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z MOVIES z ART z WINERIES z BOOKS z THEATER z THINGS TO DO z MUSIC z The Quilts Of Rose Cox: My Mother’s Quilts, Weaver’s Holiday Art Sale: By Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, students and faculty, 10 a.m.- Carbondale; throughout 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 and November; open, 1-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. Friday, Saturday, Sunday; Clemens Fine Arts Center 618-457-6823 Gallery, West Kentucky North Window Artist: Kris Community and Technical Killman, Little Egypt Arts College, Paducah; 270-534Association Arts Centre, 3213; www.artsinfocus.org downtown Marion; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Call for Art Tuesday; through November; 618-559-7379 Creativity Redefined: A Photo Essay: African Deadline Wednesday, Nov. 27, Americans in the 1900 Paris Cedarhurst Center For The Exposition and Noted African Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Americans in Pulaski and Mount Vernon show, Jan. 12Alexander County in the late Feb. 9; 618-242-1236; 1800’s, Mounds African carrie@cedarhurst.org American Museum; through Nov. 30; 2-5 p.m. Saturdays Exhibits and Sundays Heidi J Belec: Photography Art-Official Carbondale: Original art and illustrations by exhibit, Art and Culture in the Steven W. Garcia, Carbondale Scottish Landscape, B & L Public Library, 405 W. Main St.; Photo, 213 W. Freeman St., hours, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday- Carbondale; photos from the Art and Photography Study Thursday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Abroad program; through Friday-Saturday and 1-6 p.m. November Sunday; through Jan. 1; 618Milana Braslavsky: 457-0354 Photography exhibit, Holiday Extravaganza Southeastern Illinois College show: Now on display, Little Art Gallery, Harrisburg; Egypt Arts Association Art Centre, square, Marion; hand- through Dec. 1; free Conflict Zone: Photographs made, refurbished, original and a video from frontline works of Christmas art; fiber journalists in Iraq and pieces, artwork, jewelry and photos; through mid-January; Afghanistan, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale 618-998-8530; email sponsored by the SIU School leaa601@frontier.com; of Journalism; through Dec. 7; www.LittleEgyptArts.com 618-453-5388; www. Weavings, Paintings and museum.siu.edu Art Quilts: By Richard Cox, Inuit Art: From the Carbondale Civic Center; collection of William Rose, during November; show University Museum, SIU; sponsored by Carbondale includes collection of objects Community Arts; 618-457from the native Inuit peoples 6823
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Cox weavings on display at Civic Center Corridor Gallery
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‘The Three Twins’ is among the exhibit in the Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery.
CARBONDALE — A collection of works by weaver Richard Cox is on display at the Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery. A reception for Cox will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in the Corridor Gallery. Cox has been weaving since 1973; it’s an art form he says has been his lifelong passion. After receiving his MFA from SIU, he opened Weaver’s Cottage just outside Carbondale in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Preserve.
Cox’s most recent body of work includes long, shawl-like weavings, fantastical landscape paintings and expressive art quilts. The exhibit is available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the civic center and will be on display through Nov. 29. Other works may be viewed at Cox’s website at weaverscottage.net. For more information, call 618-457-5100, email info@carbondalearts.org or visit www.carbondale arts.org. — The Southern
Scottish landscape photos on display at B & L Photo CARBONDALE — A photography exhibit by Heidi J Belec titled “Art and Culture in the Scottish Landscape” is on display at
B & L Photo at 213 W. Freeman St. The exhibit will feature photos from the Art and Photography Study Abroad
program, which Belec has attended the past two years. The exhibit will be on display through the end of
November. The photo store will be hosting various photographers each month. — The Southern
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Little Egypt Arts hosts annual Holiday Extravaganza in Marion MARION — The annual Holiday Extravaganza show is on display at Little Egypt Arts Association Art Centre on the square in Marion. The event features hand-made, refurbished and original works of Christmas art and includes artwork, fiber pieces, jewelry and photos created by LEAA members. All pieces are for sale and will be displayed until mid-January. Kris Killman also will be showing his photographs on the north wall during the month of December. A reception for both the shows will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29. Refreshments will be served. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 618-998-8530, email leaa601@frontier. com or go to www.littleegyptarts.com for more information. — The Southern
Off the Wall Exhibit opens Saturday COBDEN — The opening reception for the Off the Wall exhibit will be Saturday, Nov. 23, in the anthill gallery & vintage curiosities. The reception and artist appreciation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in anthill gallery at 102 N. Front St. The holiday exhibition features a unique collection of artwork, fine crafts and jewelry by 75 artists from Southern Illinois and across the United States. Artists are exhibiting a variety of mediums and styles in original paintings, twodimensional art, digital and film photography, functional and sculptural ceramics, basket and gourd art, wrought mild steel sculpture and home accessories, fibers art, wood benches,
picture frames and kitchen boards. Jewelry and fibers artists have also produced wearable art and fashion accessories. The exhibition can be viewed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Off The Wall refers to the fact that patrons may take artwork off the wall once it is purchased rather than waiting until the exhibition concludes. Larger paintings will be on display at The Yellow Moon Cafe at 110 N. Front St. For hours of operation, go to yellowmooncafe.com. For more information, email anthillgallery@gmail.com or call 618-893-3100.
Third annual holiday art sale in Paducah set for December PADUCAH — The third annual Student and Faculty Holiday Art Sale will take place the first week of December in the Clemens Fine Arts Center Gallery at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. Included in the event are unique works of art by students and faculty of Paducah School of Art & Design, including ceramics, photography, paintings, drawings, sculpture, jewelry and fabric art. Sales support individual students, as well as student enrichment activities. The Clemens Fine Arts Center Gallery is on the campus of West Kentucky Community & Technical College at 4810 Alben Barkley Drive. For more information, call 270-534-3213 or go to www.artsinfocus.org. —The Southern
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JFK photos on display; Sharing of Memories event set at SIU CARBONDALE — A photo exhibit related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is now on display in the rotunda of Morris Library at SIU. The exhibit is titled “Image and Memory: Found Negatives from November 22-25, 1963.” The images are from a collection of photos taken by Robert Swenson, architect and emeritus associate professor of architecture at SIU, when he was an undergraduate design student at SIU. The first set of four images was taken between noon and 1 p.m. Central Standard Time at the Carbondale railroad depot, the same hour Kennedy was shot and before Swenson heard the news about the assassination. The second set of four images is of TV screenshots of news broadcasts the same day of the shooting. The third set of four images was taken on Nov. 25 at Arlington National Cemetery. The photos will be on display through midDecember. In conjunction with the photo display, a Sharing of Memories event will take place at 12:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 22, in the library’s rotunda. The event is in observation of the 50th Anniversary of the date and time of day Kennedy was assassinated. For additional information, contact Beth Martell at 618-453-4097 or email bmartell@ lib.siu.edu.
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Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays; collectible holiday Discussion and book items, greenery, wreaths, reading: With author, Larry L. lights, glassware and kitchen Franklin, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. items; 618-893-2567; 22, Longbranch Coffeehouse, Events 618-893-2865 Carbondale; Mnemosyne: A Splash of Trivia Night: Christmas Bazaar: 9 a.m.Love Affair with Memory is the Designed for sports buffs, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, third book by Franklin; the 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, Williamson County Shrine book explores the author’s Hickory Ridge Country Club, Club, Illinois 37, Marion; bake Holiday Happenings journey through PTSD and his Carbondale; proceeds to the sale, candles, purses, jewelry, discovery of repressed An Evening of Historical Carbondale Splash Park and Christmas items; food memories of an abusive Music and Christmas Cheer: the SIU Sport Studies Las Posadas celebration: childhood 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, Association; doors open, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, Anna Harry Spiller book signing: 6 p.m.; also, silent auction; Herrin First Baptist Church; Arts Center, Cobden; prayer, Veterans of Iraq and presented by the Herrin Area six-person team, $90; a play, piñata contest; Afghanistan — Personal Historical Society; performers, Christmas carols; 904-625ssasiuc@siu.edu; www. Accounts of 22 Americans Ray Bennett, Sharon Gaddis, facebook.com/sportstudies 1109 or email vabchlee@ Who Served; 1-3 p.m. Nick Jones, Rick McNeill and association or call 618-453gmail.com Saturday Nov. 23, Bookworm 3324 Don Riggin; also, Emaline 20th Annual Arts & Crafts bookstore, 618 E. Walnut St., Wilcox will share church Dancing With Artstarts — Show: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastgate Shopping Center, history; reception follows; free Saturday, Nov. 30, Benton Broadway: 7 p.m. Saturday, Carbondale; 618-457-2665 Union County Historical Nov. 23, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; over 50 vendors Civic Center; proceeds to local Society Christmas Bazaar: from across the Midwest; Comedy DuBois Building, 117 S. charities; $25; free; www.bentoncivic www.marionccc.org; 618-997- Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; center.com The Carbondale bazaar dates, Nov. 23, 24, 29, Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m.Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, 4030 30 and Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14; hours, 8 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, Cowboy Christmas: Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Lecture by H.D. Motyl, 1:30 Anna Arts Center, 117 W. Davie Wednesdays, Station 13,
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St.; artists, crafters, stain glass, art work, quilts, jewelry; 904-625-1109 or email vabchlee@gmail.com Holiday Open House: 1-4 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 8, Magnolia Manor, 2700 Washington Ave., Cairo; 618-734-0201 Holiday Homes Tour: Hosted by the Marion Cultural and Civic Center Foundation, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, Marion Civic Center; $25; www.marionccc.org or 618-997-4030 Madrigal Feaste: Friday-Sunday, Dec. 6-8, Southeastern Illinois College, 3575 College Road, Harrisburg; reserve by Friday, Nov. 29; $25; times, 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday; dinner and show; 618-252-5400, ext. 2486; boxoffice@sic.edu; www.sic.edu SEE THEATER / PAGE 6
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Saturday, Dec. 14; 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 8 and 15 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7; $15/$10; 618-549-5466; www.stagecompany.org
Auditions Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 and 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. Davie St.; weekend of Feb. 28; www. facebook.com/aacchildrens theatre; 618-697-8118 or hbhines@hotmail.com Last of The Red Hot Lovers: 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 and Tuesday, Dec. 10, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; play opens on Valentine’s Day; rehearsals begin Jan. 6; play available at Carbondale Public Library; lee.brackett@ gmail.com
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Christmas, 6:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, Nov. 29-30, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $35; includes meal; www.thegatheringplaceoff broadway.com; 618-9653726 Matt Walch Christmas Show: Big Band standards and more, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St.,
Sparta; $35; includes meal; www.thegatheringplaceoff broadway.com; 618-9653726 Hard Candy’s Christmas: Performed by the country music cast of Kornbread Junction, 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, Vienna Masonic Lodge; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; $7 meal and $5 play; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, Egyptian Hills Resort on Lake of Egypt; $1
Motyl will discuss ‘Cowboy Christmas’ CARBONDALE — H.D. Motyl will deliver a lecture about cowboys at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, before the matinee performance of “Fool For Love” in SIU’s Communications Building. Motyl will talk about the life of the disappearing cowboy and its significant role in America. His feature-length documentary about professional rodeo cowboys called “Cowboy Christmas” premiered at the Louisville International Festival of Film and was awarded Best Feature Documentary at the Madrid International Film Festival this fall. The documentary follows four professional rodeo cowboys as they travel the rodeo circuit looking for fame and fortune in the two weeks leading up to the Fourth of July. Unofficially called Cowboy Christmas, these
two weeks see 65 rodeos across 25 states and chances for the cowboys to win prize money. Motyl is an associate professor at SIU where he teaches media production and writing for TV. He has produced, directed and written episodes for The History Channel, National Geographic Channel and A&E, among others. His recent short experimental video, “Nudes Descending a Staircase #2” was screened at the Berlin International Directors Lounge Festival and at Madatac04 in Madrid. Motyl’s pre-show lecture will take place in the MCMA Dean’s Conference Room off the McLeod Theater lobby. It is free. The matinee performance of “Fool For Love” will begin at 2 p.m. For more information, call 618-453-7589 or email mcldpub@siu.edu. — The Southern
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Spiller to sign copies of book Saturday CARBONDALE — Former lawman and Marine Harry Spiller has written a new book detailing the personal accounts of Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spiller will sign copies of “Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: Personal Accounts of 22 Americans Who Served” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, in the Bookworm at 618 E. Walnut St. in the Eastgate Shopping Center. Spiller served two tours
in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a retired professor of criminal justice at John A. Logan College and former sheriff of Williamson County. He is the author of several other military history books, as well as a series of books about murders in Southern Illinois. His newest book was published by McFarland & Co. For more information, contact the Bookworm at 618-457-2665. — The Southern
Duo featuring violin and piano set to perform at Cedarhurst MOUNT VERNON — A concert featuring violinist Tomas Cotik and pianist Tao Lin will start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, in the Performance Hall inside the Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. The Cotik/Lin Duo was founded in 2010, and today the international duo is recording music and performing around the world. Internationally recognized as a chamber musician, soloist and teacher, Cotik was hailed by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas as “an excellent violinist.” Cotik, a native of Argentina, has performed in Germany, Holland, Canada, Argentina, Japan and throughout the United States, participating in more than 15 international music festivals. Chinese-American pianist Lin’s appearances in Asia, North America and Europe have brought critical acclaim for his
“subtle, intimate pianism and brilliant technique.” Born into a musical family in Shanghai, he began piano lessons at the age of 4, first with his mother and later his father, both on the faculty at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Lin is a devoted chamber musician and has concertized throughout the United States as a founding member of the Berlin Piano Quartet. More information about the musicians can be found at www.tomascotik.com and www.taolin.net. The concert is part of the Cedarhurst Chamber Music Series. Individual admission to the concert is $20 for adults, $18 for Cedarhurst members or $5 for students with ID. Cedarhurst Center for the Arts is at 2600 Richview Road. For more information, call 618242-1236 ext. 234 or visit www.cedarhurst.org. — The Southern
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Bolton’s style, views adapting as time goes on Michael Bolton Concert performance; 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29; The Carson Center, 100 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah; tickets are $40 to $100 and can be purchased online at thecarsoncenter.org or by calling 270-450-4444. BY ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN
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n an era when many musicians fall into the trap of complacency early in their careers, one iconic musician continues to extend his reach, even if it means stepping a bit outside his comfort zone. Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton began his career pandering to hardcore rock fans with his band Blackjack before falling into a niche of softer rock ballads that truly carried his famed, but now absent, locks to stardom. Through his storied tenure, he’s experimented and dabbled in a number of genres — including an appearance with comedic rap trio Lonely Island. Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg approached Bolton with the idea of working together, and based off Lonely Island’s prior effort with Natalie Portman, Bolton couldn’t say no. “I was thinking, ‘What do they have up their sleeves for me,’” he said. “The first version they sent me was so nasty. I thought it was really funny but some of my fans
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might not.” A second version of “Jack Sparrow” seemed to be a better fit, and Bolton headed to the recording studio. Working with the Lonely Island guys via online video sharing, Bolton said the chemistry was perfect from the start. “I hit the first verse, and they’re all high-fiving each other,” he said. After completing recording, Samberg told Bolton they planned to shoot video in New York that week and give the video to SNL producers for possible inclusion in that week’s show. It would be viral by Sunday, he promised Bolton. He was right. The video, which features Bolton dressed as movie characters including the titular Sparrow and Tony Montana from “Scarface,” garnered more than 1 million views each day for the first two weeks it was available. In the two years since, it has been viewed more than 115 million times
on the official Lonely Island YouTube channel. Bolton’s stock also rose, as a new generation of fans discovered him. He has since had several new offers, including potential television projects, he said wouldn’t have happened without the video. The Lonely Island guys also want to plan a follow-up project. “It was so much fun it was ridiculous,” Bolton said. Outside of his selfdeprecating work with Lonely Island, Bolton has continued to expand his horizons in other musical arenas. His newest album, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Tribute to Hitsville,” released in February, pays homage to the stars of Motown. Many prolific songsmiths lived during that era, sharing space in studios built with thin walls so musicians could hear the quality music being produced next door and be forced to up their games. Songs were written for
specific acts, rather than written with the hopes someone, anyone, would record them. “You had an environment we’ll never see again, where the greatest songwriters are living within blocks of each other, working within feet of each other, producing music that will live on for 100 years,” Bolton said. Fans who see Bolton on his current tour, which includes a 7:15 performance Friday, Nov. 29, at The Carson Center in Paducah, will hear a mixture of Bolton’s take on Motown and his greatest hits. Tickets are $40 to $100 and can be purchased online at thecarsoncenter.org or by calling 270-450-4444. Bolton said it’s important to include the classic tunes people recognize because music isn’t just about remembering melodies and lyrics but about the memories and life events associated with songs. “They’re going through the biggest moments of their life with your music as
their soundtrack,” he said. In addition to writing and recording music for himself and touring the world, Bolton also lends his songwriting services to other musicians. In the past, he’s worked with performers including KISS, Cher and Barbara Streisand, and now, he works alongside Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and more. He said he’s never limited the scope of what he could write to any genre and freely recognizes many of the songs he’s writing have a powerful feel but would be better performed by someone younger than him. When Kanye West wanted to partner with Bolton on “Never Let Me Down,” which features Jay-Z, Bolton had no idea who the young rap star was. He turned to his experts — his daughters — and agreed. “I just write what comes through me,” Bolton said. “I don’t think there’s a fragmented feel at all.” adam.testa@thesouthern.com / 618-351-5031
Chamber Music Series: Features violinist Tomas Cotik and pianist Tao Lin, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon; adults $20, Cedarhurst members $18, students $5; www. tomascotik.com; www.taolin.net; 618242-1236 ext. 234; www.cedarhurst.org Fundraiser: For Joan Listen, 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, The Old Feed Store, Cobden; chili; music by Free Range Chicks and Loose Gravel; $10; 618-697-4414 or 618-967-9755 Carols at Candlelight: Featuring violinist Polly Lunay, 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, St. Anne’s Church, South Main Street, Anna; refreshments; free; presented by PAST Venice: Southern California-based rock group, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7; McLeod Theater, Communications Building, SIU; tickets, $25-$33; www.southern ticketsonline.com; 618-453-6000
Kentucky Country Music Variety Show: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton; $21/$20/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry.co m; 888-459-8704 Michael Bolton: 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, Carson Center, Paducah; $75, $60, $50 and $40; 270-443-9932 or www.thecarson center.org
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Free Range Chicks take the stage at Cobeden fundraiser COBDEN — A fundraiser featuring food and music will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in The Old Feed Store. Proceeds from the event will go to Joan Listen of Carbondale, a former Cobden resident. Listen has MS and is confined to an electric wheelchair. Music for the fundraiser will be performed by the Free Range Chicks and Loose Gravel. A $10 donation at the door includes music and all you can eat chili and dessert. A silent auction will also be held. The fundraiser’s goal is to help Listen pay off a high-tech van and raise funds for the van’s conversion, which would enable her to drive. To donate or for questions, call 618-6974414 or 618-967-9755. — The Southern
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Orient, 618-932-3401 Lion’s Club: South Street, Thompsonville 618-2184888 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard, Marion 618-9227853 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin 618-9429345 Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-2184676 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Steeleville American Legion: 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 618-965-3362 The Zone Lounge: 14711 Illinois 37, Whittington 618-629-2039 TrackSide Barn: 104 Rock St., Spillertown 618-993-3035 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 Williamson County Fairground Hanna Building: Fair and Main streets, Marion 618-9175230
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Jim Cato helping make a name for Southern Illinois songwriters
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I will be signing a major record deal before the end of the year. This is a pretty exciting time for me. Every time I hear from him, he has good news.” Holiday has an advantage over other music executives, Cato says, because of his access to international markets. Because of his complex distribution network, the producer is able to get songs on the radio in Europe, Denmark, Sweden and Australia. Cato grew up with a love of poetry and music. He spent more than eight years in the Marine Corps, where he gained a reputation for singing the theme song of the military branch to the tune of “Ghost Riders In The Sky.” “It was pretty cool to sing the song while 80 guys in the platoon hummed along,” he said.
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hristmas may come early this year for Jim Cato. Cato has created a buzz in the independent music community in Nashville with the Oct. 28 release of the six song mini-album “Chains Of Love,” featuring all original material composed by Southern Illinois songwriters. His music contains elements of Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Trace Adkins, blended with a generous portion of a highly personalized style that is uniquely his own to create a sound that is instantly identifiable. “I can’t go as high or as low as those guys, but I’ve found a very comfortable groove for the power ballads,” Cato says. “I prefer a more traditional country sound, but I’m not afraid to blur the lines a little bit. I can get down and rock ‘n’ rock.” Cato recorded his project at Quad Studios in Nashville under the watchful eye of producer Doc Holiday, who through the years has worked with artists like Jimi Hendrix and Jerry Lee Lewis, as
cdbaby. A physical copy of the product can be purchased at www.1docholiday.com. The 52-year old Cato is a Goreville native. He co-wrote a majority of the material for the new album with Allen Kesler of Marion and Scott Baker of Tunnel Hill. Dave Batts of West Frankfort, who introduced Cato to Holiday, contributed his writing skills to a pair of songs for the project. Cato says Holiday is extremely pleased with the recording and is confident it will lead to bigger and better things in the very near future. “Doc has played a major role in the music business for a long time. He has high level contacts everywhere. He was getting feedback on my project from someone from the Universal Music Group,” Cato says. “He feels really confident that
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well as minor country stars Becky Hobbs, Ricky Lynn Gregg and Mel McDaniel. He is credited with “discovering” the Kentucky Headhunters. “We started working on the first two songs for the album in April of 2012. It has been a long process. We had to compose songs that were good enough to meet Doc’s high standards and make heads turn in the industry. I believe we accomplished our mission. This CD has some attitude,” Cato said. Cato said he delivered a solid mix of ballads like title cut “Chains Of Love,” “Each And Every Night” and “Southern Sunday Morning,” to go with uptempo tunes “Redneck Girl,” “When She Shakes That Thang” and “Rednektified” for the new album. “A lot of today’s country music would be classified as rock music 25 years ago. My album is good solid country. I’ve been influenced over the years by Johnny Cash, George Jones and George Strait. I stayed true to my roots. You are going to hear acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo and steel guitar,” Cato said. The project can be downloaded for $5.94 at major music distributions sites on the Internet, including iTunes and
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“It made boot camp a little more bearable.” Cato has made regular appearance on the Southern Illinois Opry, held monthly at the Herrin Civic Center, but he doesn’t play much in the area anymore. His last appearance with a full band was July 4 at Freedom Fest in Goreville. A bundle of positive energy, Cato says he enjoys burning the candle at both ends. He has a full-time job as a truck driver for Clark Transportation in Marion. When not pulling a big rig along the East Coast or near the Great Lakes, he grabs his guitar and heads down Interstate 24 to Music City and polishes his skills under the watchful eye of Holiday. VINCE HOFFARD can be
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Historical music set tonight in Herrin HERRIN — “An Evening of Historical Music and Christmas Cheer” will be presented at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in First Baptist Church, 1500 S. 13th St. Ray Bennett, Sharon Gaddis, Nick Jones, Rick McNeill and Don Riggin will sing and play musical instruments of secular and religious holiday songs. Emaline Wilcox, longtime member of Herrin First Baptist, will give a brief program on the history of the church, which was founded in 1865. Cheryl Ranchino Trench will be moderator. A reception will take place after the program in The Harrison Room of the church. There is no charge to attend. The program is presented by the Herrin Area Historical Society. — The Southern
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McConaughey swaggers through the AIDS crisis in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Dallas Buyers Club ****
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Rated R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use; starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto; directed by Jean-Marc Vallee; opening Friday at University 8 in Carbondale.
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Matthew McConaughey (right) stars as Ron Woodroof in ‘Dallas Buyers Club.’
What’s been missing from all the movies about AIDS and the history of the AIDS crisis is that Matthew McConaughey swagger. And we never would have realized that if he hadn’t made “Dallas Buyers Club.” Here’s a film about the early years of the crisis packed with a healthy dose of evolving attitudes about AIDS and homosexuality and good-ol’-boy get-’erdone optimism. And if McConaughey and his costar Jared Leto don’t earn Oscar nominations for “Buyers Club,” I’ll eat my 10-gallon hat. We meet Ron Woodroof as a sweaty, scrawny sex machine, profane, homophobic, cokesnorting, whiskeydrinking and gaunt, gaunt, gaunt. It’s not a good look for McConaughey, who lost a lot of weight for this film. It’s not a good look for anybody. This being 1985 Texas, Ron, a card-playing electrician working on oil rigs, is all about honkytonks, rodeos and living in the moment. We see his unprotected sex, watch him share drinks and pass a joint. When he gets in a tussle, we see his blood get all over everything. We fret
because we know what’s coming. An accident puts him in the hospital, where they figure out his other health issue. “Frankly, we’re surprised you’re still alive,” the doctors (Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare) tell him. He probably has just 30 days to get his affairs in order. Woodroof storms out, committed to denial. JeanMarc Vallee’s film counts off the days “Day 1, “Day 8” waiting for him to come around. The first grand twist in “Dallas Buyers Club” is learning that Woodroof isn’t some ignorant hick. He goes to the library, does some research and when he can’t get on a drug trial that guarantees him the “miracle” drug, he buys stolen AZT. He winds up in Mexico, where a doc who lost his license (Griffin Dunne, very good) is on the front lines of the AIDS war, and is sharing, with his patients, everything and anything that the world’s researchers can come up with. Woodroof starts smuggling the stuff to America. The FDA doesn’t approve? “Screw the FDA,” he drawls. “I’m gonna be DOA.”
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The great conflicts set up here are Woodroof’s efforts to fool the Border Patrol, the FDA, the DEA and the doctors who put regulations before the slim hopes of desperate, dying patients. An utterly unrecognizable Leto plays a cross-dressing gay AIDS patient who sees Woodroof’s traveling / smuggling pharmacy as a lifeline, and ignores Ron’s homophobia long enough for them to team up and steal an idea that’s worked elsewhere. They’ll set up a drug “Buyers Club” that protects them from drug dealing charges and gives AIDS patients a fighting chance with the latest promising drugs from abroad. A great touch, the way this friendship of convenience builds. McConaughey delivers the brazen, foul-mouthed laughs and Leto tugs at your heart. Vallee (“The Young Victoria”), working from a script by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, may be taking things in heart-warming directions, but he’s in no hurry to do it. The doctor who will be tempted to do the right thing resists doing that right thing. Woodroof and Rayon (Leto) try to change the lifelong habits that might doom them, with limited success. “Dallas Buyers Club” can be faulted for hiding the death sentences that AIDS handed out in the ’80s, for casting things a tad too on the nose with Steve Zahn as Woodroof’s cop pal and Dallas Roberts as his drawling, sympathetic lawyer.
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‘Delivery Man’ delivers when it needs to Delivery Man ** ½
does he need to run a pot farm in his Brooklyn Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, apartment? That sort of thing. He’s in debt up to some drug material, brief his eyeballs when the violence and language; scary lawyer from the starring ince Vaughn, fertility clinic shows up. “Yo no soy David Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt; written and directed Wozniak,” David insists. To no avail. Mistakes were by Ken Scott; opening made, his seed spread Friday at Carbondale 8 further than he ever and AMC 8 in Marion. imagined, and now the offspring are suing to find BY ROGER MOORE their “father.” MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS He needs a lawyer. Slovenly, overwhelmed “Delivery Man” is a father-of-four Brett Vince Vaughn comedy (Chris Pratt of “The Five about an irresponsible oaf Year Engagement”) is his who discovers that his pal, and his last hope. sperm-donations-forAnd then David makes money years resulted in the fateful decision to look 533 kids he never knew he at the profiles of the kids had. suing him, to look them As he learns this news up and stumble, that “his” kids are anonymously, into their reaching out to break the lives. anonymity of his “Delivery Man,” based donations, just as his on the more charming “You’re too immature for French-Canadian comedy me” girlfriend (Cobie “Starbuck,” takes us on a Smulders) tells him she’s roller-coaster ride pregnant we have the through the lives of kids makings of a charming thriving (a pro basketball “Time to grow up and be player) and struggling (a responsible” comedy. street musician, a Which is exactly what bartender / actor). “Delivery Man” manages Writer-director Ken to be. Scott, who also made the To play David, the original film, deftly impulsive meat truck recycles the exultant highs driver-son of a New York and touching lows as butcher, Vaughn tones David cheers on his down the manic patter Knicks-star son like a that made him famous proud papa, and saves his and reaches for the distraught, overdosing heartstrings. David is the daughter. guy his dad (Andrzej “They need me,” David Blumenfeld) and butcher pleads to Brett. “They siblings can never count need a guardian angel.” on. He’s always late, The story plays up always letting people David’s innate gooddown, always trying to get heartedness, and happy rich quick through some accidents allow him to harebrained scheme. How make a difference in their many books on lives, even in a drop-in hydroponic gardening www.flipsideonline.com z www.flipsideonline.com
dad sense. But he also gets a taste of the tough side of parenting. Vaughn is at his most appealing here, even if that robs the film of many potential laughs. Yes, the FrenchCanadian version seemed to have more snap to it. But this was never a standard issue Hollywood yuk-fest. This story was always about growing up (better late than never), compassion and learning to be someone people can depend on and love. Whatever laughs there are, they don’t make or break the movie the way Vaughn does as a guy who meets kids growing up fatherless (no mention is made of who raised them) and with problems. Vaughn gives these scenes just enough heart to work, though the biggest moments were both bigger and better played
by his Canadian predecessor, Patrick Huard, in “Starbuck.” And a fit and trim Vaughn strips away some of the lumpy-losertransformed-into-dad character arc that Huard brought to David. The supporting cast is a bit skimpy on comedy charisma, which happens in films where you spend all your money on your star. Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother”) has little to play save for being gorgeous and a woman worth becoming a better man for, and Pratt is mildly amusing but never in much danger of upstaging the star. Until the finale. So it’s no “Starbuck,” which most people won’t mind because Americans don’t read subtitles, even in Canadian films. But even in this form, “Delivery Man” and the guy who plays him still
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They spent more on production design for this their “love story for the wintry, woodsy sequel to ages” at the behest of the “The Hunger Games.” Capital, and the president, Lawrence has since won played by Donald an Oscar and has grown Sutherland. into a formidable young President Snow knows woman, and Hutcherson’s all, including the fact that voice has deepened and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer has real screen presence, Lawrence) and Peeta now. The acting is better, Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) with Jeffrey Wright, don’t click as a couple. Amanda Plummer, Jena Katniss also knows too Malone and Sam Claflin much and senses the brought in as games unrest in the land, which players. worries the daylights out Lionsgate hired an of Snow. Perhaps she’ll Oscar-winning use her manufactured screenwriter (Simon celebrity to inspire a “Slumdog Millionaire” revolt. Beaufoy) and And they cannot leave “Constantine” / “I Am her and Peeta to their dull Legend” director Francis District 12 mining lives, Lawrence to handle both where Katniss can share this film and the her REAL feelings with upcoming pair of hunky miner Gale (Liam “Mockingjay” movies. Hemsworth). Which doesn’t exactly pay So the “next” Hunger dividends. Francis Games, the 75th, the Lawrence is nobody’s idea “Quarter Quell” event, of an A-list sci-fi director. will round up lots of Woody Harrelson’s recent winners / survivors Haymitch, the veteran of of the Games to go at it, to the Games who conspires the death, to get these to keep our two symbolic young lovers / Mockingjay lovebirds would-be revolutionaries alive, evolves into a nobler out of the way. Aiding if still boozy mentor. President Snow’s designs Elizabeth Banks has even are Plutarch, the game more outlandish costumes builder (Philip Seymour and makeup as Effie, the Hoffman). He envisions couple’s PR consultant, turning the public against but nothing funny to say Katniss. or play.
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Only Stanley Tucci, all teeth and purple hair in a ponytail, wrings laughs from this grim slog through the middle acts of novelist Suzanne Collins’ YA opus. Not that it’s supposed to be that amusing, but something is needed to break up the glumness. Deep thoughts about redirecting cynically manipulated celebrity, lump-in-the-throat moments at people rising up against their oppressors, a couple of memorable deaths and attempts at sacrifice are flat when there’s nothing around them to serve as contrast. “Catching Fire” has promising themes where young people trapped in a cutthroat competition question authority and try to reason their way out of a kill-or-be-killed fate. But the sad realization sinks in, just as the fashion show is ending and the action movie is beginning, that this is as good as Lionsgate cares to make these pictures. The die is cast for the rest of the series. Maybe “Divergent,” the March 2014 “Hunger Games” knockoff starring Shailene Woodley, will be better.
Oscar hasn’t changed Jennifer Lawrence BY RICK BENTLEY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS
Last year, during an interview to promote “The Hunger Games,” Jennifer Lawrence talked about how blessed she felt to ride the Batman roller coaster at Six Flags after the park had closed. Though she had earned an Oscar nomination for “Winter’s Bone,” Lawrence was not yet a household name. That happened when “The Hunger Games” was released in March 2012. Fast forward 18 months and Lawrence is one of the best known and respected actresses in Hollywood. She’s done that by winning over the action movie, teen bookreading crowd through her portrayal of Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games,” and through an Oscar-winning performance in “Silver Linings Playbook.” On Thursday, “Catching Fire,” the sequel to “Hunger Games,” opens. As far as the 23-yearold Kentucky native is concerned, the only thing that’s changed for her is the pixie haircut she now sports instead of long locks. “I’m actually surprised at how surprised everyone is that nothing has changed or feels different,” Lawrence says. “I think everyone believes that when you win an Oscar, it’s like some sort of magical charm that changes everything in your life. It really hasn’t. I have had the most amazing year career wise and I am so grateful and so honored but it really hasn’t changed anything for my personal life. “I still put on my acting pants one leg at a time.”
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Jennifer Lawrence arrives at a premiere of ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at Nokia Theatre LA Live on Monday.
She has seen a lot more filmmakers interested in her. She’s finished, or is working on, eight different projects that will keep her busy for the next few years. As she’s already shown, Lawrence likes to work on a range of projects. Current projects include the fact-based “American Hustle,” a reprisal of her role as Mystique in the “X-Men” sequel, the final two chapters in the “Hunger Games” and a new version of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden.” She even has a role in the flat-out comedy “Dumb and Dumber To.” The attention Lawrence is getting in the film industry has created what she calls “pinch me” moments. “I am amazed at some of the people who even know about me now or that I hear want to work with me or want to send me over a script,” Lawrence says. “These are people I have idolized and that has been very jawdropping and lovely.” This down-to-Earth attitude makes Lawrence one Oscar away from being the female Tom Hanks. Like Hanks, Lawrence is a talented performer with the kind of open
personality that makes everyone feel comfortable. She also has a wicked sense of humor, apparent when she makes a joke about the bad decision of wearing tight leather pants for the day of interviews. And she laughs at herself after accidentally saying that she and fellow actress Jena Malone wore “morning sickness bracelets” during one of the more action-oriented scenes with a spinning cornucopia while filming “Catching Fire.” After correcting her statement to say it was for “motion sickness,” Lawrence laughingly says that it’s a misspeak her publicist will be dealing with for a while. In “Catching Fire,” Katniss has changed. “She’s in a completely different head space and so I had to think a lot more about the character,” Lawrence says. “I thought after you do a role once you just go back and do it again. It wasn’t until I started reading the script and started thinking about all the ways she has changed that made me wonder if the fans were going to be OK with seeing this difference in her.