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Miranda’s on Main JOE SZYNKOWSKI FOR THE SOUTHERN‌

‌Thanks to customerfocused service and a popular menu, Miranda’s on Main will celebrate five years of business this October.

The West Frankfort eatery opened during a downtime for the economy but has been able to grow into one of the town’s most visited establishments.

Ryan and Kelly Sieveking started the business as a fitting tribute to their daughter, Miranda, who they lost to leukemia about 15 years ago.

“She’d be at home here,” Kelly told The Southern when the restaurant opened. “I’m sure she’s looking down and saying, ‘Way to go.’ I think we’ve given her something she can be proud of.”

The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers daily specials.

Specialties of the house include a variety of salads, steaks, seafood and chicken, as well as desserts. Sandwiches are also a popular choice for diners, according to Kelly.

Even before opening

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Kelly Sieveking, co-owner of Miranda’s on Main, shares a hearty laugh with some regular customers.

The restaurant was named after her daughter Miranda Mckenzie, who died of leukemia in 1998.

their restaurant, the Sievekings established themselves as mainstays in the local culinary landscape.

Kelly worked at West Frankfort’s Lola’s and says Ryan has seemingly been a cook all his life.

Previously Hungry Jack’s, Miranda’s has been able to carry over a large customer base from the popular institution that closed in 2007.

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Dubois Center Camp, 2651 Quarry Road, Dubois; oppor- Saturday, May 10; www.herrinfesta.com; 618-998-8530 tunities for adults to make art and learn new techniques; $195 covers seven meals, two Exhibits‌ nights lodging at the Dubois Stitching and Painting: Center’s Hickory Lodge and The Art of Faith Ringgold, instruction in the workshop Mounds African American of the student’s choice; Museum, 216 N. Front St.; sillartwkshop@gmail.com; 2-5 p.m. Saturday and 618-749-5256 Sunday; through July 27; Discussion on Modern 618-745-6183 Dialect: American Paintings Civil War 150: Exploring from the John and Susan the War and Its Meaning Horseman Collection by Through the Words of Those Rusty Freeman, 5:30 p.m.

Who Lived It, Morris Library, Thursday, May 1, Cedarhurst SIU; displayed in the library’s Center for the Arts, 2600 Hall of Presidents and Richview Road, Mount Chancellors; presentation by Vernon; wine and cheese Rhonda Kohl, 4 p.m. Friday, reception after; free; 618May 2; author of The Prairie 242-1236 or go to www.

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Saturday and Sunday Student Art Show: Rend Lake College, 468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Ina; through May 2; 618-437-5321; www.rlc.edu Student Art Exhibition: John A. Logan College, Carterville; through Saturday, May 10; 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.5 p.m. Saturdays, B Wing and Conference Center Galleries; 618-985-2828; 618-457-7676 Susan Blakeley Lambert: Harrisburg District Library; paintings, rural scenes and wildlife; through May 4 Master Artists from the Museum’s Art Collection: University Museum, SIU; artists featured include Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Berthe Morisot, Jacob Lawrence, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Max Ernst;

through May 9; 618-4535388; www.museum.siu.edu Artist Trading Cards Project: Curated by Bob DeHoet, University Museum, SIU; through May 9; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388 Cast in Carbondale: Sculptures and drawings by visiting artists from the Thomas Walsh Donation, University Museum, SIU; through May 9; museum.siu. edu; 618-453-5388 Kathleen Cotton: Synthesis, digital collage and poetry, Carbondale Public Library; through May 15; 618457-0354; ext. 315 The Creative Faces of Southern Illinois: Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery; through May 30; hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Wednesday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sundays; through May 31 Paint on the Wall: By Shawn Vincelette, Pavilion of the City of Marion, 1602 Sioux Drive; heavy acrylic paintings; through July 2014; also, prints and mini prints from the Marion Landmarks Series, a collection of drawings inspired by Marion’s past; 618-993-2657

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‘Civil War 150’ now on display at SIU ‌ ARBONDALE — C “Civil War 150,” a traveling exhibit that traces major events of the Civil War is now on display in SIU’s Morris Library.

The library’s Special Collections Research Center will host, “Civil War 150: Exploring the War and Its Meaning Through the Words of Those Who Lived It.” The exhibit, in the library’s Hall of Presidents and Chancellors, will run through May 16.

The exhibit will include special programs and a companion display that spotlights the year 1864 through the letters of Southern Illinois soldiers and their wives.

In a letter written to his fiancée, Hannah Elliot, during the Atlanta campaign that August, Byron Webster, who later owned a Benton drugstore, tells of rebels shooting 10-pound balls with much accuracy, fatally wounding two boys in Company B of the 111th Illinois Infantry. Going into great detail the letter recounts the horrors of war.

The exhibits and presentations are free and

open to the public.

The display traces major wartime events as experienced by the soldiers, freed men and families of the era. The exhibit gives visitors an understanding of how people handled the end of slavery and grappled with democracy and citizenship, the human toll from the war and the wartime role of a president.

One of the special presentations will be by Rhonda Kohl, an SIU alumna and author of “The Prairie Boys Go to War: The Fifth Illinois Cavalry, 1861-1865.”

She will talk about the wives of the Fifth Illinois Cavalry at 4 p.m. Friday, May 2. A reception will follow her remarks.

Darrel Dexter, area teacher, historian and author, will make the final presentation, “The Political Climates of Southern Illinois during the Civil War,” at 3 p.m.

Friday, May 9.

Dexter is the author of “Bondage in Egypt: Slavery in Illinois,” and “A Trot Down to Egypt: The Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Jonesboro, Illinois.”

— SIU News Service

New exhibit features Girl Scouts ‌ OBDEN — A special C exhibit titled “Fifty Years of Girl Scouting in Union County, 1958-2008” will be on display starting Sunday, May 4 in the The Union County Museum.

The display will showcase how a few independent Girl Scout troops in Anna in the 1950s expanded to dozens of active troops in the communities of Anna, Cobden, Dongola, Jonesboro and Lick Creek.

The exhibit will include a 1987 quilt depicting the association between

‌MOUNT VERNON — An art discussion on the exhibit, Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection, will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1 in the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts at 2600 Richview Road.

Modern Dialect tells the stories of American life between the two World Wars.

Rich in varying art styles from Impressionism to Surrealism, Modern Dialect portrays American life through art.

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Stories of social upheaval, economic calamity and political oppression are told through the painted canvas.

The exhibit features 40 artists and 67 works of American Scene and Modernist paintings from the 1930s and 1940s.

After the discussion, a wine and cheese reception will be held.

There is no charge. For more information, call 618-242-1236 or go to www.cedarhurst.org — The Southern

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— The Southern

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Union County (Shawnee Girl Scout Neighborhood) and Otahki Council, scrapbooks made by Girls Scouts who earned Silver and Gold Awards, mementos from Wider Opportunity trips, Girl Scout uniforms from various years, Day Camp photographs, celebrations of Girl Scout Sunday and award ceremonies and other related artifacts.

The exhibit will run through Saturday, May 31; hours are 1 to 5 p.m.

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Registration deadline is today for artist retreat ‌DU BOIS — The registration deadline is today for the Southern Illinois Art Workshop’s Spring Retreat set for May 19 to 21.

The Art Retreat offers three workshops: Art Books, Plein Aire Painting or Drawing and Do Your Own Art Project.

The workshops will be held at the Du Bois Center Camp, 2651 Quarry Road.

Lois Dickenson of Charleston, an amateur artist and photographer who specialized in book maintenance, repair and preservation in her job at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, will mentor the class on Art Books.

Class members will learn basic bookbinding techniques and experiment with altering existing books and/ or creating books in alternative formats.

Watercolor, pen and ink, colored and watercolor pencil, collage, and acrylic paints are suitable mediums for use in the workshop.

John Gabb of Effingham will instruct students in working outdoors in the plein aire painting or drawing workshop.

The Do Your Own Art Project workshop will involve working on an unfinished project or a past idea.

The fee for the retreat is $195 and includes meals, loding and classes of choice. Questions may be sent to sillartwkshop@gmail.com or call 618-749-5256 to register

by Thursday, May 1.

— The Southern

Books‌ Book sale: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, Steeleville Area Public Library, 625 S. Sparta St.; children, fiction, nonfiction, audio books and videos; in conjunction with the Steeleville Community Yard Sale; 618-965-9732 Before He Was Fab: George Harrison’s First American visit, discussion and book signing by author Jim Kirkpatrick, noon-1 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28, Harrisburg District Library; light lunch; 618-253-7455

Comedy‌ The Carbondale Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; see The Carbondale Comedians on Facebook

Events‌ Rend Lake College MarketPlace Car Show: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, east parking lot, across the street from the MarketPlace on Potomac Blvd., Mount Vernon; $10 registration fee; register from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; proceeds to automotive scholarships for future Rend Lake students; music by Hot Rod Nights; 618-437-5321, ext.

1806 or thompson@rlc.edu Old King Coal Festival: Thursday May 8-Sunday, May 11, downtown West Frankfort; music by Skylyne Drive 6 p.m.

Thursday, We Got It Covered 7 p.m. Friday, Emily Clark Band 6 p.m. and 3rd Story 9 p.m. Saturday; also, Fire Department Water Fights, 9 a.m., Coal Miners Memorial Service and Walk of Honor ceremony, 10 a.m., the Coal Miner’s Memorial Park, the Old King Coal Parade, 1 p.m. and Tribute To The Coal Mining Industry, 3 p.m., main stage, all on Saturday; Old King Coal Talent Contest featuring Tom Wallace, 2 p.m. Sunday; www. oldkingcoal.com See List / Page 5

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John A. Logan and horse, Slasher, will lead parade celebrating centennial

3, C.H. Moe Theater, SIU; script focuses on the artistic evolution of Pablo Picasso ‌MURPHYSBORO — The FROM PAGE 4 and the importance of a muse legacy of Gen. John A. in the creation of art; free; Logan will be honored Saturday, May 24, with a 618-453-5741 History‌ parade and the dedicaAs You Like It: Stone Soup Station Carbondale: tion of several historiShakespeare company, 6 p.m.

Railroad museum, 111 N. Illinois cal markers.

Ave., Carbondale, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, May 5, Harrisburg Logan has been noted Library, front lawn Saturdays; 618-867-2203; by some as the founder of Broadway Voices: Screen 618-534-8028 Memorial Day. to Stage, 7 p.m. Monday, May Logan is known by Theater/Performance‌ 5, Southeastern Illinois College many as one of Ulysses theater, 3575 College Road, Directing Scenes: SIU Grant’s favorite officers Harrisburg; free; www.sic.edu/ Department of Theater during the Civil War and students, 7 p.m. Thursday, May events a powerful senator in IlliThe Addams Family: 1, C.H. Moe Theater, SIU; free; nois at the time.

618-453-5741 Musical comedy, 7:15 p.m.

In 1914, Logan’s birthSouthern Illinois Idol Thursday-Friday, May 8-9, The place, Murphysboro, held Contest: 6 p.m. Friday, May Carson Center, Paducah; $35a grand celebration to 2, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. $57; 270-450-4444 or going to honor their favorite son Davie St., Anna; entry fee, www.thecarsoncenter.org and the event drew 25,000 $10; top prize, $100; mail Monty Jackson: Monty’s people to Murphysboro. entry fee to Anna Arts Center; Life In Song: A Mother’s On May 24, Murphys618-534-7026; 904-625-1109; Day Celebration, 7:30 p.m., boro will celebrate the joeyaj08@gmail.com centennial of that Logan Saturday, May 10, The Bullets in the Bathtub: Day with the placement of Gathering Place Dinner Mystery dinner, 6:30 p.m. six Illinois State Historical Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Friday, May 2, Kokopelli Sparta; $35; meal included; Restaurant, Marion; hosted by The Bankesters originally Hospice of Southern Illinois; doors open, 5:30 p.m.; $40 per scheduled for April 26 and Borderline originally May 2 person or $300 for a table of eight which includes show and have been canceled; www. buffet; silent auction; 618-997- thegatheringplaceoffbroadway.

3030 or jvinyard@hospice.org com; 618-965-3726 Our Town: Presented by Cobden High School students, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 2-3, Varsity Center For the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; tickets at Cobden High School for $8 or at the box office the Readers’ Choice Awards nights of performance, $10; 617-893-4031; Ngrossman@ cusd17.com Tarzan the Musical: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, May 2; 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3; 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 4; John A. Logan’s O’Neil Auditorium, Carterville; directed by Nathan D. Arnett; $12/$7; 10 a.m. Friday, May 2, admission, $2 with JALC students, employees and retirees, free; 618-985-2828 Ext. 8287 Musical theater workshop: Free Delivery 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, (On Orders above $8) McLeod Theater, SIU; pop/ rock musical theater selections Live in the Red CoRneR staged and performed by SIU Saturday May 3rd • Tim Whiteford 8-11PM students; 618-453-5741 mon-thurs•10:30-9:00pm•fri-sat10:30-midnight•sunnoon-6:00pm Picasso at the Lapin 611 s. illinois ave., carbondale • on the strip • 529-fatp(3287) Agile: 2 p.m. Saturday, May

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Alan Winthrop (left) and Michael Pierpoint of King’s Battery Cannon perform a gun salute using a Civil War Era cannon during the 2010 Memorial Day Service in Murphysboro. Gen. John A. Logan, who was from Murphysboro, is credited by some as the founder of Memorial Day.

Society markers documenting Logan and the Civil War. This day, modeled after the 1914 event, will feature not just the

dedicating of the plaques, but also a grand parade and an old fashioned community picnic.

Brian “Fox” Ellis will

portray Logan in the parade as he rides astride his horse, Slasher.

Statues honoring Logan on horseback can be found in several locations including Logan Circle, Washington, D.C., in Grant Park, Chicago and locally in Murphysboro and John A. Logan College in Carterville.

The festivities the week of May 24 will also include a wreath laying at the Logan statue in front of the Murphysboro Middle School and the Memorial Day service at Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale.

For a complete list of the activities and a schedule of events, contact the General John A. Logan Museum or visit www. visitmurphysboro.com.

— The Southern

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Cache River Nature Fest offers variety of activities ‌CYPRESS — The 13th annual Cache River Nature Fest will feature a variety of programs, including live animal exhibits and hands-on activities for individual of all ages. The event focuses on the Cache River Wetlands and the area’s unique diversity of plants and animals.

On Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m to 4 p.m., staff will provide information, guided tours and wildlife watching opportunities.

The event is set up around four areas that include Fish of the Cache River, Birds, Native Plants, and Reptiles and Amphibians. Each area includes live exhibits and hands-on activities.

Special presentations include bowfishing demonstrations, programs on swamp rabbits, and bats in addition to close-up views of live owls and hawks from Free Again Rehab.

Throughout the day, participants can view or touch a live fish, snake, turtle and frog, climb into a life-size

Cobden students bring ‘Our Town’ to life

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Located near Belknap, Heron Pond is part of the Cache River system. The swampy area is filled with cypress and tupelo trees.

eagle’s nest or take a taste of Asian carp and see what other kinds of critters live in the Cache River! There will also be opportunities to learn about native plants and take home a tree seedling or bat house for your property.

For those who want to venture out in the Cache River Wetlands, guided hikes, canoe and bike tours are scheduled all day. All trips are on designated trails and will feature

natural and cultural history of the Cache. Food will be available for purchase.

All activities are free; however, proceeds from t-shirts, merchandise sales and donations will go towards restoration and education projects. The Friends of the Cache River Watershed will also sponsor a silent auction and raffle during the day.

For more information, go to www.cacherivernaturefest.net or call 618-6572064.

Southern Illinois Idol contest Friday ‌ANNA — The Southern Illinois Idol Contest is on tap for 6 p.m. Friday, May 2 in the Anna Arts Center at 125 W. Davie St. The entrance fee for the contest is $10.

The winner will received $100 and the top three performers will sing at the 2014 Annabella Music Festival June 28 in Anna.

All proceeds go toward the Anna Arts Center Children’s Theater and art programs.

For more information, call 618-534-7026 or 904-625-1109 or email joeyaj08@gmail.com.

— The Southern

‌CARBONDALE — Thornton Wilder’s classic American play, “Our Town” comes to life Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3 in the Varsity Center For the Arts theater at 418 S. Illinois Ave. Students of Cobden High School will travel to Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, a sleepy little town which epitomizes America and the American dream.

Described by Edward Albee as “...the greatest American play ever written,” the story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.”

Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry and eventually — in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre — die.

Cobden students acting in the play include Marcel Henry, Clare Bunyan, Eli Lyerla and Wendy Flamm.

Working behind the scenes are: Nick Grossman, English teacher, director; Holly Hurt, Science teacher, set design and Karen Engelmann, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, costume design.

“Our Town” will be presented at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased at Cobden High School for $8 or at the box office the nights of performance for $10.

For more information call 617-893-4031 or email Ngrossman@ cusd17.com.

— The Southern

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The national tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to The Carson Center in Paducah on Thursday and Friday, May 8-9.

Sharp and Spooky Actor embraces role as one of his childhood TV favorites ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN‌

‌On the phone, Jesse Sharp seems like the average guy. He talks about his love for his job and his experiences with a friendly demeanor.

But when he starts his work day, his personality changes. All of a sudden, he seems a bit creepy, kooky, mysterious and even a tad spooky. He just doesn’t seem to be himself anymore.

And, in a way, he’s not. When he walks onto the stage at various venues across the globe, Sharp finds himself transformed into Gomez Addams, the patriarch of

The Addams Family What: National touring Broadway musical When: 7:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 8-9 Where: The CarsonCenter, 100 Kentucky Ave., Paducah Tickets: $35 to $57 www. thecarsoncenter.org or 270-450-4444 the ghoulish family that made a name for itself on both the small and silver screens in decades past.

Now, the show unfolds as a musical on the theater stage, and for Sharp, that provides an opportunity to become a character he loved in his youth.

“He’s full of life and full of optimism,” Sharp said. “There’s nothing See addams / Page 7

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Memorial Music Fest kicks off at Lake of Egypt Saturday ‌LAKE OF EGYPT — Two legendary songwriters, the best country music talent in Southern Illinois and a handful of Nashville artists battling to break into the national limelight will perform at the second annual Big John McAnelly Memorial Music Fest and Jon McAnelly Birthday Bash this weekend.

The seven-anda-half hour musical extravaganza kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Pyramid Acres at Lake of Egypt. Admission is free.

Those planning to attend should bring lawn chairs.

Local acts hitting the stage will include Murphy 500, Deanna Freeman, Jackson Junction, Dave Clark, Lori Eisenhauer, Dave Simmons, Phillip Powell and Payton Smoot.

Music City veterans Craig Curtis, Mark Dooley and Photo by Carol Rosegg‌

Jesse Sharp stars as Gomez Addams in the national tour of ‘The Addams Family,’ coming to The Carson Center on Thursday and Friday, May 8-9.

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small about him; he’s larger than life.”

And after nearly a yearand-a-half on the road, playing the same role night after night has its obstacles, too.

“It’s fun,” Sharp added.

“It’s a lot of fun, but it’s challenging after doing it for so long to make sure you’re still giving the character the justice it deserves.”

Audiences in the region will have the chance to see Sharp’s take on Addams when the national tour of “The Addams Family” comes to The Carson Center for 7:15 p.m.

performances Thursday and Friday, May 8-9.

Tickets are $35 to $57 and can be purchased online at www.thecarsoncenter. org or by calling 270-4504444.

Sharp said it’s interesting to see the mix of older audience members who have fond memories of the Addams clan and younger children discovering the family for the first time. From the opening bit, where Thing, the detached hand that the Addams keep around, comes out to open the curtain.

“They know these characters, they love these characters and we give

them the characters they want from the get-go,” Sharp said.

The musical tells a story every set of parents knows — or worries about: meeting the daughter’s new boyfriend and his family for the first time.

And when the daughter is the princess of darkness known as Wednesday Addams and the boyfriend comes from a “normal” family, something is going to give.

“It’s very funny,” Sharp said. “It’s very lighthearted. Just come, enjoy yourself and don’t think too much.”

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Shawn Mayer, who finished third on “Nashville Star” in 2008, will also perform. Songwriters Max T. Barnes and Troy Martin will play acoustic sets.

Barnes wrote “Love, Me” for Collin Raye and “A Night to Remember” for Joe Diffie. Martin inked the George Strait classic “Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye” and “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone?” for Charley Pride.

“I always liked to throw a pretty good birthday party,” says host Jon McAnelly. “My dad (John) was my best friend. When he passed away July 23, 2012, I knew I had to do something special in his honor. I’ve always loved music, so putting together a big concert in his honor and to celebrate my birthday seemed to be

the natural thing to do.”

At the show, McAnelly said a tip jar will be passed around three or four times, with all money collected being donated in his father’s name to the WOOZ fundraising efforts for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“Putting this thing together was stressful,” McAnelly said. “I got the top-shelf talent from this area. It doesn’t get any better than Jackson Junction and Murphy 500. I couldn’t get everybody; there just isn’t enough time to get everybody on stage.”

The plan is for the event to get bigger and better each year, McAnelly said.

“A big name act is coming in the next couple of years that will take us to the next level,” he said.

— Vince Hoffard

Cigars and Guitars benefit will help Clothes for Kids ‌COBDEN — Cigars and Guitars Under the Stars is set from 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 8 at Rustle Hill Winery 8595 US 51 North.

The event is a fundraiser for the FowlerBonan Foundation’s Clothes for Kids.

Rustle Hill Winery event coordinator Teri Hammond, who is also a Fowler Bonan Foundation board member, said a variety of southern Illinois musicians will perform and described the entertainment as a “big jam session.”

“This is a once in a lifetime event as we welcome the best area performers from all genres playing for a show that doesn’t happen anywhere else,”

Hammond said. “I currently have eight musicians lined up, with more being arranged. Most of these guys don’t ever play together, so it’s going to be neat.”

Products from Yesteryear Tobacconists will be available and Grand Rivers Spirits will also be pouring samples of their new products — including their very own lemonade moonshine.

Area artists will be on hand to talk about their work and their unique handmade merchandise will be available for sale.

There is no charge to attend the event but donations to the Fowler Bonan Clothes for Kids will be accepted.

For more information

on the Cigars and Guitars event, visit www.RustleHillWinery.com or call 618-893-2700.

The Fowler-Bonan Foundation provides new clothing and shoes for underprivileged school children and annually assists hundreds of children in southern Illinois.

The foundation’s phone number is 618-231-3904 and web page is www.

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Howlin’ Brothers bring unique sound to Tres Hombres

Groups join together for flute concert

‌CARBONDALE — The Howlin Brothers, a group whose music walks the line between rockabilly and bluegrass, will be bringing their unique sound to Tres Hombres on Saturday, May. 3. Doors open at 10 p.m. with The Storm Crows kicking off the show.

The band is expected to preview some of their forthcoming studio album, “TROUBLE,” which will be released May 12 in Europe, May 13 in the United States, and May 20 in Canada.

The Howlin’ Brothers will perform starting at 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $3 and the concert is open to those 19 and up.

For more information, call 618-457-3308 or visit www.trescarbondale.com.

‌CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois Flute Choir and SIU Flute Studio will present a joint Spring Concert on Friday, May 2.

The evening of classical and contemporary flute music, under the artistic direction of Douglas Worthen, is free.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St. Choir members come from communities throughout Southern Illinois to rehearse weekly on Sunday evenings and are joined in these rehearsals by the students of the SIU Flute Studio.

Concert selections will include works by Beethoven, Erik Satie, Gabriel Faure, and Jonathan Cohen.

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‘Roots-based and genrebending’ band The Howlin’ Brothers will take the stage at Tres Hombres in Carbondale on Saturday, May 3.

JALC Community Band performing free concert of patriotic music ‌MARION — Patriotic spirit will fill the air Friday, May 9, when the John A. Logan College Community Band takes the stage at the Tilden and Rosalie Parks Marion Rotary Amphitheater.

The evening performance, beginning at 7 p.m., features an “All-American” theme and will feature the band performing melodies such as William Camphouse’s “A Lewis and Clark Celebration” and “The Honest Abe Quickstep,” which highlight music from those eras in America’s history.

“He uses authentic melodies from those periods,” said conductor Mike Hanes. “It’s really great music.”

Among the other items on the evening’s playlist are “Panorama USA,” which collects together

several notable American melodies; “The Great Steamboat Race,” which pays homage to a race up the Mississippi in the 1870s; and “The Liberty Bell,” a famous John Phillip Sousa march often associated with Monty Python’s “Flying Circus.”

The concert, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Marion, is free at the amphitheater, just southwest of Marion High School at the south end of Carbon Street.

Hanes said he’s grateful for an opportunity to bring the community band back to Marion.

“One of our missions is to play music all over the region,” he said. “Our main goal is to provide anyone who wants to play an opportunity to do so. That’s what I love about this.”

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Ina: Community Building, Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Youth Center, Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m.

Whittington: Corner Dance Hall, Rebel Country Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

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Concerts‌ Southern Illinois‌ Eldorado Alumni Band & Friends: 7 p.m., Friday, May 2, Little Chapel Church, Harrisburg; silent auction; concert to bring awareness in the effort to rebuild music and band programs in Eldorado; 618-273-3658;bbaldwins@ bmdtv.com Southern Illinois Flute Choir and SIU Flute Studio: Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2, First United Methodist Church, 214 W. Main St., Carbondale; concert selections will include works

by Beethoven, Erik Satie, Gabriel Faure and Jonathan Cohen; two works by SIU grad student Kyle Dixon will be featured; free Big John McAnelly Memorial Music Fest: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, Pyramid Acres, Lake of Egypt; acts include Murphy 500, Deanna Freeman, Jackson Junction, Dave Clark, Lori Eisenhauer, Dave Simmons, Phillip Powell, Payton Smoot, Craig Curtis, Mark Dooley, Shawn Mayer, Max T. Barnes and Troy Martin; free; bring

lawn chairs; donations accepted for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Charity concert: KC Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, Brews Brothers Taproom, downtown Murphysboro; supports Relay For Life of Jackson CountyMurphysboro; 618-559-4555; chris_lamport@hotmail.com SIC Community Chorus: Presents America: A Musical Celebration, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, Sou heastern Illinois College theater, 3575 College Road, Harrisburg; $5; boxoffice@sic.edu; 618-252-5400; www.sic.edu/events Cigars and Guitars Under the Stars: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 8, Rustle Hill Winery, 8595 US 51 North, Cobden; fundraiser for Fowler-Bonan Foundation’s Clothes for Kids; music, cigars, spirits; 618-893-2700; www.

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John A. Logan Band: Under the direction of Michael Hanes, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 9, Tilden and Rosalie Parks Marion Rotary Amphitheater, South Carbon Street; concert of All-American music from the

Lewis and Clark and Civil War era; no charge, bring lawn chairs; marionrotaryamphitheater.com When Children Sing: The Southern Illinois Children’s Choir concert, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 10, First Presbyterian Church, 310 S. University Ave., Carbondale; compositions by Mary Goetz, Lee Dengler, Rollo Dilworth, Mark Hayes, Helen Kemp and Peter Wilhousky Mocking Bird Hill: Also, Amanda Wright & The Red Dirt Road and Lanny McIntosh, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, Frankfort Community High School, West Frankfort; $15/$10; www.mockingbirdhill.com Kentucky‌ Bluegrass Night: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton; free; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Talent Search 2014: Seniors eliminations, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton; $17/$16/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704

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Country singer Logan Mize stays true to his roots

‌L

ogan Mize attended his first country music concert, a Kenny Chesney show in Wichita, when he was 16 years old.

Everyone in the crowd seemed to be thoroughly entertained by the gigantic theatrical production.

There were mountains of sound equipment, large video screens and a tightly choreographed show. Mize soaked it all in, but from a radically different perspective than most teenagers.

“I sat in the crowd and started wondering how I could become the person standing in Kenny Chesney’s shoes. Watching that concert put a bug in my head. I knew what I wanted to do with my life,” Mize said during a

telephone interview.

“I just had to figure out how to get there.”

He started music makscene ing huge Vince Hoffard strides towards becoming a nationally recognized country music star this year. He was recently named to a high-profile, two-year position as an official Kansas Tourism Ambassador, his single “Used Up” is in heavy rotation on Sirius XM Radio, and he has a new album coming out July 1.

Mize will bring his Workin’ and Drinkin’ Tour to

Hangar 9 in Carbondale for a 10 p.m. show Thursday, May 8. Doors open at 9 p.m. The event is sponsored by Shiner Beer and features the Shawnee Hills Band as the opening act.

Admission is $5. Patrons must be 19 years of age or older to attend.

Mize grew up in Clearwater, Kansas, which is on the outskirts of Wichita.

He excelled in athletics, playing community college football well enough to earn a scholarship in 2008 to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

However, he was more interested in writing songs and performing acoustic shows at Midland Inn than studying the Saluki playbook. He often skipped

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Monday practice to travel to Nashville to perform at songwriter’s night at The Bluebird Café.

He quit the team mid-season and moved to Nashville.

“I loved the camaraderie, but my heart just wasn’t in it. My future was in music, and my thoughts were always drifting off toward Nashville. I had to get down there so I could be close to the action every day,” Mize said.

Mize released a gritty, self-titled album in 2009, and then followed up in 2012 with the critically acclaimed “Nobody In Nashville.” He says he has already learned many valuable lessons in Music City’s school of hard knocks.

“The most important thing is not to ask

LOGAN MIZE What: Workin’ and Drinkin’ Tour When: 10 p.m. Thursday, May 8 Where: Hangar 9, South Illinois Avenue, Carbondale Admission: $5 What else: Must be 19 years of age or older to attend permission. Be honest and blaze your own trail,” he said. “Don’t jump on the bandwagon of some new musical trend. Resist the temptation and stay true to yourself.”

Last year, Mize appeared on television in the “Fabric of your Life” cotton commercial with Hayden Panettiere from the “Nashville” series on ABC. He also appeared on “Hart of Dixie,” a TV series that stars Rachel Bilson, on the CW network.

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Mize says he played about 100 dates in 2013 and opened for Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, Eric Church and Dierks Bentley.

He spent the winter honing his songwriting skills by co-writing on a nearly a daily basic with veteran tunesmiths, including Thompsonville native Kendell Marvel.

“It was a very productive period, and I built a lot of important relationships, but I’m ready to get back on the road,” he said.

Mize said he recently recorded a tourism video for Kansas, appeared at a banquet with Gov. Sam Brownback and his tour trailer is wrapped in the “No Place Like Kansas” public service announcement for his home state.

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Spidey’s still more competent than ‘Amazing’ ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS‌

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 **½

‌If there’s a tie that binds most of the characters of the Marvel Universe together, it’s the mutability of the supposedly immutable human body.

Characters are poisoned by radiation, zapped by electricity, bitten by spiders or broken, crushed, ruined or whatever.

And as Spider-Man cracks in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” just “shake it off. It’s just your bones, muscles...”

But the real world doesn’t work like that.

That’s one reason this comic book world has such a lasting appeal.

Bullies are foiled, criminals are caught and great wrongs righted with supernatural intervention by supernaturally augmented humans.

“Amazing 2” is kind of about that. It’s a violent film, with blood and death in between the digitallyanimated brawls. Human bodies are tortured and broken, and there’s not always a web slinger there to stop that flipping police car, that hurtling bus, that Russian psychopath or that jet that’s about to crash.

It’s not an altogether pleasant experience.

Things tend to drag as director Marc Webb has problems with focus, keeping the many story threads straight and continuity (watch Gwen Stacy’s outfits). Many otherwise faceless extras pop off the screen as if he’s about to give their nameless characters the same

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence; starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Sally Field, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti; directed by Marc Webb; opening at 7 p.m. tonight in 2D and 3D at Carbondale 8, University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois 8 in Marion. significance as Stan Lee himself — who always has cameos in these Marvels.

But Andrew Garfield finds his voice as the character, making his second try at Peter Parker a caffeinated wise-cracker, enjoying his notoriety, talking to himself just like

the guy in the comic book.

He’s funny.

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‘spider-man’: Still more competent than amazing Peter hasn’t seen the opening scene in the movie, in which we flash back to “We have no chimney!”

Peter’s parents’ (Campbell Peter hums Spider-Man’s Scott, Embeth Davidtz) grisly theme song and hurls himself deaths. And Peter has no into situations with a teen’s recklessness. He almost misses idea that his great chemistry with long lost rich-kid pal his and Gwen’s (Emma Stone) high school graduation, dealing Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) will go nowhere, because with a villain named Aleksei some of us remember 2002’s (Paul Giamatti).

“Spider-Man” and how Harry But even though he doesn’t turns out. carry the angst of Tobey Jamie Foxx is an ignored, Maguire’s Spidey, Peter has problems. He sees Gwen’s late humiliated electrical engineer who has an accident involving dad (Denis Leary) everywhere electric eels and power lines. he looks, and remembers his promise to the dead cop to dis- That transforms him from tance himself from his daugh- a Spider-Man fanboy into a glowing blue guy in a hoodie. ter, due to the danger.

In the ethos of this movie, Peter/Spidey reasons with the tormented villains, trying to connect with the doomed rich kid (Osborn) or this “nobody” engineer.

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you’re somebody!”

Except for Giamatti’s Russian. He’s just ... bad.

Returning director Webb relies, again, on the 3-D (and IMAX, in some theaters) flying effects to cover the rough patches — and there are many — in “Amazing 2.” While Garfield and Stone have a nice sass to their scenes, Webb can do nothing to give this relationship the longing and heat of the Kirsten Dunst/Tobey Maguire moments from the earlier films.

And Webb’s team of screenwriters don’t find any pathos in all this computer-animated flying and fighting, not until the finale.

So while this “Spider-Man” is, if anything, more competent than the first film, it’s still not one that demands that you stick around after the credits.

There’s nothing there.

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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