at 5 p.m. both days. The entertainment for Friday will be Fast Eddie’s DJ & Karaoke; Diamond Dogs, will play Saturday. The Union County Museum will have a special photo exhibit on the 1964 Cobden Appleknockers, the basketball team that placed second in the state. The museum and its general store Appleknocker Street will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The Cobden Runner’s/ Walker’s Club will host its annual Cobden Peach Festival 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run starting at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the park. The Peach Festival parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Alligator and the Blue Fox on Oak Street will host a meet-and-greet featuring members of the 1964 Appleknockers from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2. In conjunction with the Peach Festival, the anthill gallery on North Front Street will feature glass mosaics by Janet Althoff and art work by Sue Spurlock. For more information, call 618-893-2425 or visit the village webpage at www.cobdenil.com. The Southern —
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Keep it fresh and healthy! WSIU Healthy Kids Literacy Van will be at market Old Comrades German Band, Peaches, Melons, Summer Vegetables, Sweet Corn, Local Honey, Salsas, Canned Goods Arts, Crafts, Plants
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GOREVILLE — The 3rd Annual Saline Masonic Lodge Car and Truck Show is set for Saturday, Aug. 9, at the lodge, 736 S. Fly Ave. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with judging at 11 a.m. Awards will be given around 1:30 p.m. There is a $15 registration fee to enter. Goody bags and dash plaques will be given to the first 100 entries. Trophies will also be awarded for best of show in both the car and truck categories. The car show will include music by the Big Elvis Rock-n-Roll Show, a silent auction and trivia games. Food, including fried fish and fries, will be available in the air-conditioned dining room. To register, call Tracy Harris at 618-922-5995 or Ron Almaroad at 618-6946976. The Southern —
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Hummingbird Festival returns to Golden Pond GOLDEN POND, Ky. — The annual Hummingbird Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 and 3, at Woodlands Nature Station, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. Visitors can expect to see ruby-throated hummingbirds because migration of the birds through the area is at its peak in August. Nature Station
Interpreter Brooke Gilley explains “a large number of hummingbirds stop here on their journey south to Mexico and Central America. During this time, up to 200 hummingbirds might visit our feeders in a single day. The festival is an opportunity for people to witness these powerful birds, about the size of an adult thumb, in a fun, learning atmosphere.” Highlights of the festival include hummingbird
banding demonstrations, a wildlife art show, a wildlife sketching workshop, a native plant sale, live animal encounters, local wildlife experts and activities for kids. Admission is $6 for ages 13 and up, $4 for ages 5 to 12 and free for children 4 and younger. Food will be available for purchase. See the complete schedule at www.landbetweenthelakes.us. — The Southern
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Dinner honors high school students interested in the arts CARBONDALE — The 12th Annual All Southern High School Theatre Project Opening Night Celebration will include the Mary Ellen Dillard Scholarship Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 in the Student Center Old Main Dining Room at SIU. Proceeds fund scholarships for students to participate in the All Southern High School Theatre Project, a professional caliber summer musical theater performance at McLeod Summer Playhouse. This year’s high school project is “Anything Goes,” which is presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday July 30 through Sunday, Aug. 3 in McLeod Theater, at SIU. Dinner reservations are $30 per person, $12 of which is tax-deductible. The dinner honors Dillard who was a
Carbondale Community Arts board member and ArtWorks co-chair. She spearheaded the scholarship fund that bears her name and encouraged the talent and drive of young people interested in the arts. She also influenced thousands of young people in the region during her tenure as a public school teacher and principal. Since 1997, CCA’s All Southern High School Theatre Project has offered Southern Illinois teens intense theater education workshops that culminate with professionally staged performances at McLeod Summer Playhouse. For more information and to make dinner reservations or scholarship contributions, call 618457-5100 or email info@ carbondalearts.org. The Southern —
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The Battle at Champion Hill subject of presentation in Murphysboro MURPHYSBORO — Local historian Glen Bishop will present “We must whip them here or all go under the sod together: The crucial Battle at Champion Hill” at 7 p.m. Monday, July 28 in the Gen. John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St. The Battle of Champion
Hill, fought May 16, 1863, has been called the pivotal battle of the Vicksburg Campaign. In this battle, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee attacked the retreating army of Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and defeated him 20 miles east of
Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Union victory led to the Siege of Vicksburg and its eventual surrender July 4, 1863. The battle was also important in Logan’s career. After its conclusion, Charles Dana, a special emissary to Grant’s Army from Washington, wrote
that Logan was “Heroic and brilliant (inspires) his men … on the field of battle, (and) is splendid in all of its crash and commotion.” Dana concluded “few can serve the cause of the country more effectively than Logan, and none serve it more effectively.” The Southern —
Art Events
Harrisburg District Library; through Sept. 14 Anna Centennial celebration of 1954 exhibit: 60th anniversary, Union County Museum, Cobden; through July 27; 1-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Lori Helfrich: North window artist, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through July; 618-998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts.com Paint on the Wall: By Shawn Vincelette, Pavilion of the City of Marion, 1602 Sioux Drive; through July; also the Marion Landmarks Series; 618-993-2657 Joan Skiver-Levy: 24 paintings, Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; through July; 618-303-5266 Revived, Reclaimed Redeemed: Prints and jewelry by Ashley Greer, Du
Quoin Library of Arts, 6 S. Washington St.; through July 31; 618-790-4036; libraryofarts@gmail.com Landscapes of Southern Illinois: Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; through July 31; 618-4575100; info@carbondalearts. org; carbondalearts.org Cedarhurst Center for the Arts: Playing with Scissors, Polly WinklerMitchell; Waves in Black and White, Sandra Gottlieb; Dreaming Out Loud, recent works by Paul Aho; Pastoral America, The Morrissey Family Collections; 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Aug. 3; 618242-1236; www.cedarhurst. org Old & New: Paintings by Carol Good, Longbranch Café & Bakery, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; through Aug. 10; 618-201-6252 Historical Structures: Little Egypt Arts Association Art Competition, Arts Centre, Tower Square, Marion; 9 a.m.1 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; closing reception, 5 p.m. Aug. 15;
618-998-8530 Playful Notions — Experiments in Mixed Media: Clay sculpture, painted furniture, wire sculpture, mixed media vessels, mixed media painting, Southern Illinois Art and Artisan Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; through Aug. 23; 618-629-2220 or mgalloway@museum.state.il.us Staycation: Missy Carstens, local scenes, Latta Java coffee shop, 412 N. Market St., Marion; 8 a.m5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.2 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.2 p.m. Sunday; through August; 618-998-8530 The Art of Description: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; through Oct. 17, 2015; 9 a.m.5 p.m. daily; no admission charge; 618-629-2220
Thursday Night Live: Art, food, music, 5-8 p.m. Thursdays, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Aug. 28; 618-242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org Mary Ellen Dillard Scholarship Dinner: 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, Student Center, Old Main Dining Room, SIU; part of opening night celebration for All Southern High School Theatre Project, “Anything Goes;” dinner reservations, $30; proceeds to scholarship for high school student interested in the arts; 618-457-5100; info@ carbondalearts.org
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Red, White and Blues concert features patriotic music CARTERVILLE — “Red, White and Blues: A Concert of Patriotic and Blues Music” will be presented by the John A. Logan College Community Band at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27, in Logan’s O’Neil Auditorium. Longtime musical conductor Bob Swearingen of Murphysboro is serving as the band’s summer director. “One of the band members suggested we do patriotic music for this performance,” Swearingen said. “I’d been thinking about combining patriotic and blues music in one concert for a few years, so we decided to do it. I think the music will appeal to a wide audience. Most of the blues we are playing is Dixieland blues. It’s up-tempo and light and should be very entertaining.” In addition to being the band’s summer director, Swearingen is a percussionist in the band during the fall and spring. “I enjoy working with the band in both roles,” he said. “We’re an all-volunteer group with around 40 members from throughout the region who range in age from about 12 to over 80. We practice at John A. Logan College every Tuesday night. We’re a diverse group, and we are always looking for new members. Anyone who loves playing band music should think about joining us.” Admission to the Sunday concert is free. For more information about the concert or how to join the band, call Logan’s Office of Student Activities and Cultural Events at 618985-2828, ext. 8287. The Southern —
Bring your grass skirts and party with Boat Drunks at Von Jakob in Alto Pass ALTO PASS — Grass skirts and leis are encouraged as Von Jacob Winery & Brewery parties islandstyle Saturday, July 26, in celebration of the 8th summer VonJakobville Festival. Doors will open at 10 a.m., lunch is available at noon, and music will be provided by The Boat Drunks from 4 to 8 p.m. The Boat Drunks play a ”tangy tropical rock” genre of music. Band
members will be performing some of Jimmy Buffett’s greatest hits as well as many of their own originals. The group has been performing together for over 10 years. Admission is $14 in advance or $16 at the door. Von Jakob is at 230 Illinois 127 North. For more information, go to www. vonjakobvineyard.com or call 618-893-4600. The Southern —
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Learn about West African Drum and Dance on Aug. 2 in Carbondale CARBONDALE — A West African Drum and Dance Performance presented by world-class musicians and dancers is on tap for Saturday, Aug. 2. The performance will be given by Bolokada Conde, Djibril Camara, Weedie Braimah and members of the Southern Illinois West African Drum Ensemble. The performance will start at 9 p.m. at
Curbside, 227 W. Main St. and will cost $6 in advance and $9 at the door. The trio plus SIWADE members will also present a dance class from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Aug. 2, in the Willow Street Studios, 205 W. Willow St. Cost for the class is $20 or $15 for continuing students. For more information, email dancewillow@ gmail.com. The Southern —
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ALL ABOARD Region’s best high school actors take the stage in ‘Anything Goes’
be with her, all the meanwhile trying to avoid his boss,” Alstat said. “It’s a very comedic show and a really serious show at the same time. It’s ARBONDALE — The first something the audience will cling three shows of the McLeod on to.” Summer Playhouse series “Anything Goes” will be presented have brought top-caliber actors from across the country to Southern at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, July 30 to Aug. 2, and at 2 p.m. Illinois to grace the stage at SIU’s Sunday, Aug. 3, at McLeod Theater. McLeod Theater. The final show of the series, which Tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for opens Wednesday, changes the for- students and can be purchased at playhouse.siu.edu or by calling mula a bit to showcase the best and 618-453-6000. brightest local talents in the annual The show is also a favorite of All Southern High School Theater Carbondale Community Arts ExecuProject, sponsored by Carbondale tive Director Nancy Stemper. She Community Arts. described Cole Porter’s music as Among the cast of this year’s poetry, and said the play is incredproduction, “Anything Goes,” is ible and the cast outstanding. Andrew Alstat, a soon-to-be senior “This is really a fantastic show, at Carterville High School. Alstat has and the kids have just put so much only been participating in theater into it,” she said. “I think it’s going to for about a year, but he’s accepted be our best show yet.” a difficult challenge this summer: Watching the program grow rehearsing two shows simultaneously. through the years has been espeIn addition to “Anything Goes,” cially rewarding for Stemper and he’s also preparing for Dance 4 Grandma Theatrics’ upcoming pre- others in CCA. Almost 20 years ago, the organization was approached sentation of the musical “Chicago.” “There are days it’s very difficult,” by a group of interested high school students to do a small production, Alstat said. “I go to rehearsal from and it has now become a summer ‘Anything Goes’ all day and then staple in Southern Illinois. ‘Chicago’ all night. It takes up a lot Through the years, many students of time and requires a lot of energy.” But it’s an experience he wouldn’t experienced theater through the trade. Participating in the Playhouse Playhouse and gone on to pursue production has allowed him to share further careers in the field. Several have enrolled in the SIU Department the stage with the best of his peers of Theater. and develop new friendships. He “They learn more than they could also enjoys his role of Billie Crocker, possibly imagine in this month of a young stockbroker who boards an ocean-liner to deliver his boss’ mis- studying, rehearsing and performing,” Stemper said. placed passport but discovers that the girl of his dreams is also aboard the ship and decides to stow away. adam.testa@thesouthern.com “He’s on this quest to find her and 618-351-5031
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ANYTHING GOES WHAT: CCA’s All Southern High School Theater Project production WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, to Saturday, Aug. 2, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3
WHERE: McLeod Theater, SIU TICKETS: $16 for adults, $8 for students at www. playhouse.siu.edu or by calling 618-453-6000
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Shelter; www.egyptianhillsresort.com; 618-364-8088 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS or 618-996-3449 Sunset Concert Series: Broadway Favorites: Gizzae, 7 p.m. Thursday, Classics and modern July 24, lot 89A, SIU; Broadway songs, 7 p.m. reggae; bring coolers; Saturday, July 26, Anna Arts 618-536-3393; www.stuCenter, 125 W. Davie St.; dentcenter.siu.edu; www. $15; bring a new toy for $5 gizzae.com discount; proceeds to Toys Violin and harp for Tots; 618-697-4396; concert: Performed by vabchlee@gmail.com Polly Launay and Elaine Fixx for Hunger: Will Wilson, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Rock for Food benefit July 25, Schweinfurth concert, 7 p.m., Saturday, Museum, Jefferson County July 26, Marion Cultural Historical Village, 1411 N. and Civic Center; proceeds 27th St., Mount Vernon; to the Marion Food Pantry; 618-246-0033 headliners, The Fixx with Webb Wilder and The guests, The Jeff Pritchett Beatnecks: 8 p.m. Friday, Project; $50/$35/$25; July 25, The Old Feed Store, www.marionccc.org, 111 N. Appleknocker Drive, 618-997-4030 Cobden; doors open 7 p.m.; Red, White and Blues: popcorn, soup and sandA Concert of Patriotic & wiches available; $20; www. Blues Music, 2 p.m. Sunday, theoldfeedstore.com; www. July 27, O’Neil Auditorium, brownpapertickets.com John A. Logan College, Elevation: U2 tribute Carterville; directed by Bob band, 8:30-11 p.m. Friday, Swearingen; free; concert July 25, Egyptian Hills performed by the JALC Resort, Lake of Egypt, 75 Community Band; 618-985Egyptian Parkway, Creal 2828 ext. 8287; www.jalc. Springs; $20; benefits the edu/activities Yesterday Once More: Williamson County Family Celebration of the Music Crisis Center Homeless
Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-549-0511 THURSDAY Herrin Teen Town: 105 N. Benton: Gwyn Wynn Senior 13th St., Herrin 618-889-3651 FIND THEM HERE Center, The Swing N’ Country Hideout Restaurant: Barb’s Place: 206 E. Market 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion Dance Band, 7-9:30 p.m. St., Christopher 618-724-5562 618-997-8325 Carbondale: PK’s, Dana Carbondale Eagles: 1206 Destefano and the Dollparts; Italian Club: 9038 Main W. Linden St. 618-529-9345 Tres Hombres, County Graves Street, Coello 618-724-4610 Corner Dance Hall: 200 w/Tyler Gregory John Brown’s On The SUNDAY Franklin St., Whittington Square: 1000 Tower Square, FRIDAY Marion: Eagles, Wing It, 6-9 618-303-5266 Marion 618-997-2909 Carbondale: PK’s, The p.m. Curbside: 227 W. Main St., Just Elsie’s: 302 Jackson Deciders; Tres Hombres, Carbondale 618-490-1539 St., Orient, 618-932-3401 MONDAY Nasty Nate/Transcendental Derby’s Community La Fogata Mexican Bar Du Quoin: Derby’s Cowboys, 6-9 p.m., patio Hall: 214 High St., Du Quoin and Grill: 519 S. Illinois Ave. Jerry’s Community Hall, Ina: Community Building, 618-201-1753 Carbondale; 618-457-2092 Jammers, 7-9 p.m. Friday Night Jam Band, Dry Lake Campgrounds: Marion American Legion: Marion: Youth Center, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 43 Dry Lake Road, Longstreet Road, Marion Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m. Marion: Youth Center, Murphysboro 618-687-1988 618-997-6168 Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m. TUESDAY Fusion Bistro & Marion Eagles: Russell and Whittington: Corner Dance Benton: Gwyn Wynn Senior Beverages: 203 W. Market St., Longstreet Roads, Marion Hall, The Cruizers Band, Center, Jeanita Spillman with Christopher 618-724-5372 618-993-6300 7:30-10:30 p.m. Gwen Wynn Senior Center: Encore Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Marion Youth Center: 211 SATURDAY Herrin: Teen Town, Country 104 N. 10th St., Benton E. Boulevard Ave., Marion Carbondale: Tres Hombres, Ramrods, 7-10 p.m. 618-967-4635 618-922-7853
of the 50’s and 60’s, plus Donny and the Doo Wops reunion, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Benton Civic Center; $9/$12; proceeds benefit the Pyramid Players; www.bentonciviccenter.com; 618-435-5700 Illinois State Fair concerts: Feature Pitbull Aug. 9, Hunter Hayes Aug. 13, Emblem3 Aug. 14, Steely Dan Aug. 15; fairgrounds, Springfield; fair Aug. 7-17; www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000; www.agr. state.il.us/isf/entertainment.htm Du Quoin State Fair: Foreigner Aug. 23 , Kenny Rogers Aug. 24, Travis Tritt Aug. 25, The Jon Henninger Band Aug. 26, .38 Special Aug. 28, Rodney Atkins Aug. 29; KC and the Sunshine Band Aug. 30; shows start 7:30 p.m., grandstand; The Jon Henninger Band, $10; remaining shows, $25/$30; 618-542-1535; www.duquoinstatefair.net Carbondale Rocks Revival: Sept. 4-6 concerts at various venues throughout downtown Carbondale; carbondalemusiccoalition.
Midtown Pub: Public Square, Jonesboro 618-614-7777 Murphysboro Moose Lodge: 9663 Old Illinois 13, Murphysboro 618-684-3232 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin 618-942-9345 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pinch Penny Pub: 700 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale 618-549-3348 Steeleville American Legion: 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 618-965-3362 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 The Mansion: 1602 Heartland Drive, Marion 618-579-4145
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KENTUCKY Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: Tickets on sale 10 a.m. Friday, July 25; show, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, The Carson Center, Paducah; $74/$54/$44/$29; www. thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444 Stars of Tomorrow Show: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Shawn Klush: With special guests Cody Slaughter, Elvis’ drummer DJ Fontana, The Sweet Inspirations and The Blackwood Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Friday Aug. 8, The Carson Center, Paducah; Elvis tribute; $65/$45/$32/$24/$21; www.thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444 The Beach Boys: 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, The Carson Center, Paducah; $135/$100/$65/$50/$30; www.thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444
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Violin/harp concert to be presented Friday in Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON — A violin and harp concert performed by violinist Polly Launay along with violinist/ harpist Elaine Wilson is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the Jefferson County Historical Village, 1411 N. 27th St. The duo will perform a variety of classical violin and harp duets in the Schweinfurth Museum at the Village. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. For more information, call the Jefferson County Historical Society at 618-246-0033. — The Southern
Lance Miller hones songwriting skills in Nashville
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ashville is infested with songwriters. They blend into the scenery in restaurants, traffic jams and supermarkets, methodically developing their skills and advancing through the ranks, progressing to various levels like professional baseball players. Lance Miller has honed his craft to perfection since leaving the comfortable surroundings of his Fairfield home, where he was a big duck in a small puddle, and migrated to Music City in the late 1990s. Countless hours of pouring out thoughts on a notepad, while locked in a tiny cubicle with a vast array of characters chasing the same dream, paid off
earlier this year when Miller inked his first No. 1 single, “Drink To That All COUNTRY Night” SCENE for Jerrod Niemann. Vince Hoffard A remix of the tune has been released with guest vocals from pop star Pitbull. “It’s pretty cool,” Miller said. “I’ve always felt that Jerrod had the ability to cross over because his sound is so different. It has a unique quality that appeals to a broad spectrum of fans.” Miller will make a rare Southern Illinois appearance at 7 p.m. Aug. 27, in the beer tent at the Du Quoin State Fair. He will be accompanied by fellow tunesmith Kendell Marvel of Thompsonville, who has been writing hits in
Nashville for two decades. The pair of dynamic songwriters will be sandwiched between shows by two of the hottest bands in the area, Murphy 500 and We Got It Covered. Locally, Miller fronted his own band and was lead singer for Jackson Junction, before moving to Nashville. He initially put food on the table with a publishing deal and working as a demo singer. His first big break was finishing fourth on “Nashville Star” in 2004, which stoked his fire to become a solo artist. Although he hadn’t made it as a solo artist, he came close to signing a major record deal as part of the duo The Revenge with Eddie Perez of The Mavericks. “I definitely had stars in my eyes at one time, and it took a long time before I was ready to throw in the towel,” Miller said. “In
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2009, I decided I was a songwriter, not an artist.” It was through “Nashville Star” that Miller met The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett), during a qualifying round at the Wildhorse Saloon. This long partnership ultimately led to a contract with StyleSonic Publishing, owned by Tim McGraw. Miller said he learned early to schedule as many co-writing sessions as possible with individuals with a proven track record. “I got a lot of good advice from the start. Kim Williams has written a ton of hits and he told me to ‘Write up,’ which means to spend time with quality writers that can teach you a few things,” Miller said. “Another great writer, Bob DiPiero, told me to ‘Show up and write.’ You have to exercise your writing muscle every day. If you are lucky, you will write a really good song four or five times in a year.” Miller said he would never have been able to maneuver through the Nashville maze had it not been for the help of high profile singer/songwriters like Randy Houser, Chris Young, Jamey Johnson and Craig Campbell. Soon after going to work for McGraw, Miller and Neimann co-wrote a song that may have saved their career. “Tim put a hold on the very first song that we wrote. He recorded it, but never used it,” Niemann says. “To us, it was like having a No. 1 because we both literally had so little going on. Just to have that song on hold inspired us to write all this other music and really set the tone for the sound we have today.” Miller said Neimann
makes it sound like they were both rookie songwriters when they went to work for McGraw.” “It wasn’t like Jarrod had just showed up in town. He had already written two giant hits for Garth Brooks,” Miller said. Although the tune “Bartenders and Guitar Benders” has never been released by any artist nationally, Miller is confident the tune will someday find its way onto the charts. “The Dixie Chicks found ‘Tonight, The Heartache’s On Me’ after it had been laying on a shelf for 14 years. They don’t spoil. It will be a diamond in the rough for someone,” he said. Miller has several irons in the fire. He has a song, “Old Back in the New School,” on the latest Justin Moore album. He has high expectations for “Sirens,” a tune on the new Lee Brice album. “I don’t miss chasing the dream, but its fun watching your friends do it. Hopefully, they will hit it out of the park with a song I helped create,” Miller said. Artists like to co-write on the tour bus as they travel from show to show. Miller said he was pleasantly surprised recently when he traveled to a festival with Justin Moore and discovered a bus carrying Kendell Marvel and Josh Turner and a third bus hauling David Lee Murphy of Herrin and Randy Houser all pulling in the parking lot at virtually the same time. VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@yahoo. com.
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‘Lucy’ is an ambitious popcorn popper Lucy whimper in fear. And that’s before she realizes what his associate, “The Limey” (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has in store. They need to transport this potent new drug and she’s to be one of the couriers. They knock her out and sew it into her intestines. “I’m afraid it’s our business model.” But an unexpected beatROGER MOORE ing makes the drug leak MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS into her system, and that’s After a decade when the when Lucy starts to discover how “limitless” her only person to take her seriously was Woody Allen, potential truly is. That “We only use 10 Scarlett Johansson seems to have found her groove of percent of our brain” stuff, late, with the new actioner basically recycled from the Bradley Cooper thriller “Lucy” as further confir“Limitless,” is delivered mation of her niche. by Morgan Freeman in a She’s been a pokerlecture in Paris, while Lucy faced Russian comic book heroine in “The Avengers” struggles to survive Taipei long enough to get on a universe, a murderously humorless alien in “Under plane to meet him. Johansson gets a marthe Skin” and a voice a guy velous, simple phone call could fall in love with in scene where she tells her “Her.” And that’s the polished skill-set she brings to mother, “I feel everything “Lucy,” a vulnerable college — space, time ... the rotastudent whose poor choice tion of the Earth, the heat leaving my body.” And in beaus gets her tangled up with a Korean/Taiwan- that’s just the beginning. Big numbers on the screen ese mob about to unleash tell us when she clears 20 an irresistible new drug percent brain usage, 40 on Europe. Lucy resists the pleas of percent and so on. French action auteur Richard (Pilou Asbaek) to deliver this briefcase, so he Luc Besson, who turned just handcuffs it to her and to producing with the “Transporter” and “Taken” sends her in to meet her movies, mounts a dazzling fate with Mr. Jang (Minfast-motion car chase sik Choi). through Paris and scintilJang’s bloody hands lating Scar-Jo slo-mo and the bodies he steps faceoffs with legions of bad over to get to her make
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guys in this insanely ambitious popcorn popper. Effects get across the evolved state Lucy is headed for, and simple, comical intercuts of animal kingdom footage show leopards hunting gazelles and the like, just to underline the predatory nature of Lucy’s first encounters with the bad guys. Amr Waked plays a befuddled French cop caught up in her quest, and things turns deliriously silly and metaphysical as the film veers into Johnny Depp “Transcendence” omnipotence. But Johansson never wavers, never varies the confident, robotic monotone that Lucy adapts as she controls her mind, her body and then others, and finally gravity and physics itself. She lets her hair fall, strategically, over her right eye and doesn’t blink or wrinkle her short skirts as she guns down or psychokinetically punches out or levitates the bad guys. It’s not a great performance, just a perfectly consistent one. Besson’s script may let her (and Freeman) down in the third act, but the 89 minute-long “Lucy” is so brisk it’ll give you whiplash. Even marginal thrillers benefit from a director and star who have a sense of urgency and are as hellbent as this on not overstaying their welcome.
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Toronto 2014: Reitman, Baumbach and Rock to premiere new films Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” and Levy’s “This Is Where I Leave You.” The list also contained New movies from some less expected veteran directors such names. Chris Rock will as Jason Reitman, Noah bring a rare directorial Baumbach and Shawn effort, “Top Five” (forLevy — not to mention merly known as “Finally the work of some less Famous”), about a comedy expected filmmaking actor who tries to go dratypes — will make their matic that stars — who world premieres at the Toronto International Film else? — Kevin Hart. The noted playwright Festival when it kicks off this September, organizers Israel Horovitz will, at 75, make his feature directosaid Tuesday. rial debut with “My Old The Canadian confab, Lady,” a story of an inherconsidered a key early stop for autumn hopefuls ited apartment and an unwanted guest; it stars and awards contenders, Kevin Kline and another made its first round of veteran who always seems announcements Tuesday to be up to new tricks, morning. Highlighting Maggie Smith. the slate are world preAnd the actor Chris mieres of Reitman’s “Men, Evans, who while trying to Women & Children,”
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save the world as Captain America also found time to direct and star in a new movie, will bring that film, titled “Before We Go,” to the festival. The movie is a drama about a woman who misses her train and ends up in an urban underbelly. Alice Eve stars alongside Evans. Toronto can be a place where some beloved North American filmmakers help kick off their new releases — and, if things go right, a hefty awards campaign to go with it. Baumbach, Reitman and Levy all fit that bill. Baumbach, who last year had a breakout with “Frances Ha,” will come to the festival with “While We’re Young,” a story of two contrasting couples
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and the effect their lives have on one another; Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Driver star. Reitman’s “Men” marks a return for the Toronto favorite after his turn to harder core drama with last year’s “Labor Day.” Based on Chad Kultgen’s controversial novel, Reitman new movie looks at modern sexual mores and how they reverberate through the lives of parents and children. It features a rather unexpected star, Adam Sandler. Levy, best known for directing the “Night at the Museum” franchise (a third movie comes out later this year), marks a shift to more relationshipbased drama with a look at a family that comes together in trying circumstances, based on Jonathan Tropper’s novel and starring Jason Bateman. Levy is not the only studio director mixing things up. Comedy maestro David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashers”) will present the world premiere of his coming-home legal dramedy “The Judge” starring Robert Downey Jr. And longtime helmer Ed Zwick, not particularly known for fact-based drama, will premiere “Pawn Sacrifice,” his story about Bobby Fischer as the chess champion gets ready to face off against
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky. Though carrying a reputation for awardsready fare, a number of commercially minded movies will make their world or North American premieres at Toronto as well, including “Good Kill,” “Gattaca” director Andre Niccol’s story of a drone pilot that reunites him with star Ethan Hawke (that’s a North American premiere), and Antoine Fuqua’s “The Equalizer,” the Denzel Washington-starring revival of Robert Woodward 1980’s TV series (that’s a world premiere). Some European and Asian directors will be on the docket as well, with films that include “The Riot Club, the new movie from “An Education” director Lone Scherfig, “Breakiup Buddies” from the Chinese up-and-comer Ning Hao and “Samba,” the world premiere of a movie that reunites the directors of the French breakout “Intouchable,” Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, with actor Omar Sy. Some other notable world premieres include veteran producer Bill Pohlad directing “Love and Mercy,” a fact-based tale of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, with Paul Dano and John Cusack playing the singer young
and old(er). Jean-Marc Vallee will bring “Wild,” his Reese Witherspoon-starring adaptation of the bestselling survival memoir, to the festival after debuting his “Dallas Buyers Club” there last year. Screenwriter Dan Gilroy makes his directorial debut “Nightcrawler,” an L.A. noir that will see Jake Gyllenhaal return to TIFF after bringing two films to the gathering last year. Longtime film and TV creator Richard LaGravenese marks his entry to the alternative-romance genre with “The Last Five Years” (the upcoming “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” and “What If” also fit the bill). And James Gandolfini’s final film role will be on display in “The Drop,” a crime drama starring Tom Hardy that marks the feature screenwriting debut of Dennis Lehane; it is directed by Michael Roskam (“Bullhead”). A number of indie stalwarts will roll out new movies, including Hal Hartley (“Ned Rifle”), Oren Moverman (“Time Out of Mind”) and David Gordon Green, who after studio comedies such as “Pineapple Express” continues his recent return to indie roots with “Manglehorn,” a story about an excon starring Al Pacino and Holly Hunter (that
MOVIES ART WINERIES BOOKS COVER STORY THEATER THINGS TO DO MUSIC one is a rare North American premiere). Toronto this year is implementing a new policy in which films that screen at the Telluride Film Festival will not be eligible to screen in its all-important first four days. Fest director Cameron Bailey instituted the policy to avoid the practice made common in recent years for Telluride to steal the thunder of some of the season’s biggest films. Last year, for instance, awards and commercial favorites such as “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” all received prime first-weekend slots at Toronto. But not all premieres are created equal: “Dallas Buyers” was a true world premiere, “12 Years” had a sneak preview at Telluride and “Gravity” played both Venice and Telluride. Neither of the last two films would be eligible to play the first weekend at Toronto this year. That policy means that there will be more true world premieres at Toronto this year. It also means some films will choose Telluride and won’t be there at all. Not on the list Tuesday, indeed, are some high-profile awards bait some are expecting to make an early September festival debut — Brad Pitt’s “Fury” and partner Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken,” most notably — but also Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Far From the Madding Crowd.” Toronto does have another round of big announcements scheduled for next week, so expect a few more dominoes to fall by the time the festival game gets under way.
Captain Comics: Graphic novel’s ‘Hercules’ should be mighty hit happy, at 3 percent. So don’t confuse it with “Hercules,” the new movie premiering July 25. For one thing, “Hercules” has actors you’ve actually heard of, like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Hercules, and John Hurt as his employer, King Cotys of Thrace. ANDREW A SMITH For another, the budget MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS is a bit more generous, at If you’ve seen a Hercu- $110 million (according to Forbes.com). les movie at the theater But mostly you should this year, you saw the expect to like the new wrong one. movie better than that That’s a pretty subjective call, especially since I other one because “Herdon’t know you. But here cules” is based on a graphic novel that’s pretty are some facts to back it entertaining. “Hercules: up. “The Legend of HerThe Thracian Wars” (Radcules,” which premiered ical Comics, $14.95) tells Jan. 10, was both a critithe tale of a grittier son of cal and financial failure. Zeus than you usually see, It cost an estimated $70 million to make, according with Hercules at a low point in his life, around to BoxOfficeMojo.com, 1200 B.C. —after the but made less than $19 million. Audiences gave it deaths of his family (by a paltry 35 percent at Rot- his own hands) and the Twelve Labors, but before tenTomatoes.com, while his death (accidentally, at critics were even less
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the hands of his next wife) and elevation to godhood. Which is to say, it’s not a story you’ve ever read before. Hercules is really in the dumps here, depressed and sunk to merc work, his family dead, Hera’s hatred for him — as he is the product of Zeus’ philandering — relentless. As the story opens he’s working as a sword-for-hire along with some other deity-doomed types, heading to barbarian Thrace to train the army of King Cotys. And those companions, because UK writer Scott Moore reads translations of ancient Greek poets for recreation, are all authentic to the era (except one, who is invented for the tale). You have Iolaus, Hercules’ nephew, who had a hand in the slaying of the Hydra. There’s Autolycus, whose father is Apollo, god of thieves, which makes him an excellent liar, cheat,
pickpocket and con man. The oracle Amphiaraus has come along because, well, for the same reason he does anything: The gods told him to. Moore is not above taking some liberties with these characters, either, although it might be that he has just read considerably more than I have. For example, one companion is Atalanta, a woman who grew up feral, suckled by a she-bear as a baby, who became a fierce warrior. She swore an oath of virginity to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, and refused to marry any man who couldn’t outrun her. Due to a trick of Aphrodite one man did, and they not only married, but had sex in one of Zeus’ temples, and so were turned into lions for their trouble. Well, that’s one story, anyway. In another Atalanta sailed with Jason and the Argonauts, where she was prevented from
returning the love the hero Meleager offers, due to a dire warning from an oracle about losing her virginity. Many adventures ensued, but the bottom line for us here is that Atalanta always seems to have trouble in the bedroom department. In “Thracian Wars,” however, she is not only prevented from loving men, but is completely disinterested — she’s a lesbian. But because of losing her virginity to the footrace guy, she believes she can no longer serve Artemis (for some reason) and is searching for death on the battlefield, where she can join her goddess on the Elysian Fields. (Suicide would take her to Hades, of course.) So is that part of the legend of Atalanta? My reading doesn’t take much further than Bullfinch or Edith Hamilton, SEE HERCULES / PAGE 12
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HERCULES: ‘The Rock’ stars in the classic story sides of wars in different tellings, heroes sometimes have demises that are so I didn’t think so. But essentially multiple choice. Moore certainly knows So “Thracian Wars” is the legends better than I, just another take on those so maybe so. And having Meleager follow her around myths — a few thousand like a lovesick puppy kind- years later, sure, but just as valid. of squares the circle. Valid, that is, if a good Then there’s Tydeus. He pops up in some of the story is the result. And Moore doesn’t disaplore, but not doing much point. Not only are his out of the ordinary. In “Thracian Wars,” however, characters distinguishable by motivation, talents and he’s a berserker cannibal! behavior, but the time and I’m guessing “Tydeus the berserker cannibal” prob- place feel very real. And once Hercules and his gang ably isn’t found in any hit Thrace, all kinds of of the Greek myths, no shenanigans ensue. Ready matter how many ancient yourself for sex, murder, poems you read! double-crosses, bloody But so what? Most mythology is chockablock mayhem and, of course, Herculean feats! with stories that contraAll of this is illustrated dict themselves. Names by Admira Wijaya, an and times are transposed, characters flip to opposite Indonesian artist whose FROM PAGE 11
work — probably rendered on Photoshop or something like it — looks painted. And one of the things I like most about it is his restraint. In many of today’s comics, the colorists have so much fun with all the possibilities of computer coloring that they go overboard. The result is pages that are muddy, or scenes where you can’t tell who is stabbing whom, and so forth. Not with Wijaya — his palettes, whatever the weather or scenery, never interfere with the story, and simply enhance the reading experience. Not all of this makes it to the movie intact. The cast for “Hercules” listed at IMDb.com and elsewhere make no mention of two of Hercules’ comic-book companions,
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Meleager and Meneus. And, mysteriously, we do see listings for Hercules’ father, Zeus, and Hercules’ dead wife, Megara, neither of whom appears in the
graphic novel. It appears Moore isn’t the only one who can take liberties with source material. All of which is certain to make “Hercules” better
than “The Legend of Hercules.” Of course, that’s a pretty low bar. Let’s hope The Rock & Co. can take this story to the level of myth, where it belongs.
2014 Participating Restaurants
A family tradition. Pagliai’s has been serving visitors and locals alike since 1968. Known for its famously cheesy deep pan pizzas and pasta, the restaurant also offers delicious sandwiches and specialty pizzas.
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Annex Coffee & Deli Bennie’s Italian Foods BJ’s Garden Inn Café Blend Tea & Crepe Lounge Boondock’s Seafood Co. Bottom’s Up Bar & Grill Centralia House Chuck’s BBQ Courtside Grill Crossroads Coffee Delaney’s On Broadway Egyptian Hills Resort Fat Patties Grandma Helen’s Jack Russell Fish Company Miranda’s On Main Pagliai’s Pizza & Pasta Pizza & Pasta Express Riverview Mansion Hotel & Levee Lounge Sergio’s Mexican Restaurant Southern Que Barbecue Taqueria La Fogata Thai Taste Whaler’s Catch