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Egyptian Hills Resort has undergone a full-blown transformation. And this is only the beginning. Modern cabins dot the serene landscape of the Creal Springs resort destination, which offers live entertainment and an original menu alongside Lake of Egypt. Fresh pizza, ice cream and Jewish-style deli sandwiches are all made from high-grade ingredients — key to owner Micah Merrill’s strategy. “On the lake, people are willing to pay for high quality,” he said. “It is definitely more expensive, but you can taste the difference.” Originally from Utah where his family owns an ice cream company, Merrill sees long-term success in Egyptian Hills’ future. Last spring, he and his staff completed a covered beer garden that provides walk-up service for food and drinks. Improving the facilities and landscape is part of Merrill’s master plan — one that he has helped advance since graduating from SIU law school in 2010. “This has been a
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butter fat. “Our ice cream is The Southern File Photo unparalleled,” Merrill said. “We have a ton of topping Egyptian Hills Resort is shown from Lake of Egypt. options for that, too.” The resort boasts a who come down from Chistep-by-step process, and cago and they say it’s some 5,000-square-foot patio we have a lot more steps,” where it hosts live bands — of the best pizza they’ve he said. both local and from Nashever had,” Merrill said. The resort has grown ville — every Friday and That’s not by accident. from a modest fishing Saturday night during the camp into a luxury destina- Merrill and his business summer months. partners travelled extention. It rents out 10 cabins The patio is steps away sively across the country complete with satellite from the event center, to find elite pizza. Their TV, Wi-Fi, large decks and complete with beautiful excursions included a trip great views. Visitors can woodwork and a 200-inch, to the annual pizza show also use pontoon boats, jet high-definition television in Las Vegas. They settled skis, paddle boats, and a screen that makes for a on a thick-crust, familywake boat. But it’s the food that has style pie that can be topped perfect retreat for corposet the resort apart. Diners with everything from fresh rate events, high school reunions, and weddings. mushrooms to anchovies. can customize the top“With the cabins, the Diners can also opt for pings that come on their gourmet pizzas. The resort’s delectable deli sandwiches, lake, and the food, this place is perfect for events,” sausage comes locally from including corned beef or Merrill said. “We host all Louie’s P & R in Herrin, and pastrami, on hearty rye bread with coleslaw or sau- kinds meetings.” is charcoal-grilled, sliced, Call 618-996-3449 for erkraut. and layered generously details on when food serAnd for dessert? Try with 100-percent mozzavice will begin at Egyptian the resort’s soft serve ice rella cheese. Hills for the summer. cream made of 14 percent “We get a lot of people
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My Princess and Me Tea set April 13 at The Pavilion of the City of Marion
‘Other Desert Cities’ starts this weekend at Varsity Center CARBONDALE — A play about a wealthy family with secrets, “Other Desert Cities,” will be presented April 4-6 and 11-13 in the Varsity Center for the Arts. The play was written by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Christian Moe. Performances times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave. The performance has been described as “a fierce and emotionally charged play about an affluent and politically connected California family who is forced to come to grips with longheld secrets. When a once-promising novelist returns to her parents’ home in Palm Springs for Christmas in 2004, she announces the imminent publication of her memoir. This creates consternation among the family as it opens old wounds about the death of her anti-war activist brother many years earlier. The deeper that daughter Brooke digs through the layers of family lies and deception, the clearer it becomes that secrets are
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currency and everyone in this family is rich.” Cast members include Sarah Barker as Brooke Wyeth, Rita Pearce as Polly Wyeth, Craig Hinde as Lyman Wyeth, Brent M. Sherrard as Trip Wyeth and Joyce Deutsch as Silda Grauman. Jacquie Betz will serve as assistant director and Jim Lambert is the stage manager. “Other Desert Cities”
Spring Book Sale coming to library ARBONDALE — The C Carbondale Public Library will host a Spring Book Sale Friday to Sunday, April 4 to 6, in the Brush Building, next door to the library located at 405 W. Main St. A Friday Preview will be from 4 to 6 p.m. April 4. The preview is $5 or free for Friends of Carbondale
Public Library members. The book sale will continue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 6. All the items will be half price Sunday. For more information, call 618-529-3307 or 618457-0354.
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was named Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play by the Outer Critics Circle in 2011 and was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Broadway production received five nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards, including for Best Play. The play contains adult language. Tickets for the Varsity theater performance are
$15 for adults and $10 for students, with $5 Student Appreciation Day tickets at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Tickets can be purchased at the box office at the Varsity from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday, one hour before the performance, or call 618-549-5466 during box office hours or online by visiting www.stagecompany.org.
MARION — The second annual My Princess and Me Tea will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in The Pavilion of The City of Marion. Attendees may dress as a favorite fairy tale character. The event will feature singing, dancing, games, pretend play, refreshments, featured guests and a silent auction. Young women involved in pageantry also are invited to attend and wear their crowns and sashes. Featured guests include Christine Bryant as Cinderella, Alayna Boese as Belle, Olivia Gordon as Fiona, Jared Garrison as The Duke, Victoria Shore as Dorothy, Southern Sweetheart titleholders Crystal Davis as Snow White, Sara Stehlik as
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Mulan, Macy Shelton as Rapunzel, Kayla Power as Sleeping Beauty Alexa Boese as a mermaid and Ashlynn Kommer, Southern and Shawnee Sweetheart Princesses Brooklyn Wentworth and Paige English. The event is a benefit for pageant scholarships and Children’s Miracle Network through a partnership with the Miss America Scholarship Organization. Donations of goods and services are being sought for the silent auction. Tickets may be purchased at the pavilion, 1602 Sioux Drive, and cost $25 for adults and $20 for children 11 and younger. To make a donation of for more information, call 618-889-3630.
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Taste of Southern Illinois features some of area’s best restaurants HARRISBURG — The 16th annual Taste of Southern Illinois will feature favorite foods and drinks from area restaurants and distributors Sunday, April 6. The event will be from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Southeastern Illinois College Foundation Building. Two new restaurants will serve their fare at this year’s event, Rare Chophouse and Wooded Hills Bar and Grill. Other groups which will participate include 17th Street Bar and Grill, 20’s Hideout Restaurant, Alto Vineyards, Johnson’s Southern Barbeque, Koerner Distributor,
Inc., Kokopelli, Mackie’s Pizza, Marion Red Lobster, Panera Bread, Peking Palace, Pepsi MidAmerica, Shawnee Winery, Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant and The Chocolate Factory. Music will be provided by The Penguins. Money raised from the event will be used for Mentors-for-Kids, FB Clothes for Kids, local Boy Scouts, Operation BBQ, Red Cross of Little Egypt and the Guardian Center. Tickets are $30 per person in advance or $35 at the door. For tickets or more information, call 618-2534444 or 618-993-3513. — The Southern
12th Annual PIECES OF THE P.A.S.T
URPHYSBORO — M Warmer weather will be celebrated this weekend with an outdoor block party and cruise night in downtown Murphysboro. The outdoor events will be the first weekend of every month starting Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5. The activities kick off at 4 p.m. Friday with the block party hosted by Brews Brothers Taproom, 1105 Chestnut St., one block west of the Jackson County Courthouse. Those attending may bring their own grill while enjoying music by SI Sings and Swamp Tigers. Hamburgers will also be available to buy. Relay for Life T-shirts will be for sale and a singing competition will offer a $1,000 grand prize. The Cruise Night will
start at 6 p.m. Saturday, in the same area near the courthouse. All makes and models of cars are welcome. There will be free food, drawings, music and giveaways. Both of the events will be held each weekend through Sept. 6. Those attending are advised to bring lawn chairs. For additional information on the Friday Night Block Parties, go to www.facebook.com/ brewsbrotherstaproom or contact Mary LaReau with Brews Brother Taproom at 618-687-1111 or mary-kat1@hotmail.com For additional information on Saturday Cruise Nights, contact event organizer Rick Layne at 618-528-1043 or ricklayne@hotmail. com. — The Southern
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“TIMES OF OUR LIVES” Anna Hts. Bapt. Ch. Family Life Ctr., 100 Turner Av, Anna Saturday, APRIL 12, 2014
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Junque Jamboree features antiques VIENNA — A Johnson County Junque Jamboree featuring a variety of items, including antiques, crafts and collectibles, will be April 5 on the public square in Vienna. The event will open at 7 a.m. with 80 vendors selling wares. Concessions also will be
available. Shawnee Worship Center will sell coffee, cinnamon rolls, cupcakes and biscuits and gravy, along with chicken and dumplings by the bowl or for carryout. For more information, call Gary Hacker at 618-771-6877. — The Southern
Cobden’s Hometown features Dale Lennon COBDEN — Dale Lennon, coach of the SIU football team, and Les Winkeler, sports editor of The Southern Illinoisan, will be commentators for the final program of the Smithsonian series on Hometown Teams. Lennon and Winkeler will discuss building a community through sports and the impact sports has on individuals. There is no “I” in Hometown Teams is the general theme of the program. The event is 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, in St. Joseph’s Church Hall, at corner of Ash and Centennial streets in Cobden. The event is free and audience participation is encouraged. The Hometown Teams program is part of the Smithsonian traveling exhibit now on display at the Union County Museum, 117 S. Appleknocker Drive, Cobden, until April 13. For more information, call 618-893-2865 or 618893-2567 The Southern —
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“HOBO QUILTS” The Secret Language of Riding the Rails by speaker Debra Henninger, quilter & author from Peoria area Call Sharon at 618-833-6589 for luncheon reservations by Tues. 8 . Come have a beautiful time and help support P.A.S.T.’s heritage projects th
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Cruise nights start this weekend
Sponsors: Ameren Illinois ActOnEnergy, Du Quoin State Bank, General Cable, Knight Hawk Coal, LLC., Mathis and Son’s Crane & Excavating, Pepsi Mid-America, River Radio, and WDQN. For more information or to be a vendor in the show (10’ x 10’ booth $125), call Du Quoin Chamber of Commerce at 618-542-9570 or email dqchamber@nwcable.net
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tasting, desserts, mini spa treatments, chair massages, venders; performance, “I am the Woman and I am Because...,” 7:30 p.m.; collection of short stories for women, about women, told by women; $20; 618-997-4030; MarionCCC.com Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus: 7 p.m. Friday, April 11; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 Comedy and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 13, SIU The Carbondale Arena, Carbondale; $15-$47; Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, siusalukis.com Hangar 9, Carbondale; Senior Prom: Starts with 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station barbecue dinner, 5:30 p.m. 13, Carbondale; see The Saturday, April 12, Leona Carbondale Comedians on Brust Civic Center, Old Ullin Facebook High School Gym; music by The Mockingbirds; master of Events ceremonies, Patrick Laws; all Block Party and Cruise ages welcome; at the door, Night: Every weekend $10; advance, $8; groups of 10 through Sept. 6, downtown or more, advance, $7; profits Murphysboro; block party go towards restoration railroad kick-off, 4 p.m. Friday, April caboose; 618-614-6102 4, Brews Brothers Taproom, Little Grassy Literary 1105 Chestnut St.; outdoor Festival: Readings, panel music by SI Sings and Swamp discussions and book signings, Tigers; Cruise Night, 6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, April Saturday, April 5, same area 16-18, Morris Library, SIU; near the courthouse; all makes panel of authors include Tarfia and models of cars welcome; Faizullah and Chad Davidson; giveaways; bring lawn chairs; 618-453-2818 618-687-1111; 618-528-1043; Trivia night fundraiser: ricklayne@hotmail.com For Goreville School’s media Big Spring is Blooming: center, 6 p.m. Thursday, April Party and auctions, 6-9 p.m. 17, school cafeteria; register at Friday, April 4, Carbondale 618-995-2142, extension 234; Civic Center; hosted by The $10 per person with teams of Brehm School Foundation; four to six players bid online; www.32auctions. Boat race and triathlon: com/BrehmFoundation; www. Great Cardboard Boat Regatta events.brehm.org; 618-457and the Doc Spackman 0371 ext. 1802; camfield@ Memorial Triathlon, Saturday, brehm.org April 26, Campus Lake, SIU; Trivia night: To raise funds regatta will start at 8 a.m., for Sesser-Valier-Waltonville SIU’s campus lake boat dock; girls track team, 7 p.m. Friday, make a cardboard boat; $15 per boat; 618-453-6428; April 4, Sesser-Valier High School; adults, $10; students, cardboardboatregatta@ siu.edu; triathlon sign-in, $5; register at 618-625-5105, 6:30-7:30 a.m.; starts 8 a.m.; ext. 252 5.8-mile bike race, two-mile Shawnee Hills Arts Council Spring Arts Festival: run and 385-yard swim; www. Friday-Sunday, April 4-6, Anna carbondaletourism.org Mother and Daughter Arts Center, 125 W. Davie Tea: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April St.; 618-697-0009 or email 27, Carterville Community vabchlee@gmail.com Center, 120 N. Greenbriar St.; Ladies Only Event: Starts speaker, Miss Illinois 2013, 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, Marion Brittany Smith; lunch; crafts; Cultural and Civic Center; performance, appetizers, wine entertainment by Hannah Carbondale Library Spring Book Sale: Friday Preview, 4-6 p.m. April 4, Brush Building, next door to Carbondale Public Library, 405 W. Main St.; $5 or free for Friends members; also, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 5 and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 6; 618-529-3307
Herron and the SI Dance Company; fundraiser for The Women’s Center; advance tickets, adults, $20; girls under 12, $15; at the door, $25/$20; 618-549-4807 extension 228 or wcds@thewomensctr.org
Films Leftovers: By Michelle Citron, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 3, Kleinau Theatre, Communications Building, SIU, room 2018; free Bees: Tales from the Hive: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 3, Cache River Wetlands Center, Cypress; short discussion after movie; 618-634-2231 Acting Bad: Whimsical and challenging short videos, 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 4, Soundstage, room 1116, Communications Building, SIU; free; cbursell@siu.edu
History Colonial Trade Faire Musket and Rifle Frolic: Friday-Sunday, April 4-6, Fort de Chartres State Historic, Prairie du Rocher; living history event featuring flintlock rifle and musket shooting matches, crafts and 18th century camp life; www.ftdechartres.com; 618-284-7230 Indian Artifact Show: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 12, World Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta; flintknapper; displays; 618-537-6753; wilsonkw1976@
sbcglobal.net Theater Auditions Auditions: For Mother Hicks, 6 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, April 14-15, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; rehearsals begin May 12 and show dates are July 11-13 and 18-20; Kevinpur470@msn.com; www. stagecompany.org Auditions: For Seussical, the Musical, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, Benton Middle School; presented by the Pyramid Players; students in second grade through high school; show dates, June 27-29, Benton Civic Center; 618-439-9196; www.pyramidplayers.org; ppmusic77@gmail.com Theater/Performance Little Shop of Horrors: Spring Musical, ThursdaySunday, April 3-6, Rend Lake College, 468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Ina; 7 p.m., ThursdaySaturday; 2 p.m., Sunday; $12; 618-437-5321, extension 1467; featuring: RLC students and community members; www. rlc.edu Big Muddy New Plays Festival: April 3-6, C.H. Moe Theater, SIU; includes Joan’s Laughter, 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday April 3-5 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6; also, Trixxxie 2.0, reading, 1 p.m. Saturday, April 5 and Be Free, Little Teacup Pig reading, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5; readings are free; tickets for
Joan’s Laughter, adults, $16; students, $6; 618-453-6000; SouthernTicketsOnline.com Here Come the Cows: Comedy by The Jacob Area Players, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, Christ Lutheran Church Gym, Jacob; $8/$4; 618-534-7855. Other Desert Cities: FridaySunday, April 4-6 and April 11-13, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; show times, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; $15/$10;www.stagecompany.org Lucky Old Sons: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 5, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $35; meal included; www.thegatheringplaceoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726 Bring It On: The Musical, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, April 9-10, The CarsonCenter, Paducah; $35/$46/$57; 270-450-4444; www.thecarsoncenter.org
Bill Forness: As Johnny Cash, 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 11, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $40; meal included; www.thegatheringplaceoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726 Mandy Heinemann: Country, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 12, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; also, Ben Chapman Trio; $35; meal included; www. thegatheringplaceoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726 Brigadoon: 7 p.m. FridaySaturday, April 25-26 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April. 27, Southeastern Illinois College, 3575 College Road, Harrisburg; $10/$8; boxoffice@sic.edu; 618-252-5400, ext. 2486
Workshop Puppet making workshop: For Earth Day, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Saturday, April 5, Gaia House, 913 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; free; cadebursell@gmail.com
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Award-winning filmaker Michelle Citron presents lecture today CARBONDALE — Award-winning filmmaker Michelle Citron will screen her recent work and present a lecture on the state of narrative filmmaking today at SIU. Citron’s presentation is at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 3, in the Kleinau Theatre, located in the Communications Building, room 2018. A professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts at Columbia College in Chicago, Citron is an “internationally renowned filmmaker whose work, ‘Daughter Rite,’ is considered a groundbreaking moment in feminist film discourse,” said H.D. Motyl,
an associate professor in Radio, Television, and Digital Media. Citron’s work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, the Walker Art Center, and in the Berlin, London, Edinburgh, and New Directors film festivals. She is the author of the award-winning book, “Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions.” She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, a master’s degree in educational psychology and doctorate in interdisciplinary cognitive studies, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. — SIU News Service
Ladies Only event April 11 MARION — Ladies Only Event, “I am the Woman I am Because...” starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. The event will consist of appetizers, wine tasting, desserts, mini spa treatments, chair massages and a photo booth for friends pictures between 6 and 7:30 p.m. Booths with artwork, jewelry, handbags, accessories and scents will also be open between 6 and 7:30 p.m.
The performance “I am the Woman I am Because...” begins at 7:30 p.m. The show is a collection of short stories for women, about women, told by women. Tickets are $20 and may be ordered at the civic center by calling 618-997-4030 or going online at MarionCCC. com. Tickets can also be purchased at the door starting at 6 p.m. the night of the performance. — The Southern
Artifact Show kicks off April 12 SPARTA — The fifth annual Indian Artifact Show is set from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Some of the activities on tap include a flintknapper who will give educational demonstrations, displays of locallyfound artifacts and collections of arrowheads and axes plus the history of the artifacts. Seventy exhibitors are expected to display tables full of artifacts. Dealers will also be on hand to buy and sell
Indian artifacts. A table fee of $15 will be charged for those displaying collections and the table fee for dealers is $20. Awards of excellence plaques will be presented to exhibitors. The event is hosted by the Southwestern Illinois Indian artifact group. For more information or to reserve a table, contact Kyle Wilson at 618-537-6753 or wilsonkw1976@sbcglobal. net or Mitch Lewis at born2fish84@hotmail. com. — The Southern
Brews, Blues & BBQ at Von Jakob ALTO PASS — The third annual Brews, Blues & BBQ Festival will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 5, in Von Jacob Winery & Brewery, 230 Illinois 127. Musical acts include Rip Lee Blues from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and the Ivas John Blues Band from 4 to 7 p.m. Breweries at the event include Scratch, Big Muddy, Crown Valley, Little Egypt, Von Jakob, JT Walker, 4 Hands, Schlafly,
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Lagunitas and Founders. Doors open at 10 a.m., and food will be available by noon. The craft breweries will serve their brews from noon until 7 p.m. There is a $10 cover charge for beer drinkers, which includes a souvenir pint glass and four tasting tickets. For more information, call 618-893-4600 or email josh@vonjakob.com. — The Southern
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Catherine Carden is a seventh-generation circus performer. She serves as the exotic animal trainer and presenter for Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ ‘Super Circus Heroes’ tour, which will be in Carbondale from April 11-13. She works alongside and trains dogs, horses and elephants.
Family business Catherine Carden brings eight generations of circus legacy to Carbondale
“It was the most awesome childhood ever,” Carden said. Her days consisted of school in the morning, horseback riding in the afternoon, play time with animals and then homework and traditional kid activities in the evening. “It was my life,” she ADAM TESTA said. “I didn’t know anyTHE SOUTHERN thing different. It wasn’t CARBONDALE — Cath- surreal at all; it was the only life I knew.” erine Carden had the While she thought about childhood so many brightbreaking away from the eyed children have only family business during a dreamed of. rebellious teen phase when A seventh-generation she thought broadcast circus performer, Carden began her career as a bal- journalism could be her lerina on horseback in her path to stardom, Carden parents’ circus at age 5. By never really strayed away the time she turned 7, she from the circus. Instead, she tried to be more helped her parents care for the animals, including independent, starting her own magic acts and doing three young elephants. At age 12, she was train- things her own way. Now, as a mother of two ing elephants and liberty horses. At 18, she received and wife to a fellow performer, she’s able to view six horses of her own as life from the other side of a graduation gift so she could perform her own act parenthood. She’s in the Hanneford Family Circus. See CIRCUS / Page 7
MOVIES ART WINERIES BOOKS COVER STORY THEATER THINGS TO DO MUSIC Call for Art Herrinfesta Italiana Art Exhibition: May 22-26, Murray-Marlow Herrin Chamber building, 3 S. Park Ave.; sponsored by Little Egypt Arts Association; cash awards, people’s choice award, poster contest; entry forms postmarked no later than May 1; delivery of artwork, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 10; www.herrinfesta.com; 618-998-8530
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus will be hosting five shows in Carbondale this month.
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raising two boys on the road with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey’s national tour. Her kids, though, don’t seem to be as enthralled with the idea of being circus children as Carden did in her youth. While they love watching the show, they don’t seem to think of their parents as the larger-than-life rock stars that Carden saw in their grandparents. “I don’t think I can compete with my mom and dad,” she said. “My kids take it for granted a lot of the time. They’d rather sit inside with their iPads than be out with the animals.” And serving as the company’s exotic animal trainer, Carden has more than just her two bipedal children to worry about. She’s also
SUPER CIRCUS HEROES What: Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 11; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12; and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Where: SIU Arena, Carbondale Tickets: $15-$47 at siusalukis.com or SIU Arena box office
charged with caring for an array of horses, dogs and elephants. At each tour stop, Carden and her crew have to set up tents for the animals to stay in, feed them and clean up after them and give them baths — lots of baths. Elephants are bathed daily, while
horses and dogs get scrubbed down once a week before each set of performances. Carden’s heard all the stories and claims of animal abuse and neglect on the circus loop, but she encourages people to not turn a perpetuated lie into a truth. While she said it’s impossible to deny any wrongdoing has ever occurred — as it does in all aspects of life — she said it simply doesn’t make sense for circus professionals to mistreat their companions. “These animals are our livelihood; they’re irreplaceable,” she said. “There’s so much time, so much effort and so much money invested in them. If you don’t care for your animals properly, they’re not going to be around very long.” That, she said, doesn’t even factor in the
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emotional aspect and the connection between trainer and animal. Fans in Southern Illinois will have the opportunity to get up close to Carden and her friends when Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey brings its “Super Circus Heroes” tour to SIU Arena for five shows. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 11; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12; and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Tickets are $15 to $47 and can be purchased online at siusalukis.com or at the SIU Arena box office. “This year’s show is really awesome,” Carden said. “The theme is so, so cute. The kids are going to love it, and the adults will, too.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com 618-351-5031
Paint the Town: 11 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday, April 5, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. Davie St., Anna; transform asphalt parking lot into a work of art; purchase 4-by-4-foot square for $15; paints and brushes included; music and food; register at 904-625-1109 or email vabchlee@gmail.com Art Studio Tours: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 12; hosted by Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; self-guided tours of four art studios; post-tour reception, 3-5 p.m., Performance Hall at Cedarhurst; $40; 618-2421236; vonda@cedarhurst.org; www.cedarhurst.org
Exhibits Selected Works: Limitedtime exhibition of art during The Stage Co.’s production of Other Desert Cities, FridaySunday, April 4-6 and 11-13, Varsity Center for the Arts gallery, Carbondale; exhibits by Teri McSherry, Thom Goodin, Brenda Fleming, Tom Bell, Anne Strawn and Daniel Owens; 15 percent of proceeds of artwork sold goes to The Stage Co.; 618-893-3100 Joan Skiver-Levy: Award-winning artist exhibits 24 paintings, The Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; 618-303-5266 Sherry Lampley: Artist of the Month, North window, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through April; 618-998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts.com Hometown Teams:
Smithsonian traveling exhibit, Union County Museum, 117 S. Appleknocker Drive, downtown Cobden; connection between towns and sports; artifacts and stories; history of athletics in Union County and Southern Illinois from Gorham to Goreville; through April 13; special program, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6, “There’s No ‘I’ in Hometown Teams” by Dale Lennon andLes Winkeler, St. Joseph Church Hall, Cobden; 618893-2865 or 618-893-2567 Reinventing Collage: The Art of Romare Bearden, Mounds African American Museum, 216 N. Front St., Mounds; through April 27; 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 618-745-6183 Caught in the Sweep of History: Egypt in the Civil War — The Second Year exhibit and documentary, The General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro; through April; 618-684-3455; to www. loganmuseum.org Student Art Show: Rend Lake College, 468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Ina; through May 2; 618-437-5321; www.rlc.edu 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; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388 SEE ART / PAGE 8
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cedarhurst.org Shrode Fine Art and Craft Competition exhibit: Master Artists from the Artists from across Southern Art Collection: Curated by Illinois, Cedarhurst Center for Dona Bachman, University the Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Museum, SIU; through May Road, Mount Vernon; 10 a.m.9; www.museum.siu.edu; 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 618-453-5388 Modern Dialect: American 1-5 p.m. Sunday; through May 11; 618-242-1236; www. paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection, cedarhurst.org The Urge to Embellish: Cedarhurst Center for the Illinois State Museum Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; 10 a.m.- Southern Illinois Art Gallery, 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; through May 11; 618-242-1236; www. six miles north of Benton; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; through cedarhurst.org May 25; 618-629-2220 New Work: SIU students 2-5-Oh! Surprise, and faculty in the Department of Cinema and Photography, Sadness and Struggle in the Mound City: Salon Cedarhurst Center for the 53 Gallery, St. Louis; one Arts, 2600 E. Richmond Road, Mount Vernon; 10 a.m.- of the artists featured is 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, associate professor of Fine 1-5 p.m. Sunday; through May 11; 618-242-1236; www. Arts Africana Studies, SIU; From page 7
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Quilts The Marshlands of Southern Illinois: By Karen Linduska, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; wall quilts that connect viewers with the natural range of flora and fauna wonders in wetlands and marshes; through May 31 Jerry Monteith: Featured artist, St. Louis Art Gallery, Duet, 3526 Washington Ave., Suite 300; through May 31 Quilts and Table Settings Show: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12, Anna Heights Baptist Church, 100 Turner Ave., Anna; presented by PAST of Union County; quilt raffles; displays, $5 until noon; lunch, $25; reserve by April 8 at 618-833-6589; call 618-8333228 to buy raffle tickets
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Quilt show: Second annual Southern Illinois Quilt Show, noon-5 p.m., Saturday, April 26, Herrin Civic Center; 618-942-3027
Receptions Juried Student Exhibition: 4-8 p.m. Friday, April 4, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus, Cape Girardeau; through April 27; 573-651-2260; museum@ semo.edu Reception and Awards Presentation: For the 2014 Judged Art Competition & Exhibition, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, Anna Arts Center; refreshments; exhibit open to the public from 10 a.m.3 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 4-5; 904-625-1109; 618-6970009; vabchlee@gmail.com For Kids’ Sake Art Show: Longbranch Café and Bakery, Carbondale; benefits orphans and students in Bangladesh; auctions art made by local Southern Illinois school children, as well as Bangladeshi school children and other professional artists; closing reception, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, April 25; 618-5295044; info@forkidssake. net; www.forkidssake.net
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The Marshlands featured in Cobden COBDEN — The Marshlands of Southern Illinois, an exhibition of art by Carbondale fibers artist Karen Linduska, is now on display in the anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St. Linduska’s The Marshlands of Southern Illinois have been described as “intricately textured and
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expressively constructed wall quilts that warmly connects viewers with the natural range of flora and fauna wonders in our wetlands and marshes.” The exhibit may be seen from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Linduska says the exhibit shows her appreciation of the importance of marshlands as nature’s filtering system in addition to its inherent beauty. She paints and dyes fabric and incorporates upholstery fabric, sheers, silk, yarn, plastic, paper, wood, buttons and decorative thread painting technique to achieve the deep texture and richly blended color in her art quilts. A public reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26. The display will be available through May 31. — The Southern
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Tom Murphy has a golden touch when it comes to guitars
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om Murphy can talk about his adventures in music for hours without dropping a single name, but he is world famous in the guitar industry. As a youngster, he searched for a fertile music field, found it in Colorado, played in the road bands for a couple MUSIC country SCENE stars, Vince Hoffard worked for Gibson guitars, and then returned home to Marion, content to raise his family out of the limelight and open a little guitar restoration business. The journey is loaded with interesting tails of fortune and heartbreak. “I played this solo gig in a dive bar on the outskirts of Nashville one night. There were only three people in the crowd. It was miserable,” he said. “When I got home, I had a message offering me a job with Sawyer Brown. Our first show was opening for Kenny Rogers in Canada. In less than a week, I went from playing for three people to an audience of 19,000. I’ve experienced my share of highs and lows.” It was in 1994, after 25 years of accumulating life experiences led him back to Williamson County, that Murphy became master of his own destiny. He no longer was at the mercy of a country act making changes or fighting the decisionmaking hierarchy of a major cooperation. In the obscurity of his tiny workshop, he developed a technique for aging and duplicating famous guitars. His clients have included
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton and Peter Frampton. The Frampton case is special. The black 1954 Les Paul standard was given to Frampton in 1970 and is pictured on the cover and provided the warm groove for the iconic “Frampton Comes Alive” album. The instrument was thought to be lost in a 1980 plane crash in Venezuela, but it was recovered from the wreckage and miraculously made its way back to Frampton in 2011. “He wanted me to clean it up and do a little work on the neck,” Murphy said. No one else in the world is able to replicate the intricate details from a used classic instrument, like Gibbon’s rare 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard named
“Pearly Gates,” with the precision of Murphy. He takes measurements and photos of the instrument, noting every crack in the lacquer finish and character markings, like belt-buckle scratches on the back. “The goal is to make an exact replica,” Murphy said. “If you close your eyes, I don’t want you to be able to tell the difference between the original and my copy. My philosophy is that if you stay proficient with something long enough, people will think you known what you are doing.” Murphy is employed by the Gibson Guitar Corp. in Nashville. He directs the historic division, which makes various series of guitars by famous players, including late greats Bob Marley and Duane Allman. He received a jaw-dropping reaction when he rolled out a copy of the legendary 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Gibson at the 1999 National
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Music Fest Ina: Community Building, Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Marion: Youth Center, Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m. Whittington: Corner Dance Hall, The Cruizers
Family Center, Roger Black and The Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thompsonville: Old Country Store Dance Barn, Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.
Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thompsonville: Lion’s Club, Mike’s Good Time Country Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
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‘Captain America’ is still cool, but his latest film is kind of flat Captain America: The Winter Soldier **½ Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, gunplay and action throughout; starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie; directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; opening Friday at Carbondale 8 and University Place 8 in Carbondale and AMC 8 in Marion; in 2D and 3D
up a pretty generic sequel, Johansson) set out to unravel this mystery, who with inconsequential the new menace is and villains and predictable what the enemy’s masked flourishes, an epic whose epic effects lack grandeur. “Winter Soldier” superwarrior has in his bag From its quasi-fascist logo and overly-imposing of tricks. Johansson, who has D.C. headquarters to nohint of a Russian accent the Stalinesque uniform this time (not a bad move, that Nick Fury (Samuel considering how Russians L. Jackson) sports, are regarded this spring), S.H.I.E.L.D. (“Strategic Hazard Intervention Espi- makes an apt, super-sexy onage Logistics Director- sparring partner for the Captain. She’s constantly ate” in the comics) is suggesting he get back plainly a multi-national ROGER MOORE on the dating scene — in agency that’s reaching MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS beyond its “fight evil, pro- between epic brawls with The superhuman efforts tect Earth” mandate. Rob- legions of foes. Not that director Joe Johnston made ert Redford plays Alexan- the Captain doesn’t notice der Pierce, the fellow who women — his nurseto persuade Chris Evans neighbor, for instance lords over the directorate to re-enlist in the comic (Emily VanCamp). of this security empire. book movie universe as The fights are specNick Fury barely has “Captain America” pay tacular combinations time to fret over the idea more dividends in “Capthat “to build a really bet- of digitally augmented tain America: The Winter world, sometimes that stunt-work. The directors ter Soldier.” means you have to tear the and screenwriters find Evans, that perfect old one down,” when he’s all manner of new ways specimen of American for the Captain’s shield attacked. The Captain, manhood, really sells the to pay off, and Evans and Steve Rogers (Evans), earnestness, the dry wit, Johansson make these the sense of duty andrigh- and Black Widow, Natashooting, strangling sha Romanoff (Scarlett teousness of the icon of American values that he represents in this sequel, even if Johnston isn’t around to direct it. And it’s great that “The (the ultimate cheap trick tribute) Winter Soldier” is actually about something, a comic Pre-Party Event! Sat., April 5 at 7:00 p.m. book spin on privacy and civil liberties issues straight out of today’s data mining headlines. It’s a freedom vs. fear movie, liberty vs. “order.” There are clever ways the story folds back into the first “Captain America” film’s world, great effects and a retro-future tech that is fascinating. But “The Winter SolJoin members of the Dream police as they kick off their dier” lacks that lumpvery first rock-n-roll Hall of Fame campaign induction party in-the-throat heart that on behalf of the world's greatest power pop band! Evans, Johnston and company brought to the first “Captain America.” The co-directors of “You, Sat., April 12th Me and Dupree,” Anthony 7:00 p.m. Russo and Joe Russo, serve
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punch-outs cool. The best new effect is a holographic teleconference involving Redford (fairly bland in this part) and the other governing execs of S.H.I.E.L.D. Worst cameo is Garry Shandling, as a senator who apparently has been using Kim Novak’s botox team. And that message — that we’re more likely to give up our freedoms by consent than by force — is not a bad one. But “The Winter Soldier” has long, talky, dead stretches. It’s emotionally flat, a lot closer to Evans’ “Fantastic Four” films or the “Thor” sequel than it is to “Captain America: The First Avenger,” or “The Avengers.”
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Bateman sheds his put-upon guy image in ‘Bad Words’ Bad Words *** Rated R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity; starring ason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Allison Janney, Philip Baker Hall; directed by Jason Bateman; opening Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale. ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEW
All those years of packing his resume with “long suffering” reasonable guys forced to do the slow burn when confronted by irrational family, bosses or identity thieves must have gotten to Jason Bateman. He unloads that past with his directing debut, a film about an uncensored, unfiltered, eternally
angry 40-year-old who is more “no burn” than slow burn. In “Bad Words” he is a “Bad Santa” on his own quixotic “Little Miss Sunshine” quest, a man with issues who refuses to explain those issues to those he insults every step of the way. Guy Trilby proof-reads product warranties for a living. But he’s taken time off for a shot at winning The Golden Quill National Spelling Bee and its $50,000 first prize. Yeah, it’s a contest for kids. But he’s found a loophole. And no amount of abuse from contest organizers or the mercenary parents of his fellow spellers can dissuade him. Every meeting with such folks becomes a debate,
then a shouting match. You don’t want to insult him. Because not only is Guy an orthographic whiz, he is seriously misanthropic. He gets personal in a flash, a rude and crude man operating with a short, profane fuse. He won’t discuss his reasons for pursuing this embarrassing fool’s errand, not even with the journalist (Kathryn Hahn, hilarious) whose website is sponsoring his entry. And then this adorable Indian-American boy of ten (Rohan Chand), a fellow contestant, forces his way into Trilby’s field of view. He insults the child at every turn, calling young Chaitanya “swami” and “Slumdog,” trash-talking him before contests.
Bateman, working from an Andrew Dodge script, fills this short, corrosive comedy with “Oh no he didn’t” moments. Guy is poker-faced as he plays evil mind-games with the poor kids unlucky enough to sit next to him on the spelling bee stage. Guy is shameless, even as he seems to warm just a little to the boy who insists on being his friend _ taking him for reckless rentalcar rides, teaching him to cuss, to drink, when to tip or not tip a hooker. Allison Janney is the Queen Bee who vows to stop Trilby from ruining this hallowed event, and Philip Baker Hall is wellcast as the elderly wordsmith who long ruled the roost at the Golden Quill,
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Jason Bateman (center) stars in ‘Bad Words,’ opening Friday.
now a spelling bee PBS commentator. The best moments let Bateman and veteran funnywoman Hahn (TV’s “Parks & Recreation”) go toe to toe and blow for blow in scenes that take their relationship from testy co-dependency to sexual, without missing a malevolent beat. The film is full of sharp
observations about academic contests today, with Tiger Moms and tough-love Dads browbeating the kids from the wings. The ending is kind of a tap-out, but Bateman keeps this clipping along, maintaining the mean streak and potty mouth that make “Bad Words” the dirtiest and funniest comedy of the new year.
2014 Participating Restaurants
Thai Cuisine in the heart of Carbondale. 100 S. Illinois Ave. Carbondale, IL 62901 618-457-6400
618-351-5049
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Thai Taste is a family owned and operated authentic Thai cuisine in downtown Carbondale serving over 50 delicious entrees from the dinner menu. Every dish is made fresh, and most items can be made vegetarian; in addition, all spice levels can be customized to your taste. Besides award winning chicken wings, the restaurant offers a wide selection of the finest beers & wines. Enjoy our comfortable setting and the great atmosphere while trying our pineapple fried rice. If you are unable to dine in, please do not worry. We provide carry-out service, so you can enjoy our delicious food also at home.
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